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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
REPORT ON WRANGLE
All Investigators Agree Naval Morale
Has Not Been Harmed

f1dS MOI bctu t1dEHeu
Washington, March 8.-The wrangla
over awards to navy officers oil war
decorations drew nearer conclusion
last night when: Chairman Page, C
the Senate Naval Committee, mad +.
public the trio Of reports the invcs,
duced. o,-s,n"
The three Republican members JON
ed in the majority report, which
sharply criticized Secretary Daniel
in some respects, while the two Demo
Gratis submitted individual reports dc.
Tending the Secretary's course and Il.
recticg their attack, in turn, at Rear
Admiral William S. Sims, the most
prominent figure in the controversy
stirred over navy medals and eros
SEES.
In one respect the three reports are
unique. They agree on two points: that
no permanent harm has come to laval
morale as result OF the awards Or
the controversy, and that e,listed ncr
received too small a share OF -ecogn!-
tier for their services.
The majority report, signed by
Senators Hale, Mccormick and Poin-
dexter, arraigns Mr. Daniels for not
having fully advised officers as 10
his plans in making awards AID as
ser.s that his policy Of decorating Of
ii..ters who lost ships wound be deter.
trimental to the navy.
Senator Pittman, in the first mino,
ity report, characterized the investi
cation as tempest in a toopot, "tot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08

Advertise your wants in the Ga
zcttc Want Column.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
MUST NOT JOIN UNIONS
Dominion Government Rules Dominion
Employees May Belong to NO
Labor Bodies

Ottawa, March S.-The right OF
employees of the Dominion govern
ment to join labor unions was denied
in letter today by the Cabinet to
the Dominion Trades and Labor Con-
gress.
There is no incentive from the
standpoint of profit to cause the gov
eminent to impose unfair working
conditions or wages" the letter says
"and Parliament as made adequate
provision for settling grievances"
The letter adds that. in so far AZ
private industry is concerned, the
government already has sanctioned
The workers right to organize and
has recognized the wisdom of colicc-
tive bargaining on more than one oc-
caS:on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
FOR SKIN TORTURES
Zerno, the Clean, Antiseptic
Liquid, Just What You
Need. IS Not Greasy

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have clear.
healthy skin by using Zemo: OBJ
tanned at any drug store for 3oc, or
extra large bottle for Sl.0O.
Zemo generally removes puppies
blackheads, blotcheS, eczema and ring,
worm and makes the skin clear ana
healthy. Zeno is a clean, penetrating,
antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor
greasy and stains nothing. II IS easily
applied and costs a mere trltle tor cach
application. 1t is always dependaolc'
The E. ". Rose Co.. Cleveland. y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
PROHIBITION LEFT OUT
Antl-Saicon Leagues Tactics at AL
- bany May be Investigated

I
! bany May be Investigated
New York, March S.-The ques-
! ton of prohibition will not enter into
the proposed investigation of the
State Anti-Saloon Leagues activities
by the Assembly Judiciary Commit
tee, Assemblynran Louis A. Cuvillier,
who initiated the inquiry, declared in
a statement last night.
One OF the main questions, Assem-
blyman Cuvillier stated, is whether
William II. Anderson, State Superin-
tendcnt. and the league violated the
constitution of the State sin coercing,
intimidating and having candidates for
members of the Legislature pledge
themselves in writing to the Anti-Sa-
leon League"
Another question, he said, is wheth
er Anderson and the Anti-Saloon
League inundated and coerced mem-
bers of the Legislature to vote for the
confirmation or rejection of candidates
fer public office nominated by the
Governor of the State or the Legis
lature, if said candidate so nominated
favored prohibition.
THE source and disposition of the
money collected by the Anti-Saloon
League, if it was used for secret poll
teal ends, must also be determined"
Cuvilier declared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
How About YourCatarrh?
Do You Want Real Relief?

porarily clear them away, they
will promptly re-appear until their
cause is removed.
S. S. 6. is an antidote to the mil
lions Of tiny Catarrh germs with
which your blood is infested. A
thorough course Of this remedy
will cleanse and purify your blood,
and remove the disease germs
which cause Catarrll.
For free medical advice write t.
Chief Medical Adviser, lOl Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
pie get an opportunity on election
day to show what they think Of the
prohibition law"
REFUSE 10 RAISE SALARIES
Members 0: Virginia Assembly De-
eide Against Doubling Pay

Members 0: Virginia Assembly De-
eide Against Doubling Pay
Richmond. Va, March S.-Mem-
bers of the general assembly last
night refused to increase their own
salaries.
The house, by vote OF % TO %.
refused to take UP out of its order
and advanced to its third reading and
ingrossment house bill 40l, providing
for a 100 per cent increase in the
salary Of the speaker of the house,
the president of the Senate and
members of the two branches.
Members Of the general assembly
now receive $500 a session, and the
speaker of the house and president
of the senate S720.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-08
Then Throw Away Your Spray
and Other Makeshift Treat
ment.

Why? Simply because you have
overlooked the cause Of catarrh,
and all Of your treatment has been
misdirected. Remove the cause Of
the clogged-up Accommodations that
choke up your air passages, and
they will naturally disappear for
good. But no matter how many
local applications you use to tem-
The Press., 1920-01-22
GOT INSPIRATION AT PIANO
Immortal Melodies Evolved by Masters While Their Fingers "Wandered
 Idly Over the Keys"

A story Is told of Mendelss0hn to the effect that the charming arpeggio figure in the Spring song of his 'Song Without Words" came to him on a day when he played with his children at the piano, and allowed them to catch his hands. as they wandered over the keys; and it is fact that many of our most beautiful musical productions owe their origin to eNtem- porizing on the piano.
 This is not to be wondered at for many of our greatest musicians have poured out their hearts deepest feel ings as their fingers have fitted, in desultory fashion, over the keys, pro- ducing corresponding notes and chords to their ever-changing moods; finding at the keyboard a vent for their in most thoughts and desires, often meet ing with that triumphant response that time can never diminish.
 We can see in the works of Chopin and Schumann proof that in the piano is the origin of many of their most beautiful productions, while in the great symphonies of the old mas ters their shape, form, and color have been gained at the piano where their fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys"
 This is not so hard to understand when we consider that the method of composing melody is, in essence, but the picking out and assimilating some melOdic tune to which the harmony is afterward added. From this primitive Instinct is ultimately produced the i'm mortal tone pictures of the great mu- SicianS.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Unusual Methods Used.

With the end of the w:Ir have come many revelations of the unusual meth OCS used by the Germans to spread their harmful propaganda in tEe cOun- tries arrayed against the central pow CTS, and of the clever work which often frustrated their Well-laid plans. In one case mentioned in Popular Me chanicS Magazine. what appeared to be an old and worn copy of the works of Homer proved to he q volume of attacks on British rule in India. Only the first few pages of the book were printed with the words of the ancient poet. The remainder. though in Greek type like the hegnning, was lii.tt! with the diatribe. The volume vas ad- dressed to an educated Hindu capable of translating the Greek into an ln- dian dialect.
The Press., 1920-01-22
SOMERS

The town clerk has recorded for the year 1919, A births, 3l deaths and 29 marriages.
 w. Sherman Thompson has bought the garage at the Center owned and built by Ernest S. Fuller about five years ago.
 The cheerful workers class of the Sun day school held leap year party in the home of Mrs. Lucille Moore Tuesday evening.
 Kenneth Prior has returned home from the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stat- ford Springs, where he underwent an op- eration for appendicitis.
 Mrs. w. A. Pease, Mrs. c. s. Fuller and Mrs. O. w. Hum will entertain the Ladies' Aid society this Thursday after noon and evening in Piedmont hall.
 Robert M. Keeney of Denver, Col, has been spending few days with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Mayro keeney. He has now gone to York, Pa., where he will be until March l, experimenting some metallurgical work.
 A family party was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Avery in Prnk street Monday evening in honor oi the 75th birthday of their father. Erwin D. Avery. A feature was a birthday cake lighted with 75 candles. Those present were E. D. Avery, Miss Mabelle $. Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest w. Avery and daughter, Elizabeth, of Rockville and MT. and Mrs. Valerles kibbe and children of this place.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Auberue du Pigeon.

Strasbourg, French once more, Is unfolding, like a rose to the sun. The old life has begun again, as it was lived before the Interruption in 1871 Houses are throwing open their shut ters and hanging up once familiar signs. One of them, the Pigeon inn one of the glOries of StrasbOurg with its painted wood carvings. it's old windows and curious ship decorations has reopened it's doors. It was built in 1881 and began it's career under the sign of "Au Pigeon" Then later the sign changed to "Au Pigeon Blanc and for two centuries the inn was the rendezvous of the university students After 1870 the sign was taken down the Pigeon Blanc's hospitality ceased and the house became the headQuHr. ters of a Roman Catholic society. The days of it's ecclesiastical importance are happily over. The inn becomes the Pigeon Blanc" once more open ing new chapter of it's long history under true Alsatian management Christian Science Monitor.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Words and Music.

The value of words is going up, at least in ROuen. There the courts have decided that the artistic values of the words and music of poem are equal At present in the United States and Canada the writer of the words of song gets only plttance of the royalties or small sam out right at the start. In England many of the most popular ballads have brought their writers no more than two or three guineas, while the com poser goes on cashing his royalty checks for years. What measure pub fishers apply to the two arts thus combined to make words so much less valuable than music is rather hard to understand. Verse writers might well send little gold medal to the just minded citizens of ROuen who have ruled it a false one.
The Press., 1920-01-22
FISH LIAR WORKS OVERTIME
Here Is One Concerning a Salt Her ring That Is Challenge to the
 Imaginative.

That is the worst of those fish sto ries Somebody always comes along with better one.
 Recently the Evening News told tn" V. A D.'s story of the frozen fish that came to life in the cooking pot. Then a cOrreSpOndent-a naval officer, 1t should be said-easily puts that to shame.
 An interesting experiment was tried some little time ago." he writes to us. with an ordinary herring.
 "The fish was put into a large bowl of salt water and every day small quantity of water was removed ana an equal quantity of fresh was sub stituted. until eventually the fish lived and thrived in purely fresh water.
 "The owner was sn pleased with the success of his experiment that he then tried removing very small quantity of water daily until the bowl was empty. and found that the herring did excellently, entirely without water and as he was so lively in the empty bowl he had to put him in cage.
 Here he lived happily. hopping from perch to perch just like bird until one day some sudden noise star tied him and he fell into his water trough and-was drowned" ]"
The Press., 1920-01-22
FELL TO ROOSEVELT'S SPEAR
Big Devilfish a Victim of the ColonePs Love of Sport, Either on
 Sea or Land.

The fame of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt as d big game hunter is well known. but he was equally as adept at killing big fish of the sea. according 10 Russell J. Coles. noted big-fSh klller Attracted by one of Coles artlcleS about killing the deviltiSh. the coloEel appealed to him for instruction Tn the art. After taking several land lessons using q spear with which he saw an African kill lion. he finally became expert, and MT. Coles formed party to hunt the devilfish off the coast Of Florida in Punta GOrda, March 70, 1917. There the colonel killed his first devltiSh hitting the huge creature, which weighed many tons. just two inches from the spot indicated on a drawing hy Coles. and driving the spear two feet four inches through the heaviest and hOniest structure of the fish. The colonel was standing on the cab of a small boat travelling nine miles an hour, and the fish was coming to ward the boat at the rate of 1o or lS miles an hour, swimming about fou or six feet under water. Had the colonel missed his aim the fish would have been able. with one of it's side fins. to upset the boat and drown tht fishermen. An hour after his first catch the colonel killed a second devil fish which was the second largest devilfish ever killed. Mr. Coles is a scientist who has hunted devifish for more than 20 years.
The Press., 1920-01-22
PETs~~BELOVED BY SAINTS
pr. Douglas Hyde, in Series of lec'
 lures, Deals Interestingly With Medieval Irish Lore.

Dr. Douglas Hyde recently delivered "A series of lectureS-the Margaret Stokes lectures-in the Alexandra col lege, Dublin, dealing with medleva' Irish lore He told anecdotes about the Irish saints and their love of b-rdS and beasts. He traced the love of anl- malls by people in different periods and in different countries. Even the Irish pagans had their pet animals says Our Dumb Animals.
 He took the three Irish saints, St. Patrick, St. Brigid and St. Columclllc and spoke of their affection for 'helf net animals. St. Patrick's kindness in the fawn was well authenticated, and the fawn returned the love to his mas ter.
 St. Brisid had her pet dog, a most faithful animal. She also loved DlrdS' and the birds, especially domestic fowls, loved her in a remarkable man ner.
 The crane was St. Columcille's pet, although his love for dumb ahl'llalS surpassed that of the other saints. II was recorded in the life of the Salnt that dumb animals, too. were in love with him, especially birds, and thai some of the latter followed him from Ireland to the island of Iona. There was, in proof of the love of animals for the saint. the story of how the horse wept on the bosom of the saln' the night before he died.
 Dr. Hyde mentioned a large number of other saints, Irish and Latin, aDou' whom he told stories showing then love for animals, making special refer ence to St. Kevin, St. Comgall, St Molina. St. Moling, who had made friends of wolves. foxes. cartridges ant herOnS.
The Press., 1920-01-22
HOLLAND

The prayer meeting of the Lee M E. church will be held Thursday evening at the M. E. Parsonage.
 The prayer meeting of the Congre- gational church will be held Thursday evening at the home of Wm. A. Agard.
 The regular Missionary meeting of the Woman's Guild, will be held We'd nesday at the home of Mrs. William Barber
 Mrs. Bessie Morton fell on the ice in Rockville last week and injured her so she did not work for the remainder of the week
 A son was born Tuesday January 13 to MT. and Mrs. Ernest Leroy Dim- mock of Skungamaug, Mrs. Dimmock is in critical condition.
 Mrs Mary Jewell Baldwin and daughter, Miss Baldwin, left Friday for Hopewell. N. J., where they will spend about two months with Mrs. Baldwin s cousin.
 A number from the Holland grange attended the state grange meeting Rupert West was the delegate, taking the place of Ivan Wilcox, who was unable to attend on account of illness
 Rev. Samuel Raymond of the Con- necticut Bible House of Hartford, gave a stereoptican lecture in the Congre- gational church, under the auspices of the c. B. society, Sunday evening. The c. E. have recently purchased a new stereopticon lantern and will have pictures shown from time to time.
 The regular meeting of the Study Club was held Monday evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. William B. Ludlow. A paper was read by Mrs. Marian A. Baker and Rev. Wm. Bar Der had the topic, Let George do it. A social time was enjoyed and re- treatments were served by the host esses, Mrs. William B. Ludlow and Miss Ethel Usher.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Rather Warm in the Deepest Well

The deepest well in the world is six and One-half miles southeast of Fairmont. w. Va.. drilled hy the Hope Natural Gas company of Pittsburgh It is 7,579 feet deep. The well had to be abandoned because the drilling tools stuck in the drill hole, the cable of cable in the hole.
 c. E. Van Orstrand of the United States geological survey, informs the Scientific American that the tempera- ture at 7OOO feet was 112 degrees F.. and the rate of increase was one de gree in 51 feet. At this late the boil ing. point would be reached at about 10000 feet below the surface.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Life One Leap Year After Another

 There exists at least one place in the world where men consider il below their dignity to notice women at all much less make overtures of marriage Consequently the proposing is left to the women. When q New Guinea wOm- an falls in love with a man she sends a piece of string to his sister, or. if he has no sister. to his mother or to another of his lady relatives. Then the lady who receives the string tells the favored man that the particular wOm- an is in love with him. No cOurting follows. however. for it is considered beneath the dignity of a New Guinea man tO waste his time in such pur- suit If the man thinks that he would like to wed the lady, he meets her alone, and they decide whether to mar ry or drop the idea.
The Press., 1920-01-22
The Skeleton at the Feast.

My brothers wedding took place at his brides home, which was next door to us. A telegram came to our house and the delivery boy was told my brother was next door. And arriving when we were at the dinner table, my brother, thinking it was words of con graduation. opened it and gave it to read aloud: "Send money you owe me. need it at once" Loud laughter Wal, heard from the gueStS.-I,N, hunge
The Press., 1920-01-22
Snnaa Eur ENerV vhere.

'There is hardly farm" Snys one authority, ''that will not proiuce a. least fir. dollars worth of fur eacf sca:;on, especially at present prices Trapping is a pleasant occupation fol the farmer and his boys in the fal after fife rush of work is ended anC asd. frGn the time used in setting and tending the. traps the money de rived from it is all clear profit" !"
The Press., 1920-01-22
Ar 'eciate Cucun7berS,

In Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, cu- cumbers are truly apIs"etiated, They are developed to thcir utmost and are much eaten ahd liked by the natives. Moreover. the beautiful women under stand the value of cucumber juice, and it is squeezed from the vegetable for them to use as a lotion for the skin.
The Press., 1920-01-22
Sea r -oSS.

@~ Owing to the war the supply of "Se;
 mOG& of which several hundred thousand pounds, valued at almost SIO,0O0. have been imported annually
 for the most part from France and Germany, has virtually come to an end Sea moss (not seaweed) is the popular name of several kinds. of small marine 'a4imals that grow in colonies of a branching, pantlike form. Their commercial ,yalue arises from their having a horny skeleton which preserves the general plantlikef shape of the growth.
The Press., 1920-01-22
AIbanians Glad of Pajamas.

It Is estimated that several hundfeu miles of unhleached muslin has re- gently been cut into pajamas for the AlbanianS, most of whom are in rags Indeed the shirt of one Albanian had scraps of 2S7 different kinds of cloth in it, when he traded it in" for the stylish and neat suit of paiamas which he now wears proudly through the streets
The Press., 1920-01-22
NOTICE.

The Registrars of Voting District No. 2, of the Town of Stafford, will meet at the office of P. J. Murray X Son Stafford Springs, on Friday, February 9th, 1920, and February 18th, l920, pc noon and nine o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of making an enroll ment of legal voters of said town, as provided by An Act concerning Polit- ical Primaries and Caucuses," Chapter 176 of the Public Acts of 1901.
 N. B. After the first day of March, 1902, no person can vote or participate in any Political Caucus or primary, except those electors enrolled as pro vided by said Act.
 Dated at Stafford, Conn.,, Jan. 22nd, 1920. -
 GEORGE SISWICK,
 P. J. MURRAY,
 Registrars
The Press., 1920-01-22
Always Some Drawback.

"They say Mauds second husband has $1OOO0 a year. How conle ented she must be-"
 "She isn't. though, exactly. A man of that grade doesn't hand his wife his pay envelope, you know"
The Press., 1920-01-22
Who Could. Indeed?

English paper-"Miss Leitch3played delightful golf up to the hole but when once she had arrived there the result was almost iudicrous, as she could not hit the ball truly with. her puttee." -..,.'.
The Press., 1920-01-22

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 Communications received without signatures always committed to the waste basket without attention.
 Advertisers desiring change should nave copy at office by Tuesday at 10 a. m, otherwise We cannot guarantee change.
 This paper is mailed regularly to its suoscrio- CTS until a definite order to discontinue Is re ceived and all arrears are paid in full
 We are always glad to have ne'oS items sent in, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning. or earlier, if possible. It IS oiten hee- essary to sbridge items that are received ai'er Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday al
The Press., 1920-01-22
Difference of Custom.

"In old England people showed theil excitement by saying 'Zounds!' " T.
 And in New Jersey the commuters say Zones Y" /
The Press., 1920-01-22

Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court for the District of Somers, passed on the 18th day of January 1920, directing me to sell all the real estate of Carl w. Berifield, an income, tent, of said Somers, situated m said Somers, and particularly described in said application for sale hereby give notice that said real estate is for sale and will be sold for the best interest of said estate by the Con
 BERT D. COOLEY,
 Conseryator,
The Press., 1920-01-22
Identified,

The Farming report from Scotland
 that parrot had developed rabies has pr'N ed to be incorrect. The bird. it appce rs. was merely cndeavorin- to initiate he bagpipes.~-I'unch, London.
The Press., 1920-01-22

FOR SALE-Potatoes Spalding, Rose
 and Cobbler, good for seed or eating: | S3 Delivered at Stafford Springs or at | South Willington. 2.S5 at my cellar | with bags for exchange, during Jan
 uary only. Strictly Cash. Order at Me
 Cormcl Drug Store, or of w. J. BoWler' | West Wilmington.