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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-27
Alexandria, Va, Dec. 9th, 1920.

Alexandria, Va, Dec. 9th, 1920.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Citizens National
Bank, Alexandria, Va, will be held
at their banking house at IL o'clock
noon, on Tuesday, January 1fth,-
1921, FOR the election Of directors
for tie ensuing year, ard for The
transaction OF any other business
hat may be properly brought before
thc meeting.
?,93-td. N. L. Dinwiddie. Cashier
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-27

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Iowa Apartment
Housa Company for the election Of
! Board Of Directors for the ensuing
wear and the transaction Of other
business, will be held at No. l07
Norti: Fairfax Street, Alexandria,
Va. January 18th, 1921. at ten
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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27

convention in January, 1852 substituted Franklin Pierce, but he-positively for bade such a use of his name, declaring it would be utterly repugnant to my taste and wishes" The earnestness of this refusal was not doubted by the pub lie at least. Apparently the proposal was dropped, but under cover loyal friends kept at work for Pierces nomfna- ton.
 When a political party is going wrong, the first thing it does is to try to hide behind either respectable or an un- known figurehead. After the democratic national convention of 1852 had baked through B ballots at the nomination of such conspiciuous leaders as Cass and Buchanan, Marcy and Douglas, the time came to trot dark horse Virginia picked Daniel s. Dickinson of New York But he was delegate, who felt in hon, or bound to stand by Cass and he put a stop to the movement in his own favor | Had he only sat silent in his seat ol spoken with double tongue he would have been president.
 Senator Bradbury of Maine, who wa at Bowdoin College with Pierce, had beer consistently coaching his friend as tn i dark horse. Under the senator's timel,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
DIRECTOR GENERAL H1Nrs

That Mr. Hines should resign from the office of director general of the railroads. an office created under the government control of tho roads. at this time is only what was to be expected. The railroads have been turned back to the owners and Ihe direction of the operations is now out 3f the hands Of the government. It is irno that there are many adjustments yet to bc made and that there Is still a period during which guarantees are made to the roads. but the duties of the 5nice are certainly far less than they wcro and it IS not surprising that the di rect0r general should believe that otherI can from now on look after the worH without his remaining on the job.
 Director General Hines served not only as ths head of the railroad adninistra, ton but also as assistant, but throughou Che period of his appointment in eithei position he rendered service to the gov arument at @ large sacrifice to hi yearly income as Q railroad head. Picked for his recognized ability in the guidanc, of the railroad system of which he wal chairman of the board of directors h, was faced with a much greater task tlhaI sras ever undertaken before. He wa lHzewfse obliged to work under the poll cies Of the administration, so that 1t cal hardly bc fair to judge the retiring al Ysctor general azS his raqrnad abIIt1
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
OUTLOOK IS GOOD.

The San Reno conference while en- gagged in it's work has already given evil dence that several of the important matters that were before it for adjust ment will be settled, that there is dis position on the part of the representa- tives to get together and reach Q sane conclusion and that hencaforth there will be a better understanding than ever before. That certainly will be a desira- ble outcome if such only results and cer- tainly there has been no time when there was greater need for the display of common sense in disposing of the matters growing out of the war than right now.
 Nothing has been emphasized more than the need of thorough understand ing of the views, and the reasons upon which theX are based, of the respective countries. It was folly to suppose that | there was to be a break among the al- lies because of the action that was taken | by France against Germany as the re- suit of the trouble in the Ruhr basin | France stands in a much different posi- | tion than the other large powers. It has felt the force of the German blow and ii is only natural that it should be certain to let no advantage accrue to the enemy which might result in more trouble. Ever the allies cannot fail to appreciate it's in sistence upon the respect for the treaty provision or to show alarm when troubl, develop develops because of a failure O such respect
 That there are bothersome complica tions in the problems faced cannot b questioned but it has been shown that a the result of calm and cool deliberatiol that knotty tangles can be pulled t pieces and such is what the San Rem conference promises to do regardin some, if not all, of the questions that ar before it. Many complications hay arisen because of the delay that has bee caused in the settlement of matters tha should have been cleared up months agt but apparently recognition is now give
 the need of getting down to business an
 results.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
Norwich, April 2s, 1920.
Smoking in Banks and Stores


 MT. Editor: May I raise these ques- tions through the columns of The Bull letin? What in the world is the matter with our Norwich banks and department stores and our book store, that they should allow men to come in and smoke as freely as though these pl H,es had been established for smoking rooms?
 I was in New London bank few weeks ago and the No Smoking" sign there was as refreshing to the soul as a breath of fresh air to the lungs com ing out of one of our smoky banks.
 Also, what in the world is the mat ter with the men, that they should have no more consideration for women and for men who do not smoke. One probable answer to this latter question, or rather I will say possible | answer, suggests itself. 0, I hope it is not true, but I fear ii 1 is. that some of these men are either l fathers, brothers, sons or husbands oi 1 smoking women. In that case they might not realize that some women are diff. l ferent mad therefore might not like l smoke.
 l Another possible answer to the las l question is that constant indulgence il the vile weed has robbed them of st much of their manhood, that to them courtesy seems like foolishness. I wish that others would take up thi
 matter and do some agitating. All hand
 together would rid Norwich of thi | nuisance.
 All our stores and markets should b free from smoke.
 LOVER OF NORWICH Norwich Town, April 23, 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

Just what operations the federal forces in Mexico intend naming against the revolutionists has not been disclosed. It is not probable that the plan of action will be made public to any greater de- gree than is necessary, but up to the present time 1t does not appear that any thing in the way of effective action has been undertaken. This may be offset by the claim that the federalists have not as yet got into action, but if such is the case it must be realized that valuable time is being lost and the chance of nip ping the outbreak in the bud is being lost.
 Conditions in Mexico are not whai they should be for quick and effective suppression of this revolution. Carranzs has maintained for long time that hC has been in control but there has beer evidence galore that he could do little in the way of maintaining law and ordel in many sections of his country. The de liant attitude of Sonora and the success which has attended the activities carriet on by the leaders of that movement add strength to the belief that the opposi tion to Carranza has either gotten tn upper nanu or else II COnSlQerS 1ISel strong enough to accomplish it's effort and the way in which federal leaders an troops are reported to be deserting Car ranza and joining the opposition mus certainly be giving it the encouragement which it seeks.
 Had Carranza possessed a more thol | ou2h control previous to this outbrea much more confidence could be placed his a ility to put down this opposition but conditions which have existed the1 lave been due to the weak control | possessed and now to be faced with
 much more serious situation. with ne 1 trouble developing at different point indicates that he must work quickly an effectively or 1t will be a case of Ieavin the government of the republic to u south in other hands,
 From all indications Carranza is req
 ing the whirlwind for which he has Tor
 since been sowing the seeds. and at u same time finding that his government cui+e IS unpopular at home as els
 where.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
SEEING LIGHT.

Whom Grun1u. who instigated the out t.w strike. and who undertook to head nn organization Of railroad men in op- position To the brotherhood. comes to the rtai1lu'on that it is useless to buck the government. as he has declared in one of Ii7 statements. he has reached the con- ciusior fhnt he should. have started with when he entered on his policy of dis r10tion.
 Thera have been others who have un- ier'aien and accomplished just what Crunru fit They have found it neces- Tary to he personally shown that their irc1m7 could not be carried out, that ihere was such @ thing as biting off more 'h1u they could chew and that the crea- lon or h1rdshins and suffering through out One country is something that is not going to be tolerated
 Seemingly G-unau deplores his luck because he ran counter to the Lever act Rnd because the government after some umo placed him under arrest, but he has reaeon nevertheless to realize that ho and those who trailed along with him won quite as much opposition from the public in general
 ft is because there was great indigna. ton at Che act Of the railroad men in leaving their jobs and breaking their arreemcut that great numbers of mer stepped into the jobs they had left, be. came swiichmen, conductors and engi ncers and managed 10 keep trains run. ming even n they were not railroad men Much ls relied upon in the way of pub. lic sympathy when a strike is undertaken but the action of Grunau and his follow rrs aroused just the opposite of sympa thy.
 Whether the strike was aimed more a the brotherhood officials than at the rail roads. the fact Is that the roads and tn, public are tho ones that were made {, suffer. The lesson. however, is mucl she same as in other strikes that hav caused similar trouble and 1t is highl- unfortunate that there are those wh, can lead a sufficient number into bring ing about such conditions instead of pur suing sane and sensible course. shows how some are willing to foIlo1 most any leadership and then make a awful howl if they find that they mus pay the penalty for their acts.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
Entirely New Way to
 Banish SuperAuous Hair (RealIy Removes Roots and AID

Why should any woman continue to wear an ugly. humiliating growth or hair on her face. now that 1t Is known this can be completely and quickly re- lactine process7 The process is not 10 be compared at all with the depilatory. electrical or shaving methods. Phe- lactine is hon-odorless, nop-irritating. poisonous-so harmless Ei cQuiS 6e eaten without any bad effect. Best or all. the hairs come out entire. even the roots. before ones very eyes, The skin is left IS smooth and hair-free as a child'e.
 Anyone who purchases a stick of phelactine from the druggist and fol- lows the simple directions, Is bound to be pleased and delighted
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
HER DEADLY REVENGE

knew was to be vacated that after noon. There were three on the waiting list for it, but any friend of mine would be given the preference"
 "Then your troubles began" unused the artist
 Indeed they did To go from a fif- teen room house to a room measuring 1b l by 10 feet requires some mental and phy- sical adjustment, especially if one brings along everything that she forgot to put in the storage house-including her auto toels and an extra tire" What do you carer" What happens in Lois room does not | trouble me- conceded the stenographer ] .sIt is what she says at the table. Our
 regular breakfast foods, ham, bacon and 1 eggs, cakes toast and coffee; then fried sweetbreads, saute kidneys, fried perch
 and waf1es frequently" Sounds good to me-"
 Tt is good, but unfortunately Lois can't eat fruit that has any acid in it,
 and doesn't like fruit without acid. She doesn't care for oatmeal unless it has been steamed four hours the night before and an hour more in the morning.
 Lois doesn't touch pork in any form She has never tasted sweetbreads or kid ney saute, but knows that she does not
 like either"
 Il 'so she made her breakfast on coffee
 and toast?''
 'No,' interrupted the stenographer
 "An English aunt had visited Lois hom
 for two weeks and since that time Loi
 has never eaten toast without marma Jade or gooseberry jam" You are going to be late in gettinl back to the office," said the artist, glant ing at the clock. ITO cut my story, Lois now has seve : varieties $f breakfast food. and as man
 kinds of jam on the window sill nea e our table. So far the head waiter ha
 not said anything but he seems trouble : every time he looks at this baby delica V tessen.''
 : ''It is good lesson to you but, becaus = I love you, I shall tell you way ou e Lois Ke1ham's friend, Mrs. Baker, want r a boarder-someone who can be treate S just as if she were one of the family Pt 7, them into touch with each other and SC '- what happens" if 'Fll do it. said the stenographer. "C y all the revenges, it is the deadliest."- h Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
CIRCULATION MEEK ENDING APRIL 24th, 1920
 10,651
-nr srnAR CONFERENCE.

--thraily the country looks forward with great expectations to the sugar cdrforcnca that is to be held this week There ace hopes. whether they are we'll founded or not that some way can be dcviaod that will stop the upward ten donov of sugar prices and make the 1woot stuT mare plentiful
 If ihe situation is due to profteering and boarding !t seems probable that rers can he taken to improve matters, but n H is a fact that there is a de- sreara ls production. that the demands from Europe are still SO large as to af- feet tre quantity available here and like w'e affect the price 1t would seem that .ha efforts which were urged many months ago should have been followed but inasmuch as that was not done the chances of recovering the horse after il hn7 been stolen are much less favorable than ,hosa which would have been re- auirrd to prevent the loss.
 We ore getting to the season of the year where large quantities of sugar art going Co he required 10 prevent the lost .r nuch other material Last year mucl canning was not done because of the in rhnitv 70 get sugar. Then the price wa f.- nor, reasonable than today and
 fr. shortage rather than the prici red i,s use Today there i a-e and price restriction
 difficult 10 get sugar for tn
 ue To say nothing about can
 oven worse situation
 ,cr.1 by declarations to the effec Hr th. rr'ce may go to 35 or 50 cent .f -rtan
 re conference will show in tn
 m-1ial possibilities remains t b. Tint it can fix the responsibi lr f- .he present situation is unques taret hut what is Of greater importanc row is to devise stens that will pu rr in any who are creating an art rcui condition and make it possible fc fro-a who need sugar Co get it at a -res ec-ahIs figure Perhaps the best ths -an he c1nccied now is to have the priC prevented from going azy higher
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
Stories That Recall Others
Needed Her Help

Frank C. ksew very little of chill dren until his married sister and her three-year old son came home to visit the other day Now the variety of the three year olds language amazed the uncle. He said "bow-wow'' for dog "bye-bye" for automobile. "mew-mew'' for cat and even "la-la" for the talking machine.
 The other evening Frank came into the house. Say, sis" he called up stairs to his sister. you'll have to give me some help. I want to ask this young ster to go wish me to show and I don't know what kind of a noise to make for moving pictures"
 Poor Father
 Marian is eleven years old and thinks she is old enough to stop having her hair bobbed and let it grow out and be braided as do the other girls in hel class. But her mother has different ideas. So of course there is an argu. ment every time hair cutting time ar. | rives. Last time mother brought for ward a new argument q want youl l hair to be pretty and thick when yoJ grow up," she said. land there is noth | ing which makes your hair grow bettei than to cut it often.' Marian's eyes opened wide. ''Thel why don't you begin it on father" sh said. He says himself that he is get ting bald"
 Most of our duties are too plain t, be attractive.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27

by the fact that the railroad administra- tion went into the hole as it did during the period of operations.
 It was unquestionably fortunate in many ways that there was a competent man at the head of this branch of the war service. He called to his assistance capable directors for the various regions into which the railroad system was di- vided and was obliged to take the reins under the most unfavorable conditions One result of the government control of the roads was, however, to demonstrate to the country that they had not been getting proper treatment in the period juut previous thereto. The resignation of the director now means that we are getting much nearer to normal condi lions.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27

.'It is my own fault" walled the ste nographer. selecting the only vacant chair in the studio.
 The commercial artist looked sympa- thetic.
 q recommended boarding house my own" explained the stenographer.
 The artist stared You poor thihgi'' she said.
 q admit that am old enough to know better" said the stenographer. Wears ago I learned never to recommend a washerwonian, a dressmaker, or a play, for fear that the next time I saw the person to whom I made the recommen- dation she would inform me that her best lingerie had been lost by the washerwo- man her s6 yard goods had been ruin ed by the dfessmalzer or she had been bored to death by the play.' And yet,'' said the artist, punching her brush into the paint, you deliber- ately of your own free will, bring a | friend into your own boarding house p Tt is true,'' said the stehographer. l st1'm guilty All last fall I listened to | narrowing tales of home hunting, with | out offering any advice-not even a hint I congratulated myself on being in a small hotel where everybody from the | owner to the telephone boy, radiates l good will; the chef is extra good the families are pleasant and even the bach elors are jolly. And the women nevei gossip!''
 t'It sounds ideal,'' said the artist. And then,' said the stenographer, 'f blundered. A couple of months ago
 ran into Lois Kelham. She was born ant
 raised in a fifteen room house in En
 glewood. She told me that her brothe
 was to be married and she and he mother were to tighten the white wom
 ans burden by living in a. cozy flat" First find the fiat,'' commented tn 1 artist.
 ''Yes, of course' said the stenograph
 "WeIl, anyway, the next time I saN
 her she said that if there were two un occupied rooms under the same roof any
 where in Chicago she had not been abl
 to find them and in despair her mothe I had gone out of the city-to board. Lo
 was temporarily located in hallwa. sleeping on cot. behind a nervous poi , tiere Then my natural kindness l heart asserted itself and I called up m
 own hotel and asked about a room whic
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27

inspiration the Virginians next cast their votes for Franklin Pierce on the 18th ballot The little known name did not start a wildfire. It was not until the 18th rellcaIl that the wearied delegations reluctantly nominated him in a perfume tory stampede.
 Presidential honors never were less welcome in any home than in that of the Pierces. Washington was dreaded by Mrs Pierce as a place of exile. When Benjamin, her little son, who was away at school heard of the nomination, he sat down and wrote her that he hoped his father would be defeated in the cleo tion, seemingly having caught his moth CTS dislike of the capital and of public life.
 The boy was not to keep his parents company in their unsought residence in the White House. In train wreck be- tween Boston and Concord the month af- 1 ter the election he was killed while | travelling with his father and motheri Afterward the railroad was sued on ac- count of the death of another of the pas- sengers on the wrecked train, and Pierce | requested Benjamin F. Butler to defend the road from the charge of negligence | The reason he gave was a strange one Mrs. Pierce was convinced that the com pany was blameless, because she looked upon the derailing of the train as an ac of God. She was anxious not to be dis turbed by a court decision that shoul, run contrary to her consoling belief tha a special Providence had taken ava, from the president-elect his only child ii order that he might give himself who'll to the duties of his great office.
 The cynical lawyer did not atternpt f prove that the accident was due to a s,i pernatural cause, but he so cleverly UT , set the technical evidence of it's mechan j. ical origin that he cleared the corpora tion. With such comfort as she could fin l in that result of the trial. the bereave Y mother dwelt her term in the Whit r House under the pail of- this donest s tragedy.
 . Tomorrow: The Prologue of Gret
 Tragedy.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN
 EXCHANGES.

It is good news that the Angio-French ! question has, in principle. been cleared up. The third French note gave us the hoped-for undertaking that Ffacne will in future act with the alliance. AlreNiy our second note had given the French those assurances of our determination to enforce the treaty. for which they on their side wg-e anxious. Harmony is thus reached-provisionaiiy, at all events.
 Sunlight and wireIess-wireless ex- perts will await with interest the result of Signor Marconrs investigations into I the phenomenon of the remarkable in- crease in the strength and range of wireless signals at night compared wit1 the daytime, which he intends to carry out on his floating laboratory in the | Mediterranean thfe r7onth. The cause of this-variation Is an unsolved problem l of wireless eiec,r.ciiI. but experiments during the total eclipse of tine sun last May suggest that it is due to the effect of the suns rays on the atmosphere.
 Birds Nesting in the City-Birds are building nests in the plane trees of the garden of Printing House square. and that is as near 10 the centre of city life as the migratory birds have got for a good many years. Ur.El the beginning of the war rocks ir.hab-
 tied the elrns in Gray'H Inn Gardens
 When they decided to find fresh c iart. CTS a few migrated to Fountain Court
 in the Temple. and for a season thert
 were three nests. But the birds proved too noisy for lawyers. who served a wri of ejectment on them in the form of air
 gun bullets. Now that Gray's Inn is n' longer in military occupation the rock may return to their old home.
 \ Bread BubbIe-Our compIaisant nc
 ceptance Of the shilling loaf contrast
 vividly with the rumpus raised this tim ? eleven years ago. when the American Patton. cornered the wheat supply an English housewives were confronted wit ! the possibility of a rise in bread O one-half penney per loaf At this june
 ture the corner man" confessed himsel
 satisfied. pocketed his half million. an
 pricked the financial bubble.
 ii The Largest NugEet-The nuggs ' weighting over 12lb. which was foun r in the Belgian Congo and is now l
 London is very far from being 'th n worlds largest gold nugget" except Q the. sense that it still exists. while tf ' others have been melted. The large.
 ever found was the "welcome" nugge
 discovered in 1858 at Bakeryhall. Bail; o rat. It weighed 2,217oz. and sold f,
 f1O.500 Not a few, both in Austral