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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-28
A Statement
BY Howard w.

personally wrote the editorial
which appeared in the Alexandria Ga
zette in rs issue of Saturday. March
26th
In tha. editorial | stated that the
false alarm OF fire on Friday even
:Er was turned in from the Reliance
Engine House, and that the alarm
was for the foot of King Street. |
made that statement based upon a
persona! interview at Police Head
quarters Immediately after the occur
renee, ard believed the statement to
be correct. l am informed by reliable
I persons that the alarm was not turn.
ed IN from the Reliance Engine House,
and therefore, in fairness and al tn"
reques. If delegation from thai
Company desire 70 retract that state
ment.
The bu.arcc of that editorial stands
! as written; we have no apologies IS
make therefore, and we again urge
the authorities Of this city to enforce
proper regulations for speed Of fire
appara,,; and private vehicles. We
lake this occasion 20 further urge the
City Council to conduct a rigid in
, vestigat;cn into the subject CT false
alarms # fire. and in aid Of that cause
we are today Offering a reward OF
one handrcd dollars for the arrest and
convirticn Of the person or persons
who turned in the false alarm on last
Friday M:Ght.
There are six alarm stations; one
at Police Headquarters; one al each OF
! the three engine houses; one at each
, the residence and office of the chief
of the fire depar,mrt | was inform
ed by tire delegation which called
upon me to protest against the ed'
.orial thsr the alarm could have neen
turned in by either one Of these SIX
stations, or by someone cutting IN
on the wires from the outside.
A delegation from the fire depart
mant called on me this morning, head
cd by Chief Ogden, to complain OF
The editorial in question. Chief Ogden
was particularly frank and bitter in
/ L;r owl. ic;cp, oF nm for the rulbIIca-
ton of the article. ! desire 70 state
that Mr.. Ogden was in the Gazette
office wher brought the editorial IN
on Saturday morning for publication
1t was my intention TO show him th4
article arc spoke TO him on the sub
iject. telling him that we were COM
menting cditorial!y. and asked him
what he had to say about it. He re-
piled thai. the paper would do him
favor if we would. make our editoris
as strong as possible; that We coulc
not make It too strong to suit him
W.. Ogd1n, however, did not see eh:
!, editorial aefors publication.
{ l s:at=a 20 Mr. Ogden: that if anl
:~.rs:;-e had bean doae:ts asv7ne. oo'
columns are open. and free, and sw'
Wi : oe glad to publish any com
mun!cstlcu from Ch!ef, Ogden ,oHtaff.
otfer person pertaining to the sub
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-28
Vestrymen Chosen

st. Paul's Episccpa! Church today
elected the following vcStrymen t.
serve foc the year:
job, r. Zimmerman. Edward l..
Da:nserfie.d. U. S. Lambert. J. X.
II. Norton, Laurence Siablcr, E. c.
Dunn. Geo. T. Klrpstelr, VIM b.
Smoot. E.. S. r. Burke, Arthur Her
bert, T. C.. Perry, J S. Smyth.
Christ and Grace Episcopal Church
es tonight will elect vcstrynlnn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-28
Fire Chief Resigns
X. W. Ogden QuitS As Department
Head-Counci! To Elect Sue
ceSSOr

Fire Chief Kenneth W. Ogden today
rendered his resignation as chief OF
The fire department 10 Mayor }. NJ.
Duncan. The mayor stated that ne
expects 10 present the resignation OF
Chief Cgien to the city council at its
mex: meeting. He, however, added n:
mad not accepted it and said that Chief
Oo.icn will continue to act TIL his
successor is chosen by the city coun-
Gil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-28
NOTICE

Dreadnaught Athletic Carnival
BOXING WRESTLING
40 Rounds 2 Mathes.
-5- T<,f OTHER EVENTS
Admssion-53 cents Including War
Tax
a 7I-3c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-28
ELkS' DANCE

The Eiks' Easter Dance. will he
given at its home Wednesday. March
30. frcn 9 TO IL p. m Proceeds fcr
Charity Fund. 1i-3c
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
NEW YoRK's BARGE CANAL.

Members Of congress and business men and shippers from the middle west are making an inspection trip along the New York state barge canal The canal has been in existence a consider able time so that it isn't exactly an opening Of the waterway that they are attending Primarily the purpose of the tour is to demonstrate the availability of the canal for handling a larger amount Of transportation from the mid dle west than is coming that way at the present time and to show that there is ready for use a means of shippine from middle west and great lake ports ny water without supporting the sug- gested idea Of making a tremendous outlay for the enlargement of canals , and the deepening Of the St. Lawrence that there may he an outlet obtained in that direction by water for a part of The year
 Norwich has recently had a demon stra-iO1 of what service is afforded by This canal through the bringing here by large sci Dropeuing barge of a s2o ton cargo from Buffalo. Time and again has attention been directed to tl- fact that while congested condi- tlors were to he encountered on othe- transportation lines there was by no means a full use being made of this cteap and efficient means of moving goods by water. It therefore seems only natural that New York should now be engaged in displaying the merits ol th's facility, and attention cannot fai to be given to the claim that if tn, country is desirous of making an, large expenditure for improved water ways it shou give attention to wha can be done with a working waterwa, existing within the boundaries of tht country instead of plunging into some ling which is outside and which at it b=5t can be used only part of the year
 Likewise at this time there canno fail to be realized what q service cal he obtained from this barge canal il case Of the threatened interruption c The big transportation lines Report from the middle west indicate that
 much larger volume of goods has bee moved by water this year than prev ously but it doesn't appear that the Ne7 York barge canal has been overburdene wit hbusiress
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
THE NEAR EAST srRrGnrE

As wars drag on the expense piles 7p. IL costs money to maintain ar- mics even though they are not fighting all the time. There must be eouinnent. Sustsnance and transportation and the cost of providing them may be lessened when the battle is not on but It by no means stops. Any country that has been involved in war and there are few that have not, is fully aware of the way in which war expenditures mount.
 But so far as can be judged this foesn't seem to be worrying either the Ereeks or the Turkish nationalfsts very much They have been fighting in Asia Minor for many months. They have made their respective gains and taken heir defeats. They have lost heavily h men and equipment. Greece has managed to retain possession of a con- haerable Of the territory once held by he Hationalists but it has been obliged Do yield, more than once, territory which 1t had taken at heavy cost.
 Just at the present time both armies bppesr to be resting. The Turks are lot prepared ts abandon the defense and
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
THE PARIS AFFAIR.

Those who have no respect for the law, and the way in which the provis- ions of it are enforced, have peculiar ways of ranifesting their resentment. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that those who are determined to re- spect no law invariably resort to a cowardly manner of showing it and are willing to go to any extreme, regardless of what the effect may be or who may be involved.
 If it is a fact that those who have been sending anonymous communica- tions to Ambassa dor Herrick in Paris. concerning the arrest and prosecution of Italia, in Massachusetts, were re- sponsfbie for the sending of an infer nal machine to his home, addressed to him personally, it is perfectly appar- ent that they were intent upon taking his life or seriously injuring him, even though it was plain to them that he had nothing to do with the Massachu- sets cases.
 Such actions can only be regarded as anarchistic or the work of some fa- natic. Whether it will be possible to locate the sender of the package re- mains to be determined but 1t is to be | expected that the police of Paris will do their utmost to locate those who are responsible for the affair. Their fnten- 1 tfons were plain and they deserve no consideration whatever if it can be shown that they were responsible for their act In view of the communiea- tionfs which preceded the package it
 seems highly probable that those who
 are responsible for the one are respon- sible for the other.
 l It is fortunate that the effect of the ! explosion was no worse but it will be unfortunate if the guilty ones are no-
 located. Humanity isn't safe where
 those with such inclinations are per mftted to be at liberty.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20

the Greek government has given a vote of confidence to the premier and his policies. Greece considers that it has gotten possession of much more than it was granted under the Sevres treaty. and hasn't gotten over the idea of seeking more.
 In the last campaign that was under taken to overcome the disaster of the first the preparations were elaborate. Nothing was spared to make it suc- cess. Big calls were made on the man. power of the country as well as upon the pocketbooks. It was an occasion when Greece must go forward or else experience worse disaster and possibly abandon its Asia Minor claims. It hasn't accomplished what was sought and while disappointment must exist 1t has not caused Encouragement. How long they can continue to pour funds and men into the struggle is not indi- cated. They are in a much more fa- vorable position to negotiate a peace than they have been before but that possibility hasn't as yet appeared or the horizon.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
ropAY,s CONFERENCE.

Weight must necessarily be attached to the conference which has been called for today between the members of the railroad labor board and the heads of the railroad brotherhoeds. Whether it will result in the calling off of the strike Is probiematical. What proposition will be submitted is somewhat uncertain al- though it Is indicated that it will be a request for the calling off of the strike on the provision that the roads with hold their request for a further reduc- tion in wages and that the wage re- to reduced rates.
 Such a solution. which seems to be based upon a suggestion that has been made by a Pennsylvania railroad off, cial is likely to be temporary at best. If the roads should find that the low cred rates bring them sufficient addi- tional business and permit them such return as they are entitled to under the law the result would be interesting. A test would, however, be permitted un- der such plan.
 On the other hand it has been an nounced by Chief Stone of the engi- iiGeIS lIttt luS government can pre- vent the strike by taking over the rail- roads, and this is what will happen eventually"
 Thus it would appear that the policy of the brotherhoods Is definitely deter mined. If Stone Is to be regarded as ! the spokesman Of the railroad employees they are neS going to be satisfied until they get the roads back Into the hands of the government or until they secure those same easy conditions which they obtained under government operation. The reason for this is indicated by the statement of President Underwood of the Erie who declares government con- trol Is desired because 1t means re- duced discipline. Everyone Is of course
 familiar with the manner in which the 1 government yielded to every demand o
 the railroad employees and is conscious
 of what it cost the country and the individual.
 The country is in no mood for any
 such return and there can be no though of such move as price for havins the threatened strike called off.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN
 EXCHANGES.

unemployment and distress are rife owing to the fact that the foreign de- Ihdhd for coal has not yet recovered from the dislocation caused bv tbe strike, and British industry for the same reason is consuming far less than the normal quantity of coal. Nemesis indeed has descended with logical and terrific suddenness upon those who challenged the existing order through the strike. But they are not the only sufferers. Their fellow workers in oth- CT industries have been equally hit. The great manufacturing industries, which cannot buy coal, cannot keep their own workers in employment, and at this mo- ment we are faced with wave of 1n- employment all over England which is ewing heavy toll on the resources of the taxpayer and the ratepayer. with consequences only too well known. British Scrap Brass.-The disposal and liquidation commission announces 1 that Sir Howard Frank has signed contract for the sale to the BHtish Met al Corporation, Ltd, of the whole of 1 the brass scrap in Great Britain belong 1 ing to the government. The purchase price is expected to work out at about l A 900, 900.
 i Big Flight. of starIings.-Crowds at 1 wych and the Strand watching a won
 derful flight of starIings The birds were flying about 60) feet high from l east to west. and, as it was rapidly
 growing dark. probably settled in St.
 James and Hyde Parks for the night. The trees there must have been crowd ed with them. The birds fled in flocks 50 yards in length and half as wide.
 and flock succeeded flock for many min
 utes. With their amazing opening out Iclosing of ranks, and movement round a given centre, they almost seemed d be acting on definite plan.
 The Landlords Goose.-The associa- tfon of geese with Michaelmas derives from the old custom of presenting a jstubbleg goose, when paying the Michael
 mas rent, by way of propitiatory Of fering to the landlord. The gift was supposed to ensure easy circumstances for the tenant during the ensuing IF months. One may take leave to doub, whether the fattest goose would induce Ia present-day landlord to abate that extra 10 per cent. on the rent which is everywhere being imposed, with statu- tory authority, this Michaelmas. de
 cline in the cost of repairs is the best
 goose for landlord and tenant alike just now.-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
An Easy Way For
 Think People to Put on
 Flesh and Gain Weight
Strong, Straightforward Advice ts Thin, UndeYeIoped Men and Women

If you are thins scrawny and undevel- oped, If your face is peaked and your cheeks and neck exhibit unsightly hollows, it's almost certain that your nervous sys- tenn is at the bottom of the trouble You can eat three. yes four, substantial fat producing meals a day. but as long as your stomach has an insufficient supply Of nerve force this food you eat will pass out of the body with little if any benefit
 In order to assimilate properly the nourishing food you eat and convert it into healthy tissue and fat the nerves that sanitation must be put in first class shape and until that is done you might just as well quit trying 10 put on flesh Your system is starving for something that will turn the food you eat into healthy stay there flesh. and ii can only be done in one way-by correcting faulty nervous diges- ton.
 Thin, nervous. rundown people. how ever with impoverished blood and half starved looks. are hailinG with delight a quick and certain maker of solid flesh called EVANS TRIPLE PHOSPH ATFS digestion and correcting nervous digestive troubles. In fact the makers of Evans Triple Phosphates guarantee that ore months treatment will incresse ro7yr weight by several pounds and within fen days make you feel like . new being frlII plish things. Lee & Osgood and leading druggists everywhere have agreed to SUD- ply Evans Triple phoe pnates and guar antee it to do just what is claimed for it or money refunded
 Caution: While Evans Triple Phos- phates accomplishes wonders in nervous digestive troubles and as a general nerve tonic. 1t should not be taken by anyone who objects to a few additional pourtn of solid, stay-there flesh
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
READ YOUR CHARACTER By Digby Phillips,
 Copyrighted 1921
Vital Ears

Vital Ears
 It is strange that in our instinctive character reading we pay so much at tention to such features as the eyes and the chin, and so little to the ears.
 The only people, aside from the scientific character analysts, who pay any attention to ears other than to regard them as either normal or fun n.y. are detectives and aienists. The former find in them convolutions which serve much in the same manner as fingerprints for identification. The lat ter are able to determine much in the way of sanity and insanity from them.
 Yet ears are very important in the scientific study of character. They're important in what they are observed.
 Take for instance, the ear which is When you see an ear like this you say to yourself:
 Here is a person who is particular ly well fitted to function in civilized society. Not a person of rugged physi- que and dominating mentality, per haps nor yet a leader of the world s thought, but a person who appreciates | the good things of life and is willing to work for them. Not a person who loves work for works sake, but who is interested in work because it will bring the things wanted. In short a very practical person who avoids all fights and antagonisms except those which are necessary, and who general ly makes a success in the practical l field of endeaVor chosen
 .Tomorrow-Suspicious Handwriting
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20

only 1000 of those hours are spent in school during the year-What of the 3.3S0 hours remaining? Who is teaching Jane, then? She is certainly learning. Some times her playmates are her teachers, with lessons sonc thimes helpful, some times harmful. The fathers teaching hours are limited to Sunday and holidays with an occasional evening hour the Sunday school teacher may get twenty five hours year, but of course the real teacher is the mother. Every day of the year, she teaches her little daughter; even during the child's sickness lessons continue, lessons Of patience, gentieness and sef-conuol.
 If anyone were to ask of the school teacher that she teach music. art. litera- ture. domestic science and manual train ing, she would known it was impossible. And yet that is just what is demanded of the mother as tn educator
 Music Yes, she is teaching music when she sings at her work or helps Jane select good music for the VictTola instead of jazz And as she arranges her home tastefully with Appropriate pictures, she
 is often unconsciously forming the child's taste in art.
 What stories shall I read to the chil- uren We RlnQeTSdTIneFS are dSheu again and again by eager mothers who feel that ordinary ''trushy'' stories are not good enough for the children who are
 so greatly influenced by the stories they hear and read
 The mother knows-this wise mother educator who is asked to teach domestic
 science, now necessary it is for her little
 daughter to learn helpfulness in house hold duties. q can't iron big things yet but I can iron all the handkerchiefs, dad dy's and mothers and Johns and mine said little Jane with prile.
 Actions are judged right or wrong ac- cording to mothers ar PttovaI or disap-
 proval She is indeed, !le great teacher of morals. Slip in behind those people
 so the conductor won't see you,' heard
 a wonaH say to little boy one day as l was bording a crowded street car. He
 succeeded in "fooling the conductor" and | in getting a definite lesson in cheating | and dishonor
 Religious training, as we'll as moral. is | part of the great task and the joyous | task of the teacher-mother,-an is it not a glad sign foN future America that
 so many mothers Of our great country. are in their heats, uniting in the prayer of Motherhood" 50 beautifullH given by
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
CIRCULATiOE WEEK ENDING OCT. 18th, 1921
 1I,580
TREATY RATIFICATION.

Two-thirds of the senate must vote in favor in order to secure the rathica- ton Ot any treaty, By the vote upon the German, Austrian and Hungarian treaties there were more than the need- ed two-thirds of the senate. hence the action required of the senate has been completed.
 It was almost three years ago that rho arnlstice went into effect. It has Fs ;n two years since the treaty Of Yer satlles was brought over and the coun- try given to understand that 1t Or noth- ing wou'd be acceptable. But for that attitude peace might have been effect ed long time ago. There was a time when the treaty with reservations might have been endorsed had Presi- dent Wilson been willing to accent such. He wasn't but it was plainly evident from the verdict of the people last November that his course was not approved. Thus there is no reason for surprise over the action that has been taken by the present administration and the senate In ratfying thacpresent trea- ties.
 The vote upon ratification was not along party lines. Had 1t been no ratI- fcation would have been possible since the republican majority is not large enough for the required two-thirds vote Democrats were opposed to the Wilson position on the treaty and opposed the ratification Of the Versailles treaty They were of course not blind to the ex- rression Of the people last November and they were fully aware of the de. uand for peace and the help that would be given by ratification. Treaties as 2 matter of fact ought not to be dealt witt along party lines. They concern the whole people and should be considered on that basis and those who have sup ported the treaties are thoroughI aware of the fact that they not onl, followed such course but that the, followed the expression given by a bi majority Of the voting population O the country as rendered almost a yea ago. The ratification will mean bene fits 70 the country which ought to hay been. and might have been secured long time ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
REWARDNG SERVICES


 T stopped at the Bilkintens hotel in Pittsburgh said the out-of-town GUS toner And I can tell gou frankly that I'm never going to do 1t again."
 T suppose it's 8 thankless job run- ming hotel" said Wilkinsan as he passed the cigars. Tt looks so easy to the guest, who hasn't the slightest idea what lot of things are needed to make up a good hotel"
 My wife got into conversation with a housekeeper at a hotel onca," said the out-of-town customer. And she told her some of her trials. She said she had two maids who could neither read nor write and therefore had to be shown everything. They could not read the numbers on the doors so the poor house. keeper had to keep chasing them up to see that everything was done. One day I spoke to one of these maids and asked how many there were like her She said she had no idea. She said there were two on each floor. but she was unable to multiply the number of floors by two and get the number. of maids"
 Most persons think more of the eat ing at a hotel than of the way the rooms are kept" said Wilkinson.
 ''At the Bilkinton they set a very good table, although the service is asrocious, 3 said the customer.
 Food is necessary, even at a first class hotel,' smiled Wilkinson.
 T was particularly peeved at the Bill kinton one morning." laughed the out-of- town customer. q was in a hurry and SC ordered things that were ready and did not have to be prepared. My regular waiter was off duty and the fellow they gave me was certainly the limit. I had to ask for napkin and a glass of water l and various and sundry other things be fore gave my order and the waiter had the uncanny habit of disappearing just when I most needed him. I don't kEoW where walters go to when they vanisF | like that"
 "I don't know about the morning" sait 1 Wilkinson, "but I have sometimes sus ! pected atTnight that the walters aye hay 1 ing a ball somewhere and that betwee1
 courses they run out and do fox tro with their best girls
 l "All I ordered was coffee. wheat cakes 1 rolls and eggs" said the out-of-towI customer. Simple enough to remembe 1 because it was the same breakfast order 1 ed by nine out of ten men around men That waiter came in with the coffee frs
 and then chased back for a pitcher o
 cream. When he gave me that he stop