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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-05

VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks Office of the Corpo-
ration Court of the City of Alexan-
dria. on the 10Th day of August, 1921.
Charles B. Ratio, complainant VS..
Mary E. Ratio, defendant. In Chan
Gerry No. 1853.
The object of this suit is to obtain
for the complainant as absolute d.
vorce from the bonds of matrimony
from the defendant on the grounds of
wilful and voluntary desertion and
abandonment for more than three
years prior to the institution OF this
suit and for general relief.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed
lin this cause that the defendant Mary
IL. Ratio is 4 nonresident of this
State: 1t is Ordered, That said de-
PENDANT appear here within ten days
after due publication of this order,
and do what is necessary to protect
her interest in this suit.
Davis and Budwesky, P. @.
A Copy Teste.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
1o2-4wp Clerk.
BY Ashby f. Bladen, deputy clerk.
VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks Office of the Corpo-
ration Court of the City Of Alexan-
dria, on the 18th day of August, 1921.
Fannie Spencer, complainant VS..
Bring Spencer, defendant. In Chan
Gerry No. 1857.
MEMO.
The object of this suit is to obtain
for the complainant n divorce vim
culo matrimonii from the defendant
on the ground Of wilful and voluntary
desertion and abandonment for more
than three years prior to the insti-
tuition of this suit, and for general re-
lief.
It appearing by an affidavit filed in
this cause that the defendant Bring
Spencer is a nonresident uf this
State: It is Ordered, That said defen-
dant appear here within ten days af-
ter due publication this order, and
do what is necessary to protect his
interest in this suit.
Edmund Hill, Jr., P. Q.
A Copy Teste.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
1os-4wp Clerk
By Ashby E. Bladen, deputy clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-05

terest in this suit.
Edmund Hill, P. Q.
A Copy Teste.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
2O2-4wp Clerk.
By Ashby E. Bladen, deputy clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-05

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Evening star., 1921-01-18
Naval Balloon Training"

Some light is being thrown on the
reason why the naval balloon that
was blown over into Canada was sent
out in winter time. At the court of
inquiry the commandant of the naval
air station from which the fight
started said that the purpose Of the
flight was to train naval air pilots.
This is the first statement on the
score that has been given. But it
would seem to be fair to suggest that
n the object 10 to train pilots surely
one ofthe first precautions to be taken
II that there will be pilots to be train
Cd. and one Of the surest ways Of los.
ing pilots is to send them off in win
ter time in non-dirigible gas bags
with Inadequate clothing and pro.
visions and without consultation with
the weather service. If winter train.
ing is desirable-if balloon training is
really needed-surely the risks can be
reduced. That Is to say. unless it
Is the naval balloon standard to pro-
vide the hardest possible test and the
greatest possible risk as measures of
elimination. On that basis the return
Of these three men from the frozen
north may stamp the fight as a com.
plete success. even though the balloon
was lost.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

have the conviction that the great
majority Of the American pe0Pie
think 90. too. Go on, and may God
bless you"
This address must have given Mr.
Harding great pleasure. Here were
good folks with no advice to offer.
either as to appointments to ONCE or
as to policies, but with confidence
In his ability to surround himself with
the right sort Of men and shape the
rignt sort Of course. That they spoke
sincerely for themselves there can be
no doubt, and lucky will it be for Mr..
Harding If they have sensed correct
ly the feeling Of the people in gen.
eral.
Mr.. Harding's danger lies in the
fact that expectations are very high;
that there is a great deal to be done;
that many people may grow impa-
tient, and in their impatience demand
the impossible. So much is in dis
order. and so general is the unrest
growing out of the disorder. and SO
pressing is the necessity for amelioca-
ton that only superman equipped
with superhunan agencies could right
things as speedily as desired.
The people must give Mr.. Harding
time. He does not set up for super
man. and he promises nothing but his
best services with the best agencies
1t his command.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
No Bone-Drv High Seas.

The American shipping men who
appeared before the House judiciary
committee TO urge the passage of
the Edmonds bill to superscHe the
Palmer ruling strictly applying the
tolstead law to American pass-ng Ell
ships made their case clear.
The American merchant marine &c
far as International passenger serv-
ice is concerned, will be out of bust
ness If the Palmer rule is enforced
We can have passenger liners or we
can have the satisfaction of saying
all American ships are liquorless, bu,
we cannot have both.
The Palmer rule attempts to apply
the Volstead law to the high seas
1t can't be done. for we have no ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the high
seas. Other nations will not adopt
our regulation. We can't make hem
And we can't escape the competition
of ships not operating under the
Palmer rule.
To build up our American merchant
marine at best will be difficult. 1;
cannot succeed unless our ships have
a 100 per cent chance to secure bust
ness. They will not have such a
chance if the Palmer rule stands
New York Tribune (republican).
Evening star., 1921-01-18

men who ere to command in case Of
an emergency must be developed out
side Of the regular establishment.
They may come from or through the
National Guard. the reorganization Of
which is now developing more salts
factorily than for many years. They
may come through reserve o-ganiza-
tions or through occasional officers
training camps or through the schools
and colleges. But there must be some
system, else if another emergency
should arise and the United States
should need 100000 or more men in
hurry-and an army of this size
would be needed in hurry-the coun-
try would be faced with the same Gif
ficulty that it met in 1917. With abun-
dant material for the ranks, but with
a shortage OF men to train and COM
n.and.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Col. Tom Oclil rec.

"How soon we are forgot when we
are gone."' Rips lament has {, wide
application, but nowhere more strik.
ing one t,:an in the world of politics.
II. NJ. Wurzbacil. who will represent
tie fifteenth Texas district in the next
republican elected to the House frrm
that state This leaves out of the
reckoning the Hon. Thomas P. Ochil.
tree. who sat in the Forty eighth Con
gress for the Galveston district.
Colonel Tom," as he was known
had no cali for craftsmanship, and
did not tarry; but during his one term
in the House he was a joy in that
body. He made a good speech. was
faithful in attendance. cultivated
friendships on both sides of the cham
ber and was popular on both.
But it was in the cloakrooms that
he shone, and wrought his best eff
fleets. A Travelled man; celebrity
himself, and chummy with many celeb.
rites at home and abroad; story
teller of exceptional charm, and with
many of the best slowed away in the
back of his head, he was Irresistible
when in the humor, and gathered, and
held, an audience with ease.
But, at that time, Texas was not
hospitable to republican ideas and
policies, and the Galveston district
did not repeat its preference for Colo,
mel Tom So he passed out of the
game. But he left behind the memory
Of a hundred good yarns, told with
inimitable ease and effect
Evening star., 1921-01-18
The Council of Social Agencies.

Problems incident to social welfare
work call for the same degree of
frank cooperation as is demanded by
each Of the many problems confront
ing society today. That the several
agencies engaged in the important
task of driving sorrow and want and
despair from Washington are fully
aware Of that fact is evidenced by the
recent formation of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies. Their ac.
ton in SO doing. connoting as it does
an eagerness to work shoulder to
shoulder in full efficiency toward their
mutual goal, will be heartily indorsed
by the city as a whole.
The social problems Of Washington,
as of any large community, are many
and complex. To comprehend those
problems. to see the big job ahead as
a whole rather than in its component
parts, and to plan for co.ordinated
effort in the efficient handling of that
job is the work before the council.
Members Of the organization are
fully justified in their confidence that
the citizens of the District, given the
assurance that the agencies of Wash
ington are working together toward
the attainment Of maximum efficiency
in their general and particular tasks,
will accord each that financial sup
port essential to continued effort in
even greater generosity than in the
past. The council, in its purposes Of
avoiding duplicated effort. Of seeing
that uncared for social needs are COW
cred. Of lining up its member agencies
behind needed legislation and of keep
ing Washingtonians informed through
effective publicity Of the work and
needs Of its member agencies. can per-
form large service.
Thirty-two Of the most progressive
of the social agencies Of Washington
so far comprise the membership Of
the council. Shortly the number
should include every worthy agency in
the National Capital. 1t is difficult
to conceive Of any organization en-
gagged in social work which could not
benefit through membership. Yet ad-
mitting that such may exist, the duty
Of joining will still be insistent. For,
with nothing to receive itself, 1t would
still have much to give to others.
And the future Of welfare work. with
the future Of the world, rests today
upon the ability and willingness Of
men and women and governments Of
men and women to meet face to face
in the frank and sincere determina-
ton to dispose Of their problems.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
The Special Session.

Whether the date for calling the
new Congress in extra session is fixed
for late in March or early in April
Is of small consequence. A fortnight
will not count. The point is to have
the bill revising the Underwood tariff
law ready for immediate considera-
ton. Present prospects for that are
favorable. The ways and means com
mittee is making good progress with
its hearings, and at their conclusion
the measure can be drafted in time
for prompt presentation to the House.
How long the House will Chew on
it" is a question. The measure will
be full of debate. and many members,
full of the subject, will want to ex-
press themselves at length. But the
House has means of curtailing debate,
and employs them even at the ex-
pense Of the most important measures.
1t may employ them at the expense
Of this measure.
The tug Of war will come in the
Senate, where a mild form of cloture
exists, but does not interfere with a
full and free expression Of opinion.
And the Senate likes tariff debate.
Five times in the past thirty years
in 1890. 1894; 1897, 1909 and 1913-it
INDUCED itself freely, and made many
changes each time in. the bill the
House had sent over. In 1913 it held
the House bill for five months, and
touched it up considerably.
The tariff; of course, will not be the
only question presented at the special
session, but will be far and away
the most important to the country.
In some measure it will touch every.
body, and therefore be of general
interest.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
The Army Limitation.

After preliminary maneuver which
indicated a disposition to place the
limit at 150, 200 men, the Senate has
voted for an Army Of 175.000, and the
House has taken similar action. This
insures an army Of the size recon-
mended by the military chiefs. The
difference of $4,000 between the two
proposed limitations is not material
from the public point Of view, but in
the judgment Of those who under
stand the military situation best the
larger organization Is necessary to af-
ford the proper basis for expansion
in case Of need and for the proper
maintenance of essential guard duty
in time Of peace.
The great war proved that the
United States can quickly create and
develop a large civilian army. 1t is
not necessary to keep an immense
standing force Of trained men to be
ready for an emergency. In six
months after the first call men can
be available for duty at home or
dUF O1u III uuLlUSTS SQUdlIUS II1c CD
pacity Of our transports in the case of
foreign duty and fully equal to the
requirements in case Of invasion by
IA foreign foe. But the primary les.
son of the war was the need Of officers
to drill, train and guide such a force
Of men.
When the United States entered the
war in 1917 it was unprepared for q
large expansion of its army in terms
Of experienced men to command. The
officers training camps, hastily or.
ganized. filled the need fairly well,
but there were many mistakes and
many bad selections. and doubtless
the chief Of the faults developed by
our expeditionary forces was due to
the lack Of adequate trained officers.
It is impossible to maintain an
army largo enough In time Of peace to
provide in itself the officer nucleus
for q war army Of magnitude. The
Evening star., 1921-01-18
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

March Enthusiasm.
We will have some entertainment,
Though the fireworks we will miss.
We will wait for the arraignment
On that subject or on this.
When the arguments are thund'rous
In magnificent array
We will revel in the wondrous
Conversational display!
Pyrotechnics they will scatter
Through the parliamentary grind.
Prejudices they will shatter
By explosions Of the mind.
So we'll wait and be contented,
For the future will be gay
With a great, unprecedented
Conversational display!
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Confidence in Mr.. Harding.

The following Il taken from an ad-
dress signed by the citizens Of Hunt
ington. Ind. and delivered to Mr..
Harding at Marion by one of their
number:
"The American people will not ex.
pect the impossible from you In the
way of reconstruction. because you
had the magnificent courage during
the campaign to frankly tell the ma
tion That there il no panacea for our
ills. but that only individual and ma
tional thrift and industry. and the
fullest practice of peace-time patriot
ism will solve our problems and re.
store normal conditions. We
have NO ulterior motive whatever.
We have no desire to help you name
your advisers or to tell you how to
administer the affairs of state. Frank
ly, we think you are entirely ca
pable Of doing that yourself. and We
Evening star., 1921-01-18
A Charities and Corrections Code.

Vice President sfsrshall'S interest
IN the matter Of devising a system or
code of laws for the District OF Co.
lumbia governing charities and cor
rections has resulted in the prepara-
ton of a bill after expert planning
and with careful drafting in consulta-
tion with representatives of all the
local agencies. This measure, COM
prehensive and constructive scheme,
Is based upon the best practice that
prevails elsewhere in respect to char
ity organization and correctional work
It provides for a new branch Of the
District government. to be known as
the department of public welfare. a
title susceptible. it may be, to mis-
Interpretation in view Of the proposed
creation of federal department un-
der the same title, but embracing far
different lines Of national work.
It is Mr.. Marshall's hope that he
may be able to secure the enactment
Of this bill at the present session.
which will close his eight years Of
service as Vice President. 1t will be
q most graceful act by Congress to
accede to his desire. especially as
measure of this sort is urgently need
ed. 1t is not merely that there is lack
Of system in the District charity laws,
or that there are imperfecttons in
some of the statutes and practices. or
that there is waste Of effort by over
tapping. The important point is that
the District is living in it's charity
and correctional work, SO to speak.
from hand to mouth. It's system is
the result Of occasional emergency
enactments. There is no correlation
save that which has been worked out
by necessity.
This measure which the Vice Presi-
dent now advocates may have its
faults. In the discussion Of the bill,
however, these faults have not ap-
peared Of moment. On the contrary,
the chances Of error have been re-
duced to q minimum. The bill has
been drawn under the scrutiny Of rep
resentatives Of all the agencies that
are now at work in the District for
the correction Of misdemeanor, de-
linquency. and improvidence and the
care Of those mentally deficient. It is
probably as workable and practical a
plan as can be devised for the co-ordi-
nation Of all these energies under q
single supervision at the head Of which
will stand the Commissioners Of the
District. o.
1t is urgently important to secure
this codification. as 1t were, Of the
charities statutes. II faults develop
they can be corrected by later legis-
lation. Experience will be the best
tesi of the efficiency Of the system.
The District is grateful to the Vice
President for his interest and his pres
ent endeavor in its behalf.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Our Russian Policy.

Acting Secretary Davis of the State
Department Is very happy in that
portion of his letter to eX-Judge AL
| ton 3. Parker, president of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, in which he
sets out the Russian policy of the
United States in the matter of phil
anthrop1c relief work in reply to GER
tain statements of an organization
calling itself the League of Free Ma
tionS
In substance. Mr.. Davis settles GER
tain basic things that it is well for
the country to understand. His let
ter esta blkshes the important fact
that 1t is not the United States gov
ernment that has interfered in any
way with organizations that would
relieve the sick and the afflicted in
Russia, but the soviet government.
1t is the soviet government that re-
fused to let the Hoover relief ad-
ministration last summer feed the
starving babies in that part of Poland
controlled by the bolshevists. And
in all that large section of Russia
Wnich DolsheVlsm controls today no
relief organizations have been al
lowed to operate save in so far as
strictly placed under the control OF
the central soviet commissariat.
Moreover, Mr.. Davis makes it clear
that on their own risk Americans are
Tree 10 go ana come from Russia and
to trade with it in SO far as the soviet
government allows them to do So
That the actual facts should be so
fanatically misrepresented by the
league Is characteristic of the pc
culiar incapacity of any one believ-
ing in bolshevism to tell the truth
about any issue in which it figures
Philadelphia Public Ledger Gndepend-
enD.
If you have a half hour to spend,
don't spend it with some one who
hasn't.-Columbia Is. c. Record. .
Here's wishing you many little in
come tax exemptions for the current
year.-Houston Chronicle.
If they succeed in exempting Ameri-
can ships engaged in the foreign trade
from the Volstead law, it will be the
old boys in this country who will be
running away to sea.-Greensboro
IN, c. News.
The man with the hoe used to be
the man with the dough, but now he
is the man with the woe.-Sioux City
Journal.
Success has it's penalties. and the
higher the salary the higher the blood
pressure.-Ohio State journal. But
the grievous fact is that there is dan
ger in low blood pressure.-Toledo
Blade
Evening star., 1921-01-18

If battleship construction can be
dispensed with. an economy Of money.
labor and inventive energy will be
effected which should be Of assistance
in making the problems Of living
easier in the humber walks Of hu.
uaanity.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

A device that will enable ships to
navigate safely in fog has been per.
fected by Marconi. Unfortunately for
European explorers Of diplomatic seas.
it cannot be made to apply to ships
Of state.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

Genuine winter weather has been
so scant that an occasional fall in
the January temperature seems only
a reasonable concession to the boy
with the Christmas sled.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

When there is change Of admin.
istration an important portion Of the
inaugural parade is necessarily regu.
lated by the lone way" traffic sys.
tenn.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
will not retain his position after
March 4. Whatever his next employ
ment may be it will probably be
easier.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

The Poles regard the movements of
the bolshevik army as offensive, not
only in the military, but in the ordi.
nary sense of the word.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

Naval ballooning has been returned
to the attention Of scientific experts
without any further fear that ref
cree viii be required.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Starts and Finishes.

Our human projects seldom move
In consistent course.
The easiest laws to make may prov.
The hardest to enforce.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

Pancho Villa has retired from poll
tics so completely that he has not
even published an opinion on the
league of nations.
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Un.Merrinent.

Wouldn't you like to see an old
fashioned comic opera with a chorus
OF merry villagers
NO" replied the census expert.
1T would be too untrue to life. Every.
body seems to think that in order to
be happy he must move into town.
There's no such thing as a merry vii.
lager"
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Radical Remedy.

What Is your remedy for unrest?'
ITO have as much as possible" re-
piled the busy sovietist, "all at once
and get it over with"
Evening star., 1921-01-18
Confusing.

isn't 1t confusing to buy your
spring clothes so early?'
'Yes," replied Mrs. Upton Dayton,
I'VE are getting SO far ahead Of the
seasons that hardly know whether
am wearing my winter wraps or
my summer furs."
Evening star., 1921-01-18

"A feller that tries to live without
work." said Jud Tunkins, thinks
he's slicker when he's only a
Stacker"
Evening star., 1921-01-18

Entire stock of Silk an
Parchment Shades. A wonder
full display that will appeal t.
every one.
Evening star., 1921-01-18

One lot of very at
tractive B o u d DIR
Lamps. This is a most
extraordinary value.
SPECIAL SALE PRICE,
Evening star., 1921-01-18

The man with the hoe used to be
the man with the dough. but now he
is the man with the woe-Sioux City
Journal.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

EX.kAiSER BECOMES
HIS OWN GARDENER
~ ~ As.oelaled -.

DooaN. Holland oct f5.--The slump
Ia tbc German mark is beginning 10
affect the former German Emperor who
Is reducing his household and taking
otfior radical ncaarrea b economise. To-
day ten moribers Of his starr were dis
m;ssed, including the CHIEF gardener.
whose place has been taken by William
himself.
Gen. Won Gontard. his first chamber
,.n, to-day gave out q statement cay
Ing that Williams financial position
would no longer elbow him 10 give
monetary support 20 many OF tho poor
OF Holland and German who continu-
ally apply at Doorn Castle for aid.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

liz Il s'i-stsred that einco the ci,s
hs tho power TO q.lotc the words Of
tsr Cont.itation)
10 -cru itr moncr or credit tlnind
Oh, afn usoposn.. that II lend only
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

ond here. with s3.So, and Philadelphia
third. with s3.26. The police OF Clevc-
land cost the taxpayers much less per
capita, sl.7e. Boston tops all expense
lists. taxing its citizens s2.74 apiece for
fire protection. while New York spends
only si.94 per head for that service.
Philadelphia is the most economical as
Regards fire protection. S1.20 per head.
Federal disbursements average over
$3.50 annually for each American fam
ily." the leagues statement informs
"and this sum is practically doubled by
state and municipal taxation. "A big
cut in all State and local expenditures
should be insisted upon. not at the ex-
pcnse of service. but by business meth
ods and business administration"