The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-07-07
General News in Brief.

A general review of all tax problems
| in the counties took place at confer
ence yesterday, in which Governor
Harrington. the state tax commission
ers, commissioners of the severa
counties and district state assessors
participated.
| The executive committee of the Pro-
gressive State Central Committee Will
meet on Monday to map out line OF
action for the party.
The tax rate for Somerset county was
fixed at $1.25.
L. D. PurneIl, coxswain of the cruls
err Boston, was killed, and Frank
Tulinger injured by the premature eX-
plosion of a shell while a salute was
fred.
At the Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis. held in Wildwood, N. j.,
resolution was adopted urging the
administration to avoid war with
| Mexico.
Twenty-six children have died in
| New York from infantile paralysis
within 81 hours.
Prince William, eldest son of Crown
Prince Frederick William, according to
| traditional custom, was enrolled in the
| German Army as lieutenant.
Ignatius Tribuch Lincoln, self-styled
German spy, who recently confessed
to forgery, was given three years in
an English prison.
The International Investment Corpo-
ration an American institution, has
made an arrangement to float &c.
| OOO, 900 Chinese loan.
Edward Hill and Alberta Carroll, both
colored, are accused of the murder of
the three-year-old son OF Edward Hill,
near Derwood, Montgomery county.
Mrs. Lorenzo D. Watkins, rs years
old, died at her home, near Cedar
Grove, Montgomery county.
Harry Bounds, of Mount Vernon, So
| merset county, was killed in an auto
mobile accident.
Conrad Kreitz, well-known contrac-
tor of Hagerstown, is dead.
Admiral Caperton, in a report to the
| Navy Department, states that Domini-
can revolutionists continue to offer
slight opposition to the march Of
American Marines toward the city of
Santiago.
High meat prices are likely to con-
tinue indefinitely, according to an ex-
haustive report On the food question
made by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
A report made by the Federal Trade
Commission on the oil situation predicts
a reduction in the price of gasoline.
The General Revenue Bill was re-
ported favorably to the House with
prospects of passage Monday.
Final touches to the harmony pro-
gram in Republican ranks will be given
in the election of probably five promi-
nent Progressives to serve on the cam
paign committee which will direct the
fight for Charles E. Hughes election.
W. S. Carter, of Peoria, ILL.,, was re-
elected president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in
session in Denver, Col.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic
explorer, arrived at Punta Arenas,
CMle. where the Uruguayan govern
ment is fitting out relief expedition
to rescue the main body of Shackleton' S
Antarctic party left on Elephant Island.
Controversy between Great Britain
and neutral countries over the question
whether reservists are to be considered
as incorporated in the armed forces of
a hostile power has come to a stand
still
The flow OF lava from Stromboli is
spreading, burning and destroying
houses and the population is fleeing to
the sea and taking refuge on relief
ships sent from Messina.