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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
Neu Calendar Demanded.

"These old calendars are no GOOD.
Don't they give you the day OF the
week, month and Year,?
"Yes, but who cares. What want
to learn when l get up in the morning
Is what I go without today"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
The Better Way.

do you tell bedtime stories at
your house?"
81 used to until my wife got next
to me- Now either get home in good
season or say nothing about it."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
His Ear to the Ground,

'" HdI Is YOUR
ideas as to the po-
litical situation?"
"My friend" re-
piled Senator Sor-
ghpm, 1--WE regular
expert politicians
know how to go
with the people.
And just now all
of our people are
fighting for our
country and not
for Jobs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
Not a Great Many of Him.

"a real man." said Uncle Eben, sis
one dat is jes' as generous wifi other
peoples mistakes as he Is Wit his
own"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
Dropped Within Reach.

do you like your eggs dropped?
"You bet! I was delighted wheD
they came down twenty cents!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17
A Scanecoat.

"In some respects I find it an ad-
vantage to have a stupid servant in
the house." remarked Mr.. Dubwaite.
"Why do you say that?"
"Mrs. Dubwaite is kept in such a
state of mind by the blunders of the
servant she forgets to call attention
with her usual frequency to my own
shortcomings"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-17

For household use a new card index
is contained In fiat wall pocket.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

would be assembled in a neutral centre to
discuss means for ending the war;
Mr.. Henderson, former Labor reprcsen-
tatlve in the War Cabinet and the govern
ment's delegate to Petrograd, has been
identified with labor interests since his en-
trance into public life. He was chairman
of the Labor party in the House of Com
mons in 1908-1O, and was so appointed
second time in 1914 He was made a mem
ber of the National War Munitions Com
mittee in April, 1915; was appointed presi-
dent of the Board of Education in the AS
quith Cabinet, post which he resigned in
August, 1916, and was appointed Minister
of Pensions in November 1916. Last
August he resigned from the War Council.
Mr.. Henderson is a native of Glasgow.
and served an apprenticeship as moulder
at Robert Stephenson G. Co.'S works at
Newcastle. For some time he was men,
ber of the Newcastle City Council, and was
Mayor of Newcastle in 1908. He is fiftv
four years old.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
DIR. .Nansen-Explorer and
Commissioner

DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN, the Nor
l. wegian Commissioner, with whom
the War Trade Board, it is announced
has just concluded "successful negotia-
tions," principally on the subject of Nor
ways trade relations with Germany.
gained his first fame as an Arctic ex-
plorer. In 1896 DR.. Nansen was reported
to have discovered the North Pole. When
he himself returned from the north he de-
clared that he hadn't, but the story of his
attempt, at a time when attempts were
rare, thrilled the world
Upon the announcement last July that
DR.. Nansen would head the commission
coming to this country, the Bulletin of the
Norwegian n-American Chamber of Com
merce had this to say Of him:
"There is not another name in Norway
which in the same degree both commands our
respect and appeals to our imagination. Ex-
plorer and sportsman, diplomat and states
man, historian and scientist, he occupies a
unique place in our national life. We like
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Mr.. Conpers

\ S THE word labor" in England has
"A come to be peculiarly associated with
the name Henderson, SO in America has it
come to be associated with the name Com
pers. Samuel Gompers has been a recog-
nized leader in the labor movement in this
country for many years. In 1881 he or
ganzed the American Federation of
Labor, and, with the exception of one
year, has been its president continuously
from that time
1t was the rape Of Belgium, he is re-
ported to have said, that made him eager
to fght-that made him regret he was too
old. 10 help in carrying out his plan to
combat the pacifists in this country who.
IN the name of labor, were accused of try
ing to help Germany, he formed last sum-
mer the American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy, which is financed by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and kindred
bodies.
Born in London in 1850, he came to the
United States when thirteen years old and
worked as cigarmaker in New York
City. He first became identified with the
labor movement when he helped organize
the Cigarmakers' Union in 1864 He took
an active part in the formation of the Ma
tional Civic Federation, organized to cs-
tabish better relations between capital
and labor
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

to think of him as the embodiment of our
best national traits-as the true descendant
and present-day type of the old Morse viking.
he Norwegian government did not act with
out good reason when it selected him as
chief spokesman this important mission,
and Norwegians at home and abroad will re-
]olce that he responded to the countrys call
and came like Cincinnatus from the plough
II one can so call his beautiful country
estate at Lysaker, near Christiania.
ut is not the first time Nansen has felt
It his duty to give up for time his scen-
tiic work and home life. In 1905 he rem
dered his country most valuable services in
pleading her cause in England
After this it only natural that lie
should be urged to serve as Norway's first
separate diplomatic representative at the
Court of st. James's.
Always a liberal, he has, during the last
dozen years, since the great events of 1905,
in which he took such prominent part. kent
entirely out of politics."
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

been appointed as honorary colonel /,
chief of this Canadian Light Infantrv
regiment that bears her name, presented
to them their colors, which she had en
broidered with her own hands. Tbas
Princess Pats, who left for the front i
December, 1914, had the honor of be;ns
the first regiment to move across the Encs
lish Channel
When the Duke Of Connaught left Emo.
land with his family to be Governor Gen.
eral of Canada the loss of the Princes,
Patricia caused deep regret in Britain.
One London correspondent wrote:
"She is really pretty, clever and witty \,
well as young. Then, too, she has lt.ls
atmosphere Of romance which rouses all ~.
sentiment in English breasts. She is unhks
the thin. shy delicate daughter of thc
Duchess Of Fife She is just typical, healthv
charming English girl, only with far mora
than their usual amount of brains and !.
most unroyal sense of humor"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Getting After the German
Spies

TNHE fight against The German spies
Z operating in the Port of New York is
on in earnest, and the organization
formed to prosecute it is 10 be directed BY
William Wallace, il. q we'll known lawyer.
Mr. Wallace has been made special as
Sistant to United States Attorney General
Gregory a position he occupied once be
fore, in 1913. He was born in Syracuse,
i'll 1861. and was educated in the high
school there and later at Brookline, Mass
He went West when he was fifteen and
spent year on his fathers sheep ranch in
Montana. In 1880 he began to study law
with the Hon. Joseph X. Toole, three times
Governor of Montana, and two years later,
when he was just eighteen years old, he
was admitted to the bar. At once he be
gan to practise in Helena. and at twenty
one he was chosen County Attorney of
Lewis and Clark County, Montana, in the
mean time entering the firm of Toole &
Toole In 1889 he was elected to the first
Legislature of Montana, and served for
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

lngton is still somewhat hazy, despite the
TACT that he is generally considered one
OF the most able organizers in the coun.
try, is widely scheduled to become one Of
the new assistant secretaries. His func.
ton will doubtless be the same as Secre.
tary Baker outlined when he made Stet-
unius supervisor Of purchases, except that
it will be backed by actual power. An
other man whose name is most often men,
toned with one of the new jobs. except
Stettinius, is Raymond Fosdick, who has
impressed the Administration with his
ability in connection with training camp
activities. Fosdick is a young man who
was not many years ago an assistant cor
poratlon counsel and later a commissioner
OF accounts in New York City He spent
year in Europe studying police organiza-
ton and has not lost any opportunity to
put order into his side of the new army
system. In appearance he measures up to
the consistent picture He has rather
long face and a long nose, distinctly the
face of an organizer. If he becomes an
active member of the Administration his
duties may continue the same except or,a
more extensive scale
&EVERAL quarters have whispered that
~ the Belasco Theatre is to be taken
over by the Treasury Department and will
be used as part of big war building to
be built soon. The Belasco Theatre is one
OF the few means war workers have in
Washington Of forgetting the reason for
their presence. 1t fronts on Madison
Place, which is one Of the sides OF Lafay-
ette Park, in front of the White House
The other legitimate theatre is the Ma.
tional, which is on Pennsylvania Avenue
some distance away.
keiths, where the President attends al
most every week, is the palace of Wash
lngton, and is almost in the heart of the
business section, across from the Treasury
Building on Fifteenth Street. The sudden
addition of half a hundred thousand
people to the population of Washington
has Jammed the theatres. Most of the
newcomers are folks who have money to I
spend and the result is that good shows
and bad ones-and the good ones are in /
the minority-play to crowded houses
night after night The box office line
stretching across the sidewalk at Keiths 4
is familiar sign Monday mornings.
1t means that Washington people are
buying their seats for the next week.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Life at Camp Bowie

ME following is an extract from
letter written by Albert Culver y
his father, d. Culver, jr., and read in tn
House by the Hon. James l.. Slayden:
i like the camp fine. We work from o'ss
m. until 10 p. m.' Every minute is takes.
l never worked so hard in my life, but 1t =
hnc. 1t Is rs cold 'can be. but we are -
ousy we can't get cold. and we have go0s@'
warm clothes. sleep on cot on sack iu.
OF straw. Then ! have two pairs of atps
blankets and five big army comforts. ! avs
nave raincoat, an overcoat, two SUITS =
wooilen y. DIS. and all the undercothes sns
socks need. We also have all the grun ~
need; not fancy. but substantial. II ssssss
10 the ribs. We have army grits, bacon lxs, 81
bread, beans. beans and beans. When ~
out oil here am going to be strong eassa6l
20 so hon hunting with my fist. hks ,ssl
fine" AS]
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

sor of horticulture at the College of Agri-
culture at Cornell. In 1903 he was made
DIRECTOR He was chairman Of the Roose-
welt Commission on Country Life in 1908.
IN 1911 he was offered by Governor Dix,
and declined, the appointment Of State
Commissioner of Agriculture. The follow
ing year he was spoken Of as candidate for
Governor on the Progressive state ticket.
Mr. Bailey has written and edited many
volumes on horticulture and agriculture
For time he was editor Of "Country Life
in America
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

M .,..:., :@*@1" NOV. Q. ..:: s'':':1 ': ,,... ",
resolve itself into the committee
oi the whole House on the state of thc Union
I or 'hc purpose Of considering bill the title
q "hlcn is "A bill to prevent cXtortor. to
iaposc taxes ON certain incomes in the Dis
Iict OF Columbia, and FOR other purposos,.
ana pending that motion would like to come
20 some agreement with the gentleman from
massachusetts Mr.. Tnkham as to some
reasonable limit on general debate.
The SPEAKER The gentleman from Mas
sachusetts is recognized.
N1r. TINKHAM Mr.. Speaker. would like
10 . ask the honorable Representative from
hentucky what ne thinks a reasonable time
would be?
Mr.. JOHNSON. Of Kentucky would like
ABOUT an hour and n half on this side.
Mr.. TINkNAM ! should think two hours
mere would be sufficient.
Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Kentucky The gentle
man, think, ought to be willing for mn hour
and a half on sido.
Mr.. GllLETT DO you expect to divide the
time with the mcn on this side who are
favorable to the bill?
Mr- JOHNSON, of Kentucky Yes: cx-
pcct to. J expect TO spend II portion Of the
Time myself in explaining the bill. and after
haVc dohc that and answered such questions
ns ! am able to answered. will Weld to any
body, and especially to gentlemen on that
aIde who arc in favor Of the bill
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Mr. MASON-It has not gone vet.

Mr MASON~It has not gone yet
MIR. GARRETT. Of Tennesscc-T The Speaker
mad called tho chairman to the chair.
The SPEAKER That is what the Chair
was deciding. Tho gentleman from Illinois
can raisc the point of no quorum in tho com
mittcc Oh course, there is a difference in
inc number required to make Quorum. but
the Chair cannot help that.
Accordingly tho House resolved itself into
inc committee of the whole House on the
state of the Union for the consideration
Oh 'hc bl!l H. K. 921S) to prevent cxtortion.
to impose taxes upon certain incomes in
inc p's'r'ct OF Columbia and for other pur-
roses, with Mr.. Ruckcr in the chair
Mr.. MASON-Mr. Chairman, make the
point CT ordeH that there is no quorum
present
Mr.. JOHNSON. of kentucky Mr. Chair
man, pending that, ask unanimous consent
that the first reading of the bill be dis
pensed with
The CHAIRMAN - The gentleman from
Illinois makes the point of no quorum pres
ent The Chair will count (After count
inE) Eighty-ninc members prcscnt--not n
quorum.
Mr. HAMLlN- Mr. Chairman. call for
Mr. WALSH Mr. Chairman, rise to n
The CHAIRMAN What is the ccntlcman's
point of order?
Mr. WALSll-That tho Chair has decided
that there IS not quorum present and can
not use tellers 20 ascertain thnt fact
Mr. HAMl.IN- We can have tclcrs to de-
teImlne whether there is n quorum present
The CHAIRMAN There is not quorum
prcs' MT The clerk will call the roll. The
doorkecper will lock ,hc doors. The sergeant
ut-MrmA will notify nhsnntnns
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Mr.. Henderson

THE Inter-Allied Labor Conference
which ended its sessions in London
a week ago is to be followed soon, it is
predicted, by the calling of an interna-
tlonal conference, including both labor rep
resentatives and Socialists. This plan was
announced two months ago by Arthur
henderson, Britains Labor Premier, ;;
who said that labor delegates of all coun-
tries, including belligerents and neutrals.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
By Ralph Block
WASHINGTON, II February %.
ORD READING has left deep i'm

OND READlNN mas lelJ q Qeep I'M
preston upon the men who will
have most to do with interpreting G
him to the rest of the United States.
Sprlng-Rlce was pleasant diplomat. but
the general opinion of those who have
come into contact with the new represen-
tative of Great Britain is that he is force
full, definite, clear cut and has great
practical knowledge of affairs and men as
a background from which to draw re-
sources for his activity in the United
States
The official newspaper interviews at
the British Embassy take place the first
and third Thursdays of each month The
embassy is large. red. early Victorian
building on Connecticut Avenue. about
ten blocks from Lafayette Park, the
parked square in front of the White
House; The embassy is by no means
beautiful, ranbles a good deal but has
much about it that stamps it as British
Around it is an iron fence of impressive
proportions, and the gateway posts are
topped each by an old-fashioned street
lamp and an imperial crown, gided
There is a story in Washington that
when Washington was an infant city the
formulation Of its career still in the hands
of real estate prospectors. several Of them
decided the city should grow northwest
instead Of southeast. near Capitol HILL
To nail down their intention, the story
has it. they offered q fine corner to the
Britons for one dollar With character
lstic British independence the representa-
tlves Of the empire accepted this out Of
the way spot and built their home in what
was then comparatively unsettled land.
The progress Of events seems. however.
to have justified the choice, however It
may have come about. The embassy is
not far from Dupont Circle and near the
centre Of many Washington events.
Across the street is the Austrian en-
bassy, now, of course, in the hands Of the
government. Before the Austrian diplo-
mats were withdrawn TO their own land
the proximity Of the two' parties 70 a
great warfare is said to have caused both
to take a good deal Of trouble to avoid
embarrassing meeting.
>O-nf- .! TIE gossip mat tDl!OWs the
- names Of great men has preoccupied
itself with the effect Of Lord Readings
appointment to the American post upon
the English public Itself The nc,v Am
bassador has made il plain that he does
not want the impression to go abroad in
the United States that he is only the for
ner Chief Justice Of England. Lord
Reading has devoted some effort to re
moving any lingering misapprehcnsion az
TO his retention Of the important post he
still holds in England.
Travellers from England say, however,
that While the risc Of Rufus Isaacs is in
itself a fine proof n the democracy af-
forded by the English system, the ap-
pointment Of peer 10 Il position which
must have an extraordinary effect in
bringing Britain and America closer TO-
rcther, does not trpthfoDly represent the
rev spirit which The yer bas brought to
England. One obeerycr ia Warrington
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

fort, is vigorous and energetic 1t is al
ways saving the nation. Its progress is
punctuated by little gusts Of wind, little
storms accompanied by thunder and rain,
followed quickly by sunshine.
One of these broke into the midst of the
House debate Tuesday. John Jacob Eych,
OF Wisconsin, was talking and had been
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Professor Bailey, Proposed
Democratic Candidate
for Governor

| IBERTY HYDE BAILEY, of Ithaca.
who is reported to have been selected
as the Democratic candidate for Governor
of New York State, was for ten years di-
rector Of the College of Agriculture at
Cornell University.
Mr.. Bailey was born in Michigan,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

nothing so much as an overgrown town
meeting house. The Senate sits at desks,
but the House is a large body and sits in
row upon row of rather large and COM
Portable looking opera chairs, with soft
looking leather backs. All that tends to
informality.
Nevertheless the House, for all it's COM
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

where he was reared on a farm. He en-
tered the Michigan Agricultural College
and upon his graduation in 1882 became
assistant to Asa Gray at Harvard Uni
versity. The next year he returned 70 the
Michigan Agricultural College as profes-
sor of horticulture and landscape garden
ing, and five years later became profes-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
1nee t"o cartoons appeared the back
Wo"ed: A Leader dswahou

appearance of the body. And lately the
House has been sprawling daily over the
railroad bill, meeting in committee of the
whole. A session in committee of the
whole lets down a good many of the bars.
The Senate chamber is comparatively
small and tends to induce forynalitv. The
House chamber is large and resembles
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
tory KS t Moves Across the Mirror at the National apit

recently reported that democracy is in
the saddle in England and that the aris-
tocracy is more and more losing the dis
tlnction which the English system once
allowed it as d scheme of social rewards
for service to the empire. The impIica-
ton was that Englishmen evince a grow
ing disfavor for artificial ways of distin-
gushing between human beings. espe-
cially artificial ways that echo the voices
of past they want to leave behind.
None of this is in evidence in Washing
ton. Lord Reading seems to be regarded
everywhere as a fortunate choice for the
real task ahead Of him
w AsH1NGTON has its Bolsheviki as
w we'll as New York. and here and
there at the capital may be found groups
who are nurturing the radical spirit i'm
the hope Of seeing il bloom into real
works after the war Some of these are
associated with the government and IFS
allied activities. Some of them are writ
ers watching the operation of the govern
ment in time of war Nobody questions
their war loyalty. and in some cases there
exists close relationship between men,
bers Of these groups and government off
Gals
Russia is, of course, the all absorbing
subject of contemplation and discussion
among liberals in Washington. Some of
them are in close touch with affairs over
there and there is d disposition here to
concede truth to their information.
Rumors have been thick that the skepti-
cism which greeted President Wilson's
advances to Russia in his message was
due in large part to the indifferent sue
cess Of American representatives in max
ing friends With the extremists in Russia.
The local radicals quote their couricrs
from Russia as saying that a more sym
pathetic understanding Of the Russian
character and Of the aims Of the Bolshc-
Wiki and a deeper trust in their sincerity
might have brought the extremist govern
rnent in closer touch with-our own and
thus have avoided some Of the evil effects
Of playing a lone game against Germany.
Whatever the truth Of this, it is felt in
" dHIillplOH tIidJ lUe Administration has
not had much authentic and intensive
knowledge Of affairs in Russia. and that
the President has not been blind to the
evil effects Of such ignorance member
of the Administration, who has been an
effective aid TO the President on several
occasions, especially with respect to labor
troubles in the United States, left Wash
ington few weeks ago, and among the
radicals it is widely believed he went to
Russia.
4 CONGRESSMAN has arisen to tell
1 the truth about his own kind.
Avian ]. Fuller, a Rostof motor car
dealer and a member Of the House, from
Massachusctts, told the Speaker in a letter
that majority Of the members of Con
grcas spent their time seeing who could
spit the furthcgt. 1t is an interesting re-
llcction upon a part Of the legislative arm
that spends but little time in thc interests
II formaIty.
New members Of Congress doubtless
find little to impress them in the outward
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
OF the Weeks News Makers, These, Picked at Randor

two years. From 1886 to 1911 he acted
as DIVISION counsel of the Northern Pacific
hallway Company; two years later he ac-
cepted the office of Assistant Attorney
General of the United States.