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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28
The League Of Nations.

President Wilson left Paris on Feb
ruary IA, on his way home to the Unit
ed States, having achieved the main OBJ
iect of his visit to Europe-the COM
pletion and presectation to the Peace
Conference of the draft of constitution
for a League of Nations.
The constitution of the League OF
Nations as presented, embraces these
main features.
1t establishes body Of delegates from
the signatry powers, each of which pow
ers has one vote; an Executive Council
of nine, representing the five great
powers and four others, chosen IN rota-
ton and a court of arbitration.
The league is to have q secfetarlst'
and stated seat of meeting.
States not signatory to the covenant
may not enter the league except by ad'
proval of two thirds of the States repre-
sented in this league after giving guaran-
tee of good faith.
The league undertakes to respect the
territorial integrity and political lnde'
pendence of all members.
In case of dispute the "high contract
ing perties will not resort TO war with
out submitting to arbitration or to an in
quiry by the Executive Council, anu
until three months after action by the
arbitrators or the Executive Council
If any party break or disregard cove
nanss under the article providing for
arbitation or inquiry, it shall be deemed
to have committed an act of war agalns'
all other members, who will take eco
nomic and financial measures against it
and will join in resisting the covenant
breaking State.
The Executive Council shall rec om.
mend the naval and military forces,
which each member of the League shall
contribute to the armed forces, neces'
sary to protect the League covenants.
The reduction of national ornaments
to the lowest point consistent with ma
tiona! safety is emphasized as necessary
to peace. The Executive Council shall
fix the extent of ornaments, and these
shall not be exceeded without permits
sion.
Colonies and territories removed from
the sovereignty of the States which
formerly governed them and not yet
| able to stand by themselves are put un-
der the tutelage of advanced States as
| manufactures for the League.
All treaty obligations between tn
| powers inconsistent with the terms OF
the covenant shall be abrogated, no
shall any be entered into thereafter
All treaties shall be registered with tn
League and shall not be valid otherwis
All international bureaus, already es
tablis he'd, shall come under the protec
ton of the League.
Amendments to the covenant shall
Ike effect; when ratified by the State
represented in the Executive Council an
by three fourths of the States represent
ed in the body of delegates.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28
p uBLlo SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal RopERrY

will sell at public auction on the
L premises, Seven Oaks Farm, situate d
eight miles from Washington, D. c.,
two and a half miles from Silver Hill
State Road, in Prince Georges County,
Maryland, on
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28
FOR SALE.

100 ACRES in Spaldings district
about half way between Forestville and
Suitland, on Marlboro ashington
State road. Apply to,
MAMIE r. PURDY,
Sta. H. R. F. D.
Washington, D. C.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28
Nor1cE TO CRED1roRs

THIS is to give notice, that the under
u signed has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of Prince Georges Coun-
ty, letters testamentarY c. t. a. upon
the personal estate of
JOSEPH WEHNER,
deceased, late of Prince Georges coun
ty. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit the same, with the vouchers there
on legally authenticated on or before
the 1st day ofAugust 1919, or they
may otherwise by law DE excluded from
all benefits of said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given I'M
der my hand this 2Sth day of January,
1919.
THOMAS N. COPENHAVER,
Administrator C. t. a. of Joseph
Wehner, deceased. Jan 31st
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28

Maryland, on
Saturday, March 22nd, 1919
AT1OO O'CLOCK A. NJ.
the following personal property:
2 stack hay, 100 bbls. corn, fodder, As
acres growing wheat, fields hay,
one lot sawed logs ready to sell,
some walnut ready for saw
ing, several good work
horses, one mare In
foal, 2 colts. coming
and years old, one mule
colt, one cow and calf, two
young steers, one young bull, seven
heifers coming fresh in few months,
one SOW, pigs. international har-
vester hay-press, IL b. p. Inter
national gasoline and kero-
sene engine, fodder
shredder, bale tie
cutter, wood binder, Deere
mower, manure spreader, lime
spreader, disc harrow, spike tooth,
harrow, cultivator, corn planter, last
four named articles used only one
season, new sulky plow never
used, dyill, hay rakos. wheat
fan, sulky grind stone,
carts, hay forks, and
other machinery too numel-
Gus to mention, 20 balls binding
Irvine, forge, shovels, picks, scoop,
wagons, harness of all descriptions,
buggies, surrey, remnants Of a
Washington livery stable.
TERMS OF SAIL
All sums OF $50 aud under cash;
all sizes over $50 credit OF 80 day
will be given, purchasers giving Their
notes with approved security, bearing
interest from the day # sale payable
at the bank of Upper Marlboro, Nd.
No properly to be removed until the
terms of sale are complied with.
ELIZABETH BURGDORF,
Administrative Estate of
Ernest Burgdorf.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28
Nor1cE TO CRBD1roRs.

THIS is to give notice, that the I'M
i dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters of administration upon
the personal estate Of
CAROLINE WEHNER,
late of Prince Georges county, deceas-
ed. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned TO cx-
hibt the same, with the vouchers
thereon legally authenticated on OF be-
fore the 1st day of August 1919, or
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make INN e1ate payment.
Given under my hand this 28th day of
January, 1919.
THOMAS N. COPENHAVER.
Administrator of Car Inc Wehner,
deceased. Jan. Sit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13

Weeks ago Tho Times Dispatch
asserted that railway money was being
poured like water because nobody but
the helpless outside general public had
Spent aad Fer o%ners s's %srs
Inent: nobody had definite or final
aside from random stings OF conscience,
The raiiwaS 6rotherhooa 'o ieadssis cow COW.
the roads have been, and are Being,
seeking to give black eye s to 1 Eovsrn.
m me operation and ownership, Their
8, 5sarss a snGtn saa. ,hs
aadministration and the Inducements
Se fe 9 tn es SaysSe a. se
shsn sSs er OF psr e ans
to destPoy ehs rest st we
a aSe ths i Of ioM Pss'
sauslns, loss q rom haif 'f eil!lo rs
MY sight year! This s''h ios m0t teo loss is
W so IRE freight rates ate increased from is
that the Increase on some classes Of
goods from the South was 500 per cent
last set se us keep the aF1res IN mind The
nues $SoO.0o0.000. That Ia between
and IS apiece for every man, woman
and child of us In the country. Aton
or mat. the increased rates failed to
meet expenses. AS Senator Cummins
puts 1t, either through Increased
emciency In operation or tho Increased
number OF employees" the railroads
pt he insres .he5r expenses even with
apiece for tho public. 1t Is safe to say
mat the experiment la costing zach
OK US. including the babies and ali
Wv year. but that liz not the worst
OF ~ An increase OF cent an hour
IN the wages OF the railway employees
means additional cost in the operation
OF the roads of $50. OoO. 900 a year. They
are demanding now an increase Of il
cents cents which probably they viii get
cienees i That oo Til mean smother In
70 be taken from each OF us in hirher
rates or more deficits TO be made In
and more In sight
Mr.. McAdoo cut of nearly 900 gen.
era! ofiiccrs and lot Of ticket once.
and trains. With fewer onlces, ;ewer
trains aud poorer service less busines.
and higher rates than three years aro
Inc me roaes are EMPLOYING 10000 more
men. everybody agrees that IL tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
Labor Troubles.
By WILLIAM II. WILSON,
Secretary Of Labor.

AT this moment, when the entire fabric Of
commerce and industry Is threatened with the
nationai unrest Of our workingmcn. we are
reminded that strikes between labor and capital
are not unlike wars between nations.
Al mas been estimated by various statesticinns
d dmt me economic loss in wages profit and pro-
duGuon OF material available for in the
S Sn!Iea states alone growing out of Industrial
d dtSiputes. mounts 10 hundreds of millions OF
ooliais annualiy-a tremend ous loss that never
has passed over the dam and that never again
can be utilized TO turn the wheels of Industry.
Labor strikes bring suffering. privaton and
loss not only TO the parties engaged, but TO
me me, innocen, oystanderthe public at large.
during d an Industrial conflict. workinEmen sell
doin engage in strikes unless they have real
Eriexance. or at least an imaginary grievance
which has all the force of reality TO them
For the same reason employers seldom allow
conditlon TO arise which will result in q strk
unless they believe that attempt is being
some vital principle is involved.
Under these circumstances, how much better
~ would be for ali parties concerned IL, instead
or a!!o"!ng contest to reach the strike stage
the, employers and employees were to say 10
eacn other: Come. let us together"
In handling trade disputes the efforts OF the
department OF Labor have been conferred in an
a feaS,Gas to bring employers and employees
work out their own dlacuties suceessful
II can DC Copyright, 1919
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
A Daily Once-Over.
Quitting in the Home Stretch,

Has it occurred to You that your chief
merit seems TO he as starter, and that you are
a very poor tinisher?
Have you not proposed plans in your place
o. Employment and then suddenly found you
were up against barrier which seemed TO
block your progress?
Was it not necessary for some one else to
step in and furnish the plan by which YOUR
scheme could be carried to successful compile.
ton?
And yet you wonder why you are not more
appreciated by your employers. and why tho
the big salary
You argue that the undertaking was OF your
own conception and the firm would not have
benefited in the same way but for you. but do
assistance your whole plan would have fallen
fiat and ali the work done lost?
II liz easy to start sonnet hing don't pat your-
self on the back because OF your creative mower
mntii you have reached the point where you can
carry the thing to completion.
BE a'hnlsher as we'll as starter and you will
get along all right-(copyright 1870
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13

roads are turned back to their owners
without permission to raise rates "2 81
per cent more. 50 per cent OF them
will go to receivers within two months.
billions of inv est tents SIX inelu eiEns
many millions held by banks and in
surance companies as security for
Also 1t would put the roads in the Gus"
tody Of United States courts. As the
judges OF those courts do not depend
and usually have fairly We'll def hI
ideas about enforcement Of the laws
and protection OF persons and prop-
erty, they might make things awk
struct traffic. operations with the gem
tie agency Of picketing and persuusion
with coupling pins.
The demand for the third or fourth
Increase OF railway wages in three
general tie-up OF all traffic. The de-
mand for the Plumb plan OF turning
acc By thre eae OF erppIeyees Is
politics OF the men or party oppos,nn
1T BSoaa facts are that the raiway
Of are 6cSpce aa Th. the b sss.
100000 go votes and the rest OF us have
how long the hundred would allow tbs
ten to prevent the operation Of trains
ana paraiyze all the business and life
or the country 1t is practical cues
lion. II the Issue is made, how far
the 100000 votes would 20 against
he 100000 in furnishing or reward.
ing ANYBODY and whether there Is not
a good deal Of blum by the brothsr
mood leaders and among the politicians
awe and fright untustined by ths
nEuren: We have in this country 251.-
sSo miles Of railway and 100000 rail-
way employees. which is an average
OF about eight to the mile. Mr.. wilson
was In high favor with the railway
men IN 1916. having just before pushed
me Adamson eight hour bill through
Congress. Every freight car that went
out OF Jersey City was chalked with
exhortations for all workinEmen To
vote for Wilson. The greatest railway
mileage in any Northern State is in
Illinois 1t gave 100000 majority
against against Wilson. while but 100000
against the Democratic nominee FOR
GovernoT. Pennsylvania, next in
mileage and. presumably in number
OF railway men, gave $4,000 axainx,
MIN. He lost four OF the Ave Northern
states with more than 5000 miles OF
railway by big majoritics. the excep-
ton being kansas. with but one city
pulled him through then And what
The railway States did TO his partv in
the congressional election last year
was distressing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
Interesting Health Queries.
ANSWERED By DIR. BRADY.
tCopyriRh, 1917 National Nauannnar sarxIn.

nssSr5 old Of ss pdpass ,hs, y
nn,sl mumps, scarlet. fever and whoopinE
dGSas they eTRsy' haze sy'h
that me really SSS boisvsd
xii os s ana
%,hos. 81 them and are better
Who to or e pro
sssu ss s nn ao be
Enlargement OF the .Hoart-I am nineteen
Can this Iso be OF TIC F
the nd the %" Of me the
m il. sss
or the muscle has undergone Increased deyel
Is load DIST
tinc,ly beneficial process in Itself.
teen nasy Pso6 aS baby soos
ss Win s the 3nd
every k[nd Of food friends have reeommend es.
fault us d Sss%' to SATISFY h!9 It tho
has ts e Rss ya ;hs 6aSy 81 diet
fires fresh milk fmodiaed at G5s.) you have not fed
and tina, is indspensabie for the proper nutsi.
e a the Sy few f You aS9
}acs t tany knd daily some fresh broth
or two or any one Or more fresh veEetabies
4o oa1Sass string
strained through sieve. every day.
Bran Gems for Good Digestion-Please print
IN your column the recipe making bran
gems or bran bread which l have heard so
constipation. IA r)
Answer. = Bran bread: One quart each OF
wheat bran. white -four. buttermilk Cor sour
m mn one cup each OF seeded raisns. molassea
half teaspoonful OF soda. Mix we'll. put batter
into we'll creased loaf pans and bake in slow
'
Bran gems, One cupful each OF wheat bran,
white hour, sweet milk; egg, we'll beaten:
pinch OF SAT-; butter size OF walnut melted:
the magic touch OF woman's hands. Bake in
gem tins.
about Time-My baby is thirteen months old.
ana every time nurse him he vomits for the
past TWO weeks. lie weighs twenty-five pounds,
him?
Answer-Yes. Usually babies should BIO
"eaned when ten months old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13

I.ipscomb. b. w Giilis. j. IT, Hudson, II. L.
Wigand and F. Laqbe Fer Aldermen: George
S. Richardson and James Morrisey. All of these
are Federal soldiers. or RAIDS of the Wells brand.
Governor elect Walker had protracted in
tervew with. Gen. Candy yesterday, which
seemed to be satisfactory to both parties.
Bishop 2. S. Doggett. OF the Methodist Church.
South, vii! preach to the convicts in the peni-
Tertiary at $3.50 this afternoon.
Col. EEberts recommendation for a city fire
alarm telegraph meets with general approval,
and Richmond may have system before many
more moons.
G. Alexander Baker. a clerk at military head
quarters. has been appointed to succeed L. e.
Dudley as clerk OF the Circuit Court OF Rich
mond.
have passed resolutions forbidding attendance
.: accommodation.
The Maddux family OF Pennsylvania are run
Powhatan Counties
The secretary OF the Treasury has decided
that baseball clubs are liable to taxation under
the Internal revenue laws and therefore they
must take out license.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
A. Tabloid Tale.
The Rubber Dali,

By author n Of sent Nature BoSzele.s
Wyc. The w Battle Of Tnpaii Alley esiey
the rort ,n Tied to the Post The Horse
f.ra She Wed b. A2 3, Iieiose and Pound
o woman nan. or III Her Pad Gold Amt it Terrible
i1aH|ie: Chopin in A Flat or Chucked Ont -
the Doings Of Digby Diggle and His Dog.
49, First and Last.
On look at the pretty rubber BALL" cried
nder the sofa and as ne 10 from
der II 1t bounces?"
Tee hee" gissled sulpherine Guss. mus,
cally. Her voice was pitched to sharp g.
and just to hear her laugh some more wild :
KIN shook tho ball again. nine or twenty times
Why 1t rattles tool" he laughed
sides. 0''6 neF
"Sulpherne." said widkin. Shaking this
rubber ball 4 lot might he awful funny but 7
don't think It's that awful funny Are You an p"
ie.ho; no. she screeched. mrthfuliy irving
to stun three handkerchiefs into her mouth a ~
talk at the same time ~ ''u
-, on,y It's too funny Father has just joined
that bomb you are juggling around to blow u
and" I"'4s'e'
With Shrek of terror, widkin Gobeldan.
dashed the bomb at Sulpherine's feet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
Business Problems
SOLVED ny BRUNO DUKE.
Author. Harold Whitehead.
Profit Sharing.

CHAPTER NXTV.
-, MI ouhg: exclaimed at breakfast
prof. sharing plan you pu, in for the Magnus
other other cup Of Walters wonderful eoaee@I wish
SEEMS ddh Grink so much coffee-ne always
OF your mental calsthenics?' ~
W1uldnt the same plan fit most any busi-
he shook his head and reached for his be-
house 1T every ones renuiremen,s for iI honee
Wonid one size and pattern of "A suit of clothes
kememter that. while the principle back of
architectnre, suirnak ing prof, sharing pla n
in every case. 1t would be foolish for any one
nut the M1Enus Brothers to use their plan ex
a"tiy but the general printipIe on which II is
pan f3r any Kind of business" e
re shut his eyes and smoked quietly
thing from Greig" pay Soi''e-
hot, went to the piano and for half hour We
~ minor airs and ha-monies of the great
=, reter he's he sa!led to when are you going
.l. s ,sn,I around on the piano stool until
which hung between the living room and ' Iin
ing room could him stretched out ON "i his
small TGrksh S sna by h 100 stood
ceased smoking. but his long White. nerv nna
myers sun heId the stem of the hookah. His
eyes we're partly closed. and noticed how tired
M No one seeing him thus would imagine he
men that he is. At times I've seen him "a r., g
in cheap restaurants with apparent rmato I've
roundings though he preferred them t 70 a sur
thing cisc--and yet here he was an estheti II
r, i1ye Of music Of literature especially the
only in the sanctuary Of his rooms in SevnSEi ca
seventh STREET.-THE be continued tomorrow
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
Books and Authors

Who wou'an't, want TO be CORE.
sspondcnt' f. Alexander Powell lis
ners the last two chapters OF his rev
book. The Army Behind the ARM"
with this word; We arc staT,i"g on
malta, A!bania and the Balkans. The
commando supreme has placed motor
car and the Admiralty destroyer at
our disposal TO take us everywhere
held by the Italians" Pretty soft Ell!
Jacob II. Arnold, agriculturist In the
e Sil Of farm manascment; United
the author OF a book just published by
the Macmillan Co entitled Farm Man
agement." The author begins with a
after which he takes up tho various
types Of farms. the advantages gained
by situation and by control. problems
Organization and how to measure liz
efficiency business methods and prin-
eiples applied to farming. farm ad-
farm The volume is nicely illustrated.
The nearest thing to an. authortta:-
tive. dehnitive collection OF the much
discussed new, sense" made its APP
pp;e sInee recently with - Bookshelf Of
we'll especially for Doubleday Page q
Co; Miss Lowell has reviewed ali the
volumes Of the last half dozen years In
she deems the best expression OF the
several writer's as we'll as work au-
thn srself Hgr modern fr9m Miss LEVEL
heir III. p" carl sandburs and all
the other representative new, poets arc
70 get at the real essence of tho mod
6 Ssnt poeetry , moyement could not do
ance as offered through this booksheif.
"Isaacs." by Joseph Gee (J. B. Lip
J, nf
dsaacs Is so real and 30 human that
one with his own keen zest in Iife.
Any business that promised quick and
s seneIous p Prohts" was the business for
deed, anything he undertook usually
dId produce quick profits for Isaacs.
h 1saac 81 transactions ,GSntinually bring
law. but his native wit always saves
him from serious consequences. Isaaes
u, chan hum hi. v a. well as shrewd mer
his methods are subtle and resourccfmI
Esch OF the incidents in his career
which is the charm Of such wri.ers 40
Q. Henry and Conan Doyle. There Ia
the IN w adxsn s, Of Lennenbergs cheeses.
nenSers 70 w srIef Pba but ,ne Keen Keen
The aan Is t wnii VII a,artle the reader
whose burglar and pickpockets' club is
Gi Ca 'SSnh sdoa as workinFman's CLUB.
ditional title OF phllanthro DIST, Thera
Is the adventure OF the Cock OF the
N rGth IN which Isaacs' measures wits
reated. There is a Secert SerViee ad.
MANURE trra These and many more pic
t tre real world In way to delight
the unexpected: Gamin, newsbov. mar
S Saisb,s ana "a, thief isaaes rises to Ereater
t nSeas aos. IN certaln Edventures,. such as
when he got his first glimpse of nos.
sible migration to the West End. He
OF the virtues as we'll as less popuiar
CHARACTERISTICS OF his class and race
but proves again and again that his
preternatural shrewdness has not
wholly hardened his heart
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
SEEN ON THE SIDE
M HENRY EDWARD WARMER
Merry LRnc.

Z. Merry Lnne.
There Is a place called Merry Lane.
That lies along the heart
And runs to everlasting springs
Where little Cupids dart:
And on the pnth called Merry Lane
Fond lovers stroll and talk
And smany tear and many smile
Mark this sequestercd walk.
And I shall stroll down Merry Lane
And shall shed tear.
And shall whisper foolishness
In Any Maiden's ear;
And shall smile when have wept
But must weep again.
Fer storm clouds mako the sunshine sweet
Where lieth Merry Lane.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13

SO. no one can predict the outcome.
his rights. but II unskilled labor, and
manual labor of every kind hasn't mad
It's day" In high wages during the past
few years. then II will never have IL,
During the world war. the unskilled
laborer was paid as well or better
than the teacher. or preacher or often
men OF other professions who had spent
large part OF their means in pre-
pairing themselves for their life work.
Instances. assumed a rather arbitrary
or dictatorial manner in its demands
on the American public. Let these
men ponder wei! what they do az they
may cause very serious state Of az
fairs in this country and eventually
have revolution on their hands.
NJ G. G..
Richmond. Va. August 8. 1919