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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
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FOREIGN


Fire on the docks at Rotterdam de
stroyed cotton valued at S1,0O0,000 '
Canadian Trade Commission reports
an order was received from GREECE for
s25, ,Q00,0 900 worth of Canadian goods.
Three hundred and fifty Villistas-
We're killed, apd, 500, mounted rebels
captured in three days fighting be-
tween Mexican bandits and federal
troops in the state of Durango.
A strike involving $4,000 miners at
Cobalt, Ont, which lasted six weeks,
was brought to close, when. the
miners union accepted the terms of
the managers. - t--.,
Japanese newspapers report. the
United States Foreign Relations Com
mittee's action relative to the Shan
tung provision of the Peace Treaty
showed an insulting and provocative
attitude toward Japan. -
Four officers were killed when a
company, Of Mexican soldiers in the
army of Governor Estaban Canta,
Northern District Of Lower California,
revolted. '.r, -
Lithuanian delegation to the Peace
Conference announced creation of an
Observation-Disclosures bank as the first
step in an effort to bring about closer
trade relations between the two .coun-
tries. f."
Jose. Maria Sito, one of the wealth.
lest Mexican ranchers in the state of
Sonora, and Santiago Gotta, a Hermo-
sillo barrister, were murdered at Imu-
'ris, south of the border.
Dissatisfied with election results in
Limerick, an Irish mob attacked the
Council Chamber, Chasing out the com
mission.
Eight officers and sixteen men are
believed to have been lost when the
British destroyer S-19 struck Russian
mine
Admiral Baron Charles Beresford,
famous sea fighter, dies of apoplexy
at seventy-three. - -
The chamber of deputies passed the
bill giving Italian women the right of
suffrage.
The German ministry has empower
ed detectives to enter private promises
to search them from cellar to garret
and force strong boxes in the general
roundup for eligible fax payers. Pro
;>,S.@ will be unavailinR, ~---
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Cow Raisers Organize.

Rockville.iE The Montgomery Coun
ty Cooperative .Cow-testing Associa
ton was organized here with the. fol
lowing officers: :. President. John F
Hargett, Boyds; vice-president, Emery
M. Crawford, Gaithersburg;; secretary
treasurer. Walter NJ. Magruder, Gath
ersburg; directors, the officers 'ane
John B: Diamond, Jr., Gaithersburg
and George A. Wilson, Silver Spring.
About twenty herds, about $50 COWS
will be admitted to the, association
j.; C. Dial, Of Laurens, S. c., .has'beer
engaged as tester and has already be
gun work :. - $3.50
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
BOY CARRYING S176,000.
LIBERTY BONDS ) SLAIN:
Body Found Near Milford, Conn,
Identified as That of Whit
ney & Co.'S Messenger.

New York.-Benjamin NJ. Binkowitz,
a messenger, who disappeared on
August u with S17S,00O worth of i ib-
erty' bonds, has been murdered 4
body found on August 20 near Milford,
Conn, was identified as that of the
missing messenger. :.
With the finding of the body In
spector Faurot declared that he be-
lieved the boy was murdered by pro-
fessional criminals and had been en-
ticed into an automobile for this pur-
pose when he left the office of Whit
ney & Co, No. u Wall street, to de-
liver the bonds. -.
He also said that from the evidence
attending the finding of the body he
Believed Binkowitz died while defend
ing the property of his employer.
State Detective Frank Nirelli, of
Connecticut, called at police headquar-
ters and showed Inspector Faurotl a
picture of a body that had been found
on n fence near Milford. -rs~ =.
Benjamin's mother, Mrs. Ida Binko-
witz, who lives with her seven other
children at 169 Eldridge street, identi-
fled the picture as that of her, son: The
Identification was further veritie1 by
Detective Reynolds. -
Marks on the body of the twenty
one-yearrold messenger show that the
lad put up desperate fight to save
the property he was guarding. There
were nine stab wounds. in the chest,
any one of which would have caused
death and his face had been cut many
times. g .,'-.'- -.
There We're a number Of deep cuts
on the right hand, showing, the de-
tectiyes believe, that the boy had tried
to ward off the knife blows. The head
was almost severed from. the, body.
None of the missing bonds were
found near the body and only one
has been recovered since the -disap-
pearalice of Binkowitz. This. was a
$1,000 bond found in the possession of
Morris Schiller, of 164 Suffolk street.
Schiller has never been able to cN-
plain how the bond came into his
possession. He is now Il prisoner in
the Tombs under $4,000 bail, charged
with criminally receiving stolen prop
erty. -.,'-... =
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
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WASHINGTON
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Victor Murdoch, of the Federal
Trade Commission, predicted trade
war between the United States and
Great Britain within the next 20 years.
An attempt to obtain action in the
senate on the amendment Of the Food
Control Act requested by Attorney,
General Palmer to prosecute profiteers
was blocked by Senators Smoot and
Ashurst.
a treaty between the United States
and Canada regulating the Sockeye
fisheries on the Frazer river in Brit
ish. Columbia, was signed at Washing
Tile Department of Agriculture
issued report placing condition of
corn on September l at so, compared
with S1.7 at last estimate.
Thomas w. Lamont, supporting Pres
iilent Wilson, declares that the peace
treaty and the League of Nations
should be accepted by the United
states at once to restore the world to
economic equilibrium.
Will II. Hays, Republican national
chairman, says President Wilson is
pounding against a stone wall" in
fighting for ratification, Of the peace
treaty without reservations.
s. President Wilson will find ready for
his signature on his return from his
speaking tour, the prohibition enforce
: ment bill, on which Congress has
worked for months. The bill will cover
& the enforcement of both war time and
national Constitutional prohibition.
> Establishment of a governmental
commission or board with powers to fix
both railroad wage scales and trans
Y portation rates was advocated in the
senate by Senator Underwood of Ala
) bama, Democratic member Of the
interstate commerce committee,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
ANNAPOLIS NEWS
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Tobacco Crop AZ Peak Price.

Tobacco Crop Ak Peak Price,
The Maryland tobacco crop of 1918,
which is, now coming into the city, is
bringing the highest price ever known
in the history of the trade. The crop,
according to' Samuef B. Ward, superin.
tsndent of the State Tobacco Ware.
house, is the largest since the year
before the Civil War, and still there
is not enough to equal the demand.
The 1918 crop is estimated to exceed
$4,000 hogsheads, $4,000 of which al.
ready have been brought to the city.
The remaining, 10000, are held up be.
cause of an embargo that has been
placed on the bay boats and railroads.
The State. warehouse, built to hold
1888 hogsAeads, now has more than
24,00O stored,in it, and regulations al.
lowing only as much tobacco to come
in1as is, being shipped out have had
to be put into force. -
The new crop is selling at an aver
age OF 45 cents pound, with maxi
mum of j, ~ cents. = A. few years ago
Maryland tobacco sold at or 10 cents
a pound, which means that the product
has Increased nearly 400 per cent.
within two years. Government taxes
have been responsible for the jump, to
certain extent hut the, farmer, never
theless, gets more than three times as
much for his tobacco today as he got
in 1917.
The demand for Maryland tobacco is
greater now than It ever was,s Mr..
Ward said. Imported tobaa:o, such as
the Turkish and Egyptian brands, is
no longer on the market in any guam.
titles, and manufacturers must seek
the nearest substitute, The Maryland
product closely resembles Turkish to-
baeoo, because both burn easily and
quickly and are very dry Southern
tobacco. burns slowly, and cigarettes
made from. it will not burn unless in
hailed continuously. In this respect
Maryland and Turkish tobacco are
practically identical, Mr., Ward said.
The European countries are buying
the American product and much of it
is being shipped from Baltimore. The
French Government has an order for
Is, 900 hogsheads and importing firms
in Belgium and England take large
quantities. Much of this is Maryland
tobacco and the rest is from Kentucky.
but shipped from Baltimore. Three
steamships now in Baltimore harbor
viii load cargoes in which tobacco will
figure
: The last Of the present crop viii not
be in until December, it is believed by
shippers, because it must be shipped
Slowly until the congestion at the
warehouse is relieved. The crop lisu-
,ally>is in by, November. At this time
of the. year. there are. seldom more
than 5000 hogsheads remaining to be
shipped to Baltimore, and, Mr.. Ward
said, there are now 10000 still on the
farms or bay piers waiting to- find
space in the local warehouse. -,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORMs

y
WASHINGToN.-Three men were
killed and thirty-one were overcome
by gases in an explosion on board the
New Mexico, Of the~Pdcific- feet
TokIo.-Discussion by the jap
anese press on the action of the
United States Senate Foreign Rela-
tiOhs Committee relative to the Shan
tung provision of the peace treaty ne
fleets that an unpleasallt Impression
has been caused in Japan. - -
LoNDoN.-British congratulations
on the return Of : General Pershing
were extended to the United States IN
statement made by Premier Lloyd
George
NORRISTOWN, PA-PIaces of the
twenty-one men. pressers, on strike at
the Rambo & Regar Hosiery Mills,
were filled by negro girls. Strikers de-
manded 20 cents more per 100 for
pressing stockings. y..-.-> So
LoNDON.-Admiral ko1chak, head
Of the All-Russian government at
Omsk. repel the Reds advance with
a counter offensive and seeks help
from Japan. - y
WASHINGTON. - Senator. Miles
Poindexter, one of the "irrecOncil-
ables," made a sharp reply to the
Presidents arguments since he has
been on tour. -
DUBLIN-Truman n. TaILey's in
vestigation of the situation in Ireland
shows that the present chargessof the
Sim Feiners are based..on the oris son
conditions which followed the Dublin
revolt of three years ago and which
to a large extent have been remedfed.
) PARls.-With the departure of Gen
eral Pershing, Signalling the passing
of, the American ExpeditiOnary Forces,
France is beginning to feel self-re-
proach that the most was not made of
the opportunity to cement the friend
ship between the two republics through
the overseas troops Of the American
republic,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
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IMPORTANT NEWS
QUICKLY. TOLD :
Happeningsin Various Sections
Of the State
For Prince oeorge'e Dead.

As a tribute to the So soldiers of
Prince Georges county who made the
supremessacrifce massive stone cross
is to be erected at Bladensburg; at the
junction Of the BaItimore-Washin
Boulevard and the National Defense
Highway, running between that town
and Annapolis. =,
= To that end atspecial memorial com
mittse, of which John R.,Riggles; of
Prince Georges county. is chairman,
has been created. to raise the fund.
Many Of the soldier-patients. at the
Walter Reed Hospital are taking an
active part in the work. Donations
were made by two. severely wounded
soldiers, Private Lewis. Guivette; of
Louisiana, who lost both legs and a
hand, and Robert L.Bishop, of Texas.
Although the fund is not complete,
the work on, the granite cross will be
started some time this month, the com
mittee announced. :, -
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Squirrel Hunter Is Shot.

eenterville. While cunning for
SQUIRRELS in the Goldsboro woods near
Church Hill, Thomas Stubbs, son OF
Charles Stubbs was struck in the head
and back with about 25 shot from an
other hunters gun. There were at
least a dozen gunners. IN the woods
at the time and it is not known whose
gun fred the shot. DR.. N. S. Dudley
removed the shot and the young man
Is recovering rapidly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
GENERAL

) Minnesota legislature ratified the
woman suffrage amendment after the
: special session opened
2 Four organizers of the American
S Federation of Labor, including Moth
err Jones, were fined 500 each by
Mayor Crawford Of Duquesne, a suburb
of Pittsburgh, for attempting to hold
a meeting without obtaining a license.
The body of murdered youth found
near Milford, Conn, is identified as
that of Benjamin NJ. Binkowitz, who
: was accused of having fed with S178,-
600 worth of Liberty bonds belonging
TO Richard Whitney & Co., New York
brokers.
Broader powers for the Federal
Trade Commission so it may "stand as
policeman" regulate business, reduce
tpr:ces by maintaining competition and
eliminate unfair practices were urged
of Congress by Victor Murdock, COM
IN ssioner.
p Seven men died at Jehnstown, N Y,
. in the last three days from drinking
buy rum or medicinal compounds with
large alcoholic content.
y Lieut.. Gen. Hunter Liggett, com
amander of the western department of
:. the army. arrived at Los Angeles from
san Francisco on a tour of inspec-
ticn of the border"
American Legion with 100000 mem
hers will begin six-day drive Septem-
her Is to get 100000 enrolled for
national convention.
James w. Osborne, noted lawyer
and successful prosecutor in many fa-
,rinus criminal cases, dies of heart dis
-e; Sc in New York City.
Investigation of the Postal Depart
mrnt in connection with its relation to
the Civil Service Commission is de-
nr,nded and probably will take place.
y Threatening situation of miners in
Vest Virginia coal fields was ended by
;,cing of government troops at dis.
y, lvs;.l of Governor Cernwsll.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Suit Over Tomato Crop.

ChestertoMn.@The Circdit Court for
Kent county heard the suit of D. E.
Foote, canhers of Cfumpton, against
A. J. Bolin, farmer of Morgan Neck,
who contracted-with Foote & Company
June 2, 1919, to grow 10 acres Of to-
rnatoes at 30>cents per basket: When
the, crop matured the canning COM
pany learned, that Mr. Bolin was>sell-
ing his crop. on the market. They
at once got out AN, injunction ..and
asked for a, receiver, which the court
granted. Counsel for Mr., .Bolip, claimed
that the contract was not mutual, but
the, court ruled that it. was enforce
able, Mr.. Bolin expects. to get four
tons per acre on the open market.
Tomatoes sold for s1.1o and 81 cents
per. basket today. ':-,- 49,. :. =. -
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
PITH OF THE ...--
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Delay in ratification of the peace
treaty will prevent the first injecting
Of the League Of Nations being held
in Washington in October as orig
inalIy planned. q. .,-,.-,4
A -nonpartsan demonstration favoring
action by Congress ordering the i'm
mediate return home of. American
troops in Russia took place in the
house.
Japan sought to bar China from the
Austrian treaty by proposing that no
nation should sign it which had not
signed the German treaty, but the
American peace conference delegates
refused. to listen to the proposal.
Republican senators get together on
program making reservations appear
certain, concessions having been
made to bring the "mid" reserva-
tionists and all other treaty oppo-
nents into line.
President Wilson speaks at Omaha and
Sioux Falls. At the former place he
declared no reservations to the
treaty were needed and that the
United States must take it as it
stands or leave it. Defending Arti-
Gle X, he said it guaranteed the
worlds land titles. At Sioux Falls
he warned at pro-Germanism was
aoain a menace in the United States.
The New York Hesald's correspondent
with President Wilson finds, senh-
ment in the Middle West favots
speedy ratification of the peace
treaty, including the League of Ma
tions covenant, but with mild reser-
vations to safeguard American in
terests.
Elaborate tests made by the Navy De-
partment show that the latest type
of American submarine is in nearly
every respect superior to the German
U-boat. t.-
Senator Mccormick will introduce
resolution against sending troops
OVERSEAS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19

Three men were killed and 40 injur
ed in fighting fire on the U. S. S.
New Mexico, flagship of Admiral Rod
man, commander of the Pacific fleet.
Republican senators continued ef-
forts to compose differences over
reservation to Article 10 Of the league
covenant, Senators McCumber, North
Dakota; Kellogg, Minnesota, and Len
root Wisconsin, werc said to have
drafted substitute reservations which
were discussed privately In lengthy
cloakroom conferences.
A wage increase OF 5 per cent, ef-,
fective October 1, for period of two,
years was granted 5000 pottery work.
ers throughout the United States. e
A loss Of 100000 was incurred as a.
result of the burning of the WESTERN
Maryland Railroad coal pier at Balti-i
more. .t I:
Commissioner of immigration Of the.
Port of. New York, Frederic G. Howe.
rendered his resignation; he is going
to aid the Plumb railroad plan. 1.
Prohibftionists in the house expect
to have the senate amendments to the.
dry enforcement bill agreed to and.
fhe measure ready for the President s.
signature when he returns from his
western trip. :.
Flat increase Of $3.50 in the annual
wages of-all pestefIiee employees is pros
vided by bill passed by the house and
sent to the. senate. The INCREASE is
retroactive to July 1 last, and affects
25OOoo employees. )
Following the statement by the sCu-
hard Company that transatlanticspas
senger line would be started from Phil
adelphia came the disclosure thatath:a
company Had obtained a lease on M'Is
nicipal Pier No. 16, foot of Dock street.
at a rental of $4,000 q year.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Two Farmers Hurt. /:

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: Princess Anne.-Irving Johnson and
Oliver Peacock; both farmers residing
about, 1--WE miles@from town. were bad
ly- hurt here. They were. returning
home ina buggy when the horse ran
away, tha buggy striking a post and
throwing the men violently onto some
machinery in a.xacant lot: .sMr,-John-
son, who lis about SO years. Of age,
RECEIVED conorsssoni of the brain and
internal injuries He was taken to
the. SALISBURY Hospitaloand lis in
critical condition. Mr.. Peacock, aged
50 years, was severely cut. on the
face. Two Of his ribs were broken
and his hip was fractured. He was
treated by local doctor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
American Legion Plans Convention.

american Legion FidTS SOHScnttVUs
Plans are being made by the Ameri-
can Legion for its State convention,
which-will take place at the Emerson
Hotel on October 3. AT this convention
permanent officers will be elected and
delegates to he first national conven-
tion of the American Legion will be
named. That will take place in Mime
apolis on November 10, II. and H.,
The great day will be November IL
When the first anniversary of the sign
ing of the armistice will be celebrated.
1t is thought that Marshal Foch. com
mander of the Allied armies. at the
close of the war, will attend on that
day.
:; The following local committees have
been named: e~.r,>
Constitution and By-Laws-H. Find
lay French, Post No, 8; Hunter Boyd
Post No. 80 and Stuart S. Janney Post
No. s. -,4' - -
Order of Procedure at Convention
Redmond c. Stewart Post No. g.; Will
liam D. Lily Post No. and Hamble
ton Ober Post No. 10.
Accenn odations-Washingto Bowie.
Jr., Post No. 35; Raymond P. eStans-
bury, Post No. Is, and Owens Gale.
Post No 10.
entertainments r. o. Hollyday,
Post No. s; William Wallace Lanahan,
Post. No. 8, and Charles f. Macklin,
Post No II. :
Publicity Henry S. Barrett; Post
No Q; William K. Conway, Post No.
4, and Howard W. Hartley, Post No.
Decoration and Seating B.
Creecy, Post No. l.; w. Russell Mules.
Post No. 4, and w. Waters Pagon.
Post Nos.
Present Officers-State commander.
James A. Gary Jr.; State secretary.
Alexander Randall, and State organ.
izer Will Wayne.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
SAVINGS Fund Grow.

Record d-breakihg deposits have been
reported by the banks of Maryland to
the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich.
mond, the amount of money in cur.
rent, or circulating, accounts and in
savings deposits being far in excess
of anything before experienced in the
history of banking in this State. Com.
parative figures just compiled show.
for instance, that from January J..
1917, to January I, 1919, the total vol
ume of deposits in the Maryland banks
it.sraassa more thSA &Q7. 1909 teas,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
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Bryan's pig Peach Crop.

Havre de Grace-Charles E. Bryan
made, his last shipment of 450 5crates
of peaches to Boston, Mass making
Is full cars and 1000 baskets picked
during the season by the Goucher
College girls of Baltimore, in charge,
of Miss Grow. Some of the girl pick.
ers left for their homes, while the
balance will remain for apple picking,
which VIII begin in a few days.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
OPPOSES BAN UPON ALIENS.

Manufacturer Fears Planned Laws
VIII Make Labor Shortage Worse.
Atlantic City.-yigorous1y attacking
the proposed legislation that would
halt iniaigratfon because of the i'm
pending labor shortage that he pre-
dlcted would run into more than 5,000,-
900 men within the next six months,
G. H. Cole Of New York, president Of
the Refrigerating Machinery Manufac-
t4frers' Association, in his annual ad-
dress urged the enactment of laws that
would keep out only undesirables.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19

Artificial arms and legs were, it is
believed, used in Egypt as early as
TOO, B. c. They were made by the
priests, who were the physicians and
surgeons. of those days in the land
of the Nile.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
eERMAhsykiLL ". s.ssoLDIER.
Two Americans in Neutral Zone Fired
on Without Warning.

Coblenz. Private Reass. A1adsen of
Sacramento, Cal, was shot and in
stantly-klued by German soldiers in
the neutral zone about a mile from
the boundary Of the Coblenz bridge
head.
- According to Balsinger, the dead
mans companion, the" Germans Began
firing without asking an explanation
az to why the two Americans were In
the neutral zons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Bow browns In Canal.

''cuimbSefland.2oscaTr, aged 10 years,
son of Henry, Wright, an employe of
the Apple Growers Cooperative Asso-
citation, near Green Ridge, this county,
was drowned in the Chesapeake and.
Ohio Canal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19

Asia Minor is promising virgin
held for agricultural machinery. For
the first time in, its history. tractor
machinery Will Immediately come iRto
aaaefst asss