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The Washington times., 1919-09-12
SWISS READY FOR TOURISTS.

Americans wishing to tour Swift
zerland will be issued passports after
September Is, the State Department
announced today. Plans have beeS
made in that country for the resump-
tion of the tourist trade which ended
with the outbreak of the war, the
Swiss legation has informed the De-
partment.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
HOME DEFENSE LEAGUERS
TO PATROL PARADE CROWDS

Orders have gone out to all Home
Defense League captains to have ev-
cry man possible on duty to assist in
handling crowd along line Of parade
on next Wednesday, ''Pershing's
Day"
Those members who have not been
notified and who can serve are re-
quested to get in touch with their
captains at once for full instructions.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

ERIN TRIES MOONsHINE GAME.
DUBLIN, Sept. 12-nlicit distillinr
Is becoming more prevalent in Ire
land as a result Of the vhisksv
shortage. Huge seizures of sno-
theen" are reported il the West.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
A Similar Story.

A somewhat similar story has come
from Montgomery. There the Lee
people and the Peter people lined ur
for their regular biennial test OF
strength, except as to the nominations
for the house There were contests
for nominations for State senator
States attorney and other places
which were won by the Lee people
But for the four nominations for the
House the Lees and the Peters split
5O-5O. There were six other candi-
dates for the nominations for the
house.
Among these six were two who were
openly wet-James N. Barnsley and
J. Melvin Etchison. Barnsley, who
has been handling horses for a good
many years, was aggressive in his
professions Of liberal views. He said
that he had made all of his money out
of horses and was not going back on
them now, and so he was in favor of
race tracks. He decorated a mule
with placards expressing his sentl-
ments and sent the mule around the
track at the Rockville fair whenever
nothing else was running around the
the track.
And Mr.. Barnsley was nominated,
despite the agreement of the two fac
tions upon four men to be nominated
Not only that the next man to him
was Mr.. Etchison. Both Of them ran
ahead of J. Furr White, the low man
of the four selected for nominations
by the Lees and Peters.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

ORIG. GEN. CHARLES
u q. COLE, former
commander Of the Twenty
sixth division of New Eng
land troops in France, who
is acting as Mayor Peters
adjutant at police head
quarters in Boston during
the strike Of the police
men.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

It IL to your best intereAt to put
FOur Liberty Bond interest in w. 8. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
HALF MTLLION FOR sCHOOI

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 12-Chathsm
county will vote October z on an
issue of $500, 900 worth Of bonds with
which to build public schools.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

Donst let careless expenditure make
. sieve 81 yOuF purse. Buy wisely,
me increase yOuF money holdings By
Investing In W. s. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12

sion you are on. Millions Of men de.
mand this.
&c. HOLLAND WILLIAMS,
For William A Jones, Secretary
Baltimore Centennial
"Odd Fellows Hall,
Baltimore, II. D."
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
Don't be discouraged
Resinol Soap
will clear your skin

Many and many a girl has a clear,
healthy complexion today because some
friend came to her with that sound ad-
vice. Resinol Soap not only is delight
fully cleansing and refreshing, but its
daily use reduces the tendency to pim-
plies, Offsets many ill-efects of cosmetics,
and gives nature the chance she needs to
make red, rough skins white and soft.
II the skin Is in bad shape throuEh neglect or i'm
proper treatment little Resinol Oiutmsat should
at hrSt be used With the Resi-
NE&SoO nol Soap, to hasten the return
kSRSAT y tonOmaleOnditO1S. Resinol
Soap and Resinol Ointment
are sold BY all druggists.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
DrI auestion an Issue.

The prohibition question has been
an acute issue in Prince Georges for
several years. So has the question Of
race tracks. After long agitation and
litigation the court Of appeals re-
Gently decided against the Bowie race
track and put it out of business.
Roberts and Jones, the two Ray or
ganization candidates, declared them
selves wet and in favor of race tracks.
Clagett and Stephen declared them
selves dry and against race tracks
COffren, the elderly man to whose can
didacy no attention was paid, declared
himself wet and pro-race track.
When the polls closed Monday night
il was found that Clagett, supported
by both factions, had fallen by the
wayside, and that Mr.. Coffren, with
out organization support and without
money, had been nominated instead.
He had carried Mr.. Clagett's own dis
trict. It seems that both Clagett and
Stephen were cut, some Of Coffren's
supporters going after one and others
going after the other. Clagett got it
worse than Stephen, so he went down.
Jaws dropped all over the county. It
was the primary election surprise OF
years. When some of the politicians
got through examining the returns
they concluded that IL there had been
two Mr.. Coffrens running, without or
ganization and without money, Mr..
Stephen would have been beaten as
well as Mr.. Clagett.
The Washington times., 1919-09-12
COUNTY SHOCKEDBY
.RACETRACK VICTORY
Outsider UpSetS Agreement and
Wins Nomination In
Prince Georges.

HYATTSVILLE. Sept. 12.-County
politicians are still talking about the
partial upset Of the Legislative ticket
agreed on in Prince Georges by the
Ray organization and the opposition,
generally known as the Lee people. A
race track supporter, without money
or organization, won the nomination
for the house OF delegates over
Charles w. Claggett, Of this place.
The victor, whose triumph has
shocked the organization, is Julius E.
Coffren, an elderly man OF Upper
Marlboro, where he has been employ
ed in the court house.
The Ray forces and the opposition
agreed to divide four nominations
for the house, each taking two. The
Ray people chose Clarence Roberts,
Of Kent, a grandson Of the late Gov.
Oden Bowie, and Simms Jones, Of
Beltsville. The opposition chose
Charles W. Clagett, of Hyattsville,
who was a member Of the last house,
and Frank NJ Stephen, Of Riverdale.
There was one other candidate to
whom no attention was paid, Mr.. Cof-
fren
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
SAWDUST
SHAVINGS

There's iumor that Duluth held
school election last Saturday. L.
=
Hock-a-day paint seems safe in the
Duluth schools for another year.
The labor party attempted to hog
all the directorships and succeeded in
losing all of them.
The labor party stood for nothing
definite in the late school election,
therefore secured nothing.
Those Smithville braves seem to
have forgotten the boys who helped
them in their extremity.
To man up a tree, it looks as if
the aspiring John E. Jensen broke his
pick in the school board election.
The head-sawyer of the Rip-Saw
certainly made the autocrats put up
the greatest hustle of their arrogant
lives.
The death of Old John Barleycorn
is denied, but his friends do admit
that he has had very serious para
lytic stroke.
Before Doc Schaibly writes any
more letters for the Knights of the
Tarbucket, he might do well to con-
suit his bishop.
-. i. i. !.
With three Englishmen on the board
OF education, Duluth s Canadian citi-
zens may feel more at home on this
side of the line.
The mayor of Oliver is reported to
have climbed high up on the water
wagon. Someone now should present
him with bath tub.
One Of our alien Austrian enemies,
who persisted in fitting the Indian lid.
has gone to Leavenworth for a year g
visit. Others can profit by his fate.
Once COW learns to eat the wire
grass used for making Krex rugs, per-
haps she then can work up a taste for
excelsior and southern moss.
y T.
Madam Davis now can pack her tur-
key and leave for Florida or Pasadena
! without fear Of having her Hockey
pokey scalped by the text book agents.
| =
That brazen traitor, LeDuc, chortled
/ al, Id
saw that the commoners, who orig
inally elected him, had gone down in
Dad Atkinson spent several days in
Duluth last week, but he expected to
return to Hibbing before the hard sur.
face was plastered onto the Miller
trunk road.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
Sic sick GIRLS COAT
/: Went TO BERENICE
Rafting King O'Brien Pulled
Peculiar Play for Benefit
,r.. of Sinful ParamOur.

l. The story of ,O,Brien, Superior Is
Battling King, printed in the previous
issue of the Rip-saw, set many people
to guessing and even looking for the
various articles ratified off, . by the
former member Of the Superior police
department. r~o-- ,,.
One wise chap informs the Great
Family Journal that Berenice, alias
Arnold, alias Gagnon, won Alice Pow
ersI fur coat in some peculiar manner.
How the Rafting King worked it SO
as to, enable his paramour to win the
coat, informant failed, to say.
When a rafting king can sell a
bpshel of rafting tickets on a redlight
lady s. fur coat and then SO work it
as to get the coat into the possession
Of his female partner in low moral en-
deavor, he either lacks honesty or is
wizard with rafting tickets. ;Ydo (
30 Belief is further expressed that bold
Berenice ALSO wears the watch that
formerly belonged TO Alice Powers and
which George, O,Brien is credited with
having: ratified off. !tsM uy"y.,
,t Berenice, by the way; attended some
sort Aof shindigofine Duluth after she
became possessor Of poor Alice Powers
fur coat. She was too stingy to pay
for checking the grand garment, there
fore tucked it away in some place that
cost her nothing. When she came to
leave, she could not find the coat. She
was very sad for she had gone to the
expense Of having had it refined and
otherwise fixed up.
Solqe Of the wise boys declare that
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26

commissioner Murdock's letter fol.
| lows:
"'In the matter of the complaint
filed in the federal trade commission
by the Commercial club of Superior,
Wis, which you personally took up
| with the commission, matters are now
IN such shape that think I can give
you rather complete statement which
will cover the matters taken up when
you visited the commission, as well as
our several telephone conversations.
"'The first question which present
ed itself with regard to an inquiry
into the single or Pittsburgh base price
on steel products was the matter of
the jurisdiction of the commission. It
appears now that a sufficient showing
of jurisdiction is made to warrant the
commission in making a preliminary
survey with the purpose of proceeding
more formally as the matter is devel-
oped and if such developments shall
warrant formal proceedings.
Fabricators Complain.
"'A petition on the same subject
has been received from certain fab
ricators of steel products through their
counsel in Chicago. This complaint or
petition moves the commission only to
DECLARE a second base point, namely,
Chicago. According to present plans,
this petition will be made the basis
Of preliminary proceeding, but that
proceeding will be Immediately brought
in an effort to take in all interested
parties. The complaint of the Superior
trade body is one of several from other
parts of the country. . ..' g..
'As soon as possible it is probable
that we shall cause to be notified var
ious steel producing companies, var
| ious fabricators Of steel products, the
| various ASSOCIATIONS Of manufacturers
and dealers in steel products, as we'll
as trade bodies representing commit
| tees more directly interested in the
| production Of iron and steel and their
products and the fabrication of iron
| and steel.
| To Invite the Public.
""Any and all parties at interest
will be invited to be present at public
hearings and to be represented by com
| mi+taes or counsel. Interested parties
will be invited to file briefs or state
ments and to suggest witnesses and
other evidence which may properly
come before the commission in the con-
sideration of the whole question.
while of necessity an inquiry of
such vital Importance must take wide
scope, yet every effort will be made
to confine it as narrowly as the public
interest and the interest of all con
cerned will permit, to the end that il
may be carried forward as speedily
and brought to as early a conclusion
as is possible.
4" sThe commission desires to thanh
you for your interest in this matter
IN the past and to acknowledge YOU
effort to continue your helpful Interest
in the future "
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
COMMISSIONER MURDOCH
ASSURES EARLY ACTION
Complaint Filed With Federal Trade Commission By Com
e mercil Club Of the Lowland City Now Promises
.. to Bring Valuable Results. -.

At Duluth's Last Oyer-the-Top ban
quet, held for the purpose Of starting
the deep waterway from lakes to ocean,
the invited guests from Superior were
ignored when it came, to the after-din-
ner speaking. A prominent Superior
citizen had an effective speech all pre-.
pared but, when the Duluthians passed
him up. he delivered it to the head of
TIE lakes public through the columns
Of the Superior Telegram.
When the Duluth Commercial club
began to sing very low about "Pitts-
burgh-plus," the Superior patriots be-
gan TO talk out loud and to act. Event
uallv, complaint was made to the fed
eral trade commission by the Superior
Commercial CLUB ......
It now looks as if real action might
follow the complaint made by the
sturdy citizenry Of the lowland city,
thereby showing Duluth boosters and
boosters how to get results. The daily
Telegram Of last Monday evening had
an Illuminating article on the matter
as follows:
Early Action, Indicated.
"Early action on the complaint Of
the Superior Commercial club to the
federal trade commission asking for
the abolition &C the Pittsburgh plus
basis of selling steel is indicated in a
letter from Victor Murdoch, chairman
of the commission, to Congressman A.
p. Nelson, which was forwarded to
Secretary J. E. Coad of the CONNER
'cial club by Mr.. Nelson. -.
:. "The local complaint, prepared for
the Commercial club by the legal firm
of Pickering & Reisler, calls attention
to the injustice of the present steel
selling practice which results in steel
made at the Morgan Park plant, just
across the st. Louis river, being sold
here at the same price as steel manu-
featured at Pittsbungh.. and shipped
here. If the,chsbs succeeds in bringing
about the abolition Of the Pittsburgh
plus system it is expected that numer.
Gus subsidiary plants. using steel would
locate in Superior. T. ~. 3d..
Congressman's Letter.
.sIn transmitting the letter of the
federal trade, commission chairman
Congressman Nelson writes:
In the matter of the complaint
filed with the federal, trade commits
sion by the Superior Commercial club
copy of which you sent me and con
cerning which have. made persona
calls at the commission wish to say
that I made another personal, call a,
the commission today, and have thu
within letter from Victor Murdoch
the chairman, of the commission, which
I think is very explanatory and YER!
satisfactory L enclose the letter TO
your information. I am advised tina
the commission. will 60 into this thin.
most thoroughly, covering every phas
of the question to the extent that jus
tice and square dealing will eventual.
be brought about. -,.%<- I'd, ..
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
MRS. MYRTLE CUsH| Nv
SOUGHT HER REVENGE
Sinful Siren From Superior
Coaxes an Innocent Girl
From Her Home.

Mrs. Stevens, alias Myrtle Cushway,
was the underworld heroine. of story
in recent issue of the T. Rip-saw
concerning rough-hauss and dirty house
in public dance hall in Duluth.
Mrs. Stevens Cushway seems to be
an unfortunate victim of Old John
Barleycorn, therefore low moral en-
deavor has come easy,to her. At pres.
emit, she is specializing in 1.-The intro
duction of immortality, if notdfoul in.
lection, among the cheap sportso Of .Du.
luth. One ssRed',f Mahr is credited
with being Madam; Stevens ushway, d
paramour and, possibly, business
agent.
This Madam Stevens ushway, OF
Cushway- Stevens, was, treadings The
primrose path in Superior whensa kind
young man, named Stevens; employed
by the 500 Line married her because
he felt sorry for her and thought that
a':husband, decent support and "a home
would turn her from her downward
Mr.. Stevens, and Miss Cushway were
married. He, was ). q gentleman and
treated his bride as, a. wife should be
treated. But, when he was away at
work, the sloppy ...grewlern and
sneaky lgeatienssn- friends were Myr-
tie 3 boon companions. =. -.
At fast sforbssrancs lceasea TO sbe .
virtue and poor. Stevens sued fos 4 di..
vorce. AS q witness, he summned q
reputable Superior lady in whose house
the Stevens couple had. -foonSd j. :. The
lady testified against her win but told
'ne Stf9upsIn. snrssnsc. .fstf.ktsg ys ff>s,
Madam Myrtle neEer,nforgayec> ,the
decent lady for her appearance eHsthe
witness stand and sshe ,set absatsso get
even.,e With AelhsAl intest, she ceaxed
yonng daughter, pot pet of legl age,
to trot with her in DulatA.s aShel even
implanted thes notion Elm X the j young
girls head that her own mother WAS
only . fosterYmothefg sShe inyitsd the
foolish young creature 30 hersplacesl Of
hang-out in Duluth with the result that
the father boxed bis daugster 81 ears
for skiI ping school and goiag to visit
Madam Myrtle.
The Superior maiden then get angry
q
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
UNION OF VILLAGE OF LAKE
SIDE AND THE CITY OF
DULUTH.

Once upon time, Duluth secured a
legislative act whereby authority was
given to expand in size. This act COW
cred admission into the city Of sew.
eral suburbs, including West Duluth
and Lakeside. .'
Lakeside had been a village for about
four years. Under the act passed by
the legislature in 1891, the village was
required to become a part of the city
not later than Jan. l, 1893, or at such
earlier time as majority of the voters
might say.
The voters let the law take it's
course, which resulted in a union of
Sir Duluth and Miss Lakeside on Jan.
], 1898. The bride was taken for bet
ter or for worse, but it was not so
worse, she being very fair, and her
financial obligations comparatively
light.
Twelve Duluth aldermen were best
men, as follows, viz: r. W. Hugo, N.
F. Hugo, A. C. Weiss, Charles A. Long,
James Dingwall, A. M. Cox, Morris
Thoma~, Robert Kennedy, John w.
Nelson, Martin Sorenson and A. S.
Wilson
When Lakeside came into the city
of Duluth. i. did So as the Seventh
ward. Later Oh. the wards were re-
organized and renamed. Being a ward,
it was entitled to two aldermen. The
Lakesiders had made a little slate
whereby Sam Rothermel and j. K.
Person were to become the first al
dermen in the council from the new
Seventh ward.
Alderman Thomas presented the
names of both men, and Alderman
Charles A. Long took the same posi-
ton, thereby creating quite a sensa-
ton. In explanation, Alderman Long
said:
"With the bright, glad New Year,
I made many new resolutions, among
them, one not to quarrel any more
with Alderman Thomas"
Alderman Weiss agreed with Thomas
and Long as to the new aldermen from
the Seventh ward, but James Dingwall
called for ballot. It stood:
!. K. Person, 7; James Butchart, g.;
John Coventry, g.; Sam Rothermel, 4,
and E. G. Little, 1.
Mr.. Person secured an election on
the first ballot and, on the second,
James Butchart won the prime instead
of Rothermal.
President T. w. Hugo warmly well
coined the two new aldermen. Mr..
Person fidgeted around and acted like
man trying to say something but,
in the excitement Of the evening, no
real heed was paid to his uneasy move
ments.
After President Hugo had finished
his Fluctuations, Mr.. Person said that
he did not feel that he could accept
the honor, under the circumstances,
therefore rendered his resignation, hav-
ing been an alderman just seven min
utes.
John Coventry then was chosen as
Butchart s colleague from the new
Seventh ward.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26
SUPERIOR BRAVELY C0MBATS PITTSBURGH PLUS

O'Brien bought Ole Hansen's place at
1917 Fifth ST., Superior, and then in
stalled Berenice therein. Some allege
that she is there now, carrying on q
sly redlight trade and, up to the time
national prohibition went into effect,
doing a sly but profitable blind pig
business.
"Pig-eye" O'Brien certainly was
bluffing when he howled around for an
investigation before the. police COM
mission. That is proven by the fact
that he never went to the commission
and demanded an investigation. It
further is proven by the mass Of evil
dence as to O'Brien's depravity and
lawlessness that is available for presen-
tation to the police commissioners.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-26

and ran away from home. She was
the one who clerked at the Bon Ton
bakery, where she was well liked. She
was away from home for some weeks
but was apprehended and taken back
after the mourning mother saw her on
Superior street and offered police
man SIS to gather her in and take her
to the station.
Now, after being properly prepared
by the fond mother and father, the
Superior girl soon will be put safely
into a convent school, where she will
be out of danger from the designs Of
Madam Myrtle Cushway-Stevens and
her gang of young ,panderers and i'm
moral cOnsorts.