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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
NATIONS BUSINESS

Raw sugar shows very little change,
and weakness rules. Further moderate
offerings at the prices last paid failed
to attract extensive buying and no
business was heard Of. Many OF the
holders who have been firm In their
ideas and refused to sell at the low
prices bid are said to be willing now
to release stocks at the market owing
to the depression that has set in. High
or prices seem unlikely.
Foodstuffs valued at $210,OOOooU
were imported In August, compared
with $S4,OOOOOO in August 1919.
Exports of foodstuffs for the month
amounted to S154,OO0,0O0, compared
with S2O5, 100000 in the same period
last year, the Department OF Com
merce announced.
Improved conditions and growth OF
q feeling of optimism are reported III
a review of general business ana
financial conditions for the month OF
September issued by the Federal Re-
serve Board. Retail trade Is good,
with less buying of luxuries.
Four thousand doctors of Vienna
who have been treating patients under
the auspices of sick benefit assocla-
tions have gone on strike.
Twenty-Five Chicago hotel owners
agreed to cut their restaurant prices
from Is per cent to 33 1-3 per cent
President Wilson, it was learned,
will send a special message to Con-
gress pointing out how that body can
accomplish 'in a thoroughly legal
manner" the object it sought to ac-
complish through the Jones shipping
act and annulled by him.
Curtailment of mining operations
and possible laying off of thousands
of miners during the winter is feared,
owing to the increasing danger of a
coal shortage.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
MORE men Than JOBS,
FIRST Time IN z YEARS
Work Soon to Be Scarce in Cities,
Salvation Army and Knights
of Columbus Warn.

New York. - Reports made public
here by employment agencies of both
the Salvation Army and the knights Of
Columbus indicated that jobs soon will
be scarce in cities.
Equalization Of labor supply and de-
mand during the last week was report
ed by the five employment offices In
this city conducted by the Salvation
Army. For the first time in two years
as many men were found seeking work
as there were jobs available.
/ A feature Of the week. q statement
by the Army said, was falling off in
demand for unskilled workers. Pre-
viously there had been a greater call
for this class Of labor than for "white-
collar workers. The report said it
was altogether possible that the near
future would see a return Of the con-
dition when there are more men than
jobs.
William J. Mckinley, supreme secre-
tary Of the Knights of Columbus, after
three months survey Of Knights of
Columbus employment bureaus, warn
ed young men from agricultural dis
tricts to keep away from the cities.
"Men are flocking to New York, Chi
cago, Boston and other large cities
looking for employment" said Secre-
tary Mckinley, land hundreds Of them
are glad to accept menial positions in
hotels, where at least their meals are
assured.
"The present fall in prices Of GER
tain commodities is being accompanied
by a fall in wages for certain kinds Of
labor. Production has had decided
drop in many big industries and the
supply Of help, especially Of the semi
skilled kind, greatly exceeds the de-
mand."
Forty-f1ve per cent Of the learners
at sewing machines In the garment and
clothing industry are paid between $40
and $12 a week. according to the con-
sensus Of replies received by the Bu-
reau of Factory Practice and Indus
trial Relations of the International AS
sociation of Garment Manufacturers
to a questionnaire sent out to members
recently.
Replies indicated that 26 per cent
of the learners receive IS or 50.
Thirty per cent of the establishments
replying to the second question made
no difference in pay between inexperi-
ence on the piece work at the regular
rate, while the remaining 81 per cent
pay a higher week wage-the average
being % per cent over the starting
wage for absolutely inexperienced
learners.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

cHIcAGO-"l have evidence that
several of the 1920 games were fixed
and l have Information that the forth
coming worlds series was to be
'fxed,'" said States Attorney Hoyne.
While in New York l gathered togeth-
er loose threads Of 1920 scandal in
baseball which would far surpass that
of last season"
WARSAW.-Thed defeat of the Rus
slams on the Polish northern front
seems virtually complete. The Soviet
troops are reported fleeing eastward in
disorder In an effort to avoid being
surrounded by the Poles, who are in
close pursuit.
ST. LOUISA general strike Of
cooks, walters and soda dispensers
was called as the result of the an
nouncement of members O. the Eo.el
and Restaurant keelers' Association
that their establishments will Oe oper-
ated on the "oEen-shop' basis.
NEW YORK. - Initial steps were
taken to determine whether building
materials of all kinds are In the hands
of q trust" which is Illegally keep
ing up the prices and thus checkiL Z
hcme building.
Observation-Disclosures ir In
dianapolis dropped from 81 a bushel
to SO cents.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15

He paid his board by driving the
rats away, and, long before the win.
ter was over, their scurrying had
ceased in the partitions of the old
house.
AS the days comrlcnced to lengthen,
the 'veasel's coat began to turn brow,
showing that spring was on it's way,
One day in March. the weasel failed
to appear for his lunch. He did not
come he next day or the next. and
Mrs. t:rerror knew that he had one.
mare Lone tn seek ''is living In sis
srt,ut uuI nF finaPn.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
"NEAR" CHICKEN.

Many q bon vivant who finds poulet
en casserole or some other manifesto
tion of chicken on the table d'hote
menu of an expensive but accom-
nlished little restaurant has wondered
how It can be done at the price, says a
correspondent. The explanation IN
some cases Is the existence Of that
useful little animal, the guinea pig Be
.he unnatural history detail that
pull their tails their eyes drop
fleh ess learns In youth, and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
SPORTING

One Of the immediate effects Of the
baseball scandal is the practical elm
ination of worlds series Jetting.
One development Of the baseball
scanda is the renewal Of the fight to
force Ban johnson out Of the presi-
dency of the American Les que.
Don't forget while Christy Mathew
SOIL, king of them all In The box, is
up in the Adirondacks fightin;; for his
health, that he was instrumental in
revealing that all wasn- on the square
In professional baseball. 1t was he who
first called attention to the way Chase
was playing ball. This was when Matty
was managing the Reds and Chase vas
his first baseman.
A. White, son Of the late "Charlie"
White, noted boxing referee, was ap-
pointed secretary Of the New York
State Boxing Commission. White play
ed football at andover and Yale. He
entered the army s private with the
Seventy-seventh Division and was
promoted Captain of Artillery in
France.
Benny valger has run out of his
match with Andy Shaney at Madison
Square Garden, New York.
New York sporting writer's, who
were admitted to the training quarters
at Summit, N. j., of Georges Carpen-
tier, are loud in their praise of the
French boxers skill. and suggest that
Battling Levinsky Is going to have the
time of his life when he meets Car
pentier at Jersey City on October II.
Charles A. Stoneham, president of
the New York Giants, just returned
from Cuba, Is not in favor Of city
series with the Yankees, declaring
public would believe it a mercenary
scheme on part Of owners.
Al Lippe states that Johnny Wilson
has refused an offer of $4,000 from
Tex Rickard to box jeff Smith Is
rounds at Madison Square Garden.
A match has been arranged between
Willie Jackson and Eddie Fitzsim-
mons. to take place in New York the
latter part of October. They are to
weigh in at 135 pounds and fight Is
rounds.
Frank Cassidy, the national and In
ternational lightweight amateur cham
pion, has turned professional. He will
be managed by Joe Jacobs, who also
handles Benny Valgar and Artie
OLeary.
New York sporting writers claim
that Joe Lynch should get the chance
to box Pete Herman for the bantam
weight championship. Lynch and
Sharkey boxed draw, but Lynch
made 11S pounds, while Sharkey was
four pounds overweight
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
PRICE CUTTING SOON
TO HELP CONSUMER
Reserve Board Reports a Revival
of Reduction Wave and Its
Spread to Retail Lines.

Washington.-Price cutting has TAX
ell hold Of the wholesale trade to an
extent that soon must be felt substan.
TALLY in lower prices to consumers,
according to the Federal Reserve
Boards monthly business review.
Revival of the wave of price reduc-
ton and its spread to many retail
lines was attributed to "a more exact
ing demand by the buying public as to
price and quality" Retail purchasers
are showing continued determinat ton
to await move by dealers to meet
those demands, while foregoing lux
uries and seml-luxuries, reports de-
clared
Although the board believed the buy
ing public was largely dominating the
market now, 1t said that labor and pro-
duction were having marked effect
en- prices. There was much evidence,
1t said, Of increased efficiency on the
part of labor, and as result produc-
ton was on the increase and factory
operation beginning to approach nor
NAL.
were that business conditions now
are definitely on the road toward sta
bility of as great and confirmed ma
ture as the disturbed position of the
world at large permits"
Continuance of the process of re-
adjustment In business and industry
has been an outstanding feature Of the
last month";" the review said. "This
has been accompanied by price reduc-
tions and by the resumption of work in
branches of industry where hesitation
as to future outlook had led to sus.
pension.
"After an apparent slowing down In
the price reduction movement during
midsummer it has again reappeared
and the month of September saw sub
stantial cuts in we'll known makes Of
automobiles, various classes of textiles.
shoes and leather and other wholesale
prices. Reductions have occurred In a
variety of staples, including wheat
Changes in prices have tended to make
business men and bankers cautious
about future commitments"
Drops in prices have featured almost
all of the textile lines, agents Of the
various reserve banks reported and
they added that, due to reductions al.
ready announced by wholesalers and
jobbers. the retailers are buying care
fully and not IN large quantities. The
retailers attitude vas depleted as nee:
essarily conservative, for the reason
that market with a downward trend
leaves him the alternatives of taking
loss or keeping his shelves stocked
with high priced goods.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15

an impression that they are useful to
vivisectionists, few people know much
about guinea pigs. But they are even
more prolific than rabbits and their
flesh is quite palatable. Compared
with fowls, they are remarkably cheap,
Cunningly cooked and served. they
make an excellent substitute for the
bird
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15

''if a weasel hasn't come into the
house. ! must try and get him to stay,
so that he will frighten away the
rats"
Tanning Il weasel is rather diff
cult matter, but Mrs. Emerson was pa
tfent. Every day she took her new
boarder out something to eat and left
it on the buttery floor. She worked
very carefully and quietly and after
n time induced him to cone out 'h1e
she WIS 10 the room and snatch HIS
piera Of erend or dourhnut ar,i drug
IL uwnr uabsF the curhaard,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
How Weasel Paid His Board

Shannon BoWles writes in Our Dumb
Animals. Mrs. Emerson heard a
strange little barking sound in her
back huttery. us room OF this sort
is called She opened the door quick
ly and was just in time to see a slim,
white animal with beady black eyes
flash under the open space beneath
ths big cupboard.
"sHel!, dselsrR," shs ssid gioss,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
BUYING OLD U. S. ARMY CARS.

American Syndicate Purchasing Used
Autos in France.
Paris.-A powerful American syndl.
cate is reported to be buying up the
thousands of American used automo.
bfIes that were purchased by France
from the American Expeditionary
Force for the purpose of shipping
them back to America for sale t
reduced prices.
About $4,000 of the car purchaseC
by the French Government remain
unSOld,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
, title Visitor, During the Winter Sea
son, Freed the Farmhouse From
Plague of Rats.

The farmhouses i'll northern New
uomnshire are usually built with two
=, threa back rooms which are used .
t.rn food pnd milk in summer. hut
are TOO cold for wtnter Use.
Que day early 20 TBS @intars Ella
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
sa,ooo,ooo GALVESTON FIRE.

Blaze Destroys Ships, Piers and Cot
ton Warehouses.
Galveston, TeX.-Fire which started
in the plant of the Freeport Sulphur
Company was brought under control
only after it had caused damage and
loss of S3,000,0O0 to water front prop
erty. Two steamships, four piers and
two warehouses were destroyed, while
a score of warehouses and buildings
were damaged Two huge warehouses
of the Cotton Concentration Company
filed with cotton were RACED.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15

Whereas. at the January Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year 1920, two Acts were passed
to-wit; Chapter 319 proposing an amend
ment TO section Is of Article III of the
Constitution of the State. title "Legis-
lative Department. regulating the con-
pensation of Members of both Houses
If the General Assembly; and Chapter
565 proposing an amendment to Section
81 Of Article of the Constitution of the
state, title Judiciary Department" "
regulating the pay of Clerks of Courts,
and which said Chapters 319 and 565 are
n the words and figures following:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
CHAPTER 319

AN ACT to propose an amendment to
Section is of Article III. of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Maryland,
title "Legis lative Department" reg
ulating the compensation of the mem.
bers Of both Houses Of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and to pro:
vide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland tor adoption or re
lection
Section /. Be 1T enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, tthree-ffths
of all the members OF each of the two
Houses concurring), That the following
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section 10 OF Article
III of the Constitution of the State OF
Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may con.
tinue it's session so long as in its Judg
ment the public interests may require
for a period not longer thar ninety days:
and each member thereof shall receive
a compensation of three hundred dollars
per annum and five dollars per diem fol
eyery day he shall attend the session,
but not for such days as may be ab
sent. upless abse mt on account OF SICK
ness or by leave of the House of which
he is a member and he shall also receive
such mileage as may be allowed by law,
not exceeding twenty cents per mile;
and the presiding officer of each House
shall received an additional com Densa.
ton of five dollars per diem. When
the General Assembly shall be convened
by proclamation of the Governor, the
session shall not continue longer than
thirty days, and in each case the com
peusation shall be the same as herein
prescribed.
SEcr1oN2. And be it further enacted
bu the authority aforesaid, That said a.
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland shall, at the next
general election for Members OF
Congress held in this State,
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters of the State, for their adoption
or rejection, in pursuance OF the dir
ections contained in Article XIV CT the
Constitution of the State of Maryland
and at the said general election the vote
on the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and up
on each ballot there shall be printed the
words"For the Constitutional Amend.
ment," and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now provided by law,
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said pro.
posed amendment, as directed by said
Fourteen Article ofthe Constitution, and
further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 9, 1920.
CHAPTER 565
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Ar
ticle Judiciary Department, of the
Constitution of this State, and to pro
vide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION /. Be 1T enacted By the Gen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, (threetittbs
Of all members of each of the two houses
concurring), That the following section
be, and the same is, hereby proposed
as an amendment to Section 81, of
Article 4, title Judiciary Department"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
RAILROAD PAYROLL CUT.

Reduced Nearly $4,000 a Month
Since Federal Control Ended.
Washington.-A reduction Of nearly
$4,000 in the monthly payroll Of the
railroad administration since the end
Of government control, February, 20,
was annou. ,ed by Secretary Payne
recently.
From 2,612 employees In February
with a payroll of $570,O7s the num-
Der dropped to 1,195 in August, with
a payroll Of S250.576. This report is
proir to the raise in wages.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15
TALKS OF FEDERAL CONTROL.

Nicholas Longworth Says He Hopes to
Find Means to Have Congress Act.
Cincinnati, O.-Congressman Mich
olas Longworth of Cincinnati an
nounced that he Is investigating what
scope congressional power may have
in protecting from fraud professional
baseball games.
He said he favors baseball anti-gam-
bling legislation and that he hopes to
find ways and means for Congress to
take action In time for next years
championship games.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-10-15

The Last Word.
"The last word" is the most dans
se-eus OF infsrnai msrhinss,--
Douglas Jsrrnd,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
OWE APPLE TREES TO FRANCE
Canadians Got Their First Shoots From
a Nobleman Who Was Associated
With Champlain.

It was from France that apple trees
were first brought to Canada. A French
nobleman named De M0nts was assO-
ciated with Samuel de Champlain in
Frances earliest. colonizing projects
In mart of North America. Their first
colony was planted on the rocky island
of st. Croix, now Doucett's or Neutral
island, at the mouth Of the River st.
Croix, which forms part Of the present
boundary between New Brunswick and
she state Of Maine. After spending
there the winter of 1604-05, the colon
lists removed to Port Royal, now An
napolis, Nova Scotia. The eolonists
were getting a foothold when their
charter was revoked by the king OF
France In 1907, and the enterprise
came to an end. However, in the fol-
lowing year Champlain founded Que
bee, and shortly afterwards De Monts
sent out to Champlain some young APP
ple trees. They were planted and grew
well. Such was the beginning of ap-
nIe-growing in Canada. Twenty years
later apple trees were introduced into
that part of ancient Acadia that now
forms the province Of Nova Scotia,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

of sleep, etc. They were all feeling mis-
cradle and the only medicine they took
was DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. By the use of this they were all
restored to health and strength.
"I always keep the Pleasant Pellets
in my home They are an excellent regu-
lator of the stomach, liver and bowels,
or for bilious attacks. I can speak in the
highest terms of all of DR.. Pierce's Medi-
cines." Mrs j. W. Moss, 1913 Ave. K.
Houston Texas.-"All my life my liver
has given me considerable trouble. l
have suffered with sick headaches and
have had yellow blotches appear all over
my body. At one time | was so bad with
it that I lost all ambition to do my
homework and was really all in when
Golden Medical Discovery was recon-.
mended to me by friend. I took six
bottles of it, which made me feel like
different woman | consider Dr. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery the very best
liver medicine I have ever known and
have no hesitancy in recommending it to
those afflicted with chronic liver all
ments. Mrs. G. A. Finn, 22l4 Wash.
ington Ave.
Send 10 cents to DR.. Pierce's Tnvalds'
Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y, for trial package
Of any of his medicines
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

dian lumber business. You'll be bank
rupt inside of six months and glad to
sell out for a song. That's all | have
to say to you, except that I'm resign
ing and not discharged. and if you say
I'm discharged III sue You for libel in
the Quebec courts"
He opened the door, hut Hilary
called to him "One moment, Mr.. Nor
ris." he said
Norris turned and looked at him un,
certainly. He was ready TO accept any
extension of the olive branch.
Take your cigars" said Hilary.
opening the drawer and bringing out
the box.
Mr. Morris turned purple, sn0rted,
then snatched up the box and made
his exit
Apparently he wished to convey the
impression Of a furious quarrel with
a less humiliating ending, for Hilary
heard him shouting angrily outside
Through the window he saw Jean
Baptiste come running up to him
There came, later, the confused sound
of many voices in consultation. But
Hilary turned his attention to the
books.
The deficit for the haIf-year had
been eight thousand dollars. That
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
How an American
meets trouble half way.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
EmuIatina the Lark.

Lectured for lying abed late, the
farmers 10y promised that in future
he would "be up with the lark" The
next morning the old farmer came in
from his milking and found his son
sitting on the stile and singing as
blithely as though there was no such
thing as work.
"Why, you young rascal" said his
exasperated sire, "this is worse than
sleeping. What do you mean by
loafing on that stile and singing at
the top of your voice?"
The lad grinned.
"Why, dad, you told me to be like
the lark, and that's all he does when
he gets up early"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
FIippancy Loses.

John D. Rockefeller Jr., in Y. NJ
G. A. address on craftsmanship caution
ed his young auditors against flip
pancy.
Nothing in flippancy," he said. "a
middle-aged gentleman with thinning
locks came into a barber shop the other
morning as / was being shaved. He
sat down in q chair and said;
az want haircut.
Eyes, SIR said a fiippant young bar
Der. which onep
"The middle-aged gentleman got up
and left without a word. Flippancy
had lost that shop a good customer"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

sue you TOT Ltpel III TIC SueUSS
Courts.T
He found that the key to the outer
door fitted this, and, opening it, en-
tered a very comfortable little living
room, with q small kitchen at the
back. A stairway at the back Of the
house, built on the outside, evidently
led into the bedrooms. He decided to
take over Morris quarters for his per-
sonal use.
He had just returned into the office
and put on his hat preparatory to
leaving when there came a tap at the
door. The frightened face of jean
Marie Baptiste looked in.
"Monsieur Morris has raised h"
said the scaler.
"How's that?"
Everybody is discharged-every'
body what works for the st. Boniface
company. Only the Ste. Marie men
stay. They are very angry. They say
they could have got work on the south
shore for winter, but now too late
maybe"
go and tell the hands nobody is
discharged - yet" answered Hilary
Cant you get it through your head
that I'm in charge here"