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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
GENERAL

CASTOR Chevrolet, famous automobile
race driver, was instantly killed, and
Lyle Joles, mechanician for Eddie
O'Donnell, died of injuries as the re-
suit of q collision between Chevrolet's
car and cDonnell'S in a race at Los
Angeles.
John D. Rockefeller, his son an
nounced in New York, has provided
$63, ,763, ,35I toward the Laura SpelInan
Rockefeller Memorial, established in
memory of his wife, who died in 1915.
The announcement also revealed that
Mr. Rockefeller's total bcnefactions
have reached the enormous total of
close tn half a billion do.iarS.
The Board of Estimate and Board of
Education of New York began q con-
ference to provide ways and means for
an appropriation of $2S,OOO,O00 to
carry on the work of the latter board
In the public schools after August
SeXt.
Authority to issue and deliver its re-
funding and mortgage bonds of $3,-
$4,000 par value was asked by the
Long Island Railroad Company in a
petition filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The company pro-
poses to exchange the bonds for its
outstanding capital unified mortgage
bonds of an equal amount
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
STATE E
CAPITAL
Roads High Cost Serious Menace.

Roads High Cost Serious Menace.
Annapolis
A serious menace to the completion
of the program for construction of new
roads especially lateral roads, advo
Gated by, Governor Ritchie, is the pro-
hibitive cost. The program marked
out for next year was based upon a
cost of $4,000 a mile Bids received
by the commission have been in ex
cess of $4,000 a mile One bid was
for S55,000 mile. Because of these
excessive prices the commission will
not ask for bids until January / next,
when there is prospect. though re-
mote, that there will be a reduction
in the cost of labor. concrete, sand,
machinery and other items which
enter into road construction. If the
bids for construction next year are
not within the ability of the commits
sion to meet bodybuilding on the scale
contemplated, work will have to be
deferred. The commission has recent
ly awarded two contracts for grading
and drainage. This work does not in.
volve the purchase of materials, and
can be done during the winter months
If the weather is not too severe.
For 1921 the appropriation for new
construction are:
st. Georges Island bridge, $4,000.
Reconstruction, 100000.
States share, lateral roads, 100000.
Maintenance fund, $1,300,000.
OF these sums that for road msin-
tenance is derived from motor vehicle
licenses. This fund is also devoted to
other road purposes. The bond issue,
authorized by the last legislature for
new roads was $3,0O0.O00. OF this sum
$1,500,000 was realized this year. Be-
cause of the low bids, due to increases
in interest rates on new securities, ex-
cept state and municipal. the Board of
Public Works was compelled to finance
new construction by purchase of the
bonds out of sinking funds. This pol
icy may have to be followed in the is
sue of $1,500,000 next year.
! Chairman John N Mackall, of the
State Roads Commission, with mem
bers of the highways engineering
corps, has returned after trip Of
inspection of the roads in the nine
counties of the Eastern Shore, carry
ing out recently arranged schedule
which it is planned to coordinate the
work OF the various engineering dis.
tricts of the road system.
The Eastern Shore trip, which fol-
lowed one recently made through
Western Maryland, will be followed
by tours through Southern Maryland
and other sections.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

GENEVA.-Mont Rosa of the French
Alps is the highest peak in Europe,
following the biggest landslide in his
tory by which 600 feet of the summit
of Mont Blanc, disregarding all inter-
national boundaries, sped from the
French peak into the Italian Valley
without injuring single person or de-
stroying house.
LAWRENCE, Mass. The Uswoco
Mills of the United States WOrSted
Company were closed indefinitely be-
cause of lax orders. The plant has
been running only two days a week.
Fifteen hundred persons are affected
by the shutdown.
SPEEDWAY, LOS ANGELES
CASTOR Chevrolet, famous racing driv-
er, and Lyall JoIis, mechanician for
Eddie O'Donnell, were killed when
Chevroets and O'Donnell's machines
crashed together on the Los Angeles
speedway, at the east end of the
grandstand. near the close of the 250-
mile race O'Donnell was so seriously
injured that he may not recover.
LONDoN.-Mrs. MurieI MacSwiney,
widow of the former Lord Mayor of
Cork, Ireland, who died at Brixt on
Prison following his hunger strike,
boarded the liner Celtic at Queens
town for New York
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

w. A. &. Ekengren, Swedish Minister
to the United States, died at the le-
cation after a brief illness.
Senator Lodge declared there was little
possibility of deferfing the date for
the payment of the instalIment Of
income and excess profits taxes dus
December IS.
Deflation is progressing in regular
and orderly manner and the business
outlook is very favorable in spite
of scattered instances of bad adjust
ments and hard times, according to
the monthly review of financial con-
ditions for November, issued by the
Federal Reserve Board.
of Mrs. Caroline Votaw,
sister of President-elect Harding, as
head of the social service depart
ment of the public health service,
was announced by Surgeon General
Cumming.
President Wilson, in mis- message to
Congress, will lay particular stress
upon early abolition of wartime tax
alton, with it's resultant heavy bur-
den upon business.
Peace with Germany will be declared
early in the Harding administration,
, according to a statement made by
Senator Knox, who, it is expected,
will offer such senate resolution.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
NATIONS BUSINESS

Announcement was made by inde-
pendent steel producers In the Pitts
burgh and Youngstown districts of a
reduction in prices of certain finished
steel products to the basis established
by the former United States Industrial
Board On March l, 1919.
For the first time since wheat future
trading was resumed last July fu-
tufe delivery of wheat sold under
S1.50 in Chicago. March wheat sold
down to S1.47 and at the low point of
the day December was down to $1.52.
These declines were to new low levels.
James B. Forgan, chairman Of the
First National Bank, Chicago, pre-
diets a revival Of business on a stable
basis by spring.
The N. & C. Taylor Company, tin
plate manufacturers at Cumberland,
Md, have notified their 700 employees
that the plant will close indefinitely.
Lack of orders is given as the cause.
The North Butte (Mont.) Copper
Mining Company has laid off 450 work
ers. Several other companies have re-
duced their forces. Production will
be curtaied from the 100000 pounds
In October 20 100000 pounds monthly
until a better demand develops.
Operation of the pulp and extract
department Of the Champion Fibre
Company, Canton, N. c., one of the
largest paper mills in the south, will
be reduced to four days week.
A reduction of u cent a pound in
the wholesale price of sugar to 8A
cents was announced by the Federal
Sugar Refining Company of New York.
At the Omaha (Neb.) stock yards
prices of hogs average 1886 a 100
pounds, the lowest price since January
10, 1917.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
Opposed To Reciprocity OF Auto Tags.

Y : = : :
Governor Richie declared unwield-
ing opposition to any effort which may
be made in Congress at it's next ses-
sion to bring about compulsory recip-
rocity between all states in the matter
of automobile license tags, on the
ground that such legislation would be
aimed directly at Maryland.
This stand was taken following an
apparently well-founded report from,
the Capital City that such bill was
to be introduced at the. coming ses-
sion of Congress. Governor Ritchie
declared that for many years the
residents of the District of Columbia
had worked ceaselessly to escape the
purchase of Maryland license for
their machines. This states position
in the controversy had been, and
would continue to be, that since resi-.
dents of Washington made use Of
Maryland's highways almost as much
as dwellers in this state. it was but
fair they should contribute toward the
upkeep of the Maryland roads.
A conference on this subject was
held in Washington between Automo-
bile Commissioner Baughman. of Bal
timore, and Commissioner J. Thilman
Hendrick, of Washington. Mr.. Hen.
drick stated in view of the many differ
ences in the automobile laws of Mary
land and the District. it would be i'm
practical to adopt joint motor tag
at this time.
while Mr.. Baughman and myself
are both favorable to the idea Of
joint tag bearing one number said
Commissioner Hendrick, 'there are
number of differences in the law here
and in Maryland which would lead to
numerous difficulties and would make
necessary a vast amount of work to
maintain the joint tag system"
The commissioner pointed out that
the prices of tags were different in
Maryland and the District He also
called attention to the title law for
automobiles in Maryland, which does
not exist in the District
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Railroads operating In Illinois were
ordered by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to increase passenger
fares within the state to the same lever
as interstate rates.
After brief illness, w. A. +. Eken'
gren, Swedish Minister to the United
States, died at the legation, Washing
ton.
George II. Wilber Of Maryvflle,
Ohio, head Of the Executive Commit
tee of the Ohio Wool Growers Asso-
citation, predicted large drop in milk
and butter prices in an address at the
Omaha (Neb.) Chamber of Commerce.
Revision Of tariff and tax laws 81
multaneously will be advocated by Sen
ator Curtis of Kansas.
The 25O-snile national championship
automobile race at Beverly Hills
Speedway, Cal, was won by Searles,
driving a Duesenberg car.
Military officers at Matamcras, op-
posite Brownsville, were greatly agi-
tated by the reported presence along
the lower border on the American
side Of several CORNER Carranza mill
tary commanders and their possible
connection with the raid into Mexico.
The plant Of the Fish Rubber Com
pany in Chicopee Falls, Mass, reduced
it's working schedule from five to three
days week.
Secretary Baker announced the war
10 1n nr.ts
suggestions that the bodies Of all un-
identified American dead be brought
from France and buried in Central
Park, New York.
Bank Commissioner Carpenter of
Vermont was appointed receiver of the
Barre Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, which was closed after run.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
WAIT ON AMERICA AS
TO AMENDING LEAGUE
Assembly Commission at Geneva
Votes for Deferring Changes Un-
til Harding Offers His Plan.

Geneva.-The League of Nations
will not undertake the task of making
changes in the covenant until it hears
proposals from the next United States
government. This fact was made
known in commission No. 1 of the
League Assembly
AS the covenant has been in effect
only short time, proposed amend
ments are to be set aside and a stand
ing committee is to be appointed to
consider these and all other proposals
for amendments made between now
and the second meeting Of the assem-
bly,, which will probably be held next
May or June.
The proposal to abandon the task Of
changing the covenant was made by
A J. Balfour. 1t was at first opposed
by the Scandinavian countries, which
had presented amendments tending to
lessen the hold of the big powers on
the League. but this opposition was
finally withdrawn. AS every govern
sion the decision is equivalent to adop-
tion by the assembly. Since amend
ments must be approved by all the
members present, if England opposed
any amendment it could not be car
| ried.
1t is believed by the assembly lead
ers that before the next assembly
Ho
clared his ideas on an International
association and it will -De the task of
| the standing committee of the council
to examine the American proposals
and see how far the covenant can be
altered in accord with them, thus pre-
| pairing the way, it is hoped, for Ameri-
cas- entry into the League.
Secret diplomacy is dying hard at
| Geneva. This is very difficult mat
| ter, a change from the old system of
secret negotiations to open debates,
particularly between nations which
| have hitherto settled their difficulties
secretly on give-and-take basis.
The embarrassments Of the change are
manifold. Thus the Franco-British
fight over the Turkish treaty came
into the open and by a popular appeal
Viviani won q victory which the
French had not got by the old diplo-
matte methods. Then the council took
hold of the matter and there England
stopped the move, at least temporarily.
There is no doubt that the great and
growing demand for an end of the
/ ay, oil cIr rlc,
itself is going to have effect. In fact,
the council is having pretty hard
shedding" just now.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
SPORTING

Benny Leonard, worlds lightweight
| champion, hammered Joe yelling,
Chicago title aspirant, into submission
in the fourteenth round of their
scheduled fifteen-round bout to de-
cision before a crowd Of more than
| twelve thousand who jammed Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, to Ca
pacity.
The Colorado Agricultural College
clinched the championship of the
Rocky Mountain Conference by de-
feating the University Of Denver.
Bobby Barrett put Kid West to sleep
in five rounds.
! Honus Wagner, former shortstop of
the Pittsburgh Nationals and one of
| the best-known baseball players in the
| country, said that he was negotiating
| with President Baker of the Philadel-
| phia Club on the question of managing
the team.
The fight between Pete Herman, the
American bantamweight champion, and
| Jimmy Wilde, the British f1yweight
king, now looks like certainty, and it
should prove a hair-raising contest.
Joe Tiplitz's defeat of Jimmy Muir
ply was one of the sensations of the
Thanksgiving day boxing.
Willie Jackson made such punch
ing bag of Mat Brock that it proves
Brock is about all in, and when wind
up fighters are wanted in future he
| should hp left at home
Eddie Revoir still retains some Of
his old time punching power, and he
used it to good effect in putting Tom
| Clifford, the Australian, away in two
rounds.
What is said to be a new amateur
record in three cushion billiards was
established at Cincinnati when Paul
Redlich made run of II and defeated
Cliff PEBBLES, 25 to 13, in match
game. Both are Cincinnati men.
George Whitted, the star all round
performer of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
denies that he is holdout, but de-
clares that he expects more money for
| being ready to go in any time at any
| position and play winning ball.
The American women's hockey team
from Philadelphia played the final
| game of it's tour at Richmond, Eng
land, losing to the All-England eleven.
Tie English team won by 16 goals to
O. The American team, which invaded
England several weeks ago, won
| only one contest of six games played.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Baltimore.-Failure of the Baltimore
bakeries to reduce their prices on
bread is being reflected in increased
demands for -four from housewives,
who are doing their own baking on a
larger scale than ever. An investiga-
tion showed that millers are making
large sales of -four to family trade in
all the Atlantic seaboard cities. but
especially in Baltimore. Evidence OF
this is found in the character of ship
ments being made from the mills,
which consist largely of 24-pound and
4S-pound sacks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Cumberland. "A memorial tablet
erected through the efforts of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
to mark and identify the site of Fort
Cumberland, built here in the Colonial
period during the French and Indian
Wars, and which led to the establish
ment of Cumberland as trading post,
was unveiled with impressive cere-
mony. It's location is on Water street
on the outer wall of Emmanuel Epis-
copal Church, which today stands on
the site of the original fort. The tab
let is made of bronze of massive size
and it is said that it is the finest
piece of work of it's kind ever seen
in this city. The inscription on it fol-
lows:
This tablet marks the site of Old
Cumberland, which was built in 1855
by orders of the British Government
to honor the Duke of Cumberland, cap
tain general of the British Army It
was the base of military operations of
General Edward Braddock and Col
George Washington in the French and
Indian Wars
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
LEAGUE CALLS ON WILSON
TO SAVE ARMENIA,

X Geneva-The Council of the
X League Of Nations sent cable !
X gram to President Wilson ask !
X ing him if America would act as !
X mediator between the Armenians !
X and the Turkish Nationalists. !
X A similar message was sent to
X powers who are league members. J
X BY this action the Council 4
X upheld the view of England that J
an entirely new situation had J
arisen in the Near East, and
X that although America had re- !
X fused a mandate over Armenia, !
X she should now be asked if she
X would act as mediator.
X r X X X X tt& X K X X X 4 X
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
Both Sanctuary and Study

ated some three miles inland from
Apia, the chief town of the island of
Upolu, of the Samoan group, it stands
in a clearing of about three hundred
acres. My house is Il great place"
he wrote. I'VE have a hall 80 feet
long, with a great redwood stair as
cending from it, where We dine in
state" In this hall stood some Of the
furnituYs of bis old hatns In Efd'n
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
IMPORTANT news
QUICKLY TOLD.
Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old Maryland
NEWS ITEMS FOR OUR READERS

Centerville.-Prompt action on the
part of the members of the local milk
association and other patrons of the
Centerville Milk Cooling Station. to-
gether, with equally prompt manifesto
tions of public-spirited cooperation on
the part of property owners here,
makes it possible for the Horbison
dairies to erect large 50,000-pound a
day milk cooling plant in Centerville.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
Baltimore.-Attornev General AL

Baltimore.-Attorney General Alex
ander Armstrong will give ruling at
his earliest convenience whether a
practice of making collections in the
atres on Sundays is a violation of the
old blue laws. The ruling will be
for the guidance of the Police Depart
ment. The collections have been made
for religious, charitable and similar
purposes. This practice originated
during the war period, when audiences
were attracted by entertainments to
which no admission fee was charged.
= aellaet!as hsias mad as at the aser
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Elkton.-Learning that number of
gunners along the North East River
and on the Susquehanna Flats were
shooting ducks from motorboats, Dis
trict Deputy Game Warden John An
derson and Deputy Oscar Humes made
an investigation and had warrants is
sued for the arrest of William Crouch,
Lewis Ulary, white, and Elias Cole.
colored. charging them with shooting
duck from motorboats. The three
men had several wealthy sportsmen
from Philadelphia and Chester, Pa.
out in their boats when, it is alleged.
they violated the law.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Rockville-When someone sprinkled
strong-smelling corn whisky on one of
the young women guests at a dance
near Great Falls, this county, it pre-
cipitated a row which ended in Mosby
Butt being shot in the abdomen with
revolver The bah did not penetrate
deep and Butts condition is not re-
garded as serious. No one seems to
know who fired the shot and Sheriff
Nicholson abandoned the investigation
when informed by Butt that everybody
at the dance were friends of his and
he did not want any one prosecuted.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Hagerstown.-After being at liberty
a day Arthur Dykes and Neville Cam.
eron who escaped from the Hagers-
town Jail with Arthur Douglass and
Thomas McAfee were captured at
Front Royal, Va, where they entered
a hotel and took rooms for the night
Dykes registered as Jonas Rowland,
Cumberland" Camerson, who for
merly lived at Front Royal, registered
under his own name. They were
brought to Hagerstown and placed in
separate cells.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

burgh, a portrait of his father hung
there, and the arm chair of his grand-
father, the builder of Skerryvore light
house, rested on mats made by Ton
gan warriors. From his study, "a
room in the most inaccessible part of
the house." he could see from his bed
the sunrise every day, a privilege
which he valued as a tonic, per-
petual tuning fork, look of GCd's
face once in the day
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
WILSON MAY ACT AS MEDIATOR
Would End Turkish-Armenian Dispute
at REQUEST of LEAGUE.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson will
accept the invitation of the League of
Nations to act as mediator between the
Turkish Nationalists and the Ar
menians now engaged in war, it is
believed by officials close to the ad-
ministration. Furthermore, the Presi-
dents action in all probability will be
taken on his own account and without
previous reference to Congress of his
plans and decision.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Snow Hill.-With a pair of dice
grasped in his hand, Freeman Ballard
was shot and killed during a crap
game in the rear of Stillpond Church,
at Rabbit Gnaw, negro settlement
below Stockton. John Townsend was
lodged in Jail and charged with the
shooting by Sheriff Ouley. Townsend
had escaped into Virginia, but when
found at a farm where he had been
formerly employed consented to be
brought back to Maryland.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10

Cambridge. = Some surprise was
caused in financial circles here when
J. Fred Dunn filed deed of trust for
the benefit of creditors, naming MIL
ford Nathan. Edgar B. Simmons, Ed
ward S. Phillips, Ivy A. Andrews and
R. Elmer Dean trustees. Mr.. Dunn
has been a very successful business
man, but last winter he bought large
lot of muskrat hides, paying as much
as four dollars and quarter each.
Thinking that everything was going
higher, he shipped these hides to New
York and had them stored to await a
higher market. But the price of hides,
instead of advancing, rapidly fell. and
the same hides for which four dollars
were paid had to be sold for two and
a half dollars, and even less.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-12-10
son Reflected the Life and Char
acter of Its Builder.

The prince of Wales visited Naili-
ma, the home of the late Robert Louis
Stevenson, on his way home from Aus
tralia. The novelist was very proud
of this house, and the story Of It's
'-'r'lairg ren4e rka rcrnnnra. s'ts.