The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-03-19

erected by the people of the United
States in the town of Meaux, on the
Marne, has been named by Governor
Ritchie 1t is headed by Judge Car
roll T. Bond.
The other members of the commit
tee are former Governor Goldsborough.
Major Redmond C. Stewart, Col. Milton
c. Reckord, newly appointed adjutant
general; Col. Amos w. Woodcock, Col.
Stuart S. Janney, Dr. M. Bates Steph-
ems, secretary of the State Board ov
Education; Dr. Murray P. Brush, OF
Port Deposit; Hon. Francis Neal
Parke, Westminster; Mrs. T. Parkin
Scott, Mrs. Edward M. Shoemaker and
Alfred R. Riggs.
1t will be illegal to represent an6
advertise as kosher any product which
is not kosher under the terms Of bill
introduced by Delegate Burke by re-
quest.
Senator Gibson's bill to abolish the
Conservation Committee was returned
to the Senate with an unfavorable re-
port and the recommendation that 1t
be referred to the Committee on Ches-
apeake Bay and Tributaries. The re-
port created a parliamentary tangle,
which was finally Strengthened out by
recommitting it to the Finance Com
mittee.
Delegate Crockett introduced bill
exempting household furniture and ef-
fects to amount of $500 from state
taxes and to value of $100 from coun-
ty and city taxes.
The printers ink" honest-advertis-
ing bill introduced in the House sew
eral days ago by Delegate Burke, chair
man of the Judiciary Committee was
favorably reported out of committee.
It was not amended. The Judiciary
Committee also favorably reported the
bill of Delegate Webb, of Baltimore
city, permitting the sale of the site OF
the former industrial school Of girl,
A little slap at the Eighteenth
Amendment was taken when Delegate
| Mcdaniel introduced bill legalizing
| the sale of unfermented cider and fruit
| Juices made from fruit grown in Tai
bot county.
| Eleven bills, including the admins
tration merit system measure, were
| signed by Governor Ritchie, President
Norris and Speaker Tydings. Those
| approved in addition to the merit sys-
tenn act were: Authorizing water
loan for Cumberland; relating to the
| road engineer for Baltimore county;
providing municipal electric light and
| power plant for Hagerstown; increas-
| ing certain salaries in Hartford county;
abolishing Office of clerk to the Grand
Jury of Baltimore county; relating to
the salary of the treasurer OF Baiti-
more county; relating to building OF
fences in Garrett county; authorizing
a road loan for Allegany county; di-
verting certain unexpended taxes In
Hagerstown; providing for sewerage
| system at Hagerstown.
Inspired apparently by the recent
case of New York mother who came
to Baltimore seeking child by for
mer marriage, which had been placed
in an institution, Delegate Grymes in
| troduced a bill providing that here
| after in cases where minor children
are committed to asylums or institu-
| tions of that sort the parent shall
have the right to be informed of the
name and residence of the persons
with whom their child may have been
placed. Severe penalties upon the di-
rectors of the institutions are provided
for disregarding the new provision.
The Burns bill providing for state
boxing committee was acted on favor
ably by the Judiciary Committee OF
the House after several amendments
were added. These amendments pro-
vide that the commissioner fix the
number of rounds for boxing contests.
add wrestling to the sports over which
it will have jurisdiction and stipulate
that standing room be permitted
where contests are held and that the
use of less than five-ounce gloves be
forbidden.
"Any legislation to limit or handicap
racing thereby reducing the thorough
bred horses in this country, is a d.
rect and serious blow at national de-
fense." This direct assertion by Col.
Stanley Koch, U. S. Army Remount
Service, at the hearing on the Nuttle
anti-racing bill before a joint meeting
of the Senate and House Committees
ON Judiciary summed up the opinion
of army officers who spoke in favor OF
racing.
Governor Ritchie is, after ali, going
to have a military staff of that Ia
nous type which for generations has
brought fame, uniforms and prom
inence to so many Marylanders'
Among the long list of appointments
still to be announced by the Governor
but which do not require the conhrma
tion of the Senate, are five brigadieI
generals and 10 colonels. These viii
be the quartemaster general, the cnlel
of ordnance, the inspector general, the
surgeon general and the judge advo
cate general, together with the ~
colonels, who don't have very man.
Jobs other than that OF setting OH
a uniform and filing in the picture
when the Executives staff Is on pa
rade.
MARYLAND IN BRIEF.
J A debate was held in Colora schoo
house on "The World Is Growing Bet
ter" and the judges decided in favol
of the negative.
Chestertown firemen have elected nj
wilbur Thomas president and George