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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

It is reported American liquor inter-
ests are seeking a new field in China.
The Nevada legislature in special
session ratified the federal suffrage
amendment.
The Hearst forces began in Chicago
a fight on the Illinois Democratic or
ganization for control of delegates to
the national convention. 1t will be
pushed in every district in the state.
In years to come the late storm in
New York will be known as the
"$5,0OO,0OO snow" for that is what the
removal will cost. In Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx there are 1851
miles of streets that will be cleared.
The snow now lying on them has an
official depth of III inches and bulks.
it was figured, 4S,429,333 cubic yards.
Herbert Hoover issued a statement
defining his attitude toward the presf.
Dental nomination.. Mr.. Hoover an.
ncunced that he was not candidate
end was not seeking the presidency,
but did not say that he would not ac-
cept a nomination. He declared that
no one was authorized to speak fol
him politically. If the League Of Ma
tions were made an issue in the elec
ton Mr.. Hoover said that he would
vote for the party that stood for the
league.
Wall street bankers have taken steps
to prevent the development Ct money
panic.
The "Coffin Trust" is in a high state
of prosperity as a result Of the "fu'
and other fatal ills. Recently the Ma
tional Casket Company put up its
wholesale prices.
Delegate Kalanianaolo introduced o
bill providing for granting Of statehood
to Hawaii under qualifications to be
determined by Congress.
Capt. Claude R. Collins of Philadel'
phia, formerly of the New York City
Air Police, announced ("in full seri.
ousness," he said) that he will try to
visit Mars in a man-crr~vir~ rocket.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
THE NATIONS BUSINESS

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
ginning March Is the minimum wage
for male employees would be Sc a day
and for women workers 81 a day. 1t
affects between $4,000 and 10000 work
erS.
The British government has not
placed an embargo on importations Of
cotton from the United States. Such
an embargo, under a recent court de-
cision, could be made effective only by
act of parliament. This announcement
was made by the state department at
Washington following the receipt of
official advices from London.
Union wage scale in the general
trades in 1919 averaged II per cent
higher than in 1918 and 55 per cent
higher than in 1913, according to a
summary issued by the Bureau of La
bor Statistics. The regular hours Of
labor week in 1919 were per cent
less than in 1918
To relieve the present steel shortage
the Navy Department announced that
1t Will sell its surplus stock of steel,
about 10000 tons. This tonnage con-
sists of almot every variety of steel
used in manufacturing, building,
bridges, automobiles and shipbuilding
Most of it is in storage at navy yards
Now is the time to buy Liberty
bonds. The United States treasury ad-
vised investors to take advantage of
the present decline in market value Of
the bonds "to obtain at very attractive
6gures the best security in the worl'."
The Gronna bill, providing for the
discontinuance Of the Grain Corpora
tion and all control over wheat distri-
button, was reported favorably by the
Senate Committee on Agriculture by q
unanimous vote.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
TOkIO-Bolshevik uprisinas against

TOkIO.-Bolshevik uprisings against
the Japanese on the island of Sakhalin
are reported. Important Japanese min
ing and petroleum plants have been. at
tackled. A rescue party in 80 sledges
has been sent to the scene.
GENEVA.-Anxiety is growing In
Swiss official quarters lest many Ger
mans accused by the allies of war
crimes enter Switzerland to escape
liability under the peace treaty.
RENO, NEV.-The Nevada IegisIa-
ture, in special session, ratified the fed
eral suffrage amendment. The vote
was unanimous in the senatr, and but
one opposing vote in the assembly.
BERLIN.-German press comment
on the list Of persons demanded by the
allies for violation of the laws of war
is keyed largely to the note that the
entente is disgracing itself by making
such demands.
NEW YORK.-"I have not sought
and am not seeking the presidency"
said Herbert Hoover in a statement
given out in this city. 81 am not a
candidate. I have no Organization
No one is authorized to speak for me
politically" If the League of Nations
should be a campaign issue, he con-
tinued, he would vote for the party
supporting it.
LoNDoN.-No protest, official or
seml-official, to Lord Grey's letter on
the treaty reservations has been re-
ceiyed by the British government.
NTREAL.-Imports from the
United States are being cut to the
limit, due to the recent sharp slump
in sterling exchange. Canadian i'm
porters, it was declared. will limit
their orders for United States goods
to bare necessities until financial equi-
librium is restored.
PARIS.-Neither France nor Britain
will take any steps to prevent Poland
from making peace with Soviet Rus.
.,s. ths Tsmss sAss I. !sss-s
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

A modified form of the Lodge reserva.
ton on Article 10 has been prepared
by Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin
and Kellogg of Minnesota, and it will
be proposed as a substitute for the
Lodge reservation later in the fight
on the treaty.
Wholesale Iooting of merchandise in
transit upon the railroads of the
United States caused loss of ap
proximateIy $45,ooo,ooo in 1919, ae'
cording to United States railroad ad'
ministration statistics.
The government wireless station al
Tuckerton, N. j., was completely
wrecked by the storm.
Actual REIMBURSEMENT of government
control over railroad operations has
already begun. Equipment of the
various roads is being brought bach
SO far as possible to owning lines.
Senator Hitchcock, leader of the ad.
ministration forces, believes that the
Presidents letter to him will help te
brinq about an agreement on treaty
reservations.
There are 1a or 20 Democratic sena'
tors who are prepared to vote for
the Lodge reservation on Article IL
if it is slightly modified, but that
number is not sufficient to insure
ratification.
Railroad revenues in 1919 passed the
five billion mark-a new high rec
ord, but the high cost of labor ane
materials ate up so large part o.
the receipts that the net returns or
the total railroad investment fell tt
ga per cent, new low record.
The modified Lodge reservations
agreed on tentatively by the recent
ly abandoned bipartisan committee
most likely will be the basis or
which consideration of the peact
treaty will be conducted in senate
Director Hines began reorganization
Of railroads In preparation fer eheti
retsrs - asnsFs Marsh y
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
WAR CRIMINALS TO
FACE GERMAN COURTS
Accepting List of Accused May
Be Interpreted as Admitting
Guilt.

Paris.-Article 22S of the treaty OF
Versailles will never be enforced as ii
stands. Field Marshal Won Hinden'
burg will not be tried by an allied mill
tary tribunal. General Ludendorf will
not be hailed before court in Paris.
Admiral Won Tirpitz will not be impris'
oned in the Tower of London. Elk.
Chancellor Won Bethmann Hollweg
will not be sentenced by an allied
judge, and Baron Won der Lancken will
not be shot at sunrise, as Edith Cavel
was.
Despite the righteousness Of theiI
cause, the allies know that they will
never try in Paris, London or Brus-
sells the 800 Germans whose names
are on the list Won Lersner would not
take to Berlin and which the allies
have now sent there. There will be
an execution of the spirit Of Article
22S, but not Of the letter. The sword
of allied justice is dulled against q
wall of realities, for the article in qucs'
ton cannot be enforced as it was writ
ten and signed. Here is the allied
plan:
First, the German government must
accept the list of accused Germans and
thus recognize in principle that they
did offend against the laws Of war.
That done, the allies will consider the
exigencies of the situation.
These decisions were reached at a
meeting Of the Committee Of Ambassa.
dors. They were incorporated into the
draft of the proposed note to Berlin
which was cabled to London and Rome
for the approval Of the English and
Italian premiers. The note will be
telegraphed to the French charge in
Berlin, and with the list will be hand.
ed to the German government
The new allied plan can mean moth.
ing less than that the allies will con-
slider the difficulties confronting the
Ebert government in meeting the de.
mands of the entente. and if Berlin ex.
hibits good faith, or, rather, if Berlin
does not exhibit bad faith, the allies
will not exhibit any precipitate haste.
Information comes from high dip.
lomatic source that the allies will give
attention to Germany's professed will
ingness to try the accused men before
& high German court with allied prose
cutorS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
GENERAL.

Capt. Karl Deter, United States
army, unassigned, tried recently by
general court-martial on Governors
Island on charges of cruelty to men,
hers of the American Expeditionary
Forces, has received notice that he has
been cleared of all charges.
John Hurlburt, official eXecutioner Of
New York state, who went to Lincoln,
Neb., to electrocute two prisoners con-
victed of murder, was threatened with
Iynching by Lincoln women if he did
not hurry out of the city. short
time before the execution the prison
ers were reprieved and Hurlburt de-
parted.
Deferment for not more than three
years of the interest payments of
American loans to the Allied govern
ments and conversion of the demand
obligations held by this government
into long term securities have been
approved, in effect, by the house Ways
and Means Committee
President Wilson is standing by his
declaration in the letter he sent to
accept any reservations placed upon
the peace treaty by the senate that
"change it's meaning" Senator Hitch
cock, leader Of the administration
forces in the senate, said.
e. Earl Burgess, daring parachute
Jumper and aviator, was instantly
killed at Los Angeles, Cal, by fall
from an airplane while performing
stunts for a motion picture concern.
Senator Hiram w. Johnson of Cali
fornia announced he would carry his
presidential campaign into New York
state. He believed he would get sew
eral delegates from New York city and
/ oped for division upstate as well.
Call loans at the New York Ex-
change were renewed at II per cent,
the highest renewal rate since Janu-
avy, 1908, and one lender refused
=" renew loans u 90 per sent'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
LANE RETIRES ON MARCH 1.

President Accepts Resignation of Sec
retary of Interior.
hington.-President Wilson ac-
cepted the resignation Of Franklin
Knight Lane, secretary of the interior,
TO be effective March 1. Mr.. Lanes
resignation was determined upon some
time ago, but has been held in 'abey-
ance because of the Presidents illness.
Alexander T. Vogelsang of Califor-
mia. now first assistant secretary of
the interior, has been mentioned as
his successor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
WANTS rs CAPITAL SHIPS
Secretary Daniels Will Soon Submit
Great Naval Prooram

Washington.-A navy as large as
that Of any country in the event of the
United States entering the League of
Nations will soon be asked by Secre-
tary Daniels Of Congress, when he will
submit an extended policy of construc-
ton. 1t will involve building 20 CAPT.
tai ships. In case the United States
does not enter the League of Nations
such policy would pave the way for the
greatest navy in the world.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Extensive changes in the Workmen's S
Compensation Law are provided in the
administration bill amending this act,
which was the subject of conference
in the Governors Office between Gov
ernor Ritchie and others specially in
terested in this legislation. The
changes proposed in the existing law
include raising Of the weekly rate of
compensation from one-half to two
thirds of the wage, with a maximum
of SIS. Compensation in cases of loss
of hearing and in cases of serious dis
fgurement of the worker, whether CT
not liability results is also suggested.
The waiting period" before assess
ment of benefits is reduced to three
days instead of the present two weeks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Hagerstown. - Announcement was
made of the sale of the Daily Even.
ing Mail to the Herald Publishing
Company, publishers of the Morning
Herald. The Mail was owned and op
Grated by the heirs Of the late Gov
William T. Hamilton. The Mail will
be published in the evening as here
tofore, and will remain Democratic.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Annapolis. - The name OF Mrs
Edgar Brown, of Lanham, was one oil
four submitted to the Governor by the
Prince Georges county delegation
from which list member of the Coun
ty School Board is to be chosen. This
is the first time "a woman mas been
recommended for this position. Mrs
Brown is said TO be we'll qualified tc
serve in this capacity.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
CASUALTIES ON
FINAL WAR LIST
Revised Figures Show 7,118
Deaths, 34,248 of Which
Occurred in Action.
1900 DIED OF WOUNDS.
New York Leads With 4o,222 Victims,
S,196 Deaths, 4,782 Killed, S77
Taken Prisoner-Mortality
Lists by States.

Washington-Final revised figures
of American army casualties in the
war were announced by the adjutant
general. They show that the total cas-
ualties were 3O2,612, with deaths num-
bering 77,11S. Prior figures, based on
weekly casualty summaries, issued by
the war department, gave the total as
293,O61, with 1885 deaths.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Twenty-eight Profiteers Convicted.
Washington.-The campaign direct
ed by Attorney General Palmer toward
breaking up profteering has resulted
in only % sentences of persons convict
ed of charging excessive prices. The
campaign began last October.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
GEORGE FIRM YET ON TREATY.
Premier Denies Having Cabled Accept
ance on Reservations

London.-The rumor that Premier
Lloyd George had cabIed his accept
ance of proposed reservations to the
Versailles treaty to members of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Is
officially denied. 1t was reported that
France had decided to accept Ameri-
can reservations. Lloyd George says
he regards Lord Grey's letter as a sort
of unofficial report to the British Of
his American observations. 80.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
UNION WAGES UP 17% IN 1919.
REGULAR Hours of Work Week S Per
Cent Less Than in 1918.

Cent Less Than in 1913.
Washington.-Wag scales of union
labor in general trades in 1919 aver
aged II per cent higher than in 1918
and So per cent higher than in 1913,
the Bureau of Labor statistics an
nounced.
The regular hours of labor per week
in 1919 were 5 per cent less than in
1913. The figures apply only to per-
sons employed at time rates and not TO
plsss~sttsssl -,,,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Easton. - The health authorities
have closed the public schools al
Trappe GA account Of an eriaenats 81
seArlas fsrsf,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
WAR eABYs> MOTHER WE'D.
Miss Emily Knowles Married to Broth
er of Her ChiId's Father

er of Her chiId's Father.
Fall River, Mass.-Standing togeth-
er in the little parlor of the William
H. Battersby home here, Miss Emily
Knowles, the twenty-year-old English
immigrant whose war romance has
stirred two continents, and Guy S.
Spiker of Baltimore, brother of her
baby's father, were married. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Hen
ry Arnold, pastor Of the Boyle Street
Christian. Church..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Senator Eppler introduced his blue
sky" law, designed to break up wild
cat security promotion in Maryland.
The bill is drastic and its provisions
are to be enforced by state securi-
ties commission.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

IOlaI .I,IVo Io'01V V0'I1'
The list of total casualties by states,
except New York, with the number Of
dead among the men from each state,
is as follows:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
NITRATE PLANT GRAFT CHARGED
information Is Laid Before House War
Expenditures Committee.

Expenditures Committee.
Washington. - An account fairly
bristling with charges of criminal neg
ligence and waste in construction of
the Muscle Shoals air nitrate plant was
laid before the House War Expendi-
lures Committee by Mark H. Evans of
Arcadia, Cal, formerly Of the Military
Intelligence Service. Before he was
called off the job, he said, he had OBJ
tained 129 affidavits charging incom-
petence, criminal negligence and graft.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Senator Eppler, of Allegany, intro
duced in the Senate his "blue sky
iaw," voluminous in bulk and drastic
in its provisions, aimed at the fotation
Of worthless stock, such as was recent
ly revealed by the sucker list"
brought to light by the Baltimore
Grand Jury.
The measure creates State Sc
curities Commission consisting Of the
State Bank Commissioner, who is to.
be president, the Attorney General, or
one of his assistants, and the State In
surance Commissioner. Headquarters
of the Commission are to be in Balti-
more and annual reports are to be
made to the Governor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

The administration bill creating the
war records commission to complete
the work of collecting and compiling
the records of Marylanders in the war.
besun by the Maryland Council of De
tense, was introduced in the House.
The Council of Defense is about to
he dissolved, the bill states, and the
work of completing the war record oi
the State must be carried out, there
fore commission of five members,
one of whom is to be the commander
of the Maryland Department of the
American Legion, is authorized. The
members of the commission are to
serve without pay.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

The House agreed on a message to
the Senate asking that body to join
with it in extending an invitation to
United States Attorney General
Palmer to address a joint meeting OF
the two branches of the Assembly on
certain Federal laws. The message
was introduced in the House by Dele
gate Roberts, of Prince Georges coun-
ty, and asks that the Senate and
House each appoint two members to
visit Washington and extend the in
vitation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

The wittiest speech made in the
House this session was made by the
Rev. William E. Bird, chaplain, who
was leaving that post.
After thanking the members for
their courtesy and attention during
the period he off1ciated, and after pay
ing tribute in fiowery phrases to Har-
ford county, the home OF Speaker
Tydings, whom he had known since
boyhood, he invited the members to
visit him at his home.
II do not promise always that Meth
odist preachers favorite dish,
chicken" he said, "but If | have any
thing more fowl it will be two chick.
ems"
DR.. Bird also remarked that, though
he had presided at larger gatherings.
including Masonic conclaves, his serv'
ice in the House was the first time he
had ever prayed for so many lawyers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Governor Ritchie is going to know
the individual members of the legis-
Iature, and the members are going to
know him before the present session
ends. If this does not come to pass
it is hardly going to be the fault OF
the Executive. In his desire to come
into personal touch with the men who
form the wheels of the legislative ma
chine. the Governor is informally en-
tertaining the senators and delegates
at the Executive Mansion from day to
day. Scarcely day passes that some
of the members are not luncheon or
dinner guests.
The Governor will, this week, when
he presents his budget bill for the
consideration of the lawmakers, ap-
pear in person before them. The
budget bill provisions and the infiu-
ences which controlled the inclusion
Of specific items or the cutting down
or disallowing of others will be ex-
planned in person and not in the usual
formal written message. The custom
has been, when a message from the
Executive was received, for some
member to get up and gravely, with
! verbal display of respect for the Ex-
ecutive, move that $50 much be con.
sidered the reading of the message
after the first paragraph had been
mumbled by the reading clerk. and to
urge that the message be journalized
Sin its entirety, that the members may
have opportunity to read it through
carefully, in view of its great I'M
| portance." All very nice, except that
few members have been known to
avail themselves of the opportunity.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20
The revised figures are as follows:

Grand total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .3U2, ,6I2
New York led the list of casualties
with a total of 4O,222. In detail these
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-20

Senator Eppler and Minority Floor
Leader Simmons in the House offered
similar copies of bill designed to re-
peal the so-called declarations OF in
tent provisions Of the election law.
This move is to abolish the require
ment that, before qualifying as vot-
cr in this State, anyone coming into
Maryland from another State shall,
before the clerk of the court, make
formal declaration of his intention to
become a citizen here, and Is In re-
asmpsiea Of one Of ths pledges OF
shs Resvki1sac elatferns,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-24

age week day twenty-four hours con-
meet 100000 parties with the num-
bers they are calling
The Busiest Hour.
No hour in the day can rt~al the
sixty minutes between . and 10
o'clock in the number of calls regis
tered on the switchboard At that
hour the business man really gets
down to his telephone business. call
ing the numbers listed on his memo
randum pad and answering the calls
that usually begin on his office phone
at that hour. But probably the better
reason for the largest number of calls
at that hour is the necessity for re-
plenishing the larders in Topeka
homes by telephone orders Nearly
every housewife has her grocery or
dering completed by ten o'clock At
no hour in the day do so many femi-
nine voices ask for telephone service.
1t is easy to imagine that the central
girls become familiar enough with
the numbers of Topeka grocery stores