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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
Events That Concern the Two
Hemispheres Recorded So as
to Be Read at a Glance.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPITOMIzED
Paragraphs Which Picture Executive
and Legislative Activities at the
National and State
's. Capitals.
WASHINGTON

Supreme Court upheld Georgia
court in deciding case that an auto
mobile or other public conveyance in
which liquors are transported illegal
ly is liable to seizure.
James L. Lafferty, Emergency Fleet
Corporation field auditor, declared be
fore the Walsh Congressional Com
mittee competition between New York
shipyards "was more or less joke"
A ruling by the United States Treas
ury Department makes home beer
brewers liable to a fine of $1,000, even
though there be no sale or evidence Of
consumption.
Donal O'Callaghan, Lord Mayor of
Cork, will not be deported by the Unit
ed States, but must lea-e the country
in any way he chooses, within a rea-
sonable time, it was decided by Secre-
tary Wilson.
Representative William E. Mason, of
Illinois, will file Thomas :. Suther-
lands petition cf protest against Fed
eral Judge Landis drawing $500 and
e salary of $40, 500 as baseball director.
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
ambassador, slipped away from Wash
ington without not;ce and sailed from
New York for England.
General Pershing strongly opposed
senate action to reduce the army to
$150,0O0 men.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
HARDING PLANS
EXTRA SESSION
New President Will Summon Con-
gress in April to Solve Tax
.and Tariff Problems.
AWAITS WORD FROM LEADERS.
Announces In Marion That He VIII Is
sue the Call as Soon as the House
Managers Signify They Are Ready
With Their Plans.

Marion, Ohio.--A special session of
Congress is to b. called by President
Harding the first week in April, to deal
with taxation problems and enactment
of a protective tariff.
This became known when the Presi-
dent-elect, in commenting on the neces-
sity of calling dn extra session, an
nounced himself ir accord with the
views Of legislative leaders as TO the
date.
Attention of Senator Harding was
called to dispatches from Washington
quoting Repres ntative Joseph w.
Fordney Of Michigan, chairman of tie
house ways and means committee, as
saying Congress would be ready for
action by April il. Senator Harding
expressed the belief that the house
woulc have prepared a financial pro-
gram and arranged the new tariff
schedule shortly before that time, end
announced he woult issue the call for
a special session as soon as the house
leaders signified they wee ready with
their legislative plans.
Senator Harding saw a number OF
callers the first to arrive being VIII
H. Hays, chairman Of The Republican
national committee. Mr.. Hays denied
rumors of friction between himself
and Harry NJ Daugherty. Senator
Harding's pre-convention manager, as
to future Republican plans.
"The published reports are Lot
founded on facts at ALL" said Mr.
Hays. speaking both in a political
and personal sense, Harry M. Daugher-
ty and l are the best of friends, and
I sincerely believe we always shall
be-"
The Republican chairman said he
had come to Marion for his las con-
ference with President-elect Harding
before the latter's departure for his
vacation in Florida, and said he had
discussed cabinet appointments and
other affairs with Senator Harding,
but indicated there had been no dis
cussion of Mr.. Hays appointment to
the cabinet.
81 have no axe to grind or fences to
repair" declared Mr.. Hays, ''in fact l
have been dodring appointments to
office for the past twenty years"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
NATIONS BUSINESS

A sharp decline in the general level
of wholesale prices in the United
States was again manifested in De-
cember according to data gathered in
representative markets by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics Of the United
States Department of Labor, Wash
fngton.
Senate committee investigating coal
industry is probing retail coal dfstri-
button. AS preliminary step the rul-
ing wholesale prices on anthracite are
being sought.
Reports of collusion between build
ing contractors and material dealers
such as the Lockwood committee dis
covered in New York are said to be
the cause of the shortage of housing
in Boston. An investigation by the
city is planned.
Beginning Jfnuary II wages Of
thousands of steel workers in Chicago
per ce.
The peoples Sa yings Bank and
Trust Company of Memphis, volunta-
rily closed its doors because, according
to statement " S. w. Portlock, its
president, of inability to maintain the
necessary reserve, slow collections and
''the general cessation of business"
Hotel men of Massachusetts, threat
ened at a meeting in Boston to declare
a lockout on tho public for one day
@ vaox If forced to give -emnIovepS
every seventh day off.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

READING, Pa.-Wage cuts went into
effect at the Reading plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Company. Labor
rates were reduced from A to 80
cents per hour. Other reductions va
ried as much as 20 per cent in some
instances. The rolling mill has been
closed indefinitely, throwing a large
number of men out of employment.
UTICA, N. Y.-Frederick M. Calder,
the supreme court of the Fifth Judi
cial District, January 1, dropped dead
while presiding in court here. Death
came without the slightest warning,
causing CONSERVATION in the courtroom
OSTON.-Reduction in wages of
221s per cent was put into effect in
all New England mill centers. There
were no demonstrations of trouble
by members of the Amalgamated Tex
the workers of America and none is
anticipated.
LONDON. Twenty-Five civilians
were captured and placed under ar
rest at Timoleague, near Cork, when
men preparing an ambush.
RIO DE JANElRO.-The Committee
on Naval and Military Affairs of the
Brazilian Chamber of Deputies wants
a bigger navy.
NEW YoRK.-A report issued by
the Wholesale Coal Trade Association
said the wholesale price of anthracite
coal dropped from fifty cents to 81 dur
inS last week. Bituminous coal is still
being offered freely at prices below the
cost of production, the report also
stated.
ELiZ.,BETH, N. J.-Notices of a 20
per cent reduction in wages vel post
ed by the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, whose main plant is at Elizabeth
and which has other plants at Bridge
port, Conn, and i lint, Mich About
5000 persons ire employed in the
Elizabeth pla It.
ALBANY, N. samuel Untermyer
appealed directly 10 Governor Miller
for favorable die position of the resolu-
ton extending e powers of the Lock
wood committee to probe Wall street
affairs.
DETROlT.-lt is believed here that
practically all Of the 100000 unem.
pIoyed automobile workers will be back
in the plans by March l. This belief
is strengthened by announcement of
the Ford Motor Company that it will
begin operations early In February.
DU6LlN.-WiIIiam McGrath, Kings
Counsel In Dublin. was killed by an
unkuowN man,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
FOREIGN

twenty-five civilians were captured
and placed under arrest at Timoleague,
Ireland, when the military surprised
party preparing an ambush.
The government of Holland has noti
fed the members of the family of the
former Kaiser that it wishes them to
leave the country. This amounts to
disguised expulsion.
A radical change in the govern
ment's Irish policy tending to end the
reign Of terror is expected as a result
of q series Of conferences between
Premier Lloyd George and Sir Hamar
Greenwood.
A Prussian Royalist party has been
formed in Berlin.
A loan of 100000 taels by Ameri-
can, British, French and japanese
banks to be applied to the relief of
famine stricken district Of China was
approved by ministry of finance with
the approval of diplomats assigned to
the Chinese Republic.
Damages amounting to many mil
lions of pesos was caused by outlaws
who are roaming through the territory
of San Cruz, Argentina, pillaging.
burning crops and ranches, destroying
agricultural machinery and killing and
terrorizing Inhabitants.
British military forces surrounded
and isolated square mile area in
side the Dublin city limits and began
an intensive search for the Republican
Army headquarters.
Russian Bolshevist agent engaged in
enlisting German workers for emigra-
tion to Russia were ordered to leave
Germany
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba and
Venezuela signed the protocol estab-
fishing the International Permanent
Court of Justice.
Nikolai Lenine, Russian Premier,
suffered a nervous breakdown, &C
cording to anti-Bolshevik reports.
Leonid KraSsin, Russia Soviet min.
lister of trade and commerce, who way
in London negotiating for a resump.
ton Of trade between England and
Soviet Russia, has arrived at Berlin.
en- route to Moscow.
Strike situation" in Russia has
forced the Soviet government to take
strong remedial measures, it was an,
nounced.
According to the Georgian govern.
ment, Bolsheviki forces have complet
ed their withdrawal from the Georgian
front. Many Of the Tartar Bolsheviki
dasarted TO Georgian forces and were
diaarnsd.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
GENERAL

Indictments charging manslaughter,
B. r. T. Company, following the NAL
bone tunnel disaster in Brooklyn in
1918, in which approximately 100 per-
sons were killed, were dismissed.
Six bandits killed two railroad Off
GERS at Toledo, O., after holding an
automobile and sefzing $4,000 belong
ing to the New York Central railroad.
A walking stick made from wood cut
out Of the heart of native Bois dare
tree was presented to President Will
son by Representative Parrish of Tex
as on behalf of the Democrats of Wise
county.
A special session of Congress is to
be called by the then President Hard
ing during April to deal with the taxa
ton problems and enactment of a pro-
tective tariff The President-elect, in
commenting at Marion, O., upon the
necessity of calling an extra session,
announced himself in accord with the
views of congressional leaders as to
the date.
Brooklyn surface car line collecting
an extra fare at a second fare point
has been boycotted by patrons of the
Flatbush district Many of these are
using the new Interborough subway.
The Department of Labor reports
wholesale prices in December in the
United States show a sharp decline.
Farm products and food were off 1234
and Tx per cent, respectively.
Albert Rowan, wealthy Dallas
(Tex.) business man, was arrested on
charge of robbing the Jackson street
sub-post Office. in a confession OBJ
tanned from one Of the thieves Rowan
was said to be the leader of the gang.
Three members of Il subcommittee
of the House of Representatives Select
Committee on Expenditures are in con-
ference in New York.
Bob" Jones, famous Alabama evan
gelfst, attending a conference of city
rescue mission superintendents at
Grand Rapids, Mich, said women are
TO blame if this is wicked and sim
full generation
A tax on old maids as well as bach
elors was advocated in Kansas legis-
lature by one of the four women men,
hers.
Six armed men robbed the Bay
County Savings Bank, Bay City, Mich,
killing L. NJ. Parsons, an insurance
man, and Martin L. Debats, president
OF the Valley Home Telephone Com.
pany, and escaped with S5,0o0
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
Hagerstown.-The League of Wom.

Hagerstown-The League of Wom-
en- Voters. succeeding the Washington
County Woman's Suffrage League, was
ORGANIZED here Wednesday afternoon,
a constitution adopted and the follow
ing standing committees appointed:
On child welfare. Mrs. James Find.
lay: on women in industry, Miss
Esther Kaplan; on legal status of
women and election laws, Miss Grace
r. Gerber, attorney.
Miss Mary T. Litcomb, librarian Of
the Washington County Free Library,
in an address before the new organ
ization on Election Day AS House
cleaning Day." said that the people of
Hagerstown want clean streets, better
water and plenty of soft water, better
health regulations and larger appro-
priations for schools, libraries and
health.
Legislation to further these is what
we must work for" she said, adding:
Women do not want to play politics
or run for Office, but they will vote
conscientiously and independently for
reforms
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Easton.- Arrangements have been
completed for the annual concert OF
the Euterpean Chorus, comprising
about 100 female voices, to be given
in Music Hall, Easton, on the night Of
February I. Mrs. Cleveland Smith, di-
rector of the chorus, says an excellent
concert will be rendered this year.
'Rockin' Time" new poem written
by Mrs. Gertrude Knox Willis, a ma.
tive of Talbot county and residing
near Trappe, will, be rendered for the
first time by any chorus. Flanders
Requiem by Frank LaForge, which
was written after the close of the war,
will also be rendered
The male quartet of the Masonic
Grand Lodge Of Maryland, Baltimore,
will be on the program. They are
Irwin Campbell, Hobart Smock, DIR. B.
Merrill Hopkinson and John Hedeman.
Anderson Mowbray will accompany the
quartet, while Miss Reba Frampton
will be the accompanist for the chorus.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
cATAPULTs TO START PLANES.
Instead of Taking Off From Ships
Would Be Shot Into Air.

Washington.-Nsva airplanes, in
stead of taking off, from the decks Of
ships while at sea, will be hurled from
catapults. if experiments of the Navy
department prove successful, the house
naval committee was told by Captain
T. Z. Craven, director Of naval av;a-
ton. Tests are being made, he said
at the Washington navy yard, where
it is planned to shoot a seaplane from
a catapult
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Baltimore.-Cardinal Gibbons took a
walk Sunday, the first one in six
weeks. 1t was not like the daily walks
he enjoyed before his illness, when he
would saunter about the city, but it did
him as much good, for every step told
him and those about him that he was
getting stronger. The walk started in
the Cardinals room and led out into
the passageway on the second floor of
his residence and continued until he
felt that he had done well for the first
time.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
JAPAN MUST APOLOGIZE
AND PAY INDEMNITY

+ Neutrality-suspicious. will have
+ to make profound apology and
r. pay a heavy indemnity for the
r killing of Lieutenant w. H.
+ Langdon, engineer officer of the
r United States cruiser Albany, by
r a Japanese sentry at Vladivos-~,
r tok early in the morning of jan
+ uary s.
+ This was the view expressed
r by government officials here
r. after studying report re-
+ ceived from Rear Admiral Albert
r Gleaves, commander-in-chief of
r the Asiatic feet, and official ad
r vices received by the State De-
1. partment.
+ Langdon was the victim of an
+ unprovoked attack, dispatches
r to the State Department and to
+ the Navy Department agreed.
r
4. 4. r r 4. i. 1. I. r r + r i. 4. i. 4,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
HagerstOWn.-Sc,

observation-disclosures of Hagers-
town citizens during the last few days
have Joined the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment. A repre-
sentative of the organization has been
in the city securing the signatures of
number of men and women who are
against the amendment. The associa.
ton started out to secure 100000
signatures. It is said about 3,S00.000
signatures already have been obtained.
The object Of the association 10 to
br!.g pressure upon Congress to med.
isy saa vesksAAa kss, il 10 said,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Hagerstown.-Losing their way in a
storm, Sergeants Langdon and Burgis
were forced to land the De Haviland
Alb army plane, flying from Wheeling
to Washington, near Spickler. When
the plane touched the ground its
motor stalled. Thirty gallons of boil
ing water was required to thaw the
engine, when the aviators resumed
their fight.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Oakland.-Isaac Tusing, well-known
trapper, who resides here, on Thurs
day killed probably the largest bobcat
ever taken in this section of the coun.
try. The animal was found on the
river hill west of town by Tusing's
dog and, after a chase of an hour and
a half, the cat came within gunshot
distance. One load dispatched it. The
animal, though very lean, weighed 20
pounds
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
BILL BARS OIL EXPORTS.

Senator PheIan Proposes Inquiry Into
American Rights Abroad.
Washington.-SenatOr Phelan of
California introduced resolution in
the senate empowering the President
to place an embargo on the exporta-
ton of oil Ito any country" Mr.
Phelan also introduced a resolution
asking the state department for full
information rega. ding discrimination
against the United States by any coun-
try in the acquisition Of foreign oil
lands
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Mount Rainier.-Aroused over the
wave Of petty ythievery in the commu-
nifty within the past few weeks a
movement has been started here to
establish paid police department. AS
an example of the boldness with which
thieves are said to be operating, a
story is told by citizens of one man
who few nights ago sat up all night
long to prevent his automobile being
stolen. 1t is stated that during the
day several attempts were made to
take the car from the garage. A
vigilance committee was hastily
formed, it is stated, and discouraged
the attempts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
eoMPERs CALLS UNION HEADS.
Conference February 20 to Discuss
Omen Shon Movement


Washington.-The American FEEDER
alton of Labor will flight back" Sec
retary Frank Morrison declared in a
statement announcing call by Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers for a meeting
in Washington of representatives of
100 national and International unions
on February 23 to consider ways and
means OF combating the "open shop
movement now underway In the Unit.
I'D States.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
GERMANY Holds DYE MEN.

Refused Passports to Experts Who
Were TO Join Du Points.
Berlin.-PassportS for two dye eX-
perts who, it is said, were to become
members of the staff of the du Pont
companies in the United States, were
denied by the government.
In denying the application for pass
ports the authorities took the stand
that the German industry would suffer
if it permitted expert dye workers to
leave the country to engage in the
same work elsewhere.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
SHORT CUTS IN
STATE NEWS
The Latest News From All
Over the State
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

Greensboro-Fountain pens, valued
at about $50, were stolen from the
jewelry store of r. C. Jackson here.
The thief used a glass cutter to cut
the show window from where the pens
were taken. In the opposite window
was silverware, but it was not taken
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Cumberland.-Eugene S. Williams,
attorney, of Cumberland, has been
named local chairman for the Univers-
ity of Virginia Centennial Endowment
Fund. His acceptance was announced
by DR.. Hugh H. Young, of Baltimore,
regional chairman of this fund in the
State of Maryland. Mr.. Williams is a
graduate of the law school of the Uni
versity, class of 1916.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
KAISER IND PRINCE TO GO.
Preparations for Revolutionary Cou,
by Prisoners CHARGED,

Berlin.-The Ta.;ebIatt's Vienna cor
respondent gives an unnamed authority
in Vienna as confirmation Of a report
that the Dutch government has ex-
pressed the wish that the former Ger
man Emperor anL former German
Crown Prince leave Holland The
ground given is participation of the
Hohenzollerns in preparation for a
new revolutionary coup, involving for
II German officers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
TO PROBE JAP KILLING,
Rear Admiral GIeaves Sails For VIadi-
vostok.

Shanghai-Rear Admiral Albert G..
Gleaves left Manila on the United
States destroyer Elliott for Shanghai,
where he will go aboard the cruiser
New Orleans and probably proceed
Tuesday for Vladivostok for the -ur.
pose Of making an Investigation into
the killing Of Lieut., w. II, hsasasn By
q SanaaesSs sentry.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
BRAND FORMS CABINET.

Poincarites Threaten Fight Against
Lcnieney Toward Germany.
Paris.-For the seventh time in his
long political career Aristide BRAND
has formed cabinet for France. The
list will be given out shortly.
Former President Poincare flung
down the gauntlet to the new premier
in a reparations statement in which
he declared that France will never be
satisfied with anything other than q
strict literal Interpretation of the Yer
sRilles trs8ty.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Cumber1and.-Col. Orval P. Town.
send, U. S. Army chief inspector in.
structor Of the Maryland National
Guard, mustered in Company G, First
Maryland Regiment, in the State
Armory. The company is now federal.
ly recognized as State and Govern
ment unit.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
Board To Confer With Co. Educators.

The proposed conference of mem.
bers Of all county boards of education
and county superintendents, with the
State Board of Education, will be held
in Baltimore February l and 2, it was
announced by State Superintendent
Albert S. Cook. The purpose of the
meeting will be to get views Of couns
ty board members on educational fea-
lures, so that additions may be made
to the program 30 be presented to the
next Legislature. One of the chief
subjects that probably will come be-
fore the conference is the counties
sentiment on increased school taxes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28
GEDDES CALLED TO LONDON.
British Ambassadors Hasty Departure
Not Explained.

Washington.-Sir Auckland Geddes
British ambassador to the United
States, was called to London suddenly,
developments here indicated. The i'm
preston Is strong that Sir Auckland
has been called home to discuss the
proposal to pass through the coming
Congress a bill restoring free tolls to
American vessels passing through the
Panama canal. Great Britain will use
all her energies to beat this measure.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-01-28

Chicago municipal authorities are
investigating restaurant soup to as
certain if there is anything besides
profit in it.