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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
LONDON JOBLESS RIOT
ON DAY FOR REVOLT
Police Knew of Communist Plot;
Had Communicated All
the Subway Lines.

London.-Informati obtained by
police emiSSaries several weeks ago
that noon Thursday had been fixed
for the beginning of revolution" un-
der the Communist banner accounted
for the unprecedented preparations for
dealing with any emergency by Scot
land Yard, it was learned.
After what The Daily Herald, the
laborite organ, terms "the battle of
Piccadilly," when hundreds of mount
ed and foot police charged into the
crowds of unemployment demonstra-
tors and bruised few heads, all was
quiet. There were only a few idlers
in Trafalgar Square, which the day
before was trimmed by hundreds Of
police. Scotland Yard authorities
expressed the belief that there is lit
tie danger of an early recurrence of
such scenes.
Inquiry elected the fact that the
elaborate police preparations included
the communicating of the metropolitan
underground railways and the omnibus
lines, if found necessary, which would
have enabled the concentration Of
$4,000 police at any trouble center
within half an hour.
Last Wednesday. on the eve of the
monster demonstration, the unem-
,nloyed Of one Of the London suburbs
We're addressed 10y leader, who told
them: "You must not break your
limos IN pat drinks. take a hottie of
water with you
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
NATIONS BUSINESS

Conditions in the hardware line have
improved SO greatly curing the last
lU days that orders taken in that time
exceed the total for the previous three
months
The worst of the preSen- depression
is over, Henry c. Wallace, secretary
of agriculture, tod the National I'M
convention at the Congress Hotel, at
Chicago.
The Government is prepared to man
and run the railroads if the nation wide
strike set for October 30 ties up the
country's transportation system. This
information was obtained from a
source close to the administration.
Senator Albert E. Cummins, Of
Iowa. one of the authors of the trans
portation act, said that the legislative
branch of the Government will exhaust
every means to break the railroad
strike.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of LABOR, issued
a statement approving the results of
President Hurding's conference on un-
employment.
Elevators throughout Iowa are now
offering farmers 20 cents bushel for
No. corn, the lowest price since 1897,
according to the Iowa crop bureau.
These prices come at time when the
farmer is least able to stand the bur-
den.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
WAY WORLD WACS
told IN TAbL0|DS
Big Stories and Minor Events
Blue PenciIed Into Quickly
Read Paragraphs.
DOINGS AT NATIONS CAPITAL.
Happenings That Caused Stir Briefly
ChronicIed-BulIetns About the
Progress of Things in General
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON

Philander Chase Knox, senator from
Pennsylvania and secretary of state
under President Taft, Died suddenly
Al his home in Washington. He was
stricken with paralysis, after descend
Ing the stairway on his way to the
dining room for dinner. He passed
away fifteen minutes later without re-
gaining consciousness. He was sixty
eight years old.
There were 131 ,006 persons ten
years of age and over in the State of
Ohio in 1920 who were unable to write
in any language and classed as Hitter
ate, according TO figures made public
by the Census Bureau.
United States Prohibition Commits
sioner Haynes sent instructions to all
state directors to proceed against the
management of hotels in which boot
Logging or other illicit liquor dealings
are detected.
Director Forbes in report to Presi-
dent Harding says he has found 62,OOO
disabled service men in remote parts
of the country, and they will be taken
care of by the government.
Closing an all day defense Of the ku
Kiux Klan, William ]. Simmons. its
imperial wizard, toppied over in a
chair in Washington while the chair
man of a house committee investigat-
Ing the order was attempting to stop
the applause which broke out before
the crowd knew the wizard had col
lapSed,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
SPORTING

The Naval Academy football eleven
defeated Princeton by score of l0
to O. The trouble with Princeton was
that the midshipmen had one of the
best teams seen in Eastern football
in several seasons 1t was a team
which disregarded the calendar and
played as if October were late No
vember.
Syracuse triumphed over Brown by
a score of 2S.to 0.
Cornell buried Western Reserve un-
der 16 touchdowns, at Ithaca, n. Y,
scoring 110 points to nothing for the
Cleveland team.
AT Hamilton, Mass, George Duncan
and Abe Mitchell, British professional
golfers, defeated Jesse p. Guilford,
American amateur champion, ana
Francis Ouimet, former champion, two
up.
Transmission through the mails of
newspapers publishing betting odds On
h. rse races, prize fights, and "cther
contests of speed, strength or skill"
would be prohibited under bill passed
at Washington.
Ned" Gourdin, of Harvard Univer-
sity, won the national Dentha,on cham
pionship at Trayers ISLAM, New York
by IL points.
Dominick Tortorich, the New Orleans
promoter. has offered johnny Buff, the
fyweight and bantamyeight champion,
$4,000 for battle with Pete Herman
on Thanksgiving Day.
Federal Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands.
CON missioner of organized baseball, in
a statement issued in New York city
said that he would recommend that a
seven-game world series, instead OF
nine, be played next season. He also
declared that owing to the high class
of baseball played there would be
small chance of reducing the admission
fees next year.
The fishing schooner Elsie, sailed by
CAPTAIN Marty Welch and Il number of
the crew of the Esperanto, winner of
last years international fishermen's
race, won the elimination race off
Cane Ann and will defend the trophy
against the Canadian boat.
1t was a great year for Casey Stem
gel. He started with the Phillies and
wound up with the world champions.
If that isn't a world record running
Jump then there isn't any.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

After government conferences Presi-
dent Harding considered series of
recommendations of action in the
railroad strike crisis which are re-
ported to include a reduction of
freight rates to offset the wage re-
ductions against which the rail
unions are protesting through their
chosen leaders.
Appointment of Patrick Gleason of
Honolulu as federal prohibition di-
rector for the Hawaiian Islands was
announced in Washington by tho
internal revenue bureau. He is the
first prohibition director appointed
for the islands.
Immediate translation of the reduction
authorized last July in wages of rail-
road employees into reduced freight
rates was suggested by the public
group of the Railroad Labor Board
as lone feasible plan by which the
present controversy can be settled
and a strike averted."
Instructions were sent to all state pro-
hibition directors from Washington
by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
to proceed against the management
of hotels in which bootIegging or 9TH
er illicit liquor dealings are detected.
The treaties and tax bill will be out of
the way in ten days.
Representative Hicks of New York,
declined an offer to BECOME Minister
to Paraguay extended by President
Harding.
Prohibition enforcement throughout
the United States has cost Federal
government $6,25o,0e5 in last fiscal
year.
Transmission through the mails Of
newspapers publishing betting odds
on horse races, prize fights, and
"other contests of speed, strength
or skill" would be prohibited under
a blli pissed by the House. Genate
concurrence is needed before the
measure can become law.
Prohibition officials issued new warn.
ing against public consumption of
"bootIegging" liquor. Most Of, the
stuff being dispensed now merits the
name of "coroners' cocktails" they
say after anaIyz.ng a large number
of samples
Modification of the administrations
foreign loan funding bill, SO as to
place the funding operations under
the jurisdiction of a special commits.
sion, was agreed to by Secretary o.
the Treasury Mellon in letter sent
to the House Ways and Means Com
mjttee with the apprass al of President
Harding.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
FOREIGN

Sir Ernest Shackleton arrived at
t'unchal, Island of Madeira. on board
his exploration ship The Quest.
British admiralty is reported expert
menting with gyroscopic machine to
prevent rolling OF vessels at sea.
Te. men were killed and many in
jured when 100 trucks of ammunition
exploded at Fort Rudl-ei, Ruma. ian
arsenal and fortification.
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of Ber-
lin says Hugo SHINES is planning to
take over German railways and pos
sibly other public utilities from the
state in order TO run them on paying
basis.
Although the League of Nations de-
cision as to Upper Silesia does not
fully satisfy the Polish claims, public
opinion in Warsaw believes that the
Government will accept the verdict.
1t is feared that Germany may start
trouble over the districts in Silesia she
loses and it is already reported that
concentration of armed bands has be-
gun on the western frontier in Upper
SileSia.
Sir Herbert Samuel in report to the
British Government says 10000 immi-
grants have entered Palestine since the
war ended. Sixty-four agricultural set
Elements are reported as prosperous.
DR.. Hugo St3dtler, former journalist,
was arrested in Berlin on charge; of
treason.
Aerial postal service between Sc
Vile, Spain, and Ell Araish, ON the
augurated.
Colombian Senate ratified treaty
with this country by which Colombia
will receive $4,000, 800 for the Panama
Canal strip.
A proclamation terminatin. prohibit
ton in the Province # Quebec, Can
ada. will be issued soon, Commissioner
Drouin, of Quebec Liquor Commission,
announced.
The London Daily Express published
| a statement that in the event of the
failure of the Washington conference
the British dominion governments
have agreed to establish a new and
powerful Pacific fleet.
German volunteers gathered in Up
ner and Lower SileSia have obtained
large supplies of arms and ammunition
and will seize that part of Upper Sile.
sia reported allotted to Poland by the
League of Nations rather than permit
single inch of Upper Silesia ground
to be occupied by Poland, according to
statements of German officers arriving
In Berlin from ths disputed territory.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28

Leonard Wood upon his arrival at
Manila from Japan was sworn in as
Governor-General Of the Philippines.
Less than per cent Of the stuff now
being peddled Is real whisky and gin,
says NJ. Doran, chief of the chemical
division.
More than 100000 in bets changed
hands in the course of the Worlds cries
baseball games at New York just end
ed. That is the conservative estimate
of Broadway experts.
An immediate further reductio. of
railroad wages will be asked of the
United States Railway Labor Board,
but reduction of freight rates will be
opposed for the present, it was decided
by the Association of American Rail-
way Executives at their session in C]'
cago.
The late Senator Knox was buried at
Valley Forge, Pa.
Sir Harry Lauder in an address be-
fore the Rotary Club in New York
urges federation of nations" that
would prevent wars.
John L. Lewis. president United
Mine Workers, announced leaders in
Kansas district, headed by Alexander
Howat, had been suspended. George
L. Peck has been appointed to take
charge of union affairs in that section
A small blimp from Langley Field
army aviation station fell into Hamp-
ton Roads. Va, and was wrecked.
Major Fisher and one Of the two other
occupants jumped Fisher sustained
several broken ribs, and the two others
were uninjured.
Pennsylvania crude oil advanced %
cents a barrel to 1925.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

BERLIN.-The mark was smashed
closing at 1S6.
NEW YORk-More than 100000
automobiles and trucks will be avail
able for emergency use if the railroad
strike goes into effect, Alfred Reeves,
general manager of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, declar-
ed in a statement
DAVIS JUNCTION, lLL.-L. N.
koplani. cashier of the Hanover Union
State Bank of Hanover, ILL.,, was ar
rested here charged with embezzle-
ment of more than $4,000 of the
banks funds.
BUFFALo.-OnIy one railroad in
the United States is exempt from the
order for nation wide strike. 1t is
the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, ownei /
by Henry Ford.
VIENNA, USTRIA.-Groups of wo-
men, infuriated by high prices, plum
dered markets and shops in various
parts ofthe city Many of them were
arrested.
cHlcAGo.-Despite the insistence
Of union officials that the strike would
paralyze the transportation system of
the country, railroad officials stead
fa~tly maintained that they would be
able to operate their lines.
WINNIPEG, MAN.-Five robbers.
who drugged the manager and two
women clerks of the Bank Of Hoche-
with between $4,000 and 100000 cash
and securities, were captured after
being surrounded in a haystack near
Ellie by q citizens posse that got on
their trail without delay
NEW YORk-Due to the voluntary
work of a wealthy New Yorker, known
to the police department as N Blanc"
New York has become an international
clearing house for police Information
concerning the Illicit traffic of narcotic
drugs.
QUEBEC.-A proclamation terminal.
ing prohibition in the province of Que
bee is ready.
BoGOTA, cOLoMBIA.-The coIom-
bian senate, after three sessions dur
ing which there was much discussion,
ratified the treaty with the United
States by which Colombia is to receive
$25,O0O,O00 as salve for the loss of
the Panama stripe
REVERE, MASS.-Everett Foster Of
Winchester and Fletcher Anderson of
West Lynn. respectively pilot and pas
senger, were killed when an arplane
~
Lynn marshes,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
CUT WAGES AS MEANS
FOR RATE REDUCTION
Executives of Railway Lines De-
eide on Fight to Finish to End
War Time Pay.

Chicago In the hope Of averting
nation wide railroad strike, commit
tee of railway nuion chiefs met a COM
tee of railway union chiefs met a COM
The session was called at the request
Of the unions.
The executives refused the request
of the unions that the railroads refrain
from putting into effect the last pay
the employees that the roads ask for
no more wage slashes and that the
roads make no change in the overtime
pay rate.
Information on what transpired at
the conference was given out by Rob
ert S. Brinkerd, secretary Of the ex-
ecutives' association.
"The meeting was friendly, but of
course we got nowhere"
None Of the union leaders would
comment other than say that they do
not know what will happen in the fu-
ture
Executives from nearly every rail-
road in the United States decided to
petition of the Railroad Labor Board
for an additional reduction Of 10 per
cent in wages.
AS the unions have already voted to
strike against the last cut of II per
cent effective last July, this action by
the executives fell like a bomb in the
union camp.
In statement issued by the 'execu-
tives they said they would pass the
benefit of the cut to the public intthe
form of decreased freight rates.
The unions are represented at the
meeting by w. G.. Lee. president Of the
trainmen: W. S. Stone, head of the en-
gineers w. S. Carter, head Of the fire.
men; L. E. Sheppard, he'd of the con-
ductors, and T. c. Cashen, head of the
switchmen.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
GENERAL

Farmers State Savings Bank, of
Akron, Colo, suspended.
Gold holdings in the United States
Oh October l, totalled $3,453, ,O0S, ,9l4,
a record high mark.
Congress, keenly alive to the dangers
of the railroad situation, is prepared
to act Immediately if the impending
strike becomes IL fact.
Judge Harry FISHER usiained the
demurrer of the Chicago Tribune 10
the s10OO0,OO0 libel salt brought by
the city of Chicago. He declared the
city had no Cause for action and de-
MED it the right TO amend its pc
tition.
War Department offers 100000 feet
of lumber at Fairfield, Ohio.
In the bright sunlight of ID calm
autumn United States Senator Phi
lander c. Knox was laid 10 rest in
Valley Forge pa) Memorial Gene
terry, which oyerlooks the historic
camp grounds of George Washington.
John Sloan, thirteen, is dead at
Linton, Ind, as result of being
struck by u baseball fouled off his
own bat. The ball struck the youth
Oh the head and killed him instantly
during a school game. He was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sloan Of
West Linton.
House recommitted the Siegel reap
portfonment bill providing for an in
crease in membership Of the house
from 435 to 4SO.
F. C. Yellowley, FeCeral Prohibition
Agent for New Ycrk s. te, decle red
he would not raid manufacturers of
utensils that may be used in Tome
brewing or malt and hop dealers.
A commission, of which the secre-
tary of the treasury would be chair
man. would have full authority to fix
terms for funding and refunding of
the foreign debt under provisions of
t.il+ tentatively agreed to by the
Ise WAYS and Means Committee.
Ian to build polltoon bridge across
Hudson River at YOnkers, n Y,
been given up.
Two aviatOrs were killed at Revere
each, Boston, when an airplane
ashed to the ground in flames.
Marian McArde, twenty-year-old
lighter of Mrs. Eva Catherine Ka-
r. was found not guilty of COM
= in the murder plot of Daniel
-,er, her stepfather, by a jury at
.velund. Miss McArdle was permit
to leave the courtroom a free girl
rndiateiy after the jury reported.
" of nine men and three wo-
the case under deliberution.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
INDIA AT ARMS CONFERENCE
British Delegation Will Include Rep
resentatives of Colonies.

London.-The London Daily News
diplomatic correspondent declares the
British delegation to the Washington
disarmament conference will be COM
posed of the following:
Premier Lloyd George, Arthur Bal
four, Lord Lee, Premier Borden of
Canada, Premier Pearce of Australia,
and Srinvasta Sastri, representing
India and the 300,O00,0OO British sub
iects in Asia.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
GOVERNMENT MAY SEIZE ROADS
Senator Cummins Says Trains Must Be
Kept Moving.

Washington. - Senator Albert 3.
Cummins, chairman of the Senate In
tcrstate Commerce Committee and au-
thor of the Esch-Cummins act, wh1
has been in charge of the senate COM
mittee's inquiry into the railroad situa-
ton, declared that the railroads of the
country must be run even if it becomes
necessary for the government to seize
them. He thinks it has the power un-
der the act Of 1916,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
BRITISH TO MARK NOVEMBER II
Wreaths for Empire to Be Deposited
on Cenotaph.

London.-A celebration similar to
that held last year is being arranged
by the government for armistice day.
The principal ceremony will be at the
cenotaph in Whitehall, where wreaths
will be deposited on behalf Of King
George, the government, the dominiOns
and India, as representing the govern
ment of the empire. Two minutes
silence will be observed throughout the
United Kingdom.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
DISCLOSE BOOZE BUYERS
Bootleggers' Books Seized in New York
Give Names of Thousands,

New York.-Papers revealing the
purchasers of thousands of bottles of
liquor from bootleggers have fallen
into the hands of prohibition agents
through the arrest of six men in Long
Island City.
Deliveries were made to clubs, res
taurants, cafes and fashionable apart
ment houses. Whisky costing the
bootleggers S24.50 a case brought on
mn yrerpge Ss7,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
CROW APPOINTED U. S. SENATOR
Pennsylvania Named as Successor
to Knox.

10 NnOX.
Harrisburgh, Pa.-GOvernOr Sproul
announced the appointment of William
f. Grow, State Senator from Fayette
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Philander Chase Knox.
After expressing his pleasure in
comforting the honor upon Mr. Grow,
the Governor said Mr. Grow would
be a candidate next spring for the
full term in the Senate
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-10-28
DROP kU kLUX INQUIRY
Adverse Report Expected as Commit
tee Suspends HEARINGS.

tee Suspends Hearings.
Washington.-The proposed investi-
CATION of Ku Kiux Klan by Congress
blew up. After a ten-minute session
behind closed doors the House Rules
Committee, which had put William j..
Simmons, the Klan's imperial wizard,
through rigid investigation, voted
unanimously not to call any more
witnesses. Final action will not be
taken until absent members return to
Washington.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-27
HATRED WILL STAND
GUARD IN GERMANY
Saws Former General In
Fiery Speech.

Great crowds looked coldly on
while thousands Of soldiers who
fought during the great war march
ed before General Luderdorff, Prince
Eietel Friedrich, Count Won Walder-
see and General Won der Goltz at the
old stadium in Berlin this week
The lack of enthusiasm among the
spectators was notable, only a few
persons uncovering when die
Wacht Am Rhein," was played by a
veteran band.
Count Won Valdersee was the prin-
cipal speaker at the demonstration,
which was characterized by radicals
as "moucharist attempt to revive
the dying war spirit" His address
was fiery in character, the old mill
hry chieftain declaring:
There will come again day
when we will stand together FOR the
kaiser and the Fatherland. Hatred
will stand guard in Germany. We
must train our children to use the
rife and sword So long as Ger
mans suffer under a foreign yoke,
and the French stand guard on tie
Rhine, we must prepare for re.
yenge"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-27

Hagerstown, Aug. 25.--Announce-
nent was made here yesterday that
through the efforts of the Chamber
Of Commerce, the interviewer Mills
Company OF Martinsburg, had de-
cided to erect a plant capable OF
employing eventually four hundred
men and women, at the northeast
corner of Prospect and Church
streets, in this city.
II. II. Emmert, attorney and
George F. Mullis. general manager,
Of the Martinsburg firm, came to
this city yesterday and were met by
Simms Jameson and Robert Nc
Cauley, manager ard attorney re
specti5 ely OF the local Chamber Of
Commerce and were taken into the
local office OF the Chamber. The
transfer OF the property which was
formerly owned by Joseph Bremen
and Mrs. Edgar Fiery was then
made through John Feldman, local
real estate operator.
The Martinsburg and local peo'
pie refused to make public the
price paid for the property. The
Martinsburg people announced that
they would begin operations Octo-
Der and that the plant would, If
possible, be erected before cold
weather set in.
About a month ago the Chamber
of Commerce learned that the Mar
tinsburg company was DESTROYS of
locating here and sent a committee
to interview officials Of the com
pany. The committee was informed
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-27
HAMPSHIRE GIRL
BITTEN BY A SNAKE

Esther the 1O.year-old daughter
of Mr., and Mrs. Isaac Mcdonald, Of
near Wappocomo, near Romney,
was bitten in two places on her foot
by a coppersnake. She was pulling
weeds in the garden and throwing
them over q fence 10 the pigs, when
she was bitten by the snake. which
was afterward killed by her father,
and it measured three feet in
length. The little girl was taken at
once to Romney and Dr. Daily dres.
sed the wounds. She has improved.
hut the foot was badly swollen.