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eOLSHEvkl HAVE DESTROYED MOST ef
the MONUMENTS IN PETROSRAO.
Home Loses All Meaning, Even Church
Offers No Refuge From Red Terror
Where Communist Regime Is One
LongNightmare of Dreadful Scenes

, empowering him TO take the bed with
out ceremony from any bourgeois
residence.
This NATURALIZATION OF property
often works out IN the open street. A
woman in the company of 'comrade'
fancies the warm fur coat Of woman
OF the "bourgeois"-it simply means
the formerly property owning-class
who happens to be passing. The
woman speaks to the Red, and he
| cheerfully halts the wearer or the
coat and in the name of nationaliZa-
| ton declares the coat conf1scated.
takes 1t OF her back and presents II
to his companion.
Once to my knowledge victim
protested and ran for her life. trying
| to gain the shelter Of hotel whose
| door stood open. Tho porter slammed
the door in her face. explaining that
he did not want to be killed next day
by a gang OF Red Guards for OBJ
structing the law of naturalization OF
bourgeois property"
Tragedies result from this nation
alizatlon daily. Many homes in Pc
trosrad have been handed down
through families from generation 10
generation. Not always are their
owners discreet. which is to say sub
missive, when the Red Guard pounds
with his rine butt on the front door
| and orders them to vacate and make
room for himself and his family. Is
pecially does violence follow when the
householder happens to be retired
officer of the old army. His natural
impulse expresses itself in action. Re
volvcr play settles the dispute. and
often, II the householder is the VIC
tor. he Kills himself forthwith. real
izing that his life is not worth any
thing after he has shot down LED
Guard.
There is little trade In Petrograd
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shares OF an oil stock which was then
selling around As cents share. So
little was known of the oil stock in
question that II was some time before
the commission house was able to exc
cute the order. They finally got the
stock and notified the farmer that It
had been deposited to his account, SUBJ
ject to his order. Nothing more was
heard from him for weeks until Just
recently when the price had touched
$3.50 a share and then another letter
came to the broker with orders to sell
at the market. The stock which had
been purchased for As cents a share, at
4 gross cost OF $50, was sold for $3.50
share for a total OF 5000. a profit OF
1910 or 900 per cent having been
made on the original investment.
$4,000 Each on Nothing.
Stories of large profits on small in
vestments are often recorded, but It
Is rare indeed that a, group Of men
arc able to turn over clean profit of
$1,000 each without having invested a
cent OF money or a minute of their
time. This actually happened In the
l
some Wall Street hangers-ou with
scarcely dollar among them were let
in for 1000 shares each OF a new oil
stock which was being bought out. and
who cashed in their holdings within a
comparatively short space of time al
$3.50 a share. 1t happened in this way:
These men, a majority OF whom were
Wall Street Critters" going about
from one commission house TO another
dropping in here and there for drink
and without the price OF a good square
meal among them. were in a cafe pa
troniZed by a number OF operators In
the unlisted" market. While standing
about talking, a stranger walked OF
rather staggered In, and after he had
bought three or four drinks for the
whole crowd he pulled a sheaf OF
papers and documents out Of hi.
pocket and tossed them on the bar, a,
the same time announcing in more OIL
or less maudlin tones:
"I've got the finest oil property ir
Wyoming right here and I'm goin' t.
sell the stock for so cents a share
Lemme put you down for thousand
how about itH"
Tho question took in all who were
standing near him and thinking Il ;
great joke they all agreed to take 1 ,00t
shares each at his price. knowing full
we'll that they had no money to pay FOL
II. The stranger took their orders OF
faith, however. and went out. where
upon tho newly made stockholders for.
got the whole incident. To their sur,
mile
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standard Group Ga ms

The various Standard OIL issues 700
have had their share OF the general
advance in the oil market since tho big
move started, and almost without ex-
ception they stand at present at poiu'7
representing huge increases over tie
low prices of last year. The advances
in these issues over tho 1918 low
figures range all tho way from 5 points
TO ass points, tho latter figure repre-
senting the increase IN price OF tho
shares OF the Atlantic Refining Com
pany.
The rise IN oil stocks on the curh
began with the companies ownIns
property or controlling leases IN the
Ranger Field district OF Texas. Soon
after the bringing In OF several new
wells In this section promoters from
all parts OF the country nockcd 70 that
district ana acquired small parcels ~
land, which they Immediately began
to develop and capitalize. Among tn
first to bring in production in this d..
trict was Texas and Pacific Coal an
OH Company, which enjoyed n sense
tional rise on the curb. Prairie o.
and Gas Company soon followed VIA
an advance OF more than 100 points
and the shares Of several Of the newly
formed companies nearly doubled Their
prices within very few days, After
production was we'll established In tbs
field attention was turned 10 Wyom!r-
where several large wells were brouf
IN after drilling below what is know
rs tho deep sand" Midwest Refining
acquired control OF COMPANY whicH
succeeded In bringing In a well in the
Lusk field, Wyoming, and the stocks Of
both companies had remarkable ai-
vances on the report.
Some OF the advances so far made
by these curb shares and unlisted oil
stocks are shown In tho following
table:
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LENlNE e0o HIS WIFE IN fhe BACK SEAT q
OFFICIAL CAR.
City Where Daily Prayer Is "Give Us
Bread or Death" Remains the Cap
ital Only in Sense That 1t Best
Represents Russia's Suferings

ures are stolen. Tho buildings arc in
good condition, except one room Of the
art gallery, where the most cherished
anuquaries were kept This room was
set afire after It was looted to cover
little damaged.
The Winter Palace, where once the
Emperor lived and ruled. has been
turned into moving picture theatre,
visited every evening by thousands of
the people. The other palaces arc oc-
cupied by various departments Of the
Communist Government.
All the city's monuments are safe,
even those OF the elder Romanoffs, an
cestors OF Nicholas II. Only the Rus
sian eagle, emblem of the imperial
regime, is gone, and so arc the inscrip-
tons concentrating the deeds of he
roes to whom any monument was
erected. Hero worship the Commu-
nists condemn.
Few trolley cars run in the city now
and no ferryboats ply on the Neva-
The suburbs, where the poor dwelt for
ages, stand deserted, the buildings va
cant. their former tenants having
moved into the centre OF the city.
where they occupy the homes that
were those OF the richer bourgeoisie.
Tho Nevsky Prospect (Broadway Of
Petrograd) teens as ever with life, but
the crowd has changed. Workingmen
and soldiers OF tho Red Guard (the
| armed factory workers, who took a
large part in fighting the battles Of
the Communist revolution) have
crowded off the mobiles and the rich and
fashionable folk one used to see. On
the steps of the beautiful palaces and
mansions the children Of the poor play
their games, none interfering. The
owners would not dare protest what
ever the damage done.
Churches are crowded. services held
| continuously all day long, with inter-
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hardly any. Most of the stores are
closed. But tho public market Is open.
and many people pitiably frequent Il
to see whether by chance they cannot
buy something, anything, to eat from
the spectators in food. " they sue
coed the prices paid are fabulous. Of
course.
1t happened once that few hungry
people Of the 'intelligentsia" Untellec:.
ual class; these were the original cor
stitutional revolutionary heads Of 1917,
represented by Prof. MiliukoT and
Prince Lvoff: they are now outcasts II
not outlaws and fugitives. all of them
being Jumped with the "bourgeoisie" b.
the Communists) learned. in aome
furtive, underground way of-what do
you think?---a man who actually had
in his possession a whole goose, freshly
killed!
They plotted painstakingly. To steal
Il? No. To buy it-and at q price
which would have bought dozens ~
geese as lately as the first year OF the
great war. They made up the sum b.
pooling from the small amounts OF
money which each had kept hidden.
They were very hungry. Hurredly
they chose an emissary. and lie bought
the goose and carried it by rouno-
about way to the home OF one OF thc.r'
where they had planned to share T.
But their excitement and eagerness as
they assembled aroused tho suspicion
OF Red Guard. lie questioned them,
searched them, and intercepted and
conflscated the goose, leaving them &
greater misery than before.
1t sometimes happens now that ire
workingmen and tho poor pay for
what they confscate; they boast #
possessing more money than the IDLE
rich. But money means little IN Petro-
grad. IL one cannot safely exchange It
| for things to eat.
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others became the favoritcs among the
New York Stock Exchange shares
while the many oil stocks traded In on
the curb contributed their share TO the
general movement. With only here
and there slight but temporary re-
action, these issues have continued
their upward swing until they have
now touched record high levels In
nearly all instances.
The following table Of some OF the
more prominent oil stocks listed on the
New York Stock Exchange gives an
idea Of the extent Of the rise:
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the World Joins in Wild Scramble for Oil Fortunes

a potential leader In the oil Industry,
but It was not until very lately that
concrete evidence OF the confidence ex-
pressed in its earning ability was
shown. Tho first big movement got
under way soon after 1t was announced
that Royal Dutch had acquired the
Mexican Easle properties in Mexico,
In addition to this new acquisition
Royal Dutch was reported to have
acquired permits 10 drill throughout
England and in Turkey. where largs
undeveloped oil tracts are said to havs
been found.
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however. the small fry have not as a
regular thing made fabulous fortunes
on "shoestring" margins. Big profits
have been made. II Is true, but most OF
these have gone to the so-called big
fellows and while the small Spectator
has, in many instances. turned over a
big percentage OF profit, the net gains
in dollars and cents have not been
tremendous.
Here and there, however, are a few
instances of men who have gone into
the market with little and come out
with much, and at least one incident Is
recorded in which a few men have
gone into the market without a cent
and come out with some $4,000 profit
each. One of the most interesting OF
these stories is that of a clerk in q
large department store who had saved
q few hundred dollars by closest
economy His intention was to pur-
chase house as soon as he had saved
enough, but with the rapidly mounting
cost of living, he was Unable to add
enough to his savings to realize his
dream. A few months ago he decided
to risk his stake in an effort to acquire
SUFFICIENT funds with which to buy the
house and he bought 125 shares of an
oil stock which was then selling around
1914. The stock had not been active
and II looked after a few weeks as
though he were linked up with dead
one"
Ho Accommo dates a Friend.
In the meantime n friend OF his per-
suaded the clerk to sell him the ode
twenty-five shares he owned at the
same price he had paid for It. But the
friend had not the patience of the clerk
and after he had owned the twenty.
fve shares for a time without seems
any signs of life. he besought the clerk
to buy 1t back, which the accommo.
dating young man did. again at tho
original price. Then he was again the
owner OF 125 shares OF an oil stocl
which looked as though It were never
going to move again. Suddenly It go
busy and before he could realize wha
had happened the stock was well abov,
80 and the clerk had a profit of ovel
$4,000. He was not content 10 accep
' this, however, and hung on tenaciousl,
until one day last week, when he SOLE
the entire block OF 125 shares at I12X
having made a net profit. except 70
interest charges on his original invest
ment of S11.75o.
Then there Is another story about
farmer many miles from New Yorl
who turned 500 into 5000 almost in
twinkling. Only n profit OF 1910 to b.
sure. but It represents a turnover o
800 per cent on his original invest
ment Not very long ago a commits
sion house received an order from thi
farmer. Of whom, by the way, the,
has Z Tc- even heaI - by 90
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By LIEUT.. BORIS SHUMANsKY.

By LIEUT.. BORIS SHUMANSKY.
~ ETROGRAD no longer is the
capital Of Russia in q political
- and social sense. but no other
city represents Russia's misery as Pc
trograd does to-day. I returned to II
after a years absence. A year? It
might have been q decade. the sleep Of
. Rip Van Wrinkle. to judge by the ap-
paIling. the unimaginable change.
have visited many places throughout
the city, witnessed nightmare sue
cession OF dreadful scenes-and all the
time was praying for a Jeremiah OF
old. to go about and cry in the ears OF
the wretched people OF Petrograd that
a day of destruction was impending,
but of destruction to be followed by
better things.
have seen men. women and dogs
prowling the streets with the gaunt,
wolflsh faces and burning eyes of fam
inc. 1t was hard to know whom to
pity most. saw a woman, starved to
exhaustion, fall IN the middle OF the
street. A Red Guardsman dragged her
to one side SO that her body would not
obstruct traffic and left her to the care
Of crowd Of hungry men. dulled and
apathetc after all they had undergone.
I was told that such cases were becom-
ing more and more common every day,
attracting little attention. The daily
prayer in Petrograd now Is. God. give
US bread or give US death"-and God in
His mercy is frugal with both gifts.
Treasure Houses Sacked.
I visited the Imperial Public Library
Of a million volumes. the Hermitage
Art Gallery with It's invaluable treas
ures Of Greek and Scythian art. the
Museum Of Alexander III. The treas
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In the last few days the greatest
speculation has been apparent in Royal
Dutch, both the American and the
New York shares, tho latter represent
ing stock held In trust in Amsterdam,
Holland. This company has long been
spoken OF in tho financial district as
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09

Rev. Ralph S. Carlisle o~fflciatGo at
a twin christening party at the NOME
Of M. and Mrs. James Flnnegan on
G. Street. Carneys Point, last SaturII
dav. Little Donald McNaugh ana
Clarence C. Finnegan, Jr, were the
cherubs who received the holy sacfa-
ment of baptism which makes mem
Christian citizen and members OF the
household of faith. Little Clara Mare
Smith presented a pretty boqueI oI
white roses to Clarence, Jr. Miss Ella
Mae johnson sang several selections
and charming music was gwen oy tnJ
~victrola. The supper served proHeu
Mrs. James Finnegan a charming
hostess. .or+
Those who enjoyed the social eVenV
ana feast were Rev. and Mrs sap
s. Carlisle, Mr.. and Mrs. /. =. NC
Waugh, Mrs. w. A. Campbell, Mrs
Jos. Rainear, Mr.. and Mrs. Skidmore,
Nj. Mrs. O.P. Byrne, MT..and
Ms, Joseph E. Cornell; Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Smith and daughter, Mrs; NJ
McYaugh, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert I'm
negan, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence flnne-
gan. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Johnson
MISS Ella May Johnson, Miss Lillian
Weisky, Miss Marguerite NJ. &c
Hugh, Miss Marquette Carlyle, Mi
Norman Finnegan, Raymond Johnson
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Court Proceedings

In the Special Court on Friday last
Alfred Helbold pleaded guilty of
stealing $50 from George w. Davis,
of Upper Penns Neck.
Frank Valerini, of Camden, was
sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and
costs for the illegal sale of beer in
Penns Grove.
In the Orphans Court the will case
of Martin V. Dalbow, deceased, was
begun.
The ~caveators were represented by
Attorneys Oscar Redrow and Samuel
Beckett, of Woodbury. and the legatees
by Attorney Joseph j. Summerill, who
vas named executor under the will.
There is said to be about $4,000 in
volved in the estate and the execution
Of the will was attacked on three
grounds, viz: improper execution, I'M
due influence on the part Of the lega-
tees and mental capacity.
The testator was a very old man
when he died some months ago and it
was in March, 1917, that he had At
torney Summerill draw his will. He
lett his entire estate to his daughters,
a Mrs. Marcus Cheeseman and Mrs.
Rebecca C. Blake.
After the will had been offered for
probate counsel for the ~caveators
offered a number of witnesses to sus-
tain the point that Mr.. Dalbow in
March, 1917, and for some time pre-
vious, vas very much childish and in
their opinion not capable of dispos-
ing of this property.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Improved Street Coming

A committe from the County BOARD
Of Freeholders, the County Engineer
and a committee of Penns Grove Coun-
Gil viewed East Main Street, Penns
Grove, which is to have a new top put
On the macadam base this year, as
t is a county road. The macadam has
had dirt and gravel put on at different
times since it was laid ten years ago!
but the loose material soon washes and
blows off. The macadam is Is feet
wide.
The Mayor and Council have de-
cided that they will pay 10 per cent
of cost if the road is improved full
width. They thought it best to put
three inches of stone and two inches
of amiesite. AS the middle is now
some inches above grade the new lay
ers will put the street to the top OF
the curb which necessitates raised
sidewalks.
The Mayor and Council will hold a
meeting with the property owners
soon and consult as to the cost.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
U. 5. A GOOD FiNANClER
Other Nations Cash Helps to Pay
Liberty Loan Interest.

Uncle Sam has done some clever
financing in this war. Almost one
hat of the interest due to patriotic
Americans subscribing TO the Liberty
Loans, including the Victory Lean,
will be paid by interest which Uncle
Sam, as a result of jud:cious credits,
will collect from foreign governments.
With the Victory Loan included the
United States VIII face annual inter
est payments OF about 81, leo. 000,O 900.
This money goes into the pockets of
American investors. But something
like $500, 100000 of it will be offsel
by the interest payments which the
big European powers must make to
Uncle Sam.
Great Britain is debtor to the United
States in the sum of $4,115, 9G1 900.
She pays about $205,0O0.CO9 a year
interest on her loans. France has
loans total:ng 81, 900 and her
interest payments to Uncle Sam are
about 1921, 100000 a year. Italy with
!!oans of $1,310,000,0O0 pays us about
$65,00O,000 a year in interest. The
smaller powers alsO swell the total.
All of these loans were negotiated,
Of course, on the best Of security and
they are doing a big share III tighten
Ing the taxation out of which the in
terest on Uncle Sans own borrowings
must be paid.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
CorOner's Inquest

Tony Augyole, who was shot at
Willis Street and Cumberland Avenue
April Path, died in the Wilmington
hospital on the 27th as a result of the
shooting.
On Friday night last Coroner B. Noel
Gross held m inquest in the cas- be-
fore a jury of six men. They were
Edw. P. Handley, foreman; Chas. L.
Smith, James Clark, Harry Wright,
Alfred Gillison and Isaac P. Simkins.
The inquest was held in Recorder
Duffy's office.
There was quite an array of wit
ness and as much evidence was Sc
cured as it was possible to get.
The jury after brief ~deliberation
rendered a verdict, that the deceased
came to his death from pistol shot
wounds at, the hands Of one Tony Sol
DIM.
Soldini is still at large but the police
are working out several clues.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
PAGE EIGHT
Mermick Lo-es To Penns Grove

The Penns Grove Baseball Club
opened the season last Saturday by
defeating the Merwick Club Of VIII
mington at Penns Grove.
Price was the first one to nip Callar
FOR a hit when in the second inning he
hit out a two Dagger and scored on
Craig's sacrifice. Hunt scored in the
second with a base on balls and the
necessary single was supplied by Cal
lahan.
Burk and Dellett got on in the
fourth inning and both came in on
Engle's single to left field.
The Wilmington boys scored their
runs in the fourth and fifth when
Price got going bad and after walk
ing six men in the two innings sent
the next three men up, away from the
plate without even making a foul ball,
After that he pitched alright ball and
allowed only one more hit to keep the
other two company.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
The New Furniture Store

On March 18th l opened this new
| store at 81 West Main Street and in
view of the fact that everybody was
| complaining of business being * slow
/ thought that l would be satisfied if
done a little business along with the
rest of the people. Well, I started off,
as | said before, and of course did not
expect great things; but to my sur
prise in a few days 1 was compelled to
put on more help and things kept COM
ing my way and really it seemed as If
| there were no other furniture stores as
everybody seemed to think that my
| store was the place to buy their Fur
~niture, Rugs, Mattings, Beds, Mat
tresses, Baby Carriages, Refrigera-
tors and in fact all kinds Of Living
| Room, Dining-Room and Bedroom
| Furniture. We'll, then. l began to won
| der what to do, as this store was en-
tirely too small to accommodate my
increasing trade. So the only thing to
| do was to get more room and l was
fortunate enough to get the store
right next to this store and l just
made a great big hole through the
partition and you will want to see
| What a nice store this makes now.
| When you come TO see me now you car
,ome in either door and you will find
! both stores as full of furniture as the
other store was before |. enlarged, or
rather took the two stores. 1t does
net matter what you want in the fur
niture line, how large or small a
ora1tity, just ore to see me and see
what | have to say about it.. have
been trying to find time to have my
nanne pat in orr conspicuous place
SO that you could find me but if you
do ret see my name Just stop at % and
81 West Main Street and you will see
a store that Will surprise you. This
is not a branch of any other store, but
It is owned and controlled entirely by
vour humble servant-J. U. LAYTON,
SO and 81 West Main Street.-Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09
Fishing Notes

Shad fishing was fair this week and
the price fell some.
On Monday Ben and Walter Raine
were high net with SO which brought
them S92. Vanneman and Wander
slice caught 80, Benny Whitesell 80,
H. Pickens 81, C. Wright 26, B. Gibbs
81.
Catches the remainder of the week
have been % on down.
The wholesale price was 25 cents a
pound for roe and % for buck on Mon
day. The remainder of the week %
and 20 cents.
A few herring have been caught.
The price is 25 cents a dozen.