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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
PRICE, SEVEN'CENTS.


OF praise. And being young man
with some ambition. here am. with
the best place Of it's kind here.
got II all through walking fast" And
as the years passed this place grew
into branches all over town.
John Shelton Williams walked fast
up and down Main Street. II was. for
long t'me. like walking up and
down tho six stone steps that Tod into
the Williams counting house. It
didn't get him anywhere. In John
SHcltcn's case. the speed with which
he propelled himself from his fathers
office t" the newspaper Office on the
corner below and 10 the william Ellis
Jones printery. where all tho letter
heads and statements and prospectus
sheets were gotten OF the press. WAS
merely. metaphorically. tho swinging
OF the pendulum that set all the
other pieces of mechanism TO work.
Ills thin shanks kept mental works
going. His head was as good as his
legs. II one OF the Main street horse
ears had cut off his legs. he would
have learned to walk on his hands.
He just had to get somewhere. He
couldn't Let his benevolent old dad
keep on hustling for him. and his
bunch OF li;t!c tow headed brothers.
While some of the other boys who
started life along Main Street slept,
John Shelton was busy digging into
tones. and busy d!siEuring pieces OF
good white paper with mathematical
problems. He built a lot OF castles
in the air and he built houses on tho
sands. But he kept at it. and soon
the financial world from Wall Street
to Main Street recognized the urm
Of John l.. Williams as something OF
4 factor.
Great Man mt Figures.
After John SHELTON had taken time
to deduct enough from the current
revenue OF the firm to buy "A suit OF
clothes from one OF the Main street
stores. and had begun to discover
himself. you would have thought no
might have stopped walking fast.
But he didn't. While his legs grew
hustler and his feet larger. his head
also grew in the knowledge It held.
and. perhaps. in size because of that
knowledge. He didn't take after his
father in this respect. He never did
have time to stop and pat young
stcr on tho head and hand him pen
ny. Hut he grew with his city and
his country.
He didn't cause much enthusiasm
among the people along Main street.
They were not impressed with his
display OF pedal activity and STAN
ina. He had To show something else.
And he did. He got 10 be, as every
one knows. the greatest man at fig
ures i'll the United States. But, not
being n politician. he got the worst
Of 1t when the politicians spread their
net. At any rate. John Shelton Will
liams has done more proba bly, than
any one man to put his home town
on the map OF the world. If town
can produce one man like that. II
can produce more. John Shelton
didn't have monopoly. His walking
pr"clivity was primarily responsible
for his success. The activity of his
legs kept him awake. and. .hat gave
him the opportunity to think. and in
thinking he achieved things
Ina world the man who walks fast
generally proves successful in any
undertaking
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
MIRRORS OF RICHMOND
By the Man in the Linen Buster
JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS

When dear old John l. Villa ms
was conducting his modest brokerage
establishment In the basement OF
one of Main Streets colossal struc-
lures more than forty years ago,
everything a!ong Main street bespoke
rontcntmcnt and serenity Every
body was happy. The average sal
AIRY amounted u less than three fig
ur"s. and fashions depicted in
tailor's plates We're not always strict
~ adhered to. y man could wear a
SIX hat and linen buster without
svoking comment from the group
that gathered around George Schoen's
soda fountain. While the crowd in
George Ives Cara"ansary jus; back
OF the Schoen shop merely passed
curSory reference. The sun shonc
brightly upon all alike. and the fancy
and ordinary soiCecs In the hall over
Levy brothers store were patroni2cd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31

by the elite and the boure eorsie
alike. The razzle dazzle rubbed ell
bows with the hiEn-brow without
causing knock dow n and d RAJ out
afial'
with IL bcvy OF young s,crs OF his
hands Mr.. Williams was as happy
as suniiower on a July morning. al
though IL must have been an awful
proposition to have kept that bunch
supplied with suEar-kisses and shoes
during those days OF the scarcity Of
money. All the Riddles were happy.
They didn't mind docking into old ST.
James Church and ulling up the FAM
lily pew any time. Nor does history
record that any of them interrupt ed
Rev. Joshua Peterkin during the
course Of his remarks. Many OF the
people now here. bearing tho burdens
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
Aus,rnlln Encourng.. A,rcraf..

MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. Dec.
So.-The Australian government will
pay n bonus OF 81 n pound on the
weight OF all airplancs. not includ-
Ing the engine manufactured in the
Commonwealth. In order Ia encour-
age the Industry In this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Mrs. Wilson Entertains.

I y. w
Mrs. II. +. Wilson has issued IN
vitations for reception to take place
at her home, "Holiin Hall, Monday
afternoon, December 25th from to
! 6 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Commission Is Warned
Of Business with Boxers

New York, Dec. 2l.-Summary
warning not to try to do business with
Johnny Kilbans, Johnny Wilson on
Jess Willard has been served on pro-
motors by the New York Boxing Com.
mission.
The gentlement in question have
such self assessed valuations that New
York is their only field and the bars
raised against them here keep them
idle.
William Muldon says "a long rs he
is the head of the commission the two
Johns and Jess will not be allowed
to gather any cash in New York be-
cause the Johns are posers and Jess is
too old.
The chairman of the commission
was aroused by the report that Tom
O'Rourke had matched Kilbane and
Eugene Criqui. the European feather
weight champion, to 1eet for the
worlds title next summer at the Polo
Grounds.
The same kind Of reports had it
that O'Rourke formerly a deputy On
the commission, had signed Willard
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
kaSOCIETY IA

Ray. Mr.. Yates has as his guest fol
q few days, his room mate. Mr.. Frank
Cole, of Purcellville, Va.
Guest From Chattanooga
Mr.. r. P. Bruin, of Chattanooga
Tennessee, will arrive today to be
the guest Of Mrs. Harrison Kirk, q:
her residence on Braddock Heights
Returns From Georgia
Mr.. Ralph Scrivener, arrived yes
terday from Augusta, Georgia
where he spent the past three months
and is the guest for the holidays OF
his sister, Mrs. Louis De Mol, al
her home in Prince street.
Arriving Tomorrow
Mr.. Marvin o. Myers, who IS &
student at Mount st. Joseph's Col
lege, will arrive in Alexandria to-
morrow to remain over the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. j.
Myers. ,s
Gue5t CT Parents
Miss Kathryn Adams, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger B. Adams, who
is attending the State Normal, ar
rived today to be the guest over the
holidays of her parents.
Guest of Mr.. And Mrs. Pierpoint
Miss Dorothy Pierpoint, a student
at the State Normal, at Frederlcks-
burg, will arrive to-day to be the
guest over the holidays of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pier
point, at their home in South Patrick
street.
Here for Holidays a
Miss Virginia Myers returned to-
day from Notre Dame, at Maryland,
to spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. 0. j. Myers, IN
South Pitt street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
To Visit Mr.. and Mrs. Haar.

Mrs. C. K. Davis will spend Christ
mas week with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert r.
Haar. at their home in Lorton, Vlr-
ginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
WANTS A MILLION
FOR CANCELLATION

Washington, Dec. PA million
dollar Federal commission to de
propagandiZe" the statements of con-
tending sides in industrial disputes;
was proposed to Congress as an AID
to quick and effective settlement OF
strikes by Secretary Of Labor DAVIS
in his annual report.
Davis based his plea for such body
on the principal that public Opinions
settle strikes and without full pos
session of all the fact, public opinion
cannot be formed.
,'The public knows that often al
lered facts are presented in public
sneech or announcement which are
not the true facts and therefore the
public often hesitates in reaching
conclusion" the Secretary wrote.
with the proper sort OF an organ
ization in the Department OF LABOR,
il would be possible not only to bring
contcrding elements together before
break in most cases, but also IN
every instance to give the public the
true facts from unprecedented sources
which would bring about a speedy
crystalizaion of public opinion as 10
the merits of the dispute.
"The very fact that the contneder
realize that the public would get the
true facts would make them hesitate
to come to break.
~ believe with the creation of an
organization such as have IN NINA
and with an appropriation OF approx
imately S1.000,000 year tins graon-
ally to be increased with the growth
of industry, practically every labor
cont oversy can be adjusted and near
" every strike can be avoided:
This "simon-pre news agency" pro-
posed by Davis would be an adjunct
of the Cancellation service, whose
work during the past year Davis laud-
ed and extension of which he urged.
Cancellation a Factor
.eThe Cancellation work of the de-
partment," Davis wrote, has gradu-
ally become more and more recog,,
nized factor in Americas lndustrlai
! life, as experience has demonstrated
the effectiveness of its medlation IN
avoiding strikes or in bringing
quick settlement of disputes "nere
/ worl; has already been suspended.
Labor has discovered that 1t mas
standing recognized by the Govern
ment whenever its demands are oas,
ed on industrial and constitutional
rights.
employers on the other hand have
found that the department VIII pro-
tect them from unjust and unreason-
! able eXactness.
provided with sufficient funds, our
experiences demonstrates Through
his service machinery can be set up
in various industries that will reduce
to a minimum interruptions due TO
strikes and lockouts. With co-opera-
{ ton from employers and employees
Cancellation points the way to INDUS
trial peace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
THREE

and Dempsey for another big card a;
the home lot of the Giants.
Muldoon dismissed kilbane and VIII
son with the brand of ''posers" and
declared them to have had too many
chances TO act as real champions.
Willard" he added, "is FAR beyond
the thirty eight year age limit, ana
this alone would bar him. But il mus:
also be remembered that Willard IS
not the same man physically that he
was when he was advancing to the
championship and that he mas passed
the stage in life where he can set IN
shape to fight
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Play Otis A. G.
At Armory Tonight

The Alexandria Light Infantry will
take on the Otis Athletic Club play
crs tonight in q benefit game to aid
the Door Riddles Christmas fund,
promoted by the Alexandria Kiwanis
Club This game will be played as a
preliminary to the Friends High
School Teachers contest and will
start at eight o'clock. All gate re-
ceipts will be turned over to the fund,
and it is hoped that all Alexandria
will take advantage of this chance to
help the poor kiddies have just as
Merry q Christmas as they are pre-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Home Fer Holidays

! HONS FCT -CI1d!S v-:ll:,,,,
The Rev. DR. and MRS. v mann
Jackson Morton have as thelr cues
for tho HOLIDAYS their son. Ny. MON
cure Morton. . student OF the hp'S'o-
pal High School
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Guests From New York.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Wilson Will
have as their guests over the holl-
days, Mr.. and Mrs. f. W. Lancaster,
of New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
DECLARE DIVIDEND
Citizens National Bank,
Alexandria, Va,

Alexandria, Va,
December p, 1922.
At the regular meeting Of the Board
of Directors, held this day, the regular
semi-annual dividend Of 6 per cen.
was declared and also an extra divi-
dond of per cent, payable to Stock
holers of record. December jlst, 1922,
or after January . 1928.
100000 was ordered carried to he
Surplus Fund, increasing il to $780,
00000.
10 per cent OF all salaries was or
dared paid IS additional compenj&-
ton for this six months period
EDWARD l.. DA!NGERFIEhD,
302-Sc President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21

New York:-Vincent Aston, Geo.
F. Baker, Marshall Field, John D.
Ryan, Harry Payne Whitney. j. r.
Morgan and other leaders of the New
York financial set, have formed 4
syndicate and will build million
dollar golf club near Locust Valley,
Long Island. None Of the members
are expert golfers and the course
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21

Mrs. billiard in Richmond.
Mrs. Frank W. billiard will spen'
the next few weeks in Richmond, Va,
where her husband, DR.. billiard Is
patient at st. Luke's Hospital.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
To Visit in Richmond

To Visit in Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stoler will
be the guests over the holidays OF
Mrs. Stoler's mother, Mrs. Anna NJ.
Appich. a. her home in Richmond,
Va.
Guests of DR.. And Mrs. Yates
Mr.. Paul Yates returned today
from Washington and Lee 10 spend
the holidays with his parents, Or:
and lrs. Robert J. Yates, in Del
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Fight RESULTS

81. John, N. B.-7Iohnny Shepard,
Boston lightweight, knocked out Kid
Mitchell, champion OF the province
in the seventh round.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Arriving Today

Arriving Today
Among those returning from the
State Normal today to spend the
holidays with their parents in this
city are: Miss Irma NJ. Wolf, Miss
Susan f. Reishill, Miss Catherine
Fisher, and Miss Catherine Parker.
Holiday Guest
Miss Lucy Lawson Houston is the
guest for the holidays of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Charles M. Houston, at
their home in North Columbus street.
Guest From Gretpa
Miss Carrie Johnson, sof Gretna,
Virginia, will spend Christmas week
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger B. Adams, at
their home in Rosemont. Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams will also have as their
guest their daughter Miss Kathryn
Adams, of the State Normal, at
Fredericksburg
To be Guests of MIR. and Mrs. Waller
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey II. War
wick, of Washington, will be the
guests during the holidays of Mrs.
Warwick's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer j. Waller, at
their residence in Rosemont.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21

will be built for their game, it was
announced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Birthday Party

Birthday Party
Mrs. Wilmer j. Waller entertained
at most attractive birthday party
Yesterday afternoon, at her home IN
Rosemont, in honor Of the sixth ami
versary of her little daughter Miss
Anne Carte. Waller. The house was
beautifully decorated with Christmas
evergreens, and the favcrs were pa
per caps, crackers, and Christmas
stockings. The guests numbered
about 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-21
Guest of Parents

Mr.. W Albert Smoot, Jr.; WHO Is
attending the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville, arrived. YESTERDAY
to spend Christmas week win ms
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W.. Aioer'
Smoot. at their home in North WASH
! ingtOn street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
IDLE ARSENALS.

IF. as the International Association
of Machinists insists, $100,OO0,OG0 can
be saved to American taxpayers by the
more extensive operation of government
arsenals, certainly the government
should give the matter its attention. A
saving of that size is not to be sneezed
at, even by $4,000, 100000 government
According to an exhaustive report
representing six months work, the army
and navy have manufacturing establish
ments worth $S5O,O00,O0O, comprising
many enormous plants equipped with
thousands of the finest machines for
making ammunition, weapons and other
war supplies. These establishments,
says the report, are capable of turning
out S300,000,000 worth of products a
year, at cost only two-thirds as high
as the government is now paying private
manufacturers for the same products.
The federal plants are said to be oper-
ated at only ten per cent of their ca
pacity.
In this case the usua! objections to
''the government going into business in
competition with private enterprise
are lacking. The government is already
in business, in these lines, and expects
to maintain the arsenals and their as
ISOLATED plants for war insurance. Why
not also utilize them proftably for cur
rent needs, and thereby make their
value as insurance more certain?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
In the Days News.

When the Northern Baptist conven-
ton meets in annual session at Indian
apolis today it viii be called to order by
n woman, for the first time in its his
tory. The woman thus distinguished is
Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery, of
Rochester, n. Y, who has held the
presidency of the great organization Of
Baptists during the past year Born in
Ohio in 1861, the daughter of a Baptist
minister. Mrs. Montgomery was grad
uated from Wellesley college in 1884
and for several years thereafter was en-
gagged in teaching In 1892 she was Ii
censed as a minister of the Baptist
church. For many years she has been ac-
tive in church and social organizations,
having filled the presidency of the Won
ans Baptist Foreign Missionary society,
the National Federation of Woman :
Boards of Foreign Missions and the New
York State Federation of Womens
Clubs. She is the author of several
books and has lectured extensively on
foreign missions, citizenship, and other
topics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
Ioday's Events

Greetings to the Stars and Stripes,
145 years. old today.
Great Bend, Kansas, celebrates its
semi-centennial today.
Observance of the 10th anniversary
of the organization of the first railroad
Y. NJ G. A
Most Rev. John J. Glennon, arch
bishop of st. Louis, celebrates his Goth
birthday anniversary today.
One hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the birth of Duncan Macarthur, noted
soldier and governor of Ohio.
Centenary of the birth of Alexander
J. Porter. Confederate soldier and chan
cellor of the University of Nashville.
Some important doctrinal changes are
proposed at the Northern Baptist con-
vention. which opens its annual session
today at indianapolis.
A tablet to mark the site of the old
French fort built near Fit. Wayne, Ind,
in 1850 win be dedicated today by the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
A statue of Francis Scott Key, author
Of The Star Spangled Banner, is TO be
unveiled with elaborate ceremony today
in Fort McHenry Park. in Baltimore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
WEDNESDAY,, JUNE IA. 1922.
RAILROAD STRIKE ILLEGALq

The United States supreme court has
held, in an opinion recently delivered by
Chief Justice Taft with the assent of
his associates, that a labor union is re-
sponsible, and can be sued, for causing
damages and restraining interstate COM
merce in the course of a strike.
Railroad organizations are now en-
gagged in taking vote on the question of
authorizing their leaders to call a strike,
as a result of the wage cut ordered by
the railroad labor commission.
If any railroad strike is called, it may
provide the first application of this rul-
ing.
The nature of the damages" whose
infliction must be paid for by the striking
organization is not altogether clear. al
though 1t seems to contemplate losses due
to violence. If this Interpretation is
correct, a peaceful strike would be i'm
mune in this respect. If it covers bust
ness losses suffered by employers through
the mere suspension of work in their
plants, that is a different matter, and
any body of strikers might be sued. That
would make the ruling amount to a vir-
tual prohibition of strikes, and is there
fore hardly thinkable.
1t is evident, however, that any rail
road strike is bound to interfere with in
terstate commerce. That would seem to
amount to a prohibition of railroad
strikes, although congress has always
refused to enact any such prohibition
For this reason the issue will be awaited
with unusual interest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
BEFORE BABY COMES
Watchful Care of Health Necessary
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Marvellous Help

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-14
lies set forth by chiropractors. TIL

rules set forth by chiropractors. They
are:
l. Keep all your nerves free from
pressure.
,. Learn how to breathe.
3. Eat lightly.
/. T. Learn how to use water, inwardly
and outwardly.
>. Learn how to exercise.
6. Study preventive science.
Z. Learn the science of right think
ing.
s. Smile and be optimistic
8. Conserve your nervous energy.
10. Sleep at least eight hours out of
every twenty-four.
II. Take no drugs into your body.
u. Do not trust your health to your
feelings.
Nearly all these rules instantly com
mend themselves to intelligent people,
although ordinary medical practitioners
and most laymen will object that the
first and eleventh are unduly empha-
sized.