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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

PuBLisnnp every A.y the ysar 81 10 r ssu.s
Tenth Street Richnaond, Va. " Tue A'''
~ Dispatch PubllshinE Co.. Inc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

In casting about for a successor 10 Postmas-
ter-Gcneral Hays, tho President should con-
Ain"r man who shows no talent for big bust
ness. Uncle sam might keep such a man AT
the salary he pays.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

ter epitomizcs the deeds ana hits off
the foibics or the great. from George
Washington to John Philip Sousa.
Ancient institutions and modern In
vcntiOns are targets for his wit;
neither the Missouri Compromise nor
tho eighteenth amendment oludps him.
Moses, brigham Young and Harold
Bell Wright arc among tho objects
OF his satire. and the Chautauuua cir
cult and the league OF nations are
not overlooked.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

Germany complains that alcoholism liz i'm
creasins Well, 1t is welcome TO the services
of "russyroot'' Johnson
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

One almost feels sorry for Lloyd George
no" that he has N" Irish criss TO ward on
loneliness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08

The Wilmington Star is in guessing mood
IL observes: "Wcll what's up. anyhow? Pros.
idcn, Harding dined William Randolph Hearst
ut the White House. One thing you can as.
sumo about II is that william Randolph didnt
invite himself tO dinner with the President"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08
Rilbllull0 Glalps.

THE T1NEs THE DISPATCH
" list. ASS Est. 1850
Entered January 81 1905. at the Pos,-onos al
$3.50 Richmond. Va. second-ci class matter
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
SMEAR Consolidation Plans.

Instead OF merging the Cuban-Ameri-
can sugar and the National Sugar Re-
fining companies into another corpora
tion the Howell interests. which control
those properties. purpose to effect the
consolidation BY having the Cuban
American take over the Nationals prop
critics. exchanging its stock for that of
the National That information was OBJ
tanned In reliable quarters yesterday, al
though no official announcement 70 that
effect has been made. In that way tho
National will retain its identity, but all
OF its stock will be owned by the Cuban
American and Rational stockholders viii
BECOME cuban American stockholders.
The tentative plan provides an exchange
of Cuban American preferred stock at
par for the National capital stock, share
for share. II addition tho Nationals
huge surplus VIII be paid for by the
Cuban American interests with their
common stock. II is expected that when
a definite plan has been worked out
National stockholders Will bo offered 4
share OF Cuban-Amcrlcan preferred
stock and between two and half ana
three shares or Cuban-Americau COM
mon stock for a share Of National now
owned.
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
steel, Lead the Recovery.

The sharp rally I'm the afternoon trad
ing was led by the steel stocks, par
ticularlv AIidvale Midvale had been
timed as a winner for several days. ana
when IL began to show real signs OF
activity Yesterday. there were many
ready to Jump in and buy It. DISPATCHES
from sharon. Pa. reporting a proposed
expansion of the United States Steel
Corporations operations In It's Farreii
pIant aided the operations on the long
side Of the steel stocks. Curiousiy
enough, however, Steel common was the
only laggard OF the group. Midvale made
q. new high above 80. Crucible got up
10 57as. Larkawanna sold above so.
Republic made top OF 52&. While
that was going on steel common, which
had sold down TO 94ss early in the day,
fluctuated rather aimleSsly, finally get
ting up to 5ls, at which IL closed with
a net loss OF "a. Reports that new
developments in the proposed merger OF
independent steel companies we're re
sponsible for the move in those shares
were discredited by interests In the COM
panies involved in II. The merger. II
was declared was I'm the stage that II
was in several weeks ago. and there
& nothing at hand 10 indicate that any
new developments may be looked Tor
soon. The advance Of nearly three
points in Bethlehem Steel TO 67is was
predicted on advance knowledge OF the
Bethlehem Steel Corporations excellent
balance sheet at tho end or the year,
which is made public this morning for
the first time
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
biggest Day OF the Year.

Transactions In stocks yesterday
totaled 1.2l3At2 shares. new mgh
mark for 1922 The market was reac-
tionary most Of the day. reflecting eN-
traordinary nervousness OF traders gen
erally. Those operators. although feel-
ing that the market trend still Is up
ward. have felt for the last three or
four days uncertainty as TO their POSI-
ton for the Immediate future and many
Of them have taken profits which has
added to tho selling done by the out ano
out bears The snapback in the after'
noon. however. led by the steel stocks
took them off their guard and occa'
stoned no little surprise. what theS
were really expecting was an accelerdt-
ing downward movement TO run At ieass
a few DAYS. These nervous traders nave
failed to give sufficient weight TO the
fact that the market has been ioi
months a pool market and that stocks
have been marked up almost entireiy
bv speculative groups which have hao
no opportunity to distribute. That the
oublic participation in the market is
small IS generally admitted ana it l.
this very factor which has made IL nm
possible for pools 10 distribute. The
continued ease Of money rates will mol
make IL difficult for the pools TO keeI
their stocks for long time and unu
money becomes tight once more and
their loans are called they VIII not DC
compeled to liquidate.
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
TOPICS OF WALL STREET.
New YORK central Lead. rise.

In a market characterized throughout
by strength IN the transportation group
OF stocks, New York Central, on turn
over OF more than $4,000 shares, ad-
vanced to a new high OF ssA. Follow
ing a fractional loss IL then closed al
S84, up two full points from Saturday.
price. The upswing in this stock may be
attributed to growing conviction Q Is
value as an investment and OF the prob
ability that important developments N
the company's affairs are no great way
off. In due course its subsidiaries VIII
be unified into a single system alons
lines outlined IN the Interstate Com
merce Commissions tentative consolida-
ton plan, and, in preparation for the e@-
change Of securities involved therein. j
would surprise few IL II were found that
the earnings and financial position OF
the parent company justified an increase
its dividend rate. The merger pos
sibilities were foreshadowed in the Cen
trails offer to exchange its stock for
that Of the minority holders OF Big Fout
preferred, which awaits Interstate Com
merce Commissions approval.
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
Knn.a city southern.

The Kansas City Southern Railway
the first steam carrier to report operat-
ing results for February, shows operat-
ing income of S300,730 after operating
axnenses and taxes, against s402,o45 IN
February. 1921, and S271,o0o in jan
uary. 1929. Its gross operating revenues
IN February were $1.54s,599 in contrast
10 s1.s13,267 in February, 1921. The
shrinkage OF s264.66S in gross receipts
was offset by lowered operating expenses
n the extent that operating income
dropped only s1O1,914 from that Of
FEBRUARY, 1920. In the first two
months OF this year the Kansas City
southern, which fairly reflects railway
operating conditions of the Southwestern
group. reported operating income 2.
revenues of S3,059.757 In contrast TO
sSs5. in operating income an1
s2777o5s in gross receipts In the cor
responding two months OF 1921.
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
Time Money.

The time money markets feature was
tho consummation Of a loan OF seVeTai
millions for four months at AZ pes
cent. The quotation for other maturities
was nominal, the lenders asking y psi
cent. and customers bidding a. per
cent. Can money loaned all day N
the New York Stock Exchange at "a
per cent, the prevailing rate IN the out, !,
side market, in which minimum OF )
per cent. was recorded. Graduai ap-
pearance Of less easy tone is anticl-
mated and a per cent. rate to-day or
tomorrow would cause no SURPRISE
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
View Low for Acceptnnces.

For the first time since 1917, when
the United States entered the war. the
selling rate for prime eligible bankers
acceptances was yesterday as low az
az per cent. discount Even at INA.
figure the supply was far from meeting
the demand. indicating the extent ol
idle funds seeking investment.
The New York herald., 1922-03-21

MONDAY. MARCH 20, 1922.

Year 10 ate..................4 47914.2o2 s62OO634
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
Government Withdrawals.

Tba local Reserve Bank announced
vastarday that there would be with
drawn from member banks to-day Sls.-
500. o 900 Of United States deposits, repre-,
Sentine seo,Io about 20 per cent. of the amount
held by the member banks, which VII
% leave about SIS. 1000 900 in their posses
sin
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
rxroRrs IRON NEW YORK

Exports from New York yesterday Wheat,
hush. iiI3s1. Corn, bush, 3i3,ss5. Flour,
sacks 0d.pss. Fork, hbls.. 300. Beef tons
ft3 Grease, lbs, 63 coo. Corumeal. sacks.
a.7iS Grass s.ed, bags, 2,ial Lubrca'iag
ou nals 100 100
The New York herald., 1922-03-21
FAN EAST.
SOUTH AMERICA.
CANADA,

New York funds ~ Montreal, S33 II pre-.
tninm 81 900. Montreal funds II New YORK.,
So 90 discount si,uOV.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
fIT NATE FOR DARING OUTLAW
Maid. Marion by No Means the Least
Valued Member, Of Robin hoea's
Il Bravo Band. Us

Belonging to that snadowy band Of
characters who hover; somewhere in
the burderland between. fact and fc-
ton. Maid Marion and Robin Hood.
whimsical, charming, picturesque peo-
PIE Of medieval England; deserve a
chapter in the history Of happy Iovers.
Marion was a. beautiful, graceful lit
tie maid, loving, the Grant Robin with
all her youthful heart. She helped
him in his self-appointed task of rob-
bling the rich to aid the poor, and was
a thorough little out-of-tloors creature.
No forest hardships were, too much
for her. She excelled in archery, was
4 fleet runner and, in fact, was splen-
did IN every form Of sport. +.
But Marion's family, so the story
goes, objected to her union with, the
countrywide reprobate, and every ef-
fort was made to force her to wed a
middle-aged man whom she did not
love.
However, the jolly band of Robins
followers, by employing their ever
ready wits, succeeded in f0iling pa
rental plans. Robin Hood and maid
Marion lived together in the woods
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
IDOL VENERATED IN INDIA
Thousands Take Part in Annual Pill
arimaqe to the Shrine Of the
Famous Juoaernaut.

The "Car Of Juggernaut'' is the car
which the idol, Juggernaut. or JagEn'
natha, rides in triumphant procession
in India when the festivals of Jagan-
natha are celebrated. Jagannatha is
another name for the Indian god
krishna (supposed to be the eighth
incarnation Of Vishnu), and it also Is
the name of the idol in temple at
rurl in Orissa on the Bay Of Bengal,
a temple dedicated to Krisllna
wooden image with a red body, black
face, gilt arms-its crimson mouth
wide-open and its eyes sparkling with
gems-this idol in its rich robes pre-
sents a very striking appearance.
, Jagannatha is throned between his
sister Subhadra and his brother Bala'
Rama, one black and the other white
At the times of the festivals Of Jagae-
uatha the idol IS placed on great
car bearing 16 wheels, drawn by some
of the people who crowd from all
parts Of India in pilgrimage to tals
shrine. Sometimes as many as hum
bred thousand are there. 1t was stated
that In former days many OF the Pill
grims threw themselves under the
wheels of the Gar Of Juggernaut,'
immolating themselves in the BELIEF
that they would thus be transported
direct to heaven.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Lincoln Shrewd Lawyer.

1t was in the old Metamora GILL;
court house that Lincoln won a case
for a man who was suing another
for fraud in a horse trade. Lincotn's
legal opponent had on new and
stylish shirt with long, pointed col
lar attached and, contrary to the usual
custom. opening in the back. The
worthy gentleman was wearing the
shirt for the first time and had put
it on wrong side foremost with the
points of the collar sticking back.
Lincoln in his defense had said that
his opponent was wise and knew many
things, but probably did not know all
about a. horse trade. us: gentlemen
Of the jury. there are. some trifline
things he does not know; you will
perceive that he doesn't know when he
has his shirt on right" and Lincoln
5
won the case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
many happy years, known always as
the enemies Of the rich and selfish
anu the friends of the poor and needy.
BRINGING BOARDERS TO TIME
Woman Employs Gossip as Medium
for GettinY Deinquents to Set.
tie Their Bills.

Many and various are the schemes
employed by boarding house keepers to
spur collections from delinquent board
erS. The latest is to take SossipinS.
the hoartIerS own most popular indoor
sport. and use it against them.
Easiest thin" in the world" de-
clared an exponent of the new system.
"AlI you have to do is spread the
news. You just weave it into the con-
versation of1-hand like that amt it q
shame poor Mr. Brown is having such
hard luck and his wife so brave, too.
"'He owes Inc for three weeks
now,' you say. Not that I'd press
him for it. But he must be kind of
hard put to be hanging up poor
widow like me-
"That's enough. Whoever tell tells
it to some one else She tells some
one else. Soon it's all over the house,
and in time it gets back to Brown.
That usually brings him around. Few
persons can stand it. to be talked
about. New York Sun. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
PLAYED PART IN REVOLUTION
last q ssiunaI Trees" Near The Val.
: ley Forge Camp Of Washlnotoo
Recently Removed.

with the removal recently Of ON
ancient chestnut at STAFFORD, Pa,
hsre disappeared one Of Chester
4punty's notable landmarks. It was
the last Of . score or more "sisnal
trees" used during tho Revolution as
observation posts by soldiers guard
ing the approaches to the camp Of the
ragged continentals'' at Valley Forge.
these trees, the tailest in the forests.
were scattered over what Is now the
upper end Of the fashionable main
Tine. "
Platforms were built In their tops
and there, day after day, lookouts
watched the roads and the activities
nf marauding bands Of Redcoats and
4oriss over the countryside. Warn
tag OF the approach Of an enemy
forco was given by the observer FIR
Ag his nausket. The man in the next
jisual trsa, q mile or more away.
vpuld then fire his musket and In this
Vay the news would be carried event
aally to Washington's camp.
Such was the crude manner Of con-
Yvving Information used by these
4smbers Of the American army's first
1Antelliseaee service"-a fur cry from
~ elaborate telephone and radio sSs-
tsrs used On the battlefelda 81
STRANGE. ;
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
SAVE THREE FROM DROWNING

Two youngsters of ten playing on
the ice Of Buffers pond. Quincy.
Mass. The ice gave way letting them
down into the water. Hearing their
cries for help a third boy not much
older tried to aid them but broke
through himself. Three boy scouts,
respectively, Guile Peterson, Ralph
Allen and Gilbert FalIett, hearing the
cutlery, rushed with a ladder to the
spot. Peterson, the oldest boy, showed
out the ladder to. the hole and eau
tiously slid himself after it. Seeing
that one of the lads was in grave dan.
ger of drowning. he threw off his
coat and dived into the water. He
seized the drowning boy with one
hand aud was able to cling with the
other to the edge of the ice until his
companions could relieve him Of his
burden. The other two boys were
then rescued and in the end nobody
was the worse for the accident.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
OF INTEREST TO ALL irish
In Region Adjacent to French City of
Cannes st. Patrick Received
Religious Training.

''For true appropriateness Cannes
might better be chosen for n discus
sion Of Irish affairs than for an at
tempt TO solve European financial
problems" says a bulletin Of the Ma
tional Geographic society, in regard TO
the french, Mediterranean winter re.
sort, meeting place Of the allied SUI
prene council. Cannes has its tie
with Ireland" the bulletin goes on to
explain, because it was in a monas-
terry on one Of two little islands just
off the Cannes shore that st. Patrick
received the religious training which
fired him with missionary zeal and led
to his conversion Of the Irish.
asst. Honorat founded, in 40, on the
smaller of the two islands which
bears his name, the monastery In
which St. Patrick studied. 1t was one
Of the fountains of learning and mis-
sionary effort during the Middle ages.
According to legend, the island was
infested by snakes and st. Honorat
miraculously drove them out-an ex-
ample which his follower, st. Patrick,
is supposed to have put to good use in
Erin.
I'm spite Of its many letters Cannes
is properly pronounced as single syl-
liable, like the English verb cam"
says the bulletin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Hint to Remember.

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, con-
graduated On the marvellous success
OF his recent foreign tour, said with Il
smile:
1--WE can all get on with foreigners.
you knew, If we will remember not to
criticise. A foreigners country is to
him what your family is to you, You
will cl1ticise it yourself, but criticism
from outside you can't and won't
abide.
IAN American said to an English
man one day:
"London's dull hole
GAS an Englishman,' said the 9TH
en- Il object to that remark. l agree
with It, but I object to it."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Whitman's Chiidishness.

The story OF Whitlnan's romancinS
to Emerson concerning the rapid sale
Of his own first edition (possibly SIN
cere, because a subconscious fulfill
ment of a deep desire) and his>later
fiat contradiction Of that romance. and
the Gas many are disposed to believe)
exaggerated story about his six chill
dren, to say nothing Of the obvious de-
ception in publishing anonymously re-
views that he had written of his own
poetry, or in republishing. over as
sumed initials, as an original novel. a
story that had been formally issued
four years previously-all this can be
more easily understood If we allow
him to have retainedga child's fond
Iiess Tor i Observation-Disclosures Hoilo-
way, IN the Dial.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
A. Serious Condition: knowledge Has
Outstripped the Moral Sense
By ". NJ. FLINDERS PETR1E, in Yale Review.

very serious condition of the last century has been that knowledge
has oupped the moral scuse greatly increased
ture have with corresponding ws OF control ana sense
responsibility The gains Of mechanics and Of chemistry OF movement
air water be actively developed for destruction
gnsrs has been rather degrade our ideas than
confer any The right of opportunities has been
dv.rfed by their wrong - =. ~ -.
The questions which from the fact that knowledge growing
faster than SENSE how knowledge almost
soluble. Yet they threaten all civilization
The idea of union workers debating how their dov
cries to agreeing conceal dangerous knowledge quite
futile Whatever can destruction will be used by the least
scrupous power and that will the standard the other powers by
ahee
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Colombia Air Mail.

Colombian government 10 substituting
the weekly aerial mail service of the
acknowledgements III, de Transportes
AGREES between Barranquilla, Girardot
and Neva to the extent Of $1O0 per
UP, plus u payment Of 80 cents per Is
grams for mail carried. The company
has 500 hydroairplanes with SOU
horsepower motors, carrying three
passengers each.
Mail transportation by river steam
boat takes from one to two weeks 60
ing from Barranquilla to Bogota, de-
pending on the condition Of the river.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Webstsr's Lost Opportunity.

Daniel Webster, cSpDunder of the
Constitution, great senator and elo-
quent orator. hud set his heart on be-
coming chief .ulagiStfafe"of the Arneri-
can republic. sIE6eforts to secure
the presidential nomination proved
abortive. he couhl Sllave had the
nomination Tor the vice presidency in
lS4O by simply Indicating his willing
ness to accept @Disdainfully he brushed
the suggestion aside. 'tHe considered
himself aboye-E playinst second fiddle
with Willian, Henry Harrison. Had
he been equipped with more self-abne-
cation than haughtness he would have
accepted, and had he done so he would
have become President April 8. 1S4l,
an even month after the Inauguration
of Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. as
result of Harrison's death.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27

Ono old fellow, however. did not seem
TO be affected by the fortunes which
the peas inflicted on the others, and
he walked past the winning post fax
ahead Of the rest. 49,.
: On being complimented BY friend
and asked how be managed to beat
70 many younger men, he replied: ''
"Well. you see, took tho precau-
ton to boil them peas!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
What Next7

PATS Beatty doctors are now 'spe-
}cializing in the reforming Of women's
legs. Two specialists In Rue de Ia
paix are winning fame by reducing
the size OF women's ankles and in
creasing the size Of the calf. They
have not, as yet, found u way to take
the curve out Of b0wlegs and some of
the ladies' Of society there are hoping
almost tearfully that something will
develop in this direction.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
---------- :
Danner in Unlocked Vegetables.

At an inquest held at westminster.
England, on q thirty-year-olo COOK OF
Newcastle, who accompanied her mis-
tress to London, medical evidence was
riven that death resulted from a cyst
caused by a worm, which had entered
the system as the result Of the con-
sumption Of improperly washed IN
cooked vegetables, such as salads, to-
matoes, ana Tatercress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27

race" Each COM
lpetitor had to pro-
ducs two dozen
peas and place
them In his boots
before a commit
tee Of unpires.
At the appoint
ed time the race
began, and away
hobbled the men.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
The Great Symbol.

Myles-Don't you think we'd all be
happier if there was no money in this
world? II -
Styles-Oh, no; my wife would
never be satisfied or happy to play
bridge just for beans. "-YOnkers
Statesman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
sheer necessity.

whereas BY air service It arrives in "a
to 20 hours. American business men
are able to purchase aerial stamps for
use on this line to interior points IN
Colombia right In New York city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
I. -. - The ~
- r'- :. I'D 80 D. ;..,> So
Sic,!:ra.,!p..Bo!!ok
DIDN'T FEEL THE HANDlcAP
Simple Presaution That Enabisd
, Shrewd Individual to Emerge
Victor In "Pea Race"

1t was galaday at Worstock, and
among the many events was pea