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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
BILLION INCREASE
N STANDARD OIL
STOCKS THIS YEAR
JOHN o. RockEFEALES's PROF.
IT'S SHOWN TO BE THOUSAND
MILLION IN PERIOD COVERING
PAST ELEVEN YEARS.

New YORK. oct Startling gains
in the prices or shares of companlc.
IN the Standard OH group during the
past week, in response to the an
nouncements of proposed stock diyi
dends by Two companies and rumors
OF similar action by several more.
have resulted in an appreciation Of
nearly $lO00,OO00OO IN quoted values
above the low prices OF the year.
This remarkable Increase. without
precedent in wall street is the re-.
SoH OF extensive speculation. which
has extended to shares OF other oil
companies and of concerns holding
large corporate surpluses.
Shares OF the Standard OIL Com
pany Of New Jersey at todays clos
ing price Of 1898, show an Increase
Of S255,000,000 The market value
)t the Standard OIL Of New York. at
rs high OF today. showed an in-i
'rease of S2I5.0G0,0 600 above the low
II the year, while Standard oil of
Indiana has added more than $50.
100000 ana Standard OIL of Califor- |
lis $l4d 0O0.0oO TO It's quoted values.
All of the other thirtv-three units. |
which were split up by a United .
Yates Supreme Court decree in 1871. .
how substantial Increases, the quot
d value since that tine having IN.
leased 81 900 100000.
Since the dissolution the various
nits have distributed more than
1000, 100000 in cash dividends,
'hile the stock dividends, exclusive
/ those announced this year have a
larket value of an additional $1,000,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
BRITISH GOLFERS
DEFEAT HAGEN-BARNES

Il Pelham Manor, n Y, Oct. 1l.-Geo
Duncan and Abe Mitchell, British pro
fessionals, yesterday defeated Walter
Hagen and Jim Barnes, 5 and 3, in a
thirty-siX hole exhibition match over
the links of the Pelham country club.
Admission proceeds for the match
we're turned over to the Pelham sum
gner home for cardiac children.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
GRID FANS KEYED UP
OVER SATURDAY GAMES
lBy I'D Associated prnss.

Chicago, Oct, 1.-Two games di
rectly affecting the championship rae,
in the Zig Ten and the intersection
al battle between Iowa aud Yale, ar,
coming events outstanding in west
erin conference football next Satur
/ day,
Chicago and Northwestern clash on
Stage field for their first regular con
ference game while Minnesota meets
INDIANA at indianapolis.
Illinois, the only Big Ten aggrega.
ton idle last Saturday, plays Butler
AT Urbana as Il curtain raiser for the
lllini entry in the conference cam.
paign Oct, 81. when Illinois meets
Iowa, champions OF 1921. 1t will be
the first conference game for hoth
elevens.
Last Saturdays battles with teams
outside the conference developed sey.
erai important factors incident 10
the chase for Bic Ten title.
Each Of the nine teams demon.
strated defensive strength by hold.
ing opponents Scoreless while piling
up a total Of 224 points of their own.
-Four Of the Big Ten combantants
came through with victories regarded
rs specially significant of the future
These were Chicago Michigan. Wis.
aonsin and Iowa, all winning decisive.
".
lowa's 81 To 0 runaway over Knox.
Michigan IS TO y victory over Case,
he II 10 0 beating handed 10 earle.
on by Wisconsin and the Maroous'
70 10 defeat OF Georgia were the
esult Of strikingly similar offensive I
actics.
Line smashing Minnesota's - TO o ,
ictory over North Dakota raised
opes in the Gopher game while the {
Z 10 0 win of Northwestern over /
'eloIt inspired the purple for the
oming battles v
Indiana, preparing for the Mime ;
ota game, had 10 be- content with a 3
coreless tie with De PAW while e
hio State which meets Oberlin next {
aturday came through with mar
1w victory OF 3 to o over ONO Yves. y
yam.
Purdue, with a 10 TO 0 victory over ~
Iiilikin meets Notre Dame. winners n
yer st. Louis, by a 26 to o score
st Saturday,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11

U0OpO0.
John y. Rockefeller is reported to
have owned 50 per cent OF the stock
at the time OF the dissolution decree.
lie Is known "a have disposed OF u
large part of his holdings To other
members OF his family, but had he
held his original shares they would
have increased approximately $1,000
0oOUoO in eleven years.
Distribution of stock dividends is
said 10 have been decided upon 10
,orcstall a tax on undivided surplus,
reported to be in contemplation by
me government
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
UNCLE SAM MAKES
MONEY ON SERIES

New York. Oct. ll.-Federal taxes
for the five worlds series games
amounted to S60,5475O, it was an.
nounced by the collector of internal
revenue
This sum represented 10 per cent
of the total of $605, i75 paid by the
patrons.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
Money 70 Loan.

Get your farm loan ut ~ per cent,
without commission, Long time loan,
with liberal prepayment privilege.
JOHN J. MEAGHER, a.
2i5 NOloney Bldg, Ottawa. III, y
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-11
Quite Frequently. Bores.

the trouble with men Of sense IN
that they are 50 dreadfully in earnest
NIL the while.--Buvce.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
News of Fifty Years Ago

(From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 25 1871
This being the festival Of the conversion
OF saul OF Tarsus, divinc services will he held
a, ST Pauls Episcopal Church at IL o'clock NJ
The jefferson Literary and Social Circle Will
give one of their select dramatic entertain
Henis at Monticello Hall tonight
Judge Asa Dick cnson has granted n charter
l" the buckingham Savings Bank to do busI-
ness at Maysville. in that county The capitnl
STOCK Is to be not less than $4,000 nor moro
IMAM 100000. The president is ~ T. Bocock
and the cashier 81 William a. Moss The d.
rectors FOR the first year are to be John G,
lurhcr' w. g. Agce Garland B Hanes John
h!l' John w. Fisher, Peter a. Forbes and
John Il. Gillian
George p. Shumate has been appointed post
master at Bcmlahvlllc. Va. ana has assumed
the duties of the office.
The wife % General K. s. Ewell died at their
home near Nashville. Tenn, just week ago
OF pneumonia, and tho general is dam
srrous!y i'll with tho same disease.
The Southern claims committee yestcrda y
heard "a number of Virginia cases account
OF property taken by the government during
the war. ranging in amount from 900 to
$1,000.
The weather has hecomo intensely cold here
ana from prescn; Indications nobody will have
amy trouble filling the iechouse this winter
Tn. Senate yesterday passed the bill in
cooperating the Norfolk and Southern Rail-
way.
1t is estimated that tax OF 81 every
dog in Virginia will net the Commonwealth
500. 600. and a bill Is to he introduced in the
. Legislature to that effect.
No trains now running on tho Unior
Pacific Railroad. and haven't been for a week
The road is blocked with snow east and ives
OF Cheyenne.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
wEDNEspAY. JANuAHY 70, 1922.
Going to Take Good Work"

GLIMPSE OF the methods that are
"A being employed 10 save the fee sys-
tenn from the legislative AK was given 10 tho
General Assembly and TO the public yester-
DAY by Delegate Hall. Perhaps, after all,
few Nirginians, either in the General AS
sembly or out OF il, stood i'll need OF the
enlightenment. Every person OF average
political information must have known that
interested otflce-holders organizations would
be- ready to move heaven and earth" III
defense of their precious fees. Neyerthe-
less. the Davis letter is significant and val
liable as a matter Of record. II is a chal-
lenge 10 the courage and independence OF
the Legislators, and It's publication should
be useful as Il reminder 10 the lawmakers
tl3at the people OF the State also have been
put on notice.
The letter-written by en- official OF the
Treasurers' Association OF Virginia 10 the
Treasurer of n Virginia coun;y--conlbines
warning with an admoniton. The warn
ing: Matters look little serious. and it
is going TO take some good work to keep
things in line" Tho admonilion: 81 hope
sou officers will get right after him and also
your Senator, and put IL right up TO them"
These utterances require little or no inter
pretation They mesn that the influence
o. an aroused public opinion is beginning TO
disturb the foundations OF an ancient evil
in this State; but also that the defenders.
tine benenciarics, OF this evil are lighting
with energy born OF desperation II it will
take good work" to save the fee system
men and means will DO found to perform
that good work with all possible cfcc-
t.Veness.
One aspect OF the matter that should en-
gage the interest of the General Assembly
and the public is The evident devotion Of
the fee adhercnts 10 t.eir.o.d ravorte weup-
ons; coercion and Intimidation. They are
again about their ancient game of scalp
getting. They are going TO 'pu, it right
MP to them"-that is the Delegates and
Senators OF their respective counties. They
arc going TO make the only fight the circum-
stances permit. Possessing not the shadow
Of valid argument. they must take re-
course to the political application of the
cd maxim that Nigh, makes right
What Is the General Assembly going to
DO about it? The good work" OF the fee
offenders has already been started. Is II
rot time for the representatives Of the pco.
p'e TO undertake some good work in ne
half Of their constituents ana The State O,
Virginia?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25

form service of incalculable benefit to
tho world in the determination of disputed
questions of international law in applica-
ton to all treaties. Its decisions will be
spected, and will find enforcement through
the moral backing that will DO given by all
the nations.
The object OF the presen. meeting of the
league council is to consider tho protest
OF the government OF Lithuania concerning
the elections organized to determine whether
the Wilma territory shall be Polish or Lith-
uanian, the methods devised for the div-
sion OF Upper Silesia between Poland and
Germany and questions affecting mandates
over backward peoples. The acuteness Of
these problems some time ago caused their
reference to the league council, and since
that action the confidence of all interests
concerned in the fairness Of the decisions
OF that body have relieved the tension with
which they were accompanied
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
As tic League Functions

TIE sixteenth meeting OF the supreme
council OF the league OF nations wa;
held at Geneva Tho league is now two
years old and continues to function. True,
i: is slightly distigurcd," but il evidences
no intention of retiring from the ring. Its
admirers insist that it has demonstrated
thar nations can cooperate without losing
their sovereignty, without nsng force and
with mutual advantage to all.
In support OF its claims OF being II going
concern. It's burcau OF publicity points out
that it has solved several serious conflicts
between nations and established the ma
chinery for solving others that may arise II
las begun the creation of Il new kind of
international law; has advanced certain
highly humanitarian projects and has pro-
vided broad forum for internationa! con
ference whether on general or technical
questions. Creation OF the Permanent Court
of international Justice however. is ac-
counted the greatest single triumph of the
league. Least success has been accomplished
in the reduction OF ornaments, il is admit
ted
III respect 10 its lack OF achievement I'm
the matter OF securing reduction OF arrna-
mcnts. IT may be frankly confessed even
BY those who are opposed TO the league
scheme, that the Inclusion OF that undertake
Ing in its work and the concentration of
world thought on that need "a, tn. con
slfa!ning influence that induced the calling
o. the present arms limitation conference = I
Washington. whereby such signal results
4 nave been achieved i'll iurthcrancc Of that
? purpose. In The rivalry OF opposing ideas
4 the league objective has been adoptod bv it's
( opponents and carried TO quick success In
I respect TO naval reduction Courini,juy con-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
co,, FIRE Girl, OF America.

Miss Il. C. s.. Dendron.-The Camp
Fire Girls OF America Is an organiza-
ton Of girls between the ages of IL
and 90, corresponding TO the Boy
Scout organization. and having as Its
general aim to utilize the outdoor
play impulse in the development or
character and OF the spirit of CO.
operation. and to invest home duties
with a real and lively interest the
girls OF each ''camp fire." or local
branch or chapter, arc Immediately
supervised by a regularly licensed
guardian OF the ire" and are Of
these ranks. or orders, wood gain
crcrs, fire maker and torch bearer.
advancement from one order to the
Gollowing) next higher being con-
tingcnt upon the performance OF GER
tain useful tasks. and the attainment
OF honors In health craft, home craft.
nature lore. camp craft, business and
patriotism. The organization oriIi-
mated in 1911. and was incorporated
in January, 1914.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
FIX FEBRUARY 1910
AS WEEK OF PRAYER
Southern Presbyterian Church An
nounces Dates of Special
Obaerrnuccs.
lBy Associated Press.l

10y Associated l'FeSS.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Jan. "a
Tho Progressive Program of the
Southern Presbyterian Church has
fixed February 1919 as week of
prayer and sclf-denial for the cause
of foreign missions and February &c
az n universal day of prayer for the
youth OF the country attending
schools and colleges, according TO
an announ cement from tho steward
ship committee headquarters here
today.
The periods named will he uni
vcrsally observed throughout the
Southern Presbyterian Church. The
program also calls for special effort
to be made during the month to Sc
cure payment OF all pledges made to
benevolent causes and handled by the
church committees and agencies as
!, is desired to present n clean sheet
ut the meeting OF the General AS
scmbIy at Charleston, w. Va. In May.
The general church committees in
cludcd in these pledges are forcl; =
missions, home missions. Christia..
education and ministerial relief, pub
lication and Sabbath school work.
Bible cause and Assembly Training
School at Richmond, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25

Is rs II Naboth's vineyard aud all
It's luscious grapes were bli;h,cd In /
q moment at Eiiiah's words.
Analysis nnh Key.
Naboths Vineyard. Shakesp.arcan
Tragedy.
observation-disclosures study.
Larger Significance.
Expose OF Worthless Dynasty,
Ahab Covets and Kills.
Period TO Personal and Dynagtse
Probation.
Nahoth vs.. Ahab, Contrast.
Naboth Keeps Law. Ahab Breaks.
Obedience to Divinciy Instituted
Principle.
Agrarian Law of Moses. obedience
Sealed with Blood.
Naboth First Fruit or Silent Rctor-
nation.
Prcscnt-Dny Applications.
Coveting conspIcuously current
Naboths vineyards everywhere
Many forms: sun murder 10 pos
The function OF the prophet no, YET
cffeic.
y ministry firm and fearless n pres
cnt need.
Young Peoples Devotional Service.
January ~, ly22. Matthew Xav.t!.
1920
Motto: Teaching them to observe
all things whatsocvcr have com
mandcd you.-Jesus.
What the World Owes 20 Foreign
AIissionS.
4 new and acute crisis has come in
missions. The so-cnllcd Christian ma
tiGns are on trial before the non
Christian peoples OF the world. Are
they willing TO forcgo the economic
advantages, spheres OF influence,
franchises. mandates and what-nots.
which they have secured unjuStly
ard forCihIy In direct opposIt on -
the teachings OF Christ. which the
missionaries nave been preaching! IT
not, then their doctrines az. better
than their doinSs The lie is given
TO the words OF the missionaries and
all their sacrifices are in vain. The
alternative Is: Settle the Far East
question in a Christian way or else
recall the missionaries,
Daily Reading.
M.-Knowledgc Of Goi-Rom. X.
2O-2l.
Northumberland XVIII. lie.
W.-Road-opcncrs- Ill. is.
Rehabilitation. Y. 1915.
Flaw and ordcr-Ito!n. xiii. 10.
S.-Dcmocracy--l Cor. XII. 1918.
TO Think About.
What blessings can America send
out through it's missionaries?
How can we support our mission
aries?
How are nations Indebted to medi-
cal missionaries?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25

the future with such nonunionized fields as
the Pocahontas. in West Virginia. 1t is this
attitude on the part OF the operators which
led Secretary Hoover to predict that "a
strike in the bituminous fields appears to
be inevitable"
In the anthracite field the situation IS
different. There the producers are more
concerned over the question OF the new
scale than they are over the future of union
ism. Hence, if the President should in
tervene and Il wage commission be named
10 arbtrate the controversy in that field
1t would likely avert Il strike there But
the outlook in the bituminous field is
ominous and the industries. in particular,
would do well 10 heed the warming Of the
government and stock up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
! McritOriOuS Irnircf

L NLlSTAIENT of the kiwanis Club in
- the fight for city farm supplies the
occasion for urging like action on the part
OF all civic organizations that are Interested
III Richmond's progress. Richmond, accord
ing to one student OF the subject, has the
worst city Jail in Virginia. II Richmond
had the hest city Jail in Virginia not one
argument in favor OF Il farm for misdemea-
nor eases would BIO invalidated The de-
riand for city farm Is based upon the
modern view that all city jals stand for
waste and utility in the handling OF mis-
dcmeanor cases.
The lails failure, moreover. is not n
matter of theorzing. 1t has been demon
s,ratcd by generations Of practical expert
mcnt The success Of the farm plan If not
supported by experience dating back so re-
motely, has been proved conclusiyely by
progressive ventures in every part OF the
country. Nrgnians, the Rev. MIR. Mon
tague reminded the Kiwanians need not
ieaVe their own soil to find one of the most
Impressive illustrations of tho farm Dlan
as practical conception. The District of
columbia farm, maintained in this State is
the convincing example he had in mind.
10 permit men, women and boys. con-
Viclcd OIL minor crimes. to anguish in iail.
losing the last vestigc of moral md nhv-
steal health. is to offend against humanity
ana intelligence. Hopeless decadence is the
inevitable consequence for most of them who
spend any time there. The community 10
not according TO them or to itself SQUARE
lh'eiisent deal in perpetuating n system so
intimately allied with degradation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25

To the Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch;
Sir.-The following Is an open lot
ter 10 the person who paid Tor thu
Utilization of Mrs --'s letter
10 Mr. Tiller in sundays Tlmes-Dis-
patch. nnd To the strikers who are
under the tyranny OF the union and
II, leader here In Richmond. and did
not have the courage To stand by the
company that has given them jUbs
FOR one, two. three or NOR. year,
aud work ON reduced wagcs untn
ihcy could find something more
profitable. AZ least any one VIII nc.
hnowicdrc that iour-iitths OF LOAF.
which is practically what the com
pany offered. il better than no "loHt.".
Mrs. - would ut least have
had fuel and food Il her husband hail
accepted the reduced wages until hp
could mud something better hut
where WAS III" union? why does tho
UNION allow the strikers - Ice with
out fuel and food? surely IL 81 up
Ia ), io furnish the men with the
necessities OF lie after forcing them
10 give w ccrtnin lob that would
pay cvcn the new men 50 a DAY.
II the men want higher WAGES, let
them insist on the Council giving Tho
company II square deal, They, and
they alone. are responsible for H.
present diplors,!e condition OF nf-
fairs IN Richmond WHY hit the car
company, which is already down?
SQUARE DEAL.
Richmond. Va. January %. 1922.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
sweets for Tots.


pr John l.. Morse OF Hoston, formerly pro-
fcssor of pediatrics in Harvard medical school
pans sugar and sweets FOR the little tots. Once
more this we'll known specialist places candy
and ice cream and cake and cookies beyond
the pale outside OF the pantry SO far as
the concerned.
Take a child that eats lots Of candy Il
newspaper quotes Or. Morse. lie will never
have good teeth again. Also child that
takes quantities OF sweets will suffer from
digestion for n lifetime and will likely he
a confirmed dyspeptic when arriving at adult
age"
For instance. as DR.. Morse doesn't add, take
a parcel Of little pickaninnIcs toward the end
OF the sugar cane Poorly nourished?
Poor teeth? Dyspepsia? Finest teeth in the
world. Nobody knows they've got a digestion.
Let me tabulatc the counts the Boston doc
tor makes In his Indictment:
J. Sugar is not a necessary component OF
a child's dietary. though the carbohydrates
are The carbohydrates tstarchcs and sugars)
arc converted into sugar in the process Of d!-
Ecstion. Tho sta.ches can take the place OF
sugar in the dietary.
.. Sugar and sweets distract appetite from
more essential foods.
g. Causes decay OF the teeth
T. lmpairs digestion.
These structures apply TO the feeding o..
such forbidden things rs candy, cookies. cake.
ice cream. sherbcts. sugar or cereals sugar
on bread and butter or. In fact. sugar In or on
anything child under years Of age may
eat
Riddles this is hard life ana I'm afraid
DIR. Morse is nearer the truth than like to
admit. have tabuiatcd his premises
misses. Now, here some Of his conclusi ions:
Many children tease for things they should
have, because they have been badly
brought up. poorly trained by parents other
guardians who have ignored good medical
counsel and good sense by allowing the young
child to have tastes OF this and that because
others at the table were eating the forbidden
wouldn't hurt any child.
Sugar and sweets destroy the childs nat
ural appetite for the wholesome cereals, vege-
tables and meats-give the child a Hncai
taste, hard please.
sweets, whereas if they allowed sucl.
things they be taught 10 remain long
enough at table to properly chew their food.
tTwenty minutes Is the Ininmum-no child
should be permitted to leave the table within
that timc.)
notwithstanding DR.. Morse's views should
give my children reasonable amount of
brown sugar the bread and butter from the
age Of - years n heapinG tcaspoonful OF
sugar on their breakfast cereal II any 4
cookie or some cake or other swcctcned tidbit
as dessert after dinner, and some pure old
fashioned stick candy homemade candy as
All after diner (not "a between mcaD reward
FOR good behavior every week Il, least
Tho greater part Of the nutritivc value OF
Il child's natural food human milk. Is sugar
milk sugar. less sweet possibly more quick.
~ 6igestblc than cane sugar. The greater
, part OF "a chld's proper beverage cows milk
Is milk sugar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-25
Richmond. Va. January 81. 1879.
whnt the People want Done.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch.
Sir! WAS very glad to scc the
big headlines in The Times Dispatch
this morning, "founcilmcn Plan to
Demand V. X. Dc i. Arbitrntc Wages
The only mistake the Council makes
III TINS demand ~ that the arbitra-
tion shall be between the company
ana It's former employees, and not men
employed since January l6. In other
words, there Is nothing to arbitrate
win these men who were broush, TO
richmond 10 brcak the strike. They
kne'" what they were going To gct
peiore they came to liich,noud 80
why arb!trate any matter with them?
iA"S nave no grievance.
Ihc thing tina, should be done
an" the thing that all discriminating
prorl" want donc--!s 10 force the
Nirsinia Railway and Power Com
pnny I" settle this controversy fairly
with its former employees
l.. =. SCOTT.
Petersburg. Va, Jan. %, 1922.