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The Monett times., 1922-09-15
OF FRANK THIELEN
,f HELD IN PIERCE CITY

Frank Thielen, former resident OF
Peirce City, Mo, died at Roswell, n.
Mexico, Thursday, September 18th, OF
lung trouble. The remains were
brought to Peirce City for burial, ar
irving there Monday evening. Funer-
al services were held Tuesday after
noon.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Anna Horn, of
Peirce City, their three children, one
brother, viii Thielen, of Peirce City
and five sisters, namely: Mrs. Ed
Buchner, of Peirce City; Mrs. Wesley
Gillen, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mrs.
Roy Wicks, of Cherryvale, Kansas
Mrs. Barbara Jones, of st. LOUIS and
Mrs. Fred Pfaff, of St. Louis.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
LIGHTNING STRUCK HOME OF
SAM RITTENHOU.


Lightning struck big walnut a
in the yard of Sam o. Rittenhou|
No. 401 Euclid avenue, between 5 d
4 o'clock Sunday morning, and th
struck the house, tearing large h
in the roof and set fire to the livi|
room, The telephone was torn frd
the wall and the electric wires wd
burRed out, Mr.. and Mrs. Rittenhoa|
who were asleep in the room near
tree that was struck, were both sd
ned for several minutes.
AS soon as they recovered from l
shock they called the fire departml
The flames were extinguished wi|
out serious damage.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
BIRTHS AND DEATHS

DIR. VIM. M. West, local registrar,
makes the following report Of births
and deaths:
Deaths.
Aug. 9, male, unnamed infant, 10
hours.
Aug. II, female, age IA years, 2
months, days, pulmonary tubercul-
osis.
Aug. IL, female, age months and
% days, dysentery.
Aug. %, female, 81 years, 6 months
25 days, mitral ipsufficiency.
Aug. "a, female, date of birth un-
known, cancer of neck on left side af-
fecting all of glands of body.
Births.
July II. To Frank f. and Augusta
D. Reynolds, Peirce City, girl, Helen
Eileen.
July 81. To John and Helen Schro-
etter, Peirce City, girl, Mary.
June s. To William p and Nellie
A. Fenton, girl, Elizabeth Lenora.
July II. To Clarence L.. and Ella
f. Atwell, boy, Clarence E.
July 27. To William d. and Lola
NJ. Cress, boy, James Francis.
Aug. /. To Fred I and Mary B.
Wilkinson, girl, Alma Virginia.
Aug. 6. To Lloyd w. and Edna NJ.
Henderson, boy, Kenneth Lloyd.
Aug. O. To -Bertrum G. and Viola
G. Marshall, boy, Richard Oliver.
May "a. To Joseph Philip and
Elizabeth Beatrice Arend, boy, James
Robert.
June IA. TO William f. and Nancy
Florence Smiley. boy, Claude Everett.
June 20. To Chester r. and Leta
Hedges, girl, Dorothy Nadine.
July 27. TO Wesley H. and Mabel
Cleora Bradford, boy, Monte Hale.
July 2S. To Joseph L. and Bertha
Wilhelmena Kennedy, girl, Roslne
Frances.
Aug. 12. TO Alfred and Myrtle
Elizabeth Balmas, girl, Henrietta
Frances.
Aug. 13. TO Alexander and Mary
Anna Bertalotto, girl, Anna Marie.
Aug. Is To Earl Harry and Geral-
dine Smith, girl, Mildred Jean.
June 10. To Harry and Coral NJ.
Hutchens, Fairview, boy, Earl Frank
lin.
July 16. TO Albert R. and Larca
Weis, girl, Imogene May,
July 20. To Raymond and VeSta
May Mccormick, boy, Howard Ralph
Aug. s. To Charles A. and Celia
May Reay, boy, Robert Stanley.
Aug. IA. To Oscar L. and Nellie
Thomas, boy, William Oscar.
Aug. 20. To Hunter and Beulah p
Anderson, boy, Ernest Eugene.
Aug. %. To William Olaf and
Bertha Iona Clement, boy, Philip
Lawton.
Aug. 26. To Arlando Franklin ant
Nellie Frances Vineyard, boy, Lone
Frank.
Aug. 28. To Fred and Olga Hult-
gren, boy, Charles Hultgren.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
BARRY COUNTY DAY
Will Celebrate the Beginning of Con-
struction of State Highway Through
The County with Program and
Box Dinner.
AT cAssvILLE

Barry County Day will be held at
Cassville Saturday, September 16, in
order to appropriately celebrate the
beginning of the construction of the
state highway through the county.
The Cassville Commercial club has
called the meeting and has arranged
the program.
The meeting will be held in the
court house or on the
court house lawn. In connection with
the entertainment box dinner will
be held, in which boxes of lunch pre-
pared by the women will be sold and
the proceeds will be used in public
improvement.
The following program will be
given:
1000 a. m. Music by Cassville
Band.
Address of Welcome, C. D. Mahley,
President of Commercial Club.
Response, Earl Galloway, Presi-
dent Of Monett Commercial Club.
Announcements by candidates of
both parties for county office. After
WHICH sale Of boxes will begin and
continue until all are sold. Auction
eers, Coils. Frost, Smith, Lane and
Murphy. After sale of boxes, dinner.
Music.
200 p. m Address, Mrs. Judd of
Monett, (selecting her own subject.)
Address, Mrs. j. S. Foster of Selig-
man, (selecting own subject.)
Music.
Address, Hon, Joe j. Manlove,
candidate for Congress.
Address, Hon. J. Frank Lee, candi-
date for Congress,
Music.
Address, Hon. c. l., Henson, candi-
date for Circuit Judge
Address, Hon. D. H. Kemp, candi-
date for Circuit Judge.
Music.
Address, Hon. Larry Brunk, candi-
date for State Senator.
Address, Hon. D. n. Dabbs, candi-
late for State Senator.
The reception committee will con-
sist of the following: W. A. David
son, Mrs. Silas Mcqueen, Glib Dodson,
Mrs C. N. Ellston, John p. Davis,
Mrs Chas. Ring, Dr.. b. B. Kelley,
Mrs. Gwyn Thornhill, j. NJ. Gurley,
Mrs Cas- Jeffries, w. H. Jones, Mrs,
Frank Stockton, w. A. Stapleton,
Mrs. Milt Wilhelm, W. f. Stewart,
Mrs. p. B. O'Dwyer, Toni FRANKIE,
Mrs. Albert Dombroski, DR.. Robber-
son, Mrs. John Martin, U. r. Williams
Mrs. Joe Perriman, Isaac Epperly,
Miss Mayme Dobson, Oscar Hood,
Mrs. Jas. Couch, j. j. Baltmess, Mrs.
Tilden Weddington, R. w. Whit
tington, Mrs. Chas. Curry, j. H. AL
bridge, Mrs. w. H. Holman, r. f.
Bruner, Jr., Mrs. Chas. Sills, w. H.
Wilson, Mrs. A. A. Hughes, A, NJ.
Williams, Mrs. Claud Wiley, ClalI
Cope, Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Frank
Hudson. Mrs. Geo. Haley, Farmer
Ennis, Mrs. B. c. McCluer, Miss Dixie
Hobbs, Mrs. Chas. Williams, Mrs. S.
A. Newman, Mrs. Ben Funk, Mrs. NJ.
c. Allen, Mrs. J, r. Baker, Miss Goldie
Guthrie, w. T. Ayres, L. A. Dunbar,
A. l.. Brown, J. c. Ault ]. NJ. Black.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
CHARGED WITH
DYNAMITING CHURCH

Roy Richardson, of Christian county
was arrested Friday morning by j. A.
johnson, chief of police, and A. C.
Plumlee, Frisco special officer, charg
ed with dynamiting a church IN
Christian county and also for jump
ing a fine of $4,000. Officers Bishop
and Logan came for him,
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
MoRRIs-WILKERSoN WEDDING

Mr.. George Wilkerson, of Monett
Frisco employe, and Miss Lizzie Wilk-
erson, of Fayetteville, Ark, were
married at noon, Tuesday, September
5, at Fayetteville. They will make
their home in Monet.
The young couple were given a
charivari party Wednesday evening.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15
SOUTH JENKINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Blythe of
Cassville visited Frank Hudson and
family Saturday night and Sunday.
Ebert Allen and 10y Hadley are
victims of typhoid,
Bob Henson went to Springfield to
work
The Atkins factory at Cato is rum
ming every day. They are hauling to-
matoes from the factory at Dry Hol-
low most every day.
Mrs. Susie Allen visited at Jos.
Bailies Saturday night.
Amos Hudson and family visited
his brother Roy Hudson at Cato Sat
urday night and Sunday.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Mrs. T. r. Price, Of Monett, and Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Harvey and little
daughter Virginia Earl, of Tulsa,
Okla, are expected home the first of
the week from Toronto, Canada,
where they passed the summer,
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Mrs. w. L. Walters went to Gar
field, Ark, Wednesday morning for. a
visit of two days with Mr.. Walters
sister. Mr.. Walters who went there
Sunday to attend the funeral of a
relative, and to get his SON, will &c
company her home,
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Walter Perry and Harold Butler
made a business trip to Joplin, We'd
nesday.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

Miss Margaret Walsh viii leave
Tuesday for Webster Groves, No..
where she will resume studies at
Loretto College.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

MIDGETS WIN BALL GAME
BY SCORE OF IA

The Shop Crafts and the Monet
Midgets played nine inning game on
the local diamond Sunday afternoon
which resulted in victory for the
Midgets in score of 7 to 4. The
game was good and was well attend-
ed, although the rain kept many away
The receipts will be used for the relief
fund for the Federated Shop Crafts.
The Monett times., 1922-09-15

5 Mrs. J. M. Russell was a visitor in
Joplin, Tuesday.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03
DAN CUPID WINS
IN BATTLE WITH
j. OF W.RECENT IS
Robert Iohonnot and His
Bride, Students, Expelled
BY Dean, Are to Be Rein
stated at Once.

Madison, wis, May 2.--Fannie
Hurst Is right. Marriage is a tie
that binds--regardless OF the fact
that the subjects of the cere-
mony elect thereafter not to live
in strict conformity with the ira
ditional conventionalities of the
age-old institution. The question
has been settled--for the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin at least.
Marriage among students will
receive official sanction of the
highest university authority of
the University Of Wisconsin today
when this board Of regents acts
favorably on the report of its stu
dent life and interest committee,
recommending that s. H. Good
night, dean of men. be ordered to
reinstate Robert Johonnot and his
young bride. who was Miss Doris
Moses. This action can be def
nitely anticipated.
Endorsement of student mar
riage and of the rights Of the
young couple to keep secret
knowledge of their conjugal state
was rendered by the committee
after hours Of discussion. and
will be presented to the board OF
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03

regents at its meeting today for
final acceptance. 1t was the opin-
ion of the committee that restric-
tons should not be placed by the
university on the actions of stu
dents who feel impelled to be-
come married If they have their
parents consent.
In this stand the action OF the
dean of men and of the dean of
women who dismissed Johonnot
and his bride when their mar
riage became known is oyerruled,
While frowning on the secret
marriages as regular thing, the
regents determined If the couple
had their parents consent the
university authorities should not
interfere. Johonnot and his bride
will resume their studies at once
Following their elopement the
couple returned to school, re-
sumed their classes, and for sew
eral months continued to live sep
arately the coed keeping heI
maiden name and both husband
and bride having social engage
ments with others.
I
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03
THE WOMAN OF POlSE

Once a rarity. is now to be OBJ
served and admired upon every
hand. Indeed. no other woman
can flourish long in the midst Of
this modern. complicated life. In
the home, in business, in social
life, the woman who Is serene and
confident wins, while the nerv-
Gus, clustered individual wastes
her talents and gets nowhere. OF
course, poise is dependent mainly
upon sound health and steady
nerves. II you feel that you are
being kept back In this way. why
not turn to that great woman's
remedy. Lydia Il. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound, which was
manufactured from a thorough
understanding Of the nervous sys-
tenn of women?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03
ALLIED PROGRAM
IS OUTLINED To
RUSSIAN ENJOYS
Proposals for Reconstruct
ton Are Sent to the So
Wet Delegation at Genoa;
French O. K. Withheld. :

Genoa, May 2.-The draft OF the
allied proposals to Russia for the
reconstruction Of that country was
sent to the Russian delegation to-
night, with an amendment offered
bv the French to the clause relat-
ing to restitution Of. or compensa-
ton for private property nation
allied by Russia and with a French
reservation declaring that the
French delegation withholds its
final approval until further In
structions are received from Paris.
The Belgians did not attend the
meeting Of the sub-commission on
Russian affairs this afternoon. and
the French delegates came later.
The memorandum was dispatched
without the signature of the Bel
tgians. NJ. Barrere announced that
the French delegation could not
approve the memorandum without
further discussion at Paris. Pre-
mier Lloyd George expressed great
amazement at this.
Finally at Mr.. Lloyd Georges
request M. Barrere consented to
propose an amendment to the ma
tionalized property clause and al
low the amended draft to be sent
to the Russian delegation with the
French reservation, setting forth
that the French were unable tC
give formal approval until further
word had been received from
! Paris.
This leaves the entire draft ir
what is described as a very unsatis
factory condition and affords
abundant opportunity for the Rus
slams to offer objections.
The French amendment makes
the article more drastic and pro
vides that Russia shall give dis
tinct assurances regarding the ma
ture of the tenure which foreign
ers are to enjoy when their prop
erty is returned to them. Nation
! allied property has been the basil
of practically all the differences o.
opinion in the sub-commission.
Belgium has stubbornly held on
for more definite restoration, ant
France has taken virtually thu
same position throughout the nego
tiations. England, on the othe
hand, has led the other powers IL
supporting a policy more nearly |,
line with the bolshevik offer to re
store merely the use of national
lied property, instead Of freehold
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03

made by DR.. Jean Paul Muller. an
attorney. accountant and econo-
mist of Washington. He has made
a critical survey of the relative
value and earning power of a
group Of industrial corporations.
The figures produced by this study
throw valuable light on the rela-
tive position of these two I'M
portant business groups.
The man in the street VINO
works for salary sometimes has
difficulty in thinking Of money as
financiers. industrialists and econ
omists think of it. The fact Is that
money in the large business sense
is a commodity just as potatoes
shoes, wheat or steel are cornmodl-
ties. Its price and availability are
determined by the laws OF supply
and demand just as in the case OF
other goods. Money has price
as much as cigars. The price OF
money is expressed as interest. In
reality, it is rent. A given amount
Of rent Is paid for the use OF
money for q year. The rent Is
high or low in accordance with me
abundance or scarcity OF idle
money and also in accordance with
the relative risk involved of losing
it or getting it back at the end
of the lease. II a man is sure he
will get his money back he Will
rent it for a lower figure. Many
men are willing to run sllSht
risk in order to earn the higher
rent for the use of their money
which a risky investment pays. NO
one is willing to run very much OF
a risk. Capital. that is money Is
the most timid commodity in the
world.
Now DR.. Muller has studied a
group of railroads and a group of
Industrial companies for the ten
year period from 1911 to 1920 in
elusive, to ascertain which group
pays the best yield.
One thing which governs the
safety of an investment is the
amount Of money already advanced
on the security offered.
Much Money in Roads.
Dr. Muller's figures show that for
this ten-year period more money
already had been invested in the
railroads than in the industrials.
By industrials is meant manufacture
ing enterprises and the like. The
figures show that for the ten years.
approximately half OF the value of
the railroads was mortgaged. The
figures for the mortgaged portion
range from 53.05 per cent in 1911
to 470S per cent in 1920. The sur
plus, that is. profits, for this group
range from 7.SS per cent in 1911 to
I1I6S per cent in 1920. This shows
that the railroads progressively got
into better financial shape. More
Of their property was free of debt
and they had larger SURPRISES at
the end of the ten-year period than
at its beginning.
However, the Industrial group
was not nearly so heavily mort
gagged at any time during the
period as the railroads. The
funded debt. that is, the mortgages
already on the industrials, in 1911
was only 1850. BY 1920 it had de-
clined to 11.69 per cent. Also
their surplus increased, ranging
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03

from 12 per cent in 1911 to 32.l4
per cent i'll 1920.
But railroads constitute an alb
lsolutely essential public utility.
They carry the mails, they convey
the public about its business, they
transport the freight of the nation.
The railroads must endure. The
government would not let them go
out of business under any consider
alton. They constitute perma"
nent fixture in the community.
industrial corporations do not
have this absolute solidity. Great
companies sometimes fail dismally,
| no matter how strong they appear,
and smaller ones grow up and be-
come new generation OF great
| ones, IndustrIals are changing;
railroads are less so. This means
THAT the security OF the industrial.
stock or bond is not SO firmly
| based as the security of the rail-
road obligation. Therefore, al
| though on the surface it appears
that the relatively low debt and
large surplus of the industrials
would make them always preferred
| when compared with the more
heavily encountered railroads, the
greater solidity of railroad enter
prises must be set against TINS.
Industrials Pay Better.
The people who are willing 10
take "a chance on the Industrial Sc
Icurities, many of which are almost
! as solid as the treasury, get hlgher
returns. In 1911, people VINO
rented their money to the railroads
got $4.S3 a year for each Sluu'
| PEOPLE who rented their money TO
iindustrials got $3.50. In 1920 the
railroads paid $4.OS rent a year for
money while the industrials paid
iSS.30. These are DR.. Mullers tig-
ures.
He points out that the ten-year
period has resulted in overcoming
TO some degree the equality OF the
competition ten years ago and that
now the industrials, despite their
greater hazard, have got the best
Of 1t. They pay SO much higher
Trent that people are willing TO take
a chance to get the greater return.
Not until this analysis was made
by DR.. Muller were any definite
Figures available on just what han
'dicap was faced by the railroads IN
getting the use of money.
The transportation act limits the
amount of dividends which ran
roads can pay to per cent. TINS
Limitation DR.. Muller regards as un-
fair as, he claims, 1t places the
railroads at a disadvantage in com
parison with the industrials in OBJ
ltaining the use of money which
they need to make improvements.
buy cars, extend their lines and
develop generally.
The lesson to be drawn from DR..
Muller's analysis seems to be that
the investor can take his choice be-
tween a solid railroad investment
lin which the property that secures
his loan is practically certain of
remaining intact because it is a
necessary public utility, but which,
under existing laws, cannot pay
more than per cent: or an in,
Idustrial investment which, If all
goes well, will pay perhaps twice
as much as the railroad, but which
may succumb to commercial dis
taster
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03

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Millions of mothers keep "Cali.
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-03
FREIGHT RATE
OF RAILROADS
UP TO |. {. {.
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN

Washington, d. c., May 2. --
Throughout the winter the inter-
state commerce commission has
been engaged upon an intensive
study of fixing railroad rates 20
provide transportation for Amefl-
can business at reasonable charges
and at the same time to enable
the railroad corporations to earn
n fair return on their investment
This is a tremendous undertaking
The commission has heard thou
sands of pages of testimony from
experts representing railroads
shippers, investors and the gen
eral public. One Of the most dlf-
ficult problems involved is how
much the commission should DO
guided in fixing rates by the need
of the railroad companies for
revenue adequate to pay dividends
to their stockholders.
There are two Numerically OPP
posed schools of thought on the
question of rate making in rela-
ton to return. The railroads
maintain that the commission
should consider the amount Of
money invested in railroad prop
erty, equipment and cost of OPP
, Grafton and then fix rate which
will yield a fair return--say 6 per
cent-on this capital sum. They
say that they are regulated and
not in the free market OF compe-
tition and therefore should have
rates fixed on n basis which Will
guarantee earnings.
In opposition. the shippers
present some such argument as
follows: A man owns two houses.
Both cost him $4,000, including
land and building. But one is
better situated or better designed
| than the other. He can get a
rent of $50 a month for one
house, but only $40 a month for
the other. After holding them
| for some time he desires to SELL
| Prospective purchasers investigat-
| ing to learn what these proper
ties were actually worth would
find out what rent they yielded
the owner. Upon discovering that
one house paid a return of $40
and the other $50 they would Of
Ter a hlgnef price lot the s0U
house than the other.
In other words, the value of a
property must be determined by
its earning power. The rule
sought by the railroads is the re-
verse, that is, the earning rate
must be fixed arbitrarily by the
cost of the property.
! Commission Must Judge.
This gives something of an idea
Of the difficult problems which
arise in connection with rate regu-
lation. Both sides have their
champions. The commission must
decide between them. To obtain
the best available information. the
commission gathers elaborate data
Such a study recently has been