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The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-28
HUGH SCH(JCK
TELLS OF HIS
EXPERIENCES
Former Student in Journalism
Spent Six Months in Rus
sia With American
Relief.
TOURED GERMANY ALSO
Says Country Is Really Unable
to Pay Indemnities Now
Economic Conditions
Are Bad.

A Russia in the grip of pestilence,
starvation and despair with Europe on
the downgrade was pictured by Hugh ].
Schuck, a former student in the School
of Journalism who returned to Columbia
yesterday morning from Europe, where
he spent six months as a member of the
American Relief Administration in south
ern Volga and several weeks travelling
through Germany and other countries.
He was assistant supervisor Of relief
work in large district lying between
the Black and the Caspian seas.
Mr. Schuck painted the condition Of
the peasants as pitiable. During the
last summer he said, the inhabitants
Of lower Volga lived on watermelons and
vegetables, and were able to get along
fairly well. When | left, however, they
were beginning to make bread from roots
and hundreds were dying every day from
starvation. Dead children were stacked
in piles and taken in wagons TO pits
where they were buried. Members of
Whole families giving up in despair
crawled up on top of their huge ovens
and waited for death.
LARGE CROP REPORTS ARE FALSE
Reports of large crops are entirely
false. The total acreage planted was
only a small part of that reported. The
heads of the Ispolcoms. or local officials,
gave TO the central soviet government fig
ures based on the amount of grain on
hand before seeding lime but by the
time it reached the farmer much of it
had disappeared from thefls. Potatoes
sent by the relief administration arrived
too late for planting and were consumed.
The taxes, however. were based upon
the official reports and the farmer was
left destitute after paying them. When
ever the people succeed in obtaining
more than is actually necessary for ex-
istence, they buy gold or jewels and one
often sees women in rags carrying bags
containing diamonds and other precious
jewels. Wealth that can be readily con.
oealed is the only kind that is secure.
Foreign speculation in jewels and pre-
cious metals is not great because of the
difficulty of carrying anything out of the
country.
" mo one is allowed to leave except,
perhaps, old people who are in i'll health.
Even soviet representatives were forced
to leave members of their families as
hostages.
-. THE small fry. or petty politicians,
hate America and offer nothing but him
drance to relief work. The peasants
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-28

are hopelessiy ignorant, but are grateful
for the aid offered. There is no danger
from revolt in the Red army for it i:
well clothed and fed. While all the
peasants are given black bread, the sol
diers eat white bread. Only one class
in Russia lives better than the army, and
that is the organized bandits. However,
they never interfere with or touch any
thing belonging to the relief administra.
tion. The army is kept at full strength
by conscription and anyone not respond
ing to the call is treated as a deseRer
and shot"
MILLIONS ARE EXECUTED
The report giving the number of ex-
ecutions by the soviet government as
more than a million and half would
have to be doubled TO reach the actual
number. according 10 Mr.. Schuck. Peo-
pie are accused and tried one day, and
shot the next Officials use their power
10 settle petty grievances by unfair accu-
sations and trials.
A tour of several weeks in Germany,
during which time he made a special
study of economic conditions, convinced
Mr. Schuck that the Germans were sin
cere in their declaration of inability to
pay indemnities due. Germany absO-
lutely cannot pay. She is down and out
France is due for fall. Even the Meth
erlands and the Scandinavian countries
are feeling the downward pull The gen.
eral opinion, as | gathered it, is. that
Europe can not be put on her feet with
out the cooperation of the United States"
he said. anyone except a touris, can
not travel in Europe today without hav-
ing a pessimistic outlook"
According TO Mr.. Schuck, his most
exciting experience was in getting away
from bandits in a Ford which would only
run about ten miles an hour. He used
ropes TO stuff the tires as he had no in
ner tubes and these caught fire and
burned up from the heat of the road so
he had to drive for miles on the rims.
At another time he was fired at after
a quarrel with one of the province gov
ernors. He said that the governor left
town the next day and did not come
back. He said that he tore down and
rebuilt his Ford using an old scythe
blade for his tool supply. He lived on
watermelons fer three days before he
could get the car in shape to continue
the journey.
Mr.. Schuck was appointed TO the relief
expedition while attending the Univer-
sity of London, where he was a student
of international journalism, having won
a scholarship in that university while a
student here. He returned to America
November 8 and has been at his home in
Des Moines since that time He was ac-
tive in student work while here and a
member of the Acacia fraternity.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-28
AMERICAN LEGION NOTICE.

The Ladies' Auxiliary will furnish en-
tertainment, with dancing and refresh
ments Tor our next meeting, Monday.
Nov. q, at the Legion Hall, Eighth and
Broadway. All members are urged to
attend and bring friend.
Roy L. Richards, Adjutant
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-28

Have it made TO measure from the All
Wool line, $3.50 and up. Campus Tail
oring Co., Conley 6 Gentry. Jesse Hall
is Opposite us. ADV.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
keep LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets.

The secret of keeping young is--to
feel young-to do this you must watch
your liver and bowelsAthere's no need
of having a sallow complexion-dark
rings under your eyest-pimples-a bI'
tcus look in your face-dull eyes with
no sparkle. Your doctor will tell You
ninety per cent Of all sickness comes
from inactive bowels and liver.
DIR. Edwards, q well-known ply,
stefan in OHIO, perfected vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil to
act on the liver, and bowels, which
he gave to his patients for years.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. the sub
stitute for calomel. are gentle In their
acton yet always effective. They bring
about that natural buoyancy which al
should enjoy by toning up the liver and
cleaning the system of impurities.
Dr. Edwards Olive, Tablets are
known by their olive color. 15c and 3oc.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
For real e6ectiveness, this old
homemade remedy has 70 equal.
80 Easily and; chesply prepared.

You'll never know how quickly Q
bad cough can be conquered, until you
try this famous old home. made rem
edy. Anyone who has coughed all
day and all night will say that the
immediate relief given is almost like
magic. It is very easily prepared,
and there is nothing better for coughs.
Into a pint bottle, put 2H ounces
of Pinex; then add plain eranuiated
sugar syrup to make o full pint. Or
YOU can use, clarified molasses, honey,
or corn syrup, instead Of sugar syrup.
swGsshirds Of the money usually
spent for cough PREPARATIONS, and
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tastes pleassntAchiidren like IL. "
You can feel this take bold instantly,
soothing and healing the membranes
in all the air passages. It promptly
loosens a dry, tight cough. and soon
you will notice the .phlegm thin out
and disappear. "A days use will usually
break up an ordinary throat or chest
cold, and it il also splendid for bron-
chitis. Group, hoarseness, and bron-
chiak asthma. u
Pipex is q most valuable concen-
trated compound Of genuine Norway
pine extract, the most reliable rem
edy for throat and chest ailments.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for. ".2k ounces of Pinex"
with directions and don't accept any.
thing else. Guaranteed to give abso-
lutte satisfaction or money refunded.
The'Pinex Co., IT. Wayne, Ind.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
HARDING HITS
SHIP GOUGERS
IN RUSS RELIEF
President Orders New Low Rate
for Taking Supplies to
Famished Areas.
BY T. N. SANDIFER,
International News Service.

President Harding's decision on
the shipping rate for relief sup
plies to Russia gives private shipping
operators another chance to secure
their share of the tonnage, in the
view of shippp authorities here
today. m
. Private operators originally were
scheduled to handle these supplies,
and the Shipping Board, in Difference
20 legislative action, stepped aside. IL
was only when they were charged
with attempting to exact undue
profits that the Shipping Board was
called In again. and the independent
operat ors put aside.
The settlement of the rate differ.
nces II Is now felt, leaves the way
open for these private concerns to.
make new overtures for the work,
basing their rates on what has been
decided as the low cost basis.
In the terms OF the settlement II
is stated that If the operators can
make agreeable terms they VIII still
receive priority. On this basis II Is
expected that some of them will
take advantage Of the opportunity.
not because of any profit to be made.
but because it offers employment for
their boats which would otherwise
be tiet. up in many cases.
Il these operators can see where
they can perform the work at cost.
II will at least keep their boats at
work, and employ some Of the sea-
men and merchant marine officers
now ON the beach more or less.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
COURT ENJoINS MERCHANTS
TO KEEP WAGE AGREEMENTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Justice
Robert F. Wagner of the supreme
court. yesterday granted a permanent
Injunction restraining the Cloak. Suit
and Skirt Manufacturers Protective
Association from violating the agree
ment with the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union by con-
certed action for the introduction of
forty-nine-hour week and the piece
work system.
This injunction, which was previ.
ously granted only temporarily, is the
first action of its kind ever under
taken by a labor union. It was
characterized today by Benjamin
Schlesinger. president of the garment
union as "a great victory for labor in
the United States
Encouraged by the court action, the
$4,000 striking workers now hope for
a quick end of the strike, which be-
gan on November s.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
N. J. SOCIETY NAMES
c. NJ. SHEPPARD PRESIDENT

c. M. Sheppard was chosen presi.
dent Of the New Jersey State So
ciety Tuesday night at the regular
meeting of the organization at the
Hotel Raleigh.
Other officers elected were s. e.
CoIlegeman, vice president: Miss Be-
atrice Adams. treasurer; c. T. Hoff-
man, secretary: executive committee.
C. M. Sheppard, 8. e. Collsgeman.
Miss Beatrice Adams. c. T. Hoff.
man, Miss Lucy A. Devlin, Miss Vir.
Rinia Amberg and r. E. Mann.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
Harmless Means
of Reducing Fat

Many fat people fear ordinary means
eor reducing their weight! Here Is an ex-
tTaordinary method-extraordinary because,
while perfectly harmless, no dieting or
exercise Is necessary. Marmola Prescrip-
ton tablets are made exactly in accordance
With the famous Marmola Prescription.
You reduce steadily and easily, with no Ill
effects. Procure them from your druggist
az one dollar for large case or send price
direct to the Marmola Company, t61z Wood
ward avenue, Detroit. Mich.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1922-01-12
WILL
TAKE STAND At
MISS KNOX TRIAL
Acquitted Man Expected to Tes-
tify Against Nurse Charged
With Staying.

RICHMOND. Va. Jan. 12.-Roger
d. Eastlake, chief petty naval officer,
recently acquitted at Montross Of the
charge of numbering his wife in, their
home at Colonial Beach last Septem-
Der, will be used as a witness against
Sarah E. Knox. Baltimore trained
nurse.
She was indicted jointly with him
and Ia scheduled to be tried Feb
ruary q.
yt This statement was made here to-
day by Watt T. Mayo Common
weaIths attorney Of estmoreland
county. Mayo said that he had been
assured by Eastlake's relatives that
he was confident Miss Knox killed his
wife and that he was eager to see
Justice melted out to her E.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
Foreign Bonds.

American investors by purchasing
foreign securities listed in the New York
Stock Exchange may profit by the pres
ent disturbed state of affairs in Europe.
For several months, or since the repara-
tions question first became a subject OF
serious contention, foreign securities
listed here have been fairly heavily
liquidated by nervous holders with the
result that prices have been depressed
to a point where some attractive yields
may be obtained. This is particularly
true mt this time when the shakeup In
the British Parliament has created a
fresh feeling OF uncertainty over foreign
affairs. The list Of foreign bonds In the
New York Stock Exchange offers a
wide choice of obligations OF such first
rate countries as England, France. Bel
rium. Japan. Denmark, Sweden and
Holland. These bonds are selling at
prices TO yield from s to nearly per
cent. A list of foreign bonds Offering
the largest yields follows: City OF Bor-
deaux 6s. 1894, yield $50 per cent !;
city OF Copenhagen 5ias, 1914. 6H per
cent: Department Of the Seine, Paris
IS, 1912, $40 per cent: City " scissors
6s. 1895, So per cent. Dominion or
Canada 51hs. 1881, 5M per cent. Dutch
East Indies 6s. 1947, 6H per cent: Re
public of France SIS, 1945, $40 per cent. !;
Republic Of France 7hs, 1941. per
cent; Japanese sterling As, 1881. 7.lo
per cent Belgian SIS. 1941, per cent I;
Belgian 6s. 1925. IN per cent; King
dom of Denmark 6s. 1912, s per cent. !
Kingdom of the Netherlands 6s, lsaz'
6M per cent Republic Of Bolivia SIS,
$50 per cent. United States OF Brazil
coffee secured 7Hs, 1852. $40 per cent. !;
United Kingdom of Great Britain 5ias'
1887, $50 per cent.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25

Bethlehem Steel Corporation thirty
year consolidated sinking fund 6s, series
A. due in 194S, are now selling in the
New York stock Exchange at or close to
par. An industrial bond OF this high
.srade type. offering such high yield.
.hould meet all the tests Of good In
vestInent. These bonds are secured by
a mortgage, executed Jointly by the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the
Bethlehem Steel Company. and consti-
tute direct mortgage upon substan-
TALLY all the real estate owned by the
Bethlehem Steel Company and ali the
-appurtenances of and improvements and
betterments TO the mortgaged property.
The bonds also are secured by large
amount of stocks and bonds of subsi-
diary companies. Originally $4,000 900
of these series A 6s were Issued and
pledged as security for Bethlehem Steel
Corporation secured serial per cent.
notes. which are convertible Into the
consolidated A es In January of this
year there were outstanding $2.365,O00
Of these bonds. The bonds are redeem
able on any interest date at los. The
sinking fund retires annually an amount
of bonds equal TO ] per cent OF bonds
issued when they can be purchased AZ
not exceeding 105. Bonds so acquired
are cancelled.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
L.high valley AIS.

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 41ss'
due In 2003. constitute high grade.
well secured, long term railroad invest
ment not callable until maturity. AZ
present prices the bonds yield about b'zo
per cent They are issued under gem
eral consolidated mortgage securing
issues of As, 4 rs and 5s. Out OF a COM
bined authorized issue of s150,00o.O 600
there nre outstanding S47 7,650.000, while
pledged under other securities are
S2t. .2oe 900. The bonds are secured by
a direct len on 316 miles CT road and by
pledge OF securities on $50 miles OF road
a second lien on 80 miles. third lien
on 2S5 miles and also lien on rear
estate In Philadelphia. Jersey City New
ark and Bayonne valued at more than
$1,000 900 The bonds are further Sc
cured on Ieaseholds and by first lien
on securities of various subsidiary COM
panies of a par value OF s61. .eS2,4o6.
owning about 993 miles Of road and In
Guiding the entire stock Of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company. These bonds are
secured either by a direct or collateral
lien on practically the entire road COM
prising the Lehigh Valley system The
comrany's lines. of which 1877 miles are
double tracked, run from Phiilipsburg.
N. J., TO Wilkes-Barre Pa. including
numerous branches In the anthracite
coal fields OF Pennsylvania The conf
many leases or controls through stock
ownership a large additional mileage.
Through the Lehich Valley Coal Com
pany the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany controls extensive anthracite de-
posits.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
GERMAN SITUATION
EASES WHEAT HERE
Larger Southwestern Receipts
and Lack Of Export Demand
Figure in Decline.

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.--Announcement that
that the German Government was scri-
ously considering going into formal
bankruptcy had a depressing influence
to-day on the wheat market here
Prices closed unsettled y TO ixc- net
and May $l.ioM to s1.iox. Corn fin
ished at q to lMc. decline; oats off
" to Sc. and provisions unchanged to
2hc. down
At first the fact that Liverpool ad-
vanced gave wheat hero slight tend-
cncy to ascend. especially as reports
were current that domestic mills had
Just purchased some wheat in Chicago
at the best premium on the 1922 crop.
Export demand, however. appeared to
be almost at standstill. and with a
dearth of general buying the ureasiness
over European financial conditions grew
more acute, eliminating In a sharp de-
cline about noon. emphasized by pre-
dictions of larger receipts southwest.
Numerous stop loss orders which
were outstanding increased the selling
pressure on wheat. as did spreading
operations between here and Winnipeg.
Canadian adviccs said that traffic con-
gestion was becoming worse and that
besides lake port embarrassment Pacific
coast elevators were filled and the
Vancouver route embargoed. Somewhat
Of a late rally was ascribcd 70 profit
taking by shorts.
Corn and oats weakened with wheat.
Rotterdam resellers were said to be
Offering corn cheaper than offers from
New York.
Provisions were affected by de-
cline In hog values. but an advance In
lard at Liverpool counted to some ex-
tent as an offset.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
A New Jersey Traction.

An investment that might interest the
business man is Jersey City. Hoboken
and Paterson Railway Company first
mortgage 4s. due in 1919. which are
selling on basis to yield about 40 per
cent. This company forms an important
part OF the Public Service Railway Com
pany OF New Jersey. the railway operat-
ing company of the Public Service Cor
poration of New Jersey. The latter com
pany is earning about sl3 a share on
it's common stock. The bonds are Sc
cured by a mortgage on about LAG miles
of electric railway track, including about
seventy miles of street railway lines In
Hohoken and surrounding towns and
about forty miles Of street railway lines
in ana around Paterson. Tho earnings
OF the company are incorporated In the
statement OF the Public Service Corpora
tlon Of New Jersey. Approximately
1900, 900 OF these bonds arc deposited
under Public Service Corporation Of New
Jersey 5s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25

Higher Yields Attractive.

Due in large measure to seasonal
liquidation by banks that have been
compelled to release some OF their hold
ings OF securities to take caro- of fall
loan demands the bond market has been
gradually receding for several weeks.
AS bank liquidation Is always cautious
and slow. the market has not been
seriously disturbed and prices have de-
clined in an orderly manner. With the
'arge investors forced to liquidate the
present should be the opportunity for
the small investor to go bargain hunt
ing. Declines in bond prices have not
been large. but yields on the best rail-
road and industrial bonds listed on the
New York Stock Exchange have been
increased sufficiently to make invest
ments considerably more attractive Ac-
ccrding to the best opinion there need be
little fear OF a further extensive decline
ia bond prices. as there Is every indica-
ton of an easy money market for some
time TO come.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
TOBACCO MEN FORM,
GROWERS EXCHANGE
To Haue Headquarters at Lex
ingfon, Ky.

LOUISVILLE. Oct 24--The American
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Exchange
was organized here to-day by representa-
tives of the Cooperative Association of
Tobacco Growers of the United States
and Canada. Formation of the fedora
ton came at the final session of two
days conference.
Concentration of the strength of the
individual tobacco cooperatives under a
common head for the protection and
profit of each member association was
declared TO have been the aim OF the
repr esentatives of the various leaf or
gan;zations in forming the exchange.
James G. Stone, president and general
manager of the Burley Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Marketing Association, was
elected president of the exchange.
Exchange headquarters we're placed at
the headquarters OF the Burley Growers
Association at Lexington.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
DOMESTIC.
Chi CT Wes
A. rnrA

Chi & Erie
LIST IS 1882
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
NEW AMERICAN BIDS
ON ARGENTINE LOAN
Proposals for Issue of About
500, 900, ,000-Must Be APP
proved by Congress.

BuESos AIRES, Oct. e4--Rafael Herr
rerae Vegas, Finance Minister, when
asked to-day regarding reports from
New York and Washington that new
proposals had been made by American
banking firms for loan to Argentina
OF about s1oo.000.o0o. confirmed the re-
ceipt Of the new bids.
The Minister added, however, that the
bids would not be considered for the
present. as the Government requires pre-
vious authorization by Congress In order
to negotiate project of such character.
A bilf to this end Will be submitted to
an extraordinary session OF Congress.
which will be convoked within a month.
1t is understood the bill Will provide
for an internal loan without prejudice
to the negotiation OF an external loan.
il this Is deemed necessary.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
Average Bond Prices
BOND NEWS AND NOTES.

Weakness in foreign Government is
sues overshadowed all other develop
ments i'm yesterdays moderately active
bond market, although the tendency
was lower in several groups. including
United States war bonds and tho rail-
roads French Republic 71as got dow.
to their offering price Of IS for loss Of
more than y n point and the SIS got as
low as 9Sia. off more than a point. Bel
CLAN IS were under heavy pressure most
Of the day and sold off points. United
Kingdom of Great Britain 5hs of 1897
vere also in supply. Libertys all sold
off a few cents. with the 3Iks relatively
firm, however. The new Treasury 41As
fell back to par. Among the rails tina.
gave ground were Atchison 4s Missouri.
Kansas q Texas 5s. and Seaboard Air
Line issues. Some of the speculative
rails, however. showed firmness.
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
Empire Ga. onertnx.~.

Bonbright & Company, Inc, and w.
C. Langley & Co. are offering a new
issue of 81 10000 Empire Gas and Elec-
tric Company general and refunding
mortgage 6 per cent. gold bonds. dated
June /. 1922, due June l, 1852. at 96 and
interest, to yield $50 per cent. The pro-
ceeds from the sale of these bonds will
be used TO retire underlying bonds and
otes and for extensions and improve
ments to property. For the twelve
months ended September 30. 1922, net in
come available for interest charges
amounted TO more than &c times the
annual interest requirements on all
bonds OF the company to be outstand-
ing, including this Issue. The Empire
Gas and Electric Company furnishes
without competition electric light and
power and gas IN a number OF COM
rnunities. having a population of 10000
The New York herald., 1922-10-25
ARREST U. S. COMMISSIONER.
Hugh y. O'Bricn OF Rochester Is
Taken on IntoxIcation Charge.

RocHEsrER. n. Y. Oct. 24.--Hush J.
oBrien. United states Commissioner for
Rochester. was arrested to-day on a
charge OF lntoxication when no became
boistcrous, police allege. after a hotel
proprietor refused 10 sell him drink.
He was taken into custody with a
friend and was forcibiy compelled to
enter the patrol wagon, police say. The
authorities asserted that he threatened
the police and said he intended to bring
charges against them. Ho deposited $40
collateral, after spending two hours IN
a cell, and was released.
lie failed to appear when his case
was called IN City Court