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STANDARD OIL PROFITS GROW NET EARNING8 INCREASED TWENTY-FIVE MILLION LA8T YEAR. Shreveport, La. ? Combined net earn ings of the Standard Oil compnay of New Jersey and ltn subsidiaries in 1924 totaled $81,016,570, an Increase of nearly $25,000,000 over .1923, Chair man A. C. Bedford announced in his annual report to stockholders. Sales of petroleum products during the year, he said, were the largest In volume in the company's history, and were reflected in an expansion of more than $42000,000 in gross income to a total of $409,995,806. After the payment of $13,998,103 in preferred dividends, the company's earnings were equivalent to $3.30, or 12.2 per cent on the common shares, compared with $2.10 per Bhare earned in 1923. "Results of te Standard Oil com pany's natural gffli business and of subsidiaries engaged In collateral activities, Mr. Bedford explained, were in 1924, as in previous years, moro satisfactory than the results arising from the oil business Itself. "Excessive competition, arising from an overproduction of crude and the resultant overaccumulatlon of finish ed products which has caused many of these products to be forced upon the market at prices below their value," he said, "has seriously mili tated against the prosperity of the petroleum industry in the past four years. Better results should attend our operations when the industry is relieved of this problem." Millions In Taxes Paid By Tobacco. Washington. ? Tobacco not only Ib a meanB for recreation and enjoyment, but is a major source of income for the American farmer, Secretary Jar dine declared in a prepared address at the national convention of the To bacco Merchants' association. As a farm enterprise, he said, tobac co is exceeded only by corn, hay, cot ton, wheat and potatoes, and it has en riched domestic agriculture by mil lions of dollars. In the last 60 years, he related, the area planted in tobac co has almost quadrupled and the eco nomic relationship of tobacco to American agriculture as Increased proportionately as farming Itself has Increased. "Tobacco production," he continued, "Is one of those agricultural enter prises which are extremely complicat ed. So far, largely because of their difficulty, relatively little progress has been made In the solution of the prob lems of the tobacco producer in com parison with the economic Importance of the industry. "These problems must be solved If we are to be assured of the continu ance of tobacco production with profit and respond in the spirit of service more and more to the demands and needs of the country In this field. "To solve the problems neither the efforts of the farmers themselves nor those coupled with the efforts of the department of agriculture will be suf ficient. What is necessary Is for all interests Involved in this great indus try to Join together with real co-oper ative spirit." Commissioner Blair of the Internal revenue bureau, told the convention that tax collections this year from to bacco were estimated at $345,000,000. The production of cigarettes this year, he added, Is estimated at 73 billion, an increase Of 56 billion over 10 years ago. Veterans Called Upon. Washington. ? A warning was given to all veatrans of the world war to hasten the filing of their applications under the adjusted compensation act, In the form of a ruling issued by Comptroller Central McCarl which dis allowed payment on an application which had been started, but not com pleted, at the time of tho applicant's death. Relatives of tho veteran whose case wag cited In tho ruling found the In complete application In bis effects and filed It In bohalf of his estato, but Mr.. MeOarl ruled that It could not bo con strued as vnlid. Deacons Get Seven Months. flhreveport.- Five men, all deacons of the Atkins Avenue Baptist church. In Cedar drove, a suburb, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and con ?aplrftcy Xo commit assault In connec tion wlt% tho flogging last January In Cedar Orovo of Hubert Kampley. Testimony showed that Ramploy was whipped because he was keeping company with Mrs. Mary Rllzabeth Skldmoro, who was then suing hrrr husband for a divorce and whom Ramploy has slnco married. Tho men wero sentenced to seven months In tho parish Jail. Heiress BHde of Lawyer. New York. ? Miss Abby Rockefellm*, ?heiress to one of the greatest fortunes In the world, was parried to David "Meriwether Milton, young New York attorney, at a simple cere?nony wit nessed only by members of the Imme diate families and relatives. The wed ding took place In the drawing room of the home of John P. Rockefeller, |Jr., her father, at 10 West 54th ntreet. Rev. Cornelius Woelfkln, pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist church, known ?? the "Rockefeller" church, perform?d the ceremony. PILOT AND TWO LADS DIE IN PLANE CRASH. Salt Lake City, Utah. ? A. Claron Nelson, former superintendent of the western division of the air mall service, piloting a commercial plane, and two passengers, Qrant ChrlBtensen and RusboII de Loge, bothe IB years old, were instantly killed at Woodward flying field here when the plane went Into a tail spin and fell from an altitude of 100 feet. The plane burst into flames and the bodies were badly charred. The plane had just taken off in the face of a strong west wind when it side-slipped and fell into a tail spin. TELLS OF SOUTH S FUTURE TELLS NEW YORK AUDIENCE OF THE NATURAL SOUTHERN i RESOURCES. New York. ? Governor Thomas G. McLeod, of South Carolina, told mem- j bers of the Merchants' Association of j New York at a luncheon in Hotel ' Astor that America lu the years Just j ahead may look to the southern states j for large contributions to the nation's i industrial and intellectually advance-' mem. The luncheon was held In honor of j industrial leaders of 14 states promot- 1 lng the southern exposition which ! opened In Grand Central palace. Governor McLeod said the future i progress which he believes the south is destined to make has as Its basis vast natural resources. In those things that have grown from tho soil, "South Carolina and the south in general, can produce most all of these products and It has depended upon us to clothe the world from ma- ! terlals which are grown In the south and we ask you to come there." Other speakers at the luncheon J were Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, Bee- ; retary of state of New York, and John Edgerton, Memphis, president of the national association of manufacturers. The exhibit of the industrial and agricultural products of the south oc cupy three floors of the palace. New York's welcome to tho south ern exposition was broadcast from station WYNC by Mayor John F. Hylan who declared it "the most am bitious undertaking of the kind ever attempted In behalf of southern de velopment." The exposition Is to continue for two weeks. Frlck Estate Wins Suit. Washington. ? Proceeds from life in- j surance policies totaling $474,000, left By Henry C. Frlck for the benefit of, his widow and daughter, were not sub jected to the federal estate tax under i the revenue act of 1918, the supreme ! court held. The court held that the I Bectlon which Imposed a tax upon the proceeds of life Insurance policies as a part of the estate was effective only upon policies written after the act went into force. Declares a Holy War. Rabat, Morocco. ? Information haa reached here that Abd-El-Krim has de clared a holy war, and sent his brother Ahmed to the region of Xauen to raise troope among the DJobal tribes. These reports have had little influenco on the tribes of the French zone, which, it is stated, have been assured of protection by tho arrival of rein forcements for General Count De C'hamprun's army. Island Points to Get Planes. Washington.? With the beginning of deliveries late this year of new army observation plan, s of long range scout ing types, war department officials ex pect to consider the question of giving priority to the Hawaiian and other overseas stations In bringing air ser vice equipment up to dale. The maneuvers Just concluded in Hawaiian waters demonstrated so clearly the need of long range air scouts that officers are satisfied, even before receiving tho report of Major General Hlnes, chief of staff, and one of two chief umpires, that tho situa tion must be corrected at the earliest possible moment. While It was not an unexpected result of tho war game, the practical demonstration of the weakness in scout plane equipment was so striking as to mako prompt action almost mandatory. Acting Secretary Dwlght F. I>avls said that no attempt to determine tho priority question would bo made until General Hlnes' report had Ueen receiv ed and dlgeste'd. Sirvoe the first pianos under tho $2,000,000 project approved at tho last session of Congross will not be delivered for six or eight months, ho pointed out, thero Is no necessity for Immediate action on this point. Capture Big Still. New York.- Victories on land and sea wore recorded by tho government dry forces. j Tho land victory wns one of the moat Important government dry coups In months, Involving tho discovery of a whiskey distilling plant on tho lower West Side and the soir.uro of $100,000 worth of synthetic rye whiskey. Raid ing pronlbitlon agents said they were convinced the place was tho source of much of the liquor that has reached the White Light district during the few months. FORD MAY BUY 400 U. S. SHIPS DEAL, IF PUT THROUGH, WOULD TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO COMPLETE. i Detroit. ? Henry Ford will purchase the 400 vessels of the United States shipping board If the government will fix what he considers a fair price. The announcement was made by Mr. Ford, following a conference with T. V. O'Connor, chairman of the ship ping board. O'Connor Is quoted as asking Ford to take over 200 ships In his original f suggestion. However, when Ford in- , formed him that he would only buy the ships to scrap them for Junk, j | O'Connor suggested that he buy all i 400. as It would not cost much more to construct dismantling apparatus to handle the 400 ships than it would the leaser number. Ford agreed to this, saying that he might retain from 10 to 30 of the ships for use by Ford industries. 1 If any ships were put in operation by Ford, they would be reconditioned and equipped as oil burners the arti cle states. Despite the tentative agreement, the matter of the sale of the ships to Ford will not be cleared up for several months. It is estimated. The shipping board has been wary of making any j agreement heretofore, as A felt If the j ships werf sold abroad to be scrapped, that promises might be broken and the ships might reappear under foreign j flags in competition with American ships. "The ships were built during the j war when everybody was crazy," Ford i was quoted as saying. "Most of them i were thrown together in a great hurry, j They were for an emergency and con- j sequently many of them were not strongly built and some of the engines ! put into them were pretty bad." "We hav? already purcased three ; vessels from the shipping board," he j added. "We took these three boats for pioneering and we know their) limitations. Two of the boats are of j about 3,000 tons. The third, the East j Indian, Is slightly larger and Is 'now! being put Into shape for service to Denmark, which we hope will begin ! about August 1." | 44 Babies Die at "Baby Farm." New York. ? Records of the Bureau, of Vital Statistics were made public'; showing that 44 babies died In two "baby farms" conducted by Mrs. Helen AuguBte Gelsen-Volk in tbls city since 1918. Mrs. Gelsen-Volk Is being held in $36,000 bail on charges resulting j from Investigation of the institutions. The records of the deathn were turned over to Assistant District At torney Ryan, who Is in charge of the investigation of charges against Mrs. Geleen-Volk. These charges are that she substituted babies placed in her care and that she exceeded the limit of her health department license In the number of Infants accepted for her Institution. The bodies of two babies are being ehumed to determine the causeB of their death after they had been In the woman's "baby farm." Non-Crashable Plan? In Fall. Washington. ? A non-crashable navy seaplane designed to reduce airplane | fatalities, had an unscheduled but suc cessful test here when It fell during a ! flight without serious inujry to its oc I cupantB. I The piano, known as the M. B-l, is I designed to make a nose spin to the | earth practically impossible. Upon go ing Into a spin instead of continuing and driving into the ground it flattens out after about four revolutions and 'while continuing to descend in a spin j does so on a flat plane and more grad ually than if It were diving nose-first I to the earth. The plane performed I according to schedule and landed with I little damage to Itself and practically none to its crew. French Reach Basis For Debt. Washington/ ? Official word from Paris that concrete proposals as a | basis for a French debt refunding set- I [tlement would bo forthcoming this month was eagrely awaited by Wash- | Ington officials after Associated Press i dispatches had given them their first knowledge that the Paris cabinet bad decided upon such a step. In the absence of somn authorita tive Indication as to what method of 1 settlement the French government . would advance, officials had nothing j to say except to Indicate their plefts- 1 uro that the differences with relation1 to the French debt settlement at leant! appeared to bo vanls.ii .ig. They char- j acterlaod the situation as tho most im-j portant development In many months I In regard to the debt problem and j gave every evidence of pleasure that j the French government ?t laf.t had j found Itself in a position to mako a ] j definite move. | Seaman Dies in Boat Explosion. ' Boston. ? Joseph H. McOrean, a soft man on the coast guard patrol boat 12337, was drowned here; W. K. Mills, ' another seaman, was badly burned 'about tho face and hands, and two , more men escaped Injury by leaping i Into the water when tho after gasoline jtank of tho boat blow and showered I them with burning gasoline. Mills was taken to City Point const. I guard station for treatment. Ills con dition wan not serious, It was nald. Harbor police are attempting to re ] cover th? body of McOrean. EIGHT MEN SENTENCED FOR SOFIA BOMB PLOT. Sofia. ? Eight men charged with participation in the recent bomb ex plosion in the Sveti Krai cathedral here were sentenced to death by court martial. The other two de fendants received terms. Three of the men who were given the extreme penalty, Peter Zadgpr Bkl, sacrlBtan of the cathedral; Marco Frledmann, a lawyer, and Georgi Koeff, were present in court when sentence was passed. The other five men, who were sentenced to death by default, are Abadjoieff, Dlmljoieff, Petrini, Kossofsky and Grancharoff, all were known com munists. Dimiter Daskaloff was sentenced to six years imprison ment and Delagol Kambauroff to three years. PROPOSE PLAN TO SELL SHIPS VESSELS WOULD BE OPERATED UNDER SUPERVISION OF GOV ERNMENT AGENCIES. New York. ? Recommendations to make possible the sale of the govern ment-owned fleets and its successful operation by American companies had bv.'fore President Coolidge by the American Steamship Owners associa tion, the Shipowners Association of the Pacific and the / Pacific-American Steamship company, were made pub lic, and they urged the creation of two spocial agencies to determine the ex tent of service to be carried 011 and the amount of direct national aid through mail pay and other compensa tion. Included in these organizations are almost all the owners of ocean going tonnage under the American flag. The program favors alBo reduction of the shipping board from seven members to three, and continuance in some form of the fleet corporation, under the control of the secretary of commerce or a secretary of marine, to supervise operation of the essential steamship Bervices pending liquida tion. Other recommendations include ex tension of the coastwise lawB to the Phillipine8 when the President deems it expedient, evemption of coast trade from Panama Canal tolls, freedom of ships to transfer to foreign registry except In national emergency, reduc tion in Panama Canal tolls, extension of the present consolidation loan fund with the stipulation that vessels bo benefitted must remain in foreign trade until loans are repaid. The government is asked to relin quish to privately-owned American ships the carrige of government sup plies and troops In time of peace and to convey all government officials and employes and all government cargoes in such vessels. The secretary of commerce, the postmaster general, the secretary of the navy, the director of the budget, and one or two other American citi zens experienced in shipping, would constitute one of the agencies recom mended. To the second of these agencies the chairman of the shipping board would be added. These groups would determine the extent of the services to be carried on by passenger and by cargo ships, es sential to national defense and pro motion of foreign trade, and alfio the amount of direct national aid neces sary to maintain the mall, passenger and cargo services of the morchant marine In overseas trade. Governor Would Stop Suit. Ja^tBon, Miss. ? Disclaiming all re sponsibility for the anti trust suit filed by State Revenue Agent A. J. Miller, In which the state seeks to Impose $12,000,000 penalties against the Ford Motor cOmpnay, Governor H. L. Whit field called upon Mr. Miller to bring about dismissal of the suit "out of re gard to Mlssisssippl's position In the eyes of the world." The governor's statement, after de claring that the revenue agent had not consulted with him before filing tho suit, contends that "the filing of the suit Is fraught with most unfortu nate consequer in for Mississippi." Would Ob* jrve Day Each Year. . Washington. ? General staff plans for making Defense day a regular an nual event to be held each year coin cident with Armistice day exercises, November 11, havo been completed and await only White House approval to be put in motion. The project Is expected to be presented to tho Presi dent soon for final action, with urgent recommendations of the reserve off! cers association that It be approved. Pending such approval, details of Ihe staff plan are not available. It was formulated, however, nfter a care ful study of reports from all corps area commanders and from national guard and reservo officers all over tho country, and Is believed to follow closely tho recommendations of the as ?oc!atlon of reservo officers. Food Shortage Disturbs Rum Runners. New York. - "Shortage of food and water Is causing rapid disintegration of rum row. where the liquor ships are hindered from smuggling their wares Into tho UmiM States by a coast guard fleet of some 60-odd ves sels which have been on patrol duty for six days. A code message from the chasing armflda to Captain W. V. A. Jacobs, New York divisional commander of the coast guard, informed him that the blockade was cutting off supplies from shore. URGE EVANGELISM 10 6E STRESSED 3,000 DELEGATES ATTEND SOUTH ERN CONVENTION AT MEM PHIS. Memphis. ? Three thousand messen gers to the southern Baptist conven tion attending a pre-convention con ference on evangelism here called up on the home mission board to reestab- I I i sh and enlurgu Its department o( evaneglism. They also urged the 18 state mis sion boards In the convention area to inaugurate such departments and aBked the 900 district associations to carry forward evangelistic campaigns with- j in their hounds. Use radio to carry the evangelistic message was recommended, among other methods. Resolutions offered by Dr. R L. Scarborough, or Port Worth, chair man of the conference, were adopted: an intensive evangelistic program throughout the home area and in for- j eign fields was indorsed. Baptist boards and activities, in cluding the schools, hospitals and orphanages were called upon to make evangelism the dominant note in all of their work, and rural and city churches alike were urged to utilize everv^ opportunity for carrying the evangelistic message to residents of the south who profess no religion. Several speakers asserted that such a revival of religion as is contemplnt- I ed would do much to cure unrest and crime in the country. Among them were Dr. M. E. Dodd. Shreveport, ; j C. E. Hurts, Nashville, Tcnn.; Dr. H. C. Lee, New Orleans; Dr. John E. i i White, Anderson. S. C.; Dr. W. T. | Powell, Nashville, and Dr. Marshall j Craig, Petersuburg, Va. Dr. John R. Sempey of Louisville, Ky., led in an hour of prayer and Dr. O. H. Crutcher of New Orleans led the devotional service. Speakers reaffirmed their faith in the old-fashioned Bible and pleaded for a fuller proclamation of truths of the Bible. Ministers who obtain the topics for their sermons from the news papers were condemned. . Peace is Keynote of Women. Washington. ? With a program of oratory devoted to peace, the Interna tional Council of Women ended its regular open sessions, leaving to a special meeting disposition of the un finished business, Including action on an invitation to hold the 1920 quinpuen nail convention at Brussels and a vote on changing Its constitution to per mit affiliation of international organi zations. The convention passed with amend ments all resolutions of its agenda, touching a wide variety of subjects, including one commending to its com ponent councils study of the sugges tion of the second opium conference of the league of nations for establish-' ment of a commission to study limita tion of opium production. Frau Anna Backer of Norway, third vi^e president of the intenantional council, who shares that honor with Mrs. Phillip North Moore of St. LouIb, president of the American council, pre sided at the session. Lady Aberdeen, the council's president, was forced to forego delivery of her formal farewell address due to the strain on her voice during the convention. Whiskey Ships Leave Rum Row. New York. ? While coast guard offi cials were announcing that rum row gradually was crumbling under the dry navy's blockade which opened a week ago, word came ashore that another liquor carrier, a big French steamer, had arrived on the row. The new steamer was loaded to the gunwales with a wet cargo, according to messages sent by wireless to thfc coast guard headquarters. She re ceived a warm greeting from the blockaders, for no sooner had she dropped her anchor than four of the dry navy's vigilant pilot boats were buzzing about her, ringing her in a circle designed to endure nn long as the big ships may come. In a terse communique reminiscent of war time communication, ('npt. W. K. V. Jacobs, New York commandant of the coast guard, announced that several of the rum fleet masters, isolat ed from shore for a week now, were weighing their anchors and hunting new waters. "The rum floet Is gradually disinteg rating," he said, "and the situation is' practically the same." Murder* Wife and Hired M?n. | Harrisonburg, Va. ? I< CJruyer Mead-' own, 34, lumberman of the Blue Ridge mountains, voluntarily surrendered himself to Sheriff (' W. Dove here to | answer a charge of double murder for , the killing of his 32 year-old wlfo and his hired man, Stanton Dean, 22, who were shot to death in the lumberman's little cabin. I aki Propeller While on Fllflht. Paris. - Sergeant Jean, French mili tary aviator, is wondering what !)? came of a propeller which disappear ed from his machine while flying over Paris. Mverything was going smoothly, I with the plane at a great height. v,hen the sergeant noticed a sudden loss of power. It was only after volplnnlng to earth that, he discovered the pro ] peller wan missing. A telephone men- ' sage to the Bourget field brought him ? new one and he continued hit flight. NEARLY INSANE AT TIMES Mrs. Saunders Tells how Lydia E. Pinkh&m's Vegetable Compound Relieved Troubles of Change of Life Knoxville, Tenn. ? 'T took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound while going through tho Change of Life. I was very nervous, could not sleep and had melancnoly spells. In fact, I was nearly insane at times and my mem ory was almost a blank. I waa so weak I could not do my housework half of the time and suf fered dread fully with my DacK. My doctor said I would havo to worry it out and I went through this for three years before I began taking the Vegetable Compound which I saw advertised. 1 think it was eight bottles that I took. It has been two years sinco I took any and I haven't had a doctor since for that trouble, I do all my washing and ironing and I have gained from 116 to 138 pounds. 1 feel so well I think I do not need any medicine now, but I advise all women who suffer phy sically and mentally as I did to give tho i Vegetable ? Compound a fair trial. I hope it will do as much for them as it did for me.1'- ? Mrs. T. A. Saunders, 711 E. Depot Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Pimples TDLOOP Impurities are pumped by J?' the heart Into tbe face. That Is what causes that grainy appearance, that muddlness, sal I own ess, pimples, blackheads, acne, red spots, and that impossible "s o in e t h I n g" which no face cream, massage, or face powder can cover up or beautify! The foundation for a beautiful skin simply Is not tncre, nml no fnce treatment can give It to you. Hut Increase your red blond-cells, ? nnd quickly the ruby tint of purity be gins to glow In the cheeks, the com p I e x 1 o n becomes Venus-like and Im maculate ! Try it. It Mill do It every time. S. R. S. builds the red-blood-cella you need for a beautiful complexion. Ho^in using S. S. S. at once, and >;!ve yourself what you have been M'orklng for, for years. B. S. S. Is sold at all frood dfuK atoron In two bIzps. Tlia lnrtfor size 1b more economical. Kreo Booklet Send name nnd addren* to 8. 8. H Co.. Ill 8 8 8. Bldg., Atlanta. (In, for upeolal booklet on the Blood. CCC ?7Ke World's Best' olood Medicine \ ? ?' Strained A inn n of the soil went Into the city ' for n wife. Ho wns blessed on his mis sion nml brought her back to the farm, j As It hnppened sho wns not versed In the arts of farming nml as a result made many mistakes as she was learning. One day, as her husband was return ing from the field, she met him at the i door and said: "Old Lead (a do?{) got ! In the cream jar, but 1 straineil it." Do Yon Know That one-fourth te a>?r?onn ful of Calumet HuklriK I'owder adds texture and body lo a merlnKue, especially bocausn of Its flow rlslriK <|ua)ltlen, which miilcH It u v u.Mia 1 1 y nut Isfactory because of the s4i>w oven necessary for ni o r I n k u e ? Use for Plugged Nickels Nut Ives of the Gold coast, poeketless ami wearing few clothes, have a spe einliy minted nickel with a hole In it so that they may string and wear them about their necks. The coins are made at the royal mint in London. Wright's Tndlr? VrKt>tnbl? T'lll* contnln only v<>K'tnhlo lntrr?-d lent s. whlrh art Rrntly Bn n tonic Inxntlve. hv ?t I mulnt Ion ? not Irri tation. 372 Pea rl Kt . N Y. Adv. Without Becoming Soured "What is meant by the aehl test?" "Going en I i v i 1 1 if after your best n'ri has handed von the lemon." CORNS Lift Off-No PainI Doesn't hurt one hit I Drop a littlw "Frpoxono" on nri nchlng corn, Instimt ly thnt porn ntopn hurting, then short ly yon lift It right off with flnfcprn. ?? Your 'rlrugRlnt hp1I? n tiny hottle of "Fr<*?7.one" for n few cpntH, aufllclent to r?movfl evary hnr<1 corn, ?oft com, or corn between the toca, nntl tho foot calluaea, wlthont aor<me?n or Irritation.