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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
COHAN'S PARTNER TO
BUY CLEVELAND CLUB

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 12-There
wasn't much doing in the way of
sale of the Cleveland baseball club
yesterday other than a snub. Auc-
tioneer Ban Johnson was the snub-
Der and Sam Harris was the snubhee
Bib Ban, in his capacity OF president
OF the American league, is here to sell
the club. Sam Harris of Cohan and
Harris, and previously known to fame
as manager Of Terrible Terry Nc
Govern, put In tentative bid by wire
/ never sell a club by telegraph, +"
said Johnson If Harris wants m
buy the Cleveland club, let him come
on to Cleveland or Chicago to meet
me"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
MONTREAL IS OUT OF
THE GRAND CIRCUIT

Cleveland, Jan. 12.-One of the big
gest surprises in light harness circles
in many years was sprung yesterday
at the annual meeting of the stewards
of the Grand circuit, when Montreal
failed to qualify as a candidate for
racing dates on the 1916 Grand circuit.
To fill the gap left vacant by the with
drawal of the Canadian track Cleve-
land and Columbus were each award
ed two separate meetings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
At Harms Alleys.
COllegian TO .IOin Snx.

Chicago. Jan. 12.-Malcolm Calvin,
star pitcher and football player at the
University of Wisconsin will try out
for berth on the Chicago American
league club, it was learned today.
Calvin has been declared ineligible
by Wisconsin authorities under the
summer baseball ban and quit foot
ball before the season closed.
All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-12
Clothiers Wallop VI. & h. Five, While
Flynns Lose to Haege's
Climbing Club.
sCHAEFFER Is HIGH WITH $50
VI. l. S. Team Rolling in Improved
Form Takes Long End OF Series
From the Bescos.
Merchants Standing.

BY winning three straight in the
Island City Merchants league last
night the Ullemeyers assumed the
leadership in this bowling circuit by
a margin OF one game over the Flynns,
the NJ. & X. five being the victims. At
the Harms alleys the Flynns lost two
to the Haeges. Schaeffer did valiant
work for the losers, shooting 5S5. At
the Hastings alleys the NJ. & S. five put
the rollers under the Bescos, winning
two out of three. The scores:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-14
A SAFE CHRISTMAS

r EFT us be sensible this year
- in our Christmas decora-
lions and avoid the use Of every
article that carries with it the
hazard or danger of fire. 1t
ought not to be necessary to ex-
haust language in the prepare
ton of a long list of Christmas
tree "don'ts." Exercise your
common sense and remember
that you love your children and
do not want to see them manned
or injured in any manner. No
one wants the house of JOY and
merriment to be turned into one
of sorrow and suffering, but to
avoid a misfortune of this ma
ture every one must be on the
watch and safeguard the child
rem against danger.
We talk a great deal among
ourselves of Safety First" a
"Safe and Sane Fourth of July"
and fire prevention. Suppose we
roll all three of these lessons
into a constant attitude of care
and caution during the extra
hazardous days of the Christ
mas season. Insofar as possible
discard highly inflammable ma
terial in all decorations; never
leave an unguarded fire or open
flame without due precautions
against its spreading; keep the
children away from the Christ
mas tree, especially if candles
are used instead of electric
lights. In a word, exercise prac-
teal common sense so that ev-
eryone may enjoy glad Christ
mas season without the horror
and loss occasioned by prevent
able fires.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-14
WHAT OTHERS THINK
Clements, Traitor

THE action of Mr.. Clemens.
L the county commissioners . !.
this district, in the court hon., !.
bond deal was a sad blow to l bis
neighbors and friends in R;a l.S
land. To say the least thew ban..
their heads in shame. Thew ars
sorry, disappointed, deceiv s,s
His strongest and stauncbesS..
friends nor anyone in his dis
trict approve of his action. IT.
was not acting in the capacitS H.
of commissioner when he ~,
that deal thru. He was seekin in,
revenge. Angered because Is
was not successful in his o.
beavers to become represents
tive he deliberately slapped h,
friends and constituents in ths ~
face-turned his back on his
district, his friends, on pond
business traitor TO his cause
-Richland Advocate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-14

Possibly the county needs
$4,000 court house. And DOS.
sibly it ought to be built in Pros.
ser. But until the voters have
had an opportunity to express
themselves on the question, it is
a sure thing that someone Is
either taking avid guess or is
trying to put something over.
There are also other possibilities
and there is at least one cinch--
and that is that "Jim" Clements
as a political asset in Benton
county, is a total loss with no in
surance.-White Bluffs Spokes-
man.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-14

| Cn0 emergency Has .eAlSCcu LUZ
years and the commissioners
have known it, why did they
wait until both had been de-
feated for Office and had but a
few weeks yet to serve and then
in thirty minutes attempt to
shove a $125,O0O bond issue
down the Threats of the people
to whom they were responsible
for their public acts? A school
boy who would attempt to JUS
tify what the county commits
sioners did on December a on the
grounds that an emergency ex-
listed and had existed for years
should be taken out of the
grades and put in an institution
for imbeciles.
If Commissioners Clements
and McNeill were actuated by
honest motives, if they were
playing fair with the people, if
their sole object was to over
come an emergency and provide
this county with a court house,
why didn't they proceed to build
one regularly, openly and above
board. Had they given notice,
even casually, that they intend
ed to introduce a bond issue, if
they had given the taxpayers
an opportunity to be heard after
it had been introduced; if they
had publicly called for bids on
the bonds and sold them in open
competition, only death or a mi
racle could have thwarted their
purpose. Kennewick might have
protested, Kennewick might
have howled, Kennewick might
have raved, but all their rawlings
would have been as a head
against a stone wall. The COM
missioners could have built and
Kennewick and the public, for
that matter, could have been
damned. Had they proceeded
in this manner they would have
had at least the self-respecting
citizens of Prosser back of them.
"The county is in the best f.
nancial condition. In fact in
better condition than any other
county in the state" continued
the Independent-Record. All
right, then, if this be true, why
is it that on the same day that
our dark-lantern commissioners
handed Benton county's bonds
to Keller Brothers at 51a, in
Yakima county, where bids had
been called for, bonds sold at Az |
and on the day following bonds
sold in Walla Walla at a? Does
the Prosser editor mean to tell
us that this county should hand
$4,000 or $4,000 Of the tax
payers money to somebody as a
penalty for being prosperous?
Does he mean to tell us that just
because our finances are not inn
paired that our treasury should
be looted?
With admirable consistency,
the Prosser editor concludes his
editorial BY aging:
'sThen toe, is something to have
! board of county commissioners with
he courage to declare an emergency
Wn6n IL eAlSIS, even III Ilc 1dCS VI lie
opposition that has developed. This is
courage of the right sort, and Com
nissioners Clements and McNeill
hould have the backing and common
lation of everyone who has the real
interest of the county at heart. Theirs
s the action of men who know their
luty and are not afraid"
If so courageous, why didn't
hey long ago declare the emer-
.ency which the Prosser editor
avs has existed for years? Yes,
theirs was the courage
# the men who, with dark
antern and a crowbar entered
he back door of the Kennewick
Clothing company when the pro-
1ryao 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-12-14

| Is IL hENNEWlChS rlOn1
i'm an editorial upholding the
i action Of Commissioners
Clements and McNeill in voting
a $125, 900 court house bond is
sue, the Prosser independent
Record says:
"There undoubtedly will be some
criticism against the board of county
commissioners for bonding the coun-
ty to build a court house. That is to
be expected. This criliciSn, however,
will only come from Kennewick and
will come only because that town
wants the county scat and the court
house for herself. When true condi-
lions are known, people from other
parts of the county will realize the
necessity for building"
Those may have been the hon
est convictions of the Prosser
editor last week, but certainly
by this time his mind must have
been disabused by any such hal
lucinations. He must know by
this time that the high-handed,
arbitrary action of the two COM
missioners has aroused a storm
of criticism from all parts of the
county. He must know that
the newspapers of White Bluffs
and Richland have denounced
the action of the two commits
sioners in no uncertain lang
uage. He must know that the
people of Kiona and Benton City
lacking a newspaper of their
own, have carried their protest
to Prosser and by this time the
editor of the Independent-Re-
cord has been requested to give
publicity to their denunciations.
He must know that the farmers
in the west end of the county are
denouncing the action as a "dir-
ty" deal. He must know that
the citizenship of Prosser as a
whole, in spite Of their loyalty
to their home town, do not APP
prove of the conspiracy. They
want court house, but they
want it honestly. He must know
that the taxpayers from one end
of the county to the other feel
that they have been defrauded
of their rights and they look
upon the bond deal, not only as
a blow to their pocketbooks, but
IS an insult to their intelligence.
This is not a question of Ken
against Prosser or Pros
ser against Kennewick. It is a
question of right or wrong; a
question of integrity or betray-
al; a question of fairness or
trickery; a question of honesty
Or dishonesty; a question of can
dor or conspiracy; question of
business or scandal; a question
Of honor or disgrace.
We shall be very candid with
OUR fellow editor. Kennewick
mas wanted, does want, and in
tends some day to get, the coun-
~ seat. we are even Wiling TO
admit, for the sake of argument,
that this county needs a court
house. Nor do we presume to
argue for one minute that the
commissioners have not the au-
,hority to bond the county to
ouild one.
We are told by the Indepen-
lent that the commissioners
rave realized for years that the
emergency" existed. While we
question whether or not an
can continue to exist I
,ver a period of years, the COM
certainly cannot seek
% justify their action on the
%ho% tho oi,.o,,,,o q %o r,oo, | :,
The sun., 1916-08-25
s'I.tttle S~teels."

Many kind things are being said re-
sardlnS the way IN which the little
%stcels," Republic. L~ackawanna and
others. have conducted themselves dur
ing this RECENT wave Of profit taking
which had carried 'big Steel" down from
its record high Republic Steel COMMON
In particular was credited With acting
extremely well. TAe stock closed yes
terday Al 5i'a. which IL only ~ of a
point below lis recent high. that figure
being a bare = below the high for the
year. Republic Is said 10 be earning $40
u share on It's common stock, and the
dope" IL that at the next meeting Of
the directors he remaining 4 per cent.
in back dividends on the preferred will
be wiped out and the Ominon placed on
a dividend basis as well. Lack var
4, Is said, N earning 50 Il share and
will be- put on a 8 per cent. basis at "A
meeting to he held shortly. The talk
heard IN commission houses Is that lust
~ soon as the move In "big Steel Is
over the"little s'eeys' will be put through
their PAGES.
The sun., 1916-08-25
Good Buying.

Brokers said that there was some good
buying OF the rails on recessions yester-
day. the kind II buying commission
houses Ike to see or IN other words. the
stock was bought for cash and taken out
% the Street. While all OF the dividend
paying rails were picked up on the dips
by investors yesterday brokers said
that the popular favorite seemed to b.
Union Pacific. Wall street cannot hu:
believe that the difference between the
,rainmsn n the railroads will be set
tied without a strike, and when this is
effected the story Is that the stockhold-
ers Of Union Pacific Will get an Increased
or extra dividend. Some people have be-
come so bullish on this score as to make
the statement that the plans OF the a.
rectors to raise the dividend yield will
not even be intcrfered with should the
wheat crop prove worse than is now eX-
pccted.
The sun., 1916-08-25
Wall street. Nerves Affected.

Despite assurances that the difficulties
of the Remington Arms-Cnlon Metallic
Cartridge Company had been adjusted
and hat the trouble was merely a mat
ter Of inefficient management In getting
ou; the company's production. Wall
stree. got nervous and the result was a
slump In most Of the munit.On shares,
particularly of those companies which
do no, pay dividends. American Loco
motive. Baldwin. Cruc!ble and Westing-
house Electric dipped from n To Two
points, but the recovery toward the close
was for the moss part good, There were
no sales OF the three year 8 per cent.
notes of the company recorded. bui they
were quoted as luH as SO. aga!rs, 99i4
a, the time OF the Issue, on February l
last.
The sun., 1916-08-25

Brokers said that there was a big ac-
emulation In the hort interest In the
stock market yesterday and that this
assertion was horne out by the demand
for stocks in the loan crowd. Such a
development was looked upon with gen
eral satisfaction as one that would serve
TO improve greatly the technical position
or the stock market and at the same time
give promise OF further high prices. II
was stated that yesterdays market was
not n In which the public played any
great part, the activity in stocks being
largely professional. Traders were said
to be "sharpshooting' here n there FOR
a point or a fraction more. m all In all
they had a pretty fair day Of Il. The
action Of the market at the close OF the
day. however, indicated that the shorts
were getting uneasy. as was shown by
the sudden little upward squirt which
prices took jus, before the close.
The sun., 1916-08-25
Profitable switch.

Several months ago. when Kennecott
and Inspiration were both selling at ~.
the tip went around the financial district
In n quiet fashion to the effect that the
wise ones were getting out of the for
mer n putting their money into the
latter stock. The word was passed
around as coming from such good cir
Giles that many stockholders In kennecott
made the switch. and are now reaping
the profits Of the change Of favorites.
Yesterday inspiration sold as high as
5sS. while kennecott did not get above
81, and only n few transactions o
place at that price. Aside from making
a big proht By switching their accounts
from kennecott to Inspiration. %stockhold-
ers are receiving dividends at the rate OF
So a year on the latter. while the former
pays only IS a year.
The sun., 1916-08-25

The behavior OF the market did not
worry the bull side unduiy. II was felt
that the reaction was n natural one In
the circumstances There was scant pub
lie participation In the trading. n total
transactions fell of from the previous
day by 100000 shares and from Tues
day by nearly 100000 shares. There
was more leisure on the fioor than at
any previous session this week. Two OF
the members spent not a little time 60
Ing about among their consreres collect
ing money for the use Of the exchange
employees ball team. which will play
the convicts of Sing Sing at Ossining
next sunday. The last time the two
cams played was jus, before Memorial
Day, when the convicts defeated the ex.
change men 5 TO 4.
The sun., 1916-08-25
GOSSIP OF A 3 E

Despite the attack Of the small bear
interests yesterday the stock market was
essentially a bull affair under the leader
ship OF the copper group. About all that
was accomplished In the way OF working
prices down was to uncover q limited
number Of stop orders. and II Ia generally
agreed hat a resumption Of tho swing
upward will be looked for to-day. In
stead Of Steel common touching a new
high record for the fourth consecutive
day this week. that stock took a back
seat for Inspiration Consolidated in par
ticular IND the other copper shares In
Senerai. Inspiration touched b6%. a new
high record for the year by more thai :
points.
The sun., 1916-08-25

There was a considerable slump in the
total amount OF municipal bond sales
throughout the United states last month
compared with the preceding month
Total sales amounted to only S24.aA4737
In July. against SI,l46.6G5 In June,
while IN July. 1915, the sales Of munich
pal bonds amounted To s3+ O5i 500. THO
total volume Of sales for the first seven
months of his year. however. has bee,
exceeded only once in tho history of ,he
country. From January | to July 81
municipal bond sales ,otal.ed 33l9I2S..
400, while In the same period in 1871
they aggregated 1891. 7<5, 26l. The pre.
vious high record for the period wa,
s?76,,6S,+a3 for the first seven month,
OF 1919.
The sun., 1916-08-25
COFFEE MARKET.

4 hrmer tone prevailed In the coffee market
yesterday and ut the close values were I: TO
Is Irin : net higher, with total sales -. $40
hags sh' It's In September were again dis.
posed 10 cover and tl.err was incrrased buytns
~ 'be iat' months 10y Cotton Exchange Inter.
tsts. tpst and freight cher were higher on
, .m c,,tf T1.r usr. :. 9An'"s ~. ton.
sales Il from 2j.co 10 1000 hays Of coat and
freight c"f," during the last two days, and
INSIDE GuoiAticrs have been advanced from iS
o. - pn.ni.. Part q the buying was due to
Indications, OF advancing ocean freight rates.
private cables stating that a. high as $50 Q
lag was l"ing asked on coffee for shipment 70
a." u ted States.
Local spot liarsct unchanged on basis NJ Src.
f"r Re- =. lui nnGertone WAS Arm. although
tTsdir. was quiet.
Iharun - url.ua lr.a.--
The sun., 1916-08-25

Copper gossip had II that Anaconda
Copper Is considering taking owe In
spiration share for share. This could not
be confirmed. 1t was likewise rumored
that the American Smelling and Refining
Company had sold Its entire output OF
platinum for the year 1917. All Of the
metal group was Arm while most every
thing else was having sinking spells Of
greater or less intensity.
The sun., 1916-08-25

LONDON. Aug 1.-THE weekly state.
mont Of the Bank ot Eng and shows: Total
ilop,oOo, h%u.lion. dec. i:6s,siI. other 50,
c~u-,ties. inc i5,?SG,oo zoos; o.her deposits
inc. f7,SSa, 900, public deposits, -d"c, IT,,
7sa. OOO, notes reserve. dee, fla3.00O. Gov,
rum.n securitie, unchanged, rro portiou
Of banks reserve to liability, .6l5 pei
cent. asst week, eT.li per cent. Rate OF
discount, i per cent,
The sun., 1916-08-25

deposit their neutral securities IN the
Treasury. which issued u supplementary list
tion 81 yeSterday's rise. with tho execution
Of United states steel. which held nrin al
were quiet,
Consois for money. closed At 80: new ~ g.
wal loan ut o.. Money. <k% Discount
IbkT. Gold premiums at Lisbon, tS.eo.
The sun., 1916-08-25
MARKET.

LONDON. Aug, sA--The tone Of the
stock market Was generally steady to-day
with n moderate inquiry, Investment stocks
were steady. but consO's and the French
loan were easy. The shipping boom sub
sided and caused prices to droop. Dealers
were Increasingly busy advising clients 10
The sun., 1916-08-25

PARE Aug .i--Tho weekly statement
or the hhnk 81 Frame shows; Gold IN
ne. s3h. oo0t notes In circulation. Inc,
40, Gib.0oof Treasury deposits. Inc. Is. TOs, :
OOOf., general deposits. Inc, 10. ja5, 000f ;
bills discounted, dec, 25,2Ss. 000f.; ad-
vances. dec. :.I33.000f.
The sun., 1916-08-25

Cables-Rio unchanged a. sSs:5 for 30. I: *.
change i.3cd lower at icnd. receipts. il.ct u
hays stock. $1,000. Santos 100 reis higher Of
$500 for NJ. 4 futures. i25 TO l.5 reir higher
receipts, 5000 stock. l,7e3.oo. Receipts al
ports. 5000 bags. against $1,000 q year ago
sao Psulo. 1900. against $500: Jundishy.
o, 900. against 1900.
Sac Psulo weather fine In all dlstricts. with
temperatures co to 80.
The sun., 1916-08-25
L. :. GOV " BONDS.
Aux T. Aug. g.
Bid Asked. hid. Asked.
DIVIDENDS.
stock Of I'ay-
Record. able,

stock Of ray
Record. abs.
British Am. Tobacco. 1919 ----- -
Sonsol, Gas. u l.. a J.. Of
Balt, q, ~, Sept. Is Oct. :
Consol. Gas. u. l.. a. i. Of
Bait. ~. > n, go So, sept. IL Oct. 2
Eastman Kodak. a. "a 20 sept, q Oct, 2
Eastman Kodak pf.q.lh &c sept. 0 Oct. :
Interstate Elec. Corp. y,
Aras.%, ;Minin. ,tto.,Aur' 80
Cai4n.et .Hs,ia sin. $50 Sept, sept. 2:
,nen,ennial Mining. N....Aux. 81 sept 81
Magma copper. y. soc. :. Sept. 4 sept. 30
Harrison bros & 20. q :"s,sepi. . Sept. IL
-
sInterim. initial.
The sun., 1916-08-25
BID AND ASKED PRICES.


Closing prices Of stocks in vhi,n ,hs,.
we're no transactions yesterday: "
The sun., 1916-08-25

Total sales to-day, 757l0O shares. Same day 1915. 7o5so0. January
% date. l05ls94O0. Same period 1915. 95.36a 100.
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first person. singular number
nouud 70 nud his lie fun and rich
and glad ana free, rs hound. u other.
words, 10 be an optlmist.
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year given him a two months
term at the University with all
Tll paid. Assisting Prof.
lh :. at the school are his
WTIlle,' Annie Hunter, Pauline
Hudson and Rosa MILAN.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-05-10
5000 GARMENT WORKERS
WILL RETURN TO WORK

New York, May 8.-The num-
Der of striking cloak, suit and
skirt makers here will be reduced
by 5000 today through the return
of the employees of the seventy
three independent manufacturers.
say officials of the union. About
o5,C00 are now on strike or lock-
ed OH The union officials saw
they have made agreements with
the independent manufacturers
whose workers will go back today
and that they hope to settle the
strike with all the 1900 indepen-
dent shops, 600 of which have Of
fere dto make terms.
Strike leaders are investigating
reports that New York manufac-
turers are letting their contracts