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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
POLICE NEEDED TO
PROTECT UMPIRES
WHEN ROCKS WIN

Peoria, Ill, Aug. 26.-Rockford
defeated Peoria in the final game
OF the series, to 8. Lukenoyic
was wild and was taken out in the
first inning. Higbee, who followed
him, was hit hard. Major league
scouts watching Outfielder Lebour-
veau of the Peoria club saw the
youngster get four hits in five
trips to the plate, one of them a
home run to center field.
A squadron Of police escorted
Umpires Delave and O'Connor from
the field to a waiting car after the
game, following near riots which
had taken place on the finish of
tUo prauiouS 1anaS Ccora.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
ARRANGE PLANS FOR
WORLD TITLE GAMES

Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 26.-Pre-
liminary plans for the world base
ball series will be made at Chicago
next Tuesday, according to August
Hermann, chairman of the nation
al commission.
Tentative schedules will be ar
ranged, but these will not be given
out until the flags in the two big
leagues are clinched, he said.
Hermann this year appears in
the dual capacity of chairman of
the commission and president of
the club which is heralded as the
National league flag winner.
He already has received about
five thousand letters from all parts
of the country asking for world
series reservations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
MOLINE VICTORS
IN FINAL OF YEAR
WITH EVANSVILLE

Evansville, Ind, Aug. % Mo
line trimmed Evansville in the final
game OF the season between the
two clubs, to ., because the
Black Sox could not hir Beck with
meI on bases. Three fast double
plays helped turn down Evansville
The scOrn-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
CAPONI HANDS
OUT ALACING
TO TEXAS KID
Report From Jackson, Mich, Says
Rock Island WOp Made a Great
Hit With Large Crowd.
Especial to The Argus.

Jackson, Mich, Aug. 26.-Tony
Caponi of Rock Island beat Texas
Kid in eight rounds here last night.
1t was the fastest fight ever wit
messed here, and the large crowd
went wild over the wop fighter.
Caponi made a great hit with his
puzzling shift and fast foot work.
He stepped in and around his op-
pOnent and jabbed and pounded
him at will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
BIG BILL JACOBSON is GOING
some WITH ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Up in GeneseO They are Happy at
Last Because Former Islander
Seems to Have Arrived.

Bib Bill Jacobson after ten years
of uphill fight in baseball has ar
rived at last and everybody down
St Louis way is happy and so Is
Bill. Up in Geneseo they have wait
ed a long time for these glad It'd
ings. When Bill first started his
professional career with Rock Is
land, they predicted great things
of him, and now the said predic-
lions seem to have come true.
He has been one of the puzzles
of baseball since he signed a St.
Louis contract some few years
back. He'd hit them everywhere
and often in the spring, but regu-
larly as the season grew older
he'd fade away.
But he is now a puzzle that the
fans have solved but is proving one
too deep for opposing pitchers.
They used to refer to Baby Doll"
as the morning glory" but times
have changed since Bill has refus-
ed TO fade as the present season
an end. Right now he
is doing greater things with the
willow than he ever did in May.
And it looks like he is only getting
started
It's true he did take a sulmp a
month or so back, but he came
back stronger and the wits didn't
have a chance to get started with
the same old line. Jacobson is one
OF the biggest men in baseball and
when he lands on the ball II is a
la Ruth style. And all pitching
looks alike to him. He has been a
big help to the Browns this sea-
son, his bat doing much TO keep
them in the pennant chase thus far,
-
A western Illinois paper for wGst-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
RROWN,S GRAB FINAL.

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 26.-Tobin's
single off Walter Johnson with the
bases filled in the ninth scored the
two runs st. Louis needed to win
the final game of the series with
Washington yesterday, to 3.
johnson had relieved Shaw with
three men on and the score 8 to 1
in favor of the visitors. He hit
Williams with a pitched ball, fore
ing in a run, then came Tobin's sin
gle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
BOSTON COPS FROM
TIGERS, 5-4, RUTH
GETTING HOMER %

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 26.-Detroit
pitchers were unable to hold Bos-
ton in the pinches yesterday, the
visitors taking the second game of
the series, 5 to f. Ruth hit his
fourth home run in three days,
making his total for the season %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
ted for Higbee in ninth.

stolen Dase-hTueB6I. InTee Dase
hit-Higbee. Home run - Lebour-
veau. Bases on balls-Lukenovic,
/; Higbee, l; Clark, 1. Struck out
-Higbee. 3: Clark, l. Hits and
runs-Off Lukenovic, hits, 2 runs
in 2-3 inning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

The bad influence of modern
books and the motion picture thea
tire is blamed by an English bishop
for what he terms the deteriora-
ton in the modern girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
New York. s; Chicago. 5.
Boston, 5; Detroit, 4.
st. Louis, 4; Washington, 3.
Cleveland, II; Philadelphia, o.
Chicago at st. Louis.
tiames To-day.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Felsch. Struck out-By James, 1;
by Thormahlen, 2; by Lowdermilk,
1. Double plays-E. Collins to
Gandil to Risberg to Gandil. Hits
OFF James, IL in 1-3 innings;
off LowdermiIk, 1 in > % innings.
Hit by pitcher-By James, Baker.
Time-2:10. Umpires and
HiIdebrand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


HeSterday's Results.
Cincinnati. z; Philadelphia, 3.
Others postponed, rain.
Games To-day.
Chicago at Boston, (2).
Pittsburgh at New York, ~.
st. Louis at Brooklyn, ~.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, ~.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Two base hits-DeIOteIIe, Kelly.
Base on balls-Beck, 2; WinChell.
2. Struck Winchell, 5; Beck,
2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Korean umbrellas are covered
with oiled paper, and cost about 10
cents each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
MINOR LEAGUES.


Rockford, z; Peoria, 3.
Moline, 4; Evansville. ?.
Only two games played.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Three base hit-MeuseI. Bases on
balls Dauther, z; off G. Smith,
G. 1T. Reuther. Z in % in
nings. 81 - oU:-By Reuther. 4 :;
by Ring, l, by G. Smith, l. Win
ming pitcher-Reuther
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Railways use almost half of the
worlds entire output of steel every
year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

A western Illinois paper for west
ern Illinois people-The Argus.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Republic Iron Buys
Tin Plate Company
Takes Over Entire Stock and
Property of Ohio
Concern

Acquisition of the De Forent Sheet
lin Plate Company Of Niles, Ohio.
by the Republic Iron & Steel Company
was announced yesterday by John A
Topping. chairman of the latter con
Germ. Mr.. Topping stated that con
tract was entered into with the tin
plate company to purchase its entire
capitnl stock and property consisting
of eight sheet mills and two Joining
mills with manufacturing site of c25
acres of land
The total capacity of the propertv."
he added, "is $4,000 tons per annnm
Of blue annealed black and galvanizcd
sheets, together with line of rooflnr
products. The purchase of this prom
eerty by the Republic Company rivcs
1T an entirely new line Of business.
together with sufficient acreage of de-,
sirable manufacturing property to en-.
able it to extend its development along
various highly finished lines of iron
and steel products"
Mr.. Topping declined to divulge the
price at which the tin plate property
was taken over. The company was
organized in 1909 with an authorized
capital stock of 100000, of which
S596,o0O is outstanding; of an author
lzed bond issue of 100000 the amount
outstanding is $4,000
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
RelevantCon
The Days Market

stock market prices broke sharply
IN the closing hour Yesterday. when
offerings became exceedingly heavy
following publication OF unfavorable
reports from Paris regarding the stand
taken b. the Italian and the Japanese
delegations. Steel common. which had
carly sold at l02. fell to 50 = and closed
at lVo' OF /. The close was very ir-
regular Dealings approXimated ,a5o,-
coo shares.
Before the late decline the market
developed strong upward tendencies,
with speculative interest convereing
upon the industrial specialties, The
ieathef stocks rose vigorously for q
time, while some of the steels shot
ahead. bethlehem steel issues rose
fol lloWlng the announcement
OF q cut IN the amount at the extra
dividend on the common stock. ROYAL
huioh shares Went into new hieh
ground around 3D. hut ali Of theae Is
sues gave way toward tho oloaa. most
or the early gains heihg Wirad out.
La tho case or The liathiphem steel iss
sAas the het iesses az the close pNeesd.
ed q point National tloa and SUIT
continued it7 advance, elusihH Numts
up at S0As VeNas & raeiNe gnined
y points, while Tide Water Oh AZ ysd
was up q points Copper stocks were
heavy. with Utah otl Ia
Bonds were active and firm. and The
Liberty Loan issues closed fractionaly
higher.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Steel Man Opposed
To Redfeld Price
Stabilizing Plan
Replogle Says the Establish
ment of Free Market
Would Be Followed by
Activity and Higher Prices

J Leonard Replogle. who was gov
efnment director of steel supply Nur-
ing the war, declared himself yester-
day as being opposed to the Redheld
Plan for slahilzing prices in the non
and steel industry lie predicted that
an unrestricted market would shortly
he fellewed bY higher prices and
greater activity,
" believe" continued Mf Renieele.
"9ha' tho Director General OF Nails
roads 10 correct va his orinioh that
omen market conditions IN steel should
prevail. The snthet general opinion
that uhdet open market conditions
prices for steel products would sag to
considerable extent is. believe. "A
ihllacy which would be very uuicAlp
dissipated, as the prevailing costs o.
the steel manufacturers, large ami
small, are such that this would not hc
possible. AS n matter of fact, under
the law of supply and demand it is
quite probable that the price of many
commodities would shortly be consid-
erably in excess Of the schedule now
under discussion.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Livermore Squeezed
In Corn, Is Report
Eastern Spectators. Caught
Short in Rising Market,
Have to Paw Dear

OMAHA, Neb., April 24.-Jcsse Liv-
ermore, of New York, and members of
Chicago pool of grain spectators
since Saturday have bought 100000
bushels of corn from George A. Rob
erts, Independent Omaha speculator. at
an average OF S168 a bushel, netting
Roberts $2,000OOO profit.
In January. when the corn market
began to decline, Livermore and the
Chicagoans were bearish, according to
reports Roberts, who was a bull.
bought in his supply at $1.20 bushel.
The Eastern pool, which had sold
short, found the market suddenly soar
ing when it was discovered that onlv
100000 bushels were actually on the
Chicago market and farmers were sell
ing no more corn during the planting.
Roberts held the corn and the members
of the pool were forced to buy, giving
him profit OF forty-eight cents a
bushel Eastern manipulators are un-
wise to try to force the market when
they really know less about actual con
dilons than his office girl, Roberts de
clareS,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Warns Against
OVel'inveSE2Qae9lt
La Foreign Issues
Banker-Economist Says Too
Large an Expectation of
Capital Would Starve
Domestic Enterprises

A warning against starving American
enterprise by too large an expectation
OF American capital for the develop
ment of foreign fields is sounded BY
Professor b. NJ Anderson, of the Ma
tlonal Bank Of Commerce, in Com,
mercc Monthly"
Good business and good citizenship
both demand,' he SAYS, that first
place be given to American enter
prlses and to the reconstruction of
Europe in the investment of American
capital rms IS a plain truth likely to
be overlooked in the present-day ten
dency to overestimate the desirahilitv
ana opportunity for capital investment
IN non European countries, notably
South America, Siberia and China. es
means of expanding our export trade
with them. Ii is the great illusion
or the day that such investment in
foreign countries necessarily results
IN stimulated export trade there for
the investing country, Experience
shows that the two do not always ro
together.
Moreover, the current theory that
Nh9rieA's great future in foreign
trade IS to be based on foreign invest
ment clearly raises the problem aa
w NV f''t'ri icdh buAlneSS IS GOlnG to
tafe II we export capital on large
soale ia those places which have
hitherto rawn capital from Europe
ih's involves serious possibilities OF
'ehhsng American husiness of It's
proper RECOMMENDATIONS. There alao
stahds the fact that Europe, ahatterhd
ana demeraliaed, muat draw heavily
ON our capital aeeumulatens durn,s
,he period of reconstruction rorme,s
~ great lender, Europe must he far
years heavy borrower. After that
we have little TO spare. We have a
great future IN trade with non Nurono-
an countries. but it needs no hothouse
iorelng We do not need to starve
american enterprise in order to slim
ulate foreign trade"
tor many years after the war it is
inc opinion Of Professor Anderson that
the world will have less capital than
1T had before the war, and this means
he says, that capital will have TO be-
economi2ed and that the margin" of
capital utilization will have TO bn
raised. D'
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Utah Copper
Profits sll.35 a
Share i'm 1918
Production Costs Double
Those of 1914, Annual
EerortShows; Operations
Reduced TO so Per Cent

Costs of production in 1918 of the
Ntah Copper Company, one of the
largest producers OF copper in the
world We're more than double those in
'pl'' according 10 the annual report
'ss"eu 'o the stockholders Yesterday.
showing sll,AA a share earned en the
Plo,saa'poo capital stock. compared
Nllh al',uH q share the nreoedjng wear
tNe ANfnlos after charges and taxes
'asi year amounted ia siAAl5. fa0
against ssa,dph,Apo ia iplf. onerat,n,s
,SNN'hVes ~ lplN aggregated AlA,hen
iaN' Vomnaved with SAS.fni,laA Ia iniTi
IL, ra', s',., ,lg eNpehses, @3o,TiT,HaG ngains,
S1'nnoo4o. After payment OF $lG,-
~'9'"oV III dividends there remained a
surplus ul S2.20O,SSO comrarpd WIN
surplus of $6,l40,3Do in the previous
Nenr. '0'9
me balance sheet of the companv. ~
OF December 81 last. showed cash or
T' '1'aZ4 lsS, compared with Sl5Ab3 9d5
at 'he close of 1917, while the value of
seeur'tles ,ee owned was put at S1i.957.
a0o' aoo' an increase of more than $1,000.
W." ARK ryIo''::parcd with the previous year.
ne aJorlty portion of the in
" PlONutJlOD, the rpUOrt
states has been due to constantlv
,lslng wages and prices of sunnlios
out IN 1918, particularly in the latter
ppatt OF 1T, increased smelling ana ro-
inlhg charges and advanced railroad
rates became factors of serious im-
portancc' IN
operations of the company were re-
duced to the extent of about 20 nov
cent IN 1918. and are continuing on
that basis. The larger of the two con- W.
centrators. the Magma. was closed
down WI entirely for about two months.
mining operations thereafter beinc
conhned to the Arthur plant
Net cost of production of conner
"iter deducting miscellaneous income
lhcludlng revenue as dividends from
the Bingham & Garfield Railway. and
deducting the value of gold and silver
contents, but not including dividends
! rom the Nevada Consolidated Conner
Company, was 14.533 cents pound
compared with 10.995 cents in 1917 or
an increase in cost of about 30 ner
cent. The per pound cost of produc-
Llon IN 1914 after crediting income
from miscellaneous sources was 7245
cents.
Total production of copper bv the
Utah Company in 1913 amounted to
l97'97s,557 pounds, against 2O6.174.442
pounds in 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
New York Dock Earns 1885
A Share on Common Stool

1918, the New York Dock Company re-
ports total revenue of $4,989,461, an in
crease of $566,426 over the preceding
year. After taxes had been taken care
of net earnings were 81 ,63S, ,663. or $127,-
353 larger than those for 1917. In
terest, etc, aggregated $578.57O, leav-
ing net income of $1,167,S65
The company during the year showed
a deficit of Ss2,S77 on the New York
Dock Railway. After this sum had been
deducted from the parent company's in
come, balance was 81 ,0S4,9 ,9SS, or equiv
aient, after 100000 in preferred divi-
dend payments, to ss.35 share on
$7000,o0O common stock. This com
pnrcs with S73s share earned in 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
7. Nj. Gray Purchasing
Agent for Belgium

freutss NJ, Gray formerly asso-
elated with Herbert Al, Hoover in Nel-
gan reief work. has been appointed
purchasing agent OF the nelglan GOV
ernment m tho United States, accord
ing to reports current in Walt street
yesterday. 1t was stated that lielgum
of shipping for transportation OF the
supplies he viii buy. A shipping com
pnny has been formed by MIR Gray in
association with Alexander Hemphil,
OF the Guaranty Trust Company, and
William b. Walsh. who will serve as
directors.
The first instalment. amounting to
$4,000 600, OF the S50,00000O credit
recently arranged here for Belgium,
has been called
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Smaller Extra for
Bethlehem Stocks

An extra dividend of 9. of per cent
was declared yesterday by the directors
Of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation on
the "a" and "B" common stocks, in ad
cition to the regular quarterly distri
button of IA per cent Three months
ago the board departed from its. policy
OF declaring quarterly dividends of 211
per cent and declared TX per cen,
regular and IL per cent extra.
Following yesterdays meeting Eu
gene g. Grace, president. said tha.
operations at the Bethlehem steel
plants were now somewhere between
~ per cent and so per cent of capacity.
me shiphuilding plants, he stated, were
operating full
T. +. McMath was elected secretary
OF the company, succeeding tho lats
narry Ii: Joan. The vacancy on ths
directorate created by the death Of Mr.
Joan was not filed.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Paternahsm a Handicap

"lf anything Will prevent an early
expansion Of the steel business and
business generally it is continued arti-
fetal restrictions of this character. and
when President Wilson announced in
his message to Congress thus the war
comes to an end, it was time for pater-
na'ism to cease and the law of supply
and demand to take effect"
Deprecating the injury to the steel
business that has resulted from the
IalNro of the Industrial Board and the
railroad administration to reach ar
agreement on the price question, Mr..
Replog lie said that at the time the Red
held plan was suggested business was
showing slight but consistent i'm
provement and operations at the mills
were IRE, on fairly satisfactory basis.
The announcement of the plan to
artifcially regulate prices" he added,
caused cessation in the buying
movement which had started. About
three months have elapsed since it
was announced that it was the inten-
ton of the Redfeld committee to help
stabilize business, but the only ef-
fect OF this announcement and the de-
alterations since that time has been
to retard the development of business
generally The law of supply and de-
mand IS natural process which can
not be helped by artificial methods or
by any number Of committees, regard
less OF how capable they may be.
Might Cause Chaos
"lf steel prices are to be artiicially
regulated, it is reasonable and proper
to assume that hundreds of other
commodity prices should be also. in
Guiding coal, petroleum, copper, lead
lumber, leather, cotton, wheat.
corn and other materials, and if it
takes three months of negotiations on
steel to reach the point we have to-
day, how long will it take and how long
will general business be deferred by
similar negotiations on other commod
tiles? If the industrial committees
were composed of a thousand of the
most capable men in this country it
would take six months to year to
work out all of these problems, and
in the interim business chaos might
result"
Asked yesterday if in his opinion
an open market already existed
IN the steel industry, John A. Topping,
chairman of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, declared this condition
prevailed to the extent that manufac,-
urers were unwilling to sell below
actual costs of productions Like Mr..
keplogle, he decried the conditions re-
sulting from the price muddle at
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
BuNing for the "I.nnr phil"

r. c. Megargel & Co. say: After
the peace question is settled there
should be constantly growing de-
mand for American products from all
over the world, and the investors who
are accommodating stocks now have this
clearly in mind, feeling confident that
those same stocks will be worth double
or treble the prices at which they can
be bought to-day. These investors are
taking a long range view of the mar
ket. looking forward to the big bull
movements that Will probably begin
toward the close Of this year or The
first part of next wear"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Market Opinion
\ Wosd of Warnine

"fhe railroad stocks have enioysd
llttle advance" e" said f, L. keeeh 4 Co.,
Yesterday, "and are therefore lsss
1nansefeus to he Id than the induatriala.
FAfheFmofe, the amount OF railroad
STOCK being enrsied on margin as com.
pared with ihdustfial= Ia about "a 20
I'VE s'ill feel that II Ia our duty "a
warn our clents against the dangers
OF the present market and to counsel
REDUCTION OF commitments. Possibly
,he market may be advanced further.
not make SO much but YOU will save
moro
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
No Action on Dividend
OF Creene-Cananea

Directors of the Greene Cananea
Copper Company failed to take action
yesterday on the quarterly dividend
on it's capital stock, due at this time.
Three months ago $l.50 share was
paid and previous to that time the dis
tributions were made on the basis Of
SB a share year.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25

The above rates express the cost of
foreign money in terms of the Amcri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling, say, at S465. The intrinsic
parity is s4.S6% per pound Thus you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or shat dollars are at a premium.
which is owing to the fact that in Enc
land the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which to settle
accounts in England.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
The Dollar in Foreign EXCHANGE

A slightly broader inquiry for
STERLING exchange resulted in a small
fractional advance in rates yesterday.
demand sterling going to s4651s and
cables to $4661s.
Rates on Paris declined again, fall
ing to 6'07 francs to the dollar for
checks. Italian lire were lower.
Neutral exchanges were steady
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, follow:
(Quoted dollars to the pound.)
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Great Western Sugar Company-Extra
Regular Declarations
Paris Market Irregular

PARIS. April 24.-Prices moved
irregularly on the Bourse to-day.
Three per cent rentcs, 81 francs s CEN
times fer cash; exchange on London.
rs francs 81 confines; per cent loan
80 francs % centimcs. The dollar
ranged from francs centimcs to &
francs centimes.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-25
Export Rail Prices Called unau,hentic

Announcement on q financial news
ticker late yesterday that the Con-
solidated Steel Corporation had fixed
an export price Of 500 ton for
Bcssemcr rails and $55 a ton for open
hearth rails was declared to be ''un-
authcntic' by an official of the COM
pany. That substantial foreign in
quiries are in this market, however,
was indicated by the statement that
all officials were "too busy to talk"
If it is true that the export prices an
nounced are correct thev would be $40
a ton higher than those agreed upon
between the steel industry and the
Industrial Board on rails for home use.