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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
At the Illinois.

| No better bill of acts ever ap-
peared at the Illinois theatre than
the one now playing and every act
has some distinct feature OF indi-
| viduality that makes it a feature in
itself. The Flying Emerys gave one
OF the best aerial acts ever seen at
this theatre. Two graceful people,
a man and a girl, in a beautiful set
| ting, perched high on a trapeZe, go
through a series of tricks that deny
description for skill and daring.
Miss Edna Deal is a great Deal and
everybody loved her before she
went very far just like the soldiers
loved her in the army camps where
size earned for her sweet little self
the title, the Elsie Janis of Vaude-
Vile" Miss Deal played her cards
so well last night that she came
home under the wires with nice
little hit chalked up to her credit
She has the sweet simplicity of
child, this mere slip of girl,
very affectionate smile and a way
of her own that would earn her
friends among her worst enemies.
She sings in an unaffected, clear
voice and puts over the footlights
some dainty songs with ability that
is laudable. Miss Charlotte Rus
sell, who does many things and all
of them we'll, gives a series of char
acter changes and impersonates
each character with great talent
and ability and it is most remark
able act because the changes are
performed with such rapidity that
many thought there were two or
more women in the act Fox and
Felt were the Fox and lady who
never Felt better in their lives the
way the audience received their ev-
cry mite of effort. This couple got
enough laughter to kill all the blues
that ever came out of an unhappy
heart. Miss Nellie O'Neil's comedy
circus was a riot OF fun, to see
monkeys riding bicycles and train
cd pigs that tried TO hog the show
with their efforts and the best little
bucking mule that ever kicked his
way through the human obstacles
into the pastures of let me alone.
No one could ride him last night,
some tried and now they are just
so much the wiser. The act was
scream of the first water and in the
nierriment many overlooked the
value of the trained animals for the
fun there was in the laughter.
Francis Ford came into his own in
the Silent Mystery" Pathe news
showed Billy Sunday at the bat, and
other timely events and the Key
stone comedy was very funny. The
contest was won by local
who were so elated over /
their success that they gave a !
splendid exhibition of the one-step
to a great big hand for their efforts. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
MONA VS.. TOM MURPHY,

Chicago, April 17.-John Wagner,
Racine promoter, was in the city
Wednesday. He wants to stage an
other card April 30. 1t is possible
Knockout Brown, who is still pa
rading in his khaki raiment, may be
the match. Wagner wanted Phil
Harrison and Stockyards Tommy
Murphy, but this would be too soon
for Murphy, as he has had an oper-
alton on his nose. Walter Jacobson
and Clint Flynn have been matched.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
RIG TEN SEASON OPENS.

Chicago, April 18.-The Western
Conference baseball schedule will
open today with eight of the big
Ten" colleges having teams in the
field, Minnesota and Northwestern
not being represented But one
game is scheduled for the opening
day-University of Chicago at Iowa
City against University of Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
WIN BASKET TITLE

Chicago, April 1S-The independ-
ent basket ball championship of
the entire central west, it was
stated yesterday was practically, de-
cided when the Ryals of Detroit
defeated the Owls of Whiting, In
diana, Wednesday, Is to II, in the
third and final game of the inter
city series.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
CARDS BEAT BROWNS.

st. Louis, Mo, April IS. = St
Louis Nationals beat the Browns
in their spring series contest to-
day, to s. The Cards gathered IA
hits, while the American leaguers
swatted 10. Score:
st. Louis Americans .....8 10 z
St Louis Americans ..-...S 10 Z
es-Lowdermilk, Leifeld,
Koob and Billings; Goodwin, May,
There and Clemens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
RRTLE VS.. DALEY.

Baltimore, Md, April 1S.-John-
ny Ertle of st. Paul and frankie
Daley meet in 12-round bout here
tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Coast League Ball.

Los Angeles, /: Vernon, 0.
Oakland, 5; San Francisco, 4.
Portland. 8; Salt Lake, 2.
Seattle, 8; Sacramento, z az in
nings.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
SPORTING. WS--AMUSEMENTS
EXHIBITION GAMES

New York, Yanks, z; Brooklyn, 8.
New York Giants, 4; Washington
!, (13 inings.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
7 III EAT r E
At the Burds.

NJ bAAO DuA VS.
The elaborate musical spectacle
'Everywoman," which Henry w
Savage will disclose at the Burtis
Davenport, tomorrow, matinee and
night, represents the very latest
words in amusements. 1t is design
ed to please the most exacting, Of
fer diversion to the most jaded
taste. There is nothing about ii
to remind the spectator of any 9TH
er production he has ever seen. II
often occurs that a person who has
not seen "Everywoman" will ask
someone who has, what it is like.
There is no other play or produc-
ton to which it can be likened.
1t proves a delight for the eye
and for the ear. 1t is a feast for
the lover of luxury; beautiful
gowns upon the forms of fair wo-
men; artistic designs in costumes,
draperies, sumptuous stage set
tings evidencing wizardry Of light
and color effects, the highest
achievement of the specialist
For the lover of excellent music
there is an orchestra >of symphonic
capabilities to render the score,
which was composed for Every
woman" by George Whitefield
Chadwick, dean of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music, Bos-
ton
For the admirer of fine acting,
Mr.. Savage has assembled a cast
with fully a score of names which
are well and favorably known to
everyone who follows the annals Of
the stage. The leading role, Nobody,
a strange prophetic figure, is play
ed with fine discrimination and eff
feet by Percy Parsons, one of the
solid and substantial actors of the
American stage. Long schooling in
the support of leadings stars has
given him the polish which renders
his performance delightful, pictor-
tally and as an elQcutionary effort.
The leading female role, Every
woman, is one of the most exacing
an artistic is ever called upon to
portray. 1t requires not only ar
tistic but physical fitness. Paula
Stay, really beautiful enough to
typify the character, is the inter
prefer of "Everywoman." There
are 81 speaking characters in the
play.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
At the Majestic.

Picture fans who glory in the
wealth of the production will find
complete satisfaction at the screen
ing of Dorothy Gish's new Para
mount picture, which will be shown
at the Majestic theatre tonight.
One of the most exclusive resi-
dences in Pasadena was taken by
Director Clifton for the society
scenes of the picture, and the house
with all it's furnishings was used.
81 never saw so much silver in
my life" says Clifton. And ev-
erywhere you looked, there was
enough expense to break 10 ordi-
nary incomes. Everything's gold
but the doorknobs, and they are
polished Brass
So, with John Leezer twisting the
celluloid> through the little black
box and only Andy Reid attending
to the subject of lighting. Miss
Gish's picture looks like real mon
ey. Richard Barthelmess is the
leading man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
At the Palace.


Not for a second does the en-
tertainment lag and the comedy is
a knockout for the blues. Where's
all this? At the Palace theatre,
Moline, where Manager Walter
Dunn has succeeded in putting
| over the best bill of the season.
The general supposition that
there is nothing new under the
sun when it comes to Scrobatics
is a bum guess, for the Ellico-
Nowlan company stages a minia-
ture circus that has all the latest
wrinkles in the tumbling business.
True they grab bit of Max
Blooms thunder by springing a
wheeze to his horse, Becky" but
it's always laughable and these
performers have something to
show. The nut frivolity of Lew
Sully is whiskerless and breezy
and withal clean. No dark brown
taste or anything like that. Lam
berti, wiggly of notion and cram
med full of melodious tunes,
climbs all over the xylophone and
makes you like it. The sketch,
MRS. Chaperone," is we'll written,
Astounding in laughable situations.
concerning a young lover. He asks
for the hand of a girl. Her father
says nix on the sentiment and or
ders a chaperone for his daugh-
ter. Chap" makes a good look
ing girl and father makes love to
her, Result? Fifty dollars hush
money and a wedding for the
youthfuls. The gingersnaps, Fol-
lis sisters and Leroy are good
enough for the biggest of the big
time circuits. Brand new dancing,
special costumes and personality
Just loads Of it. r. B. Lourie,
four-minute man, told of the Vic
tory loan last evening, stating Mo-
line would go over the top with
volunteer subscriptions.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Americas Opportunity.

Something of what the Great war
has meant to Europe Is what / have
been trying to describe In the proceed
ing chapters. We all look at even
great events in the light of our own
personalities, and what America IL
most keenly interested in undoubtedly
is what the Great War has meant to
America. Many books will be written
on that subject alone and to attempt
such an analysis in a single chapter,
and to attempt It before the currents
set in motion by the war have had
time to unite in any great resultant
force that is clearly discernible. is both
difficult and dangerous. Such vision
as any one can have Of what the
Great War has meant to America
must at best, at the present time, be
imperfect and. indeed. little more than
a suggestion as to possibilities.
There are some points In respect to
Americas relative position in the world
that can be defined with a fair degree
of assurance. however. The advan-
taees of Americas unique position
combining the resources OF the great
est world capitalist with the resources
OF the nation richest of all others In
raw materials. give promise OF ma
.erial prosperity unparalleled.
In the industrial world, America has
advantages which will enable her sue
cossfully to compete with other ma
lions and at the same time pay re-
wards both to capital and to labor
such as industry In no other nation
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tunity for service to those who have
put til n in a high position 1 believe
that america could then easily take
her true place in world leadership. If
that could be done there would be an
end to lightly passing over failure or
dereliction in public office. Men I'M
fitted by ability or moral grip to COM
prehend and to render the service that
they might do would be driven from
public place by whirlwind of public
opinion. Conversely, men who did dis
charge the great obligation laid upon
them by a public trust would be hon
ored far beyond the honors that can
possibly come to success in other
fields.
And so it all goes back to a sound
citizenship, to a comprehension by all
Of us OF our individual responsibility
for good government, to the active ac-
ceptance Of individual responsibility
by every man who lays any claim to
the rank of good citizenship.
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and $500, 000, 900. Added that that, we
are the greatest producers Of food and
raw material and minerals in the world,
and for years to come our commodity
trade balance seems likely to run sew
eral hundred millions a year in our
favor. In what Is this huge credit to
be paid? 1t must inevitably be paid In
foreign securities. We may admit that
our investors are not educated to for
eign investments, but even though that
Is true, the investors rather than the
foreign investment must give way, and
we must see to II, and inevitably Will
see to 1t, that our investors are edu-
Gated 10 an understanding and appre-
ciation of foreign investments. whether
we wish to or not we must accept
something like a billion dollars a year
of foreign securities and they must be
placed with our inve4 rs. There is
no other way to settle ti.- favorable
trade balance which the next few years
will inevitably create.
If then we are the one financial
centre where bank deposit Is equiva-
lent to gold and we are the principal
country from which foreign credits
must DO sought, and where from the
very nature Of the situation they must
be granted, then. 1t seems to me. we
have the elements necessary to finan-
cial leadership. We must develop the
ability and understanding which VIII
permit us to .cope with the problems OF
international finance. These considera-
tons lead me for the first time to
reach the conclusion that the answer
to the often put question OF whether
or not New York Is to become the
financial centre Of the world Is yes"
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can pay. Those advantages are in
nerent in our own position. Other ma
lions. to a greater or less degree, are
workshops to which raw material must
be brought from more or less distant
places. wrought into finished products
and. in part, again exported 30 that
tue profit of the workshop can be
largely used in importing food to sus-
tail. the workers.
America Is almost self-contained as
to raw materials. We must import
rubber. but all other rubber manufac-
turing centres must do the same. We
import some ores that, mixed with our
own inexhaustible supplies, help to
produce a higher quality OF product.
Among foods. the coffee bean, tea and
chocolate are perhaps the only seri-
Gus demands we must make on other
lands. OF course. we must have i'm
ports II the world In to pay for what
We export, and we can consume large
values of foreign fruits, tea. choco-
late, nuts, vegetable oils and the lux
uries of silk. precious gems and plati-
mum In which to set them. But these
are not fundamental necessities to our
industrial life as are the imports Of
coal, cotton, wool. hides, copper, min
eral oils and cereals that are funda-
mental In the lives OF the great indus
trial centres Of the world.
So much Nature has done for US,
but our own political life has given
to American induBry an advantage
which. If we had but that alone. would
be an almost determining factor in
giving us ultimately Industrial world
leadership. The manufacturer who
has, in the first instance, q domestic
demand from 10000, 900 people, rich
In the purchasing power which gen.
eral prosperity gives them, separated
by no hampering political boundaries.
with no hurdles OF tariff. no differ
ences Of language. with no unshakable
adherence to time-established local
differences Of styles--a body OF 1885,
000, 900 people moving freely In their
national Intercourse, all keenly re-
ceptive of any improved or novel
design. all wearing much the same
type OF hat or coat or shoes and lib
orally adopting the best in forms of
tools. in means Of transportation or In
styles OF articles Of luxury or enter
tainment, the manufacturer having
such q market permitting him, as II
does, to reap the vast advantages OF
mass production (no matter what line
of goods he produces) is almost al
once placed in a position so superior
to that Of the competitors lacking
these advantages that. for this reason
alone, he stands almost hors do con
cours.
LimitIess Agricultural Capacity.
Then we may add to these advan
tages a background Of almost limitlesi
agricultural capacity. We have field'
that produce under our methods grea'
yields with the least expenditure o.
human labor found anywhere in tn,
world. while the products OF thos'
fields are moved at the lowest trans
portation cost of any land Transports
ton in existence. There are othei
nations that move tonnage on inlant
waterways more cheapiy than we do. 1
is true There are other acres that pro
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CHAPTER XVI.
An International Loan to
Europe.

After had had an opportunity
to study conditions throughout the
European countries which I visited
I prepared, just as I was leaving Hol-
land on May /, a brief outline of a
plan for an international loan to these
European nations so urgently In need
of aid for the restarting of their in
dustrial processes.
/ presented this outline for discus
sion and criticism to some Of our
American officials from Washington,
to a number of leading French states
men and financiers, and to the prin-
cipal bankers in Holland and in Lon
don. The details of this proposed
peace loan might be worked out in
various ways. The principles on
which such a loan is based, however,
I feel should follow essentially the
fundamental lines of his brief state
ment, In the following paragraphs 1
have set forth in practically its
original form the memorandum dis
cussed with the various Government
officials and bankers in Europe.
It seems to me obvious that the
problem of financing the rehabilitation
OF Belgium, France, or any other of
the European nations, is one that must
be solved for Europe as a whole. It
Is undesirable to take up the financing
of one country separately and at the
same time allow other European
countries, through lack OF aid, to trail
in restarting industry.
European nations might be COM
pared TO a group OF houses in all of
which IL inflammable material. Fire
In any one would endanger all. and II
would hardly be worth while TO put
safeguards against fire originating in
single house. The safeguards would
have to be put in all the houses or
there could be no safety for any OF
them.
A failure to restart industry IN any
European nation. resulting In con-
tinued idleness, want and hardship, Is
certain to lead TO social upheavals that
will be communicated to other ma
lions. The problem. therefore, Is an
inclusive one, and lust be so solved
that there will be- serious and a
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too~t,nxed from Preceding Paoe.)

hancial palm from London, and are
n capable Of quickly training the
ive number of international bankers
sho must be developed to handle the
intricate business of international
nance II we are to become in our
un the clearing house OF the world?
II Is fair to say that London bank
m doubt our ability to create the
technical organization that will be
Necessary II we are to try to assume
he responsibility of world financial
adership. They recognize frankly
their present disabilities. but they
think the safety OF their position lies
largely in our inability to create a
competent technical group of inter-
national bankers, and back OF that
to educate our investing public TO a
realization OF the opportunities and re-
possibilities that go with interna-
tioaal financial leadership.
Americas Inevitable Role.
II the situation were one In which
'ner was really left much room for
finance or choice there would be.
Enink, a great deal Of force in the
English view OF our disabilities. In
my opinion, however, Americas role
IN he financial world In the future Is
practically an inevitable one. The
measure Of success with which we
pay II will be gagged by the ability
tnat We bring to the task. but we will
nave to show extraordinary inapti-
tude In handling the opportunities and
responsibilities of the situation II we
e'ock what Is almost an inevitable
progress toward international finan-
oa leadership. America has a third
f0 tne monetary gold stock in the
wVrld and has It concentrated for eff
tseuve use by means OF what Is on
'ns whole the most scientifically or
saniled banking system in the world.
oW FEDERAL Reserve system is meas
%soiy better In It's structure than is
INC present English banking system.
English bankers freely admit that
So'ne OF the leading bankers are look
ing 10 the Federal Reserve system
model to use In the inevitable
rssnaping OF the structure OF the Bank
Oh England and the general banking
system In Great Britain.
a bank balance In America certainly
enoulo be the equivalent Of gold under
p'scucally any circumstances likely
" arse and In any event a bank bal
anee there can be more certainly
turned into gold than can a bank bal.
cn~ IN any other financial centre
mat alone should make New York the
,u.posi'ory Of a great part OF the
International bank balances coming
.roih every quarter % the world
.hoSe balances will be placed ir
america because of the readiness
,n which they can be converted
el'ner into bank balances elsewhere
Vt INTO gold that may be shipped t
acSheht bank balances elsewhere.
mere is another impressive reason
NY rate seems to have marked New
.orK Tor a position OF .nternationa
financial leadership. As a nation W,
~ already a foreign creditor 10 sucl
M amount that annual interest pay
menus now run between s5o0.o00,o 90
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duce per acre a much higher yield, but
II we compare the amount OF human
labor expended in other fields with the
amount expended in ours the difference
is startling. For the whole of England
for example recent census shows that
the average number Of agricultural
employees per 100 acres is forty-six.
while in 1910, the date of the last GEN.
sus figures, the 7s,451, $50 acres Of our
improved agricultural lands consumed
the labor Of but 12.659,203 agricultural
workers in the United States. ar ave-
rage OF 2.64 per 100 acres.
Then let us remember that there has
been comparatively little direct disor-
sranization Of our whole machinery OF
life by the catastrophe Of the Great
War. while in Europe there has been
not only Unreasonable direct destruc-
ton from the war but what will prove
more harmful than all that, there has
been Reorganization of the delicate
interrelations and reactions In the
whole international industrial machine
which 1t will take at least q genera
ton to correct.
In the all important relationship be-
tween capital and labor We start with
some comparative advantages too.
Labor with US has been far better paid
and has fewer Just grievances than
has labor In any other industrial ma
ton. Still We have our share in the
world problem of bringing about true
cooperation between capital and labor,
Those nations which make the greatest
progress in that field will have an ulti-
mate advantage over those nations
which keep up an internal warfare that
fosters discomfort resulting In great
masses OF population feeling that they
are living under conditions OF bitter
injustice. This Is true. no mater what
other advantages the discontinued
people may have
Woes Due to Ignorance.
I have come TO believe that half the
woes OF the world are directly AT
tributable to an ignorance OF economic
law and to a blindness TO social In
justices. In the end. the prosperity OF
a people always bears a true relation
TO their capacity for production. II
the capacity for production be inter
fered with. as 1t always must be. when
worlmen are disconnected. because
they feel that they unfairly share ir
the profits of industry and because Of
economic fallacies to which they cling
that result in a conscious Limitation
of production, then the limits OF ma
tional prosperity are sharply bounded
no matter what the richness Of
natural resources may be. Therefor,
believe that the measure of oui
future prosperity in America Il
definitely related to the wisdom with
which we work out the Relationship
between capital and labor. That re
lationship will never be wisely worked
out IN an atmosphere of economi,
ignorance. Our failure TO understand
the purport and significance of SOM
of the great underlying principles o
economies is general. There is quit,
as much OF that ignorance in tn
managing offices as there is in tn,
factories.
| Elsewhere I have tried to give SOM
exposition Of what seems to me tn
greatest problem Of the age as 1t 1