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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

Harvey II. Merrill has become as
sociatcd with Carstairs n Co. in their
bond department.
Money in circulation on October +
was 81. SOC. 81 $50, against S5.T43.
574 October /, 1918. Per capita cir (
rulation in the United states October
o,taLar ia,
'''''
Tho oy,roco nr;oo of twontv active
i,dr.trinL stncI,, adyonced IS NOR conf
wnstord",, Wv i1oo1 This is within
n IN nor cont az thn h,uh water mark
aa,, VI ai-T' a.. nlauc on 'u.i e g. W,n .ho nf,or
,rnr nori"d bnt also "rS for the war and
mra war fines Tho twenty railroads
advanced o'f= per cent TO o-'fo'
20
holderS OF H-,foo,o'o ot l"1, ,lent "
M pct ..'' sI'' ~ 'T'' , @ ''h;nh
matured August |. have been notified
that the principal and interest at the
!
Gross earnings OF the American
/ Power and Light Company Tor the
|
III .nu sum sa.,e oc ct''o" n'' '"'n'nss III
'ie"S'" "''"''''''
The Grange Trust Company, of
| Huntingdon. Pa. has been admitted n
| of Philadelphia. 1t makes the thirty
ninth state bank member.
The thirty nine state institutions
| which have been admitted to member
philndalnhia. have n combined cauital
of So, ,JGl ,1S1, surplus of SAG. .OS3 ,T39
and aggregate resources of S447 ,7J7 80
One block of II 200 shares of United
States Steel was sold around noon at
| 1OTk.
1t is figured that in the three years
ended December II last, American
WooIcn has earned ~ per cent ON the
common stock.
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'n!" ; H,rS ,'"s' ,n Will nas pr'i quIr,
nSavIN oI N"inr sa, 3a ,nr strohs's'
P''''''"'" anu "ii"n''"' 'h'eres'S'
The high priced and the known
closely held speciaities continued tC
furnish the most exciting pyrotechnica
The shoe string margin spcculator has
no privilege to play the present game
This is an nrtiStocratic market and tho
company, is altogether too fast for any
rho., u.o. no.;oooh,o .,,.,.i ,.
ii mpao m"T a nu'mrGu,' ,riah s,urNenlle %
Iia inr' a., n,iuuaE waIch was aitogetnol
m"an'"r tho H. t'nT srst W. 'hr mart 1 pr'nkinf
pH,ol pinol y" thimg ' howevor ewU nun h .r prim
t'in"' ms NV W. w pear III MN"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

No one seems to have courage enough
now to make any effort to fight the ad-
vance, but the entire speculative ele-
ment is instead eager to join in the
buying movement and help along the up.
turns which were frequent all through
the day in many issues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
FINANCIAL
DIVIDENDS
MARKET STREET TITLE AND TRUST
COMPANY, Elfty-secOnd & Market Sts

COMPANY, Fifty-second 1 Market Sts
Philadelphia, September "a 1910
The Board of Directors have declared the
regular semlannual dividend Of per cent on
the capital which was paid in prior to May
J., 1919, and an extra dividend of S5 per
share, both payable November I, 1919. 10
stockholders Of record at the close OF busi-
ness October. IL. 1910. Checks viii be mali d
The Board Of Directors have called a final
instalment OF S5 per share on the stock OF
the company payable at the office OF the
company between November ! 1910 and
November Is. 1919. both Inclusive between
ga m and 8 p m On and after November
remains unpaid Will be transferable, and no
instalment paid after November 10, 1919,
dend Stock certificates must be presented
for Endorsement at the time payment is
Another sum of s2b. 900 has been added
TO the SURPLUS out, Of the, earnings of the
company. making the surplus fund equal to
the fully paid capital. VIZ, $3.50, 900
REGINALD h. CHASE
Secretary and Treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Annual Meetings

,,5;sTs NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
vs. at Special Meeting Of the stock.
holders q the Bark s Of CommerGs; held
which 1882 shares Of the. 5000 shares out.
standing were present, either In person or
Ing and directing the Directors and Officers
OF the Bank to convert the Bank OF Com
merce into a National Bank and 10 make
the certificate required therefor by the laws
of the United states, was unanimously
passed. JOHN KoLB
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

Continued scatcity Of yellow prus-
state of potash has prompted consumers
to utilize yellow prussiate of soda as II
substitute, and the resultant buying
movement in the latter resulted in
forcing the prices ur to 2ila cents n
pound. The quality offered on spot
was limited
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

Advances of > TO Is per cent in the
price of machine tools are forecast by
manufacturers. The upward trend is
indicated by IL per cent rise in a
leading line of upright drills and other
increases in special lines. although no
general advance has been effected up
to the present time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

New York. Oct. The cotton mar
kct opened firm at ~ to 90 points net
advance.
While the South was rather free
seller. Wall street bought on the strong
cables and unfavorablc weather, con
sisting chiefly Of the rains in the south e
west whore picking is in progress.
The early advance carried the market
up to 80. Is for December. or ~ points
net higher and 1SS points above the low
levels Of Saturday morning. There was
enough realizing to cause reactions OF
10 or - points later. but trade interests
were buyers and offerings were well
enough absorbed to give the market Il
very steady undcrtone
business tapcrcd off on the declines
indicating the absence of any Aggrcs-
siycly bCurish sentiment.
The receipts at the ports for the day
are estimated ut $4,000 bales. against
26,G4l bales n week ago, 3S,073 bales
year ago and 2,I1J bales two years
ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

report that orders have multiplied 80
rapidly during the last six weeks that
the refusal OF new business has been
necessary regardless of price Cousidcru
tions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
BUSINESS NOTES

Small dealers in scrap iron are re.
ported to be holding their stocks for
higher prices expected to come with
the settlement Of the steel strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
FREE SALES BY SOUTH
FEATURE IN COTTON
UnfaVorable We ather and
Strong Gables Induce Wall
Street Buying

COTTON REIT WEATHER CONDITIONS
New York. OCT THE following tenn
this morning; Nashville, "a: Memphis and
oklahoma Ci,y. 90 Fort Smith. Little
Rock and Atlanta "a Shreveport. Nicks-
lurg ana Macon. GS Montgomery. ATs
Thpmu syllc and Wilmington, 20, SHn~-N
tonic. ~ Pensacola. Savannah ana JncW
Srnyillp. -. Galveston. New Orleans and
CnHrl stor 10. Corpus Christi so. The
following precipitation was recorded At
lnnta 90 Corpus Nhristi 20, Galveston,
30. ana san Antonio. so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

The greatest gain today was made in
National Biscuit, n stock that has long
been inactive, but in which there was
heavy buying this morning that forced
its price up IA points to 1870.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
PHILADELPHIA-Call. -, as pc

cent; time, JA at per cent; CONNER
cial paper. three to six months, "a a
.5A per cent, and six months, q per
cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

LONDON-Money is quoted at 2Is
per cent. Discount rates, short bills, Az
per cent three month bills 43s per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

American visible grain supply: Wheat
increased 3.217 900 bushels. corn in.
creased 10000 bushels, oats decreased
64S.00O bushels. Canadian wheat in.
creased l,31S000 bushels, oats de-
creased 5000 bushels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

Harvey II. Merrill has become as
sociated with Carstairs & Co. in their
bond department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
CLARk'SSILENCE
ANN0YS ENEMY
Opponents of Minority Leader in
House Disappointed Over Stand
on World League.

Opponents of former Speaker
Champ Clark, who have been try
ing to defeat him for minority lead
err, are disappointed over the fact
that Mr.. Clark has not come out
against the league of nations.
In recent speech, Mr.. Clark in
Dictated he was for a league on the
superstition it would be shaped up
with due regard to the rights of this
country.
Had he taken a position against
the league or against a league, the
leaders Of the opposition to him for
minority leader were preparing to
make the utmost of it. They were
prepared to cite it as a new evil
dence that Speaker Clark was not
ready to support the administration
and thus seek to win anti-Clark
votes from administration Demo
Gratis in the house.
Mr. Clark's tactics with respect
to the league have not made it easy
to fight him on this score, and talk
about the house now is that he can
not be beaten for the minority lead
ership. His supporters profess con-
fidence that they will elect him
when the Democratic caucus is held
as it will be shortly before the
opening of the extra session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
EXPERT SAYS NOT n
TO EXPECT LOWER
MEAT PRICES NOW

Manhattan. KAHN a report on
Americas meat supply. DR.. c. W.
Campbell, head of the animal hus-
bandry department of the Kansas
state agricultural college. said that
consumers need not look for any
marked reduction in the retail
price of meats in the near future.
His report said;
I'm 1900 there were $50 head of
cattle in the United States for ev-
cry 1000 persons. This has been
reduced to $50 head.
in nine years the number of
hogs has dropped from 800 to 500
for each thousand persons and
sheep from $50 to $50.
The capacity of the ranges is
decreasing. and any increase in the
supply of meat must come from
the farm where the expense of pro-
duction is much greater than on
the range.
Meanwhile, meat consumption
in the country is continually in
creasing."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

to be admitted, but it should be
Included in most gardens.
The shorter the time from gar
den to liable the better the quality
and flavor of corn. In hot, dry
weather it is better to gather the
ears in the morning when they are
cool and keep in a cool place I'M
til needed for the noon meal. For
the evening meal corn need not be
pulled until the heat of the day is
past II pulled when hot and dry
much OF the sweetness is lost.
In order to have roasting ears
all season make a small planting
every week or 10 days until late
summer if an early variety is used
or plant early, medium and late
varieties at about the same time.
Varieties that can be recommended
are Golden Bantam, Adams Early,
Black Mexican, Country Gentlemen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
TRAFFIC SLOWS
DOWN FROM FOG
Motor Vehicles and Street Cars
Move at Careful Pace Under.
Heavy Blanket.

Motor vehicles and street cars
moved at a slow pace in the tri-
cities this morning.
A heavy fog blanketed the city.
making the range OF vision less
than fifty feet. Street car sched-
ules were maintained under Difficult
ties No accidents we're reported to
the Offices of the Tri-City Railway
company, however.
The ferry found it difficult to
maintain it's schedule between Rock
Island and Davenport One trip
the boat piled up the river two
blocks from the landing on the Hill
nois side and it required a long
time for the vessel to reach the
land approach. The fog on the riv-
er was heavier than further back
from the stream.
Bell Is Rung.
In order to find its landing, it
was necessary that a bell be rung
on the dock. The pilot guided the
ferry according to the sound Of the
hell and it was not untf1 the sun
drove the mist away that the boat
returned to it's normal schedule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

and Stowell Evergreen. Any read
er of this paper can obtain free
garden book by simply writing to
the National War Garden commits
sion at Washington, and enclosing
a two-cent stamp for postage.
Corn needs good soil and fire.
Quent shallow cultivation. Make
the first planting when the ground
begins to warm up. Have the rows
two and one-half to three feet apart
with five or six kernels to the hill,
or in drills with kernels five to six
inches apart. Cover the seed one
inch deep. When the plants are
four or five inches high thin out
all but two or three plants in each
hill, and thin to one foot apart in
the drills. When the stalks are
foot or two high little side shoots
or suckers will appear near the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
u. OF ILLINOIS
HAS 1896 STARS
ON SERVICE FLAG

.Urbana, Ill.-The University of
Illinois service flag shows a total
number of S,43S stars. Statistics
received from Carl Stephens, editor
of the alumni magazine at the Uni
versity, show that Illinois men
have been enlisted in every branch
of the service. OF the S,43S names
on record, 5,O26 were non 5. A T.
C. men. OF this number 1,130 have
seen overseas duty and 1872 have
died in service.
Illinois men have nNt>fallen short
as officer material according to
Stephens records which list 2,034
commissions received by Illinois
men. In this number are 6 brigadfer
generals, s colonies. 20 lieutenant
colonies, 81 majors, 303 captains,
551 first lieutenants, SO second
and IS naval officers.
In the army the enllstments
the infantry, 1888 in aviation, 40 in
artillery, 491 in medical work, 40
serving as engineers. 303 in the
department, ZU3 IN
the ordnance department, "a in
chemical warfare, and 35 in the cav
airy.
There were 557 enfistments in
the navy and Sc in the marines.
There were also Al Y. M. c. A. sec
retaries, IL connected with the Red
Cross. 4 camp librarians, and 8 attn
letic directors. The total of S. A. T.
c. and S. N. T. c. men registered at
the University was SAP.
Illinois women were not far be-
hind the men in enlisting for war
work. OF the 70 women who enlist
ed, 10 have been sent overseas and
are at present serving in many
kinds of war work. They are base
hospital dietitians, Red Cross and
canteen workers, psychologists,
and Y. w. c. A. and med
Ical workers in Belgium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
CORN THE KING OF
GARDENS rs CLAIM

We associate the Indians with
corn and yet the American Indians
in the early days did not know the
sweet sugar kind which we enjoy
today. What they grew and used
was the field variety, says today's
bulletin from the national war gar
den commission of Washington.
In a very small garden. OF course,
corn may take up too much room
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
WOMEN HONEST.
BUT WRANCLING
More Conscientious Than Men In
Tax Returns, But Inclined To
Be QuarreIsOme.
so SAYS COLLECTOR M'CABE
In Many Cases Fond Husband
Merely ~Came Along" With
His Wife.

Women were inclined to be
more conscientiously honest in
making their income tax returns,
but they also were inclined to be
more quarrelsome with the income
tax experts in making up these re-
turns"
That is the comment of E. D.
McCabe, United States internal
revenue collector, in recalling the
recent drive of his department in
the making up of income tax re-
turns.
: Some of the biggest individual
income tax payers in the Peoria
district were women, and the num-
Der of women making returns this
year is thought TO have been much
greater than the number making
such returns a year ago, according
to unofficial estimates. Because of
the rush Of emergency work which
was necessary to get in the income
tax returns from citizens of the
district, reports of deputy colIec-
tors turned in at the end of the
drive March rs, are not yet COM
plete.
High Paid Women.
The exact number of women pay
ing income tax, upon incomes
from estates and upon salaries. has
not been determined. Neither has
it been learned what is the pro-
portion between the numbers of
men and women payers of income
tax.
1t is thought that womeDrretain-
ing positions at high salaries
which we're opened to them during
the war by. the absence of men who
went into military service, us the
chief reason for the apparent in
crease in the number of women
income tax payers. Many of those
women are reported to have made
good in big positions.
Probing On Now.
There were many cases reported
in which Mr.. Husband merely
came along" with his wife to
make out her income tax return,
where farms and other property
were owned by the wife, and the
income from them was hers. There
also were reports of cases where
delicate, gentlemanly arguments
were necessary to quiet the nerves
of women income tax payers when
they had learned how many hun
dreds of dollars they must pay in
income tax.
The work of the deputy income
tax collectors since March % has
been devoted to assisting corpor-
ations to make their final returns,
and to investigate doubtful or in
correct returns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
GIRLIES, IF YOU
WANT TO MARRY
TABOO PAINT JAR

It's out now, the secret OF why
The girl with paint and powder and
after-dinner cigarets is not in siren
uous demand In the matrimonial
market.
The Modern Young Woman from
Inc Viewpoint of the Modern Young
Man" was the subject of a recent
sermon OF the Rev. DR.. Earle VIII
fey at the Vermont Avenue Chris
tan church, Washington, d. c., The
pastor declared the girl with paint
and powder may be popular as a
cnmpanion-but that's all
THE modern painted and powder
ed young woman" said DR.. Wiley,
with her after-dinner cigarets, is
popular as a playmate for some
young men," he said But when it
comes to picking out wife they go
to the old-fashioned girl who is
sure to make good wife and d
trusting helpmate."
While DIR. Wiley was preaching
at the Vermont Avenue Christian
the Rev. James L. Gordon
vas delivering sermon on the rea-
sons girls leave home, at the First
Congregational church. There are
rine reasons, he declared.
No. l. a broken heart: 2, desire
for money or an education; 8, to
see the world: 4. unhappy homes;
:, sights received at homes; s, de-
sire for recognition in some pro-
fession; Z, to blot out a great blum
der; s, inspiration for a career that
presents itself; 9, the opportunity
to become known in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
CAMP COST s9.ISs 900.

Louisville, KY, April 2.|Camp
Zachary Taylor, the military city
near here, up to the present time
has cost the government $9,IS9,-
99906, according to a report ey
Captain Harlan Yenne, intelligence
officer at the cantonment. The
cost of constructing the cantone-
ment approximately 100000. and
more than $2,000,000 was expend-
ed in extra buildings. hospital
wards, general reconstruction work
and upkeep, the report said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
conveyed 1s5. OOO SHIPS.

Dover, Eng.-In the whole period
of the war the famous Dover Patrol
of destroyers conveyed 1Z5,l0O
merchant vessel with the loss or
only ~ OF these 62.400 passed
northward, 25,500 westward and &c.
200 across the English channel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

BOND ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED
Washington. April 4.-The was
financial corporation offering of
5000 100000 of five per cent one
year bonds has been oversub-
scribed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
Pnll theee an

ground. Pull these on.
Watch the growing ears carefully
after the kernels on the ear begin
to form, because they turn quickly
from the milk stage to the dough
stage. The milk stage is the best
and sweetest and the corn in this
stage should be gathered for table
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
QUEEN VICTORIA BETTER

Madrid, Thursday, April 3.-The
condition of Queen Victoria, who
underwent a slight operation yes
terday. is satisfactory, according to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
100000 ARMENI4NS SLAIN.

Athens, Greece. = Reports from
Constantinople. state that Minis
ter of the Interior Bey has declared
that 100000 Armenians have been
maSsacred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

McCabe's Semi-Annual Third
Floor Sale, March q. to April s,
inclusive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM
Almost any man will tell you
that Sloan's Liniment
means relief

For practically every man has used
It who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness Of
joints, the results of weather exposure.
Women, too, by the hundreds Of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis,
lame backs, neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, economical.
quickly effective. Say '7Sloan's Lini.
nent" to your druggist. Get il TODAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
Shoes in the finest
makes in the new
lasts, SIS to S13

TN our new shoe section we
l. meet every requirement of
those who are particular about
the fit, the style and the quality
of their shoes. Young men
should see the new spring styles
in the French lasts being shown
byus in both shoes and oxfords.
There is an unusual selection
right now, and it's time to be an
ticipating your summers needs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

Bohemian that's
the name of the new
soft hat for spring, Sc
THE "Bohernian" was designed
l. for the man who wants COM
fort and style without sacrificing
one for the other. 1t is extremely
light in weight and can berolled
to fit into the pocket. In Sc
pearl, green, tan, brown, at "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

cost more at first, but less in the end.
Hart Schaffner & Marx make quality
Clothes; Atwood fabrics for long service
and shape keeping; the best tailoring for
the same reasons. That's why these clothes
are the most economical to buy; you get
more service per dollar. We've never had
a better showing than our present display
of Hart Schaffner & Marx new spring suits
and overcoats. Everybody is provided for;
styles for young men; styles for older men;
styles for stout, thin, short, big or heavy
men. It's dress up time and you'll find an
advantage in early selection. Many fabrics,
colors, patterns; at various prices Excep-
tional values ready now at