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rst National.
Totals :..;a5 s 80 IL Totals ...3i . 10

First National ............o 90 oooio3 o-5
Errors-Clayton. Wood. Alsbrook. }:
Wharton. DeItrick, Payne Runs-whar.
ton. Carter. Augustine. klisc. q: KnIEhtly.
T.: Henley: Two-ba,e h!t-wharton. Skolcn
hasc , Augustine. Roberts. Henley.
Clayton. Sacrifice nies-Hall. Hit BY
pitched oall-1cnninss by Wood: Henley,
r., Alsbrook by Jennings. Loft on bases
State and City. II: First National. S: First
base on error-Statc and City. 2; First Ma
tionnl. T. Base on baliS-On jennings s.
OF Wood. = Hi,s-On Jennings, G in 10
innings: on Wood. 3 in 10 innings. Struck
out-E'y Jennings. y: BY Wood, IL Time
OF Eams-l:S. Umpire-Bianton. Scorer
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

DRY GOODS
auli IN today's market. prices softening in
grey 6cocF Domestics were unchanged
ana yarns qui.t. Wood markets Ycrc ir
regular and quiet. Silks were dull
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

WIiERE TiIES PLAY To1iAY.
st. Louis mt 'wuhiiiuEton.
Detroit mt philadelphia.
CHICAGO ut ItostoD.
Ciereinnd Ut New York
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Summary: Runs-CaRtle. Friday Kane.
Lea:hsre Kramer. MITCHELL staniey. Err
Han. Lca,hers and. Friday. Stolen bases
Corcoran and Mitchell. Sacrincp hits-
Crrcoran. Hail. Left on bascs-Nor folk.
6; Wilson. G. Double plays-Moyer. Sharp
E f. 10Th psxenS Hall n,.cs struck sss-
Friday. - Stanley, s. Hit battcr-Snnley.
!: Roth. Time OF game-l:H. Umpire
Orth.
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>, .uIHrrHry: ErrorS-Dunn 90, Doo1cy.
RrrnnIran Two-base hts Brannisan
md Greenaac. Sacrifice hits-Dboley,
Iraynor and Fromhntz. Stolen hnseS-
BanEs, Brannigan. Simmons (2). Double
p!ay*-Fro!nhoi;z to Rooney to Traynor.
stuck ont-by Cox. 4: by Fromholtz. q.
via p!tch-CoS. First on balls-on From
holtz. .. Timc--i:io. ump!rc-Guyo Al
iendancc-ponr.
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How They Stand Today
VIRGINIALEAGUE
:. RESULTS YESTERDAY.
.UriUiSi !. 81 y kiEosn' Mount. ..

WHERE THEY ria,2 TO-DAY. ga
WILSON ut SUJ
Portsmouth mt Newport News.
suffolk mt Petersburg,
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FINANCIAL.

o, ,;oSDOH May 4-Ear silver. ss,sd per
short AID three month bills. g.. per cent
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COTTON MARKETS

re- to the trading In cotton today
sfter the market had been easier Il
H. +, toward anlo. Tho close on buying BY
i. and larger exports. The market
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OK lU0Nr Nlenf.
New yvI. --M!dil!nG. Gi;; exports. 2.a,i
Minor .ioris-Hecc!r;,. s.s1a. exports. s.t,s:
81 stock. LIE vcG -
Tot"! Tor "-.A-Recelpts e4.i7s: exports.
Lo,ai ter season-Rceelp,s. e,s2Lic; e1-
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Suffolk.
Petersburg.

Totals 40 Is "a II Totals 81 10 u 10
'Baited for l.odcstro In fourth.
xBatted for HOLMAN in ninth.
Waited for BYRD In ninth.
:! Score by innings: n.
Suffolk ........,,,.... 0I07o0 DO
Petersburg .... ,I0oil00 H.
Summary; Runs-Downey (2), McSiahon,
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COTTONSEED ON.

NEW YORK. Nay N--Cottonsecd oil was
Quiet. bnt on ths whole steady. Buying
locals were seller. on the poor showing In
lard leading month his closed 70 IL points
Sales. 5000 barrels. Prime crIds. $500
100: PRIME ,s sumnnSs yellow. spot. isA:
all bid. Prime winter yellow and summer
white, nominal -.
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NEw ORLEANS. lay A-unfavo,ab!e
!.poIis CONCERNING general financial and
n., eosnhltions held IN. price OF cotton
ob.n to?ay to small declines during the
,,sHin part Q; The session, bu, aggressive
ssssxea " n: ig,iher roiEf IN the belt
eSnrlain,s OF low Temperatures During
ai;nost the entire s-ss!on the conirac, ring
VAS quiet and IN: volume Of business don.
WAS unusually small. In the carly ira ding
thee we've d"c..n-! Of % to - FONTS from
NaIch the market recovered on the W..
weather rfap. and went s to 3 points over
Set"rday's close. Later decline, carried
the pr:Ge OF until The trsd.n,; months
~. Il 10 point. under y.sterday's
hnais. Last prices We're al net losses io-
tne ia! or , &c 10 poi.ts
Ihc Census Bureau report showing
AncI!cha consumption during Ap,:l OF
a.I.,s bales against i7s.s!5 du-!rs The same
huntn !hSt year, caused ste.airES. Cor
While 10. !; MAS much nor. !AyO.ab,s Than
eNpccie6. hut II d.d 10; result ~ any sus.
tanned BAY ne Late ia tho day the rIlarkrt
made Sonnc show Of recovery from IN.
lowest levels. mainly because OF low tenn.
perat'E-s IN The interior.
LIVERPOOL. May !,.--Soot cotton In In
erased .n,sat: prices irregular: good
n,idd!!ar 80: fully middi.nS :7ss: mid.
a.hs .sH; low middilnS. 10: good o..
hirary. $50: oEI!ah!y. 1890 Saie. ia
.aieS. .Gc.udl.E - American. keccIpi.
NO. bales. including l2.i5D American Eu
S.FrS 'tos,d quiet. May. .ij!: Iu,v - IS
oilOLcE -S.,S. JANUARY, 3SS): March =,
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Brooklyn. 8; ST. Inris. l. "a Innin=sl.
Cincinnati. 4: Phiiadelphiu. *.
Chicago. ]: Itostrn. 3. 80.
PittsburGli-Ncw York (rninl:
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NEW ORLEANS. May Though rice.
no sales: recctTts. l.!h1 sacks: mtiiers re-.
reip.S. l.toi. Clean rice. steady; Wondn-as
l!S nockets. loTia's; Blue RosS ts7 oock"ts
,nmM,. nIhn. per ton. $500; polish, $500;
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COMMITTEE MINED FOR
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Bav Hosiery by the Box for Chrissnaas--Give H
Three OF SIX Pairs--What Gltt IS More Acceptabl
II these reduced prices. should buy plentfuly
l,xs--xsc- gifts and for ones You know you
.svs buvnr silk hose. Why not take advantage Of the
3si oFfer17rs and set SUD ply no~7 Please notice Il
lowered : Sces by the box -~-~svEN
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02

morning the winners OF Games
8 and 1 are scheduled to play. At
$3.50 Saturday morning the win
ners OF games 5 and 6 At 1890
the winners Of games and s will
play to decide who goes into the
finals against the winners Of game
3. The big deciding game will be
played at 7:30 Saturday evening.
The loser Of this game will be
awarded second place. The loser
of game 10 taking third place. The
officials for the tournament will be
Carl Anderson. Maurice briggs,
Dick Dopp and Wilson Duffin.
Games will start promptly on time
and should . team be more than
10 minutes late in getting on the
floor. the game will be forfeited.
Troop No. "a met last evening at
the United Presbyterian church
with Scoutmaster W. r. Aster.
This troop is making splendid
Roadway since its organizations un-
der Mr.. Aster's direction several
weeks ago.
Troop No. 3 met last evening at
the First Methodist church with
Scoutmaster Ray Walker. Mr.
Walker has brought this troop ur
to a point where it is recognized
among the leading troops in, the
city.
Scout headquarters is now locat.
ed in the armory building on Six
tenth street and Third avenue
Three splendid rooms have beer
turned over to the use OF the
Scouts by the American legion.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
Boy Scout News

Everything is set for the big
Scout basketball tournament be-
ginning tonight at the legion hall.
Twelve troop teams having good
records for the past season have
entered and there will be a lot of
competition for first honors. Games
played will be as follows: Game
l at $50, troop No. 10 VS.. troop
No. II; game 2, 7:10, troop No. Is
vs.. troop No. s; game 3, 1850, troop
No. 1B VS.. troop No. 7; game 4,
$3.50. troop No. 2 VS.. troop No. IL;
game S, 9:10. troop No. 5 VS.. No.
Is; game 6. $50, troop No. q VS..
troop No. 4. Saturday morning at
s O'Clock the winners of games l
and will play. At S:45 Saturday
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02

tsring upon their work in the sew
eral townships:
COrd0va. Frank Zimmerman:
Coe, Joseph H. Mcconnell: Canoe
Creek, J. F. Mil; Yuma, John G.
Sachau; Port Byron. c. s. Hunt:
Hampton. Paul f. Gerhardt; South
Moline. J. Laurence Greer; Moline,
George A. Ramsey; Rock Island.
A. E. Nelson; South Rock Island,
John Weber; Black Hawk, William
O'Neal; Coal Valley, John NJ. Lees;
Rural, J. W. Bailey; Bowling,
James Miller: Edgington, Frank
Bahringer. Andalusia, j c. Bur-
goyne: Buffalo Prairie, Gideon
Reed; Drury. Willard Miller.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
ASSESSORS ARE
GIVEN new JOBS
Ceunfy Ofleers Gather 1t Couri
House for Instructions - to
Added Duties.

Dog taxes will be collected this
year by the assessors. except in
tho townships Of Moline and Rock
Island, which have q population in
excess Of $4,000. and are therefore
governed by the ordinances Of
cities.
Omcial licenses, dated and num-
bered, describing the dog. giving
the age. color and marking, and.
bearing the address Of the owner,
will be issued. Special metal tags,
similar to those issued last year,
will be given to each licensed own
Or, who Is required to attach 1t to
The collar OF the dog. The taxes
levied upon CANNES is 81 for the
male and spayed female and 50 for
IN unspayed female dog.
To Tabulate Information.
Tho department of agriculture
has furnished certain blanks and
the duty of gathering and tabulat-
Ing such information and statistics
IS Is desired has been imposed
upon assessors by the last legisla-
ture. These added duties were ex-
planned by Deputy County Clerk
Clarence N. Isaacson yesterday
when they assembled at the call of
County Treasurer George H. Rich
mond. Such supplies as are need
Ell were given them and the work
will be started Immediately.
Name Mill as Chairman.
J. F. Mill of Canoe Creek, was
elected chairman of the body and
various bases Of valuation of farm
stock and other property were con-
sidered, that there will be some
uniformity in the results Of the as
easements over the entire county.
Assessors Of County.
Following are the assessors en-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
PLAN FOR ALIDAY
MOVEMENT MEETING

A committee meeting Of the
workers who viii have charge Of
the interchurch world movement in
Rock Island, is to be held next
Tuesday, April 6. at the Broadway
Presbyterian church. It will be an
all-day session, and the represen-
tation will include the minister Of
each church, a layman and prom
inent woman worker. Four-minute
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08
RIPPING RHYMES
OCTOBER SIGHS
BY Walt Mason.

My heart is sad and sober, and
has a convex pain; for all through
gray October I'll hear this sad re-
frain: THE Fall will soon be end
ed. the Autumn fair and splendid;
let all your rags be rended, for
Winter comes again!" I'll hear it
in the calling of wild geese over-
head, and in the ceaseless falling of
withered leaves and dead; and in
the farewell singing of birds pre-
pared for winging to lands where
tempests singing don't make a man
see red. October days are golden,
although green things expire; her
many charms embolden the bard to
swat his Tyre: but always there is
signing, and sad and plaintive cry
ing, and lovely things are dying, In
dun and brown attire. The sun
shines paler, weaker, that late was
glowing strong; the evening winds
are bleaker, the nights are dark and
long; and all the signs are limiting
that Autumn's swiftly sprinting;
oon Winter will be whiting it's rude,
ferocious song. October's mild and
pensive, she has her quiet joys: her
smiles are comprehensive and fall
on all the boys: but while she's with
us staying. her dulcimer APPLYING,
my thoughts are ever straying to
Winters angry noise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08

street commissioner; the street COM
missioner referred him to the In
spector of the Board Of Health: the
health inspector passed him on to
the FIRE chief and the ERE chief put
sc up TO the chief OF polics-one
grand merry-go-'round isn't It? Yet
that is exactly what we may expect
under our present complicated and
irresponsible form of government. 1t
Is so Easy to pass "the buck"
II we had q commission form of
government such . condition could
not exist. Mr.. schiottsr would have
gone direct to the commissioner of
public safety and there could have
been no ducking. That commission
er would have had to give the matter
his attention or assume the entire re-
sponsibility for a continuation Of the
nuisance.
A few more lessons Of this kind
and thu people of Perth Amboy will
not be so Indifferent the next time
they are given an opportunity to
vote on the adoption OF commission
government here.
Incidentally. what are the present
authorities going TO do about having
the city's only civic center put in a
more slightly condition?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08
Pats Revenge.
By Roger w. Babson.

ny INOScr W. bdDsOU.
DO you know THAI fellow Mortar
ity that's always comm up and
thumpin' We on the chest and shout
in How are YEP" asked Mike.
II know him." answered Pat. Hes
made me ache more than once, but
I'll get even with him yet"
How will We do it?" asked
Mike.
"Ill tell ye." said Pat. Hes al
Ways hittin' me just over my right
vest pocket. He'll hit me just once
more. I'll put a stick of dynamite In
that vest pocket. Then wheren he
be. I'd like to know"
Thus Pat plans to "get even." and
others who seek revenge are Just as
silly. 1t always hits the man who
plans it. In soaking to hurt others
or to get even" we hurt ourselves
far more than the ones we plan to
hurt. Besides. when we come to
think of it, most of US have no more
real reason for revenge than had
Pat.
Why hurt ourselves In trying to
change others? 1t is not up to us
to judge or try to get ven 1t ID
rather up to us to forgive and
forget"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08
LAWS THAT NEVER DIE.

High prices may help bring low
prices.
Sounds paradoxicai-but 1t is one
of the economic factors now playing
a part in the retrograde movement
shown by prices in general.
And 1t is simply based on ar old
human. fundamental law.
II any article increases in value.
naturally men will try to produce
more of that article. And, finally. as
production grows the supply in
creases-and hence the value falls.
Anything that is very plentiful 10 not
very valuable.
For several years America has
been producing at tremendous speed
for a vastly broadened market. Pro-
duction has attained g high marks
but now exports r declining, for
the rest of the world is recovering
and speeding up It's WI production.
This condition is another factor
bringing pressure to bear on high
prices.
The old law of supply and demand.
on which these conditions r based,
is not dead. even though 1t has been
badly battered for several years by
abnormal conditions.
There is another fundamental law
affecting the situation. People don't
buy as heavily on a falling market as
they do on a rising market.
Fundamental laws such as these
may be made temporarily imperative
by abnormal or artificial conditions.
But ultimately they come back into
operation-and they seem to be do
ing % now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08
DAILY HOROSCOPE

Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure
Newspaper S~yndicate)
This should be a fairly fortunate
day, according to astrology. Venus,
Jupiter, Neptune and the Sun are
all in benefc aspect.
Again all the signs point to the
progress of women in all lines of
public work. They will be especial
iy successful in commercial ventures
In the next few months.
There appears to be a direction of
the stars that will give an impetus
TO all sorts of large enterprises in
which women will take part. The
spirit OF adventure will be strong.
Jupiter gives promise of extraor-
binary interest in trade relations
with South America. For two years
astrologers have predicted closer
commercial interests which will be
forwarded by cooperation and CO.
ordination OF effort.
This should be a favorable day
for starting on journeys. especially
those that have al a motive business
or any line of trade.
Friendly stars guide all who seek
or who desire to better their condi-
ton.
The day is held suspicious for the
siNluS Oh SiltS anu tile ildhiiS VI
plans for any sort of entertainment.
Theatres in cities have the best
possible direction of the stars, but
they will prosper best when plays
remain stationary and move not
from place to place.
Illnesses may be more numerous
than usual where many persons
work together, for the stars indicate
infectious diseases hat may not be
serious.
New complications between Great
Britain and a foreign power are
forecast.
Neptune is in a place supposed TO
encourage a desire for the sort of
amusement that leads to excuses.
Scandals seem to be more easily
brought about at this time than Is
usually the case. SO discretion is ad-
vised.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
should be rather cautious about con-
serving physical strength. They
have the augury of success in bust
Tess.
Children born on this day may
have many ups and downs in life.
Extremes of good and bad fortune
may lead TO nnal success that Is re-
markable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08

We want an honorable peace
whether we enter the League of Ma
tions or not. The Knox resolution,
simply declaring that peace exists"
will not give us that honorable stand
ing in the eyes of the world. We
shall be disgraced before our allies.
The Knox resolution mean that
we get peace by the cheap and easy
method Of running away and leaving
our allies to impose terms on Ger
many and enforce them. Worse than
that, we say in the Knox resolution
that we expect. nevertheless, all the
benefits of the treaty of Versailles!
Can self-respecting Americans sub
nit to the humiliation of being called
CUTTERS?
As Mr.. Hoover, who closely follows
Mr.. Taft, has recently said. our adj
hesion to the treaty of Versailles Is
a necessity. And. II We reject the
league, we shall have to reject the
whole treaty (of which the league
Is only a tenth party and make a new
treaty with Germany or. declare we
are quit of the war and of Europe
and ire "at peace"
In that case we shall lose all sorts
of benefits which we would have had
under the tfeaty of Versailles and
become entangled in all sorts of COM
plications with Europe from which
that treaty would have freed us.
For instance, we shall be obliged
to restore German ships, and all other
German alien property, billions OF
dollars worth, which we appropriate
ed during the war. which under the
treaty of Versailles we were to retain.
If we should not restore this property
we would be violating Article 23 of
the treaty with Prussia of 17S5, re-
newed In the treaty of 1928, which,
unless We accept the treaty of YER
~sailles. will remain in force.
If we violate the treaty of 1928 we
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-08
League Has Power To Enforce
Treaty.; Billi0nsdt Stake for US


become ourselves covenant breakers
and liable to be hailed into the inter.
national court which, under the
league of nations, Mr.. Root has Just
assisted In forming. Germany could
appeal to that court and our allies
would condemn us.
Again, under the treaty of YER
s~aiiles, the property of ours which
Germany seized can be recovered.
Otherwise it cannot.
Again, If we reject the treaty we
lose all claims to indemnity.
Again, we shall lose valuable trade
rights and put our merchants at a
disadvantage Or rather keep them SO,
as they are at a disadvantage already.
This all NEAR a loss in cash of
billions.
II we don't ratify. we shall have
American citizens against Germany
innumerable private lawsuits of
which we can't prosecute with sue
cess, and of German citizens against
the United States
Let US take a concrete case. A
young American on the Sussex,
torpedoed by a German submarine,
was in the water four hours and
contracted pneumonia. which led to
tuberculosis. He Is entitled to dam
ages of. say $4,000, which would be
assessed and collected under the
treaty Of Versailles but, without 1t
he can do little more than whistle
for them. These complications could
be multiplied indefinitely.
The league cannot be dissected out
of the treaty. and II It could no other
Of the thirty-seven nations now in
the league would consent. No work
able plan is possible by which we
accept the treaty without the league
while the rest of the world accepts
it with the league, any nor than
one man on an athletic team could
play football while the rest were
playing baseball.