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Evening star., 1921-09-20
DRY GOODS PRICES UP.

NEW YORK, September 90 Cotton
goods rading is quieter. Cotton blan-
kets have advanced 10 per cent. Shirt
ing chan5rays for work shirts are
repriced and are held at SO per cent
higher than the low prices OF the year.
Moderate sales of brown goods at
advanced prices are reported. Yarns
are firm and quiet. Burlaps have ad-
yanced still further and are quoted
s0 per cent higher than the low point
of the year. Raw silk is steady on
light trading. Dress goods are in light
demand.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
ACTIVITIES AT SHIP TERMINAL
!. SHOW FOREIGN TRADE AROUSED
Cargoes for Twenty seven Steamship
Lines Have Increased in Last
Two Months.

three hundred manufacturing plants
located in South Brooklyn have in
creased 10 per cent in the last ten
days. While unsettlement in the mar
ket for cotton goods caused by the
advance in raw cotton has not disap-
peared. business is gradually being
resumed at adjusted prices.
Activity has been more pronounced
in the, River Plate hide markets than
in the Vocal trade here, but the trend
of demand. in this section Is In the
right direction and footwear centers
indicate more encouraging prospects.
Building operations here continued to
increase at the same steady ratio oo-
tions were aided by the cut In the
price of Portland cement. which Is
now quoted at $3.50 a barrel. Brick
Evening star., 1921-09-20
FRUIT STORAGE FOB PORT.

BALTIMORE, September 2A-1A
large refrigerating plant and ware
house may be built here for dis
tributing Pacific coast states prod
ucts to markets on the Atlantic sea
board and interior states. IL negoS
tiations now under way through
A. 8. Goldsborough, manager of the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, are contaminated. A group
of out-of-town and Baltimore busi-
ness men are willing to erect the
warehouse, provided guarantee
tonnage for storage ana oistriou-
ton can be obtained.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.

NEW YORK. September 20.EAn m
voluntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed in the Brooklyn federal court to-
day against Consolidated Distributors.
Inc. a company dealing in motor sup
plies, for which receivers in equity have
been appointed by federal % courts ss, IN
runtcy petition, filed by three creditors
with claims totaling less than $1,000,
gives the liabilities Of the company a;
S2 500. 600 and assets as $2.000.0o0. anG
charges that the company endeaVored
to turn over assets worth $500.ooo 10 an
other concern.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
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Evening star., 1921-09-20
RALEIGH REoPENs MARKET.

RALEIGH, N. c., September 90
Rrirht leaf tobacco markets in the
central North Carolina belt, including
those at Raleigh. Durham, Henderson
and other points, opened today for
the 1921-1922 season. Tobacco will
he sold in Raleigh for the first time
in fifteen years, two large warehouses
hayinr been built here during the
mast few months.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
BY JAMES ALLERTON.

sraciaI Dispa .ch to The Star. /"
NEW YORK, September 20.-For-
Ign trade is waking from it's long
>tagnation. This is clearly indicated
i.y activities at Bush Terminal. where
,wenty-seven steamship lines take on
and discharge freight The amount of
incoming freight cargoes received at
he terminal have increased between
:. and 70 per cent in the last two
months. the amount of goods moved
by truck to and from the docks Is one
third greater and outgoing cargoes
number.
The power requirements of over
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OFFERINGS LARGE.

PETERSBURG. Va. September 20
The Petersburg bright tobacco mar
ket opened here today with 500 grow
ers present from all sections Of south
siSa Virginia. Offerings were very
!. roa and the prices rendered by buy.
ers rood. The quality OF the Leaf
vas eaid to be better than eyer o1-
fered here.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Washington Stock EXCHANGE.

Capital Traction ISL 600 at s71s. ST. 900
at s7h: $1,000 at s7h, $1,000 at s7la.
Washington Railway general es-$1.OO0 at
95. 1000 at %. 81 go at -.
Potomac Electric deb. Gs-SJ60 at 95I4.
Capital Traction-25 at So. 10 at 81.
National Bank of Waskingtvn-IO at $50.
American Security ana Trust-G at go.
Ianston Monotype--: .: e..
ntlaler Linotype at I191..
Money-Cail loans. J1.a1 rcr cent.
Evening star., 1921-09-20

excellent business for fall. The
largest demand seems to be for hats
that wholesale for from $74 to $42
q dozen, with brown the shade most
called for.
SYRACUSE, September 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-This season promises to be
good one for caps in this terri
tory. The style changes for fall are
not great, but there ie q slight
tendency toward greater fullness.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Fruit.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 20
(SpeciaD.-Prune drying now Is un-
der way. Demand is showing a de-
vancing. Both the association and
independents are slow to make con.
tracts. anticipating further increases
in price. The raisin market is
strong at scheduled prices. as the
crop will be short, even II the re.
cent storm damage proves less Sc
we're than is indicated.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Mems ClOthing.

ROCHESTER,, September 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-DelegateS to the convention
Of the National Association of Re.
tail Clothiers got down to a dis
cussion among themselves today as
to the price levels at which 1t will
be possible to sell clothing this sea-
pressed opinion that prices must be
cut to the lowest possible figures.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, September 20.-For-
eign bar silver. 65k; Mexican dollars.
LONDON, September 20.-Bar silver.
.3sE Der ounce; Laoney, ~ per cent.
Dfscount rates-Short bills, 1 per
cent: three-month bills 4 1-1saA3-1S
Ber cent. sss.ss ! :
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Steel.

PITTSBURGH, September 20 (Spe-
the first time In many
months the McKeesport Tin Plate
Company's plant is operating at ca
pacity. All of Its forty-four hot mills
and every department is working full
time. The company has been operat-
ing thirty-two to thfrty-eight mills.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Dry Goods.

BOSTON. September 90 (SpeciaD.-
Retail trade throughout New Eng
land is showing seasonal activity
and compares favorably in volume
with that of the similar period Of
1920.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Cotton.

WACO, Tex, September 20 Especially.
Crops were entirely ruined in part
of the Brasos valley plantation ter
ritory by the recent floods. Not
vestage of cotton remained In some
sections, and suffering among the
farmers is acute. This is the district
which was devastated by the pink boil
worm last year.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Butter.

NEW YORK, September 20 Especially.
The butter which has arrived here
recently has shown the effects of the
extraordinarily warm weather in pro-
ducing sections. and quality has fall
en- off two to five points. This has
stimulated the demand for high quail
ity butter.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Produce.

DETROIT, September 20 (Specia).-
Recent rains have improved crop
prospects in general throughout Mich
igan. The bean, sugar beet and po-
tato crops are coming along In fine
shape. but the indicated yield Of oats
is disappointing.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Nuts.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 20
(SpeciaD.-The California Almond
Growers Exchange has raised prices
l cent pound over the gross open
ing almond quotations.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Shoes.

BROOKLYN. September 20 Especially. &.
Deliveries Of fall shoes by manufac-
turers here are being quite badly de-
Iayed by shortage of skilled labor
The manufacturers are much encour-
aged by the early ordering by buyers
of spring stocks.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Hats and Caps.

KANSAS CITY, September 20 (Spe-
ciaD D.-Wholesalers Of mems hats and
caps in this section are doing an
Evening star., 1921-09-20
Paper.

HOLYOKE, Mass. September 20
(Special).-Wage reductions ranging
from 9 >12 cents an hour went into
effect at a dozen large paper mills
here this week.
Evening star., 1921-09-20

SEATTLE, September 20 (SpeciaD.-
1t Is expected that 100000 bushels of
wheat will be shipped from this port
enough to fill thirty steamships.
Evening star., 1921-09-20
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Closing prices:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Taylor Holmes in
Smooth as Silk"
al Illinois Dec. 4

Smooth as Silk" with Taylo-
Eoimes In the star role of silk
Mullane, an International safe
opener, viii be seen at the Illinois
theatre on Sunday. matinee and
right The sane cast, including
Mike DonIiH and other JOYOUS
brigands that played for Is weeks
at the Cort theatre in Chicago this
summer and previous to that at
the Lexington opera house and
France theatre in New York, are an
rsounced.
This is q crook play that is said
to have an originality, of plot TO
recomm end it, since the question
is not Who did it?" as in so many
crook rneiodramas, but How will
Silk do 1t
The story starts with a thrill
when the slippery crook" and his
pal are released from Sing Sing Dy
the police. They are assigned TO
get some important evidence in the
hands of an investigator" The
contest is then On between the mas
ter crook and the suaye ''investi-
GO tor"
Mr.. Holmes, we'll remembered for
Els Bunker Bean Is given role
heaped with philosophy and cpl
grams that give him splendid op-
portunity to display an inimitable
air that is peculiarly his own. With
Mike Doniin fer his pal in crookery
he has excellent contrast-Holmes
the talented master of cracking
safes. and Donlin, the none-too-
brilliant 1aw-breaker
Willard Mack. author of Kick
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Elsie Ferguson in
"Foot Lights" at
Fort Armstrong

Elsie Ferguson, who is starring
in "FootIghts." a Paramount pic
ture which will be shown at the
Fort Armstrong theatre for four
days starting tomorrow, brings to
her role the fnesse of both stage
and screen experience. The part,
which portrays an American who
is introduced on the New York
stage as Russian actress, chal-
lenges the best of Miss Ferguson's
art. In one of the scenes she gives
a nimpersonation of Eddie Foy and
in another she has a fencing bout.
All through the picture there are
two personalities at play, the one of
the puritanical New England girl,
and that Of the pampered Russian
actress.
In additio nto "Footlights" will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

occult art REGARDLESS Of what Il
may be her ability has astonighed
scienrists- Mime. Ellis has under
gone the most searrning and rigid
Investigations with the rea,,rf tba.
the general innpresgfoa ssesIs In - he .
La sne possesses some super
sl uan quality. OF almost equal
..,sp oILance on the bill are the
Mlnstrei Monarchs'. presented by
1aMss Madison and including such
eel known old-tffns minstrel per-
LOT hers AZ Z. L. Rice, John Cor
lnAn, Charles UdeiI, Billy Golden.
x ,,l WHITE In addition 70 tbis
Isl OF old-dmefs, they INTRODUCES
Sniy Tate splendid young Eye-
nlie. The Minstrel Monarrhs-
present an offering OF Aud Tan~
syne. that win rejuvenate the old
ana delight the young. Jim Fuf-
ION q Co present my Daurater's
Hnsoand", a dramatic sketch that
Is a tale OF finance, love ana in
trigue. Ben Nee Que is a trim.
classy looking young dimtrutiye
oninaman. possessing rich tenor
voice or wide range, volume ar
sweetness His act In called fire
Mandarin Minstrel" and consists
OF e repertoire OF popular song Sc
lections Completing the bill are
6arpette sn Versatile Specially"
and Palermo's CANNES, featuring,
Bessie, the wonder eouflSrisfE
dog. - ~
The bill for the last half Of the
week has a double f,eadlinen Dick
Thomas & Co, presenting Aaron
Honman's sketch. THE New Lead
er, this being an episode OF al
morning rehearsal in a vaudeville
theatre, and Lang & Vernon. pre-
senting a comedy skit who Is
Your Bossr'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
4sThe Sheik" Comes
to the Majestic
Theatre Tomorrow

The management OF the Majestic
theatre is pleased To announce that
starting tomorrow 1.-THE Sheik,"
one Of tine largest productions ever
made by the Paramount people, will
be shown. The book, by e. M. Hull.
has had a most remarkable sale
throughout the entire country.
ssThe Sheik'' has a wonderful plot.
sWhen an Arab sees q woman
he wants he takes her'-that was
1--WE In the desert until the sheik
met the English girl.
That is the heart OF the plot OF
~The Sheik." which in book form
"a the years sensation on both
aides of the Atlantic and which as
a Paramount picture finds and
thrills a n1ulti-milIion audience.
Don't miss the thrill of seeing
the proud madcap English girl
snstched from the sand by the
bard-riding sheik of a hundred
tribes.
You will be amazed at her life
within the tented luxury of the
Sahara.
You will see iove-making by the
ndnlSDIuS dS
the shefk which is in the full tor
rent OF oriental tradition.
How shall the lovely and aristo-
cratic Agnes Ayres. as the English
girl. escape with life and honor?
That is the plot of it, the shfver
of 1.-THE odds are SO great-that
is the drama you see against a
background of infinite desert
OF a thousand wild Bedouin
horsemen with long rifles and flow
ing robes
OF the bride-market at Biskra,
where the slave-brides are sold
And of desert fighting between
sheik and bandit, and between their
troops. of a ferocity only equalled
by tigers.
Does love emerge supreme and
glorious at the climax? Is a pure
spot found in the heart of the
bronzed sheik?
The answer to that will make
you draw the deepest breath OF ALI
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
sATURDAY-THE ROCK SLAND ARGus-NovEMBER 2s 1921

In and other meiodramas. il re-
sponsible fer Smooth as SILK" liz
ris customary manner he has writ
ten a play for types" which Fl. Fl
Frazee. the producer, has carefully
selected. These include Shirley
Eards, Jane Marbury, John O.
Sparkle, Joseph Sweeney, said to
be the best villain in the show
business: Eleanor Kennedy, Royal
G. Stout. Don Merrfdeld, Ben Rob-
erts and George Lyman.
After playing a few OF the larger
cities this same company is sched-
uied for a Lohdon. England. APP
pearance following the Boston en-
gs cement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Mime. Ellis, Wonder
of Mental Science,
Columbia Offering

Nine. Ellis, billed as THE Wom-
an Who Knows, comes to the CO.
lumbia four days starting Sunday
TO demonstrate one of the most
wonderful mind reading acts ever
offered to the vaudeville public.
Nine Ellis is the possessor of some
marvellous power which may be
called thought transference, men
tai telepathy, mind reading or the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

De The six Melody Maids a stage
novelty with singing. dancing and
music: j. Robey Nash, tenor, late
oi listen Lester" viii also be
heard. 4 comedy news and musical
PROGRAM by the Concert Orchestra
complete the program.
, 1921-09-03

While some disquietirng reports reached
here during the day from West Virginia
officials, there was apparently a feeling
among Govt. officials that the people
commanded by the President to return
to their homes do so, and that Thurs
day noon would see a restoration of or
der, which would make the presence of
troops unnecessary. At the same time,
however, there was a firm determination
on the rart of the administration to meet
any serious situation that might arise.
I'VE will cross the bridge when we got to
it Thursday noon, was the way an official
expressed it, but we hope and believe
troops will lot be needed"
, 1921-09-03
the Dreadnought Boys will return home
victorious.

Two members of the Native Brass
Band here are expected to take part in
the Foot Ball match to be played i'll St.
Thomas on Labor Day. We hope our
boys will bring back the laurels with
them. Look alive, and show our friends
in St. Thomas the real kick off, and the
stuff we are made of. Com.
, 1921-09-03
MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

ST. CROlX STATION.
London, Aug. 30th-South Wales trade
revival is heralded by the opening OF
the famous Ebbs Vale steel works,
after several months Of stoppage. 8,O0O
workers have been taken on in the tin
plate works and other branches Of the in
dustry are also r%e-opening. BaldWlns
have secured an order for 1900 tons
of steel rails for China.
New York, Aug. 30th.-RaW sugar
continued firm at 4.61 to 4.86 for cen
t~rifugual, the latter being Cuban COM
mon price. Sales were $500 bags of
San Domingo's at q elf, equal to 4 81
for centrifugal. Raw sugar futures
were frmer on the improving spot mar
ket and advanced two to eight points.
Refined sugar was firm on the basis of
$50 to 500 for foe granulated. Re-
fined futures were also firm and from
ten to twenty points net higher on the
strength in raws.
London, Aug. 30th-TheRussian Soviet
Government, charging that the Russian
Allied relief committee intended to over
throw the Soviet Govt, for the purpose
of establishing one of its own, have
placed the members OF the committee
under arrest, a Y a Reuter- despatch from
Riga today.
London, Aug. Both. A Reuter- cable
from Simla, India, reports that the Mop
lab disturbances in some districts are
subsiding. Public spirited Hindu Chris
tan civilians are taking a hand by beat
ing off the rebels as they approach.
This is due to the belief, which is con
frmed by local newspapers that the
rising is directed not merely against
the Govt. but against all non-Mo slems
Hull England, Aug. 3Oth:-Virtually
all of the wreckage Of the ZR2 which fell
into the Humber river last week, has
now been raised, according to Sir Fred
erick Young, a salvage expert, today.
The British naval salvage ship Reindeer
which was used during the war in SAL
vagiug submarines, arrived today to
assist in recovering the remaining debris.
Hope was still expressed that the major
ity of the bodies of the airmen who lost
their lives in the accident, would be
recovered. The body of quarter-master
sergt. Greener of the R A F was WASHED
ashore this morning in the river near
Borough, six miles West of Hull.
London, Aug. 30th-A Reuters cable
from Capetowp, South Africa, reports
, 1921-09-03
American Red Cross.

Washington, July 1.-Plans for a na-
tional lconventiOn bringing together
American Red Cross workers in all parts
of the country were announced at Ma
ticAal Headquarters today. 1t will be
held at Columbus, Ohio, from October 3
to 8 next, on the Ohio State Exposition
Grounds. President Harding has ac-
cepted an invitation to address the dele
gates, contingent upon public business
permitting hm to 60 to Columbus at
that time, and the session will be ad-
dressed by other speakers of national
and international prominence.
The object of the convention will be
to bring together for inspiration and
counsel concerning the permanent acti v
tiles CT the organization as many active
workers as possible. Among the fea-
lures of the program already developed
are mass sessions in the great Exposition
Coliseum and sectional conferences on
the various phases of Red Cross Service.
experimenting these will be an historical
pageant portraying the past, present
and future, of the American Red Cross
in which there will be l, 800 participants.
There will also be a Junior Red Cross
spectacle and reunions of the home base
and overseas RED Cross personnel that
served in the World War.
Among those TO whom invitations to
address the mass sessions of the Con.
vention have been issued are Former
President William Howard Taft, General
John j. PershiDg. Secretary Of War John
W. Weeks, and Secretary Of the Navy
Edwin DENLY. Various national officers
of the American Red Cross will also ad-
dress the delegates, among them DR..
Livingstone Farrand, chairman of the
Central Committee; W. Frank Persons,
Vice Chat man in Charge Of Domestic
Operations; Miss Mabel I. Boardman,
national secretary; and Mrs. August
Belmont, member of the Central Com
mittee.
Mr.. F. A. Coulter has been appointed
Joint delegate from the Santa Cruz and
St. Thomas chapters ito this conven-
ton.
, 1921-09-03

Premier of the South African Union,
who received an enthusiastic reception.
Dublin, Aug. Both. The reply of the
Irish Republican cabinet to the latest
letter of Mr.. Lloyd George on the Irish
peace negotiations will be forwarded
tonight, the publicity department of the
Sim Fein announced this afternoon.
Mr.. De Valera had a conference with the
cabinet members this afternoon,
Dublin, Aug. Both. -Optimism in Dub
lin over the Irish peace negotiations
received a shock today, when Mr.. John
Mac Neill. speaker Of the Irish Republi-
can Parliament, in introducing a deputa-
ton from Tyrone and F%ermonagh coun-
ties to canon De Valera, delivered a
violent attack against Mr.. Lloyd George.
The speaker said that the Premier's
words in his letter to Mr.. De Valera In
which he mentioned the possibility of
civil war, would be taken to be fanatical
violence, which the speaker declared had
been the outcome of British policy. The
British Ministry, he added, have their
hands on the switch of Belfast fanatic
ism. This policy was old. he asserted,
hut he declared that Mr.. Lloyd George
had crystallized it into the local regime.
1t was not to prevent civil warfare, the
Dali ! Eireann speaker declared, bat to
prepare for it, that the Govt. had been
disarmipg all, except its friends, and
arming its friends as special police or
ganized in Orange lodges, who would be
let Gloose upon the unarme population.
The deputation from the two counties
consisted of the chairman CT the county
Council and local elected representatives.
They told Mr.. De Valera and the Cabinet
that Tyrone and Fermanagh would not
submit to the Belfast Parliament, of
whose area they claimed to constitute SO
percent. They declared that IN the two
counties there was an anti-partltion ma
jority of 1881. Mr., De Valera confined
his reply to assuring them that the Dali
Cabinet was aware of their situation.
Washington, August 3Oth .-Brigadier
General Bandholts, who made a preli-
minary investigation around the Mingo
districts last week, was ordered back to
West Virginia to watch the situation and
advise thei War Dept. how the proclama-
ton was received. In a report made pub
lie at the White House, General Band
holtz expressed the opinion that the State
authorities had made only feeble at
tempts to restore order The proclama-
ton was issued by the President after
a day of conferences with Secretary
Weeks, General B~andholtz and Major Gen
eral Harbord, assistant chief OF staff. A
West Virginia delegation, headed by
Senator Sutherland, was also In con-
foronce with the President and Secretary