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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06
Farewell for Mrs. Raumeartne,

Farewell for Mrs. Raumgartner.
The meeting OF the Lowell mar
ent-teachers' association was held
yesterday afternoon, one week ear
lier than the usual date, because
Mrs. II. A. Baumgartner, chairman
of the association, leaves Thursday
for Sheffield, where she will make
her future home. The association
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06

l,Mnsie Studeats Program Meeting.
Mrs P. n. Schroeder at her
home m Davenport was hostess
yesterday afferaoon to the members
of the Music Students. club. The
program was presented by the hos
.1ass and Mrs. Wheelock. as follows.
;Arzbeaque ..-----.------ IsDsSy
Valse RoTnantique 1880. Deoussy
Mrs. Schroeder
Two songs from Indian Love LC
rlcs -. Amy Woodford Ffnden
sKashniri song, Less Than the
Dust -"..-.
Mrs. Wheelock
Music / Heard .-------- Trenarne
no Sir -.....-.-----.--. Loir1e@
Joy .......,-... Myef
Mrs. Wheelock
isoIde's Love-death Christian and
TsoIdel Wagner-Liszt
Mrs. Schroeder
Mirage ...+-...-.--''.' hSi Len
TO the Sun .....-..... Ouii dh
Mrs. Wheelock
r.avotta LaForge
Papillion ..-.-.---- Fini Henrique
Etude Burlesque. Louis V. Saar
Mrs. Schroeder
The next meeting will be neio
on Dec 10 at the home or MISS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06
G.. E. BANQUET at 7. CA


The Christian Endeavor society
of the South Park Presbyterian
church held its annual banquet and
election of officers last night at the
Y. W c. A The table was decorat-
ed with Christmas suggestions, red
candles being used for lighting. The
place cards contained tiny stock
ings of candy and on the back was
written the part each member was
to take in the program. Following
are the officers named for the year !:
President-Glenn Fry.
Vice president-Walter Haddick.
Secretary and treasurer-Mrs
Emma Lemon.
Corresponding secretary-Miss
Elizabeth Oglesby.
Chairman prayer meeting COM
mitteed-Charles Bomehe.
Social chairman - Reginald
Bomehe.
Chairman lookout committee
Miss Myrtle Chaplin.
Missionary chairman-Miss Kath-
crime Lemon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06

Never put warm food or warn
dishes into the ice box
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06

SATl hDA Y.
Tri-City Art league tea.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06
Maccabees VIII Meet.

The Queen Bee Review Of the
Maccabees will have its regular
meeting tonight at the Moose hall.
Election of officers will be held at
this time. Plans Tor a Christmas
entertainment for the children will
also be taken up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-06

The next meeting will be held
on Dec 10 at the home or MISS
Gertrude Branigan.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Trading Held
In Check bv
Tight Money
Industrials Slightly Lower
and Rails Show Small
Drop; Interest in
Sharp Break in Grains

Speculative activity in the stock
market yesterday was plainly de
pressed by the moro stringent money
! change fell short of 600 900 shares for
the five hours of trading and prices
moved irregulsr'y over compare
lively narrow range. The average
price of thirty representative Indus
trial shares closed half point under
tho final price of the preceding day,
whilc the average OF twenty rails
showed much the same range In it's
fluctuations.
With the stock market dull and in
professional hands events in the graip
markets attracted much attention, es-
pecially with regard to wheat. the
price Of the cereal commodity falling
to the lowest level since 1915 At
sl.55 bushel. the closing price Of
March contracts. wheat showed a de-
cline Of Sl.2l hushcl from the quota
tion obtaining in July. 1920, when
future trading WAS resumed. Net de-
clines in wheat ranged between one
and two cents q bushel Corn prices
followed wheat, establishing new lows
and actually selling under the levels
prevailing before the war, when wheat
was quoted on 81 bushel basis.
Traders in the stock market paid
little attention to developments out
side the exchange floor The striking
news Of tire attempt to restore the
Hapsburl~ - the throne in Hungary
in the person af King Charles empha-
sized the i,n5avorahle situation in cen
tral Europe. out apparently did not
affect sentiment to any marked extent.
When the market opened the profes-
sionally aligned, who are committed to
a campaign for lower prices, made
determined attack upon many indus
trial issues, causing substantial reces-
sions, with some issues falling sharply
order. but the closing was irregular.
In the railway group an outbreak of
fresh selling in Pennsylvania Railroad
shares caused a decline to 341a, a new
lew record and the lowest price for the
stock since the late '70s. Liquidation
has been pressing in Pennsylvania
stock for several weeks as a result of
ir.timaticns that the dividend may be
cut at the next meeting of the board.
The professional traders lately have
had habit of going around seeking
vulnerable spots among the inactive
issues. Yesterday United Drug AS
made tn. ohler, of such ar attack and
was forces ~ points to IS, rally
ing to 90 \. So close, where it showed
net loss u -. points. International
Paper WAS also under pressure, as were
the shares of the independent steel
companies.
The foreign exchanges were easier,
with sterling yielding q cent to the
pound.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
The New Warfield Plan

Bankers said yesterday that they
were not entirely in accord with the
plan proposed by the Association of
owners of Railroad Securities for aid
ing IN a settlement of the labor diff
cultles between the railroads and their
employees. partner in a leading pri-
vate banking house which handlec rail
road securities on a large scale ey-
pressed the opinion that the question
OF wages and working conditions should
be LETT so far as possible to the execu-
yves and the workers. He thought
that Tor bankers and other financial
critical period would have the effect nf
throwing monkey wrench into the
machinery" At the Offices of the A.
sociation Of Railway Executives no
statement was made regarding the
latest War6eld move
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
c. & F. l. Plan Approved

John ". Platten. chairman Of tn.
general bondholders' committee of the
Chicago e. Eastern Illinois Railroad
announced yesterday that the plan OF
reorganization had been finally agreed
upon by the several protective commit
will probably be made public within a
few days, calls for the purchase of thc
c & +. 7. properties at foreclosure
sale now set for April ;. Holders CT
the preferred and common stocks Of
the old company. under the plan sra
assessed $50 a share. for which ther
will receive $50 Of general mortgage ;
per cent bonds of the new COMPANY
in addition to 800 of common stock
The assessment has been underrrit stem
by a syndicate arranged by the stock
holders committee, of which Alvin W
Krech is chairman. Kuhn Loeb & Co.
are the reorganization managers
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Baldwin Gets Locomotive Order

Phfladeph dispatches to the fnan-
cial district yesterday attributed to
President Nulcain an announcement
that the Baldwin Locomotive Works
had closed q contract with the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad for
fifty locomotives, valued at about 49,,
100000 The order includes ten Pacific
type passenger engines. fifteen Mikado
freight engines, fifteen mountain pas
seneer engines and ten Santa Fe type
freight engines. Mr.. Nulcain stated
further that the company had taken
orders during March for seventy-eight
steam locomotives and six electric en-
gines. as we'll az numerous extra work
orders. having total value in excess
of s5,000000. The Baldwin Works, It
was said, have enough orders now on
hand to keep them busy until July.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Vacuum Bonds Go Well

The s2o,ooo,oo0 Vacuum Oil Com
pany ttteen-year per cent notes
oHered yesterday were heavily over
subscribed within thrae hours after the
opening of the books, which we're
closed early in the afternoon. The
bankers handling tre offering were
highly gratihed a. he success Of the
issue, although they admitted that il
could hardly be coas dered a fair test
of the market, since investors seem to
regard all STANDARD Oil issues as hav-
ing halo AROUND .nam. 1t is not i'm
probable that tn, quick oversubscrip
tlon of this issue will bring out other
pieces of Standard Oil financing, as j.
is understood that much remains to be
done
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Approve Miller's Stand

Much interest was manifested yes.
terday in banking circles over the views
expressed by Governor Miller favoring
the raising of rates on interest on real
estate mortgages so as 10 attract funds
tor building. BANKERS generally agreed
that 1T would be good thing to re
move present restrictions upon inter
est rates, and it was believed that thi :
would accomplish the results desired
Many bankers felt. however. that the
maximum Of interest rates on real es-
tate loans should be removed alto.
gether, as it is uneconomic and un-
sound.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange rates wer. lower
Yesterday rs result of increased
Offering Of bills, although the market
was relatively steady. Sterling de-
clned cent to s3.92H and rates on
most European centers followed the
same trend.
Denmark exchange was an exception,
however, the rate on Copenhagen ad-
vancing above 1S cents to the crown.
Rates on Hong Kong were slightly
easier, but India exchange moved up a
fraction of a cent. Rates on Argen-
tina were stronger, but Brazilian and
Uruguayan quotations sagged slightly.
Rates on Canada continue to improve.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
international Harvester

Another explanation offered yester-
dav for Wedne sdav's 10point break in
International Harve ster was that there
had been some forced liquidation OF
the stock by an estate, in addition to
the uncertainty as to what the 1920
annual report will show regarding cur
rent liabilities. II was suggested in
one quarter that the selling may have
come from the same source as that
which depressed the price of Chicago
e. North Western last year.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Paris Market IRREGULAR

PARIS, March 31.-Prices We're irreg-
uar on the Bourse to-day. Three per
cent rentes, SIS francs % centimes. En-
change on London, 55 francs 80 CEN
times. Five per cent loan, SO francs 95
centlmes. The dollar was quoted at IA
francs "a confines
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
London Money Market

LONDON, March 31.-B.r silver.
81 I'D per ounce; bar gold. 1O4s 3D..
Money, 6 per cent. Discount rates
Short bills, 53-4M6 per cent; three
months bills 3-16 per cent. Gold pre-
MUM at Lisbon. 14O
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
In Wall Street
Z. Y. K. Thsyer BACK at Desk

L. v r. Thayer, president Of the
Chase National Bank, wbo early in the
year pas granted cave Of absence
because of poor tealth, has returned
to his desk Wnen Mr.. Thsyer Hss
not seen around the bank for time
rumors were crcrlated tha. he had
resigned, but these we're later denird
by Albert II. Wiggin, chairman Of The
board. Mr. Ihayer Is much improved
IN hoaltn. his friends say.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01

URUGUAY (par 1o342 cents q peso)
Checks .......7l.C25 72.l25
VEN EIl Ella (par 1913 cents "A bolivar)
checks ........ G.la 6.i5
Canadian Exchange New York funds in
Mohtre&l, l2{d per cent premium. Montreal
funds in New York. T.. per cent discount
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
London Metal Market
LONDON. Narc. Al

LONDON. March 31-Standard cop-
per, spot, e70 Is Sd; futures, $50 12s Sd
E!ectrolytic, spot, s72 los; futures. s74
Tin. spot, f158 15s; futures, s1e2 5s
Lead, spot. eco; futures, s2o Is 3D.. Zinc,
spot, S24 IS; futures, 425 15a
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Bid and Asked

Following are the closing bid and
asked quotations of stocks listed on the
stock Exchange in which there we're M
transactions Yesterday:
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Ell ROPE


day. day: ago
GREAT BRITAIN .par $@es a sovere,gn2
rshiss 1'shisnn '...' eN' ga s1a' az sat'' sat
so-day blIls ss725 1850 a.s7
rP Nsu, p,,as pa "a. csnt. >ranc, $50
Demand ...... sag 7o3s slS
Ianies 60" '."Ho Ola
hE'.GauM nerann 'rar ~ so cents = frano' 7.4
g, Tanlss s',n :, -; >,,; ~ 2 nSa 80
9T NJ Npsr 'S Ge"'s 'Tan1'
cables ...'7.s7 ~" 1853
nenan1 Nd ao7h ~, 4ao
cables hi.s'' ......... ..:... 4.os 4i2s 4sI Isl
HooLIANn 'psr Ao2 cents :, nsrin) ~.
,,, ,'' 10 SIro oo-'1, .
GEI,WAxy inar psS cents msrl%
Demand ....... 1885 1885 Ia
Cables -,....::: l.5e5 1895 LAB
Demand ,'~' ....... -'' .25 .2s .4s
NpnwAT nsMsag 'par sss cents 1a Is spGwn'
swEnEN p' epar es.s cent. CROWN 300
Demand .......2s4o $50 217s
Gables .....,...2345 ESQ 2l90
Demand nd ......-Islo w.. 17s5 lsss
Cables .........lSi5 1890 Is SO
SPAIN (par 1913 cents peseta)
Demand .-.....l%o2 +oS 17t0
"a s.',s. p'cs ;,,. t,"i iAo 1870
Demand ..,.... qoc 800 $500
Cables .....s... oI2s a12s 4S.I25
cEEEcE Ss;.E. 'par 1913 cents a drschma1 -
'G'sn nemsnd an 'paf 1'' 'iss ts'' .nsrS .1s ss
czt:'iIo- s"II -sI,oc,yAKlA "psr 's aos c.n;s ,s'
crown ''"' V' Genus
3,.%1:. Ds%s"d 1.3s ! s. ! 1.,s g - -
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01

Bank Clearings Bank clearings at
New York yesterday were: Exchanges,
sb42 269 ,6O3; balances. s54 1900
Silver-I.ondon, 33hd; New York,
domestic bar, 99lac; foreign, STAG,
Mexican dollars 4334c.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Rio Tinto Dividend Passed

Announcement in London cable dis
matches Yesterday that the Rio Tinto
Company. Ltd had passed the dividend
on the ordinary shares was Of more
than usual interest to the fnancial
district. because Of the remarkable
dividend record of the company and
the great antiquity OF the mines. They
are the most ancient Of the MINES OF
>.the present day and their history
stretches back into the nists Of an
tiouity The first semi authentic &C
count of their development dates back
from the eleventh century before
Christ, when the Phnnicians traded
in copper from It's ores. Carthage sue
ceeded to the hegemony of the lberian
mines and worked the Rio Tinto ex-
tensvely for several centuries. and,
after the decadence Of the Roman
power the mines were operated in
crude way by the Goths. The present
company was organized in 1878 in
Great Britain. Dividends we're begun
in 1879 and have been paid continu-
ously up to the present, varying great
lv. according to net earnings. Recent
dividends on the ordinary shares have
run as high as 10 per cent in 1905,
to as low as so per cent in 1902. Two
pounds a share was paid in 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Charting the Future

The quest for the infsllible fore
caster Of security prices goes o.
through the years like she older seavch
for the fountain Of youth. II uncer-
taintY we're eliminated from the stoeN
market, the whole business Of epecu-
lation would lose much Of It's glamour
and interest. And yet. although the
task Of printing ticker tape quotations
before the market opens seems unaf-
tainable, an ever increasing number
Of statistical organizations are con-
tnuouslv experimenting to discover
new relations between business anu
finance. The Standard Statistics Com
pany is the latest to offer new in
dicat tor OF the stock market and ousl-
ness activity" It's theory is this:
That the underlying force behind tne
broad moveme ents in the stock market
and business is the available Supply
of money and credits. Neither the
stock market nor business tan prosper
unless the supply of credit is large
enough. Thirty wears Of chsrted experl-
ence demonstrates beyond reasonebie
doubt that condition Of plentiful
credit invariably precedes every up
ward movement in the stock marhe !
and general business volume, and
credit stringencv is the unfailing pre-
cursor Of every downward swing IN
security prices and business activity
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Stocks Ex Dividend

i'''e' .onlpanN Per Cent
Apr 1|Am Steel Fonndties. ..,.. ;,
/ APT. 2-Creat Northern r. Co pf ;.
Apr. Niagara Fails Power Co of Is,
APE. 1-Phtlade!phla cc........ ~
Apr. L. do S. Observation-Disclosures. pf /.
ABE. 6=Worth. 2. 4 y. Corn. v. + G. !
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Bank of France Statement

PARIS. March Sl.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of France shows the
following chances in francs.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Money and Credit

The demand for funds again became
heavier toward the close of the stock
market yesterday. and the call rate,
after opening at 61a per cent. advanced
to Z per cent. Bankers state that the
recent relative ease in call money is
not true reflex of the money market.
which, they ssy, is still tight.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Transactions Yesterday in Listed Stocks
Summary of Stock Exchange Dealings

tCcryfight, New rorkTr Inc) -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-26
France and Submarines.

lust what does NJ BRAND mean when he calls
Il submarines the war weapon of the poorer
nations? The British may well ask, as did the col
ored man: "Who is you aludin' att" 1t would
seem a most unfortunate statement injected into
almost love feast. Why should France need a
large quota Of submarines or any? Why should
she demand naval capital-ship basis equal to that
of Japan; not that she will build these great battle
ships, but that she may have their complement OF
submarines?
1t is difficult to discover why France should
especially need submarines for defense, she has
all the other agencies and is no more exposed than
are other European coast countries. AS matter
of fact submarines are primarily a weapon of Of
Tense; they are for searching out and attacking.
They are pirates and of decidedly secondary import
ance in coast defense. Their most distinctive and
effective use is against commerce, not navies.
On whose commerce does France ever expect
to prey? In what possible war could she need
these most cowardly and lawless weapons? Does
she expect to 60 into the sinkwithout-trace bust
ness against one of her former allies? If SO, Great
Britain is the only peculiarly vulnerable to this
class of warfare. They would be OF no value
against future Germany, comparable to the friend
ship of the British NJ Brands plea for sub
marines had better been left unsaid.
1t is all that gives shadow of plausibility to
the H. c. Wells propaganda. 1t is all that mars
an otherwise perfect defense of his country. He
went lust that much too far and gave handle to a
charge of insncerity This, with sort of sheer
which found its way into his banquet talk at New
York leaves behind him suspicion that even the
hest friends of France may not care to trust NJ
BRAND too far too completely and that it may
be as well to turn all he says and see If some
thing besides sob may not be sticking the
other side.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-26
A Twice Told Tale.

THE conference is two weeks old 1t has
ceased to be ten-best-seer. 1t could not
draw today against the close of the foot
ball season. 1t is dwindling slowly but surely in
the newspapers to pink sheet importance. If these
had not all made arrangements for full cast of
top-liners for the entire season, it would now get
little more than first page start with a carry-over
Fearful of publicity, the public has a surfet of
publicity and only the arrival OF Lloyd George will
renew the thrill of interest in the daily doings of
this expurgated edition of the league of nations.
The fact is the American public has pretty well
made up its mind what the conference will do and
just what it should do. So far as this country is
concerned, the show is good as over; the de-
movement is "denoued and the villain is put to rest
Only If disappointed, only if some one upsets the
pail, or taking dolls and blue dishes goes home
fusIng to end the play will American interest re-
vive. Whether not it would then come back
with rush, with bills for accounts due and
payable, 1t is hard to say 1t is not possible for
them to keep the sustained interest that Europeans
have in the details of foreign affairs in the mnutiae
the petty stuff and chickering's which fill in the bust
ness OF most diplomatic shows
Yet for students of foreign affairs, for those
who would adopt diplomacy a career and maybe
IN quality OF real importance, the present stage Of
the conference may have the most interest The
dash and splurge over and it is down at bust
ness. Even If the big factors are assured no one
can tell how much they may be denatured, to what
extent neutralzed or how far made to serve some
unattended purpose. The present stage is the grind
which sharpens wits and uncovers that human joy
in merely gaining an advantage.
1t is now, too, that diplomacy displays itself
science and when patience we'll as watchf,ll-
ness, in drawing out the fine edge OF the negotia-
tions may allow most anything to happen by which
the cleverest may gain the most. Americans do not
know much of this international game of diplomacy,
but none OF them wholly ignorant of its twin
OF noble pastimes-stud poker. The most interest
ing moments OF the conference may be vet to come
but Americans have turned to their usual pursuits
BRAND is gone Foch and Diaz are still in their
race for college degrees, with Foch lap ahead
Everyone who can has met everyone they can.
Whatever follows socially will be repetition There
is no one left to stand the sidewalk to see go
by those who have not already been seen. Some
have learned to tell Jap from Chinese, even
when they can't tell Chinese from Jap There
sensations left that not rather stale and
fiat, Of the homemade variety. And then the
whole bloomin' thing adjourned for the Army and
Navy football game!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-26
Pens and Swords.
o the Editor. The Washington Herald

10 the Editor, The Washington Herald:
knowing your fairness in all
things, l beg leave to present some
facts with reference to the pres
ent civil service retirement law and
make a few comparisons.
I assume that all fair minded
persons will agree without argu-
ment that a conscientious govern
ment clerk land most of them are
conscientious) renders infinitely
more valuable and constructive
service to the country than an Off
Ger of the army. The latter pro-
duces nothing. but consumes
much. He is fed, clothed and doc
tored at the public expense from
the time he enters the service un-
til he dies. and then his widow is
pensioned.
After serving thirty years, at his
own request, an officer may be re-
tired on three-fourths the pay of
his rank, which means from sl,7S5
per annum for a second lieutenant,
who has served as such for twenty
years, to s10,l25 per annum for a
full general. Take the case OF the
retirement of. a major as an aver
age (and few retire under the rank
of MAJOR. after twenty years of
service in that grade he is retired
on a salary of $4,000 per annum.
Only three emergencies have
arisen in the United States in sixty
years which required the army to
even earn its salt, and the regular
army cut mighty little figure in
either of those emergencies (the
Civil War, the Standardization
and World WARP. / have no desire
to minimize the Importance Of our
army. or to knock" our officers, for
the latter take only what is legally
given them But 1 wish to point
out the injustice of making fowl
Of one and flesh of the other"
Now, the government clerk en-
tiers the service early in life, works
faithfully at the tasks assigned him
and at the age of 70 years, with
one foot in the grave and the other
foot tottering on the brink, is re-
tired on paltry stipend of $40
per year, and at his death his
widow gets nothing!
The officer is a government en-
ploye the same as the clerk. Each
agrees to perform a certain work
for a stipulated sum. One performs
his task with as much efficiency as
the other. The clerk IL just as
patriotic as the officer. Then why
should there be any distinction In
their treatment by the govern
ment? You may search me for the
answer! - s. N J.