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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Climax Of Speed to be Reached
by Worlds Fastest Boats
IN the Races To-
morrow.
CLASSY RACES TUESDAY
First Heats Of Smaller Glasses
Develop Close Contests
little Leading Lady
Sensation.

Little Leading Lady" W. P Cleve.
lands fourteen foot, wonder, showed
her heels to the field Tuesday after
noon in the first days racing of the
sixth annual regatta of the Missis-
sippi Valley Power Boat Association.
The diminutive gray craft from Gal
ena. Illinois, Tapped every boat on the
course in the first heat for Glass C
boats, negotiating the fifteen miles in
thirty-two minutes and fifty-two sec.
onds. This is an average of a little
better than tWentyseven miles an
Lady's" engine never was let out in
yesterdays race, it is probable that
she will show class when pitted
AGAINST the big boats from Chicago.
"P8 D. G. H. Dr.. strong's 10 foot
planer, appeared to be considerably
better than Phantom her nearest
competitor, excluding the Galena
boat. and would have drawn second
place in the Class C race had she not
been retired when her engine died on
tic lSui VI Ia ~. Sut looho 6oou loA
9 winner In Glasses A and B, with a
second in Class c.
Unless all signs fail worlds records
will fall Thursday when the big at
fractions of the regatta. the Hydro
Bullet the Teaser w" the "Baby
Reliance, the Van Bleark," the
oregon Kid" and the Little Lead
ing Lady, are let out in the big events
of today and Thursday. The Barn
hcle" scratched at the last >noment, Is
less to the program. but is consider.
ed inferior to the "Hydro-Bullet."
One Of the features of the regatta
is the driving CT Miss Ethel Sails
bury. who handles her boat. the
Ethel w. with skill and nerve that
rival that Of the best of the speed
demons. Miss Salisbury is entered
In all of the events and is likely te
pull down one Of the trophies before
the regatta Is over.
The arrangements of the regatta
committee of the Mississippi Vale!
Power Boat Association for handling
the races are excellent, and assure
prompt and satisfactory starts to al
OF the heats. The Lad" Starte
Dixcn's cabin cruiser, with barg'
'Iassie,' serves as the JUDGES boat
and also accommodates the timer ant
starter and their assistants, and tn
representatives Of the press. TIL
Ped Wing and barge, Mae, is tn
official boat of the race committee
]. W. Dixon of Burlington, probabl
the best known and best liked powe
boat man on the river, handles tn
starters gun with the Judgment OF
veteran, while NJ " Kidder OF LII
Crosse, clerk of the regatta, and tn
other gentlemen in charge, handi
the races in manner satisfactor
10th to participants and spectators.
Two close Finishes.
The first heats In the Class A an
Class B races yesterday furnished tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Grand Stand seats.

The price of admission to the seats
on the grand stand above the judges
stand is twenty-five and not fifty cents.
The stands, which are built upon the
side Of the bluff below Rand park, at
tord.a splendid view of the races and
are open to the public at charge of
twenty-five cents.
The dam and the ice fender are not
good places from which to view the
regatta The boats pass too far dis
tant for spectators on either of these
places to see them distinctly, or to
follow the races with any degree of
satisfaction. Thousands of people are
taking In the spectacle from along the
bluffs and on the stands opposite the
judges boat The shore along the
home stretch of the course is lined
with boat-cabin cruisers, open
launches, canoes, barges and skiffs,
making an interesting background for
the racers Lieutenant Jones, U. S.
NJ, who has been detailed by the
navy department to have charge OF
Lake Cooper during the regatta, di.
reefs the management of the course
proper from Ira Spangler's speedy
new launch Rules prohibiting non
contestants from entering the course
will be stringently enforced. and a
heavy penalty is attached to their in
fraction.
Little Leading Lady.
This is the smallest boat in the re
gatta, and bids fair to attract more
attention than some of the larger ane
possibly faster craft. She is bull
upon plans differing radically from
those generally supposed to be stand
ard for monoplanes. The step" IL
the Little Leading Lady" is just for
ward of the engine, and is create
depth at the center Of the boat thai
at the sides-a reversal Of the usua
plan. This leaves hollow space ur
der the center of the boat, and it l
. expected that the exhaust will be a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
New Classification.

From the standpoint of the sport Of
motor boating, the most important
feature of the regatta seems to be the
working out Of the new classification
for boats upon the basis Of engine
power, which is here being tried out
for the first time. Previously the
classification has been based upon the
length and breadth of the boats. For
instance, Glass A might be under %
feet, Class B, under 30 feet, and SO
on. This meant that any individual
could sink small fortune in boat
of given class and then clean up on
everything else in his class. For in
stance, an owner could put a 800
horse power $4,000 motor in a %
foot boat, and defeat anyone who
didn't care, or couldn't afford to sink
a larger sum in the sport. The man
with the longest purse inevitably was
| the winner.
| Under the present system, classified
ton is based upon the cubic inches
of piston displacement of the engine.
The way the present scheme will
work is illustrated by the case of the
Little Leading Lady" in Glass G.
| The limit OF piston displacement in
this class Is 591 inches. The 81. l..
L. has a piston displacement Of $50
cubic inches, and ran away from the
other boats in her class, which did
not so closely approach the limit OF
Il =. ;, koS
that this class will have long list
of entries which will approximate
the limit for the class. When this Is
the case the winner will not be the
boat uron which the most money has
been spent, necessarily, but upon tht
boat with the best designed hull ant
the best running engine Of the givel
size. Emphasis will be placed upol
skill in hull designing and engine
building rather than upon mere siz'
of engine and length of purse.
That the new classification is goin1
1 to surpass the expectations of it's ad
herents in its effect upon the race
of the Mississippi Valley Power Boa
Association is evidenced by the race
Of the smaller boats in the presen
regatta. The entry lists have beel
larger than ever before, and except Il
Glass C the boats have been YER
evenly matched. The system give
members of the association an oppol
tuntty to pick class in which the
can afford to build first class boa
and then protects them from tn
competition of boats which in realit
are in higher class. In other words
the classification is upon the onl
logical basis-that Of engine power
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Three Rings Full Of Acts.

The Yankee Robinson circus is Just
as big as 1t can get. 1t has three
rings and two elevated stages-anL
that is as large as any circus cali
grow in this day and age. The entire
performance is given In the three
rings and the stages-is presented In
such manner that no matter at what
angle you are seated in the canvas
YOU can see every act-sometimes flf
teen OF them going on at one time
with perfect ease, The Wild West
performance takes place on the race
track so that every part OF this per,
Torrance passes you from two TO
three times
The big show will appear at Keo-
kuk on Sept 3.-Adv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27

daughters of Fox City spent sundag
with Mrs, Mary Epperhart.
Rev. Bartine of Memphis filled hi
appointment here Sunday and was en-
tertained at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
J. F. Shepherd.
Miss Florence Shea returned las
week after a several weeks stay 4,
the home Of her grandmother. Mrs
Mary Epperhart.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
PERSONALS.

Miss Mary Eggert of Mansfield,
Ohio, is the guest of Miss Gertrude
Ellsworth.
Frank Halbeck Jr., police officer
of Chicago is visiting relatives and
friends in the city.
Mrs. Alma Weaver of Wapello is
the guest of Mrs. A. Hollingsworth on
Grand Avenue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Compete for Webb Trophy Tomorrow
THURSDAY TO Be BIC
DAY Of THE REGATTA

spectators with finishes closer than
those usually seen in speed events for
these distances. In the Glass A race,
Phantom got away some thirty feet
ahead OF "P. d. @. II and held this
lead for the entire race, finishing
about two boat lengths ahead Of the
Burlington boat. "Scary William"
Ruddick's thirty horse power planer,
finished a good third. after having
held this position for most Of both
trips around the course.
Nine boats passed the starter at
the start OF the first heat for Class B
motors. The Cub, had engine trou-
BILE on the second lap and dropped
out; the Red Hummer" hung on for
three laps and then gave up the strug-
gle. leaving the race to the "St.
Elmo H. the "Scary William" the
ugly Duckling," the "P. D. @. H."
Ethel w." the Phantom" and the
Greyhound 1t was soon evident
that, barring engine trouble, first
place lay between the "P. D. @. H."
and the Phantom" The gray boat
held the lead she had on the start,
however, and at the end of the. second
LAP had increased it considerably The
Phantom" regatned her distance
however, and at the finish was scarce
/ " more than boat length behind the
winner. "Scary William drew third
place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Little Leading Lady.

I y
So far as first plac. was concerned,
the first heat for Glass c boats wasn't
a race, but procession. Little Lead
ing Lady" got away hundred feet
behind the field. but in half a mile
had passed the bunch. Riding on the
last four feet of her squat hull, she
seemed to bound over the water rath-
er than drive through it. On the third
round she Tapped the Ethel ", and
before the last circle had Tapped every
boat in the race. She finished seven
minutes ahead of the "Scary William"
which drew second position. The "P.
ID. @. IL came to grief on the back
stretch on the fourth lap when her en-
CINE went dead and retired her for
the day She appeared to have second
place cinched when the trouble came.
ugly Duckling'' and Cub" made a
pretty finish for third place. They
came down the stretch with ugly
Duckling" just five or six feet ahead
OF the Cub" and crossed the line
with very little open water between
them. Harry Cooley, who drove the
"Duckling," won the admiration Of the
crowd by the pluck with which he
stuck to the game when apparently
outdistanced in all three races
Summary.
| Glass A, 5 miles; first prize, $50,
second prize, $50. third prize, SIS.
/ First heat: First place, Phantom,
! A. L. Osborn, Dubuque; second place.
! P. D. @. II, DR.. A. G. Strong. Bur
Ilington: third place, Scary William, A.
lT. Ruddick. Keokuk; fourth place,
.IUgly Duckling, Harry Cooley, Du-
buque Time, - minutes and 70
seconds.
i Glass B, 10 miles; first prize. 800;
] second prize, $50; third prize, SIS
!. First heat First place, P. D. Q. H.
DIR. A. C. Strong, Burlington; second
place, Phantom, A. l.. Osborn. Du
buoue: third place, Scary William, A
]. Ruddick, Keokuk; fourth place. st
Elmo. III. Time, "a minutes and 81
. seconds.
Glass C. Is miles; first prize. $125
. second prize, $50; third prize. $50
, First heat: First place, Little Lead
!, ing Lady, w. p Cleveland, Galena
III. second place, Scary William, A
III. Ruddick, Keokuk; third place, Ugl,
Duckling, Harry Cooley, Dubuque
fourth place, Cub, Art salzman, Roc
q Island. Time, 80 minutes and 5
seconds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Causes Of stomach Troubles.

sedentary habits. lack of out door
exercise, insufficient mastication OF
food, constipation, 1. torp. liver. wor'
~ and anxiety, overeating, partakins
Of food and drink not suited to your
age and occupation. Correct your
habits and take Chamberlain's Tab
let's and you will soon be well aga'a
For sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
The
Duncan-Schell
Fall Sale
Rare Bargains In All
Departments
Lace Curtains

Large purchases Of surplus stocks enable us
to offer hundreds of pairs, in qualities iden-
tical with those Of our stocks at other sea-
sons of the year, at low prices Some of the
finest goods we have ever offered are includ-,
ed in these displays.
The discounts range from 10 to so per cent;
following are specimen values (prices per
pair), u a<zs-az4se 44-ssss2sas.eg2z
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REVERE, MO.

= . q o . 0 o . . y Q = o 0 q
Miss Irene Legg spent several days
last week visiting in CORN
Mrs. VIM. WINS and son Floyd left
last week for visit with Mrs. WINS
parents. of Hoyt, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Shea and little
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27

Two close Finishes.
The first heats In the Glass A and
Class B races yesterday furnished the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-27
Spray From the PEaners

tered to oren into this instead of be-
ing placed above the engine as at
present The Lady has been re-
built entirely within the last week or
ten days, and had never been in the
water before Monday.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
moving PICTURE CENSORS
HAVE PLENTY OF TROUBLE
Embarrassed by Complaints Against Films that Offend the
Sentiment Of Certain Localities, Movement Is Sug-
gested to Divide Pictures Into Classes

New York. March 22.-The national
board of censorship for motion pictures
established by the Peoples Institute.
which has been for several years in
specting and passing on moving picture
films voluntarily submitted by the manu-
facturers, now hopes, through the agency
of schools and Y. NJ. c. AS throughout
the country to make radical changes In
the system whereby picture films are
put on the market
At present the individual who operates
at most one or two moving picture the
aters is entirely at the mercy or the
big film exchanges, to which he must go
for his attractions. He cannot anord TO
buy films outright, but must rent them
from one or another of the exchanges,
which buy the films from the manufac-
turers The exchange draws up a con-
tract with him whereby he is TO be tur-
nished with so many new films per week
at a stated rental. He is not allowed
TO select his films, but must take those
that the exchange chooses to send MIN.
After a film has been shown in all the
houses under contract with the exchanges
il is considered obsolete and is slowed
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Pc..lon. for widow.

From the New York Times.
Bills have been introduced at Albany
to pension widowed and INDECENT moth
ers. The basis argument for pension
ing widows is sound. but the methods
proposed are debatabie. II 10 far better
that the children of widows be kept to-
gether in the home under parental influ-
ence than that they be committed to in
stitutions: In either case there IL ex-
pense. but no one who has observed the
institutional care of children would say
that it in better than the care Of the
natural guardian.
Should the state pension the widows.
or should private philanthropic agencies
do this desirable work? Nobody knows.
It Is certain that II the state takes the
initiative. politicians will try to make
capital out of the benefactions. and at
least some unworthy claimants will be
rewarded. That is a grave objection to
the bills at Albany. On the other hand,
We know too little Of the experiences
Of the private philanthropic societies in
Greater New York, where the problem
is the most insistent of solution. Each
society may know what its individual
problem il. but no investigating COM
mittee has compared the experiences of
the different organizations and worked
out a general policy for the city as
a whole.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

away permanently. notwithstanding the
fact that 1t probably has been seen by
only a very small percentage of the mov-
ing picture public.
Sectional Feeling.
This condition was first called to the
attention of the Board of Censorship
by letters received from all parts of the
country complaining OF the pictures
shown in local theaters. From Utah
came complaints that pictures were be-
ing shown in which Mormons appeared
in an unfavorable light. From points in
the Northwest complaints were received
against films showing alleged wild
West" life and experiences which their
audiences regarded as ridiculous. The
local producers had TO show the films
sent them or close their theaters.
On the other hand, the board did not
feel called upon to condemn the films
beforehand simply because they Of
Tended the sensibilities of one section
of the country. The manufacturers
are not compelled to submit their films
to censorship. nor. having submitted
their films to inspection. are they COM
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
HE Was CANE.
A. ExDsrsesee.es Dsb TayIsr whe.
~ u~- "a A.

An ExperieRee.ef Dsb TayIsr whe.
He started Ost t. Lecture.
From the Los Angeles rfmes
when the late Senator Bob Taylor
nrst went upon the lecture platform
he was In bad financial fix. but IL
crowd Of his down In Taylor. Tex, had
known It we would not nave played such
q mean game on him." said Col. Albert
W. Carpenter. Of the Lone Star State.
Little did we know At the time of
the glorious nature and generous soul
Of a man who made half a million dol
lars and died penniless.
What We did was to dragon the
orator after the delivery of his speech
into joining an absurd sort of secret So
ciety: As q part Of the ridiculous initia-
ton he was sworn to set up Q dinner TO
all present Immediately on the adjourn
ment of the lodge. There was a good
big crowd of US, and the eating and
drinking came to just about 3loo or ex-
actly what Bob Taylor had netted by his
talk. Subsequently he confessed to
friend that after paying the score he
had barely enough cash to enable him
to pay railroad fare out of the town.
"A year later he came back to our
burg. and the whole community turned
out to hear him. Never did q man get
a more fiattering ovation in a small vii.
lage The profits OF his lecture this time
were $500. Before leaving us somebody
reminded him Of his previous visit.
whereupon the genial Bob laughingly in
quired what motive had animated us in
thus Jospoiiing him. We tust wanteI
to see, Governor, II you were game
spoke up one of the townsmen. and in
recounting the affair later Bob Taylor
always added. You can bet your life
was glad that I had proved game
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

Why not rent them out at q small fee
to other schools and Y. n. C. AS? II
was done. More and more films are be-
Ing purchased. and as fast As they are
purchased they are rented out by the
university to schools all over the Middle
West. II 1t keeps on 1t will be only q
operating q great national clearing house
for moving picture films Of educational
value
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

colleges everywhere could fnd II easier
1 to secure educational Aims Of the kind
they wanted. And after a while the
exchange men began to see the advan-
tages Of the new idea. Films that, had
gone the regular round and had been
be resurrected and put before new
audiences for a new lease of life; that
Is. provided they possessed educational
value. Then II became clear that Of
two films. almost alike in cost, one Of
which was aimed to amuse and the other
to amuse and instruct as well. the latter
was considerably more valuable. because
1t would have longer life. And % the
percentage Of films Of the second class
is steadily increasing. but it has not been
| Encouraging.
There still are many moving picture
theaters Of which the National Board
disapprove and many film which they
pass reluctantly, for instance. in Pitts
field. Pa. some years ago there were
two saloonkeepers found their business
into town and opened a moving picture
house. 1t wasn't very long before the
two saloonskeepers found their bus
seriously menaced by the new attrac-
tion. The two saloonkeepers took coun-
sci together and then went into the
moving picture business themselves In
partnership.
The Greatest Step.
The greatest step forward. however,
in the eyes of the censors. has been TAX
en- recently by the University Of Wis
consin. The State appropriated $4,000
for the purchase of moving picture
films to be used as part Of the univer-
sity curriculum. For this they were
able to secure about a thousand films.
Then some one bethought him that
only part Of these films could be shown
to the university students at time.
What could be done with the others?
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY. MARCH 2s. 1913

PEELED to abide by the decision of the
board. The only penalty attached IL
that Of losing the privilege Of labelling
the film Passed by the National Board
of Censorship"
In these circumstances the board has
considered that its disapproval must
be reserved for films either openly in.
decent or criminal or nagrantiy un-
true to nature or life. 10 condemn a
film that would be enjoyed in New
England simply because II would be
hissed in Oregon-so long as It doesn't
seem likely to do the New England
audience any harm-has seemed to
them trihe severe.
May Classify Them.
The solution that appeals most to
the censors is the division Of moving
picture theaters into classes. They
would like to see some theaters ap-
pealing to the youngsters only, other
theaters for grown-ups. some, with the
lowest possible admission fee, showing
pictures that would attract the poorer
and uneducated members Of the COM
munity. and others. charging perhaps
Is to 20 cents admission, to show films
of the highest and most expensive
quality. designed to appeal to people
of cultivated and critical taste. With
such a classification Of the movies"
the problem of the censor would be
much simplified.
The, first promise of improvement In
the situation. from the censor's point
of view. came from East Orange. N. ].
A teacher in the public school there
had been introducing her children to
the English classics. She adopted the
plan Of telling them one day. in her
own language, the story of one OF
Shakespeare's plays and then calling
on them the next day to write a COM
position telling the story over again
in their own words. One day the story
had been Hamlet" One little fellow
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
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