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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
BOY SCOUT NOTES F
[Edited by c. L. Alling.l

Dear Scouts: That game Win
WARSAW. was certainly ian interesting
one. / was, really surprised that OUT
team did so we'll. Every man was on
the move all the time and that made II
fast game. 1t must nave peen as
prayating to the Warsaw boys, the
way those guards were continually IN
the road and then the forwards SNOW
ed considerable superiority In throw
ing baskets and SO take 1t all IN an
we simply put up better game atnan
they did and i believe that everybody
thinks it was a good, fair clean game
and after all, boys, the value OF sports
is not in the score but in the game
itself. The scout oath applies in ath-
letics as we'll as in anything else ana
the boy that plays clean game Will
be the man whom the world Will re-
spect in business as being absolutely
Also remember that
scout is a bigger. broader minded sort
of fellow than the, boy I heard the ?
other day who said, sNfell, look what
they did to us, we don't want 10 give
them any advantage. Scouts VIII
rather try to show the other team
what clean athletics is.
Captain Stadler and Manager Eber-
sole are arranging other games for
the near future and / believe that the
season will show good. record at the
end and / also believe that we Will go
into each game with the true spirit
of sportsman, to play our hardest
with fairness to the others ana TOT
the honor of the team.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
NEW LEAGUE PLANNED
FOR EASTERN IOWA
Small Circuit Being Discussed Which
Would Play Twice Week.
Cities Talked Of.

MONTICELLO, Iowa, Feb. Ia
Eastern Iowa may have another base
ball league this summer II present
plans materialize, for an effort is be-
ing made by certain influential men
in this section of the state to estab-
lish a small circuit for that purpose.
1t is proposed that the league will be
made up of the following teams: Du-
buque White Sox, Monticello, Cas-
cade. Dyersville, Farley, Strawberry
Point and possibly Worthington and
Farlville. All of these teams were in
the field last season and many inter
esting games were staged and owing
to the enthusiasm displayed in these
towns over the national game, it was
thought that small bush league
would prosper. The circuit is COM
pact and no doubt a great deal of en-.
thusiasm would be the outcome Of
such a league. The games would be
played twice a week.
A meeting will probably be called
some time in the course Of the next
month and all of the towns invited to
send representatives, at which time
matters will be threshed out and the
league organized If possible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
HAVE YOU CHOSEN AN EVENT.

1t isn't necessary for you to be al
ready expert in any CT the events, for
If you begin to practice on some one
thing now, you can make pretty
good showing with it within month.
SO start to practice and plan TO win
o few points for your troop anyhow.
Every single scout should be entered
in a; least one event. Try knot tying
for instance. Get rope and practice
on all the knots in the book till you
can make them in your sleep and then
try fastening several sticks together
like a barrel stave hammock or a raft,
using the timber hitch. Get that knot
SO you can tie 1t by simply dropping
two loops over the end of the stick
so fast you can't see it done. Any OF
these events should be very interest
ing practice, but begin at once. L
would be glad to have You let me
know what you are practicing for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
HAMILTON SIGNS TWO
PROMISING PITCHERS
Paul Reitmeyer Who Has GOOD Rec
ord in Michigan State and
Pat Talbot Signed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 10
Two catchers who have had some
experience in professional baseball,
sent their signed contracts to Bust
ness Manager Belden Hill, Wednes-
day morning. Both men were signed
by Playing Manager Jim Hamilton
who speaks of them with consider
able Boosting.
One of the backstops is Paul Re1t-
meyer, who had a good record in the
Michigan State league last season.
Reitmeyer played with Manistee, bur
before the season was over the Manis-
tee franchise went to Bedding. Reit-
meyer backstopped forty-one games,
and finished with a fielding percent
age of 969, which certainly is not
bad for catcher He had 204 put
outs, forty-five assists, only eight err
rors and six passed balls. Reitmeyer's
batting average for the forty-one
games was 2S1 He was at bat 135
times and famed twenty-three times.
This Reitmeyer did with tail-end
team.
The other catcher is Pat Talbot OF
Monangeh, W. Va. Last season he
played with Charleston of the Ohio
State league. Two clubs dropped out
of that league before the season was
over but Charleston, Talbott's club,
won the pennant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
THE MAIL BOX.

Besides Dcnnellson, five other
troops have reported and out OF the
FIVE, three are planning to be with us
in the meet, the whole troop In most
cases planning to attend. Ihese
troops are Dallas City. Ill, Quincy ana
Wyaconda, Mo. The other two, BUT
lington and hannibal. report that
their troops have disorganized ana
therefore cannot be represented HOW.
ever, in both cases, the former scout
master commends the EFFORT I'VE are
making to conduct this field meet ana
expects to be here to see the contests.
This is encouraging and ] believe that
the number of scouts entering the
events will be large.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
MIDDIES WIN EDGE
IN ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Win Three and Lose TWO Events In
Athletic Carnival at Ann :.
apoIis Yesterday.

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ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 13.-The
Middies more than broke even in a
five event athletic carnival here to-
day, winning three and losing two
events on the program.
The midshipmen defeated Penna at
swimming, SO to 8, and Lehigh in
wrestling, IS to II. The naval gym
nastic team defeated Haverford col
lege, A to 10. Cornell won the fast
est basketball game played on the
local floor this year from the naval
cadets, "a to 90 The New York Fen
GERS club secured s to victory in
the fencing match.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
SIGNALLING.

Get two pieces Of cloth, 18s inches
square, one black and the other white.
Cut these In two equal parts and sew
them together SO that your flag will
be half white and half black. You
may cut it diagonally or straight
across. Tack these to 2-foot bamboo
poles and you have your flags.
Grasp the pole right next to the
flag and let the lower six inches or so
rest against the palm of your hand and
you will have good grip on 1t so
YOU can control your motions easily.
Now get the code in your book and
practice making the letters. remem-
bering that the picture shows them
the way the other fellow. looks, so
you will have to reverse right and
left on them when practicing. When
you get rather familiar with the let
tiers, get some other scout who Is
practicing the code and try making
the letters so he can recognize them,
and try reading them as he makes
them. Practice this until you know
the code thoroughly, both. sending and
receiving. Then get two other boys to
ed an operator" One operator and
icSoiuSi indhC tSdb vi 6thIiOus
and the two teams must now get Il
block or two apart so that they will
be out of speaking distance. Now
suppose that team No. ! wants to ask
team No. 2 What time is it," The
recorder writes the question down
and reads 1t to the operator, one let
ter at time, as What, SPACE,
time. space, etc." and the operator
signals the letters as they are read
indicating space by crossing the
flags in front and below. The oper-
ator OF the second team reads them
to his recorder. one at a time. and he
writes them down, telling the opera
tor when letter doesn't seem right.
The operator at once signals "R"
for repeat, and sends the last word
they have correct. The first team then
goes on from there and if he makes
mistake and wants to change it, he
signals "Annul,' which is IL" back
wards, and repeats the last word.
In the field meet, the teams will be
about 200 ards apart and will have a
message OF 100 words to send, which
will be given them by the judges and
which will be entirely new text to
them The Judgment will be based
entirely on accuracy and form except
in case Of tie, when speed will en-
ter in. However, the speed must not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
HEALTHY GROWTH OF
AMATEUR BASEBALL
Forty Cities Apply for Membership
in National Amateur Baseball
Association Yesterday.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio. Feb. 12.-E. G..
Patterson, New York. was reelected
president of the National Amateur
Baseball association, at q meeting
here today. G. c. Townes. Cleveland
and George Buechtel Louisville, were
elected vice presidents and Z. c. Seat
on. Chicago. secretary and treasurer.
Pittsburgh and Detroit were admit
ted to membership in the league. APP
plications from about forty other
cities were received. Reports We're
made showing the healthy growth of
amateur baseball and plans dis
cnssed for the 1915 worlds CHAMPION
ship series.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
Gunman Arrested.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Feb. 13.-
Charles Thomas, alias "Scush," one of
the gang of alleged New York gun
men arrested by the police in SEN
sational raid on the Hotel Menlo here,
was positively identified late today,
according to the police, as the fugitive
wanted by the New York authorities
for the murder of Murray Hennessy.
Hennessy was killed outside a New
York cafe in a feud between gunner
October IA, 1914.
Bertillon measurements and finger
prints OF the other three men. Chas
Williams. BENJAMIN Hall and Bert
Perkins. and the two women found
with them, were also taken and eff
forts will be made to trace their rec
ords in the east. A fifth member IF
the gang escaped and is believed 10
have gone to Sacramento.
The police believe the members of
the gang were responsible for the hold
up of the Nanx hotel bar here last
Monday night when its patrons were
robbed of more than $1,000.
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Giant organ Tried out.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Feb. H.,
The first formal try-out was given the
great $4,000 pipe organ in Festival
hall, at the Panama. Pacific exposition
grounds today by Wallace Sabin, Of
fetal organist, in the presence Of Di-
rector Of Music George w. Stewart
and a party of invited newspaper rep
resentatives. Professor Sabin pro-
nounced 1t an instrument OF wonder,
full range and power.
This instrument, which after the ex-
position is over, will be set up In the
Civic Center auditorium, Is one OF the
four largest pipe organs in the world
and the second largest in America.
being surpassed only by the Wanna
maker organ in Philadelphia.
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fall below first class requirements.
Now 1t may be you would prefer
the Morse code instead of the soma
phore. II so, use only one flag on a
long pole, using both hands and hold
IL vertically in front of you for neil
trail. Represent a dot by waving the
flag to the right or left about half way
down and represent a dash with full
swing and space by waving 1t to the
front. II the American Morse Is used,
a space in letter like &C. is simply
a pause between the dots.
Practice after school and on Satur-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
TAKE FLOWERS 70 SICK.

A joint committee of troops, one
ana two took flowers to all the pa
tients Of both hospitals last Monday
afternoon in honor of the boy scout
anniversary, which is being observed
throughout the country this week. 1t
was good turn and the nurses told
me that the sick people who received
them appreciated the flowers more
than the boys who gave them prob
ably realize. i hope, fellows, that this
doesn't mean that we only think Of
others once year but simply spec
ial demonstration of our daily attitude
toward those about us. DO a good
turn daily" is our slogan and Let US
make it our daily purpose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
-. INZPG1KRXVlVGN
|Il p 1 NEWS q
YANK ADVANCE GUARD
STARTS TRAINING
Battery Candidates will Take Kinks
Out of Their Wings at Hot
Springs Camp.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The ad-
vance guard of the Yanks-compris-
ing the battery candidates-left today
for Hot Springs, Ark. They will work
the kinks out of their winter-bound
mits until March 10 when they will
join the main squad under Manager
Donovan, at Savannah. Joe Kelly,
chief scout, was Encouragement of
the first squad. which included Pitch
ers Heating, WARRIOR, Brown. Cald-
well. Fisher and Cole and Catcher
Sweeney. Catcher Nunamaker is al
ready there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
TOMMY LEACH IS
GIVEN RELEASE
Another piece Of Famous Old Cub
Machine is Torn Loose
and Thrown
Away.
HE WANTED TOO MUCH
Leach Still is Counted Among Best
lnfieIders in the Game After
Seventeen Years Of
Playing.
by James. O'Dea. Written for the !
limited Press

by James. o'Dea Written for the
United Press.1
CHICAGO. Feb. 10 Manager
Bresnahan, of the Cubs, this after
noon gave Veteran Tommy Leach his
unconditional release. With Leach,
also went Bill Sweeney, Charley
Smith and Eddie Stack. All are at
liberty to make terms with any Ma
tional. American or Federal league
club. for all got the same kind Of
walking tickets.
Unreasonable demands" by Leach
and ''the way Stack, Smith and
Sweeney played last year." were the
laconic reasons given out by the
new Cub leader for letting the four
men out.
Didn't Like New. Leader.
There is more behind the Leach
matter than appears on the surface.
according to welIinformed baseball
men. Bresnahan said he offered
Tommy $4,000 on a one year con-
tract. Leach, he declared, insisted on
$4,000 year, on a three year con-
tract and $4,000 bonus for signing.
Leach, it is said by his friends, pur-
posely demanded what he knew he
wouldn't get, in the belief that he
would Internationally be released.
1t is stated several organized ball
clubs as we'll as the Feds, have whis-
pered sweet words in Tommy's ear
which made him get out Of an adj
mittedly unpleasant situation. Every
body knows there never has been any
Damon Pythias stuff pulled off be-
tween Bresnahan and Leach. Leach
has seen seventeen years of major
league service. He was counted, and
still is, for that matter, one OF the
best infielders in the game, although
he is not as speedy as he once was.
And few outgardners today can take
care of a greater acreage than Leach.
He is still there with the stick too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
Eight Day Session is Closed at
Chicago After Stormy
Disputes Are
Held.
Topeka WILL STICK
Secretary Of Kansas City American
Association Club Takes Over
the Topeka
Franchise.

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CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-John Savage,
for many years secretary of the Kan
sas City American association ball
club, was today given the franchise OF
the Topeka club in the western city.
The franchise will remain in Topeka
and Savage left tonight for the capital
to complete arrangements for the
transfer.
President A. NJ. Catlin, and the en-
tire board of directors Of the Topeka
club, wired President O'Neill, of the
Western league today, rendering their
resignation and transferring the fran
chise to him. After eight days OF
wrangling over the 1915 schedule, the
Western league moguls adjourned to-
night to meet subject to the call OF
the president The only statement
O'Neill would make regarding the
schedule was that he thought the play
ing season would begin April %.
Tonight's session was the stormiest
of those held during the eight days Of
negotiations. Schedules were offered
thick and fast. All were imperfect to
at least one member of the league.
Unwilling to agree to program
tentatively sanctioned by the other
heads, A. M. Ebright, president of the
Wichita club, wrathfully left the
meeting.
Il can't agree to that schedule, and
] am not going co." Ebright said to
President O'Neill, when O'Neill fol-
lowed the Wichita magnate to the
elevator.
We'll, aren't you coming back and
talk it over with us?" asked O'Neill.
Il am going home" was his reply.
Although Ebright left the hotel TWEEN
ty minutes later, suit case in hand,
President O'Neill declared he had re-
turned to the meeting and cast his
vote before departing. Ebright re-
fused to discuss the incident.
John Holland, of the ST. Joseph club,
also had to meet a train, President
ONeill explained, and was not pres
ent when the final attempt was made
to approve the schedule.
sIt's the train schedules that we
have to get around" President O'Neill
said. When we get program about
fixed, one of the magnates will find he
can't make train connections. Then
1t has to be done over again"
Those who attended the today's
meeting were E. J. Hanlon, Sioux
City; John Savage, Topeka; r. l..
Jones, Lincoln: W. A. Rourke, Omaha !;
Frank Isbell, Des Moines; J. c. Nc
Gill, Denver; John Holland, st. JOS
eph, and A. NJ Ebright, Wichita.
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nesses scheduled to testify for the
state, but were not used because the
defense rested without using Ray,
and they were therefore useless in re-
buttal Former Sheriff Joe Lipps and
Police Chief George Koch of Quincy
were also scheduled, but their rebuilt
tai testimony was of no use, after the
defense rested. About fifteen wit
nesses from Payson were here also to
use as witnesses for impeachment, and
all are dropped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
TO HAVE TEAM
After Ten Years Absence From Grid
iron, New York School VIII
Have Team Next Year.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-After ten
years absence from the gridircn. Co
lumbia university is going to have
foot bali team next season. This was
the outlook tonight. following the de-
parture of thousands of alumni who
attended the annual reunion
Three hundred students have
pledged themselves for a try at the
team and LOO have agreed to pay
81 each to finance the start.
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Joke on Autoists.

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KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Feb. 13.-The
iitney bus has furnished an idea to
the practical joker" When man
parks his car these days. he may re-
turn to find it converted into jitnes.
All the punster needs is piece of
white crayon. A few large figure fives
marked On the hood radiator and top
and good car has been changed into
a nickel chaser.
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oHarra 70 Close.

Fred G. Wolfe opened for the state
this morning and O'Harra will have
the last word with the jury. The state
has decided on sending the strongest
pleader to pull the trigger for the
last shot at the jury in the attempt
to claim the life of Pfanschmidt.
Wolfe had not finished at noon, and
he will be followed by Covert for the
defense Eckert, for the state, will
follow Covert, and then will come
Lancaster and Spaulding for the de-
tense, and O'Harra for the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-14
10 Marry HI. Manager.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.s Feb. 10
The marriage Of Francis j. Heney. IA
nous graft prosecutor and Mrs. Edna
!. Van Wrinkle, his campaign manager
during his unsuccessful race for the
United States senatcrship, will prob
ably take place here tomorrow, &C
cording to mutual friends.
Heney could not be located this
afternoon after obtaining license.
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Woman on a Jitney.

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SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. 13.-Tirins
of the confinement of an architects
office where she was employed as
draughts-woman, Miss Helen M. TUT
loch, pretty and popular, applied to-.
day for a license to run jitney BUS
She will be San Diego's first woman
iitney operator.
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ARGUMENTS BEGIN
IN MURDER u | CASE
Final Stage in Third Pfansehmidt
Trial Was Reached Yesterday
When Wolfe Began
for state.
fgH
RAY NOT PUT ON STAND
Believed That Defense Pulled Coup
In This and Judges Ruling
VIII Aid still
Further.

PRINCETON, ILL.,. Feb. 13.-The
stage is set for the last skirmish IN
the third battle to claim the life OF
Ray Plans chmidt for murder, both the
state and defense having scored points
this morning, on rulings of Judge
Davis.
The court room was packed to Its
capacity, when Judge Davis ruled that
the lawyers in their pleas must make
no reference whatsoever to the fact
that Ray Pfanschnidt did not testify.
They must not refer to him as guilty
nor to the magnitude of the crime.
other than the testimony as present.
ed admits.
Wolfe viii Not Close.
The defense asked that States AT
torney Fred G. Wolfe make the clos
ing argument for the state, but that
was overruled by the court. as was
also a motion by the defense to take
the case from the jury.
IF there are those present who
feel they are unable to control them
selves, now is the time for them TO
leave the court ROOM" said judge
Davis, Just before the jury was
brought in. II want no demonstra-
ton OF any kind and if there Is any
outburst, the offender will have trou-
bile with the court This is especially
true regarding an outburst In any way
derogatory to the defendant the
court continued
Archie Pape, Willis Seehorn, Will
liam Childer and Clutch were wit
y {. 3 F d E.. I /
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in 15 minutes.
 The field sports results were as fol- lows. the names appearing in the or der of their nish:
 50 yd dash-tor men, Coblentz. John son. Stephens
 so yd. dash for men, Coblentz John son. Stephens 9 mil run. Pilgrim. Dermody, Lofts 80 yd low hurdles. Johnson. Cob lentz. Kertis.
 80 yd. high hurdles. Johnson. Cob. lentz. Ketris.
 so yd. obstacle race, Graham. Cob lentz. Kertis.
 Running high jump. Johnson, Lind CT. Stephens.
 i2-Ib. shot put. Wolf Mcdonald. Beals.
 5Slb. weight, Mcdonald, Wolf Me Dougal
 Tosisng the caber, Wolf McDougal Mcdonald.
 Relay race. store team.
 80 yd. dash. boys, oliver. Hubbard, Sabin.
 80 yd. dash. boys. Martini, Salmon son.
 90 yd dash boys. Jackson. Bach.
 90 yd. dash. boys. Senge. Olson.
 50 yd. dash. boys Sain. Jackson.
 70 yd dash. boys. Henderson. Sully. Obstacle race roys. Kelly, Nelson. Sack race. boys. Bartalini Jackson. SO yd. race, girls. Kerkes. Nelson. DO yd. race, girls, Aalto. Cashen. 90 yd. race. girls. Samenson. Camp. bell.
 70 yd. dash. girls, Herkes.
 At 9 In the evening a gran dball was held at the Natatorium. and danc. ing was continued until o'clock this morrinea The Treadwell S-piece or chestra furnished music for the dance.