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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
keokuk High School Footballs Team
Preparing for Fourth Game Of
the Season on
Saturday.
FIGHT FOR LOST HoNoRs
I. Madison 10 Drubned, Edge VIII be
Taken off Burlington Defeat
Promise Of Hot
Game.

Although the Keokuk high school
team was disastrously defeated a,
Burlington last Saturday, the local
squad Is preparing to make up Tor
some Of its honors in the game with
Fort Madison next Saturday at For,
Madison
The weaknesses Of the local squad
was apparent in the game with Bur.
linston and the coaches are bending
their efforts toward eliminating
these weaknesses. Although Fort
Madison has been making a splendid
record this year, 1t is felt that Keo-
kuk will be prepared for the game on
Saturday with months hard prac-
tice and the experience Of three big
games.
The Fort Madison Gem City has the
following concerning the preparation
for the Keokuk game.
What promises to be real football
contest OF the season will be played
here next Saturday when the Keokuk
on the local gridiron with the Fort
Madison high school team.
The local team will be given a thor
ough work out this week. DR.. Fred
Wahrer and Lew Watkins, two veter-
ans OF the gridiron. are now aiding
Coach Kempkes in hardening the
team by playing with the group in
practice games each afternoon
Another game with team com
posed of the high school alumni will
be staged Thursday evening, when
the strength OF the high team will be
again determined The local heroes
are now showing some of that pep
and -aggressiveness which they have
lacked in the last two games and
which is SO essential in winning foot
ball games. @-t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, USE SALTS
II your Back hurts or Bladder both.
ers, drink lots Of
p .-..- water

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with q
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your Kidneys clean Ike you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild. harmless salts which re-
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them TO their normal activ-
ity. The function OF the kidneys is
to filter the blood. In "a hours they
strain from It 500 grains Of acid and
waste so we can readily understand
the vital importance OF keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots OF water-you can't
drink too much: also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces OF Jad
Salts: take a tablespoonful In a glass
Of water before breakfast each morn
ing for few days and your Kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts 1s
made from the acid OF grapes ana
lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations TO clean
and stimulate clogged kidneys; also
TO neutralize the acids in urine 30 1t
no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot IN
lure: makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then TO keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this, also keep ND the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
Phiflies TO Put Last Hope on Great
Pitcher Who Has Faced Red
Sox Twice Al
ready.
Is STILL SMALL CHANCE
One Great Rally Might Win the
Pennant for Philadelphia, But
This 10 Considered Al
most Impossible.
JBy George r. Holmes, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT


Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. I3.-OnIy Z
sudden avalanche OF solid run-gettins
hitting can prevent the worlds base
ball championship from going back tc
Boston-the home of championships
II Is considered doubtful whether even
this can cheat the Red So1 out Of theil
prize at this eleventh hour, especially
when the class OF pitching they are
certain TO get is considered.
The weather today for what many
believe will be the last game OF the
series was as near perfect as kindly
weather man could manufacture. The
F-in was on the job early and getting
stronger as gong-tfme drew near l,
was Alexander again today, just as i,
was Alexander On the first day and
again on Monday.
Mayer and Chalmers have failed to
deliver, Rixey Is uncertain Besides
the Red Sox murder left hand pitch.
ing. Alexander appeared the only
chance-and bad one at that, from
the way tiose Bostonians are wallop-
Ing that old onion.
Against Alexander II seemed prob.
able Carrigan would pit George Eos.
ter, the diminutiye little westerner
who single handed won Saturday.
game. There were rumors about that
carrigan was going to give "Babe"
Ruth a chance in this last game. but
Foster generally was favored for the
Job.
The Red sox individually and col.
1ectiyely are out to wind up their
work today. They have a confidence
born of Beating every pitcher Moran
has sent against them.
We're going to wind It up said
Duffy Lewis. the series Individual
star Il want to get back to Califor.
MIA and SO does Harry Hooper and
Dutch Leonard. II Foster pitches to.
day. one run is all he needs to win
and we'll give him that in a hurry"
Spectators who have witnessed the
entire series have marveled at the
lack of fight shown by the Phillies
Time and again in every game the
winning runs have been waiting on
the paths without evoking any great
hurst OF enthuiasm from the Phillie
players. True. they have lost each of
the three games by one run, but they
can consider themselves fortunate in
getting by SO easily. The Pills have
fairly good alibi at that. Never in
the history of the autumnaI classic
has team faced such pitching as the
Phils have been facing this series.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13

she would not have been the excuse
of force majeure which Belgium might
have offered for letting the invading
Iegions tramp her soil unhindered.
In her king it would be an exhibition
of baseness almost unparalleled In
her people, mainly pro-Russian in
their sympathies and gratitude. it
would be a spectacle of political cow
ardice in yielding to an alien king and
an imported court circle, for which
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
ErteI Gets Decision.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. 13.-Johnny
"Kewpie' Ertel, champion Of all st.
Paul bantam weights and claimant Of
Kid Williams championship gained a
decision over Jimmy Pappas of At
Ianta in their eight round tilt here
last night. The fight was tough
smuggling match with very little sci
ence and Ertel's stamina enabled him
to put up an advantage In the sixth.
seventh and eighth rounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
Gloom at Kansas.

UNITED Press Leased Wire ServiceI
LAWRENCE, kans.. Oct. ID
Gloom covered Kansas University
campus today. Four varsity men
have been declared ineligible because
they lack thirty-four credits. Unless
Lindsey, Fast. Gillespie and McMeel
make up the deficiency, they viii not
be allowed 10 play against Drake,
Kansas Aggies. or Nebraska
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13

Manitoba Wet and Dry Fight Started
WINNIPEG, Nan, Oct. 13.-We.
and drys today met separately to
organize their forces. preparing for an
array of hot action. in the referendum
election vote to be taken here in
March on whether Manitoba will be,
come dry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
May Drop Baseball.

United Press Leased Wire Service
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Oct. 13.--
The fate OF baseball az college
sport at the University OF Minnesota
hung in the balance today while the
athletic board pondered. The senate
committee recommended It be drop
ped because Of its financial drawback
and the fact that at serves as q
training camp for summer players"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13

saIoonIess Drinks Numerous In w. Va.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
WHEELING, w, Va, Oct. 49,
Though there are no saloons In West
Virginia, the state AnttSaloon league
which opened its annual convention
here today, heard hundreds Of reporta
Of liquor sales. Governor Hatfei
spoke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
Killed in Football Game.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicei
DECATUR. H.. Oct 13.--Davta
Cham bers. II. half back on local
high school eleven, was killed in 4
game here yesterday with siarist col
lege. His skull was fractured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
When q Man In hapny

Topeka Capital: Give man unlim.
tied opportunity to talk about himself
and he will vote the entertainment a
grand success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13
Wolverines Attack Marietta at Ann

Arbor.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Oct. IA
game between the Wolverines was
scheduled here this afternoon against
Marietta college.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-13

future generations would find it hard
to invent formula of paliiation.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-01-08

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
Agricultural Land Be Opened When New Line Is Done
PRODUCTS OF PORTLAND CORDACE
COMPANY GO ROUND THE GLOBE

rrlding itself on its up-to the
minute methods and products and
at the same time ON the excellent
quality OF the work Il produces. the
Portland Cordago Company. whose
factory at INTERPLAY. a suburb of
Seattle. ~ one OF the most modern
In the country, ranks first among
manufacturers OF rope on the
Pacific coast and IN the entire West
as well
The importance of this concern
Is shown IN the fact that II distrib'
uteu It's products 90 every part Of
the United states. Mexico. Great
Britain. Central and South Amer.
len. Panama. Hawaiian Islands.
New Zealand. Australia. the Philip.
pines. Asiatic ports and Alaska, ltH
famous Glover Leaf" brand at
once stamps the product ne the
highest grade. with the reputation
OF it's manufacturers behind Il.
Two factories are owned by the
concern at present. one NJ Port.
land. Ore. established In 1857. and
one In this city. established In 1904.
The mills have splendid advantages
for purchasing raw materials. are
equipped with modern machinery
aud prepared 10 take care Of all
cordage business In the line OF
manila and Hinal rope. as well as
binder twine manufacturing
The rope IL manufacture from
the fibrous portion forming the
frame work Of the Wild banana.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
HERE'S HOW TO
GO ALL over
ALASKA FREE
You Can Be Back in Seattle
an Hour From the Time
of Starting.
STATION ON 4TH AVE.
It's via Lecture. and the Finest
Stereopticon Views You
Ever Looked at.

N you want 10 see a great
number OF exquisite views Of
81 phases OF Alaska life. drop
around at the Alaska exhibit.
Fourth ard Seneca. where the
Alaska Bureau OF the Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce has put
IN Z tine series OF exhibits OF
the Northland's products.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

The winter terminal for the coal
fields. as we'll "a the terminal for
thru transportation from tho Va.
kon and Tanana districts. will be
seward.
The sooncrn Rre stiil coming in
by boat loads. The Alaskan sour.
doughs" have sped here by dog
sledge and launch. There Ia hard.
~ place 10 sleep Restaurants.
iog cabin hotels. pool halls. barber
shops. everything but saloons. have
suddenly sprung up.
Many OF the more es9bersnt ones.
thinking they landed on prize terri.
tory. have discovered that they are
on the site selected for the term.
Inal switch yarcsA Their buildings
will have 20 come down or be
moved.
The stamped.rs are having n lot
OF trouble getting ashore with their
supplica and tools. Every small
craft in sight IL being used as
lighter and it's almost impossible
to get ashore from the liners with.
Jul ktitAHE WEI nut TINS ~ n naTuy
band which Is here TO build this
railroad. There are now about 700
men and 80 women in Anchorage
and more coming daily.
Babe" White Drives Spike
The first spike on tho new road
was driven by Miss babe White.
the first white child born at ship
Greek. She has been babe" TO
all the pioneers OF this part 40 long
that nov. grown TO womanhood. she
Is still known by no other name.
The fret quarter mile OF road.
laying had TO be done nj night
while the tide was out. as tho track
extends right down to the sea and
the terminal IL really under water
nj high tide.
Work on the tunnels and cuts
along Turnagain arm will be start.
cd this summer and completed with.
In two years. A small fleet OF
barges and flatbottom steamers are
here to convey supplies along the
arm 10 the various tunnel camps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

Alpaca. or Manila hemp plant.
grown IN the Philippine islands
The nbers OF this plant. after cut
and cleaned with great care. are
shipped 10 the factory In uniform
bales. and there are passed thru a
scrles Of machines for stralghten.
Ing and softenine. After tnla opcr-
alton they are taken to spinning
machines. spun into yarn. and
finally laid up into rope ready for
distribution aud use.
The binder twine and rope ~
made from the nisal plant. or
maRuey. q species OF tho cactus
grown IN Yucatane and IN some
other parts OF the world. For cord.
age purposes the Eisal hemp ranks
with manila Ia the ratio OF o TO
GU. being shorter In length,
coarser IN texture and not as
strong
one OF the features OF the Seattle
factory n the rope walk az Inter
bay. / .GS5 feet long. one OF the un.
usual features Of the city itself.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
The Story Of Dr.. Jordan
Who Dared Defy Orthodox
Medicine

Seattle Hardware Co. and was
beaten by a few votes.
lie worked for and secured
FOR Seattle sewer system and
other civic improvements which
then seemed radical and extrav.
sgant. but which now the public
would not want TO do without
DIR. Jordan brought with him
a brand new theory OF medicine
the glandular theory. II was
nothing but a theory-then.
For three years he did not
practice. but gave his medicines
away clinically. He wanted to
know II his theory would work
!. out IN practice. II did.
Then he began practice. He
fell out with the medical fra
ternity because he advertised.
The years-long dispute culmin-
ated last January In his being
arrested on a complaint made
by the state medical board
charging that he advertised that
he could cure incurable diseases
and so misled the public.
His license was revoked pend
Ing trial.
To specify a few OF the so
called incurabie diseases which
he claimed he could cure;
tuberculosis. Bright's disease.
curvature OF the spine. infantile
paralysis. dropsy. iocomotor
ataxia, chronic catarrh.
He won In the superior court.
lie filled the courtroom with
vitnesses-people whom he had
cured OF 'incnrable" diseases.
In rendering Judgment. Judge
Walter VI. French. before whom
the case was tried. said:
Now the court cannot find In
this case that any credulous or
ignorant persons have been de-
celved. On the other hand, the
witnesses who have been pro-
duced on behalf OF DIR. Jordan
are among the best people in
the city-professional people.
people OF staining In the com
munity. people who are known
TO the court personally. and
people who are known to the
citizens of this city generally.
as being among the best people
In the city"
The board appealed the case
TO the state supreme court. and
the ultimate hearing Is yet to
be had.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

ANCHORAGE. Alaska. June
io.--(ey mail 20 The start
The first spike has been
driven fer the s3i 900. 900 gov.
ernmen, railroad for Alaska.
The first ties are down ard the
frat rails are laid.
The track stretches down 70 the
waters edge and is being raDidly
pushed inland Lieut. Frederick
Mears. recommended by Col. Coe.
that's for the Job Of building the
road. has rushed work night and
day. I'm fact. the first work on III.
new road which stretches from the
coast 10 the Yukon. was started
just before midnight one day.
headquarters al Seward
Chairman Edes OF the railroad
commission will make his head.
quarters At Seward. Commissioner
Riggs will be located at the Tanana
side. The old line OF the Alaska
Northern will be rcopened. Sur.
veyors are now out along this and
other parts OF the project.
Shin Creek has become Anchor
age. that name being awarded II in
a bulletin issued by the postoffico
department.
Seward Permanent Terminal
II is the present plan Of the rail.
road commission to use this az tho
summer terminal for the line from
here TO the Matanuska coal field.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

generally noftheriy direction
along Knik Arm and the easterly
side Of the susitna valley 10 Broad
Pass In the Alaska range Of noun
tains and the headwsters OF the
Nenana river: thence down this
river 10 the Tanana valley and Fair
banks, a total distance Of 57l miles.
with spur Of ~ miles from q point
near the head of Knik Arm 10 ths
Matanuska coal fields.
This route will develop the high
grade steaming Goals Of the Mata-
nuska valley and the valuable lig-
mites on the Nenana, which Will
supply the great interior valleys
with fuel for light and power. II
will open up millions OF acres OF
agricultural land. and an Immense
region known to be highly mineral
ized. but up 10 this time absolute
Is yalueless for want Of Transport
iation facilities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

Most people think OF DR.. J.
I Eugene Jordan as the man who
dared defy orthodox medicine
and got away with n.
The public memory Is noto-
Yicusly short. and II Is well to
b reminded that DR. Jordan
has been a strenuous figure In
many activities far outside the
fIeld Of medicine.
DR.. Jordan Is a graduate Of
Heidelberg University. and later
occupied the chair OF chemistry
q the Hahnemann College. Chi
cage.
He came to Seattle 81 years ago.
On the first day he made the
chance acquaintance OF a young
man who had come to Seattle 10
find work. A few days later he
encountered this man. ball
and chain fastened to his ankle.
working In the street
~How did you get into trou-
bIe?- Jordan asked.
Il am as puzzled as you are"
the man replied "A policeman
asked me II I had come to Seat
lie to stay. and said had.
Then he asked me for s4--i
don't know why. said | didn't
have that much money. 50 !
Wae arrested. and must work
ont the - in the streets"
4 II was the first time the doc
Tor had heard OF the head tax.
He paid the 81. and the man
Wos released. He vowed he
would fight against the iniquit-
ous head-tax law.
Jordan early saw the need
of = traction system. Seattle
. had none. He secured a blanket
fEunchise covering entire Seat
lie and a similar one In Tacoma.
He and others built the Yesler
way cable lIne--the first street
err line In the Northwest. He
sold the Tacoma franchise.
He was elected TO the city
council in 1892 and served four
years. His first day in office he
told the story OF the young man
and the head tax. The law was
abolished then and there.
While a councilman he was
the author OF measures which
brought about the present city
lighting system and the Cedar
river water system. II was n
bitter campaign. and during II
Jordan, assailed by an sntago-
nistic press. published a news
paper OF his own, The Seattle
Idea"
Later he ran for mayor
against Charles II. Black. OF the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
CATCH GOLDFISH. 100

There are IS Goldfish plants In
Alaska, operated on the Shumagin
and sannak Islands. employing bli
persons. all white except five.
Fourteen vessels are engaged. with
a catch OF 100000 pounds. or
6.g5s tons. The investment In
shore stations and vessels Is
lhkl.lnT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
Inland From Seward

Starting from Seward. on Resnr.
rectlon BAY. the route follows the
line OF the Alaska Northern rail-
road acquired by purchased 10 Mile
u. on Turnagain Arm OF Cooks In
let. thence following the north
shore OF the arm to Ship Greek. at
the mouth Of Knik Arm. thence In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

This act is the elimination OF
the work OF friends OF Alaska TO
bring about the development OF the
enormous resources Of the North.
land. a work TO which President
Wilson and administration have
given their most enthusiastic sup
port.
TO President Wilson, Secretary
Lane. members OF congress and
other officials who have worked 80
pcrsistently 10 bring about this
epoch. making act. all praise II due
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
fields and luxurious gardens.
Lectures Explain VIcwa

The lecture explains fully the
picture. thru the North
country
The exhibit was established June
1. and Is being utilized by hundreds
OF people who have become curious
about Alaska. now that that great
land has at last come into It's own.
Literature OF all sorts. contain
ing interesting descriptions OF the
country. statistics on all Alaska'A
industries. and many other things
worth knowing. Is on tap, and may
be had free.
The exact address is 1906
Fourth ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26

Three Illustrated lectures are
eiven daily-st 10 a. M. y. m.
and 3 p. m The lectures are de-
1ivered In turn by Malcolm Douglas
and Roger N. Bone. Seattle attor-
neys.
The views are about the best
ever shown. They take you all
ovor Alaska. giving gllmpses OF her
ehriving towns. with peeks at their
|otreets and their pretty homes.
They show panoramas OF fertile
valleys. and delve into mines.
Towering mountains and cleaning
glaciers pass before you. and In
their place come waving grain
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-26
AS STEEL RAILS PIERCE
ALASkA'S INTERIOR, HER
RICHES WILL Be WORLDS

President Wilson April II. 1915 designated the first
arerial route government railroad in Alaska, reaching
the South Pacific Coast naygable waters OF the IN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-06
ATTAINED HIS AMBITION
Former Governor Haskell is Said to
Have Made a Fortune Of $3,ooo,ooo

1t is reported here that former gov
tune of at least three million dollars
since he left Oklahoma for New York.
He organized company for the pur-
pose of building an oil steamship line
to ply between Mexico points and
United States. The tank steamers
bring Mexican crude to the United
States and 10O-ton auto trucks are
used to deliver the oil direct to con
sumers in the cities. He has made oil
a cheaper fuel than coal and has built
up a wonderful trade in that product.
1t is said that he was called to New
York to take part in the reorganiza-
ton of the Rock Island and that he
has also been busy in trading in steel
stocks during the great furry of eX-
element which has prevailed.
Mr. Haskell moved to Wall street be-
fore he came to Oklahoma. He failed
on the street and went back to the
interior to get enough money to try
the street again He did this three
different times and each time he failed
to get "A firm hold on the business of
the street but if reports that reach
here now are true it seems that he
has succeeded and has attained to his
to become a successful Wall
street trader.