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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

then ef pains back Of the ear and
along the left side o. the jaw. It's
been getting steadily verse n-ii
looks IKE acute nastoiditis."
-Masto.dit.s, baholei George.
Good Lord. You're not mistaken! -
I'm afraid not. Ant--and IL looks
like case for immediate operation.
She's crying for you And
But Billiard had left the telephone
and was half way TO the outer hall.
where he had LEFT his hat and over
coat
Mrs. Rullsrd II dangerously 81"
bee allied to Sylvia a be hurried out
You'll forgive me II l 80 at once"
As he strolled homeward. Bull
lard's heart was sick with apprehen-
sion.
Mastoiditis.
None anew better than be the
peri,s Of that treacherous malady
which SO suddenly and so inexpli-
oabiy inhames the delicate cells be-
tween the outer aud inner layers Of
the mastoid bone. directly osck Of
the ear and at the base Of lobe
Of the brain.
II IN a disease that wastes no time
in developing and that. in a few
hours. may turn a supposedly well
person into a corpse. Its whole
brief course is one continuous and
increasing torture. Its cure in ex-
IRENE cases, depends entirely on an
immediate surgical operation-an
operation so delicate that the very
slightest mistake ir direction or the
ttniest wavering OF the scalpel.
means immediate death.
The coolest nerve. the steadies-
hand. the most skilled brain must be
his, who would perform such an oper-
alton. George Bullard had perform
ed several OF them during the past
winter; for mastoiditis mad swept
the town as an after-edect OF grippe.
al his mastoid operations had been
successful Yet he fully realized
how close a race he had run with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10
luppets Of Fate

Your future will be destroyed. unless
unless
Unless you tear Yourself nee
ed az himself, yet listening easeri,
fo- the woman's answer,
| unless you team yourself free
from her. said Sylvia "ss you
would cut away a malignant growta
from your body, You nave your own
| life 10 liye--your own destiny 10 ful'
| hlL You owe II 10 yourself and 10
your fellow men 20 make the very
best Of your wonderful abilities
Y,c canno, do that with such wife.
Frankly. DR.. Billiard. why don't you
divorce herr"
divorce herr rvp~ated Billiard,
duly, wondering again that he felt
no resentment at Syivia's brutal out
spekenness, and why tire sugges
ton OF freedom gave him suca q
thrill Of JOY.
"Yes.- reiterated the woman. "di'
vorc~ her. You are making q good
living. You can giva her enough
money to keep her in comfort In
tine she can marry a man in her
own class and be happy after her
own stiited fashion. And after .
time" the fancsvd her rich voice
grew softer and that Der eyes took
on look OF meaninx) after q time
perhaps YOU can hnd some woman
who Is mere nearly your Intellectual
and social equal, some woman. even.
OF wealth. whose fortune can carry
YOU 10 the very top Of your profess
sion--who can make you world
famous"
George was aware once more OF
that strange thrill Of Joyous hope.
Success had mounted 10 his brain
like strong liquor, The slittering
future Sylvia Was so viyidly sketch
ing daxxi~d him with It's erilliance.
After all
The telephone IN, the next room
rang sharply. Sylvia answered IT,
Presently. she caMe back to him, her
eyes troubled and her manner less
firmly assured than before.
~Dr. Clarke would Ike 10 speak
to you." she said.
Wondering. Billiard went over to
the telephone and took up the re
ceiver. Or. clarke's voice, charged
with anxiety, came TO him as from
. great distance.
-BuIlard.- Clarke was saying. I've
'phoned everywhere for You and Mrs.
Billiard didn't know where you'd
gone I tried SyIvia's house, as a
last resort. Your wife is III, YER
III"
WHAT cried George, aghast
-She Is very III came the answer.
.She sent for me, early in the even
ing. because she couldn't locate You.
She complained Of violent earache.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10
WOULD EXTEND
TRuMBULL line
ID. u. X. Petitions Council for
Permission to Connect With
Oakman Blvd.

The ID. U. X. has petitioned the
common council for permission to
extend the Trumbull car line 80 as
to give direct service from Oakman'
blvd. TO Fort-st. via the route OF
the Grand Belt extension, now
building. and Twelfth-st. The com.
pany wants to extend the line north
from the present terminal TO the
route Of the Grand Belt extension.
then west to Twelfth-st. to connect
with the line to Oakman-blvd.
The proposed through line would
benefit Ford employees living In the
western section Of the city. The
committee on public utilities will
hold q hearing on the petition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

- gping To spsak very frank
ecot1nued 6yfvia. Il Aave watch
SoG 10th for . long time And
~ - cems To ; decision that
onn of other people have arrived
atuut you. She II doubtless a
~ 80 woman and she would
o Innso IN excellent wife for
oUeate fArmes, But YOU are
M up-stats farmer You are the
k9lIliane and capable doctor In
xorteu. You are rising stead
~ - no height. N your profess
1nat zen can't hope 10 reach
M oTsn't dragged down. But your
Ivy nDodsu every forward step you
>o1ahA Ghe II . vet>hlanket TO
w Gnhot1onA she h . clog to
I1 pgoozeoa. she may wreck your
- "a 1rag you back into the
9 q middle,assd failures. In an
- - yoarU 1f-y-ou--let--
- = uo< p1eaaant talk. But
49, And probably you know
4 nruD wondered ~ himself for
g with sach dociiity to the
80 $500 that had been rum
on6A HI own head - per.
~ lntn. -s
I xneu1hs ago. No would have
~ og1oas With Any man or wo
1|| un0 ecull have dared to hint
1koe ~ . single fault. Yet.
IN ooone yeasoa, he was not
n1nG hut mentally agree
ssusy word
- nrst little rifs Of jeai
Il. ~ ons53ed Esther and him
~ asunAer!
Il noe osauinsly intelligent
0y1viA gaining courage rs
III ~ reply. ~She h stup-
~ ehe grudges the time
= 49, her n the interests
F 1npnsA ehs II meaniy jeal-
D new apDointment Of
~ NJ thA imagination
1e : ssnins HE yourself-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

made him so unhappy. She prayed
for chance. before the end. to
prove 10 him that her love and her
faith had come back 10 her
II God would spare her life, she
would make up 10 him for all her ILL
temper and coldness and distrust. IL
only
ITO Be Continued)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

During the three days beginning
today. Dubuque will be the meeting
place CT the annual conventions OF
the Iowa Gas association. the Iowa
Electrical Contractors association.
and the Iowa Street and interurban
Railway association.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-10

Plans for vigorous woman SUI
frage campaign arc TO be considered
by the Texas Equal Suffrage asso-
citation AT it's annual convention be-
ginning today In Dallas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
Waiter Johnson, Speed King OF Amer
lean League, Sends Them Up
at Rate Of 1872 Feet Per
Second.
PROTECTION IS SOUGHT
Element Of Danger In Game Made
Players Use Gloves, Masks,
and Other Defensive
Articles.

Walter Johnson, speed king OF the
American league, has habit Of send
ing five-ounce pill over the home
plate at the rate of 122 feet per sec
ond, almost literally like a shot out
of a cannon. Figure that the ball fred
by the standard United States army
45 calibre revolver travels hardly
more than six times faster and that
it isn't nearly as heavy as the profess
SIGNAL baseball and you can realize
the danger of trying to backstop John
sons curves.
Many good ball player has gone
back to the bushes because he was
cher-shy-couldn't face the wild
speed of the pitchers box.
The danger of modern baseball Is
exempliied in the grotesquely masked
and safely CARRIED man behind the bat.
And the latter in turn demonstrated
his science has risen to shield him
from the cannon ball artillery.
Originally the game involved Httle
danger. The ball itself was made
wholly of live rubber. The curve was
unknown. Getting hurt was almost
out of the question.
Up until 1850 baseball gloves Of any
sort were practically unknown. Then
came the small leather palm glove to
save that part of the hand directly
struck by the ball. And even for a
long time after the ball began to en-
erge from the live rubber state to a
steady increase in hardness, most
players tried to tougher their palms
in vain effort to avoid artificial pro
lection. 1t is said that Allison OF
the Cincinnati Reds was the first
catcher to don the catcher's glove
That was in 1869. Way back in the
seventies we read OF catchers equip
ped with mouth pads. So many teeth
had been spat out on the diamond
that the mouth pad became neces-
sity.
The first official record OF gen.
uine face mask bears the date of 1879.
1t came almost simultaneously with
the inception Of the curved ball, al
though the latter did not come into
general vogue until a few years at
terward. Indeed, 1t is recorded that
overland throwing from the pitchers
box was not generally practised be-
fore 1884.
With the hard. professional ball Of
the modern game, weighing from 5
to 5h ounces and thrown with all
the speed that muscle power is cap
able of. fuller protection for the catch
er became imperative.
While the small palm pad was grow.
ing into the bigger glove, the old
mouth pad (for the teeth was devel.
oping into the face mask. But before
constantly increasing speed the face
mask was proving inadequate. Blows
on the chest and over the heart were
sources of continued danger. So came
the. chest guard, and finally the more
complete body protector. The catch.
er today, therefore, has little to fear
from the fastest ball.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
FREDDIE WELSH
AGREES TO FIGHT.
viii Meet Opponent Picked by Colo
RADIO Springs Athletic Club
on Labor Day for
Title.
IS TO RECEIVE s17,5oo
Charlie White Expected as Possible
Opponent, But There Are Sew
eral Others to be Con
sidered.

DENVER, Colo, July 6.-For ST..
500 Freddie Welsh has agreed to fight
the lightweight chosen by the Colo
RADIO Springs Athletic club in its arena
Labor day afternoon, twenty rounds,
for the worlds championship. Man.
ager Harry Pollock, enroute to Chica-
go today, said before leaving Denver
that he would accept the offer for
Welsh.
No articles were signed. The Colo
RADIO Springs promoters said today
they are satisfied with the word IF
Pollock and Welsh that the general
terms were agreeable and that coll
siderations of weight and referee
could be settled later. The promot-
ers were ready to- post their money
but Pollock asked to have the putting
up of forfeits and guarantees wait
until his return from trip east.
While Charlie White is generally
picked to be Welsh's opponent, much
depends on the outcome of the ten
round fight between the pair SEIZED
uled to be held in Minneapolis on July
81. Johnny Dundee, Benny Leonard
and Ever Hammer have also been
as likely contenders.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
SPORT SCHEDULES
ARE AFFECTED
Threatening War May Cause Post
ponement Of Several Big
Athletic Events,

Threatening war has Affected sew
eral sport schedules Of cham pionshi2
events. With SO many track and field
athletes off to the front from all sec
lions Of the country it would not be
surprising II the natiora1 Amateur
Athletic. Union championships sched-
uled for early in September are post
poned. George Turner OF Baltimore,
president Of the national body, is a
ational guardsman and will leave
for the scene of action within the
next few days.
Most Of the crack western athletes
are members of the militia and are
with the colors. In local circles ath-
letic ranks are practically depleted
by SO many Of the boys going off with
their regiments. When the present
European war was declared England
and the Canadian athletic associations
decided that with so many Of the
best athletes away with the colors 1t
would be unwise to run off national
championships and all such scheduled
events were stopped.
The A. A. u. national champion
ship committee has not taken any
action in the matter up to date. and
perhaps it will see its way clear to
go ahead with the games as per
schedule.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
DON'T WAIT
Take Advantage Of keokuk Citizens
Experience.

Take Advantage Of a keokuk Citizens
Experience.
When the back begins to ache.
Dent wait until backache becomes
chronic;
Till the kidney troubles develop:
TILL urinary troubles destroy nights
rest.
Profit by a Keokuk woman's expert.
ence.
Mrs. James Walton, 222 8. Second
St., Keokuk, says :'T am always glad
to say a good word fo- Doan's Kidney
Pills. / have used them with the best
Of results for backaches, headaches,
dizziness and at times when the KID.
ney secretions annoyed me. Whenever
I feel any such troubles coming on, I
get box Of Doan's Kidney Pills from
Wilkinson & Co.'s Drug Store and
they never fail to relieve me-"
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-gex
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Walton had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Props Buffalo. N. Z.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
FOOD ~
c@6~ HS q
Jams

Yesterdays hero: Umpire Byron,
who called lawn Evers out on strikes
and then put Jawn out of the game
for kicking.
Ray Heating only gave the Senators
nine bases on balls yesterday, passing
up twenty other chances.
The Phillies swan into second place
when they took the second game from
the Braves after the first was post
pointed on account of rain.
The Cardinals kicked Cincinnati
further into the goo when they sent
three runs over in the eighth frame.
Ex7Brave Compton, outfielder for
the Pirates, went way, way back to
the fence, stuck up one paw and
brought down what was slated for a
triple by Williams and still the Pr
rates lost.
The Giants leave for the fields Of
fame and glory today, the same being
any ball yard away from New York.
1t was fair day for the rain maker
he putting away three games out Of
seven scheduled.
Poor old Rube Oldring Connie
Mack turned him out to the pasture
because he was too old to chew his
oats. Now Bill Donovan is trying to
coax Oldring to sign with the YanEs
and a chance for the world series
money in sight. No use working, you
have to be born lucky for that kind
Of stuff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

convention will be held here for three
days the latter part of April, says the
Fort Madison Democrat.
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers
convention will be one of the largest
meetings of the kind ever held in
Fort Madison and will bring over
1000 people to be entertained during
the three days sessions.
Many of the larger cities in the
state extended urgent invitations for
the convention, but after carefully
considering the many requests and
proposals the committee selected this
city. It will be remembered that the
Commercial club was working in
connection with the local teachers as
ISOLATION in trying to obtain the meet
for this city and many Inducements
were set forth to- secure it.
Fort Madison has many things to
offer the visitors in the way Of in
teresting entertainment and elaborate
preparations will be made to show
the visitors an exceptionally good
time. This convention is only one
of the many which are scheduled to
come to Fort Madison next year, and
the city is rapidly becoming known
throughout the state as ''the conven-
ton city,
Prof. Cruikshank will meet with
the Commercial club some time in
the near future to assist in making
arrangements for the event.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
Should and Would.

New York Evening Post: In Secre-
tary Lansing's note to the Mexican
government there is at least one pass
age which the higher critic would not
hesitate to ascribe to the presidential
pen 1t is the one beginning: II would
be wanting in candor if l did not"
ETC. Inability to get his woulds and
shoulds straight, as also his shalls
and wills, is a curious note of Mr..
Wilson's style. Many men Of south
ern upbringing like his share this with
him. And his Scotch-Irish heredity is
also revealed in it. do you think"
said the editor in Barries story, to
his young Scotch assistant that
you'll ever master the distinction be-
tween shall and will?" And the
solemn reply was: 81 don't think l
ever will" It is nice point. not Of
the greatest Importance, but it is
strange to find it STUN bling-block
even for lnen with fastidious liter
airy taste. John Hays biographer
tells us that he never was sure of his
shoulds and woulds. But Mr.. Hughes,
one notes, with no pretensions to
being literary Teller, is instinctively
right in the use of these words: Il
should have been glad to have that
responsibility placed upon another"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
MoNTRosE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Ames Of this cit q
celebrated their golden wedding the
21st Of June. Their children, grand
children and one only great-srandchild
were present, except one SON and his
family from Oklahoma. A very boun-
teous dinner was served and after
all had eaten to their hearts content,
much yet remained for the old people
to eat afterwards. ME- Ames was an
old soldier Of the civil war, having
seen much hard service IN the march
to the sea. He was also in the grand
review in Washington. He has served
as commander Of Tip Best post of
which he, now is a member. Mr..
Ames is 72 years old and Mrs. Ames
is 20. They were both torn in I'LL
nois and have lived in Lee county
forty years this next December.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs..
e D. Newberry. Ida and Charley New.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
WILL PLAY TIE
OFF ON MONDAY
ST. Peters and St. Paurs Church
League Teams to Battle
Again for the suprem-
aoy.
HOT CONTEST THIS WEEK
Two Teams Fight to Five to Five
Draw-Methodists and Pres
byterlans to Play
Tonight.

The tie between the st. Paul's and
st. Peters baseball teams will be
played off next Monday evening. July
10. The two squads battled at the
Y. M. C. A. athletic field this week
to a to s tie, in what was consider
ed one OF the hardest fought games
of the season.
st. Peters got an early lead on
Germans but the latter staged come
back in the last two innings and tied
up the score. Darkness halted the
game at the sixth
The Presbyterians and the Metho-
dists will play at the athletic field
tonight.
Following is the box score Of the
st. Pauls-St. Peters game:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

Summary.
Two base hits: Finigan.
Three base hits: i. Klann, III. Bid
denstadt, Hartrick.
Home run: Skyles.
Stolen bases: X. Klann, 2; Dobbs,
Finigan.
Hits: Off E. Klann, Z; off Sargent,
6.
Struck out: By Klann, s; by Sar-
gent, 5.
Bases on balls: Off K1ann, o; off
Sargent, 2.
Hit by pitched ball: By Walker,
Dickey.
wild pitch: Sargent.
Passed ball: st. Paul's, 8; St.
Peters, /.
First base on errors-St. Paul's, q;
st. Peters, 2.
Time of game: 100.
Umpire: Crown.
Attendance: 100.
Scorer: Geo. A Kirchner.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
WESTERN AMERICAN
INVADE THE EAST
National Teams Head for Land Of Set
ting sun-some Changes Looked
for Before Week
10 Out.
YANKEES GREAT RECORD
Return to Polo Grounds After Winning
Sixteen Victories Out Of
Twenty Games
Played.
YANKEES GREAT RECORD

NEW YORK, uly 6.-With the
league leaders, Brooklyn and New
York Just little farther away from
the pack than at the first of the week,
the western American league teams
are invading the east today, while
the teams Of the older circuit head
for the setting sun.
The Yankees, returning to the Polo
grounds with record of sixteen vic
tories out of twenty games on the
road, gained half a notch on Cleve-
land since Sunday, while the Dodgers
taking advantage of the slipping
Giants, are now four full games ahead
of the Phillies.
Pat Moran's men have been having
a merry battle with the Braves for
second place and hold the honor today
through Rixey's twirling yesterday.
The Cubs and the Red Sox were the
big gamers, each team climbing from
sixth to fourth place.
The coming invasion of eastern d1a-
mcnds by the western American
league teams will probably shake
loose one or two OF the seven pennant
contenders in Ban Johnson's circuit.
The trouble will start today, with the
four nrst division teams battling,
Chicago at New York and the Indians
at Boston.
The Tigers, down in the mire OF the
second division, have fine chance to
climb at Connie Mack's expense,
while the leaders cut each others
threats.
The western swing of the National
league clubs will mean just as much
to the leaders as the western inva5-
ion in the American and interest will
center in whether Brooklyn can hold
the pace they have set and how the
Giants succeeded in shaking eff their
home jinx and repeating their former
success on the road.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
For Those Left at Home

citizenship
incumbent
number OF cities started to
its
organization executive committee handle such proposition
a
This must not be considered charity in sense OF the word
brothers neshbors
have the defense Of their
individuals
given opportunity subscribe The Gate City is today running
which filled
will be turned parties such organization
s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

berry OF Argyle, Ia; Mr.. and Mrs:
G.. w. Ames of Hinsdale, Ia; Mr.. anu
Mrs. J. M. Ames and son Harold OF
Argyle, Ia: Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Gum
and son Charles Of Fl. Madison, Ia;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Swinderman OF
Charleston, Ia. Mrs. Newberry is the
only living daughter, they having
buried two sons and two daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ames have long been
active workers in ths Methodist
church.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
TEACHERS MEETING
FOR FORT MADISON
Southeastern Iowa Association VIII
Meet In Neighboring City
Three Days Next April.

The 1917 Southeastern Teachers
association convention is assured Fort
Madison, according to reports re-
ceived by Superintendent F. A. WEIGH,
who conferred Tuesday with Prof. C.
w. Cruikshank Of Mt. Pleasant, presi-
dent of the association Prof Cruik-
shank stated that the committee had
reported in favor Of this city and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
Central Association

Yesterdays Results.
Burlington, I6; Waterloo. 1.
Cedar Rapids, s; Mason City, 6.
Muscatine, z; Marshalltown, l.
Clinton, L; Fort Dodge, O.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

An Italian sport in New York, hav-
ing as he thought graspei the intrl-
cacies Of poker hands, questioned the
power of his opponents four aces and
shot Linn ACROSS the pot Thus do the
late-comers keep alive the arguments
long discarded by native professors
Of the science.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

Gladys Palmer of Oak Park, H.,
who recently set an official record for
women by throwing base ball 217
feet inches, has unoficialy heaved
the spheroid 240 feet, it is said
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06
Games Today.
New York at Pittsburgh.

Results Yesterday.
At Washington, 1-4-2; New York,
9-I6-1.
At Philadelphia Boston, wet
grounds.
Games Today.
st. Louis at Washington.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-06

=.
In recognition of our duty to families whose princi-
pal support has been temporarily removed by the call Of
the Iowa National Guard to active service the Mexi
border hereby subscribe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
.....--..-... per month, to a Patriotic Protective
Fund used aid SUCH persons when necessary This
to be dispersed by executive committee of citizens,
and funds remaining will be returned to subscribers in
proportion to the amounts given.
Signed-Name. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Address ......