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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
SUGGESTS GIFT
OF BILLION
New Workers Think Enormous Sum
Handed to France, Would Prove
Good Move by
America.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK, March 24.-Folowing
up its suggestion of gift Of $1,000
100000 from the United States 20
France, the New York World today
declared the plan had met with ap-
prevail from every quarter
Bankers, business men and toilers.
the World said, had registered I'M
qualified approval of the plan. Tele.
grams from editors of newspapers in
various parts of the country. endorsing
the idea, were printed They came
from Philadelphia, Seattle. Charles
ton, Cleveland, Columbia, s. c., and
many other points.
Should France refuse to accept
such a gift from this country, the
World suggested it be made in the
form of a loan. carrying only such in
terest as would pay its expenses. It
was declared Wall street, through in
terviews and letters, had swung solid
ly behind the plan.
"In urging that the United States
government bv act of congress. should
give 100000, 900 to France" the
World said today editorially, "The
World Is well aware that thousand
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
BROOKLYN TEAM
IS STRONGER.
WiIbert Robinson Expects to Start
Race This Spring With
Greatly Changed
Lineup.
CHANCES ARE BRIGHT
Won National League Pennant Last
Year With Mediocre Team,
But Has Better This
Season.
CHANCES ARE BRIGHT
rBY II. C. HAMmTON.l

BY ii. y. HAMlLloN.I
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, March 24.-Wilbert
Robinson. manager Of the Brooklyn
National league champions, is going
to start the race this spring with a
lineup greatly changed, and he's more
confident than ever, if reports are
true, in the strength of his men.
Robinson, with a mediocre baseball
club, won the National league cham p
ionship last year.
So If he believes his ball club is as
good or a trifle better this year,
then some one, including John ]. Nc
Graw. is due to stage some tall
speed.
There is just one point worrying
Robinson. Third base is not sewed
up as tight as 1t might be. Mike
Mowrey received contract this
spring calling for a cut in salary and
the veteran sorrel-top declined with
dignity and firmness to have any
thing to do with it. Then the Brook
Ign club asked waivers on Mike, with
the Intention of sending him to the
Pacific Coast league, and the waivers
rolled in. Robinson will have to
plant Ivan Olsen at third unless some
thing happens, and appoint F'abriQue,
8 recruit, at ShortstoD, a move Wh1cn
takes Olson out of that crucial point.
Fabrique seems to have earned his
spurs with little trouble, but Rob
inson still is worried about third
base.
Casey Stengel, too, may be missing,
because of the cutting that laid hold
of Ebbetts. In his place may be
Jimmy Johnson or Hickman.
Hi Myers and lack Wheat are
known fixtures in the outfield.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
ANOTHER new
RECORD IS MADE
!. r. Garrett Of kohoma, Has New
Mark In Doubles Event at
American Bowling
Congress.
REGISTERED 721 PINS
Only Two Records Remain Unsmashed
in the Present Tournament
at Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
REGISTERED 721 PINS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March "a.
But two worlds records remain to
be smashed in the American bowling
congress tournament. They are the
all-events total and the singles event
total. The latest record mark to be
hung up was 721 registered by J. F.
Garrett of Kokomo, in the doubles
event. This is the highest three
game total ever made in A. B. C.
tourney.
Had the Simmons Colts of Peoria,
got away to a better start, there
would have been new leader in the
five men event today. They totalled
1888 and went into fourth place, nos
ing out the Hotel Navarro Five of
Toledo by seven pins. The Colts
opened with, S72, followed with 1,O49
and closed with 1,O1S.
Ptister and Giroux of Detroit, were
the days doubles leaders, their total
being 1880. It landed them in sixth
place. Zimmerman and Hart of South
Bend were next with 1928. Teams
representing Milwaukee, Grand
Rapids, Cincinnati, Akron, Bellevue
and Chicago occupy the drives to-
night.
The leaders,:
Five men-Birk Brothers, Chicago,
3,061; Palace. Syracuse, 3,047; Hab-
erdashers, Detroit, 1877; Simmons
Colts. Peoria, 1888; Hotel Navarro,
Toledo, 1882.
Two men-McCaughan-Peachy, In
dianapolis, 1874; Budinger, Chicago,
1872; Edwards-West, Buffalo, 1929;
SmorowskiLundgren Chicago, 1890;
Ware-Dech, Fargo, 1881.
Singles-Otto Kallusch, Rochester,
69S; G. w. May, Fort Wayne, 693;
Charles Ziegler, Detroit, SOL: Brian
Bradshaw, Cleveland, $50; Joe Shaw,
Chicago, 6S3; Louis Franz, Cleveand,
6S3. l
New Doubles Record.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March "a.
George Satorius and Walter Holz-
schulz of Peoria, with a score of 1916
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
Bowling Team Takes Olympias Into
Camp In Match Which Was
Rolled Last Night on
Club Alleys.
THIRD ONE NEXT WEEK
Captain Dickey Won Toss-up for
Choice of Alleys and keokuk Club
Will be the Scene of the
Clash Thursday.

The Keokuk club bowling team last
evening evened up scores with the
Olympias for the defeat of Monday
night. by taking the Olympias into
camp for three games with a margin
of 200 pins
Azinger for the Olympias. took high
score, 223, and high games for a
total of 56S pins. Smith of the club,
followed closely, with a total of $50.
By consistent bowling he finished the
thirty frames with but one error,
which lost him high games. Dickey
rolled high single game for the club,
203. Walter Nichols in his first
tournament game, showed his mettle
by his consistent work
Each team having won one game,
there was a toss-up for choice Of al
legs for the odd game. Captain
Dickey having won the toss, the next
game will be played on the club al
leys next Thursday evening.
The score:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
GIBBONS GETS
PAPER DECISION
ST. Paul Boxer Wins Ten Round Bout
With Battling LevInsky,
Although Out
weighed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
ST. PAUL. Mimi, March "a
Tommy Gibbons was given the news
paper decision in his ten round bout
with Battling Levinsky here last
night. The ST. Paul boxer took the
lead against the Interchangeable
champion throughout the fight. Glib
bons was outweighed fifteen pounds
by the Bridgeport battler.
Danny Cump ings Of Montana,
knocked out Eddie Root Of Roches-
ter, Mimi, in the fourth, in the pre-
liminary-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
Positive Proof.
Should Convince the Greatest Skep.
tic in keokuk.

Should Convince the Greatest Skep-
tic in keokuk.
Because it's the evidence Of Ke.'.
kuk citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement Of
merit.
The best proof. Read It:
Thos. G. French, 200 S. Eighth St..
Keokuk. says: Il think as well Of
Doan's Kidney Pills now as did
when I first endorsed them. They
are a good kidney medicine. When
ever I have any sign of lumbago or
kidney trouble, Doan's Kidney Pills
never fail to relieve me-
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mr.. French had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Props. Buffalo, n. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
AUTO LIVERY and TAX! SERVICE
Reasonable Rates on Country Or'Tss
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
PHONES 252 or 3o2.
F. L. COX
Ninth and Johnson Streets.
Ninth and Johnson Streets.

million dollars is a large sum; but -
is not large sum as war eNpehu'
lures go.
This country could easily WASTE
81 900, 100000 in war without the az
complishment of single fmpor' an y.
military result and that is what II -
certain to do unless 1t resolves IT'S 10
sources to supplying the deficlenclV'
of the allies. --.,,,
1--WE cannot send an army TO 'au ~
except a comparatively small torcV eo ~
regulars who should be sent there IN w
sentimental reasons, but we can sg AZ,
ply the money, the food. the c.
and supplies, SO vital to the aiile''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
Nothing Doing.

Marsh alltown Times4Republican
The agricultural board asked for
$1C2 900 for a cattle barn on the
state fair grounds and was offered
$50, 900, which it turned down, de-
manding all or nothing. The chances
are that this legislature will choose
the nothing end of the dilemma.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

Dr. May Agnes Hopkins mas a,1oa
admitted to membership in the -, "a
Automobile club, the first "oli I'.hj,a
be thus honored by any autoi'ioO'
club in Texas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

made a new worlds record for the
doubles in the A. B. G. tournament
this morning. Their scores Were:
Satorius, 254, 214, 220, $685.; Holz-
schuh, 1856, 237, 235, 65S.
The best previous record in doubles
was made by McCaughan and Peachy
of Indianapolis, their grand total
being 1874.
~.4~ rsA-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

Experiments are under way -
Spain for manufacturing fuel oy M bd.
pressing rice Lusks and tar in'o "
quets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

St. Joe's park board plans to beau
tify the city parks in systematic
manner this year and has engaged a
landscape architect TO map out the
work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

Owing to the high cost of living
and decreased support the Brooklyn
bureau of charities is forced to aban-
don the cost price luncheons served
in many of the public schools.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

A motion picture camera has been
invented which can make 400 sepa-
rate pictures between the first and
second shots oe a ouick-f1ring pistol.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

Cuba lies wholly within the tropics.
A line drawn south from Pittsburgh
would pass directly through the
island.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

MACON, Ga, March 24.-One more
workout today and then the Yanks
busted fate in the nose by taking on
the Braves for a series Of games.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24
Rockies and Regulars
UNITED Press Leased Wire
Service.1

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March pa
The Giant regulars are due here to-
day. their first stop on their way
north from the training camp.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March "a
Home runs and fair visitors arr
featuring the Brooklyn practice games
here Jimmy Hickman got a pair oil
the former for the benefit of the lat
ter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

DALLAS, Texas.-Move back those
National league park fences. Rogers
Hornsby, famous Cardinal ex-holdout
and shortstopper. continues cracking
'em against the boards. Cruise hits
nearly as hard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

WACO. Texas.-"More hits, men"
growled Fielder Jones after the
Brownies famed with bases full as
in mid season form. Hank Severoid
was smashing 'em on the nose and
wasn't in the ball out"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

WAXAHACHIE, Texas.-They told
Sam Crawford a rookie would be
given his berth in right field for the
Tigers. SO the Wahoo ban, in his
first appearance in competition this
ear, banged cut four safeties in six
trips up.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

ror The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-24

New Doubles Record.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March "a.
George Satorius and Walter Holz-
schuh of Peoria, with score of 1916
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

Mr.. Frank Cough, junior member
of White & Cough, was the member
of the firm in when we called. lie
had no special complaint to make
except that he would like to nave
up-to-date system.
Later we saw Mr.. John Wishart'
who runs a grocery store and takes
a large number Of orders each oay
over the phone. He was far from
satisfied. He made the same polnes5
that Mr.. Gray and others make, am
in addition he said that the trouble
that annoys him most is that cen
trail will cut you off sometimes when
YOU are talking, and maybe. you have
not found out who it was that called
and YOU ring central and ask to De
given that number again and you
will be informed that central does
not know. Maybe the customer does
not call again and so you never
know who was placing the order.
We intended to call up or see other
business men Saturday, but after
seeing Mr.. Wishart we learned OF the
action Of the town board the nlgh1
before and decided it was not nee
essary for the present to introduce
more testimony.
The men quoted above gave per.
mission for their names to be usec
and they will back up what they are
quoted as saying.
Mr.. E. Hood, the local manager
and the young ladies at the centra!
office are uniformly courteous anc
obliging and most Of those who voic
ed criticisms seemed to think thai
the trouble was beyond their con
troll, that the system in use here l:
the cause Of nearly all the trouble
Those who complained that phone:
are not kept up were inclined tt
think that Mr.. Hood is doing tht
best he can with what he has to az
with.
Now it does look like the South
ern Bell ought to come across ane
quit treating this town like red
headed step-child. Lumberton folk:
are entirely reasonable, and the!
have been patient. All they ask i:
fair treatment, and if the Bell com.
pany gets it's back up and continue:
to fail to give fair treatment, ane
wants to know what Lumberton folk!
are going to do about it, then there
ought to be some way of bringing
the company to terms.
More might be said, but this i:
too long already. 1t is no pleasure
to criticise, but by the same toke1
it is no pleasure to be continually
hampered and delayed bv poor tele
phone service; and the matter shoult
be remedied.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

Reproducing The Robesonian's
reference in Thursdays paper to the
county home, the Wilmington Star
says:
"Of course, we do not know what
is the matter with the Robson coun-
ty farm, but the probability is that
the land has been run down with the
continuous growing OF one certain
crop which takes something from the
land every year, while no other KIND
of crop is grown to restore feftlllty
to lands which are bountf to leecn
and finally become worthless under
the old method of land killing pur-
sued in this country. If that is what
is the matter with the Robson
home farm, the commissioners can
utilize that wornout farm to dem
onstrate to the farmers that soil res
toration is easy of accomplishment
in this day Of velvet beans and WIN
ter cover crops and livestock. Rob-
eson ought to try ner hand on her
old farm. She might buy another
and then let it run down, for which
there is not a particle Of excuse In
any county in North Carolina.
at is to be hoped that Brunswick
has started something that will
make North Carolina counties asham-
ed of their county home manage
ment."
The Stars guess about what the
matter is with the Robson county
home is wrong. There is not enough
land in connection with the home to
do any farming on scale sufficient
ly large to support the home.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

In his pardon record to date Gov
e1nor Beckett has given additional
proof that he is the friend of the
friendless. Ordinarily when pris-
oner gets an consideration from an
executive it is because influential
friends bring pressure to bear upon
him, and often his life is made a
burden by the opportunities OF
friends Of prisoners, so that one can
not help but wonder if pardons have
not been granted for the same rea-
son that the unjust judge Of Holy
Writ granted the petition of the
poor woman. But Governor Beckett
busy man that he is, has taken the
time to go into the record of some
prisoners whom everybody else hac
forgotten, with the result that he
finds twent-one whose records ap.
peal to him as deserving. In Some
instances the prisoners were of ten
der years when they were sent u1
and have served more years in pris
on that they were old at the time q
committing the offense against the
peace and dignity of the State. Tht
Governors heart beats in sympathy
with the poor devils who never hat
a chance. His pardon record is lik,
the shadow of a s1eat rock in {
weary land. -
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
Catarrh Cannot Be C,,red

cannot reach the seat of the diseasos .ss
GSadarrh is local disease. greatly in.
nuenced by constitutional CONDITIONS
faIa nnu IN n, order to cure it you must
tarrh Cure is taken interna1iv end
aaos, aecs thru the blood on the mucous sur
1Sres rmra OF OF the system. Halls Catarrh
nbys;csars, Was prescribed by one Of the best
Is nc composed Of some Of the best a ton,cs
best hiiooSo combined with some of the
Sinatoooo na Slood at purifiers 3hd The perfect COM @
Catarrh SI the ingredients in Halls
t;ono tW;0naer1ul results in catarrhal conS;l suSn
1s SEND for testimoniais. free. 'ui-
Ali 6rnss.s.YY 6NEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. O.
: Familr Pills for constipation
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
A DEAD LETTER

The Charlotte Observer submits the
following:
"The Monroe Journal is minded
Of the fact that the last Legislature
passed law requiring county COM
missioners to mark cross roads and
other thoroughfares with proper
signs giving directions to travellers
by the discovery, which has been
made also by others, that the COM
missioners ARE paying about as much
attention to this law as they are to
the Justinian Code. True. County
commissioners JIM this respect are
| more Persistent law-breakers than
the back-lot crap shooters, and with
far less excuse. On some roads To-
ca merchants have taken advantage
of advertising opportunities in erect
ng placard mile-posts for five or
SIX miles out from town, but the Sign
boards put up at county expense and
by county authority in obedience to
law are very much fewer and farther
between than angel visits"
The editor Of The Robesonian has
driven over the Whining Char.
lottle-Asheville highway from the sea
to the mountains recently, and it is
fresh in his mind how bothersome
it IS, how exasperating, how cuss-
word provoking, this utter disregard
OF the law about signs. Coming
from Charlotte the other day, some
where in Mecklenburg or in Union,
we came to forks Of the road. One
road was as good as the other-and
Tar better, to use an Irish bull. There
was absolutely nothing to indicate
which road lead to Monroe. AS luck
would have it, we chose the wrong
road and had to beat it back a mile
or so. And that is the way it is
all along any road you may chance
to travel. One is constantly both
cred by having to guess which O.
equally plain roads he should take
9 A Lumberton man remarked tn,
other day that the road commission
!! ers of Robson were paying no at
teltlon to the law requiring roa,
t signs A lawyer ia,the little kno
n OF men seemed to think it suffi Glen
answer to say that that law is no
REGARDED IN any county. It seem
e TO ee the custom to regard that lay
i as a dead letter. You know the wa
q ABOUT your own neighborhood, an
: II you chance to go upon strang
e roads, why, hang it, You can ask tn
! way. If you go out of your wav ius
% Keep on going, and by and by YOU,
,lna somebody to ask, and you can @
IS PACK and get on the right road
If 1t IS quite simple until YOU arc f.
'e from home on strange road. an
e le nlgnt overtakes you, and You al
,e anxious to get to a place to spen
n. the night, and you have women an
children along. Then you break a
the Ten Commandments and devon
:, ~ wish You might have the exoui,
J. lte pleasure Of wringing all the neck
j. each and several, of all the count
t ROAD authorities in the State
i Maybe if the road authorities
h one county would lead the way tt
t spel' would be broken and all II
5 counties would follow suit. Roh
9 sons road commissioners aro -
. h,l4 S,nners Srs.i above others in this respec
!, n tpSus'oretnren'let tSe 'le US beseech you,b a
s;ers sae "ercles s and powers, to put u
}. SETS SET sc So plain all over the count
fa1 taaf the wayfaring man, though
1'oi' peed not lie in doubt abo,
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

Every traitor who is called down
for disloyal speech in Congress or
elsewhere rises with great show of
dignity and injured Innocence and
claims the sacrosanct right of "free
speech. Men who are not abusing
the right of free speech seldom or
never have to defend themselves by
proclaiming that they are standing
on that right. A dirty-mouthed cur
might just as reasonably seek to
justify indecent remarks in the pres
ence of ladies and gentlemen on the
ground of his right of free speech
as for Senators like Hardwick and
Toilette to seek to justify some
their remarks on the same ground,
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
TT WOULD BE CRIMINAL FOLLY

In discussing the folly Secretary
of War Baker seems determined to
commit in sending Northern negro
troops to Southern camps, the
Greensboro News says:
"Take one small instance: the sep
aration of the races in such places
as scda-fountains is universally OBJ
served in the south, but will the
northern negro conform to custom :?
We doubt it. And the first time a
northern negro marches up to a
white southern sodafountain demand
ing service, and is refused, probably
with none too much consideration,
he is going to consider himself insult-
ed. A southern negro would 60 in
the first place to a negro soda-foun-
tain, and think nothing of it.
"Let a negro regiment grow res
tive under thousand such pin-pricks,
and then let bull-headed policeman
add the final touch by clubbing a
soldier-as appears to have happen
ed in Houston-and hell will break
loose. Neither the southern whites
nor the northern negroes will have
wanted to fight, but they will be
shooting each other in the streets
nevertheless. And the man in Wash
ington who put fire and tow togeth-
er will be responsible"
AS The News points out, if the
South is in the saddle, as We have
often been told it is, it ought te
have power enough to keep the Sec
retary Of War from committing the
criminal folly Of not recognizing the
facts in deciding this matter.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

Mrs. Maude A. King, wealthy
Chicago woman, was shot and killed
near Concord on August 29. Those
in the party with her say she acci-
dentally shot herself. The coroner
who made a postmortem examination
in Chicago believes that the woman
was murdered and has so reported
to the Attorney General Of North
Carolina. Mrs. King was the guest
at Concord Of Misses Belle and Kate
Means, sisters of CASTOR and Ans
ton Means, Castor Means being Mrs
Kings private secretary. These and
A. S. Bingham went to the country
for target practice and it was then
that the woman was killed.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

EDI ...... 80. -. ........ ......
Mr.. J. A. Parham, who had been
with the Wilmington Star for sever
al years, has gone to Charlotte with
The Observer as managing editor
one of the most responsible newspa-
per jobs in the State. Mr.. Parham
started up The Index, weekly pa
per, at Fayetteville some years ago
and edited that paper for few years
successfully. He went from that pa
per to the Raleigh News and OBJ
server and then to The Star. He is
a Robson man who has made good
in the newspaper field.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

II interested Person" who sent a
notice to The Robesonian about a
tent meeting had been interested
enough to sign his name his com
munication would have found it's wav
into print, instead of into the waste
basket.
The Robesonian., 1917-09-10

uI'tl1 road . take So sh II YOU 90
good deed that will shine Ear IN
this naughty world and men shall cali
YOU blessed from one end Of the
State to the other.