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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Baker having recommended such action
20 Congress early in the present ses-
sion, but it was not approved at that
time. The new situation arising from
the increased importance of these off
GERS is expected to Offset this opposi-
ion when the proposed bill is again
submitted. To mention only one Off
Ger as an example, General Mccain,
holding the rank Of brigadier, is in the
anomalous position Of issuing orders
10 more than twoscore officers who
are his superiors in rank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Threaten Shipyard Strike

A strike ultimatum, which, if carried
out, will mean the walkout of 5000
machinists and 10000 other metal
workers in the local shipyards and the
complete tie-up of all work in these
yards, was issued yesterday by Bust
ness Agent +. j. Deering, of District
No. 10 of the international Association
of Machinists.
"If the local shipyards strike is not
settled by September 20," said Dcering,
5000 marine machinists will stop
work until it is settled, and we expect
10000 other workers in all trades to
ioin US"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Daniels Rebukes
A Naval Court
Leniency Toward Convict
ed Officer Denounced as
Travesty on Justice

fs,sn Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-Secretary
of the Navy Daniels for the second
time within a few weeks has found
occasion to rebuke severely high naval
officer. for leniency to junior officer
who had been found guilty Of serious
charges.
Lieutenant A. A. Garcelon was tried
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Cbo WA II SAW
D a;:GATIE;G!1T T.:

! W. e. Albers will soon begin tc
make radical improvements in his
home on the bluff. w. W. Pribble
will do the work.
The Warsaw Music club held Its
! March meeting Monday afternoon In
| st. Agnes Guild hall with Mrs
Joseph Fry as hostess. The occasion
was more than usually interesting
because Of the presence OF Miss
Esther Carues Of Urbana, HI, who
was in the city to play at. tie band
concert. and who added much to the
program by her artistic cornet solos
The Warsaw Music club is one of the
most attractive social centers in the
city, pleasant and profitable to all
who attend.
The consensus Of opinion among
farmers as to the outcome OF the
wheat crop Is quite favorable, espc
cially in the bottoms. 1t has win
tered quite well, considering the fact
that there has been but very little
snow.
The river here has risen eight feet
in less than week, caused by the
heavy rains especially from the Des
Moines valley.
Warsaw has a hunter, JOS Schmitz.
who has sold 1913 furs the past sea
son. He recently in a days hunt
captured a coon, mink and large
red fox which measured fifty-three
inches from tip of nose to tip Of tail.
The three skins brought him $500.
VIM. LETTER, while saving wood at
the home of Geo. w. Parker, south
east of the city. recently attempted
to throw a stick Of wood over the
saw. but the rapidly revolving saw
caught the stick, throwing II back
into his face, badly decorating and
bruising it. Happily no bones were
broken and no Disagreement is look
ed for. but he will have to lie by for
awhile.
Last Saturday evening, James
Gardner was returning in an auto to
his home south of town about
o'clock, accompanied by his wife and
two children, when in making a sud
den turn to one side his car upset
hurting the occupants out. The chill
dren escaped with slight bruises and
Mrs. Gardner received a scalp wound
and some bruises. Mr.. Gardner had
four ribs on his right side broken
his chest wall punctured and lung
pierced. while both bones Of his left
arm were broken, one near the wrist
and the other near the elbow and the
left shoulder severely sprained and
bruised. Besides, he was bruised al
over and b1ed inwardly for awhile
and the worst results were appre
hended. but by Monday there was g
marked change for the better and he
will pull through all right. He was
removed to the home of Mr.. Gil
Courtois and is there now. The &C
cident occurred as he reached Clarl
lane, lower Warsaw.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

H. G. Aldrich of Aldrich and Aid
rich, architects. of Galesburg, was
here Monday to consult with the
library board as to the new library
building of which they are the archI-
tects. Mr.. Aldrich also had talk
with the building committee of the
Presbyterian church.
Robt. Hopkins will not return to
Rock Island.
Clarence Hamb1eton OF Hamilton
was here this week in the interest
of the non-puncture auto tire tube.
The Warsaw and Alexandria ferry
will be ready for business April l.
Revival services at the Methodist
church will be commenced Wednes-
day evening, March %, by Rev. q.
G.. Mapel. the pastor. He will have
able assistance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

The seniors of the high school are
planning for the presentation OF .
drama some time in May.
Several carloads Of autos were re-
ceived here this week. Pretty soon
a horse can only be seen in the side
shows of a circus, or in a glass case.
Truman Plantz. Sr, has been con-
fined to his home this week by i'll
ness.
Mrs. Wolf, mother of Mrs. Thos.
Hartley. has been i'll for several
weeks, but is now improving.
People who attended the second
yrapd concert of the Warsaw concert
band have some idea Of what the
street band concerts the coming sum-
,ner will be by this unrivalled organi-
cation, and should have their pocket
books ready when the solicitor for
The music fund comes around.
Mrs. D. w Loomis visited her
mother Mrs. Mary Rich. at LaHarpe
the week just closing
A novelty in the planting OF seed
has been introduced in Warsaw. The
seeds are fastened on paper tape and
are thus planted, proper spacing is
thus secured and the back breaking
thinning out" OF some plants
avoided.
Ed. c. wurmbach Of Alexandria is
arranging with the ferry for the
transportation of some cut timber 10
Keokuk.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McGrew are re-
ioicing in a son born Friday of last
week. and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Furt-
ney. Jr., have a little daughter, born
Tuesday.
The Ladies Emporium is going out
of business bv March 20.
]. A Quick has sold his dairy busi-
ness, stock and whole outfit.
Reece Mcconnell, a graduate OF
Warsaw high school, has respon-
sible position with the Britton-John-
son Oil Co. of Tulsa, Okla.
Miss Mary Bernhardt, daughter of
/ Koon Bernhard, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at St
y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

on a remarkable joyride OF car OF
,,mons, 1mpulsed by a wave Of spec
Eauon, is mapped by Commissioner
,a,eisan of the bureau Of weights
tau, lu measures at New York. The
n nae began at Syracuse, then to
rSSss.on. over to Philadelphia, west to
C.N and finally to New York
~ Each leg Of the journey lifted
th price. but the spectators paid
III G freight from start to finish. The
''pinent collided with a boycott in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

keep our flag over the islands until
they were ready was her conclusion.
Mr. Daniels, the second speaker for
Burlington. suggested an analogy be-
tween the Indians in this country and
the few colonists. and the educated
Filipino and the mass Of the natives.
He claimed that colleges had been es-
tablished there as old as Harvard. and
were not the result of American stew
ardship,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Policeman Suicided.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO. March 17.-William c.
Kelly, policeman, accused of having
been bandits chauffeur" committed
suicide last night after successfully
clearing his name. Kelly was sum-
moned to appear before the states at
torney after brewery agent has been
robbed of $4,000. He proved an alibi.
but the stigma upon his twelve year
record still remained. His body was
found in a gas filed room by his wife
and children upon their return from
the movies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

Chicago and struck a slump in New
York that produced a cramp IN the
owners checking account. It Is only
Just to say that throughout a jcyride
OF some 2,400 miles the robust
strength of the onions remained I'M
diminished.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Get Ready for Independence.

Miss Mary Beardsley, the second
speaker for the negative suggested
that the United States policy was to
aid smaller countries, and to help
them until they were ready for self
government. just as is being done in
the Philippines. She defined maintain
as meaning that we cannot and must
not relinquish our hold on the islands
and SO. If we maintain protectorate
we would be violating our pledge,
which is to let the islands go by them
selves when they are ready, but not
until then. The Filipinos would es-
tablish a government of caste and
class if left to themselves now. 1t
would be folly to let the islands go
now, they are not ready, She pleaded.
Miss Beardsley spoke of the educa-
tional advances made since American
occupation, and of the police work we
have done. She said that the United
States fully intended to leave the
Philippines, but not until the islands
were ready.
Mr. Clark of the affirmative pointed
out the expense the islands have been,
and declared them to be the weak spot
in our defense system. He urged let
ting the islands go, and to spend the
money expended now for their pro-
lection here at home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

In eighteen years Nat Gould, the
English novelist, has written seventy
five novels, the aggregate sales OF
which exceed 10000, 900 copies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17

Public schools in the United States
have an average daily attendance Of
14,216,459 pupils.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Protectorate Not Desirable.


Donald Strickler for the negative de-
clared that in all OF the talk and all Of
the matter that has been written re-
Igarding the islands, there has been
practically nothing said by these ex-
perts about a protectorate. He held
that the affirmative must show moral
obligation for protectorate before
they could defend their position, and
he held that no such obligation could
be or had been shown. He said we
must keep the islands until the people
are ready. We already had accomp-
Iished much in the eighteen years we
had the islands, and the Jones bill
signed by President Wilson promised
freedom as soon as the people were
ready. The islanders, he said, were
learning by seeing our men at work,
and would gain by association with our
men. In a protectorate, he held we
could not withdraw our army and navy
and that this expense would not be les
sened
Both teams were cheered as the de-
cision of the judges was announced, al
though the tx. H. S. for the team" rat
tied through the assembly room with a
roar that drowned everything else, as
victory was announced.
! Before the debate. the high school
orchestra, under direction Of Prof P.
G. Hayden. played half hours music
Ial program, which was delightful.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-17
Team Loses at Fairfield.

The Keokuk affirmative team COM
posed Of John McManus, Thomas
Pond and Woodson Huiskamp, was
defeated by the Fairfield negative
team last night by unanimous deci-
sion of the judges. 1t was a double
victory for Fairfield, their affirmative
winning in the afternoon from Bur
lington. Although defeated, the Keo-
kuk squad gave good account Of
themselves, and made many friends
in Fairfield for their sportsmanlike
actions. The principal of the Fair
field school complimented the local
boys both on their speaking and on
their craftsmanship. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
LEAGUE PITCHING CIRCI
LEX REGISTERED SECOND DOUBLE
Ri JJMPH IN HIS BIG LEAGUE CAREER
WHEN HE HUMBLED THE DODGERS
performed Iron Man Act for First Time Against
Reds Last Fall-Aex, Toney and Cicotte
Have Won Twenty-three

EDR Cleveland Alexander
member called the entire
ted pitcher
d In doubling the great huer
pack in
were able
nedng by Cravath responsible the aes The first
time Alex fall pair of
the Cincinnati
Alex pitched
downing Pittsburgh
sary for him do picked
could
Alexander
earlier
Alex and Tney pitchers
e-headers
Phhs
the bridge
which
of
big difference in the and would the Monm fighting
of
an jured back.
MORAN has not worked Lavender much during
AAand evidently
New York Alex also likely
league
the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
EASTERN CAGE MOGULS
HOLD POWWOW TONIGHT

\The annual fall meeting of the Eastern
Basketball League will be held this evening,
at which time officers for the ensuing year
will be elected. IL President Schiller pre-
sents list or the subjects suggested to be
discussed at the powwow the session will
likely be long one
The magnates left heaps of unfinished
business at their spring meeting, and as
matters of Importance have developed dur
ing the off season 1t can easily be seen
that the cage moguls have busy evenings
work in view. 1t would be impossible to
consider all the subjects scheduled for the
meeting and another will likely be called
in several weeks. There is little chance of
any change in the circuit unless some of
the present franchise holders decide to quit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
GIANTS SEEM TO HAVE NATIONAL g
EAGUERACE CINCHED, BUT FIGHT
FOR AMERICAN LEAD is STILL ON
Wiseacres Among the Major League Managers
Say Red Sox Are Not Playing as Effec-
lively as They Were Year Ago
Nv GRANTLAND RICE

virtually in tie for the honor. Tho son
sational sprint of the Braves, when ths,
came from nowhere in 1914, carried ths,s
into tie with the Giants for first place ths
Saturday before Labor Day. And on Iabos
Day that year they divided the two gams.
with a team which a month before had an
joyed about ten games advantage.
The Case of the Two Soxt
Against any other team brit the Red sov
the present advantage of the White Sor
might be interpreted as final The Red 60
are slightly different from any other cluh
in baseball. They play the game of their
lives when real Importance attaches to vic.
tory.
But IL would seem that Bostons on,v
hope is to make the best use of its pitcher,
in the approaching final series between the
two Sox Chicago has been far moro sue.
cessful at home than on the road to data
Yet, Boston need look for little assistance
from the other three Eastern cities, In
Cleveland and Detroit two hard series ara
bound to confront the worlds champion.
while the Windy City boys are fndinr
softer game on this end of the circuit.
Smart baseball managers declare that
Boston is not playing nearly so effectively
as one year ago This may be due 10 the
general decline that is bound to hit the
best club in the end. The cast of the worlds
champions is much the same as that which
won pennant and greater title in 1912,
Speaker Wagner Stahl and Carrigan hays
gone. Seven years is long time to keen
any baseball machine In gear. If Boston
can win its third consecutive pennant Il
will have accomplished great deal mora
than any modern team, with the exception
of Connie Macks of 1910-1914.
A Chance for the Boxers
Local managers of pugilists can help q
good cause by sending their young men To
Plattsburg to help entertain the embryo
officers on Saturday nights This is the
only evening the students have for pleas.
ure and recreation and it Is planned to hold
a series of boxing exhibitions each week.
end.
Jimmy Johnston, the boy bandit of st.
Nicholos Rink, sent Joe yelling and Ted
Kid) Lewis to Plattsburg last Saturday 10
help furnish a fine evenings entertainment
for some 1000 prospective officers Fight
managers who care to assist in this worthy
enterprise should communicate with W. o.
McGeehan, of Company 10, Plattsburgh,
N. Y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
UPLAND FALTERING
IN DELAWARECO.
Weakens in Contest With
Chester After Having
Game Virtually Won
AUTOCAR LEADS MAIN LINE

Upland is going backward in the second
laif pcnnant race of the Delaware County
League and what appeared like a certain
pennant for Frank Miller and his bows is
not such surety. They are pulling the
same stuff Chester did in the first half and
the chanceS are they will nose across the
wire by a whister. Media and Chester are
displaying nice form, especially the for
ner. After poor getaway Manager Alex
ander has succeeded in rounding together
formidable aggregation and thew have a
slight chance to face Chester in the play
off series
In yesterdays games Media defeated
Globe Tire at Trenton by 3-2, The Medes
corrected ten hits off the delivery of Gaiser,
While Kelly allowed the home contingent
only trio Of singles. After having a lead
OF 40 on Chester at the close of the sixth
inning. Upland weakened Pothi Mauleri
sent pair of tallies across the home plate
in the seventh and tied the going at all in
the eighth. Nield came across with the
run that gave Chester the verdict in the
ninth by to 4.
Autocar has again mounted to the ton
position in the Main Line League Charlie
Barkers first half winner turned the trick
by defeating st. Gertrude 5-3 and WAYNE
So The other league results were: Wayne
3. Berwyn 4 Union A. A. s, Dun & Co. 3:
Brandywine G. Dun G. Co. .: St Gertrude
3, Brandywine /; Lee Tire 5, Berwyn
Lee Tire 3. Union A. A. 2. The results of
the Dun Co. and st. Gretrude games
proved the surprise of the day
The Industrial Baseball League will hold n
meeting at the Bingham tonight to arrange for
the post-season series for the championship he
tween the north and south sections A com
together with one from the Montgomery County
League VIII also arrange for the games 10 he
played between the champions of these organi-
cations
Tho Strawhridgo & Clothicr nine closed n
successful season yesterday by ca sily defeatinr-
The T. 5; S, Iowa. 10 to 4. McKenty was
effective throughout.
Stetson 4. 4. broke even In p,r of con-
tests. winning tweve-innirS 1-O battle from
urexel Hin in the morning and bowing TO In.
diana Boys Club In the afternoon, ST. The
p. m. verdict was big surprise.
BY defeating Phil kearney, 60 and St John
A., Frankford 3-A captured the second half
remnant of the Franliford Suburban League
The first half ended IN tie between ST. John
deciding game on Saturday the winner To- face
Frankford "A for the seasons title.
The Industrial League did not schedule env
regular contests yesterday hut many OF the
teams played independently The scores: Rox
borough ;. Dobson q: Brldesburg = Iupton /:
Becker, Smith & Page I. Shanahan G; Potter
4. A. s, Keen Kutter 3; Lupton 8. Potter A. a
!; Burholme \. a. IL, II. a. Butterworth 10:
Curtis c. c, I, Mldvae @; WissnominE A. a. :
8, Quaker city Rubber Q. ~ ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04

T0ROM an artistic standpoint the cham
i pionship races of the two major leagues
leave something to be desired The great
American public has been educated OF late
years to expect keen and grueling strug-
giles, with two or more clubs involved, right
down to the bitter finish. This served TO
keep the appetite keyed for the lust of the
greater battle as represented In the annual
worlds championship classic.
Unfortunately this year the shank OF the
campaign holds out little promise for eX-
citement the rest of the way. To all in
tents and purposes the Giants are home and
all doled up for the big housewarmirg
In the American League only two teams
figure now. and of the two the worlds
champion Red Sox do not appear so hale
and hearty as a serious contender should
at this late stage of the struggle.
Amid the arguments that are being waged
pro and con Ga baseball fan never gives up
while there is the slightest flicker of hope)
it is well to turn back history's pages one
brief year and see how the major league
races framed up. Fifty-two weeks ago
today the standings were:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04


believes
collected the
when Brooklyn and Pittsburgh
into
in
NJ Zen pssenday and fsh in the
for
catcher
rbackan the
o3lPARNa those rules with the
1 e the ea would hitting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
AS Take TUO From Senators

FULTON
the
Bert Ga and Shaw and in the nshcap nine Machen dented the
Walter
nicely
Way Schang
double killing
s o paths
All the boys took
a
third
hits
him. Jng opposed by the Walter second
still
for Bert 1t made no difference the AS that
hosehdes them They
chase the ball Nine hits tale
OF what the Mackmen did to johnson
Macks johnson
Washington
hit than the total
ITO THOSE who spent the afternoon shbe
Siack the
failed
oos OF seventh place. which is held by the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04

I,ynewood Hal Cup tournament against
Marston at Huntington Valley. a tremen-
dous gallery watched these two fine ex.
ponents of the game.
Then to cap the climax came the ma
tional amateur championship at Merton last
September. In the final match between
Gardner, the amateur champion, and Evans,
the open champion, fullt ten thousand spec.
tators were in the gallery. 1t was the larg-
est gallery that ever saw a match in this
country.
There is no doubt that the war fund Of
the local golf association needs a financial
boost. The decision not to give prizes
materially reduced the entries and this cut
down the war fund. Other cities are hold.
ing these tournaments and there is no rea.
son why the local association should not.
The players have been generous with their
time and they no doubt would be glad to
play over one Of our first-class courses
if the association should ask them to.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04

the quarters to the mile: Gil Tomlinson. of this
city, winner OF the cup in 1914; perry Mce.ii
yerary OF Chicago; Harry Hebner and Herhert
Vollmer, the former Columbia College star both
OF New York, and Ernest Sopp, the winner ~
the prize In 1918. Paul Magee. the star Of the
way to the foremost OF distance swimmers an5
winner OF the hve-mile race for the tieorae
Pawling Cup on the Schuylkill several weae q
ago. is expected to be among the starters
Although Norman Ross won the revIved coIso
Gate swim in San Francisco the wonderf fnI ner
attracted more attention from the snscta t"rs
than Norman's victory. Roper is legless hut H.
finished ahead Of thrty-eight OF the tfty.ave
starters. '' "'N
Gilbert Tomlnson, OF the PhiladeInhta c,,
ming Club. took part In three contests ,a"tnI
day. In the Labor Day meet at the Westyta,,.,
Park Pittsburgh. finishing second In ths my
yard scratch and second In the 2O0-yard hanSi-
Club. beat Gil both times. In the dffyustlSS
race from scratch the local norman esms sin 10
fourth. N~'"e III
=, Gertrude Artclt Ethel Rublcam. Katbar,n.
the Philadelphia Turngeme nde furnishea ~ ~
spectators In front of the Norristown MOI. w.
Club, the Schuylkil River, with plenty Doa ~ :
thrills as they gave exhibitions OF the various
Marsaret Connolly. the Chester mermsia
aes'ssS ases ssvsrs sa f.x. = .ss is:s ssk
~ - ~ ~ IsIfe l'. l1f.It ~ ~ +.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04

Petey Herman did not drop Gusse Lewis
When they boxed at the Olympia Club on
May II. Many bets were placed pro and
con, last night, and at the request of sew
eral sportsmen we looked over the files be-
fore making definite decision. Lewis was
SiEen bad trouncing in the second round
Dacked and pummelled all around the rim
but he wasn't Knocked off his feet In the
first round a left hook sent Lewis half way
across the ring, but the ropes saved him
from going down