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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

performance entertaining and Of quail
ty from start to finish.
AS to the company, Field himself
when organizing the advertising cam
paign for the year, gave positive in
structions against making superlative
descriptions of the members. Pre-
sent" he said, "the names OF the
comedians, singers and dancers. The
public will know how funny they are.
how well they can sing, and how well
they can dance, for the public knows
these artists as well as do. and it
knows what the Field Brand in the
way of a production means."-Adver-
tisement.
Vivian Martin at the Grand Tomorrow
A photoplay which brings out the
wonderful piquancy and charm which
has made Vivian Martin, one of the
most popular stars on the screen.
will be seen at the Grand tomorrow
when she appears in the Pallas-Para-
mount picture ''The Wax Model" a
thrilling drama of studio life, written
especially for the star and produced
under the direction Of e. Mason Hop.
per.
In 1.-THE Wax Model" Miss Martin
is seen as the foremost and most
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
JUDGE Keep. RICH. Up to Date.

DENVER, Colo. March 27-No
state of war efficially exists between
the United States and Germany, ac-
cording to a ruling Of District Judge
R. E. Lewis.
The question arose in connection
with the admission Of a German
horn alien to citizenship.
The fudge also officially recognized
the new Russian republic by caus-
ing the oath OF remuneration TO read
"to the Russian republic instead OF
Ito Gar Nicholas II. emperor OF All
the Russias," when Russian TOOK
out papers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

his fight against ono man govern
ment."
Mr.. Norris declared that the press
of the country is dominated by Wall
street and that nothing is printed
but what Wall street wants printed
that all which Wall street is opposed
to giving publicity is suppressed.
Wall street, he declared, is back Of
the move to enter the war. so that 1t
may coin the blood money Of our
brothers into gold"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Nav Open May IS.

It is hoped to open the Country
club season May IS, weather permit
ting. The social committee has al
ready planned several events for the
opening Of the season, and Is plan
ming for some activity every week.
The club season will last approx
mately five months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
WIN Adjourn April -.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
DESs MONIES, Iowa, March IL
The legislature will adjourn April II.
If the senate concurs in joint reso-
Irtion passed by the house, fixing
that date for sine die adjournment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
CLARA KIMbALl YOUNG
DIRECTION OF
WORLD FILM CORPORATION

Clara Kmball Young comes to the
Theatre on Sat. Aft. and
eve., March 31st, in the second play
made by her own producing company
entitled THE Foolish Virgin" an
adoption from Thos. W. Dixon's
famous novel OF the same name
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

Within sight Of the shores OF Cuba
passes all Of the Atlantic shipping OF
the gulf states, Mexico and Central
America
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Good Farm
Land-Cheap

Take advantage Of
our Horneseeker's Ex-
cursion fares, first and
third Tuesdays each
month, and go with me
to the new, and fast
id ev clipping territory
along the Burlington
Lines. See the real
bargain offerings in
irrigated and nonirri-
gated lands, Carey Act,
Government irrigated
homesteads and free
32O-scre M o n d ell l
|homesteads. My work
is not to sell you land,
but to serve you with
reliable up-to-date in
formation about It, that
you may without I'M
necessary expe n s 9
C h oose the location
suited to your needs.
Free illustrated folders with
maps that give in detail the
present status Of these sections
for the asking. You can have
the benefit of my advice and
long acquaintance with this
territory if you want It Write
today-a postal will do. S. B.
Howard, Immigration Agent,
O., B. & @. R. r., Is @ Bldg.
Omaha. Nebr. III
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Al, G. Field MINSTREL.

The production this season OF the
Al. G.. Field Greater M1nstrels, which
Is at the Grand tomorrow, matinee
and night, is announced as keeping up
the reputation Of the Field Brand"
This, the public knows, means a show
bigger and better than ever" and
new in everything except name"-a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Women Interested In Coli.


The women's golf committee Is a
new body, and is brought about
through the fact that there was more
interest last year than ever before
among the women members in the
game. Some of the women are de.
veloping into splendid golf players,
and the committee will promote
tournaments for the women, matches
with the mems teams, and mfxed
foursomes.
There are few golf clubs which can
boast of having on a woman's goli
committee, the Trans-Mississippi val.
ley champion, the ex-Trans- MISSISSIPPI
pi valley champion, the Missouri state
champion, the city champion of CHI
cago and st. Louis. Both Mrs. At.
lee, who was Miss Laurie Kaiser, and
Miss Davis hold records, and 1t Is
expected that Miss Dickey will this
season be one of tho champion won-
en- players Of the club, along with
the other two members Of her com
mittee.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Plans Being Made for Successful Sea-
son This Year and Members
Are Already at
Work.
PLANNING NEW FEATURE
Women's Golf Committee, With Two
Champions In Ito Personnel,
VIII Create Interest
In Game.

With the opening of the Country
club season less than two months
distant, plans are being made by the
directors for the seasons activities.
Several meetings have been held by
the board to consider plans. Tho
grounds are being put into shape for
the coming summer, and several I'M
2rovements have been made on the
house, prominent among these being
the construction of a covered passage
way between the club house and pa
Wilton, making it possible to get
from either place during rainy
weather without going outside.
The directors have discussed the
committee appointments. and changes
are made in the personnel OF the
social and pastine committee this
year. A number Of tho members
have served either continuously or
frequently during tho past seasons.
and With new members to draw from,
It was decided to inject new material
into tho committees. The old com
mittees have set 4 very high stand.
ard and have bss,n very efncient. and
It will BE- UP to the new committed
Ito show considerable ingenuity and
executive ability to surpass the roc
ord of former comMittees.
The 1917 Committees.
The committee appointments ers
the following:
House committee-Miss Laura Al
ton, chairman, Mrs. G. R Arm entrout,
Mrs. III. B. Blood, Mrs. w. A Bridg-
man. Mrs. o. s. Stranbro.
Social committee-Mrs. H. M. Phil
lips. chairman, Mrs. Stephen Irwin.
Mrs. Edward K. tombstone. Mrs. j.
Albert Kiedaisch, Mrs. A. H. Rich.
Women's golf committee-Mtss
Celestine Dickey, chairman, Mrs. John
Cox Atlee, Miss Anne B. Davis.
Mems golf committee-Le
Matless, G. Collingwood Tucker.
Captain of golf team. PerdeW
Sheldon.
Greens committee-N. H. Pyle
Other committees will be appointed
later
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
sewers RELATIONS
Tcper Magnates Steal Thunder From
johnson and Break With the
Fraternity.

New York. Feb. 13.-The National
league today completely severed rela-
ton with the Baseball Players fra
ternity. When the, American league
magnates meet here tomorrow they
WIN do likewise. II is now up to
Dave Fultz, president Of the union"
to make the next move.
The National league announced
their action in the following official
statement:
Whereas, the fraternity has violat-
ed the letter and spirit of the agree
ment made between the national
agreement of leagues. clubs and
players and entered into on January
s. 1914.
Therefore, be 1t Resolved, That
the National league of professional
baseball clubs that In 40 far as this
league Is concerned the agreement
is abrogated and relations severed and
terminated completely.
For once the National league stole
the thunder away from Ban John.
son. As rule the American league
chief leads and others follow.
President Tener invited the base
ball scribes into the sanctum late In
the afternoon and informed them
what the magnates had done during
the day. 1t was stated that any play
er who did not report at the call OF
his manager would be placed on the
ineligible list. which practically means
blacklist, although the moguls very
carefully avoided the use of the
word.
1t was reported during the after
noon that an energetic young news
paper man endeavored TO bring about
peace between Fultz and the moguls.
John IcGraw, manager Of the Giants,
was enlisted in the cause and met
Fuitz at the Vanderbilt hotel.
The fraternity head must have i'm
pressed McGraw with his arguments,
for the Giants manager returned to
the Waldorf and endeavored to adj
dress the magnates, II was learned,
however, that the club owners re-
fused to admit McGraw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14

EVAN WILLIAMS AN
AMERICAN WEI4SHMAN

For years Evan Williams has been
hailed as the great Welsh tenor"
when as a fact. the singer was born
entire schooling In this country. while
he is proud OF his wholesome Welsh
ancestors. he feels that an artist, born
and trained in America. owes some
allegiance 10 the land OF his birth As
an artist in concert and oratorio. no
American tenor can boast OF having
gained the great popularity TO COM
pare with that which Evan Williams
enjoys II Is indeed true that he
possesses one of the rare voices OF a
century alternating from siivery to
golden timhre. and absolutely fla wless
I'm zone emission. Scientific men as
well as members OF .he musica! pro-
Iession. have marvelied at the VII
llams voice Vocally he represents
tho ideal singer; his voice is naturally
of beautiful ayd soul-stirring
quality, and he felleers-his songs with
the greatest possible fervor and iu-
telligeace. One of his finest assets is
a clear and distinct enunciation that
carries his words TO the extreme
reaches OF an auditorium. with the
result that his hearers understand
every syllable. His voice Is nov AZ its
best and it's beautiful quality, as well
as the exquisite phrasing Of which
ne Is such master. are much in
evidence in his records. and concert
singing Mr.. Williams was born in
OHIO. of Welsh parents He is inn
mensely popular In the United States;
his reputation having extended into.
England by means of his fine Victor
/ records, and he has made several sue
cessful tours of that country. Mr..
Williams has thousands of admirers
IN Richmond. and in order to crafty
the wishes of many of them who have
already sent in requests for certain
favorite songs which they would like
To have him sing here he has con-
scented 10 select his encores from the
old familiar folk songs. some OF which
viii be "a Perfect Day" "A Dream /"
when You and Were Young.
Maggie" ''All Through the Night ;"
Absent, somewhere Voice Is
Calling" and others.
MIR. Williams Is being brought to
Richmond under the local direction of
W, II. Belts. and ticket sale is now
being conducted at 163 East Broad
street Special prices of soc ana 81
hove been arranged for this concert,
and ii Is needless to say that at these
low prices there viii he n large audi
ence to hear the great tenor next
Tuesday night, at the City Auditorium.
Music lovers who desire best seats
should not wait another day, but pur-
chase their seats at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14

The history OF the prize ring is fun
of disappointments and failures OF
game, high aspiring young boxers, who
have made strenuous efforts to battle
their way up to big titles, and have
failed to accomplish their great ambi-
lions because of lacking some essen
tial quality In their physical or mem
tai makeup
How often do We read about some
looming champion" VINO is loudly
bobmed and proclaimed as "A new world
beater. Many OF them are boosted to
the skies as pugilstic wonders with
annihilatiug wallops. mefvelous speed,
: ferocious fighting spirit. and every.
thing else that goes toward making 4
form liable champion. Many are
called, but few are chosen" They go
along winning against a classy ring
ster, and bonn bastic coming champion
blows up and is relegated back to the
common herd to repent and consider,
says Jack Skelly.
During the past few years flock
Of big fighters doomed up from many
different sections of the country. es.
pecialiy in the West. They were all
broadly announced as white hopes
and great Coming champions" I dc
not wish to recall them all. but there
was certainly small army of them
But can all Remember the coming
of Carl Morris. Al Palzer. Arthur Pei
ky, Gunboat Smith. Al Kaufman, jim
Stewart and many others. All big
game. willing men. but they lacked one
very essential quality to reach the big
fistic throne. and that was boxing
science and fine ring generalship.
out Of the whole bunch there was
one giant who displayed considerable
knowledge and ring craft for a new
conner, and he was Jess willard. He
showed he had what the others lacked
brains to study and acquire pugilistic
proficiency And so by faithful work.
both physical and mental. he was able
to Knockout the dusky champion, Jack
johnson. and bring back the high fs-
tic honor to the white race in brilliant
style
while Carl Morris Gunboat Smith
and other ambitious giants. kept slug
cling wildly away in the ring. in the
Eo-as- please, splashy way, VIII
lard, calmly. and with much delibera
tion and determination. made a study
Of the manly art. He learned how to
hit, stop and get away cleverly
enough to outlook such a master as
Johnson, in the arena a. Havana
Big less knew he had the Drawn to
defeat the big negro and he also wise
Iy realized that it required besides
stamina considerable meutall general
ship and knowledge to win the crown
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
Georgetown Nine
Has Big Schedule
For This Season

Washington, Feb 1s.--The baseball
schedule of Georgetown university,
which has just been announced, Is
one or me longest in the history Of
the Institution The season opens
March "a and closes June 80,
The schedule:
March 24-Mt. St. Josephs. q,
Washington,
March 2e--Loyola college. at Wash
ington.
April 3-~Washingto Americans, at
American league park.
April 4.-Iehigh. at Washington.
April 5--Lafayette at Washington.
April 7--Colgate at Washington
tpendingl.
April 9-Holy Cross, at Washington.
April 10--Yaie. at Washington
April l2-Fordham, at Washing
ton.
April 1s--Boston college. at Wash
ington.
April l7-Lebanon Valley. at Wash
lngton.
Aprn 21--Drexel institute. at
Washington
April 2S--Tufts. at Washington.
April 25--Eastern college. at Wash
ing.
April 27-west Virginia university,
at Washington
April 2S--Navy, AZ Annapolis
May 3-North Carolina A. and NJ
at Washington.
May 4-Washington college, a;
Washington.
Nav 5-Trinitv of North Carolina
ut Washington.
May princeton, at Princeton.
May l0-Rosten college, at Boston.
May 11--Tufts. at Medford
May 12-Rutgers, at New Bruins
wick.
May ie--Nasy. at Annapolis.
May l7-Bucknell at WASHINGTON
May i9-Johrs Hopkins. at Balti-
more.
May 23-tiailaudet. at Washington.
May 26--,Eioiv Cross at Worcester
May 2S--Seton Hall, at Eas,
Orange.
May 29-Drexel institute, at Phiia-
delphia
May 3o--~Fordham. at New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
SEVERAL INTERESTING
GAMES IN VIRGINIA
Old Dominion Basketball Quints To
Stage Many Battles During Re-
mainder of Week.

Virginia basketball CUNTS will
stage several battles in the Old Do
minion and North Carolina during
the remainder of THE week
Tonight Randolph Macon and Will
liam and Mary colleges will get to-
gether in a championship battle at
Ashland. This will be the first time
the two CUNTS have met this season
and the combat should be IA battle
royal from start to finish. Washing
ton and Lee will be found fighting 1t
out at Lexington with North Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical. while
Virginia Polytechnic institute will
battle Elon college at Eion, n. c.
On Thursday Virginias five will
fight 1t out with Trinity college, at
Durham, N. c., while Virginia Mill
tary institute will go up against Caro-
line A. and NJ at Lexington. On the
same night Hampden-S Sidney will bat
tie Virginia Christian college at
Hampden-Sidney.
Virginia will play A. and NJ. at
West Raleigh, n. c.. on Friday night,
while the Virginia Techs will have It
out with the Roanoke y. NJ. c. a. in
the Magic city.
On Saturday Richmond college and
Randolph Macon will get together in
Rlchmond for their initial combat OF
the season Both qunts have clean
slate up to this time and this battle
promises to be n warm one from
start To finish. On the same night
Hampden-S Sidney and William and
Mar will play at Williamsburg, and
the Lynchburg Y NJ. c. A. will play
the Carolina Aggies in the Hill city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
MANY YOUNGSTERS ON
TWO NEW YORK CLUBS
Rebel Ross Formerly With Richmond, and Dan Triple With
Baltimore Last Season. Expected To Show Form This
Year With Yankees-Other Likely Recruits

Is fast on the bases He was a hard
hitter oS the Sherman, Texas. club
last season, and had a batting aver
age Of. 350. Other infielders are
Schepner, with Rochester last season,
and Rodriguez the Cuban first base
man, who was with New London last
seasone Sandberg. a catcher, VINO
was with Albany last season, Will be
tried out as a backstop, and also
kreuger. catcher from Omaha, VINO
was tried out by the Yankees rev
seasons ago.
Has Star In McGraw.
Manager Bill Donovan. of the yam
KEGS. has landed star in Bob NC
Graw, of Colorado university. who
was captured by the Yankee scout
George I>eidy. when half dozen
other major league clubs were after
him He had Il great record as a
college pitcher. He is six feet two
inches tall. weighs 1870 pounds, and is
only twenty-one years old.
Donovan will have ten youngsters
trying for his club at Macon at the
end of the month. one will be a
Macon product. Ben Shaw, catcher
He was considered the hardest hitter
in the South Atlantic league. and had
a good record as catcher. Among
the Other pitchers are Ed. Monroe, a
right. handler. from Memphis. He Is
more than six feet in height and
weighs more than 200 pounds. Al
though his last seasons record was
Sothine TO get excited about, he
showed unsuual promise and should
improve under the right kind of
coaching.
Chick knapp, second baseman.
was drafted from the Shreveport, La,
club of the Texas league and was one
of the fastest infielders in that part
Of the country lie had a batting
average Of 1923 iast season Alex
Ferguson Is a nineteen -year-old pitch
or. who PLAYED last season with the
Bloomfield y. j.. Lyceum team. and
comes highly recommended by Scout
Joe Kelley Piercy, Ross and Dan
Tirple were all with the club for a
while last season. but were sent back
to the minors for more experience
and may make good on their second
L11aL Lack EHrlght last season with
y nark VIII get his second chance
vitA the Yankees this snrng. Everett
Eaukstou is an outtieider from Rich
ulond bat the outAelders. like the
pitchers. will have to show extra ordi-
nary talent To push any OF Donovan
.-pgulaTS out of q lob.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
TW'- ''ILF RECORD IS
Broken BY JOE RAY
Athlete aers Distance in Madison
square Garden In Minutes.
II 2-s Seconds.

New YORK. Feb II -Joie Ray, a sup
pie, 1.-THE iimbed specimen Of athletic
nagnifcener. broke the American two.
mile indoor running record at Madison
square garden tonight HIS time was
. minutes and II - seconds The
former record. made by George Bon
bag Ia 1919 was eIi l-5. The world !
out door record made ~ ALFRED Shrubb
an 1904 - a.os "a.
Ray broke Bonga's record in win
ming the two-oite special. ore of the
feature events of the annual indoor
athletic caruivais OF the New York \.
- Haywood Holden. of the Nv York
A C, with a handicap of lN yards.
was second. and Victor Voter tas. If
the Morningside \. c. with hand. j.
zap of it0 wards. third
Rays record breaking race Ihg!llta
the crowd which flled the garden but
equally remarkable WAS the work Of
10 Loomis. also OF the Winday City,
In winning the two-mile special Ray
uncorked 4 sprint on the last lap which
brought the spectators to their feet 10
the course Of the evening LoemiS " an
four races, an unparalleled performance
In extremely fast cor pany. tie finished
arst in the So s. and Ta-yard dashas
and also breasted the tape ahead OF his
acld in the 70-y9rd low hurdle spe-
eial
Tom Halpin. Of Boston, was the win.
ner of the 'Buermeyer son" He rau
with the speed OF some Of his foot
ball neighbors at Cambridge and COW
cred the distance In one minute tat.
rfliy Moore q Princeton half-back.
finished second. Binga Desmond, a
Chieagoa negro, was third. Ted Mere
dith. who needed but one more leg on
the trophy to gain permanent posses
sion of the prize. trtpped taking the
curve on the first lap. He tratled the
field to the tape
A magnificent sprint on the last lap
enabled Johnny oVerton to win the
Baxter mile in four minutes and IL is
seconds. Mike Devanney was second
and Sid Leslie third. Ivan Meyers. OF
Chicago. lost third place by foot.
Overton won by IL yards.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
MACALLISTER BEATS
FRANCIS 7. HUNTER
Former Cornell Captain Loses TO Mary
lander In Feature Event of
Tournament

New York. Feb. 15-The defeat Of
Francis T. Hunter. former Cornell cap
tain, by S r. MacAliister. was the fea-
ture of the play in the eighteenth an
nual national indoor championship ten
mis- tournament at the Seventh regi-
ment armory here today. MacAilister,
who has held the Maryland state title,
won by n score of SIS, ca 6-i.
Craig Biddle. the Philadel phia star.
in the only other single match, defeat
ed G. \. l. Dionne, at 81, 6-l.
Play in the doubles was started and
in this division Of the tournament two
teams got into action. The winning
pair was made up of S. Howard Voshell
and Abraham Bassford. Jr. The losers
were Count otto Salm and John Mat
teysZ and the score was 4-6, 64. So
Fred Il Alexander, former interna-
tionalist, and DR. William Rosenbaum
gained their third round bracket
through a default.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-14
MEMBERSHIP SOCIAL
THURSDAY NIGHT

The monthly membership social,
given under the auspices of the Get
together club of the Central \. NJ. G.
A. will be held in the association
auditorium Thursday, February Is, at
$40 p. NJ. The program Will include
readings by Miss Bessie Dudley, vocal
and violin solos by Harold Lawrence.
piano solo by John Fontaine. and
singing by the Commonwealth Male
Quartet, and solo number by Hugh
"A. Bugg and Chas. T. O'Rork. menu
bers OF the quartet.
Mr.. Lawrence, who is a splendid
singer, pianist and viol.nist. is blind.
having studied at the Staunton school
for the deaf, dumb and blind. Y.
AZ. c. A. members and friends are in
yited. There will be no charge for
admission.
The monthly meeting of the Get
together club will be held at $50
p, NJ, when the club members meet
at supper. The club will be addressed
by o. A. Hawkins, his subject being:
..Diytdends'' The teams will report
on membership work done during the
past month.