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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31

WANTED - At once, 10000 dull
safety razor blades to sharpen at
Woodbury's, 1104 Main street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31
Emery Ball Discouerer To
Work With Toledo Iron Men

ewes opened wide. The ball was a
fastbreaking curve that dazsled Ford,
for he had made no effort to curve
the ball.
This was the way in which the
emery ball was discovered. Ford In
vestigated and found rough spot
on the ball caused by the bump
against the wooden support. A close
study of the effect OF air resistance
on the ball disclosed to the pitcher
the possibilities Of the delivery. He
kept his discovery to himself and
worked with it until finally he de-
cided to use It in game.
Fakes With SpItbaII.
He pasted a piece Of emery In MIS-
glove and would roughen the ball,
then fake the motion Of ex2ectorat-
ing on the ball. Nothing was thought
Of the delivery except that 1t was
mighty fast\ breaking spitbal. He
finally landed with the New York
Americans. where he and Ed Sween-
ey formed a great battery and Ford
was rated as one OF the best spitoall
pitchers in the game. But 1t was
the emery ball and not the spitball.
Finally Ford says he told two 9TH
err players besides Sweeney and Ford
says one Of these players was traded
to Cleveland and told Fred Falken.
bergg OF the emery ball. "Falky'
was wise and kept the secret, but
Ford says the player he had told
impaired the secret to still another
hurler and then things happened
rapidly. The secret got out and soon
the emery ball gained such notoriety
that it was barred.
VIII Try to ~come Back
Ford left the New York Americans
before the delivery was barred, hurd-
ling to the Feds. Last year he sign
ed with Denver and went back there
again this year. but was released not
long ago. He was a free agent when
signed by Toledo.
Can he beat back" to the place
he once held in the ranks OF base
balls pitchers with Ed Sweeney az
his battery mate again?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31

FOR RENT-216 N. 18th st. 523 b
street w. B. Collins.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31
ENTERTAINERS At BreaI<tast.

Fort Madison Gem City: Miss
sarah Hamilton entertained 4 COM
pany Of friends at breakfast yester-
DAY morning at the Keokuk Country
club. The party left here at ten
o'clock in the Williams and Hamilton
cars, and breakfast was served at
eleven-thirty. The affair was given as
q social attention to Miss Celeste
Lamb of Clinton, Iowa. the guest OF
Miss Katherine Doerr, and Miss
Marion Crosley OF Milwaukee who
spending the summer here. Six.
Ten sn3oye0 the delightful affair, as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31

FOR RENT Three unfinished
rooms, electric lights and water,
2O8 South Ninth street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31
Mis-. Green WEEDS.

Friends in the city have received
announcement of the marriage OF
Miss katherine Green, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Green. Of Chi
cago, to Mr.. Joseph Young. The wea-
ding occurred at st. Pauls cathedrai'
Pittsburgh, Pa, on July rs. Both
we're former residents OF Keokuk, the
Greens having moved recently 70
Chicago. Mr.. Young is an electrical
engineer and was employed here dur'
lng the construction OF the water
power plant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-31
Liberal Response Asked.

The librarians ara hoping Tor a
liberal response to the request made
IN The Gate City on Saturday for
Books to be sent to soldiers camps.
The city libraries all over the coun-
try are collecting books OF fiction,
OF travel, Of adventure and others OF
similar character. French grammars
are also asked for. The Keokuk pub.
lie library will receive and forward
the books donated for the purpose.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-09

which for a time marred England's
chances in the war.
Entrance OF Cuba into the war,
plus possible entry Of Brazil, Argen-
tina and perhaps others this week,
bids lair to have a vital effect upon
developments, adding as it does to
crushing weight against HOhenzOl-
lernism.
New reasons for prosecuting war
Telentlessly, il any such be needed
were furnished by Belgian atrocities
reported by state department show
ing cOnclusively that Germany's
heartIessness is a menace not alone
to Belgium, but to the world. Report
described Germany as gradually
drawing the strangling steel net
about Belgium, making her a vast
inteTnmenJ camp.
The war department preparation
Tor a big army under expected con-
gressiOnal passage OF administration
war bill is ready for recruit work. At
same time the department is keeping
an eye on Mexican border situation,
though latest reports from Gen. Per-
shing indicates no present cause for
alarm.
Other government branches are
prosecuting thoroughly the hunt for
German spies. Particular care is
taken to strip the border Of any of
these intriguing German hirelings.
The state department anticipated
today that it would soon know Off
ciaHy about reported Austrian break
in relations.
hAAAAhAAlAlA
ZEPPELIN BASE PLANNED FOR
DANISH WEST INDIES
Copenhagen, April e.-The United
l.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-09

chase them from Denmark was not
clear. Denmark, because of its geo.
graphic position, is dominated by
Germany, and for reasons of nation
al safety would undoubtedly have
acquiesced in whatever course Ger.
many demanded.
aee
= WAR NOTES
81 8 . .
Wagner School, Batavia, stopped
singing Of Die Yacht am Rhein."
Four hundred drug clerks rendered
services to Red Cross.
War was subject of many Easter
sermons in churches yesterday.
First Illinois infantry preparing
for war. Expects call this week.
Hundreds of wireless stations,
closed by govt Saturday, dismantIed
yesterday.
Bernard J. Burns, Jr, II, son of
Police Lieut.. Burns, enlisted in Co. I,
First infantry.
Sol WesterfeId, expires. National
Grocers' assn, wants U. S. to take
steps to insure adequate food supply
during war
Great Lakes training station to be
mobilization base for middle western
naval recruits. 10000 expected to
gather there.
B. A. Eckhardt, pres. B. A. Eek
hardt Milling Co., says farmers must
sow every bit of land to prevent a
wheat famine.
Milan Lus<, WiImette, who was in
Austria when war broke out and was
prisoner % days, is back. Says huns
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
COOK INLET
 ICE BOUND

SeldoYia - Attempts to navigate Cook inlet by the tug L. Roscoe in January were doomed to failure be- fore she left Seward, because the lower ice fields tn the inlet extend below kenai and came farther south at times. The clearing of the ice from Turnagain and Knik arms had no effect on these fields extending from above the Fore lands southward.
 On the 26th of this month the launch Rosebud made a trip up the inlet to Ninilchik with MT. l.. Busckmann of the Deep Sea Salmon Co. and MT. John Tennyson of the North Western Fisheries Co.,, land ed them and waited one tide. Ninil- Chik people said it was one of the coldest days they had this winter. Everyone was well and hoping the weather would turn warmer. It was the lower limit of the ice field.
 On the 27th and 2Sth the same launch, bound to and from Bear Cove, encountered ice that had drifted off the flats, and this field extended from Homer to the Yu- kou islands, but easy to go through and would not delay large vessel.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
FEEL LIKE
 GIVING UP?
Many Alaska People On the Verge
 of Collapse.

A bad back maks you miserable all the time
 Lame every morning; sore all day.
 It hurts to stoop- it hurts to straighten.
 What with headache, dizzy spells, urinary weakness.
 No wonder people are discour- aged,
 Who do not know the kidneys may be the cause of it all.
 Give the weakened kidneys need ful help.
 Use a tested and proven kidney remedy.
 None endorsed like Doan's Kid ney Pills.
 Mrs. Louis T. Jarvis, 922 E. St., Sacramento, Cal, says: sharp pains darted through my loins and between my shoulders. My back was weak and lame and it was an awful task for me to sweep or do any work about the house. I felt tired and exhausted. Headaches and dizzy spells added to my dis tress and the action of my kidneys annoyed me day and night. The kidney secretions were unnatural. Doan's Kidney Pills strengthened my kidneys and relieved the aches and pains."
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy - get Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same that Mrs. Jarvis had. Foster Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Acting City Clerk,

A general municipal election will be held Tuesday, Apri Srd, 1917, for the purpose of electing three Councilmen, one Mayor, a City Clerk, a City Treasurer. and one member-clerk of the School Board.
 The Election will be held at the Town Hall, and the hours for voting will be from a. m. to z D. n.
 Voters for Councilmen, Mayor Clerk and Treasurer, must be citi- zens of the United States, or those whc have declared their intention to become such; must be twenty one years of age or over, who have resided continuously one year next preceding the date of election in the territory of Alaska, and for six months next preceding the date of election in the Town Of Skagway, and who have been duly registered. All adults, male and female, Who are citizens of the United States, or who have declared their in tenticn to become such; and who are bona fide residents of the Town of Skagway, are qualified t vote for Clerk of the School Board.
 D. MCKAY,
 Acting City Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
YUKON TERRITORY
 TO ELECT COUNCIL

The election for members of the YusCn Territorial Council will oc- cur in all the precincts of the Yu- ken Territory on Thursday. In all districts except that of Whttehorse the contest will be on party lines. In the Whitehorse district there are Conservative party nomin- ees and one independent candidate, The independent candidate is a Lib eral.
 The candidates running in the various Yukon districts are as fol lows:
 Whitehorse - William Drury and Charles H. Johnston, ConserVa- lives, and w. L. Phelps, independ- ent.
 North Dawson - W. J. OBrien and J. P. Cutie, Liberals, and Jo- lseph Baupre and Godfrey Rogers Conservatives.
 South Dawson - Maxwell c. Salter and Samuel Henry, Liberals and Charles L. Dering and Austin Eraser Conservatives.
 KIondike - William Lowden and another candidate to be nominated, Liberals, and Jack Pickering and Jcseph Sills Macintosh, ConserYa- tives.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14

teenth story of Q sky-scraper, whose dome is obscured from view by clouds of smoke which changes the marble, concrete or stone to dir ty dingy slate color, while here in the north the citizen or tourist looks away to the snow capped mountains, reflecting 8 silver sheen from the golden sunlight.
 He forgets all about the stock markey where bonds and wheat is the all-absorbing topic and willing Iy listen to a story of how a pound trout was taken out of such and such a stream trickling or roaring down such and such mountain, or he liseens with an interest all too apparent to a story of how a great moose or caribou or grizzly was killed with single shot,
 Her Ladyship Tourist forgets plans for dinners, where covers are to be laid for sixteen and how her dinner gown is to be cut in wandering about, possibly unaccom- panied, from one flower garden to another, and she is oYerioyed when she is courteOuslX invited withA the gate by the RosPitable wife o1 the uurtherner and presented with bouquet of Qansies sparkling WltA dew or 8 beautiful cluster o1 blooms plucked fresh from Vari- colored bed of asters or danIlas' Soon this lady of fashion is brought back to earth and joins in sis terlY conversation with the woman from the north, and it is a safe bet tba- this woman from her pal ace on Fifth Avenue in New ,fork C;tv will tell in her social circles on her return of the open hearted hospitality she had received while in Alaska, while she would not think ct mentioning the courteous treatment she had received at the heuds of some clerk or bell hop in q hotel in Chicago or San Francis co.
 Now we have arrived at one ot the greatest assets of which the North can boast, HOSPITALITY That is it. That is what has made the nervous, discontented resident Of the crowded eenters Of Kultur- ed United Stated look to Alaska for relaxation and recreation. Here is where Dame Nature beckons to all, and here is where all those who are tired with the strife of battling Tor a very existence in the states will come for REST.
 New then, let us all organize in an effort to make SkagEay the most cordial and the most hospit- able community in all Alaska, and ! le' Us take steps al once 10 pre- pare 3 reception for the Alaska Blu reau. There will be ladies and gentlemen. There will be the need cf Skagway ladies joining in the movement. Let us all act, and tonight when Mayor Ashley, vice president of the Skagway Com merciaI Club calls the meeting to order, let every man or woman who is Q member, as well as those who would ike to become members, be present to make plans for the en- tertainment of not only the Alaska Bureau, but the horde of strangers who are booked to visit us this summer and put our hospitality to the test.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
REGISTRATION NOTICE

All citizens, male and female, de- string to vote for candidates for the Common Council and Board of Education of Skagway, Alaska, at the municipal election to be held on Tuesday April, Srd, 1917, must register.
 The registration books will be open at the Town Hall, from 7:SO to 9:30 o'clock every evening, from Monday March 18th, until Satur- day, March S1st, 1917.
 D. MCKAY,
 Acting City Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTICE

There will be 8 meeting of the Skagway Commercial Club at the City Hall Wednesday, March 14th, at o'clock p. m., the Hon. H. Ashley, Mayor, the Vice President, will preside. All members who have the interests of Skagway at heart and possess sufficient civic pride for the Garden City, are respectfully requested to be pres ent.
 PHIL ABRAHANs, Sec.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-14

Several days ago We printed a dis .cL rom Seattle, in which agway Was informed that a large .egaiIou oI the Alaska Bureau Of Seattle Chamber Of Commerce uId spend two days in Skagway, y 24 to July 27, that is they uld arrive here Cu the evening of twenty-fourtb and remain un-
 the morning of the tweuty-seY- h.
 Today We are printing an article ich tells what Juneau has al ,1y done to care for these dis guislcd men while they are in . Capital City. The common coun-
 have recognized the urgency of . case and importance Of proyid- ; suitable entertainment for these Il t-at they may go away from # city bearing with them a last !; impression of the resources, h mineral and agricultural as Il as having been shown the ludeur Of the scenery, which is
 te 8 wonderful asset in the $ to come as g means of compet-
 win other portions of the
 Ia for pleasure seeking travel Travellers to the north do not ex- t 10 lind the perfect accommOda- Ill this new land Of wonders ,, they find jn cities hundreds of .rs old, nor do they expect to d the cordial hospitality that is .o:ded them when they arrive Inc matter of accommodations is question which is only to be yt4 by time, and as those select . Inc north as their objective .ut for summers trip, when .y arrive in the far famed land sold and glaciers, prOspectors, u and game, they are surprised find even Q semblance of up-to- .e hotels, automobiles, good shops ] numerous other prCOis that they still in Q land of civilization. ey are surprised to lind that
 only difference between the tropolitan cities of the north ] the huge commercial centers of
 states is the size. In the les oE the states they have hun .ds and perhaps thousands or els and restaurants. Here they q less of them, but the hotels l restaurants are equal in pro ,ticn to the size of those of the gest cities. Here they lind the omobiles, the same kind as are ven on Fifth Avenue in New rk and Third Avenue in Seattle. 2 they are fewer in number. the cities of the states are the ge department stores. Here we e the department store on a less scale, but the stock is none the 5 complete to meet the needs or
 frcutiersman as well as the rist who does most of his shop 2 at Fields in Chicago, or the q Marche in Seattle. In the es uF the states, the citizen or rist looks high up to the eigh-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Items OF Interest Taken from the Siftings of This
Corresponding Week Fifteen Years Ago

H. A. Hanson had gone to Boss
burg, Washington.
Mrs. Mcdaniel was to enterta in
the Discussion club.
Walter Moscript had filed On a
homestead near Sterling.
A. L. Collins, we'll known here,
had been killed in Telluride.
The Unity club had met with
Mrs. Craig to study Shakespeare.
Ken Hughes was here to interest
people in taking the Kelley cure
Andrea Rosetti and Cattermia
DAM had secured marriage
license.
Charles Linn had been married
in Peoria, Ill.,, to popular young
lady of that city.
Misses Florence Bond and Jenny
Nichols were home from school in
Denver for Thanksgiving.
Complaints were coming in that
the curfew law was not being en-.
forced. Parents were blamed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Moritz
were taking their one-year.old baby
to Denver hospital for treatment
for pneumonia.
The Sulitilma Tunnel company
had incor porated with a capital
stock OF $50. 900. and the Fostoria
Gold Mining company, of 81 600
coo. They were both to operate
in Clear Greek county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30

Contests arranged at the central
school had proven of much interest.
II. Foster Balm was intending to
marry Miss Mary Wright Of Kan
sas City aud to make his home in
Cripple Greek for the future.
Clark Cleveland, who bad been
serving Jail sentence of six
months for the killing of John
johnson, at Empire, had been re-
leased. He went to his home in
Empire.
Otto Hausing had furnished
$1,000 bond to the district court
and had been released. He was
alleged to have appropriated s. ,O53
from the Kaverne Mining end
Milling Co.
James E. Bowden, former man.
ager of the Stanley, was i'll the
city again after trip east where
he had secured capital to purchase
the Josephine lode, just above the
Stanley. The deal was supposed
to involve at least $4,000.
Jenny Oliver had won FIRST prize
for an essay, with Leslie Chapman
taking second. For a song, Marg-
aret Williamson took FIRST prize.
while Beatrice rule took second.
In a debate, Herman Weinberger
aud Harold Ireland won ia the
affirmative to abolish capital pun :
ishment, Kenneth Moscript and
Ernest Clayton took the negative
side.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30
Increasing Scarcity OF Labor

country rich food products with fine climatic conditions,
pity millions dollars of food products shall be lost be-
cause haven he labor o save and market them.
labor scarcity this fall in the states has been
great prosperous and keep the high
depvng the big of needed supplies
From Colorado Oregon and from Utah to Montana and all over
of and picked for
lack of boxes and people pack the fruit
The lack sporaon causing losses
OF produce
is needed by the world needed before
The better supplies of farm labor and
distribution of the will be impossible for farmers
harves increased which they will put out.
Proper labor supply and distribution of the same
problem taken seriously and it
should have attention from the farm production standpoint
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30
Why Not Export Corn?

1t often asked why export instead Of wheat
for the allies Europe The Government
In Europe they accustomed the
do know how to handle and cook They
only for animals
The prejudice and lack of knowledge overcome
Europe there mills suitable to grind the
In the form of meal does well
small Large quantities will cheat and
worthless This the obstacle all nsporta-
ton and of large scale Nearly all Of spoil
T1HE THREAT of the Colorado Mining association to
the of blue sky law by the Legislature
u doesn't have scared the wildcat promoters
They are still gathering in the easy coin,
I(V1O FAR AS WE have paper in te ha
sought to defend the Nonpartsan
" Riddle exposed the crowd which speaks mighty
press of Colorado
(NEE WEE LESLIE HUBBARDS gubernatorial boom seems
to have hard shedding and the already looking
u around for capable to general
tYlTHEN WE read about tin rollers getting
IU Sl2 day and coal commence to un-
w derstand something of the high living question
We informed the Labor has concud
ed to abolish its former nonIartan position politics
next In view of the fact that labor always
head heels and threatened running
scalp he didn't play the Establishment as
kind of humor
Townley president Nonpartisan League who is ahead
from all reports just $4,000 collected members
Gently appeared before national gathering
Labor and asked the fellows Talk about prof
iteers-where do you place this fellow?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30
Held Fast By
His Trousers

One Of the natives
of Floyd Hill-we
won't tell you his
name this time-had
a peculiar accident the
other day. He was
chopping wood way
up on the mountain
and had driven a big
wedge in a log that
was most too large to
handle, and sat down
on the log to partake
of his lunch which his
good wife had prepared
for him.
just as he was eat
ing the sixth hard
boiled egg the wedge
few out of the log in
some manner and he
was a prisoner.
| Our woodchopper
friend struggled to get
loose, but the more he
struggled the weaker
he got and as night
drew on he began to
realize that he was
"up against it,. The
very thought of sitting
on that log all night
a I'm ost drove him
frantic, but that didn't
do any good and he
was compelled to sit
there all night and he
almost froze to death
before the morning
sun arose to give him
warmth and courage.
Then, all of a sudden
with great presence of
mind, he jerked off his
coat and vest and
managed to work him
self out of his trousers,
leaving them a prisoner
in the log instead of
himself. He broke for
home attired only in
shirt, coat and vest,
shoes, etc, and sneak
ed home to report to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30

his wife how he had
b ee n compelled to
spend the night.
After a good, hearty
breakfast he returned
to work, removed his
pants from the log and
went to work again as
happy as a lark in
springtime.
All he would say to
your Floyd Hill CORE
spondent was that it
would be a cold day
before he would get
caught that way again,
and that if be does he
will have sense enough
to remove his pants
more promptly and moi
sit there all thru 8
cold, windy night.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30
Closed Shop Robs Men OF Work

The tight for the closed shop fight unions monopoly
of employment in any industry they unionize.
With fifteen of the abos city unionzed the
closed shop that eighty five per shut
They must either the entrance fees and dues demanded by
the be turned from employment industries that
need them.
At this the nations history when every and
who work needed for production shut
In England the cards rules and regulations had to by
the board for the period of the enable England the
enemy
For the the big like
and smelling shpbulng have been held
Public sentiment has developed against the idea of shutting
productive employment robbg them of chance
the industrial prosperity produced by the conditions
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-11-30

Thanksgiving Day
has come and gone,
and a most joyous
Thanksgiving it was
for us turkey raisers.
We sold Jack Marker
Wis at Ide Ho our en-
tire turkey crop at
great big prices, but
that didn't prevent
Jack making a SUBJ
stantial profit. We
natives, down here, in
vested our turk y
money in Liberty
Bonds and ate roast
rooster ourselves. We
mean the good, young.
yellow legged Ply
mouth Rock roosters
the kind with a good
appetite. By dispos-
ing of them we will
be able to save. a vast
amount of high.priced
feed, and our Liberty
Bonds bought with
our turkey money mot
Turkish), are drawing
interest all the time.
1t is pretty hard for
even an Ide BIO butch
er to get ahead of a
Floyd Hill farmer.