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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
MAJOR LEAGUE
CAMPS GIVEN
Training Camps for Nationals and
Americans Given Out by Man;
ayers Last Sun
day.

Training camps for the big spring
drive of the major baseball leagues
were announced in the Chicago Trib-
une yesterday. Texas and Florida tie
for first place in securing the camps.
They get four apiece. Arkansas and
Louisiana are tied for the BOBBY prize
with one each
The camps are as follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
LOW FIGURES
IN BASEBALL
Salary of Team In the 7Os Little
Larger Than for Star Now
Receipts Small for
Season.

A glimpse Of the baseball OF the
early 7Os is given in pamphlet on
the game published in 1875, which was
recently unearthed by devotee Of the
sport.
The booklet, which Is equivalent to
the present day baseball guide, con-
sists OF about thirty pages instead OF
the several hundred now necessary to
chronicle the records Of the many ma
ior and minor league teams.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

fifth We have had famous Yale
oarsman, we have had a dozen foot
fall players whose names are college
by-words, we have had the real sol
der of fortune Among them was a
strapping fellow who was once a
crack man of the Northwest mounted
police of Canada, and scores of
others just as interesting.
Anxious to Get in, but Too Old.
Yesterday, for instance, an Eng
lishman came in and said he wanted
to enlist. He had the physique and
he was just the kind of man, so far
as appearances went, that we want
ed; but unfortunately he was over
age, and under the law as 1t now
stands we were unable to give him
his chance. It may interest you to
know that that Englishman was once
an orderly for Lord Kitchener, and
a veteran Of both the Indian and
South African campaigns. Like
lot of other good fighters, however,
he is just a little too old for service
in an age such as this.
Another interesting chap who
wants to go overseas with US was
until few months ago an aviator
with the British forces in France.
He was +gassed and put out Of bust
ness. but now appears to be all right
again. We hope to be able to take
him on. There was also among our
recent applicants the principal of
well-known New York school for
boys. But he had no mechanical ex-
perience. When we told him he could
not be accepted he volunteered to go
about the country, at his own ex-
pense. to aid us in our recruiting.
He is the right sort of an American
and we will probably take advantage
of his generous Offer
Captain George pointed out that
all men accepted for the tank SER
vice enlist as privates. However, the
recruit has a chance for rapid promo
ton, chance greater perhaps than
in any other branch Of the army.
This IS due to the fact that in each
tank regiment two-thirds of the
enlisted men are non-commissioned
officers. In the tanks" there are two
"non-coms" for every private. while
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
Pure Blood Means Perfect
Health.

The average druggist has handled
hundreds of medicines in his day,
some of which have long since been
forgotten.
But there is one that has been sold
by the druggists throughout this
country, for more than fifty years,
and that is S. S. S., the reliable blood
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
Many Names Still Familiar.

Much Of the space is devoted to the
doings Of the Boston National associa-
ton club, winner of the championship
for the previous year. The combination
included several players, the names Of
whom are still familiar to the fans OF
this day That they were highaclass
players according TO the standards Of
those times goes without saying, yet
there Is nothing to indicate that they
were supermen either on the diamond
or OFF the field OF play.
The personnel OF the Boston club Of
thar year shows that of the twelve
players whose physical dimensions are
given, A. G. Spalding, pitcher and CEN
ter fielder was the only one who ex-
ceeded the 6-foot mark The majority
!of the players ranged from 5 feet 6
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
War Time Advice.

Washington Times: To let hatred
sink too deeply into the mind and
heart is bad for the hater
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

inches to feet inches, and the aver,
age weight was not more than 10y
pounds. The heaviest man on tne
team was McVey, who tipped Tue
scales at 100 pounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
Lieut. John T. Owen, Who Is In 65th
Engineers, VIII Be One OF the
OFFICERS Of the New
Contingent
WENT TO CAMP DODGE
He Was Among Twelve Who Left Here
In First Increment Last Septem-
Dor and Has Been
Promoted.

a Keokuk man, one of the first to
go into the national army from here,
will be in the new tank units OF the
army. He is Lieutenant John I.
owen Sixty-f1fth engineers. N. A.,
and he is stationed now at camp
UPTON, Long Island. Lieutenant
owen was among the first twelve
men to go from here to Camp Dodge
last September. He was in the men
picked for officers training for the
engineers, and was sent to Camp
Lee, from which place he has gone
to New York, and will be one OF
the officers Of this tank unit, so his
friends here expect.
The New York Times of February
10 has the following interesting story
of the new tank unit:
When the American army, under
General Pershing, throws Its fuli
force into the struggle on the west
ern battle front, the American ad-
vance fighting units will be backed
by a great "tank' organization which
will include hundreds, If not thou
sands. of the armored- crawling trac-
tors which have rendered such great
service with the British and French
during the offensives of 1917. The
above statement was made to The
Times by an officer who is attached
to the new American tank" service.
The recruiting of the men who Will
man the first tank organizations is
now going on in New York, Chicago,
Cleveland, and Detroit districts and
will shortly be extended to cities IN
all parts of the country.
For the present the tank" recruits
are being sent to Camp Upton, where
the Sixty-fifth regiment of engineers,
which Is a tank unit. is being or
ganized under the command of one
of the most famous engineer officers
in the army. The name of this off,
Ger is withheld for the present by
official request. The Sixty-hfth Is
not a part of the Seventy-seventh, or
! metropolitan division" at Camp
Uton, but is an Independent unit
which is expected to proceed over
seas perhaps weeks ahead of the
New York fighters.
The insignia to be worn by officers
and enlisted men of the tank SER
vice have been approved by the war
department In both instances the
dominating feature Of the insignia is
the tank" itself. the device show
ing the tank as it appears as 1t lum-
bers forward bow-on in the direction
of the enemy lines. The tanks are
in practically all respects the same
in construction and size as those used
by the British under Field Marshal
Haig. In the case of officers the
number of the tank regiment appears
directly under the machine, while in
the case of enlisted men the letter
of the company appears.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
EnIists Many Merry Fighters


Captain H. H. George. Sixty-fifth
engineers, is in charge Of the tank"
recruiting service in New York City.
He began his drive for men last
Monday, and up to last night had
enlisted, as he put it, ''as fine a
bunch of nervy fighters as I or any
other man has ever seen" These
men who are destined to man the
American tanks are in every instance
fellows who understand mechanics
and gasoline engines, and nine out
of ten is an expert chauffeur.
For the present" said Captain
George last night, "the tank units
appear on the records as engineer
units. Whether they will later be
given distinctive names of their own
is a question that the war depart
ment will have to answer. My in
formation is that our tank service is
to be the equal Of any in any army
in the world, and that our units will
man and fight not one or two. but
hundreds of the new famous fighting
tractors In other words, we are
going into the tank business on
big scale, and we are after the men
who want to fight and fight quick
for their country, and / am violating
no secret when / say we are getting
the men we want
1--WE are permitting no man to
enter this service blind-folded When
he comes in here I'VE tell him exactly
what he will be expected to do The
danger of the service is emphasized
and when he signs his name he
knows that he has enlisted for a
service that which none will prob
ably see more or more dangerous
action in Europe. We want the fell
low of an adventurous disposition,
the fellow who wants to get into the
thick of it and get into it quick
After we have outlined what the ser
vice means to a prospective recruit
and he has shown by the light in
his eyes that it's the Kind Of ser
vice he wants, we proceed with the
technical part Of the examination. It
is absolutely necessary that the
tank man shall know something
about the mechanics Of the service
and that is one of the reasons why
men who operate motor boats, auto
mobiles and other gasoline driven
,, vehicles and craft are especially de.
! sired at this particular time. That
is why we are now concentrating our
recruiting efforts in the great auto
mobile manufacturing centres
During the week just ended we
have had hundreds of the finest
chaps in the world come to us for
the purpose Of getting into the Sixty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

State of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
In the District Court Of said County
At KeOkIk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11
Swiss Curtains $1.55 Pair

Neatly fashioned with lace
insertion or with lace edges.
Colors-White, cream and ecru.
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LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
II skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

squeeze the juice OF two lemons in
TO n bottle containing three ounces OF
Orchard White. shake well. and you
have quarter pint OF the best
freckle. sunburn and tan lotion. and
complexion beautifier. at very. very
small cost
Your grocer has the lemon, and
any drug store OF toilet counter will
supply three ounces OF Orchard
White for n few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the face.
neck. arms and hands each day and
zee how frecklcs. sunburn. windburn
and tan disappear. and how clear,
soft and white the skin becomes
Yesl 1t is harmless.
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ALLIES Menace
CHIEF RAILWAY
LINE OF HUNS

WASHINGTON. Oct IL The
capture OF lie cateau by the Brit
lsh. Chief Of staff March pointed
out today. brings the allied forces
to within Ia miles OF the most
strategic. town Of Aulnoyo--the
great junction point Of two rail
roads comprising the chief artery
Of communication Of the German
forces In Belgium and France.
one branch leads TO Mhubeuge
and Lieg.. and the other TO Metz.
An advance of few more miles.
he said. will put this line under
command OF the allied guns.
SKATER Resistance
The enerny's resistance IN the lie
carau region is shattered and
constant pressure OF the allied
forces In keeping the Germans con
ntantiy on the go. March declared.
In the north the British are IL
miles from Nai~nciennes and com
municationa with that city are
threatened.
From September 20 20.
March said. the allied armie~
captured 1854 Officers. iso.iss
men. 600 guns and more Than
10000 machine guns.
From July IL To September
II. they captured sfs.isi men
and 3.ese guns and vast guam.
Titles 81 other weapons. These
figures do not include captures
of men and material by Gen.
AIlenby In Palestine. March de
elared
March located specific units IA
follows:
Ninety first division Camp Lewis
In the training area In France.
Delaware troops. contained In the
18th division have recently reported
in tho line. exact location unknown.
but probably in the Wocvrc.. 32ath
infantry and the Sard are in the
training area In France. isTth IL In
the NoEges on the line. 3srd divi.
sion composed Of the Fourth,
seventh. 3oth infantry. and the
10th. Eighth and 7s,h field artillery
was reported in the Marne attack.
the 5snd pioneer infantry. the s20th
field artillery and tho Sand division
were reported east Of the Argonne.
October 7.
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Wool Plaid Skirts
at $500

Youthful two and three-tone plaids in navy
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They introduce bright, new pockets-doube
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Frenchman, Real
Inventor of the
Zeppelin, Is Dead

tSpeffai 10 ne st9f ~ - T. ~
PARIS. Oct. IL. -- Maurice
ChcVfeuS. the real inventor OF
the famous Zeppelin Rirship. IL
dead. and with his passing en-
phasis Is given the fact that
Count Zeppelin was not the
originator OF the great airship
that bears his name.
chevreux. who was a French
naval engineer. resided for some
years I'm Germany and was "fn-
ployed in the Zeppelin work
shops. and while 80 engaged
he designed the six-cyiinder
motor by which Count Zeppelin
vas able to triumph over tho
difficulty Of making a dirigiblo
that would stay for hours In
the air.
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Tub Dresses
For Miss g to
6-Year-Oh

The tot to the right is
wearing a chambray jump
er-style dress with white
waist; the collar and cuffs
Of chambray, blue and
pink, sl.95.
The little dress to the
left is of chambray also,
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and cuffs. In pink, blue
and green, S1.25.
Colored fun and tidy-up
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-NseDssxaiI Seutkwt~k's Chill
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BOY-EO COMMANDS
a BATTlESHlP NOW

Especial 10 The Star by ~. =. AZ
AMSTERDAM. Oct 1.-THE no
torious Capt. Boyd. former Ger.
man naval Attache at Washington.
has just retired from the dircctorship
Of the press section Of the German
navy department Go command "A bat.
tieship.
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NEUTRAL TRADERS
FlEECEO BY HUNS

Especial 10 The Star by n. r.. A.
STOCKHOLM. oct i1.--Germany
has again raised the conditions I'M
der which she Is granting her
safe conducts" TO neutral shipping.
In the case of Finnish vessels they
are obliged TO deposit $500 In "A
German bank per register ton
This. in practically all cases,
amounts TO more than the value
of the ships.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-11

AKRON. o.. oct. io.--Announce-
ment has been made OF the appoint
ment OF a. -. Jones. second vice
president OF the II. y. Goodrich CO.
as head Of the distribution OF Ameri'
can Red Cross supplies In France.
Before joining the Goodrich com
pany Jones' had held responsible
railroad positions and at one time
was closely associated with Gen. w.
w. Atterbury. now director general
OF the railroads in France for the
United States.
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SHE LOVED A HUN;
NOW SHE'S JAILED

Especial to The star by n. +. ~
LONDON. oct II. 49, Elizabeth
Gihhs. OF wadhurst, has been sen
fenced to three months hard labor
for writing uncensored love letters TO
a German prisoner Of war at a camp
in Sussex She paid a corporal 10
shilllngs each To deliver her letters.
which addressed the Hun as My
dearest boy"
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Good quality marquisette with
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Filet Net and Marquisette Curtains
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The Washington times., 1918-09-11
Photo by Harris & Ewing.

for the Lafayette celebration and for
the reception given by the Greeks of
New York in honor of the archbishop
of Athens.
Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of Brig.
Gen. william Chamberlaine. has re
turned to Washington from York Har-
Dor, Me. On her way back she stop
ped over in Boston, where she was the
guest OF Mrs Barnes, wife of Col n.
c. Barnes.
Miss Gibson EnteFtains.
Miss Mary Duncan Gibson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson Gibson,
is entertaining ten girls overnight at
the Gibson cottage at Cape May, NJ,
for clam bake which is to be given
on the beach tonight and the dance
to follow. MissMargaret Devereux,
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. ]. Ryan
DeyereauX, and the Misses Burritt are
making a more extended visit to Miss
Gibson: and young Randall Lee Glib
son, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson, has
Is his guest the son of Colonel Dali
ton, U. s. A.
Mrs. Gibson and Miss Gibson will
go to New York on September 20 for a
short visit before returning to Wash
ington. Mr.. Gibson is with his fam
lily at Cape May for a brief stay.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
WASH V|RG|N|ARY.
MEN GIVEN RAISE

The Neutrality-suspicious. Railway
Company today notified all trainnen
employed by the company that an in
crease of wages amounting to 10 cents
an hour, would go into effect to-
morrow.
The wages will be the same paid
by the Capital Traction company and
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, and the same wage seal"
adopted by members OF the Garments
union, last Saturday.
They will receive 43 cents an hour
for the first three months of~their
employment, A6 cents an hour for the
next six months employment, and As
cents an hour thereafter. Extra men
will be paid one-half salary from the
time OF reporting until they are as
signed to run, or excused for the day.
The Observation-Disclosures Railway
Company operates between Washing
ton and Mt. Vernon, Washington and
Fort Myer, Washington and Fairfax,
and way stations.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11

recital she is giving at the Dunbar
High School for colored soldiers.
Last evening Mime. Miura gave a pro-
gram of songs including "One Fine
Day" from Madame Butterfly" at
Camp Leach, the American University.
and was received with great en-
thusiasm- On Monday evening she
sang at Camp Humphreys, Belvoir, Va.
On Thursday she has promised to sing
for the convalescent soldiers at the
Walter Reed Hospital. Nine. Miura
has never before sung four evenings
in succession, but she is most en-
thusiastic over the work she is doing
for the soldiers under the auspices of
the War Camp Community Service.
She will be with Mrs. Baker until Sat
urday.
To Return To Capital
Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory. wife
OF the Attorney General, who has
spent much of the summer with her
mother, Mrs. Joseph Nalle, at her
home in Austin, Tex, will return to
Washington Sunday and join Mr..
Gregory at their residence in Six
teenth street.
Miss Gregory Is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William Clark at Spring Lake,
y. J. Male Gregory is here with his
father, having just returned from
Winchester.
The Minister of Sweden, W. \. F. |
Ekengren, will go to New York this
evening to join Nine. EkenGren. who |
is en- route home from EdgartOwn,
hartha's Vineyard, Mass, where she |
spent the summer. They will come |
back to Washington in a few days and |
will take possession shortly OF 1925 |
Sixteenth street, the home OF Mr.. and |
Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman, which they |
have leased for the winter. The lega- |
ton has been established for some |
time at $50 y street.
The Washington times., 1918-09-11

The President at the Pay-he Swedish Minister Eneans
ingtOnans Returning to Town.
TIME PRESIDENT AND MRS.

TINE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
WILSON attended the per
Torrance at Polls Theater
last evening, accompanied by
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and Mr..
and Mrs. Julian Boiling. Mr.. and
Mrs. Boiling dined at the White House
before the play. This morning the
President and Mrs. Wilson played
round OF golf.
The Secretary of State of Mrs. Ian
sing will have a few guests to dine
with them informally this evening
The Minister of Sweden, Mr.. Eken-
gren, entertained at luncheon at the
Metropolitan Club today in compli-
ment to Ira Nelson Morris, American
minister to Sweden. Among the
guests were the Secretary OF State,
Mr.. Lansing; Senator Key Pittman,
the Minister of Norway, Mr.. Bryn:
Congressman julius Kahn. Colville
Barclay, charge d'affaires OF Great
Britain: Breckenridge Long, Third As
sistant Secretary of State: John Bar
rett director general of the Pan
American Union; Joseph c. Grew, OF
the State Department: Jonkheer de
Beaufort, charge d'affaires of the
Netherlands: A X. NordVail, Spe-
cial commissioner of Sweden; Baron
Knut Bonde and Count Goran
Rosen, first and second secretaries of
the Swedish legation, and Olof H.
Lamm, who is attached to the Swed-
ish commission as shipping delegate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris, who are spend
ing some weeks in Washington, are
being the recipients of much hospi-
tality. and tomorrow the French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand will
give luncheon in their honor. On
Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
were hosts at one OF series OF in
formal dinners they are giving at
Cliveden. the country home OF Dr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, which
they are occupying. Their guests
were the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Lane. Henry White, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph c. Grew. Basil Miles, o.
J. Francis, and Mr.. johnson.
Nine. 1iura to Sing.
Nine Afiura, the famous japanese
singer, who is the guest OF Mrs. New
ton Baker. will divide the program
with Mrs. Baker this evening at the
The Washington times., 1918-09-11
Dunk-Lear Wedding.

The marriage of Miss Ada Virginia
Lear and Capt. Mari IN Gilbert Dunk,
trench warfare service, u $. a. VIII
lake place this afternoon at the home
OF the brides sister and brcthcT-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross l.. Fryer, 1903
Livingston pIl:e. Chevy Chase. the
ceremony will be performed at i
o'clock bv :!le Rev. Harvey Durham,
~ the Western Pa esDy.arian Church.
The brides Only attendn1: will be her
sister. Miss Katharyn Elizabeth Lear,
who will be maid of honor, aud Mr.
Fryer will be best man for the bride
groom. A reception will follow the
ceremony, at which a few intimate
friends and relatives Of the young
couple will be present. The house
will be effectively decorated in pink
gladiolis and ferns.
The bride will he married in wed
ding gown OF white geOrgctte crepe
embroidered by hand, and her veil.
which is four yards long. is of tulle
and rose point lace. II will be caught
in cap fashion with wreath Of
orange blossoms. She will carry
shower bouquet OF orchids and lilies
OF the valley.
The maid OF honor, who will also