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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
BIGGEST FAIR
AT KAHOkA
Attendance Expected to Establish New
Record Today-Additlona
Barns Required for
Stock Exhibits.
Especial to The Gate City.1

Especial to The Gate Clty.1
KAHOKA, Mo-, Sept. 4.-The Clark
county fair opened with the usual first
I day crowd in attendance. The predic-
ton made by this correspondent that
this would be the best fair IN the MIS-
tory of the association, In point OF ex-
hibits and in the racing events. mas
been verified, and the attendance
today will undoubtedly establish now
record Additional pavilions ana
barns were required to accommodate
the large number Of cattle and hog
entries. In fact trip through the
cattle barns and hog pens will con-
vince the most skeptical that Clsrh
county Is forging to the front In this
respect. More and better cattle ann
hogs are on the grounds this year than
in any previous year. Exhibits In the
floral and art halls are good.
The Community band OF keokuk Is
providing excellent music. The tree
attractions are fine and well worth the
price Of admission alone. A special
train win bring Keokuk and inter
mediate points today. The train left
Keokuk at / o'clock and departs vt
$50
The races Wednesday were good,
the 2:16 pace being the most inter-
esting feature Following is a sum-
mary:
2:2s Trot.
BiPaso, b. g., Clark Bros,
Memphis, Mo. ...............
Little Boy, b. g., Brose johnson.
Granger, Mo. ............... 4
kymo F., b. s., w. H. Boyd.
Knox City, Mo. ........... "a 3
The Main Lady, b. m. H. e.
Reidle. Carthage, Ill. ........ 3 5
Acquinlan, b. g., D. Clark
Thomas, Knox City. Mo. -. l
Best time 2:17A.
2:15 Pace.
Bessie Winfield, blk. NJ, 0. d.
Harris, Plymouth, Ill. ...... z
McGregory Mack, CHI. g., H. ].
Mckinley, Trenton, Mo. -. 8
White Sox, b. e., Brose john
son, Granger, Mo. .-.......
Earl Lawson, b. g., D. Clark,
Knox City, Mo. ...........
Best time 2:15A.
Half Mile Running Dash.
Grain Creek, s. G., B. Zimmerman,
Memphis, Mo.
DR.. Hall, b. e., j. Gordy, Downing,
MO.
Tommie Murphy, 8. g., Bert kel-
sey, Memphis, Mo. .............
Thistle, s. g., E. Gordy, Downing, Mo-, 3
Time so.
County Running Race, Half Mile and
Repeat.
Bessie B., 8. m, F1onnie Chriss-
man, Kahoka, Mo. .......... ! 1
Pearl D.. p. m, Harold Rodgers,
Kahoka, Mo. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Billie, s. g., Chas. Rutherford,
p. B., NJ. D. Bash, Kahoka. MO. z .
Time :54.
Thursdav,s races-2.11 pace: 2:2O
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
National League.

ToDAY'S SCHEDULE.
American League.
Washington at Philadelphia.
National League.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
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delphia- Other championship matches
that seemed possible with the break.
ing Of the weather jinx. were the bat.
ties between Vincent Richards, Yon.
kers, and A. H. Chaplin, Jr., Spring.
field, Mass, for the junior national
championship, and Fred q. Anderson,
Brooklyn, against Clarence Hopsrt.
New York, for the veteran national
championship.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
.ot; Three-year-old pace and running
CHARGED with eiaamy.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-Harry Thomp-
son, shipping clerk, was in jail here
today, held on the charge OF bigamy.
A year and half ago Thompson
was said to have met and married
Emil Cheil, Dubuque. Iowa, and
brought her to Chicago. Later Police
said. Thompson informed his wife he
had been promoted to travelling
salesman. She doubted his CONNER
cial success and told her fears to po-
lice. They alleged Thompson also
lived at another address and was en-
numbered with another wife.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
Churches to Aduertise

LAKE GENEVA, Wis, Sept. A.
Plans for an advertising campaign to
be conducted by individual churches
were outliend to the delegates Of the
Presbyterian New Era conference by
J. B. Wootan, director Of publicity for
the Presbyterian church. The adver-
Using is to be done in local news
papers, Plans will be presented to
the local churches.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
Report Late Today.

rIrn,ted Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Sept. "A report
upon efforts that have been mace 70
ward arranging conference between
Judge Gary Of the United States Stee,
corporation, and officials OF the s,eel
workers unions was to be mace late
today at meeting OF the union rep
resentatives here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
Sun Shines AGAIN.
UNITED Press Leased Wire

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
FOREST HILLS. L. l., Sept. 4.-The
sun shone here this morning for the
first time in several days and bright.
ened chances for play-off or the ma
tional singles tennis championship be
tween William M. Johnston, San Fran.
cisco, and William T. Tilden, II. Phila-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
Two DAYS Extension,

[ United Press Leased Wire Service.
PARIS, Sept. 4.-The peace confer
ence today granted Austria an extern
sion of two days for her consideration
of the treaty. The Austrian delegates
probably will sign the treaty Sept IL
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
CLINTON, Ia, Sept. 4.-By ma
jority of over 1900, the voters OF
Clinton county yesterday ratified a
$1,8OO,00O bond issue to hard surface
the county roads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
|NcEND|ARY BLAZE THREATENS
TO DESTROY HOTEL kEOKUK
Crowds Watch Fire

Crowds OF people Were attracted
to the spot by the light from the
blaze. The Hotel Iowa windows
which front on Main streea were
lighted up by the fire light and
guests in this hotel had grand STAND
seats for the fire. Guests IN the
Grand whose rooms were on the West
side of the building were reused by
the light and by the commotion-
No one who saw the rre at the
start thought it could ever pc
brought under control. People who
were there expected to see the entire
building 60 up in fire and smoke AS
fast as the water hit the blaze IN
one spot, an answering challenge
" ould break out in the floor above.
Fighting from floor to floor, however.
the fremen checked the spread OF
the blaze and finally supdued 1t
Guard Against Spread.
Lines were used from the central
station truck and the Tenth street
reel. The West keokuk reel re-
sponded to the general alarm, ana
was kept in reserve by Chief Ander-
son to use in csse of sparks spread
ing to any Of the whoresale district
which adjoins the hotel property, or
in case fire carried over into the
residences a block away.
Fallen plaster, broken glass
puddles of water on the old tile
floors, charred woodwork and the
blackened skeletons or beams ana
rafters where the fire was hottest,
tells the story of the blaze last night.
People were attracted to the building
this morning to see what damage was
done.
First Since Year Ago.
This Is the first serious fire which
the old building has had since year
ago when someone rirfed lot OF
machinery in the basement and then
set fire to the building evidently to
hide the crime The department has
been called out on minor alarms OF
burning sawdust, trash piles and the
like. There are plenty Of trash piles
in the old building now, and there
are indications of people having been
in the building before the fire last
night.
Saw Some Men Run Away.
1t develops today that a man who
was passing by the hotel on his way
home last night saw one or two
figures dart out of the rear of the
building and run down the street.
He did not think anything about It
at the time, but before he got home
the fire bells struck the alarm, an
he learned where the blaze was.
He is of the belief that these men
were the same ones who Set the fire,
and who were running lway either
because he was approaching or be-
cause they had completed their work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-04
SPORTS
CLUB STANDINGS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
-
American League.

american ICdyoS.
st. Louis, 6; Cleveland, .. ia In
nings.)
Washington, 4; Philadelphia, 3.
Boston at New York, rain
National League.
Cincinnati, g. Chicago, l.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn, rain
Boston at New York, rain.
st. Louis and Pittsburgh not scheo'
uled. =,
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Fire Last Night Broke Out in
Basement and Spread to
Roof Through West
Wing of Structure.
THOUSANDS SEE BLAZE
Firemen Fight Stubbornly as
Blaze Goes from Floor to
Floor and Finally Bring
It Under Control.

The old Hotel keokuk at Third
and johnson streets was threatened
with total destruction last night by
fire which broke out in the basement
and burned its way through I'VE
stories to the roof. The fire was evil
IDENTIFY started by means OF oil or
gasoline soaked rags, and the fire
men do not hesitate to say that It
was incendIary in it's origin. The
blaze was brought under control
after three hours Of stubborn fire
fighting. The alarm was turned IN
at 1920 p. m. It was 500 o'clock
when the apparatus and men return
ed to their stations.
The old building bears the scars
of the fire today in the shape OF
burned and blackened woodwork in
the rooms, around the windows and
through the floors where the blaze
ate its way last night. The fire
started in the basement at the west
end of the structure and burned
through the areaway ana up to the
roof, through the rooms around this
area.
Job Looked Hopeless.
When the fremen reached the
building last night it looked as if the
struture was doomed. Entrance was
gained through the basement areaway
and four lines Of hose were laid from
the hydrants at Seconu, Third and
Fourth on Johnson streets The
blaze would break out a story higher
and the firemen doggedly dragged
hose up here and flooded the blaze,
only to have to go floor higher as
the blaze climbed.
One line was dragged to the roof,
and this in combination with the
other three hitting the blaze from
below finally reduced the fire to
harmless proportions and then
quenched it completely. That the
fire burned through to the roof was
announced by shower Of sparks
and fire, but the line from the roof
halted any spread of the fire here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Park Theater

Gilbert and Sullivan will continue
their reign at the Park Theater this
week, when the Society of American
Singers will follow it's production of
The Gondoliers," with revival of "The
Pirates of Penzance." Gilbertian humor
possesses an undying quality, which is
exemplified in "The Pirates" with its
travesty of the police force of large
cities. That famous refrain "a police
mans lot is not a happy one" was re-
Gently called to mind by the experiences
Of the constabulary protectors of Bos-
ton. The cast will include Miss Irene
Williams as Mabel, role in which she
viii have an opportunity to display her
skill in coloratura music. Craig Camp
bell and Ralph Brainard will alternate
in the part of Frederick, and Herbert
Waterous will be heard as the Pirate
King. Frank Moulan will be Major Cen
eral Stanley and Sarah Edwards will ap-
pear as Ruth. William Danforth will
have the part of the Sergeant of Police
and Gladys Caldwell will be the Edith.
Morton Adkins as Samuel, Dorothy
Beach as Kate and Helen Bray az Isabel
complete the cast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Aeolian Hall, 8: Is p. m. Violin n
cital hv A hort Nortnba,a,.
Peoples Liberty Chorus

The musical program arranged by
the Peoples Liberty Chorus, to follow
the Christmas tree ceremonies at
the festival, plimentary to 10000
needy children, to be held under the
direction of that organization at the
list Regiment Armory on the evening
of December %, is peculiarly suited to
the Christmastide
The opening number of the chorus
of 1000 voices, under the direction of
L. Camilieri, will be Haydn's SILENT
Night" sung with the audience Of
children and grown-ups. The chorus
will then give Nevin's "Everywhers
Christmas Tonight" Praetorius's IRE
thur Sullivan's "Hark! What Mean
Those Holy Voices; Adams Holy
Night" group comprising Sweet
and Low" Dear Old Pal of Mine"
and Home Sweet Home" and a carol
of the Russian children, concluding the
program with America"
Orchestral selections by sixty play
ers from the New Symphony Society
Will be Interpreted through the choral
numbers. These include "Pastorale,"
from AandePs Messiah; "Pastorale,"
iioih oiAet ArieSlenne, as well as
the intermezzo and "Farandole" from
the same work. Bizet's "Farandole"
will provide the setting for an inter
probation of "The Christmas Star"
Yuletide conceit by twelve of the
juvenile pupils of Florence Fleming
Noyes. Of course, it would be moth
ing less than sacrilege to let tho
evening pass without the childrens
hearing "The Night Before Christmas"
so Julia Arthur has eagerly consented
to deliver the classic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Galet1oar for the Current Weeh

SUNDAY-Carnge Hail. Society,"
Aeoan Hail. Symphony Society," Hppodrom
p % concert by the Paulst Choris
Mccormack; Sixtythd Street recital
Germalne Schntzer; Metropolitan
cert Verdis Requiem Princess song recital by
Maria Grever Greenwich Village
Gauher; City College, by Baldwin,
Quartet
Hail. bv
recital Moncref; II a. m Mr. Rae
bys Musical Morning; Metropolitan House. m French opera
LA Juve Park Theater operetta Pirates Of
IoESDA4-oian Hail. 815 m, Associations
p recital by Hall n violin
recital by jacques Thbaud socetv
Park Theater SIS English
suor Angelica" and "Ganni schicch D. m panooe
Samuel A. Baldwin, Park Thae, English operetta The
Pirates
lHURSDAY-Aeolian Hail. bv
recital OF for
ro"e' Princess Iheater
nege hail. $3.50 by the Philharmonic
opera House. Italian Theater
Sl6 p m English operetta Pirates of Penzance"
FklDA-Alan Hail. Marko9
$40 p m concert by George Harris Chamber Music
society," carnegie Hail. 2:30
metropolitan Opera House m, dAmore"
bltmore IL musical Park
Pirates of Penzance"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS House m French oro~.
p m French at popular Hail. D. m
panofor recital by Guomar
Vertchamp; Carnegie Hail. the benefit Of thu
dAnnunzo Fund; Park Tha English operetts "rhe
Fla OF Pnzance" Academy Brooklyn m concert Of tho
New York Society
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
CiuliO Catti-Casazza
Pays a Tribute
To ROssini's Genius

The following tribute to Rossini by
Giulo Gatti-Casazza appeared in ia
Follies" yesterday:
In 1913, after the extraordinary sue
cess Of "Tancredi" and of "LTtaliana
In Algeri," foreigner who happened
to be in Italy at the time, wrote to a
friend something like this:
"There is man here who has been
able in q short time to capture every
ones heart, every ones mind and every
ones Endorsement. I know of no other
success so brilliant and universal. This
man of whom the people talk even
more than they do of Napoleon himself
years old and Is named Gioachino Ros-
sini."
The foreigner who wrote this was
none other than Stendhal and he re-
corded the simple truth. Now, what was
the reason of success so great and
such as never had rewarded Mozart,
Cimarosa, nor Paisiello nor any of the
other great operate composers of the
eighteenth century?
The chief reason is found in the fact
that Rossini was the first to compose
q music which, while it conformed to
the loftiest demands of art, could at
the same time move, thrill, exalt and
delight. To the precision and correct
ness, to the frigid purity of his great
predecessors he brought melodc in
ventiveness which remains unsurpassed
"a warmth a fire, variety, rich
ness of rhythm and of color-a dash, a
spirit, dynamic force until then un-
known, endowed with power to cap
trivate and satisfy every one, whether
intellectual or otherwise.
In word, Rossini created the opera
popolare--that is, he created the real
opera. Let any one who will be shocked
but such is the fact. Rossni also
was the creator of comic music Paisi-
clio, Cimarosa, Mozart say it with
my hat off-are full of grace and ia
cility, but their works are minus the
genuine, penetrating comic spirit.
As to "LTtaiiana in Algeri," in the
history of the Rossinian operas il
represents a milestone and for the
people, . torrential stream Of gayety
The writer takes great pride in having
accomplished the resurrection Of this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Ballad Concerts

Frederic Warren announces q series
Of five ballad concerts on the Monday
afternoons Of January 26, February 90
March %, April 10 and May 10 at
Aeolian Hall.
The word ballad" is used in the
broad sense that most lyric poems set
to music contain a little story Of love
or Of nature and are often, in fact,
miniature dramas. At these concerts
most Of the numbers will be devoted
to compositions for the voice, and with
the cooperation of the artists engaged
great deal of thought and care will
be used in the selection and arrange
ment of the program which will
offer wide range of many rarely
heard, as we'll as favorite folksongs,
traditional airs and ballads, operate
arias and songs from the old masters
and the modern school of all countries.
They will be sung, whenever adequate
translations of the foreign works are
obtainable, Mn English. A book Of
words containing all texts will be avail
able at each concert.
few ensemble numbers will be
Given, such as vocal duets and trios
with and without violin and violon-
cello selected from the works of
beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Bruch,
Brahms, Weckerlin, Lulli, Nevin, Cor
ing-Thomas and others.
Among the artists who will appear
are Alma Beck. Eleanor Spencer, Nine
Marjorie Squires, Nine. Nevada van
der Veer, Nine. Olga Warren, Irene
Williams, Harry Anderton, Herbert
Oittler, Graham McNamee, Reed Miller,
Cornelius van Vliet, Reinhold Warlich,
Frederic Warren and Walter Greene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Puccini's Trilogy
And 'EMarouf'' Are
Revivals of the Week

"La Juive" will open the fifth week
Of the Metropolitan opera season to-
morrow evening. The cast will include
Mines. Ponselle and Scotney and
Messrs. Caruso, Harold, Rothier,
Chalmers, d'Angelo and Ananian. Miss
CALI and Mr.. Bonfglio will dance.
Mr.. Bodanzky will conduct.
Other operas of the week will be:
The Puccini triple bill-"Il Tabarro,"
"Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schic-
chi''-on Wednesday evening, with
Mines. Farrar Muzio, Easton, Perrin,
Sundelius, Tiffany, Egener, Mellish,
Vosari, Howard, Berat and Arden and
Messrs. Crimi, Amato (for the first
time as Michele), de Luca, Didur, de
laurent, d'Angelo and Reschiglian.
Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct
"Lltaliana in Algeri," on Thursday
evening, with Mines. Besanzoni, Sunde-
Illus and Howard and Messrs. Hackett,
de Luca, Didur and Picco. Miss CALI
and Mr.. Bonfglio will dance. Mr..
Papi will conduct.
"L'Elisir d'Amore," on Friday eve
ming, with Mines. Garrison and Ellis
and Messrs: Caruso, Scott and Didur
Mr.. Papi will conduct.
MdTou1 Will De tne saturday NATL
nee opera, with Mines. Aida and How
ard and Messrs. de Luca, Rother,
Chalmers, de Segurola, Malatesta,
Ananian, Qua and Paltrinieri Miss
Cali will lead the Oriental ballet. Mr..
Wolff will conduct.
Faust" will be the popular price
opera on Saturday evening 1t will be
sung by Mines. Farrar, Delaunois and
Berat and Messrs. Martinelli, Couzi-
lou, Mardones and d'Angelo. Mr.. Bam-
boschek will conduct.
Madame Butterfly" will be given as
a matinee on Christmas Day, with Miss
Farrar and Mines. Fornia and Kellogg
and Messrs. Harold, Scott, Bada,
Ananian, d'Angelo, Audisio and Re-
schiglian. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct.
Verdi's Requiem Mass" will be sung
at to-nights opera concert, by Mines.
Florence Easton and Jeanne Gordon
and Messrs. Charles Hackett and Jose
Mardones. The entire Metropolitan
Opera House chorus and orchestra will
take part under the direction of Macs
tro Giulio Setti.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
VI. Michel F0kine

A man in the thirties, bald, of me-
dunn height, dressed scrupulously in
the fashion, quick in his movements,
with delicate, regular features which
are perfect settings for gray eyes that
are forever changing, alert, tense,
vibrant-such is Michel Fokine, the
real creator of the Russian Ballet as
Paris, London and New York have
known it. Mr.. Fokine has mono Of the
externals of a dancer. Indeed, he
might easily be taken for diplomat
of the old regime, for there is nothing
IN the polished, soft-spoken man of the
world to suggest the radical artist who
fiourishes wherever the Bolshevik dis
pensation falls like mama upon the
faithful.
And the reason is not difficult to
find. Mr.. Fokine is radical who real
ICES the necessity for the conserva-
tive. He has recreated the art of the
ballet, yet he acknowledges his debt to
the past, to the schools Of Italy and
France, and he unhesitatingly says
that his own art could not have arisen
had he not had training in the
classic school Those who have seen
"Aphrodite" at the Century Theater
have brought away with them two pri-
mary impressions, the acting and the
voice of Miss Dorothy Dalton, and the
ballets composed and directed by Mr.
Fokine. We leave to the dramatic de-
partment the hymning of Miss Dalton's
praises, but the ballet, being based on
music, we can be permitted to discuss.
What Mr.. Fokine has been able to
accomplish in the few minutes of the
action allotted to him is extraordinary
No more brilliant dancing was ever
seen in New York on the part of any
corps de bale, than that which he has
evolved from the forty-odd young
American girls, most of whom had
never before danced in public. In
stinctively we call to vision the ballet
Of the Metropolitan Opera, a very
capable and carefully trained group Of
young women. We wonder what Mr..
Fokine would be able to accomplish
with them. We are convinced that the
somewhat stiff and altogether conven-
tional prancings of these young wom-
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en- would take on a rare beauty and
dramatic intensity.
AS has been the case with practically
all the great artists, Mr.. Fokine's ca
reer begun with q battle A grad
uate of the Imperial Ballet, he early
realized that the art Of the dance
had become conventionalized to the
point Of fossilization. The steps were
few and regular, the music set and
utterly inelastic. Mr.. Fokine's first
attempt was to break up the ensemble
into groups. Taking the old music, he
gave each group separate part of the
action. Each group in it's movements
became separate thread which, woven
and interviewer into the others, made
up the complete pattern. No longer
were these patterns standardized, and
from the new weaving were created
fascinating arabesques such as no bal
let master had before dreamed of.
But Mr.. Fokine was not satisfied.
He realized that the old ballet music
was at best artificial and expressed
nothing. He called to his aid the
young Russian composers, Stravinsky,
Tckerepnin and others. He told them
to write music without any regard for
the old set forms of the dance, to
write simply as they felt, and that
their rhythms would take care Of them
selves. He furnished them scenarios
and they set to work. The result was
"L'Oiseau de Feu," "Petrushka" and
others of the ballets brought to US by
M. Diaghileff. AS in Wagner the set
melodies are few, so in these works
the rhythms are flowing, continuous
The music tells the story and to the
music Mr.. Fokine nodded his dancers
movements. To the aid of the new
music he brought in addition the aid
of the new painters. Bakst, Galovine,
Anisfeld and Benoit are some of the
names whose birth into fame synchro-
nized with the revolution in the ballet.
1t is this man, man we'll worthy of
honor, who is shortly to appear in
special performance at the Metropol-
tan Opera House. Whether he is as
great dancer as he is a creator will
then be established.