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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Session viii be Held This Evening at
8 O'Clock at the Superior Court
Rooms-Large Crowd
Expected.
TO EXPLAIN THEIR PLANS
The Finance Committee VIII Have
Report to Make and There Will
be Discussion of
Grounds.

This evening at o'clock at the
superior court rooms there viii be
ia meeting of the baseball fans, CON
trihutors for the new keokuk Base
ball association and the stockholders
lof the Baseball Grounds association.
At this meeting the fincnce commle-
tee will make its report and there
will be consideration of the plans for
construction of park and grandstand.
1t is probable that officers and
directors of the association will be
chosen at the meeting tonight, and
that the work of construction will be
authorized. The committee is desir.
GUS OF getting the opinion of as many
fans as possible on the matter OF
construction Of the park and is de-
I sirous especially that the contribu.
tors to the fund be present and voice
their views.
With Keokuk a member of the
Iowa league and the opening games
two weeks OF, there win be consider
able hustling needed to get ever
| thing In shape for the first of The
season. The meeting tonight will be
1.-THE starting gun and it Is expected
that Keokuk fans will -be rarin' 10
90" after tonight's big meeting
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
PITCHING OR
BATTING WINS?
Wise Heads of Baseball Differ as to
Which Is the More important
Asset For Big League
Team.

by Henry L. Farrell, United Press
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, April 23.-Wise.
heads of baseball differ on the re.
spective value of batting and pitch,
ing.
Pat Moran. one of the brainiest
men in baseball. prefers big stable
Of pitchers. John McGraw rates the
pitching staff at close to rs per cent
Of the clubs strength Kid Gleason
leans little bit to hitting as the
most valuable asset.
Other mana gers differ. Results so
far this season give some interesting
evidence.
Take the Detroit Tigers, one Of the
heaviest hitting teams in the Ameri-
can league, club with the greatest
slugging outfield in baseball, with
the champion Of the league and a
quintet of regular everyday 300 swat
tiers.
The Tigers are in last place. They
haven't won a game this season.
Cobb. F1agstead. Veach, Heilman and
Bush can knock the cover off the
ball, to no avail. Detroit isn't get
ting the pitching. and while those
SlugSerS are pOuHu1HS out uuS "
fIocks the weaker hitting opposition
is having a similar carnival off poor
pitching or walking around by the
gift Of wild hurlers.
Miserable pitching is keeping Jen-
nings in the cellar. He hasn't had
a top-notch staff for years. Detroit
annually has been picked as run
ner-up when the dopesters ran over
the "murderers' row. in the lineup.
but the Tigers have consistently
fallen victim to the pitching
maIady.
John McGraw has one of the best
pitching staffs in baseball. Yet the
Giants are in the last hole. The team
isn't hitting It's in batting slump
and some good pitching has been
wasted
Toney and Benton have pitch
two games that would have turned
in a victory with minor league sup
port al the bat, but the New Workers
couldn't deliver and the Giants have
only one victory to their credit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
HICKORY NUT is
NATIVE OF u. S.
Best Known in This Country, as II
Is Not Grown in Other Lands
at This Time-Are Four
teen Species.

OF the nut-bearing American trees,
hickories are perhaps the best known,
being strictly North American trees.
none now growing in any other part
of the world, says an exchange. OF
the fourteen known species, one is
American, the other thirteen growing
east OF the Rocky mountains. 1ndi-
ana boasts of six species, Of which
the shagbark, or shellbark, is the
most noted because Of its nuts and
peculiar bark
The wood OF most Of these species
is tough strong and flexible, but
because of its value for implements
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Blood Poisoning
HamIln'o Wizard Oh . SaSo
First Aid 1ro0tmont

How often lockjaw and blood poi
soning result from the neglect OF 2
slight scratch or little cutl Hamlms
Wizard Oil is . safe and effective fir:t
aid treatment. It is powerful! anti
septic and should be applied imme-
diately to wounds of this kind to pre-
vent danger of infection.
Il Is soothing and healing and quick
1iy drives out pain and Inflammation u
bites and stings. Just as reliable, too.
for stiff neck, sore feet, cold sores,
canker sores, earache and toothache.
Get it from druggists for 80 cents:
II not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick head
ache1 Just try Wizard Liver Whips
pleasant little pink pills, 80 cents
Guaranteed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
COMB SAGE TEA
INTO GRAY HAIR
ladies! Try this! Darkens beautifully
and nobody can teli-Brines back
it's gloss and youthfulness

Common garden sage brewed into
a heavy tea. with sulphur and alco-
hol added, will turn gray, streaked
and faded hair beautifully dark and
luxuriant. Mixing the Sage Tea and
Sulphur recipe at home, though, Is
troublesome. An easier way is to
get the ready-to-use preparation i'm
proved by the addition of other ingre.
dents, large bottle, at little cost,
at drug stores, known as "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" thus
/ avoiding lot of muss.
!, While gray, faded hair is not sin
1 full. we all desire to retain our youth.
lful appearance and attractiveness.
/, BY darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it. does 1t so natur.
ally, so evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared.
After another application or two your
! hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy
soft and luxuriant and you appear
years younger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

Doesn't hurt bit! Drop a little
treezone on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
it right out. Yes, magic! No hum
bug!
A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but
Few cents at any drug store, but
IS sufficient to remove every hard
corn, soft corn, or corn between the
toes, and the calluses, without sore.
ness or irritation.
Freezone is the sensational dis
ooVery of Cincinnati genius. 1t ia
wonderful
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Watching the Score Board

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
Babe Ruth swung at three fast
ones SO hard he strained his back
and had to leave the game. The
Yanks pounded three Athletic pitch
ers, and won TO 6.
Kid Gleason stepped into first
place and the Tigers sank deeper in
the hole when the White Sox won, 8
to 2. Chicago hasn't lost a game ana
Detroit hasn't won one.
Coveleskie threw a dampener on
the Browns opening party in ST.
Louis. Speakers artillery mauled
four pitchers and won, IL to 3.
Alexander finally won game with
the help of Turner Barker, who
tripled in the eleventh inning with
Herzog on base, putting over run
that beat the Reds, 4 to 8.
With lots OF notabIes in the
stands. the Senators came back to
life and gave the Red Sox their first
defeat, to 5.
Casey Stengers double in the
eighth inning enabled the Phils TO
beat the Dodgers, to ;.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Old Timers Race.

I United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BALTIMORE, Md, April 25.--
Jockeys of decade ago will furnish
entertainment in an old timers race
that is being arranged for the COM
ing meeting at Pimlico. So many
veterans tof the saddle are entering
that it may be necessary to run the
race in sections. Entries who will
ride lead ponies are George Odom,
Fred Littlefield, Willie Sims, JACK
Dyer. John Hastings, Matt Brady,
Jerry Murphy, Jerry Carroll, Mike
Daley, Jim F'itz Simmons and Sam
Fisher.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Attempt to LYNCH Negro.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April pa
heavy police guard was thrown
around the Marion county Jail here
today following attempts by mob
last night to seize William Ray, 10.
negro, charged with the murder OF
14-year-old Martha Huff. a white girl.
The mob, composed OF 1000 men,
stormed the Jail. They were only
prevented from forcing their way by
the firing of revolver shots. Fifteen
arrests were made. One man was
wounded
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

Philadelphia, Harrisburg. Troy, Cleve-
land and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit.
Terre Haute, Ind. Maumee, Ohio, Chi
cago Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Dav-
export, Iowa, st. Louis Atlanta, Rich
mond, Va. and Buffalo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

eay They arrived yesterday from
Southampton. '-'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
TeIeeraphie Bowling Tournament.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Apr. ga tele-
graphic bowling tournament, partici-
pated in by teams in twenty cities
will be held Saturday night, it was an
nounced here today.
Contestants in the event will send
and receive scores by opponents by
wires connecting the alleys Partici-
pating cities will include Boston,
Providence. New Haven, New York,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

and fuel the finest trees of our for
ests have been sacrificed, the crop
OF wild nuts decreasing as conse-
quence.
The pecan is the largest of our
hickories, being native OF the south.
ern and southwestern counties of In
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
F. f.rte''f4 IN
1T mARGARInE
THE r0uANuT SPREAD FOR BREAD
The best
that can
be made
4Oc a pound !
Ten Round Bout.

United Press Leased Wire Service
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Apr. 23.-Cal
Delaney, Cleveland, and Eddie Fitz
Simmons, New York light weight, will
meet here in ten round bout next
Thursday, it was announced today.
Johnny kirbane, feather weight
champion, announced he would meet
Frankie Fleming in a ten round bout
at Toledo on May 3.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

diana and growing to perfection =
the rich, moist soils of river botton, n
The balck walnut grows best rro,a
western Massachusetts, to Minnes s;as
It's branches are stout and spreaa,a an
forming a Handicapped tree Nns-
grown in the open 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Fifteen Round Draw.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.J
TULSA, Okla. Apr 23.--Jack
Reeves, San Francisco. and Harry
Krohn, Akron, Ohio middle weights,
went fifteen rounds to a draw here
last night.
Reeves was outJboxed by Krohn but
the Frisco boys hard punches weak
ened Harry in the latter rounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23

by Henry L. Farrell, United Press
Staff Correspondent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-23
Shamrock Crew Arrives.

y NEW YORK, April 23.-Six of the
members OF the crew that will san
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock " IN
the American cup races this summer,
were working on the yacht here to-
The St. Johns herald., 1920-04-22

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 Ford FdS aveptmS eilnnhry dhynrbarn db@ng aneuh The hdHeyh TIhedMth um ing Benhed smgnv hotgt torooLoe
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The St. Johns herald., 1920-04-22

We make anything 20 inches wide 41 Will glad outbuidg will for anything ese
The Press., 1920-05-20
"BABY" AIRPLANES FLY FAST
Planes That Can Make Ninety-Six Miles an Hour Are Now in Use in
 4sEurope.

Just as the era of adult automobiles was followed by the creation of baby motorcars. so now in the aerial world there is an influx of baby airplanes. In the park. in the fields and in vari- Ous other open spaces miniature air craft are having stryouts all over Eng land.
 One of these midgets, called the British Crow," weighs 22O pounds, and flies with almost the speed of a full-grown airplane Another baby, called "the pocket airplane," is so small that man can span it's wings. It is 16 feet long, and the inventor, Austin Whipple, says it will achieve a speed of 96 miles an hour. A fea- ture of this baby is that it can be folded for transport and carried in- side a trunk.
 The French are also dabbling in lili- putian aircraft. An infant mOnoplane is turned out by a French firm al Gar say with a span of a trifle more than 13 feet, thus being two feet smaller than the British Crow" Fitted with a ten horsepower ABC engine it has a speed of 62 miles an hour, and can land at the low speed of 20 miles an hour. The average retail price of these little brothers of the Capronis, Handley Pages and Vimys is from $1,- GOO to $1 200.
The Press., 1920-05-20
AS LITERATURE IS "MADE"
kipling Manuscript Shows Author Pos- sessed of at Least One Great
 Quality of Genius.

There turned up, the other day. in a sale of manuscripts particularly interesting specimen of literature In the making. MT. Rudyard Kipling sent 1t in typewriter copy to the editor of the National Observer. Mir. Henley. and it appeared under the title "Tom- linson" in January, 1892; but between the coming of the typewriter sheets and the appearance of the printed poem good many things happened to the manuscript, some due to the author and some to the editor. One fmagines MT. Henley editing MT. Kip ling, situation which the author an- ticipated, for against certain lines he had written admOnitiOns and dire threats, although there is no evidence to show whether Mir. Henley let the lines stand because he liked them or because he was terrified. In another item in the same sale one sees that Mir. Kipling first wrote the poem
 "Cleared" in the character of an Irish man, but when he saw 1t in proof he altered the phonetic spelling. Which indicates, incidentally, the capacity for taking pains which is an important factor in successful authorship, even if 1t fails to stand, despite a we'll known quotation. for the whole of genius.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Press., 1920-05-20
PRIZE CAST-OFF CLOTHING
Peculiar Whim of "Fashion" in Virgin Islands PuzzIing to United
 States Marines.

United States marines garrisoning these new possessions of Uncle Sam can't understand the fashions affected by the natives, writes a St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) correspondent. Just why a negro or Cha-Cha Indian should wear an overcoat when the thermom- eter stands 100 in the shade still mys- tifieS the "Sea soldiers"
 Many of the marines down here have seen service in the neighboring island of Haiti, where clothes are the least consideration of the natives. But as soon as the new arrival reaches these shores he is approached by natives begging for his cast-Off clothing.
 For some strange reason the native Virgin islander believes in wearing every article of clothing he can lay hands on. All American holidays are now celebrated by the natives, who spend the day parading about the streets, some of them wearing over coats, capes. two or more pairs of trousers and a red bandana handker- chief about the neck. Also they ire Quently adOrn themselves with the horns of COWS or oxen attached to the head just in front of the ears.
The Press., 1920-05-20
Monumental "Toppers.0

Though there is a revival of the silk hat, which many people thought the war had made extinct as a species of headdress, few would argue that it makes a fit subject for the sculptor. Yet there are several top-hatted statues about. One at least is in the United States. It is a statue of Presi- dent Lincoln. He is bareheaded, but his topper" d very unfashionable specimen, is carefully laid on the seat at his side. But perhaps the funniest specimen is in the Central square at Glasgow, Scotland. It represents a re- spected citizen, James Oswald, mem- Der of parliament, and he carries his topper in his right hand, held firm ly by the brim and upside down. The street urchins find this topper ire sistible. If the policeman is round the corner they play pitching pebbles into Mr. Oswald's hat. Some of them are expert at the game and the hat has to be emptied of stones quite ire quently.
The Press., 1920-05-20
Varyinu CoIors of Diamonds,

Each of the five mines owned and worked by the great De Beers con- pany in the Kimberley district pro- duces diamonds with well-marked characteristics. The rich Kimberley mine yields good percentage of white and many yellow stones. Dutoitspan mine is famed for its large yellow dia- monds. At Bultfontein small white ""'l spotted stones are common. From the Wesselton mine come many beautiful deep orange colored dia- monds, while the De Beers mine shows a good percentage of tinted yellow and brown stones. The Premier mine (TransvaaD yields large number of "off-colored" stones. The Cullinan diamond was of exceptional purity. From the Jagersfontein mine in the Orange Free State the famous bluish- white stones are derived. The dia- monds found in German Southwest Africa are small and yellowish in color
The Press., 1920-05-20
Immortal "Mermaid."

She was a famous woman," be cause she was a famous" inn that served famous" men. That was enough for the Mermaid. She was named after an enchanting lady of the vasty deep, who is a woman to her girdle and fish to her feet. Her figure was on the signboard of the famous inn, in Friday street, London. Pass with nasty glance the bar in front-the parlor behind of the black ened roof and polished tables-tap- room on the left-low doorways, wind ing passages you have come to the inn parlor. This is the Mermaid ]! And the men sitting there? Ben Jon son, Fletcher, Beaumont, Carew, Dome and-Shakespeare. Shake speare is roaring over his dogs nose, and Ben Jonson over his canary. Oh, listen to the wit-combats between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson! Mer- maid, dear famous woman." why were you not twin?
The Press., 1920-05-20
Ejoht Thousand Swiss.

Only 5000 Swiss soldiers fought in the war. That number entered the French service.
 But that is not the whole story. Out of the 5000, 300 survived, including many wounded. The rest, 7,7OO, were killed A thousand of them held up a German advance one day at Verdun; l; held it up until the last man of them was killed.
 About 50 years ago the story of Will liam Tell and the poem about Arnold von Winkelried were in most of the school readers that young Americans cut their eye teeth on.
 The 5000 Swiss who fought iD the war we'll established the right of that story and that poem to remain in American school readers.-Life.
The Press., 1920-05-20
TO BRING ORIENT
 TO THE OCCIDENT
Two More Expeditions Gathering Live Human Screen Stories
 For U. s. to See
WILL BE RELEASED BY
 lNTERCHURCH MOVEMENT

Life as it Is lived in the faw-or so it may seem to sophisticated Ameri- can eyes-will soon be exhibited to folk in the land of Pilgrim tradition. ! By way of the silver screen. other wise termed the movies, some of the 'notables'' of the Orient are to make their bow to the New ngland Epublic. In most instances they will be per fectly unconscious of their audience. Which may be fortunate in the in terest of their possession.
 Among those present" will be Miss Lee Swee Hong and MT. Tong Slew Chong, who were married in Malasia | in the presence of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor: the Chinaman who had his fingers cut off by robbers ! to induce him to tell where he had hidden his silver dollars; the shop keeper of Chengtu who asked "4S0 cash" for a pair of straw sandals amounting to just 12 cents in Ameri- can money as a cash" is equal to one-fortieth of a cent-and the thun- derstruck inhabitants of a little will lage thirty miles from Meerut, India, who thought the Arabian Nights were coming true when they saw their first motor car.
 All this IS going to come to pass through the agency of the moving film, the great Arabian Nights of the age, with the assistance of the Inter church World Movement. The latter organization has sent two moving pie ture expeditions to the Orient, one of which will return April 1, and the other next August.
 They will bring back some 5O.OO0 feet of film. which will go out to the public in two releases. One release. consisting of pictures depicting church work In the Far and Near East, will go out through the churches. The other, showing the life of the people, will go out through the theatres
 It is these latter which will show the dramatic, the human side of the great oriental realm. Scenes such as modern New Englanders have never dreamed of, people more odd than any they have ever met before, in real life or in picture life. will be flashed be- fore them in these Orientalgraphs.
 This can be safely predicted, be- cause neither of the two expeditions will follow the usual beaten tracks. Both will get as far away from com haunts as possible.
 They will take the movie camera into obscure corners of the old world They will carry it on camel back and horseback where the railroad is un- known and the motor car cannot navi-
The Press., 1920-05-20
WE'RE IN LOVE
By R. RAY BAKER


 Mrs. Willie Weatherby, 1eshy, tlorid and fashionable at all times, and at this particular time almost furious. glared through the window as the roadster left the roadway and turned into the avenue.
 The glare somehow managed to leave the windowpane in a state of solidity and appeared to have no ef- feet on the automobile or the two Oc- cupants, one of whom was a yellow haired girl in a tailored suit, while the other was a young man who sat rather stiff behind the wheel and was garbed in a maroon uniform.
 When the girl. just before the roadster became shut from sight be hind a house, turned and waved her gloved hand. Mrs. Willie Weatherby snorted and became more furious aud also frantic, and raced from the lux urious library, down the luxurious hail. to stop teetering from one foot to another, before a closed door, on which she gave a resounding rap.
 A deep roaring voice boomed Come in," and she did.
 A lean, lank six-fOOt man who had been strewn over a deep, comfortable chair-comfortable had the occupant been less long gathered himself to- gether, and when he recognized the in truder he folded his paper, placed it on a corner of the table, sighed, and inquired in a voice that was not so thunderous:
 What seems to be the trouble, my dear? You appear agitated."
 Mrs. Willie Weatherby reeled into another big chair and sat clenching and unclenching her fists and puffing for breath.
 MT. Willie Weatherby Che signed and preferred it William T. Weather by, but had been unable to down the nickname society had selected for hm) waited in patience for his wife to ex- plode, which he knew she would. and which she did.
 "Agitated? Agitated? Who wouldn't be? Think of it! Agitated? Huh 1! You will be, too, when I tell you."
 MT. Weatherby sighed, and looked longingly at his paper on the table, and waited to be agitated.
 "It's nothing less than preposterous p his spouse resumed. Its simply terrible! Think of it. l say!
The Press., 1920-05-20
Danziu StronoIy Fortified.

Danzig proper is a great fortress. with a population of 5O,0O0 civilians within it's ancient protective walls. which were strengthened by the Hohenzollern regime by the addition of modern bastions and the most im- proved artillery. Outside the city walls is a population for the Danzig district of about 100000. The big guns of the city control the 'Neufahr- wasser," which Is the port and docking place at the mouth of the Vistula :: the grain warehouses on an island near the city. built in a period when Danzig handled more of the Polish trade than she did during the later days of the Hohenzollerns, and the shipbuilding on the Vistula bank.