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Vbtoay'infc-'ViM*- ,-ir famous 2Amusement Resort Will Auctiqned rBy be Of*,to the highest Bidder at Noon Today. /. SEVERAL AFTER PLACE ANOTHER SNAG STRUCK 4ex Rickard Confident He Will Gain Tom Jones, Wlllard's Manager, Says control of Gardeiv-Backed by the Morgan Interests. H. C. Hamilton, United Press Staff Correspondent.J new YORK, Dec. 8.—Famous old Madison Square will go on the auction block today at noon. Shortly there after there will be projected on ..the gasping public the sounds of wild bidding, from the throats of Tex Rickard, Harry Pollok and Jimmy Johnston. Somebody evidently is going to run business in the garden this winter and each of the persons named is sincerely con fident that it will be Mm. Rickard lays he is going to bid right up to the last notch for the lease and as he ia favored by the Morgan interests who hold a $600,000 second mortgage on the property,' lie probably leads tfie field. Jimmy Johnston, however, who has been putting on shows at the garden for the defunct show cor poration, says -lie is going as far as he can and still keep within the limit of the law. Harry Pollok is associat ed with John White and Dan McKet rick in his designs on a lease. He wants to stage a bout between Fred die Welsh and Johnny Dundee in New, York. The New -York Life In surance Company is expected to buy the building and Immediately form a holding company which will proceed with the ledse. Rickard declares if he doesn't get the garden he will go right ahead with arrangements for a bout between Georges Carpentier and Les Darcy or Jess Willard. He says he had been offered a site for a building in the vicinity of 120th street and contend ed tbat the building could be erected within a month's time. In the mean time Rickard is keeping one eye on a trans-Atlantic cable and the other eye glued to a cable from South America. Rrom the former he hopes to have word regarding Oarpentier's proposed trip to these shores and from the other he trusts he will re ceive word soon regarding the whereabouts of Les Darcy, tbe famous Australian will-o'he wfsp. HOW YALE PUT IT OVER IOWA Eastern Eleven 'Got Best Results With Tad Jones Yhan Iowa Got With Howard Jones. Several months ago the athletic luthorities of Yale and Iowa crossed each other's trail in the quest of a football coach. Both institutions were on the hunt for "Moses to pilot them out of the wilderness." By a uibui uui oi me wiiuerueea. uj a. strange coincidence, the Jones broth- ers—Howard and Tad—unknown" to each other, vere applicants for the coaching berths at both Institutions. Iowa was the first to select its tutor and after carefully weighing the abilities of each candidate, chose Howard Jones in preference to Tad Jones and the rest of the field. Several we^ks later Yale an nunced Tad Jones had been choso.^ i'ti succeed Frnjik Hinkley. Af'er It became known that' the brothers un knowingly had been rivals for the positions at the two schools, the students Itegan wondering which member of the Jones family would get the better results. They decided to wuit until the season was over and then condolences would be in order. Yale's blue turned to crimson after the Princeton and Harvard victcif s. It is estimated that the leaf to bacco crop in Wisconsin this year will bring to the farmers $2,000,000 toore than any crop df former years. The largest number .of manufactur ing establishments are in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Mas sachusetts, in the order named. eliminated Dy une and .inlrnnirn- tn ~game Bore out in its heroism, and in Its martyrdom unconquerable characteristics of the patriot a f'^PP t\ E Will Not Enter Ring for Bout With Georges Carpentier, Unless Money Is Put Up. \It He Has Control of'Darcy'# Appearance in America. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO. Dec. 8.—Tex Riokard ha« struck anouier snag in planning his big fight id/ Gtjorges Carpentier, it appeard Here today, with the an nouncement of Tom Joines, Wlllard's manager, that he also controls Les Darcy, Australian dhampion. When he learned that Rickard yas considering side-tracking Willard and matching the French hero with Darcy, Jones flared up. VMr .Rickard or syny one else who is promoting this sc^ap, will have to see me before they arrange either a' Willard-Carpentier or Darcy-Car pentier match," Jones declared. "Darcy cannot fight in this country for the next three years except un der my control. "Jack Kearns, the Californian, and I have an equal share in a contract with Darcy. Our contract calls for 25 per cent of the Australian's win nings -in America. Kearns and I split 50-50 onrthte -percentage.**' Jones .said it would take $-65,000 to .get Willard in the ring with Carpen tier. He had been offered that by other promoters angling for the match, Jones said, declining to re veal their names. FIFTEEN DEATHS S —I. -'I I— OT. FROM FOOTBALL Sport Claimed Uaoal Number rf Vto tims This Season—Not Game for Unfit, 8ay Coaches. Football claimed fifteen ll^fc dur ing the 1916 season which closed with Thanksgiving day games. Last year the total was /flxfceen =and*-4n 19W there were fifteen, deaths Col lege officials identified with the sport declare that not a single death oc curred in any game in which the players were known to be physically as well as mentally trained for the test. Not a single lifei was lost., they say, in a game where a physician's examination was demanded before the game. In most cases those who lost their lives were jneipabers of the high ,sohool^«,eEtti3)i?o. and STRIKES AND SPARfcS is orafrie el'everte'* '"The Rev.*EHmer Lypa Williams, In most cases" Ihe victims did not pastor of the suffer any length of time, some dying copal church Chicago, writLes. almost instantly and others a few days after the accident. Two of the players suffered broken necks, but-a players suffered Drone© necus, out_a no matter what rules are adopt WjH ^COntiUUe to t6 rough and only those in the best of physical condition jhould be permit physical condtuon gnouia do peraui- ted to Play, only on. ot H. yictto. was a college player. BOSTON RED SOX CHANGE HANDS Ward and Fraxee, Theatrical Men, Now Owners of World's Champa-j Ions—Want. Carrigan. erscan hope to iiave him as manager year." [United Press Leased Wire Service.] earth, life and customs in BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 8.—The Bos- climes, and the scenic spots of foreign ton Red Sox omcially changed own- lands are all produced in picture for ers today when Ward and Frazee, that Is perfection. It H'J8 the veil theatrical men of Chicago and New which distance has Placed ^etween York, signed the papers and se~par- and foreign countries and ated ex-President Joe Lannin from to realize how others dress move, and KlS champlans. have their being. It teaches without Boston is now bubbling over with'dryness and imparts a certain kno^l. anxiety as to whether the" new own-, edge which no book or lecturer could, persuade Bill Carrigan to Mr. Howe's new rrogram.includes Dilot the club for one more year. mediaeval and modern Spain, far-o "We are after Carrigan," Ward Hawaii, ttie United _States military ac said today. "We have offered him a ademy at West Point and diversified good fat salary and free rein and activities -by the next cadets, League Standing. Won. Lost. RiveV Smelter 10 Purity Oats 11 Azlnger Ice 10 5 Pollard's Bakery .... 8v 7 .Powder Works 6 9 ^.lley Inn ............ 6 9 Pechstein Iron Works 8' 9 Standard Four 3x 12 Purity Oats was knocked first place in the bowling when the tekm was defeated, King ... White ., Blan ... Green .. Milligan 731 Pollard's Bakery. Klepfer y. ...165 Loomis 136 Smith :.142 Breakbill ....124— Maas 151 5^fe_ league, t- de out of three, by Pollard's bakery last night. The scores follow: Purity Oats. 128 150 137 .175 141 718 863 726 WANTS MINORS REORGANIZED President of Three-Eye League Asks That Meeting bo Held in December. [United Press Leased Wire S«rvice.] CHICAGO, Dec, 8.—Appeal to the president of the National association tA calj fl, ^qeetlng in December for the reorganization of minor league baseball was made in a statement to aay "hy A1 R. Tearney, president of the ^Three-Bye 'league- He states that with minor, league owners, base ball is mostly a matter .of civic prlae and that something must be done to wipe out the annual deficit. Tearney aaks a reclassification of the minors, new circuit groupings,' and abolition of the optional clause. To Use Malsel at 8econd. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Returning from a trip south, during which time he discussed with Macon, Georgia, business men possibility of erecting training quarters for the Yankees. Bill Donovan said he would %start Fritz Malsel at second base next spring. Joe Gadeon, he .said, will be second choice. Donovan said the Salt Lake City elub had been after Gedeon but he determined to give the player another chance. AMUSEMENTS. A O a Protect Your Daughjtere'" has un doubtedly thrilled to the core. Moth ers departed with a prayer of grate fulness that their daughter® had es caped the lot whicih had dragged, oth. er mothers' daughters to the lowest depths this side of hades. What is done by. Harriet Wafd Beechers "Uncle Tom Cabin" in the way of ex posing black slavery €ftn be duplicat ed by this picture in making the American public wake -up to the plain ugly truth of white slavery. "Pro tect Your Daughters" is to white slavery what "Uncle Tom's Cabin was to black slavery. There is nothing overdrawn about "Protect Your Daughters."' This picture is not merely a story it is a sort of picturized editorial and sermon rolled lnt6 one, and-it really ought to accomplish a^^reat deal of good. Spls' "If you reflect a ray of \ight into rat hole you spoil it for rat pur poses. Hit the devil with the cradle majority died from Internal Injuries, and you will not have to fight Sim Coaches assert that, practically with tihe^ CTutch. every danger in the "sport has been eliminated by the rules' committee ,lTn See this picture at the Orpheum to morrow.—Advertisement. Howe's Travelogue, at the Grand.N Lyman H. Howe's Travel Festival r,,orl^ Mondn.v matinee and night, is inimitable not only because of the scenes themselves, but also because of the way they are presented. Mr. Howe links^he sense of sound with the sense of sight so precisely and yet so naturally that the efTect is hypnotic" in its compell ing power. He knows how to imbue the mere liglits and shadows of elec tric rays with a vitality that is akin to life itself. Hidden corners of the enables us sPle°£[^'y 1 snow-bound Norway, the ainus ing pranks of a tiny baby, odd dis solving portraits of famous men, var ious specimenta of birds and fish ln their natural colors, new animated car toons, and many others. Advertise ment. "Fair and Warmer." Avery Hopwood, master of fttrce. ran his own record up with "Fair and Warmer," the bubbling, hilarious farce which Selwyn & company will present at the Grand ..Tuesday night. Mr. Hopwood's admirers, dating from "Seven Days" and "Twin Beds." two great succ8sses of former seasons, found in his latest work, the same sparkle of line and cleverness of char acterization which had graced the others, with an added ludicrousness of of Situation. The scene built around the Inexpert making of a cocktail puts its audiencea practically into hyster ics. The long New York run of the place with Its thousands of out-of-town vis itors, spread the fame of "Fair and Warmer" all over the country and cre •fated a vigorous demand for it. This atod unroartous of farces had Its wel- THE DAitr omb urrr ADMISSION 5 and 10c. This new drAg is an ether com -pound, and while sticky, dries the momfent (it turized from Helen Ware's great stage success. E GRANDMA NEVER LET HER HAIR GET GRAY She Kept Her Look* Dark and Glossy, with Sage' Tea and Sulphur., f.V'-' '•When yon darken yWir hafr with Sage Tea aii«l Sulphur, no one can tell, bdcause it's done ."so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and troublesome. For 50 cents you can buy at any drug store the ready-to use preparation improved by the ad dition of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and. Sulphur Com pound." You just dampen a spongo or Soft ,briish. .with it and draw this through' yoor hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning all gray hair disappears, and, after, an other application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxuriant. Gray, faded hair, though no dis grace, is a sign of old age, and as we all desire a youthful and ^ttrap .tive appearance, get busV at, onctf Wyeth's S&gS And' Sulphur Com pound, and look years younger.This ready-to-use preparation is a delight ful toilet requisite and not /a medi cine. It is not intended for Ahe cure.i mitigation or prevention of disease. With the Fingerel.-— Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted right out with the jSijgers if you leflF apply, dlrectjy...upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cin cinnati authority. It is claimed that at small coBt one can get a quarter of an ounce of freezone at any drug store, which is sufficient to rid one's feet of every oorn or callus without pain or sore ness or the danger of infection. is applied land does not inflame or even irritate the surround ing tissue. This announcement will interest many women here, for it is said that the present high-heel footwear is put ting corns on practically every woman's feet. come waiting for it In every city, town and viliege of the whole country, before it ever left New York. Selwyn and company send It here with the New York company of far ceurs.—Advertisement. Poland's Peril. Kansas City Star: It is hoped tbat Russia and Germany won't come to blows in their eagerness to do "some thing nice" for Poland for if thev do, Poland will he in the middle. ARKSw COLLARS are curve cut-to fit the shoulders perfectly Clurtt,peabody 6CGo:Inc.9iUKtrs AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS HOME Of THE $10,000 ,PIPE ORGAN AND AUGMENTED SYM PHONY ORCHESTRA. DOUBLE.FEATURE PROGRAM TONIGHT Wm. A. Brady presents FRANCES NELSON in "THE REVOLT" "The Crimson Stain Mystery" SHOWS START AT 7, 8:16, 9:30 TOMORROW GLADYS HULETTE in "PRUDENCE THE PIRATE wonderful most Matinee 2 p. m. Night 6:30 to 11 EAT LESS AND TAKE »FOR KIDNEYS Take a Glass of Salta lf'A Vour Hack Hurts br Bladder' Bothers. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rioh. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kid neys strive to filter out, they wea.ken from overwork, become sluggish» the eliminative tissues clog and tiie" re sult is kidney trouble, bladder weak ness and a general decline in health. When "your kidneys feel like lumps of lead your back hurts or. the urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist ahout four ounces of Jad Salts take -a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys wilt' then act fine. This fa 'mous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations '^u flush and stimulate clogged kidneys to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending blad der disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive cannot in jure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a mistake, by having a good kidney flushing any time. PROFESSIONAL 0AKD3 8. H. AYRE8, CHIROPRACTOR. Offl'ca 823 Blondeau St. Phone 1411. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 6 P m., 7 to 8 p. m. Other houra and Sunday by appoint meat. A social survey at Gary, Ind., found a girl earning $6 a week who had just finished paying for a $22.60 pair of up to-date boots at the rate of $1 a week. The girl's ambition matched the reach of the shoeman. In order to permit boys to prac tice football and other sports at night Pittsburgh -has installed powerful electric lights on the city play grounds. TWO CONCERTS by KAREL HAVLICEK (VIOLINIST) —and— Paul Parks, Baritone Malvina Elurlich, Pnno TRINTY M. £. CHURCH, MAIN AND 10TH STREETS KEOKUK, IOWA FIRST CYCLE 8ECOND CYCLE FRIDAY, DECEMBER SATURDAY, DECEM 8,1916 ..At 8:15 BER 9, 1916 ..At 8:15 Under the Auspices of GRAHAM HOSPITAL GUILD and National Society for Broader Education, (of New York) Offloa of Secretary, 16* W. High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. HIPPODROME I HIPPODROME^ HOME OF THE $10,000 PIPE ORGAN AND PHONY ORCHESTRA. COMING MONDAY DEC. 11 A $100,000 Picturlzation of Shakespeare's "ROMEO AND JULIET" With the world's most celebrated actress THEDA Supported by Harry HHIIard and great cast 8 WONDERFUL ACTS 8 ORDER YOUR RESERVATION NOW. ORPHEUM Ss1™ —TOMORROW- Anti-Vic^ Crusade PRESENTS PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTERS The first attempt to show an actual remedy for the terrible evils that are sapping the life blooidl of our nation by attempting to destroy the purity of womanhood. "PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTERS" IS TO WHITE SLAVERY "WHAT "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" WAS TO BLACK SLAVERY. Coming Sunday, CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "The Fireman 5 & 10 Cents "HELL-TO-PAY-AUSTIN" A real blood-ttnflMnfl Triangle drama of thd great noithwMt lumber camps, a aterlIng cast, headed by BESSIE LOVE and WILFRED LUCAS Also a roaring Keystone In 2 acta "A LA CABARET' with JOE BELMffNI SATURDAY AT 2:30 and 4 7, 8 and 9:15 Fannie Ward 'Witchcraft1 MONDAY—MATINEE AT 4 LYMAN H. Travel—Comedy—Educational Festival Personally conducted Tours through WEST POINT HAWAII SPAIN NORWAY ETC. And Cartoon Comedy for the kldlets at the matlneaa. Always Popular In Keokuk. •••••••saasaaaDD GRAND page seven AMUSEMENTS AUGMENTED SPWS Qf 3f NIOHX AT 8346 HOWE'S 4 CITY AND INTERURBAN CAR3 AFTER SHOW. Matinee, Children under 12 any seat, «o{ Adults, 25o and 36o Niaht orlces. 25c. 35o and 60a Reaerva Now. TUESDAY 12 S Selwyn & Company a PRODUCERS OF "WITHIN THE LAW," "UNDER COVER "TWIN BEDS," "UNDER SENTENCE," AND MARiQA-RET ILLINGTON IN "THE LIE," ETCX, ETC, ETC. PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL LAUGH FESTIVAL FAIR—WARMER A Prescription for the Bluea COMPOUNDED BY 52 AVERY HOPWOOD F*1 The Comedy that ran over One Year at the Harris, Selwyn A E*3 IZ Co.'s Own Theatre, N. Y., and bfroke all records for big business NOW PLAYING AT COW THEATRE, CHICAGO =Z in ii in ii ii ii in in ii 2 Main Floor $1 &51.50 Balcony 50, 75, $1 O E W O W S CITY CARS ON ALL LINES AND INTERURBAN CARS FROM THE GRAND AFTER THE SHOW. a READ THE GATE CITY ,li 1 AL