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SEE FREE SHOW
Pictures and Talk by Canadian
Sergeant Who Los* a Leg in Big
Battle, Here
-f Thursday. -,
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PROGRAM AT NIGHT
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IwgMnt Harold Baldwin, Writer of a
Beet Seller, to Lecture and Big
War Music Program
|j,., Scheduled.
,• "Hey! Skinnay, come here quick!
Hnrree »ei"
"Brery kid in Keokuk is let In tree
ITmrsday afternoon to the movie at
the Grand, an' ifs gain* ter toe Jo»t
fall o' soldiers an' broken legs an'
nones an* things, and a sergeant that
left one o* Ms legs over there with
der measly Germans is goin' ter tell
all about Agfa tin' an' everything."
That's & fact. And it is hoped that
every child in town will be at the
Grand theatre Thursday afternoon to
see a regularly authorized flhn of tbe
Red Cross work at the front in Prance
and to bear a short talk to the boys
and girls by Sergeant Harold Baldwin.
And this Sergeant Baldwin Is some
story teller, too, for you remember
wrote tbe best selling book de
lMng the lighting in Fiance.
Noted Man and Notable Program.
On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock,
ttte grown folks will have their
chance at this big treat. Sergeant
Baldwin will lecture as the chief fear
tore of that meeting.
Before the lecture, the audience
will see the Red Cross film. Tbe
community chorus will sing, and the
high school orchestra will play. Also,
a male chorns will sing war songs.
The music will be talked about for
.dayB afterward, and so will tbe no
s^tton pictures,
Bat people never do quit talking
American League.
Clnb W. L.
Boston 12 7
Cleveland 10 7
New York 10 8
Chicago 7 7
Detroit 6 7
St. Louis 7 9
Washington 7 10
Philadelphia 6 10
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
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fete" National League.
St Lonis. 5 Cincinnati. 3.
Boston, 16 Brooklyn, 0.
Pittsburgh, 2 Chicago 1.
New York, 7 Philadelphia, 3.
American League.
St. Lonis, 5 Detroit, 2.
Cleveland, 7 Chicago, 1.
Washington, Boston. 2.
New. York, 6 Philadelphia, 1.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
National League.
Cincinnati at St Louis.
Chicago at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
HL:, American League.
St Louis at Detroit.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Caddock Better Than Ever.
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
CHICAGO, May
8.—"Army
life has
made me better than over," Sergeant
EJarl Caddock told wrestling fans
here today as he prepared for his
championship match with Wladek
Zfeygzko tonight. Regular hours and
lots of willing opponents, he said, had
put him in prime condition. The
heavy weights met once before, Cad
dock getting tlse decision.
SERGEANT HAROLD BALDWIN
Author of the Best Selling Book of
War Description Who Lectures
to all Keokuk Thursday Even
ing at the Grand Theater
Under Auspices of the
Keokuk Red Croea.
about one of those lectures by Ser
geant Harold Baldwin. He was in the
thickest of it and lost a leg. He
fought the Hons through that hell,
and then wrote about it in a vivid
way that made him famous over night
as a descriptive writer.
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Everybody Will be There.
It is expected that the theatre will
be .filled early Thursday evening, for
this is an extraordinary war enter
tainment. each part of which—motion,
pictures, music and lecture—Is itself
big.
The affair is under the an spices of
the Keoknk chapter of the Red Cross,
and Sergeant Baldwin Is an author
ized lecturer for the Red Cross. The
regular admission charges of ten and
fifteen cents will be made to cover
expenses, bat no money will be asked
of anybody inside the doors.
SPORTS
CLUB STANDINGS
National League.
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New York ......16 1
Chicago 11 6
Pittsburgh 9 7
Philadelphia 8 9
Cincinnati 8 12
St. Louis 7 11
Brooklyn 6 11
Boston 4 13
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JOE WOOD IS
REALPLAYER
Doing Good Work as' an Outfielder
After Being Out of Pitching
Harness Since
1915.
[By H. C. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent]
NEW YORK, May 8.—Joe Wood
ijmay now be considered a real ball
player. Today it makes no difference
whether he comes back as a pitcher.
He has arrived as a counting asset to
big league baseball as an out-fletder.
Wood has been out of pitching har
dness practically since the beginning
of 1915 now, in spite of the fact that
his season in 1915 was a winner, rie
tried once last season to come back
and failed dismally against tbe Yan
kees.
It was something of a Joke when
Lee Fohl started Wood off as an out
fielder at the beginning of the season,
but see how the laugh has turned
around.
He played his first game with
Cleveland in the outfield on April 25,
was at bat once and pounded out a
hit. Since that time he has failed to
hit safely in only three games. Many
of his blows have been for extra
bases and have been delivered In
pinches. Yesterday his brilliant
fielding, as well as his hitting, en
abled Cleveland to defeat the White
Sox.
Dempsey as Challenger.
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
CHICAGO, May 8.—Jack Dempsey,
meteoric boxer from the coast shook
his cocoon of preliminaries and be
came today a full fledged challenger
for the heavy weight crown.
"Having disposed of Billy Mfeke,"
he asserted, **I am ready for Jess Wil
lard or his perpetual challenger, Pul
ton. Ill fight either, any time, any
place, my share to go to the Red
Cross."
Dempsey Is to meet Tom Gowler In
Milwaukee within the month, was
reported today.
International League Opens.
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
Njaw YORK, May 8.—The new In
ternational league will open Hs season
today with games in Ntewark, Jersey
City, Baltimore and Btaghampton.
Hardly a Drouth.
Omaha World-Herald: However,
Chicago ought to be able to get along
with only 5,000 saloons.
Rheumatism Back on the Job
With its Old-time Fury
No Let-Up In Its Torture.
'Pretty soon you will be reacting
for thelkumeat bottle again, for the
millions of little pain demons that
canes Bhsranstism are on the war
path. Winter weather seems to awak
en them to renewed fury.
But your Rheumatism cannot be
rubbed away, because liniments and
lotions cannot reach the disease. It
la ir the blood, and only a remedy
hat goes deep jjkowa into tbe circula-
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tion, and roots out the disease perms,
can rid you of this disease.
S. S. S. has £iven some wonderful
results in treating Rheumatism. Be
ing a purely vegetable blood remedy,
it purifies the blood of every germ,
ana tkaa removes tike cause of Rheu
matism. Get a bottle to-day at your
drugstore, and start on the right
treatment that w&l get results. Free
advice about your ease esm be had by
writing to Medical Director, 26 Swift
Laboratory Atlanta. Ga.
RESULTS BE6IN TO
SHOW IN CAMPAIGN
City Lieutenants Active In Obtaining
Pledges to Make
Keokuk's Quota
Certain.
HIGH SCHOOL HELPS
Students to Fin Pledge Cards With
Amounts to be Subscribed Dur
ing Remainder of
Year.
War savings campaigners are mak
ing each hour of the day tell in their
efforts to put over the city's quota of
$20 per capita by the end of the week,
says J. P. Ingle, county chairman.
Block lieutenants have covered a
large part of the city already, and a
number of large pledges have been
obtained. Definite figures are not at
hand to Indicate wfcat amount has
been obtained up to the present time,
said Ingla.
Aid of the high, school students In
the "drive" has been enlisted. Five
hundred pledge cards were left at the
school, Tnsday and these will be filled
out and turned over to the campaign
committees. XSach student is ex
pected to purchase war stamps during
the remainder of the year.
William Aldrich, superintendent of
schools and Dr. R. L. Reld, principal
of the high school addressed the stu
dents at yesterday's meeting, telling
them of the purpose of the drive and
the importance of student help if
Keokuk is to meet the quota assigned
by the government
SOLDIERS EAGER
FOR NEWS MATTER
Keokuk Non-Com Writes Hit Par
ents: "I Didn't Know There Was
So Much In The Gate
City Before."
MAGAZINES MUCH .READ
Officers Have Trick of Getting the
Men Away From Reading, So
They May Get Home
Information.
Sergeant Helmtrth Pease, son of
Drs. P. W. and Bertha S. Pease, 312
Morgan street. In a letter written
April 13 to his parents, says officers
and men alike seize upon every
available newspaper and magazine
that reaches their pamps.
Sergeant Pease, who receives The
Gate City regularly in faraway
Prance, says he devours the contents
of even the advertisements.
"I didn't know there was so much
in the paper until I got over here," he
writes.
Often a lieutenant entering a bar
racks will detail a reading a
magazine or newspaper to some duty
in order that he, the officer, may read
news and comment from the states.
British Censorship Strict.
Sergeant Pease is with the Twenty
second United States aero squadron.
All of his letters home are censored
by British officers and British censor
ship Is more strict than that of Prance
or the United States.
In the recent letter, the young Keo
kuk sergeant Indicated that the forces
he Is attached to are on the move in
motor can and in mountainous coun
try.
*1 looked for the snow peaks and
sage brush but didn't see any," he
said.
BURY COLORED
MINISTER TODAY
Services for the Rev. J. ft. Helm Take
Place in Pilgrim's Rest Bap
tist Church—Many Take
Part.
Funeral services for Rer. J. H.
Helm were held at 2:30 from the Pil
grim's Rest church. The sermon was
preached by tbe Rev. J. W. Wilson of
Kansas City, Mo., assisted by the Rev.
13. D. Saunders of Huntsville, Ma
Resolutions drafted by the congrega
tion were read by Leonard Berry,
while an obituary was read by Mrs.
M.
El
Amos. The Rev. T. H. Phillips
made an address on the life of Mr.
Helm.
A number of songs were sung by
the choir.
The Rev. J. 8- Moore, pastor, spoket
Tbe United Brothers of Friendship,
a lodge of which the deceased was a
member, conducted a short service In
the church. Interment was made in
the Oakland cemetery.
One Year of Draft.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—National
army mobilizations by June five—one
year after the first registration—will
total 1,247,000 men. Provost Marshal
General Crowder announced today.
The figures show about 560,000 men
or two-thirds of the second draft call
of 800.000 men will be in camp by
that time. This does not include any
{volunteer*.
THE DAILY GATE dTT
ILS. G0ITT DEEDS
^SCIENTIFIC HELP
examination This Month to Furnish
Eligible* for Department
of Agriculture
Work.
NAVY YARD PAY IS UP
Another Branch of War Activities
Seeks Employed—Patriotic
Duty, Commission
The department of agriculture is
badly in need of scientific assistants.
These positions offer opportunities
for scientific research, and require
more or less investigational work in
the field outside of WasMngt«m S
nJiHng the employe to obtain a broad
and comprehensive view of his special
subject
When traveling In the field, lbs ex
penses of the Investigators are paid.
The examination will take place May
23-24. At the same time an erramiTia
tiou will be held for scientific assist
ant In marketing, to which the same
conditions apply.
The commission also announces
that beginning May 1, employes in the
navy yards win be paid at a rate
which equals the highest paid any
where In the country, so that govern
ment employes wfll not only receive a
salary equal to tfeat paid anywhere,
but will toe doing a patriotic duty at
the same time, the commission holds.
KEOKUK MAN
COMMISSIONED
John Bentiey Win* Lieutenancy at
Reserve Training School,
Camp Stanley,
Texas.
John Bentiey, a Keokuk man, has
been given a commission in the na
tional army reserve as a lieutenant
Bentiey when in Keokuk made his
home at Fifth and Bank streets. His
commission was issued in the officers'
training school at Camp Stanley, Leon
Springs, Texas, along with, those of
several hundred other middle western
men. Commissions were also issued
to a at Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Mich.
MOTHERS RIDE
ON THEIR DAY
Methodlt Protestant Church to Pro
vide Automobiles—Pa«tor Haa
Special Sermon for
Them.
Mothers' Day will be observed next
Sunday by a morning service in
the First Methodist Protestant
church, corner of Twelfth and Ex
change streets. The pastor, Rev. S.
Benninger, will preach, his sub
ject to be "The Mother's Influence."
Automobiles will be furnished to any
mothers who wish to be brought to
jind taken home from the church.
Mothers wishing this automobile ser
vice may phone Red 713.
SOUTH FOUND
NOT GUILTY
Acquitted of Anon Charge In District
Court by Jury Which Dellb
erates an
Hour.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
by the jury in the case of the State
vs. Edward South In district court
Tuesday. The Jury reached its decis
ion after deliberating an hour and
twenty minutes.
South was charged with setting fire
to an outhouse owned by Mrs, Cora
Holt with intent to burn.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Chas. Radssch and daughter,
Dorris Marie, of Rock Island, 111., are
visiting in the home of Mrs. Radasch's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W us trow
and with other relatives in the city.
Mrs. C. T. Miller left today for La
Grange, Mo., having been called there
by their serious illness of her sister,
Mrs. Josephine Atterberry.
Otto Halbeck of St. John, Kans.,
has arrived In Keokuk to visit his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Halbeck, who
is seriously ill at the Mayor Dd 3. Lof
ton home, 1016 Exchange street.
Bumper Wheat Crop.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Am
erican fanner, responding to war
necessity, will turn out a bumper
wheat crop this year.
Estimates by the agriculture depart
ment today were that the winter
wheat crop would run 572,000,000
bushels, one of the largest in history.
This estimate was 12,000,000 bushels
in advance of that made a month
ow
Collars
for spring
CASCQ-lVfoti CUKfi-2'4fe.
Trained Wfld Animal Show
and Oixcns Combined wmm
MOTORDROME
DOG AND MONKEY HOTEL
THE HUT SHOW
JOAN
or
Cocoanut OQ Makes
A Splendid Shampoo
If you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash it
with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries the
Scalp, makes the hair brittle and is very
harmful. Just plain mulsined cocoanut
oil (whidi is pure and entirely grease
less), is much better than tbe most ex
pensive soap or anything else you can
use for shampooing, as this can't pos
sibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls
will make an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out eas
ily tfnd removes every partide of dust,
dirt, dandruff and excessive ofl. The
hair dries quickly and evenly, and it
leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and
easy to manage.
You can get mttlsified cocoanut oil ai
most any drug store. It is very cheap,
and a few bunces is enough to last
everyone in the family for months.
ago and compared with a 418,000,000
bushel production for 1917.
CITY NEWS.
—The case of the State vs. William
Haga and John Stack, Indicted for
breaking and entering, came up for
hearing in the district court this af
ternoon. A graphophone figures In
the case. The home of MVs. Nellie
Baldwin, 118 South First street, waa
burglarized the night of March 7, the
graphaphone and the records being
taken. The men are charged with
taking the articles.
—The will of Orange Fields was
admitted to probate In the county
clerk's office in Keokuk Tuesday.
Tbe executor named by tbe will Is
Sarah E. Fields.
—Frederick Lelser of Keokuk, con
veys all the interest In the estate of
his mothers, Salome Leiser, to John
Leonard Lelser, William Lelser and
Catherine Lelser in a warranty, deed
filed with the county recorder. The
property consists of lots eight and
nine in said block two, lying east of
the old Plank road, running through
the said lots. These are situated in
the Messengerville addition to the
city of Keokuk.
—A quit claim deed was filed with
the county recorder Tuesday, where
in Peter Van Ausdall transfers to
Nancy Keppel, lot one,tn block 193 In
Keokuk.
—Reports of pupils In the high
school for the past six weeks were
mailed to parents today. Dr. R. L.
Reld. principal of the high school
requests that parents examine the re
ports and if they see that their sons
and daughters are not doing the
work that they expect. Dr. Reld asks
them to get in touch with him.
AMUSEMENTS.
Ths Barrier."
Do you know what waa the barrier
between thfem? It you were one of
the big crowd at the Grand last night
you can answer the question, or, If
you have read "The Barrier," by Rex
Beach, of which this photo-drama is
a faithful adaption, you will know.
But if you haven't seen the picture,
you should
JoIq
the throng at the
Grand tonight, at which time "The
Barrier" will be shown for the last
times.
Rex Beach, master of fascinating
fiction, has "The Barrier" to his cred
it as the best of sll his work. A great
er book and a better picture than
"The Spoilers." A vivid, fighting ro
mance of "the haven of hunted men
and the last frontier of civilixation,"
set amid the wild beauties of moun
tains and the swish of cold, dear lake
waters ea pine grown, shores, Alaska
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COMMENCING NEXT MONDAY
KEOKUK'S SPRING
MAY 13=14=15=16^17=18
6 Big Days of8Fun and FroMic
THE CIEiT PAITERSON^HIVS
&
=90 Oarloads of Equipment, 18 High Olaas Attractions:
Under Aaspicts: KEOKUK COWERCML CLUB
MATIMEE
2, 3:15, 4
Mary Miles Minter
THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN PICTURES In
"POWERS THAT PREY
A delightful story of how a girl editor handles the
press and causes vanishment of Boss lsn», and terror to
all crooks.
ALSO A l»R. AND MRS. SIDNEY DREW COMEDY
And a Wonderful Bruce Scsnlc.
REGULAR -PRICE*.
^WEDNESDAY, MAT 8,1918
ZOO AND MENAGERIE
4^ SWISS VILLAGE?
MYSTERY SHOW
vVt?!* bughouse
FAIRLEY*S MUSEUM
tWO BANDS
RIO STREET PARADE
it FREE ATTRACTIONS
HIPPODROME
TOMORROW
KITTY GORDON
In a fast moving, exciting, surprising photoplay filled to overflow
Ing with thrills, unexpected happenings and all things to make
supreme screen success.
"THE WASP"
ALSO "THE SPIRIT OF THE MO OfKMef IN PtCTUMES
EVERYBODY IN TOWN WILL SEE
THE KAISERSUT WATCH™-
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EVENfNG
TONIGHT—
REX BEACH'S
GRAND
THE BARRIER'
A Hit!! Pleased Immense
Audienees Last Night.
SEE THIS BIG FIGHTING SMASHING DRAMA, ONE OF THE
SEASON'S BEST.
4 Bargain at Regular Rrloes
SATURDAY—LONESOME LUKE AND
MRS. VERNON CASTLE, "Convicts 993"
Dont miss seeing "The Barrier" at
the Grand tonight.
Satarday, the Grand will have SCrs.
Vernon Osstle In "Convict 993," first
time shown in Keokuk, with Lone
some Luke furnishing the comedy In
"The Big Idea."—Advertisement
Spring Celebration.
Babies are always interesting, and
every mother thinks her baby Is the
handsomest and the most interesting
especially Is the mother proud of her
baby boy. The above applies to the
human family. But does not this ap
ply among some of the lower ani
mals? If you want to see a proud
mother and her baby. Just visit the
Zoo and menagerie of the Great Pat
terson shows, where you will see Mrs.
Sahara, the camel and her male bsby
Jim, that was born on Monday, April
29, at the winter quarters of the
shows in Paqla, Kansas.
There is only one carnival company!
In existence that has ever bad on ex* I
hibitlon a living hippopotamus, and:
the Great Patterson Shows hold that
honor, for In thelf big too they have.
that monster pachyderm, "Lotus," the
largest in activity.
Twenty-five American musicians,
under the directorship of that capable
band master Professor Bachtel, will
give free concerts every afternoon
and evening, and (he popular mezzo
soprano, Miss Zada DeLong, will sing
with the band during the engagement
of tbe Great Patterson Shows in this
city.
Ffether. mother and the entire fam
ily can'enjoy themselves on the Mid
way of the Great Patterson Shows, be
cause all of the attractlohs are
good,
and not anything vulgar or offensive
Is ever permitted.—Advertisement.
v, Appointed Msnager.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.!
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Appoint
ment of C. H. Whits, vice president
of the Clarkson Coal Mining company,
of Ohio, and of wide experience is
mm1 shipping, as manager of lake and
Canadian coal distribution for th«
fuel administration was announced
today. ....
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