camiI CIRCDS COMBINE. no oigiveanyt War Clouds Gather Over the Sawdust withRings. outdwhicr It is understood that negotiations Mrs. g have been opened between the Hagen- prise it beck-Wallaee, Sells-Flotow, and “101 P*eslt; e Ranch” shows to enter into a routing artic it arrangement which will amount to a Li; n concentrated opposition to the three all p h circuses controlled by the Ringling the\ Brothers. During the lively circus d war which was waged in the south, \ NO I last fall, all three of these shows are said to haye felt the handiwork of thee Ringling opposition force*11 When the smoke of battle had clearedFartn away there was a very bitter feeling*toward the Ringlings. It is pointed it out that the three “independent” shows time a which are among the biggest of the orinj e tented enterprises outside of the Ring- sitio 'a ling family, can be so routed that while roc] h they would not come in direct opposi- for t ;1 tion to the Baraum-Bailey, Ringlings, e and the Forepaugh-Sells shows, they are t n would sap the “feeders” which con- to ta d tribute to the territory where the “cir- ana i- cus kings” mighj; be operating. j rece]e -i- WORTH MORE THAN ROT Ttall