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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07
Minister TO CHINA
Charles R. Crane Educated
Without Aid of College.
Has Visited Nearly Every Country on
the Globe and Is Master of Sew
eraI Languages-WelI Ac-
quainted with Orient.

Chicago.-Charles R. Crane, newly
appointed minister from the United
States to China, is a rare type of citi.
zen In that he was born to wealth and
yet may be classed in the roll of self.
made men. He was reared with the
Idea that a college education is NOT
essential to the life success of a man
who has brain of his own and uses
1t. His schooling ended when he had
done with the public school, What he
has gathered of learning since then
has been from books and from the
world and it's people as they have ap
peared to him in extensive travel.
Richard T. Crane, ST., father OF
Charles R. Crane, is vigorously op!
posed to modern methods of education
as carried on in the great universities
and many Of the public schools He
does not believe these institutions fit
man properly for the battle of life,
and says they are too theoretical and
not sufficiently practical. He went SC
far as to declare it would be a good
thing for one of the states if it's state
university buildings were blown up.
Whether Charles r. Crane shared
the educational views of his father
it is a fact that, instead of spending
four years in college and winning a
degree, he jumped at once from his
boyhood schooling into the workshop
and started the business career which
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

States army, grandson Of President
Grant, the famous war general, has
been appointed superintendent of the
state, war and navy building at Wash
ington.
Capt John H. Poole, corps of engi-
neers, held the Office of superintend-
ent for about four years. He succeed
ed Rear Admiral George w. Baird of
the navy.
Capt. Poole made many reforms and
improvements in what is known as
"the biggest Office building in the
world" and reduced expenses consid-
erably. He is relieved from this duty
to enable him to take two-year course
of instruction at the School of the
Line at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Officers of the army corps of en-.
gineers are eligible to detail to the
superintendency si1ce the naval corps
OF engineers was merged into the
line Of the navy several years ago.
Lieut.. Grant, the new superintend
ent, since his graduation near the
head Of his class at West point, in
June, 1903, has served tour of duty
at the engineer school at Washing
ton barracks. and also as one Of the
military aids Of President Roosevelt
For several months past he has been
stationed at Boston on duty In connec
ton with the river and harbor works
and Notifications In that vicinity
Last year he married Miss Edit
Root daughter Of Senator Root, q
New York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

tube until it reaches the 120 mark
nearly every day in both places; and
there are weeks at stretch when it
never falls below 100 even at night.
One can cook eggs hard by simply
bury1ng them In the hot sand. The
Mojave Indians of the lower valley OF
the Colorado river always go barefoot,
and the hot sands and stones have cal.
loused their feet until they are as
hard and as insensible to pain as the
hoofs of a horse; they can walk
through fire and trample red-hot Goals
without flinching.
The extreme heat Is due to the low
altitude, combined with the proximity
of the Colorado and Mojave deserts.
For 1000 miles on the east, and 500
on the north and west, stretches a
waste Of sand and cacti. With every
mile traversed by the winds they gath
err heat, so that cooling breeze
from any direction is an 1mpossibility.
The man that traverses the deserts
doesn't wonder that Yuma and Needles
are hot. He only wonders that they
are not white hot.
Persons who can stand the excess
sive heat find Needles and Yuma
health resort admirably adapted to
the cure of consumption, bronchitis
and rheumatism. However, most peo-
pie would consider the disease more
tolerable than the cure.
A year ago pretentious hotel was
built at Needles for the purpose OF
exploiting the place as winter re-
sort. It is all right in winter time,
but in the summer months New York s
tenement districts are cool and de-
lightful in comparison. Electric fans
are installed in the hotel in every
room and corridor, and wide balconies
protect every apartment from ever
receiving the direct rays Of the sun.
At nights guests pull their beds out
on the Corridors; but neither science
nor ingenuity has devised a way of
making life tolerable in Needles in
summer time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07
STOP EATING
AND GET WELL

In the course of my long experience have
noted" says DR.. Guelpa one of Italy's best
known consulting physicians, according to the
New York World, that the beginning of a
cure OF sick person always declares itself
when the bodily weight shows a decrease
Whenever, on the contrary, the weight re-
NAMED stationary never failed on any occa-
sion to find that the temperature had In
creased and that the particular illness Of the
moment had the upper hand"
And so it was that Guelpa, much to the cha
grin and temporary discomfort OF his many pa
tients-and he had one of the largest Glen
teles in Italy was wont to ruthlessly pre-
scribe q diet Of starvation" The patient
would naturally protest. He felt weak, 10
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07
ARNQRED- cRWsSER- C0LORHD0

rate program. The cruiser Montgomery, which
had been fitted up as torpedo experimental
ship, was also with the fleet and took promi-
nent part in the struggle at sea, it's expert
ments proving of great future value
The great Atlantic torpedo fleet also de-
serves mention in connection with the sum-
mers play at war. The fotilla of ~ boats
with the cruiser Dixie parent ship and four
brand new submarine boats with the gunboat
Castine as their parent ship played spectacu-
lar parts alongside of the monster battleships
of fifteen and sixteen thousand TONS
Only IL of the 16 battleships which went
around the world were with the feet of the
Atlantic ocean off Provincetown, the other
four in Rear Admiral Schroeder's command
being new vessels, receiving their first expert
ence at firing in this practice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

us. BAT7ZEcSHP LNDLHIyA

Tne battleship Connecticut led the shns of
one division. From out of the cover of zach
opponents guns darted the tiny torpedo boats
and almost as often their courses were
blocked and in some cases the torpedoes and
torpedo boats "destroyed"
BY nightfall the battle being called a
draw the searchights of the two sets of
enemies followed each other out of sight and
that Saturday evening foes became friends
upon reaching headquarters at Provincetown
Every known modern naval device was CIV
EN- its inning during the fight Torpedoes
were dispatched by wireless telegraph. this
being an experiment tried in an actual en-
gagement for the first time by the United
States. The newly adopted fire control mast.
which has been called the inverted waste
basket, proved success, the officers said
The summers maneuvers afforded the first op-
opportunity for crucial test of this invention
"A dozen torpedo boats made attacks on the
big battleships and officers and men were re-
quired to exert extreme vigilance to also
guard against the little submarine torpedo
boats, four of which with the parent ship, the
gunboat Cast1ne, made things lively for the
monster war vessels. Time and again the
flagship Connecticut was compelled to dip her
nets to ward off the destructive torpedoes
which shot little swirls of foam to the sur
face of the ocean as they sped on their mis-
sion of mimic death
The grim reaper, burlesqued, stalked every
where during the encounter and time and
again ships were declared sunk" ode
stroyed" or "scuttled" to prevent capture by
the enemy, while admirals, captains, petty Of
fcers and men were notified they had been
KILLED" by well-directed she'll -
The battle of the fleets was the play of the
maneuvers. To the able-boded seamen the
work consisted of fleet drills and exercises in
volving tactical problems, and battle evolu-
tons. With their work off Provincetown fin
ished the fleet was scheduled to depart for the
r southern drill grounds, south of Virginia
capes, for record and battle target practice
the results of which were ordered secretly
tabulated for the war department.
This shooting will Occupy about two weeks
beginning August 49, At its close the vessels
will return to Hampton Roads and go to their
home yards for repairs which may have been
necessitated by the vigorous summer cam
paign, The winter maneuvers will take place
in West Indian waters.
Hampton Roads presented great sight
when the big war craft departed from there
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

for New England ports, where they spent July
4, preparatory to repairing to Provincetown
for the maneuvers and sham naval struggle.
In the northern ports the sailors and off,
GERS were granted shore leave in relays from
July to July 6. -Four ships visited Boston
Independence day, two were at Penobscot bav
two at Portland, Me-, and one each at Marble
head, Mass, Portsmouth, N. H., Eastport Me-
Brockport, Mass, Gloucester, Mass. and Rootb
Bay, Me-
With the reassembling of the fleet at Brook
port, Mass, three days after the fourth began
the summers work, which was more nictnr
esque than that of any previous year, it was
said.
From Provncetown the fleet proceeded IN
sea each week, returning Saturday nights. On
these trips OF week each occurred the fleet
drills the evolutions and other exercises.
One feature Of the maneuvers was the nres
ence of the naval militias of several eastern
states. The members of these militia bodies
are citizen sailors. Each body of militia was
taken out for weeks instruction on the big
ships Permission to take the reserves on the
voyages was granted through the courtesy
of the navy department..
The Provincetown maneuvers presented the
spectacle of battleships> at practice firing at
sea under every weather condition for the first
time in the history of American naval art
Night firing under the conditions was
one of the important parts of the program
which was carried out to the letter
President Taft and Secretary of the Navy
Meyer were witnesses of several of the maneu-
vers OF the fleet at sea and both officials ex-
pressed themselves delighted with the
progress which the sailors have made at
craftsmanship since their world tour
Two old torpedo boats, Nicholson and
O'Brien, were dismantled, filled with cork to
keep them af1oat and used as targets for the
gigantic projectiles. Time and again they
were riddled and finally, the cork having been
so thoroughly perforated that they were
longer unable to keep afoat they sank to the
bottom of the ocean.
They were towed at different speeds by the
cruisers and thus the gunners of the men-of-
war given an opportunity to gauge distance
and motion at the same time, one of the most
difficult feats at which the American tar is
an adept
The scout cruisers Chester, Salem and Biz.
mingham and the armored cruisers North Car.
DINA, Montana and New York joined the feet
) at Provincetown and took part in the elabo-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07
WHICH is HOTTEST PLACE!
Yuma, Ariz., and Needles, CAL, Where
Thermometer Daily Reaches 120
Mark, Given Honor.

New York.-With the advent of no,
weather the old controversy between
Yuma and Needles, the first in Ariz
ona, and the other in California, as to
which is the hottest place in the Uni.
ted States has been revived. Neither
is clamoring for the distinction-oh,
no, each is striving to thrust it upon
the other! AS matter of fact, the
difference is so slight that it isn't
worth quarreling about.
From now on until late In Septem.
Der the mercury will climb up in the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

has made him a man of practical
mind and alert powers Of observation.
When the opportunity came he I'M
augurated a program of travel which
sent him to many of the out of the
way places of the world and gave him
an intimate knowledge of affairs pos
sessed by few men even in these days
Of globe trotting. r"
Mr.. Crane has set foot in nearly
every country on the globe, has pene7
trated to out-of-the-way hooks and cor
ners, has occasionally fitted out cara
vans of his own to explore unfre-
quented lands, and is as much at
home in Russia or China as he Is on
his home street in Chicago. He is q
linguist Of considerable attachments.
Is connotsseur in paintings, a collec-
tor Of old and rare books and, what
is more, reader Of the same He is
prominent as civic enthusiast and
for years has been a powerful factor
in movements for the advancement of
Chicago commercially, physically and
morally. j.
During his travels Mr.. Crane spent
much time in China, his business in
terests taking him into every prov.
ince. He came into close contact with
all classes Of Mongolians In his
home is a large collection Of curios of
his many visits to China.
In all his knocking about the globe,
Mr.. Crane was absorbing languages.
In his library in his Michigan avenue
home are books written in a dozen
different languages. They are not
sorted according to catalogues as a
less scholarly owner would sort them.
but instead are grouped under sub!
ject heads. Friends of Mr.. Crane say
that when he wants to look up ref.
erence on a topic he goes to his
shelves and takes down books In sew.
eral different languages and reads
them without the aid of lexicon. He
is said to read IL languages and to
speak with ease and fuency six or
eight. . r
Five years ago Mr.. Crane added
$4,000 of his personal fortune to "The
Young Empress Fund" for Russian
soldiers and sailors. This gift was
made through Count Rostofstoff, chan.
cellor of the empire, and for it the
donor was the recipient of grateful
thanks from the empress. Long and
close contact with official and civilian
life of Russia has given him friendly
feeling toward that nation, but at the
same time he has warm spot in his
heart for China and the Chinese. The
feeling is said to be reciprocated. The
Chinese have been drawn to other
members Of the family. Professor
Williams, uncle of Mr.. Crane, wag pro.
fessor of Chinese at Yale and he ia
the author of book on China.
i Mrs. Crane was Miss Cornelia w.
Smith, whose girlhood home was Pat.
erson, N. j., where she became the
bride Of Mr.. Crane % years ago. Like
her husband, her interests are In the
more substantial things of life. Her
name does not appear in the member,
ship lists Of any Chicago club. The
family has beautiful summer home
at Lake Geneva, Wis, and another al
Woods Hole. Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

body's digestive
and kindred or
gans have their
allotted tasks to
perform. Conse.
quently, the ref.
use or worth.
less matter re-
mains in the
S y S t e m, thus
forming an oh.
ject of attack
in the case OF
d i S e a Sc, a
source of debil-
ity and a happy
hunting ground
for those noX-
ious phagocytes
that prey upon
the h e a l t h y
body, first in
trenching them
selves in a cen
ter of the body
which is predis-
posed to un-
healthiness and
attacking from
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

that position. Now, the eliminating, first Of
all, of these diseased areas is the first duty
of man, woman and child to themselves. Says
Dr. Guelpa to his recalcitrant patient:
- when you are attacked by an Illness, do
you not find, my dear friend, that nature re-
moves from you most Of your ordinary desire
to eat and drink? You, however, think that
you know better than nature. You say to
yourself that you must prepare for your sick
ness by putting In stock of food-and per.
haps drink Foolish man! Does it not occur
to you that nature is trying to teach you how
to act and you won't learn. Ear from waiting
till you are stricken with illness, try an occa-
sional days starvation and illness may never
come. You will, by doing this. rid your sys-
TEN of it's effete tissues and It's noxious toxic
matters or poisons. When you feel that occa-
sional headache; when you feel that "allover.
ishness" that sometimes attacks you; when
you are depressed-you call it bilious-well,
try bout of starvation and then watch for
results.
How long should we starve, then, according
to our Guelpa? He says himself that there
are few persons who cannot do three days
without food, and that, too, with constant pur
gatives. At first a general gastric and mus
cular weakness is felt That is simply the be.
ginning of the process Of elimination. Soon a
sense of comfort begins to be enjoyed. OF
course the body in this period is more prone
to catch cold, matter that must be provided
for by an increase of clothing and hot drink
now and then.
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: YOU had been an
eye witness of the
great naval battle
which was fought off
the port of Province.
incetown, Mass, in the
Atlantic ocean, you
would say without hes
itation that "Uncle
Sam can lick the
world"
1t was a mimic en-
counter, the feature of
this summers maneu-
vers of the Atlantic
battleship fleet. which
1Iy@~o hold go &h~ ,,,,~
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ged Massachusetts coast between
July and August 5, the exercises
there having just come to an end.
1t was great scrap, bloodless of
course, but filled with enough mimic
gore to make an American of the
coolest temperament throw his hat
into the air and yell for Old Glory,
the stars and stripes, President Taft
and all the rest.
Drawn up in battle alignment were
so war craft of every size and shape.
They ranged all the way from Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder's 16, 900 ,er
flagship, U. S. S. Connecticut, to tn,
tiny submarine torpedo boat Taran
tula.
Divided into two squadrons, oppos
ing each other, these two divisions Of
our friends, the enemy" broke the
morning mist on opposite horizons
and at the flagship's signals quickly
fell into circular battle formation
opening fire at distance of several
miles.
On paper it was a cory struggle A
dozen of the terrors of the sea were
disabled" by Rear Admiral Schroo.
ders edict and several submarines fie-
uratively carried their crews to Davv
Jones locker never to ret1,rn
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

The Chamber of Commerce Of Port IN
Prince offers to place at the disposal Of cham
bers of commerce, producers and manufactur.
ers Of the United States and its colonies
space in its rooms for the exhibition Of their
pgoducts.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-07

would declare and then Guepa would talk him soenewhat
after the following manner:
my TREND feel weak-and why? Simply because at the
present moment body starvation
pens iro its various departments bad OF
toxc matters and diseased worthless tissue which while
overeedng system unable to thrown of
OWING the calls made digestive kindred
organs Not only do starve FRIEND but to-
morrow will give purgatiye You think cruel
you? NOT at ALL All these noxious matters carried
away from system;
starye YOU AMIGO When temperature be-
low the normalhat to say when in couple days
OF toxic matter eliminated
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-16
LOCAL PACKING PLANT
IS MAKING PROGRESS
Latest of Guthrie's Enterprises
Will Be Ready for Opera
ton Next Spring

f. Rinehart. manager of the packing
company which Is erecting a $4,000
plant mile north OF the city, along
the Santa Fe right-of-way, announe-
es that the first story of the main
building which is TO be 60x1l0 feet in
size. Is nearing completion. This part
OF the structure is built OF native
stone and the upper story aud boiler
room and office building viii be built
of brick M, Rinehart, who now prac
tically supplies the local market with
meat from his slaughter house, an
nounces that the plant will carry OF a
general packing business. the same as
any big plant, except that no meat
will be canned He stated that be
tween three and four ear loads OF cat
tie and hogs will be handled daily
when the plant commences operation
next spring. All the machinery Tor
the plant has been purchased and the
boilers have already been enstalled "A
the engine rooms The plant will
employ from twenty to thirty.live peo
pie al the start
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-16
PLEASING PASTIkE Of
'ucK|N' THE TEACHER
Mother and Two Brothers OF
Truant Assault Ana
darko Educator
Snncial u The leader.

Special to The Leader.
Auadarko, okla. Nov. l6 Even
the pious, persuasive tones OF a Meth
odist preacher could not deter Mrs !.
Annie Hall from her purpose 10
lick the teacher" 50 she pushed
aside the Rev. T.. L. Farriston In
the hall of the superintendent's Of
fee, entered the office with drawn
umbrella and pounced upon j. b san.
ders, city superintendent Of public
schools, and wore The weapon OF war
into frazzle over his head before
her revenge was complete. Then fur
good measure she scratched him IN
the face with her finger nails until
the blood flowed freely.
Little Guy Hall. fourteen years old,
had played hockey one day last
week and the superintendent chas-
iised him. An older brother, Jack,
aged 20, and stepbroihev, Frank
Quick. of about the same age. took
up for the lad and last Friday they
"licked The teacher" this same sli-
perintendent. Sanders The boys
were arrested and placed In jail ow-
ing TO their inability TO make bond.
This angefpd the mother the more
and she vowed revenge fun and
complete
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-16
GRAND JURY'S REPORT
WAS SENSATIONAL
Members Say They Were Ap'
preached With Brides
BY Certain Person

Okmulgee. Okla, Nov. 10 When
The grand jury filed into coirt here
many were the surprises as to the
tenor OF their report
The grand jury reported that one
member had been approached BY q
certain person aud asked TO stand
with interests represented by him,
I'VE have three members fixed aud
Il You stay with us we can see that
nothing will be done in certain mat
lers.' was the manner in which the
bribe was offered.
This reflection on the part OF the
grand jury individually. as no names
were given, Is taken as a personal
affront by every member and steps
will be taken TO bring the person
implicated to justice The name Of
the one who attempted 10 fix the
body was withheld from the press,
but shrewd guess to The effect that
he was merely the representative OF
powerful interests has been made by
many prominent people.
The grand jury also stated that
the witnesses examined, at least
scme Of them. had been talking out
side Of the jury room about their tes-
timony and dhe body asked relief
from this
The testimony Of many witnesses
It was stated, bore the marks Of be.
ing manufactured In the SAME mill
The earmarks were plain and The
Jury requested additional instrnc-
tions TO combat this 'uiilng OF the
witness stand.
The report Of the grand jury was
Of the nature OF q bomb shell explol-
ing IN the peace and quiet which has
feigned for tho past two days, at
least on the surface.
Also the report stated that certain
witnesses had diyulged the nature OF
the examination and their testimony
10 parties outside the jury room. The
court admonished them that the
power lay in their han1s TO bring
such offenders 70 Justice and that
the machinery Of The law and the
court was M their bidding