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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
MILLIONS FROM 4yIcEs..
Record Breaking Drinking, Smoking
and Card Playing Taxes.

and Gard Playing Taxes.
Washington.-The wealth Of gold,
silver and paper money. filling the
vaults Of the federal treasury is due
In no small measure to the record
breaking drinking. smoking and card
playing Of the American people during
the fiscal year 1913. Details of the
sources Of the $344.424.453 collected in
internal revenue taxes during the year
ended on June 3O-the greatest in the
history of the country disclosed
In report to Secretary. McAdoo by
William Fl. Osborne, commissioner of
internal revenue
The 143,220.OOO gallons of whisky
and brandy consumed during the year
brought in $157.542.O coo; the 65.246. 900
barrels Of beer, porter and ales. $685.
GAG, goo; the 14,276.T71, 600 cigarettes.
SIT $4,000: the 7,699,O3s, 600 cigars.
$23,097 600; the chewing and smoking
of 1858, OnO pounds of tobacco, S32.-
$4,000; taxes on 33,2O9.OOO pounds of
snuff, $2.657.OOO, and the sale of 81
764.15 packs of playing cards. an in
crease of 1,952.475 over the previous
year, brought $685., 2S3
The aggregate number of saloons In
the country this year was 194,59O,
decrease. despite the increased con-
sumption of intoxicants. of 21.554 as
compared with the fiscal year 1912.
Wholesale liquor dealers numbered
6,452. decrease Of 600 within year
Total Internal revenue receipts of
1913 exceeded the previous high record
Of 1911 by $21,89S,OOO and the collec-
lions Of 1912 by 500 ,SO9,OOO. To col
lect the enormous sum it cost the gov
eminent $5.4S3.OOO.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
NO HOLIDAY FOR GOV. cRUcE.
Finds convicts Pardoned and Con-
tracts Signed In His Absence.

Finds Convicts Pardoned and Con.
tracts Signed In His Absence.
Oklahoma City. Okla.-..I will never
leave the state again as long as am
governor declared Governor Lee
Cruce who. upon being Informed Of
the action Of Lieutenant Governor Nc
Alester i'll granting pardons to four
prisoners and signing school bonds to
which the governor was opposed, rush
ed post haste back to the capital 81
have cancelled all engagements have
out of the state. including the COVER
nor's conference at Denver, and shall
make no others henceforth. l intend
to stay strictly on the job"
Lieutenant Governor McAlester, who
is perhaps seventy years old, is in
the race for governor at the next cleo
ton.
Among the prisoners the acting gov
ernor pardoned was b. H. Updike, a
nephew of former Governor Haskell,
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
murder.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
SOUTHERN COLLEGES GOOD.
Entrance Standards, Facultie. anc
Equipment Of Highest Order.

Entrance Standards, FacuItie. and
Equipment Of Highest Order.
Washington Southern colleges since
1900 have made remarkable advance
ment not only In entrance require
ments, but in libraries. laboratories.
buildings and equipment. according to
q statement of the bureau of educa-
ton. Miss Elizabeth Avery CouIton.
secretary of the Southern Association
of Colored Women. who reported on
conditions, declared that in 1900 only
three southern colleges had standard
requirements for entrance, while this
year 160 institutions had adopted such
standards.
Miss CoultOn attributed the improve,
ment to various philanthropie organ
izations which .co-operated to better
the educational s.gem In the south.
With the bet in entrance re-
quirements,5 she declared, had come a
decided increase also in the amount of
college work represented by the de
gree, while in the personnel of the
faculties marked improvements were
shown.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
OHIO ORGANISE IS
VIGOROUS AT 127.
Has Smoked and Used Liquor
For Many Years Past.

Massilon, O.-Members Of st. Bar
bara's Roman Catholic church at West
Brookfeld. hamlet west of here,
have begun preparations to celebrate
next December the one hundred and
twenty eighth birthday anniversary of
Francis Xavier Firestein, parish or
gan1st, one time parish schoolmaster.
scholar and savant.
For years Mr.. Firestein has lived in
the town. known to be more than 100
years of age by every man, woman
and child, loved by everybody, but
jealousy guarding information regard
Ing his life from all but a very few
intimate friends.
Mr.. Firestein lives alone in a little
cottage in the rear Of st. Barbara's
church. Gardens and fields stretch
away on all sides, while his door yard
is bordered with bright. sweet scented
flowers. Inside are shelves of books
in the seven different languages he
speaks, little cabinet organ with a
row of bronzed pipes bristling from its
top. comfortable chairs. table and
the equipment Of a well ordered home
Mr.. Ftrestein raises vegetables. but
bread and coffee are his almost exclu-
sive diet. and he thrives upon 1t. as
his healthy looking but wrinkled skin
and slightly stopped but active figure
testify.
Mr. Firestein has drunk wine as long
as he can remember. and that is on
the other side of year 1900, when as a
boy he went to school in Vienna, Aus
tria. where his father was a noted ply
sician
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23

at one time threatened to emDrOli this
country with Italy. -
Porter Charlton was a New York
bank clerk when he met Mrs. Neville
81. Castle. a Divorce and daughter OF
Henry Fl Scott, a San Francisco toai
merchant. The wooing of Charlton was
ardent and rapid. with the result thai
the couple were secretly married in
Wilmington. Del, in April. 1910 A few
days later they sent announcements to
their friends and then sailed for Flu.
rope OH their honeymoon. Letters re-
ceived by Captain Scott. attached to
the coast artillery at Fort Myer. led to
the belief that the couple were happy
and peaceably enjoying themselves
On the morning of June 10 the bod,
Of Mrs. Charlton was found by fisher
men IN trunk In Lake Como not far
from the villa the pair had occupied
An investigation was started by the
police Of Cern0bbiO. and RuSsian
named Constantine IspoIatoh was ar
rested. When the authorities searched
for Charlton he had disappeared
1t was at first believed Charlton had
met death defending his wife's homo,
and the lake was searched for his
body. Then it was learned from tin.
proprietor OF the Hotel Suisse at Ger
nobhio that a couple had frequently
appeared there and registered as Mr.
and Mrs. Potter. They had often
quarreIed. and ON several occasions the
woman had been seen weeping. Once
the guests heard shrieks. and the pro
prietor found Mrs. Charlton hidden in
closet. Later her husband dragge,i
her to the street, and the proprietor
asked the pair to leave his hotel
These stories turned suspicion upon
Charlton. and the police of the entire
world We're asked to arrest him on
sigh None Of the detectives assigned
to the case was more indefatigahIe
than Captain Scott. he swore to h
revenged and obtained leave OF an
senre. Scott tlionghr his brother in
law might be on the Deutschland anu
was on hand when she locked
No trace of Charlton was found. and
he Strolled over to the Princess irene
He had never seen the object of his
quest but Il man on the pier answered
his description. and he caused his ar
rest. He had arrived under an as
sunied name. hut admitted his identity
when his own name was found stitch
ed inside his laundry bag Re then
seemed glad that the strain was over.
At police headquarters be made IL
written confession. in which hp said
that. while his wife was ''the best wo
man in the world" they often quar-
relied over trivial matters. and SIN.
would call him foui names The nigh.
Ut the murder she went into temper.
and in II daze he struck her with Il.
malIet he had been using to straigi,te,,
o0l the leg Of a couch. He then placed
the nalIet and body in a trunk. drs..
eed the trunk from the villa to a slnail
pier and threw Il into Lake Como.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
WOMAN. A LAND AGENT.

Mrs. caukin's Political Activity In
California Rewarded.
San Francisco. - With the afhxinp Of
President Wilson's signature, Mrs.
Grace Caukin Of Sonoma, Cal, will
receive $500 Democratic plum and
at the same time become the first wo-
man land agent in the United States.
Mrs Caukin, who was an active
member OF the women's committee of
the Democratic state central commit
tee during the last presidential cam
paign. has received word from Wash
ington that the appointment has been
confirmed by the senate.
The position which she viii receive
Is held at present By John j. Dean,
and the official title Is receiver OF the
United States land Office
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
CAT RETURNS CANARY.
Bird Flies Away, and Feline Turn,
Sleuth and Returns II.

Bird Flies Away, and Feline Turns
Sleuth and Returns Ii.
Reading, Pa.-While Mrs. Franklin
Woods OF Denver township was clean
Ing her canary birds cage the canary
few away The family cat then seem
ed disconsolate
That night the cat disappeared and
nothing was seen of either Of the
household pets until four days later.
when the cat came back. Tenderly
holding the missing bird by wing.
pussy delivered her burden to Mr..
Woods. His wife at once restored 1t
to Its cage There was not scratch
on the bird. Mr.. Woods believes the
cat went out in search Of the missing
canary and. when he heard It's song.
captured It
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
LIVES IN FOREST
IN ADAMS GARB,
Boston Artist Makes Woods
Furnish Food and Shelter.

Boston, Mass.-Joseph Knowles. q
Boston artist, is in the middle of an
experiment to prove that he can live
In the Maine forests. twenty miles
from settlement, just as did prehis-
toric man. He discarded all clothing.
made the woodland furnish his food
and shelter and defends himself from
animals or other foes only with the aid
of his bare hands or with such weap-
ons as he may fashion with them.
For two months he will make his
home in the depths of the virgin forest
that surrounds Big Sencer lake. Twice
a week he goes to the borders of the
forest to leave communications, In
scribed on birch bark. for his friends.
Knowles is forty-four years of age.
has never married and has always
lived life Of adventure. He is one
Of the few white men who have mas
tered the art Of making fire by rub
bling sticks. The accomplishment. he
says, is all that Is needed for a life In
the open by man of his robust health.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
FIGHTING CATTLE TICK.
Tennessee to BE First Southern stat,
ErAAa

Tennessee to Be First Southern state
Freed From Quarantine.
Wash1ngton.-The presence of the
tick among cattle in the southern
states lessons the value of cattle on the
hoof and causes a lower grading of
hides. which means to the producer a
loss of many thousands of dollars, saws
department Of agriculture report on
the ravages Of the pest.
Experts asserted that southern cat
tie rafsers lose $1.26 on every hide in.
tested with the tick. Campaigns to
eradicate the pest have been waged
with considerable success by bureau
OF animal industry veterinarians. Ten.
nessee probably will be the first state
to be entirely free from the quarantine
against the tick. which already has
been eradicated in fifty-o one counties.
Cattle raisers have spent less than
90 cents per head in the campaign in
Tennessee. while they have gained
about 81 per head thereby.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
COLONEL COCKTAILS.

! COLONEL COCKTAILS.
the cut handle only 100000 cubic yards
OF earth and rock per month, which
output will be greatly reduced as the
depth of the cut increases and the
available room for shoveling is re-
duced. Colonel Goethals has now as
sembled fifteen dredges, with month
~ capacity Of 100000 cubic yards,
and these will be floated into the cut
as soon as the dixie is destroyed.
Meanwhile, not content with digging
away at the base of the cliffs. the en-
gineers. In their haste to open up the
waterway, have begun to tear away
the top Of the hills with great jets of
water under high pressure. sluicing the
earth into the bed of the canal, whence
1t is being swept up by pneumatic
dredges and pumps and discharged
into ravines and valleys so far away
that 1t can never wash back
The status Of the canal work. accord
ing to the understanding among Off
Gals here. on the basis of the reports
from the isthmus. Is as follows:
June a. 19l3.-The last gate Of Gatun
spillway was closed. and since that time
Gatun lake has been steadily rising
through the impounding Of water from
the Chagres river and other streams.
draining 1870 square miles Of territory.
Oct. !. 1913.-The water in Gatun lake is
expected to reach seventy-one feet above
sea level
Oct. 10. 1a3.-The great Gamboa dixie,
which keeps the water Of Gatun lake from
flowing into Culebra cut during dredging
operations. Is to be blown up with dyna-
mite and water admitted into the cut
The top Of this dixie is 1872 feet above sea
level
Dec /, 1913.-The level Of the water in
Gatun lake and Culebra cut is expected
to reach its final limit Of eighty-five feet
above sea level
December, 1913.-vessels drawing prob
ably twenty to twenty-five feet Of water
may be put through the canal. while giant
dredges will be completing the deepening
of the submerged channel through Guile
bra cut.
Jan. l, 1a5.-The canal Will be ready for
ships Of the navies Of the world to pass
through both sets OF locks. and vessels
will be able to use the canal to Its full
DEPTH going in. opposite directions at the
same time
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
EX-KING MANUEL AND his FIANCEE. PRIN-
CESS VICTORIA AUGUSTINE.

EX-KING MANUEL AND his FIANCEE, PRIN-
CESS VICTORIA AUGUSTINE
swayed by whims and theatrical stars
such as Gaby Deslys and constantly
in terror of his life.
Alfonso added with characteristic
fatalism and intrepidity: "A king
must not only rule his people, but
must make them feel he is willing to
lead them and share their troubles and
their dangers. We kings are instru-
ments in the hands of fate and must
serve our destiny in the best and most
manly fashion we can, no matter what
fate is in store for u.s.
Continental monarchs do not ap-
prove in toto Of the public introduc-
ton in England of the former Portu-
guese royal family as King Manuel
and Queen Amelie." The German en-
peror in particular has been much
puzzled lately as to how to treat the
approaching marriage of the royal ex-
lie with a German princess. He does
not want to antagonize the present
Portuguese government. and at the
same time there is no reason why he
should not maintain friendly relations
with Manuel. who is related to more
than one of the royal families Of Eu-
rope and whose chance Of one dav
reascending the Portuguese throne is
by no means poor.
The kaiser has solved the difficulty
by saying that Prince Eitel Friedrich
may attend the wedding as special
~ invited guest. but not as the official
representative of the reigning Hohen-
zollern family. thus straddling the
fence In the most approved diplomatic
fashion, for the presence Of the Ger
man prince will give the necessary
recognition after all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
.ULIvI THREAT TO END WAR.
Says His Rays Explode submarine
Mines Fifteen Miles Away.

Says His Rays Explode Submarine
Mines Fifteen Miles Away.
Paris.-In an interview in reference
to his invention by means of which he
says he is able to fire explosives many
miles distant by the employment OF
1nfra-red rays. the Italian Ulivi as
serts that he has succeeded in explod-
Ing submarine mine fifteen miles
distant from the yacht on which he
was experimenting near Havre.
Ulivi declined absolutely to give de-
tails of his apparatus or results of the
tests carried out in the presence of
high officials of the French army and
navy. He is said to be about to leave
Havre. where there is too much dan
ger for others 1T is certain" he
says, that if the infra-red rays struck
ship carrying explosives they would
cause disaster
It Is said that the rays will put an
end to all warfare if they are able to
do what the inventor says they can.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
LIFTS TUG OUT OF SEA.
Defiance Endangered by Eighty Foot
Whale, Captain Smith Saws.

Defiance Endangered by Eighty Foot
: Whale, Captain Smith Says.
Baltimore.-Captain Z. M. Smith of
the sea going tug Defiance reported
that when between Cape Henry and
False cape. of the Virginia coast, an
eighty foot whale lifted the tug, which
dropped with plunge and terrific
roll. Mate Rose had difficulty In steady
ing the vessel
Immediately afterward the whale
arose alongside and sent forth a
stream of water which deluged the
Defiance. It followed the tug about
half mile.
At one time the whale lifted itself
almost two-thirds out Of the water, he
said. The captain. who is an old tar,
says It was the largest whale he has
ever seen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23

UOSe unOer his directions. Death re-
suited shortly afterward The doctor
never regained consciousness.
That Miss Krill was not married to
the doctor and that she left one hos
pital in New York city and entered
the institution here in order to be with
him are facts the state was quick to
show when the accusation was first
made. AS a probable motive for the
crime the prosecution alleges that Miss
Krill feared that DR.. Kron was about
to return to Europe and leave her alone
in America and in order to prevent
this she caused his death.
TT is true they were not married..
the attorney for the defense is quoted.
but they were to have been married.
and both were looking forward to the
event with particular happiness. After
marriage they were going to live in
Europe" For some reason which has
not been made known the marriage
Gid not occur as. it is said, had been
planned. The attorney also denied
rumors to the effect that poison had
been found in the young girls hand
bag.
Facts that tend to strengthen the
theory of suicide and others that seem
to indicate that murder had been com
mitted were gradually added to the
chain of evidence gathered by, the.
state. all emphasizing the story of lore.
hate. romance and jealousy
The Intense love and passionate af-s
lection borne by Miss Krill for the
young Italian physician led her to
guard him jealously and caused her to
become involved in trouble with sew
eral other young girls Of the doctors
nationality in this city when he en-
de;lyored to see them
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
ESCAPE FROM NEW JAIL.
Boys Use Saw and Leave FriendI,
Note For the Sheriff.

Doys Use Saw and Leave Friendly
Note For the Sheriff.
Macon. Mo.-Robert Zoll. twenty
two years old, and Alvin Mueller
nineteen, awaiting trial for robbing a
preachers residence, sawed through
the steel wall of their cell at night
and escaped to the woods
A sheriff's posse surrounded and ex
plored the woods, but did not find the
fugitives. Zoll had made a written
confession. In the morning this note
was found in the vacant cell:
Dear Sheriff Holvey-Best regards to
you and your family. AS we intend to
lead an honest, upright life we decided
that 1t would be necessary to get away
from evil associates in jail. Your friends
BOB AND ALVIN
The Macon Jail is a new $4,000
structure and was supposed to be alb
solutely proof against escape.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23

Worked Eishteen Years Without pay.
Montpelier, Ind Stewart, sixty
years old, who for eighteen years
worked as clerk in cigar store here
without pay. died recently. Though
he had access to the cash drawer,
with instructions to take any amount
he wanted. he always contented him
self with taking % cents three times 4.
day to buy his meals and IN occa-
sional sum with which % buy cloth
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
CANAL TO Be USED
next DECEMBER
Final Completion Expected
Jan. |, 1915, However.
.DREDGEs IN CULEBRA CUT.
Steam shovels Displaced by Thirty
four Modern Appliances With
Monthly Excavating Capacity Of
100000 Cubic Yards.

Washington.-All reports from the
Panama canal zone indicate that Colo
mel George w. Goethals will be ready
to allow shallow draft ships to pass
through the canal by next December.
This has been the understanding ever
since Colonel Goethals testified before
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce in December. 1911.
but he and his associates do not expect
the canal to be ready for the navies
OF the world until Jan 1, 1915. No
official time has been fixed for the ac-
tual opening, but that is the date when
Colonel Goethals expects to complete
the work
Dredges are to replace steam shovels
In the excavation of the Culebra Cut
The thirty-four steam shoveIs used in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
AKECHARL TON TO
ITALY FOR TRIAL
Young American Faces Term
In an italian Dungeon
HOW L: MURDERED WIFE.
Fight Against Extra dition Occasioned
international Interest and Thrsaten-
ed to EmbroiI THIS Country WITH
itaiy-l ono Font ar Iast < odeo

New York. Porter Charlton, thu.
young American who killed his bride
In their Wilt at Lake como. Italy. in
June. 9lU aud who tor three tru!>
mas successfully fought extrnGition. his
been turned over to the Italian govern.
meDt and will be tristi for his crime
III the Hudson county inil ut Jersey
City Charlton was under espi,lll-s'
which was relaxed neither day lr,f
night In the fear that he might
try TO take his own life rather tfIan
face living death in an Italian dun
geon. He had no visitors save his de-
voted father. Paul Charlton. former
United States judge at Porto Rico: nis
mother and brother and his counsel
The crime for which Charlton must
now stand trial created worldwide ut
tention because Of bis grewsome set
ting and the prominence of the slayer:
family. The fight against extraditi,,l
occasioned international interest AMI
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
Burn Watchdog With Acid.

Middletown. N. when negroes
attempted to rob the henhouses of w.
F. Popple at Monroe they were
frightened away by an Irish terrier be
longing to Henry Wellington Wack.
The dogs paws have now been ruined
with yirulent acid k~big reward has
been offered for the conviction Of the
guilty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-08-23
SUCK POISON; SAVE GIRLS.
Women Draw Virus From Wounds Of
Children Bitten BY Doc.

Rochester. N. Y. Elsie Parish.
writer of verse for children. and Mrs.
Willing Sterling of Pittsford took he
roic measures to save the lives of two
little girls that had been bitten by
dog that was suffering from rabies.
They applied their lips to the wounds
on the little ones and drew much Of
the virus from the flesh, but apparent
" took part of the poison into their
own systems They became SO i'll that
Dr.. g. G. Comfort telegraphed to Cor
nell university for hydrophobia serum.
It is believed that all four will recover.
but DR.. Comfort will take no chances
and will have them all inoculated.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-14

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