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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
HENS HUNGRY AND
NOT ON A STRIKE.
Birds and Squirrels Had Been
Stealing Their Food.

Canterbury, Conn. Conrad A. Gehrke
Is speaking to his blooded hens again
after three weeks of strained relations
Mr.. Gehrke decided to spend part of
the winter at his country place, bought
the hens and after the first heavy fall
Of snow came to the conclusion that
they recognized him as a novice and
We're simply cheating him out of good
food. He gave them three times as
much feed as. he had read that they
deserved and yet he. found them ev-
cry day apparently wild with hunger
trying to eat the wire of their coop
He quit treating them as companions
and served their food each day with
great show of violence :
Then the whole matter was explain
ed. He went out to the coop early In
the morning and found that the hens
had company, In the yard were a
dozen squirrels and a half hundred
birds. including quail, bluejays and
smaller birds. These hungry callers
were eating ravenously of everything
that remained. while the fresh egg pro-
ducers Of the farm stood back sullenly
and without any show Of enthusiasm
regarded the callers. The birds and
squirrels retreated when Mr. Gehrke
came toward the coop. but returned
the moment he turned his back He
threw a great mass of feed out for
the hens and almost apologized to them
for his late conduct toward them
When the snow came in this section
ring neck pheasants, ruffled grouse and
even crows have taken up positions
near hen yards in the hope Of getting
enough food to sustain them At one
place flock Of quail numbering more
than fifty has taken to feeding in q
pigpen. where the service is not of the
best, but food in plenty is to be found
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
SAVAGE DOG IS DRUGGED.
Syringe Shoots chloroform Through
keyhoIe at Mad Canine.
SECRETARY REDF1ELD.

Syringe Shoots Chloroform Through
keyhoIe at Mad Canine.
st. Louis. After Mrs. Charles Speck,
who is prominent in society. had es-
capped from her bulldog, which attack
ed her. the animal was chloroformed
through keyhole by a doctor called
to attend Mrs. Speck, who had been
bitten severely upon the thigh and
arms.
DR.. Frank e. Chase, asked to kill the
animal. attempted to enter the bath,
room Of the home of Mrs Speck,
where the animal had been lured, but
was driven back.
The doctor filed a syringe with
chl0rOform and shot it through the
keyhole. After ten ounces Of the pol
sonous liquid had been sent into the
room he entered and, saturating a
handkerchief, completed the work.
The bulldog was stupefed when he
entered and did not attack him. Mrs.
Speck's pet attacked her when she
stepped on its tail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
TO GRIND WILD RICE.
Flour Of 1t Will Be Tried as an Elk:
pertinent.

= 49, ~ - ssS0 90 Gil 80
pertinent.
Grand Rapids, Mich. IF. L.. Vance
1.-The wild rice king of the sPopple
river country, has commenced the
manufacture of rice flour from the
products of the shallow lakes Of north
ern Minnesota.
For years Mr.. Vance has made a
business of harvesting wild rice and
has built up market. The -four will
be manufactured at the Anderson grist
mill at La Prairie, especial machinery
for the purpose being installed.
Before being ground the rice must
go through a roasting or drying proc
ess. and this is done near where the
grain is harvested. A machine devised
and built for this purpose by Mr.
Vance is capable of roasting 200
pounds in six minutes. As far as
known. this is the first time an at,
tempt has been made to manufacture
-four from wild rice. The raw ma
terial is plentiful. and practically the.
only cost will be the gathering and
grinding. no seeding or soil prepara.
don being necessary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
TOOTH SHOWS HIS GUILT.
Robber Of Paris Dentist Betrayed by
Cast From His Mouth.

Robber Of Paris Dentist Betrayed by a
Cast From His Mouth.
Paris.-An expert crook, Julien Lee
mas. was caught here in an Ingenious
manner.
{ The speciality of Lemas was robbing
dentists. he called on "a fashionable
dentist and asked that gold crown
be fitted on one of his teeth. The
dentist took a cast of the tooth, and a
few moments later, when he went into
his laboratory with the mold, sLemas
pocketed costly gold set of teeth
which had been left for repairs by a
marquise, and also 500 worth Of sheet
gold. s.
Lemas was arrested shortly after
ward and taken before a magistrate
He strenuously denied the theft and
was about to be set free when the
magistrate decided to send for the cast
taken by the dentist. When this was
brought into court it was found to fit
Lemas' tooth exactly, and the thief
was held for trial.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
SEEKING MARKETS
FOR U. s. COT TON
America Supplies Only I Per
Gent OF Worlds Trade.
INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS,

States Produces Two thirds Of the
WorId's Raw Cotton, international
Markets Use Only Small Portion 81
Ito Remedy Condition.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. showing that
of the $9OO.OO0,OOO worth of cotton
manufactures entering international
markets in 1913 only Z per cent was
bought from the United States-tbe
producer Of more than two-thirds of
the worlds raw cotton-caused the de-
partment of commerce to institute
thorough investigation with view of
"enlarging the foreign trade in this i'm
pOrtant branch of American industry.
Secretary Redfeld announced that an
agent of the department already is in
vestigating conditions in the orient
concerning the textile markets and that
Ralph NJ. Odell is looking into the con
ditions at the port of New York.
Special studies. both at home and
abroad. will be made Immediately by
representatives of the department, it
was said.
9 Official statistics show that, although
India imports annually cotton goods
worth about $2OO,OOOOO0, only about
$l.OOO.OO0 is received from the United
States.
China imports about 500, 100000 an
nually and receives only $8,OOO,OOO
from the United States To the mar
kets of Argentina, Brazil and Chile
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
GIRLS COLLEGES AID
RACE DEGENERACY
Professor johnson Says lie Gan
Provo This BY Statistics.

Washington. That women's colleges
from the viewpoint OF eugeHics. con
tribute toward the degeneracy of the
race and ought to be abolished is the
conclusion of DR.. Roswell H Johnson.
professor of biology in the University
of Pittsburgh, after a careful investi-
cation. His figures show that wo-
mems colleges discourage girls from
marrying.
Professor johnson believes the time
is coming when all women's colleges
must be converted into cOeducational
institutions. and he suggests that for
the present the anti-eugenic influence
of the colleges might be mitigated
through the substitution Of men and
women for teachers.
Professor johnson sets forth the re-
suits of his inyestiga ton in the cur
rent issue OF the Journal Of Heredity,
the official organ of the American
Genetfc association. He has collected
data in regard to Wellesley college
which are significant. Professor John.
son says:
Taking the Wellesley graduates OF
the classes Of. 1905 to 1912 inclusive,
it was found that 1871 per cent of them
We're already married in the fall OF
1912, when the facts were collected
But for those whose scholarship was
sufficiently high to entitle them to
membership in the honor society, Phi
Beta Kappa, the ratio of marriage to
that of those who did not make this
society was at Is to 49,. 81 In other
words, high scholarship in college wo-
men is. in this case at least, not found
to be an aid to marriage, while with
the normal schoolgirl the opposite is
the case.
''In this same tabulatiOn J. was
found that the alumnae of WellesIey
college who were members Of the lpht
Beta Kappa had. an average OF. .O65 OF
a child each, while the rate for the
girls who had not attained the same
distinction In scholarship was US.
The ominonsness OF this declining
marriage rate Is aggravated by the
low birth rate Only the earliest class
es, with one or two exceptions, nave
enough children to reproduce th.
class 81
I.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
BULLDOG A LIFE SAVER.

Pulls Covers From It's Master When
the Bedroom Is In Flames.
Minneapolis. To the watchfulness Of
the pet bulldog Of G. G. Smith Edward
Cox probably owes his life. Cox. who
keeps Mr.. Smiths dog. was awakened
in the night by cold The dog had
pulled all the covers from the bed and
was scratching frantically at Cox's
arm. S5
Cox awoke to find the interior Of the
room in flames. and he and the dog
rushed out. Firemen were summoned.
and they extinguished the fire. which
had destroyed the bedclothes, the dogs
bed Of rags on a chair and some cur
tains and burned hole in the floor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
SEEK SLAYER IN AN EYE.
Photograph Of Retina Expected 10
Show kis IMAGE. 5.

Pn0to9rapn OF heItna Expected to
Show His Image.
Aurora. Ill. Yielding to persons who
have faith in the old superstition, the
authorities here have photographed the
eye Of Theresa Hollander State At
torney Tyer admitted This. saying that.
1t was the belief Of many that the
retina Of a murdered person retained
the image OF the murderer
Miss Hollander was beaten to death
In a cemetery here week ago. The
picture was taken after suggestion
OF an oculist, who asserted with en-
phasis thar the retina OF the slain
girls eye would show the last object
before her conscious vision.
The photograph was made the day
after the murder as the body was be-
ing cared for at n local nndertaker's.
The authorities rather feared they
would be ridiculed for this effort, but
were anxious to leave nothing undone
to get evidence. so went through the
performance. holding every actor in
the scene to the most profound secrecy
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
WAS HIS OWN BLACK HAND.

Sent Letters to Himself, Poisoned
Hogs Feed and Burned Barns.
Lyons, N. Y.-Leslie A. Riggs. an AL
ton farmer. twenty-five years old and
married, was arrested and confessed
to sending Black Hand letters to him
self, putting poison in his hogs feed
and burning his barns
Riggs announced recently that he
had been receiving the Black Hand
letters. He insured his property for
$4,000 Then his barns burned.
Two years ago Riggs. with his ia
Their, mother and brother. was struck
by a passenger train near Alton. He
escaped The rest were killed. His
head was injured at the time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
MAKES MARRIAGE EASIER.

Sill In French Parliament Will, il
Passed, Remove Much Red Tape.
Paris. A bill was presented III the
senate which If passed will greatly
modify the. existing marriage regula.
tons. At present the complicated le-
gal papers required, time absorbed and
fees charged tend to make marriage
unpopular among the poor
1t is generally admitted that this
condition is responsible for the enor
nous number Of free unions
The new bill eliminates various for
malities and tends to make matrimony
easy in the twentieth century when. as
the bill states. zone has less and less
time to do anything. even to marry -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
PELLAGRA IN ENGLAND.
Fifty Cases Studied Confirm Theory /,
Il Not Due to Maize.

Fifty Cases Studied Confirm Theory Il
10 Not Duo to Maize.
London. Fifty cases OF pellagra.
whose existence only became known
to any considerable section OF the Brit
ish public as q result OF the disclosures
at the recent internal ional medical con.
gress. have been found In England
and Scotland and personally inyesti-
gated by Professor Sambon. who has
gone to the United States to study the
deisease there.
Professor Sambon's doubts as to the
maize origin Of pellagra appear to he
confirmed. according to the British
Medical Journal. by the fact that the
disease has declared itself In the Brit
ish isles. where maize IS sparingly con-
snmed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
COST OF LIVING
SHOWS INCREASE
Three Per Cent dump Ii Prices.
During Past year.
BEEF FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Bacon Shows Remarkable Advance Of
1895 Per Cent In Past Decade Other
Articles Of Food, Meat Especially, Go
Bounding statistics Submitted
by Bureau Of Labor. -

Z ~ -.
Bacon had advanced
1885 per cent, pork chops III per
cent and round steak 1925 per cent
on June Is of this year. compared
with the average prices for the ten
year period ending with 1900. accord
ing to startling tables made public by
the bureau of labor statistics.
The figures show that retail prices
OF food in general were 500 per cent
higher on the date mentioned than for
the ten year period in question. while
they are 3.3 per cent above the price
of June Is, 1912, and 14.4 above the
average of June Is. 1911.
Sugar is shining light. with a de-
cline in price Of per cent from the
ten year average. but this ray of sun
shine is showed under when CONSUME
ers are told that smoked ham shows
an Increase in price Of 81 per cent,
hens 1858 per cent. sirloin steak. 1852
per cent. rib roast Is per cent. lard
$50 per cent. cornmeal 57.3 per cent.
potatoes 44.4 per cent. butter 41.3 per
cent. eggs 4O.8 per cent. milk 1874 per
cent and -four 2s.6 per cent.
When the price Of each of the fifteen
articles included in the bulletin is con-
sidered according to the average con-
sumption in workingmen's families, re-
tail prices are shown to have been at
higher level on June 10 Of this year
than at any other time during the last
twenty three and half years, with
the single exception Of Nov. Is. 1912,
when the level was slightly higher.
Actual prices were obtained in forty
cities. including New York, Boston.
Philadelphia, Chicago, ST. Louis. San
Francisco. Buffalo, Newark and New
Orleans, betting the country both ways.
While the average increase in the
cost Of living at retail grocery stores
on June Is. 1918. as compared with.
June Is. 1912, is placed at only 3.3 per
cent, the increase in many articles was
much higher. Bacon is in first place
in this comparison. the price in 1913
being 1862 per cent higher than in 1912.
Smoked ham is second, showing an
increase of al per cent for the year,
while pork chops occupy third place.
with an increase Of 1874 per cent.
Hens advanced 11.8 per cent; eggs.
III per cent; round steak, 1O.1 per
cent; sirloin steak, 9.8 per cent: lard.
IL per cent: rib roast, 6.8 per cent:
butter. 5.8 per cent, and milk, Al per
cent.
South America is sending greatly in.
creased shipments Of beef to the Unit
ed States, and the Importation Of this
product now has become a factor in
the import trade. Between 100000
and 100000 pounds of fresh beef.
part from Argentina. have entered the
ports Of the United States in the last
three months. large portion Of thu.
beef is coming from Australia.
officials Of the department Of cong
merce predicted that the imports of
fresh beef from these countries in the
present fiscal year will exceed 100000
pounds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
JOHN [. SULLIVAN
OPPOSES SALOONS
Former PugIlIsiic Champion
Predicts Doom Of Liquor.
LICENSE MEN WHO DRINK.

OF PrIzefight Lovers - Mould Not
Allow Men Who Had Not Paid Ii.
csnse to Purchase Liquor-Would Put
Dealers Under Heavy Bonds.
New York.-"The day Is coming when
there will be no saloons. There has
been great change in the last thirty
years, and man can't drink now and
get away with it as he could then.
The day has passed when man could
drink and his employer would stand
for it because he was a good work.
man."
1t was no other than John l.. SulH-
van talking-John L., who, in his bril-
liant and meteOric career in the pugil-
istic ring, punished more men and
whisky than most Of them. His big
bass voice reverberated through the
room with the sorority of shout down
q deep well. His great fists and his
massive frame suggested the physical
prowess that was once his. Only a
equity great toe that kept the right foot
a little in the air limited that the erst-
while champion might not be able to
give good account of himself with
one Of his modern gate receipt" sue
cessors.
"They said when was whooping It
up years ago that / would die in the
gutter. But fooled them quit
drinking one night nine years ago, and
haven't touched drop since. was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
HURT, MAKES CLUTCHES.
With Leg Broken 10 Thus Able to
Reach His Home.

heach HIS Home.
Loup City, Neb.- Despite the fact
that his left leg was broken between
the ankle and knee, Stanley Krokolo-
ski. Polish farmer, dragged himself
100 feet to thicket by creek There
he cut two clutches with his knife and
upon these managed to drag himself
half a mile to the home of his brother.
where he received medical treatment
To add to his discomfort a blizzard
was raging at the time and the mer-
curry was below zero. :.
The farmer had been in town and
was on his way home when bis team
ran away and threw him out OF his
wagon.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
REPENTs HIS H0Rs THEFT,
Religiously Influenced, Is Trs;~r "a
Repay the Loser.

r 4
Williston. =. D.-J j Mayer, who
Eve years ago hired q horse from Boyd
Bros. OF this city. failing to return
with II. has been converted and wants
to settle. In letter from Kellogg.
Ida, to sherin Olson. Mayer explains
the circumstances surrounding his
theft rs
Mayer engaged the horse. riding
eight or ten miles west Of Williston.
where he traded it for another animal.
continuing westward Now Mayer be
lieves the horse was foun[ by It's right
owners and seeks to settle with the
injured third person Bnt It SO hap
pens that Royd Bros. never found their
horse. and they submitted to Mayer
4 proposition OF settlement.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
Keeper and Deer Fight.

Wichita. Kan. John West, an at
tendant at the animal Enclosure in Riv-
erside park. a municipal playground.
was attacked by a long horn deer
while in the lot. The animal knocked
West down and gored him painfully
before be could get hold of its antlers
and prevent further wounds. Bystand-
ers fought the deer of. and West was
taken to d hospital. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
IN PRISON, ASKS POSTCARDS.
Russian Woman Revoiutionist Sends
Word to American Friends.

Russian Woman Revolutionist Sends
Word to American Friends
Boston. Greetings to friends in
America We're contained in a letter re
ceived by Miss Alice Stone Blackwell
from Nine. Catherine BreshkOvsky.
who is confined in the central prison
at Irkutsk. Siberia.
It is the first word from the Russian
reyolntionfst since her escape from the
island in the Lena river at Kirensk
and subsequent capture by the Rus
sian police. Nine Rrcshkovsky said
that her friends in America had no
cause to be alarmed about her health
but she wonld like to have them send
her some postcards.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14

$50 s e ABRAA RAYGoRoDsKY.
gigantic affair with two prOpellers. a
treme ndous spread of wings and four
200 horsepower motors
He now has a machine which he has
been experimenting with at Mineola,
keeping his hand in the game until be
can fulfill his desire toscarry an Amer
lean flag across the Atlantic in an aero
plane And Raygorodsky says he will
carry an American flag. as he came to
this country following an edict of the
Russian government that he could not
fly in that country because he is a
Jew.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-03-14
Treat Smallpox by phone

Rockford. Ill.-To prevent the spread
Of smallpox Rockford doctors are
treating pest patients by telephone.
This condition came about when two
physicians who had smallpox tents:
refused to continue treating e... De-
cause they could not carry her
practice. Other doctors adopLeu the
method
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-27

SrrrIa. a. lhe HeFs
BOSTON. Mass Aux 20 The
past ten DAYS witnessed the complete
formation of the lines for tho 'all
poi'iral battle iu Massachusetts
This State BE- uua the only one iu
the Union that elects % complete isl
OF state Officers each year This
year there o. no firhf for the EUh"r-
material nomination in any OF the
three leading partIc To- fact thr
only State ticket wherein q fight b.
prom cd iu che prImaries next
month is that OF the Republicans
Governor David Walsh BE- uuopposei
irr renuminafiDr on the Democrat
o. ticket Former Con rsssman sam
ueI vs. Mccall will boz named bf the
Republican for the gOfernOrship
nd Joseph walker ell he the nomi
nee OF the Progressive parfy The
democratic and prugrisseyr ticket
from the goyernorship down have
Teen settled upon already so that s0
far a. the State ticket goes th. con
tests m the primarios wili be- cOnfn-
ed 20 the Republican candidates m
addition 10 a complete State ticket
fhr Progressive have Nled paper ir
practically az of the congressional
districts
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-27

ASRIRi PARK. \. j. Aug 20
Babies from every nook and corner
OF the land held icsial holiday and
hish rcyel In Asbury Park today T.
was the day OF the annual baby pa
rade Dressed in their best raimeni
she little ones paraded the ocean
'front.' this afternoon aud we're re-
yieWed by Queen Titauia Miss Nir
ginia Hope Kelsey and her maid
"a the court OF honor Almost every
variety OF iufantile precocity was
represented in the prOce sion. from
,ae infant terrible suhdued and trac-
table. under the influence of appall
ing environment and rising Ia grad
tate stage 10 maturor luevenility
u.ich under pressure, was permit
ted 10 assume tr0usCerluous and
long skirts
There were nearly one thousand
GOOD humOred tots Boo the pagen'
and they toddled conteutoaly 900 The
.rand march while many Thousands
,f spectators. fascinated by the NOV.
Ing panorama. looked on with sym
pathetic eg. MANY watched the pa
.dde from the hotel piazlas and the
roofs of the cottages and buildings
adjacent to Ocean Avenue T. was
estimated that the throug of spec.
tator- vas one OF the largest ever
raih-red iu Asbury Park on any sim
tIAr occasion
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-27
COOPERATIVE LEtGIE
DsGA NIIID ~ COTTIE.

PADUCAU Texas. Aug 20 \
meeting of the business men of Pa
ducah and the farmers ot Cottic
County was held in paducah ycstcr-
day and a cooperative league organ
lied The intentions of the league
IS 20 bring the business man aud the
lPrmer in closer relationship with
each other 20 let each other know
their peculiar needs. and ~ work to-
Rether for the advancement OF Cottle
County
4 paid secretary was employed
io handle and look after the inter.
ests OF the league about N..,UU
Was subscribed Dos tho citizens for
the purpose OF maintaining the OF.
eanizatiou
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-27

WASNINGIt>. ID G.. Aug tt
.ril adler General Ieorrr Andrews
pdIuaut general of tho army was
placed 600 tur r.rired lisi TODAY ou
account o having reached the axe
limit pf % year General Andrew
ra. bad 90 .0ug aud brilliant oarect
lud . one 0l tHD best known officer.
900 the arw IIr e a native Of Rhode
Island 200 HhirI State Doe Nas born
in 1850 Hc va graduated from the
laitsi states Military Academy 100
tslt anI served a. second lieuten-
ant. urf lieutenant and captain of
me 10Th lufantr until February
Ist>. O. period 0. twenty two year.
hen ns eas transferred Co The al
Iuuut generals department Nth the
rank %. major &C., reached the grade
of colonel Boo l1H. Ten year. later
rc va. made 400 Iiant general aud
advanced f0 fH' rank of hrisadI"r
general