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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
MODEL CHILD LABOR LAW.
Industrial Board Would Put Little
Workers Under State Bureaus.

Industrial Board Would Put Little
Workers Under State Bureaus.
Philadelphia.-The members of the
United States commission on industrial
relations are discussing plan for
state bureaus to look after the welfare
Of working children of school age The
commission intends to present it at
all the hearings it holds throughout
the country with view of recon-
mending model law for the states.
The proposed bureau would main
tain school census and enforce regu-
larity of attendance. issue licenses to
minors engaged in street trades, issue
employment certificates and look after
the child during the first two years in
industry, establish vocational guidance
work to fit industrial conditions of a
community. help the child to get placed
In its chosen industry, look after the
delinquent, defective and dependent
and take charge of the medical inspec-
to service Of the schools.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
SLEEPS IN COFFIN TO
BALk UNDERTAKES
Nebraska Man Hopes He'll Die
In CdSket,

Lincoln, Neb.-Every night in the
year E. T. Hunger, formerly chief Of
police Of Lincoln, sleeps in his coffin
The homemade box stands on the
front porch Of the Hunger residence,
and at night, after the neighbors have
gone to bed. "Old Man" Hunger goes
out and climbs into the box. IL the
weather is cold or if q shower comes
up he pulls the top Of the coffin over
the opening, leaves q crack through
which he can.get little fresh air and
calmly goes to sleep. Mr.. Hunger is
now seventy-six years old, and for
many years he has been sleeping in
his coffin.
And l made that coffin myself, too"
he says proudly. costs too much to
die in these days. So just thought
Id play joke on the undertakers and
make my own coffin while was well
enough to do it. So got me some
inch plank about foot wide and sew
eral pieces Of 2 by 4. put the latter
at each corner to make the box stable.
and then ! nailed it together with
eight penny nails. Whole thing cost
me less than S., but it's strong enough
to hold man about my size without
any trouble. And won't these under
takers be mad when l die and they
can't get any Of my money!" ....
" The Hunger home sits back from the
street, and there are trees all around
it In the summer these trees shade
the porch and the grewsome object
cannot be seen plainly. But when win
ter strips the limbs and branches Mr..
Hunger's homemade coffin can be seen
by all passersby.
For more than twenty years. Mr.
Hunger was a constable in Lincoln
and is one Of the best known men in
the city. But the fact that be sleeps
in his coffin every night is fact known
to few others than his neighbors and
close friends.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
SAYS VICE CRUSADE HARMS.
Poor Girls No Worse Than Others,
Adds w. n. Allen.

Poor Girls No Worse Than Others.
Adds W. n. Allen.
Madison, Wis.-"We must stop the
morbid discussion of vice from the pub.
pit" DR.. William II. Allen. head Of the
New York bureau of municipal re.
search, told the anti-vice committee of
the Wisconsin legislature. If discus
sion Of this subject by women and
others should be omitted for ten years"
he adds. there would be wholesome
improvement.
This country is about to pay heavily
for this ant-vice crusade It is rank
est injustice to poor girls to say that
evil exists more among them than
among others. There is no evidence
that vice is on the increase. 1t is prob
ably on the decrease"
The Rev. E. G.. Updike of the First
Congregational church said that moral
conditions. notably among university
students, are better than twenty years
ago, and the conduct of the students is
generally good and steadily improving.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
PLAN GAMBLING AT PANAMA.
Earl Of Shrewsbury Proposes Second
Monte Carlo at Canal,

~o'' " 0HTo"SO0Ty proposes oecon0
... Monte Carlo at Canal. .......
London. = The Casino Naclonal de
Panama company, limited. with the
Earl Of Shrewsbury and Talbot as
chairman, which proposes to start q
second Monte Carlo at Panama, gives
an alluring description of the wonder
full gambling and amusement resort it
intends to launch. ......
The company is to acquire $50 acres
OF land and to operate under charter
'1nsuring absolute freedom from all
interference for period Of twenty
five years." according to the promises
OF its prospectus, but no statement Is
made Of what authority is to give the
charter and to insure the freedom from
interference. The casino is to include
most of the attractions of Monte Car
fo-a big hotel, an orchid garden, which
will be one Of the wonders OF the
world; bathing pavilion, pigeon shoot
ing. tennis grounds, golf courses and,
principally, the gambling hall. ~ zI:--.
Panama Is advertised as a splendid
winter resort, while passengers will
have twenty-four hours to spend on
land while the steamers traverse the
canal. thus insuring constant patron
age. Profits to the stockholders must
be large, because the roulette tables
Will be run on system giving the
bank a much larger percentage OF prof.
Its than the Monte Carlo company
gets from the play there Forty per
cent dividends on the IA shares are
predicted by the prospectus.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
U. S. OWNS 5000 ISLANDS.
These Support 100000 Persons and
Have $30o.000,000 Commerce.

j =
Have $30o.000,000 Commerce.
Notwithstanding to report
recently received by the National Geo
graphical society the United States
now owns exactly 5000 islands, SUP.
porting a population Of 100000. The
report further shows that the COM
merce Of these islands exceeds $780,
100000. or more than that of the
United States in any year prior to
1850. American capital invested in
the islands aggregates approximately
OO,O0O.OO0. and from them cnere ia
shipped to the United States 100000
600 worth Of products every year and
they take in exchange products of
about equal value. r~a.y..... -
z The feature of the report is the de-
velopment Of Porto Rico. Hawaii and
the Alaskan islands. 1t shows that
when Porto Rico came under American
rule fifteen years ago there was but
one school building on the island. while
Today There are ZOO. There were
$4,000 pupils enrolled in the first year
OF American administration. now there
are 10000. Then there was but one
good road Of forty miles; now there
are about 1000 miles. Production Of
sugar has grown from $4,000 tons
year to 365,OOO Foreign commerce was
about $200O0.0O year; now it is near
ly $1OO,OOO,OOO. D..
Hawaii has been extremely pros
porous since it came permanently un-
der the American flag in 1900. The
assessed value of the sugar crop more
than doubled, deposits in banks trebled
and In savings banks quadrupled.
Hawaii's irrigation system is the mar
vel of the engineering world. and the
quantity Of sugar produced per acre
far exceeds that of any other spot on
the globe.
1.-THE Alaskan islands and mainland"
says the report. ''cost US $7.5OO.OOO, an
expenditure that many believed to be
unjustif1able. yet for many years the
annual value of sealskins alone ap-
proxfmated the cost Of the entire area.
At present the value of the canned
salmon sent us from Alaska in single
year Is twice as much as the entire
possession cost"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
WALKED ACROSS CONTINENT.

And These Two San Francisco Boys
Made Money at It.
Boston. Two San Francisco boys.
Karl Woodside and Joseph Kelley. ar
rived at the home Of Woodside's aunt
In Brookline. Mass, after walking
across the continent They said they
started on their trip Jan. with only
s cents.
BY singing. saving wood, giving lee
lures and doing farm chores they work
ed their way to this city. When they
arrived they had about SIP between
them. were clad in new khaki uniforms
heavier than when they started. They
are nineteen years old.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07

OH SdAChLEION.
ty-tive ounces daily as compared with
the three pounds or more consumed by
the average man. but it is believed it
represents the highest nutritive value
for polar travel.
Sir Ernest will be accompanied by
five members of his staff when be goes
to Norway to conduct experiments
with these rations and also test his
tents and motor sledges. The party
will don polar kit and travel among the
glaciers. While the cold will not be as
intense as in the polar regions. the
country will furnish the same sort of
sudden billiards. as are experienced in
the antarctic.
The party will test the effect and po-
tency Of the rations in most detailed
fashion Such an experiment never
has been made before.
Shackleton's new ship. the Endur-
ance, has been almost completely fitted
in Norway. The vessel is eighteen
feet longer than his last ship, Nimrod.
and is beautiful specimen of wooden
shipbuilding. 1t probably is the last
of It's class that will be constructed.
The whole keel is made Of solid oak
five and half feet thick, and the
sides are two feet thick. The vessel
belongs to the barkentine class and
has the latest triple expansion engines
and will steam at the rate Of ten
knots
The ship is fitted to consume both
oil and coal. When in the ice oil will
be substituted for coal. which will
mean economy If it is delayed in the
pack. as the boilers can be kept warm
and full heat generated quickly. When
the oil has been used the tanks will be
filed with water ballast The Endur.
ance will take on 100 tons Of coal
briquettes at the South Shetland is-
lands, so it will enter the Weddell sea
with full buLkers.
The second ship. Aurora. intended for
the Ross sea side Of the expedition.
has been purchased and will be deliv
cred at Hobart. Tasmania. at the end
Of August
The Endurance. which is to operate
on the opposite side of the antarctic.
will leave England early in August for
Buenos Aires. when 1t finally will start
for the antarctic base in October Most
Of the members Of the expedition will
leave England in the Endurance. but
Sir Ernest Shackleton will travel later
by mail steamer and join bis ship at
BuenOs Aires.
The dogs. which constitute an i'm
portant factor in the expedition. are
cross between wolf and a Scotch
stag hound and have been bred in
northern Canada. The lightest Of them
will turn the scales at eighty pounds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
FRANCE: AROUSED BY
PUBLIC MEMS LIVES
Scandals Brought to Light by
Recent Shooting.

Paris.-The Paris press is foreshad.
owing an approaching exposure in the
private life of one of the most power.
ful statesmen in France which may
cause a revolution in the matrimonial
standard demanded Of high officials of
the government, hitherto elected to
Office regardless of the most fragrant
violations Of private morality.
The exposure in question. which
awaits investigation by detectives in
the United States, is directed point
blank at the enforced resignation of
President Poincare and undoubtedly
is purely political in that respect. But
it is part Of widespread movement
throughout the country which was
started almost Immediately after Pres
ident Poincare was Installed in the
Elysee with the wife he married i'm.
mediately after be. as her lawyer. had
obtained for her q divorce from her
former husband. a cab driver.
That Nine. Poincare was an Italian
~ VA III ouN udu UcSu al dClIcSS VI
the vaudeville stage did not serve as
protection against her enemies. They
have been able to strengthen their
campaign against her by the fact that
her husband has compelled the gov.
eminent to give her a place in society
which the wives of other presidents of
France did not have.
And out of the furious agitation over
the murder of Editor Calmette of the
Figaro by Nine. Caillaux. wife of the
minister Of finance, the movement for
a moral standard in politics gathered
many recruits. They are uniting to
produce some decided action at the
time Of Nine Caillaux's trial. The
press calls attention to the fact that
she is a Divorce. that the man she
murdered had been divorced. that
Caillaux had been divorced twice and
that the defending lawyer. Labori, Is
the husband of Divorce, the former
wife Of the famous musician, De Pach.
mann. whose divorce was obtained BY
Labori's legal efforts.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
He DIED IN PRISON, .. ..
WITH PARDON ON way
Veteran Was Reading 'Aome-
ward Bound" When End Came,

Kansas City, Mo. David Truax,
eighty-two years old, a life termer in
the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing,
died while pardon was on the way
to him. '"'
Truax served in the Ninety-first New
York in the civil war. Having grub
bed a competency from little farm
in Meade county, he left his family for
4 few months and went to the Kansas
Old Soldiers home at Dodge City. On
his return from visit to town one
day Truax brought with him a pint of
whisky. He put the bottle in his coat
pocket, hung the coat in a tree and
went into the barracks. While he was
gone two of his cronies drank all the
whisky and replaced the empty bottle.
When he discovered the empty bottle
he became mad with rage. He got an
old army pistol and killed one and
wounded the other. One of the men
was killed instantly and the other Grip
pied for life. Truax was tried for MUIR
der, convicted and sentenced to. the
Kansas penitentiary for life term.
When Major w. L. Brown was ap-
pointed to the board of control he took
q special interest in the convicts who
have been soldiers and came to know
Truax intimately. Through bis inter-
cession pardon was granted. The pa
pers were mailed to the governor, and
Truax was taken from the cellroom
and given the freedom of the Office.
He had been making big plans for
his trip home. Out Of his pension, be
had saved $3.50 to assure burial out
side the prison cemetery and sent the
rest to his family. .... .
Major Brown called in the warden's
Office to see Truax and found him sit
ting In an easy chair, apparently doz-
Ing. He was dead. In his lap was q
book, "Homeward Bound"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07

REPRESENTATIVE JAMES HAY OF VIRGINIA
only the beginning and. us Colonel Re-
Der expresses it, is like baby taking
its first exercise. I'VE must start by
perfecting our scouting system, as a
child first learns to crawl" be says.
AFTER that he may take up walking,
and before long will be fully prepared
for running. In this case running
meaning that we will have full feet
Of offensive airships."
The aeroplane work during the pres.
ent trouble with Mexico at Vera Cruz
has been handled entirely by the aero
hydroplane force of the navy and has
been essentially successful. The army
force of aeroplanes. with the exception
Of those needed in Hawaii and the
Philippines. has been kept on the Dor
der between Texas and Mexico, though
modified and in such shape that on
twenty minutes notice they might be
sent to any point. rcr,,,
Under the Hay bill the aviation sec.
don will consist Of not over sixty com,
missioned line officers with rank be-
low that Of captain. as we'll as 26O en-
listed men. These shall be detailed for
periods Of four years. The officers.
who will first 60 through preparatory
course as aviation students. will be
selected on the recommendation of the
chief signal officer from among the
unmarried lieutenants Of the army
who are not over thirty years of age.
but they shall not be assigned to such
service against their will.
1t is further provided. on account of
the extremely hazardous character of
the service. that each aviation student.
when be shall commence to make
flights. shall receive increased pay.
and there is increased pay for the en-
listed men too.
After the passage of the Hay bill
only officers and men who have passed
an examination before board com
posed OF three officers of experience
in aviation and two medical officers
may be admitted to the aviation corps.
At the present time the qualification
for positions as military aviators are
severe. as the applicant must not only
be able to handle an aeroplane under
any and all conditions. but must also
have shown himself as especially ef.
| ficient as military observer.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
LABOR PEACE AID IN
RECORD COAL OUTPUT
Total Anthracite Production
100000 Tons.

Washington.-In spite OF the fact
that householders paid more last win
ter for hard coal than they have done
for some time, official figures show that
all previous records were smashed last
year In the production of anthracite
COAL
Likewise investigations show there
were fewer strikes or other Interrupt
tons to mining operations in the an
thracite regions than there have been
for some time.
The production, according to figures
complied. reached the remarkable total
Of more than 81,7OO,OOO tons. If all
this could be loaded at the same time.
and placed end to end, the cars needed
to hold the fuel would stretch the dis
lance from San Francisco to London.
The absence of labor troubles In the
anthracite region is attributed to the
fact that the hard coal miners are now
working under an agreement extending
over period Of four years from April
l. 1912, and that there is every reason
to believe that industrial peace in the
anthracite fields will continue until
1916.
Because OF the increasing popularity
Of artificial gas and coke for domestic
purposes it Is said that there is little
probability that anthracite coal pro-
duction will show any marked increase
in the future.
The increase in the use Of gas and
coke. it is estimated. will probably
keep pace with the increase OF popu-
lation in the markets supplied by an
thracite. On the other hand, it is as
serted, the use Of anthracite coal as q
manufacturing fuel having been prac-
tically eliminated its production is not
affected by trade conditions to the
same extent as that of bituminous
coal.
Besides breaking records In the ton
mage of hard coal produced. last year
broke previous records regarding the
working conditions in the mines. 3D.
The average working time for men.
PSF days. exceeded anything in the his
tory Of the industry. the nearest ap-
proach being in 1911. when an average
of 246 working days was recorded.
The number of deaths by accident In
| the mines showed marked increase
! over the number Of those recorded In
1912 Last year there were 6lS fatal
accidents as compared with 5S4 in 1912.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07

GOVERNOR CRUCE OF OKLAHOMA, LEADING
PROMOTER OF THRIFT SOCIETY.
introduced in, congress, to be known
as the Clapp bill, directing President
Wilson to invite foreign nations to par
ticipate In an international congress Of
thrift. to be held at San Francisco
next year during the Panama. Pacific
exposition, for the people of other
countries than the United States have
also developed spirit Of prodigality.
Cicero in earlier days said, Men
know not how great revenue is fru-
gality." In later times Bismarck, the
Iron Chancellor, declared that Saving
goes before security, happiness and
good citizenship" The members of
the Society For Thrift believe that
these sayings still hold good today.
The plain fact Of the matter" said
one Of the promoters Of the movement
lis that extravaganza has become al
most more than national habit among
us. Self indulgence, the natural child
Of extravaganza, has walked hand in
hand with our readiness to spend mon
ey. a readiness which has become an
obsession with many in their craze to
Guido their neighbors. These people
crave Iuxuries which they are well
aware are far beyond their means, but
which they persist in obtaining be-
cause of their personal vanity or a de-
sire to impress others.
And not only has this spirit grown
tremendously in late years. but it is
fast increasing. We are a money
spending mad people. We accumulate
money, and we throw it away. An ex-
pert says that we are now spending
the tremendous sum of S25,OOO,OOO
yearly for chewing gum alone. When
one considers the great number of per-
SONS who chew gum and notes the
amount OF advertising resorted to by
gum manufacturers this estimate seems
not improbable
"FOr soda water and other nonin-
toXitnting drinks our bill in the United
States has In single year amounted
to S323WO.OOO. AS far back even as
1908 the craze for spending money was
upon us, for in that year we spent in
excess Of $30OOO,OOO for automobiles.
and this at time when the automo-
bile industry was still in it's infancy.
Since then this single item has reached
into the hundreds Of millions.
"In the twelve months of 1905, too,
the people of the United States ate
candy and confectionery that cost $751;
100000. money enough to build string
Of inland waterways up and down the
Atlantic seaboard. The value of dia.
monds. rings. watches, gold chains,
necklaces. pendants and similar articles
purchased has amounted to more than
twice the cost Of constructing the Pan.
anna canal.
In 1908. before the wave of prohibi-
ton had advanced to it's present point,
the sum Of $1,675.S2s.1 1877 was expend-
ed in this country for intoxicating
drinks. of which amount $685., 10, 1854
was spent for whisky and other distill.
ed spirits. imported and domestic,
while the bill for beer and other malt
liquors was $91S,O23.2S7. Three years
before that date we spent 1881 600, O0O
for cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobac.
co and SNUFF In twelve months"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
Couple Married by Mail,

Superior. Wis. Johannes Jacobus
Kuyk after preIiminaries which lasted
several months is now married man.
His bride was Miss Maria Louise Gro
tendorst Of Holland. They were mar
ried by mail The bride is expected to
arrive from Holland in the early sum-
mer. Final papers uniting the couple
have arrived from Holland number
Of officials took part in the ceremony.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
PIN IN THROAT? JUST SING.
Member Of Choir Avoids Surgical
Operation.

Sturgis. Mich.-If you swallow pin
and the physicians cannot help you
join choir and sing a high note and
you may be safe. At least that is the
experience of Miss Mary Austin Of this
city. who swallowed white beaded
pin. All efforts of physicians to dis
lodge it were futile.
She was told she must go to the
University Of Michigan hospital i'm
mediately. As the train did not leave
for several hours and choir practice
was scheduled. she went to the church
She did not intend to attempt to sing
but as she could not feel the pin she
took her place.
On her first high note the pin was
dislodged.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
Snake Stories In Season,

Cottonwood Falls. Kan.-When Mrs.
William Weaver, the wife of an Elm
dale iveryman, started to go into her
cave the other day she encountered a
bunch Of snakes under the steps that
had evidently come out from their
winter quarters. She ran to the house
and called her husband. who succeed
ed in killing fourteen reptiles of vari-
GUS sizes and species.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
Gas Proves Deadly to Flies.

Independence, Kan. "A gas leak
alongside the curb in front of Main
street residence has inadvertently Civ
en- the city hint at fly swatting that
may prove of immense value. Along
this leak. which extends about forty
feet, is a layer of bluebottle flies from
two to three inches deep and three
inches to foot wide It is estimated
there are half bushel of them. Some
thing about the gas attracts the in
sects, and they are asphyxiated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-11-07
HELD UP BY A HAIRBRUSH,
Quick Wittsd Denver Lawyer Gives &
Burglar q Scare.

Er
Denver.-A burglar attempting. to
break into the home of Thomas j. Dix
on. an attorney. was frightened away
at the point Of hairbrush. Dixon
detected the burglar cutting screen
on window OF his home. Selling a
silver mounted hairbrush. he pointed
it at the man.
Throw up your hands, commanded
Dixon. The burglar saw the CLINT of
the silver back and quickly held his
hands above his head
Dixon then called to his wife to tele-
phone for the police Before the off,
GERS arrived the burglar discovered
Dixon's ruse. He scrambled over a
high board fence and disappeared.