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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
DEATH FOR OPIUM SMu.
Chinese Provincial Governors Deere.
tho Extreme Penalty,

Chinese Provincial Governors Decree
tho Extreme Penalty.
Notwithstanding to letters from
Peking. the anti-opium governmental
crusade is being waged with more
severity than ever. The governors of
various provinces have issued procla-
nations announcing the death penalty
for smokers of opium
Although definite eases of execution
for defiance of the law are rare, it
is reported from Wuchang that a
smoker among the soldiers Of the gar
rison there was caught INDUCING in
the habit. and after trial before court
made up of his comrades he was SEN
fenced to immediate execution and was
shot.
President Yuan Shih Kai seems to
have struck a popular note in his now
celebrated anti-gambling mandate. The
Shempao, an independent paper of
Shanghai. praising the stand taken by
the government in this and other mat
tiers of social and political Importance.
says: ,tz,.#s,.s$
without first eradicating the evil
habit Of gambling in Peking, itwould
be futile to discuss politics or reforms.
What the government has done was
but what we expected it to do, other.
wise it would have lost all standing
ground"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28

entrywoman shall not impair the right
OF either to patent after compliance
with the law for one year."
Mr.. Kinkaid declared that the pres.
ent laws are an impeachment to mar
riage in the public land states and that
this should be tolerated no longer.
"The gentleman from Nebraska has
a good deal Of nerve to call this bill
up suggested Representative Mann of
Illinois. aHe says it is against public
policy to prevent marriage, while the
gentleman all his life has been pre-
venting one marriage that ought to
take place"
II do not stand in the way Of mar
rage Of worthy widows, widowers.
bachelors or maidens," responded Mr.
Kinkaid.
II suggest an amendment including
our Nebraska friend" observed Repre-
sentative Madden Of Illinois.
II would be included" said Mr.. Kin
kaid smilingly.
1--WE should like to help the gentle
man get married." said Mr.. Mann.
The bill was passed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
HAVEN FOR TRAMPS
HAS FED 100000 men.
Turn No Hungry Man Away, =
Said Dying Millionaire.

San Francisco, Cal-'Turn no hun.
cry man away from the Parrot
home"
i, On his deathbed John PARROT, a null
tmillionaire clubman Of Hillsborough,
solemnly laid the injunction on his
wife that all who should come hungry
to the house in the stately and ornate
park which is one Of the beauty spots
Of Hillsborough should receive food
and shelter.
That was in 1884, and since that time
more than 100000 tramps and wander
ers and adventures have received sue
cor from Mrs. Parrot, who has held
her husbands dying wish as sacred
trust.
At one time twenty-five tramps were
fed at the Parrot home. There is a
porch at the back Of the huge kitchen
attached to the mansion which is used
as the hoboes' dining room. There they
may have hot meals in abundant guam
tity and of the best quality.
For years Mrs. Parrot employed a
special chef to cook for her wayfaring
guests. She puts aside large month
~ allowance in her budget of house
hold expenses to provide for them.
They also are permitted to camp on
the grounds, and sometimes fifty to a
hundred men are gathered there
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28

possible thorough inspection and q
more strict enforcement Of the law.
AS to Japanese immigration, he ex-
presses doubt as to whether the pho
tograph" brides after having gone
through marriage ceremony by
proxy, recognized as legal in Japan.
are really entitled to admission. He
says he does not believe "any such
marriage is binding upon the United
States in the administration of immi-
grafton laws and also that there is no
treaty with Japan or other arrange
ment whatsoever that provides for the
recognition by the United States Of the
so called marriage Of woman in ia
pan with man who may be in the
United States at the alleged date Of
the same
During the last fiscal year immigra-
ton to the United States, amounting to
1,197,892 aliens. was larger than in
any fiscal year since 1907. The years
net increase in population from immi-
grafton, according to the report, is 815,-
308 as compared with a net increase
for the preceding year Of 4O1, 1868. The
number Of exclusions was 1898.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
OLDEST UNIVERSITY FOUND.
Ancient Tablets Prove One Existed In
Nippur Temple 1900 B. C.

Ancient Tablets Prove One Existed In
Nippur Temple 5000 3. C.
sPhiladelphia.-The discovery of the
existence Of the first temple of learning
in the world. where the first exponenrs
Of the liturgical system congregated
has just been made by Professor Ste
phen Herbert Langdon, professor of
Assyriology in Oxford, who is now in
vestigating the Nippur collection of the
University of Pennsylvania. The tab
let's were collected in three expeditions
to Nippur, in the southern part Of Baby
lOnia.
Il have ascertained from my exam
nation Of the tablets that priests had
school in the temple at Nippur as
early as 1900 B. G. and that this school
existed about thousand years." said
DR.. Langdon.
ITO these priests is due the liturgical
system which spread throughout Baby
lonia and Assyria and Influenced Greece
and Rome. They were opponents Of a
great university, the most important
center Of learning. believe it was the
first school of learning, and for that
reason the University Of Pennsylva-
MAS collection, which discloses the
presence Of this university, is Of the
greatest value to scholars.
"The discovery will establish more
clearly in the minds Of scholars the
fact that the origin Of religious orders
existed in ancient antiquity and that a
very important religious order existed
at the temple near Nippur.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
DOG LEADS TO CHILD.
Tugs at Mothers Apron Until Shs
Understands What Is Wanted.

Tugs at Mothers Apron Until She
Understands What Is Wanted.
Harrison, Ark.-If Mack. the Eng
lish setter belonging to the family of
Jim Jones, one mile west Of town, did
not save the Jones baby from injury
he at least eased the little fellows
fear from being lost when he sum-
moned help. The baby strayed from
the Jones home to the main road a
quarter Of mile away and succeeded
in losing himself in the underbrush
and weeds. His cries did not attract
any one. but they worried the dog. and
he scampered to the house.
When Mack scratched on the door
and Mrs. Jones opened 1t, the dog
seized her apron and tried to make her
follow him toward the road. He re-
peated his effort before Mrs. Jones
guessed what was wanted. When she
started. Mack ran before her to where
the child was hidden in the weeds.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
INDIANS ASK CITIZENSHIP.
Would Develop Self Denial, Says Reg
istrar Parker, Choctaw.

istrar Parker, a Choctaw.
Philadelphia. Full rights of citizen
ship for the American Indian were ad-
vocated at the council Of the Society
of American Indians. The speakers
declared that admission to full citizen
ship and the right Of ownership rather
Than occupancy should be granted to
the red man. Gabe q. Parker, newly
appointed register of the treasury, a
Choctaw, declared that the Indian was
In a peculiar position, being independ-
ent In tribal sense yet dependent in
national relations. Mr. Parker said
that there were SOC, 900 Indians in the
United States and that 138,328 had
citizenship rights,
Tribal life must be abandoned" he
said, before the Indian can become
self supporting or vital force In our
national life. He must be recognized
as man of capabilities. He has made
great progress in adapting himself to
the life of the country. He has suffer
ed from the one fault of lack of self
denial. but If the Indian be given his
land with privileges and responsible
ties of proprietorship he would soon
develop that quality"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
CHILD LEADS ORCHESTRA.
Willy Ferrero, Seven and One hall
Years Old, Delights Gear.

WHY ferrero, seven and One half
Years Old, Delights Gear.
st. Petersburg. An Italian child
conductor. Willy Ferrero. aged seven
and half years. who recently conduct
ed the imperial orchestra at ''com.
mand" performance before the car.
also gave a performance before the
dowager czarina and other IN MEMBERS of
the royal family and has received from
the car gold watch with the Inn
perial arms set in diamonds and pearls.
The czarina was so delighted with
the way in which the child conducted
that she gave him a large box of choco-
lates and promised to send him toys.
He was born In America Of stage
parents, and listening to music became
part of his daily life. At the age of
two he began to show signs of talent.
Listening to piece attentively. he
used to beat time and to show annoy
ance if the time was not what he con.
sidered right. II he liked a piece he
could remember it all after hearing II
three or four times.
Paris was the scene Of his first pub.
lie appearance three and a half years
ago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
CLASHES WITH PANTHER.

Hunter Wins, but Gets Pretty WeII
Clawed In the Fight.
Ukiah, Cal.-Albert Jeans, rancher
of the Anderson valley section, is nurs-
ing bruises received In hand to claw
fight with panther. The animal
sprang upon him while he was bending
over the body Of its mate that he had
just shot, and it was only after des-
perate struggle that he managed to
break the hold Of the beast and to
shoot it.
Jeans caught the first panther in q
trap and shot the animal. 1t measured
nine feet five inches from tip to tip.
The second. with which Jeans had the
fight. was only tride more than six
feet long.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
HUNTED 20 YEARS, IS CAUGHT.

Moonshiner, Awaking From Sleep,
Stares Into Pistols.
WaldrOn. Ark.-John Dale, who for
twenty years has defied revenue off,
GERS in the western counties of Ar
kansas, was found asleep in the woods
near here and arrested by United
States marshal's posse on charges of
operating an illicit STILL
Dale lay asleep on his rifle at the
foot of tree. Awakened to find six
guns pointed at him. he showed fight,
but was soon 0verp0wered.
Dale's crude still and 26O gallons Of
liquor were confiscated and the opera
tor put in Jail. His whisky making
device was Of the portable kind gen
orally known as wildcat still. AS
early as 1894 attempts were made to
corner Dale. and scores of government
officers, after trailing him for months
in isolated regions of Scott and Polk
counties. abandoned the chase.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
IDENTIFIES ]. CT.
AS her LOST SON
Illinois Woman DecIaresSpeech-
less Hospital Inmate Is Kin.
SAYS He IS EARL RANDOLPH.
Left For Gold Fields, but Never Re-
Observation-Disclosures of lnfirmary
Believes Mystery Is Cleared After
Seven Years-Tattoo Mark Similar
to One on Arm of Her Missing Son.

Chicago. G. r. the IMAM Of
mystery" who has been confined for
seven years in public institutions in
Illinois and Minnesota, has been iden-
titled again, this time as Earl Ran
dolph, who went to the Nevada gold
mines from his home in this state.
Mrs. E. l. Randolph, who says she is
his mother, made the Identification. In
the opinion Of James Fullenbach, the
superintendent. the Identification is
complete. though at the woman's re-
quest he refuses as yet to tell where
she lives.
"That is my son, am certain of it,"
Mrs. Randolph said when Mr.. Fullen-
bach confronted her with his patient.
II cannot be mistaken. He left home
seven years ago for Nevada, and we
have never heard from him since.''
u. G. R." looked at her and smiled,
but gave no sign Of recognition. A cir
Gle tato0ed on his arm was shown to
Mrs. Randolph, and she said her son
was marked with just such design.
She will see u. G. R." again and try to
make the Identification positive.
The man Of mystery was an in
mate Of the Minnesota Asylum For the
Insane at Rochester for more than six
years, during which time no one claim
ed or identified him and he was unable
to say single word in elucidation of
his past. He had been picked up on
the station platform at Waseca, Mimi,
In T,11u ~
victim Of aphasia
He became a public charge and was
removed to the Rochester institution,
where an operation was performed.
The surgeons found the brain cells in
such a state of deterioration that they
doubted whether he would ever re-
cover his memory or speech.
It was predicted though that he
might improve. This prediction has
not yet been realized, though ~. G..
R." in time became able to understand
a part of what was said to him. He
has never spoken a word since his
treatment began.
The man is described as about forty
five years old, of medium height, with
udlI LluScu WILL gray duu dppedAuS
brown eyes.
Several times he has been "identi-
fed" once as Lieutenant Rostrom, an
officer Of the navy, who was said to
have distinguished himself at Matan-
zas in the Spanish war and then mys-
teriously disappeared. This and other
"identifications" failed to stand the
fest
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
ASKING PARDON FOR
YOUNG FRIEL ALLEN
Youngest Of Clan May Be Given
His Freedom.

Richmond, Wa petition signed by
many prominent persons Of Carroll
county will be presented soon to Gov
ernor Stuart asking him to pardon
seventeen-year-old Friel Allen, the
youngest member of the Hillsville clan,
which in March of 1912 wiped out the
Carroll county circuit court.
The boy is serving an eighteen year
term In the state penitentiary for the
murder of w. M. Foster. common
wealth attorney. who was shot down
in the courthouse. At the trial Of
Friel extenuating circumstances were
shown and always there was doubt
that he actually caused the death Of
Mr.. Foster. In fact. it now is believed
that he would have been acquitted ex-
cept that feeling at the time was at
such a high pitch. During the term
of Governor Mann unsuccessful efforts
were made to have him commute the
death sentences Of Floyd and Claude
Swanson Allen. The present COVER
nor then refrained from any comment
on the movement and refused to take
any part In the campaign.
It is now declared that Friel did not
actually kill the commonwealth attor-
ney. At his trial Friel testified that
he fired at only two persons-Court
Clerk Goad and Attorney Foster. The
evidence offered tended to show that
tho commonwealth attOrnnv a1roadv
had received a mortal wound when he
came within range Of Friel's revolver
Because of this last fact the jury
found him guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree. Friel was the most amen
able to law of all the Aliens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
BLIND" SEES x RAY SKIRT.

Test Eyes Of 6essar Who "Rubbered"
When Wearer Of Gown Passed.
Lima, O.scientific inquiry into the
normal condition Of the eyes of Thomas
Kern, begging "blind" man, has been
ordered by Mayor Shook, following the
alleged development in municipal court
that Kern found little optical impedi.
ment In discerning the form of a wo.
man in diaphanous gown at an in
terurban depot.
With "Please Help the Blind" sign
pinned across the front Of his coat,
darkened glasses over his eyes and a
tin cup resting in his hands, Kern sat
at the depot, an object Of pity until,
as the woman passed, he dropped his
cup, snatched away his glasses, took a
long rubber and then started to re-
sumo his pose. when policeman ar
rested him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28

Beet Four and One half Feet Long.
San Francisco. Sixty-five pounds In
weight, four and one-hah feet in
length and three and one-half feet in
circumference are the measurements
Of the largest beet in this portion Of.
California. ]. J. Smith Of San Lo-
renzo raised the beet, WHICH is on ex-
hibition in the State bank window In
San Leandro with other chamber OF
commerce exhibits. Smiths beet bears
a surprising resemblance to the car
cass Of sheep.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
70 GIRLS PROPOSE TO HIM.
Heir to $4,000 Year, Now a Cob
bier, Defers Choice, However.

Heir to $4,000 Year, Now Cob
bier, Defers Choice, However.
Brunswick Ga.-Attracted by the
story of Van Allan, newspaper man
who, after spending his first yearly al
lowance Of 5000, is now living the
humble life Of cobbler, by which
means he. hopes to save enough money
to get to Birmingham. where he will
receive another allowance Of $25 900 In
February, seventy eight girls have
written letters to Allan proposing mar
riage.
Allan came to Brunswick on his ''up-
pers." He had been previously living
a life Of ease. He received a bequest of
$4,000 year for the remainder Of his
life. but his remittance falls due in
February. He has not yet chosen his
life partner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
"ENGLIsH DEFoRMs MOUTH"

bits"-Praises German.
London.-Lord Ashbourne, whose IA
ther was Tory lord chancellor of Ire
land, but who himself Is an advanced
Nationalist and who always dresses in
ancient Irish kits, speaking at re-
cent Gaelic league meeting. declared
that the continuous speaking Of Eng
Hsh deformed the mouth.
AS a result, he said, Englishmen
have thin, prominent lips, long front
teeth and the general appearance of
measly rabbit. The German Ian
guage is strong and vigorous, but Eng
nsh is in state Of rottenness, weak
ness, decay.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
DEAD AIR MANS ROMANCE.


Lieutenant Arthur Leaves His Fortune
to Girl Of Fourteen.
London.-A romantic attachment to
a girl of fourteen is disclosed by the
will of the late Lieutenant Arthur, an
army air man aged twenty-nine. who
was killed at Montrose last May.
The will. which was proved in the
Dublin courts. leaves the whole of his
fortune, f12,500 to Winsonne Con-
stance Ropner, daughter of West
Hartlepool shipbuilder and grand
daughter of Sir Robert Ropner.
On the dead body of the air man
was found a miniature portrait OF the
girl. which he was In the habit Of
wearing on his breast.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28

Diplomacy to Be Used In Effort
to Get Famous win.
.FIhANCIER HOLDS DOCUMENT

May Yet Cause Legal Battle, How
ever-Governor Stuart Writes to
Morgan Requesting Return of Paper.
Ample Funds to Carry on Fight.
Richmond, Va.-Members of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
who have been demanding from ]. p.
Morgan the return Of the Martha Wash
ington will, stolen from the Fairfax
County courthouse during the civil war
and found in the private collection Of
the late J. P. Morgan, have decided to
resort to diplomacy to regain the treas
ure instead of appealing to the law
through State Senator Thornton's bill,
now law, but held up temporarily.
Governor Stuart will now shoulder
the burden Of retaining the will, en-
deavoring to do so by gentle persuasion
upon Mr.. Morgan and the plea that his
holding stolen property cannot reflect
credit on him or his family, even
though the property was taken during
times Of war and was therefore privi-
legged "loot."
Governor Stuart has agreed to write
Mr.. Morgan a letter couched in the
most diplomatic language possible ask
ing for the return of the will.
1t is believed here that Mr. Morgan
will accede to the governors request
and return the will, thereby avoiding
unpleasantness and the bother of a
long and hard fought law suit. Should
such suit be brought efforts will be
made by the Fairfax Daughters to
learn just how Mr.. Morgan's father
got the valuable document in his pos
session and the identity of the actual
taker may be learned.
The fight for the recovery of the will
not only has the support Of the ma
uonal organization of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. but of
Virginia patriotic societies.
There will be no lack Of money to
push the case against Mr.. Morgan
should the matter finally be sent to the
courts.
The Martha Washington will contr0-
versy has been attracting wide atten-
ton since December, when it was pub
lished that the will had been found in
the Morgan collection. Demands were
made on Mr.. Morgan for return Of the
will, but without avail. To one re-
quest Mr.. Morgan's secretary replied
with the offer of Photographic re-
production, but ignored the demand
for the original.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
WANTS TO IGNORE
PHOTOGRAPH BRIDES
Commissioner Caminetti Would
Exclude Japanese Women.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General
of Immigration Caminetti in his first
annual report on the operations of his
bureau says that unless congress ap-
propriates more money for the support
Of the immigration service violations
Of the laws are bound to occur.
Increased appropriations and lar
ger force of officers In the several sta
tons as we'll as at the main Office and
more public health surgeons and inter-
prefers. he says, are necessary to make
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
BACHELOR READY TO
Wed FOR new Law
kinkaid Of Nebraska Sets
Chamber In uproar.

Washington. - Representative Moses
Kinkaid Of Nebraska, bachelor, was
greatly embarrassed recently in the
house. Mr.. Kinkaid's bachelorhood has
frequently been the subject of Jest
among his colleagues, but he was near
~ obliged this time to get married as
a means Of forcing through a bill in
which he has keen interest.
Mr.. Kinkaid asked consideration for
"a bill providing that the marriage Of
a homestead entryman to homestead
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
100 YEARS TOO OLD TO WED.

Register Of Deeds In North Carolina
Refuses Man Seventh License.
Raleigh. N. Declaring his age
Of 100 years too great for marriage,
the register Of deeds Of Baden county
declined to give Joseph Mcintyre his
seventh marriage license.
Mr.. Mcintyre has buried six wives,
all Of whom lived with him until death
The register declined to issue q
license on the ground that the APP
plicant wax too old to take care Of his
prospective bride. who gave her age
as eighty. She has been married four
times.
The couple walked two miles to the
town to ask for license.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
MODERN WORLDS WONDERS.
Wireless and the Panama Canal the
Greatest, Germans Think.

Wireless and the Panama Canal the
Greatest, Germans Think.
Berlin.-The Berliner Lokalanzeiger,
the big popular daily which has just
passed out of the hands Of it's founder,
August Scherl, into the control Of a
syndicate supposed to represent the
kaiser's government, has been holding
symposium Of its readers on the sew
en- modern wonders Of the world.
Prizes have been awarded to eight
persons, who are agreed that the fol-
lowing are the seven chief wonders Of
the twentieth century: Wireless teleg-
raphy, the Panama canal. the dirigible
airship, the flying machine, radium.
the cinematograph and the Imperator.
Wireless and the Panama canal were
the favorites among the voters.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-02-28
SPEAKS MANY LANGUAGES.
Indian, Walking to Washington, Seeks
Voting Privilege.

Columbus. Ind. Chief White Cloud
who says he has recently been elected
chief of $500 Dakota Indians. stopped
to washington to see President Wilson
The chief is walking the entire dis
lance, and when he meets the presi-
dent he intends to request the chief
executive to do all he can to give the
indians vote.
Chief White Cloud calls attention to
the fact that he is a Carlisle graduate.
that he speaks twenty three languages.
nine Of which are foreign tongues and
the others Indian dialects; that he has
taught school and Is now an Indian
chief. but that he has no right to
vote