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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
WANTS A NATIONAL
BANK IN CANAL ZONE
Helm Of kentucky Would Go
After South American Trade.

Washington. - Representative Helm
Of Kentucky has a plan to establish 8
national bank at Ancon, in the Pana.
ma canal zone, with branches else
where in that country. He would
call it the Pan-American bank and
give it capital stock Of $25,OOO,OOO
divided into shares of par value OF
500 each. e..
Just before congress adjourned Mr.
Helm introduced bill to incorporate
the Pan-American bank, and when
the Sixty fourth congress convenes he
will press it for action.
1.-THE commercial tieup resulting
from the European war has convinced
every thinking man in this country
that foreign trade is a vital element
In our domestic prosperity and that
the continents of North and South
America have greater identity of in
terests than was ever realized before "
said Mr.. Helm. 'There never was q
time when opportunity was knocking
SO loud at our doors. The commerce
and business of continent are with.
In our grasp. The manufacturing en-.
terprises in Central and South Amer.
lea are very limited, and it is to this
matter that I wish the attention o1
the country could be directed.
Few, If any, of the republics to the
south of us have the means of trans.
porting or delivering their products to
any other country. Under existing con.
ditiins nearly all the trade Of Central
and South America flows across the
Atlantic. It ought to be flowing from
North America to Central and South
America.
about the only means of creating
commercial and business relations are
banking facilities, transportation, press
bureau and mercantile agents Under
the federal reserve act a bank with
$1.OOO.0OO capital in the United States
can establish branch bank in any OF
the countries In Central or South Amer.
lea. This provision in my opinion,
does not meet the conditions What
we need is bank of sufficient proper
tons and magnitude and Importance
and prestige to handle the business of
the continent.
THE government of the canal zone Is
going to be just as stable and steady
as the government Of the United
States. II we establish bank on the
canal zone it becomes identified with
the locality Our government is be-
hind it. That guarantees confidence
and makes it a sure go. The govern
ments to the south of us would be In
spired with confidence in the insdtu-
tiOn.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
LAST SHOT OF CIVIL WAR.
Woman Asked Police to SEQ If Old Gun
Was loaded-lt Was.


Was Loaded-lt Was. T.. ..
New York.-The last shot of the
civil war" was fred recently in q
courtroom. 1t came from gun which
had been hanging for years on a wall
In the home Of the late Willard 81.
Hodgson. The musket had been car
ried in the war of the rebellion by
Mr.. HodgsOn's father
Mr.. Hodgson's sister was preparing
to move to another house. but was
afraid to take down the old musket.
She called in Lieutenant Henry Brown
Of the Flatbush police station and
turned the gun over to him. He took
1t around to the station house and
showed it to Attendant Patrick
OLoughlin Of the Flatbush court,
which is In the same building.
Standing in the corridor O'Loughlin
pointed the gun at the floor and pull
ed the trigger. The old war musket
was heavily loaded. and there was a
report which startled the police re-
serves and the people in the court
room.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08

turning to New York, he attempted to
regain his wife. His offers were
spurned. Then followed his $25O,OOO
suit charging alienation of affections.
After hearing the evidence Justice
HOugh dismissed the suit and pro-
pounded what he said was a theory of
law designed to cover such cases and
10 minimize the scandal and discourage
the institution Of "such sordid demands
us have been here exhibited" He held
tlat while parental authority may
terminate with marriage. the parental
re'ati"n continues and that no parent is
bound ut the peril of Il successful suit
for damages to approve Of his child's
marriage.
Ihrre is duty to pursue this
course because litigations like this have
been happily almost unknown in the
national courts, and no decisions of
binding authority at present control the
action of this tribunal. plaintiff who
III palm language sought pecuniary con-
ISOLATION from wealthy father-in-law
VIII" refused to show by payments Of
money or the furnishing of business
"pl'"' tunity his appreciat ton of that
Plaintiff rs Il son-in-law would be out
OF court upon his own statement.
All suits such us this. whether pro-
NOTED by or against the rich or the
poor. rest ON the same legal basis
namely. the alleged wrong of the de-
PENDANTS in depriving the plaintiff Of
the society. affection and services of q
wife or the protection. support and at
lection Of a husband, as the case
may be.
But when the defendants are not
strangers. but parents, the family rela-
ton. which antedated matrimony,
greatly modifies the law and has pro-
duced considerable number Of opin-
ions In all parts of the English speak
Ing world not capable of reconciliation
and furnishing help to almost any con-
tent1on related to what are commonly
called alienation suits
THE doctrines preferred by me and
SO far as | am concerned to be en-
forced are these: The parental author
ity may be admitted to terminate with
the celebration of lawful marriage by
the child. and even parental power and
influence Gas distinguished from .au-
thority) must thereafter recognize the
creation by marriage Of status pro-
tected and favored by laws quite as
ancient as those enforcing the: duties
and responsibilities Of children, fathers
and mothers"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
TERRIERS LUNG VIGIL.
Guarded Basket For Twenty four
Hours Before Yielding.

00aTooo Basket foF twenty tour
Hours Before Yielding.
st. Louis. = Ignoring all blandish.
ments. Skye terrier guarded an EN-
pity basket for twenty four hours at
Taylor and Adams streets, Kirkwood,
until finally a boy made friends with
the dog and coaxed it to his home. to
which he also took the basket.
Persons living in the neighborhood
hrst observed the dog at it's vigil the
previous afternoon. 1t refused to let
anybody touch the basket and could
not be lured away by tempting offers
of food.
Mrs. j. j. Wilkins carried food and
water to the dog and gave it a sack
to lie upon. King Amber, fourteen
year-old son Of Arthur Amber. made
overtures to the terrier for a long time
before he won its confidence sufficient
~ Tor 1t to permit him to take the bas-
ket.
Who owns the dog and the basket
could not be ascertained, and young
Amber said he hoped the owner would
not turn up.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
CERTIFIED BABIES
GIVEN IN CHICAGO
Dispose Of Homeless Children
to Worthy Foster Parents.

Chicago.-The city Of Chicago is civ.
Ing away officially certified babies
Drown eyed, gray eyed and blue eyed
little beauties, quite chubby and per-
fectly healthy-and they are intrusted
to the care of highly recommended and
thoroughly worthy foster parents only.
This Is a new idea, In which Chicago
leads the way. Medical officials of
other large cities are watching its de-
velopment with close interest and with
view to its adoption.
Chicago, like every other municipali-
| ty. finds on its hands dependent little
ones who have no parents to care for
them, no friends to vouch for their
good behavior. Chicago takes them
all under its broad Chicago leads
among the baby loving cities-exam-
Ines them physically and mentally and
then offers officially certified infants
for adoption. .,....
What home needs baby2 Many
household is ready and anxious to well
come healthy and happy youngster,
but not every one Is worthy of the new
arrival. At least so Chicago thinks,
and thereupon proceeds to examine the
would be foster parents.
DR.: William ]. Hickson of the
psychopathic laboratory Of the munic-
ipal court Of Chicago Is the originator
OF the plan. DR.. Hickson Is baby
specialist, also an ardent student of
the problem of mental deficiency. Here
are his fixed standards for a certified
baby:
AT birth the certified baby must
! weigh at least six pounds and measure
twenty inches.
AT one year Of age he must weigh
twenty-one pounds and measure twen-
ty-seven inches. increasing three inches
during the second year, and from his
third to tenth year two inches annual
ly. His fontanelle, or soft spot should
close at about the nineteenth month.
Mentally he should be as follows:
Three to four and one-half months,
grasp an object that is placed before
him. Hold his head erect. unsup-
ported.
Seven months. sit alone. unsupport-
ed, and reach for toys.
Eight to ten months, start to creep.
Some babies never creep. but start to
walk instead.
"Ten months. start to stand, holding
some object. At eleven months, stand
entirely alone and at from twelve to
fourteen months start to walk.
Zone year, say mamma and papa
1.-TWO years. talk quite plainly, know
names Of animals. persons and objects
and put two words together
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
DOG A "PANHANDLER."
Bubbles Collected Pennies Enough "a
Pay For License,

Bubbles Collected Pennies Enough to
Pay For License.
Warren, Mass.-For the license of
Bubbles, a dog owned by Edward W.
Burns, former proprietor of the Hotel
Ramsdell, 200 cents were paid to Town
Clerk William F. Duncan. Bubbles
collected the cents himself from travel
Ing statesmen and other guests in the
hotel. He is Boston bull terrier, six
years old and is known to every child
here.
Bubbles will not be satisfied unless
he is given cent. At all times he will
refuse silver. When cent is thrown
to him he grabs 1t in his teeth and runs
to corner Of a room and then returns
for more.
At the beginning Of the year Mr..
Burns son began to save the cents re-
ceived by Bubbles. The cents are on
exhibition In the window Of a Main
street store.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08

Uncle Sam Must Be Careful
to Bar the Unfit.

Washington. - Eternal vigilance is
needed on the part Of the immigration
department in restricting the number
OF unit immigrants trying to enter this
country. Although immigration has
had tremendous drop, paupers, in.
sane, epileptic and feeble minded per.
sons, professional beggars, those likely
to become public charge, contract la.
borers, assisted aliens, those living OIL
immortality and others debarred from
entering this country still seem to be
emigrating. though probably in smaller
numbers.
Last year 1904 individuals were re.
fused entrance to this country, a pro.
portion to the total number of aliens
Immigrant and nonimmigrant) LANDING
of 2.3 per cent, while for the half year
ending January, 1915, 1928 were de.
barred, being 81 per cent Of the total
immigration during that time.
OF those trying to enter during the
last six months 249 were idiots, imbe.
Giles or feeble minded, 81 were insane
or epileptic, LIZA were suffering from
loathsome or dangerous contagious dis.
eases. $500 were likely to become a
public charge, 1,746 were contract la.
borers, 344 were assisted aliens and III
were coming for immoral purposes
Many people see in the fact that there
Is little reduction In the numbers of
the mentally, physically and morally
unfit who are attempting to enter this
country an indication of what may be
expected in the near future. At the
end of the war Europe will try to keep
its strong, its ablebodied and it's healthy
individuals, while enormous financial
burdens will probably induce marked
tendency toward emigration, actively
encouraged perhaps, Of those who are
apt to become burden on the state.
Such problems as far as possible will
be shifted to other shoulders through
a process of emigration. Only strin.
gent regulations on the part Of the
American government and .extraordi-
nary efficiency in its immigration serv-
ice will prevent such an unloading OF
the unfit upon the shoulders of Uncle
Sam.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
Photo by American Press Association.

ASSOClatlOn.
TYPE OF BOMB DROPPED ON ENGLAND
BY ZEPPELINs.
stacks, which would illumine the land
scape and enable the pilot to locate
some landmark by which he could get
his bearings.
Dispatches from Holland quote Ger
man naval officers as stating the Zep-
pelin used for this raid was new one
and the trip was in the nature Of test.
Oversee navigation is an art only to be
acquired after long experience, and it
Is possible the visit to this section had
little significance except as training for
pilots and men.
The raider passed over Lowestoft
two or three times. calm night max
Ing maneuvering easy. A fire bomb
which fell into pile of timber did
damage estimated at $4,000, and the
two or three explosive bombs which
found targets did slight damage.
Elsewhere there was nothing to tell
of the passage Of the invader except
some holes in the ground, some broken
windows, doors torn from their hinges
and gossiping countryside. The
broken windows and damaged doors
were regarded lightly by the inhabit-
ants, and their feelings were rather Of
establishment and surprise than fear or
dismay. 1--WE lived in this house twen-
ty years, and nothing like this ever
happened BEFORE" was a characteristic
comment in the farming districts.
There are many stories of miraculous
escapes, but most Of them have little
basis In actual fact. Countryside Cos
sip is also busily engaged in rounding
up mysterious spies, and fully half the
people inthe visited district believe the.
hackneyed story of a mysterious mo-
torcyclist who piloted the visitor by
means of headlight Of peculiar bril-.
liancy.
While the civilians are generally in
clined = treat lightly the result of the
Zeppelin activity, military men in
charge Of the various defense projects
incline to q more serious view. They
are generally Of the opinion that the
raids are in the nature of reconnois-
sances and will be followed by more
determined attempts shortly. Zeppe-
Inns have now reached the English
coast several times, and with good luck
and favorable weather they may be ex-
pected to return eventually in larger
numbers and with more serious inten-
tons.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
TOWN DRUNKARD DOOMED.

New York Governor Signs Bill Allow
ing Constable to Forbid Him Drink.
Albany, N. Y.-The town drunkard
must reform in spite of himself. Gov
ernor Whitman and Senator Jones
have conspired to bring this about. A
bill signed by the governor provides
that q peace officer or constable of a
town shall have the power to forbid
the sale OF giving away Of liquor to
certain persons by notice in writing.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
Girl Made a Lieutenant.

Petrograd.-Army orders contain the
promotion of young woman. Alexan-
dra Lagerev. to lieutenant. with six.
teen other girls belonging to families
of Don COssacks
She has been fighting alongside male
relatives since the beginning of the
war. Eight Of these have been killed.
and Miss Lagerev was prisoner. but
she killed her guard and escaped and
led q accommodating party which cap
tured eighteen uhlans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
Allies Air Man.. Brilliant Escape.

Allies Air Mans Brilliant Escape.
Paris.-AI air man Of the allies was
fred on near Client, but by flying up
side down he made the Germans be-
ieve he had been killed. and they
ceased shooting. Suddenly he resum-
ed his upright position, dropped two
bombs and escaped.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
Pari. ldoIizss Jaeque. eou ion,

Paris ldoIizss jacques Goujon.
Paris. = Before he lost an arm
Jacques Goujon, seventeen. killed two
German sentinels, blew up two quick
drers with bombs. was captured, es-
capped and carried to the French lines
a German machine gun. He has been
given medal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
ZEPPELIN RAIDS
| TEST OF MACHINE
New Dirigib|e Used In Recent
Flights Over England.
OFFICERS FEAR MORE BOMBS
Motorcycle Said to Have Toured Path
Of Raider and Indicated Route With
Brilliant Headlight People Treat
Bombs Lightly, but Officials Take
Many Precautions.

Lowestoft, England.-A tour by mo-
torcycle over the path which the latest
Zeppelin raider took across and around
this section of England supports the
opinion that he had no particular mill
tary object in view. The big dirigible
first was sighted at Southwold soon
after midnight and disappeared over
the sea at Lowestoft about an hour
later 1t made an extended tour over
a considerable area, dropping large
number of incendiary bombs and few
explosive bombs, but spending nearly
half its time maneuvering in the
neighborhood of Henham hall, a ram
bling old mansion. It is possible the
pilot mistook the hall for some other
building which he supposed to be of
military Importance.
The dropping of the numerous incen-
diary bombs appears to have been done
In an effort to set fire to barns or hay
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08
Mother Has Son Arrested.

Paris.-When two French soldiers
returned to Paris and couldn't give a
good reason for It the mother OF one
locked them in a room and called the
police They were arrested as de-
serters.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-05-08

New Shoes Every Six Weeks.
London. - It is estimated that SIX
weeks IS the life Of an army shoe ard
that for year OF the war 71,OOO. GOO
pairs Will be necessary.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-15
THE HEBREW Way

THE HEBREW WAY.-Power to
you, Mrs. Lille! Strength to you,
Mr.. Cochran! Publish the fact far
and wide that rich Jews are oppress-
ing the poor Jews. Rouse the Jews
out of their lethargy, wake them up
and let them see the truth, and you
will have done a great deal toward
helping the suffering strikers in their
heroic struggle against injustice.
My faith is firm in the Talmud,
which says that the Jews are distin-
guished by three leading traits in
their character - they are bashful,
they are merciful and they are char
table.
The chief clothing parasites are
not real Jews. They are silk-stock-
inged, reformed Jews, who have dis
carded the Talmud. That is why
they are not bashful, but shameless.
They are not merciful, but cruel
They are not charitable, but selfish.
They think they are secure because
the police are on their side and be-
cause their crimes are within the
law. But the true orthodox Jew
knows that those who stand only on
the strict letter of the law and who
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-15

in many respects as any despotism
can be, the liberties of the masses.
Perhaps we do not see the ten
dency of the government to neglect
the real functions of government and
to go into matters that can better be
regulated by individual action, with
the bad result that offices are multi
piled and big salaries grabbed to the
enslavement of all. Individual action
is thus discouraged and public senti-
ment debauched bp rotten politics. If
any group of the people has the fever
of organization here is the oppor-
tunity.
The platform: Uncle Sam confne
your business to those things that
are too big for the voluntary organ
izations of the people to manage.
Abolish all the special privileges that
exist in our laws and institutions and
customs. Then you will not need to
increase your revenue. George v.
Wells.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-15

ORGANIZATION.-In a previous
note l called attention to the great
number of organizations and the
scarcity of such as stood for things
that would be of benefit to all of us.
Most of them are narrow, and per-
haps this kind are the more popular
and prosperous the farther away they
are from standing for anything that
disturbs present institutions and
laws.
In the course of writing this, note
in morning paper that bills will be
presented in congress this week to
continue indefinitely certain defci-
ency taxes levied by the last con-
gress that otherwise will soon expire
by limitation. Among these are
stamp taxes, occupation taxes and
other Infamous impositions upon
wealth producers. All these take
from the people their earnings and
discourage enterprise. They also en-
courage fraud and perjury and tax
lodging. They make of Uncle Sam
legalized pirate instead of a guardian
of liberty.
Certain bills will also be introduced
which will abrogate the promise of
free sugar to the people in 1916.
This move has already set the spec
ulators in the peoples misfortune at
work and sugar mounts in price.
1t is possible that many Of us are
so busy seeking how to get the adj
vantage of our neighbors that we
cannot see the evil of this kind of
legislation. We are possibly too blind
to see the trend of vicious lawmak-
ing that is piling up higher and high
er the mountain of high-salaried
offices and extending more and more
into the private business of the peo-
pie the crooked hand of the spy and
crushing with the deadly weight of a
G-roat OOUpTODpDf DOWnr &C arhitTa nv
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-15

these various institutions and put
them on an equal footing as human
beings. Then, and then only, is it
possible to correctly determine their
value, to Judge them fairly and to es-
tablish the just rights~ef each and all
-Theodor johnson, 4816 S. Paul aV.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-03-26
MAKES ATTACK ON DESSER
Ohio Newspaper Glasses 1t Among
Undesirable Superfuities OF
Human Life.

A man has come to this countl
from abroad to advocate vegetarlaI
ism. He is a hale and hearty felloI
who has never practiced anythi1
but vegetarianism. 1t is a good tniH
and we are in favor of everybody ny
eating any meat who doesn't want
But there are other reforms just
good. We might discard the deSSel
and fare better. The reason LOT !
sorting to dessert is to enable one
eat more than he ought to eat. ~
instance, after eating roast peel =
tatoes and bread, can a man L90.i
a piece of pie? Morally he ougn'
but physically he couldn't.
Eating too much is materiallSm
it's worst form, and 1t does more
blunt the senses and to squelch nop
aspiration than any of the otn'
habits, and the dessert is its gualuiD
angel. So dessert is supernul'N
one has had enough of the piece
resistance ct cetera, and the sup r.
fiuities are the danger points u - -
More than enough is moral, SUI ~
physical ill. Socrates was agalliS, ~ -
dessert when he prayed: " ~
grant me what need and no more
Ohio State Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-03-26

an opportunity to take hand when
the big battle started. He knew how
slender his chances we're of ever
reaching the firing line, but a thor
ough appreciation of the situation
didn't make it easier to bear-didn't
soothe his resentment against the fate
that kept him mixing dough while
others did the real work of war.
IF l only had chancei' he
thought. 81 wouldn't mind walloping
kettles the rest of my life. if could
take just one crack at them. Tomor-
row or next day the boys will be hav-
ing it out with Kaiser Bill-and Ill
be wrestling with camp oven"
For a moment he was silent as he
watched the infantry deploying along
the river; then he nodded his head.
Eyes" he said, they're going to stop
and fight and right here
! His belief was soon justified by the
activities of sappers and engineers.
The infantry was put to work dig
ging themselves in" along the south
bank of the river. Battery after bat
terry wheeled into position on the hills;
the signal corps was running wire
along the lines for heid telephones: