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The Appeal., 1915-03-13
PARENTS FAITHFUL TO
LEPER SON TO THE END
Fathers Business Ruined and
Aid Refused by All.

Benton HarbOr, Mich.-In an isolated
shanty, set down in a secluded spot on
the lake shore. Jacob Goldstein died
day or two ago.
He was leper, an outcast, menace
to mankind, creature to be Stunned.
Yet when his spirit left his tortured
body bis weeping mother and his de-
voted father were by his side. He
could not see them, for the disease that
claimed him had destroyed his eyes.
But caring nothing for any risk they
ran, mother and father were faithful to
the end. .-"
That his son from some mysterious
cause had developed leprosy caused
the elder Goldstein's financial ruin and
his family's ostracism. He kept small
general store in suburban Benton Har-
Dor. and he and his family were in
comfortable circumstances when
The whisper, Young Godstein is a
leper." j." swelled to cry that echoed all
over Benton Harbor and far beyond its
limits. Overnight Goldstein's little
business was ruined; former customers
hurried by on the other side of the
street; former friends suddenly forgot
they had ever known the Goldsteins.
Goldstein tried to provide for his fam
lily by peddling. AS he trudged the
roads the frightened warning went
ahead Of him. Here comes the leper,s
father!" All doors were closed to him.
The local health authorities asked
the state Of Michigan to care for the
leper. The state refused. There is
nothing in the health ordinances pro-
viding for such case The Univer-
sity of Michigan was ready to furnish
isolated quarters for young Goldstein
so it's medical students might observe
the progress of the disease. but Ann
Arbor emphatically refused to admit
leper within her confines.
So the shanty was built in the Sc
cluded spot among the hills near by.
There the parents of the doomed boy
Joined him in exile. The most loath-
some. the most dreaded of all human
ills. the disease accursed. could not
drive his parents from the boy. Under
constant surveillance. these three ex-
listed like prisoners in a stockade until
the merciful end came.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
COLORADO CONVICTS
HAVE BASEBALL TEAM
Warden Rewards Good Prison.
as by Allowing Them to Play.

Canon City, Colo.-Warden Tom J.
lyman Of the Colorado penitentiary,
described as "the man who put man
In humanity in prison REFORM" an
nounces that he is organizing base
ball team among the convicts-his
wards" as he always calls them.
lyman was the first penitentiary
warden to install moving pictures and
the first to try the system Of rewards
for good conduct by sending the best
behaved convicts to build and improve
the roads Of the state. He proposes to
have baseball team to compete with
teams of the state league and other
teams from the surrounding towns and
cities. lyman is baseball "fan" him
self.
1--WE got some crackerjack material
down here" says lyman, "and I'm
going to utilize it. Got housebreaker
that can outrun Ty Cobb. Join the
Feds? No chance. No bush leagues
for us. Well be in the AA class or
none at ALL y "
The convict team will go into train
ing as soon as wall is built around
four acres Of ground which the war
den has laid out for the purpose
Teams throughout the state will be
invited to play the convicts on Che
"home grounds" Later in the season
the warden may take his team on two
or three short trips. If possible he
will arrange game with the Denver
Grizzlies of the Western league.
II will use the prison baseball team
to encourage good behavior among the
men," he says. ITO be permitted to
play on the team or to watch its games
will be privilege bestowed only on
the best behaved. The moment play
er breaks a prison rule he no longer
will be considered member Of the
team, and the fan who is recalcitrant
will be barred from the games.
"Since we have had moving picture
shows for the prisoners there have been
40 less reports of bad behavior. For
slight infraction Of the prison rules
the privilege Of attending the prison
movie entertainments is taken away
for certain period. We have house
full of movie fans, and most of them
would rather suffer any kind Of ply
steal punishment than miss the pic
lures thrown on the screen in the
chapel every two weeks"
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
WOMAN never SLEEPS;
awake SEVEN YEARS
Sits Up All Night IN Chair iilld and
Tries to Rest.

Seattle, Wash.-Mrs. Edward Hauck
of this city says she has slept only half
an hour in the last seven years.
Her husband substantiates her state
ment.
Seattle physicians say it is impossi-
BILE; that if Mrs. Hauck hasn't slept for
seven years by all the laws Of nature
she would have been dead long ago.
Two or three years ago one night she
dozed off, she declares, and slept for
fully half an hour. ~,
Often now she feels sleepy and i'm
mediately lies down in the hope that
the longed for unconsciousness will
come. But it never does. III.
She weighs twenty-five pounds less
than she did seven years ago, when her
long period Of sleeplessness. began. She
suffered severely for the first two or
three nights, she says. That's all.
1T has come to be sort of matter
Of fact condition with me now," she
went on. There is no pain, only a
kind Of dull feeling that weighs down
on me. And the nights, you know, are
so long when one is alone and every
body else in the world is sleeping."
She passes little of her time in bed.
Early in the evening she lies down
with her little daughter, Irene Bell,
aged year and a half, until the child
is in Sunderland. Then she gets up.
clears away her work and prepares for
her long siege against the coming of
daybreak. .. ~,.
Edward Hauck, the husband, is en-
ployed as cook. He works nights.
II worked in the daytime until recent
ly, though" he said, "and slept here
at home at night, and know my, wife
is not mistaken when she says she
spends her nights just as wide awake
as she is during the day. Occasionally,
when she tried going to bed, I'd wake
up and find her tossing beside me, al
ways awake. Generally, though, she
would be sitting in our one rocking
chair, with the shaded lamp beside
her, reading"
Mrs. Hauck says she finds she can
get more physical relaxation in chair
at night than in bed. She makes the
chair comfortable with bedclothes, par
TALLY disrobes and lies back to count
off the hours.
'She's such a plucky little person."
her husband explains, "that she hardly
ever complains about it and seems anx-
ious only that baby and I get our
rest.'
Mrs. Hauck sought relief from physi-
clans in the east before coming to
Seattle, three years ago from Berlin,
Ont, but could get none, she says. She
has bought drugs and sleeping pow
ders at various times, both with and
without the advice Of physicians. But
nothing has helped. she says.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.

Of those who are willing to defend their
country, but Of those who can de-
fend it,
Those who are behind the organiza-
ton are not imbued with the spirit of
militarism. They agree with those
who say that at a word from the pres
ident of the United States millions of
men would swarm to the colors and
that it is not necessary in time Of
peace that this country maintain a
great standing army such as one as
sociates with the word militarism. No
military training in time of peace Is
involved, no increase in standing army,
navy or militia, but there is contem.
plated taking stock Of resources so
that in time Of war the government
would be able to lay it's hand immedi-
ately upon those who would be best
qualified to cope with the emergency.
There will be two active branches of
the legion. The line of the legion will
be composed exclusively Of men who
have had army or navy service or who
can handle high power rifle and are
seasoned in taking care of themselves
in the open.
It is fact not generally known per-
haps that the United States army and
navy keep no account of the thousands
Of men who are annually dropped from
the service. either by resignation or by
expiration Of term Of enlistment. They
simply melt away into the great body
Of the population.
It Is of course generally known that
in this country no data are kept Of the
activities Of citizens that would enable
the government in time Of war to pick
out at once the man or body Of men
especially adapted for particular serv-
ice. The selection is made after the
man enlists and his professed quail
fications are discovered only by ac-
tual trial Of his abilities in the service
Of his country.
The American legion proposes to do
beforehand just what the government
would have to do after it had enlisted
a great volunteer army and navy.
Men who have been trained as soldiers
or sailors will be classified in detailed
records as to physique. education. char
acter Of training and length Of service.
Men Of special training in other fields
will be classified in the same way and
every applicant for membership will
be carefully questioned and the nature
of his qualifications thoroughly investi-
gated.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
Boy Plans Own Funeral.

Minneapolis. Kenneth Booth Merrill,
student at West High school, was bur
led recently in a casket Of his own Sc
lection. Flowers used at the funeral
and the music were chosen according
to his expressed desire. Merrill had
known more than a year age that he
could not recover, and during the last
few weeks had made all arrangements
for his own funeral.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
Gets Letter From Wreck.

Fergus Falls, Minn.-Professor ]. o.
A. Larson Of the Park Region college
here received letter recently that
went down with the Empress Of Ire
land. The mucilage was gone from
the envelope, but the letter was in a
good state Of preservation and easily
read. It was rescued from the wreck
by divers. Mr. Larson was Rhodes
scholar at Oxford. England, at the
time the vessel sank. and the letter
was addressed to him there and was
forwarded to England and then to this
city.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
QUIT JOBS AT WIVES ORDER.

Spouses Accuse Two Workmen at Jail
Of Being "Honor Prisoners"
Racine. wis.-Two men employed at
the courthouse quit their jobs because
they did not wish to be classed as
"honor roll Jail prisoners. The men
had sought employment at the court
house because they had been laid of at
factories. Their wives. reading an ac-
count of the employment Of honor
prisoners at the courthouse. accused
their husbands of being under deten-
ion by the sheriff. Unable to convince
the women to the contrary. they were
forced to resign.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
Objected to English LANGUAGE.

Brussels. German officers dining in
a restaurant showed displeasure when
two men near them conversed in Eng
lish. and finally one officer announced
the strangers would oblige If they
wouldn't talk in English. az it annoyed
him. One Of the English speaking men
handed the German his card. 1t bore
the name of Brand Whitlock. minister
Of the United States in Belgium. The
German saluted and apologized.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
DIR. WALTER F. RITTMAN.

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fore obtained from coal tar AS Ger
many has specialized far beyond other
countries in byproducts from coal, the
United States and the rest Of the
world have been dominated by that
country as regards those products Of
touol and benzol. which are the i'm
portant bases for the production Of
dyeStntfS and high explosives, espe-
riHlly SmOkeless powder.
The diScnverer Of these two valuable
processes after many years Of research
is Dr. Walter f. Rittman. chemical en-
%ineer Of the bureau Of mines, the
work having been done at Columbia
university. New York. the facilities of
ell over to the federal government
by Dr Nicholas Murray Butler. presi.
dent of the university.
Application has been made by Dr.
RitIman ON behalf Of the federal gov
ernment to patent these processes to
prevent any monopoly in their use, the
patents To he dedicated to the Ameri-
can people. ..E
The federal government through the
Efforts of DIR. Rittman proposes to
make free for the use Of all Of the
people Of this country who wish it z
process that is confidently expected to
increase their yields of gasoline from
crude petroleum fully 200 per cent and
perhaps more. such results having been
repeatedly obtained in the laboratory.
1t is claimed by Dr. Rltrman that
his process is safer, simpler and is
more economical in time than the pro-
reSSeS now in use. and these are econ
olnic factors of great Importance.
The second process discovered by DR..
Rittman may prove Of much more val
lie to the country than the first in that
it suggests the establishment of an in
drstry in which Germany has hereto
fore been pre-eminent-the dyestuff in
dustry-and also promises Indirectly a
measure of national safety Of incalcu-
liable import.
The federal government now pro-
poses to obtain the toluol and benz0}
from crude petroleum. The real COM
fort is that we have the knowledge
that this new source Of supply is at
the command Of our people and that in
time Of great national stress. If the ma
tion is ever called upon to defend it
self. we will be able to manufacture
the most efficient and most powerful
explosives known In warfare.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
W00DPECKER R0BS A TOWN.
Causes Short Circuit Resulting In Ex-
cessive Water Bill.

SSSSIVo water Oil.
11Waco, Wash.-A woodpecker is
blamed for large additions to Ilwaco's
bill for pumping city water. ...- .
The contract for filling the municipal
reservoir is let to power company
and an electric indicator notifies the
engineer when the required depth Of
water has been provided.
For some months the bill has been
regarded as excessive and the number
of hours required daily to fill the basin
has varied to marked degree.
Investigation has placed the blame
on an innocent woodpecker which
chose one wire for perch and with
Its tail touching the other wire made
short circuit so that the engineers
signal to stop pumping was controlled
by the woodpecker's rest rather than
the depth Of water provided.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
SCIENTIST WHIPS PoLECAT.
Then University Gives Professor Two
Weeks Leave,

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Berkeley. Cal.-T. G. Hine. professor
OF the chemistry department of the
University Of California. fought hard
battle with polecat in the library of
the university recently.
Victory perched on the crown Of the
savant after he had bombarded his
antagonist with some of the choice vol
umes Of the university library's mod
ern literature and followed up his
strategical move by tossing hat box
over the invader.
A quantity of chloroform poured
through a tiny hole in the box stopped
the polecat's activities.
The professor has been given two
weeks leave Of absence.
The Appeal., 1915-03-13

XHlNCE MAX OF SAXONY. Z,
unction to the dying, saying mass be-
meath the shower Of bursting shells.
Father Max has carried into the ghast-
~ arena Of conflict, the most terrible
the world has ever known, the simple
spirit of Christian self sacrifice and
love for his fellow man. There is no
German so loved by the French prison
ers of the Germans, to whose welfare
he devotes great deal Of his time.'
In the Giornale d'Italia Of Rome an
Italian correspondent recently told the
story of this remarkable prince and
priest. He wrote: -.
I'm Lorraine found the most un-
usual Of army chaplains, Prince Max
of Saxony, the brother Of the king of
Saxony. The prince is at the front as
regimental chaplain of one of the
Saxon commands. Wherever the bat
tie is most stubbornly contested there
you may be quite sure you will find
Father Max.
ION one occasion I saw him when he
was conducting mass in the little Ro-
man Catholic church at Epinal, only a
few kilometers distant from the firing
line. At that time fierce engagement
was In progress and shells were ex-
ploding over the church, the fragments
often falling into the auditorium,
where Father Max was saying mass
Two of the windows had been shat
tered by the shells, but the prince
priest proceeded calmly, as if nothing
unusual was happening, to read the
service before congregation that
seemed to be as calm and as uncon-
cerned as he himself was. sRw f,,.et7.,
Among the French prisoners and
the French wounded that have fallen
into Saxon hands Father Max enjoys
unlimited popularity. The French
seem to love the gentle priest just as
much as do his own Saxons not only
because Of the tender and fatherly in
terest he takes in them, particularly
their wounded, but because he is al
ways ready to exert every effort to
send word through the international
bureau in Geneva to their relatives and
friends in France and in numerous
other ways to labor to make their un-
happy lot easier to bear.
ION another occasion l attended a
service, in the course Of which Prince
Max preached to men Of his regiment.
It was a regiment of Saxon rifemen.
Brave sons, courageous, faithful
fighters said he, may God take you
under his protection. God protect you.
youths, and God preserve you, white
haired men. for your children and your
fatherland. And if it is not Gods will
that this be. so, then remember, ye
warriors Of Germany. that no soldier
ever fell for more righteous or holy
cause that that which you are defend
ing In this terrible war.
But, whether you live or die, your
names and your deeds will not be for
gotten, and your wives and your chill
dren will bless and honor your memo
ries as long as breath remains in their
bosoms. You will always be under the
protection Of those hands which we
have known and loved since childhood.
and which lift US high above the mis-
cry Of this earthly life.'''
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The Appeal., 1915-03-13
RITTMAN SECRETS
A Gift TO PUBLIC
Young Scientist Finds New
Processes Of Manufacture.
MAKES GASOLINE AND DYE.
Supply OF Former Commodity to Be
Increased 200 Per cent-This Nation
Will No Longer Be Dependent on
Foreign Countries For Products Used
In Manufacture of Necessities.


Foreign Countries For Products Used
In Manufacture of Necessities.
Washington. - The statement was
made at the department Of the in
terror that the two processes discover
ed by DR.. Walter F. Rittman whereby
the output Of gasoline from petroleum
can be increased 200 per cent and
whereby toluol and benzol can be manu-
factured from crude petroleum for use
In the dye industry, have been patent
ed by DR.. Rittman for the benefit of
the American people,
1t Is claimed that the Rittman proc
ess is more economical than the Ger
man method Of obtaining these prod
ucts from coal tar.
Just as soon as persons want to
avail themselves Of the Rittman dis
coveries." said an official Of the bu-
reau Of mines, "the bureau under prop
er safeguards and regulations will
place them ut their disposal"
The first OF these processes promises
to enable the independent refiners in
this country to increase their output of
gasoline from petroleum 200 per cent
or more, according to Secretary Lane.
who says:
with an estimated production on
the part Of the Independent refners of
100000 barrels of gasoline in year
this will mean an output from indi-
pendents alone of 36,OOO,O0O barrels,
greater than the total production today
from all sources"
The second process includes the man.
ufacture from crude petroleum of what
are known chemically as toluol and ben
zol. both Of which have been hereto
The Appeal., 1915-03-13
FORM LEGION FOR
NATIONS DEFENSE
Many Noted Men Are Back Of
the Volunteer Movement.
TO TAKE IN TRAINED men.

Former Soldiers and Sailors Arc In tho
First Lins-Major General Leonard
Wood and Colonel Roosevelt Are En-
thusiastie supporters-No Spirit Of
Militarism Aroused.
New York.-The first definite step
toward the establishment of military
and naval reserve for national defense
has been taken in the formation of the
American legion, an organization which
makes its bow to the people Of this
country with the enthusiastic indorse-
ment Of former President Theodore
Roosevelt and Major General Leonard
Wood.
Its plans and purposes have been
worked out at Governors island under
the guidance of Captain Gordon John
ston Of General Woods staff and Com
mander Robert X. Crank Of the United
States navy. There it's headquarters
are temporarily located, and from there
will come presently an announcement
Of the names Of those who are to serve
as members of the executive commit
tee and board Of honorary advisers.
Colonel Roosevelt has already accepted
the Craftsmanship Of the latter body.
1t is the answer Of patriotic and prac-
tical men to the agitation which has
been going on ever since the outbreak
of the European war called attention
to the fact that the United States is
not prepared to defend itself.
1t is the purpose Of this organization
not only to enroll the fighting men of
the country, the men who have seen
service as soldiers or sailors, but also
to enroll the men who have special
training in any one of the half hun
dred callings which under the condi-
tions Of modern warfare are as essen
t1al to success as are military and
naval equipment. The membership of
this organization is to be made up not
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
WOULD HAVE GOVERNORS
 SEE THIS STATE, Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Extends Invitation to Governors Conferenea.

At the meeting of the Connecticut Chamber of CommeSce at Momauguin, East Haven, last week, an invitation was received So Rave Connecticut par ticipate in the entertainment of the thirty governors and ex. governors who are to tour New England sat the cl Dse of IEe conference ,; ErSe:rcrs iu B lSton August 23 to 26.
 New England governors are very enthusiastic regarding this trip, as they believe 1t will afford a splendid chance to show the governors of the southern and western states what a wonder tul part of the country New England is. The invitation was &C., cepted by @ unanimous vote and 1t was further voted to appoint a com mittee at once coESssting of the pres ident of the chamber and four repre- sentative members. to cooperate with tho cities that desire to be included in the governors itinerary.
 Invitations were extended by mem
 bers present representing New Britain, Hartfcrd. Waterbury, Bridgeport, Danbury end Shelton. The Committee of the Connecticut Chamber consists of President Frank H. Johnston, New Britain; vice president, Frank G. Ma
 comber of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, President Charles M. Walker of the New Haven Business Mems association, Charles A. Colley, president of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, and F. W. BoIande of the Bridgeport Post.
 This will be known as the New England committee and meeting will shortly be held in Boston to com pleto plans for the trip.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
Eat a Square Meal and
 Not Fear Indigestion

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 Lee A. Osgood Co. can tell you of many well known people In this city who this remedy has restored to health, often after they have tried many other methods of treatment with little or no benefit. No other dyspepsia remedy has made so large a percentage of cures as Mi-o-na- It is so large that Lee C. Osgood Co. stands ready to re- fund the price to any customer whom 1t does not help.
 The best kind of advertising Is the praise of a pleased customer, and there are hundreds in Norwich today prais- ing Mi-o-na because 1t does what 1t is
 advertised to do. A few months agC
 they could eat nothing without won
 dering what the result would be- Since
 using Mi-o-na, they eat what the1 want and when they want with no feal
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