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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
KEEPS FISH FROM DROWNING.
Captain kintz Would Get Medal II
Perch Had a Carneoie

Captain kintz Would Get Medal II
Porch Had a Carnegie.
New York. - Captain Frank Kintz,
master in the Taylor tugboat fleet of
this city, recently became fish life
saver. Aboard the tug Captain Toby,
Captain Kintz was in Occoquan with a
tow from this city. A yellow perch a
boy had caught had been left dangling
on string in the water until it was
almost dead, not having strength
enough to hold itself below the sur
face.
Captain Kintz saw the fish and also
his opportunity to save life even if it
was only that Of fish, and bony
yellow perch at that. Reasoning that if
1t was water that drowned human be-
ing it must be air that drowned a fish,
Captain Kintz proceeded to apply first
aid and help the fish to get rid Of the
air. Holding it down In the water, he
gently rubbed it's sides, and bubbles of
air rolled to the surface. About fifteen
minutes Of this manipulation were nee
essary, and the perch revived and with
a f1irt Of its tail swan rapidly away.
If there was q Carnegie among the
fish Captain Kintz would surely be
awarded medal as fish life saver.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
400 NEAR AN END
Fast Heading to Extinction, Says
Mrs. Herbert Parsons.
BRAINY PEOPLE TOO BUSY,

Dull Ones Unable to Keep Game Co.
ing, and as Result Dynasty Is Tot
terins, Declares Congressman's Wife.
Sees Only Fortune Hunters Among
Satellites.
Chicago. After Mrs. Elsie Clews
Parsons of New York, wife of Herbert
Parsons, New York representative,
and daughter of Henry Clews, finan-
cier, hurried back home, Chicago So
ciety folk were wondering if she really
meant what she said in an address
here recently before the City club.
Mrs. Parsons said society-the Four
Hundred-was fast heading to extinc-
ton. She advised sociological murder
for society" and, as a matter of fact.
she said the homicidal process was al
ready we'll on the way.
AS If that were not enough, she gave
1t name which should STAY it forth
with If it is subject to mortal wound.
She didn't once mention PARASITES"
but she called it the "gynocratic Glass;
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
KING GEORGES BADGES
FOR INVALID SOLDIERS
Medals Also Will Be Awarded "a
Queens Nursing Service.

London.-1t is officially announced,
says the London Times. that on the
recommendation Of the army council
the king has approved the issue Of
silver badge to officers and men Of
the British. Indian and oversee forces
who have served at home or abroad
since Aug. 4. 1914. and who on &C.
count Of age or physical inf1rmity
arising from wounds or sickness caused
by military service have. in the case
Of officers, retired or relinquished their
commissions or, in the case Of privates,
been discharged from the army.
The badge will also be awarded to
members Of Queen Alexandras impe-
rial military nursing service. regular,
reserve and territorial force, Queen
Alexandra's nursing service for India.
and members Of voluntary aid detach-
ments who have quilted the service
under above conditions; also to civil
practitioners and to other civilians
who. having occupied positions nor
mally held by officers or other ranks
Of the royal army medical corps under
a fixed agreement for period Of serv-
ice, have been forced to resign by
physical incapacity caused by military
service.
The badge Is In the form of a circle,
an inch and quarter in diameter.
The circle bears the words For King
and Empire services Rendered." and
circumscribes the imperial cipher sur
mounted by crown. 1t will be worn
on the right breast or on the right lapel
Of the Jacket with plain clothes only.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
FATE PLAYS STRANGE
PRANK With SAILOR
After Crossing Ocean In an Open Boat
He Loses His Life In River

Lorain, o. Ludwig Eisenbraun, a
German sailor, who was drowned here
recently in Black river. was treated
very strangely by fate. Eisenbraun
was the hero of one of the greatest
teats in marine history, achieved when
ne crossed the Atlantic ocean in a
nineteen foot dory.
After encountering furious storms at
sea, facing death score of times in
his frail open boat, he lost his life
when his hand slipped on an icy rope.
which he was using to climb to the
deck Of a lake steamer on which he
was Waterman, and fell back into
the river.
On April II, 1903, Eisenbraun sailed
from Boston harbor in his dory, Co.
lumbus II. On Nov. % of the same
year he locked his craft at Gibraltar.
once IN storm his boat was CAP
sized, and he lost water and provisions.
he righted the boat, and two days
later was reprovisioned by a British
steamer.
He steered his craft against Sleep
Ing whale, and the aroused monster
nearly capsized him.
E1senbraun had been a sailor on the
great lakes for five years. He was
forty-eight years old.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
EXPLORES PALACE RUINS.

Pennsylvania Museum Finds Discov.
cries Of Growing Importance.
Philadelphia.-Further excavations in
the palace Of Menepthah by the ex-
petition to Egypt Of the University Of
Pennsylvania museum indicate that
the palace is almost twice as large
as was at first supposed. This makes
1t among the greatest palaces Of an
cient Egypt, according to DR.. Clarence
s. Fisher, head of the expedition.
On account Of the great heat the
excavations temporarily have been dis
continued, but the general outline Of
the ruins has been established. Dr.
Fisher has found, in addition to the
throne room where Moses and Aaron
are supposed to have appeared before
Pharoah and demanded the release Of
the Israelites, many chambers and a
notable vestibule with rows Of enor-
nous pillars, carved and colored.
Many interesting and valuable relics
which will enrich the university mu
scum have been unearthed. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
AIR RAID RESULTS
zeppe|ins Do Little Harm In
Flights, Say English.
ATTACKS MADE IN DARKNESS,

Figures Show That It Has Taken More
Than a Ton of German Bombs Fo,
Every British Man, Woman and
Child Who Has Been kiIIed-CasuaI.
ties Steadily Decrease.
London.-In the last two years there
have been forty-one Zeppelin raids on
England - twenty-three in 1915 and
eighteen in 1916. This summary does
not take into account the many aero
and sea plane attacks and the numer
Gus abortive attempts which have been
been driven back at the coast or
baked by shifting winds and misty
weather.
If In these raids we take three Zep-
pelins as the average number and al
low three tons Of explosives and tncen-
diary bombs as the capacity of each
dirigible we have an aggregate Of $40
tons Of death dealing missiles. Sup
posing each bomb weighs fifty pounds,
we have approximately $1,000 as the
number dropped on England or in the
North sea in the last two years. Of
course it is possible that the German
authorities are the only persons who
know the real figures. but l think the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
BABEL OF TONGUES.
Alien Residents to Be Taught English
at Niqht Glasses,

Alien Residents to Be Taught English
at Night Glasses.
Bayonne, N. jim an effort to Amer
icanize this city Preston 81. Smith. su-
perintendent Of schools here. will in
stitute this fall and winter night
classes for the instruction of it's popu-
lation in the English language. or its
10000 inhabitants Bayonne has $4,000
who speak foreign tongues.
If these can be induced to adopt the
language of the republic Mr.. Smith be-
lieves that it will be better for busi-
ness, better for education and much
better in case of strikes. As he point
ed out. when one side in labor dis
pute does its arguing in a speech in
comprehensive to the other side there
Is not much chance of a satisfactory
settlement.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
PH0N0GRAPH. IN BASEMENT.
Machine Sends Music by Cold Air Duct
and Heat Registers.

Machine Sends Music by Cold Air Duct
and Heat Registers.
Brazil, 1nd.-H. E. Thompson when
he wishes music at his home presses
an electric button on the wall and from
the cold air duct and the registers of
the hot air furnace come in succession
ten different selections, which are re-
peated until the electric switch is turn.
ed off.
The music is produced by phono-
graph arrangement in the basement.
A circular table is arranged with ten
records around it, all moved by an elec-
trio motor beneath the table. In the
center of the table, pointing upward
into the air duct, Is large plaster of
paris horn, which is connected with the
reproducing mechanism. After a rec.
ord Is played cork roller carries the
needle to the next record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
MAY GET CARNEGIE MEDAL,
Modest Montelair Youth Departed Att
or SAVING Girl Bathar.

Modest Montelair Youth Departed Att
or Saving Girl Bather. ...
Montclair, N. J.-Vernon Peterson,
who saved a young woman from
drowning at Water Witch, has been
recommended for a Carnegie hero
medal. Peterson was about to leave
the water when he heard cries for
help and saw a girl struggling. He
swan out to her and with the aid of
life guard succeeded in bringing her
In. The girl, Miss Josephine Smith of
Bay Head, Long Island, was uncon-
scious when the shore was reached,
but was resuscitated
Peterson. who is employed in the
Edison works at West Orange, depart
ed after the rescue, but his name was
obtained by witnesses, who submitted
It to the Carnegie institute.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD.
Mrs. Van Sickle Takes Active Part In
Her Birthday Celebration.

Mrs. Van Sickle Takes Active Part In
Her Birthday Celebrations.
Sussex. N. J.-Surrounded by her six
children. twenty grandchildren and
four great-grandchildre to say moth
ing Of host of relatives. friends and
neighbors. Mrs. Sarah Van Sickle of
Vantage township. two miles from
here, celebrated her one hundredth
birthday. She took an active part in
the celebration and urged the younger
ones to dance and play games while
she looked on and directed things.
Mrs. Van Sickle was born and has
lived in this part of New Jersey all
her life. She said that her health
was good and that she felt no older
than she did thirty years ago. She is
still able to read without the aid Of
glasses and is daily reader of the
newspapers. The sewing machine still
claims much Of her time, but she is
not able to thread the needle as dex-
terously as once.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
DEFENDS SIDEWALK SKATING.
MontcIair Champion Says It Helps
ChiIdren's Morals.

montc'a'r Champion Says II Helps
ChiIdren's Morals.
Montclair.-The controversy in this
town over the use of the sidewalks.
which was started when Mrs. John
Haynes Lord protested to the authori-
ties because children were allowed to
use them for roller skating. bids fair
to become q community issue.
Mrs. Lord, who was injured by being
run down by bicyclist on sidewalk
a few years ago, has many supporters.
Her attitude, however, is resented by
others, chief among whom is Arthur P.
Heyer, who was candidate for town
commissioner at the last election.
Mr.. Heyer came out with another
broadside. He believes that the streets
could be made the greatest educational
nsset of any community if the people
would look at the matter in the right
way. He says skating in the open air
makes children moral
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07

rough estimate above is not far wrong,
says Arthur Draper in the New York
Tribune.
The British government has made
public the number of casualties after
each raid, and these aggregate 1856
dead and $50 wounded. This means
that 1t has taken more than a ton of
German bombs for every British man.
woman and child who has been killed.
1t Is interesting to recall that a mill
tary expert once figured that for every
soldier it killed the enemy must ex-
pend his weight in lead. Before the
British perfected their defenses against
air attack the loss of life was much
greater, the casualties steadily decreas-
ing as the difficulties Of attack in
creased
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Pigeon. War Messenqer..

Washington.-The god of war has
taken even the dove Of peace and har-
messed It to do his bidding. Perhaps
not exactly the dove. but its next kin.
the pigeon. Homing pigeons, for use
In campaign work. have been adopted
by the armies in the European con-
flict and have now become a part Of
Uncle Sans military establishment
The birds are now being used on the
southern frontier, and army officers
along the Rio Grande say these kins-
fellows of the bird of peace will soon
be doing yeoman service.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
LUCKY COIN TO DAUGHTER.

Governor Pennypacker Carried 1t In
Pocket For Fifty-five Years.
Norristown, Pa.-The will Of former
Governor Samuel w. Pennypacker,
just admitted to probate, distributes an
estate estimated at $4,000 to $4,000
among his widow and children.
One of the odd features of the will
Is the clause which leaves to his
daughter, Josephine W. Pennypacker,
"the silver dollar given me by my
grandmother. which has been in my
pocket wherever have been and wher-
ever have gone during the last fifty
1--WE years"
This coin, says the testator, is the
one concrete thing most closely asso-
ciated with me personally"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Auto Turns Thrice; No Fatalit;...

Auto Turns Thrice; No Fatalities.
Port Angeles. Cal.-An automobile
driven by Mrs. Jacobs. containing five
persons. skidded on the Sol Due River
road. broke through a fence. turned
over three times and landed right side
up In Sol Due river, sixty feet below.
The men were still in the car when It
struck the river. one suffering a
spra1ned ankle. Mrs Jacobs and two
others were thrown out in the descent.
Mrs. Jacobs escaped with q bruise on
the shoulder. None Of the others was
hurt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
SEES HIS LAST LEG CUT OFF.
Philadelphia Physician Smokes Ciga.
rette as Surgeons Operate,

Tn"aoeIpn'a Fhysician Smokes Ciga-
rette as Surgeons Operate.
Philadelphia.-Dr. James w. Keath,
with twisted back, broken two years
ago. and stump where his left leg
was amputated year later. has sacri-
feed his remaining leg.
The second amputation took place
recently. and. though his ley came off,
kenthS smile did not. He refused to
take all anaesthet and smoked ciga
rette While lie watched the surgeons at
the Jefferson hospital work.
While a student ut jefferson Medical
college Keath fell from window. His
back WAS broken. His left leg became
In ected and was removed The right
lee then became laralyzed. He was
graduated in June. 1915, and went to
the commencement exercises in a
wheel chair
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
CONCRETE CRAFT NOT new,
Norway Not Pioneer, Declares the
Bureau Of Navigation.

Norway Not Pioneer, Declares the
Bureau of Navigation.
Washington. A newspaper state
nent that Norway had put into opera
ton the first stone vessel ever built
with concrete hull and ribs Of steel is
disputed by the bureau of navigation,
department Of commerce. According
TO what was said at the bureau. scows
No. 33 and No. &C were built of con-
crete at Fairfield. Md. in 1912 and
1913 by the Arundel Sand and Gravel
ompany of Baltimore
The American built concrete vessels
measure approximately .112 feet in
length and twenty-eight feet in beam
t Is believed that they were the first
vessels ever built Of concrete. No. &c
was abandoned as unfit for service in
the early part Of 1916. but No. 33 is
still in commission.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
MRS. HERBERT PARSONS.

"a woman bossed conclave, on whose
bepowdered petticoats chung a few un-
interesting men fortune hunters and
an even less ambitious male contin-
gent, who cultivated society for the
bare sake Of the meals involved in be-
Ing asked out to dinner.
The crumbling of the dynasty she
attributed to the following:
That people with brains no longer
have time for it; ergo, it is losing lead
ers.
That, being a female organization in
the beginning, it would no longer have
cohesion when the little talent it DOS
sessed to amuse finds vent in woman
suffrage, club life, business or socio-
logical work.
The younger girls are demanding the
right to select their own mates; there
fore they will not frequent "society"
where the men are uninteresting.
That an economic age is fast making
1t 1ntolerably ridiculous.
Mrs. Parsons displayed the humorous
deformities of her subject so general
at first that her audience, consisting
numerously of "society's" limbs, forgot
to get angry and was soon laughing
heartily-at itself. One or two dowa-
gers got fussily up and left with hus-
bands, who were red and seemed un-
happy.
"The society group Of any American
community" Mrs. Parsons said, lis
composed Of persons sufficiently desir-
GUS to be in the group to pay the en-
trance fee, so to speak. Comparatively
few persons can belong to society WITH
out having some source Of revenue.
Now and then In the larger cities may
be found men who get their living by
being in society.
conspicuous waste is desideratum
If not requisite of stable social DO
sition. For real estate men, brokers of
various kinds, house decorators, archi-
tects, portrait painters and drawing
room musicians it is good, sound bust
ness to be in society.
MANY smart society women eschew
love altogether. They are like the sa-
loon keeper who does not drink. But
they will f1irt, for Irritation means re-
tainers, and retainers mean prestige.
prudent lovers withdraw as far as
possible from society. Elderly match
makers delight in nothing so much as
trading in the marriage market, and
young and tractable hearts are their
counters. Therefore they suffer the
cOurtship."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
FINE Home TO SON
W. Averi|| Hartman Receives
From Mother Ideal Estate.
IS VALUED AT s5,ooo,ooo.

Arden House, Built on Mountain
Summit and Overlooking Surround.
ing Landscape For Many Miles, Rep.
resented e. n. Harriman's Idea Of
What Country Home Should Be.
New York.-ln consideration of love
and affection" Mrs. e. II. Hartman
has transferred to her son, William
Averill Hartman. the Hartman home.
Arden House, overlooking the Ram
apo valley. just back OF Arden. which
was planned by the dnancier at the
time of his death.
William Averill Hartman, or W.
Averill Hartman, as he is often
known, is the eldest son of the late e,
81. Hartman. He was graduated from
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Old Man Hobble. TO Polls.

st. Paul-An aged man nmped into
The voting booth Of the Third precinct
OF the Sixth ward the other day. After
he had marked ballot William Casey,
ninety-two years old, confided to the
election judges that It was his thirty
ninth time for voting In st. Paul. Mr..
Casey came to st. Paul in 1877.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Thieves Stole HOUSE.

Deer Park, Wis.-Herman Larson
purchased farm in the vicinity of
Frederic, in Polk county, and last sum-
mer built q house there and made
preparations to move on the property,
which he had been renting to neigh
zbors. The other day he went up to
Frederic ahead Of his family, expect
ing to put things In readiness, when he
found that the house had been carried
OF by thieves.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Horse Dislike, ciqaratts.

Los Angeles.-A sensitive horse who
has dislike for cigarette smoke at
tackled Edgar Akers, aged twenty-five,
Of this city, and bit him on the right
hand. Akers was smoking cigarette
near the horse, which was standing at
the curb. With an angry squeal the
horse seized Akers by the right hand.
Akers managed to free his hand, but
not until the horses teeth had torn the
flesh from the fingers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07

Seeks Shaving Soap; Finds Brother.
st. Paul. Minn.-Charles Mckee of
Ray. N. D.. was stopping In hotel In
this city. Wishing to shave. but hav.
ing no soap. he went into the next
room to try to borrow shaving stick.
The occupant of the room proved to
be his brother, from whom be had not
heard In thirteen years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Financier Some Farmer Too.

flnancler Some Farmer Too.
Wfnsted. Connecticut farmers must
take of their hats to George B. Case
OF Wall street. New York. who has
grown on his estate in Norfolk one of
the best crops of corn ever raised in
the state. Here Is what the crop cost
him: Cost of blowing three and half
acres. $25: cost Of phosphate. $40: cost
Of planting. IS; cost of cultivation. $50:
cost Of lime. $3.50; total. $112.5O. Estl-
mated yield Of corn. 600 bushels, worth
$500.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
To Build Great Ho.pit., Ship.

o ouHo 0T0at 0oSpttaI snip.
Philadelphia. Work will begin al
once at the Philadelphia navy yard on
the $2.20O.OOO hospital ship. to be con
structed here for the United States
navy. according to Josephus Daniels.
secretary of the navy. who was in this
city to address delegates to the Allan
tic deeper waterways convention.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
VICTIM ON ENGINES FRONT,
Thompson Was Held There by Hi.
Clothes and Was Not Hurt.

thompson Was Held There by His
Clothes and Was Not Hurt,
Cedartown, Ga.-A peculiar accident
happened at Greenway, six miles west
OF here. While crossing the railroad
track Riley Thompson's buggy was
struck by passing freight train going
about twenty miles an hour.
The buggy was torn completely up,
the mule escaping unhurt. The train
stopped, the crew going back to hunt
Tor the occupant Of the buggy. They
could not find him and came on into
town. 1905
Here they discovered Mr.. Thompson
hanging by his clothes on the front of
the engine, none the worse for his ex-
perience.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
CRUISER TO CARRY RELIEF.
Des Moines Also Will Take on Ameri.
can Refugees at Jaffa.

Oes Moines Also Will Take on Ameri-
can Refugees at Jaffa.
New York.-Felix M. Warburg, chair
man Of the joint distribution commit
tee for Jewish war relief, announced
that the United States cruiser Des
Moines would leave soon for Alexan-
dria and proceed to Jaffa to transport
the medical supplies sent by the COM
mittee for the hospitals in Palestine.
Through the courtesy of the secre-
tary of the navy, permission has been
granted for the cruiser to take aboard
at Jaffa the wives and children Of
American citizens who desire to leave
the country and come to the United
States. The passage from Jaffa to
Alexandria occupies about thirty-six
hours.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
Oldest Active Minister,

Pasadena. Cal.-Rev. David Jordan
Higgins, former Geneva NJ. q. church
pastor. was ninety-nine on Sept. II.
He Is believed to be the oldest minis
ter In the United States who Is still
active asa preacher and a writer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-10-07
LABoRER HEIR TO 1900, 900.
II Don't Know What l Will Do With
IT," Says Septuagenarian.

IT," Says Septuaeenarian.
New Kensington. Pa.-Called from
the plant of the Braeburn Steel COM
pany. where he was employed as
laborer at % cents an hour, Thomas
Conlin, seventy years old, was told he
had fallen heir to $1.5OOOOO. The old
man was staggered by the news and
quit work for the day. II don't know
what I'll do with it, he said
Thomas and Frank C0nlin came to
America from Ireland thirty years ago
For five years they worked together
with little success: then Frank said he
was going to Australia. Later II was
reported he was making fair living
In the gold fields. Thomas has son