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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
HARVARD MAN FOILS
sun WITH INVENTION
Presses a Button In Bed and the
Window Shade Goes Down
as if by Magic.

Cambridge, Mass. Every morning
at o'clock Henry R. Guild of Boston,
a Harvard senior, rolls over in bed.
Seven o'clock Is too early for a senior
to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses a but
ton and the shade at the distant end
Of his chamber rolls down as if by
magic.
No rising sun is going to make him
leave his bed unseasonably. Some
morning he may miss four alarm
fire by pressing the button, but he's
willing to take the chance, he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. is high crime
at Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has a good football team this
year.
Henry Guild framed up motor, at
tached to the curtain string and laid
wires to his bedside When the sun
throws it's rays into his bedroom every
morning, weather permitting. he
presses a button and the curtain Aops
faster than in vaudeville theater.
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
will be trap door to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means Of
a button that any student can press.
Life's attendant Inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
CHINA FINDS IT HARD
TO DIsBAND ITS ARMY.
Soldiers Love Their Job. and If Not
Paid They Loot

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Picking. -China's toughest problem
now Is how to disband the army raised
during the rev olution. The government.
hard pressed for money, will have to
raise at least $30,OOO,OOO to pay off the
100000 men under arms, and unpaid
soldiers are always menace in China
Coolies regard military service as a
very desirable occupation. Once en-
listed it is difficult to persuade them to
retire. They riot and become extreme
~ troublesome if an attempt be made
to disband them without liberal pay
ment. The commanding officers are
frequently as mercenary as the SOL
diers. When the government fails to
give It's soldiers what they regard as
adequate pay the troops frequently be-
come bandits and loot.
Each province has its own military
governor and distinct military organ
ization, presumably under control of
the Picking authorities, but actually in
dependent in most cases. Consequent
ly the Picking government is forced to
deal very automatically with the mill
tary organizations in the provinces,
particularly in the remote provinces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
MoT0RMAN FOR HIS HEALTH.

Accident Discovers Son Of Well to Do
Parents@ on Sand Car.
New York. = How Frederick M.
Hull. Jr.. the son of we'll to do par
ents, became motorman to regain
bis health became known after col
lision between trolley and sand
car Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company.
Hull, who is twenty-four years old,
was in charge Of the sand car. AS he
was attempting to make a switch a
passenger car in charge of John Do
herty coming in the opposite direction
collided with it. Doherty was taken
to the Kings County hospital suffering
from cuts and bruises.
1t was learned after the accident
that Hull was the son Of Mrs. Irving
7. Hynds, who married second time.
In his earlier years he was a popular
athlete in Erasmus Hall high school.
On June 10, 1915, he disappeared from
his home and was absent six DAYS.
When he returned he was found to be
suffering from nervous breakdown.
His physician said he was suffering
from amnesia and recommended out
door employment. -Four months ago
he took the job as motorman.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
REWARDS HEROES
Middle West Figures Largely In
Carnegie Medal Award.
ONE WOMAN ON THE LIST.

Mrs. Olive N. J. Cooper Of Battle Creek,
Mich, Saved Adult and Three Chill
dren From Drowning at Spencerville
Ind, by Swimming Out and Rescuina
One at a Time.
.Pittsburgh.-The heroism of John
Murray, aged twenty-seven, laborer,
OF Chicago, who risked his life to save
that Of Patrick Eustace, has been re-
warded by the Carnegie hero fund
commission, which awarded Murray q
bronze medal. j
Reaching out into an elevator shaft
. on the nineteenth floor of an uncom-
pleted building In Chicago on June p,
1911, Murray grasped Eustace, who
had fallen from the twentieth floor.
Murray gripped an iron beam with one
arm and with his free arm caught
Eustace as he started down the eleva-
tor shaft.
Other heroes from the middle west
received honors.
+ Roger w. Wells of North Madison,
Ind, receives medal. Wells, forty
years old, was disabled two weeks
from lung congestion, due to fumes
when he assisted i'll rescuing James
e. Dougherty from suffocation at Hell
delberg, Pa, on March p, 1916.
George c., Oxley, a merchant of
Marion, Ia, rescued ten-year-old E..
Emerson Harte, from a runaway at
Marion on Aug. 16, 1915.
Donald H. Stops, seventeen years
old, of Nappanee, Ind, receives med
al because he saved Pauline E..
Holmes, thirteen, and L. Beatrice Dos
well, fifteen, from drowning at Pick
wick Park, Ind, June 16, 1913. Stoops
although he had lost his left arm
eight months before, swan to- the
point where the girls were struggling,
pushed one Of them ahead Of him with
his shoulder until she was in shallow
water and swan back and rescued
the other girl in the same way.
Dana s. Miller, farm manager of
Butler, Ind, is awarded medal for
having saved Elmer Mcdonald, la
borer, from an enraged bull on Aug.
IT,, 1912. Mcdonald had been gored
and four ribs We're broken. Miller at
tackled the animal with pitchfork
and was repeatedly knocked down. He
finally seized ring in the BULBS nose
and chung to it until the animal was
subdued. ~: y " = = -.: z @=>
William T. Best, Owosso, Mich, is
listed because he saved three-year-old
Carney P. Lamphere from burning
after a gasoline explosion at Owosso,
Jan. 5, 1915. Best's ,burns disabled
him for six weeks. "
One woman is on the list. She is
Mrs Olive M. ]. Cooper of Battle
Creek, Mich, who saved an adult and
three children from drowning at Spen-
cerville, Ind, by swimming out on the
st. Joseph river and returning with
them one at time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
SAW SIXTEEN BEARS.
Smith Killed and Got the Hides of Four
Of Them. i

Smith Killed and Got the Hides of Four
Of Them.
Wenatchee, Wash. - The best bear
story of the season comes from Mer-
rift, and 81. B. Smith is the hero.
Smith one day the other week shot
bear 200 yards off, wounding it in a
foreleg. The wounded animal came
dashing down toward him and when
within 100 feet was brought down
with an, accurately aimed shot through
the heart.
Hardly had Smith fred the second:
shot, according to the story, when a
second black one poked its head over.
a log near by. One shot finished It.
Then bears began to jump all around.
Smith began fusilade. He emerged
with four pelts. Smith said he saw
sixteen bears In all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
FIREMAN SAVES BABY.

Climbed on Pilot Of Locomotive, Lifted
Infant From Track. 49,.
, La Crosse, Wis.-Coon valley resi-
dents are talking <of applying for a
Carnegie medal, for Fireman Peter
Hensgen Of the La Crosse and South
eastern. He was in freight engine
cab when he saw a child in the dis
lance on the track.
" 1t was down grade and the brakes
were slow to grip. Hensgen climbed
out along the footboard to the pilot.
grasped rod and leaned down.
He grabbed the sleeping child with
his free hand and lifted her from the
track. The child was the little daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jacobson.
She had wandered away in the after
noon and lay down tired between the
rails and went to sleep.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
SCARS over FIGHT
Financier Sees Somme Battle
FROM an AeropIane.
BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES.

Henry p. Dawson of J. P. Morgan E.
Co. Courses LeisureIy Up and Down
In Wide Circles Over Battlefield For
an Hour, Watching Mighty Drama
Directly Below.
New York.-To climb into a French
armed aeroplane during moments of
terrific final assault on the Somme.
then to course leisurely up and down
and in wide circles over the battlefield
for an hour watching between ones
sine siS@ 1s t ti7 mighty drama directly
below and finally to fly more than
three miles straight back over the Ger
mans country during the battle and
get away with it-that would be fly
ing trip which most Americans would
want to talk about when they got home.
But not so Henry P. Dawson of ]. P.
Morgan & Co., who arrived "home
from the vars on the American liner
Philadelphia. accompanied by Mrs. Da-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
HONOR SCHOOL JANIToR.

Veteran Held That Post In the Build
ing For Years.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Shortridge high
school Of this city each year renders
tribute to the memory of some man or
woman who has helped in the upbuild-
ing Of the institution.
This year the alumni, after discuss
ing the names of several men who had
risen to place of high esteem in the
world, chose to honor James Biddy,
for twenty five years janitor Of the In
shtution.
a tablet recounting his faithful la
bors and telling Of the cheer he impart-
ed to "his boys and girls" during a
quarter Of q century has been placed In
conspicuous place in the halls.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
PRINCESS TO WE'D.
Ceremony Is Expected to Unite
Japan and Korea.
EMPEROR TO SANCTION It.

Prince vi, Prospective Bridegroom, /.
Twenty, Years Old and Princess F;4.
teen-Young Prince Is a Student In
Military Academy, From Whict, He'll
Be Graduated Next Year.
okyo.-The secret already suspected
OF the visit Of Count Terauchi, g,v
ernor general Of Korea, to japan is
now fully revealed in the announce
ment Of the betrothal Of Prince vi.
eldest son Of the former emperor of
Korea, to lady Of the Japanese blood
imperial. the Princess Masako Nashi-
moto. first daughter Of Major General
Prince and Princess Nashimoto,. saws
the East and West News agency. The
prince Is high in Japanese army cir
cles. h
The idea Of the union and the choice
Of the lady are highly approved ir
japan. Prince VI is twenty years old
and the princess is fifteen, and both
are receiving their education. so the
marriage will not take place for few
years.
All the necessary arrangements have
been considered except the formal
sanction Of the emperor and the for:
NAL approval Of Prince VI, father of
Prince vi, and Prince vi, his brother
both stated to be matters of form.
since Count Terauchi obtained the con-
sent of the Korean princes before he
left Seoul
Princess Masako Nashimoto was
born in November, 1901, and is now In
the third year class in the Peeress
school. She will complete her course
In the middle grade in 1918. She is one
OF the best students in her class.
The young Prince vi is a student in
the Military academy, from which he
will be graduated next year. Since he
was brought to Japan by, the late
Prince Ito several years ago he has
lived entirely according to japanese
custom.
The idea Of such union originated
with the late Prince Ito. No provision
for marriage Of this sort is made in
the constitution for the imperial fam
lily of Japan. As a result revision
In the constitution will be necessary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
FLY SAVES BOYS LIFE.
Accidentally Discharged Bullet Only
Hurt His Arm.

Accidentally Discharged Bullet Only
Hurt His Arm.
La Crosse, Visa fly saved the life
Of Carl Kaeppler, thirteen years old,
while he was hunting in the vicinity of
Swift creek with William Stellick,
fifteen years old.
Carl felt something irritating his fore
head and raised his arm to brush the
fly aside. At the same instant Stellick,
who was only few PAGES distant, &C.
cidentally discharged a rifle he was
carrying.
The bullet passed through the feshy
part Of young Kaeppler's arm and, al
though most Of its force was spent.
struck the boy in the head.
Physicians said he probably would
have been killed had not his arm been
in the way, Of the bullet
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11

indian, 122 Years Old, Works Daily.
Mazatlan. Mexico = This western
coast town Of Mexico claims as resi-
dent the oldest man in the world, Jose
Juan Velasquez, an Indian, who, ac-
cording to all records available, is 122
years old. Velasquez has the agility
of man OF less than half his years
and works daily as laborer. He pos
sesses a remarkable memory and Is
familiar with happenings during the
Hidalgo revolution for Mexican indie
pendence from Spain IN 181Ol21.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
MOSQUITOES CLOSE MILLS.
Pest Of Insects compels Plants to Shut

Pest Of insects compels Plants to Shut
Down.
Council, Textile gulf coast region
of east Texas and the western part OF
Louisiana have been afflicted with the
worst scourge of mosquitoes ever
known.
Several large lumber mills were
forced to close down on account of the
pest. Men and animals were tortured
by the bites of the insects. Cattle and
horses were attacked by veritable
hordes Of mosquitoes, and the animals
huddled together in groups in an effort
to protect themselves as much as pos
sible from the bites.
On the farms smudge fires were kept
burning constantly to drive away the
pests, but these efforts seemed to be
Of little avail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
This 10 Some Family.


Berea, Ky.-Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Davidson Of this city have eleven chill
dren, 100 randchildren and thirty-two
great-grandc children. Their children,
IN the order of their ages, with their
offspring, are as follows: Mrs. Hensley,
fifteen children and twelve grandchil-
dren; Mrs. Barrett ten children and
ten grandchildren: Mrs. Baker, eight
children and three grandc children;
Daniel Davidson. twelve children and
six grandchild ren; John Davidson,
eight children: Mrs. Robbins, eight
chilcren; Samuel Davidson, eight chill
dren; Mrs. Spurlock, eight children and
one. grandchild; Mrs. Robbins, five
children; Mrs. Gilbert. five children;
Caleb Davidson, three children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
ASH EEP, NOT DEAD.
Printer Woke Up IN Time to Dodge the
Coroner and Undertaken.

Printer Woke Up IN Time to Dodge the
Coroner and Undertaken.
Mount Pleasant. N. Y. Harry
Daugherty, printer, was dead to all
intents and purposes the other evening.
The members Of the household where
he lived so reported to an undertaken
and the coroner. The coroner immedi-
ately notified the mans parents of his
death and asked the relatives if they
wanted an Investigation made.
When the coroner and the under
taker, carrying a dead basket between
them, opened the gate leading into the
yard they met Dougherty. hale and
hearty, going to work.
Exhausted from a long days work,
Daugherty had lain down on the bed
for nap when another member Of the
household, seeing him, became fright
ened and. thinking him dead, notified
the authorities. 8
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
COYOTE ATTACKS AUToIsT.
After Il Was Run Over Ii Wanted to
z. go Bite fhA Driuar =

After It Was Run Over II Wanted to
Bite tho Driver.
Reno, Nev.--That coyote that will
attack the front end of any automobile
travelling thirty miles an hour, allow
himself to be run over and then get up
and attack the driver Of the car who
out OF curiosity stopped to see what
damage was done must be mad is the
opinion Of P. Y. ellison, who enjoyed
this experience on Lakeview hill. near
Carson, the other night.
The coyote was game. according to
ellison, but was so badly cut up that it
was easily driven off with rocks before
It bit any one. ellison was accompa-
MED on the trip by County Commits
s1oner Heinrich.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
COUNTRY SHORT OF PENNIES.

Minis Working Twsnty-four Hours .
Day to Rslisvs the Conditions.
Washington. What this country
needs today is more pennies, says the
treasury department. To that end the
Philadelphia and San Francisco minis
are working twenty-four hours day
and the Denver mint sixteen hours a
day turning them out.
a lot Of reasons are given for the
shortage, the chief one being the In
creased use OF the copper coins, with
every dealer in every thing adding a
penny every now and then.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11

grounds by the ordnance corps, and
the statements published concerning
its efficacy are the results of actual
trials. -, =
It has taken many months Of ex-
perimentihg to develop the bullet.
which is exactly like the ordinary bull
let in appearance, but has an outside
covering of lead around the armor
piercing center Of steel. This lead
casing acts as lubricant in passing
the bullet through the steel and is
ripped from the steel core as the bull
let passes through solid obstruction.
Only a small number of the bullets
have been manufactured, and these
were made entirely in government
shops. Fifty ordnance and engineer
corps officers were present when
these were used in the first tests. A
three-quarter. inch steel plate about
forty feet long and twelve feet wide
was erected, and behind it were fixed
six silhouette targets in the semblance
of a soldier.
A detail Of men from the coast artil-
lery and ordnance corps did the firing.
The bullets would not pierce the steel
at 100 yards. At fifty, however, they
riddled the steel plate and the sill
houette targets behind it.
1t is not believed that the new bull
let will be valuable or necessary In
ordinary infantry engagements in the
open. Its worth is said to lie princi-
pally in attacks on houses, steel shell
tiers and other distractions behind
which enemy troops are concealed.
Tests have been made to demonstrate
that the bullets can be fred from q
machine gun as well as rifle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
GUM RACK FOR SCHOOLS.
Thinks Children Should Have Il on
Fairgrounds.

Thinks Children Should Have Il on
Fairgrounds.
Madison, Wis.-The State Education
al Bulletin, issued recently, comments
favorably on suggestion Of President
]. w. Crabtree of the River Falls Nor
NAL school that there should be gum
racks in schools.
Pupils have right to chew gum"
said President Crabtree. Teachers do
it, but they know when and how. Why
not teach these conventionalities to the
pupils?
Permit the pupils to chew gum on
the playground and on the way to and
from school. But what will the poor
child. do with his gum while In the
recitation or assembly room? A gum
rack at the entrance Of the room con-
tanning number and peg for each
pupil solves the problem"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
Child Escapes Coyote.

Bend, Ore.-Attracted to the door
yard by an unusual noise being made
by her flock Of turkeys, Mrs. Thomas
Merchant, living east Of Bend, found a
coyote running toward her little girl.
who was playing in the yard. The AMI
NAL was frothing at the mouth and Is
believed to have been rabid. Mrs. Mer-
chant had just time to snatch her
daughter up and return to the house
before the coyote reached the spot
where the little girl was at play.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
SCARED TO DEATH BY SEA.
Raw Lisbtship Keeper Goes Into From.
~ in First Gale.

Raw Lishtship Keeper Goes Into From
~ In First Gale.
Newport. r. LA case Of a man lit
orally frightened to death has just
been reported. Gustav .Ljunvall went
to Brenton's reef lightship as assistant
keeper, but before he had time to be-
come accustomed to his surroundings
the wind became gale, accompanied
by great seas, and the ship pitched at
disturbing angles.
Ljunvall expressed great fear that
the ship would 60 down. In a frenzy
he tried to jump overheard, but was
restrained. His violence increased,
and the crew put him In an improvised
straitja and kept him there until
he died.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
AUTO AIDS GUNNERs.
Makes Adirondacks Accessible 70,
Week End Trips.


Week End Trips.
Utica, N. Yin most sections of the
.Adirondacks game Is plentiful. More
and more each year the automobile is
being used by gunners, particularly
those who live in the cities and towns
near the forests.
Thousands of hunters are going into
the woods for week end trips, and ma
Chimes are also used for the purpose of
taking the hunters from one good
ground to another. This of course re-
lates to small game, and it is surpris.
ing how many good places can be COW
cred by this method Of cunning.
The new law prohibits any cunning
from an automobile, but the machine
makes the innernnogt recegses. of the
forests accessible to the gunner who
has car.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
HENRY P. DAWSON.

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vison and daughter, Miss Alice. Mr.
Dawson had done all those things in
the air while. in France, but he did not
seem to think much of the experience.
Mr.. Dawson said that he assembled
at Peronne. The French officer first
had taken him to a great height-about
q mile-and then had swung out over
the great guns booming far below.
The biplane in which they flew, Mr.
Dawson said, was arranged admirably
for observation Of the commandments
and infantry fighting below, and the
great height at which he viewed the
battle-it was on Sept. q last-en-
abled him to look down upon a ire
mendous sweep of battle ridden coun-
try at all times. III.
He had made pretty thorough tour
Of the trenches at Verdun also, he
said in answer to further questions
about experiences at the front. Then
he had devoted six days solely to trav-
cling by automobile and on foot along
the whole line Of trenches from Yer
dun to the British trenches on the
Somme. On nearby table as he
spoke was q rusty looking German
helmet and rustier shell case which
he had picked up on battlefelds, and
on the same table was the gray blue
steel helmet of France which General
Petain had given to him to wear in
the trenches.
mo. 1t wasn't altogether idle curl
osity that took me to the 'front.'
Mr.. Dawson said in reply to final
question. "As somebody has put 1t,
there was an opportunity to see his
tory in the making and took It, not
through curiosity, but because want
ed to learn something Of military adj
vancement at first hand"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
Ant. Kin Bees,

Oakland. Cal DR.. J. 81. Callen, who
had two hives of bees, much alive, on
his Fruityale avenue property, is now
occupied IN cleaning out two hives Of
dead bees. victims Of an unsuccessful
Verdun defense against horde OF ma
rauding ants. The evidence shows that
the ants attacked In solid mass forma-
ton, carrying the bees first, second
and third line of trenches and then at
lacking the entrances to the hives.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
Onion and Cracker Diet

Onion and Cracker Diet.
Kankakee, Il.-With property valu-
ed at 900, but with no appetite ex-
cept when bis wife buys the food, at
which times he eats "copiously," Ira
Palmer, eighty-three years old, main
tains that ian onion and a cracker"
are enough for any one at meal, ac-
cording to the allegations made in a
bill for separate maintenance by his
wife, Dora. She says that for his COM
fort she trimmed bis beard and cut his
hair.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
POTATOES LIFT MORTGAGE.
Jersey Farmer Raises 900 Barrels on

Jersey Farmer Raises 900 Barrsjs on
Eighty Acrss.
Red Bank N. H. Henry Holmdel
raised 9.200 barrels Of potatoes on
eighty acres this year. This was at
the rate Of over 10 barrels and acre.
With the proceeds from the yield he
paid OF $4,000 mortgage still re-
naming on his farm, which he pur-
chased three years ago for $57, 900.
paying $3.50 down.
Holmdeps crops on $50 acres, where
he didn't plant potatoes, returned for
the year profit which the farmer
calls "pure velvet"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11
Electric Shock at Organ,

Woodland, CAL While playing the
organ at the Catholic church during
services Byron Derr received an cleo
trio shock that rendered him uncon-
scious. His head had come In contact
with the switch operating the motor
which supplies the air for the pipes.
Derr quickly recovered without the
congregation knowing Of the incident.