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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
ALLEGED DRUNK WALKS LINE.

Returns on His Hands and Justice
Promptly Dismisses Him.
Nashville, Ind.-Justice Of the Peace
Duard Calvin has a novel plan of
determining whether man is drunk
or sober. Marshal Reed arrested
Lenville Copenhaver for drunkenness
and took the man before the JUS
tice in the Calvin store. Calvin was
entertaining bunch Of "loafers' and
for their entertainment drew a chalk
line forty feet long and told Copen-
haver to walk the line.
The crowd gathered on each side of
Copenhaver, and he walked the line
without a misstep. At the far end of
the line he. stood on his hands and
walked back. Calvin, above the roar
of laughter, told Copenhaver he was
dismissed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
INDIANS GOOD FARMERS.
Developed as Such More Last Year
Than Ever Before.

= uou 6VCT. t0SIOTes
Washington.-The development of
agriculture and stock raising among
the Indians has been greater in the
last year than ever before, according
to the annual report of Cato Sells. COM
missioner Of Indian affairs. Love Of
home and domestic happiness are be-
coming at last more marked trait Of
the Indian. A special effort is being
made to better the condition of the
Papago Indians. who are in southern
Arizona. The children are to be
taught the A B C's. .....
1.-THE Papagos,' says the commission.
er, 'are among the most deserving of
any people l have ever known. Their
home for more. than 200 years has
been in the 6riest desert in the United
States
Under these circumstances they
have demonstrated that the genius Of
necessity works out wonderful things.
The Papagos have made their strug-
gle unassisted, and their accomplish
ments. in view Of their tremendous OBJ
stacles, are marvellous"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
CHASED 20 CENTS 20 YEARS.

Tells Court Bank Owes Him That
Sum Since 1895.
st. Louis. A claim of 20 cents
against the Mullanphy bank was pre-
sented in Circuit Judge Kinney's court
by Gottlieb King, who declared that
the money had been due him since the
bank went into the hands of a receiver
in 1895. ~.
United States Senator Stone, receiv-
er for the bank. was present to listen
to claims presented in order to make
a final settlement. Three claimants
appeared. They were Killing, Mrs. Chris
tina Meyer, who claimed $780, and
Mrs. Mary Schwartz, who claimed
$62.OS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
CRAYS0N ADVISER
TO THE PRESIDENT
White House Doctor Man Of
Ability and Tact.
MAKING RECORD At HIS POST

Has Elevated Position to One of Dig
nifty and Honor-ReguIates Presi-
dents Office Hours and Sometimes
His Statements to Reporters-VaIu-
able as Diplomat and Practitioner.
Washington.-It's a sweet little Job,
these days, being private and personal
physician to the president of the Unit
ed States. From a medical viewpoint
it's not particularly trying post, but
the position embraces about fifty-seven
other tasks, all calling for the tact,
memory and general ability Of cor
poration counsel.
Slipping in and out of the White
House, a little man with a keen, in
cisive eye and manner of speech, but
withal an affability Of manner which
Immediately attracts attention, can
often be seen these days. His name is
Cary T. Grayson. and his name carries
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
SILVER DOLLARS BY MAIL.

Ten, Sent One Year Apart, Have Gone
Through Without Fail.
fredericksburg, Md.-About ten yearf,
ago Henry P. Wright Of Aberdeen be-
gan sending to his sister here, Mrs.
Mary Fleetwood, silver dollar through
the mail as a Christmas present.
Recently the annual dollar arrived,
with Mrs. Fleetwood's address on one
side and a two cent stamp on the 9TH
er. In the ten years that Wright has
been sending these unique remem-
brances to his sister not one has been
lost or stolen. neither has it failed to
arrive on time
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
CLOCKS TELL OF THEFT.
Stop When cuIprit Breaks Circuit of
Electrical System.

Stop When cuIprit Breaks Circuit of
Electrical System.
Seattle, Wash.-Many instruments re-
corded the exact moment of a theft at
the University of Washington, but gave
no definite information as to the place
in which it was committed or the iden.
tity of the thief.
Officials determined that the theft
had been committed in an unoccupied
building on the campus At $40 o'clock
in the afternoon all the clocks in the
university's electric system stopped.
The master clock was found to be run
ming. and search the next morning re-
vealed that the circuit had been broken
in the empty cottage, where the time
piece had been torn from the wall.
The thief had also taken part of the
telephone.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
FREAK N07ESSENT
TO A GOVERNOR
Many Letters Invade Wiscon-
sin Executives Office.
ASKS BOUNTY FOR TRIPLETS

Motner seeks $oUU FROM the State
For Children-One Writer Wants
Governor to Collect Bill, Another
! Submits Poetry For Criticism, and
Another Sends a Threat.
Madison, Wis.-Freak letters always
are interesting even though they some
times bring a message of pathos that
gives us pause. Badger executives
seem to be recipients of an undue pro-
portion of such missives, but Governor
Philip, since he has filled the office,
has sought to read them with consider
alton whenever possible. Some of
them. however. are impossible For
instances:
A man up in Clark county says
widow living next door with six chill
dren allows them to stone his COW and
wants the governor to put an end to
such outrages Believing the state al
lows bounty Of $500 for birth Of trip
let's, Grant county mother is out for
the money. Writing to Governor Phil
ipp, she makes known her quest, stat
ing she believed she was the only wo-
man in the state to bear triplets. DR..
G. A. Harper pointed out that in 1914
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
BIG MONEY IN JUNK.

Oregonian Firms Report Shows $4,000
Was Made In Eight Months.
Eugene, Ore.-The junk dealers Job
isn't such bad sort of occupation, ac-
cording to the statements of one Eu-'
gene junk firm that shipped its elev-
enth carload Of junk collected in and
around Eugene in the past eight
months. The shipment went to Seattle.
Two men with rickety wagon have
done this collecting, and the results
have included eleven tons of rubber,
nine tons of brass and thirteen tons of
copper and other metals. Receipts were
more than $4,000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
JAIL. EMPTY 12o HOURS.

And Minnesota "Dry Town" Is on tho
Way to Goodness.
East Grand Forks, Minn.-rhe re-
markable record of a tenantIess Jail
here for 120 hours recently was broken
when J. W. Lafferty. transient. was
arrested on charge Of passing q
fraudulent check.
The city's police force has been cut
In half as result of the arrival of the
dry regime.
The drought here also had affected
Grand Forks. N. D., where there had
not been an arrest for drunkenness for
more than a week. and the mayor of
that city also contemplates consid-
cradle reduction in the police force
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
CROW WITH ST IN ITS BEAK.
California Sportsman Kills Bird and
Rarovara fhn Rill

california Sportsman Kills Bird and
Receivers the Bill.
Chico. Cal.-The crow has long been
notorious for its kleptomaniac tenden-
cies and known to steal almost any
thing, without regard to its value. but
from the construction camp Of the Chi
co Construction company, near Ship
pee. south Of this city. comes a story
OF 4 crow that was discriminating
enough to steal something Of value.
John Schonlow, foreman for the COM
pany, went hunting. He fired into a
flock Of crows. killing one. When
schonlow picked up the bird he found
lightly clasped in its beak one dollar
sbilL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
CIGAR SMOKE COST $3.50.
Received 1t From Strange Man and
Then Was Robbed.

Muncie, lnd.-The most expensive
cigar that Joseph Cegelka, Muncie
Roumanian, ever smoked cost him ex-
actly $3.50, according to his story as
related to the police.
A man giving his name as John
Adams was the cause. The two met
at the boarding house of Mrs. Martha
Jones. According to, Mrs. Jones the
men were in the same room in her
place for an hour or more.
Finally Adams left the house alone.
Eventually Cegelka reported to the po-
lice that he had been robbed of $3.50
after having smoked cigar given him
by Adams. The police believe the cigar
was "doped."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
WATCHED ANKLES, is SUED.

Husband Also Had sixty-thrss Girl
Friends, Mrs. Moeglins Says.
Cincinnati. O.-Because she could not
keep her husband home on rainy even
ings. as he insisted on standing on the
downtown street corners watching girls
as they crossed the streets. boarded or
got OF the cars Mrs. Ethel Redmond
Moegling fled suit for divorce from
Richard e. Moegling.
She charges that her husband used a
cipher system In keeping trace Of his
lady friends" Of whom she gave the
names Of sixty-three.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
DIR. CARY r. GRAYSON.

DIR. CARY T. GRAYSON.
with it the initials III. S. ~" which
means he is member of the medical
corps Of the navy.
GraysOn is the man who brought the
position of presidential doctor out of
obscurity and elevated it to a post Of
honor, dignity and efficiency in White
House circles. Before Grayson came a
White House doctor was a mysterious
parsonage, little known and less cared
about. Grayson combines this position
with the one left vacant by the late
Major Archibald Butt and fills both
with complete satisfaction.
On the whole, the practice of medi.
cine on the president of the United
States is the least of Grayson's tasks.
He's sort of confidential family adj
wiser to President Wilson. and he also
regulates the presidents Office hours
and sometimes his statements to re-
porters. When the president is away
from Washington. Grayson is often
times the sole connecting link between
the head of the American nation and
the representatives of the American
press.
In more ways than one this black
haired, pleasant faced, affable man
nered, efficient man has attained dis
tinction and record during the time
Woodrow Wilson has occupied the
:. White House. He is usually spoken
Of as "Dr. Cary T. ,Grayson. U. S. n,
the presidents personal physician" but
that's merely the correspondents meth
cd Of repaying in formality the in
formal. gracious kindnesses Of the
presidents doctor. .a
In size Grayson is a small man, but
that doesn't apply to his ability. he
has long, straight nose. jet black
hair and deep set eyes that twinkle
with humorous appreciation half the
time. Sometimes they don't twinkle.
but that's when Grayson is ION the
road" with his distinguished patient,
and the responsibility of his position at
such time is apt to take the twinkle
from any ones eyes.
| The president is an fndefatigable
worker. and like all men of his tenn
permanent he has the habit of neglect
ing his personal health when involved
in deep and delicate problem. Gray
Ion. however, is always lowering in
the background. guarding him against
overwork, driving him forth to the
golf links or for an automobile ride.
urging plenty Of sleep, careful diet
and all the other details necessary to
Ia presidents health. q
These are a part of his duties when
| the president is at home. Grayson's
duties at such times become compare
| lively light, and be is enabled to take
i up his other work at the Naval hos.
pital at Washington, where he has a
regular quota of patients who demand
his attention so long as he remains In.
the city
But when the president takes to his
private car for a swift wb:rl to New
York, to Cornish or elsewhere. Gray.
son suddenly stands forth as the czar
of the executives private car. Gray
son, is strong on the point of exercise.
he insists that the president take ex-
ercise at any and all times. and the
president. fortunately. when the mat
& ter IS brought to Ifs attention, Is al
I ways willing to exercise.
L Il -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
YOUTH HIKES ROUND GLOBE
GrunwaIdt Nears End Of His Long
Three Year launt

Sacramento, Cal. = Alexander Grun-
waldt, seventeen years old, was on the
last leg of jaunt around the world
when he reached here. The boy said
he left San Francisco in vessel bound
for Australia. July 26. 1912, and has
been going ever since. All his land
trips were made afoot. He has paid his
way by doing odd jobs and selling
photos of himself.
His route was from Australia to Cal
cutta by water and then by foot to
Bombay, distance of 1900 miles. He
jumped to Africa and "hoofed'' the
1000 miles from Alexandria to Cape
Town. He arrived in New York March
70 last and started Immediately to walk
the 1888 miles back to San Francisco.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
MEDAL FOR OBSTINACY.
Two Farmers Are Entered In the Con-
test In Kansas.

Two Farmers Are Entered In the Con
test In Kansas.
Kansas City.-Two of the most con.
trary men in Kansas are boosted by
Smith Center. Last fall one man re-
fused to pay the price asked by corn
huskers and vowed he would let his
field rot before he would yield.
Now the field, containing about 1900
bushels of grain, still stands and is
grown up with a dense crop of sun
flowers
The other contrary man is neigh
Dor of the first. He husked 1000 bush
els Of his crop, stored it in an uncov-
cred crib and said it would remain
there till it brought him IS cents a
bushel. 1t is still there, but ruined by
the seasons heavy rains.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
Gained 100 Pounds In Jail.

Salem, GREATER serving fifteen
years in the Oregon state pententiary
for the murder Of Nathan Wolfe. a
pawnbroker. Edward a. Martin. who
says he is former student of Ford
ham college and graduate OF, the
United States Military academy at
West Point. was released recently and,
accompanied by his wife. left for New
York to visit his parents. When re-
leased be weighed 200 pounds When
he began serving his sentence he
weighed 100. He always protested bis
innocence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
Calf Without Leos ar Tan.

Hickman. Ky.-C. G. Riggs. d farm
er near here, says that one Of his cows
gave birth to ''calf and q half" or
two calves. One Is perfectly normal
IN every respect, while the other baby
bovine was minus legs and tail. Its
head and body were Of normal size.
The half calf" died, OF course.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
heifar. Chase Rabbits.

Pennsburg, Pa a new idea Of q
sumneytown farmer becomes fad the
rabbit dog may be pushed into the
background. He has trained some Of
his heifers to scent and chase rabbits
with as much success as dogs and,
indeed. moro cheaply.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
LOST BROTHER RETURNS.
He's Rich, Too, and Sister Quits Work
In Paper Company,

Hes Rich, Too, and Sister QUITS Work
In Paper Company.
Kalamazoo. Mich.-No longer is it
necessary for Miss Lucy Vandyke to
work long hours in rag room of a
local paper company. She is now liv
ing in one of the finest country homes
in Kalamazoo county. The change in
the condition Of things is due to long
lost brother, who it was believed was
dead He has returned from Alabama.
where he made money.
Vandyke spent days in trying to Sc
cure some trace of the family he left
here twenty years ago. His efforts
have just been rewarded by the dis
covery Of his sister.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
Woman Carries Mail.

Neosho Falls. Kan.-This town now
has woman rural mail carrier Mrs.
Lessie Reynolds has been appointed
substitute to her husband. Logan a..
Reynolds. and covers her route OF
twenty-four miles every day IN the
usual time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
GOVERNOR Phillip

GOVERNOR Phillip.
four cases Of birth of triplets were re-
corded and an equal number last
year, while in 1913 there were twelve
such births. The governor referred
the letter to DR.. Harper.
A Milwaukee dentist wants the GOV
ernor to collect some Of his uncollected
bills. The executive referred him to
the courts for relief.
A chap in New York referred two
poems, one on neutrality and the 9TH
er on evolution, to Governor Philip
for poetic criticism" and such changes
as the governors poetic mind might
suggest. The latter, it is understood,
turned them over to his literary ad.
wiser, Executive Clerk Charles Stew
art, the we'll known Shakespearean
scholar.
A Mormon from Salt Lake City vast
ed s cents in the coin Of the realm to
send Wisconsin's political head a copy
of song set to music "for correction"
The title was For Our Uncle Sam
it is understood the governor shifted
the burden of reply on Lawrence
Whittet. r '..-
"As one of the elect chosen by God,
Jan. 1880, and as lineal descendant
Of Elijah" a Kansan asks that the
mixed marriage law, prohibiting mar
rage of brothers and sisters. fathers
and daughters and sons and mothers,
be repealed and that the governor give
his aid to the movement. He says he
has written about twenty governors.
whom he specified, asking for their co.
operation. He also sent his message
to Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Will
son and complains they withheld their
cooperation. He says this marriage
law is responsible for the war in Eu-
rope, which Is a case of God visiting
his punishment upon mankind for Gre
ating such statutes for man to observe.
A lunatic in an asylum wrote that If
they let him out he will be able to ex.
pose a score Of murderers.
A blackmailer's letter threatened the
governor If he did not do certain things
and limited at a "box" to be left in the
executive Office. The governor answer
ed that he would be prepared for the
mysterious box and intimated that un-
doubtedly It would contain nitroglyc-
erin. He thanked the crank for his
advance warning. which gave him op-
portunity for preparation for the high
er life. The letter was turned over to
the authorities. . s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
Two Families, Twenty.three children

Two Families, Twenty-three Children.
Alameda. Calm one block in Ala
media there are two families which
have total of twenty-three children.
Mrs W. 7. Bonney several days ago
gave birth to twin sons, the twelfth
and thirteenth children in the family.
Two of the progeny have passed away.
leaving eleven Mr.. and Mrs. p. f.
Cavanaugh. whose home Is q stones
throw from the Bonney domicile, are
the parents Of twelve children. Bon.
ney IS sixty-three and his wife thirty.
seven. 'a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
GOES BROKE ON HONEYMOON,
Mishaps to Auto Put Bridal Pair In
Straits on Tour,

Muscatine, Ia.-To be owner of a
large seven passenger touring car, with
which you embarked upon your honey
moon, and yet be forced to apply to a
welfare society for lodging for the
night would be embarrassing to most
bridegrooms, but it didn't take any of
the JOY out Of life for George Garrett
of Elkhart, Ind, and his bride, who
reached here en- route to Seymour, la.
A series Of mishaps drained CARROTS
purse, and upon his arrival here he was
forced to "hock" his extra suit to buy
gasoline and, with his wife, was board
ed at local hostelry at the expense of
local charity body.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
HEN LAYS PEANUT EGG.

Puzzle Now 10, Would It's Chick Have
Been Wasp WASTED?
indianapolis. Ind. = There is some
question as to which of his hens had
such grotesque idea of what an egg
should look like. but anyway an egg
that bore the general contour Of pea
nut and is bit less than two inches
from tip to tip was found in Robert
Arnold's henroost here.
The kind of chicken that ultimately
would have emanated from such an
egg will remain matter Of mystery.
for the egg was eaten. But Arnold
now feels sure 1t would have been q
fowl with wasplike waist.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-15
FINDS se1o IN TIN CAN.
While at Play Bloomington (III.) Boy
Unearths Treasure.

OHSdTIn8 ITedSUrSs
Bloomington, Ill.-George Chamber
lin, boy, while playing near an old
barn In Streator, unearthed tin can
which contained $61O in gold and bills.
The property was turned over to the
estate Of Mrs. Alice Riley, who was
the owner Of the property. As Mrs.
Riley is dead and no one has claimed
ownership. the finder has entered suit
to recover the treasure.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-10
METER O%BSTRUCTING
DEVICE TO BEAT ELECTRIC COM
PANY AT ABERDEEN GETS
PARTIES INTO COURT.

Aberdeen, Feb. 10.-The cases
arising from the recent sale of al
legged fraudulent devices to obstruct
electric meters were continued from
today until tomorrow.
Oscar Heninger, the man who sold
the innocent appearing bits of wire,
will appear tomorrow at 10 o'clock
He was caught leaving the city after
peddling twisted pieces of wire that
could be stuck into a meter and
would thereby divert about half the
current around the meter and to the
lights, saving considerable of a light
bill at the expense of the Aberdeen
Light and Power company.
Heninger claims now that he sold
two sets to Aberdeen business men.
On investigation by the police and a
light company man the outfit was
found in operation in one meter, the
lights turned on and the current pass
ing around the record at no expense
to the user. At the other place no
foreign wires or apparatus were to
be found and no charges have as yet
been preferred against the alleged
buyers of the wires.
Gust Honneger appeared in court
yesterday to nswer to a charge OF
attempting to defraud the Aberdeen
Light and Power company. Wires
were found in the two meters in his
place and Jake Honneger's. He gave
$50 bond to appear this morning
Today Oscar Heninger. the inventor
of the wires, stated that Gust Home
ger ca1 not the mar he sold the two
sets to, but identified j. II. HonnegeI
as the buyer. J.. III. Honneger ap-
peared this morning and Judge Crane
took the Ease under Amusement unit
tomorrow morning.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-10
ACCEPT COMPROMISE
STATE OFFERS TO RELEASE CAS-.
SILL BONDSMEN If THEY
WILL PAY $4,000.

Hudson, Feb. 10.-The bondsmen
in Hudson and vicinity of Charles III.
Cassill, former state treasurer of
South Dakota, who was made the de-
PENDANT in a suit instituted by the
state for the recovery OF interest
money alleged to have been retained
and converted to his own use, held a
meeting in Hudson and all of them
but one accepted a compromise offer
ed by the state for the release of the
bondsmen of the former state treas
urer.
The state offered to release the
bondsmen If they paid the state an
aggregate of $500. The bondsmen
residing in Canton and vicinity sew
eral days ago accepted the PROPOSE
~sition, and now the Hudson bonds
men, with the one exception, have
taken similar action. The amount TO
be paid the state was prorated among
them, making about $3.50 each. so
none of them lost any great sum.
The bondsmen all are residents of
Lincoln county, where Mr.. Cassill re-