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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
JUDGE A MODEL MAN.

Eighty four and Promised Lincoln Not
to Smoke, Chew, Drink or Lie.
Chester. Pa.-Federal Judge Simeon
Woodrow King of Chicago. who paid
visit to relatives in this city. is a re-.
markable man. He Is in his eighty
fourth year and has never been sick a
day In his life.
He was appointed judge for the Unit
ed States court for the northern dis.
trict of Illinois when he was twenty
one years and six months Of age by
President Abraham Lincoln and has
been sitting as a jurist all that long
period.
~ have kept the promise made to
Abraham Lincoln" Judge King says.
land that promise was that would
never smoke or chew tobacco. never
touch liquor and never tell an untruth.' y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
WIRELESS VISION
seen BY TESLA
Thinks "WorId SYSTEM viii
Allow Many to Talk at Once.
ENDS STATIC DISTURBANCE

inventor Also Hopes to Transmit Pic.
lures by Same Medium Which Car.
ries the voice-DecIares It Wilt 81
Possible to Hold Secret Conversation
Too.
New York.-Nikola Tesla announced
that he had received patent on an in
vention which would not only elimi-
nate static interference, the present
bugaboo of wireless telephony, but
would enable thousands Of persons to
talk at once between wireless stations
and make it possible for those talking
to see one another by wireless, regard
less Of the distance separating them.
He said also that with his wireless sta
ton now In the process Of construction
on Long Island he hoped to make New
York one Of the central exchanges In a
world system Of wireless telephony.
The inventor, who has won fame by
his electrical inventions. dictated this
statement:
"The experts carrying out this bril-
liant experiment are naturally deserv-
ing Of great credit for the skill they
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
RAISE A COW, SWEDE
SAYS, AND GET RICH
Treat Her Right and You'll Be
Rewarded.

st. Paul.-Raise up a COW in the way
she should 60. and before she is old
she will richly reward you.
G. N. Nelson, who lives just over the
Anoka county line. few miles from
st. Paul. says.
Thirty.two years ago, when he was
in the early twenties. Nelson landed in
Minnesota fresh from Sweden. His
total assets were SO cents and the con-
tents of queer looking Swedish
clothes chest. Half an hour after his
arrival he was so cents poorer.
when l got off train in Mime
apolis all l had to direct me was q
card bearing the address of a cousin
who had come to America a short
time before" Mr.. Nelson said. II
showed the card to hackman. who
also was Swedish. He took my so
cents and drove me a few blocks.
pointing to one of the windows.
marked 444, said. There it is had
supposed that the box a. written on
the card was street address. l did
not know how my cousin was to ap-
pear from that box. but l stood with
eyes glued on the number from 10
o'clock in the morning until the middle
of the afternoon. afraid to look else
where for fear my cousin would come
in the meantime.
When at last heard two men at
one of the windows talking my Ian
guage told them my story. They
explained that l was in the postoftice
and that my cousin might not go there
for several days. l should have been
In a bad fix had not one of the men
invited me to come and do odd jobs at
his boarding house and earn my keep
my cousin did not come to town for
three weeks, and when be did be did
not help me because he could not. He
had all he could do to earn living.
"Then l worked in a railroad con-
structiOn camp one summer and re-
turned to the city with the intention
Of going to school and learning Eng
lish. My first employer agreed to give
me my board for helping with the
milking, but had not gone to school
many days when be met with an acct.
dent He persuaded me that would
learn English faster driving a milk
route than by going to school, so / be-
came dairyman and worked until
had saved $1,000
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
GERARD'S WIFE WINS
!. PRAISE IN GERMANY
Appreciation Shown For Hel
Efforts In Feeding Aliens.

Berlin.-Mrs. Gerard, wife of the
American ambassador here, is appeal
ing to her friends at home for funds
to carry on the American relief kitch-
en- OF Berlin. which has daily fed some
200 women and children. the families
of men who are aliens In Germany and
therefore placed in concentration
camps, following the action which
Great Britain and France took in the
fnternment Of aliens In those countries.
The American Association OF Com
merce and Trade In Berlin gave the
money to run the kitchen for six
months when it's doors were opened
last year in the quaint little building
in the Schlesische strasse, where Mrs.
Gerard and her committee of Ameri-
can ladies found an unoccupied house
in the factory district of the east side.
Mrs. Gerard herself gave the coal sup
ply for the winter, so that the place
was kept open all afternoon, many OF
the women and children having no
other place where they could keep
warm. The money was spent so eco
nomically that 81 furnished seven
wholesome meals.
This winter the enterprise Is without
funds, and the doors of the American
relief kitchen have not been opened to
the crowds Of hungry, poorly clad wo-
men with babies in their arms and
clinging to their skirts who mournful-
~ stand around and gaze through the
windows.
Long purses and generous ones
among the American colony have been
taxed to the utmost by the charity
needs arising from the war, and Mrs.
Gerard has won appreciation not only
In Berlin, but throughout Germany for
her large contributions of money and
the devotion OF almost all Of her time
to the alienation of distress. On Nov.
II the German government sent her
Red Cross decorations of the first and
second class to commemorate her serv.
. ices in connection with the effort to
help German prisoners of war in Rus.
STA L-.., 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
READY TO AWARD
SP|NCARN MEDAL |
National Association viii Meet
In Boston Feb ~.
Event CREATES INTEREST.
Governor Mccall Selected to Present
Coveted Trophy to thsSstinner at the
Historic Park Street church-Former
President William Howard Taft
Serves on Special COMMITTEES.

Boston. - The National Association
For the Advancement Of Colored Peo-
pie starts the year 1915 with many
great problems before It for solution.
The success of the work the past year
was In many ways very gratifying to
the board Of directors and other of its
officials, but with lynchings on the in
crease and many stubborn cases Of
segregation to fight the association
must use every means at its command
in order to create stronger sentiment
in favor of giving justice to- all citizens
not because Of their color, but because
it is right and in accord with the fun,
damental law Of this republic.
The big public event Of the associa-
ton for the third week in February
will be great mass meeting, to be held
in the Park Street church, Boston, on
Tuesday, Feb. %. at whichFthe second
Spingarn medal will be presented by
Governor Mccall to the man or woman
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
FARMERS IDEA SAVES
HIM Time AND MONEY
Uses Pipe to Send Wheat From
Plateau to Market.

Wenatchee, Wash.-Instead of haul
ing his wheat eighteen miles over a
bad road, as he did formerly. James
Keane of Rock Island Is now letting
the grain slide into market through a
galvanized iron pipe. The former
method cost from Is to 20 cents q
bushel to market. By this latter way
the grain can be handled for 2 cents
bushel.
The new system has been in opera.
ton for a couple Of years and bids fair
to continue, at least until the natural
law of gravitation is abolished.
Keane owns land which lies on a
large plateau over 1900 feet above the
little town of Rock Island. 1t has al
ways been expensive for the farmer
to drive long distance to get off the
plateau and back into town, and as
the road wound around the side of the
bluffs it was very rocky and danger
Gus.
Two years ago the iron pipe idea
came to Keane. He purchased and in
stalled $500 feet of two inch galvaniz-
ed iron piping, and the saving the first
year paid for it. The pipe runs from
Keane's west field down steep hill to
within 400 feet Of the warehouse in
the town.
When he wishes to take two or three
loads of wheat to market the grain is
poured into large sheet iron hopper
fitted over the top Of the iron pipe line
The grain runs along merrily through
the pipe to the town, where it Is receiv-
ed at the rate of about sack min
ute, which Is as fast as it can be han.
died. .-.'- -~-
To save more time and money Keane
has attached an apparatus known as
the ''sacker'' from thrashing machine
to the town end Of the pipe line.
which automatically receives, sacks
and weighs the grain. A man does the
sewing.
Keane. has a monopoly on the big
plateau, which embraces about 5000
acres of tillable land. Last year he
planted most of it and harvested near.
" 100000 bushels of wheat -,
The land lies exposed to the periodi-
cally hard winds that frequent this
part of the state during the summer,
and there have been years when part
Of the wheat crop would be piled In
high drifts of dirt. When the season
IS favorable few farmers are more
handily located than Keane. with his
pipe line marketing method.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
CRAYSON ADVISER
TO PRESIDENT
White House Doctor Man Of
Ability and Tact.
MAKING RECORD At HIS POST

Has Elevated Position to Ono Of Dig.
nifty and Honor-RssuIates Prssi-
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 ifty-seven
other tasks, all calling for the tact,
memory and general ability of a 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??, 1916-02-19
CLOCKS TELL OF THEFT.
Stop When culprit Breaks Circuit Of
Electrical System.

Stop When culprit Breaks Circuit Of
Electrical System.
Seattle, Wash.-Many instruments re-
corded the exact moment of theft at
the University of Washington. but gave
no definite information as to the place
In which 1t was committed or the iden-
tity of the thief. ..- 49,.
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
universitys 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 ut the
telephone.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
SILVER DOLLARS BY MAIL.

Ten, Sent One Year Apart, Have Gone
Through Without Fail.
fredericksburg. Md.-About ten years
ago Henry P. Wright Of Aberdeen be
gan sending to his sister here, Mrs.
Mary Fleetwood, a silver dollar through.
the mail as Christmas present.
Recently the annual dollar arrived.
with Mrs. Fleetwood's address on one
side and 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??, 1916-02-19
JAIL EMPTY 12o HOURS.

And Minnesota "Dry Town" Is on the
Way to Goodness.
East Grand Forks, Minn.-The re-
markable record OF tenantiess jail
here for 120 hours recently was broken
when J. W. Lafferty. q transient. was
arrested on q charge of passing a
fraudulent check.
The city's police force has been cut
in half as q 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 a consid.
cradle reduction in the police force
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19

have shown in.perfecting the devices.
These are Of two kinds-frst, those
serving to control transmission, and
second, those magnifying the received
impulse. That the control of transmits
sion is perfect is plain to experts from
the fact that the Arlington, Mare island
and Pearl Harbor plants are all inef-
fectiVe and that the distance Of tele-
phonic communication is equal to that
of telegraphic transmission. 1t is also
perfectly apparent that the chief merit
Of the application lies in the magnifica-
ton of the microphonic impulse. 1t
must not be imagined that we deal
here with new discoveries. The i'm
provement simply concerns the control
Of the transmitted and the magnifca-
ton Of the received impulse. but the
wireless system is the same. This can
never be changed.
1T Is claimed that static disturbance
will fatally interfere with the trans
mission. while as matter of fact there
Is no static disturbance possible in
properly designed transmission and re-
ceiving circuits. Quite recently have
described in patent circuits which are
absolutely immune to static and other
interferences, so much so that when
telephone is attached there Is absolute
silence, even lightning In the immediate
vicinity not producing click of the
diaphragm, while in the ordinary -tele-
phonic conversation there are all kinds
Of noises.
Another contention is that there can
be no secrecy in wireless telephone con-
versation. say it is absurd to raise
this contention. when it is positively
demonstrated by experiments that the
earth is more suitable for transmission
than any wire could ever be. A wire
less telephone conversation can be
made as secret as a thought.
II have myself erected a plant for
the purpose of connecting by wireless
telephone the chief centers of the
world, and from this plant as many as
hundred will be able to talk absolute
~ without interference and with abso-
lutte secrecy. The plant would simply
be connected with the telephone cen
trail exchange in New York city, and
any subscriber will be able to talk to
any other telephone subscriber in the
world, and all this without any change
In his apparatus. This plan has been
called my world system By the same
means l propose also to transmit pic
lures and project images, SO that the
subscriber will not only hear the voice.
but see the person to whom he is talk
ing. Pictures transmitted over wires II
perfectly simple art practiced today.
Many inventors have labored on 1t. but
the chief credit Is due to Professor
KOrn of Munich"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
5000 Await. Lost Cat.

Chicago.-John 81. Warder used to
think great deal Of his pet angora
cat Boyse. In his will he provided
that $1,000 be set aside In a trust fund
for the care Of Boyse at cat para
disc In Massachusetts,. The will has
just been filed for probate. and Mrs.
Warder, to whom the whole estate Is
left, was asked what she intended to
do In regard to Boyse. stGoodness!''
she exclaimed, Eve gave Boyse away
q year ago. don't even know WHERE
De q now
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19

OF our race selected as having made
the most distinguished achievement
during the preceding twelve months.
The Spingarn medal. the gift of Dr.
J. E. Spingarn of New York, formerly
professor Of comparative literature In
Columbia university and chairman Of
the board Of directors of the National
Association For the Advancement of
Colored People, is gold medal of the
value of 500 and is awarded annually
to the American Negro who has rem.
dered the most distinguished service
during the year in any field of honor
able or elevated endeavor.
The award committee consists of two
northern white men-ex- President Will
liam H. Taft and Oswald Garrison VIII
lard-a southern white man-Dr. James
II. billiard, director Of the Slater fund
and two colored men, Bishop John
Hurst Of Baltimore and President John
Hope of Morehouse college, Atlanta.
Ga.
The first medal was awarded in Feb
ruary, 1915, to DR.. Edward E. Just.
professor In the Howard University
Medical school. for distinguished work
In biological research. 1t was present
ed to him by Governor Whitman of
New York before an enormous au-
dience in New York city. The incident
received an unusual amount of public
ity in the press throughout the coun-
try. Even southern newspapers com
mented widely on the fact that medal
to Negro was awarded for scientific
attainments.
The recipient OF the second medal
will not be announced until Governor
Mccall presents It to him in the Park
Street church on Washington's birth
day. It Is expected that several other
speakers Of national reputation will
make addresses at the same meeting.
The Spingarn medal may be said to
be the most distinguished recognition
which colored man receives in this
country for scholarly attachments and
distinguished service.
The meeting at the Park Street
church will be held under the auspices
of the National Association For the
Advancement Of Colored People, of
which Mr.. Moor6eld Storey Of Boston
IS president and Oswald Garrison VII
lard Of New York vice president. Much
interest IS being taken In this coming
event, which is not simply local, but
one Of nation wide Importance to our
people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
Gained 100 Pounds In JalI.

Salem, Ore.-After serving fifteen
years In the Oregon state pententiary
for the murder of Nathan Wolfe. a
pawnbroker, Edward 81. Martin. who
says he is a 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 he weighed 200 pounds. When
be began serving his sentence he
weighed 100. He always protested his
innocence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
CIGAR SMOKE COST $3.50.
Received It From a Strange Man and
Then Was Robbed.


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." ..s.-. H.. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
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 Killing, who declared that
the money had been due him since the
bank went into the hands of 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 King, Mrs. Chris.
tina Meyer, who claimed $500. and
Mrs. Mary Schwartz, who claimed
$62.O9,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
can VVjtho,,t Leo. ar r.li-

1888 Osss " 'sss0Os SS0O " = OUs
Hickman. Ky.-C. G. Riggs. q farm.
er near here, says that one Of his cows
gave birth to calf and hail." or
two calves. One Is perfectly normal
In every respect, while the other baby
bovine was minus legs and tail. III
head and body were Of normal size.
The half calf died, of course.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
DIR. CARY T. GRAYSON.

DIR. CARY T. GRAYsON.
with it the initials ~. s. H." which
means he is a 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 q
White House doctor was 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 medl.
cine on the president of the United
States is the least Of Crayson's tasks.
He's sort Of confidential family ad-
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 a record during the time
Woodrow Wilson has occupied the
White House. He Is usually spoken
Of as "Dr. Cary T. Grayson. q. 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.
In size Grays0n 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 a time is apt to take the twinkle
from any ones eyes. ..s....-.& r..
The president is an interchangeable
worker, and like all men of his tenn
permanent he has the habit Of neglect
ing his personal health when involved
in a deep and delicate problem. Gray
con, 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, q careful diet
and all the other details necessary to
presidents health.
These are part Of his duties when
the president is at home. Grayson's
duties at such times become compare
lively light, and he is enabled to take
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 q swift wh;rl to New
York. to Cornish or elsewhere, Gray.
son suddenly stands forth as the car
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 his attention. IL q.
ways willing to exercise
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
H.;fsrs Chase Rabbits.

Pennsburg. Pa.-lf a new idea Of q
Sumneytown farmer becomes a fad the
rabbit dog may be pushed into the
background. He has trained some Of
his heifers 20 scent and chase rabbits
With as much success 40 dogs and.
indeed. moro cheaply.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-02-19
MEDAL FOR oBsTINACY.
Two Farmers Are Entered In the Con
ia. test In Kansas.

Two Farmers Are Entered In the Con.
.N 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 1000
bushels Of grain, still stands and is
grown up with a dense crop of sun
flowers.
The other contrary man is a 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 1t brought him IS cents q
bushel. 1t is still there, but ruined by
the seasons heavy rains.