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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
NATIVES LOOTED SHIP
DRIVEN IN BY A U BOAT
Battle Between Crew and Beach
Combers, During Which One
OF Latter Was Killed.

New York.-Driven by pitiless tigers
OF the sea" into the clutches Of equally
pltlless human tigers lurking along the
beaches of northern Spain was the
fate Of the officers and crew of tho
schooner Phineas w. Sprague. the cap-
tain and chief officer Of which YES
sci arrived in an American port on
board passenger liner from Cadiz.
According to Captain F. A. Jarvis.
the Sprague was pursued by a German
U boat while coasting through the bay
OF Biscay and was forced to seek ref
uge inside the three mile limit. There
the vessel was caught. by treacher-
Gus current and thrown on the beach
near Carbonares, Spain.
No sooner did the residents of that
part of King Alfonso's domain see that
the schooner was helpless, declares the
captain, than they boarded the vessel
IN droves and commenced to loot her.
A battle between the crew Of the
schooner and the beach combers en-
sued, during which one Of the latter
was killed. The Sprague was a total
loss.
On board the same vessel which
brought Captain Jarvis and his chief
officer back to this country were
several other survivors of submarine
disasters, including Captain Phillip II.
Johnson and twenty-one men of the
steamship Zward and five men from
the schooner Edwin R. Hunt, both of
which were destroyed by u boats.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
FRENCH GUN SCHOOL IS
READY FOR AMERICANS
Large Force of instructors AS
sembIed at Fontaineb|eau.
Special Facilities Offered.

Paris.-An American newspaper man
who has been able to visit the artillery
training school at Fontainebleau de-
scribes the preparation the French mill
tary authorities are making in view Of
the training Of American officers.
Whereas otherwise very stiff exami-
nation is necessary to pass into the
school, in the case Of Americans special
facilities will be made. Four months
will be required to fit the latter for the
grade of what is called here aspirant,
which is the grade preceding second
lieutenant. Sixteen hundred American
pupils are expected at Fontainebleau,
and special corps Of English speaking
instructors has already been formed so
new arrivals can start work with
scant knowledge Of trigonometry, ele-
mentary physics and chemistry.
The ordinary procedure is to be as
signed to a regiment Of artillery. At
the depot the men are equipped with
uniforms and everything necessary,
then sent to Fontainebleau as soon as
possible. Men anxious to avail them
selves Of this opportunity might even
come to Europe on their own initiative,
for they would be looked after by the
American military attache and the min
istry of war and would only require a
very limited outfit, consisting Of changes
Of summer and winter underwear and
riding boots; if possible, also sugar,
chocolate and canned beef.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
AFTERNOON TEA OF
BRIT0N THREATENED
City of London Alone Serves Mil
lion Teas a Day Seven Days
a Week..

London. One of England's most
cherished institutions was menaced
with obstruction in the nation wide
crisis over shortage of breadstuffs. It
is the afternoon tea, not the beverage.
but the institution itself.
Lord Devonport's declaration as food
controller that the one meatless day a
week had been failure because of
British tendency to replace flesh food
with breadstuffs and his warning that
rat1on1ng might be near unless there
was an immediate reduction in con-
sumption Of bread and cake brought
about the crisis on the afternoon tea
question.
From the food controllers office it
was declared that if everybody in
England ate two ounces less of bread
each day the food problem would prob
ably be solved. At least that amount
Of bread or cake is consumed in Eng.
lands fourth meal every afternoon.
Some bold spirits in England have al
ready been writing to the Times sug-
costing abandonment Of tea but the
idea is revolutionary
London alone serves million teas
day seven days a week. The trains
from Liverpool to London stop at
Leeds-for tea-and this despite short
age of cars and power and necessity of
speedy transportation. Business houses
throughout England halt work for tea.
Tea shops every afternoon resemble the
morning rush on the New York subway.
b Lord Devonport's most recent appeal
for bread saving declared picturesquely
that every loaf saved is as valuable as
a she'll
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
FARM HANDS GET $45
A MONTH, WITH BOARD
That's In South Dakota, Where Bump
er Crops Are Predicted.

Sioux Falls. S. D.-Because of q
shortage OF farm hands it has become
necessary In many parts of South Da-
kota for the women and boys of the
households and even the girls to work
IN the fields. So the farmers and their
wives and children are hard at work
putting In what is believed to be the
greatest acreage Of spring wheat in the
history Of the state.
With the prospect that prices for
foodstuffss will continue high during
tne war the farmers have decided to in.
crease their crop acreage. With ia
vorable season South Dakota will pro.
duce this year the greatest CROP of
toodstuffs In its history. The residents
OF towns are preparing to have larger
vegetable gardens than ever before. so
there Is every indication that the state
Will make new record in crop pro-
duction this year.
Farm hands ready for work demand
from $35 to $45 a month and board
and In many instances the farmers paw
these prices. Only a few years ago
good farm hands could be had from
$l2 to $40 month and board. and
tnose who received the higher figure
were the envied of their fellows.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22


imperial. the Princess Masako Nashi-
motto. 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. .-.
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 Terauchj 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 Peerless
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 a 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 a revision
In the constitution will be necessary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
MoToRMAN FOR HIS HEALTH.
Accident Discovers Son of Well to Do
Parents on Sand Car.

Ncc'oont discovers Son OF Well to Do
Parents on Sand Car.
New York. o&sse Frederick M.
Hull, Jr., the son Of well to do par
ents, became q motorman to regain
bis health became known after a col.
lision between trolley and a 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 switch
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.
It was learned after the accident
that Hull was the son Of Mrs. Irving
I. Hynds, who married second time.
In his earlier years he was a popular
Rthlete 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 a 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??, 1917-09-22
LARGEST WIRELESS
PLANT AT SAN DIEGO
New 100000 Station Is Made
= Ready For Work After Sat-
isfactory Tests.

San Diego, Cal-The new $780, 900
wireless telegraph station was recent
~ completed and officially put in COM
mission after suitable tests. 1t is the
largest and most powerful radio sta
ton in the western hemisphere and is
capable OF carrying for 12,OOO miles
Messages from the British fleet cruis-
ing in the North sea, from the high
powered German plant at Berlin and
from American ships and from Aus
tralia have been intercepted.
Three units in the globe encircling
radio service Of the United States navy
are now completed. These are the sta
tons at San Diego. Arlington and
Darien panama canal zone). A fourth
is under construction at Manila.
The three 600 foot aerial towers form
a triangle. They contain 100000
pounds Of fabricated steel and are the
largest radio towers in the world.
They are $50 feet in width at the base
and eight feet at the apex. They are
placed LOO feet apart. Huge porce-
lain insulators embedded in concrete
form the base Of each leg of the tow
ers.
The receiving room is absolutely
sound proof, the walls and floors being
padded with asbestos. There are four
distinct and complete controlling sets
Installed in the receiving room. en-
abling any one4af the four operators or
all four simultaneously to send and re-
ceive messages.
The aerials or antennae weigh six
teen tons and have sag between tow
ers Of 100 feet. They are twice as large
as those strung from the Eiffel tower
in Paris. The helix is fourteen feet in
diameter and eleven feet in height. or
nine feet higher than the helix used in
ordinary naval and commercial sta
tiOns.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
MOUNTAIN TRAIL BELLS
TO HELP OUT TRAVELLERS
Located Thousands Of Feet Above Sea
Level In Rockies.

Denver: - Travellers accustomed to
the sound Of fog bells on the Allan
tic or Pacific coast will be amazed, per-
chance. to hear the warning ring next
summer from 10000 to $4,000 feet
above the sea level in the Rocky noun
tains.
The tragic end of the Rev. Thornton
r. Sampson of Texas. who disappeared
In the Rocky Mountain National park
While on a walking tour, has resulted
In plans to safeguard the precipitous
and dangerous trails of the park.
L. G. Way, supervisor Of the Colo
RADIO playground. has devised the plan
OF having fog bells scattered along the
trails at intervals from a quarter to q
half mile apart on Flat Top, Longs
peak, Hallets glacier and Hallets peak.
The bells will be Of deep tone and will
be operated by a system similar to
weather vanes.
The bells will be placed on posts
about seven feet high. Suspended over
the bell will be small, light wooden
paddle. The slightest breeze will tilt
the paddle and ring the bell. There
probably would not be one day in the
year when the breeze would be insut-
ticient to ring the bell.
While the mountains are not too dan
gerous for travel, even the most expe.
rienced traveller sometimes will lose
the trails in the mountains About
ll,OO0 feet above sea level and above
timber line heavy clouds sometimes
totally obscure the sight Of the trav-
eler. Walking in the face of the wind
with his head lowered, he is apt to
lose his bearings
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
SECRETARY REDFIELD.

fields communication to congress
shows that serious thought has been
given to the idea.
1t is also possible that with the great
weight in congress attached to the
magic word farmer" the members
will give the fish commission a new
building with more alacrity. The free
seed legislation always meets unani-
nous approval Perhaps in some fu-
ture congress along with the packages
Of turnip seed and corn there will be
sent out under congressional franks
letters something like this:
my Esteemed Constituents am
sending you under separate cover a
choice collection Of fish eggs, including
the roe Of the shad, the perch, the dace,
the club and the dogfsh. Plant these
in your fish ponds, where hope they
will grow to be large and luscious
fishes"
Secretary Redfield has been a consist
ent booster for the bureau Of fisheries
since he took Office in the department Of
commerce, and under his administra-
ton the country has received several
valuable suggestions as to the edibility
Of fish little known hitherto. On the
subject Of fish for farms he says to con-
gresS:
Nothing has been done toward the
Improvement Of the races Of fishes in
respect to size, vigor, rapidity Of growth
and edible qualities. 1t is certain that,
the culture Of fish in ponds on farms
will assume importance within the next
few years, and the farmer should have
at his command the best brood stock
obtainable and information in regard to
its handling and Improvement at least
equal in reliability to that which he
can obtain respecting poultry"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
MARINES co FIRST
Seasoned Veterans to Be Under
Colonel Doyen's Command.
MAINLY FROM WEST INDIES.

Colonel Doyen, Fifty-eight Years Ola,
Is Graduate of Naval Academy-hs
Has Seen Service In tho Philippine
and Orient and In Haiti and Santo
Domingo.
Wash1ngton.-A regiment Of veteran
United States marines enainnod aa
regular infantry, will 90 to Trance as
part OF Major John J. Pershing's COM
mand. There will be approximately
1900 men in the regiment, probably the
largest numerically that will be en-
gagged on the western front.
Colonel Charles A. Doyen, at present
commandment Of the United States ma
rine barracks in this city, who has been
In the service thirty-four years. will
command this new American contin-
gent.
For the most part the marines will
be taken from regiments now on duty
in Haiti, Santo Domingo and Cuba.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
This Is Some Family.

Berea, Ky.-Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Davidson of this city have eleven chill
dren, 100 grandchildren and. thirty-two
great-grandchildren. 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 grandchildren;
Daniel Davidson, twelve children and
SIX grandchildren: John Davidson.
eight children: Mrs. Robbins, eight
children; 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??, 1917-09-22

GREAT AMERICAN GAME
THIS YEAR, GARDENING
Postal Card to Your Congressman Will
Bring You Abundant Seed.

Washington. The great American
tame OF 1917 Is going to be gardening.
BY midsummer anybody over eight
years old who hasn't learned how to
raise foodstuffs on whatever land hap
pens to be handy will feel as lonely as
tourist in foreign land who can't
speak the language, says Reinette
LOveWell Of the Vigilantes.
Villagers especially are interested.
and little back yard plots that have
hitherto yielded only a dozen or so
radishes, few anaemic tomatoes and
a crop Of sunfowers are going to be
real gardens this year, even If the
clothesline has to come down and the
hydrangea tub be moved around to the
front of the house.
Potatoes, turnips and cabbages will
be stored away for winter use and
peas, string beans, corn, tomatoes and
lima beans canned. Nowadays there
need be no worry about the jinx in the
Jars that used to make fruit and vege-
tables spoil. The department Of agri-
culture and the state colleges send for
the asking such clear and concise, di-
rections for successful canning that
with the wash boiler and supply Of
glass jars ten-year-old Susie can put
up enough fruit and vegetables to see
the whole family through until spring.
A little bit Of ground in the back
yard, properly prepared, planted and
tended, will scare Friend Wolf and old
Mr.. High Cost Of Living away from the
front door In a hurry. Fruit and vege-
tables are the healthiest sort Of diet
anyway, and with -four and "shorten-
ing" soaring to unheard Of prices, can
ned fruits make an appetizing substi-
tute for cakes and pies.
A postal card to your congressman
requesting seeds will bring an abundant
supply in the mail, and the experts at
Washington are glad to send practical
advice about how to make these seeds
yield real eatable crops.
The great American game Of 1917, as
we said, is going to be gardening
Batter up!
Play ball!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
GUM RACK FOR SCHOOLS,
Thinks Children Should Have It on
Fairgrounds.

Thinks Children Should Have It on
Fairgrounds.
Madison, Wis.-The State Education
al Bulletin, issued recently, comments
favorably on suggestion Of President
J. 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??, 1917-09-22
ODDLY IDENTIFIES
HIS CHJEA BY RADIO
Story Exempiifies Evolutionary Sea
Caution on Observation-Disclosures.

Queenstown. = American naval Off
GERS are highly amused over a recent
wireless romance" connected with an
American destroyer. The story well
exemplifies traditional sea caution and
hangs on the fact that by reason of
two Americans having been roommates
at st. Johns college at Annapolis years
ago information was confirmed at sea
that otherwise would have remained
doubtful.
One man Is civilian doctor, who has
taken an important post in Great Brit,
ain; the other is a paymaster in the
navy. Two days before the destroy
ers sailed from the United States these
old friends ate a farewell dinner. The
doctor was to sail by liner, but was
ignorant of the ships name and date
of sailing. The paymaster was under
orders to join lis destroyer.
When several days at sea the de-
stroyer got into distant connection one
night with certain vessel and made
code inquiry as to the vessels posi-
ton, course and speed. No direct re-
ply was made, the vessel fearing sub
marine trick and the possibility of a
stolen code book. Instead of answer
ing a demand was made to the destroy
er, Give the name Of your ship in
CODE" The destroyer complied.
Even this was not enough. A second
wireless was sent out, what is the
name of your paymaster, who is the
friend Of DR.. -, passenger aboard
this ship?''
Then the paymaster of the destroyer
was called into the wireless cabin and
asked if he knew DR.. -. "Sure!" he
replied. "He was my best pal. I've
were roommates at college and had
dinner together two nights before l
sailed. Where is hep
The destroyer sent out another radio,
saying, ''Paymaster -, the doctors
oldest friend"
After this corroborative' statement
the vessel at last gave her position,
course and speed. q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
CHATEAU FOR PERSHING.
One Hundred Motorcars Free For Use
Of Staff.

One Hundred Motorcars Free For Use
Of Staff.
Paris.-General Pershing's headquar-
tiers in France already have been Sc
lected by the United States embassy
and the choice approved by the war
department at Washington, although
the exact location has not yet been
made public. The first American head
quarters will be in a chateau offered
free by q titled Frenchman and will
accommodate General Pershing and
his staff. French and American auto
mobile owners already have offered the
United States ambassador more than
100 motorcars free for the use of the
staff. ~. +
Z A new field for American girls has
opened in France with the decision to
replace the chaufeurs of automobile
ambulances, except those at the front,
with women drivers. Since the great
proportion of Frenchwomen are al
ready war workers, it is expected that
American girls will fill the positions
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
Girls Making Own Dresses.

Sioux City, Ia.-High school girls of
this city are designing and making
their own dresses at a saving Of from
$40 to $25 on each gown. All the girls
have to pay for is the material Teach
ing them how to make the dresses is
part Of the education given them in
the public high schools When done the
girls may either wear or sell them.
More than seventy girls are already
taking the course, which is in its first
year. N. G. Clark, superintendent of
city schools. is heartily in favor Of the
plan.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
FLOWING DAY AND NIGHT.

Tractors and 5earchIights Used to
Help Cayuga County Farmers.
Auburn, N. Y.-The Cayuga County
Home Defense league committee be-
gan intensive food production on the
farms Of the county by putting out
tractors which will plow continuously
day and night.
Searchlights have been installed, and
three crews will go with each machine,
working in eight hour shifts The COM
mtttee charges farmers $3.50 per acre
to plow and $3.50 an acre to plow and
fit the land, which covers cost of oper-
alton and maintenance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
Shave Renews His Youth.

Bridgeville, Del. - Shaved for the
first time in fifty years, Daniel y.
Long, who lives outside of Bridgeville.
Is expecting to become regular vii
lage "cutup." Long is about eighty
years old and has not been shaved
since he was thirty years old. Long
has never visited a large city, never
saw circus never was on railroad
train and never went to a moving pic
ture show. He expects to go to a
movie" and plans to visit Philadel-
phia on the next excursion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
Didn't Believe In Banks.

st. Louis.-Stories of gold pieces on
tray stacked six inches high. large
sums buried in out Of way corners of
4 Gasconade county (Mo.) farm and of
bills Of large denominations stuck be-
tween the leaves Of a family Bible
form the basis eff suit brought in
probate court by the heirs of George
Y. Miller, wealthy farmer, who
didn't believe in banks.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-22
LINER SAVES TWO At SEA:
Barge Crew Drifting In Ice Covered
Craft-Get $40 Purse.

Barge Crew Drifting In Ice Covered
Craft-Get $40 Purse.
New York.-The Ward liner Sara
toga. from Havana. brought in two
seamen. Jose Faria and Manual Bap-
tista. crew of the coal barge Edward
F. Clark, which. with her sister barge.
the Theodore Palmer, broke away from
the ocean tug Minnie in a northwest
erly blast. The Saratoga fell in with
the Clark, covered with ice and the
seas breaking over her. about 24O miles
south of Sandy Hook.
The two men launched dory and
rowed to the Saratoga and boarded her
by a sea ladder. Captain Miller of the
Saratoga also noted another barge fly
ing distress signals with tank stand
ing by and preparing to take eff the
seamen. Passengers of the Saratoga
made up purse Of $40 for the two
Seamen.