davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
MAY EAT DAT BREAD.
swedes AK Permission to Sell It.
Hunger Marches Continue.

swedes Ask Permission to Sell It.
Hunger Marches Continue.
Stockholm.-Th Bakers Association
of Sweden presented a memorial to
the state economic commission setting
forth the difficulties of obtaining suffi-
cient rye and wheat -four and asking
the authorities to permit and to order
them to use certain proportion Of oat
or barley flour in bread. The bakers
assert that the situation indicates with
certainty that such measure must be
eventually resorted to and point out the
advisability of doing it now instead Of
delaying until the time when the pro.
portions Of barley and oats must neces.
sarily be greater than would be the
case. now. ..-...-
A body of female factory workers es-
-timatea at 5000 aaararad Recently in
an orderly manner through southern
and western Stockholm to the Office of
the largest local milk company, where
they demanded better distribution Of
milk and lower prices.
Hunger demonstrations continue at
various places in the kingdom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
U. S. LAYS SUBMARINE NET.

II Blocks Entrance to Hampton Roads
and Is Two Miles Long.
Norfolk, Va.-As protection against
hostile submarines powerful steel net
has been placed in Hampton Roads be-
tween Fort Wool and the government
pier at Fort Monroe The net blocks
entrance to the entire channel of the
roads and affords absolute protection
to Fort Monroe and Old Point Com
fort.
The net was laid with so much Sc
crecy that it's presence was not known
until masters Of vessels were forbidden
to pass over it without authority from
the commanding officer Of the navy pa
troll boats now on duty in the roads.
The net>is about two miles long. Its
efficiency was proved by the capture
OF the steamship Madison:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
SCHEME TO BEAT U BOAT.
Connecticut Man Would Corral Torpe-
does With Magnet.

Connecticut Man Would Corral Torpe-
does With Magnet.
Waterbury, Conn.-Fred Hemmings
has invented a device to offset the dan
ger Of the torpedo in its attack from
the submarine or otherwise. The de-
vice is an electric arrangement Of great
magnetic power attached to the side of
the ship, which will attract the torpedo,
bring it to the side Of the ship attacked
and then lift it to the deck without ex-
ploding it.
Mr.. Hemmings believes it is destined
to revoluttontze sea fighting and will
make vessels practically immune from
torpedo attacks. Lawrence ssAddicks.
chairman Of the naval board, is now
considering it's adoption for service.
Theodore Roosevelt has congratulated
Mr.. Hemmings In private letter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
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-He
Has Seen Service In the Philippines
and Orient and In Haiti and santo
Domingo.
Washington.-A regiment of veteran
United States marines, equipped as
regular infantry, will go to France 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
rfne 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??, 1917-08-11
KEDRASKA'S COAVICTS
MAY GO TO THE FRONT
They Are to Be Drilled In Tactics
by the Warden In the State
Penitentiary.

Lincoln, Neb.-The state penitentiarv
is to be turned into military garrison
for part of each day, and the states
prisoners will become soldiers if nee
essary. Warden Fenton has decided
on military drill for practically all the
cOnvlcts as soon as sham wooden guns
can be made. Prison Secretary O'Con-
nell, a member of the First Nebraska
regiment in the Spanish-American war
will be drtllmaster in chief. ~
Should the war with Germany reach
such a stage as to become drain on
the citizens Of the country Warden
Fenton believes the younger prison in
mates may be called to the front. He
says he is adopting the military drill
as one Of preparedness.
The warden will himself take the
training with his charges, and If the
conv1cts are summoned to war he will
offer his services. He is popular with
the men, and they say they would want
no better leader. Many have expressed
their eagerness to enlist three-quar-
ters OF them-the prison authorities
say. There are about twenty former
soldiers and sailors in the prison, and
these are expected to act as aids to
Secretary O'Connell in teaching the
war game. The warden says he will
see to it that the men lack nothing in
knowledge.
He has issued a call to the three
cooks in the prison that they show
their patriotism by complying with the
request Of President Wilson with re-
spect to wasting of foods. The peni-
Tertiary farm is to be enlarged mate
rally. ~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
METEOR LIKE SEARCHLIGHT.
Crashes Into Mountains and lIumi.
mates Whole Valley.

MAKES Whoie valley.
Bishop, Cal.-Illuminating the upper
Owens valley for half minute like a
searchlight' in the skies, meteor Of
extraordinary size and brilliancy flared
across from east to west one night and
brought up against the high Sierra Me-
vada.
There was a crash that could be
heard for miles when the foreign body
hit the mountain side far above the
floor Of the valley. It sounded like the
impact Of projectile from a great gun
against fort.
Residents were startled by the pas
sage Of the mighty streak Of blue white
fire through the darkness and again by
the loud explosion that followed con-
tact with the granite range which
stopped it. Then followed tumbling
Of dislodged stones not far from the
camp Of the Round Valley Tungsten
company.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
NO YELLOW PERIL
Terauchi Says War Binds Ameri-
ca and Japan.
RELATIONS NOT ENDANGERED.

Baron Goto Says He Hopes Nations
Will Find Principles on Which to
Base Abiding Relations Of Mutual
Trust and Confidenee-Greetings Ca
bled to President Wilson.
Tokyo, Japan.-"By the participation
Of the United States In the war our
ties are strengthened" declared Pre-
m1er Terauchi at the first dinner Of
the recently formed American-Japanese
society.
He had just asserted that never In
the history Of their intercourse have
the two countries come to such a pass
as to endanger cordial relationship,
and he went on to say: I'VE are on the
eve Of joining our resources In chas-
Using common and obdurate foe in
the cause Of world peace. The friend
ly relations Of the two countries should
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
"IT'S REAL SPORT"

This Fighting Of DueIs In Air, Aviator
~... on FurIoush Says. .-
Cleveland, Otis real sport" said
Robert Rockwell, a member of the
French aviation service, who is home
on furlough. ~
The Americans in the SERVICE" said
Rockwell, "look upon it as sport. They
forget it is war. When we come back
and, laughing, tell how some enemy
birdman escaped, our officers remind
US we are at war;"
Rockwell went to France two years
ago as a member of the hospital serv-
ice. he Joined the air squad last
March. He will rejotn the service on
the Somme front. His cousin, Kiff1n
Rockwell, was killed in an air duel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
DRAFT SONS TO FARM.

Fathers Plan Land Purchase to Ex-
empt Boys From Army.
Washington.-Casting about for ways
to keep their sons, who are little over
tWenty-one, out Of the army, two rich
men in upper New York state have
written to Representative Charles B.
Smith to know If they purchased
farms and put their boys on them
would not that exempt their sons from
the draft. They proposed to make
their sons superintendent of the farms
and thus entitled to exemption, they
thought, as "agriculturists"
At the war department it was said
that this ruse would not get very far,
as neighbors could be depended upon
to expose It.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
FISTS TESTED RECRUITS.
Riley Made Sure Men He Recommend.
ed Were Fighters.

Riley Made Sure Men He Recommend
.... ed Were Fighters. ..
Chicago-Tom Riley Of West Fiji
teenth street was told at the recruiting
station that he was too old to fight, al
though he begged for an opportunity to
enlist. ~. ...-... ..r....
II guess I'm too old to fight" he said,
as he twisted his gnarled and bony
hands, "but maybe can send ye some
likely lads. Whin they comes in, cap,
and tell ye ther're firm Tom Riley, take
me word they'll be all right
That was one day recently. Since
then more than twenty-five huskies
have come in, saying they were ere
cruited" by Tom Riley. Barring black
eyes and bruised faces, they were ideal
recruits and were gladly accepted.
Old Tom himself appeared again at
the station and was Informed that all
of his recruits had been accepted
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
CHARLES P. TAFT I'd ENLlSTS,
With Nine Yale Students Enters Artil-
lery Service.

With Nine Yale Students Enters Artil-
lery Service.
New Haven, Conn.-Charles P. Taft
I'd, son of William Howard Taft and a
junior in Yale college, enlisted for the
artillery branch Of the regular army
with nine other undergraduates. All
the enlistments were Of students who
were under age for the reserve officers
training corps of the university and all
had consent >: of their parents. The
squad will 60 to Fort Myer, Va.
The students who were enlisted with
Taft were John M. Anderson, Jr., Gin
cinnati; Robert T. Cairns, Overlook
Pa; George II. Ennis, Jr., Derby, Conn. :
John E. Fasick, Altoona, Pa; Francis
T. Mcnamara, Clinton, Mass; Cyril B.
Mosher, East Greenwich, R. l.; Albert
II. Stackpole, Harrisburg, Pa; II. S.
Porter, Higganum, Conn; Carl NJ
Thomas, st. Louis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
FLOWING DAY AND NIGHT.

Tractors and SearchIights Used 70
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
Searchltghts have been Installed, and
three crews will go with each machine,
working in eight hour shifts. The COM
mittee 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??, 1917-08-11
BREEZE GOT THE MONEY.
Any One May Keep Three One Dollar
Rifle IS Ii E:.I. rL.

Any One May Keep Three One Dollar
Bills if He Finds Them.
Wichita. Kan.-The wind blew fret
fully the other day in Wichita. Mrs.
Sam Sanders of Whitewater, who had
been shopping, did not close her pock-
etbook securely, and at the corner of
Main street and Douglas avenue five
dollar bill and three one-dollar bills
were blown out. They rose high in
the air, and John Young, a police cap
tain, and others went in pursuit.
A block away negro overlook the
five" The others had disappeared.
Taking the five" to Mrs. Sanders,
he returned it. with a bow. "Thank
YOU" said she. "You can have the
others if you find EN-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

This means that Secretary Daniels will
send the pick Of "sea soldiers with
General Pershing's command Every
marine in the contingent will be vet
eran who has been frequently in action.
The American marines have been char
acterized as the peer of any fighting
force on earth.
Colonel Doyen is a graduate Of the
Naval academy. He is fifty.eight years
old, but remarkably active for man
of his years. He has seen service in
the Philippines and the orient, in Haiti
and Santo Domingo and in other places
wherever marines have been in action.
Secretary Daniels would give no ink
ling as to when the big regiment will
60 across the Atlantic. This informa-
ton will be In absolute secrecy, just as
the departure Of General Pershing and
his staff and the force which is to fol-
low them will be closely guarded by the
military authorities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
Shave Renews His Youth.

Bridgeville, Del. = Shaved for the
first time in fifty years, Daniel F.
Long, who lives outside of Bridgeyille,
is expecting to become a 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 a railroad
train and never went to 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??, 1917-08-11
OWL MAKES TOWN DARK.
A'ishts on Electric Wire, Damaging
Lighting Service,


Lighting Service.
Durham, N. CA few nights ago
about $50 o'clock the electric lights
OF Morgantown, N. c., began Pickering
and finally went out. It was later
discovered that little Insignificant
screech owl was the cause Of the trou-
BILE, losing it's life as a forfeit for at
tempting to alight on an insulator.
The bird was shown on the streets
OF the town. Its wings were scorched
from tip to tip and it's body was burn
ed by contact with the live wire.
When the owl alighted on the insula-
tor the current was started racing to
the ground, and the insulator burst.
The line wire was burned in two, and
when it fell the current was cut off
automatically at the switching station.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
Food Grown AIono R.iIro.d.-

Food Grown Along Railroads.
Durham, N. C.-V Vegetable gardens
bordering the railroad tracks is a new
idea in North Carolina to add to Amer
1ca's food supply in the world war. The
Durham and Southern railway, owned
principally by the Dukes, wealthy New
York tobacconists, has offered it's right
OF way for planting. It has further
more offered free seed to encourage the
growers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
BOARDING is UNPATRlOTIC.
Boston Man Says Those Who Lay Up
Food Arc Traitors,

Food Arc Traitors,
Boston.-Henry B. Endicott, execu-
tive manager Of the Massachusetts
committee on public safety, issued
statement asserting that the person
who boarded money and large guam
titles Of provisions for an indefinite
period SHOULD be pointed out as a
traitor to his country and to his fellow
men," ......
Certainly nothing could be further
from patriotism or helpfulness to other
people" he said, "than for set of men
who have money and credit to seltishly
purchase an unusual amount of sup
plies for themselves and by so doing
infiict upon their less wealthy neigh
bors the burden Of unnecessarily high
prices" -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
NINE FIELDS LAID.
Entrances to important Harbors
Are Quickly Protected.
COAST ARTILLERY is READY,
Every Square Foot Of Water Near Port
Of New York Made Unsafe Even For
Rowboat-Rear Admiral Knight Set
About Safeguarding Narrasansett
Bay Naval District.

Washington.-When the break with
Germany came two Of the most elabo-
rate and intricate mine fields that a
nation ever devised for the safeguard
ing of city's water gates were plan
ned by the coast artillery. and the
corps Of engineers to protect the en-
frances to the waters Immediately
about New. York. 1t was task which
was completed in all save the last de-
tail, the actual laying of the mines, and
these were stored by hundreds at Fort
Totten and Sandy Hook. ready for the
message from the war department
which would send the mine layers out
with their gingerly handled burdens.
The aggressiveness and determina-
ton with which an attack can be deliv-
cred are lesson of the European war
which has not been lost upon the mill
tary and naval officials Of this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
HYMN GIVES WARNING.
Music Box Tells Autoist When They
Reach High Speed.

Taylors, 8. c. Green D. Poole, a
clerk in the Southern railway depot,
claims to have invented a device which
is intended to prevent accidents to au-
tomobiles. The working of the attach
ment is simple and is explained by
Poole as follows: ---. s~a
'Whtle the car is running fifteen miles
an hour white bulb shows on the
radiator, at twenty-five miles a--green
bulb appears, at forty red bulb, and
when the driver begins to bat 'em out
around sixty per music box under
the seat begins to play Nearer My God
to Thee" .s ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
ALMOST EVERYBODY
Is DOING SAME THING

. San Francisco. Jesse Lilien- (
. thai, president of the United rail-
, ways Of San Francisco, declared ,
, that he might be called the man
D who put the ICON" in economy.
> He stated that five years ago he
. figured he had enough money
8 saved to keep the wolf at bay
D and decided not to save another
> cent as long as he lives. His
) family hailed this plan, and Lii
> ienthal asserts they have per-
> formed their part not to let him
> be disappointed by finding any
) surplus on the first day of Janu-
, airy each year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
BROWNS BATHING TOY.
Child Falls From cIaremont Boat
Clubs Float

Clubs Float.
New York.-In an effort to give her
Teddy bear its first deep water bath
Virginia Peterson, three and one-half
years old, toppled from a float an
chored off the C1aremont Boat club,
One Hundred and Eighth street and
the North river, and was drowned.
The child was a prime favorite with
yachtsmen along the North river and
with her mother lived at the boat club.
where the latter is employed as maid.
Robert Harris Of POI West Twenty
sixth street recovered the body, but
resuscitation was impossible even with
a pulmotor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
FINDS WEDDING RING
LOST FOR SEVEN YEARS

: Wilmington, Del. = 1t is not
: only the proverbial bad penny
: that frequently turns up, as is
: proved by the case of a long lost
: wedding ring. Seven years ago
: Mrs. Frank Carey Of 1902 Gilpin
: avenue lost her wedding ring in
: the yard of the house in which
+ she was then living. Recently
+ It was returned to her by the
+ present occupant Of the house,
: who discovered it while planting
!. flowers.
!.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
may HARVEST FISH
Secretary RedfieId Holds Out New
Cheap Living Hope. "
FARMERS TO PLANT--P0NDs.

Predicted That Within Few Years Til.
lers of the Land Will Be- Counting
on the Fish Crop Just as Now They
Count on Wheat, Corn and Other
Products.
Washington.-ln a communication To
the house of representatives asking
for building, for the bureau, of.
fisheries Secretary Redfeld of the de-
partment of commerce makes several
interesting suggestions, and one of
them is that within a few years farm
ers will be counting on their fish crop,
just as now they count on wheat, corn
and the other regular products of az.
riculture. The idea Of planting and
harvesting sunish, perch, fresh water
mackerel, shad, cells and carp is prob
ably a strange one to the average city
man, who has little practical knowl.
edge Of farming. but Secretary Red
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11
PLAN HOW TO MAKE
AN EGG WEIGH MORE

: Simple as adding two and two !.
: Is the plan launched in Chicago !.
: by the American Poultry associa- (.
: ton to increase the nations /.
: meat supply by 1O0,OOO,OOO /.
: pounds in four months. Raise !.
: chickens, is the answer. Lone !
: egg doesn't weigh much, but in !.
!. four months it can be trans /.
: formed into chicken weighing .
: three pounds.
!. I.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

++++++-4.+4.s+++++.+.4.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

j. i. !. !. 4. !. ~. i !. j,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-08-11

%%%%@~@@~@~@@~@@%
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
ROUGH WEATHER,

The wind is yelling around my
dive Hing. its voice is loud and shrill:
it slams the easement. from roof 10
basement il shakes each iOist anil
sill. Til" hearth is blazing. where
| SIT hazins MY good old Irusty Tyre.
NOR" verses making. while dertly
baking my Shlns before the fire. Roll
on. rough weather. and bust your
tether, the time for YOU is ripe. With
books around me. can cold confound
me Oh. not on your tin type. When
winds are speeding | like my reading
more than al other times: when
storms are roaring YOU see me porting
DER stately prose and rhymes. Be
fore the heater rock and teeter, AMI
study Bertha Clay, serene, Contented-
oh, who invented the wild, wild Win
ter day? Perhaps some duffer out
doors may suffer, and cuss the blink.
ed-blanked storm. while I'm perusing
my tones amusing. so snug. secure
and warm. Such thoughts are silly;
If he is chilly. he can't charge that 10
me: he hadn't orter--I gave a quarter
last week TO charity!
Mother-iour father didn't take his
cold bath this morning, did he?
Johnny-Nope. heard him kick
ing because there wasn't any hot
watcr.-Life.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
DRIBBLING OF THE LEAK

The leak" on the peace note has
dribbled down TO just where 1t has
lately been suspected it would. Mrs.
yisconti, the woman in the case,
seems to have been nothing more than
a busybody. with native feminine curl
osity, peering into ererybody's bust"
ness. She was an unusually good list
ener and observer of affairs. and some
deducer of gossipy titbits. Going to
Thomas ". Lawson. another ro-
mancer of gifted Imagination, with
her spliced gossip and surmises the
leak" was sprung. Big names have
/ been unjustifably drawn into undesir'
able publicity and subjected to un'
pleasant aspersions. The private at
fairs OF reputable individuals have
been exposed to the gaze Of the curl
Gus public And for what?
The White House correspondent.
who was accused Of profttng $4,000
worth, on the stand yesterday turned
the details Of his life inside out in de-
Tending himself against the implica-
ton that the leak had possible
source with him. owing to'his close re-
lations with the executive mansion.
He proved that all the sudden wealth
he had recently accumulated came
through the sale Of $1,000 bond he
had purchased FIVE years ago. He in
timated that Mrs. Flsconti's "informa-
ton" came through the babbling OF
his children, upon whose innocent re,
marks exaggerated constructions were
placed. 1t seems to be simply a case
of trifles light as air becoming con-
firmations strong as proofs of holy
writ.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
GREATER TRADE DIFFUSION

The latest monthly export report is
that Of November, and it stands as
the record, the value reaching the
enormous total Of nearly s517,00O.ooo.
This overtops the September high
water mark by nearly two million dol
lars. 1t is pointed out, however, that
while November witnessed the great
est volume Of shipments made from
the United States in any single month
there is a decided slackening in the
rate Of increase, which has been con-
sistently maintained for over year.
For example, from August 1915 to
over s20,OOO,OOO monthly, as contrast
ed with a rate Of s2,360,626 for the
period between last August and the
month under review.
In examining into the direction ex-
ports from the United States are TAX.
ing the changes from recent months
are found to be inconsiderable. 1t is
interesting to note, however. that