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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
HARVARD MAN F0ILS
sun WITH INVENTION
Presses a Button In Bed and the
Window Shade Goes Down
as if by Magic.

Cambridge; Mass. - Every morning
at o'clock Henry R. Guild Of Boston,
a Harvard senior, rolls over in bed.
Seven o'clock is too early for senior
to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses but
ton and the shade at the distant end
Of his chamber rolls down as if by
magic.
No rising sun is going to make him
leave his bed unseasonably. Some
morning he may miss a four alarm
fire by pressing the button, but he's
willing to take the chance, he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. is high crime
at Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has good football team this
year.
Henry Guild framed up a motor, at
tached to the curtain string and laid
wires to his bedside. When the sun
throws its rays into his bedroom every
morning, weather permitting, he
presses button and the curtain fops
faster than in a vaudeville theater. 80
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
will be trap door to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means Of
a button that any student can press.
Life's attendant Inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
CHINA FINDS. 1T HARD
TO DlsBAND~ITs ARMY
Soldiers Love Their Job. and IF Not
Paid They Loot. ~ e.

Pek1ng.-China's toughest problem
now is how to disband the army raised
during the revolutions The government,
hard pressed for money, will have to
raise at least $30,O00,0O0 to pay off the
100000 men under arms, and unpaid
soldiers are always a menace in China.
Coolies regard military service as a
very desirable occupation. Once en-
listed it is difficult to persuade them to
retire. They riot and become extreme
~ troublesome if an attempt be made
to disband them without liberal pay
ment. The commanding officers are
frequently as mercenary as the SOL
diers. When the government fails to
give it's soldiers what they regard as
adequate pay the troops frequently be-
come bandits and loot
Each province has its own military
governor and distinct military organ
ization, presumably under control of
the Picking authorities, but actually in
dependent in most cases. Consequent
~ the Picking government is forced to
deal very automatically with the mill
tary organizations in the provinces.
particularly in the remote provinces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
AERoPLANEs QUICKEST
SUBMARINE ANTIDOTE
Speed and Range Of Vision Three
. Times That Of Destroyer: ..

Neutrality-suspicious. Admiral Peary,
chairman of the National Aerial Coast
Patrol Commission, when the break
with Germany came emphasized the
bearing of ( the critical international
situation on the necessity for an ade-
quate aeroplane coast patrol. E..s. j.
III congress" he went on, -"should
order the immediate mobilization Of all
air men In the country AND the training
of 5000 aviators, should enlist the vari-
Gus aerial organizations and interests
of the country in registering applicants
and should make mandatory the train
ing of $500 aviators in six months and
Of the entire 900 in q year It wouii;a:
60 far toward remedying present de-
feet in our defense which presents pos
sibilities of the gravest danger.
THE aeroplane will be the quickest
and cheapest antidote for the subma-
rine. Its speed and range of vision are
three times that Of the fastest Destroy
ers. 1t can detect and follow subma-
rine that is entirely invisible to any
surface craft. 1t can destroy the SUBJ
marine when it comes near the surface.
One thousand hydroaeroplanes along
our Atlantic coast will double the eff
cheney Of our destroyers and MOSQUITO
feet and increase the value of our coast
protection from 200 to 300 per cent"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
POWER BOAT TUITION.
Squadron Association Places Units at
Governments Disposal.

Squadron Association Places Units at
Governments Disposal.
New YOrk.-The United States Power
Squadron association took action to
place it's resources, comprising twenty
squadron units in the principal Allan
tic and great lakes ports of the coun-
try, at the disposal of the government
Owing to the fact that Of the thou
sands Of motorboats owned in the
United States comparatively few are
Of sufficient size and power to be used
in operations against submarines, the
association decided to place the hum
dreds Of vessels represented in it's
fleets at the command of the navy de-
partment to be used as training YES
sells for personnel while the larger
craft are being built.
The proposition to utilize the motor
boat fleets for training purposes was
transmitted to Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Roosevelt by Theodore l. Coe,
head of the Power Squadron associa-
ton. 80
The men who have been put in charge
in the various districts are G.. N. Bur-
nall for Boston, II. NJ. Williams for
New York, DR.. 3. P. Sweet for Provi.
dence, ]. K. Murphy for New Haven,
L. p. Clephane for Washington, 81. n.
Hungerford for Chicago and Maurice
G. Belknap for Philadelphia.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
BEAN SHOOTER MINDS
Make RACE OF B0RES
All Too Much Alike, Says Dr.. Vim
cent, Rockefeller Foun-
dation Head.

Chicago.-Dr. George Edgar Vincent,
president Of the University of Minneso-
ia and president elect of the Rockefel-
Ter foundation, spoke on Crowd Psy-
chology" to 500 members Of the Chi
cago Dental society at their f1fty-third
annual banquet. Some Of his epigrams
were:
"The truth is. we are so much alike
that we bore each other almost to dis
traction
Some people have tubular minds,
like bean shooters. You load them at
one end and shoot the contents out of
the other" ..>
idiots and children are the only
ones you cannot hypnotize.'
"A society for the suppression of the
obvious remark would soon fill city
block
DR.. Vincent is one of the most rapid
Of after dinner orators. His humor
found ready response from the men,
bers Of the society and their wives and
daughters. He said that his standards
OF ideals were distractions from hu-
man personality.
THE hard headed person." he end
ed, lis one into whose brain you cannot
drill an idea when he is not looking"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
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FATE PLAYS STRANGE
z sz PRANK WITH SAILOR
After crossing Ocean In an Open Boat
He Loses His Life In River

Lora1n, o. Ludwig Eisenbraun, a
German sailor, who was drowned here
recently in Black river, was treated
very strangely by fate. Eisenbraun
was the hero Of one of the greatest
feats in marine history, achieved when
he crossed the Atlantic ocean in a
nineteen foot dory. -.,-.'.
After encountering furious storms at
sea, facing death a score Of times in
MS fran open boat, he lost his life
when his hand slipped on an icy rope,
which he was using to climb to the
deck Of lake steamer on which he
was Waterman, and fell back into
the river. =.E.' 49, .. 81.
On April II, 1903. Eisenbraun sailed
from Boston harbor in his dory. Co.
lumbus II. On Nov. % of the same
year he locked his craft at Gibraltar.
once In storm his boat was CAP
sized, and he lost water and provisions,
He rfghted the boat. and two DAYS
later was reprovisioned by a British
steamer.
He steered his craft against a sleep.
Ing whale, and the aroused monster
nearly capsized him.
Eisenbraun had been a sailor on th,,
great lakes for five years. He was
forty-e1ght years old.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
FIREMAN SAVES BABY.
Climbed on Pilot Of Locomotive, Lifted
Infant From Track.

Climbed on Pilot Of Locomotive, Lifted
Infant From Track.
La Crosse, Wis.-Coon valley resi-
dents are talking Of applying for a
Carnegie medal for Fireman Peter
Hensgen Of the La Crosse and South
eastern. He was in a freight engine
cab when he saw child in the dis
lance on the track.
It was down grade and the brakes
were slow to grip. Hensgen climbed
out along the fo0tboard to the pilot.
grasped rod and leaned down.
He grabbed the sleeping child with
his free hand and lifted her from the
track. The child was the little daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jacobson.
She had wandered away in the after
noon and lay down tired between the
rails and went to sleep.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
CITIZEN SECRET SERVICE.
Organization For Seven States An.
nounced 1t San Francisco.

Organization For Seven States An.
nounced at San Francisco.
San Francisco.-The intelligence Of
fee of the western department, United
States army, announced the organiza-
ton of secret interstate citizens in
telligence organization to be known as
the Nathan Hale volunteers. Any man
or woman who is citizen Of the Unit
ed States may hold membership. The
states Of California, Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Montana
will be covered by the organization.
The object will be to aid the govern
ment in connection with anti-spy, pro
German and anti-American activities.
Brigadier General e. G. Hunt of the
California national guard Is chief of
the advisory board of the organization,
which is divided into ten divisions In
the western department.
The identity of the members will be
kept secret, and the men and women
selected to act under orders will be
furnished with Identification creden-
tials.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
PLEASE DON'T ROB Mel"
HIS PLEA TO BURGLARS
JeweIer Tries New Method to
Keep Stock Intact-Has Ap-
peal Published.

Paterson, N. J.-If there is any sport
ing blood in the veins Of the industrious
burglars who have made professional
visits to Leon Friedmann's 1ewelry
store here at regular intervals it is
hardly possible that they can ignore
their victims final appeal.
Double locks, bars, burglar alarms
and watchmen having proved equally
futile, Friedman decided to make a
personal entreaty to the entire profess
sion OF burglars after a visit which
cost him $1,000. He wrote this COM
munlcatlon and caused it to appear in
both the afternoon papers here, on the
theory that an up to date burglar must
read one Of the two:
NOTICE TO BURGLARS
Observation-Disclosures of your profession
nave called upon us with great profit to
themselves Of late. We feel that we have
cone ouf share toward your support: there
lore we would deem it great favor If
you would take your trade elsewhere in
future, at least until we can recover from
the many losses we have suffered in the
past al Of which, unfortunately, are our
own. Respectfully yours, 49,
LEON FRIEDMAN.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
PH0N0GRAPH IN BASEMENT.
Machine Sends Music by Cold Air Duct
and Heat Registers.

Machine Sends Music by Cold Air Duct
and Heat Registers.
Brazil, 1nd.-H. E. Thompson when
ne wishes music at his home presses
an electric button on the wall and from
the cold air duct and the registers of
the hot air furnace come in succession
ten different selections, which are re-
peated until the electric switch is turn
ed off.
The music is produced by phono-
graph arrangement in the basement
A circular table is arranged with ten
records around it, all moved by an elec
trio motor beneath the table. In the
center of the table, pointing upward
into the air duct, is a large plaster of
paris horn, which is connected with the
reproducing mechanism. After q rec
ord is played cork roller carries the
needle to the next record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
REWARDS HEROES
Middle West Figures Largely In
Carnegie Medal Award.
ONE WOMAN ON THE LIST.

Mrs. Olive M. J. Cooper of Battle Creek,
Mich, Saved Adult and Three Chill
dren From Drowning at SpeneervilIe,
Ind, by Swimming Out and Rescuing
One at a Time.
Pfttsburgh.-The herOism of John
Murray, aged twenty-seven, laborer,
Of Chicago, who risked his life to save
that Of Patrick Eustace, has been re-
warded by the Carnegie hero fund
commission, which awarded Murray q
bronze medal. % 3D..
Reaching out into an elevator shaft
on the nineteenth floor OF an uncom-
pleted building in Chicago on June q,
1911, Murray grasped. Eustace, who
had fallen from the twentieth floor.
Murray gripped an iron beam with one
arm and with his free arm caught
Eustace as he started down the eleva-
tor shaft.
Other heroes from the middle west
received honors
Roger w. Wells Of North Madison,
Ind, receives medal. Wells, forty
years old, was disabled two weeks
from lung congestion, due to fumes
when he assisted in rescuing James
+. Dougherty from suffocation at Hell
delberg, Pa, on March q, 1916.
George G. OXley, merchant Of
Marion, Ia, rescued ten-year-old E.
Emerson Harte from a runaway at
Marion on Aug. 16, 1915.
Donald II. Stops, seventeen years
old, Of Nappanee. Ind, receives a med
al because he saved Pauline E.
Holmes, thirteen, and L. Beatrice Dos.
we'll, fifteen, from drowning at Pick
wick Park, Ind, June 16, 1918. Stops.
although be had lost his left arm
eight months before, SWAIN to the
point where the girls were struggling.
pushed one of them ahead Of him with
his shoulder until she was in shallow
water and swan back and rescued
the other girl in the same way.
Dana S. Miller, a farm manager OF
Butler, Ind, is awarded a medal for
having saved Elmer Mcdonald, a la
borer, from an enraged bull Oh Aug.
IT, 1912. Mcdonald had been gored
and four ribs were broken. Miller at
tackled the animal with pitchfork
and was repeatedly knocked down. He
finally seized ring in the bulls nose
and chung to it until the animal was
subdued.
William T. Best, Owosso, Mich, is
listed because he saved three-year-old
Carney P. Lamphere from burning
after a gasoline explosion at Owosso,
Jan. 5, 1915. Best's burns disabled
him for six weeks.
One woman is on the list She is
Mrs. Olive M. J. Cooper of Battle
Creek, Mich, who saved an adult and
three children from drowning at Spen-
cerville, Ind, by swimming out on the
st. Joseph river and returning with
them one at time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
OPERATES ON RIGID JAWS.
Surgeon Uses q Cushion Of Fat to Make
Thorn Work.

Surgeon Uses q Cushion Of Fat to Make
Thorn Work.
Philadelphia.-A patient whose jaws
had been rigid for twenty years, who
had never learned to talk and who
had been obliged to obtain all his
nourishment through tube, was the
subject Of one Of the many operations
performed at the various clinics here
as part Of the activities Of the clinical
congress of surgeons of North Amer
lea.
= The joints of the patients jaws had
hardened after an attack of scarlet
fever when he was only a year old.
DR.. w. Wayne Babcock laid open the
stiffened joints, scraped away hard
bouy substance which was found GOV.
ering them and inserted cushion of
fat taken from another part Of the
mans body.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
NEW DIMES IN CIRCULATION.
$4,000 Worth of Coins Distributed by
tho Philadelphia Mint.

$4,000 Worth of Coins Distributed by
tho Philadelphia Mint.
Philadelphia. The new ten cent
pieces which have been coined in large
quantities at the Philadelphia mint
were recently put into circulation for
the first time, about $4,000 worth be-
ing distributed to banks and trust COM
panies. They were introduced stimuli
taneously in the western states from
the Denver mint. 49,. -....
The diverse side Of the new dime
shows head of Liberty in profile,
while the reverse side shows bundle
Of rods in the center and the protrud-
Ing battleax, symbols of unity. Sur
rounding the central design is an olive
wreath, denoting peace.
The new coins are expected to be in
general circulation within few days.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
GROWS HAIR FOR GIRL.
Man Arrested Tells Story About Acct
dent to Daughter.

Man Arrested Tells Story About Acct
dent to Daughter.
Sacramento, Cal.-Because his little
daughter two years ago, when she was
but three years Of age, fell into the
fire and burned her scalp to crisp, so
that hair never again will grow there
on, Henry Hamilton Of Idaho, now
working on a nearby ranch, is grow
ing a luxuriant head Of hair, it being
his idea when he returns home to have
the hair cut and made into a wig for
his little girl.
The story came out when Hamilton,
who had been arrested while on visit
to this city, was questioned by Max P.
Fisher as to the cause of the flowing
locks.
Hamilton said he had come to Cali
fornia to work during the winter be-
cause he could not get steady employ
ment in Idaho during the cold weather.
He added he expected to return home
in few weeks and prepare the wig
for which he has been undergoing rid
icule because Of his long hair. After
his story had been verified he was re-
leased,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
Ants Kill Bees.

Oakland, Cal.-Dr. j. 81. Callen, who
had two hives of bees, much alive, on
his Fruitvale avenue property, is now
occupied in cleaning out two hives Of
dead bees, victims Of an unsuccessful
Verdun defense against horde of ma
.rauding ants. The evidence shows that
the ants attacked in solid mass forma-
ton, carrying the bees first, second
and third line of trenches. and then at
lacking the entrances to the hives.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
PONDER FIRST RECRUIT.
Postmistress Gets Reward of SIS For
"Sofdier of the Sea-

Postmistress Gets Reward of SIS For
"Soidier of the Sea-"
Atlanta, Ga.-Ye feminine is rapidly
outstripping her masculine rivals in
military affairs, as a postmistress. like
Joan Of Arc. leads in the lure of the
fighting man. In the activities Of the
postmaster campaign for recruits for
the United States marine corps the
first person to receive the S. reward
for the securing Of recruit for the
soldiers of the sea-" was a woman,
Miss Mary Rudihil, handler of the
mails in Forsyth, Ca, who enlisted
Richard Lewis Ponder of that place,
according to First Sergeant Ernest H.
Galway of the local marine corps re-
rruiting station.
"There may he nothing in a name,"
unused Galway. but he was the first,
and that makes one ponder"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
Child Escapes Coyote.

Bend, Ore.-Attracted to the door
yard by an unusual noise being made
by her flock Of turkeys, Mrs. Thomas
Merchant, living east Of Bend, found
coyote running toward her little girl.
who was playing in the yard. The ami
NAL was frothing at the mouth and Is
believed to have been rabid. Mrs. Mer-
chant had just time to snatch her
daughter up and return to the house
before the coyote reached the spot
where the little girl was at play.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
AUTO AIDS GUNNERS.
Makes Adirondack Accessible 70,
Week End TRIPS,

Makes Adirondack Accessible For
Week End Trips.
Utica, N. Yin most sections of the
Adirondacks game Is plentiful. More
and more each year the automobile is
being used by gunners. particularly
those who live in the cities and towns
near the forests.
Thousands Of hunters are going into
the woods for week end trips, and ma.
chimes are also used for the purpose of
taking the hunters from one good
ground to another. This Of course re-
lates to small game, and it is surpris
ing how many good places can be COW
cred by this method Of cunning.
The new law prohibits any cunning
from an automobile, but the machine
makes the innermost recesses Of the
forests accessible to the gunner who
has q car. -..-..., .-.--.. 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
SCARED TO DEATH BY SEA.
Raw Lishtship Keeper Goes Into Fren-
zy In First Gale.

Raw Lishtship Keeper Goes Into Fren-
zy In First Gale.
Newport. r. IA case of a man lit
orally frightened to death has just
been reported. Gustav Ljunvall went
to Brenton's reef lightship as assistant
keeper, but before he had time to be-
come accustomed to his surroundings
the wind became gale, accompanied
by great seas, and the ship pitched at
disturbing angles.
Ljunvall expressed great fear that
the ship would go down. In a frenzy
he tried to jump overheard, but was
restrained. His violence increased.
and the crew put him in an improvised
straitjacket and kept him there until
he died.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
FLY SAVES BOYS LIFE.
Accidentally Discharged Bullet Only
Hurt His Arm.

Accidentally Discharged Bullet Only
Hurt His Arm.
La Crosse, VISA fly saved the life
of Carl Kaeppler, thirteen years old,
while he was hunting in the vicinity of
Swift creek with William Stellick.
fifteen years old.
Carl felt something irritating his fore
head and raised his arm to brush the
fly aside. At the same instant Stellick,
who was only few PAGES distant, &C.
cidentally discharged a rifle be was
carrying.
The bullet passed through the fleshy
part Of young Kaeppler's arm and, al
though most of its force was spent.
struck the boy in the head.
Physicians said he probably would
have been killed had not his arm been
in the way Of the bullet.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
VICTIM ON ENGINES FRONT.

Thompson Was Held There by His
Clothes and Was Not Hurt.
Cedartown, Ga.-A peculiar accident
happened at Greenway, six miles west
OF here. While crossing the railroad
track Riley Thompson's buggy was
struck by passing freight train going
about twenty miles an hour.
The buggy was torn completely up.
the mule escaping unhurt. The train
stopped. the crew going back to hunt
Tor the occupant Of the buggy. They
could not find him and came on into
town. II 4 .-.
Here they discovered Mr.. Thompson
hanging by his clothes on the front of
the engine. none the worse for his ex-
perience. ...<
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
SAWS WOOD AT NINETY-TWO.

Having Finished Job, Says He Wants
PickereI While Ice Lasts.
New York.-Garrett Iseman, ninety.
two years old. flung the last neatly
rlovcn stick on seven foot woodpile
behind his house at Sparkill, Rock
land county. and went up to the attic
to overhaul his fishing tackle. Having
finished saving and splitting his win.
ters wood supply. he is going after
some pickerel while the ice lasts.
You won't find any knots slung un-
Ter the house either" he told neighbors
who complimented him on his vigor.
Iseman worked on the first train that
IAN over the Erie railroad and was an
engineer on that line for forty years.
He retired more than thirty years ago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
TEACHER NEAR DEATH.
Pupil She Corrected Had NitroqIycer.
inc Can.

NP'i 0'S SOTfSCteQ fIaQ NttrCQIyCer.
inc Cap.
Oakbrook, Pa.-NIiss May E. Dillon,
a teacher in the primary grade Of the
schools, only realized the next day
how narrowly she had escaped death.
She was forced to reprimand one of
her pupils the other day and used a
ruler. The next day she learned that
the culprit had nitroglycerin cap in
his pocket at the time.
Lawrence Hine, six years old, one of
the pupils, found can of the explosive
in stone quarry and distributed some
caps among his friends. The next day
the owner of the caps called at the
school, and all the caps were recovered
from the pockets and desks of the pu
pills, who for twenty-four hours were
in danger OF being hurled in midair
together with their schoolhouse and
teachers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19
QUIET PLACE FOR WEDDING.

West Virginia Couple Married Amid
Mummies and Antiques.
Charleston, w. Va.-With an Eevp.
tan mummy as their only attendant
and with thousands Of antiques as the
background Miss Laura Collins and
Isaac Thompson, both of Comfort,
Boone county. were married in the
state department of archives and his.
tory by the Rev. A. ]. Larabee of the
Church OF God, Winfield.
Asked why they chose such a pecul.
lar place for the ceremony, the couple
declared it was at the suggestion of the
minister. who proposed quiet place.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-19

Chinese Coins on Women's Hats.
Sioux City. Ia.-War prosperity has
'aused milliners here to add fifth
season to the four now recognized by
the trade. The new one has style all
its own, say dealers. the advance in
price OF Chinese coins from 8 cents to
$1.5O q hundred having lent charm to
them as decorations for women's hats.