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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
TRAIN Ro3s HoLDUP MEN.


Mail Carrier Beaten by Thieves When
Hook Snatches Letter Bag.
New York. Alfred Lorenzo, a Yon-
kers mail carrier, notified the police
that pouch filled with registered mat
ter had been saved from two thieves
by the projecting hook on the mail car
or an express train used to take mail
bags on the fly, which grabbed it from
his hands as the train few past at
forty five miles an hour.
Lorenzo was at the depot putting the
pouch in position on small crane for
the train to take it. Two thieves beat
the mail carrier on the head He held
the pouch tightly far above his head.
Presently the train came along, saved
the situation, and the robbers fed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13

the skipper will be at his home, 237
East One Hundred and Sixty~third
street.
'"Thc Chemung went down with her
flag .fying,' said the captain as he re-
called how he refused to obey an order
of the Austrian commander to strike
his flag. -
I'VE were out from New York with
a general cargo and off the Spanish
coast in the Mediterranean when the
submarine came along" Captain Duffy
said. "A shot across our bows was
the signal for us to stop. and we did
We had been on the lookout for sub
marines, and for this reason we did
not lose any time in hauling up the
signal that we were stopping"
: In response to a signal from the
submarine Third Officer Jacobsen row
ed to her, carrying with him the ships
papers. The commander was for ar.
resting the skipper, but apparently he
was satisfied with the destruction OF
the steamer. Moreover he was placat
ed by Jacobsens statement, that the
captain was a good sort of man.
The submarine commander signaled
for the flag to be lowered. but the
skipper paid no attention. He and
his crew Of thirty-four got into small
boats, and the flag was swapping from
the staff as they pulled away from
the, side Of the doomed liner
I'VE were hardly out of range when
the submarine opened fire on the Che
mung,' the skipper continued. "she
attempted to sink the ship by shell
fire, but as this had apparently no ef-
feet and the vessel continued to ride
high out Of water the commander sent
a torpedo into her. She sank within
two minutes"
When the Chemung went down the
submarine circled about and picked up
the two small boats. Lines were pass
ed by the submarine, and for two
hours she towed the boats toward the
shore. Then the Spanish steamship
Salvatore Giner came in sight, and
the men on the submarine cut the tow
line, and few seconds later she had
Owed beneath the sea.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
WOMEN run TOWN !.
They Hold All the Offices In Una
tiIIa, Ore.
TOOK CHARGE FIRST OF YEAR.
Executed Campaign Coup Which Left
Men Gaspins-Electsd Mayor, Four
Members Of Council, Recorder and
Treasure-AII New Officials Arc
Married-Promise Many Reforms.

Kansas City Woman has come into
her own in Umatilla, Ore, says the
Kansas City Times. Umatilla now has
woman mayor, four council omen.
q woman recorder and q woman treas
urer. They went into Office Jan. /.
The only thing left for the men is the
Office Of town marshal, and he or she
is appointed by the mayor. The men
are hoping for the best.
A campaign coup which has left the
men gasping swept the women into
Office. 1t was not until 2 o'clock the
afternoon of election day that the men
realized the women had q ticket in the
field Down at the town hall, where
the destinies Of Umatilla are shaped,
the politicians laughed at the "rumor."
It was joke. The smiles vanished
when the ballots were counted, and
the men still are wondering just how
it happened.
The women won't tell. They won't
say whether it was framed" at some
sewing circle, bridge club or church
social. All they will saysfs:
"Now we're going to show the men
what a strictly business and econom-
ical administration really is
3. E. Starcher, who was running for
reelection to the mayors Office, was
defeated by his wife BY twenty-eight
votes. All efforts to Interview Mrs.
Starcher have failed. However, after
a conference in the kitchen Mrs. Star
cher came to the door and gave out
this statement:
AS yet the women have nothing to
say as to their future policy or as to
why they desired control, but from the
best information we are able to obtain
they We're dissatisfied with the past
administration, claiming inefficiency
and general lack Of business ability
so far as the running Of the city was
concerned
Umatilla is a railroad town. All
morning election day; the women re-
NAMED at home, busy with their daily
duties. In the afternoon they put on
their bonnets and began a whirlwind
campaign, They met the trainmen in
the yards as they came i'll from their
various runs, buttonholed them and
carried them off to the polls. Despite
the fact that Mr.. Starcher is chief dis
patcher at that place, he did not swing
the labor vote.
All of the officers are married. Out
of possible 200 votes 174 were cast.
The defeat was decisive.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
ALL TRANSIT LINES IN
new YORK GREATLY TAXED
City Traffic Increasing at Rate of
More Than 100000
Annually.

New York.-1n November the subway
carried an average of 1,199,623 passen-
gers day and the "L'' 1,O14,883, a to-
tai of 2,214,5O6, according to state.
ment issued by the marlborough Rapid
Transit company. -.
Public Service Commissioner Whit
ney estimates that city traffic is in
creasing at the rate of more than
1OO,OOO,OO0 annually. More than 325
miles additional Of subway and ele-
waited lines are being built.
In 1872 total Of 1873, 722, 1856 passen-
gers were carried, or 147 rides during
the year for. each person in the city.
In 1882, the first year Of the ''L," $780,
51O,832 passengers were carried, or 215
rides for each person in the city. In
1906, the first year Of the Subway,
1861, 20G were carried. or 298 rides
for each person.
Under the caption Of struggling to
Keep Up With New York" the Inter-
borough officials say:
each year the problem of handling
the millions Of New York traffic grows
increasingly difficult. The struggle is
hard, not to anticipate the city's fu-
ture needs, but merely to keep up with
the present. Extensions Of transit ia
cilitfes, no matter how rapid, do not
seem able to keep pace with crowds
and congestion.
In September the subway carried a
daily average of 100000 passengers.
By November this average was in
creased to 100000 daily.
GAIL this traffic, too, it should be re-
membered, was ON lines designed orig
inally to care for 100000 passengers
daily.
always it is the same story. No
matter how fast rapid transit lines are
built in New York city, the transporta
ton needs of the population seem to
keep ahead Of them"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
GETS LICENSE ON CREDIT.

Has the Time, the Place, the Girl, but
No Money.
Macon, Ga. - Simon Cox had the
nerve and the girl, but not the money
to get married on.
Cox took his troubles to Attorney HUI
bert f. Rawls, who stood him in good
stead in city court few months back,
and Rawls agreed to stand good for the
marriage license.
Together Cox and the attorney went
to the ordinary's Office, and after ex-
planning things Rawls got a license for
Cox and Miss Ella Hardy of East Ma
con.
"I'n pay you in a few days." Cox told
the ordinary as he walked out of the
office with the license in his hand.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
CAN'T FIND ANY POOR.

Utopia Flushing, N. W Hasn't One
Person Who Is In Need.
New York Utopia is just nine and
seven-tenths miles from Manhattan.
It is sometimes called Flushing.
In this Utopia is jefferson Demo
cratic club, which looks after sthe5
wants of the poor in its vicinity
around Christmas.
The members contributed 81. 500, and
a committee was appointed to hunt
out the needy that they might be sup
piled with holiday baskets:
The committee, after investigating,
reported there were no needy in
Flushing, and the Democratic club has
$500 on its hands with which it
doesn't know what to do.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
COLONEL HAS A FIRE TRUCK.
New Apparatus Allays Oyster Bays
ear of lncendiaries.

New Apparatus Allays Oyster Bays
Fear of lncendiaries.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Fear Of incen-
diarism which has filed the residents
of this section for the last few months
resulted in the putting into service by
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and other
wealthy men of a modern fire truck.
The machine is guaranteed to make
the steep run up Sycamore Hill in rec
ord time. and the new apparatus gives
Oyster Bay the best fire protection on
Long Island outside of Brooklyn.
There have been many disastrous
ires on the estates Of residents Of the
north shore recently. Among those
who joined Colonel Roosevelt in con-
tributing toward the new fire truck
were w. r. Coe, G. K.G. Billings, j.
Stuart Blackton, Colgate Hoyt and
Mortimer L. Schi1.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
let old GLORY FLY
Duffy Ignored U Boats Command
to Lower CoIors.
CHEMUNG SUNK BY TORPEDO.

When Captain and Crow Of Thirty four
Got Into Small Boats, Flag Was
Swapping In Breeze-They Pulled
Away From the Side of the Doomed
Liner With It Still Flying.
New York.-Captain John L. Duffy,
stockily built, square jawed, weather
tanned, was among the first of the 274
passengers who came ashore from the
French liner Rochambeau. Until Nov.
% the captain was in command of the
American steamship Chcmung. On
that day torpedo from an Austrian
submarine sank his ship in the Med
iterSanean off the coast Of Spain.
The captain was not at all dismayed
by his experience, and he said that he
would take out another vessel just as
soon as he could get one. He has
made several trips to Archangel during
the war, and submarines do not scare
him bit. Until he goes to sea again
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
new BELL FOR COLUMBIA.
Old Locomotive Changer to Pass At 1918
Commencement,

Old Locomotive Changer to Pass at 1918
Commencement.
New Columbia students, who
have hurried to chapel for two years
upon the changing Of an old locomotive
bell, will have university bell at the
1918 commencement for the first time
since the old Columbia college build
ings at Madison avenue and Forty
ninth street were deserted twenty years
ago. The new bell is to be the class
gift Of '93 on the occasion Of it's twen-
ty-ffth anniversary.
The new bell will weigh in the neigh
borhood Of 1000 pounds and will be
mounted over the portico Of st. Paul's
chapel. It will strike the hours, and
in addition will be used as the chapel
bell.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
GIRLS, HERE'S JULIA!

He Wants a Wife, but Name Bars Him
at Home.
Boston.-A. Julia Shepard, pros
porous farmer Of Derry, N. H., is un-
able to find a wife at home because OF
his middle name. SO he has come to
Massachusetts, to look for one. Re-
Gently he was looking them over in
Holyoke.
am twenty-seven years old, am
making good money and wish to have
a real home, he said to a reporter
there. IF there is a girl who is look
ing for man like me would be glad
to have her write to me-.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
And Sill Eous Are Aiuh.

Charleston, w. Va. Elossie Is the
name Ola Rhode Island Red hen owned
BY Z P. White. farmer of Birch Run.
1kanawha county, She has laid an egg.
very day for two months. each Of
which Is much larger than the ordinary
egg. The last and largest Of these
measured eight and one-half inches the
ong way around and seven inches In
he other largest circumference. Flos
lie Is less than. one year old. SIS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
SAYS HE BURIED GOLD.
Old Man on Way to English Workhouse
Tells of It.

VIZ N0u vi way " IuSJlSu w OFNNOuSo
Tells Of 1t.
Corning, Cal.-Mrs. T. L. Barkle of
Newlyn, England, in letter to her
son, the Rev. T. j. Barkle of this city,
states an old man named Kempe, who
came from California less than dozen
years ago, was found on the verge Of
starvation and taken to the workhouse.
Among the old mans effects was found
nearly $1,000. This was all made in
California, and on the way to the
workhouse Kempe said he had buried
about $1,000 in California in hole
five feet deep, but never could find it.
Little is known of Kempe except that
he was miner in California and re-
turned to England eleven or twelve
years ago.
Somewhere in the mining district Of
California bag containing $1,000 is
buried
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
Samson Has Modern Counterpart

Samson Has Modern counterpart.
New York.-Samson, who carried of
the gates of GAIA. has modern coun-
terpart in New York. Massive bronze
valves from beneath the surface of
Cooper square,, each weighing 500
pounds, have been carried off by some
strong man. Since they are of no value
for any purpose except water gates
there is mystery problem worrying
the detective bureau.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
Shot al Movie Picture.

Hammond. Ind. Patrons Of the
9 Lyric theater were thrown into panic
here when John Sebastian. a foreigner
whipped ont revolver and killed the
villain. who was choking the beautiful
heroine IN the movie. The shot pune
.tured the arch fiend's breast. He was
choking the lady. said John. as DO.
siiceman led him away
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
WIDOW TO GIVE AWAY LAND.
3WilI Donate Building Site to Any cou-
pie Who'll Live Near Her.

PIE "nOU Live wear f1ers
Paterson, N. J.-Mrs. w. e. Wester-
welt, lonesome wealthy widow, eighty
years old, has offered to give free
tract of land to any young couple who
will build and live in a bungalow
alongside the new house she is having
constructed outside the city, In her
opinion city life is not good for young
married persons because there are too
many movies and other attractions to
draw their attention from the home.
Mrs. Westervelt is interested in reli-
gious work among young people and Is
moving from her house at 10 Church
street because she believes that a coun-
try life is the best one to lead for
health and happiness. Her offer was
made known after church services the
other night, and It Is expected she will
have many applicants for the building
lot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
LEFT FORTUNE TO SERVANT.
Relatives Of Dead Woman Fight the
Bequest.

RELATIVES OF dead woman Fi9ht tho
Request.
Carlyle, ILL., Kate Mulcahy, gray
haired and rheumatic, is heir to an es-
tate between 100000 and $200,000 left
by her mistress, Mrs. John McCabe,
but relatives Of the dead woman are
going to try to break the will.
Kate served Mrs. McCabe forty-one
years. Mrs McCabe's husband was
prosperous physician when Kate came
to work for them. He died, leaving lit
tie property Kate left for a time, but
Mrs. McCabe's urgent pleas caused her
to return at financial sacrifice
1 Mrs. McCabe said Kate should be the
sole heir to the mistress property if
Kate would stick by her till death.
Then oil was struck on the McCabe
property, making Mrs. McCabe the
richest woman in Clinton county. She
kept her promise to Kate just the same.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
REBUILD A VILLAGE
Erect Group Of Houses In War
Swept Section.
AMERICANS HELP IN WORK.

Cornerstone Of First Building In Vitri-
mont, France, Laid by Ambassador
sharp-Mrs. Croker Is Donor-Men
Not Fitted For Military Service Do
ing Construction Work.
Fitrimont, France. - This village,
which, like it's neighbor, Gerbeviller.
was destroyed early in the war, will
have the honor Of being the first vii
1age reconstructed in France, and this
is due to American enterprise
me AvD"aiuanS =" eiEvVrv >.-~-~- w.,
the cornerstone Of the first group of
houses having been laid by the Amer
lean ambassador. William Graves
Sharp. 49, ~
Mrs. William 81. Crecker of San
Francisco. who has furnished the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13

Fifty-cent Offer For III 900 Gems.
8 New York.-An offer Of 50 cents for
$11 600 worth Of Brazilian diamonds
was the best Washington Force could
obtain. He admitted stealing them
from the steamer Vasari last week, the
New York police say. Disguised with
failure to find q buyer. he left the
gems in q laundry and wrote the COM
pany. He Is held IN s.. 600 bail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
HER 105TH. BIRTHDAY FEAST.

Mrs. Bennett Entertains Three Gener-.
atoms For the Holidays.
New York.-Alrs. Alice Bennett, who
celebrated the hundred and fifth ami
versary of her birth in her home in
Brooklynqrecently was somewhat tired.
but not so much that she did not cele-
brate Christmas.
She carried out her daily routine of
life and then had dinner with her son
and daughter. seven grand children and
five great grandch children. All except
her daughter live out Of town and were
+ her guests in Brooklyn over the holi-
days.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
HARVARD MEN SMOKE
LESS AND READ LESS

o Cambridge, Mass.-A decline in I
q the minor vices Of Harvard men !
o is indicated by the annual figures !
o by the Harvard Union. In the .
Q last year Harvard students have I
Q smoked fewer cigarettes and CT /
o CARS and have played billiards
o and pool less than they did a I
o year ago. Curiously enough, the /
. reading habits Of Harvard men
q slumped last year. In 1915 ST.
O 325 was spent for reading mat
q ter; In 1916, 1892.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
GuARDsMAN, TILTED,
ENDS LIFE IN UNIFORM

New York.-Jilted on his return
from the Mexican border, Ezra
: B. Nay1or, Jr., q New York ma
tional guardsman, put on his full
uniform, plugged all creyices in
his room, turned on the gas and
3 threw himself on his bed. with
his former fancee's picture, and
> died. On table was the letter
giving him his release and telling
him another had suppIanted him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
Doo Stars In Motion Pictures.

Dog Stars In Motion Pictures.
Carlisle, Pa.-Bill, bank messenger
bulldog and pet Of Carlisle, will 60
down in pictorial history to future gen.
erations. He is starred In motion
picture drama performing his daily
task Of carrying the hotel deposit to
the bank and returning with the pass
book. Among other popular tricks that
have been filmed is that Of smoking
pipe.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
PRIZE DOG SAVES MASTER.
8arks an Alarm When Auto Pins Or.
Hair Against Garage Wall.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Dr. James e.
Hair, widely known in this country
and Canada as q dog expert, probably
was saved from death by one of his
prize pets when the automobile he was
cranking shot forward and pinned him
against the wall Of the garage.
The barking Of the dog brought
nefghbors, who found DR.. Hair uncon-
scious. he was severely bruised in the
abdomen, but IS expected to recover.
Apparently he had thought the engine
neutral and had started it without set
ting the brake.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
County Jail Empty.

Jefferson City, Mo. There is not
prisoner in the Cole JAIL The last pris-
;oner was discharged recently. Accord
ing to the records of the .jail, this is
the first time in seventy-five years that
st has been without an occupant. AS a.
rule there are from five to twenty-five
prisoners in the jail, and at this time
OF year it usually is filed rs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13

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Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21

Wagner & Sons and others who have
been factors in the Valley for many
years. Considerable of the acreage
outside of the new organization is
around Heber, Imperial and the lower
end of the Valley.
1t is hardly likely that the old line
distributors will be near so keen in
the future to advance the Japanese
growers, not only the cost of growing.
but also to take the risk on the neces-
sary investment in order to secure
acreage. With higher freight rates,
increased cost of doing business and
other increases to face, some of them
at least are now inclined to inquire
whether they can make any real mon
ley this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21

The cantaloupe deal seems to be as
badly up in the air as it has been
right along. This week there have
been almost continuous meetings in
Los Angeles and Brawley, from which
numerous rumors nave crept out.
There have Deen SO many of these
that it is hard to separate the true
from the false. At first it was thought
that the whole plan of the japanese
Growers Association was off and that
there was no possibility of the organ
ization amounting to anything. Later
lit was definitely stated that an or
ganization had been formed with plen-
ty of capital to finance the PROPOSE
ton. Even now it is not absolutely
possible that it has been consummat-
ed.
Out of the mass of rumors the fact
sticks out that in all probability the
1918 Imperial Valley cantaloupe crop
will be marketed in much the same
way as in past years. Attorney Al
len of Brawley, said to have been a
former state senator from Kansas,
who had located in the Imperial val
ley year or so ago, returned to Los
Angeles fom Brawley this week. 1t
us reported that he has been quietly
suggesting tina individual distributors
see the Japanese Farmers Association
regarding the acreage they desire to
handle. Mr.. Allen says that the Asso-
citation is fully organized and will ham
die lettuce, peas and Strawberries in
addition to cantaloupes. He claims
that sufficient capital has been prom
ised, but fails to name it's source. Let
ters are now coming from growers di-
rected to individual distributors here
offering to sign on the usual terms.
The new Japanese-American Canta-
loupe Association will have plenty of
competition in the valley One small
organization known as the Golden
West Cantaloupe Association was Or
ganized last week with 800 acres. 1t
will market through C. H. Weaver &
Co. This announcement came this
week. AS to. other acreages, quite a
few, it is said, have been signed. Faw-
cett will have his usual 600 acres; the
American Fruit Distributors are grow
ing 400 acres on their own account
and have 300 contracted, all under the
we'll known Arrow brand; Speich, 100;
Brown, 260; Randolph Market Co.,
$40; Hunt-Hatch Company, 80; Ger
rard & Co., 450; A. Miller, 800; J.
Freidheim, 400, and Weaver & Co.,
$50, in addition to the Golden West
Association. Latest reports do not
show any Arakelian acreage nor that
of Crutchfield & Voolfolk, G. M. H.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
CANTAL0UPE DEAL
IS IN A TANGLE

New Japanese-American CantalOupe
Association Is Formed for the Pur-
pose of Marketing the Melons, but
Its Plans Are Said to Be in State
of Chaos
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21

KNIGHT TEMPLARS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Imperial Valley Commandery No.
"a, Knights Templar, has arranged
for the observance of Christmas, next
Tuesday morning at o'clock, in the
Masonic Temple.
The program, which is public, has
been prepared as follows:
March, "March of the Gnomes".
p....... Ellenburg
Mrs. Lillian Abels Miller
Invocation. 49,. Sir Thomas F. Force
Reading the call Sir James G. Miller
Choir, "Sing, o Heavens. . Perkins
Symbol Male Quartet
Welcome. ....... e. Sir Vene Bloomer
Toast to the Grand Master. .....
............By the Commander
Response. ....... Sir J. Stewart Ross
Solo, "There Is Song in the Air"
Speaks
Miss Georgia Watkins
The lesson-responsive. ive..........
............ BY the Commandery
The Lords Prayer. er..............
............ BY the Commandery
Solo, "The Birthday of the King
Selected
Miss Clarice Norton
Toast, "The the Grand Comman-
derry of California. .......
BY the Commander
Response. e. Sir Eugene D. White
Solo, christmas adaptation of
Allitson's "Song of Thanks
giving. =. Mrs. Phila Pettis Fox
Address, "Our Country.
............Sir Charles E. Scott
Choir, "There Dwelt in Old Ju-
uCd \IrlSgS
Symbol Male Quartet
Benediction. go. Sir Franklin J. Cole
Symbol Male Quartet-P. c..
Thacker, first tenor; w. w. Wash
burn, second tenor; r. H. Maddux,
first bass; A. H. Griswold, second
bass. Mrs. A. H. Griswold and Mrs.
II. M. OFT, accompanies