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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-04
Trnnns Called to Quell Mob.

Springfield, III, Sept. 4.-7Strike
sympathizers returning from La
Dor Day celebration in Bloomington
last night attacked street cars in the
main business section here, took the
notormcn and conductors off and
turned the cars loose. -Four cars were
demolished. Troops from the Ninth
Regiment were called out to qucIl a
which threatened further disorder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-04
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
CHASING A COYOTE IN
AUTO EXCITING SPORT
Hound, Sighting Game, Leaps
Over Mud Shield and Lands
Twenty Feet Ahead of Car.

Larned, Kan.-An exciting coyote
chase in automobiles took place near
Hanston. The party consisted of Bill
Ham, John Ham, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Seaman and William Warning. They
went in two cars and took three grey
hounds in each car
Mr.. Warning says that auto polo is
mild compared with the way those two
cars chased across the prairie, ravines
and bluffs after coyotes. He said that
his speedometer Registered forty miles
one time when he dared to glance at it.
and he was afraid to look again.
They were going along between twen-
ty and thirty miles an hour at the time
they started up the first coyote, and
when the biggest hound in Mr.. War
rings car sighted the wolf it leaped
over the wind shield and hood and
landed running twenty feet ahead of
the car. The coyote was big fellow.
but the hounds finally brought him
down, the big hound throwing him.
while the others pinned him down.
While chasing the first coyote the
other auto nearly ran over another one.
which leaped up almost from under the
wheels of the car. The men shot at it
several times, wounding it. but because
Of the speed of the bounding car could
get but poor aim. 1t finally ran into a
hole and was fshed out With a wire.
Messrs. Ham and Seaman have killed
many coyotes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
MILITARY TRAINING FOR
HALF A MILLION BOYS
Defense Society Plans Drills In High
Schools Throughout Country.

New York.-With the object of great
ly reducing the time required to make
competent soldiers out of raw recruits.
the American Defense society set in
motion a comprehensive plan for Or
ganizing the junior and senior classes
Of every boys high school in the coun-
try into military training units. New
York state alreay has military train
ing of high school students. Every
other state in the Union has received
the ''call to arms
The action was taken by the mill
tary defense committee of the society
after consulting Major General Leon
ard Wood. Volunteers will be required
to read the constitution Of the United
States and pledge themselves before
the mayors Of their cities to uphold 1t.
Then they will receive certificates of
enrolment. charters and detailed in
structions for military training week
by week. A ten mile hike each week
and setting up exercises will be re-
quired of recruits. who will be COM
PEELED to put themselves in first class
physical trim.
The society and it's advisers are par
ticularly anxious that the boys of the
country should not be taught anything
that they would have to unlearn If at
the age Of eighteen they were called
to the colors after leaving school. For
that reason close order military drill.
the manual Of arms and such only will
be taught where competent instructors
are available.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
ST. PAUL And MINNEAPOLIS MINI. 1917
WILDCAT JUMPED AT AUTO.
Wisconsin Judge Brings Home Proof Of
Encounter on Tour.

Wisconsin Judge Brings Home Proof Of
Encounter on Tour.
Milwaukee, s.-Municipal Judge A:
c. Backus, bis wife and four children
narrowly escaped with their lives when
a wildcat jumped at the automobile in
which they were touring through the
state near Athens. Wis The animal
struck the front left tire so hard that
its skull was fractured, and it fell
backward dead on the road.
Il was driving toward Athens when
l noticed dark object on the left side
of the road" said Judge Backus. AT
first l thought it was a large dog.
When l saw that it was cat and too
large for tame cat l put on speed.
The cat jumped straight for the car,
and turned the wheel so that the cat
struck it. Its skull must have been
fractured. At the time had no means
of defense. 1t was lucky thing that
the cat was in front of the car instead
of at the side or it could have jumped
into the machine"
Judge Backus took the dead animal
from Athens to Marshfield, where he is
having 1t mounted. 1t weighed between
forty and fifty pounds and is of gray
ish brown color.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
S|XTy-F|vE YEARS OLD,
HIKES SIXTY-FIVE MILES
Samuel S. Gavin, Atlantic City
Lawyer, Celebrates Natal
Day With Long Walk.

Philadelphia. Samuel S. Gavin is all
attorney who was sixty-fve years old
recently. and he personally conducted
the following celebration:
He walked sixty-fve miles. Elapsed
time, midnight to S:15 p. m.
And did it on an empty stomach.
Then he came home.
Took a rundown.
Ate a big steak
%Smoked big cigar.
And said that he was off, the walk
ing stunt again until he was seventy
years old. when he would walk seventy
miles. ......
Mr.. Gavin is ruddy checked, agile.
athletic man who bellies his age. He
has been celebrating his birthday in
this manner for number of years, so
at midnight he left Atlantic City and
began his hike. He came to Kaighn's
ferry. which is sixty-one miles from
the shore. and thence to his home, a
distance of siXty-five miles. Mr.. Gavin
attributes his ability to make these
trips to regular system of living. Il
get up in the morning. take cold bath
and eat hot breakfast" he said
Then l keep myself on a regular
schedule and walk whenever l get the
chance. shall cut out walking birth
days after this and confine myself to
five year periods. About the time am
one hundred the Cobbs Creek boule.
ward may be done and may take a
century run over that
"Oh. forgot something. get busy
with the dumbbels every morning.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
AER0PLANES QUICKEST
SUBMARINE ANTIDOTE
Speed and Range Of Vision Three
Times That Of Destroyer.

Washington.-Rear 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.
IF congress-" he went on, should
order the immediate mobilization Of all
air men In the country aud 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 5000 in a year it would
go far toward remedying a present de-
feet in our defense which presents pos.
sibilities of the gravest danger.
1.-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 a subma-
rine that is entirely invisible to any
surface craft. 1t can destroy the sub
marine when it comes near the surface.
One thousand hydroaeroplanes along
our Atlantic coast will double the eff
cheney Of our destroyers and mosquito
fleet and increase the value Of our coast
protection from 200 to 800 per cent"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
BIBLES TO SOLDIERS.
Sunday School Children Give $4,000
toward Distribution al Front

Sunday School Children Give $4,000
toward Distribution at Front.
Princeton. N. 1.-THE Rev. DR.. John
Fox Of New York. secretary of the
American Bible society. told a group
of friends Of the society who assem-
bled at the university that Sunday
school children had contributed more
than $4,000 to provide European SOL
diers with Bibles and that more than
100000 copies of Testaments had been
sent to the front.
The Rev. A. G. Tucker, a missionary
who has spent years in Brazil. told Of
the distribution of Bibles in that coun-
try
President Hibben of the university,
at whose invitation the meeting was
held, presided. The guests assembled
first at President Hibben's home, but
so many accepted the invitations that
it was found necessary to adjourn to
McCosh hall.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
BEAN SHOOTER MINDS
MAKE RACE OF B0RES
All Too Much Alike, Says DR.. VIM
cent, Rockefeller Foun-
dalton 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 fifty-third
annual banquet. Some of his epigrams
were:
1.-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 a CITY
block"
Dr.. Vincent is one of the most rapid
of after dinner orators His humor
found ready response from the mem
bers of the society and their wives and
daughters. He said that his standards
of ideals were distractions from hu
man personality.
Ihe 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??, 1917-02-17
SHIPS CREW PANS GOLD.

Skipper Gave Them Day For Search
After Steamer Was Loaded.
San Francisco.-Every member of the
crew Of the steamer San Pedro, which
arrived here recently from Navidad
bay, thirty-tive miles from Manzanillo.
Mexico. had bag Of gold washed from
the sands of a creek that tumbled into
the bay near where the steamer was
loading cedar logs.
One of the crew discovered the gold.
All hands quit loading logs and with
dippers. pans and skillets started gold
mining.
The skipper finally promised that if
the men would finish loading the steam
er he would give them whole day to
hunt gold. He kept his word. They
averaged for the days work $50 apiece.
One man had more than 5000 in pre-
ciOus dust.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
LET OLD GLORY FLY
Duty ignored u Boats Command
to Lower CoIors.
CHEMUNG SUNK BY TORPEDO,

When Captain and Crew 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 pa
pa ssengers 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
iterranean off the coast Of Spain.
The captain was not at all dismayed
by bis 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??, 1917-02-17

the skipper will be at his home, 237
East One Hundred and Sixty-third
street.
"The 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 mp 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 pIacat
Gu ny JdCODSell , SldtclllelL tliL inc
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.
1--WE were hardly out Of range when
the submarine opened fire on the Che
mung," the skipper continued. She
attempted to sink the ship by she'll
fire, but as this had apparently no eff.
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 a few seconds later she had
dived beneath the sea-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

GUARD ON MANHATTAN BRIDGE
ard were inclined to linger and watct
the guard mount Sharp bayonets
emphasized the commands Trolley
cars sped from end to end of the
bridges without a pause The street
car companies had been ordered to per
nit no hesitation by mOtormen.
Among the naval miIitamen who an.
swered the call to report was Vincent
ASiOr
There are about 1000 men in the
New York organization Of the naval
militia. but only the first and second
battaionS were originally called upon
to contribute detnchments. The First
battalion had headquarters aboard the
Granite State. at the foot of West
Ninety ninth street. where Commodore
Forshcw had his headquarters.
The Second battalion. commanded by
Captain Fitzgerald. was situated at the
foot of Fifty fifth street. South Brook
lyn. Captain Fitzgerald established
headquarters in the Hotel Sinclair
brooklyn.
From seventy.tive to ninety men
were detailed to each of the bridges
Groups were stationed at the anchor.
ages and pier bases of the bridges, and
from these points searchlights were
flashed Arc lights were suspended
from the bridge foorings
\ fifty foot dead line. prohibiting
vessels from approaching nearer than
fifty feet Of piers of the bridges. was
established 1t was enforced by five
tugs of the naval militia. These tugs
cruise up and down the river Each
had three men armed with rifles be.
sides an officer The squadron was in
command of Ensign Russell
Particular attention was centered on
guarding the Brooklyn and Manhattan
bridges. inasmuch as destruction Of
either of these structures would pre-
vent egress Of war vessels from the
navy yard.
Besides the militiamen. a company
of sailors from the battleship New Jer-
sey were in duty on the He'll Gate rail
way bridge.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

mittee desires each chapter immediate
ly to make adequate preparation to
carry out the work for which, the Red
Cross is chartered by congress. Call
meeting of executive committee at
once. Make: tentative arrangements
capable Of quick completion for rOOmy
centrally located headquarters and
equipment for same.
IF not already active appoint fol
lowing committees: Finance. hospital
garments and surgical supplies. com
fort bags. packing and shipping. pub
licity and information. motor service:
appoint committee on cooperation with
outside organizations. which should be-
gin work at once.
File names and addresses of all vol
unteers. assigning as far as possible to
above committees For information
concerning courses of instruction for
lay women inquire of bureau of nurs~
ing service. Washington. Refer grad
uate nurses to same bureau. Doctors
volunteering should be referred to
Washington. Men wishing to volunteer
for service should take first aid courses.
and the possibility Of organizing SAM
tary training attachments should be
taken up at once.
"Present to public vital Importance
Of large supporting chapter member.
ship and appoint special committee to
conduct aggressive membership enroll.
ment. Detailed instructions will be
sent as needs develop.
Central committee asks prompt &C.
acknowledgement by letter or telegram Of
these instructions. giving outline of
your preparation. Call freely on head.
quarters for full cooperation since cen
trail committee. realizing opportunity of
service to country, bespeak every effort
for complete and thorough organization
for possible needs''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
TEACHING INDIANS IS
THIS WOMAil'S HOBBY
Mrs. Molineux Declares Red Man Can
Be Led, but Will Not Be Driven.

Salt Lake City.-To have mothered
one or possibly two tiny lives through
the strenuous days Of early infancy is
a task that most women consider plen-
ty, but Mrs. Elizabeth Molineux, until
recently a teacher in the United States
Indian service, has the distinction of
having mOthered whole tribe of Pluto
Indians, and claims the satisfaction of
having raised them, old and young,
from condition bordering on the
squalid state where they consider
cleanliness next to goodness and, one
and all, are heartily in favor of both.
Mrs. Molineux recently resigned her
post as teacher on the Shivwits res
ervation in southern Utah and is in
Salt Lake resting preparatory to going
to Ketchikan, Alaska, to take charge
OF the Episcopal church's mission
school there. She is a guest at the
home of the Right Rev. Paul Jones,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Utah, while here.
Indians have become a hobby with
this dim1nutive little ScotchwOman,
She speaks their languages and in her
eight years of service with the Indian
department has been intimately asso-
ciated with the trials and tribulations
that beset poor 10 on his native heath.
Mrs. MOlineuX is an ardent church.
woman and attributes her success in
dealing with Indians to the fact that
by blending religious teachings with
the three RS" she has dismissed dis
trust of her from the minds of her
charges and has always been regarded
by them more in the light of friend
than teacher She declared the H.
dian mind to be susceptible to teaching
if properly approached, but adds that
he can be led but will not be driven.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
RED CROSS 4 Ready
War Order Sent at First Sign of
Diplomatic Bresk.
NEED DOCTORS and NURSES.

Two Hundred and sixty-fse Chapters
Throughout tho Country directed to
Organize First Aid classes and to
Prepare For Assembling Hospital
Equipment and Surgical Supplies.
Observation-Disclosures to put the
American Red Cross on a. footing for
active war relief lin view of present
events and possible developments
were, ordered by the soelety's head
here The 2es5 chapters
throughout the country were directed
to organize first aid classes prepare
for assembling hospital equipment and
surgical supplies. list volunteer doc
tors and nurses and take sny other
steps necessary to insure complete pre-
paredness for relief work.
The circular order sent to the chap.
ters reads as follows:
I'm view Of present events and pos
sible developments the central com.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
MUST OBEY WIFE FOR YEAR.

Must Also Take Pledge, Is Ruling Of a
Cincinnati Judge.
C1ncinnati.-FOr one year Alfred
Ainsworth of 912 Livingston street
must obey his wife's commands or
serve a suspended sentence of three
months in the workhouse. In addition
he must at bis wife's command sign
the pledge. This is the decision of
Judge Fox. rendered in the municipal
court, after the wife had preferred
charges of assault and battery.
IF he refuses to obey you just re-
port to me-" Judge Fox sententiously
remarked to Mrs. Ainsworth. Aims
worth meekly followed when his wife
said ''let's go home"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
WIVES WILL RIDE TOO.

Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Marshall to Join
In Inaugural Parade.
washington. = Senator Overman.
chairman Of the Joint inaugural Com
mittee Of congress. announced that the
president and the vice president will
be accompanied by their wives when
they ride up Pennsylvania avenue, to
the White House after the inaugural
ceremonies at the capitol on Monday
March ).
The first wife of a president to ride
with her husband following the inau
Sural ceremonies was Mrs. Taft. Mrs
Marshall will be the first wife of vice
president to ride in the inaugural pa
rade' A third carriage for the ina ugura
committee will be an innovation. All
three will he draw by four horses each
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
PUNY ITALIAN SINGS WAY.
Ability to Make Living Doubted Until
He Renders Aria.

Boston.-Dominick Pacifcio. thirty
years old. sang his way into this coun.
try. When he arrived recently from
Italy he was held because of his puny
physique. the immigration officials
doubling his ability to make his way
in the United States.
"But can, if you give me chance"
said Pacificio. II am an opera singer"
Sing. them" challenged an inspector.
Before the board Of special inquiry
the Italian struck up an aria from LA
Tosca." When the song ended the
board of inquiry unanimously voted
that with such voice it was not likely
Pacificio would become public charge.
The Italian said he would go to Phila
delphia to join brother, a priest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
LONG WALK FOR JUROR.
Trains Did Not Serve, So McCrill Foot
ed It For Many Miles.

ed 1t For Many Miles.
Leavenworth. Kan.-How would you
like to take little jaunt, say twenty
five or thirty miles. at the present
time? Sure. a nice little walk Well.
Kirby McCrill so sizes up trip of thar
length.
Kirby was among those summoned
TO sit on jury. There happened to be
no trains coming to Leavenworth when
Kirby desired to start. That didn't
bother him. neither did the high price
Of shoe leather. So Kirby walked to
Kansas City. distance Of about TWEEN
ty-seven miles.
1T was just nice little STROLL" said
Kirby. Il take long walks often and
there is nothing like it to preserve ones
good health. At Kansas City l caught
an interurban car and came to Leaven
worth. intend to walk back when !
get through with the jury work. -"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
Surgeon Replaced Mules Ear.

Flushing. O.-The ear Of valuable
mule of the Belmont Coal company has
been saved. While being worked in
the mine live wire came in contact
with the mules ear and burned it off
close to the head. Dr. V. II. Stevens
was summoned and he sewed the ear
back on the mules head. The opera
ton was successful and the mule will
not be disfgured.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17

Waits Fifty Years For Fathers Gift.
Pittsburgh. Pat cost fifty years of
Waiting and lawsuit against his STEP
mother. but John w. Baker of New
Bloomfield recently received 1925.
turned over to his mother by his father
II 1861. 1t was to be bis on his ia
hers death. but Mrs. Rebecca T.
Baker. stepmother and Administrative,
lad withheld payment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-17
PONDER FIRST RECRUIT.
Postmistress Gets Reward Of SIS For
"Sodier 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 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 woman.
Miss Mary Rudihil. handler of the
mails in Forsyth. Ca, who enlisted
Richard Lewis Ponder of that place.
according to First Sergeant Ernest Fl.
Galway Of the local marine corps re-
cruiting station.
There may be nothing in name."
unused Galway. but be was the first.
and that makes one ponder.