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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
KING GEORGES BADGES
FOR INVALID SOLDIERS
Medals Also Will 30 Awarded to
ouesn's Nursing Service.

London.-lt is officially announced.
says the London Times. that on the
recommendation Of the army council
the king has approved the issue of
silver badge to officers and men of
the British. Indian and oversee forces
who have served at home or abroad
since Aug. 4. 1914. and who on ac
count OF age or physical inllrmity
arising from wounds or sickness caused
by military service have, in the case
OF officers, retired or relinquished their
Submissions or, In the case of privates.
been discharged from the army.
The badge will also be awarded tn
members Of Queen Alexandra's impe
rial military nursing service. regular.
reserve and territorial force, Queen
Alexandria nursing service for India
and members Of voluntary aid detach
ments who have quilted the service
under above conditions: also to civil
practitioner and to other civilians
who. having occupied positions nor
nally held BY officers or other ranks
OF the royal army medical CORDS undor
4 d1sd agreement for . period Of serv-
ice, have been forced to resign bv
physical incapacity caused by military
service.
The badge - n tho form Of q circle
IN inch and quarter In diameter.
The circle bears the words "ror King
ana Empirs-eervices Rendered." and
the imperial cipher sur
mounted BY q crown. It will be worn
ON tho hight breast or on the right lapel
OK the jacket with plain clothes only.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD.

Mrs. Van Sickle Takes Active Part Ia
Her Birthday Celebration.
Sussex. N. J.-Surrounded by her ok
children. twenty grandchildren and
four Observation-Disclosures. to say moth
Ing Of host of relatives, friends and
neighbors. Mrs. Sarah Van Sickle Of
Vantage township. two miles from
here. celebrated her one hundredth
birthday. She took an active part in
the celebration and urged the younger
ones to dance and play games while
she looked ON and directed things.
Mrs. Van Sickle was born and bas
lived In this part of New Jersey ali
her life. She said that her health
was good and that she felt no older
than she did thirty years ago. She is
still able to read without the aid of
glasses and is daily reader Of the
newspapers. The sewing machine still
claims much of her time. but she II
not able to thread tho needle 40 dex.
terously az once.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
BEAN SHOOTER MINDS
MAKE RACE OF BORES
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 fifty-third
annual banquet. Some Of his epigrams
were:
THE truth is. we are so much alike
tilat we bore each other almost to dis.
traction"
some people have tubular minds,
like bean shooters. You load them ut
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
or after dinner orators. His humor
round ready response from the men,
Ders OF the society and their wives and
daughters. He said that his standards
OF IDEALS were distractions from hu-
man personality.
Ine hard headed person." be end
ed, is one into whose brain YOU cannot
urlil an idea when he is not looking"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
SPoRTSMEN PLAN TO WIPE
OUT THE ENGLISH SPARROW
win AK Governor Of Every State
to Aid In Work.

New York.-The League OF Ameri-
can sportsmen. whose object il tho
preservation Of Wild life. is consider
Ing the question of tnauguratin ma
ton wide campaign for the destruction
OF the English sparrow. It's Official,
say this bird has made such headway
here that It is driving out the smaller
song and 1nsectivorous birds and that
1t has become a question Of whether
We Will have only the English sparrow
to represent our bird life or destroy It
and regain some nfty species of useful
and beautiful birds that used to in
habit farms and countryside all over
the land.
The league intends to issue procla.
nation declaring war on the English
sparrow and setting aside a week. DOS
sibly in April or May of next year, to
be devoted especially to waging II.
The governor Of every state will be
asked to aid the work. Printed in
structions as to the plan of the cam
pa1gn will be sent to the mayors Of all
incorporated cities and villages, to the
heads Of the school systems in every
county. to college presidents. to princi-
pals Of preparatory schools, to the
heads Of the boy scouts in each state
and to other organizations which might
be expected to extend sympathy and
aid.
Four principal methods of action will
be Employed: Tearing down the nests,
trapping the birds, shooting them I'M
der police supervision and under H.
censes issued by the police authorities,
and. in cities where water pressure is
available. turning the hose on the
birds at night after they have gone to
roost
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
AUTO AIDS GUNNERs.
Makes Adirondack Accessible "a
Week End Trips.

Makes Adirondack Accessible 70,
Week End Trips.
Utica, N. Yin most sections of the
Ad1rondacks 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 car. '.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
OPERATES ON RIGID JAWS.
Surgeon Uses Cushion Of Fat 70 Max.
Thorn Work.

Surgeon Uses q Cushion Of Fat to Max.
Thorn Work.
Philadelphia patient whose Jaws
had been rigid for twenty years, who
had never learned to talk and who
had been obliged to obtain all bis
nourishment through a 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
sti6ened joints, scraped away a hard
bony substance which was found GOV.
ering them and inserted a cushion of
fat taken from another part OF the
mans body.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
SAWS WOOD AT NINETY.TW0.

Having Finished Job, Says He Wants
PickereI While Ice Lasts.
New York.-Garrett Iseman. ninety
two years old. flung the last neatly
cloven stick on seven foot woodpile
behind his house at sparkill, Rock
land county. and went up to the attic
to overhaul bis fishing tackle. Having
finished saving and splitting his win
ter's wood supply. be is going after
some pickerel while the ice lasts.
You won't find any knots slung un.
der the house either" he told neighbors
who complimented him on his vigor.
isema9 worked on the first train that
ran 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??, 1917-03-10
EXPLORING BRAZIL
Wife of Dr.. Rice With PARTY on
Trip to Amazon.
WIDOW OF TITANIC VICTIM.

Dr.. Rice Has Mapped About 100000
Square Miles In Vicinity Of Miahtis,t
Stream In World-Yacht Protected
With Rust Proof Screens to Ward
on Flying Pests.
New York.-The people of the great
oeest are again to see DR.. A. Hamil-
tn Rice. With Mrs. Rice he left here
a the yacht Alberta for the river of
The Amazons to complete his explora-
lions TN the northwestern part of the
basin Of the mightiest stream in all
he world.
Mrs. Rice. who was formerly Mrs.
George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is
Aersef interested in science and will
help in the work Of the expedition.
she has been directing until recently
ne building and equ1pping of the great
library at Harvard university which is
Z memorial to Mr.. Widener, who was
0et on the steamship Titanic.
The yacht will stop first at Barbados
and then 60 up the Amazon to Manaos.
Brazil, $50 miles from the coast, and
sAao into the Rio Negro to Santa Isa-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
SCARS OVER FIGHT
Flnancier Sees Somme Battle
From an AeropIane.
BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES.

Henry p. Dawson of J. p. MORAN e.
Co. Courses Leisursly Up and Down
In Wide Circles Over Battlefield For
an Hour, Watching Mighty Drama
Directly Below.
New York.-To climb into a French
armed aeroplane during moments of a
terrific final assault on the Somme.
then to course leisurely up and down
and In wide circles over the battlefield
Tor an uour waIcu1u6 pcrwccu ones
s107 1900 7:77 mighty drama directly
below and finally to fly more than
three miles straight back over the Ger
mans country during the battle and
get away with it-that would be a fly
ing trip which most Americans would
want to talk about when they rot home.
But not so Henry P. Dawson Of ]. P.
Morgan & Co., who arrived homo
from the wars" on tho American liner
Philadelphia, accompanied by Ars. d.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
FLY SAVES Boys LIFE,

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??, 1917-03-10
WOULD EGG HENS ON TO LAY

Food Eugenist Has Plan to Control
Their Output.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the din and
clamor for federal legislation to deal q
solar plexus blow to the high cost of lv-
Ing came unique and feugenic sugges-
ton from southern representative.
The legislator announced his 1nten-
ton, OF introducing resolution for
compulsory egg control for hens. He
expressed belief that it might be easy
to curb output, but was perplexed as
to the practicability of speeding up the
lay to any appreciable extent.
he says, however, he believes his
plan makes the matter Of Investigation
pale into insignif1cance.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
COYOTE ATTACKS AUT0IST.
After II Was Run Over Il Wanted Z
Bite tho Drivar 49,.

After II Was Run Over Il Wanted to
Bite tho Driver. ...
Reno, Nev.-That coyote that will
attack the front end Of any automobile
travelling thirty miles an hour, allow
himself to be run over and then get up
and attack the driver Of the car who
out Of curiosity stopped to see what
damage was done must be mad is the
opinion of P. Y. ellison, who enjoyed
this experience on Lakeview hill. near
Carson, the other night.
The coyote was game, according to
ellison, but was so badly cut up that it
was easily driven off with rocks before
1t bit any one. ellison was accompa-
MED Oh the trip by County Commits
sioner Heinrich.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
DEAF Man IN BATTLE
1 HERO UNDER FIRE
Unable to Hear Orders, He Faces
Silent Death Rescuing
Wounded.

London.-some day. the stretcher
bearers who are working steadily
throughout the big attack ought to
have a monument all to themselves
They have already earned it by their
magnificent courage under terrific fire
One ofdcsr Of Manchester pals"
regiment which fought at Mametz and
elsewhere 10 now in London hospital
MS life saved by the courage of the
men who dashed through q curtain OF
nre to his rescue when be fell helm
lessly wounded. :"
He says that all the time the stretch.
or bearers were doing things which
deserved the distinguished conduct
medal. and he told Of at least one man
who he thinks has won it. This Is q
man so deaf that he was unfit for work
In the trenches. He was a cheerful
sort, and the men liked the queer
things that happened when he failed
to hear an order.
Every one but the deaf man stood to,
He took no notice.
During the big battle he was ordered
to the clearing station just behind the
lines. but he spent the whole day un-
der the murderous fire Of the machine
guns and the artillery between the
nrst line trenches and q shorter trench
FAR advanced in the most exposed part
OF the ground, picking up the wounded;
twisting them On to his broad back
and staggering back with them under
fire until he reached a place of CON-
parative safety.
Then he went back into the thick of
It again. he was the one man in that
toilins, devoted company who did not
hear the awful clamor Of the shells
but calmly faced a silent death. The
Pals whom he has so often amused
are now hoping that he will get the
medal he deserves.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
PONDER FIRST RECRUIT.
rostm'stress Gets Reward Of IS For
"Soldier Of tho Sea-"

Fostm'stress Gets Reward Of IS For
"SoIdier Of tho 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
lighting man. In the activities of the
postmaster campaign for recruits for
the United States marine corps the
hrst person to receive the S. reward
Tor the securing Of a 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 II.
Galway of the local marine corps re-
cruiting station.
There may be nothing in a name"
unused Galway. "but he was the first,
and that makes one ponder"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
LUCKY COIN TO DAUGHTER.
Governor Psnnypacker Carried Il r.
Pocket For Fifty.five Years.

Governor Psnnypacker Carried Il IN
Pocket For Fifty.five Years.
N0rr1stown, Pa.-The will Of former
Governor Samuel w. Pennypacker,
Just admitted to probate, distributes an
estate estimated at $4,000 to $4,000
among his widow and children.
One Of the odd features of the will
Is the clause which leaves to his
daughter, Josephine w. Pennypacker.
the silver dollar given me by nv
grandmother. which has been in my
pocket wherever have been and wher.
ever have gone during the last fifty
i've years"
This coin. says the testator. ''is the
one concrete thing most closely asso-
c1ated with me personally
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
BABEL. OF TONGUES.
Alien Residents to Be Taught English
at NIGHT Glasses.

Alien Residents to Be Taught English
at Night Glasses.
Bayonne. N. jim an effort to Amer.
icanize this city Preston Il. Smith. su-
perintendent Of schools here, will in
s1tute this fall and winter night
classes for the instruction Of its popu
lation in the English language. or its
10000 inha bitants Bayonne has 5000
who speak foreign tongues.
II these can be induced to adopt the
language of the :epublic Mr.. Smith be-
ieves that it will be better for bust
ness. better for education and much
better In case of strikes. As he point
ed out. when one side in labor dis
pute does its arguing In speech in
comprehensive to the other side there
Is not much chance of satisfactory
settlement.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
CRUISER TO CARRY RELIEF

0es moinss Also Will Take on Ameri-
can Refugees at Jaffa.
New York.-Felix M. Warburg. chair
man OF the joint distribution commit
tee for Jewish war relief, announced
that the United States cruiser -Des
Moines would leave soon for Alexan.
dr1a and proceed to Jaffa to transport
the medical supplies sent by the COM
mittee for tho hospitals in Palestine.
Through the courtesy Of the secre-
tary of tho navy, permission has been
granted for the cruiser to take aboard
at JANA the wives and children Of
American citizens who desire to leave
the country and come to the United
States. The passage from Janfa to
Alexandria occupies about thirty-six
hours.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10

bel, the base of the explorations. The
Reg1on to which DR.. Rice and the scien-
lists accompanying him are to give
their attention is bounded on the north
~ the Guaviare river, on the west by
the Andes, on the south by the Ca
quota river and on the east by the Rio
Negro. The territory included in the
plan comprises parts of Brazil, Vene-
zuela and Colombia.
DIR. Rice has mapped about 100000
square miles of this region. He pro-
poses to make survey of the tribu-
aries OF the Rio Negro and to COM
Nete as nearly as he can the maps Of
enormous tracts yet practically unex-
Dlored.
SO well equipped is this expedition
that 1t Is expected that it will accom-
pl1sh more work in the six months It
Will be away than could be done in
twice that period under ordinary con-
ditions. The yacht Alberta is in her
self veritable floating citadel armed
against trouble. One of the plaques
OF tropical South America comes from
the insects. There are many flies and
mosquitoes that inflict painful bites
and cause disease. To ward off the
flying pests DR.. Rice has had the AL
berta equipped with rustproof screens
OF fine copper mesh, so that every
deck and every port hole will be pro-
tected.
There are other insects to be guarded
against, among them various kinds of
ants. One of the worst of them is the
Leaf cutting ant, the sauba, which will
eat up the ordinary tarletan MOSQUITO
net as though it were so much cobweb.
In the account Of one of his previous
expeditions DR.. Rice tells how the ants
devoured not only mosquito net, but
pair of trousers and the pockets of
his coat. The tabano or blood sucking
fly is menace to life in this part Of
the Amazon basin. The chigos burrow
into the skin and cause intense suffer
ing: With the copper mesh screens
and with other appliances for warding
OF the insects, the party expects to re-
duce the discomfort from this source
to the minimum.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
ASLEEP, NOT DEAD.
Printer Woke Up In Time to Dodqe the
Coroner and Undertaken.

Printer Woke Up In Time to Dodge the
Coroner and Undertaken.
Mount Pleasant, N. y Harry
Daugherty. printer. was dead to all
lntents and purposes the other evening.
The members Of the household where
he lived so reported to an undertaken
and the coroner. The coroner immedi-
ately notified the mans parents of his
death and asked the relatives If they
wanted an investigation made.
When the coroner and the under
taker, carrying dead basket between
them. opened the gate leading into the
yard they met Dougherty, hale and
hearty, going to work.
Exhausted from long days work,
Daugherty had lain down on the bed
for nap when another member of the
household, seeing him, became fright
ened and. thinking him dead. notifed
the authorities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
HENRY p. DAWSON.

vison and daughter, Miss Alice. Mr..
Dawson had done all those things in
the air while in France, but he did not
seem to think much of the experience.
Mr.. Dawson said that he assembled
at Peronne. The French officer first
had taken him to great height-about
m1le-and then had swung out over
the great guns booming far below.
The biplane in which they few. Mr..
Dawson said, was arranged admirably
for observation Of the commandments
and infantry fighting below, and the
great height at which he viewed the
battle-it was on Sept. q last-en-
abled him to look down upon q tre-
mendous sweep Of battle ridden coun-
try at all times.
He had made pretty thorough tour
OF the trenches at Verdun also, he
said In answer to further questions
about experiences at the front. Then
he had devoted six days solely to trav-
cling by automobile and on foot along
the whole line of trenches from Yer
dun to the British trenches on the
Somme. On nearby table as he
spoke was rusty looking German
helmet and rustier shell case which
he had picked up on battlefelds, and
on the same table was the gray blue
steel helmet Of France which General
Petain had given to him to wear in
the trenches.
mo. it wasn't altogether idle curl
os1ty that took me to the front"
Mr.. Dawson said in reply to a final
question. "As somebody has put It,
there was an opportunity to see his
tory in the making and took it, not
through curiosity, but because want
ed to learn something Of military ad-
vancement at first hand"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
Pays For Fan Stolen Year. Aoo.

Pays For Fan Stolen Years Aao.
Greenville, 8. CA woman who is
seeking to make peace with her Max
en-" as she expresses it, and who finds
that something is hindering her has
sent to local dry goods company Is
cents to pay for fan which, she says,
she took from that company twenty
FIVE years ago. The woman now lives
In North Carolina. In the letter she
stated that she stole the fan and that
her conscience has hurt her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
Baseball an Element In will F;oh+.

Baseball an Element In Will FIGHT.
New York.-When Ernest G. Woerz.
millionaire brewer, on his deathbed
ceased to ask whether the Giants won
or lost. Katherine Haas. employed in
the household. knew great change
had come. She testified in the $4,000.
600 will contest before Surrogate Co
halan. in New York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
POTATOES LIFT MORTGAGE.

Jersey Farmer Raises 900 Barrels on
Eighty Acres.
Red Bank, N. j. Henry Holmdel
raised 900 barrels of potatoes on
eighty acres this year. This was at
the rate of over 10 barrels and acre.
With the proceeds from the yield he
paid of $4,000 mortgage still re-
naming on his farm, which he pur-
chased three years ago for $57, 1000.
paying $500 down.
Holmdeps crops on $50 acres, where
he didn't plant potatoes, returned for
the year a profit which the farmer
calls pure velvet"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
An Egg Every Day,

Baltimore, Md.-Mitchell Lingo of
Trinity, near fredericksburg, says he has
the champion egg layer in two-year-
old hen. The hen has laid in the same
spot In the barn all year, and Lingo,
backed by officials Of that town, states.
tlat she laid 365 eggs last year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
SIX HOUR DAY IN SING SING.

Warden Cuts Down Labor Of the Con-
victs.
Ossining, N. Y.-The six hour day
has arrived in Sing Sing. BY order of
Warden Derrick the prisoners QUIT
work In the various shops at 8 o'clock
instead Of 4, as was the custom before
this time. The men start work at 8 in
the morning and In the middle of the
day have an hour off for dinner.
With the shortening of the day
Warden Derrick announced the men
must work steadily.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
Financier Some Farmer Too

Financier Some Farmer Too.
Wfnsted. Connecticut farmers must
take of their hats to George B. Case
or Wall street. New York. who has
grown on his estate in Norfolk one of
the best crops of corn ever raised in
the state Here is what the crop cost
him. Cost Of blowing three and half
acres. S25: cost of phosphate. $40: cost
OF planting. So; cost of cultivation. $50:
cost of lime. $3.50: total. S112.5O. Esti-
mated yield of corn. 600 bushels, worth
$500.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-10
Old Woman Start. Ranch.

Sallna. Kan--Mrs- Minerva Con-
way. seventy years old, has gone to
New Mexico. where she will settle on
claim under the rights Of d civil war
veterans widow. She takes 800 acres
adjoining claim her son settled on
two years ag,. She will make It
stock ranch.