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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
L0NO0N'S MALADY
Writer Suffered From Strange
Illness In Australia.
BATTLING TO PHYSICIANS.

Novelist 6raveIy Fought Mysterious
Sickness Which Could Not Be dag
nosed by Australian Specialists.
Finally Decided He Had Been Torn to
Pieces by Ultra Violet Rays. e..
Sydney, Australia.-The recent death
Of Jack London. the California novel
ist, recalls the extraordinary physical
reasons for his. stay of about five
- A. A ---A--l:> 1000 IoaLla..
was a blond, and his sojourn, from
what he himself subsequently wrote in
'"The Cruise of the Shark and the al
coholic memoir "John Barleycorn" and
those in the commonwealth who be-
came intimate with him now remem-
Der, was one of torture. He left the
cockleboat Shark, in which he and his
wife had been cruising about the Pa
cific, at one Of the islands and came,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
WAR AFFECTS WATER TOO.
No Soda Ash to Soften city's Drinking
Supply.

No Soda Ash to Soften city's' Drinking
Supply.
Columbus, O.-Hard water will be
the best the filtration plant can furnish
consumers the rest of the winter unless
something is done to increase the avail
able supply of soda ash, one of the chief
chemicals, used in the softening process.
Superintendent O'Shaughnessy Of the
Columbus water plant said that soda
ash could not be had at any price ow-
ing to inability of railroads to furnish
adequate transportation facilities; also
the Barberton plants, where the city's
supply of soda ash is obtained, have
been handicapped during the last few
weeks because of shortage of fuel.
No soda ash has been used at the fl
tration plant for several days. Since
the war hogan soda ash has advanced
$44 ton. Water can be softened to a
certain degree by lime, but soda ash
must be added to get the desired soft
ness
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20

JACK LONDON IN THE WOODS.
with Mrs. London, to Sydney in No.
vember, 1908, by steamer. He said Of
his Australian sojourn: ..
II went to Australia to go into hos
pital, where spent five weeks. spent
five months miserably sick in hotels.
The mysterious malady that afflicted
my hands was too much for the Aus
tralian specialists. 1t was unknown in
the literature Of medicine. No case
like it had ever been reported. It ex-
tended from my hands to my feet so
that at times l was as helpless as
child. On occasion my hands were
twice their natural size, with seven
dead and dying skins peeling off at the
same time. There were times when
my toenails in twenty -four hours grew
as thick as they were long. After fling
them off inside another twenty four
hours they were as thick as before.
The Australian specialists agreed that
the malady was nonparasitic and there
fore it must be nervous" 49,.
The ailment did not mend, and the
novelist and his wife had to abandon
the cruise in the Shark Yet when
London had returned to California,
where his health had invariably been
excellent, his recovery was complete,
and strangely enough the California
climate is very like that of Australia.
Later on London ran across the book
written by Colonel Charles e. Wood
ruff, United States army medical corps.
entitled Effects of Tropical Light on
White Men," and what had baffled the
Australian specialists was no longer
inexplicable. London wrote to Colonel
Woodruff describing his illness in Aus
tralia, and the latter, whose researches
in tropical medicine, especially in the
Philippines, have given him a high re-
pute in bis profession, replied that he
had been similarly afflicted in the Phil
ippines. Besides himself, Colonel Wood
ruff wrote to the novelist, no fewer
than sixteen other United States army
surgeons were utterly at loss to &C.
count for the coloneps malady. But in
time the colonel solved the riddle. Lon
don says:
Il had a strong predisposition toward
tissue destructiveness by tropical light.
had been torn in pieces by ultra vio-
let rays"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
TEACHING INDIANS IS
THIS W0MAN'S HOBBY
Mrs. MoIineux 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
task that most women consider plen-
ty, but Mrs Elizabeth Molineux, until
recently teacher in the United States
Indian service, has the distinction of
having mothered a whole tribe of, Pluto
Indians, and claims the satisfaction of
having raised them, old and young,
from a 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 -z'
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 Lo 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 R's'' 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 In
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??, 1917-01-20
FROM. MISSOURI TO PANAMA.
Bottle Found After Being Six Month.
Afloat,

Bottle Found After Being Six Months
Afoat. " -,,'r
Hartville, Mo.-A list of names which
a party Of Springfield normal school
students sealed in soda pop bottle
which was thrown into the James river
at Turner. Mo-: last June has been re-
turned in letter received by Miss
Opal Pope of this place, one of the
young women whose names were on
the list.
The letter was written by member
of the crew of the United States ship
Raleigh. which reached San Francisco
recently after being stationed off the
coast of Panama. The writer said he
found the bottle on the beach while in
Panama.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
WIRELESS PLANT IN BED.
Annapolis Middle Receives Messages
THROUGH Sprinus

Annapolis Middle Receives Messages
Through Springs.
Annapolis, Md.-That series of bed
springs connected by wires makes a
satisfactory condenser for a wireless
station has been proved by Midship-
man J. B. Dow Of the fourth class at
the Naval academy.
Dow has connected the springs Of
his own and his two roommates'' beds
and attached them to receiver. He
has been able to pick up messages sent
from and to the Arlington. station. He
has found out that it is not necessary
to open the windows of his room in
Bancroft hall or even to remove the
bedding.
1t is stated that Dow's use of the
bedsprings to receive radio messages
may be of considerable practical value.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
EIGHTY, WANTS HEART BALM
Woman Is Deaf, Has Lost Right Eye
and IL a Little Lame,

woman 10 Deaf, Has Lost Right Eye
and 10 a Little Lame.
Utica, N. Y.-Mrs Almira Kingsbury
is just little on the right side of
eighty years old. She is rather deaf.
She has lost her right eye and her left
thumb. Besides she is little lame.
But she took the stand to testify: that
Robert Roberts of Trenton, seventy-six
years old and a farmer, had been so
smitten with her charms at first sight
that he urged her to marry him. Then
she said he broke troth and she sued
for breach of promise. They met at an
employment agency where he sought
housekeeper.
Judge Hazard told Mrs. Kingsbury's
attorney, 81 think your client is clearly
entitled to about 6 cents" However,
the case was held open for more evi-
dence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
DANCE TO WIRELESS
MUSIC MILES AWAY
Photograph at High Bridge, N. T.,
Heard All Over House at
MorristoWn, N. J.

New YOrk.-What was declared to be
the worlds first wireless dance was
held at 20 Norris avenue, Morristown,
N. j., the home of Theodore E. Gaty,
vice president of the Fidelity and Cas-
ualty Insurance company of this city,
His two sons-John p. and Theodore
20. Gaty, Jr., the latter home from Cor
nell for the Christmas holidays-got
up dance and throughout the even
inng-the seven or eight couples who had
been invited danced to music that was
played on photograph in High Bridge.
at the northern end of Manhattan,
about forty miles away from Norris
town by air line. -, ..5.
Mr.. Gaty and his sons are enthusiast
tic amateurs in the science of radio to-
lephony and telegraphy. A'friend, P. F.
Cooley Of Montclair, who is radio en-
gineer, made use Of the Lee de Forest
audion detector and the sound ampli-
fer invented by DR.. Edwin H. Arm
strong Of Columbia, the inventions
which made transcontinental telephony
possible, as well as a wireless tele-
phone message to Honolulu. Mr.. Cod
ley, who is only twenty-seven years old,
adapted the two devices to amateur
use and attached them to photograph
horn in the Gaty home.
The monograph that furnished the
dance music was played in the High
Bridge plant of the De Forest Radio
Telephone and Telegraph company, and
the musical sound waves were receiv-
ed by the amateur receiver over Mr.
Gaty's house.
When the faint sounds, which, COM
ing from the receiver, could scarcely be
detected by the ear, passed through the
combined sound amplifers and then
through the megaphone they could be
heard all over the house.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20

Waits Fifty Years For Fathers Gift.
Pittsburgh. Pa.-It cost fifty years of
waiting and lawsuit against his step
mother. but John w. Baker of New
Bloomfield recently received $525,
turned over to his mother by his father
In 1867. It was to be his on his fa-
TIERS death. but Mrs. Rebecca T.
Baker, stepmother and administrator,
had withheld payment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
Dog Saves His Mistress.

NorWalk, Ore.-A pet. collie dog prob
ably saved Mrs. Philip Loretz from Sc
rious injury the other day when an
enraged dehorned COW owned by Mrs.
Charles Antrim, a neighbor, charged
straight at Mrs. Loretz, knocked her
down and butted her fiercely as she lay
on the ground. The dog arrived on the
scene and, springing at the enraged
COW, fastened his teeth in the tender
flesh Of her nose, at the same time pull,
ing her away from the PROSTATE wo-
man. The COW gave ground before the
dogs attack, and Mrs. Loreh was able
to regain her feet and reach place Of
safety
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
HOGS CLIMB ORANGE. TREES.

Fruit Diet Pleases the Swine Best, but
Not the Orchardist.
Riverside, Cal.-W. 81. Bacchus has
chased his hogs out of his orange grove.
He's tired Of having them climbing In
the orange trees.
After some oranges were blown from
the trees by the wind the hogs passed
up the usual pasturage and, standing
on their hind feet, ate all the golden
balls they could reach. Then some Of
them began to climb trees.
mix on this orange fed pork" said
.Bacchus as he arranged for new pas.
tire
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
Gas Kills Doq..

st. Paul. Guillaume and Pietro,
the dog pets of Joseph Demalo, were
found dead from gas fumes in their
masters home. They died by their own.
paws. The room in which they lay
was filled with gas. Demalo denies
they committed suicide. He says they
heard rats in the stove and in attempt
ing to open the door of the oven turned
on the gas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
BOTTLE DRIFTS 5000 MILES.
Determines Currents Of South Ameri-
can Coast

Determines Currents OFF South Ameri-
can Coast.
: Seattle. Wash.-After drifting 5000
niles in the south Pacific a bottle con.
tanning Il position report from the
steamship Eureka of Seattle thrown
overheard off the Peruvian coast by
Captain j. e. Guptill. the vessels mas
ter. Feb. 9. 1915. was found March l,
1916. on the beach at Tamasua, va
ava group. Fiji islands.
There has been difference of opin-
ion among mariners as to the set of
the current off the coast of South
America. and the finding of the mes
sage is Of great value, as it determines
the direction of the flow of ocean wa
ter in that part Of the world.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
FAMILY REUNITED,
Children Long Separated by the
Civil War Meet.
SEARCH BEGUN BY BROTHER.

Parents an0 Drove Nhiidren Into
Woods-Adopted In different Homes,
Survivors Drifted Apart Meeting
Retween'Sisters and Brother Pathetic.
Clarinda, la.-A tragedy of the civil
war which resulted in the separation
of three children of a Missouri family
was recalled recently by the reunion of
the three children whip had been sepa-
rated during the long period, too young
at the time to maint,sin correspond
ence. and it was only after much effort
and correspondence that the members
of the family were enabled to meet and
hold reunion after SO long separa-
ton.
Living near Laclede, Mo, was a fam
lily named Deer. BushWhackers raided
their home, killed the parents and
drove the children into the woods,
where they passed night in terror.
The children were Mary Deer, eight
years old; Addie Deer, six years old.
and brother two years old. Upon the
girl of eight years devolved the task of
Keeping the others with her and to
vainly try to console them. Speaking
of the terrifying incidents of the night.
Mary, now Mrs Mary Rain of this
city. told how the baby boy cried to be
taken to his mother.
In the morning the children made
their way to Laclede,i where they were
found nearly dead from exposure and
fright and crying bitterly. A man who
CHANGED to run across. the children was
so filled with pity that he took them in
charge, fed them and cared for them
for several days until he had succeed
ed in locating all three in homes, into
which they were finally adopted.
Thus torn apart, the children did not
again hear from each other. Mary
spent her entire girlhood as nurse
girl in family where there were sew
eral children, and from them she man
aged to learn to read and write. She
was taken to Illinois, where she mar
ried. Addie Deer was taken with the
brother to Crete, Neb., where the girl
married and where the boy grew to
manhood and where he still resides.
Addie married and lost her husband.
She was married a second time to a
Mr. Downing, owner of large ranch
near Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Some time ago the brother began a
search for his sisters. It was an ap-
parently hopeless task, but by persever-
ance, much correspondence and long
range inquiry he managed to find them,
and all held reunion at the home of
Mrs. Downing in Colorado,
Mrs. Rain soon after her marriage
moved from Illinois to this county.
She is now widow, sixty years Of
age The meeting between the sisters
and brother was pathetic despite the
fact that separation of over fifty
years had obviously tended to break
down the feeling of family relationship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
PUTS UP EGGS AS BAIL BOND

What's More, Police Accept Them From
Reckless Driver.
Hutchinson, When j. ]. Pan
kratz, a farmer, arrested on a charge
OF reckless driving, learned the amount
OF his bond he was unable to put up
the cash and could think of no one on
whom to call.
He said he had with him no personal
property of value, but offered to put up
a case of eggs for his appearance in
police court. The bond was accepted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
! Newspaper on Fio Leave..

Newspaper on rig Leaves.
Santa Cruz, Cal.-Because of the
high cost Of paper and the failure Of
subscribers to pay up, Luther McQues-
ton, publisher OF the Mountain Echo
at Boulder creek, printed an edition of
his weekly on fig leaves. The edition
consists Of five dried leaves pinned to-
gether with twig and printed on both
sides and contains news items, CLASH
fed and legal advertising and an edito-
rial In which McQueston sets forth his
reasons Tor returning to first princi-
pies for print paper"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
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 a
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??, 1917-01-20
MAXKYS FOR DIET
DR.. Robertson Of Chicago Issues
"Ten Commandments"
WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING

Ice Water, If Taken at All. Should Be
Drunk Before Meat-Relish Important
In Promoting Gastric juice Hence
Have Food Served In. I1Appstizing
Manner. y . ~. :3:t1Si y@2.g
Chicago.-Health Commissioner Rob
ertson gave out list Of ten health
maxims to BE- followed by members of
his diet squad and the public The
maXims are: o.
"First-Come to meals with clean
hands. .g..'
'Second.--Eat -your zmeals-~iith good
cheer. Worry and grief retard the di-
gestive processes.
'"rhird.-Avoid extremes Of tempera-
turc in eating. Do not take food and
drink too cold Or too hot. Ice water.
II taken at all, should be drunk before
the meal.
"Fourth.-Eat bread and raw vegc.
tables at the beginning Of the meal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
Minister Travel. by Submarine.

Minister Travels by Submarine.
Paris.-General Hubert Lyautey, the
minister Of war in the new French
r.abinet, arrived in Paris after a
voyage full Of incidents from Morocco.
where he was French resident general.
The new war minister crossed from
Fangier to Gibraltar in submarine.
md his train was delayed by the snow
in Spain, thus obliging him to decline
King Alfonso's invitation to dinner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
WILL AID WEARY HORSES.

School Children Plan Farm For Worn
out Oobbinses.
Youngstown. O.-Members Of the
Junior Humane society here have con-
tributed the nucleus Of fund which
they will raise to rent or buy a rest
farm for worked out horses.
1t is planned to have the farm for
use next summer. Many school chill
dren have pledged support to the fund
getting project. and senior humane
workers expect their little associates
will succeed in their plans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
GIRL SUES DRUGGIST
FOR LOSS OF HER HAIR

New York.-The efficacy Of Pc /.
roxide as hair bleach was ,
} brought into question when Ka- !
} tie Gottdank, sixteen years old, !
} asked 5000 damages from Ju- ,
J Illus Kalish, Incorporated, drug !
gist. In trying to transform her
J self into blond she lost part Of .
J her hair, and what she had left .
} became brick red. She exhibited /,
J a shoe box full Of hair. Miss {
} Gottdank's grandfather, Carl
} Weisshar, barber, was not al I
!. lowed to qualify as an expert.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
NEW DIMES IN CIRCULATION.
$4,000 Worth of Coins Distributed by
tho PHILADELPHIA Mint.


the 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 $1SOOOO worth be-
ing distributed to banks and trust COM
panies. They were introduced stimuli
tane0usly in the western states from
the Denver mint.
The diverse side of the new dime
shows a 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??, 1917-01-20

BANK ENSURES ASSETS
FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

! New York.-Al 500, 100000 pro- .
+ tective insurance policy for .
+ twenty -four hours was purchased /.
+ by the Chatham and Phoenix Ma
+ tional bank to cover the trans .
+ fer of its assets from 1872 Broad ]
+ way to the new offices of the .
+ bank in the Singer building. a .
! distance OF about block and a .
1 half. About Sic, OOO, 900 in cash .
was carried to the new quarters .
i in an armored car, with armed !.
! guards at the front and rear, and .
I there were guards stationed ev-
+ cry nifty feet between the two .
! buildings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-27
c. 0. P. F|L|DUS!ER
PARTIALLY ENDS
Revenue and Preparedness Bills
Will Not Be Opposed Is H..
Agreement Reached
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirsIsss)

h--@~N@NN
WASHINGTON, February 25-Agree.
ing to bring their flibuster to an end
SO far as the enactment Of the admin.
istratiOn 3 Emergency Revenue Bill is
concerned and pledging their support
to the program outlined that deals with
the defense plans of the country, the
Republican minority in the senate yes
terday came to an understanding in
part with the leaders of the Democratic
majority, The leaders of, the, parties
have each agreed to bring the Revenue
Bill to vote on Wednesday. II
This agreement, however, is not to
include the other general bills of the
Administration, against which the
filibuster will be resumed when neces.
sary. ~. g.. -
Continuous Session .s.g &
The flibuster, (which was begun on
Thursday and which the Republicans
announced they would keep up until
the end of the present congress, re-
suited in declaration yesterday from
the Democrats that they would press
the revenue measure and the prepared.
ness plans through If it we're necessary
to keep the senate in continuous SEES.
sion until March 4, and even through
that day until noon, when the life of
the congress would cease. Following
this threat, the Republicans agreed to
give in on portion of the program.
Senator Fall of New Mexico intro
dWced resolution authorizing the Pre-.
sident to Use the armed forces of the
country to protect the commerce and
property and lives of American citi.
zens. II came after a bitter debate
on the international situation, in which
the Republicans disclaimed any desire
not TO support the President in hand
ling the situation. The resolution took
tn" administration senators by surprise
Billion For Defense
In the house, Representative NORM
Of Pennsylvania introduced a bill
authorizing an issue of bonds to the
amount of u billion dollars, the amount
to be used TO put the country into a
state of preparedness for defense.
The appropriation asked for to cover
the cost of nationwide investigation
of the high cost of living, placed at
$500 200, which has been hard fought
by the Republicans, was passed yester-
day, after a hot debate, in the course
of which the opposition denounced the
expenditure proposed as ridiculous
waste. ..".,