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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
THIEVES GET MILLIONS
lo0T|NG BRITISH ARMY
Stores and Supplies Stolen,
Mules and Horses Disappear;
Also Blankets and Milk.

London.-The annual loss to the Brit
ish army through petty thievery and
p1lfering Of stores and supplies has
been estimated at $25,OOOOOO. Some
account Of the manner in which this
huge sum disappears is given by the
auditor general of army accounts. IT,,
The Thirty-sixth division ammuni-
ton column had lot of mules picketed
at Borden camp in soil that was too
sandy to hold the picketing gear. One
night the mules broke loose, and $1,000
worth of mules were never recovered.
A lot Of horses mysteriously disap-
peared at Abbassia, leaving deficit of
$4,000. A civilian foreman at Rom
sey carelessly gave thirteen horses an
overdose of sulphur. and the horses
died; loss, $4,000.
Pistols worth 1,750 were lost on the
way to Egypt. Troops smoking in a
barn in France set fire to the barn and
destroyed s., 900 worth of straw, ....:
Scores of cases are cited where the
mysterious disappearance of blankets
has cost the army thousands Of dol
lars. Condensed milk worth 81 600 dis
appeared from a cargo between Alex
andria and Sollom owing to pilfering
BY the mercantile marine crews on
board. Since the appointment of con.
ductors to accompany ships these
losses have virtually ceased.
Military clothing worth $1,000 was
sent to Winchester, where some one
who signed himself "Corpl. Barnes"
took it over. The consignment was
lost at this point. and so was Corporal
Barnes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
COLLEGE TO SEND OUT
MEN TO AID FARMERS
Each AsrieuIturist Taking Student
Must Cultivate Extra Acres.

Philadelphia. The University of
pennsylvania will be the first of Amer
lean colleges to tackle the food supply
problem, which has recently taken on
a serious aspect, according to plans an
nounced at the university by DR.. ].
Russell Smith, professor Of industry,
who has charge Of the movement. Stu
dents are to be sent out in squads of
from five to fifty to all sections of the
country to assist farmers in planting
and cultivating spring crops.
Every student signing will be given
credit for bis years work and be sent
out Immediately. Students will be
placed on farms at a minimum salary
Of $40 a month. In each one of the
battalions there will be captain. who
Is to have charge OF the men in his
community, referee all disputes be-
tween employer and students and re-
port each mans progress to the univer-
s1ty. Each farmer upon accepting one
Of the students as helper must promise
to cultivate twelve acres more of land
than he has heretofore. DR.. Smith
claims that at a conservative estimate
each man sent out will thus be respon-
sible for 420 extra bushels in the corn
crop alone, which means that the first
fifty men who leave for western Vir-
gin1a will add some $1,000 bushels Of
corn to this years crop.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. SATURDAY. 1917
SAN MARINo ON THE MAP.
Flag Of Worlds Oldest Republic to Be
Entwined With ltS Allies. ..

Flag Of Worlds Oldest Republic to Be
Entwined With Its Allies.
New York.-The managers of the ho-
tells and public buildings that are now
decorated with flags of the allies are
very likely to be brought to task by
some stanch patriot if the flag of his
country, no matter how small or little
talked Of, does not prominently figure
In the scheme. II
An excitable stranger accosted 81.
Douglass Brown, assistant manager of
q hotel here, and demanded volubly to
know why a flag of San Marine was
not with the others in front of the no.
tel. For awhile the manager was over.
whelmed, but finally made out that the
man was one Of the ten thousand odd
inhabitants Of San Marine and that he
and bis relatives, making UP most of
the population, wanted it understood
that they and their army of $50 were
now allies Of this "vera great countree."
In some distress of mind Mr.. Brown
went to the decorators room, but no
San Marino flag could be found, so a
special order was given, and within
few days the smallest repubnc-twehty-
two square miles-and one of the
worlds Oldest, having existed thou
sand years, will have its place beside
It's greater allies. =. Il
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
JAPANESE OF WEST
HI PLANNING TO ENLIST
Adopt Resolution PIedging Their 10y
atty at San Francisco Meeting.

San Franctsco.-The Japanese of the
Pacific coast have testified to their
loyalty to the United States in a reso-
luton adopted here at mass meeting
OF Japanese, which pledged their sup
port Of the government in any capacity
In which they may be needed. As a
preliminary step they decided to CO.
operate in Red Cross work, and in case
of further need they plan to enlist In
actual service. o...
The local Japanese also issued q
proclamation commencing the presi
dent and the government for what
they describe as a true stand for hu-
mainly In the worlds crisis and asking
the privilege Of serving the country
whose laws protect them.
Reports reaching here tell of a pa
triot1c movement on foot in Honolulu
started by Japanese to raise division
OF troops from the ranks of the 1900
Japanese reservists in the Hawaiian
Islands. Resident Americans in Ha-
wall say that the Japanese on the is
lands have displayed an eagerness to
establish their loyalty to the Stars and
Stripes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
MARINE CORPS WANTS
TO GO ABROAD FIRST
General Barnett Says He'll Have
No Trouble Raising
10000 Men.

Observation-Disclosures marines will
insist-on their right to be the first
United States soldiers in the European
trenches, IBrigadier~ General George
Barnett told the house navy committee.
explaining the reason for the proposed
increase from 17,4O0 to 10000 in the
marine corps.
General Barnett, commandant of ma
rines, said the morale and spirit of the
men would be seriously affected unless
they were first men" as usual of the
United States expeditionary' armed
forces. He said he would have no Diff
1culty in getting the 10000 men.
I'VE are getting them as fast as we
can digest them now" he said.
Rear Admiral Palmer, chief Of the
bureau of navigation, explained the
navy's needs for an increase from ST.
900 to 10000 men.
1.-THE navy will need 5000 men for
aviation" he said.
"Twenty men are needed for each
submarine chaser. From twenty to
forty men will be needed on each
armed merchant ship. There must be
full crews for all auxiliary and reserve
ShipS.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
.PL0W BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Chicago Expects Ono Hundred Thou
sand Back Lot Gardens.
Chicago-Plowing by electric light,
as has been done in England, was be-
gun here in furtherance of the back lot
garden movement. Because the gar
den commissions ten tractors now at
work are INSULT cient night work was
decided on. It is estimated that there
will be 100000 gardens in Chicago this
summer. There are more applications
from amateur farmers than there is
land available.
All unused lands of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway COM
pany will be offered for the raising
of foodstuffs, it was decided by the
companys executive officers. Arrange.
ments for cultivating the lands will be
made by the companys agricultural
bureau through the department of az
riculture at Washington and the agri-
cultural divisions of all the state uni
versities along the line.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
OFFICE BOY NOW MUST
BE A CHAUFFEUR TOO
Business Men Send Youths TO Drive
Cars Around Block.

Philadelphia. Requirements for Of.
ice boys have automa tically risen With
the new ordinance regulating the
parking of automobiles in central
streets of this city. Advertisements
for boy Wanted" now conclude with
something like this:
Must be experienced in driving mo-
torcars or willing to learn" Here's
the reason:
Suburbanites who drive their cars to
their Offices in the city in the morning
cannot leave the autos parked in the
street as they could formerly. In a
section Of Chestnut street where there
are several big Office buildings, for ex-
ample. cars must not be left standing
for more than half an hour at a time.
So every half hour the business man
sends his office boy to the street to
drive his auto around the block. II his
office boy isn't chauffeur the bust
ness man goes himself. But this takes
valuable time. and. added to the ex-
pense Of starting up the car and NOV
Ing It around the block sixteen times
a day for six days a week. It costs
money.
Hence the demand for ONCE boys
who arc also chauheurs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
COLLEGE GIRLS READY.
Western Women Apply For Work In
Munition Factories.

Western Women Apply For Work In.
Munition Factories.
Chicago.-College girls are ready to
take the places Of men who may be
called from their regular duties to 60
to the front. Many Of them have ap-
piled for technical positions at the
Chicago collegiate bureau of occupa-
lions to take up the work when the
men leave it. Those who are still in
college are changing in increasing num-
bers to training in manual and tech
meal work.
The collegiate bureau has started
survey of the situation in Chicago and.
according to an announcement of Miss,
Helen Bennett, head Of the bureau,
will endeavor to furnish trained work
ers for occupations that are vital to
the welfare of the country in time of
war.
In the last few days many young
women have applied for positions in
munitions factories. One girl said she
had motorboat to offer to the govern
ment and that she would like to oper-
ate it in connection with coast defense
duty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
unity WAR RELIEF
Let Red Cross Dispense All Sup
plies, Says Hoover.
ORGANIZATION IS NEEDED,

Herbert c. Hoover, Chairman Of Food
Board, who Distinguished Himself az
Head of Belgium Relief Commission,
Urges American People to Profit by
Mistakes Made Abroad.
Washington. - Herbert G. Hoover,
chairman Of the new national food
board created by the board Of national
defense, who distinguished himself as
head of the commission Of relief In
Belgium, urges the American people to
profit by the mistakes made abroad in
administering war relief. He recon-:
mends that all relief work be central
lied under the direction of the Red
Cross
Mr.. Hoover makes a plea for the
prompt organization and centraliza-
ton Of all volunteer civilian efforts for
the assistance Of the army and Of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
DEER EATS WASHING.
Court Dealt Leniently With Man Who
Shot Il.

Court Dealt Leniently With Man Who
Shot Il.
Highland Falls, N. Y.-Edwin Adolph,
farmer, OF Fort Montgomery, near
Highland Falls, was dealt with leni-
emily in court here when he showed
that he shot big buck because in
browsing on his premises it ate part of
the family washing, which was hung
out to dry. Deer, according to Mr..
Adolph, who faced possible $500 fine,
have been Fostering him for several
months. -.- --
They destroyed part of his crops, he
declared, and recently began to chew
the tops of young trees he had Just set
out. When this one chewed part of a
bed sheet and table cloth that hung
on the clothesline in the orchard
Adolph lost his patience and shot it.
The game warden told the magistrate
a light fine would satisfy him. and
Adolph paid $25.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
SPoRTSMEn PLAN TO WIPE
OUT THE ENGLISH SPARROW
VIII Ask Governor Of Every State
to Aid In Work.

New Y0rk.-The League of Ameri-
can Sportsmen. whose object is the
preservation Of wild life. is consider
Ing the question Of inaugurating a ma
ton wide campaign for the destruction
OF the English sparrow. Its officials
say this bird has made such Roadway
here that it is driving out the smaller
song and 1nsectivorous birds and that
1t has become question of whether
we will have only the English sparrow
to represent our bird life or destroy it
and regain some fifty species Of useful
and beautiful birds that used to in
habit farms and countryside all over
the land.
The league intends to issue a procla.
nation declaring war on the English
sparrow and setting aside a week. pos
sibly in April or May of next year, to
bs devoted especially to waging it.
The governor Of every state will be
asked to aid the work. Printed in
structions as to the plan Of the cam
paign 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 IL
available. turning the hose on the
birds at night after they have gone to
r0Ost
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
HERBERT c. HOOVER.

navy. In a letter to Eliot Wadsworth,
acting chairman Of the American Red
Cross, he says:
Every country in Europe has gone
through an era Of disintegrated, over
tapping effort, the multiplication Of
thousands of committees and tons of
useless, inapropos and wrongly des-
tined material.
I'm England and France especially
the erection of special and Independent
committees has been fruitful of the
most extreme difficulties until they &C.
cept direct control, after which they
have become of the utmost use and
purpose.
las result of the past two and a
half years experience of war all Euro.
pean countries now know the vital
necessity for total Capitalization of
the whole of the volunteer effort con-
nected with the comfort of those in
the service Of the army and the navy.
\ "There was long struggle on the
part Of the military and Red Cross
officials to get those matters on to a
systematic and effective basis. In any
event, the general principle must be
that the Red Cross itself is the CEN
tralizing executive, operating by in
tense decentralization of it's produc-
tive and distributing functions. and
this has been arrived at as the only
possible solution, after an enormous
lot of pain, turmoil and waste.
1.-THE work Of the women, which Is
a very large factor in Red Cross work,
must be co-ordinated through the CEN
trail agency, and representation Of
the women In that central agency has
proved the only effective method of Sc
curing this. The already established
women's organizations of various kinds
can find their best purpose In instruct
ing their local bodies to place them
selves entirely at the disposal Of the
local chapters Of the Red Cross"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD.
Mrs. Van SicI<la Takes Active Part Ia
- Her Birthday Celebration.

Mrs. Van Sickla Takes Active Part In
Her Birthday Celebration.
Sussex. N. J.-Surrounded by her six
children. twenty grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren. to say moth
ing Of a 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
tho celebration and urged the younger
ones to dance and play games while
she looked on and directed things.
Mrs. Van Sickle was born and has
lived in this part Of New Jersey all
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 Is
not able to thread the needle az dex-
terously al once.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
TANK LIKE BIC hoe.
stradd|es Trenches, crushes
Barbed Wire, Rakes Foe.
GREAT AID TO ALLIED DRIVE.
Capital" swesny, American Who Single
Handed Captured Machine Gun and
Six Germans, Will Assiat Ordnance
Department Of This Country Prspar-
ing Tanks For Services.


Washington.-The French infantry
that won so much ground ii the Cham.
payne region advanced as 4 supporting
force to numerous batteries of cater.
pillar tractors, or tanks hoglike in
appearance, that crept forward with a
persistency which the German troops
remaining in their shell battered
trenches could not check and which
assured the poilus of protection as they
dug In upon their advanced, lines.
SO that an American army can know
about these tanks If sent abroad Can.
tain Charles Sweeny, native Of spo-
kane, WASH, and member of the
Foreign legion of the French army.
is now in this city, where he win as,
s1st ordnance experts in preparing sim
liar land cruisers for service. He re-
turned recently from France.
Captain Sweeney is West Pointer,
out when the fighting began he was
found In the French army He started
as private in the infantry. He want
ed to be in the thick of 1t, so chose
that branch Of the service. and during
his campaigning was in many battles.
he was awarded the cross Of the
Legion of Honor for valor and pro-
noted to lieutenant when, single hand
ed, he captured machine gun and six
Germans. -
Very little has been written in this
or any country regarding the French
tanks. The first few used by the
French army went into action about
the same time the British put theirs in
the field. 1t was not until the great
offensive began this spring that the
poilus trotted forward in support of
great numbers Of their tanks, 'zan-
zans," as they called them.
The best way to describe French
tank Is to compare it with a giant hog,
kneeling SO that it's short legs cannot
be seen, and creeping forward as it
roots in the ground.
A rain of lead pours from it's sides
as it proceeds, and heavier shot and
shell are showered upon any position
where machine guns Of the Germans
may remain in action as. At. .straddles
the enemy trench. Only By landing
shell directly upon tank can it be
put out Of commission. Bullets from
German rapid flrers and the infantry
rifles are powerless. Hand grenades
do it no damage. ><-...
Exactly how the French get the
tanks to their first line trenches in
for attack is a secret, and
for the present nothing on that phase
OF the use of them can be published.
The well trained mechanicians and RI
femen are ready when it Is time to
start, and upon the signal the tank
gets into action. 1t straddles trenches.
crushes through barbed wire and
rakes the foe with guns.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
BABEL OF TONGUES.
Alien Residents to 30 Taught EnaIisl
~ at Niuht Classes,

Alien Residents to 30 Taught Enaiiss,
at Night Classes.
Bayonne. N. jim an effort to Amer
icanize this city Preston 81. Smith, su-
perintendent of schools here. will In
stitute this fall and winter night
classes for the instruction of it's popu-
lation I'm the English language. OF its
10000 inhabitants Bayonne has $4,000
who speak foreign tongues.
II these can be induced to adopt the
language Of, the republic Mr.. Smith be-
lieves that it will be better for bust
ness. better for education and much
better in case Of strikes. AS be 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??, 1917-05-12
WANT TO BE AvIAT0RS.
More Than Five thousand Have Ap.
piled to Aero Club Of America.

More Than Five thousand Have Ap.
piled to Aero Club Of America.
New York.-The Aero Club of Amer
lea announces that more than 1900 ap-
phcations have been received for en-.
listment In the aerial reserve corps
and several hundred more for men,
bership in the naval reserve flying
corps, the aerial coast patrol service
and the aviation section of the naval
militia. More than 5000 men in all
have applied for the aerial service.
The aviation section of the naval mi
litia will have a camp at Bay Shore,
L. l., and the First and Second bat
talions will be trained there.
Plans are being made for a training
school for college men. Aerial coast
patrol 8. composed Of Yale men, is
training at the Curtiss school in Buff
falo.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
MAKES HIS OWN COFFIN.

Spent Weeks at Work; When CompIet-
cd Weighed 700 Pounds.
Lafayette, Ind.-William Watkins,
fifty years old, for many years propr1e-
tor of sawmill at Kentland, learned
a few months ago that he could not
live long:
He proceeded to build q coffin for
himself, using solid black walnut. He
spent weeks making it. When COM
pleted it weighed more than 700 pounds.
Watkins was brought to st. Eliza
beth's hospital, and recently he died.
The coffin was shipped from Kentland,
and bis body has been placed in it. He
was buried at Delphi, his former home.
The weight of the coffin made it neces-
sary to use large force of men to Mt
It on and off the train. Watkins widow
and four children survive.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
KING ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS
Leads Children to Pray For "Them
That Trespass Against U.s."

Leads Children to Pray For "Them
That Trespass Against U.s."
London. - A dozen children, lean,
from semistarvation. came out of their
cellar school near Furnes. Belgium.
where heaps of battle rubbish mock
the site of thousands OF homes, and,
going to the shell smashed crucifix at
the crossroads. knelt to Say their
prayers. A Belgian officer without
any insignia of rank stood near, alb
sorbed in identifying the detonation
of the distant German guns. The chill
dren said their prayer as far as "For-
give us our trespasses as Then
there was silence, for they could say
no more. THE Belgian officer conclud-
ed the petition: Forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive them that tres
pass against U.S. The Belgian officer
was Albert. the king. zs. b.. ..-e
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
FAITHFUL TO SICK cow.

Probably Owes His Own and Three
Children's Lives to Il.
Baker. Ore.-Fred Spencer probably
owes his and his three children's lives
10 his fa:thfulness to sick cow.
He arose In the cold at / o'clock in
the morning and went to the barn to
give medicine to the sick cow. When on
his way he saw flames issuing from a
defective flue. and a moment later the
house burst into flames.
He fought his way back and with
great difficulty carried his three little
ones from their beds in their night
clothes.
The house was new and had been oc-
cNpied only four months
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
Saw Snake Swallow YOUNG.

Saw Snake Swallow Young.
Waterbury, Conn. = The statement
that snakes do not swallow their young
meets with emphatic denial by Albert
M. Scott of Jacksonville. Fla. ION the.
Baird farm" he says, least of Steele's
brook, below the old suspender shop in
oakvflle, about sixty years ago, l saw.
snakes about four inches long, as re-
member them, run into the mouth Of
corn streaked or chicken snake. I
could not say how many there were,
but 1 killed with hoe twenty-five
young. and the old one made twenty
three
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
SEARCHING FOR MOTHER.

She Has Been Missing Eighteen Years,
but Daughter Tries Again.
Los Angeles, Gala search for her
mother, whom she has not seen for
eighteen years, was started In this
city the other day by Mrs. e. Ste
phens, who was Miss Bessie Dent of
San Jose and who is with her husband
at the Hotel Austin, Fifth and Crock
er streets. The mother is now Mrs.
Frank Fagalde and formerly was Mrs.
Joseph Dent.
Mrs. Stephens and her husband in
tend to establish their home here, and
both of them wish to find Mrs. Ste.
phens' mother. --.. -..-... III. .. =,