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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
MOTHER SHOT KISSING SON.

Revolver IL Discharged as She Steals
Up Behind Him-Youth Surrenders.
Milford, Conn., Clarence Kehlenbeck,
tWenty-one years old, was cleaning a
revolver in his room when his mother,
Mrs. M. Kehlenbeck, stole up behind
him to give him good night kiss. As
her arms encircled his neck the revolv-
er was discharged, the bullet entering
her abdomen.
Her son took her by automobile to
st. Vincent's hospital, Bridgeport, and
after learning that she had chance
for recovery, FASTENED back to Milford,
where he gave himself up to the police.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FAMILY REUNITED,
Children Long Separated by the
Civil War Meet.
SEARCH BEGUN by BROTHER.

Bushwhackers Raided Home, Killed
Parents and Drove Children Into
Woods-Adopted I'D Different Homes,
Survivors DriftedS Apart - Meeting
Between Sisters and Brother Pathetic.
Clarinda. la. "A Tragedy of the civil
war which resgltedain the separation
Of three children era Missouri family
was recalled recently by the reunion Of
the three children who had been sepa-
rated during the long period, too young
at the time to maintain a correspond
ence. and twas only after much effort
and correspond ence that the members
of the. family were enabled to meet and
hold reunion after so long a separa.
ton.
Living near Laclede, Mo-, was fam
lily named Deer. Bushwha hackers raided
their home, killed the parents and
drove the children into the woods
where they passed might in terror.
The children weres 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
tq1<on Tn hiS .
In the morning the children made
their way to Laclede, 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 be 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
Mr.. Downing, owner of "a large ranch
near Glenwood SPY So, yeAsgs, colo.
Z Some time ago the brother began
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??, 1917-03-17
WAR AFFECTS WATER TOO.
No Soda Ash to Soften Citys 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
certain degree by lime, but soda ash
must be added to get the desired soft
ness.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
Doc Saves HI. Mistras..

N0rwalk, 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 a place Of
safety
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
Surgeon Replaced Mule. Ear.

Flushing. O.-The ear of valuable
mule of the Belmont Coal company has
been saved. While being worked in
the mines live wire came in contact
with the mules ear and burned It of
close to the head. DR.. V. 81. 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??, 1917-03-17
STANDARD TIME FOR
SALoNIkl PROVIDED

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Saloniki-If the allies have
done nothing else at Saloniki
they have at least enabled every
one to know the right time.
Hitherto one railway worked to
Vienna time, another to Con
stantinople time. Saloniki had
its own local time and there was
also Turkish time other than the
Constantinople variety, which
differed from all the others In be
ing based on the course Of. the
moon. There are still three diff
ferent Sabbaths a week Friday
for Moslems, Saturday for, Jews
and Sunday for the Christians.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
Makes FOR Diet
Dr.. Robertson Of Chicago Issues
"Ten Commandments"
WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING

Ice Water. If Taken at All, Should Be
Drunk Before MeaI-ReIsh Important
In Promoting Gastric Juice, Hence
Have Food Served In Appetizing
Manner. .-....
Chicago.-Health Commissioner Rob
ertson gave out list Of ten health
maxims to b followed by members of
his diet squad and the public. The
maxims are: r..
"First-Come to meals with clean
hands. >-
'Second.-Eat your meals with good
cheer. Worry and grief retard the di-
gestive processes.
'"Third.-Avoid extremes of tempera-
ture in eating. Do not take food and
drink too cold or too hot. Ice water,
If taken at all, should be drunk before
the meal. .-.a
"Fourth.-Eat bread and raw vege-
tables at the beginning Of the meal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17

Dog Stars In Motion Pictures.
Carlisle, Pa.-Bill, bank messenger
bulldog and pet of Carlisle, will 60
down in pictorial history to future gen.
erations. He is starred in a motion
picture drama performing his daily
task of carrying the hotel deposit to
the bank and returning with the pass
book. Among other popular tricks that
have been filmed Is that Of, smoking a
pine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
BANK ENSURES ASSETS
FOR TWENTY.FoUR HOURS

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+ New York.-A 500, 600 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 a block and
+ half. About SIG, 600, 600 in cash
+ was carried to the new quarters
! in an armored car, with armed
+ guards at the front and rear, and
+ there were guards stationed ,ev-
+ cry fifty feet between the two
+ buildings, So
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
Ga. XIII. Docs.

st. Paul. - Guiliaume 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??, 1917-03-17
FROM MISSOURI TO PANAMA.
Bottle Found After Being Six Months
AfIoat.

Bottle Found After Being Six Months
AfIoat.
Hartville, Mo.-A list of names which
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??, 1917-03-17
WILL AID WEARY HORSES.

School Children Plan Farm For Worn
out Dobbinses.
Youngstown. O.-Members of the
Junior Humane society here have con-
tributed the nucleus of fund which
they will raise to gent or buy 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??, 1917-03-17
NO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

Committee Refuses to Make Awards
For 1915 and 1916.
London.-Reuter's Christiania CORE
spondent says the Nobel committee has
decided by % votes to II not to dis
tribute the Nobel peace prize for 1915
and 1916
The Nobel peace prize, has not been
awarded since 1918, when it was given
to Henri La Fontaine, a Belgian sena-
tor, who is president Of the Permanent
international Peace Bureau at Berne.
Switzerland. The prize for the pre-
vious year was awarded to E,ihu Root
of New York. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
STEAL CHICKENS, BUT
LEAVE AN AUTOMOBILE

Kansas City. Mo- Chicken /.
! thieves who robbed the hem
roost Of farmer near this city .
the other night were unable to .
get their automobile starter to .
work. so they left the flivver be- .
hind. Although the farmer ap-
propriated the machine for.the
two dozen chickens stolen, he !.
said he thought the thieves got .
something the better Of the bar .
gain.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
PUTS UP EGGS AS BAIL BOND
What's More, Police Accept Them From
Reckless Driver.

Hutchinson, Kan.-When j. ]. Pan
kratz, 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 nut nm
a case Of eggs FOR his appearance in.
police court. The bond was accepted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
LONO0N'S MALADY
Writer Suffered From Strange
Illness In Australia.
BATTLING TO PHYSICIANS.

Novelist BraveIy Fought Mysterious,
Sickness Which Could Not Be dag
nosed by Australian Specialists.
Finally Decided He Had Been Torn to
Pieces by Ultra Violet Rays.
Sydney, Australia.-The recent death
Of Jack London, the California novel
ist, recalls the extraordinary physical
reasons for his stay of about five
----LA- A. A .--A.-l.> l. anAnn x-1--
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??, 1917-03-17

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New Britain herald., 1917-04-30

brought out a chart. and showed him the spot where our ship was blown up. Most of the talking was done by signs. but the Frenchmen seem to be good at that and they soon got all they needed to know. In a very few minutes we were back on the scene of the explosion hunting for our other boat. Another French patrol soon joined us. but though we searched until 9 in the morning we could find no trace of boat No. 3, and 1t has never been heard of since. It must have been capsized in the stormL
 We reached Brest in due time. The French on the dock were greatly ex- cited when they learned who we were. I went to Paris and in a few days my men followed me there. Nothing was too good for them. They were entertained at tea parties and suppers and taken about in automo- piles. I left Paris and went to Bou- logne and crossed the channel to Folkestone. We did not wait in Lon don, for had orders to come home by the Manchuria, which was due to gail the next day at noon. Our voy- age back was uneventful, but We were ali glad enough to catch sight of the American coast.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30

In selecting Elihu Root for the very important post of commander to Russia, an appointment which MT. Root has accepted, President Wilson expressed his determination to enlist the highest abilities he could find even if he had to leave his own party. MT. Root is a republican and former secretary of state and secretary of war. Fear Is felt of a separate peace between Germany and Russia, not only because it would release sixty divisions, or about 100000 trained German troops, for use on the western front, but also because 1t would open up to Germany a vast source of sup plies and foodstuffs. There is no possi- bility of estimating accurately just how much ground there is for fear of this event. because Russia is and probably must remain for some time an unknown quantity.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30
DIR. o'coNNoR. sUCCUNlBs.
New Haven Physician Dies at Hospital
 Of Apoplexy.


 New Haven, April 29.-The death of pr. Matthew c. O'Connor, one of the best known physicians in the city, and especially in the vicinity of the sev- enth and eighth wards asad incidental ly, an incorporator of the Knights of Columbus as well as a charter member of the Knights of &. Patrick's club, occurred at St. KaphAeTs hospital yes terday afternoon st 2:30 o'clock. Dr. O'Connor was found seated in @ chair in his office on Saturday morning In an unconscious condition. At first it was thought that he was a victim of gas poisoning as there was a strong odor of gas in the room, but physi- clans at St. RaphaeTs hospital found that Dr. O'Connor was suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. Despite the eff forts of physicians to save him. Dr.. O'Connor did not regain consciousness.
 Dr. O'Connor is survived by a brother. Joseph H. O'Connor, and 8 sister, Miss Margaret O'Connor. The funeral will be held Wednesday morn- ing from the home of his brother at 25 Carmel street, at 9:30 o'clock and from St. Mary's church at 10 o'clock, where a requiem high mass will be eel ebrated. The interment will be in Cal vary cemetery, New York city.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30
PETAIN IS NAMED
 CHIEF IN COMMAND
Will Have Supreme Authority on French Front-Saycd Vertlun
 From tho Germans,

From tho Germans.
 Paris, April 3O.-General Petain, who commanded the French army de- lending Verdun during the critical stages of the battle in February, and March, 1916, is to be appointed chief of staff at the ministry of war. The cabinet decided upon this yesterday afternoon, at meeting presided over by President Poincare and was held after session of the war committee.
 After a general discussion it was determined to restore the post of chief of staff at the ministry of war and confide the post to General Petain.
 General Petain, known as the "de- fender of verdun,' was taken from the reserve army and made com mander-in-chief at Verdun shortly after the Germans began their great offensive there when General Joffre had reached the conclusion that tho offensive was not being met as it should be. Under Petain's leadership the French stiffened their defense and finally not alone was Verdun saved, but later the French were able to drive back the Germans from various points along both sides of the Mouse, where they had penetrated deeply into their positions.
 Unassuming and hating publicity. Petain is known as a man of uncom- promising opinions, an expert tacti- clan and strategist, and, above all, a fighter. General Petain is 61 years old, but is said to bear his age like a man of 50.
 Last December it was stated that General Petain had been mentioned as the successor of General Joffre as commander-in-chief of the French forces. When, however, General Nivelle was made generalissimo, it was said that Petain had declined the post owing to his failure to agree with the military authorities as to the power he should have.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30
HARTFORD SOLDIER SHOT. Companion Was Cleaning Rifle, Which
 Discharged Bullet.

willimantic. April 30.-Pr1vate Thomas Morris, 19, of Hartford, de- tailed to guard duty on railroad bridge near here was accidentally shot by Private Walter Keefe, also of Hartford yesterday afternoon. Morris wound Is serious, the bullet having passed through the right lung.
 According to the version given the military authorities, Morris was lying in his bunk while Keefe was clean ing his rife a few feet away. The rife was accidentally discharged, it was said. Morris, in a statement ab- solved Keefe from all responsibility.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30
REAR ADMIRAL AIRES DEAD.

Philadelphia, April 30.-Rear Ad- rniral Samuel Loring Percival Ayres, U. s. N., retired. died suddenly from heart disease at his home here last night. Born at Stamford. Conn.,, in 1885, he entered the navy in 1858 and eerved under Admiral Farraeut dur ing the Civil war. He was retired in 1897, after thirty eight yeo1v ss1vice, and in 1908 was advanced to the rank of rear admiral flor services during the Civil war"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-30

us. and when we came in close along side we left our boat like bullfrogs Jumping off a log. Practically every man at once made a spring up for the Frenchman's side. was last to go. and in my jump the boat dropped from under me. I hung on to the gunwale however, and a French sailor caught me by the coat.
 The boat which picked us up was a converted trawler doing patrol duty. It was in command of a French naval officer. with a crew of twenty-one. They were a line lot of men. Their
 boat was a clumsy little old tub, but
 they had named it the Jeanne d'Arc,
 and they could not have been prouder
 if it had been an ocean liner. There
 was only one of them who could speak little English, and we couldn't speak any French at all. but we aot on in fine shape from the start.
 They could not have been kinder They heated up some red wine below in an old. battered tin kettle. and opened can of beef. But the French officer and I were the only ones who could eat anything. The rest of our crew were still too sick from shock and exposure. Those little French mon opened their loskez2 and rot out all the spare clothes they had, They insisted on fitting all of us out. although I could see they had little to spare. In fact more than one
 generous Frenchnan that night gave away his best and only suit of clothes Meanwhile the French officer had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
Will Dinner Hour Be EarIier7

In England most folk are dining
earlier than they did before the war.
Naturally enough, there is no tendency
to keep late hours when there is always
the thought that one is far safer against
air raids when one is safely tucked in
bed at an early hour. And when you
know that every additional bit of light
burning in the city houses may be an
additional light to show the Zeppelins
which way London lies, you take little
pleasure in feasting by candlelight or
gaslight or electric light. or whatever
1t may be. Besides, dinners are shorter,
and even though they do not begin
they are over sooner, and that amounts
to the same thing as serving them
earlier.
Will we follow suit with England and
dine earlier?
If we changed our dinner hour from
$50 to 1890 or o'clock. we did so be-
cause that was the English custom Our
grandparents never dined later than
$50, even when they lived in the city,
and such old aristocrats as the Wash
fngtons, in the days of the revolution,
considered 4 o'clock very nice dinner
hour. Gradually we have been pushing
dinner later on. To indulge in his
torical comparisons. Charlemagne ac-
tually dined at 1890 and Henry " of
France and others of his time dined at
1870. When the hour was gradually
pushed on till the later time 1t was said
that the reason was to increase the
hours of anticipation. We are hardly
as eager over the pleasures of the table
or as single-minded in our anticipation
as to think of that as reason. Rather
have we pushed it farther into the night
because it left longer day in which
things might be done-more hours In
which to crowd business and social en-
gagements before the dinner hour.
1t was that reason and the reason
that our English visitors dined at 1890
or that led US here in America to
favor the late dinner hour.
Now that we are in the war, will we
make. our dinner hour earlier? That
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
GREAT TASK TO SET UP.
SE|SM0GRAPH IN ARCTIC
DR.. Hovey's Report Tells Of Diff
culties Of Work In Frozen
North.

First reports Of the seismologic work
Of DR.. Edmund c. Hovey of the Croker
land expedition at Etah. Greenland.
where Donald B. Macmillan and his
party made their headquarters last
winter. have been received by Rev.
Francis A. Tondorf. director of the
Georgetown University chronological
Observatory here and ono Of the coun-
try's foremost seismologists. DR.. Hovey,
who went north with the first relief OK
petition and whose ship was wrecked
in Toe, took along a seismogr1ph with
tho intention OF attempting to deter
mine whether Ice pressure has any in
huenoe on earth movements in the
arctic He was successful in saving
the instrument from tho wreck and es-
tablishing 1t at the Etah headquarters.
but not without difficulties.
las soon as it became certain that
was doomed to spend second unex-
pected year in the arctic and that I
Hovey, I'VE unpacked the seismograph
Crocker land expedition, and I set it
up"
DR.. Hovey said he was unable to find
the directions for installing tho instru-
ment. but with the aid of an illustrated
catalogue showing a picture OF the as
sembled apparatus and with his knoWl-
edge OF the basic principle upon which
the machine works he was able to put
1t together all right and get 1t to run
ming without much trouble.
Mr.. Macmillan, too, is delighted"
said DR.. Hovey. Thus far have got
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-18
PLAN ADOPTED TO MAIL
READING FOR SOLDIERS
Magazines and Newspapers for
"sammies" May Be Posted I'm
wrapped and Unaddressed.

Unwrapped and unaddressed magazines
and newspapers hereafter may be posted
by persons other than publishers, and will
be forwarded by postal authorities to
American soldiers and sailors in Europe.
In announcing today plans for gather
ing reading matter conveying home news
and fiction to the boys abroad, Postmaster
General Burleson suggested that maya
zines print the following in the upper
right hand corner Of their front covers:
finished reading this magazine, place a
one-cent stamp on this notice, hand same
to any postal employe and it will be
placed In the hands Of our soldiers and
sailors at the front. No wrapping, no ad-
dress"
The publications will be carried under
parcel post classification at one cent each
regardless of weight. A concentration
station has been designated in each state
for assembling of the reading matter.