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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
ENGLISH SPEECH FOR WORLD
Belgian Professor Favors Its Adoption
as Language Of all
Nations.

Stockholm.-English would undoubt-
eddy be the most suitable as world
language, in the opinion of Professor
Carney of Louvain university, Bel
GUM.
he made this statement in the form
of a reply to the question addressed
by the Northern Peace society to
prominent linguists in various coun-
tries as to which language would be
best adapted to universal use.
After declaring in favor of English,
M. Carney wrote:
"The German and French languages
have lost their place through the war.
The English language is a hospitable
one, being kind Of compromise be-
tween the Latin and Germanic
tongues; also it is simple and is spok-
en- by most progressive nations Of the
world, and has one of the most beauti-
full literatures Of modern times"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY
HELD UP BY WOMAN
Female Bandit Uses Gun and
Secures $1,000.
Feminine Footpad chatted as She
Frisked Pittsburgh
Banker.

Pittsburg' Adam Eidemuller, sec
rotary of Iding and loan associa-
ton, was held up by a polite, heavily
yelled woman footpad and robbed of
$1,000 while almost within sight of his
home.
"Oh, l beg your pardon" the wom-
an said us she bumped into Eidemul-
Ter.
He FASTENED to pardon her, but saw
In her hand a small pistol. The warn
ing she issued was quiet but stern,
Eidemuller told detectives.
Keeping the pistol in position, she
moved closer to Eidemuller and drew
from his hip pocket wallet, fairly
bullying with money and checks he
had taken in at meeting of the loan
association.
Then with a smile she started a
conversation concerning the "funny
weather Pittsburgh has been having"
keeping the revolver pressed close to
her victim.
Eidemuller was forced to join in the
conversation, he said, and after. sew
eral pedestrians had passed she
reached into his vest pocket and re-
moved his watch.
She unclasped this from a watch
chain, and again continued her con-
versation about the weather.
you just keep going" she warned
Eidemuller as she had slipped the
watch and wallet into large mrff.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Anna Gould Aids Aviators.

Paris.-The Kosciusko squadron Of
American aviators on the Polish front
has found a much-needed godmother
in the Duchess de Talleyrand, former
~ Anna Gould of New York.
The duchess has presented 1000
francs to the squadron. The pilots
receive only $25 monthly and their
food and winter clothing therefore
were deficient.
When volunteering for the squad
ron the Americans declined the offer
Of the Poles of greater pay, saying
that they would take only the amount
the Polish aviators received. There
fore they were overjoyed at the gift
of the duchess, which came as q sur
prise.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
HEART MISSED MANY BEATS
Bullet Wound to Civil War Veteran
Of Pittsburgh Caused Abnormal
Action.

Observation-Disclosures C. Gibson, sew
enty-seven years old, a member Of
Company I, Fourteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry, during the Civil war, who
died at Midway Sunday evening, had
the distinction Of having had $751;
600 less heart beats in fifty-seven
years of his life than does the normal
man.
Gibson was wounded during the
Civil war at the age of twenty. The
bullet passed between two ribs and
close to the heart spreading an artery
and vein. In some way it affected his
heart to such an extent that that Or
gan missed one beat in every four of
normal heart.
According to calculations, Gibson's
heart missed 1880 beats each hour;
1920 beats every twenty-four hours;
5,51S,SOO each year, and 317,571 800
in the tifty-seven years following his
injury.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
PLANETS CALLING US?
Wireless Interrupted by Myste.
rious Signals.
"areon' Tells Of Queer Sounds
Which May Come From
Outside the Earth.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Mar
conf wireless instruments by mystic
rlous undecipherable signals, which
were noted before the war and have
been publicly referred to since. are
specially featured in the Daily Mail
and discussed by Marconi in an inter-
view published by the paper.
I'VE occasionally get queer sounds
and indications, which might come
from somewhere outside the earth. !"
Signor Marconi said. 1--WE have had
them both in England and America
Inc Morse signal letters occur with
much greater frequency than others.
but we have not yet picked up any,
thing that could be translated into a
definite message.
1.-THE fact that the signals have Co.,
Cured simultaneously at New York
and London. with identical intensity,
seems to indicate that they must have
originated at a great distance.
I'VE have not yet the slightest proof
or their origin. They might conceiv-
ably be due to some natural disturb
ance at great distance, for instance.
an eruption Of the sun causing elec-
trical d sturbances."
Asked whether possibly ATTEMPTS
were being made by another planet to
communicate, Signor Marconi said:
Il would not rule out the possibility
of this, but there is no proof. We
must investigate this matter much
more thoroughly before we venture
upon a definite explanation"
He added that the mysterious
sounds are not confined to any par
ticular diurnal period; they are fire.
quent by day and night.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
MUST WAIT CENTURY
BEFORE BURIAL SERVICE
Mans Will Makes Strange Re-
quest for Self and Grand
daughter.

IWenty-eight years are yet to elapse
before the bodies of Morris Bell and
that of his granddaughter, Jane Peel
Ing, which now repose in iron caskets
In vault in the Greenmount ceme-
terry at Springfield, o., will be put in
graves, if the wish Of Bell is carried
out.
Due to the breaking of pieces Of
glass in the caskets, City Manager
.. f. Carr recently ordered the vault
door boarded up so that visitors might
not enter the vault while the bodies
are exposed to the outside air.
For years the vault has been a
mecca for curious persons who visit
Springfield.
An article referring to the two bod
les, taken from newspaper of July
II, 1894, is as follows:
Supt. Lewis E. Staley of Green.
mount cemetery has been kept busy
the last six weeks showing the hun
dreds of curious and awe-struck WIS.,
1t"rs the coffined remains of two peo-
pie who have been in their graves of
iron for nearly half hundred years.
I'm a vault, which is easily access
sible, rickety wooden door being
without trouble easily unlocked and
opened, lie the remains Of Norris Bell
and his granddaughter, Jane Peeling,
both lying in iron collins placed upon
stone supports, four feet from the
floor The collins are alright, the
lids being soldered on instead of being
fastened with screws. A thick glass
In each coffin allows a view Of the
face, neck and breast.
Long before this city was incor-
pOrated Morris Bell was mayor of the
settlement. He was born in Green
county, and Bellbrook, the summer re-
sort near Xenia, is named in his honor.
HE was rich and eccentric, and his
dying request was that his remains
should be placed in vault; that up
on Jane Feelings death her remains
were to be placed beside his in the
vault, and that they were to be left
there for 100 years and then both were
to be buried side by side.
Bell died in 1847, and his grand
daughter aged twelve, a few years
later.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
is WHISKY BEST REMEDY?
Question for Kentucky Doctors Pre-
scribing 1t, Says State Health
Officer.

Louisville, Ky.-Physicians in Ken
lucky who prescribe whisky for ailing
patients will have to prove to the
state license board that no other medi.
cine is better, or their licenses are liza.
BILE to be revoked, according to DR.. A.
T. Mccormack, state health officer. A
meeting of physicians will be held in
Lexington, he said, to form a drastic
ruling on the prohibition amendment
in so far as it applies to the medical
profession of this state.
The American Medical society, DR.
Mccormack asserted, has goneaon rec.
ord as believing whisky as medicine
is not necessary and wherever it could
be used there is some other remedy
equally good or better.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21

Princess de Broglie, the half-Ameri-
can widow Of Prince Jean de Broglie
of France, who will become the bride
of Hon. Reginald Ailwyn Fellowes, son
and heir of Baron de Ramsay of Hunt
ington, England.
Princess de Broglie inherited a for
tune from her mother, the late Ouch
esS Dacazes, who was Miss Isabella
Singer daughter Of the late Isaac
Singer of New York.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Roof Garden on Church.

Pittsburgh.-A six-story church with
a roof garden and dormitories for it's
members will be built in Pittsburgh.
Trustees of the West End Christian
church have announced the new edifice
will cost 100000 and the funds set
aside for the building will be used to
make the roof garden a place where
the congregation will find clean and
wholesome pleasure.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
N. Y. Hosiery Opened in
1912 Closed by Dry Law

New YOrk.-ProhibitiOn closed
the doors Of another famous hos
telry, the Eastern hotel at the
Battery, which was first opened
shortly after the war Of 1912.
Solid mahogany beams form the
framework Of the structure, one
of the oldest on the island of
Manhattan. Many prominent per-
sons made their headquarters at
the hotel, including Robert Full
ton, steamboat inventor; Daniel
Webster, Commodore Wander
bilt, Jenny Lind, P. T. Barnum
and General Grant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
TREE BLOOMS FIVE TIMES
Horticultural Freak Also Produces
Five Si7ee ~ Dane

Horticultural Freak Also Produces
Five Sizes Of Pears.
j. W. Scott of Greenfield, Mo-, has
a freak pear tree in his yard, which
has gone contrary to natures laws this
season. On some of the limbs are
pears Of five different sizes, represent
ing that many times that the tree has
put forth blossoms this summer. The
largest pears are II inches in circum-
ference, while the smallest ones are
no larger than common gooseberries,
the petals having just fallen from
them. The last blooms appeared only
recently. Fruit has formed each time
the tree doomed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Kaiser's Castles Turned
Over to Peoples Uses

Berlin.-All the famous hunt
ing castles of the, ex-kaiser are
being converted into places of
social usefulness. The Leine
chateau, near Hanover, in which
the imperial family used to live
when Wilhelm visited that city
on hunting trips, is to house part
of the Kastner museums exhib-
it's. Another chateau is now a
home for undernourished chill
dren, while third has been
turned into an art gallery.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
British Divorce Crush
Continues; War Blamed

London.-The postwar divorce
crush is steadily increasing and
it was declared that no diminu-
ton Is in sight There were l.
1926 undefended cases in the Jam
uary list of the divorce court,
and new list is being prepared
to take care of the surplus cases.
The big increase in divorce is
attributed to the upheaval in
social circles caused by the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Potash Supply Fails

Berlin.-The German potash syndi-
cate announces that it is able to sup
ply only slightly more than one-third
the home demand, which this year is
100000 double hundred-weights. The
output is still seriously handicapped
by lack of coal. which is forcing half
the German plants to remain idle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Texas Schools Short 1000 7

Texas Schools Short 1000 Teachers.
Texas schools will open next month
with shortage Of 1000 teachers. The
situation is the most serious in the
history Of the states school system, &C.
cording to officials. Low wages is given
as the cause for lack Of applicants for
schools.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-02-21
Woman 81. Shonlifter

London.-Sarah Ann Bennett, 81,
was convicted Of shol,lifting here She
stole silk stockings, a diary, perfume
and post cards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
'loscanini Will Tour Z. 5.
For 10 eeks in 1927
Famous Conductor VIII Bring
With Him La Scala Or
chestra of Milan

It was announced YESTERDAY ae 10
Offices Of Loudon Charlton in Carnerie
Hall that negotiations in progress for
the last SIX months have been cors1,rn-
mated with Arturo Toscanini and
La Scala Orchestra, Of Man. Tor an
American tour Of ten weeks. beginning
Immediately after January I, 1921
livery member Of the orchestra is per
sonally chosen by Toscanini. It is
estimated that the cost Of the tour viii
approximate $3.50, 0O0
Within the last five wears many IN
awaiting efforts have been made to IN
duce the conductor to return to Amer
lea. His consent to the tour was won
BY Signor tgo Ara, formerly mem
Der Of the Flonzaley Quartet.
The following wealthy patrons Of arr
nave enlisted as underwriters Of the
projects: Andre de Coppet, Mrs. Fred
rick S. Coolidge, Moreau Delano.
George Gould ST., George Baker r..
Mrs. benjamin Miller, of PhiIadelphia:
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. Colonel
hobert Perkins, William Fellowes Nor
gan, DR.. Orestes Ferrara, William c.
Hamilton. Of ittsburgh; Charles Fl.
9lrson, Loudon Charlton and James
crosby Brown, Of Philadelphia. TIE
loUr viii be under the personal man
agement OF Loudon Charlton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Bedtime Stories
A Very Prickly Fellow
Bv Thornton W. Burgess
Pray do not sleight poycgtpine,
For reasons many, sharp and fine.

Happy Jack Squirrel was quite right
when he said that Prickly Perky the
Porcupine was no beauty. He was any
thing but handsome. The truth is, he
was the homeliest, clumsiest fellow in
all the Green Forest lie was little
bigger than BOBBY Coon and his body
was thick and heavy looking. His back
bumped up like an arch. For the
SIZE of his body his head was rather
small, short and somewhat round. His
neck was even shorter HIS eyes we're
small and looked very dull. 1t was
plain that he couldn't see far. Nor
could he see clearly unless the thing
he was looking at was close BY. His
ears were small and nearly hidden in
hair. His front teeth. the gnawing
teeth which proved him Rodent, were
very large and bright orange in color.
His legs were short and stout. He had
four toes on each front foot and five
on each hind foot and they were armed
with quite long. stout claws
But the queerest thing and the most
interesting thing about Prlckly Porky
was his coat. Not one among al! the
little people of the Green Forest or
the Green Meadows has coat any
thing like the one Prickly Porky wore.
Most Of them have Two coats. One IS
short, soft, warm fur This is under
meath and quite hidden by coat Of
long, coarse hair. Prickly Pork has
The coat Of long, coarse hair. On his
back it was very long and coarse, each
hair brownish black up 70 the tip,
where it was white. Under this was
some soft, wooIy fur,
But what that long hair hid chiefly
was an array Of wicked looking httie
spears called quilts. Thy we're white
to the tips. These We're dark and very
very sharp pointed. They were GOV
cred with tiny barbs, so small as hard-
Is to be seen, but there just the same.
8 his head the little spears We're
about an inch long. but on his back
they were four times az long. becom ing
shorter again toward the tall h's
tail was rather short, stout and covered
with short quilts. Altogether he was
IA decidedly prickly fellow
Az he sat there on the old stump
come Of Prckly Porky's little spears
could be gccn pecping out from the
long hair on his back. but they didn't
loon particularly dangerous. feter
/ Rabbit hoped around so as TO face
/ prickly Porky and looked up. Then he
made a discovery.
I "Why!" exclaimed Peter, he hasn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Chief Demands Courtesy
OF Ellis Island Staff
Wallis Insists Visitors and I'm.
migrants Be Treated With
Patience and PoIileness

Whatever else he may DO at Ellis
Island, Frederick A. Wallis, the newly
appointed Commissioner Of Immigra-
ton, IS going TO insist upon a display
Of courtesy, politeness and patience on
the part OF employees toward immi-
In addressing his staff yesterday the
commissioner cited personal expert
ence on one Of his visits to the bureau
soon after his appointment was con
frmed He SAID ne heard rough and
quarrelsone language used by guard :
and attendants whose duty it was to
furnish information TO visitors in
search OF relatives.
~ was compelled he said, "to re
monstrate with one Of the guards, who
promptly howled at me and wanted to
know who the devil was. One Of my
friends informed him that was the
new commissioner, ard his manner
changed a. once TO civility. This sort
Of spirit must cease. wish every one
coming 10 the island on business or as
yisit tors TO De treated courteously.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Brandon lyman, Actor,
viii " ed Lily Cahill
Marriage to Take Place Wednes-
day at the Rectorv Of
ST. Patrick's

Brandon. lyman, playwright and
actor, will marry Lily Cahill, actress. in
the rectory o. St. Patrtck's Cathedral
Wednesday. Both are we'll known on
the stage here, their last appearance
together being with Leo Dirrichstein
in The Purple Mask" At present Mr..
lyman Is appearing in Ziegfeld's Mid
night Frolic.
Mr. lyman was born in Ireland but
his family moved to this country when
re was very young. HIS first appear
aace was in the Lyceum Stock Company
He has played many roles in Ibsen'
plays and was q member OF me casts
Of Joseph and His Brethren" the re-
wal Of "Trilby." Major Pendennjs ;,
The Matinee Hero TIE Marquis de
Priola' and other plays.
Among his writings are Robert En-
me- and The Melody Of Youth" both
Of which he acted in. In the later
play Miss Cahiu, who is a Southern
girl. also was q member of the cast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
IS Boy Scouts Honored
By the Bronx Council
Essay Writer Awarded a Flag
v estcflester Girl Scouts To
BE Analna.,natad


Nt the court Of honor Of the Broax
Council ct the Boy Scouts Of Amer ca
last night ut Norris High school. l6sth
Street and Boston Road, the Bronx,
tn rty-fve Boy Scouts were awarded
certificates for good work performed
during the last SIX months. Walter Hal-
be- Of 2l6 East 106th Street. was pre-
sented with a flag for the best essay
on Scouts of America" by Ma jor
Samuel S. Stewart, of the United
states Army.
Commissioners OF fifteen Girl Scout
organizations in Westchester County
met IN teh courthouse at White Plains
yesterday and named committee to
amalgamate all councils. Mrs Joh'. H.
Hammond, Of Mount Kisco. presided
The 1900 Girl Scouts in Westchester
County have raised $500 for their
summer camp at Mohansic Lake.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
'Pussyfoot' johnson
Declares Euro pc
Wants Prohibition
England Will Go Dry in
Ten Years if L. S. Stands
Firm, He Tells Rotarians:
Cause of Unrest in India
William Z. ("Pussyfoot") Johns

William E. "Pussyfoot") Johnson
told the Potarians yesterday al their
luncheon in the Hotel McAlpin that
Europe was suffering from drink, be-
cause i did not have the freedom Of
choice as in the United States. They
hailed him singing How Dry Am
and Drink 70 Me Only With Thine
Eye"
Mr.. Johnson was scheduled to sneak
on What l Can See With Ny Glass
Eye but began By telling what he
had seen before he lost it. He said
that when America adopted the liquor
amendment it did something not only
for itself but for the rest Of the
world. The countries of Europe. he
said. want to be free from the liquor
evil.
Speaking especially Of England, he
said that a prominent official there
told him that if America stands firm
on prohibition England will go dry in
ten years He was told that If America
stuck the whole world must follow
He said that every country in Eu-
rope has more unrest than the United
States. They are all suffering from
drink" he declared. "Virtually all the
India has grown ont Of her forcing
liquor on a people who did not wan
It. He predicted that when the new
Indian bill, which among other things
gives TO India the right 10 control the
sale OF liquors. becomes effective next
year the Indians viii abolish the
dramshop,
Scotland. Mr.. Johnson said, had been
hammering on the doors Of the British
Parliament for forty years to get con
trol Of the excise prerogative az, 81
Scotland has it" he said, "and next
November Scotland will vote on the
saloon. Wales viii DO the same.
Il shan't discuss the Irish question, :"
he said. 1T has almost as many
angles as there are Irishmen, but, re
garding drink, twenty-three Of the
twentysix members Of Parliament
from Ulster were elected on an anti
liquor platform.
The Sim Feiners are total abb
stainers; so are the men Of the Irish
Volunteers. In my opinion, if Ireland
we're granted enough autonomy TO act
she would adopt local option and the
grogshop would be driven out, as s.
Patrick drove out the snakes
Speaking of his glass eye, Johnson
said that he would be willing TO lose
a million eyes if each Of them brought
him as many friends as the one he
had lost.
4 can see with my glass eye-rny
minds eye" he said, more happiness,
less anguish, less fear and less misery
as result Of prohibition"
It was Asbury Park Day for tn .
Rotary Club, and many members from
that place were present at the luncheon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Fourth Precinct Reserves 10
Hold Reception on SATURDAY

The police reserves Of the Al
Precinct, stationed at Beach and Var
lex streets. are making extensive prep
arations for their annual entertainments
and reception in the grand ballroom
Of the Hotel Pennsylvania, Saturday
night The dramatic society Of the
St. Alphonsus Club viii present q COM
cry, a Paid Of Sizes" Music will be
furnished by the Police Reserve Band
Of Brooklyn. Mayor John F. Hylan,
rchbishop Patrick j. Hayes ard Pc
lice Commissioner Richard f. Enrighs
are expected to attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Stage Children Graduated
Twelve Boys and Girls Are
Awarded Diplomas

Twelve boys and girls who have
played more or less important parts
IN recent stage successes received
their diplomas yesterday at the sixth
annual CONNIE cement Of the Long
acre Theatre before q larFe audience.
George McAneny declared that the
school for stage children Allied gap
IN the educational system OF the city;
Children are necessary part of
the theater." declared Mr.. McAneny-
"The theater represents life aAc'chll-
drer are q part % life
The certificates were presented by
Billie Burke Mrs. William Faversharn
addressed the graduates. The era =
uasos presented tho second oct o.
"Gralitv Street"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
Smith Names ? Members
Of Roosevelt Commission
III. F. Osborn. of New York. and
L. ID. Herman. of Albany.
ahOSey, hy Coverror
IN bv Governor

ALBANY, June 3.-Heury Fairhel !
Osborn, head o. the Museum OF Natars.
history, New York. and Peter d. Kier-
nan, business man Of Albany. wsre
ramed by Governor Smith today ~
members o. the Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Commission.
The commission was created by the
Legislature TO investigate all propose J
state memorials 10 the late President
Roosevelt. Two members are TO be
appointed by the temporary president
OF the Senate and two by the Speaker
Of the Assembly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-04
New Jewish East Side Center
Planned bv Israel Synagogue

Plans for the establishment of new
Jewish East Side center were announced
yesterday by Harry G. Fromberg, pres
ident Of the Young Israel Synagogue.
He said that the synagogue has just
signed q contract for the purchase of the
old Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
AID Society Building in East Broa away
for 100000, and that $4,000 ado ,onal
viii be spent for reconstruction Of the
building. 1t will serve as a combination
synagogue, a Young Mems Hebrew As
sociation headquarters and settlement
house. A campaign to raise 100000
for the maintenance Of the new enter
prise will b launched in The fall.