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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
HUSBAND IN DUNGEON YRS.
"Widow," Married Again, just Finds
Out He Is Alive in .Petroqrad
Hospital.

Tokyo.-A letter has been received
from a man reported killed in the
Russo-Japanese war in North Man
churia by his supposed widow, who
has been married to a second hus.
band ten years.
A sergeant named Jinkfchis Onishi
has been missing since the battle of
Laeyang. The authorities and his
family concluded he had been killed;
and funeral ceremonies were observed.
His widow" married again, children
being born by the second husband.
Now, after II years, Onishi writes, re-
porting himself safe in hospital In
Petrograd.
According to his letter, at the time
Of the ,Russo-Japanese war he was
taken prisoner and has ever since
been in a dungeon, which he was
never allowed to leave until he be-
came Ill. )
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
TEACH u. S. HISTORY
Oxford University. to Have Chair
r. With American Professor.
VIscount ~Rothermere Makes 100000
s.... Endowment in Memory Of His
Dead Son. 3 r, - +'.'7--.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Rothermere has
given the University of Oxford 100000
for the establishment and endowment
OF professorship Of history Of the Uni
ted States of America, which will be
known as the Harold Vyvyan Harms.
worth professorship of American his
tory, in memory of his son, Capt. Har-
old Vyvyan Harmsworth Of the Irish
guards, formerly commoner Of Christ
Church, who was killed in the war.
Under the conditions of the endow-
ment the holder Of the professorship
must at the time Of his election be a
citizen Of the United States. He shall
hold the professorship for ten years
and shall be eligible for appointment
for another ten years..
The appointment shall be made by
an electoral board consisting of the
American ambassador at the time Of
the election, who shall have casting
vote; the chancellor of the university,
an elector nominated by the univer-
sity and Lord Rothermere, and each
succeeding holder Of the viscounty.
Lord Rothermere has endowed two
other professorships at English uni
versities. In 1910 he gave 100000 to
Cambridge university for the founda-
ton Of the King Edward VII. chair
of English literature, and in 1918 he
gave similar sum to Cambridge as
an endowment, fund for :, the We're
Harmsworth professorship Of naval
history, in memory Of his second son,
who was killed in the battle Of the,
Ancre. =. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Finds Ring Lost Year. AGO.

Chester, Pa.-John Hunter the other
day excavated from the soil In the
rear Of his Holland street home near
Eddystone diamond ring, which he
had lost there more than II years ago.
1t was while spading that Hunter lost
the ring from hole in his pocket. He
had no idea where he had dropped It,
and In time forgot all about it.
He was turning over the soil again
with spade, and to his surprise the
long-lost ring came up on spadeful
Of dirt. A little washing and polish
ing restored it to its original beauty.
The ring Is valued at $500.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
TO ENLIST lLLlTERATES
Will. Educate Them 40 WeIl 10 Aliens
in New Order Issued BY :see-> =
49,: -. tary Of War. -. =.


Washfngton.-On and after July 20
illiterates and non-English speaking
citizens and aliens who declare their
intention to become citizens will be
permitted to enlist in the United
States army for terms of three years.
Instructions to this effect were issued
by Secretary of War Baker. j.. ,...>s
: These illiterates and non-English
speaking recruits will be- distributed
to recruit educational centers, and in
any case where enlistment is for spe-
cial assignment, the recruit as soon
as enlisted will be sent to that recruit
educational center nearest to the Or
ganization for which he enlisted.
Transfers will be made promptly
upon the completion OF the course at
the educational center. -. !: 49, -.
- TO carry out this policy recruit edu-
cational centers will be organized at
Camps Jackson, Pike, Grant, Travis
and Lewis, modelled after. that at
Camp Upton, New York. 49, Z. 1.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
ASKS MILLIONS FOR. SHIPS
Japanese Government Has Program
= for Building War Vessels for
.~.,. National Defense.

Tokyo, Japan:-The Japanese gov
eminent has decided to ask for an ap-
preparation Of approximately $22 1885,
400, to be expended in the construction
Of new warships and other naval re-
quirements for the current fiscal year
as part Of the national defense. :.
The whole naval repletion program
Is to be completed by the end of 1927,
the total expenditure being fixed at
over $3.50, 0O0, 900, spread over. ten con-
secutive years. OF the sum more than
$375, 100000 is intended for 'construc-
ton of four battleships, four battle
cruisers, II cruisers, 81 destroyers and
a number of other war craft. +. ~
The original sum of this years out
lay was fixed at $33, 199;499 In the navy
budget estimate, but owing to INSULT
Gent financial source, that amount has
been cut down to about $11 100000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
CANN|bALS ONCE
PE0pLED TEXAS
Discovery Made That Prehistoric
People Were Different
From indians.
HAD REGULAR CAMP SITES
Life History Read From Records They
Left in Their Burned-Rock Mounds
Advanced to Stage Of Pale
oIithic Culture. 1890 -

Austin, Tex.-Evidence that Texas
was Inhabited by prehistoric people
different from the Indian who roamed
the plains when the first white man
came has been unearthed by James
E. Pearce, professor Of anthropology
OF the University of Texas. The early
inhabitants, he said, lived q nomad-
like existence, roaming from one part
OF the wilderness to another and kill
ing, with rude stone weapons, animals
and even humans for food.
In cooperation with the Smith
sonian Institution bureau Of entomology.
Prof. Pearce has been investigating
the mounds for more than a year, he
reported. co.. >.f.- -
1.-THE life history Of these people
has been read from the records they
left in their burned-rock mounds or
kitchepsmiddens," the professor said.
"These mounds are piles Of broken
and charred bits Of limestone three or
four feet high and sometimes as long
as 100 Feet. i ,1s+s .'..>-,.
Had Regular Camp Sites. . S..
"They are made up Of the kitchen
refuse Of these prehistoric peoples,
who had regular camp sites at fire.
quent intervals along the Edwards
plateau, extending from Austin west
ward to New Mexico.
These people evidently were ad-
vanced to the stage Of paleolithic Gull
ture, an earlier age than the period
Of heolithic culture, to which most of
the American Indians belonged. These
early Texas inhabitants had arrows
and spears tipped with flint points,
Clipped but not polished. They did
not polish their stone weapons, nor
did they engage in any form Of agri-
culture. They were, however, skill
full skin dressers for we have found
scraping tools made Of flint
The kitchen middens which we dis
covered are the only thing Of their
kind In America, so far as I know,
although they had been found in other
parts of the world. At these sites,
camps were located with great fire.
place In the center, over which huge
slabs Of limestone were placed as q
sort of primitive stove, upon which
to cook the meat the, Inhabitants
killed.
CannIbaIlsm Practiced.
I'VE know these people were canni-
balls. for among the refuse heaps have
been found human bones split apart
In order to get at the marrow.
1.-THE soft limestone slabs, being e1-
posed to the weather, broke from time
to time, and were cast aside nearby,
to be replaced by new ones.
I'm the course Of our investigations
we have completely examined some
fifteen of these mounds and In them
have found thousands Of splendid spe-
cimens Of Clipped arrow and spear
heads, as we'll as scraping tools and
other implements. Bones Of the deer.
which were prevalent In this region,
are found in profuslon, indicating that
this was the principal article Of diet"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Keeps Old, Violin.

San Antonio, Texan ancient vio-
lin is owned by A. L. Campbell, which
is kept with the records Of the court
in the safety vault. The instrument
has that mellowness Of tone which
only age gives the violin. The lineage
Of this antique is thus traced by Mr..
Campbell: II bought it about Is years
ago from an old Italian, who had
played on it for Is years. He In turn
received it from a German boy in Gal
weston, in whose family it was an
heirloom In the interior Of the In
strument is barely visible In old Ger
man type the following: "Josef
sKlotz, Mlltenwalde in ammo 1875, Ger
many"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Train Passes Over
Baby; He Is Unhurt

Pensauken, N. J.-Commuters
gasped in amazement when they
saw two-year-old Robert Oft, al
most unhurt, crawl across the
rail after a train passed over
him at the Union avenue cross
ing: near the Pennsylvania sta
ton here. r.. -:
The train had struck IN au-
= tomobile in which the child's
mother, Mrs. Eva OFT, and broth
er, Frederick Oft, r13 years. old,
were riding with him. Both
we're thrown out and hurt.
Mrs. OFT, who was driving,
saw those on the platform sig
mailing wildly: when she, was
nearly on the track and put on
all speed to-. pass before the
train. The thhse were thrown in
to the air, ahh the baby landed
between the rails, directly in
front Of tEe!s locomotive. Mrs.
OFT fell into q ditch and suffer-
ed fractures of both arms. Fred
erick was slightly injured. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Cows Will Not Drink Rum.

Cadiz, ON these parts even the
cows are obeying the eighteenth
amendment and are off the BOOZE. In
pasture near here, through which
flowed a veritable flood Of good wine,
the cows went to the brink, shifted
and turned back to the grass. Sew
eral hundred gallons Of Italian wine,
dumped into a sewer here. by prohibit
ton agents, flowed into creek and
then into the COW pasture. 81
It wouldn't be fair, though, to say
the cows are dry, for they continue
to fill the milk pals.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Playful Mule Devours
His Masters Pay Check

Hazleton, .Pa.-John Yudatis,
a mule driver In the Oneida
mines Of the Lehigh Valley Coal
company, demanded that head
quarters issue to him new pay
check for $32.3S. He said his
steed made a playful effort to
bite him and caught the side Of
his coat, taking pocket, pay
check and all in its teeth and
swallowing the mouthful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
City Doubled Taxes on !.
=. T. PROTECTING Landlord

A 100 per cent increase N the
assessed valuation Of his prop
erty was the penalty imposed by
the Detroit city council on ia
cob Shevitz, owner Of a nine
family apartment house, who
was accused Of increasing their
rents from $42 to 500 per
month. o. s.<.1 >.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
chum Is Now Her stepmother.

New Albany, 1nd.-Estella Kelsall
and May Dejtzman were chums and
Estella intr6 decd May to her father,
widower. Now she'll never have
to part from her chum, as dad" has
married her. DR.. Oliver Kelsall sur
prised his daughter when he tele-
graphed that he and May were on
their honeymoon. I'll,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Selling the Opportunity.

Martins Ferry, O.,-The local Sal
walton Army has found one way to get
crowd. When box of rubbish in
theater ignited, the fire department
was called, and a great crowd gath.
cred. The box was thrown into the
street and the Salvation Army band
Immediately surrounded It and started
services. It was the best attended
meeting IN years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Needle lsHalted

Greensburg, Ind.-While lying on a
davenport at her home Mrs. Noel
Anderson felt a needle enter her shoul-
der. A physician was called and It
was discovered that the needle was
fast travelling toward the lungs. She
was rushed to hospital, where an
operation was performed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Pays for Missing Pump.

Swanton, O.-John Perkins placed
well on his farm in 1914. A short time
later the pump was stolen. He has
Just received a letter from man in
Texas, who was here at the time and
who confesses to having stolen the
pump. He asks for bill so he can
pay and his conscience again rest
easy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Speech Lost in War =:
3 Recovered by, Bowling

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. -
Dumb for three years as the re- )
suit of being shell shocked In .
the war, Trooper w. Hart sud-
denly recovered his speech. here
In the excitement Of a bowling
game. He was playing with the
Davisville Military Hospital
team. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
A Farrnerette In Real Life.

Greensburg, Ind.-Beulah Boring,
aged ten, has helped her father solve
the labor problem. Every morning
she dons overalls and straw hat and
goes into the fields. She's not a
farmerette in picture but one In
work. She holds the record Of rolling
q acres OF corn In one day, which
local farmers say Is good days work
for q mar.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
Dream That viii Not Come True.

Ronceverte, w, Va.-Miss Emma
HUFF almost became the wife Of Bert
Treadway, but the indications now
are that she will never marry him.
The license had been procured and the
couple were on the way to minister's
when officers placed Treadway under
arrest on the charge Of numbering
Charles Scott. Treadway has con-
fessed and accepted life term in the
state penitentiary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
cave Hia Reverence [ ono aide

Lebanon, AFTER riding mile
on the pilot Of the engine which had
smashed his automobile, Rev. Father
w. ]. Rowlett told the engineer that.
he thought he never would bring his
train to q stop. Father Rowlett was
hot even scratched.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
aav Soon Know az Much as Kid

May Soon Know as Much as Kids.
Lexington, Ky.-A mother, two sons
and two daughters are students at the
same school, Mrs. e. P. Gray, wife
of Chautauqua entertainer, brought
her four children from Barbourville to
attend school. Having nothing else
to do, she decided to take a course
in school herself. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
SAYS WAR COST
100 BILLIONS
English Financier Fixes Real
Losses of the European
d BelIigerents.
AMERICA WORLDS CREDITOR
To Only United States and Japan Did
the War Bring Prosperity, According
to English uthority-Germany
Heavy Loser.


London.-The actual cost of the
war to European belligerents was in
excess of &2O,00O,O0O,O ($100,O00,-
100000 normal value), represented by
property. destroyed, losses in invest
ments abroad, depreciation of proper
ties and by pensions, Edgar Gram
mond, English tinancier, told the
Bankers institute at recent meeting
here.
He fixed the following as the real
losses of the European belligerents:
(s4s,5 500, 100000 normal value.)
France ......:.................... 6,250,0o0.oOo
The United Kingdom ......... 1920 900
1taly ...:..................'.." ~ 1OV'OU'oU
Belgium Observation-Disclosures. 55000O.000
To only two belligerent countries
the United States and Japan-did the
war bring prosperity, Crammond said,
but Spain. Holland, Switzerland,
Greece and Scandinavia also had
grown Weather. He believed the ''liq-
uid capital of the world, now dis
tributed in centers which are unaccus-
toned to the exercise Of their new
powers" would eventually again find
its chief outlet through London.
America the Gamer.
x''The war has produced an, extraor-
binary change in the economic rela-
lions of the United States with Eu-
rope" he said. "Whereas, in 1914
America owed Europe f2,00O,0OO,OO0.
at present Europe owes America e.
.O0O,OOOOOO- ($1O,OO0,00O,0OO)."
Assuming that the postwar pur-
chasing power Of the dollar was 70
per cent of it's pre-war value, Cram
mond said during the last five years
there had been an actual increase in
the national wealth of the United
States of approximately 80 per cent,
and he estimated this wealth now in
the neighborhood Of 97O,OOO,OOO,O to
fS0OOO,000,OOO.
The national wealth Of Japan, he
estimated, had been doubled by the
war. T."
Germany Heavy Loser.
=. On the basis Of a postwar mark
valued at so per cent Of its pre-war
value he estimated Germany has lost,
apart from the indemnity, 26 per cent
Of her national wealth, the whole Of
her mercantile marine, all her colonial
possessions, and practically the whole
of her investments abroad. If the
figures suggested at the Hythe con-
ference, f6,25O, 100000, were fixed as
the German war indemnity, he de-
clared the total losses Of the German
people arising out Of the war, would
be equivalent to about ELS, 100000, 900,
. or one-half her national wealth.
$50. far as the world as a whole Is
concerned, the principal loss is in the
fact that Europe is not yet a going
concern" he continued, "but the IN
DERIVING economic forces which made
her the great center Of the worlds
commercial activities are still at work
and will rapidly transform the eco
nomic situation in Europe"
. He said the dominant characteristic
Of international trade in the next ten
years will be a tremendous world de-
mand for capital, and the internal
financial policies Of the nations should
be framed with due regard to this
condition.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09

own studios and which hwill be see
at the Ely theatre Tuesday.
As Maryis Hawn, the Woodworking
and unlucky daughter of a Kentucky
mountain family, Miss Piekford is
given an unprecedented opportunity
to display her unexceiied ability to
produce laughs and tears.
Unwilling to see her rustic Romeo
defeated in jigging honors by an
a%ristocrat from the lowlands, Miss
Pickford dashes into the circle and
makes a noble effort to keep the
terpsichorean laurels among the
mountain folk. The dance is sud
denly interrupted when Uncle Zeke,
going on SO years old, orders the
dance TO stop. He has lost his teeth.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
ALICE LAKE COMING
IN 'SHORE ACRES

Shore Acres" the immortal stage
play of New England life that made
James A. Herne famous the world
over, will be the feature attraction at
the Ely theatre tonight. This un-
usual feature is a perturbation OF
the celebrated stage drama which
James A. Herne wYote, produced.
and starred throughout the civilized
world. 1t is a superb picture of
rural life in a sleepy New England
village on the coast of Maine.
The play concerns Helen Berry,
whose father wants her TO marry Jo-
siah Blake, an INSCRIPTIONS pro-
moter. Helen loves Sam Warren, a
young man in the employ of Blake,
and is determined to wed him in
spite of all obstacles. Blake learns
of Helen's in~fatuation for Warren
and plots to fasten upon him the
theft of a sum of money from his
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
At the Theatres
SHIRLEY MASON IN
DELIGHTFUL COMEDY

Announcement is made by tie
management of the Ely theatre that.
Monday, Miss Shirley Mason, the
charming star, will be presented by
William Fox in a delightful comedy,
Molly and l. based on the success
full novel Molly and | and the Sill
yer Ring" BY Frank r. Adams.
Miss Mason, as Shirley Brown,
has one OF the most loyable roles of
her screen experience, and her work
is said to surpass her best previous
efforts. An unusually strong cast
supports the delightful little star. Al
bert Roscoe, her handsome leading
man, is described as happy in the
character of the blind author Tor
whom Shirley fights hard and deter
minedly; and the other parts are in
very capable hands.
Howard NJ. Mitchell, who has di-
rected many Fox successes, directed
molly and l."
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
INTERESTING EXHIBIT By
SCHOOL CHILDREN

The hurry street school and the
grade school on the hill gave most
creditable exhibitions on Friday aft
erIoon and evening. The songs and
darccs and recitations rendered by
the pupils were highly enjoyable and
g. perusal of the exhibits of the sew
ing, embroidery, weaving, free-liand
drawing and cutting of maps, posters,
pictures, etc., together with those of
pennmanship and arithmetic tests,
proved most interesting for the large
number of visitors, who demonstrate
ed their interest in the work of the
school children who have been
under such excellent training
during the year. and the instructors
of the different grades should be
highly gratified by the results of
their labor, and the children are to
be congratulated upon the excellent
work produced.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
1.-THE srIrFIRE OF SEVILLE

Carmelita Delgado dwelt in the
sunlit mountains of Southern Spain
with her father, aged chief of an out
law band.
Pedro and Leonardo. two dashing
young lieutenants of her fathers
forces, were rivals for her hand and
heart. Upon them she bestowed a
casual regard, a sisterly affection
that maddened them by its very pas
siyeness.
In a furious fight the two men
strive to determine by deaths elm
ination which of them Carmelita
shall marry. To stop the encounter
and save the life of Leonardo the
girl promises her hand to Pedro the
next week at the Fiesta of Roses III
Seville.
The little wildflower of the Cas-
lillian hills means to keep her prom
Use. 1t is not a pleasant thought and
she goes far into the fountains 20
tend her sheep and forget. Dressed
In boys clothing, as is her frequent
custom, she Is accosted by Kent
Stanton, an American artist. who
asks the little shepherd boy" to
pose for him.
.Bewildered by the fury of a ter
rifle mountain storm she is lost on
her way home as she pursues a flee
ing lamb-her pet. She takes ref
uge in a cottage which the American
also uses as a retreat from the
elements.
Facing an enraged Pedro In thte
morning she innocently tells him:
Il spent the night with an American
gentleman"
What happened to the little Wild
flower of the Castilian hills and the
outcome OF her adventurous
romance, is to be shown at the Rex
Monday in "The Spitfre OF
starring the Russian dramat-
&c peeress. Hedda Nova.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09

o. p. Blose. manager OF the Ely
Furniture company. has secured a
lease of the premises formerly occu-
pied by the Bud soft drink parlors,
and will add this space to his present
store, which has for some time been
installed In the room adjoining. A
large opening has been cut connect
ing the two rooms. thus making one
large furniture store. With ample
room for display.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
Rex Theatre To Enlarge Orchestra.

Beginning tomorrow, and every
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
during the summer months, the Rex
will have an orchestra composed of
nine musicians, between 7 p. m. and
8 p. m. Patrons of the Rex are re
quested to put in their requests for
any piece or selection they would
like to hear. at the Rex theatre bcx
office. Regular prices will prevail.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09

keeper. He extinguishes tie light.
and then prevents old Uncle Nat, his
brother, from showing a beacon that
will save the vessel from crashing on
the rocks.
ance AS a star In Shore Acres" aft
er her memorable performance in
should q Woman Tell " the Metro
production that has created the
screen sensation of modern times.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09

FRED CLARK returned from a TRIP
to Ogden during the week, having
visited his daughter, Carol, who is
attending the Sacred Heart academy
in that city. Mr.. Clark vas present
at a recital in which his daughter
made her first appearance in public
IN ogden and was designated as one
of the most talented young artists
on the program.