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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
QUEENS CHAIR IN JUNGLE
Africans Say Spirit Of Old Chief
Guards Supposed Gift Of
Victoria.

London.-The massive chair made Of
copper, which natives believe was CIV
en- by the late Queen Victoria Of Eng
land to an Ashanti chieftain and used
by him as his throne, has been discov-
cred in the midst Of jungle far from
human habitation in the Gold Coast
colony, West Africa. According to ma
tive legend, it was placed over the
grave Of the chieftain who had occu-
pied it when alive.
In their, superstition, they believe he
still sits upon his old throne in spirit
at certain times and, for this reason,
they have never tried to move the
chair, which, they declare, has now
rooted itself in the ground, says a
dispatch to the Daily Graphic.
A Gold coast surveyor first stumbled
across this curiosity. A search party
returned to the spot and found the
jungle so dense that the natives had
to hack a path with cutlasses through
the underground.
In spite of inquiry, no confirmation
Of the native story as to the history
Of the chair has been obtainable and
how it came to be in the jungle re-
mains mystery.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
BLASTS OPEN CANAL
Prince Connects Lake CaproIace
With Mediterranean. ::
Noted italian Engineer Uses so Tons
OF Explosives and 1900 Bombs
in Undertaking.

Rome.-Don Gelasio Caetani. a
brother of Prince Caetani, the Ameri-
can trained engineer who laid the
mine which blew off the top of the
mountain Col di Lana during the war,
Durylng hundreds of Australian SOL
oilers beneath it, has just dynamited a
canal into existence from Lake Capro-
lace to the Mediterranean sea.
Ihe work was undertaken by direc-
ton of the prince, also known as the
duke Of Sermoneta, head of the
Roman Campagna and Terracina, a
region which the prince has labored
for years to reclaim. On the seashore
of this strange volcanic region there
are three lakes or lagoons, called Fog
.hano, Monaco and Caprolace, COM
mun1cating with each other, into which
at high tide all kinds of fish find their
way, remaining there to breed and
fatten for the Roman market, to which
every day some ten to forty hundred
weight are shipped.
Only one, that of Fogliano, is d.
rectly connected with the sea, and in
order to unite that of Caprolace with
the neighboring Mediterranean, and to
greatly increase the yield Of fish,
Prince Caetani decided to explode a
series of mines so as to form a canal
between this lake and the sea.
The undertaking took fifty tons of
explosives and 1000 large bombs, or
five times as much as was required
to destroy the mountain top. It was
successful, opening a channel to the
sea. Vs..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
AGREE ON REMOVING DEAD
French to Permit Disinterment of U.
S. Men in the Fighting Zones
September Is.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the Amer
lean dead from within the fighting
zones in France for transportation to
the United States will begin after
September Is under an agreement be-
tween the American and French gov
eminent. Bodies Of men buried out
side these zones now are being moved
to this country.
The war department, in announcing
the agreement, said the terms of the
understanding limited the return Of
bodies Of those whose removal to
America had been specifically request
ed by the next of kin.
In transporting the bodies to French
ports the American government has
agreed to use not exceeding a maxi
mum Of 100 standard box cars at a
time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
TELLS OF FIGHT
With CANN|bALS
Rice Party Has Encounter With
Giant White Savages in
South America.
NOT AFRAID OF FIREARMS
"Professor Rice Says That in All His
Experience in Tropical JungIes He
Never Saw Such Ferocious
Looking Savages.

New York.-The exploring party
headed by DR.. Alexander Hamilton
Rice, which clashed last February
near the banks Of the Orinoco with
giant cannibals, returned here from
Para.
With Doctor Rice came Mrs. Rice,
formerly Mrs. George D. Widener of
Philadelphia, who accompanied her
husband on some Of his South Ameri-
can explorations; Chester II. Ober,
geographer of the expedition; A. W.
Swanson, J. E. Mason and DR.. G. E..
Byers.
1t was while exploring an unnamed
tributary Of the Orinoco river that the
party was attacked. The discharge Of
firearms failed to scare off the saw
ages; who were described as large and
fierce, and the explorers only escaped
by firing into them, killing either
two or three. The party then turned
back.
Not Previously Seen Since 1863.
1.-The cannibals were almost white
In COLOR" Professor White said. I'm
all my years in the tropical jungles
have never seen such ferocious look
ing savages. Nearly all were armed
with bows and arrows and carried
spears and blowguns. They were
more than six feet tall and I recog-
nized them as cannibals Of the Guari-
Dos tribe, a mountain legion consid-
cred the most ferocious Of all the saw
ages in either Venezuela, Colombia, or
Brazil."'
The professor declared he believed
it was the first time these cannibals
were met by white men since 1853,
when a Spanish expedition discovered
them.
Record Trip for White Woman.
Mrs. Rice was not with her husband
on the occasion Of the attack on the
party. However, she travelled with
the party as far as Esmeralda, Brazil,
penetrating further into the Anaa-
ION wilderness than any other white
woman, according to the explorer.
The Rio Negro and other outlets Of
the Amazon were explored and chart
ed, as well as the Casquiare canal and
the Upper Orinoco, Doctor Rice said.
A number Of specimens were brought
back for the Peabody museum at Har-
ward.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
FARMERS SPURN GRAND PIANO
instrument Sells for $3.50 as New
Workers Pay $3.50 for Blind
Horse,

Riverhead, L. 1.-The eastern Long
Island farmer seems to be a critical
fellow.
Just because he cannot use a piano
to raise potatoes is no sort of
utilization, apparently, between music
and potato growing-the farmer re-
fuses to pay as much for the piano as
he will for a blind horse.
Frank J. Corwin, the auctioneer, re.
Gently astonished the countryside when
he got the farmers tumbling all over
themselves to bid in a blind horse st
$3.50 and loose hay for the sensational
price Of SIS a ton. He sort Of reasoned
that if a blind horse was worth that
much a grand piano that could make
jazz music without much effort ought
to bring around $500.
But the farmers fooled him this time.
In spite of all his coaxing, in spite Of
all his claims that Paderewski would
be glad to have this instrument, it, was
knocked down for $3.50.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
BERLIN R0B!BERIEs MULTIPLY
HoIdups. and Plain Theft Vastly In
crease; Churches Are Not
Immune.

Berlin, Germany.-In these dis
turbed days, when the revolution
profiteer" flaunts his wealth in the face
Of an Impoverished populace, rob-
berries and ~burglaries in Berlin in
crease at an abnormal pace. Street
signs are full Of announcements of.
fering rewards for the return Of stol-
en- goods. In one Of the main streets
"a fancy goods store displays this no
tice:
"Gentlemen burglars are requested
not to break open the shop front nor
to tamper with the locks. There is
nothing to steal here. All property
is removed from the shop windows at
night"
There have been scores Of holdups
and the other day man was stripped
Of his suit, shoes and hat and left on
the sidewalk in his underclothes. It
IS not safe for hotel guests to leave
any portable property Of any descrip-
ton in their rooms.
Cases Of housebreaking have quad
rupled within the last three years. Nor
are churches, cemeteries and museums
immune from robberies, the booty car.
ried off being mostly ancient gold or.
naments and jewelry.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
TRIES "M0vIE" STUNT: DIES
New York Lad, Aged Fifteen, Strangles
Himself to Death with "Third De-
gree" Device.

New York.-The death Of fifteen.
year-old Solomon Bernstein is attrib-
uted by his two younger brothers,
Samuel, thirteen, and Isador, ten, to
what he learned Of criminal methods
from moving picture plays.
Solomon was found strangled to
death on the cellar floor Of his home.
Around his neck was a small rope,
tied in a moose. The other end was
swung over a rafter. Tied to the end
over a rafter were two iron weights.
On the floor beside the body was a
butter tub, kicked to pieces, evidently
in his efforts to avoid a fatal end to
his test Of the improvised third de-
gree" According to the younger boys,
the rope and weights were to be ap-
piled to Isadore, whom Solomon had
accused Of stealing fountain pen
cap.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
MODERN LIFE
CAUSE Of ILLS
Brings About Innumerable NeceS-
stiles for Adjustment
in Individual.
MANY CURED DURING WAR
Medical Expert on the Psyehoses and
Neuroses Developed in Struggle
Chronic Worry Relieved After
Real Reason Is Found,

$50 New York.-Fear and anxiety twin
demons that make miserable 50 many
lives, have their origin in inward con-
f1ict and can only be conquered by
tracing the trouble to it's source, says
DIR. Frankwood E. Williams, associ-
ate medical director Of the national
committee for mental hygiene, in the
current number of Mental Hygiene.
Complex community life brings
about innumerable necessities for ad-
justment in the individual, and failure
to make these adjustments with
measurable degree Of success is often
responsible for so-called mental or
nervous ills, technically termed psy-
chooses or neuroses, according to Doc
tor Williams, who uses illustrations
from the recent war to make this
point clear.
Many Cured During the War.
During the war many men, finding
themselves in apparently intolerable
positions, sought unconscious refuge
in mental or nervous breakdowns. BY
tracing the history Of the conflict so
terminating the greater percentage Of
the mer might have been sent back
to their commands completely re-
stored and ready to face whatever
might come. In fact, Doctor Williams
says, many men Of this type did re-
cover completely with the aid Of rest
and proper psychiatric treatment, and
fought bravely.
The measure Of mans success in
handling life's problems, according to
the article, lies in his skill in adjust
Ing himself to the complicated life Of
modern society. Some fail completely,
developing psychoses Of a more or
less serious nature, others are partly
successful, but the difficulties Of ad-
justment set up nervous disturbances
that render them neurotic, while the
majority succeed in making their 3D.
justments without too great difficulty.
Relieving Chronic Worry.
Even among those who are appar-
emily successful, however, thousands
are found who are annoyed by anx-
iety, who are "chronic workers." and
whose uneasiness arises from an inner
conflict which may be got at by the
use Of proper methods and relieved.
Doctor Williams says there may be
obvious reasons for anxiety or fear,
and that these should not be over
looked, but that often the real reason
lies deep and must be carefully sought
after before relief can come.
1t is in these cases that the psy-
chiatrist finds his deepest interest and
his greatest chance to help. "Where
the reaction is out Of all proportion to
a reasonably assignable cause, or
where no reasonable cause may be
found, then expert guidance and help
are needed" says Doctor Williams,
citing instances Of persons afraid to
ride in the subway, fearful Of being
alone, in comfortable, happy surround
ings and worrying. and crying with
out apparent cause.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
DOG REMEMBERED IN WILL
Colorado Man Pays Tribute to Com.
panionship and Devotion Of
Shepherd Dog.

Denver, Colo.-The faithful service,
devotion and companionship Of his
shepherd dog are remembered in the
will of the late Louis Ferrari, who
died at Albuquerque, N. NJ, en- route
to his mountain home in Bear Creek
canyon, where he hoped that his last
breath would be Of. the pure, pine
scented mountain air.
Maggie, a beautiful, wonderfully
intelligent shepherd dog, was Fer
rarfs constant companion for the last
II years, and in his will he set aside
$500 for her care and for her burial.
When she dies she. is to be placed
In coffin and laid to rest under a
giant pine tree on the sunny slope Of
Brookvale.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
NEAPOLIS. MIMI. SATURDAY. JUNE 26, 1922
FEAR WOMAN SHERIFF
Female Officer in New Jersey
Respected by LaWbreakers.
Soon After Her Appointment Mrs.
Duer Demonstrated Her Worth
as an Officer.

Red Bank, N. J:--Thei presence OF
Mrs. Georgeanna 3Duer, acting deputy
sheriff, in Red Bank, n. b., is said to
be responsible for the5 scarcity OF
crime in that: vicinity. Shortly after
her appointment Mrs. Duer demon.
strated her worth as All officer, and
since that time only few petty acts
of thievery have been reported.
Evildoers steer clear Of Sheriff Du-
er's territory because sEk has the en-
barrassing habit Of turning up unex.
pectedly at the right point to Intercept
the fleeing crook with his plumber.
This happens because the woman Off
Ger has lived in the same locality for
81 years and knows every crook and
turn in the highways, all the trolley
connections and short cuts across the
country. + -.
Not only the Office of deputy sheriff
is filled by Mrs. Duer, but those of
mayor and chief of poli6e also have
hel as an incumbent. In the case Of the
minor offenders whom she arrests,
Mayor Duer quickly metes out justice
herself. When it is a case of "get
out Of town in two minutes" the fe-
male limb of the law acts in her ca
pacity of chief Of police and shows un-
desirable the shortest route out of
Red Bank. She has run .twoscore or
more of these suspicious characters
from her domains,
Sheriff Duer is the mother Of Is
children, nine Of whom are boys.
While the latter were growing up she
organized them into a baseball team.
A collection of prizes won by Sheriff
Duer for fancy costumes worn by her
OIL various occasions decorates the
Duer home.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
AUNT AND NEPHEW TELL ALL
Say They Poisoned His Parents Year
and Half Ago In
Kansas.

Salina, Kas.-Based on statements
given him by Miss Stella Lyman and
her nephew, Lee Bunch, that Bunch's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bunch,
died year and half ago as a result
Of poison administered by Miss by.
man, County Attorney Healy prepared
to have warrants issued charging the
two with murder.
According to the statements Of
Bunch and his aunt, the alleged con-
spiracy to kill Mr.. and Mrs. Bunch
was devised because they refused to
sanction the marriage Of Miss Lyman
and Lee Bunch.
Lee Bunch's statement made to
Healy at Lincoln Center, a village
near here, said Miss Lyman put the
poison in food. She also gave poison
to Miss Nancy Bunch, sister Of Lee,
according to the statement The Sis
ter is permanent invalid from the
effects of the poison, according to
physicians. Mrs. Bunch was Miss Hy-
mans sister.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
1900 DOG TEAMS PASS POST
1872 Men Sheltered at Manitoba Stop.
ping Place During the Past
Winter.

The Pas, Manitoba.-Sixteen hun
dred freight teams and 1900 dog teams
passed stopping place at Rocky lake
during the winter, according to the
landlord Of the stopping place.
This is the main trail to Flin-Flon
mine. The landlord, Sam Cook, an
Indian war veteran, adds that 1872 men
stopped with him overnight. He COL
lects Is cents from each team that puts
up there and 25 cents from each tray
eler who eats there. Sam furnishes
the dishes, water and fire only, and
his wife looks after these items while
Samuel gamers in the fees.
If there is any grub left the mush-
ers usually leave it for their host, and
in this way his expenses for feeding
himself, wife, two children and tribe
Of relatives are kept down materially.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
SEND US OIL FRANCE APPEAL
Twice President Wilson Saved Coun.
try From Grave Danger, 1t
Is Shown.

neutrality-suspicious. of oil would be
subjected to government control and
Oil would be sold in France at prices
fixed by the cabinet under tie terms
Of a section Of the tax bill being con-
sidered in the chamber of deputies.
The limited monopoly in oil now
held by the government would be ex-
tended until the first Of next year.
Discussion of the proposal in the
chamber this week has brought out
the fact that France was in grave dan
ger during the war Of a shortage of
fuel and lubricating oils and that Pre-
mier Clemenceau had to appeal direct
ly to President Wilson on two occa-
sions.
Profits on oil imported during the
war were very large, it was charged,
and there was sharp criticism Of the
Standard Oil company and the Brit.
ish Shell corporation in this connec-
ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
LIVE IN ! OLD BOATS
One Way Philadelphia People
Solve House Problem. +
tenant Population Are in Desperate
Straits Owing to the High
Rents, !

Phlladelph1a.-A campaign for build.
ing homes is PhiladeIphia's answer IN
the question Of how to keep rents
doWn to- a reasonable basis. The ten.
ant population is in desperate straits.
Tor rents have been going higher and
no END seems to be in sight. The
scramble for homes in the suburbs ia
so acute that when one woman moved
some Of the furniture out of her Home
the other day in order to clean the
house % persons tried to- rent it from
her within few hours.
To stop the profiteering in rents and
homes, several organizations are at
tempting to unite on a program of
house building to continue for at least
six months, or until the shortage has
been relieved. These organizations in.
clude associations of tenants. trade
unions, representatives Of the building
trades and mortgaging companies.
They have been asked to undertake
this work by the department Of public
welfare.
Meanwhile, camping ground accessi-
bic by street cars is in great demand.
Tent manufacturers say more orders
have been placed for tents this month
than ever before in Philadelphia's his
tory.
There is an unprecedented amount
OF building of cheap cottages and bum
galoWs within a radius of 30 miles of
Philadelphia to accommodate the rush
Of tenants that is expected when mild
weather comes. Those erected in one
community cost about $500 each and
are eagerly rented at $3.50 for the sea-
son.
Old canal-boats lying along the
Schuylkill river are being fitted out as
dwellings, and families are glad to rent
them as temporary homes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Detectives Hat
Stolen in Courtroom

Atlanta, Ga.-First it was an
automobile taken by thieves
while two members of the force
were investigating a case. Now.
it is Detective Howell, whose
new $12 hat has attached itself
to some unidentified person.
The hat disappeared from su-
perior courtroom while Detec-
tive Howell was on the witness
stand. He placed his overcoat
and hat on a nearby seat and
began his answers to the prose-
cutor's quiz. When he got ready
to leave he found his overcoat
as he had left it, but his hat was
gone and another, not so good,
was there in it's place.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
''CrocodiIe" Eggs Cause
Rush for Antidote.

London.-Practical jokers find
the English easy prey. A large
number Of persons, mostly wom-
en-, in Newcastle were hoaxed
by a stranger who started the
report that eggs Of a peculiar
color, which had been sold over
the weekend in local shops, for
S cents apiece, were crocodile
eggs from Egypt, and poison
GUS.
The only cure for those having
eaten the eggs, he said, was pep
permint, and there was a rush
for the city drugstores. One
chemist was visited by fifty wom-
en- who would not leave until
they had each been given a dose
Of peppermint. The eggs came
from Denmark.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Maupies Attack Cattle.

Deadwood, S. D.-Reports from the
Limestone district Of the northern
Black hills, say magpies prove real
menace to the live stock. Magpies
prefer fresh meat to carrion and when
carcasses of dead animals are not to
be obtained will attack sheep and cat
tie. 1t is said that hundreds Of these
miniature vultures will circle in the
air and then alight on the animal in
hundreds and ferociously eat holes in
the most tender places.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Educated Mine Rat Opens
Dinner Pals of Workers

Workmen at the Richards COL
liery mines at Mount Carmel,
Pa, say an educated rat has
been responsible for their miss
ing many good dinners recently.
According to the miners, the
rat inserts it's tail in the ring
Of a dinner bucket and then
takes a big jump. The lid usu-
ally comes off. When lunch
time comes the men find their
boxes empty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Yes. II Was a nStrad."

Parrottsville, Tenn.-H. G. Blazer
found an old violin in the garnet Of
his home here, where it had been IN
disturbed for half century. He
found it was a Stradivari and was
made in 1719. Dust had covered the
name on the inside. Blazer doesn't
know how the violin came into his
family's possession.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Wants Cat Wet Nurses
To Nurse Baby Foxes

New York.-A call for moth
er cats to nurse silver foxes was
received in New York from an
upstate fox farm owner.
Fl. NJ. Bacon, president Of the
New York Fur Auction Sales
corporation, to whom the appeal
for cats was sent, said the fox
farmer was willing to take all
the cats he could get. A moth
err cat can earn $3.50 for six
weeks endeavOr, he said. At
end Of six weeks, a litter of
baby foxes becomes sufficiently
mature to take solid food.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
No More Fixin' for Him.

Covington, Ky.-Hugh Jones says
he is done fixing something for some
body without knowing what he's got
to fix, because, as he says, IT got N.Y.
self in fix fxin' things to be fixed. -
A S25 fine fixed it with the court,
when Jones was charged with having
connected a copper coil to still. Rev.
enue agents came upon Jones while
be was at work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Finish of a Monkey Faced Owl.

Bardstown, Ky.-A fine specimen Of
the monkey faced owl was killed here
in a battle with crows. It measured
three feet, tip to tip, and was Of
bright golden plumage notified with
gray, it's eyes being surrounded with
long silky feathers Of white.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Bull Has a Morning After,

Knoxville, Tenn.-Man is not the
only animal with a thirst. A bull
belonging to Frank L. West, county
tax assessor, located still, imbibed
too freely and went on spree. Fences
were torn down and the still was de-
stroyed, and then the bull was given q
chance to mediate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Neqro Girl Rich.

Muskogee, Okla.-The richest negro
girl in the United States Is Sarah
Rector, eighteen, who lives near Mus
kogee, Okla. Through oil found on
the supposedly worthless land she own
ed she is now worth a million and
q haJf.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Gave His Reverence Lonu Ride.

Lebanon, Ky.-After riding a mile
on the pilot of the engine which had
smashed his automobile, Rev. Father
W. J. Rowlett told the engineer that
he thought he never would bring his
train to stop. Father Rowlett was
not even scratched. ~ ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
A Soldiers Farewell,

Lexington, Ky.-A letter Of fare
well which Harry Cunningham wrote
just before he went to death in battle
was fled as his will for probate. It
was addressed to his mother,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
Dream That viii Not Come True.

Ronceverte, W, Va.-Mfss 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 we're 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.