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Evening star., 1921-10-18

bird appeared in the circle Of vision,
the observer said. number of spe-
cies" were identified. More Of the
red-winged blackbirds were recog-
nized than any other kind, and next
in abundance were meadow larks. of
which several flocks were discernible.
The purple grackle, sparrow hawk,
yellowhammer and one species of
duck We're distinguished. while sew
eral hocks of birds resembling gulls
Evening star., 1921-10-18

were seen, the Identity Of which could
cot be determined.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
HAPsBURG COACH. I'm MOVIES
Earning 100, 900 Crowns Performance
for the Government Of the Aus
(. trian Republic.

Vfenna.-The imperial glass coach
of the Hapsburgs is now earning it's
keep in the movies at 100000 crowns
a performance. +
The royal stables have become a
burden on the republic and the eight
magnificent white horses and some 400
carriages Of every description are
made to partly earn their keep. They
are used to drive members of the as
sembly to and from their homes, they
transport provisions from the American
relief and certain of the actresses and
singers of the state theater and opera
still hold their contracts, providing
for gratuitous use of the state car
riages. r.
Many horses and carriages were sold
soon after the downfall Of the mon
archy, but many of the gorgeous We
hfcles and snowy horses remain I'M
salable. This is particularly true Of
the great glass and gold state coach,
in the style of Louis w., used only
on great ceremonial occasions, and
said to be the finest piece of coach
work extant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
FETE FOR NAPOLEON
United States Asked to Join in
Great Celebration.
Foch at Head of French Committee
Arranging for Observance Of
Death Anniversary.

New York.-American participation
In the celebration by France Of the
hundredth anniversary Of the death
Of Napoleon on May 5 next, was in
vited here by. Prof. William Multi
gan Sloane Of Princeton, N. j., speak
Ing for the French committee headed
by Marshal Foch. A feature of the
affair whose objects, it is stated, are
ITO bind up the wounds Of France"
will be a great exhibition of Napoleon
ic relics at Malmaisen, France, to
which collections will be loaned from
all parts of the world.
Professor Sloane, who for ~ years
held the chair of history at Princeton,
and latterly at Columbia university,
said that French statesmen, soldiers
and men Of law and letters as well as
other professions compose the commit
tee which is arranging the centennial.
Making all allowance for every Sc
we're criticism of Napoleon's career"
he continued, ut is still true that his
work unified France, saved it from
partition among it's foes and in civil
life prepared alike the foundation and
structure of the society which in the
World war saved France and helped
to save all western civilization.
1T was by his impulse and guild
ance that the financial credit Of
France was restored, that the mag
istracy and administration took def
mite shape, that the civil code was
promulgated, the Bank Of France Gre
ated, the University of France mod
eled on that Of the state of New York
and the council of state organized.
HE made private property safe,
opened public charges, great and
small, to all classes; founded schools,
colleges and secondary schools, built
magnificent highways, dug an elabo-
rate system Of internal waterways,
improved transportation Of every sort
and, above all, reorganized in his in
situations the commanding position of
belles-lettres, the fine arts and nat
ural science. The superb Inheritance
Of order, progress and prosperity
which he beQueathed made the France
Of 1914.
"The French committee especially
desires American participation by con-
tributions, by the loan Of Napoleona
from American collections and, above
all, the moral support Of intelligent
Interest on this side Of the Atlantic"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
FARM LABoRERs IN A PLOT
scheming for Great Strike as Spanish
Crops Are Ready for the
Harvest.

rid.--Discovery Of a widespread
plot among the Andalusian farm la
borers to call strike as soon as
crops are ready for harvest is re-
ported.
Agitation has been simmering among
farm laborers for year. Last sum-
mer employers were forced to pay as
high as SIS day. Retribution came
when winter set in, the farmers say
ing:
You exploited us in the summer;
now we dismiss you.''
In most instances the men had spent
their money. Thousands emigrated to
North or South America.
Meantime, owners Of farms have
been forming cooperative societies for
the purchase Of machinery to make
up for the loss Of laborers, OF which
there still Is a scarcity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
DRIVE ON sPARRows.
100000 Of the Pests Are Killed
in Utah.
Statewide Campaign Results in Saw
ing of More Than 100000 for
the Farmers.

Washington.-Seven hundred thou
sand English sparrows, each eating six
quarts OF wheat year, would mean a
feed bill of more than $4,000 There
fore the killing Of 100000 English spar
rows means that amount of money
saved for the farmers concerned. And
nearly 100000 sparows were killed in
statewide campaign in which 7S3
Utah farmers Joined forces to get rid
OF the pests during the winter months.
County agents helped in the cam
paign, which used 5,243 pounds of poi
sOned bait. In most cases the bait
was made of wheat, poisoned with
strychnine in accordance with recipe
sent out by the biological survey of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. 1t was put up in One-Quarter-
pound paper bags in the county
agents Office. Full instructions were
printed on the bags for the use of the
poison. Each co-operator receiving the
bait agreed to report on the results.
Usually the sparrows were enticed for
few days by putting imprisoned bait
in places not frequented by other birds
and also inaccessible to the poultry Of
the farm. Then a few grains of poi
soned wheat We're put out each day.
The dead sparrows were gathered up,
counted, and either burned or buried
every few days to prevent the sparrow
population from becoming suspicious.
The number of sparrows counted by
each farmer was reported to the COM
mitteemen or the county agent at the
end of the season.
AS many as 240 dead sparrows were
gathered up as the result Of single
package of poisoned wheat. It is be-
lieved that where care was used in
placing the poisoned bait an average
Of Is sparrows were killed with each
one-quarter-pound package. In each
of several counties $4,000 to 100000
sparrows were destroyed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
CATS DO NOT RECOGNIZE MILK
Refuse to Drink Strange Liquid in
Hungary-Pet Dogs Turn
Migrants.

Budapest.-Even the cats and dogs
Of Central Europe have degenerated
as result Of the war, says Professor
Balkanyi, director Of the veterinary
schools here, who is investigating how
the habits Of domestic animals have
been influenced by that couse.
Most of the town-bred cats in this
part of the world refuse to drink milk,
because it is unknown to them, due to
the lack of milk during the war, the
professor asserts.
Both cats and dogs are relapsing to
the savage ways of their untamed an
cestors,' he says. "The vagrancy of
dogs is startling. Pet dogs elope from
heart-broken mistresses, joining packs
Of NANCY village dogs, where they live
in communist equality"
The same authority stated that, be-
sides hydrophobia, nervous diseases
are very frequent among animals, and
that stock must be replenished from
overseas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
GERMANS PLAN SKYSCRAPERS
Propose to Break Housing Shortage
by RivaIing TaIIest Buildings
in New York. .-. %

STANDARDIZATION for construction
of "skyscrapers' has started in vir-
tually every city in Germany, where
the housing problem has taxed the in
genuity of officials. relief workers and
fiat jewellers.
Architects have drawn specifications
for buildings to rival the tallest in New
York, and sanitary and hygienic au-
thorities are featuring on the probable
effect of high buildings, darkened
streets and congested business and
residence centers.
The agitation has been carried on
intensively in Berlin, where there is
great shortage Of rooming houses.
Buildings in German cities were linn
tied under the old regime to a uni
form height. Few are more than four
stories high. The tallest business
building in Berlin is only five stories.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
POLISH CONSTITUTION UNIQUE
Provides That State Shall Care for
Children If Neglected by
Their Parents.

London.-Poland's new constitution
probably will contain provision for,
care of children by the state which
will make it unique, in the opinion Of
officials here who have seen the draft.
The article reads:
Each child deprived Of parental
care or who is neglected morally or
materially, has the right to secure
care and aid from the state. The
sphere of the states duties in this ca
pacity will be defined separately by
laws, which will foresee as We'll
the protection Of mothers who may
require aid, before the birth of the
child, and the protection Of the child
in infancy"
AS far as known here no consti-
tuition in the world includes such
provision.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
STOP WORK AS CAT is BURIED
Animal Had Been at Station Ten
Years and Was on Payroll
Eight Years.

Amarillo, Tex-All activities in the
Fort Worth & Denver City railway Of
fees and shops here stopped for three
minutes while the funeral services
were held for the Office cat. She has
been in the railways passenger sta
ton here for ten years and has been
on the payrolls Of the railroad for
eight years.
Before the war the official rat
catcher of Denver used to receive
her monthly pay check Of $1.5O regu-
larly. After the war the salary Of
Puss was boosted to $3.50. The pay
was for feed.
At the hour Of the funeral every
wheel in the shops stopped for three
minutes The Office force gathered
about the grave in the station yard
while the burial service was read. A
marble slab will mark the grave.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
Heir So Popular
Loses Job as Janit0r

Maiden, Mass. = William r.
Hanson, who says he is heir to
a quarter of a million dollars,
lost his job as janitor in drug
store because Of the sudden
popularity that followed an
nouncement Of his Inheritance.
He said that he had deter
mined to get away from the
madding crowd by finding work
as steeple jack, but had been
forced to compromise by getting
a job as roofer's helper.
Since Hanson announced that
he had received word that he
was heir to one-seventh of the
estate of James Moore Of Chi
cago, an uncle, the telephone
bell in the drug store has
tangled much Of the day, post
men have delivered bulky mail
and callers claiming relationship
have left him no time for his
broom and shovel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
SEEK DIVISION IN. ARGENTINA
Provinces Are Trying to Form combi-
nation to Lessen Power Of
Capital.

Buenos Aires. The Argentine pro-
vinces are trying to form combina-
ton against Buenos Aires, the capital
city.
Overtures are being conducted be-
tween political leaders Of some Of the
provinces for the formation Of a
''league Of governors" for the purpose
Of uniting the northern agricultural
districts of the country against
Buenos Aires and other coastal dis
tricts.
Some political observers see in this
an attempt to. return to the former
political division OF the country into
opposing sections, while others main
tain that It merely is an economic
measure having as its purpose the
protection OF the productive areas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
GAMBLING ORGY
SWEEPS NATION
Come II" Is Now United
States Anthem to the Tune
of Two Billion Dollars.
FRENZY SEXES THE COUNTRY
Treasury Officials Deeply Concerned
Over Situation-May Make Gen.
eraI Appeal to Public to
Check Gambling.

Washington, D. C.Approximately
$2,000,0OO,O0O changed hands last year
as result of the gambling mania, it
was estimated here on the basis Of
information reaching government
heads through official and unofficial
channels. .>-.N
Treasury officials are deeply con-
cerned over the situation, which indi-
Gates, they say, that the United States
is still clinging to wasteful and ex-
travagant habits that grew up since
the armistice.
The situation has been brought to
the attention of Secretary of Treas
ury Houston. Director William
Mather Lewis of the savings division
now is considering whether a general
appeal to the public through ministers
and civic societies would be effective
In checking gambling.
Frenzy Seizes Nation.
Lewis has just returned to Washing
ton from a trip through the country
in which he gave some attention to
Gambling at cards and betting on
racing has reached frenzy never be-
fore equaled," he said. Thousands
appear to be engaged in it in one form
or another, either as betting commits
sioners or bettors. -@.
1T is true that money changing
ownership through games of chance
does not represent economic waste.
But seldom are winnings put to any
useful economic purpose. =
'"The federal government, Of course,
is powerless to act to check the
mania except through a moral appeal"
No Loss, But No Gain.
Nearly $1,00O,O00OOO was won at
poker and other card games alone
this year, it was estimated. Tax re-
ceipts on sales Of playing cards now
average more than 100000 a year.
This indicates the sale of 100000
packs, which alone cost more than
$15,O00,OOO. ::-.a=-@s--%=@
At every race meeting that lasts a
week several million dollars change
hands at the tracks, it is estimated.
This includes no estimate Of the vast
aggregate Of sums wagered at places
distant from the tracks through bet
ting commissioners.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
TOXIC CANDLES
AS WAR WEAPON.
Diphenylchlorarsine Develops Va
por Which Penetrates Gas
Masks, Says Expert.
Smoke CANDLES ARE USEFUL
Conceal Movements OF Small Groups
OF Men Close at Hand British De- j
veloped Candles Which Were
Used by All the Allies.

delphia.--Toxie- smoke candles,
recently developed, will have an ex-
tensive use in future wars, in the opin-
lon of L. I. Shaw of the internal bu-
reau Of mines, who recently spoke on
Smoke and Incendiary Material be-
fore the Franklin institute.
Smoke candles, so called" he said,
are small cylindrical boxes which are
ignited by some sort of friction de-
vice, and which contains smoke pro-
ducing mixtures. Their use is in set
ting up smoke screen close at hand,
for after ignition they are simply set
on the ground, not being thrown or
projected in any way. The need is
very apparent to make the movements
Of small groups Of men close at hand
possible.
Tried by British.
''The British, early in the war, de-
veloped very satisfactory smoke can
dies which were used by all the al
lies The Americans also developed
candle which was satisfactory, but
which did not get into production and
use in France before the armistice.
The smoke is normally white, must
have maximum capacity and he cool
enough to prevent the setting up of
air currents and thus rise from the
ground. It must be heavy so as to be
displaced by the minimum amount of
wind at low velocity. These require
ments are admirably met by candles
which produce smoke consisting of
zinc chloride. ..s
GAS regards the future of incendiary
material, my own opinion, which opin-
ion, however, is substantiated by at
least some Of the military critics, is
that incendiary material, except for
small arms and long range shell and
drop bombs, will have at least linn
tied and, perhaps, no use. The flame
projectors will probably never be used
In future war. Smoke material, on
the other hand, will have a very extern
sive and ever-increasing use. BY the
use of the smoke screen during an at
tack the casualties can be largely re.
duced. ".@
New Use Of Smoke.
There was in progress Of develop
ment by the. British and Americans
during the latter part of the war smoke
candles which would give a toxic
smoke. The toxic material en-
ployed was diphenylchlorarsine. Di-
phenylchlorarsine is solid which va
poriZes in the heat of sthe candle and
Is obtained in such a state of division
that it will penetrate most gas masks.
Such toxic smokes, of which there will
probably be others developed. will find
very extensive use in the future. 1T.
is the greatest step made thus far in
the new use of smoke"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
PARROT BECOMES REF0RMER
This Bird Would Be Frost as Com
panion for Pirate, but Is All
. Fight in Lodge.

Dover, Del.-Dover's lodge. of Elks
has a parrot in it's clubrooms which
assists the house committee in en-
forcing the rules against the use of
improper language.
The bird has learned eight fitting
rebukes for corresponding number
of forbidden expressions, the use of
which has been cut down to mini
mum. Clifford Hawkins, steward,
also is training Polly to censor minor
attractions of the rules.
. 1t is possible the parrot will be
loaned to other lodges, as several
have asked for the use of the bird.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
ocean OF AIR"
NEEDS WATCHING.
Navigation Lanes May Differ
From Day to Day, Says Gov
eminent Meteorological.
DATA MUST Be GATHERED
Meteorologists Should Decide, After
Study of Air Conditions, What
Route and Altitude Plane
Should Take.

washington, -. C.-Iuo ocean OIL
air" which followers Of -aviation be-
Ieve some day will be filed with great
air liners, plying their way on regular
schedules, must be studied from a me-
neurological standpoint and the whims
and fancies of the element must be
reduced to easily understood data be-
fore the dream of worldwide COM
mercial aviation can become reality,
according to G. Leroy Messenger, gov
eminent meteorological here.
Mr.. Messenger in paper discussing
the effect of air conditions on CONNER
cial aviation says that meteorology is
the mainstay Of aviation, regardless of
the confidence pilot may have in his
motor and in his plane. ..
The ocean Of air." he says, con-
stantly is changing and does not con-
tain steadfast currents, such as the
Gulf stream and the Japan current,
which are found in oceans Of water.
Must Gather Data. .--
Because of the constantly changing
condition of the aerial routes through
which the air liners of the future
would travel Mr.. Messenger declares
before big commercial aviation COM
panies can operate on large scale,
great masses Of data on air conditions
at all times of the year, in all places
and all circumstances must be gath
cred. He suggests placing consulting
meteorolOgists on the staffs Of all
aviation companies to study the air as
it affects aviation and to decide daily
what altitude and what route plane
should take from one city to another.
Air conditions are so changeable,
Mr.. Messenger says, that plane trav-
cling between the same two points
might have to take a different route
the trip with the least danger. Also:
a plane flying from New York to Chi
cago might find a certain route the
best, while one travelling from Chicago
to New York on the same day might
find an entirely different route more
favorable.
Things to Consider.
Some of the things which airplane
dispatchers will have to consider, he
says, are the speed and direction Of
the wind in the area to be traversed,
the frequency of low clouds and fog,
the frequency and intensity Of thunder
storms, the vertical temperature dis
tributiOn, the normal values of pre-
cipitation at flying fields and the effect
of atmospheric pressure on aerial in
struments, particularly the altimeter.
The changing conditions in the air
make it impossible to gather the nee
essary information in a single path
finding flight over an area, he con-
tinues, but by gathering data in nu-
merous flights at all times of the year
and in all circumstances system of
averages could be devised which would
aid greatly in dispatching planes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
U. S. D00MS BURR0S AS PEST
Animals Charged With Destroying the
Beauty of Grand Canyon Of
-. ..s..' the Colorado. o..

Washington.-The lowly' burro, en-
shrined in western legend as the
eheroic prospector, has been officially
classed as a "veritable pest" by the
United States government.
This animal, and it's progeny in
countless numbers, abandoned by it's
former owners, according to Stephen
T. Mather, director Of the national
park service, has selected the Grand
canyon of the Colorado for it's habitat,
and the availability Of the canyons
scenic beauties in consequence are al
most disappearing.
The burro, Mr.. Mather says, "de-
strOys the trails, denudes the pastures
Of grass and other forage so that ma
tive wild game, such as antelope, has
been forced OUT He adds that s'the
time is not far distant when radical
steps will have to be taken to elm
mate the burro evil"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
SOLUTION FOR FUEL PROBLEM
French Scientist Urges Use Of Wind
and Water to Replace
Coal.

Paris. Wind and water hold the So
luton Of the fuel shortage in France,
q. COlardeau told his associates at the
Academy Of Sciences at it's last meet
ing.
He presented what he considered
proof in the results Of an installation
on his kitchen faucet of a water tur-S
bine which drives a dynamo that
charges storage batteries.
City pressure on the water, he ex-
planned, is sufficient to furnish a
household with electric light.
In the country, NJ. Colardeau would
install windmills to pump water to ele-
waited tanks and utilize the fall Of the
water through a. pipe to turn the
charging turbine.
New interest has been taken here In
this idea of household installat lions,
because the higher costs Of fuel and
power, it is considered, may make
practicable these water turbines.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
MAKES CLOCK IN rs YEARS
Workman Of Delaware, O., Evolves
Elaborate Hand-carved Affair
From Walnut.

Delaware, O.-After rs years Of
tedious labor, G. G. Cregmile has COM
pleted his construction Of a GRANDPA
theirs clock here. f4....z
The clock, on display in a local
store window, is hand carved. It was
made out Of solid black walnut which
formerly constituted part Of a pulpit
in the old William Street Methodist
church here. 49, >...-.
All polishing, carving and fitting
was done at odd moments by MIR.
Cregmile.
Standing, eight feet six inches high,
the clock is beautifully carved on it's
sides and face panels. All cutting is
original. No design was followed.
Mr.. Cregmile, although offered good
money for the unique masterpiece
has offered to sell it for a relatively
small sum to the William street
church. The clock is built so that it
will house cathedral tubular chimes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
Anchors of Craft
Sunk in 1862 Found

New York.-There are other
things in the sea more interest
ing than fish to veterans in the
perilous north Atlantic trade
piled by smacks exclusively in
the past and now more success
fully by steam trawlers. Capt.
Tom Miller of the trawler Petrol
brought in from Georges bank
two rusty anchors, relics that
recalled to shellbacks Of his
crew the mighty December gale
Of 1862, in which 10 smacks
were lost and 100 fishermen per-
ished.
The anchors were fshed up
on the southeastern edge of the
shoal, where the larger part of
the wrecks were in the great
blow. The veterans say the an
chors bore the handiwork of
Gloucester ship blacksmiths of
the period just before the Civil
war. ,.-. 81"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-09
Mans Gold Tooth Stolen
by Expert Pickpocket

New Orleans There is in
New Orleans pickpocket who
is expert enough to fulfill the
time-honored specification test
of being liable to steal a mans
gold teeth. He demonstrated
this when he stole a gold tooth
which had previously been the
property Of Adrien A. Chazuile,
1920 st. Philip street. However,
the tooth happened to be in Mr..
Chazulle's purse at the time,
and it was the purse which the
pickpocket took while its owner
was q passenger In the Louis
lana avenue street car.