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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
RICH FORSAKE
FIFTH AVENUE
1radesmen Steadily Break ExcIu-
siVeness of Noted Residence
District of New York.
MRS. VANDERBILT LEADS WAY
New Exclusive District Expected to
I Spring Up in Section Where Near
Slums Existed Before-Lona
........s Fight for District.

New York.-Stealthy but steady ad-
vances by tradesmen, covering period
OF more than twenty years, have vir-
tually broken the residential exclusive
ness of Fifth avenue, known the world
over as the home precinct Of the Van
derbilts, Carnegies, Harrimans, Plants,
tricks and other wealthy families.
One by one mansions which housed
international personages and gave to
Fifth avenue much of it's glitter and
fame are surrendering to commercial
enterprise, and the rich are seeking
homes in new Exclusive" parts of the
city. Real estate men, who have
watched with interest this aggression
of trade, say that another decade will
have wiped out the last bit of residen-
tal exclusiveness in the avenue.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Moves.
The change in Fifth avenue was re-
f1ected in the recent purchase of prop
erty bordering the East river at Fifty
eighth street by Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, ST., where she intends to build
a home in a section known as Sutton
square. This bit of property is direct
ly across from Blackwell's island,
where city prison is located, and is
almost underneath the Manhattan ap-
proach to the Queensborough bridge.
Real estate men expect that Mrs. Van
derbilt's migration to the East river
will mean a new exclusive district in
a part of the city where near-slums
existed before.
Mrs. Vanderbilt who a few years
back helped to make Fifth avenue his
tory with her brilliant social activities,
said when she purchased the East
river property that Fifth avenue had
'1ost it's residential atmosphere which
was its. most valuable charm" Traffic
and crowds resulting from the trade
invasion, she said, had taken away its
exclusiveness
Wage Fight for District.
The fight to "save'' Fifth avenue has
been waged since the late nineties,
when real estate men began to get op-
tons on property near the magnificent
AAe%AAoAoho. NAC1uDCAS VI Lllc fduucIDllL
family and others owning homes there
expended millions of dollars in buying
up property in an effort to. stem the
tide.
Much of this property was purchased
at exorbitant figures, and after lapse
of years has fallen back for business
use. Hotels, banking houses, jewelry
stores, millinery and fine tailoring es-
Establishments have gradually crept
nerthward along the thoroughfare.
The home. which Mrs. Vanderbilt is
forsaking at Fifth avenue and Fifty
second street will become the site of a
trust company It's sale~was made pos
sible as the result Of the death of Mr..
Vanderbilt in Paris, when the house,
owned by his estate, was sold to the
highest bidder. The first actual break
in the Vanderbilt holdings came when
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt leased his
home at Fifth avenue and Fifty-fourth
street to shoe firm.
The residence of the late Henry C.
Prick, steel magnate, will eventually
60 to the city for use as museum.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
RAT IN HOUSE TO COST $40
British Law Imposes This Fine for
First offense; After That
$77.70.

London.-Anybody discovered har-
boring a rat or mouse in his house
is liable to a penalty of f5 [$19.425 at
current exchanged under law recent
~ enacted by parliament. If the 'of-
Tense" is continued he may be fined
EGO [$77.70].
Lieut.. Alfred 3. Moore astonished q
London audience by making these
statements in a lecture on Rats"
which he delivered the other day. The
reason why so few prosecutions had
yet taken place under the rat act" as
1t was termed, was because the board
OF agriculture was waiting until the
public became more familiar with It
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
BLIND IN ETERNAL TRIANGLE
Husband, Wife and Alleged Affinity,
SightIess AII-Men in Battle
s. Royal.

Atlanta, Ga.-That love is blind has
just been proved in police court here
when a blind man, his blind wife, and
her alleged affinity, blind also, were
arraigned for trial following a battle
royal between the two men, after the
husband had come, home unexpectedly.
Martin Strone, the husband, told the
recorder that while peddling religious
tracts in the streets friend had warn
ed him that rival was paying court
to his wife and that he had better go
home. ~ D..
On his arrival there he said he found
Sam Stewart enjoying a chat with the
wife. Then the fight started. Most Of
the furniture in the room was wrecked,
but the combatants suffered less in
jury, due to their inability to get at
each other properly. .... ..." 4
"0ne day in a dark cell in the po-
lice station for Stewart" said the
Judge. a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
YANKEES LIKE
WESTERN TALES
Doughboys on the Rhine Show
Preference for Stories of
Adventure in the West.
JULIUS CAESAR A FAV0RTE.
Activity Of Caesar in Rhine Valley
Makes TRANSACTIONS of His Gallo
Wars of Interest to Soldiers
Legends Also Popular.

Coblenz-Tales of adventure in the
American West are the favorite read
ing matter of the American forces in
Germany, and Zane Grey is the most
popular author.
Strangely enough, julius Caesar
runs close second with the dough-
boys, who are very keen about trans
lations of Caesars activities in the
rhine valley and the ruins of bridge
he built across the Rhine, which lifts
Caesars work out of the schoolbook
class and makes it a guidebook that
carries the Americans back nearly
1900 years. ..,.
Books which describe the legends
centering about the Rhine are also
popular, especially with the soldiers
who are unsteady inclined and who
attend the Wagnerian performances
given by the various German grand
opera companies which play in Co
logne, CoblenZ, Wiesbaden and the
other cities near the Rhine frequented
by soldiers on leave.
Like Story Magazines.
All-StOry magazines which special
ize in adventures are more popular
with the American soldiers than any
other periodicals, and the American
Library association has been unable
to supply the demand for publications
of this sort
With the assistance Of the Young
Mems Christian association, which
aids in the distribution Of reading ma
terial in the American area Miss Ala
Weyth, who is in charge Of the Amer
lean Library associations reading
rooms has been able to make-a gen
eral poll of the reading taste of the
army and finds that foreign residence
has not won the young Americans
away from fiction laid in America, par
ticularly in the West.
The American Library association
has about 10000 books available for
Americans, French, Belgians and Eng
fish residents of the occupied area, and
also has circulated many books by
mail to Americans living in other parts
of Germany. Three hundred copies
each Of SO American weekly and
monthly publications, in addition to
large number of newspapers, have
been taken by the organization and
circulated through the branch IL
braries at Andernach and Mayen, as
well as through the American base
hospital and the main library in
Coblenz.
Turned Over to Y. M. c. A.
With the beginning of 1921. the
American Library association turned
it's books over to the Y. M. O.. A. and
is no longer supporting the work.
The main library in Coblenz was
formerly German officers club and
is ideally suited to library purposes.
1t has great ballroom, which makes
an excellent reading room, and also
has sun. parlors and large drawing
rooms, with many windows. Many
Germans have asked for the privilege
of using the library, but this has been
denied, as the army did not think it
advisable. One German told the IL
brarian he had lived many years in
America and should really be allowed
to have books, because he was an
American "in principle"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
TEETH ARE WORTH $3.50 EACH
Jury Fixes Value in Awarding Dam.
ages to Man Who Lost
Thirty.

Atlantic City.-One hundred and
fifty dollars per tooth was the value
placed on the cuspids, bicuspids and
molars of Abram Froshin Of Philadel-
phia in Atlantic circuit court following
a trial Of his suit against Michael Da-
ley, a jitney owner of this city.
The total loss Of Froshin was 30
teeth, and the verdict was $4,000.
Froshin and his wife were passen-
gers in a jitney when the machine
crashed into a rope stretched across
South Carolina avenue. The rope
struck Froshin in the mouth and took
all but the last two of his molars out.
Parts Of the gums were also destroyed,
and experts testified that there Is a
possibility that Froshin will have to
live on liquid foods the remainder Of
his life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
PAUL MINNEAPOLIS MINI SATURDAY. APRIL 90 1921
INDIANS NOW 336,337
Estimate Of Population Is Given
Out BY, Commissioner.
Increase Of 1887 for Last Ten Years
Is Shown-TotaI Area of Indian
Lands 5s9,111 Acres.

Green Bay, Wis.-The Indian popu-
lation of the United States, according
to Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian
affairs, is 336,337, as against 3O4,950
ten years ago, showing an increase of
31,387.
The Oneida Indian reservation, near
here, has a population Of 2,657, Com
missioner Sells annual report states.
Although no figures for last year are
available, he believes this years total
is substantial increase over that Of
1919.
Population of other Indian reserva-
lions in this vicinity show: Keshena
school, 1923, including a large num-
Der of students from the Oneida res
ervation school, which was closed last
year; Laona agency 1854; Winnebago,
1851; Menominee, 1,76O.
Wisconsin has total Indian popu-
lation Of 1O,319, Commissioner Sells
reports
Marriages last year between Indians
and whites total nine in the state,
while those between Indians totaled
seventy-eight. Of the total number Of
Indians in Wisconsin, 3,461 are Pro-
testants and 1856 Catholics.
The total area of Indian lands in
the state is shown as 549,111 acres.
Keshena reservation is the largest,
having 231 $50 acres.
tuberculosis is still the white
plague" among the Indians, but the
commissioner details the progress
made in fighting it, series of lessons
in sanitation and correct living.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
SMUGGLERS RUN WILD
Traffic Carried on Huge Scale on
German Border.
Customs Officials Are in Plots and
Government Is Unable to
Check Evil.

Smuggling over the Dutch
and Danish frontiers, which the Ger
man government had gone to great eff
fort to suppress, again is fourishing
ION a colossal SCALE" and at some
points with the full knowledge and
connivance Of many government Off
Gals, according to reports reaching
] here. "
Smugglers are declared to be out
bidding the government for the aid
of dishonest officials, and the "ver-
table army of customs officers on the
borders have permitted millions Of
fmarks worth of tobacco, cigars, ciga-
rettes, coffee and sugar to cross the
border duty free within the last few
months"
Flying squadrons of customs Officer;
have been organized by the govern
ment to catch the smugglers who are
said to have so thoroughly system
atized their operations that "customs
receipts are rapidly falling back to
nothing, for custom control is again
only on paper"
Fifty thousand pounds Of coffee are
being struggled over the border daily
at one point, report says, and snug
Elers everywhere are working with the
sympathy and assistance of all dwell
iers along the frontiers.
Men, women and even children, are
said to be engaged in this trade. High
prices, low wages of customs officials
hnd the deprecated value Of the mark
is credited as one of the principal
causes for the widespread violation
Of import and export regulations.
The smugglers are described as be-
Ing SO well organized and 50 conf
dent they carry on their business "by
land and wholesale scale, and quite
openly"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
PARIS HOUSE CRISIS.
Shortage Of Homes Having Gu
rious Effect on Divorce.
No Place to Go for Couples Separated,
So They Just Kiss and Make Up
MOT a Flat, Few .HoveIs.

Paris.-The great difficulty of find
ing lodgings in Paris has been the
cause Of many unusual incidents re-
Gently.
Divorced persons seeking separate
apartments are having such difficulty
in finding them that in one case at
least they composed their tempera-
mental differences in order to keep
their old apartment.
A painter and his wife who had
been divorced by mutual agreement
were both looking for apartments.
Frequently their paths crossed in their
search for quarters. The first time
they met they bowed gravely but po-
htely. Their mutual smile gradually
broadened as the hunt for flats mar
rOwed down to a few novels in the
slum section. .@~~
Lets kiss and make up and go
back to our fat" the wife finally said,
and they did. .~ 5< .",s-...
President Millerand, who recently
took possession of the Elysee palace,
received Al applications for his apart
ment in the Avenue de Villars.
Henry Landru, who has been in La
Sante prison for the last 20 months
awaiting trial on charges growing out
Of the disappearance of II women, re-
Gently was dispossessed from the fiat
that he had occupied on the Boulevard
Rochechouart, a rather sordid section
Of Paris. Requests came from every
quarter in Paris, some even from aris-
tocratic Auteuil, asking that the fiat
be reserved. .-.
A vagrant just finishing 80 days in
La Sante prison told his cellmate un-
der sentence Of five years for swim
ding that he dreaded to return into
cold, dreary Paris. He was homeless
prospects Of spending the winter
nights under Paris bridges did not ap.
peal to him. The prisoners exchanged
clothing and cards of identity, and
when the warder called for the va
grant to send him out into the cold
world the swindler responded. The
fraud was discovered only when the
swindler's lawyer called at the jail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
CARRY 1858 BY AIR
No Lives Lost in the CONNER.
ciaI Service.
Records Show Total Of 3,136,550
Mileage-Many Minor Accidents
and Forced Landings.

New York.-A total of 115,163 pas
sengers flew 3,136,55O miles in CONNER
cial airplanes during the last twelve
months without the loss of single
life, the Manufacturers Aircraft as.
ISOLATION announced here. These fig
ures are based on the performance
OF go planes, and it is believed that
the. number Of passengers and the
mileage would be doubled If the fig
ures Of the 1000 commercial airplanes
operating in this country were obtain
able. -.
I'm the absence of any federal sys-
TEN Of registration, air laws and gov
eminent methods for tabulating the
ownership and performance of air.
craft, it has been found difficult to
trace the total number" the associa-
ton stated
1.-The totals are based on question
naires distributed by the association,
but, due to the itiherant nature of
much OF the flying, it has been difficult
TO trace and record more than half of
these. This one half, by eighty-seven
companies, or individuals, are per-
manently located in all, parts of the
United States.'
Much of the mileage was made on
short flights of ten to fifteen miles,
Tor which an average fee of $3.50
was charged. An increasing demand
for aerial transportation between the
cities has been noted, the average
charge for this service being 65 cents
mile. On practically all intercity
flights baggage or freight was carried,
the quantity limited only by the capa.
city of the craft. This business az
gregated 1880 pounds. ~
There were accidents and forced
landings, but according to the signed
reports from the eighty-seven com
panies, in the 3,136,55O miles flown,
not single life. was lost. There were
~ forced landings and thirty-eight
accidents. There have been fatal ac-
cldents in other instances, but they
occurred in the course of stunt or ex-
hlbition performances or under cir
cumstances indicating that undue risk
had been taken.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
TERROR DREAM KILLS VOICE
Family Near Death, Farmer Visions
Fatal crash-Becomes Mute and
Hair Turns White.

Onawa, Iowa.-A total loss Of speech
followed dream in which II. M. Jes-
sen, farmer, dreamed that he saw
his wife and children mangled under
an overturned automobile.
lessen and his family had planned
an automobile trip to Sioux City. De-
tanned by farm chores, he followed the
car by train and arrived in Sioux City
before his family did. Sitting in the
lobby Of hotel, he dreamed Of the
fatal accident.
Awakening, he frantically waved
his arms and opened and closed his
mouth, but could not speak. When his
family arrived they said their car had
stalled on North Western track, and
a train came within few inches of
the car before it stopped, narrowly
averting fatal crash.
lessen appears to have been strick-
en- permanently deaf, and his hair. has
turned white.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Human Fly Helps
Anchor Shabby Walls

. ~.
New York.-Aided by "hu-
man fly" workmen assumed the
hazardous task Of anchoring tot
tering walls of the nine-story
Strathmore apartment and store
building at Broadway and Fifty
second street, half Of which col
lapsed Wednesday, burying, it is
believed, seven wo1kmen in
debris.
While the steeple jack in the
glare Of powerful searchlights
scaled the walls and at each tier
made fast cables anchored In
the center of the structure, a
corps Of firemen dug in tons Of
brick and plaster below search
ing for bodies Of victims.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
CUTS FUSE. OF BURNING BOMB
Plotters Fire on Waterman in Brook.
lyn Building Who Prevents
Explosion.

New York.A sputtering fuse at
tached to large square bomb in the
basement Of house in process Of re-
construction in Brooklyn, was cut just
in the nick Of time by the night watch
man, Tony Frankie.
The fuse was severed two inches
from the bomb. Frankie was so badly
burned while hacking at the fuse with
pocket knife that he had to be taken
to hospital. His condition is seri-
Gus.
He told physicians that as he went
Into the cellar he saw two men, one
Of whom had just lighted a match.
They ran away after firing shots at
him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Weasel Leaps Into Jaws
of Gator for Safety

- a
Pascagoula, Miss.-A party Of
hunters which has just returned
here from Bayou Casotte reports
that on Saturday the men saw an
alligator prepare to attack a
weasel, whereupon the weasel,
with remarkable alacrity, leaped
into the gators extended jaws
and slid down into its stomach.
The hunters say they were as
tonished at the actions Of the
weasel and awaited results.
Within fifteen minutes they OBJ
served the weasel eating It's way
through the entrails Of the mon
ster.
According to the hunters, the
fondness for eggs prompted the
slender animal to take its
chances In the alligator.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
"Let's Go" Is Foremost
Among Slogans of War

Washington.-"Let's co." was
the chief battle slogan Of the
American army. in the world war.
There were other popular and
effective phrases used by the
troops Where do we go from
here?" and when do we eat?"
for instance, but in the opinion
of Col. Edward L. Munson, chief
of morale, general staff, made
public recently, ''for everyday
use, in rest, or in battle, the slo-
gan let's go stands foremost"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
3-Legged Wolf Bandit
To Be Used as DecoY

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Denver.-''Big Lefty the
three-legged leader Of a wolf
pack in the Crested Butte sec
ton Of Colorado and whose cum
ming is blamed by stockmen for
the loss Of hundreds of thousands
Of dollars Of live stock, is again
in the hands Of federal hunters.
Big Lefty" escaped from steel
trap eight years ago and, as lead
er Of seven other wolves, has left
a trail Of partly eaten carcasses
wherever he roamed since. The
big wolf will not be killed, but
instead will be used as decoy
In an effort to trap his followers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Noisy Geese Give Fire Alarm,

New York.-Two thousand geese,
ducks and chickens, awaiting death in
fire that caused heavy property loss
in eleven retail clothing and food
stores in the Bronx.
The unusual squawking awakened
residents of the neighborhood and at
tracted a policeman, who telephoned
fire headquarters. The blaze was con-
trolled by fremen after a two-hour
fight.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Miners Earn 5000 a Year.

Cardiff, Wholesome coal miners
Of South Wales are being paid as high
as $1,000 year, while wages amount
ing to $500 and $4,000 are fairly COM
mon. Despite this, the government
is having difficulty in collecting income
taxes from the miners. Last year
nearly 1900 Of them were summoned
for non-payment, but only 12 Of this
number were committed to prison.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Father and Son Join Army.

Louisville, Ky.-After passing the
army medical examination, Jacob Bar.
nett, aged thirty-five, and his son Hurd-
ley, eighteen, have gone to their home
to get their affairs in shape They
will become members OF the same unit,
and are now under orders to report
to San Diego. Cal. for coast defense
service.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Hooch Blamed for Theft.

San Antonio, Tex.-'sToo much
hooch !" said Judge Buckley as he lev
led a $50 fine on George Harrison for
having stolen a forty-two-year-old mon
key from carnival show and then
disturbing residents near the show
grounds by ringing their door bells and
trying to sell the monkey.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Father Eloped Same Day
Two Daughters Ran Away

A triple elopement involving
three members Of one household,
none of whom knew Of the 9TH
er's intentions, was disclosed
with the announcement that VIII
liam M. Chase Of Atlantic City,
N. j., retired New York city
manufa cture1, and his daughters,
Edith and Evelyn, had married
their respective mates within "a
hours. Each of the three was
surprised to find that the habit
had spread throughout the fam
lily.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Consumers Back Textile Mills.

Gera, Germany. great consumers
association has been formed at this
manufacturing center Of Thuringia to
purchase the products Of the Gera tex
tile mills In an attempt to force down
prices and relieve unemployment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Dentist Sent AirpIane After Patien

Dentist Sent AirpIane After Patient.
Little Sioux. Ia.-Insisting that VIII
liam Peterson, farmer, should have
dental work done Immediately,
dentist Of Omaha, Neb., sent an air
plane after him to save time for the
busy farmer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30

Take Joy Ride to the Cemetery.
Louisville, Ky.-Funeral directors
Of Kentucky have appealed to Gov. b.
p. Morrow to have hearses classified
as pleasure vehicles and not as
trucks. There's difference Of 81 In.
the license.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30

Fell Dead Into Grave He Was Digging.
Decatur, Mich. Overcome by heart
disease while digging grave in the
cemetery, Edward Youells, seventy
three years old, sexton, fell dead
into the grave and was found there b.
his wife.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-30
Active a Century, Dies at 102.

ACIIVe VSHIuFy1 DIGS dt IVz.
r Davenport, Ia.-Aaron 81. Guzeman,
who would have reached the age Of
1O3 on May 2 had he lived, died at
his home in Washington, Ia, near here
after being unconscious two days with
an attack Of the grippe.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-06-21
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