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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
HAVE UNIQUE RECORD
Iowa Pioneers Live IS Years in
Same Spot.
Couple Married Three-Quarrers of a
Century Bought Their Farm for
$3.50 in 1845.

Mount Zion, Ia.-Seventy-five years
ago Daniel Reneker brought Mary, his
bride Of few days, to Iowa from
Ohio. Today they still are living on
the original homestead they estab-
hshed in the wild West" in 1916.
Reneker will be ninety years of age
February "a, and his wife is ninety
seven. Their marriage record and the
number Of years spent on the same
homestead probably can be equaled by
few couples.
The couple attribute their long years
OF life to the fact that they are God
fearing and believe in simple life and
simple joys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reneker's married life
OF Is years, in the eyes of modern-day
folks, contains few thrills. It has
been mostly hard work.
Reneker, when a young man, left his
home in Ohio to go West to see the
country. He returned in a short time
to get his Mary. Their honeymoon was
spent floating down the Ohio river to
the mississippi on a small boat. On
landing at the Mississippi the couple
headed north for the cabin Reneker
had previously erected in the forest
wilderness of Iowa, near the present
site of Mount Zion. There they went
and there they are today.
The early years were spent in clear
ing the 100 acres of timber Reneker
had purchased at 81 an acre. Supplies
were brought from a trading post 45
miles away. Ground on their tract was
broken with the aid of oxen.
Five children were born to the Rene
kers. -Four of them still survive. All
are boys. The eldest is Jacob, aged
seventy-two, and the youngest is DR..
George w. Reneker, aged ffty-two.
The other two "boys" are Joshua and
Dallas Reneker. With the exception
Of DR.. George, all the sons remained
near the old homestead. DR.. George
Reneker left home at the age of
twelve. Today he is a resident of
Falls City, Neb., and is the state rep
resentative from the First Nebraska
district.
The present home Of the Renekers
was built in 1861 near the site of the
original log cabin.
The couple have taken few trips
away from their home. They have
made several trips to Falls City, Neb.,
to visit their ~'boy," DR.. George,
and once wentaback to visit childhood
scenes in Ohio.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
FUR COAT MAKES "Dl PLOMAT,'
"Rubberneck" Guide Heaps Unexpect
ed Honor on Newspaper
Correspondent.

Washington.-Hudso Hawley, for
merly in the American expeditionary
force and now a Washington CORE
spondent, has an overcoat made Of an
Arizona wildcat skin. It has a mara
bou collar.
Small of stature and wearing a
pointed, upturned mustache, Hawley
has created sensation in Washington
with his striking civilian attire, but he
just won recognition from a most I'M
expected source. Having been made
Paris correspondent of press associ-
alton, he went to the French embassy
to have his passport vised.
Hawley emerged from the main en-
trance of the embassy and drew the
collar Of his fur coat up around his
cheeks just in time to hear the official
barker on one of Washington's rubber
neck wagons" announce in stentorian
tones in the load of tourists:
"You may now see the French am
bassador leaving the official resi-
,dence." ~. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
MOON AFFECTS RADIO
American Fleet Officers Make
Interesting Discovery.
Efficiency of Air for Transmitting
Radio Communications Affected
by Changes of Moon.

Paris.-The changes of the moon
Nave been found by the radio officers
of the small American fleet in the
Adriatic sea to have a striking effect
upon the efficiency Of the atmosphere
for transmitting radio communica-
tons.
The officers have succeeded in draw
ing curves and other diagrams, based
upon months of observation, which,
they assert, reliably serve to indicate
what atmospheric and celestial condi-
lions affecting radio service will be
met at any particular date in the fu-
ture.
The discovery apparently has spe-
cial application to the vicinity Of the
Adriatic, for there the changes in the
atmospheric conditions caused by the
change in the worlds relation to the
moon are much more marked than
anywhere else in the world so far as
yet discovered.
The Adriatic fleet under Admiral
Andrews depends almost entirely for
its communications upon radio serv-
ice, and having only receiving and
sending apparatus Of moderate eff
cheney it has specially benefited from
the discoveries. The powerful land
wireless stations, such as the new La
fayette station near Bordeaux, manage
to overcome unfavorable conditions by
using great power and so are not con-
cerned about which way the moon
turns.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
JOIN HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
Committees Of Women Formed in
Great Britain and America to Pro-
mote Friendly Relations.

London.-With the object of promot-
ing closer friendly intercourse between
British and American women, a wom-
ems committee of the English-speak-
ing union has been formed under the
presidency Of Viscountess Bryce,
wife Of the one-time ambassador to
the United States.
Arrangements are being made to
provide hospitality and entertain
ment for American women visiting
England and to cooperate with CORE
spending committees in the United
States.
The president for the United States
of the nglish-speaking union is Mrs.
William II. Taft. The new women's
committee has among it's members
Lady Violet Astor, Viscountess Glad
stone, the countess of Kerry, the count
ess Of Reading and a lot of other wom-
en- prominent in London society.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
PLANS LAW BY DIVINE RULE
Washington Judge Will Practice the
"PrincipIes of New Thought" and
Trust Clients.

Yakima, Wash.-Harcourt M. Tay-
lor, retiring judge of the Yakima su-
perior court, has announced he will
resume practice Of law "in accordance
with the principles Of new thought"
"As I shall apply the teachings Of
Jesus, the Christ, to legal SERVICE" he
states, II shall accept no employment
to fight lawsuits, as counsel or assist
others to do so, nor attempt to collect
debts; though if can assist people in
keeping out of lawsuits or settling liti-
cation in which they are already in
volved I shall consider I have rem
dered the highest legal service.
shall trust in God, not those whom
serve, for my compensation, making
no fixed charge. My clients will pay
me what they think is right and their
means justify
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
BOY SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE
New York Lad WiggIes in School and
the Matches in His Pocket
Are Ignited.

Little Falls, N. Y.-Pedro Sacherel-
II, a boy in the eighth grade in the Lit
tie Falls high school, was sitting at
his desk, wriggling, as boys do. An
other boy, sitting near him, saw col
umn Of smoke ascending along Pedro's
backbone and circling toward the CELL
ing. A quick look revealed the fact
that matches in Pedro's pocket had
been rubbed violently enough to set
them on fire.
Other pupils and the teacher jumped
to the rescue and Pedro's sweater was
jerked off, the fire beat out and th&
small boy returned to his seat. A con-
siderable hole was burned through Pc
dro's clothes and he was not hurt,
though the fire extinguishers shook
him up considerably.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
PHILADELPHIA HAS BIG YEAR
Ports Former Records, Say
Commissioners.

Philadelphia.-All foreign trade rec
ords here were surpassed in 1920, &C.
cording to commissioners Of the port.
Combined values Of imports and ex-
ports totaled $742.224, 997, an increase
over the previous record year Of 1919
Of $65, 960,391.
A gain of $12e,so3,e56 was shown
in the value Of imports over the
previous year. Exports fell off $780,
343,265.
A feature Of the export trade was
the large quantity of coal shipped to
foreign countries during 1920, when
2,490,S67 tons of bituminous and 12O,-
746 tons of anthracite coal was
shipped, compared with 1,007,3O tons
of bituminous and 45,1S9 tons Of an
thracite in 1919.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
ST. PAUL AND SATURDAY. JUNE Is 1921

Technology, who will investigate seed
and volatile oils. 49,.
Ecuador and Peru-CollectiOns Of
flora and fauna are now being gath
cred for the American Museum of
Natural History in New York by Capt.
Harold e. Anthony and George Z.
Cherrie.
Pacific Islands-Solution of the Or
1gin Of the Polynesian race is one Of
the objects Of a survey of the Pacific
Islands planned at recent conference
of scientists at Honolulu under the
auspices of the Pan-Pacific Union, rep
resenting the United States, Canada,
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand,
Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan.
An expedition will be sent to the South
Seas for this purpose by Yale, Har-
ward and other institutions.
China and Tibet-The third expedi-
ton, backed by a fund of $250OOO, is
soonato start from Central Asia under
the leadership of Roy Chapman An
drews, associate curator of mammals
in the American Museum of Natural
History, New York. The Chinese gov
eminent is expected to cooperate with
this enterprise.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
SEEKS TO ENTER U. S. ON RAFT
Austrian Stowaway Forced, However,
to Call Help IN New
York Harbor.

New York.-After bobbing around
aimlessly in the harbor on raft for
several hours in the dark, Waste
Ernst, an eighteen-year-old stowaway
from Austria, decided to abandon his
novel method Of eludfng Ellis island
officials and called dejectedly for help.
While thawing out by radiator, he
told tugboat captain, who found him
after much searching, he had been in
formed that the way Of stowaways en-
tering America was hard and. conse-
quently, when his ship entered the
harbor he threw the raft overheard,
Jumped on it and hoped to be washed
ashore. He was taken to Ellis island
for deportation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
TRIES SABOTAGE IN INDIA
Labor Is Said to Have Adopted Tao
tics to Gain Ends in Various
Parts of Country.

Calcutta.-Indian labor for the last
two months has been adopting sabot-
age tactics to gain it's ends in vari-
GUS parts of the country. .
A notable example is one in Madras,
where the provincial government has
just issued a communique in refer
ence to the railway disaster last
month, where II people were killed
and Fl injured. The disaster, in the
opinion Of the government, is the sew
enth out Of eight cases Of sabotage,
committed between August IA and Oc-
tober 81.
The strike Of stevedores in this city
has held up in port Ill ocean-going
steamers, instead Of the normal SO
usually here. The accumulation Of
cargoes amounts to thousands Of tons,
and the glut is accentuated by the i'm
porters' financial difficulties, due to
fall in the exchange.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
FIND LATENT TALENT
Psychology Used in Tests at
University of Wisconsin.
Experts Hunt Among Freshmen for
Material for Likely Journalists
and Machinists.

Madison, Psychological tests
of ability for machine shop work evil
denced by freshmen in the college of
engineering are being undertaken by
the department of psychology at the
University of Wisconsin.
The results of the tests are being
computed by students in vocational
psychology as part of their work in
preparing to become employment
managers - :. -
Another set Of tests designed to
gauge journalistic ability is to be CIV
en- to freshmen in the course of jour-
nalism in conjunction with schools Of
Journalism in other universities These
tests will be given for several success
siVe years to determine whether it is
possible to discover latent newspaper
talent through psychology tests.
The system of giving psychological
tests, instead Of regular entrance ex-
aminations to students who wish to
enter university, has been tried in
several universities. The idea is that
a student who has a good mind, but
has insufficient or inferior high school
training, may be advised as to the
lines of study for which he is best
fitted.
In this regard, the University Of
Wisconsin is giving more specific tests
than most other universities. BY CIV
ing a dozen or more tests for the same
results, the psychologists at the uni
versity are determining which tests
are best. In a small series of tests
already conducted, however, the re-
suits do not correspond we'll with the
scholastic records Of the students
tested.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
HAWAII PRODUCING ALCOHOL
Manufacture Of Motor Fuel From
Sugar MoIasses Insures Emer-
gency Supply.

Honolulu, r. H.-Within two years
the territory Of Hawaii will produce
enough motor fuel for it's own needs,
including the requirements Of the
army and navy forces here, should
their bases of supply be cut off, &C.
cording to Col. Howard Hathaway,
collector Of internal revenue.
Commercial manufacture Of fuel al
cohol from sugar molasses has been
made practical on large scale by
amendments to internal revenue regu-
lations governing the manufacture of
denatured alcohol. Colonel Hatha-
way said.
A small plant operated on a sugar
plantation on the island Of Maui is
producing sufficient motor fuel for the
plantations own needs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Dog Saves Life of Baby
Hanging From Bridge

La Sale, Colo.-Teddy is only
a common dog, boasting neither
beauty nor blue blood, and the
possessor of only three good legs,
but he saved the life Of his con-
slant companion, a two-year-old
boy. The dogs persistent bark
ing attracted the mothers at
tention, and she went to inves-
tigate.
About 100 yards from the
house runs the Milton canal. The
baby had undertaken to cross a
little foot-bridge and lost his bal
ance. But in falling, his dress
had caught on the bridge in such
manner that it held and strang-
led him. First aid methods
were applied, and in a few hours
he was able to rejoin his faith
full friend.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
GERMANS POUR INTO JAPAN
Number There Before War Practically
Doubled, According to Tokyo
Paper.

Tokyo.-German residents In this
country are steadily increasing in
number, the Yamato reports. AS COM
pared with pre-war days the number
has already been practically doubled
it is said.
Most of the newcomers are employed
by Japanese firms as engineers or
technicians. According to the same au-
thority, toys, chemicals and dyestuffs
worth more than 100000 yen have
been imported from Germany since the
peace.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Woman Branded.

Bloomington, 1nd.-When she failed
to give food to tramp who called
at her home near Kirksville, Mrs.
John Carmichael, forty-fve years old,
a farmers wife, was attacked and
branded in many places with fiat
iron she had been using. Her screams
attracted persons passing by and a
posse was organized to search for her
assailant. Bl0odhounds followed the
trail Of the Dixie Highway, nine miles
south of here, where they lost It.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
There Was She, Waiting.

Flora, Ind.-Fred Rhodes awoke at
his home several miles out in the coun-
try to find the roads blocked by snow
drifts. He was to marry Miss Vera
Gardner 80 miles away, but by the
time he had cleaned a path through
the snow and had made a horseback
trip to Elkhart, his train was gone
and he was nine hours late reaching
the brides home. She was still wait
ing.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Children Unshod in Big Shoe Town.

Brockton, Mass This city produces
shoes for worldwide distribution and
makes more Of some kinds than any
other city, but Charles P. Brooks, at
tendance officer Of the school board,
reported that many OF its children are
unshod. There are at least fifty chill
dren in the city who cannot go to
school because they lack shoes, he
said, and some Of them have not been
to school in weeks.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Twin Sisters Become
Mothers on Same Day

Delmonte, Cal.-Mrs. Mildred
jacques, wife Of Claude jacques
Of Delmonte, and Mrs. Maud
Pierson, wife Of Monterey bust,
ness man, twin sisters, are proud
mothers Of girl babies born the
same day. The baby cousins
weighed respectively the same
as their mothers at birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25

This young woman is an officer Of
the United States forest service and
her post is high on one of the noun
tain peaks in the National forest in
Colorado. Many women are now dis
placing men as fire observers. The
work is interesting and light and the
women are filling the jobs satisfac-
torily. Of course they have other du-
ties besides watching for fires, but as
most of them are natives of the coun-
try in which they are stationed, they
can easily qualify as foresters, hav-
ing studied the woods from child
hood. 49,.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Doe Wanders Through Town.

Beavertown, PA large doe chased
by dogs came down the main street
here and taking a flying leap, landed
in the garden of Fulmer's hotel.
After a few minutes she again
jumped the fence and r0tted through
the business streets, often stopping to
look in windows. The doe returned to
the garden and then to the woods.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Insisted on Courtesy.

Jasper, Indulge John L. Brett,
who while on the bench had a set of
rules which barred discourtesy, is dead.
His rules read as follows: Witnesses
and parties will be required to treat
attorneys with proper respect and
likewise attorneys will be required to
treat witnesses and parties with de-
cency and respect, both in examina-
ton and argument. Use Of words
liar, perjurer, scoundrel,' etc, in ar.
gument Is forbidden"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Button Causes Girps Death.

Danville, nl.-Jane Holmes, thir-
teen years old, is dead, following the
accidental entrance of a cloak button
into her throat. She placed the but
ton in her mouth and it slipped into
her throat. Surgeons pushed it into
her stomach, and it was elected by
vomiting. There was an injury to the
throat passages, which developed
blood poisoning, and death resulted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25

This isn't a toy auto that Miss
Mary E. Sisk Of Los Angeles is hold
ing, but miniature working model
Of a big car, complete in every detail.
1t was built by j. A. Seefelder, a Los
Angeles auto expert.
The state herald., 1921-10-14
Stories of >, Elmo
Great Scouts Is'.s. s
o. Western Newspaper Union.
3EIDLER, WHO SENT HIS
WIFE TO ROME"

Cine dny IN 1863, when the Nile
one OF the old-time wood-brining Mis-
souri, steamers. stopped near the
mouth Of Musselshell river In Mon
lana 10 take on wool. two "wood-
hawks" came aboard. "Woodhnwks'
mrrr men who cut tirewood and
corded II up on the hanks of the river
10 sell to the steamboats,. These two
men were fumbns frontier characters,
~" Beidler and "Llver-Eatin" John
son.
Among the passengers on the Nile
was party Of eastern tourists.
Among iheln several women who were
enloying for the first time the thrills
of being In the widest wild West.
They were especially delighted ai the
appearance of Bedlcr and johnson
and NJ once began asking questions
OF these picturesque characters" as
they called them. The woodhnwks
were not especially pleased to he
treated like II pair of Indians. bu,
said nothing about 1t. Finally one of
the women inquired: MIR. Beidlcr.
are you marsied?''
Yes replied IN"
"Oh. I would never have guessed
II. Isis your wife, aha white
womani"
'Indiun." gruntcd Beidler,
"How delightful A native of these
great plains! Where is she now?'
"oh. I've sent her to Rome" said
the woodbawk.
"'ro Rome? To he educated? How
romantic Do you mean Rome. ltaly?'
NO" answered ~" with grim
smile. "ro roam on the pralriel y
The woman stopped asking ques
tons
Beidler served as "A scout with Gen
eral Miles In the Sioux Sar of 1876
but he was better knowa as a vlgilante
leader In the early Montana mining
camp. John *. BelJier was his real
name. but he was called IN" Beidlcr
because he always signed his warn.
ings TO western bad men with the
single mysterious letter IN" One
such warning was usually enough to
make the had man leave camp
Later ~ was sheriff of Lewis
and Clark county. lie once invited
she governor of Montana and other
state officials TO visit his jail aud In
speci II new steel cage Of which he
was very proud. The ofliclalr came
and BeIdler took them into tie cage.
Nav. dern ye!' lie said to his
prisoners. "Ye'ye been edgin' OF inie-
~ when wus ieIln my stories of the
nd days an not llslenln' to cm. Now.
| recpaa you'll listen"
lie kept Them there tyr hours and
'old ''em every s'"r' !, kneN'
The state herald., 1921-10-14
, Stories of ., El-e
Great Scouts Hsss.
9, Westerh NtwspHper UNION.
HOW KIT CARSON FOUGHT A
DUEL AND WON A WIFE
stern Newspaper Union.

The Green River country In WyOm-
Ing was famous rendezvous for trap.
'pers In the old days, and In 1885 many
of them were gathered there. One wus
d Captain Shunar. n French bully, who
had aroused the anger of several of the
American trnppers by his offensive
manner toward u young Arapaho girl
In cnmp nearby. The girl feared
the Frenchman and appealed for pro.
lection TO n young trapper named Kit
Carson.
Learning Of this Shunar In an effort
10 bring about II quarrel with Carson
rode about the camp one day carrying
% londed rife and declaring that all
Americans were towards. deserving
only whipping with n hickory Switch
At last Carson faced the Frenchmnn
Il am an American, and II you ara
determined to die, am your man."
he said The frenchman hesitated
at this defiance.
Leaping to his horse. his pistol In
hand, Carson demanded of Shunar:
Am the man you are looking for?"
NO" replied Shunar, but he raised
his arm to shoot.
The two men fired AT the same time.
The Frenchman's bullet grazed Car.
sons scalp and the powder burned his
face. The Americans shot shattered
Shunar's forearm and he died from
the effects of the wound soon after
wards.
Carson came to love the Indian
girl he had befriended. and later they
were married by the Indian ceremony.
In 1888 she became his wife In a
Christian marriage
Kit Carson was one of the most no.
mantle figures in frontier history.
Born In Kentucky in 1900 he ran
away from home and Joined cara
van on the Santa Fe trail. From 1879
10 1913 be was Il trappcr and trader
In the Rockies. Then he guiteil Cen
eral Fremont to the Great Sail Lake
and California. and was n scoui nr
"rhe Pathfinder" In the Mexican war.
Carson was an indian tighter iup.
lie defeated the Nuyaluc, so 4. ,is.
rrously that lheS never atuu
ously threatened the while man lie
whipped the Kiowns and Comanches
ut the first great battle fought ut
the Adobe Walls. Then In hls later
years he becnme mn indian agent. and
me 5vd men who had once fought him
learned 10 love him and 10 call him
'FaiNrr Kilt"
Finally the old scout settled down
"a ais home In nos \. II. In 1865
he went 10 Fort Lyon. Colo. 10 visit
his son. There he fell III and died
May .,