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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
v00Doo|SM IS
Faith OF HAITI
Admiral Knapp, Investigating
Conditions, Tells Shocking
Tales of Practices.
KILL HUMANS, DRINK BLOOD
Native Is Strongly Superstitious,
Fears Evil Eye and Stands, in
Great Awe of Voodoo Priests
and Priestesses.

Washington, D. C.-That IS per cent
of the natives Of Haiti believe in the
African jungle faith of voodooism
which requires the sacrifice of human
beings and the drinking of human
blood is declared by Rear Admiral II.
S. Knapp in his report to the secre-
tary of the navy on investigation of
Haitian conditions.
Admiral Knapp cites a shocking
case of the trial of a voodoo priest,
who is reported to have killed ID chill
dren, whose blood was drunk and flesh
eaten by persons present at the rites.
"Voodooism is prevalent" says the
admirals report, land the further one
goes from the coast into the interior
the more openly is voodooism prac-
ticed. VoodOoism is essentially snake
worship, and in it's extreme rites it
requires the sacrifice Of human beings
and the drinking of their blood and the
eating of their flesh.
Orgies at Sacrifices.
"The human sacrifice is called the
'hornless goat;;' minor sacrifices Of
goats are made. These religious cele-
brations, if the word religious can
be applied to such affairs, end in dis
graceful orgies of debauchery. 1t is
very difficult, of course, to determine
just how extensively the beliefs are
held, but some Haitians themselves
have asserted that probably 50 per
cent of the total population believes
In voodooism to greater or less ex-
tent.
::"Of course, the contrary is strongly
held by apologists for the Haitian
character. 1t seems certain, however,
that whether it be the effect Of voo-
dooism or not, the average Haitian is
strongly superstitious-supe
with the superstitions of the jungle.
He is afraid of the evil eye, or, as it
is called here, the 'ouanga,' and stands
in great awe of the voodoo priests and
priestesses. It Is also believed the
educated classes are not free from
much Of this superstition, even where
they deny belief in or the existence Of
voodooism.
Voodoo Followers Feared.
"Haitian officials high in place will
not take action against persons &C.
cused Of vOodooism, whether because
Of their own belief in 1t or because Of
fear born of their own knowledge of
| the extent to which voodooism is prev
alent among the population or Of in
curing enmities. A voodoo priest has
been lately tried. and sentenced, and
| the proceedings Of the military COM
mission are now in Washington await
| ing action.
'"This man is said to have killed, at
one time or another, ID children,
| whose blood was drunk and whose
flesh was eaten by persons present at
the rites. The practice Of similar voo-
doc rites is confidently believed by
| those most familiar with the situation
in Haiti to be not unusual in the re-
mote places, although it is very diff
cult to obtain any positive evidence in
corroboration."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
FINDS SLIGO ON TRASH PILE
Stolen War Savings Stamps Were
:. Hidden in Old valise in
Guthrie, Okla.

Guthrie, Okla.-Six weeks ago w. F..
Davis of this city found an old valise
under a house he was moving and
threw it on trash pile in the yard.
It laid there until he started to haul
the trash away and on close examina-
ton found $1,100 in War Savings
stamps under a false bottom. Inquiry
developed the fact that the valise was
once stolen from in front Of a local
hotel last spring and belonged to Da-
vid Secko, travelling man from Enid.
The stamps were all registered in his
name.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
CASH AND LOVE. GONE.
Once Wealthy Man Brings Action
Against Girl Wife.
Aged Husband Demands, an Account
Ing for $4,000 Turned Over to
Wife and Relatives,

Atlantic City.-Penniless and sixty
five years old, William P. Rifle, once
a wealthy resident OF Unientown, Pa,
appeared before vice chancellor Lean
Ing here in an action he has brought
against his nineteen-year-old wife and
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, formerly of il New
York, but for the pastgyear residents
OF this city he sues tsa compel the
latter to give al accounting for $780,
600 which he turned over to them.
Rifle testified that two years ago
Mrs. Mathews showed him the pic
ture of her niece, then seventeen,
when he went to her hotel on South
Illinois avenue, in search of health.
He said that he became enamoured
of the girl and Mrs. Mathews brought
her to the hotel. They became en-
gagged after he had promised to give
her $4,000. Shortly afterward they
were married. he testified that he
gave Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews nearly
$4,000, with the understanding that
the money was to be invested in real
estate.
After his money was gone, he
charged, his wife sold, the furniture
he had bought for their home despite
his protest. She then gave him SIG
Of the proceeds to go to his home, he
added, and even tried, he swore, to
take that away from him before he
left.
The defense sought to show that
the money had paid for $4,000 worth
of clothes for the young wife, an
automobile, diamonds and jewelry.
Rifle admitted the money lasted only
six months. Then, he charged, the
Mathews sent him home to Union
town to raise more funds, but he had
been unsuccessful.
He declared that he was forced to
leave his wife in March of this year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
R0BBER OFFERS VICTIM $40
''You Need It Worse Than y He says
to HoIdup on Finding Man
ti Penniiess. ~; sfftts,.sl.

Steubenvi1le, O.-Daniel Cable,
pottery worker, reported todfhe police
here that a robber, who had held him
up while he was on his way home in
a suburb, offered to give him $40 after
the highwayman discovered that he
was penniless.
Cable said that the robber leaped
upon. overpowered him, and then went
through his pockets. Finding no
money, Cable said. the highwayman
reached into his own pocket, pulled
out roll Of bills and offered to give
him $40, saying: Here, brother. you
need it worse than / do"
Cable said he was too surprised to
accept the money. :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
HAS 9-EGG BREAKFAST
"A Square Neal at Last" Says
English Adventurer.
Makes Three Months Canoe Trip In
Far North of Canada and
AiaskS.

Winnipeg, Man.-Hugh Kindersley,
twenty-one years old. son Of Sir Rob-
ert Kindersley, governor of the Hud-
son Bay company, has returned from
a three months canoe trip through
the Far North Of Canada and Alaska.
With Capt. Tom O'Kelly, a veteran
Of the company's service, as his guide
and only companion, he set out from
Athabasca Landing in 1asfG0t
canoe. He travelled by Athabasea
river, Athabasca lake, Slave river,
Great Slave lake and the Mackenzie
river to within 80 miles Of the Arctic
ocean, visiting the old Hudson bay
fur posts on his way. At Fort Coed
Hope he crossed the Arctic circle and
was then in the region Of the midnight
sun and continuous daylight. j As he
says, he "saw no stars from early in
June until August Z" ~ - n,
Beyond Fort Mcpherson and Arctic
Red river he assembled Rat river, "a
narrow torrent Of rushing glacier wa
ter that drops as much in 60 miles as
the Yukon in 2,OOO," crossed the
Rocky mountains and, with supplies
completely exhausted, reached Fort
Yukon August 10. .
"A square meal at last" wrote the
young Englishman- in his diary.
'Never before have eaten nine eggs
for breakfast, not to mention ham,
bread, jam, cake, coffee and whap-
sing" 3.
From Fort Yukon he went up the
Yukon past Dawson and White Horse,
through the old Klondike gold fields
and took steamer at Skagway for Van
couver. The two adventures camped
out constantly and the young scion Of
the house Of. Kindersley became an
expert camp cook. ..,
"While fighting our way up Rat
river" he said, mosquitoes swarmed
about In dense clouds. If I removed
my gauntlets, my hands were instant
~ hidden with the insects. Stumbling
through the tundra, I lost my mos
quito-bar helmet and soon my face
was covered with the blood Of crushed
mosquitoes. But enjoyed every min
ute Of it." v-.. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
SEEKS TO ENTER U. S. ON RAFT
Austrian Stowaway Forced, However,
to Call Help in Newa
York Harbor.

New York.-After bobbing around
aimlessly in the harbor on a raft for
several hours in the dark, Waste
Ernst an eighteen-year-old stowaway
from Austria, decided to abandon his
novel method of eluding 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??, 1921-04-16
Love Of Music Traps
R0bber Of Poor Box.

Philadelphia was his love
for music which led to the ar
rest of Jacob Katz, twenty-four
years old. Katz entered the
Emanuel Lutheran church here
shortly after midnight and
found the poor box which he
emptied Of it's contents, So.
Then he found the new organ.
Katz had musical talent and he
ran his fingers over the keys.
Then he became so absorbed in
the instrument that he forgot
where he was, pulled out the
diaphone and Numbered away.
The strains awakened the pas
tor, Rev. Rudolph Nieder, who
lives next door, and he called
the police.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
INCREASE OF ALIENS.
Net Growth in Immigrant sPopu-
lation for Year 1884.
Total Of 633,a71 Sought Entrance to
United States in Last Fiscal
Year.

WashingtOn.-Esta of ma
chinery overseas in cooperation with
foreign governments through which
aliens before breaking up their homes
nay determine whether they will be
admitted to the United States and leg
islative consideration of the proposals
of the second industrial conference are
outstanding recommendations in the
annual report Of Secretary of Labor
Wilson. ss:efa<~ ,s. .' -.
The report shows that 633,371 aliens
arrived in this country during the last
fiscal year, as compared with 237,021
the year before. OF the total arrivals.
ll,795 were excluded at the ports
where they sought to enter Of those
arriving 430OO1 are classed as immi-
grant aliens and 1865 as nonimmi-
grant aliens. Departures of aliens to-
tailed 428,062, including 298,315 immi-
grant aliens and l39, 747 nonimmigrant
aliens, making the net increase in the
immigrant population for the year
1854.
Japanese admitted number 1914, as
compared with 14,9O4 the year before.
The total number of Japanese depart
ing is placed at 1858, making, the re.
port says, the indicated increase in
Japanese population, 521. OF those adj
mitted, 9,193 were males and 6,981 fe-
males. 49,,
Besides the immigrants turned
back at the port Of arrival, 1892 were
ordered deported during the year on
departmental warrants, as compared
with 3,068 the year before Of those
deported, 469 were classed as anar-
chists and criminals. In addition, 591
others are awaiting deportation.
During the year $4,000 aliens took
the initial or final steps toward citi-
zenship. ~~ ... -.s 49,
Mr.. Wilson urges legislative action
to carry out the recommendations Of
the second industrial conference, pro-
posing joint organizations of manage
ment and employees for prevention Of
industrial disputes and a comprehen-
sive plan for adjusting such disputes
when they occur.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
KING SPLITS ROYAL ESTATE
Spanish Monarch to Parcel Out $500
Acres of Land In Small
Farm Plots. II

Madrid. = Instructions have been
given by King Alfonso for the forma-
ton Of an agricultural syndicate, the
object Of which will be the parceling
out Of the kings royal estate at Ell
Pardo, nine miles west Of this city,
for cultivation under the auspices of
the Catholic Agrarian federation.
The property contains nearly $500
acres and will be divided into small
plots.
A plan has been devised which will
permit laborers to acquire the land
allotted to them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
It's No Fault of Mint
If You're Shy of Coin

Washington. minis es-
tablished a record in coinage
during the last fiscal year, &C.
cording to the annual report Of
Director Ray Baker made pub
lie. A total of 800, 100000 coins
were executed, which, Mr.. Baker
declares, is a worlds record.
The figures show an increase of
446 per cent over 1915. 49,.
Public demand for smaller
coins, particularly pennies, is re-
Elected in the report, which dis
closes that more than 512,5OO,-
600 coins in the record output
were 1-cent pieces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Breaks Glass to Get ..
Kiss; Finds Girl Wax

Neutrality-suspicious. Katraly
came down from Coatesville,
Pa, to see the city sights. He
was passing a department store
when he saw the beautiful fig
ure of girl in one of the win
dows, casting an alluring smile
in his direction. He beckoned
to her to come out and join him,
but she did not move and kept
right on smiling. Louis decided
to pursue her. He smashed the
window and grabbed the figure
around the waist. He was about
to kiss the wax lips with the
frozen smile when a policeman
grabbed him. =.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Baby Ostrich scrappy.

Vancouver, Canada.-Jonathan, the
first ostrich chick Matched in Canada,
is progressing under the care Of Zoo
Manager B. Green in Stanley park.
It was at first believed that the rare
and valuable bird would not live, and
It was taken from its parents and
placed in the Green home. Appear
ance Of weakness proved deceptive,
for Jonathan quickly whipped the
house cat and won a decision over the
family spaniel. !.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Return Hero Medal.

Connellsyille, Pa.-While a negro
woman held up Mrs. Annabelle Gemas
along the West Penn street car line,
near the Gemas home, two negroes
searched her, took her pocketbook,
containing about $50, but returning
gold service medal which the wom-
ans husband, the late George Gemas,
had been awarded for service in the
Spanish-Ameriean war. The trio halt
ed Mrs. Gemas with the request,
aPlease give us your money. lady"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
BONES OF PILGRIMS MOVED
Taken From Canopy Over plymouth
Rock, Which Is Being Reset
to Shore Level.

Plymouth, Mass-The bones Of
some Of the Pilgrim fathers were ex-
posed for a time when the box in
which they have been kept was taken
from the canopy over Plymouth rock,
where it had rested since 1880.
The records do not identity the
bodies, but the two relatively we'll
preserved skulls and other bones.
found In the casket are reputed to be
those Of members Of the colony who
died during the>ordeal Of the first win.
ter. i55ss (. z
The canopy is to be removed and
the rock reset under conditions that
will bring It again to shore level.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
A Boom Soon Punctured.

Washington Courthouse, O.-This
city and farmers in the neighborhood
OF Point creek had the thrill Of oil"
when it was reported all over the sur
face Of the creek. It was learned lat
er that 1t was part of 5000 gallons
which had escaped from a wrecked
railroad car.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Children Unshod In Bio Shoe Town

Children Unshod In Big Shoe Town. I
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. D
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Something sunny. All Rioht

Eiltonville, O.There was some
thing funny about the chicken dinner.
served Mayor Charles Beswick. He
was guest OF honor at q stag party
where the chicken was served in lib
eral portions. On returning home
Beswfck found that Is Of his choice,
puliets had disappeared.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Heart IN the Riuht Place.

Anderson, Ind.-Firemen hoisted q
41foot ladder to rescue pigeon sus-
pended over a high ledge OF st. Mary's
church. The pigeon was entangled In
twine. Women In the crewd which
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
Nineteen His Fateful Number.

& Nineteen His FatefuI Number.
Madisonville, Ky Nineteen" sure
" played tragic role in the last days
of Roscoe Ashley, buried at Grapevine.
He enlisted September 10, 1917, was
wounded September 10, 1918, died No
vember 10 Of the same year and his
body arrived in the United States
November 10, 1920.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
What little Brother Baaoed.

- What Little Brother Baaaed.
Madisonyille. Ky.Roy Oakley, aged
fifteen, viii i've, though q shot had to
3 be picked from his body by a surgeon.
He and his Il tile brother, Tommy,
went rabbit hunting. Tommy shot Roy
instead Of the bunny.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-16
.AThe Yellow ostrich Feather.

Bonneville, Ky.Nancy and Gym
thia Hale, aged fourteen and fifteen,
respectively, who cook and wash and
sew for SIX little motherless brothers
and sisters, have made quilt which:
they have christened 'sThe Yellow Os-
uich Feather" Neighbors thought SO
vile to be sold for the benefit OF wom-
en- Of the mountains.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
PLEA FOR PERSONAL PRONOUN
Argument of Humane Education So
ciety Relating to School Chill
dren and Animals.

The Humane Education society 81
Pennsylvania is seeking 10 have the
school children taught to speak of ami.
mails with personal instead of imper-
sonal pronouus. The society fears
that if children say "it' and (which"
and that" for their pets they VII
regard them as they do the IGeess
train of ears. the souness box of
blocks the Wtless bali or drum or
sailboat They win regard tender
little animal as though tit were
stuffed with inyuuerable leather or
sawdust; they viii drag "it' about
and bullyrag and maui fr' as though
"it' had no feelings; they will de
grade the animate creature to the
level of the mere automaton started
with key and active only tin The
cogs run Philadelphia Ledger
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
live and pead Lumber.

A report issued by The forest prod
nets laboratory states That if sound
dead trees are suWn into lumber and
the weatbered or eharred outside cut
away, such lumber cannot he distin-
gujshed by any known test from that
cut from live trees Most Of the wood
in q live tree is actually dead, and
the specification for lumber should
therefore be framed 10 provide for a
maximum amount Of decay or insect
iufc,tution and the provision of a
clause specifying live timber is unuec.
essary.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
Naminq the Birds.

OryIlle Virgin said at Dayton
banquet:
"Flying becomes more popular
every day among our wealthy young
men. Certain newspaper mm0rsts
in fact. are trying To invent a suitable
name for the new fad.
u have seen ii called typhoid
fever, 1ufeweuza and aeroslpeas.'
but my own suggestion would be
'sByatica
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
Washington

The United States regards the situ-
alton in Silesia as a purely European
question and viii not become involved
in it. it was stated authoritatlvely at
Washington.
Jacob Gould Schurman has been Sc
lected for ambassador to China. says
a Washington dispatch.
President Harding. at Washington.
has decided to accept the allies invita-
ton for the United States 10 partici-
pate in the supreme council. repara-
tions commission and conference of
ambassadors.
President Harding. at Washington,
named E. Reilly of Kansas City to be
governor of Porto Rico. Reilly is an
attorney and was one Of the Original
Harding men" in the Midwest.
The house at Washington refused
to order an investigation of charges
that large numbers of negroes
throughout the Soutb were prevented
from voting in the last national cleo
ton.
Charles p. Swope Of Pennsylvania
will he annoinfed nrobtbition commits
sfoner 10 succeed .Tohn r Kramer
officials of fine internal revenue buraau
-
k,r,1t,,t,,,,,,. 20 W.. IT p.,1-,
as general superintendent of railway
mail service was announced NJ Wash
ington by Postmaster General HAYS.
Mr. Ridden comes from Cortland M.
-
Secretary Mellon a. Wasbinpton
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14

basis Of vitality. If you
have it, you sturdily
withstand summer tenn
peratures. But if your
blood is poor, loaded with
poisons that should be
cast out, you are limp
and useless in Shirt
sleeve" weather.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14

Bandits robbed the Peoples State
bank at Chandlerville, H., OF nearly
$4,000 in cash and Liberty bonds and
escaped.
Joseph Decker, said to have q rec
ord showing he had operated as
sWindler and secured sums ranging
from $500 to S14.750, was sentenced
at Los Angeles, Cal TO serve from 10
TO "A years in prison.
Five hundred platform men of the
Northern Ohio Traction company.
Akron and suburban lines, struck.
making the tleup of the traction com
panies properties in this district COM
plete
Two masked robbers held up an
automobile at Uniontowu, Pa. in
which Robert Is. Graham, "a stock
broker was riding and robbed him Of
$4,000 in bonds, including $500
worth of oil stock.
The first official list of draft eyaders
in the Sixth army corps area, embrace
ing Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,
was received 10y Col Eli Heimick,
chief of staff at Fort Sheridan, III.
The list numbers 1900
Walter NJ Bunting, a mail service
aviator burned to death when his air
plane overturned and crashed to the
ground while he was taking off for
a flight at Cheyenne with mail His
wife lives at Cameys Point n. J.
Property damage estimated at
more than S1,O0O.OO0 was caused by
the heavy rain and windstorm which
visited New York. Telephone and
power wires were blown down and
many localities were Inconvenience.
The strike Of live stock handlers at
the Union Stock Yards and Transit
company at Chicago. came TO an
abrupt end. The men agreed to 60
back to work They accepted q cut Of
s cents an hour from May l.
Rev. Sidney J. Cats, whose term
as governor Of Florida expired last
January 3, was indicted on bribery
charges by the Bradford county grand
jury at Starke.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14

evenings on the
streets, in the
alters. or in au-
tomobiles. l don't
see how they can
grow MP with any
serious sense OF
the responsible
ties of life"
Il suppose there
ought TO be a
law, rejoined the
low browed man.
1T is time to call
a halt. Wen may
we ask, whittier
a~, W., 1-tgv;r,sry
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
Mr.. Gloom Knew.

Il Musicians are sadly underpald ~
arped the wild-haired man. "I play
Hmoone in jazz orchestra, and
pa DO you suppose my salary is?
hye you any idea what an expert
II trombonist should getY" "Oh,
r replied J. Fuller Gloom. "'The
pes of sin is death. Judge.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14
Mat the Band Meant to Marie.

81 What the Band Meant to Marie.
Sln New York household is a maid,
newly arrived from Hungary, who has
frgic memories of the war. She is the
sole survivor Of her family. A few days
ago there was a neighborhood celebra-
llpn near here new home, one of the
l&tures being small parade. When
Ihe band marched past and struck up
aniHtary air Marie sprang to the win
dow Like a flash she was back, ex-
" lining one of the very first English
words she knows:
#"Warl Warp