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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
ocean Of air.
NEEDS WATCHING
Navigation Lanes May Differ
From Day to Day, Says Gov
eminent Meteorological.
DATA MUST Be GATHERED
MeteoroIogists Should Decide, After
Study of Air Conditions, What
Route and Altitude a Plane
Should Take.

Washington, D. C.-The ocean OF
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 meteorologist 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 a 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 a 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 a plane trav-
cling between the same two points
might have to take a different route
almost every day in order to make
the trip with the least danger. Also
a plane flying from New York to Chi
~cago might find. 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 a system Of
averages could be devised which would
aid greatly in, dispatching planes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
TRIES "M0vIE" STUNT; DIES
Himself to Death with "fhird De- j,
f.. gree" Device. |

New York.-The death Of fifteen
year-old Solomon Bernstein is attrib-
uted by his two younger brothers,
Samuel, thirteen, and Isador, ten, to
what he learned Of criminal methods
from moving picture plays II r
l. Solomon was found strangled to
death on the cellar floor Of his home.
Around his neck was small rope,
tied in moose. The other end was
swung over a rafter. Tied to the end
over rafter were two iron weights.
On the floor beside the body was a
butter tub, kicked to pieces, evidently
in his efforts to avoid fatal end to
his test Of the improvised third de-
gree" According to the younger boys,
the rope and weights were to be ap-
piled to Isadore, whom Solomon had
accused Of stealing a fountain pen
cap. .>... -:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
TAyL0R'S .ROUN' DAWG
Governor Of Tennessee Will Keep
Famous Animal at Home.
Would Veto Proposition for Appropri.
alton to Build Home for "oId
Timber" on Mansion Grounds.

Nashville.-Old Timber the only dog
whose yelp was ever heard in a 20.
ntlcai campaign in Tennessee, has not
Deen tempted from his familiar haunts
IN the Happy valley vicinity by the
Drlght lights of the capital, at which
his master, Gov. ALT Taylor, is pre-
siding. *s.s-' =
Reports that the Democratic legis-
1ature contemplated making an appro,
prlatlon on the mansion grounds for
house for Old Timber, have led his
master to announce that he will
promptly veto such a proposition, and
keep Old Timber at home.
Old Timber furnished much mate
rial for Governor Taylor's speeches
curing his campaign. The governor
always gave graphic recital of Old
, LlnDers proWess as a fox hunter.
"Old Timber is being well cared for
IN good home in east Tennessee and
gets three square meals day." is the
last word from the governor on the
SUBJECT. He would not be contented
IN the city. He wants to be where he
can occasionally survey the lofty
mountains over whose heights he has
many times chased the fox with the
rest OF the pack making music at his
heels. Old Timber is nine years old,
and is too old to run now, but he re-
members and often dreams of his past
achievements"
IF you have never heard Old Linn
per In full cry" the governor contin-
ues, growing more eloquent, ''you have
never heard music. He is gifted in
every note, and in a chase, at one
time or another, he will let you have
all of them. You could distinguish
Old Limber's voice from the rest of
the pack eight miles away. Honest!
THAT dog never lied to me in his
life. He has never been known to
yelp on a cold trail. Whenever the
voice of Old Timber is heard, every
body knows that there is fox
around
The governors east Tennessee home
place boasts not only "Old Limber,"
the most famous hound dog in Ten
nessee, but also a son, who has taken
his place as pack leader, and a grand
son as we'll.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
AGREE ON REMOVING DEAD
French to Permit Disinterment Of u.
s. Men In the Fighting Zones
September IS.

Observation-Disclosures Of the Amer
lean dead from within the fighting
zones in France for transportation to
the United States will begin after
September Is under an agreement be-
tween the American and French gov
eminent. Bodies of men buried out
side these zones now are being moved
to this country.
The war department, in announcing
the agreement, said the terms Of the
understanding limited the return Of
bodies Of those whose removal to
America had been specifically request
ed by the next Of kin.
In transporting the bodies to French
ports the, American government has
agreed to use not exceeding maxi.
mum Of 100 standard box cars at q
time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
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-
litely. Their mutual smile gradually
brOadened as the hunt for flats mar
rowed down to a few novels in the
Stun section.
Lets kiss and make up and go
back to our fiat" the wife finally said,
and they did.
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 flat
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 I'M
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
swindlers lawyer called at the Jail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
RAT IN HOUSE TO COST $40
British Law Imposes This Fine for
First offense; After That
$77.7O.

London.-Anybody discovered har-
boring a rat or mouse in his house
is liable to penalty of Is [$19.425 at
current exchanged under law recent
ly enacted by parliament. If the "of-
fense'' is continued he may be fined
EGO [$77.7O]. E.
Lieut.. Alfred E. Moore astonished a
London audience by making these
statements in 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??, 1921-02-26
LIZARDS MAKE AUTOS SKID
Plague AffIicting Towns and Villages
Which Border on Prairie Lakes
of Canada

Winnipeg, Mana plague of liz
ards is affecting the towns and viii
lagos which border on the prairie
lakes and sluices Of Canada. At Nj
nette 1000 lizards were shoveled out
of the basement window shaft at the
government sanatorium. In the doc
tors quarters 60 were counted.
MotOrcar drivers have to keep skid
chains on their cars, as the roads are
made slippery by a surface Of. living
lizards. Many of the people keep in
doors rathea than venture out be-
cause of the disagreeable sensation
OF crunching a lizard underfoot. The
lizard is more treacherous than ba-
mana peel.
The little reptiles, which vary from
four inches to eighteen inches in
length, travel by night only, and are
now on their annual trek from the
lakes to find suitable crevices in
which to hibernate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
CARRY 1858 BY AIR
No Lives Lost in the CONNER
ciaI Service.
Records Show a Total Of 3,136,55O
MiIeage-Many Minor Accidents
,...ar and Forced Landings.

New York.-A total of lis, 1853 pas
sengers flew 3,136, $50 miles in CONNER
clal airplanes during the last twelve
months without the loss of a single
life, the Manufacturers Aircraft as
ISOLATION announced here. These fig
ures are based on the performance
OF 425 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. g." ..&.,.,E.a. g..
I'm the absence of any federal. sys-
tenn 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. ~ ,. s.
1.-The totals are based on question
naires distributed by the association,
but, due to. the itinerant nature of
much of the flying, it has been difficult
to trace and record more than half Of
o>N0S' AAAAo OuC Ad1A, ny 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,
for 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
a mile. On practically all intercity
lights baggage or freight was carried,
the quantity limited only by the capa-
city OF the craft. This business ag-
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
222 forced landings and thirty-eig
accidents. There have been fatal a,,-
cidents in other instances, but they
occurred in the course of stunt or ex-
hibition performances or under cir
cumstances indicating that undue risk
had been taken"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
CUTS FUSE OF BURNING BOMB
Plotters Fire on Waterman in Brook.
Ign 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
a pocket knife that he had to be taken
to a 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 match.
They ran away after firing shots at
him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26

Tradesmen Steadily Break ExcIu-
siveness Of Noted Residence
District of New York.
MRS. VANDERBILT LEADS Way
New Exclusive District Expected to
Spring Up in Section Where Near
Slums Existed ,Before-Lona
Fight for District.

New York.-Stealthy but steady adj
vances by tradesmen, covering a 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-
tial exclusiveness in the avenue.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Moves.
The change in Fifth avenue was re-
Hected 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
home in 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
derbilts migration to the East river
will mean new exclusive district in
0itu II,
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
lost it's residential atmosphere, which
was it's most valuable charm" Traffic
and crowds, resulting from the trade
invasion, she said, had taken away it's
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
mansions. Members of the Vanderbilt
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
northward 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. Its 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 G.
Prick, steel magnate, will eventually
go to the city for use as a museum.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
Miners Earn 5000 a Year.

Cardiff, Wales.-Some coal miners
Of South Wales are being paid as high
as $1,000 a 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 II Of this
number were committed to prison.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
PARROT BECOMES REFoRMER
panion for Pirate, but Is All
Right in Lodge.

Dover, Del.-Dover's lodge Of Elks
has 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 a mini
mum. Clifford Hawkins, steward,
also is training Polly to censor minor
attractions of the rules.
It 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??, 1921-02-26
3-Legged Wolf Bandit"
To Be Used as Decoy

Denver.-"Big Lefty" the
three-legged leader Of 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 a 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??, 1921-02-26
new WARsHIP IN JAP FLEET
"Nagato" Takes Place Among Largest
Fighting Vessels Afioat in the
World Today.

Tokyo.-Japan's latest battleship.
Nagato, has lightweight tonnage of
55,sOO and can develop a speed Of
% knots per hour.
Its length is $50 feet. The armament
of the new addition to the Japanese
fleet includes eight 15-inch guns and
twenty 6-inch guns. It is fitted with
four turbine engines. The Nagato
takes place among the largest battle
ships aioat today, it's $500 tons COM
pairing with the British Hood, 41,OOO
tons, and the American Tennessee.
$4,000 tons.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
Father Sells Girl for 10 :.
Cents a Pound, She Says

Lexington, Ky.-A report from
Stanford, Lincoln county, says
that George Isaman, a farmer of
the mountain section, has been
placed in Jail at Stanford on a
charge made by his daughter,
Annie, eighteen, that her. father
had attempted. to shoot her. The
girl charges her father sold her
at 10 cents pound, a total of
$15, to Joseph Zubra. When he
came to the home some weeks
later to claim his purchase, the
father was greatly displeased at
the girls refusal to carry out the
terms Of the sale and tried to
shoot her. Isaman and his fam
lily are highly respected in their
rural community, it is said. The
girl is pretty and well educated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
Hooch Blamed for Theft.

San Antonio, Tex. Too much
hoochp said Judge Buckley as he lev
led a $50 fine on George Harrison for
having stolen forty-two-year-old mon
key from a 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??, 1921-02-26
Father Eloped Same Day
Two Daughters Ran Away

A triple e1opement involving
three members of one household,
none Of whom knew of the 9TH
'ers intentions, was disclosed
with the announc cement that Will
liam NJ. Chase Of Atlantic City,
N. j., retired New York city
manufacturer, 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??, 1921-02-26
Boy Given Life Sentence.

Wheeling, w. Waffle tmprison-
ment was the sentence passed upon
sixteen year-old Samuel Bleyens, for
merly of Little Rock, Ark, In court
here, after the boy had pleaded guilty
to charge Of murder. The lad was
accused Of having killed 9. f. Grand
staff, car inspector, in a shack near
Wheeling last October.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
No More FixIn, for Him.

Covingt0n, Ky.-Hugh Jones says
he Is done fixing something for some
body without knowing what he's got
to FIX, because, as he says, II got my
self In . FIX dxin' things to be fixed"
"a $25 fine fixed It with the court,
when Jones was charged with having
connected copper coil to sim. Rev
enue agents came upon Jones willis
10 was ct work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
Arm Venice Court Attaches.

Vienna.-Swords are now worn by
court officers for protection at the or
der of the president Of the Vienna
criminal court, because of the many at
Jacks upon judges and witnesses re-
Gently in court rooms.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26
Dentist Sent AirpIane After patient

Dentist Sent AirpIane After Patient. 4
Little Sioux, Ia.Insisting that VIII
liam Peterson, farmer. should have
dental work done Immediately, a
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??, 1921-02-26
Two Insane Women Form Death Pact

Wo insane women Form Death Pact.
Middletown, N. Coffee in which
roach powder, brushed up from the
floor. had been placed, was drank with
fatal results by Charlotte Wheeler,
thirty-seyen years old, and Martha Ho-
falling, forty-fve, inmates of the state
Insane asylum in fulfllment Of sui
eide pact.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-02-26

Fell Dead Into Grave He Was Digging.
Decatur, Mich. Overcome by heart
disease while digging a grave in the
cemetery, Edward Youells, seventy
three years old, sexton, fell dead
into the grave and was found there by
his wife.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Miss Farrar Sues for Divorce;
No Other Woman, Tellegen Says

FOR divorce, although neither document
has been filed in the Supreme Court or
the County Clerks Office in New York
County. Under the new Code Practice
Manual such filing within a few days
after service is not required.
The motion before Justice Guy for
argument was made by Alvin Inter
myer, counsel for Miss Farrar, and was
argued for her by Samuel Untermyer.
1t would have stricken from the an
swcr made by Mr.. Tellegen a counter
claim made by him for separation on
the ground of cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The actor is already suing on
the same ground in his Westchester
County action and Mr.. Untermyer ar
gued that he was barred under the
civil practice act from asking the same
relief in another suit. Justice Guy ac-
cepted the contention of Mr.. Inter
myer and ordered the counter claim of
Mr.. Tellegen stricken from his reply
to the divorce action.
AS to the allegations of Miss Farrar
that her husband has been too atten-
tive to another woman, Mr.. Tellegen
made complete denial.
1t is probable that after he has
served an amended answer motion
will be made to the court for the ap-
pointment of referee to hear the di-
vorce case in private.