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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
TEST EINSTElN THEORY
Photograph Stars in lnvestiga-
ton of Light Rays.
Expeditions Will Go to Australia TO
Make Astronomical Observations
When Sun Goes Into Total
~ =, Eclipse.

Papeete, Tahiti.-Preliminary OBJ
servations were made here in April
and May by DR.. Robert Trumpler, as
s1stant director of the Lick observa-
tory on Mount Hamilton, California
IN preparation for final astronomical
observations in northern Australia to
prove or disprove the part of Elm
stems theory Of relatively which has
TO 90 with the composition and char
acteristics of light.
various astronomical expeditions
Will gather on the northern coast of
Australia September p to take their
observations when the sun goes into
total eclipse that day. Doctor Trump
lers work here has been 90 photo
graph, on large scale, the stars in
that part of the heavens where the
sun will be on September q. On the
DAY OF the eclipse, when the sun is
totally obscured and the stars are WIS.,
IDLE, similar photographs will be taken
on the same scale.
Einstein's contention is that light is
not, as scientists hitherto have held.
the very rapid vibrations of the all
pervading ether, but is made up of
electrons and therefore is a form of
matter. If light is matter in any
form, it will be subject to the law of
gravitation, and it is to establish or
disprove this point that the observa-
lions are being made here and in
Australia.
If Einstein's theory of light is we'll
founded, according to Doctor Trump
Ter, the rays of light from a star in
that quarter Of the heavens passing
by so large mass as the sun will
be DETECTED by the force of the suns
gravitation and the star in question
will appear on the Photographic plate
at place slightly removed from it's
true position in a direction away from
the suns disk.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
PASSPORT WSES EXPENSIVE
Every Central European State MuIcts
Passing American $40
at F rontier.

Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia. - Collecting
$40 gold from American travellers every
time a passport is vised continues to
be one Of the popular occupations Of
officials Of the states Of central Europe
Any American who wishes to visit
one Of the countries must pass the
frontiers of several of the others and
at each frontier the charge is $40
a head and $40 every time he passes.
One American business man within
the past three months has paid $12O.
"But don't blame US, blame your
State department" said a representa-
tive of the Jugo-Slavia foreign Office.
1T Is matter of reciprocity with us !;
we charge the same fee as does the
United States"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
PLATYPUS COMING TO AMERICA
Way to Philadelphia Zoo
From Australia.

Philadelphia.-Th geological gar
dens in Paramount park are being
prepared for the accommodation Of a
number of new guests. now on their
way here from Australia. The most
unusual of the shipment is platypus,
hn egg-laying mammal.
The platypus will be the only one
of it's kind in this country, it is said.
This species dies quickly in captivity
and is related to the echidna, also an
egg-laying mammal. However, the
local gardens have exhibited one speci-
men of the echidna for eighteen
years. This shipment Is being sent by
Ellis c. Joseph, Australian zoologist.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
SEEK GOLD IN OFFICE SMOKE
United States to Filter Clouds From
Wall Street Assay Building
for Saving. 49,

New York,-Thousands of dollars
worth of gold and silver which now
goes up in smoke each year through
the stack of the United States assay
office in Wall street is going to be
saved by the government. A dispatch
stated that work has been started on
the installation of the Cottrell cleo
trical precipitation equipment. Through
this equipment there will be recov-
cred suspended particles of precious
metal from the gases arising from
smelling and refining operations. .
The gases which will be treated will
pass up flues, provided for the pur-
pose, to the precipitation plant. SUI
perintendent Isaac 81. Smith, who has
been conducting tests, believes that
there will be a saving in the recovery
Of gold and silver Of from So to $4,000
q year net.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12

throughout the Northwest. That pros.
perity follows the dairy COW was
proved to farmers and breeders many
times the past two years, when the
Northwest remained one of the most
prosperous agricultural sections in
the entire country
Both the swine and the sheep shows
will be larger than ever. Nearly 1000
head of swine will be exhibited for the
$4,000 in premiums offered. For the
sheep contests, the fair is offering
$4,470.
The agricultural building, with it's
inspiring exhibits of grains, grasses
and vegetables of all descriptions, will
be veritable paradise to visitors in.
terested in farm crops. Counties of
the state will vie with each other in
their arrangement of attractive dis
plays from our 1922 Billion Dollar
Harvest" Nearly $20,000.0O in cash
prizes will be paid out for winning
exhibits.
The thousands Of plants and flow
ers, and heaping displays of fruits and
vegetables, will convert the horticul-
tural building into a veritable fairy
land. Luscious plums, rosy-cheeked
apples, shapely pears and peaches, and
delicious strawberries and grapes, will
peep out at visitors from long rows of
exhibits. Beautiful flowers and
shrubs, rich in color and design, will
draw out numerous "Ah's" and "Oh's"
from passers by.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
Camping Party Uses
Hearse for Bedroom

Frank Remlinger of Green
Bay, Wis, and four friends, on
a camping jaunt, use hearse
instead Of the usual type Of mo-
tor caravan. Only a few
changes were necessary. Part
Of the glass side was replaced
by board panels and a flooring
was put in, dividing it into
decks. Two Of the party sleep
upstairs" and all supplies are.
carried below. Three of the
party sleep In tents.
Rubber tires insure easy rid
ing. No ghosts have been en-
countered SO far, even when
they camp next to a cemetery,
and no matter how it storms.
the hearse is snug.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
Goat Locked Eight Days
T. in Car Without Water

Poplar Bluff, Mo.-And now .
comes the harmless billy goat
displaying some of his unique
qualifications. s..
When carload of lime was
loaded at Cape Girardeau, Mr..
Goat, unnoticed, made his way
into the car and was locked
therein. Eight days after, when
the seals Of the car were broken
at the destination, Doniphan,
Mo-, and when the door was
opened, out jumped Mr.. Goat,
spry, but apparently thirsty.
He was quickly treated. to a
drink of Mountain Dew" which
bubbles from a spring near DON
iphan, and was happy. He
seemed none the worse for his
4 "Volst-sd fest"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
H00CH FREE IN
" KENTUCKY HILLS
Correspondents Find Quiet Sort
of Men Make ''Mountain Dew
T.. With Kick"
SUSPICIOUS OF STRANGERS
Continually on the Alert for Deputy
Sheriffs, Revenue Agents and Pro-
hibition Officers-Read
World Magazines.

Catlettsburg, Ky Typical noun
tain m0Onshiners of Kentucky are not
always Of the gun-toting and trouble
making kind, it is proven to news cor
respondents by visits into the noun
tain region in this area Of the state.
The mountaineer type of moonshiner,
however, is continually on the alert
for deputy sheriffs, prohibition officers
and revenue agents.
After trip Of thirty or forty miles
into the mountains the correspondent
was escorted to moOnshiner's log
shack, made from the rough timber of
the hillside and carefully arranged on
foundation of stone.
"Bill' greeted his visitors with a
keen eye, bit of suspicion, but with
friendly note in his shout of "wel-
come stranger" Proper inquiries
whether any squirrels Inhabited an
adjacent mountain side, where new
ly beaten path had been noticed,
brought the answer that squirrels
were scarce and none were found in
the woods.
Mountain Dew Kicks.
When friendly spirit developed
some mountain dew" or, in the Ian.
guage Of the cities, white mule" was
produced from a small handmade
cupboard within the single room OF
the cabin, over which hung a religious
picture and other articles Of reli
gious nature. On the opposite side of
the room over the bed Of the noun.
taineer was rifle Of heavy caliber, an
automatic pistol and a small-calibe1
revolver. The contrast,wds unique.
A small drink of the "mountain
dew" almost brought Sunderland a la
Dempsey. Inquiries as to the age of
the liquor brought the answer, 'Thets
today's stuff"
Hospitality of typical southern quail
ity will be found among the mountain.
eer residents if you are a ''friend" ;
If an enemy-beware, or, as "Bill' ex
planned it, Snakes in the mountain are
killed." "Bill' makes his farm a pay.
able proposition for his wife and chill.
uACA WIN "CAC dILCAu1l1S CuulCH al
the time of the correspondents visit
by occasionally cutting some timber.
Reads Magazines Of World.
His interest in world affairs is not
limited and weekly trips to the near,
est postofice furnishes him with news.
papers from the "outside" These are
read by one member of the family, by
lamp and candle light, to the others
and often last throughout the week.
The moonshiner'sI home from the
outside has an uninviting appear
ance, but once within the home, while
some inconvenience are found, the
impression of cleanliness is produced.
The low ceiling forces man of ordi-
nary height to stoop. The board floor
may creak. but it is solid and hign and
dry. In winter cold winds are shut
out by the mud-plaster between the
cracks of logs and by the board and
paper lining of the inner walls Heat
is furnished by an oil burner and cook
ing is done on coal range. q,
Oxen teams haul coal to the home
during the fall months. A yoke of
oxen pulling load of timber along
the narrow mountain road explains
the manner which enabled the noun
taineer to obtain all the stable logs
used in constructing his home
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
YOUNG JAPAN TAKES TO JAZZ
Less Modernized Nipponese, However,
FroWn on Western
Dancing.

Tokyo, ,Japan.-The question wheth-
err western dances are immoral is the
subject of lively debate in the Jap
anese newspapers at present. In the
last few years western dancing has
grown popular among Japanese wom-
en-, especially those who have lived
abroad, although it is by no means
general as yet. They dance very
gracefully in their native costumes and
heelless slippers, but the older and
less modernized Japanese frown on
the growing custom. .s-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
Hoof Shoes for Moonshiner.

Tampa, Fla.-In order to throw
prohibition agents off the trail to
moonshine stills, Florida moonshin-
er has invented a shoe that leaves an
Imprint similar to that Of the hoof Of
a COW, A. l.. Allen, federal prohibition
commissioner for Florida, announced
recently. One Of the hoof- shoes was
found at a still captured near Port
Tampa. Allen said. and it will be for
sw-arded. IL Commissioner Blair. at
Washinrfon. ri III 81 # d. /.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
NOT so MANY DEAF AND DUMB
United States Census Count Shows
That the Rate per 1000, 900 Popu-
Iation Has Decreased.

Washington. Although the 1885
deaf and dumb persons enumerated in
the 1920 census was slight increase
above the 1910 figure, the rate per mill
lion of population decreased from 486
to 425, the census bureau announced.
This decline, which also is reported in
European countries, was attributed to
advanced treatment for certain chill
dren's diseases which frequently cause
deafness.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
White Squirrel.

Kansas City, Mo. a white squirrel
is rarity. Last week, in Shannon
county, man saw a white squirrel go
into his hole in a big oak tree. The
next day he took some incredulous
neighbors, determined to capture the
little animal. It was necessary to
chop down four trees before this was
accomplished. And, sure enough, the
squirrel was all white with pink eyes.
It now lives in a cage in Birch Tree.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12

growth In recent
years as has dai-
rying. The stock
ing of farms with
purebred d airy
cattle has pro.
ceeded at so rapid
a rate that scrub
animals are-ebe.:
coming fewer and
fewer on farms
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
Rat Attacks SLEEPING Baby.

Kansas City, Mo-The screams Of
her six-months-old daughter, Alice,
aroused Mrs William T. Elledge short
ly after one o'clock in the morning.
Rushing to the .child's bed, she found
large gray rat clinging to the baby's
right foot. Mrs. Elledge shook the
rat loose. With the child in their
arms, Mr.. and Mrs. Elledge ran to q
hospital. Emergency treatment was
administered. 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
cobbIer Finds s1oo in a Shoe.

Warsaw, Ind.-Thomas Ross, WI
mona Lake, placed 500 in bills and
several checks inside one of his shoes
for safekeeping. Then he went to
Florida and forgot all about the bills
and checks Hill + IL
While repairing a pair Of shoes for
Ross, a Warsaw cobbler discovered
the greenbacks and checks and turned
them over to the owner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
$2.,500,0oo FAIR
PROGRAM READY
~ -
Greatest Exposition Ever Staged
In World Promised on
-
Sept. 2 to 9.

A score of fairs within a fair-that
Is what the great Minnesota State
Fair, Twin Cities, September 2 to 9,
will be this year. .s<.,.#
In point of entries and in quality of
exhibits, this years fair will function
as an International exhibition More:
than geo acres of exhibits, valued at
more than s., 6QQ, 200, will be. presented
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12

T b q greatest
barnyard chorus
of the year will
be heard in the
po ultry show,
where more than
1000 birds will be
shown. The prize
winning birds will
be given prem.
iums Of S2967. 90.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12

by the biggest and
best educational
fair ever staged In
the Northwest.
No other fair or
exposition staged
in America this
year Is Offering as
much money for
prizes and pre-
m1llna oo tho Min
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12

The women will come into their own
at the fair. An entire building with an
annex has been set aside for exhibits
OF canning, sewing and! baking. Won.
ems exhibits will prove to all that in.
terest in home-making is as great to.
day as fifty years ago, still making it
the greatest occupation in the world,
Delicious breads and cakes, pies and
cookies, canned foods and other home.
made products, will be on tempting
display. Home needle work of every
kind, from fancy work and laces to the
most practical sewing and dressmak.
ing, will be feast for women's souls.
4 Boys and girls. too, will have ex.
hibits. To them, the fair is to be an
Achievement Week" It will give
them a chance to show their parents
and friends what they have learned In
school, and what they are getting out
of their enrolment IN. Boys and Girls
Club Work. There will be team dem.
onstrations Of all kinds by boys and
girls, showing how expert they have
become in bread making, in sewing,
canning, and in the judging OF live.
stock
Record Cattle Show at State Fair.
Il The biggest cattlesshow ever staged
in the middle west will feature the
Minnesota State Fair, Twin Cities,
September 2 to 9. More than 1000.
head Of cattle will be exhibited on the
main floor Of the 100000 Cattle Barn.
Premiums amounting to $24.773.O0
have been put Up BY the State Fair.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
AT LAST A WEEKLY DAY OFF
Japanese Department. Store Starts Civ
ing Clerks HebdomadaI
g7. ~ Rest, 2"f

Tokyo, Japan.-The clerks Of Japan,
who heretofore have had few If any
holidays during the year, are hoping
much from the Inauguration of a week
~ rest day by large department store
of Osaka.
The Tokyo chamber of commerce
and other bodies have taken the mat
ter up with a view to the adoption
of similar system here where there
are a number Of large department
stores conducted on American lines.
Heretofore the stores have remained
open seven days a week the year
around, and the employees have had
a few days at New Years and during
the feast of the head in summer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-08-12
wife Hurt in Jump From Auto

Waterford, Conn.-Mrs. John Phil
Lips Of Hartford is a determined wom-
an. While motoring with her husband,
she told him he would have to let her
drive or she would jump out. He re-
fused, and she jumped. Her skull was
broken. n. 4ss8 /.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21
PL.AINFIELD

Esz e was good representative gathering at the democratic caucus held at the town hall Tuesday evening. For representatives, George W. Walker and Frank Bodo were nominated and Joseph B. Smith for judge of probate.
 Miss Nelsie HartweIl returned to heI duties at the Community house on Mon day, resuming her work for girls and young women. after an Hines of three weeks.
 The Sunday school at the First Con gregational church was graded last Sun day with an addition of ten new teacher: the graded lessons being used in all class es except the Senior Bible class. Mrs. James McNulty is slowly recov ering from a two weeks illness as a re suit of sever cold taken before sailing | from England. Mir. and Mrs. McNult. spent a long vacation travelling in Eng land and Belgium. visiting the battle fields and many other places of inter est
 Mrs. Martha Platt of Oldham, Ian cashire, England, is visiting her sister
 Mrs Samuel T. Butterworth. Mrs Plat came over in the same boat with he friends, Mir. and Mrs. James McNulty
 and is making her first visit to An1eri ca
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21
uARK'S FALLS

George Palmer and family of Pendleton Hill were the guests of his brother. Charles Palmer. and family of this vil- lage on Sunday.
 Arthur Babcock of Westerly visited his father, Henry F. Babcock, recently. MT. Babcock is blind and has been in poor health for some time.
 Work has commenced on the road to be macadamized west of this village from Frank Miners corner north to the four corners. The road is closed to traffic. A good detour is provided through this vil- Iage and Laurel Glen on to the Pendleton Hill and Voluntown road again. Care should be taken in driving, as the road is narrow in places, and there is one very bad corner.
 Ernest D. Chapman attended the dahlia exhibit in New York city. MT. Chapman is now enjoying fS vacation in Maine
 Mrs. Richard Maine has returned from a visit with friends in Mystic.
 Mir and Mrs. H. C. Eccleston were the guests of his niece, Mrs, Horace Palmer recently
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21

chanic street and was standing at his loom when he was stricken. He leaves his wife and four children in New Bed lord, Mass, and also sister there. The newly elected ofacers of Narfa- gansett council. No. ai, K. of C.. were installed Tuesday evening at the Bliven opera house hall District Deputy Thomas ], ouinlan Of Providence. assisted by Deputy William Gearon and Warden Will Ham Sheehan, were the installing off, cers
 The funeral service of Robert F Roache who was instantly killed Sun. daay night when he was struck by an automobile on the Stonington road, was held Wednesday morning.
 The funeral service of Samuel Brlerley was held Wednesday afternoon at ] o'clock at the homo of Mrs. George Davi- son at Pleasant View. Rev. n. Edgar Tohin, rector of Christ Episcopal church offtciated. 1nterment was in River Bend cemetery. The bearers were Rufus Nal. lalieu of New London, Frank Fntwistle Monsoon Mass, Thomas Davison, Rich. ard Mitchell and Robert P. Mitchell oi Westerly.
 Mir. and Mrs Edward o'Leary and sor Thurman have returned from trip tt Niagara Falls
 l Miss Ann Cunningham of Elm stree will sail for Ireland Saturday. She lof Westerly Tuesday for New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles H. Richmond O Lincoln avenue are guests of Miss s SamuelSon of Hudson, N. J.
 Edward Stiilman of Narragansett ave nle has gone to Philadelphia, Pa, fo the winter.
 Mra Frank Walker and daughter. wh, have been guests Of Mrs. Anne Carr o George street, have returned to thei home in Uxbridge, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21

titude of others will be forwarded to the pope, enabling him to extend his beneficent activities to those who arc in dire need.
 Garbage collecting Monday. Have cans ready. Last call before winter adv.
 Mrs. Annie Olin has entertained as recent guests Mrs. Willis Hill of Nor wich and Mrs. James Donohue and Mrs Harriet Sullivan of Willimantic.
 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Faust have re- turned from trip to New York and a visit with their daughter in Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass, and two sons, Edward in Yale university, New Haven ,and Harold at Loomis Institute Windsor, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21
STONINCTON

It takes the ladies of Stoninston to raise money for benevolent work as is shown by the amount netted at the rum mage sale which was held by the Ston- ington Improvement society. In this manner the ladies raised $50 to go to- ward their work. The J. F. Trumbull w. R. c. are planning a sale.
 The Trumbull corps, W. R. C., will have visit from the officers of the grand chapter, w. R. C., Nov. 18th This will be their annual meeting and inspection held.
 Stonmgton has savings and loan as- sociation and the newly elected officers are: Elias Hinckley, president; ]. F Joseph, vice president; Matthew r Leahy, secretary; Benjamin F. Cutler treasurer; o, J. Dennehey, assistant treasurer.
 E. B. Hinckley, F. r. Dodge, Johr killars, J.. A. Vargas, J. F. Joseph, Ed ward J. Simmonson and John R. RyoI comprise the board of directors for fin, 1 ensuing year. Many new homes are be ing erected here.
 (Today) Saturday the Stonington board of rgistrars will be in session a the court house in Pawcatuck to pass ol the qualifications of all who have name ! on the list ito be made" in the town 1 They will be there from a. m. to p. m. Several who have not received thei papers from the superior court, may ap ply on Nov. 5th if certificates have ar rived at that time. At Old Mystic, Thurs day, there were 20 applicants and ou of this number 26 in that district ouaIj fled as electors.
 As scheduled, the Stonington Hig School football team will go to Ney London this (Saturday) afternoon, wher they will meet the New London Voca tipnal School team.
 Friday, October 2Tth, the schools c Stonington will have a holiday to giv the teachers an opportunity to atten the Teachers Institute at New London The town school committee is soon t
 act on the matter of visiting day o Monday, October 30.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21

from Hartford spent the week end at his summer home in the Grove.
 Henry E. Smith of East Haven spent the week end at his Pine Grove cottage.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. R. DeWolfe have clos ed their residence on Grand street and are making an extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. Milton R. Whited and family in Cleveland, Ohio.
 Mrs. Louise Fortier of Wells street is entertaining her daughter, Miss Evelyn of Hartford.
 Samuel Rogers has returned to his home in the village after an extended pleasure trip to New York city and Wa terbury. While in the latter place he was the guest of MT. and Mrs. George Coul- ter who formerly lived here.
 Mrs. D. I. Goodale has returned to her home in Glastonbury after visit to MT and Mrs. Herbert Congdon of the Fland- CTS road
 Mrs. John Spittle has returned to her home in Torrington after months visit to local friends.