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®ru*ianBt Gold on island Man Who Befriended Beggar Is ^swarded With Key,to ¥$>>•# [ Buried Treasure.. /. mm IS NOT YET DEAD leeates After Search of Mom Than 'ir^ Jteven Years Gold Hidden Half Cerv tury Ago--Church Despoiled .-- a- toy Four tailors^*^...... te, Tahiti.--Romano® is not yet dead. Tales of buccaneering, murder on the high seas, buried gold on foneiy, uninhabited islands and charts *nd cryptograms of hidden treasuretrove are not all Inventions of Imaginative minds or legends of a day •which is long past. Such a tale is that of the treasure of the island of Plnakl, whose hiding place, after a patient search of more than seven years, has at last been discovered. And now a schooner from Tahiti has been dispatched' to bring away the gold. Sailors Despoil the Peruvian Church. A, half century ago four sailors, deserters from a coastwise vessel, Joined revolutionists In Peru and learned of a vast treasure of Jewels, plate and ingots, the property of the -church, which had been hidden in Peru to prevent it from falling into the hands of one of the warring factions. Secrttly, the sailors searched for the treasure, found it concealed in a church and moved it to another'hiding place on the coast. Going to Panama, the seafarers, at night, boarded a small schooner, mur> dered the crew an&, after putting the treasure aboard, set sail across the Pacific, intending to make some European port later to dispose of their wealth. Recalling that thiey had no •clearance papers and probably could not enter a European port safely, they decided to hide the gold on some uninhabited island and then get it later in a vessel they would charter at Sydney, N. S. W., for trading purposes. Across their path lay the Island of Plnakl, in the Paumotu archipelago of the south seas, and at this uninhabited spot they stopped and hid their loot. One native, who observed them *rom a neighboring island and rowed across to see what the men from jthe strange schooners were doing, was killed and his tribal brothers* who crossed later, found only his empty canoe and strange markings on the trees. Sailing on to Australia, the four scuttled their vessel a few miles from shore and, rowing to land, told of a storm ar sea which opened the seams of their ship. Not all believed them, for some resident? had seen the ship approaching and had witnessed its mysterious sinking. There were no police, however. In that section, and as the four looked desperate, they were permitted to strike ottt overland for Sydney unmolested. Beggar Divulges Hiding Place. In 1014, years la^er, a Mr. Howe was accosted on a Sydney street by all j-V-jr; .... «ged beggar. Howe gave &e nistt « few shillings and was surprised to, hear the man ask his name and address. Some time later Howe received an urgent summons to a Sydney hospital. There he found the beg» gar, who told of how he and three others had buried their treasure, had sailed on to Australia and had set out overland for Sydney. Blacks had attacked ' them and killed two of the sailors. The beggar and his surviving companion. Brown,/tried for years to get a ship to go for the treasure, but never obtained money enough. Brown finally disappeared, and he, KUlrain, had fallen Into misfortune and knew his end was near. He gave Howe a map of the island, begged him to believe the story and to search for the treasure. The following day the beggar died. Since then Howe has been searching for the treasure, and lately announced that he had found it in a shallow lagoon on Pinakl. Lately be chartered a schooner at Papeete to go to lift the gold after making a contract with the colonial government as to his rights In the matter. It is said the treasure Is worth several million doltars»;.\..:s.;v-^ Famine in riJ •*-< Si' •vL Doctor Grenfell, "Angel of Labra- ,dor," Issues Appeal for Re« lief of Fisher folk. DREAD APPROACH OF WINTER / Hunger and Companion Miseries of Poverty Are Acute Because the Fishermen Have Been Unsbls to Sell Product of Labor. New York.--Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, "angel of Labrador," has joined forces with William Willard Howard, and the Christian Work of New York, in the campaign to relieve destitution in Newfoundland by providing a market for the codfish upon which thousands in that country depend for livelihood. Hunger and companion miseries of poverty are acute in Newfoundland because the fishermen have been unable to se}l the product of their labor. Amphibious Gun Mount Tractor Here is a gun mount tractor, with 8-inch field piece mounted, that can travel under water at a depth of 10 or 12 feet as well as on land. It is being demonstrated for army, officers. "**• Dr. Gfjenfell came to New York a tew days ago from Labrador whither he had gone after a conference here with Mr. Howard, director of the Newfoundland relief work, and Dr. Frederick Lynch, treasurer of tae fund. Fisherfolk on Verge of Famine. Dr. Grenfell reported finding deplorable conditions among the families Of the fishermen, and the industry of the country In a truly sad state. He says: "I have just received a message from Mr. Ed Grant of Blanc Sablon, Labrador, asking if I can help there, as 'great destitution prevails.' I am afraid that It will be very serious by winter. 1 sent him a couple of hundred dollars to fit out some few fishermen. "At Twlilingate only one-half of the normal number of fishermen are being fitted out. The savings are being drawn steadily from most of the banks, both in the outports and In St. Johns. I have that on the evidence of the bankers. We are starting the new hospital building at Twlilingate. That Is a help." Mr. Howard, discussing the discouraging reports from Labrador, commented : "Twlilingate is the largest and most prosperous place In Newfoundland outside of St. Johns. If Twlilingate can fit out only half her fishermen for *he season's fishing, it Is a black outlook for the rest of the Island. Blanc Sab- Ion Is an Important fishing port at the entrance to the straits of Belle Isle. "If destitution prevails there now, I hesitate to think what Doctor Grenfell will find as he goes north. "Much of the destitution could be relieved If one of my ships could leave for the Labrador coast now filled to the deck beams with flour, vegetables, molasses and fishery salt. A dollar of help n#w would be worth $10 In next winter's inevitable famine. The committee is now engaged in a program of relief which will aid the starving Newfoundlanders and at the same time provide food for families made homeless and suffering in this country on account of the Colorado flood. It is offering the fish for sale for $10 for a 100-pound box, and purchasers who do not want fish for their own use may direct that It be sent to the Colorado refugees. Thus food will go to hungry Americans and the money which pays for it will go jto the Newfoundland fishermen, * \ ' j JT 'H.l A:.; *. >»:• . . iw . ^ eral laws, is killed in considerable numbers; soM[ :e m WARE ---- --' .' ' '*ti»!|nm in niti ^ huk CHINESE SMUGGLED INTO U. S. Combine Slips Yellow Men Into FJottfa by Way of Cuba. Few Places Where Schooner* Cannot Make Easy Landing on Coastline of Southern State. Tampa, Via.--Chinese sre being smuggled into the United States on a large scale by way of Cuba and Florida, according to reports from the South. Unless prompt action Is taken by authorities at Washington, conditions wilf soon be as bad in the southern states as they were on the Mexican border, where it took five years to stamp out the smuggling of the yelm » v men, says Immigration Inspector Wnalen of Tampa, Fla., In whose district much of the smuggling has been going on. "We have learned that within the past few months almost 75,000 Chinese have been landed In Cuba," says Whalen. "According to the statements we got from some of the smuggling parties that we have rounded up, these Chinese remain In Cuba only long enough to make arrangements with the smugglers to be landed on the Florida coast. "The fact that all the Chinese who have been arrested In this vicinity sre plentifully supplied with money and are able to obtain unlimited funds to defray court expenses Indicates that there Is a well-organized smuggling combine at work." The latest arrests in the smuggling war were In Charleston, S. C., where four Chinese were picked up, with railroad tickets from Clearwater, Fla., a short distancefrom Tampa, to Washington, D. C. Six more were arrested the same day at Dunedan, Fla., also near Tampa. These six were when they tried to buy railroad tickets to Washington. The coast of Florida is sn ideal place for smuggling operations as Tthere are only a few places along the entire 1,400 miles of coast line where schooners cannot make aif easy landing. DIAMOND 8 YEARS IN GARDEN Ring Lost by New Jersey Woman Found and Restored by Present ( Tenant. , Glen Ridge, N, J.--Exactly eight years to the day after she had lost a diamond ring In the garden of her home-the lost bit of jewelry was restored to the owner. Subsequent to losing the ring Mrs. Smith removed from 61 Hillside place and her former home was occupied by John Townsend. For three years Mr. Townsend has been planting the garden, and while hoeing lima beans this week he saw what he thought was s bit of glass shining on the ground. He picked up the object and It proved to be a diamond ring. Meeting Mrs. Smith he mentioned having found the ring. Its loss was explained and the rlijg was restored to its owner. • Parrot Saved Friend * / From Going to Jail " Klai Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson of Chicago went away for a brief vacation, Mrs. Johnson asked Edward Peterson, her brother, to go to the flat and water and feed the canaries and mrrot. Peterson lost the key tnd was climbing in the window when neighbors called the po- "Oe: Tiie ucSa B«rg«ttut laugiieu at his explanation, but the boy f insisted that if the sergeant ?ould accompany him to the fiat >e would prove he was all right. 5o they went back. - "Hello, Polly," said Peterson. | Hello, Ed," replied the bird. • "How's the boy? Whatcha got | on jrer hip?" ? | The sergeant allowed Peter- | son his liberty. . ,• • •• • The Nubian tribes of Africa ate passionately fond of music. NOW LIVING AS IN STONE AGE Natives of Isolated South 8ea Isle Found by Missionary Number OaJyMS. . "• . ^ -- ; / • London, England.--People who still live in the manner of the stone age are found on Rennel island fn the Solomon group. Melanesia, according to Dr. Northcote Deck, a missionary who says there are only about 500 inhabitants, and because of their isolation even their dialect there has never been studied. The natives had implements and weapons of stone and wood only when Dr, Deck first visited the island. They showed great eagerness to barter homemade artl^es for anything made of iron. "They seein to feel keenly the monotony of their isolation, and showed a settled melancholy, both in their faces and the cadence of their voices," says Dr. Deck. The teeth of flying foxes which swarm in caves on the island seem to be the only form of currency know^ there. " " .1* BLAZING CROW FIRES FIELD Killed by a Live Wire Fails, iiito "* ; ;JN|ay Causing Loss of Several .-Hundred Dollars. •• ••-> Rochester, N. T.--A crow alighted 6n a heavily charged electric wire of the Niagara Power company and was Instantly kiUed, falling a blazing mass into a field of uncut hay belonging to Hobart Slahl, near Spencerport, eight miles fnp here. The field caught Are, causing a loss of several hundred dollars, and for a time threatened adjoining wheat fields whose uncut crops are estimated to be worth several thousands. The Spencerport Chemical company made the three-mile rttti to the Stall] place and prevented further damage. KBFINOKEE NATIONAL PARK* That sounds like a paradox. For Okefinokee is the name of a tremen* •lous big swamp In Georgia and what <l«>os the United States national park system need of a big swanipT Anyv>" ny, there is a bill in congress for the establishment of the Okefinokee National park in this very swamp. And the request for Its establishment is made in the name of the state .-Aft Georgia. The proposition is not such a paradox as tfc seems at first thought. The national park enthusiasts of the country would have the national - parks system comprehensive. It is already fairly so. For example, it Contains the Grand Canyon, the most wonderful example in the world of stream erosion; the majestic granite peaks of the Continental divide in Rocky Mountain; the freakish volcanic activities of the Yellowstone; the relics of a prehistoric people in Mesa Verde; Crater Lake, In the crater of a prehistoric volcano; Lafayette on the coast of Maine, exemplifying the oldest rock forms in America; Mount Rainier, a vast single peak with 28 llylng glaciers; Sequoia with' its millions of 131g Trees. This desire for a national park system that shall be comprehensive is shown in the movements to establish the Redwoods National park in California, the Mississippi Valley National park, the Mammoth Cave National park In Kentucky, the Dunes National park In Indiana and the Okefino* kee National park in Georgia. In the "Statement of National Park Policy," made in 1018. by the late Franklin K. Lane as secretary of the into* rlor. Is found this: "In studying new park projects you should seek to find scenery of supreme and distinctive qual- - 4ty or some natural feature so extraordinary of unique as to be of national Interest and importance. You should seek distinguished examples of typical forms of world architecture. . . The national park system as now constituted should not be lowered in standard, dignity and prestige by the Inclusion of areas which express in less than the standard terms the particular class or kind of exhibit which they represent." Okefinokee is without doubt a natural wondtr. It covers nearly seven hundred square miles In southeastern Georgia. Among the freshwater swamps east of the Mississippi It is exceeded In size only by the Everglades. Its scenery Is first class of its kind. It Is a refuge for some exceptionally rare forms of animal life. It is an Important wintering ground for large numbers of * migratory waterfowl. It has extraordinary Interest as a floral area. It still contains, in spite of extensive ltimberlng operations, about 500 square miles of diversified territory in an absolutely primeval state. This latter fact is Important, Inasmuch as It Is stated that the Dismal Swamp and the Everglades have already been changed by man beyond the hope or possibility of preservation in a natural state. So, if there Is to be a swamp national park, It would appear to be a case of Okefinokee or nothing. ^ Even shotild the destiny of Okefinokee not be that of a national park, It Is possible and even probable that some of its area will be preserved to the nation through the Okefinokee society. This society was organized in 1918, its object being "to give authentic publicity regarding the Oke-, flnokee swamp; to seture its reservation and preservation for public, educational, scientific and recreational uses." The society has the hearty endorsement of the National Park association, the United States biological survey, the American / Museum of Natural History, the National Association of Audubon societies, the Ecological Sod» ety of America, the American Game Protective association, the State Geological Survey of Georgia, the Cornell university departments of soology and entomology, and many scientists and nature lovers throughout the country. The president of the society is Professor James G. Needham of Cornell university, and the secretary, Dr. J. F. Wilson of Waycross, Georgia. \ One of the first aims of the society is to secure ; certain representative portions of the swamp $» " the nucleus of a reservation to which additions may be made as rapidly as opportunity or funds permit. The society plans, after securing the ^ area for a reservation, to present It to the United States government, in order that it may be administered and perpetuated as a national wild life refuge. Okefinokee was named by the Indians. TM(i , name means "Trembling Earth." It is an Inspirit* 1 tlon, since often it is hard to say where the land ends and the water begins. Cowhouse Run, for example, Is almost solid with water lilies and "never-wets" (Orontium); yet a boat can be poled through It between colonnades of cypress to islands covered with long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris). The otter hunter goes about in a flatbottomed craft with his hound. The Big Water stretches for miles between shoreless margins flanked by cypress; here one may discard the forked push-pole and take to the paddle. Chase QKFFMOKFe- SCMMP Prairie is typical of the so-called "prairies" of the swamp. These ptalrles are essentially marshes, with more or less open water, but practically filled with a luxuriant growth of aquatic plants. These Include water lilies, maiden cane, pitcher plants, arrowhead, arrow arum, saw grass, fern, paint root and sphagnum. They are the favored resort of waterfowl. Here and there on the prairies stand picturesque clumps or heads of cypress and pine. Yet abundant crops of corn and sweet potatoes are raised In the swamp and much of It may be waded. Francis Harper, assistant biologist of the United States biological survey, contributes an Interesting article on "Okefinokee Swatup as a Reservation" to Natural History. Of Its animal and plant life he says, In part: There are probably between one and two hundred black bears in the swamp and its immediate environs; the Florida deer Is a rather common and well-distributed species on the islands and in other parts of the swamp; the Florida otter Is have been sold In receht years at the rate three for a dollar. Wild turkeys are now mudk scarcer than foWnerl.v, but their numbers might be, restored by proper protection. Bobwhites ar# still common. Trapping is extensively practiced. Great nunH bers of raccoons and several dozens of ottent sre taken every winter. Smaller numbers of wlld-i eats, opossunis, and skunks are trapped. The Mississippi alligator, now rapidly dlsapr .^earing from the haunts of man, has found thd .Okefinokee a goodly place in which to survive^ For the student of herpetology the region holds a vast and fascinating store of riches. The swamp waters abound In fish life, Including!' pickerel, large-mouthed black bass and other sttaller bass, short-nosed gars,> chub suckers, mud-i fish (Amia), various species 6t catfish, and nunH erous klllitlshes. Among the recent discoveries! is a particularly dainty little fish, Lucania om-t mata, which was previously known only from a^ few specimens taken In Florida; It enjoys thfl| distinction of being one of the very tiniest of ex* vlStlng vertebrates. The wonderfully rich and diverse plant Ufa; of the Okefinokee constitutes one of Its greatest tthanns and beauties. And herein one may perceive a veritable Illustration of the "curse of beaoty"; for it is the magnificent timber of the swamp that furnishes its commercial value and hai Invited destructive exploitation. There are tw» major types of forest growth--the pine barrens on the islnnds, and the cypress "bays" occupy* fag inundated portions of the swamp. The so-called pine barrens are open forests of long-leaf and slash pines, between whose straight Sold lofty trunks one may look for a distance q® a quarter of a mile In almost any direction. Tbir a fairly common denizen of this wilderness; sev- \ ,<»w undergrowth consists principally of saw palatetto, together with a profusion of huckleberrte* and blueberries, which form an Important element In the food of many birds and mammals. One may (utd on some of the Okefinokee islands, •rhere the "turpentiner" and the logger hsve not vy^V penetrated, the southern pine forest In Its finest glory. In the "bays," which cover a large portion of the swamp, the ddminant growth is the poodcypress. Probably nowhere else In the world' eral panthers have been recorded about the bor-» ders within the -past few years; a Florida wolf was killed near the edge of the swamp about 1910; a^d some animal believed to be a wolf was heard In the swamp several times In 1916. This species Is virtually extinct, and there are only one or two specimens In the museums of the country. That curious little animal, the Florida water rat or round-tailed muskrat (Neoflber allenl), has just recently been discovered In the swamp. It is very abundant here in Its only known habitat j In Georgia. . The ivoryblll, our greatest and most magnificent woodpecker, now on the-very verge of extinction, has maintained In the Okefinokee one of Its , last strongholds. The gteat plleated woodpecker, scarcely less splendid than the Ivorybill, Is astonishingly abundant, its numbers here perhaps surpassing those of any other part of the country. The American egret, once nearly exterminated for Its plumes, has been found breeding in the environs of the swamp. It also has here a safe . winter refuge. The Okefinokee is the only place in Georgia where one may find the sand-hill crane' afid the llmpkin. The former is a resident and quite common species, but only one or two of the curious and fast-disappearing limpkins have been observed In the swamp, which doubtless represents the northern limit of their breeding range: The wood duck is a resident species of which there are probably hundreds of Individuals in the swamp.* In the entire country there is perhaps no other equally favorable habitat for this rare and beautiful little duck. As a wintering ground for migratory waterfowl, the Okefinokee Is of very considerable importance. Eleven species of interest to game conservationists were found wintering In 1916-17. in numbers loosely estimated as follows: hooded merganser, several hundred; mallard, several thousand; black duck; 1,000; green-winged teal, 25; pintail, S6; wood duck, 500; ring-necked duck, several hundred; sand-hill crane, 100; woodcock, 100; Wilson's snipe, 500; killdeer, 100. Altogether about j385 species of birds have been recorded from the "swamp in summer, and about 90 in winter. At the latter season It attracts great numbers of berry and frult-eatlng birds. At present a considerable amount of hunting is carried on, chiefly by residents in and about the swamp. Deer, bears, and wildcats are hunted with hounds at virtually all seasons of the yerir. Not onl# the ordinary game birds, but also such speHes as the wood ibis, ward's heron, sand-hill crane, and occasionally even a cormorant or a water turkey, are killed and "eaten. The wood duck, although protected by both state and feddoes it attain a heavier growth or "finer propor5- tlons. Other trees this habitat are the black gum, red bay, white bay, sweet bay, and red Aft* pie. There are a number of Other distinct types tfj vegetation in the swamp, including hammocks Uttnd scrub," sphagnous bogs, and cypress ponds, each with a charm of its own. For ten years past the very existence' of th» Okefinokee, in any condition worth preserving, has been threatened by rapidly extending commercial operations, until matters have now reached! in acute stage. One lumber company, with & great mill near Waycross, has already removed the heavy cypress timber In the northwestern quarter of the swamp north of Billy's island. Tlw company's railroad, with many branches, now extends to the very heart of the swamp between Billy's and Floyd's Islands. Another company haa turpentined the magnificent pines on Billy's isiaad and the Pocket. Thus the area already devastated probably comprises more than one hundred' square miles; and there is a constant menace of Industrial encroachment from all sides of tfeMk Swamp. Fortunately, the entire area in which the moval of the timber either has been accomplished^ or Is being planned, comprises only about oM third of the swamp. This lies mainly in the northwestern part, extending south to Honey island aaA east to Minne's lake; and also through the "bay"' northeast >f Billy's Island to Floyd's IslandL Fleyd's lsl id. In the eastern part of the swamgt. Is the most diversified, and in some respects tfc* most intrestlng of the islands. The owners hat* kept it as a sort of game preserve, and it is evidently in no Immediate dauger of exploitation., Plans are already being considered for a definite system oi drainage operations, to be started aftsr the timber has been taken out, for the purpose of converting the swamp into land suitable far agricultural purposes. ^ So it appears that if Okefinokee Is i* be aavtp. it must be soon. In 1889 the state of Georgia sold Okefinokee tti' a lumbering syndicate for 2ftVi cents an acflfe The pity of it! * '17 A DMTn I Of? TU17 CD A Ml A DHC and Agostlna saw her young husband I Firtag eesised. Defeited. the FYenA'-'^ iL<L/ LvVCi^Vi 1A ICi Oi stretched dead at her feet. Seizing [had drawn off. Next day the enensy Woman Lives In History as the Heroins of the Famous 8ieoe of Zaragosa. Of national heroines thgre stands prominent the Spanish maid of Zaragosa, Agostina Aragon, Immortalized In a poem by Lord Byron. Agostina figures in the days when Napoleon's army swept across the Pyrenees to tftudy the tottering throne of CastUa -- :-- the lighted match he on which the Corsican had placed his cannon, th£ girl app] unwilling brother Joseph. French and-ftred the gun siege guns first sent their messengers advancing French. te had h •p^d it the i held to fire a began a formal siege of the city thay to the fuse i had failed to carry by assault. Aftsr faces of the of death Into Zaragosa, ancient capital of Aragon. Soon the walls of the city crumbled and Spanish heroes fell dead by the hundreds, while heroic women, including Agostina, then but twenty-one, carried food and water to the hard-pressed survivors. Suddenly the dty> arsenal blew m "From now on I shall command here," she shouted. "Who fights with mel" The courage of the Spaniards returned. Peasant and priest fought side by side till the French were hurled back. And when night fell a straare silence cum ever the city. . ^4.« 4. >«. " * * * v ^ i ..4, .. 2 . - .Issl... . k * >5 ."I* ..» < < .* t .sA. !Ls,. «•*' many days the French commander called upon the city to surrender, to which the Spanish defender returned the famous reply, "War to the knife.* Then for two w«teks more the lw roic Spanish fought from house to house, ready to die but not to surrender. Then, alarmed by a Spentsfe victory in his rear, the French general withdrew from uncpuquered Karcgoe^