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,V!vdterious Amphibian fi Arouse* Much Interest 11 ti Washington, Ma reft 30.?Theodore Roosevelt believed there might be w some huge survi ring amphibian in 'l the jungles of the Southern Andes, such as recently has been describen in cable ""dispatches from South America, and whei the former presi- P dent went on his expedition which p discovered the liiver of Doubt he had 11 some idea of looking for it. u John Barrett, late director of the ? Pan-American Union and minister to ^ Argentina during President Roose- ^ velt's administration has just dis- "J closed that part of Colonel Roose- ' 1] velt's extraordinary plans which hitherto are said to have been untold. * "On reading the first cabled report," said Mr. Barrett, "that Martin v> Sheffield, an American of whom I * have personal knowledge, had report- s ed that he had seen what appeared 11 to be a plesioasaurian monster or j huge amphibian swimming in the waters of a southern Andean jungle lake, I recalled that nearly twenty years ago, in November, 1903, when I was minister to Argentina, a clearheaded typical American prospector ? and explorer, whose name I have for- 2 gotten, came to the legation and in a I t convincing way, proceeded to relate t to me a story almost identical with s that now reported as told recently by n Sheffield, to the effect that he had s seen swimming in a lake a huge liz- h ard-likc moster with a curved neck. v Ilis expert discussion of the mineral f ami timber resources of the Andean v plateaus an 1 plains convinced me; c of his sincerity and responsibility. He I f urged me to help him raise money in. * either Argentina or the United States; preferably the latter, to outfit and 0 conduct an expedition to locate and 1 capture this extraordinary animal, 11 and begged me to write to President s Roosevelt about it and mention nis c name because he had been associated B in son e way nith Roosevelt in the v Cuban campaign. "Although I gave him no promises. ? to said he would call again. Shortly j afterward I wrote President Roosevelt " a personal and unofficial letter refer- ' ring to this incident. In about a j1 month and a half, there came in the . legation pouch a personal letter from " the president written in his own Hand writing and expressing real in- 1 terost in the story of this American whom he said he well remembered ^ and asking me to get without fail in touch with him at once and ask him v to write all about what he had seen. ^ "The man meanwhile sent wold c that he was off again on a mineral ^ and timber prospecting tour in south?rn Argentina and Chile, but giving (i no address and no names of those he j might represent. ^ ^"In April, five months later, just before I went to Panama as first American Minister, I received a lettor from the prospector written from some far away place in Chubut, or e so-called Patagonia. He was almost a enthusiastic in his story of how he ^ had again found a fresh trail of a a strange animal leading to the waters ^ of a lake, although he had not actual- p ly again seen the beast as in his first experience. This letter I at once for- p warded to President Roosevelt and I am wondering if it is still in his archives which may have been preserved. Since then I have never received any further word from or about p this American prospector. Possibly s he may be alive and read this and r give the world some further informa- fo tion. k "When I returned to the United jj States the first salutation President s, Roosevelt gave me as I entered his office in the White House was: 'Well, a old Pan-America, where is your Ar- a gcntme amphibian and what has hap- s pened to calling the man's ti name. It is my impression that Rep. t. Cannon and several other congress- ti men were in the room at the time and a they may recall this salutation be- h cause everybody seemed amused by w it. "After the departure of the oth- s era the president for half an hour j, discussed, as an enthusiastic natural- r ist and scientist the possibility of a there being some huge surviving n amphibian descended from the an- g eient plesiosaurian, and actually took fl stock, so to speak, in the story of the h American prospector whom he said e he weil lemembered. I mentioned tl the incident to Secretary Loeb as I left the president's office and he may n possibly recall my conversation. (| "Yeats later when Colonel Roose- p velt made his famous trip to South 0 America, he told me confidentially p just before sailing that, although he /> had never heart! anything further from this American prospector, 1 p should not be surprised if, after his (| arrival in Argentina, he decided to e make a special trip of exploration to v southern Argentina and Chile, in the nopo. of ascertaining whether there s was any truth in these stories of this <| monster amphibian, which strongly p appealed to him. lie wanted nothi.ig said about it lest there should l.o t*i<l ion lo if Ho tlwl not uimemul * "Shortly before he left Buenos s Aires, Argentina, for his notable and _ possibly fatal trip up the Parana and Paiaguay rivers into the heart of Brazil, he sent me word through a mutual Argentine friend that he had finally decided on the Brazilian instead of the Argentine exploration expedition. "After his return to America and when he was recovering from the poison and fever contracted in the wild hot tropical jungle of Brazil I saw him for n long talk, when he said: 'Well, while I am game ?nd glad that I discovered this unknown river in Brazil, I would probably be ' r. r_L! y?! i ar better physically if I had gone I tie cooler region of southern Argei ina and Chile and I might ha\ ound that mysterious amphibia rhich would have aroused far moi umun interest throughout the worl tian an unmapped river.' "When later he passed away su< enly, undoubtedly as a result of tl oison contracted in his Brazilia tingle travels, I could not help thinl "ig that if he had gone after tl nknown beast of Argentina instes f the unknown river of Brazil, a listory might have been changer inyway, I hope the relation of th neident may be an inspiration I ose Cinagi, Superintendent of tl tuenos Aires Zoological Garden, ar '.milio Frey, the distinguisher A entine engineer, who are on an e: edition to ascertain the facts aboi his extraoi flinary plesiosaurian c urviving amphibian whose anee: ars go back through untold ages "armers Determine that Co-operation Movement Shall Not Fa: Columbia, March 27. ? With " [hall Not Fail" as their slogan, ov< 1,000 farmers are preparing to tal he field in South Carolina beginniti he first week in April to canvass f< ignatures to the cotton eooperatii narketing contract. The two thoi and canvassers represent those wl iave already signed the contract ar yho are convinced that the futui irosperity of the state depends in ery large measure on the successfi ompletion of the campaign for tl ormation of th^ South Carolina Co on Growers' Cooperative Associatioi The month of March has been or f great activity in practically a ounties and great headway has bee nade. Over 100,000 bales have bet igned during this month and the mi hinery has been perfected for tl :reat drive which is expected to brin ictory next month. During the month of March ban' rs, preachers, lawyers, doctors ar eacliers have joined with the farmei n making speeches over the state i ehalf of the movement. The plat nd purposes of the association ha\ ieen explained in every cotton-grov rig county of the state. Last week was a great week i nany of the counties. Marlboro 1? iow signed up 20,445 bales; Darlim on 19,529 bales, and Sumter 17,OC iales. These are the three leadin ounties. Lee county comes fourt /ith 7,327 bales and Dillon is only 1C iales behind her. The four leadin ounties have signed up over 70,(K ales or more than one-sixth of tl uota for the whole state. These foi ounties expect to sign a total < 00,000 or one-fourth of the quota ft he whole state before May 1. Greei ille, Spartanburg, Anderson and Lai ens in the Piedmont section are ei ieeted to sign up another 100,000. Reports from over the state tell < nthusiasf everywhere. The bankei nd business men, realizing that tk rosperity of the state is dependent 1 great degree upon the formation ( he association, are throwing then elves actively into the fight. 'endulum of Soviet Clock Swingin Moscow, March 28.?The pendi jm of the Russian Soviet clock winging, this winter, as far to tk ight as it once swung to the lef ut the Communist party keeps tk ey to the works and accelleratt ;s movements or retards them as ees fit. From ji country where, one ye? go, private wealth was considere crime; prohibition of liquor was tate policy and gambling was som< imes punishable by death, Russia hs hanged to a land of open specuh ion, where people drink wine legall nd openly, and bet on horse racin y lllfilllM UL UC-tllllK ll'OI fhich the government takes a profi These are just a few of the change ince the Kronstadt revolt last Marc rompted Premier Ixmine to inuugi ate a new policy. In moving towar state of capitalism, the goven nent., since Ae Ninth All-Russia oviet congress closed a few month go with approval of I^enine's plan as taken surgical shoit cuts in a ffort to change within a few month he conditions prevalent for years. Moscow awakes each morning to ew surprise. It seems only yestei ay that private -banks were prohibi (I Today, a few strokes of the pe f the Commissar of Finance, an rivate banks may operate at ever orner. Yesterday, hoarding of gold was unishable offense. Today, anothe ecrec and trading in it, making jev Is of it. or anythting one could war nth it are legalized. "Radical cures for radical disease? corns to be the government rule, ozen sessions of the Congress of th Jnited States couldn't accomplish th Iterations made daily in the life of luscovite by the busy scribbling < he 17 pens of Russia's 17 commii ars. World's 5LJ StandardCbld jfiWm Remedy forTwo iifofrCfctel fenerations II |_| IL1., the man. and ? 11 Hill'* Caaeara IE Jfo A fort Bromide QttiniM, the II product. have ?mnd Ike leal for aver 20 l| >* '?. IWpcnd on OaCa/Xvw4iwt tM (MM). Al??>? rHa- ^2^22SiMiP Ue Ihe heel reme- MDHRH^L dy foi > old* and la w M itiii u< i??it.ii to Entrre Mountains Destroyed By Volcanic Eruptior re 11 Valdia, Chile, March 29.?Entir mountains were destroyed in the vi> ' lent earthquakes and volcanic era] tions which took place in southei Chile near the Argentine border la ie December, says Eric Volkman, wl in has returned from a visit to the de oluted district. Details of the vo u' canic disturbances which destroye L< pasture lands, forests and cattle a only now becoming known here. "The center of the disturbance wi 1in the region known as the Cordillei " Pelada, southeast of Puerto Montt u> Mr. Volkman said. 'The lava cor l( position is almost entirelyy volcani r~ covered with hot rocks whose hei had parched the forests and destro; ed pastures. 'r "The surface is strewn with flan S,~, 'ng gases and steam from whic arises a strong odor of wood vinega The rocks have no consistency, ai the lava field/, about 3,100 feet abo^ sea level, apparently are stilli in tl '1 process of formation. Subterranet rumblings are still very violent It The affected area is sparcely popula ft ed and no casualties have been r a? ported. ig The waters of the Rinihue rive >r Mr. Volkman reported, have bet poisoned by the gases and acids d rived from the ernntive mntoriol i0 eluding: huge stones that fell in i u' bed. He said another eruption hr re occurred in the Ixjs Azufres cordi a lera, also in the Uelanda valley, ul u> The eruptions in Chile last Di cember were attributed to the vo canoes of Caulle and Rinehau. Tht le were accompanied by violent eartl " j quakes and it was stated that de? " j crevices had formed in the moui n tain sides from which steam wi x~ pouring. Enormous damage wj ,e caused to grazing lands on the A K gentine side of the frontier which o 30 leagues was covered with cindei ^ and volcanic ashes from the eruptir peaks, which swept across Argentir obscuring the sun. Ashes were r ported to have fallen all the wi IS across to the Atlantic Ocean, re m , v~ Where are the [n Federal Reserve Banl is r_ Less than one-third of the banks 10 the United States are members of ll Federal Bank System?less than t< h thousand out of more than thir 10 thousand. They represent, howevt ahout two-thirds of the countrj )0 banking power. The others are sta banks, trust companies, and stock sa lr ings banks, about half of which a jf ineligible for membership. Neverth ? less, it is to the member banks, chie v ly in New York, that the other tw j. 'hirds turn whenever there is a pr found business depression such as th from which the United States is no >j emerging. rs. A preponderance of non-memb ie banks is in the distinctly agricultur sections. Adverse criticism of the sy )f tern, and some misrepresentations, j i. well as the political demand that tl President he required to appoint farmer to the Federal Reserve Boar have been voiced most loudly by mi from those sections in which the banl O im VP Ml *1 14111 C f 1 11 ~ v..v iv|/ivoviii>atii/ii ill 1U tl smallest investment in the systei i- compared to their opportunities. Th is is not an argument that they shou lt. have larger representation in propo t. tion to the number of their banks. ie Even in Iowa and Alabama, for i ,s stance, less than one-third of tl it banks belong to the Federal Reser System; in North Carolina, only ir per cent of all banks are membei ,tj The figures are as of June 30, 1920. a The Nation's Business. IS Daniel Boon Judgment Tre< i y St. Louis, Mo., March 28.?An u j, dertaking to survey the historic tre of St. Louis and vicinity has been b t gun by the Missouri Botanical Gardi ,s with a report on the "Daniel Booi h Judgment Tree," and American eli I at Femme Osage, St. Charles count 1(j about 55 miles west of here. The tree stands upon a farm whii n was part of the land owned and till) |? "by Boone di/ring his Missouri res dence in 1820. It is named the "Jud p ment Tree" from the fact that Boor ^ as syndic (judge) for the district u der the Spanish rule of Iouisiana, w said to have held court under it du ing the hot days of summer. ( Said to be less known than oth historical spots in Missouri, the tr n .. . . .. . ? in an aimosi impassaDie section ai has been neglected, according to t! garden's surveying party which vi ited the spot. " An examination of the tree by >r H. Pring, horticulturist and head the party, disclosed that the tree 1 rotting and that its life likely will ei within the next dozen years unless is put into the care of tree surgeor A Pring said that if propertly treate u> the span of the tree's life, alreat ie about 150 years, may be prolonged a 51 other century. The tree is;about 70 feet high ai has a circumference of 16 feet, s inches. ? The tree stands about 75 feet fro the old Boone home, the first stoi house in Missouri and the house which the famous pioneer settler die Only one relic accredited as comii down from Boone's day remains < the farm. It is an old grindstone sa to have been used by Boone himself. CjWHE?Tp?SJPILU V. r\Al] boiM, |?M With Blua Bltihoa. V/ M B%w| T?U m *ik*r. Am aftmir * |1 Jr V V N yt.nkiw.nuHctl.Safcat.AlMyahatlaM r SOLD BY DWGGISTS IVERYVHtW W. B. Storey is Addresses Rotary Club: ? Muskogee, Okla., March 31.?Th ?- railroads of the country today ar P* doing business at a loss, and are look *n ing for two things to help them out? st an increase in volume and a reductioi 10 0f costs, according to W. B. Storey s- president of the Atchison, Topeka 4 1- Santa Fe Railway company, who ad 'd dressed the conference of the Inter re national Association of Rotary Club: for the Seventeenth district here thi; as morning. ra "Any fuither rate reduction: without wage reductions are danger n- ous, and the sooner the railroads ar< ic, put on a paying basis the better foi at you, the better for us, and the bet y- ter for the country," Mr. Storey de clared. "If the^roads cannot be madt n- productive, then follows bankruptcj h and eventually government owner.r. ship and all its attendant evils. II id they are to succeed, they must not ^e be hampered by regulations to tht ie point where they cannot functior in properly. In other words, cut oul ." the hampering laws, stop increasing t- taxes, change the slogan, "Soak tht e- railroads,' to 'Help the railroads,' anti give us a chance to do for you what r, we are anxious to do?give you the ;n best transportation service in the e- world at the lowest cost per ton pet mile. ts "A billion and a half dollars ought id to be spent annually on the railroads I- of the United States for three years for enlargements and extensions alone to bring them up-to-date. As e- during federal control the increase in >1- plant, taking the railroads as a y whole, was greatly diminished. The li- vast sum stated would have nothing ;p to do with the ordinary expenditures (i- for maintenance, but would be used is only for expansions as demanded by is the growth of the country. The rail r- roads," Mr. Storey continued, "have fr done everything possible to help rs bring about a return to normalcy, ig but are not in shape to do as much la in that direction as other industries e- for the reason that they were not ?y allowed to make any war profits while the world conflict was in pi ogress, because the government took them and paid in rentals only the cs average earnings for the three years preceding. Practically every other in industry in the country made monej ie during that period," he said, "and th< en money so made enables them to meel ty the losses that have come in th< ;r, liquidation era. r's "The railroads, therefore, ar< te greatly handicapped in this respect v- although they have made innumer re able rate adjustments downward, bi e- order of commissions, or voluntarily f- In 1921, the railroads of the coun o- try as a whole came out only a litth o- over cost of production?about 3 pe at cent?and they actually lack 130 mil 'W lion dollars of havingenough to pa; interest on their Irn^oVemg*. Un ei less a change comes, there can be n? al normalcy for the railroads." s- Speaking of the business of th< as country generally, Mr. Storey sai< he it would improve slowly. "It will no a reach the feverish activity of wa d, times, but we will soon get it to i en point where there is a little profit,' ks he said. he * ?' m, Water Color Exhibit in Chicag< Id ,r~ Chicago, March 31.?The Interna tional water color exhibit which wil open at the Art Institute here oi ie April 15 will include water color: from French, English, German, Rus 1 sian, Japanese, Bohemian and Am PS . ? erican artists. The show is of es pecial significance because it is ai outgrowth of the interest in wate B color painting which has been char acteristic of the past one hundrei years in the history of art. Befon the 19t h century, water color paint ' ings as it is known today, did no exist. A certain type of tinted draw pn . . Jr ing was in vogue among owners o ^ Estates who arrange albums full o ' views of their castle and grounds, am it was from these outlined and tinte< monochromes that Turner 'and Girtii ed evo've(* beginnings of water col or paintings. Today it can hold it: own with any medium. It is per e manent and reliable. n' The prizes to be given this year in as elude the Bernard A. Eckhardt priz. r. of two hundred and fifty four dollars the William Tuthil) prize of five hun er dred dollars for a water color paint ee ing to be purchased for the Art in 1(j stitute. This last prize is the larg he est ever offered for water color worl jg_ in the country. (j Great Britain's of Decision Fina is ? rid Apia, British Samoa, March 1.? it (B1 Mail).?The Samoans will accep is. as final the decision of Great Britaii rd, that the mandate over Samoa canno Jy be removed from the control of Ne\ n- Zealand without a decision of th league of Nations, it was announce rid t V hv rhipf TnphlM loorlnr r\f fK ix house of native ruler*, at a meeting Great Britain's decision stated tha m the mandate had been granted Au? nt* tralia by the league as a reward fo in New Zealand's sacrifices in the wai "d. It came in reply to a letter from for mer King Malieto of Samoa, to th >n New Zealand Minister of Foreign Af 'd fairs, in which he stated that h was opposed to the petition from Sa moan representatives in the loce | government that the mandate be re moved because of the alleged wide V spread dissatisfaction among th Samoans with the administration b; New Zealand. i, 1 ? " _ " F Subscribe to The Uaton Times. i & > North Australian White s Settlement Association e Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 27.?(By e Mail).?The North Australian White - Settlement association is being form ed as the result of the recent con i troversy over the question of develop, ing the Northern Territory by the aid h of negro labor, its officers announced - here today. The project will involve large ims migration and colonization. Persons 5 behind the movement contend that the people of the north are so few s that they cannot press the claims for - the territority effectively without as ; sistanee. After a century of British p occupation, they said that the white - population on the 3115,000,000 acre is only 2.000, along a coastline of i more than 1,000 miles. In contrast, r they declare that the population of the Commonwealth as a whole has f increased by approximately -1,250,000 L persons, or live-fold, in the past 02 i years. i The aims of the organization inl elude working for closer eo-ordina ; tion between all interests; pressing ! for improved transportation and I communication; ascertaining what industries are suitagle and facilitats ing their establishment; encourag! ing bonuses for results or possibili ties demonstrated; ascertaining and removing causes of previous failures in land settlement; and making rcsii dence in the territory practicable for i women and children by providing res i idential, medical, recreational and la' bro saving facilities, i Prime Minister Hughes, speaking in parliament recently denounced tha ' proposal to inroduee negro labor into the territory. Millions of former British shliers are looking for homes and the hour is "propitious for opening: the door and bidding: them come in," he said. i Strange Customs of the Congo i I ondon, March .'10.?Strange sui perstitions such as belief that the up > pearanee of a baby's lirst teeth on the i upper jaw was an ill-omen to the community and that it had. therefore, : to be murdered were described by ' Dr. M. Horn, Councillor of State for > Belgium in an address here on "Belgian Colonial Administration in the f Congo." 1 This practice, as well as others like t mutilation and cannibalism, is now ' punishable by law. The law also interfered, be said, 2 with native matrimonial customs. . While a man may acquire a wife eith er by means of a dowry paid to her / family, by inheritance, purchase, ex' change or force of arms, no legal - bond is deemed to exist between the b alleged husband and the woman ac" quired without her consent. Acquisition by means of a dowry y is recognized in principle, but the - second, third, etc., wife Wil be per3 mitted to desert her husband, the state being prepared to refund the B dowry if no other man has been the I ause of her desertion. No compent sation will be paid when the husr band has been warned in due time 3 as to the precarious nature of his rights in regard to "his new better fraction." Dr. Horn said a large proportion of the Congo population was pitiably > underfed and for this state of affairs European rule was partly re sponsible. Cannibalism has been I suppressed. n ~ ~ m ? s Will Establish Schools In New Guinea Sydney, N. S. W., March 1 (By i Mail).?Measures to safeguard the >' interests of the natives of the former - German New Guinea territory are lv1 ing prepared by Australia, which has * a mandate over the region, it was - announced today. I Great difficulty will he experien *ed it is anticipated in the government's f efforts, because the tribes differ in r character, language and intellectua! i development. t One of the measures calls for the 1 establishment of an industrial school - for boys between it and 12 years of s age. Their time will be divided be tween ordinary school pursuits and shop work, including elementary carpentry, plumbing and painting s School subjects will include F.nglish i reading and writing and the "value of - cleanliness," according to announce - ment. It is believed that this school - may become self-supporting within - a few years. k Kxperts also have advised that the especially apt pupils be trained more extensively in order tb ' they may become assistant teachers. The orig1 inal school, in the manner of an experiment, will be continued for three - years. If it proves successful, int stitutions will be opened in other dis n tricts. t . 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