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risk in financing his treasure-hunting ex-
petition.
BY the time this article appears in print
the good ship Alfred Nobel will be at
work on the actual scene of operations and
perhaps the world will be startled by the
announcement Of the recovery of the
Kruger millions from the deep.
Before he set out on his gold-seeking ex-
petition Captain Gardiner was interviewed
and asked about his plans. He was busily
engaged on the bridge of his trim little
Ship which Is of 800 tons burden. She then
lay in the Milwall dock, East London.
Though the enthusiastic captain was very
much occupied looking after the details OF
some new diving apparatus which had just
come aboard, he managed to find time to
talk about his proposed adventures.
TT is no wild cat scheme that 1 am aft
err" said Capt. Gardiner. for we have
already located the exact position OF the
wreck. The Dorthea lies two miles east
Of Cape Vidal. of the Zulu coast. A pre-
liminary expedition discovered the where
abouts Of the ship, and we are now fitting
out with the object of recovering Kruger's
millions from her hold. 1t is a bid for
fortune. If We fail, we fail. If We succeed
well, we shall have $3,250000 to our
credit, less % per cent that the crown ex-
acts for treasure trove.
The Alfred Nobel is an ideal vessel for
the work cut out for her. She does not
draw too much water and is extremely sea-
worthy. The Nobel was once John Hutch
ing's steam yacht Ormea, and that ac-
counts Tor the fact that her interior fi:-
tings are somewhat sumptuous. Some of
her state rooms are paneled in satin-wood
and other expensive materials, and she has
racing engines capable Of developing
much higher rate of speed than is usually
found in vessels of this class.
''She has been recently fitted out at
great expense with the most up-to-date
salvage appliances. powerful pumps, search
lights, air compressors and other apph-
ances. She has also the latest wireless
biography outfit, and her electrical equip
ment is unsurpassed on the sea. We have
even made arrangements for taking photo
graphs under water.
''Of course. We realize that there are
great many difficulties in our way, bat,
equipped as we shall be with all improve
ments that modern science can supply,
there is no reason why our quest should be
In vain.
Some idea of the difficulties we shall
have to face may be gathered from the ex-
perience we have already encountered on
the reef. The sea swarms with sharks and
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How the Four-Legged Recruits
Of Armies Are Prepared
for the Rush and
Roar Of Battle.

TT rarely occurs to the average person
what an important part the horse plays
in the economy of war. for without
well-trained, trustworthy horses even the
magnificent cavalry and artillery Of France
and Germany would collapse and the whole
war machine come to full stop. Thus II
Is little wonder that France spends 81
1Oo.0)S a year on her troop horses. Ger
many. 100000. and Great Britain. 1900 600
The great military nations, too. maintain
state breeding establishments. as well they
may. seeing that on a war footing i'm
perial Germany IL supposed to put 2O1 100
horses on the battlefield, France, 2O2. 040;
Austria, los, 1876; Great Britain, 100000. and
Russia the enormous number of 54S 400.
The cars vast Asiatic dominions yield
an Interchangeable supply Of hardy animals
for the imperial army.
No doubt one of these days the horse
VIII have disappeared from the battle
field altogether In favor of the motor. AL
ready inventors and general STATS are dis
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miles across the seas to take part In mat
great war.
There were occasions" wrote Lord
Roberts, when the presence of an ade-
quate supply Of renounts would have en-
abled our generals to deal crushing and
decisive blow at the enemy. This was in
stanced during the second invasion Of Cape
Colony, where a few trainloads Of useful
horses issued to flying columns would GER
tainly have resulted in the capture of De
Wet and his commando, an event which
would have brought the war to speedy
conclusion. and so saved fifteen months OF
further warfare, the expenditure Of thou
sands Of lives and scores of millions of
treasure
Very interesting are those great estab-
lishments OF the military powers where
horse and man are trained as fighting
unit under the direct supervision Of the
general stan. For the horse IL the cav
alryman's other self and arrives as re-
cruit either half or wholly broken. At the
depot he Is trained and then drafted ac-
cording to size. color and weight-carrying
capacity into the various regiments, where
he makes the acquaintance of his other
self. and where the twain shall, for all
military purposes. become one-on drill
and parade. in peace or war. -
This training Of horse and man is seen
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Years ago the mortality among horses
in actual warfare was terrible. In the
Franco-German conflict at least 5000
horses were killed, while in Napoleon's
campaign beyond the Niemen $1,000 out OF
$1,000 were either killed outright In, battle
or else succumbed to wounds and sickness.
Great attention, however, is paid nova
days to wounded horses on the battlefield,
and the veterinary surgeons go In search
Of fallen animals. for whom. as for the
ordinary soldiers, there are ambulances
and hospitals replete with electrical ap-
pliances, operating tables and every device
that modern science can suggest.
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octopuses. The sharks are bad enough but
the octopuses are worse.
"a diver named Palmer, who was down
examining the wreck, when we were IN
vestigating, was attacked by one OF these
awful creatures. With tentacles that
measured over seven feet, the. huge mon
ster crawled all over him, sucking at his
canvas diving dress. Fortunately, none OF
its tentacles touched the mans wrists II
they had once caught these, the only ex-
posed parts of his body, the creature would
have sucked his life blood dry.
with great presence of mind Palmer re-
manned perfectly still, and at a favorable
opportunity gave the signal to be pulled
up. Wreathed round with the huge tenta-
cles of the octopus, he was brought to the
surface.
'"The moment he appeared the men In the
boat severed the monsters suckers. When
measured the octopus was found to be over
fourteen feet from tip to tip Of his tenta.
cles
I'VE shall commence our operations I'M
medately on reaching the scene of the
wreck. The Alfred Nobel is fitted with
huge centrifugal pumps. for the purpose Of
pumping out the two hundred tons of sand
which cover the treasure Next we shall
blow up with dynamite the huge cement
block which hides this treasure. The at
tention of the sharks and octopuses We
hope to discourage by the use Of powerful
searchlights under the water
But the Kruger ship alone is by mo
| means our only quarry. While l scarcely
admit the possibility of failure in this
case-the Dorotkea lying in between four
and seven fathoms of water-there are
other losses of treasure which will receive
our attention. 1 might mention particu-
lars of the following ships, from all of
which 1t is possible we may recover
wealth OF great value and from one or two
/ of which l have already obtained satisfac-
tory returns.
THE troopship Merestein-w lost In
Saldhana bay, off Jutton Island. This ves-
sci has been located in eighteen and a half
fathoms of water on rocky bottom. She
is believed to have carried large amount
of bullion, said to be 100000 in gold and
100000 In silver and which so far as Is
known has not been disturbed
1.-The Thermoopylae was wrecked IN
$685. This wreck has been examined. She
lies off Green Point Flash Light in six or
seven fathoms. Some work was done on
this wreck, and in six working days the
following was salved: 500 bars of copper.
worth $157OsO; forty-two bars Of tin,
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T aught indifference to Noise
of the Explosions and to
Face Fire as in Real
Warfare.

that is, to gallop fearlessly up to a line
of infantry blazing away with their rifles.
Curiously enough, many Of the horses that
would face guns firing black powder a few
years back will now shy and grow terrified
at flash and roar not accompanied by
smoke.
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GUESSING the feasibility OF gigantic armor-
ed cars, powerful enough to cross any kind
of country-land Dreadnoughts, in fact,
capable of blowing towns out OF their
path.
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The Motor Nan.


change during the past year in the appear
snce of the average motor driver. There Is
no earthly reason why he should endeavor
to look like cross between a coai-heaver
and French gamin.
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worth ,1,1ss. and about half ton of silver

worth 81, 1885, and about half ton Of silver
ore.
According to information supplied by
Lloyd's agent at Cape Town, part of the
cargo was removed before the vessel broke
up and the value of the cargo remaining
was $214,175. consisting Of copper, tin, sill
yer ore and silver bars.
1.-THE Martha's Point wreck. the Will
helm der secunda, was searched for dur
ing two seasons, and was ultimately dis
covered by Diver Steyn. The vessel Is re-
ported to have been carrying treasure cap
tured from three pirates. She was going
from Batavia to Amsterdam when she was
wrecked. Two silver bars and some cop
per vases and coin were recovered by Diver
Steyn. but no regular work has been un-
dertaken as the necessary appliances were
not available.
''The Crayenstein. an armed merchant
man, belonging to the government of the
Netherlands. was wrecked, according to in
formation, In 1903, and reported to con-
tain a valuable cargo. This wreck was
located and examined in January, 1908, in
six fathoms of water off Oudekraal, and
| cross bearings taken.
1.-The Middleburg, an old Dutch wreck,
believed>to have been loaded with crockery,
bullion, tin, LEAD ana SILVER, was located
and examined in three fathoms in Hoetjes
bay Work was commenced, but the small
pumps which we had with US were insult
fcient to keep down the sand In which the
wreck lies. l am satisfied that with a
good pump and necessary gear the whole
of the vessel could without difficulty be
cleared of sand and her cargo salveds
I'VE have information of fifteen other
vessels and have made a complete set Of
charts, on which the positions of the vari-
Gus treasure ships are marked"
Thus far Capt. Gardeners statement.
There have been attempts on the part OF
certain English officials TO make comic
opera of the Nobel expedition. But Cap
tain Gardiner accounts for this by the fact
that government officials have failed to
find the kreck of the Dorothea while he
has succeeded.
Discounting the captains expectations by
half, 1t certainly seems plausible that
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some Of his undertakings should be
crowned with success. Certainly, the fit
ting up of this ship in the London docks
with all modern salvage appliances and
the character of the commander himself
look as II something will result from the
attempt to regain these vast sums Of money
from the deep.
Captain Gardiner, 1t must be mentioned,
sailed under Lord Charles Beresford on the
famous Condor. The gallant captain has
very clean sea record and has seen some
fighting on the Condor. He was wound
ed in the action which made Lord Charles
Beresford famous.
Than Captain Gardiner thert Is no one
who has a better knowledge of the South
African coast There is not an island or
an inlet with which he is unfamiliar His
location of these wrecks has been accom-
plished only after encountering the ut
most difficulty. No one not acquainted with
the coast could ever have achieved the re-
suits already accomplished by Captain
Gardiner. His intimate knowledge will
readily account for the fact that he has
succeeded where all others have failed.
The crew on board the treasur ship has
signed on for five years and each ex-
poets to make a fortune If the treas
ure is recovered in accordance with Cap
tain Gardeners expectations, the men who
have done the work will share in the
profits. 1t is said that the applications
from persons wanting to take part in tnis
expedition were very numerous Selections
were made, however, only after very
elaborate wedding our process and the
present crew represents the final analysis
Of efficiency.
II this expedition does not succeed in To-
eating Kruger's money as we'll as a large
percentage of the other lost treasures that
Captain Gardiner mentions, 1t will not be
because the expedition lacks anything that
brains and money can give 1t. Never be-
fore has a treasure-seeking party under
taken task on such broad business lines.
II Captain Gardiner succeeds in recov-
ering but half the money he mentions 1t
will come to something like $SIO00.000. Such
a sum is certainly worth looking for.
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A chair of automobilng has been Gre
ated by the King Of Spain at the School
of Arts and Sciences at Madrid,
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And now Captain Gardiner comes upon
the scene. Through close study Of the
ground he has possessed himself OF secret
information indicating the exact position
OF the wreck. He has been down himself
and ascertained that the recovery of the
treasure is among the possibilities But
this Is not all. In London he has sue
ceeded in persuading a number of keen
business men that they would be taking no
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miles across the seas to take part In tina
great war.
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Some idea of the difficulties we shall
have to face may be gathered from the ex-
perience we have already encountered on
the reef. The sea swarms with sharks and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
REUF MAY GET
IMMUNITY BATH
CONVICTION IN OTHER GRAFT
CASES IMPOSSIBLE WITH.
OUT HIS PROOF.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12.-From a
statement made by Assistant District
Attorney Francis J Heney, ii is be-
lieved that the prosecution is con-
templating granting Abraham Reuf inn
munity in order to successfully prose
cute the bribery graft cases by get
ting the former political boss to take
the stand and furnish the line between
Supervisor James L. Gallagher and
public service corporations who,
through Ruef are alleged TO have done
the bribing.
The acquittal Of Ford. and the
reason assigned by the jury that there
was ling missing in the evidence,
has again forced upon the prosecution
the Importance Of Ruers testimony.
The latter It is said by the prosecu-
ton, has held out for full Immunity.
which Heney refused to grant
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
LIFT MORTGAGE
ON WIDOWS HOME
WIFE AND CHILDREN DROWNED
MAN PROVIDED WITH
PLACE T OLIVE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 14.-With
the money collected by Esquire Jake
Levine for the benefit Of Mrs. Thomas
J. Warnack, who was left with the
care OF three small children when her
husband and two sons were drowned
In the Cumberland. on Oct IL, the
mortgage has been lifted from the
farm on which she resides. This re-
CURED over 5000. but the money was
raised, and the deed made out and
sieues. Zee place Is decided to Mira
warnsck during rife, SO long az she
does not remarry. In case she re-
,narriss or In esse Of her death. the
property goes 70 her three children.
The farm Is not to be held for any
iebt contracted by her husband in
,ase she marries nor by any children
from such marriage. II is
small farm, about miles from Nash
lille, on the Hyde's Ferry road.
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500 REWARD, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure In all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be.
ing constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment Halls
'Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, aet-
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system, thereby
destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith In
Its curative powers that they ofgsr
One Hundred Dollars for any ease
that II fails to cure Send for list OF
testimonials. Address
r. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo Ohio
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constI-
patton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
LOVE BOWS TO
DUTY IN NAVY
NEWLY MARRIED OFFICER Is NOT
ALLOWED TO RESIGN FROM
SERVICE.
ORDERED ON THE PACIFICCUUIsE
Lieutenant Preferred to Give Ia
Career to Leaving His
Bride.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-rha3 Sec
retary Metcah is not swsyed by seut,
ment is Indicated by the fact tia. =.
has declined TO permit Lieut I.ro,
brooks, Jr., the of6cer IN enar~o a,
me naval recruiting ONCE at Cinctn.
nao' to leave the Government serviee
az this time. Lieut.. Brooks was mar.
ried a few months ago ana almec,
before his honeymoon was over he
received orders relieving him from
shore duty and ordering him to duty
On the flagship West Virginia Of the
Pacihc deet now at San Francisco.
Rather than 20 TO sea and leave his
bride for an INDEFINITE period Lieut..
BROOKS wrote TO the Navy Depart.
ment resigning his commission in the
navy. Owing to the shortage of on.
GERS available for active service Sec.
rotary Metcalf concluded that Lieut..
Brooks could not be spared at this
time, and the officer has been notified
that his resignation will not be &C.
cepted. Lieut.. Brooks will therefore
have to go TO sea or be dishonorably
by sentence of court-mar-
.ial for disobedience of orders.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
CITY OFFICIALS
TAKE A HAND
AGENT OF KANSAS CITY CON-
Germ ARRESTED ON coRPo-
RATION WARRANT.
Hearing viii Take Place at The
City Hall Tomorrow
Morning.

The City Of Columbia has also IA
ken action and made an arrest IN the
case OF the agent OF the Packer
Summerheld Grocery Co. Of Kansas
City, No. who Is accused of selling
goods without license The agents
name is Parvine and the arrest was
made Friday by ofBcer White.
II will be remembered that the coun-
" had this same agent arrested Thurs
day. The city case was set for hearing
at the City Hall Saturday at 9 O'Clock
One of the matters charged against
the agent ana his house is that he sold
variety of spices, baking powders
and other groceries and also took Or
ders for granulated sugar at $3.50 per
one hundred pounds and Arbuckle
coffee at 121a cents a pound. These
last two items were indeed bargains.
The wholesale price on Arbuckles cof-
fee is 1915 cents a pound. Some
OF the orders for sugar arrived, but |
IL is said none of the one hundred |
pound orders arrived. There was no |
difficulty, however, In securing the
spices, baking powder etc, which were
usually included in every order.
The agent of the company holds
hat the trades were not completed
ill the money was received and had
cached headquarters at Kansas City
md that therefore under The Inter.
state Commerce Law he can not be
with. City Attorney Voor
lies and Recorder Erwin hold on the
contrary that the deal was completed
lere as soon as the goods had been
eceived and the money paid, and that
he Grocery Company and its agent
re liable for a license and perhaps 1
Or penalty. a
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-20
NO COMPROMISE
In RATE CASES
EFFORTS TO REACH AGREEMENT
IN NORTH CAROLINA COME
TO NAUcHT.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. 1.-THE
finding of the skeleton Of yeunx A~sei.
tine, son OF Mrs. Asseltine. postmis.
tress and hotel proprietress at Fruit
hurst. who mysterIously disappeared
March Is last, does not clear the
mystery which is still worrying the
people of Cleburne County. Ala. The
skeleton was found this week by a
negro out hunting In the lower part
Of the county and within a quarter Of
a mile of gold mines belonging to the
dead mans mother. TO which place he
went on an inspection tour. In the
clothing was found $3.50 besides a
number Of nuggets which had been
gathered at the mines No bruises
we're found about the skeleton indi-
eating cause OF death. Young Asset.
ines father committed suicide six
ears ago.
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GREAT POWER TO
4.
QUOTE SCRIPTURE
ELDER LARiMoRE SHOWS WON.
DERFuL KNOWLEDGE OF
BOOK or LIFE.

Evangelist LarimoFe continues u
draw large audiences at the Christian
church.
His wonderful knowledge of the
Bible and power to quote whole chap
ters from both the Old and New Tes.
lament, giving the exact language and
naming the number OF any verse and
giving the exact language of that
verse, without reference TO the Book,
frequently fills his audience with won
der and establishment.
Elder Larimore has been in the
service OF the Master, preaching and
evangelizing, more than a quarter Of
a century, his work extending from
ocean to ocean, and many times be-
yond the limits of the United States.
During his ministray he has taken
the Good Confession" of, and baptized
more than ten thousand persons Yet
with this record behind him he is one
OF the most humble and meekest of
men, His sermons are directed TO
the reason of people and no one who
hears him, NO matter how much they
may differ from his system Of teach
ing, can leave one of his meetings feel
ing the least acrimony. His sermons
appeal to the conscience OF the people
md exhort them to union and brother
y love and to the ultimate brother
rood of man
The meetings were largely attended
afternoon and night The
ervices will continue this week, each
lay at and p m. and Sunday at
/ a. m, p. m. and p. m.
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BANK FUNDS FOR
PRIVATE ENDS
STARTLING DISCLOSURES IN Ex.
ANIMATION OF THE CHICAGO
BANKER.
HALSH'S PAPER GOT A BIG SUM
Loans Made on Collateral of
Less Than Hail Amount of
Notes.

CHICAGO. Dec. &c. Fl. Bosworth,
to assuming that Office was President
of the Illinois Southern and of the
Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad
Company. Walsh enterprises, took the
stand in the trial of John r. Walsh
today and described conditions which
he found to exist in the Chicago Ma
tional Bank when he examined its
affairs in November, 1904, in June,
1905, and in December, 1905. He
was warned by him and by the
Comptroller of the Currency to unload
the oversupply of securities carried by
the bank, but that the warnings went
UNDECIDED, while conditions became
steadily worse.
When the first examination was
made the witness testified there was
found to be due depositors total Of
81 COS, $685.. OF. which $3,6Ss.06s was
deposited by other banks and the re-
by other .depositors. Among |
the amounts represented at that time
by bonds in the bank, as collateral on |
notes, were $3.50, 900 of Wisconsin and |
Michigan stock against seven notes
totalling $64o. 600: $525, 1000 Of the ILL.,
1ois Southern stock as security for
Il, $4,000, represented by seventeen
notes: $4,000 of the
Southern Indiana. on account of loan
" $43s, 900. There were, he said,
eleven memorandum loans of $87, 900
zach, with 100000 of bonds of the
Southern Indiana as security. In adj
lition there was an unsecured loan
4 $1,000
The books at that time showed Mr.
3osworth declared, direct loan to
he Chicago Chronicle Of 100000, and
wo notes for 100000 each signed by ,
Ohm Bradshaw ard H. w. Seymour, II
iscontinued by the Chicago Chroni-
lie.