Arizona republican., 1911-11-27

ed a season of twenty weeks, and al though the only names among his sing CTS that would attract attention n America are Cavilieri and Ranaud he says he is confident of success. He claims to have invested a million dol lars of his own money in the venture and there are some who predict that the Covent Garden syndicate eventual ly will buy his new house, as the Me tropolitan bought him out in New York.
 The Covent Garden opera house is cn land owned by the Duke Of Bed ford Adjoining it are several squares occupied by the Covent Garden mar kets. so that romantic opera is sat urated with the odor of cabbage and potatoes. It is a dingy old buildin" although a comfortable and substantial one. but it k said that the duke would find it profitable to buy the remaining term of the lease and rent the land for the sale of pigs and turnips. Mir. Ham merStein may have inside knowledge of these conditions. He maintains an calm, says little and works all day and most of the night
 The expedition of Lieutenant Paul GraetZ of Berlin to the mysterious lake aG its objective when the leader was al- most fatally wounded and NJ. Octave Friere a moving picture operator. was injured by a herd of gigantic wild buffaloes The tragedy occurred in September. but the news has just reached here.
 Graetz will be remembered as the young German army officer who drove l motor car through the wilds of Af- rica two years ago. He left Berlin on the present expedition in February. The expedition was outfittcd in Por- .ugucSe. East Africa. and aScended the Lambes river in a motor boat. Elab- Drate preparations were made for the plunge tntO the almost unknown re eions of Central Africa and twenty supply stations were established on the way. Besides food and other necessi- ies. plentiful supply of fireworks and ,onjuring tricks with which the sTmpl9 natives were to be overawed were also ,arried.
 The explorer heard first of the Ban suelo lake on his motor car expedition. It was said to be an inland sea upon ..hich no white man had eyer sailed md from which no native canoe had .ver returned after venturing upon its. surface Members of the Awemba tribe told wonderful tales. about the ake. some maintaining that it was the 'ntrance to HadeS: others that it wa he approach of Paradise. The eXplor- ,r smiled at these stories. but hoped Q find there unknown species of land md aquatic life. This was the chietI Jim of his i'll starred trip.
 On their arrival at tine lake. Grae-z md his only white companion saw hree enormous wild buffaloes standing rear a riverside The two men firer md wounded the animals. but instead ,f retreating. the bufialoes charged suddenly and savagely Both men wer" -aught and tossed by the beasts; Erie @ was so badly gored that he died within few hours. The native ser ants sent runners for aid to Kasama n Northeastern Rhodesia, and after wo days of forced marching. Dr Ran all the district surgeon. and MT. 'ookson. the magistrate of Kasama, rrived on the scene
 Graetz was taken to Kasama. and ho s recovering SD rapidly that he hopes O complete his trip by reaching the mouth of the Congo at the end of tn" ear
 The pipe which Sir Walter Raleigh moked as he walked to the gallows will soon he offered for sale by Lon ion dealer in antiquities. The last moke of the man who introduced to lacco into Europe was enjoyed in a pipe which plainly shows its American ,rigin Ornamented in savage style. { is made of Virginia maple wood. which has teen carved into number ,f heads representings dogs and h.