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BURLINGTON PHILLIPS

YORK. City. Certain British laws must
Be repealed before # can be recovered
however. It is in one Of the out-oi-
way places Of the world and very lii.
n' il known By the general public
about IL The supersuuUus French
fishermen, unchanged IN a hundred
SD tf'y years. still await the return
q the i.eFce PILOT 10 claim lis own.
The Rock o. PIERCE named for the
adjacent fishing village. is M OF the
true natural wonders Of our continent
hen some c~oHyllslon Of natare rent
The coast 'h!s rock Eas split from the
nearby mountain and LETT standing, a
grin monument 10 the caprice Of the
r7as Of sea and land Several hun
a'el f'R, A.Eh. with a comparatively
Fat top us sides are bectIiug and one
SD" f. aboHt Two hundred feet higher
'-aa he other. Once II was pierced
By three arches through any n Of
which q small ship might sail. but now
one u these has collapsed. leaving
only the two huge galleries.
Captain Duyai was q French prira
teer "ho returned only q small por
lion OF hts loot from English and 9th.
or ships 20 the French authorities.
and after the declaration Of peace he
be"eme an out-andout pirate. He
pToiectet the French fishermen and
was generous with them. They, IN
their iuin, protected him as the Eng,
fish peasant protected Dick Turpin.
Al last be was hard pressed by the
English. and having in his service a
Nicmac Indian who knew a secret
tran TO the supposedly inaccessible
Rock Of perce. he collected all his
caches OF treasure In the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perez.
The Indian carried a line 10 the top
OF the rock and hauled up a block and
fail. Then two prisoners were hauled
up, and nert Duyal himself. Boats
containing the great treasure chests
stood b. below.
The tradition Is that they were a
day ana & moonlight night getting It
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duyal himself was lowered
away, His napier was dripping with
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blood md when he reached the boat
he stood up. and with a %harquebus
shot at tho tackle TIL It was cut clean,
too high up the rocks for any n to
reach. Devil Duval" sailed away and
never returned.
For years the winds battered and
the sun and rains rotted the ropes on
the walls Of the rock till at last they
disappeared. So many lives were lost
IN attempts to scale the rocks and re-
cover the treasure that a law was
passed forbidding any one to make
the attempt without tho necessary le-
galized concession from the governor Of
the province OF Quebec, Only the Wild
sea-birds, making their nests In the
top Of the rock, know the story OF the
two prisoners and the chests Of treas.
ure on the bleak heights. But an air.
ship could learn Il.
Carleton Island, in the st. Lawrence
river. was In Quitting place for Tory
raiding parties and an arsenal was es.
tablished there. A pay chest was sent
to the post with q large sum of money.
The chest disappeared and It's loss was
reported to General Haldimand at
Montreal. In 1879, Colonel Horr OF
Cape 81. Vincent, received a visit from
a stranger, who requested the use Of
a boat and. being granted 1t, he rowed
to Carleton Island and returned In a
short time with a heavy iron chest
covered with clInging wet clay. Col
onei Horr, thinking nothing wrong,
helped tho mar row to che steamboat
landing and he was never heard from
again. In a few days William Majo,
one OF the owners Of the island, sent
a boy into the pine thicket for stray
ing horses and there the lad found
the fat-stone-lined hole where the
chest had rested,
There are two extensive areas OF
buried treasure In the thickly popu.
lated parts OF the United States. One,
| the lesser, is on the general lines OF
sherman's march to the sea. North
and south of It, plantation after plan.
tation. town after town, have their
storieR Of treasures ranging from "a
few hundreds Of dollars to hundreds
of thousands which were buried for
fear the Union army would get them
Many we're never recovered because
Of the failure Of the owners to locate
the burial places. The surest way te
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FORGET "HON0R THY FATHER"
So Says Kansas Hospital Chief In
His Report Of Young People Of
That State.

Topeka, Kan.-"Honor thy father
and thy mother" Is a forgotten doc
trine In Kansas, declared DR.. T. @.
Biddle, superintendent Of the Topeka
hospital for the insane. in his biennial
report to the state board of control
DR.. Biddle caustically arraigns the
young people of the state for their In
difference toward the old. After re-
porting a marked increase Of senile de-
mentia since his last report, DIR. Biddle
says: .. w.
ut appears that among Kansas
young people honor thy father and thy
mother has become an a~ntiquated
dogma"
DR.. Biddle declares most of the
cases Of senile dementia are turned
over to the state because children do
not care to look after their afflicted
parents. They are willing to pay the
state for keeping them, but will not do
the work themselves. The people are
harmless, simply having a breakdown
because Of age.
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lore a treasure is TO bury II, II seems
The earth In some mysterious va
spreads a mantle Of oblivion which
can not be pierced by the memory o.
man and takes back to her bosom the
treasure that was wregted from her.
The other area Is in the east. be
RinRig AZ about Camden, y j., and ex
tendiRg north t 0 Albany and thenoe
to Portland. Maine. In that held lived
the rich Royalist and Tory families.
The sudden turning Of the tide found
the Tories In possession OF a great
quantity Of gold coin, gold and silver
plate and Jewels. and fearing they
would lose these, they buried them
and then fed. Comparatively little OF
It was ever eIhumed and the area is
dotted thickly with localities where 8
search would BE- highly profitable, OF
them ! can mention a few only.
At Sound Beach. Conn lives Mrs,
Jane Louden, l0l years Of age. Her
husband. knowing that on the home
farm a wealthy Tory family had buried
gold, hunted until he found several
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each. A nelghbor also acquired
sudden wealth which he did not ex-
plain. Every one knew there vas a
great Joint family cache somewhere
near.
II was known for many years that
on Lord Edmeston's estate nea West
EJmeston, n r. his personal repre-
sentative. Perdifer Carr, had buried a
treasure The property known as the
Burdlck Farm. having been bought by
Henry F. Burdick in 1850, was the
site, In 1904 a tenant named Cheese
borough plowed into a case OF china
and glass. breaking half Of II before he
realized what the obstruction was. BY
reason OF design and quality the re-
maluder. however. was worth a small
fortune to dealers In antiques, 1t was
the Edmeston ware The law suit that
followed for possession made the case
famous, Where is the remainder OF
the treasurer
Joel Coryell, sexton at Romulus, N.
Y, digging a grave on what was a
Tory estate in 1776, found a large
quantity Of money in an old pot. The
grave belonged to Thomas Mann. but
Coryell kept the gold.
Walter Butler, the notorious Mo
hawk Valley Tory, returned to the val
ley at the end OF the war with a force
OF Tories and Indians TO dig up the
treasures he had buried and those that
had been buried by other wealthy
Tories who had told him where to o
cover II In their behalf. When he had
finished his work and was returning.
the pursuing Colonials under Colonel
Marinus Wlllet, overlook the treasure
squad beyond Johnson's Fall on the
bank of the West Canada In northern
Herkimer county.
The treasure was too heavy for the
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fleeing party so 1t was dumped In the
shadows and horses we're ridden
through the water to make 1t muddy.
Butler was killed, the raiders driven
away and the spells await p~resent-day
seekers.
While there Is some doubt as to au-
thentlcIty, there y said to be a $16,-
900. 900 cache OF Spanish doubIons,
buried by Captain Kidd, on Esopus
Island In the Hudson river, not far
from New York City, while at the very
gate of New York is q forgotten treas
ure Of many hundreds Of thousands.
This famous treasure was lost when
the British frigate Hesarar, a pay ship
sent in for the British soldiers during
the revolutionary war, went down in
the East river. 1t will be easy to look
up the old Admiralty records and get
the full information that may lead to
the finding Of the treasure.
The facts pertaining to Hopper
Smiths horde are as follows; Der
Hopper" was q very brutal and much
feared knight Of the road on the west
shores Of the Hudson from Nyack to
the Catskills and he robbed tho
wealthy Dutch In an unmerciful man
ner. He had no opportunities for
spending his ill-gotten wealth and
boarded 1t somewhere. At last he was
m Dturad and hafnra bIu aNa,n.tar -
Newburg confided to a keeper who had
been kind to him that he had sacks OF
gold and silver and Jewels buried in a
spot on Storm King Mountain, Just
north Of Cornwall Hudson. some
%thirty-five miles north Of New York
City. No search has ever been made.
In the hey-day Of Mississippi river
steamboat traffic, a great deal Of sun.
ken treasure accumulated in the Ohio,
Cumberland, Tennessee, Missouri, Red
and Arkansas rivers. A pay boat on
It's way to Grants army at vicksburg
with more than two million dollars
aboard was fired by some OF her crew
who meant to rob her, The paymas.
ter's men defended the money till the
boat sank. James B. Eads, who bull,
the Eads bridge at 81, Louis and the
Eads jetties at the mouth Of the Mis-,
sissippi. Invented an apparatus by use
OF which he could reach some OF the
sreasure-wrecks in shallow water and
! recovered several million dollars. All
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called. because 1t belonged to the Re
public Of Doges.
The ambassador Of Spain has the
PaIazzo di Spagna, which for cen.
turtles housed the grandees Of that
country. The German ambassador is
housed in the Palazzo Chaffarelh,
which from the heights of the capitol
trowns over the Eternal City below.
The Japanese ambassador lives In the
historic Palazzo Altiere, erected In
1870.
Ambassador O'Brien understood
this situation and set to work to find
a proper residence, which for a time
seemed impossible. He signed a con-
tract to occupy a gorgeous apartment
in the Palazzo Barberini, a most Inn
posing structure of the Renaissance,
begun In 1924, and finished by the
ubiquitous Bernini, whose works con
front one at every turn in Rome.
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Too 0ean for Files.

Berlin.-Tke notedly clean streets
OF the capital city Of the German en-
pire not only assist in keeping the
death rate low and please the eye,
but add as well to the comfort OF ev-
eryday life. At this season OF the
year, while young America Is being
taught to swat the fly" there Is no
occasion to teach the Berliners any
such activity. Although window
screens are almost unknown here, so
few flies can be found in any place
that they appear lonely. The city's
admirable street cleaning methods do
not leave enough refuse to permit flies
20 breed,
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NEW U. S. PALACE IN ROME
Thomas J.. o'Brlen, Ambassador to
Italy, Has at Last Found Suit
able Residence.

Rome.-Thomas J.. o'Brien. the
American ambassador, has at last
solved In a most suitable way the
question OF his residence as the rep
~resentatIye of a power ike the United
States.
In Rome the ambassador Of a great
country'can hardly live, without losing
some prestige. in a modern house or
villa. The residence which the French
ambassador occupies, the Palazzo Far.
nese, Is a national monument in Itself.
The Austrian ambassador lives m the
Palazzo Venezia, a stronghold. so
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SMALLEST BABY" THRlvES
Philadelphia Infant Reaches Weight
Of Almost Two Pounds and 10
Near Seven Inches Long.

Philadelphia.-Russell Daley, the
smallest baby ever born here, Ia MAX
ing rapid strides at the University
hospital. Now nearly two weeks old,
he has attained a weight of one pound
eleven ounces and a length Of six and
three-quarter inches. The physicians
say that his digestive apparatus is nor
NAL and that he should thrive, barring
unforeseen circumstances.
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ADMIRE AND USE TELEPHONE

ticaliy two.thirds Of the telephone
business OF the world is therefore con-
centrated In the United States. This
represents an investment Of $1,72s,.
100000. which is certainly n great
sum, In view Of the fact that last year
was only the ~thtrty-nfth since Profess
sor Bell invented the telephone.
Statistics recently filed show tina,
In Stockholm there are 1919 telephones
| per 100 population. a figure cxcelled
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by no American city except Los An
geles. where there are "a instruments
per 100 population. Copenhagen and
Christiana also have good service,
and 1t Is well ~patronized; but London.
Paris. Vienna and st, Petersburg are
lar down In the list of telephone-using
cities.
The relative use OF the three great
methods OF communication--frst-
class mail, telegraph and telephone
In the United States In 1908 was 40.s,
% n 6SI per cent respectively,
while In Europe during the same year
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Figures Show That Americans Most
Greatly Appreciate This Modern
Aid to Business.

There arc few aids to efficiency 20
useful as the telephone, and It 10
something We may be proud of that
In this country alone 81 per cent. OF
all the instruments and elIz per cent
OF all the wire used In telephone sery.
Ice IN the world are employed. Prac-
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A man doesn't need q big lot OF
money to build UP q profitable poultry
business. But he does need a lot OF
patience and perseverance, mixed with
an ardent desire to get hen under
| standing.
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the percentages were -. IL ana
$40 respectively. The total numbers
Of messages sent by all three methods
IN Tho two divisions we're practically
The same-about $1,000, ooo, ooo.--En-
cheering Record.
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y e W Testament
With All Its Rsys.
lation of God and
Christ and the Fa.
ture Life. Is Utter.
ly Unreliable.
Just think Of
what this means,
The revelation con,
tanned in fourteen
out of the twenty.
seven books OF the
N e W Testament
cannot then b
relied upon. RI.
mans and Galatians
with their great
doctrines Of Justi.
fcation by Faith.
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TEXT Cor. l5:l4-Is. z-sz: ~A,a
Christ be not risen then is our prears,..
vain. and your faith Is also vain w
and We are found false witnesses ., e..
because we have testified OF God M, l.
raised up Christ: whom he raised NJ, =
= 50 be that the dead rise not. For II Il.
e rise not, then is not Christ rai.sas.
and If Christ be not raised, your faI,s i,
vain ye are yet in you s~inse.-i ca
i5:l4-IS, 29-a2. N0S
VI II the Apostle is indeed
False Witness. the Greater Part Of Is.
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INTERNATIONAL
NMMSGOM
LESSON

Dy E O. SELLERS. Director Of Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
ChlcGkol
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LESSON ~TExT-Nark s:la-29.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Be thou faithful unto
death, and l will give thee the crown OF
Nfe."-Rev. 2sie.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
3.OOO-MILE WIRELESS TEST
Arlington Station Will Flash
Messages to Cruiser.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The final test
OF the new wireless station OF the Navy
Department at Arlington, which IL still
in the hands Of the contractors. will be
made next month. An effort will be
made to exchange messages between
the station and the scout cruiser Salem
at distance Of 1900 miles.
orders have been issued by the Navy
Department for the Salem to be ready
for the test on January 10. She will
put across the Atlantic, and in making
the tests will describe circle, the
radius of which will be 1900 miles, the
distance called for In the government
contract The Salem. with az power
ful wireless apparatus as any in the
navy, will be able to respond to any
message flashed from the giant towers
across the Potomac.
The tests at the new Arlington sta
tion have been very satisfactory. While
few OF these have been at full capac-
ity, the station at the Mare Island
Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal, has been
reached and frequent communication
has been had with Colon, a distance of
200 miles. The station will be shut
down in week to allow the installa-
tion of new spark gap.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
CLARK'S IRE RISES
AT TALK OF BRYAN
Continued from first page.

Withdrawing his support and violating
his instructions on the ostensible
ground that Mr.. Clark was supported
by such reactionary interests as Tam
many Hall.
Members OF the Presidents Cabinet
and the Speaker of the House are fire.
auently thrown together at party con-
ferences and state functions. 1t Is re-
garded as inconceivable that Mr.. Clark
and Mr.. BRYAN could meet in amicable
conversation, notwithstanding the sup
posed peace overtures of the Nebraska
leader
Sjeaker Clark will not thrust MS
views on the President-elect to-mor-
row, but those in his confidence say
Governor Wilson will be warned of dis
cord If Mr. Wilson seeks the advice OF
the titular leader of the House. with
BRYAN in the Cabinet a cloud will ap-
near next March on the Democratic
horizon. as the Speaker and his friends
are confident the Nebraskan will try TO
dictate legislation if he becomes a
member of the Cabinet-and the Clark
Underwood faction In the House Will
not stand for it.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
WIRELESS AROUND WORLD
Navy Hopes to Send Message
for New Years.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Dec 23.-A wireless
message Of good cheer 10 be sent
around the world IS being planned by
the Navy Department for New Years
Day.
The idea originated with the acting
Secretary OF the Navy. Rear Admiral
Philip Andrews. who is engaged in as
certaining If such a thing is possible.
The usual plan Of sending the greet
irgs to the naval officers and sailors In
foreign waters and at home has been
abandoned. because the cable compa-
nies object 10 transmitting the message
without pay and the Navy Department
is unable to foot the cable bills.
Rear Admiral Andrews has learned
that it is possible to send a message as
far as Toxic and IS hopeful that the
globe may be circled by n wireless
message. II will be necessary 10 cen
meet with a large number OF battleshlps
carrying wireless apparatus to estab-
lish the circuit, but IL il IS necessary
and there is time the rear admiral will
attempt the feat of sending q message
the $4,000 miles or more.
President Taft will be asked tO send
the greetings il Rear Admiral An
drews's plan H. carried out.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24

Ont Massachusetts,, Vermont, New
Hampshire and reaching the Canadian
border. where Il connects with the
Grand Trunk lines, and that by means
Of its own and subsidiary lines the
Grand Trunk system reaches the West
ern cities already mentioned es being
reached by connections Of the Ne"
Haven system.
The Indictment then AYERS the for
nation Of the Southern New England
Railway Company in Rhode Island and
OF the Southern New England Railroad
Corporation in Massachusetts, and the
granting Of authority 10y those states
TO construct a line of railroad from
Palmer, Mass, on the line OF the Cen
trail Vermont, through UXbridge and
Blackstone. In Massachusetts. and
Woonsocket and Pawtucket To Provi
dence. in Rhode Island. and other lines
in Massachusetts, from UXbridge to
Worcester and from Blackstone to Bos
ton. and from Boston northwesterly
through Massachusetts and New
Hampshire to connect with the Central
Vermont Railway at White River juno
ton.
The indictment recites that the Grand
Trunk and Central Vermont lines pro-
posed to operate the extensions men
toned and TO operate a line Of steam
ships from Providence To New York;
that a contract was entered into for
this purpose, and that on May 22. 1912.
work was begun on the construction Of
the railway line from Palmer TO Provi-
dence. and was continued until No
vember Q, 1912 during which time
New-York tribune., 1912-12-24
ONE A BRITISH SUBJECT
Two of the Defendants Are
Noted as Railroad Men.

OF the three defendants indicted in the
Grand Trunk conspiracy one, Alfred w.
Smithers. Is British subject The others
are Americans, and have been recognized
as strong men in the railroad business.
Charles Sanger Mellen was born on
August lG. 1851. at Lowell, Mass, and en-
tered the railroad service on September
%. 1863. as a clerk IN the cashiers office
Of the Northern New Hampshire Rail
road. Through various clerical positions
with New England railroads Mr.. Mcllen
was promoted TO the authorship Of the
Boston. Lowell & Concord Railroad in
ISL. became superintendent in 1853, and a
year later general superintendent of the
road. In 1892 he became general MANAGER
Of the New York. New Haven & Hartford,
with headquarters in Boston. and before
he had held the office a year he was
made second Vice president Of the road.
which Office he held until elected TO the
presidency OF the Northern Pacific I'm 1876.
In his seven years tenure Of this Office
he completely reOrganzed the road. put
ting Il on a paying basis in less than a
year. In 1903 he became president OF the
New York. New Haven & Hartford. hay-
ing resigned the presidency Of the North
ern Pacific some time before. Mr. Mellcn
Is tall and slender and reserved I'm man
ner. He has the reputation OF being one
of the ablest railroad men In the country
l.. J. Chamberlins railroad career began
in 1871 with the Central Vermont. From
timekeeper IN the car shops he became
clerk In the paymaster's Office superln-
tendcnt OF transportation. corresponding
secretary for the general superintendent
and IN 1877 private secretary for the gem
eral manager. In 1856 Mr.. Chamberliu
was made superintendent OF the Ogdens-
burg e. Lake Champlaln and the Central
Vermont line of steamers on the lakes.
TWO years later he was placed In charge
OF the construction Of the Candidate
lantic as general manager In this ca
pacity Mr. Chamberlin built the road at
a cost less than had been estimated and
built up a strong operating stafr. continu-
Ing as general manager until 1906 a year
after the road had been bought by the
Grand Trunk He was made vicc-presi-
dent and general manager ot the Grand
trunk racine halfway company, Win
headquarters in Winnipeg. stepping from
that position into the vacancy caused by
the death Of President Hays In the II
tanIc disaster.
Alfred W Smithcrs is a British subject.
lie was born in 1850 and IS the son of the
late William Henry Smithers. Of the
Bank OF England; he Is married to Emma
u OH nf Thpnhlln
Mr.. Smithcrs is chairman Of the board OF
directors OF the Grand Trunk Railroad
and OF tho English Association OF Ameri-
can Share and Bondholders. He IS also
director Of the London, Southeastern &
Chatham Railroad. He belongs to the
Devonshire and Royal Automobile clubs
OF England.