The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-08-29
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4 Uub uosu SeCentlN pOseoh ARTIST
who on August I. stripped himself
naked and before body Of eminent
New York friends and physicians.
plunged Into the virgin forest north
OF Spencer. Maine. to undertake an
experiment never before attempted
by civilized man. Is making good on
his effort to show the world that he
caa 20 into the forst for two months
without eiothipg and come out in
good health.
He says when he energies that.
while he may not wear the clothing
Of civilization he will be well enough
xsrbed to appear on any city street.
The news came today that Know
les had killed bear and had success
fully fought off wildcat. although
he did not succeed in killing the lat
ter animal.
The idea OF the guide IL to prove
that man can live today M primitive
man iived-withcut clothes. fire.
firearms or anything more than what
nature provides In the forest or jun
gle. II II one Of the most unique
experiments ever undertaken.
Knowles will Tarb himself from
he took with him absolutely nothing
No wcspoa. 10 food. not an atom Of
clothing: not even n pinch Of salt-
and those who believe he can live
without everything else. question rs
to whether he can exist without salt
lie plans to live on berries. froks.
fish that he will catch without line
or hook aud small game that he will
XIII with self made weapons. Tic will
start his first camp fire by friction.
uaing . method known only to him
self THIS fire he will keep koinx
Continuously for two months.
Knowis~ vii ssrb himself from tho
the animals skins he Intends to kill.
Ito viii trap animals by using the
"deadfaii." . device known TO all
trappess.
He will catch fish by wadink into
shallow water and driving them into
. self made dam.
neforc catering the woods. Know
lee was examined by nr. Sargent. of
Has. ard. anl pronounced physically
perfect. Ds. SARGENT says that u any
msa, can be saccrstui In the expert.
nAss Il 10 Ka3vies.
The isdiaa guides that live In tho
camps that bor,ier the vast wilder.
acas vhsss knoviss Is today living
III 0aaAps itaasess<e sse svsa Ross
aaxioss ahoat the artist thaa the
thouasA1s q city res!deass Who have
bcea wasrhinx for news from tic pcs.
trait painter. They toll grim tales
OF what has happened 10 hunters tcst
In the wilderness aud starving after
their ammunition has given ont. Hut
here 10 Knowles. his body sof'cnei
from ,ears Ia the city without msn-
uai lai,cr doing from choice some
thing that has mover before s~cn at
,lrmrscsi By civilized man. The mag.
nitudc Of Knowles undertaking can
not M appreciated bs ihosr aseus.
toned 10 lusury--n,aas such people
s~on 81 his alan. and asy there II,
soncthing b-hiad W''-thai he will
| never he able In iivc out his i~u
| months slonc aad unprotected. The
old Maine ruises. hoSrrcr. know
better than tho city man tho street.
tcst he has established Tor himself
They know what = naked nan must
endure from mosquitoes and hisci
i flies and all the other tlytus and
creeping thins.: they knrw tco ~ta,
danger severe raiasiorm snish,
brius; they ksow Of the terrible
craving the, mes lost In the wool,
have had for salt.
Knowles. before he started. sait
In an Interview: This isn't by an,
means q freak experiment Of mine
I'm going into II seriously a. .
scientific trial. ! am going TO shos
that II man only knows hc~--and
believe do know huw-hc can wrcs
his iivins from nature without 40,
Of the conventions q modern life 4
help him."
II Report. Of his experiences arr
written with charcoal on bark a ~
appointed SPOT In the forest know
only TO himself and one Maine guido
1 whom he does not know nor has eve
seen. That guide stays At the ede'
OF the forc., and enters al = ccrtais
time to find the message without
seeing Knowles. Sunday he brought
in the fin, message. In this manneI
the public will be able to obtain re
ports Of what Knowles II doing ans
how he Is getting aions. knowic'
H agreed tina, II injury shonld bcfal