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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
PEARLS FOUND IN NOSE
OF SMALL TOY DoaalH
This But One Of Many inaenius De-
vices Used by Japanese In Snug.

AUiu puS WIG ot MdUy UHcUiub W.
vices Used by Japanese In Snug.
Cling Scheme
San Francisco, Cal.--A little toy
dog, with stubby tail and point
cd nose, which would emit bark
like grunt when pressed, stood on
the table in the office of Justus War
dell, surveyor of the port, surround
ed by collection of cultivated pearls.
The tip of his tail was missing, as
was the end of his nose, both of which
had been cut away by custom inspec-
tors.
The dog was only one of many clev-
or contrivances used by the Y. Nakane
q wealthy pearl merchant OF Toxic.
who was arrested when he made y
declaration at the custom house, say
ing that he carried only $500 worth
Of pearls. An investigation Of his bag
gage by Customs Inspector j. B. Bros
man revealed pearls valued at more
than $4,000 and resulted in the JAP
anese confessing that he had attempt
ed to smuggle the pearls into the
country.
Nakane arrived in San Francisco
aboard the Tenyo Maru and declar-
ed to the customs inspector that he
had $400 worth of pearls in small
jewel case. An examination of the
case showed that 1t had felse bot
tom and pearls value at $1,000 were
revealed with the destruction Of the
case. This was the first lot to be
discovered. While the jewel case was
being taken apart Nakans drew from
his pocket dainty japanese tobacco
box and proceeded to roll q cigarette.
The beauty Of the box attracted
the attention Of Wardell, who asked
to see it at closer range. The box
when examined revealed another
$1,000 worth of the precious gems.
Nakane removed his coat to assist In
the work of unpacking his cases.
Again Wardell was attracted by the
beauty Of a silk vest, and made an
examination and found that in the
center OF each of the buttons was set
a small pearl, which was so near the
color OF the shell like buttons that
the gems could only be detected by
an expert.
In the bottom of one of the mer-
chants trunks the inspector found a
toy dog carefully wrapped IN tissue
paper. Nakane explained that 1t was
to be gift to child relative here,
An examination of the outside of the
toy revealed nothing; finally the tip
of the nose was removed with a pair
Of scissors and 1t was found to be fill
ed with pearls. A like find was made
in the dogs nose.
Nakane then confessed that he had
tried to smuggle the jewels into this
country. The gems were confiscated
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
HIS CORN EXPERIMENT
GETS AN EARLY SETBACK
Mother Hen Walks High Wire and
Steals for Chicks.


Steals for Chicks.
ST. ALBANS, Vt.-Malcolm Hersey,
who conducts truck farm near this
city, heard OF method of preserving
sweet corn by drying 1t on the cob IN
the sunshine. He strung 50-foot wire
clothesline between two posts In his
back yard twelve feet from the
ground.
Two hundred ears of choice sweet
corn had been fastened to the line be-
fore it was hoisted into position. Her
sey believed the corn was ont OF the
way of birds and that it would not be
disturbed.
One morning Hersey went to the
back yard to see how the corn was
preserving and was surprised to find
that twenty ears next to the south
post had been stripped of their kern
els. Just before dark he went to the
back yard and found the corn gone
from fifteen more ears.
Determined TO catch the thief, Her.
sey arose before daylight and con-
cealed himself in the back yard. At
about O'Clock, he says, large Rhode
Island Red hen came to the back yard,
followed by a score Of her chickens,
flew up to the wire. walked along the
line until the good ears of corn were
reached and began picking the kernels
from the cob.
Hersey AYERS that the hen shelled
the corn from the ear and that 1t
dropped to the ground where it was
greedily devoured by her chickens. He
says he watched the hen until she had
stripped two ears of the corn from the
cob and then interfered and drove
her and the chickens into the hen
house. where they will be kept until
he can ascertain whether his corn
preserving process is success or fail
ure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
LOST WORLD FOUND,
EXPLORER DECLARES
Expedition viii Scale HeIahts Ia
Search Of Ancient Animals

Search OF Ancient Animals
and Customs. 4
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. lost
world, inhabited by birds with leather,
wings and teeth, and thousands OF
other strange and weird creatures, has
been found in the Usage hills. In q
wild and only partially explored SEQ
tion of northwestern Oklahoma. The
tale Of the lost world was brought here
| by John Bruno, a member Of the Usage
Indian tribe, who has a reputation AZ
an explorer.
The story told by Bruno is as
strange as that related by Sir Arthur
/ Conan Doyle in "The Lost World" and
it has the advantage Of being possible
of verifcation. Bruno, himself, is now
making plans to equip large explor-
ing party and next spring he will go
again into the Usage hills determined
| to bring back concrete proof of his
story.
] The lost world, according to Brune,
F, is located on a plateau about mile
high, the sides of which are so steep
! that it is impossible to climb them un-
assisted. He was alone when he found
the plateau and was unable to scale
! the. precipitous cliffs.
But what convinced him that animal
| life on the plateau was the same as
| that which existed several hundred
years ago was the result Of q hunting
trip. Bruno saw a bird, Of strange ap-
pearance, and he shot 1t. He found
, that it had leather wings without
Z, feathers and that its mouth was fur
nished with complete set Of teeth.
Altho he did not know that the bird
+, answers to the name Of pterdactyl in
science, he did realize that 1t was
| strange species.
So steep were the cliffs leading up
to the plateau on all sides that the
animals on the summit were unable to
| descend and the men below were SO
/ far away that they could not distin-
| guish their characteristics except that
| they were different from all animals
| known to the huntsmen.
So Bruno decided to return to civili-
zation and get an outfit which would
enable him and his friends to return
| u lHe usage uillSs SCdio Inc CALLS VI
the mysterious plateau. and see at
first hand the mysteries Of the life
existing there.
! The plateau is completely isolated
from surrounding country. But Bruno
says that with the aid Of ropes and
plenty of men he believes the cliffs
can be scaled.
! Heavy rides win be carried by the
men making up the party in the ex-
pectation that they may meet with
some Of the great animals described
in books devoted to prehistoric animal
life.
/ Bruno only talks OF his experience
to those who are intimate with him.
He fears he will not be believed be-.
cause of the stran geness of his story.
: But he swears he tells the truth and
he is determined to prove to the most
cynical that the lost world really
!, exists. He is determined to bring back
to civilization specimens of strange
! animal life, carcasses, and skins.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
POCKET IN WALNUT LOG
is RACER SNAKES TOMB
Reptile Thought to Have Been In Its
Mummy Chamber 20 Years.

hCpttIG Hou4ut W ''eNS DS~H ~ ~
Mummy Chamber 20 Years.
BRISTOL, Tenn. Imprisoned in a
vacuum in the heart of a walnut log
2 feet in diameter for is or 20 years Is
the most unusual experience of a black
snake of the racer type, according to
authentic Information vouched for by
M. l.. Scifers, millman of johnson
City. Tenn.
The discovery of this reptile was
made when the saw in the veneer plant
suddenly uncapped the vacuum. An ex-
animation OF the unexpected chamber
in the heart of sound log Of walnut
revealed the 4.foot racer coiled In what
had up to that moment been herme-
tically sealed prison, the chamber be-
ing as large as mans head. The
snake, which had probably been dead
for many years, was still perfect In
form and retained its shape until lifted
from its snug position.
"This is not snake story in the
ordinary sense of the term, said Self.
ers when asked about u. ut is a fact
attested by all employees of our mill.
The log. as nearly as am able to tell,
came to us in a shipment from Way
nesvlle, N. c. from which locality we
have received some exceptionally
choice logs of walnut. The supposition
is that the snake climbed the tree and
slid down into hole caused by de-
cayed limb. How long the reptile may
have used this chamber as home,
one can only imagine. hut 1t seems
to me natural to presume that by the
dropping of bit Of bark, which dark.
ened the small opening, the snake
found itself in prison from which 1t
was never able to escape.
death may have followed by suffo-
cation" Mr.. Scifers theories. Ma
ture then began its process Of sealing
over the opening with new layers OF
timber. The depth of these layers In.
dicates that the snake may have been
imprisoned 20 years, II not longer. Its
mummy chamber was beautifully po-
llshed within, indicating that the
snake might have traversed it's walls
for days or weeks before succumbing."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
CENTURY OLD OAK
ONCE WAS G|BBET
HORSE THIEVES DANGLED FROM
ITS STURDY LIMBS.
Spreading Branches of tho Aged ST.
Paul Landmark often Sheltered
Indian Camps.

ST. PAUL, Minn.-For century or
more an ancient Jack oak tree has
raised it's venerable head, and bade de-
fiance to wind and weather. 1t has wit
messed the coming of the selfcentered
white man, the passing of the nomadtc
red man, the extinction CT the great
herds of buffalo and the conquest Of
the wilderness, and it remains, not a
pitiful wreck Of what it once was, but
erect, glorying in its yigor.
Almost within the SHADOW of the
great cathedral it stands, before a fat
at 293 Dayton avenue, spreading its
great arms afar and making of its
shade benizon, for which passersby,
who have n, idea of it's interesting
history, re exceedingly grateful.
Long before Dayton avenue was
even trail, the tree gave shelter to
bands of painted Sioux on their visit
to the great mounds where they held
their councils, gave their sacrificial
dances and buried their dead. They
tarried un er the huge tree old, even
then, and drew water from spring
near at hand now destroyed.
When civilization came and build
ings were erected, sewers dug or
streets laid, many interestin relics,
beads, wampun, arrowheads, mite
pipes, copper gorgets, elk and ar
teeth, quaint bits of pottery and alf
charred bones of animals were found.
All the land in that vicinity was part
of the farm of C. X. Bell.
The homestead stood under the
friendly arms of the grand old tree.
The only land still remaining in the
family is the lot on which the modern
fiat building stands, which replaced
the old home and the little lawn in
front, which the tree still claims for its
own.
When the fiat building was erected
the limbs of the north side had to be
cut off. It is said that Mr.. Bell stood
by and quiyered with each stroke OF
the ak as tho each blow was pene-
trating his flesh instead of inanimate
wood.
When the old trail broadened into
highway and stage coaches vert rumb-
ling by, the wheels would ofttimes
Craze the side of the old tree until a
deep cash was worn on the southern
exposure. Nature, the great physician
has healed the wound tho hat part
has not the symmetry an ordinary tree
possesses.
Once the tree bore bitter fruit.
Long before the homestead was err
rected some men were captured in the
act Of stealing horses. The county
seat was many miles away in what Is
now the State OF Wisconsin. There
was hasty informal trial under the
old tree and when morning dawned
two bodies swung over the huge limb
that now stretches so protectingly over
the north sidewalk. It was days be-
fore any one had the hardihood or the
interest to cut them down.
The old tree exists, not relic,
shadow OF its former self, but erect,
vigorous, with no indication of decay
or disease and bids fair to live Tor
many generations to come.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

Two men who have had fist fight
and hammered each other hard can
make up easier than two men who
have gossiped and Lied to each other
for years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20
FLEEING FROM DREAM
HE FALLS TWENTY FEET
Mechanic Believed Four Thieves Were
Battering Down Door.

Mechanic Believed Four Thieves Were
Battering Down Door.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. - Dreaming
that four men were battering down the
door of his room, Thomas Brady, a
mechanic, 81 Wall street, leaped from
bed and tried to lower himself from
window while yelling for help at the
top of his voice.
Finding that the distance was too
great to drop, Brady jerked the sheet
from the bed, twisted the cloth into
rope and began to climb down the
improvised fire escape.
The sheet parted when Brady was
twenty feet from the ground and he
fell, landing on his back on the con-
crete pavement. Still imagining he
was being pursued, Brady, clad only
in his underclothing, ran down the
street yelling for help.
- A watchman attempted to intercept
him, but Brady brushed the officer
aside. Finally some person in the
neighborhood telephoned to the police.
Detectives who responded to the call
overlook Brady and took him to the
receiving hospital. There the police
surgeons bandaged bruises and abra-
sions on his back and arms.
After his injuries had been treated
Brady appeared to realize that he WAS
safe from pursuit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

Not by strength but by perseverance,
are great works accomplished.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

He is wise farmer who never haI
rows the feelings OF his wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

Try the knob of every door you see
one OF 'em Is bound 10 open.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

ALI Calls is divided in three parts
Nerve, Cheek and lnsolence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

In order to be good liar, one mul
have an excellent memory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

When the wife wants pin money hel
husband has to come up to the
scratch.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

This season, as usual, the mobiles
thing in shoes is bunica.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

Baking powder causes bread Il
raise. but gunpowder will raise Il
quicker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

II you have talent for criticism dom
fail to use it on yourself.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

The king can do no wrong - If the
other fellow holds ali the aces.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

Depend upon II, the average man is
above the average. 1t you doubt 1t.
ask him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-12-20

A man can walk mile without mo,
ing more than two feet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04

HELP SLACKERS
TO AVOID SERVICE.
lnvestiga a ton Of Government
Agents conVinces Officials That
Matrimonial Agencies Supplied
Dependent Wives" To Many
Associated Press BY U. 8. Naval Com.
r. .as munication Service) l...,

WASHINGTON, August 3%That
many who preferred 10 take their
chances in marrying women with whom
they were barely acquainted rather
than remain single and eligible for the
draft were supplied with wives through
marriage brokers is the belief of the
officials here, who have been investigat
ing the reports from government agents
covering the great increases in we'd
diuCs in many cities. It is believed
that in many cities these marriage
brokers secured lists Of the names o
women ready TO go through the mar
riage ceremony with young men drawn
in the draft and who wished to escape
service through the "dCpcudent wife
clause Of the exemption regulations and
ranvassed the, drafted ones with these
lists. 81
. In so many cases have there been
hasty marriages on the part of young
men included in the draft drawing o.
July 20 that Provost Marshal CrowdeI
has formally notified the selection
boards that these lately cOnSummateJ
marriages are not to count as an ex
emptiOn claim.
Federal agents have been further no
titled to look into many of the mar
riages among drafted men which have
taken place since July 20 and, if there
: be evidence that the marriage was ar
ranged for the purpose of securing the
I exemption of the groom, to take actor
! against the brides under the terms OF
the Selestive Draft Act which makes
| il an Ofrense 70 enter into a conspiracy
to defeat the purposes of the law
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
Japanese Eligible
For Enlistment In \.
Armyf They Desire
ASSOCIATED Press BY u S. Naval Communication Servce)

ASSOCIATED Press BY u s. Naval comuna Service) I
SEATTLE, August 3Foregners who do not claim exemp-
ton from the seectve draft law will be permitted to enlist in
the United States Army they so desire irrespective Of race
color This ruling made yesterday by the representa-
tive here Of the provost general and reaching Importance
Japanese eligible for service in the national army if they
desire under the ruling of yesterday and this is explicitly
stated In this is said there many Japanese who regis
tered and who asked they did not desire exemption on
the ground Of their nationality II was occurrence
for them to dscam exemption and to declare that they were
ready 10 serve called upon and some expressed dsappoin
ment at being barred from service by OF their Asiac
BIRTH Now the ruling that opens the way applicants
If they present themselves for enlistment
Reports from other Pacific Coast cities where there are large
Japanese populations tell Of similar willingness the part Of
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
TOBACK FROM HUNS
Retreat Is Unchecked and Petro-
grad Admits That Situation
Is More Acute
| tAssociated Press BY o. 3 Naval Com,
mnioation aerYlcal

aatalf u - y -
e NEW YORK, August 3----Advanees OF
the Teutonie forces il Eastern Galicin
and Bukowina are uncherled. The de.
moralized Russian armies appear unable
to make stand and put mp any resist.
ance that is effective. They continue
to fall back before the oncoming enemy.
German Austrian offensive along the
frontier is continuing with undated
vigor.
Petrograd dispatches admit that the
situation of the Russian forces along
the eastern front is more acute than
ever and that the retreat is going stead
lily on. The Austrians have taken and
occupied number of towns and vii.
lagos In Bukowina. 81.
Berlin claims are practically the same
as the Petrograd admissions. The Off,
cial report last night said that the Rus.
SLAMS were falling back from Pruth and
Kelemen into the mountains along a
front of a hundred miles and claimed
the capture of numerous towns and the
taking of many prisoners, guns, ammu
milton and stores.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
DEATBDATTAuON :
AR0USES ALL SLAVS
Women Of Russia Now Flock To
Join Similar Organizations
To- Fight the Hun
ASSOCIATED Press by U. 8. Naval Com,
munication Service)

municati0n 6erVlceDg
PETROGRAD. August 2-St0rirs Of
the heroic conduct of the women ;
Battalion to death unit have spread
like wildRre through the country and
many enlstments are being reported
from the recruiting stations at Petro.
grad, Moscow and kiev. At Prt:o%Ind
alone 1900 Amazons Were onroiled, und
the government is supplying arms and
equipment to all who are passed "a
physically fit.
Minister Teresehenkos despatched II
lPgram to the Allied governments rN.
planning Russia 5 conduct of the war.
de said that the entire governn"h had
been rcorganized, and would now pre-
sent united front to the enemy.
He blamed irrcsponsibles for the dis
semination of criminal propaganda.
The Russian people are deeply stirred,
he declared, by the recent conduct of
| the army, but the revolt had now been
crushed.
"It is Russia's irrevocable deci
sion. " continued the minister, "tO con
tinup the war till we shall finally
triumph of the principles of revolution
The preparations are being continued
| for the coming campaign, regardless OF
the fact thnt at certain points of the
Galician frontier the Russ army ha'
retired.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
DEALERS TO- BE HELD (. (.
" TO NORMAL SUPPLIES
Excess Profits Provisions viii Be
Held To Apply To Farmers As
Well As To Other Business Men
and To Large Corporations
(Associated Press by U. 9. Naval Com
munication Service) -us

XXIASHINGTON, August B.
wv In order to forestall any
attempts that may be made to lay
in big advance stocks of sugar and
coffee BY spectators or dealers to
escape the consumption tax pro,
vided for in the War Revenue Bill
the senate 6papoe. cnEnmittce. YES
terday wrote new clause into the
measure, providing for an excess
tax upon all sugar and coffee ac;
cunulatiens in the hands of dealers
which exceed the average normal
stock. Small stocks are not affect
ed by this new tax. The committee
also returned to the original rate
for the consumption tax on sugar
fixing it once more at half a cent
a pound.
The committee amended the biz
in a number of other particulars
and it is now practically ready tc
be reported back to the senate
where the debate on it is scheduled
for next week. The main amend
ment was in reducing the proposed
tax upon the undivided surplusc'
of corporations, the members Of
the committee agreeing that this
tax should be between ten and ff
teen percent,
An amendment proposed, where
by the excess profit clauses shoulc
not be held to apply to farmers
was defeated.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
BRITISH CONTROL
OF SEASUNSHAkEN
Empire Still Mistress Of the
Waves, Declares sir John
JeIIicoe To Countrymen
ASSOCIATED Press by U. s. Naval Com
munication Service)

LONDON, August 2--Sir John JelIi
coe, first lord of the British admiralty,
in a statement today declared that the
British navy's control of the seas is
more complete by far than the Tru
tons command on land.
Referring to the German subma inr
bases ut Ostend and Zeebugge, the
first lord said that the ''Germans had
created the same intensive fortiGcu
tions AS had been erected at Hrhgo
land, and that the coast was studded
with batteries of the heaviest guns
which were so skilfully concealed N
to make the most inGnitcsimal Of tar
gets.
"Thr enemy, moreover, is maxim
the fullest use Of smoke screens, which
defy aircraft from locating the posi-
tiOns of tn" batteries, thus. binding til,
eyes Of the navy most effectively.
/ "It is rarely" concludes Admira
JellirOe "that wind, weather and So,
conditions are favorable for naval at
tacks.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
ALLIED OFFENSIVE
WORRYING wilhelm
Call Is Issued For a Meeting of
War Council Next Week For
important Measures
lAssosiated Press by u, 8. Naval Com.
~ y w mu,ication Servieel Z 49,

80. ~ z ~ iHtuhiSStlOu OoNNACSl = , ..sa.H
NV YORK, August s-1Thas the
oifensiyesof the Allies has apparently
become tryinG to Wilhelm IL evidenced
by the fart that he has ealle,l his war
council to meet in Brussels next Wed,
nesday. The object Of the meeting is
to form an analytical survey Of the
offensive.
Kaiser Wilhelm Yesterday sent con.
gratulatiOns to Prince Rupprecht, com
Inander Of the German forces 10 Elan.
ders, for 1.-The successful repulsing OF
the enemy on Monday, whereby the
attempt to conquer the coast of Elan
ders failed ......,.-.f.
1t was officially reported that the
German line in Flanders had been
moved forward as the result Of sue
cessful counter attacks, and the de
fense remained unweakeneh. The
enemy suffered heavy losses.
Further advances are reported il
Bukowina, and the Russians Operating
in the Carpathians are retreating.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
GERMAN PIRATES GET
BUT SMALL HARVEST
Only Three French Vessels Sunk
In Week
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. 3. Naval Com
munication SerViee)

PARIS, France, August 2-The min.
istry of marine reported today that
two vessels Of more than 1000 tons
had hsen summarized during the week
ending today, aud one of less tonnage
The total number of arrivals at
French ports was zoos, and the de
Partufes 1919.
Minister of Marine Lacaze has ten
dered his resignation.