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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-10

A. R. Wallace in his book "Trav-
els on the Amazon and Rio Negro"
on page 33 says: I'VE received a
fresh inmate into our veranda in the
person of a fine young boa constric-
tor. 1t was tightly tied around the
neck to good sized stick, which
hemmed the freedom of its move
ments and appeared nearly to stop
respiration. 1t was only 10 feet long
and very large, being as thick as a
mans thigh.
eve fitted out box with bars at
the top and got the Indian who sold
it to US to put it into the cage. 1t
Immediately began to make up for
lost time by breathing most violent
ly, the expirations sounding like
high pressure steam escaping from
Great Western locomotive"
On page 322 he says: 81 have had
several accounts of anacondas hav-
ing ben killed and having measured
80 feet long. They have been seen
very much larger, but, as may be
supposed, are then difficult to kill
and secure owing to their tenacity
of life and their aquatic habits. 1t
is an undisputable fact that they de-
YOUR cattle and horses, and the gen.
eral belief of the country is that
they are sometimes from 60 to 80
feet long"
On the same page he says: "As so
few whites have seen these large SER
pents and the very existence of any
large enough to swallow a horse is
generally discredited, the following
account by competent scientific OBJ
server, the we'll known botanical
traveller, DR.. Gardner, is given. In
! his ''Travels in BRAZIL page 356, he
says:
'In the marshes of this valley in
the province of Goyaz near Arrays,
the boa constructor is often met with
of considerable size. 1t is not un-
comon throughout the country, par
ticularly in the wooded margins of
lakes, marshes and streams. Some
times they attain the enormous
length of 40 feet.
''The favorite riding horse of Sen
or Lagoriva, which had been put out
on pasture not far from the house,
could not be found one day, although
a strict search was Instituted all over
the fazenda. Shortly after this, one
of his vaqueros (cattlemen) in 60
ing through the woods by the side of
small river, saw an enormous boa
suspended in the fork of tree
which hung over the water. It was
deadt but had evidently been floated
down alive by recent flood, and be-
! ing in an inert state it had not been
able to extricate itself before the wa
ters fell
i IT. was dragged down to an open
place by two horses and was found
to measure 81 feet in length. On
opening it the bones of a horse in a
somewhat broken condition and the
flesh in half digested state were
found within it, the bones of the
head being uninjured. From these
circumstances we concluded that it
had devoured the horse entirely"
In the volume called 80 Amazo-
na," published by the Brazilian gov
eminent in 1902, and intended to
give an accurate account of the bio
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-10

logical and commercial phases of the
state of Amazonas, the following
aragraph relating to the anaconda
is found on page 2S:
The ophidia form an intermina-
BILE collection; the sucuruju or ana
conda (Eunestes murinus) is the
largest aquatic serpent in the coun-
try; it measures sometimes 20 me-
ters in length" or more than 60 feet.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-10
this river (River Tapajos.)

this river (River Tapajos.)
Some days afterward the young
men belonging to the different cities
agreed together to go in search of
the serpent. They began in a syste-
matte manner, forming two parties
each embarked in two or three ca
noes, and starting from points sew
eral miles apart, where they gradu-
ally approximated, searching all the
inlets on both sides of the river. The
reptile was found at last, summing it.
self on log at the mouth of muddy
rivulet and was finally dispatched
with harpoons.
''I saw it the day after it was kill
ed. 1t was not very large speci-
men, measuring only IS feet, nine
inches in length and 16 inches in cir
cumference at the widest part of the
body. I measured several skins Of
the anaconda 21 feet in length and
two feet in girth.
''The reptile has a most hideous
appearance, owing to it's being very
broad at both ends. 1t is very abun-
dant in parts of the country, no.
where more so than the Lago Grande,
near Santarem, where it is often seen
coiled up in the corners of the farm
yards and is detested for it's habits
of carrying off poultry and young
calves or whatever animals it can
get within reach of.
cat Ega or Teffe''-a small town
situated on the banks of the ANA
zon about 1900 miles from it's
mouth, where Mr.. Bates spent several
years-"a large anaconda was once
near making a meal of young lad
of bout 10 years of age belonging to
one of my neighbors The father and
son went out, as was their custom,
a few miles up the Teffe river to
gather fruit. Landing on a sloping
sandy shore, the boy was left to mind
the canoe while the man entered the
forest.
"The beaches of the Teffe river
form groves of the wild guava and
myrtle tree, and during most months
of the year are partly overflowed by
the river. While the boy was play
ing in the water in the shade of these
trees, a huge reptile Of this species
stealthily wound it's coils around him
until it was too late to escape. The
boys cries brought his father quick
ly to the rescue He rushed forward
and seizing the anaconda boldly by
the head tore it's jaws asunder.'
H. w. Bates further says: There
appears to be no doubt that this for
midable serpent grows to an enor-
nous bulk and lives to a great age.
I have heard of specimens having
been killed which measured AZ feet
in length.
The natives of the Amazon uni
versally believe in a monster serpent
said to be many score of fathoms in
length, which appears successfully in
different parts Of the river. They
call it 'ae das aguas' or Mother of
the Waters. This fable, which was
doubtless suggested by the appear
ance of sucujurus or anacondas of
unusually large size, takes a great
variety of form and the wild legends
form the subject of conversation be-
tween old and young over the wood
fires in lonely settlements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-10

A. w. Bates IN his famous volume,
"a Naturalist on the Amazon" says
on page 1856: "F was aroused a little
after midnight, as lay in my little
cabin, by heavy blow struck at the
side of the canoe close at my head
This was succeeded by the sound of
a weighty body plunging in the wa
ter.
''I got up, but all was again quiet,
except the cackling of the fowls in
Lr hencoop, which hung over the
side of the vessel, about three feet
from the cabin door, could find no
explanation of the circumstance, and,
my men being all ashore, I turned in
again and slept till the morning. I
then found my poultry loose about
the canoe and a large rent in the bot
tom of the, hencoop, which was about
two feet above the surface of the wa
ter. A couple of fowls were missing.
"Senor Antonio said the depreda-
tor was sucuruju (the Indian name
for the anaconda) which had for
months past been haunting this part
of the river and had carried off many
ducks and fowls from the houses. I
was inclined to doubt the fact of the
serpent striking at it's prey from the
water. and thought an alligator more
likely to be the culprit, although we
had not yet met with alligators in
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
France to Send
Troops to Enforce
Bulgarian Treaty
Head of Mission to Paris
Admits Truth of Charge
of Brutality During War;
Promises to Prosecute

PARIS, Sept. 2o.-French military
units will be sent to Bulgaria to super
wise the execution of the provisions of
the treaty with that country, according
to the echo de Paris"
Admission that Buigarias admins
tration of occupied territory had been
marked by cases of ill-trcatment of the
population was made by General Theo-
dorof, head of the Bulgarian mission,
IN his speech in receiving the peace
terms from the peace conference at th4
french Foreign Office yesterday.
Although declaring that the majority
OF Bulgarians believed at the time thst
their country was entering the war
only to defend it's rights, he said that
IN presenting this viey now they were
anxious also to confess Bulgaria, !,
faults.
I'VE acknowledge that excesses have
been committed in certain occupied re-
glons," General Theodoroff said. eve
nave pledged ourselves to punish merci
lessly the authors of these excesses.
and many prosecutions have been be-
gun"
Abiding to the manner in which Bull
garia had been alienated from her for
mer protectors, he said:
We feel regret that our country
should have been involved through the
coercion of its rulers into a fresh war
with neighboring states and placed in a
camp opposed to the coalition of the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Pact Does Not Establish Any
Protectorate Nor Does 1t
Violate Any Provision of
Peace Treaty, He Asserts
FOresees~ Trouble in Asia
Government LeaderDeclares
England Has No Wish
for New Responsibilities

LONDON, Sept 2o-Great Britains
protectorate of the latter country IN
any way, the only object of the agree
ment being to insure Persia an op-
portunity to work out her destiny as
an independent country, said Earl
Curzon, government leader in the House
Of Lords and president of the council.
in speaking at dinner given here last
night in honor of the Foreign Minister
of Persia
The speakers admitted there had
been Misunderstanding of the treaty.
but said there was no ground for sus-
picion.
An EZRA of chaos and confusion in
Asia was forecast by Earl Curzon,
who declared it would be some time
before stability is restored in regions
formerly dominated by Russia and
Turkey.
Bulwark to Worlds Peace
when we speak of the independence
of Persia" Earl Curzon said, "mean-
ing the political and national indepen-
dence Of the country, contend now, as
have always contended. that the in
dependence of Persia is a British as
we'll as a Persian interest Indeed, our
main interest in Persia is its indie
pendence.- We do not want Persia to be
mere buffer against our enemies. We
want her to be a bulwark for the peace
of the world
1--WE did not ask at the peace con-
terence for mandate in respect to
Persia. Had it been offered, we should
not have accepted it. I do not conceal
from myself that. fully as we under
stand the agreement concluded between
US. suspicious have been aroused as
TO it's real character. These suspicions
rest, in the main, upon a misconcep-
ton which should not be difficult to
remove. see it stated in some quar-
protectorate by Great Britain I find
no evidence of such a condition of
affairs in this agreement
Would Oppose Mandate
81 would not have been party to
any attempt to set up British pro
tectorate over Persia In any case it
would have been impossible. because
Persia would have resented and re-
sisted it. and | should have regarded
it as inimical to British interests.
We have, or shall have, as result
of this war, enough to do in the East
ern parts of the world. If nation
assumes protectorate, it also assumes
certain responsibilities which have
tendency to attain the wei ght of a
heavy burden. Above all, it is COM
pelied to give financial assistance on
scale which may ultimately be over
whelming. Those who believe the
British are going, as a result of this
agreement, to settle down in Persia
and to Anglicize, to Indianizc or
Europeanize it in any sense of the
term are grossly mistaken
II see it stated in some quarters
that this agreement is a dispa ragment
or deliberate neglect of the league of
nations. Articles X and Xxx of the
covenant are supposed in some sense
to have been ignored by us. would
say emphatically on behalf of my gov
ernment and after a conversation with
His Highness that both his govern
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
French Labor Asks
Control of Industry

LYONS, Sept. 2O.-Resolutions con-
stitutlng sort Of platform for organ
lied labor in France were adopted at
the closing session of the Federation
of Labor here last night. A large ma
jority was shown in the vote, this be-
ing considered as an approval of the
attitude of the labor leaders during the
war
The resolutions demand the national
lzatlon of industries under the control
of producers and consumers, and the
atlona!lzatlon of transportation
mines. water power and banks.
They point out that this does not
mean an extension Of the attributes of
the state nor the submission of indus
tries to functionalism, with its ir-
responsibility and constitutional vices
1t is declared that by naturalization
is meant the contiding of national prop
erty to those interested the most--thc
producers and consumers.
The convention affirmed its solidar-
ity with the Russian revolution and
charged the executive committee to de-
mand that unions in transportation
services refuse to carry arms and
munitions destined either for the forces
Of Admiral kolchak in Siberia or those
of General Denikine in Southern Rus
Sia.
"The reactionary policies of the En-
tente" were condemned and a demand
was made for an immediate peace with
the Russian revolutionists.
Leon Jouhaux, secretary Of the fed
Grafton, and other leaders declare the
adoption of the resolutions signifies a
decisive victory over the extremist ele-
ment, which demanded an immediate
revolution.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Recruiting Is Restricted
No More Taken Exclusively for
Germany or Russia

WASHINGTON, Sept. 90 Recruits
who enlist for service with the Amer.
lcan forces in Germany and the Sibe
ran expedition hereafter will not be
given assurances that this special ser.
vice Will be continued for the period
OF their enlistment, the War Depart
ment announced to-day in special in
structlons to all recruiting officers.
Care will be taken" the instructions
read, TO make clear to all applicants
tor enlistment, that, while the war
Department will send men enlistine
tor special assignment under existing
authority to the place for which en-
listed, all should thoroughly under
stand that they will be available at
any time for transfer to any place to
which United States troops may be
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

ment and mine accent unreserveed,,
Articles x and Xxx of the covenant Of
the league of nations. AS soon az tn.
treaty of peace Is ratified and as soor
as the council Of the league of ma.
tions comes into effective existence !,
is the intention of his government
and mine to communicate the agree
ment to the council Of the league with
a full explanation and defense. of its
contents.
tTherc is another point in the agree.
ment concerning which there has been
some misunderstanding. There is a
passage IN 1t which says the two gov
ernments had agreed to the appoint
ment of joint committee of exncrts
for the examination and revision of
existing customs tariffs and it seems
to have been inferred that Great Brit
ain is claiming the right to revise
customs treaties not only between Per-
sia and Great Britain but between Per-
sia and foreign powers. An examina-
ton of the text shows there is no
ground for this suspicion. We claim
no exclusive rights for ourselves to
the exclusion of other powers.
"ln one of the printed letters at
tached to the agreement there is fur
ther undertaking on the part of the
British government to cooperate with
the Persian government with a view
to the realization among others of
these two particular points-the claims
of Persia to compensation for material
damage suffered at the hands of other
belligerents during the war and the
rectification Of the frontiers of Persia
at points agreed upon by the parties.
Il believe that among other objects
which will occupy the Shah of Persia
during his visit to England will be
conversations with myself upon this
| shall be only too happy to
enter into these discussions and arrive
at an agreement. Should he so de-
sire we shall give our support to Per-
sian delegates at Paris should they
wish to raise these claims before the
peace conference.
"If ! attempt to forecase the future
nothing seems to me in this era of
confusion and chaos to be more GER
tain that time Of great trouble and
development lies before the
continent of Asia.
81 doubt very much whether as a re-
suit of the war we shall succeed in
pacifying Europe, but whether we do
so or not am certain we shall not for
some time secure stability in Asia.
The breakup of the two great empires
of Russia and Turkey has left a
vacuum in this area which it will take
a great deal to All with orderly, settled
elementS.'
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
British Premier
Washes Hands, of
Bullitt Report
Refuses Personal Statement
Under Oldtime Rule That
Government Has Right to
Disavow Unofficial Agent
Ne~ York Tribune
EnrOpedN Bureau


European Bureau
LONDON, Sept. 19-Lloyd George
syn refuses to issue a personal state
ment IN regard to the testimony O.
William {. Bullitt before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee on hi,
mission to Russia. Although the con.
t1oversy about the Allied Russian pol
ICY. which has become almost world.
wide. centres about the personality OF
! the British Premier. Lloyd George is
inclined to let the rest of the world dr.
the talking.
even the Premier's London organs
have no new statement to put for
ward
I've have issued an official denial
they say, and there the matter rests.
While there is growing demand here
Tor statement upon the subject from
the Premier himself. the British press
is making little comment upon the dis
cussions In the French Chamber OF
Deputies and the American Senate
There is disposition to regard the
Bullitt affair as more American thar
British
1T is not for us. or for any English
critic to intervene in the debate now
going on in the United States Senate
says "The Westminster Gazette"
Developments in the Bullitt dis.
closures from Paris and Washington
are given prominence in the news col.
umns, but most of the editorials are
devoted to explaining them, rather
than to entering into the argument
The Daily News" prints what it calls
"the true Bullitt story"
Lodge at Washington and by Jean
Longuet, the French Socialist leader
"a Paris, are causing comment without
drawing forth fresh expressions Of
British opinion. If the question were
le to England it would be dropped
Even the btterest opponents of Mr.
Lloyd George would not keep up the
discussion for any length of time.
One reason why Bullitt's statements
have not made the impression which
might have been anticipated in this
country may be found in the difference
Of diplomatic traditions between the
tom in Europe to disavow an unofficial
emissary if the original plans mis-
carry. Such an unofficial displomat
must understand and expect such
treatment. On the other hand. if a
man is officially appointed to a mis-
sion, he is not permitted to reveal con-
fidentlal communications which took
place between himself and his chief
even upon resigning his post. These
are the rules of the game as played
under the old diplomacy. and England
is still inclined to abide by them.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Walter l.. Fisher Senate
Aid in Packer Hearings
"Big Five" TO Be Given Week
and Consumers and Others
Equal Time
Neu YORK Trbuns
WdshtrOtor Bureau


WASHINGTON, Sept 20. Walter L.
Fisher, of Chicago, Secretary of the
Interior under President Taft, to-day
vas retained by the Agricultural Com
mittee Of the Senate to conduct public
hearings before the committee on the
kenyon and kedrick bills to regulate
lhe packing industry.
Senator Gronna Of North Dakota.
fhalrman OF the committee. announced
tlat no moro public hearings will be
ned until after the Senate has dis
posed Of the peace treaty.
lhe members Of the committee have
d.eeidsd. said Senator Gronna. to hear
nc Big Five packers for one week
5nd the consumers and other interests
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
sl.Ho,r Ultimatum To Be
Given TO d'Annunzio by
Entente. Whose Leaders
Confer 2 Miles From City
Italian Officials Disagree
Foreign Minister Tittoni
Takes Issue With Premier
Nitti Concerning Situation

PARIS. Sept 20. Captain Gabrielle
.,nnunzio may be given twenty-fou
,,nr, 10 move his forces out Of Fiume,
.,on which city squadron Of Allied
urships have turned their guns, ac-
..rSine to advices received here bv
,.v Of Berlin. Laibach and Vienna.
=. is indicated that this ultimatum will
.ons from the Allied powers. repre-
.sn,atives o. which are reported to
.,ve conferred at Abbazia about two
niles northwest of Fiume. to which
,lscs they retired when Captain dan
,s7zio entered the latter city.
According to Rome newspapers
Premier Nit.i and Foreign Minister
7i,,oni have disagreed over the Fiume
Incident. the latter disapproving of the
Premier's attitude.
in peace conference circles it is in
.r,ated the settlement of the question
o. the disposition of Fiume has been
complicated by the d'Annunzio coup.
bu, Italian delegates insist a decision
+: beng delayed because of the fact
.na. President Wilson has not an
svtred definite proposals made by
llays representatives here.
Fiume is closely blockaded by land
md sea, hut there are stores in the
eity sufficient to maintain the people
md troops for three months. Captain
dAnnunzio is reported to have with
him many members of his famous
aerial squadron which fought on the
Austrian front during the war. The
Italian government. however, has or
dered the magn tos OF airplanes at all
siation camps removed so that no
more machines may 90 TO Fiume.
4 dispatch from Trieste says fleet
Of airplanes has landed near Fiume
md have been placed at the disposi-
ION Of Captain Gabrielle d'Annunzio,
having flown from one of the Italian
aviation camps A brigade of Lom-
hardy troops which arrived at Fiume
md volunteered TO Join the d'Annun-
so forces Vas sent back to its garri-
on. says dispatch to the Rome
'Nessagero.
Captain d'Annunzio's action in tax
ing over control of Fiume is approved
70 a manifesto issued by the Italian
National Association of Wounded Sol
iiers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
House Bastille Day Resolution
Cheered in French Chamber

PARIS, September 20.--When the
Chamber of Deputies opened yesterday
Paul Deschanel, the president, read the
resolution passed by the United States
House Of Representative in recogni-
tion Of Bastille Day. NJ Deschanel ex-
pressed deep gratitude for the vote,
sayng::
This fraternal manifestation proves
the existence of indissouble bonds
between France and the United States
which will contribute to the nanten-
ance of peace throughout the world
His words were warmly applauded
by the Chamber
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Deficit of 2,5OO,OOO
Children i'm Germany
Shortage Dates From Start nj
the War and Is Still on
the increase

BERLIN, Sept. 20 (By The Assoc;a+sa
th0 .ess }.Ifrofessor Emil Abderhalden
dasoit Ine Ho'ea a; psychologist. says Germany's
q oenS'a sno ~ IN children since 1914 was
I.ooo'ooo, and mortality among chill.
dren mas continued to increase.
During the war Professor ABIDE rha,d.r
devoted much of his time to send;nn
tubercular children to neutral conns
tries. chiefly Switzerland, but the dron
IN the value of the German mark nrep
GUIDED the carrying out of the enter
prise on the scale required by the state
or Juvenile health in Germany
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
l,25O American Soldiers
Sail From VIadevostok

VLADIvosToK, Sept. 20 (By The
associated Press).-The transport Lo
gam with 1850 American troops, prin-
clpally members of the 9th infantry.
left for the United States on Septem
Der H.. by way of Manila. and should
arrive IN San Francisco about October
27. Rejlacement troops arrived here on
September g.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

great powers of right and democracy
wnom Bul garians were traditionally
accustomed to look upon as the ma
tlonal protectors of their future"
de denied Bulgaria had pursued an
imperlallstic policy ar desired to ex~
tend her limits beyond those she was
ehtitied to on historical and ethnolog-
lcal grounds, and pleaded for a plebi-
scite so that the populations concerned
might decide upon their future, declar-
ing bulgaria would bow without com
plant before such decision.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
thsrles to STAY i'm Switzerland

GENEVA. Sept. 20. Former Emperor
varies varies has officially denied a report
ua. ne plans TO 60 to Santandor, Spain.
" I'VE according to ? statement issued
"cay ny the former Emperor's secre-
ary' me one-ilme royal cople. it is
sa'o' VIII remain in Switze rland.