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ter the job had been done-three hundred
sacks of money and ornaments buried in
three different caches-the crew returned
to the ship.
own. The first night out he selected band
of ruffians, the trouble makers among the
members of the crew, and persuaded them
to join him in mutiny, to murder the rest
of the officers and those of the crew who
would not take part in the mutiny and to
return for the treasure-in short, to be-
come pirates and to fly the black flag.
After battening the matches and effectu-
ally locking the crew in, the mutinous band
carried out their plans, Thompson. himself
driving his knife into the heart OF the
sleeping Captain Morgan. He took the
map-a careful chart made on the fy-leaf
of the ships Bible.
The other mutineers quickly disposed OF
the remaining officers and then offered the
imprisoned crew the privilege OF joining
them as pirates or the alternative of walk
ing the plank. Only one sailor walked the
plank
The black flag was hoisted ard the boat
was turned back toward the island. Upon
landing. the first thing to which attention
was given were the women. Thompson ap-
band, and while the sailors were occupied
with subduing their beautiful captives-
Thompson and three OF his most trusted
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

treasure
And then the map disappeared: or rather
reappeared in hundreds of versions. A few
years after its disappearance it began to
turn UP in all quarters of the globe One
story-verified, too-is that a Swede in
New Orleans, preparing to go to California
in the gold rush Of 40. purchased an old,
secondhand musket. In Texas he had his
first opportunity to fire 1t, but the lock
would not work He Investigated and found
It stopped by roll of parchment Upon
opening the parchment he found "the gen.
uine Morgan map"
The Swede spent his life in following out
the promise given him by the map but he
never found the caches of the treasure.
Meanwhile, map had come into the
hands Of Mrs Estelle Duran. a beautiful
Partisan society woman. and she under
took the quest. She was never heard OF
afterward, and 1t Is generally believed that
she discovered part OF the treasure and
was murdered by a mutinous ships crew
because Of her discovery
A map purporting to be the genuine one
came into the hands of Miss Genevieve
Davies, an English heiress, and she led an
expedition that ended in disaster. although
she herself returned safely to England
Now young woman-Miss Sands-is
fitting out an expedition to go in search
Of the treasure, and her vessel. with picked
crew, set out from San Jose last month.
She too Is in possession of genuine
Morgan map"
But there is really more treasure on Co
cos Island than the actually genuine Nor.
gan map would show. The pirate Benite
and the notorious buccaneer Black Beard
are known to have buried together about
$i5,000.000 worth Of treasure in Cocos soil.
That. however. Is a scant tenth Of the
riches Of Callao. which were hidden in
1920 and which have never been unearthed.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
The Legends daeFamous Healing Shrines

w T HEN the celebrated French Ca
wv madam Church OF Ste Anne de
Beaupre, near Quebec, was de-
stroyed by fire few weeks ago the ia
nous statue OF ste. Anne, various relics
OF the sainte and the old chapel in which
the statue was first kept were miracu-
lously spared.
It is an old and faithfully adhered
to legend of the parishioners Of the
Church OF Ste. Anne de Beaupre that
party of Breton sailors were overwhelmed
by a terrible storm in the st. Lawrence
River in the year 1916. When 1t seemed
that nothing could save them they called
upon Ste. Anne, the patroness OF their
own home province Of Brittany in France.
and all members of the crew joined in
solemn vow that they would erect a sane
tuary on the shore to the memory of their
saint IL they we're saved from shipwreck
Their vessel was tossed about all night,
but early the next morning the storm died
and they were landed safely. Believing
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and Thomas Heating, his rescuer, became
firm friends, and remained SO until
Thompsons death, which occurred soon
afterward
At his bedside he intrusted to Heating
the map for which he had committed a
dozen murders and which had turned the
course Of his life from an upright trend to
the utmost conscienceless of bearing
That is the map of which there are hun
dreds Of memory copies and forgeries. Nor
did the end of Thompson's life mark the
end of the toll OF lives taken by the Cocos
Island quest.
Heating and his descendants made sew.
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during the night Thompson SWAN away
from the vessel on which he was a quasi
captive and arrived safely aboard the other
vessel
Thompson had told the captain of the
vessel to which he had escaped Of the
buried treasure on the island and bar
gain had been quickly made.
For two months they sailed about South
American waters, and then the vessel with
Thompson returned one day to Cocos
Island. He carefully misled the explora-
tion party, and after week the cap
tain Of the privateer accepted his disap-
pointed surmise that members of the Nor.
gan crew must have removed the treasure,
or that IL must have been found by the
Peruvian party on the Mary Dear-that at
any rate the treasure was gone
Thompson was landed at Panama. where
he proceeded to collect a villainous COM
pany of ocean criminals and to plot with
them to ship aboard some vessel and mu-
tiny after being fairly out to sea-toAturn
pirate and seek the treasure on the island.
The plot was carried out the captain of
the vessel was murdered and the mutineers
turned toward the island only to be beaten
helpless by sudden storm. They were
rescued by a whaler. Another failure!
Three similar failures followed in the next
three years The last time his own crew
mutinied second time and he was set
adrift. His little boat was sighted by
vessel bound for Nova Scotia and he was
picked up.
This vessel was caught in the ice foes, off
the Newfoundland coast, near the village OF
Codroy, and in the effort to walk over the
broken crust to a village on the shore
Thompson fell into the water and would
have been drowned had not one of party
of fishermen, who had come out to help him
get ashore across the foes, plunged in and
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

villains left the beach and
sneaked to the nearest of the
caches, where the treasure
OF the least value was
boarded.
Then he ordered the women
killed. But two of his men
had become attached to the
women who had been assigned
them and they demurred.
He shot one and the other
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

- ROM South America comes the an
nouncement that Miss Jane Sands.
young English woman whose
father is connected with the British diplo-
matte service, is about to sail from San
Jose, Costa Rica to search for the elusive
treasures made memorable by Robert Louis
Stevenson in his intriguing Treasure
Island"
Treasure Island" is Cocos Island. 1t
lies about 500 miles due west of Costa Rica.
There is good reason to believe there is
$15,000,000 in gold, bullion and Jewels
buried in this diminutive tract of land five
miles square.
Miss Sands will head her own expedition
she will be captain of crew of picked
sailors She proposes to stay on the island
until she finds the gold
This adventure of Miss Sands recalls the
recent expedition of Christian Hemmick.
the New York and Washington society
man, on this same quest-the gold left a
century ago by fugitives and pirates, on
this isolated land. Hemmick returned but
In his disappointment he was not alone
for scores of other adventurers have gone
to this island on the pirate gold hunt only
to come back more convinced than ever
that the treasure is there. but also con-
vinced that it never will be found.
Miss Sands is sure she will be successful
she has a map" which will show her
just where the gold was buried"
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And that is the
fascinating secret
Of Cocos Island
the maps, on an
cient parchment pa
per, each one quite
plainly fully a hun
dred years old, and
yet all differing
from each other de-
spite the circum-
stantial evidence
which seems to
prove each the gen.
uine!
Miss Sands has
reason to believe
she has the map
made by Capt. Nor
gan in 1920, when
he and his crew
buried the State
treasure of Peru on
this island to pro-
tect it from revo-
lutionists.
u n q u e s t 1 o n
ably there is abun-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
Special Effects Make
The Storm Liberty's
Greatest Presentation

Those who see "The Storm" the
northwestern picture which is be-
ing shown for the last times today
at the Liberty, cannot help but be
impressed by the lighting and
other effects which Manager VIII
Steege uses in his presentation.
Representatives of film distributing
agencies in Denver and Spokane
who saw '"The Storm" at the Lib
erty Friday and Saturday are en-
thusiastic in praise of the manner
the picture is being shown and say
that it excells any presentation they
ever saw in theaters in larger
cities.
Particularly realistic are the for
est fire scenes in which the aux
iliary lighting effects are so ar
ranged that the flames seem to
throw off their intense heat and il
illuminate the whole theater. On top
of this you hear the roar of the
blaze as it eats its way through
the pines-and you smell the pines
burning, too. This last effect was
made by letting a little pine smoke
into the fan which blows air through
the theater.
Other scenes in the picture which
are made so real that it is difficult
to realize they are pictures and not
the actual outdoors are the river
scenes and the snow scenes. The
play itself is above the ordinary but
with the special effects Mr.. Steege
has added in its presentation, 1t be-
comes one of the masterpieces to
be seen here this year.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
JOY PUTS
SERIAL QUEENS IN
SHADE FOR THRILLS
"Manslaughter," to Be Shown
Here Soon, Has Many Hair
Raising Stunts.

The filming of serial pictures is re-
garded as the most hazardous type of
picture-making work. But Leatrice
Joy believes differently.
The charming Cecil B. DeMille act
ress asserts that appearing before the
camera under Mr.. DeMille's direction
puts to shame all serial thrills ever ex-
perienced. Here are some of the hair
| raising demands that were made upon
her BY her role in "Manslaughter,"
that will be shown in Great Falls this
week:
To race with a speeding train, at
tempt to cross in front of it, skid onto
the tracks and then escape by a matter
of inches from humiliation.
To drive a car at a terrific speed
in attempting to escape arrest for
speeding, skid into a turn and cling to
the wheel as the pursuing motorcycle
officer crashes into her CAR n
hurtles across it to his death.
To spend a week of working days
seated between two full-grown Benga'
tigers chained at her feet while the
cameras recorded a lavish reproduc-
ton of a Roman bacchanal.
To be tied by the wrists and dragged
face down, up a long flight OF stone
steps.
TO suffer painful burns on the hands
and arms in filming a series of scenes
in a real kitchen while Stimulating lg-
norance of the science of cooking.
These are some of the thrills of the
making of "Manslaughter." The pre-
ceding Cecil b. DeA1ille production
Saturday Night" recorded Miss Joy
driving a roadster onto n trestle and
hanging suspended beneath it while q
passing train crashed into the stalled
car. Another series of scenes in the
same picture depicted a thrilling tene-
ment fire in which Miss Joy narrowly
escaped death.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
B CANOES WRECKED
IN RAPIDS While
FILMING STORM
Stars Make Futile Attempt to
Go Down Narrow Noun
tain Stream.
Narrow escapes are common among
players of film companies.

Narrow escapes are common among
players of film companies.
But in The Storm the Universal
Jewel special showing in the city for
the last times today, the public will
have an opportunity of seeing the
perils in which the star, House Peters,
Virginia Valli, Matt Moore and Josef
Swickard were placed several times
during the filming. Stories about their
dangerous experiences are corrobo-
rated by scene in the picture.
Universal sent the unit under Reg
inald Bankers direction to the Feather
river canyon in the northern part of
California. 1t has seldom happened
that a camera penetrated more than
a few miles into the beautiful wilder
ness of Feather river. Reginald Barker
is a director of the widest experience,
but he has never seen so many close
shaves'' in the making of one picture
as there were in The Storm"
On the stage Langdon McCormick's
sensational play couldn't give oppor-
tunity for the perils connected with
the filming in natures virgin terri
tory.
On a narrow mountain stream with
a deadly current and hidden rocks,
Miss Valli and Swickard made eight
trips in a canoe for thrilling scenes.
If there had been more than eight
canoes they would have made morei
Each time the canoe was smashed.
That was the only way for the grip
of the current to be broken-rope the
players and drag them out, letting the
fragile canoes smash. 1t is all in the
picture.
Peters and Matt Moore escaped
death mi~raculously when tall pines
burning in a fire screen fell. Peters
was slightly burned twice.
Snow storms, a great avalanche Of
ice and snow and a mammoth forest
fire were caught in their reality by
the camera. The picture offers in sup
port Of its dramtic qualities the most
artistic photography of the season.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
ACTORS COMPLAIN
Of TIGHT GARMENTS
IN TUDOR DRAMA
"When KnighthOOd Was in
Flower" Faithfully Reflects
King Henry VIII Period.

There was much moaning and groan-
ing at Cosmopolitan studios in New
York City during the filming of the
elaborate production when Knight
hood Was In Flower starring
Marion Davies.
In this day of freedom for women
it went pretty hard for the queen,
the princess and the ladies in wait
ing to confine their waists in the stiff,
uncompromising stays which the cos
tunes of the period demand. Miss
Davies. who plays the part of Prln-
cess Mary Tudor, was the most I'M
complaining of the lot and cheerfully
donned her stiff, high-necked waists
and long. full skirts every day. Some
of the ladies in waiting were not so
happy, and several of them almost
went on strike when the wardrobe
mistress hooked them into the tight
garments.
Fifteen costumes designed by ex-
perts and made at the most exclusive
Fifth Avenue shop in New Yorw will
be worn by Miss Davies in the gorge
glories Of the French and English
courts during the time of Henry VIII.
Each costume has it's own set of spe-
cially designed jewelry to go with it.
Seamstresses were at work for nearly
two months on the beautiful wedding
gown which cost between $500 and
$4,000.
when Knighthood Was In Flower"
is adapted to the screen from the
stirring novel by Charles Major. 1t
tells the real-lfe romance of Princess
Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon.
The elaborate settings, which sur
pass anything yet made for motion
pictures either in this country or
Europe, were designed by hat master
artist, Joseph Urban. Robert G.
'Fignola directed the picture.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

gular situation energies the primitive
passions Of the trio. The veneer IS
stripped away and they appear in their
true colors. The sweetness of the
woman's nature is unable to overcome
the hatred the n time friends feel
for each other. The roles are difficult
of Interpretation and too great praise
! cannot be accorded House Peters, who
! plays the role of Burr, frontiersman,
in a manner that leaves nothing to
be desired. Virginia Valh and Matt
Moore, the other two angles, likewise
deserve the highest priase.
Those who enjoy a sparkling comedy,
brilliant titles, and a little weep or
two. will find all these in 1.-THE Wall
Flower" by Rupert Hughes, which Will
be presented at the Liberty theater
Monday and Tuesday. Mr.. Hughes
made a happy choice when he selected
pretty Colleen Moore to play the lead
ing part in ''The Wall Flower" Inns
charming player reveals a naivette ana
an unspoiled sweetness on the screen
that is not only captivating, but is
absolutely essential to the part she
portrays. Miss Moore's acting is a
revelation. She has infinite
at her command, and never resorts to
q nag or stale LFlChS IOI uCL ClLCtLo'
A picture which combines magn1fi-
cent scenic beauty with a thrilling story
is 'aThe Valley of Silent Men" adapt
ed from James Oliver Curwood's ia
nous novel of the same name which
will be shown at the Liberty Wednes-
day and Thursday. Those familiar with
the novel. which ran serially in Good
Housekeeping Magazine in 1920. will
recall that it is a story of the Royal
Northwest mounted police. with =
Rocky mountains for a background. 1t
is a picture of tremendous power, bar
ing as it does the souls of five men
and a woman who are isolated IN a
little narrow valley.
Alice Quar- Miller's noted novel.
"Manslaughter," which is announced
to BIS one of TIE best sellers, has been
picturized In mastery style and will be
shown, at the Liberty Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday. Manager Steege an
nounces that the production is one OF
the most important Of the bookings
he has made this season 4or his play
house.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

Nearly three hundred million dollars
is paid out annually in wages to those
employed manufacturing auto cars and
trucks.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
IMPERIAL

Charles Ray has discovered a new
comedy characteri
So much has been written of the
monosyllabic man that he has come
to be a recognized type whenever
such characters are required. Charles
Ray has gone this one better by in
Producing as a comedy feature of his
latest picture, Gas, Oil and Wa
ter, a man who says everything
announcements are made in two syl-
tables: Guests here-get chow" or
House afire".
The individual in question is Hen
ry Jones, acted by Otto Hoffman.
Henry is the hotel proprietor in the
little Mexican border town in which
the star, in his screen role of George
Oliver Watson, has established himself
as a garage proprietor and a con-
testant for the hand of pretty Susie
Jones.
From the time of his matricula-
ton as a business man of affairs in
the town of 800. Henry Jones has
always been so preOcCupied that he
has never been able to find time for
talking. He is too busy to engage
in conversation and the few words
he finds it incumbent to utter are
chosen with such regard for brevity
that Daniel Webster's dictionary
could be cut to 80 pages if he fol
lowed a similar rule.
1t is from this odd character thai
the star has managed to inject a lot
Of the new gags and humor in Gas,
Oil and Water, which will be the
feature at the Imperial theater
Wednesday and Thursday. The story
is a blend of comedy and drama.
the plot dealing with Rays campaign
as a government secret service TO
capture a gang that is unlawfully
running the border.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
LIBERTY

Replete with dynamic situations,
powerful climax, and anti-climax, mar
velous scenically and perfectly acted,
THE Storm" which is being shown for
the last times at the Liberty today,
rises to hitherto unreached heights in
the film world and sets q target for
producers to aim at for many moons.
THE Storm is a story of two men
and a woman s~nowbound in the fast
ness of far north mountains for four
months. One of the men hates
women because he had never met any.
He greets the girls arrival with open
fear. The other knows the sex from
scores of affairs in London. He has
hidden himself away in the mountains
to escape all women. But within a
week both men decide this particular
girl is the most desirable person IN
the world. Out of this strange TRAN
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
AT fhe-=
7heaferS
This Week
ALCAZAR

Tracked to Earth is an interest
ing story about a man hunt and will
be shown at the Alcazar theater today
and Monday, with Frank Mayo as the
star. Written by Vim. j. Neidig for
a popular magazine, it m to the
screen with a deal of novelty. The
! central figure is under suspicion as a
horse thief. In fact several men are
tracking him and succeed in capturing
him. He makes his escape and hides
in the sands SO that just his head is
visible if you look beneath the branch
Of sage-brush hiding it. He covers his
tracks successfully after Ills escape but
a girl stumbles upon his hiding place
and so nonchalant and courtly is he in
his attitude that she refuses to bring
him to justice. She offers him her
horse to make his real escape but he
prefers to remain and discover
romance. Ultimately it is revealed that
he is a wealthy railroad man bent
mined to hang him. They are the real
outlaws. Tracked to Earth carries
some beautiful e~xteriors, which show
trackless wastes of the desert. It is
a rugged story carrying some novelty,
is well acted and directed. In the sup
porting cast are Virginia Vali and
Harold Goodwin.
The familiar game" that has cost
nearly everyone a penny or a thousand
the. oil business-furnishes the
means for one of the clever situations
in The Mar Under Cover" the at
traction which brings Herbert Raw
linson to the AIcazar theater Tuesday
and Wednesday in a starring role. The
hero of The Mar Under Cover" Is an
out-and-out crook. He went back 70
the old home town after having once
been driven out by suspicion. He found
the whole town, including his sweet
heart, about to loose all their savings
to a couple of crooked oil spectators.
The hero Immediately set to work to
undo them both in the only way that
a crook can be attacked-bv better
crookedness. He built a nice fake oil
well himself and sold it to them. All
simple, when once explained.
William Fairbanks in "A Western
Adventurer," at the Alcazar Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, will give you the
thrill of your life. From the first foot
its fast and furious action, tense stu
atoms and thrilling stunts will keep
you gripping the end Of your seat. If
you like to be thrilled, see this picture.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
MARJORIE DAW TO PLAY
OPPOSITE "HOOT" GIBSON

Speaking of popular actresses Of the
screen, Universal believes in putting
more than one name with a meaning
in a picture.
In the picture that Hoot Gibson is
just starting, '"The Lone Hand" which
ReaVes Eason will direct, Marjorie
Daw has the feminine leading role and
Helen Holmes, former serial star, will
play the feminine heavy. Either
player has a large following and is a
distinct acquisition of value.
The story of THE Lone Hand" is
a Ralph Cummins magazine short
story.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
REAL STAGE HUMOR

Topics of the Day" films selected
from the press of the world is a whole
some entertainment of wide appeal
says the Brooklyn On. W Eagle. THE
odd thing about the film is that the
audience often laughs as heartily as
if a $500 n week comedian were hol-
lering his head off upon the stage. Ii
is the only form of theater humor thai
is thoroughly enjoyed by people who
have lost their sense of hearing"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24

The percentage of people over ten
years of age who can read in Cuba is
500.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
LLOYD TAKES MORE TIME

Time is no longer an object in the
making of Harold Lloyd comedies. Be-
ginning with "a Sailor Made Man.
Lloyd put time secondary to perfection
in production. 1t took him nearly
four months to produce "A Sailor
Made Man. Five months was the
time taken in the production OF
"Grandma's Boy" while Doctor
Jack" which will follow his current
attraction, has already been four
months in the making.