New-York tribune., 1922-06-25

bombs nor harpoons can reach ~
And seeing that he is several million, \,
old and only comes 70 light about every ,... 80"
Of century, little spell in retreat I, -, -
enough.
Recently the expedition that went o,, .. =.
wild Andes in search Of the monster ,.,,.'", W,
10 Buenos Ayres and brought back = -
that has finished all the excitement -. ~.
siosaurus wasn't where he ought 10 h,v, ~
and II he ever was there then he'd m,1. .
quick get away and il wasn't worth 40
with the winter coming on, going sft,, ~.
Perhaps next year another expedition r,.I.
more successful. DR.. Onelli, director =, -.
Buenos Ayres Zoo, says he's not atissed r..
public is and already ". are dancing n =,
other tango tune that has displaced @rl pl.
siosauro" in popularity. Some budding ~,
poser knew that moment when 10 tsk. :.
casion by the hand" and dedicated tan,o :.
the fabulous reptile while the exei..r.,.
lasted. The report Of the expedition b,,
stopped all sales.
The question now is whether the whs. ,,,..
was a fake. DR.. 0neli denies tha. h. ..,
said a plesiosaurus would be found Yh,, !.
claimed was that mysterious creature ,,,s
ably existed and that Il might well re,srk,
modern survivor Of the pies tribe. n, =,
press, the public and the tango vritu vI,.
jumped to the conclusion that the expedite,
was after a sole survivor Of rep,ilian r.,.
that wen, into cold storage about three millio,
years ago and will never thaw out. Anyw,v
ypuar fancy was ticked By the idea ,h,,
Argentina had a specimen Of zoology no o,t.r
country could claim. and despite the a,,,r.
ances Of scientists Tat the plesiosaurus ,hsorv
could not be entertained the Argentinu sr.
tertsincd it and were in turn entertained b.
IT, II played an important part in the rec.r.
Presidential election, when political cartoon.
lists used the reptile 70 influence many vote
A bitter controversy also ragged over Dr.
Oneli's determination 10 bring the plssc,
saurus in dead or alive. The Society for Pre-,
vention Of Cruelty % Animals put him in The
pilory on the ground Of inhumsni,y, arguing
that any creature that had lived million
year, or 50 should be left in full possession q,
life and liberty as by constitution proHds1
DR.. Onelli simply said: "Carsmba. And IS
Argentina 10 lose the most valuable animal 10
or out Of captivity? Well have him alive o;
dead, but well not hurt him il he cones
quietly"
Before this the expedition was on is va
Financed by public subscription and srmti
with hsrpoons, geligritc bombs and enough
formalinc to cmhslm about twenty tons Of
plesiosaurus or disnfect all the Indian vi.
lagos this side Of the Andes. Special corr.
spondents went with il and a moving picture
operator. A distinguished engineer hescs!
the party Leaving rsihead at Neuquen abos
500 miles frcm Buenos Ayres, the cxpcditsi
struck out for the Andes, and so long as =
was in touch with civilization daily bulletins
came through. Finally II reached ,he place
where the strange monster was supposed 70 b.
The first disappointment was the discovery
that the man who had originally reported ne
presence in the lake o. huge animal "i'n a
body like 2 crocodile and q neck Ike swan
did not see the creature at all. Two nA1i.
breed Indian children, six and twelve years o.
age. respectively were those who had Gauge
a glimpse of the monster. and he wasn't u
the lake. but in the bush, his head snyly he'
den from the sight Of humans. Ire TWO eaA'
dren ran away, terrified, and told the So'7
that was spread all over the world ~ s'S
graph and got scientists guessing
Guided by the children the members o. "
expedition went to the lake where the n0ns'''
was supposed to &c, and his trail on the lll'
bank was pointed out Experts faneee ~
trail looked more ike that Of wagon 'a.'
a plesosaurus, and said so, but though "
search for the creature was beginning |" ''A
hopeless they mad come long way I" "''
TIC s.ory, and accordingly the harpO'ns "s''
got ready and the fuses on the seHs.s.
bombs were pr.mel. Careful searsh O. -
lake failed TO reveal anything ike e'''0.-.
with swans neck and the harpoos ''
laid aside. The bombing squad got BUSY y.
blew up half the bed Of Lake Ccrfsn''"
Some dead trout, three blind Lizards .na
lot Of mud came to the surface, but n0'a"s
the shape Of monster, prehistoric OF ''"''
wise, appeared.
The explanation OF the affair Is ins' W.
in the remote wilds Of Patagonia pe0" =.
things or imagine they see them II t'o >"
long enough in the solitude. Dr. O0ss
plained this form Of hsllucinatiOn ~'''
was discovered that he had never r'
tho North Pole. II seems that the great NO.
tains and the wild scenery generate l"'s
tion. The snow-clad peaks cast sI0s'',
shadows over tLe vallevs and the Cark WV