The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

NNflNNs Mar Ineo-
dorv EuuseNult believed there
mlsht Dee .om, bulge surviving am
rhibinn in tho JunEicH ct the south
cru Andes. such ua recently de
scrihrd IA cubl. dispatches from
Soutn America. and when the for
mcr president went on his eNpcdi-
ton which discovered the River u
Doubt be- hut some dca ui look
ing Tor a.
John Iayr,iL. intc director 81 tho
ian-A mcriCau union aud minister
To Argrutiuu during prcaideh
Roosevelt administration has just
disclosed that part OF Colonel
k~uoscvclt's eNpeditionary plans
which hitherto g said TO have
hecn untold
ON reading the first cabled re-
port. aid Mr.. barrett. that
Martin Sheffield. an American of
whom ! have personal knowledge.
had reported that he had seen
what appeared Co be q p~lesiosau-
rinn monster or huge amphibinn
swimming iu the water Of n SOUTH
ern Andenn jungle lake. ! recalled
that nearly twenty years axe. m
November 1903 when 7 was min
lister 10 Arsputina. "a cirur-houdsd
typical American pruspector ana
explorer. whusr name | have for
ruttcu came 20 the legation and IN
o. convincing way proceeded to re-
late tu mo q story almost Identical
With that nov reported aa told M.
Gently by Sheffield. 10 the ofrcsi
that he had seen swimming in a
lake a. huge nzard-like munster
with q curved neck HIS expert
discussion Of the mineral and TIM
Der OF the Nndoan plat
caus and plnirA convinced me OF his
sincerity and responsibility. lie
urged me to help him raise muuV
ln either Argentina or the United
states, preferably the latter. to out
ft ana conduct an expedition 20
locate and capture this eNtrnonll-
nary animal, ANA begged me 70
write to President Roosevelt about
IL and mention his name because
he had been associated In some way
with Roosevelt IN the cuban cam
pHiEn
Although | gave him no prom
ises. be sn;d he would call AGAIN.
shortly aft.rward I wrote Pres
ident Roosevelt "a personal and un-
official letter referring la this in
cidtnt, In about % month and a
hall there came In the legation
pouch o. personal letter from tho
president written IN his own hand
writing and expressing real interest
in the story % this American whom
ne said he well remembered and
asking me 20 get without fail into
touch with him at once and nak
him 20 write all about what he
had seen.
The man meanwhile sent word
that he was of again on a mineral
and timber prospecting tour In
southern Argentina and chile. but
giving no address and no names OF
those he might represent.
In Auril. five months later.
Just before I went TO Panama as
urst American minister. / received
q letter from the prospector. writ
ten from some far AWAY place In
'huhut. or ~so-called Patagonia.
~" was most enthusiastic IN his
story of how he had again found
"a fresh tran Of a strange animal
ioading 20 the waters of "a lake.
although he had uot actually again
sc"n the beast as In his first az
perirncc, This letter I at once
forwarded 10 President Rousovef
and ! am wondering IL 10 IL sim "a
bis archives which may have been
preycsrvcd. Sncc then hnVo
never received any further word
from or about this American pros
pector Possibly be may be alive
ana read this and give the world
some further Information
when ! returned to the United
States the FIRST salutation President
Roosevelt gave me as ! entered his
office IN tnc White Hous cwa.
Well Ola pun-Amprican. where d.