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of his ak. At intervals the chief yelped

of his ak. At intervals the chief yelped
for help.
What the devil are you up to, Kom-
burua?" l asked, as my naked foot
took him fairly. Get out,''
"He would not let me sleep in the
dry, so I just gave him a fright" said
that worthy, as he retired, carefully
sheltering his injured anatomy with his
axe.
81 thought the murderous brute was
going to split my skull every second.
and dared not move said the chief
engineer; its disgraceful that the gov
ernment should allow you to bring such
savages on board"
"They are all right, and quite nice
people if you are gentle with them; but
If you use coarse sailor language and
blows, you offend them" l told him
reproachfully.
About a week after I was first es-
tablished at Cape Nelson old Giwi, a
friendly chief, came in. followed by a
strange native who gamboled like a
kitten. when he caught sight of the
police and myself, and exhibited
extravagant JOY in various ways. He
proved to be the sole survivor of ten
Doubu carriers who had bolted from
the Mambare at the time of the
massacre of Green and his men. The
nine others had been caught and eaten
at intervals along the coast by the Notu
and Okein people.
This man, weary and frightened, had
reached Giwi's village, and there Civil
had protected him and employed him
as an unpaid laborer in his garden
practically a slave.
The man told me that he had had
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over their first fright-all dumped
together on the floor.
Now the working agglomeration of
ST. Etienne passes. 100000 souls who
are occupied in making ribbons In
factories largely for the United
States; and arms for individuals and
nations all over the world: bicycle
and automobile parts. because this Is
place for metal work: velvets again
and dynamos and $4,000 tons Of steel
year.
All this prosperous growth has
come to the city because 1t is in the
midst of SIS, ,000, acres of rich coal lands
that supply 1t with 100000 tons Of
coal year. That is why 1t ran this
first primitive railway over to An
drezieux, which has shared modestly
in the prosperity and is now an in.
dustrial town instead of the back
woods village that it was.
The whole length Of this first rail-
way line was little more than dozen
miles-but 1t led to the great city of
Lyons in the end. Such colliery rail-
roads had been running In England
for only a few years and even in Eng
land anything like railway for long
passenger trains did not appear un-
til two years later. Then Stephenson
himself was at the engine to drive
and a man on horseback rode ahead
to cry out Danger"
Today the president of the French
republic celebrates the part taken by
Marc Seguin. who did for steam loco
motion as much as Stephenson did for
railways. He was a nephew Of Mont
! golfler, the 1rst balloonist, and It was
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himself over a small cliff, carrying
Paitoto with him. The result was
that Paitoto's handcuffed arm was
badly smashed and had a dread
full job repairing 1t.
i mysterious doings of sorcerers, I
heard of the existence Of a secret So
ciety called the Kaiva Kuku, the
members of which assembled fully
disguised in strange masks and
cloaks, and went through secret
ceremonies and ritual. Branches and
agents of it existed in every coastal
village. 1 did not stay long enough
in the Mexico district to have any
dealings with the kaiva Kuku, but
from what i heard Of the society
while I was there. 1 believe that they
were a set of bloodthirsty. terroriz-
ing and blackmailing scoundrels, who
badly needed stamping out. In later
years, when Capt. Barton was r. NJ.
of the division. I gave him my views
about native secret societies. and the
Kaiva kuku in particular; but he held
they might be benevolent organiza-
ton, created for the suppression of
immortality and vice. My own opin-
ion was that they were bad, and ex-
listed merely for the purpose of car
rying out unnamable rites and BEAST
liness, this being borne out by the
history of all native races among
which secret societies were estab-
lished.
Secret societies-to the extent of
my experience-exist only in British
New Guinea west of Yule island; and
bestiality, human sacrifice and other
abominable crimes have never been
heard Of outside the regions in which
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all dead, when they will come and
take all your wealth."
do the people want to fight us?"
I asked.
"Oh. no." he said, but If you all
die, they would like your things"
do you know where Komburua
is?" 1 next asked.
Yes. alone in a bush house about
half mile away" said Seradi.
Very good: If you take my police
to him and help them catch him. l will
pay you two tomahawks and make you
village constable of the tribe"
Seradi apparently thought that this
was much better than being hanged.
so went off with my five fairly sound
men, and shortly afterwards returned
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such societies hold their sway. The
natural inference, therefore, is that
| there Is some connection between
them.
The usual New Guinea sorcerers,
in my experience, kill their subjects
by two methods: First, by material
means. that Is by administration of
actual poison; secondly, by esoteric
means, that is. by working on the
fear Of the intended victim. The
| method of utilizing fear was worke
in this way: The sorcerer sent a mes
sage to the intended victim, telling
him that he had bewitched or poi
soned him, thus so preying upon the
mind Of the unfortunate receiver of
the threat as to cause him either to
fret himself into a fever or commit
suicide-usualiy the latter
In New Guinea the law warranted
a magistrates sending any native
convicted of sorcery to Jail for term
or six months. This was all very
nne, but the sorcerer always over
awed the witnesses by saying, .I
may get six months, but then I shall
be Tree again and you will pay"
Among the Binandere people on the
Opi river were two distinct tribes
speaking different dialects. Tabe
the village constable of the lower
tribe, who was quite one of the most
Intelligent of the natives, once gave
mo an instance of the manner in
which the emotions will overcome the
haoits or order and control instilled
INTO the Papuan. ] sent him to arrest
noted sorcerer. After a struggle.
In which many men took part he
erected his object; then, securing all
the sorcerer's charms and drugs he
placed them In a canoe, together. with
the sorcerer, now securely tied up
with native ropes, and started for
the government station at Tamata.
On the way thither, among the
chattels of the sorcerer. a small net
was found into which were plated
twenty-seven small pieces of wood
inquiry on the part of the. village
constable ELECTED the fact that it was
the sorcerer's tally of lives, claimed
to have been taken by him, or of
deaths induced by his arts. The sor-
cerer Dragged to Tabe that among
ehS were Teldt1OnS OF
his. whom he named; and he also
threatened that he would add some
more, including Tabe's wife and chill
dren. when his six months were done.
Whereupon Tabe, melted by this
threat and also by the relatives of
the dead people, decided to try his
own methods of curing a sorcerer,
which he did by sinking him in
twelve feet of water for an hour. He
then made inquiries as to whether
there were any others requiring his
treatment; an Inquiry which re-
suited in the immediate and hasty de-
parture of several prominent sor-
| cerers from the community. Pro-
ceeding to Samata, he surrendered
himself on a charge of murder laid
by himself, and in which the prin-
cipal evidence was his own statement.
X n "
tTROM the point Of view of native
| constable. thoroughly believing in
the malignant power of the sorcerer
and infuriated by the loss, or threat
ened loss of those dear to him. 1t Is
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Gfwi for tomahawk, and as he swore
that he never meant to leave the shelter
of the police camp again / made him
cook to the constabulary.
I then found out that numbers of
runaway carriers from the diggers of
the Mambare were continually being
caught and eaten by the tribes along
the coast. The local natives had their
own grievance against the runaways,
for the latter used to steal their canoes
and also sneak into their gardens and
help themselves to food. North and
south 1 then sent notices Offering
reward of a tomahawk each for all live
runaway carriers brought to me, and
threatening dire vengeance against any
people killing them.
TN month we received some thirty
i odd runaway carriers in lots of
two. three and up to a dozen. Seradi
then told me of little village in
habited entirely by sorcerers. male
and female, some seven miles away,
where they had another runaway
tied UP for some diabolical purpose
L sent Seradi and half dozen police
to bring me the captive and arrest
the sorcerers. These gentry were not
at all popular with the Kali Kali.
though. like most natives. they stood
in awe of them. The police returned.
carrying in a net a man so emaciated
that his bones were literally sticking
through his skin. and his whole body
showing the marks of dreadful ILL
usage. He was so weak as to be
beyond speech, and, though we dosed
him with tincture of opium and
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THE SHADOW OF AN AK SHADOW OF MY HELMET"

an injustice that a sorcerer claiming
occult powers of awful description
should be lightly punished, and then
released to seek vengeance by the
exercise of dreadful esoteric means.
Should he not rather. he argues, be
sought out and killed in a public.
violent and snowy manner, that
would deter others from following in
his footsteps?
Absurd though sorcerers' claims to
such powers be. as the foregoing in
stance portrays, yet sorcery or witch
craft on the northeast coast is no
child's play, and the shadow of the
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named Paitoto. He later turned out
to be an excellent man, and I made
him. government chief and village
constable for his tribe.
Paitoto only did about fortnight's
Jail term, and was then released to
take up his duties as village con-
stable. Afterward he did a very
plucky thing, when securing a sor-
cerer whom l wanted badly. Having
made the arrest, he locked one ring
Of the handouts on the sorcerer and
the other on his own wrist; and for
fear that the sorcerer, on the journey,
hight overawe him, he threw the key
Of the handcuff over a precipice. Un-
fortunately, he then told the sor-
cerer such dreadful tales of what
should do to him, that the man hurled
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starve-you have given me food and
tobacco, and IL your men will carry
me I'll show you the hiding place"
Promptly he was picked up and car
ried, and in two hours we were
marching for the coast with the mur-
derers on a chain.
Copyright, 1921
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brandy, and filled him up with broth,
he died within a few hours.
The scorcerers had seen the police
coming and escaped. My men told
me that their village was unspeak-
ably filthy, so I sent them back, in
the middle of the night, to surprise
and catch the scorcers and burn down
the village. They caught only two.
whom ! sent to jail for six months.
their first job being to bury the
body of their victim. Where their
filthy village had stood the police
left clean. smoking heap of ashes.
The prestige of sorcerers among the
Kali Kali slumped from that day, and
though sorcerers in other parts OF
the division continued to give trouble.
those among the Kali Kali people
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a dreadful time chasing the Merrie
England from ford to ford, when last
she came, but could never quite catch
her. Then one morning he had caught
sight of the flag flying over my camp.
and had persuaded Giwi to bring him
to me for a reward. l bought him from
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with Komburua. In due time Seradi
got his uniform as village constable.
which position he filled with ability.
Komburua got six months hard
labor, a sentence he received with ex
treme disfavor. His first job was to
clean the spring and dig a channel in
the rock, in which to lead the water
to the Jail "Komburua is to drink
! a pint of water from the well before
breakfast every morning." I told the
| police. "Then, il there is any more
| foolery with our water, he will be
the first man poisoned"
He afterward, however, became a
very good worker indeed, and accom-
panied me as a. carrier on many an
| island expedition. He also became
very friendly with me. in conse-
quence of my curing periodic head
ache he suffered from. One day. as
| he toiled with a crowbar at the rock
| of a precipice. up which we were cut
! ting a new road. 1 noticed that his
and asked him what was the matter
There is a devil trying to break
! out of my head" said Komburua
1 sent him to sit In the shade of the
jail kitchen, and gave him some pills
that eased his head a great deal more
quickly than his cutting and scratch
| ing had done. After he had served
half his time I made him prisoners
| cook to the Jail, a position of which
| he was very proud tthough the
! prisoners at first regarded his ap-
| pointment with eyes askance) and.
at his earnest request, 1 let him off
| the pint of cold water before break
| fast.
I remember Komburua, on one oc-
casion. frightening fits out Of the
chief engineer of the Merrie England.
was going up the coast in that ves-
sci to cut road from Euna Bay to
! the Yodda goldfeld. I had with me
about a score of police and some cou-
Pile Of hundred Kali Kali. Each of
the Kali Kali had an ak, both as
a weapon of defense and as tool for
work. My men, in addition to her
own complement, crowded the vessel
uncomfortably.
| Il X X
TINE night came, and with it a
l
! Kali crawled into alleyways, galley,
| cabins, In fact anywhere they could get.
to be out of the wet. officers and crew
were perpetually falling over naked
bodies in most unlikely places, and
cursing Kali Kali and me alike-not
that the Kali Kali cared. The Cape
Nelson police and myself were the
only persons they would listen to, or
obey: every one else was merely an
Objectionable foreigner.
/ Komburua. in search Of dry spot
discovered the chief engineers cabin
that worthy being on watch. He then
stretched his greasy form upon the
engineers bunk and went to sleep
Presently the owner of the bunk
came Off watch. went to his cabin
and there discovered a huddled mass
of wet natives on, the floor and kom-
burua in his bunk. With curses and
blows he shifted the men from the
floor, hauled Komburua from the bunk
and hoofed him out Of the cabin.
A few minutes later a steward. falling
over the tangled heap of police and
Kali Kali sleeping on the floor of my
cabin. woke up. wailing, For Gods
sake, sir, 60 to the chief engineer
! cabin: those savages of yours are kill
ing him."
"Nonsenser' said; but that wretcheo
steward would not let me have any
peace; SO accordingly, cursing deeply all
people who disturbed the sleep Of the
godly with vain alarms. I padded alona
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the wet deck to the engineers cabin.
There l found the chief lying in his
bunk, gazing absolutely horror stricken
at the blood shot eyes of Komburua
peering through the tangled mat Of hair
surmounting his hideous visage, while
he thoughtfully felt the razor-like edge
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Perhaps a Canoe Would Soothe Her

Alice-Tm simply wild about a
yacht.
Al-Er, how do you act on O motor
boat?
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Is Land Infested Malignant Practitioners in Poison and FeEspe From
of Method Of Showing
ment-E the Constable Who Hdcaed Himself Captured Criminal
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PARIS, August 16, 1928.
A FEW days ago the hundredth
~ year from the inauguration of
n the first railway line in France
n was celehrafed The line WA
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TINE police rove rope over beam
i in the ceiling. may say that.
during our sickness. we were all liv-
ing together in one big barrack, room.
What are you going to do with
me?" asked Seradi as moose was
passed round his neck. ~,
Hang you by the neck until you
are dead. thsh cut you open and look
at your inside TO find out why we
are sick. You know, but won't tell
us while you are alive. and the rope
round your throat will prevent the
knowledge escaping when you are
dead"
The rope frightened. Seradi choked
and held up his hand.
Slack I said. you want to talk ?"
j asked him.
YES" was his reply, II don't want
to put you to all this trouble. Kom-
burua poisoned your we'll. The peo-
pie are staying away until you are
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11
ALLEGED MURDERER
 HELD IN PARK CITY
State Policeman Gets Man Ac.
 cuSed of Staying in New York

Bridgeport, Dec. II. - Salvatore Mangiacapre, known in Bridgeport as Antonio Ferella, was captured here last night by State Policeman Leo Carroll and is being held at the po- lice station without bond for the murder of Simon Di-Mauro in New York city, March 27 of this year. Mangiacapre has been trailed by po- lice all along the Atlantic seaboard and was arrested last night at the door of his rooming house at 639 North Washington avenue, after State Policemen Carroll and Bigelow and two insurance investigators had fol- lowed him from his place of work at the Acme Shear company. He ad- mitted that upon first coming to Con- necticut he had lived a secluded life in hut at Long Hill, thinly popu- lated district, near this city. While in this state he went under the name of Ferella. Detectives from the New York homicide squad will arrive here early tomorrow morning to take charge of the prisoner
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11

tian tolerance. These are rare vir- tues. too seldom found among the men who have the strength to rise to high places. They are the virtues that men need to seek and cultivate in these years of stress in the world. They point the way to salvation for men, for nations. for humanity itself. We may well hope that his example to his own countrymen and to the world, may help greatly to bring a spirit of charity. accord and true fra ternity, whereby shall be lighted the lamp of understanding to show our feet into the paths of peace on earth. good will to men. We may well con- sider by what means we can show our appreciation, and by what method we can best enshrine his memory
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11

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 When your physician or friends advise you to eat Kellogg's Bran, you follow-on for the purpose of eliminat- ing dangerous clogging-up and toxic condition of your system. You can t afford to take halfway measuresl Think of the lost time and the dangers of illness you are daily lodging!
 What you must have is real bran KELLOGG s BRAN, and if you will eat it regularly each day you will become a different person within a week or so. Kellogg s Bran, with its natural bulk. sweeps, cleanses and
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11
keIlogg's Bran is prepared 10
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 Try Kellogg's Bran mixed with a hot cereal, or cook it with hot cereals, adding two tablespoonfuls of Bran for each person. Other popular ways are to sprinkle Kellogg's Bran on hot or cold cereals or to eat it as a cereal with hot milk. You can make de- licious bakery products with Kellogg's Bran. Recipes on every package. Kellogg's Bran is not only nation ally sold in grocery stores, but can be had in individual packages in first. class hotels and clubs. Ask for it at your restaurant. Be certain to eat Kellogg 6 Bran daily for health 6 sakel
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11
COOL|DGE'S EULOGY
 OF WARREN HARDING
Tribute to Late President Broad-
 caSted to World by Radio

Washington. Dec. II. PVresi- dent Coolidge's eulogy of President Harding. which was broadcast by radio last night follow:
 One of the brief poems that have touched the hearts of men is that wherein Leigh Hunt tells of the visit of an angel to earth, recording the names of 'thoes who love the Lord And is my name there?'
 Nay. not so.' replied the angel. Then write me down. he was told,
 as one who loves his fellow men. The Angel came again to show the
 list of those who love the Lord And To ? the name of him who
 loved his fellow men led all the
 rest
 Tt will be hard to find better picture than this of President Hard ing, the man we loved and mourn. He loved his fellow men, and because they felt it and knew it, they loved and trusted him. His whole life. from the knee of that cherished mother who had an inspired faith in him, down to the day when sorrowing world laid its tributes at his brier, was continuing testimony to his de- yotion to them and to their faith in him.
 Some will say that such a sweet and gentle nature could only have found its setting and its opportunity for service in strange and peculiar time. Perhaps they arc right. Yet he came to the worlds stage in an hour when it seemed set for other characters. The captains and the kings, the armies and the navies. the men who would have war, and the men who would not have peace. had long dominated the scene. Where among them could place be made
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11
LESS AND LOOSER
German Women Advised by Prominent
 Gynnasfic Instructor

Berlin. Dec. il.-German women do not devote enough time to physical exercise, in the opinion of Dr. Her mann Altrock, of the Berlin High school for gymnastics. He advocates German women engaging more gener- ally in rhythmic gymnastics and urges them to swim and row as much as possible.
 Fewer and looser clothes and ex- posture of as much Of the body as possible to the sun are urged as a means of producing fresh -blooded, healthy skin. Organization Of women's athletic clubs, he believes would be a great aid to the health of German women generally.
 It is necessary to go 300 miles LID the Nile before reaching remains of temples.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11

write, now use the finger and thumb print method instead of the wit messed mark in dealings with the United States government.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11
10000 DISTRIBUTED DAILY

THE HERALD HAS By FAR THE LARGEST CIRCULA. TION OF ANY PAPERsPUBLISHED IN NEW BRITAIN It is the Only Local Newspaper With An
 Audited Circulation
New Britain herald., 1923-12-11

German housewives have money Co born. Marks are so worthless, the women use 'em to light kitchen fires. Several million marks are being used by this woman to get breakfast hot.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
SEND MEXICANS HOME
Insane Laborer's Expenses Paid BY
Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

Adolfo GarDa. insane Mexican
laborer. has been returned to his
home in Xaragoza, Coahuila. Mex
by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
of PENNSYLVANIA, in compliance with
the contract signed by that company
and the Mexican consulate at Sar
Antonio. according TO Alexandra
Iubbcrt. local Mexican consul gen
eral. He reached San Antonio Tues
day morning. accompanied by John
s. Heller, investigator for the steel
company. and will be sent 10 Mexico,
leaving tonight. The Mexican con
sulate will send man along 10 take
care of him, Mr.. Lubbert said.
Under the terms of the contract
signed by the steel corporation and
the San Antonio Mexican consulate
all Mexican laborers who become dis.
abled. or for any reason are placed
in such circumstances that they are
likely to become public charges. are
to be sent back 10 San Antonio al
the expense of the company. In this
instance the Bethlehem neople were
SO well pleased with the work the
man had been doing that they are
liHIfIg MS tAptliStS W Hls H'ihN ~
Mexico. where they believe he will
soon fully recover. Mr.. Lubbert said:
This is the SECOND man returned
from Pennsylvania under this con-
tract.
Mr.. Lubbert expressed the opinion
that all danger of Mexican laborers
becoming public charges in distant
parts of the United States could en-
tirely be removed if all cOnsuls
would insist on the employers sign
ing contracts similar to the one
signed by the steel corporation. The
laborer is carried north for the bene-
fit of the employer and he ought
TO be the one made TO take care of
those who may meet with misfortune,
he said. Mr.. Lubbert was strong IN
his praise of the way in which the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation had
done more for CARA than it had con
tracted to do.