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The Washington times., 1934-01-30

metal cases. The documents
were Lord Kitchener's own
papers, relating to his secret
mission to the Russian court.
Retreating from the strong
room, the divers were about to
be hauled to the surface when
a terrific explosion hurled
them against a side of the
cruiser. All were badly hurt,
and barely got to the surface
alive. There was where Charles
Courtney, who confirmed the
story to this writer, got his
white hairs.
And now His Majesty's Gov
ernment wants the gold, and
especially the papers of Lord
Kitchener, and will make it's
demand on the government of
Germany.
Tales and legends of mys-
terious, hidden treasures have
excited the cupidity of men at
all times and in all countries.
Probably the first treasure
seeker in history was the Car
thaginian gentleman who went
to the Emperor Nero in Rome
and told him that he had
found the hiding place of the
great treasure of Queen Dido.
Around Carthage and in Meso-
potamia. where XerxeS lost his
treasure in Pompeii and Her
culaneum, and in Russia,
where Tartars and Huns left
great booty as they were driven
back to the steppeS of Asia, !
the number of treasure hunters !
has been almost legion. !
Volumes have been written ont
the treasures of the Aztecs since
the days that Montezuma was
writhing on a bed of glowing
Goals because he refused to re-
veal to the Spanish conqueror,
Pizarro, the hiding place Of the
treasures of the Temple of the
Sun.
Then there is the huge treas
ure of Cocos Island, for which
many men have searched vainly
since it was hidden by pirates
a century ago. Two hundred
and fifty million dollars in gold
and jewels, the loot of the cathe-
drals of Peru, are buried in a
cave on Cocos, the greatest lure
to adventurers, probably, that
the world knows today.
Lost Treasures
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the
worlds fastest speed car driver,
is one of those who believes in
the treasure of Cocos, and he
has made two attempts to get it.
Earthquakes, probably, have
buried the original hiding place.
A new attempt is to be made
to drain the ancient lake in Co.
lombia, near Bogota, into which
the Indians used to throw gold
vessels, coins, bars and jewelry,
to placate a monstrous serpent
which they believed was a
dweller in the lake. From time
to time shields in massive gold,
bracelets and emeralds have
actually been brought to the
surface.
The sea hides treasurers
greater than the combined
wealth of Alaska, Klondyke and
the Transvaal.
The property in gold, silver
and jewels lost with the ships
sunk by German submarines is
said to amount to a billion dol
lars.
Buried on the bottom OF the
Bay of Vigo are the II Spanish
galleons which were sunk in
1902, conveying to Spain the
wealth of the Caciques.
Gold always has been the ir'
resistible magnet that drew ad-
venturers to strange seas, even as
it drew Cortez. when, with
eagle eyes, he stared at the Pa
cific, and all his men looked at
each other in wild surmise.
silent, upon a peak in Darien."
Copyright 1894, King Features
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
The Human Side of the News
Divers Find Huge Fortune and Kitchener Papers
By EduUin C. Hill

Amazing news from Berlin
that German deep sea divers.
working with the utmost Sec
recy, have brought up from the
hulk of the sunken cruiser
Hampshire not only 100000
pounds in gold but the private
papers of the late Field Marshal
Lord Kitchener. 1t has stirred
the British Admiralty to pro-
test. It is one of the most re-
markable stories growing out Of
the war.
It was in 1915 that Lord
Kitchener, then War Minister
of Great Britain and its greatest
military hero since the Duke
of wellington, started for Rus
sia on a secret mission. He
took with him 100000 pounds
in gold coin and gold bars, as
an inducement for the wabbling
Russians to remain true to their
allegiance with the allies. And
he carried in his portfolio pa
pers of the greatest Importance.
The Hampshire set forth in
stormy weather, and near the
Orkney Islands, north of Scot
land. hit a German mine a n d
went down with all hands.
Curious Reports
For years the gold and the
bones of drowned men lay in
their steel casket, the hull OF
the slain cruiser. And tn e n
curious reports began to filter
about the world. 1t was known
that celebrated American lock-
smith named Charles Courtney,
a wizard at opening safes, had
gone abroad on a mysterious
errand. Last summer Charles
Courtney returned 70 the United
States. his hair turned white,
suffering from severe injuries,
and barely limited that he had
come extremely close to remain
ing on the bottom of the North
Sea.
And now one of the leading
Berlin newspapers comes out
with the story which has
aroused the lords of the Kings
Navee. The tale is told by a
German diving expert named
Whitefield. who headed the
secret raid on the sunken hulk
of the Hampshire.
Long before the Germans
had located the position OF the
cruiser and had marked it with
an underwater buoy. When
favorable weather came they
made their attempt. They
worked for five days, far down
in the dark depths, cutting
through the ships side with
acetylene torches. but they
made so little progress that
they decided to let off bombs
to smash their way through to
the safes where the Hampshlre's
gold was locked up. They
planted time bombs and were :
hauled to the surface.
Presently the water boiled,
and when the divers went
down again to the sea floor,
they found that the explosion
had torn the ship in two.
Their way was clear to the
eleven safes which held the
treasure.
Whitefield was the first to
enter the ships strongroom.
AS he opened the door the
water swayed inward, causing
a commotion in the cabin. At
that moment he saw man
sitting in chair in the room.
Whitefield halted With his
heart in his mouth. The man
in the chair rose slowly and
floated past him, out into the
body of the ship.
Then Courtney, the lock ma
gician from the United States,
entered the strong room and
went to work on those safes
that had not known the touch
of human hand for almost
eighteen years. Gold and stacks
of documents rewarded him.
The gold was in bars, in small
The Washington times., 1934-01-30

I am afraid. You will just
have to make up your mind to
pamper it, and mustn't expect
anything in return for your
troubles. There is no pet as
ungrateful as a fish, I am
sorry to say.
First: The water that your
fish swim in must be of just
the right temperature. This is
very important. A thermometer
is useful in keeping it warm
enough, but a better way is for
you to get into the aquarium
first and test the temperature.
If it is warm enough for you, it
is warm enough for the fish.
Second: Never give them
rich, starchy foods, for their
little stomachs are very delicate.
in fact, some of them seem to
have no stomachs at ADJUST
tails and heads. This makes
feeding them quite problem.
Third: Give them plenty OF
exercise. This can be done by
going right up to the glass
while they are looking at you
and looking back at them, max
ing just as ugly faces as they
are making at you. If necessary
you can say: "Boo!" or
"Scram!" but with enough
venom in it to make them
realize that you mean business
and are master of the situation.
They will then swim quickly
to the back of the tank, and
come back for more. If you
keep this up long enough,
they will get quite a lot of
exercise swimming back and
forth, and you will get cer-
tain amount of satisfaction, too.
If this is not enough, and
your fish seem to be putting
on weight and getting loggy,
take the whole aquarium, fish
and all, out on horseback
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

Justice is What We Make It
She's asking the oldest, per.
haps the bitterest question in
life: 81
"IS JUSTICE REALLY
Evening star., 1934-10-26
la GUARD|A KILLS
REVENUE LOTTERY
New York Municipal Scheme
on Shelf Unless State
MIA
: Legislature Acts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 26.-New
York's device for painless extraction
Of revenue from John @. Public-a
municipal lottery--is on the shelf
unless the State Legislature legal
ICES its use.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
vetoed last night the mGch-debated
measure which would have set up
corporation" with officers to be
chosen by lot from among the
stockholders The officers would
have received fabulous salaries for
phantom duties. The bulk of the
proceeds from the sale of shares
would have gone for unemployment
relief
Religious and civic bodies had
protested against the proposal since
It first was advanced. but it was the
legal objections which the mayor
cited in his veto message.
3 James j. Lyons, Bronx Borough
president and father of the vetoed
resolution, said he would ask the
Legislature to authorize the proposed
municipal relief association at its
next session in January.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
"L0VE BUREAU" SUITOR
AND COUNTESS MARRY

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, October 26.-Countess
Eugene Zicha of Praha and Chicago
and Theodore Kabelac, Philadelphia
chemist, who met for the first time
on Monday, are on their honeymoon
today.
They applied for a marriage license
Tuesday. Somebody told them they
must wait three days before the mar
rage ceremony could be performed, and
they announced they would be married
Friday. They learned Wednesday,
however, that no such law exists in
New York State.
. Present at the wedding Wednesday
night was Mrs. nellie Brooke Stull of
Elyria, Ohio self-styled "love expert"
who chose Kabelac and Jacob Miller,
Ontario manufacturer, as suitors for
the countess hand. and Kabelac won.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
COL. H0f is RETIRED
WITH GENERAL s RANK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The War Department announced
yesterday the retirement of Col. Sam
uel Hof with the rank of major gen.
eral. Col. Hof served as chief of ord
nance until June of this year.
He was born in Boscobel, Wis, and
entered West Point from that State
In 1890. During his a years in the
Army he was stationed at ordnance
oepots and arsenals in various parts
OF the country, and participated in
the Spanish American and World
Wars.
At the beginning of the World War
he was commanding officer of Frank
ford Arsenal, Pa. After the war he
served as corps area ordnance officer
at New York City and as assistant
chief Of ordnance until his appoint
ment as chief Of that division.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

Of the Republican County Committee
tonight ut the Virginia Title Insur-
ance Building, across from the court
house.
The meeting was called by Grayson
Ahalt. county Republican chairman.
John Locke Green, Republican candi-
date for Congress from the eighth vir-
ginia district, heads the list of speak
Evening star., 1934-10-26

glad to see its women becoming teach
ers, physicians, lawyers and journal
lists, too" Miss Hawai- said, following
an address at st. Agnes School, Alex
andria, this morning. Employment
of women has been reduced in the last
several years, but is now increasing,
and the government has never in any
way attempted to force our women
from any activity they choose to fol-
low.
I'VE do not allow our women the
vote, as yet" Miss Hawai- said. I'VE
actually do not want the privilege
until we have had a little more time
IN which to prepare Japanese women
to vote intelligently."
Evening star., 1934-10-26

their engagement this week at an en-
tertainment here attended by many
Of their friends, 1t was learned yes
terday.
Mr.. Sollod is now director Of the
Young Mems Hebrew Association in
Wilmington. Del. Miss Yoelson, who
lives at 1887 Lanier place. Is president
Of the Service Council of the Jewish
Community Center, and 1t Is under
Evening star., 1934-10-26
SISTER OF AL J0LS0N
TO WED SOCIAL WORKER

Miss Gertrude Yoelson, sister Of Al
Jolson, the musical comedy and film
star, and Isadore Sollod, formerly di-
rector of boys work at the Jewish
Community Center here, announced
Evening star., 1934-10-26

European coun-
tries, according to
Michi K a W a i ,
noted Japanese
educator and re-
ligious lie a d e r,
who has been in
Washington for
several days at
the invitation of
the International
organization of
the Women's For
e ig n Missionary
Society. She is a
graduate of Bryn
Mawr.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
REPUBLICANS TO PLAN
NOVEMBER z RALLY

By staf Correspondent Of The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
October 26.-Final arrangements for
Republican rally at Clarendon No.
vember will be made at q meeting
Evening star., 1934-10-26
ers for the rally. to be held In the
Clarendon I. o. o. r. Hall.
Rayon Plants Helped.

Increasing demand In Germany for
substitutes for imported raw materials
has caused q boom in the rsyon In
dustry.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

stood the couple met while both were
engaged in social service work here.
Announcement Of the engagement
was made as surprise at q dance
given earlier tht, week under auspices
of the Center's Service Council. No
wedding date has been announced.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
JAPANESE WOMEN
AIDED IN CAREERS
Michi Hawai-, Educator, Tells Of
Ambitions of Orient for
Independence.

Careers for Japanese women are
not being discouraged by their gov
ernment. as are the ambitions for eco
nomic independence of women OF
Evening star., 1934-10-26

Exports from France to the United
States are greater than year ago.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Kindly Fellow,'
Family Says
Of Nelson

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 G.N.S).
George Baby Face" Nelson,
late Public Enemy No. l, will
have a quiet, simple funeral in
keeping with his family's regard
for him as a big-hearted fellow
who wouldn't hurt any one eX'
cept in self defense"
Plans for the services were
being made today by the stoical
mother, Mrs. Helen Gillis, who
said with conviction:
"He was far from the terrible
person they said he was. He
was awfulIy kind, and he would
never harm anybody except to
protect himself. Police hunted
him all his life because he used
to take the blame for the things
done by his boyhood pals"
Mrs. Juliette Fitzsimmons. q
sister, rose to the defense of
the slain gangster. She said:
"Since he's been grown up
he's been q one.woman man.
He always stuck with his wife
and she with him."
Nelson's four-year-old daughter,
Arlene, is at the Gillis home.
Nelson has a son, S, living with
a sister in Bremerton, Wash.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Senator King to Demand
Pensions for Widows

A demand that the United
States pay an adequate pension
to the dependents Of two Federal
agents slain Tuesday by George
Baby Face" Nelson, Public Enemy
No. /, is expected to be made by
the next Congress.
When it was revealed yesterday
that Nelson was slain by Herman
E. Hollis and Samual p. Crowley,
Department of Justice operatives
who died of wounds inflicted by
Nelson, and that the agents
widows were not legally entitled
to the $500 reward posted for
Nelson, Senator William H. King,
CD, of Utah, declared he would
offer the pension measure in Con
gress.
The gun fight at Darlington.
ILL.,, Tuesday left three widows and
five fatherless children. Mr.. Crow
ley leaves a boy Of three and an
other seven months old. Mr.. Hol'
lis was the father of a six-year-old
boy. Nelson leaves boy, five, and
a girl, four.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Move Started To Test
Koch Cancer Cure

three years ago after observing
the effect of the serum upon Mrs.
H. Hardcastle Pennock, wife Of
the committee chairman.
DR.. Koch, a graduate Of the
Detroit College of Medicine and
Surgery, who had taught physi-
ology in Michigan institutions.
first announced in 1919 that he
had discovered a real cure for
cancer. His claim was imme-
diately disputed.
He has continued to use his
serum, however. and is now
abroad administering treatments.
DR.. John A. Hartwell, director
Of the Academy of Medicine, de.
MED today that he had become
interested in the Koch treatment,
and intended to try it upon 1000
cancer sufferers, as had been re-
ported.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
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clue which police felt could rea.
sonably be expected to link up
names to the case. The ca, be.
lieved to be the one with Cali.
fornia license tags in which the
ill-fated tour was made, has been
traced to the Howell Motor Com
pany, Seattle, Wash.
From there, efforts will be made
to trace ownership of the car.
Last of the boarding house and
tourist camp proprietors who
have reported seeing the man and
woman with the children today
identified the children as having
been with the pair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Petrie
came here and, after viewing the
bodies, told State police that the
three little girls were those who
accompanied the man and a
woman on November II when the
party unsuccessfully sought lodg'
ings for rs cents. The Petries
left for Duncansville to view the
bodies Of the man and woman.
Meanwhile. a placard advertis'
ing the next dramatic preSenta'
ton Of the Dickinson College
Players in Carlisle had been
posted In the parlor room Of the
morgue where the mystery "Babes
in the Woods" lie. The play will
be:
Death Takes a Holiday"
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 G.N.SO.
An organized movement is under
way to have DR.. William F..
Koch'S cancer cure" which pro-
voked sharp controversy in
medical circles Is years ago, given
q new and thorough test.
A committee which includes
Mrs. Elisha Dyer Hubbard. daugh'
ter of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Nc
Cormick and granddaughter of
John D. Rockefeller. and Repre-
sentative Robert L. Bacon is
attempting to interest leading
members of the medical profess
sion in the matter and to have
the American Medical Associa-
ton remove the Koch anti-toXin
serum for cancer from its cata-
logue of unapproved nostrums.
The committee became inter-
ested in the Koch treatment
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
P AN AMERICAN
MASS DRAWS
DIPLOMATS
Scores of NotabIes Attend
Rites at st. Patrick's;
PapaI Envoy PresideS

Braving q cold drizzle, more
than three score ambassadors
and ministers of Central and
South American countries and
their wives and daughters at
tended the Pan American Mass
at st. Patrick's Church shortly
before noon today.
The services, attended by more
than 1000 persons. we're i'm
pressive, with the taper-lit church
decorated with colorful flags OF
81 nations.
Papal Envoy Presides
The Apostolic delegate, the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cic
cognani, presided in person, as
sisted by the Most Rev. Emmett
M. Walsh, Bishop Of Charles
ton, S. c., AMI the Very ReverendE
E. G.. Fitzgerald, A. A. OLeary
James Barron. w. ]. Lonergan
C. F. Barry, E. j. Fontaine, l.
c. Vaeth, F. j Kelly. and L. B
Dade
Among those attending were
the Ambassador of Peru, Senor
Don Manuel de Freyre y Santan
der; the Ambassador of Argen
tina and Senor de Espil; the Am,
baSsador of Mexico, Senor DR..
Don Fernando Gonzalez Roa, with
his nieces, Senorita Dolores Chico
Alatorre and Senorita Sara Amalia
Chico Alatorre; the Ambassador
of Chile, Senor Don Manuel
Trucco, with his daughters, Seno
rita Marta Trucco, Senorita
Graciela Trucco, and Senorita
Rebeca Trucco; the Ambassador
Of Cuba and Sonora de Marquee
Sterling; the Minister of Guate
mala and Sonora de Recinos
the Minister of Venezuela and
Sonora de Arcaya; the Charge
| d'Affaires of Nicaragua and
Sonora de DeBayle: and the
Director General Of the Pan
American Union, DR.. Leo S.
Rowe.
26th Observance
The services, known in the
diplomatic corps as the Pan.
American celebration, constituted
the twenty-sixth annual Thanks.
giving Day observance.
At noon the ministers from
Guatemala, Venezuela, Panama,
Bolivia, Paraguay, Haiti, Uruguay
El Salvador and Costa Rica, to
gether with dozen distinguished
United States officials and citi
zens, were guests of the Rt. Rev
Monsgr. c. F. Thomas. pastor of
st. Patrick's, at a luncheon.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
HAPPY HOLIDAY
FORPRES|DENT
ON PROGRAM
Climax Comes at Dinner at
7P. NJ, With Children
Surrounding Him
EDWARD B. LOCKETT

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, NOV.
20. G.N.SO O.-President Roosevelt
put aside the burdens OF his
office today and devoted his time
to the services of the Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation, the
infantile paralysis institution
which he helped build.
Every year on this day the
President tries to be here with
his old friends and neighbors,
and to join with them at Thanks
giving dinner. AS President OF
the board of trustees, he presides
at the annual board: meeting
participates in the. various, cere-
monies and festivities, and in the
evening carves the turkey.
Plan for Year
The program opened with lunch
at the Warm Springs home Of
Keith Morgan of New York city.
After lunch the trustees gathered
around table with the Presi-
dent and planned for the year
to come.
The newly completed bedroom
units of the foundation will be
named, dedicated, and turned
over to the President for the
board of trustees. John c. Hege-
man, of New York city was to
make the presentation.
Following the dedication OF the
new bedroom units the newly
completed Columbus Colonnade.
presented by the citizens OF
Columbus, Ga, will be dedicated.
Both the President and Mrs
Roosevelt will attend the various
exercises and ceremonies through
out the day.
Dinner at Z p. M.
The day will climax with the
Founders Day Thanksgiving din
ner at Z p. M, when Mr.. Roose-
welt will take his seat at the
head of the table and begin carV-
ing the mammoth turkey.
At the dinner all the founda-
ton patients, relatives of patients,
foundation staff and trustees will
be gathered about the President
The small children patients al
ways are accorded the honor OF
sitting near the President. They
shout with glee while he tells
funny stories and generally makes
himself the center Of an evening
| of fun.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
CUBA

HAVANA, Nov. ga half mil
lion acres of Cuban territory has
been taken over by "Realengo 49,"
a reputed Communist organization
and has set up it's own govern
ment where Cuban law is ignored
and the residents pay no taxes,
the ministry Of justice revealed to-
day. More than 5000 families are
in the colony. .,,
BELOT, Cuba, Nov. 20. U.N.SD.
A fire at the plant of the Stand,
ard Oil Company here which
aroused fears of great danger
was brought under control today
with slight damage.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
CHINA

HONGKONG, Nov. 20 O.N.SD.
With Communist troops reported
advancing from Kwangsi prov
ince, two British gunboats, the
Cicala and Seamew, were in readi-
ness to proceed up the Hung Shul
River west of here to Wuchow to
protect Americans, British, and
other foreigners. The American
gunboat Mindanao and H. M. S.
Robin are already at Wuchow.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 29.-Govern-
ment troops near the border of
Human and Kiangsi provinces have
killed 1000 Communist soldiers in
the last 48 hours, General Hochien
revealed today. The Communists
were threatening an attack on
Wuchow. Two thousand we're cap
tured.