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Evening star., 1937-07-08
BY RENE BELBENOIT.

NEW YORK, JULY 81 have been
long time coming here-almost a
year from Panama-but then it has
been long way. There is fathom-
less distance separating a fugitive
from Devils Island and man walking
the city streets.
How many miles. would you say,
lie between man sitting in Panama
jungle with paint on his face and an
Indian wife who calls him "Nicatchi-
pou" and a man sitting writing in an
easy chair in New York hotel with
Ice water on tap and radio at his
elbow and Times Square in his ear?
Most of those miles I walked and some
I rode on horseback. The rest I sat
out as a stowaway on freighter.
So that is the distance 1 have come
From the point of view of time, it
Is even longer. Was it in the year
1896 that sat in the moist darkness
under the green roof before the corpse
of one who had escaped from the
penal colony with us? There were
three of us left, of five, and we had
not had food for five days.
Cannibalism Is Last Resort.
plead with you to understand. A
man must have food to hack his way
through the brush Of the jungle That
is not task for baby, for one who
IS weak as a slug and Cannot stand
erect, but crawls painting on his belly
Besides, desperation itself is a pure
madness. You are no longer a man
but flesh willing itself to live. So we
ate our companion-his left leg ano
Evening star., 1937-07-08

body else knew me. At last took
my courage In my own two hands
and simply walked down the gang
plank.
In the United States!
The officers said nothing, and I
said nothing. They slapped my pock-
cts and let me pass.
Outside, I saw street car marked
Long Beach," and I jumped aboard
1t, expecting any moment to hear a
shout from the police. As the trolley
banged drearily on Its way, crouched
back In my seat, watching with eyes
nlled with tears OF Joy the fretful,
not faces of the passengers around
me. you fools" I wanted to cry
Evening star., 1937-07-08
Noted Deuils Island Fugitiue
Turns Upin u. S. to Tell Story
Cannibalisn', Long Days, of Hiding,
Fighting Jungle, Sto,oing A,oay Lie
BeEnind-But He's Not Safe Yet.

! his liver-and when came into Pam
anna, July %, 1895, was no longer
Rene Belbenoit I was a cannibal,
ragged, with matted hair covering my
face.
People are kind to fugitives from
Devils Island, and, although it was
not safe in Panama City, found time
to rest, and restore myself to human
ity. back country in Darien. Mr.. jan
son allowed me to stay at the Elliott
Co.'S banana plantation there and I
made a little money going out into
the jungle and catching butterflies,
whose beautiful; iridescent wings Or
namented ash trays and souvenirs in
Jungle Jim Prices Panama City can
teen. I met Kuna Indians in the
jungle, occasionally. and they were
fascinated that white man should
spend his time with net running
after butterflies. I talked to them.
They told me Of their jungle city
Paya-a huddle of 16 houses five days
upstream.
There Is Refuge There.
At neighboring native plantation
found two Indians who were willing
to take me in their cayuco to Paya,
and, five days later, We were there,
with naked primitives running helter-
skelter from the trees to see their
first white man. One among them
spoke Spanish and he translated for
me to the chief: Il am good" told
him. Il come from a country IL
moons paddle away. want to live
with you. I will sell your cocoa and
I will give you tobacco to chew"
For seven months I stayed with
the Kunas, going three times to the
Elliot plantation with cocoa and pigs,
bringing back gunpowder and rice.
might have lived out my life there
with my pleasantly silent wife, in my
leaf-thatched hut, hunting-1 killed
II jaguars, innumerable wild pigs
idling. being the great man. And my
life would have passed like a dream,
the days running into one another
and the seasons merging Only it
would have been q dream tormented
with indigestion.
No matter how far removed I had
become from a partisan boulevardier,
Evening star., 1937-07-08

ment omcials said. the case would be
handled by the Department Of Labor.
Belbenoit would Be given a hearing
before the New York district director
Of immigration. Should that of1icial
find he entered this country Illegally
/. e., without passport or in violation
Of the laws of the United States or
Of France-he would hold him SUBJ
ject to deportation and apply for
warrant of arrest from the Bureau
of immigration, Department Of Labor,
at Washington.
Belbenoit again would be given
hearing on deportation and, II the
Washington officials found him sub
ject to it, he would be deported to
Evening star., 1937-07-08

I could not exist TRANQUILITY without
bread, without vegetables, always
bananas. always pigs. always duck,
sometimes rice, washed down with 4
fiery native liquor whose name I have
forgotten. So I came down river and
became once again the rabbit for the
hounds Of the law.
A banana ship took me to Panama
City. I took the train from David to
Puerto Armuelle. There I walked into
a water front saloon and, sizing up
the man behind the bar. asked him If
he knew a ship that would take me,
quietly and without fuss, to Costa
Rica See that one" he said. He
pointed to .at bald man sitting
moodily over an empty glass.
THAT one was q smuggler Of
Japanese silk, and for $40 he took
me along with his cargo to point
near Punta Arenas. There I rented
a horse for 81 day and rode to
Guanagasti. five days away.
Hope Rises at Last.
Crossing the Nicaraguan border was
child's play, but had to leave the
horse behind. No animal save man
and a goat could scramble over the
mountain pass I Travelled. There was
money in my pocket and spare shirt
in my hand, and freedom lay ahead.
For the first time in more than is
years, since first the arm of the law
clapped itself upon my shoulder,
thin surge Of happiness mounted In
me.
I saw Il fire burning in the noun
tains and five men sitting around it.
I made for it, hungry for human
companionship. They sat watching
me, grinning as I came. Then the
bandits sprang up and leveled their
guns at me.
Evening star., 1937-07-08


Friends" I said. my voice quaver-
ing, II, too. am q, bandit" For
tunately. I had clippings from Panama
newspapers to prove that I was Z
fugitive, and fortunately one of the
thieves could read. But by that time
they had ransacked all my pockets
save one. In that one had 81.
Long Walk After That.
After that I walked and walked
and walked-Granada, Managua-
where Mr.. Smithson, to whom bore
q letter Of introduction from jungle
Jim Price, gave me some money
Corinto. villages, cities, mountains,
plains, roads whose rocks stabbed like
thorns, beautiful. curving express
highways, ox-rutted paths. I walked
through all Of Honduras and San Sal
vador and, finally, at La Lbertad. I
could not drag my scarecrow OF a
body a step further. Guatemala lay
ahead and Mexico, stretching like a
lifetime between me and the United
States.
But I slipped aboard freighter
bound for Vancouver and hid behind
cables in a we'll under the cervo-
motor that powers the helm at the
stern. For seven days stayed there,
stealing out twice at night to take
bread and scraps of meat from the
leftovers in the galley.
Finally the ship came to rest and
I heard the anchor drop. Well. we
were at port. But at what port?
At the foot Of the gangplank stood
two customs officers, slapping the
pockets of each man who left. For
two hours I leaned over the rail
struggling with myself. No one
thought to ask me any questions.
No doubt every one believed some
Evening star., 1937-07-08

France, this Government paying all
expenses. The procedure Is to turn
him over to the master Of . vessel
bound for q port in France. He would
not be sent directly back to Devils
Island. but, Of course, the French
officials would be advised that he was
being sent to France. -...--.
(Copyrisht. 1887. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1937-07-08

Rene Belbenoit, famous fugitive
from Depils ISlcnd, Dulked into the
New York Offices of the North
American Newspaper Alliance yes
terday and revealed that he had
made his way undetected into this
country through jungles and across
boundary lines. Last August. in a
dispatch printed by The Star, Bel
benoit, then in Panama, told the
thrilling story OF his fue daring
escapes from Deuils Island, the
French penal colony of the coast OF
Guiana. Here he tells the story of
his subsequent adventures.
Evening star., 1937-07-08

to them. Sing! Shout! You are
In America. Civilization Is your daily
feast"
A friend sent money for 4 bus trip
to New York and now I am here.
What is past Is past and what Is to
be- shall, at last, for the first time
since was = boy Of ~, have a hand
in deciding. am no longer a prob
lem without papers. I am Rene Bel
benoit, SO years old, filled with the
pious hope Of becoming a man of
substance.
Hes Still in Danger Here.
If Rene Beibenoit should be appre-
hended in New York, State Depart
Evening star., 1937-07-08

100000 for Steel Rails.
In relaying the entire Nanking.
Shanghai and Shanghai-Soochow
Railways in China the rails alone will
cost over 34,000,0O0.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

ing through long years Of useI
Pattern 1411 contains directions
for making these doilies: illuStra-
tionS Of them and Of all stitches
used; material requirements.
Send 10 cents in stamps or
coin (cOin preferreL) for this
pattern to The Washington Times
Needlecraft Dept, SO Eighth
Avenue, New York. N. Y. Write
plainly PATTERN NUMBER
your NAME and ADDRESS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

Lacy circlets Of crochet are these
that fit so smartly meath a
bowl Of flowers or your best brio
a-brac, dress your table for a
smart luncheon or make your
buffet attractive. You can crochet
them easily, in a 6, and II and
a II inch size; inexpensively too,
Of heavy cotton. Inspired by
Mexican drawn-work, they'll carry
the first, fresh Joy Of their max
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Fez-Toque
HORIZONTAL

A fresh slant on millinery sill,
houetteS is the fez tilted very
much to one side. A fez-toque in
black antelope with several rows
Of gold stitching and a side fringe
Of black gold-topped created much
comment at . recent fashion
show.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Leather Suit

Nothing like leather for country
clothes, and so one smart Cali
fornian wears a suit in leather
soft as silk. The jacket is tan.
bark hand-Sewn suede; the skirt,
beige suede; the doublet is hunt
green and the belt Is copper
orange suede.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
ITS TIME TO PLAN FOR THE FOURTH

Only eight more days remain before the Glorious Fourth of July is here again. and the universal celebra ton of Independence Day throughout the nation begins
 In 1887 the Fourth of July comes on Sunday. Other cities throughout Alaska planning in the nature of
 three day celebration with big dance the night of Saturday, July 3rd the celebration for Young Amer ca sports fireworks etc., Sunday, and holiday on Monday in accordance with custom when any national holiday Sunday.
 Nome has always put on live-wire celebration for the benefit of young and old and this year should be exception. In 1886 literary program took place for the first time in several years, in the open Ofnecessity it was rather brief, but with such fine public auditor ium as contained in the new school building Nome should have memorable program the morning of the Fourth to which the entire citizenry would be interest ed in attending.
 All that remains is for the Fourth of July Committee to convene and lay plans for this Fourth formal n vitation Captain Frederick A. Zeusler of the U S. C. G. Norhland, inviting he and his officers and to participate might be in order at this time. baseball game might also be arranged with the team from the Cutter if it remains in port for the Fourth
 Now is the time for action, so let's get going and put a brand-new exciting celebration this year, which will be interesting to young and old alike.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

BRUSSELS, June 24-Calm again was restored in Brussels after King Leopold received delegation whi oh represented 5000 veterans who have been demon strating against the amnesty bill Police sought to the demonstration by using bullets and fire hose The committee handed King Leopold petition at Lac ken Castle. Their noisy colleagues vacated aro- und the government buildings where they had hreat- ened to stay all night necessary until audience had been granted heavy police guard was posted along all the streets Bremen using hose forced back the veterans who had rushed through the iron fences rounding the ministry of foreign affairs. Thirty were Edith CavelIs execution.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
POLS 0 MS Water Delivery
Phone Black A
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

Notice is hereby given that Monday June 28 1887 at 10 A. M, hearings for LIQUOR LICENSES will be held before the District Court the following appca tions under Chapter 78 Session Laws of Alaska 1857: Tom Clonnger, .......,.. Retail Liquor License Tom Cloninger ...... Beverage Dispensary License. Greenberg & Lewis, Retail Liquor License. Lehmanns, .... ...-.. -. Retail Liquor License Harry Sato, ....... ...... -. Restaurant License John F. Devne Beverage Dispensary License. l.. Seidenverg &s Sons -......R Retail Liquor License H. R. Phillips, Beverage Dispensary License. Jack Solomon, Beverage Dispensary License Charles Cavey, ....-.......... Retail Liquor License Charles Cavey, Restaurant License May Bale, Beverage Dispensary License
 Anyone having protest against the granting of any of the above applications should file same in writing with the Clerk of the United States District Court on or before said date and tme appear in open Court and present their objections.
 Signed:) ALMER RYDEEN, Clerk. PubIish-June 22, 23; 24 25 26 1937
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

For use on the kougarok ben ches by Sam Godfrey, H. C.. Clough and Al P. Harmon, is a Northwest yard machine, con- sisting of shovel and dragline equipment. For his own use is a D-l3,OO0 Caterpillar pumping unit. said by Sam Godfrey to be the largest in the kougarok sec tion. which arrived on one of the incoming freighters.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

Graham hammers Jr., receiv- ed two Allis- Chalmers tractors, one "50" with a bulldozer and the other "40", which will be taken into the kougarok section over the tramway, and will be used in connection with dredge and other operations at Nugget Gulch.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
Cats, Tractors,
 And BulldOzers
 On Seward Pen.

Among the caterpillars and tractors which arrived on the two freighters, the past two days, was an RD-6 Caterpillar with bulldozer attached for Nels Swan berg ST. and Axel Edman who will operate it on upper Osborne Creek.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25
METEOR DUE

The Lomen Commercial Co.,. is in receipt of infor- nation from Frank P. Will Hams, that the M. $. Meteor was at Egavik today and would arrive at Nome Sat urday.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

FOR SALE-One Room House for sale. completely furnished. Price reasonable. Inquire at the Nome Daily Nugget Office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

A "6O" Caterpillar for Fred Yenney for use in the kougarok came in from the states on one of the freighters.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

A bulldozer attachment is en- route 10 Taylor for the kougar- ok Consolidated Placers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

Lee Stevens also received an Chalmers tractor which is going into the kougarok for ac- ton.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

The Alaska Road Commission also received an Allis-Chalmers tractor which is to be used in the Teller section for road work.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

An Chalmers 40" with bulldozer Is enroute to George Bodis, on Dick Creek, in the Koug arok.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-06-25

An RD-7 Caterpillar equipped with bulldozer also arrived on the boat from the states for J. J.~Keen ans operations near Taylor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
ANOTHER HUB
 COLLEGE RIOTS
Tufts Students Start Fires, Kidnap Firmen Early
 Today

Boston, May 6.-UP).-The third metropolitan Boston College riot in as many nights ended early today after Tufts students set two bon fires, kidnapped three firemen and draped 500 feet of fire hose over fences and trees.
 Arriving too late to prevent the student rioters battle with firemen, 50 Medford and Somerville police contented themselves with seeing that the students did not stray from college property. No arrests were made.
 Attempts of firemen to quench a bonfire on the college campus touched of the Tufts riot. As fast as firemen laid hose from hydrant students uncoupled 1t. Then they set upon Fire Lieutenant Thomas Dempsey and Hosemen Hubert FriS- zell and Ralph Dubey and carried them off to college buildings.
 The firemen soon wrestled free. Cnly to md that other students had taken advantage of their ab- sence to drape hose over trees and fences on the campus and strew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

other equipment over the grass.
 After the first bonfire was ex- tinguished, students ignited a sec- ond with . huge wagon as the principal fuel.
 Meanwhile in Cambridge, the rio: of Harvard students Monday night and that of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students Tuesday night in which police used clubs and tear gas, brought varying re- actions.
 Said the Harvard Crimson, Har- yard undergraduate daily: "Oficious and promotion-anxious Cambridge policemen" used "the same methods that are used on strike-breaking thugs and lynching mobs."
 Said Dean Harold E. Lobdell of Techonogy: Students who partic- ipate in unauthorized group dem- onstrations. render themselves liable to severe disciplinary action"
 Said Mayor John D. Lynch of Cambridge: T advocate no extreme measures to prevent recurrence of these riots. The whole thing is nothing but a boyis hprank."
 Said Police Chief Timothy F. Leahy of Cambridge: When the students come out into the streets and interfere with traffic, sit down on the car tracks and molest citi- zens they are law breakers, and as a 100 per cent police officer, I be- lieve in treating them as such"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

ment, to enlarge dams for water power development.
 Under the 8-reservoirS plan it was estimated the crest of the Con- necticut river would be lowered two feet at Hartford.
 A bond issue has been suggested to care for the states share in the program.
 Simultaneously with approval of the interstate compact, the commit tee on cities and boroughs gave permission for the City of Hartford to issue up to $5,000,000 flood con- trol bonds for construction of dikes, pumping stations, retaining walls, bridges and highways. The cap!- tol city was most severely affected by the 1886 March overflow of the Connecticut and Park rivers.
 Another large appropriation bill heard by the committee late yes terday called for $2,50OO00 to de- velop the states forest and park system. Already the assembly has provided $485, 5,0OO for the Sherwood Island park, which was included in the $2,5O0,O00 estimate. Of the latter amount $500,000 would go toward expansion of forests. The money would be raised through a bond issue.
 The state bank department asked the appropriations committee to restore to its budget $33,000 deleted by the board of finance and control. The extra sum was necessary, 1t was explained, because of heavier demands being made upon the de- partment.
 The education committee ap- proved bill doubling the maximum state grants to GA towns whose tax receipts are less than $60,000. The state now pays up to $50 per pupil a year for those attending high schools outside their communities, This limit would be boosted to $100.
 The insurance committee voted e favorable report on bill to grant a charter for the American Manu- lecturers Insurance Co.,. which will locate headquarters at Hartford and in fire underwriting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

Sunday games are to be permitted in the British army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Retreatants Secure
 Speakers For Dinner
Thomas WOOdIOck, Editor of Wall Street Journal to
 Address Mount Manresa Band May z7th

1905. He served as its editor dur- ing the last three years, from 1902 until 1905. From that time until 1918 he was engaged as a stock broker and banker and as a rail- road director. In 1918 he became associated with the International Corporation and remained with them until 1923.
 In that year he was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commits sion by the late President Calvin Coolidge and served for two years. He then became engaged in a con- AoverSy with the Ku-Klux-Kl and in 1890 became contributing editor of the Wall Street Journal.
 For many years his activities as @ Catholic layman have received wide attention. He is one of the 10 men who organized the retreat movement at Mt. Manresa and was of great assistance in the organiza- tion of the various bands which congregate there each summer.
 The eloquence of both Father Hart and Father Duane are we'll known here since both have been admired by the local, Torrington and Naugatuck members of the band since they first became asso- ciated with Manresa. They have appeared in Waterbury to address the attendance at Catholic lay- mems banQuets several times in the past. .
 Further information in regards to preparations for the event may be secured from Roger Walsh, secre- tary of the local band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

Several distinguished speakers will be heard at the annual banquet Of the local band of Mt. Manresa retreatants at the Elton Hotel Thursday evening, May 27th, when members will plan for their annual trip to the Staten Island location.
 Attorney Vincent A. Scully will be toastmaster and the speakers will include Thomas Woodlock, Rev. Daniel F. Hart, director of the Mt. ManreSa retreat, Rev. William Duane, S. J. spiritual director, and Lieutenant Governor Frank Hayes.
 Mir. Woodlock was born in Ire- land in 1866 and educated in Ire land and England at Beaumont col- lege and London university. He arr rived in the United States in 1892 and entered the employment of the Wall Street Journal the same year, remaining at that position until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
PLATES MILLERS
 TO HEAR TEACHER
Ralph Hayward to Address Community Club This
 Evening

Ralph s. Hayward, vice-principal of Wilby high school will be the speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Platts Mills Com munity association this evening at 8 o'clock. MT. Hayward will talk about Maine, a state whose scenic beauties he is very familiar with spending as much time as possible there.
 The balance of the program for this evening as arranged ky the Social Activities Committee is also very interesting. It includes, Austra Gunther, cornetist, Clifford Doolittle, soloist and Eleanor and Julia Dillon will sing popular duets. Ronald Doolittle and his band will also play.
 The program will be presented