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Pago Pago Makes Ideal Naval Base Port in Heart of Extinct Volcano Crater. Washington. -Pago Pago, visited by United States naval vessels, on I heir return from Australia ami New Zealand, is th* capital of American Hamoa, which I* the only blt of Amer ican soli that Iles south of the <qua- tor, according to th* bulletin from th* Washington headquarters of th* Na- tlonal Geographic society. "l’ago 1'ago practical!) fell Into th* lap of a none too willing America, while varloua power* ware seeking Is land territory In the Pacific," con- tlnuea th* bulletin; "but If th* entire South **aa had been combed, with »11 the other nation* »landing deferential ly by, a better location tor a naval base hardly could have been chosen. Most Houth Sea harbors ar* little more than crescent bays, protected by pendent on th* direction of the wind At l'ago l'ago ahlpa sali Into th* heart of a hug* extinct volcano crat*r, only a narrow entrane* open to the sea. Furthermore, there Is a »harp turn In side, th* whole harbor being »bap*d much Ilk* the ankle and foot »f stocking. Baautlful "Th* United State* naval atatlon situated on the 'Instep,' It* back to ward th* sea, but with high mountain* Intervening. Pago Pago town lie* at the 'to*.' Moet of the anchorage Is entirely out of sight of the sea. and the ship* He In deep placid water even when destructive gale* are blowing outside. "Giving Pago Pago the premier place among Houth Sea I.avens doe* not do It Justice. Many famous harbors are mor* commodious; but If I* hardly too much to »ay that Pago Pago la at <m> * on* of the aafeet and most beautiful harbor* In th* world. A narrow atrip of level land rima the harbor. Imme diately beyond this strip the *ldr* rise up steeply to mountainous heights, the •loping walls covered with varying shade* of green, tropical vegetation In addition to th* naval station und town, three or four vll- lages nestle close to the water's edge around the harbor, their thatched but* half hidden by coconut palm*. "Th* harbor of Pago Pago a I moot cute th* Island of Tutulla In two. Thia la the largest Isle of American Sai >oa. 17 mile* long and about five wide. The other American Island* He about alxty mile* to the east. Only one. Tau, about five miles in diameter. Is of Importance, though two smaller Isles are Inhabited. Altogether the population of American Samoa Is about 8.000, aome 6.000 residing on Tutulla. little “American Samoa has spoiled by the civilisation of the mother country, or that of other whites Few whltes reside In the Is lands besides the small group of mis- stonarle* and the officers, men and nurses nt the naval station. Only one plantation Is owned by u white man and only three or four whites have leaseholds. Practically the entire surface of the Islands Is owned In ■mall tracts by Individual natives. The United States even bought from Indi vidual landlords the 40 acrea needed for Ite naval establishment. "In the past the lava-lava, a sort of short skirt or kilt, waa the only garment worn by both men and worn- en. Now slight concession* are tunde. In Pago l'ago or In the presence of whites the men add a sort of under- •hlrt und th* women a sort of Jacket or •mock. Among themaalv*«, how- ever, and In the outlying districts, the native* still let the lava-lava, tucked about the waist, serve In place of the whit* man's and whit* woman's mor* complex costume. Nativ** Largely 8*lfQ*v*rning. “In governmental matterò, too, th* United States has practiced laisses falre to an extent highly appreciated by the native*. Th* system employed so succesafully by the Dutch In the Fast Indies ha* been adopted. An American naval officer stationed at th* Pago Pago depot la appointed gover nor, but all offii Inis under him actual ly exercising supervision over the na tive* are native hereditary chief*. The Island* are divided Into three dlatricte (ancient native divisions) with a na tive governor for each. Under the governors are chief* of 'countie*’ (*l*o ancient dlatricte) and under the coun ty chief* are th* village chief*. The village chiefs have council* composed of the heads of families. "The United 8tate* practice* a cer tain measure of paternalism over its Houth Sea Island wards. Copra, the dried meat of coconut*. I* practically the only article of export. The gov- eminent handle* thia crop for the na tive*, so assuring them a fair price. Free medical attention I* furnished through naval medical officer», dent ists. nurses and hospital corps men. The health of the Samoans Is excel lent and their numbers are Increasing. During th* 21 year* of American con trol the population ha* grown 41 per cent." Oldest Man in World Is Now 140 London.—A man who claims to be on* hundred and forty years old and to bo the only living person who saw Napoleon was described to the Royal Geo graphical society by II. St. J. B. Phllby, former British represen tative In Transjordanla. His name Is Hajj Tahir, and he atates that h* was born In Mecca, and went to Paleatln* at th* age of twelve or thirteen, In 1700. when Napoleon was In Syria. "He la sound enough In wind and limb." said Mr. Phllby, "and has an enormous appetite, and, strangest of all. an Indisputable power of mastication with th* aid of what purports to be a newly sprouting, but still Invis ible, third set of teeth. "The only serious weakness In his claim is that his offspring afford no relevant evidence of his age, as he declares that h* commute«! matrimony for the first time at the age of seventy or thereabouts, and he has re- ceotiy marrle«! again." Mr. Phllby added that, while • Hajj Tahir claims to be one hun dred and forty, he «aya that he wa* born In the year 1215 of the Mohammedan era or A. D. 1801. which would make hi* age one hundred and twenty four. Heiress Elopes Los Angeles, Cal.—Promptly upon turning eighteen years old, the legal marriage Umit In California, Miss Olive Procter Van Heusen, heiress to part of a 14,000.000 fortune, eloped to River- aide. Cal., and was married to Harold John Belden, twenty-two, a broker's employee her*. The bride la the daugh ter of Charles Van Heusen. Oligocene Fossils Are Found in Montana American Museum Men Get Choice Specimens. New York.—Dr. Charles C. Mook and Coleman S. Williams of the American Museum of Natural History have Just York with tn my returned to choice fossil specimen* gathered in a three months" Investigating tour through western Montana and Idaho. Their particular object was to search for fossils of the Tertiary uge and they were very successful. "Our first camp," said Doctor Mook, "was near Pipestone Springs, where we coyected quite a variety of the smaller mammals of the Ollgocene age. Included In this list, are the Meschlppua, a small three toed horse; various artlodactyl*, the primitive an cestors of the modem sheep and cat tle, and numerous small rodents and ln*ectlvore». We also found some fragmentary remains of the giants of those days; the fleet-footed hyratodon. a cursorial rhinoceros, and the enor mous Tltanothere. twice as large aa an elephant, with a brain lesa than three Inches In length. Important Work Don*. The next stop waa nt Salmon, Idaho, where few foaalla were found, though Important work win done In determin ing the age of the rocks In that vicin ity. In going to Salmon from Butte we took the Lemhi Pass, an old stage- Fall of Holy Sepulchre Feared coach road formerly used to carry in gold-mining machinery and supplies, but long since abandoned. In the last two miles to the summit the road as cends 4.000 feet and was pronounced Impassable, but we made It without Incident In spite of u load of nearly 3,000 pounds. “In the Madison River valley, near Three Forks, Mont., we secured a rep- reaantatlve group of the Miocene mammals. Among the»« were camels and rhinoceroses, of various kinds; merycolus, a primitive antelope; more three-toed horses, somewhat larger than their Ollgocene ancestors, and some of the smaller carnivores and marsupial*. In this section we also got some good fossil fish and turtles of considerable size, “Our last camp was near Fort Logan. In former day* a famous out post against the Indians. There we collected Miocene fossils, and dug out some of the best specimens of our col- lection. For the most part the anl- mala ere the same as those in the Madison valley, though much better preserved. Us* Touring Car. “Mr. Williams then drove the car down through the Yellowstone Na- tlonal park, across Wyoming and to Agate, Neb., to have It stored with the Thomson ex¡>edltlon of the American museum. The trip from Cody to Cas par, Wyo., was about 250 miles, and was accomplished in six hours.” On their fossil hunting trip, the museum investigators drove a new touring car, which was taken at the Detroit factory. “The performance of the car was excellent throughout.” sttld Mr. Wil liams. "in all our travels over un tracked wilderness, we did not have the slightest mechanical trouble. Two tanks having a capacity of 30 gallons of gasoline were fitted, but apart from these and magneto Ignition, the car was mechanically the same as any standard car. "W* carried tools necessary for ex cavation, block and tackle, tents, bed ding, cots, cooking utensils, provisions for two months In the field, as well a* several bags of flour, and quantities of plaster, cheesecloth and burlap for preserving the foylls." London’s New Waterloo Bridge Gets Severe Test The new Waterloo bridge across the Thames at Ixmdoo has Just been opened to traffic. To texj it* strength a great number of motor busse* load ed with sack* of flour were run onto th* structure. This Is a temporary bridge to be Used while a new and greater bridge 1* being constructed. Cure of Sleeping Malady in Sight Missionary From Congo Holds Out Hope. New York.—After 12 year* abroad with but one Interruption. Dr. Arthur L. I'lper, a medical missionary of the Congo mission conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church, has Just re turned for six months' furlough, ac companied by his wife and two daugh ter*. Both daughters were born In the Congo. The family come* from the moat remote mission station of the Methodist church at the village of Mwata-Yamvo of the Paramount chief of th* Luutida tribe, at Masumba. near Kapanga, Belgian Congo. All are vic tims of malaria contracted In th* tropic*. Doctor Piper corroborated reports of cruelty In the Portuguese posses sions of Angola. He explained the difficulties he bad experienced in fight ing malaria, sleeping sickness and leprosy among the Bantu natives. Mwata-Yamvo, where the Pipers have lived for 12 years, with but one brief furlough five year* ago, Is 1,200 miles from the coast. It is reached by a 2,600-mile rail Journey from Cape Town to Elizabethville, the Congo capital, followed by another railway Journey to the railhead of Bugama. From Bugama to Mwata-Yamvo is a 21-day Journey by caravan. Ar* Only White*. It is 500 miles from the northern Rhodesian border, and 100 miles from the border of Angola. 9 degrees south of the equator, and has an altitude of 3,000 feet. W|th the exception of two officials at the government post at Kapanga, five miles away, the Pipers are the only whites in a native popu lation of 45,000. The entire family were yellowed and listless from the malaria which attacks all white men in the Congo Jungles. Taking five grains of quinine a day ha* been tbeir custom for years and the children were fed quinine from the age of two weeks Drainage of compounds, and mosquito-proof houses are powerless to protect them from this scourge, they said. Of the children. Ruth, born In 1915, was the first white baby born in that section of the Congo. On her birth she re ceived the name of Mutuba and the gift of a bull calf from the local chief. The baby, Margaret, born In 1920, is making her first trip to civilization. Doctor Piper said that sleeping sick ness and leprosy were the scourge of the district, 4 per cent of the popula- BEING INITIATED Old “Washington Elm” Is Saved by Operation British official* in Palestine express apprehensions leal the Holy sepulchre, shown above, cave In from the gradual weakening of the walls due to ag* and to the Innumerable offerings of pilgrims. Th* church is legally possessed by th* local authorities of almost all of the branches of the Christian church I Abyssinian», Armenian*. Copts, Greeks, Latins, etc. This multiple control makes It extremely difficult for the British authorities to persuade the owners 1 to undertake and carry through any effective repair. Newark, N. J.—The old Washington elm tree at Ho-Ho-Kus Is resting com fortably after an operation on Its trunk, and. the tree surgeons predict. Is good for at least twenty or twenty five years more. The tree, which was long past the sapling stage when Washington marched his troops under it bound from For: i.ee to the revolutionary post at Ramapough. was suffering from an old wound, and It was said the op «ration was performed Just In time, i The wound was made when road- ; builder* cut away a portion of Its roots to make room for a concrete base, and was never properly treated First one branch and then another fell away. Then the trunk became scaly, and It wns feared ths old tree was done for. Tre* surgeons were called Into consultation, and the op eration wa* decided on. Th* dead parts were cut away »nd the exposed parts covered with • tar substance. Hole* were filled with concrete and painted over. At the opening of the academic year of Columbia university the fresh men wer* given the usual fantastic Initiation by upper class men. One of them Is here seen perched on a huge marble sphere on th* campus, reading aloud from a book. tlon being lepers. No attempt was made to segregate the lepers, be de clared, and only sporadic effort* were made to relieve them. G*rm Now Known. "Although the germ of sleeping sickness I* known." he said, "hitherto no great progress has been made in fighting the disease. The government trie* to see that the natives do not live In th* sleeping sickness belt along stream* and river* where the carrier, the teetse fly, breeds. For the same reason attempt* are made to keep the villages clean. "The two ^rug* we have used have not been successful. They don’t cure, but merely delay death. They are atoxyl, Injected inter-muscularly, and tartar emetic, which is given intrave- ously. “Three cures are now In existence and give definite hope for the future. They are the German preparation known as Bayor 208, a Rockefeller Institute preparation called trypanar- samide, and a French specific. These ar* not yet in general use, but I hope to adopt them when I get back. “Last year I made my first attempt to treat the lepers in the district. They are not segregated, as the disease Is of a comparatively mild variety, and they constitute 4 per cent of the popu lation. I gave them chaulmoogra oil. Mile« of Flying Ant« Invade Adirondack« Saranac Lake, N. Y.—A great column of flying ant* recently passed down the Raquette River valley section of the Adiron dack*. A cloud of insect* esti mated to be four miles long re quired an hour and a quarter to pass given points. Amazed resi dent* at first believed the cloud wa* amoke from a forest fire. The ants flew in great sections, but the sections were never mor* than a few feet apart. After the passing of the col umn, the river surface wa* cov ered with the bodies of thou- sand* of insect* that had flown too low. The ants were about a quarter of an ineh long with the exception of the queens which measured a half Inch. Fly ing ant* are new to' the Adiron dack*. by mouth and Injection, and the re sults were not satisfactory. “The taste« of the oil Is disgusting and lingers on the tongue for hours, while injection* are so painful that a man is Incapacitated for days. A new treatment with sodium morrhuate is reported more satisfactory and I hope to try it out." Bears Thirtieth Child Madrid.—At the age of sixty-eight, Camille Lorenzo, a resident of the town of Valladolid, has Just given birth to her thirtieth child. AURORA BOREALIS CAUSED BY BUGS, SAYS CHASE S. OSBORN ----------------- ♦----------------------- “There is a slight warmth accom Former Governor Explain« panying them, but not as much as one Cause of Northern Light*. would expect of electricity. Also they are silent, except for a- low singing Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—Northern or swishing sound. Also they show lights or aurora borealis are not, as some of the prismatic rays and elec has been represented by many au tric light does not, so far as I am thorities. manifestations of electrical aware. “The magnetic terrestrial disturb activity, nor are they reflections of the sun shining on icebergs. They are, or ances do not always attend the auro at least may be, the Incubation of mil ra. Very often, too, there are severe lions and trillions of phosphorescent magnetic disturbances when there la no auroral. insectlvorae. “A causation that appeals to me That is the theory advanced by Chase S. Osborn, former governor of and which is original so far a* I know Michigan, who for 50 years has ob is that they may be the Incubation of millions and trillions o’ phosphores served and studied the phenomena. This would ac The skies In this vicinity have been cent insectlvorae. brilliantly illuminated several nights count for the swishing, for the colors recently with the aurora borealis, and for the wavy motion in the atmos flaming streamers sweeping the skies phere and for the light without heat. “It is notable that whenever the in spectacular displays. This "sky writing" caused many inquiries to be northern lights occur In good volume there Is a warm spell following them directed to Mr. Osborn. Pointing to the fact that the aurora within 48 hour* ; very often. In fact borealis is but one of the mysterious almost always, accompanied by pre celestial Illuminations in addition to cipitation. "In this connection it may be re the sun, moon, planets and stars—the others being the aurora australis and called that In the Arctic and sub-Arc the zodiacal lights—Mr. Osborn said tic regions there are vast incubations that the cause of these are not known. of aerial insects and that they often He was definite, however, in stating fall to the ground and cover it. Some that the northern lights are not a re times they are red and are called ‘red snow.’ These may be related to the flection of the sun from icebergs. "The most popular theory of the colors as shown In the aurora.” causation of these lights is that they are magnetic or electromagnetic,” he More Orange«, Fewer said. “It would seem that this Is Illy Grapefruit, Tangerines based, for there is little heat accom Washington.—A preliminary esti panying them. They are light with mate of the orange crop in Florida out heat, such as the firefly emits. by the United States Department of Agriculture Indicates 10,900.000 boxes, ■I I Illi IH I I I I I I I H’+’H’-H-H-;; excluding tangerines, for 1925-26, or about 600,000 boxes more than the re ;; Flyer Is Attacked vised estimate of the crop last year. in Air by Eagle ” Tangerine production Is placed at " New York.—Lieut. James M. .. 600,oO0 boxes, or 100,000 less than Inst • • Bovard, who completed his an- '; year, and grapefruit, 7,500,000 boxes, ;; nual 15-day training period as a .. or 700,000 less than last year. The total preliminary estimate for reserve aviator at Mitchel field ” J recently, told a story of an ae- • > citrus fruits Is 19.000,000 boxes, com •• rial encounter with an eagle, in ;; pared with a revised estimate of 19,- “ which h* emerged the victor • ■ 200,000 boxes last year. These esti mates are of the commercial car lot • ■ with one of the eagle's tail featb- ’ : ers as a trophy. While 3,000 • • and express movement, and exclude •• feet over Long Island, he said. “ the usual loss from drops. I: a great bald eagle swooped down ■ ■ Decreased production of grapefruit ;; and fastened its claws in his I is attributed to light and spotted set : leather helmbt. The propeller •; ting of fruit, and to the fact that there ;; blast carried th* bird away. i will b* more over-sized fruit than . Bovard exhibited a character- ■ • usual. Unless market conditions are ' ’ Istlc barred eagle feather and ! such that the large sizes can be • • scratches on hl* helmet to the •' shipped and sold, they will either ' ‘ doubting ones. .. move by truck or be lost from drop t l I I I I W I I I ! I I l t- Hi l"! l -l l' ’ ping, the department says.
