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tylany Hundreds Mako At
tempts to Enter U. S. in
Variety of Ways.
New York.—In «l range nooks nnd
grannies of ships, often defying death
qnd always facing deportation If
caught, the tide of stowaways, lured
Ijy America as the “land ol promise
and opportunity," continue to How
from every foreign port to New York.
They travel thousands of miles, hiding
In crates, near hollers. In lifeboats,
and In other uncomfortable places,
with a meager supply of food, on the
slim chance that they may he aide to
slip Into this country undetected
when (lie ship arrives In port. Noth
ing, not oven llie danger of death, de
ters them from making the altempt.
Recently, on the Hamburg-American
litter Cleveland, there arrived from
Dussoldorf, Germany, n nineteen-
year-old youth, nailed Into a packing
eralo consigned C. O. I), to a fic
titious New York address. Kqulpped
with Ids passport and a visa as a
quota immigrant, Ihe youth found
himself without sulliclent funds to pay
for his ocean passage. So with the
help of a friend, who nailed him Into
It, lie constructed the box and chose
that unusual way of coming tb Amer
ica.
• Is Discovered.
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He was diseovored only after (life
hoy, had' iM'cn unloaded from the
steamer. A checker, noticing a loose
hoard on the ease, thrust his hand
if; to Investigate, and Ihe young Her
man, without thinking, shook It. The
checker ran down the pier shouting
that he had lieen Idlten by an ani
mal. The box was opened. T!|c
young Herman, somewhat emaciated,
stepped out.
Onicials of the llamlntrg American
line slopped Into the case, and In-
s.ond of being jleported to Ids land
of origin the young man was allowed
to enter the United States on the
promise that he would repay the
ocean passage when he was able to
dfi so.
One of the most unusual examples
of an Ingenious device used to enter
...this-epiint.ry , illegally -came to light
When the new Italian liner Conte
Grande arrived In New York on her
rhnidon voyage. After the ship had
been searched several Mines by cus
toms experts, an Italian, who said he
was' tin Interior decorator of Trieste,
was arrested while going ashore.
Before being taken to Kills Island
prior to Ids deportation to his land of
origin, he showed the customs offi
cials a snug secret cabin In an alcove
near the after first-class companion-
way. The decorator had worked on
the liner four months' for the builders
at Monte Pnucone, near Trieste, and
bad spent much of bis working time
In construeling die secret cabin. In
side the cabin was found all indica
tions of comfort, Including a bed. wash
stand, bookcase, small table, chair,
electric light, ventilator and carpet.
The retreat was even supplied with
Wines, brandy, mineral waters, food
imd fruit. Kntrance to It was gained
by a sliding panel, so skillfully con
cealed that It escaped the eyes of a
special searching squad. The young
Italian had provided for every eons hi-
pency except that of getting oT the*
liner In New York without being de
tected by the watchmen at (be gang
ways.
Thought Hs Was a Chest.
A ghost story of a white appari
tion Which enjoyed prowling about
the decks after nightfall arrived In
New York city with the flocking ol
the United Fruit liner Tivvcs recent-
l.V. Members of the crew told how
their slumbers had been disturbed by
at* "white 1 splril" which was seen so
frequently that finally- skeptics organ
14ed a search,
The'-"Apparition" was (Tfsertvered to
tie a sixteen-year-old Portugese Stow
away, who had hoarded the vessel in
a South American port to coins'tb the
United States In search of work, lie
bad chosen a Hour barrel for his hill
ing place. ,
The same steamer brought In two
other stowaways, also Portugese, who,
when found, were as black as the six
teen-year old youth wits white. They
were both middle-aged married men
who had hoarded Ihe vesuol hoping to
llnd employment here. They had
stowed themselves In the coal hunkers
and when discovered bad been with
out food for four days.
Probably the largest group of stow-
sways to come'hero on one ship was
flis’i’f o f ,T2 men, distributed In various
biding places among the Imles and
bo\«oe of the flaxseed cargo below
flecks of the British frcighiei Dun-
robin when she arrived here not long
ago from Santos. Bnty.il, One or two
of the visitors, whose total number
equaled that of the freighter's crew,
confronteo the astonished gaye of the
vessel’s captain when customs nlii-
eoals were examining the cargo, 'flip
32 men, most of whom were of Portu
gese or Spanish origin, were taken to
Kills Island under armed guard by
Immigration officials and deported.
Mingled With Passengers.
A stowaway who disdained the ills-
comloris nnd lack of opportunity to
mix in good.society, which most slow
aways expect, and who insisted on
comporting himself ns a well-to-do
tourist, arrived in New York from
Havana at the height of the returning
tourist season. During the voyage
the young man freely mingled
with not) American tourists. Neatly
dressed, wearing a light fedota nnd
pacing llie deck swinging a mnlnccii
cane, the stowaway was to all appear
ances another tour!: I homeward
bound, lie avoided the danger of dis
covery by refialning lo dine in the
dining saloon, as he would have been
quickly spotted in the checking up ot
the passengers by the purser. In
stead, lie secured Ids nourishment by
partaking of the bouillon served on
deck at 11 a. m., the prgluncheoti
sandwiches in the smoking room, the
four o’clock teu in the palm garden
and thu buffet supper iti the lounge.
Ills appearance as he was going
down the gangplank aroused the sus
picions of u public health officer, who
asked him If he had been examined.
“Oh, yes,” was the reply. To further
questioning, he sulci that Ids state
room number was S3. But there was
no such number and the surprised
young matt, who admitted Hint he Imd
arrived lu Havana from France as a
stowaway, found himself going In the
direction of Mills Island instead-of (lie
destination lie hud selected.
Nor Is deportation the worst mis
fortune that may happen lo a stow-
nway when his hopes of entry into
America are blasted. Recently a Mun
son liner came Into the harbor with
a stowaway found pinned against the
smokestack below decks, burned to
death by the heat of Ihe giant pipe.
Three oilier stowaways were routed
out from hiding places below decks,
all on the verge of exhaustion from
the lack of food and water.
Fumigation of a ship frequently
Sends stowaways coughing and splut
tering to tlie deck, while the fumes
of coal gas have suffocated many oth
ers. If the assistant engineer of the
Adriatic had not smelled coal gas dur
ing a Mediterranean cruise live stow
aways, instead of two, would have
paid the penally of death for their
rashness. The three survivors, half
buried In the bunkers, were found Just
in time.
Twenty-five todies Found.
Naked In the sweltering heat of
summer, ten Chinese were discovered
on a sugar ship’from Cuba when she
anchored In 1 New York harbor. One
of them was already dead of suffocn-
tion. The vessel had boon diverted
from New Orleans to New York nnd
they bad had no food for days.
Another tragedy occurred aboard a
French liner after a stormy trip. The
| body of one man was found in the
coal which had shifted during the gate,
then a second and a third, until Hnal
ly 25 bodies were recovered. That
was probably I ho greatest casualty
list In stowaway history.
Several times New York harbor has
seen a deported stowaway leap over
the rail of the ship that was taking
him hack in a liiial effort to enter
this country by swimming. Some
times they succeed In out racing a rev
enue cutter and reach the shore of
Slaton Island. More often they drown
in the swiftly swirling waters of the
Hudson.
The girl stowaway, too, Is becoming
a serious problem to steamship com
panies and the immigration officials In
their efforts to bar all illegal entrants
Into Ibis country. Occasionally llie
woman stowaway dresses herself in
the attire of a man and escapes sus
picion until her arrival in New York.
One such ease was discovered recently
when a tight broke out between two
oilers on a vessel and It transpired
that one of them had brought his
bride aboard clad in overalls and Ihe
second oiler, discovering the fact, had
tried In make love Mi her.
f\!o Age Limit.
An Antwerp woman, hearing that
tier husband Imd met with an accident
and was in a New York hospital,
promptly started for America wearing
overalls. One day she emerged from
her hiding place beneath decks and
exposure quickly followed.
There is no limit to the age of those
who catch the stowaway fever. They
range from nine years old to seventy.
The hoy stowaway presents perhaps
the most romantic picture in all the
gallery of vagrants of the sen.
Not long ago a liftcen-yenr-old Ser
bian liny landed in Boston in charge
of the immigration authorities. In the
last two years lie had stowed away ori
more than a dozen freighters in a
vain effort to reach the United States.
He laid been carried to South Amer
ica, Japan, India, and to practically
all the Mediterranean ports. At Mar
seilles he crept aboard a vessel of Ihe
Dollar line and hid under a tarpaulin
hutch cover. Then a sailor stepped
on him and his dream of concealment
was abruptly ended.
Husky Trees
Medford, lire. —A huge yellow [line
tree was cut .down by the Owen Ore
gon I,umber company, in logging oper
ations in the Butte Falls district. It
contained 11,000 hoard feet of lumber.
Burlier in the season they felled one
that had IS,000 hoard feet in It.
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KENTUCKY’S RIFLES ^
ARE PUT ON SHOW]
Old P!‘:;1:cc!:3 Given Id Uni*
vci’cLy Museum.
Uilladelphlu.—A glft of 35 “Noil*
tr.eky" filk':; of Ihe Revolutionary
period, one of ilia few col leal Intis of!
Itn kind in this country, Inn; been re*
celvcil by tbo University of I’ennsyl*
vnniu musetir.i through tbo generosity
or ,T. fctogdcll Blokes.
The Importance of tbo gift. says
jow'()!i Doiviir. curator of the deco
rative'arts :-,t the museum, arises front
the unique pa ft the ‘’Kentucky" rifle
played 1:1 Mu' early days of conquer-’
in;/ the wilderness and producing ft
livelihood for the plopoors and also in
the winning of the Revolutionary war.
The (mine (kill's back to a time not
long after Daniel Boone hail returned
from Ills memorable adventures In the
wilderness west %f the Cumberland
mountains.
Many of these old flintlocks boar,
the nnmo3 of their makers Inscribed
on the barrel:;—names chiefly of Her
man derivation. They were made In
eastern Pennsylvania, most authorities
agreeing that Lancaster probably wn£
the center of the Industry.
The stocks were Outdo of curly
maple, fho most decorative obtains
able, mut fills oftert was inlaid with
silver Wires and' carved with scrolls.
They were' inevitably overlaid in parts
wi'tir brass uppl'lVfue# cut In graceful
designs wit If spread eagles or oilier
conventional 1 cl condition. By pressing
an ingeniously Concealed spring in the
stock, which releases a Idnged cover,
the patch box Is revealed. This bold
I be grease for the small pieces of
linen or kackskin with which the half
Wits “patched" in loading.
Old Cr.nvc.3 Believed
Work of the Druids
London.—What is believed to be tt
valuable discovery of Druidlcal' re
mains have been uncovered by work
men ;u Arnos Grove; Southgate, and
an invitation lias been sent the nr the
ological society to investigate.
The remains consist of two target
dark caves built of huge boulders,
many of which weigh over three tons;
I:: front there is what appears to be
;iii altar with sacrificial stones, and on-
one side there is an Immense pillar
upon which representations of ser
pents can he traced.
The remains as they stand are al
most completely hidden by mistletoe
and ivy, and big mounds of earth
which it is now thought may concent
other relics of the Druids age, stand 1
near by. The eaves stand within u 1
short distance of the famous Mill'll-
enden Oak—n tree which is mentioned
In the Doomsday Book.
The discovery was made upon nfl
estate winch once belonged to Lord
Iverfortli, but which is now being de
veloped into plots for building pur
poses. J
Seagull Loses Its
Popularity in Utah
Balt Lake City, Utah.—The seagull,
once esteemed ill Utah, is not so pop-,
ular now.
Some thirty years ago when Mor-
mniidom was threatened with u crop
devastation due to an invasion of
crickets thousands of life graceful
birds swept in from the I'acitic ocean,
devoured the insect pests and averted-
a possible famine.
To show their appreciation Utnhnne
erected a monument in- honor of their
winged friends. A great gull, sculp-
lured with spread wings, is perched
at the lop.
Now, the farmers complain, flocks
of the birds make their home near
Salt Lake and sally out into the fields
to gorge themselves on cherries, oth
er fruits and grain crops. They are
so ravenous and bold they cun scarce
ly be shaken out of a fruit tree.
There Is growing demand that the
law protecting gulls be repealed, nnd
the bitterness of some farmers is sucli
that they advocate tearing down the
seagull monument.
Cat Loses Kittens, Wins'
Affections of Puppies'
New Orleans.—A unique rivalry for
the affections of live offspring was
discovered at the home of Mrs. O. .1.
Rocqjiiu. A black-and-white cat, Min
ot le, lost her three kittens through’
death about the same time live collies
were; born to Bessie, the family dog.
Mim-lle Immediately set- about the
task of winning the affections of the-
young collies and has succeeded,’ much
to the Chagrin of Bessie.
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jit Dog Halts Traffic as $
§ Ho Guards Dead Pal |
i’> Beaumont, Texas.—A setter ft.
$ itog which refused to leave a ft
ft canine pal in death caused mo- ^
$ torlsts to send in a hurry cull ft
ft to the sheriffs office here,
ft When a deputy reached the ft
he found the faithful r^-
beside I be body ft'
£
is
ft scene
.ft creature sittin
ft of bis stricken comrade in tin
ft center of the highway, defying Jig
ft motorists to run him down as 11
it they had bis comrade. * One nu
ft jomobiD bail been thrown Into
ft the <1 itcli to avoid hitting the
dog.
It v.as not until the dead dog
had been moved to the side ot
the road thnt the other content
ed to leave nnd permit traffic to
move normally.