['ESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1921.
I NOR HANK
GOWDY TODAY
ill ilc Notified of .the
\‘ :1 lil l n g 0f Field
Alter Him
H. .'.,—~).lnior Gen.
has announced
-.nt the army at.
' t» ramonies at the
fing'ran.
.z vxill include the
r: of an embossed
Urxlv rs. No. 38. is-
I'. g. Geanrinnt
villi? Of the In-
i'nning, G3,. di-
.3“ mid at the
at that post no
in honor of
' ‘. Hank Gowdy.
. l'wsldcnt of the
.n a statement:
“re l'nited States
2 one of its
athletic fields
Iltll‘ of Henry
,. Io a. marked
k'lll'.
turned these
lr'pi.‘ to Wear
Is profession.
I I}? 1.1:13‘11‘ to (‘11-
‘... \i'orld \V'ar.
private. sought
.. s n: overseas and
-x;l honors are no
. t :- *1X'IC‘in years he
Anal now in
i ....~, (L veteran of
in America and
, .' :L tower of
j. ._ -.:.,;>ion club. Gow-
- <5 the \Vorld Ser-
, v ~ .. 9 int brought
I':ltl0n[ll League
in Frnncc.
rious men in
given to enjoy
honors of the
: :wzznl soldier.
Merl man who has
7 ‘Irni and honors of
‘(h’wdy Dav' an
' ‘3 of the game
and con-
' progress.”
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HICiGO CUBS 1
ill RPWARDPII
:. 5 —'l‘hc Cubs may
notional League pc-n-
bill, it appears as
#:i in one of the mon-
i “ill be “sittin' pret-
«E-‘prlrt for their l‘t-
, 21-3.: October. They
m, than second Winn
Iscs. and if the two
‘..< liar-pen to renew
I s conflicts the Cubs
rs, may divide en-
x money to entitle
least $1.000. Last
‘3'?» of the Reds and
Aral place teams in
' i Alilcrican leagues
~, 1.1.3.1 $53,317. 46. and
“154 more than $1,-
-. rot will the light
.. vogue in the big
I‘T‘ETL
., tlI ‘Nhite Sox.
.- zilwai's have been
' I‘umfori. financial-
~75. Lust ~\utr the
but curl]. player
‘5 share of the
n his home wor—
of ham and
I‘TlUll coal and a few
{ll lL'?
_., .x‘l'ungcr this year,
'1 ‘0 win the pennant
- touting the “'hite,
’3 - .- r. If they should
, " - National League
':~.-‘ city series each
'-:"s :enln will be
' for his year's
, aids. Each Cub
’::'~ 2» hearing a mougy
' . win and protected
._ The owners of the
doubt the
:i has made this
n‘tractive con—
'i‘hcre will be
’l along the line.
7 men are enjoyv
.‘ your. and it looks
":ll have I, merry
;.- have hustled sinee‘
. l. and deserve all
’ rIIil no
‘(‘.'i)
Hh \HARE.
‘- ‘11::
gentlemen.
. . old person.
‘r-e able to join
- said one sturdy
' knock this ball
window we'll
cage Journal.
go in their am.”
DEMANDTOR
-\ FIRPO TICKETS
Rickard IS Flooded
With Requests a n d
3:)th IS Forty Days
NEW, YORK. Aug. 4—"1 don't
know where I‘ll put 'em all. but I'll
do the best I can," said Tex Rick—
ard today upon his arrival in the
tower of Madison Square Garden.
when his eyes fell on a stack of
mail two feet high containing re—
quests for tickets for the September
11th bout between Luis Firm: and
Harry Wills at Boylcs Thirty Acres
Jersey City. .
"Everybody wants seats way
down front." continued the promoter
“Look at these. real money and cer-
tified cheques! Isn't it wonderful,
and the tight forty days off! Look
at these—cheques from Kansas City.
Chicago, Omaha. San Francisco.
Baltimore. Philadelphia. and one
from South America. Can you that
t?
“W'ouidn't be a. bit surprised to
face a sell-out two or three days be-
fore the gladiators climb through
the ropes. It's the biggest thing
I've ever handled, not excepting the
Czirpentier-Dempsey fight. Why.
the advance sale right now is three
times larger than the Dempsey
event. .
“I have received requests for tick-
ets from men high up in banking
circles. Only the other day I was
downtown in a bank and the presi-
dent of it said: "Tex. I'd like to have
nt'ty ringside cickets.’ A prominent
Italian asked me to give him $50.-
000 worth of. tickets, and he said
it didn’t matter where the seats were
located. You may not know it. but
li‘irpo draws big among the Italians.
I'll wager that twenty-five per cent.
of the money taken in on the Milk
Fund show came from persons who
went to the Yankee Stadium to sec
L‘rm’mio Spalla fight Tunney.
“Great life it' you don‘t weaken."
Rickard smilingly concluded.
LONGSEARCHOF
PHILIPPINES
“51:95 NO OIL
Standard of California
Spends Over Million
In Five Year Quest
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.——In the
recently abandoned quest for oil on
the Dundee peninsula of the Island
of Luzon in the Philippines the
Standard Oil company of California.
spent approximately $1,250,000, five
years of continuous and futile effort
and provided an arduous and haz—
ardous job for the party of prospec-
tors. it. was explained in a statement
issued at the company'smtain offices
here,
“The effort in the Philippines."
said the report. “has been watched
with. great interest by the United
States government. numerous
branches of which rtulized the vast
importance of an American oil sup-
ply on the other side of the Pacific
Ocean.
"The. failure to fine oil at Bondoc
does not prove that there is no oil
in ‘the islands.’ It means that there.
is none in the area prospected. There
is oil to the north. in Japan. and to
the south. in Borneo. and it may yet
be found in the Philippines group
where there has been only one real
drilling campaign, the one just fin-
ished."
“The Philippines expedition." the
statement pointed out, “furnishes a.
striking example of the hazards of
the oil industry. The search for bid-
den deposits of petroleum in uncer-
tain—the industry necks and, some-
times finds and sometimes doesn't.
In either case the expert-e is great.
requiring resources of vast size.
There is compensation. however, for
where many wildcat venture! may
full, one hilly succeed with profit-
able results. Such is the history of
oil. . .
"Having heard reports of favor-
able surface conditions on the Bond-
oc peninsula. the‘company initiated
its own geological survey in 1919. In
December. 1920. an expedition sail—
ed from San Francisco for Manila.
Everything necessary to life and
work had to be shipped from Cali-
fornia. The field of operations was
in a wild. scarcely inhabited region
of typhoon! .of fetid humanity and
civilization, a tropical loud of great
heat and torrential «rain. an area
of typhoons. of fetid humnity and
lurking disease. of snakes. alligators.
deer and wild pigs."
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The Sorry road bends gracefully'
to the left, courses down a. corridor
of pines and emerge: near a. spread
ing furl-owed field. In the blue diisw
tance across the open places is ui‘
solitsry house. It. seems lonely and:
perbnps a. trifle bleak according to';
the dispatch in the New York Times.
Near approach reveals it to be at
dusty red‘ brick. crumbling in dew
cay about the base. but remaining!
even in its sorry state rather more}
than mere suggestion of the dignity
that. once it held as the home or;
Master Thomas Rolfe. gentleman. ‘
To the rear of this plinpidated;
structure. possibly some five hund~
red yards. has been discovered bu-
ried among the shadows of a. wood.
what is believed to be the remains of
Capt. John Smith“: “Lost Fort."
It is perched upon a. precipice jut—
ting boldly into a. bend of Gray's
Creole—once known as Rolfe‘s Riv—
er—about two miles from the south'
bank of the James in Surry County
Va., and almost opposite the ancient
settlement of Jamestown. The sur—
rounding land was a. grant. of five
hundred acres from Powhatan. chief
of the Virginia. Indians to John
Rolfe. on the occasion of his mar-
riage to the Princes Pocahontas. it,
lies between Scotland on til Jamesi
and Surry court house. 3
in the.“Travels and Works of
Capt. John Smith," the famous ad—
venturer. writing of the establish-
ment. 0: the Iii-st. English colony Otif
the new continent, relates: i,
"We built also a. fort m:- a. rc—i
treat noon: a convenient riuer upon
:1th commanding hill. very hard to .
be assaulted and easier to be delend— 3
ed-!' '
This was probably in 1608. Time
erased whatever records may once
have existed on the Iort's location
and the structure erected by Smith's:
men succumbed to the growth of
trees, shrubbery and trailing creep-
rs. it was a secluded spot that none
had occasion to visit.
Long Search for Fort.
For many years historians have en-
dem ored to resurrect the site oi the
forgotten fortification following as
best they might the slender clue in
Captain Smith's narrative of his
travels. By virtue of the fact that
Jamestown. then a. peninsula. was on
the northern shore of the James. it
was on this bank they concentrated
their efforts. though a few consider—
ed the possibility of York River.
Diligent search however failed to dis-
clcme "a. retreat neere a convenient
riuer upon a. higher commanding
hill." There were no hills either on
the James or the York which might
tally with this description. An at-
mosphere of romantic mystery en-
veloped the "Lost Fort," and though
much interest was aroused as to
the probable site, the prospect ot’
its disclosure was ultimately aban-
doncd.
It was about three months ago
that Captain Carter R. BishOp of
l’ettrstlurg \‘a.. was called to sur-
vey n. Surry County farm; He accept-
ed the call to Surrey.
Captain Bishop was intimately fa-
millinr with the fact and Alogend
through which the history of the
section winds its devious way. The
{arm he was surveying was once the
property of Thomas Rolfe. the son
of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. \Vith
interest Captain Bishop inspected
the homestead, now inhabited by a
negro family. and when by chance
though he recalled the ‘fLost Fort"
of Smith. he ventured inquiry of an
aged negro. who was versed in the
tales ot the neighborhood handed
down through generations.
"Have you ever heard of a fort
around here?”
“Yessuh.” asserted the ancient
one "I seen it."
“\\'here?’
" ’S in that clump o'woods over
thar."
At the urging of Captain Bishop
the negro guided him across the
fields and into the grove of pine and
elm. hickory and sweetgum.
Through the underbush they plod‘
ded for perhaps a. hundred yards
and then halted before an earthen
embankment which rose to a. height
of five feet from the floor or the
little forest.
"Thus: it." declared the guide.
And Captain Bisgop began his inves-
tigations.
Across a. narrow neck of land ex—
tending into Gray’s Creek. flowing
seventy five feet below. almost a
perpendicular drop. an ancient lu-
nette was round. constructed by pil-
ling dirt high on a foundation of
rough-hewn pine logs. The creek
makes a. "hormshoe" bend about the
base or the clitt and empties into
the James.
Viewing the lunatic, Captain Bi-
shop was surprised at the circum-
stance that it faced away from the
water until he learned how inacces-
sibleflwan the cliff from any other
direction. Exceptlng a. small shelf
The deepest of the several holes
drilled went. to a depth or 6,120 feet
Floods and other climatic extremes
frequently interfered with the work.
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EX-CBANCELIDR IS .' i
SLATE!) 'AS ENVOY
0F BERLIN IN U.
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SITE OF “LOST FORT” BUILT lN 1608
.. BY CAPT. JOHN SMTI‘HDISCOVERED
. 500 men hnd
‘ while the strike was in progress and
i had returned to their homes in oth-
4
’tiquiuél will place a stone marker
on the site, or perhaps mother bis-
toricoi organisation will seek to in-
clude it notably among Virginia‘s
famous shrines.
Strikers Return But
500 Men Move Away
ST. JOHNS. N. F.. Aug. 5.--'rhe
threats to destroy the Humbermouth
Pulp sad Popu- projoct. which cous-
ed the despatch of two warships fl
thirty policemenjto the west co
settlement of Cornet-brook, bad
blown over today. the 4.000 strikers
returned to work yesterday undet-
concessions granted by the company.
Advices received here said that
work in all departments was resum-
ed in full. '
The strikers had demanded better
.housing conditions and wage in-
crease: of between 10 and 20 per
cent. The enct basis of agreement
w?” not. known here. - ‘
CURLING. N. F.. Aug. 5.—When
work was resumed on the Humber-
Anlouth pulp and pnper plant at Cor-
nerbrook yesterday a. check-up 0:
employee showed that more than
left the settlement
er parts of New Foundland. Al-
though some concessions were made
in the nutter of housing conditions
the strikers returned to work at the
old rate of wages.
“INFORMATION."
Subscriber (to information opera-
tor)—-—Piem give me MruDlll's tele-
phone number.
Operator—JI the initial "3" u in
Dr. Wilhelm Clue, former
J chancellor of Germany, probably
will be appointed ambassador to
, the United States, it is reported
‘ (m Berlin.
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iniln:_.ii.l:cly bent-nth the fort. the
suriaco oi the preciplCo is virtually
any. pillil'lblille, and a. formation of
grawl makes the low l'ootholds it
allows extremely precarious. To es-
say a Climb :l‘om the creek under
the must invertible conditions would
prove hazardous undertaking and.
top. impossiblv. No band of. in
diuns. crudely equipped with arrows
and tomalzavvks. could have storm—
ed the clilt with success.
faded lM‘L‘Ol‘da liumiim‘d.
The lunettc is 200 feet in length.
coming to a. right angio at the: Cen-
ter. The original height, according
to Captain Bishop's estimate. was
eight. or ten feet. now worn to the.
level of an average man‘s should-
or by rains and winds and the set-
tling oz earth. \\'itth the enclosure
there are logs, crumbling into dc-
cay. indicative ofuui attempt to
build a. blockhouse.
“'ith' the conviction he had def—
initely located the site of Captain
Smith's "Lost. Fort." BlshOp pre—
pared to prove his Claim beyond pos-
sibility of dispute. His first find re-
lating to this was among the faded
records and deeds in the archives at
Surry court house. Here he found a
deed drawn up by Thomas Rolfe.
l-Loll‘c was born in Virginia. about
1615 and when an infant. was taken
to England. There his mother. Po-
caiionins (lit-cl. The child was rear-
ed in London by his uncle. Henry
Rolfe. , and did not return to the
new continent until many years af-
ter his father's death and when he
had reach-:4 manhood. ills heritage
includml the land 0: Chief Powhat-
un's Wedding gilt.
' hr: deed at Surrey conveys a small
portion of this kind from Thus. Rolfe
to another. and Captain Bishop dis-
covered in its wordJJ; the phraSI
“Smith's tort obi
“old liclli' having been
designation of ground suitable to;
farming. This served to substan-
tiate Captain Bishops belief that. the
ancient. earthworks were a. part of
Smith‘s "Lost Ir‘ort.
But Captain Bishop continued his
search. 'lic entertained the opin-
ion that? Smith had left better guid-
ance to so inizmriant a. point than
the hazy paragraph in his Journal.
In fact, he reasoned, Smith must
have made some note of it on his
map of explorations. He obtained
a copy of the map of exploration;
He obtained a copy of the map. 1.-
is a remarkable example of car:-
ography of compared to the accur
ate and unimaginative geographical.
charts of today. Captain Smith had
sketched it in elaborate detail and
questionable perspective, embellish- ;
ing the affair with. intricate draw—
ings of Indians stalking deer among
a wic'rd variety or trees. The let~
toting. in the main, is o: illegible
old English. ,
Captain Bishop. however. had the
knowledge he desired at hand.
Tracing the course of Gray's Creek.
found by its adjacency to James-
town. was a matter of no difficulty.
but on reaching the. "horse-shoe"
bend he discerned a. marking, slight
and inconspicuous. that could not be
deciphered with the unaided eye. A
strong glass was placed over it and
into light there sprang the inscrip~
tion: ”The Newe Fort.”
It is likely that the Society‘tor
the Preservation of Virginia. An-
Jack and 30¢ Spring a Surprise.
Bill ? .
Subscriber-X0. it‘s Dill as
pickle.
in
comer or PEACE
Ltbauzr' BMW ' , the new
premier of Jngo-Sllvis, has pro-
chimed a policy of " in the
Balkan.” W
PAINFCL OCCASION.
“Well. how did you enjoy your
visit to the dentist's?"
"I was bored to tesrs."—-Boston
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HER WEDDING
Make her wedding the more enjoyable with
a gift from a carefully selected stock.
A Silver Service—A Console Set.
A Clock—A Pair of Candlesticks.
And so many others that you must see .6
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your birds a ration balanced for summer. ‘Feed
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cooling Chicken Chowder.
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of
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Floor
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rose, 7x9 ft, 810.
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New ~ curtains
dainty
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Marquisette curtains with tie
Fine voile curtains hemstitched with ruffle and lie
minds-430th plain or splash voile, $1.50 pr. . ,
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Third floor. center.
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Seamless axminster rugs both Oriental and flora
interest .
blues and tans'a'ud.
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