H 1 1 J H I Recent Archaeological If S Finds in Michigan are M ill Frauds Says Talma&e Br ffl t ; f- Wji Interest In the alleged nrchneo'logl. K Mf! tal discoveries In Michigan tins bo- $1 a come very genernl of late, as In shown HjFJ 9 ! by extended mention of recent flinip PHk 1 published In the papers , of Detroit, PH ' & ' Chicago, and other cities. It will bo PH X m of Interest to the people of Utah to Uj ji know thnt Dr. James K. Talmugo has 8W I ' given attention to this matter, and ? for over two years past has been en u . gaged In a,n Investigation thereof. He . M ' has mado several vIbIIs to Detroit, PH ii K4 t which appears to be the chief center PH ( f i of the region .within which these finds PH' J j A i have been mndty and, furthermore, PH I ( lias conducted oxcnvatlon work him- PH. i ,; t-t'lf and has removed from the earth IB ' with IiIr own hands a number of nr- bbbwv ' U ' V j tides which, if genuinely ancient, PHt,' t1 i ? would have to be classed among the PH f most astounding archaeological dlscov PB I ' cries In America. It will be seen, bow. PBji' & ' evcr that 1)r- Tnlmogo unhesitatingly i'r . pronounces these finds as forgeries ! ' J , and frauds ib doeB Dr. Starr of tho PB ! Chicago university, although Prof, PB I Klnnamau declares his firm belief In PB their genuineness. We are particularly PB u fortunate In being permitted to pub- PB "8n 1'ldureB of Homo of the articles PB taken from tho mounds by Dr. Tal- pBj ,' mage, and In presenting herewith an PBj account of part of the work he has PB n (l"ne ln the lc ot this Investigation. PB Or. Talmage's Statement. PB!' l ' "My attention was first drawn to PB'i " . ,he alleged archaeological relics In PB'' , l ij ' Michigan during tho summerof 100!), PB B , 'In the course of a conversation with PJ fl , ' Dr. W. C. Mills, state archaeologist of PB' ''j ' Ohio. In thus becoming acquainted PB' j with the matter at so late a date, I PB U confess I was sadly behind the times PB, , as I have since learned thnt discover- PB I les of this kind have been made at In- PB tervnls for more than twenty years PB past. From Dr. Mills, I learned the PB' names of parties residing In Detroit PB'' whoso Interest In tills work lias been PBj dcmoiistiated by long and peislstent PhL i work. The parties leferred to are PHP j those whose names have been ton- PBf, ' I slvely used of late in the newspaper PHJ f reports of recent developments, sped- PB ' flcally Mr. Daniel K. Sopor and Rov- PB orend James Savage, dean of the Holy PB Tlnlty church of Detroit. Through PB , the. courtesy of .Mr. Sopor, (obtained PB f) ' hie prints and photographs of tab- PB 1-'ts' Borgets, ornamentH .Implements, PB ' j etc., all of them bearing liiKcrlptlons. PH '""1 "II said to have been unearthed pH from burial moumlH within this state PB ' of Michigan. Father Savage nlho had PB, 'i ) largo collection or these ob PH. S't'ts. At tliu Invitation of these gen- PV " Ueinen, I wyiit to Dvtrolt In the lat- PB, tor part of N'ovombur, Iftofl, and was PB' 'j accorded the privilege or examining pB'f "' the great array or artifacts which they PHP had brought togetber. PB "I suggested tliu advisability of my PHi pej-sonal examination or some or tho PBT 'j mounds, and Mr. .lames Scotfnrd was PH I, i named to mo as a man whoso service PH j It would be well for me to secure in PHl the work or excavation. This man has PHU also been pioiulnently mentioned in Pl lecent newspaper reports and I can PH,. therefore use his name without re- PP, ' ' serve. I had previously learned that PPJ $ Scotford had proved himself tho one PH1 successful digger in the search for PHl '' these alleged ancient relics and I PPJ j have since become convinced that PB practically all or tho ai tides that have PPBi j lieen unearthed have been fnunil by PK .' Scotrord and certain members of his PJj' family, or by others closely assodat- PJb; ed with him. PBj, ., "However, I deliberately decided to PPJ 1 rollow tho suggestion of employing PHI f Scotrord, nnd on Nov. 15, 1909, 1 nc- PHI , companled him and Mr. Daniel K. Sop. PPJ) er, to n tract of woodland a few miles Pig. from the center or Detroit. Here we PHt round a number or small mounds PPJ; scarcely more prominent than graves PBf l a cemetery. Scotfnrd selected one PB' f these, nnd after I had made a super- PPjIJ tlctal examination which railed to re- PB: veal any signs or recent disturbance, PB( -j ho began to dig Into tho central part H' '. r tho mound. Within a row mlnutee, PPJ thero wns exposed a charp point or B; , what seonied to bo an lmiIemont or PPJ copper, and this I removed with my H ft own hands. It proved to bo a thin PK f copper ax with -ft inches ns tho great- PB est length. It bore on ouo faco nn In- PPJi scrlptlou Including n combination of PB characters which appear on every ono PPJlj of tho 'relics thus far unoarthed PPJ bo nx Is illustrated heroin by figure 3. PPJ Kroin another mound tho copper knife PH shown In figure 4 was taken. This is F 7 Inches In gieatest length nnd thoro Ppj is tho' ovc r-present character, together B ,Bf wlth n crosa- Hy tho way. tho mark ffl' ,iA which appears on all tho relics has PPU ' h heen spokon of as tho'tribnl' mark and PH f'J v r convenience, will bo referred to H "g'eC i "B 8,,cl herein. BJ''ifc Slate Tablet Found. PJB ' '' BiPJPJpJk "rnmi nuother mound, also selected HHhtflBMHBHBK' by Mr. Scotford nnd opened by him, I took out n tablet of black slate. This is 10 'a Inches ln length by 4fe Inches In width and autnit C-1C or an inch In thickness. It Ib Inscribed on either side with both plctographn and hieroglyphs. hiero-glyphs. From the same mound I took a amnll pendant or slate 4',i Inches long by 1 3-4 Inches wide and less than 1-4 inch In thickness. This Is perforated per-forated near one end and Is Inscribed on either side. Another object taken riom this mound Is a broad knife mnde of slnto and seemingly adapted for use as u skimming knife. This Is about T Inches In length nnd 2 12 inches wide, and bears ,ln addition to the tilbnl mark, a photograph of a hunter In conflict with a huge animal of nondescript outline; nnd a human head, with headgear suggestive or a model n soldier of France. Large Slate Tablet. "The moat remarkable find, however howev-er ,was a large slate tablet taken from another mound, small and Isolated. This tablet ls of gray slate, a little over II 1-2 Inches long nnd 9 I-2 I Irenes Ir-enes wide, and about 6-16 or an Inch In thickness. This Is shown In figure 1. One sldo consists or pictographlc outlines representing tho story or the Noachlan flood, the general features of which are In accordance with tho account given In Cenesls. On the. re. verse side Is a calendar circle with 13 divisions suggesting the Maya calendar calen-dar of 1.1 lunar months, and a battle scene between two companies, the figbters on one side being distinguished distinguish-ed by helmets and using ror weapons bows and arrows; the warriors on the other sldo wearing headgear or rea-tilers rea-tilers and armed with spears, iletween the contending parties, a peace-mnk. cr Is prominently displayed; and the death or one or the leaders Is depicted with Indications of the month nnd the specific phase of the moon marking date or tho occurrence. Tho tribal mark appears at the top or the tablet. Picture of the Flood. "The obverse side, telling the story of the deluge, Is not hard to decipher as far ns pictographlc record goes. The other characters are as yet Of hidden meaning. This Inscription is laid orr in rive parallel zones or panels. pan-els. The top zone tells or the preaching preach-ing of Noah with tho nll-seelng eyo attesting at-testing tho divinity or his mission; with the rejection or the message bj a crowned figure. The second zone shows the rising waters with men and animals struggling In the floods nnd buildings being submerged, The third panel shows nn ark afloat with tho dove sent out upon the waters and tVo rectangles of 40 divisions each indicating 10 days and 10 nights due lug which tho waters prevailed. Tho sun Is rising fiom the waters, seemingly seem-ingly Indicating that roller Is promised. prom-ised. In the fourth panel, tho sun of prosperity Is fully risen, the aik has come to rest and tho animals are marching out nfter their long Imiirls-onment; Imiirls-onment; while four human figures one ol which Is evidently the leader, are shown in the attitude of giving thanks. This, of course ,1s supposed to lepreRcnt Noah and his three sons. Tho bottom panel depicts tho ruiUbow with an inscription which may Indicate Indi-cate the covenant of tho I.rad to the effect thnt ho would not again over, whelm tho earth by water. Other Discoveries. "The objects described Ubovo rop resent the sum total of finds mnde In my presence. As stated bofoie, my" ex-cnvatlon ex-cnvatlon was begun on Nov. Ifi, 1909; three or the objects were taken Trom tho earth on that day and the other three on the tl 8th or tho samo month. I have described only the objects tnk-en tnk-en rrom tho earth by niyseU; no description de-scription Is given of the hundreds of objects: In the collection or Mr. Sopor nnd Father Savage. Slnco tho time or my visit ,an illustrated booklet has been published by Mr. Rudolph Etzon-housor, Etzon-housor, who, as I havo slnco ascertain, cd, Ib a missionary of tho no-organized Church of Latter-day Saints. This booklet consists of 44 pages ol engravings, showing objects of slnto, copper and clay. Out of ton largo tab. lets theroln depleted, olght portray tho story of tho delugo. "Needless to Bay woro theso objects what thoy purport to ho, viz , genuine archaeological relics, their discovery must ho considered ns marking one of tho most Important developments In Amorlcan nrchneology, Tlioy tell the story of nn tu.-ient people w'th Can caslan features, civilized and cultured, well versed In mathematics and ns tronomy, and in possession of several books or ancient Jewish scripture Their civilization spnalis of Egyptian and Hebrew custcas, and Is to bo ox j plained ,n!y by the theory of tboir j Continued on I'age 0, PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPJHPPPPPPpB IHecent Archaeological Finds In The State of Michigan mm 8 Tire Frauds Says Tafmage K Continued rrom I'ago I. Bf jK lnavliiK migrated to this continent UL fBJ T.txim the fan. Living at the name IK c3mc, In the same region, Im peoplu 9k -wf loner cultmo vltli phyHlugnoiny jE iiiLiill.ir tn la.it ol' the Indian tribes and M 1m a sl.itc i i' enmity mid continuous O TMiifnie In thulr lelatuis with the BB r'ojdo of higher type. JH "Kvury Httulcnt of the Hook of Mor- H Sinai xnon will recognize ii Htrlklng parallel- H dJM . torn between the history revealed by H Is! srtu'&o alleged leroulu of the past and H Mm , f he Hook of Mnrjimn story lUelf. Tho Hi 5 -'""'""'" rnblets unentitled In Michigan suggest B i B) in oulllue the ecu tulles of conflict bo- H j V Jiwren the iNephltca and the Uuiuinltea Hj 1 u ud finally tlie extermination or the K ft JNi-phllo peoples. Hjv:f Conflicting Opinions. Bj a 9 "'Now as to the genuineness of these. H b'jf' finds, much has been written and said. BjyUj (I'rof. Francis W. Kelsoy, of tho Unl- Hj P j iJerslty of Michigan, pronounced thorn H; I 3 spurious and denounced them ns for- Hi tj .w.rlcH In tho early months of 11)08. H; ( 1 JSIiich that other tirchneologlutH have H' ') ' Jtolned 1'iof. Kelsoy In such denuncln- HJa, y.lnn. On tho other hand, some whose H' f ,-r (opinions must he considered as of vol- Hi j ir, havo declared them genuine, H i iu timing men of tho latter class Is l'rof. H.j ' ' -X -O. KInnuman, cditur-ln-chlcf of the H , JUnorlran Antiquarian and Oriental H3 , 1 -Journal, published nt Denton Harbor, Bji I1 -Michigan. In tho Chicago Kxnmlnor of p T' SiTnuayTSuly 23, appears nn dnbor- BJ! jj ' sitidy Illustrated nrtlclo embodying Hj ; who! imrports to be a detailed ondorso Hhi' rnentliy l'rof. Klnnamnn, in which he Hl luelnres tho Michigan relics to he H'jfi 7Ecnulno beyond question. Ah the tit- Hiv'i-.' vtcnincoH ascribed to l'rof. Kliiuauuin HI J. 5n that writing aro not attested by his H i$ -adgnnturo, It may not bo wholly fair H.'f1 oto hold lilm accountable for all that H ii 'is there said. In n personal letter to Hr1 t TvnyHclf, dated July 19, I'rof. Kluiiaman HI s ijioKlUvoly declares for the genuine- Hjvj ' 3ie.su or the relics and states that he Hju -sjx.'aliH on tho basis of experience ox- Hj j j 'lending back to ISS'.l. HL! .i "Aceordtug to the Uctiolt papers, Hb ft!' I'ror. rii'derlck Starr, dean of tho de- Hm Jti jmnm' it " American archaeology and Hj! .' .anthropology In tho University of Chi- HJ ' ;b :aK". was In Dctioit engaged In tho Ht,. ' investigation of tho lellcs ns late na H July, 2-1 of this year. HJ "Wlt'lilii u few Tlnys after the' visit HJ.V j -at l'rof. Starr, tho Detroit papers gave HJi;' I npueo to purported Interviews with HJ 4 that gentleman In which ho discredits HJpU She alleged relics without modification H'l ,i air (luustlon. Hti1- . Archaeological Fraud, HJn (j "In my own Investigation, I have Hjfji t I'tideavored to maintain n strictly Jti- HjjF ( ilichil and unbiased condition of mind Hfj j Mild to cmcfuliy consider and weigh HJ t (ho evidence on both sides. 1'or con- HJ) Alderably over a year past, I have Ik ' S)ccn convinced that these articles Hjjii j vtrc manufactured with Intent to de- Hft''&' ir1ve, and that they aro dug up as B$K i occnBlon seems to demand. In making HJiJ ibis statement, I refrain from any at- HJiIk1 ! flsmpt to name or Indicate tho parties HJ Ll j -actually responsible for this forgery, HJ t-R ' Ciiough from the evidence I have gnth- HJIFh wjicd within tho last fow weeks, sped- HJr tflcally hi the course of a visit to Do- HJg "roll In the month or June last, I um Hjfr .tsuro that 1 know who some of "these HJV warilcH are. I agree with the spiiit of B . t ' certain recent newspaper reoorts as- HJ t bribed to Prof. Starr, to tho effect that B ' vcertaln of the Detroit collectors, not- HJ t ably Reverend Dean Savage, and Mr. K r VU Ktzenhouser, nppear to bo nbso- HJ Hutcly Innocent of any intontluual HJ ' ifrnutl in tho matter and are to bo re- HJ yarded as innocent victims of a whole Hr tfiilo forgery. HJ .Evidences of Fraud. HJ; "Among the facts, the consideration HJ I -f which have led to my conclusions HJ vexardlug tho fraudulent diameter of HJ rheae findH, are tho following: HJ "(1). Accordingly to tho evidence HJ 'I have been able to gather, practically HJ i' -:ll tho dtscovories of relics thus far H yeporied have been made by James O. HK? ' Scotford or by his son-in-law, Scoby, HV1' K r by parties who, llko myseU, havo HK . ieen operating under tho guidance of Hfl , she men named. Now, were these HE , p 'relics' actually of ancient burial and HK - i' generally distributed ns reports of Ht t ' tho finds would Indicate, thero would H j -biirely be homo dlscovorles by accl- HM( s xlent. On tho other hand, discoveries Hm; j "are rondo by parties who go Into the HM' I -field for the purpose and, as tar as 1 Hi V know, by none others. A fow weeks Hll I afU'r tho uncartlilng of tho six pieces Ha', Oiy myseU, as described above, I re- HJ I r.uriii.'d to Detroit apd, with tho asslBl- Hl I mice of otliors, opened 22 mounds In Hli 'Hie lmmcdlato vicinity ot thoso In Hi '. nvblcli my finds had been made, with- HMi f -out finding a slnglo additional piece. HA" Of course, this is but negative ovl- Hi) j 4uuco, but such ovldenco sometimes Hi eeomc8 ot primary Inipoi tanco. More HllMBfti over, such evidence, when cumulative, HHHHHk znay become convincing My expert enco In this line Is that of others who have undertaken independent Investigation. Investi-gation. "(2). The conditions or the burial arc such as to (.tactically preclude interment in-terment centuries ngo ,as the claims of great ngc for these relics must Imply. Im-ply. The objects nro generally found within a foot or two feet ot the sur-race, sur-race, I havo heard or no credible or woll attested instances of accidental uncovering whereby any object has been exposed through nature's wrath-cling wrath-cling except such discoveries ns have been made by parties well known to be skilled in making these finds. Nevertheless Nev-ertheless did these objects exist by the hundreds In theso little mounds and within so short a distance of the surface, It passes belief that they should never bo uncovered except by pro-arranged digging. Moi cover, thcrr is absolutely no evidence thnt appeals to me ns Indicating that theso little mounds nro burial spots. It has been assumed that theso relics were buried with tho dead, and tho area within which tlioy tiro found has been referred re-ferred to ns a great necropolis. Yet not even n single tooth has been found to mar kthe presence of n burled bur-led body. Corroded by Chemicals. "(II). The. freshness amounting lo practical newness of the exhumed oh Jects examined by me, is entirely Inconsistent In-consistent with any claim of great antiquity. Some ot tho slate tablets I havo seen and bundled aic so fresh as lo suggest that they loft the maker's mak-er's hands ns last ns yesterday. The lines made by the graving tools, when examined microscopically, show frnc-tines frnc-tines therein. Tho copper pieces, while generally gieen with verdigris, have evidently been corroded by nip-Id nip-Id chemical processes and not by tho slow process ot time. Tho corroded layer on every copper piece I have seen Is thin and non-adherent, rap-Idly rap-Idly wearing orr even with tho most en i ef ill handling and leaving n surface sur-face clean and smooth except for tho slight roughness produced by chemical net ion . "(4). Kxnmiuatlon of the copper out of which theso articles are fashioned, fash-ioned, shows It to bo ordinary commercial, commer-cial, copper, smelted from sulphur hearing and arsenical ores mid not tho native copper such as tho coppers taken from genuine ancient mounds in this country are known to be. This conclusion as to tho character of the copper Is based on chemical analyses mndo hero and elsewhere, and on con ductivlty determinations made at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington "(TO. Tho way In which the pieces of shite and copper have been fashioned fash-ioned Indicates their modern origin. On the edge of tho copper battle ox unearthed by myself, the equl-dlstunt and regular lines of a modern rile are plainly seen. On tho odges ot tho tab-let tab-let ot bhick slate, 'the mnrks or a modern mod-ern saw arc still Intact. "Theso are a Tew of tho specific evidences ev-idences of fraud in this attempt to make modern fabrications appear as nncient artifacts. In this brier writing, I shall attempt no analysis ot the Inscriptions; In-scriptions; nor of tho written characters, charac-ters, except to say that I find characters charac-ters resembling those on tho nncient Moabltc Stone and some resembling characters on Icelandic Iluno stones, ng nlso many combinations ot cuneiform cunei-form characters to be found In certain cer-tain pictures of nuclent tablets. I refrain re-frain from discussing tho possible motive mo-tive by which tho forgers havo been moved In their dishonest enterprise, and of tho methods by which they havo worked, though I havo In contemplation con-templation posslblo publication of a fuller treatment on tho subject." J. K. TALMAOK. Write Chambers' Medlclno Co., Doo-ley Doo-ley Illock, Salt I.nko City, for a sample sam-ple of their guaranteed Dyspepsia Tablets. No cuie, no pay Is Just what wo mean when wo say wo guarantee theso tablets. Write their r-V-'Man for ndvice. Sold exclUF.u'ly . nd guaranteed guar-anteed by Coop Drug Co.