Show N N ff I T TREASURE f fM M MAD l LONDON M i 0 i Newspaper Advertising Scheme That Became One of Biggest I Crazes on TROOPS CALLED OUT TO SAVE Property Was tas Dug Up by Crowds Milled Armed With l Ilig From roni a n Spade to a n Ere I d Correspondence I oNDo Feb I tb lD 11 1 It Jt was wa found LONDON L lIec nry for mounted troops to disperse tho the mob of tit els on Woolwich Common yester yesterday day da morning Th announcement was wi III In a n aLon 1 Lon inn paper papel a n fow few days ago n o per Ji hliS u s It may ma Ina give a n faint Idea of ot the ex ox ext t tn HI m of ot th madness which at nt present pr m u London In Its grIpe grip It was a t omo evil genius In III the I of at o u 11 t gr penny weekly pub by Ii b Sir eorge Newnes Newles who In III nt d th thu now nos famous e hem and am began tho the cra by b bur Ing O in gold gc In III ii a i place laco In dk tiia a ng ag itt IIi by means of ot lues u s embodied In a serial story The of ot tho the man has to bo be care enre carefully fully com tiled in lit these thole days for other 1St w h II ho would In some danger cf c It lung torn limb Int from limb by Jy mug property rh owners S Alford I chief ot of the t Dally DOll Mall laII and so HO many man other I that ho he probably name Ilamo them all nil offhand was the Hie Mist ilist to copy coy the Iho scheme chemo In III hIs hilS Weekly DIs Uis DIsI I ath at h and then Tho The News Nev of tho the world another London Sunday paper laer look took It 11 un Uti thorn treasure Ir to the extent nt of or 30 3 O has been u con eon conr calel r In lii of ot London nut the larger provincial toi towns ns Only ono nun of these o Journals however him heti bailed the I cash the tho other having so lit tl In different small each o ot of which entitles its It finder r to J 50 O or KM 2 Q To begin with 20 of these the e medallions r were ivero planted by the first newspaper 10 hidden In l London and 10 1 In the lie th l rite Tho thing mode such a n sensation that the tho M Journal promptly went wont on one bolter louer by tty burying metal tubes each NICh con coil wining HOO IQ In gold or In all nil thi th sA tubes tuk like the other Journals j me Inc being seen scolded ted In III absolutely PUblic places Of course this guise gave IW O un an Immense lIllIn to tho the business but hilt came to a n climax when It was WAN announced that tho th linn newspaper had laid down n it 1 erles of o modal lions hion nn nit 11 additional Bum bUilt of at U Tim CLUES flues to the tho hiding h hll lilt places of ot thess are published Sunday by II the for fOl tho the I luemeN hemes but OUt not hot ns 11 done dono by Ill i In the tho of at allusions In lit tho the thom Course m of at f a 1 continued 11 Tho The me utie mons mid fluid tubes tulles of ot treasure were hid hili a den he n In tho the different localities s by 11 spec leo lal aj of ot the tho newspapers find and In the columns of tho the join n tin theM theun men after naming tho the i London or proVincIal chosen by uy Jy them thein give RIo rather anna of the tho no exact net neighborhood In which jn they y hid the tho treasure tren ure Hero for ex nn ide 1113 l Is c ono ano of cit these clues clue which relate to a n small London Condon hugging W toy tubo tithe fW 1100 I 1 Inspected tho the neighborhood Thero WAS vas n a railway line Hue which cross cd and went on Oil in t sonic shops anti a it 1 small cammall until til I arrived nt at a bUilding ii ne of at only IO ln Interest to too tco i J Turning own Past t this tills llato fOunt Wf myself between two ro rows H of or 5 tit at t tho the end of ot which to ol 1 an educational rite Tho Spot ro WM WIlI most timely discovered Not f 1 n soul l In sight so mo without lot let or hind hurled the tho tube and ute at made my rny way WilY back hack to town Amazing 1111 scenes follow tollow Promptly on h t the PublicatIon of ot such uch cluen With u It 1 that lau has stood them welt wll In InI I i N N N N N hand tho tilo newspapers had been beon careful to say ay plainly that the medallions or tube of sovereigns had not been hid hidden hidden den on private property and the re result reo sult stilt ns that In practically every oer sec sac section tion of ot London on the morning follow folio Ini In the Ihl of the first batch ot or clues due a n street alley olley or public square was tas ao taken Into Inlo possession by b a crowd crowt composed of from rout a hundred to a II thousand men en women and children firmed armed with all Forts of Implements of ot and all nil fired with the ambition to gather Kither In III 2 O In return for tor a morn mom logs Ings digging tugging MADNESS Tho TIle first week weak such ouch mostly motI contented themselves with get got getting gotting ting their Sunday paper baIler In If the tho regular way and then sot ot out ut for t r the tho neigh In their district to which the publish 1 clues to though In some saute dense crowds gathered on the railway stations to so euro cure tho the papers ns IS soon Mall us they were thrown off tho the trains traInA Hut But n a week weel later lator several lots lols of ot treasure having been un unearthed cariboU In madness be more acute The he medallion mill and tUl newspapers are aro published at nt I I 12 Sunday morning before 11 it on the second Saturday n night following allowing tho the opening of or tho the treasure quest crowds hind had begun to gather about the tho of ot the two Journals Hy Ib II the the were vere pub Nib published each of oC thoro crowt numbered at nt least I persons of all nil ports sorts and conditions or 01 0 enough entirely to block up ill III tho the street and make It Impalpable 1111 1111 These tr had all nil sorts sort of ot vehicles waiting for them too bicycles tnt I cotta timid and oven oen motor cars p 1111 1 that they ther could 1111 dash Insh off oct in tho tIle direction of or the tho treasure trove the tho minute that they tho had tot lot ot n a paper and un 11 ascertaIned Its itA Some people had allies stationed at tit the telephone In suburbs whore where It hud been announced II 11 1101 that treasure Measure uro would be hidden In III older to ba ohIo able to repent 1 the tle clues to them and thus gout a n long start on rivals As Aut the t lie minutes went ont by II thin thIs mob moh crow grots CN moro more mom moru ond any employ In tho the offices who Whit to show Ills hIs fuco was 1111 over 01 overwhelmed whelmed with offers of uC from froll fromn rent renta n a quarter to 10 five fIC dollars for fOl nn an copy COI COh of tho the paper When Whon th Journals actually made malle their appearance there therl Ins s ns something like 1110 a n Ilot lot Mon In women children fought with each other to 10 get II to tho the windows where here the tIme papers aJ eIs wore rere being KOld sobi who ho hud had secured copies hardly could get et away avay with them who ho had bundles of ot the Sunday Journals jour charged what they pleased denetI for or them One boy demanded half n a I crown eron or CO GO cents u a copy hand them thom out fast 1st enough Meanwhile the tho folk Culk who had hlll got Jot papers MOIO ere 1110 setting netting ort oft hot foot toot In III nil all directions tlona bound for tor tho the grounds while tho the of the sleeping stooping town verc oro beginning to resound with the tho newsboys cro of or lues to tho thio hidden treasure all the Iho clues ALL LT sours OF OP IMPLEMENTS 1 MENTS Home Some of ot those actu actually ally b gln nn Oil Sunday mornings before he for It Is lanterns and even but roost most of them wait until dawn to begin hunting TItle This Is about 4 n a in mit nut from roll rein that unto until S or 9 I folk CollI of ot all nil sorts Arts keep Into him whatever unhappy neigh neighborhood the Iho newspaper duos have havo to Indicate until often there thero are nio moro more titan than a n thousand of them Implements Implement used in the thc search have havo garden trowels umbrellas walking vii sticks gouges chisels gimlets gImlet s spades penknives and oud aim forks Ono Onu man mail oven even sallied rallied forth orth with n II latch latchkey latchkey key and tutu another with a rL corkscrew crew whIle union the tho too toot was u IL woman with a tablespoon An ut n Ingenious Individual appeared In last Sunday with u it 1 i toil oil and to 10 show how ho tho the for far this sort of oC thing han hao grown frown It may mn bo ho that ono one of ot tho moat searchers In the Chelsea district was a n blind man In Ill some localities too friends and families have formed them themselves themselves selves Into hi to III In OIdor order to bo be to search more systematically I s to say It Is hardly a ri true calm that rests over oer these crowds of It folk moat of at them poor who are for treasure In Inthis Inthis this way WO Sn Fights anti and squabbles Imp 1111 pout pen lOll every eer tow few fo double and trip pie Ills of or policemen have havo nil 1111 they cnn enn do to 10 keep keen order to people 10 on their way say to church tho the whole hoie business IB Is nn an abominable nuisance It has hns proved tot for one who Ima hM on n ono one of ot the tho hidden modal medal medallions lions or tubes of ot not to pros pro proclaim claim his hili find from tho tIme housetops A t who was aN only lily inspected of ot having lit on ono one ne of ot the tho w Willi a u chased by b a I mob seine come hundreds strong and finally shook them oft off by jumping on an nn omnibus which luckily lly had only Otto ono Beat empty For lor tho most part these of kayo have borne In mIni mind the tho newspapers warning that the tha treasure Is never burled on private property and so confined choIr efforts to streets street gutters and the neighborhood of public buildings but In SOIl soine sou dis dIe districts riots private flowerbeds have been b el torn up fences fen cs knocked l I down and lawns lown ruined by those thoRe who b that after all the magic maglo disks might be found In this way u uTho Tho Tim first public protest over this sort of oC thing was male mail by hy a I a London house householder householder holder who wrote rotu to the Times describing ing tn hU his experience with the tho treasure treo uN Last evening he ak on return returning ing lag home I 1 found 1 ti t crowd of ot people some collie ot or them actually a engaged d in Iti dig diggin gin ging down to the be of ot the lie Iron Iroll columns supporting s nil mig the railings In front of ot my own oln and oud adjoining houses and others looking on at nt tho the mischief In progress I collared one olle of ot the time diggers und and as OB ho lie refused to give mo me his hili name and address I endeavored en to take him him to t a n police station but a n mob soon gathered round us and demanded that I should release my lay In hold held of the tho man limn manThis I This at It considerable peril to myself m lf I 1 refused to do tie and thereupon I was hustled by several men who enabled my lily prisoner to 10 slIp out of or his hll coat cont leav leavIng Ira log Ing It In tn my hands mill and to run away amid the time plaudits of his companions The crowd crowel grew grev so o threatening that the householder hat had to take refuge In Ina Inn a n chemists shop hop and later was 11 taken token homo home under a n police guard A Jondon districts outside tho the actual business centers cure are literally being thug dug up by folk In quest of ot treasure and amid arrests aie nH Lt made mado wholesale every evry cv ry day on of at damaging property In one nile It Will was declared that tim t the whole of ot time the channeling on both sties of or n II street hind had been Ien die all ull the tho Joints scraped out be he between teen tween the tho and part of the lie asphalt broken stones have lx bonit en torn tent up tip alt all oer London On Tuesday morning a boundary stone weighing or was dislodged thrown thron Into n a I roadway and n mu canal that runs through the tho London suburbs tIme the towing with Path huts luus been grub grubbed grubbed bed up tip for Cor moro mania two to miles In Inthe tIme the London of ot IRI bon a 11 maui man was wan arrested for tor digging d nil up UI tho ho roots of af a it tree trel to a 1 street In th hi Chelsea Chulin district a 1 householder writing to one ono of ot the newspapers says ws pathetic pathetically pathetIcally ally ni White horse Lane Lano now looks look like a I plowed field Recently a moan man wan WUI i arrested Ild taken Into court with Picking at the he mortar on a I public building with Ith lh a n corkscrew At A Heading a IL town not far fn from front Lon London 11 don two women WOlen were looking IDI ng for treasure on the tIme bank of ot a n river when whon both bOlh foil fell fel In and ant near being drowned The he assault on Woolwich common however to check chck which mounted troops had to bo be b brought trout from tho the local garrison lute has about brought mat lat tore tors to a head In tho the morning tho clues that day having Indicated the tho common as its lS a n spot At where w ere treasure had been heen burled moro moore tItan than 1000 10 per persons 01 sons eons descended on the th locality lonU and be he benn henn nn to prod and an dig 11 In Imi good foo earnest The flue moro more moe they the hunted i too tho lie madder they thc got and amid whIm when It became I evident that tIme the holo common would bo ho dug up UI unless the tho thing thin was waa stopped the tho In command at nt Woolwich bar barracks barracks racks ordered a 1 mounted fora to clear the away nO awe At M t first It really looked ns its If Ir thero there would bo ho a ml ariot 1 riot and blood bi shod eliot for the crowd was angry and determined not to bo ho b die dis disturbed Ils but finally the tho seekers after gold goll were to wo see e that the troops meant business antI and before long hong the th badly damaged field nett was clear Meantime every cn fow few luek hits hilts hl upon either ono one of ot tho the me mc medallions or one of ot tho time tubes of soy sov sovereigns SO Time The names anti addresses es of ot these are published promptly and so 80 tho the excitement Is II kept at nt fever heat Tho The proprietors of ot the lie two newspapers erl responsible for fop It all LII are Jubilant es cc especially Alfred Al fret Harmsworth who sho in Imi an nn Interview the Iho other day that lint by hy means menns of oC tho the hidden hIMen treasure Idea 10 he ho had hll resuscItate a et which In newspaper circles for tor years hind had been h cl considered a a corpse TIme Tim em el of those tholo Journals however are aro not lot so happy Their lives are being made miserable 1 by y nil ni sorts of ot In lii 1 regarding tho the treasure At tho thin offices of or both boh the tele do phone hell boll bt 1 Is II kept ringing from cOin morn ing ln n tIlt till tl night by ly folk nil ni over ocr London who arc anxious to know If Ir tho the medal medallion medallion lion lon or tubo tub hidden In their district has been ben found A colt of ot panic seems to have havo poised tho lie whole staff tn of the W H O Dispatch tho the journal Is responsible for tor forthe time the tie burled medallions You cnn can pick them lucia out OL on eu Fleet 1 street tr t by hy time Iho way they hey shy Rhy oft off or If It ft a n stranger tries ties to speak pk to tb n teu |