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Show -- 1 a , . 'T il jECTlOr SATURDAY JANUARY' 18 lDli) three SALT LAKEr CITY . EIGHT UTAH FAGES . T -- L More Azoreant in America Than a Problem That Mast be Considered at Peace Conference Of fmrhense Importance in Late War and Mast Figare Largely in Calculations of Any Nation 1 h Islandt Future of Latter Sea Pouter Island Which Have Many Links With United States and Inhabitants Would Like to Join Us Only Exist Now to Finance Revolutions in Portugal That Ai1 at Atlantic the last few years has been 3,50(7,000 litres. Recently, however, the pearance of the phylloxera blight has threatened the wine industry. (It is on the rsland of Pico" of the Azores group, by the way, that the famous white wine, Pico Bianco, is giown), " AVOIDABLE FAILURES. "ZStSSud AZORES, THE f fc--The Jan. turTtftte Azoret -' ta to be oecidedbeaes tbe-Pe- fore, or during, Conference. m, itt islands the are supremely nations ,rtugal owns - i of the - semi-tropic- al TT -- inclinations of the be said themselves, it may more Azoreans in th UsTstates the than there islands the of The population r The popumated at 257,462. in New colonies Azorean late f the Idod Fall River, Boston and m djorni, at r 300,000,-- being written, Portugese thu uppers Wtimated & m the United State, aw on instruction from Azor-mare- a es i at fonts Delgada, f propaganda to induce the to the Peace Con-tx- t jsencaa delegates fe take an official interest ing x future of the Azores. cam-fe- in the Mediterranean. The credit fo' thisenemy tijla has been composed of our older submarines, tne success belongs partly to Spain. K boats, having the monitor U. S. S. Tonopah, for To ailovp of the Mediterranean. Spam is a pure their mother ship. (Our newer submarines, the have been based on Bantry1 Bay, Ireland. So delight But to a- - lover of the Allied cause, "Spain itmare. The time has passed for the far as I know, Bantry Bay, and Ponta Delgada have on the subject of been our only submarine bases in the war zone.) t persiflage irmans from Morocco, from Portugal and The Azores has further military' significance in ice have poured into Spain since the war the fact that one of the greatest cable centers in began and the German ambassador at Madrid has the Atlantic is located at Horta, the little harbor had 10,000 German busybodtes at hi. disposition on the island of FayaL Seyen cables converge her. throughout the war, most of whom have at some They ar operated by German, British and Ameritime or other tried to interest themselves in Gibrad can companies, the, holding Jthe smallfrench est interest of the three. The German stations of ltar. ' German submarines have unloaded currency from the occupied territories in France course have been closed by into Span!irih porta to depress the rate of exchange From this center, cables run to New York, Halihi Gibraltar r-- No convoy ha. gone eat of Gibrafax, Hamburg (through Canso and Emden), Water, ltar since the war began without its departure havville and Lisbon. lifted, it is permissible to say that the course followThe chief wealth of the. Azores lies in its pineing been seen by Gerrikan eyes. In the 7,000 Spanish ed by most of these small craft in crossing the Atlaborers employed at His Majesty's dockyard ia apple crop, of which in' 1910, 1,500,000 were exlantic, has been from the States to Bermuda (Hu Gibraltar, nobody know, how many German, have ported, chiefly to London and Hamburg. The AzorMajestys dockyard on Ireland Island,) to the Azores been numbered. Up and down the coasts of Spain, ean pineapple is grown in hothouse, which hold from .200 to 2,000 each, and in London the best (American naval base 13 at Ponta Delgada) and Spanish authorities have winked at the provisioning thence to their destinations. In the terrific storms of German submarines. " . . specimen, "before the war brought a. high as $2 'which swept (he Atlantic last winter when most of The same German influences which have been a piece. The story of the production of other crops has ,JhC9S..SPiallcraft Jwere streaming Jntothe war zona, constant menace to Gibraltar, have been felt by the it is ha;d to Me how most of them would have lived, A mericans"" it Fo n t sTO gada7 TheXanary Yslands,TiMir'intragic'one! The soil is'exceedingty "fertile had it not been for Bermuda and the Azores. "A. a which are Spanish territory, have been to notorious- - and the thrifty nature of the Azorean working class is such that every inch of ground, outside of coaling and repair base, the American base at Poita ly a supply point for enemy submarines that to be established ir. .... cans on escort duty at the Azores referred to them was one of the rocky headlands, is cultivated. ' the war zone and probably will be the last to be - as Canary - cruisers,-- - To meet the submarine Oranges used to be a great crop, 209,360,000 having . , demobilized. menace, an American submarine flotilla has been been exported to England alone as far back as From the first, the American, here were menbased on Ponta Delgada and has patrolled the seas 1859. - A blight which struck tho orange treee. later, aced by enemy submarines. Between the Azores and within a radius of 200 miles with such success thaf however, greatly reduced the crop. The American Isabella grape has also been wideGibraltar, they operated for a time in the "same enemy submarines, after the Orion's episode of hilarious security in which they operated for a time July 4, 1917, have kept their distance. This flo-- ly cultivated. .The average production of wine for a " Fonta Degada lies 2,228 mile, due east of New lately have been the scene York and Gibraltar lies some 900 miles east by kToj saral episode an episode f a sort which south-eathis time, from Ponta Delgada. In time oj war, By ifortuMtely never gets into print. 18 months United - the occupation of the Azores by a power hostile to Tit Delgada has been for some Great Britain would menace very seriously the trade jtesmval base 13 under the command of H. 0. Dunn, U. S. N. routes which converge into the Straits of Gibraltar. Wlwi Admiral Dunn first reached the. Azores, During the late war, base 13 of the United States Sojely e found the islands sorely in need of wheat. , navy (at Ponta Delgada) haa been a coaling and re300 ton. from the t a mcasQit of relief, he secured pair depot for transports and other naval craft mted State and disposed of it to the civil author-:e- e midwithout charge for freight Just now, when flowing to the war zone. As a stopping place use by the United its road the. an toEurope, way has he e isktth ire suffermgfrom influenza, Hun- Another Incident State, navy has been of inestimable value. Jelped with medical supplied dreds of small naval craft converted yachts, des-hick warned on July 4, 117, has helped to ce- e. troyers, chaser, and tugs would have been hard ol tie Azorean attachment for the United States been for 3 German1 At a. submarine a began put to it to nuke the crossing if it had not ivy. nt, been lid has Now Azores. the the that censorship from a the town Ponta - Azores Tl st Rear-admir- nmbarding oat aeveral miles off of al Delgada the breakwater. The collier, 8. 8. Orion, which happened at the time to be rag fer repairs just inside the breakwater, replied id her stem gun. The submarine submerged at act tod the Orion became the hero of the Azores. by you will find bars and babies and cigarette. Ponta Delgada named Orion. , resuit'of The that, just as the navy once went to the Azores e Azores have now Come to the navy. The navy, thout in any way seeking it, has won in the iww-en- e of those incidental victorie for which tuw re created. It has won a new and lasting vad for the nation whose colors the navy flies. ii flat is the highest of navies, k duty ft be distinctly understood that the navy has sought to interfere in Azorean affairs. Azorean !lir! ro none of the nayys business. The navy done its days work in the Azores, just a. it a it days work wherever it is sent. But Ad-i- d Dunn and the navy have lived in the Azores ihout a year by this time. And the Azores l1ind them good neighbors, jjoro is no reason why the .new friendship, navy makes for the nation, should be id my m the archives of the Mate and navy foments at Washington, and be forgotten. There I,ton this newest friendship shook! not kwamtted into an actual relation of mutual n1 affection between the people of the nd the In-"- y people of the United States. such a relationship would the United give new meaning in the hearts of the whose strong right arm it is. . HAT AZOREANS WANT. ; n the hearts of Americans that Azorean people whom the L? navy ha. 7 that this article is written. This after-llTE talked to an Azorean who is very islands. ..T t flje islands are to remain in their present JCSSmB Portuguese territory he said, nothing . but 7 zwaits us. We are end from con'Pee !J7j Iq cinnnnn uu,ut)u a year to Lisbon. receive new ds and so few schools that 70 Ur worWe!ss population ia illiter-one- y to develop our great re- exist for o purpose but to help fi-- at Lisbon. o notic of us, but for the money eF her We ,To far away bum. ck L not uAT"th.,Fe ,i... ,Fpirr-rh;;7- Z ?U8 fcairt u She "danda. am an Azorean, but xiower 01 ine 8 - Semehew. r threshold whose appearance gave me He to worth describing perhaps you may be able to feel something of the strange sensation he gave me. ' Imagine, then a fldute bowed at the knees and back, dad tn khaki and putties. A regimental breeches open" over rough dark grey coat-hu- ng a wooleq waistcoat, beneath which was a thick grey neck scarf. Had be ' beeo upright, he Would have stood considerably ever six .feet, but the huge ebouiders were bent and it seemed almost Impossible for him . to '-straighten his muscular limbs. He was leaning on k stick that looked as if he had Just dragged It from the braneh of tree, and he Wore a hard black hat pressed tow over his eve. - He did not immediately tjke off his hat. He Just ' stood there And looked at met - - The Sjridor limnd. I knew at ones that he was the man I was seeking, and Invited him to come tn. Then be removed his bat and with difficulty! repressed a nervous shudder. for I was looking at a disfigurement that seems almost unbelievable in these days of civilization.' This mans head Is covered with short stubbly grey hair, and his . jnatttzsxty JUxh ftn&jjrpjibesd plenty of room for the sinister sign that stretches from, temple to tem pi and from tho arch, of each eye- - T . brqw. tn the edge of the scalp, ..It J design" of a-- huge heavily tattooed - creature - which rab-like wards fold me is eslled In the country where it was made "The Hpider of Lteath or The Scorpion. Tit some horrible .frenzy of imagl- - . nation this creature which is pricked ia blue, red and green inks upon his - forehead, ha three great bodies--. Quo lies over the other, and each outline Is j clearly visible it ehows first the shield of Bulgaria, above that the.. military drum of Germany, and super-Jimposed upon .these the fez. tbe .f'tar a 'thrill. -- t.h . (Special Correspondence.) What do I OXDOX. Jan. . want to do 7 Why go back, there 7 What for?" And the and snarled thrust man scarred fingers into a leathern aallet hanging from his. waist and, after, out two clumsy fumbling, broughtsnub-nosed, cartriuges. ons snort - and tiis other, lung and tapenng. ,"Kor satisfaction. To pot these Into- the viral pans of- - two men., - , The roan wihiwu these grim words back in his chair and imt his chin upon a rough ' crutehed stick which he held between hands that looked tortured in spite of their great nd Mwr- It sounds rather like the opening paragraph of a sensational story in a magazine or the synopsis for a cinema scene; but as a matter of fact 1 am ' writing of a reality and quoting the words of an American who told me one of the most thrilling stories of the war that probably has been told to a woman since those few short weeks ago when the signing of the armistice sent the world mad with varied reelings of Joy and regret. ,7 1m)o' T" - " ed a conunonplace source 4 had heard of discharged Soldier ltvtng in London AtlTnIre8it who bore upon his forehead a brand of the last cenUmr that had. been tattped4uring.bis ?- " waa'in Al0rean" e A. Itf) VC ITrTOX. riod of captivity in an enemy country. appeal which Mrean8 American 1 had listened to rumors of such fear- "8 Amk Soldier of ibrtane Who-9ntie8 Places the United lhlnK happening to certain of our I most States Pi Tortnred Up the Turku. delicate men. but brave isomehow I fighting position. Th. Azorean archipela- - could not believe it vn the Eumn possible. Ho I mads peai1 'da of the . 'juld the an After considerable delay my mind to discover for myself Just wncaa dbthonties take Atlantic and s uO how much exaggeration was atUched - appointment --to eee him, and he ar. the notlcc Azorean to these tales. ,0IIIC,8 rived on a dull dank afternoon various chan-"he- d 7 situation . Precedent Would be eg- - nels i managedThrough to discover the name . for An at its worst tn London. I was " lencB- interyention in Eurotean ' ,tT,d addreev of lh branded min. Hf seated al my deek when-- - beariia ai- fa ca0ed A RouKhlon and he Was curious clumping tread coming up the ln. 'stairs the thump of a stick snd the living, at the time that he told me great military value Ae I1 of the Azores also the following story, tn a miserable heavy sound of weary feet. When I Pent situation alum near Waterloo one of the opened th door In response to a knock embarrassing one. great railway depotsstation, found .a "man . standing . on ; U ot London. ! -- 1 , he-af- ter -- I and On either Crescent of Turkey. aide stretch eight human, booted legs, while from the middle or head of this horror hangs a ring showing that the man branded thus is the property of the Turks for eternity. Teg. that is what I have to show for my share in the great war, the branded man told me. And it Is hard nowadays to bring the brain that lives and burns behind this scar Into a train of though) that can guide mV tongae to tell a connected story, I have seen a lot tn my ttfe I was bora 57 years ago in Chicago, andtTgueaa there are good many men there yet whri remember the name of Houghton, who was famous foe feats of strength and physical endurance .right through front Maine to California. Tea, maam. I've seen mighty strange things life, and the most wonderful thing of ail is that. I still live and that in my heart burns the fiercest desire for vengeance that ever seared the soul of any man. I have seen things and lycd things done to ms that I could tell no man, let alone a woman. Perhaps now that 1 am sitting here eye to eye with you, you will realize something of the horrors th&t Ive gone through. Irt-- h3 always been one of U. Stanley tn JT when he was on his great African expedition, arid we rescued Dr. Livingstone. I wa with Captain Peary In My life n. - ! f I I t -4 i J t t. , -i -- - 1 i , 1 J i m i COLUMBUSS CHURCH. . There are nine islands in the archipelago: St, a, Marys,' Terceira, St. George, Flores and Corse. (It was on FayaL the island of St Marys or Santa Maria, that Columbus touched on Feb. 18, 1493. The church still stands at Anjos, where part of his grew ree condition, in fulfilturned thanks in a ment of a vow made during the storm which struck them on their return from America.) Except the valley where Flamengos on the island of FayaL Flemish emigrants settled long ago, the inhabitants sre of Latin origin. Their religion is the Roman Catholic. The language is Portuguese. irg, introduced "centuries ago in the day of the Spaniards, now has been outlawed except in the island of Terceira. The rich and middle classes do not differ materially from the continental standards. The peasant classes, however, still perpetuate the, typical customs of the islands. Their dress consists, in tbe cast of men, of a suit of homespun cotton, flax or the balance of tbe woolen stuff, and a hat attire. "The outfit is spun at borne and, coupled with bare feet, yith the dazzling white buildings of Ponta Delgada for a background, leaves a flavor never to be erased from the memory. The native amusements are strictly limited-Th- ey are confined chiefly to religious festivals, for which distant relatives and friends come "together tq danteT sing and renew tbeir bonds. In gome of the rural parishes, it is an. ancient custom to present plays in the open air. A stage is made and great mim-ler- s of the peasantry come to witness the spectacle. Nearly every village has its brass band, and most " Of them are very good. On this foundation, lay down a stratum of Auvuri- -' can naval officers and men, arid you will have the d town of jPonta Delgada. .ndera'senjj-AmericshizeAmerican officers are members of the Portuguese Club. American naval Cars thread .the winding, narrow streptsNTbcre is American ragtime in the new United State restaurant, run by an Azorean Z who worked in the; Borden mill at Fall River for": time.- - American sailors ahd. marines throngThe'St. '''''' - Michaels ' theatre. w. Admiral Dunn's headquarters- - .are in. aa..old palace, whose green root and white wall overlook .- -. -the harbor. American aircraft ' patrol the skies, American ships crowd the little harbor, and Ships boats crowd the old stone landipg. rt Michael's," St. . !, -- ! 1 i . i Gra-pos- Pi, f t 1 -- , L . Ht ' if -- he .tmd. to get. Jp.. the North Pole. 1 have been a strong man and in circuasss Barnam St Bailey, Vorepaughs, and over here In England, with Lord George Sanger I have circled the world with a herd of Esquimaux dogs I guess there aint much tn the wild ' Ponta Delgada is enjoying such prosperity is adventure line that I haven't done! rever enjoyed in all its 400 years of history. Pont xum-ilbeen in Xhave pp wan for th laat 20 ear. I fourhtj)eTgaIa has faITeri"In"love with the Unrted StatesI in the Boudin, in the Boer war and zvpfrK. now ip thi greatest war of all time. .liaC-wiie- k 1 ice-co- ld Bull-fight- Man with Spider of Death Tattooed On His Brow An Americans War Adventure Fought in France, Captured and Tor tured in Mesopotamia Slave of a Pasha Harnessed to a Plow and Hogged Like a Beast Escape From the Harem .Old Explorer and Circus Man Now Lives Only to Secure RevengejQn His Torturers. L. "a the-wa- Former SI ave of Turks Seeks Revenge ' M--tke last-name- r.pr s. semi-nud- j nf? I fi. r Crf rS1 in the Azores under would. preterit administration, make a veritable garden, spot out of islands these rich green, Tobacco, tea, bananafi and flax ar v also produced. At Capellas, near Pon-t- a Delgada, is a whaling station which has been one of the luckiest in the world in years gone by. Pottery and cane chairs are produced in large quantities. " Azores" are of volcahjc origin " The 7 " and abound In extinct craters, gase- ous emanations and hot springs. On the island of Graciosa is an enormous volcanic sulphur -- cave, to whose bottom tourist, descend, tied to a cable . There is a huge extinct crater on the island of Faya!, and a small crater from which hot gas still issues at the top of the mountain which forma the island of Pico. (Pico is one of the most beautiful islands in the seas. . It rises sheerly from , the sea to a height of 7,460 feet Its phmate is so -dry that it would be one of the favorite resort for f On the better were it little", known.) consumptives, island of Corvo, there is another extinct crater, now witR a lake. It is on the island of St filled Michaels, however, on which Ponta Delgada is lo- rated, that one comes upon the most startling of the volcanic relics. Here in the valley of the Furnas, is a miniature Yellowstone Park. Boiling .water bubbles up out of the ground at the side of water. Iron water springs are only a step away from sulphur springs. The most remarkable -of the geysers is the Pedro Botelho geyser, located at th foot of a tall cliff with an opening about three feet in diameter. It throws out blue mud with such a constant rumble that the Azoreans have of hell. made it a legendary vent-hol- e The Furnas waters have very distinct medicinal-valu- e, and the district ha been so ably laid out in parks and gardens and so wildly sculptured by the volcanic forces which formed the island, that it is one qf,, the unique spots of the world. It it were better known, no resort would be more popular for wealthy Americans. Dr. Josiah Muir of New York has analyzed the waters and has called the carbon-faseouwterfound at Lombadait 0(1 the Island of St Michaels, the sanitary water of the world. " war. The u donng the 1 between these Azores Delgsd i is not available g States ha. Hnpori.ntn.baae.tron- These crop failures are distinctly avoidable! 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