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Show COAST FORTS THEY WILL BE AT SAN PEDRO ON PACIFIC AND CAPE-HENRON ATLANTIC. Y RESULT OF STRATEGY GAME and Navy Officer Savaral Yaana Ago Provad Wa Could Not Army Pravant Japanaaa Invasion graaa Now Waking Up. Bjr Coa- f geqrgeclinton. Washington. Congress fry awak-nato what It think U the necea-ltof additional forUflcationa on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The appropriations committee of the house has recommended that there he Included In the fortifications bill the aum of 1260,000 to start the work of providing great , batteries of Kuna at San Pedro, which la the harbor of Los Angeles, and it has recommended also that $150,000 be appropriated to secure land at Cape Henry at the entrance to Chesapeake bay, where another great fortification will be erected In the near future. There la history connected with the efforts to secure the emplacement of heavy guns at these two harbor entrances and In its way it has Interest Touching the western coast In the vicinity of Los Angeles, it may be remembered that Just prior to the close of the Roosevelt administration it was feared that this country was on the verge of trouble with Japan. At that time army and navy officers were not altogether satisfied that the country was In a condition to sustain a conflict with the eastern power. The army officers connected with the war college In Washington and naval officers connected with the one at Newport worked out jointly a problem In warfare. It was. a "garni in a ' way which was played. On one aide of the table was japan and on the other as its opponent vwas the United States, and the moves were made by experts at the game of war. d y h Japan won. What the War Game Disclosed. Laymen thought that the findings of the men of the militant services could not be considered seriously, but later It became known that the problem as it was worked to Its conclusion was accepted by military authorities everywhere, as having been sanely solved with the conditions of the game as they were. As the result of that Strategy study congress has Just appropriated $260,000 to begin the work of fortifying the approach to the coast of southern California at San Pedro. It was found by the strategists that with our fleet as It was at that time, Japan 'could land a sufficient force of men on the coast near Los Angeles, hold the country upon which an immense army could subsist, command the three mountain pass approaches from the east and keep at bay for a long time as great an American force as oould be assembled to attempt to force the mountain passes to dislodge the enemy. Puget Sound Is fortified, and so Is San Francisco. Congress now Intends to complete the chain of fortifications by adding the defensive link at San Pedro. Fortress Monroe, Virginia, has had in its sole keeping foi; years, the safety of several American :cities. It Is the outpost defense 'of Washington and Baltimore, and with Fort Wool batwhich is a low lying tery, It stands as an aggressive sentinel, keeping watch over Washington and Richmond. Southeast across the mingling waters of the bay and the ocean lies Cape Henry, the rough coast of which is visible on clear days to the gunners on Monroes parapet, but no projectile which their great steel monsters can hurl la ever likely to prove effective against battleships stealing In around Cape Henry u?der the cover of fog or darkness to make the run up Cape Charles Into the waters of the Chesapeake. Congress has committed Itself to the entering wedge appropriation for a government fortification mounting on guns to be constructed Cape Henry. When this Is completed it Is probable that Richmond and Norfolk, Washington and Baltimore, can sleep in -- confidence that no foe can come by water to their troubling. Plans for 8uffragiat Parade. has two big paWashington hard at work, rade committees one striving for the success of the pageant In honor of the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson and the other and willingly to make working ha superior to the parade of "mere man the suffragist pageant which will be held on March - on the stretch of the great avenue between the capltol and the treasury building. A request from suffrage leaders asking congress to pass a constitutional amendment letting down the bars against woman's voting Is to be prepared In connection with the giant allegorical procession and pageant to be held the day before the inauguration of Presidentelect jjTllson.' At least $.000 men and women from an parts of the country, and particularly from the ten suffrage states, are to take part in the procession and In the mass meeting to follow. The suffragists understand thoroughly the worth of publicity and apparently they also understand the uses of the press agent. They seem to feel that something with circus features more potent attraction thatr " a U a pageant of suffrage solemnities notice fact which makes pf the March event read somewhat mid-chann- 14-in- i e the unuxpurgated torecau..e , . , nouaoemcots of the press agent of the biggest show on earth. Bounds Lfka Circus Poster. ' The women want a crowd, and If publicity will draw It for them they are not to be disappointed. The proof of the press agent Is his (or In this esse, la it her?) ability to get things printed. The suffragists' prass agent la setting stuff In type. It may not be that Americana who dwell in tbs distant places would come to the capital to see simply a plodding procession of women with banners, but what American anywhere can resist this: "A troop of attractive Dianas, horsewomen known for their proficiency in horsemanship, will have a prominent place In the big suffrage parade ou March 3. Miss Julia Goldsborougb and Miss Mary Morgan, both of a horn have won blue ribbons In society horse shows, will display their on famous mounts, and among the other women who have already promised to ride are Clenna Smith Tlnnin and Mrs. Churchill Can-deIt Is hoped that this picturesque feature will be. augmented by puch dashing riders ss'MIbs Janet Allen. Miss Katherine Elkins, Miss Lucille Cberbomrter and many others who have won wide reputation as riders. Tbe suffragists are showing humbleness of spirit Tbe Washington press agent tells the country: "There la no suggestion that women are here appear as the equals or tbe superiors of men, but they will appear as women determined to win for themselves nhat they deem a right It seems possible that the words "are tbe equals escaped notice of the expurging staff of the publicity committee. Mr. and Mra MacVeagh to March? Washington at Its society end was somewhat stirred by the report that Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh and Mrs. MacVeagh were to march in tbe parade carrying banners with tbe proud device "Votes for It may trti that Mr. and Women! Mrs. MacVeagh will lend their presence to tbe parade, but the chances are that their "trudging" will bs In an automobile. NCE again the luminous rays of the While tbe "marchers march tbe explorer are centered in thl, direccrowds along tbe curbs will be asked tion of Easter Island, the uxsolved by society news girls to buy their Ihr anof the Pacific. mystery program wares. So It Is not tbe Intenthe attentlop of archaetime other tion of tbe suffragists to depend upon ologists and students of aadqulty the parades potency alone to draw la focused on this little spot, the support Jor tbelr cause.. An entire most easterly of the Polynesian week will be given over to tbe advogroup of islands. Here, la the vast Is allowed cacy of tbe movement It south Pacific ocean. Ilea this lsls, to be known In advance that "Miss volcanic In character, only 48 of the Boston, Margaret Foley apostle miles In area, a mere speck square of tbe working girl, whoee eloquence the size of Barbados, about of land, la of a marvelous quality, will be one a charm of mystery posof the group of notable' suffragist and yet surrounded by by few places In the world. speakers wbo will spread tbe gos- sessed The Island merged into the clear light tf hispel abroad in Washington during Intory early la the eighteenth century, when E waa augural week at open air meetings. discovered by the Dutch captain, Jacob Xogge-veeGardners 8ea Hospital Bill. in 1722. He gave to the Island It present Representative A. P. Gardner, Re- name la commemoration of the day on which expects publican, of Massachusetts, waa sighted. Soma. 60 years lator Democratic supporCfor hie 'bill pro-- ' land rediscovered by some Spanish sailors. From v I ding for a federal - hospital ahip day Easter Island has .' to aall with the Gloucester and sur- that time to the present and studied by noted been visited, explored, gical aid to sick or Injured sailors. scientists, and Investigator from all s Progressive-RepublicanIn the bouse travelers, it promises to afford these opportunibelieve that if this bill passes lands, and for years to come. it can be used as a precedent ties for expeditionsconsidered. It lies 27 degrees 80 Geographically to provide federal aid for workmen ao that It la not south of minutes equator, (he In other Industries, like the mills and Its within the position is about tropics. the mines, and they say It will be I actually 2,000 miles from the mainland of South America, an entering wedge for humanitarian and 1,400 miles distant from its nearest aeigh-bo- r, endeavor on the part of Uncle Sam. the Pitcairn Islands. Within Itg limited, It is said In Washington by memarea, triangular In shape, there are three craters bers1 of all parties that if congress of extinct volcanoes, one of them nearly 2.000 feet shall pat through tbe Gardner bill, Some of the soil Is fertile, and the Island thus in effect recognizing tbe prin- high. to have been wooded at one time, for appears ciple of federal aid to worker In all trunks of considerable size art still industries. It will be done In part to decayed however, 'there thrive only a fe,w now, found; show that tbe Democratic party wants from 10 to 12 feet high. The satires bushes to do some of those things tbe spirit aorta of tropical fruits, including of which dwelt in tbe proposals of grow many cane, and sweet potatoes. Goats, bananas, sugar tbe platform adopted by tbe Progresand a fair number of cattle are reared fowl, sheep sive party at Chicago. It la known by the few hundred inhabitants, the sole dwellers that members of tbe new party favor of today In that mystic land. The climate Is tbe Gardner measure and tbe leaders not unlike that of Madeira, with one wet snd on here say that the party when it gets season. The water supply consists of some dry Its representation In the new conbrackish springs by the seashore and pools ingress will support any .congressional side the craters of tbe volcanoes. All In all, measure, no matter by what party It the tsland ia considered salubrious and la Introduced, which looks to the prop- however, healthfni. er relief of the workers of the counThe chief Interest of the island Is to bo found try no matter In what Industry they In the wonderful statues and other tmazlng labor. archaeological remains. In Ita narrow and conMarine Hospitals a Precedent fined expanse It encompasses a mystery of vast .Uncle Sam himself has a precedent proportions an eglma that has taxed the infor giving federal aid to Injured workof scientists quite as much as did of old ers. In 1798 'by an act of congress genuity riddle of the Sphinx. In thim tiny the the marine hospital fund was crest Island is a remarkable display of hundreds of ed to maintain hospitals for the care sculptured statues, --colossal In sige, and erected of disabled seamen employed on ships upon Cyclopean masonry; stone houses ever 100 firing the American flag. For nearly feet in length 'With walls six feet In thickness half a century the federal government built like forts; and tablets curiously Inscribed gave free medical attendance to sai- with hieroglyphics in no way resembling anylors, but In 1846 by another act of thing else In the world, doubtless tbs written congress a system of industrial insur- language of the ancient Inhabitants, but one to ance, In principle exactly like the which' the key has been lost Lloyd George Insurance act of EngRemarkable aa all of these ruins ars from the The master of strangeness of their appearance, the greatest inland, was adopted. each ship was required to keep back terest 'and the greatest problem w hloh they prefrom the wages of each sailor sent to ns Is tbe story that they might tU of the forty cents a month. This aum was vanished civilization which erected them. That to pay, in part, for the maintenance they are of prehistoric origin can not he quesof a marine hospital. tioned. hut who were the builders of dies wonIn 1884 these deductions were dis- derful specimens? What race of men er giants continued, snd a tonnage tax Instead carved and placed In their present position tbe was Imposed upon the owners of the ytanlc stone heads that stand oat In lonely mavessels. In J902 this tax in turn was jesty amid the barren waste of this lonely little -tbe deficiency being Isle? Whence came these ancient worker , ln discontinued, made up from & straight appropria- stone, and whither hare they gone? What tools tion. Today the marine hospitals of did they use to execute these slngulir statues tbe United 8tates public health serv- and buildings, and la what epoch did they per-ice still give free medical and surgi- form. these curiosities? cal aid to tailors, bat the sailor must Such fascinating questions and mtay others come ashore before he can he treated. equally pertinent j present themrelves to the The Gardner proposition would, wide- student, but, alaa, the answer Is yet t he had. ly extend the scope and usefulness of Archaeologists must continue for a will longer the hospital service, bringing It hun- to delve among the enshrouded mysteries of dreds of miles oat into the ocean to these ruins before they can reveal tbs true story the very hunk of tbe sick seaman. , of this worlds wonderland.' At present the chapIt la known that the house commit- ter which have been written on tbs subject are tee Is seriously considering the es- comparatively few In number, and not conspicutablishment of a contributory Insur- ously definite In context Conjectures are as ance system for the fishermen a sys- many as there are and the somber of explorers, tem much like that established by opinion! ventured varies ia the asms ratio, Prog. , What makes that sees, as in all matter of science, Is aecessarlly C&figress ln!848. committee hesitate Is the fear of flow. But led ms atop for a moment to examine opening op the entire question' of inhese statues, and platforms! end rcBcs. which surance for workers. eve excited the ntndent world, end to see whet horse-manshl- p God-give- tlrety, however, one Is impressed with' the tec that when they were carried out a largo popular tlon of skilled men must have concentrated upon tbe task. " But where did this large population come from ? Were Easter .Island a continental -land with ease of access, inch an ample-lab- or But ita available. supply might have been position precludes this possibility. Therefore another explanation must be sought , Now, nearly all students agree upon on point that Is that tbs present territorial limitations of the place could not have harbored a very largo number of Inhabitants. First, thers Is no water supply; and, secondly, them to not the area from which to win A sufficient food supply. This, then, suagest the theory, and on that U open to reasonable refutation, that Eaa-te-r Island la the sole remnant of a greater land which waa overwhelmed by the sea after a serious seismic dlsturhinc. Another speculation offered by a noted traveler to of . particular Interest because of the connection endeavors to which b point ' out between these ruins and those found la th highlands of Peru and Bolivia. This archaeolo' gist develops th theory geo-graph- sde-qua- te . 5'cr'l?Z'jrvyv7izrr& ozn one-fourt- h jt jaa m ot Easter Island were th game race that centuries afterwards laid the foan-datlons of the empires of the Incas and the Aztec. Thee people, he eontln ues, reached Easter Island from the Aslan coast by. traveling from one island to another across tbe Intervening ocean and finally found their way to the American continent over land that haa alnco disappeared beneath the water of the Pacific. Thla theory. Important If true, is, however, subject to objections, dn a careful study of th ! -- they are made of and hoyr they were wrought By actual count there have been found no leas than 660 of these images, most of which are cut out of gray trachitic lava. Of thta number, 40 are standing Inside the crater of one of 'the' volcanoes, and aa many more outside, at the foot of the slope, where they were placed ready for removal to the different platform. These statues, morover, represent various stages of formation-so- me of them finished, others nearly completed, and still others barely commenced. In size they range from 8 or 4 feet to nearly 80 feet In length. The largest Image, found tn an unfinished state, measures 70 feet in length; the smallest Is little short of 3 feet In length. Although these figures range in alse from the colossus of 70 feet down to the pigmy of 8 feet, tbex clekrly are all of the same type and general characteristics. Tbe head la long and the eyes close under the heavy - far-fame- d . brows; the nose large, low bridged, and very broad at the nostrils; the upper lip short, and the llpa pouting. The head is nearly always tilted backward. The lower part of the fact Is broad and heavy, but Imperfectly formed, th ears are long and pendant The forms generally ended at the shoulders orat the waist very little work being done below these points. One of the lesser statues has been brought to the National Museum at Washington, D. C., while another la on exhlbl- - . tlon at thb British Musenm In London. The striking feature about these figures Is the strange facial expressions described as "prodisdainful, and with look of foundly solemn, supercilious scorn. 'The head waa In all cases cut flat on top to accommodate an immense crown of red vesicular tuff, many of which were found at a crater eight miles distant from the cone, where tbe statues themselves were formed. Subsequent discoveries on the island have brought to light headdresses of real feathers, made up as crowns, coronets, snd other shapes. The finding of these feather deco-tlon- s which were used for ceremonial purposes has given strength to the belief that the Immense stone crowns which were superimposed on the heads of the statues were Intended to represent these feathered ornaments. -- How these Immense statues were cut out position Inside the crater of tbe volcano and transported several mllea . to their respective platforms is one of the mysteries left for us to puzzle over. As for tools, a rude form of atone chisel is the only kind of ancient Implement thus far found. . . remarkable that of the many hunIt dreds of Images scattered throughout the island , one that stands in Its original posithere tt-btion upon a platform, while the others are heedlessly strewn about. To some this fact peema conclusive proof that worv on these huge productions ceased suddenly. But what caused the work to be so suddeoly arrested? Did some volcanic eruption overtake the Island? Such a con- lecture Is, Indeed, not - unreasonable, for closer -Investigation shows that iome of the largest etatuea are buried to.th neck In, ash. and scoria. But who can say with certainty? Viewing the relics on the Island In their sn of-th- 1 ' 1lsr -- 1 archaeology ; and languages, Malay embracing a period bf nearly SO years, th noted botanist and ethnologist, Prof..W. E. Salford, of the United Stetee department of agriculture, makes the unqualified assertion that In, all hto attempts to trace a connection between th ancient relic of the Incas and Aztec with those of the Polynesians, he has failed to find sufficient point of similarity to Justify oven such a possible relation. So the mystery continues and tho origin and worker of Easter Island art yet to bo learned. Wooden tablets have also been discovered with hieroglyphics. These are of especial IniMast because of tbe remarkable skill with The writings read which they were executed. left to right; then It la necessary to tuns , from the tablet upside down, and continue reading until from left .to right, repeating the inscription Is concluded. Figures of men, animals, geometric designs, constitute th alphabet Though these incised tablets have not been deciphered, there Is a general belief that they contain the ancient myths of tbe race which Inhabited the land. Borne assert that It is not so very longago that there were those on tho Island who might have been able to read them. It should be recalled that up to 1864 there were several thousand Inhabitants on Easter Island, but large numbera of them were taken from there and pnt to work In the guano diggings on the Chinch Island. Among those it Is thought there were many who knew tbe written language as appearing on the tablet!. But the preeent Inhabitants, less than 200 In number, know nothing of them except In a vague way One particular - feature waa emphasized - by Professor Salford In an Interview which the writer bad with him on the subject of tbe language of the island. He declared that a careful study of tbe language of the modern natives shows It to be essentially Polynesian without any vestige of foreign domination, hut th most remarkable thing la ita very close similarity to tbe language of the Hawatlani. Nearly all of the words, by certain fixed Jaws or'hhanges, could he converted Easter Island language to that of , from the Hawaii with similar meanings ; even some of the ancient gods of Easter Island hear the same names as Hawaiian gods. And yet there has been no connection between these two islands, at least not In 'historic times, and what - It stranger still, these two groups are separated from each' other by an Interval of 2,000 miles,' Thla nnttsual constancy In the language of both is probably due to the fact that they had no near neighbors and no Intrusions of people speaking a language different from their own. He also -of tho expressed - th opinion that Images were the ancestors of the modern In- -, habitants, and. that all the elements of the archaeology of the islands except the wonderful hlertglypblcs are characteristically Polynesian. ed thts-proces- a -- -- the-carv- er -- ' |