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The Alamance gleaner! *if9 VOL. UV. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1929. ^ , NO. 50. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK\ NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Hoover Spend* Week in the Capital Conferring and Building a Cabinet By EDWARD W. PICKAF.ft PRESIDENT-ELECT HOOVER (pent * - the week. In Washington confer ring with President Cootldge, Secre tary at the Trensnry Melton and oth er* prominent In the Republican party. Besides discussing German reparations, farm relief, an extra see* slon of congress and other problems, he was presumably selecting at least some of the ten members of his cabi net But he was Arm tp his deter mination not to make public any re sults of his conferences 'and coglta Hons. 'Washington correspondents were compelled to guess, and they did a lot of guessing. As to the' new cabinet the guessers were almost unanimous In the belief that Mr. Mellon would retain the treasury portfolio. It was said this was settled even before the election. Soon after Mi antral Mr. floorer had luncheon and a long talk with the financier, probably concerning the European project to liquidate German reparations and the war debts owed the United States. The scaling dorm Of thorn dcbta to America waa for merly a matter on which Hoover and Mellon were la sharp disagreement. The deep Interest Mr. Hoover displays la Ratio-America Intensifies the be lief that his secretary of state will be Ambassador Dwlght W. Morrow, who has done such excellent work In re establishing amicable relations with Mexico. For the same reason some ?f the correspondents think Mr. Hoov er will select for secretary of com merce Dr. Julius Klein, who, as chief of the bureau of foreign sod domestic commerce, helped greatly the expan sion of American trade with Latlu America. That the southern herder states will be given representation In the cabinet is taken for granted, and one ?f the most conspicuous candidates Is Mrs. A, T. Hert of Kentucky, a vice chairman of the Republican national committee. She Wants the place of ? secretary of the Interior, - and last week several Republican congressmen from Kentucky urged Mr. Hoover to give her that place or make her post master general. No woman has ever been a member of an American cab inet. The Interior department port folio also was asked for Bascom Hemp of Virginia. William t. Dono van's claims on an appointment are strong and It was thought he might se made either attorney general on ' "nore likely, secretary of war. One of Sir. Hoover's callers was 8enator Smith W. Brookhart of towa and It aras bis purpose to warn the Preul lent-Klect that the Republican rad icals in the senate would make a Mt *r light against continuation of ilther Mr. Mellon or Mr. Donovan, iemi-o'lllclally It was stated Mr. Hoov ir did not expect to complete his mbinet until Just before his Inang iration, ne wss soon to go to Miami Beach fur a rest. Intending to return a Washington by February. IS to , Mhtlnne that job. This pian will I sake bis projected visits to Cuba, t Haiti, Porto Rico and Mexico City wther hurried. ? j Representatives of agricultural J antes told the President-Beet they { arould rather have an extra sesalew '!br the handling" of term relief legfo ' atiop. They tblhk a store satlstec :ory bill may be passed under lleover < :ban under Ooolldge, and they would rather have the former appoint the federal form board. The Penasyi rsnla delegation la imigreaa wants Jte extra session also to take up the matter of tariff revision upward. DKBATB on the ratlBcatioa of the Kellogg aatl-war treaty brought JM a let of oratory in the senate, the most persistent speakers being these IwwhN reservations and Inter pretive statements. Pacifists wars given credit for' delaying action on the treaty, their idea being that this frosit help them la defeating the 15 crulser naval MIL Senator Borah was con?d?t that there were enough voter for the treaty without reoerru tlon or Interpretation. In the house right-of-way under ape- . rial rote ?u given the bill for re apportionment of the hooeg member ship on the basis of the 1000 census. The meaeure. which is sponsored by Chairman Venn of the census com-' mittee, would divide the represents* lives by . the major fraction plan, wMeb would result la the loss .of about twenty-three representatives by some states -and an equal gain by others, particularly those in the MIA die and far West Where the popula tion has greatly Increased since lflto. 'the last time an apportionment Was made on this basis of a population of 01 ,?41,107. MICHIGAN'S "life for a pint" djkw and the plight of Its .latent ?e tlm, Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, stirred 'up a lively dash In the house. During the debate, precipitated by a dry de fender of the Mldilgan code, wets seized the opportunity to compare the alleged peat record of Mrs. Mfisr wttb the "mofal lapses" of Sebastian S. Kresge. millionaire chain store owner and a chief contributor to-the Anti-Saloon lea rue. The same day Senator Harris of Georgia offered an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill adding gSO.O0O.O06 for prohibition enforce ment, and ha said If this was debat ed he wonld submit a similar rid#*to every appropriation bill brought to the senate. , In Otuqa, Canada, a conference on liquor smuggling was being heltf by delegates from the United Statca-nnd the Dominion, and the former dpto't do *o well. They tried to peraogde the Canadians to refuse papers to,ves sels seeking to dear for United States porta with liquor cargoes, but tkq re ply' of the Canucks was In effect an Inquiry why the United States 'eonld not arrange be? own laws to handle the problem Instead of asking..aU from another country. They, also quoted fanner American prohltjBlon officials as saying that liquor wag gled from Canada formed only a'Jbull portion of the total amount consumed la i|e country, and Implied. In effect, "Why a(l the excitement about this small source 7" [ I i Cv. ALL record* tor sustained flight In an aircraft of any' description were amasbed by the army'* big tri motored plane' Question Mark, over sonthern California. Manned brjllaj. Carl Spats, -Capt. Ira Eaker, TJeots. H. Halrerson and B. B. Qoesada and Sergt Key Hooe, tbe plane wn* refueled In tbe air M times and dew' for ISO boars, 40 minutes add sec onds before tronbl* with two At It* motors forced It to a landlnK 'jtt the starting point en the,1.8* Angeles air Held, -The prsctleablilty of retbsllbf of Airplane* while en ronte w*s dem onstrated. and tbt* was said by the army air officers to be the major pur pose of tbe flight The members of the erew were supplied with fdrtd by the fuel plases and came out or the ordeal In escellent physical condition. Air mall and passenger sendee be tween the United States and the West Indie* was Inaugurate^ last wt*k by tbe Pin-American Airways, tat, op erating company for the Aviation Cor poration of the Americas. The trt motored plane Havana was 4pt on the rente, with distinguished jrismn gera. Including Miss A metis Barbsrt -At Havana Its mail was iisijHrimd to another plan* which took off for Santiago da Cuba en mate to Porto Men, About the same time tin serv ice was started from Porto Rl<o. Igor Sikorsky. Ihmons Russian sir plans constructor, told In UbIm of tho plan i*f himself and others to es tablish .a 48-hour sir serviceiarrous thai Atlantic ocean, which .fill he wuMmd with the aid of four artificial trisnfi to bo anchored la the Atlantic. QOABBKLS between the Grants and the Sorb* In tho kingdom of TugaSlsria bass res sited la ?h* ad dUton of another dictatorship .to tho growing "*t In Crimp*. Ktag'Alexan der, dee 1st la* thai the parliamentary systam hpd felled neplaMlf. Shm gatad the eonstltatioa and ffisselved pnrBamant tho land seseaildlea and muffirtpal councils, and assorted th iol at* power hlmocft with Con. PMer Zlvkorlc. commander of the 'royal bodyguards, an Ma . pramlar. The Croats wsru at Itrsl plsaseu by the enp and tho S*rh poiltleiaUs wers _LMJ??fU-I lM - correspondingly depressed. Later, when It appeared that the military dictatorship would be long tired, nooe of them liked It ao well. The king drat clamped on a atrlct censorship; next he Issued an entire new net of laws, completely changing the Yugo slavian jurisprudence, and then lie laaued a proclamation forbidding all pabUc assemblage In the kingdom. Italy and Great Britain are Intensely Interested hi these developments, and It Is said the British government Is far from satisfied with Alexander's action. XIXHITK RUSSIANS everywhere V * were In mourning forGrand Duke Nicholas, chief claimant to the throne, who died In Cannes. Prance. He was a cousin of the late Csar Nicholas II and In'the World war made a reputa tion as a great military commander. His nephew. Grand Duke: Cyril, has now become the head of the Russian Imperialists. WORK of. the Pan-American con ciliation congress In Washington culminated In the signing ^of compul sory arbitration and conciliation treaties by representatives of the United- States and nineteen Latin American .nations; The arbitration treaty provides for obligatory arbitra tion of all Juridical questions it has not been possible to adjust by diplo macy. The conciliation treaty pro vides for conciliation of all disputes arising between the signatory nations which cannot be settled by diplomacy. Alt nations are bound to submit their disputes to conciliation but are not bound by the decisions rendered. Per manent commissions are established and obligated to attempt to mediate disputes before they reach the dan gerous stage. Under tbis treaty no contracting country can gp to war for 18 months without violating the pact Secretory of 8tate Kellogg an nounced the appointment of Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy as American mem ber of the conciliation commission which will attempt to mediate the dif ferences between Bolivia- and Para guay. IF HOSTILITIES do not break oat between China and Japan It will not be the fault of the Japanese. The latent trouble la In Hankow. A China man Was killed there by a motor cycle operated by a Japaneeb marine, and the Japanese consul refused to pay the compenaatlon demanded. An anti Japanese society picketed the Jap anese concession, practically Isolating It, and the reply of Japan was the landing of a strong forc^ of marines In Hankow. Chinese Nationalist offi cials filed protests and warned Japan of the danger of serious results, and the Nanking government sent a nary squadron Into Tslngtao harbor, which Is occupied by the Japanese nary. AT THE Inaugural ball In Hartford marking the social beginning of the third term of Gov. John H. Trum bull of Connecticut, Jnffi Cnolldge, son of the President, appeared In the re splendent uniform of a major, having Just been appointed an officer on the governor's staff. Major John and Miss Trumbull,' his fiancee, helped Governor and Mrs. Trumbull lead the grand match. TEX MCKABD.greafert of Ameri can sport promoters, died In a hos pital in Miami Beach of complications that set in after an operation for the removal of his appendix. His body was taken to New York and lay In state la the New Madisoa Square Oar den which he built, and many thou sands of genuine mourners passed be fore Ms bier The funeral ceremony eras held In the Garden In the pres ence of lOJXW persons,, among them being prominent sportsmen and celeb rities h ether walks of life. Another noteworthy death of the week was-that of Benjamin Duke, prin cipal figure In the Anhrlcan tobacco tndoetry. THE high council of the Salvation Army, meeting la Banbury. Eng land, adopted a resolution asking Gen. Bremwei] Booth, leader of tbe Army far the last 16 years, to retire from that post because of tbe oondltlon of Ms health. At ths asms time it was leads Hear that la retirement be would retain his title qf general and eoatlaaa to enjoy tbe honor and dig MUee attached to It. L Barren Land Bdiewd Rich in Otl and Ga? ' lead that has baaa worth alatost oothtef tor tiiilai ataea a dioagbt destroyed almoat all Ita teas latino 14 ? raara aa? mw has a twyaat sataa haeaaas at tha bopa that (ha rait bar toa araa may bacons aa aO a*d fas Satd. Tha boon la aapartad to Mac tha - -v. ?' 8Mb tM AteUaoo, Temka m4 Mutts r* ssd the ToxseAM New Meslco hatc petitioned the jgteratate It attend Mr Mm* to a* jWtJ dteee ? M? we# resetted IHM4M ? ana* of tha ymoportlm far mineral waal lb. Thora had baaa two baaka la tba eooaty, M both want oat of baalaoaa after tha fqaiki of Hit broach t ftaaorlal rola to cattle bmb. bovtactea, tha I'najtj aaat la a lejaraaatad atty aad It boaata that tha Jan to tho oaly boBdta* la town which eaaaot ha toaoaf far a loos Tba mm prodadtoa g0 AM la Wow Motto* to la Boa ** ALICE AND THE , GYPSIES ? ?kl D J WkUh.1 K'tCK-KICK-KICK went the ted 1 der dmvn the long eweth. Alice . Potter looked with satisfaction at her work, a whole field of graee coring In the hot tun. Her dark eyes sparkled aa she eatlmated the value of the crop. Next winter, when the mows of their neighbors were dwindling, the hay stored In their barn wonld bring a good price. In fact, her winter's tuition at Oarilner filgh lay at this moment before her. The Potter family, consisting of six persons, was accomplishing what tt had been predicted It could never do ?make a living on the small farm be side the creek. Being without excep tion strong and healthy, they were willing and able workers. David. Alice's brother, managed the farm, while their father, who had been a carpenter before he turned to the soil, worked at such Jobs as he could Itnd to do. At present Mr. Potter was building a barn for a farmer, there fore the entire work of haying fell upon David and AJIce. The twins. Julia and John. were, of course, too young to lend ipueh assistance Glancing In David's direction. Alice saw. to her surprise, that he who sel dom wasted a moment was leaning on his pitchfork staring at something la the distance. From her seat on the tedder Alice turned to look In the same direction. Down the road came a queer procession?horses, either led or drawing rattle-trap vehicles from which pots and palls dangled and Jan gled. Every wagon was full of hrown sklnned men. women and children clad In colorful garments of red aod yel lorn IV w. The leading wagon paused and from It a man leaped. "Alice P The twlna came racing down the Held, their golden head* gleaming In the sunlight. "Do ynd aae the gypsies?" panted Julia. "They stopped-op at the hnnae and asked If they might tent here. Mother said they most ask Dsvtd. Will he let them, do yon think T before Alice conld reply the chief of the gypsies had reached the spot, be was tall and swarthy with rings "In his ears, hot rather plctnresqne In his wide-brimmed hat and brown corduroys. "Too let my people camp here by waterr he Inquired anxiously. "No, I guess yon better more on." Da rid answered ungraciously. "Everybody say the same?"More on.'" he exclaimed. He made expres slre gestures. "I ask here, there, everywhere 'More on." they tell me. I can go no farther. We hare very sick child with ns. We must stop" "A sick child r said Alice sympa thetically. "Oh. David. please don't ! refuse him H Darld flung his sister a rexed look. Finding encouragement In Alice's words, the chief turned to her. "We make no trouble, miss. My people rery honest people." he plead ed. "Ton can go throngh the lane there and camp by the creek." David said grudgingly Then, after earnest thanks, the man moved away. "That sick child business was a mere ruse. Too shoo Id understand the ways of gyp sies well enough to know that, Alice. When father entree home tonight and finds that tribe on our premises he will he properly angry. Ton can lake the blame. ff yoo had kept still I would never have thought of letting , them stop here." Thus reproved Alice was silent. At ! resdy the procession wee winding \ through the lane to the plxce deals ; nated by David. In a short time the ! queer patched tents were pitched, the horses feeding, s ramp lire sending op Its smoke and women hastily washing gsrments In the creek. At dinner David continued to grum ble about Alice's Interference In the matter of gypoles. She derided, there fore. to see for herself whether there was a sick child In the camp. Hurry ing through the meal she pinched a Ug bunch of nasturtiums from her flower plot and stole away to the 11 creek The welcome she received was un mistakably cordial. The women crowd 1 ed around her with smilea and the children, ellnetni to thek mother's full, swaying skirts, stared at her In shy wonder. A?re mold not under atuad a word of their argot and ap parently her English waa almost as unintelligible to them, flhll she made them understand hy signs and few tares that the flowers were Intended fbr the drt child. At that one of the wimtn adzed her by the arm and lad bar within a tent, where open a blanket lay a email hoy. trie dark face Mad with fever. Be wblmp an) shea Ma mother arnaasd htm. bar whan mm pressed the bright gold an Maaoanm ta Ma hot tittle hands he lished her tad st the young via Alice told l>avtd, although atie wee I sure that ha would acold bar for go- | Ing Into tba preaence of the alek child. To bar snrprlee ba laid nothing. Aa a matter of fact David waa troubled over a bit of noyra ba bad picked op that noon over the tittle dbe-tuhe radio art be liad made hlmeelf and which waa auch a aonrce of fun and Informa tion for the whole family. When at three o'clock a growl of thunder aonnded from the eouthweet Alice gave a cry of alarm. "David I Thcre'e a storm coming I" "I know It." David did not pauae In stacking hay, although the perspira tion was streaming down his tired face. "I. heard over the radio this noon that a storm was due. This bay Is going to get wet after all our hard work, ktayhe we can get a small load or two In the barn, but that's all. 8ny, Alice. Unhitch now from the rake and go up to the barn and get the, hay rigging. Tell mother and the kids to come and help Hurry I Don't lose nn Instant" Alice obeyed swiftly. Springing upon Ratdy's hark, she urged the slow old horse Into a trot Vet It seemed as If she would never reach the harn. never get Italdy hitched to the hay rigging. One thought turned over and over In her mind. If the hay got wet It would he spoiled the way It was last year. She saw her year at Gardner high, all her bright hopes and plans for the future fading Into Im possibility ff the hay got wet. Continual roars from the dlstnnre accompanied Alice, as she drove hark to the hayfleld. Her mother and the twins were hurrying thither. The live of them began to work like Trojans, oblivious to all else. "Vou want help heref Alice looked np from the great forkful .she was try ing to lift. The chief of the gypsies stood beside her. She motioned toward the sky. nnnhle to speak. Instantly the man made some signal unknown lo her. In response the gypsies came flocking to the Held, both men and women, leading their horses, a score of them, by the mane. With swift movements the women heaped the hay while the men bonnd It with ropes deftly twisted from dried grasses. The great bundle* were placed on the horses' hacks. A strange alght. thai hayfleld1 Tet Inspiring to ot least one of the work ers Alice saw with gratitude awell Ing In her heart that the dark-skinned folk In their gsy garments were de termined lo bent the storm. When the procession started for the ham and Raldy fell far behind. ? dragging the heavy Inden hay-riggtng, a gronp of women fell to and pushed the wngon along. In the hnrn the men mowed nwny while the women hoisted np to them the grent bundles. Then hack lo the field the whole crowd went rae Inir As the last handle at hay fonnd It* plnre tinder the en re* the ruin heitnn to fall. Mounting their horses the gypsies fled to the shelter of their camp. Prom the kitchen window Alice watched the driving rein, the darting lanres of lightning, neard the pealing of the thunder, which lessened In vol ume as the storm moved onward. (t was dusk before the rain ceased. The world wna drenched and torn. Over the radio David wna getting re ports of the worst storm of the sum mer. Down heslde the creek the flres of the wanderers glowed brightly. Pres ently David nnd Alice and the twins laden with baskets made their way thither. They were hearing generous hospitality to their guests. Next morning Alke. awakening from the dreamless sleep of youth and weariness, sprang from Iter hed and ran to the window. The sun was shin ing gloriously no the place of en campment. hut the gypsies had gone. They had. true to their traditions, stolen qaletTy awsy In (he night "The little hoy must have got much better or they wouldn't have moved on. for they knew they were wel come to stay." she thought. Matter el Ne Concern Sociological Investigation shows that the suicide rate among divorced per sons Is four times that among people wljo remain married. There are no figures available to show the percent sgs of suicides among bachelors Evi dently sociologists don't ears what happens to a bachelor.?Houston Post Dispatch. tsnrnsd at Sunday Idssl Utile fonr-yesr-old Mary had Just returned from Sunday school, where the lesson for the day had for lie golden text. "SufTer the little children lo come onto me and ItfrMd tbata ant." When she was asked Id tell something shout what she had learned, she re piled: "H wee shoot?It ares shout let the tittle, children shuffle te Jesus." . A prehistoric astronomical obssrvs tory. which ft Is satlmeted was can strutted In 1181 a O. has barn an earthed at - Rostssw (Marklanhnrg) The observatory la In the form of dr eha of stones, which nerved fog the observation of jha dnnnal cinutt M the sua and aha as ? ralefcdar e L. -.'-'I ' , '? \ ' At ' -j ? ' eht'i \ A,.? ?- u Caribbean 1 ^Romance! LittU Sato, In tto Caribbun. <Prepared by the National Uooaraahla Society. Weahlnaton. D. CI SINCE the dawn of Amerleua his lory, tha Caribbean. "thai aap pliire and emerald tea whlcr creams to white" upon the sands of the maple Islands that Inclose It. from the eastern coast of Florida to the eastern shores of Venezuela, has been the scene of ? romantic ana cataclysmic life. Beneath flaming tropical sklea and heavy scutldlng clouds, earthquakes have tumbled parts of these palm fringed Islands into tlie hungry wa ters; volcanoes bnve spouted Are upon panic-stricken snd powerless natives; treat navigators and early geographers braved Its hidden shoals and trencher oua reefs, and buccaneers, hiding like wolves lo their lairs among the count less excellent harbors which the Islands afford, once were wont tu spring upon the gold-laden 8panlsli ttulleons, carry off their booty to tome ionsly Island retreat, end there divide the loot to be spent In riot and do bunch In the cltlea of the Ualn. Across tlie routes where once the wealth of the locus was borne to Spain went American men and materials for one of the most stupendous engineer Ing undertakings In the history of man?the Panama canal. Whether they were used by the old freebooters as rendezvous and Imtef for their nefarious works. Or whetlier they have lain lazily beneath the tropic sun, the stages for only the nmsi proper activities, there are few Island-* In the Caribbean waters that do not have an Interest for the present-dny traveler. Off the southeastern tip of the St. Kltti lies Nevis, where Alexander Hamilton was born and where Horallo Nelson was married, and to the north west of it lie the Dutch-owned St. Eustatlus and quaint little Saba. Tlie latter, barely Ave miles In diameter, looks from the sea as If It were unin habited t but tucked away Inside tlie cone of lis single volcanic mountain a seafaring people have built their toy town with whlte-walled and red-roofed bouses, which, with a characteristic Dutch mental quirk, they have named Bottom. Cp and down the sides of the mountain to the sea they are con tent to run several times s day, to engage In Ashing. The Virgin Inlands. The waters In the vicinity of the Virgin Islands, from the time of Sir Francis Drake were frequented by tea rovers of every class and description Because of the aoinernas Islands tat tha group. Col ambus, when be saw them, on St. Urania's day. named them after her 11,000 virgins. The Virgins lie lees than 00 miles east of Pofto Blca The three prin dpal islands, St. Thomas. 8t. John, end St. Crbh, as well ae many of the 100 or more leaser enlts of the gronp are plainly visible from lb# deck ot an approaching steamer. Ufa was turbulent la St. Themes In the days when Edward Teach drove bis lean pinnaces. Ailed sr|th half naked enttbnmte?black, white, and yellow?lata the pretty harbor si Charlotte Amalle. built bis castle on own of Its bills, and acenred the sens far the slow-moving, carved nod gilded Spanish galleons, which werq hauling the wealth of tha ladles ta Spain. One of the chief points of Interest In the picturesque Utile town of Charlotte Amalle (now ofldally St Tbomas) which has owe of the be*; harbors to be found la Caribbean wa ters, Is the castle of this radsabtaMe king of big kind, known la the sphere of Me taSnteee as Blackboard. As a matter of fact, hps queer -castle' looks met* tike aw exotic wwctes ot wtndadll with N? Aetna lopped off. Net all the Vfc#n Wands are an mod WW the Sals la There Is Tsrteta. 4S ftp oft* fWtfa Owe* aaA Opp da. the "Fat Virgin." and Aargaj*. J the Drowned Island. because it eoa> '*'? tains a vast lagoon known as Flamlw- M go pond, one of the few places whene .. this bird of each gorgeous plumose 14 to be tnund south of the Its lis mas. Anegnda Is skirted on Its northern shores by a narrow band ef coral, . known as Horseshoe reef, making the approach to the Island one of the me* dangerous along the whole Atlantic. Countless proud hulls have been - crashed on its Jagged edge. It nee this Island lint put nn end to the pirating of I'rlnre Ituiiert of the Ithine. who left Ireland In 10* lb light for the English king In the col onies, and that sheltered Sir Frauds Drake in the bay named lu his honor, when he wa* on the lookout for the galleons of Spain. Port Royal la tuhmsrgad On Jamaica, I'ort Itoyal was the fayorlte buse of the pirates. Bet see will look now In vale for ihebastltag old port. In 10112. Is llie midst of ad earthquake. It wan swallowed up hf the sea. When the water la calm the coral-encrusted tulns of the old toMB may be seen beneath the water, even today, and the natives still regale the visitor with stories of phantom ships that art- trying to make the port. One Interesting relic remains, how ever. in Fort Charles, a stiff old ret urn n ol sun-faded bricks. Some st the officers' quarters anil a paved court, so white that it dazzles, ese still standing. Flower gardens ease encircle Its walls; Us gun emhrasuioe are hidden by bushes; the birds I meet Its crannies, and the lizards crawl lazily over Its parapets. Horatio ltd son was stationed at the fort in 11% when he was iwenty one years of ap* and the paved platform which map known affectionately as his "quaHBB, deck" may still be seen. Across the magnificent harbor, frees Port Itoyal Ilea Kingston, the capltaf ! of Jamaica and one of the mod I* ? port tint ports In the Weal Indie* Havana, which rose te Importance aa a convenient port of call for abfpa passing through the Florida straits bound for Mexico, was frequently at tacked and looted. Santiago's harhor, that magnificent "bottle," with a neck _ of less than 000 feet, sheltered pirate ships while their owners tortured the city's Inhabitants and extorted enor mous sums from them. Bars coo. Cite 1 fuegu* and Trinidad, the lad warned . one of the earliest fortified dtlea It the New World, were the scenes ef desperate combats. Just 23 ? years after Its discovery, pirates began to harass Porto Hie* where Ponce de Leon. Impressed bp Its ragged scenic benuty, bad built at San Junn hit Case Blanco, which, te-. gether with the old cathedral IB which his bones are burled, amy be seen to day. French privateers shortly after ward lacked the town of Sao Herman, and the Carlb Indians made a deal * the governor. Doc of the most Important old pods of the 8panlsh llaln was Porto Belle ? oa the Isthmus of Panama. Despi* the fact that Porto Bello has ooe of the best harbors 00 the Caribbean west of Cartagena, It plays aa Ineae splcuous role today, dee In soma meas ure to the fact that It U exceedingly unitesIthful. This coodltlofc bowevey. though hundred* of men aeceewhetf yearly, did not serve to dhstatob Its Importance la early uays. Old Panama, founded to ISM dgh the metrapetto ef toe tothma* thary new Panama to-*** ?**?*:. ably the rich** hametC*
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