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THE

CHINA „MAIL

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1957.

Interesting

Stories From

Paris Of The

Worfd

SECRET

KILLS FAMILY

GOLD, SILVER AND SILK

Get My Treasure German King Tells Merchant

"By HENRY MacLENNON

Cosenza, Italy.

One night, not long ago, Giuseppe Belfiore, a 49-year-old pottery merchant, dreamt that King Alaric held him by the throat.

The German king bellowed: "Giuseppe, you will find my tomb at Vadue (near Cosenza) and there also will be my treasures, 200 pounds of gold, 400 pounds of silver, and 600 pounds of silk.'

Giuseppe awoke, gasping, with his neck bruised and apre, Since that night the huge, blond King has visited Belfore several times, each time nearly strangling him

Dreams, mysterious voices in they ntelit, water - diviners, brigands and paren zods are all part of the burled treasure mania in the south of Italy. And the story of Gluseppo Hal- fiorc' dreamos follows the usual

paltern of hidden- treasure revelations in the re- gion.

+

The treasure of Alaric could be as much a myth as the trea- Lure of Barbarossa. Clues and

mirages of fabulous wealth keep enthusiasm alive, despite the

• grent odds against success.

The Cost

To uncover the Alaric trea- sure, li it exists, wouki cosi threo or four thousand dollore, would include domming a river and removing about 2,000 feet of earth to reach the tamb.

vendor's licence and the postcards.

Despite this sciback. Greet wrote to many government of neints and Italian businessmen, nk even a letter to King Gustav of Sweden asking for aid in the search. All his efforts were politely turned down,

Committee

But recently a committee of ellizens from all over Calabria has formed and announced its Intention to Binance the hunt and dam the river Busento. seek government permission to

The enthusiasm grew when manuscripts revealed ancient that the treasure in the tomb amounted to much more than Alrie had "told". Beinore, As both the king and Bellore were illiterate, experts say that neither could know the true value of the treasure.

The total is now believed to Itte: 5,000 pounds of gold, 30,000 pounds of silver, a great hoard of precious gems, 3,000 tinted scarict, nnd 4,000 pounds of silk.

King Alarke was born in 370 AD at the mouth of the river Danube and desired, to bi burled under the river on his death During his reign he conquered the Ramon Empire and lost it again in about 403 AD. Several years later he tried to regain it, but died in his attempt to overcome Sicily and Afrien.

He died at Cosenza. To avoid ransacking of the tomb, the Visigoths dammed the river Busento, not far from the town, and in the bed of the river they buried their king. The water WIRK then undanmark, No, one knows the exact position of his tomb, and the treasures aro believed to be there still. Many attempts to find i have been made, all unsuccessful,

The Diviner

Giuseppe Bellore, puzzled by his strange dreams, sought aid from the famous Italian water diviner, Professor Adolfo Greco. Greco dvelded to study ancient record and even visit the spot. indicated by the ghostly Alarie,. to test the truth of the story. And soon afterwards he trium- declared that Belfloru phantly and Alarle were quite right, But others, including the authorities, were more dubious. No fan- eier could be found to support. the project.

To help in the initial period of the arch. Belfiore had printed about 10,000 postcards with a portrait of Alaric, and tried to sell them to tourists for 100 ure (10 cents) each. But pollor refused hira

A LIFE FOR

fury

Together with the alleged of Barbarossa, this is

treasure.

sufficient to make southern Iloly

for u lime one of the richest

regions in the nation,

People there are now hoping King Alnric's own troops did not steel the treasure,United Press.

GIRLS GET BOATERS

When girls of Wokingham County, Grammar School were asked by their headmistress if they would like any new fashion introduced into their school They are so uniform they chose not Jeans or sweaters but -- straw bonters, thrilled with them that they have made a small boater specially for their 'mascot, a toy dog called Sextas, which one of the girls in the picture is carrying.

Obeyed A Suspect, Attacked A Sergeant

POLICEDOG SENTA

IN THE 'DOGHOUSE'

London.

WHAT happened to Policedog Senta the day she went AWOL? Essex police were asking the question the other day as Senta, a long, fine record ruined, hung her head In her kennel at Chelmsford.

MARGIE DIGS IN

'Margie baby kangaroo, which was adopted by British actor Peter Finch and the Pinewood unit making "Robbery

Under Arms"; In South Austrails, makes Eself at home and enjoys a cup of tea. Margle' was adopted when her mother was accidentally run over by unit car in the bush some four handred miles north of Adelaide Keystone Photo.

THE 'CRIBBER DIES

OF FRIGHT

AS TEACHER CALLS

A

SCHOOLMATE accused

Liverpool.

14-year-old Robert

Hackney of cribbing. They fought. Then the teacher called them both to the front of the class and Hackney died of fright, slumped across his desk.

Dr Charles St was dead boterea doctor Halsallologist Dr. Charles 3t was de

A LIFE

*

Senta, A three year old Alsatian which has made mule than 100 arrests made friends with a suspect and later fougat off a policeman.

Horhandler, Sergeant G. Hare, was called out at Hutton, Essex, after a burglary. Experi= ented Senta soon picked up trail.

A man turned on her and beat her with a stick. The last Sergeant Hate suw was the man running with Senta close behind.

KILLED?

Police combed the county, A house-to-house. search was made. "Have you scen our dog?" people were asked, It was feared Semia had been khled.

Yesterday, nearly 10 milos from Hutton, * Det.Sit Jon Bianche was collect to a house in East Ham.' He went to arrest a man, but was driven off by an Alsatian obeying the man's orderS

It wás Senta, still in polico harness,

A few minutes after pinning Sgl. Blanche lo. a wall Senta spotted the suspect climb over n roof She leapt of the men, but could not reach him, then ran round the building to cub him off.

WHITE COLLAR GEORGE CAN HAVE AN ARMY

London.

It isn't every day that George Ian Murray, who ́earns £20, a week se 'an al- sistant firm manager,`aska WAR looking at his English for the day eff. answere and story abarted to punch each other,

A motorist stopped his car that Haclancy suffered a nervous Robert Keogan said Backusy ullen running over o tare and shock and was nearly sick. lost his 14c.

Jama.. Wilding, 45, small animal while driving, do a dark country lane tear here and immédiately pulled up to end the barc's suffering.

him

Stomach contents got into his air vessels and killed him..

MISADVENTURE

They word caught by the teacher. He tried when told A verdict of misadventure was | Hacienty was doad.. recorded on Hackney, of Buxted- "Bobble was my mate and we walk, Kitby. Liverpool. were both in the school football

Tho doctor said the boy's (lat.**

Au oncoming motor-cyclist crashed into Wilding killing { death wiɛ not a dircot result of The corner, Mr J. A. Black

the scuffle. Thero were no in- wood, told Koogan that the jury Tho..cyclist, John Fluores, furien,

and himself did not attach any tes hospitalised with

Hackney, an athlete and man- Importance to the acute and he indurion-United' Press,

ber of his school. football team, was not, to let it worry him.

Berlets

But ile olhes day, bà thought. beid belter approach; the bogp, because a relive bea dick, it

The relative was the Duke of Atholl Georgo,, who ridea the Tubo to wcicinberited the title and 17 others, incluilog

VISCOUNT four ewidoms," three cles, two marquianter, and a handful of baronies.

Xinarge will also have the right to his men privāte army,

---United Press,

MOTOSCOPE SEARCHES FOR HOARD

London.

fakiver Indian water diviner ble "mofonicopo". from his wife's knitting

to the Tower of Lons

hop form of diapers

reported

uakery itsoo tho`thno.|

the 17th:

însoonattally for the hoard,

reportedly worth anywhere

From £7,000 to £49,000.

The tromance belonged to Bir

C. A. Posson, 72, who was oficial=water diviner for the Bombay Government" for als year

John Backstead, a Governor Wo daod hjá “oboscope, whileli

of the Tower during Cros

well's rulo, whe was excoutod

La 1001

On hand at the Tower with an.

arahseological soum "from" the.] On Dinieky, of Works wan BEAJOR/

picso of tting medle

fool the nous likely plam Car the freasture to be buried le in the hollower bolow-tho boller" "ragen of the GovitijARTI

&

US JUDGE

FINES SELF

St Louis.

police Richard O. Stephens, Judge of suburban Edmundson, decided it was high time come-

London.

'had

ARY WRAY

MA

only one secret

from her husband. But to her it was a terrible secrat.

So terrible that she kile dren rather than let him and

Kernc), and three of her chil-

Out

Instead, an inquest jury found

out yesterday

Pago

REVEREND ATTENDS

CANNIBAL FEAST

Nearly Lost His Head

√By RÓBERT C, MILLER,

Hollandia.

The Rev. Tom Bozeman, of Ormond Beach, Fla., came out of the wild Baliem Valley with two achievements: he talked a head hunter out of killing him and attended a cannibal feast.

The handsome, young missionary and his wife have spent the past year deep in the interior

of Dutch New Guinea where a man's social that he obligations are paid off in human heads.

owed four months' vent,

"We estimate,” Rev. Bore- Before the gamed herself, man said, "that

RVUTBEC twẩm Kattmyn and Allson, two, citizen of the Ballem Valley has and Suzanno, tem znicntius, 23- to kill at least nine men during year-old 'e Mia Wray left this lifetime to meet the various letter for her husband at thoặt tribal obilgations that -require] home in Camp Birmingham. human heads. Aman 'must when lie mareles,

I kept using the rent to get take a head something mice for the batena when he nomes his children and and build them up after their for various festive purposes."

The Minister, a member of inesses.

the Christian and Missionary never

I kept saying I would send Alliance said he had the rent of, but I never pot bellevett the stories of Can- round to doing it. I asked for nibalism until he witnessed the another chance, I told the ceremotty. lamitady vou didn't know.

PERIODIC FIGHTS

"grozool myself to laugh

at him." Boxcman continged, -end wakket réurward:klum corički toben shantis ¡Tepeatedly asking Chim why he wanted to KILI

tae,

<NO WEAPON

"I told him I hart no weaponis and was his friend. Finally he lowered his bow and sheepishly explained that he considered mic hischemy 66 I Uvod of this amongst the enemies tribe. I finally forced him to shake hands with me and think we departed friends.”

The missionary said he never

I didn't want to do it, be cantec i love you desperately. "In one of the periodle fights | carried any weapona in his work But you would have reminded between the tribes wear our with the cannibals as he always me of my folly if we had had mission," he recounted, "one put his trust "in the hands of a few words, and I couldn't tribe managed to capture the the Lord."--United Press. bear that. The letter added that she was falting, the twins

and Suzzype"}

of on

enemy they

had

with frer, as they would have plene from the victim's fuBLACK, GREEN

been the most trouble.

If Only...

But the wes Icaving David six, and Lyen, three, so you can remember me by them."""

"They turned that the body be returned and after hours of dancing, singing and shouting they fell on the body with knives, and axes and hacked 31 to plects.

"They roasted and ate the ploces," the missionary ·00}})= inmeil, in full view of the

1

AND REDFLIES

London.

wailing relatives' who watchel PLIES-millions of

the_proceedingw" From a sale

distance stop a hearby hill" - The

Bozemans

¡by the

'em are swarming

in the

Sa'd the coroner, Mr. George Blington: If only this young girl'had talked to her. mokor or husband she would have been' helped." The amount owing was

In which the in cities and #2733

are working is on-countryside. There are valy £10 s,

William Wray, a 24-your-old didered to dangerous electricians, said they married in Dutch Government that it has blackflies, greenflies, and ning loose in the community.

1950, when to wee 17 and his disclaimed why responsibility different menace this City Marshal C.V. Mayberry, wite

for their safely. The only con ordered to issue warrants against Out of he £16 a week

He found Stephens' dog in a

thing was done about dogs run

offenders, took bellon promptly. neighbour's yard and delivered a warrant to the judge.

Stephens asscared a fine of $1 and 'court cosla of $3 against himself, warning that the penal- ty would be doubled against second. /6 Ronders,

Le said he would try to kvold chick a Toto, G FREMDE PARCEL

16

te tact the missionarios have with.REDfica.

monoplane that fles mile-high area when

gave her £1 for food, rent, gar, the outside world is by ratio

•electiteltyle allowance. He bought the into the

and

children's clothes,

and £1 dress and the

weather permis,

He did not know undil måter. his wife's death that they had roceived a notice, to quit.

The closest call I ever had the Rev. Bozeman said, "was when I attempted to visit an un- triendly village and looked

Red clover mites massed on lawna, and on walls out- idle and inside houses at two london estates last week,

BLACKFLIES plagued people Verdict on pachisizsar

in towns, GEBENFLIES—the. Blunder; on their mother Sub-around suddenly to see a fellow chorviast zuvion for years cide while her mind was die eining an arrow from actut Lendangering grosland, turbed,

Dots how right at my back tats, and sofa, crops..

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