Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1916 — Argumedo's Big Bale of Money (Mex.) Is Found [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Argumedo's Big Bale of Money (Mex.) Is Found

NEW YORK.—When Deputy Sheriff Sinnott opened the safety deposit compartment in the Woolworth building leased by former Gov. Abel O. Argumedo of Yucatan, a bale of Mexican paper money fell out. It was so large

Sinnott was unable to lift it. The deputy sheriff was armed with an order to search the compartment for enough cash to satisfy a judgment for $472,000, American money, obtained against Argumedo by the Yucatan-gov-ernment, it being alleged that when Argumedo fled from the country several months ago he took the war chest with him. Sinnott expected to find much gold, as it had been said the former governor had changed much paper into

metal when he reached Havana, but the deputy found only bills, tied in small packages, which were roped together in a big bale. The bills had been issued by various banks and by the government. Some were good, others nearly worthless. When the bundle had been hoisted to a table, an expert on Mexican money was called in and three hours were devoted to counting the bills and establishing their worth. The expert placed the total value at SBO,OOO tq $90,000. In Mexican it would figure up to about $500,000, he said.

A steamship which recently made the port of San Francisco reports having sailed in a sea of pumice, near Sydney, New South Wales, about January 6, Apparently the material had been cast up by a submarine volcanic outbreak, and chunks ranging in size from that of a marble to a plug hat were thrown on deck by the waves. The vessel was several houra in passing through tha affected region. Tn japan devilfish weighing up to 200 pounds are sometimes caught. These fish are amphibious; they are often seen wabbling on their tentacles like spiders, in search of patches of sweet potatoes. The natives kill them with clubs.’ In the water they are caught in jars lowered to the bottom, which the octopus enters, thinking them a good retreat from which to osich his food.