Dayton tribune., February 25, 1921, Image 5

WHERE DO SEALS
GO IN WINTER?
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Ancient Mystery Remains Un
solved to This Day, Says
a Writer.
HERDS ARE NOW SMALLER
Formsrly th« Annual Kill Was 100,000,
but th« Law Now Bars Wholssals
Slaughter—Killing Dons
by Nativ««.
Washington.—With the growing pop­
ularity of fur coats the Interest in
their origin Is also developing, und
many an owner of a handsome sealskin
oat muse* idly <Aer its history before
reaching her and the phases of Its pro­
duction. But very few are aware of a
real mystery attached to the garment
which 1« so Important to the- smart
Woman's wardrobe—for there Is Indeed
a mystery surrounding the seal and In
all the years these unlmuls have been
put to cotnmerclsl use and have been
under such close observation no one
hus ever been able to discover where
they go In winter. No one yet has
been able to make a record of their
hiding place, accoidlng to Ga« Logic,
which gives something of the history
of the seal.
"In Alaska, the seals begin to appear
on the Islands of Ht. Paul and st.
George about the end of April or the
first of May," reads the article, “and
toward the latter part of August or In
the first weeks of September, they dls-
appear as strangely nnd mysteriously
as they came. This Is one of Nature’s
secrets which she ha» kept moat suc­
cessfully hid from scientists as well
as the prying eyes of the merely curl-
oua and Inquisitive.
Saal« D«««rt Islands,
"Even In the days, years ago, when
the seals numbered live millions or
more, apparently mime slgnnl unknown
to man would bo given and the next
•lay the fog-wreathed risks would l»e
bare, the seals having deserted the
Islands. With their slipping off Into
Bering Sea, nil truce of them was lost
until their return the following spring.
Then some morning they wouId sud­
denly reappear, dls|s>rtlng themselves
In the water or on the shore.
"When the United States bought
Alaska from Russia In 18(17, outsiders
without any rights or privileges were
In the habit of going there to kill as
ninny seals as tHissIble. In order to
prevent what might prove the extinc­
tion of the sealing Industry the United
States government in 1879 stopped this
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Indlscrlmlmite killing and lensed the
Islands of ML Paul and St. George to
the Alnskii <'oninicrclal company, glv-
Ing Ilie company the right to kill 100,-
(MM) seals a year for 20 years. Tbs
Islands were Inter leased by the gov-
eminent to another commercial com-
puny and the killing was cut so that it
could not exceed (10,(MM) seals ti year
In 1801 this figure was still further re­
duced to 15,()/ n ) a year, and since that
time It has varied form 15,ooo to 21,(MM)
annually. In 11)13 the United Ntates
assumed entire control of the sealing
Industry and it hns conducted It since
that time.
"In 1019 about SO,(MM) seals were ta­
ken for commercial use. There are now
approximately 400,000 seals In Alaska
and the government has taken strict
measures to prevent this number from
being depleted. No one not authorized
by the government Is allowed on the
two jirlnclpnl seal Islands except nt
the time of the killing, when the Aleuts
or natives are permitted to go there to
attend to the actual killing of the ani­
mals nnd the salting of their skins.
The seals selected are driven slowly In­
shore for a mile or more, every care
being taken not to alarm the rest of
the herd. The process Is similar to
that of ambushing a company of sol­
diers, cutting them off completely from
the rest of the regiment nnd disposing
of them before they are missed from
the lines.
Clubbed to Death.
“When the natives have arrived at
the salting houses, near which they
have driven the seals, they kill them
by clubbing them on the head. After
skinning them, the skins are heavily
salted on the flesh side mid put In piles
of six, being arranged In three pairs,
the fleshy aide of each akin against
the fleshy side of another skin. Later
they are rolled In packages of four and
put Into casks, then shipped to Sun
Francisco, whence they are resblpped
by rail to the Eastern fur centers.
"Heals weighing less than Mix pounds
may not be killed, according to law.
Experts say flint the best skins come
from those inumnuils between the age.
of two ami four yesrs. For the first
time this year some of the older seals
—those from six to eight years—are to
Im killed as an experiment. The fur
of these ‘Wigs,’ as the older ones afe
culled, Is coarser nnd not ns long nnd
soft ns that of the ’pups’ or young­
sters. It tukeg from two to four skins
for a coat, depending upon Its size nnd
style. Though it is not possible to set
nn exact price on the value of n seal-
akin, It is now about $70. Innumerable
imitations of sealskins are sold, the
best known lielng ‘Hudson seal.' which
Is dressed and dyed muskrat. Then
there ure numbers of near seal varie­
ties, wiiich have such nnmes us French.
Siberian or Baltic seal, etc. All of the
near-seal furs are simply dressed ami
dyed rabbit.”
Twins Born Twenty Miles
Apart Within Six Hours
Although they were born 20
miles apart and in different
counties, Reuben and Ruth
Walden are twins.
The stork visited the home of
Mrs. Nancy Walden, wife of a
farmer of Hill Top, Colo., and
left a lusty boy. The attend­
ing physician placed Mrs. Wal­
den In a motorcar and drove tier
to a Denver hospital, 20 miles
distant, where a daughter was
born to Mrs. Walden six hours
later.
NEW PLANE HAS
WINGS LIKE BIRD
Children of Panama Send Stone for Roosevelt Grave
'* u*oe«wooo
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The school children of the canal zone have picked out and sent to this country a boulder, to be placed by ths
grave of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The illustration shows. at the right, Helen and Harriet Hertz, twins, selecting the
stone, and, left, the presentation of the boulder to Mrs. Roosevelt.
KOREANS SLAIN
BY JAP TROOPS
les destroyed with,burning wood and
oil. This is typical.”
Rev. W. H. Foote, Canadian Pres­
byterian missionary at Youngjung,
names several villages In which the
homes, schools or churches of Chris­
tian natives were burned and says
that in one of them 25 people were
shot and the bodies burned. Those
cases, he declares, are “absolutely
Charge Deliberate Intention of Wiping authentic," the premises having been
Out All Young Christian«—Not
Inspected by four missionaries and a
Punished for Religion, Say
customs official.
Missionaries Tell of the Atrocities
Perpetrated in Chientao Dis­
trict of China.
MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED
Japs, but for Banditry and
Eighty Shot at Un Tong Ja.
. worship, and, above all, their Savior,
I were their joy. They were not pa-
! trlotlc soldiers, and disapproved of
the church taking part In politics.”
Miss Emma M. Palethorpe of On­
tario, a member of the Canadian Pres­
byterian mission at Yongjung, tells
In her statement of the execution of
five men from the village of Suchllgo,
who, she says, were led by the Jap­
anese soldiers to the top of a hili
about three miles from Yongjung and
• there put to death.
“In the top of the hill,” she de­
clares, “there is quite a large hollow
not visible from the road or village.
The victims were made to sit at the
bottom of this, where they were
slashed at with swords. It Is reported
by an eye-witness that two swords
were broken and then the awful work
was finished with bayonets. Then the
loose earth was pushed down from the
sides of the hollow to cover the mu­
tilated bodies.”
In answering Inquiries at the Jap­
anese war office. Lieutenant Colonel
Hata told a press correspondent
that the number of Japanese troops
employed In the Chienta affair was
5,000, not 15,000. Villages had been
burned, he said, but only In cases
where the majority of the inhabitants
were known to be In league with the
outlaws.
Referring to the charge that an or­
ganized attempt was made “to wipe
out the whole Christian community,"
Colonel Hata said that it was possible
that a majority of those who had been
executed were Christians, but they
were not punished for their religion
but for banditry and rebellion. No
charge was made against the mission­
aries.
Colonel Hata, while admitting that
harsh measures had been adopted, said
bad conditions had existed in that dis­
trict for a long time owing to the
unchecked activities of Chinese ban­
dits, Korean outlaws and Russian Bol-
shevlkl. He said he was confident
that the Japanese soldiers had not
been guilty of the barbarity with
which they had been charged.
fiebellion.
this flying machine Is a gasoline en­
Quoting Koreans as his authority,
gine or engines. The most essential
he says that 23 persons were shot
Tokyo.—Details of alleged Inassa­ and seven burned to death in their
mechanism is, first, the universal
Joint bearing boxes, which connect cres of Koreans by Japanese troops, own houses at Cheng San; that 80
the wings of the flying machine to the burning of Korean villages and the were shot at Un Tong Ja, and that
the body, and wherewith the wings destruction of native crops are given these were all Christian villages.
are caused to swing, flapping >'ke in statements received from Canadian
"The soldiers and commanding of­
those of a bird in the air; and, sec­ missionaries in the Chlentao district ficer who go to these places,” assert­
ond. the wing guiding disk that of China, supplementing previous re- ed Mr. Foote, "as a general thing
causes the wings to move downward ports on this subject heretofore re- have no conversation whatever with
Nlnsty-Six Miles an Hour With Eight and upward In an oblong circular celved.
the people, but do their diabolical
Revolutions a Minute Claimed for
movement similar to that of an oars-
One of the missionaries, Dr. S. H. deeds and pass on. Kue Sei Tong is
New Machine—No Vacuum Re­
man rowing a boat, Thls eliminates Martin of Newfoundland, physician, at­ the only place where any reason was
all Jerking motion in the wing.
quired and Ie Nonrigld.
tached to the Canadian Presbyterian given to the people for the action.
“A Korean accompanied the soldiers
It is the constant alm of mechani­ mission at Yongjung, who visited the
Norfolk, Ya.—An airplane with cal englneersjn the construction of village of Norabawle on October 31, and told the people that the officer
wings that flnp like a bird has been gasoline engines in operation to hold two days after the Japanese went said he had evidence that the owner
patented by Thomas J. Bird, formerly down the speed revolutions to keep through that district, states:
of the house had collected money for
of Johnson City, Tenn., now a resident the hent produced by gas combustion
“The facts recorded below apply to Korean patriotic purposes. If only
Rebecca Was Late,
of Hampton, Va. It can get up from and friction at a temperature that the whole district of Kando or Chlen­ the offenders suffered, even the Kore­
the water as well as It can from land. will prevent distortion of the engines, tao, In the southern part of the prov­ ans would not seriously object; but
Pastor Was Merciless
It Is different from the rigid winged For the type of airplane now in inces of Kirin, China. Japan, under the it Is because the perfectly innocent
Washington, N. C.—A certain
airplane, which receives Its impetus use the profilers must revolve very strongest protest from China, has sent and helpless are done to death with­
young nnd devout church wom­
from a rapidly revolving propeller. In rapidly, and consequently, the en­ over 15,000 men into this part of China out even an opportunity to _say a
an of this city, whose name s
several tests the machine has proven gines are speeded up very near the with the seeming Intention of wiping word In their own behalf that the in­
Rebecca, never misses divine
that It can fly. and it Is claimed by danger point, as where a speed of out of existence, if possible, the whole justice and hardship appear.”
services, but often is late.
Describing the action of the Japan­
the Inventor and government experts ninety-six miles an hour Is main­ Christian community, especially all
Last Sundny she arrived Just
ese soldiers at Kan Chang, Rev. Mr.
that it will probably prove a much tained continuously for many hours, young men.
ns the pnstor wns rending from
better flyer than the presentday nlr- which speed Is that of the wild goose
Foote said that the young men of that
Charge« Wholesale Murder.
tlie Scriptures the story of Re­
plane.
village were “herded in front of a
with its wings and by muscular
“Village after village is dally being Korean house and, without even a
becca nt the well. As the late­
Mr. Bird says his tnachine In the energy alone. In Mr. Bird's flying
comer tripped up the nlsle the
"take off" and flight through the air machine, with wings likened to those methodically burned and the young form of examination, shot down, 25 in
minister rend:
docs not create or require a vacuum, of a wild goose, to attain this speed men shot, so that at present we have all. Then the bodies were heaped to­
a ring of villages
this . city
"And behold, Reliecca catue
gether In two piles and covered with
~
. surrounding
.
«
,
ns does the present-day airplane. Mr. the wings will be ‘propelled eight .. . .
,
that have suffered from fire or whole- wood and burned. When the fuel was
forth.”
Bird, who Is a marine engineer, sev­ revolutions per minute, whereas the
Sultana Orders Dazzling Gown.
Brood smiles played over the
eral years ago took a course In avia- propeller airplane will require 1,400 sale murder or both. The facts below being placed on them some of the
Paris.—Like a glittering golden
are
absolutely
accurate:
faces of tlie worshl|H‘rs. Blushes
wounded still were able to rise, but beetle, holding itself gracefully to the
atlon at San Diego, Cal., and became l>er minute.
flooded the fnce of Reliecca.
a regular licensed aviator. His Idea
The wings or planes In this Inven-1 “At daybreak a complete cordon of were bayoneted to the ground and met lines of the figure and ending in a
Courageously she went ou,
wan to do away with the present pro­ tlon are formed from overlapping Japanese infantry surrounded the main their fate in the flames.
dazzling court train, an evening gown
quickening her steps.
Were Hard-Working People.
peller and construct a machine with slats, nnd are so constructed as to Christian village of Norabawle and,
of remarkable design has just been
starting
from
the
top
of
the
valley,
set
"And she mnde haste,” con­
moveable wings or planes that would automatically close on the downward
“I know’ these people well,” Mr. made for Sultana Menelik of Egypt
tinued the clergyman.
flap like any winged creature of the and forward thrust of the wings and fire to the immense stacks of m­ Foote continued. “They live In sn by Captain Molyneux, the English
Snickers from the youngsters,
air.
The land was dress designer in Paris.
open as the wings rise or recover, threshed millet, barley and straw and out-of-the-way glen.
broader smiles from the grown­
Studies Bird Flight,
thereby ¡lermltting the air or water, then ordered the occupants of the not fertile and firewood was scarce.
The dress, which is cut very low,
ups and half-suppressed giggles
To attain this end he made ex- as the case may be, to pass through houses outside. In each case ns the They were a quiet, hard-working peo­ front and back, hangs from the shoul-
from the holf-growns were the
hnustlve studies.of and observed t lie without retarding the movement of father or son stepped forth he was ple, who struggled hard to make a liv­ ders by gold cord and is made of
shot on sight, and as he fell on his ing. Their church and school, their
response.
lights of wild fowls, especially the the wings.
shimmering sequins. The materials
By thnt time Miss Reliecca
wild goose and the eagle. His obser­
The Inventor claims that no dif­ face, perhaps only half dead, great Bible and hymn books, their Sunday cost $2,500.
hnd reached her pew.
She
vations of the sustained flight of the ficulty will be experienced in develop­ piles of burning straw were thrown on
stumbled In nnd annk down ns
wild goose convinced him that that ing an engine revolution of IflO to 200 top of him.
"I was shown the blood marks on
if she hojied tlie cushions would
fowl is one of the swiftest of ail per minute, and a speed of 175 to 200
the ground caused by the bayonet
swallow her.
miles per hour.
winged creatures.
"I^t fiie dnmscl abide with
He then built a machine that he
The aviation department of the thrusts Inflicted on the men as they
us,” said the minister, closing
flew successfully at Santa Monica, United States government has signi­ strove to rise from the flames, in spite
his book nnd ending the rending,
Cal.
fied its encouragement of the device of the fact that they had been shot
much to the relief of Rebecca.
The motive power necessary for by offering aid In the building of a three times at close range. The bod­
the propulsion of the mechanism of machine this coming summer at Its ies were soon charred beyond recog­
chief construction base at Cleve­ nition. The mothers, wives and even
the children were forced spectators
land, O.
of this treatment of all the grown
males of the village. Houses were
TEETH PROVE DOCTOR FALSE fired and soon the whole country was
full of smoke, which was plainly visi­
H« Blamed Them for Neuritis, So Pa­ ble from this town. The Japanese
tient Calmly Removes
soldiers then spread out and burned
the Set.
the houses of Christian believers in
other villages all the waj down the
Winsted, Conn.—Charles S. Warner, valley to the main road. Then they
a commercial salesman, Toves a joke returned home to celebrate the em­
and likes to tell one.
peror’s birthday.
Getting no relief from a doctor's
Photographs of Murders.
treatment for neuritis he said he vis­
“As we approached the nearby vil­
ited another doctor and received a
lages we ffiund only women and chil­
thorough examination, after which the
dren nnd some white-haired men. The
second doctor told him his ailment re- women with young babies on their
suited from poor teeth and that he
backs were walking up and down
could not expect any relief until the
walling. I photographed ruins of 19
teeth had been taken out.
Mr. Warner protested, hut when the buildings, among which were old men
tearing their hair and crying, while
doctor Insisted, he yielded and je­
mothers and daughters were recover­
moved his false teeth and handed them
ing bodies or unburned treasures from
to the surprised physician.
the burning ruins. So ninny women
were crying and I was so angry at
Mate Gold and Silver Fowls.
what I had seen that I could not hold
London.—Experiments In the depart­ my camera steady enough to take a
ment of genetics, nt Cambridge, of time exposure.
mating domestic fowls, one sex of gold*
"We have nnmes and accurate re­
and the other of silver-marked plum­ ports of 32 villages where murder and
Memorial siarues or me tnree suitrage pioneers, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth
age, brought Interesting results.
fire have been used. -One village hns
When a silver lien wns mated with a had as many ns 145 Inhabitants killed. Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, which the National Woman's party will
"Uncle Joe” Cannon, the oldest member of the house of representatives
In point of service, was wnnpped recently while visiting with Representative golden cock, all the sons were silver Houses have been burned with wom­ present to the national capitol on the opening day of the Woman’s patry con­
Clarence J. McLeod, the newly elected "baby congressman” from Michigan. and all the daughters were gold. A en nnd children In them. At Sonun- vention, February 15, Susan B. Anthony's Wist anniversary. They were
"Uncle Joe” was battling on the floor of the house long before McLeod was silver cock transmitted the silver fac­ tung 14 were stood up in front of a photographed in one of the early stages of development from the block of
born. McLeod wns twenty-five years old last July 3.
tor both to sons and daughters.
। large grave, then shot and their bod- marble in the studio of Adelaide Johnson In Carrara, Italy. A portrait of
Mrs. Johnson is Inserted.
Inventor Perfects Model After
Exhaustive Study of Wild
Goose and the Eagle.
0. S. EXPERTS APPROVE
Statues of Suffrage Pioneers
“Baby Congressman” Gets Pointers