Kansas Daily Herald from Topeka, Kansas • 3

TALES OF A TRAVELER ODD SEA MAMMALS Philadelphian Finds Delight Visiting Earth's Odd Places. U. S. Expedition Finds Last Rookery of Elephant Seals. Leave America for China, but Shifts Course and Lands In South African Jail Visited Forbidden Thibet.

Make Your Topeka Home at the New Throop Hotel REASONABLE RATES BEST OF SERVICE Democratic Headquarters. Every prominent Democrat visiting Kansas from President Wilson down has stepped at The Throop. You will receive the same careful attention that we gave them. Philadelphia The age of adventure TO THE DEMOCRATS OF KANSAS: Brother Democrat The Kansas Daily Herald, the only state Democratic daily, will appear Saturday, May 3, 1913, or a few days later. We are counting on your support to get it established.

We depend upon your aid. The paper has the support and endorsement of the state party organization, the national and congressional membership. Your subscription to Jan. 1, 1915, will be $2.50. You can afford that to aid a paper the party is surely in need of.

Remit to us onee so we can get entered at the postoffice at second class rates. See the balance of the Democrats in your vicinity and get them to subscribe also. See to it that we get the name of a suitable person as a correspondent in your town. Make all remittances to DAILY KANSAS HERALD, W. S.

BERWICK, Topeka, Kansas. F. W. DAUGHERTY I A. F.

COULSON Proprietors Huge Animals, Thought to Be Extinct, Are Found on Isolated laland of Guadalupe by Party Headed by Dr. C. H. Townsend. New York.

Naturalists all over the world are greatly interested just now in a beach some 400 yards long by 30 in width on the isolated island of Gaudalupe. Here on this remote and uninhabited island, lying In the Pacific ocean, 140 miles off the northern part of the peninsula of Lower California, has been discovered the only rookery left and the last standhold on the western continent of the northern elephant This is the largest of all seals, long since thought to have dls-peared, and likewise one of the most remarkable marine mammals existing today. Aside from its great size, 16 feet and more, the chief feature of interest of these animals is centered In the strange appearance of the head, caused by elephant-like trunk or snout, measuring in the adult males nearly a foot or more In length. The rediscovery of this, the only herd of northern elephant seals living today, was made by Dr. Charles H.

Townsend, who commanded an expedition on the United States Fisheries Steamship Albatross to Lower California to study the fishery resources and to obtain specimens of this region. Being valuable for its oil, the elephant seal was killed In large numbers for commercial purposes until it was thought to be practically extinct. The oil Is worth about 50 cents a gal Ion. A 16-foot elephant seal is said ESKIMO IS MORE CIVILIZED nothing lesB than a direct challenge to Germany, the answer to has not yet been given and which, when it comes, may stagger the world with its suddenness. "That Germany, which insisted on the dismissal of Delcasse from the cabinet in 1906 as a result of the Moroccan Imbroglio, giving the French the alternative of war, should now eat humble pie In the face of this open defiance from the head of the republic, Is at the present moment," the diplomatist said, "a matter of undisguised amazement to all the chancellories of the world.

Indeed, never within the last ten years, not even in the Moroccan crisis, has a Franco-German war been nearer." Coming of the White Man Shows Revolution in Lives of Northern People. Nome, Alaska. The coming of the white man Is effecting a slow revolution in the lives of the Alaska eski-mos, especially those who spend the warm months at Nome. These Eskimo, who live on a beach all summer, have already picked up many of the ways of cultivation, eat some of the white man's food and wear some of his clothes. They are still very dirty, however, love blubber and all fat as well as ever and prefer fishing to any other variety of toil.

They are literally children of the sea, which yields ENDORSE THE HERALD. and romance 1b not dead. This la proved by the life of E. Tyson, Hutch-Ins, a young Philadelphian, who hao been traveling in the strange places of the world ever since his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. When Hutchins was graduated he first tried to bind himself down to the normal life of the average business man, but, after a few months, he felt that It was impossible for him to stand the life of the city.

One day without saying much about the matter he packed his kit and departed for China. To be sure he didn't get to China. When he got Yokohama some one told him of the Australian aborigines and their queer customs. Young Hutchins was intensely interested and shifted his course to Australia. From Australia he went to South Africa, where he was at once imprisoned on the suspicion that he was a recruit for the Boers.

Since then until last fall he has traveled over the world. Whenever he hears of a race which seems to be worthy of his attention, or a custom which strikes him as curious, he packs his bag and departs to India, Africa, China or wherever It may be. After a month or a year he turns up again. Many queer experiences and many unpleasant ones have fallen to his lot during his travels. He has been in jail In Turkey, in Africa and in Russia.

He has traveled 11,200 miles up the Yang Tse Kiang into the very heart of central China, where he was regarded as a curiosity by the Inhabitants. He went into forbidden Thibet one year before Col. Younghusband, at the head of his troops, marched to Lhassa. In India he has studied the native customs and witnessed forbidden sights in the Hindu temples. He has crossed Siberia and knows Europe like a book.

His last trip was a foot journey through the various states forming the Balkan alliance. It was on this trip that he was imprisoned by the Turkish authorities. He was held three weeks. Hutchins was in Ecuador at the time Jose Alfaro made himself dictator of that country and his story of DEMOCRATS THRUOUT THE STATE RALLYING TO ITS SUPPORT. passing away, and a new era has dawned in politics.

The democratic party has ceased to be a party of negative, but is an aggressive, progressive, fighting organization, contending for definite party principles, and it is imperative that the facts be presented to the people. I hope our people will appreciate the opportunity and help boost the paper along. GEORGE A. NEELEY. Letters Taken from Random Show the Party Membership is Willing to Stand By It.

TO BUILD AIRSHIP DESTROYER Dodge City, April 21, 1913. "Allow me in the name of every Democrat in this county to congratulate and wish you success in the establishment of a daily paper at Topeka. 1 feel this is a step in the right direc to yield from 200 to 250 gallons of oil. The colony of seals found by Dr. Townsend was scattered in family groups along the beach, and watched the landing party in their boats with apparent Indifference.

The herd consisted chiefly of large males, females, yearling and new-born pups. A num-ber of adult females were surrounded by newly-born young, and the Indications were that the breeding season was just commencing at this time of year, which was March, and therefore it was thought that other adult fe-! males would arrive later. The seals had little fear of man, We publish a few letters, taken from random from our files. It shows the sentiment throuout the state in favor of a wide-awake, democratic paper of state wide circulation. We hope our efforts in this direction will measure up to the mark of expectation.

The Herald- is to start out on its journalistic life without any frills or fancy trimmings. It will print news, jut as it is, and will not mince words in telling it. If you want a genuine, democratic paper in Kansas one with the ability to get news and at the same time have the courage to print it, you will find the Herald just what you have been looking for. tion and our party has always been handicapped in not having the press to represent our side of the question to the people. H.

P. SCHMIDT. Lebo, April 17, 1913. "I realize the great need of a good Democratic daily in Kansas and will do all in my power to help with its advancement. FRANK J.

GEORGE. Colonel Cody, the American Airman, Plans One to Guard the English Coast. London. Col. S.

F. Cody, the American airman, who has become a naturalized English subject, is preparing to build an airship destroyer, comparable with a torpedo boat destroyer, to protect England against possible invasion by foreign airships. He said recently: "My idea is to have an airship destroyer in the same way as you have a torpedo boat destroyer at sea. I have ordered a machine of 500 horse power. It is difficult to predict exactly what an aeroplane of that size will do, but I expect it to be capable of lifting and carrying 2,500 pounds.

Its highest speed would be somewhere between 75 and 90 miles an hour. "The machine to which the engine Is to be fitted will be a Cody biplane of the same type as the one that gained the war office prize of $25,000. It will be designed so as to be capable of guarding the air over England against Invasion by foreign airships. It will be able to rise above them and to fly around to attack them from any point." for securing close-range photographs showing them in their various attitudes. Unless actually teased by the members of the party the old animals did not attempt to leave the beach, Edgerton, April 21, 1913.

"I endorse your policy. You are taking a step in the right direction. Get out a good, clean paper. A good democratic paper full of news is what the Democrats of Kansas want. It will do more good than the handbook they are talking of getting out.

ROBERT O'CONNOR. Washington, D. April 21, 1913. W. S.

Berwick, Pub. "Daily Kansas Herald," Topeka, Kan. "Am glad you are to take up the -work of publishing a daily paper at Topeka. Any man who could publish a daily and succeed as you have in a town the size or Wakeeney, way out on the western plains, ought to succeed in a city like Topeka and I sincerely trust you will. We certainly need a daily there, and I hope all our Democratic friends will lend their assistance to the enterprise which I heartily endorse.

WM. H. THOMPSON, Senator. Bellaire, April 21, 1913. In sending in a club from Bellaire, F.

E. Lumpkin, the enterprising hardware man at that point, says: "I am very glad to see a democratic daily paper for Kansas, as we have always been handicapped in our efforts having no paper to fight our battles. Start small and you will grow up. I wish you the best of success and will endeavor to get you more subscriptions. F.

E. LUMPKIN. Sold Gold Coins for Brass. Scranton, Pa. Five boys offered $10 and $20 gold pieces on the streets of that city for 25 cents each.

When searched by the police the youths' pockets produced over $500 in gold coins, which they admitted taking; from the cellar of a house formerly occupied by Peter J. Scanlon, a miser. The boys thought the coins were brass medals. Marion, April 12, 1913. I am very much interested in your proposition to start a daily Democratic paper at Topeka.

I certainly hope you may succeed and I shall be glad to give you all the assistance I can. HENDERSON S. MARTIN. Cawker City, April 22, 1913. "I'm with you.

Glad to get a Kansas democratic paper started. Wish you all kinds of success. F. H. HIGLEY.

Peabody, April IS, 1913. "We need a Democratic organ in Kansas. J. E. HALL.

Runaway Boy Held for Murder. Meridian, Conn. Harold B. Page, nineteen years old, Is a prisoner at Julesburg, charged with the murder of his chum, Harold Ford, seventeen years old. Ford's body was found with the throat cut some time ago after the lads run away from home to join the army and go to the Mexican frontier.

MINISTER BESTS THE BENCH Washington, D. April 18, 1913. "I sincerely wish for you and the Herald the fullest measure of success. I know your undertaking is a big one, but I know your heart is right and your purpose good. JOHN R.

CONNELLY. Washington, D. April 18, 1913. Friend Berwick: I am heartily in sympathy with the plan of a daily democratic paper at Topeka. There is no doubt but what we have great need of a state paper, and that this paper must of necessity be published at the state capital.

The "hide bound isms" are rapidly Eskimo Preparing a Skin. them food, raiment, light and fuel. They are very skillful seal hunters and expert boatmen. The boats are made of skins stretched taut over a rigid frame and some of them are exceedingly difficult to manage. The beach at Nome is wide and sandy and the Eskimo enjoy the time they spend there.

Tents are pitched, but the shelter of the great boats turned on their sides is depended upon to a large extent. Cheap cooking utensils bought at the stores have replaced many of the crude dishes formerly used, and sometimes an old stove is seen in use. The Eskimo men are rather skillful with tools, and the women do certain kinds of needlework expertly. The heavy garments of skin are remarkably well made and even the shoes of skin are fashioned much more neatly than one might expect. In winter very heavy furs are worn, and the head is covered with a large hood.

The men have devised various rough, but highly efficient tools and use them deftly to make boats, sleds and weapons. Although the Eskimo are indescribably filthy and inclined to take advantage in some ways, they are almost invariably good natured and fond of a joke. They are intelligent, quick to learn from people and enjoy the games of civilization. They are not at all belligerent and avoid a quarrel if they can. In Mr.

Hutchins' Collection. Klan Totem, Ketchikan, Alaska. the revolution, in which incidentally he took no part, is a fascinating one. He rode over the Andes on a mule and when he arrived in Ecuador found himself In the midst of a full fledged revolution. He got there too late for the actual fighting and as he bore letters to Alfaro, which had been given him by a friend, he was made welcome by the new dictator, who was anxious to cultivate all foreigners and make a good impression upon them.

However, the dictator's friendship, while It was advantageous in some ways, was quite the reverse in others. Everywhere Hutchins goes he makes photographs. He has 10,000 in his collection and if there is a country which is not listed it Is not mentioned in the geographies. Great Seal of Guadalupe. and many of them did not raise their heads from the sand until closely approached, although wide awake.

When driven from a comfortable resting place they would soon settle down, and, after throwing sand on their backs with their front flippers, become quiet again. Both young and old have the habit of covering themselves with sand when settling down to rest. The females, although but little molested, appeared to be even more passive than the males. Some of the large males after being driven into the sea soon returned. The most striking and remarkable feature of this animal, and from which it takes its name, Is a curious elongated trunk or snout which attains a length equal to the remainder of the head.

This thick and heavy append age has a length of ten inches or more forward from the canine teeth and is fibrous and fleshy throughout. When fully expanded It exhibits three bulging transverse folds on top separated by deep grooves. The trunk is not capable of inflation, but Is retracted into heavy folds on ton of the head by muscular action. This snout is somewhat protrusible, but when not elongated hangs in a pendulous fashion over the mouth; when sleeping It rests upon the sands, a shapeless mass. Girard, Ap jl 16, 1913.

"Add my name to your list of subscribers and I will do all I can to assist in the enterprise, as we certianly need a daily paper in this state. J. H. CUSHENBURY. Mr.

Cushenbury has sent us two lists of subscribers. Silver Crown Layer Smyrna Figs 30c pound SPECIAL PRICE Smith Center, April 17, '13. "Trusting that you will meet with good encouragement and success. Yours for the good of Democracy. J.

C. UHL, Sr. Quits Meat to Draw Legacy. Greenwood, Del. The income from an investment of $25,000 will be paid yearly to Hugo Masten, a farmer, on condition that he abstain from eating meat for the rest of his life and confine himself to a vegetarian diet.

The bequest to Masten was made by an eccenthlc uncle, who died recently In Germany. Masten says he will for one week A CHALLENGE TO GERMANY 20c a pound Washington, April 18, 1913. "There is unquestionably a field in Kansas for a Democratic state wide paper and if you demonstrate that you can give what the Democrats of Kansas want and need, I feel certain that the financial returns will be satisfactory. Best wishes. GUY T.

HELVERING. Witness Spars With Judge in Dublin Court and Carries Off the Honors. London. A little sparring match between the church and the law recently amused Dublin. The case concerned a certain kinematograph film of a Biblical subject which is to be shown in Dublin.

Threatened with an injunction, the kinematograph syndicate produced several clergymen as witnesses to the edifying effect of the film. One of them was a distinguished Irish Jesuit, who has been dubbed "the Father Bernard Vaughan of Ireland." "Do you approve of actions simulating such scenes in cold blood for the purpose of making money out of It?" he was asked. "I cannot answer yes or no," was the cautious reply. "The question is a very plain one," said the judge, a well known lion of the bar a few years back. "It is not a plain question to me," replied the Jesuit.

"If a person asked me did I think it right that a judge on the bench should distribute justice, which is one of the highest virtues, and do it for the sake of his salary "What on earth has that to do with It?" hastily Interposed the judge. "Persons may have several motives," replied the Jesuit. "We cannot live in this world as ethereal beings, and If a person's motives are to do good and en passant he also makes his living by it I see no objection." Honors rested with the church. Home-Made Remedy Kills Patient. Norristown, Pa.

Constantino Todd, twenty-flve years old, after suffering from a cold for several days, purchased a pint of whisky, several lem ons and onions, and made a cold remedy. He drank nearly all the con-coctjon and went to bed. Todd's mother discovered his dead body the next morning. The coroner decided that heart failure was caused by the excessive use of whisky. RIGBY'S CANDIES always fresh and delicious Rats Good Reason for Moving New York.

Carl Bonwit moved out of a new apartment house after a few months' residence, although he had taken a year's lease. The realty company sued, but Bonwit proved the nightly meeting of rats had so disturbed his family they could not sleep, and were obliged to get out. The court decided in favor of the tenant. Kansas Cit, April 22, 1913. "We wish you best of luck with the new venture and feel assured it will be a success because there is a wonderful field for a gc Democratic paper in Kansas.

C. H. BRONSON, National News Association. Delcasse's Appointment to St. Petersburg and Big Increase In French Army Taken as Defiance.

London. In the present critical situation in European politics, France, Germany, England and Russia are all watching each other to see which takes the first step. A British diplomat, discussing the elements imparted to the situation by the accession of Poincare to the French presidency, said: "It Is admitted by all who are acquainted with -the currents of diplomacy In Europe that the coming of Poincare has put more electricity into the Franco-German situation than there has been in many years. The appointment of Delcasse, who has an avowed partisan policy, as ambassador to St. Petersburg, and the increasing, of France's army constitute Opposes Spanking In School.

Boston. Miss Francis G. Curtis, a society member, just elected a member of the Boston school committee, is opposed to spanking in the schools. ''I do not believe any one except the parents ought to be allowed to inflict corporal punishment on children, ad even then the question is opened tot serious doubt." declared Miss His "Basket of Beer" Noisy. York, Pa.

The squawk of a stolen Plymouth Rock hen from a "basket of beer" sent Max Kllaeman to jail for thirty days. Klineman assured an inquisitive policeman the. basket contained bottled goods, but an unlucky protest on the part of the hen queer ed his game. Isabel, 4-15-1913. "I feel that a democrat daily paper is one of the greatest needs of the party in Kansas, and you certainly 609 Kansas Ave.

TOPEKA I have my support and best wishes for your success. ED. BOOTS..