The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
TRY TO SAVE
 PASSING WHALE Paleontologists to Keep Nam nal from Following Path of the American
 Buffalo.
PETITION THE GOVERNMENT
Noted Scientists from All Over the Country Now Holding Va- cation Convention at
 Yale.

The American Society of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, which opened it's sixth annual convention in this city at Peabody museum yesterday, has de- cided that the whale shall not follow the example of the late American buff falo and become extinct but shall be given chance to perpetuate itself, and to this end resolutions were decid- ed upon yesterday and sent to Wash ington asking the national government to take some decisive action which will protect the whale. especially in the breeding season.
 This action was taken after very interesting paper on The Extermina- ton of the Whale and The Exter- imitation of the Green Turtle" had been read by Dr. c. R. Wieland of Yale, who has made a study of the Isubjects for some years, Dr. Wieland said that in the last 1000 years, IT. GOO, 900 whales have been destroyed and that the profit from the industry in this 1,000 years has been $112,000,-
 900.
 As the result of this wholesale car- mage the whale is practically extinct
 said Dr. Wieland. The hunting of the
 whale has been done principally in the ! breeding season, and this has greatly M decreased the birthrate.
 As soon as the palaeontologists
 heard this they decided that the mat
 ter must be taken up and the resolu-
 tions demanding the protection for
 the helpless animal were drawn up. To
 fully protect the whale the CO., opera
 ton of the British and Danish gov
 ernments must be gained, as both ot these have interests in the Greenland
 waters, and if the United States takes
 any action in the matter internationa , agreements in the matter may result Ifroan the present convention of the
 palaeontologists.
 As soon as the necessary steps hat
 been taken for the preservation of tn,
 whale 1t was decided upon furthel
 statements of Dr. W1eland to protec : the green turtle. pr. Wieland's fig , ures Showed that this necessary ad v junct to every first class hotel wa i. rapidly decreasing in quantity unti N the green turtles have sought souther
 waters where they are protected b s nature from the human ravages.' Tn a taste of the South Americans has no < hbeen educated up to the green turtle ! The resolutions of the palaeontologist 7 were toward protecting the green tur k, ties in the breeding season. ,s One of the most interesting paper
 csf nff }LnR !, :. Prof Joseph Barrell of Yale o is "Semi-aridity as a factor in the evolu ' ton of the early Amphihia." Pro es Barrell described how when the wate ,a retired from lands the fish throug ,e long periods of time get so that the ,e breath through their lungs instead {
 through their gills and walk over tf ld mud until their fms, formerly used .e swim with, develop into legs or Dr. q. F. Eaton was another speak ,q whose subject proved very interestin
 He spoke at length on The Skull al
 Sacrum of the Pteranodon. The ar e nal referred to is flying reptile, sir IS liar in many ways to a bat, but who
 wings measure eighteen feet from { se, to tip. There were many opposite opi
 ions expressed as to why the rept ns has such an extensive beak. at The other subjects of the day wer "A Niobrara Fauna of Vertebrat as from Wyoming" discussed by Prof. ,.a B. Loomis of Amherst; "A resume as studies on the Hyracetheres," Walt nI Granger of New York; Photographic ma M Characters of the Washable" w, ,xa Sinclair.
 os- In the evening joint smoker W
 held in Byers hall with the Americ ,v- Society of Biologists.
 n.1 The 5soologists held their meeting we Kirtland hall. According to memb mir of the socity last night most impo ,bo ant scientific decision was reached of Dr H. s. Jennings of Johns Hopk 1n- in his paper on Inheritance in Pr -ed ozoa." The scientists have for a lc ba+ time disbeleved in the idea of inhe -rv tance of physical ills in men, but ,si- the protozoa, one celled creatures, 1is- has been claimed that changes in fo an went down from generation to gene her tion Dr. Jennings stated yesterC .on- that after years of study he had req
 ed the conclusion, that one direct
 from the parent stock of the proto .ET was afflicted with the change, but t
 all the other descendants were free ,1-u Prof. l.. L. Woodruff of Yale req
 paper on Effects of Alcohol on
 Life Cycle of Infusoria' reaching bili- conclusion that the effect was oedo same as upon men. An interesting sub per on "Blackhead, Cocidial Disc V of of Turkeys was read by L. J. e in of Yale. E. L. Mark of Harvard, I and a paper on Some Maturation Stage ma the Mouse Egg" and w. R, Coe of will read paper on "The Matura tior arles the Egg of the Rat"
 $ di- Both conventions will continue and day and various other interesting first important subjects will be discusse The detail.
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