Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-15
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO JOIN IN SHARK HUNT
Coast Guard end Life-Saving Ser
vices Ordered TO Assist in Ex.
termination of Monsters.
NATTER IS BEFORE CABINET
Bureau of Fisheries Warns Batbers
to Keep in Shallow Water. hut De.
clares There Is No Reason for
Panic

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Fed
eral government to-day canvassed its
resources for combatine the invasion
of North Atlantic coast waters by
sharks. President Wilson and his Cabi
net discussed what could I've done to
prevent more tragedies like those
along the New Jersey shore. and th,
coast Guard and lifc-savin- service
were ordered to assist in shark exter-
mination in every way possible
The Ruerau OF Fisheries issued a
| statement advising widespread fish
ing for sharks and warning bathers to
keep in shallow water but admitting
inability to advance a certainly effcc-
tive means Of preventing further at
tacks The statement asserted. how
ever, that there was no reason for
panic among seaside hathers The
hrSt effort Of the Coast Guard service
VIII be 10 ascertain whether "A few i'm
diNiduals or several schools Of the sea
monster are in Northern waters
| cutter viii fish for the sharks, if their
number Is not great. with the aid of
the lifc-saving corps Should a large
hummer be discovered. more extensive
opera tions may he undertaken
TO BuREAU OF FISHERIES
Beach patrol was suggested TO the
Bureau OF Fisheries to-day hy Rcpre-
sentative Schully. of New Jersey, and
Representative Bacharach of that
State. introduced resolution TO an
propriate $4,000 TO aid the bureau and
State authorities in the campaign
against sharks
Scientists here are myst!tiad at the
presence of the big hunting fish in
such northern latitude. They believe
the recent tragedies have been caused
by a few predatory sharks and doubt
their presence in considerable num-
bers in the summer resorts
DR.. Baraton y. Bean. head curator
OF the fish division of the Smith
sonian InAtitute said tonight
that he thought it possible the attacks
upon batners may have been by sand
sharks. which are extremely aggres-
sive, attain large size and inhabit
Northern waters. There has been no
authentic record. he declared OF sharks
of the tiger or white man-eatiuc
species of tropical waters. ever having
been found north of Cape Haticras
SRAHN HUNTING BECOMES
POPULAR SPORT on COAST
NEW YORK. July I4.--Shark hunt
ing or fishing has become popular
sport along the New Jersey coast in
the waters OF New York Bay and along
the ocean side Of Long Island. MS a re-
suit OF tho recent raids by man eating
monsters from southern waters which
have killed four persons.
Reports of the sighting or killing
OF sharks out along the shore reach
fhn ,sif oil,
fishermen are bringing in the big fish
they have killed To prove the truth of
their stories. Only few of these,
however. are described a. man-killers.
passenger on steamer is authority
for the statement that he saw twa
sharks in the Hudson River near
Tarr%town. one shark was killed near
Fairfield, Conn
Thousands of persons who have been
driven 20 the beaches by the hot wave
fear to enter the waters in the vicinity
of New York since a shark Killed a
man and a boy in Matawan Creek.
\. j.. on Wednesday,
AT almost low tide to-day tho BODY
of Lester Stillweil was found i'm Mata-
wan Greek about 200 feet from the
spot where he disappeared The body
had been bitten nearly in TWO above
the waistline
BELIEVE THEY HAVE
SEAtK pENSfD UP
shark hunters at Matawan Creek be-
lieve they have this shark penned up
in the creek behind a series OF wire
nets. which have been strung across
the creek at intervals from it's mouth
to the scene OF the tragedy. sixteen
miles from the entrance. Men armed
with shotguns. rifles and harpoons
patrolled the waters OF the creek again
to-day Some Of them said they had
seen five OF the his fish near the point
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