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New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
100000

0 $39o,ooo cash investment yields stx pep
cent per annum plus $685. 900 or more per
year for amortization. g This is corner Office
building, of the very highest class, located
between the Pennsylvania and Grand Central
Stations. Rentals are not yet at high Level.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-16
s115,000

0 $115,ooo cash Investment will yield, after
1920, six per cent per annu1n plus more
than SIS, 900 per year for amortization q A
well-built, history, fully sprinklered loft
building, at present very poorly rented
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-17

down and balances it on his nose. Su't
holding it in place he makes his way down
the ladder to the floor, where he losses
the ball TO ME.
"Of somewhat the same type is the
trick in which one of my sca,lions balances
p lamp with n long stand oh the end OF his
nose. while steadily going forward on n
small barrel which he rcvolves With his
flippers. In another trick he rolls over
and over on The floor while steadily balanc-
ing a large ball.
Then there Is the performance q: the
five animals that constitute what call MY
orchestra. Three blow horns. a fourth
plays cymbas attached to his fippers.
while the fifth makes the bass-drum re-
sound through the arena with rererbera-
tions which no human player would dare
to provoke. believe the sound OF the
drum produced through his own efforts
appeals to him. and he seems to take
great pleasure in it.
"In class by itself. however. in the
world of performing animals is the hell
solo performed by my star sea-lion mu-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-17

THE British Government has just per-
mitted the news to leak out that
Il seals were trained to hunt German
submarines, and that they achieved some
remarkable successes.
At the same time some very interesting
facts in natural history have been brought
ont. It has been proved that seals are
among the most intelligent OF all animals
the dogs Of the sea, in fact-perhaps
more intelligent than land dogs.
The truth Of this has be-" e"eeested TO
many people by the wonderful perform
ance given by the trained seals at the
circus, hut the use OF the animals by the
navy gives the subject new Importance
By the way, the animals used both IN the
navy and the circus are. strictly speaking,
California sea-lions. but they are members
OF the seal family and are often called
seals.
It was in the Summer Of 1917, wnen
ruthless submarine warfare was making
terrible inroads into allied shipping. Es-
f., +ablished methods Of naval warfare we're
nroying inadequate. and many STRANGE
ways OF coping with the terror were tFleu.
Two sea-lions we're trained trSt as an
experiment. The plan proposed was 10
teach them to swim after submarine
treiIinq long lire with red float at
tached which would serve as a signal 10
the british sailors engaged in submarine
hnntine, so that they could hasten 10 the
snot and drop depth bomb where 1t could
wine the German undersea pirate out OF
existence.
First OF ALL the sea-lions learned TO
locate a noise made with q buZzer re-
sembling the sound Of submarines pro-
pellers. The Sea-lions were Kept on tue
! deck Of British submarine and the QUEER
was sounded under water at various
places. The animals, out OF curiosity.
sometimes swan after the sound. and
when they did so they received liberal
Feed Of fish as a reward. Thus the intelll-
cent beasts soon learned that 1t was Il
Wise thing to swim after any buzzing noise
under water.
AZ more advanced step they were
4anght to swim after noise made by
:huzzer and propeller combined. Next they
were taught to carry the float. an lncum-
brance that would make almost any other
wild animal fight very angrllE. A collar
was put on each sea-lion's neck. with a
TONG light line OF gut attached to It. At
AZ ord Of the line was light. cigar
abaned float painted red. In this manner
The animals whereabouts could be ascer-
tained as he lowed it along with him on
the top Of the water.
These stages OF the sealions' education
were carried out in Portsmouth harbor
The animals we're then taken out to sea
for more serious work. They were now
fitted with wire muzzles, so that they
might not be tempted to 60 of on fishing
expeditions OF their own instead OF cAas'
Ing submarines.
In the muzzle was a little trapdoor
which could be lifted up easily. so that the
sea-lion could be fed at any time without
removing the entire contrivance.
Out at sea the sea-lions first learned 10
follow a submarine on the surface. Then
came the very important and critical step
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the BOAT. .
The sea-lion could easily outswlm the
submarine. To avert this danger or an
accident man on the patrol boat signalled
to the captain OF the submarine. who was
watching through his periscope. when the
seal was near The submarine commander
then stopped his craft and came TO the
surface.
when the captain stepped out OF his
coming tower he always found sea-llon
on deck. lifting up a tlipper and barking
loudly for 4 fish dinner.
Without delay the animals were EN-.
ployeG in chasing real enemy summarizes
Il is stated that they were responsible for
the capture or destruction Of number.
When the sea-lion had located an under
sea boat the British destroyer or patrol
boat dropped a depth bomb on the spot
The intelligent sea-lion was usually killed
in the operation. but that is only one OF
the innumerable cruelties Of war.
And thus we are led to consider the
curious fact that an animal brought up
entirely at sea or on some slippery, Shiny
rock at the edge OF II. with nothing but
nshy companions far from the educating
influence of the lord OF creation, should
be nearly the most intelligent Of animals.
A standard work on natural history
says:
THE cleverness OF the sealions-or.
rather, their power Of understanding what
they are required TO do. and their willing
ness to do it-probably exceeds that OF
any other animal except the elephant and
the dog
But Frank T. Huling. who trained the
wonderful sea-ions performing in the
Ringing and Barnum and Bailey circus
and probably knows more about them
than any man alive, goes much further
than that statement. He said:
The Sea-liOn can be taught more things
than any other animal not excepting the
dog or the elephant From my own ex-
perience | can at once understand how the
british officers were able to train sea-
lions to follow submarines with unorring
efficiency. In fact. there IS scarcely any
work these beasts cannot be trained to do
When you realize that they can do juggling
tricks impossible for men. you can form
an idea how many other things they can do
THE California sea-lion is the most
adaptable for training purposes and more
intelligent than the fur-seal Of Arctic
regions. The large sea-lions from South
America are too dangerous 10 be handled
easily.
when two or three years Of age the
California sea-ions are at their best for
training. Taken out Of the water before
that time they are not sufficiently grown
to understand what is required Of them.
The first obstacle to be overcome Is the
unwillingneSs OF the newly captured sea-
lion to take food. Like most animals of
his type he secrets Il great layer OF fat
called blubber on his body. upon which he
feeds when not able to obtain other food
i have had sea-lions that refused food for
nearly two months before allowing them.
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selves to be approached. Fish was offered
them regularly, but the animals refused
It. One of the ways OF tempting their ap-
petites Is to toss them Il fish with a string
tied to It's tall. a slcht pull on the string
gives the fish the appearance Of life, and
the sea-liOn. after some hesitation, will
eventually take It.
Once he has begun to take food regu-
larly he Is at the stage where training can
be started. Wien first taken out Of his
cage he is likely 10 snap NJ the trainer.
particularly if the latter lays hands on
him. 3Et we guard against this by wear.
ing long heavy pair OF Gauntlets. which
the sca-lion cannot pierce with his teeth.
From this stage on hr is taken from
his cage three or four times daily for
short periods. He is started in his train,
ing with Il large bali. Ii is tossed al him
a great many times At first hitting him
on the nose and th"n rolling away. After
a while The wonderful nrSihlity of his
neck asserts itself and hc makes an effort
10 hold the ball on hi. nose
His attention cannot be held very long
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on any one trick. 4 total training period
Of twenty minutes al a time is as much
as he will take. After that his attention
begins TO lag, and any further work is
tiresome and injurious to his general
training. The repeated use of words in
connection with his Instructions evcntu-
ally fasIen them in his mind, and in climb
ing the ladder. for instance. he readily
goes up or down ut the sound o; these
words once they are impressed on him.
All my animals have names, and answer
to them just as a dog will.
THE hope Of reward for his perform
ance is the foremost thing In his mind.
Accomplishing trick fairly we'll obtains
him a few fish. hut n thorough perform
ance brings larger feed. He is actuated
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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onry BY the thoughts of the fish, and after
once having learned trick TO the+satls,
faction OF the trainer he can be counted
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ing t h G
top Of the
| a i d q r,
with a flip
Of his heal
he throws
the billiard
cue aside
and catch
cs tho bali
as il comes
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on to do his best
every time he is
asked il the nee.
essary reward Is
forthcoming.
THE sea. lion is
very strong in his
likes and dislikes.
His opinions are
quickly formed.
and his disliiies OF
n trainer at times
will be more APP
parent to the out
slider than TO the
trainer himself.
"a NJ ong the
tricks | have been
able to teach my
performing sea-
lions. that of bal
ancing and tossing
n ball with their
noses is the first.
After that they
learn to jusSl& one
ball on their heads
for 4 Ghort period,
toss 1t in the air,
and prepare TO
catch another ball
that I toss.
TN another trick
I have been able.
by using foa;: as a
bait, to teach the
sea-l!on to climb 4
ladder while jung
ling or the, end OF
his nose a billiard
cue, On which Is
balanced = small
ball. Upon reach
ing t h G
top Of the
| a i d @ r,
with a flip
r.. Of his head
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a Sea Lion on British Submarine Being Petted by His
Commanding Officer.

Of teaching them to fol-
low a diving submarine.
One danger here was
that the sea-lion would
get tangled up In the
propellers OF the British
submarine that was
training him and wreck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
BOARD MEETS TO
DECIDE ON SITE.
OF COUNTY JAIL
Report of Committee Contains
Recommendations On -Four
Available Properties.

Rock Island county board of sup
ervisors are in session this after
noon to DECIDE upon one of four
sites for the new jail building.
Report of the Jail site commit
tee, presented at the meeting yes
terday afternoon, was accepted this
morning and referred to the Jail
building committee.
The site said to be most favored
is the Warren property on the
northeast corner of Fourteenth
street and Second avenue, which is
offered for $4,000. Close proxim-
ity to the railroad tracks is given
as one of the arguments in favor of
the site, due to the fact that coal
could be unloaded directly from
the cars and thus eliminate ex-
pense now incurred in the hauling.
Other Sites Offered.
Other sites recommended in the
committees report include the
property on which is located the
old st. Joseph's school, the Elks'
plot on Fifteenth street between
Second and Third avenues, and
strip on First avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
TABERNACLE TO
BE ERECTED BY
MOLINE FIRMS
Brissman & Co. and c. T. Larson
to Build Meeting House for
Billy Sunday Campaign.

Brissman & Co. and C. T. Larson
of Moline will erect the tabernacle
at Fifth avenue and Twenty-fourth
street, Rock Island, where Billy
Sunday, noted evangelist, will hold
his meetings.
Announcement of the awarding
of the contracts was made this
morning by Henry Ecklund & Co.,
Moline architects, who have charge
of the plans. Two firms have been
engaged to construct the tabernacle
so that the meeting house can be
completed by September.
Provide for 1000.
The grounds have already been
cleared and preliminary work has
been started. Some OF the mate
rial for the structure arrived late
last week. The tabernacle will seat
1000 and although only a temper
airy structure, hollow tile will be
used in the walls and all material
will be salvaged after need for the
building is past.
Billy Sunday will open his cam
paign in the tri-cities Sept II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
SEE GREENLAND
WITHOUT CHILLS
ROtarains Gaze on Ice Thousands Of
Feet Thick While Their Col
lars WIT

Rock Island Rotarians TO-DAY
gazed upon scenes in Greenland, an
island as large as that part of the
United States lying east of the
Mississippi, all covered with ice
from a few hundred to a few thou
sand feet in thickness, and tried to
feel cool. But the room was hot,
ventilation was cut off and of course
it was dark, for the views were OF
the stereopticon kind, and so per-
SEPARATION flowed and collars wilted,
and as a psychological experiment
the entertainment was not altogeth-
er successful.
Otherwise the program, which
was presented by Prof. w. z. Elk
blaw of the University of Illinois,
was enjoyable and highly instruc.
tive. Mr.. Ekblaw spent four years
in the islands north of Greenland
in a vain search for Croker land.
and he told much about his expert
ences that was interesting. Espec-
tally absorbing was his story of the
Smith island Eskimos, a tribe of
$50 souls living 500 miles farther
north than any other.
The speaker said his expedition
discovered evidence enough to con-
vince all its members that Captain
Peary really discovered the pore
and that Doc Cook did not come
within 400 miles of it. For two years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
GRAHAM ASKED
TO AID BOARD
IN TAX FIGHT
Supervisors Want TO Learn a Few
Things Concerning U. S. HOus-
ing Corporation.

Rock Island county board Of SUI
pervisors have directed an appeal
to Congressman W. J. Graham.
to enlist his aid in the fight
to subject the property OF the
United States Housing corpora
ton to county taxes.
The letter 10 the congressman
prepared by a special committee
consisting of Supervisors Fred
Grafund. w. II. Schillinger and
Henry Wilhe, was read at the
meeting this morning. It explain
ed the operations of the housing
corporation in Rock Island and
Moline, which has succeeded in
avoiding payment OF county taxes
through a temporary injunction
issued by the federal court in Pc
oria. The communication requests
the congressman to find out who
comprises the corporation and un-
der what circumstances II is class
ed as government owned, AMI
therefore tax exempt.
Among other things the board
is DESTROYS of learning why it is
that similar housing corporation
in Davenport, organized under the
laws of Iowa, is subject to taxes
in Iowa, while on this side OF the
river it escapes such payments
The cities of Moline and Rock
Island are being paid a sum equal
to taxation because of a threat
some time ago to deprive the prop
erty of city conveniences and
school privileges. However, the
county has no whip to use AMI
consequently the corporation de-
clined in no uncertain terms to
submit to county taxes, or to ad-
vance a sum equal. When the
county offered the property for
sale in default of taxes, the cor
poration appealed to the federal
court for an injunction, and was
in its plea.
Supervisors contend that II the
ruling of the federal court that the
property is a government reserVa-
ton holds good, then residents in
the tract will forfeit their right or
franchise because their vote could
be challenged in all except ma
tional elections. Further. II will
deprive them of city and county
police protection within its bound
aries, because only a United States
marshal or other federal agent
would have the right to exercise
such authority.
The establishment Of such a
precedent, the supervisors say.
would lead all government con
trolled railroad. telegraph and tel
ephone companies to claim sim
liar exemption from taxes upon
the ground that they are under
federal jurisdiction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
Divorce Fare From Pay
Problem in Street Car
Strike, Mayor Advises

Divorce the increased fare prob
lem from the wage issue in the i'm
pending street car strike and the
trainmen will then not be used as
stepping stones for the company to
secure 7-cent rate.
This was the advice of Mayor
Schriver, interviewed today by The
Argus, in opposing an increase in
the fare. The mayor is strong for
the men to get a wage increase but
believes this can be brought about
without increasing the cost of
transportation to the public.
Mayor Schriver said that the
commission is fighting the propos-
ed increase, continuing action TAX
en- by the preceding administra-
ton.
THE commission is absolutely
opposed to the increase" the may
or asserted against certain intima-
tons that the official body had
taken an attitude condescending to
the proposed higher fare.
Sufficient Profits in Rock Island.
The city leader has taken the
stand that profits of the Tri-iCty
Railway company on this side of
the river are sufficient at the pres
ent time. It has been admitted by
officials of the company that Rock
Island operations of the cars have
produced more profits than in Day.
export.
why, then" asserted the mayor,
should the Rock Island public
have to pay for operations in
Iowa? AS far as this city is con-
cerned, there is absolutely no ne
cessity in the opinion of the city
commission for increasing fares to
meet wage demands of the street
railway employees. The company
can pay the men SIS cents per hour
in Rock Island and then make suf-
hcient profits"
Issues Should Be Divorced.
The two issues of higher fare
and higher wage should be abso-
lutely be divorced, the mayor holds,
by City Attorney John
K. Scott and other city officials.
The men should not be used as
stepping stones for a higher fare,
he said. He believes in letting the
men get their wage demands sep
arately and then letting the COM
pank make arrangements for pay
ment by measures taken by the
company separately.
This attitude was shown by May |
Or Schriver this morning at a dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
STREET CAR STRIKE HANGING ON TWO
! ISSUES As HOUR OF TIEUP ORDER is
NEARING; COMMISSION HEARING CASE
MEN TO REFUSE
COMPANY'S PLAN
OF 55-CENT PAY

Street railway trainmen who are
ready to strike at midnight Thurs
day unless something happens" in
the meantime, today seemed still
firm in their demands for a 75-cent
an hour wage.
While at the meeting in Daven-
port yesterday in which the may
ors Of the city endeavored in a few
hours to hear and consider in
crease in street car fares to Z
cents and at the same time consider
matter of wage increases for the
the trainmen would accept So
cent maximum pay.
Individual street car men ex-
pressed the opinion today that 55
cents is entirely too low to be con-
sidered. They pointed to the de-
cision of the street railway COM
pany at Des Moines which yester-
day granted the men there an in
crease of from Al cents to IS cents
an hour, averting a strike which
had been set for Friday. They also
figured that in the demand of the
Chicago street car men who are
asking 85 cents an hour.
A number of the street car men
interviewed were of the opinion
that nothing less than 65 cents an
hour could be considered and they
said that even then it would de-
pend on the sentiment of the entire
division of trainmen. No individ
ual opinion was expressed for a
rate of pay lower than IS cents an
hour. Each declared that such a
figure would have to depend on
whether or not the company would
show that all of the fare increase
goes towards the wages of the men.
If not, the interviewed expressed
himself as believing that higher
rate of pay should be granted.
1.-The company is going to the
hearing before the utilities COM
mission of the state with the argu-
ment that We are demanding rs
cents an hour" one of the men
said.
yet, the company will not con-
slider paying US that sum. They are
arguing for more fare with the fig
ure we demand but they turn
around and offer US nothing more
than So cents. The majority of the
men feel that the company is using
our rs cent wage demand to get an
increase to cents, plan to give US
only SIS cents, and pocket the rest
of the money which we think will
amount to the biggest share result
ing from the increase. l predict
the men will not accept a 55-cert |
scale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
DELK And MAN
Who BEAT HIM
ARE ARRESTED
Davenport Man Swears Out War
rant Af-er Charges Are
Brought Against Him.

Rev. James Jimmy" Delk was
arrested today on complaint of the
person who beat him up yesterday
morning.
The arrest came as result of a
warrant sworn out by the evangel-
list against Paul Haradon, 221 West
Sixth street, Davenport Haradon
was charged with disorderly con-
duct by DeIk. Delk is charged
with assault with deadly weapon.
Haradon appeared in the station
this morning voluntarily.
The story of the fight as told by
the Davenport man differs from the
one advanced by Delk. Haradon
claimed that when he met the evan
gelist at the corner of Sixteenth
street and Fourth avenue he
stopped him to ask for a few ex-
plantations. Haradon had charged
Delk with insulting woman friend
of his wife.
Denies Using Knuckles.
Haradon said that when he ac-
costed the evangelist, Delk flashed
knife and succeeded in inf1icting
cut
1t was then, Haradon says, that
he used his fists and closed one of
Delk's eyes. He refuted the state
ment that he used brass knuckles
and said that he did not run when
the fight was over.
The evangelist lived up to his
statement made yesterday that he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
Moline Obituary
Amos George Renstrom.

Amos George Renstrom, aged 81
years, died at 4:30 yesterday aft
ernoon in his home, 924h Fifteenth
avenue, East Moline, where he had
been residing for the last three
months. Mr.. Renstrom had been
i'll of stomach trouble for four
years and during this period made
his home in Arizona.
He was born in Cambridge, Ill,
and previous to his departure for
the west had lived in Moline.
He and Mabel Johnson of Moline
were united in marriage six years
ago. To this union was born one
child, Harold, aged years, who
survives with the widow, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Renstrom
of East Moline, two brothers, Will
lab and Russell, of East Moline,
and two sisters, Mrs. Boyce Cirt of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Charlie
Stranberg Of Galesburg, Ill.
Mr.. Renstrom was a member OF
Moline aerie, No. 1112, F. o. E., and
of the Svithoid lodge of Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-29
BOARD WANTS
RIVER ROUTE
BETTER ROAD
Board of Supervisors Sign Petition
to Go to the Offices of State
Highway Engineer.

A petition expressing the hopes
of Rock Island county for Dement'S
under the 60 million dollar bond is
sue for good roads was circulated
among the supervisors this morn
ing, and it is expected to take the
form of a resolution to be sent to
the offices of the state highway
commission at Springfield.
1t is the wish of the board that
the Rock River Valley route, ex-
tending thirty-one miles through
the county, be favored with the al
lotted improvement.
Survey Soon.
The state will have highway en-
gineers here in a short time to con-
duct a survey, and this preliminary
activity of the board is to assert the
attitude of the county.