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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Girl Wins in Scholarship Competition

Under the terms OF the scholarship, the
winner, Miss Holloway, is entitled to pursue
any course at the University of Pennsyl-
vania to which women are admitted She
has chosen the general educational course.
The competition was open to sons and
daughters of present or deceased employees
OF the freight traffic department of the
Pennsylvania system and to the sons and
daughters of members of Department No. 3.
Miss Holloway, who is IL years old, was
born in Williamsport and was graduated
from the high school in that city, where she
received marked recognition for scholarship.
Her father, William II. Holloway, has been
In the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Wiliamsport since 1874. He is at present
chief clerk to w. G. Spangle. division freight
agent. at Williamsport.
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Missionaries Ousted
After Many Years.
Work When Japa-
nese Got Control

Fashions in clothing and the amount of
1t differ greatly among the different island
groups All phases of civilization are rep
resented. Costume begins with the grass
skirt and loin cloth made of wood fibre
and ranges up to shirt, coat and trousers
stiff collar and cuffs. leather and rubber
SHOES, derby, chdpedu cIdque, and other
headgear OF felt and straw. This is specially
true In the East Carolines and particularly
in Ponape, one Of the main islands Com
plete nudity exists nowhere In public. except
perhaps among children under five or six
years. Even among these II is not uni
versai.
From his own point of view the native
Is constantly occupied with hard work. He
really does work, but with measure and
moderation, and without any too great haste
Whether his work is finished to-day or to-
morrow Is perfectly immaterial to him.
That time should be worth something never
enters his mind. However, he finds enough
to do. Almost every day he must go out on
the water to catch fish for his meal He
goes armed with fish spear. or with hook
and line. or, IL he is the happy possessor Of
such thing. with a net. In wind still nights
he frequently goes fishing with large burn
ing torches made of cocoanut leaves
The natives enjoy relaxation from their
daily monotony In the form of song dance
and play. The contents Of the songs refer
In many cases to their ancient fables and
traditions Sometimes they glorify some
heroic deed or some important parsonage
OF ancient or modern times. Sometimes.
however. the songs have no rational mean
ing and connection whatever At times the
text Is simply improvised. The melody is
widely different in the songs of the Eastern
and Western Carolinians. The Western
song is long drawn out. solemn recitation
without much variety in tone The Eastern
Caroinian song possesses far more life and
variation.
'Tnseparably connected with these native
songs goes the dance, IL one can so designate
the accompanying poses and motions"
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enemies, human and animal. The rattle
snake, on the contrary, being of the viper
family, is slow of movement, although not
so much SO as the heavy boa and python.
On the desk beside the snake man stood y
case, all of glass; in which lay a wriggliny
coil of baby rattlers, the product of three
recent filters. They were born indeed, just
a week ago after termination in May. Tiny
fellows, not so big around as lead pencil
they seemed to know Mr.. Ditmars and
rubbed their heads the inside glass sur
face as he picked up the case and spoke
about them. They knew the stranger, too
Lu gave different exhibition of it, kissing
:aintly and sticking out their fangs in
particularly unpleasant way.
These little things are more dangerous at
this carly stage than at later period, They
are corn with the poison sac fully devel-
oped, and they draw it at the slightest
cause for alarm. We cannot leave them in
the big cage with their mother, for they are
able to fatten themselves out as thin as a
sheet of paper. and thus can escape through
a very small crack. 1t is not at all difficult
IN raise them"
With the rattlesnake our own familiar
reptile, as with those not so everyday-the
boa and anaconda and cobra-Mr. Ditmars
said the proper way to proceed when at
tackled was ito be brave, face the snake
however big it looked, and whirl a stick to
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CUBAN eoA. 8 FEET 10 INCHES

answered the dealer and now. you poor
coward, you can unlock the door. We've got
both the cobras bagged. How much do you
want for them?'
1.-THE dealer, still trembling, peeked
through crack in the door and, said he:
Seeing that you've helped me out I'll sell
them to you for $50 apiece That's dirt cheap
for pair of lively cobras.'
"'I'll give you $25 and not a cent more
said l.
Impossible to let 'em be sacrificed said
the dealer. That wouldn't be fair price
for two old faded out cobras, and these are
young, lively and In the best of health as
you can see for yourself
Il took out my knife and says /:
twenty-five dollars it is or 1 slit the
tagsi
oh, yes, I took the cobras away at my
figure The keeper and were little played
o1t with the exercise, and hungry and
thirsty as well. So before starting back to
the Zoo we went into little cafe near Park
Tow to refresh ourselves. We had the two
cobras in a basket that we placed under the
table near feet Along came friend
OF mine, who sat down near us and ordered
a hearty lunch. AS he was eating it hol-
low hiss sounded from the basket.
what kind of a monkey have you got
IN there?' asked my friend peering under
the table at the basket.
No monkey replied; just a couple of
cobras recently arrived from India
HE turned pale and getting up, reached
for his hat, saying: Somehow ] seem to have
lost my Appetite
Life of the Reptile House.
These two reptiles became after while
said Mr.. Ditmars, the life of the reptile
house. They lived for several years, the
male continuing to the end to be very lively
and "impetuous." The female soon grew
dopey and slept most of her captivity away
They were in the especial charge of the
head keeper, Toomey, who not long In
learning that the male cobra, devilish dan
gcrous and deadly, bold to an extreme, feared
bat one implement, broom.
ITO bring this venomous reptile to terms
Toomey had only to shove the bristles If
the broom toward him, when he would coil
up in a state of deadly terror and remain
coiled for a day. But we had to invent a
safety device to be used on the front of
their cage at feeding time. BY means of a
double door we could insert q snake for
their breakfast or dinner into vestibule
as 1t were, then, opening the inner door, the
sacrificial snake would glide in and the
cobra would seize 1t. Just one shot of its
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Struggle With Two
Deadly obras Rivals
Stories of the Jungle
---How Various Ser
penis Actually Kill
Their Victims

deadly weapon was necessary; the cobras
poison kills like an enormous voltage O:
electricity.
That statement reminds me to saw that
reptiles deal out death more mercfully than
mammals. The great beasts trifie with their
prey and prolong the agony of DEATH Not
so the deadly reptiles, the boa, anaconda,
cobra. rattlesnake others of the viper
family. One squeeze by the boa and his
victim is dead. one prick of his wonderful
hypodermic apparatus and the prey of the
cobra is beyond feeling. 1t is instantaneous
or nearly so.
THE op1aiophdgus family is not so numer-
OBS as travellers would often have us be-
lieve and as they no doubt believe them
selves for after a person has seen cobra
he is apt to fancy he sees one in every
crooked stick lying in his pathway This
is well. for he takes good care not to tread
on that crooked stick; he feels no curiosity
to find out whether or not it is a snake.
"'OphiOphdgus means snake eater, and
that is the only food the cobra will take
snake. He would like very much to have
these little baby rattlers served him for
afternoon tea, but we give him commoner
variety"
Snake House Is Popular.
The reptile house where specimens of these
creatures sleep away their captivity IS one
Of the most frequented places in the Zoo;
the creatures seem to exercise an unholy
fascination even on visitors who dread them
most, but there are visitors who feel no dread
and who to look at nothing else In the
park but the snakes These persons are
regular visitors whom the keepers soon learn
to know.
The regulars" care for all snakes ana
find the study of them interesting but each
one has favorite species to which he de
votes most of his time.
One OF the frequent visitors to the reptiles
Sid when a question of this kind was deli
cately put to him:
Isn't it more entertaining to watch these
silent creatures than the restless bears or the
chattering monkeys?"
Ard as he stood absorbed gazing on a
cobra twisted around itself and twisted to
branch by a hitch of it's motioness tail no
body could have the heart to interfere with
his amusement; it would be much more hui
name to interfere with his business. I'm
happily, this particular devotee of the snake,
as soon he thought he had found list
erer commenced to dilate on what he
though. he had learned about the reptiles.
The statements this enthusiast hurried to
make of his snake discoveries were entirely
different from those of Mr.. Ditmars, and II
seemed Improbable to listen to the amateur
In another minute he would have been tell
ing over again the old. exploded, lying snake
stories, how they could race you at eighteen
miles an hour and at necessity pursue you
backward
But Mr.. Ditmars says neither of these
th.ngs is true, and after all the snake is his
subject.
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ISIS DOROTHY E. HOLLOWAY OF

MI Williamsport, Pa, is the first
woman to win a scholarship estab-
lished under auspices of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The award has just been an
nounced by Mrs. Robert Clinton Wright,
chairman of Department No. 8, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad women's Division for War
Relief.
The scholarship was established this year
to commemorate the work done during the
world war by the members Of Department
No. in making surgical dressings for the
American troops, and also a memorial to
the men of the freight traffic department of
the Pennsylvania Railroad who gave their
lives for their country in the conflict
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truth about anything, especially
about snakes? Raymond L. Dit
mars snake expert of the Geological Gardens
in The Bronx. a job he has held down for
twenty-one years. is of the opinion that no.
body bankers for the real truth, the Vraie
verite as the French call it. about snakes, at
least.
If people did, all the famous snake stories
would be laid on the shelf with Npunchausen's
yarns, instead of being retold every year and
contradicted as often. The very name of
Munchausen, proved a liar a myriad times,
would be forgotten. Instead people who
never heard of Marco Polo, a contempora-
neous traveller who did tell the truth, are
familiar with the literary arch Ananias.
1T is human nature" remarked Mr.. Dit
mars, laughing. land I can understand why
the appetite for the marvellous grows on
what 1t feeds on. In the case OF snakes the
common food is frequently apocryphal; the
stories are tall but they're interesting.
Why should we make life fatter, the skies
grayer, by denying them?"
But when it came to a concrete question:
Can boa constructor in South America and
a python in Africa run faster than a mani"
the naturalist in a few words, and decidedly,
destroyed stories old as Aaddn's roc's
egg and as eternally popular
The Question of Speed.
Before him was a statement published by
a British magazine that British army Of
ficer had been chased by a boa in South
America, and, although rapid runner, he
had been forced to jump over a precipice
TO escape A story in another magazine told
OF the phenomenally rapid gait of 32-foot
long python in Dutch Guiana. To the di-
rect question as to which of these reptiles
could progress the more swiftly Mr.. Ditmars
replied with one word of two sylables
Neither"
All that the boa and the python ask of
man is to be let alone They never attack
or chase him unless provoked and in the
latter case an ordinarily fast walker could
soon distance them. The python's move
ments are little more rapid than the boa's,
but the man escaping from the python could
easily keep ahead of him. sidestep him, as
1t We're and stop and light his pipe to en-
Joy smoke while the chase was on
Yes" the naturalist mused at seems too
bad to discredit all the movie stories of
these big reptiles, told and reiterated long
before there were movies; it is shame to
take all this additional excitement out of
the jungle, but these are the scientific facts.
And after all let the facts be printed ever
90 often people will shudder as of old when
the returned traveller serves out again the
familiar old ue
The boa constructor appears in several
Species inhabiting tropical South America.
All are slow moving and no species has dis
played malice toward man, or even revenge
unless violently attacked. 1t is possible that
boa would strike out against a man if he
came too near. but the big snakes attitude
is iatsses fdfre, let me alone and I'll let you
alone Also. II It came to a chase. a fast
walker could easily get away from the boa.
one OF the constructor species, which
grows to the length Of twelve feet, is fitted
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PYTHON az FEET LONG. WEIGHS s7o Las

with ugly teeth that are recurved Striking
with these, this boa can inflict bad, even
deadly wounds. But like his brethren of
the other species he never attacks merely
for the sake of fight, out when he supposes
his own life is in danger
THE really big snake of South America
is the anaconda. 1t is constructor known
vulgarly as the water boa 1t grows to be
80 feet and sometimes longer. 1t progresses
in the same fashion as the other boas, but
even slower. 1t strikes also in the same
way
The python is an Old World snake. 1t is
native of Africa and is found in two dis
tricts of India and Malaysia. Both are large
the python of India attaining in general
20 feet and that in Malaysia exceeding it
in length by ten feet. The latter length is
the common one in Africa
The maximum length of any snake
known in the world is S5 feet. A young
python, not fully grown, now in the reptile
house, measures between Is and 20 feet.
The horribly dangerous snake of the
world is the king cobra and that species
and the tree cobra, both found in Malaysia
and India, rarely attain length over twelve
feet. Another variety, the Masuba that lives
in South Africa, grows to great size it is
venomous TO a great degree, easy to excite
and Will pursue a man.
The cobra family, in word, are the only
snakes known 10 attack without real provo
cation. They can pursue rapidly and rarely
miss their victim. Should man, crashing
his way through a jungle, trip and fall
against a cobra or even brush against it. he
would not be able to get away. Especially
would the king cobra, the most malicious
and deadly of the family, follow until he
got him. He waits for the fairest oppor-
tunity to strike and that strike is deadly
poison. The cobra does not swallow his
human victim, but leaves him. satisfied that
he has downed his enemy.
"The reason for this is that the cobra is
cannibal, and his favorite food is one of
his own or similar species.
Might Eat Child.
Nor does the python devour man. It is
known that these snakes eat monkeys, but
the stories of their constructing men are
mainly apocryphal To be sure if native
Malay child, naked and tempting, should be
playing near a python the snake would be
likely to stalk IL, enfold it in its deadly con-
striction and eat 1t. To the python the tender
young body would be dainty
And right here let me correct a general
error about these constructing snakes-it is
popularity supposed that such death is
painfully lingering and that as fold after
fold is frightened about the victim he dies
by inches. In fact, the death is instan-
taneous. With the first coil vital part is
broken and the victim feels no more"
NO snake. venomous or harmless, can
compete in speed, said the naturalist with
cur own Black River and coach whip snakes
They are harmless. although they do not
iojk so, and their high powers of speed have
beer given them to save them from their
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break its neck. That is the vulnerable point
with all of them. A man has very little use
OF rifle a weapon of defence unless he
II as a club"
To illustrate the way to fight a COBRA that
most deadly snake, he told of a death grip
fight he had with two of them in an animal
collectors shop in Greenwich street. Two
of these venomous creatures had been re-
ceived by the dealer in long crate that had
been crushed by other cages falling on it.
1.-The accident occurred in an upper floor
of the mans store, and before he could do
anything the two cobras were after him,
poised to strike, like two green candlesticks,
six feet high
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-03
SALVAGE RECOVERED

Considerable salvage was taken rom the wreck today. A Hume has been constructed through the 5ld Gold Belt Laundry which every hing contained in the gravel must ,ass before being carried by the water to the beach. A man watch $ this constantly and valuable are picked out and saved.
 The Forrest building is the re, ,ository for all salvage that has )een moved. In this building are many trunks, suitcases and war ,ags as we'll as articles of clothing md other things. Most of the stuff ruined as the trunks and suit ,ases were nearly all smashed and Hater.soaked. At four o'clock this Afternoon it was planned to start the distribution Of all goods to those who could identify their valuables City Clerk A. B. Cole will be in ;harge of the distribution.
 Those people who are in the hos 3;tal and can not claim their goods will have their interests looked after
 nd nothing belonging to them will be distributed. but will await their pleasure.
 Rumors of large amounts of gold coin and other money being found ire misleading. Several watches and ,ome money has been recovered and s being held awaiting claimants One man walked into the Forrest milding and identified his trousers by receipts that were in the pocket There was also $260.00 in money in the pockets.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. - The Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the Camera de Concrete of Montevidio have concluded ar agreement to arbitrate disputes be tween merchants of America and Ur uguay. Similar agreements will be made with Ecuador, Argentine and other south and Central American states.
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DECLARES THAT THE
 FIGHT HOT CONTEST

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3.-The promoter of the fight between Harry Wills and Jack Thompson. negroes, said the fight was not an honest con test, and he decided to give the fighters share to charity. Referee Eddy Hanlon quit in the third round. declaring that the men were stall ing. and about 100 ring followers quit the hall at the same time.
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STACEY TO SUCCEED cHiLeERc

SEATTLE, Jan. 3.-Ralph s. Stacy of Tacoma, on January 13, will sue ceed J. E. Chilberg as vice-president of the ndinavian-American bank of this place MT. Chilberg is re signing to devote all of his time to the shipping business. MT. Stacy was for many years an official of the National Bank of Commerce of Seat tle
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FUR PRICES TO KEEP UP

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Norman R Bacon. president of the New York Fur Auction Sales Corporation, in 9 statement today says that no reduc tion in the prices of furs is likely foI a long time He says short catcher are reported everywhere in Canads and the Middle West. F
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-03
DECREE AGAINST MARRIAGES

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2.-Intermar riage between Mexican women and Chinese is forbidden in the state of Sonora in a recent decree issued by Governor Adolfo de la Huerta who wishes to discourage a present practice.
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TO suEcTRIFY RAILROAD

ST. PAUL, Jan. 3.-The Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul railway sys tenn is to completely electrify Its mountain divisions from Montana tc the Pacific Coast, within the next three months. 5
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STEAMERS WILL SOON BE ADDED
 ON THE COAST
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sale to American buyers 30 former German steamships. including the gigantic Leviathan, George Washing
 ton, Agammon and other large pas
 senger liners. The boats must be used on lines designated by the board, which hopes to establish pas. senger lines under the American Flag to all parts of the world. .....---
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LABOR COST CAUSES LOWER
 PRODUCTION

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Figures compiled by the United States Geo logical Survey show that the high cost of labor cut heavily fin the min eral output of Oregon. Nevada and Colorado in 1919. and that the value decreased from $S4.000.O00 to $47,. 000, 1000.
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This afternoon miners were put to work to "bulldoze" several big bowld- CTS that are right in the middle of the slide. This will tend to prevent onother slide at this point. The powders are big ones and weigh many tons. It will take considerable powder to blast them,
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RAILROADS LOSE MONEY

WASHINGTON, Jan 3.-The Gov ernment deficit for the operation of the railroads for November show a low record for the year, of about $65,OOO,0O0. The Bureau of Railway Economies announced that the ne operating income fell below $20,O00, 900, which is the lowest in 30 years when computed on the basis of 3 percentage of Improvements. The net loss to the Government under the railway administration for two years it operated the roads is half bil' lion dollars.
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aAaE AsnER WINS poINrs

SAGINAW. Mich. Jan. 3.-Babel Asher. bantamweight champion of the American forces. outpointed liar ry Coulin. of Buffalo, in seven. rounds of a ten-round contest here last night.
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PERFUMES

Every woman loves perfumes, and properly so. It is a sign of refinement. The favorites are to be found in the Britt's Pharmacies.
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KING JUMPS TOO MUCH

ATHENS. Jan. 3.-King Alexander while practicing at jumping broke his ankle and will be in bed a month.
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Removing Bowlders

people would have been killed or in i'm
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MANY BOATS BUILT

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-A tota of 1.159 vessels were built for the Federal Shipping Board during 19ls including TAI steel vessels.
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ANDREW WALLIN DIES; TWO ARE
 STILL MISSING

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Open all night. Alaska Grill. adv.
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ARE MOVING OUT

A number of those who occupied houses on the slope of Mount Rob- erts in the vicinity of the slide re fused to remain in their homes last night and found accommodations elsewhere. MT. and Mrs. w. B. Wright and Mrs. F. Frawley took rooms at the Gastineau Hotel.
 Contrary to rumors circulated around the streets there were no children caught in the slide. Had the slide occurred at night some children as we'll as many more
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Lost Belongings

M. M. Sundeen Host all of his per sonal belongings including chest of carpenter tools and some valuable papers
 Those who are in the hospital and many others who roomed in the Lar son and Koskey houses lost every thing. Many of the roomers in thee houses were at work when the acct dent took place.
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RED CROSS ON HAND

The local Chapter of the Red Cross has volunteered to feed all rescue workers who are on the job. Work CTS last night were greatly cheered by hot coffee which was brought to them while they were at their work. Women took the lead in this work and remained serving all dur ing the night.