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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-10

man Africa by an exploration party work
ing for the Harenbeck firm. When they
were returning to Europe they found the
war was and his German cap,ors wcre
intcrncd by the British.
John Daniel was transferred 10 British
animal dealer who took him 10 London
and sold him TO an English society woman
Of prominence. She kept him in her man.
sion at No. II Sloane street. in the West
End Of London. and treated him like n be-
loved child.
He had Il room OF his own. and when
ever he was sick his fond mistress sat up
with him all night
She took him to tea at the Hotel Savoy
and The Ritz nearly every afternoon lie
was the principal attraction at many arts.
tocratic garden parties during several Lon.
don seasons II may not he Il fact that he
was an honorcd guest at n garden party
given by the King and Queen at Bucking-
ham Palace. but there is no doubt that he
was the central figure at many entertain
ments only a little less important.
After nearly four year of happy family
life his mistress was heart.brOkcn TO find
that il was no longer possible to keep
him. He was growing so powerful that
even without meaning the least harm he
was too likely to pull her TO pieces in
playful mood. He had given an example of
his power by Gripping several London 30.
licemen and dignifcd buffers ne didn't
like. II was probable that if he ran wild
hundred policemen would not be able
TO arrest him. His mistress came to the
conclusion that the authorities would soon
compel her to bid her little one sad
farewell
She sold him to tho American circus
owners for $4,000. with the distinct un-
derstanding that he should never he
taught tricks in the way they are taught
to ordinary performing animals. II is.
therefort. certain that John Daniel will
live in luxury for the rest of his life; that
he will never be punished. beaten nor
forced TO do anything he does not want
10 do-cxcept when force may be ncces-
sary TO save his life.
John Daniel now stands 4 feet inches
or would il he stood upright, which
he never does. He weighs ISL pounds
when in good condition. Here are some of
his principal measurements:
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Ills resemblance to n human child is
ing TO play tricks and do miscellaneous
things And having learned that he will
not he punished for anything lie takes full
advantage of the fact,
After only one days experience he could
detect a nashlight photographer as soon
as he saw him. When one of this fra
tcrnity approached him John Daniel would
crouch down in n corner of his cage and
pull bag over himself.
John Daniel understands great variety
of sentences and his comprehension ap.
pears to be about that Of n three year-old
child. He understands clearly such com
plicated phrases as "Pick up that piece of
paper and Don't he rough"
Everyone who has enjoyed a good oppor
tuniry TO meet John Daniel has been struck
by his extremely good manners. He seems
to he inherently a gentleman. OF all The
apes i'll the circus he is the only one who
does not snatch or grab his food If You
have half dozen oranges or bananas any
other monkey will grab greedly at the
whole outfit. whereas John will wait re-
specially until you hand them to him one
at a time.
John Daniel is very fond of pretty girls
and, in fact. he prefers the society Of any
woman to ii man. When crowd Of men
passes in front of his cage he looks at
them with n bored. uninterested express
sion. but as soon as Il girl comes along he
hrigh,ens up and reaches out his hand to
her
No young woman has ever. resented an
advance by John Daniel When he meets
an amiablc woman he will sit for hours
with her hand in his. perfectly happy and
contcntcd. He likes hats trimmed with
red and waists Of light material cut low
at the neck
The only time woman dspeases him
Is when she wears certain kinds of iur
lie becomes furious with any woman who
wears red fox fur, and he can tell if il is
red fox dyed black. This is apparently
associated either with his ancestral his
tory or with his previous personal experi-
ence
His fondness for women is evidently ac
counted for in part by the romance of his
early life. although IL is also possibly n
natural inclination. He was originally
captured in the Kamcroon country in Ger.
Great Nain Rights Reserved
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who think that apes are vcgetarans to
know that he eats half pound of meat
day and cannot live without it. For
breakfast he takes couple of pints of
milk an ORANGE, three or four peanuts and
Il half dozen raisins.
AZ noon he eats his steak From time
to time. whenever the mood seizes Inn
he will chew on smoked kippered her
ring or some other dcicacy BEFORE going
10 bed he takes a little more milk and
fruit and then he rolls himself in n blanket
and gets into his little bcdstead like a
human boy
John Daniel has u strong disposition to
steal things and some cyncs will say that
this shows his human relationship His
keeper takes advantage OF this 10 make
him take nourishmcn, when he doesn't
want it-just as an anxious mother might
do with a pccvish child.
II is necessary to give John Daniel cod
liver oil. but he won't take il when i, is
offered him plain II Is difficult to trick
him. for his power OF smell is marvellous
But he does love ice cream. So his keeper
mixes a bowl of ice cream and cod liver
oil, which he places in his cage Then he
says stcrnly:
John Daniel, don't You dare touch that
ice cream"
John Daniel eyes the keeper artfully.
waits until he is out Of the room ana
hast" and relish, not worrying about the
cod liver oil.
tc) 1921 ln,cma,ional Feature sr,!ce Inc
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Powerful Skeleton Of Il Gorilla and
the Comparatively Puny
Frame Of a Man.

VETT HAT makes John Daniel 50 very
VA! important? From some points Of
view he looks a little. not particu.
larry respectable old man. and then again.
You might mink he was scarcely human.
Really. there are strong reasons for
treating him as an extremely important in
dividual. Although he is comparatively
small, he can pull three strong icn on
rope; and although he looks bit his
reputable ana lowhrowed he is said to be
worth $4,000
John nanie! is the most pcttcd and pam
pered individual among the 800 men,
women and animals employed in the big
circus in Madison Square Garden
John Daniel never does anything he
doesn't want to do is never fined or pun
ishod, eats and drinks what lie plcascs-
without regard to prohibitions; gets up
when he likes ana behaves Ius, about rs
he Jolly VOL plcascs all Tho time
John Daniel is 4 young gorla--the only
gorilla now in captivity and the only goril.
Ia as hi. and old who has ever been in
captivity He is beyond question the most
human OF all tie monkey family If you
have any doubt about this take good
LOOK ot him and lh,n examine his two dis
tan cousins of The chimpanzce family,
who are kent III Il ncighbor!ng cage.
C44nt.,uzr,'s have been regarded us
very nearly human, but when YOU look a,
John Daniels big brown eye. his high brow
ana his well modelled hands YOU know
that he Is pretty nearly your own kind
john is only four aud half years old.
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Around knuckloS. ............ 9ia in.
Spread across the arms. ....5 II. in.
His strength Is enormous and altogether
OH, of proportion TO his size ana height.
This baby gorilla was able To output on
rope three Of the strongest men in the
circus-Abdullah Tahar, tho terrible Turk
Giuseppe Pichianir the italian acrobat
who can lift half a dozen men. and Mat
sada Tokarichi. the Japanese wrestler.
After this contest Giuseppe said TO Mat
sada:
II will bet you 800 TO $40 that Stranger
Lewis, the best wrestler in America can
not put John Daniel on his back--pro.
vidcd Lewis Is willing TO try"
But the canny Jap would not take the
bet
During the voyage from London on the
ship Old North State John Daniel. who
was in a very good humor. was allowed
at liberty on deck. Using only one hand
he would easily pull around three sailors
on the other end of rope.
II is an interesting fact that this baby
ape. standing on level floor with nothing
to brace his feet, can pull three strong
men weighing nearly tnfcc times as much
rs himself. The reasons are partly to he
found in his enormous neck and back
muscles. His neck and back have an out
ward curve and are not curved In and out
like human back and neck. His cnor-
nous feet. which are shaped like human
hands, take hold even OF n fiat floor and
in combination with his back and neck
muscles. give him g. wonderful anchorage
There is little doubt that John Daniel
in bad temper, would pull Il man to
pieces If he lives he will reach his full
growth at twenty-one years--another in.
dication of his human relationship. IIo
will then. probably. stand about five feet
six inches and weigh about 600 pounds. II
Is just as well TO remember, however that
no gorilla has ever grown up in captivity.
John Daniels father was killed ut tho
time he was captured. II was in the far
thest interior of the kameroon country. in
West Africa, hundreds of miles from the
coast. The country there is mountainous.
and John Daniels family we're apparently
meant by nature for cold climate. be.
cause they are covered with long, thick
hair.
John Daniels father measured 24&
inches around the neck, lea, inches around
The biceps and weighed 500 pounds The
natives looked on him as a man OF de-
moniac temper and Of very different race
from themselves and celebrated his death
WIN wlid rejoicings. Some. indeed,
thought he was Satan himself.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
FEDERATE AMERICAS
TO ACHIEVE PEACE,
SAYS WOMAN LEADER
(By Associated Press)

NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 19-That
Canada and the United States have
exhibited peace tendencies more than
any other countries, that together
they can hold the peace of the world,
and that more can be accomplished in
federating North and South America,
then by reaching out to Europe, was
the statement of Mrs. Christian Ross
Barker, Of Toronto, to members of the
Women's Peace society, at the open
ing of the session on International
disarmament at Niagara Falls, Ont,
today.
Representatives of various women's
organizations from this country and
Canada are attending. The conference
is being held under the auspices of
the Women's Peace society.
The purpose of the conference is to
formulate joint demands of women of
two countries for presentation to
President Harding at the coming in
ternational peace conference, and to
form an international committee of
women to hold sessions in Washing
ton during the conference.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
MAY CALL OBENCHAIN
BEFORE GRAND JURY
TO GIVE HIS FACTS
(By Associated Pressl

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19-Ralph r.
Obenchain, former husband of Mrs.
Madelynn Obenchain, charged with
Arthur c. Burch with the murder OF
]. B. Kennedy, may be called before
the Los Angeles grand jury, to tell
what, if anything, he knows of the
case, it was stated today by district
attorney Keyes.
Mr.. Keyes' statement followed the
publication of interviews with Oben.
chain in which the latter was quoted
as saying the innocence of the defend
ants would be established and the
real criminal produced within FIVE
days"
IF Obenchain knows who killed
Kennedy, the grand jury as well as
the district attorneys office would like
to know also" he said He declared
he would investigate the matter thor
oughly today and probably would take
steps to have Obenchain brought be-
fore the jury if it developed he was
correctly quoted.
The deputy district attorney said
the fact that Obenchain is attorney
for Mrs. Obenchain would not in his
opinion preclude his being called be-
fore the grand jury. He said that an
attorney is not privileged to withhold
evidence that does not implicate his
own client.
Malcolm McLaren, a special investi-
gator, employed in the case by the
district attorneys office, was quoted
yesterday as offering Obenchain an
appointment from that office to aid IN
the investigation if he knew who kill
ed Kennedy. Obenchain when told OF
this said the offer was ridiculous and
absurd.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
Suburban

HANNA'S CREK, Ind.-Rev. Max
Schaffer will preach Sunday morning
at 1920. Sunday school at 9:15
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilbert Jones, of Perish
ing, were guests of Lewis Swafford
and family Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
David Maze attended the funeral OF
Mrs. Joanna Knott at Brownsville,
Tuesday forenoon. Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Edgeworth and daughter Ruth
are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs Clyde
Edgeworth of Falls River, Mass. Mr..
Edgeworth has a position in the Com
mercial technical high school at that
city,. Joseph Phenis and son, Hill.
bert Phenis, attended the Phenis re
union held Sunday at Cicero >. Mr.
and Mrs Charles Shrader are enter
tanning Misses Ethel Tyler and Neva
Miller, of Indianapolis, this week.
Mrs. Olive LaFuze is recovering from
her recent illness. Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Hart of Richmond, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Hart several days re-
Gently. Ora Creek took several
Scottish .Shorthorn cattle to Muncie
fair last week, and returned with
several premiums. Mr.. and Mrs
Walter LaFuze and daughter, Maxine
and son, Eugene, left last week 70.
Michigan, in their automobile, to visit
their aunt. Mrs Elizabeth Carver.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett McCarty visited
relatives at CASTOR City Sunday.
Mrs. Spencer Stevens, who has been q
patient the ST. Vincent hospital al
Indianapolis the past three weeks
will return in a few days. Mr. and
Mrs. Perry LaFuze entertained rela
tives from Hamilton over the week
end. Creek brothers will hold {
sale of Big Type Poland China hogs
Sept. 16.. Mrs. Rosa Jones, who
went to Lafayette few days ago, re
turned Monday Mrs. Jones and son
Raymond, will leave for that city
about Sept. l. Raymond is sopho
more at Purdue university. Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Kitchel and daughter
Iva, and Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Swat
ford and son, Max, visited Mr.. an;
Mrs. Roy Bryson at Richmond, Sun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
UNDERWOOD FUNERAL
IN CHICAGO FRIDAY

John Underwood uncle Of Henry
Underwood Johnson, of this city, died
Wednesday in Chicago at the home Of
his daughter Mrs. Charles Rufner, of
Hyde Park. Mr.. Underwood was at
one time a resident of this city.
Funeral services will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufner, in Chi
cago, Friday morning. Burial will be
in Dayton. o., Saturday morning.
Mr.. Underwood was the son of
Thomas Underwood and Christine
Ingle Underwood, of Washington, D..
c. Surviving him are his widow. Mrs.
Mary Underwood; two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Rufner, of Chicago; Mrs. Gren-
vile Howard, of New York; five
grand-daughters, and number of
nephews and nieces among whom are
Henry U. Johnson, of this city; Robert
Johnson, of New York; Charles Ray
mond, Of Dayton, O.; Lowell Lawrence,
James Lawrence, and Miss Cecilia
Lawrence, of Portland; Colonel Thorn
as and Colonel Hay Raymond, of
Washington.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
AMERICAN FARMERS
SEEK new HOMES ON
FREE LANDS OF PERU

LIMA, Peru, Aug ia group of
American farmers, comprising the ad-
vance guard of a colonization scheme
said to involve more than 200 families
from the western United States, ar
rived here recently enroute to the
Pampa del Sacramento valley along
the eastern head waters of the Amazon
river, in northern Peru, where the
colony is to be established.
The party is in charge of ]. B.
Schoenfelt, of Omkulgee, Okla, for
merly United States Indian agent
for Oklahoma territory, who obtained,
for colonization purposes, a grant of
$4,000 acres of agricultural and fores-
try lands from the Peruvian govern
ment last October
After the preliminary location Of the
lands in the concession is completed,
it is planned to bring the remaining
colonists, numbering about 500, to the
settlement via Paris, Brazil and the
Amazon and Ucayali rivers. The for
mer is navigable from its mouth on the
Atlantic ocean to Iquitos, Peru, about
1000 miles
Seek Better Conditions.
Mr.. Schoenfelt said that, owing to
uTOulH anu crop failure, nuInOer OF
farmers in the central west had ex-
pressed their desire to seek more
fertile and profitable fields
Il decided to look over South Amer
ica," he said, since most of the Amer
lean government desirable vacant
lands, that could be obtained at low
price, have been allotted to foreign
immigrants. The colonists, who are
chiefly from the west, are farmers of
some means and they can secure their
farms at cost of a few cents per fee
simple to their lands, as soon as 200
families have been settled on the con-
cession."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
RAIL
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straight time and overtime for the
first "a hours whether working, wait
ing or travelling" After "a hours they
are not paid if relieved and permitted
to go to bed for five hours or more.
Where meals and lodging are not
provided by the railroad, actual ex.
penses will be allowed"
Temporary Places
Employees called to fill temporary
vacancies at outlying points, under
Rule II. are paid as follows:
Continuous time from time called
up to time of reporting at point to
which sent, overtime rates for all over.
time hours, and straight time for the
recognized straight time hours al
home station, whether waiting OF
travelling (the same conditions to ap
ply for return trip. While at such
point they will be paid straight time
and overtime in accordance with prac-
tice at home point"
Workmen regularly assigned to road
work away from their home station
under rule IA, receive straight time for
regular hours and overtime rates for
overtime, continuously from the time
of leaving the home station to the time
of return.
Rule Is specifies that employees paid
on a monthly basis shall be paid mot
less than the minimum hourly rate
established for the corresponding class
of employees coming under the pro-
visions of this schedule, on the basis
of 365 eight-hour days per calender
year, with pay at the rate of time and
one-half for Sundays and holidays
designated herein (Rule g.; otherwise
overtime will not be paid"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-19
LOWER FREIGHT RATE
AUTHORIZED; WALLACE
SEES AID FOR FARMS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-Railroads
were authorized by the interstate com
merce commission Thursday to estab-
lish rates on grain and grain products
from Chicago. Mississippi river cross
ings and points in Illinois, Indiana
and other states to Atlantic ports for
export at 71a cents a 100 pounds less
than the present rate.
The rates may be established on
10 days notice.
The commission also approved a re.
duction of five cents 100 pounds in
export rates on flour from Buffalo to
Atlantic ports when manufactured
from grain brought into Buffalo by
the lake route.
Rates injure Agriculture
Railroads must share with the
farmers and others the burden of the
present economic situation by reduc
ing rates. Secretary Wallace told the
commission.
High freight rates practically have
stopped production, the secretary said
adding that if the present situation
continued production from the farms
would be reduced materially.
I'VE cannot afford to let our agri
culture be destroyed" he declared
in attempting to relieve the distress
of the farmers we are dealing with
great economic forces. All our PEG
pie ought to share the burden of the
present depression"
The farmer nov was bearing more
than his share of the economic load
he said, because the purchasing pow
er of farm products was below the
average of other commodities. He
presented figures to show that il
Iowa the purchasing power of oat:
was 4S per cent of what it was from
1909 to 1914
Reductions Held Essential
Reductions in freight rates on the
commodities under supervision, espe
cially on hay, the secretary said, would
be reflected in a larger volume O
traffic and therefore in greater reve
nues for the railroads. The prosper
ity of the railroads, he added. depend
ed in a large measure upon the pros
perity of the farmers.
Many young farmers purchasing
| land at high prices during times o
abnormal prices were foreclosed whel
the depression came, witnesses point
ed out, causing a situation which
should be a matter of public concern
because of reduced production.
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ume of railroad traffic will make it
possible to reduce freight rates.
Assuming that this theory is cor
rect two unhappy conditions will be
remedied. Unemployment will be re-
lieved to larger degree than can be
accomplished by any other one act,
and the high freight rates which are
now felt as a burden by farmers and
other producers can be reduced. That
is the theory of those who are urging
the bill
Western Farmers Oppose.
Much of the opposition to the bill
especially from the farmer senators
of the west, is based on the idea that
railroad are now too high, and that
the railroads ought not to be helped
by the government while that condi-
ton remains.
This has come to be live political
issue throughout large portions of the
west Where the farmers see an ex-
traordinary portion of what they get
for the products consumed in the
transportation of those products.
That the administrations railroad
bill will have these two sound eco
rates, ultimately and relieving unem-
ployment Immediately is the chief bur-
den of the argument made in behalf
Of the measure.
It is a curious facts that the several
of the more radical members of con-
gress who oppose the bill because of
traditional attitude on their part
and of their communities to the rail
tho VIII n
few months from now are likely to
be urging direct government aid for
the unemployed.
It IS believed that if the bill is not
passed unemployment will tend to in
crease rather than to diminish. 1t will
be increased among other factors, by
the release of some of the labor now
employed on the farms. In the lack
of a remedy, either through the rail
roads bill or otherwise, unemployment
is likely to be serious matter in this
country during the coming winter.
1t is the hope of these who are urg-
ing the bill that il it does not pass be-
fore the recess of congress it will
pass readily soon after the recess.
1t is their expectation that when the
senators and congressman go to their
homes and become aware of the de
gree of unemployment in their various
communities they will return IN a
mood more favorable to relieving it.
This bill represents probably the
only form of relief for unemployment
which the administration is willing to
indorse under the present state of the
| treasury.
The unique part of it is that it in
wolves no new taxation and no appro
priation. What the administration is
asking is, in substance, authority tc
make an immediate payment to the
railroads on account of sums which
| the railroads claim are due them, and
which will have to be settled in the
course of time anyhow.