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The Washington times., 1922-12-17

If we gave him a hammer he would try to
use it on the nut, and on not being able
to manage that, he always gave back to
us both the hammer and the cocoanut.
He knew what hammers and chisels were
for, but for obvious reasons we never en-
rcouraged him in anything to do in the
line Of carpentry.
whenever people came to see him he
would show off like child 1t was his
custom to take them by the hand and
lead them round and round the room.
If he saw that person was at all ner-
vous about him he loved running past
them, and give them smack on the leg
and you could see him grin as he did so.
"a game he was very fond of was to
pretend that he was blind, shutting his
eyes very tightly and running about the
room, knocking against tables and chairs.
He loved To take everything out of
waste paper basket and strew the contents
all over the room, after which he would
always pick up everything and put it all
back when told to, but looking very bored
all the while. IL the basket was very full
he would push it all down very carefully
to make room for more. He would al
ways put things back when told to do so,
such as books from bookshelf. or things
from table.
sTIis table manners were really very
good. He always sat at the table, and
whenever meal was ready would pull his
own chair up to his place. He did not
care to eat great quantity, bat he es-
pecially liked to drink water out of a
tumbler. I always gave him some butter
with his breakfast, but he seldom liked
bread. Sometimes he would take whole
crust or round Of toast when you least
expected him to, and eat II all. He.
always took afternoon tea--of which he
was very fond--and aithin piece of bread
The Washington times., 1922-12-17

family with all the privileges of the same.
He Is not irked by the comparative con-
hnement. never shows any desire to escape
through the door which is open most of
the time, but on the other hand really
seems to thoroughly enjoy his new en-
And it is the conviction Of the observ-
ing Miss Cunningham that it is not SO
much the changed surroundings and
danger of exposure as It is lonesomeness
which causes a monkey to 60 into de-
cline. Monkeys demand companionship,
and she insists that it makes little diff
ference whether It Is another monkey or
a human being, as long as there is that
companionship.
Without this association, the monkey
grows despondent and morose, refuses to
eat and, weakened through lack Of
nourishment, easily contracts an illness,
and dies. With plenty to take up his
mind, however, he thrives like a healthy
child.
I, Chula was captured by four natives
in the dense forest of the Egela district
last July His father and mother, the
latter with tiny gorilla in her arms, and
two or three others, walked through the
forest where the natives were In hiding
on each side Of the track. Chula was lag
ging behind, playing by himself, and as
he passed. the natives caught him and
The Washington times., 1922-12-17

Science was well rewarded for its
study of the remains Of the baby gorilla
and despite the fact that while the worlds
knowledge was enriched in the details of
the monkeys anatomy, yet the premature
death of John Daniel ended the opportu-
nifty to study for the first time the habits
and mental equipment and psychology Of
mans nearest relative in the animal
world, ~
But science now looks forward eagerly
to anothec opportunity.
Miss, Alyse Cunningham, of London,
who brought up Johi Daniel, Is duplicat
ing her experiments in the development
and training Of second baby gorilla,
Chula by name. She is doing this in the
hope Of finding out just how far this man..
like animal can be developed to take its
place in our civilization. Her expert
-rnents have shown that young gorilla
Ia much like child in every way, likes
to romp around and play with children
and toys, shows child-like traits Of mis-
lchievousness, is sometimes naughty and
pouts and then Is sorry, for all the world
like human child. yS
s-.John Daniel attended his own toilet,
washing his hands and feet, and combing
hes hair He ate with the family and his
table, manners were superior to those Of
paost children, and when bed time came
he c,'awled into his cot and pulled the
ol,, y = up over him.
As he grew older he showed no sign
Of, ,eyerting to type and using his great
bInte strength to destroy and make
tGpuble Lions, tigers, leopards and other
denizens Of the jungle are frequently
tpeaceable enough while young, but as
time goes on they pass out Of the pet
stage and become as savage as IL they
had never left the Jungle, and have to
70 behind the bars.
3 But the study and observations of Miss
c. niagham with John Daniel and Chula
Iced one to wonder III the gorilla, display
ing human intelligence as he does, cannot
be developed into taking really useful
place in the modern Acheme of things
His intelligence can be developed and
thus he can be taught to use his great
strength to advantage. 4.
John Daniel Could, and liked TO-, play,
eat and otherwise act like human being
He had many Of the emotions Of man.
He would laugh and he would cry. Il II
only q, question of time before, with In
f{llirent training and study, he or his
children could be taught to talk Such
.. possibility certainly does not seem re-
mote when one considers how quickly
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
Chdla Trying to Learn to
Eat With a Spoon, an
Achievement Which He
Soon Accomplished.

for him, but he never
would touch it after the
second day.
Oranges or apples,
or any fruit that had
been cut he would never
eat after a few hours.
He loved roses, to eat,
more than anything!
The more beautiful they
were the more he liked
them, but h e never
would eat faded roses.
As a consequence /
hardly. ever was able to
have roses in the vases.
He also liked nibbling
twigs, and to eat the
green buds of trees.
"With cocoanuts he
was very funny. He
knew that they had to
be broken, and he would
try and break them on
the floor. When he
found he couldn't man
age that he would bring
the big nut to one of us
and try to make us un-
derstand what he wished.
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imagined that this treatment was a pun
ishment. At first, without other reasons,
he would roll on the floor and shrek, but
directly he understood what was expected
of him he soon learned and began to be-
have excellently. This training occupied
quite six weeks. About February, 1919,
we took him out of his cage and allowed
him the freedom of the house. There
after he would run upstairs to the bath
room Of his own accord, turning the door
knob Of whatever room he was in and
also opening the door Of the bathroom.
Johns appetite seemed to tire of foods
very quickly. The only thing he stuck to
was milk, which he always liked best when
warmed. We began by giving him a
quart a day, raising to three and half
quarts day. found that he preferred
to choose his own food, so used to place
for him several kinds, such as pananas,
oranges. apples, grapes, raisins, currants,
dates and any small fruit in season, such
as raspberries or Strawberries all of
which he especially liked to have warmed.
These displays placed on high shelf in
the kitchen. where he could get them with
difficulty. l think that he thought him
self very clever when he stole anything.
He never would eat anything stale. He
was extremely fond of jelly, especially
fresh lemon jelly, which was often made
The Washington times., 1922-12-17

a young g orill a
adapts himself to
civilized surround
ings and how apt he
is in acquiring hu-
man habits and Gus
toms. Surely the
observations and de-
ductions Of Miss
Cunningham We Id
lead TO the belize
that the gorilla can,
W ith intelligence
and care, ee devel-
ope,i in.o a most
useful animal, and
he; contribution to
science in this re-
spect has been a
most important one.
From a wild beast
Of the jungle, used
to romping around
at will in the open,
Chula has, in a very
short time. become
actually a part and
parcel of modern
civilization, enjoy
ing life in Miss Cum
ningham's home as
q member of the
The Washington times., 1922-12-17

moor and cried just like child Tor about
a minute. Then he rose, looked round
the room, found a newspaper, went and
picked it up, spread it on my lap and
climbed up. This was quite the cleverest
thing ever saw him do. Even those who
saw it said they would not have believed
it had they not seen it themselves. Both
my nephews major Penny and Mr.. E. c.
Penny, his wife and my sister Mrs.
Penny were in the room and can tes-
tify to the correctness of the above
record.
: another clever thing John did,
although suspect this was due more to
instinct than downright cleverness. A
piece of filet beef steak had just come
from the butcher. Inasmuch as oc-
casionally / gave him small mouthful
Of raw beef, a small piece of the coarser
part of the steak was cut off, and
gave it to him. He tasted it, then gravely
handed it back to me. Then he took
my hand and put it on the finer part Of
the meat. From that / cut off tiny
piece, gave it to him, and he ate it.
When my nephew came home. he wouldn't
believe it, so / tried It again, with the
same result, except that then he did
not even attempt to eat the coarser
meat.
"Our gorilla could stand lot of cold,
and we often let him go on the roof in
freezing weather. This he did not seem
to mind as long as he could come into a
warm room when he wanted to. He
would then go straight to the fire, rub. his
chest and sit down with his feet right on
the fender. The one thing, however, he
could not stand was dampness during the
Winter, or any draught.
I'VE found that exercise was the thing
he required to keep him in health, and
my nephew used to give him great deal
Of that by playing hide and seek with
him in the morning before breakfast, and
in the evening before dinner--up and
down stairs, in and out Of all rooms. re
simply loved that game, and he would
giggle and laugh while being chased.
But he was very cautious. He never
would run into a dark room without first
turning on the light He enjoyed getting
into warm bath and sponging himself,
but we could allow this only during warm
Summer weather. 8
"He always went to bed at eight
o'clock. He had his own little room, ad-
joining that Of my nephew, with spring
bed and blankets. He would get out in
the night by himself, 20 back to bed and
pull the blankets over himself quite
neatly. A thing he greatly enjoyed was
to stand on the top rail Of his bed and
jump on the springs, head over heels, just
like child Sf
"a stick was the one thing that our
gorilla would not stand from anyone,
save Major Penny and myself. Presently
we found out that the only way to deal
with him was to tell him he was very
naughty, and push him away from as;
when he would roll on the floor and cry
and be very repentant, holding ones
ankles and putting his head on our feet"
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
The Late John Daniel
With One of His Little
Playmates.

IN times has attracted the in
terest of science so much as
the poor baby gorilla, John Daniel,
who was taken from the African
jungle to London and then brought
to New York, where the little chap
dicl about a year ago in Madison
Square Garden.
John Daniel was only five years
OH, but he had the intelligence of
child of about three years and
the muscular strength of four
men.
But Il was not so much the size
of this baby gorilla, nor its intelh-.
gence which interested science. 1t
was the details of the bahy's bones
and muscles and organs which
drew the foremost scientists Of
America to the deat,,bed of Baby
John, and each one took away with
him to his laboratory some one of
the various important organs, or
homes. or muscles of the gorilla.
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with plenty of jam; and he always
liked coffee after dinner. He was
the least greedy of all the animals
I ever have seen. He never would
snatch anything and always ate
very slowly. He always drank a
lot of water, which he would get
himself whenever he wanted II, by
turning on a tap. Strange to say.
he always turned off the water
when he had finished drinking. He
seemed to thrive on water, and
this never prevented his taking his
milk as well. N't
"He was especially fond of my
little niece, three years old, who
used to come with her mother to
stay. John and she used to play
together for hours and he seemed
to understand what she wanted
him to do. II she ever cried. and
her mother would go and pick her
up, John would always try and nip
the mother or give her smack
with the full weight of his hands,
evidently thinking that she was the
cause of the child's tears.
"One day we were going out, for
which | was sitting ready dressed,
when John wished to sit on my lap.
My sister. Mrs. Penny, said:
Don't let him, he will spoil
your dress
"As my dress happened to be q
light one / pushed him away and
said, No. He at once lay on the
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tions during his stay under her
roof are extremely interesting,
as related by her in the New
York Geological Society
Bulletin.
= "At first ! could not make
him understand what was ex-
pected. of him, even though I
always petted him, and gave
him grapes (of which he was
especially fond, when he first
came to us). hut think he
The Washington times., 1922-12-17
% TruAQain toRaise aGori|la Captivity

Chula Being Fed with Spoon to Teach Him the
Taste of a New Dish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

ing stated that he was not in favor
of part time. Upon motion of Mr..
Cherry and seconded by e. H.
Wharton. the proposition was put
before the board, the former two
voting for 1t. DR.. Hopkins and MIR.
Walling voting against it and G. S.
Hyer casting the deciding vote IN
favor of the part time method.
AT this time there are fifty-seven
pupils in the Broad street school
fifth grade and f1fty-one in the West
Keyport fifth grade. Pupils from
each Of these grades will be taken
to form the third class.
A new teacher will be secured to
teach the new fifth grade division.
DR.. Hopkins stated that he had
secured fifty-seven loads of top soil
from Harry West and had same
placed on the West Keyport school
grounds. Principal Bilderback was
authorized to have a blackboard re-
paired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
PART time IN
KEYP0RT SCHOOL
School Board Decides in Fa-
v0r of Half Time for Fifth
Grade Class

KEYPORT, Oct. 6-At the meet
ing of the Board of Education We'd
nesday night at the High School
building it was voted to place the
fifth grade on half time. the hours
to be decided by the supervising
principal. Willis E. B~ilderback. In
the absence OF President Joseph D.
'Bedle, Vice President George S.
Hyer presided at the meeting. Those
present were Phelps Cherry Ed
win H.. Wharton. DR.. H. 7. Hop
Ikins. G. s. Hyer. Rufus O.. Walling
nd Willis E. Bilderbeck.
4 DR.. Hopkins stated that he was
not in favor of part time. but in
stead would advise the assistance
of a helping teacher. R, o. WALL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

Miss Julia Blanchard was a Perth
Amboy visitor Wednesday night.
Mrs. Theodore Ronalder and chill
dren were out-of-town visitors
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Hoberg visited
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Thorsen of Fords
recently.
Mrs. Charles Wargo was a New
York visitor recently.
Mrs. johnson, of Fords. entertain
ed out-of-town relatives Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Fessel and son Julian were
out-of-town visitors.
Mrs. Fred Fischer was an out-of-
town visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Thompson entertained re,a-
tives at her home yesterday.
Mrs. Howard Fullerton and
daughter motored to Newark yes
terday.
Mrs. Hans Thompson and Miss
Elsie Stehlgens were out-of-town
visitors yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
FORDS

Mrs. c. Lund and Mrs. C. Blan-
chard, of Fords. visited relatives in
Keasbey Wednesday.
Daisy Troop No. 1, Fords Girl
Scouts. under the supervision of
Miss Viola Ernst. held a meeting in
the Fords school Wednesday night.
Business matters took up a large
part of the time. Plans were made
for the coming Court of Honor to
be held in the near future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
MEN BLIND TO WOMAN'S
SUFFERING

How many men. think you, have any
idea of the pain endured by women in
their own household, and often without a
murmur? They have no patience when
the overworked wife and 1other begins
to get pale. have headaches. backaches.
faint spells. or is melancholy and cannot
sleep. There is help for every woman in
this condition as evidenced by the many
voluntary letters of recommendation
which we are continually publishing in
this paper for Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. 1t will pay any woman
who suffers from such ailments to give it
a trial.-Adv,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
$4.45

THERE ARE SILK VELVET AND MIRRORED VELVET
HATS, TRICoRNE, ROLL BRIM, MUSHROOM SHAPES, II
THE NEW BLUES, BROWNS, TANs, REDS, GRAYs, AND,
OF COURSE, BLACK.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

+. ANEw SHOP WITHIN THE NEWEST STORE DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY TO THE MATRON OR THE MISS AND
THEIR DESIRES FOR THE LATEST AND MOST FASHION
ABLE HEADWEAR.
HATsl HUNDREDS OF THEM FRESH FROM THE
GREAT MANUFACTURING CENTERS OF NEW YORK, CHI
CAGO AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE OUR BUYERS HAVE
BEEN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS PREPARING FOR THIS TX
T~RAORDINARY OPENING.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
introducing
The Burton Special
Hats

WORDS FAIL IN ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE THIS
OFFERING TO OUR CUSTOMERS. WE HAVE ARRANGED
WITH A NUMBER OF THE LARGEST MILLINERs To ND
UNLIMITED OF soME OF THEIR VERY LA
TEST MERCHANDISE AT PRICES ENABLING US tt OFFER
TO YOU HATS AT THIS SPECIAL PRICE.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

EXAMPLES OF THE MHLINER'S ART N EXPIRES
SION OF FASHIONS LATEST WHIMS AND FAN JIES-
HATS TRIMMED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL CoQUE FEATH-
ERS. BEAUTIFUL BUT PRACTICAL HATS OF WONDER
Full LUSTROUS PAINE VELVET. OTHERS WITH HACK
Ell AND OSTRICH TRIMMIN TRULY A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WOMAN INTENT UPON HER
NEW FALL HAT AND NCREDITABLY LOW IN PRICE.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-16
LLOYD GEORGE BEATEN ~.
IN WEDNESDAY, VOTING
(By United. Press) +

London, Nov 16-Former Premier
Lloyd George has been defeated in
his efforts to win balance Of power
in the next House of Commons on the
face Of incomplete returns this after
noon.
A count announced at l pm. show
ed the conservative candidates of
Premier Law with a clear majority
over all parties, and the conscrva-
tivcs gaining at that time, have won
nine additional seats since the re-
ports were posted.
Lloyd Georges candidates were a
bad fourth in the running, but this
did not affect he results of his point
of view so much as the fact that Law
appeared likely to secure working
legislation and hence Lloyd Georges
handful in the House would not have
sufficient power to overturn the gov
ernmenS
Premier Bonar Laws conservatives
obta;red clear majority at the gem
cral election yesterday, it was an
nounced officially at 4 p. m, ..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-16
THIRD PARTY FORESEEN
BEFORE 1924 ELECTION
(By United Press)

Washington, Nov. 16 by Law
renee Martin. Copyrighted 1922 by
the United Press)-A third party
will be manufactured for 1924
whether there is a public demand
for it or not
Politicians Of both great parties
predict this, declaring that the next
two years will see determined eff
fort to create third party and that
whether it will appear as spontan-
eous expression Of defeat with ex-
listing factions, depends on three
things:
1. Taxation and cost of living,
2. Industrial and economic poll
cies of the government.
3. How fast Europe gets back on
its feet.
But whether public sentiment de-
mands it or not, observers whose
predictions seldom go wrong, see a
third party presidential ticket in the
fall of 1924 drawing many votes.
The third party will be organized
and mainly supported by people who
are now republicans or democrats.
The kind of third party the re-
publcans and democrats are concern
ed about is one made up of republi-
can and democrat voters or a both
party that will reconstruct either one
or both of the now dominant polit-
ical groups,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-16
ALLEGED GAME WARDEN
FRAUD IN HIGH COURT

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 16-The
supreme court has before it today the
alleged game warden fraud case in
Which Col. j. H. Bloom, former state
game warden and fish commissioner,
George M. Hague, a former member
of the commission, and L. c. Petit
bone, as real estate agent for the
two, were accused Of conspiring to
commit fraud in the purchase of the
game farm near Dawson.
The suits, which the defendants
charged was a political suit brought
just before the primaries to arouse
resentment, was brought to recover
$5,44O and asks an accounting for
the entire sum used in the purchase.
It. was charged the state was charged
at the rate of $40 an acre on 1850
acres of land whereby only Sc was
paid. It is further declared that the
purchase was unauthorized.
In reply to the charges, Col.
Bloom declared that $40 an acre was
low price for land near Dawson
where the game farm is situated, and
that sportsmcn have declared the
land excellent for the purpose for
which it was bought.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-16
GENERAL; ALARMS FOR
CHIMNEY FIRES COSTLY

The high cost Of living in Bemidji
is being increased. by the high cost
of needless fire alarms, reports G. 5,
Daley, chief of the Bemidji Fire
Department. Many are the occas-
sions when a silent alarm would an
.swer the purpose just as effectively
but a general alarm is turned in and
the entire department is turned out.
The result is that the general
alarm for a small chimney fire usual
ly costs the city from $25 to $50,
whereas if the alarm had merely
been telephoned to Numebr % and
a request made for two or three
firemen to come to the scene of the
chimney fire, the cost would be cut
down to 81 or So.
Fire Chief Daley and Assistant
Fire Chief J. J. Doran were on the
lob at the Nangle store Wednesday
evening when the general alarm was
turned in by some person not con-
nected with the store in any way
The chimney fire was being care
fully watched by these men, at little
cost to the city, but the general
alarm ran the city's bill up to about
$50. The alarm was sounded at
8:45 %. m.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-11-16
PROHIBITION CUTTING
DEMAND FOR FLOWERS
fBy United Press)

Boston, Nov. 16-Prohibition has
been blamed for many things and the
latest crop up is said to be a Serious
effect on the sale of flowers to men.
according to Miss Marion Bush,
Lead of a fashionable florist shop
here, the sale Of flowers in the cold
days" could be estimated on the
number of cocktails sold.
One cocktail usually inspired the
sale of a half-dozen. pinks, accord
ing to Miss Bush, and two drinks
averaged a boquet of violets, while
three cocktails was almost sure to
be followed by purchase of orchids.
ain these days." Miss Bush said,
"the men folk gaze at the flowers,
but seldom do more than remark
upon their beauty. =
"Cocktails of grape juice and ging-
er ale do not bring the same degree
of admiration for flowers"