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lowed. He quickly mastered the stu
alton for war supplies. and took a
leading part in obtaining what was
wanting to France in the United
States. AS we were neutrals, these
were paid for in connection with Eng
land and do not enter into present
debt accounts. But they prepared his
mind to grapple with the debt uues-
ton, both in the Senate finance com
mi-ttee and now as his governments
spokesman.
Along the way, he had to specialize
in petroleum. Without American oil,
the allies could not have won the war.
Nerdun alone had not sufficient rail-
road connection for its supply of food
and explosives. and transport depend
ed on automobiles and motor oil. For
several years, even after he became
Senator, Berenger was high commits
sionary of petroleum for the French
government.
When a special government of
liquid fuels was created and grew to
be an important section by itself.
Senator Berenger applied himself
with all his lifelong ability for prac-
teal details to his country's finances.
More than once he has been spoken
of as the coming finance minister. and
it is really as such that he goes to
fill the Washington embassy in this
time of great financial straits for
France. S. D.
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pram as It nearcd the dying finbacl,
After circ!inE around the animal, the
boat was slowly backed toward it, the
gunner standing erect in thf stern
with lance ready, awaiting his opDur-
tunity. Suddenly he leaned forward
and thrust the steel with ALI his
strength deep into the whales side.
At the same instant the boat was
pulled away and the beast sank in a
mass of red foam. y few seconds later
he reappeared. sending from the blow.
hole q thin stream Of blood which
floated off on the wind.
Again and again Sorenson lanced
him, each time remaining a little long
er and jabbinE the lance deeper into
his body. At last the gallant animal
threw his fin into tho air. rolled on his
side and sank, the taut lines proclaim
ing that the fight was ended.
! had hardly climbed down the rore
ladder to the deck when Sorenson s
face. fecked with blood md streaming
perspiration, appeared over the side.
Laying the long lance on the deck, he
said:
That was the toughest whale 7
ever killed. Not many fight like that
/ was surprised to find on looking
at my watch that It was already 9
o'clock the struggle having lasted
nearly four hours. The excitement OF
the day had been intense and I was
too tired to remain on deck while the
big tinback was made fast to the bOW
and the floating whale picked up.
Saying good Knight TO Capt. Graham,
went below. climbed into the narrow
bunk in the little bin and was asleep
even before the noise above had
ceased.
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on the bridge where | could be partly
protected from the cold rain by can
vas screen, but Capt. Olsen never left
the gun. At 3 O'Clock cup OF
tea was brought him and he drank it
hastily, meanwhile examining a few
crackers into his pocket to he nihhled
as opportunity offered
The day wore on. but the animal
seemed to he stronger instead of
weaker and at o'clock l had given
up hope that we would get another
shot.
| had just started to leave the
bridge TO go below when the whale
spouted about 40 fathoms awav and
il seemed sure that he would rise
again within range. The man in the
barrel shouted: There he comes and
pointed to spot Just beside the port
bow
Capt. Olsen swung the gun until he
was standing almost on the edge of
the rope-pan in front. We could see
the huge form tust under the surface
but it turned down again. leaving a
sWirling green trail behind II.
I'd have shot him in the tail if he
had only come up" Capt. Olsen shout
ed. but Wei get him yet"
shortly afterward the whale blew
near Us. dead ahead, and as he turned
to go down "A school of porpoises
dashed along beside his back. When
he rose a few seconds afterward the
porpOiSes We're leaping all about his
head. and. bewildered, he did not know
which way to turn.
We almost reached him, but he slid
under the water just before the ship
came up.
For the next few minutes he was
lost in the fog and gathering darkness
and | shouted TO Captain Olsen:
''You'n never get him. I'm going
below"
We'll, III stand by until it is too
dark to shoot" he answered. II
might get A chance vet"
[ had hardly reached my cabin and
begun pulling off my oilskins when
the jerk of the engines told me they
must again he close. l ran on deck
Just as the great brute rounded up
right beside the bow and the gun
flashed out in the darkness. "Shinda"
yelled the sailors. and through the
smoke cloud l could see the whale give
convulsive twist. roll on its side
with the fin straight upward and
slowly sink.
Almost at once the winch began To
take in the slack and haul the carcass
to the surface. When it came along
side. the rope attached to the first
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the harpoon shot over the water in a
wide semi-clrcle and dropped upon the
whales back.
There was sudden jerk. a muff1ed
explosion. and the line Stacked away
again leaving q great crimson patch
staining the surface. The ship
plunged forward through it. and l saw
bits of torn and mangled flesh which
told the story all too plainly-the
bomb on the tip of the harpoon, as it
exploded. had blown the iron out and
the whale was free.
WE lay to with the engine stopped
to see what would happen next.
Little was said: almost the only sound
was the retching and groaning of a
pump when the ship keeled far over
to starboard with the swell. For 10
minutes the silence continued, then
the captain said in a quiet voice:
There he Is. far away on the beam. I"
Instantly the ting, ting" of the bell
in the engine room sounded and a
chase began which l shall long re-
member AS showing what great part
persistency plays in whaling. All the
rest of the afternoon the little ship
hung to the whales track, now get
ting almost close enough to shoot and
again losing sight of the spout in the
rain and fog.
1t was disagreeable enough. for me
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Last week Mr.. Andrews, who Is
recognized as one Of the leading
scientific explorers of the time. viz
idly described critical encounters
with whales in the North Pacific
Ocean These were British Column
hian. Alaskan and Japanese waters.
one of his most exciting adven-
lures was when a huge whale. en-
ragged at being shot by a harpoon
gun and having failed in his efforts
20 break the line, headed straight
for the comparatively small steam
er BY quick maneuVerinC. the yes
sci was swung about 50 that only
a GlanCinG blow was struck: other
wise, Mr.. Andrews declared. the
animal would have torn such
hole in the steamer that she would
have gone TO the bottom within a
few seconds.
Mr.. Andrews recently returned
to New York City after leading the
third static expedition of the
America Museum OF Natural His
tory into the Cobb desert 81 Mon
colia. Upon his return he an
nounCed that his discoveries indi-
Gated that prehistoric man orig
mated in Asia and then spread to
other parts of the world He plans
to lead another expedition into the
Cobb desert this year.
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az. t'e snip aSH still' quie,N foltng
III ,iie sven. fhe "haie had sounded
,t. ,'.,' ~ 'ope nui'S St'a NJ Gown from
t'ie W." a. ilS i'' as d pal vi steer.
EIE'TEE,\ minutes we ,vsitad and
Il ,bara wa. ro sion frnn, h.rn,,,
Olsen heran to uat ,Ina,sy ana In
stamn unon the line honinp Tn sti,
the great animal which was sullIinc
on the bottom
ar ,,, ~ ,t ~. 49,,
tbera = he said ..t,' r., ,f,.i5 ,f ,hi,.
line Tba I'd IONS - .,u ,.icht
but this one js weak If he doesn't
come topside To blow SO | can get in
another harpoon. we may break the
line in heaving him up. He's down a
| long way and the strain will he aw-
full.
After 20 minutes the rope heCan
I SLOWLY 10 come IN. ana went forward
with the captain 10 the gun PLATFORM
Wal,lns for the whale t" Sf"ut. we
SAW II at last hut $" ia- away tnal
thouSht II was '-hefeht amman l.
lhe engines LAD Hten stopped when
the whale ~AS down. but now the snip
oe@a<- 90 move Faster and faster the
: lesser tore 'hroush the water uhlli
| olsen ordf.fed halt speed astefn.
He Hdi i'o'll iau 81 u'h 'iie "hdi ie
IN pad place, Tor win the IRON I'M
heud' between ms MASSIVE shoulders
ne tnuid pun with All MS strenSlh.
foi nan an houi we were diaSSeu
through the water anu again ne
sounded
MS tlme ne was Gown J." minutes
ana came 10 tne surface win rush
"hlch threw ms so rect OF oodE INTO
the air. lhen ne started on AT 'ef-
rl1c pace. Ihe captain old not care 10
check ms dash anu "iueieu a''thel
line To he spliced on when the men
called mp from hel"" 'ha' the rope
was almost gone.
Three-quarters Of A mile of line was
out before the animal finally slowed
enough so that the winch could hold.
Even then. with the engines AT full
speed astern. the ship was being
dra cged ahead at nearly six knots an
hour.
Our catch next began series of
short dives. followed by frantic rushes
from, side to side which lasted two
hours. Each time the animal went
down the winch ground in a few
fathoms of line. sometimes losing il
and more on the next mad plunge. but
slowly. surely. recovering it foot by
foot.
Ar II o'clock the whale began to
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New French Envoy
Is Financial Expert

needed the sanction of the state. You
could not become doctor by any
back way without risking heavy pen
alties for illegal practice.
Now, the one man who had the con-
fidence of the students of France was
Prof. Ernest LaviSse, the historian
who afterward found "a way for Amer
lean students to study and get French
university degrees.
Accordingly, General ASSocia ton
of the University Students of France
was organized-and Henry Berenger,
one of the group. became its head.
That showed not only the confidence
of university heads in his ability, but
also that he had a brain for practical
ideas concerning the interests and
organization of a multitude of men.
All his life he has been thinking out
something or planning or organizing
great public interests. This is a differ
ent thing from being a political boss.
The "a" as 1t is called, soon be-
came power in everything connected
with higher education in France, and
many university reforms have been
consequences of the association. Most
of all. the students of all France have
found a bond of union in their uni
versity occupations, and this still con-
tinues.
Henry Berenger went from the uni
versity, not into a professorship, but
into the public life of the country.
At the assembling of more than 100
learned societies for the Paris Uni
versaI Exposition OF 1900 he had an
important part in the preparation of
programs and meetings. Time went
on and he was drawn more and more
into the public life of his country,
which sooner or later means Parlia-
ment. In this way he was elected
Senator for the West Indian Island
of Guadeloupe at a much younger
age than is customary for that some
what venerable body.
Meanwhile. the Great War came to
upset everything, and the clear. COM
prehensive head of Henry Berenger
was needed Il the details that fol.
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Asst Monday. the Citadel of
Arras ,or what is left of il from
IL the war; was struck by a
straight streak of lightning that
rocked the town as in the days of
crImp holes.
Lightning had not struck in Arras
previously for seven years-and this
terrific bolt fell in the midst of a snow
storm.
Thunder and lightning in a snow
storm are extremely rare. So. the
whole affair of Arras being unusual.
overdue and racking to the imaCina-
ton. II has come before the public
just at the right moment to stir in
terest in the storm statistics of the
Able Gabriel. and similar discussions
in the Academy OF Sciences started by
the electrician Matthias.
DonnerWetter is O. h.
1t exists. There is such a thing as
| thunder weather storm years or
periods: and certain localities have
three times an many as others. Thun-
der and lightning years can. even, be
foretold, according to these communi-
cations to the Academy Of Sciences.
The Paris papers have a lot about
the Able Gabriel. He is official profes-
sor of mathematics at the University
| of Caen, celebrated statistician, and
ognized by astronomers and extremely
interesting to meteorologists by ap-
parently permitting long distance
weather predictions-that is to say,
| extreme Winters and Summers.
Thus the public knows Able Gabriel
by his charting out Of an excessively
severe Winter for 1926-1927-backed
up and presented to the French gov
ernment on his behalf about as au-
q rNnCCthlol hNr
Bigourdan. chief official astronomer of
France and director Of the bureau of
longitudes. 1t is generally believed
in by those who have heard of il.
Now, the Able Gabriel brings sta
| tistics to bear on thunderstorms. They
have been singularly few in number
in western Europe OF late years.
In 1921, Guilbert. chief meteorolo-
gist at the Paris Observatory. asked
Gabriel to tabulate the archives of
Ste. Honorine du Fay Normandy.
which have been notably we'll kept for
half a century. Gabriel lives there.
Twenty-six thunderstorm days per
year represent the annual average for
the west Of France by these records of
half a century. Guilbert's tabulation
Of 40 years records at the Montsouris
Observatory shows the same average
of 2S thunderstorm days per year for
the Partisan region.
This number Of 26 corresponds very
closely to the normal for all regions
Of northwest France" says Gabriel.
The number is certainly greater in
the center and in the east, notably
in Burgundy and Alsace.
I'm the Valley of the Rhine. certain
localities average so thunderstorm
days per year"
But here is the great point:
No matter where you take the sta
tistics, great oscillations appear in the
thunderstorm records. Whereas from
1883 to 1889 the western Europe aver
age does not exceed 20, it attains and
keeps rs thunderstorm days per year
from 1889 to 1909, and SO per year
| from 1910 to 1919, to descend to 81 IN
| the years since l919-when the great
public has remarked that thunder
storms have been extremely few.
Most remarkable of ALL" says
Gabriel, "these oscillations correspond
with those of wet and dry years due
to the 11-year maximums and mini
NUNS of sun-spots."
THE 10-year series carrying the
maximum OF thunderstorms identify
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Story Is Told of Hazardous Chase Of
a Specimen Representing a Type of
Greatest Monsters That Ever Lived
Upon the Earth or in Its Waters-Sur-
passes in Bulk Even the Dinosaur.
Huge Dripping Body Under the Bow of
the Ship-Harpoon Strikes, Line Tieh
ems and We re Of-Pursuit and Haul of
130 Miles-Four Hours Struggle With
a Greyhound of the Sea.
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-
with the CaillauX mission, that
his place in public life is already
known. AS / have had occasion to
follow his whole career from the time
when he was college man, more
than 80 years ago, l will write down
a few things which ought to interest
Americans. particularly young men
who are beginning their own careers.
When I first knew Henry Berenger
he was very much of a college man.
He was still a student at the Univers-
ity of Paris in the faculty of letters.
where he took his degree. He has
continued to describe himself profess
sionally as a man of letters" AS
such. he has now to pay a special tax
on his profits in non-commercial
profession.
Young Berenger was much more
than that. even during his university
studies. In the early nfneties, the
student world of France was greatly
agitated in an effort to secure indie
pendence and distinction for their
studies. To enter any profession that
was not commercial or industrial 1t
was necessary to have a university
degree You could not become a diplo-
mat or druggist, a lawyer or a vet,
erinarian, a consul or a high school
teacher, without the state diploma.
The students wished to be recognized
in consequence. If the country was
to depend on them so completely, then
let the state give the university facul-
ties proper facilities and leave politics
out of them. The students would
meanwhile help on their side.
All the faculties of France really
made up the one state university, with
it's branches in the different great
cities. The state, through the central
government, directed all the examina-
tions for degrees, since these were
necessary for all professions which
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/ gunner, had hit, for the heavy rope
was running out at Il remendutIs rate.
| tIftS. seventy five, one hundred faith
| oms were taken almost before we
! knew it. The man at the winch tried
| to check the kissing line. but the
brake could not hold. Half a mile Of
cable was gone before the rush ended
and the captain rang for half speed
! astern.
When the whale felt the heavy drag
of the vessel he stopped and sounded
! sulked on the bottom for nearly half
! an hour, and finally reappeared in
front Of the. boat. about three hundred
fathoms away, blowing strongly.
X
THE steamer was sent astern at half
speed and the line held by the
winch. The steady. relentless pull was
too much for even his wonderful
strength and slowly we neared the
whale. Back and forth he dived
across our bows, tugging at the line
and sometimes gaining a few fathoms
from the grinding wheels. At last
he rose directly in front of the ship
and SOrenSon sent a second harpoon
into his side
Stung to renewed efforts by the bit
Ing steel, the whale dove at right an
giles To the vessels course. keeling the
boat far over to port. was standing
on the wing OF the bridge waiting to
get picture when the captain shouted:
Quick. Give me u hand, sir, or
he'll cut the line on our bow
! dropped my camera and jumped to
the wheel which the captain was whrl-
ing frantically to port. Bracing our
selves, we held it hard over and the
vessel responded almost instantly. re
| lieving the strain on the rope. which
was saving back and forth across the
| bow.
The whale now began series of
| da shes and deep sounds which dragged
| the lines from the winch in spite OF
| both brakes and kept the little vessel
| lodging from side TO side TO avoid his
! blind rushes. For an hour and a half
the magnificent animal carried on the
| fight although weak from exhaustion
! a nd the loss of blood. Finally he lay
| almost motionless on the surface about
| 80 fathoms away. blowing frequently.
! great patches of blood staining the
/ foam about his beautiful gray body.
| After waiting Is or 20 minutes the
| "a plain ordered a boat lowered and
| Sorenson. with two sailors. rowed out
| to finish the whale with the long kill
| ing lance
! | had climbed 10 the barrel at the
| ma Sthead, glass and camera slung AT
my side and was watching the little
Evening star., 1926-01-10

Is the enforcement Of automobile
laws the ConstantinopIe police have
hit upon a novel test for automobile
brakes. They throw across the path
Of the CIR being tested a board filed
with nails. If drivers cannot check
their machines in time they not OnIv
suffer loss from punctures, hut are
conducted 10 repair stations by police,
who see that the brakes are properly
adjusted or else confisCate the cars.
Evening star., 1926-01-10

- ABt. RFIl) OLSEN had lnNlt-
ed me. while | was in .Japa
nese waters, to spend a week
with him aboard the RekkuSu
NIaru and for FIVE days we
had been at sea losing coal and pa
tience chasing finhacks with but one
whale 70 our credit.
The fifth evening. after hard days
work with no results. the ship was
headed for kamaishi a good harbor
some 20 miles from Aikawa.
The next morning l was awakened
by the alternate starting and stopping
of the engines and knew that already
whale had been sighted.
1t was : o'clock and, dressing hur-
riedly. | ran on deck to find the shin
rolling about in a heavy sea and cold
rain falling. l got into a suit of oil
skins and then climbed to the bridge
My greeting of 20 hayo" good
morningl was answered by It's man
at the wheel who said the, were
hunting blue whale, which had been
found about 6 o'clock and had almost
given shot. Capt. Olsen was at the
gun and waved his hand in greeting
just as we heard the metallic whistle
of the spout on the starboard bow.
The blue whale is not only the larg.
est animal that lives today upon the
Is known. II Is the largest animal that
has ever lived. Even those giant rep
tiles. the dinosaurs. which splashed
along the borders of the inla nd seas of
Wyoming md Montana 1900, 900 years
ago. could not approach blue whale
either in length or weight.
| got my camera ready for use. pro
tecting II as much AS possible with the
flap of my oilskin Jacket, but was
rather dubious as to l,,~ successful
the pictures would he The driving
rain covered the lens with film of
water as soon As the coat was lifted
and / knew that trouble could he eX-
pected with the shutter when the
dampness had penetrated TO its cur
tain.
The whale came up two or three
times and through the field glasses
could see its diminutive dorsal fin and
blue gray back. which. in the rain. ap-
peared to be exactly the color of the
water
Twice A shot seemed imminent. but
each time the animal refused to take
the last short dive which would have
brought it within range. At Q o'clock
Capt. Olsen ran to the cabin for a cup
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Whales With Labels.

T I'VE whales are being labeled u DE-
- termiuc their migratory habits.
The label Is placed in d bottle. The
bottle. attached 10 a barb. * fired Al
The whale and the barb penetratos tho
thickness OF its protectiye coyering.
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throwing its fukes and half it's body
out of the water, turned head down in
a long dive.
you got him, ,"Ayelled the captain,
and ii was evident that Sorenson. the
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rains are generally due to storm con
ditions: and, on the other hand. the
popular saying has it that storms
cool the weather Are we to suppose
the same astrononic cause eXercis-
ing its influence simultaneously in the
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7 was standing on the bridge with
the camera focused and pressed the
button as they rose To the surface.
An instant later came the crash of the
ha arpoon-gun, and the nearest whale
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themselves with the wet years. And.
contrary to general opinion. the most
stormy months are by no means the
hottest
He declares a cause relation
Everybody knows that torrential
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PARIS, December 81.

. HE new French Ambassa dor
Henry Berenger, has been in
Washington so lately, repre-
L senting the French Senate
with the InillnnN mission fha
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BY STERLING HE.ILIG.

III II FNTT.NFr HFlI1sI1I.
PARIS. January |.
Asst Monday. the Citadel Of
Arras Tor what is left of il from
IL the war; was struck by a
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BY ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS.

~ APT. FRED OLSEN had invit-
ed me. while | was in Japa
nese waters. to spend week
with him aboard the Rekkusu
,.,n nd fnn. Hro .la,.S NE
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Novel Brake Test.

Copyright. 1921