New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1923, Page 11

WOLVERINE 15 FAST BECOMING EXTINCT Fiéree Glutton of America Making His Last Stand San Francisco, July 31.—The Slerra Nevada wolverine, known as the “glutton of America,” and famed for his flerce and bloodthirsty disposition, is making his last stand in the high Blerras, according to Walter Fry, head of the nature guide service, Sequola National park, California. The wol- verine, Mr. Fry says, is being killed off by man, his natural epemy, and by his own gluttonous habit of kilfing and eating the porcupine. The lat- ter's quills puncture the wolverine's intestines, catsing him a death of agony in from seven to ten days. “The wolverine,” says Mr. Fry, *is by far the largest and most formid- able of the weasel family, It is a strong, heavy-bodied animal, seldom weighing more than 125 pounds, or exceeding 22 inches in height or 40 inches in length. The wolverine, com- monly speaking, is not an aggressive animal, but will fight _desperately Wwhen attacked, or for the care of its young. ““When once engaged in combat the beast knows no such thing as retreat, dying, if need be, but never falling back. He fights as long as a single spark of life remains, “Mountain lion, bear, and moun- tain coyotes, whether coming singly or | collectively upon a wolverine, seem to fully realize his ferociousfess and quickly give way to his path. The wolvérine not only expects the larger animals to leave him alone, but re- quires them to give up their own prey and permit him to satisfy his giutton- ous appetite. I have witnessed big game leave a carcass when a wolver- ine appeared, giving him free reign to devour the remains. “The wolverine has no winning bursts of speed to catch his food sup- ply, nor has he the gift of stalking his quarry. His lack of speed and skill has forced the -animal to be a scavenger and eat anything in the | &8 way of flesh that is captured or found dead. He often follows the trap lines| of fur trappers, eating or destroying the catches, baits, and, at times. dragging away the traps. “He will invade a ranger's per's cabin by tearing a hole ti the roof or sid all, .destroy the food contents, and w he cannot eat or carry away, he will destroy in a man- | ner that renders the food unfit for use. He will expend a - surprising amount of labor in carrying off and * burying foodstuffs and articles for which he has no use,” However, despite the destructive na- ture of the wolverine. Mr. Fry says the animal should not be exterminat- ed. He urges that steps be taken immediately for the animal's protec- tion. He sa “These animals have played an im- portant part in heiping to save the larger game animals during the at- tacks of contagidds diseases by con- suming as food the dead and sick ani- mals, thus preventing the spread of the contagion. At their present rate of extinction they will soon go down and out and will join in history the mastodon and mammoth of the past.” BLUE LAW ADYGCATE T0 PROSECUTE HIS OWN SON Young Fitch Says Ludington Mayor Invited Him to Dance—Aftes Reporters Too. Ludington, Mich., July 31.—Balked in his efforts to bring a test of Mich- igan obsolete Sunday blue laws, Vir- gil A. Fitch, prosecuting attorney of Mason county, announced last night | that he would continue his efforts to bring to trial his own son, Roscoe Conkling Fitch; H. M. Hallett, mayor of Lndington, and Palmer Hutchin- | scn, a Detroit newspaperman, whom he charges with violating the laws by | attending a dance in this vicinity Sun- | § day night. Armed with formal complaints » Hallett and Hutchin- rday went to| e, a village near here, and | asked Carl I. Meads, justice of :he |t peace, to issue warra This :m-' justice refused to do on the ground | B that such action was unwarranted. | Before he left for Scottsville the CRGAY NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 81, 1923. Everything in our huge sttx{k including even the newest period designs go on sale in this August Event, excepting a few articles that are marked nearly at | r{m‘! i cost. B in walnutonly .......... in walnutonly .......... T T Gouoeasa006ama80060 Reduction on All Our Hammocks, Grass Chairs, Re frigerators Come In and Take Your Choice A. ANDREWS & CO. i 132 MAIN STREET 4-Piece Bedroom Set $1 69r00 3-Piece Overstufied Parlor $ 1 29.00 Special 8-Piece Dining Set., $ l 69.00 The Big Furniture Store prosecutor nolle prossed ELRAEE against his o1, cd’ yesterday at the Instigation of the mayor, on ihe| grounds that it was drawn. The prosecutor announced day that he would go to Walhalla, another Mason counly town, today and asic Justice McKenzle there to is- | mayor and Hutc. He saw a tail, slim man i < TR BE Jur ratiroad. {morning caused them to release employes of the Burlington rai et A6 }.'m'fin'g\). Hincheliffe, the choir sing- | '![;w police revealed stronger evi-|some bushes on the side lines of people waiting day and nigh al photog- | Krejei says the man did not climb on n crown that many Austrians are [in front of the German consulate, I J(1 | ¢t to whom bloodhounds led officers,| dence that the commer: ; in_fr iy a enter 1 d o J Another railroad towerman in La- ., |m(‘ir passports to cross the frontier. for a tall, slim young man, who is be-| doned by the slayer, was not the ma told the police he had talket % red at and then fled | grang: = Who frodichetutnl Ahok St to the “tail, slim” fellow several time licved to have made his way to Chi- Drove His Car as Possible ore 6 o'clock last night by Chief of | plied by Joseph Krejei, a railroad d e Lagrange Police Seck Anotiier Who cago following the crime, on foot. i, P t 1 i N, Tine v e T tiimborts was sup-| while h driving Hincheli . e b s R L JSeannn v e [ITHomost fimportantinad nas oG [ 1 e A e S The First Hundred Are The Best -y Following the complaint on the mayor’s part charging him with vio- lating the blue Jaws, the younger! Ch Fitch said he witended the dance at | the the mayor's request and danced with ing secret since the mu r of Police- Mrs. C. K. Pratt, wife of a Chicago man newspaper man. Matthews, at the suggesti (| tective, employed by the Burlington|strect in h e Matthews, at the suggestion of | tective, Krejci was standing on top|Shortly before the shooting occurre Murderey. ; He the man’s description fitted ant State’s Attorney Hamilton, | railroad. July 21.—FEvidence which who spent the entire day in the west-| of a car of a Chicago-bound freight i D i T going over the evidence train which passed through lagrange | tha en e egpian) s d not rec z¢ the car as Hinch- g up clews fur-| at 5:10 Saturday morning, forty min-| did not 'u” hiat n_ ; nr“?:_’I e e authorities and{ utes after the murder was committed, | cliffe’s at the t or 1 icagd; Lagrange police had been keep- crn suburb against_and checl Byren Porter v Sund ished the Lagrang AR SR Another reason for releasing Hinch- | Yesterday's action fcllows what i3 described as a presecutor and L the blue laws following the dems club women here that Sunday ing be prohibited. Prosecutor Fiteh prohibited not only dancing, but all other amusement and the condnct of any business.whatever. The Sunday closing order was ignored generally Lere Sund Japanes;a Plan Réilx:oad ; Ascent of Sacred Hill| Tokio, July 31.—The famous eacred mountain of Japan, ulivama, may eventually be invaded. by a railroed. Plans are on foot to build a line to its summit. If this enterprise is carried out the mountain climbers of Japan-and many | visitors to the conntry will he de- prived of one of their great thrills and adventures. To come to Japan with- out at least attempting to climb ¥uji is to make the visit only partly com- plete, while with ma panese it is | a sacred duty to at once reach | the top of the mountain and look | MOd down into the waaderful crater. 1 copters completed recently in Europe and America, cliffe wa lack of faith in the ef- ficiency .of the bloodhounds EX-GERMAN CABLE USED Telegraph Line Seized by British Dur- ing the War Now Ccanect Points of British Empire. London, July 31 g the war Great Britain seized a German sub- marine cable running from Emden to |the United States, and [sion of hostilities one | was drawn np to England and the | other diverted to Halifax | Today at Halifax the wire joins the | telegraph system which ds from {Halifax across Canada to Vancouver and thence under the sea to Fiil, Nor- folk island, Australia and New Zea- land. As a result, messages can now be| sent from London to the Antipodes in 2 |80 minutes. Thus are the far-flung o S e parts of the DBritish empire held to-| " No— - K q : petaern | Mrs. William Rogers of Savannah, Ga., has just turned Paul Garber of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C., has just completed this AUSTRIANS MOVING GUT | years. “The first hpqdr_ed years aren’t the hardest, they're el of a helicopter from plans drawn by Sir George Cayley in 1843. It is very similar to heh-i Berlin, July 81.—Living is so mucn | Dest,” says the optimistic centenarian as she beams a cheaper here today than in Vienna |birthday flowers sent by many