New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1928, Page 9

3 ] | | R S o e L i e i . W ] 3 L 3 WHALERS STIL " HUNT THE SEAS Methods Are Different But Ol Is tn Demand—Whaling as Sport ~ By J. VANCE Most folk in these modern days of electric light and gas for heat and power are unaware of the fact that the whaling industry, which once furnished oil for heating and light- ing purposes is still carried on by a remarkably large number of ships. They would assume that the need for the oil was gone and the giants of the sea pursued the even tenor of their ways undisturbed by man. This is not so, however. There are aeveral whaling stations in Alaska, near the feeding grounds of the whale and many ships operating from these stations. A fine grade of oll s produced. Gone are the methods of a cen- tury and more ago when square rig- gers from New Bedford and New London started on cruises lasting for years, sometimes, circling the con- tinent of South America and pene- trating far northward even into the Bering Sea before their holds were full of oil in casks and they werc ready to return. In those days the whales were sighted from the mast head of a schooner, small boats were put ‘ovar the side and the prey was chased with oars as propelling power. When he was approached and it is comparatively easy to come upon a whale even now when gaso- lin or steam is the propelling powe1 and the ship's wheel raises consid- erable commotion, he was impaled with a harpoon thrown by a husky man. There followed an exciting ride for the boat's crew until the animal could be again approached and the captain was able to “cut his life out” with a spade shaped lance. In those days man gambled much for his oil. Many a vigious whale was encountered, many a boat stove in, and many a whaler killed but the traffic continued. To day the whale is hunted with fire arms from a larger boat and the attendant danger is thereby much reduced. The great animal has rather steady habits. He may be elther feeding, sleeping or trav- eling when seen from the boat that is after him. If he is traveling he continues in a straight line, coming up to the surface to breathe, or blow, at frequent intervals. If feed- ng he will “sound,” throwing up his great tail fluke and going down al- most perpendicular and staying down for a longer interval, coming up again to blow in the neighbor- hood of his dive. It sleeping, and he s seldom found this way, he lies quletly at the surface. The whale has practically no enemies excepting man and occasionally another “kill- or" whale, He picks his food from the depths of the sea. Consequently he needs vision in but one direction «—down—and he cannot see along the surface or above it. He does not seem to be disturbed by propellers or surface noises and if one can determine what he is doing and whither he is bound he is eagly approached. A boat can {intercept him if he is traveling or go to his neighborhood if he is feeding. After that he becomes a tdrget for the marksman at the whale gun and, though he is big, it takes quick shooting to get in a hit. Today he ia killed and towed to a shore sta- tion where the blubber is tried out and all of the oil taken from the fat and the well in the head, unlike the olden days when the ship was wsed for bolling out the oil, the whale being made fast alongside until all blubber was removed. All of which is by way of pream- ble to the “whaling” which our par- ty thought to indulge in. In the first place it is illegal to take whales un- less & method of disposing of them is handy. They cannot be killed and left. This, of course, handicapped us on the “Westward” somewhat as our field of activities was restricted to the neighborhood of a whaling sta- tion where we could sell the carcass it we were successful in our sport- ing venture. We made arrangement to sell our whale, if we got one, to the whalers at Port Holburn in the Aleutians. Modern methods of whaling had teen changed about somewhat by the sportsman who owned the West- vard. He wished to make a sporting proposition out of the whale game, instead of a business. Mounted at the bow, well forward, was a brass gun of between two and three inches bore. This gun shot a har- yoon with & loaded head. The flukes of the harpoon were tied down at the side with light wire so that it would penetrate more casily and, when the head exploded, they were anchoring the whale. Attached to the harpoon was 3,600 feet of steel cable wound onto a drum. A fric- tion clutch, attached to a ten horse- power gasoline motor turned this drum. The theory back of all of this was the same as will be found t-fishing circles. We were to our whale as a fish would be played with rod and reel. The motor would be constantly pulling sgainst him. If he got too strong for the motor the clutch which turned the drum would slip and he could take out line, even though drag of the clutch and motor was egainst him. As soon as he relented the clutch would again catch and allow the motor to retrieve line. All of this was theory, we did not get the necessary combination of whale and whaling station but once and we were not lucky enough to get an epportunity to place a shot that one time. Consequently the theory re- mained untested. It was with mingled pleasure and anticipation of dangcrous possibili- ties that the cry of “Whale Oh, She Blows” was received by the crew and passengers of the Westward at a point near one whaling station one day. All hands and Archy, the cook, rushed onto the forward deck to see what was up. A jet of vapor ‘went into the air about a mile off, then a large bulk rolled over and a big fin showed. Another jet and the big tail went into the air, indi- cating that the animal was feed- ing. “It’s a little fellow, a fin-back and just right for trying out our apparatus” said the captain and the chase was on. For four hours we fashioned 20 as to spring out thus: patrolled the area over which our “little fellow” (he was about 6§ feet long at that) was feeding, try- ing to guess where he was coming up next so that we might have our gun pointed at him and get home & shot. He came up about every gev- en minutes, Several times he was a hundred feet or so from the boat but at one side or another, so that we could not swing our gun upon him.. He was so close that the puf- fing of expelled breath and vapor was plainly pudible, we saw all of him many {imes he rolled past. Once it might have been possible to hit him but it happened that the gunner was looking to star. board for his #ppearunce. He came up to port maybe 60 feet oft but the heavy whale gun could not be swung in time to get “on" him. So we did not get our whale. ‘The big aquatic mammals were no oddity during the days we were in whatle waters. Their jets of breath and spray could often be secen a short distance off, and once we watched a cow and calf at play for some little time. In British Colum- bla waters we saw a gigantic sperm who looked many feet over 100 feet long, going on a course directly op- posite to ours. He was probably the largest one we saw. Incidentally, had we run into him directly in front of a whaling station he would have been left severely alone. He was rather large. for an experiment and he was of the family which fights at the drop of a hat. I was rather sorry that the thrill of getting a whale did not present itself and that we were denied a possibility of some interesting mov. ing pictures. But then, we might have entangled our propeller in the steel cable or been unable to keep away from the whale's flukes, Possibly it is just as well we did not hit one. CHURCH FOLK TAKE ANNUAL VACATIONS Dr. Hill on Pacific Coast—Mr. Greene Writes Book Church leaders in New Britain are spending their vacations in van- ous ways and under various circum- stauces, ranging all the way from the Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene who is writing a book in the soli- tudes of a New Hampshire camp, to the Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hili, who is making a tour of the coun- try. Rev. Mr. Greene is at his bunga- low, at Jaffe, N. H. where he is writing a book to be called “The Boy Grenfell,” on the early days in the life of Dr. Wilfred T, Grenfell, not- ed explorer. Next week Mr. Greene will return to Ney Britain for a brief stop on his way to New York where he will attend a conference at Union Theological seminary. Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill, who spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah, now is in Los Angeles, Cal., on his tour of the country. Rev. and Mrs. 8. D. Heininger and family are visiting in Grand Raids, Mich. On the way they stopped at Rochester, N, Y., where they visit- ed the Rev. and Mrs. Warren M. Blodgett, formerly of this city. The trip is being made by auto. Last Tuesday the family arrived at Niagara Falls where they remained until Friday, visiting a brother of the Rev. Mr. Heininger. Friday they\drove through Can- ada to Dearborn, Mich., and on Sat- urday to Grand Rapids, covering a total distance of 860 miles without as much as a single flat tire. Miss Elizabeth Lockwood, secre- tary at the First Congregational church, leaves today for three weeks' vacation with Miss Margaret Renton, on Miss Renton’s Willlamsville, Vt., farm “Sabattica.” From there she will go to Bretton Woods and Con- way, N. H., returning to New Brit- ain about the middle of August. Miss Gladys Shailer, deaconess at Trinity Methodist church, is visiting at her home in Waterbury, Miss Cora M. Graulich, director of religious education at the Meth. odist church, has just returned from a brief stay at Lake Placid. Edward P. Carter, sexton at the Methodist church, and Mrs, Carter, are on a_ motor trip to Crawfod Notch, N. H. Raymond C. Helsing, oganist and choir director at the Swedish Beth- any church will spend the next two weeks in Jamestown, N. Y. Lindy and Pacific Fliers Both Exchange Greetings 8an I'rancisco, July 14 (P—Capt. Harry Lyon and James Warner, navigator and radio operation re- spectively for the monoplane South- ern Cross of the Golden Gate-Aus- tralia flight and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who flew alone from New York to Parfis, exchanged com- pliments here yesterday. “Gentlemen, T congratulate you on the greatest flight that has ever been made up to this time,” said Lindbergh. Lyon retorted: “Why, it was noth- ing of the sort! Yours was the real fiight. Warner hastened also to deprecate the Southern Cross flight as com- pared with Lindbergh's. The meeting was arranged after friends of the fllers discovered that Lindbergh was guest at a club on one side of the street while Lyon and Warner were being feted at a hotel on the other. Bookbinders Endorse Smith’s Candidacy San Francisco, July 14 (P—The candidacy of Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York for the presidency of the United Btates was indorsed here yesterday by the convention of tht International Brotherhood of Book- binders. The resolution indorsing 8mith was introduced by Daniel J. Ahearn, of Paper Cutters Union No. 119 of New York. SPRING PIG CROP DROPS ‘Washington, July 14. (—Accord- ing to federal survey, the spring pig crop of the United States is ap- proximately 4,000,000 head, or 7 per cent less than the spring crop of 1927. A decreass in the coming fall crop also is estimated. We were four to your one.” | Sunday—10:45 a. m., summer community service will be held at the First Baptist church with the Center' and South Congregational and Methodist Episcopal churches uniting. Preacher; Rev. Willlam Ross. George Westerman, Jr., will tendes two violin solos. Stanley Memorial Sunday—9:45 a. m., morning wor- ship and church school, an informal service lasting an hour. The first halt hour censists of a prayer und praise service. ‘During the second half hour the children and young | | people meet for Bible discussion un- | der the leadersalp of the general superintendent O. A. Marsh, and the adults under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. R, N. Gilman. All are cordially invited. Thursday evening at Lake Com- pounce, Young People’s society out- | ing. Cars will leave the church at| 6:30 p. m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Holy | communion at 7:30 a. m. Morning | prayer and address by Captain J. J. | {Ellis of the Church army at 11 o'clock. German Baptist Sunday—9:30 a. m., Bible school. English service at 10:30 a. m., to- pie, “Stoned Onto a Throne.” The pastor will preach. German service at 11:45 a. m., tepic, “Unser Tacg- lich Brot gieb uns heute.” Tucsday—8 p. m., choir rehearsal | for the men. Thursday—8 p. m., midweek ser- vice in German. People's Sunday—10:15 a. m., praper in| pastor's study. 10:45 a. m., sermon “A Memorial of Purity.” 12 noon, Bible school. 7 p. m., sermon by Rev. Smith of the Emmanuel Gogpel church. Tucsday—3 p. m. Women's Mis- sionary Prayer band. § p. m.. class in pereanal evangelism. Thursday—7:45 p. m., praise and prayer service, followed by the post- | poned quarterly business meeting of | the church. 8t. John's (German) Lutheran Bunday—8:45 a. m., English ser- p. m., German service. Wednesday—8 p. m., quarterly vice. 9:456 a. m., Sunday school. 11| business meeting of the tion. Thursday—7 p. m., outing of the Men's society at Lake Compounce. congrega- Tirst Lutheran Sunday inorning service at 10:30 o'clock; sermon in English by the pastor. H Thursday afternoon. The Ladies' Aid society will hold a colfee soclal on the grounds behind the church. A program will be rendered. Christian Sclence | Sunday service at 11 a. m., sub- Jject, “Life.” Sunday school at 9:45 a. m, | Woidnesday evening mecting at Elm (Swedish) Baptist Sunday—10:30 a, m,, sermon by Rev. John Friborg of Oakland, Cal. Tuesday—8 p. m., the Mission cir- cle will meet at the home of Had- don Klingberg, State street. Thursday—S$ p. m., prayer ser- vice Second Advent ! Bunday school at 10 a. m., Sunday morning sedvice with sermon by the pastor at 11 e’clock, subje Benefit of Visiting the Sicl ing service with sermon o'clock, subject Exalted.” Wednesday—7 class. at “What Is In Thinc 30 p. m., Bible International Bible Students Ass'n Sunday—10 a. m.. to 2 p. m., vol- unteer service. 8 p. m., Bible atudy at the home of Charles Henry, 32 Diwight street, subject “His Name Eralted.” Wednesday—8 p. m. prayer, | praise, and testimony service. Friday—S p. m., Bible study, June 15th, “Watch Tower." Reformation Lutheran sisth Sunday after Trinity. Servic- | |es 10 a. m. The Luther league will ! meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock. | St. Matthew's Lutheran Service in English at 9 a. m., Mar- tin Theodore Steege, student theolo- | gist, preaching. Service in German at 10:45 with sermon by the Rev., W. I Schwolert, of Bayside, L. 1. ‘The choir of the Swedish Bethany church will sing Sunday morning. In the cvening at 6:15 o'clock the imale chorus will sing. MANY ARRESTS IN SPANISH PLOTTING Frontiers Guarded and News Is (Censored Guethary, France, July 14 UP— Border police officials say that num- erous arrests have been made throughout Spain to suppress what is termed a widespread plot against the government. All frontiers were under a strict guard today. Passengers on inter- national trains were being subjected to a searching investigation. Arrests were stated to have been made in Madrid, Barcelona, SBargos- 50, Oviedo and Orense. It was reported that a number of workmen engaged in reconstruct- ing the Theater Royal, which is near the royal palace in Madrid, had been detained for police investigation. All syndicalists were being watched closely, Censorship has been applied to all newspapers in Spain and none of them was permitted to publish any- thing about the affair. Madrid, July 14 (®—La Nacion, official organ of the government, says that rumors that the plot against the government has develop- ed into a movement of really grave proportions are untrue. The paper asserts the truth is that |a group of “impenitent, profession- al revolutionists” tried to foment an anti-government movement, *seek- ing to justify their action by many things.” They took advantage of a few dozens of illusioned persons and at the same time made use of the absence of King Alfonso in England and that Premier Primo Di Rivera had to go to the Canfranc pass for the opening of the international rail- way. “Despite the fact that the govern- ment’s announcement after the plot had been discovered was clear and of a nature to calm the people,” the |paper says, “commentators have |sought out versions of it, perhaps | with bad intentions, that are not in {accord with reality, but which never- theless have been spread about.” La Nacion adds, “Once again se- ditious purposes may be considered as having failed, and the country, warned in time by the government, as should always be the case, since the people’s opinion is the best and stances, may be assured that not the slightest risk of disturbance menaces i HOLMES APPROVES | SUMMER VACATION School Authority Believes Rest for Children Desirable Educators throughout the country are in disagreement as to whether better results would be obtained if children were to attend school 12 months of the year instead of 10 months and if High school pupils would show more interest in their work If boys and girls were sepa- rated. i Recently one of the country's | leaders declared that there would be less repeaters and failures, and bet- ter scholarg if school’s did not close | for the summer months and give | the children an opportunity of for- getting things they learnei at <chool. Following the publication of this opinion educators expressed various views. Although many agreed, they, greater number were of the opinion | that satisfactory work could not be ! done in the hot summer months and the enthusiastic manner in which the pupils began their Sep- tember's work would be missing. Supt. Stanley H. Holmes of the New Britain school system was | asked what he thought of the plan and he expressed himself as satis- fied with the present system which | gives pupils a vacation during July; and August. He said he did not | think it well for people to work all the time since there is much to be learned outside as well as inside | school. He believes pupils should be | left to take care of themselves dur- ing the summer, giving them more responsibilly. At a meeting of a sub committee of the school board recently the fact ‘was brought out that possibly bet- ter work could be accomplished if the boys and girls at high school attended classes separtely, It was pointed out that the primary pur- pose of the school would be carried | out with less outside distraction. Mr. Holmes said there would be “cutting up” whether the boys and girls were attending school togehter or in separate units, that the se- | gregation plan was old-fashioned, | and that the natural way for pupils most progressive force in these in- 10 go to school is to follow the way | people live. Preacher:—REV. Music: Violin Solos:—"In a Monastery ‘Ariso.”—Bach. — Jirst Baptist Church — Bummer Community Services Sunday 10:45 A. M. The Center, South Congregational Methodist Episcopal and First Baptist Churches, ‘Love One Another.”—Rieff. Visitors Welcome. PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF CHRIST Morning Service, 10:45—"“A Memerial of Purity” Second of the series of six mewsages on “Christ In the Secrificisl Offerings” Evening Servics, 1:00—Pastor E. Leonard Smith of Kmmaneel Gespel Church Olll speak. Sebject—"Costly Living and’ Cheap Religion.” ‘WILLIAM ROSS. Garden."—Ketelbey. Safiings Bank of New Britain Organized 1862 A RELIABLE TO OUR DEPOSITORS AND ALSO POTENTIAL DEPOSITORS: This being a strictly mutual savings bank, it being a bank without any capital stock or stockholders, the depositors are the ones vitally interested in its condition and progress and are, we feel, entitled to be kept fully posted as to the conduct of its affairs. Its prosperity is the de- positors’ prosperity and they alone are the shar- ers in the distribution of its net earnings. It is not our policy to continually acclaim the superior qualities of this bank — choosing rather to have the results of its operation speak for it than spectacular advertisements. It seems better to us to devote our careful attention to the safeguarding and investment of the funds committed to our charge, in a modest and quiet way, and secure.for the depositor the best pos- sible results. We paid on all deposits interest at the rate of 5%, July 1st, amounting to $510,006.47. We trust that this policy has been satisfac- tory to those who have committed to us their savings by becoming depositors here and that this J)olicy will alfpeal to others having funds for deposit and desiring to secure for them- selves the best possible results and a reasonable and liberal income upon such deposits. - We invite all such to use this bank as a place of dexosit and thereby become one of its owners. ny amount may be deposited from $1.00 to $5,000.00 over a period of three years—daily, weekly, monthly, or at any period—regular or irregular—that the depositor may wish. Deposits made on or before the third day of any month will begin to draw interest from the first day of that month and, if allowed to remain to the end of the interest period, will re- ceive such rate of interest as the earnings of the bank warrant, which now and for the past four years has been at the rate of 5% per annum. Interest is credited to each depositor’s account on the first days of January and July. The record of the operation of your hank for the past six months has been: Increase in total resources .. $1,122,586.42 Increase in deposits ........ $1,052,584.28 Increase in surplus ......... $70,002.14 The market value July 1st of the securities owned was $738,453.47 in excess of the value at which they are carried in the statement, and on the basis of market values the total surplus is $§2,162,325.01. Total resources ,........... $23,428.802.75 Total deposits ............. $21,904,931.21 New accounts during the period ... 1,124 Total outstanding accounts ........ 22,759 The subjoined statement shows the condi- tion of your bank on July 1, 1928, and in select- ing a place of deposit for your savings, your attention is respectfully called to this statement before deciding with which bank you will be- come affiliated. Most cordially yours, EDWARD N. STANLEY, President. New Britain, Conn., July 10, 1928, THE BANK OF AND MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK STATEMENT — JULY 1, 1928 ASSETS Loans on Real Estate .. ... $12,021,937.00 Loans on Stocks and Bonds Loans to Cities and Towns . U. S. Bonds and Securities . Foreign Government Bonds State Bonds ............ City and Town Bonds .. ... Railroad Bonds . . .. Railroad Equipment Certifi- Public Utility Bonds ... .. Bank Acceptances ....... Bank Stocks . Real Estate, Banking House Suspense Account ....... Deposits in Banks and Trust Companies and Cash . 942,347.00 110,000.06 1,420,477.1¢€ 2,272,516.92 51,600.00 2,066,808.18 1,143,020.0¢ 1,072,322.2¢ 1,592,986.25 152,301.44 260,412.00 104,460.0¢ §3.5¢ 217,560.94 $23,428,802.75 LIABILITIES Deposits ............... Interest Account ........ Surplus Fund .. .. Profit and Loss Account .. FOR THE $21,904,931.21 100,000.0( 1,250,000.0( 173,871.54 $23,428,802.75 DEPOSITORS o