Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1914 — WAR STOPS TALKING APES [ARTICLE]

WAR STOPS TALKING APES

Prof. Garner In War-Bound Rotterdam With Two Giant Chimpanzees on Hla Hands. Baltimore. —With two giant chimpanzees, which he claims are capable of holding an ordinary conversation with him, Prof. Richard L. Garner, of thiß city, Is stranded In Rotterdam on his way home, after several months spent in the African jungles, where he made a study of the monkey “langU&£6. Prof. Garner sent a cablegram to hla son, Harry E. Garner, here, who has arranged to supply him with funds to London. He is not anticipating any trouble traveling with the monkeys, according to his message. Entirely cut off from the world, Prof. Gamer made exhaustive studies of the habits of the simians in five visits to the heart of Africa. His discoveries have startled scientists.