Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1920

Thomas Guilfoyle, the purser, finding that beer was too scarce, cut off Zulia’s daily supply, but Zulia insisted on her brew. When she found it was not forthcoming she picked up her kittens and marched off the ship. 

Sailors know it is a bad sign when a cat walks off a ship. They hunted up Zulia and her tribe on the pier. They tempted them with milk, but Zulia held out for the “stuff with a kick,” Simspson declared. Finally a bottle of 2.75 was produced and poured into a bowl.