Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1926, Page 7

— SCIENTIST BACKS DARWINIAN THEORY Prof. J.firey of Harvard Says | Plants Show Evidences of THE _EVENING THE TIMID SOUL. i BANDITS SEIZE PAYROLL; SHOOT N STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, U.S. CONSERVATION DECLARED WINNING Director Smith Pleased With Co-operation and New Methods in West. AUGUST 18, 1926. tricity and broadening the flelds of its usefulness, and the executives who control the destinies of the larger ofl companies are giving more enthusias- tic support to thelr engineering staffs —and all this means to me that prac- tical conservation is winning out in| the use of all the great stores of mnatural resources in country.” Director Smith sald that “any one who feels concern about the present | status of the ofl {ndustry can find in certain ofl flelds abundant cause of ‘viewing with alarm’' and in others gratifying reasons for an optimistic outlook,” and continued: “The economic errors of the past Tnterlor In these ofl flelds thus have a large opportunity to aid in the spread of the best practices. and I was | pleased to note that this influence is | being exerted by our engineers. “Equally satisfactory, too, is the co-operative spirlt existing between the Federal engineers and the State the Western |officlals charged with the administra. |Place of employment tion of the State laws relating to ofl | {and gas. Such co-operation is abso- lutely essentlal, for measures aimed | &t insuring efficiency and safety in the | control of oil and gas wells cannot stop at any property lines separating | the furisdictions of Nation and State.” | Some large users of the telephone Girl Finds Mother Dead. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va.. August 15.--Mrs, Anne Michael, aged 55, was found dead in her home here yesterday by her daughter, Miss Dorothy, when she returned to her home from her The body was on the floor of the kitchen with gas turned on. - KIDNEY TROURLE Drink Hybridization. Springs Water Nature's Health Tonic Phone or Write for Literature American Waters Cornoration 933 Woodward Bldg. Phone Main Have You Seen It? “I have often wondered how they draw the whole wheat grain into those crisp, delicious shreds.” You needn’t wonder any longer. The unique process of making still persist in too many flelds, while elsewhere the progress in technique is so rapid as to promise Immediate betterment. The petroleum engineers representing the Department of the \ now avold the extra charge for over- time on long-distance calls by using | a sand glass to tell when their time 1s up. Caspar Milquetoast Shot and Robbed of $15 Paytoll hy Seven Gunmen Who Escaped in High-Powered Motor N VICTIN; ESCAPE N\ By the Associated Press. A five-week Inspection of mineral- leasing activities on Government lands In the West has convinced Di- rector Smith of the Geological Survey that practical conservation is winning out and industrial leaders are utiliz- ing new methods in the development of the country’s natural resources. In a epecial report to Secretary ‘Work, covering his observations of coal mining operations in Montana and Wyoming and oil operations in Montana and California, Smith said he was most impressed with the “‘more receptive attitude of the industrial leaders toward new ideas and new ways of doing things.” “In academic circles this is called the research attitude,” he added, “but in the fleld it is more the determined Br the Assaciated Prese ITHACA N L & Angust 1R — Da right in hie| to the origin of specles in | \ AN AV SURE AMD BRING HoMme #15 1N CASH TOor THE Coox, HER SALARY 'S DUE To DAy i concerned in th the International Co rion Plant Sciences here was informed to. Jeffrey of Harvard | peaking before the sec- | morphology on “Evidence | in Regard to the | Origin of the declared in- | vestigations at the university lab ratories give evidence that hybrid is largely responsible for the ecies of plants. | nian theory that evolu- | tion prozresses through the c af livinz things to adapt them: tion for From Austral i s sy o ey B 4 effort to lower costs. The adoption i ations has been under fire in e on o st} of loading machinery is cutting doven i rircles. Mutationists claim that varia- | e a:fl;‘:aorto!:nexpected levels, | § tians occur suddenly and without | h“k”ll)l : £ fapomer system ; apparent cause, rather than as a re- | s lowering the cost of elec- <ponse to environmental conditions. | —_— e Hybridization Is Noticed. | Hybridization, Prof. Jeffrev said. | has been found to be at work not | only among flowering plants, but also in numerous species of ferns. | Observations in New Zealand and | elsewhere, he sald, indicate a similar | WHEAT prevalence of hybridism in the | 5 3 is being shown this week at Southern 'misphere. samis| louses and apartments, fur- cane mosafc hich F. S . - o Mr:-v‘l:a':' v}:r:‘ . r::;“rf:rl m;\""' ol nished or unfurnished, city or SAN[TARY GROCERY (:(). Foundation at Washington told the | suburban. Also stores and of- section for pathology raues tonnase | fices: We Bave anivestablished) 1201 F St. N.E. 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