Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 20

20 DINOSAURS' RULED SUPREME ON I1SLE Reptiles Recently Brought to Bronx Zoo Trapped by Bent Trees. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 15.—From fhe world that once was—a world over whose unfinished surfaces crawl- | ed great scaly monsters, and | whose air was filled with winged terrors well nigh as formidable as any described in the puges of n thology—there have come to New York two ambassadors As befits creatures of such ancient lineage, they arrived here on a de luxe ocean liner with no less a per- ®onage than a professor of Smith Col- lege to act as their spokesman and, guide. and although the mayor's com- mittee for reception of distinguished guests overlooked thelr coming. they were welcomed by a distinguiched | roup of citizens including Raymond | . Ditmars, authority on reptile life, and others capable of understanding and appreciating the strange visitors. then were housed in quarters | they are attended by persons ke a study of catering to their and who will spare no pains to keep them in good health These creatures, who already have received thousands of visitors at their 2 barred embassy in Bronx 3 eminent au- thorities to be the undisputed mon 8rchs of the great lizard family. Their &cientific name is Varanus Komodoen- gis the Varanus coming from their membership in the mo lizards. known as t the Komodoensis heing due to the fact they were discovered on the Island of Komodo in Dutch *alaysia. Other wise they are known as giant moni tors 1 1,000,000 Years Old. The age of the Varanus Komondoen- #ls family is. according to Mr. Dit mars, a matter of theoretical conjec. ture; but it is placed by sclentists among what might be called the “F. F. C."" or “first family of creation Tt is surmised that these ambassadors who jook disdainfully upon us’ and | our upstart civilization. can claim a lineage running back about 1,000,000 vears Tt 1may seem strange that the ex istence of this extremely ancient family did not beeome known to the scientific world until about 12 vears ago: that natural histories and books on rentiles recognized as authorities . Va Sy ‘ Jand this general security carnivarous dinosaur. laysia, before setting out for the little isiand of Komodo, they engaged a band of natives to act as servants on the most important phase of the trip. One Harbor on Island. | According to Mr. Ditmars, there is | one good harbor on the isiand where, according to the few cxplorers who have touched upon it. the tide sets in at a furious rate which tends to discourage its use. It was there the party made their landing and pitched | camp. Soon after their arrival specimens of the Varanus Komodoensis were shot by members of the party, whom, it is said, were amazed to find in tthe creature’s stomachs, the heads and | ! eer. Mr. Ditmars expresses the opinion |that this creature could not capture a deer except by taking the animal y surprise. Even then it is hard to jerstand how this scaly marauder can seize ch fleet-footed prey unless it be that small deer on seeing this dragon-like thing coming for become so paralyzed with fear they are unable to run away @'he party found the rare creature |inhabited the mountain sides, where, lap rently, he was absolute monarch. p there he was capable of holding his own against any four-footed thing probably and that somewhat duil-witted to trap. made him casy i % . Simple Traps Used. The Burden party set out to trap these creatures by the old method of bending small trees down and secur- ing them so that they would remain THE . SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER By the Associated Press. ‘ NEW EBBITT HOTEL L b ed Provident Hotel Corporatlom:::' S G Purchases Structure at {as important parts of his equipment, | will arrive in this country October 1 . 19, 1926—PART 1 Bishop of London, Armed With Clubs And Racquets, to Visit U. S. Colleges have been made for him following a call on President Coolidge and to visit the University of Virginia and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. OFFERS MUSIC COURSES. Scaly monster landed in New York after c: Komodo in Dutch Malaysia. He is believed to be a descendant parts of the bodies of pigs and small | them | The New Ebbitt Hotel. at the south- west corner of Tenth and H streets, | opened early this year by the manage- | ment of the old Ebbitt House at| Fourteenth and F streets, has heen | purchased by the Provident. Hotel Corporation . for a consideration e ported as approximately $600.000. it was announced yesterday by Augustus Gumpert, president of the corporation The property was acquired from the Howard Etchison interests, who buiit | the hotel, it was stated. Mr. Gum- pert, who was manager also of the 51 Ebbitt continues as manager of the New Ebbitt. No change in the policy of the hotel will be cffected as a result of the change in ownership. The corporation’s other offi 2 Jarrell, vice presider Henry White, sccretary The hoard of directors “Reptiles | comprises Leonard P. Steuart, A. H.| Plugge. James (. Hayle and L. Whit ing Estes. The hotel building has 11 floo; is of fireproof con: apture on the Island of of the ing to Mr. Ditmars, about 150 pounds each in weight. Their method of attacking prey said to be similar to that of the Var: nus Salvator, a species of monitor also | found in the Malay Archipelago, and { Thomas E attaining great length, but nowhere | Wil |near the weight of the 1 Komodoensis. Tn his boo of the World,” published | & Walton € A | describes this cousin of the pair th: { have just been placed on exhibition | He writes: Chis powerful brute is partial to | the jungles. Few sportsmen have | been " through such’ country without | occasionally being startled by the rush !af a monitor ahead. making as much | noise as some hoofed animal as it | tears its way through the under | growth e is Uses Terrier's Methods. | “Its feeding habits are typichl of all the species. The methods of at tacking a small animal resemble more | | the actions of a_warm-bloodec animal | than of a reptile. Rushing for the | ill-fated creature at a gatt rapidly | overtaking 1t, the lizard scizes the{ prev and shakes it in the same violent | fashion as a terrier treats a rat. 1f the animal's struggles become 20 vio- lent it escape rendered possible | the reptile holds it to the ground un-! der its strong claws—as long as those | of a fair-sized leopard—while the jaws | take a better hold. Then the shaking | process is renewed.” After slaying his prey. however, the monitor swallows it in the most ap-| proved reptile fashion The monarchs of their species that | are now being cared for and studied | in the Bronx Zoo have shown huge, | capacities for ‘fowl, and efforts have | been made to tempt them with eggs. | | Church Tenth and H Streets. i’:;;n:-a-lk Christianity to college stue The 68-year-old bishop bel closer contact can he established with | the younger generation through meet- ing “its members in their games. Despite his age, the is said to play well. The bishop, who is making tour, will arrive in this counti Canada. His tour arranged national council of the calls for talks at nu colleges. He will visit Ames tural Colleze in lowa on Oc and then will visit successiv following institutions: Towa State University orthwestern Un of Michigan.' F Brown, Trinity. Hartford, ¥ mbia. the University and tentative h latest hostelry ‘conve: brick and s out, w Tt is of limestone, ction. Negotiations for the sale were conducted through Mr. al estate offic both tennis and golf Episcopal | of Penns; arrangements ain no reference to it en today, Mr. Ditmars, { of the Bronx Zoo. said until the dragon-like thing wuld come along and loosen them { there | by seizing the little pigs are probably ne other examples of | creatures that would be this species in captivity in efther | hait to the trap. On seizing this bait Europe or America; and there are | member of the most ancient probably but two mounted speci- | family would he jerked into the air by mens in museums—one of these being |a noose caught about his head on exibition in Lngland and the neck. and then would begin a battle other in America. Furthermore. as |Lstween the prehistorfc and the far as can be asceriained. there never | present. have been in the past any specimens | The ancient monaich of the island o ,{1’4,("'}',;"”9_""“‘“'”‘.’” captivity. | would hiss furious curses upon the B me | species known as man. His sharp lizard glant | curved teeth would te bared and 1,.* haur Ative | jnighty tail, which served ). m as a Th t | club, would deal terrvific blows AT byt tions. But the human il b W s e B jumph in the end and R sl L T mighty thing would find the only spot swhe - ',‘r Soribfio- helpiess inmate of a cage ient | o heavy stecl wire. Sut the primitive was not always Py conquered o easily. One ol thcse precipitous | goyians ripped off the top of his cage men seldom | the night after his capturs and is ! how. in al probability, high on one {of those mountain siopes congratu {lating himse!f in prehistoric fashion ],”mn his escape, and vowing he will tear the next human being who comes his way limb from limb. It is said who is curat or used as 4 its the failure of o A the once | imself a bheen ween—i all island barely 22 miles | miles in width. with shores on which white have ventured Island Is Primitive. Persons who have read much fiction 2hout the Sonth Seas—and most persc ave read such fiction— | :h"“m 'f,,fw,, Sl A | that “members of the party saw an Bcourged sca. A place whare PReoN Lother captured varanus komodoen §BAG. aniibes ot ““ L& mAkUne: | BN If at a horse. and tear o i e ey e primitive. | poor creature o frightfully that It had e Tost Aworls A e {to be shot. ‘}\E‘:n"l‘:n@n\‘j“]v‘] hene Sreutures must | During their stay on Komodo the a couple of \op for ages: and it took | members of the Burden party shot a fo anle of New York society folk to | number of these creatures and cap. £0 Into their lair and dragz out the | tyred nine alive, but they brought Eprcimens we now can look upon | back only the two largest they had Th'v;’\vwdnw- Which fetched these | been able to discover. These are more g% was arranged by William | than 9 feet_in length. and. accord- Rurden. whose father other | the | 1 Ordinarily monitors are very fond of | enjoving crocodile eggs among | eties. ! entrange of the keeper ge of these warlike things suggests some legendary character go- ing after a dragon. The keeper car- | ries a heavy wooden shield, made .es- pecially to protect him from the snap. | ping jaws if either heast should sud- deniy hurl itself upon him. Even eo. | the visitors from the world that once | was have geveral times shown what | { they think of the world of today by | . |aiming healthy blows at the keeper with their big. scaly talls Dutch Farmen Progressive. 1 Because Holland is an agricultural | { nation the exceptional progress made | | there in agriculture since the war has | [atiiactontivine lintice: | 'Tits hrasises buy the bulk of thelr materals, in- cluding seed. fertilizer and equip- ment. on a co-operative basis and two-thirds of their crops and dairy | products are handled through co. operative agencies. Milk is sold on | the percentage of butterfat it con- |tains and this is having an effect on | the productivity of the herds. Rum Candy Brmgs Anests VANCOUVER, B. C., September 18 (). —Bootleg chocolates have emerged in British Columbia’s latest liquor problem. Police announced they would prosecute five leading confec- tioners in Victoria next week for sell- ing the chocolates. alleged to contain liqguor. which can be sold under the law only by government liquor stores. Tames — Was host to the Prince of | ving the Prince’s visit to] ] : « said i rden. became in. | ing 2 hr of the! 2 e decided he would | ! one or more of them and bring | } ack to New York. so he organ. | 2 which consizted of him. | Burden. who was formerly | Mise l\a(] erine C. White, daughter of | forme: « Horace White. and Prof. | F. R. Dunn of Smith Coliege. 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