Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 30

30 = DR. GIDLEY TRAGES ICE AGE WANDERING New Evidence, Putting Hu- mans in America With Mas- todons, Believed Found. mass of mastodon bones by C. P. Sin- gleton, who was continuing the excava- tions under Gidley's direction. ‘The expedition has resulted in & con- siderable amount of prehistoric skeletal material, which will be brought to the National Museum. This includes bones of what is belleved to be a hitherto unknown specles of prehistoric bear, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HOLD ASCENSION DAY SERVICE Rev. W. 8. Abernethy Delivers An- nual Sermon in Calvary Bap- THE EVENING D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 10, . 1929. IMME. EASTON CLOSES MUSIC CAREER IN U. S. Prima Donna of Metropolitan Opera Co. Makes Announcement Before Sailing for Europe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 10.— Mme. Flor- ence Easton, prima donna soprano of | the Metropolitan Opera Co., announced last night that upon her departure for STAR, WASHINGTON, in America. The singer, who is the wife of Fran-| |N SENATE BY M’KELLAR was “simply tired out. I have worked | « ” and worked and can see no let up, So| 10XPayers League” Accused of ‘Mme, Easton said there had been no disagreement with the Mtropolitan, tion in Mellon Case. in London, although she has no musical | BY the Associated Press. Jlans there, Ao O e P hat Mme.” Easten | Yesterday by Senator McKellar, Demo- was severing her rTelations with the | Crat, of Tennessee, to a letter which he manager of the Metropolitan, said he | circulated under the auspices of the had consented to a year's leave of ab- | American Taxp: League” which she will have closed her musical career “PROPAGANDA" ASSAILED cis MacLennan, tenor, explained she | I have quit for good.” Attempting to Influence Ac- but that she intends to make her home S R R R The attention of the Senate was called company, and Giulio Gatti-Casazza, | described as “anonymous propaganda sence for the sake of Mme. Easton's | called for the exoncration of Secretary ‘\l]legilly, because of his stockholding | regardless of what they considered the‘o{ the famous abolitionist during the interests. Senator McKellar, who was the author of the resolution authorizing the Senate judiciary committee, to make an inquiry |into the Tressury head's status, said intended to influence members of the Senate, Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, chairman of the committee, said “no | one knows the purpose in life of this so-called taxpayers' League,” and that | the letter was an interference with the | | rights of Senators to decide questions | |of law without influence from the | | outside. | | " “The question submitted to the com- | | mittee,” ‘the Nebraskan declared, “was a question of law. This letter is propa- facts in the case. It is just as improper as would be an attempt to interfere with the Supreme Court in a pending | Ma. decision. ton, D. C.: ssachusetts. seventh annual pilgrimage here. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, West Virginia and_South Washing- “It is an attempt to have members | Carolina were represented at the ex- the letter bore no signature and was |of the committee violate their oath of | ercises. Dr. J. Ma: elected vresi office. I am sure it will have no effect | upon any one.” o TRIBUTE TO JOHN BROWN./ Wreath Placed on Grave of Notsd‘ Abolitionist. | LAKE PLACID, N. Y., May 10 (#).— Sixty-five members of the National John Brown Memorial Association yes- | * 721 10th St. N.! x Barber, Philadelphia, iWas ident | ¥ i AUTOMOBILE, LIABILITY, FIRE, BURGLARY AND TORNADO INSURANCE THOS. E. JARRELL CO. Renltors BY THOMAS R. HENRY. New evidence of the co-existence of human beings in America with mam- moths, mastodons, tapirs, ground sloths 2nd camels has just been brought back to Washington by Dr. J. W. Gidley, as- socaite curator of vertebrate paleontol- ogy of the National Museum. Dr. Gidley spent the past two months excavating & coastal terrain near Mel- bourne, Fla.,, and among his finds is a cone-shaped bit of stone, about 2 inches in diameter, which bears evidence of human workmanship, and which prob- ably was the end of & stone hammer. It was found among bones of plels- tocene animals. Held Important Evidence. ‘This hammer head, Dr. Gidley sald, prebably is the most important evid he has discovered bearing upon & su Ject which has caused & spirited con- trcversy among Washington scientists for the past four years, since he first announced the discovery of a crushed hugan skull among mammoth bones. Hi# discoveries have led Dr. Gidley to construct & new picture of the migra- tions of prehistoric animals in North America during the great ice ages. The Florida terrain consists of three distinct layers. First is the anclent | sea bottom, a shell deposit easily dis- tinguished. . Next is & layer of sand, which washed in after’ the sea had re- treated. Above this is a surface of coarse, loose sand, swamp muck nnd‘ leaf mould, which is comparatively re- cent. Geological evidence shows plain- 1y that the second layer was laid down | in the pleistocene, or ice age period roughly from 30,000 to 100,000 years ago. At this time the fauna of the North | American continent was different from | the present and the skeletal remains can | be distinguished easily from those ol‘ existing animals. The second layer is | full of such ancient bones. But the discovery of human artifacts among them does not necessarily indicate anything, Washington anthropologists pointed out when Dr. Gidley announced | his discovery. “Explain” Findings. The practice of human burial is ancient. It was entirely possible that | some comparatively recent grave was | dug down to the pleistocene level. Others pointed out that the region long has been swampy and that some luckless human being might have been pulled far down into the mud by alligators. The finding of a flint spear head was | explained by the common practice of plunging a spear into the ground. Gidley insisted that if the skull he found was in a grave this would be indicated by disturbance of the layers, which were differentiated sharply. The | hammer head, a blunt instrument, could | not have been plunged four or five feet | into the sofl like a spear head, he points cut, and there can be little doubt that it lies where it was discarded by its owner. y It has been generally agreed by anthropologists that man first came to the North American continent from Asia by way of Alaska in comparatively Tecent times after the present charac- teristic fauna of the continent had been established. Many centuries were re- quired before Pflhe could have spread as far south as Florida. Gidley, on the other hand, insists that the most favorable possible interpreta- tion of his findings will place man in America long before this time. His remains were found among large de- posits of pleistocene bones and none ©of modern animals. If there were only a few mammoth or mastodon remains it might be interpreted as a late sur- wvival of lom:dol these animals into the modern period. As it is, Gidley says, he cannot es- eape the conclusion that man was here Jong enough before the present period to allow the Pleistocene animals to ppear. is, however, does not’ necessarily indicate a great antiquity, but might push the whole Pleistocene period further toward the present. ‘This usually has been dated by comparing geological evidence with the skeletal re- mains of the animals and concluding that the period came to an end when the creatures in a particular locality became extinct, without taking into ac- count their possible wanderings because of the ice. Lived First in Mexico. Originally, Gidley says, the mam- moths, mlzwdom and camels of this period lived somewhere in the present Mexico during the first glacial period. ‘When the ice retreated. they migrated northward, west of the Mississipp, | where they increased greatly in num- | bers. Then came the second glacial invasion, driving them south again. As soon as the.ice retreated a second time, they again came north in great numbers, but found that their ancient range had been rendered arid by the action of the ice. This drove them eastward across the Mississippi, in search of water, and pasturage, into Pennsylvania, Maryland and the pres- ent District of Columbia. ‘Then came the last glacial invasion, driving them south once more. When they reached the Florida peninsula, they | could retreat no further and remained | there until, by & gradual process ex- | tending over thousands of years, they became extinct. | tist Church. ‘The annual divine services to mark Ascension day was held by the Knights Templar of the District of Columbia at the Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and H streets ‘last night with the pastor, Rev. William S. Abernethy, delivering the sermon. ‘The Commanderies assembled at the New Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue and marched to the church headed by Gratz E. Dunkum, grand commander, and Rev. James Shera Montgomery, grand prelate of the grand commandery; Jesse W. Thornton, commander, and Rev. John C. Palmer, prelate of Washington, No. 1; Samuel T. Farmer, commander, and Andrew N. Ross, prelate of Columbia, No. 2; Charles W. Sherier, commander, and Thomas J. King, prelate of Potomac, No. 3; Willlam M. Bennett, commander, and Simpson B. 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