Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 54

THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. - HSH “DIG" MUB ] YOUNG OFFICIAL HOSTESS GRAVES T0 LIVE 1 #Animals and Plants Take Steps to Cope With Long Droughts. A “drought” extending over a period | ©of several weeks greatly affects the life of man by destroying his crops and ns, yet in certain parts of the ‘world, & drought often lasts for one or even two years. Since long periods of * dry weather are constantly recurring in such reglons plants and animals, :hafih‘ ny‘l “':x;ow 50 to lpe;‘kn v‘vh-l expect an e steps accordingly As the naturalist knows, the fish of #he tropical rivers are examples of this eare, for during the “dry season” their nh_hyl!ul environment, the water, van- . Before this takes place, however, animal burrows deep into the still llqnid mud and there they are speedily made prisoners, for the mud gets baked ms hard as bricks, so only when the gains come is it possible ror them to mz:.:u- Xr:e;:hom The African L one of these. “surllnl itself up so that the tall eovers the snout, and exuding from the skin & quantity of slime to keep the walls of the closely-fitting cavity moist, this fish,” biologists say, “can survive desiceation for six months and longer with ease.” A still further provision must be made, - however, for this pro- Jonged and inescapable fast, it was pointed out, and takes the form of an accumulation of fat around the Kidneys and other internal organs. Bhould the dry season be prolonged s0 #s to exhaust this fat-store, the animal then draws upon the muscles of the uu after the fashion of tadpoles. Certain other fish, which have to tnee . this ordeal of being temporarily buried alive do not breath by means of the air | bladder, but by especially develo] eavities in the gill chamber, which be! richly supplied with blood vessels, serve 2s respiratory organs. The Indian climb- ing-perch and the serpent-heads be- have after this Il;h:gl‘l "Au sullfmn:e nflflg,tu le of ptation of ma- rine life wn;gnmmn- of environment is the catfish, which, savants say, spends séveral months of the dry season in epen burrows, from which it emerges at mc and squirms about in search of crooodllu and alligators, as well nuny species of water totoise, as the yivers dry up, burrow into the mud, ‘where, mofl ln by the sun, they must remain ti Of all v.ho hnu-dwu.len one would that the and toads wnlld tracted drought, for their slimy require a constant supply of moisture, yet several species of frogs and toads of Central Australia display almost in- credible powers of resistance to these I'ylnu conditions. With the approach the dry season, it is said, these ani- mnls store up bladders full of water and close themselves in great spherical chambers & few feet below the surface. In these living graves, many species of Australian toads and remain in I state of coma over of 12 to fiil lants, the eactus, perhaps, is cactus, he top s cut off -na the pulp ennrnsd with l -u:x. it will produce several cups of ALASKA BIDS ADIEU TO ARCTIC AIR HERO Bodies of Eielson and Borland Will Be Sent to Seattle by Boat. By the Associated Press. FAIRBANKS, Alasks, March §— Alaska bade farewell today to Carl Ben lson, who abandoned & prospecitve esmr and became the flying bcm Arctic. moxmmnmlflnrnnd his mechanic, Earl Borland, borne in nhm with funeral drapes, yesterday from Ruby, nnrkluth.ndnlm fht from North Ca s m;ht m’}n 'rilln. Allaka, Lo the otorship Nanuk, icebound * of Siberian coast. Ole Eielson, father of the fiyer, was the landing fleld to meet the aerial lfes, accompanied by the elder Eiel- -n and Mrs. Borland, to Seward P‘rm there they will go to luu.u by steame OFFICERS ASSIGNED. Lieut. Col. Parker Transferred to California Guard Duty. Lieut. Col. Hugh A. Plrker 25th In- fantry, at Nogales, Ariz, has been or- dered to Presno, Calif, for duty with California National Guard; Lieut. L. Edgar King, Medical Corps, now = has been ordired to Fort China, liss, Tex.; Lieut. Col. Norman L. Mc- Medical Corps, from Brook- , N. Y., to Governors Island, N. Y.; 8, 5. 'lhomu J. Smith, Ordnance, from War Department to the Picatinny Dover, N. .1,I Maj. Courtney nning, Ga.; Maj. A!aundgr J Stuart, from the War De- the Picatinny Arsenal, N. ,: Maj. James D. MacMul- Coast Artillery, ‘from Fort Monroe, Vs, to San Francisco, for duty with the California National Guard; Ma)j. Yheodore K. Spencer, Infan ©Omahs, Nebr, to Fort Adams, ©Capt. Leo Donovln Infantry, from the Kansas City, Kans.; \pt. ml H. Parsons, Coast Artil- from Fort Monroe, Va., to the est Point Military Acldemy Capt. enneth M. Moore, Eng Philippines; Capt. H. W. 5::, Fleld Artillery, from Fort Sill, to Lincoln, Nebr., for duty with omnu-a Reserves; First H. Wilson, Enginee: v!n' Ky, to § % with the Sout] National @Guard, and First Lieut on_ P. Echols, Pleld Artillery, from: the -Vir- fa Military Institute, Lexington, and t Lieut. Herman M. Jones, Field Artlllery, from the Iowa State College, @&t Ames, to the West Point Military Academy. Lieut. May- from Louis- for duty JLEANA IS SPORTSWOMAN. RSHALL, MRS. MAI Elton L. Marshall, solicitor for the Department of Agriculture, living lt the Clv jer. —Cunedlnll Photo. UNUSUAL MARRIAGE CONTRACT COLLAPSES IN ALIENATION SUIT Husband Loses Case Against Father-in-Law as Co-Ed Wife Refuses to Speak to Him. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 8.—The marriage | of two University of Chicago students, in which they signed a contract agree- ing to restricted social and economic claims on each other, has collapsed. The breakdown of the unusual pact |ing the signed by Leo Dolan and vnmm. Roth before their marriage September, 1928, was aired yuhrdny ll\ Bupeflcr Court where Dolan lost an_alienation- of-affections suit against his father- in-law. The agreement, introduced as evi- dence in the trial and entered into in an attempt “to foster and preserve the it love which now zxm.u." evidently ell far short of that mark. At the ,end of the trial Dolan told the court he was not really after the money (he sued for $50,000) and merely wanted his wife back, but the young woman refused to speak to him and left the court room on the arm of her father. Judge Michael L. McKinley in direct- jury to return a verdict of “not guilty,” said it was “the most out- rageous contract I have ever heard of.” He called it & “mere companionate marriage by which you assume all of the benefits and none of the duties of a husband.” Dolan denied it was a rnmramonnhe marriage and insisted cverything would have worked out all right if his father- in-law, Edgar Roth, architect, had not interferred. PHANTOM SLAYER EVADES DETECTION Dusseldorf Police Receive Letter Telling How Killer At- tended Dance. By Cable to The Btar. DUSSELDORF, Germany, March 8. — | The police of this old Rhenish city |c were aroused over the latest exploits of the phantom ‘“Dusseldorf mur- derer,” with the receipt of another letter from him describing his visits to Dus- seldorf dance halls disguised in & wom- an’s clothes with such good effect that he even danced with a police lieutenant. ‘The writer of the letter deplored the fact that all the girls in '.h! dance halls were so well their escorts or mothers that he was umble to obtain | drum. fresh victims. Experts who examined the letter said it exhibited traits by unknown saults with intent to kill. Most of his were women, some of them lit- tle_girls. In their wide search for clues to the killer, the Dusseldorf Detectiye Bureau, aided by specialists from Ber- lin headqua: have questioned ap- ately 8,000 suspects. The police received some 10,000 letters in by eonnecuon with the case and of these 4,000 cast suspicion upon persons whose names were given. As the result of being burned on the hand by hot tar, W. D. Stark died re- cently at Queenzieburn, Scotland. CLOWNS FLOURISH. LONDON, (N.A.N.A).—This is the season when the clown comes into his own. In Lonaon he is flourishing at Olympia, where Bertram Mills’ cele- brated circus is holding the arena, and he also is to be seen in numbers of suburban pantomimes. Few know that there is a spot in the center of London that might well be christened “clown’s corner,” for it is ‘;llce of all pantomime and circus folk on their way through the clty It is on the east side of Lei- Square, where, if one has ruence he will be sure to see many Interesting “pros,” from the old favo- rites of 40 years ago o the newest recrult on the road. Here comes Harry Paulo, the oldest clown. He s 83 and began his career at Cremorne. Another veteran is Mrs. Evans, mother of a famous comedian, Will Evans, and she is just as clever at knockabout fun as any male tumbler; and there also is a lady who 30 years ago was world champion on the side- (Copyright, 1930.) SAVAGE WASHER & DRYER EXCLUSIVE SPIN-RINSE, SPlN DRY A Factory Representative Will Be Here All This Week to Demonstrate These New Filmograph Movie Cameras and Home Projectors $1 () each Actual films will be shown of movies For Spring C., MARCH 9, 1930—PART Coming—Our 34th Anniversary HE HECHT “F Street at Seventh”—National 5100 We have your type .« « « We have your color . . . There’s nothing left to wish for by way of style . . . boleros, short or long sleeves, capes, lit- tle jackets . . . the smartest things one can imagine. There’s everything one could want in fabrics . . . silk or rayon prints, plain crepe or georgette. The newest colors, in plain shades and prints. Sizes 14 to 48 Pifth floor, the Hecht Oo. 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