Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1931, Page 10

A—10 CATROLS 0 DEFY NEW MEXGAN AN Archbishop Ruiz y Flores Says Secret Masses to Be Allowed. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 23.—A new law restricting priests in the state of Vers, Cruz is to be ignored by the Catholic church. Archbishop Ruiz y Flores, apostolic delegate, contends that the law is unconstitutional. If priests are ejected from their churches by state authorities in accord- ance with the provisions of the meas- ure, he said, they are authorized to hold masses in secret. The bishops will not appoint the 11 priests allowed by the law, and if the government appoints them the bisnops will withhold their sanction. See Some Remedy. “I believe there will be some rem- edy,” he said, “but I don’t know what it will be. When a state passes a law, it is difficult for the federal government to_prevent its enforcement.” Dispatches from Vera Cruz said a group of about 70 men and women staged a street manifestation against the church and went to the District Court, where they demanded that in- Jjunctions concerning the law be not granted to priests. They were told to submit their request to civil authori- ties. Other Demonstrations. Several hundred agrarians in Ori- zaba protested the restrictions embodied in the measure on the grounds that they would be prevented from attend- ing mass. Similar demonstrations for and against the law were reported from Gutierrez, Zamcra, Sanandres and Tuxtla. REMOVE PERMIT SECRECY Power Commission Will Notify Congressmen of New Projects. Senators and Representatives here- after will be notified immediately when - permits or licenses are sought from the ower Commission for power projects in their districts. ‘The new rule adopted on motion of Commissioners Draper and McNinch was regarded in commission quarters as an effort to reduce the secrecy which has surrounded much of the Federal agency’s work. In the past only the Etate Government and municipalities concerned have been notified. This ‘was required by law. Special classes for stammerers are be- ing established in Reading, England, | schools. At Glen Echo. A strange variety of slave-holding ant, first discovered in the District of Colum- bia 35 years ago and never seen here since, has just been found again near Glen Echo, Md, by Dr. Wililam M. Mann, director of the Zoo, and Dr. Willlam M. Wheeler of Harvard Uni- versity. Thi; insect is known as the harpa- goxenus, an Aricrican representative of the “degenerate slave makers.” It is a small black ant which raids the nests of a smaller and more pacific variety, carries away its pupae, tends them until they fully develop, and then makes slaves of them. Dr. Mann, who has made an inten- sive study of ants here for the past 15 years, was unable to find them until he and Dr. Wheeler ran upon a nest in a hollow twig. In the immediate neigh- borhood they found several other nests. Doubtless the insects have been around Washington all the time, Dr. Mann says, but are so hidden and inconspicu- ous that they can be found only by a rare accident. Other Varieties Warriors. Bince the original discovery~here the existence of the insect has been con- firmed by finding a few nests in other parts of the country. The harpagox- enus, Dr. Mann pointed out, is of espe- cial interest to entomologists, because it represents a condition of increasing de- generacy, due to living for countless generations off the labor of its captured slaves. Other types of slave-holding ants devote all their efforts to fighting, maintain an efficient “military organ- ization,” and are ready to go to war at any moment. But the harpagoxenus has lost most of this spirit. It is not a “soldier,” and fights only during a raid on a nest of its victims, who often put up a hard fight to save the pupae from capture. Sometimes a harpagoxenus will raid the nest of the other ants, kill or drive away the queen and the workers, and take posession of all the pupae. These ap- parently take kindly to captivity, once they have evolved into full-grown ants, and go about their imposed dutles with no signs of resistance. They will even help their masters make other raids on their own relatives. ‘The leptoth ants which are raided, Dr. Mann said, appear to be quite com- mon. They nest in hollow twigs or under bark. The harpagoxenus ants live in a nest the greater part of whose | inhabitants are their slaves. Hard Taskmaster. Except when on & raid, the harpa- | goxenus spends its time just “laying around.” It rouses itself only to de- mand food from the slaves. It is a | bard taskmaster. The slaves, Dr. Mann | | says, spend much of their time licking the bodies of their lethargic masters. Travel bargain every Saturday! 257% Reduction in 30-Day round-trip fares to Ohio-Indiana Illinois and other sections of the Middle West, including Pittsbur, Toledo » Chicago Louisville Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louir Tickets good on all trains For details, telephone District 3300 D. L. MOORMAN, Ass’t Gen'l Pass. Agent, ‘Woodward Bldg., 15th & H Streets, N.W. 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C, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931 Ants That Own Slaves Rare Harpagoxenus, Found in District 35 Years Ago, Rediscovered by Zoo Director SOUTHERN CARRIERS ASK FREIGHT BOOST File Petition in Alabama and Ad- dress Similar Plea to Other State Regulatory Bodies. By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 23.—All Southern railroads operating East of the Ml.ulun;gl River yesterday filed a petition wi the Alabama Public Service ion asking for a hori- zontal increase of 15 per cent in freight rates. Similar petitions were addressed to The harpagoxeni, it is explained, are born to a life of luxury. Before a fe- male is ready to lay her own eggs she enters a leptothorax nest, kills off the older ants, and forces those just emerg- ing from the pupae state to attend to her own new-born. Masters and slaves are brought up together. But now and then a spirit. of adventure stirs in the blood of the younr; harpagoxeni and shey go off on raids of their own to secure more slaves. These often result disastrously. With the rediscovery of these ants found 1by persons |, on the lookout for them. S BRITAIN HONORS WALES, 37 YEARS OLD TODAY Congratulations Pour in to York House—Anniversary Spent Quietly. By the Associated Press. LONDON. June 23—The Prince of Wales, England’s royal bachelor, awoke today with the realization that he was 37 years old and that the world had beaten a pathway of congratulations to his door. Literally thousands of telegrams and messages of felicitation were heaped on the table at York House. Among the | first personal greetings he received were | from King George and Queen Mary and other members of his immediate family. He treated the anniversary like an ordinary day. 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