Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1932, Page 22

B—6 NEW JERSEY GIRDS TO LEAD WET FIGHT 35 Delegates Prepare to | Press Plank at G. 0. P. | Convention. The New Jersey delegation to the Re- publican National Convention, 35 in number, will form a nucleus and, if necessary, lead the fight for the adop- tion of a plank in the Republican plat- form urging modification, if not repeal, of national préhibition, it was disclosed | today. Such a program was agreed to by Senators Kean and Barbour of New Jersey and Ambassador Walter Edge, former Senator. at a dinner here. The Republican State Committee is to meet in New Jersey February 26. At that meeting the committee will draft a comparatively brief platform declara- | whose properties, as dt | who have e: BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Specimens of a plant containing an obscure chemical substance which al- legedly enables human beings to see in the dark and which invests the whole world before the eyes in a strange bluish color, have just been secured by the Smithsonian Institution. This is the first importation into the United States of * this plant, which grows in Southeastern Columbia, and bed by those xperimented with it and watched its effects on natives and ani- mals, surpass anything attributed to the mythical plants of folklore. It was received the Smithsonian as part of a large collections of Colom- bian plants sent by & collaborator with the institution, Guillermo Klug of tion for the State and select a list of delegates to the national convention. That platform will tackle the prohibi- tion issue, demanding repeal or modi- fication, or both, and also other public problems. Platform to Be Wet. The prediction was made that the Btate platform declaration would be wet and that the delegation to the national | convention would go to Chicago pre- pared to do its utmost to have written into the national platform a similar wet declaration. There was no_intimation from Sen- mtor Kean or others who attended the conference last night that their pro- gram had the sanction of Presidert| MHoover. The New Jersey Republicans, | Tealizing that the sentimen: in_their | State is strongly against prohibit have determined to pro themsel no matter what the Republican na- tional platform may contain in regard to_prohibition. Senator Kean said, however, he had no doubt that the New Jersey delegation would support President Hoover for re- nomination. Hopes Other States Will Follow. The New Jersey Senator said he hoped that other State delegations to the Republican National Convention, 3ike that of Massachusetts, would fol- Jow a similar course on the prohibi- tion issue. He declared that if enough State delegations would declarz for some kind of modification or repeal of the eighteenth amendment there would be no question that the Republican na- tional platform would carry plank. He mentioned as possil porters of a wet plank delegatiol ‘Washington, California 7 consin. Michigan, Iilinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jerse hode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. With such an array, he d, there would be a chance for a modification plank. VIRGINIA FIRM GETS. PEARL HARBOR CONTRACT Will Build $148,000 Engine and Aircraft Overhaul Shop in Hawaiian Islands. The Newport Contracting & Engineer- ing Co., Inc., of Lee Hall, Va., yesterday was awarded a contract by the Navy for $148,000 for construction of an engine and aircraft overhaul shop at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This was part of a $256,885 public works program under the Bureau of Yards and Docks. McCay & Kirtland, Inc, of Balti- more, Md, was given a contract for | $6,770 for a fire protecti ystem and radio tower at Cape Hatter YLos Angeles firm secured a 3 tract for a helium and boiler plant structures at the Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale, Calif., a San Francisco con- | tractor getting a $30,500 contract for installing a sewer and - water systems at the Sunnyvale base. Modification of the mooring mast at Ewa, Hawalii, | drug plants used by the natives as stim- Iquitos, Peru, a local botanist, who has been especially interested in the various ulants. This plant is the yage, a very heavy jungle vine. One of the speci- mens received is described as a new species by C. V. Morton of the Smith- sonian staff. 5 Medical Use Considered. The Smithsonian Institution, of course, cannot vouch for the weird physiological and psychological effects attributed to the plant extract. Its in- terest is primarily in the botanical re- lationships. If the plant actually has the properties attributed to it by some South American observers, it might have a limited use in medicine and an even more noteworthy use in the study of the nature of human vision. Here is what Mr. Klug writes con- cerning it: 'he Indians make a vevi e_from SPECIALS Wear~-Ever New Draining Cover Kettle pre- vents scalding of hands. e 85¢ Wear-Ever 2-Qt. Double Boiler 25% discount on all and- jrons and fireplace fixtures. New Easy Wash- .50 ing Machine ... 59 upP Terms can be arranged Rudolph & West Co. 1332 N. Y. Ave. Nat. 4870 | brought a $2,400 job to C. H. Finlayson of Honolulu. Yordwaie Merchants Sigcs 1666 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1032 SMITHSONIAN GETS PLANT THAT BRINGS “LIGHT IN DARK" Possibilities of Putting South American Yage to Medical Uses Studied, Effect of Drug Described. elther the wild or cultivated yage, boll- ing it in a large earthenware vessel an entire day until there is formed a sort of liquid, like the sirup of sugar cane. ‘They add to the yage the leaves and young shoots of the oco yage or chagro anga (a closely related plant), and it s the addition of this plant which pro- duces the “Dluish aureole” of their visions. “These are like cinemat ph views, and occur after about a half liter of the drink has been consumed, in portions of an eighth of a liter each at intervals of half an hour. Thereafter the Indian falls into a profound sleep, during which he is in a state of complete insensitivity and anesthesia. During this period the subconscious activity: acquires enormous intensity. “The dreams follow each other with extraordinary precision and clearness, giving to the intoxicated person, accord- ing to the observations of missionaries, the power of double viston, and of see- ing things at a distance, like certain mediums in their trances. Experiments on Animals. “Upon awakening, he retains clearly the hallucinations and fantastic visions which he experienced m unknown' re- glons. Perhaps this drug has the prop- enyuld:veu the psychic faculties. son aiimals. Sith the yageina. ¢ 5 upon an! e an al- kaloid extract from the plant), which he succeeded in isolating, with the fol- has a weak dose of & few eentigrams per kilogram dmwhtmlmhh&un- treme tation is produced, and they animal runs in all directions. The body Dbegins to tremble, and the animal main- uilibrium with the greatest the yageina becomes a pol the animal loses its equilibrium, cries, falls into convulsions, its temperature is lowered and anesthesia becomes general. The same results were obtained with dogs, in which tomplete anesthesia without loss of vision or sense of smell was proved. “The small doses which Villalba tried upon himself produced a profound sleep and certain sensations of wellbeing. But this was very far from being the effect on the savage, for which reason Prof. Munos of Colombia employed 30 to 40 grams of the drink, prepared ac- cording to the manner of the natives. At first there was a slight stimulation of the nerves, similar to that of caf- xefi:e: then = slight dilation of the pu- pils. Called Fever Cure. “All exterior objects acquired & strange appearance, aureoled and of & blue color. Then came the most extra- ordinary hallucinations, resembling those of hashish, very magnificent, very terrifying. 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