Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1937, Page 32

B—8 CARVING OF SNAKE PUZZLES SCIENCE Ivory Relic on Exhibit Here Was Found by Dr. Hrdlicka in Alaska. ‘The scaly ivory head of a snake or lizard found buried deep in the frozen #0il of Alaska may indicate an ulti- mate Southern origin for the primi- tive population of North America. The strange »elic has iust been placed on exhibition in the royer & the National Museum by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Smithsonian Institution eurator of physical anthropology, and constitutes an outstanding archeg. logical conundrum. It maker was one of the old “ivory eulture” people who preceded both the true Eskimos and the true Ine dians in this part of the world. They were the earliest Alaskans and un- doubtedly came to the New World from Siberia. But, Dr. Hrdlicka says, the maker never could have eome into contact with such a reptile elther in Alaska or Northern Siberia. He never could have sculptured so accurately purely from imagination. Two Conclusions Possible. Only two conclusions are possible, he says. Either the ancient migrants to the New World brought with them a strong tradition of an ancient Southern home in which such rep- tiles may have abounded, or some emigrant from the South came among them. The latter hypothesis is high- 1y improbable. ‘The reptile head is a prized part of the exhibit arranged by Dr. Hrd- licka to illustrate his annual lecture this evening on his nine summers of } intensive archeological work in the Far North. The public is invited to | this lecture, which will be held in the National Museum auditorium, Many Articles on Exhibit. In addition, the exhibit contains hundreds of articles obtained from the graves and habitation sites of ane of the most remarkable primitive cultures ever uncovered. There are artificial eyes, finely carved ‘‘por- traits,” snow goggles, an amazing variety of knives, adzes, axes, spears, arrow points, kitchen and eating uten- sils, seats, etc. Among the choice articles obtained by Dr. Hrdlicka last summer are a number of battle shields earried by the ancient Northern war- | riors. These were richly decorated with symbolic designs. One of them carries marks where it was struck with two arrows. In his lecture Dr. Hrdlicka will tell not only of his finds this summer but of the entire cultural complex which he has uncovered in the Far North and its bearings on American archeology. “GAS PIRATES” ROB SHIP’S SAFE OF $800 Fraces of Odorless Fumes, Appar- ently Used to Keep Man Asleep, Discovered. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, -Nov. 4.—The theft of $800 from the safe and offi- eers’ cabins of the British freighter Avoncliff, docked in the Delaware River, was reported yesterday by B.| H. Sobleman & Co., shipping agents, The company told police the rob- bers boarded the ship while Capt. Thomas Owen, his officers and 36 members of the crew were asleep and apparently released an odorless gas in an attempt to prevent the men from waking. The chief officer and chief steward said they awoke with headaches. De- tectives assigned to the investigation reported they also found evidence of the gas. Two men on watch declared they had seen no one board or leave the ship. e T SHERIFF ACQUITTED Colorado Jury Frees Officer Who Admitted Poker Game. ORDWAY, Colo., Nov. 4 (#).—A jury acquitted Sheriff Henry (Hank) Adam of Crowley County of gambling charges yesterday. The sheriff had admitted playing in & “nickel-ante poker game with some old pals” in the back room of a Crow- ley, Colo., pool hall September 23. Prosecution witnesses, testifying they saw the game through the pool hall’s back window, included the Rev. D. P. Ramey, Presbyterian minister. 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ETWEEN June and Septem- ber more distressed travelers reached Washington than in any other period of the city's history, according to Mrs. Margaret Ford, executive secretary of the Trav- elers’ Aid Society, one of the 64 Wash- mgton agencies supported by contri- butions to the Community Chest. “Every year the number of persons needing help from the Travelers’ Aid shows a sharp increase during the Summer,” said Mrs. Ford, “but this year we reached the unprecedented high of 3,656 in the single month of July,” about twice as many people as come to us in the ‘normal’ months of winter.” “ Lowered train fares, the fact that children are out of school, better times, which gave people the hope that there might be a job for them some place if only they could travel far enough to find it, were given by Mrs. Ford as the reasons for this increase in pover- ty-stricken or bewildered travelers. Figures of the society for the past six months, submitted to the Commu- nity Chest’s volunteer Budget Com- mittee, show that almost 12,000 trav- elers have been served during this period. In many cases only advice or information were needed, but over 2,000 needed either relief or some other specialized help. Of these 2,000, almost half were children who were traveling alone. Old people and ill }Zeople traveling alone numbered over 00. In constant touch with almost 2,000 agencies in this country and 500 for- eign agencies, the Washington Trav- elers’ Aid is able to locate out-of-town relatives rapidly, return children to their parents in other cities, investi- MRS. MARGARET FORD. gate promises of jobs that have lured men away from their legal residences, and in countless other ways give ‘Washington visitors the help that will prevent them from becoming perma- nent burdens upon the city. 0ld House Condemned. 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