New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1925, Page 15

7 T3 THINKS. PIGHIES ONCE. CIVILIZED Tucson Explorer Gives Views on Little People Tueson, Arlz, Dec. 18 () — Whether the pigmy of Duteh New Guinea is evolving or degenerating tirst must be determined before it | may be classed as the link," in the opinion of Alber Tueson editor, who has seen creature, In commenting on the Smithson- | fan Institution’s expedition to Dutch | New Guinea, Rebel told of impres- sions formed whe e went with a Dutch geologlaal p. the | ty to the un- charted fastnesses of Sumatra In i918, Pigmles may easily be called “ape men,” he said, or their mode living is not mu C pes. Although his f cont the Bataks of interior Suma nost convinced him he had found the gap in the Darwinian hypothesis Rebel was amazed to learn the sav. ages once had known a comparative- ly high state of ization, as evi- denced by remnants of art and writ- ings in an alphabet known only to them, Rebel's party cstablished contact o pigmies of signalling, but ver able to a ach them, few gifts of trinkets were left on . The n morning they vere gone and jungle food was d Imitations ask for Horlic For Infants, Children, he Aged A well alonced, palatable, easily as- similated food that nourishes and up- builds. Use at meals, between meals, or upoan retiring, and whentired or hungry. Preparedat homeby stirring the pow- der in hot u. cold water. Vo cooking. 5 | habits of their forefathers , | matter of drink. *|to found in thelr place. In s manner many trophles were obtained, but when the white men came near, the pigmies took to trees Iltke monkeys. The habitations were examined and found to be nothing more than nests. As a result of his investigation, Rebel reached the bellef that the plgmies have been degencrating for centurles, until now they are barely above the level of the lower ani- mals. English People Drinking Great Quantities of Wine London, Dec. 18. (P)—Britons are reverting more and more to the in the The consumption of wine in this ecountry is on the decrease, stated in the report of the customs and exclse for the year which ended last March that 15,653,703 gallons of wine were consumed during that perlod. This was an increase of two | million gallons over the previous 12 months, The consumption of spirits s de- ereasing, there having been a drop of 6,000 proof gallons in home made spirits and 180,000 proof gallons of n epirits, ts say empire wines are in- creasing in popularity, A liquor from South Africa, produced from an old Boer recipe, is having an in- creased sale, Historic Army Orders Filed in Old Barracks Vancouver, Wash,, Dee, 18 (Pr— Copies of two general orders, one promoting U. 8. Grant from br t second licutenant to second lieuten- ant, and assigning him to the S enth infantr, and the other nouncing the death of John Quincy Adams, have been received by Col. Frank Morrow, seventh infant couver barracks. The copies were sent by G. M. Kniskey, an army veteran, who saved the orders from destruction vears ago at Fort Leavenworth. The order announcing t} death of Adams was signed by President James K. Polk, and was received by the seventh iInfantry while on duty in Mexico in 1848. That promoting Grant was issned September 30, 1845, , U. 8. A, at Van- AR-OLD HOUSE BIURNED M Dee. 18 - The Skiff hou ater known as Hollyholm, at Chilmark, a uilding known to be 235 years old, vas destroyed by fire early yesterday. The ho stood on the shore of Viney: und and was one of the oldest on Martha's Vineyard 255 YE d Hayen, It 1s | commander of the ! " | who seeks to ha (NEW YORK IS WIDE OPEN, TAMMANY LEADER SAYS But Can Be Closed Within 48 Hours If Proper Steps Are Taken. New York, Dec. 18 (#—New York city 1s “wide open” but can be clos- ed within 48 hours it proper steps are taken by police, in the opinfon of George W, Olvany, leader of Tam- many Hall. In making that assertion Mr. - vany has come to the ald of May clect James J. Waitker who charges the administration of Mayor Hylan |with permitting the entrance of or- Banized vice in an effort to discredit the Incoming regime. The charge has brought a show- |er of denials, defenses and demands for proof, and has revived the old |controversy between Mayor Hylan and Tammany Hall which has slum- (bered since Mr, Walker defeated the mayor {n the democratie primaries. | After Mayor Hylan had asked Mr, | Walker to h information of or- ganized la king, and the latter had replied that it had been given to Police Commissjioner Enright |some time ago, Olvany backed |up the Walker assertions with his own contention. | Police Commissioner Enright de- |nied that either t |matlon substantiating the charges. [Mr. Olvany asserted, however, t} during a recent absence of Mr. En right, he laid the situation before manded a cleanup, - LEGAL FIGHT OVER WILL ‘ e Son Clalms that Father's Subsequent ! Marriage Invalidated His Larlier Will, | Washington, Dec. 18 (F)—The | eontention that a will made before the marriage of the testator is re- voked impliedly by that act was raised in a petition filed yesterday in | the supreme court of the District of { Columbia by Emmons 8. Smith, Jr., et ide the will hington financier !who died December 6. The will con- tained a provision by which one- fourth of the £1,500,000 estate is be- queathed to the town of Lancaster, N. H The wil was executed in 1886, of his father, many years before the elder Smith's marria 1 provided that the town of Lanc r should have one- fourth of the estate, the remainder mayorelect or | | Mr. Olvany had furnished any infor- ing Commissioner Leach and de- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925. to g0 to the heirs. The Lancaster share was to be invested and the proceeds used for rellet of the poor, The petition of the son and sole sole heir claimed that will was re. voked Impliedly by his father's mar- riage to Isabel Quigley, August 12, 1806, and by the birth of the petl- tioner, January 2, 1902, Justice Haehling lssued a cltation for the town of Lancaster to show cause why the request of the heir ters of administration not be {ssued as though Smith had dled intestate. Pending decision of the questions the Commerclal Na- tonal bank, Emmons §. Smith, Jr., and O. J. Demoll were appointed | collectors for the estate. 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