New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1928, Page 7

Dol rs WS - Caa SCIENTISTS HAVE STRANGE TINES S Unosual Sights in Their Various Work Washington, June 29 (P—Unusual experiences as well as strange facts fall to the lot of far seeking sci-n- lists. Glimpses of such life are given in letters received by Dr. C. G. Abbot | ot the §mithsonian Institution, from the solar radiation observatory set up on Mount Brukkaros, in South West Africa, with the cooperation of the National Geographic society. W. H. Hoover, the director, and his assistant, F. A. Greeley, have lived on the top of this 2,000 foot mountain since 1926, making daxly’ Mmeasurements of the intensity of the sun’s rays, on which all life de- pends. Their nearest neighbors are Hottentots, 14 mileg down the moun- tain, and Keetmanshoop is 60 miles away. “We have just discovered.” says one letter, “that we have some of the large lizards on Mount Brukka- ros. One native boy killed on a few days ago which was four feet long. He said he had seen others which were very much larger. We shall try to catch one of the large ones and send the skin to you for the Smith- sonian, as I understand the large lizards are rather rare now " What would be a rather uninter- esting and only slightly irritating accident 1 a thickly populated sec- tion is greatly magnified in such an isolated region of almost endless sunshine. “We have been having plenty of experience in motor travel in this country,” Director Hoover “A ehort time ago I was returning home with a load of provisions, and just as T arrived in the middle of the Fish river (dry sand except after heavy rains) one of the axles broke “Well, the Fish river is 40 miles from Keetmanshoop and 20 miles from the mountain.. Our native bhoy was with me, so I sent a note to Fred, and he telephone to Keetman- #hoop for an axle. One arrived after a dav and a half. TIn the meantime T camped in the middle of the river Not a place 1 would choese for a picnic with the temperature abont 100 degrees and a sand storm most ©f the day." Amusements are likewise magni- fied by the environment. One day it rained, and the Fish river came down in flood, nine or ten feet deap, #0 the ohservers drove to the croes Cloge Saturday At6P. M, | relates. | ing and, after a lunch of tea and sandwiches, “donned bathing suits and proceeded to treat ourselyes to a swim in muddy water. DAVIS SAYS HE IS ] T0 SUPPORT SMITH ‘Sends Message to N. Y. Governor Extending Congratulations Houston, June 2% (P—John W. | Davis, retiring titular head of the democratic party by virtue of his |nomination in 1924, has sent a mes- |sage of congratulation to his suc- cessor, Governor Al Smith, pledging his personal support. | Mr. Davis, who is a delegate at large from New York, requested the Associated Press to deliver his mes- |sage to the governor at Albany. It follows: “In the hope that I may be, if |not the first, at least among the first to congratulate yourself and the party on your nomination, Tsend you this message direct from the con- | vention hall.” “You stand today the chosen leader of a great party ready to be {called to the service of the nation You carry the banner of honesty in |government, of equality of right and opportunity for all men and of that |righteousness in word and deed |alone which can make a man or na- tion great | “Your career as a public servant no less than your character as a man and a citizen arrant ta the |country that you more than | | will meet this great responsibility | “For any service T can render vour campaign I am at your com- mand | “JOHN W DAVIS ™ | Ten Placed Before the Houston, June 29 (P—The fol- lowing men were placed in nomina- tion for the presidency at the dem. ocratic convention | Senator W-iter F. Georga of Georzia Governor Alfred F. Smith of New iv,wx | Evan Woollen of Tndiana Representative Y0 A, Avres of enator 1 | Gilhert M Hitcheock of Nehraska Representative Cordell Hull of Atlee Pomerene of Ohin | Huston Thompson of Calorado. Jesse H. Jones of Texas James A. Reed of Mis a77 MAIN STREED Democratic Convention | TLET NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928, ; 7 S — — and mol-’lhc small and easily overlooked en- | years Jerry has met the crack Bos- | diner crew befor sented by the Limnoria, otric conpany by Uy | M luska, such as the Teredo, Bankia | trance holes. { ton-Montreal express at the Lud. | stopped. tesicd proleenive der | *|and Martesea. The Limnoria re-| All of these types may be com- |low statiou. The regular pa | p— dopurtrrens in y | sembles the woodlouse in appear- | bated successfully, the service has | gers have lcarned to look for him Interruptio s 221 accitienal ance, and destroys timber by gnaw- |learned, without any chunge in the | The diner chet always hae a choice heen redve ¢ ‘el 1 tae img interlacing, branching burrow: resent commercial methods of im- | hone for Jerry. : regnating timbers to in sea water, or just beneath the surface. When th be exposed | outer layer is washed away, a new any increase in surface is opened to attack and the | hazard either in the impregnation | senliy, work of paring down the structure process or in the installation of ‘Science Finds Way to Eradicate Vorkor e 'ar i the in 1 These Pes‘s ‘ The molluska, however, are bi- | tion to cost valves distantly related to the clam, the valves of their shells function- Tl.ain “ histle ('a“s Dog to R. R. Station i Washington, June 23 UP—If the 'M& as a highly specialized boring ship builders of ~King Philip had | mechanism. Their presence is more . D 1 | known as much about marine borers | difficult to detect than that of the ”‘T-mflfl\. Vt. June 29 —A—When By dint of hard fig maintained his concession exclu- sively, Other dogs ¢ tried to in- trude, but have fulled sadly. Jerry will brook 1o trespass in the neigh. borhood of the station by other | dog while awaiting the approach of the afternoon express, The home of his owner, Miss Nel- lie Keating, overlooks the depot Perched on the piazza, Jerry listens ting Jerry has slight addi- |in 1586 as the chemical warfare |Limnoria, since they enter the tim- | the whistle of the Green Mountain | cach afternoon for the familiar WORII'I | service of the army knows today, [ber as minute individuals and dig | 1IVer splits the quiet air of this \piere And Jerry knows his whie OO | SR i Ve valley each afternoon, | y1as Ot1 3 R the story of the Spanish Armada |burrows in which they grow, but (3 s | tles. Other trains he will not so . 1 » the best-kno i} eh 3 o might have been chafged and the | never enlarge the entrance holes, £ nown public canine | \yych 45 potice. |subsequent history of the world | The interior of the timber may be | haracter in Ludlow, knows h"h":’s In five years he has never missed Domestic IRikaL even hiave flowed s thraush | complately. honevsombied wlih these [0 Bolicen Sunalibment. itho husloiy, T8, IR0 AG IR S Eb Al Qifferent channels. | horers : ,?l derey, an airedals, in enjey- |, 50 F8 doctor’s care, for an injury ARV ELO US pEp | _As the record stands, many of their activity on the il e suffered in jumping to zreet the | o Tghedh - the 130 ships of the mighty Span- | y after day for the last five s : MINER, READ & TULLOCK |ish fleet sent against England in | 1588 went down in a storm off the coust, and it is known now that this probably was due to the worm caten condition of the hulls. More ships have been sunk by these in- sidious horers than by all the guns of all the navies, the dikes of Hol- land at times have been so weak- cned by the creatures that whole sections have given away, and nul- lions of dollars of damage to | wharves have been caused by their attacks on the wooden piling. At last, however, chemical com- pounds and mixtures have heen de- veloped which stop their activities, the most effective of which is a derivative of Lewisite, one of the deadliest of gases developed dur- | ing the World war. Mixed with creosote and used to impregnate Wood exposed to attack, this chlor- vinylarsenious oxide has been found 10 halt the borers even after they have heen given time to attain full growth and strength while riddling untreated strips attiched to the test piling. Other organic compounds | of arsenic, mercury and copper also | have proved effective, when applied | n the same way. The investigation to these discoveries, and is still fn | progress, was undertaken some vears ago, after the borers had de- | stroyed every timber structure in San Pablo Bay and Carquiney Straits, in San Francisco harbor, within four years after they began their attack, in 1917. More than 100 toxic chemical compounds have been tried. Creosoting the timber, meanwhile, has been the most sat- 1sfactory method of repelling the | borers, being eftective for at least 15 years, but the compounds which have proved satisfactory during the experiments have heen shown to he 25 {0 50 times more foxic | The creatures are of several |tvpes. including crustacea, repre- | ERRUP'S. o which has led Open Tonight "vt;«‘ ‘\Q‘& s Eat Until R 9 o'Clock ey Summer’s Most Favored Fashion DRESS ENSEMBLES 10 =415 At the Season’s Qutstanding Values! New models for wear where. ever Smart silks — flutterly chiffons —trim linens! Misses’ sizes 14 to 20. 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