New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1928, Page 7

EXPLORERS 0 T0 | ARRICAN JUNGLES 1 American: Party to Seek Cradle| | of Mankind There Cape Town, South Africa, July 20 -American explorers are to brave | the dangers of the unknown Kala- | harl desert in the hope of finding | || the birthplace of mankind. | The party, headed by Dr. C. Er- | nest Cadle of Denver, anthropoelo- | gist of the Colorado Museum of | Natural History, Dr. Will J. Cam- | eron, Chicago dental expert, who is sponsoring the expedition, and Pro- | fossor Richard L. Mannen, geologist of the University of Texas, is meet- | ing several leading scientists of | African universities at Durban and ‘iPort Elizabeth and is then proceed- || ing to Tonges. || From there the sclentists will set | [1forth into the unexplored heart of the great desert which lies in British Bechuanaland between the Zam- besi and the Orange rivers, and which they believe is the unspoiled cradle of the human race. Their | supposition is supported by the re- | cent discovery at Tonges, on the | edge of this vast territory, of two | prehistoric human skulls, said to be the oldest yet found. “I believe that in the desert we thall find oursclves face to face | with prehistoric people and animals of the Stone-Age type, projecting | themsclves right into our modern | period,” said Dr. Cadle. “Africa | has undergone no glacial changes | such as have from age to age come over the rest of the globe. She 18 now, as always, the lavish mother, nursing and feeding primitive man, | | fn a mild and temperate climate, | with food bountifully within the | reach of his hand. He can live all | his life without having to move be- | yond a mile of his jungle home. | That is why T think Africa is the | natal place of humanity. | “Asia, where some people place | man's beginnings, has in my opin- | fon, always been’ altogether foo in- | hospitable to cradle the race. But | In Africa we find today the entire | history of the race unfolded, fr8m primitive to agricultural and pas- toral tribes, and so on, up to the aeme of modern civilization.” Three years ago Dr. Cadle pene- | trated the fringes of the Kalahari | desert. There he found humans at the lowest end of the human scale, [ iving slde by side with the highest types of anthropoids. These bush- | men are not blacks, but have yel- low skins like Mongolians and a cast of countcnance combining Mon- |mollan and Negroid characteristics. Disease and deformity are unknown to them and there are no mental | defectives among them. “Some of the anthropoids walk | ke a man,” relates Dr. Ca- | ith their arms touching the ground. The humans, on the other hand—the bushmen and pygmies who are the ‘pure hunters' of the | race—have arms which are eight thches longer than those of civilized man and when they squat on their haynches their bodies touch the | gréund behind, and their ape-like arms trail on the ground. Surely | this i significant that somewhere pear dwells so-called missing link."” _ It 18 this strange ape-man—the smissing link—that Dr. Cadle and Ris fellow sclentists hope to find among the fierce Vaalpenas tribe in the desert. They are a bush| tribe of small people, but not pyg- mies, and have never been seen by white men, although the Hottentots | and the Bechuanas know of them end report that they are a wild and treacherous pecople. I The expedition, prepared to stay | two years, is supplied with up-to- date equipment, including two motor trucks fitted with caterpillar trac- | dren, g | there followea WARDEN SNOOK VERY ILL 1‘ Inquiry Into Attempted Escape From Atlanta by Mail Bandits at Standstill Pending His Recovery. Atlanta, Ga., July 20 (P—Inquiry into the unsuccessful dash for free- dom of two notorious mail robbers was at a standstill today at Atlanta federal penitentiary, while Warden John W. Snook, who collapsed after |interrogating prisoners, was at his home “a very sick man.” Six convicts remained in solitary confinement. They were Roy Gard- ner, California desperado; Joe Urbaytis, Toledo's “million dollar" wail robber; Earl Carrigan, Oleve- land. mail train bandit; John Boyd, Philadelphia and Boston mail rob- ber, and John Andrews and his son, Mike, both convicted of mail rob- bery in New Jersey. All were long term men. The attempted delivery occurred Tuesday night, when Gardner and Urbaytis attempted to climb an fm- provised ladder over an inner wall during an exercise period. They drew guns when discovered and fought a short battle with tower | sentries before being captured. One guard was slightly hurt. HALF MLLONTO BEPAIR TENPLE Japan Holds Impressive Restora- : " tion Geremonies Tokyo, July 20 (A—With impres- sive ceremonics, the golden imag of Kwannon, godded of mercy, h been removed from the old As: kuso Kwannon temple to 8 te® porary building where it will aaid. until the old temple is repaired. Twenty-four priests and €0 chil- bed in gorgeous kimonos embroidered with rich Buddhistic ornaments, escorted the image in a solemn procession, the chanting the sutra to the accom- paniment of religious music. Be- hind the priests and the children several thousand worshippers of the golden goddess. The Kwannon image is said to have been discovered by three fish- ermen more than 1,200 years ago when they were hauling in their It was placed in a small e and later in a temple which | royed by fire. The pres- sent Kwannon Temple was built by | the third Tokugawa Shogun {in 1641-1651. The temple was badly damaged during the carthquake of 1923 and half a million dol#rs will be expended in repairing it. Persons from all over Japan make pilgrimages to Tokyo to peti- tion the mercies of the goddess. Copper coins offered by visitors to the temple total about $85,000 an- nually. The temple operates a hos- pital, schools.and various organ- izations for young people. Two American Divorces Granted in Paris! Paris, July 20 (UP)—Two Ameri- can divorces were reported today from Paris courts. Mrs. Mary Joyce Shonnard was granted a divorce from Horatia Sey- mour Shonnard. They live in Oys- | ter Bay, N. Y., and were married at | Andover, Mass,, July 30, 1910. 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