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New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Stones From the
JuraSSiC Seas

Among other things this schoolboy
learned that chalk or slate rock is the
country rock over wide regions of the earth,
and notably in Western Europe Our
American boys who are fighting in Northern
France will be able to tell US, when they
come back, a great deal about the practical
qualities of both for the trenches in large
part of Picardy and Champagne are cut in
chalk; while further to the west, in the
valley of the Meuse around Verdun and as
far as Nancy, the lines run over the slate
and limestone formations of the "Jurassic
period" or the time, millions and millions
of years ago, when the sea invaded great
areas of Europe, Asia and Western North
America, and the prevailing form of life
was the reptile which lived in the sea- This
the period, scientists also believe, when
birds made their first appearance.
Many of the animals of the Jurassic
period were of great size. In the chalk
formations which remain from these times
fossils are common. Fossils are the pre-
served remains, impressions or traces of
animals or plants of past ages. They tell
wonderful things about the history of the
earth to scientists who know how to inter
pret their meaning. Sometimes fossils occur
in vast numbers, crowded together in the
rock. And indeed the chalk itself is made
up, or was originally composed of, the re-
mains of minute organisms, tiny shells and
spicules (needle-lke bodes) that can be
seen only under the microscope.
The larger fossils, shells of molluscs, sea
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
Skeleton of Hespeorns huge bird which long

school work. 1t doesn't appear just what
had stimulated his interest. He may have
been reading some of Huxley's interesting
natural history lectures.
Anyway, "Pd like to see some of the
natural history things of chalk and slate"
he said to one Of the Museum attendants
The attendant told him of the grotesque
carvings of the Eskimos on boxes and totem
poles Of slate. "No,7 said the boy, 9" want
things found in the earth," and he was so
eager and earnest to find his specimens that
he was referred to DR.. Matthew in person.
The little chap spent a wonderful after
noon, one that he will remember all his
life. Yet any one may see all that he saw
and very much more, though DR.. Matthew
would seldom be able to give his personal
direction to the search.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

no authority could withstand the power of
a united body of men. Efforts, he said,
would be made to separate them.
"Whcn the officials come to take you
out of your Wings" he shouted "use no vio-
lcnce. Whether they take you out to-
gether, in groups or singly, 80 quietly into
the yard. Once there refuse to work. Nio-
lencc accomplishes nothing. Solidarity ac-
complishes all things. The watchword of
the worklngman throughout the world to-
day is solidarity. Say nothing, do nothing.
but stand like this" The speaker folded
his arms. "a man who commits no overt
act but stands like this, is immovable"
AS he spoke | thought of the thousand
soldiers outside. l thought of the thick
walls that shut these men in, and of the
barred doors between them and their fell
lows. | wondered what was the mvstor;or.
power by which the speaker and his lie
teners thought they could control tbor
own destinles. There seemed grim and
tragic humor IN the situation of these m.
turned faces, eagerly drinking in The word,
OF their interpreter. wondered if eithor
ne or they fully sensed the dire noss;b1;
'ies tha1 seemed so imminent to me.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
(Contlnued from page one)

no sense leader of these men. can
speak for myself however, and I think'--
here he raised his voice so that he could
be heard throughout the yard-"I think l
speak for many others in these silent
ranks when 1 say that our object in thus
seeming to oppose authority is that this s
the only way in which we can make articu-
late our demand to know what is to become
Of US. What, sir, is the government going
to do with us?
"I am a Conscientious objector real
ize tina. in thus separating myself from
this mass ! make myself marked man
among your officers I am willing to do
this, sir. If / can enlighten you, and
through you others, in regard to the mean
ing Of this protest. Ny own sentence hap
pens to be twenty years, but my case ls
only one. There are hundreds. Of men IN
this prison bearing sentences Of fifteen,
twenty and twenty-five years Il am not
now speaking Of objectors only) who were
new to military method and requirements,
and who committed offences for which the
peace time judgments would be only few
months. or az most two or three years. Are
these men 70 remain here for the rest Of
their lives?
Sir, the armistice was signed nearly
three months ago. The war is over The
government has already released l3 Of our
fellows. Has it not had time 10 investi-
gate the justice Of other claims? You
ask, cir, what are our grievances. an
swer that .his is our grievance. These
men, rs read them, intend no violence.
You see them here with their arms folded,
refusing TO work. That is the method Of
their protest. We ask, and we ask of you
because you are the one Immediately in
authority over as, what is our future? N
the remarks you have just made you have
cleared the air more than in your talks
Yesterday in the wings. A. least we may
now guess where you stand. But we rec
ognize that your authority Is limited. And
We wjsn our protest and our inquiry to be
carried over these walls and TO reach the
seat Of authority In Washington. We ask
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
A MOnenf0us
Decision

returned to the prison Offices with tbis
question in my mind. There learned that
colonel Rice, after sleepless NIGHT had
made up his mind. He called mo into bic
once and asked me to sit down. con,d
see at once that his struggle had been in
tense. He went quickly to the heart Of b;s
decision. He had enough force at bis
command, he said, to compel obedience
from every prisoner. "No one knows bet-
ter than H. he declared, what this might
mean, 1t might mean violence and it might
mean bloodshed. If these men were mere-
~ mutinous, l should not hesitate. But
This Is no ordinary prison uprising These
men have some justification, much iustif
cation, for their feeling Of discomfort.
know the approved military method Of
handling this situation; but I know. too
that we are in a changed world to-day.
The American people do not stand for the
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
X ansaS the Home
OF the MOsaSaur

On the fourth floor of the Museum, at
the head of the stairway near the elevator,
Is a nearly complete skeleton of one OF
these great reptiles of the Cretaceous
period. 1t is from the chalk beds of West
crn Kansas and is one of the mosasaurs-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

permanent grievance committee to be
elected by the men; and that this commit
tee shall have the right to discuss with the
authorities such improvements of conditions
as seem in the committees judgment to be
desirable "
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

this question and we adopt this method re-
cause we are prisoners and because this is
the only method known to US"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

This gives a total estimate of the tim.
which has passed since the Paleozoic era
of from $4,000, 900 to 0000, 900 Years and
geologists record eras still earlier than the
Paleozoic, which brings the possible age Of
the earth around a billion years.
On the basis of the above estimates our
mosasaur lived some eighty million years
ago, while the ichthyosaurus lived about
one hundred and fifty million years ago.
These figures are startling, although it il
improbable that they can be grasped by
even the most extraordinary human minds
To most of US they may at best serve
to give a greater balance and clearer per-
spective in considering the development Of
our earth and the evolution of its life
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, Of the
American Museum, honorary curator Of
vertebrate paleontology, is not convinced
by the radium estimates, which multiply
the age of the earth from five to seven times
beyond the geological estimates. Professor
Jolly, of the University Of Dublin, who re-
Gently visited this country Oh the British
Educational Mission, pointed out TO him
that there are not only great discrepancies
in the radium calculations, but that the ey-
dence based upon radioactive substances
points in the opposite direction, that is, tow
ard the more conservative figure of l0o-
100000 years based on geological evidence.
Thus the pendulum of the scientist
swings backward and forward, ard the
layman is apt to become confused Ger.
tanly from the standpoint of evolution Of
plants and animals. and the millions Of
years required to produce the extraordinary
fossils of the chalk and slate, we are dis.
posed to make very large drafts upon the
bank of time. Our schoolboy may have
known that Professor Poulton, of Oxford,
leading disciple of Charles Darwia, claimed
that 400,00o,o00 years was none too much
time to allow for the marvellous transform
atoms of animal life that have taken place
on the earth.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

estimates the lengths of the later eeo.
logical periods as follows:
Age of Man M (Pleistocene y. IL
Age of Mammals (Tertiary <.
- '''0'' VCi.'"'eouS J.. s5-l25
\Jurassic
Coal Era )Triassic
Permian ..u0--1S0
Pennsylvania
NMississippian
Age of Fishes & s;ivpiaa SevQn'an
Invertebrates. Ordoviciar 25o-aSo
(Paleozoic era) Cambriaa uIs'I.a"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-16

~T\RANKLY, I sdestep the ques-
~ ton Of how old is the e, earth"
h said DR.. William D. Matthew,
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The Washington times., 1919-02-02

He knows that the comet returns in it's season, as
surely the birds back from the South And that
IS all he knows.
Man is finite creature living in the infinite which
he hope to understand his savage state
in the millions of years from when the older
planets shall talk to and tell what they have learned
Life is and always will be worth while this EARTH
live and perhaps return here, thinking
lures take places because there will always be
something new to learn.
Meanwhile, your mind Contemplate the bigness of
the world as you look at the stars in the night.
Contemplate marvellous ittleness as you study the
field with its nest in the grass the her work
Pity the elephant big that nothing could attack him.
His brain stopped working because he didn't need to think
Pity the man that doesn't think
Pity the poor that he has no vitality left for
thinking when he has struggled against his hard fate
USE YOUR BRAIN. It is all that you have worth
while.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

and all the rest of the universe in definite unchangng,
wise plan.
It is overwhelming, puzzling universe. Man, who
calls himself earths proud ruler is little atom In the
whole big Using his feeble spark of intelligence
he hures from the cradle the grave he studies everything
he finite through his microscope and the infinite through
his telescope.
He the ant running up and down in his little vii
age working, organizing with his servants his fighting
armes his idle class waited upon by servants he even
lees this tiny ant creature owning other insects the apdes
f whom we have already spoken kept as slaves by the
nts who extract from them sweet substance get
milk from COWS.
Men cannot understand the brain of this tiny
hat works at his feet.
He drops his microscope for his telescope and looks
the great stars sailing through space with their planets
Man is much bewidered puzzled and bafHed by the
intelligence of the ant in the garden path as by the
that carries flaming comet through space
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

intensely busy and cannot hear the
clamOr Of the public,
But in the case Of the RoCA-vIlls
line the commission was not too
busy 70 allow the line to repudiats
4 local law Of the Maryland State
Le0islaturs. The legislature had
fixed 4 fare. The railroad company
unhxed Il. The Maryland commits
sion let them get away with It just
as II the State law had been passed
on by = court
And let me say, in passing, that
the commission may be right Il
MAY be. But As long as this old
United States remains q free eoun-
try It Is certainly due the PUBLIC
to give the public some eonHdera-
ton
Well, to resume, after turned On
the light, the Maryland OUTFIT grant
ed q hearing. to the passengers who
hadn't been able to get q straight
raply By mail The hearing was set
for January % in Baltimore, but
the railroad side Of the argument
failed to appear.
Whersupon representatives Of the
patrons suavsly suggested that the
commission might feel like having
the hearing at Bethesda, where Il
could see the road, observe service,
condition Of cars, etc, and where
patrons could be present. The COM
mission, apparently having its back
up q trifle over the misnnderstand-
ing whereby street car people failed
to show ris for the hearing, prompt
" aequiesced and docketed the
hearing for next Tuesday at Be-
thesda, Nd This is the first time
the commission has ever held q
hearing in Montgomery county, ! am
told.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

Having refused to listen to the
plant Of the Rockville lire passen-
gers until the light from this column
was turned on, the Public Service
Commission Of Maryland has an
nounced a hearing for next Tuesday
at Wilson's Hall, Bethesda.
The only precedent for this gigan-
tic earthquake which thus disturbs
the slow and measured tread Of the
Maryland commission is that famous
excursion of Mahomet to the tabled
mountain.
The Rockville line has been doing
queer things with the fare PROPOSE
tion for long time; and NOTHING
came Of any attempt to get the Mary
land Public Service Commission in
terested until a blast from this bugle
awOke them. I am told by q mem
Der Of the committee Of passengers
Of the Rockville line that after max
ing an engagement with the COM
mission the committee made the trip
to Baltimore, but found the olfica
door locked. However, by carefully
surrounding the office and prying
into all kinds Of hooks and crannies
they found an unguarded entrance
and wormed inside and found an Of.
fetal carefully hidden in some far
OF corner.
He was surprised and panied to
see the complaining passengers.
How did YOU get in?" he asked.
BY stealthy work" replied the
chairman, or words to that eject.
?
All Of which shows that the public
gets very little out Of . combination
where the utilities commission is
asleep or busy. The great alibi Of
such commissions is that they are
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
Scott Circle Danger!


/ drive a car and can see the rea-
son for caution at this place, but if
all drivers would keep close to the
right hand curb, going around the
circle, as the law calls for it would
make it better for all concerned. l
see any numbers of autos cutting,
the circle and by hugging the left
curb, they tie up all traffice In all
directions, for the past week from D
to 6 p. m. l have noticed a police
man out in the roadway trying TO
regulate things, but he seems handl-
capped by the utter lack Of co-opera-
tion or ignorance Of the regulations
by the majority of drivers.
Regulation of Traffic Around
Circles"
Section 35, Article p.
A driver passing into a circle or
intersection of more than two ~
streets. shall, in his progress, FOL-
LOW the right curbs nearest the
building lines, and at a speed not
EXCEEDING eight (S) miles per
hour.
Now this evidently is not known,
but the officer stationed there last
week told me four out Of ten ma
chimes that came around the circle
and "cut the curb" claimed they
did not know of this important rule.
RUSSELL BONNER.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

the ant powerful in its work, with the huge less
efficient brain of the elephant Above them stands the
brain of man. superior because it study the other
two.
The gigantic face that the artist adds his picture
is symbocal of Natures power ruling and directing
the infinite and finite the big and the little of this
mysterious universe.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
What's the Point 70 This'

One hundred and forty-Eour dol
Jars a month is not a small salary.
Skilled laborers and some clerks in
the GOveTnmsnt service get less than
that, and watchmen and laborers in
the Government service get less than
half that much.
Il Is true that motormen and con-
ductorS work longer hours than most
Government employees. II is also
true that their work is mostly out
door work, and therefore much
healthier than that Of most Of the
Government workers.
SQUARE AND FAIR.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
From the Editors Mail

reasons for wanting to get my dis
charge, one Of them being the need
for me at home. I have read that
II a soldier could give good reasons,
he would be let out, but my expert
enee has been that It is impossible to
place your reasons" before anyone
who can and win act on them.
LIMITED CORPORAL.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

What we call the universe spreads upward and
outward infinitely in bigness downward infinitely in
lttleness.
The ant, examined under the microscope by
science attacked by parasites smaller than ITSELF and
those parasites are machines infinitely complicated
than any machine ever made by man.
The artists idea is to contrast the tiny brain of
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
SQUARE AND FAIR.
when VIM Beauty Hold Fun Swayl

II it takes the q. s. Government
ten years to do nothing toward i'm
proving the general appearance OF
the plaza and vicinity from Delaware
avenue and B street to lie Union
Station, how many years will Il take
the railroads and private enterprise
TO make the said promised improve
ments? OF course, nothing can be
done at present owing to the erec-
tion OF dormltories on the plaza, but
the question is when will the beau
tifying improvements be started and
finished! ID. R. b.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
Clean IInI

It would Be q grand thing if some
one in authority took a look at H
street between First and Second
streets northeast. It Is about the
filthiest spot in Washington, accord
ing to CHARLES PEAKE, 912 SeY.
enth street northeast.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02
Let the Limited Service Man Go,

am one of the limited service
boys, anxious to get back to my job,
which will have to be filled soon, as
the rush season is about to open, and
it will be quite impossible to carry
on the work without some one to i'll
my position. l could have asked my
firm to demand my release, but I've
felt that my part in this great war
was very small and that it was up
to me to let the fellows who have
made all the big sacrifices get out
first, therefore ] decided to carry On.
Besides, have several other good
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

Down at the Rialto the other night
VIM. NICK. CLAYTON enjoyed the
"Spender" from the fifth row center.
Good picture: some theater. Heard
lady say: "That music was great;
but, OF course. you don't appreciate
it." WOW! TOM MOORE could run
taxicabs down that center aisle.
CONGRESSMAN ROYAL JOHN
SON, who enlisted in the army, and