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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-31
Watch Grange,

Philadelphia, Oct. 81 Pl-"Watch
Grange" was the warning of Uni
yersty of Pennsylvania supporters
today as Penn and Illinois football
l,ams prepared TO take the field to-
,.ay in game that had an import
ant bearing on the drive of the Red
and Blue toward Eastern champion
snip honors.
So Grange was a marked man on
us first appearance in the East,
Int that has nothing new in the life
If the Illinois phantom back. He
las been target for tacklers ever
since the stories of his feats spread
beyond the walls Of the urbana
adium. Today, however, he met
one of the best defensive teams ever
developed at Pennsylvania and one
,.hich has been pointed to stop the
.nrusts of the great Grange.
Penn Is Favoritc.
PENNSYLVANIA ruled the favoritc
,l-spitc the loss of two of its star
hackfield men, Al Kruez and Paster
Fields, both were injured in the Chi
raro game last Saturday and were
unable to play today. The loss of
l>ruez, regarded as one of the best
tullbacks in the east, was the most
serious handicap TO the Red and
Blues chances of maintaining its un-
defeated record. To replace Kruez
Coach Lou Young had carefully
Croomed Zip" Young while Jesse
Douglass, whose two touchdowns
won the Cornell game last year, was
primed for Fields position. These
two players. while not considered
is strong on the offensive as Kruei
and Fields. were expected to fill
the gaps commercially.
The Middle Western invaders ap'
reared in fine condition, with tht
exception of Charlie Muhl, star enc
who was injured in practice thi'
week and was unable to play. Coacl
Euppke. while declining 10 predic
The outcome, said he felt confiden
mis- men would give good accoun
Of themselves.
Field Not Too Good.
Zuppke seemed disappointed owe
The weather conditions and so di,
Captain Grange. A heavy, wet snow
which fell nearly all day ycsterda,
and until late last night made tn
playing field soggy. Zuppke feare'
A soft field would decrease the ef
fectivcness of Ais All-AmericaI
back.
The attendance estimate was 81,
600. Hundreds of rooters from til
University of Illinois including
160-piece band and Thousands q
Illinois alumni from all sections c
the East were on hand.
The game was scheduled TO stal
al . n. m. with the following line
ups:
ILLINOIS PENNSNLNANl
Kasel .........-....''' Slllgt
Left End
y Mariner ..........-..,.. Willso
Left Tackle
ShiNely .,,............'. tlI
Left Guard
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-31
THE WEATHER

Hartford, Oct. 3 Forecast
for New Britain and vicinity;
Fair and nc quite so cold to-
night; Sunday fair and
warmer; diminishing north-
cast winds becoming variable
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PENNSYLVANIA

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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

great numbers That sea teaned with
fishes of many kinds, affording unlimited
food. 1t was an aquatic paradise, in which
the hesperornis had to fear only the
monstrous nosasaurs, somewhat resem-
bling our modern notion of sea serpents.
The tech of this swimming ostrich
were manifestly an inheritance from a
rcptilian ancestry. They resembed the
teeth of replies in pattern, and in the
manner Of their insertion in the jaw
i. C., in a groove, and not in sockets.
All of the birds we know today are
believed to be remotely descended from
reptiles. 1t is supposed that certain
species of ancient lizards adopted habit
Of leaping from tree-branch to tree
branch, and that eventually they devel-
oped wings, their scales being transformed
in the course of time into feathers.
Even now in Borneo there exists
species of lizard called the flying
dragon" which has wings spread on a
frame made Of its outwardly-extended
ribs. In the forests it may often be seen
in numbers, fitting from bough to Dough.
About nine inches long, it is adorned with
all the colors of the rainbow; no butter
flies surpass it in gOrgeousness Of hues.
PLUCK a chicken, and you have a rep
tile" says DR.. Stejneger, Of the Smith
sonian Institution. Scientifically consid-
cred, bird is distinguishable from rep
tile only by the fact that it has feathers;
there is no important difference in ana
tomical structure. Whatever has feathers
is a bird, and whatever has scales is a
reptile
modern bird of northern South
America, the hoactZin, has, when young,
strikingly reptilian characteristics. II
has claws on the ends Of the bones
which correspond anatomically to finger
and thumb, and uses them TO help in
climbing about on a tree. For a while
after leaving the nest it crawls on all
fours These peculiarities disappear as it
grows; but the progress from the reptile
like archaeopteryx 1.-THE earliest known
bird, barring the two already mentioned)
to the thrush of today is represented by a
few weeks in the life Of the hoactzn.
Nature is constantly trying new things.
Thus, at the same period that witnessed
the development of the earliest birds, she
was making another experiment with
flight, illustrated by the stegosarus stenops
which, with huge bcaks, hollow bones, and
great spread Of wings, were so light in
proportion TO size that they fitted about
like moths. Some Of them had a wing
spread Of twenty-five feet, and they must
have been vastly numerous, judging from
the quantities Of their bones that have
been found in the rocks which represent
the sediments laid down on the bottom
of the vanished sea.
That experiment does not seem to have
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

of seal) were land animals once upon
time, and even now they resort to the land
when the breeding season arrives.
The enormous mouth of the hippopot-
anus is needed to serve as a sort of food
hopper. So vast in bulk, the creature re-
quires immense quantities of aquatic
vegetation for its adequate nourishment.
Gathering in mass of water-weeds, it
squeezes the water out and gulps it down.
Ia order that it may lie at the surface of
the water, hidden from view, and yet be
able to look around, its eyes have moved
to the top of its head. Which last remark
applies also to the crocodile and the
alligator.
The most ancient snakes walked on four
legs; but they were able more easily to
capture prey by crawling sinuously close
to the ground. Hence in the course of
time they lost both fore limbs and hind
limbs, their bodies lengthening, with an
accompanying development of muscles for
the new method of locomotion. If the
skeleton of python be examined, it will
be found that its ribs terminate in little
clawllke processes, which, though beneath
the skin of the living serpent, are used
like feet to help it crawl. In some species
of snakes are bones that are plainly rem
nants of ancestral legs.
Perhaps in the future the world VIII
have many kinds of animals hitherto nom
existent Conceivably man (if nature
does not wipe him out altogether) may
develop into being far superior to the
human standard now recognized as high
est mentally and physically. The book Of
nature is a wonder book, and the story
of evolution is the most fascinating Of
romances.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

years ago. A later form had three toes,
and was about the size of goat. The
so-called "splint bones" on the sides of the
lower legs of the modern horse are rem
nants of two of those toes. Today the
quadruped walks on the middle toe-nail
(of each FOOT, which we call the hoof.
We are accustomed to think of the
camel as an Old World animal, but it like
wise originated in America, doubtless
migrating to Asia by the land bridge
already mentioned. There was time, in
the epoch of the five-toed horses, when
(as proved by their bones found in the
rocks) camels no bigger than jack-rabbits
were innumerable in the western part of
the United States. If one could know
why they finally became extinct on this
continent, the explanation might also fit
the case of the vanished horses.
The camel feeds on foliage. 1t is sup
posed to have developed its remarkably
long legs and long neck in order to reach
the branches of trees. That is the way
nature manages things through the pro-
cess of evolution, developing each species
Of animal TO suit its environment and par
ticular requirements. Hence the amaz-
ingly long legs and neck of the giraffe,
which feeds on the terminal buds of tree
tops.
The ivory lance of the narwhal, twelve
feet long and strong and sharp enough to
be driven las has happened on occasions)
through the side of ship, is the left
upper incisor tooth of the animal, devel-
oped into weapon for fighting. The fe-
male carries no lance. Occasionally, as a
freak of nature, both upper incisors are
thus developed, and the narwhal is doubly
armed. The sword of the swordfsh is
likewise tooth grown huge and modified
for use as a weapon, which many time
has been driven through a ships side. A
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been a success. The birds survived and
multiplied their species, but the ptero-
dactyls became extinct. Yet our bats of
today have a wing structure very similar
to that of those flying lizards oflong ago,
their wing-coyers being stretched upon
their enormously elongated fingers, like
the cover Of an umbrella on its ribs.
When we think of eggs, we have birds
in mind; but Oeaving fishes out of con-
sideration) most reptiles are egg-layers.
For that reason it has been long supposed
that in all likelihood the monster lizards
Of the Cretaceous epoch contemporary
with the toothed BIRDS laid eggs; but not
until recently We're dinosaur eggs actually
found, in the Cobb Desert Of Central
Asia.
If (as is deemed beyond question: all
birds are of reptilian ancestry, it is nat
ural enough that they should reproduce
their species by laying eggs. But it is
altogether likely that the earliest man.
mails were egg-layers. Indeed, all man.
mails, including man, are supposed to be
remotely descended from reptiles so why
not?
Even at the present time there is in
Australia a species of mammals that
lays eggs, the duck-billed platypus. The
latter is web-footed and has bill like
ducks. It lays eggs that look like turtle
eggs, covered not with a SHE'LL but with
white, flexible, tough membrane. It is be-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

THE further away we get from an
cient times, the more we know
about them We understand the
personages and the daily life of the Bible
leroes better now than we did fifty years
ago, and the ancient civilization of old
Egypt is quite thoroughly understood, al
though little was known of it a genera
ticn ago.
And so too with the animal world. Year
by year man digs further back into the
history Of the dumb creatures which sur
round Us, and is able to understand more
and more clearly the ancestral tree OF our
animals, and one by one explain their
peculiarities.
The jocOse expression. 'as scarce as
hens teeth" turns out to have a solid
scientific foundation in fact. Science now
knows that hens did actually have teeth
in the ages gone by.
Horses which have one lump of horn on
the end of each leg used to have five toes
on each leg The camel. which is so use
full in the desert countries. We now know
originated in America. and in It's earlier
days was about the size or q husky
tomcat. And, it may surprise the reader
70 learn. whales used to walk about the
land on four legs.
II has just been said tlat once Upon
time hens did have teeth. They We're not,
80 Is true. quite ike the barnyard fowl we
know today. The early ancestor of our
"r,s sent inhabitants of the poultry yard
somewhat resembled the duck, with long
pointed bills, elongated necks, but no
webs on their feet 1t was not a real duck
nor exactly a hen, though it was a water
owl and lived on fish, and science has
allied it the Ichthyornis, meaning fish
.ird
II had regular teeth. a. did also an
other feathered species contemporary
sith it. the "hesperornis," which was a
mighty fowl that stood five feet high.
Doubtless there were many species of
birds in their time. all Of them toOthed
perhaps. but these two are the only ones
whose bones have been dug out of the
ancient rocks.
That was a long time ago-about seven
million years, the biologists say. The
Rocky MOUNTAINS uau HoI yet DecH up
fitted. and were represented by strung
out succession of low islands in a vast
shallow sea that extended more than 500
miles TO the eastward.
The giant hesperornis was carnivorOrs
swimming ostrich, with long and flexible
neck. and long slender Jaws armed with
sharp, recuIved teeth which served adj
mrably for the capture Of the most agile
fishes Il was diver, and had no vings
A typical aquatic bird, II spent most Of
il life IN the water.
Il must have been more than
match for the gigantic flying lizards
called pterodactyls which, themselves fish
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Columbus landed there was not single
animal of the genus. Horses that accom-
panied Cortez in his invasion of Mexico
were supposed by the Aztecs to be super
natural beasts, breathing fire from their
nOstrils.
This seems strange, inasmuch as the
horse undoubtedly originated in America,
and presumably found its way TO the Old
World across the land bridge which an
GENTLY connected this continent with Asia,
where now is Behring Strait. Why it
should have become extinct in America,
nobody can imagine. During a period
which must have covered hundreds of
thousands of years il roamed in countless
numbers all the way from Alaska to Pata-
gonia.
During recent years its bones have
been dug up in vast quantities in
Nebraska and central Oregon. In the Bad
Lands of the West its skeletons are
scattered through rocky strata represent
ing a succession of geologic epochs, tell
ing the story of its development They
offer an object lesson in evolution, illus
trating no fewer than twelve stages in the
life progress of mans four-footed friend
ana helper.
Only recently Prof. Matthews, of
the American Museum of Natural History,
found in northern Texas the bones of one
of the earliest horses, which, no bigger
than a fox, had five toes on each foot.
Probably it lived not less than two million
crs,, n,,ain ni,hts Ressrvsd
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lieved that they incu-
bate them with the
warmth of their bodies,
as a hen matches her
eggs.
All of our horses are
descended from Eu-
ropean stock. When
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famous naturalist, Profess
sor Richard Owen, wrote:
"a swordfish at full speed
strikes with the force of
fifteen sledgehammers
swung with both hands.
Its velocity is equal to
that of a cannonball, and
3 the shock is as dangerous
as that of a heavy artillery
projectile."
Whales were originally
land animals, as proved by
the structure of their
skeletons, and walked on
four legs. The same is
true OF proposes, which
are small whales. The
change in their mode of
living was determined by
food supply. Food was
more plentiful and easier
to get in the sea than on
land, and so they took to
the water, at first in the
shadows along shore.
Seals and sea lions 1.-THE
latter merely a large kind
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-20

Some of the Lizards Found They
Could Go Over the Ground Faster
by Wriggling Than by Crawling.
They Lost Their Legs and Became
Snakes, Still Keeping the Charac-
teristic Reptilian Tooth.
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~, Inc crelt britain hishts reserved.
Evening star., 1925-06-19

Mrs. John H. Brooks Of 1917 Eight
eenth street said that she had come to
her present home in 1866. Her late
husband purchased the house, she
said, from man who had lived there
Evening star., 1925-06-19
ARMY MUSIC SCHOOL
GIVES rs DIPLOMAS

The Army Music School awarded
diplomas to 2s students at commence
ment exercises conducted at 1890
o'clock this morning at the Washing
ton Barracks. Five were given
diplomas in the band leaders course.
An address to the graduates was
made by Brig. Gen. Lutz Wahl, who
also presented the diplomas. Col.
Thomas A. Roberts made a short ad-
dress and an invocation was offered
by Chaplain Julian E. Yates. A mu-
sical program was furnished by the
Army Band led by w. ]. Stannard.
The school is conducted by Capt. r.
G. Sherman, mmandant; William G.
White, principal; John S. Martin, as
sistant principal, and William j. Cain,
executive officer.
The five who completed the band
leaders course are Staff Sergt. John
A. Cradle, Sergt. Horace E. Nichols,
Corp. William E. Rice, Technical
Sergt. Kenneth B. Watts and Pvt.
John B. Veronneau.
The 81 graduate bandsmen are Pvts.
Louis Bartnowiak, Frank 8. Benyou-
sky, Norman F. Busby, Chester c.
Garfield, Louis Daniele, John c. Den
mis-, Nicholas de Tuliio, George s. Di-
SAINTS, Harold T. Doyle, James j.
Grose. George Huntington, Oscar l..
Johnson, Walter Lewickj, Harry L.
Lloyd, John McNab. Warren L. Orn-
dorff, Lloyd w. Remley, Charles A.
Schana Max w. Schmelzel Theodore
A. Schultz and Miles Znamenacek.
Evening star., 1925-06-19
VIRGINIA APPLE
CROP HOPES DIM
To Be But Half as Large as
Last Year-Peaches
Hard Hit.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va. June 19.-The
commercial apple crop of Virginia
this year is not expected to exceed
much over 1000 900 barrels. about
one-half the crop of last year, and one
third of full crop, according to the
first forecast of the season. issued to-
day from the office here of William P.
Massey. secretary of the Virginia
State Horticultural Society, after re-
ceiving reports from growers all over
the State. The peach crop, it was add
ed, is very short, probably around Is
per cent of last years crop.
considerable damage is being re-
ported from hail in many sections
says the report, "and the June drop is
heavier than usual in great many
orchards.
THE general apple crop of the
United States is below the 10-year
average, and the prospective crop is
less than at this time last year.
Middle Western and Mississippi
River States are all lighter than las
year. New York State will produce
less than last year. Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Maryland report
less than last year.
with the general short crop in
prospect at the present time, and the
probability that 1t will be still fur.
ther reduced as the season advances
all growers are looking forward to ex
cellent prices for the fruit at pick
ing time. Apple buyers and exporters
already are showing much interest in
the Virginia crop, and indications
point to a satisfactory marketing sea
son."
Evening star., 1925-06-19
FRESH AIR CAMP FUND.
SALVATION ARMY PLEA
Organization Solicits $500 Dona-
tion Each From 12 individuals
or Associations.

An appeal for II individuals or or
ganiZations to subscribe $500 each to
the Salvation Army >fund for it's
Fresh Air Camp at Patuxent, Md,
was sent out today by Brig. William
H. Barrett, commander of the army
in the District.
Every $500 will enable US to erect
cottage and increase the number
of children to be cared for at the
camp" he said. I'VE need IL of these
cottages Immediately. If generous
Washington people or organizations
subscribe toward the cottages, we
probably can complete them June %
when the camp opens for the Sum
mer"
Brig. Barrett in the past week has
been flooded with applications for ad-
mittance to the camp. He says more
children apply than can be cared for.
To run the camp this Summer,
$10,95O is needed, Brig. Barrett says,
He declared 1t might be necessary to
curtail some of the plans for the
camp if the money is not raised.
Since the appeal started several
days ago more than $1,000 has been
subscribed. Contributions should be
sent to Salvation Army headquarters,
GOT E street northwest.
Evening star., 1925-06-19
S5O,OQO,ODD BONDS
INVOLVED IN SUIT
Foreclosure Filed Against
c., M. & St. Paul Railroad,
in Receivers Hands.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, June 19.-Acting as
trustee on behalf of bondholders of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail,
road, whose holdings represent ap
proXimately 5000, 900, 900, the Guar
anty I ust Co. of New York has
filed in Federal District Court here a
foreclosure suit against the road, al
leging failure TO pay principal and in
terest on bonds valued at about So0,-
100000 maturing June !.
The st. Paul line passed into the
hands of receivers a few months age
under a plan for financial reorgani
cation.
Sale of Road Possible.
Sale of the road may be necessary
to satisfy the holders of the mortgage
bonds, according to Roger Sherman
attorney for the trustee, who added
that the trust company Is acting to
protect bondholders Independent OF
any proposed or future plans for re
organization. He said that following
the foreclosure the proposed plan or
some other plan of reorganization OF
the railroads financial structure
might be arranged.
The petition for foreclosure, filed
late yesterday, asks an accounting OF
all the ROAD prOpertleS- appointment
of Il receiver TO look after the inter
ests of bondholders, an injunction re
straining present receivers from dis
posing of properties governed by the
roads mortgage bonds, and SubpoenaS
to the receivers and other interested
parties to answer the petition.
Defendants in Action.
The defendants named include the
railroad company, the receivers-H
+. Byram, Edward J. Brundage ano
Mark w. Potter-and the Brinkley
Coal Co, which filed the original re
ceivership petition. The receivers have
90 days in which to reply to the suit
Evening star., 1925-06-19
NOTED OLD PEAR TREE FELLED:
HELD AMONG WORLDS LARGEST
Stood at Rear of 929 X for More Than Century, Ac
cOrdng to NeighbOrhOOd LOre-BecOmes Men,
ace by Decay-RemoualB Brings Protests.

A pear tree, believed by forestry ex-
perts to have been one of the largest
and oldest of it's race in the world.
was sawed down yesterday in the
rear of 929 K street as a precaution
against it's impending fall.
For more than 100 years the tree
has been historic in that section of
Washington. Generation after gener-
alton of children have stolen fruit
from it's generous branches, grew old
and died. But the tree grew on, defy
ing stubbornly all the laws of death
as they applied to pear trees.
Stood as Solitary Sentinel.
Houses were built around it. 1t
finally stood a towering, solitary SEN
tinel in a grassless yard less than 20
feet square, overlooking the low
shingled roofs far below its topmost
branches. 1t was a green oasis in a
desert of roofs. Lightning struck it
and almost split the upper part of its
trunk. A wisteria vine, planted in
the next yard. overran the low wooden
fence and twined itself around the
wounded trunk, binding it together as
if with great. knotted cable.
1t continued to produce crops of
pears. Children for blocks around
knew of it. although it was entirely
concealed from the street. Hundreds
have known the thrills of tumbling
chases over wooden fences with
pockets and shirt fronts filled with
overripe fruit.
But the tree has grown continually
more dangerous. Finally William
Blundon, owner of the house at 929
K street, listened regretfully to the
complaints Of some neighbors and or
dered the tree cut down.
The wrecking crew appeared this
morning. When other r1eighbors
especially residents in the Marl
borough apartment house next door
saw ropes and tackles being attached
to the branches realization came tc
them of the significance of the act
They had watched the thousands OF
Evening star., 1925-06-19

continuously for 40 years before that
This man told her, Mrs. Brooks said,
that the tree was of considerable age
when he came there.
Even last year." said Mrs. Brooks,
$50 many pears fell from it into my
yard that I had to hire some little boys
to pick them up in baskets.
"It used to be very pleasant to
watch the birds in it's branches. They
used to flock there in great numbers,
singing all the evening long"
A former resident in the neighbor-
hood said today that he often had
scrambled over the back fences into
the little yard on the hunt for his own
children, whom he often found shin
nying the trunk after pears.
''It was a wonderful and historic
tree" said this man. "It Is tragedy
to see 1t go. But there Is nothing
that cap be done about It, Mr.. Blum
don doubtless is justified.