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they finally found refuge. thousands
of years ago, in the Nassau mount.
aims. te. 900 feet high in places, which
lay beyond tho lake plain.
White Men Unknown.
In the valleys of these mountains
they were left in peace. There was
no object for the Papuans to follow.
The mountain foothills rising from
the plain are almost impossible.
Rarely through the generations that
followed some Papuan might pene-
trate to their Businesses. No white
man ever came until Mr.. Stirling and
his associates pressed over the swamps
and foothills with the machinery of
the world which to these simple peo-
Pile must have seemed exceedingly
grotesque and supernatural.
In their isolation they developed
their own civilization with hardly any
influence from outside. They solved
the problems of life and death in their
own way--ignorant of the religions,
the mechanisms and the social order
of the rest of the human race. They
barely knew. in fact, that outside
their mountains there existed animal
organisms rather similar to them
selves. This is what makes them so
interesting to the ethnologist
They live today in the stone age
similar to the period passed through
about 10000 years ago by the an
cestors of the present white race.
Planes Blaze Trail.
Various attempts have been made
in the past to penetrate the noun
tains. None of them succeeded.
There was an almost impossible
country inhabited by savage tribes to
be traversed. The roads into the
interior We're wild mountain streams,
Head hunters, poisonous arrows,
tropical diseases haunted the routes,
The country was unconquerable and
unapproachable until the airplane was
utilized. 1t required mans greatest
advance in transportation to reach
the most primitive culture left in the
world.
The Sterling party set up their base
camp at the foot of the Van Ness
Mountains. Then they flew over thi;
range and the interior swamp plain
to lay out a route for the main body
of the expedition through the passes
and along the rivers to the Nassau
Mountains.
The swamp plain is densely in
habited by a fierce and inhospitable
people. Every boat load of the
exploring party to penetrate the
country was attacked. Several of the
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native attaches were killed. But the
expedition pushed on.
Friendly to Visitors.

expedition pushed on.
Friendly to Visitors.
But the negritoes themselves. when
they finally were found. did not prove
an unfriendly race. They were puzzled
and scared by this strange influx from
beyond the horizon, but they offered
no resistance.
The expedition collected hundreds
of articles and made numerous notes,
which will be studied at leisure. The
pressure of time, of course, prevented
the scientists from gaining very
intimate understanding of the pygmy
language and thus learning the secrets
of the people.
Here. in general, is the picture
brought back by Mr.. Sterling of the
stone age culture. the way people lived
in the early days of the human race:
Government: There is no established
government. The pygmies live in
small village groups, each village
being inhabited by close blood rela'
tives. There apparently are now
established laws. There is no ruler,
| but generally some individual of
superior wisdom is looked up to for
| guidance. Each village is an entity
| in itself. The negritoes have not
reached the stage of tribal or state
orga niZation. Different village groups
| sometimes fight desperately.
Crime Is Unknown.
Within the villages there is prac'
| tically no crime and no punishment
! The people are not at the stage OF
culture where crime starts. There is
| personal property. such as huts and
tools, but apparently the idea OF
coveting another mans goods has not
yet been evolved, so there is no
stealing.
Religion: A form of animism some
| what similar to that of most primitive
people, but with it's own mythology
| The spirits of the dead inhabit various
| natural objects and animals. Due to
| the difficulties of the language it was
not possible to learn much of the
! details of this religion.
Languages: This apparently is
| unique. Different family groups speak
| languages with very little superficial
similarity. The study of the various
words is expected to yield some of the
most valuable scientific results of the
expedition, since it will shed light on
the development of spoken language
among men and possibly allow the ex-
perts to trace the wanderings of the
race.
| Family life: This is loosely organ
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brains, poorly fitted for competition
with other races. They overlooked
the Indian Ocean region and parts of
the Pacific.
But superior races came, driving
them away from their new homes into
inaccessible pockets of the world
Now there are isolated groups of
them living in the Philippines. the
Andaman Islands, Borneo and Su-
matra.
Those who had spread to New
Guinea, north of Australia and the
largest island in the world, were
driven inland by the Papuans. First
they retreated from the 90-mile- deep
coastal plain into the low Van Ness
Mountains. Driven from there, they
crossed the Central Lake plain, vast
swampy region which covers the
greatest part of Dutch New Guinea.
the Papuans followed them and
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TWO DEAD, ATHENS
| STRIKE IS ENDED
Firing by Soldiers During Dis.
/ orders Declared Due to
! misunderstanding.
BY tho Associated Press.

By tho Assocdtcu russ
ATHENS, Grceee, March 1.-THE
general shopkeepers' strike, which
gave rise TO disorders yesterday in
which two persons were killed and 10
wounded. was called off today.
The shopkeepers were convinced
that the government was favorable TO
their demands, having TO do with
taxation and rentals. The govern
ment had previously announced that
those not reopening their shops today
would be excluded from the beneht or
the existing moratorium liking rentals,
thus leaving them unprotected against
any eXorbitant demands by the land
lords.
Yesterdays incident, in which
soldiers fired upon a crowd of demon
strators carrying banners in Uni
versity street, is believed to have been
due to misunderstanding of an order
given by the commanding officer.
The order is said to have been for
the firemen to use their hose on the
crowd and not for the soldiers to fire.
An inquiry is under way.
The authorities suspect Communists
of Intervention.
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gsvund and lined with stones. In this
the meats and vegetables arc laid.
Then hot stones. wrapped I'm leaves.
are scattered among the various arti-
cles and the whole is covered over so
as to be almost alright.
There are wierd decorations-quills
worn through the nostrils. both hori-
2ontal and vertical, and tobacco boxes
worn as earrings. The natives carry
their personal belongings in bags of
bark fiber decorated with pig tails.
bird claws and other relics of the
chase.
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lied. but is based on crude patri-
archal system, descent being through
the father.
Building: IIuts of rough slabs
matched with grass.
Agriculture: This represents the
greatest advance of the Negritoes and
is astonishingly we'll developed. The
natives make big clearings with their
stone hatchets on the almost perpen-
dicular mountain sides and raise con-
siderable crops of sweet white po-
tatoes, taro roots. sugar cane and
bananas. Potatoes form a very con-
siderable part of their diet, and be-
cause of this use of predominantly
starchy food the people are not well
developed. The men, in particular.
have big stomachs. The very dawn of
domesticated animals is illustrated in
these villages. The country abounds
in wild hogs. The natives, to protect
their clearings. have to build hog
proof fences. Some of these wild hogs
have been captured and bred in cap
| tivity. The other domestic animal is
| the dog. used for hunting hogs. The
dog evidently is a very old friend and
companion of men. lie appears In the
most primitive societies.
Money: Cowric shells constitute the
only currency. These are found only
on the seacoast and are extremely rare
| In the pygmy country. The few in
! the possession of this primitive people
| have been obtained in their rare meet
| ings with Papuans who have ventured
| into the mountains. These apparently
are a universal medium of exchange.
Fireless Cooker Found.
| The pygmies have developed some
mechanisms of their own. For exam
pie, DIR. Sterling found a form of fire.
less cooker in operation among them.
There are no cooking utensils. In
stead a depression is made in the
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have bcen issued 10 the
following:
Albert X. Baker aud villa G. Wagner
Irl ID. Cornish of Cane Graradeau Mo
and Edyth o. Betz of Minneapolis
vanderbilt Harris and Cora NJ Jonathan
John ID. Stevens of Boston and Edith n
Flint of ST. Johnsbury, VT
Howard III TaSSart of Relay Md and
Alice A. Foos of Baltimore
Nj Rogers of Chicago
William Hardy and Esther Dykstra
Donald d. Thompson and Zeiio v Corhy
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N0vILLE MAY JOIN BYRD.
Reported Third Member OF New
York-Paris Flight.

NEW YORK. March II Op1.--Lieut
G. o. Neville is to be the third mem
Der of the crew I'm the attempted 3.60O-
mile Wanamaker New York-to-Paris
flight to he made by Comdr. Richard
Byrd and Pilot Floyd Bennett next
Summer. the Evening Post said yes.
terday Neville was fuel engineer
and second in command on the Byrd
polar expedition last year. although
only Bennett was with the commander
on the actual hop To the North Pole
and back.
The flight is expected TO start some
time in June
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During the time of the discussion
regarding the raising of rubber in the
Philippines in the past year, rub~oer
goods valued at more than $4,000, 900
were sent from the United States to
the islands across the Pacific.
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20 KILLED IN FLOODS.

international Rail Line in Argen-
tina Is Cut.
BUENOS AIRES, March IL CP).-
At least 20 lives have been lost as a
result of floods in the province of Juy
Juy, Argentina, say dispatches re-
ceived here. Nine bodies have been re-
covered. Enormous damage was caus-
ed throughout the province and the
international railway line to Bolivia
was cut.
A large number of families are
homeless as a result of the floods.
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Eight dukes, four marquises and
nine earls Of Great Britain have
turned themselves into private com.
panicS
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30

The old palace In Berlin, not hav-
ing been used as a residence since
1883, is so cluttered with bric-a-
brac that only three rooms will be
available for Hermine. ex-kaiser's
mife
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
FINANCIAL WIZARD
Of London dead
James White Believed to Have
Been Suicide

London. June 80 (UP)-A tiny
bottle believed to have contained
chloroform. found beside the body Of
James White, millionaire f1nancier.
race horse owner and theatrical pro-
Queer, caused a financial sensation
in London today.
White. always something Of a
mystery man In the city" was
found in bed at his luxurious coun-
try home. .......
Discovery of the bottle beside him
led to rumors that he had lost hevily
in stock deals.
The rumors caused wild fluctua-
tons on the London stock exchange
late yesterday. British controlled
oil fields, of which White and as
sociates owned 100000 shares,
were affected particularly.
This morning lawyers representing
the Westminster bank, one of the
big Five" in British banking, ap-
piled for and were granted a re-
ceiver to handle the affairs OF the
Big Beecham Trust. owning valuable
property in the center of London.
1t was declared the trust owed
s2,250,O00 to the bank. -.. ..Y
White blazed up like a meteor in
the financial world after the war.
He surprised financiers and aston
ished the public by his frequent
big deals.
He became prominent In sport
and maintained a big stable of race
horses.
He branched into the theatrical
business and became the owner.
among others, OF historic Days
theater.
He seemed to make money at
everything.
Reference was made occasionally
to his origin in the Midlands. his
start as a small business man and
Spectator. and his sudden spec
tacular rise to great wealth and n
nancial power.
But essentially he was a man Of
the present. In who's Who" his
autobiography stuck among lengthy
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
ARMY AVIATION
PLAN DEVELOPING
By 1884 Country's Air Defense
Will Be Complete

Yonkers. n. Y. June 3o.-(P1
Describing the California-Hawaii
flight as a fitting climax for the
first years progress. +. Trubee Davi-
son assistant secretary Of war in
charge of aeronautics today outlined
the army's program for the second
twelve month period OF Its fiveyear
aviation development plan in an adj
dress before the Rotary club here.
Praising the flight of Lieutenants
Maitland and Hegenberger. Mr..
Daison said the courage and skill
shown by the two pilots typify the
spirit of the army air corps while
the efficient performance OF the
plane points to the high standard
set for army aircraft"
With the new fiscal year starting
tomorrow, S21,S91, 900 will be avail
able, he declared, for the continual
ton Of the aviation development and
the next year will produce more
men, more equipment and better
army fields"
lhere is every IlQlCatCn lQdL
with the support of congress and an
minded public this country, by
the end Of 1882" he said, will have
attained the air defense goal" set
under the law enacted in 1926 es-
tablishing the five-year development
program.
BY the close Of 1882 this ccun-
try--if the five-year plan is realized
will have an army air corps" he
added. "of 1850 flying officers. $50
reserve officers on active duty and
$1,000 enlisted men. The flying
equipment will consist of $50 pur-
suit, e5 attack, 1S5 bombardment.
50 transport, Az observation. -
amphibian and 479 training planes
and 10 aircraft of various types in
war reserve
In reviewing the progress Of thu
past year the assistant secretary
said that the wartime wooden
training planes for reserve and ma
tional guard flying viii be complete
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
Henorrhoids
Infection From Scratches
Develops Serious
Condition

Every serious rectal disease. re-
curing operations. starts from a
small scratch followed by infection.
Most Of these can easily be prevent
ed by few applications OF the new
salve called Prox. the product Of a
celebrated rectal specialist. By
promptly healing the first scratch
no serious complications can follow.
Get tube of this wonderful remedy
today at your druggists. Do not
confuse Prox with the old style pile
Salves." Prox is entirely different
in its action. 1t relieves the conges-
ton because 1t contains nothing that
contracts the parts like Alum. OK
gall Sulphate Of Zinc and other
blood vessel constructors. Prox acts
SO soothingly and brings such won-
derful results quickly that it is sold
on guarantee Of money back If you
are not delighted. On sale at all
druggists.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
MALICE
IN $4,000 ACTION
NeVinSton Man Says Neiehbor
Had Him Falsely Arrested

Claiming that the defendant
brought charges against the plaintiff
for purposes Of malice. said charges
leading to his arrest. conviction In
the town court Of Newington and
ultimate discharge in the superior
court, suit for $4,000 damages has
been brought by Frank Chalko of
Newington. through B. J. Monkie-
wicz, against Maryanna Pawlikow-
ska, also Of Newington.
The plaintiff claims that on June
3. 1927. the defendant stated to Har-
old G. Lucas. a grand juror for the
town Of Newington that the plain
tiff had wilfully destroyed property
Of the defendant, and procured from
Lucas a complaint charging the
plaintiff with destruction OF the GER
tain properties.
The plaintiff sets forth that he
was arrested on the said charges and
was brought before Stanley E. Wells.
justice OF the peace. in the Newing-
ton town court. The plaintiff further
claims that in consequence of the
false testimony OF the defendant, he
was found guilty. but that he ap-
pealed the case to the June criminal
term Of the superior court.
Chalko further claims that the
charge was false and that the case
was nolled in the superior court and
the charge erased. The plaintiff
claims that the defendant made the
charges for motives Of malice and
that there was no reasonable or
probable cause for the prosecution.
The plaintiff states that he has been
a resident Of Newington for a long
period Of time and that the prose-
cution has injured him in his reputa-
ton and many people have ceased
relations with him as a result OF it..
1t cost him 500 to conduct his de-
tense. he says.
The writ is returnable in the court
Of common pleas. Hartford. the first
Tuesday Of September. Deputy
Sheriff Matthew Papciak served the
papers.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30

ones Of other prominent people.
said tersely:
White, James: Managing direc-
tor Of the Beecham Trust, Ltd:
and the Tyre Investment Trust.
Ltd; director. Sunday Times, Ltd,
and Ancona Motor company. Ltd:
born Rochdale. 1873. Address: 21S
Strand. w. C. q"
The address was one Of his bust
ness Offices.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
100000 IS LEFT
FOR CHARITY USES
Borden Will is Filed in Taunton,
Mass, Today

quests of more than 100000 for
charitable purposes are contained In
the will OF Emma L. Borden of Fall
River. filed in probate court here to-
day. Miss Borden died in New
Market, N. H.. on June 10 barely
a week after the death of her sister.
Lizzie Borden Of Wall River.
The sister, Lizzie, who attained
wide notoriety 81 years ago when
she was tried and acquitted of the
murder of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Borden, at their home in
Fall River. is mentioned in one
clause Of the will. This provides that
should Lizzie survive. she should
receive Emma's interest In the home
in French street, Fall River, where
Lizzie lived. If. however, Emma had
disposed of her interest in the place
by that time. Lizzie was to receive
$4,000. The two sisters formerly
lived together but separated a num-
Der OF years ago and had had little
In common since.
Fall River charitable organiza-
tons and social service agencies are
the principal beneficiaries OF the
charitable requests which range
from $500 to $4,000. The animal
rescue league of Fall River receives
the latter amount as we'll as a fifth
share in the residue Of the estate.
OF the other four shares, one is to
be used 10 establish scholarships in
memory of Andrew Borden for
high school students; for the Fall
River Y. NJ. c. A. for general pur-
poses; for the Fall River home for
the aged and for the community
welfare association Of Fall River.
Individual Bequests
Individual requests include s1o,-
600 to cousin, Orrin A. Gardner of
Touisset. Mass, who also receives all
household furniture: $4,000 to
Preston T. Gardner Of Providence.
r. l., this amount in case Of his
death to go to his wife and daugh-
ter And in addition $4,000 to be
divided equally between Mrs. Gard
ner and the daughter, who are to
receive her jewelry also; and $4,000
to a friend, Josephine Riglon, SOM
erset, Mass.
The charitable requests. which
are in the form of trust funds, in
clude the following to institutions in
Fall River: Home for the Aged,
10000; Fall River Branch of the
Association OF Collegiate Alumnae
for work of the Ninth street day
nursery, Fall River. $4,000: Rescue
Mission, $4,000: Children's Home,
$4,000; Association for Community
Welfare. $4,000: Deaconess Home,
$1,000: Y, NJ. c. A. $4,000: Saliva
ton Army, $4,000: Massachusetts
Girl Scouts for work in Fall River,
$1,000; District Nursing association.
$1,000: Bishop Stang Day nursery,
$4,000: st. Vincent's home. $4,000;
Boys club. $4,000; Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals $4,000; for use Of Boy
Scouts in Fall River. $1,000.
A bequest OF $4,000 for the use
of the Providence Animal Rescue
league also was provided.
In providing. through the portion
of the residue left for this purpose.
for scholarships. the will directed
that these should carry not more
than $500 each and should be
awarded by the high school trustees.
Miss Julia A. Reed of Fall River and
Orrin A. Gardner of Providence to
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30

~ replaced with modern equip
ment by September new training
Field, California. and plans in
augurated for the development Of
new bombardment and attack planes
far superior to those now in use.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30

have preference In naming those to
receive the awards.
The will contained provision
that anyone opposing It should be
cut off from any share in the estate.
The Derby Trust Company Of Fall
River and Preston H. Gardner Of
Providence are named executors.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
AIARR1Es NEwsPAPERMAN

Rutland. VT. June 80 ReMiss
Lindsay Clement Field. eldest
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Field, was married at noon today At
the home OF her parents in Mendon.
to Clarke Williams, son Of DR.. and
Mrs. William r. Williams OF New
York. Mr.. Field Is general manager
Of the New York Daily News. and
owner Of the Rutland Herald.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
Special Notice

Have your service before Mon
day, for Barber Shops win close
Monday. July 4th.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-30

A porcupine cork to guard bot
ties containing poisons has sharp
glass spikes that bristle in every
direction, warning the drinker Of
the bottles contents.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-21
COP IS ARRESTED
New Haven Supernumerary Police man Is Held on Charge of At tempted ENtortion.

New Haven, Sept. 21 Op,-super- numerary Policeman Nicholas Salya- tore was arrested yesterday on a technical charge of idleness after John Roberti, 45, shoemaker, had identified him as the officer" who. in league with two other men. at tempted to eXtort 500 from him re- gently.
 According to Roberti's story at the time, two men entered his shop with cans Of alcohol, which they of tered 10 sell to him. He refused to purchase, and while the men finger d, an "officer' entered and ar rested' the three for violation of the liquor laws starting with them 10 the police station. On the way, however, he offered 10 settle for Si00, Roherti said.
 Pretending 10 seek the money. Rohertl went to a. lawyer, and final ly one of the men was arrested. the others getting away. Salvatore, ac- cording 10 Robert. was the officer who made the "arrest"
 The supornumerary was held under bonds of $5,ooo for appearance to- morrow in city court. At that time it is expected that he will be rear rested on charge Of attempted extor- ton