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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

THE very palace to which
 Pharaoh's daughter took the A baby Moses and in which he grew up has been found in Egypt. Its ruins have been laid bare by the Eckley B. Cox Expedition, under the leadership of Dr. Fisher, of Philadel- phia, operating under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania.
 Excavations have been carried on upon the site of the ancient Mem phis, and at the very spot where the work at first disclosed merely an old Roman fort and the remains of Ptolemaic city quite late in date, was found the ruin of great palace, which has been identified as having been built and occupied by Rameses H., the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt when Moses was born, and who is best known as the Pharaoh who oppressed the Israelites.
 This oppression began before or about the time of the birth of Moses. Not only were the Israeli ties oppressed with hard labor, build ing up the store-cities of Pithom and Raamses-the latter named after the monarch-but the Israelites were commanded: Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall keep alive" Exodus i:22).
 It was in accordance with this law that Jochebed, the mother of Mooac aftor lraanipu him with har as long as she could, some three months, at last entrusted the infant to the waves of the Nile. But she evaded the law to the extent that she put the babe into a little box, "daubed with slime and pitch,' so that it would not leak, and did not put the box out in the current of the stream, but placed it near the bank, among the tall bulrushes, which pre- vented it from floating away.
 It has been suggested lately by Professor Camden M. Coburn, of Al legheny College, Meadville, Pa., that the mother of Moses was simply fol. lowing a very well-known practise which had been observed by the Semites for ages, in abandoning her offspring to the waters, for, accord- ing to the Babylonian myth, Sargon one of the earliest of the kings of Babylonia, was abandoned to the waters of the Euphrates when he was a babe, by his mother. But in the case of Moses the abandonment was by no means complete, for his mother was not satisfied just to place the ark in the bulrushes. She also set Miriam, his sister, to watch over the infant and ascertain who would find him.
 Then, the Bible relates: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and heI maidens walked along by the rivers side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it she saw the child: and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: This is one of the Hebrews children (Exodus ii, 5-6).
 Then Pharaoh's daughter tolt Miriam, when she approached, tt bring a nurse to take care of thu child, and naturally, his sistel brought her mother, to whom th' princess said: "Take this chilt away, and nurse it for me, and vii give thee thy wages" And furthe the Bible states: And the chilt grew, and she brought him untt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

made numerous in its herds. His treasury was filled with every precious stone: Silver, gold in blocks"
 It was a wonderful reign of mighty monarch, and to be prince in his palace was unique privilege. Yet, in the most remarkable way in the world this was the good for tune of Moses, and to judge by the later results, he made the greatest possible use of all the opportunities spread out before him.
 He lived there for forty years, get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

ples, but each one was endowed. In one of the inscriptions he relates
 how he built the Abydos temple, of finest limestone, with granite door posts and doors of copper, wrought with silver-gold alloy, and that he established for the god permanent daily offerings, at the beginning of the seasons, all feasts at all times, and filled it with everything, over- flowing with food and provision, bulls, calves, geese, oxen, bread, wine. fruit. It was filled with peas ant slaves, doubled in it's fields,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
Box, Which His
 Mother Had Entrusted dto the River

ting everything that his teachers could give him, yet not forgetting that ne was a Hebrew, for he went out to his own people, slew an Egyptian whom he saw beating one of his brethren, and in fact, had to flee from Egypt, fearing that this deed might become known to Pharaoh.
 To have found this palace Is great achievement indeed, and tho world will await eagerly further ac' counts of what is brought to light in it's ruins.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22

posed to be cold, superior, conserva-
tive. Sundays methods and his Eng
lish offended its cultured elements,
or some of them. But Sunday wasn't
afraid. He burst into the place as
confident as man could be; he knew
what he had done, what he could do,
what he was going to do; and he
outdid all his previous records, all
his expectations.
When it was all over last night
he was driven from the tabernacle to
his train, and half the great congre-
cation, with thousands of others
followed; singing songs, crowding
for last look and possible hand.
shake from the man who had turned
the town upside down. AS the train
pulled out, with Sunday waving a
wet handkerchief from the platfor''
the great throng sang "God Be With
You TIL We Meet Again"
|. The msA VIVA can do what sunday J
dtee !is as, p.sasiatsn,, n,,no',.svnsS-srub
berI no fakis,. no fraud, lie is reaI
man, and mighty big and rsefu
one ct that.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
REAL EFFICIENCY WORK

! The work begun by the efficiency
division of the Civil Service Commits
Sion in the Postoffice Department
shows a marked difference in the
method of procedure when compared
with previous efforts toward depart
mental efficiency.
I Various commissions have swooped
down upon the departments, told
ahem and the public, how poorly or
.ganized they were, computed esti-
mates of the money that could be
saved, and issued voluminous re-
ports. The present work is marked
by different attitude.
J So far, the efficiency division has
sgone only into the Postoffice and the
Treasury Departments, where it was
invited to come. In each of these
departments it has worked with Of
sficials, co-operated with them, and
asked their counsel and advice. When
the survey was completed the COM
EMISSION formulated recommends
ttions, without any publicity or blare
sof trumpets, and forwarded them to
:the heads of the departments. to be
applied as these officials saw fit.
2 As a result, a step toward genu-
line efficiency seems to have beer
staken in both departments. Civil
sservice rules are not violated, no one
Stands to suffer, nor are there to be
sany wholesale dismissals or trans,
sfers. The project simply contem'
pilates a gradual readjustment, with
sout jars, friction, or the upsetting OF
:routine which defeat, rather than es'
stablish, efficiency.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Suggests For the Relief of the Con
gested Population of Cities.

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
1t seems to me that the congested
population of this city, as well rs many
others, could be greatly relieved espe-
cially of those who have an inclination
for country life. and who would pur-
chase an acreage ifIt were not for their
fear of making it failure.
II some honest firm could orSaElZe'
purchase, and subdivide some of these
large estates around Washington ana
put a practical agricultural man ~
charge until these men could learn the
practical side of farming, many w"ul!
ioin such a movement. | know many
families in this city who would cast
their lots in agricultural pursuits II II
were not for fear Of failure. realizing
as they should their ignorance of the
business. "
| know of several large estates in Nir-
ginia, and am confident they are ais"
to be found in Maryland. that can he
bought and subdivided to suit indiVlG-
uals, where they could build and Cstah~
lish comfortable homes and learn farm.
ing. trucking. poultry. dairy, Or frulf
business under an expert.
ROBERT e. LEE.
Washington. March 20, 1915.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
WITHOUT A SWORD

The achievement of Gen. Hugh
Scott in quelling the Piute "upris-
ing" single-handed is another para
graph in the latest chapter of the
great Anglo-Saxon book of empire
building. 1t is the sort of work that
men of the English-speaking breed
have done in forty lands, inc four
continents.
Six men had been killed and a
number wounded in a vain attempt
to handle the situation when Scott
was sent for. Practically alone and
unarmed he went into the distant
camp of the Indians and returned
with their leader, who must stand
trial for murder. Apparently both
Scott and the Indians took the whole
transaction as a matter of course.
For the white-haired general il
was. He trusted the Indians and he
knew that they trusted him. To
then! he is "brother," because he
never spoke to them an untruth OF
betrayed a promise. If he promised
Tse-ne-gat a fair trial the Indian
leader knows he will get it. If he
promised him he would be hanged
Tse-ne-gat knows what to expect
1t is not likely that he made any
threats, but if he did the Indians
knew that he would make gooc
promises in that direction as in al
others.
We are likely to think of the In,
dian as "treacherous." A dispas
sionate study of our relations with
the red man since the day the Pill
grim Fathers landed reveals a trans
parency in our own house tha
should make us loath to engage il
promiscuous rock-throwing. Genera
Scott is the proof of this. He ha,
never betrayed the Indian and thu
Indian has never betrayed him. Hi
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Criticises Prosecutor For Address
To the Jury In Frank Case.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
IL this safety-valve for private opin-
ions publicly expressed is still open for
comments on the Frank case, l should
appreciate the opportunity TO add
small contribution to the discussion
Having neither time nor inclination to
follow murder trials, and feeling no
special interest in this one, / had read
practically nothing of its details until
| picked UP The Times of March "a,
glanced casually over the prosecuting
attorneys plea, became interested and
read every word. And l laid down the
paper asking myself Is 1t possible that
| in our courts of "Justice,t life or desth
hangs on such arguments as these. The
entire appeal is to prejudice. VANITY,
race antagonisni, and class hatred.
| woven together under the semblance OF
| argument, with the consummate skill or
| one who is paid to convict. Whether the
pretend to know, having read none OF
the testimony either for or against, but
| | do know that, were l compelled 10
render a decision based entirely upon
this presentation Of the case. the tacuCS
therein employed would, in my ]uds-
! ment, constitute a powerful appeal Tor
| acouittal The verdict may. Of course
| have been rendered entirely on tn"
| strength of arguments previously sub
mitted, but if Leo Franks conviction
was determined or influenced by the
| prosecuting attorneys closing address.
II Atlanta's twelve men good and true
can be so psychological by this flood or
oratory, denunciation. irony, anecdote.
| alIusion (and delusion), invective and
| sarcasm, in their efforts to weigh argu
ments impartially-then the state Of
Georgia could do well to substitute
few women on her jury.
GERTRUDE L. MACKENZIE.
! Washington, March 10.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
NightfaII Is Machine Guns 0p-
portunity, When 1t Is Safest
From Sharpshooters.
BULLETS SHREK OVERHEAD
Danger and Surprises Fill the
Night, for Both Friend and
Enemy.
BY PHIL RAIDER.

Copyright by United Press, 19I50
LONDON. March 1.-The most pic
tUresque and weird hours of all the lie
in the trenches are those between sun
set and the fall of darkness.
II the real picture were put on the
stage It wouldn't be believed. AS you
sit and watch it yourself you feel that
your eyes and mind are deceiving you.
AS the sun sinks and grows red ana
the shadows grow long. the gulch or
the trench fills with early night. 1t be-
gins to grow cold and the frost crystals
form on the muddy sides of the trenches.
giving the effect of tinsel or bits or
bright stones. The darkness OF the
trench is broken, now and then, by the
fare of a cigarette. puffed nervously,
or by the fare of a rife.
SiIhouetted against the red sky ts the
erect figure Of a legion soldier, his
glistening bayonet protruding above
the trench walls, and catching the dy'
ing glare of the suns light. Further
along are the ugly shadows Of the ma.
chine guns. frightened by the polished
brasswork.
Nightfall Is Machine Guns Hour.
As the darkness grows deeper yo,
catch a glimpse Of a sharp pin-point Of
light on a distant hill, which fiickers
in the Morse code a message from 8
French battery to its comrades, many
miles distant. They are talking ol
some new plot to kill human beings
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Gray Of Morning Is Sight Of
Good Cheer to Men In the
Trenches.
HOURS OF MADNESS PASSED
Men Then Can Sleep Until
Lights and Noises OF Night
Break Out Again.

charges were never made: 1t was in the
night time. in the smallest, weifdest
hours. that either the Germans lert
their trenches or we left ours, 10 run
ahead into q hand-to-hand stabblng az
fray with the enemy.
Morning Sight of Good Cheer.
The gray of morning is a sight OF good
cheer. In our trench we measured the
morning light by whether or not we
could see the legs Of "the juggler' nut
tering in the wind.
THE juggler" was the corpse OF
Frenchman which for six weeks lay
some two hundred feet in front Of our
trenches, lying on his back, with his
arms outstretched. canvas water
bucket clutched In each hand, his legs
sticking I'D into the air, In a spot so
deadly from rifle fire that no one could
reach him.
The dead man lay there through the
nights and days.
Call It "The Juggler."
The French called this grotesque heap
"the juggler," because they remembered
that japanese athletes stretched them
selves out in this dead Frenchman
posture and tossed things about in the
air with their feet.
When the rags on the feet Of "the
juggler'' were plainly seen, then we
knew that morning had come, another
night Of madness had passed, and we
might sleep until the night lights and
the night noises broke out again al
sunset.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
SANTLEMANN WITH
BAND FOR rs YEARS
Leader Celebrates Anniversary
of Joining Americas Famous
Organization.

Lieut.. william II. Santelmann. leader
of the United States Marine Band. Is to-
dav celebrating his twenty-ffth ami
versary with that organization, a record
which has been eaualed by only one
leader (Francis scala) since the organi-
zation Of this famous musical brancn
OF the United States military service
which dates back to July II. 17es. when
II consisted OF sixteen drummers and
sixteen fifers.
The present leader OF the band came
to America In 1887. at the age OF twenty
four. having received his musical edu-
cation at Leipsig. the famous center OF
German musical culture. He Joined the
band in the same year, and served con-
tinuously with 1t until 1886. when he re
tired for several seasons to organize an
orchestra of his own, which played at
the LAFAYETTE Square Theater Inow the
Belasco). The following year he became
the leader of the Columbia ineaier
orchestra until he, succeeded Leader
Francisco Fancinlli, Of the Marine fanu
In the spring of lS9s.
The band then numbered only thlfty
musicians Almost Immediately move
mGnt was Dteu " ifiSiSoSS
merical strength of the organization
which had won wide reputation at al
the important national and internationa
fetcs and ceremonies in the Capltai
Today the personnel of the band in
cludes a leader, a second leader, thirty
first class musicians. thirty second class
musicians, ten privates, and crun
major.
One of the innovations inaugurated bS
Lieutenant Santelmann which ha!
served to maintain a high standard o.
musical excellence among the members
has been the regulation that every per
son Joining the band must be able u
play some string instrument as well a!
be a master of his band instrument.
The Marine Band has made elgh
coast-to-coast tours of the United
States, and these have served to IA
| miliarize the whole country with th'
pioneer military band of the country
Everywhere. particularly in the ia
Western states. the visits of the bani
are anticipated with the keenest in
terest.
Lieutenant Santeimann has done mucl
| to elevate the character of the program
given ct the open-air concerts eacl
summer in the White House and Capito
grounds, and TODAY no band In IN
country gives programs of greater mu
steal worth, nor does any other pan'
| receive such cordial appreciation.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
THE MAN SUNDAY

Billy Sunday talked to over fifty
thousand people in Philadelphia on
Sunday, the last day of his eleven
week revival effort there. 1t is cal
culated that throughout the season
he made over $4,000 converts, of
whom almost $4,000 signed cards de-
claring their purpose to lead Chris
tian lives. 1t was far and away the
greatest revival ever held by Sun
day. If its results are as lasting in
Philadelphia as they have been in
other places, the work will leave a
deep mark on Philadelphia. There is
a trail of saloonless, red-lightless
diveless towns around this country
where Sunday has been; he is even
credited with the real responsibility
for Colorado going dry this winter.
Philadelphia. be it remembered
was not enthusiastic about Sunday
zshAa he went there. 1t was dis.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Pleads For Women to Have Chance
At Making Laws

To the Editor OF THE TIMES.
Dear Sir: AS a fitting climax to the
ciamor that went up from anti-suffra-
gists that such things as pictured In the
motion play, your Girl and Mine"
could not be, were not possibilities, or.
IL true were based on old laws that
would never be enforced, comes this
startling bit of evidence, from the noble
state OF New York, showing not what
might happen according to the statutes.
but what actually has happened in the
year or our supposed civilization 1915.
womans property bought with her
own earnings may be confiscated for
her husbands debt.
To quote. Unless there is a specific
agreement or contract between them
1--WE ought to get specific" specifically
defined before another case comes uni,
allowing the wife to engage in a sepa-
rate business and keep her earnings for
herself, the husband is always entitled
to all the earnings of his wife, as well
as her services during marriage"
One feels on reading this decision OF
Justice Morschauer as IL every woman
In New York must tiDgle with indigna-
ton to be so handicapped; as IL every
anti must at last realize that her saliva
ton lies within herself and not in her
nearest male relative"
Yet an anti said to me, The man
should not have put his property in his
the law is right to seize it." That isn't
the point at all.
II the Judge had been able to make a
decision involving the legality OF the
transfer of property to avoid debt, q
decision that would not have involved
the dignity OF New York women. let us
grant him the benefit of the doubt. and
believe that he would have done so.
But he had to let us know that legal
ly New York married women are slaves.
Who after this will want to become a
| New York married woman?
We welcome with interest the news
that some antis have declared the law
unjust. viii they do something to help
wave Of mild indignation settle back
to their old belief that after all. bad
as they are, man-made laws for women
are better than women could help make
! for themselves?
| A law like this cannot be counter
anced because there are other laws III
| the same State favorable to women. A
believer in strictly man-made laws Will
pat you on the back and say-"Don'
! cry about that-here are four, FIVE, six
nice little laws, all favorable to women
What more could be expected of man?
That may sooth some of us. but not all
not many any more.
| Suppose one of the unfair laws hits
you, and the nice little laws Just mock
at you because they have nothing to dc
with your particular niche in the hall
Of existence-then you are likely to sa!
that at least one more thing can be
expected Of man-that he let woma r
try her hand at running herself for a
while.
! We await with interest the time soor
to come when New York men will have
a chance to denounce medieval
statutes, q chance to give women the
hal llot and afterward with her aid 9
chance to force new laws that are fail
to both sexes. -
MRS. KARL F. KELLERMAN.
Washington, March 90.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22
Today.

Indian ofhce night, with Miss Esther w.
Bryan, hostess, Home Club. II Jackson
place northwest. .. IN. Dancing
Supper dance, red room, Willard. D. IN.
Meeting. Board OF Governors Of the Retail
Merchants Association. association head
quarters. p. m.
Concert. United States Marine Band orches-
ira, Marine Barracks. 2:3o p. m.
Lecture, Cicero" s. Richard Fuller. Play
House, p. m.
Lecture, Brazil as a Colony. Empire and
Republic Miss Erna Mary Ferguson,
Spanish School Of Washington. p. m.
Entertainment for the blind. Library OF
Congress, S:l5 y. m.
Means DIR. Edward Breck at home OF
Perry Belmont. 1915 New Hampshire ave-
nue. northwest. i:30 p. m.
Masonc-Dawson. No. Is. Stansbury. No. a.
Pentalpa, No %; Mount Vernon. No. j.
Anacostia. No. IL. Royal Arch Masons
Board OF Directors OF Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. Temple, No. IL. social, Colum-
Odd Fellows-Cnion. No. Il; Beacon. No. Is
Langdon. No. 2S; Esther. No. 5. Rebekahs
Knights Of Pythias-Decatur. No g. cal.
anthe, No. II: Baual No. Il.
order of Jonadabs-Empire Council
Sons OF Neterans-Iincoln Camp. No. ?
Ladies of the Msccabees-Mount Vernon Hive
No. 2.
knights OF Coumbus-Potomac Council.
Royal Arcanum-Nationsl Councils degre,
team.
National Union-Scott Council, Northeas
Washington Council.
Meeting College Womens Club. Raleigh,
to p. m.
Meeting. Capitol Hin Literary Society, a
/ home Of MIR and Mrs c. II. Gordon,
! Eighth street northeast, p. IN.
The Washington times., 1915-03-22

There is a rattle of rifles, and their
quick flashes. first at one point in your
trench, and then in another. From afar
comes the putt! putt! putt! of a Maxim
gun.
Nj ghtfall is the machine guns hour
During the hours of daylight the ma
chine gun men have got their ranges
and fixed their aims, and now, in the
darkness, when their precious guns are
safest from sharpshooters, they flare
out the results Of the days work.
From distant corners Of the compass
comes the roar Of deep-throated bat
teries
Enemy Sends Up Light.
The stars seem all the brighter. be-
cause you are gazing at them from the
bottom of your black trench. Sudden
ly the sky Is bisected by an arc of
sparks. terminated by a beautiful glare
of pure white light. which transfers
night into day for the space Of many
seconds. 1t is night light sent up
by the enemy SO that they can see
what they are doing: we might pos
sibly, they think, be out of our trench
es. with our bayonets fixed. charging
on them through the darkness. After
the white light fades, the night seems
darker than ever.
The bullets whistle and shrek over.
head almost instantly. and all the night
It will be like this, noises and lights
noises and lights. The night is filled
with danger and surprises. Dayligh,