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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

OF ancient Babylonia, site OF the wor-
ship OF the sun god Shamash, and
the biblican Ellasar of Genesis xiv, / /;
all were written about 1000 B. c., the
classical age Of Babylonian history.
They are important to scholars as
verifying discoveries made by other
Assyriologists. thereby adding to the
sum total of accumulated records from
which the savants. may formulate a
basis on which dates can be fixed, Gus
toms determined and from which per-
sonages really historical but now
seemingly mythical from the dearth
OF proof Of them can be fitted into
logical sequence of reigns.
But some facts uncovered by Prof.
Lutz In these reductions which are far
from unknown to his fellow archaeol-
ogists are new and correspondingly
engrossing to the public in their
psuedo familiarity. Others startle US
with their progress"
Letter No. 90 in the collection points
to an apparently established custom in
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INSCRIPTIONS ON AN ANCIENT !
49,.

mad points out, so Abraham must be
Babylonian too. Lutz does not agree
and points to names OF fathers and
sons in the Murashu business docu-
ments dec!phered by Prof Clay. In
Them fathers with good Babylonian
names have sons who bear West
Semitic names. This. says Lutz,
points to mixed marriages, or 1t
shows that the Jews in Babylonia ac-
tually adopted Babylonlan names and
later their sons were given names
from the West Semitic home"-per-
haps by sentimental mothers?
If the archives of the present day
in New York city were to be de-
ciphered by some one four thousand
years hence who had sparse historical
data to work from. what discussions
would arise over the probable deriva-
ton OF the names found there! Few
children of certain branches of the
| Semitic race to-day bear the unadul-
| terated names of their fathers, but
their offspring are often endowed
with the first name Of a grandfather
purely for sentiments sake.
And New York is such a polyglot
array that the delivers in A. ID. 5919
would have more than the Semitic
names to ponder over!
Every Day Matters.
| Among the wealth OF other docu-
ments translated by Prof. Lutz many
have TO do with homely. every day
matters such as the sale of slaves
the purchase of wedding presents, the
exchange of prisoners OF war. These
ancients were always at war. so one
may fittingly call exchange of prison.
ers of war an every day matter. Hum
murabfs name is often seen. attest
ing to the universal acceptance Of his
laws.
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INCR newer Chinese restaurants
are more American than Orien-
tai. The are white tiled we'll
| lighted and often charmingly deco
rated with native prints. You will find
the modern wash bowl, cash register
and cigar stand. The photograph
has replaced the native orchestra In
place of the bare pearl inlaid tables
and hard wooden benches We have
white linen covers and cane bottom
chairs. Few of us Americans request
chop sticks to eat with; in our youth
there was nothing else to be had. We
know their kitchen Is 100 per cent.
perfect because their bill of fare tells
us so, kindly signed by the local health
inspector. We have Chinese dishes yet
American food.
You will be seated by a pleasant
faced Chinaman who is thoroughly
American in speech and dress. 1t was
not so in the old days.
In 1885 Hon Low, In partnership
with old Sab Lee, opened the Orange
Blossom. a glittering little Canton
cafe in the heart of Chinatown. The
restaurant which was on the second
floor OF a four story building, had a
balcony extending across its front
Chinese lanterns were suspended in
reckless profusion from every point
A fight of stairs assembled from the
street and led TO n narrow landing
from which opened the cafe. On the
ground glass door at the entrance was
painted a branch of orange blossoms
over which was the inscription, Cam
Ghet."
The cafe was a large. high studded
room, divided in the middle ny an
elaborate screen OF wood. which was
pierced by two arches. The arches
supported a carved and gilded panel
representing scenes OF Oriental life
A show case containing many pieces OF
beautiful embroidery was at the right
of the entrance. Behind the case hung
three tapestries, each depicting a
lovely Chinese maiden, woven ir
threads Of gold. Beyond the tapestries
two small arches-similar TO those
which divided the room-opened into
a space from which all the food wa;
served.
Sab Lees Service and Music.
At 1880 p. NJ. the Cam Ghet wat
almost deserted. but gradually tn,
place began to Nil up. At a table IL
the alcove near one of the windows g
couple had taken seats. Already ole
Sab Lee-who always considered "th'
service" to be the most important par
OF his busipess-was pattering bach
and forth from his customers to the
cook room. Five cinnamon, compos
ing a string band, shufiied across thu
, room and seated themselves on tn,
couch in the alcove.
The leader OF the band-who wa
also the time marker-sat at the heaC
. of the cot and played a cracked drum
, with two sticks. The next man haC
long handled, three stringed banjo
the double head of which was made o
snake skins. The third musician haC
| a moon banjo. The next man had ;
, saueaky two stringed fiddle, shaped
, like hammer and played upon with {
| bow of horse hair. The fifth man haC
/ an alto violin, shaped like a woodei
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letter and the case, so that the writing
would not be rubbed Off In transit, the
fsp end of the envelope was sealed
and stamped with the impress of the
sender's signet ring in hot wax. All
this 1000 years ago!
Unfortunately, copies filed were not
protected by envelopes. any more than
are our carbon copies of correspond
ence sent out. and equally unfortunate
is II that these files are the clay
tablets that come oftenest into posses
sion Of the psychologists and must be
deciphered by them to throw light on
antiquity. The recipient Of a letter in
Babylonia in 1000 B. c. read It. an
swered it. and often threw it away.
much as We do to-day. Offices then
undoubtedly had waste baskets-strong
ones they must have been-into which
the letters were tossed and from which
they were emptied regularly by the
Office boy upon a dust heap. where
they persisted. Rare indeed is the dis
covery in a museum collection of a
tablet letter in its envelope.
Babylon's own Burles0n.
Prof Henry Frederick Lutz, for
merly assistant to Prof. Albert T. Clay
curator Of the Yale Babylonian collec-
ton, but now connected with the
Babylonian section of the University
OF Pennsylvania Museum. shows tina,
nnlshed letters in good condition are
hard TO find even in so notable an
array Of clay tablets as the one al
Yale Among 1852 official and private
letters which he examined recently
only three had envelopes and were
complete and unbroken.
one OF these three Professor Luta
round unopened and its contents OBJ
Viously unread. He has chosen tc
leaNe II sealed because II is a beauti-
iul example of a sealed Babyloniar
communication and as such makes
an interesting exhibit. Neither an an.
Gent nor a modern would reseal a
letter that had been opened and read
So the supposition must be that Elk.
mott No. 6S26 is a letter that never
reached its destination or was 81
.ong in reaching it that the person
''''iii IL was lIllCHucu was oCoA
ere Il arrived. Ancient letters were
despatched by couriers: later evi
i'aoe dug out of the ground points
70 postal system in cities as larg'
and important as Larsa, on the site
oil which all these letters translated
ny Lutz have (as far as is known
oeen uncovered. This evidence OF al
undel.vered letter leads US to infei
mat Babylonia, too, had It's Burleson
But the Babylonian Burleson had ,
better excuse when the malls wer
SLOW Wars and invasions came un
tefa'ded then by more than a mat
Ter OF hours. Letter carriers ant
postal clerks flew to arms and lef
such trifies as the delivery OF ordi
nary letters in allegiance.
Another such an unopened and un
delivered letter was found In tn
haoylonian archives Of the Universit,
OF Pennsylvania Museum and dull
ehron!ced in TIE SUN two or thre
Years ago.
LHrsa OF 1000 Years Ago.
Most Of these letters deciphered b
FFof. Lutz do not turn up fres
ground, nor do they make signal ad
d't!ons to data already obtained con
corning legal and business document
previously declphered. Evidenc
places them as belonging to Iarst
as las been said-that important cit
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mpse Into Babylonia Through Letter Files 1000 Years Old
Business Mems System of To-day Had Its
Even to Postal Service Which Permitted Messages AstayCy
Tablets Decphered by Arcaeoogs Throw Everyday Affairs
Customs and Problems of AniqutyYales Collection

-HE modern, elaborate American
fling system had its counter
l. part in Babylonia 1000 years
EGO. The business man OF that day
caused rough first drafts to be made Of
the letters he wished his scribes to
send out for him. and these copies on
unbaked clay tablets were filed away
in the mans private records or in the
archives OF the temple.
When they are found by excavators
on the sites Of the cities where their
inditers once lived they are broken
and hard to decipher. with frequent
erasures and corrections upon them.
The letter which was despatched by
the Babylonian business man was q
finished product and was slipped into
q neat clay case made to At 1t. Loose
sand was then shaken in between the
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Lnrsa of 1000 Years Ago.

Most Of these letters deciphered by
FFof, Lutz do not turn up fresh
ground, nor do they make signal ad-
dF'!ons to data already obtained con-
coIhins legal and business documents
previously declphered. Evide C q
Places them as belonging to Larsa.
as tas been said-that important city
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
BARTFIELD HURLS
HIS DEFIS ABOUT

NEW YORK, May 19.-Sold!er Bart
field. veteran OF many battles in the
the ring. is talking loud these days.
He's looking for fights. fights, and
more fights. This is all he declares:
Fight Benny Leonard at 14j pounds
for $4,000 a side, twenty rounds, to q
decision.
Fight Jack BrittOn at 1I5 pounds
for the championship. for $4,000 a
side. winner take all; twenty rounds.
to a decision.
Fight Mike O'Dowd at I5S pounds
side. winner take all: twenty rounds
u a decision.
Fight Mike Gibbons at 15S pounds,
tho same way.
Fight Harry Greb at 165 pounds.
for same side bet and entire purse
Its quite a broad challenge at that.
but We arc quite sure that he would
20 through with any and all he men
items. His latest set of bouts. four Of
them on the coast, convinced him
that he can fight. He whipped old
Billy Papke in four rounds: beat
Frank Bsrrieau. the Canadian cham
piOn. in four rounds and also whip
ped Mick King. the Australian fight
or. in four rounds. He lost "A de
cjsion 20 Nike Gibbons. but says he
was robbed again. and that had the
fight conC ten rounds instead of four
he would have knocked out Mike.
DO you know" concluded the Sol
dicr. that by beating Barricau | be-
came the Canadian wCltcrwPi Eht
champion. and by beating King got
possession Of the Australian and Pa
cIfiC coast titles i'm the class" Well.
| did. What do you suppose ! can get
on them IN simpsons? Nothing. All
right. I'll lot them go in with my
challenge Fair enough. isn't it,
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
BRAE BURN HOPES. SPEED
IN TOURNEY WILL RESULT

When professional golfers gather
at the BTae Burn Country Club at
West Newton. Mass. for the national
open championship. June 0. 10. and IL,
they will play under different cOndi-
tions than those in order at any pre-
viouS title event. According to -ke
program issued last night by Howard
+. Whitney, Secretary of the Un:S-d
States Golf Association, eighteen
holes are to be played the first day.
the same number the second day. and
the siXty-four with the best scores
and ties of the first days will continue
at thirty-siN holes, play for entire sew
enty-twO holes to count
Heretofore contestants qualified on
first two days, half the field compet-
ing each day. and the thirty-tWo with
the low scores continued at thirty-SiI
holes. In case OF a tie at Brae Burn.
the play-off will be at eighteen holes.
June l..
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
By TAD.

BY TAD.
There's a lot Of guff around town
these days about that Willard-Demp-
sey twelYe-round championship bout
at Toledo. A bunch OF the boys seem
to think that in twelve-round bout,
with. a referees decision, Willard
will have all the better of it with the
old referee. They seem to think that
the third man will favor Jess if it is
at all close and that Dempsey will
have to almost kill Jess to gain a
verdict.
or course, twelve rounds is a short
quarrel. and no heavyweight champ
lever lost q decision on points. From
the days OF Sullivan up to now heavy
weight bouts have all ended in knock
outs where a title changed hands, but
in other classes champions have lost
titles on points and on fouls.
Ad Wolgsst lost the lightweight
title to Willie Ritchie on a foul
iWillie Ritchie lost his title to
Freddie Welch on points in a twenty
'hVe-round battle. Kid Lavigne lost
his title to Frank Erne on points
Abe Attell lost the featherweight
crown to Johnny Kiibane on points
Jack Britton lost the welterweight
title to Ted Lewis on points, but later
won ii back with = X. o. Kid Will
'iams lost the bantam title to Pete
Herman on points.
No Reason at All.
There's no reason in the world why
Willard can't lose to Dempsey on
points.
A referee steps into the ring to
point out to the pOpulace the best
man in a ring battle. He should toss
all thought Of a championship aside
when giving his verdict. We wouldn't
want him to take a mans title away
in a close battle, but should the
thing favor the contender all the way
;there's no reason at all for calling it
a draw in order to save the title
holder
Patrick Henry once said:
Il know Of no way OF judging OF
the future but by the past" Then.
according TO Pat. We should follow
dope. They do on horses; they do on
dogs: they do on ball players; why
not on lighters: -
II we TRAN the old dope sheet on
willard and Dempsey the thing is in
already. There is nothing to show in
'Willard's favor except bulk That's
al. bulk. Nothing but bulk
Consider the Dope.
There are three men who have met
both willard and Dempsey.
Here is the way the bouts ended:
Willard vs.. Arthur PeIky, ten
rounds; no decision.
willard VS.. Carl Morris, ten rounds:
ne decision.
willard VS. Gunboat Smith. twenty
rounds; Smith won.
Now turn to Dempsey's fights with
these men:
Dempey VS.. Carl Morris: Dempsey
won by knockout, six rounds.
Dempsey VS. Carl Morris; Dempsey
ven BY knockout. one round.
Dempsey VS.. Arthur Pelky: Dempsey
won by knockout. one round
Dempsey vs.. GUnboat Smith: Demp-
Sey won by knockout. two rounds
where do they get on IN make
willard even a slight favorite il they
follow the dope?
The Washington times., 1919-05-19

This duel and the crowd, more than
$1,000 strong, featured the day. The
attendance proved that Johnson still
is the greatest drawing card in base
/ ball. so far as the men who visit De-
! troit arc concerned. Twice before he
, has bettered these figures, breaking
/ local records each time.
Sundays crowd was an even greater
! tribute, however, as many DetrOiters
were at the railroad station to greet
: relatives who arc members Of the
Thirty-secOnd Division, a. Z. F, a
Michigan and Wisconsin unit. which
was in all of the fighting from July
last on.
GrinS Hit Ehmke Hard.
The game was an interesting one,
and better than the score shows. the
ninth inning, where Washington made
five hits and Cobb had three base
error. changing its aspect Washing
ton hit Ehmke hard all tho way, but,
early in tho game. didn't get the full
b"neht Of ITS blows. II outplayed De
/ troit in all lines.
Grih's outfield surprised Detroit
somewhat On paper IT doesn't look
strong, but n is covering ground and
hitting The infold. as AZ present
constituted, might be improved on.
Jennings may pitch the bat boy to-
day il Ban Johnson allows the new
limit in time. He couldn't lose any
more games in ono day than any rogu-
lar hUrlcr.
Cobb made Leonard look bad on his
old stunt OF leaving base and then
stsllinE 10 return. after fly catch.
He went all the way from second
home on bad throw by Joe. who had
been kidded into holding the bail.
Charity led the hatsmcn. with
three clean hits. lie got them in a
row. Fourth time up he Was tossed
out by Bush. and on the last appear
anCe hc famed.
Mr. Griffith is a more or less sub
dued person during this series. for
what reason is not known. lie has
not had real good argument vet
Neither is Nick Altcock cutting IN
with much comedy. The Tigers arc.
however.
Ground rules didn't figure much
Young would have lost a double but
for that. The hit didn't count. Cobb s
double would have been 4 triple on
clear field. Eventually he got home.
Joe Judge had the toughest luck
OF the day. losing a base hit on
marvellous one-hand stop by Young
1t helped Ehmke A lot, as Rice walk
ed. Charity singled, and Shanks was
out only on a great running catch by
Cobb. With Judge on. the situation
would have switched 10 three or four
runs.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS TO
LOOK OVER GOLF COURSE

In an effort to produce hrst-clas-
turf. experts from the Department of
Agriculture at Washington will exam
inc the soil OF the Pine Valley Golr
club links within a short time. ana
make reports
II is said that at present the Pine
Valley faIrwayS are far from being
up to the standard of the rest OF that
wonderful course. The soil is too
sandy to produce thick and yelvety
turf
Some work still remains TO be done
on two or three holes before they will
part Is the rcmakinS of the fairways.
be ss their designer, the. late George
\. Crump. intended. but the hardest
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
THINK ALLAN SOTH0R0N
SECOND ONLY TO SISLER

Beyond George Sislcr, who is the
most valuable member Of the 81.
Louis Browns. the expert consensus
among baseball critics Of that city
is that NlIan SothorOn. star right
hand pitcher OF the team. is of greater
value to the club that any other
player except the famous frst base
man.
Sothoron was good last season and
the year before. but Jimmy Burke eN-
poets him to attain even greater
heights in the campaign now on.
>othron Is fast ball pitcher. with
=, layout OF curviuG clairvOyanCc that
is bound to give trouble to all tho
star hatsmcu This season. ~" is said
% have tho best drop ball in the
league.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
GEORGETOWN GETS
BUSY WITH STATE

Tomorrow afternoon at College Park
the south Atlantic baseball cham
pionship will be at issue. MARYLAND
state College will entertain George
town University in what promises O.
be one OF the best struggles OF a."
year.
Maryland state has lost out one en
Gagement to a college team. Cniver-
sity OF Virginia trimmed the Ststers
in a set-to at CharIottesville. which
has been much questioned since. The
State team went through virginia
trimming Washington and Lee. V. P. l..
V. VI. l.. and Richmond College.
Georgetown in turn went over the
same route for victories. The Hill
topperS have beaten Rock Hill, ST.
Johns College. Delaware. Fordham.
and North Carolina state.
The MaryIanders have defeated
many OF the teams that Georgetown
has triumphsd over.
Early in the season Maryland state
went over to the Hilltop and grabbed
a 9-to-7 victory right OF George
towns shoulder. The HilltopperF
wanted another game. Tomorrow at
College Park the teams will meet.
Either sam Hyman or Gene Finns-
gan will pitch for the Hiiltoppers.
state will depend upon Vic Keene or
LiEhtner Aitcheson on the mound.
TomorroW's game will go far to-
ward settling the South Atlantic
title. Maryland S:ate seems TO have
landed the Maryland title. With On4
game in the State team viii put forth
every effort to land the battle.
Georgetown Is trying to even up the
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
CONNIE MACK BUYS D0WD,
TIGERS YOUNG INFIELDER

DETROIT. May 19.-Snooks Dowd.
youthful infielder OF the Tigers.
leaves today for other parts.
The youngster has been sold to the
Philadelphia Athletics for the waiver
price OF $4,000. il is understood
Connie Mack likes to get hold Of
youngsters, and he may make A valu-
able player OF Dowd some OF these
days. The tot hasn't a sufficient
knowledge Of major league ball TO
iAnd a regular berth now, and the
Tigers are well filled up on veteran
infielders, hence the sale.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
COLUMBIA STAGES
TOURNEY MAY 26

The middle Atlantic golf champion
ship tournament will be held on the
course Of the Columbia Country Club
beginning .Lay 26.
Changes in the course VIII have been
completed and in operation long
enough by that time TO insure first
class conditions for tournament play
Columbia was to have staged the
event earlier this month. but the va
rious changes in the course were not
sufficiently seasoned to warrant
staging the affair, according to those
in charge.
1t is expected that a heavy entry
list will be sent in for the tourna-
ment. Many OF the players of for
mer years are taking up the game
again. Play will be for thirty-six
holes, it is understood
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
BASEBALL BRIEFS
FOR YOU

For tho first time in wears tho
i>-.,io,r r,.. a.,t H.
out IN adNanc" OF the American
League and John \. HeydIcr is Ecner-
aiIv hoinr credited with this suddcn
.bo,,. - -. IT. -, a.
,isar ,,aa,.a, D. . - T. ~ .s
booa - 80 bah,, -, shn,,Jo- bts
-, - i',io,
- ,,,,IoI . @ -.,.ir-
-. o;.I ~.
-, ~ - 49,,
~ -, ,i, -
-, - '"
,,,,'. t.I 80, 5,. 10 - "a
,..,,,,.,r,o,, ~ ho,L ;,,,n,.,.,s -
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
GROVER LOWOERMILK GOES
TO WHITE SOX FOR TRIAL

CHlCAO. May 10 Grover Lpwdrr-
mill. released by the -. Louis
Browns for the waiver price. has
joined the White Sox and Manager
Gleason will give him a thorough
trial fSowd"rmilk has always pitched
good ball against the SON. and on this
account was not allowed to SIip int"
tn" minors without irving his ware.
with the ComiSkey club
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
NO CHAMPION
LOST CROWN
ON DECISION
Jess Wants More Time
In California

TOLEDO, May 19.-"Bashful
Jess" Willard has wired Tex
Rickard from Los Angeles, ask
ing more time before reporting
for preparatory work for his
coming championship bout with
Jack Dempsey. Rickard replied
that he would expect the cham
pion here by May "a.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
.PHILLIES OBTAIN SMITH
IN TRADE FOR 0ESCHGER

PHILADELPHIA, May l9.-Jack
coombs has obtained George Smith,
the former Columbia University
pitcher, from the New York Giants
IN exchange for Joe Oeschger.
Oeschger WAS expected TO be the
Phillies' best pitcher this season. but
10 the surprise OF everybody he has
been the least reliable.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
SLAMS WALTER
BUT CHARITY IS THERE
By JOE s. JACKSON.

DETROIT May good years
Of his life catching Walter Johnson He should have hitting
thought the first time he faced his old
Sundays Washington strong belief
thoroughly after the third greeting
his the third Edward, with the
one left one-spot
In
that
only his line straight
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
GORDON WINS TITLE.

spencer Gordon, former District
titIchoIdcr. annexed the Chevy Chase
tournament from Dudley Morgan nv
e.. 80 AID G-l yesterday. and will
meet ballard Moore today.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
THANKS TO ED CHARITY
WALTER GAINED ONE MORE

A'Afif7s 90 ] Cd - u DAd 90 . = .
'Battcd for Ehmke IN ninth.
WaShlnEto on. 4-S
Dct rUlf ......-- q o q o.
Runs-MenosEcy. Foster. >. Judge. Eicc.
;. Johnson, Cobb and Flagstead. Errors -
Shanks. Leonard. > and Cobb. Two-bas
hIts-Mcnoshey. Young, Flagstesd. Cobb.
AEnew- stolen bsse-.Iones Sacrifice hit
-Shanks. Sacrifice hy-Shanks. Left 81
base " NaShlnCton, s. Detroit. :. First
base on error-WashInEton. / First bs ~
Johnson. 8. Ehmke. .. wild pitch-John-
son.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
It's DETERRENT NOM.

Earl Hamilton. the old Browns
southpaw. now with tho Pittsburgh
Pirates. Won sin straight last spring
before CnIjStInS in the navy. This
year he has lost hts first two. Is
different on the diamond these davS.
The Washington times., 1919-05-19
GIN DIVISION LOSES.

The Gun Division team Of the navy
yard dropped - to : game to Con-
gross Heights yesterday. y. l.. Emo.
Of Congress Heights. wants a game
tor May - and 80