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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-21
THE EGYPTIAN CURSE
By DR.. Frank Crane

Lord Carnarvon in obening up a tomb in
Egypt was bitten on the right cheek by mos
quito. He paid attention to the bite and
the following day took off the scab while
shaving The wound became infected posi-
bly, by dust or probably from fly. Erysipe-
las developed and he died.
And now come the witch doctors and the
whole hOcus-pocus tribe and tell us that Lord
Carnarvon's death was the result of a curse
laid several thousand years ago upon any one
who would disturb the bones of the deceased
monarch
Ibrahim Cyrana, an Egyptian priest, de-
clares: "This is not the first time that sacri-
legious explorers have been slain by their own
temerity. Each tomb of a Pharaoh bears an
inscription called the seal Of eXecrat1on, fore
telling terrible death for the dusturbers OF
the Pharaohs sleep. The vengeance or the
Pharaohs has been wrought upon Lord Car
narvon. Howard Carter may laugh, but he
will also soon be stricken down."
Marie Corelli. thus expresses hersef:l
could it be that Tutankhamen kept some
thing poisonous among the garments and jew
els in the tomb? In any case, feel that the
intrusion of modern men into the 5000 years
silence and death sleep of the kings Of Egypt
is something of a dissertation, and that 1t Will
not and cannot come to good.
And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who in late
years has turned from good story writing to
poor spOok hunting, says that the explorer
death may have been due to an "evil elem n
tai" An elemental, he informs us, is an artt-
fetal force created by a spirit mind or by ma
ture. He declared that he was aware of the
existence of such power, particularly Egyp-
tian, but~that no one knew the extent OF the
influence 1t might exert.
Prof. Lutz, of the University of California,
points out that the superstlt1ous Egyptians
believe that Carnarvon's death is due to the
curse of Allah or a sorcerer having power
over serpents.
Even William T. Stead, the noted British
publicist declared that every person who had
been associated with the mummy of the Pr1n-
cess Amen Ra soon suffered death or grave
misfortune. He declared that the four young
men who brought mummy case from Egypt
all suffered accident or death One lost part
of his right arm by the explosion of his
fowIing gun. Another was shot and killed.
A third lost most of his fortune. And the
fourth died in poverty within a>year.
The most amazing thing about all this non
sense is that so many people think there is
something in it."
From long ages of savagery the human
race has inherited an enormous amount of
blind superstition. Most of us have dark
corners in our mind where we still believe in
taboos and totems.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-21

things once heard or seen but forgotten. On
the other hand, it is at least equally rash for
automatists and their admirers to adopt the
theory of psychic possession as the only ade-
quate means of accounting for the outpour-
ings of automatic script.
And this may be said to hold even when the
script conveys information demonstrably not
obtained by the writer through ordinary
means. For the possibility that it may have
been obtained telepathically from the mind of
some person still living must always be taken
in2o the reckoning.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-21

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Continued Tuesday. Renew your subscriI
ton now so as not to miss chapter.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Leisurely Times

Once I used horse and buggy as
] framed my business deals, and the
horse was old and pluggy, and the
cart had squeaking wheels. l was
never in hurry as fooled my one
hoss shay, and l didn't fret or worry
if old Dobbin loafed all day. Up
and down the roads proceeding,
weary horses toiled along: no one
then was pinched for speeding or
for making signals wrong And l
prospered we'll and fully in those
slow old days of yore, when no
speeders, wild and woody, down the
smoking highway tore made
money, if you ask it, in that calm,
old-fashioned way; 1 took kopecks
in basket to the bank three times
a day. Now I'm speeding in my
fiivver. here and there, on errands
punk; up the hill, across the river
to acquire another plunk. / must
never lose minute, | must scorch
to reach my goal; and find there's
little in it, when at night l count my
roll. When I've earned some coin
I'm needing, through this frantic
haste of mine, | am pinched again
for speeding, and it goes to pay my
fine. l am whirling like a bobbin,
| am sprinting like a deer; and |
sometimes sigh for Dobbin and the
gait of yesteryear.
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Barracks are eyesore in Potomac
Park Women'S conference on phySi-
cal education held. Seaplane lands
successfully on Lincoln Memorial re-
fiecting pool. Memorial day here ex-
pected to be greatest ever" on ac-
count Of 10000 advance guard of
Shrine convention. National Civic
Association seeks nationwide plan to
develop National Capitals beauty.
President Harding returns to Wash
ington. Federation of Citizens As
sociations withdraws delegate from
newly formed District Public School
Association. The minimum wage law,
by which Congress sought to regulate
the minimum wages to be paid
women and minor girls in the Dis
trict, is declared unconstitutional by
the United States Supreme Court.
12.500 being affected by the decision.
of the Public Utilities Commission in
the Potomac Electric Power Company
case. Little reduction OF women's
pay expected to follow ruling; ma
tional conference on the subject to
be held by National Women's Trade
Union League. Plots against United
States charged and seven men ar
rested. Conference to fix new Poto-
mac Electric Power Company value
being considered. Dishonesty be-
lieved i'll Veterans Bureau. Chief
Justice Mccoy upholds barring tract
to colored.
BE Kind to Animals" week observ-
ed. Plan proposed for d larger Bo-
tanic garden.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NATIONAI-"It Is the Law" melo-
drama, at 220 and $40 pm.
POLPS-Al Jolson, in "Bombo,' y
musical extravaganza, at 2:16 and
S:15 pm
PRESIDENT-"Six Cylinder Love-
comedy. at 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
GARRICK-"Getting Gertie's Gar
ter" farce. at 2:3O and $3.50 pm.
BELASCO THE Demi-Virgin,'
farce, at 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
KEITH'S-Anato Friedland, vaude-
willie, at 2:15 and Sis pm.
COSMOS-Romeo and Eight Dancing
Dolls, vaudeville, at 3, $50 and 8
pm.
STRAND-Chief Os-Ko- Mon, vaude-
vile. at 2:45, $3.50 and S:45 pm.
GAYETY-Dave Marion, burlesque.
at 2:15 and Sis pm.
RIALTO-Betty Compson. in white
Flower" photoplay, at 1870 am, 1880,
$3.50, $50, 1880 and $3.50 pm.
COLUMBIA-Pola Negri, in Bella
Donna" at II and 1885 am, 3:05,
$40, 7:15 and 9:25 pm.
METROPOLITAN" LAX a
Rose" at 11:20, l:20, 3:25, $40, 1926
and $3.50 pm.
PALACE-Colieen Moore, in THE
Nth Commandment" at 11:10, lilo,
a:2O, $40, 1925 and 9:35 pm.
CENTRAL-Mae Murray, in "Jazz-
mania" at 11:15, lis, 3:15, 5:15, 1920
and 9:25 pm.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Changes in Stations of
Army and Nary Officers
OF Interest to Capital
Army.

Col. John NJ. Morgan, cavalry, has
been relieved from duty as an in
structor of the general service
schools. Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and
assigned to the 18th Cavalry at Fort
Brown. Tex.
Capt. John ]. McEwan. infantry, at
the West Point Military Academy, has
been assigned to the 65th Infantry.
Maj. Milo p. Fox, Corps of Engi-
neers. at Huntington. W. Va, has been
ordered to this city for treatment at
| Walter Reed General Hospital.
Lieut.. Col Leonard w. Prunty, cav
airy, attached to the New Mexico Ma
tional Guard at Santa Fe, has been
ordered to this city for duty in the
militia bureau, War Department.
Capt. Lester A. Sprinkle, 18th Cav
airy. at Fort Ringgold. Tex, has been
detailed to duty with the cavalry of
the New Mexico National Guard at
Santa, Fe.
Col George f. Bushnell. L. s. A.,
retired. has been relieved from duty
as an instructor in military science
and tactics at Harvard University,
| Cambridge. Mass
Officers have been detailed as in
structors in military science at edu-
cational institutions as follows: Lieut..
Col. William J. l.. Lyster, Medical
| Corps. at Omaha, Neb., to Harvard
! University. Cambridge. Mass: Capt.
John T. Murray. 2lst Infantry. ut
| Honolulu. Hawaii, to the University
/ of Oregon. at Eugene. Ore. Capt Paul
! y. Starlings ED Infantry. and Capt.
J George B. Norris, 18th Infantry, at
! Fort Benning. Ga. to the University
| of Illinois. Trbana. Ill
Six officers of the Army have been
ordered 10 Paris for instruction al
French schools as follows: Majs.
J Robert +. Glassburn, Coast Artillery
| Corps, and Carl +. Mckinney. infan-
! try. both at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
J and Capt. Barnwell r. Legge. infan-
! try. at Fort Benning. Ga, to the
| Ecole de Guerre: Maj. Russell \. os-
| mum. Quartermaster Corps, at Chi
| cago, to EcoIe de IIntendance (Quar-
| termaster SCHOOL,: Capt. William r.
bradford, cavalry, at Fort Riley, Kan.
and Capt. Charles Wharton, cavalry
at Fort Myer. Va. to the cavalry
! school at Saumur, France.
/ Rear Admiral George w. Williams
/ and all the principal officers of the
! battleship Maryland have been trans
| ferred TO the battleship Penns ylvanIa.
| Lieut.. Commander Charles v. Nc
! Carty, Supply Corps, at Tutuila Sa-
1 moa, has been ordered TO San Fran
| cisco.
| Lieut.. Charles E. Rapolee. Supply
F.. Corps, in the Virgin Island, has been
Evening star., 1923-04-14
NATIONAL.

All of the untried criminal indict-
ments growing out of the Herrin.
ILL.,, riot are noole pressed following
the acquittal by Il jury of six de-
PENDANTS charged with murder in
connection with the outbreak. Secre-
tary Weeks declines to drop inquiry
in army scandal. Judge Thomas
picks three to rule over ku kluX
Klan at Atlanta. President Harding
returns to Washington after five
weeks spent in the south. Cure for
paresis believed found by doctors.
Paul Revere White, District of Col
umbia boy, charges convict gang boss
at Macclenny, Fla, with ftogging and
other cruelty. Republicans shy at
President Hardings world court plan.
The President will meet with the
Shipping Board to discuss the mer-
chant marine, when he will be pre-
sented with report of the study
of the situation made by the board s
policy committee. Bent bar rays
bear out Einstein theory of relativ-
ity, according to experiments con-
Quoted at San Jose, Cal. Priest Stays
superior at Kalamazoo. Mich. g. Q.
z. considers Washington for 1924 con-
ny,ti
Evening star., 1923-04-14

ordered to the recruiting barracks,
Hampton roads.
Changes in the Medical Corps have
been ordered as follows: Capt. James
c. Pryor from the Maryland to the
Pennsylvania: Lieut. Victor ). Arm
strong, from the Naval Medical School
cry, Navy Department.: Lieut. Robert
T. Canon, from Alaska to San Fran
cisco: Lieut.. Eric G. Hakansson, from
the Navy Department to New York
city: John G. Powell from the Naval
Medical School, this city, to Haiti;
Lieut.. William G. Rowe from Kansas
City, Mo. to Port au Prince, Haiti:
Lieut.. Joel f. White. from Haiti to
Hampton roads, Va.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
GRANTED DIVORCE HERE.
Judge Disregards Former Alex
andria Decree

Chief Justice Mccoy of the District
Supreme Court yesterday disregarded
an Alexandria, Va, divorce decree
granted Thomas K. Moore and
awarded an interlocutory decree of
absolute divorce to Mrs. Margaret G..
Nelson Moore, who sued her husband
here. The Moores were married at
Atlantic City, N. j., May 20, 1913, and
the wife says she had to leave her
husband in 1915 because of his
cruelty. Mrs. Moore says her hus-
band swore in the Alexandria courts
that he was a resident of Virginia
when he was residing in Washing
ton. Attorneys James A. OShea and
John l. Sacks appeared for the wife.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

$4,000 class" being the sixth office
in the country to achieve this dis
tinction.
The other cities which have heen
doing a postal business of s1,000,000
q year or more annually, thus en-
titling them to a postmaster at SS,-
600 salary n year. are New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and St.
Louis.
Kansas City has beaten Detroit and
Cleveland, both larger in population.
and other cities. including Baltimore,
the post offices of which have not
been able to do enough postal busi-
ness to entitle their postmasters to
more than the $4,000 year they are
now drawing. There is no higher
salary for postmaster than $4,000 a
YEAR.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events UP to
April II, 1923.
FOREIGN.

Industrial crisis feared in London.
Canal lock bombed in Ruhr water
way. Princess Yolanda, eldest daugh-
ter of King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Helena of Italy, is married to
Count Calvi di Bergolo, captain of
cavalry. United States interests win
twenty-year fight for Turkish oil
rights. Hugo SHINES seized by
French: later freed; cabinet officer
held. England to fight grant to
Americans of Turkish oil rights.
Rebel leaders captured in Ireland.
Lenin said to be dying in Russia.
New French plan limits concessions
unOn renaratiOnS.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
Exuert Service

When it comes to repairing Re-
frigerators you want some one who
knows his business. Turn to the
Recommended Service column in tho
Classified Section and you'll find an
eXpert-one who will guarantee to
give you satisfaction. Advertisers
under Recommended Service-and
they cover every feature of personal
and domestic service-are required to
To Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Nd 'bf'll. fiFHEN AfIe1t, y. -. a, VIII
address the University Club at $50
o'clock. Subject: "Doughboys on the
Rhine" Men only.
Maine state Society will have a ban
quot and dance at I.bbitt Hotel. Din
ner at $50 o'clock. Motion pictures,
short entertainment program.
Biological Society will meet, s
o'clock. at Cosmos Club. illustrated
addresses by Mrs. Charles D. Walcott
and by DR.. Albert B. Mann. Visitors
welcome
Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
tion will meet by invitation at the
Martha Washington Seminary 1922
10th street Charles Moore, chairman
speak of The Transformation of
Washington"
East Washington Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. will meet. o'clock. to
consider Amercanization day program
at Central High School, April 25.
Five hundred party by Ladies' Aux
Hilary, Railway Mail Association, at
Northeast Masonic Temple.
The auxiliary to Vincent Costello
Post, American Legion, will give a
card party at home of Mrs. Costello
PIC street.
Annual spring udnCe OF inc lid
Top Club will be held $50 o'clock, at
y. w. c. A, 1888 F street. Admission
charged
Ladies' Auxiliary to National Capt.
tai Post Veterans OF Foreign Wars
will meet, 8 o'clock, at Pythian Tenn
pie.
Local alumni of Georgia Tech will
hold organization meeting at Frank
lin Square Hotel, o'clock. Election
of officers and addresses by prominent
Tech men.
Y NJ. c. \. Service Mems Club will
give special program. beginning 7:3O
o'clock, at 1904 r street All soldiers
sailors and marines invited
Meridian Social Club will meet at
home of Floyd W. Kesecker, 1402 Har-
ward street, at o'clock. A member
ship drive will open Monday.
American Association of University
Women will hold annual business
meeting at clubhouse 1884 1 street, at
1:30 o'clock. Election of officers and
meeting of the association at Port
land, Ore.
The Eeleet Klub will give dance, 8
O'Clock, at 2400 18th street.
Prof. Manley o. Hudson Of Har-
ward Law School will speak of THE
World Court" at National Club of
american Association of University
Women, $50 o'clock. Mrs. Francis
Fenton Bernard will preside.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
tion will meet by invitation at the
Martha Washington Seminary 3522
10th street. Charles Moore, chairman n
Of Commission of Fine Arts. will
speak of The Transformation of
Washington"
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Biological Society will meet.
o'clock. at Cosmos Club. illustrated
addresses by Mrs. Charles D. Walcott
and by DR.. Albert B. Mann. Visitors
welcome.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT.

Maj. Con. Henry Allen, L. s. A.. will
address the University Club at $50
o'clock. Subject: "Doughboys on the
Rhine" Men only.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Maine state Society will have a ban
quot and dance at I:bbitt Hotel. Din
ner at $50 o'clock. Motion pictures,
short entertainment program.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

East Washington Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. will meet. s o'clock. to
consider Americanization day program
at Central High School, April 25.
Evening star., 1923-04-14
KANSAS CITY ADVANCES.
Reaches 100000 Glass in Postal
Business-on1y Five Others.

Having reached an annual postal
business of $7,000,000, the Kansas
City, Mo-, post office has attained the
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Five hundred party by Ladies' Aux
Hilary, Railway Mail Association, at
Northeast Masonic Temple.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

The auxiliary to Vincent Costello
Post, American Legion, will give a
card party at home of Mrs. Costello
PIG S street
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Annual spring dance of the Tip
Top Club will be held $50 o'clock, at
Y. w. c. A, 1888 f street. Admission
charged.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Ladies' Auxiliary to National Capt.
tai Post. Veterans OF Foreign Wars,
will meet, o'clock, at Pythian Tenn
Dle.
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Fire wns discovered in the rear
Ross. 1000 9Th street southwest. early
today. Much damage in that portion
of the building was done by fire,
while additional damage in other por-
tions was done by water and smoke
Origin of the fire was not determined
Evening star., 1923-04-14

Local alumni of Georgia Tech will
hold organization meeting at Frank
lin Square Hotel, o'clock. Election
of officers and addresses by prominent
Tech men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-14

ington, Atlanta, New Orleans, Gin
cinnati, Chicago, st. Louis. MinneapO-
lis, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle
and Dallas. The total personnel of
the bureau and its branches approx
mates 10000.
During the first year of its exist
enca the bureau expended approx
imately $3.50, 900 900. Its principal
functions are the following
LA) CONVERSATIONAL soldiers
who suffered a disability of 10 per
cent or more because of war service
are warded benefits in proportion to
the seriousness Of their injury.
B) INSURANCT-Au members Of
the armed forces of the United States
during the war are eligible for Gov
eminent or war risk insurance poll
cies.
tCD REHABILITATION add
ton to providing compensation for
war injuries or diseases the Govern
ment provides training for disabled
veterans.
ID MEDICAL SERVICE-War vet
Grams suffering from illness or injury
resulting from service are provided
with medical care at the expense of
the Government, and for the great
er part in hospitals owned or op-
Grated by the Government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-14
SUGAR HAS
FASCINATING
WORLD PART

IN THE great drama of the world S
bread and butter, sugar always
has played a leading part 1t is
an orphan child among commodities
which can always be abandoned in
pinch. Men lived for centuries almost
entirely without il; they might do so
again for days if The Spectators will
it. So it is not strange that sugar
now is a central figure in a mob scene
Of spectators. producers, Government
agents news writer's and he useVives.
The history Of sugar is the most fas-
cinating in the entire field of econom-
les. Cane was first known in India
and is mentioned by early Sanskrlt
writer's The Chinese knew it CEN
turtles before Christ The conquering
Sarace.u zxuscarried if west in the ninth
centuI Crusaders took it with
them from Asia Minor to Europe, and
it was traded in by early traders of
Venice
1t came into general domestic use
i'm Britain after Introduction at the
table Of Queen Elizabeth.
Columbus took cane from the
Canary Islands to Santo Domingo on
his second trip to America.
Cane sugar held undisputed sway
until about 1747 when the German
scientist, Andreas Margraf, discovered
that beets contained sugar.
The great Napoleon was the first
TO appreciate the Importance Of the
beet sugar industry.
In 1911, to counterfeit the British
blockade of the West Indian supply,
Napoleon issued a famous decree es-
tabhshing the beet sugar industry of
France on a sound basis. With vary
ing success, beet sugar culture was ex-
tended to other countries on the con
tinent.
In the eighties and nineties, beet
sugar had supremacy over can sugar
Then the governments began to elimi-
nate bounties and special aid and the
struggle was about even. But the
great war which tremendously cur
tailed beet production in France, Ger
many and Russia gave cane sugar a
supremacy which is not likely again
soon to be overcome
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-14
Chicago Court Records Shoe One
DiUOrce to EUeYy FiUe Marriages

judges who every day hear tales Of
shattered romances. One Of the chief
complaints Of the male the judges
agree. is that too many dinners served
from the can.
Love flies out of the window when
"A deucatessen dinner comes in at the
door" one Judge declared.
Other reasons given from the be ch
for shattered marriages are:
Feminine invasion Of commerce c I'D
industry which has taken woman off
her pedestal
The age of Jazz, cabarets and moon
shine on the hip.
tra-sophistication on the part Of
the rising generation.
Living with the old folks during the
house shortage and giving the 'in-law''
bug a chance to bite.
Too little religion in the home; too
little early training.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-14
New Use for Autos

Are you troubled with rats espe-
cially around tho chicken house gar
age. barn. or vegetable garden? Fas
ten length Of hose on thr end OF
the exhaust from your gasoline ~.
whether il be OLIVER" or "a
tractor-back the car up within reach
of the rat burrow, and adjust he car
buretOr for a rich mixture. Pact
damp earth around the hose ut the
entrance to the hole to seal ~.
Run the engine at a nodsrata speed
for ten minutes or more and the rats
VIII be destroyed This method IL
practical when there are only n smau
number Of holes or the area 10 he
fumigated IS rot too extensive. It
may also be used in destroying rats
beneath floors or In othar places
where a concentration Of the gas can
be obtained-Deparme of Ag1icui-
ture
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-14

On fHttfH Nttfs
CHICAGO, May 14-For every FIVE
couples married here during the first
few months of 1928. another couple
was granted 81 divorce, records Of the
court and marriage license bureau
show
Marriages are being blasted al such
an alarming rate both clcr-ymen and
jurists are urging more caution and
less reckless pluugins into wedlock s
bonds. as well a. trying to teach PEG
pie how TO live together happily
In the first three months or this
year TIA" county clerk issued 7.505
marriage licenses. while the Circuit
and Superior courts handed down .58S
divorce DEGREES. In 1888 the records
show but one divorce granted TO each
seventeen marriages.
Tho reasons Tor unhappy marriages
are many and varied. as given by