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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13

pay no attention TO the automobiles.
Behind them are some mules with
panniers. bringing stun in from the
country, and among the traffic are
horses drawing all sorts of vehicles.
and even the black. ugly water buff
falo. half-hog and half-cow, with its
great black horns extending out like
the crescent which for centuries ap-
peared on the coat-of-arms Of the
sultans.
A curious feature OF this animal
traffic is the blue beads which hang
in strings around the necks, across
the foreheads. and even on the tails
OF the beasts. Every animal has
them. and they are put there TO ward
of the evil eye. ! was out driving
yesterday in a victoria behind a mag
nificent team OF prancing black
horses, each OF which had four
strands of blue beads around its neck,
belt OF blue beads around its fore
lock. and two beads fastened TO the
hair of it's tail, six inches down from
the joint by which that caudal ap-
pendage is hung to the body. The
driver must have been afraid Of the
devil, for he had protected his horses
going and coming. An even stranger
thing was an automobile we passed
driven by a long-gowned, turbaned
Turk. The car had a. strand OF blue
beads wrapped around the radiator
cap at the front. The man was 60
ing like the wind. and l doubt not
he had implicit faith in the charm.
Speaking OF automobiles, these
Turks have no speed laws and their
driving is more reckless than Jehu's.
Ny heart has taken a permanent lodg-
ing in my throat, and jump about
as though I had st. Vitus' dance in
trying to keep out OF the way OF
the motor cars. The main street of
Pera is only wide enough for two
cars to pass, and the fezzed chauf-
feurs hy in and out, grazing the
street cars, at a speed which would
cause their arrest in Chicago. Even
the street cars are dangerous. The
sidewalks are often not more than
two feet in width and the car track S
come SO close that the cars are apt
to skin ones legs as they pass. They
go like mad, and the ringing of their
bell vies with the honking from the
automobile.
This is a noisy city. Street ped
dlers Shrek out their wares. The
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by Byron, OF whom we may truly say
''he hath a gentle wit:
1.-The wind swept down the Euxine.
and the wave
Broke foaming Ger the blue SYM
plegades.
It's grand sight from off The Giants
Grave
To watch the progress of those roll
ing seas
Between the Bosporus. as they lash
and lave
Europe and Asia, you being quite
at ease.
There's not a sea the passenger e'er
pukes in
Turns up more dangerous breakers
than the Euxine."
After that day the early Christians
changed the temples built by the Greeks
into churches, and the Turks in turn
have changed the Christian churches to
mosques. The Turks have tradition
that Joshua, after he had led the
Israelites across the Jordan, subdued
six nations and thiFty-one kings, and
divided the promised land among the
Twelve Tribes, came to the Bosporus
to live. They say he died here, and
point out his grave near a mosque on
top of the mountain. This is mis-
take, for in the Book of Joshua, King
James version, we are told that he
died at the age of 10 and was buried
at Timnathserah, in Mount Ephraim.
That was about 400 &. c.
The Mohammedans represent Joshua
az equal in size to the Colossus of
Rhodes. They say he was so tall that
ha frequently stood astride the strait
and let the ships sail between his
legs. and that he loved to sit OF an
evening on the top of the Giant Noun
tain and lave his feet in the water
of the Bosporus, which was more than
zoo yards below him. If you can i'm
agine two legs each as long as the
Washington Monument, and a body
big enough to correspond, you may
have the Mohammedan conception of
Joshua, the son of Nun, cooling his
horns.
WE anchored awhile under the
" Giant Mountain at the town OF
Kevak. not far from some Standard
Oil tanks, until the quarantine officers
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Cosmopolitan Crowd Envens the Streets of Constantnope

hamals yell TO you to get out OF their
way. The pavements are cobbles' and
every vehicle rattles. Right next TO
my hotel is the Petit Champs a gar
den where they play jazz music and
sing until o'clock in the morning
and where the after midnight sights
would disgust Vienna, Paris or Ber-
lin, even in these days of their great
degradation. / do not always sleep
we'll and 1 try TO drop off by keeping
time TO the music. At about am,
it dies down and the city is quiet.
But even then 1 hear the resonant
sounds of the club of the policeman
as he walks his beat. tapping the
fagstones every so often to warn the
thieves OF his coming and to show
the city fathers he is on the job.
Copyright. 1929. Carpenters World Travels
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Ny heart stood up and tainted away.
Yet more people continue to come with
famine sounds in their laughter.
When nothing is TO be done il are al
ways best plan to do SO. Therefore
set in kitchen, smoking Xmas cigars in
hopes to die from ii before too late. But
could not do. Sounds of fashionable foot
steps approaching up. Door jumped.
Then income Mrs. c. w. Quackmire
looking calm but nervus
Togo" she commence with voice pecu-
liar to church, there are S46 persons in
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r ONS IANI1NOPLE. i have
come TO Constantinople over
the Black sea and the Bos-
porus. l took ship at Con-
stanza, in the delta of the Danube,
and crossed from Rumania to Turkey.
My vessel was Rumanian and the sail
was not different from one on the
great lakes, although the Black sea
is more than five times as large as
Lake Superior. 1t is nearly as big as
the Baltic. and Its only outlet is the
narrow Bosporus strait nineteen
miles long and from one-half mile to
two miles in width, which connects it
with the sea of Marmora and the
Mediterranean.
In my former visits / have reached
Constantinople from the Mediter-
ranean, passing through the Darda-
nelles and the sea of Marmora to the
Golden Horn. This year I have drift
ed down the Danube by water and
have come by rail through Austria.
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Serbia and
Rumania to Bucharest, and thence took
a train for Constanza.
The Black sea was smooth and it's
deep blue water sparkled under the
sun. We left Constanza at night and
the next morning found ourselves at
the entrance of that narrow, windin &
strait which separates Europe and
Asia
The BosporuS is perhaps the most
famous little body of water in all
history. It's very name is rnytho-
logical. Bosporus comes from the
Greek and means "Ox-ford," and it
was so called because the beautiful
maiden 10, transformed into milk
white COW by Jupiter, swan across
here from Asia to Europe. Where
we entered the strait was near a
point called Anchor Key. from the an
Choir which Jason found here when
the Argonauts were seeking the Cold
en- Fleece. On the other side of the
strait is the Giant Mountain, where
this same Jason made sacrifices and
built temples. and where Darisu, the
great Persian king, stood and looked
upon Europe. The view from the top is
magnificent. IL is thus referred to
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took them in ice box where they will not
evaporate
Then what collapsed? AT Az pm,
with considerable gas. popping and
wheel music. IS ottermobiles, nutter
cycles & push carts arrive up TO front
house like sheep going to war. o horrus
Everybody on earth, and some extra,
tore down doorbell in hast to get inside.
My brain got filled with adding ma
chimes. With IS sandwiches for 318
CASTS, how many would be that apiece?
could not do that hard arithmatick.
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A. Left handed. But he throwed
right handed.
Q. Did you ever know a man named
Smith?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever know a man named
Mclean?
A One of my best pals was Larry
Mclean the catcher.
Q. Was you ever interested in Pure
Oil?
A. Only in French dressing.
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Parlor. Where are immediate feed for
all thoseT
I'm ice box, please I multiply with
frozen glass on my backbone.
She look in while observing those IS
sandwiches. Shrieks by her. deep
breathing by me.
Then she laid down on floor and enjoy
some very difficult fits while ! eloped
around looking helpless as usual
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO.
Copyright, 1924
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to get SS.00o.oo dollars for hts services,
but he claims he did not get that much.
Q. Do you know any other Daug-
hefty?
A. Well. I used to know one that
was spelled Dougherty. His hrst
name was Pat and he played left
field for the Red Sox and White Sox
and come to think of IL he was in
terested in oil wells up in New York
state. He had curly hair.
Q. Did he hit left or right handed?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
CONTEMPT ACTION HALTS OIL TRIAL.
Government Counsel To Seek Delay In Sinclair
 Civil Suits

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Trial of the civil action against the Sinclair Oil properties in connection with naval oil leases originally scheduled for OctO- Der [, has been postponed until January 6. 1925. Postponement was taken on motion of government oil counsel, Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts. Their request was granted in New York.
 The delay was asked pending the out come of contempt proceedings begun in Toronto, Ontario, to compel H. $. Osler and other directors of officers of the Cass Continental Trading company to give evidence regarding the dealings of that concern with various American individuals and concerns involved in the Teapot Dome inquiry.
 The Continental concern, organized in 1921, is alleged to have realized mil- lions of dollars on the mere technical purchase and resale of oil from the Teapot Dome lease. When the company went out of business early this year, it is charged, all it's books and records were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
NATIONAL PLATFORM CITED
Klan Condemned Upon Basis Of Lib.
 erty Clause

SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 26.-A vigorous denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan and demand for modification of the Volstead Act to permit sale of light wines and beers, were the salient fea- lures of the democratic platform adopted at the state convention today.
 In naming the Ku Klux Klan refer ence was made to the pledge of the national democratic platform, ito de fend and maintain the Constitutional liberties of all citizens, of all races, of all classes and of all religions" and continues: We unequivocally con- demn the Ku Klux Klan. It seeks to subject the Sovereign state to the will and wishes of it's own invisible Empire. It further seeks to create in- tolerance by secret appeal and masked attack against particular classes based on race, religion or color. It's objects and it's activities are diametrically op- posed to the fundamental principle upon which our government was founded and to the liberal principles of the democratic party"
 Republican corruption" in Washing ton was attacked with particular ref erence to the oil disclosures and the Fordney McCumber tariff act. There was also included a plank favoring ex- tension of the soldiers bonus law to provide for the dependents of men who gave their lives overseas for our coun- try
 Others named on the state ticket to- day were lieutenant governor, George K. Lunn, Schenectady; secretary of state, James A. Hamilton, the Bronx 1; comptroller, James w. Fleming, Troy i; treasurer, George Kent Shuler, Lyons i; attorney general, Carl Sherman, Buff falo; engineer and surveyor, Dwight B. Ladu, Albany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
BAN IS PLACED
 ON TEXAS STOCK
 BY LOUISIANA
Hoof And Mouth Disease Discovered Near
 Houston

BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. >26.-- The Louisiana State Livestock sanitary board today announced it had. been ad- vised that the foot and mouth dis ease is reported to exist among cat tie in Harris couny, Texas, near Hous- ton. .-. %.
 This information is conveyed to the board by wire from Texas and the board was notified to be on the alert for the disease in this state and to guard against introduction of it from the state of Texas.
 Immediately on receipt of the infor- nation the board declared that quar- antine prohibiting the movement of shipments into Louisiana from Texas of any livestock, cattle, sheep, goats or other ruminants and swine would be issued. The diagnosis of the dis ease was confirmed by the chief of the United States bureau of animal indus try at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
PASTOR APPEALS. 3O-DAY SENTENCE. FOR INDECENCY|
Woman Shatters Buffalo Ministers Claim She
 Is His Wife

BUFFALO, N. T., Sept. 26.-The Rev. c. Penfold, pastor of Methodist Episcopal church of this city, today was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $50 by Justice of the Peace Jerome Ragan in Cheektownga. on a charge of outraging public decency.
 The Rev. Mir. Penfold was arrested in an automobile last week with wo- man whom he declared in court to be his wife. The woman later appeared and swore to statement that she was Mrs. Freda Lohr.
 Attorneys for the clergyman pre- pared to appeal the sentence. Rev. Mir. Penfold denied the charge against him, explaining in court that he had had Mrs. Lohr pose as his wife in hopes of escaping unwelcome publicity.
 Rev. Penfold last night was reported to have prepared letter of resignation from the ministry, but Bishop Adna W. Leonard declared resignation impos- sible and the letter was withdrawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
RULE IS
 NEARING END
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bills which will culminate in radical taxation measures in next springs bud get.
 When this budget is defeated, as it will be if presented, they will go to the country ill the consequent general election with the defeated legislation as their platform.
 The success of this plan defends on the liberals. The liberal party, caught between conservatism and radicalism, has been the football of both parties, and must be most careful in selecting the favorable moment to join the con servatives in ejecting the laborites. Whenever the election comes it will re- suit probably in a return of the con- seryatives to power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
Washington Is Confronted
 By NeW Tunnel Mystery

crete barricale, which apparently has replaced an old wooden door that once opened on a terrace. Another passageway several yards in length comes to an abrupt halt when it ap- breaches the foundation of an apart ment building.
 A third tunnel starts near the rear basement door of a private dwelling. It can be traversed about ten yards when loose earth and bricks prevent further passage. A passageway lead ing from it also is filled with debris.
 Knew About Them
 The owner of the dwelling said the tunnels were there when he purchased the property about eighteen months ago. He added that he had never explored them extensively and had filled up one of the passages to pre- vent entrance to his yard.
 Engineers inspecting the tunnels, the masonry was of the finest con struction and must have cost thous- ands of dollars. A date, 1918" was found on one piece of concrete. Some old residents of the neighborhood say the tunnels were discovered more than 20 years ago and forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
DR. J. ". BACHMAN
 CALLED BY DEATH
Was One Of Oldest Ministers Of
 Southern Presbyterians

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 26. Dr. Jonathan Waverly Bachman, pas tor emeritus of the First Presbyterian church of Chattanooga, died this after noon after several weeks illness.
 Dr. Bachman was the oldest minister of the Southern Presbyterian church of this section and had served the First Presbyterian church of Chattanooga as pastor for 50 years, having retired on October 9, 1923, the day he was St years old.
 He was an ex-Confederate soldier and former chapiain-general of the United Confederate Veterans association. He is survived by his son, Judge Nathan l.. Bachman, formerly of the supreme court of Tennessee, and three daugh- ters, Mrs. Charles Hyde, Mrs. c. k. Buck and Mrs. Frank Bachman Me Gill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
By Associated Press.)

Washington, Sept. 26.-The Cap ital City hummed tonight with unre- strained excitement over little mys- tefy all its own--the discovery of network of underground tunnels ora labyrinth of catacombs, in the exclu- sive northwest section of the city.
 Sophisticated Washington frank ly admits excitement over the under ground passages. Speculation has evoked many stories. Some credit German spies with building the work, others connect it with Civil war days and still others describe it as the rendezvous of interruptions plotters.
 Truck Breaks Secret
 This much is known, the tunnels were discovered yesterday when a truck wheel broke hole in what ap- peared to be just plain earth. Some one entering this hole found it drop ped into a passageway- about four feet wide and seven feet long. The passageway was lined with brick. This tunnel leads in one direction for several yards only to end in a con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
TN THE AIR TODAY
Courtesy Of Radio Digest) (By Associated Press)
Program For September ss

Program For September 2S
 WEBH Chicago (370) artists.
 WQJ Chicago I4O 7-9 orchestra. WLS Chicago (s45) 6 male chorus WLW Cincinnati (sos) S:3o a. m., Sun day school; 10. sermon; 6:I5 D. m.. ser mon; 7:45 music.
 WSAI Cincinnati. (3os) 2 sermonette; 2:15 sacred chimes
 WFAA Dallas News (47e) sacred songs; 9:30-11 orchestra.
 WHO Des Moines (526) 7:30-9 musical WICK Detroit Free Press (517) 6:45 Central M. E. church. - WTAS Elgin (2ss) 7-f2 entertainment WOs Jefferson City U4o.S 1880 re- WHB Kansas City GID s-s:so re- KHJ Los Angeles (ss6) s:so or chestra; organ; 10 De Luxe concert. CHYC Montreal CAD studio, Kerr and Party.
 WEAF New York (4s2) services WIZ New York (455) a. m., children 12:30-9 p. m.. services music, "Rigoietto." WHN New York (36o) 1 p. m.. services; 9:30 orchestra.
 KGO Oakland (312) s:so service. WOAW Omaha (526) musical chapel WIP Philadelphia (5os) 5:so services. WEI Philadelphia (395) 5:30 services. kGW Portland (4s2) 8 church service. theater gang; 8:15 organ.
 WGY Schenectady (aso) ' Temple KFNF Shenandoah tass) s:so sacred WCBD Zion ts45) musical program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
CLOTHES OF MAN
 CALLED UNHEALTHY
London Specialist Sees Need Of
 LOOser Garments

LONDON, Sept. 26.-The well tailored man is an abomination from the point of hygienics, according to a Harley street specialist.
 All tight-fitting, closely woven gar ments, such as the majority of men wear in town, are unhealthy" he says. Men wear the wrong sort of clothes and far too many layers of them.
 T should say men would look great deal younger at 40 than they do now if they adopted more sensible costume. l do not suggest that men need go about the streets in jumpers, but they might wear more loosely woven tweeds. Waist coats also could be discarded; they are a social convention of no particular use"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
ELOPES WITH GIRL
Oklahoma Minister Being Sought By
 Authorities r@a

DURANT, Okla, Sept. 26.-Friends of the Rev. J. G. Miller, aged pastor of leading Durant church, who killed himself recently rather than face the disgrace of church trial on charges of being intimate with woman of his congregation, today watched with eagerness the search for the Rev. Joseph Yates, pastor of church at Alliwee, Okla, who is reported to have eloped with a 14-year-old school girl.
 Yates formerly was assistant to Rev. Miller, and it was his charge that Miller had been interested in Mrs. Yates that caused the minister to take his life.
 A note left by Rev. Miller, who was 6S years old, branded Yates charge as blackmail and friends of the dead man today declared his memory vindi- cated by the reported elopment.
 Yates, after leaving Durant, ob- tained a divorce from his wife, who had not been living with him for several months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
MAN INJURED; CAR LEAPS ElNBANKMENT
Clay Simmons Slightly Injured
 In Freak Accident

Clay Simmons, Irondale, was pain fully injured late Friday afternoon when an automobile in which he was riding with Clarence Durrough plunged over a fifteen foot embankment at Twenty fifth street, north, and Eleventh avenue, according to reports at the Nor wood infirmary where the injured boy was carried.
 Simmons is said to have lost control of the machine after it struck the rail road tracks at the street intersection. His injuries consisted of a dislocated jaw bone and scratches. Durrough escaped uninjured Simmons was re- moved to the hospital in Browns ambu- lance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
REMUS TO BE TRIED
 WHEN TERM ENDS
Five Indictments Against Boot
 leg King Stand

WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-Depart- ment of justice officials announced to- day they intended to hold five indict- ments now pending against George Remus, Ohio bootleg kingfi, who recently repudiated his testimony before the Daugherty committee, and to try them when he completes his two year prison sentence in the Atlanta federal peni- tentiary.
 Indictments against Remus are pend ing in St. Louis. southern Indiana, and Cincinnati, but the department has au. thorized the United States attorney at Cincinnati to dismiss two counts of an indictment on which he was tried and convicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
MAY STOP PARKING
Chief Deputy Hill Objects To Cars In
 Jail Entrance

Efforts are to be made by Chief Deputy Sheriff Henry Hill to prevent parking in the entrance into the county jail, it was announced Saturday.
 Hill said that city laws concerning parking are being looked up in order to provide a way from preventing any one except county officials from park ing automobiles in the entrance.
 Under present conditions, outsiders use this as parking space and off cials who have urgent business in the jail cannot park near the building. This causes considerable confusion, it is said.