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The Washington times., 1925-06-09
Porter Joins Browns

Catcher Tom Porter, plucked from
Oglethorpe University by Scout Pat
Monahan, has joined the st. Louis
Browns.
The Washington times., 1925-06-09
Smith Leads Hitters

Red Smith, Atlanta's veteran
ehird-sacker, IL leading all the
hitters in the Southern Association,
with an average of .40S.
The Washington times., 1925-06-09
Honors Girl Athletes

The University of Pennsylvania
has awarded varsity letters to
twelve girl athletes.
The Washington times., 1925-06-09
There's No Other Aroma Like Murad

"Whie don't pretend to be connoisseur of tobacco,
do know that pure Turkish leaf has no equal for
fragrance. That's I'm partial to
Murads Their exquisite aroma won me years ago.
w. F. Hummer, Bethesda, Md.
The Washington times., 1925-06-09

Entries for the Mid-Atlantic
must be i'm the hands Of the sec
The Washington times., 1925-06-09

Only one man ever knocked
cut Greb. George Chip, former
middleWeight champion, turned
the trick in two rounds back In
1913 when Harry was Just start
ing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

from the wood of which, according to the
Bible, the ark of the covenant, the taber-
nacle and its furniture were made in the
wilderness by the Israelites. This tree
yields gum arabic in abundance, a produce
that Will bring considerable wealth to the
country.
The name "Dead Sea" was first given
to this body of water by st. Jerome in
420 A. d., because no fish of any kind
had ever been found in its waters. MANY
of its peculiarities were well known to the
ancents, although they had not the knowl-
edge to make profitable use of them as
we have. The Romans called it 'Iacus
Asphaltitus"
Its surface is lower than that of any
known body of water. 1t is 1892 feet
below the level of the Mediterranean Sea.
At its northen end it has depth of / 300
feet, while the water is only from three
to twelve feet deep at the southern ex-
tremty.
The water contains a large amount of
salts Of magnesa as we'll as sodium chlor-
ide, which is common salt. Its specific
gravity is so high that bather can float
in it indefinitely without effort. A per-
son who cannot swim will not drown in
it if he has sufficient self-control not
to swallow the water
The sea is fed by the Jordan and other
streams, but has no outlet, It is kept at
a certain level by evaporation only. This
accounts partly for its excessive content
Of salts.
Popular traditions say that the Dead
Sea exhales noxious vapors and that birds
which attempt to fly over it drop dead
but this is now ascertained to be not
founded on fact.
The Bible and ancient literature often
refer to the "vine of sodom" and "apples
of Sodom," which grew by the Dead Sea.
In Deuteronomy it is said:
"Their vine is of the vine of Sodom
and Of the field of Gomorrah, their grapes
are grapes of gall, their clusters are
bitter"
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1t was said that the "apples of Sodom''
were beautiful to look at, but turned to
ashes when touched. 1t is now believed
that both apples and vine were shrub of
the colocynth family which is now found
near the Dead Sea.
If the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah was not caused by lightning
igniting an oil well, as the latest theory
asserts, then it is still probable that some
natural upheaval caused the strange con-
flagration described in the Bible. IL is
possible that an earthquake caused the
ignition of the oil wells and the subse-
quent subsistence of the plains. Accord
ing to this theory the Dead Sea came into
existence when Sodom and Gomorrah were
destroyed.
Today the Dead Sea, body of water
forty-seven miles long and nine and a
half miles in greatest width, lying be-
tween the mountains of Judah and the
mountains of Moab, occupies an area that
might very well have been occupied in an
earlier period by the Jordan River flow
ing south to the Red Sea. Having no out
let, it has steadily accumulated salts of
sodium, magnesium, etc. derived from
the rocks of the lahd), until now it holds
in suspension 25 per cent of solids.
If emptied of water it would present TO
the eye an aspect most strange and weird.
For it is indeed an abyss. In places the
depth, as ascertained by soundings, drops
suddenly from twenty feet or so to more
than a thousand feet. Until very recent
years 1T was a matter of common belief
that the Dead Sea had no bottom, but that
notion was held merely because no lines
were available that were long enough to
plumb its profundities.
When the floor of that valley dropped
out it certainly fell a tremendous dis
lance, but no bottomless abyss can exist.
The present prolongation of the valley
of the Jordan three hundred miles from
the rivers source to the eastern branch
of the Red Sea is an important and strik-
ing feature in the topography of the Holy
Land, and gives strong support to the
theory that the stream formerly emptied
into the Red Sea. 1t confirms the Scrip
tural story of a great CONFUSION which.
interrupting the course of the river, con-
verified the fertile plains into a lake-the
"salt sea" of which Moses speaks.
All the valley to the southwark was
thereby changed into a sandy desert. The
Jordan could no longer reach its ancient
outlet. but, flowing into the vast chasm,
gradually formed the lake which today
we call the Dead Sea.
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THE new British Government of Pal

TH HE new British Government of Pal
estine has announced that it will
consider bids for the exploitation
of the mineral resources of the entire
Dead Sea.
This means that the region which is
associated with many of the most impor-
tant and dramatic events in Bible history
will soon be opened up TO commerce and
will be busy with evaporation plants, oil
wells, factories, railways and so forth.
Most important of all the resources to
be used is the supply Of potash, which is
necessary in agriculture. The Dead Sea
is so loaded with salts and minerals that
no animal or plant can live in its waters
or within few feet Of them.
The supply Of potash alone in the Dead
Sea is said to amount to 100000 tons.
The substance is now worth between S25
and $50 ton. This, it is expected, will
become Of the first resources to be devel-
oped.
The country is now safe and peaceful
and capitalists feel justified in placing
their money in it and beginning TO con.
struct expensive plants For nearly
thousand years no profitable industry has
been possible IN the country because il
was under the control Of the barbarou5
Turk, VINO robbed and killed all wOrkol-
Indeed the country has scarcely been safe
and orderly for more than two thousand
years. Even in the time of the Saviour
II was 10 d dangerous condition. for bitter
conflicts between the Jews and the Rom
ans were constantly occurring. Now Pal
estine is a. orderly as il was in the time
of King David, the era Of its greatest
glory and prosperity, and the inhabitants
are confident that those golden days are
about to return.
In addition TO the potash in the Dead
Sea, there are in the vicinity vast deposits
of oil, coal, copper, sulphur and bitumen
which can easily be turned 70 good ac-
count and marketed when the necessary
capitsl is forthcoming
Soon We may expect TO see a salt-pack.
ing factory where Lots wife was turned
into a pillar Of salt, oil gushers near
the sites Of ancient Sedan anu Gomorrah.
bitumen works where St John the Baptist
was beheaded, a sulphur mine where
Abraham fed his flocks, a copper mine
where King Herod was beseged by rebels
and other highly modern industries on the
sites of the most famous events of Bible
history.
About ten miles north of the Dead Sea
,hcre Is today a striking formation in
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The Desolate Shores of the
Dead Sea and the Plains
Where Lots Wife Was
Turned Into a Pillar of
Salt to Hum With
Chemical Factories

lives of their inhabitants: Abraham asked
the Lord if He would spare the cities if
fifty righteous people could be found in
them. The Lord assented, but Abraham
then confessed that it might be difficult
to find so many. He reduced the number
of the requisite righteous to ten but still
they could not be found, and so the cities
were condemned.
Only Lot, his wife and his two young
est unmarried daughters were found right
eous, and they were warned to flee to
the mountains for their lives. Lot tried
to warn his married daughters and his
sons-in-law, but they laughed at him and
refused to heed.
The four had been ordered to flee in
the night and not to look back, but Lots
wife, with that curiosity which has been
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that the fire of birthstone which over
Whelmed the wicked cities of SOdom
and Gomorrah was d natural cOnflagra-
ton Of one Of the combustible minerals
which are so abundant in this locality.
Just which IL was is not certain, since even
the sites Of the doomed cities have not
been established. An ancient tradition
states that they lie beneath the waters Of
the Dead Sea, but that is by no means
certain
DR.. Heinrich Beyersdorfer, a noted
German chemist and engineer, has re-
Gently decided that it was most probable
that SOdom and Gomorrah were destroyed
by natural oil gushers which had become
lgnited by lightning. He has seen many
Instances where whole villages in the eau
casus have been destroyed by this cause
in recent years.
This authority believes that Sodom and
GOnOrrah were situated on the plain i'm
meGiately north Of the Dead Sea. They
are referred TO in the Bible several times
as "tne cities Of the plain" The Jordan
River flows into the Dead Sea, and its
valley is the only plain Immediately adj
jacrut 10 the mountains above Jerusalem
where the Children Of Israel dwelt in the
earliest times.
They must have been in that part Of the
plain near the sheep pasture Of Abraham.
for the Bible tells US how Abraham and
other lsraelites looked down on them from
the heights Of Bethel. Modern investiga-
ton shows that is the only par Of tn.
plain where the oil beds are still located,
just above the Dead Sea. which is visible
from that point in the hills.
Fragments Of calcined pottery and
sculpture, dating from about 1000 Be,
have been found in this locality. They
show signs Of having been subjected 20
great heat long after they were originally
baked
According to the Bible, the Lord de-
cided 10 destroy these twin cities because
Of the great wickednesg and Icentioug
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tains the finest natural scenery in the Holy
Land. The sides of the canyon rise per-
pcndicularly about 300 feet and are only
about 20 feet apart, here overhanging,
there overlapping or dovetailing into
one another, as though this mighty
mass has been violently rent asunder.
to allow the seething stream of the
Arnon, with its cascades and whirlpools,
access to the sea. The cliffs here are of
sand stone of exquisite hues, rivalling the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, giving
them that indescrbable coloring that SO
frequently delights tourists.
No towns or villages are to be found
on the actual shores of the glo, my Dead
Sea. A poet describing its desolatlon has
written:
by that lake whose gloomy shore
Skylark never warbled DER"
But if the skylark cannot be heard
there, the roar of the furnace and the hiss
Of the steam pipe will.
The heat in summer frequently reaches
105 deg. Fair, which is drawb; K, but
there is usually cool breeze in the eve
ming. Half way down the western back
lies Engedi, the only place on that side
where fresh water is TO be found. Engedi
is first mentioned in the book of Joshua
as one of the places that Joshua gave
70 the children Of Judah during his in
vasion Of Palestine.
Later David dwelt at Engedi before he
became King Of Israel. II was there that
he took refuge in a cave, when Saul pur-
sued him to kill him. Saul rested in the
same cave over night not knowing that
David was there. In the night David cut
Off piece Of Saul's robe secretly to prove
to him that he could have killed him if he
had wished 10.
The half square mile of plain that skirts
the shore here with its hot and cold water
springs and luxurious vegetation is a
pleasing picture. Here the first cueum-
bers for the Jerusalem market are now
grown.
The place was evidently carefully cul-
Great Britain Rights Resared.
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st. John the Baptist was beheaded. The
Bible tells US that st. John the Baptist.
the fOrerunner of the Saviour. denounced
Herod, the ruler of Galilee, for having mar
RED his brothers wife, Herodias, which
was against the Jewish law. For this
Herod cast him into prison.
Some time after this Herod's birthday
was celebrated at the castle with great
feasting and drinking. Herodias brought
IN her beautiful daughter Salome to dance
for the kings pleasure. She gave a per
Torrance which has probably never been
surpassed in the history of dancing Herod
was 80 delighted that he Offered to give
the girl anything she wished, even to the
half Of his kingdom.
Salome answered that she merely
wished the head of John the Baptist cut
off at once and brought to her on dish.
The saint was executed Immediately as
She asked and the head brought in to the
festive gathering. From ancient legends
Il has been established that Salome's ex-
raorainary vindictiveness was due to the
fact that St. John had rejected her wicked
advances.
j. has been decided that this famous
episode occurred at Machaerus near the
Dead Sea, because Herod possessed a
castle there and because he could not live
~ Jerusalem, where he was very unpOp-
ular. Evidently the imprisonment and
execution occurred in the castle whore
Herod was living, because the Bible says
that the saint was executed and the hca
brought into the banqueting hall at once.
Near by lie the hot baths of Callirhoc,
which were frcquented by Alexander the
Great Marc Antony, Pontius Plate, the
Hcrods and other celebrated character
of antiquity and were reputed TO have
great medicinal powers. When the coun-
try is once more restored to business ac-
tivity, the baths will probably be turned
u good use again.
On the western shore Of the Dead Sea,
where the limestone cliffs tower up
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thousand and more feet, lie the ruins of
the ancient fortress of Masada This was
the scene of some of the most thrilling
events in later Jewish history Here the
Maccabees, the last Independent race Of
Jewish kings, made heroic stand against
the tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes Of Syria.
Later Herod the Great found refuge
here when pursued by his enemies. Finally
it was immortalzed by the flight and sub
sequent resistance of the sect of Jewish
patriots called Zealots in their attempt to
escape subsection by the Romans. 1t was
here that the last spark of Jewish indie
pendence was extingushed.
Eight miles further south is the famous
mountain of Jebel Usdum. 1t is six miles
long, rises to height of 500 feet and Is
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the rock, looking very much
ike a stately queens fig
ure, which the natives call
"Biut Sheikh Lut," mean
ing the daughter Of the
Sheikh Lot. This is sup
posed to be the actual pillar
into which the jisobedient
wife Of the only virtuous
citizen Of Sodom was con-
verted. The belief has pre-
vailed from time imme-
mortal.
Biblical scholars are gen.
orally inclined IN bcIieva
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since known as
feminine" insisted
on turning round to
see what was hap
pening and W a 5
changed into a pillar
of salt for her dis
obedience.
"Then the Lord
rained upon Sodom
and Gomorrah brim-
stone and fire from
the Lord out of
Heaven"
Abraham, VIII o
had not been com
manded to look
back, rose early in
the morning, and
this is what he saw:
"And he looked
toward Sodom and
Gomorrah, and to-
ward all the land of
the plain, and 10,
the smoke of the
country went up as
the smoke of a fur
mace"
A b out Gig h t
miles further north
of the Dead Sea
S the Castle Of
Machaerus, where
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tivated by the
earliest J e W i S h
settlers and turn
ed into a little
paradise, for in
the Song of Solo
mon we read:
"My beloved is
unto me as a
campfire in the
vineyards of En-
gedi."
Here grow S
the strange look
ing shittim tree.
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rock salt. This alone
will produce meal
culable wealth when
properly exploited.
This mountain is
close to the southern
end of the Dead Sea.
1t is here you find
the first of the four
GASES found on the
5 h res of this
strange s h e ct of
water. These fertile
plains are called
Ghors. They are
only a few acres in
extent, but abund-
antly watered with
f r Q S h water and
capable of untold de-
velOpment, for as
soon as one crop is
harvested the water
can be turned on
and and another put
in.
A run of about
ten miles to the
north of the Dead
Sea brings one to
t h G magnificent
gorge Of the River
Ar.DOn This con-
Evening star., 1925-12-04

destroy an irreplaceable collection.
The communique of the Bulgarian
police does not explain how the rob
bers gained an entrance, but intimates
there was collusion. 1t says the col
lection was intact at nightfall and
the next morning it was gone, the
showcases in which ii had been
housed smashed, and the settings
torn loose.
One set of coins was unique among
numismatists. 1t consisted of l61
gold ard silver coins. with a few
bronze specimens dating from the
period of the Macedonian kings. The
most important of these We're double
statere of gold of Philip II of Mace
don and seven double stateres of gold
of Alexander, the Great. all in perfect
condition. There were also two sta
tereS of gold of DemetriuS |. and 80
stateres of gold of the periods of
Philip and Alexander, the Great. In
addition there We're 10 stateres of gold
of Philip III. All these coins dated
fIom a period from the end Of the
fifth century before Christ TO the sec
ond century before Christ
Among the other coins Of silver and
bronz" there are some rare historical
examples of the reign OF Alexander
the Great. the fourth century before
Christ; of Ajeropas II. 400 i G.: Pau
SaniaS. 400 i. c.; Alexander III. same
century: of DemctriuS III. Poliocrete
Antigone. Gonatc and Philip V.
In addition there was "a large collec-
ton of coins of the middle ages which
covered not only the latest Greek and
Macedonian periods, but of the Huns
Goths and NiSi-Goths. who swept over
Europe AT the time.
Evening star., 1925-12-04

make valid those applications made
in good faith, but which applications
did not actually reach the War or
Navy Department before the death Of
the applicant.
The fourth amendment sets aside
the ruling of the controller to the
effect that sums payable under the act
are subject to any Indebtedness to the
United S.s..sso-.
The fifth amendment seeks to give
10 those living veterans who We're
more than 75 years of age at the time
of filing their applications for ad-
juSted compensation the full amount
of their adjusted service credit in cash
in one lump sum immediately upon
their claims being awarded. There
are perhaps less than 70 veterans af
fected by this amendment.
The sixth amendment seeks to
nullify the ruling of the controller as
to what actually constitutes depen-
dency in the administration of the
adjusted compensation act. The
amendment would take away from the
controller general the uthurity Of
determining what constitutes depcn-
denCY in adjusted compensation claims
and place the determination of the
fact of dependency conclusive in the
Veterans Bureau, such as is the case
in determining dependency under the
World War veterans act. Under the
present system mother or father
may he determined to he Il dependent
parent and entitled To compensation
under the World War veterans act
by the Veterans Bureau, but is unable
to establish a condition of dependency
under the adjusted compensation act
because of the ruling Of the controller
general as to what constitutes de-
pendenCN.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
SEEKS TO AMEND
WAR BONUS BILL
BaCharaCh to Offer Bill in
House Setting Aside Nc.
Carl Rulings.

Sin amendments TO the World War
adjusted compensation act. designed
primarily TO set aSid" several deCi-
slons OF the controller general. de-
SCrlbed as not being in harmony with
the intention of those who framed the
law. have been drafted into n bill
which Representative Isaac BaCha-
lach OF New Jersey will introduce as
soon as the House organizes.
The first amendment sets aside the
decision of ti4e controller that Il vet
eran'S ) estate Is not entitled to the 500
bonus given to enlisted men at time
OF discharge. Then men who were
killed or who died While in the service
did not receive this bonus. and il is
unjust TO the dependents of these dead
soldiers to deduct the to-day period
from the adjusted service credit due
in their cases.
The second amendment is to allow
adjusted service credit TO those pro-
VisiUnal officers whe were in 10 sense
a part of the regular establishment.
The third amendment seems to
Evening star., 1925-12-04
S10,0DO,0l)O COIN
COLLECTION LOOT
Worlds Most Valuable Hoard
of Rare Money Is Stolen
From Museum.
Correspondence of The star ana New York


Cores spondence of The star ana New NorI,
World.
PARIS. November 2J.-A band of
robbers has stolen what many regard
as one OF the most valuable coin
collections in the world. intrinSically
and historically.
The great national bulgarian col
lection housed in the Archaeological
Museum at Sofia. valued altogether
at more than $1,000 900 gold. was
visited on The night of November :,
and coins of gold and silver dating
from the fifth century before Christ.
valued at $4,000. 900. taken.
While more than 30 persons. some
of them guards and attendants of the
museum. have been arrested. no def
mite trace of the property has been
discovered. Now the police of Eu-
ropcan countries, as well as collectors
Of coins and their agents the world
over, have been advised to report the
first Offering Of any of III" money
There is great fear the robbers may
melt their loot for the gold. and thus
Evening star., 1925-12-04
DUST BINS MAY PASS.
Paris Engineer Has New Plan to
Eliminate Eyesores on Street.

PARIS, November - tBy, MaiD.-
Thousands of the dust bins to be seen
in the streets of Paris every morning
are in danger of perpetual Danish
ment. A French engineer has devised
a system of diSposing of rubbish with
out the use Of such reccptacles, and
Parisians, solicitous of the appearance
of their beautiful city, are urging the
authorities to adopt ii. The waste
matter of every dwelling would be
crushed by Il simple apparatus and
propelled by water into a receptacle
under the pavement outside. From
there it would be sucked into a motor
vehicle equipped for the purpose.
The use Of dust bins by Partisan
householderS was made obligatory by
Eugene Rene poubelle. while he was
prcfect Of the Seine department in
1891. The bins, called "Poubelles
were named after him.
Evening star., 1925-12-04

Quoted in the past summer in the =
cinity of Seeedin. The crop produce
II quintals per hcctarc and compare
favorably with Tie best importco
products.
y large acreage viii be planted ne
wear, and if the experiment proves -
successful as this wear rice IS eXrec5
cd to become Il staple crop in ILUs
gary.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
HEARST BORROWS HUGE
SUM FOR NEW BUILDINGS
Obtains 100000 to Be Used
Largely for Homes for New
York Publications.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, December i.--Willi;tm
Randolph Hearst, the publisher, has
borrowed 15,000,000 with which TO
finance the erection of new buildings
for his newspapers and magazines
published here Arthur brisbane an
nounced last night. The loan will be
secured by bonds on several of Mr..
Hearst's real estate holdings.
The announcement said "a compara-
lively small proportion OF the loan will
be used to reimburse the New York
Evening Journal for capital eXpendi-
lures made in the recent purchase of
the Rochester Journal and Post EX-
press. the Rochester American. the
syracuse Journal and Telegram and
the Syracuse American.