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they owed their eventual superiority over the
Egyptians.
The Assyrians had wheeled towers, protected
with brass and hides from which they could operate
a battering ram to make hole through the wall of
a city. Similar towers carried parties of bowmen
and spearmen, and could be wheeled into the ranks
of the comparatively unprotected enemy cavalry and
infantry. They were the tanks of that age.
The inhabitants of the city made sorties in their
tanks and their chariots when they dared At other
times they threw down burning torches boiling water
and stoneson the enemy.
1t appears certain from this inscription that there
were many chariots heavily decorated with gold and
silver. There is good prospect of recovering many
of these valuable relics. y
Professor Breasted says that the spoil captured
by Pharaoh Thothmes at Armageddon comprised two
hundred suits of armor including those of two kings
the gorgeous tent of the King of Kadesh and with
his royal sceptre, silver statue of his god an
ebony statue of himself wrought with gold and apis
lazuli. Immense quantities of gold and silver were
also taken from the city. Pharaoh returned to Egypt
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army together. Assyrian standards were shaped
with figures of bulls and Egyptian with the hawks
head
Beneath the soil of Amageddon must be the
remains of many armies like that of King SIENNA.
cherib of Assyria which miraculously destroyed
in one night in Palestine.
In the reign of good King Hezekiah of Judah,
Sennacherb, one of the greatest Kings of AsSyria,
invaded Palestine for the purpose of extracting more
tribute from the Israelites and making them worship
strange gods. 1t is probable that he marchedin by
way of Armageddon, but according to the Bible the
Israeltes did not have to fight, for miracle hap.
pened.
"And it came to pass that night, that the angel
of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the
Assyrans an hundred fourscore and five thousand:
and when they arose in the morning behold, they
were all dead corpses."
That is the miracle which Byron described in ha
poem beginning
"The Assyrian came down like wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were cleaning with purple and gold.
And the sheen of his spears like stars the sea,
Where the blue rolls nightly deep Gslee"
Just where and how this catastrophe happened
has always been mystery. One Biblical expert has
suggested that the Assyrian army was attacked by
the bubonic plague, which is about the only cpl.
demc disease that could have worked so quickly.
The Assyrian inscriptions of Sennacherib's reign,
which are numerous, make no mention of the catas-
trophe to his army. Perhaps the new excavations
at Amageddon may throw light on it.
A mournfu chapter in the long history of Anna
geddon came when the Israelites marched through
there after the final downfall of Jerusalem, to cap
tivity in Babylon. Men, women and children, la
mentng the loss of their homes and their sacred
city, struggled over the plain under the whips and
the spears of their brutal captors. 1t Nebuchad
nezzar, King of Babylon who took the greater part
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem into captivity. He
carried all the princes and all the mighty men Of
valor even ten thousand captives."
The explorers indeed certain to recover A
great many relics. for the work begun before the
war at Megiddo, the town near Armageddon, re-
vealed remains of Canaanite dwellings and fortih-
cations sxty-eight feet deep.y
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| g the great yew bow, which was the principal
kapon of the Egyptian army.
The best bows were of great power since the in
Fiptions show the arrows completely transfxing
e body of a lion. The archers were the main
length of the Egyptian army at this period. Trained
manoeuvre in companies and shooting volleys of
adv arrows at the word of command, they easily
|ercame less civilized forces.
Companies of heavy Egyptian troops carried axes
lth iron heads
Vestiges of all the weapons mentioned will prob
y be found Iron is the least likely to survive the
les but where they have been buried under deep
blight of dry earth even iron implements may
dure. =
Iron was the earliest of known metals but was
|ry soft, as the making of steel was not understood
ancient times Hence iron was much inferior in
rdness to bronze, which became the metal for
lords and spears when the Greeks and Romans
|ere dominant Brass was largely used as an armor
the period of Pharaoh Thothmes and is mentioned
the armor of Saul in the Bible.
Specimens of Assyran iron work oyerlaid with
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The Pharaoh Rameses the Great,
the best known of all the Pharaohs to us, fought
battle at Armageddon against the Hittites who were
becoming of the great powers of that part of the
world. He then beseged them in their strong city,
Kadesh an operation concerning which the wall
paintings in the temple at Karnak give remark
able details. The inscription says;
"When His Majesty halted he encamped on the
northwest of Kadesh He had come up with the
hostile forces of the Hittites, being quite alone;
other was with him. There were thousands and
hundreds of charots all around him every side.
He dashed them down in heaps of dead before his
horses He slew all the kings of all the nations who
allies of the Hittte King, with his princes and
elders, his soldiers and his horses. He threw them
upon another, head over heels into the Orontes.
Then the King of the Hitttes turned and lifted up
his hands to supplcate the Divine Benefactor lie,
Pharaoh) for grace"
Long spears for handto-hand fighting, and jave-
Inns, or short spears, for throwing, of wood were
headed by brass points. The leaders, like King Sar-
gon of the Assyrians and Kings Saul and David of
Israeli were particularly expert in the use of the
javen.
A large and a small shield were used by the lead
ing warriors of this period. The large shield was
carried before them by an attendant they ad-
vanced to the fight and they used the small one when
they engaged in single combat
1t may be that the excavators will unearth Che
spear and shield carried by King Josiah, which he
dropped when he was wounded at Armageddon.
They will not find his armor he doubtless was
carried in that to Jerusalem.
Many curious implements of ancient warfare,
some hitherto unknown and others known only from
inscriptions on stone, are likely to be found The
ancients were quite ingenious in making engines for
attacking fortified cities and camps which were very
curious There were arrangements of wood covered
with hide and BRASS under which two soldiers could
find defence from arrows and spears they crawled
to the attack of fortified position.
Standards were among the earliest developments
of organized war; as they were necessary to keep an
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Gold and Silver Chariots
Like This Swept Over the
Battlefield 1000 Years Ago

bronze were found at Min
eveh. Bronze will endure
for ages. Iron weapons of
various kinds were found.
at Nimrud in Babylonia,
but fell to pieces on expos
ure to the air.
: The Assyrians against
whom Thothmes fought at
Armageddon were very in
genious in the construction
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
CHURCH LAUNCHES DRIVE
OR$1O,ooO BUILDING FUND

A ten.day building fund drive for
$40, 900 for the Epiphany Catholic
Church's new home at Twenty
seventh street and Dumbarton ave-
nue., Georgetown, the cornerstone
of which was laid yesterday, was
launched today under the direction
of the Reverend Lawrence Schaefer,
pastor Epiphany Church was the
first colored Catholic Church
founded in Georgetown.
The dedication and cornerstone
laying yesterday was attended by
Monsignor c. f. Thomas, pastor Of
st. Patrick's Church, representing
the archbishop, who laid the cor
nerstone. He was assisted by the
Reverend +. j. Houlihan, Of Balti-
more and the Reverend +. M. w.
Schneeweiss, of Anacostia. The
Reverend Walter Reid, Of st. Cy-
prian's, was master Of the Cere-
monies. A number Of visiting
clergymen were present. A parade
was held by the knights of St.
John and members of the Holy
Name Guild. A banquet was
served last night.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
APPEALS AWAIT
PERSONNEL
BOARD
Members to Spend Most of
Summer in Effort to
Clear Docket
''MEa STAFF PHOTO

Personnel Classification Board
members will spend the summer
hearing appeal cases, it was
learned today.
A pile of brightly colored docu-
ments damned full of facts about
individual employees who claim they
have been wrongly allocated occu-
pies the position of honor of the
boards desk. Each paper repre-
sents weeks of work in digging
up the facts, and also indicates
that the board will spend hours
and perhaps days in hearing tes-
timony on the case affected.
w. H. McReynolds, member Of
the board, stated today that the
appeal cases would be heard every
day until August !, when budget
work will occupy a major part in
the program for about a week.
Then the board will go at the APP
peals again, to clear them up, If
possible, before autumn.
Hundreds of cases remain to be
heard, and more are expected from
! certain Government offices. 1t is
thought that September will see
the docket cleared, and when this
is accomplished. handling the few
appeals that may come in from time
10 time will be an easy matter.
The board is concentrating at
present on this feature of it's work,
although a little time is given TO
office routine.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
D. c. COLLECTOR
HAS ANCIENT
BOOK
Parts of Fourteenth Century
Genesis Treasured BY
Charles Kohen

An ancient manuscript-portions
OF the Book of Genesis-in the
Hebrew language Of the fourteenth
century, hand-lettered on rolls of
soft leather, is in possession of
Charles Kohen, a Washington col
lector. The manuscript came to
him from w. A. Levandowsky,
former lieutenant general of form
In the Russian imperial army, now
resident in this city.
Aside from the antiquity Of this
remarkable old work, it has had
an interesting career. This manus-
cript was at one time studied in
the bibliotheca of the Vatican and
was mentioned by Abbot e. Jisser-
ant in his survey of ancient manus-
cripts of the Orient.
The roll was pillaged at one
time during the world war from a
synagogue in Mesopotamia and two
tears in the leather bear evidence
of the rough treatment it received
IDENTIFY without the slightest concep-
ton of the priceless worth of these
rolls, tore them into portions along
the seams where the pieces of
leather were sewn together.
The roll evidently came back into
the care of the church afterwards
for General Levandowsky received
it as a present from Mar Shimoone.
patriarch OF Assyrians in Meso-
potamia. The patriarch has since
died. This manuscript, presented to
the Russian general for services n
had done for the church, was trans
init ted to him by General Agha
Petros of the British colonial army.
The manuscript now in Mr..
Kohens possession is in two pieces
beirg the first and last portions of
the Book of Genesis, but several
chapters are missing.
The manuscript, however, as
whole, is in remarkably good state
and the lettering appears as clear
and fresh as If it were done a week
ago. Interlinear corrections of the
fifteenth century appear in several
sections of the roll.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
COURSE IS
NOW BEING
MAPPED
Eldridge's Idea to Make Next
Generation Careful
Drivers

District school children will be
porting over the rules of street
safety and traffic control if the
plans of Traffic Director M. o
Eldridge are completed in time
to add this subject to the curricu.
lum in the fall.
The traffic director believes that
the best way to have safe drivers
il to begin their instruction early
With the traffic problem becoming
more complex constantly, he views
q course in the schools as the
most effective method of insuring
the next generation as careful
drivers.
Even in Kindergartens.
Director Eldridge plans to have
the various phases of traffic di-
rection and control taught through
the grades and high school, adapt
ing the lessons to the ages of the
pupils. The instruction would be-
gin in the kindergarten, where tine
DdICSL VI 1uhOdulSuIdlS "OuIu DS
emphasized.
The first lessons would caution
youngsters to cross streets with
the greatest care, and to avoid
playing in the streets. From that
point they would be led through
the more detailed lessons of safety
until in the high school classes
they would be initiated into the
more intricate rules governing traf-
fie control.
Will Caution Parents.
Mr.. Eldridge pointed out that
children are usually prone to call
down" their elders when there is an
apparent infraction Of any rule of
conduct. II the tots were taught
traffic regulation and safety rules
In school. they would be the first
to caution their fathers and mothers
when they go driving with them to
observe the lessons the schools have
taught.
The boys and girls Of today with
in a few years will be driving cars
OF thehir own Mr.. Eldridge de-
clared. 1T is certainly not too
soon 10 begin teaching them the
lessons Of safe driving. What they
learn in their imprCssionable years
will be retained better, so that we
would have drivers who have
learned their lessons Of safe driving
well and have never forgotten them.
The instruction can be suited to
the age Of the children, but it can
be begun as soon as they enter
school.
BY the time the pupils have
reached high school the general
rules Of traffic control can be
taught them in a way that they will
have a firm grasp Of general prin-
ciples by the time they are ready
TO apply fol a drivers permit"
The Washington times., 1925-07-20

Some men have q solemn look and
rarely crack q smile,
They believe IL makes them look wise
to be serious all the while:
While others laugh out loudly, and
get pleasure where they can,
And yet Il II q serious thing to be
cIassed as . funny man.
II ones a humorous writer or tells =
witty joke,
He incurs the criticism Of narrow
minded folk:
"A frivllOuA mind, q clown, or q
raftle-braiHed fool,
Who got his education in FOlIy's
worthless school"
What q drear life this would be II
everyone looked sad
And each looked at the other az IL
always mean or mad;
Without smiles, jokes, laughter, or
even simple 9rins,
Would seem we were being punished
for objectionable sins.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
JOSH CIR APH s.

Congressman BlGnton. 10 no+o
planning a tour of Japan. Too
earthquakes ought to be enough
punishm ent for that country!
A DenUer minister depIOreS the
fact that the modern girl meVer
displays beneVoIence. Cheer up,
old man, skirts are getting shorter
all the time.
Jack Dempsey, 4cho announced
his retirement from pu0iIisnt at the
time of his marriage, has recon-
Sidered. He has probably decided
that so long as he has to fight
anyway that he might as aCeH get
paid for I'll
The tUorId tciH neVer get better
until reformers stop shaking heads
and start shaking hands.
En0Iishmen are greatly amused
at the Scopes trial, bat judging
from some of the specimens s0e'Oe
seen the English could certainly
produce plenty of evidence IN
fGOOr of evolution If they desiredI
JOE n. HOLMAN.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE
TO ROME PLANNED HERE

Plans for the participation of a
large body of Washington Catholics
in the national holy year pilgrimage
10 Rome are being made by the
local committee of the National
Council of Catholic Men, Admiral
William S. Benson, chairman.
The group is to include parents
and relatives of Washington soldiers
OF Catholic faith who are buried in
France. The party is to visit the
American cemeteries and hold me.
mortal services. On the return trim
visits will be made TO the shrines al
Lourdes and of st. Therese, al
ILisieuX
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
CONCERTS

BY the United States Marine Band,
at the Marine Barracks. at
p. m. William H. Santelmann,
Leader; Taylor Branson, Second
March. with sword and
overture rn1 Barber Of seville
vollstedt
Trombone Solo. "Phenominal
pG Principal Musician Robert tunes
e. Clark
Mosaic from "sicilian Vespers,"
Descriptive Fantasia, Spring
Jubilee in the Alps. .Gungl
Grand March, Entrance OF the
f G19s's :.ra ant snH "artou Wagner
Marines Hymn, The Halls
of Montezuma."
THE Star-Spangled Banner
BY the United States Marine Band,
at Grant Circle, at 1880 p. m.
Taylor Branson. Second Leader,
Conducting.
Overture. Joan of Arc" soderman
Elgar
Excerpts from Naughty Mari
eta" .....,.....,....., Heroert
Wilson
Waltz, ARTISTS Life. go. Strauss
Grand scenes from Merchant
of Venice" ......,.....Pi nsuti
The Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band.
at the Capitol. at p. m.
Lieutenant harles Benter.
U. s. N. Director.
March. 1.-THE Screamer". Jewell
Overture to William Tell"
Rossini
Duet for Flute and Horn.
q. Bell and J. Powell,
Randmasters, II. s. ny
Prologue from "Pagliacci,"
Leoncavallo
Grand Scenes from the Opera
sampson and Delilah,"
Sant-Saens
valse de Concert. 1.-THE Debu-
fante" ........S antelmann
Ballet. Egyptian" ........ .Luigini
a Allegro non troppO
b AIlpgrettO
Andants sostenoto
Andante expressive
Excerpts from Naughty Mari
MALTA ersa ..rhe Lure Of Alaska"
March "o Benter
The star-spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
MacMILLAN'S FLAGSHIP,
REPAIRED, is UNDER WAY

The flagship Bowdoin, of the
Macmillan Arctic expedition, was
en- route today from Hopedale, Lab
rador, to Disko Island, Greenland.
A radiogram to the National Geo
graphic Society from Commander
Donald b. Macmillan said that the
ship left Hopedale at 7:30 a. m
Sunday, July 10, under full sail
and engine power. Thre was a
light east wind and splendid
weather conditions" the message
said. The Bowdoin is expected 10
join the alrplane Peary at Disko
Island the latter part of this week,
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
WILD WEST SHOW FEATURE
OF ANNUAL ROCKVILLE FAIR

Plans for the annual fair at
Rockville, Md, August % to 20 in
elusive, were announced today by
the Montgomery County Arigcul-
tural Society.
A Wild West show will be on
the grounds throughout the fair, as
will the usual racing program, with
a wide variety of events.
The first day will be devoted to
children. including Judging of pony
classes and juvenile club exhibits.
The annual horse show will feature
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
GIRL, II, DESPoNDENT,
is ILL FROM POISON

Dependency caused by a pro-
longed period of illness led Miss
Clara Alvey, seventeen, of 1888
North Capitol street, to take poison
yesterday, the police quote her
relatives as saying
While visiting relatives at 235 G
street northwest, the girl became
seriously i'll and was removed to
Emergency Hospital. Although she
responded to treatment admins
tered by Doctor Gier, it was said
that her recovery is still uncertain.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
ANOTHER ADDITION TO
Society

"Here's where L hang up the dish
rag,
Which has long made me my kaIe. :"
This said . Philadelphia dishwasher
Who no longer has cause to wall.
A rich relative left her S25O,OOO.
And from pots and pans she'll be
free.
Now she'll ride around In q Rolls
Royce
And probably take q trip by sea.
She'll soon go into high society
And have her own pink teas.
She'll hate the sight Of . dish rag
And may even wash her knees.
JUMBO JAKE.
To-
John Suffer is suing Jose
phine Suffer, in Kansas City,
for divorce. She doesn't suit
him and he doesn't suit her.
-HAH-
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
ST. MARTINS CARNIVAL
CONTINUED BY REQUEST

Church organizations from all
parts of Washington will be guests
at the parish carnival of st. Mar
tins Catholic Church, on Mount
st. Martin, tonight.
The carnival, which ran through.
out last week. will be continued
through tonight, at the request of
Pensioners, by the Reverend Fran.
els X. VaVanaugh. assistant pastor,
who - supervising the fete.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
Loses 500 On Car

Thomas r. Galleher, Of 1927 G
street northeast. reported to the
police yesterday that as he boarded
a street car at Eighth and II
streets northeast, he was robbed OF
, his wallet containing about 500
He suspected two men who pressed
close to him as he got on the car
he said.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
SENA TORS
I AXE Up
ELECTION
CHARGE
Democratic Contestant Claims
Arrow-Marked Ballots Were
Legal, but Thrown Out

Senator Smith Wildman Brook
hart, insurgent Republican Of
Iowa, faced crisis in his public
career today when special Sem
ate committee met to determine
whether or not he has a right to
his seat in the Senate.
Brookhart's election Is being
contested by Daniel F. Steck, the
Democratic senatorial nominee,
who claims that the voters of
Iowa intended that he should de-
feat Brookhart and that his failure
to get majority of the votes
was due to technicalities only.
Steck's contention raises an
issue which may place the United
States Senate in direct conflict
with the State Of Iowa, which has
decided that Steck was the victor
and that Brookhart was defeated.
Hinges on Arrow Mark.
The outcome hinges upon the
validity of certain ballots cast for
Steck, but which were thrown out
by election officials because they
were "multilated'
The mutilation consisted in plac-
ing arrows on the ballots pointing
to Steck's name. Voters were led
to do this because some ncwspa-
pers, in the closing days of the
campaign and in final drive to
defeat Brookheart, printed sample
ballots which carried the arrow.
It was not intended, OF course,
that the voters should also put in
the arrow, but the instructions
were not understood and some, in
their zeal, did do 1t and hence the
problem now confronting the
Senate.
Steck claims that it was the in
tention of the voters to send him
to the Senate and he is insisting
that these arrow-marked ballots
should be counted as expressing
that intent regardless of their
technical humiliation"
Brookheart. on the other hand,
is demanding a strict intrepreta-
ton and observance of the Iowa
election law, which would cause
these arrow-marked ballots to be
discarded.
Brookhart says he was legally
elected by a majority OF around
1,400 votes. although ether esti-
mates do not run that large.
The Senate committee subcom-
mittee of the Committee on Privil-
eyes and Elections, headed by SEN
ator Ernst (Rep) of Kentucky
which is hearing the Iowa contest
Is controlled by regular Republicans
representative OF those who threw
Brookhart out of the Republican
party for his nonconformist political
views and because he backed La
Toilette in the last campaign.
Promises have been made that the
Iowa insurgent, although some Re-
ptlblicans would like to see him de-
feated, will get square deal
throughout, but Brookhart's friends
fear that decision by the commit
tee that the intention of the voters
is to be the rule in the recount will
cause him to lose his seat.
100000 Ballots Involved.
1t was estimated today when the
recount started that it would take
about two months. There are $780,
00u ballots to be gone over
The chief supervisor for the com.
mittee is Colonel Edwin B. Thayer,
Of Indianapolis, while Brookhart is
represented by w. w. Brown, of
Washington; Louis H. Cook, Of Dos
of Des Moines, and Steck by Judge
]. NJ. Parsons and John r. Pendy.
o. Des Moines.
The Washington times., 1925-07-20
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