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Homer has so well described the mai
skull and crooked bones that if foul
they might we'll be identified.
Just as the war was starting both sid
had the sensible idea, approved by eve|
one but Paris, to let the handsome offend
and Menelaus, the wronged husband, fid
it out with Helen as the purse, on a WI
ner take all basis.
Paris took an ignominious beating d
escaped with his fatal good looks un
jured. Though he may have been dI
tard at war he was no laggard at I'd
and Helen still stuck to him. BesiC|
looking handsome, Paris managed to
one important thing He brought do{
the great Achilles with a poisoned ard
only to himself fall a victim to the sad
weapon.
His death offered a great opportunI
for Helen to go back to her patient Id
band, who was willing to let bygones
bygones and call the war off. But, |
Helen, now getting along toward fiji
married Paris younger brother Deiphot|
and the trouble went on.
During one of the many truces, Mel
laus got into the city, had a talk wi
friend wife and, considering the circu
STANCES, was mighty decent about
When the vengeful Greeks finally sack
the town, they put to death as many
they could get their hands on, even az
Priam himself, but nothing unpleass
happened to Helen. Menelaus took /
to his arms again as if nothing had hi
pened and sailed home triumphantly, j
as though he had rescued an unwill
prisoner. She too had an alibi, beautiy
in its simplicity.
According to Helen, she was not
sponsible because she was not free age
IN the matter. Venus, the goddess of
sion, had caused an infatuation which
not come from her own heart at all,
she could not justly be blamed. Menela
could not doubt this because il was co
mon knowledge that Paris had awarded
golden apple, prize for the most beauti
goddess, to Venus, who, in return, !
promised that he should have the m
beautiful woman in the world, which |
course was Helen. Menelaus accept
this and they lived happily ever afterwa
IL was the golden age of alibis.
Helen was "vamp," the worlds chaE
pion, Of the Cleopatra type, but far great
Yet she was without the patriotism 4
craftsmanship that made Elizabeth
greatest of queens. If Elizabeth
possessed Helen's beauty and magneti
anything might have happened. I
whole human race might be British 81
jects today.
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There were even truces Of several days
while important dead were buried in
proper style end the opposing foes met
and fraternzed. Sometimes they knocked
off fighting for a while and held athletic
contests and after it was decided who had
the best runners, jumpers and hurleTs,
they would 90 back TO killing each other
again. Il was a sOciablc kind Of war,
cnliycned with wine, fighting and song
much more entertaining than life IN the
trenches.
This strange people seems, however, to
have had almost no idea Of fair play.
The great Achilles fought with a woman
and killed her and one and all thought
that the gods interfered with the fights.
They boosted shamelessly how they had
slain a better man by connivance Of
Jupiter or Juno.
Even the Scamander River itself took
hand, and, in the shape Of a river spirit
with his waves, had battle with the hero
Achilles
Most Of the principals were supposed
TO have been descended from the divin-
tiles, even Helen herself Tyndareus. one
Of the Greek kinglets, took it for granted
that she was his natural daughter until
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lowed Paris to keep his prize and prepared
to fight all Greece.
II took the Greeks two years to mobil-
ize their expeditionary force and get 1t
all on shipboard at the port of Aulis and
it was no easy task. Some Of the kings
were inclined to forget that twenty-year-
old oath. For instance there was
Crafty" Ulysses, ruler of Ithaca, a little
hard-serabble Kingdom Of no great mill
tary Importance. He had recently mar
ried Penelope, Helen's cousin and failed
to show up when AgamcmnOn, king Of
kings" sent out the call to help Menelaus.
Though the expedition could get along
without his contingent from man-power
point Of view, it needed his shrcwd coun-
sci. And besides, he was too crafty per-
son to be safely left behind.
Agamemnon sent Palamades to find out
what was the matter The ambassador
discovered Ithaca in deep mourning. Ulys-
ses had gone mad. He could see for
himself Sure enough, there was the king
with a donkey and an OK yoked to a pillow
busily sowing a field of salt. But Pala-
medes had been warned to look out for
tricks and placed the kings infant son
Telemachus in the path of the pillow. Where
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and strait-laced COM
munity even then. For
twenty long and prob
ably not very gay
years, she lived respect
ably, with Menelaus
and then one evil day,
Paris, handsomest man
in the world, dropped
in to call on the king.
Being the son of Priam,
king of the mighty city
Of Troy, he was royalty
entertained and shown
Sparta's bride, t h e
peerless Helen.
Helen was pretty
close to forty now and
much older than the
handsome Paris yet he
succum b ed to her
beauty instantly and
they eloped on his ship
to Troy. King Priam
and his councillors
were neither young nor
foolish and must have
known that trouble
would follow. Natur-
ally they should have
returned the forty
year-old matron with
the compliment of the
season, apologies and
presents. Instead they
looked Helen over al
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armOred heroes turned
their way they fled fer
their lives.
When the heroes
grew tired Of chasing
the rabble, hero would
at last oppose hero and
then something decisive
happened, while by
common consent the
rabble Of both sides
stood around and
watched :he duel. The
Trojan war lasted ten
years, more than twice
as long as the world
war, but it was not
a continuous pressure
like a modern war, but
series of rounds like q
prize fight with the
v..g+g k.Au,...y,
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A PSYCHOLOGISTS are preparing an
~ expedition TO dredge the bottom of
the Scamsnder River and Beshika
Bay for traces of the most beautiful and
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wants in charge of the expedition, are to
dredge in waters near the site Of ancient
Troy instead Of digging in the dry grounds
because they know that the river and hsf-
bor bottoms have never been d 5turbed in
the 5000 or more years since the Greeks
burned the city and took Helen home with
them, Homer states that the besieging
fleet entered the mouth Of the Scamander
Pivei and was beached on the river bank,
hut Prof. Doerpfeld is convinced that they
must have anchored in the much more
strategic position Of Beshika Bay nearby.
The time Helen fourished was not far
from that of Tut-Ankh-Amen. But the
Greeks were far more like modern folks
than the Egyptians, in fact much more
.'humap" than people Of the comparatively
recent middle ages, after Greek and Ro-
man civilization had been eNtinguished.
The scientific world is not so much con-
cerned in finding out how Helen managed
TO turn her world upside down as TO dis
cover what II was IN these people, just
rising from baTbaTsm that few cen
turies later produced the most brilliant
race of thinkers, artists ana cOh4utipis
the world has ever known. II would be-
very valuable 10 learn why in that little
pocket of the human race there grew such
gigantic brains.
The Homeric Greeks who fought with
the Trojans over fair Helen were the mos,
dramatic collection Of little aristOcracics
any one could imagine. The Kingdoms were
tiny affairs, hardly bigger than counties,
and only the king and a few mobiles
amounted to anything. These were the
heroes who owned the armOr, chariots
and most of the weapons Of any account.
The rest were rabble who could not stand
in battle against the well-armed and ar
mored Hector of the nodding plumes"
or "fleet-footed Achilles" The rabble
went to war and even into battle with
their masters but their contribution was
mostly noise. This may have been where
the idea Of a chorus originated Oppos-
ing rsbbles would fight each other with
crude weapons but the moment one Of the
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remarkable woman who ever
lived (if she ever Eved),
Helen of Troy.
For once the efforts of
these scientists in fishing up
the dead bones of the past
will be followed by the lively
interest and curiosity Of all
women. Helen was a marvel.
if Homer's story is true. Not
only for her beauty, which no
man could withstand, but for
the skill with which she pre-
served it, before "face-lifting
was invented. Even at the age
of about fifty she was still
able to hypnotic whole
armies, pacify her enraged
husband and get away with
worse than murder.
Professors Wilhelm Doerp-
field and Martin Shade and
DIR. o. May, the German sa-
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A Necklace and a Golden
Cup Recovered from the
River Scamander, Near the
Ruins of Ancient Troy, and
the Necklace May Have
Adorned Helen's Neck and
the Cup May Have Touched
Her Lips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
AIR SERVICE ON THE BLINK,
PILOTS TELL PROBERS

coasts be in danger of attack by an
enemy air force said Kilner.
mo plane has been built which
can fly ,ocross the ocean with a
2,00O-pound bomb and return" he
said. "The danger OF attack lies in
the possibility that enemy planes
would come across on carriers to
within few hundred miles of our
shore. In that event. the planes
could bomb our cites"
Kilner was followed by Major
Ralph Royce, in charge of the pri-
mary flying school at Brooks Field,
San Antonio, Texas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
ESCAPED BOY ROBS STORES,
RUN DOWN BY AUTOS
Hit Twice BY Autos

) turned over to officials from the
House OF Detention.
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Continued from First Page
that twenty minutes after he had
escaped from the House Of Deten-
ton he had burglarized a store not
more than q dozen blocks away.
During the time he was at liberty
Carl declares, he committed no less
than five robberies, Lieutenant Van
Wrinkle said.
Saturday night a parole officer
for the Industrial Home school
sighted George Warrington, q
Chinese boy, thirteen years of age,
who made his escape with Davis.
The boy was caught at Ninth and
F streets northwest and promptly
escaped from his captor. He was
recaptured- by a policeman and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
MACMILLAN PARTY
TO RETURN IN OCT.

The Macmillan Arctic expedition
will return to the United States
about October 10, Commander Mac
MILAN notified the National Geo
Society today.
The men on the Peary and Bow
doin have just received their first
mail in two months, his message
stated.
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alton by the department; we don't
even get proper equipment, SAID
Royce.
II think we should approach the
steps said Royce. II don't believe
in jumping out into deep water
hv gefting any such drastic chan es
at once
Royce reiterated time and time
again that the department nan
ding Of aviation was f'farcical.'
Last year / was inspected by
eleven generals said Royce, land
not one of them even looked at
my afrplanes. They were interested
only in the clothing of the enlisted
men, saluting and cleanliness of my
kitchens and barracks. They took
my word for the conditions of the
planes"
COntradicts Wilbur and Davis
Under existing organization, avia.
zion can never reach maximum eff
ficiency, Kilner charged. This was
a direct contradiction of testimony
by Secretary of Navy Wilbur and
Acting Secretary of War Davis,
who only last week assured the
board that the air arms were func
tioning smoothly and efficiently
Aviation is not going anywhere
now, and 1t never will unless the
air service is' turned over to flying
men," said Kilner.
Kilner declared that there is
acute dissatisfaction" among pilots
over the existing management of
the air force.
Red tape in the army and navy.
he said, has so completely en-
meshed aviation that it never now
can extricate itself unless given re-
lief through a separate corps.
As an example of red tape, Kill
ner said the flying service was ex-
actly one year after the money was
available in getting through the
War Department approval of the
round-the.world flight.
Attacks WiIbur's Statements
KiIner viciously assailed state
ments of Secretary Wilbur that
the views of the pilots advocating
an air corps were based on utter
fallacy and complete misunderstand-
ing"
The ultimate goal of aviation,
Kilner said. should be a minister of
defense in the cabinet, with CO.
ordinate branches for the army,
navy, and air.
This is what we should ulti-
mately come to- he said, "but to
make this drastic change at the
present time would be disastrous. d"
In this respect, Kilner warmly
Endorsed plans Of Colonel Billy"
Mitchell, who long has advocated
an independent air force.
Kilner warned that sweeping
changes should not be instituted at
once, but that maximum efficiency
could be reached only by gradual
improvements directed and put into
effect by flying commanders.
Fear of military and naval chiefs
that separate air corps would
produce chaos by dividing com
mand are uRfounded, Kilner said.
Kilner clashed with Mitchell when
he said I'VE do not contend that
we do not need a battle fleet"
Only il a foreign navy wiped
out the American fleet would our
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House Of Detention.
Hit Twice BY Autos
Shortly afterward, the Davis boy
was sighted at Tenth and Penn.
sylvania avenue by the same police.
man. A chase began and Carl
dashed out into the traffic on Penn
sylvania avenue.
An automobile struck him and
knocked him down. He jumped up
apparently unl1urt and rushed into
the path of another automobile,
which struck him and broke his
arm.
The boy was taken to Emergency
Hospital land his arm was set in
splints. Later, he was sent back
to the House Of Detention.
Lieutenant Van Wrinkle declared
today that she was somewhat du-
bious about the boys confessions
regarding the burglaries and that
his tale was being thoroughly in
vestigated.
Raymond Davis, twelve years old,
who also made his escape Friday,
has not been accounted for.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
:. Is 1t Your Move
October First?

IF it is you can greatly lessen
the discomfort of arriving at a
new place by having American
Ice there to give you cold but
sparkling welcome.
A letter or card, or a tele-
phone call, giving the new adj
dress will insure a prompt
delivery of American Ice.
Telephone Main GAO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
Same Good Food

Harveys-The nations by-word in the matter
of good food, steaks, chops, etc. will exceed
in the excellence of quality and the delicacy of
preparation those high standards set during SO
years of faithful service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28

-KingscIeir-R. williams. $500 los
1G19--Mary Grenleaf-rNo Boy ......s. 100
1015-Clem Theisen---T. Finn. 100
Scratched--Mumbo Jumbo. Lady Gal
livant, The Peruvian, Hootch and Trap
dale.
FOCRTH RACE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
California
State Trap
Shoot Soon

DEL MONTE. Cal. May 2a.--The
Del Monte trapshooting field. scene
OF the California.Ncvada interstate
championship shoot, May 2s.si, is
generally regarded "a one OF tho
Pacific coasts finest equipped trap.
shooting grounds. Hero weather
conditions arc perfect and the oigh,
traps give competing blue rock
stars moro than adequate shooting
facilities.
The Interstate championship shoot
this year is expected TO draw n field
OF more than 200 entrants. From
the remarkable record mado by l..
s. Hawxhur5t. OF San Francisco. I'm
the recent California Indiana shoot.
II would seem that he will have to
be reckoncd with os most serious
contender for individual hcnors In
the interstate event
a preliminary practice shoot viii
be held sunday, May "a. by the
Monterey Gun club. and the trans
Will DO open for practice each day
between Sunday and tho start OF
tho shoot, May 2s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
Gibbons Us. Tmney Who Will Be Winner of Big Fight?

HOUR important fights of national importance on the
L ring horizon and the boxing bugs beginning to
buz. about the probable results
Charley Weinert Marry Wills Harry Greb Mickey
Walker; Tommy Gibbons Gene Tunney; Paul Berlen-
bach Mike McTigue.
With the exception of the rstnamed bout each of them
involves title Greb riskng his mddeweight crown, Nc
lgue the worlds Electromagnetic title and Tunney his
American honors in the division
The Tunney-Gibbons fray looms up a the most even
match of them all. Who will win. Tunney Gibbons?
OF only the fight itself will settle the question but
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23

on the face of past records il figures 10 be close fight
They have both fought two men: Harry Greb and
Georges Carpenter.
Gibbons won a decision over the Frenchman; Tunney
stopped him.
The St Paul man has always had trouble with In
his division. going better against big slowmovng
heayweights. He looked bad they say, against Greb.
Both Tunney and Gibbons clever with the latter
packing the harder punch.
Tunney or Gibbons? Picking the winner is certainly one
tough Job
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23

Tho second game was an abbrevi.
ated affair. being trimmed TO seven
Innings.
Studs Sutherland allowed only six
hits. but two OF them were homers.
In The first game. Lefty O'Doul
dropped one over tho right field
barricnde IN the first frame. scoring
LAndimore ahead OF him. And later.
Ia the seventh frame, Manager os.
ear Witt hit one over the other wall.
just TO be different. Those two
blows were enough TO send the In.
dams down TO defeat.
Seattle started Fred Russell In
the second contest and he was put
In street clothes early, the Biting
Bees scoring four runs on five hits
in the third. inning. which ruined
things from n Seattle standpoint.
Babe Herman. lanky Seattle flrnt.
sacker, featured this game with
four trips.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
Force Champ
in Net Meet

E,oRCING Howard Langlie. Seattle
i junior tennis star, into three
set match. Calvin, OF Broadway,
came close TO defeating the cham.
pion In Fridays second round OF the
city prep tennis tournament at
upper Woodland park,
Billy Newkirk. the little Lincoln
high school captain. survived the
round before the scmi-finals by de.
feating Hugh Benton. OF broadway.
The matches in today's doubles and
singles were being played at Is
o'clock this morning.
The results follow;
SINGLES MATCHES
csrtanc. w. g.. beat Peterson. c.. as.
Trusoff. G.. beat Ms,a,uhc. Bdwy.. So,
SIS.
whittet. Bal. beat Hogan. r.. ga, ell.
Godfrey. W. s., beat Barone, Bal, t-s,
s-s. 60.
Nowlirk, L., beat Benton. r.. SO. 81.
Lansllc, r.. beat Calvin. Bdwy, CO,
t-6. 60.
Anderson. BAL. beat Mcpherson.
Bdwy.. Ga, 6-l.
Brown, y. beat pucett. W. s.. 90. s-'.
DOUBLES MATCHES
whi;tct and Brown. Bal. beat Nord-
etrom and Calvin Bdwy,, as. sc.
LanEiie and Benton. r., beat Carlson
and Cox. r., SIS, a..
Mcpherson and Matasuks. Bdwy.. beat
Crawford and Mills, W. s.. 60, 4-e, 6.S.
Peterson and Clarke. O., beat Brown
and Dickens. f., Cd, S.6,
Trusofr and staRdeckor O., beat Win
Godfrey and Cartano, w. s., beat Eng
Ilsh and Hack, Q, A.. CD 6-t
Anderson and Barcno. Bal, beat New
kirk and Robinson. L., s-s. 81.
Morgan and Murray q. A., beat
Browneu and Matchbox. l.. Sc, o..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
Telegraph Meet

EIGHT-woMAN teams OF clubs
~ belonging to the Washington
State Women's Golf association wiz
engage in the second annual tele
graphic meet at is holes of match
play against par competition ovei
each teams home course. Tuesday
May 26.
Mrs. Roy w. Thomas, the as,o
cations president, and her assist.
ants have been working faithfully
on the handicap problem and man.
aged TO solve II, SO everything i,
in readiness for the big play mex,
Tuesday.
The Bellingham eight.woman team
annexed the honors last year. with
lnglewood landing in second place.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
SCHWAB WILL
REFEREE RACE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May ca
L Charles NJ. schnwb. famous
steel magnatc, who now Is dabbling'
In the manufacture OF automobiles,
viii be the referee OF the 18th In.
ternntionnl b0O.milc race TO be held
at tho Indianapolis Motor Speed.
way, Saturday, May 30. It was an.
nounood today by tho speedway
management.
Last year Henry Ford was
referee.
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lar battles have been held
over for several years.
Reports have it that the nav
flrcrest clubs course, which win
assist the entertaining club in han.
ding the field in the Glass "A.
tournament during the first thr.o
days of play. will have the full Is
hoies ready for play. The nine
holes now under play arc in fine
condition and work on the second
half Is being rushed to completion.
In the meantime local golfers are
ironing out their shots and making
ready TO join the throng that win
be on hand to make a bid for the
blue ribbons Of this biggest OF all
sectional links meets hereabouts.
Seattle may or may not come
home with a winner. but according
TO all signs the largest out-oftown
delegation win be from this city.
And, just a word: Make your
hotel reservations now"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23
Huskies Win
Tight Game
From Aggies
Elmer Tesreau in Good
Form and Gets Excel
lent Support in Games

COCK
~ Far into eentorflcid the ball
sailed. and when Il settled deep
In tho grandstand Dick Frayne
trotted la from second base and
Lefty Leayrrs. author Of the
wallop, followed him around the
bags.
That blow brought over what
proved 10 be the winning runs FOR
tho Washington Huskies Ia their
final game Of the season yesterday
AT Denny field with tho heretofore
undegea,ed Oregon Aggies. Tho
final score was 50. Washington
winning.
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their triumphant march TO
the league championship.

their triumphant march Tor
the league championship.
Johnny Gaffney. clever twirisr OF
the independents, viii be the choice
for mound duty as the pitcher for
the Lone Stars. He has won every
start this season The pitching
choice for the Cubs Is not known.
but 1t will probably be either woch'
role or Glanchi.
II the independents should lose.
the Independents would still lead
by a slim margin, as the Garfield
Cubs are idle.
The West Green Lake Merchants
and Husky a. c.. two Of the teams
in the second division. viii play al
Green Lake. tho winner steppins
into the first division. Both teams
have hut a chance OF getting into
the finals. but arc evenly matched.
Georgetown Cubs viii have a
chance TO break into the win col.
umn when they play the South
Lake Juniors. Tho Cubs. champions
Of last year. have met with no sue.
cess this season. aitho the games
they have lost have been close
ones.
Merton Bushman. Of the Queen
CITY Motors. viii not be able 10
start in sundays game against the
Garfield Eagles. as he is laid UP
with a spralned ankle. He's the
first string catcher.
The edge is given to the South
Seattle Merchants in their game
with the Ross Athletic club. as the
a. c.'s have not won a game In
their section, and have lost three.
Sundays schedule follows:
LEAGUE 40.
r. 81. A. c. -. Climax club ~ south
park. ,. m.
Garfield Eagles VI. Queen City Motors
at Green Lake, , .. m
sauth Lake Juniors ". Georgetown
Cubs AZ South Seattle. D. m.
LEAGUE 40.
Arden Cubs vs.. Independents, NJ b. "
Day. : .. m.
Ross 4. c. ~. South ssattis Merchants.
Of south Seattle. p. M
Husky A. G. ~. West Green Laks MsT-
chants at Green Lake, ~ noon.