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Evening star., 1926-04-04

titled the soil. They were devoted Ia
works of charity. especially the heal
ing of and visitation on the sick. At
Il o'clock they bathed and then gath
cred for the common meal. After
this simple meal. usually of herbs.
bread and salt, their pursuits were
resumed until the evening. when there
was another common meal. which was
followed by mystical hymns and
dances, symbolizing the rapt. ecstatic
frame of mind.
Any one who studies the Gospels
must be impressed with the idea that
Jesus shared many of the ideas of the
Essences. He must have Joined the
order and passed from grade to grade.
so impressing them that John the Bap-
tiSt saw in Him the realization of the
hope of Israel. the Messiah. and
hastened to preach His coming to the
Jews, suffering under the yoke of RO-
man oppression.
That Jesus was a true mystic has
been contended by many students of
Scripture. The famous temptation
in the wilderness of Judea as related
by all of the first three Gospels is
mystical to the last degree Matt, iv
lid. 1t is to he noted as a distinct
mark of the mystical that after the
/
came and ministered unto Him."
The neophyte could not have expert
enced a vision of this power: But after
it we learn that Jesus began to preach,
going from synagogue TO synagogue
and preaching in the open as we'll on
the text Repent. for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand"
All the years which He had spent i'm
the wilderness, living with the other
ascetics. were part OF the prepare
tion for the three years of preaching
and teaching, and lie did not hesitate
to announce the doctrine of poverty
and community of goods on every
occasion.
1t is of great interest now that there
is widespread interest in the personal
ity OF Jesus both on the part of the
Christian and the Jew to ascertain all
that is possible about the conditions
under which He was prepared for His
ministry.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
BY CLIFTON HARDY LEVY.

I is precisely nineteen centuries
since Jesus commenced the min
istry which was to end three
years later with the crucifiXlon,
commemorated the world over on
April 9 this year, the Good Friday
preceding the Easter feast of Christ
endom.
This may seem strange to those
who know the Gospels and have read
st. Luke, iii. %, which runs: And
Jesus himself began to be about
thirty years of age" How could this
be in the year 26 of the Christian era
The explanation lies in the error OF
dating the beginning of the Christian
calendar. 1t is generally agreed by
Christian scholars of all creedS lhat
Jesus could not have been born later
than four wears before the date gen
orally accepted as the beginning OF
the Christian era. For Herod was
King. or Tetrarch. when jesus was
born. and according to all authorities
he died in the fourth year Be. OF
the accepted calendar, 50 Jesus must
have been born actually four years
prior to the date assigned as the time
of His birth 1t is not necessary mere
to give all of the calculations leading
to this conclusion, but it has been SO
decided by those who have gone into
the matter thoroughly.
The use of the Christian era as
common method of dating documents
and fixing dates was introduced not
earlier than the sixth century by
Dionysius the Little. a Roman abbot
who made a mistake of four years IN
the date of the birth of Jesus, as has
been proved by experts in chronology
since that time. The general use OF
the Christian era chronology spread
throughout Europe by the ninth cen
tury and has since become the uni
versal system of reckoning time.
The fact is that Jesus was about
thirty years of age when HIS ministry
began, according to Luke, and this was
in the year 26 of the era. John the
Baptist has appeared, calling upo1
the Jewish people to be ready for th'
coming of the Messiah, and when tn
time was rlae iohn baptized Jesus il
Evening star., 1926-04-04

your testimony is of vital Importance.
| DO you recall the evening of the 14th
of May?"
II do-very well she replied.
! Did you see Old Duke that night"
/ II did"
Where. if / may ask"
! Helen lowered her eyes once more
to the dogs face.
| Shortly after 10 l saw him coming
/ from the direction of Maj. d'Auriac's
! house toward the golf course"
please go on"
The girl dropped her head. II was
not an easv thing to do. Old Duke
thrust his nose toward her across the
railing of the dock and wrinkled it
affectionately.
1T was about 10 o'clock" she
answered, and | had walked out to
the golf course. 1t was moonlight
but there was a low mist on the
| meadow. The gate leading from Mr..
Bullock's pasture was open. and 7
walked through it onto the links.
| could hear the sheep cropping the
turf and the tinkle of their bells
came out on the little hill that over
looks the meadow pasture that used 10
belong to Maj. d'Auriac.'
| She heSitated and looked away. The
| windows were black with heads, but
the sheriff was too engrossed to pay
any heed to them.
Judge Peyton was gazing at the girl
in complete amazement. Helen out at
night alone-when he supposed she
was safe in bed
There is a clump Of oaks up on
the hill and an old wooden seat be-
tween two of the trunks | sat down
I yr-hat 20
mist was thinner. / could see the
backs of the sheep. All Of sudden
they began to run. first this way and
then that. | could hear them bleating
and squealing with fright. Then they
all rushed pell-mell toward the open
gate But one of the sheep which was
being chased by a dog ran back out
into the moonlight and l saw the dog
leap at its throat and throw it to the
0und. 1t was terrible"
Helen closed her eyes as if to efface
What sort of a dog was it, asked
Mr.. Townsend.
1T was a huge, spotted carriage
dog" she replied. II had never seen
ii before. 1t ran away when Old
Duke came"
Then Old Duke was there"
The spotted dog mauled the sheep
| unli II was QedQ, ana Inen II must
| have heard something, for it stood
stocii-still and looked toward Mai
| d'Auriac's house and then dashed off
into the mist again. 1t had gone
when Old Duke got there. He smelled
of the dead sheep and paved it, and
was looking very intently into the
mist when Mr.. Evans came running
up. / heard him speak to Old Duke
and | saw the dog go up to him. He
licked his hand. That was why
Oh, nobody could kill Old Duke
y =
CHE uttered the words with such
passionate tenderness that several
in the audience answered involun-
tarily: mo, Mo-
Judge Peyton rubbed his damp fore
head with his handkerchief
What We're you doing out on the
golf-links alone at that hour of the
night?" he demanded
Il was keeping an appointment,
she answered, blushing furiOusly and
covering her face with both her hands
With whom" he asked, sharply
Rene d'Auriac stepped forward.
with me. sir" he interposed. SIT
was all my fault, sir. Something had
happened in the afternoon and We
/ You see, sir, | had asked your
daughter to marry me-and she was
going to give me her answer"
Maj. dAuriac. fiery red, pushed
his way forward. BY this time most
Evening star., 1926-04-04

lama azavtani" In Aramaic the
word "sabach" means to forsake,
while in Hebrew the word is, "aZav."
If, then, Jesus was learning what
was usually taught to the Jewish boys,
He studied not only the Bible but He
was also initiated into the Rabbinic
law, known as the traditional law,
now included in the MiShnah and
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Gemara, making up the Talmud. At
that time it was not written down,
but was impaired from teacher to
pupil by word of mouth and passed
on from generation to generation in
this way.
Undoubtedly He learned the wise
savings of Rabbi Hillel, the most low
able and amiable of all those ancient
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Modern Scholars Attempt Fill Early Gaps in Life Story of Chr

teachers, for it was he who first laid
down the beautiful principle, after
ward developing as the Golden Rule,
which he gave in the negative form.
"What is hateful unto thee, do unto
none,' said Hillel. This teaching,
terminating in the wonderful mind of
Jesus. was easily made positive in the
words of the Golden Rule: DO unto
Evening star., 1926-04-04
BY ARTHUR TRAIN
t:**.- +:+::**. *-:*++
The Impressive Story of Dogs Day in Court.

do it-but somehow / couldn't bring
myself to. You see, he didn't run
away or anything. Just stood there
shifting at the sheep, and when
called to him he came right over to
me. If he had run, I'd have shot.
But he didn't seem to have nuthin
on his conscience and
'And you didn't want to have any
thing on yours?" concluded the lawyer
softly.
Evening star., 1926-08-27

Of the Army, who was on hand 10
help receive the President. was as
Greatly interested in these reports as
was the President.
Stops Car. Causing Scare.
1t was during the ride back to the
Presidents camp that he gave his
automobile encourage. including his
,ides. newspaper correspondents and
secret Service men, considerable
scare. He ordered his car stopped
1 short distance from the town or
Saranac. There was a craning of
necks in the cars in the rear. Sud-
ianly Richard Jervis, chief of the
White House Secret Service. who
was riding in the front seat of the
Presidents limousine, leaped out and
ran back to the car carrying Maj.
James T.. Coupal. the Presidents
physician. Then the major did some
leaping. With his instrument case in
his hand he hurried to the Pres
ident's car.
AS might be expected. the CORE
spondents by this time were pillnS out
of their cars and were imagining all
sorts of things. Their first thought
was the President had become i'll. AS
they neared his car they were quickly
leaning out of the window of the
car talking with Maj. Coupel. He was
smiling and there was no evidence that
anything was wrong. 1t was learned
that the President suddenly thought
of article he wanted purchased in
SaranaC, and had the car stopped. SO
that he might ask Maj. Coupal to do
this for him. The President said he
would have made these purchas ses
himself, but he didn't want to stop
the big Calvacade on the narrow main
street of this small mountain town.
Mrs. Coolidge and Young John Cool
idge. who is visiting his parents at
the camp until his school year opens.
did not accompany the President on
this trip. However. the President was
50 much impressed with the scenery
especially through Wilmington Notch
and at Ausable Cha SIN and the view
of White Face Mountain and other
peaks that he intends to make a re.
turn visit. accompanied by the men,
oers of his family
The President did not go directly
% White Pine Camp when he arrived
back from Plattsburg. Instead he
continued on to Paul Smiths. and
spent nearly an hour at the executive
nfEra
Evening star., 1926-08-27
bQMBER'S IDENTITY
BATTLING POLICE
Pittsburgh Officers Resort to
Fingerprint Records in
Hope of Clue.

BY the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. August 27-Detec-
tives today found themselves against
blank wall again in running down
clues in an effort to establish the
identity of the man who TUESDAY ex-
ploded a bomb in the Farmers De
posit Savings Bank. killing himself
and a policeman and injuring more
than a score.
4 telephone call from n suburb said
man had occupied a shack there
early this week ard that he had de-
parted Tuesday morning. with a small
satchel. Police invest gated. but said
the report was without foundation.
George Chilli, contra ctor whose
telephone number. written on a small
piece of paper. was found in the
homber'S watch pocket. called at the
morgue. but he said he had never met
the man.
Bertllion measurements Of the BODY
were sent to WASHINGTON. d. G.. for
comparison with available records
thefe. The parole officer and Super
VISOR OF the tailor shop a the West.
ern penitentiary examined the clothing
of the bomber, lut fai.el 20 recognize
me garments as any given to dis
charged prisoners. Later II was plan.
ned To compare the Gn~ernriptS Of
- , Nit'' 'i'oot ii the oflceS Oh
the penitentiary
Detectives admitted thev had little
nope OF identifyinc the body unless
ueVelopments of a more tangible char.
acter We're found
John +. Black. morCue Surcrinterd
ent, issued request that no moro
persons visit the moreue in an effort
10 see the body. He said it could NOT
pe placed on view. rs the head and
parts OF the body were missing. ~
IS useless for persons to take the time,
10 visit the morgue," he said
Inc seven victims of the explosion
WHO were taken to hospitals were re.
ported as recovering.
Evening star., 1926-08-27
.CHART|NC WEATHER
BY RADIO FORESEEN|
Map for Fonck Flight May
Soon Be Part of Regular
Service to All Ships.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 27.-Radio is
today turning pilot and charting
hitherto uncharted seas as to weather
conditions
James II. kimball. meteorologist of
the United States Weather Bureau,
today t Id the Associatel Press that
experiments to determine a favorabl
hop-Off date for the proposed New
York -to-Parls flight of Capt. Rene
FUnck. Capt. Homer Berry and Lieut..
Allan Snody will lead to the CONNER
cial use Of radioed maritime weather
maps by all mariners.
AS a part Of the cooperation of
many agencies interested in further
ing the transatlantic flight of the
S-35, the Radio Corporation of Amer
lea and the Independent Wireless
Corporation since August 10 have
been relaying reports twice daily from
ships at various positions on the At
lantic. At least 90 English and Amer
lean ships are sending these reports.
which include position. wind direction
and velocity. harometrc reading and
atmospheric conditions. From these
and cabled reports of shore stations
from Iceland to the tropics a map of
the weather conditions is drawn up.
''ThurSday produced a weather map
ideal for the flight" said Mr.. Kim
ball, showing the map. with its chart
ed iSoharS. areas of high and low
pressure and arrows indicating wind
direction. Had the plane been ready
for the fight the flyers might have
taken off with a westerly wind back
of them and continued with this IA
forable wind nearly the entire dis
tance. The weather. while cloudy,
was not rainy, ard the visibility was
good"
After the ship is ready daily fore
casts will be sent to the waiting flyers.
When conditions are pronounced ideal
map will be rushed to Roosevelt
Field to be carried along on the flight.
Added radio data will be sent from
ships Of the Atlantic direct to the
S-35 through it's call letters WOP. to
apprise the pilots Of any change dur
ing the 36hour flight.
Such ocean weather maps will
some day be regularly available to all
Mariners said Mr. kimball.
The data are at present available.
and only an appropriation from Con-
gresS is needed for an organization to
he completed. Experiments are now be
ing carried on by the Weather Bureau
and the Navy Department in Wash
ington to perfect method of sending
the weather maps by radio. much as
photographs have been transmitted.
Ships everywhere could receive com
plete weather maps and thousands of
dollars lost by delay and storm dam
age could be saved
Even before the map-transmitting
device is perfected, it would be quite
practical to transmit the information
from hroadcasting station at stated
hours daily"
Evening star., 1926-08-27
MRS. JULIA PLATT DIES.
Widow of Benjamin S. Platt Sue
cumbs at Age of SO.

Mrs. Julia II. Platt, 50 years old,
died yesterday of the infirmities OF
age, at her residence, 1923 r street.
She was the widow of Benjamin
S. Platt, for 81 Years the en-
crossing and enrolling clerk of the
Senate Mrs. Platt had been resi-
dent Of Washington for so years. ana
had been a member of the w. G.. T. L.
and of the First Congregational
Church for So years.
Funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at
her late home. after which the re-
mains will be taken to Albany. y. Y.
for interment.
Mrs. Platt is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. j. A. Openshaw of Wash
ington and Mrs. Helen F. Luther of
Madison. Conn: two daughters. Mrs.
Frank +. Winchell and Mrs. Irving
Frickey of Washington: a son. II. II.
Platt Of New Rochelle. n. Y: two
granddaughters. Mrs. George p. Cox
Of Washington and Miss Elizabeth
Platt Of New Rochelle. n. V, and
grandson. Benjamin Platt of New
Rochelle, n. Y.
Evening star., 1926-08-27

-- -Nontlnued from First Page.>
no VIII give the Executive q fret.
nand confidential account of all 10.
mas been happening in the rennhIic
oeIoW the Rio Grande since the bo.
Sl'lliig or the present row between
tne state and church.
In spite of the fat denial b,. coo,o
9ry OF state Kellogg of rllmors tha,
Ambassador Sheffield is going to re.
elGIi. theSe reports are still being cir
Culated. The most recent rl1nors arc
70 the effect that Sheffield is going to
quit unless the President gives hin,
Tree hand to deal with Situation.
In that country. ~
10 those close to the President this
Goes not sound like Ambassador
Nheineld. Moreover. il l.. highly i'm
pio'a"ie that President Coolidge
uiu give Ambassador Sheffield. O,.
o'htr diplomatic representative.
'' liza matter, carte blanche in such
uellca1e situation rs now EXISTS no.
tween the United States and Nexico
furthermore. the President has LOT il
ne known that he has ls.en advise,l
there Is no truth in any of tho re.
pofts concerning Mr.. Sheffield and he
oAPects nm to return To his post.
.HotOFS 10 fIaftSburg.
president Coolidge n,otored to
Plattsburg. y. y, Yesterday tn visit
Ine citizens military training cann
mere and. according to his own words
ne nad a good time. The tourney
lack ana forth, a distance of ncarjr
'ov nuleS, was most eni0yable as i.
aitoIoed the President an orportunitv
:" look upon some of the pr-e;tiest
SCENERY ana most inspiring landscape
IN the AdirondackS and the Lake
Champlain region. This wax tbo 60
tiine the President has taken an bon,
eSt-to- goodness motor trim tbrn,,e-,,
ihls country and he was greatly IN.
terested in all he saw
Also he was impressed with oil r,o
viewed at the Plattsburg camD. Willis
on that reservation he hardly m;sse1
one item or interest. Not only did
ne review the parade Of tho I cno
AUS WHO are in the citizens con,n
"ut ne inspected their tents, the can,n
mess. Kitchens, the Y. NJ. G. 4. recrea.
,ion buildings and the hospital ond
Hao chat with SerSt. Jim Harrison
Dt the regulars, who is in char>,e of
the kitchens 99 vi
Inc president appeared Interested
IN this typical Army character ami
vas sIehtlE amused as the sergeant
Iec,'eo 10 nj mwas was being fur
urSned mit me boys in the way of food.
nlle these two We're rhattino Co1
John Hughes. in command az tbn
camp. verified all Sergt. Jim was
'eillnS the President by explainin.y
mat the boys in training have
gained an aggregate of 4.4O0 pounds
an average of 2l2 pounds for those
VINO were underweight Those who
were overweight have dropped some
or their superfiuous flesh. the colonel
said. Maj. Gen. Charles p. Summer
all. commander of the I'd Corps Area
Evening star., 1926-08-27
COLORED YOUTH GIVEN
SENTENCE OF 800 DAYS
Judge Macdonald Lops Off 60 Days
on Plea of Guilty of Carry
ing Weapon.

James Alexander Washington. col
ored, II, of 352 Armory court south
west today was sentenced by Judge
George II. Macdonald in Police Court
to 300 days in Jail, instead of $50 days
plus a $500 fine, because he pleaded
guilty and did not Gemand jury
trial. on a charge of carrying dead
ly weapon with intent to use.
"A prisoner who does not handi-
cap the servants of the law by de-
manding the delays that jury trial
means and who pleads guilty certain
ly is deserving of some lenienCy.
Judge Macdonald declared.
Washington. according to Officers
W. f. Burke and Howard Ogle of the
fourth precinct. became emhroiled in
lovers quarrel at the resort at
River View. When the party return
ed here Washington found" a pistol.
with which he shot and slightly
wounded Emma Arrett. colored, 10.
of 322 Dixon court. The defendant
said he shot when the girl rushed at
him with a knife.
Washington told the court the piS-
tol contained only blank cartridges.
II don't believe that" Judge Mac
donald retorted.
Evening star., 1926-08-27
SYMINGTON BLOCKED
IN MOVE FOR DIVORCE
Court Protects Wife From Annoy
ance by Barring Action in
Maryland.

Hy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 27.-Thomas
Fl. Symington. wealthy manufacturer.
was enjoined by a Supreme Court
order from proceeding in the Mary
land courts with an action Of divorce
against Ida May Symington. his wife.
The order was granted on the
ground that the Maryland action was
instituted chiefly to harass, annoy
and vex his wife. Justice Walsh ruled
that Symington alleged himself to be
citizen Of New York when he
brought his first action for divorce
here and has since admitted the juris-
diction of the New York courts by
replying to his wife's amended answer
setting up a counter-claim for a sepa-
ration.
In the first trial the court directed
a verdict for the wife, but the ap-
pellate division ordered a retrial.
Symington then applied for permis
sion to discontinue action. but this
was denied. The second trial is on
the Fall calendar.
Evening star., 1926-08-27
MRS. J. F. WAGGAMAN DIES,

Mrs. John F. Waggaman, 70 years
Old. of 1712 r street, died suddenly
FoSterday at her Sumer home, in An
napnliS. Md.
she IS survived by two sons, Mai
t.nnailS NagSaman and Floyd J..
Nagg1man; her mother. Mrs. Cor
nelia Mason. all of Washington. and
a sister. Mrs. Frank McWatte,-s of
New York City
Funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
At the residence. 1712 r street. bv
Rev. c. Ernest Smith of st. Thomas
Cful'ch. intcIment will he in Rock
'r''~~I- i'omctar%
Evening star., 1926-08-27

Mrs. Lille Barber (above), appointed
by Gov. Terral of Arkansas, to fill
the unexpired term of her husband,
murdered last year by bOotleggers,
recently strapped on her six-shooter
i'm her TexarI1ana office and went look
ing for f.. p. Williams (beIow), who
proved to be Keenie Wagner, Ten
gunman. who had packed six killings
and three shOOtings i'm the past IL
months, and led daring Jail delivery
i'm Sullivan County. Tenn, last year.
Organizing a posse, Mrs. Barber final
ly captured the gunman single hand
ed. after which she learned she was
$4,000 richer. due to a reward posted
for the capture of Wagner dead or
alive
Evening star., 1926-08-27
CAMERA IS STOLEN.

Theft of small-sized motion pic
ture camera from the Columbia Photo
Supply Co. was discovered today when
w. 5. Abrams of the shop called MaJ.
u. S. Grant Ill. director of public
building and public parks. to caution
him in the use of the camera.
why, / didn't purchase any such
apparatus from YOU" Maj. Grant de
clared.
Whereupon Mr.. Abrams explained
to Maj. Grant that a man telephoned
the shop August 21 and ordered the
camera. later coming to claim 1t as
Maj. Grants representative.
A description of the man who Oh
tanned the camera has been broad
cast to all precinct stations.
Evening star., 1926-08-27
$50 SacraInental
Wine Shops WillBe
ClOsedinNe York


NEW YORK. August 27.-Two
hundred and fifty sacramental wine
shops in the New York district
are to be closed because of "abuse
of privileges Maj. Chester p.
Mills. Federal prohibition admins
traitor, announced yesterday. Rab-
bis will distribute wine for sacra
mental purposes from their own
homes hereafter. Maj. Mills said.
A large quantity of sacramental
wine being diverted for non-re-
ligious use caused the closing or
der, he added.
Evening star., 1926-08-27
Vaudeville Actress Dies.

WEST PALM BEACH Fla, August
q @.-Mrs. Joseph A. La Centre.
SO. known on the vaudeville stage as
Babe La Rue, formerly connected with
Weher. nd Fields died today
Evening star., 1926-08-27
REINHARDT COMING OVER.
European Producer to Discuss Stag.
ing "Turandot" in u. S.

NEW YORK. August q R.-AIaX Y
Reinhardt. one of the leading theatri-
cal producers of Europe. will come to
this country this Fall or Winter to
discuss with Morris Gest, producer.
the possible production in America of
"Turandot," the Chinese fantasy
which featured the Salzburg festival
in Austria this Summer.
Mr.. Gest. in making this announce
ment today, said Mr.. Reinhardt also
would supervise productions of THE
Miracle" in Philadelphia, Kansas City.
San Francisco and Los Angeles dur
ing the forthcoming season. Lady
Diana Manners and Elinor Patterson
of Chicago will again appear in THE
Miracle" he said.
More than $5.Ooo.0O0 worth of plati-
mum will be mined in Columbia this