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Evening star., 1926-11-07

cold. Had we gone to the border I
should probably have had to telegraph
for my fur coat.
On an August morning there
gathered in front of the hotel at Flag
staff heterogeneous group of people,
some 20 odd in number. 1t was
strongly centralized about tall, sun
burned and worried-looking gentle
man, hereafter to be known as
Howard" that being his name, and
| it showed a tendency to consult lists,
which ran about as follows: Thermos
bottles, soap and towels, suit cases,
oranges, electric flashlights, cameras,
dark sungoggles, overcoats and
| sweaters.
| At the curb there waited in line
eight automobiles. and somewhere
| ahead there lurched and swayed, on
the road to the desert and the Little
| Colorado River, three huge trucks.
| The trucks We're our base Of supply.
| One carried our stove and our food,
| and, most important of all, our cook.
Ard the others carried our bedding
| and our tents-the 16 little tepee
tents in which we were to sleep, by
ones and twos, the big dining tent and
the cook tent. The third carried gaso-
line and incidentals. When in full
action we looked like a circus pro-
| cesSion.
l. On the front of each car somewhere
there were fastened a pick, a shovel
| and large water bottle.
We were. first of all, to see the
| snake dance.
There is a misconception to be cor.
rected about the snake dance. 1t is
not spectacle given for the benefit
| OF on-lookers. 1t is not staged for
effect.
Indeed, the presence of onlookers is
purely by concession on the part of
the Indians. and this last year held
as it was, at Hotevila,, only the innate
courtesy of the Indians permitted
visitors at all. For the Indians at
Hotevila are revolt group from
Oraibi. people who, for a principle.
like the Pilgrims, sought liberty in
exile.
Opposed to the Indian schools and
to the Government principle of taking
| the children away from their homes
| to the schools, the Hotevila India ms
eeta blished themselves some years ago
in an isolated spot on the high mesa
above the desert. And since the
Indians would not go to the Govern
ment, the Government went to the
Indians. 1t followed them and built
a school near by.
but a solemn religious ceremony. 1t
Is complicated and elaborate prayer
for rain. and this prayer is carried by
the snakes, on their later distribu-
ton, to the gods who dwell under the
ground.
RUT we had not reached Hotevila.
~ On our first day we had made
/ n, q
necessary that we make a hundred.
We reached the trading post at the
| foot Of the cliff on which lies Oraibi
| at 3 o'clock, and Immediately the post.
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corn out OF yucca or willow baskets
on to sheepskin on the hard pounded
dirt floors, clean and freshly swept,
for the snake.dance would bring
visitors. A few even descended into
the bath-kiva and reappeared hurried
ly, gasping for breath.
A bath-kiva is a hole, 20-odd feet
underground and rea ched by ladder.
When the impulse for cleanliness over
powers the Hopi, they descend into the
cave, and over the mouth is placed
a large hot rock covered with straw.
In this fireless cooker the cleanliness
seekers remain, gently sweating, until
done.
But we were not yet at the snake
dance. Hotevila lay six miles away
on the cliffs, and again we got into
our cars. going through that painful
process of finding room for feet and
knees among the suit cases with which
the motor traveller Is familiar.
By evening we were camped in the
Indian schoolgrounds, where large
tank promised water and where our
camp took on for the first time its
full size and impressiveness.
x X X
WE had three days before the snake
w dance, and we filled it in various
Ways A conSiderabl BILE time was spent
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way. Would he go? Yes. but GER
tainly. Just a. small raid my colonel
Oh, very small raid. Now, as &c
artillery SUPPORT map was broken
out.
BRIGADE artillery officer-chap the
~ colonel knew out on the Asiatic
! station-happened in. How about it
just about half as much stuff as YOU
fellows wasted on the Tartar Wal
that timN-oh? Sure. 1t could be ar
ranged. Ten minutes intensive: say
one battery. Where YOU want 1t:
Best jump-off is from Tery's bat
talion-about here. He has two com
panies here.
Six hundred yards to go; keep the
Bois we'll away--well starboard, as
you Leathernecks say; come back the
same route. Wheat. Little gully
here. Craters Just beyond. Main line
Good! Let's call up Terry and see II
he'll give you the men. . . Terry
would give him % men and two
chaut-chauts and not Marine more
Who wanted a raid, anyway? Sending
two support companies up to the Rois
as soon as it. dark. Looks interestin
on the right. Good. All set.
Start your covering fire at % hours
Is. You jump off at % hours 10.
Take you six minutes to get over,
huh? "All right, colonel, bonne
chance"
Just before dark the colonel and
Capt. de SteSur were at battalion
headquarters. "Whitehead will give
you your men. and I'm sending my
scout officer along. Needs that sort
OF thing. Be sure you come back
where you went out. Crabbe's to the
right of there. You know Crabbe.
Shoots quick"
But. my colonel" represented Capt
de Stegur, lone should arrange. one
should explain. one should instruct
in effect one should rehearse--'
"Rehearse hell. sir. I'm due in Paris
tomorrow night. Where those Ma.
rines, ma jor? I'll tell 'em what
want"
SO it was that a wedge OF men de
bouched into the wheat at % hours i!
minutes. it being sufficiently dark.
That battalion scout officer and g
disillusioned sergeant, with hash
marks on his sleeve. were the point
The men were echeloned back, right
and left with an automatic rifle or
each flank. In the center marched
, the colonel, smoking. to the horror OF
all, a cigar. Smoking was not done
up there. after dark. With him was
the elegant French captain, who ap
peared to be very gallantly resigned
to 1t. The story would, he reflected
amaze and delight his mess-if he ever
got back to it. These droll Americans
He must remember Just what this col
onel said, a type, Nom de Dieu! II
only he had not worn his new uniform
the cloth chosen by his wife, you
conceive.
The scout officer, leading. had out
his canteen and wet his dry mouth
He was acutely conscious Of his
empty stomach. His mind dwelt yearn
ingly on the mess-kit, freighted nobly
with monkey meat and tomatoes
awaiting him in the dependable Tom
my's musette.
A HUNDRED meters forward the
"A last shell burst. and he saw new
dirt. Ahead, spot darker than the
dark: he went up to IL. Away on the
right a flare scared. and something
cleaned dull in the black hole at his
feet-a round. deep helmet with the
pale blur or a face under it: click
and the shadow of movement there
and little flicker: q matter of split
seconds; the scout oficer had a bay
onet In his stomach, almost-Feldrit'
ter Kurt Iden. Company Of the Mar
grave Of BrandenburG Regiment this
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TN q manEled place called tne
Wood, northwest of Lucy-le .Bo'
cage. two lieutenants Of the Ma
rine brigade squatted by hole
the size Of coffin and regarded
with attention certain cooking opera.
tions. The older and perhaps the
dirtier Of the two was intent upon
fire -blackened mess kit. which was
balanced on two stones and two Ger
man bayonets over can of solldlhed
alcohol. In the mess kit was simmer
ing a srayish and unattractive matter
with doubtful yellowish Jumps. into
which the lieutenant fed, discriminate
ingly. bits Of hard bread and frayed
tomatoes from a can.
DO what you will with it," he OBJ
served, monkey meat is monkey
meat. It's a great pity that damn
Tompkins had to get himself bumped
off last night when he came out. He
had a way with monkey meat, the
kid did--hell l never have any luck
with orderlies,"
The other waited on two canteen
CUBS sttlted precariously over pale
lavender fame. The water in them
began to boil. and he supplied coffee
the coarse ground, pale coffee of the
Fross-with a spoon that shook q lit,
tie. He considered: pose I'd better
boil the sugar in with 1t. he decided.
There isn't so much Of II, you know.
Well taste II more" And he added
the contents Of a little muslin sack
heavy beet sugar that looked like
sand. His face was pale and some
what troubled. and his weeks beard
was struggling and unwholesome. He
was not an out-of-doors man-and he
was battalion scout officer. A gentle
man oversensitive for the rude busi-
ness of war. he would continue to
function until he broke-and one
sensed that he would suffer while
about II.
IT don't like monkey meat. Before
this smell"-he waved his spoon petu-
lantly-'got into my nose I never
could eat II. But now you can't smell
but one thing. and. after all. you've
got to eat"
Troops lay In the wood nova bat.
talon Of the eth and two companies Of
the 5th Regiment outfit. half OF which
vas still in line on the hank OF the
Rois de Be!leau. These companies had
come out AZ dawn. attended by shell
Are: they had plunged into the wood
and slept where they halted. un-
awakened-except the wounded-by
the methodical shelling TO which the
Boehe treated the place every day.
Now, in the evening. they were awake
and hungry. They eQuatted. each
man in his hole and did what they
could about II. A eavage.looking lot.
in battered helmets and dirty uni
forms. But you saw them cleaning
their rifles. -.
The scout oficer. with his hand out
TO lift away the coffee, which was. in
his Judgment: boiled. heard: Mr..
Braxton? Yeh, he's UP that away.
with the lootenant.' Hey. you dog
rebbin battalion runner. you-what's
UP? Hey" Scout oflcer? over
yonder, him. wit the green blouse"
and a soiled battalion runner. identi-
fed by his red brassard and his air
Of one laden with vital information,
dumped up and saluted sketchily.
SIR, the major wants to see the
Battalion scout officer at battalion
headquarters. The major said right
away. SIR"
THE scout cfficer swore. inexpertly,
l. for he was not a profane fellow,
but. with infinite feeling. Good GOD,
I horA Il ain't--If you can keep my
coffee hot. Tommie-Be right back
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Hot.Air Stratum.
rs it boiling hot far above

rs 1t boiling hot far above the
clouds? J. F.. Whipple, British
meteorologist. and Prof. F. A. Linde.
mann of Oxford believe that recent
experiment. in France have indicated
that If We could-go 80 miles up into
the atmosphere we would find a tenn.
peratire Of 220 degrees above. zerca
instead of the traditional freesins
temperature. - =.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
IN lot Arizona and New Mexi-
- co in the Summer" people
v said to us.

N said i'd. to US. us: on,v tim. w..
can CO." we would reply.
In apologetic tones. Anyhow, there's
a party going and all the plans are
made.
And how far did you say?"
Seven hundred miles. Camping at
night, you know"
A certain pitying glance. not un-
mixed with admiration, always follow
ed this statement. And about this
time, too, the head Of the family came
across and read aloud an article on
Death Valley.
There were temperatures which
sounded like the instructions for bak-
ing q cake. No birds were there: no
life whatever. OF course. we were not
going to Death Valley. but the article
considerably undermined our morale.
I sat down and wrote to Howard,
whose enthusiasm for unknown places
was behind the trip. explaining that
felt that | had. under normal condi
tions, long and useful career before
me, and why cut it short? Howard's q
reply was to the point:
Bring blankets. sweaters and some
thing warm to sleep in. and come" he
wrote. But he signed 1t. Yours to
frazzle." which I considered at least
eQuivocal.
The temperature on the train In
wyoming was 103 degrees and we
were headed south. But the heat
grew less and less. Denver was cool:
1lbuouerque was chilly; Flagstaff was
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ION HEARING RUNNING STEPS
: BEHIND HIM. BILL STOPPED
AND TUPRNED. TO STAND PET
RIFTED. AND WELL HE MIGHT,
FOR ALMOST ON HIM WAS A
PRIEST, HIS ARMS FULL OF
SNAKES"
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Appeal for Rain to Underground
Gods Is Witnessed at Almost Inacces-
sible Hopi Village-Resembling Cir
Gus Procession-A Long, Torturing
Climb-The Race of the Young Men.
Publication of the Serpents-An I'M
pressive Spectacle, Sometimes Horri-
bic. But Never Crotesque."
Evening star., 1926-11-07
II JOHN W. THOMASUN, JK.,
Captain, United States Marine Corps.
CHAPTER TX.
Monkev-Meat.

TN mangled place called the
Wood, northwest of Lucy-le. Bo'
cage. two lieutenants Of the Ma
i rine brigade squatted by hole
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THE scout oficer swore. inexpertly,
l. for he was not a profane fellow,
but with infinite feeling. Good GOD,
I horA Il ain't--f you can keep my
coffeehot, Tonmte-Be right back
Evening star., 1926-11-07

RUT we had not reached Hotevila.
~ On our first day we had made
but Sc miles. and so the second it was
necessary that we make a hundred.
We reached the trading post at the
foot Of the cliff on which lies Oraibi
Evening star., 1926-06-04

Above: Col. Mobile. Italian COM
Riiser.l .arsen. right.hand nlan Of
Ellsworth and .Amundsen, and second
In command Of the Norge. are shown
here bidding gOod.by at the start Of
the epoch-making flight of the Norge
across the top OF the. world.
Right: Capt. Visiting. the only man
except AmundSen who has been to
both the North and South Poles, and
who accompanied Amundsen ON the
flight Of the Norge across the top Of
the world.
YORK T.s sSG s. oa. e
Outside OF ". 3. by NORWEGIAN Aero Club
1t was also forbidden to go on the
ganGway in the keel with shoes or
boots without rubber soles. lest the
metal in non-rubber sOles should
strike sparks against the steel In
the gangWay and thus ignite the
gasoline vapors or the hydrogen.
Some members of the expedition
wore chains on which hung pictures
of the Madonna that were blessed by
the Pope. who received the crew in a
private audience before 1t left Rome.
Some also wore golden bracelets with
their names engraved on small plates
to make Identification possible IL after
disaster the ship should be found.
In the special little room in the
cabin was installed the Marconi wire
less station with the direction finder.
which we shall describe later in this
story. Behind a curtain in the aft
corner of the cabin was the ships
most private little room; not so pri-
vate. however but that during the
flight 1t was used both as a. sleeping
room by the tired members of the crew
and as the office OF our journalist.
During the stay at Spitzbergen we
had the most beautiful weather. No
cloud was to DO seen in the sky, and
the atmosphere was quiet. The
weather reports received by our
meteorological service from the sta
tions along the coast of the polar
basin and in the northwest parts Of
Europe proved that the situation over
the basin was good for flying. This
naturally stimulated the progress Of
our work. sf<r.
Cheered by Byrd's Success.
At , o'clock on the morning Of May
9 we were awakened by the roaring
Of the engines of the Byrd afrplane.
The commander and his pilot. Floyd
G. Bennett, had the day before tried
20 start but had not succeeded. Now
their plane went up into the air and
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set it's course northward. and after a
few minutes they had disappeared
over the peaks on the northern side
OF Kings Bay.
After 16l2 hours of anxious wait
ing, we were happy TO hear the roar
ing of the motors again. and they
landed at $50 pm. after a successful
flight 10 the North Pole.
They had ideal flying weather on
the whole trip. no wind Of Importance.
perfect Visibility, and no fog, the sky
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having been clear all the time. They
landed at just the same place where
they had started. and we were glad
to be the first 10 congratulate the
courageous explorers on their flight.
The day after their return. we. to-
sether with Col. Mobile and Lieut..
Riiser.Larsen, were invited 10 dinner
on board the Chantier, where we
spent some pleasant hours.
During the dinner Capt. Amundsen
nreSented to Condr. Byrd a match
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Strict Rules for Grow Posted
In the cabin you could also md the
Instructions for the crew. The most
important point was not to throw
anything overheard which might get
into the propellers and smash them:
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Millions kGrs
enjoyed this fes
for srer half q
century!
New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
REPUD|ATE FOSTER AS
 4TH WARD i. O.P. HEAD
Rebels Refuse to Recognize Members of Town
 Committee

Militant fourth ward republicans who have been waiting for peace ov- ertures from the c. c. P. organiza- ton before carrying out their threat 10 bolt the party today requested Louis Horwitz of 501 East street to act as fourth ward chairman, hay ing repudiated Hollis J. Foster, or ganization chairman.
 Mir. Horwitz requested his col leagues to seek some one other than himself for the chair, but agreed to accept In the event his friends in sist.
 The fourth wardcrs led by Hor- witz, and claiming the sympathies of their alderman, J. Gustav Johnson. are aggrieved because no fourth warders received appointments to office under the Weld administra ton, they say. Plans are being made for meeting and smoker this week at which the ward will be dis tricted and a canvass made in the interests of the democratic party. Horwitz announces. Although the group plans to continue its repubh can organization and registration, it's intention is to work in the interests of the democrats until proper rec ognition is given by the G. o. P, they declare.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
After He Is Fined S2OO and Costs She Goes Out to Buy Him Can of Tobacco He Beat Her Twice With Rubber Hose.

Middletown, Oct. 4 R-"I love him just as much as ever" Mrs. Percy Smith told court attendants after her husband had been sentenc- ed to six months in the county Jail at Haddam and to pay a fine of s2OO and costs for wife beating today. Then she went out Co get him can of tobacco.
 Smith was arrested Sunday eve ming on complaint of his wife whose body was covered with bruises as "a result Of her husbands displeasure. 1nCensed because Mrs. Smith went out to a moving picture show Thurs day evening and stopped on the street to speak 10 an acquaintance Smith came home early Friday. Taking his wife 10 their room he ordered her to strip. tied her to the bed in spread eagle" fashion, and whipped her with piece of rubber hose split at the end to form lashes.
 On Saturday the punishment was repeated. Sunday evening Mrs. Smith crawled from the house with out her husbands knowledge and went to the police with her story.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
MARSH WILL NOT RUN
 AS OPPONENT TO JUDD
Declines to Contest for Nomination as Rep
 resentative

Leaders of an anti organization movement 10 place a third candi- date for representative in the field In the hope of forcing Chairman William H. Judd of the town com- mittee out of the running have been told by |. S. Deputy Marshal A. P, Marsh that he will not be a candi- date, but it was indicated today that his refusal may not be final.
 MT. Marsh admitted he was ap- preached and had candidacy under consideration even to the extent of cenferring with officers of the Con- necticut Trucking association, of which he Is secretary, but he has declined, he said, because he felt he could accomplish more for his as- sociation as an outsider then as a member of the legislature.
 It is understood the search for a third candidate is continuing. but with little success. Marsh's declina- tion Is reported to have dampened the ardor of the 'anti's" and today's action indicated that Judd and F. O. Rackliffe. his running mate, will have a clear field when the time for filing petitions expires tonight.
 Unless something unforeseen oc- CUTS through the day Marsh will not reconsider, he declared this after noon. .-
New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
YOUTH CONFESSES HE
 IS NEW YORK FIREBUG
Tells of Setting Fire to Building In Which One Man Lost
 His Life.

New York, Oct. 4 OPl-Taken into custody by police at the request of his mother to save him from being branded as a deserter from the navy. Patrick V. Nolan, 16 years old. startled police today when he confessed firing a tenement house in which one man died. He was held without bail.
 Do you realize you are confessing 10 the crimes of arson and murder" Chief Fire Marshal Brophy asked him.
 "Yes," the boy answered, I'm happy I've told the truth" then he added meekly. You can do what you like about it."
 The fire Nolan confessed starting was in a tenement at West 127th street occupied by negroes, one of whom was killed.
 Nolan told the fire marshal he was sorry the poor man lost his life. I didn't mean 10 hurt anyone. It is too bad 1t happened. but. be- lieve me. I couldn't get 1t off my mind. I worried something ter rible about it."
 Nolan said he had enlisted in the navy July IS. 1928 and on Septem- ber 10 was given ten days leave from tho Newport training station.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
Lord Giveth, But the Filthy Fly Taketh Away" Dr. Vaughan Tells Bible Class.

The minister who delivers the orthodox sermon at the funeral of a little child who dies of summer diseases and who says, The Lord taketh away" is telling an untruth and is responsible for the death of other babies, according to Professor David D. Vaughn, D. D., professor of theology and sociology at Boston university, to the men of Every mans Bible Class yesterday morn ing. Dr. Vaughn severely denounced "untruthful" funeral sermons.
 More than million people died at home during the 19 months of the war who had no business to die at all," he stated. He denounced those who believe things just be- cause they have always believed them, demanding. "Is a lie any bet ter because it is 15O0 years old?"
 If you were 10 write a list of men who have made history you would write a list of hcretics." he continued. Moses, John Calvin. Jesus Christ, Martin Luther all were heretics. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were liberals and Abraham Lincoln was a radical.
 American money is all stamped with the word Liberty, but Ameri- cans are not free. They are slaves to greater tyrants than Kaiser Bill. During the war we lost 67,S00 boys on the fields of France. There were many sad homes here in New Brit ain because Of that fact.
 During that same nineteen months we lost three times as many here at home because of one entire- ly unnecessary ases-tuberculo- sis. We never said word about it. Wouldn't 1t have been awful if we had lost a million boys in the war? During that same period we lost a million people here in America, not one of whom had any business to die, every single one an unnecessary death.
 Professor Irving Fisher says that every year 600,000 people die who ought not to die. Every day in the United States 1.7G0 graves are dug that ought not to be dug, unneces- sary deaths, many of them little children.
 50 many children die in the sum- mer time from summer disease, an intestinal trouble. This Is disease that's spread by the house fly, the most dangerous animal In America, that house fly. It breeds in filth, lives in filth and walks on the nip pie of the babys bottle. The fly kills him.
 T used to take my little black book that the church gave me and would read The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. blessed be the name of the Lord It sounds well, but it isn't true. What I should have said if I told the truth and
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