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Evening star., 1927-03-23
OPEN VERDICT RETURNED.
Jury Gives Decision in Case of DR..
3. J. Lanham.

An open verdict was rendered by a
coroner's jury yesterday in the case of
Or. Benjamin Il. Lanham As years old,
72-A Bates street, whose body was
found in the river between Railroad
and Highway bridges Saturday after
noon
The jury simply reported that death
was due to drowning and rccited in
ability to determine the circumstances
under which ii occurred. An autopsy
showed two ribs fractured. Funeral
services We're held in the chapel at
Arlington National Cemetery yester-
day afternoon and burial was made
there.
Evening star., 1927-03-23

White crepe de chine
s, daintily
h a n d = embroidered
with rufnes, $3.50.
Evening star., 1927-03-23
Mai. Hester Reassigned.

Mai.~John II. Hester, u. s. Infantry,
at the Army War College. Washir rgton
Barracks. has been assigned TO tlHs ED
infantry at Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
Evening star., 1927-03-23

Snake : like leather
trims this blue-and-
gray tive e d coat,
$3.50. Blue straw
hat, So.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
CEN. ELY RAPS
j. {. TARIFF:

The United States has no ethical
right to put up a high tariff doc
trine or to enforce the Monroe Doc
trine.' declared Maj. Gen. Hanson
Z. Ely, commandant of the Army
Var College. in a speech before the
National Patriotic Council at the
Army and Navy Club.
Sometimes we Army men get in
trouble when We criticise our chiefs,
!; dtsed General Ely, apparently think
ing of the recent Summerall Incl
dent, and asking his auditors to con-
tinue it's fight for adequate Army
Preparedness.
Army officials today were wonder
ing whether General Ely's denial OF
the Governments 'ethical right 10
enforce a high protective tariff Will
bring down a Presidential rebuke
upon his head.
Wars Of ancient history were far
more deadly and cruel than the
World War Major Cen. Amos \,
Fries told the audience. single
naftle in the ar between the Ro.
mans and the Carthaginians cos.
more lives than the entire American
loss in the World War. he said.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16

ional action in that direction.
Citing the taxes levied and re-
pealed since 1913. Crowther pointed
out that residents here were not
bothered with three or four
different kinds of taxes. as is tn"
case in the States.
Your tax rate is low enough
here" he stated, cit is vote you
need. not tax relief"
The organization buy in Wash
ington" campaign was formally
opened with a talk by Isaac Cans.
chairman Of the committee on re
tail trade who stated that the
greater part of the 100000 0oo
earned in the District annually was
spent elsewhere. condition, he
stated, he was at loss TO explain.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16

the contest, which will be open to
any attractive girl.
Miss America will introduce the
contestants and the winner will be
selected by the applause of the
audience.
A bathing beauty contest will
feature the show tonight A bathing
suit and shoes are the only re.
quirements. Dressing rooms will be
provided.
Rita FigalIo. 2167 New York Ave.
was selected last night as having
the prettiest head of bobbed hair.
She is a brunette. Dorothy Brandt.
1920 Harvard ST, took second
honOrs with her ShOrn blond locks.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
Letter Writer Demands
A Mortgage on State

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. IA
letter demanding that the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania pay the
writer an amount which would be
equivalent to the total of all State
taxes in the next 90 years. was re.
ceived by State Treasurer Lewis
The letter, postmarked in Washing
ton and signed Alexander Bittner.
read:
"As per agreement between DR..
Walter G. Bowers and myself, Of
February II, 1926. the State Of
Pennsylvania owes me one hundred
million dollars per month for the
period September "a, 1925. 10 Oc-
tober 10. 1927. inclusive. Please
make payment to National City
Bank of New York"
The Washington times., 1927-11-16

passes too close to their State, ana
should go from "headland to head.
land" The line they propose would
place in the Old Dominion a mum.
Der Of duck shooting places.
Reliable firms who can attend 10
your electric wiring, and fixtures will
he found listed In the WHO'S Who"
columns on next TO the last page in
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
Virginians Protest
MARYLAND Boundary

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 1.-THE
Maryland-Virginia dividing line is
not drawn according to the 1877
compact on maps used by the
Northern State in enforcing ducking
laws, Leon BraZile, assistant attOr-
ney general. and other Virginians
commended here today.
The contentious were aroused as
the result Of an opinion of Governor
Richie, of Maryland, wherein ne
cited the 1877 boundary acceptance
as means Of settling the present
boundary dispute between the
States.
Virginians claim the line as drawn
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
Chinese Ex-General
Will Wed This Month

SHANGHAI, Nov. 16.-Chiang ia
Shek, former commander-in-chief of
the Cantonese armies and later gen
eralissimo of the anti-communist
Marking army, will he married TO
Miss Ling Soong at the home OF T.
V. Soong on November 80, it was
announced today.
Chang retired from active mill
tary and political life about six
months ago. His bride was edu-
Gated in America.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
BUY IN D. e. IS
DRIVE MOVE

Washington is comfortably stu
ated as far as tax problems are
concerned, Representative Frank
Crowther. of New York told last
nights meeting of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. adding at
the same time that he was in
favor of suffrage for the District
and would support any Congress.
The Washington times., 1927-11-16
MISS AMERICA
At FOOD SHOW

Miss Lois Delander. Miss America
nf 1927" will act as mistress OF
ceremonies in beauty contest for
Washington girls to be held at the
Food Show tomorrow night in the
Auditorium. Miss Delander will he
guest of honor and will assist In
Evening star., 1927-10-30

ilization. shows Cleopatra. lover of lux
uries and vender of her charms, put
ting the serpent to her breast as An
thony dies and Augustus, too tired for
temptations, stations his conduering
legions along the Nile.
Today there is q place called Egvpt
but the Egyptian people do not dwell
there. Long since they have been
scattered over the earth and merged
beyond identity in marriage with other
stocks; and their ancient streets and
temples know now only the feet of
Moslem and Englishmen, of weary
travellers who come from thousa nds of
miles away to find that the Pyramids
are heaps of stones. Perhaps greatness
could grow again in that fair climate
IT the distant East should flower once
more and the turn of the tide make
Egypt the halfway house of a harni-
spheres commerce. But of the NOR
row. as Lorenzo sang, there is no Ger
tainty; and OF today the only certainte
ls desolation. On every side gigantic
ruins, memorials of savage and ii
tanlc energy; and all about them the
lngufing sands, blown about forever
by the hot winds and resolved to cover
everything in tn" end
tCoDyright. 1927. by Will Duraut1
Evening star., 1927-10-30

signed at first to commemorate the
dead.
OF Egyptian painting little remains,
for time makes short Shrift of colors,
and the artists of Egypt longed for
permanence. They painted the walls
of tombs for superstitious masters VINO
believed. apparently. that pictured
symbols would be mistaken for reailty
by the gods; they rivaled the Chinese
in painting birds and fowl and flowers;
they covered walls with glazed tiles
whose brilliant blue was made to
pierce elaborate design in gold leaf;
they wove tapestries equal in texture,
color and design to the best of modern
works: above all. they developed, as
their sculptors did not. the art OF
composition, grouping figures admir-
ably, for example, in the paintings OF
the empire on the Theban tombS.
X 4
But architecture, sculpture and
painting were onlv the most COnSplcu-
Gus of Egyptian arts; within the home
were n hundred kinds of beauty fash
ioned by careful hands. The relics IN
Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb revealed to US
the luxury of Egyptian furniture, the
exquisite design and ornamentation of
every part; chairs covered with silver
and gold, beds of sumptuous work
manship, jewel boxes, perfume baskets
and vases surpassed only by China's
best.
In all this art there were hardly
any artists, hardly any figures named
and individualized with fond anecdote
SO that posterity might commemorate
them. We hear of the great archi-
tects Ineni and Senmut. but only be-
cause their work as designers was
part of their function as political Of
Evening star., 1927-10-30

laid waste its cities and brought back
to Egypt thousands of slaves and hun
dreds of wives. When he died, after
reign of 81 years 0292-1225), he left
hundred sons and half hundred
daughters to testify to his character
by their number and their proportion.
But no military bravery could save
Egypt from those economic forces
without and those psychological and
moral forces within that weie making
for her decay. The foundations of the
state had been sapped by an obscuran-
tist priesthood and ruthless mon
archy: individualistic immortality had
loosened all the bonds of order. and
everywhere among the exploited slaves
there was talk Of revolution. 1t was
probably in the time of Rameses II
that the Egyptian Jews broke their
chains and fled from the land Of
bondage.
Meanwhile on every frontier trouble
breWed. The prosperity of the
country had come, in part. from it's
strategic place on the main line OF
south Mediterranean trade; it's metals
and it's ships had given 1t mastery
over Libya on the west, and Phoe-
and north. But now at the other end
Of this trade route-in Assyria, Baby
lon and Persia-new nations were
growing to maturity and power, were
strengthening themselves with enter
prise and invention, and were daring
to compete in industry and trade with
the self-satisfied and luxurious Egyp-
tians. The Phoenicians were perfect
ing the trireme galley with three
banks of oars) and with it they were
wrestling from Egypt the commerce
Evening star., 1927-10-30
Continued from Third Page)

name to Tutenkhamon. Soon after
TO assure his power. he transferred
the capital back to Thebes, restored
the worship of Anon and made peace
with the priests. The names which
dknaton had had erased were carved
IN again, and the feast days which he
had abolished were renewed. Every
thing was as before.
\ The temples became richer than
ever now, and the priesthood more
powerful; and in the end the Pharaoh
Became only the servant of the high
priest of Anon; the high priest ruled
openly as supreme. and the empire
degenerated into a stagnant theoc-
racy. OmenS were arranged to give
divine sanction to every decision of
the priests. Architecture fiourished
and superstition grew; but all the
other elements in the national life
decayed. The most vital forces of
the people were sucked dry by the
thirst of the gods at the very time
when, in the East. the Assyrian wolf
was making ready to leap down hun
Erily upon the wealth of these tenn
pies and the cities Of these slaves.
* 4 = X
Artists.
What redeemed the civilization was
Its art. Not the Pyramids. which are
Egyptian art to the general; these
mounds, as we have confessed. lack
the magic of beauty, and have only
such majesty as may come from size.
1t was not in these enormities that the
Egyptian artist found his happiness;
we see it rather in an old kingdom
painting which pictures two workmen
carefully fashioning vases of stone.
This vase" says one artisan. 'is
very beautiful" His comrade an
swers, simply, "It is, indeed" Out
of this spirit Egyptian art arose.
Its first form was writing; for. as
everywhere. so here along the Nile,
writing began as pictures; and this
-Ideogra phic" language survived on
the monuments and among the priests
(whence its Greek name of hierogly.
phics, or sacred carvings) long after
the weary scribeS had shortened pic
lures into phonetic signs represent
ing syllables, and at last into the
letters of the first known alphabet.
The calendar of 4241 BIC. is the ear
Hest writing of which we have any
record. The oldest alphabetic writ
ing appears about $500 E. c., 25 CEN
turies before it's use $50 far as we
know by any other people. From
Egypt this alphabet passed to
Phoenicia and Crete, as a mode of
facilitating commercial records; from
Phoenicia it passed to Greece. from
Greece to Rome, and from Rome to
modern Europe and America. From
Egypt, too, came the art of making
paper cheaply out of the fiber of the
papyrus plant; without that art, lost
by medieval Europe and recaptured
in the dawn Of the Renaissance,
writing could never have passed into
print.
X X X
Recent excavations have unearthed
fragments of Egyptian libraries as old
as 1000 B. C-papyri rolled and
packed in jars. the jars labeled and
ranged on shelves. In one of the
Jars was found the first form of the
story of "Sinbad the Sailor" More re-
markable is a document of the Mid
die Kingdom. in which a prophet
named 1puwer is represented as
standing before the king. predicting
a social catastrophe in which the poor
will become rich and the rich poor,
Evening star., 1927-10-30
The Middle Years
BY BRUCE BARTON.

THE first time ! saw him, he
stood on the platform
facing a great audience
- Of college students. He
was SO years old. Stretched
across the wall behind him was
a big blue banner with this
legend:
"The redemption of the world
in this generation"
That multitude Of ardent
young spirits drank in his ora
tory eagerly. They were impa-
tient with the bunsIing delays Of
middle -aged folk who had been
conducting human affairs. They
wanted no more delays, no fool
ing; they would get the world
saved right away-now.
Eighteen years have passed,
and if the millennium has come,
news of its arrival was not
printed in the particular paper
which happen to read.
saw my friend the orator
only a few days ago. He is 81
years old and head resident of
social settlement.
He no longer talks about the
redemption Of the world in this
generation. He 10 reconciIed to
the fact that human nature is
pretty stubborn stuff, requiring
a long period for complete puri-
fication.
He is content to gather in the
handicapped boys and girls of
his slum neishborhood and give
them a chance to grow strong
in his gymnasium. He conducts
evening classes where they learn
at the close Of their days work.
In a quiet way he holds up be-
fore them ideals Of useful living.
At 81 he has dropped the illu.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

in Berlin. was recently commissioned
by his government to tell the Guraturs
of the Beethoven Museum, at Bonn,
the composers birthplace.
Greece sent gift to the museum in
the form of a twig from an olive tree
on the Acropolis at Athens. The twig
is fastened to a slab of Greek marble.
The gift is Ito give evidence of the
veneration which the horne of antique
art has for the mighty creator OF
immortal beauty in music
Evening star., 1927-10-30

sions which were so glorious at
80. But the faith Of SO remains.
He still knows the battle will be
won-though victory be several
hundred or thousand years
away-and loyalty, obscurely, he
fights the good fight.
History is a recital Of miIlen-
NUNS that failed to materialize.
"The fall of an unpopular
minister" (WaIpole) twas not
succeeded according to general
expectation by a millennium Of
happiness and virtue" wrote
Gibbon. "Some courtiers lost
their places, some patriots lost
their characters-" But other
wise things went on in much
the same old way.
That is the record of most
elections, of most reform admin
istrations, Of most Of the wars
that were to give US suddenly
q changed and bettered world.
Youth, which knows no history,
comes romping into the world
determined upon immediate re-
suits. The headwaters Of the
river Of life are fed with pure
cold streams Of melted snow
from the mountain tops.
The test comes not in youth
but in the middle years, when
the stream runs slower, when it
10 a little soiIed by hard contact
with the banks, whsn-being
often diverted from it's course to
turn wheels and water farms
it pIods more YEARLY to the sea.
Happy are they who, travel.
ing more slowly, yet travel with
sturdy hearts; who, having lost
the illusions Of youth, still have
kept the faith.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

ficials. For the rest. the artists of
Egypt are not even what it's kings
are to us-names. Their masters
looked upon them as menials, and
would not have thought for a moment
Of letting sculptor carve his name
upon the work of his hands. And yet
it is only the artists work that re.
mains to us now of Egypts past: the
pomp and circumstance of her kings
are the Iaughing.stock of time. Other
nations may have built with finer
sense of fitness and symmetry. or
carved more subtly the features of in.
dividual men. or painted more under
standingly the life of all mankind in
one face; but there is a strength and
majesty in Egyptian art which have
never been reached again.
X X X
Post NOrtem.
Nevertheless, while Iknaton sang
the Empire was ceaSing to be. Three
hundred letters found some years ago
among the ruins of his capital reveal
the dissolution of the imperial bonds.
Most of the letters were addressed to
1knaton by the kings of Asia Minor,
and warned the Pharaoh of the inva-
sion of his lands by the Hitttes from
the north and the Hebrews from the
south. Iknaton read, turned his face
from thoughts of war, and wrote beau.
tiful hymns to the sun.
When Iknaton had gone west" (as
the Egyptians named death) and Tut
ankh-Amen. still in his youth, had
followed him, three warrior kings
Harmhab. Scti l and Rameses IL
went forth to war and bound the sub
icct states to the empire again. Ram
eses II, the Alexander of Egypt. forced
his way recklessly through Palestine.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Of the sea. Trade moved less and less
over the mountains and deserts of
Asia Minor to Egypt and northern
Africa; 1t moved more and more-be-
cause at far less expense and with less
peril-in ships that passed through
the Black Sea and the Aegean to Troy
and Crete and Greece. The islands
blossomed and the northern shores of
the Mediterranean became peopleG
with energetic tribes like those which
Agamemnon led to Troy. Persia,
Phoenicia. Greece. Sicily and Rome
fourished; Egypt. Judea, Assyria
Babylon and Carthage. on the deserted
land routes of the south. decayed
Egypt lost her trade, her gold her
power. at last even her pride; one by
one her rivals crept down upon her
SOIL. harassed her, conquered her and
laid her waste. In 945 B.C. the Lib
vans came in from the western hills;
in 722 the Ethiopians came up from
the south; in go the Assyrians swept
over the plains from the east Psam-
meticus l effected temporary "resto-
ration rich in deCadent literature
and art. and Amasis II STAYED off de.
struction for half century by his
genius In organization and diplomacy.
But the tide of history was against
them. and when the Persians crossed
Suez in 525 B. c. it marked the death
of ancient Egypt.
X X X
EOR two centuries the proud nation
that had held it's head so high for
5000 years was vassal of an Oriental
empire. and when change came it was
only change of masters-in $50 Be
from Persia to Greece. in 80 Be from
Greece to Rome. The last picture,
sYmbOlizing the death Of an entire civ
Evening star., 1927-10-30
beethoven REVERED.
Name Dear to People of Greece
Envoy Declares.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
BERLIN.-Beetho is name
dear to the people of Greece. Euthy
mios CanellOpoulos. the Greek Minister
Evening star., 1927-10-30

Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1927-10-18
New Bond Issues

NEW YORK, October 1s (SpeciaD.-
Public Offering is being made today Of
the new issue of $47,000,0 900 Republic
OF Poland stabilization loan Of 1927 Z
per cent externals sinking fund gold
bonds, maturing October IS, 1947, by
a banking group comprised of Bank
ers' Trust Co., Blair & Co., Inc; Chase
Securities Corporation, Guaranty Co.
of New York, w. A. Hartman & Co.,
Marshall Field, Glore Ward & Co.,
e. Fl. Rollins & Sons, Tucker, Anthony
Co., and Paine Webber & Co. The
bonds are priced at 90, to yield over
1886 per cent.
A new issue Of $S,464, 900 Southern
California Gas Co. frst mortgage and
refunding 5 per cent gold bonds due
September 1, 1857, is being marketed
by the Chase Securities Vorporation,
Stone & Webster and Blodget, Pyn.
chon & Co.; Hunter Dulin & Co..
Peirce, Fair & Co., and Blyth Witter
& Co., at 80.
A. B. Leach & Co, Inc, and Charles
c. Hood & Co., are Offering today q
new issue OF $2,287,00 City of Jersey
City, N. j., gold Az per cent bonds
due serially June 1, 1881 to 1865 inclu.
sive. The bonds are priced to yield
1886 per cent.
A banking syndicate headed by Bon
bright & Co., will offer sometime this
week an issue Of $66, 100000 in Az
per cent bonds Of the New York
Power & Light Corporation.
Offering will be made in the near
future of an issue Of $40, ,00O, 900 Amer
lean Natural Gas Corporation eb per
cent sinking fund gold debentures due
October /, 1912, with stock purchase
privileges together with an issue Of
S5.O0O,0OO of convertible 81 preferred
stock by g. L. Ohrstrom & Co.
Evening star., 1927-10-18
CURB LIST RES|STS
SELLING ORDERS
Bears Meet With Only Partial
SuccesS-Favorites
Turned Adrift.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
i NEW YORK, October 18.-The ele-
ment favoring further price deprecia-
ton in speculative market values met
with only partial success in the curb
market today. Endeavqring to bring
out real liquidation by concentrating
operations on a few issues, these pro-
fessionals flooded the market with sell
ing orders at the outset. The result
was a rather general early decline,
but as the session progressed the
leaders offered better resistance.
The point of most significance was
that the main body Of stocks no longer
was in a position to Withstand these
bear attacks. Pools and professional
operators who had steadfastly stood
by their favorites on previous oc'
casions were disposed to let them drift
with the general trend. This was par
ticularly noticeable in the case OF
Celaniz Corporation, which had been
one OF the prime favorites during the
campaign for higher prices. Around
S7h today, 1t was down almost
points compared with the recent high
Of 1T.
Merchandising and chain store
issues no longer held their place OF
prominence. w. T. Grant, which
recently sold az high az l29. was OH
almost points for its top and no
effort was made to work for higher
prices in others Of the group.
Despite all the liquidation which
had taken place in the Oil group. there
was nothing encouraging about their
action at the current level to real
holders. The recent action Of Prairie
Oil and Gas in passing its dividend
caused some anxiety over the safety
of other dividends. Humble Oil. I'm.
perial Of Canada and Ohio Oil sold
below Mondays finals.
Among high.priced specialties,
I'ubize Artificial silk recorded an over.
night loss Of 6 points. Farajo Sugar
lost points before recovery set in.
Libbey-O Owens Co.. at 100 was 3 points
lower, and such favorites as Deere
common and Borden were subjected
to profit.taking. Nevertheless the sell,
ing was not as persistent as on Mon.
day, possibly because Of the belief that
the reaction had been sharp enough
for the time being.
Trading started in the new Republic
Of Poland stabilization loan, first sales
taking place at the subscription figure
of 90.