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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
RAIN MARS FIELD DAY
AT LYON VILLAGE, VA.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYON VILLAGE. Va, June 1S.--
The first annual picnic and field day
Of the Lyon Village Citizens Associa-
ton of Arlington County, Va, was In
terrupted by rain this afternoon,
but not until after more than one-half
of the program had been completed.
A base ball game between the viii
lege Reds" and the Blues" the fea-
tured event, went six innings before
the doWnpour forced a halt. Although
the former was in the lead at that
time, the official score keeper was I'M
able to tell precisely the number Of
runs that had been scored, as the
curves of the pitchers for both teams
were driven to all parts of the village
athletic field and usually out of the
reach of the outfielders. William Med.
ley did the hurting for the winners
and Groome Eareckson, jr., for
Blues" E. Fl. Harris rewarded the
players of both teams with ice cream
and cake.
Athletic events of all kinds were
held for the men, women and children
as prelude to the ball game. There
also was a horseshoe pitching tourna-
ment. The picnic lunch, programmed
as the final event. was eaten in auto
mobiles.
The affair was under direction Of
Monroe II. Stockett, president of the
association, and S. Groome Eareck-
son. it's vice president, assisted by the
entertainment and executive commit
tees. Rev. Edwin Shepp, pastor of
the Aurora Heights Community Meth.
odist Church, had charge of the chill
drens events.
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graduating class ut West Point are
Miss Brewers boys" and she estimat-
ed that she has promoted at least
1000 pupils to high school,
WIN Miss the Children.
Il won't know what to do without
the children" she said, speaking of
her retirement, "for l have very close
and very tender associations here.
My children are essentially very
much the same, but the environment
of the children of today has changed
so much that they have developed in
many different ways.
II think that all improvements and
advantages are for the better if they
are taken in the right way. Children
of today are very interesting. They
can express themselves much better
than the children of a decade ago. be-
cause they have more mediums of ex-
preston. They have the facilities to
illustrate their ideas. Why, one lit
tie pupil in the second grade has pre-
pared a regular pictorial history of
Lindbergh."
1t was difficult to get Miss Brewer
to go into detail concerning her own
accomplishments, which have won her
the affection of all with whom she has
come into contact. But she spoke of
her boys" and her girls" some Of
them now grandparents. with pride
which indicated why it is that there
are hundreds today who will never for
get the days when they went to
school to Miss Brewer"
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By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, June 18.-The recent
discovery on Mount Serabit of frag-
ments of the mysterious SINAI in
scriptions," which have puzzled archie
ologists for years, was the reward of
painstaking work and difficult Jour-
ney into the interior of Sinai PENN
sula by Prof. Kirsopp Lake and Rob-
ert Blake of Harvard University.
The professors, members of the Har-
ward. michigan expedition, had great
difficulty in reaching Mount Serabit,
which is IL days camel ride from the
coast. and is in an almost inaccessible
part of the region.
Deciphering Is Undertaken.
After taking the important find to
Cairo, where the inscriptions were
deposited in the museum there. the
professors set to work in an attempt
to decipher them. DIR. Butin, director
of the American School of Oriental
Research in Jerusalem, likewise is en-
gagged in deciphering the inscriptions.
The missing link between the Ian
guage of pictures-hieroglyp
the language of letters-the alphabet
may lie in an Interpretation of the
so.called Moses inscription" as the
Sinai inscriptions on stone slabs are
known,
The Sinai slabs originally were
found in 1906 by Sir Flinders Petrie,
the noted British Archeologist, but
were not deciphered until 1916, when
Prof. Alan Gardiner, the British au.
thority, deciphered one word, "ba-
alat," which means mistress"
In 1923, the German archeologist,
Prof. Grimme gave out a complete
translation of the slabs, saying that
they referred to the finding of Moses
in the bullrushes. Both Prof. Gardi
ner and Petrie. however, declared
that Prof. Grimme had misunderstood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
COL. JOSEPH H. FORD WILL END
90 YEARS OF MEDICAL SERVICE
Prominent Army Officer Is
Native of City-Edu-
Gated Here.
Career Embraces Tour of
Duty Abroad in Respon-
SibIe Positions.

Col. Joseph II. Ford, native of
Washington and one of the most dis
tinguished officers in the Medical
Corps of the Army, will be retired to
morrow after 90 years active service.
Col Ford entered the Army in 1898
after receiving his education in the
public schools of Washington and in
the academic and medical departments
of George Washington University.
Years later, in 1901, while on duty
here, he gave at George Washington
University the first course of lectures
on tropical medicine given in the
United States. He continued to hold
this chair until relieved of duty in
Washington, meanwhile delivering
some lectures on the same subject at
the Army Medical School,
Foreign Service Varied.
He later occupied the chair of mill.
tary surgery in the Medical School of
Columbia University, n. Y. and in
the Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn.
Col. Ford spent about one-fourth of
his service in Washington, and his
foreign service included two tours of
duty in the Philippines, one in the
Canal Zone, two tours in Europe and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK.-The despised fruit
fly has once more come to the aid OF
science. The apparent aim in life Of
this little creature. as all good house
wives know, is to haunt over-ripe
oranges and bananas. Yet to the
fruit fly are due Thomas Hunt Nor
gan's discoveries in heredity, though
many housewives may be hazy on the
subject. And, thanks to the fruit fly,
scientists of the Institute OF Cancer
Research of Columbia University have
Just completed some important find
ings regarding the biological effect OF
X-rays of different wave lengths ana
intensity.
In X.ray treatment two kinds Of
X-rays are used, depending on the
location Of the disease. For treating
conditions of the skin a long wave
length X.ray is employed. Such an
X-ray does not penetrate much be-
yond the skin, but is absorbed by It,.
It treating internal disorders. how
ever, the long wave-length X-ray, be-
ing absorbed by the skin, is valueless.
An X-ray OF short wave length Is re-
sorted to, for short wave-length
x.rays will penetrate the body.
The efficacy Of X-ray treatment In
combating cancer lies in the power OF
the X.ray TO kill the living cancer
cell. 1t has long been a matter OF de-
bate as to whether the long wave
length x-ray was as deadly in its ef-
feet as the X-ray of short wave length.
By means of the fruit fly it has
lean proved In the Columbia research.
laboratories that the effect Of X-rays
depends, not on their wave lengths,
but on their intensity.
Fruit flies were chosen for the eX'
neriments because of their egg.laying
nropensities, A female fruit fly puts
| a hen to shame II hens could emulate
| these minute insects there would be
little need for farm relief, for in her
| brief two weeks existence the female
| fruit fly averages 500 eggs. By using
eggs for the experiments the effects
of the X-rays could be watched with
out the possible interference of other
| factors. Under normal conditions
fortified eggs hatch. The only abnor
NAL factor in the experiments was the
X.ray. Therefore, II could be deduced
| such eggs as did not hatch were killed
| by the X-rays. Also a fortified egg
resembles a cancer, in that il starts
as a single cell and during the pro
cess of growth divides and redivides
into many cells. And, as an unlimited
supply of eggs was needed in order Il
produce conclusive results. what NOR.
to the point than the fertile fruit fly,
DIR. Charles Packard. in charge Of
the experiments, used $4,000 eggs IL
deriving his conclusions. First HI
n0ticed that under normal conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
ADDITIONAL CHANGES
OF PRIESTS ANNOUNCED
Washington Appoin tments in List
of Assignments Made Public
by Archbishop Curley.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 18.-Additional
changes in assignments Of priests in
Washington and the Baltimore diocese
were announced by Archbishop
Michael j. Curley today.
The Washington appointments. eff
fective July Is, follow: Rev. T. j. Lee.
from st. Cyprian's to SITS. Philip and
James, Baltimore; Rev. Arthur w.
Murphy Of st. Stephens. to st. An
drew's, Baltimore; Rev. James Law
renee Kilkenny, recently ordained. to
st. Paul's; Rev. J. F. Denges, re-
Gently ordained, to Holy Comforter;
Rev. Henry F. Graebenstein, from ST.
Johns, Baltimore. to st. Cyprian's.
The following appointments are eff
fective the second Friday after the. re-
turn of the following newly ordained
priests from Rome: Rev. M. M.
Kyle, to Sacred Heart; Rev. w. j.
Sweeney, to st. Gabriels.
st. Vincent Church and rectory,
Washington, are given as church and
rectory of Good Shepherd parish for
colored Catholics by the archbishop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
CORNER STONE LAID
FOR MASONIC HALL.
Silver Spring Ceremonies At
tended by Large Gather
ing of D. C. and County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 1S.--Im.
pressive and interesting exercsMS
marked the laying of the corner stone
this afternoon of the handsome
Masonic Hall building that is being
erected at Silver Spring by the Silver
Spring Masonic Temple and Library
Association. The ceremonies were in
charge of Joseph a. Griffith, worship
: full master of the Silver Spring Lodge,
No. 215, and were attended by large
gathering of members of the order
and others from this county, the Dis
trict Of Columbia and elsewhere.
The stone was set by Robert
Murphy, past master of the Silver
Spring Lodge, and assisting were
Past Masters H. f. Sedgwick, S. A.
Postle, Samuel e. I5ready, Frank Brig
field, Robert f. Langley, Henry +,
Alden. Others speaking or otherwise
participating in the exercises were j.
Enos Ray of Prince Georges County,
grand deputy patron, Order of the
Eastern Star; Gratz c. Dunkam,
grand Masonic master of the District
of Columbia; Maj. c. c. Coombs and
Judge Written of Washington. The
Silver Spring Community Band played.
The building is being erected at the
corner of Montgomery and Georgia
avenues, ana when completed will
represent an outlay of $4,000. 1t
will be three stories in height and of
brick construction with white stone
trimmings. The first floor will be for
business purposes and has already
been leased; on the second floor will
be business offices and a modern
kitchen, and the third floor will con.
tain a large hall and other rooms ex-
clusively for lodge purposes. The
construction is we'll under way and it
is understood the building will be
ready for occupancy by not later than
September /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
MISS CLARA G. BREWER TO END
LONG CAREER IN CITY SCHOOLS
Principal at Johnson viii
Retire After Serving
for 41 Years.
Hundreds of Westinghouse
Cling to Friendship
of School Days.

After IL years of service in the pub.
lie school system of Washington, 81
of them as principal of the Johnson
School, Miss Clara G. Brewer, 2S14
Cathedral avenue, is to retire.
The retirement of Miss Brewer is
something more than Il matter of rec
ord to hundreds of Neutrality-suspicious.. as
well as many now in distant places,
all of whom were part of the army of
boys and girls who passed under her
careful tutelage. 1t represents the
closing public episode in a teaching
career that has borne tangible fruit in
the training of many of the men and
women of today who take prominent
places in their communities.
There are children who have been
under Miss Brewer this session. soon
to close and with it her days Of teach
ing, whose parents once attended her
classes and found her guide, philos-
opher and friend. There is nothing of
the "schoolma am" about Miss Brewer:
her kindness, sympathy and under
standing have won her high place in
the hearts of the many who have
fallen under her influence.
Schools First Principal.
Miss Brewer is the first and only
principal the Johnson School has ever
had. After teaching 10 years in Ana
costa she came to the Johnson School
the year it was built, in 1895, and she
has been there ever since, teaching
the eighth grade until a few years
ago.
How well she succeeded is attested
to not only by the success many of
her pupils have attained, but by the
way in which they have declined to
lose contact with her. Frequently,
she receives visits and letters from
men and women whose report cards
she once signed and when it became
known that she will formally retire.
on June 80 a stream of congratulatory
messages began to pour in. In addi-
ton to her duties as principal of the
Johnson School, where she has her
office, she is the administrative prin-
cipal of the Bancroft School.
Three of the members of this years
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"SINAI INSCRIPTIONS FIND
MADE BY HARVARD SAVANTS
Discovery on Mount Serabit Is Result of
Tedious Camel Journey to Lonely
Historical Region.

scratchings on the slabs for letters
and that the translation was worth
less.
Archeologists say that the one
word 'ba alat" shows that the peo-
pie of the Sinai Peninsula turned
hieroglyphics or word pictures into a
sort of alphabet. This is considered
of great significance because from
these people the Phoenicians or Ara
maics may have derived their alpha
bet which they passed on to the
Greeks from whom was eventually de-
rived the alphabet in use today.
News of the discovery of fragments
of the Sinai inscriptions was received
in Boston on May 81 in a short mes
sage from Prof. Lake to the Boston
Herald. Harvard University authori-
ties declared that the inscriptions
might throw an entirely new light on
Moses and biblical history and might
furnish the key to the battling char
acters of the strange half.Egyptian,
half-Semetic language which flour.
ished nearly 5000 years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
FILMS SAFEGUARD
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Hollywood SoIiCits Advice of
Consul Officials on Deli
cate Subjects.

by tHe AHSbtldttu lCoSs
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June 49,
The state department" of the films
launched five years ago to censor por-
tons of picture productions which
have delicate international tinges, has
grown to point where diplomatic
exchanges have been had with virtual
ly all foreign nations.
F. w. BeetSon, secretary of the AS
ISOLATION of Motion Picture Producers,
said today hundreds of pictures had
been turned over to the public rela-
tons department, as it is known in
film circles. Some have been abandon
ed, while others have been sharply
trimmed to avoid parts that might
prove Objectionable to nationals OF
foreign countries.
When such film stories come to his
notice, the secretary" of the depart
ment searches his file to see If any
previous representations or letters or
information have been received which
touch on the subjects involved. If so,
ne makes the necessary corrections at
once. If no such Information is avail
able. however, he gets in touch with
the local consul of the country affect
ed and informs him just what the
picture will show. The consul then
either acts in the capacity of a CEN
sor or refers the matter to his gov
eminent.
In rare cases amba ssadors at Wash
ington have been called on to decide
whether favorable or adverse feeling
would be created by certain scenes
or titles. Several times pictures with
Mexican locales have been sent COM
plete to Mexico City for inspection by
She educational and foreign relations
departments of TIE Mexican govern
ment before being permitted to pro-
lection in the United States.
Beetson said no working agreement
existed between the Federal Govern
ment and the movie foreign censor
ship department, but that the system
actually constituted cooperation with
the foreign affairs offices of the Gov
eminent so far as the film industry
was concerned.
The commercial phase is not lost
sight Of he said. because a film which
offended patriotic feeling or racial
pride could scarcely be financial sue
cess abroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
New Zealand Fears Chinese.

Chinese in New Zealand are said to
be causing such unfair competition
that they are being feared by bust
ness men. who want them barred
from the country. Although last re-
ports showed only $500 Chinese
there, it is said that hundreds are
journeying down from China and
being coached for the education test
by pursers of vessels. A white New
Zealand league has been formed, and
it recently asked the minister of GUS
toms to establish an embargo against
all Chinese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19

40 In France, stated by officers from
the Mayo clinic and the Universitybi
Minnesota. 1t was the second lareekl
hospital in the world. After it's cioss.
Col. Ford was assigned as head of the
medical department of the American
University at Beaune.
Following the war he was engaged
for a time in writing a part OF thea
history of the medical department durk
ing the World War. and his next post
was that of chief surgeon at the 1st
Corps base in Boston.
Col. Ford is the author OF several
text books used in the Army and in
several foreign countries. He has re-.
ceived the degrees OF b. s., A. NJ,
NJ. d. and Phi. D.. several foreign deco
rations and the Distinguished Service
Medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Adder at Bowling Opening.

The ceremony Of opening the green
of the Campbelltown Bowling Club at
Scotland, for the season,
was enlivened by the appearance Of an
adder just as the president was about
to throw the first jack. The snake
along the pathway in front
Of, the pavilion and made for a hedge.
but was killed by the gamekeeper. 1t
was is inches long, and had Travelled
more than a mile from the slopes OF
crossing several roadways
and much rough ground on the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Fruit Fly Aids Scientists In Study
Of Biological Effect of X-Ray Waves

81 per cent Of the eggs would hatch.
Then he proved that eggs were killed
by the X-ray according to it's inten-
sity. rather than its wave-length. Tho
same amount of long wave-length
X-ray, he found, would kin the same
percentage of eggs as would a short
wave-length X-ray of like intensity.
These experiments show" he
stated, that the amount of biological
effect Of the x-ray is proportional to
the intensity of the. X-ray beam ana
wave.lengths of X.ray beams are not
important"
Thus use besides the detection of
rotten fruit has been found for the
little flies known to scientists as
Drosophila, meaning literally fruit
lover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Lofty Sanctuary Safe.

Hawksmoor Nature Reserve. near
Enheadle, has been made permanent
for birds, animals and flowers. Public
subscriptions raised funds for its
purchase by Staffordshire. 1t is 600
feet above the sea. and commands one
OF the most beautiful views in that
country. Nearly every one of the 50
species Of birds found in Stafford
shire have homes there, and foxes.
badgers, deer, squirrels and shrews
also made it their headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Vacations for Zoo Animals.

Animals that parade before spec
tators at the London Zoo are TO en-
10y vacations in a 400-acre Jungle"
that is being constructed in southern
England. There, lions, tigers, ele-
plants and other beasts will roam in
an enclosure bordered by concealed
fences and meats. There will also be
a bird sanctuary. and a space for an
airplane landing is to be provided. The
project will cost 100000, and will
Require 20 years to complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
CONSIDERED IMPORTANT.
Find May Settle Controversy, British
erS Believe

LONDON, June Is R.-Experts at
the British Museum attach consider
able importance to the find OF the
Harvard Michigan expedition to the
Sinai Peninsula, because it may settle
the controversy between the British
Psychologists, Flinders Petrie and
Alan Gardiner and Prof. Grimme Of
Germany over the translation of the
moses inscriptions"
The British psychologists maintain
that 1t is impossible to translate the
slabs correctly. The British Museum
possesses a small sphinx found to-
gether with the original slabs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Shakespeare Ball Novel.

SO successful was the first Shakes
peare ball given by the English Speak
ing Union in Sydney, New Zealand,
last year, that it has been established
as an annual event. All dancers rep
resented characters from plays Of the
famous bard. Features at this years
ball were the lancers, danced by sets
drawn from the 1.-THE Merry Wives of
Windsor" Twelfth Night" Anthony
and Cleopatra" and Hamlet"