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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
CONGRESS RECESS
WILL START TODAY
Both Houses to Adjourn Ses-
sions Until January 4; Tax
Heads Program.

EaE a &
The Christmas recess OF Congress
starts with adjournment of the House
and Senate today and continues until
January &
When the legislative wheels are set
in motion again on that date the Sen
ate. which thus far has had 10 de,
vote most of its time to organiZat ton
and disposing of the Ware and Smith
cases. will 0elve into program Of
important Legislation that viii occupy
its attention for at least Ave months.
The tax reduction bill. already
passed by the House win be taken
up in the finance committee immedi
ately after the holidays and the $500
100000 public building bill for the
country at large will be ready for
Senate consideration 1t passed the
House a few days ago.
The return of alien property, food
control for the Mississippi Valley
farm relief and the Boulder Dam
project are other issues that will com.
mand considerable time of the Iegis,
lators after the holiday recess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
BODIES RECOVERED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
Rescue Workers Locate
Seven After Gas Blast
in Illinois Shaft.
By the Associated press.

BS the Associated Press
JOHNSON CITY, Ill. December Fl.
The bodies OF seven miners. killed
last night in an explosion of gas in
the Steritz Coal Mine, near here. were
brought to the surface today after all.
night work by three mine rescue
teams.
Those killed were William Jones.
David Anderson. Charles Wyatt. Fred
eagle, George Grubbs, g. Garrota and
Almus Lavender.
The explosion occurred without
warning and killed the miners instant.
ly. They were working about mile
and quarter from the bottom of
the shaft and a half mile from 13
others, who escaped without injury
by climbing a ladder in an emergency
airshaft.
Fire which followed the explosion
prevented escape by the elevator in
the main shaft.
Officers OF the Cosgrove Meehan Coal
Co. of Chicago, which operates the
mine. known as Franco No. /. believed
the explosion was caused by a spark
from an electric motor used to Oper,
ate coal hoist from the entry where
the seven miners were at work. Law
ender was the motorman. All seven
wore safety lamps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
GIBSON FILES BILL
OND|PLOMA MILLS
Asks License of Board of Ed
ucation in Granting
of Degrees.

Chairman Gibson of the special sub.
COMMITTEES of the House District com.
mittee- which is making an investiga-
ton of municipal affairs in the Dis
trict today introduced diploma mill
measure in the House.
1t prohibits any institution previous
ly or hereafter incorporated to have
the power to confer any degree in
the District or elsewhere, or any In.
stitution incorporated outside of the
District, or any individuals or partner
ships, comforting any degree except by
license from the Board Of Education.
1t specifically prohibits the Board of
Education from granting any such
license until satisfactory evidence has
been esta blished on four points.
Good Standing Vital.
First. that in the case of an in
dividual or any incorporated group of
individuals, he or majority OF them
or a majority Of the trustees of an
Incorporated institution. diretsors or
ma nagers, are persons of good repute
and qualified to conduct an institution
of learning. :.
Second, that any such degree shall
be awarded only after such period of
residence and such quantity and char
acter of work as is usually required
by reputable institutions awarding
such degrees.
Third, that applicants for degrees
possess the usual high school qualifi-
cation at the time of their ca ndidacy.
Fourth. that considering the num-
ber and character of the courses Of
fered, the faculty is of reasonable
number and properly qualified and
that the institution has suitable class,
rooms, laboratory and library equip
ment. A license once issued may be
revoked by the Board of Education
for noncompliance with the provis.
ions of existing law as amended by
the Gibson bill
A penalty of $4,000 or Imprisonment
for not more than years. or both, is
provided for any one convicted of a
misdemeanor under his act
The bill requires fee payable to
the recorder of deeds for filing the
certificate of incorporation OF $25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
DOTY. ARRIVING IN NEW YORK.
DESCRIBES FLIGHT FROM LEGION
SAYS He Grew Tired of Hearing French;
Battled Bedouins Before Capture; Is
Vague About Fight.

, responded. "He is red headed.
| tobacco-chewng soldier and an Indian
fighter
He said that he had no intention of
becoming a newspaper reporter, as
was reported after he signed a con-
tract with magazine for the story
of his adventures.
Picked Easy Name.
"I like sleeping too we'll for that
he said. Reporters have to stay up
all night"
How did you enlist in the Foreign
Legion?" he was asked.
why" he said, II just walked in
and said I wanted to join up. An Of
ficer said. With pleasure l gave the
name of Gilbert Clare because it's
easy to pronounce in French. No one
enlisting in the Legion ever gives a
name that's hard to pronounce in
French It causes too much trouble
and misundersta nding."
Can you speak French report
er asked
II luess I've got the lingo by this
time +" he said It's not polished
French. but it's emphatic.
Doty was somewhat vague about
what the fighting in Syria in which
he took part with the Legion was al
about.
There was some discussion between
the French and the DruSes." he said,
''and the Druses jumped up and came
at the French. The Druses are sup
posed to he Mohammedans, but they
aren't. They worship golden calf
I'd like to know more about them,
I'm going to read up and see IL l
can't learn something"
During the interview Doty inter
spersed remarks to friends. several
about an "old duffer brother" who
had not come on to New York with
his parents.
Heard the old hard-boiled has
fallen for a girl" he said. We'll,
that's news. imagine him falling"
Asked il he himself had not fallen"
for any girl during his travels. Doty
nd rav,IioI M mt ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 21.-Ben-
nett J. Doty of Biloxi. Miss, who de.
serted from Frances Foreign Legion
because of homesickness, was back in
America with his parents today.
American Intervention, after his de-
sertion. saved him first from execu-
ton and then from serving eight years
in a penal fortress.
Doty. who enlisted in the legion as
Gilbert Clare, fought against the
Druses in the Syrian desert and was
twice cited for bravery before he de-
serted, arrived on the Majestic. He
was met by his parents.
why did you desert?" ship report
ers asked Doty.
Il got tired of hearing so much
French" he replied land wanted to
get where / could hear some English
again"
He said that he walked out" from
the legion with An Englishman an0'
tNo Germans with Joppa. an English
mandate, as their first destination.
Fought Band OF Bedouins.
1--WE met a band of Bedouins." Doty
said in telling of the flight. The
Englishman with US had rife. We
fought them with that. We killed
two and wounded six. BY the time
the fight was over we were near a
village. I don't remember the name,
it was one of those unpronouncable
names. There the gendarmes picked
us up and we knew 1t was all up with
u.s."
The former legionnaire said he did
not know who it was who interceded
for him.
Some people say it was so-and-so,"
he remarked. "and others say so-and.
so, but ! don't know who it was"
Some one said that one of Doty's
former generals in the 30th Division
of the A. E. F.. in which Doty served
during the war, had been influential
in his behalf.
Maybe it was Gen. Galley" Doty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
BIG INTERNATIONAL LOAN
FORESEEN BY BERENGER
Former French Envoy TO Washing.
ton So Interprets S. Parker Gil
bert's View on Reparations.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, December 21.-A vast in
ternational loan for the proportional |
oenent of nations which themselves
nave repaired their war damages is
the eventual solution of the repara
tons problem, Senator Henry Ber-
enger former Ambassador TO Wash
ington. writes in review of the
situation.
The co-author of the Mellon Ber-
enger debt agreement says that this
is what s. Parker Gilbert, agent
general for reparations. had In mind
when he suggested that the total
German reparations be fixed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
GET DRAFT OF PROPOSED
TREATY TO OUTLAW WAR
Senate Foreign Relations Body Re-
ceives Data Concerning Re-
lations With France.
By the Associated Press.


A tentative draft of treaty to re-
place the arbitration agreement with
France and based on the BRAND pro-
posal to outlaw war between France
and America was laid before the Sem
ate foreign rela committee today
by Secretary Kellogg.
The discussion between the Secretary
and the committee was of an informal
nature and continued for more than
an hour. Neither Secretary Kellogg
nor Chairman Borah had any state
ment to make afte, ward.
Mr.. Kellogg said he was 'just dis
cussing the Root treaties" The ten
tative French treaty prepared for sub
mission to the French government has
been described as combinatio of the
Root and BRAND arbitration treaties.
with preamble of general statement
against war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
PIRATES ARE ACTIVE.

LONDON, December 81 R.-The
British admiralty stated today that
pirates have again become active on
the Yangtze River in the neighbor-
hood of Shashi. in the Province of
Hupeh. resulting in quick retaliation
by British gunboats.
A pirate tug was captured but the
crew escaped inland. convoy Of
lighters also was attacked by pirates
from the riverbank and the conveying
gunboats replied with t. cir full arma-
ment. There are four British vessels
now on the pirate patrol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
Pullman Car, Wedged High in Mountains.
Serves As Home for Two Moslem Priests

ment. and difficulty was found in
learning from them how the car got
there.
The car was said to have belonged
to an armed train of Gen. Deniken's
staff, derailed in 1918 by a gang of
mounted plunderers, headed by IA
natic mullah. who commandeered the
car after staying soldiers who had rid
den In it.
have pleased the mullah, who made II
his headquarters. 1t was hitched to
a team of rs oxen and dragged up the
mountains. where 1t has remained as
a sort of holy home, greatly yenerat.
ed by the Caucasiah mountaineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
MAGRUDER VIEWS
CREATE WRANGLE
House probers Split as to
Whether Admiral's .criti-
cisms Are Constructive.
Rx the Associated press.

by fhe Associated PfeSs.
A short but heated discussion de-
veloped between members of the House
naval committee today as to whether
Rear Admiral Thomas r. Magruder
had proved his charges against the
Navy Department of overorganization
and waste in the administration of its
activities
While the admiral, who was relieved
of his command of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard after publication of the
charges, sat quietly In the witness
chair. several committee members
argued that he had failed to make a
case and others contended that there
had been merit in much he had said.
Statement Challenged.
Just as the meeting came to close
Acting Chairman Britten started I'd
say something.
II don't know whether / should say
this with the admiral present" he
said.
"Do you wish me to leave?" inquired
Magruder.
Mr.. Britten hesitated and then. as
several committee members urged
him to continue. he said:
1.-The admiral has not offered one
constructive thought in five days
II don't agree with that" interposed
Representative McClintic. Democrat.
Oklahoma. "'You and only one or two
other members have had chance to
question him
II don't agree with that. either. :
put in Representative Andrew Re-
publican, Massachusetts. II don't
think we should have that statement
go out in the press"
a tive NinS0h Of Georgia.
the ranking Democratic member. then
cut off the discussion by declaring
that the committee should discuss
such matter in executive session.
Magruder In Exchange.
Just before the tilt. Mr.. Vinson had
questioned Magruder's views OF how
he thought economies could be erect
| ed.
ut is primarily guess on your
part and it is not backed up with
| specific fgures?" he asked.
Not guess" replied Magruder
| ''but n statement of my views backed
up by personal experience and soune
| judgment"
Britten interrupted to say that EN-
phasis should be placed on the WORDS
sound judgment"
"And to whom applied retortee
| Magruder.
Declaring that there were too many
| officers of his rank in the service
Admiral Magruder told the committe'
| that Congress should find a place or
the retired list for about one OF ever,
six admirals now on the active list
He said the resent total OF 81 omcef'
of this rank should he cut to 40.
Asked About DestrOyers.
The disciplined naval critic wa
asked concerning his argument yes
terday in favor of using destroyer
and transport In the Central Amerl
can fleet instead of old cruisers, ant
at one point in his reply Acting Chair
man Britten broke In you are evao
ing the point entirely when yo'
switch from this special servlc'
squadron to a possible war in tn
Canal Zone" ).
"I think not" replied Magruder. :"
think II would be cheaper to SEM
men from the canal Zone when the!
are needed th4n to have them cruis
ing around all the time
The admiral agreed that DESTROYER
and a tender should be used in Cen
trail America, as these ships would h
needed in war and the old cruiser
would not. He added 1t was sount
policy to use ships in peace tina
would be needed in war.
i - n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

VLADIkAVKAZ, Caucasus, Decem.
ber 21.-A first class Pullman car in
an almost inaccessible spot in the
snow-clad Caucasus Mountains has
been discovered by group of tourists.
Serving as a home for two Moslem
priests, the car rests 5000 feet above
sea level and 200 miles from the near
est native village.
The Pullman was jammed between
two rocks in desolate place which
the tourists reached after Ave days
horseback riding. The dwellers met
the viators with show OF resent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

ABERDEEN. Nd. December 21 G4o).
The Sikorsky bombing plane Guard :
ian. which was forced down here las
Sunday by motor trouble. left at 1906
pm. today for Boiling Field. Washing
ton, repairs having been completed.
Besides the pilots, Leigh Wade and
Henry G. White. the plane carried
three mechanicians and a passenger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
French Flyers Leave Chile.

ANTIAGO. Chile December 81
P).-Dieudonne Costes and Joseph
lie Brix, French flyers en- route to the
United States, hopped off at 5:35
o'clock this morning for La Paz.
Bolivia. LOO miles away. They
hope to reach La Paz about pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
Wyoming Justice Dies.

CHEYENNE. Wyo. (P.-Charles
Nelson Potter. n years old. chief jus.
tice. of the wyoming Supreme Court
for IL years. and a justice of the Su,
preme Court for the last 33 years, died
here TODAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
From Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers.
every city block and the regular cdi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

20 Weather Bureau Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight; minimum
temperature about 33 degrees. Tomor-
row fair; not much change in temper
ature. Observation-Disclosures, 40, at
noon today lowest, "a. at pm. yes
terday Full report on page 5.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
U. S. may DELAY
new BUILDINGS
Official Wants Funds Held
Up for Year.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-New
Federal buildings promised all sec
lions Of the country a year and a
half ago by Congress may be de-
layed still another year.
Last spring a measure appropri-
ating $19,O00,o00 to begin construc-
ton work was passed by the House
but failed in the Senate f1libuster.
The House Appropriations Com
njttee intends to report the bill
again as soon as Congress convenes,
and attempt to secure its immediate
passage, so that money may be
available after next July.
If this is done, another appropri-
alton bill then will be formulated
by the committee, and passed later
in the session, containing funds for
the second years building program
in the fiscal year 1929.
However, Budget Director Lord is
Directing to this plan. He is urg-
ing that, since the appropriation
bill failed last spring, the whole pro-
gram should be delayed a year and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
Getting SKINNER
Every Day
HoIIows in Cheeks, Neck
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Someone Ought to Tell Him How
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And Look Like a Real Man.

Tens Of thousands of thin, run
down men-yes, and women too
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up all hope Of ever being able to
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
$%5[ssSSDIgI'vll -!ZzAI ION
| " -kW DR.. WALL DURAN F

Jerusalem and Israel, and bright,
undying Damascus, too old, to re-
member its youth and too young to
remember its age.
Turn to the coast once more, and
where Beirut now feels the lash of
a democratic imperialism as ruth
less as any kings follow the trail
of a hundred armies over the hills
of Lebanon, and see the almost OBJ
liberated inscriptions which con-
querors from Rameses II, to Allenby
have left upon the rocks that look
down over Dog River and the sea;
here Is Syrna.
Go now to the northeast, and sud-
denly, after leagues and leagues of
arid land, river sparkles in the
sun, making everything near it
fruitful and green; it is the Euph-
rates, river of kings.
Pass still farther to the east,
across THE Mesopotamian desert
from the hills; this is the Tigris, on
whose shores were Assur and Nine
veh first and last of AsSyria's cap
itals.
Now travel south with Tigris till
it rubs elbows with the Euphrates;
here is ancient Akkad, and later
Babylon, and last Of those great
empires
Finally, where the Euphrates
rushes into the Persian Gulf, ghost
ly ruins reveal the home Of the first
of these lost kingdoms of the an
Gent Near Sumeria.
Across the gulf is Persia; and
everywhere to the south the lonely
and inhospitable desert.
TINE prologue is Sumeria. Far
Il back in $3.50 B. G. we find an
Indo- European people established
there in stable tillage of the soil,
using oxen and, the wheel, and dig
ging canals to bring the EuphrateS
to their farms.
At Nippur they built capital and
a lofty tower; the height of the
tower led to the legend Of Babel;
and its "zigguarat" roadway built
around it to the top-cooperated
with coming laws to suggest the "set
back" style of recent architecture in
America.
Their method Of writing on soft
clay with reeds, and then baking the
clay to give permanence to their
records, passed down to the Baby
lonians as cuneiform-"w edge-form"
writing called so from the triangular
mark made by the corner Of the
reed.
Their use of sixty as a unit In
numbering passed down into
Europe's division of the circle into
$50 degrees and of the hour into
sixty minutes. The, picture they
give us is a landscape Of peace.
The action begins with the mighty
Sargon, a Semitic warrior who came
out of Akkad toward 2750 B. G. and
made himself master of Sumeria by
superior killing
The Akkadians came with him,
helped him to conquer Cyprus, grew
rich with its copper (Which took its
name from the island and con-
tributeG to contemporary mythology
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
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those legends of the creation and
the flood which passed down from
them through the Babylonians to
the Jews.
For $500 years the Empire of
Sumeria and Akkad dominated the
Arabian peninsula; now in our
memory it receives a paragraph.
Apparently they became peaceful
in their turn, lost the arts of war,
and fell prey to another horde OF
Semitic warriors, the AmoriteS, in
1900 B. c.
In their capital at Babylon the
new conquerors ruled and consumed
taxes royalty. Twenty-one centuries
before Christ the great King Ham,
murabi assembled the throne, waged
war for thirty years till he had sub
jected every city within reach, and
then composed a code Of laws to
promote justice and peace.
To this day a shaft of stone sur
wives, 1000 years old, on which the
king had his code engraved; and
over the laws a persuasive picture
shows Hammurabi receiving the
code from the hands of the sun-god.
Kings will always find work for idle
gods to do.
Perhaps it was forgivable hoax
since these laws are not only the
Oldest, but among the wisest (for
their time and peace, in human
record.
Like our own barbaric code, Ham,
murabi's legislation was based upon
the principle of punishment; crime
was something for which society
must take revenge.
Further, the revenge was to be as
much as possible like the crime; an
eye was to be taken for an eye,
tooth for a tooth, a life for life;
if house fell and killed, the son
Of the householder, the guilty build
er must suffer the execution of his
son, and the innocent lad must pay
for his fathers negligence. But as
against these savage penalties the