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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
STIMS0N CHOICE HAILED.
philippine Senators Congratulate
President in Appointment.

President Coolidge today was con.
graduated by Senators Quezon and
Osmena of the Philippines for his Sc
Wood as governor general of the
islands. The Philippine legislators as
sured the President that Col. Stimson
would have their fullest support and
cooperation, and they told him also
that they felt very sure that Mr..
Stimson's appointment will do much
in the way of advancing the economic
interests of the islands.
Senator'S Quezon and Osmena, who
have been in this country for more
than six weeks. principally for the
purpose of discussing insular affairs,
informed the President that they will
sail for home early in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
LISBON 0. KS GAMBL ING.

LISBON. Portugal. December 16
P.--The Portuguese government has
invited tenders for licenses to run
gambling casinos in Portugal, Madeira
and other authorized zones.
This Is in conformity with a recent
decision Of the government to
authorize gambling in authorized
zones subject to tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
RITES FOR GEN. ROBINSON
Funeral Tomorrow for Retired Of
fcer Who Died in Arizona.

Funeral services will be held at the
Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow
afternoon for Brig. Gen. Frank U:
Robinson. U. s. A., retired. who dleo
at Phoenix, Ariz.. last Monday. Gen;
Robinson was from New York and
served in the Civil War as second
lieutenant in the 41st Infantry. In
1869 he was transferred to the cav
airy. in which he served until April:
1905. when he reached the grade oil
brigadier general He was retired IN
October, 1905, at his own request.
His widow accompanied the funeral
party to this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
Called for Examination.

Col. John j. Brady. United states
Infantry, in New York City. on leave
of absence. and Col. Robert II. Peck,
United States Infantry. In Atlanta,
Ga, have been ordered to examina-
tion for possible retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
CALL ON SIMMONS.
Commissioners Pay Respects to
D. C. Subcommittee Chief.

The District Commissioners inter-
rupted their semi-weekly board meet
ing today to go to the Capitol to pay
courtesy call on Representative Sim.
mons of Nebraska. newly-appointed
chairman of the District subcommittee
on appropriations of the House ap.
preparations committee.
Following Mr.. Simmons appoint
ment as chairman of the subcommit-
tee. the Commissioners made a special
trip to the Capitol to visit him, but
he could not be located at that time.
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about not repeating anything said dur.
ing the conversation with the jurors
parents.
Government Upheld.
Government counsel objected when
Douglas asked the witness if. on the
day he visited the Kidwell home, he
had made inquiries of any one about
Juror Kidwell. 1t looked for a while
like the attorneys would settle down
to another protracted argument, but
Justice Siddons finally ended it by
upholding the Governments objec.
ton.
O'Rielly testified under the con.
time did he ever shadow Juror Kid
we'll or members of his family.
What were your instructions to do
about the Barber Kidwell?" Douglas
asked him.
O'Rielly replied that Ruddy had
merely asked him to see the jurors
father so as to establish his identifi
cation.
The witness was next asked about
the shadowing of Horace r. Lamb,
the special assistant to the Attorney
General, about whom counsel for AL
bert B. Fall, co.defendant in the Tea
pot Dome case, had sought informa-
ton.
O'Reilly testified that he was able
to identify Lamb through the descrip'
ton given him by William V. Long, as
William J. McMullen, the Government
"spy" was known to the Burns de-
tectives.
Lamb Identified.
UJ avn +nld ma that po,l1d recop.
nize Mr. Lamb because he threw his
feet sideways" the witness testified.
He was questioned regarding previous
testimony relative to establishing the
ownership of the car seen trailing
Juror Norman l.. Glasscock. O'Reiily
shed no further light on this matter.
Defense counsel then ascertained
from the witness what instructions
Sherman Burns had given him when
he was detailed to the Washington job.
These instructions, O'Reilly stated.
were that no juror should be ap.
preached and no contact formed, and
that he was to give such instructions
to Rudy. Any detective violating
these instructions, O'Reilly stated, was
to be returned Immediately to New
York.
O'Reilly told the court he was not
present when Rudy gave the instruc-
tons to the men. He added that when
he himself had preached the subject
to the men, they informed him that
Ruddy already had given them the
instructions, which were being carried
out to the letter.
What did Burns or Rudy tell the
men to do If any of the jurors GUS
pected they were being shadowed?" he
was asked.
ITO report at once to Ruddy," the
witness replied.
O'Reilly declared he had never met
William J. Burns until November Z.
when the retired head Of the detective
agency came to Washington in answer
to the Governments subpoena during
the grand jury investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
Oldest Employe Dies.

Two years ago, George johnson
died. He was the oldest employe
then of The Star. He had been with
the paper. almost from the first, and he
could remember having carried the
=. f,s.ss "A. 80 .s4sazs9sE '"*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
GOVERNMENT WINS |
CONTEMPT POINT
Prosecutor Succeeds in Hav.
ing Conversation With Kid.
well Barred by Court.

The Government Won highly i'm
portant point today in the Sinclair
Burns contempt proceedings, when JUS
tice Frederick l.. Siddons barred testi.
monv sought by the defense f1-5.--c-.
Frank J. O'Reilly, one of the Burns de-
tectives engaged in surveillance Of the
Teapot Dome jurors relative to con-
versations he had with the mother and
father of Juror Edward ]. Kidwell, jr.
Defense counsel had resorted to prac-
tically fun day of argument yester-
day in efforts to put the conversation
into the record.
Nerves that were kept continuously
jumping under suspense during the
protracted period of the contempt pro-
ceedings, found temporary relief at
noon when OReilly stepped from the
witness stand after two and half
days Of grueling examination.
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about not repeating anything said dur
ing the conversation with the jurors
parents.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
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set up a howl that the cost would be too much. And the arena customers set up howl that the commission was trying to make a mollycoddle pastime out of Spain's ancient and gory sport.
 It was quite as if the Boxing Commis- sion of the State of New York had or dered the prize fighters under it's juris- diction to enter the ring wearing fifty six-ounce gloves.
 Americans who have visited bull rings invariably say that the slaughter of the bull is far from the most brutal feature of the sport, and say nothing at all about the occasional fall of matador or a picador. They come away, however, dis gusted and unnerved by the sight of these arena horses, writhing in death agony.
 Bull ring horses are not chosen for looks or spirit or speed, and are not able to get out of the way of the bulls with any degree of success Knowing that their lives will be short, the arena owners buy milk-wagon horses or animals broken to the blow.
 King Alfonso is for the reform. He does not care much for the fred blooded" diversion of his subjects, any way. He much prefers horse racing.
 Primo Rivera, the Spanish dictator, is for it, and so are most of the civic or ganizations, which have smarted for years under the alien jibe that people that likes such play is not civilized. For ward-looking Spaniards know that ninety-nine out of one hundred foreign CTS leave bull-fghting arena repelled and mortified, and with notion of Span ish culture decidedly unflattering.
 The majority of the fans-not all of them-seem to care nothing for all this. They want their bull fights as they have always had them. with plenty of action and plenty of blood. They regard the rubber armor as a symbol of foreigniza- tion. And the bull flight fans have votes. The matadors and picadors have votes.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

achievements on sacred temple walls.
 The representations of the great phy- sician that have recently been discovered consist mostly of small statuettes of bronze, marble, steatite, electron and faience. These vary from four inches to eight inches in height and are exc cuted in the same beautiful and ornate manner as the statues of the Pharaohs.
 Imhotep is generally depicted as demi-god, seated on throne or chair with roll of papyrus on his knees. His head is either smooth-shaven or covered with a closely fitting cap. The great size of his head and the expression of the features indicates that he was a man of unusual intelligence.
 In almost every one of the statuettes that have been found he is dressed in the robes of priest and wears around his neck four or five rows of beads, badge of his high office. Several of these likenesses in bronze and stone bear this inscription on their bases: "He who cometh in peace." |
 A few figures of the great physician in a standing position have been found, but these are rare and usually show him with a roll of papyrus under one arm.
 Likenesses of Imhotep inscribed on the walls of temples often depict him holding an anhk-that key-like cross that only the kings and the gods of the ancient Egyptians could cany-in one hand. The inscriptions on these carvings always refer to his skill and renown as healer.
 The Greco-Egyptians worshipped' him, too, calling him 1mouthes and making him the equal of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine.
 The worship of 1mhoteF as demi-god probably began at his tomb, which was outside the city of Memphis on the edge of the desert, but as time went on it spread to every part of the country and event into the neighboring land of Nubia.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

LONDON. HOGGED by mysterious agents who
 for ransom or worse, the little Marquis of Townshend is being taught to box, wrestle and practice jiu-jitsu so that he may be ready to defend himself when he is little older.
 Just now the Marquis is only ten years old, and the burden of his protection rests upon the shoulders of private guards and Scotland Yard men. When he goes for walk about the grounds of his mothers estate, Raynham Hall. Fakenham, Norfolk, the guards accom- pany him. When he sleeps, Scotland Yard man remains on duty outside his window. When the little prisoner of fear feels the walls of his estate closing in on him and demands to be taken out side for drive along the pleasant ways of Norfolk, he goes in covered motor van, with an armed man beside him.
 His beautiful mother, the Marchioness, who began to fear for his safety some thing more than year ago, is sensible woman and realizes she cannot always keep her son little boy, living at Rayn- ham Hall.
 Hence the boxing instructors. Hence the growing familiarity of the little fel- low with such technical phrases as duck in your chin" and "'it i'm in the bread basket" By the time he reaches the age of sixteen, when he probably will go to public school, preparatory to enter ing the university, he should be the ablest fisticuffer of his age, weight and family connections in all England.
 The two attempts to kidnap the boy were made before he was put under guard and held so closely to the pre-
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
H1bulhoodH dHauntedbuDeatk5 Shadow

cincts of Raynham Hall. Prior to that, the Marchioness had received number of letters demanding that she deposit $25,0O0 in a certain bank, and to the credit of certain person, or prepare to see her son abducted.
 The persistence of the would-be kid napers is without parallel in recent Eng fish history, and has given rise to some strange speculations.
 The credulous peasants on the Town shend estate, and the servants below stairs, do not believe the menace comes from professional criminals, and are frank to say they suspect that other branches of the family are trying to get the Marquis out of the way to clear the road to the title for one of their own. Quite like the plot of a middle-of- the century English novel, with a wicked uncle carrying of the fair-haired heir to "The Towers"!
 Those immediately in line for the honors and emoluments of Townshend are quite above suspicion, but the family is large, and there are many factions.
 The boys father, who was almost a half-wit, and in restraint most of the time. died five years ago. His mother, the Marchioness, was Gladys Sutherst, once known as the most beautiful girl in England.
 If his father was nit-wit, the boy is not. His training has made him men. tally as well as physically alert. A little bit later he is to be taught the use of firearms and sword cane All in all, by the time he leaves his mother and his tutors and his guards, Kidnapping the young Marquis of Townshend should "take bit of doing"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

"HE first physician of whom the
 world has any record was a man
 named Imhotep, who lived and praeticed his profession in the Valley of the Nile in the dim dawn of Egyptian history.
 And . very remarkable physician he seems to have been, according to dis coveries Psychologists have recently been making about him. He had such amazing success in curing all sorts of human ills that when he died there was nationwide mourning, and the people promptly raised him to the dignity of demi-ro6.
 Temples in his honor were reared all over Egypt and to these invalids hocked just as they had to the physician's office when he was alive. It was believed that, if the spirit of the deity which Imhotep had become was properly invoked, he could still effect marvellous cures.
 An old papyrus records how a man by the name of Nechantis took his very sick mother to one of these temples and prayed to the spirit of the great doctor to relieve her suffering and restore her to health. The deity is said to have ap- reared to the stricken woman in dreams and to have cured her while she slept.
 The same record tells how Nechantis later fell ill with violent pains, high fever, loss of breath and fits of coughing. His mother hurried him to the shrine at which she had found relief and, as her son fell into half-unconscious sleep she had vision of being of superhuman size, clothed in shining raiment and hold ing a book. This being, which she took to be the spirit of 1mhotep, looked at her son intently for moment and then vanished.
 Presently Nechantis awoke to tell how he had seen the same vision. His pain
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

had ceased and he returned to his home a well man.
 In times of epidemic or plagues it is likely that thousands of people rushed to these Shrines built to honor the life works and the mysterious curative power of the spirit of the worlds earliest known physician.
 Where and how he got his training does not seem to be recorded, but that he became eminently successful as . practitioner among the ancient citizens of Egypt is not to be doubted.
 According to tradition, he was direct descendant of the great architect, Kano- pher, and besides his accomplishments as a physician he seems to have become an architect of renown. He was probably the man who drew the plans for the step pyramid of Sakkarah, the earliest large stone structure known to historians, which later became the tomb of King >Zoser, his royal patron.
 His name is also associated with the first temple of Edfu, for it has been written that "the master craftsman was Imhotep, son of Ptah, the great god of Memphis"
 It is believed that he began his med ical practice in modest way and that his success as an obscure family phy- sician'' steadily swelled the number of patients who came to his office until word of his healing powers reached the courts of King Zoser.
 He was summoned before the mon- arch, who elevated him to the position of personal physician, or vizier-physician. In this position he enjoyed great power and was regarded by the subjects of Zoser as virtually a prince of the royal blood.
 In those days medicine was pretty much matter of magic, and magic was
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

king, being pleased with the physlclans success in keeping the royal family and the intimate members of the court healthy, and being more than a little awed by Imhotep's mysterious power. made him "Kheri-heb her tep" as well as vizier-physician.
 The Kheri-heb, as the position is often called, was really Egypt's lector-priest of the highest rank, whose duties it was to read from the holy books. The books, the religious texts of the time, were
 supposed to hold almost unlim- ited magical powers to assuage \ the ills of body, mind and spirit, \ and the lector-priest who read
 them was looked upon as 2
 great magician to which mira
 cles were possible.
 Many students of the life and
 customs of ancient peoples be-
 lieve that the practice of medi-
 cine sprung from magic, and it
 IS likely that much of 1mhotep's 5 success as nearer CdiUe NOI
 through the giving of such
 drugs as he may have prescribed 5. for his patients, but because the == people thoroughly believed in . his power to banish their ills. ##= Imhotep seems to have built
 up his fame during the so-called
 Third Dynasty (29sO-2900 B. = e. and, long before his death, . he was thought to possess super | natural powers. By King Zoser, 0 the court and the populace he Fl was held in the highest esteem. I And about 525 B. C.-some J 2,3o0 years later-tradition had so amplified his achievements
 that he was made one of the gods of the nation and was included in the great triad of deities of Memphis. The other two gods were Ptah and Sekhmet.
 Many temples were built to him, and the master sculptors and carvers of Egypt modelled his likeness in bronze and stone, and etched the story of his
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

will furnish the unfortunate horses some slight protection from the horns of the angry bulls.
 In Spanish bull fight, the horses are the real victims, of course, and the gor- ing and even disembowelling of horses has done more to disgust foreigners with Spain's bloody amusement than any other single feature.
 As a rule, the matadors and picadors get off with whole skins, and when the bull is particularly gallant he, too, oc- casionally escapes, and is let live-to fight another day. But the horses never escape, and every bull-6ghting arena, from one end of Spain to the other, is acrid with the smell of their blood.
 The armor ordered by the commission is to be made of the same sort of rubber as automobile tires, and the animals will be swathed in it about the under parts of the body, where the bulls would nat urally attack.
 It is not complete protection for the horses, the picadors say. It will make it difficult but not impossible for the bulls to gore them. At first the com mission suggested the use of steel armor, whereupon the proprietors of the arenas
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

the majority oplnlon seems that they will take half the 'kick" out of the sport.
 Chief among the changes ordered, of course, is that directing that in future the horses used by the picadors in the bull ring shall be armored. Not with iron or steel but with rubber, which
, 1927-09-07

aged in its descent and all its occupants
were IN good spirits. They found condi-
tons such that they were not able to
make Roadway across the Atlantic and
considered it advisable to reach land.
They plan to continue their flight today.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Flour standard export grades Sc so.
Corn meal yellow kiln dried per bag of
1877 lbs. SIS 90.
Pork heavy mess old per barrel SOL. 90.
Pork short clear medium quality per
barre S36. so.
Sugar centrif. basis sc deg. test per
100 lis. 1901.
Exchange sight 81 ,858
Exchange so days S48I5
, 1927-09-07

on the black list by the cane cutters.
The Australian Railway Union declared
that if the government threats were
carried cut. they would declare a trans
port blockade of Queensland. The rail,
way commissioner says he expects to
have partial service running today, as
a large number Of men are volunteer
ing.
Dresden, Germany. Sept. 9Th. An at
tempt was made to assassinate Emil
Steger. Secretary of the United States
Consulate. An unknown individual fired
a pistol at him, Wounding the Secretary
seriously. Mr.. Steger was removed to
a sanltarlum and was in an unconscious
condition that night, His assailant es-
capped.
Dublin, Sept. 5fh-Tbe resignation of
Nj, James j Walsh. as Minister of
Posts and Telegraphs in the Free State
and his determination not to stand as a
government nominee in the legislative
elections on Sept. 18th, is commented
on here as likely to improve, rather
than impair, the governments chances
of success at the polls. Mr.. Walsh's
resignation is said to have been due
primarily to disagreement with Presi-
cent Cosgrave on his tariff views. Be-
ing a whole hearted protectionist he
declared himself opposed to Mr.. Cos
graves free trade policy.
London. S pt. 9Th. Will some per-
sons still cIung to tie hope hat the st.
Raphael, with Princess L|owenstein
Wertheim, Captain Hamilton and Colo
mel Minchin may be safe, either on a YES
sci carrying 10 wireless, or a remote
place in Newfoundland or Labrador, the
majority are disposed to regretfulIy list
thelr ames among the yanised Transat-
lantic fiers.
Rio De J%aneiro, Brazil, Sept. 5th-The
National Telegraph has issued the follow
ing statement regarding the American
aviator Paul Redfern. None of our
Northern Stations were able to secure
any news on Saturday of Re0fern's fate.
Ii is reported that small expeditions are
advancing northWard toward the Guia-
mas, but they have reported no trace Of
the route or location of the aviator"
Bagdad, Irak, Sept. 5th.-The Ameri-
can round the world a"viators Brock and
Schlee, left for Bender Abbas. Persia,
385 miles from Bagdad. at Z O'Clock on
Saturday morning. The American air.
men arrived at Bagdad from CONSTANT
pople at 9 80 o'clock on Friday night hav-
ing made the nonstop flight Of 1915
miles in Is hours.
Paris. Sept. 9Th Eighteen hundred
undesirah!es were expelled from France
during August. Minister of Interior Sar-