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for Persia S Friend

The fact that he did not have the
password made his situation there ever
more delicate. But he had brought
| along what he hoped would be q substi-
tute. It was a monocle. AS If the fee
of ii in his vest pocket treasured him
Francks strobe along
A sharp challenge stopped him. An
electric torch lit up an excellent view
of Francks but gave him only shadowy
indication of the man behind the torch
What little Francks saw outlined a
brawny six-footer; and the voice re-
vealed that the man came from Aus
tralia.
The sentry was asking the password
He did not get 1t. Instead he saw a
monocle brought out and screwed into
the eye of a martinez and snob. AS dev-
astating a head-to-foot scrutiny OF the
sentry followed as any self-respectilig
human being had ever to endure.
Il X Il *
lTHEN the man behind the monocle
N began to speak. The English was
that of man of culture who had lived
1t down in the army. With ironic re-
straint at first the man invited the
sentry to take a good look at his uni
form and other indications of rank,
whether this would do the entry any
good. For he went on to intimate that
the sentry's eyes were crossed, that his
intelligence was inferior to half-wit s
and that he was addicted to vices which
Francks proceeded not only to mention
but dilate upon. .''
The sentry began to get FESTIVE. AZ
home that Australian was master
sheep raiser and his veneer OF military
discipline was not very thick. Francks'
abuse was fast penetrating proud and
sensitive flesh
Just moment. sir, just moment"
the sentry broke in. Il won't let Lord
Kitchener himself talk to me that wayl'
His voice was loud now, but Francis
topped it.
why. you blinking so-and-so" he
cried. Another word from you and
Francks was gratified to hear foot
steps hurrying toward them and an
officers voice broke in sharply:
Whats up?"
Francks had not stopped; indeed he
was pressing for the elimination he
was after And Just as the officer came
UP Francks got it. He got it on the
point of the jaw, though some of the
potency of the sentry's fist was lost
because Francks had been expecting 1t.
The officers saw a private strike a
captain and the captain about to
launch counter offensive. A major
stepped between the two and Francks
and the sentry simultaneously began
explaining. But the major snapped the
sentry's head off and turned for first
word to the man in officers uniform.
Major, I am Capt. Stenwick,' .
Francis reported crisply. ION inspec-
ton tour : Col Sims must have tele-
phoned you about me. I am to be met
by Maj. Cochran. And as to this man"
his monocle was again examining the
sentry-"I will of course explain at his
court martial"
Francks scored a complete triumph
over the poor sentry who had long be-
fore lost sight of the original situation
in which his case was faultless
Whereas now he found himself
marched off under arrest. To cap the
climax he saw Francis departing as an
expected and important visitor.
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Persia developed that psychological
pinch which cramps the vast majority
of men and galvanizes the rare ones. He
decided to stay on In Persia But as the
British moved into Bushire In consider
able force, Wassmuss decided that the
wild hilly country inland would be bet
ter for his health.
He went there accompanied by his
consular assistant. another typical Ger
man civil servant named Brugmarn,
and a considerable amount of gold
minted and stamped with the imperial
German eagle.
In the hills wassmuss settled down to
continue his Job of making Germany
liked by the Persians and Great Britain
disliked and hampered. Settled down."
I think. Is particularly pertinent here.
For, solely In the interest of doing his
job thoroughly-his Job of uniting the
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Horsepower Machine.

PERSONS who claim to feel as
strong as horse" who enjoy the
opportunity to put their strength to a
practical test. will be interested to know
that a device known as the eurosto-
meter. which gauges the strength of hu-
man beings in terms of horsepower, has
been perfected. 1t consists of bicycle
transmission and handwheel geared
to a cylinder. which offers resistance to
the motion of the transmission.
The person being tested is required
to maintain the velocity of the resisting
cylinder at predetermined number of
revolutions per minute When the ma
chine is in motion a weight brake is
gradually applied until the revolution
fall below given standard. Inc weigh
registers upon a scale beam on whici
the horsepower is the unit of measure
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Earliest Enslishman.
TT is impossible to estimate IN r

IT Is impossible to estimate in CEN
turtles the time that has elapsed
since man appeared in England, but
there is abundant evidence showing
that he dwelt there at time when the
river valleys had not been cut. Gown to
anything like their present depth, when
the character of the animal life there
was entirely different from what it Is
today. and when the southern part of
the island was connected by land with
the continent of Europe.
Some idea Of the time that has
elapsed may be gathered from the fact
that valleys some miles in width and OF
depth Of 100 to $50 feet have been
eroded since the deposit of the earliest
beds containing remains of -dintu inanlNn.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
PAT En- I FIGHT
NEAR CRUX
By international News Service

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. %. - A
long struggle, staged in many
courts, over millions of dollars in
patent royalties, was a, step closer
to It's elimination today, following
a ruling of the United States Circuit
Court here on an appeal brought by
George Campbell Carson, inventor,
who is waging the fight to recover
the fortune which he claims is due
him from some of the largest smelt-
ing companies In the country.
The Circuit Court ordered a Dis
trict Court in Montana to reopen a
case which had ended unfayorably
for the inventor and to admit as
evidence testimony that the Ana.
conda Mining Company had aided
the American Smelling and Refining
Company in it's court fight against
Carson. While Carson won his suit
against the American Smelling and
Refining Company, a District Court
in Montana ruled against him in his
action against the Anaconda Mining
Company.
From this ruling he appealed to
the Circuit Court OF Appeals here.
The patent which Carson owns.
according to his contentious, Is to an
invention for sidecharging reverba-
tory furnaces. This is a device in
use in nearly every smelling plant
in the country
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
.CADE IS ENGAGE
IN WAR CANE

War as a cadet game will be
featured by the cadet companies
from the five major high schools
today at Central High School map
room when the annual war-game
series will be staged under the d.
rection of Col. Wallace M. Craigie.
instructor in military science and
tactics in the District high schools.
A silver loving cup. offered each
year by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
commandment Of the District Ma
tional Guard, goes TO the winning
team, whose captain, In addition,
will be given q medal. awarded by
the military instructors in the five
schools.
THE Gettysburg map" viii be
used as il customary, red and blue
pins representing the men. Six
men and one alternate from each
school will take part in the war
games, Capt. David T. Griggs, com
manding Company B. Second Regi.
ment, Mckinley, being the first to
tackle the problems. 3
Others to engage in the spring
manuevers are Capt Israel Silver
man, Company e, Business High
School Battalion; First Lieut..
George H. Clark, Company F, Third
Regiment, Eastern; Capt. Clarence
D. Warwick, Company ID, First
Regiment, Central, and Capt. Law
renee G. Reeves. Company *,
Fourth Regiment, Western.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
BOY kIDVAPERS
FACE TRIAL

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Feb. 2S.--
Indictment OF Sacramento's boy
kidnapers. Robert and Howard
Hubner. II and Is respectively. who
threatened DR.. G. l.. Bitner and his
family with death If the physician
did not accede to their demands Tor
81 900 extortiOn money will be de-
manded Of the Sacramento county
grand jury today by District At
torney Neil McAllister.
A special session of the county
grand jury has been called by Me-
Allister to consider the charge Of
extOrtion by the boy imitators Of
William Edward Hickman, who kid
mapped and killed little Marion
Parker in Los Angeles. The Hub.
ner brothers face possible sent
ence OF five years either in q stats
reformatory or penitentiary as .
result offs the jury's recommends
tons.
Following their capture Sunday
morning when they rode up on
their bicycles TO the spot designated
extortion money, both boys con-
fessed the plot but claimed they
meant no harm to the Bittner
family IL the Sacramento doctor did
not comply with the threats.
The boys were caught year ago
in series OF bnrgIaries and placed
on probation because OF their youth
by Judge Peter j. Shields.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
SENATE D. K. ON
GORDON soon

with the appointment by Pres
ident Coolidge late yesterday Of
Major Jeyton Gordon to be a
justice ct the District Supreme
Court to succeed Justice Adolph Al.
HoehIing, washington has the dis
tinction Of having one of, her native
sons elevated to the local bench.
Major Gordon has been United
States attorney for the District Of
Columbia since July Fl, 1921.
Senator Norris, chairman of the
judiciary Committee OF the Senate,
Is expected to appoint p subcom-
mittee today to consider the nom-
nation. A favorable report is ex.
pected before the end Of the week,
The nomination probably viii be
promptly confirmed by the Senate.
More than a year ago the Senate
Judiciary Committee examined pro-
tests made by various local citizens
against his denomination a. District
Attorney, but the objections raised
were found to be so unsubstantial
that 81 unanimous report was sent
to the Senate in favor of his con-
firmation.
Gordon Of late has come into ma
tionaI prominence through the Tea
pot Dome contempt proceedings be
fore Justice Siddons. He started
q grand jury Investigation OF al.
legged jury tampering Immediately
after nnistrial was declared in the
Fall-SincIair oil conspiracy trial be
fore Siddons,
Gordon also brought to trial Fall
and Edward L. Doheny on con.
spiracy charges growing out of the
Elk Hills, Calf, oil leases granted
by Fan while Secretary of the In
terror. This trial resulted in an
acquittal.
Born IN Washington, April 80.
1870. Gordon graduated in law from
Columbia College, now George
washington University He was
appointed Assistant District At
torney by Ashley M. Gould, then
District Attorney. who later became
8 Justice ia the District Supreme
Court
In 1904 he was appointed pardon
attorney for the Department OF JUS.
fice and in 1907 was named as.
eistant to the Attorney General nm
der Attorney General Bonaparte.
He resigned in 1913 to practice law,
and when the United States entered
the World War. Gordon gave up his.
practice and obtained commission
es major In the Army. He served
enc year in France.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
FLIVVER' PLANE
CRASH PROBED
By Iaternatlonal News Service

DETROIT, Feb. 28.-The- "flivver'
plane in which Harry Brooks, 25-
year-old aviator. lost his life in a
crash at Melbourne, Fla, will be
subjected to searching inspection by
aircraft experts Of the Ford Motor
Company, in the hope OF deternin-
ing what caused the tragic acct
dent, it was learned today.
Brooks was the only member Of
the Ford flying staff ever allowed
to lily the miniature craft, and as
result other pilots of the company
are not familiar with its operation.
Whether the accident to Brooks
will cause the Ford company TO
abandon plans believed to be under
way TO offer the flivver planes for
sale to the public could not be
learned.
Henry Ford, who is now in Fort
Myers, Fla, will decide the future
policy OF the company IN regard TO
the "flivver" planes. officials here
said
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
Virginia to Offer
Coolidge Rest Site

President Coolidge is awaiting the
receipt of an invitation extended to
him and his official family yester-
day by the senate of the State of
Virginia to enjoy the hospitality
of that State during his annual
vacation this year.
Governor Byrd, according to Rich
mond advices. promised the senate
that he would do all In his power
to persuade the President to accept
the invitation. The site proposed Is
the Masury mansion, beside Crystal
axe. situated among the dunes of
Virginia Beach. The mansion would
e refitted to care for the Presi-
Dental party and the resolution
authorizes the governor of Vir-
ginia to appoint a committee of five
to tender this invitation to Presi-
dent Coolidge.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

age when youthful appearance Is
of the greatest advantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have
the troublesome task of gathering
the sage and the mussy mixing ~
home. All drug stores sell the
ready-to-use product for only rs
cents, improved by the addition Of
other ingredients, called 'Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" 1t
is very popular because nobody can
discover 1t has been applied. Simply
moisten your comb or soft brush
with it and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at n
time. BY morning the graz hair
disappears, but what delights the
ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound. is that. besides
beautifully darkening the hair after
a few applications, it also produces
that soft lustre and appearance Of
abundance which is 50 attractive.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
Why Treat Corns
Three Days?
Take them out in 8 minutes

Shur-Off, the wonderful new dis
covery in corn remedies, will re-
move the worst corn or callous in
minutes.
No other remedy is like it! Ends
forever 3-day treatments and foot
soaking. And it's positively guar
anteed not to harm or irritate the
healthy skin. Yet it softens old,
tough corns so quickly that in 5
minutes you can take them out
root and all.
Why envy people with corn-free
feet? Get 5O-cents bottle of Shur-
Off at Peoples Drug Stores (aH over
town, or any good druggist today
and in just minutes you'll be rid
of that sore, aching corn or painful
callous.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
MERCHANT WINS
MARKET FIGHT

Salvatore scalco, local fruit mer-
chant, is a happy man today. He
il the father OF the movement
to place the Farmers Market in
Southwest Washington, which was
approved by the House yesterday.
Scalco has been behind the scenes
from the beginning of the fight for
the Southwest market site. At
every hearing-and there have been
many during the last two years
Scalco has always been present,
giving suggestions to the speakers
and lawyers representing his prop
osition.
Yesterday was no exception.
Scalco was in the House gallery
early. He obtained a seat in the
first row across from the Speak
er's stand. He was all dressed
up for the occasion. with a flower
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

Suit for divorce was filed in the
office of the county clerk yesterday
by Mary Estelle B. Cooper against
Vernon Wagner Cooper.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
Stores 2O-Year Club
Elects New Officers

J. o. Moque, was recently elected
president OF the Twenty-Year Club
of Woodward and Lothrop. which
will hold its annual banquet on
April IA at the Raleigh Hotel.
Other officers recently named are
Miss T.. j.. Roney, vice president;
Powell Rogers, secretary, and r. O..
Mulliken. treasurer. J. p. Hayden
is in charge of the arrangements
for the hanuet
The Washington times., 1928-02-28

in his buttonhole, and his face was
beaming with satisfaction.
Every time a point was scored
in favor of the Southwest site
Scalco beamed again and looked at
his opponents, hackers OF the other
sites, who were seated in the gal
lery across from him.
Mrs. Scalco was with the fruit
merchant. She was also dressed
for the occasion and carried a
beautiful corsage. The two re-
manned sitting in the gallery until
long after the bill had passed.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
'SURVEYSCH0OLS
IN ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Feb. %.
The school committee from the
Chamber of Commerce is conplet-
ing it's survey of the county schools
today to aid them in drafting their
report to the directors at their
meeting to be held Thursday.
DIR. r. T.. Kirkpatrick, chairman
of the committee, says the commit
tee have found the schools in an
excellent condition, but in some
cases overcrowded. especially the
Washington.Lee High School.
With the agreement between the
United States Census Bureau and
the board of supervisors for the
taking of q, special population CEN
sus of the county signed, the COM
mittee from the Civic Federation,
which is assisting in the perfecting
OF the necessary organization will
complete their plans at meeting
to be held Friday night, according
to a statement today by Chairman
Arthur Orr.
William l.. Bragg. chairman Of
the county Democratic committee
and a member of the State Com
nittee. left today for Richmond
where he will attend a special meet
ing for the purpose of deciding the
place OF the State Democratic con-
vention.
Suit for divorce was filed in the
office of the county clerk yesterday
by Mary EstelIe B. Cooper against
Vernon, Wagner Cooper.
Republicans from Fairfax county
attending the district convention at
Alexandria today are: 8. III. Det.
wiler and Alexander Haight, from
Centervil1e district; J. r. Taylor and
f. p. Curtis from Lee district; Mrs.
w. w. Berry and Mrs. III. w.
Walker, from Mt. Vernon district;
b. w. Middleton and Mrs. George
r.. Bready, from Dranesville district;
Il. L. Freeman and Mrs. A. B. Bar
ringer, from Providence district;
George w. Hauxhurst and II. Fl.
Millard, from Falls Church district;
and DIR. f. NJ Brooks, III. A. Sager
Roy Hollis and M. E. Roberts.
The Washington times., 1928-02-28
Turn Hair Dark
With Sage Tea
= ~ An1 nr 1s1Ana
By JEAN MACON

The old-tiTne mix.
ture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for
darkening gray.
streaked and fad
ed hair Is grand
mothers recipe
and folks are
again using it to
keep their hair a
good. even color.
which is quite
sensible, as we
are living in an
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FLOWERS GASSED
+. YIELD TWO CROPS
Scientist Tells of Forcing
Growth of Plants by Chem.
iCaI Treatment.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 7.-Having
gassed lilacs into blooming before their
time, DR.. F. E. Denny, research di-
rector of the Boyce Thompson Insti-
tute at Yonkers, believes it possible to
produce two crops season.
DR.. Denny told members of the So
ciety of Chemical INDUSTRY that chem
ical treatment of certain plants during
the annual dormancy, or rest PERIOD"
ha almost the effect of an alarm clock
upon sleeping person. The plants,
he said, were thus awakened almost
Immediately to vigorous growth during
the several months nature had set
aside as time for their complete re-
taxation.
BY placing lilacs in room filled
with chemical vapors for "a to 48
hours he caused them to bloom be-
fore Christmas, he said, something they
had never done before in this part of
the country. He expects this season
to produce second crop OF Irish
first crop.
DR.. Denny asserted that if these
methods proved worthy Of general
adoption it would mean material gain
for the farmer through two crops a
season, would enable the horticulturist
to meet the Christmas demand for GER
tain flowers not now obtainable at that
season and provide more liberal sup
plies of food and flowers for the public.
Potatoes, he said, couldv be treated
for S to 10 cents bushel and plants
for l to cents plant.
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WASHINGTON GIRL EXPLORER
LEAVES ON NEW SAHARA TRIP
Miss Quincy Smith and
Friend Will Study Ancient
Civilizations.
Will Photograph Ruins of
Cirenaica, Long Buried
Under Sand.

Miss Quincy Smith. daring young
Washington explorer, who was the first
white. woman to penetrate into the
desert Businesses of Italian North Africa,
is headed back toward the Sahara to
resume her Photographic study of an
ancient civilization long buried beneath
shifting sands.
Accompanied by her travelling COM
panion, Miss Lloyd-Preston, and armed
with six still and motion picture cam
eras and special permit issued by the
italian government, Miss Smith will
guide her caravan into the remotest
part of Cirenaica.
There the two girls will mingle with
the strange undercurrent of desert life
as the guests Of modern Rome, in an
attempt to trace the vanishing foot
prints left in the literal sands of time
by an earlier empire.
Begins Preparations.
Miss Smith, the daughter of E. Quincy
Smith, residing at 3110 Woodland drive
began hasty preparations for the five
month sojourn in the Sahara upon re-
ceipt recently of note from Ambassa-
DOR de MARITIME of italy conveying the
official sanction of the Italian minister
of colonies for the trip.
With barely two weeks in which to
prepare for the expedition, Miss Smith
and Miss Lloyd-Preston had a busy
time of 1t getting together their clothes,
medicines, Photographic equipment and
other paraphernalia, to say nothing of
arranging for their letters of credit,
passports, visas and permits from three
countries.
The greatest problem was examining
the entire wardrobe into three suit
cases. The wardrobe includes knickers
for camel riding, Arab burnouses or
'sheik robes" cool dresses for the long
days lin camp beneath a blazing desert
sun and fluffy attire for Sahara nights.
some of which will be spent in dancing
on the sand to American jazz tunes
ground out on talking machine.
The young women are en- route to
Naples on the S. S. Colombo. They
will travel by motor to the edge of the
Sahara, crossing the 3,500-foot spur of
the Tripoli Atlas. Leaving the automo-
biles to become guests of the Meharisti,
the tall, bronzed men of the camel corps,
the pair will progress to GASES whose
Arabian names suggest their quaintness
and isolation-Nalut, the Troglodyt
city which is a strange survivor Of
caveman times; Gardames, stronghold
of the Touareg, that peculiar desert
people whose men go yelled and whose
women, unveiled, rule their polyandrous
tribes with an iron hand: Murzuk, in
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the Red Desert, peopled by shy, gentle
race of fierce-looking ebony giants, llv-
ing in adobe towns sheltered from the
sun by arched lanes of streets.
Will Write of Ruins.
All this and more Miss Smith and
Miss Lloyd Preston will see, write OF and
photograph before returning to the Tri-
politan and Cirenaican coasts for a
study of the ancient ruins OF vast cities
now being followed out Of the sand
stone cliffs or great dunes.
Three definite expeditions are known
to have preceded the girls into this
section, but none of them reported
much success. The last to attempt 1t
were two Englishmen who equipped a
caravan and set forth in 1916. but
whose discoveries were just sufficient
to whet the investigative appetites of
ArcheOlogists. Their sketch book
abounds in descriptions of polychrome
frescoes, classic porticos, delicate bits
of architecture or sculpture. They told
Of depredations waged among the
historic finds by ruthless natives.
Today, a century later, under the
rule of a beauty-loving nation. the
Cirenaican ruins slowly are emerging
into the sunlight. Walls are being braced
mosaics FURNISHED carefully and sculp-
lures preserved
1t will be the unusual privilege Of the
two American girls to inspect these
guarded excavations and record on inn
perishable Photographic Aim the Won
ders being wrested from the age-old
sands.
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Dry weather conditions are threaten
ing to cause a shortage Of corn and
beans in Mexico,