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sYNoNsIs.


Alan Dighton, an adventurer with an ex-
eellent war record, Is summoned by his olo
Sir Ian Taverner. hish up in the London
coriitt. Sir Ian's deputy. has been killed
In the baronet's home by new chemical
weapon, the invention of
.Ahlbors, a chemist, and when Dighton ar
rives Corlitts corpse is rapidly disinte-
gratins, leaving behind 1t blue power.
Sir Ian explains that every country N
Europe is trying to get control over the new
weapon, and to this end he is tryins TO get
Emile Dsudot While Alan is left alone in
the house he finds hat with the initials
''E. D." IN 1t, and while examining it ne Is
confronted by an intruder. whom ne KNOCKS
downstairs ana fees from the rooms rus.
In time to escape the fumes which caGSed
Corlitt's death. Alan goes to night ciun
with Sir Ian and the baronsts niece,
Greta Haye. while there he meets
Marney. Sir 1an's right-hand man. Alan
makes q great impression on Greta' put
he tells her he Is leaving the next day; SIR
Ian is sending him to Paris ana ltaly;
Just as Alan boards his train he is hanoeo
an envelope Within 1t Is disc OF Jaoe
green bone impressed with lizard IN sold
Alan calls at the home of Daudots sweet
heart in Paris, and learns Daudot mas al
tempted to dispose OF stolen pearls
man knocks at the door. Alan Is showed
into another room and then he hears the
hissins report of the pocket DEATH
tro,t;,,uad ", Tou,orrnw's Starl
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Later It was learned the same man
had approached Daniel Gray, colored,
of Halls Hill. Va. from whom he got
SO for the same purpose, and wom.
an. also named Gray. who lives at 1851
T street, from whom he obtained Sl6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-19

Chicago is to build the tallest sky
scraper in the world. All 1t needs now
is to get the low-down on crime.-At-
lanta Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-19

(To be continued tomorrow.)
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painting. Giotto: in poetry. Dante: in
architecture, the Gothic Cathedrals--
who knows but this was the peak OF
human history. in many respects. as
Dr. Walsh has claimed-the most mar
velous and alluring epoch in the adj
venture Of mankind?
That glory ended because printing
came in 1856 and undermined the In
tellectual foundations of the church:
and because the Turks took Constanti-
nople in 1853 and drove Greek scholars
to bring to Italy their memories and
manuscripts of an ancient and church,
less world: and because the growth OF
commerce and cities and states de-
stroyed the unity of Europe and led
to that Reformation which was in
essence the revolt of kings and en-
perors against priests and popcs.
This crescendo. this forte, and this
decrescendo, constitute what are called
the Middle Ages. 1t is vague and
hardly scientific term, indefinite at
either end. and implying that modern
ity Is the climax and completion OF
all time; perhaps The Christian Age"
would be better phrase. If we keep
the old term it will be because habit
has given 1t an almost irreplaceable
utiitE. 40 5tuuy tiiiS CoiiJlcA ePoeH
We shall violate chronology now and
then in order to achieve unity of topic
and clearness of view Let us put
aside our prejudiccs while retaining our
preferences: let us admit the possibility
that an age of romance and art NAV
have been as interesting to live In
as an age of science and industry
Real development" says Chesterton.
lis not leaving things behind. as on
road. but drawing life from them. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-26
from root" Let us examine the root
and origins of our modern world.

from a root" Let us examine the root
and origins Of our modern world.
Charlcmagne.
Two elements make the Middle Ages
The barbarians and the church. On
the one hand the development of Teu-
tonic institutions and ideals in feudal-
ism and chivalry. in town and guild
other hand the fusion, adaptation and
transmission of Roman civilization and
Oriental faith in the organization and
doctrines Of the church. To under
stand the church we must first under
stand the barbarians.
They spread. as We have seen. from
every nook of Germany and the Baltic
shores to every nation Of Europe: to
this day. in the white mans invasion
of America. Africa. Asia and Australia
their conquest of the globe goes on:
the great migration is not yet COM
plete. One sees how history might be
written in terms of the flow of hui
manity from place to place. and for a
moment one sympathizes with the an
thropologist who interprets all the past
in terms of race, of hereditary racial
qualities Of body and mind What a
stock they were. these sturdy children
of the forest. these tall blond beasts
of prey" and how easily they overcame
peoples who were lax with luxury and
peace!
See the flood breaking all barriers
and inundating every land: The East
Goths establishing their power in Italy
under Theodoric, the Lombards coming
down later into "Lombardy" the VAN
da!s spreading over the northern coast
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Dead Language Study
Dates Back tn 1000 b..

CAs,Gysn " the hls*iss lacx Nh,
we,N IL Scss<<A III Asia Nrstw as>N,. INN
NC, had te learn GSa& larSllSSsS ysss
IN the mSsssEn >chS<l by sEa:stS s-atss,
SaAed clay tablets foS,n& III the capital
city IT tas ancient Nitsgte elnrses have
eeeH 0s%lphssSI ny scholars MN S$S
tnae eight sa,sSaase> AK, ssIste>sNtsst 4 s.sa
them Written III the neat, Wv<isS->aar-
ea characters known As cls,seisNsta wrst-
sag,
The Sunssssln language Mas tsssn
ssNts dead bat the htttg<> SeSaysseV II
and taught II e. sisSIr rsslaySA eNNSatt>S
they believed thar charms Ssi,<s " zts>
Old language were tsTa,aSrsv egteS&se,
In SSasse ~ the taesesS tAs Sasnes&Sa
.e<s il followed ~ cxsgsnsNS soasasssssss
the same tent translated into SsEsteta>
Hssuss language and tses saeN scaaxAn
amt aaSss u g>sss,saa isss,sss,tsnetsss the So
merriam wvgssS haays<NssAn Mas SS>SSav>
entity the ,as,saaSe ~ Diplomacy ails>a>s
the AsslteS
Several Thousand taesss> were dis,
eeSesrd IN \ ksssasS ANA a teatsssS tsSs'S
A. a rSs>>ssa aEsssN> ~ German aEvssSNss,s~
ktSeS SSNhse wears aSSN sss; eAgay asssMas.
At reading item we've hatalsegvS seSN,>~
TIE dtiteEent ansNa&eS WSge Mi >Nss<4<
eaN Writers NJ Aass rs>Ns<tS M M
naked tablets we've esrrs&es 81 NAgs4eaf
the Seaste,AeS grvsan esss taa.ss 81 &As
hs>S, and usually At the spl >I khe
atseusnSst she autheG wg<,ge ais nara
aaS p}rfeNStAn ana paaeS N yeSs>seaSSjkn
nse>lsfn fAsatesA,
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! c!ousness. with devastating constructive
logic. MIR Hughes discredited the ira
ducerS, treasured the doubters. cx-
pounded and indicated our policy.
Gratitude is due 10 DR.. Pueyrredon
head OF the Argentine delegation and
DR.. Guerrero head of the delegation
from Salvador. for giving concreteness
! to what. in default Of better term. We
may call the opposition TO us. for
giving definiteness and saliency TO the
issues
DR.. Pueyrredon was the chief ex-
ponent OF the economic jealousy and
suspicion. DR.. Guerrero OF the political
jealousy and suspicion.
DR.. Pueyrredon selected our tariff as
the most obvious objective for his at
tack. He was allowed TO defeat him.
self, He had gone on record as IN
vincibly opposed to vesting the union
with political powers. Mr. Hughes had
only 10 point out with sly reference to
Chile's export tax on nitrates. Mexico's
on OIL Brazil's on coffee) what was at
once recognized by all except DR.
Pucyrredon~-that The tariff Is essen
TALLY a political question" That the
determination Of import and export
duties Is of the essence OF sovereignty
Or. Pueyrrcdon's proposal that the
treaty belnS iTameQ IoT TcCOTStltutlOil
of the union vest the union with the
power of regulating the tariff relations
among the participating states was de-
ieated. 20 10 l. DR.. Pueyrredon re-
signed. ostensibly to solemnizc his atti-
tude. but the Argentine government APP
pointed new head of its delegation
and instructed him to sign the treaty.
DR.. Pueyrrcdon's pertinacity gave MIR.
Hughes ample opportunity 10 enforce
the distinction between the functions
proper and those improper to the union,
IL Is intimated that DR. Pueyrredon's
attitude was not altogether disinter-
estcd: that with an eye to the Argen-
tine presidency. he was playing to a
home gallery II SO. this seems 10 argue
formidable body Of sentiment in Ar
gentine averse from us. and points TO
the desirability OF tactful effort by us
To allay il.
There Is no disposition to question
the disinterestednesS of the attitude OF
DR.. Guerrero, He was the grand cham
pion Of the proposal to write into a
Codiflcation OF public international law
on which committee was at work the
stark unqualified principle that no
state may intervene III the affairs OF
another" The bearing Of this proposal
on our procedure re the Central Amer
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Real Pleasures


and find that il 10 too early TO
Oct up. Another il lettering in
second hand book stores. A
third is lodging parties and say
inc wickedly to myself. while
they are sitting there in hard
boiled shirts. here arm | smoking
and reading in bet."
Nero. who had all the pleas
ures which most OF us covet, ad.
vertised a reward for any man
who would invent a new one.
rio should have tasted for a day
and discovered his appetite.
Napoleon loved to I'll a bath.
tub with warm water and lie
there for an hour. Monta,ans
found great delight in putting
h,s feet on the mants,pisce and
scratching his ears. scratching
BEING one OF natures sweetest
qualifications"
Are such Joys unworthy OF
tho dignity OF human ttsf | do
not think so. Pessim,sm 10 based
on the notion that the tragedies
OF existence outweigh It's advan.
taaes. which 10 untrue. The
tragedies are more impressive
because they come dramAti-
oaIly~~a broken leg. the iess OF
a friend, q business failure.
But against these occasional
debts we should credit millions
OF Joys which pass uneountsd~--
tremendous joys. like . tub Of
warm water, and scratching and
looking IN through the windows
OF shops and saying
mot 4 thing There that !
want"
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Stars to Aid Astronomers i'm Checking
Distance From Earth to Sun i'm 1881

| A definite cheek on the distance Of
| the earth from the sun is being made
ny University NJ California astronomers
thFoIsh observations L stars that Will
Iotm background for the planstold
Ef,> WHEN Il makes IL remarkably Close.
approach NJ l6,.oo 900 miles IL the
earth III 1891.
IanN of the observations alyeaSv
have been completed by pr II, Ii
Tucker from the Lack Observatory cN
Noun, Hamilton
The POSITIONS ~ ST. stars were ac-
eurately determined IN the series NJ
observations thus far Completed, ac-
eordtas IL Or, Tucker In the second
series ef observations. ~ Ana stars
ABOUT a.loo checks were made durnis
the course " Z! nights ~ work durlns
the best observing SEASON at Isek 90,
SerNalory III SO wears.
The Positions vi the med stars IL Is
explained, appearing IN the same ls>r~
tion ~ tile sky ~ viii the planSel,sa
ElN% SufGss the e>,a,las approach, al
tho0sh at AN Infinitely sgcater diSsaSeS.
AWAY, VIII aid IN the determination III
tl'e distance M Ea>o fsaza the earth
hosh IN terms Ut mites and in terms nj
common astronomical unit. the mean
diameter OF the ellipSc which the earth
Describes about the sun once each wear
ny determining the exact distance
81 EsN's In terms Ut oesh mites and et
the unit of distance set hv the easthS
orbit ahant the sua 1t viii ee psSSieie
also 10 compute the latter unit III dis,
tanee IN mile> more accurately than
ever hetere
EMS approach In 1881, astronomers
state Will ea its first clc>e annsxNach
since It's discovery IN lSas Ii IL a
small h,>ly so,ae Is To ~ n.ileS IN a,~
sn,etes, cue ef the hoss 1T SUCH eSsaiss
KNOWN a. the aSteen1ts, but aepartins
ituM the path tollu' HI ny nagsss ei the
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= START every morning with
an inexpensive pleasure
which gives me the teei'
4 mo OF wealth, II consists
in walking to the office along
FlNh avenue. looking IN the shop
windows and making n mental
inventory OF the things ! don't
want.
The inventory totals several
million dollars.
Some will scoH at this delight,
~ Emerson scoHed at the bar
tenders Of Salem. Said he;
last week I went to Salem.
At tho Lafayette Hotel. where
I lodged, every 8 or 10 minutes
the barksepers came into tho
sitting room to arrange their
eoiiar. ~ the looking glass"
And no adds sarc ast,caiiy'
80 many Joys has the kind God
provided for ua dear creatures"
NY sympathy is with those
bartenders. They wrote no
books. yet they were ph,loso"
Pliers none the less,
All unwittinuly, they had made
the most important ph,losophle
discovsry~~that the bio ceisbra.
tons OF life, the occasions which
must be planned tor and dressed
up Tor and purchased ut n great
price. are frequently. d,ssppoint.
inc, ard that eontentment lies in
getting continuous satisfaction
out OF the commonplace.
Their JOY in arranging thsir
collars does not soathe my soul,
but ! have others. One at them
10 10 wake up in the morning
!,
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pendents and the four Business men,
bers: with equal confidence the Minseito
leaders count on support from the eight
Labor and the three Kakushin members
and one Independent. II these cxpecta-
tons are justified, the Seiyukai govern
ment requires to win over three more
independents thine understood to be
waveringl TO have majority of one:
the opposition needs to win eight indie
pendents for like me joriiy in Its favor.
Both the Seiyukai and Minscito parties
gained nj the expense of the small
groups. the Seiyukai being under
stand. the greater gamer. The total of
votes cast for Minseito candidates. how
ever. somewhat exceeded the total for
Seivukai candidates.
The situation Is most interesting and
curious
United States.--~Tha fundamentalists
are elated. 1t will b. recalled how a
tooth turned up few years ago In
Nebraska was assigned by many dis
finguished anthropologists. including G.
Elliot Smith. the Briton. and Prof Will
liam X. Gregory OF the American
Museum OF Natural History to higher
antllropoid ape. or subhuman.
doubtful which. denominated bv Presi-
dent Osborn Of the American Museum
Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii, after
Harold Cook discovcrer of said tooth
Now Prof. Gregory finds that after all
1t Is the tooth Of the ancestor of the pee
cary. 1t cannot b" said that this demo-
lition. so TO speak. Of Hesperopithecus
Haroldcookii seriously prejudces the
theory OF evolution In the eyes of the
judici0us. but 1t does testify to the fact
that the science Of anthropology Is In
It's infancy.
Pan America The sixth Pam Amer
lean Congress ended on February
20 Its definite. obvious results were
not remarkable. but what you might
call its atmospheric results were of the
highest, the most benign Importance
The conference was dominated by the
personality of Mr.. Hughes; and never
before In his distinguished career did
that Clymplan statesman appear TO
greater advantage. II was critical
Iuncture In the relations between our
country and Latin America: the policy
and intentions OF our Government had
been partly misunderstood. partly
traduced. With tact. with humor. with
crystalline common sense. with gra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-26
BY WILL DURANT, Phi. D.,
Author of
"The Story of Philosophy"
The Story of Civilization >

of Africa. the Angles and the Saxons
driving the Celts of Britain into Scot
land and Ireland and Wales. the Danes
advancing into Sweden and Nor ray
and England; the Mortimer passing
from Scandinavia into Russia. Iceland.
Greenland. Labrador and "Vinland,"
capturing Normandy from France and
at last taking England from Harold
the Saxon at the battle Of Hastings;
above all. the Franks. coming from
Belgium as early as 486 into France.
giving the country their German name
and establishing Clovis, their King. as
the first OF many Louises the two
names are One) to rule. or aspire to
states from that far century to ours
THE ruling class in France was Ger
man until 1902. and the Great Revo-
luton was an ethnic as we'll as So
cial revolt) Clovis died at Paris in
Sill, a good Christian and tired MUIR
derer: he left vast empire that soon
stretched from the Bay of Biscay and
the English Channel to Vienna and
the Alps. 1t was this kingdom which.
after two centuries of vicissitudes and
chaos. was united and strengthened by
Charlemagne into the first ordered So
ciety of medieval Europe.
X Il X #
At first he was called simply King
Charles, but when he had made him.
world did him the honor as 1t has
never done to any one else. of merging
the title of greatness tmagnus) with
his name. History credits him with
q stature of 6 feet IA inches; medieval
legions. considering his inadequate.
described him as feet tall and spoke
of his sword. that could cut horse
man and a horse in two at stroke
and of his appetite, which consumed a
goose. two fowls. a quarter OF mutton
and sundry incidentals at meal. One
of the great cycles Of medieval romance
circled round his name. and 1t was ir
his service. as he retreated from Spain
that the knightly Roland and Oliver
Of the chanson died.
He became King of the Franks In
I'll and began at once career OF
conquest as marvellous as Napoleon's
His life was crowded with So campaigns
he flew from land to land. SO that his
almost miraculous ubiquity gave q
handle to the legends of his supernat-
ural power He was gifted with iron en-
durance of body. unity and persistency
Of purpose. simplicity and clarity and
vet range Of mind; and wherever he
went he did not merely conquer. he
built. After annexing SaSony and
converting 1t to Christianity by the ir-
-esistible persuasion Of his better SOL
dier- he passed down into Italy. con-
quered the Lombards. forced the King
to become monk, and took over his
throne. Then. being already half way
to Rome. he completed the tourney and
had himself crowned by the Pope, ii,
the year 800. as Emperor of the re-
stored and Holy Roman Empire of the
West.
volta!rc was to point out that it was
neither holy, nor Roman. nor an EN-
Continued on Eighth Pagal
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CHARLEMAGNE AND THE
MEDIEVAL STATE.
Prelude,

jY ISTORY has been a cycle, OF
civilization and rebarbariza-
ton. Very much as &C. certain ain
produce themselves by division
come after some generations to the
limit of their inner vitality. and re.
| quire "rejuvenating conjugatlon
| with others of their kind before they
! can continue their race, so nations
| seem to come in time to the cXhauS-
ton of their physiological resources,
and are rejuvenated only by the advent
and admiXture of younger and more
primitive stocks. Every civilization IN
the past has developed from savagery
to luxury: the multiplication Of arts
and articles has weakened the rper
of the race and destroyed those quail
ties Of character which are vices IN
peace and virtues in war. The develop
ment of wealth causes division within
and envy without; vigorous barbarians.
encompassing the weakened state. are
tempted by its helplessness and Its
spoils: they invade 1t. conquer 1t. and
reduce it almost to primitive condi-
ton again. But they in turn, II they
produce civilization. lose the arts OF
war in the pursuit of art; and once
more the cycle of conquest and bar
bariSm is renewed. Perhaps 1t Will not
always be so, but so it has always been.
The Dark Ages were the rebarbari-
zation of Europe. The Roman stock
had been almost destroyed by disease
and birth control; nothing remained
except to repopulate the empire with
q race unspoiled in body and mind.
But the price that Europe paid was
half thousand years of ignorance
From the year 500, when Justinian
closed the ancient schools. until the
beginning of the twelfth century. when
Abelard and William of Champeaux
laid the bases of the University of Paris.
letters and art hibernated and dark
ness covered the continent. Only the
church remained to enlighten and up
lift: and though she herself was bar
barous in a hundred ways. and looked
with hostility upon the greater part
of Europe's classic heritage. she pre-
served at least the tradition OF letters,
and Strove to create literature and
an art of her own.
At last she succeeded. and the Sec
ond period of the medieval era shows
her triumphant in almost every field
of cultural achievement Beginning
with Abelard. the Troubadours and the
Crusades. In the twelfth century. she
passed through the Catholic enlighten-
ment of the thirteenth the greatest
of centuries" Mathew Arnold In in
dustry. the guilds: in commerce. the
Hanseatic League; in finance. the ap-
pearance of currency and credit: In
religion. ST Francis: in philosophy. st.
Thomas; in science, Roger Bacon. in
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The ether drift" which, II 1t exists.
would force the abandonment or rad
ieal modification of the Elnsteln theory
is declared " be non existent by two
swiss scientists In A. Picard and Or
K sstahei nt the University III Friboirg
ar the result III experiments performed
ut the summit ef the Hiai. ID i9tty peak
In the Alps
The tMst effort " slow drifting
motion relative " the earth 81 the by
.y9theticai ether IN which light waves
travel was made about century ago
by tw, American physicists. Or. A. a
Nicholson and Df q, q Morley, Their
results showed small positive effect.
but were not regarded as conclusive
During the past tew years Df, Dayton
e. Miller Ut the Case School Ut Applied
Science, Cleveland has been repeating
the experiment Win improved hppa
fstala Ht thr summit ~ MDlni Wilson,
Calf. which haas about the same aiti-
tiide ~ the Rigi. His results have been
definite and positive but have never
tbejehs been the subject 81 much con
ifDYersy OH the part II other American
and European scientitg.
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Navy Proves Fit and Ready TO Answer
Distress Calls, Sd Inquiry Record Shows

10 the surface, Coast Guard surf boat
"hzed' the position by ranges on the
shore. and the tug Wandank placed two
marker buoys clcse 10 this fix"
Al Q pm. Coast Guard picket boat,
after continuous dragging. hooked a
graDnei in the submarine and rode 20
IL. but At 3 I'm. the yawing Of the YES
sci, due 10 the choppy sea. caused ,h@
line 10 part. This picxet boat together
wlth other small boats from the vessels
there. dragged continuously until Sun.
day morning al l0:45 m. when the
same picket boat hooked the sub again
Tic Falcon, already on the scene.
promptly Unanswered over the &p0,,
and the tugs Lark and Mallard passed
/ ha@sers from them 10 the Falcon
. quarter 10 hold the salvage vessel In
position in The rising sea The Falcor
then took the grapnel line from the
picket boat. and used this AZ df ocend
ing line tor the first diver. who went
down then and for the first time !, was
determined that the men were alive In
/ the TORPEDO room forward
| Then followed the work 81 the Plc-
! mentG with storm and rising seas
! which set AT zero for several days, the
| great display ot preparedness evidenced
/ by the mobilization IN bat a few short
! hours Of such an array Of rescue yes
! seig