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Evening star., 1933-03-12

TRAGIC ceremony 0elQ upon the
~ banks of the Nile thousands of years
~ ago has been brought to light by
- the amazing discoveries at Qustol,
in Upper Egypt which are probably
only the preliminary finds Of
huge archaeological discovery.
Bodies of strangled slaves, slain hunting dogs
and horses and priceless treasures OF antiquity
have been found in the tombs at Qustol. Prom
them archeologists are able to reconstruct the
terrible events of which these relics were the
only witnesses.
with pomp and dignity the funeral ceremony
Of . great Egyptian King was observed.
A group of huge Nubian slaves, presently to
be strangled. walked proudly to the toznbs
under the almost cloudless Egyptian SKIES
Servitors in the dead Kings household, they
were nanked by soldiers whose sharp prodding
spears caused bright streams OF blood 70 spur1
from their ebony bodies.
Then came a troupe Of magnifcent ARABIAN
chargers gayly decked in cleaning trappings
set with silver and garnet, and carrying DellS
that tinkled as they pranced
Next came women and boys bearing silver
dishes loaded with food and huge earthenware
aaeons of wine And last followed the long
army of mourners with the draped body OF the
King in panoplied state.
It was the end and the beginning OF every
thing the moment for which the dead mon
archs life, from infancy onward, had been
one ceaseless preparation.
TOR this happened thousands of years ago,
I in that ancient Egypt where future lie
was unquestioned and the people were per
haps the most strict of any in all recorded
history in their religious observances.
And now the entrance of the tomb Is reached
The high priest leads the way, as with the
dismal wailing of the professional mourners,
the embalmed corpse Of the King Is placed
within the tomb.
Outside at either side Of the entrance wait
the slaves resigned to fate but thrilled by
the approach of the supreme moment OF death.
They too pass underground forced on by the
cruel whips of hippoptamus hide, to be
strangled in the anterooms Of the tomb, ana
serve the King in the world Of the dead.
Next come the horses. Muf1ed screams es-
cape from the underground passageways as the
soldiers stab the poor brutes to DEATH so that
they too, in the shadowy world may bear the
spirit of the dead King in his retinue.
And lastly food and treasure without price.
Exquisite silyerware beautiful jewels are laid
in the death vault to await for 5000 years or
more the day when they and the bodies OF the
slain horses and strangled slaves will be brought
TO the light of new world.
Qustol Is in the Nubian Desert In Upper
Evening star., 1933-03-12
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Evening star., 1933-03-12

~ group Of huge Nubian slaves, Pses-
en.ly to be strangIed, .Oalked proudly
to the tonbs. FLanked by soldiers,
followed the body Of the King in Pano-
pl;ed state" 4 Star Magazine artists
reconstrucfio,, of the scene.
amonx the silver treasures. The silver plaqoes
are ornamented with designs representing
ancient Egyptian gods
n IOrABLE among the jewelry Is gea1en
~ necklace excavated from . chamber Of the
tomb On the west bank. Sisnet rings OF tntTi-
cate seal designs. earrings OF silver set WITH
precious stones, necklets Of oornefan, amethyst,
garnet and coral, and necklets OF small silver
beads are among the jewelry.
A collection Of bronze, now cleaned up for
exhibition, has . wonderful standard lamp
m the form of q Greek god. holding in his
outstretched hands columns reaching above
his head. with lamps at their SUBMITS Another
lamp in the form of q gods head has eyes OF
garnet in silver settings.
The result Of the further excavations should
yield . fortune in ancient treasures. and Is
hoped to have sufficient workmen to clear the
site before the water of the heightened Assouan
Dam temporarily submerges the spot.
A treasure chest of crumbling wood has ivory
panels inlad in carved inches. Each panel OF
ivory depicts god from ancient Egyptian q
Greek mythology.
Evening star., 1933-03-12

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Evening star., 1933-12-12
ANAC0ST|A TO CAST
L0CAL-0PT|ON VOTE
Section Will Be First to Pass
on Liquor-ControI
Plan.

The first opportunity of Washingto-
mans to vote on local option will be
afforded by the Anacostia Citizens As
sociation. it was announced today.
Results of the election, which involves
votes on five questions regarding sale of
liquor, will be announced at a meeting
of the association Friday night at the
Masonic Temple in Anacostia.
Questions on Ballot.
The ballot, upon which "yes' and
mo" answers are requested, follows:
do you favor the sale Of hard liquor
in Anacostia?
do you favor the wholesaling only
OF hard liquors in Anacostia?
do you favor the retail sale Of hard
liquor in bona fide restaurants for con-
sumption on the premises In Anacostia
do you favor the sale of beer of over
80 per cent in original containers In
Anacostia
do you favor the sale of beer of over
80 per cent for consumption on the
premises in bona flde restaurants in
Anacostia?"
Open to Members.
The election is open to every member
Of the association and also to any other
poud loc icoloCiI oi AhinSootid VIII
pays the 81 membership fee and joins
the association. From the standpoint
of civic good, according to Secretary
w. j. Tucker, it Is important that the
fullest possible vote be obtained. He
said precautions were being taken to
insure an honest election.
The vote, Of course. is entirely unof-
fetal and has no part in the neighbor-
hood local option plan proposed by the
District Commissioners In the liquor
control bill which must be acted on by
Congress.
Evening star., 1933-12-12

No effort was made oy the British gov
ernment to weaken the pound, at that
time or since. An equalization fund
was established, amounting at first to
f150,000, 900, later increased to $780,
600, 900, designed to moderate f1uctua-
tions in the value Of the pound.
At no time has this fund been used
to weaken the pound. It has been used
when the pound was strong to moder-
ate an advance which 1t was believed
would not be permanent. At such times
foreign currencies have been acquired
by the fund, and these foreign cur
rencies have been used freely to check
the downward course Of exchange at
times when the pound exhibited
weakening tendency. 1t would have
been possible at many times during the
last two years to have reduced the
foreign currencies in large amounts.
This has never been done.
Parallel Not to Be Found.
Our policy with regard to the dollar
has been Of strikingly different char
acter. This does not necessarily mean
that cur policy has been on that ac-
count unwise; Our policy may have
been wise. given our conditions, and
the British policy may have also been
wise, given British conditions. But
there is no basis for the contention
that our policy Is the same as that
which has been followed by our British
cousins
If we had taken no active measures
directed toward depreciation of the
dollar after we abandoned the gold
standard it Is certain that the dollar
would not have deprecated very far
and. indeed. it might possibly not have
deprecated at all after the impact of
the departure from gold had worn itself
out. Owing to the fact that the dollar
was not overvalued at the old parity, it
has been necessary to use what may be
to bring about and maintain depreci-
alton. Until recently the means en-
ployed have been mainly psychological
The so-called Thomas amendment
afforded clea; indication that the Gov
ernment might adopt policy designed
to enforce depreciation. The passage
CT such a measure in Great Britain. for
example. would without question have
caused the pound to fall to an extreme
ly low level. In this country. in spite
Of the passage of this measure, there
was very modest decline in the value
OF the dollar, a decline of about 10 per
cent.
This was the situation in May and
June of this year. At that time it
seemed possible that the administra-
ton was not disposed to go far along
the path of depreciation. Conversa-
tions in Washington with representa-
tives of foreign countries In May, and
the agenda prepared for the American
delegation to the World Economic Con-
ference, as disclosed during its pro-
ceedines, indicated no intention to
Evening star., 1933-12-12
PRINCETON TRIANGLE
HAS DISTRICT ASSISTANT
]. F. Richardson, Son of Naval
Officer, Aids Stage Manager in
Production of "Fiesta.u

Washington, so o..en represented on
the stage on the occasion Of the peri
odic visits of the Princeton Triangle
Club, musical comedy organization of
the university, will this year be repre-
sented behind the scenes
j. F. Richardson of this city, son of
Capt. Richardson, U. S. N, 2708 Thirty
fifth place, Is assistant stage manager
OF this Winters production, which Is
entitled Fiesta" a romantic mystery
OF the old Southwest. Young Richard
son prepared for Princeton at Law
renceville School and this is his second
year with the Triangle Club. He is
also member Of the Theater Intime,
Princetons Legitimate" thespian body.
having served therein both as actor and
executive. He is member of the uni
yersity track team and of Cannon Club,
one of the older social organizations
Ring w. Lardner, jr, undergraduate
son of the famed humorist who died
recently. and L. L. Cummings are the
authors of the current show, which will
hold its Washington presentation at
the Shubcrt-Belasco Tbeater on the
evening Of Monday, January l. Appli-
cations for tickets may be mailed to
Warren Sanford Stone, treasurer, 720
Shoreham Building.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
MINIMUM PRICE SET
FOR MAYFL0W!ER
Justice Adkins Fixes Figure
of $4,000, 600 for Fore
closure Sale.

A minimum price of $4,000, 900. ap-
proximately one-third less than the
present assessed value, was ordered for
the foreclosure sale of the Mayflower
Hotel in District Supreme Court to-
day by Justice Jesse c. Adkins.
No date was set for the foreclosure
sale. but counsel indicated 1t would be
held within two or three months. The
exact date will be set by Justice Adkins
later.
The court approved the terms of the
decree of sale.
The petition for foreclosure was filed
by Attorneys Hugh Obear of Washing
ton and j. M. r. Lyeth of New York
in behalf Of the Manufacturers Trust
Co., trustee of the first mortgage. The
first mortgage originally was for ST.
5000 and the property was encum-
hered with second mortgage for ST.
400 900.
Suggestions for the minimum price
ranged from 100000 to $4,500, ,000
It was stated, however, the prjce Of ST.
300, 900 is the approximate equivalent of
the present market value of the bonds.
Justice Adkins indicated he favored
a slightly higher minimum price, but
said he was unwilling to take any ac-
ton which might limit the scope of
competitive bids at the time of the
sale. Counsel for some of the bond
holders had expressed the belief a
niger price would hamper them in
bidding.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
STUDENTSAT TAFT
OCCUPY BUILDING
400 March ir Military Array
From Temporary "Camp"
at Langdon.

Accompanied by the blare of martial
music and the howl OF Wintry winds,
the 400 students of the William Howard
Taft Junior High School, who have
"camped out" in the Langdon School,
marched into the new Taft Building
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning.
Headed by Harry Baker. principal,
the students of the Taft Junior High
School, which won fame in the BATHS
OF the cupola, marched in parade for
nation from the elementary school,
north to the new building. Music was
provided by the Langley Junior High
School Band, which played THE Star
Spangled Banner" while the flag was
hauled aloft On the new staff at the
Taft School before the student body
trooped inside.
The student body and teachers found
the building with its equipment vir-
tually intact. Even the cafeteria, the
feature most generally delayed in jun
ior and senior high school construction,
was in working order and served piping
hot meals. The shop equipment was
operating on sufficiently large scale
to permit immediate beginning of the
junior high school program. Only
some minor details in the various
shops still have to be adjusted
The new building is the one over
which Maj. John c. GotTals, Engineer
Commissioner, waged prolonged fight
to eliminate the cupola from the de-
sign which had been approved by the
Fine Arts Commission. The Taft
building at present stands virtually de-
nuded of many of the architectural en-
bellishments which the late Alfred
Harris, municipal architect, had in
corporated in its original plan.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
STORE BLAZE ROUTS
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
Damage at Hecht Co. Is Put at
$3,000-Two Alarms
Sounded.

Fire broke out in the Hecht Co. de-
partment store late yesterday, driving
scores Of Christmas shoppers into the
street and resulting in damage esti-
mated at approximately $4,000.
The blaze was discovered shortly be-
fore closing time. Reuben Marks and
several other salesmen noticed smoke
issuing from the top Of large show
case In the mems furnishings depart
ment. on the Seventh street side of the
building.
The store was thronged with shoppers,
but they left without disorder, to be
Joined on the outside by other hun
dreds, who gathered to watch the fire.
men attack the flames
Employees of the store joined in the
battle, ripping fire extinguishers from
the walls and spraying the flames with
chemicals
Two alarms were sounded and the ap-
paratus that responded all but filled
Seventh street from curb to curb.
Most of the damage was done by
smoke and water rather than by the
blaze, and there also was considerable
breakage Of glass.
Smoke drifted through the ground
floor, but was soon dispelled by the
ventilating system. The basement also
vas filled with smoke and merchandise
stored there was damaged by water
seeping through the floor above.
The fire was said to have been caused
by short circuit.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
NOTED ADVENTURER
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Capt. Robert Root Bennett
Financed Many Exploring
Expeditions.

Capt. Robert Root Bennett, So, ad-
venturer and explorer. who financed
many expeditions to South and Cen
trail America, died today at Emergency
Hospital.
He underwent a major operation
about week ago and failed to re-
cover.
Mr.. Bennett was born in Toledo,
Ohio, in 1865, the son of William
Henry and Helen Louise Bennett. He
was educated at old Columbian College,
now George Washington University,
from which he received his bachelor
of law degree in 1904, and was admitted
to the District Bar the same year.
In 1917 he was made special agent
Of the Department of Justice and dur
ing the war served as confidential agent
for the War Department and later as
a captain in the intelligence section of
the general staff. He was sent on a
confidential mission to Central America
in 1919 by the Government.
Explored Old Ruins.
In 1880 he conducted an expedition to
Yucatan. exploring the ancient ruins
for the Museum of the American Indian,
New York. He was a member of the
Archaeological Institute of America,
Anthropological Society of Washington,
American Museum of Natural History,
American and District Bar Associations,
Mayfiower Descendants, Society of CO.
lonial Wars, Of which he served as
deputy governor; Sons of the American
Revolution, Sons of the Revolution,
Military Order of the World War,
American Legion and the Italy America
Society.
He was listed as a Republican and
was affiliated with the Episcopalian
Church. He was Mason.
Among his clubs were the Army and
Navy, University and National Press
Club of Washington and the Explorers
of New York.
Financed Florida Work.
Mr. Bennett financed and directed
1885; the ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala.
in 1890; Uxmal, Yucatan, in 1891 !;
mounds near Omoa. Honduras, 1919;
ruins of Tuloon. Yucutan, and islands
of Mugeres and Cozumel, 1925; Panama
and Isthmus of Darien, 1926.
He was the donor of the Bennett
medal to Boatswain Leo H. Luksich,
United States Coast Guard. for aveng-
ing an insult to the American flag in
1917.
His home was at 1898 Conduit road
and his office in the Metropolitan Bank
Building here.
He was married in 1899 to Edna M.
McCracken of Indianapolis, who died
in 1907. He was married a second time
to Elsie Havener of this city in 1917.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at 1880 am. at the funeral estab-
hshment of Joseph Birch's Sons, 3O34
M street. Burial will be in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
SECURITIES ACT
TO Be Stronger
Chairman Fletcher Sees
Strengthening Rather Than
Any Modification.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Notice was given today by Chairman
Fletcher of the Senate Banking Com
mittee that if any change is made in the
new securities control act, it will be to
strengthen it rather than to bring about
any modification.
This declaration was regarded as
going far to stamp out any prospect OF
modification of the new Roosevelt law
providing strict supervision over new Sc
curity issues at the coming session Of
Congress.
Would End "LOopholes."
Senator Fletcher proposed as one
amendment that the liability clause be
strengthened to eliminate the loop
holes whereby those issuing securities
may be exempted from civil damages II
they prove they acted In good faith. "
"I think" said Fletcher. that If the
purchaser of securities suffers losses as
a result of misrepresentation by the
party issuing the stock the issuer should
be held liable to civil damages and not
permitted to escape through the loop
hole that he acted in good faith.
There is a distinct need for this
law 1t has not slowed up the purchase
or the issuance of sound securities. OF
course. there are lot of energetic
brokers anxious to exploit the public
and they want the law modified. but
don't think 1t will be modified. I don't
think they can get away with it."
Close Study Asked.
Senator Fletcher said President Roose-
welt has asked that close study be
made of the working of the new act
but that he did not want the whole
law opened up for wholesale revision.
Fletcher said he expected to have his
recommendations on the securities act
ready by the time Congress meets.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Bidders Informed
Dewey Articles Go
On Sale Thursday
Sloan Points Out None
Yet offered to Public
by AuctiOneers.

If any Of the scores of bidders who
attended the auction sale at C. G. Sloan
l. Co. yesterday thought they were
buying the valuable household adorn-
ments" from the estate of Mrs. Mildred
Mclean Dewey they failed to listen to
the auctioneers.
Mark NICK. Sloan, president of the
company, said today that he was
amazed" at published accounts of the
auction.
Somehow or other" Sloan said,
word got around that the articles sold
at our galleries yesterday were from the
Dewey estate, but this isn't true. All
the articles sold thus far were parts of
other estates, and none of the Dewey
articles will be sold until Thursday at
1:30 pm"
There was no reason why anybody
should have thought the articles were
from the estate of Mrs. Dewey" said
Sloan. 1--WE made it perfectly clear
that articles from several other estates
were to be auctioned off in the 5-day
sale, and that the Dewey articles
wouldn't be scheduled to go under the
hammer until Thursday"
Articles from the estates of Stephen
Panaretoff, former Bulgarian Minister,
and Mrs. Katie Wilson, Greene are
among those in the sale, Sloan said.
Evening star., 1933-12-12

Professor of Banking and Finance, Harvard
Business School.
TIME monetary policies that have
been adopted by the Roosevelt
administration up to the present
i time have been directed toward
bringing about rise Of prices
primarily through such influence as
may be exerted by the depreciation OF
the dollar.
Experience with this means of raising
prices has not as yet been particularly
favorable. but Washington maintains an
unquestioning faith. Failure Of any
given amount Of depreciation to be very
effective is not taken as evidence that
wrong course is being pursued, but
rather as evidence that a still stronger
dose is required
The first step in this rake's progress
abandoned the gold standard last April.
Starting from very moderate emount
of depreciation, the administration has
moved forward in successive steps
toward greater and greater depreciation.
End Not Yet Visible.
In May and June 10 per cent de-
probation Of the dollar seems to have
been thought adequate for the purpose
In view; in July and August, 20 per cent
or thereabouts; by october still more
was desired. The dollar is now depreci-
ated by more than IS per cent and. SO
far as the public is aware, the end is
not yet in sight.
This policy is one which has never
been adopted by any other country.
There have been innumerable instances
of departures from the gold standard,
but in every instance this has happened
when currencies were overvalued at the
time gold payments were discontinued:
In the case of the United States
there was no evidence whatever lnol,
eating that the dollar was overvaiueo
relative to the currencies OF other coun-
tries at the time the gold standard was
abandoned There was favorable pal
ance of international payments. We
were a large creditor country, foreign
balances payable on demand were not
large, and the Federal Reserve Banks
held 100000 in gold.
Abandonment Voluntary.
In these circumstances it cannot be
said that in abandoning the gold stan/-
ard we were merely following the course
which had been adopted by other coun-
tries. We abandoned the gold stand
ard because 1t was believed by the Gov.
ernment that deprecated collar would
be helpful in bringing about a trade
recovery, not because We were unable to
maintain the gold standard. In saying
this it does not necessarily follow that
the abandonment Of the gold standard
was unwise 1t merely inhibits US from
setting up, as has 3een done by the
Committee of the Nation, William r.
Hearst and Prof. Raymond Moley. the
justification that we were merely doing
precisely what other countries lad done
in the course of the oppression.
In the particular case of Great Brit
ain it may further be said that the gold
standard was abandoned only after
great efforts had been made to remain
on gold. Additional taxes we're imposed
in order to balance the budget and
f20O, ,000, 900 of gold AMI exchange were
furnished by the Bank Of England be-
fore it was reluctantly decided that it
was quite impossible to maintain the
currency on a gold basis.
Pound Value Fell
AS the pound was clearly overvalued
when the gold standard was abandoned,
it promptly fell from S4.86 to below 81.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
Fl BANKS RESTORED
TO FULL OPERATION
National Institutions With $16,-
$4,000 Deposits Open
December 1-9.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
During the first nine days of De-
cember 81 national banks, with de-
posts of S16,559000, were restored to
full-tine operation, it was announced
by the Treasury.
Twenty of the banks, with S13,-
$4,000 of frozen and S708,000 of un-
restricted deposits, had been in the
hands of conservators and we're issued
licenses to resume business or were
granted charters for new banks.
One charter was issued to a new
national bank to take over S2,236,000
Of frozen deposits of bank in re-
ceivership.
Among the reopened banks are the
First National BAN of Hancock, Md,
with frozen deposits of S486000 and
unrestricted deposits of $4,000, and
the First National Bank of Parkton,
Md, with 1904 900 frozen deposits and
$4,000 unrestricted deposits.
Reorganization plans were approved
for eight national banks, including the
Citizens Natioal Bank of New Market,
Va, with S173000 frozen and $1,000
unrestricted deposits.
Evening star., 1933-12-12
NOVEMBER Department
STORE SALES DECREASE
Dollar Value Statistics Show Gain
Over Same Month of 1882,
However.

BY the Associated Press.
Dollar value of department store
sales showed a decrease in November,
as compared to the previous month,
according to a preliminary estimate by
the Federal Reserve Board.
The boards index, which makes al
loWance both for the number of busi-
ness days and for usual seasonal
changes, was IS per cent of the 1923-25
average, as compared with 10 for Oc-
tober.
The November sales, however, we're
2 per cent larger than year ago, with
only three Federal Reserve districts
showing losses. The largest increases
were shown by Atlanta, which reported
Is per cent gain, and by Dallas, which
increased its sales by 13 per cent.
The declines, all Of per cent each.
were In the populous districts Of Boston,
New York and Philadelphia.