Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1925, Page 22

URGNESUPRELLS DATIV 208 Museum of Daughter of Last King of Babylon Holds Priceless Objects. By the Ass PHILAT wmuseum, the inted Press, February 4.-—A perty of the daugh- ter of the last King of Babylon, who ruled In the sixth century, B.C., has been uncovered, and many priceless oljects obtained by the joint arch- eological cxpedition of the British Museum and the University of Penn- £vlvania at Ur of the Chaldees, accord- ing to the December report of the i : public in London and adelphia last ni The scientists who are digging in the buried city of Amraham in ancient Babylonia reported that the museum contained objec 1g as far back )0 B.C. C. Leonard Wooley, head of the ex- pedition, recounted what has been a complished at the hall of justice ed E-Dublal-Makh, the other site on which the archeologists are working. s da Dates to 2800 B.C. have wor ©f the building said, “King of century B.C. pairs done “We ed rom out the his Nabobidus Babylon in the back ~ through the by Sin-Balatsu-Tkbi Tundred vears before, by Kuri-Gal - Kassite, in the sixteenth century: Ishme-Dagan, King of Islin, 600 Years before that, to Its original| Youndation by Bur-Sin of Ur about 2250 B.C. Hven below the walls of 2 we have come upon brick- work of a more primitive sort, bear- ing no m but marked with two finger prints deeply impressed to hold the mortar, a record of shadowy kings of the second dynasty of Ur who may have reigned some 2500] Fears before Christ. * * * | Daughter Was Priestess. “From an the museus last King lowing ancle his daughter, Bel high priestess of the und built an E-Gig-Par Op cloister for her dwelling, and incidentally he lays down the most admirable moral precepts for her guldance. * * * The ground plan of the place answers perfectly to the word ‘cloister' used in the Yale inscription, and there can here be no doubt we have the actual | convent of the priestess “The contents of th not less i School cises inscription preserved in | at Yale we know that the | svlon, Nabonidus, fol- nt,iconsecrated alti-Nanar, as moon god at Ur building were n its character. and writing exer- show that the re- , as now, had their and the daughter of Nabonidu £ a well known antiquary, appear to have kept a mu- seum in her convent, for there were found in the ruins a large number of objects of such different dates that it 1s hard cn any other theor: count for their presence all in rooms of the latest period.” PLANS TEST OF 7 fiU;ZZLES. 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We watched the fall of his plane until she took to the water, “Is vour friend safe, do you think, Boon?" the chief asked. “I would not have such gallant fellow drowned—-" “Hls mechine’s amphiblous, sir,” I replied. “He should be all right. “That is well,” sald he. “And now ing up.” Ahead, unnoticed in the Interest we had been taking in the safe land- ing of Dick Schuyler, we now saw a swarm of planes, like bronze, silver and golden gnats, fanned out about a thousand meterS below us. Thes were Merlins, less speedy bronze A machines and Columbia fighters. here must have been a score of them | altogcther. I wondered how the | chief would deal with all that num- 1 was soon to learn seton, id the chie right half of the approaching planes D-1 ray at 5 aperture all four in- strumer I take the left half.” The effect of the order was marvel- | ous. The steady and exact forma- | tion of planes below suddenly was ntegrated. They had all been 1bing, and some, particularly the | bronze Atlas machines—which T had | alw thought of bad design—slip- ped into spinning tail and head dives | that seemed beyond all recovery of control. me of the little Colum- | ias flickered down leaf fashion, tail | and head, and others wing and wing. | The Merlins, T am glad to say, came off best, for they went down out of the first tail dive into the distinct | hover. “Glory side me proof? Ji the others. “That squadron should be thankful | for your Merlins, Boon,” the chief | said. “They will be able to salve the others. “Won't they be after you I asked, not a little ama continued concern for his “when they find that their are all right?” “That is just what they , my dear Boon,” the d a trifie grimly are able to fit new magnetos. windings of those that they are ruined beyond repalr.” aimed. “And poor | Dick Schuyler was miles at se “You should observe more Boon,” the chief sail kindly. You friend was treated to the D rays, no the D-1. He will find his engine in working order, for there is a differ ence in the rays ght bells, s bLehind us pliments, sir, but eat your breakfast? t It was Smithers, t stout sea- | man, who stood at the foot of the | companionway, touching the peak of his cap. “Ah, Smithers!” sald the chief. And I suppose if I do not eat my break- fast, I shall have the excellent Mogss “take the | be!” muttered Milliken be- | We did make 'em fool- ks! But it's awful to see gain sir,” ed at his enemie: engines will not | chief re ot unless exact] boomed nd Moggs will you acep | com- | please | eturn New tourist third cabin Tourist Specials—Entire Third Cabin reserved exclu- sively for students, teachers, professional and business men and women and tourists. Neat, comfortable staterooms. Good table and service. Broad decks for games and lounging. Commodious, well- appointed public rooms. 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The encounters had no features dissimilar to those of the disposal of the first 20 planes. No machines got te anything like attacking distance, for the chief, who was back at his post by the con- trols of the forward cabin, had them sent down on sight. Four hours of steady cruising and, just at noon, the two ships floated high above Washington! From all quarters of the sk and dirigibles were swooping the city like ravens to the Kkill. The air was thickly spotted with them below and so densely were they concen- trated that as an airman 1 marveled that they escaped collision with each oth, 1 ha pever seen such a concen- tration of air machines. Plane after plane fell as the terrible D-1 ray w directed on them, and the attacking dirigibles drifted away on the wind with their power gone. Down into river and on to the sward of Poto- mace Park machines crashed, while some glided at flat angles away over the roofs of the city In the short space of 15 minutes there was not a single plane nor any dirigible in the air about the | Arks of the Covenant ! No with the sky ment machines, f o on the Vir- ginia side, and from various positions | round the city, high-angle guns set up | an incessant and clamorous thick ba but the height at which were flying kept them im- mune. Round and round, in ever-de- creasing circles, the two vessels swung, bombs as they circled, of bombs, it seemed, until wreathed in pinkish planes toward clear of Govern- hundreds the entire city wa: vapor. Yet the g SAVE COAL, PUT $$§ IN YOUR POCKET The comfort and convemience of Iated heat is yours. Indorsed and ad by America’s Heating Industry. by Good Housckeeping ai users throughout the Cnit : Honeywell Temperature Regulators Are sold, installed and serviced by JOHN J. ODENWALD 1200 H N.W. Pay What You Will STAR, lof puffs of the shell bursts almost ob- scured the city from view. “The gun crews must have alrtight oxygen helmets, Soton,” the chief called through the phone. “I'm afraid so, sir,” was the reply. “I am loath to explode their ammuni- tion, Seton. “I'm sorry, sir—but if we are to de- scend it must be done.” “Let us try a message first,” the chief sald gravely. He stepped to the phone. “Ark of the Covenant to any in au- thority in Washington who may still be awake: Cease fire, or we shall be com- pelled to disable your guns to the cer- tain death of your gunners!" Instantly came the reply: “General Commanding the Defense Force of the City of Washington to th Ark of the Covenant: Our guns will n cease fire until they have brought dowh your ships!” “Then listen, General Commanding the Defenses of Washington,” the chief said crisply. “We shall number the ex plosions for you as they occur. On the Myer Heights emplacement—over there, Thetford—Ray G. One!" A gout of flame shot up from the rise by the cemetery, and a vast plume of smoke, at the root of which bulldings seemed to part, rent and ehattered. The airship shook to a_ tremendous report. as did some of the men in the cabin. A and dizzy. “Are you satisfled, general?” the chief asked, & world of pity in his voice, “Or must continue to take lives use- lessly “Damn you! Damn you!" the voice wept. “My poor lad: Then with a snarl, “At them, boys “On that round of greensward to the exorabl. Two " plume of smoke, thrown debris. Then a succession flames and plumes—one mighty reverbe ration—and a series of minor thuds iod in heaven—it's horrible muttered Milliken. “Oh, God! Stop it for Christ's sake! They can't hit back!” seneral Commanding the Defenses Washington” the chief clearly into thé transmitter. blood of your men What must our pow man—th man fr is you who fo seent men ! Iypocrite! 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There is no dishonor in_a sarley.” No—by God! No!" “If you belleve in that God by whom you o glibly swear,” the chief said sternly, “think what you are doing! I will explode the ammunition of your batteries thus: Rock Creek Park, Howard University, Brookland, Bei nings Bridge. I ask you to think You cannot prevent us from descend- ing on the city. To fulfill our pur- pose, we will slay every man you have, or raze Wasbington to the ground. How long will you abuse our patlence? Must we destroy your men, lay te to vour Shall the word that de: on you— It God wills,” the chief said grave- “Rock Creek Park, Thetford!” Boom-r-r-rp! A long roar. And now no man in the cabin dared look outboard. Devonridge, his thin face sickly yellow under its sunburn, clung to the rod that stood out round the control-board, and his lips were moving. Little Thetford, th man who was manipulating the ra 1y. R ey e spoke | “The | Is on your head!| we do to show you that| offer | death to | s farl EBRUARY 4, 1923. projector, was the only man among us who had color in his face, and he was crouching by the instrument, his eyes blazing with an animal-like devotion to the master, his cheek- Dbones flushed to heetic patches of red. For a space no sound disturbed the sflence of the cabin, save for the distant thudding of the helpless guns without the city, and the nearer crack of bursting shell. Suddenly the mas- ter held up his hand. “Gentlemen,” he sald in a hushed voice that could only carry over the super-sensitive phone. *“I cannot go on. This piecemeal butchery must not last. I had thought it better that a few should die than that all should perish. (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) Inspect Oyster Workers. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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