Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1925, Page 12

e MOSLEM IN DANGER AFTER CCNVERSION Attempt on Life Follows His| Baptism as Christian—De- nounced by Father. espondence of The Star and The Chicago CAIRO. nt the spiritual shelt a romantic and thrilling Ahmed ¢l Tai nd ¥ spect that his r there will become more dra- | 1 is @ student in the American | amous Moslem Univer- But now that he faith of his an- wptized, he ", who prom- branded as a cast by his patric in Mohammedan land. with vears ing zeal of followers of the prophet. Trouble Over Marriage. Ahmed is t of a wealthy lum- ber merchan d. where he was bor! here he lived until he « , Ca ahout a year ago. H e life \ smoothly in_ that dust’ and de- took which gated in t him, but, k the Koran, h treatment anti purchased a Testament in bookstall th azaar Then Ahmed's mother died, and he made the long journcy by camel over | the Arabian d > seat of Moham ent ¢ fery parted romar | his father second state university, but. not being qu he studied outside until he could pass the ex- aminations. He wrote to his father that he intended to become a Chris- an, but received no reply. Then the versity authorities wrote, and Iy, after he had been baptized, the answered, mentioning that he tters and two the new religion > eve of Allah and fr ny eye and 3 the never think of re- d. Your four if Ahmed ever d they will certainly t rid of him. By h permitted. T would ro a ou. But in the 1 do not kill you, Ahmed, ir father is a liar. You aced me and debased me Allah and every one, and I, I do now? no shar property or of your mother’s prop erty. 1 have legally written it all {nto the name of vour brothers, my sons, who are Moslems. And I have recorded my will in the courts and with the government . “After seven days I shall be start- ing to Persia to the tomb of All es of all i now .H my hea now in m |from either of you I shall FOLKS Gen. Charles Pelot Summerall, who has recently succeeded Gen. Robert Lee Bullard as commander of the 2d Corps. and with headquarters at Go; ernors Island, N, Y., Is known all over Europe as “Oliver Cromwell in khaki’ No more .picturesque figure appeared on the battlefield during the World War than Gen. Summerall. Not only do his fea- tures seem a masque of the stern leader of the Parliamentary army against the Stuarts, but he is of the square, heavy build fa- miliar in the pi tures and statues of Cromwell, and he walks with the same majestic tread and couches his commands almost ih the same scriptural terms. The Brit- ish Tommies soon dubbed him “Crom- and the term was uni- pted. But the gallant can soldler had another nick- that was “As per schedule Summerall.” For he invariably map- ped out his moves, gave his orders, and, at the appointed time, he was right where he planned Gen. Summerall®is one of the many great fighting men which the South has always contributed to the Ame ican Union since it was formed. He is a native of Lake City, . and, until 'he went to West Point, his edu- ion was obtained in the primary chools of his native State, with a olishing off at the Porter Military Academy in Charleston, S. C. He is a lineal descendant of British emi- grants who went to the Floridas after they had been wrenched away from pain and before the United States had ratsed its flag over Fort Marion His mother, who was Margaret Cor- nelia Pelot, came from the earl Huguenot exiles who found asylum i Florida, but in greater numbers in South Carolina. Gen. Summerall, though serious in thought and habit and not inclined to social frivels, is one of the best judges of horseflesh in the Army, and his one diversion is to attend horse shows and to break in untractable equines. He also is a fine after-dinner speaker, has a strong, true baritone volce, and can lead a sing with the utmost eclat. Gen. C. P. Summeraii. nd me any v whatever. T do not write or to have the If any letters come not \con- sider them, nor will your brothers.” Ahmed did not show the letter, but Mohammedan students in Cairo did not need any such information to threaten death to the boy who had renounced theif religion, and the na- tive Christians, the Copts, suspecting all converts, would not assoclate with him. Though he was in little danger of violence at the hands of the stu- dents. there was no assurance that he would not suffer from such treachery utting poison in his food Finally the emissarles of the pater- nal wrath arrived one night as Ahmed was standing on the Kasr-el-Nil Bridge, dreaming over the Nile, to which Egypt has told its secrets since time began. Two men aroused him from a reverle with a courteous in- quiry whether. he was Ahmed of Bag- dad. . He replied that he was. With a sudden leap, they lifted him toward the parapet of the bridge. Ahmed freed himself as two Emglishmen ran word in any wa want you to sch. write. Moosa, in the city of Meshed. Never up in answer to his cries for help. 14 ing THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ANTLIUR NOVE BEATEN N HOLLAND Bill Proposing Local Option Defeated by Slender Vote in Upper House. Correspondence of the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, February 2.—A bill proposing to combat the drink evil in Holland by introducing local option was defeated in the upper house of the States General recently by 28 to 20 votes, after passing the lower house by 44 to 30 votes. This is the second unsuccessful at- tempt of a strong anti-liquor group in parliament to restrict the drink traflic; the first, made in 1921, suffer- ing a like fate by being adopted in the lower house by 39 to 20 votes, and then being thrown out in the fol- lowing year by the upper house by 18 to 17 votes. Was Not Party Vote. The latest vote was interesting in that it was not a party vote, as is 50 usual in Dutch legislation. Local op- tion has been hotly debated recently both in and out of Parliament. No ewer than 3,000 public bodies, includ- Christian workmen's unions, church councils, M. C. A.s and others, have petitioned the govern- ment in favor of it, and a public me- morial in its support secured 600,000 signatures Various speakers in the cha gave details of personal observation of the effects of prohibition, both i@ the United States and in Finland. | They sald that in their opinion pro- hibition had by no means proved th success that had been claimed for it, | neither had crime decreased to the extent that had been represented as the result of it. \Prohibition, they argued, only favored hypocrisy in ad- dition to wholesale and flagrant eva- sions of the law. The failure of the present bill seems to be due mainly to financial consid- erations. It has been contended that even without restrictive measures the con- sumption of drink has enormously de- creased in Holland of late years. In 1892 the consumption was quarts per capita of population, but now it is only 2.10 quarts. Holland, neverthe- less, still spends nearly $60,000,000 a year on drink, according to the latest statistics mber FIND DRY LAW WORKS. Welsh Firm Points Out Increased American Competition. Correspondence of the Associated Pres CARDIFF, February 3—Prohibi- tion has increased the efficiency of American workmen by 20 per cent, says a report by Sim & Coventry, Ltd., tinplate manufacturers, on the state of the Welsh tinplate market in 1924. The report adds that this factor must be taken into considera- tion if it ever comes to clear-cut competition between the American and British tinplate workers. “It is fashionable in some quarters to laugh at prohibition,” the report continues, “but this calculation seems to suggest that, rather than a laugh- ing matter, it is a factor of very real importance.” ~ df{fERs— The Last Day--- On Wardrobe Trunks $32.50 Reg....Now $19.75 $34.75 $39.75 $41.75 $100 Reg......Now $67.50 $105 Reg......Now $71.50 $57.50 $73.50 $52.00 Reg....Now $58.00 Reg....Now $70.00 Reg....Now $87.00 Reg....Now $120 Reg......Now Final Clearance! Other than the specials listed below—are SCORES OF DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPECIALS — including umbrellas, travel bags, blouse cases, hat boxes, hand bags, etc. We Quote a Few of the Reductions ~ On Suit Cases $17.00 Reg....Now $10.45 $60.00 Reg....Now $36.75 $15.00 Reg....Now $9.95 $43.75 Reg....Now $26.75 $16.50 Reg....Now $10.45 $12.00 Reg....Now $7.45 $24.00 Reg....Now $13.50 $52.50 Reg....Now $32.50 ASQUITH’S ELEVATION MAY IMPROVE ATTIRE Earl of Oxford Expected to Shed “Boisterous” Garb for Dignified Dress of Lord. By the Associated Pross. LONDON, February 26.—Since for- mer Premier Asquith accepted a seat in the red leather benches of the House of Lords there has been spec- ulation among the politicians and public whether the new karl of Ox- ford and Asquith will discard his style of soft collars, windsor tie, rather boisterous tweeds and bright vellow shoes for more distinguished attire, as in the lords there is much more convention in dress than in the commons. Apparently taking it for granted that the new Earl of Oxford and Asquith will succeed Lord Beauchamp as Liberal leader among the lords, the opinion is expressed by some commentators | that Westminster has seen the last of Asquith in the lackadaisical style of dress in which his colleagues have n accustomed to see him for many rs. Mr. Asquith of a kind of e which appears t for him alone, particularly *fond going tennis shoe, have been designed so well does it fit. He apparently has many pairs of these, and he wears them Winter and Summer on almost all but the most formal occasions. The shoes have red rubber soles and hardly any he They a as well known ound Westminster as the elder statesman himself. BREWERS AND BARMAIDS DECLARED SHORT-LIVED Temperance Speaker Says Those in | Liquor Trades Must Expect Early Demise. Correspondence of the Associated Press. COWES, Isle of Wight, February 3. —Brewere, distillers, bartenders, ba maids, draymen, innkeepers and oth- ers in the liquor trade live only half as long as the remainder of the popu- lation, according to Sir Andrew Clark of London, speaking at a tem- perance meeting In Cowes. The doctor contended that not more than one teaspoonful of alcohol a day should be taken by the average man or woman. He said that seven out of ten beds in London hospitals were occupied by victims of drink. “If there were no alcohol drinking,” he asserted, “there would be plenty of beds lable and money to support them Sir Andrew sald that he could tes- tify himself that out of 24 cases ad- mitted to a London Hospital on Christmas, 23 were drunk To Lease CORNER GARAGE on Main Thoroughfare 2 Stories With Ramp About 19,000 Square Feet W. H. West Company 916 15th St. Main 9900 | source | the first crude refining having been jdone on a small C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1925 NORMAL AGE OF CAMEL. Arabs Employ Strange Way to Compute Animal’s Life. From the Baltimore Sun. Thirty years is reckoned by the Arabs to be the extreme limit of old age for camels, whose females may produce 10 or 12 calves In a lifetime. The normal age of a camel is reck- ned to be something between 15 and 5 years, the span of a generation, the perfod, as the Arab counts, be- tween the marriage of two genera- tions of the same family—a camel, which comes in 1ts youth to a man as his bride’s dowry, being expected to still be “under him” on the occaston of his son’s marriage. The meat of a camel properly cooked and served with rice is said to be considered a morsel of delicacy by the Arab, but’'to a person unac- customed to it, it is sald to have little to commend it, except in the absence of other food. First Salt Made in 1791. Louisiana has of salt in for years been a the United States, scale in 1791 from the salt water springs in that State. The Indians found their salt in this way, however, long before the ad- vent of the white man. In 1812 a more successful method was worked out. 1In 1862, under the direction of pioneer troops of the Confederate army, rock salt was discovered at Avery Island, just 15 feet beneath the surface of the ground Aching Tooth Closes School. Mrs. Bessle Hooper has a school of one pupil near Kelso,. Wash. One day recently her pupil developed u severe toothache and school was closed while the teacher took her to the nearest dentist. It took two days to make the trip, get the tooth doctored and return MUSSOLINI GETS BIGGEST PICTURE FOR U. S. ENVOY Autographs Likeness, While Fas- cisti Press Lauds Fletcher’s Friendship for Premier. By Radio to The Star aud New York World. ROME, February 26.—The Fascisti press today lauds the friendship of United States Ambassador Fletcher for Premier Mussolini. He has just| received a speclal mark of gratitude | from the dictator. Though still abed | with grippe, Mussolini instructed his private secretary that he wanted to show Fletcher how much he appre- clated the latter's constant inquiries during the premier's attack of illness. Mussolint demanded the largest picture of himself which could be found. When it was brought he signed it, with a friendly dedication to Fletcher. The friendship between the premier and the United States envoy dates from last year, when some interests started a violent attack on the Ttalian lire. Fletcher's prompt cable reports to the Department of State that the storles of Italy's bad condi- tion were fantastic were regarded by Mussolini greatly helping to restore America’'s confidence, foiling the attacks on the lire, as Washing- ton issued official denial of the re- ports that catastrophe threatened Italy. (Covyright, 1925.) Rye Banks Make Profits. 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