Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1925, Page 16

JEDINA 1S SACRED | CITY FOR MOSLEMS Sorne Say Luminous Haze; Hangs Over Town Where Prophet Is Buried. Arabia nd hest rcity 14, to millions of Moham- recently fell to the forces of ruler of the fanatical Waha- | i ‘s dans ud Arabia. The town is subject of the following e Washington headquarters of I Geographic Medina, have central bulletin iety nd the tvo ho'y Islam first in war, and < devotions of Moslems the orld over for 13 centuries,” savs the heen (¥t in first in the of Chicago So Cold ! Even Polar Bears Keep Under Cover By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December too cold here today for ac polar bears, When the ture hovered about zero. a news- paper photographer went to Lin- oln Park to picture the two white rears there enjoying a breath from the homeland. Instead, they were crouched far back 4n their den and neither food, pleading nor threat was sufficient to coax them out. BUS TRANSPORTATION! IS SPREADING ABROAD It was limated | tempera- During 1925, Commerce De- partment Reports. P S I Automobile motor bus transport 1 " |wes .THE. SUNDAY LEAGUE TOEND HUMAN SLAVERY Forms of Bondage. | PARIS, France, | League of Natiol { movement tiges | world, not i Rapid Strides Made on Continent | form. as slavery proper, but also in {its disguised forms as of | age and compu | the more backwa Daily News. December 10. to eradicate the last human slavery from only in its most vate labor. ory pri realize. ery is genuine. {Preparing Convention That Will Free Thousands From Correspondence of The Star and the Chicasy ~The Is leading a great ves. the obviou: erfdom, peon in d parts of the world I these evils are more widespread than ern peoples commonly Jlem of s he movement began in 19 The, The STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 27, league asked all member states for in- formation as to the status of slavery in thelr territory and colonies. The information received was adjudged un- satistactory. In March, 1924, th league's temporary slavery commis- sion was appointed, with instructions to make a thorough study of the sub- ! ject. | “Two documents have resultdd from | the endeavors of this commission—a | seneral information report and a draft | convention which will be submitted to all governments for ratification. the extreme forms of exploitation of human heings by other human beings that still persist in certain vast regions. Slavery in Moslem States. It shows first that while most coun- tries have abolished ordinary slaver: the institution persists in Christia: Abyssinia and in most Moslem state: where its abrupt dissolution would en tail serious political and economic dis- Under league pressur now promises gradual eman- do also Tibet and Nepal. In M olonies of European pow- |ers. the right is being accorded to alaves to leave their masters and as | sert their freedom. if they choose— | which is not always the case. Slave-raiding, the report shows, has | cipation, The report is a complete picture of | now become rare, except on the far borders of the Sahara Desert, .where nomads still attack neighboring tribes in order to carry off women and chil- dren. Severe penalties are recom- mended, with an enlarged right of pur- suit by agreement between the gov- ernments concerned, ‘The slave trade,’though nominally forbidden by all league states, is said not to be unknown in China and Libe- ria, while it is carried on openly in Abyssinia, along the Red Sea coast, and in the Arabian peninsula, espe- cially the Hedjaz. The victims are African Negroes and young girls from the Far East who are brought to Mecca in the guise of pllgrims. When Parents Sell Children. Naval co-operation against slavers in recommended, with particular pres sure on the Arab states, the establish- |ment of a bureau for repatriation of freed slaves and the granting of right of asylum in foreign consulates. The problem of preventing. voluntary slavery and the illegal sale of children |by their parents In famine-time in [China s considered to be insoluble |now. Polygamy and concubinage, as | practiced "in certain countries, are | recognized as restrictions on personal | freedom, but are considered tempora ily inevitable. Peonage or debt slavery, widely pre- 1925~ PART 1. in certain Latin American is described as a great evil, de- manding immediate attention. Thou- sands of natives or peasants who have agreed to work for their food in order to pay off advances of money on land are said to be held thus in lifelong slavery. The gradual abolition of serf- dom in certain native African states is urged. The abolition of compulsory labor in colonies is recommended, ex- cept for public works and with due remuneration. Colonizing powers are requested by education, local seif- government, the encouragement of profit-sharing and of native participa- tion In industrial enterprises to help eradicate the servile attitude of mind among natives. Would Free Many Thousands. The new international slavery cen- vention, which after arduous negoti- ations has at length been drafted un der league auspices, does not go as far as some reformers desire, but is recognized as a great advance. Vis- count Cecil, one of the negotiators, has said of it “I have no doubt that if it is ac cepted by the nations and carried into effect, it will constitute one of the greatest advances toward complete hu- man freedom that has ever been made. I believe it will free tens or hundreds of thousands of unhappy beings from conditions which closely resemble slav- | ery. It will be of untold advantage | to humanity in general.”” | ‘The convention provides for com- plete and immediate abolition of the slave trade by land and sea. Govern- ments having naval patrols in certain seas are to consult together to take due police measure Peonage and serfdomn are to be abolished progzres- sively, and as quickly as possible. FForced labor is to be allowed only for public works. It is to be forbidden in onnection with all private business. the recruiting of emigrant labor is to be prohibited. In general, except in rreat public emergencies, like floods or earthquakes, there is to he no forced labor which takes the laborer away from his neighborhood Governments having observations tn make concerning this text are asked to submit them hefore June 1 The convention will he finally recast and <ignatures will be exchanged next September. (Coprright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News.) Not Long Enough. From the Philadelphia Bulletin Henry—*“And did all your sins flash through vour mind as vou fell. .Jim? Jim-— I fell 30 feet, mind, no: 30 mile; Immense Sums for Jewels. According to Geerge Frederick | Kunz, considered the world's greatest authority on gems and reseurch curator of precious stones in the American Museum of Natural History the American public during one ye: spends close to half a bililon dollar on jewelry, says the Thrift Mag: zine. The history of precious stones, says, shows us that the trading of piecious stones dates from the earlics ime. Undoubted!y one of the earlies markets for g was that of Babylorn at approximately 4000 B. C, The emerald, lapis, lazuli, garnet, agate Amazon stone, hematite and jasper were the principal stones =old there Then there were the cities of Egypt. Alexandriz at one time w a great -enter. Then Athens. Constantinople Augsburg and finally London. Paris ind now New York. - e Warning. From Le Journal Amusant, Paris. “You are charged with having rown vour wife from the windo I did it in a moment of abstrac tion." “Well, be *careful in future. Yo may do it as somebody happens to passing:” he letin. “The fact that Mohammedan jsm was planted in Mecca but ma srowth until transplantec Me- mirrors the physical diffeRences the two towns. While Mec wn in a steppe which is lesert, and while its inhahi ever since the place has been have made their livelihood d caravan raiders), Me dina is sit in an oasis and has« always had strong, agriculturil tie Tl wes produce 139 v | tion highly developed in the x'nine.l‘l States and England. i rapidly | spreading in popularity over lhr-‘ world, the advance 4 i \les of American-made busses. Commerce Department declared dav. ‘The yeur 1925 saw a gre: | expansion of motor *bus transporta- | tion throughout the world than any | vrevious vear and further in ] Are seen for 1926, China, wherd hus | oS ans ted In 191 i has ahout over whic o i o es ure operated | Generally. the department < iransportation is not rest: v | | e T ez oo cent of increased | AR A known as merchants ( wration st 0 lines, Made by Prophet’s Flight. wn h A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS WEEK DISPLAY OF GOOD-LOOKING AND GOOD DAVENPORT BEDS FEATURED AT LOW END-OF-THE-YEAR PRICES Startling Price Reductions on All Davenport Beds ~ exi Madina and the h 2o A ed ‘made am! s the trek of the Mors Lake City. This m of Mohammed and his little grouy Mecean followers is of such im nee to Moslems that it was made vear 1 and on it their calendar il was in #22 A.D. of Christian systom From ear 1 to the hammed lived in Medin. revelations Koran. the F these 10 vears ym the Medina his militant ns and other the spread of Moham the sword. a practice that was to remake the map of much | of the world. From Medina. Mecca was captured: and because its Kahah had heen the ohject of heathen pil Erimmages for ages the city was made the spiritual center of Moham medanism and the old pagan shrine was dedicated to Allah. Mohammed's Temporal Capital. Medina remained the temporgl capital -and Mohammed continued to live there and to preach in the Me dina mosque. He died in the vear 10 in the house of one of his wives ad joining the mosque and was buried | beneath the floor where he died feventy.nine yvears later when the mosque was rebuilt its walls were ex tended to include Mohammed's grave, | ‘The presence of this bit of holy ground within the courtyard of ‘the Mosque of the Prophet’ and the residence of Mohammed in the city for the last 10 vears of his life are Medina's chief claims to holiness. ‘The mosque is not an imposing structure Only In its main gate 3 i< there anv pretense at decoration. In the courtvard, beside the grave of Mohammed, is that of Abu Bekr, his father-indaw and his Immediate cessor as caliph. Nearby also is the &rave of Omar, the second caliph after Mohammed: and at a little distance is the resting place of Fatima, the prophet’s favorite daughter. The hurial plot of the three caliphs is surrounded by a high fence of iron And brass network so closely woven that the streams of pilgrims who file hy catch only glimpses of the in terior. Only mosque officials and great diznitaries” ever enter the sacred precinets Government anthorvities and couraged in meny countries tisly and French Morocco, while | ahsidies bus operating com- panies in the form of mail contracts ave granied in the Philippines vitrerland and Spain. But taxation | in some countries is a source of state and the middle «1l countries from vore received, are in of hus transportation % of main connecting highways | i rvetardinz development of such iransportation in some Furopean na- | tions. while deterioration of city | | streets has had an unfavorahle effect | n bns u Greece. Czechoslovakin | nd Rumania. In Switzerland, where bus traffic is extensive, vehicles made | to fit_roud conditions in thal coun- iry are popular. while in Peru the carelessness of bus drivers reacts in avor of the railway and tram lines ' CHRISTMAS CAROL ORIGIN IS EXPLAINED| { Originally Was Song and Dance in Honor of Messiah's Nativity. en- o Salt Clina whis H favor | vevenue practicilly reports vhere he 1o seribe conducted peditions & Mec thus begin medanism by nst bians, Everybody expects low prices after Christmas, and the Daven- port Beds here at the Lifetime Fur- niture Store are low priced now. Not odds and ends, either—but new, good-looking suites and single Davenport Beds—sharply reduced for the Christmas week shopper. The songs of jov and praise in| honor of the nativity of Christ known as the Christmas carols that are now sung in all Christian assemblies have | an interesting and significant_history | in the progress of modern Christian | civilization. Christmas carols meant originally songs accompanied with dancing. The carol appears to have been danced by many performers by taking hands. forming a ring and singing as they | went aronnd. i Carol singing is of great antiquity | among Christian communities. i Middle Ages were aspecially famil with these songs. The first authori tion for a collection of such was is- | ed 10 Thomas Tysdale in 1302, The | stom of singing carols. it seems, ! disappeared under the Puritan regime. | but with the Restoration a new hook appeared called “The New Carols for ! Merry Time of Christmas to Sundry Pleasant Tunes.” In England the custom of ‘zroups iof bovs and men who go about s ing in the villages still prevails in | some sections of the British Islands | And every Davenport Bed price— low as they are this week—includes a good Stearns & Foster layer-felt mattress. Karpen Day Bed in Velour, $97.50 Attractive Karpen day bed in a delightful shade of platinum jacquard velour with pillow and Stearns & Foster felt mattress, gumwood, mahogany finish. If You Need a Davenport Bed Davenpor:t Bed in Tapestry, $129 Now Is the Time to Buy It A good-looking Karpen overstuffed tapestry daven- port-bed with reversible spring cushions and a good Karpen ‘cane panel davenport-bed suite of three Stearns & Foster layer felt mattress. pieces in beautiful shade jacquard taupe $295 velour with maitress in good-looking Cushions have mohair 8169 75 with mattress . Two-plece Karpen cane panel group in blue and taupe velour, loose reversible cushions and $280 mattrass Karpen cane panel davenport-bed in blue and taupe velour with rosette pillow and mattres: $ 50 gumwood, mahogany finish - 77. Three-piece Pullman davenport-bed suite, cane panel style with reversible cushions in beaver ve- $225 lour, two extra pillows and mattress Karpen three-piece davenport-bed sulte in jacquard velour with seat tops of harmonious damask, $2 5 two extra pillows and matiress. .. 3 Overstuffed davenport-bed suite in jacquard velour with wing chair and beautiful seat cushion tops with friezette, three pieces and $325 mattress Pullman day bed in taupe velour with pillow and good Stearns & Foster felt mattress, very good-looking and in a beautiful shade of Forbidden to Non-Moslems. Medina, like Mecca, is forbidden ground to non-Moslems, and before the World War it was actually less | | known to the outside world than the | during the Yuletide season. | spiritual center of Islam itself. Cap.{ The singing of Christmas carols | ture by the British of a detailed | S€ms to have heen at its height uv\-% | Overstuffed Karpen davenport-bed Jacquard velour. edging, Kish map and photographs of the|der the Tudors in English histor v and the surrounding country | Which covered the sixteenth century | furnished the first authentic informa-|and overlapped a little the precedinz tion since the making of a sketch by |and the following centuri which | Burton 70 vears before. ¥ | covered the Reformation. i Medina preserves jts inviolability in pite of the fact that it the terminus of a more or less modern raflway This, the famous ‘pligrim railway’ from Damascus into the Hed- jaz. was built by the Turks between nd 1908, largely with contribu tions from the faithful. Practical western diplomats, wever m litary value in the line ment proved 0ld Mills Electrified. The sentimental battle waged by old esidents of Holland to have his- | windmills preserved, because | rn machinery was making such | inroads, has won out. A number of | old mills in Holland. instead of being and ltorn down and replaced by modern miachinery. will be retained in their resent _appearance. hut electrified so { 1t they may be made more efficiel i "he promoters of the electrific ve in to the petit vhen it = hrought to their attention | hat the windmills were heautiful “lies of old Holland, fron Whit | . com Later Impressions Fatal. | From the New Haven Register o e It was a case of < one prayver of- | fight when T met Niosque of the Prophet rhen why didn't you ma thousand elsewhere. Be. “I_met_him acain_ so_ofter e of this many ‘praver brokers e Studehaker! | Fouer Durability-Finish A S w to correct Becanse he e rebellion | able 1o Nedina un froject Karpen Overstuffed fiawnport Bed, $150 Overstuffed Karpen davenport-bed in beaver velour with seat cushion tops of tapestry, very good-looking. Price includes good felt mattress. erage” Business, Medina. like Mocen Tims Cane panel style Karpen davenport-bed in a beautiful shade of jacquard taupe velour with damask seat tops, two pillows and mattress. 1y v wa merit. A itional the love o1 in the worth for beh 1 s i and . raily om Africa fely 1o rom und | 1heir the pil Niecen mo to the iin. ect ims whe the ad 1oty We have on hand one Daschund 5-month old Pup, pedigreed; also Beach Cccker Spaniels, Eskimo White Spitz and other Pups; also Singing Canaries, Goldfish, etc. Iy injured Medina rrison i 1 Yorted nes popnlatign . redudin it 100 pulled down might he nsed foi nd inrouds we ble paim plinta- | for the pur Overstuffed Davenport-Bed Suite In Velour, $250 Three Karpén pieces in good-looking striped velour with seat tops of harmonious damask. Overstuffed type with Lloyd George chair and mattress. Karpen Davenport-Bed Suite, 3 Pieces, $135 Karpen cane panel davenport-bed suite 6f three pieces in gumwood and mahogany finish. Upholstered in blue and taupe Jjacquard velour with mattress and pillow. U their beams omotive el Schmid’s Pet Emporium 712 12th St. NW. the vi'n the city <am Niedina s 130 tne Ited Se nection with cuy s just Cancer an “f latitude ey West feet, it miles inland fron, | ut rail con. | - s et ool Automobile north of the Tropic of | Liability out the same parallel | Durango. Mexico and | As an automobile owner you are financially responsible if At an elevation of 2,300 Lifetime Furniture Is More Than a Name . your car injures any one or any has a much more pleasant one's property. Every year mil- 3 ; ctmate than sweltering Mecca. Save lions of dollars are paid to settle and i fsr a large open space within the Yedils where the Moslem equivalent claims for injury or damage done by motorists. And these of the ‘lin can tourist’ camps during vigrimage, the city has narrow, dark claims are increasing constantly both in number and amount. streets. Macy of the houses are sub- Look at your newspaper, note siantial structures of granite or lava Biocks, some four and five stoeles carefully the size of these ver- dicts which the courts have Medina means ‘city’ and it is etimes written ‘Medinat-en-Nebi," awarded in automobile personal ¢ cases, and then think of v of the Prophet.’ Ignorant Mos. Jes assert that as ene approaches sk you run whenever and wherever you drive your car, it it he sees over it a luminous haze you are not properly insured. due to jts holiness."” WILLIAM R. ELLIS 1539 Eye St. N.W. Main 2029 Complete Insnranee Serviee Seventh Street Between D & E Modern Jazz. . Another recent effect of modern jazz on the classics, points eut the Wichita Beacon, 1& shown by the malignotypist who set up “O Lively Night,” when title of the song really was “O Lovely Night.,”