Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 19

—_— DAVS T0 DRE KISEUSTRORTES Meeting Tomorrow to Com- memorate Entrance of Colo- nel Into U. S. Army. Tomorrow is Kosciuszko day. -It marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Polish sol- dier’s entrance in the Revolutionary Army as a colonel of engineers. The anniversary will be cbserved here by a meeting at night in Memo- rial Continental Hall, at which Secre- tary of War Davis will preside. The mesting will be held jointly under the ausplces of a committee composed of former Secretary of State Hughes and the governors of the thirteen original States and the Kosciuszko Founda- tlon, of which President Henry Noble ;‘llul:icracken of Vassar College is the ead. Mrs. Brosseau to Speak. The latter organization was formed as a perpetual memorial to Kosciuszko and is engaged in the exchange of scholarship students between the United States and Poland. Amorig the prominent speakers to- morrow evening will be the Undersec- retary of State, Joseph C. Grew; Presi- dent General of the D. A. R. Mrs. Alfred Brosseau and the Minister of Poland, Jan Clechanowski. A guest of honor will be Leopold Kotnowski, chairman of the American-Polish Chamber of Commerce of Warsaw, who headed the special commission which recently came from Poland to present to President Coolidge the 100 large volumes of signatures, contain- ing the names of 5,000,000 citizgns of Poland, as a greeting to the United States. The meeting at 8:30 p.m. will be open to the public. The Kosciuszko Foundation was founded as a “living memorial” to the voung Polish and American patriot Wwho became a national hero of the American Republic. Under its auspices there are now 12 Polish students in attendance at the leading American universities, snd arrangements are under way for the placing of a large group of Ameri- can students in the universities of Poland. In addition to Dr. MacCracken, the president, the Kosciuszko Foundation has among its officers and council Prof. Robert H. Lord of Harvard University, Dr. Nicholas Murray But- ler, Samuel Vauclain, Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Mme. Marcella Sembrich and Hugh Gibson. FREED OF BRIBE-TAKING. Former Dry Agent in South Caro- lina Acquitted by Jury. CHARLESTON, S. ., October 16— Alonzo Seabrook, former Federal pro- hibition agent, was acquitted here last night of charges of accepting bribes from moonshiners by a Federal jury, which returned a verdict after delib- erating 1 hour snd 40 minutes. The case of the officer had been placed in the hands of the jury at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Seabrook’s acquittal followed a bit- terly fought legal battle, which was climaxed vesterday afternon by argu- ments of the attorneys which often savored of the dramatic. The trial began Tuesday mornint and every ses. sion drew crowds that packed the courtroom. Coral recently found at Tatwan, Ja- s said to be unsurpassed in the markets E. F. Droop & Sons Co., 1300 G Street=———— Nearly 70 Years in Business in Washington DEAD FOR 2,100 YEARS AND RECENTLY DISCOVERED IT'S INTERESTING, TO SAY THE LEAST. At “Assur,” in Asia Minor, there was recently discovered a num- ber of clay tablets, which were deciphered by Dr. Curt Sachs, M usic Historian of the Berlin University. These tablets are of Babylonian origin and date back to the second century, B.C. Only 5 tones of the scale are employed, half tones being unknowon. Accompaniment to the melody is furnished by a harp of 18 strings, for which double-stops are frequently prescribed. Think of music written on clay! Let vour imagination drift back through the many centuries—and pres- ently realize the progress we have made. Think of the then existing love for music—the crude forms of cxpression and recording—and then think of such wonderfully beautiful instruments 1Dk WoRES) This old antique of the time de Courcelles, near Le ) Island estate of the millionaire. THE SUNDAY of Louis XIII will have a new lease on life in the New World. It is the Chateau Mans, France, designed by Mansert, in 1640, which has been bought by H. S. de Souhami of New York, for 7,000,000 francs, and will be transported stone by stone across the Atlantic and erected on the Long 2 SCIENCE Human immortality is supported by sclentific evidence, according to | Thomas A. Edison, who announces his changed views on the subject in the November number of the Forum. The interview, which has been au- | thorized and revised by Mr. Edison, is written by Edward Marshall, %o whom 16 years ago Edison confided his denfal of immortality which startled the Christian world. Today Edison says that, though we still_lack sufficient data for definite conclusions, nevertheless such sclen- tific evidence as does exist is on the side of immortality. Instead of scoff- ing at the idea that the life of the soul may be eternal, he now asserts { that there is nothing to which the practica] intelligence need object in the conception of immortality. And he insists that it is the duty of re- ligious leaders to set to work to gather together the evidence bearing on the question, and make sure that it is such evidence as no foolish skepticism can overturn. He thinks, however, that if science ever succeeds in determining the facts, it may have to choose another term more definite the present “immortality."” As a sclentific man, Edison well material things. The forms of matter | may change, but matter itself is in- destructible. to assume that the soul, which is fm- mortal, can ever be destroyed? Edison also points out that there are even now certain forms of life which_maintain themselves on earth for almost incredibly long periods. This is because they are in environ- ments peculfarly suitable to their needs. Edison thinks it possible, therefore, that the human soul might also maintain itself for long periods, perhaps forever. in an environment specially suited to it. Much of the alleged wisdom of the past, he points out, seems ridiculous today when viewed in the light of modern knowledge. Perhaps the time may come when certain modern skepticisms will look equally_foolish. Our great lack today. in Edison’s view, is the absence of adequate data on which to base more definite aon- clusions as to man’s immortality. “Te pointed out to the interviewer two reasons why this lack exists. One is that so far no one has worked out really good method of beginning scientific investigation of the immor. tality questlon—which sounds as though Mr. The other is that the IN CLAY AS THE and descriptive of eternal life than | knows that it is impossible to destroy | Is it reasonable, then, | Edison were not a believer | SUPPORTS HUMAN IMMORTALITY, SAYS EDISON soul does not seem to be an entity which can be analyzed: weighed, | photographed or recorded by any in-| strument whatever. = The interview offers a striking con- trast to that which Mr. Edison gave to Edward Marshall in 1910. In his interview of 16 yvears ago Mr. Edison sald frankly, “I cannot belleve in the immortality of the soul,” adding: “This speculative idea of immortality needs but be analyzed to fall wholly He then asked, to the ground.” | “Soul? Soul? What do you mean by soul? The brain?" and .answered his own question by saying, “The brain is a piece of meat-mechanism—nothing more than a wonderful meat-mech- anism.” Though he believes today that scientific evidence favors im- mortality, Mr. Edison said, in 1910, that “there is no more reason to be- lieve that any human brain will be immortal than there is to think that one of my phonograph cylinders will be tmmortal.” In a certaln sense, however, Edison's present views represent progress in his earlier opinions rather than a reversal of them. For even in 1910 he was saying don't go into the study of the hic much. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Assets Over $13,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. NW. ‘emporary location during construe- Ton of or new bide.. 1004 E St. N W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y & 1926 There is a great fleld there, a great field—for other men.” One of the chief difficulties that | Edison found in accepting_immor- tality in 1910 was the fact that the |9 human body is not really a single individual, but is composed of in-; numerable tiny cells. ! “Shall I, if I am good and earn reward, go to Heaven when 1 die?’ he asked. “No, mo. I am not, I—I am not an individual. I am an aggre- gate of cells, ‘as for instance, New | York City is an aggregate of Andi- vidua®. Will New York City go to Heaven?" As a matter of fact, that doesn’t seem likely! Together with Edison’s views on immortal the Forum's interview also contains some new ideas in re- liglon. The great inventor announces that he is a firm believer in the Christlan moral code, which he says in confirmed by the study of nature. He thinks unselfishness and the Golden Rule are the essence of true religion, and that the churches of the future will lay aside creeds and cere- monies. He says that he would not willingly undermine the falth of any man. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 17, 1926—PART 1. YOUNGEST PREMIER GOES 10 LONDON Stanley Melbourne Bruce of Australia Is “Baby” of Imperial Conference. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 16.—Political England already has dubbed Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Australia’s prime minister, the “baby of the imperial conference,” which will open on Oc- tober 19. Mr. Bruce is 42 years old and is the youngest premier of the British com- monwealths. His brief career has in- cluded excursions in law, athletics, business and the profession of arms as well as politics. Unlike some of his predecessors in ——lr o — el INSURANCE Comi the Australian premiership, Mr. Bruce is a nativeborn Australian. He was educated in England, however, at Camibridge University, and the old “grads” still recall how he helped row his varsity to victory against Oxford in 1904. Leaving school, he took a brief fling at the English bar, but left that when the war came to accept a captaincy afd take part in the Galli- poll offensive, where he was twice Wounded. That he was a thorough soldier is attested by the military cross and the croix de guerre which he possesses. o ‘After the war he returned to busl- ness in Australia, then entered poli- tics. He fgnored the taunts of his ene- mies, who charged him with being a “political amateur,” and eventually achleved cabinet rank. Then came the unsought premiership. Almost at once ho made his first bow to the British as a, prime minister when e te Enfland in 1923 to attend the last imperial conference. Mr. Bruce's hobby is golf, and when he is at home he reserves one day a week for this sport. To relieve the congestion in the warehouses at the port of Constan- tinople, night as well as day forces are to be installed. 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