Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1929, Page 35

THE. EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1928 5 an active and prominent place in the Russfan market. —_———— That the mission’s visit cannot fail ilo have a serious effect one way or the other on Britain’s relations ' with Soviet Russia cannot be denfed. Cer- | tainly all foreign business men and con- | cessionalres established in Soviet Rus- & | sia—even the Germans, whose policy at one time was to attempt ot monopolize Russia’s_possibilitics to the exclusion | { of other forelgners—wish most earnestly | 0 see such relations restored, 1f only to | Delegation Wil Tour Russia strengthen their own internal position. At present there are 68 forgein con- on Survey of Trade | . Al chabiisned in' Soviet Rusela | o with an Invested capital of about $25.- | Conditions. 000.000. whose turnover during the las fiscal year, ending October 1, was said - to be over $43,000.000. Twelve of these concessions are German, eleven Japa- nese, eight in the United States, seven in England and six in Poland. (Copyright, 1929.) 0IL EXECUTIVE KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE IN MIAMI Rhode Islander Dies in Ambulance After Being Struck by Mrs, J. H. Dodge’s Car. By the Associated Press By the Associated Press. | NEMI, Italy, March 29.—The stern | | of a Roman galley which cruised Lake | | Nemi, “Diana’s Mirror,” in the da Christ, could be discerned through the | semi-limpid waters of the lake today as pumps lowered them to their level in the days of the first Caesars. ! Just the stern was visible. the ship | | being inclined at a considerable angle. | | Nothing at all cou'd be seen of a sce- | ond galley, lying nearby on the bmmm‘\ of the lake and believed to have been | sunk at the same time. ! From what was visible of the first | galley it could be seen that nineteen centuries under water had demaged it | considerabl, an | were left only I, Fla.. March 29.—D. B. Hen- | ornamentation . president of an oil company | wiched to study. | I, was killed yester- e i | BY NEGLEY FARSON. B Cable to The Star. MOSCOW, March 29—An impressive | frade delegation will arrive in Moscow | this noon, composed of 85 promi- | nent British business men representing | 150 of the most important firms of | Great Britain whose combined capital | totals over $1,500.000.000. | The delegation will tour Soviet Rus- gian for a month, inyestigating manu ring_conditions and the _chanc, business | There is considerable speculation in forcign circles of Moscow today as to the actual purposes and .the possible ne of such an imposing visit. In the first place, this business mission is supposed to be absolutely unofficial, | at Providence, R. having no connection whatever with the | day, when he was siruck or walked into Lowering Rate Increased. British government, and’ it is a fact|an automobile. driven by Mrs. J. H.| The work of lowering the level of the that the diplomatic mission here which | Dodge of Detroit, on the causeway to | lake, which in the days of Rome's great- has been handling British affairs since | Miami Beach. Witnesses told police [ ness was sacred to Diana, Goddess of th- rupture in trade relations two years | that Hennessy was crossing the viaduct | the Chase, has proceeded recently at a ago has not even been notified that | carrving a ing kit when he was hit. - — guch a business adventure is coming to | He died in an ambulance on the way to BEEF SOUP Russia. | a hospital. The business mission was apparently | Mis. Dodge was not held, but will be a great dish. Use plenty tomatoes, potatoes and season well with organized by an Englishman, Earnest Summoned to appear at an iquest to- LEA & PERRINS’ Remnant, editor of the English Review, | morrow. 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Sizes 16 to 40 STERN OF-©OLD ROMAN GALLEY FOUND IN BOTTOM OF LAKE NEMI | Waters of “Diana’s Mirror,” Lowered by Italian Government, Bring to View Relic of Christ's Time—Second Vessel Nearby. submerged as the level of the water rose or thrown into it by passing in- vaders in later centuries, Historians disagree as to whether the | two galleys of Caligula, as they arc called, were sunk with all the luxury of Roman feasts aboard, were stripped and then sunk, or stripped and then | allowed to become waterlogged. It is believed by many, however, that various attempts by divers and others to reach the boats through the centuries may havé taken most of whatever treasures | they may have had from them. In the last millennium there have (been four attempts of note to_salvage | the boats, one in 1446, one in 1535, an VOIDS “LIFER” LAW 1]Legislntnre Adopts Bill Changing Criminal Code, Eliminating Dry Act Offenders. By the Associated Press. | LANSING, Mich., March 29.—Michi- | gan's Legislature yesterday closed the | books on the State’s troublesome crim- | ai code law, with its accompanying }threaz of life imprisonment to thé pro- hibition law violator. | ‘The Senate passed the Watson House bill embodying amendments to the ¢ ! other in 1827 and the fourth and most greatly increased rate of between five profitable 1895. To this last is due the and six centimeters (about two Inches) | relics now on view &t the Museo Delle daily, this in spite of a tremendous | erme, Rome. In the 1535 attempt a inflow of water from surrounding hills | piece of tiling was wrenched from one and flooded rivulets. |of the galleys “which was red and of As the level of the lake has been | a beautiful tint. lowered various other objects, many of [~ One of the galleys is supposed to them valuable relics of early Roman |be 200 feet long and to lie on the lake | criminal code which eliminate dry life, have been discovered on its bot- | bottom at a depth of 35 feet, and|law offenses, with approximately 120! tom. These principally are thought to | the other to be 220 feet long and to|octher “minor” felonies, from the class | be the votive offerings of worshiping [be 45 feet below the surface. The|of crimes punishable upon fourth of-| of Diana, originally enshrined on the |attempt to uncover them is purely a|fense with life imprisonment. The | shores of the lake and either gradually | governmental project. measure now goes to Gov. Fred W. Green. who announced he will sign it 'MICHIGAN SENATE ¢ next week. Green announces life sentences no being served violators of the prohibition law ng them are Mrs. Etta Mae Miller tier of 10 children, four of whom living. The governor was not sure her Eile would act iu behalf of Fred he would com- W. P. ARMSTRONG RITES whose case gained national at- | n because the fourth conviction ch sent him to prison for life was for possession of a pint of gin. i . Y. W. C. A. Hears Miss Vesey. AUNTON, Va., March 29 (Special) Margaret Vescy, who lived i America for five years as se retary of the Young Women's Chri: Association continental committes Buenos Aires. addressed the Staunton Y. W. C. A. Wednesday. - . South Ex-Premier of Manitoba Dies. WINNIPEG, March 29 (P).—Sir Hugh John MacDonald, former premier of Manitoba, died today, aged 73. been 11l four weeks. 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