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:XPEDlTiOKVffEARfHS VILLAGE OF STONE AGE I Persia Yields Two Most Re markable Discoveries. ?; ' ?. ;j|;' Chicago. ? Two chapters In the epic Kpif human advance over a span of near K U four thousand years from the re fv. toote Stone age to the magnificence I of Cyrus the Great have been dramat ic Rally revealed by discoveries of the Kj^trslan expedition of the Oriental in Institute ef the University of Chicago, p Vhlcb have Just been reported to Dl V rector James Henry Breasted by Dr. fc.-JDrnst Herifeld, field director of the ^expedition. |v At PersepollB, the Versailles of an ^ dent Persia, the Institute .expedition ^ has discovered some of the most mag ^ nificent sculptures . ever uncovered by ' archeology. Within twp miles of }he grains of the ancient palaces to which | Alexander the Great in 880 B. O* set - the torch during a drunken debauch. Doctor Hersfeld has found a Stone age -village of approximately 4000 B. a In a state of preservation surpassing any such discovery heretofore made. The discovery at Persepolls'ls one "? of the greatest and most important in the history of archeologlcal research," Doctor Breasted said. "It not only j far surpasses any archeologlcal dls closure ever made In the history of such research In Persia, but there has never been any discovery like It any where in western Asia since archeolog ?)': ' leal excavation began there almost a century ago." < . Wall Sculptures. Doctor Herzfeld has uncovered a ' series of wall sculptures which, If set together, would form a vast panel of reliefs five or six feet In height, and almost a thousand feet in length. The carvings Include a series of historical inscriptions of the gleatest historical ? importance. The walls of magnificent palaces which stood on the gigantic terrace , of PersepollB, overlooking a mighty plain encircled by mountains, were of Bun-dried brick. But the colonnaded halls, the windows, and the great doors ? were done In black stone which was polished like ebony. The sculptures were done here and there on this black stone. Those dis covered by Doctor Herzfeld depict a magnificent durbar, or conclave, of a great group of Persian and Median of* flclals standing with the brilliantly' uniformed palace guards of the ?ersl-' an emperor drawn up at one side to receive the ambassadors of twenty* two subject nations who approach from the' o^her side bearing their trlb* ute to Persia. The execution of the scenes, Doctor Herxfeld reports, displays unparalleled beauty and refinement of .detail. It was the disintegration and fall, of the great mud-brick walls that pre* served the newly discovered sculp tures, and protected them from the ravages . of weather and vandalism j through the nearly two thousand five | hundred years since they were created. | The carvings are as fresh as the day j when the sculptors' chisels touched them for the last time. No other works of old Persian art have ever been found in such perfect preserva tion. 8tone Age Village. v Doctor Herzfeld found the Stone age village beneath a small (hound some three hundred by six hundred feet In area and only ten or twelve., feet In height, within two miles of the ruins of the great palaces. The walls of the adobe houses are j preserved in places to a height of six or seven feet There is a narrow i street or alley extending the length of the little settlement, and a modern visitor walking along it can look over Into the houses. Through the doors and the earliest known windows ever found, he can see mural decorations of red ochre water c6lor still discern ible on the walla Standing about on the floors are household utensils of pottery, fire- | places with ^burned clay fire-dogs still in position, and pottery vessels still containing the remains of food, espe cially the bones of probably do^pjeteti cated animals. In some of the dishes lay the flint knives with which the an cient people had last eaten some six thousand years ago. "Such remains," Doctor Breasted said, "disclose to us the earliest pre historic ancestry of the civilization which reached Its culmination In the palaces of Persepolls. The evidences of the Intervening evolution are plen tifully preserved all-around Persepo lls." New Problem for Tax Collectors Wilson, Okla. ? Two hundred houses was the game Carter coun ty tax officials stalked recently, with the authority of Attorney General J. Berry King In their pockets. The houses disappeared from their sltee between tax assessment and .collection time. When 200 families moved from this once booming oil town, they took their houses with them. The building sites remaining were not worth assessed taxes. King held that the houses were part of the real estate and might be traced and levied upon, If found. - \ Many Oklahoma oil field work era live In small "Shotgun" homes, light enough to be raised on skids, hooked on behind oil field trucks and dragged to new locations. Others 'live In "ready-made" sec tional homes that may be dlsman- I tied and re-erected by a couple of men In a few days. All of which constitutes a prob lem for tax collectors In the oil counties where population centers shift with drilling activity. AIR CORPS' HERO Private First Class, Specialist Second Class A rile n M. Farley of the Ninety fourth pursuit squadron at Selfrldge field, who has been designated the out standing hero of army air corps activ ities for the year 1932, upon the recom mendation of a board of air corps officers. He receives the Cheney award which is given Annually for "the out standing act or act8 of valor, self sacrifice or extreme fortitude In a hu manitarian Interest In connection with flying." The act of valor which has won Private Farley the coveted award consisted In dragging a comrade from a burning plane after extricating him self. Offers Baby as Bail; Police Prefer Father Duluth, Minn. ? Arvld Peterson, thir ty-one, did not have the necessary $25 ball when brought to the police station gp a reckless driving charge and wan allowed to return home to get the money. He returned with his seven months-old daughter, asking Sergt. David Perry to keep the infai;: as ball during the night. Perry ordered two patrolmen to return the baby'-to Pe terson's home and locked the man up. Gross Revenue of Panama . ; Canal Declines in Year 1932 Waterway Tolls Smallest of Any Year Since 1923. ...Balboa Heights, 0. Z.? -During the last financial year the Panama canal earned slightly over 2 per cent on the Invested Capital of $553,000,000, after all expenses had been paid. During this period there was a decline of some $4,000,000 In tolls and the net revenue was $11,700,000 from canal operations alone, with an additional $12,000,000 from the operations of the government-Owned Panama railroads, which besides running the trans-Isth mian railroad, operates a steamship line, the government commissaries, coaling stations, cattle industry, print ing plant, and considerable real estate In the cities of Colon and Panama. Canal gross revenue totaled over $21,000,000, or $4,000,000 less than the preceding year and the tolls collected were the lowest since 1923, and a de crease of $0,000,000 from 1920. The total amount of work under Complying With the L*w at Berea, Ohio The town council nf Berea, Ohio, 'a auburb of Cleveland, recently parted uh ordinance quiring any animal, driven or ridden through the street#, to be equipped fclth tal^llght#. It appllea equally to hora**, mule#, dog#, cat#, monkey#, or any ether animal that can be driven. Mlsa Marlon Boehn It pic tured here aa aim atarted en a late afternoon ride equipped In compliance the latest edict of the town's aelo&a. taken by the army and navy during the last fiscal year was a record to date and was approximately 33 per cent of the total amount of marine work handled by the canal's mechan ical division at Balboa and Cristobal. This was due in a large measure to extensive repairs and work on sub marines based on the Panama canal. During the ensuing year the sum of $2,400,000 has been asked for by the canal governor for construction wo*k to be carried out on fhe canal zone, and in urging congress to approve of j these measures, the governor draws attention to the serious situation caused by the depression, with young Americans born or raised on the canal zone facing unemployment, nnd the re duced wage Bcale and low 'prices of materials, intimating that the present is a most opportune time to carry out much needed work. Repair Waterworks to Relieve Unemployment Columbus, Ohio. ? Citing the fact that from the standpoint of construc tion costs the present time Is more fa vornble for waterworks improvement tlinn at any time In the past 20 years, Dr. H. G. Southard, director of the stato department of public health, Is urging Ohio municipalities to under take such ' Improvements to aid In re lieving unemployment, and to further protect their woterworks system. Pointing out that the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation is ready to loan money for self-liquidating project* Doctor Southard mentions that Buch loans have already been made to two Ohio municipalities. "Where bonds cannot be issued," says Doctor Southard, "nnd where the Interest and sinking funds therefore cannot be obtained without embar rassment to other necessary municipal activities, the financing of improve ments by 'waterworks bonds' should be considered. Such bonds are fo cured against water revenues and not against tho tax duplicate." ?fJxlstlng water rates, he believes, In a great many Instances, would pro duce sufficient revenues to pay such loans. 10 Brothers and Sisters Average 71 Years Each Seattle, Wash. ? Edward Walton of Seattle wants to claim some kind of a record for his three t brothers and sisters, whose ages total 771 years. Walton said this Is an average of 71 years to the person. Walton him Keif Mid he Is planning to celebrate his setenty-nlnth birthday next March. Next oldeat Is a brother sev&nty-seven, and the ages range down to Isaac Wal ton, the "baby" of the family who la only flfty-Blx. AH members of the family were born In London, Ontaflo. Drought tip on a farm, the families are all abatalnera according to Walton. ' Iffiif Week'" b Arthur B ri! b a n e No Jen Per Cent ] 48 Opinions, No Opinion To1 Change a Good Name This Little Plant Thrives Washington Is waiting fo^Englnnd's proposition concerning the war debts. Mr. Rainey of J^lnolB sny^J one bil lion, or 10 ceqts o^tUedollar, the most probable proposition. Is "sheer nonsense." Mr. Rainey must prepare for another shock, for the proposition may include payment In depreciated British or other currency, and possi bly part payment In silver, at a price about double the present value. Would It not be simpler to say to our European friends, "go ahead and default It will be worth ten billions, plus Interest, to know that your prom ise to pay Is worth nothing." One thing Is certain, any political party accepting a 10 per cent debt settle ment would net stay in power long* Without losing his temper. Uncle Sam might say: "You owe us the money, if you don't Intend to pay, don't." We could then proceed to col lect Indirectly. Two days after his Inauguration, President Roosevelt will have a meet ing of governors of the states, in the White House, to discuss "what to do." To let the governors come In, ex press their opinions, get acquainted with the President and each other, is a good idea. But 48 opinions would mean no opinion. If anything is to be done, it must be done by one man with the right idea and the power to make others accept it tavergne, French-Canadian cabinet member of parliament, suggests that Canada's name be chnnged from Do minion of Canada to Kingdom of Can ada. He says It would have been called "kingdom" originally, but "fear of offending United States sentiment prevented." Canadians fear nothing, as the old Gauls told Alexander the Great, "ex cept that the sky may fall on us." And they certainly need not fenr United States sentiment. It would seem rather silly, however, for a free people, with a king more or less of a figurehead, three thousand miles away, to call themselves a kingdom. All we ask of Canada Is to increase In prosperity and power and act as a good pacemaker for this country. Crisp county, Georgia, built Its own hydro-electric power plant and Issued bonds to pay for It Now the county calls In bonds, paying them, principal and Interest before they are due. Of course, anything In the way of Mpubllc ownership" is a fearsome thing In the opinion of our "best minds." But perhaps some that invested In private power plants, Insull plants, for Instance, wish they had bought bonds of the little Georgia hydro-elec tric Institution Instead. A bill In the Massachusetts legisla ture makes It necessary for nonresi dents to buy a permit "before they may dig Massachusetts worms for .fish ing." Calvin Cooildge, who fished with worms, would, if present, have some thing to say about that Nonresidents will be puzzled by the worm-digging rule, wondering whether It is Intended to protect Massachusetts citizens that dig worms as a profession and sell them to strangers, or to protect the worms from extermination. It Is a new Idea In taxation. ? Scientists have described variously the difference between a human being and an animal. One says the human being is the only animal that laughs. Another says that man Is the only animal that thinks. It might be more accurate to say that man Is the only animal unable to mind Its own business. In New York. 3.000 march solemnly, in protest against Japan's war in China. How does this concern any body among the 3.0Q0. How many of them know that those killed by the Japanese are largely Chinese brigands that the Chinese government has been unsuccessfully trying to kill? The difference between a man and a bird Is shown in the plan to reach the top of Mount Kverest Men strlv InK to reach the top on foot have tolled, climbed, fallen and come bnck down, without success. An airplane that will presently fly over Mount Kverest, mapping the peak and the whole mountain range, the Valleys, foot by foot, with photograph !c maps, recently made a test flight. 8f>.000 feet into the air. ?' It took only 74 minutes to climb fefi.OOO feet. The flyers found a tem perature 70 degrees below zero, but were prepared and did not Buffer. Iowa sends notice that farmers plan ? nation-wide strike. President Reno of the Farmers' Holiday association says thero will be a break "between cities and farms," and cities "won't know anything abdut It until It hrtp pens.4' Then they Won't hnve anything to eat The only remedy, he savs, Is for the government to do something. Farmers consplririg to starve the cities, while 12,000.000 people wander up an(^ down Idle, might be a good Idea and might not; ft, I ItS. by K Ine. k * ' ' ' ' ' ROOSEVELT CALLS "'" GOVERNORS' MEET AsWs All of Them to Confer With Him March 6. New York.r-Presldent-Elect Frank, lln D. Roosevelt has Invited the gov ernors of the 48 states to confer with him at the White House on March 0, two days after his Inauguration, to discuss ways and means of solving national problems In which the gov ernments of the states and the nation have a common vital Interest. In a letter to the governors Mr. Roosevelt outlined five major subjects which he felt should be considered and Jointly Bolved by the nation and the states. "Because so mnny governors will be in Washington on March 4th," the letter says, "I want to take that op portunity of holding a conference In relation to a number of matters. In which the federal government and the stnte governments are mutually inter ested. For that reason I want to In vite you to come to the White House on Monday. March 0th, at 11 :00 a. m., to nttend an Informal conference. "It i 8 my thought that we should discuss for our mutual benefit certain subjects, such as: "(a) Conflicting taxation by federal and state governments; "(b) Federal aid for unemployment relief ; "(c) Mortgage foreclosures,. especial ly on farm Innds. and "(d) Better land use by afforesta tion. elimination of marginal agricul tural land, flood prevention, etc.; "(e) Reorganization and consolida tion of local government to decrease tax costs. "It Is possible that other subjects will occur to the governors or to me as belnc essential for discussion, "1 do not believe that more than ?one day will be required for this in formal meeting. But it will give me the opportunity of having the pleasure of meeting many of the chief execu tives of the states. I hope much that you will be able not only to come to the inauguration, but also to stay over through Monday for this meeting at the White House." Little doubt was expressed here that all, or nearly all, of the 48 governors will avail themselves of the President Elect's invitation. All but 10 of the governors at present are Democrats, It was pointed out, and are expected to he In Washington for the Inaugural ceremonies. , ( The house passed the legislative sup ply bill carrying appropriations of $10, 568,000 after voting down an airtend ment to reduce salaries of members of congress. The Supreme court upheld the va lidity of the Missouri "bucket shop" law. Missouri citizens sued to prevent the Uhlmann Grain company from col lecting commissions in speculative transactions in grain. The senate adopted an amendment to the treasury-post ofllce bill to pro hibit the use of any part of the $50. 000,000 for public buildings to go to ward acquisition of further sites. A proclamation certifying that the Twentieth, or "lame duck," amendment, providing for earlier inauguration of President and Vice President, and a new date for annual meetings of con gress, is now a valid part of the Con stitution, was issued by Secretary StimBon on the receipt of more than three-fourths of the required state ratl flcrrtlons. The house judiciary committee vot ed 10 to r> against instituting formal Impeachment proceedings against Fed eral Judge Harold t/ouderback of San Francisco, charged with administering lucrative receivership positions to his friends. By the same vote, however, the committee agreed to bring in a resolution censuring I.ouderback for his ofllclal conduct on the bench. Sandino Army Agrees to Lay Down Its Arms Managua, Nicaragua.? Followers of the Insurgent leader, (Jen. Ad^usto Sandino, have agreed to comply with n peace settlement the leader reached with President Sacasa and other gov ernment odiclals, said a statement Is mied by n member of a commission Kandlno empowered to carry on pre liminary negotiations. The statement, Issued by Dr. Pedro .lose Xepedn, said that after leavlnu Managua upon the completion of the conference, General Sandino went to his headquarters In the mountains and there told his forces of the agreement, for peace he had reached. Ills officers and soldiers then "unanimously ac cepted" tlie agreement and promised to heed the wishes of their leader. They have laid down their arms. Five Revetted From Flamn Geneva, Minn. ? The William Hen Son family of five, Including three chil dren, were rescued In night nttlre as flro destroyed the L. W. and Keul>on Johnson general store and second floor living quarters. The temperature was 14 degrees below r.ero. Count Apponyl, A7, Diet Geneva, Switzerland.? Count Albert Apponyi, Hungarian statesman, died herd After n brief illness. He was eighty seven. WASHINGTON BRIEFS Long Flight of Tern k Made Official Record From northern Michigan to Tern, South America, In nine months Is the record of a common tern re ported at a recent meeting of the Inland Bird Banding association in Chicago. Official records show that the tern was banded at Lone Tree Island, near Sebowalng, Mich., on July 11, 1031, and in less than nine months had turned up at Trnjlllo, Peru, 500 miles south of the equator. E. R. Ford, secretary of the asso ciation, has expressed the belief that this Is the farthest south recovery ever made of a bird banded in North . America. The tern in. question was banded by a graduate student ^t University of Michigan. Both sender and find er made reports to the bureau of biological survey at Washington, so that the Identity of the bird could be traced. To make Children EAT Don't force children to eat! The girl or boy who has no appetite has afasia ? which means the child Is sluggish. But cathartics have caused more constipation than they ever cured I The "California treatment" Is best ? Just pure syrup of flgs. Try this for a few dayg, then see how eagerly your youngster will eat Stimulate the colon and that child with a finicky appetite will devour everything set before htm. Here's the simple treatment that does more for babies or older children than all the diets, fad foods, or tonics. Nature has provided the "medi cine" you'll need to stir your child's colon muscles Into proper action. California syrup of flgs. Pure, de licious, harmless. If acts on the lower colon ? where the trouble is. 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