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at Carthage has been at last dissi- pated ’’ Count Byron Kuhn De Prorok, jast back from an archeological expedi- tion on the site of the ancient city, said today. “From researches and diseoveries.late- ly made there, we can be certain thata great deal remains. By careful, per ‘sistent seareh, we may find documents giving Hannibal’s side of the punic wars. So far, we have only the Roman docu- ments.”’ : MARRIED AN AMERICAN. Count De Prorok, who married a wealiny American girl, hopes to enlist aid of American cellezes and museums in founding an archeological school for the excavation of ancient Carthage and the whole of North Africa. He particu- larly wants American students to join those of Oxtford and Cambridge in the trip. “In three years of excavation we found relics which gave us a good idea of the civilization of Carthage,”” said Prorok. ‘'Temples and residences have been unearthed. “*We have tound jewels and money, va- ses and urns and lemps., Carthage was tne first city to have prokibition. Aristotle tells us the law prohibited civil servants from drinking intoxicating lig- uors. But we dug up numbers ot babies milk botties and jars of rouge and per- fumes used by the priestesses, “Inrough the discavery of the now submerged sea wall of ancient Carthago close to the present port, I hope to find the punic port of the first city ob a site never dug before, about four Kiiomeaters from the spot it is generaily belhieved (o have been. “* she sea wall was found when we went up in an airplane to film some views. MAY FIND VOLUMES ““We hope next yeai, vainly,I fear, to find some of the volumes of the library that was last in the poss ession of King Hiempsal, whe got it from the Romans at Bulia Rega. Should we be so fortun- ate as to discover this library it wili be the greatest archeological find ever made. We should have 1000 additional years of history at our command. I believe that next year we will-discov- er the actual statue of that sinister fire god, Baal Molech, to whom the mothers of the noble families bore their first born as sacrifices 1n times of disaster. “*What quirk of the human mind made Carthage at once the most barbaric and the most civilized place?”’ asked Count Prerok. ‘‘Carthage was the richest city of its time. [t was the first ¢ity to use paper money or promises to pay. At one time the population was close to & milli- on.’’—Bosten American. ACIORS DRIVEM FROM CHINA- TOWN When a party of movie actors and 2T {Ol v 2 VS cameramen attempted to film a scene in the Chinese section in New York they were met by a shower of broken china, furniture and other household effects. After the morie actors hal made good their retreat ’nlicemen visited the scene but could find'no Chinaman who would ad- mit that he knew anything -about the affair. A Chinese merchant told the po- lice that his people objected to the movie people because they invariably pictured the Chinese section as being composed of dives and places of illl repute.—l"ne Pathfindecr. CHICAGO CAROLS HEARD IN ARTIC. Donald Mac Millan, explorer who is frozanin the arctiz snows 1L degrees from the north pole, sat in the cabin of his ship and listened over hie radio to Christ- mas carols sung in Chicago>. Mrs. Llitian Fogg, sister of the explorer, sent her brother Christmas greatings which were acknowleged by telegraphic code. /hid. MUTE ORDAINED RECTOR. A deaf mute, Rev. Warren M. Smaitz, was ordained in the Kpiscopal miniatry of Philadelphia by Bishop Garland. Nearly the entire service was conducted in sizn language, including the 'singing”’ of hymns.—[bid. BOLL WEEVIL FIGHT SUCCESSFUL After extensive experiments the agri- cuiture department anneunces that the airpiane attecks on the boll weevil have proved successful. A senate dus® has been found the most effective phizon for the weevil. The department says that further tests are needed to deveisp plan2s designed and equipped espoecially for (ne purpose.—lhid. SMALL CRAFT CAPTAIN FINED. The cuptains of two small boats, H J, Donly and George Drake, were fined $250 each for communicating with the rum fleet outside the 12 mile litmit. They were captured near New York-by a eoast guard cutter and the convietion was bas- ed on a ruling of Federal Judge Hand that any eraft in communication with any vessel outside the 12-mile limit would be classed as trading with a for- eign vessel and therefore must be char- tered.— Ibid. SWEET CIDER NOI SOFT DRINK According to a recent decision of the U. S. circuit court st Boston sweet cider is not a soft drink within the meapning of the revenue act. The eourt re-affirmed the dicision of the lower court that taxes of $4.240 were illegallyasserted upon a cider company. -Ibid. . EX-PREMIER JAILED August Meryes, former premier of the duchy of Brunswick, was arrested on i charge of receiving goods stolen by = gang of thieves operating in Brunswick. His fermer minister of education was al- so taken into custody. Merges, who is a tailor by trade, succeeded the ex-kais- er's son-in-law a ruler of the grand dvchy after the revolution.— /bid. MEN URGED 70 REMAIN UNWED. A well known member of parliament J. Lort Williams, urged Rritons to re main bachelors to solve the problem of overpopulation and uvpemployment. The population is increasing at the rate of 1,000 a day,”” he.said. ‘'We have a million and a quarter unemploved. There are, as it is, too many pecple in the world, and unless the birthrate is di- minished uremployment will be main- tained at that figure and maybe higher ™ His statements have drawn much criti- cism, epecially from the women,—/bid. TO PRESERVE ADAMS COTTAGE. The home of the ancestors of John Adams and John Quircy Adams, second and sixth presidents of the Tlnited States, located in the village of Flore, North- amshire, pear the home of Washington’s ancestors, has been purchased and will be preserved by the Swulgrave lunstitu- tion. The cottage was bought for S4OOO, which sum was contributed by several American capitalists. It has long been used as a Quaker meeting house. That neighbourhood, the Sui- grave governovs stated, has been the cradle of a number of promiment Ameri- can families besides the ones mentioned including those ot Wiiham FPenn, Beuja- min Frankiin, Henry W. Longfellow and the late President Harding.—lbid’ TUTANKHAMEN’S COFFIN MAGNI- FICENT. The first peep into the inner shrine of the tomb of ancient Tutankhamenr us the removal of a partition partly reveal ed his gorgeous coffin of blue and gold set againsta background of bright yel- low paintings was described as over- whelming, The casket in its beautiful setting was of such remarkable artistry as to seemingly banish the idea of death. Numerous royal scepters, staves, bows and maces were found in the second shrine. The great task of removing the huge, heavy doors of the outer shrine was successfully accomplished, and the greater task of rem)ving the ponder- ous canopy, or ceiling, above the sar- cophagus was undertaken. So much care i 8 used by Director Howard Carter to preserve everything intact that prog- ress i 8 slow, and the workers will unot reach the coffin for scme weeks. /bid.