Show scientific men are rebuffed by sultan mo no surprise nas manifested at tho the hi formation information received from irani constanti nople that tho the sultan of f turkey had again refused a firmin I 1 or ion sion to an american named hanks banks to excavate tel ibrahim a mountain about nine hours ido ide northeast ol 01 the aulne of babylon where a tradition a it the 0 country baa has it that tho the tomb of abraham Is s situated there are aru two of at these so called tombs ot of abraham in this region the ono one mr banks desired to ecca avato and the other south southwest wert of babylon i tradition sa i the tower cf of babel was situated interest ie to attached to both places owing to 0 the tho aulne of buildings of an ancient people and to tho the traditions invented invested in them by tho the arabs and turks but do not believe that either Is the site of the tomb u abra ham locating catina lo the list I icat resting place of adv t patri patriarch arh of the children of at israel in tho the cavo of near hebron in palestine where abraham burled he hs wife sarah two care fears ago mr banks lanka who Is a graduate from tram harvard made effort to secure permission from tho sultan of turkey to excavate the ur or city of Chal dees a on the he western bank of the mesopotamia it la Is said that john D rockefeller contributed to the fund which mr danke banks raised to defray lm ex rentes of the expedition ho he was or ho ro returned turned to constantinople Const antl and as the representative of everal american universities including it Is said harvard ho he applied to tho the porto porte for permission to excavate refusal wae was made by tho sultan owing it ie to said to the religious asso clatious cla tlona of the so called tomb of abraham many of the edans believing that tho the mountain which la is the place mentioned ment ionO as cuthal in 0 J second kings in the bible la Is really the ette site of the burying place of 0 abra ham in addition to the qu question quo atlon of at offending the religious beliefs of at the natives of at the country it la Is said that while mr banks wae was consul at the city of bagdad be he incurred uio the die dis plea turo juro of tha tho porte it declared at the tb university that it 16 ie to problematical whether dank banks will ever secure permission to excavate in any dirt of the ottoman empire Li though the sultan hae has it way been cordial toward exploring IV expeditions capet lally dally those from america Amer lct and at present a party of at german scientists eden tleta are at work not far from where banks desired to ex t there thera are now iome some six europeans in the buddhist irit priesthood in burma |