.TITE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND. AUGUST 24, 1919.
RAILWAY VANQUISHES
DANGERS OF DESERT
40-Year Journey of Children of
Israel Taken in 18 Hours.
ATMOSPHERE GHOST-LIKE
Construction of Line From Cairo to
Jerusalem Is Historic Feat;
Sleeping Cars Crude.
BT WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
(Coprrtsbt by tti New Tork Herald. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
JERUSALEM. I have been spending
a right with ghosts of the great. Be
tween Cairo and Jerusalem runs a new
railway; and from the Sues canal on to
Gasa the line la laid across the desert.
It la a military road, using; discarded
Egyptian state railway stock, and the
sleeping cars are merely benches on
which the passenger rolls up in his
blanket and wishes he could sleep. It
was during this experience that I vis
ited sociably with some famous ghosts.
For the cars and the rails combine
to rattle one's bones until they turn to
water; and the dust of the desert cov
ers and chokes one well nigh to suffo
cation. Far be it from me to complain
Better men than I by the myriad have
crossed these waterless wastes afoot,
through terrible days; and many left
their bones In the sand during recent
campaigns. The present railway is a
historic feat: a link In world com
munications that has gone unnoticed by
the western world. Egypt has now been
connected up with Syria and Babylonia
and Asia Minor, which means with the
whole of Europe.
Much space has been given In print
to the Cape to Cairo railway project,
which will not be realised for decades,
and. at the best, creates a new and ar
tificial highway. Wutte different is
the already accomplished new Pales
tine railroad system, which runs over
the oldest routes in history, and con
nects the lands which were trading by
caravan at the beginning of written
records. These are the regions of ro
mance and religion, the ancient centers
of the world.
Forty-Year Trip Takes la Day.
The manner In which time is now an
nihilated by new methods of communi
cation Is shown by the simple state
ment that 4 left Cairo at :15 in the
evening and was In Jerusalem by noon
of the next day. Or. if one does not
change cars at Lud for Jerusalem.
may proceed on to Haifa, past Nasareth
and the Lake of Galilee, reaching La
mascus In the evening.
That la what Is today being regular!
done under more or less makeshift mill
tary conditions: as soon as the new
form of government for Syria is set
tied upon the roadbed and equipmen
will be improved and the trip greatly
shortened. The Journey from Egypt to
Canaan, which took the children
Israel 40 years. I have made within 18
hours!
Does not the prospect make the tour
Ist's eyes glisten? Imagine the thrill o
buying a through ticket from Calais to
Carchemish. or from Paris to Petra, o
from Liverpool to Jerusalem, having de
lightful evenings beforehand, complete
rail and ocean transportation from
Philadelphia. Pa- to Philadelphia, Asia
Minor; from Memphis. Tenn., to Mem
phis. Egypt: from Cairo. 111., to Cairo,
ErTDt: from Babylon. 111., to Babylon,
Mesopotamia. I have personally been
In all these places, and I know the rail
connections. The question is no longer
one of railroad construction, barring
ahort unfinished bit of the Bagdad rail
way lines In Mesopotamia, but only of
commercial tourist organisation.
Desert Is Haantlag.
A person will soon be able comfort
ably to make the round trip from New
York City to Constantinople, oagaaa,
Damascus, Jerusalem. Cairo and Luxor,
all within the space of six weeks.
have figured out the schedule 34 days
for actual travel, from New York
through Asia Minor and Syria to Luxor.
. Egypt. Including the Bapma siae ixip
and eight days for sight-seeing.
This, thoueh. does not take into ac
count any other methods or speeds of
travel than those now In regular use
It disregards airplane possibilities and
the only serious contingency is the
completion of the short unfinished
stretch of the Bagdad railway between
Nisibin and Teskrit. One does not have
to be a seer to envisage the army of
American schoolteachers, who will
spend their vacations thus, now that it
haa been proved tnat cgypi ana rain
tine are perfectly habitable in mid
summer.
But to my own personal ghosts. As
I have said, my ride from the Sues
canal, and the great tented city of Kan
tara. to Lud (the ancient Lyaaa. De
tween Jaffa and Jerusalem) was i
nizht of weary wakefulness. Out of
the windows I could see. beneath I
alorlous moon, the limitless white ex
panse of the desert. Sand and dust,
dust and sand everywhere: the world's
greatest rampart and barrier, up until
the time wnen me war s airplanes van
ouished It. In the spectral moonlight
the desert fs a solemnising and rather
eerie place. Its vastness and power
fairly haunt one.
'Modern. 41 North Second street, as
resident of Portland, committed sui
cide by cutting his throat with a raior
in the Southern Pacific yards about
P. M. yesterday.
According to F. J. Schots. 411 Russel
street, foreman at the Southern Pacific
terminal, Flom was seen, walking up
and down In the yards for about five
minutes preceding the tragedy. He
said he noticed that the man had a
rasor in his band and notified the
police.
Schots said that the man suddenly
cut his throat and fell, afterwards get
ting up and walking for about 20 feet
before falling again.
Police Captain Inskeep sent a patrol
wagon to get the body and the coroner
was notified. .
Flom had been booked two days
previously by J. M. Harris, at the Co
lumbia employment office on North
Second street, to go to Maryhill, Wash.,
for some road work. He had been
staying at the Modern hotel for two
days.
LEGION POST IS FORMED
Xame of Wheeler County Soldier Is
Honored at Fossil.
FOSSIL, Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.)
The local post of the American Legion,
to be known as the Arthur E. Glover
post, was formed here this week. E.
J. Elvers, state organizer, had charge.
W. G. Triel. district attorney, made a
patriotic address.
The following officers were elcted:
R- M. Howe, temporary chairman; How
ard Lamb, vice-chairman: Carl Hen
dricks, secretary; W. Steiwer, treasurer.
The executive committee is com
posed of Alvis Anderton, John Lowe,
Lloyd Angell, Harry Shown and Dewey
Blann.
Fifty men signed for membership
and the list has now reached 75. The
post was named in honor of Arthur E.
Gloner. a Wheeler county boy who was
killed in action. A meeting is planned
for Saturday. August' 30, to be held
at Mitchell, the object being to stimu-
ate enthusiasm in raising money to
match county money to erect a me
morial clubhouse.
TS' FLEET
ment, if it succeeds in surviving the
next 30 days, has been urged by Am
bassador Morris, it is understood. To
make this recognition effective, it is
understood, the ambassador haa urged
that this government be ready to as
sist in the negotiation of loans for the
Siberian government and to dispatch
additional arms and munitions and
later food and clothing.
Defenses of Kronstadt Also
Reported Destroyed. .
AID ASKED FOR KOLCHAK
Recognition of Omsk Government if
It Survives 80 Days, Crged by '
Ambassador Morris.
WOMAN THROWN BY HORSE
Sirs. G. L. Alleman of Divide Is
Taken to Cottage Grove Hospital.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. II.
( Special.! Mrs. G. L AUeman of
Divide is recovering from injuries
which she sustained when thrown from
a mule on which she was making the
trip between Cottage Grove and Divide.
At the hospital here, she recovered
consciousness and was removed to her
home- Her sister. Mrs. V. M. Chap
man, who was riding with her. imme
diately summoned aid.
LABORER CUTS THROAT
Ole Flom Takes Life as Terminal
Foreman Looks On.
Ole Flom, laborer, about 40 years of
age. who registered at the Hotel
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CANDY PRICE PLAINT FILED
Limburger Cheese Also Is Referred
to Board at Tacoma.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 23. (pedal.)
Complaints of the high cost of pep
permint Iosenges and limburger cheese
were made to the Pierce county fair
price board, operating under the fed
eral food administration. It was al
leged tnat peppermint iosenges were
purchased by dealers at 30 cents
pound and retailed at 60 cents.- The
board, however, was of the opinion
that Iosenges come under the head of
luxuries.
The investigators found that flour is
selling at a fair price in Tacoma. Mil
lers met with the committee and ex
plained their system of profits.
Army Recruits Sent Away.
Twenty-one applicants for enlist
ment in the army were sent away dur
ing the past week by the local recruit
ing office. Of these 12 were Portland
boys and the others from various Ore
gon and Washington towns.
The office at Third and Oak streets
has Just received forms for the conver
sion of war risk insurance and is pre
pared to distribute these and give out
information. The blanks came yester
day.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23. (Havas.)
The bolshevik fleet in the Gulf of Fin
land, defending Petrograd, haa been
disabled completely, the newspapers
here report. The defenses of Kronstadt,
which were bombarded by British war
ships, have been destroyed.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Ambassa
dor Morris, who was sent by the atate
department from Toklo to Omsk to re
port on conditions in Siberia, has ad
vised the government here that the
next 30 days will probably see a crisis
in the affairs of the Kolchak govern
ment.
Ambassador Morris asserts that Ad
miral Kolchak has had to devote ao
much attention to the military cam
paign against the bolfheviki that he
has been unable to organize his gov
ernment sufficiently, but nevertheless
Kolchak Is the best .man for the task
confronting him.
Lack of material aid from the allies
has been a tremendous handicap for
Kolchak, the report states, and this
has led to friction between the mili
tary commanders of the Kolchak
forces. Kolchak is endeavoring to make
a determined stand on a new line more
than 100 miles west of Omsk. His
forces number not more than 200,000
men, the ambassador advised.
Recognition of the Kolchak govern-
DOCTORS ASK BIGGER FEES
Proposal Submitted to Oregon In
dustrial Accident Commission.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.)
The State Medical society has submitted
to the Oregon Industrial Accident com
mission a proposal for increased fees
for attending persons injured while en
titled to benefits under the workmen's
compensation act.
A. tentative schedule prepared at
conference attended by Dr. F. H. Thomp
son of the accident commission, and
Dr. J. W. Mowe of the medical aid board
of the state of Washington, is under
consideration and probably will come
up for final acceptance at a joint meet
ing to be held in Portland Labor day.
Physicians declare the present fees
are too low when compared with the
general advance In compensation in
other professions.
Duties Will Be Resumed. .
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) F.
H. Poorman, adjutant at the Oregon
Soldiers' Home at Roseburg before en
tering army service two years ago, has
arrived in New York from France, ac
cording to a telegram received at the
offices of the state board of control
today. Mr. Poorman expects to be
mustered out of service in a few days
and will resume his duties at the home
immediately upon his return to Oregon.
R. H. Grinstead, acting adjutant at the
home, expects to retire about September
1 to engage in other business.
Castle Rock Schools Open Soon.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Aug. 2Z.
(Special.) The Silver Lake schools will
open September 8, with the following
corps of teachers: Millard Gilbreath,
Mrs. W'ilma Wells Stankey, high school;
Waldo Chase, eighth grade and manual
training; Miss Lillian Billington, sev
enth grade and domestic science; Miss
Feme Dassett, Miss Florence Apple
man and Miss Pauline Schauble, lower
grades.
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