Navy Balloonists Come Out of the Wilderness
beds for general medical and surgica
patients.
“In round numbers 10,000 beds are
urgently needed, of which the beds for
tuberculosis and neuro-psychiatrie pa­
tients are of the greatest urgency.
“At the estimated cost of $3,000 per
bed, 10,000 beds urgently needed would
require an appropriation of $30,000,
000.
“
the Soldiers’ Home at Johnson City,
Surgeon General Reports Ex­ Tenn. Of the number now in public
< voococcccccoccccgccccccccccccc****
health service hospitals approximately
Soldiers Breaking Down at
5.251 are not satisfactory, and should
Midnight Fire Sweeps
Rate of 1,000 a Month.
be replaced at the earliest practicable
Graves in City of Dead
date, because they are in flimsy and
inflammable structures or In leased
;
Santa Barbara.—Midnight in ;
institutions, etc.
3 a silent city of the dead is not ;
“For neuro-psychiatrie patients there
%
I exactly the expected place for a
Asks $30,000,000 to Provide for 10,- are 2,500 beds in institutions operated
fire, but a blaze which originat­
by the public health service and 1,-
ed in the little chapel in the ′ ′
200 Additional Beds—Many Pa-
000 beds in the Soldiers' Home at Ma­ ¡ Santa Maria cemetery swept
tiento Now Housed In Flimsy
rion, Ind. Of the 2,500 beds of the ; over numerous mounds, razing
and Inflammable Structures.
public health service 475 are In leased
; wooden beadpieces and other-
institutions, and owing to the charac­
Washington.— To properly house ter of the leases are not to be counted 2 wise doing considerable damage 3
and care for the rapidly Increasing upon in the permanent hospital pro­ ; to stone and marble monuments
nearby.
number of American ex-soldiers who gram.
The cemetery chapel, valued
suffer from tuberculosis, mental dis­
“For general medical and surgical
83
at $2,000, was totally destroyed.
eases and other afflictions, approxi­ patients there are 9,948 beds In Insti­
%
Hoboes
sleeping
In
the
chapel
¡
mately $30,000,000 Is needed Immedi­ tutions either operated by or to be
ately, according to a letter written to acquired by the public health service. ! are said to have been responsi-
Senator Ashurst of Arizona by Sur­ Of this number 4,621 are not satisfac­ ¡ ble.
*
geon General H. S. Cumming of the tory and should be replaced.
4^**<*r*e********e*********^*****<^
bureau of the public health service.
10,000 More Beds Needed.
At the present time, the surgeon gen­
Fit of Coughing Saves a Fit of Coffin.
"After careful consideration of (1)
eral states, sick and insane men whose
Huntington, W. Va.—Five years ago
afflictions can be charged to their the number of war risk insurance pa­ Carl Jacobs, while chewing a piece of
service to their country, are Increas­ tients in hospitals, (2) the present locust wood, “inhaled" a thorn which
ing at the rate of about 1,000 per government hospital facilities, (3) the had come from the bark. Since then
month, and owing to inadequate hos­ necessity of replacing some of the un­ his health has been bad and he has
The three “lost” navy balloonists who were driven far into the Canadian wilds by a storm, are here seen with
pital accommodations, great numbers desirable hospitals, (4) the increase In suffered violent pains in the chest. It
of them are of necessity being cared the number of war risk Insurance pa­ was feared he had tuberculosis. He's their dog teams as they returned to Mattice, where they took train for New York. Below are the three, being, left
for In structures that are described tients within the past twenty months recovering now following a fit of to right, Lieutenants Kloor, Hinton and Farrell.
and (5) the geographical distribution coughing In which the thorn was ex­
as "flimsy and inflammable.”
In his letter to Senator Ashurst the of the ex-soldier population, It is pelled.
found that there is urgent need for
surgeon general says :
: To Deliver Newspaper
The common king snake Is an ene­
“I wish to Invite your attention to 4,800 additional beds for tuberculo­
the fact that since June 2, IVz, tne sis patients, 4,500 additional beds for my of the rattlesnake and often
at Man’s Tomb Each Day :
date on which the France bill, ‘to au- insane patients and 900 additional kills It
thorlze the secretary of the treasury
The body of SamRadges,
to provide medical, surgical and hos­
2 business man of Topeka, Kan., 2
pital services and supplies for dis­
> who died recently, has
been ; ;
charged soldiers, marines, army and
; placed in a concrete vault which :
navy nurses, and for other purposes'
the most beautiful Moslem buildings ; he erected himself several years !
was favorably reported, the number
Valuable Research Work Is extant, is here. The earlier develop­ 2 ago. An electric light, with 2
of patients has Increased from 17,445
ment of the Jewish kingdom will be ; ; which the vault Is provided, will !
Started Under British Rule
to 22,292 for the week ended January
! !
traceable by systematic excavation ; be burned constantly.
1, 1921.
----------
«-------------------------------------—-------
A
Topeka
newspaper,
asserts
2
in Palestine.
from the Pool of Siloam upward
“In the week ended January 1. 1921,
along the Ridge of Ophel as far as the 2 that Mr. Radges took out a 20-
Quoting
these
figures,
a
bulletin
of
there were in hospitals operated by Bureau Reports Greater Efficien
3 year paid-up subscription just 2
site of the Temple.
the Association of Railway Executives
the public health service 12,511 pa­
2 before he died, and at his re- 2
There
are
many
interesting
build
­
cy
at
Less
Cost
in
the
says: “An Important statistical unit
tients, and in hospitals under contract
ings of Mohammedans and Crusaders, : quest the paper will be dellv- ;
in
the
new
English
statistics
is
aver
­
with the public health service 9,781.
United States.
not only In Jerusalem, but scattered : ! ered at the burial vault every
age revenue, or receipts per ton per
Of this number 19,019 were patients of
¡ ;
through the country. One of the most ;’ day.
mile.
The
average
gross
receipts
per
Fortress
of
the
Crusaders
May
Be
­
the war risk insurance bureau. It is
imposing of the Crusaders’ structures thosccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc*
ton-mile
in
England
for
the
month
of
come
Memorial
to
Lord
Allenby
—
understood that there were approxi­
is the great fortress at Athllt, on the
January, 1920, were 2.328 cents, and
Excavations In Garden of Geth­
mately 3,000 patients of the war risk
coast between Haifa and Jaffa. This
were increased to 3 cents in the month
semane Started Last Spring.
Insurance bureau In hospitals operated
is the place from which Richard Coeur clent Jewish synagogue, having a mo­
by the National Home of Disabled Vol­ In Great Britain Average Is 150 Tons of June, 1920. This Increase was due
de
Lion finally evacuated his forces. saic paved floor with an inscription in
to
the
higher
level
of
freight
rates
London.
—
According
to
a
Liverpool
unteer Soldiers, and In army and navy
It
is
a wonderful and imposing ruin, early Hebrew characters worked Into
of
Freight
—
Would
Take
Three
made
effective
on
January
15,
1920.
correspondent of the Times the dis­
hospitals.
Times as Many British Cars to
The average for the six months ended covery of a very early Christian and the government of Palestine is lay­ the pavement design, were found. The
Patients Increase 1,000 Per Month.
June was 2.866 cents. These average church in the Garden of-Gethsemane ing its plans for the systematic pre­ excavation of this is to be completed
Handle Our Loads.
"The present rate of Increase In pa­
are gross receipts, and include charges has directed attention to the valu­ serving and opening up of the monu­ by the very learned Dominican arche­
tients In hospitals of the public health
for
collection and delivery. Excluding able work which is being carried out ment. It has been suggested that its ologists representing the French school
New York.—The bureau of railway
service Is approximately 1,000 per
restoration would be a fitting memo­ of archeology In Palestine. A young
month, and It is expected that before economics has prepared a memoran­ such charges, the average net receipts in Palestine under the direction of
rial
to Lord Allenby, and though no and vigorous Jewish archeological so­
per
ton
mile
were:
First
four
weeks
the
newly
formed
department
of
an
­
the peak Is reached the number of beds dum comparing operating results on
action
has been taken officially In this ciety is making a preliminary exam­
(to
January
31)
2.107
cents;
second
tiques. Sir Herbert Samuel recog­
on request will approximate 30,000 to British and American railroads, which
ination of various sites of interest In
35,000. It Is estimated that the peak shows that the average trainload In four weeks (February), 2.689 cents ; nised from the outset of his career direction, the appropriateness of such Jewish
history,
notably
Artuf,
a course is generally recognized.
average
month
of
June,
2.708
cents;
as
high
commissioner
that
the
whole
Great
Britain
for
the
six
months
to
will not be reached before 1927 to
Caesarea and Tiberla. The latter Is
Promising
sites,
dating
further
back
for
six
months,
2.629
cents.
world was anxious that all possible
1920.
June 30, 1920, was 150 tons, while that
"The average receipts per ton-mile care should be taken of the monu­ into the earlier history of Palestine be- proving to be of particular interest and
“The public health service now has, for the United States for the same
attention was directed to it early after
or In the near future will have, under period was 710 tons. Operating and for class 1 railroads In the United ments, and every facility afforded for *fore the Jews, are also awaiting exca­ the British occupation, when numerous
vation.
One
of
these
is
the
ancient
States,
which
correspond
to
the
Brit
­
Investigating
the
history
of
the
Holy
operation hospitals providing approxi­ traffic, as well as geographical, condi­
traces of ancient buildings of the pe­
mately 19,878 beds. Of this number of tions in the United States and Eng­ ish averages, exclusive of collection Land. He called to his aid the di­ fortress of Magiddo, famous as far riod of Talmud, just south of the town,
beds 10,847 are In hospitals of flimsy land, It Is explained, are so different nnd delivery charges, were .972 cents rector of the British School of Arche­ back as the time of the Pharaohs, and
ology in Jerusalem, who is now home an American university is proposing were brought to light by roadmakers
and Inflammable construction or In that comparisons of train or car load­ for the six months to June 30, 1920.
"For
the
six
months
ended
June
30.
once more after strenuous work which to make a complete examination of and engineers in the course of their
hospitals leased by the service under ing may be considered misleading, hut
duties.
Overlooking the northern
leases which will expire at certain pe­ It Is polliteli out that a direct com­ 1920, the class 1 railroads in the Unit­ he has had the gratification of seeing this site. Another is Belsan, which
lies at the junction of the Vale of shore of the Sea of Galilee are the very
riods after the declaration of peace, parison, designed to set out the differ­ ed States carried 189,997,457,000 ton­ bear fruit.
Excavations in the Garden of Geth­ Esdraelon, with the Valley of the Jor­ remarkable and interesting remains of
or are otherwise not to be counted up­ ences In detail, must have some value, miles of revenue freight, earning $1,-
847,217,911,
with
an
average
receipt
semane were begun by the Franciscans dan in a commanding position, aptly an early Jewish synagogue.
on In the program for permanent care. especially when all the factors In the
per ton-mile of .972 cents. According in the spring of last year, and they dis­ described by George Adam Smith as
To Restore Ancient Building.
"An analysis of the 19,019 war risk comparison are taken into account.
insurance patients In hospitals of the
The average freight train load In to the new British statistics, the aver­ covered a church of the thirteenth cen­ the key to Palestine. This site is now
It
is to be hoped that on the com­
public health service for the week the United States in 1888 was 176 age receipts per ton-mile for the six tury. In digging the foundations for marked by imposing mounds, which pletion of the excavation steps will
have
long
been
a
source
of
surrepti
­
months
ended
June
20,1920,
were
2.629
a new building on the spot they dis­
ended January 1, 1921, shows that tons; In 1898, 226 tons; in 1908, 352
be taken and the means forthcoming
covered traces of a much earlier tious digging by curio hunters and to restore this ancient building, of
they were distributed according to tons; in 1918, 628 tons, and In 1920, cents.
dealers.
It
is
very
satisfactory
to
be
“
If
the
average
receipts
per
ton
church
on
a
slightly
different
axis.
disease as follows : Tuberculosis, 7,- for six months, 710 tons. Every dec­
which a great portion of the masonry
586; neuro-psychiatric, 5,680; general ade from the first has shown marked mile which have been collected by the They duly received permission to ex­ able to say that a second university in is lying about, apparently as the re­
America,
with
very
considerable
re
­
British
railways
during
this
six
cavate this earlier building, which
medical and surgical, 5,743; total, 19,- advances, with the curious coincidence
sult of some earthquake. Should It
019.
Hint in 1888 the average trainload In months' period had been charged proved to be a church of about tne sources, is arranging to excavate here. be possible scientifically to reconstruct
against
the
freight
traffic
carried
by
fourth century, and one of the oldest
“The most pressing need Is for tu- this country was greater than the Brit­
Streets of Ascalon Opened.
•
the building it will prove a unique ad­
berculosis and neuro-phychiatrie pa- ish average for 1920, while the Amer­ the class 1 railways In the United monuments to Christianity in Pales­
dition
to the wonders of Palestine.
A
very
interesting
discovery
was
tienta.
ican average for 1888 was almost the States, for the six months ended June tine. The whole of the outside wall made at the close of the war near
The chief feature of the last year in
30,
1920,
the
latter
would
have
earned
“For tuberculosis patients there are same ns that for one or two of the In­
can be traced, together with the two
Jericho, where the remains of an an- the work of excavation has been the
7,431 beds In hospitals operated by the dividual companies that top the list $5,455,327,118 Instead of $1,847,217,911. rows of columns which supported the
opening of the work at Ascalon, which
“
In
other
words,
British
rates
ap
­
aisles, and three apses, the central one
public health service and 1,000 beds In In England today.
has been undertaken by the Palestine
plied to American traffic would have being the largest
Here and there
OPERATED BY WIRELESS Exploration fund. The results are not
cost the shippers of the United are well preserved, though small, re­
yet published, but are of remarkable
States $3,600.000,000 In six months, or mains of the original mosaic floor.
promise. A very fine building of Ro­
$7,200,000,000 per year.
The Franciscans have undertaken to
man date—namely, a massive temple
British Cara Smaller.
preserve these remains in such a way
or forum built entirely of Greek mar­
"The 207,281,000,000 ton-miles, in­ that they will be permanently visible;
ble, possibly the Temple of the For­
cluding non-revenue freight, hauled by even though a new church be built It
tune or City Goddess, was one of the
B
the class 1 railways In the United will be designed to inclose the old
wonders discovered. The columns of
States for the six months ended June, church, and steps will be taken to dis­
.8
this building weighed nine tons each,
1920, were carried by an average train tinguish the outline of the ancient
and the capitals three tons. The whole
consisting of 36 cars averaging 20 structure and to preserve the pavement
structure, both floors, walls and col­
tons each.
and the bases of columns in a way that
umns, is entirely of marble. It is to
“If the railways In the United States is quite satisfactory. The central apse
be presumed that the building was pre­
had
used
British
cars,
which
have
an
#
of this building reaches out just be­
pared in one of the Greek islands and
average load of six tons. In moving yond the modern limits of the garden
transhipped, ready for construction, to
the tonnage quoted above they would toward the rocks which are usually as­
Ascalon during the flrat or second
have moved trains consisting of 120 sociated with the Agony of Christ. It
century
of our era. Traces have been
cara, or more than three times the has been arranged that the work shall
found of a secret well mentioned by
number of cars per train,
be completed by the Board of Antiqui­
one of the early writers, possibly a
“In hauling the 207,281,000,000 ton­ ties on behalf of the government.
I
remnant of the early sacred lake of
miles of freight during the six months' Some architectural fragments. Includ­
the famous goddess Derceto.
period, class 1 railways In the United ing columns, with capitals in Corin­
Ascalon was the home of Herod the
States operateti 252,540,000 freight thian style, came to light In the course
Great, and we are told in early litera­
train-miles, 1. e„ in trainloads of of the excavation.
ture that he greatly embellished the
710 tons. Applying the British train­
Plan Memorial to Allenby.
city with splendid colonnades. It will
load of 150 tons to the ton-mileage
One of the first acts of the new gov­
in time be possible to recognige these.
hauled In the United States, the rail­
ernment under Sir Herbert Samuel
One
of the objects discovered is a gi­
ways In the United States would have
Gavigat
was to organise a department of antiq­
gantic foot, measuring over a yard
Getrrens* % Bafsoused
been forced to operate 1,195,356,000
uities, the principal function of which
from heel to toe, wearing a sandal, the
==):(=
train-miles, or nearly five times as
Is the protection of all the historical
whole In alabaster, possibly part of a
rut
many
train-miles
as
the
number
ac
­
r
ioLABOR,
sites and monumenta In Palestine and
SRORNLMBS
Dr. Patrick S. Burns of Providence. huge statue of his time. The chief in­
tually needed under American operat­
TRINITY • SNNIN
at the same time to encourage learned R. I., chief surgeon on the Leyland terest to the scientific world is the ef­
ohm » i
ing conditions.
CHUnCN of GOD
societies to make scientific excava- liner Winifredian, who directed by fort which the Palestine Exploration
«W SWLIa ...
...
“The estimated length of haul in
tions. The historical monuments of wireless the setting of seamen’s brok­ fund is making to recover some tan­
the United States for the six months,
Palestine are not merely Interesting en bones and care of their internai in- gible remains of the Philistines and
was 316 miles. The average length of
from an antiquarian point of view, but juries when the Belgian steamship their civilisation, and it is believed
haul for the British railways for the
have a human and a religious Interest Menapier had been battered by a nur- that the layers representing this pe­
same period was 57 miles. If the aver-
age haul of the British railways had for the great bulk of humanity. Ac- ricane. An S. O. 8. message from the riod have been located, as well as
been In effect in the United States, cordingly, an international board has Belgian ship requested aid. Doctor some objects Illustrating their civiliza-
American freight would have been in­ been established to advise the director Burns, when bls vessel got close to the tlon. Unfortunately, the Philistine lay­
of antiquities on matters of common Menapier, tried to put out In a life- er is at a great depth, five to seven me-
terchanged 5.54 times as often as It
interest to the different local societies boat, but the storm prevented. He t*rs (16 to 23 feet) below the surface,
was.
“In other words. If railways In the and schools of foreign powers engaged then thought of the wireless. Descrip­ and all those interested In the develop­
More than two hundred "Shorn Lambs of Labor" took part In a demon­
tions of the men’s Injuries were wire- ment of our knowledge of Palestine In
stration at Trinity church. New York city. The unemployed, carrying signs, United States had carried their freight in archeological research.
One of the most holy places of Mo- leased to him, and he carefully dic­ Bible times must realise that the work
marched from their headquarters In the basement of the chapel of St. Marks. at the rate per ton-mile charged by
in-the Bouwerie to historic Trinity at Wall and Broadway. The banners car­ the British railways, they would have hammedanism, familiarly known as the tated the method of treatment for of the fund can only be adequately
Mosque of Omar, which is also one of each.
ried paraphrased Scriptural quotations.
done if adequately supported.
earned $3,600,000,000 more.”
Need Hospitals
for Service Men
SICK AND INSANE INCREASE
J,
in.
te
It. S
British and U. S
Roads Compared
Unearth Church
of 4th Century
2
SHRINES Will BE RESTORED
710 TONS IN TRAINS HERE
“Shorn Lambs of Labor” in a Parade