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lat 3.Os THIRD AVENUE. !
RECORDED LEASES.
Manhattan.

BROADWAY. 1913. n W 3uh 81. lth
noor--Davld i Leahy Realty co. south
Ozone Park, Borough of Queens. to the
from Jan |. 1917. attys. Gilbert, !. q G.
~ Exchange pl. l.....,.....,.......i 81, 500
SAME PROPERTY, tth noor-Edward j
Soblo Co to Monroe Clothes shop, 1876
tiway, : s-l2 yrs from Jan !. 1917. atty.
" L MARY. 2hi BMaN q. 900
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BANKER BUYs OF BA>kER.

Harvey Gibson, vice-prcsident OF the
Liberty National Bank. has purchased
from Henry +. Dawson OF j. T. Morgan
& Co the lot comprising the westerly
IS feet OF the 70 foot frontage al SO
East Sixty-ninth street, bought recently
by Mr.. Dawson. as "A site for his new
home. Mr.. Gibson VIII build n dwelling
for his occupancy. To the west is the
site being improved with home for @.
l.. Dommerich.
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R..evv, Gov.rnors End Msetins.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i4.--Governors Of
the Federal reserve banks who had been
In session here for three days adjourned
jects ronnectsd with operation Of the
banks, Including disposition Of Government
bonds handling Of the gold settlement
purchase Of acceptance. eiearsnces ana
loana nm farm landf
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EAST SIDE HOUSE TENANT.

Pease & Gilman have rented furnished
for Frederic Conde his Ave story Amer
lean basement dwelling at Sc East Fifty
second st rect to William Ladd.
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BUYS GREEN wICH DWELLING.

George T.. Dominick has sold his resi-
dence In Field Point Park. Greenwich,
Conn. to II. 8. Kimball OF New York.
The sale was made by Raymond Il.
Thompson. The DomInIck estate con-
sists of Ave acres. The house Is Colo
NAL In design.
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Bank Of france: Gold in hand: inc. r.:o..
ssAf; silver In hand; de- ca ,e's ssoi,; .otss Ss
posts. dee N.7is.Uoof general deposits. inc.
", .coOf balls discounted. Inc. i7.Ws,ooof. /;
Adv Ances dec se3O OO0f
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GoERCK ST. iss-Elix C 8 vatable to
Central Trust Co OF. y, 50 wall st;
cniNroN Ti!yr S9lsi g. .sEl,s E . Wt v.i:Si: 70
Central Trust Co. Co..................... 81
ii;TM ST; n :: aiS i:, sv-Elis c,ss
ilsTH At; IS E-ssme TO same. ~
osTH Sri0 sr TO ,is fs"iE. EEis Trn't v:.Ss %
osTM lrs1 g. TIVE Il seSiis vai.iis to Ger.
,eeTH trt sTr's IT. :, E..sam. to same.
iisTH sT. 5s E-Eliz C vatabls to Cen;
i7TH ST, E -. ii, xv 'Bn-ssari:;hi' Pen;nniici
arooEIyn; atty. E MOfiitt. iH Bway:
BARCIKY BARI ST. so.Masr.;;t' Fiondd;.' 10 Anne
y Thomson. 81 Avenue Kiebcr. Paris,
France; attys. Everett. b. q well
rERfAcE VIEW Av. n :. .,sie v Kinss.
Sridse rd-Clarence steele. exr. TO
e Y%s s;s :9.;. ,'i Reeve. ss.sH 4; Tods yates iss
issTH ST. 5. s,ii.is W lin .v-:wv.is,.r vs.e's
Gnrnse nr ct a. trus. to Lawyers ME- CSs
issD % ST. ns. 50 " Audubon sv.D.w.on .oiDVS
Glover. trus. to Lawyers Mtg Co. So LIB,
ii2TH ST. 3. sso . Lenox Avn LIE
Ins co to Lawyers Mtg Co. 81. LIP,
,i2Th ST. E.Aiiic;e; i cconncily.. iindiy Z
extrx. &C. to Lawyers Mtg Co. So LIB:
lsT ST. ii E-Mars.re,i,i. c sp.dsa.rn, TO to
18TH ST. $50 WETitl. du.I 4 Trust 60 70
18TH ix' 81 key II. wAiS.r, .s.r 10 rise
7sT T'g ST. IS I5u! cr s Guar sS. ru., e 20
CITY Real Estate Co. i7s Bwny: address
SAME Mi HRRocyrERrY.ci,y Real E.,a,. Co 70
Helen 81 Kelly. iis e ssd st: atty: Title
Guar & CO, i!s Bway. -. s?S.ooo
Lo1l. Davis. s1i " ,isth % s,: 70 atty n
sTH Tui 81 T.'ss "a Wp.t. Il, Hsa.. cois GS %
10Th ST. si:.si wEK.!hie.n stevenson ct
BANK atty. ~ TIL. NGal'"s GUAR 'r'S: g. -
Sd ST, sa5-i..ila II Martin to Noei i''is B
attys. Baylis s, Iti Bwsy. 900
Brenx.
JENNINGs ST s7o--N Hy W schu,t to
Geo Z Dierck.. sst W 18th st: atty
CLAY Az. io.5-peiia Holding corpn 10
Abr Davis. ?ti W Iisth st; atty. II
vahiSrrSb zit;s! II Rv.' ~. 's;;;-s.m.' to sam.
18th e ST. .;i E-sam. to same; ATTY.
BROOK Az. isoa-L.ona Hoidin. corpn
LOT ':m s.s any; map seSieneiiiin, e:,-wm 4
33ls White Plains av: atty. II wabs',
| LOT li3, map Hunts Point estate-Same
| to Kate Glatxner. 2i7S Washington aN;
| UNlN thItIr '
| WASHINGTON Av. =. 2<s n Quarry rd.
| l6xl00-Hannah Heyman to Emma
swan. 1870 Bway; atty. W c Orr 81
KELLY ST. ioso.ics.-Chas HOFFMAN to
| samuel Arnhon. IS Canal ct: attys.
l.urie X: ss Nassau .t....,..;;;,r; 100
| GRAND BOULEVARD AND CONCouRSE.
n W cor Minerva pl-Bronx Investment
at,y. az Merrill. + rS' = +. & &iSo Sway. fNs .sssssi
| MACLAY Av. 25Is-Dorothy = Murphy
| to Emigrant Industrial saw Bank. 81
! Chambers st: attys. 4 + OGorman.
| 81 Chambers st....,.....: ....... $4,000
| LOTS 90 to 25. map Moses Deyoe-Gustav
| Rackes 20 John Leo. 5?s W 14?d 81:
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Cud.hy. sell s0.OOO.O 900 bonds.

The Cudahy Packing Company mas
sold to I.se. Higginson & Co. an issue OF
81, 100000 thirty year hrst mortgage
per cent sinking fund bonds. according
20 an announcement made last night.
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RENTS RYE HOUSE FROM PLANS.

Lewis B. Preston has leased from the
plans for Stuyvesant Wainwright to
Henry A. Good for a period Of three
years the new house which Mr.. VAIN
wright is building In his Louden Woods
property nt Rye. n. Y.
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A....... elite. 90. DiviAssA.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 1<.--Ths Amsri-
.sini.s .sanusi di"iSsS4 Of iE per esnt. on
cspins about sSoa O00.. Tbs yeAr's ssrnIngs
The y,st.sI:d stock. Il vas said. ~sss
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l. IT 4 r Co, ise Bway. .......... .ss.sSe
PLIMPToN Av. " .. $50 n i1eth st. SOC
Ioo-Enwii Holding Co. Inc. TO Hermsn
Dec i2. 8 yrs. Sc atty. O = GO;
l76 Bway. ......... .N.000
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IA NESEN STREET. ]
BV Joseph l. DhN.


COLI MBlA ~. -. l'loNtss sty t~nmt
and store.-Lswyer. Mtge Co sst Minnie
treenwald ct al. due. sll.t55.s7. taxes
&c. nSi -: to tn. plaintiff Gee. 10000
Lawyers Mtge 60 aEt Bessie Click ct al;
due, Ns,i6siO' taxes. &c, siGi 80; to
iosTH ST. isT Z. g5xlOe.ii. sty tenmt-
'ios:?.s1. taxes, Sc. sSss.sc: TO tn
BLOCK FRONT ~ Nicholas av:
wadsworth 10 Fairview avs. 2Io.ixio?:li
20 agt Paul L.tman ct al: due. s52,-
7s?12. taxes. SC. t.ljo; to the plain
IAN '''..''.'..'... ..'.'....'ts. .S5V'opo
ny Henry Brady.
18th ST 10 W lsN7Gs 4 sty dwlgs--S
l. Horn ast i. F. Kelly ct al; due, yls..
ot7.so, taNcs, SC. S:7sS; to the plain.
THoMrsoN sT. .ai.as. COWS. sly ,nms g,sVS =
Derrick ct al; due. ,sl.s.s,5s; taxes etc
S13.io. To Michael Pollak. ..&js.?jo
Bv Herbert A. Sherman.
9TH ST. .o2-i =, tt.lix97x irreg. sty
tnmt ~ strs-R W Gambler & ano axt
taxes. &c,si.;osso To the plaintiff. St2 500
ll9TH ST. ~ ". l6xl00.ll. : sty dwE-
Union Trust 60 agt = Baiiiy ct al due
!s,t?3.Ss; taxes. sc. tis.+t To Ogden
Davis ..,.,,...,,..,.....,. $1,000
lat 3.Os THIRD AVENUE
, BY Arthur {. Sheridan.
cROTONA Az, 1875. ls+xlOO. = sly frame
house-F J Krauth 4 ano uyt r. j Rsili-y
81 all due. s6o63i taxes, &c, s679. To
Edward Rekenhard. ,,..,,.,.,.,. ,lOO
BY Samuel MsrN
Nis9,t 10 Quarry rd x3S,sNi3st sly
bldg vacAnt--,ieorgianna Kendall axi
Washington Az Holding corp ct al. due.
ylO.7is,s3, taxes. AZ. 1Ss5.O2, To = A
-. ~ l,OD
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MORTGAGES.
with name and address OF lender and
lenders attOrncy)
lOwutOwO

'
lenders attorney
Downtown.
iSouth OF Fourteenth streetD
CHURCH ST. =, laa from rdspenari st.
bounded " by Church st aax 6,x .
2s;?x is and so; church 81, ., bounded
by land Jacob \ cole and n hy land
Isaac T Tallman and ano. 2ix75: LIS
penard 4. ~, bounded in from, a5x "
.lx 10. also further .aiX ay .
49, 70 st. premises being known as a'5.
3l7 Church Ut and rs Lisrcnari -. pc
wllLErT ST, ~, aailNloo, Dec II IN,
c,esgl"t Realty corpn Of Alfred steck'er,
l:o w .,th St due Jan l. 1890. So
rSRsVTH Isr sT s%a' sS7 ssyooi aiy '2G"oo
av yrs " a.. G pr 'HN"Ins ms ~ 400 sa' N,,, I,o
Samuel Hillirger. 400 Bwsy ..'''.. 81. SO
Fast Side.
East OF Fifth avenue. between Fourteenth
and lloth streets
'ap ST; "a =, ;tlislO3:, pee IL. Morcs
,an av' Bk'yn demand, SO, prior mtg
;srU ST ir,rl' ~ ~ Ii,""o
Dec ls.-E,hc, ii Goodridsc ", To- AITort IHS Sig- "
Scholie, Is3 9TH nv, ct Al, trustees due
April 3. lsls. h's p c, prior mtg tio,ooo
attys, sullivan Cromwell, ~ Wall
81 ''''''''''',, '''''''''Sio,o ,o"O
West Side.
yves, ~ Firh avenue, hctwrcn Fourteenth
and non strc'tsl
5oTH ST, IS, 100 I'm nv, 2S"xa3s. Doc
s--Jas Ferguson to stephen a Jackson
Isl W l2ist It, due Dee |, 1919, i y e
prior mtg t?o,ou0; address, l06 Lcxinr
ioisT sT. Il W, :Gxiiioo.ii,, Dec :S''L..ms
Pollock to Chelsea Exchange Rank aGf
W 3tth st. due and int ms per hond
sttys. shaw & $. Rector st, SIS. OOC
Uptown.
(Manhattan Island, north OF il0,h street J
i25TH ST. sii W. :5>3s,ii, Dee ls-Hub,
hard & PciSotto Inc to Rrondway Sa,
Instn. Park pi. due MAY l. 1918
PC; atty, II u Kelly, 93S Bway SEES. .0Oi
i33D ST. IS W, e5y9all, Dee l3--Huhhar RI
PciNotto. Inc 10 broadway Saw Instn
& Park rl due MAY |, 1918. 8 y G; atty
18th sT, : $. IS and i2s.s " bth av,
lotA each 27sxsoll, Dec i7--l37th stree
Realty C"rpn To Exelsior Saw Bank. Z,
w 2yd At. yrs, So y =: atty. Jno {
Guiik. tts Nassau st, > mtgs each sis.
Wv. goio..''.' ''.'...!,... We, 0o'
49,. e.. BrvnX.
q. =. tAorough OF Tho Bronx
wOODYCREaT Av, 1855, Bo.IxlIS.,-
Chss II Reimsr to Sophia A seidman
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with name and address OF lender and
attorney. II attorneys name Is omitted
address party OF the first parto
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
DISTINGUISHED War Veteran.

The Journal Official of France con.
tains the following: Corporal Surru.
que (Charles) No. 9131, Ninth COM
pany, Sixth regiment of engineers;
veteran of 1870; knight of the Legion
CT Honor; volunteered for the dura-
ton Of the war at the age of seventy.
six, asked to be sent to the front as a
sapper, shares without any sign of
physical weakness all the work carried
on by his company, both by day and
by night, under the enemy's fire; a
most conscientious soldier of discip-
line, energy and keenness." In private
life Surrugue is civil engineer and
regularly walks many miles to super
intend the construction and upkeep of
the light railways in his district. A
twenty-mile walk is mere child's play
to him. For twelve years before the
war he was the mayor of his native
town of Auxerre, in Yonne, a place of
1900 inhabitants. In the war of 1870
Corporal Surrugue served with Gen.
eral Faidherbe. Called up as civil
engineer, he gained the rank of cap
tain. He was twice mentioned In dis
patches.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
Rum and Mahogany.

What will the schooners, laden with
New England rum for West Africa,
bring home? That question may have
puzzled many who have noted the
strange revival of the rum traffic that
used to flourish in the slavery days. 1t
may have been thought that the rum
paid for the round voyage. A four
masted schooner, the first to go out,
has now returned to Boston with 1885,
673 feet of mahogany in logs from
West Africa, a cargo of no small
value. The round voyage has con-
sumed seven months, the loading of
the mahogany being slow process
owing to the Incidence of West Afri-
can labor. At the dock was another
capacious windjammer ready to sail
with 100000 gallons of rum, 1900 bar
rels of flour and other things that the
natives seem to be In need of. AS
many as six sailing vessels have en-
tered this trade since last spring.
Providence Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
Last "OitY Poet"

Elkanah Settle, copy of whose
rare Augusta Triumphans" has just
been presented to the Guildhall IL
brary, is forgotten by an ungrateful
posterity, but was once a prominent
parsonage in the literary world at Lon
don, and considered serious rival to
Dryden, by whom he is satirized as
"Doeg." He was the last of the "City
Poets" retained at a salary of $50 a
year to perpetrate triumphal odes for
Lord Mayors day, and similar
pageants; and his verses, as Wilkes
observed to Doctor Johnson, matched
the queerness of his names. Settle
was a most prolific poetaster, but
somehow never prospered, though he
repeatedly turned his coat in religion
and politics. He was reduced to play
ing the green dragon" at Bartholomew
fair, and died a poor brother of the
Charterhouse.-We Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
Artificial Ears.

Artificial ears are so skillfully made
that they may with difficulty be dis
tinguished from natural ones, so 1t is
claimed.
When the person who has lost an
ear applies to the manufacturer for a
substitute, there is made a mold Of
the remaining ear. If there be left any
part of the other, mold of that part
also must be taken to assist in the fit
ting of the artificial Manufacturers
assert that no two ears are alike,
and that 1t takes a skillful work
man to prepare an ear from the mold
or molds.
When finished the new ear is pasted
on the stump, or simply set in the
position of the lost ear. It is really
only the first artificial ear that is ex-
pensive, the chief cost pertaining
to the making of the mold. Vulcan
lied rubber, which can be bent and
twisted, has been found to constitute
the best material for the making of
artificial ears.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
GermanY's Trained Men.

Here is the list in the logical order
which the Germans considered in MAX
ing war a science, remarks the En-
cheering Magazine: Cd investiga-
tion, finding out what to do; (2) or
ganization, building the machine that
would properly carry out what should
be done; (3) records, gathering facts
and statistics to be used by this or
ganization in arriving at the right
kind Of conclusions in carrying out
what should be done; (Q planning,
logically arranging and co-ordinating
all details so that the various steps
can be rapidly and efficiently carried
out; (5) standardization, carrying out
the steps determined or actually do
ing the work in a proper manner; (6)
incentives, the results of the success.
full application of the other five.
In other words, the Germans real
lied that to win the rewards of war
the actual work would have to be
done properly by we'll trained men,
after the most careful kind of plan
ming, based on and, as indicated by
records, secured through an efficient
organization, which thoroughly inves.
tigated every possible feature In con.
uection with the task ahead of 1t.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20

similar mission, and he gives him a
much more serious task to perform
than that undertaken by Moses. His
men will be stocked with provisions,
no doubt, as the Israelites could not
have been, but there are twelve and
one-half times as many of them, and
instead of years, he will be expected to
accomplish his work in weeks and
bring his men to Suez in fighting con-
dition for the beginning of their real
offensive campaign In that region.
And to combat their fighting
strength they will be met by hordes of
Abyssinians, Indian troops, Great Bri-
tain and her European allies, who
have made voyages in ships to the bat
tlefield. Thus the contemplated at
tack on Suez seems to be one of the
most tremendous moves of the present
world war, and one never equaled in
this territory where men were fighting
soon after they began to inhabit the
earth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
INVENTION OF STEAMBOAT
Robert Fulton Given Credit Because
He First Made Such Travel
a Possibility.

Science follows the custom of credit
ing as the inventor" Of anything the
man who was first really successful in
his invention and first made the in
vention a practical thing. Robert Full
ton was the first man to make steam
navigation an everyday possibility and
commercial success, and he is there
fore looked upon as the father of
steam navigation. Regarding SYM
ington, Fulton, and the invention Of
the steamboat, the Encyclopedia Brit
annica states: THE first practical
steamboat was the tug Charlotte Dun.
das, built by William Symington and
tried in the Forth and Clyde canal in
1902. The trial was successful, but
steam towing was abandoned for fear
Of injuring the banks of the canal.
Ten years later Henry Bell built the
Comet with side paddle wheels, which
ran as a passenger steamer on the
Clyde, but an earlier invention to fol-
low up Symington's success was the
America, Robert Fulton, who, after I'M
successful attempts on the Seine, fit
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
Travelling Men Talk Too Muoh7

There may be someone who has won.
dered why travelling statesmen or
"drummers" are such great story tell.
ers. There's reason.
The travelling salesman who has a
good sense of humor, who can tell a
good story and who reads good litera.
ture is bound to succeed, according to
Prof. e. ]. Swift, psychologist of
Washington university, who talked be-
fore business men at the ,Cabanne
branch library. His subject was "The
Qualities of Salesman"
Professor Swift also said that most
travelling men talk too much and that
the smile and handshake is overdone
The salesman is too polite, the lee
turer said, and should learn to be q
good listener, and talk with" and not
at" man.-St. Louis Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20

diers, and most of them officers. II
was just marvellous how many Ger.
many damsels had managed to scrape
up officers with whom to go walking
on this fine afternoon. Most of the
people had brought their cakes along
with them, and then ordered coffee,
This would not be considered the
thing in America, but in Germany 1t
is in very good taste.
When we returned home we went by
another way, and over on the other
side of the lake were number of Rus
sian prisoners saving wood. A guard
was watching them from the hill. He
was not stationed there to keep them
from escaping, but to keep them work.
ing. One soldier in our party-we had
a soldier, too-asked them in Polish
how they liked Germany. ooh, it is
fine" they answered. Much better
than Russia" They wanted to talk
more, but the soldier on the hill shout
ed something and they all commenced
saving as hard as they could.
In the evening we went to variety
show. The performance was rather
poor, but the large theater was abso-
lutely packed. Men composed half the
audience, and more than half the men
were soldiers. Between the acts every
body paraded up and down the corri-
dor and drank beer Some Of the
hungry ones ate sausage sandwiches.
The show lasted until 1880.
The next day all the flags were
taken down, and Inter den Linden
was dull gray stone once more. l
only hope that / can be on Inter den
Linden when peace is declared.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20
{ VFron s 1V g.
DvonNSed \and
'BaMteE '!i>::G!Xpt

A CCORDING to the oldest histori.
~ cal document relating to the
~ subject, the Song of Deborah,
the lady who sat under palm
tree Judges 81, there were forty thou
sand men capable of bearing arms
when Moses attempted to personally
conduct" the Israelitic nation across
the Sinai peninsula from Egypt to the
promised land. The journey took sew
eral years and not many of those who
started lived to reach their destina-
ton.
According to the announcements
from Constantinople, Kaiser Wilhelm
wants to send 100000, or twelve and
one-half times as many fighting men
from the promised land to Egypt, but
he plans to do it in a few months.
The Sinai peninsula, lying between
Ell Ma'an, where the German emperor
purposes to mass his troops, and the
Suez canal, is place practically with
out water.
The Teutonic-Turkish plan, it is an
nounced, Is to form the basis of this
supreme attack upon Suez at Aleppo.
A part Of the distance from CONSTANT
nople doubtless may be covered in a
comparatively short time. Aleppo is
situated in the midst of the great re-
cruiting fields Of Asia Minor. Where
there are no railroads, thousands of
laborers have been crushing stone and
paving the way for the horde that is
expected to pass that way. Over much
of this distance great engineering
works have been going on for many
years, and while we have no certain
knowledge, 1t is likely that the way
to Damascus has been made compare
lively easy.
Pilgrims Railroad.
From Damascus to Medina, one Of
the holy cities Of Arabia, runs the He
JAZZ or pilgrims railroad. 1t is a pri-
yately owned and privately operated
road for the convenience of pilgrims
on their way to the tomb of the
prophet and to Mecca, many days be-
yond, distance that must be covered
by camel. Many writer's, apparently
English sympathizers, feel certain that
the rolling stock of this little line will
not be sufficient to provide transporta-
ton for the hundreds Of thousands of
men who are to be massed at Ell
Maan, station less than 800 miles
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-05-20

distant from Damascus. Perhaps the
Germans will be able to overcome this
difficulty and get the 100000 men tt
Ma'an by the commencement of opera
tions in the spring, as threatened.
When they leave Ma'an, however
and start westward-that's different
story. The Arabian desert and the
Sinai peninsula are so little known to
Europe and America, excepting in re
gard to their history and geographical
position, that the announcement in
regard to marching a great number OF
men across to the Suez canal-and
supplying them with food and drink by
means Of motor trucks, sounds reason
able.
The Arabian desert is barren land
of mountains, hills and deep valleys.
Perhaps motor trucks could climb the
elevation, or pursue their way through
the bowlder-scattered valleys, but mo-
tors of the dimensions now known can.
not pass along rocky trails, not more
than eighteen inches wide, and there
are many such on the way from Ma'ah
to Suez. Perhaps wide detours would
obviate trying to pass, but with such
a sun as beats on the Arabian desert
Frequently ITO degrees) and scare
ity of food and water, every mile Il a
tremendously important matter in the
transportation of half-million men.
Precarlous Undertaking.
The lsraelites complained to Moses
that they remembered the cucumbers
and the melons of Egypt. as they at
tempted to struggle along through this
wilderness. That was close to 1000
years ago. Men have become accus-
toned to even greater luxuries than
the cucumbers and melons Of Egypt In
A. D. 1916. 1t looks like an impossible,
and If not impossible, precarious I'M
dertaking. Even the Teutonic allies
themselves would not be pleased with
having 25 men Of the original 100000
arrive In Egypt. But in all these 1000
years the nature of the country has
not changed to any appreciable extent,
excepting no doubt to become more
barren than it was. Gases have been
abandoned, where there were palms,
and trails have been covered by the
drifting sands. But mountains and
valleys are doubtless about as they
were when Moses started out from
Egypt on his divine mission. Ac-
cording to the news reports, the kaiser
ntrusts to Leopold of Bavaria this