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The Washington times., 1919-12-21

While the plan of irrigation Is still in
allegiance, that of reforestation is in actual
effect. In various favorable sections, nota
bly, at GAIA, where Samson threw down the
temple of the Philistines, nursery gardens
have been planted. Almost a quarter of
a million timber and fruit trees have been
set out and are growing upon the barren
mountain slopes. Upon these slopes oc.
cur pockets of earth debris, left be
hind by the rushing floods of the Winter
rains. Not only do these provide excellent
planting spaces, but by growing in them
the trees the area of fertility is enlarged
by the action of the roots in breaking up
the stony soil. Furthermore, they offer
a barrier against further washing away,
and also a dam against which will col.
ect the particles of rock and earth washed
down in successive rains
There is little left of the famous oaks
of Hebron and of Mount Carmel, where
Elijah confounded the priests of Baal and
from which, Scripture alleges, he was car.
ried away in a chariot of fire. Here. how
ever, reforestation will not be so difficult,
as the removal has been so recent that the
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

modern miracle that science believes DOS.
sible.
From the summit Of Mount Nebo IL Is
possible to see practically the whole of
Palestine. This little State, so rich in the
holiest of memories, is not so wide as our
State of New Hampshire. In Deuteronomy
1t is told that Moses went up from the
plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo,
to the top of Pisgah, that is over against
Jericho; and the Lord showed him all the
land of Gilead, unto Dan
"And all Naphtali, and the land of Eph-
rain and Mannasseh, and all the land of
Judah. unto the utmost sea,
And the SOUTH and the plain Of the val
ley OF Jericho, the city Of palm trees, unto
Zoar
And the Lord said unto him. This is the
land which l sware unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, | will give
1t unto thy seed Il have caused thee to see
1t with thine eyes, but thou shalt not 60
over thither"
How different is that picture now, which
the observer can see from the same noun.
tain top, or from one of the hills Just out
side Jerusalem. where, according to DR..
Simon Lowenstein, one of the American
Red Cross commissioners to Palestine. one
can look over the country to the Mediter-
ranean Sea on one side and to the Red
Sea on the other!
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

ess surface soil is eroded and carried
away, and the land is literally washed clean
of earth. In the West dams have been
erected, which now retain this water. which
heretofore has run away wasted. and bv
bitches and pipe lines it is fed out to the
surrounding once arid country.
For hundreds of years Turkish misgov
ernment caused the land to be stripned of
its natural resources in the way of lumber
But during the war this process of defor.
estation went on at a tremendous rate.
Dr. Lowenstein, before quoted. and DIR
John H. Finley, his associate in the Red
Cross Commission to Palestine, says of
this:
THE process of deforestation was tre.
mendously accelerated during the great
war. Whole sections of Palestine were
cleared of live stock and trees. The Mount
of Olives is almost denuded. In some
quarters of Bethlehem and other communi.
ties the people burned everything they
could spare. There is still verdure in the
land of Sinai, but only deep and concen-
trated in the valleys, where there chance
to be perennial streams"
The Washington times., 1919-12-21


TO think Of the River Jordan being damned
and converted into an irrigation centre,
the smiling countryside which will result
should be sufficient compensation for the
religious bathing parties which have here
tofore rendered it famous. There are many
waterfalls along its course and the flow
can readily be diverted
1t Is interesting that along one Of the
side streams where a reservoir will be
built-the creek that runs through the
Wady Taran-is the very rock which
Moses smote, so tradition says, and that
gushed forth water at the touch OF his
magic rod. This rock Will be submerged
unless II is moved away as a sacred relic
As IL weighs several hundreds OF tons II
would seem to be a difficult problem to
save IL.
In the desert plains, where irrigation
cannot be carried from the water courses
artesan wells are to be dug. There is
great reservoir OF water beneath these
Palestine plains, and especially under the
plain OF Sharon. The roses OF Sharon have
all been dead for long-the plain that was
Cnce so fragrant with them being now, for
almost eight months in the year, little bet.
ter than a dusty desert, but under en-
lightened control OF the country these
roses will bloom again.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

soil has not yet been washed away. Aiss
new saplings are thrustins themselves up
from the mutilated stems and protective
measures are being taken to allow the for
ests to rejuvenate themselves as much az
possible.
Elaborate experiments are being made
TO find out Just what kind OF quickly grow
ing trees, not indigenous TO Palestine, may
be set out there. Among those already
being tried and which are growing wen
are various Australian trees, such as the
eucalyptus and the waffle; the cypress.
carob and cassia trees also seem 10 DC
well in the Holy Land. Other nurseries
are to be started Just as soon as funds viii
permit, and every section Of Palestine
where tree win grow OF a field can be
cleared will be mapped out and attended
to as soon as possible
Concerning the wanton destruction OF
trees during the war. Palestine" an Ara
bic journal published in Jerusalem, re-
counts with bitterness the repressive meas.
ures of the Turks and Germans before the
liberation Of the country in cutting down
the olive trees for fuel for the railroads.
II tells how the owners Of the ancient
trees, the blessed" trees, watched the
process Of cutting with streaming eyes
and fainting hearts
When the Turkish officers were replaced
by Germans, the paper says, their hopes
rose that the remaining trees would be
spared. But instead Of clean, cutting steel.
which left stump which might sprout
again, dynamite was employed, utterly de-
stroying the roots. among which the de-
structtve energy was placed. The account
closed with weii-known Arabic provero,
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

of Gilead and the Promised Land
Of Scriptures to be again "a land
flowing with milk and honey" If the plans
made for IL by science and philanthropy
come to pass. There seems little reason
why these plans should not be carried out.
A vast scheme OF irrigation and reforesta-
ton under the control OF British govern.
mental commission, has been completed
and approved both by the enlightened Jew.
ish leaders, as well as the Arab Moslems
under the guidance of the Grand Mufti,
their head
The project contemplates raising the
level OF the Sea of Galilee, upon whose
waters the Saviour walked, by damming its
outlet into the River Jordan It also con-
templates subsidiary dams along the course
OF the Jordan and similar manipulation OF
other streams that run through the valleys
and deep gorges Of Palestine. An elabo-
rate system Of pipings from these reser-
voirs, great numbers of artesian wells in
other regions and the planting of hundreds
upon thousands Of trees on the now DESC
late slopes of hill and mountain, are de-
pended on to give the country the moisture
that is the only thing needed to make it
blossom into the garden 1t. was when
Moses looked down upon it from the top of
Mount Nebo and saw the promise of Je-
hovah fulfilled.
The description of Palestine as fertile,
smiling country occurs in the Bible in the
books Of Exodus, Leviticus, jeremiah and
Ezekial. Centuries Of war, persecution,
waste and deforestation have turned it into
largely an arid waste. the antithesis of that
earthly paradise promised to the prophet
In Exodus we read that the Lord said
unto Moses, Depart and go up hence thou
and the people which thou hast brought up
out Of the land Of Egypt unto the land
which l sware unto Abraham, and unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob unto land
flowing with milk and honey"
In Leviticus the Lord speaks again unto
Moses, saying, IT have said unto you, Ye
shall inherit their land, and l will give it
unto you to possess it, a land that fioweth
with milk and honey"
In jeremiah we read, And hast given
them this land which thou did swear to
their fathers to give them. land flowing
with milk and honey
In Ezekiel, "In the day that lifted up
mine hand unto them to bring them forth
Of the land Of Egypt into land that had
espied for them. flowing with milk and
honey, which is the glory of all lands"
Science, looking over the plains which
were once fertile grainaries, once covered
with forests; looking over, too the bare,
rocky and desert hill and mountain sides
which still retain evidence of noble forests
and many flowing water courses confirms
the Biblical description of a country that
was once, indeed. a garden spot
To restore II to its past fertility is a
modern miracle that they believe possible.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

Palestine" he says, ~&E
"is now a tragically
barren land. One can
walk for miles with
out seeing a tree or a shrub large enough
to cast any shade, and yet this land of our
ancient fathers was and can become again
an agricultural paradise"
1t is largely the destruction of the for
ests that retained and fed out to Palestine
the waters that made it fertile, which is
the cause Of its present aridity. The ef-
feet Of the destruction of trees upon land
is too well known to need detailing For
est masses act not onl- as reservoirs for
rain, but as one of the causes of precip-
tation. The rainfall soaks into the ground
and is retained by the roots. finding its
way gradually into brook and stream. Be.
sides this, a gradual evaporation is caused
from which comes humidity to be in due
course condensed into storm and shower.
When trees are ruthlessly cleared away
the rain either soaks rapidly through the
ground or is carried off at once along de-
files or anything which provides water.
course. We see this same process in GER
tain parts of the West, where, during the
rainy season, dry river beds become in a
few minutes rushing torrents. In the proc.
lc) 1919. International Feature Service, Inc.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

" After ! avenged my
self upon Omar, I
wept for Omar The
Turk was more merci-
ful than the Ger
man.
Besides this plant
ing Of the trees. the
British army Of occp-
patton has made Jeru-
salem absolutely sani-
tary and has begun
the institution Of a
sewage system. II has
improved the water
supply everywhere.
After centuries, dur.
ing which the Holy
City was dependent
upon the annual rain
fan Of the Winter sea
son for all its water.
the British within six
months after their oc-
cupation produced a
supply Of water dur
ing the entire year.
While II may come
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

Propoed of of On P.rof
For the Purpose eof Inusha
Plants . Her Their System. o PIe.W til lain
the sand PInnWn
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

Palestine" he says,
us now a tragically
barren land. One can
walk for miles with
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
Make Palestine
Once More
the Fertile
GardenJ Jehovah
Showed Moses
from the
Mountain Top


Y HE Holy Land-Palestine, the land
of Gilead and the Promised Land
Of Seripture--is To be again "a land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15

PAPERSHELL
PECAN
PRODUCTION
PROVES
PROFITABLE

AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY u nov b..
ing offered the small investor 70 locate In
Jackson county. Northern Florida, and
grow the Papsr-shell Pecan: trees bear
commercially 1t 9 years: most profitable
and I'm greater demand than any table
nut grown.
Rich. sandy loan soils prsdoainats. Cen
inter-cIop with corn. peanuts and velvet
beans while trees grow. 5000 10 $500
net profit belng made ON swoeN potatoes
and sugar cane. These under cultivation,
and fenced with hog tight stock 1snce
for $50 per acre.
IDEAL CLIMATE FOB A home.
Can and 80 use now. Very Mheral tefms.
MOODY REALTY co.
0uits ., NeKinnis nldg., lfslinA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15
"For the Defense" to
Play at the Burtis
Theatre on Monday


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15
|NEM2N0TES{|s 7MQELAND|
ZY -. 6YDAISYDEAN. 0N
6YOAISY

Dorothy Dalton IL to take . fier
in the noisy drama. Miss Dalton
will be remembered for her por-
trayal Of the dance hall girl In ''The
Flame Of the Yukon" which was
her first real success. Many critics
believe that 1t was the best picture
she has ever made. Her most re-
cent release was . Paramount pic
ture, "The Market Of Souls"
The announcement during the
past week that Miss DaltoI had
made q contract with Comstock and
Gest to play the leading feminine
role in "Aphrodite" has aroused
great interest kmong the motion
picture friends Of the young lady,
for It Is her first venture ON the
legitimate stage since her entrance
into pictures. She went TO New
York last spring to continue her
screen work for Thomas H. Ince
and It IL, said after Morris Cost
saw her 1t suddenly occurred to
him that she had all the attribut0
to make an ideal Aphr0dita Not
only mental qualifications, but the
necessary physical charm: It Is
claimed by the management that
she il the only woman In Amer
lea, aside from Mary, Garden, fit
ted to fmpersonate the character.
They have searched almost three
years for the type.
When Miss Dalton had been in
New York but { few weeks, in an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15

'sThe Life Line and
"a Regular Girl Are
Billed for Majestic

Two sensational plotoplay sue
cesgsss arc in store for patrons Of
the Majestic theatre next week. One
OF them IS Maurice Tourneur's "The
Life Line" which begins three
day engagement on Sunday and
the other IL Elsie Janis IN "A Rsg,-
lar Girl" which will be seen here
on Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day,
The Life Line" II another fam
ous nrury Lane spectacle which
has been pictured BY Mr.. Tourn-
eur, whose work in putting Sport
ing Life" ON tho screen will bs r.
membere1 ~ oas Of the accom-
plishments Of the year. "T'he Lite
Line" IL bigger and better than
Sporting Life" and contains one
thrill right after another. There 10
an all-star cast containing Low
Cody, Jack Holt. 6eena Owen and
T'uly Marshall. There 10 NO big
ger Or better play or better bal
ancsd cast in the world than this
Ou0ss uc I'LL lib AuCIuuO ShV WAS~n
of . great ocean liner and . great
fire IN q London theatre. -
Elsie Janis ID home from two
years Of genuine service in the war
torn region Of France. Miss Janis
served as an entertainer right up in
tho front lines and in all kinds OF
weather. Her picture is entitled
"A Regular Girl" the name the
army gave to her. It has nothing
to do with the subject Of the fil.n.
but indicates the feelings Of the
men in the service toward Elsie.
The Majestic theatre has been for
tunate enough to secure this timely
feature for three days beginning
Wednesday and the chances are
that the demand will be tremend-
GUS. The public is advised to at
tend this engagement by the man
agement as 1t II going to be next
to impossible to secure q return
engagement.
These two pictures may be re-
garded az being the finest and most
timely Of the year In Rock Island
Both features have recognized
stars Of stage and screen and are
leading directors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15
Hamilton's Play,
Scandal" Scores
!. Hit at Illinois

Could you forgive . psttsd society
girl Who casts c6nvention aside,
even courts . black marx Opposite
her own good name. Just % satisfy
her longing for : peep into the
questionable side q life In . large
city?
We think you would after seeding
Cosmo Hamilton's great play,
Scandal" which 10 PRESENTED 1t
the Illinois theatre this Afternoon
and tonight. The performance was
given last night and met with the
approval Of all who Witnessed It
The acting II splendid and DOES full
Justice to the emotional scenes Of
the play.
Ebba Andrus in the role Of Bsatrix
vanderdyke, part and parcel Of
New Yorks 400 get. ID q. winsoms
miss with the face Of an angel and
the heart Of one. wko takes delight
in playing with the fancies Of men.
Her acting Is excellent. Discover
cd by her own family in extenuat-
ing circumstances. although limo
cent, her agile mind conceives q
way out Of the difficulty ON the
spur Of the moment. She tells
them that she had been visiting
bachelor apartments in the Bohe-
mia Of the city to see her husband.
to whom she had been married
secretly.
Coates Wayne in the part Of Pei
ham Franklin, on whom IL foisted
the part Of Beatrix's husband with
out him being consulted, Is too much
Of q sportsman to disclose the lie.
But he Is not q young hair-brained
society chap, susceptible to the
wiles Of q beautiful woman, and he
adopts . plan intended to bring
truth out Of the Misrepresentation
/ for the girls sake alone. She re-
fuses to consent to an immediate
marriage with the prospect Of an
early divorce and he is forced to
wound her vanity.
Determined above all else to
make him retract the harsh words
no spoke to her in her own bed
room that hrst night, she goes to
his country home with him, osten-
sibly - his wife. The pair reside
In IN atmosphere Of frigid coYgen-
iality. It 10 during this sham that
Franklin falls In love. with the girl
and she with him. It IL . grip
ping moment when he 10 finally
brought to his knees by Beatrix
and she 10 forced to admit her love.
Her family never learns; neither
Goes the world. Scandal Is very
neatly eliminated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15

an unfortunate investment, suffers
q nervous breakdown-and retires
from practice. Norma Webb, his
beautiful young daughter, decides
to take . ledger in the Webb home
stead to exc out expenses. The
lodger proves 70 be Hugh Goodwin,
who ID, really wealthy young man
but Who Keeps himself modestly in
the background. He spends the
income d his vast fortune for the
betterment Of the poor and de-
pressed. No sooner II young God
win installed q Z lodger In tho
Webb homo before mysterious
events occur. A stranger appears
and demands that Norma capital
ize Godwin's friendship for her by
obtaining large sums Of money.
Goodwin has fallen IN love with Nor
ma and has asked her to be his
wife. For some mysterious rea-
son she refuses although confess-
ing her love for him.
But II transpires that long ago
she had married . scoundrel who
not only duped her. but ruined her
father. The fellow comes in the
dead Of night to visit the girl and
IN struggle she shoots him and
fees, She then becomes the prey
Of . private detective, who forces
her to 60 through marriage cefe-
mony with Goodwin and to exerts her
influence IS his wife. to the profit
Of the detective. He warns her that
he knows she murdered her true
husband and unless she Yields to
his commands, he viii turn her
over to the police. How Norma Il
extricated from this terrible situa-
ton is the crux Of the story and
the development is swift and sur
prisins q 1t il logical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15
s'The First Law" With
Irene Castle Sunday
at the Fifth Avenue

Irene Castle and Antonio Moreno
In THE First Law" will appear ct
the Fifth Avenue Sunday. It IL q
ffve-reel Pathe feature produced by
Astra, directed by Lawrence Nc
Gill from the book Of ellison VIII
lots, scenario by Roy Sommerville.
The cast includes Irene Castle. An
tonic Morena, J. H. Gilmour. Mar
guer1te Snow.
DR.. Webb IL a once famous sur
geon who. his finances impaired by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15

interview she confesses her long
ing to return to the Etage and the
hope that such an opportunity
would arise. She has q longtime
contract with Famous Players
Lasky which will be continued
along with he rstage work.
NoFma's First.
Much interest has been manifest
ed on the part Of exhibitors
throughout the country as to what
story would be selected for Norma
Talmadge's first picture for her big
1920 contract with the First Ma
tional Exhibitors circuit. A state
ment is now sent out from Beulah
Livingstone, Miss Talmadge's d.
rector Of publicity, that, other. ru-
mors notwithstanding, 1t has been
definitely decided that "A Dauxh-
ter Of Two Worlds from the book
of Leroy Scott, has been selected
for NormA's debut as q First Ma
tional star. Miss Tslmadge began
work on "a Daughter Of Two
Worlds" several days ago.
X w
Directing Louise Glaam.
Fred Niblo Is to direct for the
first time some other star than his
wife. Enid Bennett. And It IL to
be the ". K. yamp, Louise Glaum.
A western Illinois paper for west
arn illinois. people-The Arxux.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-15

A western Illinois paper for west
ern Illinois people the Argus.
sfNasTfss FNsffset $780, -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-21
CHAMPIONS UNWED MOTHER
French Woman Physician Tells Of
Steps to Increase Birth Rate

New York. Oct, 2l.-A plea for
motherhood ou' of woGlork was made
Yesterday by DR.. Anna Moutct, of
France. at the International conference
of woman physicians.
I'm country the pouul0tion of which
is decreasing she said "it is i'm
portunt. above all. to favor the rate of
bisth bv evHy means. and to do away
with nll obstacles in the protection Of
all children indiscrimnatcly.
motherhood outside of marriage
must no longer he held aS IL disgrace
or burden. Ghc girl must be lifted
The prejudice which makes her an OBJ
icct Of general ccnsure must be com
bnttcd. aud if irregular birth is no long
cr IL disgrace to the child. neither must
it be n diShOuor to the mother.
"Shc must find in society for herself
and for hcr child the Support which in
the past was refused her.
Describing what France has done in
this matter, Doctor MoutCt said;
'rhc law has assured the protection
of the child born out of wCdlock. first
in creating n bond of right between him
tnnd his parents when that is possible
then in assisting the mother when she
is alone and without resources. and.
finally. in taking full responsibility in
rearing the child.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-21
SMUGGLERS USE TUNNEL
Leads From Ancient Abbey Under
Swiss Austrian Border

Geneva. Oct. 21.-CBy A. PA
smugglcrs' tunnel 700 yards long under
the Swiss Austrian border has been
found, it is reported. by the police at
Kreuslinzen, IA small town at the lower
end of Lake Constance. A shorter tun-
mel under the border was recently found
there.
The newly discovered tunnel leads
from an ancient Augustine abbey, in
which the smugglers made an Aladdin's
cave. They are supposed to have been
operating here for several years. The
Smugglers found forgotten under
ground passage extending from the
abbey. which they prolonged to well be-
yond the Austrian frontier.