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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20
RUMAN|A HAVING
 GREAT PROSPERITY Only Paris Can Rival Anil mated Scenes of Streets of
 Gay Bucharest
By Associated Press


 Bucharest. May 26-lf ever Rumania felt she was poorly compensated for her part in the war the feeling must now be removed Not in many years has the country been so prosperous. one must go back to the days of old King Carol and Carmen Sylva to find par allel to the present conditions of ma terial welfare among the people
 The scenes of gayety, animation and prosperity in Bucharest can find their counterpart only along the boulevards of Paris The habitues of the gay me- tropolis-the artists, sculptors students and savants that gave it so much Of It's Bohemian atmosphere in days gone by have come back. With them have come strange faces from the newly acquired provinces and from Austria and Ger many.
 The streets of Bucharest are crowded with flashily dressed, men and sumptu- ously attired women, just as in pre-war days. The stores display great stocks of pastries, confections, cosmetics per- fumes silk stockings, expensive lingerie, rich jewels and other luxuries. The ia sh iona ble restaurants and cafes are always full. The theatres are taxed to capacity.
 The old era of wine and song, of laugh ter and levity, of powder and paint, is coming back Bucharest is trying hard not only to live up to it's former repu- tation, but to justify it's claim to be called "the Paris of the Balkans" The sacrifices the little Latin coun- try made during the war have been for gotten in the acquisition of the rich ter rltories of Pennsylvania. Bessarabia and Bukov1na These fertile areas have brought tremendous wealth to the coun- try. In crops, cattle, forests and rnfn- era products they will easily treble Ru- mania's national wealth
 In normal times these marvelously productive countries have yielded enough to feed the whole of Europe. The wheat fields of Pennsylvania and Bessarabia are among the greatest in the world. The country contains also great herds lof cattle and sheep.
 Of Rumania's 10000 900 hectares of cul- tivable land more than S3 per cent is given over to the growing of cereals, the largest percent of any country in the world except Russia, Serbia and the South African Union Wheat is the largest crop. More than half the an- nual yield is exported.
 When 1t is understood that S5 per cent of Rumania's population is supported by agriculture and that the present crops premise to be the greatest in history. the reason for the countrys prosperity
 and we'l-beng will become apparent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20

across the continent California. with it's admittedly excellent road system, has one car for every thirty three yards. Illinois. a representative state of the middle west. has one motor vehicle for every forty-five yards of lis vast network of rail lines
 Texas, whose railroad mileage is 25 per cent greater than that of any other state, has one motor vehicle for every eighty five yards as compared with one motor vehicle for every 1SS yards in Louisiana. it's neighboring state. Texas has f5.s32 miles of railroads. while Louisiana has but 3,3s2.
 A comparison of railroad mileage with highway mileage in the various states brings out interesting facts. Throughout the entire country the highway mileage is approximately ten times greater than the railroad mileage. the bureaus figures showing that there are 2.47S552 miles of high ways and 25S.s26 miles of railways. This ratio Is maintained by practically all the states, Delaware, one of the smallest, having 3.e74 miles of high ways and 335 miles of railroads, while Texas. tie largest state. has 12S,960 miles of highways and 15,932 miles of railroads.
 MAINTAIN BALANCE
 The statistics show that when this ratio Is not maintained a demand for an adjustment to maintain a proper balance is automatically created. This Is strikingly demonstrated by Illinois, which has only eight times the num- Der of miles of highway as miles of railroad. This state ranks second in railroad mileage and seventh in high way mileage. but Is making great strides for changing the condition. It passed a $50, 000.00 bond issue, the largest ever made by any state up to that time, and planned others suffi- cient to so build up it's highway sys. tenn as to permit it to fulfill its mis- sion of feeding the railroads and per hitting 8 more extensive development of it's farming areas.
 As highways are built, increased production naturally follows the rail- roads. through necessity, are called upon to relatively increase their ia cilities. showing the degree to which each is dependent upon the develop ment and progress of the other. AZ over-development of either Is uneco- nomical. Exceptional highway develop. ment leads to increased production which cannot be handled by the rail- roads while exceptional railroad de- velopment causes an economic loss be- cause the producing areas are not fur nishing sufficient tonnage over the highways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20
HERE E'SAFLOCK OF FIGURES FOR
 YOU ON MOTORS Doping" Out Just How Au- tornobi.es and Railroads Compart in Some
 Ways

As you ride along in a railroad train and witness the train slowly but surely pass a seemingly small auto mobile on a nearby highway you ex- perience thoughts of the puny auto and the mighty railroad. Further re- flection might bring to mind the tre- mendous scope of the vast network of steel rails in the United States.
 But
 Have you considered at the same moment that for every mile of rail- way in the country there are ten miles of highway; that for every rail- road car there are three motor ve- hicles?
 Even more startling is the fact that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20
Radio in Argentine
By Associated Press

Buenos Aires. May 4.-Radiographic service in. Argentina is soon to be aug mented and devoted to commercial uses. 1t is announced. The installations at present in use are employed mostly for government dispatches. Radio stations are to be set up at the Patalonian ports of Gaynan. Rawson and Puerta Gal legos and one st Buenos Aires. It is in- tended later to supplement them with others at Corrientes, Bahia Blanca. Com odoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia. Stations already existing will be increased in power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20

ar service. which will shortly com
 sreuce. The machines will leave Croy- lon, wnicn Is a suburb of London. three times a week and will laad at an aero drome in Holland about twenty minutes run from Amsterdam. regular auto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20

In Para. Brazil. 95 per cent of notorc in use are of American manufacture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20
Influenza in Japan

Tokio, May 22-Ihe mriaenZa epidem ic has again appeared in Japan and is spreading throughout the country. The total number of cases since the malady first broke out last year has reached 2,2s5, 600, of which 119,O00 persons died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20

the nation possesses a motor vehicle for every fifty-nine yards of railroad right-of-way. This information Is ad- vanced by the travel and transport bureau of the B. P. Goodrich Rubber Company as part of an exhaustive research which points out that the posgibi bilities of the motor vehicle are almost limitless.
 COMPARING THE TWO
 An idea of the development of motor transportation during the Iast ten years can be obtained. says the bureau. by comparing 1t with the development In railroad transJortation.
 The railroad mileage of the United States would circle the globe at the equator more than ten times, or would form seventy-six parallel lines from New York to San Francisco. If the motor vehicles of the country were evenly distributed along these ra,l- roads there would be two for every city block of space on each one oi the parallel lines. or one for every fifty-nine yards of track.
 A comparison of the railroad mile age In the various states with thc number of motor vehicles in use in those states calls attention to an un- equal distribution of transportation facilities.
 In Rhode Island. for instance, there is one motor vehicle for every nine yards of railroad track. whffe in Ne vada there Is but one motor vehicle for every 494 yards.
 New York with the greatest number of motor vehicles, averages one car for every twenty-five yards. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-20

mobile service from the aeroJrone -d Amsterdam will be maintained .he f=- tance of the air flight is about ln miles
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Salmon Fleets 4
Sail for North

Northwestern company boats winter
here, the Libby boats riding in the
fresh water of Lake Union. The Pa
cific American company operates from
Bellingham. Portland. South Bend,
Everett, Olympia, Astoria, Anacortes
and other ports sessf their share of
fishing vessels north.
Five or six thousand men are going
north to spend the summer working
at the fisheries. In the fair they will
come back with the boats and the
catch. For several weeks passenger
steamers running to Alaska have been
carrying capacity lists of cannery en-
ployes. The Northwestern and the
Anacortes Fisheries company, both
subsidiaries of the Booth Fisheries
company, will use 1000 men in the
north this year.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Beautiful St. sophi..

st. Sophia's church at CONSTANT
nople is one of the most remarkable
buildings In the world. In architec-
tural features the structure has 107-
foot dome carried on four pillars, one
at each corner, and composed OF light
pumice stone, with the apex 170 feet
above the floor.
SO extraordinary is the appearance
of the church that the awe-stricken
Sultan Mohammed is reported as hav-
ing stopped at the door when the build
ing was taken over by the Moslems
and, seeing soldier hewing at the
floor FOR the faith" exclaimed, ''ye
have the whole city to pillage and en-
slave: leave We me the buildlngs!"
The Mohammedans have never de-
etroyed the treasures OF art they found
upon taking Constantlnople, but have
covered them up. They have pre-
served whole clsterns or cellars full
of priceless manuscripts of Greek and
Byzantine literature. and writings be-
longing to the early part of the Cos
pei age.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
APPLY NAMED "MOLTEN SEA"
High Priests Swimming Pool In Solo
mons Temple Most Wonderful
club" Ever Constructed.

How many persons ponder, while
-s'tubbing" In the midst of modern con-
veniences, on how the rest of the world
performs this same act of personal
cleanliness? The stolen pleasures of
the "old swimm.n hole" the wooden
tub In the kitchen surrounded by that
questionable curtain of privacy-a
sheet over the clothes horse-a real
sea bath or swim in gym" pool have
been the stepping stones of progress
sion for most of us to the modern con-
veniences.
This bathing idea started with Bible
folk, who built the most wonderful
swimming pool the world has ever
seen In Solomon's temple. This
~molten sea" measured ten cubits from
brim to brim, five cublts In height and
was round in compass; the thickness
was a hands breadth, and the brim,
shaped like that of q teacup, was
carved with lilies and leaves. The
immense basin was borne aloft by
II carved oxen, three each facing
north, south, east and west. The pool
received and held 1900 bathers at one
time and was designed for and used
by high priests, there being 10000
baths Of wine and the same number
of oil provided for the laymen.-In-
dlanapolis Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Crush Strikes
at Inception

said after a months trip through
Spain.
Reports of strikes and rumors of
revolution in Spain have been numer-
GUS.
Throw Leaders in Jail.
But" said this official, "far from
closing its eyes to strikes, the gov
eminent seems to have very sum-
mary way with them. In fact, 1t has
way which would not be attempted
in Anglo-Saxon countries.
"The military promptly clap the
leaders of the strike into jail, and 1t
naturally dies down after that.
"The only trouble l saw in Madrid
was a lockout by the employers
against the employees In the build
ing trades.
ut lasted in Spain for weeks and
weeks before 1t was finally settled.
II asked the Spaniards what would
happen if there were big national
strike Of railway men.
'The response was that most of
the railroaders were of military age (:
that they would be promptly called
back to the colors; that they would
be enrolled In regiments of railway
engineers and put back to work on the
railways-not as employees u the
roads, but as soldiers of the nation
Whether such a drastic program would
be carried out l do not know, but it
was discussed quite freely.
Business men told me there was
not as much unrest in Spain as there
was in England, France and America
"Spain is suffering from the same
malady all civilized countries are suf-
fering from-high cost of living and
a consequent insistent demand made
by the working class for much higher
wages. The same vicious circle is
being gone through with in SPAIN"
Sees Business Growth.
He said he found business men In
Madrid, Spanish. English and French,
preparing to invest their money in
very large Spanish projects, which
was the best sign that no serious
trouble was looked for.
"In SPAIN" said he, business men
have cynical saying that the revo-
luton is always going to happen to-
morrow, but that tomorrow never
comes.
"Of course, there is dissatisfaction
in the Industrial cities, but so per
cent of the people of Spain do not
live in the cities, but are peasant
farmers, loyal to church and king, and
for the most part Indifferent to poll
tics"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
"Windianmers" in Vanguard OF
Fish Hunters Include Some
Famed Boats.
RECORD CATCH NOT EXPECTED
Many Alaska Canneries Plan to Re-
duce Their Pack This Year
and Others May Not
Open at All.

Seattle Wash. = Big full-rigged
American clipper ships long ago. al
ready are spreading their sails and
heading for Alaska, the vanguard of
summer salmon fleets which go north
every year to work with the scores of
fish canneries that dot northern har-
bors and inlets.
Dozens of other craft, steamers, gas
boats, barges and tugs, are going north
with the sailing ships. Before winter
they will all come blowing back with
this years fish catch canned and
packed and stored In their holds.
No record salmon catch is expected
this year, according to reports from
Alaska. Most of the southeastern
Alaska canneries expect to reduce
their pack this year from one-third
to one-half normal and several will
not operate at all. One cause for the
cut is the fact that all of last years
pack has not been sold. Low markets
are given as another reason.
Short Catch Last Year.
Alaska's salmon output last year was
4,592,201 cases, the smallest since
1915. The high-water mark of Alaska's
salmon years came In 1918, when, in
response to war call for food, the
canneries sent 6,667 500 cases out.
Most of the salmon are packed in
southeastern Alaska, strip of terri
tory that juts south between northern
British Columbia and the Pacific
ocean. Last year southeastern Alaska
fisheries turned out 3,10S,364 cases,
against 775,557 from central Alaska
and 708,2S0 from Far western Alaska
points. The central Alaska plants ex-
tend from Cape st. Elias westward to
the Alaska peninsula. The far west
ern plants are on the shores of Bristol
bay and the Boring sea.
About 125 salmon canneries were
ninety companies. Several big con-
Germs operated more than one plant,
the Alaska Packers association lead
Ing with ten. Libby, Mcneil & Libby
were second with nine. The North
western Fisheries company operated
seven and tie Pacific American Fish
cries company four.
Many from Puget Sound.
Nearly all the boats of the fishing
fleets sail north from Puget Sound,
altho one of the largest fleets, that of
the Alaska Packers association, makes
Its headquarters in San Francisco bay.
The Libby. Mcneil & Libby and the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Italian City Is the Scene of Extra
ordinary Incident.
Bohemian Lad Playing on Hotel Bal
cony at Lucca Hats Mad
dened Throngs.

London.-Lucca was the scene of an
extraordinary incident recently which
recalls the classic fable of Orpheus
with his lutte, who charmed wild beasts
with his music.
SO says q Milan dispatch to the Dali
ly Telegraph, and goes on: 1.-THE play
ing of boy violinist suddenly halted
a mob In the streets of Lucca and the
rioters abandoned their violent pur-
pose. The violinist Is Vosa Prikoda, a
Bohemian lad of eighteen, who wan
dered to Venice fourteen months ago
and was at Lucca during the Socialist
agitation. A great crowd assembled,
Enrico Malatesta, an anarchist lead
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
BEAUTIFUL ISLE is TOBACCO
crusoe's Famous Abode, In the carlb-
bean, Described as Place Of
Many Attractions.

Tobago. the scene of Robinson
Crusoe's story, and the one-time res
idence of John Paul Jones, is an is
land of supreme beauty nesting In
the Caribbean, whose stormy history
is without parallel In the bloodstain-
ed annals of the West Indies. His
tory says 1t was fought over for CEN
turtles by French, Spanish, British.
Dutch and savage Caribs and often
deserted for scores Of years at time,
the Detroit News recalls. The JUS
tice of Tobago's claim to be called
aCrusoe's island is unquestionable. De
foes hero was one Alexander Selkirk
In real life. That he was marooned
as related Is an historical fact. The
natives can even show one the caves
On which he dwelt, and from no other
isle could the castaway have peered
forth across the waters of the "Gulph
of Oronoque," to which he refers, and
see the faint outlines of the "Island
of Trinidad" as stated in his story.
Wonderfully varied and beautiful Is
Tobago and the visitor Is inclined to
wonder why Crusoe ever deserted 1t.
Its coast line has crescent sand beach
es bordering sheltered coves; outlying
verdure-draped rocky islets and wood
ed bays surf-washed reefs protecting
secluded lagoons. Everywhere won
derfully luxuriant vegetation covers
the land. 1t has a delightful climate,
there are no snakes, and it would be
an ideal winter resort II its attractive
ness were known. There Is one vii
aage Of 1000 people ON the island.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
CLOTH FROM HAIR OF cows
Experiments at Pottsville, Pa, Show
Products Closely Resembling
Cheviot.

Pottsville, Pa. Mems clothing
made out of cows hair will soon rival
the wool taken from sheep, declare
agents of packing company, who
have been experimenting with the
product here. The new cloth resembles
cheviot.
Cows cannot be clipped like sheep,
but the hair can be taken from all
steers killed, which, 1t Is said, would
make clothing for half the men in
America.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Spain Uses Iron Hand and ClapS
Labor Leaders Into
Jail.
BIG BUSINESS OPTIMISTIC
Republic Is Long Way Off, Is Opin-
ion of British Government Official
Who Has Been Making Study
of the Situation.

London.-Big business men of Spain
are backing their faith in the future
stability of Spain by spending their
money on big projects in their coun-
try.
hgland, 1t is stated, is apt to have
naturalization of mines and railroads
long before Spain overthrows the mon
archy and sets up a republic.
This Is the gist of what British
government official and business man
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Music Quells Riot in Lucca

hearers to fury and, ready for any eX.
cesses, they started through the main
street to the public square.
"On the balcony of his hotel near
the entrance to the square, the Bohe-
milan boy was playing his violin to a
few admiring people below. The first
of the mob reached this group, lis
tened to the violinist and remained
fascinated by his playing. AL the
others stopped to listen and as the
boy continued playing their fury sub
sided. Instead of smashing heads
they applauded him, and half an hour
later. were all walking quietly to their
homes"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Railroad Solves important Prob

Bedford. 1nd.-Oflicials of the Mo-
non railroad quickly solved the hous-
ing problem for Jess Enochs, in charge
of section gang at Salem. The house
occupied by Enochs and his family had
been sold and there was not vacant
one in town, so the railroad sent a
combination sleeping and dining car,
which Enochs has transformed into a
five-room bungalow.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Hons as eovernment Aids.

Lexington, Ky.-Five moonshine
stills were raided by officers working
herr and in each instance hogs feast
ing en mash gave the clews. No ar
rests were made, lookouts firing sig-
nal shots to tip Off the sinners.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
IL Works.

LaGrange, Ky.-The new siren burg
lar alarm at the Peoples bank, which
works automatically with the opening
of any door or window of the bank,
is success. Every male citizen start
ed out ready for action at midnight
during the high wind, but found it
was a false alarm.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Musician Discovers Tune
Played BY Submarines

Iondon.-The time which the
deadly submarine played as 1t
moved beneath the waves was
discovered by an admiralty of
fetal who was an expert musi-
clan.
1t has just been revealed that
when the sea lords were seeking
means of detecting the approach
of a submarine. Sir Richard
Paget, stripped to the waist was
lowered head down into the
water. He came up humming the
exact note made by the moving
submarine.
From this small and strange
beginning sound detectors were
perfected which saved many,lives
and resulted in the sinking of
many U-boats.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
WALKERS BEAUTY PARLoRS
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Order your Hair Goods by mail
through us. Switches So and up.
Transformations, $40 and up. Order
your ear muffs and curls at $5 set.
The best of human hair furnished. Cut
sample of hair from crown of your
head and we will match it perfect.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
How oysters Grow Shells.

Young oysters float on the surface
Of the water for time, then sink and
fnsten themselves to the bottom.
Thus attached, they extract lime from
the water and deposit 1t as shell about
their bodies
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Court of Iiona.

The Court of Lions Is the most
famous court Of the Alhambra, In
Spain. 1t takes Its name from ~
white marble lions from whose mouths
streams OF water flowed into q cen.
trail alabaster basin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
The Present Need.

Max Eastman said at a Greenwich
village tea:
"a millionaire business man lee
tured me about my discomfort the
other day. He said there was never
such a chance for bright men as now
He said there were any number of
$4,000 openings for bright men.
"'Of course there arel' said / You
need the very brightest men you can
get to think up new reasons for boost
ing your prices still higher"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24

The enjoyment of beautiful flowers
is common to all the inhabitants of
Japan.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Sad Confession.

"The officer says you were not park
ing parallel"
I'll"
Don't you know?"
81 can't be sure
"What is your business?"
81 am professor of geometry
Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24
Quit Lecture, Says Boy
Sent to Death Chair

Jesse Walker, 10, who killed
Samuel Wolchock In his sta
tionery store at 20S Wyckoff ave-
nue.. Brooklyn, when attempting
to rob the store, was arraigned
for sentence before Supreme
Court Justice Fawcett In Brook
Ign. The Justice addressed the
prisoner for several minutes.
speaking of the gravity of the
crime, but Walker shifted his
feet uneasily. Then he burst
out:
"I'm not here for lecture. !
am here to be sentenced"
The justice regarded the youth
gravely for moment and with
out further comment sentenced
him to die in the electric chair
at Sing Sing.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-04-24

Most young men haven't even a lame
excuse for carrying a cane.