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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-08-12

hands still on the club, his eyes follow
ing that flying figure. With all my
strength | drove a fist fiat to his face,
and, as he reeled, stumbling backward,
e~ndeavoring TO retain his feet, ]
sprang past, and raced down the steps.
The body lay at the bottom ~motiOnless,
huddled up I'm such fashion as to
block the door. Without a doubt but
that the man waa dead, / thrust the
form to one side, leaped through the
opening, and crashed the door behind
me.
/ turned to the left, afraid OF the
bright lights, and the street-cars, and
plunged into the depths Of the alley.
/ may have gone a mile, twisting and
turning before l came to what
evidently was a small hotel. Here
/ encountered a cab, an old horse cab.
the driver half asleep inside. An old
time cabby was not liable to care who
his fare might be so long as he was
well paid. Encouraged by this re-
Election, I stepped over TO the curb.
Engaged. my manf"
He came to life in an instant,
tumbling out OF his comfortable
quarters TO face me.
"No sir. I lever heard you comm
sir. Bin q bit quiet about here to-
night"
He stopped, as though just noticing
my appearance under the dim street
lights.
Eyer bin hurt. sirT' he asked solicit
ously. Eyer COATS all tore. and there's
some blood on yer face"
"A small fight, that's all. In a
saloon W west. ANY place around
here where / could wash uDT'
"sure; right in yere; there amt
nobody around TO bother. I'll show
you"
He opened a little side-door, and
I followed down a narrow hallway TO
a small washroom, flung off my coat.
and filed a basin with water. The
cabby turned up the light, and watched
me c~urfously. He was evidently de
lighted 10 have some one TO companion
with at this weird hour of the morn.
ing.
They got yer n good I'm. any
how" he remarked @Feller wnut
struck yer must've bed a ring on ter
make thst cash"
There were two Of them I ans
veyed. spluttsrfnE through the water
! was using literally. g" may have
hurt one Of thA fellows. so you keep
stl@vm ySuT
-hsl Bhueam, ] Dent talk abo~i
my fares ~ Tbet amt business
! picked sAa I'd night before las,
down by tha wsSt&tde decks. WHO'D
been in 1s bad At . f1eA1-ny
how, lie wN ~ scared half tss
death. L>ohao s q foreigner. an
vas draedn' . pip Tong With hn
Got OF at JosuSy terry. I rH1@-
when waS QAtT ] wu using t1s
towel by this qn, eytnE<cbs t<nGs
ious speaker otw ths sdgs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-08-12

chance seemed to me lay In Broad
street. l ate a deliberate lunch.
planning how best TO proceed. and
hoping some hellhoy would call me to
the telephone. l finished the meal
uninterrupted.
Both Wall and Broad streets were
busy enough when ! elbowed my
passage through the shifting crowds
of men h%urrying In every direction,
and. reached the edge of the curb,
gazed upward at the ornamental 'front.'
of the Colmar building,
l took an elevator to the twelfth floor,
and walked slowly from end to end
of the marble corridor, reading the
names on the glass doors as l passed.
| met but few people and attracted
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no BE c%ONTINUED)
enIx prIson ssnisnee.

IN Italy II IL not for a
criminal to receive full sentence upon
each of o number Of separate cOnvic-
tion~. In Sicily. for instance. a man
Lupo Salvatore was found
guilty Of 60 dinerrp; actG ~ fraud.
He was condemned 10 three years Inn
on each Of the 81 counts.
bringing the total length OF his sen-
tence 70 1s9 years.
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CHAPTER Xii.
At the Foot of the stairs

"No, it will soon be morning. and
all way Of escape blocked. He is
willing to swear that you agreed TO
permit Alva to drive you downtown,
and that you actually departed to-
gether. This charge can perhaps be
answered by the testimony Of Krsntz,
II he can be got en- the wttDess stand.
as you have told ms be accompanied
you on a street cxn"
which 10 truAS
81 accept yeur word of COURSE but
Harris does net and I must confess
he nas some svioaune Co create ms
picion."
You say thaft"
II must. % 30 perfectly honest. /
win ever confess there have been
times when 7 doubted Let M tai
yup-Alya was undoubtedly killed via
= c -''i -.acfir Ike tiraf SnS
q '~t 7 pointed 70
my In an
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Ports Not Listed Alphabetically in
Guide Can Be Located as Follows:

ABBADAN--See Port Said
ABO--See Gothenburg
H ACCRA--See Azores
ADELAIDE-see Freemantle. Lyttelton
ALGOA BAY-See Cape Town
AMsTERD RDAM-vi Rotterdam.
Z ANTIGUA--See st, Thomas
ANTOFAGASTA--Se Cristobal, PaitA
ARICA--Cristob obai. Paita
E BAHTA--See Para
RARBA pOS--See st Thomas
BATAVIA--See Penang. Alden
BATHU RST--See Azores
BATUM--See Constantinople
BEIRA-See Capetown
BEIRUT-~See Piraeus
BELAWAN- -DELHI--See Penang
BELGIAN CONG(,-See Canaries
BElIZE--See Santiago
BERtsEN--See ChrisyIania.
BISSAO--See Azores
Rl-rrsE-- See Auckland
BOMBAY--See Alexandria. Port Said.
Trieste, Alden
BRAILA--see Constantinopie. Algiers
BKISBAN NE--See Auckland
RUENOS AYRES--See Montcvideo. Rio
pi1RGAsr@sse y Ias,esS eons,antinoD,.
rABEpTLf.O--See Para
CAIBARTEN---See Havana
CAf.t.AO--See cristobai. Paita
CALCUTTA-See Honolulu, Alexandria,
Trieste. Alden
ca AMEROoN-se canaries
CARTAGENA--See Kingston. Haitian
Ports.
CAYENNE--See st. Thomas
CFApA - See Para
Patta
CHERBOURG---See Southampton
CHIN Yokohama
G. cIsnrsTIA ~ NsANn-ses christianta,
COLOMBO--See Honolulu. Alexandria,
Alden
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

coNs A N z A--see constantinople.
CORONA--see Vigo
CURACAo--see Mayaguez. San Juan
RRAsHoMEymsee p ! !, N, sas v,. Canares ANA
DAKAR--See Azores
DEMERARA st Thomas. trinidad
neMINlCA-~Se st. Thomas
DCALA-See Azores
bl'Bf N-~See Belfast Cork
DUBROVNIK-See vigo, Gibraltar
NEpTN--See Auckland
EAST l.ONDON-See Cape Town
EG YrTrSee Java. North Africa
rIt.N--See Paita
FIUME--See Vigo, Gibraltar
FREETOW N-~-See Azores
IE,RREMCH I,R CoNGo--see Canartes
FRENCH GUINEA-See Canaries
GALATZ-See constantinople, Algiers.
Piraeus
GGAIMelA-see canares
CI,ENT--See Antwerp. Bordeaux
GOLD cOAST--ssee Canaries
GRAND BAssAM-see Azores
I5:.-N G. AoA.-,Sse Trlnidad
GuATEMALA--See Santiago
HONDURAS-Se Santiago
NoNG koNG-see Aden. Honolulu,
ILO1LO-See Manila
I4UI4UE--See Girls. obal. Paita
lQUlTOS--ssee Para
81 n y S OF ATLANTIC. WEST
coast PoRTS-see Havana
IVORY C0AST-See Caparies
JAMAICAN Ma, A oo,uTPoRTe-seo Haitian
KAEACHI--See Haitian Ports. Alexan-
dria. Aden. Port Said
kOBE--See Honolulu. Yokohama
LAGOS--See Azores
LA GUAYRA-See Mayagucz. San Juan
Ia plata SEE Montevideo
LEITH--See Leith. London
LEVANT-See North Africa
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RANGOON-See Alexandria. Alden
REQ SEA PORTS--see North Africa
E-GI-NICN-See Cape Town
FEVAL-See Christiania. Copenhagen,
RIO GRANDE DO Suisse Para. Rio
RosARIo-see Montevidso
RoUEN-see Havre
SAlGON-See Honolulu
ST KITTS--See ST Thomas
ST LAURENT-See st Thomas
ST LUCIA-See st Thomas
SAI.AVERRY-See Paita
sAI.oN1CA--see Piraeus. Barcelona
CAMARANG-Se~ Penang. Alden
sANTA 5. NTa EEpI p p Monteyidsc son e, s,,nn.
SkNTANDER--See 81 Bilbao. vigo
SANTOS--See Montevideo. Para. Rio dc
SkNFt;AI@See Can.ries
SIERRA LEONE-See Canaries
SlNGApORE-See Shanghai Aden Pc
nang. Honolulu. Yokohama
SMYRNA-See Algiers. Piraeus. Barce-
Iona
SOUTHERN NIGERIA-see canaries
STOCKHOLM-see Gothenburg. Chris
tlania. Conenhagen
SURABAYA-See Penang, Alden
SWANSEA--See London
SYpNlil See Auckland Freemantls
TALCAHUANO-s Paita
TALTAL7See Paita
TAMPICO-see Havana. Puerto Mex
TEiA-See Santiago
TIMARU-See Auckland
TOCOPfLLA-See Paita
TOGOLAND-see Canaries
TRUNILLO--See Santiago
TVNGTAU-See Yokohama
TrNIs-see Alsiers
NAlPARAIsO--see Cristobal. Palta
NARNA-See onstantipopIe
VERA CRuZ-See Havana
WELIINGTON---Se Auckland
WEST AFRICA-See Azores
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LIBERIA A-See Canaries
LIN ERICk Cork
LOANDA--See Azores
IONDONDERRY--Se Belfast. Cork
MACEIO-See Para
MA DE1RA-See North Africa. Azore.
MALMO-See Copenhagen. GothenburR
MALTA-See North Africa
MANAOS-Sec Fara
MA Al ARACAi BO--see Mayaguez. San Juan
MARANHAAI--See Para
MARSEILLES- Barcelona
MARTiNIQUE-Se 81 Thomas
M0SSEL BAY-see Cape Town
MATAD1--See Azores
MAlfRITft1S- Cape Town
MEL Freemantle, Lyttel-
ton
MOfI.ENpt,-See Paita
MONROVIA--Se Azores
NHHDrCo-See North Africa
MOVIi.LE-See Glasgow
NATNl<-See Para
Nt.WCASTLE-S London. Rotterdam.
Auch land
NN00RTHof5Ngrsse N0R IS IsSi5, e &C GGooshsnours Il
NoprHERN NIGER1A-sea canar,ss
NuENlTAS-See Havana
OPoRTO--See Lisbon. Bilbao
oRAN--See Algiers
PARAHsBA See Para
PARAMAR ARIBO--See ST. Thomaa
PAIKAS-See Nigo. Gibraltar
+ I'm AMEUCO-See Para
-SCO--,See paita
PONEE--See Porto Rico
pp0oni,r poiS,rr ANTOMIO-See Havana
rcitI iIMON-See Havana
oonT MATAl.-sce cape Town
FORT SuDAN-~See Aden
FORT SWETTENHAM-se Penang
Pp9Bwi,G uEsE CONGo-see Canariss
rnNTt1N 'ff9ss GUINEA See CanarIe,
lt<otsRESO--See Havana
PUERTO BARRIOS-see Santiago
rIEEIo cABELl.O-See San Juan
f1LEio COLOMBIA---See klurston.
Haitian Ports
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Sailing for
United States

New York From Rotterdam -,
Mar. 2I-ANDREA r. LOCK kENEAeH -
i.uclsenhach Lines xx<,
Mar. 3I-HATTIE LUCKESBACh er ~
Luckenbach Lines y
From Hamburg 4
Mar. 3O--HARRy LJCkENBACH trAs
LHckenbach Lines
Apr. 1S--F, J. LuCkENBACH lFA)
Luckenbach Lines
Philadelrhi9 From Rotterdam tsny
Mar. 2I-ANpREA F. LUCKENBACat ~ =
Luclenbach Lines tU. $, ). ~
From Hamburg
Apr. I3--F. ]. LuCKENBACH (FAg s "a
Luckenbach LtAsa 81
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Charleston, Sec sack,onyill.
Gais iseston From New York
Tues. ras,,,lr, tF1. Thurs Thurs: tF,. Sat ~
Galveston, Key West From New Yors
Mar. SS$-CoMAL tPFl Mallory Line
Mar. 30--CONCIIO (PF> Mallory Line
jacksonville, Charleston
From New York
Mar. ds-ARAPAHoE PF> clyde Lins
Mar Mar SsLBNAPE E 9PF2 Clyde Clyde Line
Mar. 26-CoMANCHE (PF) Clyde Linz
key West, Sc. Galveston
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattls
From New York
Mar. I9--ANNA L. MORSE CD
United States Transport Co.. ins
Los Angeles (San Pedro), Sas
Francisco, Portland, Seattlf
Tacoma. Also see New York. sas
Francisco
From New York
Mar. 2s-oHIoAN tF)
nit-d A''"r'csp fin~a Ina
Apr. -PENNSYLvANIAN (F)
United American Lines, Inc.
New Orleans From New sork
Wednesdays (F). Saturdays erf'
New York From Baltimore
Mar. .I9-GEORGIANNAW WEEMS (F}
Haischaw 5 s. Lines. me;
New York, Los Angeles, San Diego
From San Francisco
Mar sO--K. l. LUCkENBACH tFM)
Luckenbach Lines >,.,,
Apr. I6--KATRINA LUCK kENBACH tfsa'
luckenbach Lines
Portland, Also sec Los Angeles
San Diego, See New York, San FFane''
San Francisco. Ais Also ,s;sra see Los ADss'se
From Baltimore
Mar. 25--POINT ADAMS (F)
Pacific Mail S. S. Co
San Francisco, San Diego, Los 40
geies, Also see Los Angeles
From New York
Mar. 30-JULIA LUckENBACH tFA)
Luckenbach Lines r,n
Apr I4-EDWARD LUCK ENBACH u
Luckenbach Lines
San Pedro, San francisco
Also see Los Angeles. San Diego
From Mobile
Late Mar.-CAPE ROMAN tF) Page & &5oh~
Seattle, See Los Angeles
Tacoma, See Los Angeles
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Bremen, Hamburg

Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune. Inc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-08-12
NOTICE

The tax roll for the village Of
IAnse is now in my hands for col
lection. The fee of one per cent will
be charged up to and including Aug
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-08-12

ust 1. After that date the collection
fee will be four per cent.
Mary Frenette,
30-f Village Treasurer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-08-12

business is ready for you. Sell 1877
products direct to farmers on credit.
II you own team or auto, are under
30, can give bond, we start You. Good
territory open. Write J. r. Watkins
Co., Dept lis, Winona, MINI. It's
your LIE chance. 32-4
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-08-12

Designers have been generous in the
variety Of beautiful blouses with
which they welcome summer Many
Of them are made Of georgette In two
colors like the lovely model shown
above. Nothing equals georgette for
daintiness and 1t remains an unrivaled
favorite whose cause IL furthered by
this new arrival. Imagine It In navy
blue with neck, sleeves and peplum
bordered with tangarine. Needlework
marks me borders in squares and
little embroidery finds place ON
them. The girdle 10 Of blue ribbon.
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

Iennium, at which time the Saviour would
return to earth"
The Sultan listened TO the enthusiast
and for an immense sum of money sold
him, among other lands, the major part
OF Mount Carmel In Guiding the summit
and the greater part of the Field Of Afma.
geddon not far away.
After acquiring the properties, the rich
dreamer returned to his prophet" In
America for other instructions. Some
thing happened to disillusion him. lie
separated in anger from Harris and re.
turned to Palestine % carry out his plans
alone. Several years later he came back
to America, where he married Rosamond
Dale Owen, the granddaughter Of Robent
Owen, the socialist He only lived a few
months after this marriage, but durius
that time he won his wife's whole-heartsd
and enthusiastic sympathy for his great
dream.
And when he died he laid 1t upon her as
a sacred trust to carry out this project.
He also expressed the desire that his niece,
Margaret, then little girl in school, shout
be brought up to sympathize with his plans
and to aid her aunt in maturing them. SO
a few months after oliphnnt's death his
widow took the little girl from school anil
carried her away to Palestine, where she
laid claim to the properties.
While the Turks did not deny her rights
under the documents signed by AbdJl
Hamid and his ministers, they did look
with disfavor upon her efforts of colonial
tion. Technlcalities we're invoked to pre-
vent her from having full control Of tho
land and this policy OF delay was system
atically kept up until the war broke the
hold Of the Turk upon the Holy Land. The
summons from the English High Commits
sioner at the present time is merely a mat
ter OF form which will enable her TO take
clear claim and, under government supet-
vision OF course. set in motion the long de.
layed plans OF her dead husband.
Mount Carmel was the chosen spot for
the sacrifices OF Baal in the time OF King
Ahab and his Phoenician spouse Jezebel.
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

II was upon the slopes of this mount that
the Prophet Elijah held that great contest
with the priests Of Baal when he male
them build an altar and pray to Baal TO
see II he would show his favor and power
by lighting its fires. When they failed, 1t
came the turn Of Elijah, who first poured
water on the sacrifices three times until
the trench around the altar overfloweJ
and when he prayed to God: "Then the
fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust, and licked up TIA
water that was in the trench" e. Kings
xviii:3S).
when later Elijah was translated to
Heaven in a chariot of fire and Lever more
seen on earth he became the favorite centre
of prophetic thought The Jewish prophets
looked forward to him as the promised
forerunner OF the Messiah; and the Chris
tian prophets who believed that Jesus was
the Messiah transferred this anticipation
OF the coming. OF Elijah as a precursor "
the Millennium and the second coming of
Jesus on earth, Thus Mount Carmel, 81
closely identified with the Prophet Elijai,
became endeared to both Jew and Chris.
tian as the place from which they expected
Elijah to reappear In the "fulness Of time"
For this reason Lawrence oliphant was
most eager to have his home on the sum
NIT OF that mountain, and he secured Il, on
q high promentory Just overlooking q
native village. clustering on the declivity,
But 0liphant was even more interested
in securing a part az least Of the groat
Field OF Armaeeddon, for here, too
prophecy looked for great happenings on
the Last Day. In the Book OF Revela-
tion is the forecast Of what will happen In
the words: And be gathered them To-
gether into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon. And the seventh
angel poured out his vial into the air; AMI
there came a great voice out OF the tenn
ple OF Heaven from the throne, saying, e
is done" Revelation xvi, 16, 17)
Some may not know that there 10 no
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The Washington times., 1921-10-30

determined but one great turn in history.
When the Israelites we're forcing their
way into the Promised Land under the
leadership OF Joshua II was upon this field
that their general met with great defeat,
because Of the horses and chariots with
which the Canaanites we're equipped. Evea
before this age II had been considered q
place Of great importance because u was
upon the direct caravan route between
Egypt and Assyria, and the Phsroah,
Thothmes III, had gained q great victory
on this feld over the Amorites, who were
at that time very powerful nation.
In later times when Israel wac being op-
pressed by Jsbin, King Of Canaan, Deborah
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

so famous in song and story in his day.
II was here that the King Josiah OF
Judah was slain. As II says in the Bible:
an his DAYS Pharaoh. King OF
Egypt, went up against the King OF Assyria
TO the River Euphrates anu King Josiah
went against him; and he slew him at
Mesiddo, when he had seen him.
"And his servants carried him in q
chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought
him 10 jerusalem, and buried him In his
own sepulohrs" (II. Kings xiii, 20, s0.)
Historically, there is no more interesting
spot in the world, for II was the site OF
many battles upon which the fate Of ma
tions hung, while Waterloo for instance,
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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Staying of King Josiah of Judah ed of
the Army of Pharaoh Neeho 2, 500 Years Ago

sheep horders and sheiks who could ride
here from the Jordan and trade without
allowing the Turkish officials to interfere
with them and collect taxes.
The late President Roosevelt called the
attention OF the present generation to the
place when he spoke of the fight against
modern unrighteousness as the Battle OF
Armageddon," and the entire idea OF the
Book OF Revelation was brought home TO
the world by that very famous novel of the
spsnish author Ibsnsz. The -Four Horse
men Of the Apocalypse" Thus the plsin
OF Megiddo or Field Of Armaseddon" has
been made by modern thought one Of The
most modern OF all spots In Palestine.
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At one point on
the surrounding hills
is situated the ''brow
of the hill whereon
their city was built"
down which the in
furiated men of Naz-
areth sought to cast
sus when his
teachings offended
their ideas. This is
the so-called Mount
of Precipitation"
The most famous
spot in all Nazareth
is "the Fountain of
the Virgin" some
Ave minutes walk to
the east OF the pres
ent town, through a
pathway shaded by
olive trees, the only
source OF water sup
ply for the town.
The water comes to
II through conduits
Of great antiquity
fro m neighboring
hills. Near Il stands
the Greek Church Of
h e Annunciation,
where sacred tradi-
tion says the angel
announced to the
Blessed Virgin, as
she was drawing
water at this foun.
tain, that she was to
be the mother OF the
Saviour.
N azereth in
modern times had
become the mart of
exchange between
the exporting mer-
chants of the Acre
and Haifa, the sea.
ports for Europe,
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such place lit
orally as Ar.
mageddon, but
that the Greek
word translat-
ed in our Eng
lish versio
stood for the
Hebrew words
Har Megiddo,
or mount Of
Megiddo, a n d
this Megiddo
is the most
famous battle
field in all Pal.
estine. Here
the fate Of
many ancient
nations has
been decided,
and Il was the
most natural
thing in the
world for the
writer OF the
Book OF Reve.
lation, or the
Apocalypse, to
locate the final
great battle Of
humanity up
on that field
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

THE astonishing fact that Mt. Carmel
and the Field of Armageddon in
the Holy Land have been inherited
by New York woman has Just become
known. 4sh* ,.st,
1t was on the slopes of Mt Carmel sthat
the prophet Elijah cohfounded the priestp
of the wicked god Baal by summoning the
fires from Heaven to consume the sacri.
fices on the altar of Jehovah. II IL on the
top of Mt Carmel that prophecy declares
Elijah wilt return in his chariot of fif,
to usher in the Millennium. The Field Of
Armageddon is the place where, according
to the Book Of Revelations, the final battle
between good and evil will be fought
with the exception of the Holy Sepulchre
at Jerusalem. Calvary and the Garden o:
Gethsemane, there are probably no more
sacred spots than these two in the world.
The habit Of the mind is to consider such
places the property Of mankind in general,
and it will come with something of q shock
to many to learn that they are privately
owned just like farm or a country estate.
The woman who claims ownership to the
two holy places is Miss Margaret Dale
Owens well known in theatrical circles here
and abroad, Her aunt is Mrs. Rosamond
Dale Owen Oliphant, the widow of Law
renee Oliphant a noted writer and traveller,
who was once a member of the British
Parliament and herself = an American
woman. Miss Owen has Just received
cable from Mrs. 0liphant asking her TO
al In 20 90 poIa
tine to take up her claim and have the title
cleared as the High Commissioner of Pales-
tine under the British mandate, Sir Her
bert Samuel, has just informed her that he
will be ready to dispose Of the matter In
the very near future. The two womeo,
upon due notification, will take up their
pilgrimage and lay the documents in their
possession before the High Commissioner.
Neither have the slightest doubt that the
claim will be allowed. How the sacred pro-
perties passed into their hands Is as curl
GUS and romantic a story as possession OF
them is unusual and romantic.
1t was back in the sixties that a striking
figure appeared in British politics. 1t was
Lawrence Oliphant. a descendant OF a nota-
BILE Scottish family born in South Africa
and possessor of what would be even In
these days an immense fortune. He wass
elected to Parliament in 1885. but thee
was a strong strain Of the mystic running
through him. This element Of mysticism
caused him to fall under the influehce 4
Thomas Lake Harris. a "spiritualistic"
prophet who was flaming a model socialia-
tic or communistic settlement at Brocton
on Lake Erie, Pennsylvania.
Oliphant spent great sums on this colony,
resigning from Parliament to come TO tho
United States and watch over It's upbuilo-
ing Harris gained such Influence over the
millionaire that the latter was at last con-
vinced that the prophet was an incarna'
tion OF the Deity. Through suggestions
made by Harris he went to Constantinople
in 1879 and entered into negotiations with
the willy old Sultan, Abdul Hamid, for a
grant OF the northern part OF Palestine.
There oiphant hoped to settle many jews
so as, he said, TO fulfill the prophecies and
bring about the end OF the world-the MI