Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES

London, Jan. THE famous Jez-
reels temple at Chatham has been Of
feGed for sale.
This building, which is a conspic-
uGus landmark, was begun in 1882 by
a British soldier named White, who,
after an attack of sunstroke in India,
proclaimed himself the prophet of a
new religion and adopted the name of
James Harshon Jezreel."
An article of the new faith was
that none of its disciples should visit
a barber and the Jezreelites rapidly
became known in the locality and be-
yCnd it. "JeZreer gathered hundreds
OF followers and organized a little
colony of farms and workshops, out of
which he made fortune. He began
the construction of the temple with
the object of accommodating 5000 of
the faithful out of the $4,000 who
we're TO be saved with the end of the
world came.
He promised his followers that he
would live forever, but he died before
the tower was completed. 1t remains
unfinished today despite the fact that
over 100000 was spent on it. The
building remained unOCcupied until
1906, when it was taken by an Ameri-
can named Mills, who adopted the title
of Prince Michael" and proclaimed
himself the successor Of JeZreel." A
little over three years ago Prince
MiChaers" followers were evicted, haV-
ing failed to pay the rent to the own
er. a cont. actor who had taken over
the building on the death of "Jezreel.'
How fleeing is the glory of the mod
ern fighting ship is illustrated in the
case of the British battleship Dread
nought. the building of which as re-
suit of the report of the British naval
attaches who accompanied Admiral
Togo's feet in the first naval battles in
the Gulf of Pechii against the Pacific
fleet of Russia, caused a revolution in
battleship construction.
This once proud vessel is now con-
sidered so far out of date that it is be
ing removed from the first battle
squadron, which is based on Gibraltar.
The Dreadnought has been in commits
sion less than six years, and while not
considered obsolete, is more complete
ly outclassed by the latest ships than
were the pre-Dreadnoughts distaneed
by it when it was first built.
Three weeks ago the battleship King
George V. was commissioned. Ii has
a broadside of no less than $4,000
pounds. This gives it a superiority of
loo per cent over the Dreadnought,
which was only Is per cent better than
the last pre- readhough:s The new
armored cruisers even are so per cent
more powerful than the Dreadnought
/ No British armored ship is reckoned
( effective today that has been launched
over IS years.
/ At the battle OF Trafalgar the q
British ships averaged 81 years from
/ the date of launching. The Victory it
self was so years old.
The strike OF the workers on the
/ Northeastern railway caused by tht
action Of the company in reducing al
engine driver after he had been con
victed of drunkenness, and which last
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shipping trades over S5,O00,000.
The trouble came at a time wheI
there was an extraordinary rush o
trade before the holidays. which wal
interrupted by an unusual and pressing
demand for coal by Russia and othe
European powers, who were putting il
stocks against the possibility of wal
II was not only the shipping -rade
that lost heavily. however, for tn
miners and men in collateral trade
lost nearly a weeks work. as the CON
pany could not accept freight. Will
the railway men themselves wer
mulcted in fines which it viii TAX
them some weeks TO pay
This has left a wound and many Q
TIE men, dissatisfied with the actio