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Evening star., 1914-12-13

the end of the war. This was the
prospect.
]Evsrything ,s,So, now depended upon
human being and could be persuaded
to believe, upon my word alone, that
it was my sense of duty toward my
women that had led us to the indis-
cretion of going through the German
lines. His manner of conducting the
trial was all that one could have
wished. But at the end of the day we
were marched off separately to the
prison.
Here again l was stripped and
searched, all my possessions removed.
and I was taken. at midnight. by two
cupy. The door closed with bang
upon me and the key turned merci-
lessly in the lock and shut out from
the world. as I thought, perhaps for
My chief regret was that my women
would never know that / had tried to
get to them, but in the end l per-
suaded myself that even the effort
would count somehow, somewhere.
THE next day I spent in thinking
things out, and then, at 5 pm, ar
rived the miracle. l was sent for by
the human officer, who came to the
prison and said that II would give
my word not to escape he would take
me in his automobile to the hotel,
where-with my two friends, without
whom 1 would not, of course. accept
freedom-l shOuld oe tree 10 come ana
60 on parole. while our case was fur
ther investigated.
He and the next senior ofiicer sent
a cable to tho German authorities at
the Hotel de Vile at Brussels. asking
them to confirm my story that I had
been asked by the Croix Rouge to or
ganize hospital in the university, and
that night we had the first wash for
five days and slept in bed comparative
ly happy.
But in the morning the senior Of
flcer greeted me with serious race
We've had the reply to our TELEGRAM.
Read it. He handed me the paper.
'Croix Rouge and University say no
hospital by Madame Stobart. The Bel,
gian director of the Croix Rouge ana
Of the University had presumably peen
displaced by Germans, to whom l was
unknown.
Return to prison seemed inevitable.
But some curious psychical innuence
was obviously at work. and wnen l
asked If some one might not be sent
with me to Brussels to corroborate my
statement. the officer. as he looked me
in the face. replied quietly. to my IN
tense surprise. No. but this telegram
Is not an answer to the question we
had asked. You are free to go to Brus-
sels. l imagined that at least we
should have to be under German super
vision. but boldly suggested that at
Brussels I should be no better on as
regards my unit than before. Gould
we not go to England?
THE answer was, I don't see why
you shouldn't and so. accordingly. I
did, travelling by hired automobile to
Maestricht, then by train to Flushing,
and thence by steamer to Folkestone.
and eventually arriving in London to
find my unit waiting for further news
from me. and meanwhile pursuing their
ordinary avocations."
The experiences told Of thus far
would usually have been enough to
deter any woman from, Oliver Twist
like, asking for more" But not Mrs.
Stobart. Only a few days later. on
hearing from the Belgian Red Cross
that her services We're sore1y needed
in Antwerp. she hurried OFF therA tax
in ..iIh hAr. Is us .I;.l 10 iu;tt l..ft h
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staff Of women, consisting of six physi-
clans. twelve trained nurses and ten
orderlies. and. on getting to Antwerp
set up her hospital in. of all places, q
summer concert hall.
This is the former gathering place OF
the Societe de Harmonic. in the
Chaussee de Malines. just across the
street from a convent kept by Ger
man sisterhood. and here we find the
unit" just a fortnight later: with al
their equipment complete and over 130
wounded men under their care. Most
of these victims Of shells, shrapnel and
rifie bullets occupy small iron beds, of
which there over a hundred. but some
of them. too. are lying on straw mat
tresses on the tiers Of the orchestral
platform, and constantly others pour
in.
For over a week Mrs. Stobart has
slept in her clothes. and. she says.
grown iudcpendep; IS TO whe:he@ ~ =
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Special Correspondence of The Star

LONDON, December ;. 1914.
ARIS has hit upon new greet
ing. When one woman meets
another in the streets she does
not ask any OF the inane Ques-
tions that heretofore had such
q great vogue. She straightway gets
down to business and asks: Have you
adonted a wounded soldier" If the re-
nIv is i'm the affirmative the women
fool themselves social and moral
equals But if it should happen to be
in the negative. then the poor neglect
fu1 cuIprit is an outcast of the worst
kind.
Seriously speaking, this habit of
adopting wounded soldiers has be-
come widespread among wealthy So
,-iety women here Much of it is done
through the military hospital of VAL
dc-Grace- After securing the necessary
permit from the military authorities.
these women pay a visit to the great
wards where hundreds of the wounded
soldiers lie nrending. They chat and
laugh with the men until they come
upon one whose personality is espe-
cIally pleasing or whose circumstances
are especially appealing. Arrange
ments are soon made by which the SOL
dier is transferred to the care and re-
~ponsibility of the interested woman.
K
This responsibility does not include
rh, duties of nursing In a strictly
medical sense, the men are still under
the care of the hospital staff But the
foster mother" agrees TO visit her
charge every day. TO bring him flowers
and small iuxuries in the way of food.
10 provide him with extra blankets and
arm underClothes. and finally, when
i. NI..ta n Ok
10 the front well equipped for the rig
orS of winter campa igning.
From a wellto-do French refugee
whose home is close TO Rheims the
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tree and injured his hand His iron
strength is proverbial among his
friends. and he used to boast that he
could sign his name with a fifty-six-
pound weight hanging from his little
finger. Once, when he was narrating
this fact to well known editor, the
latter remarked, ironically, Il suppose
you generally write your manuscript
that way"
Graham looks like a Scottish cavalier
with a dash of the Spanish hidalgo,
which is not surprising when you
know that he is descended from King
Robert Bruce of Scotland and knows
Spain as he knows London. Apropos,
there is good story that George
Bernard Shaw is fond Of telling, though
the point is rather against himself. or
rather against his political views.
Shaw was walking with his mother in
Regent street one day when an i'm
maculately attired man, raising his hat,
passed with courtly bow that would
have exalted a grandee of CASTLE.
who is that, George?" asked Mrs.
Shaw
Evening star., 1914-12-13

for her staff. most Of them sleep, when
off duty, in the convent across the way,
whence one and all are ready to be
called at seconds notice.
Thus they have lived through the
days of dretd uncertainty in the city
on the Scheldt. Once they have been
officially notified that the city is to be
evacuated and that they must prepare
their patients to be taken to Ostend,
close their hospital and be ready for
flight themselves. Then has come the
announcement that help is coming
from England and that the official
command to all in Antwerp is to hold
on" And next day some of the royal
marines and the naval brigade, con-
eyed in LOndon Anotor omnibuscs on
lnt - ~
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Soba Balkan War
Nurses and
M1ow She and Her Staff Cared for Wounded Patients When
Sreeched ThoughInl Hospital
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in nd
about
to starts at o Cross.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Vaccination is a Question of Money

DR.. J. M. PEBBLES, the distinguished
| physician and author, who has made five
journeys around the world, and has
treated smallpox in every civilized country
in the world, is the author Of a standard
volume Of three hundred twenty-six pages
on Vaccination. In his references to the
lucrative enterprise Of racial blood poison
ing, DR. PEBBLES writes:
EThe leaders in the vaccination move
ment must be perfectly aware Of the fact
that vaccination stands condemned; but
they seem to have no idea Of sUrrendering
to it; first and foremost, because Of it's
money value; secondly, because they do
not wish to disturb the present disease
conditions Of the country and Of the
world and, thirdly, they dread the man
ner in which the awakening conscience of
an indignant public would call them to ac-
count for century of blood poisoning.
''Disease, kept booming by vaccination,
if discontinued and superseded by SAM
tation. would cause the death rate to de-
cline so rapidly that the 'wayfaring man,
though a fool would be able to see where
Of he had been deceived by the vaccinat-
luS uOCUOI, WIN, UHCllCOIOl III, NOu1d W
rated at his real value.
"Syphilitic, tuberculous, or cancerous
poisons may be vaccinated into child s
body, and these remain inert for years,
and then usurp the soil into which they
have been planted. We may not be able
to detect the results Of the first disease
faint which the vaccnator introduces from
the skin puncture he inficts upon our little
ones. Our eye may not follow it in it's
various paths, through its sure ramifica-
ton and development in later life; through
the children and children's children in
whom that blood faint has developed and
accomplished it's work of final ruin.
1T is, indeed, serious thing to poison
life at it's fountain-head, even falsely
thinking to avert possible future danger
but to thus poison the blood the life
forces deliberately for gain, is most in
famous crime against society,"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

''Vaccination is moral cancer, satan
ic contagion, an unsanitary absurdity.
Vaccination only adds to the dangers of
smallpox, and at the last it bitcth like a
serpent, and stingeth like and adder This
superstition Of killing disease causes more
disease. 1t is source of revenue to nedi-
cal boodlers.
ut is the fraud of frauds The danger
Of vaccination is infinitely greater than
that of smallpox. 1t is IN unmitigated
curse, and the most destructive medical de-
fusion that ever afflicted the human race
It is the most outrageous Insult that can
be offered any pure minded man or wo-
man. 1t is the boldest, and most impious
attempt to mar the work of God that has
been attempted for ages.
''The laws that govern the body are bet
ter than consignment of horse grease
poison that builds putrid core; cow-pox
-syphilized vaccine, and the damnable
stuff that now belongs to a self-appointed,
powerful, harmful, and commercialized
medical practice.
"Yours for health, by one of the craft,
(Signed) DR.. J. E. Rullison.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

Let the people of Zion City keep then
senses, be calm, and remember the teach
ing that they have had in Zion; and, the
very moment that there is the slightest
illness, report the same to the Commission
err Of Health, Phone No. &c.
Every one should do everything within
his power to prevent any exposure, and
where any one has been exposed, such a
person should be quarantined until all dan
ger is passed.
There is absolutely no excuse, in any
way, shape, form, or manner, for Zion City
being interfered with commercially, and
the people put to a whole lot Of unneces-
sary trouble.
Certain newspapers have been lying like
the devil, and have printed and circulated
the most absurd things concerning both
the State Board Of Health and the author
tiles in Zion City.
The hearty cooperation Of all will soon
see the City entirely rid of this insignifi-
cant, temporary trouble.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Vaccination is Unnatural

Vaccination is unnatural, because it is
an operation which violates the order
maintained in od-formation IF we ex-
anime the processes Of digestion, assimila-
ton, and rejection, we will observe the in
finite care with which everything that en-
ters the stomach is searched, sifted, and
strained by the various organs stomach,
liver, kidneys, ETC., before the product is
permitted to enter the blood. By the
operation of vaccination, the poison wi
rus) is absorbed directly into the blood,
or worse, the lymph, and thus attacks the
blood to poison it, and offsets nature s
Safeguards.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Vaccination is a Gigantic Delusion

''There is no doubt as to the certain and
absolute uselessness of vaccination as a
preventative Of smallpox. Vaccination
has actually increased susceptibility to
smallpox.
"Vaccination is a gigantic delusion, and
never saved a single life; but it has caused
so much disease, 50 many deaths, such a
vast amount Of utterly needless and alto
gether undeserved suffering, that it will be
classed by the coming generation among
the greatest errors of an ignorant and pre-
JUDGED age, and its penal enforcement the
foulest blot on the course of legislation
during our century. Alfred Russell Wal
lace.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
TRYING TO MAKE
A MOUNTAIN OUT
OF A MOLE-HILL

A few very light cases of Smallpox have
broken out in Zion City, and some dirty
doctors, together with the yelloW-dog
press. have been trying to make great
fuss.
All hell has joined in the howl!
These few cases Of Smallpox are due to
the fact. as has always been the case when
Smallpox has broken out in Zion City, that
we live too near the dirty filthy cities Of
the world. which are always reeking with
filth disease destruction, and death.
The Smallpox in Zion City was brought
in from the outside.
The Zion authorities know how to deal
with Smallpox, and can handle it better
than it is handled in any other town or
city in the State Of Illinois. Zion believes
in the very strictest quarantine regula-
tons, and in the very best sanitary ar
engagements.
THE ZION CITY AUTHORITIES
HAVE NEVER HAD THE LEAST
TROUBLE WITH THE STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH. REPRESENTATIVES, OF
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
HAVE VISITED ZION CITY A NUMBER
OF TIMES WHEN SMALLPOX HAS
BEEN IN THE CITY THESE REPRE-
SENTATIVES HAVE ALWAYS COME
AS GENTLEMEN AND HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED AS GENTLEMEN, AND
ZION HAS NO COMPLAINT, NOT IN
THE SLIGHTEST, TO MAKE AGAINST
ANY TREATMENT EVER ACCORDED
BY REPRESENTATIVES, OF III E
STATE BOARD.
ZION IS PREPARED TO COOPERATE
WITH THE STATE BOARD IN CARRY
ING OUT THE STRICTEST QUARAN-
TINE REGULATIONS, AND WHEN
EVER DIRTY, LOW-DOWN, UNPRIN-
CIPLED DOCTORS AND THE YELLOW
DOG PRESS UNDERTAKE TO TER
RORIZE PEOPLE AND CREATE A
SCARE. WHEN THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS THAT THE SITUATION Is
IN NO WAY SERIOUS, SUCH MEN DE-
SERVE THE SEVEREST CONDEMNA-
TION OF ALL DECENT, RESPECT
ABLE CITIZENS; AND, IF IT WE'RE
POSSIBLE. THEY OUGHT TO BE SENT
TO PRISON.
Zion does not believe in vaccination
Neither do hundreds and thousands OF doc
tors in this and other lands; neither do
tens and hundreds Of thousands OF reput-
able citizens.
When it comes to quarantine regula-
tions. Zion will not permit any city IN the
State to surpass them. There are more
than five thousand people in Zion City, and
the insignificant number of Smallpox cases
is. from some standpoints, scarcely worth
mentioning However, if there were but
one case. and that the lightest possible
case Zion is in favor of strictly quaran-
+;,,ino that narSOn and taking every pro-
per precautiOn to prevent any exposure.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Can the Doctors be Wrong?

EYou ask, is it possible all the doctors
are wrong on a question so important as
this? Yes, why not? Were they not
wrong when bleeding was a medical fad
and cure-all for all the diseases which the
flesh is heir to? Were they not ALL
wrong when they forbade a cup of cold
water to the patient consuming with
fever? The history Of medicine, rife in
delusions which compress each other in
grotesque succession, from the earliest
ages to the present time, supplies no in
stance comparable to the absllrdity Of vac
cination. Anti Vaccination News, May,
1895.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
What Vaccination Is

''By vaccination is meant the introduce
ton, by puncture and absorption into the
blood circulation, Of poison consisting OF
fermented, putrid matter, mass of dis
ease germs taken from smallpox patient
who, by the way, may have had syphilis,
scrofula, or any other disgusting disease.
A cow or calf is inoculated with this pus.
and human diseases transmitted to the
animal Then, when this develops into
blisters or ulcers on the cows udder, the
pus therefrom is taken and preserved on
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

Vaccination is rapidly becoming dis
credited among scientific sanitarians, and
is destined to take it's place beside the
Black Art; bleeding and variolous inocu-
lation as an exploded medical theory.
"Vaccination has been tried and found
wanting; and the fanatical and frantic eff
forts of it's devotees may postpone for a
time, but cannot avert the downward
plunge Of the sword of Damocles. u. W.
Hodge, M. d.
Since the introduction Of vaccination,
tuberculosis and cancer have greatly in
creased. Good authorities express the
belief that the increase in the above men
toned diseases is due, largely, to the prac-
tice of vaccination.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

'The sophisms Of the Jenner doctrine
have, in fact, been so thoroughly exploded
that the persistency Of it's defenders seems
to imply a moral, rather than a mental,
alteration; in other words, the collapse
Of all other supports justifes the suspicion
Of the hideous fact that the organization
Of the cow-poX syndicate rests upon the
deliberate sacrifice Of truth to business
considerations and corporation interests. Z
F. L. Oswald, A. NJ, d. d.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
What Vaccination Does Not Do
It does not prevent SMALLPOX.

1t does not prevent Smallpox.
That is not now claimed, even by those
who advocate it; they simply say it makes
it lighter, if you get it,
Before the Massachusetts legislature in
the hearing on the vaccination repeal bill,
it was shown from the State reports that
vaccination annually killed more persons
than smallpox; still some doctors have the
temerity to say that vaccination is perfect
ly harmless, and perhaps it is,-to the doc
tors"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

Application Forms, both the ORR
ginal and the Renewal, for member
ship in the Christian Catholic Apos-
tolic Church in Zion, may be had at
all meetings, and during the week
at the office Of the General Ecclesi-
astical Secretary, in the Administra-
ton Building.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

FOOD SUPPLIES to the stricken people
of War-ravaged Belgium will be distributed
by an American commission The first
thousand tons of food is already on it's
way. The American commission is the
sole body authorized by all governments
concerned, both belligerents and neutral,
to perform the task of distribution. Brand
Whitlock, the American minister, reports
that less than two weeks supplies remain
in the Belgian cities that the situation in
the country districts is still worse; that
100000 people are facing famine The
German military authorities disclaim res
possibility for the condition of the native
population.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

cit is evident that we are unable to
measure the dangers which may Turk in
any specimen of vaccine that it can only
be tested by it's results; that these results
are not immediate and obvious, but are
often not completely developed until years
after the vaccination George w. Win
terburn, M. D., Phi. D.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

he Russian troops will be tried in court
martial. = 1t is said wonderful spirit OF
ivory points, in quilts or glass tubes, so
that when you send your child to be vac
clnated, this conglomeration Of human and
animal diseases is infused into their clean,
pure blood.''
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
What Vaccination Does

1t often Injuries sometimes kills.
II frequently causes Smallpox.
1t kills more than Smallpox.
1t communicates the healthy with vile
filthy, decaying poisonous matter, and
causes over go diseases
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

A CATTLE PLAGUE is sweeping over
southern Michigan and northern Indiana.
A large corps of federal inspectors have
been rushed to the infected region, and
the infected cattle are being killed and
buried as rapidly as possible. The owners
Of the infected stock do not sustain total
loss. The department of agriculture pays
half of the appraised value of the animals
while the state governments are paying
the other half
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Compulsory Vaccination is Crime

CRIME and an infringement on our per-
sonal rights and by Supreme Courts in
other states is held to be demonstrations
al"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

SINCE THE WAR started Congress has
received as many individual letters of adj
wee and petitions as in all the history of
this country prior to the war. Much of
the advice and pleading has to do with
the stopping of the war by our govern.
ment
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS have been
felt over northern Italy this week. The
seismic disturbances Of more or less sever
ity have been felt in Turin, Genoa, Flor
ence, Leghorn, Pisa, Lucca, Bologna and
Venice, in addition to many of the smaller
towns.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
Temporary Filings SIS
Extracting 10
Silver Filings so

All other work proportionately low priced.
Appointments should be made by their par
ents in person or by letter. Time will be
given on other days when the work REQUIRES it.
JAS. BRISTER
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

MORE MONEY was spent in the United
States for moving picture shows last year
than was expended for the improvement
OF roads, was brought out by the Good
Highway congress, in session at Milwaukee
this week
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31
IMPORTANT NOTICE

On the first Saturday in each month we will
care for the teeth of children fourteen years
of age and under at the following special
prices, which is one half of the regular price:
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

THE TRIAL of Gavrio Prinzip the as
sassln OF the Austrian archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife, whose crime pre-
clpitated the conflict in Europe, was be-
gun October Ii. The assassin and twenty
one accompices are charged with high
treason besides murder The activities of
political society, whose objective is
Greater Servia, are included in the indict-
ment. The town of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
where the trial takes place, is said to be
practically in state Of siege as a pre-
cautionary measure, police and garrison
beng prepared for any emergency.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

IT COSTS more than twenty thousand
dollars to kill man in modern warfare.
Russia spent twenty thousand four hun
dred for every japanese slain, and France
paid twenty-one thousand dollars for every
victim Of it's operations during the Franco
Prussian war. General Percin, of the
French army, compiled these figures. He
determined the cost of killing soldier by
the simple process of dividing the total
cost of the war by the number of men
killed on the opposite side.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-10-31

A QUART OF MILK has the food
strength Of one pound and six ounces of
eggs, eleven and eight-tenths ounces of
beef, seven pounds of tomatoes, seven
pounds OF spinach, three pounds of crabs,
four pounds of oranges, three pounds of
apples, two pounds of Goldfish, ten pounds
OF cabbage, ten pounds of lettuce, and six
and four-tenths ounces Of corn meal ac-
cordlng to table of comparisons of the
dairy show exhibit by the State of Illinois,