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The Washington herald., 1915-10-02
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Public schools Of the District had
their first half session" Of the school
year yesterday. The half session was
given because of the inclement weather.
The National Commission Of Fine
Arts will meet today at 172s New York
avenue, where they will be in session
throughout the major part Of the day
discussing questions of both art and busi-
ness.
The next meeting Of the Society for
Philosophical Inquiry will be held in
the west study room.- second floor. OF
the Public Library. at 4:45 p. nj. today.
President Edward e. Richardson will
address the society on PHILOSOPHY: Its
public is invited.
Washington will hold a meeting in the
auditorium of the Public Library on
Tuesday at $50 p. m. Mrs. Henrietta
w. Calvin, lecturer on home economics
for the Bureau of Education, will ad-
dress the meeting. her subject being
New Phases of Home Economics Teach
ing as Observed in Forty Schools"
The Sunday school Of the Church of
the Advent. Second and U streets
northwest, will hold a fair and coun-
try circus for five days, beginning
Monday. The parish hall Is being dec
GRATED and the lawn of the church will
be used for the tent of the circus.
Mrs. Nanette b. Paul, vice president
of the Anthony League. delivered the
first Of a series Of weekly lectures on the
principles of Common Law" at a meet
ing Of that organization at S o'clock
Thursday evening at her home. 2007 Co.
lumbia road. The first of the weekly ''at
homes will be held there on October L
from 4 to 6 p. m.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
WAR AND BREAD

The opening of the Dardanelles will i'm
mediately lower the price Of wheat in the
United States. Recently the report (un-
warranted as it was afterward shown)
that the Turkish forts on the Dardanelles
had surrendered brought the price of
wheat in the Chicago wheat market within
two hours down 8A cents per bushel
The regions around the Black Sea pro-
duce vast quantities Of wheat which are
now bottled up because the Turks control
the outlet which would permit Of these
vast stores being sent out to European
markets.
The export capacity Of this country
in wheat, it is estimated, will be ended the
latter part of March.
Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Holland and
France are the chief foreign buyers at
present; if the British Government is
forced to enter the market the situation
will be intensified Scandinavian coun-
tries are also buying here, as Germany has
shut down on rye exports.
Each Of these nations, and also England
and Germany are practising and urging
the strictest economy in food consumption.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
WAR A MINOR EVIL

Owing to the great increase of the ma
tional savings, due to prohibition, the ex-
traordinary outlay occasioned by the war
has caused no great suffering as yet in
Russia, is the = statement made by NJ
Kharitonoff, Comptroller Of the Russian
treasury, speaking before the duma.
The national savings in December, 1913,
which amounted to 100000 rubles 1880,
000) had increased to 291OO,0OO rubles
($14, 1850, 0O0) in December, 1914, he says,
and the total savings for 1913 amounted
to 34,000,000 rubles ($17 OOO,OOO) as COM
pared with 84,OOO,OOO rubles ($42, 2,OOO,OOO)
for 1914
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
COERCION STATUTE FALLS

The Kansas Coercion statute (so-called)
has been declared unconstitutional by As
sociate Justice Day.
Under the Kansas statute it was un-
lawful for any individual or corporation
to coerce or influence any person to enter
into an agreement not to join or remain
member of labor organization as con-
dition of securing or continuing employ
ment.
Similar laws in thirteen other states and
Porto Rico are affected by the decision
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

Seventeen battleships are now on their
way to Guantanamo Cuba, for practice
work. where other vessels will assemble
late in February, all gathering then at
Colon, passing through the Canal to Pan
anna. arriving about March 3rd.
Foreign war vessels are expected at
Panama few days later, and on March
5tb the President will leave for Panama.
There will be ceremonious parade Of war
vessels through the Canal. On March
18th there will be review of the fleet by
the President, and most Of the assembled
vessels will then proceed to San Diego and
then to San Francisco, to take part IN the
two expositions. South American coun-
tries and Cuba, Spain and Portugal are
the only foreign powers which are ex-
pected to be represented by naval vessels
at the opening Of the Canal.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
HOLLAND FEARS WAR

Holland is holding its entire army ready
for war at any time. Premier Van der
Linden, addressing the Dutch parliament
few days ago. unqualifedly declared that
at any moment incidents are possible
which would render it necessary for that
country to make an appeal to arms.
The Premier added that the government
could not disclose the information it pos
sessed concerning the foreign situation,
because much of it was based on confden-
tial documents.
The declaration of Premier Van der
Linden is the second statement Of the
Netherlands government within few
days that armed preparedness is impera-
tive
The Dutch government announced last
Monday that in consideration of the pre-
sent European situation, it had decided
not to send warship to San Francisco at
the celebration of the opening of the Pan
anna Canal
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

One Of the announcements Of the Allies
when Turkey entered the war, was that
the Turk would be driven from Europe
for all time.
At the zenith Of her glory Turkey, at
the end Of the 18th century, occupied a
large part of southeastern Europe extend
ing into the present confines Of Austria
and Russia, and embracing Greece and all
the Balkan states. By the time Of the
peace Of Adrianople in 1929 the Turk had
been pressed back almost south of the
Danube and Hungary and Greece had
been taken from under the sway of Con-
stantinople. The Treaty of Berlin in 1878
took Bosnia, Herzegovina, Servia, and all
Of old Russian territory Of Turkey from
the Sultan. Roumania had secured it's in
dependence in 1861, but Bulgaria re-
mained modified dependency Of Turkey
until 1910 The Balkan war Of last year
all but drove the Turk across the Bos-
porus.
The latest dispatches state that the ad-
vance guard Of the Turkish army which is
undertaking an invasion of Egypt has
reached the British outposts to the east of
the Suez Canal, where the first skirmish of
the war in this region took place last
Thursday.
The bombardment Of the Dardanelles
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

praised. The state will pay the other half
as soon as the legislature makes an appro-
priation.
A fund Of 100000 has been allotted by
the government to Illinois, which is IN
curing the heaviest losses.
The entire appropriation by the govern
ment for reimbursing owners OF herds
slain is $2,5OO,OOO Up to January LIST
the outbreak has cost the federal govern
ment total of $2,129,13SO4. Exclusive
of the work in January, 101,176 animals
have been slaughtered. Of these 46,268
were cattle, 47,735 swine, and the remain
der sheep and goats.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
AGAINST MOVING PICTURES

Educational moving pictures, hailed by
many educators as an aid to the public
school system, is not looked upon with
Favor by the Superintendent of Chicago
Schools, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young.
In the judgment of this noted educator
the extensive use Of the film is not only
endangering the proper use of the English
language, but over strains the eye, dulls
the ear and harshens the voice.
Mrs. Young says she has attended only
two moving picture shows and that at the
second one she was ashamed she was
there
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
FOR A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Cattle Plague Fight Continues Illinois
Counties Quarantined-$2, 500, 900 to
Pay for Cattle

The future of the live stock industry of
a good part Of the country is at stake in
the fight being waged against the foot and
mouth disease.
Many protests against the wholesale
killing Of herds have been made within the
last few weeks, and in few cases these
have led to- the securing Of temporary re-
straining injunctions.
Illinois seems to be the hotbed of the
dissatisfaction with the methods Of the
state and federal authorities.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
NEWS OF THE WORLD
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. @@@@@@a@@@a sa@@@ @ss
ROOT GIVES WARNING
Ship Purchase Bill Unneutral Declares
Senator-opposes Entering Worlds
Quarrel

Senator Root of New York in an impas-
stoned speech before the Senate this week
solemnly warned that body that in his
judgment the pending government Ship
Purchase Bill, if carried into effect, would
involve the United States in serious in
ternational controversies and perhaps lead
to participation in the world conflict
Senator Root dealt largely with the
legal aspects of the question; the purpose
Of the administration being to buy in
termed German ships for the proposed
Government corporations
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
CONSUL THOMPSON RESIGNS

Robert J. Thompson, United States Con-
sui at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, one Of
the best known men in the consular SER
vice Of the country, has resigned. Secre-
tary of State Bryan disapproved of the
Consul's conduct in German territory, in
structing him to pursue neutral course
Mr. Thompson objected to the instructions
sent him. His resignation has been ac-
cepted.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
BATTLE IN NORTH SEA
Will the Turk be Driven from Europe?-
English Papers Tell of Fierce Fighting
Battle at SCISSORS Warsaw.

The North Sea was the scene of the de-
struction of two cruisers met in battle this
week, one belonging to the German fleet
and the other commanded by the British
Both sides admit defeat in the four
hours battle, during which hundreds were
killed on both sides, and both ships sunk
The only question in dispute is which
inflicted the most damage.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
VETS and Drys in Both Parties
Holds up Salaries

Members cannot collect their salaries
until the House is organized, but they,
along with full quota Of clerks, janitors,
doorkeepers, pages, messengers, assistant
superintendents Of ventilation, expect to
be paid on a per diem basis dating back
to January 9th, when the general assem-
bly, met.
According to official records, during
three weeks the House has been in actual
session for fifteen hours and forty minutes
The Senate, according to it's journal, for
eight hours and twenty minutes.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
STOPS CHECK KITING

There will be no more "kiting'' of
checks in the State of Illinois, if the banks
Of the state obey the order sent out this
week by the state auditor, who declares
the practice of overdrawing bank ac-
counts is illegal and ordering it's imme-
diate discontinuance in the State.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

Ex-President Roosevelt has asked Con-
gress to return to him the $40, 100000 Nobel
peace prize which that body accepted from
him as fund for the foundation for Pro
motion Of Industrial Peace Mr.. Roose-
welt, after personal investigation Of New
York's bread lines, deems as more urgent
the necessity Of helping men and women
now out of work and suffering because Of
Europe's war, in our own land. To that
end he wishes the return of the Peace
prize.
In furtherance of relieving the situation,
formal announcement of the Inauguration
of great federal employment bureau by
the Department of Labor has been made
The postofice and agricultural depart
ment will assist in the work, and agents
OF these departments have been provided
with blanks so that employers and employ
ment seekers in almost any part of the
United States may make their applications
without waiting to communicate with
Washington
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
TO AID QUAKE SUFFERERS

The Italian government has appropriated
the sum of $6,000OOO for the relief of the
earthquake sufferers, and the expectation
is that the work will soon be on a satis-
factory basis in every district.
The government has refused to accept
official assistance from any foreign nation,
but discriminates between that and in
dividual philanthropy.
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still remains apparently without definite
results

English papers give an illustration of
the desperate character Of the fighting in
the following instances:
About the tenth of last October the
first battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusil-
iers left England with full complement
Of officers and, as to rank and file, LOO
strong. On December 30th the battalion
returned, eighty seven strong, and led by
a quarter-master, no officer being left.
It is stated that Scots Guards, the Gren-
adler Guards 1.-TWO battalions) and many
other regiments have suffered equally Sc
we're losses, and in a dozen instances, it is
said, there are not men enough left to
make a full company and not enough Of
ficers to command that company
The London Scottish First Battalion is,
it is said, today pretty well wiped out.
This was the first of the volunteer troops
to go to the front.
Beyond doubt, these figures are dupi-
Gated among the French and German arm
les.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
PROTEST TO CARRANZA

The United States this week made rep
reservations to General Carranza against
the application to foreigners Of his agrar-
ian decree, which practically would va
cate all concessions granted since Diaz
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
BREWERIEs HAVE EMPTY BARRELS

The breweries Of Luzerne county Penn
sylvania, have twenty-one thousand emp
ty barrels on hand for which they have no
use, as the consumption of beer in that
county declined to that exent during the
past year. There are still, however, 658,
936 barrels that it is expected will all be
consumed this year. There were 68O,783
consumed in 1914.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
MERCIER STILL HELD

Cardinal Mercier, arrested and held by
the German military authorities in the
early stages Of the war, is still prevented
by the authorities from leaving his diocese
or communicating with his bishops.
A letter addressed to his parishioners
and made public recently, has created con-
siderable comment.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
SMOKE, DRINK AND DIE

Women attain greater age than men
because they do not use tobacco.
DR.. Albert I'll. Burr, makes the above
statement, in a recent public address be-
fore the Anthropological Society. After
proving by statistics that women live
longer than men, he says:
THE reason for this greater longevity
Continued ON Page 1859
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JUST A SUGGESTION

An English newspaper (The London
Chronicle) in a recent editorial says that
certain eventualities Of the war may force
the United States to assume sort Of
suzerainty over Palestine, even though
the Jews should reoccupy the Holy Land
as a nation.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

The Postoffice Department has mapped
out aerial routes for some 1000 mail
aviators, according to Second Assistant
Postmaster General Stewart, in recent
public address.
Mr.. Stewart said this manner of letter
carrying will be commonplace within two
or three years
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
ICELAND DRY

The parliament of Iceland, thirty four
OF whose forty members are elected by
popular suffrage, has passed measure
forbidding the sale Of alcoholic liquors.
All the remaining stock in the Danish de-
pendency has been exported
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
State Two Thirds Guaranteed

Governor Dunno on last Wednesday is
sued proclamation placing fourteen
counties of the state under close quaran-
tine, and forbidding the shipment Of grain,
hay and straw, or similar products, from
such counties
The counties named are: Carroll, White
side, Ogle, Bureau, Dupage, Lee, Will, 10
Daviess, Stephenson, DeKalb, Mercer,
Warren and Menard.
In Adams, Boone, Cass, Champaign,
Cole, Cook, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar,
Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Hender-
son, McDonough, Henry, Knox, Iroquois,
Kendall, Lake, Livingston, Logan, Nc
Henry, Mclean, Macon, Marshall, Nor
gan, Mountrie, Piatt, Putnam, Sangamon,
Vermillion, and Woodford, all territory
within five miles of any premises under
quarantine, on account Of foot and mouth
disease, shall be considered closed quaran-
tine area and under the regulation above
given
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
PLANS FOR UNEMPLOYED

The anomaly of contributing huge sums
of money and shiploads of food to war
stricken Europe, while poverty-stricken
men and women, out of employment, walk
the streets begging for work to keep their
impoverished families from starvation, has
at last gripped not only individuals, but
the government as well.
Mayor Mitchell of New York City, who
has all winter been active in relief meas
ures for the unemployed Of that city, is
urging the Board Of Estimates to make
funds Immediately available for setting
New York's unemployed to work; and
every large city has taken up the cue and
has made, or is making, plans for imme-
diate relief for it's poor
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST DRINKERS

1t is conservatively estimated that 95
per cent of the railways, 80 per cent of the
manufacturers, IS per cent Of the trades
and IS per cent Of the agriculturalists dis
criminate against workmen who drink.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
ARMY BILL PASSES HOUSE

The military appropriation bill carrying
authorized expenditures of more than
$101, 100000 for the maintenance Of the
War Department in the new fiscal year
was passed by the House this week.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
ALABAMA NOW PROHIBITION
STATE

Disregarding Governor Henderson 8
veto, Alabama by legislative vote will be-
come prohibition state July l. Under
the 1911 local option law all but eight of
the sixty seven counties of the state voted
dry.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
OREGON HAS WOMAN SENATOR

Miss Katheryn Clark, Democrat, has
been elected state senator over two male
opponents at special election held to fill
vacancy. She won by plurality slight
ly under 100 votes. Miss Clark is the first
woman elected to the Oregon Senate.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
A G AIN ]!

Hayti is in the throes Of one more re-
volution and leaders Of the government
recently overturned by President Theo-
dore are now making headway in
counter revolution.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30

preamble, In which ultimate independence
IS promised the Filpinos, has been
amended so that independence is promised
when the Filipinos care fitted for it in
the judgment of the United States.''
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
Safe Course is to Keep Out

80, my friends, if we are going to main
tain our neutrality we must hold close to
it and keep out Of all needless causes of
controversy. And let us remember our
selves. We have kept hitherto a united
America. We have stood behind the
President in his neutrality proclamation.
Here and there there has been fault found
on one side or the other, but we have stood
by him; but do not forget that there are
millions Of Germans who love their father
land, and [ honor them for it. [ should
think less Of them if their natures were
not awakened by the peril and the stress
of the land that gave birth to them and
their fathers
"They are alive and tense There are
millions Of men Of English blood born and
bred with love for Anglo-Saxon liberty
and the laws that we inherit from Eng
land. Do not imagine that they are not
thinking and feeling, and if you pre-
cipitate this country into a controversy
where Europe feels and acts upon the
feeling that we have taken sides we will
rend ourselves
mo, the only safe course is to keep
out of unnecessary controversial questions
of law, to keep out with as great care and
conservatism and caution as possible, for
we never can tell where controversy will
lead us. ="
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
OPENING OF THE CANAL

The official program for the formal
opening of the Panama Canal is practical
y completed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
Conditions Set Forth

Recent reports, says the appeal,
from employers, trade unions, and other
well informed sources indicated there
must be over 100000 persons who are un-
able to secure employment, whose income
ceases, and many of them, because of in
adequate food and shelter, are liable to
sickness, weakness, and industrial shift
lessness or are obliged to resort to charity.
Records of the United Charities and
other agencies of relief show an unusually
large number of persons are compelled to
resort to charity because they cannot find
work, people who are not accustomed to
receive such relief.
Appalling Increase in Charity
"'The United Charities assisted the fol-
lowing number Of families:
December, 1912 ... 1900 :.
December, 1913 ......... s. 400
December, 1914 .. 800
can appalling increase.
The County Agent also reports serious
increase in the number Of dependent fam
lies This enforced idleness is one Of the
most depressing and demoralizing condi-
tions Of existence The efficiency of labor
is greatly reduced, some are driven to
crime, and many are huniliated and de-
pressed by resorting to public and private
charity
Employers are asked to use the part
time system with employees.
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Other Counties Exposed Area

All other area in these counties shall be
considered an exposed area and no stock
shall be moved out, except for immediate
slaughter upon permit of an assistant state
veterinarian.
The counties Of Brown, Christian, Clark,
Cumberland, Greene, Kankakee, Mason,
Peoria, Pike, Rock Island, Schuyler, Scott,
Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, and Winnebago
are placed in modified quarantine subject
to regulations of the Department Of Agri-
culture
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
WHEN FITTED FOR TT

Final agreement has been reached at
Washington on the Philippine bill The
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
Farmers to be Paid

The federal government has begun to
pay off the farmers whose stock has been
slain in the war on the epidemic, paying
half of the price at which cattle were ap-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-30
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND IDLE
Appeal Issued in Chicago asks for Part
Time System-Appealing Increase in
Charity

Optimistic reports Of industrial condi-
tions in this country are viewed somewhat
skeptically whensone reads that in an ap-
peal issued last Saturday by the Industrial
Commission, authorized by the City Coun-
Gil Of Chicago, more than 100000 persons
in Chicago are out of. work.
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There has been no material change in
the positions Of the armies during the
week.