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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

Jews for return to the sterner morality
tauoht bv the ancient leaders of his race.
Tn recent address, Rabbi Hirsch said:
"In America many Jews expect the
rabbi to lecture, not to preach. They ex-
pect him to talk of Ibsen and GalsWorthy
and review the latest book. If ever he
stravs into the ground of morality he is
looked upon as scold. They expect him,
too to fill his discourse with quotations
from a japanese or Hindu, or if he runs
short of quotations he can invent few
authors for himself A mans wife would
preach as well. =
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
MARCHERs CAUSE RIOT

A S'hunger procession of 1,5O0 unem-
ployed men, women, boys and girls, came
in conflict with the police last Sunday in
Chicago, in which shots were fired, clothes
torn, eyes blackened, and many bruises
received, with twenty-five under arrest.
The riot, which lasted half an hour was
led by Mrs. Parsons, widow Of Alfred
Parsons, the editor who was hanged for
completely in the historic Haymarket riot.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
CREOSOTE FAMINE

The timber preserving industry of Lake
county, as well as Of the country generally,
has been hard hit by the shutting off of
the foreign supply of coal tar creosote.
The consumption Of coal tar creosote
in this country amounted last year to
109,373,359 gallons. Less than 40 per
cent. of this was produced in the United
States, the imports amounting to
69,805,678 gallons, or GAL per cent.
There is promise of greatly increased
domestic production Of coal tar creosote,
but the supply will fall far short of equal
ing the demand
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
DEATH OF sToEssEL

sci, the defender Of Port Arthur, passed
away on the 18th. He was famous as the
commander Of the Russian troops at Port
Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war
Stoessel surrendered the fortress to Gen.
Nogi, and for this action he was con-
demned to death by court martial This
sentence, however, was commuted by En-
peror Nicholas to ten years Imprisonment
He was released the following year by
order of Emperor Nicholas.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
COUNTY NEWS
IMPO Mt BILLS
To Occupy Attention of Legislators at
Springfield Of Local Concern

Io occupy Attention OF Legislators at
Springfield Many Of Local Concern
Besides the wet and dry fight which is
imminent in the General Assembly at this
term, are many bills which will receive
the consideration of the lawmakers. Meas
ures already drafted for presentation are:
Nonpartisan election of judges and
municipal officers.
The short ballot.
Amendments to election and primary
laws.
Increase of pay for judges and clerks
Of election.
Enabling travelling men to register and
vote when away from their home cities
Boxing bills.
Investigation and determination of foot
and mouth disease
Anti treating.
Distribution of hog serum to farmers at
cost.
Wife abandonment
the state board of agriculture.
Private bank regulation.
Make it obligatory for counties to pen
sion the blind.
State instead of city licensing Of
saloons.
Repeating woman suffrage law.
Aho1;+;o, of ooy>;+o1 ,>,,,o;eb,ooo,o+
Better sanitation in places of amuse-
ment.
Placing municipality owned utilities un-
der the jurisdiction of the public utilities
commission.
Restricting dogs from running at large.
Prohibiting itinerant vending of drugs
and medicine
Changing method Of drawing petit and
grand juries.
Prohibiting hunting on public high
ways.
Repeating township option law.
Marriage and divorce law amendments
Elimination of double taxation on mort
cages.
Increasing biennial compensation of
members of the Legislature from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Prohibiting shooting Of quail for five
years.
State and county uniform textbook
bills
Abolishing state board of equalization
Prohibit race intermarriage.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
GERMANY ATTACKS ENGLISH
CITIES

German airships on Tuesday night made
a raid on several English cities, and killed
a number of people and destroyed con-
siderable property. The bombs used ex-
erted terrific power, and in some instances
where they struck near houses they made
holes in the earth large enough for the
houses to fall into them. With S u h
weapons Of destruction, more forceful than
an eight inch shell, what building in any
city bombarded is safe? These air-crafts
seem to get by the English search lights
without detection, and the people below
are helpless.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
FAVOR AN APPROPRIATION.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 2O.-Members OF
the house today went on record as favor
ing the passage, just as soon as the speaker
ship deadlock is dissolved and the legisla-
ture organized, of an appropriation to reim-
burse live stock owners who have suffered
financial loss through the slaughter Of cat
tie infected with the foot and mouth dis
ease.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
LIFE MOST VALUABLE

Clarence III. Howard, president Of the
Commercial Steel Company, Granite City,
Illinois, has refused an order Of two mill
ion dollars worth Of shrapnel for one of
the warning nations All the steel plants
in the world, says Mr.. Howard, "and all
the battleships and all the firearms, are
not so wonderful and valuable as one hui
man life, with a soul wrapped up in it. .
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
ALL GRAINS HIGHER

An increase of seventy per cent in the
price OF wheat, as compared with year
ago, and similar advances in other food
stuffs, are giving rise to a demand for
some form of state control Of the food
supplies
The necessity of feeding Europe is given
as the cause Of the advance in grain stuffs
May wheat, now at $145, is the highest
for January since 1865.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
NEW NATIONAL PARK

A new national park is now assured by
the vote of both Senate and House. It
will be known as the Rocky Mountain
National Park. The new park is near
Denver and includes Longs peak. It has
an area of approximately seven hundred
square miles, which includes canyons,
mountain lakes, valleys, and mountain
parks.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
STATE TO DEFY HOOP INJUNCTION
Attorney General Says Court Lacks Power
to Review Executive Acts.

Aurora, ILL.,, Jan. 20.-(Special,) Judge
C. E. Irwin at Geneva today refused the
plea of Attorney General Lucey to dissolve
the injunction issued two weeks ago re-
straining the slaughter of stock in Illinois
for foot and mouth disease.
The attorney general Immediately served
notice on the judge that neither his injunc-
ton order nor that of any other Illinois
Judge had any force and effect and that
none would in any wise interfere with the
state putting stock to death which had
been exposed to or afflicted with the
plague.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
DEPENDS ON AMERICA

According to the Commission for Relief
in Belgium, the American people will
probably have to feed the Belgian people
all this winter. No less than 6,5O0,000
people are depending on American food.
Half of Belgium is never more than
week ahead Of starvation, and often it
has come closer than that.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
HUNTERS SPREAD DISEASE

In the month of December $4,000 hunt
ing licenses were issued in Illinois, the
largest number recorded in any one
month. The Breeders Gazette claims that
to these hunters is due one reason for the
spread of disease infection of stock Hun
ters have failed to respect the rights of
land owners in many instances.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
ALASKA WRONGED

The crime of Alaska, says the deputy
commissioner of fisheries in report made
to President Wilson, is the white man s
lack of care and regard for the sanctity of
the natives home" He adds: "Where-
ever the white man has settled the saloon
prevails, and that has had more to do with
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

Emperor Franz Joseph, it is reported,
has decided to abdicate. 80. Copenhagen
says the government has decided to con-
fscate all wheat in Denmark of foreign
origin This supply is valued at $500,000.
- Eighteen Russian generals have been
dismissed from important positions.
The British St. Georges cathedral in
Jerusalem has been almost destroyed by
the Turkish military authorities. The
civil army that now has to be fed is said
to be greater than the British and French
armies combined. - According to latest
reports Roumania is mobilizing an army
Of 100000 - Palestine is facing fam
inc such as has never been known. -
Many soldiers are going insane while en-
gagged in battle. The peculiar mode OF
fighting out Of sight of the enemy is said
to be nerve-racking to degree. The
Italian government has prohibited the
production Of moving picture films repre-
senting military scenes, and also has for
hidden music hall artists wearing uni
forms, the object being not to provoke
popular enthusiasm. The Austrian
government has issued orders for all
young men not yet liable to military SER
vice, between the ages Of 16 and 19, to re-
port at the two capitals. They will be
employed in constructing entrenchments.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
WHITMAN INAUGURATED

Charles Seymour Whitman was formal
ly made ffty-fourth governor Of the state
Of New York on January 1. In his in
augural address he spoke of the shocking
disregard Of law and authority and the
multiplication Of crime as the result, not
only in New York, but throughout the
country.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
WHITE HOUSE BABY

An event Of interest is the birth, on the
18th, Of President Wilson's first grand
child, the son of his second daughter, Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre Secretary Bryan i'm
parted the information to the president
that now they were grand-fathers Of seven
children; he having six and the president
one.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
Norton Bill Unanswered.

Judge Irwin said there was no other
course open to him but to sustain the in
junction, in view of the fact that Attorney
General Lucey refused to answer the bill
filed by Wallace Norton Of Geneva, who
obtained the order in which it is set forth
that estate Veterinarian G. E. Dyson, his
aids, and agents, contrary to law, were
Staying cattle for the hoof and mouth dis
ease many Of which were not sick, and OF
fering no recompense to owners.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
Executive Powers Cited.

The judiciary, Attorney General Lucey
!. said has no right to review the acts of
the executive department Of the state un-
less it goes outside the powers given to it
in the statute, and the live stock board,
which has decided when stock shall be
slain is branch of the executive depart
ment and has been given the right by leg
islative enactment to order stock killed to
stamp out disease.
The only reason he asked to have the In
junction dissolved, Mr. Lucey said, was
because it tended to make stock owners
defiant Of state authority and to create
detrimental opinion abroad that the state
of Illinois is not cooperating in the attempt
to stamp out the hoof and mouth epidemic
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
SYDNEY NOW CAPITAL

A dispatch from Melbourne, Australia,
states that the seat Of the commonwealth
government has been transferred tempor-
arily from Melbourne to Sydney. No ex-
planation is given.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
FLOODS KILL ONE HUNDRED

Recent floods in the State Of Sonora,
Mexico put the number Of persons
drowned, or killed in the collapse OF
houses at Cumpas and Jecori at more than
one hundred. Nearly half of the houses
in Cumpas were destroyed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
CHEAP EXPRESS

Parcel post rates and advanced railway
charges on express baggage are causing
boom in the express business. Railroad
officers say it is not entirely a dream that
before long passengers may ship all bag
gage by express.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

minded Of it by the presentation of big
bunch of roses. Mrs Young says she is
going to start all over on new life, con-
tanning as much usefulness as possible,
without vacation "between lives"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
SENDS TO VATICAN

England, for the first time in four hun
dred years, has sent an ambassador to the
Vatican against the protest of the Eng
lish Protestant Alliance, for the purpose
Of looking after it's interests and Of coun-
teracting the influence of Germany and
Austria.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
DRUG VICTIMS INCREASE

New York city's Inebriate Farm, stu
ated in Orange county, was intended to
be used for alcoholic victims; but those Of
cocaine, heroin, opium, and kindred drugs
are so much more numerous that these
latter are now largely filing the institu-
ton
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

But slight changes have been made dur
ing the week among the fighting forces
incessant rains and, in other parts, deep
SHOWS preventing the movement Of large
bodies Of men and equipment
All the contending nations, it is asserted
by military experts, are girding up
their loins for crucial struggle in the
spring, when Italy, Greece, and Rouma-
MIA, with, perhaps, lesser powers, may be
involved
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
HELP ON WAR
Belligerent Nations Supplied by
United States.

The glaring discrepancy between ma
TONS praying for peace in Europes war
and supplying these same fighting nations
with the materials for war, is the strange
situation as revealed by trade reports.
Every week three million cartridges are
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

1t is officially stated that compulsory
military service has been proclaimed in
the British South African Union by Gen
eral Botha, the object Of which is stated
to be to provide sufficient troops for an
attack in force on the German colonies of
German East Africa and German South
west Africa.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
STARTS ALL OVER

Mrs Ella Flagg Young, superintendent
of Chicago's S schools, forgot she was seven
ty years old one day last week, until re-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

the ruination of the Indian and the Aleut
than all other causes
The fishing industry in Alaska is worth
nearly twenty million dollars a year.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
OPEN DISCUSSION

President Wilson plans to hold an open
hearing on the immigration bill passed by
Congress. A definite date has not yet
been set
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

Persia, not as a nation,-for Persia
hardly exists as that,-but as an aggre-
cation of separate tribes, the most import
ant of which is the Jurds, has cast her lot
with the Turks
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
NINE SUICIDES

Business depression was held responsible
for nine suicides-all men avera ging forty
years Of age each-in Chicago in one day
last week All were out of work
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
Prince Joachim again at the Front

It is reporter from Paris that Prince
Joachim, youngest son of the Kaiser, who
was wounded, has recovered and has re-
turned to the front on the Russian front
ier
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
QUIT ADRIANOPLE
Turks Fall Back-German Airships Raid
English Towns

The Turk is in desperate straits.
Latest reports concur in the announce
ment that Adrianople, after CONSTANT
nople the most important city in Euro
pean Turkey, has been abandoned by the
Turkish garrison.
The partial withdrawal of the Adrian
ople garrison has been announced pre-
viously; the reports OF this week state the
evacuation is complete.
All American missionaries have been
asked by our consuls to leave Turkey
The Turks, the dispatches state, are
now being pressed back toward Erzerum
in great disorder
A German airship fleet on the 20th
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
NEWS OF THE WORLD

deaths and destroying large amount OF
property. The towns Of Yarmouth, San
dringham, Kings Lynn, and Cromer suf-
fered most from the raid.
Bombs were dropped at Sheringham
and Beeston, but the damage in these
towns was slight The British assert the
result Of the raid will be to strengthen the
recruiting Of the new army
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23
RABBI MAKES APPEAL

Rabbi Hirsch has made an appeal to all
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

The aeroplane in warfare has not proven
as successful as was anticipated at the be-
ginning Of hostilities. Further, the indis-
criminate attack on cities from the skies
has been severely condemned, as no dis
tinction can be made between combatants
and non-combatants, or between churches,
hospitals, private houses, and military
structures.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

The warning nations have agreed to ex-
change such prisoners as are no longer
capable Of rejoining the army. The Ger
mans claim to have had at the end of the
year in their prisoners camp 3,459 French
officers and 215,905 men; 1915 Russian
officers and BOG, ,29O men; 612 Belgian Of
ficers and 36,852 men; 492 British officers
and 18,828 men; total of 586,O13.
Russia claims to hold as prisoners Of
war LAG German officers and 134, ,709
men, while France and England, between
them, claim to hold about 135, 900 Germans
Of all ranks.
There are no reliable figures concern
ing the Austrian prisoners Russia claims
to have 221,O0O Austrians, and Austria
also claims to have 10000 Russians
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-23

A German airship feet on the Goth
raided six English towns, causing several
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
LABOR LAW CRITICISED.
Realty hoard Says II La Harmful
and Ridiculous.

The Real Estate Board of New YORK
In answer 10 tho wish of the state Fac
tory Investigating Commission for sug-
gestions and criticism OF the revised
labor law has come forward with much
criticism and many suggestions. Pre-
pared by George w. olvany the views
OF the board are that the law win not
attain the purpose designed; that the
measure II the result of public hysterla
brought about by tho Triangle fire, In
which many lives were lost
In answer to this hyste1a the labor
law was framed without regard 20 the
far reaching effect ana It's unreason-
aOie requirements TO the workman, the
employer and the land owner, Homo
rule Is urged on the ground that the
building Department here Is better htted
20 know the building requirements of
New York than commission sitting in
Albany.
In other words the Real Estate
Board is OF the opinion that the labor
law goes far beyond the rational re-
qulrements OF the situation and that II IL
absurd. ridiculous. unreasonable. I'M
warranted. irrational, connEcatory, reac-
tionary and even harmful
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

than 2 per cent. OF all the transsc-
lions.
1t is. OF course, not he inferred that
the remainder are all successful
There Is a lot Of trading done in what
may be called the raw materials of the
real estate business as Il Is transacted
in this city. For the whole city Is in
n transition state. Particularly Is this
true of Manhattan Borough. OF the
l65 900 full sized city lots that com
pose the part Of the island that II
available for Improvement not more
than 5 per cent. have thus far been
improved TO economic capacity. But
all are destined to be 80 improved and
the work OF transition Is in progress
The old buildings will all disappear in
time and their places will he taken by
generally larger but always more per-
manent. more useful and more profit
able buildings.
This Is the main impulse that il
forever pushing forward the improve
ment of the great city on permanent
lines-the economic impulse. II is
the ever growing, ever enlarging, ever
increasing opportunity tn improve
upon llle Olu anu the unOCCuple0 10
the builders and the investors pecu-
MARY advantage. This has been the
course of the evolution of New York
city from the beginning; at first print
tive forms Of construction, with grad
ual expansion. then larger and more
comprehensive forms with further
expansion. then still larger and more
costly forms, with continued eNpan-
sion, then the beginning Of transit
faCillties-tirst the stage coach, then
the tramcar, then the elevated road
then the cable road, then the electric
trolley, then the underground trolley.
then the electric subway--hut always
growth and expansion; always larger
and better buildings. Thus the city
has grown, thus II II growing now.
and thus II VIII continue 70 grow.
This It Is that has given the In
vestor his opportunity. From the
s24 worth of trinkets that was the
purchase price Of all Manhattan Isl
and from its aboriginal holders the
value OF these lands has advanced to
over $4,000, 100000. And this is only
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

Boston which has made money specu-
lating in real estate here. Though the
section IL one which had been hard hit
by IN" uptown movement Of trade this
was not considered by Mr.. Aver except
a. a means OF low ring the sellers price.
In 1912, when he bought the two build.
ings with their si'e were assessed al
$4,000. But with the bait that the
section was on the downward climb MIR
Aver bought II for less than what the
city taxed them at
The Judd Company, we'll satisfied with
Chambers street had mind to buy
the property and was stirred to action
when II WAS learned that they had
new landlord II was more than a
year before tho Judd Company sue
ceeded In getting the property and then
al a figure far above what had been
paid the fTmer owner. Though tho
last selling price has been guarded il
has boon said that the Judd Company
paid tho highest profit made in tho
old commercial district in several years.
What David and Harry Lippman and
Lowenfeld Prayer made out OF tho
property al i89 Greenwich street would
be Interesting. but II is so great that
the operators have guarded tho secret
with extreme care for fear OF any pos
sible hitch that might come IN tho
transaction. They bought the property
at auction for 5000 above s19, 900
mortgage. which was being toreclosed
Few people seemed to have heard OF the
sale and bidders were scarce The bid
ding was In the hands of the plaintiff
until the n-Lowenfeld- Prayer
combine got going, or course they got
the property and deposited tho usual
10 per cent. OF tho bid, which In this
case considering everything, was about
s1,s57.
At once they offered the property to
the tenant In the store who had been
there for many years, and who wanted
to remain there because " meant much
To his business,
Yes, he would buy the property, He
had heard Il was to he auctOued, but
not knowing where 10 get information
Of this sort did not know what tho men
who were Offering the realty to him, had
bought II for. He signed "A contract to
buy The properly the next day ana ut
price which gives the operators COM
! bnatlon the largest profit that has been