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"They sound him for capitalism.

tisement about floating specks and pain
in the back, Birsky. So soon as Hughes
read about how Americanism affects
Mr.. Wilson, understand, he got white
to the roots of his hair, Birsky, which
when Mr.. Hughes gets white to the
roots of his hair, Birsky, the whiteness
covers considerable territory already.
Therefore he knew right away that not
only did he have Americanism but that
he had had it for years already, and on
June 10th he telegraphs the Republican
Convention that he accepted the nomi-
nation but couldn't come to Chicago as
he had Americanism NIT firm, protec-
tive, upbuilding policies and also prob
ably nit shooting pains in the wrists
and ankles, loss of appetite and dizzi.
ness.
"Aber without knocking socialism.
understand, it's better that politi-
clan should have Americanism as So
cialism, because in the whole continent
of America, Zapp, there is only one or
two climates where the politician NIT
socialism could get any relief. Unlike
some other invalids politician NIT So
cialism couldn't go to high, wild local
ity like the Adirondacks, but has got to
find low, thickly settled neighborhood
to take his socialism to, otherwise it's
fatal"
"You are all twisted, Birsky," Zapp
said. Socialism amt disease. It's
remedy for a disease, and the name of
the disease is capitalism"
'To politician, Zapp," Birsky said.
Capitalism amt disease, Zapp, it's
health. In fact, Zapp, capitalism to
Senator is like a chest expansion to
soldier: he couldn't be accepted without
it. New York State in particular is very
strict that way. Before they would let
a man be a United States Senator from
New York, Zapp, they sound him for
capitalism, and if he lets out hollow
sound they pass him up. The conse-
quence is that for years already every
Senator from New York has had cap
italism of anyhow a million dollars,
which if you call such thing disease,
Zapp, let me know where could catch
it,-that's ALL
"Never mind, Birsky," Zapp said, IAN
ism is an ism, and capitalism is like
all the others. The politician or states.
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BIZ MONTAGUE GLASS

although it's usually the first stage of
the trouble"
"The first and only stage in some
cases, like old Mr.. Bryan olav hash.
olom," Zapp said, "aber with the Kaiser
he seems to have got past that part Of
his ism. There was a time here about
three years ago when you couldn't pick
up paper without reading how the Kai-
ser addressed the South Prussian, Wur-
temberg and Rhein-Pfalz Commercial
Travellers Association or some such or
ganization about the nailed fist oder the
three KS or something, but nowadays
the poor Teller don't open his mouth at
ALL"
"Why should he?" Birsky asked. IF
every politician NIT an ism would have
his ism tried out on him the way the
Kaiser has, Zapp, even fellers NIT So
cialism would keep quiet. Take that
speech which the Kaiser used to get off
a few years ago about women should
attend to the three K's-Kirche, Kache
md Kinder-and leave all other jobs to
the men folks, and he had a pretty good
nerve to pull it even in them days, when
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<f1SEE where Wilson, Hughes and
Roosevelt all claim they start


Roosevelt all claim they start
ed this here Americanism bust
ness" Louis Birsky, the real estater,
said to Barnett Zapp, the waist lu-
.aciurer.
well, if was any one of 'em," Zapp
raid. I'D schenck the credit for it to
any ot the others, Birsky, because If l
would be politician, Birsky, wouldn't
got nothing to do nit no isms. Once
politician oder a statesman starts to
monkey with an ism like unionism, So
laliSm, militarism oder Americanism.
i3lrsky, for all the good it's going to do
Tim, it might just so we'll be an tits like
appendicitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis oder
peritonitis. Take William j. Bryan, for
instance, and that Teller has had ism
after ism till he's already got one foot
in political grave. Speaking from the
standpoint of politics, he is now being
'ekcn round in wheel chair, and when
q. rcmingly strong, healthy Teller like
Mr.. Wilson meets him on the street and
goes home and says to Mrs. Wilson at
dinner: Z seen old Mr.. Bryan in front
of the drug store this afternoon, Nom
mer. Amt it terrible what creeping
pacifcism has done to that feller?' Mrs.
Wilson mods and says would he have
another plate soup and dismisses it like
that, Birsky, because little does she sus-
pect that her own husband has already
got the beginnings of acute American
ism in his system"
us Americanism so terrible as all
that?" Birsky asked.
1T amt quite understood as yet, Bir-
sky" Zapp replied. 1.-THE only thing
they know about 1t is that it's very
catching. Roosevelt got it first. On
June Sth he telegraphed Senator Jack
son at the Republican Convention in
Chicago that he had it, and had it good,
and In the early part of June President
Wilson comes down with it in Wash
ington and later describes the symptoms
to the West Point gradgwates. He said
that when a Teller has got Americanism
IL utterly believes in the principles of
AFRICA and puts EN- first above every
ang, understand. Now you know as
Hcll as l do, Birsky, how it is when you
gct ahold of a catent medicine adver-
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man which has it may look politically
healthy for a while, but sooner or later
it will get the most promising career,
Birsky, the same as militarism will.
Take the Kaiser, and several years ago
when he begun to have it he also felt
pretty good. In his case, the first symp-
toms was that he broke out all over in
uniforms and he got himself appointed
honorary colonel of so many regiments,
domestic and foreign, that if he wore
the uniforms in rotation, Birsky, he
didn't get round to the same suit of
clothes once in twenty-five years. 1t
used to cost him fortune for moth balls
alone, and when he took off pair of
pants, he sent it round to the tailor and
had V put in the back against the time
when he was going to wear 'em again.
However, Birsky, he soon got tired of
admiration, and it didn't make no diff
ference that his wife tried to get him to
take a fresh interest by saying: Turn
round and let me see the back. think
that peplin effect of the Sand Regiment
Lippe-Schaumburg National Guard
which you have on is awful becoming to
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OVcI Ill OcIH ldIly WOIIlcll Is
running the Street Cars"
couldn't help themselves. The German
socialists PROBABLY wanted to say that
in the trouble with France, there was
something to be said in favor of France
too, Zapp, aber when the Kaiser shouts
'Germanism consists in utterly believ-
ing in the principles of Germany, and
putting them principles first above
everything understand, the socialists
didn't dasst to figure that maybe France
could also got principles. No doubt
there was plenty German socialists
which had an idee that if the Kaiser
had believed in an in-and-out instead of
an out-and-out Germanism, consisting
of 80 per cent Germanism, 10 per cent
Internationalism and one per cent Ben.
zo-Boracid Common Sense, Birsky,
war in Europe might have been avoided,
aber because the Kaiser said when
the world finally discovers that Ger
many is individable then the world will
learn how truly and profoundly great
and powerful Germany is understand,
the socialists felt that it wasn't right to
disagree with their fellow Germans
about it."
"Who told you the Kaiser says such
things about Germany Zapp de-
manded.
"Why, you did, didn't you?" Birsky
replied.
"Me, I never said no such thing"
Zapp cried Indignantly. What you are
saying the Kaiser says about Germany
was what President Wilson says about
America"
'Well what is the difference aDho says
it about what?" Birsky continued. "The
results would be the same anyhoW,
Zapp, aber if President Wilson says or
the Kaiser says Americanism or Ger
manism consists in utterly believing in
the principles of all nations, Zapp, and
putting them principles first above
everything, understand, then that
gives a couple nations show to argue
about their principles before they go to
war over 'em, because there is German
principles which is just so good az
American principles, Zapp, and there is
Mexican principles which amt so bad
neither. Furthermore, Zapp, when Mr..
Wilson says what he said about Amer.
lea being individable, it's just so easy
for whole nation to be all all-wrong as
all albright"
"Tell me, Birsky," Zapp said, what
are you driving into?"
81 am driving into this, Zapp," Bir-
sky said. IF all that StuSs is Ameri-
canism when Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Hughes says it, what is it when the Ka-
ser says it,"
"Germanism," Zapp replied.
Then that settles it," Birsky con-
Guided. ut amt an ISM it's an tits, and
the sooner Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Hughes
gets cured of it, the better. Am right
or wrong?"
~
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'en1 over to big greennornS from Hun
gary and Poland. Aber to-day yet when
over in Germany women is running the
street cars, the electric light plants and
doing the heavier work that the old fell
lers of IS and 80 amt up to exactly IN
the rolling mills and foundries, Zapp,
if loyal German subject has to write
q letter to the Emperor and finds him
self using word beginning NIT X,
understand, he tries to think of SUBJ
stitute word beginning with 2 or a
w, so as not to embarrass the poor
Nebich."
"He should ought to be embarrassed"
Zapp said. "a Teller which is working
the way the Kaiser worked to get every
man from 16 to 60 to become a soldier,
Birsky, should ought to figure in ad-
vance what is going to happen to other
businesses besides the soldier business
in case his scheme turns out 100 per
cent successful. Also, Birsky, if all the
men from 16 to 60 is fighting as SOL
diers and all the women is busy NIT
churches, cooking and children, Birsky,
who did he expect is going to run the
street cars and the electric light plants
anyway"
3 Listen, Zapp, a Teller NIT an ism is
the last one to expect his scheme is
going to turn out 100 per cent success
full" Birsky said. "In fact, Zapp, I
give the Kaiser credit that when the war
happened and he begun to realize what
he said and did in the way of militarism
to bring it about, understand, his feel
ings toward the whole thing was: For
the love of Mars, couldn't you take a
joke" Yes, Zapp, all them ism fellers
is the same way. When they talk of
out-and-out, one hundred per cent
Americanism oder Militarism, y'under-
stand me, if something happens where
they've got to make good their words,
understand, they all claim an allow
ance Of fifty per cent discount for en-
thusiasm"
"Sure know" Zapp said, "aber the
Teller NIT militarism and Americanism
amt marker in that respect to the fell
Ter NIT Socialism. For years already
the mayors of cities in Germany, France
England, Austria and Italy has been
getting writer's cramp from signing
permits for socialists to talk on street
corners about how the socialists of the
world is going to stand shoulder to
shoulder in case of war, Birsky, and
that there would be general strike and
that socialist was brother even if he
would be German or an Englishman
as the case may be, Birsky, and when
the war breaks out, Birsky, what hap
pens? A German socialist shoots an
English socialist NIT the same enjoy
ment like the poor Teller would be John
D. Rockefeller and vici versa, and as for
standing shoulder to shoulder, Birsky.
when DR.. Liebknicht wanted to make
good on it, he found that it takes any
how two socialists to stand shoulder to
shoulder, and the last l hear he is sit
ting in jail in Germany, waiting for a
shoulder to come along"
"Well, them socialist fellers was I'd
against an out-and-out, one hundred per
cent Germanism, Frenchism and Eng.
lishism, Zapp," Birsky said, land they
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WHO STARTED THIS AMER CANISM? THEY ALL Dll

"Bm if 7 Would Be a Politician, BrSky Says Zabb, 1
Wouldn't Got Nothing to DO Nit No Isms-1haf
FeUer Bryan for Instance, Has Had Ism
After Ism Till He's Got One Foot
in the Political Craze" IS
By MONTAGUE GLASS .
Auhrd Potash ' an
~ - ~ E=
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Copyright 1916-The Tribune Assn.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-11-11

ceed ten. On the other hand, the Chicago
Tribume-a Republican paper-while claim
ing the house for the Republicans states that
the standing in the senate probably will be
so to 46 in favor of the Democrats.
The Chicago Tribune claims that more than
half of the forty-eight states of the union
have been put into the "dry'' column, and that
those which were added to the list by Tues
days election are Michigan, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Montana, Utah, and Florida. It is
reported that the territory of Alaska has also
been added to the "dry'' possessions of the
United States.
The election campaign just closed is said,
by at least one leading writer, to be the most
important since Abraham Lincoln was can
didate in 1860. The same writer claims that
$5,OOO,OO0, at least, was expended in the cam
paign, and that the greater portion of this
colossal sum was spent by the Republicans.
Since the opening of the campaign, Hughes
has made four speech-making tours of the
country, which have carried him approx
mately $4,000 miles, through 33 states.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-11-11
WILSON REELECTED, ACCORDING TO
LATEST RETURNS

According to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Republican paper-of Friday morning, VIII
sons reelection is conceded, California having
given him IS electoral votes.
Only three states, with total of 10 electoral
votes, are yet in the doubtful list. According
to the TRIBUNE'S table, Hughes, at the time
of present writing, has received 243 electoral
votes; Wilson, 269 - more than enough to
elect him; and should Hughes receive the en-
tire remaining 19 votes, his election would still
be impossible.
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Zion i'm Chicago

The General Overseer, God willing, will
deliver an address in Central Zion Taber-
nacle, Chicago (2527-2535 Michigan ave-
nue), every Lords Day from now until
January I, 1917, except Lords Day, De-
cember 3rd, when he will deliver an ad-
dress in Shiloh Tabernacle, Zion City.
Three large electric signs are now being
erected on the front of the Tabernacle In
Chicago, and these signs, it is estimated,
will be seen and read by one hundred
thousand people each day.
Lords Day, November 18th, Division
No. l, and four companies of Division No.
2, of Zion Senior Restoration Host will go
to Chicago, leaving the Salem Boulevard
Station at 700 a. m.
Zion Senior Choir will leave Salem
Boulevard Station at l / 80 a. m.
The General Overseer holds special
meeting for teaching and prayer with the
sick every Tuesday at 800 p. m.
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merly for six years, President of Cotner Uni
versity, spent last Friday visiting Zion City,
it's institutions and industries, as the guest of
the General Overseer.
Mr.. A. G. Hughes of Zion Home, who has
been selling goods in Montana since in June,
reports very bad, snowy weather at Ana
conda, Butte and other upland towns in that
state. He says it has showed there every
month this year, except July.
Mr.. E. L. Brown of 2412 Gideon Avenue,
is now selling Zion Candy in Chicago in con-
nection with his other business. Some Chi
cago customers have mentioned the fact in
letters that Zion manufactures the "best hard
candy they have ever tasted"
Almost every department Of Zion Institu-
tions and Industries is crowded with orders
and the need is for more help to handle the
business. This is especially true of Zion
Tailoring Department, where more employees
could be used, especially persons having ex-
perience in the tailoring business.
Considerable finishing and remodeling has
lately been done at the Zion Bakery Building.
A new proof room for raising dough has been
built The shipping room has been enclosed,
cutting it off from the remainder of the
plant; also new shipping platform has been
erected.
The business of Zion Building Industry is
steadily increasing, October having been the
best month since the institution was estab-
lished The business has not consisted of
any large jobs, but merely of ordinary work,
such as porches easements septic tanks and
other substantial improvements by property
owners.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. E. Austin, who have been
spending several months at Corinne Utah,
where Mr.. Austin was engaged in irrigation
work, have returned to their home in Zion
City. Mr.. Austin has disposed Of his share
in the irrigation business, to his partner, Mr..
O. F. Peterson of 33rd Street.
Deacon Isaac Bittle of Zion Home, left this
week for New Jersey, where he will make
the city of Camden his headquarters. From
that point he will cover twenty-five or thirty
other towns, selling Leaves of Healing and
spreading Zion Literature. He will also sell
Zion Candy and other Zion products.
Zion Printing and Publishing House has
about ten weeks work ahead in the house at
the present time, which is very unusual in
the printing business at this time of the year.
Several more employees could be used, espe-
cially in the composing department, where
it is now necessary for the employees to work
overtime every night, besides running the
night shift on the linotype machines.
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WILSON IN LEAD AT PRESENT WRITING
HOUSE BELIEVED TO BE REPUBLICAN BY
SMALL MAJORITY-SENATE DEMO
CRATIC
At the time of preparing this article, the
presidential election still hangs in the bal
ance.
The Chicago T4'ibauae-a Republican paper
-concedes 26 states to Wilson, with total
of 251 electoral votes; and 1S states to
Hughes, having 247 votes. The four states
of California, Minnesota, New Mexico, and
North Dakota, having total OF IS electoral
votes = are yet in the doubtful column.
The Chicago Herald, on the other hand,
claims that Wilson already has received 267
electoral votes enough to elect hin1-with
Hughes receiving but 247, leaving II votes
(thOse of Minnesota and North Dakota) still
in doubt.
However. these figures cannot be taken as
final. It may be days possibly before the
matter is settled entirely; or there is pos
sibility of a contest, as was the case IN the
Hayes-Tilden election, in which it was finally
decided that Hayes had won by one electoral
vote.
California has 13 electoral votes; Min
nesota, 12; New Mexico, 3; and North
Dakota, 5. If the table shown by the Ch1-
cago Tribune is correct, there is still pos
sibility of Hughes's election. However, at
the present time no one-even those familiar
with the situation-can predict the outcome
with any absolute certainty.
The prediction of certain European papers
week ago, that the American presidential
election would show some big surprises, has
proved correct
New York, having As electoral votes, has
always been regarded as the pivotal state,
and it was considered foregone conclusion
that any presidential candidate who could
carry, in addition to New York, Pennsyl-
vania, with SO electoral votes, and Illinois,
with 29, was certain Of election. However,
the present contest has upset all precedent.
Early returns on the eve of election in
dicated an overwhelming majority for
Hughes, when it was found that he had not
only carried the states of New York, Penn
sylvania, and Illinois, but Massachusetts,,
Indiana, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Iowa, and
Michigan. However, as returns came in
later in the night from the western states,
Hughes's majority became less and less, and
by noon of the next day Wilson was in the
lead where he remains at present writing.
Even the Chicago Herald "a Democratic
paper-concedes, at the present time, that
the next house of representatives will be Re-
publican, with majority that will not ex-
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LOCAL ITEMS


Miss Laura Falk of Zion Home has taken
employment in Zion Candy Factory.
Deaconess Anna Reinhold of Chicago
visited friends in Zion City one day last week.
Mr.. Ernest Hollatz of 2315 Gideon Avenue
has taken employment at Zion Baking In
dustry.
Miss Sadie Leise of 2718 Edna Boulevard
is now employed in Zion Apron and Handker-
chief Factory.
Mrs. Mary Todd of Chicago, has been a
guest this week of Mrs HI. D. Reprogle of
The Bethel.
Miss Margaret Luce of Chicago, spent
Lords Day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
U. D. Luce of 2114 Ezra Avenue.
Miss May Beasley of Chicago, was guest
of J. w. Baughman and family of 27O8 Eshcol
Avenue, last Lords Day.
Mrs Lusette Phillips and daughter Golden
of Dawson Springs, KY, are guests of their
cousin, Mrs. Ida Whitaker Of Zion Home.
Mrs Florence Drapp, with three children,
of Kenosha, Wis, spent last week visiting her
parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Schultz of Sec
tion II.
Mrs Effie Gee of Huntington, Indiana,
while en- route to Fresno, California, has been
visiting, this week, with Mrs. Carrie Stude-
baker of 2702 Gilead Avenue.
Mr.. Karl Workman of 1904 Ezra Avenue
and Mr. Homer Green of 1906 Herman Ave
nue. have taken employment in the cement
department of Zion Building Industry.
Mr.. John H. Eschbach and little daughter
Gertrude of Kenosha Wis, spent Lords Day
as guests of Mr.. H. w. Kratz and family of
2913 Gideon Avenue.
Mrs Frank Mole of 666 Carmel Boulevard
won first prize on canvass glove making at
home, having finished the largest number of
pairs in a months time.
Mrs Ida E. Snider and daughter Miss
Venus, of La Porte, Indiana, visited this week
at the home of Mrs Snider's sister, Mrs.
Jennie E. Fry, of 2902 Elisha Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos Redmond of Philadel-
phia, were guests, last week. of Mrs. Joseph
Redmond of 2806 Enoch Avenue; also of A.
M. Wilson and family of 2619 Elizabeth Av-
enue
H. w. Sutton, J. w. Teeple and Sylvester
H. De Pew, travelling salesmen for Zion Office
Supply, have all been in this week to vote and
spend few days with their families.
Mr.. David J. Kemman, travelling salesman
for Zion Institutions and Industries, came in
this week to vote He has now left for north
ern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Friedel of Norma,
North Dakota, are guests of J. W. Baughman
and family of 2708 Eshcol Avenue, having
come to Zion City to make this their future
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Price, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Price, and Mrs. Valley JONES' all OF
Union Grove, Wisconsin, spent Lords Day
as guests of Mrs. w. B. Mccormack and
family of 1920 Emmaus Avenue.
Zion Fuel Department is rushing deliveries
on coal and doing every thing possible to
catch up on orders and serve the people. Six
extra men and teams are now employed be-
sides the regular force.
Electric switches have just been placed in
all rooms and Railways of Zion College Build
ing. Window shades are also being placed
throughout the building by Zion Furniture
Department.
Rev. VIM. Oeschger of Lincoln, Nebraska,
Chancellor of the State University and for
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
To Zion Restoration Host and Zion Choir

No leadership Deacon
of Division No the leadership Of Deacon
the Salem Boulevard
LodsDay November 1916 a. m.
The leaders andm member Of
be the Boua notlat m
Jewehy Tickets for the round
II Nmembe should be notla
at the Jewery Department.
service in lion Tabernacle, Chicago.
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Zion City was established by Zion peo-
pie and for Zion people, as the private
home and headquarters of the Christian
Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion.
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News of the World
ELECTION STILL IN BALANCE

WILSON IN LEAD AT PRESENT WRITING
HOUSE BELIEVED TO BE REPUBLICAN BY
SMALL MAJORITY SENATE DEMO