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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
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in whose integrity, discretion, sound judg-
ment and fairness of mind every citizen of
the United States firmly believes. His en-
vironment has been neither that of the
special interests of capital nor Of the spe-
cial interests Of labor. His whole life has
been devoted to the public service. He
has breathed no other atmosphere.
No American living is more competent
to hold the balance even between conflict
ing class interests and to judge the claims
Of both with eyes and mind so steadfastly
fixed upon the general public interest. He
is, above all others, the man for the post. y
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
FIFTEEN NEW CASES, DAILY AVER
AGE OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN
NEW YORK CITY

While the epidemic Of infantile paralysis
is believed to have largely run it's course
in New York City, the daily average Of
new cases during the week ending October
7, was fifteen. This means that even at
the present time Is children, in that city
alone, are stricken down each "a hours
with a disease which will either prove
fatal, or leave them in pitiable condition
for life, almost worse than death
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
FREAK EXPERIMENT IN VEGETABLE
LIFE

An experiment carried to completion by
G. E. Myers, professor Of experimental
vegetable growing at the Pennsylvania
State College, marks the advent Of what
is said to be the newest Of freak plants in
the vegetable world.
A potato was planted, on the stalk of
which was grated young tomato shoot.
The union was covered with wax and
bound with rafia, as is done in ordinary
grating Of fruit trees.
AS result, tomatoes grow from the vine,
while potatoes thrive underground.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
Attention, Officers!

will be Special Important Meeting of all Officers
Apostles Elders Evngests Deacons and Daconesses the
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in zion in the Prayer Room
of Shiloh Tabernacle Monday Evening October 49, 1916
We want to print Official Directory possible but
before this Directory
pared ready for publication.
everything laid this meet
ing Monday Evening October &c. 7 the Prayer Room
Shiloh Tabernacle.
The Roll will be called 8:15.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14

D. Campbell and Louis Velebney,
charged with smoking in a crowd in
Zion City, were each fined $1,000 and
costs in the court of Police Magistrate
Walter Taylor of Waukegan, last Satur-
day, October 7, after trial by jury.
Zion Tailoring Department now has
more orders booked, especially for over
coats, than at any time for several years.
An edge pressing machine has just been
added to the equipment of the Depart
ment.
Mr.. C. w. Cakes, of 3214 Ezra Ave
nue., is again selling cut flowers on Sat-
urday evenings in Zion Stores. Mr..
Cakes furnishes flowers, wreaths and
various designs for weddings, funerals
and other occasions.
The stock of Zion Monument Depart
ment, which has been located in the
open space north of Zion Printing and
Publishing House on Elijah Avenue,
has been moved to the east side of the
street, directly opposite.
Mr.. Arthur Bishop of 3106 Elisha
Avenue, who has been employed by a
Chicago firm for several months, expects
in a few days to leave on trip as ira
Yelling salesman for Zion Office Supply.
An order has just been placed with
Zion Baking Industry by large firm in
Minneapolis, for four car loads of mer-
chandise, consisting entirely of cookies
and crackers, same to be delivered be-
tween now and January 1.
The old sign, ''Zion Baking Industry
has been painted out on the building re
Gently vacated by that institution, and
the following wording substituted in
large letters, on both the front of the
building and the side, facing the North
Western railroad; ZION INSTI-
TUTIONS AND INDUSTRIES
CANDY FACTORY WHOLESALE
The various departments of Zion
Store have just been decorated with
beautiful creations, consisting of paper
flowers and real Twas grass. This lat
ter grows in the southern parts of the
United States. These decorations, while
not exactly essential to the selling of
goods, give the Store much brighter
and more attractive appearance.
No Zion person need go without work
at the present time. In almost every
department of Zion Institutions and In
dustries more help is wanted-that is,
persons who are steady and reliable,
who will stick to a thing after they take
hold of it, and who do not feel above
doing whatever their hands find to do.
Mr.. A. G. Hughes Of Zion Home re-
ports having sold fifty copies of Leaves
of Healing in Butte, Montana, on
Lords Day, October LIST, "while the
snow was falling like winter" Mr..
Hughes has been travelling in Montana
for several months, spending his time
on Lords Days selling Leaves of Heal
ina. He has disposed of $500 copies
since June LIST.
There are few communities in Chris
tendon which have escaped the ravag-
ing effects of the European war. Sew
eral families in Zion City have had
brothers or relatives on one side or the
other. Mrs A. E. Sach, of 2503 Galilee
Avenue, has just received word that two
of her COMMISSIONING men in the prime
of manhood have been killed on bat
tlefield in France.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14
BAMBRICK ELECTROCUTED AT SING
SING PRISON
Persists in Claim of Innocence to Las
Moment-Warden Osborne Resigns

Moment-Warden OSBORNE Resigns
Despite the eleventh-hour plea for re-
prieve, signed by two hundred prominent
New York business men, including Theo-
dore N. Vail, president Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph mpany,
Thomas Bambrick was electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison on October 7, having been con-
victed of the murder of George Dapping,
New York policeman.
Thomas M. Osborne, warden Of Sing
Sing, asserted, in an address before these
two hundred bankers and business men on
the previous night, that there was emo
doubt in the world" that Bambrick was
innocent.
Governor Whitman, on October 6, de-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-14

bottom of Use and Hiroshima bays, the
Japanese naval target grounds. These
shells at the present price of scrap iron
alone are worth about 100000, and it is
now planned to recover them by the use of
Mr. Nakahara s machine
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VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS OF GREAT
WAR
The London Times sounds warning
note to the allies against undue jubi-
lation over the progress on the western
CONTINUED on page 140)
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The Sophomores defeated the Sc
riors by score Of to 3 in one Of
the fastest games of baseball of the
season yesterday afternoon. The vic
torious Spohs are champion ball play
ers of the school again this year. They
cleaned up last year and expect to do
the same next year. We even expect
to see in few years some of their
number making their mark in the big
leagues.
Things are very quiet at the High
School just nova lull before the
storm of the last few weeks of school.
The Seniors are planning to have a
big graduation this year and the Ju-
niors have promised to decorate for
all the exercises. Just at present the
Senior boys are discussing the latest
and most beautiful styles of wearing
apparel to get for the ceremony. The
girls are thinking more about seating
facilities at the school and whether
it would not be best to hire big au-
ditorium. While due contemplation,
everybody who comes should be able
&c find a seat and see those handsome
Toys both on class night and On gradu-
alton night.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
Preferred Miners Cottage.

London, April Il How the youth.
full, democratic Prince of Wales pre-
fers an humble workman's cottage to
g. mansion in Northern France was
told here today by Methodist chap
lain, just returned from the front.
"At a certain village" said the
chaplain, ais a line of cottages and
many times the prince has slep ton
the floor of one of these humble
homes. On the other side of the road
is a beautiful old mansion, but the
prince preferred to live with the poor
coal miner.
81 also saw the prince doing his
Bit at the front. He was often in
daneg and always went where his
hoys went"
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
Woman Shot by Officers.

Tucson, Ariz., April ia coron-
er's jury has been summoned to in
vestigate the shooting Of Mrs. Charles
F. Bates, wife of wealthy st. Lou
isan, who was killed last night while
returning with her husband to their
country home.
The shooting occurred near an
amusement park where three officers
we're searching for persons reported
to have stolen $4,000 worth of jew
elry.
The officers say they ordered the
Bates machine to halt, Bates declaring
he did not hear the command as the
1nuffler was out. The officers opened
fire. One bullet passed through Mrs.
Bates body, killing her almost in
stantly.
Policeman Salazar, Joe Wiley and
Tom Jones, deputy sheriffs, were TAX
en- into custody pending an investiga-
tion.
Formal charges of homicide were
lodged against the three officers de
tanned in connection with the shoot
ing. The inquest was postponed until
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13

tro. There will be degree work and
other amusements of interest. Last,
but not least, will be a banquet given
by the Barbara Worth Rebekah lodge.
All three-linkers in Imperial Valley
are asked to be present. 1t would
be kindness if each Tinker going to
be present would drop the Ell Centre
lodge card saying "I'll be there
Come one Tinker, come all linkers, and
have a good time and help entertain
our grand master.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
Great Powder Plant.

Washington, April 13.-Favorable
action by the Senate on the proposals
to construct huge hydro-electrical
air-nitrogen plant for the manufac-
ture of powder in war time, and fer
tilizer in time of peace, was forecast
ed today when a motion by Senator
Hardwick to strike out the fertilizer
feature of the pending amendment to
the army bill was defeated. The
amendment provides for a plant at an
ultimate cost of $15,O00,000, the sur
plus over what may be needed for pow
der to go into fertilizer to be sold di-
rectly to the farmers by the secretary
of agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
BOOKS ADDED
TO THE LIBRARY

Just a few of these are new pub.
locations. Others are standard fic-
tion, but new in our library. For
supplementary work in the schools a
number of historical novels have been
selected.
An addition of books of non-fiction
will be ready for circulation soon.
Adult Fiction.
Andrews - eternal Mascuilen."
Nine original short stories of outdoor
life especially good to read aloud.
"Militants.' Short sto-
ries Of soldiers and other fighters in
the world. Of more than ordinary
interest.
Barr-"Friend Olivia" An histori-
cal study of Quaker life in the early
days of Cromwell.
Catherwood--"Lady of Fort st.
John" Picturesque story of Ar
tadia.
Davis-"Friend Of Caesar" Tale of
the fall of the Roman republic.
Ebers-"The Emperor" Describes
the early growth OF Christianity in
Egypt.
Flaubert-"Salammbo, the Maid of
| Carthage" Salammbo is Hannibal's
sister.
French-"Lance of Kanana.' Story
cf the heroism of Bedouin boy.
Hardy-"Far From the Maddenine
! Crowd"
Harker-"Ffoliiots of Redmarley.'
The story of large and cheerful
English family with an unsympathetit
father and charming mother anC
grandparents. The hero is boy wht
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13

At the annual session of the I'M
perial county school district trustees
held yesterday at the Hotel Barbara
Worth ballroom resolution was
passed forming a cooperative buying
association for those school districts
of the county which care to take ad-
vantage of it. According to Sounty
Superintendent of Schools Shibley nu-
merous smaller districts of the coun-
tv will enter the association in order
to secure wholesale prices on the sup
plies purchased for the districts, and
that probably some of the larger dis
tricts will also enter to give the small
er districts the benefit of their heav-
ier buying power.
In his address Superintendent Ray
mond paid high compliment to the
personnel and the energetic and live
spirit of the trustees of the Imperial
county school districts.
Program of Session.
The program of addresses delivered
at yesterdays meeting was as fol-
lows:
10 \. Nj.
Call to order, announcements, etc.
Address, "The Relation of Trustees
and Superintendent" Professor Lewis
E. Cooley.
Address, High School Transporta-
tion,' E. B. Stilgebour, Brawley Union
High School.
Discussion.
Address, "The Purchasing of School
Supplies" Superintendent Raymond
Cree, superintendent of schools, Riv-
erside county.
Discussion.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
To Make One Hundred Speeches.

Des Moines, Ia, April 13.-The fl
l.al roundup of the Iowa campaign for
votes for women opened here today
with the arrival of Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, international suffrage lead
er, who will give her time from now
Until election in November to the cam
raign, delivering at least 100 speeches
and speaking in every county in the
safe. Later in the campaign Mrs. Gait
probably will travel in special car
attached to regular trains, escorted
by state leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
IL M.

IL M.
Luncheon, Hotel Barbara Worth.
N. B-Instroduction are superflu-
Gus. We are acquainted. "My name
is. and Pm from. ......
school district"
Address, what the High School
Expects of the Elementary School,
DR.. B. r. Crandall of Holtville.
Address, Correlation of the Farm
Bureau and the School, S. E. Rob-
inson.
Address, "The School Civic Center
Mrs. w. w. Apple.
Paper, "School Finances and School
Warrants" Deputy Superintendent M.
L. Briggs.
Questions and answers.
Business.
Reports of committees.
Committees on resolutions were as
follows:
Elementary schools-Walter Lninau,
chairman; c. S. Elder, w. c. Ross,
J. A. Sheffield, w. E. Packard, H. w.
Meserve, Joel Corfman, James Mel
huorne.
High Schools-Mrs. Will S. Faw-
cett, chairman; E. B. Stilgebour, A. E.
Wright, E. J. Norrish, J. B. Hoffman.
All high school trustees present.
Trustees Present.
The delegates of the various county
districts who attended the session are
given in the following list:
Brawley Union High School-E. B.
Stilgebouer.
Central Union High School-Mrs.
Will S. Fawcett.
Holtville Union High School-E. J
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
County School Trustees
Meet In Annual Session

Norrish.
Acacia-Mrs. S. D. Carrier.
Alamitos-M. P. Harris.
Alamo-James Melbourne.
Alamorio-G. J. Shank.
Bard-W. G. Ross.
Brawley-J. A. Sheffield.
Central-W. H. G. Mott.
Date-F. N. Provost.
Ell Centro-J. L. Travers, Mrs. Ba-
lies Walker.
Eucalyptus-E. E. Forester.
Fern-J. R. Tilley.
Ferrell-Mrs. May Bragg.
Ft. Yuma-Leon Jacobs.
Heber-M. H. Gavin, E. A. Ding
man.
Highline-J. T. Jones, Mr.. Round
tree.
Holtville-J. Ed Armstrong.
Imperial-D. ID. Nairn.
Jasper-Joel Corfman.
Lone Starr. w. Fisher.
MagnOlla-J. l.. Iaeckef, Mr. PneS-
ley, Mr.. Garbutt.
Meloland-Walter Packard.
McCabe-F. H. Van Derpoel, Mrs.
Kiest.
Mt. Signal-F. M. Czarnowski.
Niland-H. P. Wilkinson.
Picacho-T. F. Reilly.
Rockwood-H. w. Meserve.
Seeley-John Hogan.
Silsbee-J. C. Stindt, F. S. He'll.
South Fern-Walter Leinau, Mrs.
Huff.
Spruce-C. S. Elder.
Sunset Springs-S. H. Miles.
Trifolium-D. D. Lake.
Westmoreland-I. H. Gentry.
Westside-Bertha E. Wixom.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
Four Loading Fire Bomb,

New York, April 13.-Four men
were arrested here last night by
agents for the department of justice
charged with having manufactured
fire bombs which were placed on the
steamer Kirk Oswald on the Fabre
line on or about May last.
One of the men arrested gave the
name of Charles Won Kleist and de-
clared he was a brcther-in-law of
General Won Briesen of the German
army, who was killed in battle in De-
cember, 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
No. 2078
IN RANkRlIDTGX.


In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District of Cali
fornia, Southern Division.
In the matter of John l.. Mcnamara,
bankrupt.
To the creditors of John L. McNa-
mara, of Ell Centro in the County of
Imperial and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given: That on the
22nd day of April, 1916, at o'clock
p. M, there will be a meeting of the
creditors Of the said bankrupt at my
office, Room 21, in the Central Block,
$50 Main street, in the City of River
side, County of Riverside, State of Cal
ifornia, to hear and pass upon the re-
port Of the Trustee and petition for
final dividend, at which time final
dividend will be declared; and trans
act such other business as may prop
erIy come before said meeting.
Dated at Riverside, California, the
10Th day of April, 1916.
THOMAS T. PORTEOUS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
CITY AND VALLEY

Coming Tomorrow-The Palace the
atre announces the coming of The
Spoilers" on next Tuesday. The pic
ture has been entirely completed and
is now known as "-,.e New Spoil
crs,' in twelve parts.
On Statutory Charge-A. c. Pine
Of Coyote Wells is held at the county
Jail awaiting transfer to San Diego
where he is wanted on a statutory
charge. His offense is alleged to have
been committed just across the coun-
ty line at Mountain Spring in San
Diego county.
Club Card Party-The social COM
mittee of the Women's Ten Thousand
Club wish to announce that no printed
invitations have been issued for the
card party to be given Friday evening
at the Barbara Worth hotel. Friends
Of the club as well as members and
their husbands are cordially invited
to attend.
Women's Wilson Club-The Wom-
ems Wilson Club will give a jefferson
tea at the Masonic hall Saturday aft
ernoon, April Is, celebrating Thomas
Jefferson's birth month. 1t is the pur-
pose of the club to reach all Demo-
cratic women by invitation, but, since
it is impossible to procure every
name, all women belonging to the par
ty will be most cordially welcomed. An
interesting informal program will be
given and the officers for 1916 will
be elected. The principal object Of
the meeting is to bring together the
women of the party that they may
become better acquainted during
pleasant social afternoon.
One Linker Many Linkers-I. o. O.
f. Grand Master McBeth Of the State
cf California, will be entertained by
Holtville and Ell Centro lodge next
Tuesday evening, April Is, at 7:30 in
the Masonic hall in the City of Ell Cen
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
OFFICIAL A VISITOR

R. J. Clancy of San Francisco, as,
sistant general manager of the South
crn Pacific Company, visited the va
rious cities of the Imperial Valley
today on brief inspection trip.
Among shippers and railroad men
generally the great question of the
hour is whether the demands Of the
organizations of trainmen for an
eight-hour basic day from which to
compute overtime, will be accepted by
the railroads. Every railroad in the
country is concerned.
"The shippers of Imperial Valley
are all interested,' said Mr.. Clancy
today. "If employees in the train serv-
ice succeed in their demands for an
other increase in wages aggregating
S100,000,00O a year, most or all OF
the burder will likely fall on the pub
lie in the form of higher rates or
impaired service. The amount de-
manded approximates about 5 per cent
of the gross freight revenue, so that
to obtain this amount rates would
have to be increased correspondingly
"While a few of the large railway
systems might be able to assume the
burden, the great majority of them
could not, and these, and not the few
more prosperous systems, would be
the governing and determining factor
respecting rate increases.
"At the present time one-sixth of
the total railway mileage of the Unit
ed States is being operated by receiv
ers. Only few months ago the In
terstate Commerce Commission found
after investigation, that the earnings
and expenses of roads in eastern ter
1itory were 80 close together as to
warrant an Increase in rates. What
the result VIII be, IN general, when
another $1OO,O0O,0OO year is sub
tracted from earnings and added to
expenses, is only too apparent.
"Surplus is the foundation of credit
in all lines of business. The railroads
use their surplus as basis of credit
for constructing news lines, for i'm
provements and betterments, for pur-
chasing new equipment, and for the
purpose of keeping their facilities and
service abreast of the needs of the
people. In 1915 the amount carried
TO surplus by the railroads of the
United States was approximately
s11O, 100000. The demands of the en-
ployes would sweep away all but $10,-
100000 of this, leaving very little as
basis of credit for improvements,
betterments and construction of addi-
tional lines and track for opening up
and development of new territory, un-
less compensated by corresponding
increase in rates. The $1OO,OOO,OOO
demanded is the basis of approximate
ly 100000 of credit.
cooperating revenue is no reliable
index to net profits. The closing of
the Panama Canal and the situation
in Europe have combined to increase
for the time being rail tonnage. 1t is
temporary condition, with breakers
ahead. To use present conditions as a
basis for corresponding general in
crease in wages in railway train serv-
ice, without providing for CORE
spending general increase in rates of
at least per cent, following return
to normal conditions, would be to build
the house on sand. Normal operating
revenue and expenses are such that
rate increases must automatically keep
step with wage increases"
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13

New York, A; Philadelphia, 5. Bat
tries-Anderson Stroud and Reariden;
Alexander and Burns.
Boston, 5; Brooklyn, 1. Batteries
Rudolph and Gowdy; Cheney and Mil
Ter.
Chicago, z; Cincinnati, 1. Batter.
ies-McC Connell and Archer; Toney
Schulz and Wingo.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-04-13
MARRIAGE LICENSE

Jose L. Camacho, 26, and Carmelita
Mendoza, 16, residents of CaleXico.
Charles Barnum, 20, resident of St.
1aul, Mimi, and Grace Ebel, %, resi-
dent of Los Angeles.