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The Huttig news., 1916-03-11
Public Education in Arkansas Eight Studies In Vital Educational
 Problems.
EDITORS NOTE.

The Extension Division of the Uni- versity of Arkansas, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, will offer this year, through this paper. a free correspond ence course in Education in Arkan- sas,' consisting of eight lessons or arr ticles. These lessons will appear In this paper at intervals of six weeks. Those who wish to take this course should write to the Director of Exten- sion Division of the University of Ar kansas, at Fayetteville. stating name. age, occupation. and stating that he Cor she) proposes to carry the work through for the eight lessons. An ed ucational bulletin will be sent to sup plement lesson No. 1, and later for each lesson if the question blank be returned for the preceding lesson. Preceding lessons may be had on re- quest. These question blanks will be sent with each bulletin. The addition al lessons on Education in Arkansas" will be: Proper Taxation" Training of Teachers "The High School Prob lem." and Vocational Education CD.
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LODGE DIRECTORY.

ROWLAND LODGE No. 5e4 F. & A. M.meets every second and fourth Satur- day evenings at z:5o o'clock. Visiting Masons always welcome.
 L. M. Despair, W. M. c. A. Berry, Sec'y
 HOWARD CHAPTER, No. I22, R. A. M.=meets every first and third Thurs day evening at Masonic hall Visiting companions welcome.
 L. G. Gibson, H. p. D. F. Collett, Secy.
 HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 52o. Order of the Eastern Star. meets every first and third Friday evening at z:5o o'clock. Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
 Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M. MRs. L. G. GIBSON, Secy. HUTTIG LODGE No. 54s I. 0. 0. F. meets every Tuesday evening Visiting orethern cordially invited to attend.
 E. L. Ware, N. G. harlan 0eHOn, SeCy. HUTTlG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66. meets every Monday night at z:50 clock Visitors are invited.
 Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G. Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy. SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4llW.O. w. meets every first and third Saturday eye- nings. Visitors made welcome.
 c. A. Mccormick, c. c. J. c. BRIDGES. Clerk.
 Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, w. C.. meets every second and fourth Thursday night at z:5o o'clock. Visitors are cor dially invited.
 Mrs. W. R Dickerson. Guardian. Mrs, c. A. Mccormick. Clerk.
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In a Bit of a Hurry.

A very small boy was taken to a dental establishment to have some of his first teeth pulled. For a second or so, during which time four teeth disappeared, everything was fairly se- rene, and then came howls of objec- tions
 T didn't want them teeth to come out cried the young patient, sudden ly recollecting something. .I want them to stay in"
 That's all right censolingly re. sponded the dentist. They will soon grow in again.
 Will they?" quickly reioined the boy, with a brightening face Do you think they will grow in time for dln. r?"-Philadelphi Telegraph.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ARK
 ANSAS
No. 1. A Better System of Taxation.

By Dr. J. R. Jewell, Dean of School of
 Education, University of Arkansas.
 No school revenue system is good enough for Arkansas that does not give to every child within the state at least seven months year of ele- mentary instruction. No revenue sys- tenn from now on will be quite good enough for our splendid state unless 1t offers to every qualified boy and girl free high school education. Sev- eral of our neighboring states do this,
The Huttig news., 1916-03-11
The Uses and Abuses
 of Fertilizers

A Series of Six Articles Which Should Be Of Valuable Assistance to Agriculturists and HorticuItur- ists of Arkansas-By Prof. It. J. K. De Loach. Director of Georgia Experiment Station.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

ST. LOUIS. IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN
 LITTLE ROCK & MONROE RY.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
LOCAL NEWS
EASTER SERVICE IN SHILOH
TABERNACLE h.
MAGNIFICENT AUDIENCE IN
ATTENDANCE

The largest audience that has
gathered in Shiloh Tabernacle since the
dedication of the pipe organ, on June 27,
1912, assembled for the Easter Service
on last Lords Day.
A great many strangers were present,
having come from many points, includ-
ing Chicago, Racine, Kenosha, Wauke-
gan, and other cities. The main floor of
the building was practically packed to
the doors. AS the Choir marched in, AS
members were in line, and the sight was
beautiful and inspiring.
The music throughout the service was
especially fine, the Choir and pipe organ
being assisted by the Zion Orchestra.
While the people were gathering, music
was furnished by the Zion Band from
1 80 p. m. to 200 p. m. Following this,
a recital was given on Zion's huge pipe
organ, from 200 p. m. to 2:3O p. m.
Selections rendered by Zion Choir were
as follows: "Angels Roll the Stone
Away" by Schneider; an anthem, eco
Tell His Disciples" by Jones; an
anthem, king of Kings" by Simper,
and the "Hallelujah" Chorus, from
"Mount of Olives" by Beethoven. AS the
"Hallelujah" Chorus was rendered, the
entire audience arose and remained
standing until it's close.
This was the first time the General
Overseer had preached on Lords Day
in Shiloh Tabernacle since the last week
in September, and he will not preach in
Zion City again until Lords Day, July 9,
during the Feast of Tabernacles.
His address, which was listened to
with the closest attention, especially by
the large number of strangers present,
dealt largely with world conditions. He
declared that Easter Lords Day was the
most important day in the worlds his
tory, and moreover, that this was one
of the saddest Easter days that the world
had ever seen, and that the tumult pre-
vailing among the nations today is the
first breath of the great and terrible day
which is to precede the Lords second
coming. He declared that England,
Germany, Russia, France, and the other
nations at war, are paying the penalty
for their crimes before the Almighty,
and that the United States can hardly
hope to escape the judgments of God.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
NEWS OF THE WORLD

has accepted proposal from the United
States government for conference be-
tween General Alvaro Obregon, Minister
of War in the cabinet of General Car
rama, and Major General Hugh L. Scott,
Chief of Staff of the United States army.
The conference will be presumably for
the purpose of discussing the military
situation existing between the two gov
ernments, and will be held either at Ell
Paso, Texas, or at Juarez, Mexico, across
the Rio Grande.
General Carranza has asked for an
early reply to his note of April IL, sug-
gesting that American troops be recalled
from Mexico.
Reports greatly vary regarding
Pancho Villa, the bandit "will-o' the
wisp." Some rumors declare that he is
in the state of Durango, unwounded,
while others say that he is in the state
of Zacatecas, where he is posing as the
hero of a large following of bandits.
Other reports state that he is in the
mountainous regions northwest of Par
raj, Chihuahua, and that he is slightly
wounded, but not incapacitated. 1t ap-
pears evident that all these rumors are
the merest conf lecture However, claims
are no longer made by Mexican officials
that he is dead.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29

ing tangible, and the general opinion
prevails that the life of the Ministry
hangs by thread.
The compromise provides only for
the postponement of the general con-
scription, for a period of not more than
two months, to give the voluntary system
one more chance to produce the number
of men demanded by the army heads.
David Lloyd-George, Minister of Mu-
nitions, remains the storm center, while
another point of difficulty appears to be
the attitude of the labor party toward
the government. It seems that if, at the
end of month or six weeks, $4,000 men
per month are not forthcoming under
the voluntary system of recruiting, a
universal compulsion bill will be sub
mitted to the Cabinet.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
JAPAN OBJECTS TO EXCLUSION
BILL

Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Am
bassador, called upon President Wilson
at the White House on April Fl, and re-
quested the opportunity to confer with
the President, in order to present the
protest of his government against the
passage of the Burnett immigration Bill,
better known as the 'literacy test'' bill,
which recently passed the House, and is
now pending before the Senate.
This bill is Objectionable to Japan be-
cause it seeks to prohibit immigration
to the United States and it's dependen-
cies, and because it classes Japanese
with Hindus and other nationalities.
The Ambassador maintained that this
would constitute a discrimination
against the Japanese people, and said
that his government would regard such
legislation as not only humiliating to the
japanese, but as evidence that the Ameri-
can government does not hold the Jap
anese nation in such high esteem as it
does other nations.
It seems the general opinion that, as
result of this visit from the Japanese
Ambassador, the immigration Bill will
not now pass the Senate, and that it's
consideration will be postponed. But
even should it pass the Senate, the Pres
ident will, in all probability, veto it, be-
cause of it's provision authorizing
literacy test, to which he has been con-
tinuously opposed. This bill has been
twice passed by both Houses of Con-
gress, and in both instances vetoed
by the President; it lately repassed the
House by an overwhelming majority.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
MARVELLOUS TORPEDO PRODUCED
BY YOUNG AMERICAN
INVENTOR

The United States government is pre-
pairing to spend vast sum in one of the
most amazing weapons of warfare pro-
duced by any country in modern times.
The Notifications bill, recently intro
duced in the House of Representatives
by Congressman Sherley, of Kentucky,
carries an appropriation of $1,167,00O
for the purchase of all rights and patents
covering the Hammond destroyer, in
cluding a sum for the manufacture of a
certain number of these weapons, and
experimentation with them.
The inventor is John Hays Hammond,
Jr., son of the famous mining engineer.
Although but a young man, he has pro-
duced an instrument of such destructive
possibilities that high army officers are
urging with all their influence that the
United States become the sole possessor.
The invention consists of either diri-
gible boat, or torpedo-it may be built
in either form-which is completely
controlled from shore by wireless. It
may also be controlled from a warship,
or from an aeroplane travelling overhead
On the surface it can travel SO miles an
hour, and when submerged, 27 to %
miles an hour. It can be operated by
one man, and cannot be interfered with
by adverse wireless waves. The most
amazing feature, is that if an enemy at
tenpts to interfere with it by wireless,
it possesses the faculty of pointing i'm
mediately in his direction, and making
straight for him.
The Hammond destroyer has been
operated from wireless station at a
distance of % miles.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
ROAD TO DESTRUCTION MADE
EASY

In a speech at luncheon held by the
Woman's City Club, at the Auditorium
Hotel, last week, Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen,
President of the Juvenile Protective AS
sociation, claimed that cabarets, dance
halls, lake excursion boats, amusement
parks, and certain types of theaters, are
among the strongest influences which
lure young people to destruction. She
declared that conditions have become SO
shocking in Chicago that even we'll in
tentioned young people, seeking perfect
ly legitimate recreation, are surrounded
by grave danger.
She especially denounced the lake ex-
cursion steamers, stating that mothers
would naturally think that their daugh-
ters would be safe in spending day on
the lake, but that they are not aware
that there are two distinct types of lake
boats; those that carry the holiday and
excursion crowd, and those that carry
the regular vacation and business traffic.
The former, she declares, carry large
numbers of disreputable persons - i'm
moral young women and men, who fol-
low the excursion crowds, looking for
recruits.
The amusement parks are not less
dangerous, and young people in these
places, in most cases, go unchecked
Joxx,,, +bo y,ooc+ d;,oot rood ~ Joc+y,,o
ton.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
NEW GERMAN SUBMARINES
"~ WITHOUT PERISCOPE

According to reports coming from
Switzerland, German submarines have
abandoned the periscope in most in
stances, and are now shooting according
to the sound of approaching vessels.
The new periscopeless submarine, as
described, has a great steel disk for an
ear, on either side of the boat. Tele-
phone receivers, connected with the disks,
convey intelligence to an officer, of the
approach of ship, which can be heard
with unmistakable clearness. AS the
ship comes nearer, the noise increases,
and it's location is determined by the fact
that the officer in~command can hear
more distinctly in either one ear or the
other. When the noise is equally loud
in each ear, he knows that the ship is
straight ahead, and gives orders to fire,
the torpedo shooting upward at care
fully calculated angle, and striking the
ship below the water line.
This Swiss report is rendered plausi-
BILE by the fact that during the last
twenty sinkings in British waters, no
one has seen a submarine, and in but
few cases has the wake of a torpedo
been observed. The sinking of Dutch,
Norwegian and Swedish ships could also
be readily explained from this source.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
THOUSANDS OF TELEGRANS PRO
TEST AGAINST PRESIDENTS
POLICY

Washington reports state that con-
gressmen are now being swamped with
the most remarkable protest ever made
in the United States, against the policy
of any president.
At present writing, more than 1OO,-
900 kilograms have poured into Wash
ington, and reports from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago,
ST. Louis, Milwaukee, and other large
cities, indicate that more than 250,OO0
other messages of protest are waiting
in the telegraph offices for transmittal
to the national capital. Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies, have
every line in Washington busy receiving
messages from all parts of the country,
and extra operators have been brought
in from nearby cities.
Administration leaders were at first
amused, but later they became annoyed
and indignant. They have threatened a
congressional investigation to determine
the cause Of this outburst against the
Presidents program, and openly admit
that the kilograms coming in such large
numbers, even though they bear the
names of persons who are plainly of
German sympathy, will have a marked
effect on the Berlin government.
Some of these kilograms read as fol-
lows: "Your constituents here are deep
ly concerned, and urge that you use your
utmost influence in and out of Congress
to prevent such enormous folly and
crime" eve believe the great masses
of the people will resent being dragged
into war that we must consider un-
necessary" eff war-like rumors coming
from Washington are true, will you let
me assure you that the great majority
OF your constituents stand for peace,
and will resent being precipitated into
the European conflict" eve are deeply
alarmed by rumors that this country is
near to being plunged into the European
War. Can it be that Congress will advo-
cate and permit this monstrous crime
and follyw
A considerable per cent. of the people
of the United States are bitterly opposed
to President Wilson's policy, which in
slsts that Americans have the right to
travel in belligerent merchant ships
carrying munitions of war. He has per-
slstently urged adherence to the observ-
ance of certain international laws. which
were established in years gone by, and
Which some able editorial writers have
denounced as out of date and impractic
able, under modern conditions Of war
fare.
The Scandinavian countries have
issued instructions to their people to re-
frain from travel on vessels belonging to
nations at war, and warned them that
any such action will be taken at their
own individual risk. This seems the
sensible course to follow. Why should a
few Americans travelling aboard these
vessels be allowed to imperil the peace
and welfare of a great nation of more
than 10O,0OO,OOO people?
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
RUSSIA LANDS FORCE IN FRANCE

A Russian army was disembarked at
Marseilles, France, on April 20. It's
size is not disclosed, but correspondents
used the term ''huge" in describing it.
1t is claimed in Paris that this first
Russian expeditionary force is to be fol-
lowed by others, and that $4,000 men
in all will be transferred to the western
front.
The coming of this army to France
had been kept carefully guarded mil
itary secret, and the matter was a COM
plete surprise to the newspaper world.
1t is believed that this move is the first
visible result of the general conference
OF the allies at Paris, and that it pre-
sages concerted action on all fronts. The
question of how this army was trans
ferred, and from whence it came, is still
a mystery, and no official statements
have been made to the public on the
matter. 1t may have come from Vladi-
vostok on the Pacific Coast, or it may
have come from Archangel, on the White
Sea, and been carried by transports by a
wide sweep out into the north Atlantic,
IN order to avoid the submarine danger
in the vicinity of the British Isles.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
DOCUMENTS SAID TO REVEAL
SERIOUS GERMAN PLOTS

Embassy papers seized from Wolf Won
Igel, Secretary to Captain Franz Won
Papen, recalled military attache to the
German embassy at Washington, are re-
ported to reveal German plots to embroil
the United States with Mexico or Japan.
Photographs of the documents are
said to have been made, and will be re-
tained in any case, whether the papers
are returned to the German embassy as
demanded by Count Won Bernstorff, or
not.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29

UPRISING IN DUBLIN, IRELAND
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED IN CITY AND
COUNTY OF DUBLIN-CAPTURE OF IRISH
LEADER, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO
g LAND ARMS FROM GERMANY
Disturbances of a grave nature have
broken out this week in Dublin, Ireland.
Trops have been sent to the Irish capital,
and the situation is reported to be we'll
in hand.
Owing to the strict censorship, news
paper reports have been based largely
on rumor, with few bare facts as
basis. London reports, of April rs,
speak of the capital of Ireland as a
smouldering volcano, after "a hours OF
the most furious fighting in the streets,
and which had followed a sudden but
carefully prepared uprising by the Sim
Feiners. The rebels, however, are said
to be besieged by the royal troops.
Twelve soldiers and an unknown num-
Der of revolutionists are reported to have
been killed, and a considerably larger
number wounded.
An attempt to stir up a revolution In
Ireland was nipped when German
auxiliary cruiser, in the hands of
strong force of German sailors, and
loaded with vast stores of rifles and am
munition, was sunk off the coast of Ire
land by British patrol craft, on the night
of April 20.
Sir Roger Easement, one of the leaders
in the Irish home rule struggle, who has
been in Germany since the early part OF
the war, was taken prisoner, with num-
Der of others. The announcement OF the
capture of this once brilliant Irish
leader has stirred the English people
more than anything that has occurred
for considerable while. He is now re-
tanned as prisoner in the Tower of Lon
don.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29

An investigation recently made of one
of these amusement parks, revealed the
fact that young girls and small children
were found drinking to excess, even a
child of three years being seen intoxi-
Gated. AS it was so-called carnival week,
dozens of girls were dressed in mems
clothes, or in baseball suits, almost in
viting the most open familiarity.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
VITAL IMPORTANCE OF A CITY'S
MILK SUPPLY

The following extract is taken from
an article by R. C. Jensen, which ap-
peared in a recent issue of The Milk
Dealer:
"Pure milk always plays the import
ant part in the health of any community.
1t is natures most perfect food and is in
all probability used more than any other
one food. Especially is this true in the
case of children. During the first few
years of the life of child, it derives it's
nourishment almost entirely from milk.
'If milk is produced and handled as it
should be it is natures most healthful
and nutritious food"
In this connection, we present the
following extract fom a recent bulletin:
MILK AS A FOOD"
'What is the Food Value of quart of
milk? One quart of milk is about equal
in food value to any one of the follow
ing:
'Two pounds of salt Goldfish, pounds
of fresh Goldfish, 2 pounds of chicken, 4
pounds of beets, pounds of turnips, 1-6
pound Of butter, 1-3 pound of wheat
flour, 13 pound of cheese, 3-4 pound of
lean round beef, 8 eggs, 2 pounds of
potatoes, 6 pounds of spinach, pounds
of lettuce, pounds of cabbage.
what is the Food Value of a glass of
milk?
A glass of milk is about equal to 2
large eggs, or large serving Of lean
meat, or 2 moderate sized potatoes, or 5
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
OUTCOME OF GERMAN SITUATION
UNCERTAIN
UNOFFICIAL DISPATCHES INDICATE THAT
GERMANY is WILLING TO MAKE CON-
CESSIONS TO AVOID A RUPTURE

UNOFEIClAL DlO1A1CI1Eo 1INO1SA1G AAAfAA
GERMANY is WILLING TO MAKE CON-
CESSIONS TO AVOID A RUPTURE
Washington reports claim that conf
Dental dispatches from Ambassador
Gerard, at Berlin, indicate that Germany
is willing to make certain concessions to
the United States, in response to the note
demanding the immediate abandonment
of present methods of submarine war
fare.
Secretary Lansing, in conference
with newspaper correspondents, few
days ago, however, deprecated the pub
lication of these reports, stating that
they only contain quotations of newspa-
per opinions, and that there was really
nothing in them of an official nature
from the German government.
Whether the Kaiser will grant con-
cessions to the extent demanded by
President Wilson, is question. The
situation in Germany appears to be, in
brief, that the people wish an unre-
stricted submarine warfare conducted,
as it has been proclaimed to them time
and again that this is Germany's
only effective weapon in her struggle
for existence. The government, on the
other hand, has shown wish to avoid
severance Of diplomatic relations.
The opinion held in Berlin seems to
be, that if President Wilson is merely
urging that the submarine campaign be
conducted within the limits of German
assurances and pledges given in former
notes, then a settlement can probably
be arranged; if, however, the United
States insists on a further limitation of
submarine war, then there appears to be
little chance of an agreement.
According to reports, administration
officials believe that Germany cannot af-
ford break with the United States, be-
cause of the consequent encouragement
it would give the allies, not to mention
the incentive it would furnish to neutral
nations to enter the war against the
Kaiser. A break in relations would al
most inevitably mean war, and one of
the first results of war would be the
seizure, by Uncle Sam, of $1OO,0OO,000
worth of German passenger vessels now
interned in American harborS.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
SITUATION CRITICAL IN BRITISH
CABINET

The recent disagreement in the Brit
ish Cabinet, which, Premier Asquith de-
clared, threatened breakup of the gov
ernment, has ended, it seems, in tenn
porary patching up of the situation This
arrangement, however, is based on moth