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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE DOES
NOT FAVOR NATURALIZATION
OF MINES

With Great Britain not yet fully recov-
cred from the effects of the railroad strike,
deputation of miners has called upon
Premier Lloyd George, urging complete
naturalization of mines.
The Premier, in his reply, made it clear
that the government was not prepared to
accept the recommendations of the coal
commission, headed by Sir John Sankey, to
acquire and run the mines as state prop
erty. He expressed the hope that the min
ers federation and the trade union move
ment, as whole would cooperate to OBJ
tain the largest possible measure of agree
ment tor the government plan as already
outlined by himself in the House of Com
mons.
The deputation promised to report its re-
suit to members Of the various unions on
October Y, and declared that subsequent
action would be left the parliamentary COM
mittee which was appointed at the trades
union congress recently held at Glasgow.
1t is understood that the Pren1ier's state
ment was regarded by the deputation as
most unsatisfactory.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
THE SUGAR SHORTAGE

Federal control of sugar until December
81, 1920, was proposed in bill sent to the
u. S. Senate investigating committee, on
October 8, by w. A. GLASGOW, counsel for
the food administration Under the meas
ure, import and export embargoes could be
proclaimed by the president, and the sugar
equalization board would be authorized to
buy the 1920 Cuban crop.
Eastern and Gulf refners were notified by
the United States food administration on
October 10, that, effective October IS and
until further notice, they were not to ship
or deliver sugar to any point west of Pitts
burg and Buffalo and north and west of
the Ohio River The order was issued be-
cause of the scarcity of cane sugar
An official report of the past week, re-
lative to the Louisiana cane sugar situation,
shows the crop at So per cent of normal,
COMPARED with SO per cent one year ago
and 81 for the ten-year average This fore
casts 1873, 1893 short tons of cane sugar.
Production last year was 10000 tons, and
the average of production during the last
ten years is III ,446 tons.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
LIVING COSTS DOUBLED AND
GOING HIGHER

The cost of living has increased 1O2 per
cent in the United States, 10Y per cent in
Canada, 133 per cent in England and 22O
per cent in France since the beginning of
the war, according to economists of the
War Trade Board, who have just COM
pleted an investigation.
The Literary Digest, in commenting up
on this, observes: In connection with the
reported advance of 1O2 per cent in the
United States during the four years from
1914 to 1913, it is worth noting that Brad
streets indexed number of wholesale COM
modify prices advanced III per cent from
August |, 1914 to November l, 1918"
Representative Chicago manufacturers of
mems clothing, this past week, have stated
that they will have to announce advances in
their lines, some of which will reach 40
per cent or higher, says the Chicago Herald
and Examiner.
One prominent clothing maker said that
his house would be compelled to charge
from $35 to 500 for line corresponding
to goods which his firm wholesaled for $23
to $48 early this Fall.
1t is claimed that the Chicago demands
are part of the national movement for high
er wages in the clothing industry.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18

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NEWS OF THE WORLD
&C. B W.


nounclng the peace treaty and declaring for
roth amendments and reservations of the
most drastic character.
"To vote for this covenant without pro-
tecting reservations is, in my opinion, to
legalize international wrongs, to endanger
the sovereignty of the United States, to
deny the downtrodden and submerged
races of the world the right to enjoy some
day the blessings of liberty-the love of
which the Almighty has planted in every
human breast" said Senator Walsh.
Il love the Democratic party. I have
served it for twenty-five years. 1t has
honored me beyond my humble deserts.
But | am an American first and | am not
unmindful to the fact that | have taken a
solemn oath to preserve the constitution of
my country. If choice must be made be-
tween a league of nations and the consti-
tuition of the United States I am first and
last with the constitution"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
THE CUMMINS RAILROAD BILL

Senator Cummins, of Iowa, announced
last week that the Senate committee on in
terstate commerce, of which he is chair
man, would recommend within few DAYS
the passage of the Cummins railroad bill,
including provisions prohibiting strikes and
lock-outs in the transportation systems of
the country.
He declared that the time had come when
the interest of the public was SO vitality con-
cerned in the continuous operation of rail-
roads that legislation to prevent Interrupt
ton of traffic by strikes or lock-outs is alb
solutely imperative.
The recommendations of the committee
provide for the creation of a committee of
wages and working conditions, empowered
to fix wages of railroad employees and to
decide all controversies The committee is
to be composed of four representatives of
the railway corporations and four represent
atlves of the employees. In the event of a
deadlock, the question at issue is to be re-
ferred to board of appeal, consisting of
five members appointed by the President.
The anti-strike clauses of the measure
are certain to produce considerable debate
in the Senate An editorial writer remarks
Mr.. Gompers recently has asserted that
the Cunmins railroad bill would enslave
workers by denying them the fundamental
right of striking. He fails to reflect, we
think, that there is another right involved
the right of the sovereign people to main
tain the integrity of industries absolutely
essential to life itself"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
LOCAL ITEMS
&C. B. W.

Mr. H. A. Crabtree and sons have rented
the Lake Front land east of the factory dis
trict, from Twenty fifth street on the North
to Twenty street on the South. The
tract is being. enclosed with woven wire
fence and will be used as a sheep pasture
The portion of the Lake Front land be-
tween the city limits on the North and
Twenty-fifth street on the South is being
used by Mr.. c. N Richards for cattle pas
ture. Mr.. Charles Fulton, who recently
took over the management of the Zion stock
farms, is using the portion from Twenty
ninth street. south to the city limits
Mr. R. R. McNutt has returned from a
business trip through western Canada, pass
ing through Calgary and Edmonton and 60
ing on to Vancouver He distributed Leoves
of Healing and The Theocrat throughout
his trip, throwing them aboard engines, into
mail cars, station and lunch rooms, section
houses, or any place he thought they might
be read. He left copy containing the
Zorotto testimony at the summit of the
Rocky Mountains He found religious
conditions simply appalling The masses
think of nothing but pleasure and making
money. However, a few were willing to
talk of Zion. '4
In letter received from Elder V, B..
Shumaker, he says: 1--WE held meetings on
October 5 in the LaSalle theater building
at South Bend, Indiana. About one hun
dred fifty persons were present at the morn
ing service At p. m, we conducted a
service in the Strand theater building at
Niles, Michigan. The building, which seats
five hundred, was about two-thirds full.
Here we sold some Zion literature and Zion
post cards One woman took ten-weeks'
subscription
Work has begun on the construction of a
Zion portable tabernacle, to be used by
Elder Thomas H. Nelson in the meetings
which he is conducting in Racine, Wiscon-
sin. The walls will be in 8-foot sections
which can be readily taken apart and loaded
onto an auto truck for transportation from
one city to another. The roof will consist
of boards The tabernacle will be 4Oxo0
feet and will be suitable for winter USE
In a letter received from Deaconess
Buhmann and Schelhorn, in Detroit, they
say: 'We think we can sell 800 copies of
Leaves of Healing week here. We believe
we can work here all the ten weeks we ex-
pect to be out, at the rate we are going now.
God has blessed us in remarkable way in
Detroit. The people are very nice and seem
to enjoy reading good literature like Zion
gives them"
The attendance of the Department of
Music is heavier this year than ever before,
the quarters in Temple Cottage Annex be-
ing crowded to the limit. To date, 774 ap-
plications have been received, although the
school year is scarcely begun Last year, a
total of 731 applications had been received
at the end of the year. New equipment, es-
pecially in the way of an additional piano,
is needed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
THE REAL DIFFICULTY

The labor shortage is we'll illustrated by
cartoon appearing in the Chicago E7eming
Post, showing a man posting bill in a
public park, bearing this inscription: "Man
wanted for good, old-fashioned, hard days
work" The scores of loafers sitting on
benches in the park are taking fright and
fleeing in all directions
This cartoon delves to the bottom of the
whole trouble = the unwillingness of la
boring men these days to perform a full
days labor, coupled with the desire for
higher pay.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
SOFT COAL CONTROVERSY
UNSETTLED

The conference between bitumnous coal
operators and miners, held in Philadelphia
last week, ended in deadlock, and it was
announced that. unless something happened
in the meantime to prevent it, the general
coal strike threatened for November
would take place. Both sides, later, how
ever, declared their willingness to meet
again.
Washington reports state that official
action by President Wilson or the cabinet
to avert the threatened strike is expected
if other efforts fail
The mines affected are those of western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
More than 100000 men are involved.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
THE CORN AND POTATO CROPS

Notwithstanding the damage resulting
from drought early in the year, the corn
crop is large one, nearing the three billion
bushel mark, according to Joseph T. Pritch-
ard, writing in the Chicago Herald and
Examiner The quality has not been SO
high for many years, owing to favorable
ripening conditions.
Potatoes, generally speaking, are not very
good, although some localities i'll Minnesota,
North Dakota, Michigan and Wisconsin re-
port fair to good yields.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
PROBLEMS CONFRONTING INDUS
TRIAL CONFERENCE AT
WASHINGTON

An immediate industrial truce through
out the country, to continue three months,
the creation of an arbitration board, and
immediate arbitration of the nationwide
steel strike, were among proposals made,
on October 9, to the industrial conference
in session at Washington.
Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the
public group, made the proposal for the
industrial truce, while Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federation of
Labor and chairman of the labor group, pro-
posed arbitration of the steel strike Mr..
Gompers' plan contemplated immediate re-
turn of the steel strikers to work, pending
the outcome of efforts to arbitrate the dis
pute. Gavin McNab of San Francisco pro-
posed a permanent arbitration board, his
resolution having the approval of the pub
lie group.
Mr.. Gompers' board of arbitration of
the steel strike would be composed of six
members, two to be appointed by each of
the three groups in the conference-capital,
labor and the public.
Mr.. Gompers also presented a resolu-
ton embodying eleven fundamental prin-
ciples, which, he emphasized, had the unani-
nous approval of the labor group, includ-
ing the representatives of the four railroad
brotherhoods.
They we're:
Right of wage earners to organize.
Right of collective bargaining.
Right of wage earners to be represented
by representatives of their own choosing in
negotiations with employers.
Freedom of speech, of the press and of
assemblage.
Right of employers to organize and bar
gain collectively.
Minimum eight-hour day, with one day
of rest in each week, and with half-holi-
day on Saturday encouraged, and over
time discouraged.
Payment of living wage.
Women to receive the same pay as men
for equal work.
Prohibition of labor for children under
10 years of age.
Opposition to collective bargaining and the
closed shop was shown by the group repre-
senting capital Sympathetic strikes, black
lists and boycottS were declared to be Sin
defensible, anti-social and immoral"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
PROBABLE. CANDIDATES FOR
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION

The Republican nominating convention
is a long way off, but at present, G. O. P.
national leaders consider that the non1in-
alton rests between three men-Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, Senator Hiram John
son of California and Governor Lowden of
Illinois. Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, is
said to have withdrawn from the race.
Sentiment for Lowden is said to be spread
ing east and west.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
SENATOR'S CLAIM JOHNSON
AMENDMENT WILL PASS

Republican leaders in the U. S. Senate
claim that a careful canvas of the situation
has revealed the fact that the Johnson
amendment to the peace treaty will pass that
body by two votes. The amendment, if
adopted, would give the United States the
same number of votes in the League of
Nations as the British Empire
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
SENATOR WALSH DENOUNCES
PEACE TREATY AND DECLARES
FOR RESERVATIONS

Senator Walsh, Democrat of Massachu-
sets, created CONSERVATION in the admins
tration ranks in the u S. Senate, on Oc-
ssber 9, by delivering a strong speech de-
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22

dales, and crosses of these varieties, while In number of cases Welsh and Irish terriers have given ex- cellent results
 The work of sentry dogs has been valuable, especially in the Balkans. One gave warning of an enemy scout 300 yards away On many occasions dogs have given warning of enemy patrols long before the soldiers were aware of their pres ence.
 Large numbers of dogs have been used for guard duty, many on the Italian front.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22
DOGS RENDERED GREAT SERVICE
 IN WAR ZONES

LONDON.-England's dog army rendered gallant service in the war. Many a soldier owes his life to some poor, uncared for stray dog. For nearly two years dogs were employed by the British as mess engers, as sentries and as guards.
 Early in 1917 a war dog school of instruction was established by the British war office, and Lieuten- antCnlorel Richardson. who has de- voted his life to training dogs for military and police purposes, was appointed commandant of the school. Game-keepers, hunt servants and shepherds were called up from the army to assist in the work of in struction.
 After a thorough training in England the dogs were sent to France, and on the battlefields their skill. courage and tenacity amazed the army. Often wounded in the performance of their duties. they never faltered while strength re mained to carry on. The official record of their heroic work tells of successful message-carrying thru darkness, mist, rain and shell-fire over the most difficult ground Tn a few minutes time dogs have brought messages over ground that would take soldier runner hours to cross.
 During the great German ad- vance last spring part of the British line in front of a famous French town was cut off by severe enemy barrage. A messenger dog was re- leased with an urgent appeal for endorsements. It ran two miles in ten minutes. The result was that French colonial division was sent up and prevented disaster The messenger was a Highland sheep dog.
 { Another dog with message rar nearly four miles in twenty min futes, and still another in the same stime carried back from the front Ia map of an important captured { position, when man would have 1 taken an hour and half to bring i it in.
 { The dogs which have been founG i. most successful in war work arc scollies, sheep dogs. lurches and aire
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22
GRIPPING FEATURE AT THE
 COLISEUM SUNDAY NIGHT

! The magnificent photo-drama, en- titled Jim Grimsby's Boy" has been selected by the management of the Coliseum for Sunday nights show. This will be preceded by a late Pathe News, depicting notable events in the worlds history.
 Jim Grimsby's Boy'' will be shown in five acts, each one of which is intensely interesting. The story centers aronud the life of Jim Grimsby, a rough but honest character, who is a woman hater. The opening act shows a woodland scene in all its rugged magnificence with Jim Grimsby awaiting outside his rough cabin for the coming of his son.
 The doctor announces to the wait ing man, the birth of a daughter, and in a paroXysm of rage at his disappointment, Grimsby creates such a scene in the cabin as to cause. the death of his wife. He brings up his baby daughter as a boy, and names her Bill. She ac- quires all the attributes of back woodsman and becomes expert with the rifle and other firearms She also develops the Grimsby spirit and has many a spirited encounter with her intolerant father.
 At the age of sixteen our heroine is shown clad as a boy, freely rambling the mountains surrounding their woodland home, accompanied only by faithful dog. On one of these excursions she meets the sheriff of Gold county, and case of love at first sight develops. Stormy passages occur between Grimsby and his girl-son, who seem to be forever at ''outs" with each other, eliminating in the attempted arrest of Grimsby by the sheriff, who is prevented by the younger Grimsby, who holds up her lover at l the point of a rifle. The stern parent, overjoyed at the grit shown by his daughter, reents and for- gives the past and also makes the sheriff supremely happy. :. : The characters in the play sate sustained by Frank Keenan and
 Enid Maskey, supported by an lk star cast. The play is enacted amiS scnes of surpassing magnificence of wooded mountain, dell and stream in all their rugged grandeur. }; !, | As an added attraction, the march Cup Hunters" will be played by Professor Berggren, with accom-
 paniment by Mrs Katherine Shol
 seth ;t
 Feature prices will prevail, tho
 general admission being fifty cents while resrved seats are twenty-fist cents extra.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22

Lieutenant Commander Rowland Bourke, former Dawson boy, has won the Victoria Cross of England. He was one of the heroes of the at tack on Zeebrugge. when the Ger man submarines were bottled up and the mole blown to pieces. He was commander of one of the little boats that rescued number of men who were in bad position there.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22
STAGE MOVEMENTS


 The Burgess automobile left Ne mana this morning with the mail and NJ. Dahl. Vim. Cruikshank and, Pat Wallace as passengers for FairS banks; and Bill Bryson for thc Ohio roadhouse.
  The karstens auto left Fairbanks this morning with one passenger for Nenana. It is scheduled to leave town tomorrow morning morn- ing for Fairbanks and will. take away Carl B. Nelson, Peter Swan son and Ed Pearson as passengers for the upper town.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22

the above together with 10f paid before February 2S s1S the lots will 458 554. CARL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-11
WELL KNOWN COUPLE WE'D.
Miss Alice Lee Springer and Stanley
Hartley Marry Thursday.

Miss Alice Lee Springer, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Springer, of
near Thompson, and Stanley Hartley,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hartley, of
near Centralia, were married at the
home of the brides parents Thursday
afternoon
Mrs. Hartley formerly lived in this
city and attended Mcmillan High
School for several years where she
was very popular. She is very pretty
and attractive and a musician of abll-
ity.
Mr.. Hartley is a we'll known farmer
and is a young man of unusual ability.
He hos visited in this city many times
where he has a host of friends. I'M
mediately after the ceremony, the
couple left for st. Louis where they
will spend a short honeymoon.
The Ledger joins their many friends
in extending congratulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-11
AUDRAIN FARM WEALTH.

THERE are ia counties in Mis-.
souri,. Realizing that large per cent.
age Of the southern part Of the stat
can not be cultivated it would be safe
to estimate that Audrain county pro-
duces at least one per cent Of the
states total farm products. Probably
its share would be far above this. But
even at that ratio the value of the
farm crops and products for 1918 were
81, 100000, The value Of the live stock
on hand in January of this year was
over $4,000,000, or a grand total Of
over $4,000 900 worth of farm crops
and live stock produced or owned ny
the farmers of this county. Audrain
comfy was the banner oats county Of
gh" state having to its credit 74,940
acres and 1898 $50 bushels. This rea-
SON alone, were there not many others
hgid bc sufficient to prove our right
fog better roads,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-11
TO OPEN OFFICES.
Worker From This City to be Sent to
School in Columbia.

A worker from this city will be
sent by the Home Service Branch Of
the Red Cross organization to a train.
ing school in Columbia, No, for social
service nurses. The school opens Oct
ODER 6 and continues for a period Of
six weeks.
Offices will be opened in this cit:;
after the school closes by the Red
Cross, in order work here may be done
more swiftly and so that the ones
seeking aid may have more direct
means of obtaining it.
Just who the representative from
this to attend the school is has not
yet been made public.
The members of the Home Service
Committee in this city are: Mrs. ],
E. Durkee, Mrs. Charlotte Kuntz, Miss
Anne Lewis, Miss Josephine Wallace
Ray E. Miller, George E. Wharton
Clarence Barnes and DR.. P. T. Coil
Mrs. F. P. Van Ness, chairman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-11
STATE MAN HERE.
G. W. Reavis, of Missouri University
Organizes Agriculture Clubs.

G. w. Reavis, of the Missouri Uni
versity college of Agriculture was in
the county Friday and went to many
of the schools to organize clubs that
would benefit the farmers. He organ
lied Stock, Corn, Poultry, Sewing and
Cooking Clubs.
He will return next week to COM
plete the organization and carry the
work a little further. Teachers of the
county schools will be instructed in
the organization and promotion of
these clubs and can conduct them
themselves when the state instructor
leaves. These organizations are very
beneficial to the children of the far
mer as it teaches them how to do the
things they had been doing in a better
and more efficient way.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-11
MORE TEACHERS WANTED.
Letters From superintendent of
Other Counties Ask for
Instructors.

County Superintendent of Schools,
Ed c. Offutt received a letter Satur-
day from w. L. Hupe, superintendent
in Montgomery County asking for at
least five more teachers. Reports
from other sections of the state indi-
cate thersame shortage.
The request could not be granted by
MI. Ofutt as there is a shortage of
instructors in this county that can
not be overcome. The names of sew
eral who have been taking teachers
examinations were sent to the Mont
gomery County superintendent but as
experienced instructors were desired
it is not known whether they will be
accepted or not.