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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transporting Over
the State y = >


Jackson.--J. B. Lane, M. & o. fire.
man, was painfully hurt at Tupelo,
Miss, when he fell on the back of q
tank.
Murfreesboro.-E. G. Tompkins,
who was killed in the Nashville court
house ARRAY, was born and reared In
this county.
Humboldt. national farm loan
association was organized in Hum
bcldt with applications for loans OF
nearly $4,000, by Is members.
Waverly. Efforts to save something
from the ruins Of her home, which
was being consumed by fire, cost the
life of Mrs. Irish Williams, an aged
resident of Hurricane Creek.
Watertown.-The merchants and
business men here are considering
an Ice and cold storage plant, and
the proposition will take form this
week.
Pulaski.-The "bone dry" liquor law
went into effect here with only one
1ve-gallon package of booze left on
hand in the express office. 1t was re-
turned to the consignor.
Liberty. J. R. Moore, coun.
" Judge of this county, has been ap-
pointed postmaster of Smithyille, and
he has rendered his resignation to
Governor Rye as county judge.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
TURKS FALL BACK IN EGYPT
Abandon Strong Position in Neighbor.
hood of Sheikh Nuran, Is Lon
don Report.

London, March SAN official report
from Egypt says the Turks have aban-
doned a strong position in the neigh
borhood of shefkh Nuran, west Of
Shellal.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Waynesboro.-The jury of inquest
which inquired into the killing of j.
G. Stricklin, on prominent street
of this place, returned verdict to the
effect that Stricklin came to his
death at the hands of unknown par
ties.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

L. }. smith ..... President
GraysVllle, Tenn.
W. h. Lynch --------V ive- President
- Jellico. Tenn,
a. n. Gam ...... Secretary Treas.
Knoxville, Tenn,
INTERNATIONAL BOARD AlkAsisE.lt
!0ln jeffrey ....... PItLSDurg by
EAECUIIlE BOARD
}. l.. COINS Nv oOlarloge, nm.
Richard Lowe ------brlceVllIe, Tenn.
Jun Lynch .......... Souuy, lem.
John McIlquhau .... PltLSDurg, NY.
Ios A. White East bernstauL, ny.
AUDITORS.
Ihos. Brown :. East Bernstadt, ny
Robert Gam ~"" Soddy, Tenn,
j. L. FLOYD ........ Plttsburg, Ky.
TELLEltS
wade Brown Hast B-rnStadt, Ny.
J. D. Posey -----------Soddy, Tenn.
}. S. Cousins ------NewcomD, Tenn.
DELEGATES TX TENNESSEE
FEDERATION OF LABOR
l. J. Smlth--------Graysville, Tenn.
John +. BOwden Knoxville, Tenn.
Pat Cary ......... Knoxville. Tenn
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOB
TENNESSEE
I. J. Smith -Graysville, Tenn
DELEGATE TO KENTUCKY 4 I'D.
EEsATIOr.. Of LABOR.
Joan jeffrey ....... Pittsburg, Ky,
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
KENTUCKY
CAas. E. Wells East Bernstadt, Ky.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
Fewer Hours, Bigger output.

The economic argument that indus
try can thrive only with long day
and that any curtailment of 1t would
be destructive can be met very effec-
lively by the fact that shortening the
working period even to eight hours al
most invariably increases the quantity
and improves the quality of outputs
DR.. Frederick s. Lee, Professor Of
Physiology, Columbia University.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

What is our present national debt and
how much of it is held by England and
how much by other foreign countries?
AS Of Oct. /, 1915, our debt was as
follows:
Interest bearing debt ........ $970, 624,59000
Debt on which interest has
ceased ......................... l506, 14o.25
Debt bearing no interesf..... 376.6S0,127SO
Certificates and treasury
notes .........................1 S76, s2s, 10000
Gross debt .....................$S 225, 734 62716
Cash in treasury ............. 2093, SO1, S3S.S7
Net debt ...................,... H,131, 1892 1889
Practically none of the interest bear
ing debt, which is the real debt is held
in England or any other foreign coun-
tTx
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Some writer stated that Grant so Bit
terIy opposed the terms of surrender
that Sherman was willing to accept
from General Joe Johnston that Sher-
man never spoke to Grant after that.
Please state whether that is reliable
history.
There is no confirmation of such
statement either in contemporaneous or
later history. When General Sherman
sent the terms Of Johnston's surrender
to Washington they were disapproved
by President Andrew Johnson, and
General Grant was Immediately sent
to Sherman's headquarters in North
Carolina to conduct the proceedings of
surrender. This order was carried out,
and new terms of surrender were ar
ranged, practically the same that Grant
had given Lee. There was no evidence
of friction between Grant and Sher
man then or afterward, and Sherman
knew that the disapproval Of the terms
Of surrender which he had granted
came from President Johnson and cab
met and not primarily from General
Grant. There was no rupture between
Grant and Sherman
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

How are tho United States battle
ships, gunboats, all boats OF the navy,
named7
Battleships are named after states.
Armored cruisers were formerly named
after states, but now are gradually be-
ing changed from the names of states
to the names of cities. For example,
the California has become the San Di-
ego, The newer ones have been given
the names of cities to begin with. Pro-
tected cruisers and scout cruisers also
are named after cities. Destroyers and
torpedo boats are named after distin-
guished naval officers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
What is the form of punishment for

What is the form of punishment for
murder in the different states?
Seven states have life imprisonment
only-viz, Kansas, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Rhode Island. Washington
and Wisconsin. Nevada and Utah
have hanging or shooting at the OPP
ton of the murderer. Twelve states
have electrocution-viz, Arkansas, In
diana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ne
braska, New Jersey. New York. North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina and Virginia, the rest having
hanging.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
What d a naval apprentioe2

What 10 naval apprentioe2
The law provides that boys between
the ages of seventeen and eighteen
years may, with the consent of their
parents or guardians, be enlisted as
apprentices to serve in the navy Of
the United States until they shall ar
rive at the age Of twenty-one years.
Only such boys should seek enlistment
as can reasonably be expected to re-
main In the service. Once enlisted
they must fulfill their terms of ap-
premiership and cannot be discharged
except for physical disability, for In
aptitude or for misconduct.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Can you inform me what is the Ion
eest word in the English language? II
not, could you please tell me word of
twenty one or more letters?
The longest word in the language is
a meaningless word which Shakespeare
puts in the mouth of one of his charac-
tiers. In Loves Labor's Lost Cos
tard the clown says Il marvel that
thy master hath not eaten thee for a
word, for thou art not so long by the
head as Observation-Disclosures"
twenty-seven letters strung together
without meaning. There are many
words in the language of sixteen to
nineteen letters and a few of twenty,
as ncomprehensibleness and incontro-
vertibleness.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Did the public lands Of the United
States ever sell for less than SIPS an
acre?
Yes. In July, 1887, after the Revo-
lutionary war, but before the constitu-
ton was adopted, the price of public
land was GO % cents an acre, and large
tracts in what was called the north
west territory-that is, northwest Of
the Ohio river-were sold at that price.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

What is the average height of waves
at sea?
An authority says the height of the
waves in storm rarely exceeds twelve
feet, and in very bad disturbances on
the high sea they may reach height
of fifty feet. Their length is never
over 600 feet In the southern parts
of the Pacific waves forty-three feet
in height have been measured, in the
southern parts Of the Atlantic thirty
nine feet and in the Mediterranean
twelve feet. At places where the
waves strike at an object, such as a
lighthouse, they rise, Of course, much
higher-from 100 to 200 feet. On the
open sea, however, they never rise over
fifty feet
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CLOAK AND SUIT
WORKERS WAGE
Much Lower Than It Appears
TO the Casual Observer
LARGELY A SEASONAL TRADE

Operatives Work Only About Twenty
Weeks In the Year-During the Dull
Periods There 10 Practically No La
Dor Done--DiffiouIty of Fixing Wage
Scales Satisfactory to Both Sides.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Johnson City.-An appointment OF
prominence is that of Miss Sarah
Hunter of Johnson City as maid OF
honor to the Confederate reunion to
be held in Washington, D. G.
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INTERNATIONAL BOARD AltIAAisE.lt
!Onu jeffrey ....... PILLSDurg by
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19

German drive into Italy has many
points OF resemblance TO the great
drive into France at the beginning OF
the war. II General Foch can achieve
another Marne at the Piave or the
Adige. he viii be the greatest living
hero.
There is nothing impromptu or acci'
dental about this generals success at
the Marne. and subsequently at the
User. where he frustrated the German
drive against Calais. He Is "A man OF
the student type. professor OF strategy
and tactics In the Ecole de Guerre, the
West Point OF France. But he has
the knack. rare In a student OF turn.
ing his theory, into brilliant and de.
cisive action ut the crucial moment
The mans fighting spirit may be
inferred from this anecdote:
Durjng the battle Of the Marne, one
OF his subordinates came to him in de.
spair, saying, General. we can do no
more. My troops are worn out"
80 are the Germans" replied Foch
Attack again"
They did. and won. And the same
spirit will win anywhere. t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
HOME GUARD ORGANIZATIONS
FORMED IN THIRTY COUNTIES

Oklahoma City, Nov. l9.--Home
guard organizations have been perfect.
ed In thirty counties, according to C. C.
Hammonds, State Fire Marshal who
was placed in charge Of that work by
Governor Williams. In communication
with many OF the organizations during
the last few days. Mr.. Hammonds is
Informed that all cotton gins and cot
tonseed oil mills and other business in
dustries are being closely guarded. As
a result OF this, the number OF fires
has greatly decreased. More than
100000 OF the October fire waste in
the state was attributed to cotton gins
and cotton. These places have been
doubly guarded and will continue to be
so. Home guard organizations will be
made in all the counties under the di.
rection Of Fire Marshal Hammonds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
TO THE HUN

(By George Sterling of the Vigilantes.
Not for the lust OF conquest do we
blame
Thy monstrous armies. nor the blind
ed rage
That holds thee traitor to this gentler
age.
Nor yet for cities to the flame:
For changing Europe finds thy heart
the same
And as OF old thy bestial heritage.
The Light is not for thee. The war
we wage
Is less on thee than on thy deathless
shame.
Lol this is thy betrayal-that we know.
Gazing on thee. how far Mans foot
steps stray
From the pure heights Of love
and brotherhood
How deep in undelivered night we co.
How long on bitter paths We shall de-
lay.
Held by thy bruteship from the
Gates OF Good. ~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
AMERICAN NAMES"

Chicago judge finds fault with the
names of many OF the men who come
to him for naturalization. and insists
that they take american names" In
pursuance of this policy, he is said to
have transformed Jomini Delmosetz in
to Joe White" and certain Wiloc
zozonski into simple "Will."
But now the judges critics are ask
ing whether the names he bestowed
are any more American" than those
they displaced. There are mighty few
really American names In this country
and most Of them are found on the map
rather than In our citizenship lists
Most of us have come from some other
country, at some time or other. We
brought with us names belonging to
other lands and races; and though we
ourselves are transformed into Ameri.
cans, the foreign names survive.
They're really all foreign except the
Indian names. II they're English or
Scotch or Irish they may sound more
natural. but they're no more Ameri-
can for that. II we're going into this
America nization business on the Chica.
go plan. won't we have to change our
whole system Of nomenclature, and all
assume such unmistakable American
titles as Michigan. Dakota. Cohasset.
Skowhegan, Wapiti, Uintah. Tacoma
and kohsheshebogamog?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
FOURTEEN CHANCES TO ONE

Secretary Baker has performed a
useful service in giving out the death
rate in the British army Most Ameri'
cans have supposed that that rate was
very high.
The reports for many months have
shown a fairly steady stream of casu-
alties amounting to 10000 or 10000 a
month \ moments computation will
show what a staggering total that
makes year or two. And the
British have been fighting for more
than three years.
Yet only seven per cent. of the Brit
ish expeditionary forces had been killed
in action or died of wounds up to June
/. That means, indeed, large num-
ber, because of the great size of the
British army; but the proportion is
surprisingly small.
Most of the casualties are light
wounds from which the soldiers quick
~ recover. Never, in previous wars,
has there been anything comparable to
the marvellous medical service in the
allied armies today. The chances are
said to be about ten to one that
wounded man will get well, and five or
six to one that he will return to the
front.
Along with this factor must be reck-
oned the great and steadily increasing
preponderance of allied artillery. Be
cause of this superiority the percent
age of the casualties is rapidly de-
,creasing. In the early months Of the
war an offensive was always a serious
matter. II meant tremendous toll
of dead and wounded. Nowadays the
way is so thoroughly prepared by high
power shells that the advancing troops
have little to do but take possession
of the smashed pill boxes" and half OBJ
liberated trenches, and round up the
demoralized defenders who survive.
1t is well for the American army and
the American public TO know this The
fighting. to be sure. will be no child's
play Life in the trenches during the
heat and stress of battle will be as
near hell as war has ever been. That
should be understood and expected. But
neither the soldier nor those who wait
at home for his return need dwell on
that.
The important thing is that the hell
is not intolerable, because the immense
majority go through IL and live. To
all the horror-tales that are told with
design TO frighten Americans and dis
hearten them for the war. II is suffi-
cient answer to say that, judging from
British experience. an American soldier
has fourteen chances to one OF coming |
back alive IL the fighting lasts three |
years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19

| they seem to express the American
| vision OF divine leadership. and to ex
press IL better now than then, for II,
fulfillment In now more easily discern
ible
"'Tis God who leads US on. Our destiny
He holds within the hollow OF his hand
And all the armies. all the fleets. OF
earth.
course
TIL he achieves his end Upon the rocks
OF stern New England's coast he sowed
the seed
OF Liberty. three hundred years ago.
He warmed IL with his breath; with
human tears
He watered II, and from the sterile soil
Brought forth a tree whose fruit when
ripe should be
For all the people OF our mundane
sphere.
This Western Continent He held TIL
time
Should make 1t ready for His plan di.
vine: r
Then peopled II with men of Drawn
and brain
Who loved his laws but hated tyranny.
OF such he made a nation, gave II wealth
And power; gave It the first rich fruits
From Freedoms ever-blooming tree, and
fitted IL
In every way, its mission to fulfill.
We are that nation; ours the grateful
task
To lead the world to Liberty and Him
And shall we draw back now? Shall
we sit down
And rest content with what we have.
and hoard
Our blessings as the miser boards HIS
gold?
1t he has spread our land from coast
to coast,
And placed our flag upon the verdant
isles
OF Indies and the Orient, shall we de-
cline
The burdens which his leadership en-
tails?
No. no! We could not even IL we would
The hand that led US to our present
place
VIII not relax its grasp till we have
reached
The glorious goal he fixed for us
In some dim cycle of the boundless
past"
Which God Is the true God, the God
of progression, Of Constructive purpose,
of benevolence and love here visioned,
or the God of destruction, of cruelty,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
FromOther
Editorial Pages
UNDER WHICH CODY

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: Forward
with Cod" says the kaiser. OF Germany
to the kaiser OF Austria. Forward
with Godr TO the destruction OF men
by every conceivable device OF diabolism
Forward with Godr' in submarines for
wholesale assassination. Forward with
God" in the sweep Of poisonous gas
across the fields OF war. Forward
with Cod In the raining bombs upon
the peaceful Inhabitants OF unfortified
cities. Forward with God" In the
willful destruction OF churches and hos.
pitfalls. Forward with God" in the vio-
lation of women and the mutilaton
OF children, Forward with Godw 10
the downfall Of civilization and the en-.
slavement of humanity. Who Is this
God who Is thus associated with deeds
OF cruelty unparalleled in the worlds
history. deeds beyond the power OF i'm
agination or execution OF any other race
or any other time? Is II the God to
whom the nation offered up its prayers
last Sunday? Is il possible that this
new and superior Attila is indeed "The
scourge of God" our God?
No. 1t is not possible. We do not
know this God. Our God is not a God
Of hate but of love, not a God OF cru.
city but Of tenderness, not a God OF
savagery but OF humanity, not God
Of destruction but Of construction. And
we. too, have our visions OF a divinely
guided nationalism, vision Of a peo-
pie created for purpose. created by
Him and led by Him. Emerson has
been recently quoted as saying that
America is Gods last chance to save
the world" Is that so? Hardly, for IL
puts limitation upon Gods powers
and makes them subject to the element
Of change. II America is somehow to
ave the world, it Is not by chance, but
by direction. There In a divinity that
shapes our ends, rough-hew them how
we WILL" and we cannot believe that
shaping power is limited or may be
frustrated by circumstances. Rather
would We believe that, it's processes,
however slow, however strange, are
superior to chance and inevitable in
their results. Nearly twenty years ago
the following lines appeared in this pa
per and we reprint them here because
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT
WILL AID, GOVERNMENT

okiahoma City. Nov. 19.-Co-onera.
s .ioh Oh the State Department of Labor
mas been requested by the Federal Ia.
,T pUr bureau in securing mechanics for
ina SSn,poullding work that is now be-
ing done by the government Tosav
al branches of the State Employment
bureau were directed to engage men
lor this work and report Immediately
complete Instructions. information as
10 wages and arrangements for trans
portation of these men are exnectad 70
De received within few days. The
government is greatly in need of com.
petent mechanics. it is said. and ali
men available for such work will prob.
aDiy be needed. Every effort will be
made by the Oklahoma Labor Denar,-
meht TO supply the men desired. II is
suggested that men who wish TO take
up this line of work should communi.
cate at once with the nearest branch
OF the state Labor Bureau and pre-
pare to go.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-19
THE MODERN FLYING MACHINE

Cincinnati Times-Star: on the seas
today there IL moving a strange pro-
cession OF half forgotten ships, barna.
cled and battered old hulks once aban.
doned The shortage OF tonnage has
called into use scores Of old craft which
were thought to have outlived their
usefulness. Along the Atlantic coast
schooners and brigs which have been
at the bottom of inlets and channels
for years have been raised. One boat
which has ben used as a breakwatcr
may be restored to duty after repairs
have been made to her still sturdy tim.
bers. ''.i
From Charlottetown. Prince Edward
Isle comes the story that the old Span
ish caravel Santa Marie of worlds fair
memory has been attached for debt by
towboat company and will be made
into barge for service in protected
waters. The boat was on its way
around the world as an exhibition ship
when the war stopped its pilgrimage
The old schooner Evolution has been
raised from fpur-year-sleep in the mud
at Portsmouth. n. H.. and will be re.
turned to active service. The ancient
prison ship Success, recently brought
up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as
far as Louiville. may also be rebuilt
as its century-old timbers of oak are
still sound, These are but a few of the
craft which, having once contributed
both to trade and romance, were
thought to have ended their days of
usefulness. Their return may inspire
a new generation of story writers to
new type Of sea fiction.
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Member Of the Associated Press.
Ard,nore. Monday. November 10. 81
BREEDING DISTRUST

Another attempted hindrance 10
Americas success in the war has been
the pro.German propaganda directed
against food conservation. 1t is simi.
lar to the foolish propaganda of last
summer that aimed to discourage
housewives from their canning activi-
ties. At that time the discontent.mon-
gers said that the government would
seize all the surplus jam and fruit and
vegetables the housewife put up. To-
day. from the same sources undoubted-
ly. come such misrepresentation of the
purpose OF the food pledge as these:
do not sign the registration card.
II is only way to find out that you
are selfsupporting. II you are. your
husband will be drafted. and taken at
ence by the government"
do not sign the card. II is only a
scheme TO get women involved in poll
tics"
IF you sign you will be called by the
government to leave your children and
do foreign war work"
These statements are foolish enough
in themselves to be recognized by
most women for what they are-cheap.
underhand propaganda. But their
chief danger lies i'm the fact that they
are being spread among foreign wom-
On in cities and in country districts.
Perhaps 1t makes little difference to
food conservation whether these wom-
en- sign the cards or not. They had
too little to waste much even before
TIE new movement for thrift. But the
propaganda does more damage in
spreading distrust and fear Of the gov
ernment than it could possibly do in
preventing the signing Of cards.
These very foreign people have a diff
ficult enough time under any circum-
stances to understand what the gov
ernment is and what it does and what
is it's attitude to their own liberty and
happines1 Such propaganda flight
ems. them and makes the work of
more difficult. They
should be protected from ii.