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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-22

Justice, Freedom and Democracy.
An advisory council of the American
Alliance For Labor and Democracy was
organized recently i'll New York city
by Samuel Gompers, president, and
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and local
labor leaders and former members of
the Socialist party cooperating in an
effort to "AmericaniZe" the union labor
movement and free it of pacitist infu-
ences.
Mr.. Gompers, for whom the occasion
marked the fifty-fourth anniversary of
his arrival in this country from Eng
land was announced as the chairman
of the new organization, which will
open headquarters in New York city
and begin a vigorous campaign ON ma,
tiOnal lines.
1.-THE fight is now on to finish"
said Mr.. Gompers. "The issue is
straight whether Or not the labor
movement in this country shall be
American or anti-American. Our work
will be to Americanize that part of
the working class not yet thoroughly
Amari lL..vd, and to combat those
who under any name would prostitute
the name of labor for the benefit Of
the foes of the United States and Of
labor.
'"The labor movement in this coun-
try is loyal to the government and to
its principles and will Loyalty support
it in its efforts to carry the war for
justice, freedom and democracy to
triumphant conclusion"
Asked what methods would be EN-
ployed against the pacifst forces Mr.
Gompers replied:
"The chief weapon of this crowd has
been publicity That is all that is
needed to destroy their movement for
once it is generally known who they
are and what they represent and what
they seek their power for evil will be
reduced to a minimum. The only way
to fight is to fight, and we are going to
carry this fight right to them"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-22

Plaster mu5eicrs ia Wv York citl
receive "A weekly wage OF from $50 to
500.
Wages Of uric'sIaycrs in New York
city are SIS per day.
UnorGani2ej employers OF the paeif,
Oh and Lead works OF Ean Francisco
have been forced to strike Lccause of a
twelve hour day and unbelievable work
Ing conditions
International Brotherhood of Boiler.
makers, iron Ship Builders and Help
ers of America will meet at Kansas
City, Mo, on Sept TO-
The physical well being. mental de-
Eelopment and recrcational needs of
every class Of population demand that
under normal circumstances the work.
Ing day should not exceed eight hours
A very large percentage of the work.
men in manufactures, transportation
and mining, work more than eight
hours per day.
New immigration Law.
Inc senate fepaSSeu the immigration
bill, with It's long fought literacy test
clause, over the presidents veto by
vote of 60 to 10, and 1t thus becomes
law without his signature. The house
previously had overturned the veto,
287 to 106.
The literacy test excludes all aliens
over sixteen years Of age who cannot
read English or some other language
or dialect, including Hebrew or Yid-
dish. ANY admissible alien, however,
or any citizen of the United States
may bring in or send for his father or
grandfather, over ffty-fve years of
age; his wife, mother, grandmother or
unmarried or widowed daughter, if 9th
erwise admissible, regardless of wheth
er such relatives can read
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-22
A GREAT MOVEMENT.

+ The labor movement is down
+ on the earth bread and butter
\ proposition calculated to benefit
X the membership now as well as
i in the future.
!. The battle Of trade unionism is
i battle for the home, for man
I. hood and womanhood and high
+ err standard of civilization.
i Organization OF labor is the
+ only thing that will secure to the
!. individual the proper return for
+ the labor expended in any given
I trade or calling.
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DUTY OF WORKERS.

0 We assert that it is the duty,
0 as 1t is also the plain interest. OF
Q all working people to organize
o as such, meet in council and take
o practical steps to effect the unity
Q of the working classes as an in
Q dispensable preliminary to any
0 successful attempt to eliminate
Q the evils OF which we so bitterly
Q and justly complain Samuel
o Gompers.
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Your Flag and Ny Flag

How did we make the flag?
BY rule?
By compass, and square. and line?
With pattern, and thread, and the sempster's tool
To follow the plain design?
Was it only the lore that the craftsmen knew
That gave us the red, and the white. and blue?
How did we make the flag?
Not all
By measuring stitch and seam;
3 For part Of 1t came from country call
And part Of it is a cream
Is vision that led brave souls aright
And gave us the red, and the blue. and white
How did we make the flag?
In peace
We fashioned 1t fold on fold;
In war was blend with the grim caprice
The drums in their summons rolled
Twas the courage alike Of the quick and dead
That gave us the blue. and the white. and red
How did we make the flag?
Twas thus
It came to it's grace and worth;
Through all that is good in the souls Of us
The banner has had its birth;
Twas the holier strength Of the purpose true
That gave US the red, and the white. and blue
Thus have we made the flag?
All. no!
By colors that will not fade,
By snuous sweep and by deathless glow.
It's us that the flag has made
And it whispers today to each star-tod state:
you must hold me high and mustke great
SO GaEssz
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Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
]. G. Bird S Record as a
Lawyer at The Will
iamsbur8 Bar.

]. c. Bird has had law licenese
10 years at Williamsburg, he had
only two civil cases during the
first 1S years of his practice in
that court and they were both
divorce cases, his name is found
signed to two civil suits during
the year 1917. Except when he
was county attorney or o m e
Othe lawyer did the work, you
will find but four civil cases in 10
years where Crit Bird appears as
the only lawyer in the case. What
about such a record as this for a
man who wants to be Judge of
this great district? This is not an
electioneering tale but the records
at Williamsburg have been search
ed with exacting care and this is
what they show. we dare him to
dispute it. -Advt.
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15

a cavil that he never had any,
thing with which to do that, and
knowing that he never attempted
it. Actions speak louder than
words.
And the actions of j. B. Snyd-
err speak so much louder than the
whisperings of a poor, degraded
vagabond like Jim Davis he even,
cannot hear himself talk.
But who is this ]. M. Davis
commonly called "Scaldhead
Jim? Who is this fine type of
citizen whom j. C. Bird is using
as squirt gun to throw his filth
at me?
For the benft of those who do
not know Scaldead Jim Davis |
will say he is the same Jim Davis
whose oath was set aside by a
number of witnesses in the Viii
lev Circuit court in the case styl-
ed Roberta S. Bryant VS.. Pleas
Hamlin &c, tried less than six
months ago. Those witnesses
swore they would not believe him
on oath. much less to write a
letter when not uder oath.
He sued DIR. Arthur Steely a
few years ago; and intthat case,
as in the other we just mention
ed his Character as a falsifier and
perjurer was proven by anumber
of witnesses. :.
OF SUCH IS THF KINGDoM]
OF BIRD! ~ a,
Adyt RS. Raas.
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
J. B. Moses and the Dog
Tax Law

weeks issue which "stinks and
smells as high as heaven" pub
fishes a letter purporting to have
been written by j. y. Moses and
written in Tennessee and dated
June ., 1917, to the Editor of the
Whitley Republican. Mr.. Moses
as a leader of the latter day Is
realities of Bird-Snyder, ct AL"
in his Jellico, Tennessee, letter
states that he has never been
convinced that Rose never voted
for the Dog Tax Law. To this
latter day Moses we will say that
the House Journal of 1906 shows
that Rose voted against this law.
That letter of Moses says that if
Rose has not sense enough to
convince people that he did not
vote for the Dog Tax Law that
he does not have sense enough to
be Circuit Judge. In answer
thereto we will say to Mr.. Bird
and that yelping pack because
it is they talking, not Moses
that no man has sense enough to
convince them Of anything. Of
course the House Journal of 1906
recording every mans vote has
no persuasive power, co agency
as to you Mr.. Moses. No man,
human nor divine can convince
you of anything. Reason and
facts fai! to appeal to you. This
House Journal TO a sensible man
is proof plenary as to how Rose
voted. But, to man of your
intellectually it is a delusion and
signifies nothing. A man who
marks no greater degree on the
intellectual thermometer" of
the world than you do and left
in the hands of Bird, Underwood
and the Corbin Times has no
hope. We do not appeal to you
for support. 1t is to men of your
caliber however, exclusively that
j. G. Bird appeals and hopes to
be elected in this race. K. S.
Rose appeals to the intelligent,
sensible and reasonable people.
The plain common people. Men
of common sense. He does not
appeal toyou. Your case is hope
less, however, you. Ancil McFar-
land 1.-THE wife beaten and desert
err of his own BABY and the
monumental truth teller and
great deciple Of Annias, J, M.
Davis, sign anything else that
the gang wants you to and let
them publish it in that veracious
sheet THE CORRlN TIM Els but
stay in Tennessee as your letter
is headed, Jellico, Tennessee.
Kentucky has no use for such
citizens as you are.
There is not an honest man in
this District but knows that K.
S. Rose voted against the Dog
Law. A1vt.
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
What Part is ]. B. Snyder
Playing for John Crittendon
Bird?

UC., dildS Cdiieu lilS SoisDti~
TIMES, of last week, Bird &C.,
wrote and spewed at Rose
through the columns of that
Journal, filth and spleen which
he was too cowardly TO shoot at
Rose on the stump in Joint de-
bate. 1t is in the form of an
article purporting to state that
Rose went to a friend of Birds
to indorse him, Rose, as County
Judge, and saying that Ben Rose
had made a bad record, etc, and
that he, r. S. Rose, would have
TO run for Circuit Judge and
that he. the friend, in that arti-
Gle is claimed to have said that
Rose could not run for Circuit
Judge. We desire to say here
and now to that friend. Crit Bird,
high Price, and the rest of the
yelping pack that that is a mon
umental falSehood out of the
whole cloth as great as ever fell
from the lips of man or beast.
We will recall what happened: L.
s. Rose had a conversation with
that alleged friend in the court
house lot and also on the street
in Williamsburg and in that con-
versation that friend urged Rose
to run for County Judge of Whit
ley county. This was less than
four months ago. He said that
he proposed that if it were in the
power of the Co nmonwealth's
Attorney to elect e. &. Bird for
Circuit Judge. that he would do
it. He further said that the
commemorative Attorneys Of
flee was worth nothing except
it's political influence, and that
he was making no money out of
it. Is he exercising that politi-
cal influence now to elect Bird ?
Are we telling the truth? Has
he not indicted a great great
many people in COrbin, Gatliff
and elsewhere in order to have
indictments as a political asset
to drive the people in line for
Mr.. Bird? Does he not have
that angel of light and legal
purity, John Hickey, going,
forth in Corbin, Gatliff, Packard
and. elsewhere to execute the
papers on those indictments in
order to intimidate the people
and drive them into line for Bird
and get money from them? Is
he not carrying out his threat to
elect Bird if it were in the power
of the Commonwealth s Attorney
to do it? He never said then to
Rose or at any other time that
he, Rose, was not eligible. but on
the contrary then and there urg.
ed him to run for County Judge.
Rose had just made a fight for
him for County Chairman of
Whitley county. If Rose lived in
Harlan or his wife lived. there
and had no residence in Whitley
county why did j. b. Snyder
urge Rose to not only vote for
him as against Finley. but to
make a fight for him? There
was some question as to whether
or not Rose should vote in the
depot or court house precinct in
Williamsburg but none at all
that Rose was not a voter in one
of the other, the precincts hav-
ing been recently changed. Why
did Crit Bird, j. B. Snyder &c,
in that contest prepare, file and
introduce affidavits before the
Congressional Committee and
State Central Executive Com
mittee that Rose was a good
voter in the cour house pre-
cinct instead of t. e depot pre-
cinct? Rose was a good voter
when voting for them. He was
a resident of Whitley county and !
had been for years when voting
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
WHY BIRD DID NOT AC-
CEPT ROSES CHAL-
LENGE FOR JOIN +
DEBATE.

| printed In COrOln anu called
THE CORB1N TINES, and
which paper is controlled abso-
lutely by j. G. Bird and most
everything in said paper writ
ten by j. T.. Bird; Mr.. Bird at
tempts to assign his reason why
he did not accept II. ). Rose
challenge for JOINT DISCUS.
sion. Rose challenged all his
opponents, Bird, Lay and Cat
ron. This challenge was made
at Barbourville in the presence
of at least Mr.. Catron who knows
exactly what Rose said when he
called Mr.. Bird AID asked Bird to
meet Catron, Rose and Lay. in
JOINT DISCUSSION. Why Mr..
Bird IN his Corbin Times falsely
wrote that the challenge only
extended to Bird when he knew
absolutely that Rose asked Bird.
Law and Catron-all three, TO
meet him. tROSe) ia Joint De.
bate We fail to understand.
Other people heard what Rose
said, and know that he chal-
lenged all three.
Bird assigns as his reasons
that he does not have any time
to meet Rose in Joint Debate,
as that Bird is too busy making
his race for Circuit Judge. Bird
further says that he is toe
smart to be caught in such a
trap. We will concede that
! Bird is too cowarAly and has too
much sense To meet Rose in q
Joint Debate. He tiled that, if
We remember correctly, twi:e
at Williamsburg on the first day
of the last two terms of the
Whitley Circuit Court and got
chewed up, crippled, leg and a
wing or two Of that Bird got
broken and several CT his his
tail feathers were pulled out,
his eyes were badly blackened.
his comb was taken off in fact
he did not recover for several
! days. He showed the white
feather and much of it. In fine
Bird is said TO have lost a few
baskets full of his abundant
white plumage. He can CROW,
however, at long range or through
the the Corbin Times, but when
he goes up against a BIRD Of
real pluck and ability and cour-
age his one supreme effort is to
put much distance between him
and his adversary. That is the
practical manner of running his
race that the EDITOR OF The
ICORBIN TIMES, alias j. &.
Bird referred to.
Mr.. Bird says that he does not
desire to go into mud sling
ing" game with Il. ). Rose and
assigns that. the only reason why
he did not accept Roses chal-
lengc, yet the Corbin Times OF
the date of June Sth is wreak-
ing, running over and bristling
with filth, falsehood and un-
founded charges of j. Crittedon
Bird against K. :. Rose. He is
Willing to print filth aud circu.
late it to every man, woman
and child in the district, put in
cold type every libel and SLAM
der that he thinks of, and sling
not only mud but slime and
venom, but he is not willing to
go out ON the stump and meet
Il. 5. Rose in Joint Debate.
We know that his reason for
wanting to put in cold type his
mud singing" instead of going
ont and meeting Il. s. Rose Oh
the stump face to face is a sub
terfuge ond falsehood and that
is no reason at all for his fail
ing to meet Rose, The reason
Why he does not meet Rose he
knDu,s that p,sa u;ll chan, 80,
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15

Miss Ethel Jones entertained
a party of her friends in an in
formal dance, at the Hotel
Jones, Wednesday evening in
honor of her friend, Miss Ada
Steele.
Charlie Smith, of Corbin, was
here this week.
II. c. Riley. of Lamont, Mo-,
arrived here Wednesday for a
two weeks visit with friends
and relatives.
FOR SALt.-Dining room set
consisting of, ! table, 6 chairs,
buffet and china closet. Terms
reasonable. Call on
Mrs. j. T. Bradley,
or Mrs. r. w. Cole.
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
Should Rose Be Dis
barred?
Or Should ii be Bird?


bin Times Mr.. Bird prints a letter
concerning me, signed by j. M.
Davis in which Davis claims the
reward of $1,000 offered by the
Whitley Republican for a good
reason for voting against me for
J. C. Bird.
That letter was dated June LIST
and postmarked Summer KY,
but it seems to have been written
by j. G.. Bird, being written on
a machine, at Williamsburg, sent
to Summer to Mr.. Davis and mail
ed there by him, MIR. Bird seems
to have stock of that sort of
letters on hand and to be able to
send one of them to any one of a
number of his tools and have him
sign and mail it. Mr.. Bird thus
uses the man to whom he sends
one of those letters as a squirt
gun for his own filth, no doubt
those men are proud of their posi-.
ton, If one word of truth were
in that letter, regardless of who
the author is, it would be a diffe-
rent proposition. %
Everybody knows that Rose
and Pope have fought the Proctor
Coal Co. harder than any lawyers
in the county. 1t may be that
Finley, President of the Proctor
Coal Company. has regard e d
Rose and Pope as MS enemies and
would have been glad to have
them out of commission years
ago.
1t may be that he complained
to j. B. Snyder, Commonwealth
Attorney and tried to get Snyder
to help him put us out of business.
| do not, of course know anything
about that, but if he did so COM
plain did he furnish Mr.. Snyder
any grounds for doing it?
Is the fact that Finley hates
both j. C. Bird and myself any
reason why any man should vote
for Bird or against me? IfFinley
is going on the idea of two evils
choose the less" and believes that
| am a better man than Bird is
that any reason why should be
defeated for Circuit Judge? Or,
if both Bird and | have done him
him an injustice and he believes
that the injustice Bird has done
him is greater than that | have
done him, is that any reason for
voting against me? Or on t h e
other hand both Bird and l have
treated Finley fairly and he is the
only one to blame is the fact that
Finley is for me instead of Bird,
is that any reason for voting
against me? So much for that.
Now. | do know that j. B.
Snyder, t h e Commemorative
Attorney, the man who Bird says
Finley complained to about me is
my enemy and has been for years
in fact ever since | ran against
him for Commonwealth Attor-
ney. And know that Snyder is
Birds man Friday" and plant
tool in this race. Now if Finley
furnished Snyder, my ancient
enemy, Birds plant friend, with
a sufficient cause. why didn't
Snyder disbarme? Or why didn't
he at least try to? Snyder is COM
Attorney; and it is
his duty to prosecute precisely
such cases. but he never in his
life intimated to me that he in
tended to or was even thinking
Of trying to have me disbared,
Neither did he ever institute or
begin to institute proceedings
against me.
By his words, silence, actions
and by his oath 70 enforce the
law against all kinds of misdo-
ing, Mr.. Snyder my ancient and
Mountain advocate., 1917-06-15
Civic Club Meet.

The Civic Club met at the home
of Mrs. w. G. Black on Thurs
day June 7th, with a large atten-
dance. Live topics OF the day
were discussed, Mrs. Shaefer,
the hostess mother, was the only
visitor present. The club expects
to take up Red Cross work right
away. After delightful refresh
ments, the Club adjourned to
meet Thursday, June 81, with
Mrs. d. &. Payne.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-28
RUSHING WORK ON
U.bOAT Fighters
Records Being Made. in Construc-
ton Of Navy Destroyers

Washington, July 2S.-The navy
department is smashing all Amer
lean speed records in constructing
destroyers to help fight submarines.
Vessels Of types that took two yea~s
to build before the war are now be-
ing turned out in ten months. Shifts
are working around the clock. The
only obstacle to still further reducing
the construction period is the short
age Of engines.
Preparations are being made on q
large scale to increase the building
facilities for engines. When this is
done it is probable destroyers will pe
turned out in eight months. The dc
partment has canvassed the country
for shipbuilding concerns capable Of
building these vessels or even parts
of them AS result many firms that
heretofore never went in for fight
ing ships are now building destroyerc
The present program appears to be
based upon the belief that the United
States should throw all it's forces
against the submarine campaign be-
tween now and next spring
Reports that the navy is preparing
to make an offensive with major craft
in conjunction with the British fleet
appear to have no foundation Ex-
perienced naval officers are unani-
NOUS in the belief that it would be
unwise to endanger the grand fleets
Of the Allies by exposing them to the
great guns Germany has on the coast
The best judgment in the navy is
that a number of minor craft, rein
forced by ships of the monitor type,
carrying great guns, should engage
the shore batteries in an attempt to
destroy the submarine base. 1t is
probable that during the next few
months an offensive will be attempt
ed against the Belgian coast.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-28

quarters today that the expeditionary
force field bakery would be in opera
ton within the next few days, supply
ing the soldiers with "home-made'
American bread. They have been liv-
ing thus far upon the regulation
French bread.
Representatives of the Salvation
army arrived at headquarters today
and soon will make arrangements to
hold meetings in the various billeting
areas.
January Coolest Month.
The headquarters staff has received
from the French government meteor
illogical data Of the department in
which the American troops at training
and also for the part of the line in
which the American troops may
eventually be employed. These fig
ures show January is the coolest
month Of the year, with mean tenn
perature of 93 degrees. fahrenheit, a
maximum Of 46 and a minimum of
five above zero. The lowest tempera-
ture recorded in >this section of
France is below zero, in 1879, and
the highest 102 in 1881. July is the
hottest month. with an average
maximum of 80 degrees and an
average minimum of As, the days be-
ing very warm and the nights quite
cool November. December, January,
February and March are cold months.
with much rain and quite a little
snow, SO that preparations already are
being made to protect the men as far
as possible from winter hardships.
Dampness causes the cold to be felt
keenly. q temperature of freezing on
this side being as uncomfortable and
disspir1ting as zero in most American
ATTITUDES.
The hard and willing work of the
troops in training has made the off,
GERS more keenly anxious than ever to
provide wholesome amusements for
them in their moments of leisure.
They now have band concerts, given
by both their own and French bands,
and 1t is hoped soon to have moving
picture outfits available for every
battalion. The suggestion has been
made that war pictures such as the
English film of the Somme battle and
later pictures from that front should
be shown to the men repeatedly, Civ
ing them an accurate idea Of what
actual fighting conditions are like.
1t is now being planned TO take
both officers and soldiers to the
French front in attachments from
time to time, so that they may see
and study life in the trenches before
they are actually called upon to take
their places there. These trips will
all be. made during the training period
and men who have been in the
trenches will instruct other squads in
what they saw and learned there.