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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
1000 IN NATIONAL ARMY
TENNESSEE HAS LARGE FORCE
OF SOLDIERS IN SERVICE OF
UNCLE SAM.
With Muster of All Units Of State Mi.
Iitia Into Federal Service, Volunteer
State Has No State soidiery-FulI
Division Furnished.

Nashyille.-Four regiments, squad.
ron Of cavalry, separate company Of
infantry, an ambulance company and
field hospital company, all Of the en-.
tire national guard of the state is now
a part of the national army of The
United States is more than 1000 or.
ganized men.
Charles B. Rogan resigned as adju.
tant general of the state and was
sworn in as colonel of the Second
Tennessee infantry by Maj. w. H.
Hyde. Col Rogan assumes command
of the Second Tennessee at once
Victor H. Holmes of Trenton, James
W. Burks OF Livingston and Roane
Waring of Memphis were commas.
stoned majors of the Second Tennes-
see, and Thos. P. Fauntleroy Of Mem.
phis, adjutant of the same organiza,
ton. Rev. Gideon B. Harris of Nash.
vile is the chaplain of the Second
Tennessee.
The following is the list of organi.
cations which Tennessee has contrib
uted to the national army, with the
commanders, the war strength of each
and regimental headquarters:
First Tennessee Infantry-Col. Har.
ry S. Berry commanding, 2,002 men,
Nashville.
Second Tennessee Infantry - Col
Chas. B. Rogan commanding, 2,002
men, Nashville.
Third Tennessee Infantry-Col G. F.
Spence commanding, 2,002 men, Knox.
Vile.
First Tennessee Field Artillery
Lieut.. Col Luke Lea commanding,
1874 men, Nashville.
First Cavalry Squadron--Mai. J. P.
Fyffe commanding, 294 men, Chatta.
nooga.
Separate Company - Company C.
Capt Chas. o, Harris commanding, 153
men, Nashville.
Ambulance Company-Capt. P. A,
Perkins commanding, 1856 men, Chat.
tanooga.
Field Hospital Company-Capt. Je.
rome L Morgan commanding, II men,
Chattanooga.
The merging of these military or
CARNATIONS into the national army
leaves the State of Tennessee without
national guard.
Maj. W. H. Hyde, the disbursing Of
ficer of the state militia, was selected
as a major in the Second Tennessee
regiment, but Athe.wa department.
ruled that he must first be discharg ed \
from that duty before being commits
stoned.
While the national guard has beer
merged into the United States army, |
there will be need Of military de-
partment, and a successor to Gen. Ro.
gan as adjutant general will be APP
pointed by Gov. Rye.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Trouble Ahead For rardx Bows.

Fifty men who have not communi.
Gated with Col. Cary f. Spence since
the assembling of troops on July rs
may be arrested and court-martialed.
"The men do not seem to realize the
seriousness of this offense," says Col.
Spence This is equivalent to deser.
ton in the army, and the penalty for
desertion in time of war is death. |
hope this is enough for me to say.
Action will be taken accordingly If the
men do not report or comm gicate
with me at once"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Commission Considers Gases.

The Tennessee railroad commission
completed the hearing of the stove
crate case and have the matter under
advisement. Following the close Of the
case, Hon. John |. Cox was heard IN
the exceptions filed by tia Wautauga
Power company, objectinA to the ten
tative assessment made against that
property by the commission. Repre-
sentatives of the Chattanooga Railway
G. Light Company were then heard on
the exceptions filed by those concerns.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Pre.MedlcaI School Moves.

The pre-medical department of the
University of Tennessee at Memphis
will be taken to Knoxville at the be-
ginning of the coming fall term to be-
come a part of the pre-medical course.
With this change DR.. S. D. Moreland,
who will be dean of the pre-medical
department, and Thomas P. Nash, as
assistant professor of chemistry, will
be taken from Memphis to the Knox
vile pre-medical department.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
w. N. u, CINCINNATI, NO. 32--1s17.
Didn't Seem to Be "Free" Seeds.

An Indi&na congressman recently
made q liberal distribution of free
seeds, sending them to his constitr
ents in franked envelopes on which APP
peared the regular warning, Penalty
for private use, $780," says the Indian
apolis News. A few days later one Of
his supporters wrote:
II don't know what to do about those
garden seeds you sent me. / notice
1t is $500 fine for private use. l don't
want to use them for the public.
want to plant them in my private gar
den. can't afford to pay $500 for the
privilege. Won't you see if you can
fix it so can use them privately? I
am a law-abiding citizen, and do not
want to commit crime"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
In Fat Berth.

Towne--No; Grafton doesn't work at
all now.
Browne-He doesn't? Why, when I
knew him he seemed to be a young
man with considerable push.
Towne-All that's changed now. He's
young man with considerable pull.
and doesi't have to work.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Memphis Gets Aviator School.

Memphiswon the greatest peace vic.
tory in it's history. On the Millington
site the government will establish i'm
mediately one of the largest aviation
training schools in the United States,
where will be maintained So machines,
about Is signal corps officers, So me-
chanics and colony OF several thou
sand college-educated yong men from
every section Of the country.
That the Memphis illington site
was formally and finally recommended
is announced in a telegram from Capt.
c. G. Edgar, who, with Maj. Arnold
and Col. Crabtree, the latter being a
surgeon in the medical section Of the
signal corps, inspected the proposed
aviation field.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Sensations come along so fast that
the little ones fall by the wayside with
out hardly attracting so much as pass
ing notice Even big ones are being
accepted as matter of course.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
MAY IMPORT PORTO RIcANs
Government Considering Plans for
Bringing $4,000 JobIess Men to
United States for Railroads.

Plans for bringing $4,000 jobless
Porto Ricans to the United States for
railroad work are being discussed by
oihcials of the department of labor
and the railroad war board. All roads
nave been asked by the board to re-
port how many of the islanders they
could use under prescribed conditions.
Inc labor department requires speci-
ncations as to wages, hours and living
conditions, free transportation and a
pledge that the imported workers will
not be used in any sense as strike
breakers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

The officer who led the recent air
raid over London, in which the prln-
cipal victims were women and chill
dren, has been decorated. Probably
for his valor in suDduing these for
midabIe enemies.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

a steeplejack in Philadelphia, who
dropped from a church spire with no
more severe casualty than losing a
bucket of paint and humping his wrist,
ought to make a fine recruit for the
aerial squad.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

It is the season for "don'ts" relating
TO matters of sanitation and personal
health. BY this time every citizen suf-
flciently sensible to profit by them
should know them all by heart.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Sealed bids for the $1,O0O,OOO OF
State of Tennessee bonds for the State
university will be received by the sec.
rotary Of state at his office in Nash.
vile until noon, Aug. IA
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

., Tobacco has become so scarce in
Germany that hay is used as a substi-
tute. When a German soldier says he
is about to hit the hay" he may be
preparing to light a cigar.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Due to scarcity of tobacco, the Ger
mans are smoking strawberry leaves
and lavender blossoms. AT that they
have it on us for they at least know
what they are smoking.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

| n 6 concerning
our Lord Jesus
Christ.
In Luke :46
we find him as a
boy in the t en-
pie
In the Midst OF
the Teachers
Our Example.
"All that heard
him were aston
ished at his I'M
derstanding and
answers" Jesus
was a close BIZ
BILE student. How
ready he was In
giving lust the
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

American children are to realize the
horrors of war. 1t Is said that all day
suckers are to be reduced in size or the
price raised to 2 cents.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
The Only Way.

"SenOr, can you handle any Villa
money!"
"That depends. Is it baled?"-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

It is distressing that so excellent
textile as wool should have to grow
on so foolish and cratic an animal
as a sheep.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

If every man had garden of his
own few would have time to appro-
pirate from the other mans vegetable
patch.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

The kaiser keeps insisting that the
war was forced on Germany. We pre-
sumo he was also forced to drop bombs
on schoolhouses.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Father having made the war garden,
mother may presently can its surplus.
The rest of the family will do its bit
at the dining table.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

There's no question that America
has solved the dyestuff problem, as
quite number of our best-known
blends are still blond.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

It is a big thing at times for a man
TO learn he can part with dollar or
two without suffering an attack Of
heart failure.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

A Canadian visitor says the war will
end suddenly. 1t can't end too sud
denly, provided it is ended right.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

About all that can be safely predict
ed of an arctic exploration is that the
dogs will come back as inside passen-
gers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

America has enlisted for the dura-
ton of the war, and it purposes to
make the war short and completely
satisfactory.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

IF that italian unsuitable ship Is
sent to sea the Germans will cheerful
Iy submit it to a convincing test.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

/ One of the pathetic things of life Is
that the average snob doesn't realize
that he is q snob.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

| 1t was a great italian that first dis
covered America. And by and by the
rest of them discovered it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

France has been saved" as often
as the heroine in play. First Bel
GUM did it, then the British, then
Italy and now the United Statos
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

+. There is no surer way of reducing
the consumption of food than by serV-
Eng hash.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

With wool at 60 cents a pound and
gnutton out of sight, the sheep becomes
q highly important member of society.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

A hero is man who does his duty,
Though it doesn't always mean a spec
6acular performance.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Those early American soldiers in
France are going to bring home a con-
siderable cargo of glory when they re-
turn.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

| Teuton officers are so sure America
can cut no figure in the war that they
ean't quit talking about it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Although it took some time, Constan-
ttne of Greece finally qualified as an
expert bean spiller.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

: The American inventor is now sup
posed to be inventing as he never ola
before.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

! You don't have to take month off to
explain to q fourteen-year-old boy what
10 do with a game rooster.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

The worlds normal yield Of the six
great cereals ranges from 10000, OOO, 900
to 19,000,000,00O bushels.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

! There is no use praying for common
sense The lord expects everybody to
hse what he already possesses.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Her Idea.

Wifey-James, make little garden
for me in the back yard.
Hubby-Going into amateur garden
ing?
Wifey-Yes; l get some bird seed
md I'm going to try to raise canaries.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Southern states yearly produce
l, 100000 pounds of cottonseed OIL.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

The stress of the times has even
subdued the all-knowing college grad
nate.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Granulated Eyelids, Sites, Infamed Eyes
relieved over night by Roman Eye Balsam.
one trial proves its merit Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

Dogs that kill sheep are beginning
to find this an uncongenial world.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Even optimists carry an extra tire
when they go autoing,

This years accident season opened
with unusual impreSsiveness.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18

And after the war is over they may
abstain from wasting food, also.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
need MEDIUM FOR
ADJUSTING WAGES
United States Must Have 0rgani-
cation During War Time, IT
Is Declared.
HIGH PRICES FORCE ACTION
System Adopted in England Has Re-
suited in Advances Amounting to
Between 20 and IS Per Cent
of Pre-War Averages.

War prices fall heavily upon all
classes but most heavily upon the
workers, whose standard of life can
be lowered only at grievous cost to
real democracy. Some advance in
prices Is inevitable In war time, and
the only remedy available is increased
wages. We cannot permit the appli-
cation Of the usual method of forcing
advance in wages, the strike. If the
lot of labor is not to become progress
sively worse in time of war we must
have flexible organization Of repre-
sentatives of the employers and Of the
workers, under governmental auspices,
to arrange for indispensable additions
to wages, says the New Republic. Such
an organization Great Britain has. 1t
does not work perfectly, but it has Sc
cured advances that amount to be-
tween 20 and 25 per cent of the pre-
war averages. What are we doing in
this direction? Next to nothing. Since
we entered the war food and other
necessities have gone up in price by
about % per cent. But we are de-
pending almost wholly upon the free
play Of competition to effect readjust-
ment Of wages, although we know from
past experience that free competition
always leaves wages tagging behind in
the upward trend Of prices.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18
Jesus y
In the Midst
! by REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean, Moody Bible
x Institute, Chicago

TE.Xr--In the midst.
Tie words of this text occur In sew
eral places and yield precious teach
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-18


ing and smelling of dresses and scrap
metals in the United States is carried
on in the territory east of the Mis-
sissippl and north of the Ohio river.
The oldest farmland in the United
States Is Jacob Hoelback of Roxbor-
ough, Pa. He is one hundred and five
years old and has held his job for 80
years on the Kirkner farm.
For the first time In the history of
the Erie shop at Susquehanna, Pa,
women are being employed to operate
drill presses and to work at other me-
chanical occupations.
The most conservative bankers of
| the United States are paying their
women employees the same salaries
that they paid the men whose places
the women now fill.
A Pennsylvania steel mill has been
equipped to roll the largest plates in
the world, 1872 inches in width, the
limit that Is possible to transport on
American railroads.
Canada will announce O plan for
compulsory retirement Of all civil serv-
ants who have been In service more
than 35 years, their places to be filed
by returned soldiers.
Artificial rubber as q by-product
IF the manufacture of steel may be
a possibility as English scientists are
experimenting with It's production from
coke-open gases.
The United States is the worlds
greatest importer of hides and skins
despite the fact that it raises more
cattle than any other nation except
India.
A training school for returned SOL
diers who desire to enter agricultural
pursuits Is the proposal Of the Cana
, dian government.
The education committee of Lon
don, England, has accepted the offer
Of clergymen to do national service
as schoolteachers.
Venezuela by law has prescribed a
standard of purity for butter and for
hidden the sale of that containing any
adulterants.
To release men for the army young
women are being trained to run the
elevators in the Equitable building,
New York.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-04
NOTABLE WORK or
LOCAL RED CROSS

Continued rom PAGE four
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
THINKS TACOMA SINKING
MAY BE CASUS 8ElLI
H~.hburE "apcr Inclined To uclicyc
President VIII Della! Long before
Declaring War. However

cDPENli AGt.\ ,via i.ondon). March
The possibility that the sinkin. Of
the Cunard Line steamer Lacouia would
furnish a caSus belli for thu United
states was dealt with in the leading
editorial Of tn" Hamburg Nachrichtcn
OF last Wednesday. which was written
before the definite announcement that
the lives OF at lcaS, two Americans
had been lost in the disaster.
The newspaper was inclined to he
iieNe that President Wilson would hcsi-
tate LONG before launching u dcclara-
ton of war against Germany Oh this
or amy other account. pointing out
that American lives have been re-
peatcdly sacrificed since the nov
year tho last case being that Of Robert
Allen Haden, an American missionary.
drowned in the Mediterranean when
the steamer AthoS was sunk. without
President Wilson having carried out
the pronounccmcnts made in his pre-
vious notes.
The writer al the editorial. however.
sees the possibility that President
Wilson may respond with "A dcclara ton
~ war. saying that he has committed
himself too deeply IL withdraw Tie
also looks forward Ia an outburst of
intense indignation IN tho United
states, hut says Gcrmany'S decision Ia
conduct her submarine warfare 10 a
bIllcF anu SuGCcSSlQl emu cannot hp
changed thereby.
The Nachrichten. which long has
been one Of the most enthusiastic adj
Nocatcs of ruthless submarine warfare
rctoices At tho sinking Of such u fine
ship ~ the Laconia. which. il says
cannot be easily replaced 1t says /,
must he great satisfaction for sub
marine commanders and crews nf the
underwater boats that they NOW are
finally permitted L. attack such steam
erS. Which frequently. on earlier occa-
SONS. have been spared, though with
~ easy torpedo range. individual
submarine commanders, according ia
the NatnrIrhten. have often reported
since The destruction Of the l.uSitani;t
that they have allowed dozens Of ships
To pass. Including the biggest Of the
orcnn liners.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Pledge LOO Men
to axe Up Arms
University Of Virginia Gradu-
atcs at Banquet Promise 10
Stand BY Wilson.
Especial to Tho rimcs-p,spatc',


WASHINGTON. March 1.-The plcds-
ing OF l.lo0 trained men 10 take up
arms for their country in event Of hos
tilitics with Germany and the launch.
ing OF 81 campaign Ia raise an cndow.
mcnt fund OF $4,000 were tho fca !.
lures pf tho annual banquet OF the
alumni OF tho University OF Virginia.
held here tonight at the Raleigh
York: Dean winn Thornton and Mil
ton G.. Elliott. attorney for tho Fed
eral Reserve Board. talked on. pa
triotsm. aud all said the university
WAS for America 10 the end.
The quart or million dollar campaic . H.,
to bc used 10 increase the salaries OF
professors and for alumni purposes.
Was launched 10y Dr. Thomas V. VIII
hanson. OF Norfolk. chairman Of the
MIR. Battle. ia tho absence Of Pres
dcnt Wilson was the principal
speaker. lie said tho Virginia men
were we'll qualified IL stand behind the
President To preserve the rights ami
property and to uphold the honor OF
this nation. Dean Thornton. Of the
engineer school. pledged LOO men
from charlottesville TO tho nation. Mi.
Elliott acted as toastmastcr.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-03
Americans Aboard
7uo attacked Ships
Negro From Greene County, Tn-
shia. Bciicoed to Be One
Of 7uo Men Lost.
LIZ, A..nrin1n,i1.rns

WASIiiNGToN. March "-pctailcd
T"r"rtS Of the sinking OF the British
bark G;alGorm castle and tho Donaldson
Linz frcirh, steamer Tritnnian. both
with Americans aboard. TWO Of whom
arc missing. were received Ivy the State
Department to-day from Consul Frost.
at Queenstown. The report follows:
"'rhc British bark GaIgorm castle.
Queenstown from Bucnos Aires. carS"
maize, attacked by Submarine 1850
T. NJ. February -. *cvcnty-four miles
west southwest of Bull Rock. -Four
Americans aboard. Two arc missing
believed lost William Jackson ~
Beech street. New York. ae" nineteen.
and David Walker, negro. Greene
County. Virginia. age thirty"
The second dispatch said:
The Donaldson freight liner Tri-
tonian. ",Si6 tons. Halifax To liverpool.
general cargo and horses. iorpodocd
without warning. 1855 i. NJ, tfty miles
west "f Dinglc. February 20 Two men
missing from crew Of sixty
sole American. John Murphy. fourth
engineer saved
weather heavy. westerly swell
dense darkness. light southcas, breeze.
no lights showing.
Master saw torpedo approach ship.
striking starbourd bow Ship nbam-
dcncd thirty minutes. but did not sink
Boats stood by until Admiralty patrol
arrived 5 a NJ. and towcd her to go
y. NJ. when she sank. Submarine never
sighted.