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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
RUSSIA PREPARED FOR DRIVE
Officials at Washington Greatly En-
couraged Over Recent Develop
ments on Eastern Front.

Washington, July 4.-Russia's dra-
matte resumption of the offensive on
the eastern front in Europe has en-
couraged high officials here more than
any other recent development In the
war.
Information received here within the
last three weeks indicates that Russia
is prepared for the present offensive
better than ever before. Little is
known here of the military situation
on the German and Austrian side, but
military experts who have been follow
ing battle developments believe the
Russians have picked out the weak
spot I'M the Austrian defenses, and even
If theysdo not succeed in scoring ire
mendous victory, they will probably
impede If not break up Austrian hope
of an offensive against Italy in the
Trenx1nA.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
GERMAN DEFENDS U. S.
Asks Government to Tell Why
War Was Forced.
I Wants to Know Why Submarine War
fare Was Resumed Contrary
to Promises.
Copenhagen, July Ain the Vos-
siche zeitung, George Bernhard calls

Copenhagen, July AIN the Vos-
4 siche zeitung, George Bernhard calls
On the government 70 explain To The
Ilsfag " necessary u executive
ssiisia budget abiaiiIs tEee lle
4 d
l5H3e " w III u ~ u
lilaIEly aild asks that II aIsSkFsT tlie aI
legations made with increasing fire.
quency and positiveness that the diff
ferences between the actual develop.
ment of the German policy and what
the American government had been
led to expect were largely responsible
for the vigorous and indignant action
of the American administration.
Herr Bernhard contrasts recent
semiofficial limitations regarding the
occurrence of negotiations about Amer
lean mediation with the manner in
which assurances had been given the
German people repeatedly and emphat-
ically that such mediation would be in
admissible. He declares that more and
more 1t is being asserted that Presi-
dent Wilson was completely surprised
by the resumption of unlimited sub
marine warfare, which was contrary
to all assurances given him and all in
vitatiOns addressed to him.
mo WONDER" says Herr Bernhard,
"that such conduct contributed to ex-
citing the American war feeling, hard
iy less than the offer of American soil
to Mexico-a question In regard to
which the reichstag should also insist
On further enlightenment.
"The reichstag also should look into
the Polish problem, the actions of Car
dina1 MERCER and the policy to be fol-
lowed If Greece enters the war. Such
a course would give an opportunity to
test Its fitness to participated In the
government, before experimenting
with constitutional reform"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
Fires Again Sweep the Negro
CHARTERS of the Illinois
City.
"a BODIES ARE RECOVERED


East st. Louis, H., July 4.-Fires,
which were started by rioters in three
negro quarters at noon were famed
by high wind and spread rapidly, get
ting beyond control. A general fire
alarm has been sounded and all fire
fighting apparatus in the city has hur-
ried to the scene.
Troops and police have hurried to
the scene of the fires, where crowds
of rioters also are assembled. Five or
six negro shacks are ON fire and the
flames are spreading rapidly. The fires
are at Fourth and Trembly streets,
Fourth and Bond streets and Fourth
and Market streets.
Rioting Sweeps City.
East ST. Louis, Ill.,, July A sur
vey of the casualties in the rioting last
night taken today showed "a bodies
recovered, including three whites, and
"a wounded negroes.
Further shooting was reported by
the police, but without details, as the
forenoon wore on. Ambulances were
scurrying hither and thither. Chief OF
Police Ransom Payne, hearing that a
number of toughs from the Missouri
side of the river were coming over
each to "get negro" appealed to
Chief of Police Young of st. Louis to
close the bridges. They had been
closed last night, but were opened
again this morning.
Washington Takes Action.
Washington, July 4.-The war de-
partment has instructed Gen. Thomas
H. Barry at Chicago to take such ac-
ton as may be requested of him by
Governor Lowden in connection with
the race riots at East st. Louis
Whether troops in the federal COM
mand will be asked for Is not known
to the department and no information
has been received on the situation.
Lowden to Maintain Peace.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 4.-Illinois will
maintain peace in East st. Louis at
any cost, according to statement is
sued by Governor Lowden. The state
ment followed lengthy conversation
with Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson over
the long-distance telephone. General
Dickson reported that there are "a
known dead and many injured. The
governor will not declare martial law
at this time. The governors statement
follows:
Yesterday morning we were ad-
vised that rioting had broken out in
East st. Louis. We at once began to
order troops to East st. Louis and Col.
S. O. Trip of the adjutant generals
department was dispatched to take
charge Of the situation"
! Before the troops could arrive In
sufficient numbers the rioting became
very serious. BY about midnight we
had fourteen companies on the ground.
Before we could get control of the stu
alton twenty-four persons, black and
white, according to our present in
formation, had been killed. Adjt. Gen.
Frank s. Dickson arrived there about
midnight on special train and took
command of the situation In person.
have just had him on the long-distance
telephone and he INFORMS me that he
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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
JAPs AROUSED BY U. S. NOTE
Lawmakers Resent Sending of Peace
Message Without First Consult
Ing Tokyo Government.

Tokyo, July 1.-The house of repre-
sentatives In a turbulent session re-
jected with a majority Of no resolu-
ton of lack Of confidence In the gov
ernment.
Yukio Ozaki, leader Of the constitu-
tiona1 party, made the principal attack
on the governments foreign policy, es-
pecialy as regards China. He de-
clareS the United States stole march
on Jdpan by sending to China the note
In regard to the restoration of tran
quillity.
The foreign Office, he said, sought
unsuccessfully to incite public opinion
and conceal it's own failure by making
statements In semioficial organs.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
FOOD IN BERLIN is scARcER
Thronas at Food Kitchens Increase In
Hope Of Getting Better
Ratlons.

Copenhagen. July 4.-The food diff
ficulties, particularly the disappear
ance of potatoes, have driven Berlin
ers In masses to the municipal soup
kitchens, where they hope to get bet
ter rations than at home. The manage
ment of the kitchens report 1920 new
registrations. The kitchens, however,
are badly supplied and the fare Is most
scanty and monotonous. The potato
ration this week Is one pound, but it
Is admittedly only on paper.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
RAILROAD EARNINGS LARGER
Interstate Commission Makes Public
Returns From 72 of 1856 PrincI-
pal Lines.

Washington, July 4. preliminary re-
ports to the interstate commerce COM
mission on railway earnings in May in
dictate that the assertion Of the COM
mission, in refusing the 15 per cent
rate increase, that railroad profits were
growing, will be borne out. Returns
from u Of the 1856 principal steam
roads show a net revenue for the
month of $48,134,7 TAG, compared with
$40, 9S1 $50 for May, 1915. The big gain
was by the roads Of the western group,
the figures being $23,513,54O, against
500, 497 1897. in May, 1915.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
TROOPS FOR STRIKE ZONE
United States Regulars May Be Sent
I'd the Arizona Copper Mines
District.

Washington, July 4.-The war de-
partment instructed the southern de-
partment to cake any steps necessary
in handling the situation in the Ari-
IONA copper strike. Troops will take
hold If the Arizona officials request
them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07

westward across the Little Stripa
river.
Petrograd, July 4.-The Russian Of
fensive on the Galician front is pro-
ceeding favorably, and according to
the plans of the high command, it was
officially announced The Russians
continue to press ahead and the num-
Der of prisoners has been greatly in
creased by the latest attacks. There
are powerful artillery duels in
Volhynia and on the Bukowina section
of the front.
The Russians have captured 5000
additional German and Austro-Hun-
garian prisoners, bringing the total
number since the offensive opened up
to 10000. Russian forces are advanc-
ing on Zlochoff, in Galicia.
Up to the hour of telegraphing the
advance of the Russian army in Ga
licia was still in progress. A dispatch
received by the war minister, but not
published, says that the staff Of the
Russian army in Galicia is more than
satisfied with the progress made.
Never before was an offensive SO
auspiciously begun. The local army
staff Vas pleased with the. speed off
the advance, as the operation which
the staff had expected would take two
days was executed yesterday between
two and nine o'clock.
All of the latest kilograms to the
war ministry say that the soldiers are
In excellent spirits and the ministry
authorizes the statement that prepar-
ations as regards munitions and equip
ment are better than in any preceding
period of the war.
The new chief of the war ministry
information department is Lieutenant
Perun, who also is member of the
executive committee of the council Of
deputies. Lieutenant Perun has just
returned from the front, where he wit
messed M. Kerensky's crusade in ia
vor of an immediate offensive.
The lieutenant was present when
Kerensky, having told the soldiers
that if they would not attack he would
march toward the enemy's trenches
alone, was embraced and kissed by the
soldiers.
Lieutenant Perun mentioned one di-
vision, especially known for its I'm.
willingness to fight, which, after the
minister's speeches, became the most
militant on the front.
"The army" said the lieutenant,
"was reborn under my. eyes"
Knoxville.-Rush Strong, slayer Of
s. B. Luttrell, Jr., prominent young
business man and member of one Of
East Tennessee's most wealthy and
aristocratic families, will not be given
a new trial by Judge Nelson in the
criminal court here. The case will
be appealed to the state supreme
court.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
KENTUCKY COAL MINERS OUT
Attempts to UnionIze the Fields Causes
WaIkout of About 1000
Men.

Evansville, Ind. July 4.-Miners In
the western Kentucky coal fields
struck. About 1000 men are affected.
The strike is the outgrowth of at
tempts Of the miners to unionize the
coal fields.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
HUNGRY POLES DIE IN STREET
Terrors of Famine In War Stricken
Land Barred by ENJOYS at
Stockholm.

Stockholm, July 4.-Three Poles now
In Stockholm-M. Scheko, formerly a
member of the Russian upper house
M. Bobiezki and NJ. Sobanski-have Is
sued an appeal for aid for the Poles
of Warsaw. Their appeal says people
are dying in the streets of hunger. The
correspondent is informed from 9TH
er sources as well that conditions else
where in Poland are equally grave, be-
ing particularly serious in LODI.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
BRITISH DESTROY 2 U-B0ATS
Naval Forces Destroy One and Capture
other, According to Official
Advices.

Washington, July 4.-Oficial advices
received here report that British ma
val forces have accounted for two Ger
man submarines within the past week.
One was destroyed and the other cap
tured. .-------------
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07

ulUudTCuy.
Picking, July 4.-Hsuan Tung, the
boy emperor, was taken into the I'M
perial palace under the protection of
General Chang-Hsun and placed on
the throne. The legation quarter Of
the city Is under a heavy guard and
the troops of General Chang-Hsun are
intermingling freely with the Picking
soldiery.
General Chang-Hsun Is maintaining
the strictest order and no trouble in
Peking is feared.
The imperial emblem is everywhere
displayed, marking the restoration Of
the Manchu monarchy. There has
been no disorder. In long edict En-
peror Hsuan Tung, who was restored
to the throne, explains how, being
youthful, he was forced to relinquish
sovereign power to Yuan Shi Kai, late
president of the Chinese republic.
Appeal Issued by People.
The country being threatened with
| disintegratlon and party strife and the
| people appealing teslais,a ~, lake Oval
its administration to save the people
! from suffering, the young emperor says
he was compelled to take action
Chinas future government will be
based on the following:
"The country shall be administered
20 ha nncfftJIffnnoJ laVuc
promulgated by the late emperor.
Expenses of the imperial house
hold shall remain the same as those
fixed by the republic.
Blood princes shall not be allowed
to interfere in politics.
"There shall be no difference be-
tween Manchu and Chinese. Marriage
between them is allowed.
| "All foreign treaties and contracts
shall remain In force.
"The stamp tax and other petty
taxes are abolished.
"The republican criminal civil code
is abolished and that introduced the
first year under Hsuan lungs govern
ment is reinstated.
political offenders are pardoned.
"The wearing of queues Is optional"
A hundred Japanese have arrived to
strengthen the legation guard. There
Is no news of President Ii Yuan
/ lungs expected resignation.
General Chang Made Premier.
! Tientsin, July 4.-Reports reaching
here from Picking say that the emper-
| or has issued an edict appointing Gen
eral Chang Hsun premier and viceroy
of the Province of Chill, and that he
has named members of the new cabi-
net, including Kang Yu Wei, president
of the progressive party, to which mil
lions of Cinnamon belong, and Hsu
Shih Chang, former secretary of state
of China, who will head the ministry.
General Chang Hsun sent four dele
gates to President Ii Yuan Hung to
demand his resignation, but the presi-
dent paid no attention to them. The
Manchus have offered him a grand
| dukpdOm.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07

decentralization county will re-
ceiye mail by motor vehicle from
Knoxville. The postoffice department
has advertised for bids and will re-
ceive same until July 8.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
AMERICAN TROOPS
ARRIVE IN PARIS
Shop Girls and PopuIace Gen.
orally Greet U. S. Soldiers
With Wild Enthusiasm.
KISSED while They MARCH
Soldierly Bearing Of Men Impress Mill.
tary observers-They Are Lean
and Brown, and Differ in APP
pearance From Europeans.

Paris, July A battalion of Ameri-
can troops arrived in Paris to parade
today, the American Independence
day. The Americans were greeted by
wildly enthusiastic crowds, which
packed the streets through which they
marched to Neuilly barracks, where
they are quartered. The officers are be-
ing quartered at the military club.
The Americans arrived at the Aus
terlitz station at 40 in the morn
Ing. They were greeted by officers Of
the French and American armies. The
French Red Cross provided refresh
ments and the American Red Cross
and Young Mems Christian Association
also sent representatives. Hundreds
of Americans were in the throng at the
station.
Crowd Waves American Flags.
Headed by their own band, the sol
diers, carrying their rifles and field
packs, fell in and marched off to the
barracks. The crowds waved American
and French flags
AS the troops swung through the
streets French girls pinned bouquets
and American flags on the soldiers
breasts. Flowers were scattered along
| the route.
| The band played Yankee Doodle
''Dixie," Marching Through Georgia.
md other American airs.
French soldiers on leave grasped thg
/ hands Qf tlse Americans ana marched
Il isiasds Ks
Say arat tiiilss f6aps III sff0p giri
on their way TO work slipped through
the police lines and kissed the soldiers
to the latter's great embarrassment
Now and then an American voice
would be heard calling out "Hello
boys" Welcome to Paris" or "Good
luck"
Children KneeI in the Streets.
When the regimental colors were car.
ried past, the men in the crowd barred
their heads. The Americans were great.
| ly surprised to see children kneel in
the streets as the flag was carried by.
They were orphans from an institution
in the neighborhood.
The soldierly bearing of the men i'm
pressed the military observers. They
were lean and brown and the new field
packs gave them quite different ap-
pearance from that of British or con-
tinental soldiers.
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4 has the situation well In

Thinks 6e has the situation we'll In
hand.
klty Is Being Dlstrcted.
"The civil authorities there are now
cooperating fully with him. He, in
confefeuce with the mayor and chief
Of polfNe, is districting the city and
proposes 70 control every portion of
1t and Min not permit persons to loi-
Ter gather in groups upon the
streetS
II III tructed Adjutanr General Dick
son W use as drastic measures as in
his WSlgment were necessary to re-
store JAW and order. There will be no
partiaAty as between races. Order
will EH maintained If it requires all
tro0y Tat our disposal to accomplish
fbs been suggested that / pro-
olaf N Mortal law within this territory.
4 IN judgment at the present time
athi IS bid weaken instead Of strength
sen position. We have employed
X saa rapidly as we could con-
at East st. Louis as eff
hough martial law had
been cared
Police CO. Operating With Troops.
''We now have, in addition to those
troops, the police and other civil au-
thorities cooperating with us heart
fly. 10 declare martial law would
eliminate the police force and all other
civil authorities and would not add a
single soldier to our forces. The first
duty, therefore, seems clearly to me
to be to employ all our forces, civil and
military, in restoring order. When that
Is done 1t will be time to consider fur
tber measures to avoid a repetition OF
this Iamentable situation.
1.-THE state at this time has moth
ing to do with the merits Of this con
troversy; it proposes that order shall
be maintained at whatever cost, and
as against the whites and negroes
alike
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
RUSS TAKE MORE men
Capture 5000 Additional leu
tons in GaIiCia Drive.
New OFFENSIVE carries Sqav Troops
Forward on Way to Zlcchoff--
Soldiers Kiss kerensky.

Petrograd, July Russian troops
have occupied the Galician villages of
Presovce, Zboroff and Korshiduv. The
Austro- German forces have retreated
westward across the Little Stripa
river
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07
Chinese RULER
APPOINTS CHANG
TO Be PREMIER
Emperor Hsuan Tung Outlines
Policy and Reasons for TAX
ing the Throne.
SAYS PEOPLE ISSUED APPEAL
Explains That Being Young He Had
Submitted to the Late President
To Rule According to the Con-
stltutionaI Laws.

Picking, July 4.-According to an
edict issued in the name Of Hsuan-
Tung, the young emperor who was put
back on the throne under the protec-
ton of General Chang-Hsun, President
Ii Yuan Hung has submitted to the
monarchy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-12-01
MATlNEES,kT:IHE i: Fl.
oRPHEUM EVERY DAY
At 2:15 Becoming Very Popular.
Bargains at 15c and 25c

Toots Paka and her Hawaiian ma
tive singers and instrumentalists will
divide the headline honors with Eva
Taylor and Lawrence Crattan and
company in Mr.. Crattan's latest farce
Rocking the Boat" The other acts
will be Frank Crumit 1.-THE one Man
Glee Club" and entertainer Of exceed
ing cleverness and a big hit; the LIE
Grohs in pantomimic novelty; Roy
Rice and Mary Warner presenting
"On the Scaffold;" Kanazawa Boys.
equilibrists with laugh: and the big
feature Elsa Ruegger, the famous
lady ceiloist, an artist of world fame,
assisted by Ebay Clark, harpist and
Edmund Lichenstein, violinist; to-
gether with the Orpheum Travel
Weekly and concert orchestra. =.
Attention is again called to the big
gest amusement bargain in the coun-
try, the daily matinees at 2:15 for
15c and 25c-a bargain that can not
be overlooked in these days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-12-01
At THE SUNBEAM.

Wallace Reid and Anita King top
the program Sunday, when these two
young artists appear in the Para
mount production Of 1.-THE Golden
Fetter," d" thrilling drama Of the. east
and west. How the large and hand
some Mr.. Reid gets placed in a corner
of the school room with his eyes to
the wall because he has the temerity
to chalk on the blackboard, IT luY my
teacher" is one of the clever incidents
Of the photodrama:- Prominent in the
cast are Tully Marshall, Walter Long,
G. H. Geldert, Mrs. Lewis McCord,
Lucien Littlefield, and others
Pearl White will be on the program
each Wednesday and Thursday, in
1.-THE Fatal Ring The serial is based
on a series Of very successful stories
which achieved wide popularity under
the tftleaof eNocturnal Adventures Of
Nicholas Knox" in the Popular Maya
zine.s:. -: -:: ':
Robinsen drus6 :fer: Friday land
Saturday from the. popular story that
had thousands of readers in book
and Youths Companion.
Mark Sennett, the leader of all
comedy productions, has promised a
two-reeler right off the shelf, '::The
Pullman Bride that makes one Lively
Honeymoon Trail !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-12-01
G|vEFARM TO
EVERY SOLDIER
Senator Harding Of Ohio Pro-
poses Distribution Of Land
In This. Way. $500

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a farm
for every soldier of the United States
who returns from the war is a pro-
posal made by Senator Warren G.
Harding of Ohio. The adoption Of
such a. plan, he holds, will go far
toward the solution of the problem of
land distribution in this country,
which Senator Harding considers vital.
The government must supervise the
distribution of the land to the SOL
diers, he said.
1.-THE proper distribution Of land is
the very basis of national wellbeing, F."
said Senator Harding. 1.-THE land
should, as far as possible, be in the
possession of the men who work it..
A nation Of owners of small farms
which support sturdy families is the
ideal"
The sturdy farm folk Of France, he
said, had proved to be the saviors Of
that country more than once. Eng
lands weakness has lain in the fact
that her land was in the hands of the
few. Now England is endeavoring
to solve her land problem and has
already done 50 to a considerable ex-
tent in Ireland.