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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
|MICHAELIS OUT
AS CHANCELLOR
Resignation Placed in Kaiser's
Hands, According to Report
in London.
OTHER CHANGES in CABINET
Helfferich 10 "ReIieved" of His Old
Job as Minister of the Interior
Germany Plans Grab of
Holland.

London, Oct. pa wireless Press
message from Amsterdam asserts that
Chancellor Michaelis has placed his
resignation in the kaiser's hands.
Helfferlch Out of Old Job.
Amsterdam, Oct. 25.-A Berlin Off
ciai statement says an imperial decree
has been issued, transferring social
economic and political tasks from the
ministry of the interior to the new inn
perial department of economics.
Vice Chancellor Helfferich Is re-
Heved of the administration of the
ministry of the interior.
Under secretary of the interior and
undersecretary Of state (name miss
ing) has been appointed minister Of
the interior.
Under Secretary of State Rudolph
SchWander has been appointed secre-
tary OF state for the imperial depart
ment of economics.
In the second chamber the situation
with respect to the difficulty that has
arisen between Holland and Great
Britain over the transit Of concrete
materials through Holland from Ger
many to Belgium was explained by
Jonkheer Loudon, the Dutch foreign
minister.
He admitted the possibility that the
military use the Germans were max
ing of materials was not in conformity
with the results of the Dutch inquiry
into the matter, which naturally could
not be extended to continual sur
veillance.
Holland he said. was readg to ex-
aniine all augg8stions from England,
but would consider It contrary to her
dignity, as well as her neutrality, to
evade, because of pressure exerted by
one party, her duty toward another.
Plan Grab Of Holland.
Copenhagen, Oct. 25.-The view of
Admiral Won Tirpitz, former German
minister of marine, that the seizure
of Belgium was the stepping-stone In
extending control over Holland, was
proclaimed by Herr Bacmeister, the
national liberal leader in the reichs-
tag, and one of the pan-German stall
warts in speech at Hamburg. Quot
ing Won Tirpitz Herr Bacmeister
said:
IF we control the Belgian coast,
then the Netherlands will enter into
our concern. If England-America re-
tain the coast In their hands the Hol-
landers will enter into their concern
1t will be recalled that the late Gen
eral Won Kissing, governor-general in
Belgium, In his memorandum on Bel
GUM also intimated the necessity of
extending German sway over Holland
In preparation for Germany's next
war.
Herr Bacmeister said DIR. Won Beth.
mann-Hollweg. the former imperial
German chancellor, was responsible
for the convocation of the Austrian
parliament, having advised the young
emperor to taRe this step, which was
the cause of the spread Of the peace
sentiment in Austria.
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RUSHEs TROOPS TO AID ITALY
French and British Infantry and Artil-
Iery Cross the Alps.

Washington, Oct. 25.-French and
British re-enforcements are arriving
daily at the Italian front, official Rome
cables stated. The troop movement is
being made by train from France.
Large quantities of munitions and
many artillery battalions accompany
the infantry.
Rome, Oct. 24.-Italian troops re-
pulsed a strong attack by Austrian and
German forces IN the Cadore region al
Monte Piana, clinching the enemy de.
feat by clearing a section Of the
trenches which had been temporarily
relinQuished, the war Office announced.
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KILL WOMEN RIOTERS
Police Fire on Hungry Crowds In
Austria.
Frontier Cloead owlnp 20 Serious DIE
order In Many TsWns--plaRts
Wrecked.
London, Oct 25.-The AustrO-Hwiss
frontier has been closed owing 10 the

London, Oct. 25.-The Austr0-Hwiss
frontier has been closed owing 10 the
serious internal situatton ln AnatESss
according 10 an aKchanea TsSssRnDA
dlavateA from Begne, .. sa.
Several npnlton S&ctGg4es were
wrecked in recent food riots Ia Vienna
Presburg. EFUnn and LAAbaeh, the
rioters being mostly women, the ad-
vices state.
The police report. according 10 ths
reports, flred on the crowds, killing
and wounding many persons.
Washington, Oct. ?a-An Italian
workman. interned in Germany since
the beginning Of the war. has escaped
through the Alps to his own country
with report that the German people
want peace and expect It to come In
November. Laborers are threatening
to leave the factories and the e4vtl
population 10 living under tsrEihle con-
ditiona
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U. S. MAY SEIZE COAL
Garfield Tells Operators Nation
Has Right to Act.
Urges Leaders OF Industry to Get Be-
hind President In Fight
Against Germany.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 25.-Harry A.
Garfield, national fuel administrator,
addressing coal producers from every
field In the country here, urged leaders
Of the industry to lay aside all differ
ences and get behind President Wilson
in the fight against q Germany. Nh Gar
field conferred wita .Iasenh Glagfex,
sia i5isHT ptf eufn adniinis nistrat0r; w.
K. Field, president Of the National
Coal association, and David W. Kuhn,
Pittsburgh fuel director, before ad-
dressing the operators.
Mr.. Garfield made no reference in his
address to any possible increase In coal
prices by the government or to the de-
mand of miners In the Pennsylvania
and Ohio fields for increased wages.
"As generation Of men," said Mr..
Garfield, I'VE have been trained in the
rights of peace and resent any sugges-
tion that the government can reach out
and take hold of our interests. We are
now a people at war. Is 1t any more
violent that the government should
reach out and take our sons from our
homes and place them in grave danger
and evea demand sacrifice of life ia
maintenance of principle our presl-
dent has laid down? Is 1t more violent
that our president should take over
our wealth? The government has that
right.
II propose to produce fuel for the
home and the factory in greater guam
tity than ever. want you to set aside
your competitive differences, make
momentary sacrifices and stand behind
the president in this time of emer-
gency."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
TWO KILLED IN RAIL WRECK
Northwestern Train Leaves Rails as
Mortified, III.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Engineer Albert
cameron and Fireman Sherman Wright
were killed when passenger train No.
l102 of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad left the rails and was wrecked
lat Northfeld, III. Cameron lived at
'784 North Lockwood avenue, Wright at
42S3 West End avenue. No passengers
were hurt, according to reports to Of
scials of the railroad company. Cam
8eron was killed instantly. Wright died
IN the Evanston hospital two hours
later. Several baggage and express
cars were derailed and the smoker
pulled into the ditch. The engine
turned over after leaving the rails.
Cameron and Wright were caught In
the wreckage and crushed. Train No.
102 Is a fast passenger running from
>she northern Michigan peninsula.
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RECORD FOR PAW IMPORTS
over Bllllon Dollars Wev$A % Per
e.gn Material Received.

Washington, Oct A-yOs the fssss
time In the history of American trade
the imports Of raw materials passed
the billion-dollar mark during the fas.
cal year 1917. According to statistics
published by the bureau Of foreign
and domestic commerce Of the depart.
ment of commerce, the exact total was
81, 1,10o, ,655.0z0, noteworthy Increase
over the $e4s, 500. 800 in 1919 and the
s6S2, ,S65, 800 in 1914. the last normal
year before the wak
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/. w. W. BLAMED FOR STRIKE
U. 8. OFFICERS Asked to Halt Further
Trouble at Mines.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Federal authori-
ties are not only to be appealed to for
an adequate coal supply for Chicago,
but the department of justice is to be
asked to hunt down l. w. w. agitators,
socialists and other pro-German pro-
pagandists who are melting the coal
miners to strike. This is a precau-
tionary move to prevent another walk
out. It has been learned the agtta-
tors are everywhere about the mines.
In one shaft the chief strike agitator
is an Austrian and In another 1t has
been established that German sue
ceeded In causing the miners to walk
<vnrA
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SECOND LIBERTY
LOAN CLOSE TO
S3,oOo,ooO,0oo
DEFINITE RE5ukE GIVEN ny LIB.
ERTY TO GERMAN AUTocRAcY
ON LIBERTY DAY.
Subscriptions To the Second Lib
erty Loan Brought the Total For ttA
$4,000, ,ooo. 900 Drive Close TO s3,ooo,.
0o0, 900 Or More.

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvte&
Washington.-Liberty gave def.
mite, determined rebuke to German au-
tocracy by swelling the second liberty
loan close to the $4,000, 100000 mark.
On Liberty Day. proclaimed by Presi.
dent Wilson, ,who started In the nat.
ional work with his personal subscrip-
tion Of $4,000, the people of the
country rolled in their gold until the
Treasury officials announced that ST.
731,0SS,0O0 worth of bonds had been
reported bought. Their unofficial esti-
mates, based upon the incomplete re.
port, put the amount Of the sales up
to $2,715, ,000, 900, and this was made "a
a most conservative estimate. This
estimate was made public by the Treas.
ury Department:
Indications are that Liberty Day
subscriptions to the second liberty loan
brought the total for the $4,000, 900,
600 drive close to $4,000, ,000,0 900, but
there is no official assurance that this
mark was passed" The Department.
estimate was based upon returns and
estimates from most Of the IL Fedora
Reserve Districts, filed by wire at
p. m, Eastern time.
At that hour. however, the campaign
still was in full swing throughout tho
greater part OF the country, tens o.
thousands OF persons were standing IL
line at banks and other subscription
agencies. and there was no reliable
gauge by which the outp0uring Of dol
lsfars oOdlf be measured.
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B. S LABOR "PlckET" RIGHT
sNehrsska Court Also Rules unicns
I kay SUirinfnc AuaiasE opsn snsp.

\ Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 26.- right OF
bbor unions to combine and to make
use Of the peaceful picket" 20 Gght
the 'open shop" is upheld in a de-
cisiop rendered BY Judge Charles
Leslie In the district court OF Douglas
county, in suit brought by Attorney
General Reed Of Nebraska TO enjoin
the Omaha unions and opposed en-
Eployers from carrying their differences
Ito q point inimical to the orderly
course of business.
The attorney generals suit was fled
binder the "Junkin act" prohibiting
combinations In restraint Of trada and
was directed against the opposing par.
Ties as co-defendants, charging each
with conspiracy In violation Of the act
mentioned.
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Uncle Sam After Neoroes.

Youngstown, O.-Acting with Fed.
eral officials police started q roundup
OF so negroes alleged to be draft eva.
ders. All registered for the November
election and their ages were taken.
Investigation discloses that none regis.
tered for the draft in June. They live
In construction camps.
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VIII Use Bronze Money.

Berne, Oct 25.-The Swiss federal
council has decided to issue 1000, 900
ten-centime pieces and 100000 FIVE
centime pieces In bronze owing to the
shortage of nickel and copper. The
coins will be withdrawn as soon as
the present shortage Of small money
Is relieved.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
RHINE CITIES ExPEcT RAips
osrmans MeSht eaey 0uaa In pveaasa.
tlen for Nspsssai Alp AtEaeka

Geneva, Switzsxiand, oca M-,Ala
German towns and citiss along "a
Rhine are exDscttng repriaai dir iuaAa
tn number Of sky guns has bsan
doahasd The mayors Asye sunsnoas6
meetings b explain pgecausianayy
measures to the population. who ars
advised to keep calm. Sirens have
been mountsd on churches and fson
them the alarm win BE- sounded
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Nine. .ssour pay stays In Force.

The Kansas Retailers association
has lost fight against the nine-hour
day for women which has been estab-
lished by the state Industrial welfare
commission. The merchants pleaded
that It was necessary to keep their
stores open later than nine o'clock on
Saturday evenings but the commits
sioA rejected the appeal.
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Coal orders To suspend One DAY.

SV0' O'UVTs TO OuoPCHu OHc Uays
Washington. The Government will
suspend its priority order of shipment
plan one day in order to devote the
entire production of the Ohio, West
ern Pennsylvania and Michigan btu.
minous coal mines for that one day
to the emergency needs of the domes.
tic consumers of Ohio and Michigan,
the Fuel Administration announced.
This plan Of devoting one days pro.
duction to the needs of a particular
part of the country will be followed
in other cases. Every effort will be
made to get an adequate car supply.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
QUIT WORK ON BUILDINGS
Unions object to Employment OF Mon.
unlen Men on Arsenal Pianta.

Watertown, Mass. Oct &s-Two
thousand union building laborers EN-.
ployed by three firms of contractors
who are erecting IL buildings at the
Watertown arsenal are under union
orders to quit work today, in addition
to 800 who struck. The men object to
the employment of nonunion labor by
one of the contractors, and demand
double pay for overtime work
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
HAS ENDED 800 STRIKES
Large Number Of Labor Controversies
Settled Since War Began.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 25.--About
800 strikes or labor controversies, In
volving 100000 men directly ana 800-
900 indirectly, have been settled by
federal mediators Of the department
Of labor since war was declared. Only
45 attempts to mediate were unsuc-
ceasful and 100 cases ars pending ],
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-27
FEWER ATTACKS BY U-B0ATs
Figures Show Big Reduction in ship
Losses.

Washington, Oct. 15.-The rapld
passing Of the U-boatss effectiveness
was strikingly set forth in figures
made public by the shipping board.
The statistics, compiled from records
covering six months, show that Of
every 200 ships sailing in any Of the
submarine war zones, one is attacked.
One out of every 125 attacked Is sunk,
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Seventy Truoks Lost In sssoooo Fir

Seventy TRUCKS LOST IN $3oO,oo0 Fire.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.-Fire destroy
ed the flve-story garage Of the Adams
Express company, located In the CEN
ter of the city. Seventy-five motor
trucks were consumed in the blaze.
which csRseS a loes astimasad at $3.50
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Two Killed, Train Wrecks AutomobIle

Indianapolis, Ind.-Two men were
killed and a woman seriously injured
when Big Four passenger train
struck an automobile at the New York
street crossing.
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The chiIdren's Poet.

In the st. Nicholas Magazine Hide
garde Hawthorne gives a sympathetic
sketch of the life Of Robert Louis
Stevenson, whose "Child's Garden Of
-varsas'. is perhaps thesssassssA ssonulaF
book Of poetry ever written. Ills pas
sionate attachment to children is ex-
pressed best by Andrew Lang, whom
Miss Hawthorne quotes:
There was a very pleasant trait
In Stevenson's character which, per
haps, does not display itself In most
of his writings--his great affection
for children. In an early letter
he writes: Kids Is what is the mat
ter with me. Children are too
good to be true He had natural
infatuation, SO to say, for children as
children little boys and girls
were his delight, and he was theirs"
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CHAPTER xxvlll.
De Spain Rides Alone.

He ha0 ridden the trail but q short
time when 1t led him In wide angle
backward and around toward Gala
basas, and he found, presently, that the
men he was riding after were appar-
emily heading for the stage barns. In
the north the rising curtain had dark
ened. Toward Sleepy Cat the land
scape was already obliterated. In the
south the sun shone, but the air had
grown suddenly cold, and in the sharp
drop De Spain realized what was COM
Ing. His first thought was of the south
ern stages, which must be warned, and
as he galloped up to big barn, with this
thought in mind he saw, standing in
the doorway, Bull Page. HI
De Spain regarded him with aston
ishment. "How did you get here r. was
his sharp question.
| Page grinned. "Got what was aft
er, and en- back sooner'n I expected.
Halfway over to the gap, met Duke
and the young gal on horseback, head
ed for Calabasas. They pulled up. I
pulled up. Old Duke looked kind 81
ga'nted, and 1t seemed like Nan was III
considerable hurry to get to Sleepy
Cat with him, and he couldn't stand
the saddle. Anyway, they was heading
FOR Calabasas to get rig from Meal
pin. I knowed McAlpin would never
give Old Duke a rig, not IL he was
a-dyin' In the saddle"
They've got your rig!" cried I,e
Spain.
"The gal asked me If I'd mind &c
commodatln' EN-" explained Bull dep
recatingly, "to save time"
'They headed north!" exclaimed De
Spain. The light from the fast-chang-
ing sky fell copper-colored across Ills
Morse and figure. McAlpin. followed By
hostler, appeared at the barn door.
Bull nodded to De Spain. "Said they
wanted to get there quick. She figerd
on savin' few miles by strikin' the
nil trail in. So I takes their horses
and let's on I was headin' for the gap.
When they got out of sight, I turned
| round"
Even as he spoke, the swift-rolling
curtain of mist overhead blotted the
sun out Of the sky.
De Spain sprang from his saddle
with ringing order to McAlpin. "Get
up fresh saddle-horser'
"A horsew cried tho startled harm
noss, Whirling on the hostler. 'sThe
strongest legs in the stable, and don't
lose a second! Lady Jane: IN with
her| he yelled, believing his orders
into the echoing barn with his hands 10
ms mouth. up with her for Mr.. de
spain In second! Marmoni fecser /
Lanzon! What in hi are you all do
lng? he roared, rushing back with d
rusillade Of oaths. "Look alive. eyary-
body"
'Coming" yelled one voice after an
other FROM the depths of the distant
| stalls.
De Spain ran into rhs ONCE. page
caught his horse, stripped tne die
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Truth.

The Truth.
With the desperation of Joy born
Of despair she laid her burning cheek
Historically against his cheek. She
rained kisses on his ice-crusted brows
and snow-beaten eyes. Her arms held
him rigidly. He could not move nor
speak till she would let him. Trans
formed, this mountain girl who gave
herself so shyly, forgot everything. Her
words crowded on his ears. She re-
peated his name in an ecstasy Of wei
come, drew down his lips, laughed, re.
joiced, knew no shamefacedness and
no restraint-she was one freed from
the stroke Of descending knife. A
moment before she had faced deatF
alone; it was still death she faced
she realized this-but it was death, ut
least, together, and her JOY and tears
rose from her heart in one stream.
De Spain comforted her, quieted her.
cut away one Of the coats from his
horse, slipped it over her shoulders In
cased her in the heavy fur, and turned
his eyes to Duke.
The old mans set, square face sur.
rendered nothing Of applicability to
the dangers confronting him. De
spain locked for none Of that. He had
known t-e Morgan record too long, and
faced the Morgan men too often, to
fancy they would finch at the drum.
beat of death.
Inc two men, in the deadly, driving
snow, eyed each other. Out of the old
mans deep-set eyes burned the resis4.
once OF hundred storms faced before
But he was caught now like a wolf In
trap. and he knew he had little to
nope for, little to fear. AS De Snoin
regarded him something like pity NAV
nave mixed with his hatred, The old
outlaw was thinly clad. His omen
throat was beaten with snow. and
standing beside the wagon, he held tha
team reins III bare hand. De Sna,n
CUT the other coat from his saddle ans
heiu IL out. Duke pretended not ~
see' and, when not longer equal -
seeplng up the pretense, shook hin
bead. ASA
rake it, said De Spain curtlv
"No." 'AS'
Iaae It, say. You and VIE yert
v tr., !, anairs when we get Nan OUT a
this" he insisted. :"
DE SPAIN" Dukes voice 40 -.
s.S wont, cracked like a pistol. II can
buy buy. an a I've got to ssy 20 ysu rsxsT
NO"
Tvs 'T'ed tbs "a. ,nan.
GO Ri caestEfrxxAs
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start for Sleepy Cat 70 avoid trpuDgs
with them. Deeming the second the
more probable conclusion, Do Spain.
absorbed In his speculauons, continued
toward the gap to see whether he could
not pick up the trail of Pages rig far
Their on.
Within a mile a further surprise
awaited him. The two horsmen, who
had headed for the gap after stopping
Page, had left the trail, turned to the
south, down a small draw, which would
screen them from sight, and set out
across the desert.
No trail and no habitation lay III the
direction they had taken and it
seemed clearer to De Spain that the
second horse was led horse. There
was a story in the incident. but his In
terest lay in following Pages move
ments, and he spurred swiftly forward
to see whether his messenger had re-
sumed the gap trail and gone on with
his mission. He followed this quest al
most to the mountains, without recoy-
ering any trace Of Pages RIG. he
halted. 1t was certain now that Page
had not gone into the gap.
Perplexed and annoyed, De Epain.
from the high ground on which he sat
his horse, cast his eyes far over the
desert. The brilliant sunshine flooded
lit as far as the eye could reach. he
scanned the vast space without detect
ing sign Of life anywhere, though
none better than he knew that any
abundance Of it might be there. But
his gaze caught something OF interest
on the farthest northern horizon, and
on this his scrutiny rested long time.
A soft brown curtain rose Just above
the earth line against the blue sky. TO
ward the east it died away and toward
the west it was cut Off by the Super
stition peaks.
De Spain, without giving the weather
signs much thought, recognized their
import, but his mind was filled with
his own anxieties and he rode smart
ly back toward Calabasas, because he
was not at ease over the puzzles In the
trail. When he reached the depression
where the horsemen had, without any
apparent reason, turned south, he halt
ed. Should he follow them or turn
north to follow Pages wanderings? If
Page had been scared away from the
gap, for time, he probably had no In
formation that De Spain wanted, and
De Spain knew his cunning and per-
sistence well enough to be confident
he would be back on the gap road, and
within the cover of the mountains, be-
fore a storm should overtake him. On
the north the brown curtain had risen
fast and already enyeloped the farthest
peaks Of the range. Letting his horse
stretch It's neck, he hesitated MOI
ment longer trying to decide whether
to follow the men to the south or IL
wagon to the north. A woman mlyht
have done better. But no good angall
was there to guide his decision ana i,
another moment he was riding !. ,,;dsx
to the. south with the evenw Nc afa
misty cloud behind him rdIfing Eg6gj
into the northern sky.