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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13
MOVING FORWARD.

@ The slogan, "Now for the three
@ million mark" that has been
o made a part Of the organizing
Q campaign of the American Fed
9 Grafton Of Labor during the last
o year, has not been In vain. The
@ full realization Of the object may
@ not have been attained, but the
@ effort has been well worth while.
@ An awakening of the workers for
O organization has been such that
o many who have been Indifferent
@ to the benefits of organization
9 heretofore have seen the light
@ and the force for good. The anti
@ organization arguments on the
@ part of employers do not carry
o the weight with the workers as
Q they formerly did. Necessity has
O brought their think box gearing
o into action, and when motion is
. once started it has been found
o that the result was more than
Q was at first expected.
o Organization has been planted
. In industries and parts Of indus
o tries that it was thought almost
o impossible, which has given
@ great encouragement. The net
@ results are good and warrants
o our further efforts, Tobacco
% Worker
@
O. O. o @ o o o o 900 o @ o q @ @
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

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GraySTllle, Tenn.
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hnoXVllIe, Tenn,
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LAELUAlGE BUAltD
J. L.. LOI4NS -----W o04urluge, ! M.
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JOnn McIIquuan .... PlLLSUurg, NY.
,oe n. W llCe Last BernsLauL, ny.
AUDllURS.
.uos. Brown E. Last Bernstadt, ny
Robert Nann ~....., SOddy, Tenn
+. L. FLOYD ...... PitLsDurg, Ky.
TELLERS
" ade Brown last B@rnstadt, Ky.
}. -. EoSey -----------Soddy, Tenn
j. 5. cousins ------NewcOmD, Tenn
1kLkGAlkS K TENNESSEE
FEDLIsAAiUN OF LABOR
1. J. Smlth--------Graysvllle, Tenn
John y. boWden Knoxville, Tenn
AT Gary ......... Knoxville. Tenn
LEGISLATIVE CVhlMlTTEE FOH
TENNESSEE
L. j. Smith Granville Tenn
DELEGATE TO KENTUCKY 1 .4D-
EIAATlUr.. OF LABOR.
Iohn jeffrey ....... Pittsburg, KY
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
KENTUCKY
has. E. Wells East Bernstadt, KY.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

..ssf was s.ss- so caifed froncfai oath
that once prevailed in some parts of
this country?
It was not state or local regula-
ton, as your question might imply, but
measure that grew out of the war
Of the rebellion. In 1862 congress
passed law that persons appointed
to Office from the seeded southern
states should take an oath that they
had in no way aided or abetted seces-
sion. This came to be called the IRON
clad oath because majority of per-
sons in the southern states could not
take 1t, but many did who sympathiz-
cd with secession, though they had
mot actually aided or abetted it. After
awhile the oath was modified and final
| ly repealed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13
ALLIES REPLY SENSATIONAL
Marcel Hutin, Paris Writer, Says
Document Is Ready for VIII
son Now.

Paris, Jan. 11.--Marcel Hutin, we'll
known journalist, is authority for the
report that the reply of the entente
to President Wilson's peace note, will
be ultra sensational" and that It's
delivery to the president is imminent.
He asserts the note will be made pub
lie as soon as President Wilson has
had an opportunity to examine 1t.
Retake Liner Voltaire.
New York. Jan. 1.-THE Lamport &
Holt liner Voltaire, now 80 days over
due, which was believed to have been
captured by a German raider, is re-
ported to have been retaken by the
British and conveyed into Bermuda.
harbor.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Please give me the origin of the
Marathon race and how il came by this
title.
Herodotus tells the story Of Pheidip-
pides, courier, who was dispatched
from Athens to Sparta to solicit aid
against the invading army Of Persia,
commanded by Darius. He accom-
plished very creditable "cross coun-
try rum" arriving at Sparta on the Sec
ond day after leaving Athens. On his
return he told how the great god Pan
had accosted him in an Arcadian dell
on Mount Parthenium and babe him
inquire of the Athenians why they
neglected his worship, seeing that he
had always been their friend and as
surfing them that he would remain so.
This pledge was fulfilled by the pan
lc" fright which fell upon the Persians
OH the plain of Marathon Aug. ~,
b. G. 400.
Robert Brownings poem "Pheidip-
pides" gives a variant legend. Imme-
diately on the winning of the victory
the courier takes back the tale from
Marathon to Athens and drops dead as
he pants out the words: "Re1oicel We
win!" This is probably an invention.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

How did the custom originate OF the
president of the United States dating
official documents from the year OF the
Declaration of Independence?
There is no law on the subject. 1t
originated before the adoption of the
constitution, during the days of the
The original articles of
confederation show they were signed
by the delegates lat Philadelphia, In
the state of Pennsylvania, the 9th day
OF July in the year of our Lord, 177S,
and in the third year Of the independ-
ence Of America" The first proclama-
ton issued by Washington as presi-
dent was "Given under my hand and
the seal of the United States, in the
city Of New York, the 14th day of Au-
gust, A. d. 1890, and in the fifteenth
year of the sovereignty and independ-
.ence of the United States
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

What 10 the law in regard to special
delivery of letters by mail? Does it
apply to rural routes2
The law and postal regulations pro-
vide that any article of mailable mat
ter bearing a ten cent special deliv-
cry stamp, In addition to the lawful
postage, is entitled to immediate de-
livery ON its arrival at any United
States postotfice between the hours of
a. m. and II p. M, If the office be
of the free delivery class, and between
the hours Of a. m. and p. m. and
until after the arrival of the last mail,
provided this be not later than 0 p m,
If the Office be other than free de-
livery Office. To entitle such letter
to immediate delivery the residence or
place of business of the addressee must
be within the regular letter carrier linn
its of free delivery Office, and within
one mile of any other office. Special
delivery articles are also delivered by
rural carriers to bona fde patrons of
their routes, provided they live not ex-
ceeding ne-half mile from the route.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Suppose we should get into war with
England or Germany, could we take
private capital that they had invested
in this country, such as railroads, brew
cries, factories, mines or any other away
from them and keep them forever2
International law as now practiced
does not permit the confiscation of the
private property Of individual citizens
OF one belligerent country found in an
other at the outbreak Of war. An au-
thority says: whenever a government
grants permission to foreigners to &C.
quire property within its territories or
to bring and deposit 1t there 1t tacitly
promises protection and security. The
property Of foreigner placed in an
other country by permission Of Its laws
may justly be regarded as deposit of
which the society is a trustee. How
can 1t be reconciled with the idea Of a
trust to take the property from its
owner when he has personally given
no cause for the deprivation"
/ would like to know what 10 the
greatest depth of the Atlantic ocean,
revealed by deep sea soundinss.
The greatest sea depths known to
man Is In the south Atlantic ocean,
midway between the island Of Tristan
da Cunha and the mouth of the Rio de
la Plata river, the bottom being there
reached at depth Of 1926 feet, or
more than seven and one-half miles.
The average depth of the Atlantic is
estimated to be about 10000 feet.
II the United States should be In
volved in war, who would be liable to
military duty?
All male citizens Of the United States
between the ages of eighteen and for
ty-fve are subject to military duty In
case of war.
7 Will you please be SO kind as to tell
me whatever you can of Carlotta, the
widow of MaximiIian7 Nowhere can |
find any record Of what became of her
after she became insane.
The Empress Carlotta, as the Prin-
cess Charlotte was known after her
husband was made emperor Of Next
co, became insane after mental
breakdown in 1866. In 1870 she was
pronounced incurable and confined by
her family near Brussels, Belgium.
She is the aunt of King Albert of the
Belgians, the sister Of the late King
Leopold.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Where are the different moneys
madec Is paper, silver and gold money
made at the same placer
All paper money In circulation Is
made by the bureau of engraving and
printing at Washington. All coins In
circulation are made by the United
States minis at Philadelphia, San
Francisco and Denver
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

o Strikes, however undesirable,
o cannot be abolished by law. II
o strikes are made Illegal, work.
o men may be made criminals
0 thereby. but they will never
o surrender, their right to be free
0 the right to own themselves
. and their labor powerth the right
. to protest against injustice and
. to attain justice. Samuel Com {
pers. c
D c
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

UNITED MINE WUkhEhS OF
AMGh1CA.
district IL.
headquarters. knoxville, Tenn.
hoom Az nenSon Dug, wal ave.
anu rrIuce SC. UIu rnone DOL,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Proposed Measure Is to Take Place Of
Three Acts In Force, Which Cover
but One third of Uncle Sans Work.
ers - Provides For Two thirds Of
Wages During Total Disability.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

How did negroes como to be called
scontrabands during the civil WARP
= It was q curious application OF a
E.weIl established principle. Under the
laws of war a belligerent may hold
as contraband and may seize and con-
denim anything calculated to aid the
enemy and prolong the war. Early in
the war, when General B. f. Butler
was in command at Fortress Monroe,
some fugitive slaves came into his
Hines, and as he needed laborers in field
works he put them at" work. When
their former owner demanded to know
what the general intended to do with
HIS negroes the general replied, II
shall detain them as contraband of
war" Butler held that slaves might
be used against the United States gov
}ernment by its enemies and were
therefore contraband Of war. From
that time fugitive slaves were called
lcontrabands.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Where can | get information in re-
gard to vacant government lands which
are open to homesteaders7
There are public lands open to entry
In dozen different states and from
one to three or four land offices In
each state. A land entry can only be
made In person at the Office Perhaps
you might obtain further information
by writing the honorable commissioner
OF the land office, Washington.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13
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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Under the Dick military law every
ablebodied man over eighteen and un-
der forty-five is subject to military
duty. | am told that officers families
living in barracks must have servants
and that private soldiers are detailed to
wash dishes, scrub floors, etc. The in
formation ! want lie how am | serving
my country doing this sort of labor
should ! be detailed to do such? | am
q young man and could not imagine a
more humilating position to be placed
In. and | might state candidIy would
soon lose all interest in my country II
was compelled to do this.
Paragraph 1868 Military Laws Of
the United States" and section 1885,
revised statutes state, "No officer shall
use an enlisted man as servant IL
any case whatever"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

What are the duties of a forest
ranger2 How are appointments to such
a position made, and by whom7
Forest rangers have certain duties in
connection with the care, keeping and
protection Of national forests which
now cover many millions of acres In
a dozen different states. The value Of
the public property in the various res
ervations is estimated at over $1,000
100000, and the preservation of the for
ests, the sale of timber, the construc-
tionof paths and roads, the issuing of
grazing permits, ETC., give employment
to large number of persons. The for
estry bureau is attached to the agricul-
tural department at Washington. In
formation regarding appointment In
the service can be obtained Of Henry
s. Graves, chief of the forestry bu-
reau, Washington.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Please give me sketch of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, whose
maiden name was Wheeler, was born
IN Johnstown Center, Wis, In 1856.
She WIS educated at the University Of
Wisconsin and in 1884 was married to
Robert M. Wilcox.
Send Us Your Job Printing.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

LA bUAktD AilLAtitLis
conn Jtufty .,..... PILLSUurg ny
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We - at Eak
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

MISUNDERSTANDING that she was
burned while receiving X-ray examina-
tions, and that her injuries were due
to negligent handling, Ethel Clements,
through her attorneys, filed suit for
S25 900 damages in the circuit court
against Drs. J. E. Johnson, w. l.
Rucks, d. P Kincaid and N K. Moody
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knoxville, Tenn,
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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

Jacksonville grand jury has re-
turned a true bill against Lindsey De.
Loach and Roy DUNCAN, two young
farmers IN the ffentn disrrTct. clfssr 80 s
with the murder of Ezra Leathers, who
was shot from ambush last November.
The case will be called for trial on
January %.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-18

street and in the process OF being
transported to a new location come
distance away. but IL is seldom that a
house is taken to pieces. the rar;s
transported more than 1850 rules.
and once more put together again.
This is exactly what has happened.
however, with the residence OF J. T..
Storer, of this city. The Storer fam.
lily recently decided TO make it's nome
hereafter in Edmonton. Canada, and
FOR some reason not generally known
TO the public, they took their house
with them. \ corps OF workmcn was
engaged. the house taken down piece
by piece. each carefully. marked and
done up in neat bundles and loaded
upon steamship FOR transportation
to Vancouver, and thence by rail to
Edmonton. II will not be long. there
fore. until an American frame house.
built OF American lumber from noor
to shingles. appears in Canadian
city rs the residence of the Storor
family.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-18
LUClME CUTOFF HAS
SAVED S. P. MILLIONS

Figures showing the saving and
power accomplished by the Southern
Pocific's picturesque Lucine cutoff
across Great Salt Lake indicat. no.,
that it may be considered one Of the
greatest railroad achievements Of lais
generation.
AT the time that Chief Engineer
VIM. Hood undertook TO design and
construct railroad across the lake in
lcG2 there were many expressions OF
doubt and misgivings as 10 its prac-
ticahility. 1t was said that the sea
w'uiG devOur the structure and The
-nur" scheme prove a failure. Tue
line Wa put in operation in 1901, and.
toby, investigation reveals that the
sails contained in the Great Lake have
acted as a wonderful preservative IN
ste".G OF harming the structure.
G. w. Roar. general bridge inspector
for the Southern Pacific. is authority
lor the statement that the same mum
hCr Of engines handle four times as
much freight over the cutoff as when
they had to climb a third of mile up
g mountain and then down again.
On hundred and ten million tons
have passed over the cutoff since it,
construction. In terms OF average
car loading this would take abou, four
million cars-making a train $4,000
miles long-cnough To reach one and
half times around the earth.
Had this traffic been hauled over
the old line it would have nccegsitated
the running Of 172 additional car miles
and the extra work of lifting a whole
car load a million miles in the air or
lifting a whole ton up TO the sun AMI
lowering it again. Thirty trains and
train movements a day have been saw
ed. with a corresponding saving in
fuel and other train expenses.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-18
PRESIDENT DELEGATES EXTENSIVE
POWERS To DEPARTMENT HEADS

ership OF property between the United
States and any foreign country or
between the residents of any one or
more foreign countries by any per.
son within the United States"
The reserve board already has ever.
cised virtual control over gold and
silver exports.
The secretary of the treasury's vest.
ed authority to prevent transmission
of information TO any enemy either to
or from the United States will be ex.
ercised by the secret service.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-18
WHAT'S THE USE?

If you save money. you're a crouch;
II you spend ii. you're a Ioatcr:
II you gct il, you're CRATER.
And If you don't get it you're = bum A..
SO what the helrs the use?
Buy Liberty Loan Bond
OF the committee or some banker.
And tell Mrs. Grundy you must
Decline to talk about the matter
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-18
MOVE FRAME HOUSE
OVER MANY MILES

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1S.--It is moi,
an uncommon sight to encounter a
house upon rollers in The middle NJ a
The midland journal., 1917-04-06
How to Find Fault,

It is not difficult to find fault,
because there is so much of it lying
around. That's where the difficulty
rU:nes in. There is no honor or dis
tinction III finding fault that anybody
else can find and everybody else has
found.
If you want to b, Il success at fault
finding You must bran out on fresh
lines. use new and ingenious methods
nnl find fault that has never been
found before Where is the honor in
finding fault with your wife's biscuits,
Or with the fact that dinner is late. or
other such daily occurrences? But
only let some budding scientist find a
modicum of fault with the ineXactitude
of the isothermal lines as evidenced by
the cross currents Cf the Martian
canals, and he is in fair way to ac-
emulate unto himself both fame and
fortune.
In brief. then, it is with finding fault
as with everything else-be not COM
mOnplace.
The midland journal., 1917-04-06
What War Means.

Five million men in the flower OF
their vigorous young manhood
manned and cippled for life; legiess'
armless, blinded, shattered; hope
lessly destroyed beyond repair
Five million more; luckler, per
hans. than their broken comrades
rotting in shallow charnel pits OF Oh
the war-torn, blood-soaked soil pc
tween miles and miles of hostile
trenches.
Ten million men. Half OF them
dead the other half worse than
dead.
Five million families, each burden
cd with a helpless human wreck
until death removes the burden.
Five million more families de-
priyed forever Of the bread-wlnner'
Ten to twenty million women
mothers, wives, sisters-saddenea
suffering, despairing.
Millions of children, fatherless;
destined to know only life of cruel
hardships.
Millions, again peaceful, innocent
non-combatants,-o men, women
little children, starving, homeless
outraged, outcast.
This is Europe's war tax on hu-
manity during a little over TWO
years.
None of these afflicted ones want
ed war. Not one would have per
mitted war if he or she had possess
ed the power to prevent. But they
could not prevent war. They could
not prevent it because few men,
a clique, party, powerful, remorse-
less; diabolic, controlling the lives
and destinies of millions decided
that their own interests would be
furthered, their powers increased,
their domains broadened if they
took what did. not belong to them,
but which they coveted. Therefore
they ordered war.
The midland journal., 1917-04-06
A Public Nuisance.

Under the above caption the cecil
Whig makes some pertinent editorial
remarks relative to the subsidized
daily press, that everyone knows 10
he the cold facts. The way the
paid daily press has been howllng
for war and moving heaven anu
earth to push the United States lnto
it is disgusting, and once into war
these same hired lick-spittles Will DC
the loudest to condemn every move
made by those in power. 1t is the
same old story over and over again
These so-called leaders of pubhc
opinion," do the yelling for the
capitalistic owners back of them.
The Whig says editorially:
..while we are discussing pre-
naredness" and the like, would TO
heaven somebody would inaugurate
an effective campaign for the sup
nression of the aevrage daily news
nacar-with it's fiaring headlines,
generally false and always distorted;
with it's subsidized editorials, penneo
often by moral pervert and yet
more often by financial poss ;
with it's disquisitions on political
and public affairs by purchased
reporter; with its unsavory stories
of social life, it's shameless reproouc-
tion of disgusting pictures, its daily
wandering to the baser instincts ana
fee,ings. The "gawping' public
hicks up it's daily paper and thinks
It is listening to the voice OF a deml-
god. Whereas, it is only listening
to a very ordinary (and sometimes
a very reprehensible) mortal whose
only claim to deification lies in tne
fact that he is plentifully daubel
with printers ink. Strip him OF MS
inky dress; pull from him the I'M
personality that shields him; stano
him forth in his own proper person
ality, let the voice be not the voice
of "the paper" but the voice OF sam
slick (reporter) or Pompous fom-
new '(editor) then see now
much weight you would attach TO
his utterance. "THE PAPER SAYS"
Well. what is the paper but an ag-
eregation of very "clayey" mortals'
No one of whom in and of himself
hut enough. We have ALREADY
signed our death warrant pE the
above heresies, because the great
good and gullible American people
will persist to delight themselves py
making their heads nothing out
newspaper scrapbaskets.
The midland journal., 1917-04-06
Clear Away The Waste.

Bowel regularity is the secret of
GOOD health, bright eyes, clear COM
olexion, and DR.. Kings New Life
pills are mild and gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and re-
lieves the congested intestines by
removing the accumulated wastes
without gripping. Take pill before
retiring and that heavy head. that
dull spring fever feeling disappears.
Get Dr., Kings New Life Pills at
your druggist, 25c. 8