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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
BERLIN TO WARN AMERICANS
"Don't Sail on Enemy Ships" to Be
Substance of German Document
to United States.

Washington, Jan. 31.-A warning to
Americans not to take passage on
ships armed by the, enemies of the cen
tral powers is expected here soon.
Whether the warning will be conveyed
to the state department through the
American embassy in Berlin or through
the German embassy in Washington is
not indicated.
For several weeks the German gov
ernment has been submitting represen-
tations to the state department in
cases wherein it is asserted merchant
ships, armed ostensibly for defensive
purposes, have attacked German sub
marines.
London, Jan. 31.-The Times says it
is authorized to state that the allega-
ton that Great Britain is preparing to
arm merchantmen with guns forward
as we'll as astern Is untrue.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
RUSS GAIN IN THE SOUTH
SCapture Teuton Positions in kimpo-
lung Region-Are Pressed Back
In the Riga Sector.

Petrograd, Feb. Russian troops
have captured Austro- German fortifi-
cations east of Jacobeni southwest of
Kimpolung, near the northerh end of
the Roumanian front, the war office
announced today. Prisoners and booty
were taken by the Russians.
German forces attacked the Russian
lines southwest of Riga. Here the at
tack in general was arrested but near
the Kalnzem-Chlok high road the Rus
sian forces were withdrawn two-thirds
of mile after the assault.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
CALLS MILITIA UNRELIABLE
General Wood Tells Senate Committee
on Military Affairs That National
Guard System Is Vicious.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, commander of the de-
partment of the East, before the SEN
ate subcommittee on military affairs,
called the National Guard system ''vic-
ious and undependable" and contra
diet charges that it's failure was due
to the breakdown Of the war depart
ment's methods of distribution of sup
plies and equipment.
He admitted that the quartermas-
ter's department collapsed entirely"
but insisted "even had the war depart
ment been ready to deliver supplies
and equipment in "a hours, we would
still have had a National Guard only
20 per cent trained and absolutely un-
fit for field service"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
26O pERIsHED AT SEA
British Steamer Laurentic Was
Destroyed by Mine.
Dispatch From Belfast Says Victims
Were Drawn Under Steamer While
Trying to Escape.

London. Feb. 1.About 200 were
1Usf nj Nthe SINKING OF the auxiliary
cruiser Laurentic, many of them hay-
ing been killed by the explosion Of the
mine which sent the former White
Star liner to the bottom last Thursday,
according to dispatch from Belfast.
The Laurentic struck the mine off
the north coast of Ireland, the dis
patch says, and sank in about ten min
utes. A big hole was blown in the side
of the ship by the explosion. Several
boats were quickly launched and, filled
with scores of men, were engulfed In
the vortex Of the sinking steamer. For
a time the sea was dotted with strug-
Cling men, some Of whom were taken
into other boats and saved The re-
mainder could not be rescued. A half
gale was blowing and the weather was
intensely cold.
Fishing boats took the survivors to
the nearest town, where they were
housed. About fifty men on board the
steamer were wounded, none of them
seriously After the disaster some one
hundred bodies drifted ashore.
Another account Of the disaster says
thata vain attempt was made to beach
the ship. The wireless on board the
ship was destroyed by the explosion,
but in response to rockets sent up a
number Of mine sweepers FASTENED to
her assistance. Being 20 miles distant,
it was long time before the castaways
were rescued. One of the boats was
not found until seven hours after the
Laurentic sank.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
US. And GERMANY
ON VERGE OF WAR
AS RESULT OF DECLARATION OF
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE
WARFARE.
Like of Which the World Has
Never Before Seen.

Western Newspaper Union News ',ervice.
Washington.--Germany has declared
unrestricted submarine warfare. A
starvation blockade of England, the
like of which the world never has
seen, was announced to the world in
notes delivered to American Ambas
sador in Berlin, and to the State De-
partment here by Count Won Berns-
torff. Thus begins the long-feared
campaign of ruthlessness, conceived
by Won Hindenburg, it is said here, on
a magnitude never even contemplated
by Won Tirpitz Again the United
States faces severance of diplomatic
relations with Germany with all it's
eventual possibilities. President Will
sons repeated warnings of "a world
afire" and Secretary Lansing's Verge
of war" statement were being recalled
in the capital with feelings of appre-
hension and misgiving. Germany's
action is the super-crisis of all those
that have stirred the American govern
ment in two and half years of world
war.
Peace Plans Go Glimmering.
Talk of peace and means of preserv-
ing peace have gone glimmering. Pres
ident Wilson, incredulous at first when
the unofficial text of Germany's warn
ing was brought to him, at once called
for the official document which had
i11ct I'D %n T
sinP by the German Ambassador. Mr..
Lansing absolutely refused to make a
comment. President Wilson began at
once careful study of the document.
The President has the task of decid-
ing what shall be the course of the
United States. Three immediate steps
appear among the possibilities. The
United States might solemnly warn
Germany against a violation of hes
pledges; it might be decided that the
German warning is sufficient notice of
! an intention to disregard those pledges
and sufficient warrant for breaking
off diplomatic relations; it might be
decided to await the results of the
blockade and determine the course
of the United States as the actual
operations develop. On almost every
side Germany's drastic action is in
terpreted as an open confession of the
effectiveness of the British food block
ade. 1t is regarded as determination
to strike back in kind. German Off
cials in the United States estimate
the food supply of the British Isles
will last month. Admittedly, the plan
is to carry starvation to the doors
of England with swift, stagger-
ing strokes as a fulfillment of
Germany's announced determination to
use every weapon and agency at her
command to end the war quickly.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
COLD IN FRANCE is INTENSE
Country Has the severest Winter
Known There Since 1993-Nantes
Port Frozen Up.

Paris, Feb. 1.-France is experienc-
ing the most severe winter since 1898.
For the last week the thermometer
has never been higher than % degrees
Fahrenheit, except in the extreme
south. The cold reached even the
most southerly point yesterday and af-
fected such favored spots as Nice and
Cannes, while at Cette there was IL
degrees of frost. At Paris, at the
same time, the mercury fell to IA, at
Belfort to and at Lyons to 5, while
the port of Nantes was frozen up,
Notwithstanding the efforts of Ice
breakers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
HUNGER STRIKER GETS FOOD
Birth Control Advocate Reported az
progressing Well Under Gentle
But ForcibIe Feeding"

New York, Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Ethel
Byrne, who went on ''hunger strike"
when she was sentenced last Monday
to 30 days in the penitentiary at
Blackwell's Island for spreading birth
control propaganda, was described by
Commissioner Of Corrections Burdett
g. Lewis as progressing well under
gentle, forcible feeding"
A bulletin issued on Sunday by the
prison physicians characterized Mrs.
Byrne's attitude as one Of general
passivity," and 1t was said her condi-
ton, both physically and mentally,
was good.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
DRYs TO HIT AT TOBACCO
Liquor @ealers Say Same People Wag.
Ing War on Whisky VIII Go
After Weed.

Cincinnati, o., Feb. THAT the to-
bacco industry is preparing to fight
the prohibition movement in self-de-
Tense is the claim put forward here
by the National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers association. The association
asserts that the "same people who
are waging war on liquor are equally
determined to abolish tobacco" The
assertion is based in large part upon
declarations printed in southern news
papers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
2 KILLED IN WABASH WRECK
Train No. IL DeraiIed Near Dillon,
lndiana-Engineer and Fireman
Lose Lives.

Dillon, Ind, Feb. Engineer e. T.
Norman and Fireman H. Yoder, both
of Montpelier, o., were killed and an
unidentified man seriously injured in
the derailing of Wabash passenger
train No. IL, eastbound from Chicago,
one mile east Of here. The engine
tender and baggage car turned over.
Several passengers were bruised by
being thrown from their seats.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
vETOES ALIEN BILL
WILSON CALLS LlTERAcY TEST
RADICAL CHANGE IN POLICY ss
AND UNJUSTIFiED.
PRESIDENT REGRETS ACTION.
Second Time Measure Has Been
Killed by Wilson Because of the
Literacy Test-sends Message to-
the House.

Washington, Jan. 30.-President
Wilson vetoed the immigration bill
passed recently by congress because
Of it's literacy test provision.
1t was the second time that Presi-
dent Wilson had vetoed an immigra-
lion bill be.easssa. of tha u iteracg
and for the same reasons similar meas
ures were given vetoes by Presidents
Taft and Cleveland.
The presidents veto message to the
house, in which the bill originated,
follows:
Il very much regret to return this
bill without my signature.
Literacy Test Radical.
"In most of the provisions Of the
bill should be very glad to concur,
but l cannot rid myself Of the con-
viction that the literacy test consti-
tutes radical Nohange in the policy
of the nation which is not justified in
principle,
1T is not test of character, Of
quality or Of personal fitness, but
would operate in most cases merely
as a penalty for lack Of opportunity
in the country whence the alien seek
ing admission came. The opportunity
to gain an education is in many cases
one of the chief opportunities sought
by the immigrant in coming to the
United States, and our experience in
the past has not been that the illit-
crate immigrant Is as such an unde-
sirable immigrant. Tests of quality
and of purpose cannot be objected to
on principle, but tests Of opportunity
surely may be.
Moreover, even If this test might
be equitably insisted on, one of the
exceptions proposed to its application
involves provision which might lead
to very delicate and hazardous diplo-
matte situations.
Exempts Prosecuted.
"The bin exempts from the opera
ton Of the literacy test all aliens who
shall prove to the satisfaction Of the
proper immigration officer or to the
secretary Of labor that they are
seeking admission to the United
States to avoid religious persecution
in the country of their last perma-
nent residence, whether such persecu-
tion be evidenced by overt acts or
by laws or governmental regulations
that discriminate against the alien or
the race to which he belongs because
Of his religious faith
"Such a provision, so applied and
administered, would oblige the officer
concerned in effect to pass Judgment
upon the laws and practices of for
eign government and declare that
they did or did not constitute re-
ligious persecution.
II dare say that these consequences
were not in the minds of the pro-
ponents of this provision, but the
provision separately and in itself rem
ders 1t unwise for me to give my as
sent to this legislation in its present
FORM"
When the message was read In the
house 1t was ordered to lie on the
table, and champions Of the bill began
laying their plans for an effort to over
ride the veto.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
WANT WOMAN SHELLMAKERS
Britain Advertises for 10000 to Work
in Munition Factories-Wanted
at Once.

London, Feb. 1.-The minister OF
munitions is advertising for 10000
women to fill shells in British NUM-
tion factories.
''This appeal" the Daily Mail says,
Illustrates signally the crowning de-
feet of Chamberlain's scheme of ma
tional service-namely, that it does
not propose to take steps to enroll the
women at once, but leaves them to be
dealt with after all available men
have been found.
1T is now seen that women are
wanted at once. Munition factories
cannot wait until it is known wheth-
er Chamberlain's voluntary recruiting
SuOrt Succeeded or failod
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
FRENCH START NEW BATTLE
Smash German Defenses in Lorraine
South of Leintrey-Take Trenches
and Prisoners.

Paris, Feb. IA French detachment
penetrated the first two lines of Ger
man trenches in Lorraine south OF
Leintrey, says the official report. All
the occupants of the trenches were
routed and prisoners were taken.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03

Alamo. Raymond Murchison, aged
10 years, is dead of congestion of the
brain. Death was probablv caused by
a fall on the ice, which young Murchi-
son had several days ago, when he
struck his head on the ice.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03

Mckenzie AT mass meeting q
the citizens of Mckenzie and commu-
nifty, held under the auspices OF the
w. G. T. IT,, strong resolutions were
adopted endorsing the "bone-dry' pro.
hibition bill now before the legisla.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-03
oreqon Passes Dry Bill.

Salem, Ore, Jan. 30. - Oregon's
"bone-dry" prohibition bill was passed
by the lower house of the legislature
on Monday by vote Of 53 to Z. =
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
WRONG FEEDING METHODS.
National Crop improvement serylc

National Crop improvement Seryce.1
There is an old story about ship
captain who had medicine chest. A
sailor was sick and he found that No.
Al in his book was the indicated rem
edy, but alas! the bottle of No. Al
was empty, SO he took equal parts OF
No. 40, which was strychnine, and
No. z, which was carbolic acid, and
added them together and made No. AZ
and the sailor died.
The application of this old story is
that many a feeder will think that If
little of cottonseed or oilseed meal
is good, whole lot will be better
And, like the man who put the green
spectacles on the horse and fed him
shavings-just after he got him
trained the horse died.
It is human nature to experiment
in feeds, and the poor cow has to suf-
fer for an overdose or an underdose
before the proper ration is estab-
lished
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
Be Rid OF That Ache.

If you are sufferer with lame back,
backache, dizziness, nervousness, and
kidney disorders, why don't you try
the remedy that your own neighbors
recommend.
James Pollard, retired farmer, Roll
lin and Mechanic streets, Edgerton,
says: II had dull ache in the small
of my back and the secretions from
my kidneys were unnatural. | began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and was
relieved in short time Statement
given in July, 1907
KEEPS DOAN'S ON HAND
More than six years later, Mr.. Pol
lard said: 81 have had no occasion to
use Doan's Kidney Pills for some
time, but always keep them on hand in
case of need.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for q kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Pollard has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
THE AVERAGE REFoRMER.
National Crop Improvement seryice.l


The average reformer having 80
little at stake himself, plunges about
like bull in a china shop, regard
less of the results of his ardor.
An amusing incident is told of the
Secretary of Commerce The can
manufacturers put up a howl that
unless they could get tin-plate to
make up, no canning of fruits and
vegetables could be done, SO without
looking over the field it is said that
an order was made that steel was to
be diverted by the manufacturers
from other projects and put at the
disposal of the can manufacturers.
1t looked all right on the face of it,
but when the manufacturers of har-
vesting machinery demanded steel
which they contracted for, and found
that there was not steel for aprons,
1t having been diverted to cans, a
hurry-up call modifying the order
was issued, so that our harvesting
machines could be made in time for
the growing crop.
This illustrates how many plans
are ignorantly made robbing Peter
to pay Paul. Every enthusiast
who has a pet reform which is
always hitting some other business
instead of his own, never looks
around to see what the effect will be
before he plunges. The manufac-
turers of feed and the most success
full feeders in the country have a
right to demand that that delicate
machine-the dairy cow-shall not
be wrecked by hasty legislation.
Revolutionary reforms are seldom
efficacious. Anything which disturbs
the food equilibrium should be
handled gradually. Experience has
shown that the most efficient way to
handle cereal products is to remove
the human food first and feed the
residue to stock Any other system
is sheer extravaganza.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
First Publication July II, 1917
Notice of Final Settlement and Deter
minati0n of Inheritance Tax.

COUNTY COURT ROCK COUNTY,
Wisconsin, Probate.
In the matter Of the Estate of Shap-
ley P. Stebbins, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the county court, to be
held in and for said county at the court
house in the city of GAINESVILLE, in said
county, on the first Tuesday, being the
4th day of September, A. D. 1917, at
the opening of court on that day, the
following matter will be heard and con-
sidered:
The application of Harry H. Wood,
administrator of the will or estate of
Shapley P. Stebbins, deceased, late of
Porter, in said county, for the exam
nation and allowance of his final ac-
count, and for the assignment of the
residue of the estate of said deceased
to such persons as are by law entitled
thereto; and for the determination and
adjudication of the inheritance tax, if
any, payable III said estate.
Dated July II, A. d. 1917
By the Court:
CHARLES L. FIFIELD, County Judge.
Paul N. Grubb, Attorney for Estate.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS
A More Scientific Result Can Be Pro-
duced BY Machinery.
National Crop improvement Service. ]

National Crop improvement Service.I
AS no two lots run alike, 1t is very
difficult to mix straight by-products
of oats, barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed,
faxseed, etc., by measure. because it is
purely guessing. Only few years ago
Intentional fraud or unintentional
carelessness was the rule. Before the
feed laws were passed, each manu-
facturer adulterated all the trade
would stand
Every car of feed sold to the con-
sumner is not analysed, and the farmer
cannot become feed expert because
he has no laboratory. Not one car
out of five hundred is officially in
spected. In the old days country
millers were throwing feeds together
with no knowledge of feed and were
running valuable cows and making the
farmer poorer. In those days the fl ed
tables were wrong, the feeds didn't
fit the tables; the digestible analysis
method was ncorrect; feed standards
for animals were not agreed upon nor
complete; the animals didn't fit the
standards; the buyer didn't know
what was in the feeds he bought to
mix; and there was an unavoidable
variation in the concentration of the
feed.
These conditions have been largely
overcome through the joint action of
the government and state experiment
stations and the mixed feed manu-
facturers who have every facility for
maintaining a uniform product. By
using these scientifically prepar ed
feeds, many herd has doubled its
yield and profits. There are some
painters who can buy lead, oil and
dryer and mix and match their own
color uniformly but the best paint srs
of today have learned that mill-n- de
brands are much better than any,
thing they can mix with a paddle.
The same is true in fertilizers to a
great extent. In mixed feeds there
can be no economy in home mixing
because the mixing factories, being
near the large markets, can utilize
by-products to the very best advan-
tage. Home mixing cannot be accom-
plished at 0ne-tenth of cent per h.,
besides the result is never twice alike
and cannot be without the help of a
laboratory
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
peadIine ordered on Saloons.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-By executive
order President Wilson prohibits the
existence of disorderly resorts or sa-
looms within five miles of any military
camp. Any towns within such radius
licensing saloons of this class may be
within half mile of the camp. Priv
ate persons living within five miles of
such camp may have liquors in their
possession for personal use, but may
not give them to any trooper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
First Publication July 13, 1910.
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Court for Rock County. In
Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a reg
ular term Of the County Court to be
held in and for said County, at the
Court House, in the City of GAINESVILLE,
in said County, on the first Tuesday OF
December, A. d. 1917, being December
4th, 1917, at o'clock a. M, the fol
lowing matters will be heard. consid-
cred and adjusted:
All claims against Joseph Brown,
late of the City of Edgerton, in said
County, deceased.
All claims must be presented for al
lowance to said Court, at the Court
House, in the City of GAINESVILLE, on or
before the 9th day of November, A. d.
1917, or be barred.
Dated July 9th, 1917.
By the Court:
CHARLES L. FIFIELD, County Judge.
E. M. Ladd, Atty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27
Speaks sIiqhtinqly of America.

BERN, SWITZERLAND = The
Post Zeitung of Augsburg, Bavaria,
says that at the reception given re-
Gently by Emperor William in Berlin
to members of the reichstag the en-
peror in conversing with Philip
Scheidemann, the Socialist leader,
spoke slightingly of America and ex-
pressed the conviction that the United
States would not play decisive part
in the war