The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-07

ment by department or bureaus, each
controlled by chief as opposed to as
ISOLATED authority and responsibility.
What colonies compose the union of
South Africa?
Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State.
Please tell me something about Myra
Clark Gaines litigation, which got her
the name of "Iong lived claimant"
She claimed considerable part of
the city of New Orleans. Her maiden
name was Myra Clark, and she was
born in New Orleans in 1905. Her ia
ther. an enterprising Irishman, died In
1918, leaving large amount of real
estate, of which Myra was the princi-
pal heir. Her father acknowledged her
In his will, but her title was much
clouded In 1880 she brought suit to
establish her claim, and lii 1889 SHE
was married to General Edmund
Gaines, u. s. A., who served with
credit In the war of 1872 and In the
Indian wars. 1t was under her mar
ried name of Myra Clark Gaines that
her suit became historical and she her
self celebrated for persistency. After
passing through the Louisiana courts
her suit reached the supreme court of
the United States, where in 1867 she
received a decision in her favor for
property valued at $35,O00O00 Up to
| 1870 she had gained possession by
J ejectment of about 100000 werth.
The litigation continued, and she died
at New Orleans in 1885 without gain
| ing possession of the property in its
| entirety to which the supreme court OF
| the United States has confirmed her
title. The litigation covered period
of more than fifty years.
What Italian men f-war have been
lost SO far during the war?
The dreadnaught Leonardo da Vinci.
the predreadnaught Benedetto Brin,
the armored cruisers G.. Garibaldi and
Amalfi. Some smaller vessels, destroy
ers, ETC., have also been lost, but ouI
information concerning them Is rather
vague.
Is President Wilson Of English or
Irish ancestry?
Scotch-Irish.
Please state what is meant by the
Pine Creek Declaration of lndepend-
ence?
The Pine Creek Declaration of indie
pendence is the name given to resolu-
tons similar to those adopted by the
Continental congress that were adopted
by the Scotch-Irish living near Horns
Fort, on the west branch of the Susque.
hanna river. now in Wayne township,
Clinton county, Pa at a meeting
held on the Pine Creek plains. No
written record of this meeting has been
preserved but the tradition of the gath.
ering and the resolutions adopted July
4. l7T6. are persistent one
. What are the recruiting depots o
the United States marines?
Port Royal, s. c., and Mare island
Cal.
7 With what countries were the vii
D SON. Bryan peace treaties made, ant
have they been kept?
Treaties embracing peace plans wer.
a signed up to Dec. Is, 1915, with Saliva
= dor, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras
Nicaragua, Holland, Bolivia, Portugal
Persia, Denmark Switzerland Cost,
Riea. Dominican Republic, Venezuela
Italy. Norway, Peru. Uruguay. Argen
: tina. Brazil, Chile, Paraguay. Grea
Britain. France. Spain. Russia Ecua
dor, Greece and Sweden. Such treatie.
: nave all been confirmed except thos,
with Panama and the Dominican Re
= public, but Publications have not beer
exchanged with all the others. AS Il
The Keeping of the treaties little can b.
laid. as no cause for war, In the opin
. ION Of the United States government
: has arisen between it and any of til,
powers with whom these treaties hay,
Necome effective.