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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
RAILROAD MEN LOYAL.
Sure to Stand by Government In the
Event of War.

Sure to Stand by Government In the
Event of War.
If there shall be war with Germany
the government may feel the most i'm
plicit confidence in the loyalty Of the
100000 members of the four railroad
brOtherhoods, says G. Ell. Sines, vice
president of the Brotherhood .of Rail-
way Trainmen.
The present and coming periods of
national crisis will not be used as a
whip to extort favors or to kill any
of the Objectionable features Of the
presidents railroad legislation. The
best proof of this is in the fact that
more than 1000 members Of the broth
erhoods employed on Canadian rail-
roads are now fighting on European
battlefields, and the organizations have
insured their lives to an amount III
excess Of 100000. We already have
paid out $4,000 in war death benefits.
As an illustration Of the patriotism
Of our Canadian members they imme-
diately dropped serious wage dis
pute with the Canadian Pacific rail-
road at the outbreak Of the war. Ac-
ton on this matter will be deferred I'M
til the war is over. The same pro
cedure will be followed by the railroad
men In this country.
During the spanish-American wal
our members got behind the presiden,
to a man. can say with emphasis
that the labor conditions which con
fronted the British government at til,
outbreak of the war will not be duph
Gated In the United States.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
Labor In Colorado.

A decision in favor of maintaining
the Colorado eight hour law FOR wom-
en- anti it becomes absolutely neces-
sary for them TO work more hours
daily was made recently by the deputy
state labor commissioner The paint
ers' strike has been settled with an in
crease OF 30 cents a day Their wage
Is now $40 for eight hours work.
There is plenty of work except in the
building line. and material cannot be
obtained for the latter Good commit
tee work is being done for the labels
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
TO ]. FARRIS O'DELL

J
Beulah O'Deil vs.. J. Farris O'Dell
,taCe of Tennessee, In Chancery
Court of Knox County. No. 1913
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill filed, which is sworn to, that the
defendant, JHarrls O'Dell Is q non-resj
dent of Tennessee. 80 that the ordin-
airy process cannot be served upon
him, it is ordered that said defendant
appear before the Chancery Court, at
Knoxville, Tennessee, on or before
the first Monday Of Oct. psxt. and
make defense to said bill, or the same
will be taken for confessed and the
cause set for hearing ex parte as to
him. This notice will be published in
the Knoxville Independent for four
consecutive weeks. .....
This 18th day of August 1917
J. G. Ford, Clerk & Master
A. Y. Burrows, Sol.
August IS rs Sept 8 1917
TO BERNARD B. FIELDEN
Anna Bell Fieeen VS.. Bernard B.
Fielden
State of Tennessee, In Chancery
Court OF Knox County. No. 1926
In this cause, it appearing from
the bill filed which is sworn to. that
thu defendant Bernard B. Ficlden is
a nonresident of the State of Ten
nessee, so that the ordinary process
cannot be served upon him, it is
ordered that said defendant appear
before the ChanCery Court, at Knox
vile, Tennessee, on or before the
first Monday of Novembernext. and
make defense to said bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed
and the cause set for hearing ex
parte as to him. This notice will
be published in the KNOXVILLE
INDEPENDENT for four successive
weeks. This Sept. A, 1917
j. C. FORD, C. & M.
Penland & Ogle, Soils.
Sept. 8-15-22-29, 1917
ss y. y j. 10 sfs .fs y. \. - i !. Il s sfs p
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
Salaries Raised.

The Du Pont company Of Whining
ton, Del, increased the pay of its sal
aried employees from about 25 per cent
as applied to the lowest salaried posi-
tons to 10 per cent for the highest.
The bonus rate also was changed to 20
per cent of the new salary rate in all
cases. The company in formal an
nouncement explains that the salaries
have beea revised to compensate for In
creased living expenses. :
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
A TANGIBLE VALUE.

+ When a body of workingmen, !
I. by self denial and a series of :
1. costly struggles, has brought up :
\ the standard of working condi- :
4 tons to a point where they have :
/. something near just relation to !
i decent living, the stamp that i.
i marks their product not only sug- :
1. gests the history of these efforts, d.
i but Identifies the article as one .
i. produced In sanitary surround :
1. ings, as opposed to sweatshop /.
i and disease infected tenement :
4. methods. This is especially val !
+ liable where food clothing and !
!. other articles of personal use are /.
i. involved. Who will say, then, .
i. that the union label does not rep .
1. resent a real, tangible value, .
I. aside from the consideration of .
4. living wages and general eco i.
!. nomic manhood? .
i. .
Z. =. q. l. 2. l. 4. 4. & q . = q q q = q
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08

OSHAP~AAJ w ga
State of Tennessee; In Chancery
Court of Knox County, No. 15472
In this cause it appearing from the
bill filed, which is sworn to, that the
defendants National Process Co. and
Shields Coz are justly indebted to the
{. B. Atkin Company, complainants
are non-residents of the State of
Tennessee so that the ordinary pro-
| cess of Law can not be served upon
them and an attachment having been
issued and levied on the defendants
property, it is ordered that said de-
PENDANTS appear before the Chancery
Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, on or
before the first Monday of Oct. next
and make defense to said bill or Che
same will be taken for confessed and
set for hearing ex parte as to them
| This notice will be published in the
Knoxville Independent 4or -FOUR con-
! secutive weeks.
This 18th day ofAugust, 1917
J. G. FORD, Clerk & Master.
| A. G. Grimm Sol.
Aug. Is rs Sept. 1877
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-08
TO CHARLES STOKES
Mary Stokes VS.. Charles Stokes

state OF tennessee. In Chancery
Court OF Knox County. No. 15433E
In this cause ID appearing from the
bill filed, which is sworn to, that the
defendant Charles Stokesis q non-rasid
snt of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
process cannot be served upon him, il
is ordered that said defendant appear
before the Chancery Court, at Knoxville,
Tennessee, on or before the FIRST Mon
day of October next. and make de-
Tense to said bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed and the cause sci
for hearing ex parte as to him. This
notice will be published in the Knox
vile Independent for four consecutive
weeks. This 18th day of August 1917
J. c. Ford Clerk & Master
Alex P. Watson, Sol.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
American Engineer
Lost OFF Ship at Sea
Charles A. Williams Disappears;
Daughter Cared for by North
cliRe's Secretary

An Atlantic Port, July 11.-Charles
A. Williams, an American mining en-
gineer, disappeared from an American
steamer, which arrived here to-day,
when the vessel was two days from
port. Mr.. Williams was accompanied
by his daughter Helen. fifteen years
old, who arrived here under the care
of Miss Sarah Cowley, private secre-
tsry TO Lord Northclitfe.
The daughter was taken from the
pier by c. d. Johnson to an English
boarding establishment, where il was
said last evening that efforts were be-
ing made TO communicate with rela-
tives regarding her fathers death and
her future plans. No explanation was
forthcoming from the child regarding
her fathers disappearance. Other pas
sengers said they believed he commit
ted suicide while suffering from melan-
Cholia.
officers Of the liner stated that on
the last eastward voyage torpedo
missed the vessel by little more than
q foot. When about 400 miles Oft the
Irish coast, at II o'clock on June 20,
officers on the bridge sighted the white
wake of a torpedo coming directly
toward them.
The vessels course was changed I'M
mediately, and the torpedo swept by.
The ships gunners fired four shots at
81 dark locking object about mile DIS
tent hut on account of the darkness
Gould not discover whether the subma-
rine had been hit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Metal Trades Blamed
For Shipyards Strike
Federal Mediator Says Work.
ers Are Willing to Treat
with EMPLOYERS

Rowland B. Mahany representing the
Department of Labor. yesterday put the
continuance of the shipyards strike up
to Henry c. Hunter attorney for the
Metal Trades Association, which is act
ing for the combination of shipbulders
from whom the men have demanded the
Atlantic Coast rate of $3.50 day.
"Mr. Hunter" said Mr.. Mahany, "is
quoted as saying he had never refused
to deal with the men themselves
greatly doubt that Mr.. Hunter ever
made this statement so fundamentally
opposed to all the facts in the record
of negotiations for over a year past.
But if Mr. Hunter did make such a
statement, then what is to prevent him
now from dealing with the men them
selves and thus ending this strike &?
The men in the shops are willing and
eager to deal with their individual en-
ployers or to deal with them collective
~. or to deal with Mr. Hunter as the
attorney of the combined ship firms in
the Metal Trades Association"
Mr.. Hunter had left his Offices before
this statement was issued. Previously
he had denied the strikers were max
ing any Roadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Arrested for Scheme
To Trace Men at War
Promoter, Posing as Army Off.
Ger, Sold Identification
Rings" to Soldiers

Arthur +. Luzzi, promoter Of a
scheme to sell identification rings to
100000 soldiers and sailors at prices
ranging from 81 to SIS each, was ar
rested yesterday on a charge of i'm
personating a United States Army Off
Ger. When taken into custody by Pc
lice Captain Costigan on complaint of
the Washington authorities, Luzzi was
wearing the field service uniform of a
captain in the United States Army Re-
serves.
The complaint was that Luzzi wore
the uniform as organizer of the Amer
lean Bureau of Information" 40 Fifth
Avenue. The bureau proposed TO sell
rings of gold or silver to soldiers and
sailors, each purchaser receiving an
Identification" number engraved in
side the ring which would enable the
mans nearest relative, through the
bureau, at any time to trace him.
Luzzi asserted in printed certificates
which were to be furnished to the
nearest relatives" that he was to get
information about soldiers and sailors
from the War Department. The GER
tificates asserted that "the War De-
partment, while furnishing this infor-
nation, unfortunately is not always
prompt in replying to anxious inqui-
ries, owing to the tremendous volume
of correspondence. He proposed TO
seek to eliminate this delay as far as
possible"
On being turned over to the Federal
authorities, LuzZi said he had sold
about $500 rings. He pleaded he had
applied for permission to attend Platts-
burg and believed he was entitled TO
use the uniform. He was held by
United States Commissioner Hitchcock
in $500 bail for examination on
Ju1v 16
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Bronx Democrats IN
Fusion ComnllF'
Organization VIII Connn'
Work to Local Borous'
Offices

The Bronx Democratic fu''
mittee Of One Hundred was ''' :
last night at Ebhng's Case ~.
Street and St. AIMS Avenue r. -
Cooean was elected chairni1ns a. = :.
J. Russell secretary, ana ;,,s, !, s
Flatley treasurer. 4 eoriml'', =, ?
didates. with Mr. Coogsh D.
was appointed. ,sbs.I'.
The new committee is s cs .s,.s
the Democratic Fusion Oo~T r. I
40. affiliated with Tsninia" h,-xs.
organized 20 marshal the =, 81
forces in The Bronx ioI N, r,a I
municipal campaign ana anu y
borough safe FOR Den;oel ."ir, . I
Committee Of 10 VIA co.,. y, 81
tiyities 10 candidates fSr pr pSr,,,ts
MAYOR. Controller and tss , B, =
the Borough Of Manns'' A., risss
COMMITTEES and similar - Vii 2
the other boroughs Wa ", t,onsr,
ably be organized VIII . ~ d,
selye. 20 the presidents. vc q.
oughs and other local ooSS,sirSs, :,
COMMITTEES on cand'da..ss. Of H. :,
cratic Fusion Commits. he "a
go ssSerol other members .. o, he
committee are members .hs Bron, y
lican leaders last nis .se tile o.
new committee with wv
can's Bluff ul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Vim. S. Bennett
Indicted in Newark
On Charge of Fraud
Ex-Representative Accused of
Aiding in Disappointing
Bank Funds

Former Representative William :.
Bennett and his brother. Howell 5.
Bennett, connected With the Board OF
Foreign Missions Of the Reformed
Church. Brooklyn, were jointly indict-
cd yesterday by the Federal Grand
Jury. in Newark, on charge Of misap-
propriating the funds of the National
Bank of North Hudson, at West Ho-
bokcn. The alleged crime was com
mtted when Howell S. Bennett was
president of the bank, in 1914, and
involves an amount of approximately
$4,000.
There are seven counts in the indict-
ment charging that Howell s. Bennett
discounted notes without the personal
knowledge of the discount committee
of the bank, land did knowingly and
feloniously intend to defraud the bank
by appropriating the money to the use
of his brother. William s. Bennett
William s. Eennet is charged with
aiding and abetting in the transactions.
At his office, 90 Wall Street, the
former Representative said: This IL
a complete surprise TO me. There Is
nothing TO it but matter of book
keeping. There was no loss TO the
bank. Every check bas been satisfied
or secured. IL seems rather strange
that after three years time these al
legged discrepancies should have been
found"
Howell S. Bennett lives at 144 Gar
field Place, Brooklyn. He could add
nothing more to the statement by his
brother. They will appear in the
Federal Court at Newark this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Edwin N. Hurley May
Succeed Redheld as
Commerce Secretary
Present Department Head Tx
pccted to Enter
Business


WASHINGTON. July ll.-Edwin y. hur-
leyfi formerly member of the Federai
Trade Commission and at present rep
resentatiye OF the Department of COM
MERGE on the advisory board Of the Ex-
ports Council. is understood to be
slated for a Cabinet position IN the
near future. The post for which ne Is
mentioned is that of Secretary OF Com
merce, to succeed William c. Redheld'
who. il is understood, will become as
sociated with some large business nrm.
The change in the Cabinet, II is
understood, was slated TO occur some
time ago had not the war interVened.
Because of the active part which you'd
be played by the Department OF Com
merce during the war and Mr.. Red-
fields close touch with foreign and do
nestle commerce, the Secretary, 1t IS
caid, was prevailed upon to continue IN
office.
Mr.. Hurley's selection for the Fed
eral Trade Commission was highly COM
mended. and the Administration ex-
pressed keen regret when he left to go
hack into private business.
Early in the war between the United
States and Germany Mr.. Hurley was
mentioned for various important posts.
It was understood when the exports en-
barge legislation was pending that ne
would be appointed to carry out its
provisions. Therefore. when the EX-
ports Council met two days ago and APP
pointed Mr.. Hurley the representative
of the Department of Commerce on the
advisory board, there was no occasion
for surprise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Germans Organize
To Seize Dye Trade
Central Board Is to Buy
Raw Materials Needed
After War
By BRIGGS


Washington, July 1l.-Reports to the
State Department which have not yet
been made public, review the plans of
the German government for perfecting
the German chemical trade and extend
ing the methods to be applied TO it to
other trades. A purchasing board is
being organized for buying all the raw
materials required for the entire in
dustry, thus eliminating competition
and assuring adequate quantities of
raw materials for the trade at the low
est prices possible.
The reports indicate that Germany
has no fear of losing her supremacy
in the chemical world after the war is
over, and an indication of the Ameri-
can inferiority in one branch of the
industry is the fact that the dyes in
American flags are not holding we'll.
although the best dyes available in
this country are used in the flags. II
is admitted by experts here that, I'M
less there is a very great improvement
in the American production and quality
of dyestuffs. Germany will recover the
American dyestuifs market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Motorboat Owners Warned
Hartigan Finds Dealer. Fail
to Give Full Gas Measure

Commissioner Joseph Hartigan yes
terday advised motorboat owners 10
measure their own gasolene when pur-
chasing 'gas" at the marine gasolene
service stations in and around New
York. Commissioner iIartigan has
been conducting survey of the SER
vice stations, Of which there are about
100. and declared that the dealers could
not be depended upon TO give accurate
measure.
The bureau inspectors found one sta
ton, however, where the dealer had
been cheating himself by selling gaso-
one-quarter to one-half gallon in ex-
cess OF the Decent gallon purchased.
This dealer had sold abput 10000 gal
Ions. ut . loss Of about t2.e00
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
City Land Graft Charged
Board of Estimate Accused of
Questionable Methods

Charges alleging the use of question
able methods by members of the Board
Of Estimate in the purchase of lands
at Rockaway and other parts of the
city were laid before District Attorney
Swami yesterday by William II. Bull
lock. director of the Bureau of City
Inquiry, an organization with Tam
many affiliations. The District Attor-
ney declined TO reveal the nature Of
the charges, but stated he had turned
over the information to his assistants,
william Hartman Black and Edwin Kill
roe, with instructions to make a full
investigation.
The charges are said to allege that
members of the Board of Estimate
purchased land through the use of
dummies" In some instances. it was
alleged, these dummies bought land
for about $50 an acre and later dis
posed of it 10 the city for prices rang
ing as high as $4,000 an acre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
Rockefeller Mission Named
Foundation Board to Fight Tu-
berculosis in France

The Rockefeller Foundations Inter
national Health Board announced yes
terday the composition of the commits
sion which il will send abroad TO UNI
dertake the work OF tuberculosis pre-
vention in France.
DR.. Livingston Farrand, president OF
Colorado University and for ten years
organizer and executive secretary OF
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, will
head the body.
Under him will be DR.. James Alex
ander Miller, professor of clinical
medicine in Columbia University;
Homer Folks, secretary of the State
Charities Aid Association; Professor
Selskar NJ Gum, Of Boston, secretary
of the American Public Health Asso-
citation, and Herman G. Place, OF New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
NeU York Sufragists
Ask Pickets to Stop
Watch at White House
IRON The Tribune Bureau

Washington, July 11.-Another re-
monstrance from organized sufrragists
against the picketing of the White
House by Miss Alice Paul and her fol-
lowers was made to-day by Mrs. James
Lees Laidlaw and Mrs. Frank A. Van
derlip, of New York, in behalf of the
100000 members and 5000 elected off
GERS of the New York State Woman
Suffrage party.
Mrs. Laidlaw is vice-chairman Of the
New York Woman Suffrage party and
Mrs. Vanderlip chairman of the ninth
campaign district for the New York
State organization, which is a branch
Of the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association, of which Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait is president
Mrs. Vanderlip and Mrs I.aidlaw,
delegated by the New York state suf-
fragists. called at the picket head.
quarters in Madison Place to-day to
ask the leaders of this little militant
group to abandon their tactics. which,
New York women declare, are the only
complicating element that has arisen
In the otherwise brilliant prospects for
success of the New York State suffrage
referendum at the polls November S.
Mrs. Laidlaw and Mrs. Nanderlip did
not see Miss Paul, who is away in a
sanatorlum. it is understood. but Miss
Anne Martin. her ice-chairman, de-
clined TO abandon the picketing policy,
in which she declared she and her
assistants were entirely within their
rights under the Clayton law
Miss Martin expressed further the
conviction that suffrage is coming so
surely in this country that miiitancy
cannot delay it in New York.
Commenting on the result Of their
visit, Mrs. Laidlaw and Mrs. Vanderlip
stated that they expected, in spite OF
this handicap, to win New York this
fall. but they regretted the disloyalty
OF the women who are willing to put
suffrage second to their own purpos cs,
particularly at time like the present.
I'VE have made this remonstrance
I against the picketing," said Mrs. Van
derlip, because we fear that the voters
of New York may draw no distinction
between the nonmilitant sufrragists of
New York State. numbering 100000.
and this handful of militants who have
been harassing the President.
"The New York suifragists believe
I that the government needs all of its
people, both men and women, united
and harmonious behind it-united in
an effort TO make democracy real and
safe all over the world. They believe
that the conviction that democracy
means that women must also have a
voice in government is becoming so
universal that peaceful request 70
the voters of New York State to en-
franchise the women of the state is
now sufficient.
They believe that the men in New
York recognize the need not only Of
the work. taxes. and loans of women.
but their wisdom and cooperation. We
are confident. therefore, that they.will
vote overwhelmingly for the amend
ment. We are anxious to insure a
victory"
After concluding their errand TO the
militant headquarters Mrs. Laidlaw
visited Herbert c. Hoover, food ad-
ministrator, to confer with him in re-.
gard TO his speakers bureau, and Mrs.
Nanderlip attended a meeting of the
Women's Liberty loan Committee. OF
which she is member.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-12
.Citv's l916Death Rate
Was Lowest in History
Record Broken Despite Epidemic
Of infantile Paralysis

Despite the epidemic of infantile
paralysis, which embraced over 9'oV9
cases and was responsible Tor sac
Jaotbs the death rate in 1916 was the
lowest in the city's history, according
70 the annual re port issued yesterday
bv Health Commissioner Haven Emer-
SON. There were only 1889 deaths per
/ 900 population, as against 1898 IN
1915. .,.I,
The decrease was largely attributable
TO the reduction in the infant mortality
rate and in typhoid fever cases. In
1910, 125 out of every 1000 babies died
during the first year OF me- ms was va
rednced in 1915 to 90, and in 1915 TO SO.
There was a decrease of S99 in the
number of typhoid cases reported for
the year.
There was a decrease Of 3,592 in the
number of babies born. The lowering
If the birth rate is said to be due TO
the decrease in immigration and In the
marriage rate.