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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23

Graysville, Tenn.
T. ]. Smith --------------P President
GraysVille, Tenn.
P. P. Lynch ----------N:ce President
Soddy, Tenn.
T M. Gam ------ Secretary-Treas.
Pineville, Ky.
INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER
John Jeffrey -------- Pittsburg, KY.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Geo. Branam ---------- Soddy, Tenn
John McIlquhan Pittsburg, KY
Joe A, White -----E. Bernstadt, Ky
Ben DELPHI Ar Jay, KY
All Martin ---------- Soddy, Tenn
AUDITORS
Thomas Brown East Bernstadt, Ky
Robert Gam ---------- Soddy, Tenn
J. D. Tinsley -------- Plttspufg, ny
TELLERS
Richard Lowe -------- Jellico, Tenn
J. D. Posey ------------ Soddy, lem
Henry Patterson ------Plttsburg, Ky
DELEGATES TO TENNESSEE
FEDERATION OF LABOR
I. J. Smith --------Graysville, Tenn
Alt Martin ------------ Soddy, Tenn
Thos. M. Gam Knoxville, Tenn
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
TENNESSEE
I. J. Smith --------Graysville, Tenn
DELEGATE TO KENTUCKY FED
GRAFTON OF LABOR
John Jeffrey -------- Pittsburg, Ky
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
KENTUCKY
John McIlquhan ---- Pitrsourg, KY
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CHINESE KlDNAPERS TRAPPED
Bandits Who Captured American En-
uineers Pursel and NyI, Sur
rounded by Soldiers.

Picking, March 14.-The whereabouts
of the American engineers, PurselT and
Nyl, has been learned and the BAN
dts who kidnapped them last week near
Yeh-sien, in the province Of Human,
have been surrounded by Chinese SOL
diers.
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noxious terms. But even after the
Russian peace delegates had thus
debased themselves the Germans con-
tinued their invasion Of Russian terri
tory.
Whether the masses of the Russian
people will accept the humiliating peace
terms agreed to by the bOlshevik dele
gates Is a question that only time can
settle.
The bolshevik government aban-
doned Petrograd as the German troops
advanced upon that city and moved
! the administrative offices to Moscow,
which city, it was announced, would
be made the Russian capital. Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
lister, indicated that he and his as
sociates are concerned with the future
of the revolution, rather than the tu-
! ture of Russia as a national entity.
He announced that the bOlshevik lead
ers are prepared to withdraw even as
far as to the Ural mountains rather
than submit to the defeat Of the revo-
luton.
The haste Of the Russian ENJOYS In
signing a treaty of peace with Ger
many was explained on the ground
that the terms proposed by the leu
tonic ENJOYS were growing more oner-
GUS hourly. At the last minute the
Germans demanded three great trans
Caucasion provinces-Karabad, Kars
and Batoum-presumably for their
Turkish ally, and they got them, OF
course. The Russian ENJOYS shut
their eyes and signed the document as
it was pushed across the table by the
Hun ENJOYS.
"a
With Russia in thorough subsection
so far as the bolshevik government
was concerned, the central powers
E turned their attention to Roumania
and as was to be expected, they forced
that country to sign a preliminar!
peace treaty which Is little less hu
8 initiating than that forced upon tn
i Russians. Under the terms of thi
: treaty ROumania cedes the prO7inc
r of Dobrudja, as far as the Danube, t.
|, the central powers, agrees to evacu
+ ate all occupied Austro-Hungarian tel
ritory, promises to demObilize its arm
and agrees to support with all it
! strength the transport Of troops Q
the central powers through Moldayi
: and Bessarabia to odessa" The sui
mission by Roumania to any terms In
posed by the central powers was e'
pected, as that country, abandoned D
Russia, and entirely cut off from a
possible aid from the allied power
was absolutely at the mercy of tn
> Teutonic powers. A peace treaty b.
tween Russia and Finland has ais
been signed.
-n-
8 While Germany was working its wi
0 in Russia and Roumania, the diplt
| matte situation growing out Of the pr
t posal of Japan to intervene in Siberi
!. for the purpose of protecting the vas
stores of supplies paid for with none
furnished by the allies, occupied tn
+ attention Of the United States and tn
3 entente governments. 1t was indica
/ ed that there was some divergence
! opinion between President Wilson an
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US. MISSION QUITS ROUMANIA
Members of American and Allied spe.
claI Representatives Leave Jassy
for Odessa.

Washington, March 14.-Members Of
the American and allied special mis-
sion to Roumania have left Jassy for
Odessa under assurances of safe con-
duct from the king of Roumania. They
had been held for quarantine.
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10 MAKE Appear TO ~merfcsns.
~
"Thou too sail on, o Ship Of State,
Sail on, o Union, strong and great"

New York.-An earnest appeal 10
Americans to help in assisting and re-
enforcing the morale Of the Belgian
soldiers holding a part Of the allied
line on the western front In the unoc-
cupied part of Belgium has been MADE
by Senator Henri La Fontaine, OF BEL
GUM, winner of the Nobel peace prize
In 1912.
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GEO W. FORD, EDITOR.
By WILBUR D. NEsBTT

Subscription Rates, by mail, one
year, S1.00; six months, so cents;
three months, % cents: single copies,
cents.
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charles PAGE Bryan Is Dead

Washington. March IA. - Charles
Page Bryan, former ambassador to
Japan and former minister to several
other countries, died here of heart
failure. He was sixty-one years old.
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the leaders in England, France AMI
Italy, as to the wisdom of giving Ja
pan free hand in this connection
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II
Americans were reported and seyefals
officers and men were decorated Ply
the French premier for bravery. 3
Other raids upon the AmeridEn
lines in the Chemin des Danes SECTOR
and in Lorraine were also repulaed
with severe losses I the enemy In
all these engagements the American
troops have shown that, despite their
inexperience in the new type of whr-
fare, they are now perfectly at home
in the trenches and are able to hold
their own against the enemy.
IA
The increasingly large part which
Pershing's troops are taking in The
fighting on the west front is indicated
by the announcement that the Amer
leans are now holding something over
eight miles of trenches on the battle
| front. This front Is liable to extern
sion at any time to the regular trench
allotment for an army corps. The
! present American sector is understood
to be a divisional frontage, which
means that at least three divisions OF
American troops are there to give the
necessary support for the front lines
The growing activity of the American
troops is further shown by the daily
casualty lists which are now cominl
from General Pershing. I
Announcement has been made tina
the third American Liberty loan VII
be offered soon. The campaign 70
subscriptions will open on April 7
the first anniversary of the entry 0
the United States into the war, an
will continue for three or four weeks
The amount of the loan, the interes
rate and other features have not bee
made public but the fact that turtle
legislation will be sought from COZ
gress in anticipation of the loan ind
Gates that the amount Of the issu
will be more than $4,000 100000, tn
remainder of authorized but unisslle
bonds. The campaign work for tn
! new loan has already been starte
, throughout the country and every fi
trict will have been thoroughly orgal
lied before the drive begins.
Y "a
: Several steps have been taken I
2 the United States government to flu
4 Their coordinate and centralize Il
: work of war preparation. The ~
: outstanding developments along tn
: line were the appointment of Bernal
v M. Baruch of New York as chairmi
i of the war industries board with grea
w enlarged powers, and the assum
o ton by Maj. Gen. Peyton G. Mar
/ of his duties as acting chief of staff
O Mr.. Baruch, according to the pres
dents own announcement, made in{h
letter of appointment, will have grff
Il err pcyyers even than 1t was propds
j. by certain members Of congressi
J. confer uIson a minister OF muniti4i
a He will be, in fact, a practical dlT
It tor over industrial problems relaE
v TO the war and will have, among oT
e things, the last word in deternirH
e priority of supplies for the gov
: ment whenever there is competitiv@
( other conflict of interest among depE
d ments. The power placed In the ha|
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zs shlp4lI,o q State
~ Wilbur D Nesbtt
@4 Your Flag and My Flag
"Thou too sail on o Ship Of State
Sail on, o Union, strong and great
Proud before her ships sails the of time;
Out far out upon the deep, all stately and sublime
What fearsome whisperng and what of doubling eyes7
She has outy held her beneath the blacklist Skies
She has fought the pillows off and she has dared the gales
When her sister ships have dted back with tattered sails
The old ship the bold ship the ship that ue are sailing o
Straight she goes and great she goehe sister ships aag
Riding out the bitter storms all steady stanch and straight
The old Ship the bold ship the good ship Of stated
Other ships 60 walowng uncertain to and fro,
Staggering and wavering against the winds they go;
Other ships 60 crafty in fear of warning fleets
Proud before her sister ships she sails with staning Sheets
Out the and the with pointing true
She has tossed aside the beakest winds that blew
The old ship the bold shpi Full seasoned each rib of her.
Honest thread and husty from spnnaker to jb Of her;
Ready for the storm calm all comely and sedate-
The old ship the bold ship the good ship Of stael
Sail before your sister ships the that you make
Let them waste their whperngs of wonder your wakei
We who sail aboard Of you full well we know your strength
Know how you breast the that urch along your length
Know the times that you have the shver and the shock
RAISING in your royal rush by hidden reef and rock!
The old ship The bold ship the ship that zoe are sailing on;
Great she goes and straight she goes her sister ships arag on
Following and wallowing ,oHhn her wake they uOaa-
~ - IT; II LII sg;6- -T6sy 5ood s6ib Of stdrsY
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England ls Ralded. :,
London airshtps attacked
the Yorkshire coast according to an
official statement.
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the leaders in England, France amt
Italy, as to the wisdom of giving Jaf
pan free hand in this Connection
IA
American troops in the front line
trenches in France have had their real
baptism of fire. They have taken part
in several engagements with the enc
my, one of which approached the dig
nifty of a real battle, The Americans
have repulsed several raids made by
the Germans and inflicted heavy
losses upon the enemy. The most
pretentious engagement was tlint
which resulted from a strong German
attack upon the American lines in the
Toul sector. A large force Of German
Shock troops, trained especially for
this operation, attacked the American
line after heavy artillery fire had
practically leveled the American
trenches. The American troops, I'M
dismayed by the terrific bombardment,
stood their ground and engaged In a
hand-to-hand struggle with the Ger
man raiders in the trenches. The Ger
mans were driven back into No Man's
Land, leaving three prisoners and
many dead in the American trenches.
The Americans pursued the fleeing
Germans and inflicted further losses
as the enemy retreated to their own
lines. The Americans suffered seyf@
casualties, the dead including Tina
officers and seventeen men, but Ny
American lines We're maintained at \
points and the raid was dselaress Y z
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18
Gem Theatre Program

Friday and Saturday, today
and tomorrow, Clara Kimball
Young in the Foolish Virgin"
Miss Young will be seen in one
of the most sympathetic roles of
her screen career. Dreams Of
the romantic days when the
world was peopled by knights,
and beautiful ladies' in distress.
See this great picture. The
Foolish Virgin" a novel by the
noted author Thomas Dixon. Is
& 35c.
Monday and Tuesday, April %
land 23, Vengeance and the
Woman An Earl Williams
comedy drama in two parts, also
a one reel comedy. Is & 20c.
Wednesday and T thursday,
April "a and Is. Taylor Holmes,
who took the film world by storm
in Efficiency Ed9ars Courtship"
is even funnier in Fools for
Luck" taken from the Kenneth
Harris story "Talisman" in the
Saturday Evening Post. See
this great comedy. Is & 25c.
Friday and Saturday, April rs
and q, something big, something
special, extra! Douglas Fair
banks in one of the gre a tie S t
western comedies ever screened
in the plains Of Arizona. WILD
AND WOOLY." This picture is
said to be one of the very best,
| of its kind ever shown. A Matt
nee will be given with this pic
lture, at 2 P. M. on Saturday. A
chance for the farmers. Remem-
Lber the date. Is & Csc.
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More and more it becomes ap-
parent that upon the action Of
America hangs the destiny of the
world, that she will be the decid.
ing factor in the present gigantic
conflict. This is a grave respon-
|sibility, but America has never
lodged responsibility and she
will not begin at this late date.
Our people were ever a people
action when action was called
for, and these are times when
vigorous. decided action, that
shall not only protect our institu-
tons and our national life, but
shall determine whether or not
these shall be typical of the world
of the future. We are making
history. May that history be to
our everlasting credit.
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ineton, d. c. A copy of this
pamphlet may be had free if in
Iquiry will be directed to the
Committee.
Tales have been current about
interned German prisoners being
fed FIVE meals a day, about Red
Cross supplies being sold to shop
keepers by dishonest officials, by
criminal waste of food at train
ing camps and many other like
falsehoods either designed to dis
courage volunteer Red Cross
work and the loyal efforts of
housekeepers to save food or
calculated to create a trouble
some distrustof the Government.
The circulation of these stories
is often due to the folly of a citi-
zen who wishes to appear to have
inside information" and who
either innocently or intentionally
starts a lie that rapidly grows
worse as it spreads. A collection
of such lies and their refutation
has been made by the St. Louis
Republic. A hundred of them
are included in THE Kaiserite
in America"
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SHOULD DESTROY THE BARBERRY BUSH

The city man of South Dakota
will help his farmer friends pro-
duce a maximum cereal crop if
he will Immediately grub up the
common barberry bushes on his
lawn. This bush is decidedly
pro- German. It helps spread the
black stem rust which did at
least $110,000,0O0 damage in the
wheat growing districts of Mimi
esota, Nebraska and the Dakotas
in 1916 1t is decidedly disloyal
to allow the common barberry
bush to liye-it must be treated
as dangerous enemy alien.
Rust fungi, in one stage Of
their existence, live on barberry
bushes and later find their way
fields Of oats, barley, rye and
wheat. Il Destroying the bushes
holds the rust in check, as prov
ed in Denmark and other coun-
tries that have legislated against
the barberry. This does not re-
fer to the Japanese barberry,
which has a low spreading grow
tn of only two to four feet, has
small leaves, single thorns, red
dish brown bark and bears its
berries one or two berries in a
place. The Japanese variety is
safe. The common, and danger
Gus barberry, is upright, four to
eight feet, has saw-toothed leaves,
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kAIsERITE BUSY m AMERICA
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE GERMAN LIES
NAILED BY ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
SEND FOR BOOKLET.

Washington, D. German
propaRandists have been busy
since the entry of the United
States into the war. Falsehoods
of every character have been
spread over every section of the
country with the idea of abusing
the confidence of the American
people. So persistent has been
the circulation of these carefully
moulded pro-G German lies that an
official exposure Of them has been
issued as a pamphlet, entitled
"The Kaiserite in America" by
the Committee on Public Infor.
nation, 8 Jackson Place, Wash
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who knows me or who knows
any sailor who is at the front
would hesitate to loan his govern
ment all Of his savings if he or
she realized that by so doing he
was probably saving the life of
that individual who is fighting
for his country. We have reach
ed a point where it is necessary
for every man woman and child
in the country to put his shoul-
er to the wheel and push our pre-
parations on to victory. The
Third Liberty Loan offers this
opportunity for you and all Of
the people who for various rea-
sons can not take up arms in
defense of the country. You and
all the others at home can do
your "bit" by buying these bonds
and by influencing those who are
backward about it to buy all they
can possibly pay for.
Can | depend on you to help
bring victory to our country by
getting at least ten people to buy
bonds of the Third Liberty Loan
which will be offered on April
sixth?
Walter E. Bennett.
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Red. Gross Sale
' Is Postponed
viii Be Held Saturday April 9TH Starts At Noon

On account of the very bad weather, the Red Gross
Sale which was have been held at Philip the 10th
was postponed until Saturday April 9th. On that
date the sale will be held rain shine. This was the
only open date that could be given the commite by
Mr.. C. N. Leedom, the Kadoka auctioneer who will
have charge of the SALE He will be assisted by Jack
Buchanan of Midland and Jud Pepper of Philip There
will be big dinner and dance in the evening The
Junior Red Gross will give parade assisted by the
Philip Band. a chance will be given to sswat the
Kaiser and there will be other side issues and stunts
enough to make it the biggest day Philip has had.
Remember the date Saturday April 9th.
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RAPID CITY BOY
KILLED IN FRANCE
DEATH OF CHARLES BuEL REPORTED TO
MS PARENTS--WAS IN MOTOR TRANS
PORT SERVICE. MIDLAND BOY IN
JUReD.

The first death to be reported
in this vicinity during the recent
German drive came on Monday
when Charles ]. Buell. promin-
ent attorney of Rapid City reciey-
ed word of the death of his son
who has been in France for sew
eral months. No particulars are
given but it is known that he
had recently been transferred to
the motor transport service. He
was one of the young men from
the Rapid City Company Of South
Dakota National Guards.
Another listed in the casualty
list by the name of Holley, and
was reported here to have been a
Rapid City boy is evidently a
a mistake, as a telephone mes
sage from that place states that
no one by that name enlisted and
no official notification has been
received there.
Alvin Waggoner received a
communication from the Red
Cross Headquarters to the effect
that Private P. A. Abrahamson
of Midland had been injured and
is now confined to the hospital.
No further information is given,
other than the name of his moth
er, Mrs. A. Abrahamson, Midland,
S. D.
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and will do their "bit" toward
winning the war by divorcina
women from fashions rule. They
want if understood that 1T is no
longer fashionable to be stylish" /"
This is a sensible decision; and
they might add that it is no long
er sensible nor patriotic to be
stylish.
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Mi. Hoover suspended the
meatless day program and the
meat barOns at once tackled on a
2 10 cent advance in the price.
Probably they figured that we
had laid by a few extra dollars
during the period of abstinance.
There isn't much gets by the
packers.
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branched thorns, gray bark and
bears its berries in clusters like
currants. Dig it up.
"A campaign looking toward the
eradication of the common bar
berry is being conducted in
South Dakota by the State col
lege extension division and the
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Ifanyone doubts the ability Of
the women of this country as
lighters they are reminded that
just now they are successfully
prosecuting three great wars:
They;are doing service in whip.
ping the Kaiser, are successfully
prosecuting a war for political
recognition and knocking out
John Barleycorp.
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us. department of agriculture
cooperating. Every town in the
state, every nursery, every public
institution and every citizen
should take immediate steps to
remove one dangerous factor in
the way of a patriotic cereal
crop.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

Senator William ]. Stone of
Missouri, who was stricken with
paralysis last week died in
Washington on Monday.
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NAVAL MEN BUY BONDS
LETTER FROM WALTER BEANET URGES
THE PURCHASE OF BONDS TO PRO-
MOTE THE WAR.
U. S. S. San Diego, via Post
master New York, N. Y.
April l, 1918.
c. A. Carlson,
Philip, S. D.
Doar Cir

~ ~ A&AA AS1OAAp
Philip, S. D.
Dear Sir, As you know, |
have been in the Navy for some
time now, doing my bit and
learning a few facts at first hand
about this war. One conclusion
that | have arrived at is that un-
less the supplies, ships food, cloth
ing, munitions of war. airplanes
and thousand and one other
things that are needed to conduct
a war at the present time can be
kept coming and coming in an
increasing volume the day of our
victory will be Just that much
delayed. In order to keep up this
flow of supplies it is necessary to
have money, millions and billions
of dollars. We can not borrow
this money from any other nation
and we would not do so if we
could. Once our people realize
how important it is that the coun-
try get this money and that un-
less by loaning this money to the
government to help speed victory
our way, all of their money will
be taken away by the enemy,
they will gladly loan their saw
ines to the government.
The Third Liberty loan cam
paign will soon start all over the
country and | want to enlist your
help and the help of all my
friends in making it a success.
We, in the service, are doing our
bit" in leaning our money to the
government for we realize how
important it is. The crew of this
ship bought and paid for over
one hundred and FIVE thousand
dollars worth of the first issue of
Liberty loan bonds and now that
we have finished the payments
on that issue we are ready to buy
more of the third issue. | would
gladly 60 out among my friends
and convince them of their duty
in buying liberty loan bonds Of
this issue but on account Of my
military duty | am unable to do
so. l can write to my relatives
and friends and ask them to 60
out and influence at least ten
people apiece to buy bonds and
that is what | am doing. No one
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-18

The club women of the coun-
try heze stepped into tie breach
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BUY YOUR COAL NOW

IN order that the shortage of coal experienced last
winter may not be felt again, we advice the peo-
pie to lay in their supply for next winter-NOW