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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
Few Strikes In Britain.

There are now fewer strikes in
Great Britain than at any period since
the war began, says an official report
to parliament on the labor situation.
The report says in part:
"The soundness of the labor situa-
ton in this country is really remark
able, considering the large issues in
volved and the millions Of men affect
ed. After three and a half years Of
war the great body Of laboring men are
still working with steady devotion
never known before In this country"
Winston Churchill, In statement
supplementing this report, said that
the labor situation was so good that
the secret service department In the
ministry of munitions had been abol-
ished and the ministry now has no
secret agents Of any kind. "The wide
spread and answering loyalty and
resolution with which the production
Of munitions is being maintained is
shown by the fact that time lost in
all branches of our work during the
last six months has been less than one
fourth of l per cent" he added.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
GERMAN WORKERS Ill PAID
Study of Labor Conditions In That
Country and the United states
10 Interesting.


Studies of labor conditions In Ger.
many and this country in period Inn
medlately preceding the war have
been made and the result announced.
Just before the war the normal
wages In Chemnitz, Germany, were
approximately these:
From Sc to So week for masons,
plumbers. painters and bricklayers;
81 to 50 for plasters. about $3.50 for
gasftters, So to SO for machinists, 81
to So for molders, about the same for
pattern makers, and So for saddlers.
Teamsters worked for about dollar
day. In the textile trade wages ran
from So to 81 q week, and unskilled
men generally received less than 81
week and seldom more than 50.
Municipal employees drew from their
local governments 81 to So week.
Wages In Berlin were about 20 per
cent higher, also living expenses.
1t Is something of shock to the
American mechanic when he reads
such figures as these. Here in our
America the contrast was amazing at
that time and would be again in peace
terms.
In New York, then, plasterers were
getting $3.50 q day, and plasterers' la
borers got 1925; cement and concrete
masons. SIS, and their laborers So;
granite cutters S.; boilermakers, SIS,
and their helpers $3.50; electrical
workers, $3.50; steam filters, S., and
their helpers So; painters, "a; ashes
tos workers, $3.50, and their helpers
$3.50; elevator constructors, SIS: sta
tionary engineers, $3.50; portable and
hoisting engineers, $3.50; cabinet
makers, So; decorators and gilders.
$3.50; ironworkers. S.; slate roof
ers, So.
In Chemnitz, about this stime, news
paper compositors received something
like $13 week. In New York the
union scale at that time on morning
newspapers was $81 week, while
bookwork paid $21. At the time my
figures were gathered, IN 1916, news
paper compositors in New York were
getting from IS to So a day. according
to the shift on which, they worked.
Book compositors drewsfrom "a to SIS
day.
The New York wages cited were
paid for eight hours work, while in
Germany the day was usually from
nine to ten hours.
Among ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thatthad
been gathered in Germany In 1905 was
canvass Of 5,046 worEngmen's fami-
lies, showing that only 1877 had in
comes reaching $40 week. To arrive
at fair estimate of wage scales In
1915, add 81 a week.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
WAGE INCREASE DECIDEDs NON
DireeE aperaI MctAdoo's Board Rec.
ogn sSecessity for Advancing
Scale Of Railroad Employees.


Wages increases for3al of the 1884,
800 employees of the railroads of the
country have been decreed by Direc-
tor General McAdoo's railroad wage
board according to Information OBJ
tained
The board recently concluded ex-'
haustive hearings on the demands pre-
sented by the four hrotherhoods of
railway employees. The board found
that the increased cost Of living made
necessary higher wages for all rail
way employees, including clerks. The
increase will apply to unorgstnized as
we'll as organized employees.
The largest increases will goAto the
trainmen, fremen and certain classes
of unorganized employees which have
not received substantial advances in
recent years. The companies have ex-
perienced great difficulty In keeping
trainmen and firemen in the hast few
years because of the higher wages they
were able to obtain In war Industries
The engineers and conductors are
scheduled to receive proportionately
smaller increases than other en-
ployees because Of the higher pay they
have enjoyed as q result of successful
demands made from time to- time by
their organizations.
1t is estimated that the increases
proposed by the board will aggregate
$350,000000 The pay roll of the rail-
roads is now $l5OO,0 100000 annually.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
LABOR MISSION TO EUROPE
Body viii Officially Define Position Of
American Workers With Regard
to the War.

To make known to British and
the United States with regard to the
war, delegation Of nine American
labor leaders, with credentials Of the
American Federation of Labor, will
sail shortly for England and France.
This was announced by the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy, of
which Samuel Gompers Is president.
The American labor mission, ac-
ance, will tell British and French la
Dor leaders that organized labor in
the United States Is committed to the
prosecution Of the war to successful
any representatives of an enemy coun-
try.
The mission, officially known as the
american Federation of Labor Mis-
sion." is composed of the following:
James Wilson, president Patternmak-
ers' League of North America, chair
man; John P. Frey, executive 1nterna-
tional Molders' Union of North Amer
lea, secretary; William Short, presi-
dent Washington State Federation Of
Labor; Miss Melinda Scott, president
Straw Hat Trimmers and Operatives
union; Miss Agnes Nestor vice presi-
dent Glove Workers International
union; William B. Johnson, president
International Association Of Machin-
lists; George L. Berry, president In
ternational Printing Pressmen's and
Assistants union; Chester NJ. Wright,
member International Typographical
union; Martin f. Ryan, president
Brotherhood Of Railway Carmen.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
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Woman,s Work at Mans Pay.

The Woman's Trade Union league Of
New York, IN recent conference, vot-
ed to ask the New York state legisla-
ture to pass bill prohibiting employ
ment of woman messengers less than
twenty-five years of age. Miss Maude
Malone declared the only reason for
using women and girls as messengers
was that they cost less money than
men.
Effort to pass resolution protesting
against the employment Of women in
subways and ON surface lines failed,
when 1t was shown that women EN-
ployed on New York city street cars
received same pay as men.
II was declared by. various delegates
that there was no actual shortage of
man power In the United States and
that the placing Of women In mems
positions was prompted in most cases
by the desire for cheap labor. This,
1t was contended, tends to break down
the standards sought by organized la
Dor, and the conference expressed it.
self as being sternly opposed to any
lowering Of the standards set up In the
existing labor law.
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States Called to Furnish. BOYS.

State quotas for the boys army Of
100000 to work ON the farms have
been prepared and the enrolment
opened. The quotas ares California,
$1,000; Colorado. 10000; District of
Columbia, 5000; Delaware, 1900;
Georgia. 5000; Indiana, $4,000; Illi-
nois, 41,OOo; Iowa, 21.Oo0; Idaho.
1900; Missouri, 21,OO0t; Maryland. s.
500; Michigan, $4,000; Minnesota, 49,
900; Massachusetts,. $4,000; New York,
$4,000; New Jersey, 10000; Nevada.
1000; forth Carolina, 1000; Oklaho-
ma, 1000; Pennsylvania, 45,O0Oe South
Carolina, 1000; Tennessee, 10000;
Texas. R5,5oO; Utah, 5000; Virginia.
5000; Nest ydrginia.S 5000. land Wis
consin, 10000,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
How About This?

"Why is the working man In Amer
lea SO well under control?' asked Sir
Johnston Forbes Robertson, actor, at
meeting at London, England, to sup
port the work of the Y. w. O.. A. BE
cause there the working man is under
the thumb of his wife,"
He added that in America the work
Ing woman as highly intelligent
woman, and the consequence Is that
Mr.. Gompers is having practically no
trouble with the vast and powerful
unions all over America.
practically" said Sir Johnston,
america is woman's country, and,
IN my view, jolly good job, too!'
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
APPROVED BY
WAGE Farmers
Commission Form of Administer
ing Labor Laws Has Been
Successful.
WISCONSIN FIRST IN FIELD
That State Led In Adoption of Plan
Opinion in New York Is Wholly In
Favor Of the System-lts Beneficial
Effects Pointed Out.


In recent years rather novel meth
cd of administering states labor laws
has been developed It Is the concen-
trated commission form, In which
rather wide latitude in exercising dis
cretionary powers Is given to small
body of men. Wisconsin was the first
state to establish commission with
these quasi-legislative and judicial
powers coupled with administrative
authority.
In 1915 New York state recognized
its system of labor law enforcement In
this fashion, disposing Of numerous
unrelated or distantly related admins
trative agencies with the idea of avoid
ing vast amount of waste and dupli-
cation Of effort. Such concentration
In New York, of course, involves a
highly complicated problem. 1t af-
fects laws that apply to 100000 wage
earners, in state wherein occur 1000
accidents daily, wherein there is a
great diversity of manufacturing es-
Establishments and great variety of
races. The commission operates
through eight large bureaus-inspec-
ton, fire hazards, mediation and arbi-
tration, statistics and information, in
dustries and immigration, industrial
code, employment and workmen's COM
penSation.
In nplar IN fbfc icci on
form of government an investigation
was conducted under the joint super
vision.
Among the suggestions made by the
investigators We're those for further
extension Of the civil service, added
appropriations, larger force In some
departments, more careful differentia-
ton between procedure in making
notifications or orders and in granting
variations from the law or the code,
more energetic prosecutions, the de-
STABILITY of abolishing home work and
a diminution in the amount of routine
work assured by the commissioners.
The right to amend or modify labor
laws or to grant exceptions with re-
spect to the physical requirements of
buildings and devices for preventing
accidents is regarded as highly inn
portant. This, it Is believed, opens
the way to secure safety Without com
polling compliance with requirements
that might be unreasonable or i'm
practicable in given instances. This
method appears to have brought about
better feeling among those subject
to the laws.
The investigators suggest that much
of the detailed work now done by the
commission should be disposed of in
other ways, in order that the commits
sion might devote more time to franz
ing policies.
The report concludes that on the
whole the operation of the industrial
commission act, after making due al
lowance for the exceptional difficult
ties and circumstances of the first
year of it's administration, confirms the
opinion that the act Is one of the most
beneficial pieces Of labor legislation
ever adopted by the New York legis-
lature. Not only have it's fundamental
principles been INDICATED, the report
declares, but under It's provisions the
enforcement of the states labor laws
has been improved.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
AGENCY for Women War Workers.

Plans for the coordination of all ac-
tivities concerned with the recruiting
and training Of volunteer women war
workers for farm and industrial occs-
pations into a single agency under the
department of labor were approved by
representatives of prominent woman's
organizations In conference with JOHN
B. Densmore, director of the UnlsNa
States employment service. A tenta-
tive program calls for an organization
In each state.
we DO job printing ax sanr prteea
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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
ENORMOUS INCREASE
OF WOMEN WORKERS

An increase of 1,426,000 in the
number of women employed
since 1914 Is shown in figures
announced by the bureau of la
Dor statistics.
The greatest increase was in
industries which took in 100000
more women, but the largest
proportionate increase was 214,-
900 additional women taken into
government service. Women
have replaced 1,413,000 men
since 1914.
Industrial and government
work have taken 100000 women
formerly employed in domestic
service or in dressmaking.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
Germans Paw Much for Food.

Cost of living In Germany has in
creased from 200 to 300 per cent, while
wages of the working people have only
increased 30 per cent. Figures OF the
bureau of labor statistics show the
food cost to the average German fam
lily for one week to be $13.O1, COM
pared with $5.9S before the war start
ed, or an increase of lit per cent. In
creases In cost of fuel, clothing, shoes
and other necessary commodities have
increased more rapidly than food.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
savhat chlId life purinsswar.

The ives Of 1o0ooGof the, nations
childref are expected to be Saved in
the chill welfare driveNwhich the fed
eral chAdren's bureau. has began. Each
state Has been ASST aned definite
quota df the hundred Thousand lives
to save, Methods uf work will be
those which have al ready proved eff
cient in saving child Ren's livesj.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
NONRESIDENT Attachment Notice
J. A. Householder VS., b. J. Cogdili
No, 14463

v.
No. 14463
Before J. r. Allor, Justice of the
Peace for Knox County Tennessee.
In this cause, it appears by af1i-
daVit that defendant b. j. Cogdill IL
justly indebted to plaintiff. is
non resident of Tennessee. so that
ordinary process OF law cannot be
served upon him. and an original
attachment having been levied upon
his property and returned to me. it
is therefore ordered that publica-
ton be made in the Knoxville In
dependent, newspaper published
in the City of Knoxville, Tenn, for
four consecutive weeks, command
ing the defendant, B j. Cogdill r.
appear before me, at my office in
Knoxville, Tenn, on the 10th day of
May 1918 and make defense to
said suit, or it will be proceeded
| with eX parte.
This 10th day OF April. 1918
j. R. Ailor. Justice of the Peace for
Knox County. Tennessee.
Mon Resident Attachment Notice.
A ma Lille vs.Garfield A. Wilkerson
Before R. Ailor Justice of the
Pea ce for Knox County, Tenn.
In THIS cause. it appears by affidavit
that dat 'endans, Garfield A. Wilkerson
is Justly indebted to plaintiff and
) a non resident of Tennessee. SC
that the ordinary process annot be
$ erved upon him and an original at
tachment having been issued. and
returned to me. with a levy upon
the defendants property it is ordered
that publication be made in tho Knos
vile Independent, a newspaper rub
lished in the city of Knoxville, f"'
four consecutive weeks. commanding
the said defendant to appear before
me, at my Office in Knoxville. Tenn on
the 10th dayof May 1913 and make de-
fene to said suit, or it will be proceed
ed with ex parte.
This 18th day of April 1918
J. R. Ailor. Justice of the Peace for
Knox County. Tennessee.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20

One OF the most remarkable develop
ments d. THE war victory mot her.
aided on front pa Ses. yet which, in time
to come win be noted by all students
Of human welfa re, is the saving Of In
FAINT life ih Eng land duringl thss second
year Of she wn
seHd ny 10 Ar Job Printing.
We id Job Prizting at Fair Prices,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
STRENGTH OF AMERICA
is IN HER WORKERS

Secretary Daniels is quoted as
saying, there is no news in a
diligent toiler." This has been
interpreted as meaning that the
diligent toiler does not make
news because he Is so busy MAX
ing ships and guns and uniforms
and shells. That kind of a
toller is the strength of America
today. So says the official or
gan of organized labor, and the
Vigilantes agree with it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
More Accident. In Wisconsin.

A report by the Wisconsin industrial
commission shows that the number OF
industrial accidents in Wisconsin IN
creased from 11,OO8 in the industrial
year 1914-15 to 18,015 in 1866 and
20,66O In 1857.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
70 OSoIE MCINTOSH
David G. Mcintosh va. Ossie Mcintosh
State OF Tennessee. I'm ChaneePy
Eoupt If kDnx Enunfy M 1huuL


State OF Tennessee. In Chansery
Court OF kH0x County. No. l5yZ9
In this cause, it appearing from
the bill filed which is sworn to, that
the defendant Ossie Mcintosh Ia
a non resident of the State of Tenn
essee SO that the ordinary process
cannot be served upon her, it is or
dered that said defendant appear be-
fore the Chancery Court at Knox
Vile, Tennessee, on or before the
first Monday of June next and
make defense to said bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed
and the cause set for hearing ex
parte as to ner This notice Will
he published in the KNOXVILLE
INDEPENDENT for four successive
weeks. This, 18th day OF April 1918
j. C. FORD. elk & Mas
Harry S. Hall, Sol.
April 13 20 q May 4 1918
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
RED CROSS MILL

1920 Asylum Ave, Knoxville, Tenn.
West of Red Cross Church.
We do custom grinding.
Grinding the best all wheat flour
from your wheat and full turn out.
Your corn ground by the
MEADOWS CORN MILL.
Try US one time.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
when Women Run Street Cars.

WHCH WUFfCT sHNH
Organized labor has been protesting
against the attempted employment OF
women by the Kenosha street railway.
Send Us Your Job Printing,
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GEO. HEAVEN

" I FO' N~CKAtI Oh W
Automobile Radiator Repairing
A Specially
Guttering, Spouting, Metal Cor
nices. Roofing, Furnaces, Stacks,
Syrup Pans and Well Casing.
Having returned to Knoxville to
live hope old and new friends
will favor me with their patronage
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Send Us Your Job PRINTING.
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BIG MONETARY LOSS
THROUGH SICKNESS.

Eighty-four thousand Of Indi-
ana's 2,750,000 inhabitants are
confined to their homes every
day of the year. This is the es-
innate Of DR.. J. N. Hurry, secre-
tary of the state board Of
health. According to Doctor
Hurry, each of the 100000 work
men of the state loses an aver
age of nine days each year be-
cause of Illness. If each earns
only $1.50 a day, the total loss
Of wages for the year will be
$4,000, 600.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20

Over $4,000 in Scent Smileage
coupons has come in from the big
camps to headquarters at the commits
sion on training camp activities In
Washington. These coupons represent
admissions to theatrical events at the
camps. Soldiers from the smaller towns
received their books early, because of
the prompt response of these places
when Smileage books were placed on
sale, and In many cases have used
them up.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20

Q oS 10 o Q o o o @seSe@ 10
Persons who send mail to members
of the expeditionary forces are par
ticularly requested in statement. Is
sued by the post office department, to
use ink only In writing the addresses
Every piece Of mail matter should also
bear the name and address of the
sender.
Heavy paper, canvas, or cloth should
be used for wrapping packages. When
canvas or cloth is used the address
should be written on shipping tag,
with the name and address Of the
sender on the reverse side.
Given names should be written in
full, instead of initials. The title Of
the addressee and the full name of the
unit or organization to which he is as
signed should be added, it being sufi1-
cient in the way Of further address to
use the words american Expedition
airy Forces"
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
There is more catarrh in this section

There is more catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years II was sup.
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescrib
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing TO cure by local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Catarrh is a local
disease, greatly influenced by constitu.
tional conditions, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co. Toledo, Ohio, is constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
through the blood on the mucous sur.
faces Of the system One hundred dol.
lars reward is offered for any case that
Halls Catarrh Cure fails TO cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05
WANTED
ARDMORE GIRLS

}etween is and 25 years of age to
learn telephone operating. The work
is very pleasant and easy for bright,
intelligent girls to learn.
The hours are not long, the total
tour being eight hours, during which
there are two 15-minute rest periods,
with not less than one hour for lunch
The salary schedule ranges from
$500 TO $500 per week for operators,
with good opportunities for ambi.
tious girls 10 advance to supervisory
positions with higher pay
The 5000 per week salary is only
paid TO students during the first
month while they are being taught
the work. Evening and Sunday work
carry extra pay, and q day off is given
for each Sunday worked Employees
are given vacation with full pay
Of one week each year. Additional
time off is given as literally as is
consistent with good business.
We desire only girls who are over
II years Of age and who can come
wen recommended as to character.
Apply to Chief Operator, Southwest
ern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05

Chicago, Jan. j.-The Gclls which
rought Alexander Knife" and Tyler
to the Chicago Nationals will he
eci2S"l by one President Weeghman
now is planning, according TO Manager
Mitchell. Mitchell said the $3.50 900 with
which Weeghman started out t, buy q
eHampionship is not nearly exhausted.
and that the biggest trade of the season
,ill DE- announced in a few DAYS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-05

NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS MEET.
ING-Between the hours of 10 4. m.
and 4 p. m. on Tuesday, January S,
1918, there will be held a meeting of
the shareholders of the First National
Bank, of Ardmore. Oklahoma, at its
place of business in said city and
state, for the purpose of electing nine
to fifteen directors to serve for the
ensuing year, and for the purpose OF
transacting such other business as
may come before said meeting. c. i.
Anderson, Cashier. ll-2it