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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
HUN GUNS KILL 3 IN PARIS
In Front Of Tramway Station
One Woman Killed.

Paris, May 29.-Three persons were
killed and Id injured In the lombard
ment Of Paris by the German long
range gun. One shell burst In a
crowded street In front of a tramway
station. Three women were getting
info a car. One was killed and the
others injured. Several persons with
In the ear, one a child, were injured.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
1EUTONS FAIL
IN new DRIVE
ALLiEs DRIVE HUNS BACK AND
RE-EsTABLIsH LINES IN
MOST SECTORS.
Prisoners Declare That Hindenburu's
Big Attack In April Is Now Consid-
cred Failure-Many Huns Cap
tufed BY the French.

London, Launching a heavy offsen.
siye sat dawn against the French in
the LoOre- Voormezeele sector, the Ger.
mans failed OF their detectives at vir.
tuaIly all points. At some points the
defending patrols were driven in, but
vigorous counter-attacks threw the
Germans back at most places. Virtu,
ally the entire French line was re-es,
tahIIsIed.
ard hghting at this hour still con
le ssFsss i. slzaxsl of Ha bat
| tis troy Just south Or DicKeBasuh
Lake the Germans forced their way
into the French line for distance of
800 yards. and also got into the front
line system at another point in this
region. In both these places the enc.
my was clinging desperately to his
newly acquired positions, but the
French were dealing with the situa.
tion. which appeared to be satisfactory
at the latest reports.
One hundred prisoners already have
been sent back to the French cages.
The attack was perhaps preliminary
to larger operations, and apparently
has been undertaken for the purpose
OF regaining the high ground which
the French wrested from the enemy
May 20.
Such positions as Bruloose and
neighboring places would be valuable
acquisitions for the enemy If the Ger.
mans were to develop a general attack
In this region later.
1t is interesting to note in connec.
tion with the new drive. In Flanders
that the Germans considered their at.
tacks on the Lys front in April to be
failure, according to prisoners. 1t is
stated that while some troops have
been congratulated for the way they
fought they have been told that their
failure was the result of bad staff
work, The General in command of
the operations here was relieved of
his command.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
80 MORE SHOTS IN U. S. BELT
Equipment Results In Defeating su-
perIor Forces Of the Enemy
More Than Once.

Washington, May 29.- Through the
use Of light web ammunition belts
American and British infantrymen
carry slightly more rounds Of rifle am
munition than their German opponents
with leather belts, and this seemingly
unimportant part Of equipment has re-
suited In the repulse Of superior forces
Of the enemy on more tina none occa-
sion. says statement issued by the
ordnance bureau. With his web belt
the American soldier carries 200
rounds of ammunition, disposed SO
that every cartridge is easily acces-
sible. The German soldier carries
only 12O shots.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
RalIroader knlta 2o Sweaters.

Upper Sandusky, o., May 22.-Dan-
lei Krause of this city is the cham
pion knitter of Wyandot county. He
has completed his twentieth sweater,
which he presented to Y. M. G. A.
man just leaving for France Krause
IL a man 35 years of age. He is a
railroad signal man and does his
Knitting In spare hours.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
MANY PERSONS ILL IN SPAIN
Forty Per Cent Of the Population A.
feeted by Mysterious
Epidemic.

London, May ga mysterious epi-
demic has spread over Spain and at
least 40 per cent Of the population has
been affected by 1t, says Madrid dis
patch to the Express. King Alfonso
has become Ill and is confined to his
bed. 1t is feared he has fallen VIC
tim to 1t. The symptoms resemble In
fiuenza, but many persons afflicted with
1t have fallen In the streets in fit.
Military maneuvers have been suspend
ed because of the epidemic.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
KEEP BELGIUM, SAYS TIRPITZ
Declares Seas Must Be Freed From
"Anglo-Saxon Tyranny" Says
Dusseldorf Paper.

Amsterdam, May 29.-"We must re-
tain Belgium economically, politically
and militarily. We must be freed
from British tyranny said Admiral
Won Tirpitz, former German minister
Of marine, In an address at Dussel-
dorf, as quoted In the Nachrichten Of
that city.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
PRODUCE 5000 RIFLES DAILY
American Factories Can Equip Two
Divisions Weekly Says Con.
gressman TIIson.

Atlantic City, N. z. May 29.-Ameri-
can factories are now producing Lee
Enfield rifles at the rate Of 5000 day
enough to equip two army divisions
weekly-accordlng to Representative
John @. Tilson of Connecticut, men,
Der of the house military affairs COM
mittee, who addressed the Hardware
Manufacturers association for war
service here.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
To Expedite Coal Movement.

Columbus, May 22.-Double track
ing of the Hooking Valley between
( Columbus and Toledo will be pushed
with all possible speed under the or
ders of Director General McAdoo.
federal railroad administrator. 1t is
the desire of the director general
that the double track be installed as
soon as possible, in order that there
may be larger tonisage of coal haul
ed to the lakes,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
DEFICIENCY BILL IS PASSED
Senate Adopts Measure Carrying an
Appropriation Of $4,000, 900 for
Bureaus.

Washington, May 29.-The senate
passed an urgent deficiency bill carry
Ing an appropriation Of approximately
S90,000,000 with authorization for
contracts to the extent of $685.
100000. The appropriation covers
war expenditures Of the various gov
ernment bureaus and includes wages
for large number of temporary en-
plOyees.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
HUNS SEIZE 4 DUTCH SHIPS
Germans Hold Up Vessels Pending
Agreement Between Holland
and Germany.

Amsterdam, May 29.-The Germans
have seized and taken into SWINE
munde the Dutch steamship Jantie and
sailing vessels Marie, Jacobs and Ger
zine. This Is In pursuance Of their pol
icy Of not permitting Dutch vessels to
sail without German safe conducts,
pending arrangement Of the transit
question between Holland and Ger
many.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01

oil Schooner Wrecked, Grew Mlsslnu.
An Atlantic Port, May CA
schooner which sailed from here for
Cuba with cargo Of petroleum and
was found full Of water and aban-
doned off tine Delaware coast was
towed into an Atlantic port. The
whereabouts Of the crew is not known.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01

Hutchinson. Kan, May %. Mrs.
George Pew was struck and killed by
motorcar driven by her son. Loren
Pew. The accident was due to heavy
dust storm.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
sauen pIe In church Panic.

Rome May 29.-Seven persons were
killed and 120 injured during panic
in the Church Of the Trinity, near
Subiac0 when an insane woman set
up the cry Of "Save yourselves"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01
Also Eighteen Lsunehlnss During the
eerlod--shippInc Board Speed
Inc ThIngs.

Washington, May 29.-Ten steel yes
sells, totaling 6S.4S6 tons, were COM
pleted for the shipping board in the
week ending May 25 There were 1S
launchings during the week, of a total
tonnage Of 100 100.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01

San Antonio. Tex, May 29.-Fiying
Cadet Paul M. Curris Of Minneapolis
was killed In fall from an airplane
near San Antonio. William A. Currte
of Minneapolis is his father.
BUILDS TEN SHIPS IN WEEK
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-06-01

With the American Army in France,
May 29.--A number of American air
planes assisted the French infantry In
hghting near Pont-au-M Mousson. Swoop-
Ing down over the German lines, the
Americans poured an avalanche of bull
let's into the enemy's trenches.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-09
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
Of RAILROADS INEVITABLE

The railroads have only themselves
to thank for the loss of private owner
ship; this is the conclusion of Brad
ford Merrill, after careful study of the
records, which he makes public in
the article, Railroads Themselves
Prove" in the February number of
Hearsts Magazine Public ownership
has become necessary because the
public has been Systematically and
for many years deceived and cheated
cut OF its just dues. High finance
sometimes seems too complicated to
be readily understood, but Mr.. Merrill
brings out with a clearness which can
not be withstood the sensational story
of the rise of the New York Central
lines to power, and the means which
were taken to get every possible con
cession from the state, while seeing
that the public never got the benefit
OF their success. The story reads like
novel of big business. or, with
change of details, like the depredations
Of the robber barons of the middle
ages who held the highways and ex-
acted toll from every one who passed
How money was borrowed from the
state and never repayed, how railroads
which never existed off of paper were
capitalized at large figures, how sur
plus profits were turned into this over
capitalization, and how, after all this.
the railroads have put up cry of a
need for increase in rates which would
put burden of s400,000,000 on the
| nations cost of living, is a startling
revelation which the public has been
sOrely needing, and which clearly ex-
plains the reason why the railroads
have forfeited their right to the an-
questioning trust of the public to-
whom they acknowledge no obliga-
lions. This question of government
ownership is one of the most impor-
tant in our present domestic affairs.
and it is one which no one after read
Ing Mr.. Merrill's article in Hearst's
| for February, can fail to understand
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-09
Pathetic Appeal bIsreaarded.

"Our laboring class has endured
everything with the utmost calm and
the most impressive dignity, depressing
its Sufferings, It's complaints and heavy
trials, sacrificing everything to its
ideal of liberty and independence. But
the measures which have been an
nOunced will make the population drain
the dregs (Of the cup) of human sOr-
row; the prOletariat, the poor upon
whom unemployment has been forced,
citizens of modern state, are to be
condemned to forced labor without
having disobeyed any regulation or
order.
"In the name of the families Of
wOrkmen among which the most pain
full anxiety reigns at present, whose
mothers. whose tianceeS, and whose
little children are destined to shed so
many more tears, we beg your excel
lency to prevent the accomplishment
of this painful act, contrary to in
ternational law, contrary to the dig
nifty of the working classes, contrary
to everything which makes for worth
and greatness in human natrue.
"We beg your eXcellency to pardon
our emotion and We offer you the hon.
age of our distinguished consideration"
(Appended are signatures of mem
bers of the national committee and
the Commission Syndicale.)
Won Kissing in his reply. November
8 practically admitted the truth of the
complaint by attempting TO justify the
measures protested against,
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-09
Copper River
4 Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT

Leave Cordova Second Street Depot, on Mon
days. THURSDAYS and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Uo"dova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Ke"necot~ Sundays, Tues
days and FciGays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes-
days, Thursdays &ad Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from a. m. to 5 p M, except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office one hour before departure of trains.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-09
GERMAN HONOR
DRAGGED IN DUST
Solemn Promises Made to Bel
gianS Proved to Be Worse
Than Worthless.
ALL APPEALS WERE FLOUTED

Pathetic and Dignified supplieatlons of
Municipal Governments Answered
by Rebuke and Heavy Fine
Imposed by General HOPPER.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-09

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The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
MILLIONS WORK IN MINES
More Than Half Of the 5000, 900 Men
Employed Below Earth's Sur.
face Dig Coal.

The magnitude of the mining indus
try may be grasped when one realizes
that more ttan 100000 men are en-
gagged In the mines Of the world OF
this number B,S00,000 are employed In
the coal mines and 100000 In the
metal mines. In addition. millions
more are engaged in allied industries
dependent directly upon the mines for
coal and metal, according to the En-
gineering and Mining Journal.
Mining is one of the hazardous in
dustries employing over 100000 men
in the United States, in which three
out of every 1000 men employed are
killed every year by reason of some ac-
cident. While complete data relating
to non-fatal injuries are not available.
reports to the United States bureau Of
mines for all metal mines in the
United States show that about 200
men per thousand pen year are In
jured sufficiently to cause q loss OF
time. A reduction Of 30 per cent In
the number of mine accidents would
mean a saving Of 1900 lives in the
United States every year, in addition
to reducing the loss Of time and SUIT
fering resulting from more than 200,
600 non-fatal injuries.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
Non-Ereezina Mixture.

Protection against possible freez-
ing of wet materials in a cement
mixer during cold weather is obtained
at low cost by using an oil-burning
heater which can be attached to prac-
tically any mixing machine. Such q
device unquestionably can save money
for contractor by making it safe to
operate continuously when the temper
ature is low, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The heater is provided with
a 25-gallon tank which is mounted
above the mixer and is connected by
pipe with burner situated at the
opening in the side of the mixing drum.
compressed air, obtained either from a
hand pump or compressor, is used to
vaporize the Oil and in this way a
flame is forced into the interior of
the drum, keeping the materials there
thoroughly warm.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
WOMEN IN DRAMATIC ROLES
Famous Heroines In Various Shake
spearean Characters, as Detailed
by Noted Danish Critic.

The following characteriZatiOnS OF
Shakespeare's women are from the pen
of. DIR. George Brandes, the famous
Danish, critic, the Philadelphia In
quirer states:
Katharine, flaming of the Shrew;"
high-spirited,Ss self-willed, but Iowa
Bile. Beatrice, 'Much Ado About
Nothing;" high intellect, combative,
energetic, daringly witty. Rosalind,
"As You Like IT." gay without sting,
sensitive and intelligent; loving pas
sionately and being passionately
loved. VIOLA Twelfth Night" sound
of understanding, emotional, deep and
patient, with great power Of passive
love. Lady. Macbeth, Macbeth :"
wicked even to the point Of brutality
under stress :of passionate love and
great ambition. Portia, Merchant of
Venice" thoroughly genuine, almost
masculine, yet most womanly In power
of self-surrender. Helena. sI0ye's La
Dor LOST" high souled type Of low
Ing and cruelty maltreated woman.
Tamora, "Titus Andronicus;" power
full intellect, defiant of morality. Ju-
iiet, Romeo and Juliet;" passionate
love, yet under control of principle.
Cordelia. "King Lear" filial love,
Kindness of heart. Cleopatra, "An-
thony and Cleopatra" 4quintessen-
TALLY erotic emotion chemically, free
from all other elements. Marina.
"Pericles;" nobility of character. Isa-
belle, Measure for Measure spot
less purity of soul. Imogen, "Cymbe-
Iine;" born for happiness, Injured to
suffering, calm, collected. Hermione,
sWinter's Tale;;" majestically lovable,
grand and gracious simplicity. Ophe-
liza, "Hamlet;;" unobtrusive affection,
devotion even to insanity. Miranda,
"Tempest :" all that is admirable In
woman, maidenly, immaculate. Des-
demona. "Othello;" victim of jealousy.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
Canaries' Music Lessons.

There are large number Of varie-
lies of the domestic canary. Many OF
them are bred primarily for their song,
and their training makes an interesting
story. The aim is to produce males
with clear, soft, pleasing songs with
long rolls or trills, and no attention is
given to other characters, writes bird
raiser. These birds are usually nom
descript as to color and appearance.
The young birds when fledged are put
In rooms with birds noted for their
soft and fine song, and here, through
Imitation, they develop their own vocal
accomplishments. Any bird develop
Ing harsh notes is removed so that he
may not endanger the vocal success of
his brothers. 1t is said that a me-
chanical instrument known as "bird
organ" which produces liquid trills,
Is frequently used in training the birds.
The musical course for a canary covers
about six months tuition and practice
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
ECONOMICS IN THE BIBLE
Everlasting Truth to Be Found in One
of the Injunctions Laid Down
BY Christ.

There is vast deal of sound eco
nomics in the new testament, says a
writer in the American Magazine. Be
selfish nobly. "Love thy neighbor as
thyself" When Christ said that, he
set it down as an everlasting truth
that man must love himself in order
to achieve anything at all in this
world, and that the attempt to love
another. as he does himself is to strug-
gle toward an ideal.
Moreover, when he told the rich
young man to give all he had to the
poor, he issued the command not be-
cause he despised money and the
things money symbolizes, but because
he saw that this particular young man
was a waster, one who couldn't stand
prosperity" and that the use he made
of his money harmed him instead of
helping him. There were quarter
horses 1000 years ago. just as there
are quarter horses" today.
To. be selfish in fine way is to
carry out ones highest destiny. That
40 iCoA PAiiiOoOphys - 40 oAoO LCul COiu-
mon sense. Why is man put into
the world If it is not to make the best
of himself, to improve himself, to i'm
press himself on his community and
his world? That is just what he is
intended to do.
And he does 1t in two ways: The
first is by his acquisftiveness, his pow
er to get things; it matters not wheth-
er what he gets is money, or learning.
or power Of eloquence, or the serenity
of lofty thought. The second is by u.s.
ing properly what he has got whether
it is money, or learning, or power.
And if he does use 1t properly he Is
on sure ground. To use it properly
means that he uses it for his own
good and, incidentally, for the good
of others, that he wastes it neither
in foolish living nor in extravagant liv-
ing, and, above all, that he uses it so
that it increases even while it is be-
ing used, so that. in the end, he always
grows in. power and self-sufficiency.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
increases Profanity.

"The telephone" says William Lyon
Phelps In the New Republic, "has sure
" spread the habit Of cursing. As
Figaro says, To get your telephone
connection is no longer an achieve
ment; It is q career Learning to play
the typewriter has also loosened the
tongue. A friend wrote me-he is a
professor in a woman's college-that
in playing his machine he had discoy-
cred In his, s,nature depths of depravity
hitherto undreamed Of. But golf has
done more for swearing than any 9TH
er modern employment; it has made
taciturn gentlemen as efficient as team
sters. The disappointments of golf are
SO Immediate, SO unexpected, so over
whelming. Nearly all men, and wom-
en-, too, must swear naturally in their
thoughts; else how explain such easily
acquired proficiency?"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
I,verpooI,s Girl Conductors.

"Does this car travel by Dale street
or by Church street?" asked an anx-
ious passenger as he stepped aboard
at the corner of Tunnel road, Liver
pool, during a darkness which could be
felt. ST do not know" was the girl
conductors naive reply. When the
passenger expressed, surprise coupled
with pain, as he had fear of missing
the last train to Southport, the con-
ductress added the explanation that
her "duty was merely to collect the
fares" and she ''had nothing to do
with the route the car might take"
With. this the belated one had fain to
be content. .as.l .aa..s.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-01
cO0PERs At HOME
Town On 0tsego Lake Bears
Family Name of Novelist.
Here the Noted Writer Gained In
spiration to Execute Works That
81 Brought Him Fame.

With the arrival of solitary horse
man at the shores of Otsego lake in
New York begins the history of Coop
erstown. He was William Cooper, of
a Buckinghamshire family that came
to America from England in 1779 and
he founded the town which bears his
name. Leaving his home in Pennsyl-
vania in 1885. at the age of thirty-one,
he investigated the region round about
Otsego lake with the intention of
founding there a home for himself
and a village for others. In January,
1903, he. took possession, in associa-
uop with Andrew Craig, Of a large
tract Of 20.35O acres, soon afterward
buying out his partners share and
becoming sole owner. Settlers began
to arrive, and in 1888, Cooper erected
a home for himself. 1t stood ON Main
street, where is now the entrance to
the beautiful and extensive Cooper
estate. ss'. r.
This William Cooper was the father
Of James Fenimore Cooper, who in. his
transfer to his new home at the age
Of thirteen months was the impassive
witness of an amusing family differ
ence. 1t seems that when William
Cooper had completed arrangements
for the transfer Of his family from
Burlington, N. J., to Cooperstown, his
wife positively refused to GO. She
remembered the wilderness which she
hcI xy,~tknd <hrao x,oo,.e, nd che
preferred the well established society
and congenial friends Of her old home
to the discomforts of a pioneer settle
ment. The conveyance was ready and
waiting, her husband urged her to give
In, but she sat firmly in chair in
the library Of her Burlington home
and refused to-. bulge.
The circumstances of this family
disagreement are pleasantly narrated
by Rev. Ralph Birdsall, rector of
Christ church, says the Boston Tran
script. In. his delightful little volume
which he calls 'sThe Story of Coopers-
town." II Mrs. Cooper was strong
minded woman, Mr.. Cooper was no
less strong-minded man. .'He seized
the chair.'' says Mr.. Birdsall, "with
his wife in it, and putting her aboard
the wagon, chair and all, began the
long journey to Otsego. Thus Will
liam Cooper carried his point, while
his wife carried hers. for she travelled
the whole distance in the chair from
which she vowed she would not move.
The chair itself, sacred to the men,
ory of two strong minds, is still in use
in the Cooper family"
This change Of home doubtless
shaped, If 1t did not alter, the life Of
James Fenimore Cooper. All his first
impressions, he said long afterward,
were obtained in the Otsego region.
It is to be doubted whether Fenimore
Cooper would have gained such wide
celebrity as novelist If he had not
discovered the unique field of romance
which the. lake and hills OF Otsego
began to open to his vision. Had Feni-
more Cooper remained in Burlington
he might have written, good novels,
but not 'sThe Leather Stocking Tales"