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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-21
SOLDIER LETTER.
He Goes Sight Seeing In Paris and Tells
of Some Things He Saw.
"Dear Editor and Friends:

Dear Editor and Friends:
81 am still in the part of the
world that is called Sunny France, but
| think it was a bad mistake when they
called it Sunny France, for 1t rains
over here every other day and Sunday
too.
Il have been in France almost seven
months. | landed in Liverpool, Eng
land, and crossed the English channel
from South Hampton, into LeHavre,
France, when submarines wers as thick
as tadpoles in mad hole, and since |
have been in France have been trans
ferred so many times till | have had
mail almost in half the outfits south
Of La Mrns.
WhenI first landed in France our
division, the 31st.. was split up for
replacement in other divisions. But
as it happened we had to take two
weeks machine gun training and the
armistice was signed before we had
the chance to try out real action on the
front.
Il went up to Paris the first of
April Paris is almost as nice a city
as New York City. The buildings are
Eot as high as those IN New York but
Paris is very clean city. l took
some very interesting trips there. l
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-21
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS.

A hurry call has been sent out for
books for the soldiers returning from
Europe on the transport ships. This
section has been asked through Mrs.
Chas. Comstock to assist in collecting
books.
Any person wishing to give books
for this purpose can leave same at the
store of W. f. Bandy & Son on or be-
fore May 80. Please remember the
date and act promptly.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-21
WORK OF COUNTY AGENTS.
Acreage Yield OF Corn Almost Doubled
Last Year by Their Efforts.

In spite of all that has been said ant
/ done, there are some good and we'll
meaning people who think that the
money paid to County Agriculture
Agents for going among the farmers
of thestate and advising and assisting
them to increase their crops, is money
wasted,
The reason most of those feel that
the money is wasted is because they do
not understand what the County Agent
has done or just how helpful he can
be, if the people will only let him.
Prof Charles A. Keffer, Director,
Division OF Extension, for this state,
has an excellent article in the u. T..
Farmer tor May telling of scrie OF
tho good things Accomplished by the
aid of the county agent. From the
article by Prof. Ketfer we CLEAN the
following interesting facts:
The county agents of the state had
more than 1,4G0 corn demonstrations
and increased the yield per acre from
% bushels to 43 bushels, almost double
the yield. In 62 counties there are a.
300 silos, most of which are due to the
efforts of the county agent.
Last year Tennessee was asked by
the government to increase its hog
production l5 percent. over the former
year. The county agents pressed that
among the farmers with great energy
and as result the increase was Is per
cent. ..The pig club enrolment in
creased from less than 100 to more
than 2, 700 members, and the increased
profits are estimated at s150,000.
Five cooperative cheese factories
were organized through the efforts of
the county agents and dairy specialists
and they paid to farmers more than
$4,000. Through testing cows for
their milk producing qualities the net
profit was more than $l20, 900. Much
other valuable work has beer done by
the county agents.
HOME DEM ONSTRATION WORK.
Home dem onstraton work has done
its part nobly. Besides teaching the
girls many useful things in the way of
canning, baking and care for the sick,
the club girls canned over $700, 900
worth of fruits and vegeta oles and
nearly $500, 900 worth of drieo fruits
were pat up, to say nothing of the
more than $S5, 900 worth of poultry pro.
ducts being marketed.
The foregoing is only few of the
strong points in favor of the County
A gent and the ONE Demonstration
Agent. Much more has been accom-
olished that has been very helpful.
One more thing we wish to mention,
which is the campaign that has been
encouraged against the fly, one of the
worst disease carriers that the public
las to contend with. Health is wealth,
md 1t is no undue claim to say: That
he work done for better health, of
} mes and communities by fighting the
ly has been worth more to the public
rd the people in their homes than the
n, We expenses incident to the Home
Demonstration work.
Cumberland county is fortunate in
9th the County Agricultural Agent
nd Home Demonstration Agent for
hey are both capable and full of en-
rgy. Our County Agent is W. G.
ldsmond and our Home Demonstration
gent il Mrs. E. Cope Albertson. {
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-21
EOUAuzIKG STATE TAXES.
Many Men Now Working at Various
Points Over the State.


AS is known to many of our people,
an act was passed by the last legisla
ture authorizing the governor to ap
point force of men to go into every
county in the state-and into every
civil district if necessary-and deter
mine, by putting well-informed persons
on oath, as to the actual value of al
the property of the state, both real anc
personal.
1t is we'll understood that many
thousands of dollars of personal pro-
perty has been escaping assessment
altogether for many years while much
real estate has been assessed far below
is actual cash value.
We have it on the best authority that
in one instance in Middle Tennessee a
certain farm was sold under the ham,
mer by court order and it brought $40,
900, but it had been assessed for many
years at Sc. 500. In another instance a
farm sold for $4,000 and it had been
assessed at So. 900 for many years. 1t
is the purpose of the new law to cor
rect such abuses.
When the proper valuations have
been ascertained there is every prob
ability that the state tax will be re-
duced by that means many of the
roorer Counties will be relieved
of a considerable burden that they
have been carrying unjustly for many
years.
1t is we'll known that in many in
astnces land In this county is assessed
for mure than it could be sold for If
twelve months time was tai gen in
which to effect the sale. A reduction
of the state levy would relieve this
county to a considerable extent and at
the same time enable our people to
pay a higher tax for schools without
increasing the present taxes paid.
Attorney J. W. Cooper, who IS in the
employment of the State Board of
Equalization, was in town last week in
connection with tire work of equalizing
the taxes.
1t is the plan of the state board to
get an estimate of the far cash value
of every piece of property in the state
and to this end the evidence OF the
county tax assessor and two witnesses
in every civil district is being taken.
This is being done for the purpose of
securing uniform assessments in every
county in the state, which will rebound
very greatly to the benefit of the tax
payers in this county. since it has
been shown that the small taxpayer all
over the state has paid more than his
just share of the expense of running
the government.
1t is an enormous task, but it Is well
werth all the cost and trouble it will
entail, as in the work of taking this
proof, much property, which has
heretofore escaped taxation, will be
uncovered.
Mr.. Cooper is beng assisted by u.
Y. Pearson, of Sparta MIR. Cooper
left MONDAY for Jackson county to put
in motion the machinery for determin-
ing true valuations there. He left Mr.. |
Pearson here aid he will continue the |
work in this county. The work of de-
termining values in the First District |
was completed Saturday and other dis
tricts will be taken up in order until
all are completed.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-21
HAMSTRUNG, BOUND, GAGGED.
That is the Way the Germans Regard
the Peace Treaty.

The Germans look upon the peace
treaty as most monstrous document.
They feel that they have been grossly
wronged and there is not the slightest
doubt that they will violate the agree
ment in every way they choose, so far
as they can safely do so; that is Ger
man style.
The world looks upon the treaty as
being not one whit more severe than
their acts Justify and many consider it
very lenient Here are few OF the
conditions:
The German land forces are to be
reduced to 10000 men and 1000 Off
GERS. The navy will be reduced to six
battleships. six light cruisers, IL de-
stroyers and IL torpedo boats. and men
than $4,000. Germany must not have
any submarines at all. After October
l she is it not to have any air force at
all. All aviation grounds are to be
plowed up.
Largest guns they will be allowed to
have will be little over four inches in
calIbre and of these she is to have
only 1874. She can have only 756 ma
chine guns and the ammunition for all
guns will be "rationed" to them in
small quantities.
The German general staff. which has
eben the main support of Prussianism.
is to go out of existence. Officers
must remai in the service until 45 or
until they ave served 25 years and
then must retire and take no part in
training. There is to be only
one militia school allowed and every
thing looking toward universal military
service will b. prohibited.
The military stronghold on the island
of Helgoland, in the North Sea. is to
be destroyed and the Keil canal is to be
open to all nations On terms of full
equality.
Because of Germany systematically
destroyed the French coal fields around
Lenz. the Sarre valley coal mines be-
longing to Germany are to be centroll-
ed for Is years by commission named |
by the league of nations and it Is un-
derstood that France is to be favored. |
At the end of that time the people are
to be allowed to take vote as to which |
country they will belong Torrance or
Germany, or continue to be ruled by
the league. If they cast their lot with
Germany then Germany must pay
France for the coal fields.
Poland is to have a "corrider" !
through Germany to the Baltic Sea,
with Danzig as a free city.
Germany must give up all of her Is
ocean cables.
Here indemnity. which is expected
TO be 25 billions or more, is to be left
10 a commission which will decide the
amounts they must pay each year for
30 years. Five billions must be paid
1t once and the same amount in 1920.
Germany loses all her foreign pos
sessions. She surrenders all rights in
Morocco, where she almost precpatat-
I'd war OH there occasions.
Germany has practically said she
would not and could not sign the treaty,
,ut that is bluff for they have no
hoice except to sign.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
Retirement Measure
Will Be Pushed in Case
House Meets Toniqht

II there is session tonight
Representative keating of Colorado
will endeavor. under a suspension of
the rules. TO get a vote in the House
on the civil service retirement meas
ure. If he does not get action tonight
he will make another effort on Mon
day. He is determined, il possible. to
put through this Legislation for the
benefit of superannuated government
employees before his term expires.
Special rules were ordered by the
rules committee today on five meas
ures which will constitute a program
for the House now that the appro-
priation bills have been passed and
sent to the Senate.
The rules committee put first on the
list the reclamation measure which
has been urged by Secretary Lane
for the appropriatiin of sI00 =
100000 10 reclaim lands as farms for
returning soldiers The civil service
retirement bill comes second The
resolution urging the President to in
sist at the peace conference upon the
right of seif-determination for Ire
land is third. The bill for deportiug
undesirable aliens is fourth. and the
resolution. introduced by Representa-
tive Hefin of Ala bama. for the in
Sestigatiop OF the methods pursued
by the cotton exchange is fifth
No effort will be made in the House
before adjournment of Congress to
pass the resolution ending govern
ment wire control by December 81
next. Representative Pou. chairman of
the House rules committee. announced
today that the measure would not be
pressed because action in the Senate
was regarded as impossible.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
MARTIAL LAW IN MADRID
FOLLOWS FOOD R|OT|NG
People Make Angry Move Against
Profteers; Attack Provision
and Butcher Shops.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADRID, Friday, February 2s--
Martial law has been declared in
Madrid. and troops are patroiling the
streets. Order has been restored, but
some theaters have been closed.
This action was the result of rioting
against profiteers today, provision
and butcher shops being attacked by
mobs. The government has taken pos
session of all bake shops.
Premier Romanones has issued a
statement saying that protests against
provision dealers has assumed such an
ASPECT that it was necessary to take
serious precautions, and that martial
law had been declared SO as to enable
the government to work better for a
settlement of pending social questions.
The trouble began during Friday
afternoon. wher attacks on bakeries
and food shops occurred. principally
in the suburbs. and in the evening
there was d movement by the people
which resulted in their occupation of
the butcher shops. Skirmishes, with
some Stone-throWing, occurred be
tween the demonstrators and the po-
lice around the markets.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
SENATOR'S POINTS
MAY AID AT PARIS
Validity of Mr.. Lodges OBJ
iections Likely to Be Studied
Carefully.
PRESIDENT MAY DISCUSS
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Unfortunately nobody in the admin
istration but President Wilson is thor
oughly familiar with what has hap
pened a the Paris peace conference,
so nobody else was in a position to-
day to refute the speech of Senator
Lodge. republican leader. IN opposition
to the proposed draft of a league of
ma ations.
Possibly the President will discuss
the subject in his New York speech,
but Mr Wilson has her etofore confined
himself so often TO generalities in his
public addresses that it is hardly to
be expected he will analyze MIR,
Lodges objections. Rather may it be
said that the American mission in
Paris viii study it carefully and see
wherein the objections can be said to
be valid or invalid.
Evening star., 1919-03-01

equitable relations between nation
and capital which, il thinks, should
exist. vigorously approves the prin-
c!ples of that legislation. 1t has oeeh
contended that the national contrlou-
ton toward capital upbuilding should
be much, little or nothing, according
a s the spirit moved at each recurring
session. The joint committee says
concerning the indefinite. ftuctuatihg
contribution proposition: Our unani-
mons nonclusion is that the
Congress should pursue dehnite POI
ley of resusnr and liberal appropfia
tions."
In response to the contention that
the local contribution shouid De sup-
ject to sudden increases. fuctuatlng
and uncertain the joint committee
says: Our unanimous conclusion Is
that the rate of taxation IN the Dis-
triet should be fixed and certaih !;
that there should be no greater ex-
action from the people of the District
of CoIum bia' than "a tax comparaote
in assessment. rate and amount 10
that paid by the residents of other
cities similar in population and ioca-
tion to the city OF WasninS Ton anu
that the annual property tax in WASH
ington a this time, approximately siS
per capita meets these conditions, ana
I'm the judgment of your commlttee
is reasonable tax levy
The joint congressional committee
finds on all the vital issues of fact
in favor of Washington. 1t sustains
a fair and reasonable the recent as
sessment of Washington realty which
discloses nearly two hundred mil
lions less of realty values than were
alleged to exist in 1919 by the So
called George report. ~ IL hnds not
only that the Washingtorfian is not
underassessed, but that as compared
with the resident OF comparable
American cities he is not undertaxed; !;
that his per capita of property taxes.
about SIS, is q reasonable tax burden.
no more than which should be e1acted;
that while the Washingtonian is
contributing all ne equitably should
toward capital upbuilding. more m
stead of less should be done by the
nation, in response not only to the i'm
pulse OF equity, but of enlarged pa
triotic pride in the nations city.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
BIG BALLOON UP TODAY.
Exact Duplicate of Sausage" That
Broke Loose on Day of Parade.

No, the big sausage balloon which
was up this morning in the vicinity
of the Washington Monument is not
the same one that got loose Thursday
just before the parade and was blown
some miles into Maryland. It's an
exact duplicate, however
The one up today is officially desig-
mated II. S. Army Observation Bal
loon, Type X, No. 1927" It is attached
to a big windlass on the ground or on
truck, and is the type used in war
for observation purposes for the ben
eft of artillery. and in other ways.
The escaped sausage" which broke
from it's moorfngs the morning of the
parade. was to have given Washing
tonians an idea of the manner In
which such a piece of appa ratus is
employed. Its truck was to have
towed it along in the procession. In
order to assuage local disappointment
the balloon section of the department
of military aerouautics promised to
send up another like il as soon as pos
sible. and today this was done. The
runaway balloon was brought back
by motor truck TO the Potomac Park
headquarters yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
Washington Men Arrive.

The battleships Virginia and Rhode
Island. which arrived at Newport
News yesterday from Brest, brought
the following District soldiers: Mai.
Randolph T. Pendleton. 1926 18th
street: Warren. H Hunt 25o3 18th
street; Sergt. Speaker Frederick, A2l
6th street southwest; Corp. Roger W.
Watts, Stanhope apartments: Sergt.
Charles J. Stansbury, 452 Maryland
avenue; Sergt. S. Shreye, 2S5 Morgan
street; Arthur NJ. Reeve, 207 G street.
Theodore Hardy, 444 Massachusetts,
avenue; Leroy King, Macomb street,
and Sergt. Isaac w. Hartzog.
Washingtonians on the Aquitania.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March transports
docking at this port have brought
another batch Of ashingtoniaEs.
One of the arrivals on the Aquitaria
yesterday evening was Miss Gertrude
Pershing, sister OF the general. Miss
Pershing,s who served as an Army
nurse in France. is now on the way
to the capital
Other arrivals were: Maj. Granville
Fortescue, field artillery, 1891 Con-
necticut avenue. Lieut. Jerome Felin-
rt ~
ger, Medical Corps, 1920 Columbia
road; Lieut.. Col Richard P. williams,
Marine Corps, 1916 street; Mai.
George j. Denis, Hotel Shoreham; M.
Avery, American Red Cross. 23ss Ash
meade place; Lieut.. Louis ]. wiesen.
lo5th Infantry, 3103 Mount Pleasant
street; Sergt. Vernon D. Smith, ord
nance, s22 Southern building; Code
Clerk Leo W. Ronemus, 1856 n street
northwest; q. D. Rikey, American Red
Cross. Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company; Capt. Franklin H. Ellis.
102d Engineers, 1927 10th street;
Lieut. Fred Smith, 366th Infantry, 23i
4 street southwest: Lieut. John W.
Freeman, 366th Infantry, 1852 Florida
avenue; Musician Walter r. TYLER
102d Engineers. 1916 Fl street: Seret.
George B: Mayer, artillery, 52S 18th
street northwest
Evening star., 1919-03-01
DEATH TOLL OF BATTLE
Gen. March Gives Statistics Repre-.
senting All the Participants
in World Conflict.

Battle deaths during the war among
all participants, SO far as available
statistics show, were given today by
Gen. March as over 1000 GOO. This rep
resents only men killed in action or died
oi wounds.
In the list prepared by the general
staff Russia led with total Of L.
700 coo; Germany was second with
1900 200, and the United States last
with $4,000.
Approximate figures for other ma
tions were: France, 1855, ,0JG: Eng
land, 700. 700; Italy, 460. .000 Turkey
land. 100000; ITALY. 10000 Turkey,
4o0.0 .0oe Belgium. 100000; Rumania,
fo0.0e Serbia and Montenegro, lo0,-
600: Austria II Hungary, 500. 900; Bulgaria,
iu0, 600
Evening star., 1919-03-01
HALF-AND-HALF
NOT CONDEMNED
Joint Fiscal Committee Did
Not Declare 1t Unjust
or Unfair.
RECORD REFUTES SISSON

10 the House debate Thursday Rep
resentative Sisson said. concerning
the findings of the joint consression-
al fiscal committee. After a sum
mer's Investigation that comm ssion
unanimously reported to the House
and 20 the Senate that the arbitrary
half-and- half provision was wrong:
that ii was unjust and unfair TO the
federal Treasury
on the contrary. the unanimous re-
port Of the Joint committee is to the
effect thai the half-and- half provision
is just and fair to the federal Treas
ury that under it the District resi-
dent pays the full tax that can be
nation ,and not the Washing stonian,
which contributes TOO little to capital
maintenance and development. The
half-and- d-hslf provision is not found
committee does say that once a ne
cessity. ii is now no longer needed.
The committee finds that the organ
ic act of 1878 was conceived as an
economic necessity" and was justi-
fed by the exigencies of the time and
the conditions of that day" but that
the conditions of today and of the
few years last past are SO different
from the conditions of 1873 that this
arbitrary rule-a rule of then seem
ing necessity-need no longer be ap-
piled to District appropriations.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
Believes It viii Be Useful.

My own observation in Paris of the
way the American mission conducted
itself leads me to believe that when
all is said and done Senator Lodges
speech will be useful to the delegates.
Parts of it relate to points made by
the American delegates themselves as
well as the delegates of other coun-
tries in the preliminary discussions
and the covenant finally drawn repre-
sents a compromise.
For instance, Senator Lodges vigor-
Gus objection to the idea that i'm
migration shall in any way be includ-
ed within the jurisdiction of the
league is exactly what the japanese
have been arguing.
They are unwilling to tie them
selves in treaty that will force them
to submit to arbitration or decision
by council composed almost entirely
OF the Caucasian race. If the para
graph under which the Massachusetts,
senator thinks Americas right to self
preservation by excluding Immigrants
who affect her economic prosperity is
infringed upon really circumseribed
the freedom of action of any nation,
Japan would be the first 10 make
protest.
Evening star., 1919-03-01
3,491 Arrive on Maui.

Bringing 3,491 troops. including the
35oth Regiment of Field Artillery
tnegro) complete, with the exception
70 43 officers who remained in France
on detached service, the transport
Maui arrived here from Brest late
yesterday after voyage of twelve
days Five casual companies from
New York. Texas. Illinois, Michigan,
Iowa and Kansas and coDvalescent
detachment of l.1f2 sick and wounded
were among the other units on board.
The artillerymen will be distributed