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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
Transports Supplies to Front In
France.

When Uncle Sans armies finished
the war the motor transport corps
comprised a force of roughly 10000
trained drivers of motortrucks, cars
and motorcycles.
OF this great force, only about half
we're trained drivers when they en-
listed for the service, so it was neces-
sary in order to have this force of
men to train $4,000 men to drive auto
motive vehicles.
The ammunition trains, supply
|trains, sanitary trains and casual mo-
torized units which first went over
seas were composed of trained driv-
ers, as a rule. Those who came after
were the men who did not know cars,
engines, or any Of the problems of
driving, particularly such problems as
driving over roads under shell fire or
with the great congestion of the roads
to the fighting zone in France. The
men who came In the second great
rush of men for the army had there
fore to be trained from the very be-
ginning to know the machine, and
then to know the problems of driving
in formation on military roads.
Big Problems Presented.
The two big phases were the teach
ing of the mechanism of the truck
engine-I say truck because this was
by far the more vital part of the
training of driving in military forma-
tons of huge fleets of trucks.
Now that the war is over the prob
lem Of teaching the mechanism of the
machine is by far the more important
to the commercial truck operator. AS
to the military formation required in
the army, this can be disposed of
quickly.
On tha-~AI exican harder and with
the Pershing expedition into Mexico,
the problem Of mass operations with
trucks was of minor Importance. The
drivers went forward with some SEM
blance Of military formation, with
certain distances between trucks, and
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
WOMEN DENIED
LIVING WAGE
Official Of the Federal Depart
ment Of Labor Makes
the Assertion.
URGES FORMATION OF BUREAU
Mary Van Kleeck, Director OF the
Women-in-lndustry Service, Points
Out What She Considers
Legislative Needs.

'Tn spite of their record during the
war millions of women in the United
States receive less than living wage
and thousands of families are below
the poverty line for no reason except
that their bread-winners happen to
be women earning women's wages"
declared Miss Mary Van Kleeck, di-
rector of the women-in-industry serv-
ice of the United States department
of labor, at meeting of the Woman
Voters league before conference OF
labor held at the headquarters of the
National American Woman Suffrage
association at Washington.
Miss Van Kleeck further said:
millions of women are working too
long hours for health and efficiency,
and many men and women are work
ing under conditions which are un-
wholesome and unsafe. In many we'll
managed establishments, however,
standards have greatly improved dur
ing the war and the time is ripe to
extend these Improvements through
out industry. Continuous, careful in
vestigation by central bureau of in
formation and a government policy
formulated by women are of the ut
most Importance for reconstruction in
America. Therefore, next to the suf-
frage amendment, the measure Of
greatest importance to women before
the new congress will be to establish
on permanent basis, with an ade-
quate appropriation, the women's bu-
reau in the United States department
of labor"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

with some attempt at military cohe-
sion. The truck work, however, was
more or less of a problem of every
man to drive his own machine.
New System Developed.
When the American army reached
France, with the greatly restricted
area of operation, the shorter dis
tances for ordinary hauls, and the in
tense congestion of the roads, 1t was
necessary to develop military pre-
cision in handling of trucks, before
that unheard Of. The French trans.
port was first to develop this pre-
cision, and it's vital need was shown
in the British offensive on the Aisne
in 1917, when the enormous number
of over $500 trucks moved an entire
British corps in military formation
into the fighting line. Such a column
meant nearly 100 miles of length for
the train. And to have this body of
trucks operating properly the strict
est discipline was required.
This truck discipline was first sys-
tematized on the French lines by work
and experiments at Camp Johnson,
Fla, near Jacksonville, the mother
school of the motor transport corps,
and was soon developed into book
form and standardized for the army.
Thorough Training Given.
To the commercial truck operator,
however, the work done to train the
drivers in the handling Of their vehi-
cles was far more important. Every
man who went into the corps was
given thorough training in the opera
tion Of the motor vehicles, and while
the Camp Johnston school was work
ing out truck discipline enormous re-
pair and shop units were In full op-
GRAFTON In other parts of the country.
Such, for instance at Camp Holabird,
near Baltimore, and at Atlanta, while
over in the West there were such
units as at San Antonio. These were
mechanical organizations for repair
work and for shop training.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
RULES FOR RADIATORS

The radiator takes so little
care that we are likely to give 1t
even less than 1t requires. Here
is simple rule which will give
good results:
/. Keep it full, especially with
a thermo-syphon cooling system.
The less the water, the less the
cooling effect and the worse for
the motor by overheating.
2. Keep it full when using al
cohol in wintey. The smaller the
volume of mixture, the sooner it
boils and evaporates.
8. Keep 1t full.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
TO SILENCE BATTLING RODS
Noise Made Is Source of Much Annoy.
ance to Occupants Of car--Way
to Remedy Trouble.

Where long rods Of small diameter
are used for brake connections. and
so forth, particularly on the smaller
cars, the rattle and chattering they
make is source Of constant annoy.
ance. There is an easy way, however,
to put stop to these noises. A coil
spring one-half inch to an inch In
diameter should be firmly attached at
one end to the middle Of each rod and
the other end extended under tension
to the frame side member or some 9th
er convenient point for anchorage. The
tension on these springs viii hold the
rods rigid and prevent vibration and
noise.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

quickly made up of discarded mate.
rails with but little work, says Popu.
lar Mechanics.
The wheel is Of the regular automo.
bile type with a "a by 4-inch pneu-
matte tire, this size being suitable for
use on both large and small cars. The
axle is either a broken front axle or
short section of strong steel beam.
The emergency axle is bent or
dropped, the offset being necessary to
clear the axle-housing fiange or brake
drum. The device is attached by
means of two U-shaped clamps and
nuts. The sketch shows the general
appearance and manner of attaching
the emergency wheel to the rear axle
of car, but it may also be used In
front, as the clamps are easily shifted.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
OIL WILL SILENCE sQUEAKs
Il In Hurry to Stop Noise Pour Little
Kerosene Over Spring and
Shake Car.

If in a hurry to stop spring from
squeaking, pour littln Kerosene over
It, guiding the oil down the sides with
the finger so that it will run between
the lenves. Wipe off the excess. Pour
cylinder Oil over the springs the same
way. Now shake the car so the oil
gill be drawn in and find the squeak.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
MINOR LABOR NOTES

A seamen's strike, affecting the Aus
tralian coastal trade and the Common
wealth ship line has been declared in
Brisbane, and there are indications
that it will spread to Sydney and Mel
bourne. The only danger from the
strike is a possible shortage of coal in
all centers outside of New South
Wales, thus shutting down industries.
The coal supply has been at low ebb
for some time because of the influenza
epidemic and war conditions
A notice was posted In the half
dozen textile manufacturing plants of
jamestown, N. Y, announcing an in
crease of Is per cent in wages and
the establishment Of a 4S-hGur week.
There are 5000 textile workers in the
city who will be affected by the new
schedule of hours and wages. The in
crease was granted without any de-
mand by the employees.
Notices were placed in the Winooski
(Vt) plant of the American Wooden
company, the Queen City Cotton mill
and the Chase Cotton mills of Bur-
lington that on June a substantial
increase in wages would go into eff
feet for all employees. The American
Wooden plant employs about $500, the
Queen City plant about 500 and the
| Chase mills about $50.
Union painters, decorators and pa
perhangers Of Montgomery, Ala, will
receive 621a cents an hour until May
1, 1920 under new contract. Eight
hours constitutes day. with time and
half for overtime and double pay for
Sundays and holidays A conference
board was formed to settle amicably
all matters not covered by the agree
ment.
Notices posted in the Pepperill and
York mills. Biddeford, Me- announced
an increase Of Is per cent for the s.
500 employees. The advance is I'M
derstood to be the forerunner of sim
liar action by manufacturers in other
cotton mill centers.
More than 1000 employees of the
American Car and Foundry company,
Chicago, went on strike. They de-
manded more money, shorter hours
and recognition of their unions, while
some of the trades went out in SYM
pathy.
On the suggestion of the upholster-
ers' union the Chicago Federation of
Labor has favored the organization of
furniture trades council which will
include over 10000 workers.
Industrial accidents in PennsyIva-
MIA during February claimed fewer
victims than during any one month in
the last three years of the operation of
the compensation act.
Painters in Moline, ILL.,, have Sc
cured union shop agreement and a
new minimum that advances wages to
70 cents an hour.
Metal polishers throughout the Uni
ted States have gained for themselves
shorter working hours and increased
wages.
With the signing of an agreement by
which sourneymen plumbers are to re-
ceive So daily wage, strike which
lasted for six weeks and seriously
hampered building operations ended az
Davenport, la.
Metal workers at Sampierdarent.
Italy, are still Idle owing to the fail
ure Of the employers to come to any
definite understanding with the men
as to increased wages.
During the period from 1912 to 1917
the average Increase in wages to en-
ployees of all electric railways in the
United States amounted to 2S per
GEN.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
TO PROPERLY CUT GAsKETs
Plan Which viii Be Found Convent.
ent for Owners of cars-Frayed
Edges Avoided.

Everyone who owns car has had
difficulty with cutting gaskets. Try
this method the next time: Put the
material-asbestos, felt, paper, ETC.
over the hole for which it Is being cut
Take a ball-head hammer and place it
on the material over the hole. Then
tap this first hammer gently with an
other hammer, and the gasket can be
cut without the frayed edges that are
so annoying.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

When Car Has Suffered Bump or
Crash Against Curb Wheels
Should BE Tested at Once.

Whenever the car has suffered
bump of any kind, crash against the
curb or anything Of the sort, the
wheels should Immediately be tested
for alignment. as bang of this kind
is quite enough to force them out Of
correct alignment, which will lead to
excessive wear
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Probably by the time the Americans
discover other underground and secret
storage places for war material there
will be much less for the reorganized
German army TO depend upon in an
emergency.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Anarchy, camouf1aged rs bolshev-
ism, seems growing to the proportions
of political smallpox that must be
stamped out to insure safety to the
world. Evidently no compromise will
have the desired effect
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
EMERGENCY WHEEL FOR AUTO
Device, Mounted on Axle, Can Be
Readily Attached to Disabled
Cars by Clamps.

For the garageman who encounters
road jobs that necessitate towing in a
car with q broken wheel or axle, an
emergency wheel, such as is used by
one suburban repair shop, is not only
adaptable to most any kind of car,
electric, gasoline, or steam. but is
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Entertainers are warted for service
in Europe When the powers start to
relieve the ennui in Thioct with Amer
lean vaudevillians good many of US
would like to make out tie list.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Life still has its drCeftions. Be
cause the cost of marriage licenses
has not gone up there he those who
fancy they are saving money in buy
ing one!
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The demand for Bibles IN Mexico
ia unprecedented. It musr be they are
using them for chest protectors, for
the Mexicans do not indicate they are
reading the sacred pages.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

An aviator's flight Of 1850 feet is
claimed a new record for attitude. We
will risk small bet thet the man who
makes that claim is vegetarian.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

America has no aristocracy, Eut the
man who secures lower beTtE on a
sleeping ca has difficulty in restrain
ing slight air of superiority.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

What baseball fans cameo under
st4nd is why more Of tie stars of the
diamond did not qualify as major gen.
elats in the war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Eggs are said to be selling for six
cents a dozen in China. That is one
advantage of the primitive civiliza-
ton.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

When, if ever all the nations of the
world are joined in a great peace
league lot Of propagandsts are going
TO Starve.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Such have been the distractions of
world politics that the revival of the
old-fashioned pumpkin pc has gone
almost unnoticed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Il Chile and Peru should decide to
unite they would look, on the map, a
good deal like a gold-heaAed walking
stick.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

A couple of those long-range guns
properly placed in Portugal should be
able to keep peace in all parts of the
nation.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

With so much care Sc,ag given to
boundaries these days. e behooves one
more than ever not To speak disre-
specially Of the equator
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Chemistry has taken oil tie glamour
out of war; and common sense will
take out all the expectancy
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Wnippet tanks are being used in
France to drag gang plows. This is
ti@ moderated method OF forging
swords into p!owshares
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Saving billions the government in
tended to spend will not pay off the
billions it has spent.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Why is 1t that all Of lie fashion
magazines print pictures Ct costumes
on the svelte and spiritueile of the fe-
male sex? Where do the corn-feds
come in?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Mexico has one of the finest consti-
tutions ever devised by man and some
day it may decide to live up to it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Some genius will, no doubt, stock
up an ocean bar and carry bis Gus
toners there in submarines.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

What are people to do next summer
if they wear out all their summer
clothing this winter?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The soldier boys who have returned
still find it mighty hard to keep away
from powder.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The English army horses are to be
demobilized. The war horse is not
kicking.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The old-fashioned man who used to
say "That reminds me OF a story" Is
yet in our midst.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

Also among the war sayings which
'will go down in history" is too proud
te fight"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The reds, a dispatch says, have
taken Ufa. So far there has been no
word from Umpa.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

America is willing to feed and clothe
the world. but hopes it will sleep at
home.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

AS the price of butter fiuetuates the
fiapjack trembles between hope and
panic.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

In addition to being mistress OF the
seas" England now claims mastery Of
the air.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09

The debt of Austria-H Hungary is es-
timated at sixteen billions. Trying to
do wrong tc ones neighbor is always
the most expensive policy in the long
run.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-09
Brighten the corner o. a book Of
War Savings stamps where you are.

4 is dull day in the aviation world
when the altitude record is not bro
ken.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19
TEXAS BANISHES
THECAT TIE TICK
More Cattle Being Dipped
Than Ever Before and
With Better Success.

Washington, D. C., June Reports
Of the fight in Texas against the cat
tie fever tick become roster with each
month that is added 70 1918. the year
that is expected to see the removal of
a large part OF Lone Star territory
from the dominion of the destructive
cattle parasite
Cattle owners in Texas are enlist
ing voluntarily in the campaign con-
Quoted comparatively by the state
livestock sanitary commission and the
bureau Of animal industry Of the Unit
ed States department of agri ulture.
Cattle are being put through the dip
ping watts in unprecedented numbers.
Ticks are being killed as they never
were killed before.
This viii mean much to Texas farm
ers, cattlemen. business men ana the
people generally Texas has been re-
ga-ded as the stronghold Of the tick.
but when the Lone star state deals
such blow to the cattle parasite as
il is now dealing. the other tick in
tested sections are given an impetus
70 get on the tickless bandwa gon-
Wha- is being done IN Texas is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19

Il viii be OF very little value except
20 the purchaser of the state land. to
whom the Gerharts viii no doubt have
to sell at his own price. The fact that
Gerhart brothers have been forced out
OF their STICK business temprarily and
have sublet their lease does not jus
ify a state official to aid a capitalist
TO absorb their small holdings
Scores Put out Of Business
AT the end Of last years drouth
state lands practically out Of bUsi-
ness with nothing but their lands,
lease holdings and credit with which
to begin business again.
@SIaee the protest and petition of
Gerhart brothers has been in your
hands since February, I am forced
TO the conclusion that y0u have
deliberately adopted the policy of
shutting cut the man of SMALL
mems FROM bidding at the sale OF
state lands by selling large bodies
embracing small frncts adjoining
the lands Of small ranehers In one
parcel. practically saying to them:
You have no business being peOr5
Points TO Lesson in Mexico.
a similar policy in the republic of
Mexico. that is. the lending OF counte-
nance and aid by officials 10 large
ranchers in absorbing the small hold
ings OF the little fellows. contributed
Of the Diaz regime. and such Bolshe-
vik breeding policy should not be pur-
sued in this country
4 am sending copies Of this letter
together with copies Of the petition Of
Gerhart brothers, to our senator's and
in congress and 10
the chairman Of the public lands com
mitIee OF the senate and house in the
hope that future grants of land to the
state may be safeguardad in such a
way that your policy can not be per-
1etuated"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19

CANTA FE. n. NJ. June 19.-Chsrgei
, that the New Mexico state land Of.
flee has been pursuing a policy OF de-
Eberate discrimination against the
small land holder and in favor OF the
Weather individuals and companies
are made By A. Il Hudspeth. United
states marshal. n an open letter ad-
dressed by him TO Nelson A. Field,
land commissioner.
Mr.. Field was not in Santa Fe when
the letter was made public. The let
ter follows.
AT the request Of Lieutenant
governor Pankey, who owns some
2O1,0O0 acres 81 land in This sec
ton, and over the protest Of Ger
hart brothers, who own q small
ranch IN township IL north Of
range II east. yOu have advertised
for the sale of lands embraced in
lease Go5Gr ISSUED by your prede-
ccssor. Robert y. Ervscn, 10 Ger
hart, and SOme $4,000 acres OF
other state land. all TO he sold in
one lot or parcel.
In the petition for separate sale
Of the state land included IN lease
5O56. filed with you b. Gerhart broth
ers last February, they show that BY
reason Of their small capital they viii
be unable to bid for the $500 acres and
the lands ernbraeed in leass 6056 II
they are sold al in one parcel. hence
they beg you TO sell the lands en-
braced IN their lease separately and
apart from the other lands which Mr..
Pankey has applied to purchase
Their Savings Je0pardized-
They also call your attention to the
fact thai their patented land, on which
they have a valuable wei and other
improvements. representing a large
part Of their savings. is so situated
with reference to the state land that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19
SIMPSON SUGGESTS CHANGE
IN DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS.

Detective captain william A Simp-
son appeared wednesday afternoon
before the civil service commission to
suggest a change in he distribution
Of awards earned by detectives. Tn
der the present regulations 50 per-
cent of the rewards earned by the de-
tecrives are divided equally among
them and so percent goes 10 the pO-
ncemen's benefit fund Chief Simp-
son desires to have so percent appor-
toned to the detectives.
Among the patrolmen. the arresting
officer gets so percent and the benefit
fund receives SO percent. The COM
mission declined to adopt the sugges-
tion for the time being.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-19

try during the past two years. They
arrived in III pasO Wednesday eve
ming Their mission is 70 study the
machinery and systems Of smeltering
and other processes pertaining to the
metal industries and recommend i'm
DrOvements TO plants in Japan.
Our machinery is not as far ad-
vanced as IN this country said Mr.
Tanabe- Tt never has been. in fact.
and. during the war, when we were
almost entirely shut off from iron i'm
ports and finished steel products. our
machinery suffered a further setback.
We will visit the smefters and
mills at Douglas and Globe. ARK, and
in parts Of nearly every state in the
west after which we will go back east
and then go to Europe to study the
machinery and processes used there
The visited the smeiter Of FL ,2aso
Thursday morning anc viii leave for
Douglas tonight.