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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
BREAK UP sEDITIoUS MEET
Crowd of 500 Persons Led by Police
and Firemen Stop Industrial Union.
LIST Meeting at Farrell, Pa.

Farrell, Pa, April 16.-Led by Bur-
CESS ]. H. Moody and members Of the
police and fire department of Farrell,
a crowd of more than 800 persons,
armed with rifles and bayonets, broke
up an industrial unionist meeting
here. william Dodge of Buffalo, N.
T.. a leader Of the meeting, was es-
corted to q railroad station near Far
rell by authorities and was warned
to leave Immediately. The meeting
was advertised as being held by the
81. w. u. W." but efforts to ascer-
tain the meaning Of the initials met
with failure.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
PHONE STRIKE ON
IN new ENGLAND.
Eight Thousand Operators Walk
0ut-Business Is at
StandStiII.
NO DISTURBANCE REPORTED
Girls Demand Higher Wages--12,000
Electrical Workers Threaten to
Quit-Lona-D Distance Service
Continued.

Boston, April 16.-Boston and viz
tually all of New England except Con-
necticut was tied up by a strike "a
5000 union telephone operators. The
strike went into effect at Z q. "a,
without disorder.
Business and social life of the New
England states was seriously interrupfF
lesi. AS the strike takes IN al OF the
espifa ii Is and city business
was almost at standstill.
Electrical Workers May Quit.
Twelve thousand electrical workers
employed by the New England Tele-
phHe and Telegraph company and the
Providence Telephone company have
slgnified their intention of Joining the
telephone girls in effecting a complete
tieup of the facilities of the two com
panies.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone company, which operates the
Connecticut lines, was not involved,
owing to the non-organization of the
telephone girls.
Long-Distance in Service.
Only the long-dlstance operators
with bands marked LID" on their arms
passed by the pickets. They were
authorized to work.
Miss Julia O'Connor, president OF
the operators union, was ON picket at
the main exchange, lending encour-'
agement to the fifteen pickets on duty
I'm front of the Milk Street building.
The extent of the strike, the incon-
veniences and the financial loss could
not be estimated,
Demand Higher Wages.
The telephone operators are strik-
ing for higher wages and for con-
tinuance of the system of collective
bargaining that prevailed in New Eng
land for the last seven years. They
have been receiving minimum wage
of $3.50 a week after three months
service and a maximum of SIS after
seven years service. They demand a
scale ranging from $40 week on as
signment to duty to 500 week after
four years service.
No Disturbance Reported.
Promptly at o'clock in the morn
ing every union operator on the night
shifts walked out not to return to
duty until ordered by the union. Not
single union girl of the day shifts
appeared at that hour for duty.
In Boston it was probably the quiet
est strike in the histOrmy of union
labor. There were no demonstrations.
Pickets gathered in front of every ex-
change and paraded up and down In
front of the buildings under the watch
full eyes of policemen.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
ARREST 81 RUSS IN U. S.
Foreigners Seized Near Pittsburgh
for Plotting for Soviet
In America.

Pittsburgh, April 16.-Eighty-seven
Russians were arrested when police
raided a meeting at McKees Rocks,
near here. The officers were forced
to use their clubs on six of the pris-
oners, who were slightly injured. Chief
of Police B. ]. Duff, who led the raid
ing squad. said that he had been OBJ
serving the Russians for several
weeks, and learning that a meeting
was to be held, he attended with sew
eral men who speak the Russian Ian
guage. They translated speeches for
him, and the police chief says that re-
marks were made against the govern
ment of the United States, the speak
ers favoring soviet regime. A NOV
ing van was secured by the officers,
and three loads of prisoners were
taken to the McKees Rocks police sta
ton
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
TROOPS ON WAY TO CUSTER
Four Detachments Leave Camp Mills,
N. Y, In One Train for
Michigan.

Camp Mills, N. Y, April 16.-Four
detachments of troops left here In
one train for Camp Custer, Michigan.
They were one officer and 81 men Of
the 1O4th transportation company, one
officer and 40 men of the bath field
artillery, one officer and "a men of
the 146th infantry and three officers
and 25s men of the S64th infantry.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
HUNGARIAN REDS
| KILL ARCHDUKE
Doctor WekerIe, Former Premier,
Also Reported to Have Been
Executed.
LENINE OFFERS HUNS ARMY
Heavy Fighting Continues In Streets
Of Munich Between Communists
and Government Forces-Hoff-
man Regime Restored.

London, England April 16-A CO.
penhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company says that the
Achtuhrbatt and the Abendblatt of
Berlin print reports received from
travellers to the effect that commu-
nists at Budapest have executed Arch
duke Joseph, DIR. Alexander Wekerle,
former premier, and Baron Joseph
Szteprenyi, minister of commerce.
The report, the dispatch says, has not
been confirmed.
Predicts Dissolution of Entente.
Paris, April 16.--A wireless dispatch
sent by Tchitcherin, the Russian boil
shevik foreign minister, to Bella Kun,
Hungarian communist leader, and in
tercepted by the French wireless, pre-
diets the speedy dissolution Of the
entente.
The dispatch says French and Brit
ish wireless dispatches picked up an
nounce that allies troops soon will
enter Hungary, but that the Ameri-
cans are showing a moderate policy
toward the bolsheviki.
LenIne offered Germans Army.
Berlin, April 16.-According to the
Tages Zeitung, shortly after the Hun
garian revolution the Berlin cabinet
had prolonged elaboration over q
note from Nicholas Lenine, Russian
bolshevik premier, and his foreign
minister, Tchitcherin, which was sent
| through Adolph Joffe, German ambaS-
sador to Russia, offering an alliance
and an army of 100000 men to be used
/ against the entente The newspaper
4 adds that II does not know what re-
] ply was Sent to the RUSSIANS.
| Nationwide Soviet Plan Approved.
| In spite Of adverse votes by the in
dependent socialists, the soviet con-
gress adopted the resolution sponsored
by the majority socialists for the in
corporation of every ounce of national
economic energy into nationwide So
Wet system which will eliminate in
a national workers chamber, repre-
sentatives of all crafts, arts, profess
sions and industries.
The resolution provides for strict
party representation of employers and
employees.
Fighting In Munich Streets.
The latest news received here is to
the effect that the communists in Mu-
mich have not yet been mastered and
that heavy fighting is raging In the
streets of Munich between red guards
and troops loyal to the government.
The central railway station, the post
office and telegraph Office and several
other public buildings again are In
the hands Of the communists, who used
heavy mine throwers In their recap
ture. A number Of persons have been
killed or wounded.
Doctor Levien Is said to have fed tC
Switzerland with 100000 marks
($400,000) of state money.
Says Hoffman Regime Restored.
Paris, April 16.--A proclamation is
sued by the Bavarian government an
nounces that the garrison at Munich
has swept away the soviet forces, thai
the regime of Herr Hoffman, has beer
re-established and that the transporta
ton of the Polish General Heller:
army across Germany for Poland viii
start April 10.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
HUNS ARE READY FOR PARIS
Brockdorff- Rantxau Supervising Prep.
arations for German Peace Dele
cations Departure.

Bern, April 18.--Foreign Minister
Rrockdorff- Rantzau has returned from
Weimar and is supervising prepara'
tons for the German peace delega'
TONS departure, Berlin dispatch re.
ported. :,
the initial payment and instruct the
commission as to the minimum amount
70 he collected. 1t is now estimated
that this amount will run up to about
s45 600, OOO, 900, Of which Germany Will
be required to pay $5.0O0.0OO,ooO down
In cash or securities.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
U. S. OCEAN FLIGHT S00N7
Navy to Have Vessels Stationed
Across the Atlantic During Air
planes Trip.

Washington, April 16.-The time
for the start of Americas attempt to
cross the Atlantic by the air route
is not far distant. This became ap-
parent when the navy department al
lowed 1t to become known that Ad-
miral Mayo and Acting Secretary of
the Navy Roosevelt would confer to-
day on the assignment and location
of vessels that will be strung across
the Atlantic during the flight.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
CoNvALESCENT NURSES BACK
Fitty.Three Army and Navy Men and
Women Arrive at New York on
Steamer GARLIC.

New York, April 16.-Twenty-six
nurses, one officer and ONE enlisted.
man, all convalescing from illness orr
wounds, arrived here ON the steamship
Carrillo from Bordeaux. Also there
were a few casuals, making altogether
SO army and navy men and women
aboard.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
Two Killed over Gard Game.

Duluth, Mimi, April 16.-In a fight
that the police say started over a
poker game at the Esmond hotel, Pc
ter Johnson, aged twenty-five, and
Frank vogler, twenty-four, crashed
through window in room on the
third floor of the hotel and fell three
stories to the pavement. Johnson was
instantly killed and Vogler horribly
crushed and is dying in a hospital
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
IIlson Thanks :. Hitchcock.

Pdis, April l6-President Wilson
sentafor Frank Hitchcock Monday to
thar& him for his cooperation in ad.
vandng the league of nations idea, es-
pecially with reference to the Monroe
doctine amendment.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
OPPOSED Int RIFE Ring
|OF COURTs-M PARTIAL
OBJECTS TO ANY PLAN TO TAKE
x}NTRoL FROM THE PREsl-
DENT AND OTHERS.
Fund stnental Defect in Our Court
Martial Procedure Is Not in the Ma
cFifnery, But in the Failure To Carry
OH Its Operations Properly.

Wsstefn Newspaper Union News Service.
pAShington.- Three Major Gener
ais Df the regular army-Leonard
Mood and Hugh L. Scott (retired),
f0riissr Chiefs of the General Staff,
and en ch of whom trained and com
minded divisions during the war, and
John III chamberlain, Inspector Gen
era before the American Bar Asso-
eiat i.,n Committee inquiring into the
slgil NJ military justice, opposed
- To take from the President
Il q 5ni7iianuihg Generals tire cons
troll they now exercise over Courts
martial. The present controversy as
to wartime sentences began with the
proposal of Lieut.-Col. Samuel L. An
sell, then Acting Judge Advocate Cen
eral, to repose in the Judge Advocate
General final jurisdiction of these
cases. These three officers agreed the
proposed change would impair the dis
ciplinary system, although all of them
saw defects in existing laws or regu-
lations which should be remedied. To
meet complaints as to excessive sen
fences the officers were of the opin-
ion that the President should be au-
th0rlzed by law to fix maximum pen
alties in war times as well as in peace.
"But whatever is DONE" General
Wood declared, don't give us any pos
siblity of a Harry Thaw case in the
army. Give us simple, direct pro-
cess. We don't want the haggling
over technicalities of Civil Court
cases"
General Chamberlain shared this
view as opposed to the suggestion
that the military legal system should
be put entirely under any legal au-
thorities. He opposed the suggestion
that 1t be made mandatory that
trained legal officers preside over
Courts. General Scott was positive in
his assertion that control of discipline
was an essential function of COM
mand
General Scott was positive in his as
sertion that control of discipline was
an essential function of command.
1.-THE weakening of discipline in the
Russian army" said General Scott,
destroyed Russia"
While probably % per cent of the
cases brought to trial during the war
never should have reached a court
martial stage, General Wood said, it
was the ineXperience of officers, their
lack of the habit of command and
the failure of the human element that
could not be reached by law which
caused this situation, he added. THE
fundamental defect in our court-mar-
tial procedure, he said, sis not in the
machinery, but in the failure to carry
out ITS operations properly" General
WOOD urged more careful scrutiny be
givdl to cases before they were
brought to trial, particularly by di-
visibn or department commanders
tha9 greater use be made of the many
disciplinary measures not involving
legA proceedings at the disposal of
comhanders; that competent counsel
be assigned to all prisoners to protect
theik rights, and that Judge Advocates
sof Courts incline toward the French
systkm, by which the legal officer
meitly presents the case and does not
taka on the character of a prosecuting
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-04-19
Quiet at Lawrence. Mass.

Lawrence, Mass, April s.-There
was no renewal of rioting at the gates
Of the textile mills and the number
Of strike plckets abroad was small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29
DUE TO SEWERS?
Tests Show Dangerous Germs
Exist in City Water.
State Sanitary Expert To In.
vestigate Supply Tomorrow.

Andy Neatch, of Lawrence, state
sanitary expert, will arrive in Topeka
tomorrow to test the city's water sup
ply in cooperation with Mrs. Gertrude
Ashby, city bacteriologist. 1t is felt
that the contamination which is known
to exist in the water supply is due to
sewerage.
According to the tests made by the
city bacteriologist, the coli which are
always present in human bodies, have
been separated from samples of the
water supply. Veatch will make tests
intended to verify the results obtained
by Mrs. Ashby. Should the results
prove the presence of coli, the next
proposition will be to locate the source
of contamination. The work will not
be completed before Thursday eve
ming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29

HE WANTS RAISE
State House Custodian Requests
More Money and Assistants.
Submits Statement OF Numerous
Duties to Senate.

The custodian of the state house
today sent a plaintive plea to the sem
ate-a plea for more money for him
self and for more help in taking care
of the states property.
Some of the things he has to look
after were recited in the appeal for
aid. They include the caring for six
acres of floor and wall space that must
be kept clean; the sweeping of 5000
yards of carpets; the cleaning of SO
cuspidors: looking after 81 toilets,
several acres of yard space and three
miles of walks.
To do all this the custodian tells the
senate that he has only thirteen reg
ular janitors and that sometimes as
many as half of them are off duty
because of sickness and other causes.
He asks for three more janitors and
then makes his personal plea for
financial assistance.
The place of custodian was
created 80 years ago." he saye- AT
that time the salary was fixed at 500
a month. Since that time the cost of
living has gone up, salaries of other
workmen in most every line have been
advanced, but the money the GUS
todian receives has remained I'M
changed"
In mis- communication he says that
last year he sold more than $500 worth
of scrap paper and trash and asks
that he be permitted to use this money
in caring for the state house grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29

Failed to Stem Opposition.
Speaker Lambertson soon sought to
appease Martin by the assurance that
a referendum provision would follow
the present resolution and that all OBJ
iections to the present resolution
would be overcome. But the speaker
failed to relieve the feelings of the op-
position.
eff your speaker is right" declared
Harvey, then embody this second
resolution in the one now before you.
Don't try to ramrod this thru the
house in a fifteen-m minute session"
1.-THE people of Kansas have a right
to say whether they want new con-
stitution," replied Brooks of Chau-
tauqua "A1I this resolution does is
to give them the right to say whether
the men who wrote the constitution
fifty-eight years ago knew more about
our needs than the people of today"
Jackson of Anderson demanded
time. He pointed to the fact that the
house had given three hours to con-
sfderation of a taxation bill and re
fused to fully consider a question or
brand new constitution. Simpson of
Mcpherson also fought the demand for
quick action and snap judgment.
Promised New Resolution.
''There will be a new resolution be-
fore this house to remedy the pres
ent complaints" said Endres.
why isn't it here now demand
ed Graham of Jackson.
I'll answer that" replied Endres,
.'by asking the gentleman from Jack
son if he expects to vote for any sort
of a resolution for a constitutional
convention"
That is none of your business,
retorted Graham.
Then, Geddes of Butler carried in a
new load of trouble.
Il am not here TO perform the die
tates of any organization or indi-
vidual'' said Geddes. without men
tioning any person connected with the
state administration. Il am here to
use my judgment and you are here
for the same purpose. I have a right
to ask why this awful rush ami hurry.
Why are certain people so anxious
that this body adopt the most i'm
portant measure before a Kansas leg
islature in twenty years."
Speaker Lambertson asked if Geddes
would yield to a question.
Yes" said Geddes.
Wasn't this resolution reached in
its regular order and not advanced? %
asked the speaker
II care not one whit" shouted
Geddes. Il demand to know the rea-
son for this hurry
Didn't Go to Committees.
THE lady member from Seward has
suggested" said Martin, that many
school children knew more about the
constitution than some of the lawyers.
I admit it They know more than
most members of this house They
know more than the gentleman from
Brown Speaker Lambertson) and can
vote more intelligently on this matter
1 want to express my resentment that
this resolution was never referred to
the Judiciary committee. the lawyer
body of this house. You can wad that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29

walt, state printer. There were also
short talks b. Walter E. WILSON, presf-
dent of the Native Sons, Mrs. De Witt
C. Ee1lis, esident of the Native
Daughters, and number of the Older
residents of Kansas.
Allen on His Land Plan.
Governor Allen, in his talk, ap
pealed to native Kansans on the land
ownership proposition. He said:
Because Kansans have been the
leaders in a great many moral issues 1
hope they will not feel they have done
their part and rest content. Seventy
per cent of the farmers of this state
are tenants; this should not be. I do
not think men should be allowed to
buy land for purely speculative pur-
poses and to hoard it for higher SELL
ing prices while it lies in an unpro-
ductive condition.
THE poor man should be encour-
aged to buy land and to cultivate for
all it is worth, and the state should
establish a department similar to a
building and loan association but more
flexible than such an association can
be.
Loan Money to Farmers.
This department should be en-
powered to loan money to worthy
farmers on easy terms. 1 am also in
favor of exempting mortgages from
taxation, and when a bona fide farmer
improves his land to his utmost abil-
ity, some at least of the improvements
should be exempted from taxation.
This would be deterrent to parties who
desire to hold large tracts of land in
an unimproved condition."
At the close of Governor Aliens
speech, J. Frank Smith, manager of
the Kansas Good Roads association,
moved that the Native Sons and
Daughters should endorse the move
ment for having the Kansas state con-
stitution changed so that the state
could help the various counties in
building good roads. The motion was
carried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29
Native Sons and Daughters at
the c. of c. Today.
Listen to Talks From PrOmi-
nent Men of State.
ALLEN TELLS OF LAND PLAN
PrOfiteering in Kansas Farms
p Is FrOwned Upon.
Governor Suggests State Loan
a. Dept as a Remedy.

The annual meeting and luncheon of
the Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas was one of the big affairs of
Kansas Day. About two hundred ma
tive Kansans and territorial pioneers
had luncheon at the Topeka Chamber
of Commerce and afterwards listened
to a program of music and speeches.
Several natives of Kansas now living
in other parts of the United States
were present. Among these was Leav-
.enworth Kansas Davis, born in Leav
,enworth in 1856, and now a resident
of Chicago.
All rooms Of the Chamber of Com
merce were turned over to the Native
Sons and Daughters for their meeting.
The big pool room was used for the re-
zception which began at 1920 a. m and
Miss Mary Sands. well known To-
,peka harpist, played during the recep-
ton.
Il, The speakers werO Gov. Henry AL
len. Mrs. Minnie f. Grinstead. Con-
gresham Homer Hoch and Imri Zum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29
LOCAL MENTION

The office of Oran Layton register of
deeds, is undergoing a much needed paper
ing and painting, in keeping with the i'm
provements being made in other offices
ut the court house. The clerical force and
records have been moved into an adjoining
room temporarily, until the repair work can
be completed.
c. w. Blachley, extension specialist from
Manhattan, will give lecture on The Con-
troll of Potato Diseases at No. 1 fire sta
ton in North Topeka at s O'Clock this
evening. Blachley will be glad to answer
questions pertaining to any kind of plant
disease, in the treatment of which he is an
expert.
Col. John s, Dean is here from New York,
home for few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29

up and put it in your pipe and smoke
it. 1 want to represent the people of
my county and not myself and 1 think
l can do it,
Two hours of oratory had split the
constitutional convention organization
asunder, SO far as support of the
Erdres resolution and the demands of
the house speaker were concerned.
At the end of the debate, all motions
and substitute motions were with
drawn. The committee arose. The
amendment stood just where the house
had found it. Thursday morning the
resolution will again be called up in
committee of the whole and, the big
gest show of the session will probably
he sta 0Pd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29
"a new FLU CASES
Epidemic Holds Gait Maintained for
Last Several Weeks.

The influenza epidemic is keeping
up the steady gait it has maintained
for several weeks. Twenty-four new
cases had been reported at the public
health office at 2 o'clock today. Five
cases were reported from q single fam
lily. Eight releases were made.
According to DR.. H. E. Clark, city
health officer, the present increase
shown by the disease is chiefly preva-
lent among young children. The dis
ease generally, says Clark, is much
lighter in it's attack than it has been
at any time since the outbreak of the
first epidemic in Topeka. At present
the authorities are not contemplating
any further restriction orders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-29
New York stock Market.

Wall ST. New York, Jan. 29.-STOCKS-
Stocks were under constant pressure today,
the reduced L. S. Steel dividend and I'M
favorable railroad earning prompted SELL
ing for both accounts. Sales approximated
COO 900 shares.
Leaders established lower prices today
after rails receded with active industrials
The closing was heavy
The final prices on liberty bonds today
were: 31a's. OBS: first convertible As.
1888; second As. $500; first AIS. $3.50
second convertible AIS. 94.52; third Az S.
1886; fourth AIS, 94.44.