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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
LABOR PROBLEM AFTER WAR
Abolition tS National Eight Hour
Workday and Lowering Of Present
Wage Scales Advocated.

Abolition of the national eight-hour
day and lowering of wartime wage
scales are essential il American mines
and factories are to continue to COM
pete il the world of trade according
to William III. Barr of Buffalo, presi-
tion, who addressed fine annual conven-
ton of the organization at New York.
Declaring the liquidation of labor to
be "the first and greatest problem
which will demand the attention Of our
industry" Mr. Barr counseled the
meeting of this problem without re-
sentiment or bitterness
THE time ahead" he declared. sis
not one of reprisals or the remember
ing of ancient wage feuds. 1t is a
time for better understanding of basic
manufacturing principles and closer
cooperation for the common good. For
American industry will have Il problem
to face as serious as the war prob
lem.
when the government ceases to be
the great common employer and gov
eminent money no longer pays the
present eXtrayagant wages, can Dri-.
waite industry so order its affairs as
to continue to furnish employment to
the millions of our workmen? This
question, broad and comprehensive, is
the labor problem which will come aft
er the war;
Mr. Barr demanded the withdrawal
of government supervision, declaring
the governmental directive powers"
have proven incapable and danger
GUS"
Other speakers urged that the ma
tional' war board be abolished and
that employers and employees be per-
mitted to work out their own desti-
MES,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

that in city service the percentage AT
punctures is so small as to be practi-
cally negligible.
'The thing that has brought the
pneumatic tire to the front is the ire
mendous saving effected in the chassis
by mounting it on air instead of on
solid rubber. There has never yet
teen found any substitute so cheap or
so resilient as air, and that, of course
is the basic principle of the pneumat-
ic tire.
"Today many tire experts contend
that everything up to five tons will
ultimately be carried on pneumatic
tires, and find they agree with me
that the five-tOn truck will be the max
imum capacity required save In certain
restricted classes of work such as
hauling coal or stone.
"Just as the three-quarter-t0n truck
Is rapidly supplanting the twO-ton We
hicle in service which the two-ton
truck formerly performed, so the two
ton truck is now supplanting the four
end five ton truck in the heavier serv-
ice.
"The same principle holds-smaller
loads delivered in quicker time and at
lesser cost per ton mile"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
The Juvenile Mind.

"The Romans built well-paved roads
leading from Rome to all important
points of the empire" father was say
ing, in illustrating point he was max
ing concerning ancient history, which
the elder daughter was studying
"These roads were about Is feet wide
and"
mercy me-" interjected the seven
year-old daughter, "if they were only
Is feet wide automobiles could not
pass each other unless they barely
crept along!"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Tire
AIDS EFFICIENCY
Tendency Now Is for Smaller
Loads and Faster Time, Says
Manager F. H. AkerS.
PUNCTUUES ALWAYS feared
Tremendous Saving Effected in Chas-
sis by Mounting 1t on Air Instead
of on Solid Rubber-Cost
Per Ton Is Lessened.


That the three-quarterS-tOn truck
will eventually supplant the one-and-
one-half and two-ton types in the work
they have been doing; that the two
ton truck in turn will supplant the
five-ton in the service 1t has previous
ly been considered best adapted for,
and that the flve-ton truck will, save
In a very restricted sense, take the
place of all heavier types, is the
startling assertion made by Manager
f. Fl. Akers of a big motorcar COM
pany.
II base this assertion on Observa-
ton Of work that our trucks are do.
Ing in all parts of the country and
In all kinds Of business" said Mr..
Akers, "and on the tendency that Is
unmistakable on the part of buyers
to renew their equipment with the
lighter types instead Of the former
heavy ones they considered best.
Load Seldom Equals Capacity.
'"The answer is simple. In only a
bLHuIt DtlCSHldBC VI SuSCS uOCS IHC lOuu
equal the capacity Of, let us say, the
two-ton truck. And in an equally
small percentage Of cases is the en-
tire load to be delivered to one place.
"In other words, the loads can just
as well be split up into two or three
smaller loads and thus render possible
the use of the lighter, speedler truck,
with the result that two or three trips
can be made in the time 1t would other
wise take to make one and at lesser
cost per ton mile.
"Now, If these smaller loads are to
60 each to a different point or to be
distributed in small lots or packages
to several points on a long route, the
saving of time and fuel is still
greater.
1--WE used to think that If, on occa-
sion, the load would amount to two
tons or thereabout, we must have a
truck Of not less than that capacity.
Experience proves this theory to have
been wrong in fully 80 per cent Of
cases.
Puncture Was Always Feared.
"That old bugbear. the puncture,
was always uppermost in buyers
minds, and they did not stop to realize
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

(By MAJOR H. P. HARDING. Director,
Automotiye and Mechanical Section
American Red Crosse
No industry will profit more by the
war than the automobile industry.
From spark-plugs to tires the war
has made greater efficiency necessary
and the developments in this trade are
amazing. We all know how the great
transportation problem was solved by
the motortruck, how even the British
troops were carried in the London pas
senger buses from French ports to the
bases at the front. The United States
Is now sending thousands of trucks
every week to the other side, not in
Guiding the lighter cars, which are
shipped in even greater quantities.
Driver Problem Overcome.
The Red Cross has in operation
throughout France and Italy, thousands
Of trucks and lighter automobiles.
Early in the war the problem of get
ting competent drivers and good me-
chanics was quite an obstacle. The
Red Cross has overcome this problem
by establishing a permanent training
camp in this country, known as Camp
Scott, at Sixtieth and Cottage Grove
avenue, Chicago, under my direction.
Owing to the urgent demand overseas
for capable drivers and expert me-
chanics, a very rigid and intensive
course of four weeks is given the en-
listed men in this camp.
Spacious grounds surround the
camp, and abundance of machines are
in their yards and complete shops are
at their disposal. First of all, the en-
listed man is taught the function of
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

each part of the automobile. This is
done by demonstrations and lectures
by competent men in each individual
line of manufacture. Next he is re-
quired to make repairs, take the motor
down and rebuild, to .reassemble aXles,
brakes, transmissions, ETC., until he
knows how to rebuild each individual
unit.
Following this he is placed in the
driving squad. The feature of this
department is the driving course adj
joining the barracks, about one mile
in length. 1t was made to reproduce
the obstacles of mo Mans Land" 1t
has it's shell holes, building ruins OF
old brick, deep sand, and is complete
to the stream of water.
Ready in Four Weeks.
This school will take the clerk, sales
man or private secretary, and in four
weeks he Is ready to handle a ma
chine while on heavy duties re-
quired of him on the fields of France
and the plains of Italy.
There is no question that after the
war these men will be in great demand
by the automotive manufacturers Of
this country. No better mechanic or
driver will be found, for the Red Cross
driver in France or Italy, in the course
Of one year, has built no less than six
complete machines if his repair work
was tabulated, and you can rely on
them for having good, practical ideas
as to how to build a truck for real
service. This branch of service is
open to men under eighteen years or
over forty-five years of age, and those
in classes 9, 3, 4 and 5.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
The Use of the Starting Crank and a
Self-AdJustlng Stop Block Makes
Hand-PropeIIing Easy.

crimes, Ont, in Popular Mechanics.
If the transmission mechanism is not
injured, the easiest way to propel the
car is often by the use of the starting
crank. Put the car in low gear, and
relieve the compression by opening
pet cocks or removing spark plugs.
With the timber behind, to keep the
car from slipping back. the job will
then lose most of its difficulty.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

/ improved in health 80 / could do my
homework; we now have little one, all
of which / owe to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. = Mrs. O. S.
JOHNSON, r. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash.
There are women everywhere who
long for children in their homes yet are
denied this happiness on account Of
some functional disorder which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia E.
Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound.
Such women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
medicine trial, and for special advice
write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. The result of 40 years
experience Is at your service.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Mexico is arranging TO buy up all
ATS paper money. In view of the pres
.ent high price of paper, we Should
think that an extremely wise conserva-
ton measure.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

People are wondering whether the
report that an airplane crossed the At
lmtc ocean is reliable. On that sub
ject it is safe to say that the thing
is possible and that if it has not hap
pened it will happen before long.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

one OF the results of this war will
he the expunging from the code of ma
tons of the old principle, invented by
the Evil One; Each for himself. and
the devil take the hindmost." For there
won't be any hindmost Mankind will
march abreast.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Mems places as walters are being
taken by women, but the male chefs
need not fear, for the average woman
likes to keep as far away from the
Kitchen as possible.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Gate Opens Automatically.

Barriers extending along the ground
from one or both sides of a recently
patented roadway gate enable an auto.
mobilist to open or close the gate
merely by running his car over them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
HELPS MOVE CRIPPLED AUTO
Piece of Timber Fastened to Rear
Wheels Prevents Machine From
Slipping Back.

A piece Of timber, fastened with
ropes to the rear hubs of an auromo-
bile, is great help when it must be
moved by hand, and by one man only,
writes Bonar w. Balfour of st, Cath
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

To the docile husband trained and
accustomed to finding stray needles in
all the cushions he seeks to occupy, the
present scarcity of needles is not with
ont it's compensating features.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Butter will be restricted to one-half
ounce to each diner A lot Of res
taurants will have to make their por-
lions bigger to reach the half-ounce
ration.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

II is almost a supreme tribute TO pay
to youths fighting propensity when
you say he would rather fight than eat.
We believe in some cases it is a rank
eNaggeratiOn,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The government hereafter will buy
beef on the basis of quality instead of
by weight. That's the idea. 1t is bet
fer to be shortweighted than to have
the bum stuff inflicted upon the sol
dierS.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The pasha who heads the new Turk
ish cabinet has first name of Tewfik.
Say it fast and it sounds like a dental
ailment.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Industrial curtailments include the
manufacture Of lawn mowers. Yet the
lawn mower in the hands Of an indus
frious neighbor was one of the most
effective promoters of early rising.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

One of the remarkable facts of cur
rent history is the encouraging way
everything RECEIVERS after it is officially
probed for whatever is wrong.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The woman who expects to be able
to buy all the sugar she wants the next
day after peace is arranged will be
sorely disappointed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Ostend can now prepare to resume
its regular summer resort business. 1t
will be fine place for soldiers on
leave If it is thoroughly fumigated
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

II is said that kissing is not permit
ted IN the navy. No, and we recall in
the old days II wasn't permitted in the
best girls parlor but it happened.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

With the season for colds at hand
and an epidemic of influenza in SEES
sion the person who always has a rem
edy to suggest is making his life one
grand field day.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
The JOY OF
motherhood
Came to this Woman after
Taking Lydia E. Pinkhaln's
Vegetable Compound to
Restore Her Health
Ellensburg, Wash. -" After I was
married was not well for long time

and a good deal of
the time was not
able to go about.
Our greatest desire
was to have a child
in our home and one
day my husband
came back from
town with a bottle
of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Co m pound and
wanted me to try it.
It brought relief
-E~Au.n ~n~r k~Ax~Il
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

II riches accumulated as fast as
SCOT in a soft coal burning furnace
there would be no poverty in this
world
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

II teas, lunches and banquets were
under the ban long enough, Indigestion
might become as rare as appendicitis
once was.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Stockings are being made of wood
fiber. This may account for appear
ance in them here and there of knot
hole.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Just as Mother Thinks.

Son (reading the paper) There's no
use talking. dad. Absolute unity OF
command Is essential to victory.
Dad--That's what your mother
thinks.--Life.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Even the Chinese are adopting rig
latest fashionable wedding ceremony
in the far East was cut down to two
days.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The flu germ is said to be invis.
ible to the microscope. However, there
IS no trouble recognizing the trail it
makes.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Suppers. teas, lunches and banquets
8re now officially regarded as unpatri-
otic, which will be a great help to a
lot Of people who have long regarded
them as q bore.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Laying in ample supplies of coal
early in the season may be one of the
war habits that will stick
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Lille, according to the news reports,
was given up by the Prussians without
sabotage. Also without a fight.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

A man can't consistently despise a
Stacker when his own pocket is full of
Stacker dollars which he is very fond
Of
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Consequence.

''That speaker has such hating
delivery "No wonder, time, he puts
up such lame argument"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Nobody sens to be sending out any
brass bands to help the oyster and the
pumpkin pie go over the top.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

One bottle of DR.. Peery's Dead Shot
will save you money. time. anxiety ana
health. One dose sufficient, without Castor
OIL In addition. ADV.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

1t is announced that Spain is now
rid of the influenza. Yes, we know
where it went to.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Persons who have had influenza
don't care TO call it by its pet name.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

If full boards don't come into style
again, it will be in spite of the price
of safety razor blades.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
It's wise housewife who knows the
days rationing order on sugar.

SPRAY and pray" is a good enough
slogan during the influenza epidemic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-17
RESORTS

'Natonex began to give me relief
almost at once. l had taken it only
a short time when my stomach be-
gan to improve and 1 felt returning
energy as my system began to be
regulated and my organs work
properly My family tells me that
l am gaining weight, so I am going
to continue taking Natonex until my
system is entirely cleansed. am
very little known in Steelton, hav-
ing recently moved here, but 1 am
glad to tell of my experience in the
hope that others may be helped as
1 have BEEN"
Just how Natonex, with IL fa-
nous Nature remedies, is designed
to purify and invigorate the entire
digestive system so that Nature can
create better digestion, purer blood,
real nerve vigor and bodily strength.
is fully explained by the Natonex
representative at the Gorgas Drug
Store, 16 North Third street.
Natonex is sold by leading drug
gists in every town. Be sure you
get the genuine. If your druggist
can't supply you, don't wait. address
Gorgas Drug Co., Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-17
To Give Musicale in
Hall Of P. r. R. Y. M. c. A.

At the P. r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. to-
night the choir of the Otterbein
United Brethren Church will give
a musicale. The choir will be as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer H.
Ley, soloists, and John D. Whitman,
violinist. The proceeds will go to-
ward the new pipe organ fund. The
program will start at S.15 and Will
be as follows;
Chorus, The Night Has Thou
sand Eyes" Stuckeh, choir; piano
solo, selected, Miss Madeline Rit-
ter; solo, Loves Awakening" j.
Danglas Mrs. Charles E. Shatfner;
violin solo, "Humoresque,p Joel
Belov, John d. Whitman; solo, II
Bacio" (The Kiss) Luigi Arditi, Mrs.
Florence Ackley Ley; piano solo,
N"Drops of Water" Joseph Asher
Op. II, Mrs. w. l.. Dowhouer; duet,
Passage birds Farewell" Hiloach,
Mr.. and Mrs Ley; violin solo,
"Hejre Kati," Jeno Hubay, John ID.
Whitman; solo, The Tourney OF
King john" Saint-Saens, Elmer n:
Lev; chorus, 40 Lovely Night"
Offenbach, choir.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-17
Dunmire Music School
Holds Its Commencement

The Dunmire School of Music gave
its ninth annual concert and COM
mercement in the auditorium of the
Technical High school, last evening,
when a large and appreciative audi
ence, numbering about one thousand,
assembled to enjoy the program
The piano numbers were all given
from memory with marked ease and
finish, indicative of thorough train
ing.
The numbers played by Miss Au-
rentZ, Miss DeNerter, Miss Weiden-
hammer and Mr. Drum deserve spe-
cial mention because of their diff
ficulty and the manner in which they
were interpreted
Miss Bricker, of this city, now
a student of dramatic art in Phila-
delphia, assisted with two readings
which were heartily applauded.
This season closes the nineteenth
year of the instruction of II. Stuard
Dunmire. director of the school, who
is intensely interested in the develop
ment of musical art irr America.
The Rev. DR.. George Edward
Halves, pastor of Market Square
Presbyterian Church. addressed the
graduating and promotion classes
most eloquently on the subject, Go
ing on to Better Things" and pre-
sented diplomas to the Misses AnEa-
mary DeVerter and Frances Weiden-
hammer, who graduated from the
school proper The following were
promoted from the preparatory de-
partment into the school proper:
Helen Pauline Douglass. Esther
Brenner, Mildred Irene Kinsinger,
Neva Adellia Crawford, Anna Lucille
I ya;x To- hn1
Kathrine Baker, Beatrice Marie
Smedley, Miriam r. Daugherty and
Lester l.. Peters.
Mr.. Dunmire, the director, was
presented with a basket of flowers
by the students of the school prop
er.
The auditorium was decorated
with flags of the Allied nations. foli-
age and flowers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-17
STEEL TON WOMAN Tells OF
FEELING RETURNING ENERGY

Some days l would be so weak
Tor hours that 1 could not start my
work. My stomach was in terrible
condition and often after eating my
lips would get blue and l would al
most faint. l saw the statement of
another woman with the same suf-
fering who told how she had been
helped by Natonex, so / could see
no reason why it should not help
me-"
This is how Mrs. Mary Bowler, of
Steelton, told of her condition and
how she was led to find relief and
new strength.
MY kidneys were very weak and
l had severe headaches" Mrs. Bow
Ter continued. II had tried several
medicines, but none of them seemed
to reach my trouble. l was miser-
able all the time, and when 1 had
no real pain, l felt so tired and
worn out that l wanted to sit down
and rest most of the time.
II had no energy, no pep, as my
son used to say, to do my work
Headaches would come on me sud-
denly and last whole day. Dur
ing these headaches 1 would be un-
able to eat and sleep was impossible.