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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
THAT BOLO KNIFE
SURE CAME HANDY

meant for fighting save at the last
gasp. But the I4-inch bolo knife is
essentially weapon. It is issued to
six per cent of our infantry forces
not regularly to every seventeenth
man, but as occasion may require or
the immediate commanding officer may
direct. Henry johnson was given his
because he was assigned to particular
ly dangerous duty in listening post.
Others may be equipped with bolo
knives-for instance, as members of
a special detachment to accompany
raiding forces within the enemy lines
Their work must be quick, silent and
thorough. From Luneville to Cantigny
the Germans have found it so.
The small arms division of the Unit
ed States ordnance department. be-
lieves that the bolo knife has points of
superiority over any knife in use on
the European battlefield, else it would
not have been adopted for our use.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

as hard as steel itself. And for an
erstwhile civilians muscles to become
sufficiently hardened takes time and
training,
The daily work, the fresh air, plen-
ty of sleep and the excellent daily ra-
lions are doing wonders in producing
as fine bunch of real fighting men as
can be found anywhere. The officers
school will be continued indefinitely.
AS fast as men complete the prescribed
course, others will take their places.
From now on, all commissioned Off
GERS will be selected from the ranks.
The tank corps is a progressive
unit. Every once in while bat
talon will disappear overnight bound
for Somewhere" Recruits will fill
their places and the work of training
will move right along. New officers,
trained simultaneously with the men,
will command the disappearing bat
TALON.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
sALUTEs PHOTO OF PREMIER.
Instructive Action of officer Reveals
Respect of French for
Nj. CIemenceau. Il

Paris-Little unconscious acts often
reveal the real measure of the popu-
larity of great leader
In the photographers showcase not
far from the fashionable Pare Mon
ceau there is among other pictures an
excellent almost life-size head of NJ
Clemenceau. A young French officer
who was passing the shop the other
day glanced casually at the showcase
Perceiving the picture Of his chief he
instinctlvely raised his hand to sa-
lutte and passed on unaware that his
spontaneous tribute had been observed.
In the early days of the long-range
gun bombardment of Paris, says the
Matin, it was stated that the shells
were made from a new type of steel
alloyed with vanadium, which gave it
-exceptional properties. But analysis
has shown that the shells are made Of
ordinary nickel and chrome steel, such
rs is in current use for making guns
both in France and Germany and
whose properties are well known.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
USE SNAKES IN VAR
California Man Has Scheme to
Kill Off Huns.
"Lonesome Jack" Says Side Winders
Would Exterminate Whole
Boche Army.

Los Angeles, Cal-'Lonesome Jack"
Altman, king OF all rattlesnake catch
ers, offers to gather 10000 side winders
or hornet rattlesnakes if the govern
ment will let him, dump them into
trenches vacated to the Germans by
the Americans and let the snakes do
the rest. The side winder is a death
dealer extraordinary. strikes three
times as fast as any other RATHER, ana,
unlike others, does not act on the heart
but paralyzes the nerves within ~
minutes.
Altman would have no trouble in
gathering them in Arizona and the I'M
perial valley, he says. The Germans
if they possessed such deadly weap-
on would not hesitate to use it, Altman
believes.
"The beauty of my idea is that tha
RATHER can live five or six months in
captivity without either food or water
and they will be just as effective dur
ing that time," says Altman. Il have
an antidote for rattlesnake bite that
could be supplied to anyone that ham
dies them, but the Germans would
not know what stung them.
s'My idea would be to catch them
and then soak their tails in warm wa
ter. Then the she'll that rattles and
gives warning could be removed with
out injury to the snake. Their fangs
are so sharp that unless the warning Isl
given with the rattles person would
hardly know what bit him. Side wind
ers range in size from four to twelye
feet.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
SAYS FUsslNG is HUMAN
Brooklyn Court Rules II Does Not
Constitute Cruel and lnhu-
man Treatment.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Squabbles, wordy
alterations, unkind and exasperating
or even insulting words used In the
heat Of passion aroused by chickering's
do not constitute cruel and inhuman
treatment, according to recent di-
vorce case decision by the appellate
division The court added:
Unfortunately for our weak na-
ture, these things constitute conduct
which renders 1t unsafe or improper.
to live together"
Testimony went to show that the
wife, who sought divorce and alimony.
objected to the presence of stepson
and chased the male members Of tho
family from the house.
In these squabbles she (the plain
tiff seems to have been able to hold
her own" said the court. I'VE do not
think any law requires domestic
exile to support a wife whiks living
apart from her own family
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
TANK CORPS GROWING
Recruits Arrive Daily at Gettys'
burg Camp.
Long Hikes in Heavy Marching ordeI
Fit Men for Duty With PERISH
Ia ing's Army.

Camp Colt. Gettysburg, Pa.-The
American tank corps continues to grow
and develop. Recruits are still com
ing in and the men already here are
being drilled to within an inch of their
lives. This is the preliminary discip-
line and the physical drill which will
fit the men for the strenuous life of a
"tanker" overseas. Twenty-nile hikes
in heavy marching order are almost
daily occurrences.
Although the work is hard, the men
like 1t. They realize their need of this
heavy drill and exercise. Negotiat-
ing the gray steel monsters over No
Mans Land is distinctly not job for
man whose muscles are not almost
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

sympathetic waller didn't want to hurry she
#.
thing his gWont 1t De aWfui
bit jimmie Blank
with the pase
working since before unup
his hot coffee"
talking about woman? How de you suppose
Icank the no all huh?'
that got
ovder he is? Why wouldn't hea
one"
bottle, and femme tell
he with
| got a rashe bacon"
to be sort of food to man
this morning with plenty OF ham,
wedge and not
likes his I'll bet ii was
your pIace would geta the wanted"
Sam wouldn't look at shy oner
loves blond hair"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

tobacco afabe wuh
an
nothing
sideways a trufe"
did overnight bucket of sailed water tougher the
times And maybe
sideways because let Sad weight instead
RI
Laws, honey
marhn down But femme tell amt old
I'm
they'll be gin
huh"
So that witch.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

ment By the time the parade off the girls proficient the
the obque other
They distinguished themselves marching
paradng They
told how we'll did decided
months Parades follow with apiity
these days. The girls thought it well to be prepared.
q
before getting half
brought the freces carefully guarding
against for Even Sammy provided
blamed for obecng frecles right
retired quarters
yith unbudened minds
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

WHY! Tic SF6uIPSU dILILUut SIG HIS
ever been able to attain is the cobweb
district this side the sky, where the
sweeping has to be done, but-these
are startling times and the first thing
that witch knows she will be topping
the COW record, because that is where
the price of brooms is soaring today.
A woman bought one and paid a
dollar for it without one word of
complaint because the ground is need
ed for wheat. Another woman, an
oyo;o,+ e,o,,I With . ,lyip +bo broxup ,f
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

: Some people are content to 90 to
church on Sunday, while others are
so impatient to reach heaven that they
Jump in their motors and dispute
grade crossings with trains and trac.
,tion cars.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The bravery of our boys at the
front is already exciting the highest
praise and admiration; but when the
bravery of those left at home is con-
sidered the former is not to be won
dered at.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
Had Asked His Ma.

~ aase5s TntfaaelpAia, 9--frhat~ his
mother, Mrs. Lennox, is living in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, at the age of one
hundred and six was what William
Lennox, aged seventy, told Deputy
Probate Judge j. T. D. Bold when
he applied for license to wed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Another favorite phrase has been
wrested from the lexicon of the pessi-
mists. Those "Blue Devils" are about
the cheeriest fighters the world has
seen.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Americans are asked to reduce their
beef ration to one and a half pounds
week for each person. To many of
us that would mean an increased ra.
ton.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Relations between America and Hol
land are less strained, but the recent
statement of an authority that sauer-
Ikraut is of Dutch, not German, origin
may reopen all the old sores.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The members of the Iowa Dental as
sociation recently pledged themselves
mot to use any materials, supplies or
equipment made In, or supplied by,
Germany for 80 years after the close
Of the war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The approval of the selection OF
Prince George of Saxony as king of
,Lithuania by the kaiser will save the
ILithuanians all the trouble of both
ering about their independence.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

If the government continues to insist
that we eat snnils the government
must tell us amateur snail eaters how
to coax the beast out of its house.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Over in England some are urging
adding another hour of daylight so as
Ito abolish artificial lighting. Happily
the amount of daylight Is limited or
there would be no end to the propos-
ais
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

sour colleges have spent too muuh
time on the dead languages" says
noted educator. What do you mean
by dead anguages-German?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Germans are now governmental.7
Urged to go barefoot and help the
country, but they probably need no
urging from outside Influences,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Passenger travel will cost more I'M
der the new rates, but we presume get
ting lower berth will still be as diff
ficult as ever.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

1t doesn't make any difference how
much or how little you've given so
!oEg as you've done all that yoI Los
Sibly could do.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Wonder what General Pershing
would say if he knew his reports in
iFrnnce became c0mmunigues as
soon as they reach America?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

When the next merger is complet-
ed, the point of an old joke will dis
iappear-that Eve was made for
Adams Express Company"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Too much Dragging about the Yanks
at the front? Not so long as they fur
nish occasion for it. Give the Yank
his due!
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

American soldiers not only know
how to shoot, but are not afraid to
stick around where there's a chance
to do any shooting.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The new railway fares, together with
the cost Of shoes, should prompt
somebody to make going barefooted
fashionable this summer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The busybody who finds his chief
amusement in asking impertinent ques-
lions now runs his chances of being
mistaken for a spy.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Emperor Wilhelm has comman-
!deered all the linen in German shops
for the army Are the six princes
getting shy on dress shirts?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Tobacco has been recognized rs
necessity by the fuel administration,
which is interested in anything that
will burn.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

That large crop of spring pigs that
Is now getting good start may also
help to simplify the situation next
winter.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Now is the time to get the Thrift
stamp habit, and you couldn't get a
better one.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

1t costs more to so away now than
1t did. However, it costs more to stay
at home, too.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

greeS in the shade was enough to-
dampen the enthusiasm of even the
most resolute marcher.
AS the mercury crept up, the spir-
it's of the sOldierettes went down, and
by the time tie thermometer began to
register 100 or so as regular per-
Torrance, the most enthusiastic
thought it time to knock off until fall.
The girls first began to drill in
preparation for the Red Cross parade.
Regular army and marine drill SER
geantS were loaned by the war DEPART
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Both adding and subtracting can be
done with a new calculating machine
that Is about the size of watch and
can be carried in a vest pocket.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Slipping around the corner when an
upfiung hoof caught in the harness
and Sprawled him on the street. The
driver jumped out and, assisted by a
passer-by, unbuckled the animal from
the shaft. And then crowd swarmed
One of two women pausing on the
fringe of the commotion began voicing
a sympathetic wall:
"Oh, the poor horse-the poor
horse!"
you better be thinking of poor
SAM Come ON. He'll miss his lunch
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

A jump in the price of fee does not
do much in practical way to prevent
water wasting.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

A British scientist has invented
microscope that will measure mil
lionth of an inch.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

The nation grows tired of the ''tired
business man" when he asserts him
self as a profiteer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

In these days of the conservation
of man power, the motor speeder is
the enemy of the race.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

"Profiteering" is proving the most
Improbable business man can en-
gage in.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Americans may truthfully say that
1t took world war to make them
economical.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
Just One of the Pleasures of Postal Clerks

osTAGE stamps little things which
orally thinks about not at ALL And
who make them have to think them
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Every owner of a war garden is con-
WINGED that the cutwormS are a devil
fish invention of the Huns.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
Just a Little Housewife Chat on the Side

r. except the
that that jumped the moon
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

There is no happiness in life like
unto that of extracting an onion from
ones own war garden.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

employees who sell them throughout
the nation have to think about them.
He was dressed in the height of
fashion. In fact, there was just a
touch too much of fashion about him.
Maybe it was the cane, or maybe it
was the light gloves on a hot day, or
maybe it was the too-high collar. There
was too much of something, that was
evident.
He walked into the drug store on
the corner and strolled over to the
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
Too Much to Expect From FraiI Femininity

AsHINGToNs
w
Sammie recruited the Ninety
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
S,}lWAS HDNGTONk b
= S[DFLIGHTS =
And Probably Sam Got His Lunch at Some Time

w ASHNGToNA the other
gaoped with irresponsible of colt
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29
A War Savings certificate is GER
tificate of character.

The profiteer is without honor save
In the enemy's country.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Back home, gong similar to this
was sounded when old man Zeke's
barn was afire. In the battle zone it's
quite different occasion. This Amer
lean marine is sounding the alarm so
that our boys may be prepared to meet
the poisonous gas attack being launch
ed by the Germans by putting on their
gas masks, which the marine has al
ready done.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

window
the immaculate omp called
yes sir" said the young clerk
Is
a
The young clerk answered, pleasantly:
"Why little
picture side the others"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-29

Misses Fay and Helen Allan, daugh-
tiers Of "Scotty" Allan, driver of the
famous Darling team Of dogs, with
Badly of Nome, and his flag represent.
ing his 20 sons and grandsons now in
the service on the Italian 'front.'.
Badly was the leader of the Darling
team, but was too old for active war
service His descendants are among
the dogs that have been invaluable in
carrying supplies and munitions to-
Italian soldiers in the mountain!
passes, especially during the winter
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-28
x. Y. z.

t"s Que los de vivir sujetOS nues-
tros caprichoS, muchaS veces pue-
rifles. entregadOS asi nuestra vo-
luntad Y a la voluntad de Dios,
sin Orientacion fila, sin darnOs
cucnta de los fines para los cua-
les hemos SidO creadoS, sin pensar
que ell hombreses. ell rev. de una
naturalcZa1 maraNilloSa Ell la que
tiene que cumplir altos e inmuta-
bles dcsignios V deberes. Hemos
venido SObrellevando una vida de
indolencia musulmana, entregados
el extasis, subyugados aNla benig-
nidad de maestro china, sin tener
eli cuenta los activOS destellOs dc
nueStrO sol ardiente V calcinan-
te. micntras esa legion de aven-
tllrerOs que Sc importaba V que
sigue aun importandOse en- esta
islita besada dulcemente por las
ondas del Caribe v ell Atlantico,
aprOvechandO esa nuestra no sc 81
iniHstificable indiferencia, ha lido
lenta .pero 'frme Y sabiamente des-
plazandonos V matando en- nues-
tras almase todo scntimiento de
eDtereZa.
Afortunadamente la sangre q.
CORE por nuestras venas es la de
una'"razdE Ehitlal ga; la de una raaa
que lo miSmO tiene SOnriSaS de "a
Has aurOras como impetus de bra
''iOS huracanes. raza de una ina
ginaci6n ardiente que sabe erguir-
Sc a tempo Y rectiticar. va on
materia de religion y de politica
como ell materia de orden econo-
micO V social. Els. como dice ell re
fran. tardia. pero segura". La
prohibition, por mas que algunos
rlieran negar Su eficacia, es un
cjemplo clocuentisimo de clio.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-28

no habria habido nj bolshevikismo'
nj hambre'',
Acerca de esa, mediacion d los Es-
tados Unidos ha informado el conde dc
Bernstorff ante La Comisi6n que en-
Berlin investiga La rcsponsabilidad de
los altos funcionarios. De sus declara-
clones resulta que Ell Presidente ira.
bai0, con volunt.sd, en- pro de la paz,
y que estaba dispuesto ejercer una
accion de6nida en- ese sentido, pesar
de que no habia proposiciones concre-
tss del gobierno germanico. La indica-
ci0n hecha por este, en- IL de diciem-
bre de 1916, fue un obstaculo secio a
los PLANES del Presidente, porque movie
a los Aliados a yer en- ella una seiial
de debilidad y les indujo desatender
las instancias de Mr.. Wilson. Y ha con-
tado Ell conde que cuando el coronsl Hou-
Sc volvio Washington, en- 1916, des-
di'o que eel principal obstaculo la
paz estaba en- Paris; que Ell Londres
habia cierta inclination tomar en-
cuenta la proposition, que ell Berlin
tambicn Sc asentia''.
Algtn dia Sc sabra toda a historic
de este otros episodios Sc pondra
en- claro a quienes corresponds la cul-
pa de que la paz no Sc hiciese antes,
Y de la actual situacion de Europa Al
parecer, cada vez que las potencias CEN
trales lanzaban una de sus llamadas
"ofensivas de paz'', 81 era despues de
algun exito germanico, los Aliados lie
rechszaban porque temian tener que
conceder mucho; EN- otros casos, como
el citado por Ell conde en- sus declara-
clones. porque atribuian la "ofensiva
pacifica' que ell enemigo daba la
partida por perdida; y decian: RE
sistamos algin tempo mas, y acabare-
mos con ell Lo que hace sospechar
este es el desd6n con que Sc acogio la
iniciativa del Papa y las protestas que
hubo Ell Londres Y en- Paris cuando un
pcrsonaje de tanta autoridad politica
coro ell marques de Lansdowns aeon
sejo que no Sc cerrase las puertas a
n gociacion alguna que intentasen las
potencias centrales.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-28
NUNCA Sc DESAYUNE listed
SIN TOMAR Aqua CALIENTE
FL mejor medic de sentirSe ben evitar enfermeda
deS es tomar aqua caliente ayunas

Lo mismo que Ell carbon, al consumir
sc, deja cierta cantidad de materia in
combustible en- forma de ceniza. los ali
mentos y las bebidas que tomamos a
diario, dejan en- ell intestine cierta can
tidad de residuos indigeribles, los cua-
les, 81 no son expelidos por Ell organis-
mo de modo regular y complete, Sc con-
vierten EN- In foco alimenticio de milo
mes dc bactcrias que infestan los intes-
tinos. Ademas, tales residuos producen
substancias venenosas que son absorbi-
das por los intestinos y pasan al to-
rrente circulatorio.
Las personas que nunca logran sen
tirse bien, deben principiar Immediate
mente la limpieza Gle sus organos inte-
riores por medic del banjo matinal in
terno. Para efectuarlo, basta tomar to-
das las mahanas, antes del desayuno, un
vase de aqua caliente con una cuchara-
dita de Fosfato Limestone. Esta agra
dable combination expulsa completa y
rapidamente, tanto las materias deja-
das por los alimentos digeridos la Wis
pera, como las substancias t6xicas y
mantiene asi limpio y fresco todo e.
sistema digestive.