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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
MINOR LABOR NOTES

British trade union membership In
creased over 250,000 last year.
Chile has nine paper factories en-
ploying an aggregate Of 400 workers.
Many women have found employ
ment in the bodybuilding yards recent
ly established in Cape Breton.
To release men for other work, Hog
Island shipyards now employ woman
chauffeurs.
At Slidell, La, colored stationary
firemen have organized and affiliated
with the International Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen.
Salaries of elementary school teach
ers in Middlesex, England, have been
raised f14S00 per annum and later on
will be raised 1900.
Equal pay for equal work for both
sexes" This will be the slogan of the
Is unions connected with the Building
Trades league in Toronto, Canada.
Scenic artists in New York theaters
organized, and in one month raised
wages to a $40 weekly minimum and
secured agreements with theatrical
managers.
In protest to the Dutch parliament
against war tax on tobacco, the Bund
of Cigarmakers in the Netherlands rep
resented that over $4,000 people make
living out of the rolled weed.
Minnesota state department of la
Dor and industries reports that there
We're 2,610 accidents in the state dur
ing July, as compared with 2,15S dur
ing the same period last year.
During the month of May the offices
of the Brotherhood of Transfers re-
ceived per capita tax on S2,749 mem
bers. President Tobin says this is the
largest per capita tax ever received.
Savannah (Ga.) machinists, boiler
makers and blacksmiths have estab-
-iished- the eight hour day tfffsa- t5ecerett
double time for overtime. improved
working conditions and 73-cent mini
num-
Representative of the San Francis
| co Laundry Workers union and the
Laundry Owners association have
agreed to general wage increase of
81 week for employees, regardless
| of classification.
The annual conference of the Miners
federation of Great Britain unanimous.
| ly affirmed the principle of siX-hour
working day for the cOal-mining indus
try, and action is to be Immediately en-
tered upon to secure legislation to
come into operation within four weeks
after the declaration of peace.
Railroads were instructed by Direc-
tor General McAdoo to restore en-
| Dloyees now in military or naval serv-
ice to their seniority rights when they
return, so far as practicable, and to
make efforts to find suitable work for
other returning soldiers or sailors who
had no seniority rights before they
left.
An increase of dollar day for all
federal employees is, to be asked of
congress by the National Federation
| of Federal Employees. The legislators
will be urged that the advanced
cost of living necessitates the increase.
Congress allowed an advance of $500
year for the present year, but it is
maintained that this is not sufficient.
The federal employees want their nav
fixed at a minimum of So day.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
Health Mans Greatest Asset.

AS health is life's greatest asset, we
each individually should take the best
possible care of ourselves. Whenever
we possibly can arrange 1t we are wise
to avoid all unnecessary risks by
mingling in crowds We should in
dulge in certain amount of exercise
and whenever possible seek the open.
A walk in the sunshine will assuredly
keep ones spirits up and medicine
bills down.
The simple life, "early to bed and
early to RISE is after all the wisest
course to follow. Some laugh at this
suggestion and try to turn night into
day, but inevitably they discover that
nature has charged up heavy toll
against them. Often, indeed, it is a
tremendous debt, but it must be paid
In full. Exchange
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
lnnnrtant to nAothara
EXPLANATIONS NOW IN ORDER
Strange Mixup of Names That Caused
Some Misunderstanding in Talk
Over the Telept64>e.

1t is necessary to preface this little
story. With the assertion that II was not
created by punster, but that 1t actu-I
ally happened, reports the Indianapo
lis News.
In the purchasing agents office OF
one Of the largest If not the largest,
corporation in Marion county, there
was a clerk named Shaw and stenOg-
rapher named Smart.
The wife of the purchasing agent
called over the telephone one day and
asked for her husband.
"He has just stepped out" replied
Miss Smart, who answered the phone.
"Oh, pshaw," exclaimed the purchase
ing agents wife.
misunderstanding, the stenographef
replied; "Why, he's not here, either
"Oh, you're smart" commented the
purchasing agents wife.
eyes, that's my name" replied the
stenographer.
And further the affiant sayeth not.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
Power From SUMS Heat

For number of years experiments
in utilizing the suns heat for power
have been in progress and now the
photoelectro battery of f. w. Case
is brought forward as small begin.
ming in putting light to work. The
battery consists of two oxidlzed con.
per plates placed near each other in
water, one plate being in strong light
and the other in darkness. Polished
copper plates give a reduced effect
and little salt in the water increases
the action. The red rays of light
appear to be most active. The curren,
vas feeble in the sunlight of north.
ern winter and higher results could he
obtained In the blaze of the tropics
though no great efficiency is as vel
In sight.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
LOOK TO WORKERS HEALTH
Labor Department, It Is Announced,
Will Extend Efforts Into
Welfare Lines.

Establishment of uniform working
conditions in all districts is the pur-
pose of the working conditions service
of the department of labor, the forma-
ton of which was announced by Seere-
tary Wilson There will be three
branches Of the new service, indus
trial, hygiene and medicine, which VIII
direct the formation of sanitary health
codes and will be supervised by the
United States public health service,
the division of labor administration, to
deal with questions between employers
and employees, aud the division OF
safety engineerilA to deal with me-
chanical safety.
The national safety council and the
bureau of standards have agreed to
cooperate with the new service. Grant
Hamilton has been named director, and
Florence G. Thorne assistant director.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

80 I can do my house work without any
difficulty. advise any woman who 10
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound a trial and it will do as much for
them. - Mrs. MARIE BOYD. l42l 6tb
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio. =
Sometimes there are serious condi.
tons where hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
90 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who. wants
70 avoid an epera s,,S; ihGua gS s,,cs
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result of many Year,
experience is at your service.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

And now the German high command
can explain that ignorance of modern
war practices caused the Americans
to lombard a sector that they did not
intend to attack, and, therefore, per
mitted them to surprise the Huns.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
PIPE EXHAUST FROM GARAGE
Old Drain Pipe Is Used for Purpose
of Carrying Off Unpleasant or
Dangerous Fumes

Asphyxia caused many deaths In
garages before it became generally
known that a garage must be well ven
tilated and the doors left open If the
automobile engine is kept running any
length of time, writes P. P. Avery in
Popular Science Monthly. One owner
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

A good many retail stores have been
in the habit of wrapping up packages
which did not need wrapping. That
practice is discouraged by government
order
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Berlin's clothing commissioner an
nounces that satisfactory substitutes
for clothing will be available this win
ter. What would seem to you to be
q satisfactory substitute for clothing
In the winter time?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

If it makes any difference, a New
York man has discovered-or else
knew all the time-that the term
"doughboy' was used in England so
long ago as 1880.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Don't imagine you are the only one
who is making great sacrifices. A dis
patch says that the king of Siam has
given up horse racing for the duration
Of the war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Women enemy aliens must register
ike the men. This is case which
must give chivalry pause, for the fe-
male of that species is often more
dangerous than the male.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

of a private garage avoided the neces.
sity Of keeping the doors open by
piping the exhaust outside, as shown
in the illustration. An old drain pipe
was used for the purpose. 1t wasfcon-
nected in such way that when the
automobile was backed into the ga
rage the end OF the exhaust pipe en-
tered the end Of the drain pipe. This
led down to the floor, where hong
piece ran through the wall to the out
side and carried all unpleasant loIdan-
gerous fumes to the outside, hg
the interior free from the ~pI sus
carbon monoxide gas.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

The patriot who is in our midst with
advice on how to get the clocks back
to normal has nothing on the other
one who has an infallible cure for in
f1uenza.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

ohAACAtAi6s esAi0 WV
doctors decided
that / would have
to go through an
operation before ]
could get well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Veg etable Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
hitting to an opera.
ton. Itrelieved me
frny,n uoxy trnirhlea
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Evidently the kaiser does not con-
slider his sons as a part of the German
people, whom he has asked to give
their last breath for the fatherland.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Germany is whining that poison gas
Is cruel. What a lovely place the
world would be If there We're none
but Germans in it
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

The japanese custom Of using paper
handkerchiefs and burning them might
have its value when influenza is preva-
lent.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Some women viii not really under
stand the horrors of war until they
ask the regulated shoe dealers for
heels over IL inches high
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Diversion, relaxation and relief
from mental strain will do more
toward warding off influenza than
gloom and depression.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
No reception.

"That man owes a great deal to his
wife"
I'm not surprised So he does to
everybody he knows"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

A flying machine, to test its strength,
carried piano from London to Paris.
We may yet hear sounds Of music
floating through the air.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

One of the strange facts is that all
these remarkable aerial long-dlstance
trips are made at some place where 1t
doesn't make bit of difference.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Like the gypsy moth, the grip germ
is likely to spread until its food gives
out or it's natural enemies can multi
ply and check it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Some of the doughboys are dropping
German airplanes with their rifles.
They are simply crazy over this souve-
mir fad.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
Solving Difficulty.

The difficulty, say the experts, is to
be solved only in two ways-more fire.
quent changing of the oil in the crank
case and greater care in the purchase
and use of low grade or "stale" gaso-
line.
sit is not uncommon" says the edi-
tor of Motor Age, "for a car to start
on a tour with the gasoline tank filled
with a good grade of gasoline and run
beautifully for the first two days, per-
haps, or until a fresh supply of gaso-
line is taken on at some small Out-of-
town garage or country store. Then,
before long, a noticeable loss of power
manifests itself in the engine.
"There is nothing more distressing
than the gloom of impending engine
trouble. So, think of the gasoline first
and you may find the source Of that
power loss. The trouble caused by
poor gasoline is an Elusive one and
generally gives the inexperienced OPP
orator no<end Of perplexity in laying
his hands on the difficulty.
- Facilitate Starting.
Z SIN trouble of this kind, to facilitate
starting, one should drain. a half to a
cupful Of gasoline from the float cham
Der of the carburetor. This will re-
move water and dirt if it is that which
is giving trouble.
"The operation should be followed
by printing the cylinders with gasoline
and then holding cloth saturated
with gasoline over the air intake Of
the carburetor while the starter is op-
Grated. If the engine runs with power
on the printing mixture and then dies
down to less power when the tank gas
oline is being used, it is well to as
sumo that the trouble is within the
gasoline itself, and the remedy is TO re-
place the gasoline Immediately. If this
is not possible, change the carburetor
mixture for more gas until a new sup
ply is available"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

A number of men required to fill
out questionnaires have been sur
prised to discover how little they
really knew about themselves.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Much to their surprise a great many
people have discovered that they like
war bread better than the straight
white kind.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Guard against influenza not only for
your own sake but for the sake of
friends, neighbors and the public in
general
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
.CRANKCASE ILLS
OF MOTOR CARS
DistiIIation Tests of Lubricant
Made by Engineer of Ma
tional Reputation.
GASOLINE HAD LEAKED OUT
Figures Given Should Form IIluminat-
ing Comment on Troubles Motor
lists Are Havine-Difficulty
Solved In Two Ways.

An engineer of national reputation,
who has been making distillation tests
Of lubricant taken from the crankcases
of motorcars, reports in one typical
case that 45 per cent of the supposed
oil in the crankcase was nothing more
nor less than gasoline which had not
been consumed and had leaked down
past the pistons. Only 371a per cent
of good lubricating oil was found--oil
that is really suited for fabrication of
the cylinder walls and piston rings.
Nor was this a neglected car. The oil
had been in the crankcase only nine
days and a grade of gasoline testing So
Baume had been used.
The test figures were checked by a
government chemist and are incontro-
vertible. They should form an illumi-
mating comment on the trouble motor
lists are having in these days of low
gravity fuels.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Seeing what our corn-fed armies
can do in battle, the European nations.
may decide that corn bread is worth
cultivating.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

AS long as they don't button up the
back, father doesn't care whether
women's dresses are short or long.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

It may not be long before we are
getting letters from the boys some
where in Germany"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Too many persons are making bon
fires of leaves Why should such good
garden material be burned?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Allied aviators are now masters of
the air. Allied armies also seem to
be In charge of the ground floor
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Report to the right authority not
only the spy but the equally mischiev-
GUS CRATER.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

The article that looks as If it had
suffered most from the war Is the war
time doughnut.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

The kaiser should bear in mind
those terrible Yanks have only just
begun to fight.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Uncle Sam in a bulletin says you
can't pay over $40 for pair of shoes.
A lot of folks can't pay So.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Spanish influenza got its start in
Europe where the custom of men kiss
ing men still exists
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
Dirt Causes Valve Leak.

If dirt once makes it's way into the
valve stem a leak is almost certain to
result.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton. Ohio. --"I suffered from .
female trouble which caused me much
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Leaves are gathered four times @
year from the tea plant after Its third
year.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

Straight talk and straight shooting
beat any possible combination of kings.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01

The supreme sacrifice is made in the
home as well as on the battlefield.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
Prune pie proves popular as one Of
the consequences of war.

American air aces in France are TAX
ing a lot of German deuceS.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-01
lB0ySand DISCO
sHCle1r theSklnAF
Irwin CutlCurdN
| NJ Druggists; Soap Ointment Taleun Csc. each. MI
Money-Minded.

"Well I've got commission"
"Good How much per cent2"--Bos~
ton Transcript.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-11
PROFITEERS ARE
MERE PIKERS NOW
SAYS TULSA MAN
Says People Hadn't Ought to
GrumbIe About Present LV-
ing Costs, As There viii Be
An Increase Very Shortly,

tsY M5sHlNs JoJRSkL SPECIAL LEASED All
| Washington. Sept. 10-Findings of tht
| federal trade commission in its invest.
igation OF the meat packing industry
were directed and controlled, no
only in the investigation itself. but in
the recommendation of the commits
sion' for regulation as embodied in
/ the Kenyon and Kendrick bills, DR.. j
! M. Wilson, president of the Wyoming
| Wool Growers association, charged in
a statement filed today with the SEN
| ate agriculture committee.
The controlling influence. DR., VIII
sons statement added, was exercised
fby a small number Of men in the
American National Livestock associa-
ton, chiefly in the associations mar
ket committee.
II have been member of the exc
cutive committee of the association
for several years and did not approve
this plan" Mr. Wilson said, "and ]
think the facts are now due congress,
the public and particularly the great
mass of producers who are not in
sympathy with this movement.
II am not indulging in accusation
or mere assertion These men them
selves have made the record, and the
lN1pld itehG that tdlG ISuHfdI tIHue
commission did have the assistance
and advice of our market committee
and its ATTIC rney. Mr.. Walter l.. Fisher,
during the investigation, and this not
withstanding the fact that the pro-
ducers We're themselves not only es-
Gaping investigation but actively as
ssting to investigate another branch
of the industry.
but that is not all. Cooperation
in the investigation itself would not
suffice. They wanted constant work
ing with the commission so as to 'se-
cure such recommendations as will
adequately protect our interests"
Dr. wilson quoted at some length
from the proceedings Of three recent
conventions of the live stock associa
ton and said that considerable sums
of money had been raised and spent
in propaganda to bring about such
an investigation. w. b. Colver. men,
Der of the trade commission, was
quoted in the Wilson statement as
telling the 1919 convention of the as
sociation that eve did what you told
us to do"
Senator Harrison, democrat, a mem
Der of the committee, suggested that
investigators should be employed to de-
termine whether or not the consumer
has been given the benefit of of re-
Gently reduced meat prices noted in
the wholesale and livestock markets.
I. G. Park, a Tulsa, Oklahoma,
retail dealer, occasfoned some ques-
ttoning when he told the committee
that he was at a loss to know where
this complaint about high prices
comes from, because people ought to
know that what they are paying now
for living will be cheap compared
with what they'll pay in sixty or
ninety days"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-11
~ SOUTHWESTERN MEN
ENTRAIN AT NEW YORK
EN- ROUTE TO Ell PAS0

Twenty-Five New Mexico and eight
cen Arizona members of Hoboken
casual company 1928, entrained at
New York Monday for Fort Bliss,
Tex where they will get their dis
charges from the army, according to
word received here yesterday from the
Rocky Mountain club.
Berore their departure from New
York the boys were entertained, as
guests of their home state, at din
ner followed by a theater party at
the new show Happy Days" appear
ing at the Hippodrome.
The boys are:
Ari2ona-Joe M. Valencia, Tuseon:
w. M. Shelton Tucson: C. Il. Dunlap
Williams; Frank d. Fast, Douglas;
Geo w. Tracy. Jerome: Natalie Espi-
no, Douglas; r. ID. Thompson. Yuma;
John Pecolo, Bisbee; w. 7. Belcher,
Douglas; w. w, Cocker, Tucson; Hugh
B. Nooner, Ashfork; Fl, +. Muse,
Tucson; James f. Hughes, Tucson
Noble #. Justice, San simon; Allen
Taylor, Holbrooke; e. r. Chavez,
Winslow; Guy S. McGraw, Prescott.
New iMexico-McDaniel Thomas,
Clovis; Aurelio Sanchez; Byron
w. Lowrey, Roswell, c. b. Matterson,
W. u. Scott, Albuquerque;
David j. Davidson, Fierro; Henry
Druse, Optimo; William M, Ready,
Artesia: J. c. Williams Mountain Air;
A. b. Baea. willard; Miguel Saabedra,
Albuquerque; Samuel o. Larson,
Santa Fe; Frank Caeias, Santa Fe;
Moses Blea, Frementina; Gilbert 7.
Sanchez, Old Albuquerque; Daniel
Archuleta, Pilova; Media Moore, Por-
tales; John Sherry, Alamogordo;
Crescendola BaZan, Alameda; Daniel
Gonzales, Gallegos Homer T. Porps,
Roy; William b. Tindell Springer.
Lieutenant c. Z. Lewis, of Carlsbad,
Was in command.