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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-05

those vessels was part Of the price
paid by Germany for the armistice,
and in sinking them the Germans de-
liberately stole that which they had
paid. The fact that they apparently
settled what might have developed
into dispute among the allied MAJ
tons as to the disposition of the ships
does not mitigate the crime. The flag
Incident small in itself, was charac-
teristic of the low-minded Hun.
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Signing of the Peace Treaty at
Versailles Brings the World
War to a Close.
HUNS ARE REcALClTRANT
Bloody Rioting In Berlin and Hamburg
Strong Indications Of a Military
Counter Revolution - "Free
Ireland" Agitation lncreas.
ing In United States.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

The peace treaty with Germany was
signed Saturday, June %, and the
world war officially came to close
just five years to day after the event
that precipitated the mighty conflict,
the assassination Of the Austrian grand
duke at Sarajevo. The ceremony was
performed In the Hall of Mirrors at
Versailles with a stately dignity be-
fitting the most notable event Of the
kind in aii history. After the repre-
sentatives of the allied and associ-
ated powers had taken their places in
the hall and the privileged spectators
were In their seats, the German dele
gates, Mueller, Leinert and Bell, were
ushered In. M. Clemenceau, without
making speech, declared the meet
ing open and, as president of the peace
conference, first signed the treaty.
President Wilson next attached his
name and Premier Lloyd George came
next. One hundred and sixteen other
representatives of nations opposed to
Germany then signed the document,
and last Of all the German delegates
were called up to attach their names.
The entire ceremony took several
hours.
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Slowly changing sentiment In the
United States senate has caused the
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vile, Tenn, as second-class matter.
BY WILBUR D NEssgT

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TOALGERNON JACKSON
Willie jackson VS., Alge' non Jackson

Willie Jackson We. Age non Jackson
It ne of Tennessee, In Chancery
Court of Knox County. No. 1674O
In this cause, it appearing from
the bill filed which is sworn to that
the defendant Algernon Jacksonis Q nor
resident of Tennessee. so that the or
binary process cannot be served upon
him, it is ordered that said defendant
appear before the Chancery Court. at
Knoxville, Tennessee. on or before the
lst Monday Of August next. and make
defense to said bill, or the same will
be taken for confessed and the cause
set for hearing ex parte as to him.
This notice will be published in the
Knoxville Independent for four consec-
utive weeks.
This 25th day Of June 1919
]. C. FORD, Clerk and Master
Thos. j. Cline, Sol,
June 2s July 1919 1873
TO DRIVE BUCKNER
WViona Buckner VS.. Orve Buckner s sss>f
State OF Tennessee. In Chancery
Court of Knox County. No. t6747
In this cause, it appearing from
the bill filed which is sworn to that
the defendant Orve Buckper il .
resident of Tennessee. 80 that
the ordinary process eannot be served
upon him. II lie ordered that said do
fsndant appear before che CAAAsszy
Court. at Knoxville. Tennessee. on OF
before the first Mondav0f Aug new
and make defense to said bill. or the
same will hG taken Cor confessed and
the cause set for hearing OK parte az
to him. This notice will be publish.
cd In the Knoxville Independent for
four successive weeks.
This the 28th day of June 1919
J. C. FORD, c. and M.
R. A. Brown, Atty.
June 20 July 5 10 10 1919
TO FRANK A. WITT
Lillian Witt va Frank A. Witt
State OF Tennessee. In Chaneery
Court of Knox County, No. 16744
In this cause it appearing from
the bill filed which is sworn to, that
the defendant Frank A Witt ia :"
nonresident of the state of Tenn
essee, so that the ordinary process
cannot be served upon him. it is
ordered that said defendant appear
before the Chancery Court at Knox
Vile. Tennessee, on or before the list
Monday Of August next ann Hake de-
Tense to said bill. or the same will
be taken for confessed and the cause
set for hearing ex parte as to him.
This notice will be published in the
Knoxville Independent for four con-
secutive weeks.
This 9th day OF June 1919
J. G. FORD, C. & M.
: J. g. Fain, Sol.
June % july s ~ 10 1874
TO LII Gle WILBURN
Edward Wilburn Va. Lucille Wilbtrr
State of Tennessee ia Chancery
Court of Knox County. No. 1674s
In this cause. 1t appearing from
hin filed. which is sworn to. that
The defendan. Luci'e Wilburn IL
a nonresident OF Tennessee go that
the ordinary process cannot be
served upon her, it is ordered that
said defendant appear before the
chancery Court. at Knoxville. Tennes.
see. on or before the list Monday Of
Az next. era -roke defense ~ said
MN or the same will be taken for con.
Passed and the cause set for hearing
er narte as to her. This notice will
he nubiished in the Knoxville Inde
pendent for four successive weeks.
This ssth day Of June 1919
j. G. FORD. Clerk q Master.
w. F. Miller, Sol.
June 2s july S 70 ~ 1919
Send Us loar JOB Printing, 4
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All week the Hun government
sought for someone who would con-
sent to be the goat and attach his
name to the pact. First Haniel Won
Haimhausen, secretary Of the peace
delegation, was selected, but he was
too unimportant to suit the allies, and
so he declined Finally DR.. Hermann
Mueller, foreign minister; Herr Lem
ert and Doctor Bell, minister Of col
ories, were named to sign the treaty
and accepted the unthankful task,
promising to be In Versailles by Satur-
day morning.
II fell to the lot of Haimhausen
to notify M. Clemenenceau for
mally of the decision of the govern
ment to accept the treaty, and In the
course Of his note he remarked with
unconscious humor mo act of vio-
lence can touch the honor of the Ger
man people"-as If anything could
touch a thing so Elusive, not to say
nonexistent.
If there were such a thing as Ger
man honor, the violence of the Ger
mans themselves would have touched
1t twice the other day. First when
the crews Of the surrendered war
ships sank them in Scapa Flow. and,
second, when mob took from a mu-
scum and burned the captured French
flags Of 1871 which Germany was
pledged to return to France. In these
acts they are accused Of violating
both the arrnistice and the treaty and
will be called to account. Also, the
allies. or at least the French, will de-
mand PREPARATION for the destruction
Of the war vessels. The surrender of
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
CrnndaIFs knickerboeker - .FIame
of the DESERT

The capacity crowds that attend
ed Crandall's Knickerbocker Thea
ter yesterday were enlivened by the
first Washington presentation of a
comedy that harks back to the be-
ginning OF things for its own gen.
esis. The chief supplementary fea-
ture of q bill that combines many
unusual features arranged for the
first two days Of New Year week
is Pass the Apple. Eve" Tk= ii
diculous situations that compile
themselves under this title kept
those in attendance in a constant
uproar.
Other abbreviated subsidiary fea-
lures of the bill included a new
issue Of the News Pictorial reflect
ing upon the screen the important
happenings of the week Just past,
both here and abroad.
The chief feature of the bill for
yesterday and today is Flame of
the Desert" the amazingly vivid
spectacle drama in which Geraldine
Farrar and Lou Tellegen do the
finest work of their careers in silent
drama There has seldom been
brought to the silver sheet so en-
thralling a picture as this. a full
review of which will be found in
connection with the Metropolitan
Theater. where Flame of the Des-
ert" was also shown for the first
times in Washington yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29

this up-to-the-minute picture YER
sion of Washington as 1t is today and
a Congressional fight against food
profiteering. Miss Baird Is perfectly
.ccst and thrills her legion Of ad-
mirers with an even more dynamic
and interest t-compelling portrayal in
this production. than in any recent
release in which she has appeared.
Arthur r. Beck has surrounded the
star with an unusually brilliant en-
semble, including Robert T. Haines.
Alexander Gaden, William B. David
son. Ben Hendricks and Downing
Clark.
The Capitol" is a play Of social
and political Washington. with the
greater part of its scenes taken in
and around this city. In the begin
ming of the story the film version
travels back several years and shows
Miss Baird as Margaret Kennard
eloping with James Carol, sworn
enemy of her husband who possesses
papers proving Carol a criminal.
She soon discovers that Carol Is as
black as her husband had painted
him and that he is in reality fugi-
tive from justice. KennArd follows
after them and attacks Carol in a
cabin. After a fight Carol escapes.
The cabin burns down and Kennard
believes that his wife and baby have
perished I'm the flames. A broken man
he seeks refuge in the priesthood.
The scene now shifts to Washing
ton and again we see Miss Baird as
the Kennard daughter. now grown TO
womanhood and known as Agnes
Blake. the wife OF Congressman
Blake who is in the midst OF a stren-
uous campaign against the food pro-
fteers.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Horse and Donkey
Meat IN Mexicc

The following from Mexico corre-
spondent OF the Journal OF the Amer
ican Medical Association is suggestive
OF at least one way TO lower the cosf
Of living:
Because OF the scarcity and ths
posr quality Of the beef nov on said
or through eagerness 90 make money,
some people have been devoting thena-
eelves surreptitiously TO the slaughtei
oi oonkeys. mules and horses A.
some OF these people have beer
caught and punished. they intend &c
ask the board Of public health thai
siey be allowed to open q slaughter
house exclusively for horses Tho
nesh OF these animals Is not bad. anc
curing hard times we have eaten n
mere with full knowledge OF its origin.
ana II IL known that there is IN Ha.
ysna society OF horse meat eaters.
do not know anything about tho
quality Of donkey meat"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
"Red'i Idea 1, Old

Philadelphia, Ps.-Shakespeare knew
all about the reds" although undef a
oinerent name. and dramatiZed them,
DR.. Elbert Russell. director Of the
Woolmsn School, Swarzhmore. told
large assembly OF Friends yesterday
In lecture on The Spread OF Orr
entail Religions Westward"
We are inclined 20 think our prob
lens are peculiar to our times. where
as they are generally az old as the
ages DR.. Russell said. The attitude
OF mind We call red today il as old
as the Fourteenth century, anc
Shakespeare has dramatized the Boil
shevists pretty thoroughly"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Woman Says She's Ugiest;
Toothless, She Is Scorned

London. England AN illusionist
is advertising for the ugliest wom-
an in London" He has not found
her yet. One woman appeared who
had no teeth. but she was otherwise
presentable and he did not consider
her ugly enough.
II want her for q new thing that
am putting on shortly" said the
illusionist. and am ungallant
enough to believe that / wifi find
her. 1t would be easy to make up
some one for the part. but as she
will have to go among the audience
want her to be her natural self.
Any ope will do IL she Is really ugly
and not too old; stage experience is
unnecessary"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Few Chorus Girls
Is Wall IN London

London. Englend.-There il a short.
age Of chorus girls.
Plenty OF girls are still anxious &C
go on the stage. but the experienced
girl. who knows enough OF her bust
ness not to drive stage managers &c
the verge Of insanity during rehear-
sails. is far less plentiful than she was
A theatrical agent said that the
dearth is probably due to two causes
war work and marriage.
During the war a large number Of
chorus girls. show girls and small.
part ladies' left the stage for Other
work. Some are remaining In Il Der.
manently; others have not yet come
back to the theater.
Many girls. too. got married 10 ON.
Gers during the war. and have now nc
need or no inclination TO 20 back e
the stage"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Rats Death Roll.

London. Eng.-Unofficial reports re-
ceived by the Board Of Agriculture
state that during Rat Week over .
quarter Of a million poison baits were
taken, and one man In London ware
house claims that on three successive
nights he destroyed an average OF
Loo rats
The Board Of Agriculture has asked
local authorities to furnish authorfta- :
tive figures as soon as they can col
lect them. When these details are
received they will be published Of
fcially.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
CrnndaIl's - Blanche Sweet, in "a
Woman OF Pleasure"

Blanche Sweets return to TIE
screen, which is being celebrated at
Crandalrs Theater the first four days
of the current week, is signalized by
the presentation of a pictured melo-
drama as wide in its sweep as the
fame of the famous actress who en-
acts its central role. "A Woman of
Pleasure" presents a locale that
shifts finally to South Africa where,
among the most savage tribes on
tho globe, some of the most thrilling
scenes of the startling drama are un-
folded.
"A Woman of Pleasure" is a
film version of the giant melod INA
Of the same name that held the
boards at the Adelphi Theater, Lon
don, for an unbroken period Of three
years. 1t deals with the adventures
Of a young woman who craved the
luNyries that only great wealth could
secure and married a man she didn't
love to crafty her desires. After her
marriage true romance came into her
life and the problem then was how
to reconcile her longing for riches
with her love for a poor man. During
the solution of the difficulty the ac-
tion Of the drama leads to the Jungle
VI lhC A(oih SOHlInenl, wnST6
melodrama finds its apotheo Nnt
content with narrowing scenes on land,
balloon that ascends to a height
Of l,5O feet Is utilized as means
of accentuating the appeal of a sus-
penseful situation from which there
seems to be no relief. A satisfactory
denouement. however. is finally at
tained, but not until after the specta-
tor has been torn between a rush of
conflicting emotions and staggered by
the immensity of a succession of
wonderfully exciting episodes.
Miss Sweet portrays the character
of the harrassed young woman with
grace and cinvincing naturalness. Her
supporting cast contains the names
Of many whose attachments are of
stellar importance, and the ensemble
enlists the services of other unsung
hundreds. ....
Supplementing this unusual major
feature are a variety Of shorter cam
era subjects and an orchestral ac-
compartment that does much to en-
hance the effectiveness of many of
the scenes.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Felt Complimented.

London. EngIand.-Sir Charles john
ston. at a dinner Of the Old Comrades
of the Fifth Battalion City
OF London Volunteer Regiment, said
that while in Buffalo. L. S. A.. with
his wife the conductor OF a tr3mway
car refused to change for him q s3J
note. the only money he had.
He asked a colored man beside him
II he could change ii. mo. ! can't" :"
w6s the reply, but ! am obliged to
you Tor the compliment"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
MiIk's Price Causes Abandonment.

New York.-The high price OF milk
was responsible for a seven-months-
old baby being abandoned by its
father in the Grand Central Station,
according to q note found in the
youngsters hat by the police.
Cant AFFORD him on the price OF milk
they are charging today" said the
note. There are others / am trying
TO support
The infant was turned over to the
police by a man who said another man
had asked him ito hold the baby un-
I'll he came back"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Styles IN Suicide
Through the Ages

1t seems that there are fashions in
suicide. The Journal of the American
Medical Association traces their his
tory from the stone age when men
sought death by jumping from cliffs or
disappearing in the sea. The ancient
Egyptians poisoned themselves with
prussic acid extracted from peach
kernels; the Italians of the Renais-
s3nce used weird combinations OF ar
senic.
Shooting came with the cheapening
of firearms. asphyxia with the use of
gas for lighting. Carbolic acid was
the favorite method when everyhouse-
hold kept a bottle of this for fighting
bedbugs. The death of a Georgia
banker from an accidental dose Of
r1ercuric chloride set a new fashion.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Loews PaIaee--WalIace Reid, In
"Hawthorne Of the U. 8, A.,

Wallace Reid has injected his
breezy personality into another
screen romantic comedy with the
usual pleasing results. This time
1t is Hawthorne of the U. 8. a. =
adapted from the stage play in
which Douglas Fairbanks Appeared
on Broadway. The picture is beins
shown all week at Loew's Palace
Theater.
According to the story. two law
clerks, who are making an economi-
cal tour Of Europe. Down to their
last 5-franc note. wallie risks IT an
at Monte Carlo and breaks the bank.
They are misdirected to the little
Kingdom Of Bovinia. Here Wal.
lace Reid follows his breeze blown
cap over a wall and meets the Prin-
cess Irma-
The country Is in the throes of a
revolution. which 10 right to the
liking Of the star. BY q lavish dis
play Of greenbacks and Q few hon
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Cfandalfs Metropolitan - ..Flnm.
OF the Desert.1

Revealing narrative that moves
from the brilliant allied Victory hall
IN London to the picturesoueness and
exotic charm Of life in Cairo and at
tne edge OF the vast Sahara, Flame
oi tne Desert" one of the truly note
worthy photodramatic spectacles OF
'ne year. with Geraldine Farrar. the
p!ctured star. yesterday held the en-
tnralled attention OF capacity crowds
at Crandalrs Metropolitan Theater
apart from the gorgeousness Of a nro-
duction that visualizes with rare ac-
curacy the colorful life of the Orient
Flame OF the Desert" possesses a
degree Of genuine dramatic power
rarely attained by pictured conflicts
between antAgonistic races.
The major plot concerns the adven-
lures OF debutante member OF Lon
don's most exclusive official circles
whose brother is assigned to- the con-
sular ONCE in Cairo. Having been
Iured 70 Egypt by the vivid tales of
sssao Pasha, leader Of the Egyptian
1elegation to the London peace cele-
prations' Lady Isabelle Claiming i'm
plicates herself in a political COW
spiracy planned by About Bev to
iacliltate an uprising of the natives
and the establishment Of n new Mo
hammedan empire. Tricked into can
tlVity In Abours desert tent. Lady
isaoelle finds herself for the time be-
ing poweriess either to aid her brother
VINO mas stolen government funds to
pay gambling debts to About or her
government threatened with a serious
rebellion. The manner of her extrica :
tion. the part Sheik Essad plays in n
ana the Identity of the handsome
oriental who appoints himself her
guardian during the troubIous times
constitute the chief surprises in the
development OF a climax that lends
the picture additional novelty and
strength.
MISS Farrar has never appeared to
peter advantage than in the role OF
Lady Isabelle. While It lacks the
merry fury Of Carmen, 1t partakes of
far more effective quality of natur-
airess and breathes the warm breathe
OF impassioned love. In the opposite
role OF sheik Essad, Lou Tellegen Of
Iers the most forceful and the most
convincing Characterization he has
ever contributed to the screen. Alec
b Francis, Macy Harlam-incompar-
ably fine in the part of About Bey-
Casson Ferguson, Edythe Chapman
and scores of others add to the acting
strength or an ensemble of principals
tnat 10 wonderfully supported by a
company of thousands. The direction
OF the mob scenes by Reginald Barker
Is such as to place him among the
really great producers of spectacular
supplementing Flame Of the Des-
ert are shown Caves and Coquettes,"
starring Montgomery and Rock, the
news Pictorial and other abbreviated
subjects. including the overture. "vis-
ions Of Salome."
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
JEWS PROMISE
HELP TO IRELAND
De Valera Reception Com,
mittee Named by Friends
Of Irish Freedom.

A variety Of sentiment toward the
Independence of Ireland was ex-
pressed by speakers at last nights
meeting Of the Friends Of Irish Free
dom. at COL E street northwest.
Speaking for the Jewish race. Mark
jackson. in an impassioned pledge OF
Jewish cooperation in the cause of
Irish freedom, declared every Jew was
heartily In favor of the delivery of
Ireland from oppression under which
the Jewish race had suffered for CEN
turtles.
James L. Feeny. Of the bookbinders'
union, predicted the passage Of the
Mason bill in Congress and urged
pressure OF the Irish be brought to
bear on members Of Congress.
Trip Converted Him.
That the English people. through the
food shortage and Industrial unrest.
are faring no better than the people
of the colonies at the present time
was the assertion Of George @. Rorke,
returned recently from the British
Isles. Rorke declared his conversion
to the Irish cause was the result Of
what he witnessed during his trip.
At a meeting tonight in the Aloysius
Club of Gonzaga College plans will
b made for the reception Of Eamon
de Valera in Liberty Hut January Z,
when he returns to Washington to
establish permanent headquarters at
the Irish National Bureau. in the
Munsey Building.
Committees Appointed.
The general committee in charge OF
the affair includes P. T. Moran. WILL
lam Needham. P. ]. Ryan, Rosa F.
Downing, jeremiah O'Connor. Joseph
A DAILY, John ]. Noonan, Miss Mar
garet Buckley. George Rorke, J. Frank
O'Meara, Miss Margaret Brosnahan,
Thomas McGrath. Daniel F. Quigley,
Miss Katherine Breen, Mrs. Michael
Quinlan, Mrs. George Fegan, Thomas
Pettitt, George A. Herman, Francis T.
Hurley, Robert Barrett, John Trant.
William Phelan. the Rev. John j
Callaghan. the Rev. DIR. p. J. Healy,
of Catholic University; p. ]. Drury,
Miss Rena Downing. James Y. Reeves.
Timothy Dunworth and William
Quinn.
Appointment of ans executive COM
mittee was made last night Of which
the following are members: P. ].
RYAN chairman; Jeremiah O'Connor.
vice chairman; Miss Margaret Bros
nahan. George G. Rorke, Miss Mar
garet Buckley. the Rev. DR.. P. j.
Healy. p. T. Moran, Miss aKthed re
Breen, Robert Barrett. Thomas p,
O'Dea. Joseph A. DAILY. the Rev. James
\. GeaTy. ]. Frank O'Meara and
Rosa F. Downing, president Of the
Washington branch.
President Downing announced a
total membership Of 641 members. He
said 100 members for the coming year
is the aim OF Washington branch.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
Stork Leaves Three.

"It's a girl" a smiling nurse, in
Hahnemann Hospital. New York, in
formed the husband Of Mrs. Mar
garet Keaton. of North Eleventh
street. at 9:45 o'clock. Keaton
0esmed proudly. At 9:52 the nurse
again appeared. It's another girl
she said. Again Keaton beamed.
At 9:59 the nurse made a third trip to
the anteroom where Keaton paced the
noor. And now it's a boy" she said
Reaton gasped.
He left shortly after the receipt of
the third message. The possibility Of
a fourth message was appalling. The
arrivals are the first to bless the Kea-
ION home Mother and babes are do
ing well.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
FoIIy-'The World Be.ter.,

Ihe World Beaters' at the Folly
rheater this week is a high class
DurlesQue show with an extremely
weI-oalanced cast, good music and
amusing comedy situations. Leona
81 Clair heads the cast and was we'll
received In q number of song num-
oers,L Walter Brown and Jack Kim
neard convulsed the vast audience by
tneir original comedy, while others
deserving special mention are AL Fos-
Yer. Roy Beverly. Ernie johnson.
May Hamilton and Louise Stewart
Several specialties were offered
among them being the Brook sisters
In a singing and ukuleIe act. A spe-
cial midnight performance will be
offered next Wednesday night,