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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
President Wilson Bringing Back
Completed Draft of League
of Nations Plan.
SEvERER ARMISTICE Terms
Arrogant Huns to BE Made to Realize
They Were Whipped-Ebert Elected
President of the German Re-
pubIIc-ReVoIt Against the
King of Roumania.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.

President, Wilson is bringing home
with him the virtually complete draft
of the constitution of the League Of
Nations that Is to allay if not to end
most of the worlds Ills Despite
marked opposition in some quarters,
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Lloyd George.
earnestly supported by the smaller ma
tons, were able to have presented a
document that met with the approval
of the commission of the league, and
this was then presented to the plenary
session of the peace conference, with
every prospect that it would be adopt
ed.
AS 1t stands, the plan provides for a
small body of representatives of all
the nations concerned, which shall
meet every few months in a place to
be internationalized. Every difference
between nations is to be submitted to
this governing body and to be decided
within three months, during which
time the contending parties must re-
frain from acts of hostility. If the
decision is not accepted, the case will
be submitted to arbitrator, and if the
country they place in the wrong does
not accept the ruling and has recourse
to arms, all other nations in a posi-
ton to do so will take up arms against
it. No country is obliged to go to war
with the offending nation, but all must
join in an economic boycott Of the lat.
ter
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
EX-STANDARD OIL MAN DEAD
J. II. Alexander, Former Vice Presi
dent of Company, Succumbs
at Eighty-Four.

Elizabeth, N. j., Feb 2O.--James II.
Alexander, for many years vice pres
ident of the Standard Oil company
and pioneer in the nations oil in
dustry, died of infrnities and old age.
He was eighty-four years old and for
almost half a century was associated
with the Rockefellers, Fl. H. Rogers
and H. NJ. Flagler. He was credited
with constructing the big refneries at
Bayonne, Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
Many improvements in oil refining
were invented by him.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The administrations big navy bill,
bolstered by a seni-secret cablegram
from President Wilson to the house
naval committee, had a stormy time in
the house last week The minority de-
nounced it as q bluff measure de-
signed to enable Mr. Wilson to force
on the peace congress certain Of his
ideas for the league Of nations, and
for a day it was blocked ly the point
of order that it authorized the presi-
dent to construct the navy without
making any appropriation. The Re
publicans laughed with scorn at an
amendment proposed by Chairman
Padgett appropriating 100000 with
which to build battleships costing
S210,O00,000, and the Democrats hast
lily adjourned Next day however, the
administration lenders had their way
and the bill for the thyeeSear build
ing program, carrying $721, 100000 for
the naval establishment during the
next fiscal year, was adopted by the
house.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
HUNS TAKE TOWN FROM REDS
German Troops on Lithuanian Front
Capture MurawijeVo From
BoIshevikl.

Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 20.-Ger-
man troops on the Lithuanian front
surprised the bolsheviki and captured
the town of Murawijevo, near Shawl,
according to report received here
from Llbau.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

France, which, since the outbreak of
the great war, justly considers herself
an outpost nation guarding frontier
of civilization, strongly urged the crea-
ton of an immediate international
army and navy to enforce the rulings
of the society of nations. Leon BOur-
geOis argued earnestly for the con-
stitution of such a force and for the
placing of it in France until all danger
of an attack by Germany was at an
end. This was opposed, especially by
American and British representatives,
who showed that it was contrary to the
constitutions of their countries The
long discussion ended in an agreement
that if a country should be attacked,
in violation of the rules of the league,
the attacked country would employ
her military forces as covering
troops" and await aid from those 9TH
err nations that could most easily give
1t.
1t is scarcely conceivable that this
solution of the question can be salts
factory to France. The great war
demonstrated that in a sudden shock
attack nation can suffer immense
damage before her allies can mobilize
their forces and transport them to the
scene of conflict. This is just what
France fears will happen again with
Germany again as the aggressor, and
her alarm, though it may be as fool
ish as some correspondents think it,
will not be allayed until or unless the
allies render the Huns militarily i'm
potent before the treaty of peace is
signed There is growing feeling in
Paris that the American and British
delegates are disposed to be too leni-
ent with Germany and too prone to
adopt the insidious claim of the Ger
mans themselves that their former rul-
ers and not the people were RESPONSE
BILE for the war and its horrors. The
French reassert the well-known fact
that the German people as whole ar
IDENTITY supported their government in
the conduct of the war and gave ap.
proyal to the outrages committed by
officers and soldiers alike.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Among the interesting developments
of the week was the dispute between
China and Japan, relating to the dis
position of Shantung province and
TsingtaO and in general the conces-
sions which China had been forced to
grant to Germany. These. it appears,
Japan is trying to obtain for herself,
and China relies on the peace confer
ence for protection. The council of the
five great powers asked that all secret
agreements made by Japan and China
with each other and other nations
since the beginning Of the war be sub
mitted to it. This was in accord with
the desires of the Chinese, and the
Japanese government complied with
the demand.
The japanese threw another small
monkeywrench into the machinery by
the fiat statement that they intended
to hang onto the Caroline and Mar
shall islands, which they took from
Germany, Notwithstanding the eX-
pressed will Of the peace conference
that all the captured colonies should
be governed by mandatOries of the
League of Nations. The outcome Of
this Is uncertain
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Secretary Baker and Chairman Dent
have drawn up an army bill, now be-
fore the house, providing for tempo
rary army of something over half a
million, to be raised by voluntary en-
listments and designed only to carry
the country over the period of occupa-
ton and reorganization After that
the nation Is to be left virtually with
out an army, as it was before the great
war. The bill takes the war depart
ment organization away from the gen
eral staff and returns it to the bureau
chiefs. These features of the measure
have subjected it to bitter attacks by
the advocates Of preparedness.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

their national assembly at Nemar be-
came more arrogant than ever. Their
attitude was accurately reflected by
Ebert who, in his speech accepting the
office, said: 1--WE shall combat dom
ination by force to the utmost, from
whatever direction ii may come. We
wish to found our state only on the
basis of right and on our freedom to
shape our destinies at home and
abroad"
Matthias Er2berger, before meeting
the entente chiefs to negotiate an eX-
tension of the armistice, conferred
with officials in Berlin, and it was said
they determined that he should de-
mand that the allies recognize the new
German government.
All this. and the fact that the enemy
countries were preserving enough war
material to permit them to equip
quickly an army of 100000 men, had
full effect on the supreme war cGun-
Gil when it decided on conditions of
renewal of the armstice. The mill
tary members and the newly added
economic members agreed on the
terms, which are designed to place
Germany in such a situation that she
cannot renew military operations. The
German authorities were called on TO
furnish full information of the war
material of all kinds in their posses
sion The council also decided ac-
cOrding to one correspondent Ito make
Germany realize that we are the con.
querors and that it is not white
peace that we are seeking to impose
on her"
According to reliable information
the armistice is renewed for a very
brief time, the allies reserving the
right to suspend it if Germany fails
to carry out the new clauses, which in
Clude the cessation of hOstilities
against the Poles. Meanwhile a spe-
cial commission is to draw up armis
tice terms to last until the peace
treaty is signed These terms will
; pluNiNt LUZ Inc utllpblilHd ll'll VI ih'
German army and the disarmament of
the nation under the supervision of the
allies. The German government, it
was said, was given to understand
plainly that if it was recacitrant the
| resumption of the war by the allies
was by no means out Hf the question.
The firm attitude of the supreme war
council possibly was due in some
measure to an impressive speech by
Premier Clemenceau, in which he
showed the council the necessity of
taking all precautions against the
treacherous Huns. In this he was sup
ported by President Wilson.
If Germany submits and acts in ap-
parent good faith, it is likely some
economic measures will be adopted
that would facilitate the resumption
of her peace activities to a consider
able extent. But if this goes too far
| France will have another cause Of
complaint, for both she and Belgium
argue, with seeming justice, that their
Industries, destroyed by the Huns,
should he restored before the Germans
are permitted to resume commercial re-
lations and capture the markets.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Once more the suffraglsts put their
cause to the test in the senate, and
once more they went down to defeat,
this time by q margin Of only one vote.
Democrats to the number Of IS, most
ly Southerners, and II Republicans
voted against the amendment, while
"a Democrats and 81 Republicans vot-
I'D for 1t.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

In the United States the anarchists,
whose Vaccinations were largely re-
sp0ifs fSTee-for the strikes on the Pa
cific coast and in Montana and Ari-
IONA, sustained a hard blow from the
government. 1t developed that The
agents of the bureau of immigration
had been gathering up a lot of the
most undesirable aliens and was pre-
pared to depOrt them, awaiting only
the necessary shipping. A big bunch
of these scamps We're taken, under
guard, to New York, where lawyers in
sympathy with their doctrines under
took to obtain their release under
writs of habeas corpus. The anarch-
lists make war on organized labor as
much as on capitalism, and the par
liamentary committee of the British
trades union congress has declared
that the Unauthorized strikes which
they cause cannot be tolerated. Down
on the Argentine-Chile border the dis
turner's have caused 50 much trouble
that those two countries are preparing
to take joint action against them.
They are fast becoming the Ishmaels
of the entire world but they seem to
glory in having the hands of all decent
folk against them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
FLIES 81 MILES IN 10 MINUTES
Lieut.. M. J. Plum Establishes New
Air Record in a Curtis
Machine.

Dallas. Tex, Feb. 20.--Lieut. M. j.
Plum established new flying record,
driving a Curtis plane from Fort Worth
to Love field, a distance OF 80 miles, in
ten minutes.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

The prospects of the proposed meet
Ing Of Russian factions and advisers
from the allied nations at Prinkipo
are growing better. Seven Of the gov
ernments in Russia, including the rs
thonians, Let's and Lithuanians. are
willing TO participate, though the first
named maintain that they have now
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Sweet Thought.

Cane sugar, we are told, beats beet
agar, but beet sugar beats no sugar at
all.-Boston Transcript.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
A TImid Nature.

1t must be timid nature that
would refrain from every good time
for fear of consequences.-St. Louis
Giobe-D Democrat.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Having adopted constitution and
elected Friedrich Ebert as president of
the German republic, the Germans in
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

Machine Works With Peat Gas.
Danish investors have perfected
motors that are claimed to work well
with peat gas as fuel instead of ben.
zine or gasoline.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

An attempt to put the skids undpl'
another king, which may he success
full was started last week in Rou
mania, Inspired by anarchist propa
ganda, a general insurrection bro6p
out, with demands for a republic
King Ferdinand, while fleeing from the
palace with his family, was shot N!
and slightly wounded. The anarchists
also became very active in Vienna,
planning 4 revolt against the present
government unless all power is trans
ferred to the communist leaders.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
By WILBUR D. NEssr

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
BY Wilbur D Nesbt.
A4Uz6o1- at
Your Flag and Ny F1e8

health the fighting The with red CLINT In his
CLINT gows tender CLEAN for the old flag in the sky
To the who daesnd the who for the good old
U.S.A.
Who bears the brunt the battle front and hurres to the fray
health himour soldier grm-it his faith that makes his
might;
Who his life the shrng fife and knows the ght
the fighting mani The all innocent of sham,
Who the due of loyal heart at the shrine OF Uncle Sans
Who load the weary road that leads to distant
halt till he finds the fault and the of
May the rob and thm of the rolling drum be promise to his
OF joyous day when he'll away hear nations cheers
health fighting The with impulse clean and clear
hold him right gallant knight without reproach fear
When the buge sings and the bullet rings and the saber flashes
bright
May he feel the aid of the prayers prayed guard him in the ght
good ride either side and save him for the grasp
OF the friendly hand his native land that's yearng Tor the clasp
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22
Annat,s ALI.

In the opinion Of most young ladies
a hare-lip Is the only legitimate ex-
cuse for hair-lip.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-02-22

set up Independent republics and are
no longer parts of Russia. The adnis-
sion of representatives of the soviet
government is conditional on its cessa-
ton of hOstilities. Up to the time of
writing the anarchists had continued
their operations in many regions, with
varying success. In the Archangel sec
tor they We're forced to retreat by the
advance of the Americans, and it was
reported they had been entirely driven
out of Esthonia. Against the Poles
they scored some victories.
According to reports from OmsS, the
government there has accepted an Of
fer from Japan of men, arms and
money to combat the soviet forces,
giving in return iron ana coal CON
ccssiOnS in the Priamur district,
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
Getting Down to Business.

If there's any one thing that marks the big man it Is his ability to get down to business. While the average fellow sits drumming at his desk the man of skill starts things. There may be a thousand things to do, but they will be done sooner if they are done one at a time. It's fine thing to be able at a glance to spot the essential and go at it. The next best thing is to get busy at the job that seems to be most urgent and put that on the shelf finished product. You are then ready for the next thing. But it's just the lack of this ability that puts the sprags in most mems progress. They are confused by the many things to be done Instead of getting busy at once they waste time in wondering where to begin. It's no wonder they fail to accomplish things.
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
An Ancient Custom.

Mir. Inglefield, the principal door keeper at the British house of com mons, is dead. His was quite a re- sponsible post, for the holder must have an astounding memory for faces. The house of commons is probably the last place where snuff is regularly talk en. The attendants take it because they have long hours of duty in which smoking is barred, and a good many members apparently follow the ancient habit. Mir. Inglefield, the Liverpool Post says, always kept box on his seat at the door, and it was surprising to see how numerous were the mem- bers who helped themselves to a pinch as they went in or out of the house.
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
GOOD ROADS 1919 PROGRAM
Michigan Starting on Greatest Era of Highway Construction in His
 tory of State.

Michigan is going to start on the greatest era of road building in the states history, declares Edward N. Hines, first vice president of the De- troit Automobile club. Mir. Hines adds that Michigan highway constructors have seen the folly of their ways in building roads too narrow and of types not permanent. They will correct this In the future.
 Every citizen, including the farmer, business man, Iaboring man and the resident of the small town, sees the need of permanent highways, the case being proven to them by wartime con- ditions, according to MT. Hines. This was brought about by the inadequate freight and express service, the food situation and the general need to con- serve labor wherever feasible.
 Had the war continued" Mir. Hines stated, q had records of projects for building of concrete roads in the state that likely would have been put through by the proper authorities in Washington because of their war ne- cessity, there being some 656000 square yards. Other projects for con- crete roads in Michigan financed by the Covert act whose issues were sold and the money not expended during the past season, and direct tax levies amounted to 1,347 ,9O9 square yards, a total for the state of close to 100000 square yards. All of this will be built in 1919 and in all probability this yard- age will be doubled by the time the road construction work begins in the spring.
 Wayne eounty's concrete roads have stood the test since the United States entered the world conflict. The normal traffic, plus the enormous war haulage by army trucks over concrete roads seven, eight, nine and ten years old, was handled satisfactorily and the highways held up in perfect con- dition. Eyes of the road builders throughout the country have been fo- cused on Wayne county's roads and the practical demonstration Of the value of permanent roads has been proven here in the vicinity of Detroit.
 Wayne, leader among the counties of Michigan In mileage of improved roads, asked for no county road tax this year and will have to rely on tho money received from automobile li- censes. Consequently 1919 will not ap- proximate previous years programs because of lack of funds to push the work to the limit. We expect to get more for dollar in 1919, though. as,
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
RULER HAS ABSOLUTE SWAY
Moneoi Monarch Is Also Official Head of a Religion, Though Little
 Known to the World.

The most absolute monarch in the world is the least known. He rules in Urga. It is the capital of Mon- golia, and the potentate is at the same time the official head of religion. He is, In fact, the Mongol pope.
 Urga is to some extent a modern town, having many Chinese and Rus sian inhabitants; but the native DOT tion of 1t bears no resemblance to anything that can be found anywhere else on earth. For this Mongol part of the city is movable and constantly changes its location and arrangement.
 The Mongol houses are hemisphere cal huts of felt cloth extended over light structure of latticework. They are readily collapsible, and can be put up or taken down at a few minutes notice Felt cloth being an excellent insulator.. they afford a warm and weatherproof shelter during winters of extreme cold.
 There are at Urga, however, a num- Der of large monasteries. It Is the holy city of the Mongols The priests (called @lamas') are numbered by hun dreds of thousands, and their "la- maseries" are scattered all over the country.
 The business of the lamas is to drive away the devils which, but for their pious activity, would soon destroy all the people. At intervals they give great outdoor exhibitions of a quasi theatrical character, in which hun dreds of lamas take part, dancing in grotesque masks and fantastic cos tunes to music furnished by drums huge copper trumpets and flutes made from the thighbones of virgins-the last named horrible instruments emit ting blood-eurdling and mournful walls.
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17

The black satin and jet dinner or evening gown presents itself with a calm assurance of success. Women may be beset by misgivings and un- certainties when they consider the merits of other gowns of like charac- ter, but a handsome black achieve. ment of the modiste goes unchal- lenged. It can hold its own any where, and here in the picture is a brilliant example of it. The most wobbly minded of women will recog- nize it's beauty and distinction at a glance-it will command her unsWerv- ing loyalty.
 How the designer managed to make a superb dress by the most direct and simple means is told by the picture. The distracted fashion writer can only point out that the skirt is plain,
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
Rernhardt and Rostand.

Mime. Bernhardt's admiration for Ed mond Rostand was due in part at least to natural human gratitude When once guest of the great actress at Belle Isle, her lonely island home near Quiberon, the distinguished dramatist had rescued her from drowning. But apart from this she always swore by him. I have heard her rhapsodize in terms that seemed extravagant about his genius. He was to her the beginning and end of that form of the drama in which she had excelled as an interpreter She loved him as a reaction visible against realism, as protest against Ibsen and a renewer of the flamboy- ant in art. Yet who can doubt that when Rostand is forgotten men will know 1bsen? The romantic episode at Belle. Isle merely strengthened Mime. Bernhardt's profound and touching faith in this follower of Hugo.-Ex- change.
The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
NOT HARD TO RECOGNIZE HIM
Almost at a Glance Papa Could Tell Which of the Swans Was
 the Father.

Congressman Seaborn Ruddenbury of Georgia gently smiled when the talk topic dwelt on the lord and mas ter of the domestic ranch. He said he was reminded of little Johns visit to the zoo.
 While rambling around among the animals with his father one afternoon, so ran the story of the congressman, little Johnny came to a miniature lake on which two swans were swimming.
 Papa" said Johnny, pointing a chubby little finger out over the lake, "is that the father swan or the mother swan?"
 (Which one do you mean, Johnny?" asked the old man, glancing in the di- rection indicated by the boy.
 q mean the one over there" an- swered Johnny. "The one with all the feathers pecked off his head and isn't allowed to have the biscuit or nothing"
 "Yes, my son." promptly replied papa, with just suspicion of a sigh, that's the father swan all right"