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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
MUST MAINTAIN
LABOR STANDARDS
Secretary Baker Deprecates
Lowering of Wages During
Reconstruction.
LESSON LEARNED FROM WAR
Cabinet Officer Ascribes Victory Large
ly to Wise Labor Regulations Elk
listing in This country-Must
Be No Retroeression.

Secretary of War Baker, in an adj
dress at Washington before the an
nual meeting of the National Consum-
ers' league, of which he is president,
said that in the reconstruction days
of peace there must be no depression
In wages, and that the same high
standard Of living existing during the
war must be maintained.
Secretary Baker said that unless a
better understanding and more I'M
selfish mode of general living resulted
from the war, the fruits of victory
would be lost and the sacrifice of men
and money would have been in vain.
The reason the victory was ours, he
said, was because the American people
were strong and virile.
'If we in the past had overworked
men and toilers and had taken chill
dren into the workshop and factories,
had there not been a rising standard
of living in America for those who
toll, we would not have had the strong
minds and bodies with which to meet
the emergency just past" said Mr..
Baker.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
WOMEN TO KEEP POSITIONS
Official Statement Is Made That Rail-
road Employees Probably Will
Be Retained Permanently.

Women railroad employees, about
100000 in number, who were added to
the pay rolls on account of the war,
mainly as clerks and stenographers,
probably will be retained permanently,
it was said at headquarters of the
railroad administration. Specific ac-
ton will be left to individual railroads,
but administration officials who have
made survey believe the demand for
labor during the readjustment period
will be so great it will be necessary to
retain the women.
The war industries board is prepar-
ing to release many employees whose
services are no longer needed. Those
dropped will be given two weeks mo-
tice and women whose homes are not
in Washington will be given free trans
portation to their homes. paid for per-
sonally by Chairman Baruch.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARR BEST
Reduction In Wear and Tear on
Trucks and Greater Speed Are
Among Advantages.

A trip over the Lincoln highway
from New York to Philadelphia pro-
vides many surprises to touring mo-
florists In the multiplicity of big rub
ber-tired freighters that ply con-
stantly between these two cities, haul
ing every conceivable kind of mer-
chandise. Motor trucking companies
are springing up almost daily, offer
ing efficient service, which not only
helps to relieve the railroads Of a
portion Of their heavy burden, but
also offers quicker transportation, In
that all terminal delays, so common
to railroads, are avoided. At first
these heavy-duty trucks were con-
fined to the solid-tired class, but the
advantages Of big cord tires have led
many truck owners to equip their
freighters with pneumatic tires. The
great reduction in wear and tear on
the trucks and the greater speed per-
mitted are among the advantages that
are to be gained.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
GASOLINE fires
CAUSE OF PANIC
Experienced Man Knows What
to Do and Jumps Immediate
" for Some Preventive.
HAVE SMALL ExTlNGUsHER
LARGE chenIcaI Devices Are Too
Bulky and Cannot Be Laid In Any
Position.-Start Work of Elk.
tlnguishing in Drip Pan.

When gasoline takes fire 1t Is Sc
rious matter, but the most dangerous
accessory to fire is the one you least
expect, namely, panic, writes William
Fl. Stewart, Jr., in New York Times.
The average person has such an un-
reasoning fear of gasoline that he
loses his head completely. The first
few fires will leave one completely
unnerved for time, but after little
experience In fighting them panic dis
appears and self-control is gained.
This does not mean that one should
delay or move any more slowly, but
should know what to do quickly.
Small Extinpuisher Is Best.
The novice stands aghast as the
first burst of flames come from the
carburetor. The experienced man
jumps for the nearest preventive. At
least one small fire extinguisher
should be carried on every car. The
large chemical devices are too bulky
and cannot be laid in any position,
whereas the ordinary instrument may
be stored away in small space. The
best place is beneath the hood on the
carburetor side. This is where the
fire starts and may be reached by
raising the hood. Some carry them
on the running board, but this is OBJ
jectionable on account of theft liabil-
lty. If placed under the seat or SCI
cured by lock they are not readily
placed in service, and the machine
may be badly damaged meanwhile.
Always turn off the gasoline at the
tank to stop feeding the flames. Or
dinariiy there is not more than two
ounces in any float chamber, and this
will not last long. All the parts about
the carburetor are metal and not cas-
lily harmed. 1t is also well to use the
self-starter to turn the engine. This
will draw flames into the manifold.
Quite often the whole fire may be ex-
tinguished if this is done in time.
Begin at the Bottom.
So remember, always start at the
bottom and work upward. If there
is a fame on the ground beneath the
car use the self-starter with gears In
mesh to move to another position.
Sand is good If available, but never
throw sand on the carburetor or any
other part of the machine. 1t falls
away, leaving gasoline free to burn,
and also gets into the mechanism, do
ing incalculable harm. On fiat sur
face sand is excellent, or any other
dry powder. Even flonr has saved
many home where gasoline has been
used carelessly. The old method of
covering the fire with rug or carpet
is good, but the extinguishcr is bet
ter. This covers the fluid with a lay
er Of heavy noninfiammable gas which
sm0theys the flame.
Everyone knows that any kind Of
fire Is dangerous, but If the above
suggestions are employed under self
control the flames starting from
carburetor backfire will be efficiently
stopped at the source.
: - "
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

turned completely, Frank e. Harvey Of
White Hall, ILL.,, resolved that certain
improvements in automobile headlights
were necessary. Therefore he produced
very simple and commendable in
vention.
The idea is to make at least one
headlight turn, and that at the mo-
ment the steering wheel Is revolved
Thus one headlight shines up in the
new direction while the other con-
tinues to light the old roadway. In
this way light is provided in the two
places most needed when rounding a
corner. The connecting rod between
the froat wheels supplies the motive
power which moves the lamps. Two
pins are made fast to this rod near
each 0nd, and the rod in its right-and-
left movements causes one or the
other of the pins to strike the arm of
its bent rod leading up to the CORE
spending light. The Illustrations show
details. A spring keeps the parts
taut and ready to respond to all i'm
pulses from the pins and rod.--P0pu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

Nashville Maj. Rutledge Smith.
chairman of the State Council of De
Tense, sounds timely warning With
reference to solicitors who may at
tempt to secure funds for various war
activities, and suggests that the pub
lie cali upon them to exhibit their Gre
dentials before going very deep in the
pocket
Numerous reports have come to
the office said Maj. Smith, "of in
stances where attempts have been
made to raise funds for various war
activities, and all persons approached
should ask for the credentials of the
solicitor. At present only three organ
izations are recognized, and they are
the Red Cross, Allied War Relief and
Belgian Relief. Regardless Of how
worthy the object may SEEM con
tinues Maj Smith, there are those
who will seek to impose upon gener
GUS public, especially at this time, and
merely throw out this suggestion:
Ask for his credentials"
II solicitor can produce permit
signed by the State Council of De
Tense, the proposition has been passed
on and found not to be in conflict witt
other war organizations sanctioned b.
the government"
Watch out for the fakes" is Maj.
Smiths warning to the people Of Ten
nessee.
Knoxville--A bill to change the city
charter, so that candidates for the city
commission will be permitted to run
for a particular office may be intro
duced at the next session Of the leg
islature. Under the existing law, the
persons desiring election to the city
commission enter general primary
election The eight candidates receiy-
ing the highest votes then go into the
general election, the winners being
left to make the assignments Of the
offices among themselves.
Bartlett. Persons without visible
means of support, or are not possessed
Of a gainful occupation had better not
loaf around the town of Bartlett, or
they will be fined $25. The city coun
ell passed on third and final reading
a real war loafer ordinance, which will
remain law until the city sees fit
n s<z<1f
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04


Memphis Despite the desperate use
Of steam and carbon bisulphite, coal
pitch solidifying in the main gas pipes
at the plan Of the Memphis Gas G Elec.
trio Co., choked down the pressure to-
such an extent that the supply went
out" entirely shortly after p. m. Dec.
Service was resumed the next
day.
Memphis VIM. s. Parker,
better known as bill" Parker, who
had been rumored as dead from
wounds received in action. has recov
cred, and is marching into Germany
with the Fourth Division, according to
word received by relatives in Mem
phis.
Chattanooga BRIG. Gen. VIM. s.
Scott has been detailed as commander
of all units at Fort Oglethorpe, accord,
ing to information from Washington
Gen. Scott is a member of the regular
army, and has served on the general
staff with the expeditionary forces in,
France.
Knoxville John T. O'Connor, presi.
dent Of the Tennessee Federation OF
Labor, will hold at Nashville confer
ence with the secretary, treasurer and
chairman of the legislative committee
of the federation regarding legislation
to come before the next general as.
sembly.
ParisThe executive committee OF
the Western District Baptist Associa
ton, at its meeting held here, which
was presided over by Rev. ]. T. Up.
ton, of Cottage Grove, decided that
the next fifth Sunday meeting will
be held with the Baptist Church at
Puryear.
Jackson-Lieut. Henry d. Hays, par.
haps the youngest Jackson officer ON
the western front, was with the First
Division of the United States army at
Sedan, when the end of hostilities
came, and he writes his mother. Mrs.
S. d. Hays, that he is on his way to
Coblenz, Germany, as member OF
the army of occupation.
Lieut.. Hays has been with the diyi.
sion ever since that memorable day
when it went into action against the
Hun. He has seen some OF the fierc,
est fighting on the western front, and
he states that it is nothing short of
miracle that he has come out without
a scrach
Humboldt Humboldt chapter
and auxiliaries of the Red Cross
worked to enlist big membership in
the Christmas roll call.
Nashville--Mrs. J. w. Morris, her
niece, Miss Dora Russell, and her hus-
band, j. w. Morris, were sent to the
Sumner county Jail to await action of
the grand Jury, after 10 minutes do
liberation BIZ the justices who heard
the sensational testimony involving
them in blackmail charges brought By
w. T. Donoho, wealthy business man
Of Gala tin
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

War conditions in Europe have
brought anarchists and other Grim
inals TO the fore. They must be
put down if they have to be shot
down.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

When the custodian of alien prop.
erty sets out to sell the property he
has seized, 1t is to be hoped he will
see to it that it is so well sold that
It can never be regained by Germans.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Somebody with nothing else to
do has figured out list of famous
women who have lived to be more than
ninety. Any woman who admits being
over forty should be classified as IA
nous.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Now ii Is said the Films were
forced by Germany to accept mon
archy instead Of republic. Now,
Finland can afford to make face
at the kaiser and choose its own
ruler.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The way little girl win hug ten
cent doll and forget the ten-dollar one
makes man wonder whether his wife
ever had the same disregard for the
price tags on things.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The Cologne Gazette needn't worry
for fear the presence of French SOL
diers will incita the Rhine river pop
ulation. The poilus will run the risks
If the Rhinesters want to start any
thing.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The next time German war lord
wants to lick the world the ghosts
of the dead and the graves of the liv-
Ing will sOlemnly remind that it can't
be done.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The Americans nonsense is now
about as appalling to kaiserism as the
crown princes idea of war as great
fun.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

1t would he poetic justice If the ex-
kaiser and his six husky sons could be
formed into street gang to help re-
pair some of the devastated Belgian
cities.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The profiteers would like you a great
deal better if you wouldn't squeal so
loud when they jab the gaff into you.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

That this is to be a mild, open win
fer, according to weather prophets,
is the silver lining to the cloud of the
news that coal is going up.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

That American Ing with eleven stars
and seven stripes, made by the French
girls at Briey, was bit shy, but the
spirit Of the action was 100 per cent to
the good
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Next Fourth of July is most appro-
priately suggested as a day for the
celebration Of worldwide safety and
sanity.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Even if the public does take to air.
planes in place Of automobiles, 1t will
be pleasant to have good roads to
fly over
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
Even the Influenza isn't what it used
to be before the war.

The flu has gone up the flu and the
grip has lost its grip.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

a movie Of public speaker making
an address in an influenza mask would
cheer the boys over there If they were
downhearted.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

What else could one expect of ma
ton that bitches its women beside the
oxen to pull the plows on its farms?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Cigarette smoking used to be re-
garded as bad habit. But that was
I'm the old days, before the war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Rug heaters have raised prices. The
bug in the rug seems bound to re-
main snug for a long time.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

1t will help great deal if all the
infant nations that are now about to
start out in life will choose agreeable
Names.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

AS long us he can get coal at the
old price the consumer is not going to
be the one to worry.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Just because the war is over is no
reason why small bore politics should
become ubiquitous.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

At the same time it is much better
to print news you do not have to ex,
plain next day.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Something tells us France is going
TO show our boys mighty good time
In the interim of reconstruction.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Mass, IRE to be converted into insti-
tutions where returned soldiers may
obtain employment.
Mems clothing in Austria Hungary
now costs from 5000 to $500 suit,
while women's tailor-made gowns av-
erage from $500 to $500 each.
Owing to trouble between the long
shoremen's union and the shipping
federation and strike Of coal han
dlers, shipping at st. Johns, N. B., was
tied up.
Trade unionism has finally been Off
cially established In the Winnipeg,
Canada, police system. The council.
by q vote of to 0, sanctioned the
union force.
Increased efficiency is reported as a
result Of the operation of the eight
hour law which became operative in
the lumber regions of Washington
January /, 1918.
Both in Toxic and Osaka (Japan)
police departments woman has been
appointed to investigate the causes of
infant disease and to work out plans
for the relief Of poor women.
Twenty years Of labor by an army
of 100000 men will be required to re.
store northern France to Its pre-war
condition, Stephane Lausanne, editor
or lie Matin of Paris, told an audience
at New York. France will not furnish
that army, nor will she supply the ma
terial necessary to reconstruct the $780,
900 buildings destroyed by the German
invaders. Germany must do that, he
declared
Unorganized strikes have broken
out in several of the large plants
around Berlin. They are wholly local
in nature and are the result of de-
mands made by the workers for a fixed
rate of daily wage instead Of piece
schedule. Former workers in the mu-
milton plants are insisting upon the
continuance of the prosperity" wages
paid during the war, whereas the en-
ployers are now starting peace pro-
ductiOn.
When British girls at the beginning
of the war became omnibus conduc-
torettes they agreed to give up their
jobs as soon as the men whose places
they had taken returned from the bat
tlefields. Many discharged soldiers,
former bus conductors, ere now apply
ing for their old posts and the con-
ductorettes are gracefully making
room for them. In many instances, it
is said, the work has been too heavy for
the girls, owing to the crush of pas
sengers.
High schools all over the country
have suffered from the demand for
men of scientific training for service
in munition plants, the chemical war
fare branch Of the army and the like.
The shortage of teachers Of chemis-
try and physics is particularly acute.
The gigantic concrete shipbuilding
plant operated for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation at Mobile, Ala, by
the Fred T. Layand company will be
a permanent fixture, according to Cen
eral Manager r. G. Stadley All con-
crete ships contracted for will be built
and launched and will sail from this
yard under their own steam.
y
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Having licked Germany, it may he
that eventually we can conquer H. G.
l.. in America.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

The food controller says we can
have two spoonfuls of sugar for our
tea now. Sweet of him.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Germany is suffering from a newspa-
per famine, but as mo news is good
news" maybe 1t Is just MS well for the
present.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Why not make the kaiser foreman
of Hun chain gang to repair ravaged
Belgium?
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Sitting on thrones is becoming more
and more certainly a nonessential In
dustry.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04

Wouldn't it be fine if the profiteers
celebrate by dropping prices!
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
And among his souvenirs, will our
boy bring home a French bride?

All the gloss has been rubbed off
that made in Germany" trademark.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
LIGHTS BOTH ROADS
ROUNDING A CORNER
Illinois Man Makes Decided I'M
provement in Headlights.
One Shines Up New Direction While
Other Continues to Light Old
Roadway-Rod Supplies Mo-
tive Power.

Because an automobile In which he
was riding one evening went around |
corners so fast that it was dangerous,
and because the front lamps were sta
4 tionary and would not swing in the dis
rection the car was going until it had
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-04
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Toronto airplane woodworkers have
secured 65 cents an hour.
For every 100 workers in the fac
tories in Sweden there are % women.
I. ". W. printed matter will not be
permitted to enter Canada from the
United States.
Utah state federation of labor con-
vention declared for women's mini
mum wage law.
Consideration is being given in Bos-
ton to proposal to close stores for
al hour at noon.
Women are now eligible to member
ship in the Canadian Railway Mail
Clerks association.
Official japanese figures list 597
electric railways and 4S combined pow
er and railway companies in that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Geraldine Farrar to Sing
For Vacation Association
RachmaninoH and Philadcl-
phia Orchestra Other Feat
ures Of Concert. April 8

A gala concert for the benefit OF the
Vacation Association will be held at
the Metropolitan Opera House on
Tuesday evening, April 8, when Geral
dine Farrar, Sergei Rachmaninoff and
the Philadelphia Orchestra will be
heard.
At meeting few days ago ut the
home OF Mrs. George Barton French,
13o East Sixty-sccond Street, who is
chairman Of the programme committee,
the full committee was appointed to
sell programmes. Under Miss Lucy
Patterson the following will serva:
Miss Constance Jennings, Miss Cynthia
baldwin, Miss Sophie Duer, Miss
Eunicc James, Miss Lanicr Comlcy,
Miss Beatrice Byrne, Miss Margaret
Kahn, Miss Katherine Emmett, Miss
Edith Pratt, Miss Mary Strange, Miss
Eva Stewart, Miss Helen Lee and Miss
Katherine Keogh.
Miss Constance Delaney will head
another group, composed Of Miss
Symphorosa Bristed, Miss Grace
Bristed, Miss Audrey Riker, Miss
Sheila Byrne, Miss Mary Colt, Miss
Frances Fairchild, Miss Jeanne Gourd,
Miss Nina Ryan and others. Miss Mcr-
ger French has in her group Miss
Marion Tiffany, Miss Theodore Tiffany,
MISS Florence Clendennin, Miss Gene
visve Clendennin and Miss Constance
Peabody.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

to live. They need social and recre-
ational life. They nre ready for nil
kinds Of educational influence and are
eager to learn.
"The big cities arc crowded with
refugees. Florence has refugee pom
ulation OF about 10000 and Rome
about as many. Living accommoda-
tions are very difficult to get. Prices
are soaring. The students In some Of
our hostels now think lunch Of soup
and fruit is great luxury.
italian women love to play. They
would much rather roller skate In a
bright hall or do folk dances in the
park than spend time In cisndcstine
meetings with soldiers.
"The women Of italy arc awakening
to new world. They want what the
Anglo-Saxon woman can give them"
Miss Niven has made formal appli-
cation for financial assistance for the
Italian work from the American Y. w.
G. A.
The girls living in the hostels pay
from $25 to $40 month board, which
does not cover the cost Of food, rent
and administration. But even this Is
n high price for them TO pay.