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BQUA!l BIOHTS TO ALL, DIT3TW TO TEK ISTEBESTS OF HE COSMOS PEOPLE. VOL XXIV, N. 49 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATUKDAY. SEPT 21 1918. WHOLE NUMBER 1245 " SPECLAX PRIVILEGES TO'NONE, ; ' iwi.,, Btfwi--. BRIGADIER GENERAL BUCK , LjXJ' ' ; 7?s& J: : I & Brigadier General Buck, commander of a brigade of United States troops In France, who was recently awarded by General Pershing the Distinguished Service -Cross, the highest ho that can be bestowed by the American army. At great personal risk General Buck led his men over the top toward Berzy-le-Sar, a strongly fortified vil lage south of Solssons, which they captured after strenuous and terrific fighting. 13TH FRENCH DEPUTY KILLED Gaston Dumesnll Gets Legion of Honor Cross Before Death Wounded Twice With the French Army in France, Sept. 11. Gaston Dumesnll, member , of the French chamber of deputies, died In . a hospital near the front. Shortly before his. death ' Deputy Dumesnll was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor by Pre mier Clemenceau. Depniy Abe Ferry, was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the premier. Deputy Dumesnll, who was a lieutenant of Infantry, accompanied by Deputy Ferry and a French captain, went to the front lines where a shell burst near them, killing the captain and wounding the others. Deputy Dumes nll was forty years old. He had . been wounded twice and was cited In orders six times. He Is the thirteenth deputy to be killed at the front. HOGS AT $20.50 SET RECORD Advance of 25 Cents Made at the Chi cago Stock Yards Still Going Up. Chicago, Sept. 11. A record price for hogs was established for the Chl cngo district, where the porkers brought $20.50 a hundred pounds nt the stork yards. Hogselosed Monday at $20.25 a hundred pounds. Hog buyers thought that the record price had been reach ed Jnsf Friday, when a load of hogs brought. $20.40 a hundred pounds. NEW CLOUD ON HORIZON Amsterdam Dispatch Says the Scandi navian Kings May Move for Independence. London,. Sepfr .11. Newspapers ' In Germany, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company, commenting on the forthcom ing annual conference at Copenhngen of the kings of the Scandinavian coun tries, say the monarchs may seize the opportunity of taking steps for inter national independence. Three Austrian Flyers Felled. ' v Amsterdam, Sept. 11. A dispatch from Vienna states tfiat three Austrian airmen were brought down while flying over the German lines on the western front last week. Mediation Board Settles Strike. The 2,000 sausage makers who have "been on strike at Chicago, went back to work, and the dlfllcultles which took them from their casings will be thrashed before Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler In the near future. The strikers have been demanding recognition of their union, recently organized, and an Increase to $1.50 an hour. W. J. Sullivan, superintendent of Oscar Mayer & Company, declared the workers of that firm had gone out only In sympathy, as they were now getting more than the scale awarded the stockyards employees by Judge Al schuler. . '' The strike was settled by the na tional mediation board. Cleveland Rail Men Vote Strike. ' Twenty-five hundred employes of the Cleveland Hallway company at two mass meetings voted to end ne gotiations which had been pending for two weeks and declare a strike. "HUtlGARIAll (IHlEf FOR WILSON PLAN Karolyi Says Peace Program Should Ignore Idea of a Middle Europe. MRS THE GERMAN DREAM Declares Decisive Military Victory Is a Dream Which It Is Useless to : Pursue Crown Prince Is Tar . get of German Press. Basel, Switzerland, Sept. 11. Presi dent Wilson's program as a basis for negotiations "for peace Is Indorsed by Count Michael Karolyi, president of the Hungarian independent party. A dispatch from Budapest quoting from an open letter written by Count Ka rolyi to his electors, to whom he recommends an early peace, says: " "A decisive military victory, de spite its successes, is a dream which it Is useless to pursue. The prime con dition of peace negotiations Is the democratization of nations and the abandonment of imperialistic theories A second condition .is that we should not become slaves to the Idea of a lfilddle Europe, either military, eco nomical or political, and that we should not strengthen our alliance with Germany, which would form the first step toward the realization of this central Europe. . "We ought to accept as a basis for negotiations President Wilson's program." Crown Prince Press Target. ' Washington, Sept. 11. From the two extremes of German party lines, the socialists and the pan-Germans, the crown prince is being attacked for his recent Interview, denying re sponsibility for the war. An official dispatch from France says ' the ' socialist paper Chlmnltz Volstimme declares that if the gov ernment premeditates a peace offen- tacks, his untimely manifestations at the relchstag and elsewhere , are In complete contradiction with the way of speaking he now wishes to adopt." War Speech Recalled. Another socialist paper, the Arbel ter Zeitung of Essen, Ironically recalls the crown prince's speech to a regi ment at Langthur, in which he said : "The happiest day in my life will be (he day when the war breaks out." On the other hand, the pan-German Deutsche Zeitung now demands a dic tatorship which will get together all those who have a clear perception of their duty. The dispatch says this confusion in political circles in Berlin explains the remarkable statement by Count von Hertllng, former chnncellor, in his last speech about "the dangers men acing the Imperial crown and dy nasty." COMMENT- ON U-BOAT LOSSES Germans Mourn for Submarines, but Say More Are Being Built, Dispatch States. Amsterdam, Sept. 11. A semiofficial Oennnn admiralty dispatch, comment ing on the list which the British ad miralty published of 150 U-boat com manders whose vessels had been dis posed of, snys that there are some in accuracies regarding the rank of the officers, which does not allow conclusions- to be drawn of the number of U-boats lost; nnd continues : : "The German people know tod well ot the heavy "fight which Is necessi tated of our U-boat crews and that sacrifices have to be made by them In Increasing numbers. We regret the loss of the boats, but It can be under stood by all experts,' In view of the growing counter-measures and the greater number of U-boats sent out against the enemy. Serious reflection would only be Justified If the construc tion of U-boats did not surpass the number destroyed." . PLATINUM COMES POURING IN Public Heeds Government Request to Sell Old Jewelry May Do nate to Red Cross. Washington. ' Sept. 11. Platinum, one of the scarcest of metals, has poured Into the office of Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint, so plen tifully In the last few days In response to nn appeal to sell scraps Of jewelry to the government for war purposes that Mr. Baker requested that it be sent hereafter to the United States assay office," New York, which has bet ter facilities for receiving it. Payment will be made for consignments, but persons wishing to donate the metal may give it to the Red Cross, which 'tu sell It to the government. sive . the crown, prince must not be I f'his belUrtlfty'hls "notorious at- Boomerang! WILSON GIVES UP WAR LOAN TRIP - - - President Says Duties in Wash . ington Will Not Permit .Him to Leave. COVETED CHANCE TO SPEAK Hoped and Planned to Tour Country So He Could Discuss Great Under taking Which Has Made Loans Necessary. Washington, Sept, ,11. President Wilson, in announcing that he had abandoned definitely plans for a trans continental tour for the Fourth Lib erty loan, said he was convinced that It was not right for him to be. absent or two at a time wwu.tne war con tinues, : V The president said he keenly felt the privation of being confined to the capital, but that it was impossible for him to deal with Important war ques tions by telegraph or at a distance from sources of Information which ex ist only here. "I had hoped, and had even begun to plan," the president said, "a trip to the western coast and back In con nection with the "campaign" for the Fourth Liberty loan, not because I be lieved that the country had any need of being stimulated to subscribe to that loan by anything that I could say, but because I coveted the Opportunity to discuss with my fellow citizens the, great undertaking which has made such loans necessary and In which our whole energy and purpose are enlisted. "It Is the third or fourth time that I have tried to persuade myself that such a trip was possible for me with out serious neglect of my duties here, because I have keenly felt again and again the privation of being confined to the capital and prevented from having the sort of direct contact with the people I am serving which would be of so much benefit and stimulation to me. : Calls Regret "Deep." "To my deep regret, I find that I must again give the Idea up. The questions which come to me every day, many of them questions of the utmost delicacy and involving many critical matters, convince me that It is not right for me to absent myself from Washington for more thjin a day or two at a time while the war con tinues. Questions concerning ' our dealings with other governments in particular, It is Impossible for me to deal , with by telegraph or at a dis tance from the many sources of Infor mation which exist only here. ' "I should feel myself an unconscl- ! entlous public servant If I yielded to, my wish in this matter and took any chance of neglecting even for a short 1 time things that must be decided promptly and In the presence of oil the facts." Million Women In Industry. Surveys In 15 states for the Nation al League of Women's Service showed that there were approximately 1,206,- , 061 women in the United States engaged la essential war Industrial work. In munitions factories, the estimates, show 100,000 are employed as against 3,500 In 1910. , 2 DIE IN CAMP GRANT WRECK Negro Porters Killed When Freight Cars Crash Into Empty Troop Train. . 1 Camp Grant, 111., Sept. IL Two negrq porters were killed, another se verely injured and a brakeman hurt slightly when a freight train ran Into the rear end of an empty train in the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St Paul yards at the camp, PPS MOST Hielpwinwar Action at Home as Important as l Any of the Battles at the Front. TBS FOR CONTROVERSY President Wilson's Words of Warning ) Jihould Be Heeded Fully as Much by lie bllimuycr - at uic b.iuuiujr t.v ormer's Responsibility Greater. Strike statistics issued by the Unlt- rStates government enumerating 922 ups in which industrial work had abandoned during the last year We been prolific of criticism, much ch has been severe. The main ., for the caustic character of 1 i comment In the large number Akin of the disturbances had direct fihection -with production of war atrial. Extra poinj; was given the ' pnfemnation of strikers because, ac- irdfag to the government figures, the aril total of 922 was an increase of l per, cent In the number of strikes ad 18 per cent increase In the num- t of workes affected, over tne pre vious 12 months. Almost all of the comments upon these i fieures Included quotations from the message of President Wilson to the annual convention or tne Amer ican Federation of Labor at St. Paul touching responsibility. Mr. Wilson told the federatlonlsts that the war can be won and lost just as readily in the mills, shops, factories and mines of the United States as upon the bat tlefields of France, which was widely accepted as a friendly warning to all Industrial workers. The president's advice was that and more friendly warning to everyone concerned in in dustrial production for war service, employers no less than wage workers, although the words were addressed to employees. : In economic sense the human ma chine of production must be regarded In the same light as the mechanical plant. Due care must be exercised over maintenance of both, the man not less than the machine. If either is permitted to decline in efficiency the loss Is immediately reflected upon the nation, and the human upkeep is fully . as ; important as the mechanical, though not always viewed in the same light. How many of the 922 strikes were over the cost Of upkeep of the human machine of production is not stated, but a considerable proportion would - be conceded in a fair esti mate. Neither do the figures draw any line between strikes due to arbitrary action by workers and those produced by arbitrary action on the part of em ployers. In the light of an increase of 12 per cent In the number of strikes ' over the, last year preceding, the ami cable warning of President Wilson that the war may be lost as readily in the shops of the United States as on the battlefields of Europe should be posted In every part of every plant In the country. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Michlaan Labor Statistics. Women and girls are taking the places of the young men who left the , shops and factories of Michigan to go to wnr During the past year, accord ing to the annual report of the state labor commissioner, Richard H. Fletch er, 3,001 women have been added to the office departments In the vnrtous workshops and factories in Michigan. There has been an increase of 442 foreladies and an Increase of 86 wom en employed in regular factory work. ; The aggregate dally wages paid all factory employees last year was $1, 775,855.86, an Increase of $62,875.28 overv the aggregate dally pay roll of the previous yafar. The average dally wage of the factory worker Increased from $2.78 to $3.26. ALLIED ARMIES ARE ADVANCING AT ALL POINTS Field Marshal Haig Issues Spe cial Order of the Day to the Army. TAKES 75,000 HUNS A MONTH French Drive Wins Six Towns While British Halt Counterblow Huns Are Afraid of the American Negro Troops. London, Sept. 11. Douai, the great German base position in northern France, is being evacuated, and most of the population has already left, it is reported by German war correspond ents at the front, said a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. Paris, Sept. 11. Important progress toward the southern end of the Hin denburg line in the neighborhood of La Fere north of the St. Gobain mas sif, was made by the French forces. The war office announced the capture of the Liez fort, northeast of the town of Liez, and of wooded regions to the east and southeast of Liez, within two miles of La Fere. Additional ground was gained in the St. Gobain region south of the Oise, where the Servais station was taken us well as a wooded area about a mile and a half to the south. North of the La Fere region the French pressed in far, capturing the towns of Remigny, Montescourt-Llze-rolles, Clastres, Seralcourt-le-Grand, Roupy and Etreillers, the last two towns being within 3V2 miles of St. Quentln. Tinnrnvement was effected In the French positions north of Lnffaux. London, Sept. 11. The allied armies mander-m-cnier, in a speciui oruer tn i the day, which has just been Issued to the British armies. It follows: ' "One month has now passed since the British armies, having success fully withstood the. attacks by the en emy, once more took the offensive in their turn. "In that short space of time, by a series of brilliant and skillfully exe cuted actions, our troops repeatedly de feated the same German armies whose vastly superior numbers compelled our retreat last spring. "What has hannened on the British front has happened on the fronts of our allies less than six months after the launching of the great German offen sive, which was to have cut the allied front in two. "The allied armies are everywhere advancing victoriously, side by side over the same battlefields on which, bv eouraee and the steadfastness of their defense, they broke the enemy's assaults." 75,000 Huns Taken. The order called attention tp the magnitude of the British achievement by pointing out that 75,000 German soldiers and 750 guns have been cap tured in the last Tour weeks. "Even more than that has been done. Already we have pressed be yond our old battle lines of 1917. We have made a wide breach In the ene mv's strongest defenses. In this glo rious accomplishment all ranks and all arms of service in the British armies have borne their part in a most wor thy and honorable manner. "The capture of 75,000 prisoners and 750 guns in the course of four weeks' fighting speaks for the magni ture of the achievement. "We passed through many dark days together. Please God they never will return. "The enemy has now spent his ef fort. I rely confidently upon each man to turn to advantage the oppor tunity which your skill, courage and resolution have created." Huns Afraid of Negroes. With the American Army In France, Sept. 11. The enemy heavily shelled towns In the Woevre sector behind our lines Monday. One of his patrols at tacked the American outposts, but was enslly driven off. There was considerable patrol activ- Ity In the Vosges district. One en counter took place, the enemy retiring with one wounded man. Negro troops have occupied one Vosges village In which French civilians were held pris oners. The Frenchmen, on coming through to the American lines, de clared that the Germans .were consid erably excited at finding themselves opposed by negroes, of whom they are said to be afraid because of .reports that the American colored troops cut off the ears of their prisoners. Belgians Win Nearlv a Mile. Paris, Sept. 11. The Belgian official communication follows: - "Our troops -enlarged on -their sue MA J. GEN. SIR R. D. WHIGHAM " 4- J ' " m'KS Major General Sir R. D. Whigham, commander of nn important contingent of British regulars, whose deeds and daring have brought liim into the lime light. WOMEN IN WAR FACTORIES Unitid States Authorities Supervise Labor to Prevent Physical Danger. T. N. T., or tri nitro toluol, the chem ical most dreaded by workers in muni tions factories, is not to have a chance to make "canaries" out of American girls who undertake to work with it. Neither are there to be any more "ether jags" among girls who work in the manufacture of guueotton, if the United States government can pos sibly prevent it. Dangerous diseases caused b" s tetryl are also to be eliminated so fn( as pos sible. And if it is not humanly possi- . ble to conquer the munitions chem icals, "let the American woajen face facing them in the form of shells on J , the other side," said Dr. Alice Hamil ton, speciui investigator of dangerous . ; occupations for the federal govern meat, who addressed the conference on " women and children in industry of the Illinois Woman's committee, council of national defense, which met at Hull House recently. "There are at present only about (500 women working in the manufac ture of guncotton and about 100 who are working with T. N. T.," said Doctor Hamilton. "In 1!)1(5 there were only 30,000 per sons engaged in the manufacture of high explosive munitions in the United States. Now there are 30,000 working with T. N. T. alone. "It is expected that the number of women working with it will be in creased very soon to 4,000.'' Stockyards Strike Ends. The strike of employees of the Union Stockyards and Transit company .in. Chicago ended 24 hours after it began. The number of strikers had reached I, 500 during the day, with the possi bility that the number would increase and the food supply of the nation be seriously menaced. Robert Osborne and Ernest Whitall mediators of the slate industrial com mission, met representatives of both parties, who agreed to a conference to be held with President A. G. Leonard of the stockyards company. This con ference was attended by the mediators, by President Leonard, Attorneys Silas II. Strawn and John Black for the com pany, and J. W. Johnstone, chairman of the newly formed Live Stock Hand ler's union, which conducted the strike; William Z. Foster, secretary of the Stockyards Labor council, and four other representatives of the men. Ev ery minor point of difference was dis posed of by mutual agreement. The main bone of contention, a de mand by the men, both those employed on a monthly and hourly pay basis, fo $15 additional per month, was referred by agreement to Judge Samuel Alschu ler. The present rate of pay is 37& cents per hour for an eight hour day. Prior to the men walking out the company had offered $5 per month increase, vhlch was refused. A $100,0Oo nre destroyed the plant of Meadowbrook Condensed Milk comnany, Seattle, Wash. obtained on Xuirus23""on both ! sides of the Steenstrnete-Dixmude rond on a front of about 2,000 meters and penetrated the first enemy lines to a depth of two-thirds of a mile, which was maintained. "To the southwest of St. Julien our detachments penetrated by a surprise attack into the first position of the enemy on a front of 3,000 yards, which' were consolidated. J "These are successes bringing into our hands very advantageous positions." -