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"No men living are more worth)
e trusted than those who toil up fro. 1
poverty, none less inclined to take or
touoh aught which they have not hon
estly earned." Abraham Linaoln.
we street car employees at Barce
lona, Spain, went on strike, and the
minister of the interior announced
that the men were at once mobilized
under government control. He de
clares that the same measure will be
promptly applied to the employees of
any other public utility corporation
who co on strike.
The Piano Workers' union formally
agreed to allow women to replace men
drafted into the army, but limited this
agreement for women as substitutes
for the period of the war and provid
ed for readjustment conferences. These
women received the same rate of pay
as the men and worked the same num
ber of hours as the men.
Union men went again through the
gates of the shipyards of Seattle, Ta
coma and Aberdeen to work on the
big hulls that have stood in various
stages of completion since January 21,
when a strike closed the plants. Al
though several thousand men returned
to work, it will be several days be
fore full forces are employed again.
The joint committee representing the
unions Involved in the general strike
in Cuba, which paralyzed business and
traffic for five days, voted to accept
the proposal presented by President
Menocal as arbiter, thus terminating
the conflict. The vote was taken after
a heated debate lasting eight hours.
The men returned to their places im
mediately. Catherine Breshkovskaya, "grand
mother of the Russian revolution," re
cently went before the United States
Benate propaganda inquiry committee
and pleaded earnestly that America
send machinery and other materials
to Russia, at once to aid in industrial
reconstruction, which she said would
result in ridding the nation of the
bolshevik burden.
Charles P. Neill of Washington, um
pire of the anthracite conciliation
board, sustained the contention of the
engineers, firemen and cranemen of
steam shovels operated by the G. B.
Markle company, Hazleton, Pa., that
they are entitled to an eighthour day
with a 8 per cent wage Increase, In
stead of being paid a flat 7 per cent
advance on the basis of nine hours.
The award, retroactive to May 15, 1915,
carries with it thousands of dollars
In back pay due on wartime earnings,
and applies to similar employees all
over the anthracite field.
Five hundred delegates representing
59 school organizations of St Louis
recently took up the question of pay
ing higher salaries to public school
teachers. The general trend of opin
ion was that a salary of not less than
$1,200 should be given all teachers of
the state and that an increase should
be made In all departments.
Tie Spanish cabinet decided to grant
an eight-hour working day to the build
ing trades throughout Spain, wages to
be fixed by committees of employers
and workmen In each district The
cabinet also approved a bill to Insure
workers against unemployment. ,
1 Headquarters of General Dickman, commanding the American army of occupation in Coblenz. 2 Ger
man troops who served in East Africa received as heroes on their return to Berlin. 3 Cottin, who tried to as
sassinate Premier Clemenceau, receiving the sentence of death. " - , .
NEWS REVIEW 0F1
CURRENT EVENTS
Effects of German Protests and
Threats Seen in Doings of
the Treaty Makers.
WILSON URGING MORE SPEED
Advisability of Coming to Terms With
Hungary and Russia Seriously Con
sidered Counter-Revolution
Against Bolshevism Bloody
Strike Riots in Ger
man Cities.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Prodded by the public opinion of
most of the world, and particularly by
the insistence of President Wilson,
the peace delegates in Paris speeded
up their work last week and really ac
complished something. Mr. Wilson, It
was reliably reported, told them that
if results were not forthcoming soon
he might reveal to the public the real
causes of the delay, and just before
that he issued a statement denying
that the discussions over the league
of nations were to blame in that re
spect. No one nation, said Mr. Wil
son, was solely to be blamed for hold
ing up the peace treaty, but dispatches
from Paris make it fairly clear that
many of the hitches bave been due to
the disparity between what the French
demand and what the Americans,
sometimes backed by the British, are
willing to impose on the conquered
Germans.
If present Indications go for any
thing, those same beaten Huns are
going to come out of the peace con
ference in fairly good shape. The "Big
Four" last week concerned themselves
mainly with the major questions of
reparation, the west bank of the
Rhine, Danzig and the Italian frontier.
Unofficially, Germany has been taking
part in the conference, and its argu
ments, presented by public officials,
the national assembly and the press,
seem to be having decided effect.
Though France still asserts that the
Huns should be required to pay the
last penny that can be got out of
them, and in this are supported by the
public opinion of most of the civilized
world, the peace delegates, influenced
apparently by the American represen
tatives, have been scaling down the
amount of indemnity more and more
until the prediction now is that it will
be less than $20,000,000,000. How
Germany shall pay and how long a
time shall be given her proves so com
plicated a question that it was consid
ered probable last week that all that
will be left for decision by a commis
sion after peace has been declared.
Germany has a gold reserve of more
than $.jOO,000,000, and likely a part of
this will be demanded as a cash pay
ment to be disbursed in the devastated
regions of Belgium and France.
When the matter of the Rhineland
was taken up the effect of the German
protests again was evident It was
virtually decided that there shall be
no buffer republic on the left bank of
the Rhine, but that that region shall
be neutralized and policed by allied
troops until the indemnities are paid;
that the Saar coal basin shall not be
allotted to France, but snail remain
under German sovereignty, though its
products shall go to the French for a
certain period of years. It Is presumed
that French and Belgian troops would
hold the left bank of the Rhine, since
the British have insufficient forces for
the purpose and America does not
wish to leave an soldiers in Europe
after the treaty Is signed. King Al
bert of Belgium went to Paris last
week, probably to discuss his coun
try's share In this occupation. He
called on Colonel House and President
Wilson.
Marshal Foch was sent to Spa Wed
nesday with full instructions for end
ing the dispute concerning Danzig.
The allies wished to have General Hal
ler and his Polish divisions landed at
that port, and the Germans declared'
they could not permit It ; and the ulti
mate fate of Danzig was Involved in
the matter. Before Foch had begun
his negotiations a correspondent in
Paris cabled that the Big Four" had
decided thai Danzig should be made
a free port, and added that It was re
ported the disposition of the Vistula
valley would be left to a plebiscite.
A Rome paper asserted that the
Italian frontier question had been set
tled favorably to Italy lly the peace
delegates.
The Infrequent communiques of the
peace conference are about as Inter
esting as excerpts from an almanac,
and less informative. One bit of news
was given out the fact that General
Smuts had been dispatched to Hun
gary to study the situation there. Thi
did not please the Paris press, which
saw in it only another delay. It had
been hoped that General Mangin
would be sent east to deal with the
Hungarians. Official advices from
Budapest were to the effect that the
new soviet government was establish
ing Itself and maintaining order, and
that it was disposed to make large
concessions to the allies In return for
food and fuel. It was supposed
Smuts would open negotiations for
an amicable agreement. Bela Kun and
his associates insist their government
is communistic rather than bolshevis
tic. The fact remains that Kun is In
constant communication with Lenine,
whose secretary he formerly was.
The allied delegates also were swj
to be considering-he- adviSabi-li
coming to an understanding with th(
Russian soviet government and peri
mitting It to get food and materials.
This, Lenine says, is all he wants ; If
it is granted his government can make
good, and then the allies can recognize
it if they wish to. He declares e Is
willing to make peace without includ
ing Hungary In the pact and will then
cease fighting and stop propaganda
work In other countries. All this, It
was reported, sounded good to the
peace-makers in view of the threats of
Germany to form an alliance with Rus
sia or to allow itself to -"go bolahevik"
If the terms of the treaty should not
be to their liking. Meanwhile the
soviet troops of Russia were very busy
carrying out their threat to start ma
jor operations on all fronts as soon as
the weatheir permitted. They began a
rather formidable invasion of East
Prussia and were met there by a Ger
man army which has been organized
by Von Hindenburg. They continued
their operations in the south and made
repeated and heavy attacks on the
allied forces in the Archangel region.
There, however, they had little suc
cess. But that the northern Russian
situation Is considered serious by the
allies is evidenced by the fact that the
British government announced that re
enforcements would immediately fol
low the American troops then on the
way to North Russia.
Official Russian wireless messages
that came from Petrograd Thursday
may change the Russian situation materially.-
They told of an antl-bolshe-vist
strike of the railway and trans
port men which had stopped communi
cations and prevented the city from
getting any bread. Other dispatches
said the menshevikl and social revolu
tionaries had actually started a revolt
against the bolshevik regime and that
Lenine and Trotzky had come to n
definite break over the former's insist
ence on some sort of a treaty with
England, France and the United
States. Trotzky, of course, holds the
military control, and he is regarded as
in a stronger position than Lenine. es
pecially so long as he can provide his
troops with sufficient food.
Interesting if not Important is the
Intercepted wireless message from
Tchltcherin, Russian foreign minister,
to Bela Kun of Hungary, saying: .
"The revolutionary movement cer
tainly is gaining in America. Ameri
can newspapers say the states of New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan are especially irapreg-'
nated by bolshevism. A riot has taken
place In Philadelphia, which certainly
must be attributed to bolshevist Influ
ence." Poland is sending distress calls be
cause of the actions of Von Hlnden
burg's army in eastern Germany,
These troops, besides combating the
advancing Russians, are said to be pil
laging upper Silesia, destroying its
industries systematically and taking
away everything from the factories.
Evidently the Huns do not Intend the
Poles shall find anything of value left
In this territory if they are awarded
it by the peace conference. It is a
case of Belgium and northern France
over again. -
Again setting out to overthrow the
Ebert government, the Spartacans and
minority socialists of Germany have
stnrted general strikes in Berlin,
Frankfort, Stuttgart and other cities.
Bloody riots ensued In some places,
notably Frankfort, where several hun
dred persons were reported to have
been killed. Ten thousand workmen
there paraded the streets and looted
a great warehouse that was full of
foodstuffs and then battled with the
government forces sent against them.
The German troops opposite the Cob
lens bridgehead occupied by the Amer
icans were moved toward Frankfort,
after permission was obtained from
the French military authorities In the
Mayence bridgehead zone to enter the
disturbed city. The streets of Stutt
gart were filled with great crowds and
with troops and there was much
shooting; the government, at last ac
counts, was master of the situation
there. Martial law was proclaimed
throughout the entire Rhineland. The
strikers demanded that Germany re
sume diplomatic relations with Rus
sia at once. In Berlin, though the
leaders of organized labor were sup
porting the government, more than
50,000 workers were out by Thurs-
nJgnt.ana.more strucn later, neu
ter's correspondent in Berlin '' says
sympathy with Spartacism' Is spread
ing among the better classes, includ
ing officials, teachers, clerks and peo
ple In similar walks of life. They
are all thoroughly discontented and
argue that things cannot well be
worse than they are, while bolshevism
at least opens prospects of better
things some day for their children In
the way of food. The people assert
that the only way the poor can be per
suaded of the fallacy of bolshevism Is
by giving them liberal food rations,
especially meat, bread and fats. The
correspondent quoted said there was
much talk of the imminence of a new
coup.
The evident aim of the Spartacans
was to upset or greatly disturb the
government before the meeting of the
soviet congress, called for this week.
This assembly is fraught with peril
for Ebert and his associates, for the
delegates may not take at its face
value Scheidemann's promise that the
soviet principle shall be "anchored
firmly" in the constitution.
; The covenant of the league of na
tions was completed last week and
submitted by the drafting committee
to the commission. What was done
with the various amendments suggest
ed was not announced. Organized la
bor in Great Britain at its national
conference adopted resolutions de
manding that the league plan be in
corporated In the peace treaty and
proposing certain changes In the cove
nant. It asked that the principle of
self-determination be extended to all
colonies and dependencies, which, of
course, would include India, Egypt
and presumably Ireland ; It also asked
that conscription be definitely prohib
ited and that the principle of univer
sal military training and service be
adopted in Its stead. This will be of
Interest to union labor of the United
States, which always ha fiercely op
posed anything like- universal military
training. - '
From far-off Abyssinia comes news
of two revolts against the government,
one headed by n grandson of King Jo
hannes II. who died In 18S9, and the
other by (he governor of Dedinzmach,
wherever that may be. It Is said the
Abyssinian government will send n
delegation to Taris to ask for the ad
mission of the country to the league
of nations. Spain also has announced
Its adherence to the league when it Is
constituted.
Political Interest In the United
States last week centered In Chicago,
where William Hale Thompson was
re-elected mayor, despite his wretched
war record. His victory gives his fac
tion a commanding position in the Re
publican affairs of Illinois, according
to its claims, and there is talk again
of trying to obtain for him the nomi
nation for the presidency, Probably
no other aspirant for that honor Is
worried by tils.
Tbur Hag and My Flsf
A health to the fighting man! .The man with a red glint in his eye
A glint that glows to a tender gleam for the old flag m the sky.
To the man who dares and the man who cares for the good old
U.S. A. , . t
Who bears the brunt in the battle front and hurries to the fray.
A health to himour soldier grim with his faith that makes his
might; , .
Who tunes his life to the shrilling fife and knows the way to fight I
A health to the fighting man! The man all innocent of sham,
Who pays the due of a loyal heart at the shrine of Uncle Sam;
Who bears our load on the weary road that leads to a distant peace,
And asks no halt till he finds the fault, and the roars of cannon cease ;
May the throb and thrum of the rolling drum be'promiseto his ears
Of the joyou3 day when hell come away to hear a nation's cheers.
A health to the fighting man! The man with impulse clean and clear
To hold him right as a gallant knight withbut reproach or fear;
When the bugle sings and the bullet rings and the saber flashes
bright,
May he feel the aid of the prayers prayed to guard Mm in the fight?
May good luck ride on either side and save him for the grasp
Of the friendly hand in his native land that's yearning for the clasp.
Copyr!ht. 1117.
"MADE Iff
Push For Prosperity !
Every maaho. Js.out jof
work in America would
have employment if the
people of the United States
confined their purchases for
the next few months to
goods made here.
When you buy ask where
the articles are made. Re
ject foreign goods.
Commodities made by
American labor ought to be
good enough for American
citizens.
TO LTLLIE MAYCELLE SHULTZ
Rufus Sliultz vs. Lillie Maybelle Shultz
State ff TennfcHsen 'u Chancer
Court of Knox Counts. N0. 16512
In this cause,, it appearing from
the bill filed, which is sworn to. that
the defendant Lillie Maybelle Sliultz 'r
a non-resident of the State of Ten
nessee, so that the ordinary process
ieamiot, be served upon her . jt i
ordered that said defendant aope.ir
before the Chancery Court, ai
Kncxvi'.ln. Tennessep. on or before
the 1st Mnndav nf May, r,n. nn"
make defense to said bill, or lb
same will be taken for confessed
and Ur cause 3el for hearing ex
narte is to her. This notipc will
be oohlished in the KNOXVTLLF
INPEPFA'WNT for fo'ir sncepssiv.
veel;g. This 13th day of Mar 19" 9
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T. C. Philios. Sol.
March. 15 2 29 Aoril 6 1019
TO REBECCA GREEN
ttiley Urpen vs. Rebecca Green
ftlnto or Tennessee, In Chancery
''.ntii't of Knox County. No. 16511
In (his cause it appearing from
the bil' filed which is sworn to, thai
(lie defendant, Rebecca Green in
i non-resident of Tennessee, so than
llie ordinary process cannot be
served cn her, it, is ordered tnntsatrt
defendant appear before the Chancery
Court at Knoxville. Tennessee.' on or
before the 1st Monday of May next,
next, and make defense to said bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed
and the cause set for hearincr ex parte
as to her. This notice will be pub
lished in the Knoxville Independent
for four consecutive weekg.
This 13th day of March 191ft
J. C. Ford, Clerk & Master
Fred d. Hnuk. Sol.
Marc 5 22 29 April, 5 1910
by W. D. Neablt)
AMERICA
$9
TO NELLIE MAY j ONES
Tillman Jones vs Nellie May Jones
State of TennMwe. In Chaneery
LOurt of Knox County No. 16530
,,'n'hl? cause 5t appearing from the
bilVfiled, which is sworn to, that thf
defendant l.dlie Mav Tone?! is
non-resident of Tennessee, ro that
ordinary process cannot bo served up
on lier. it ia ordered that said defud
ant appear before the Chancsrj
Court, art Knoxville, Tennessee, on
nefore the first Monday of Mav
next, mid mnke dofenae to said bill or
the same will he taken for confessed
and the cause set for hearing ex parte
s to tier. Thig notiop will !, k..
flished in ths Knoxvil!
for font consecutive wenks.
Thif 22nd day nt Man lfliil
J. C FORD, C. & M
C. M. Parks, Sol
March?;? 2 April JU2 1919 .
TO EVA i nr.AN. '. ' i
Willini Lopnn vs. Kva Logan
i'ulc of Tennessee. In Chniieei"
Court of Knov Comity. No. 1651"
in Ihia cause, it. appearing from
uie bill silod which is sworn to that
the defendant Eva Logan ia .
resident of the State of Tennecsw
? that the ordinary process canirot
be sorved upon her it it ordt.rer
that said defendant appear belore
the Chancers- Court, at Knoxville.
lennessee, on or before the 1
Monday of . May net. and mak
defense to said bill, or the eame wih
be taken for confessed and the
cause ret, for hearing ex-partn as to
her. Thirt notice will bo nublished
in the Knoxville Inclependant for
four successive weeks. "
This 19th diy of March, 1911)
J. C. FORD, Clem & Maater.
H. B. Brown, Sol. '
March 22 29 April 5 12 1919