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The Washington times., 1915-07-27
MISS WESTCOTT'S WORK

In the retirement of Miss Edith C..
Westcott as principal of Western
High School, after a quarter of a
century's service in that position, the
District loses one of its most valu-
able public servants. Even the head
of school system and it's other ex-
ecutive officers scarcely have the di-
rect influence upon so large a num-
Der of pupils each year that is
welded by the principal of a great
high school like Western.
In her twenty-five years. tenure
Miss Westcott came into personal
contact with about $4,000 high
school students. Many of these now
are influential business and profess
sional men of the Capital, others
have won distinction outside this
city. To retire after exerting such
an influence must be a source of the
deepest satisfaction.
The pity Of the matter is that Miss
Westcott might have continued her
useful service here several years
longer had not circumstances com.
bined to make the strain upon her
too heavy. The burning of West
ern High School a year ago last
April brought strenuous work of re.
adjustment; and the long delay in
repairing the school, owing to the
excessive red tape required in such
emergencies here, delayed the return
to the former quarters. In view OF
this prolonged stress Miss Westcott
probably realized that her health
would be seriously impaired if she
undertook the task of getting the
school back into the building agar
this fall, experimenting the pur
chasing of equipment, and other ar
rangements.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27
GERMAN MUNITIONS TREASON

No German-American, and for the
matter Of that no German either,
need bother himself in the slightest
about the Berlin warning that he
will be punished for treason if he
works in American factories pro-
ducing arms and ammunition all of
which or some of which may 90 to
the allies. We mean so far as con-
Germs the infliction of that punish
ment.
The German militarists could
never get back from this country
anybody to be punished for such
"treason" unless the person himself
wanted to go back and be punished.
The United States Government
would never surrender to the Ger
man government anybody demanded
by it to be punished in Germany for
such a "crime" committed in the
United States. The American people
would go to war with Germany
or with any other nation before it
would recognize the right of for
eign power to provide and enforce
penalties for acts committed on the
soil of this nation and under the
jurisdiction of this sovereignty.
There isn't the very least doubt
about this; as long as the United
States is sovereign nation able to
exercise it's sovereignty there never
will be. That isn't the question
raised by this Berlin warning to
German workers in the United
States. The question is, What effect
is this warning going to have upon
the attitude of American employers
toward the German and German
American workers here? The en-
ployer who fears that the German
and even the German-Americm-
for one of the pretty ways of Berlin
militarism is to assume that a Ger.
man can't cease being a German
when it suits its purpose to keep
him German-may take any sort OF
orders from the Berlin government
and carry them out to whateve,
hideous pdrpose and atgocious con.
sequence, IS hot going to be con.
sumed with: a. passionate desire tc
engage or retain the services OF
a man.
This newspaper protested long
ago against any discrimination ir
the United States against anybod,
of German blood; but if the Berlir
militarists themselves are going tt
force the discrimination it will bt
one of the very stupidest of all tn,
stupid things that have. been don,
for year now in the Berlin inter
course with other races and peoples.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27
WHEN Is A BLOCKADEP

Germany's right to sink the Will
liam P. Frye and the Leelanaw is
based on the fact that she was en-
titled to capture those vessels, take
them into a home harbor and before
a prize court, try vessels and car
goes, and confiscate either vessels or
cargoes or both, as the facts devel-
oped on the trial gave warrant un-
der international practice.
Maritime practice has expanded
this right of confiscation into the
right to destroy ship and cargo if
the exigencies of war make it i'm
possible for the captor to get his
prize safely into a home port. This
is exactly what a submarine cannot
do, particularly in the present Ger
man case, for Germany has no power
on the sea; merely under it.
1t is true, of course, that Germany
is compelled to f1out her treaty of
1928 with the United States in Or
der to assume the right to confscate
or capture ships and cargoes. Ap-
parently she is willing to do that
for after the United States protest
ed against the Frye affair she has
gone ahead and sunk the Leelanaw.
German violation of solemn
treaty, of which she has herself had
tho benefit when benefits were run
ming the other way, is n, much to
be wondered at. 1t is characteristic
Of all German procedure. So we may
reasonably assume that the treaty
of 1928 is a scrap of paper, anc
that Germany proposes to stand ir
these cases on her general rights un
der international practice.
Those rights are modified by tn.
general rule that a blockade to b,
legally effective must be PHYSICAL!
enforceable; there must be nava
power on the job to prevent vessels
going through the interdicted lines
What measures of effectiveness ma,
be supposed to insure the right t.
seize or to destroy? That is be
come q very serious question in thi
Esr; a question that will require at
The Washington times., 1915-07-27
Says G. o. P. Managers Treat
Barnes as Their Lord and Master.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
The ancient saying. Whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad"
seems illustrated in the Republican Ma
tional Committee. Barnes, the discredit-
ed Albany boss. appears to be supreme
In the management of affairs. and Hilles
and Reynolds take no step without con-
sulting him. Since the jury decided
against Barnes on the Roosevelt charges
decent Republicans are turning more
and more to Roosevelt. but that makes
no difference to the present managers
of the Republican party. They treat
Barnes as lord and master. and bow
to his will. II looks as II the Progress
sives may he stronger than ever next
election. Hilles and Reynolds can't
make the people stomach Barnes.
w. X. JACKSON.
Mt Vernon. N. Y, July e.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27
Washingtonians Invited
To Lecture on Commerce

Washington business men who may
chance to be In New York on August
a. 5. or have been extended an invi-
tation through Secretary Thomas Grant
of the Chamber Of Commerce, to at
tend series of meetings to be held
under the auspices of the American City
Bureau of New York.
This series of lectures is the con-
cludinR feature of the summer school OF
commercial and civic organization work
conducted bV the bureau.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27

Munition-making towns sprang up
like mushrooms in the night, but re-
cent epidemic of strikes may make
'em resemble toadstools.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27

terests Of their respective communities
In endeavoring to enforce the laws in
effect by living up to the letter OF
them. W. w. LOVE
Washington July g.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27

United States is a big potato, but
it either has to be prepared or
pared.
The Washington times., 1915-07-27

Warrenton. Va. July e6. 1915.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
The Success Makes Fine Showing--In-
creased Dividend Leaves a
Big Surplus.

At the recent meeting of the direct
lors of the Success Mining company,
when dividend of cents per share
was declared payable on June 90 the
president and secretary of the COM
pany submitted financial statement
of the affairs of the company since
April l, copies of which have been mall
ed to the stockholders. 1t is a most
flattering showing, and fully justifies
the unusual demand for Success
shares. Reports from the mine midi
cate that the company is in position to
maintain the present rate of produc
tion and probably increase it, and it
will not be surprising If the July divi-
dend will show another increase of !
cent per share, or cents.
The Success shaft is now down to
the 1900, and after sump is provided
a station will be cut and a new level
opened which is certain to open at an
additional depth of 100 feet the bo-
nanza ore shoot that has characterized
the 1100 When this level is opened 1t
is expected that the Success will be in
position to ship the maximum of 1000
tons per month as provided in the
smelter contract. Shipments are
somewhat short of that figure now. A
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
THE FRISCO.
Company Is Now Shipping a Carload
of Zinc Concentrates Daily.

Tine reconstruction of the Frisco
iflume has been completed, which has
resulted in increasing the output OF
the mill, A car of zinc concentrates Is
now being shipped daily and this oa;-
put will no doubt be increased as the
development of mine progresses, Con
siderable lead is also being produced
The concentration process separate
the lead and zinc, from which the zu
passes through a magnetic separat or
which removes large percentage Of
the iron which is of about the sam
specific gravity as the zinc, and the
zinc shines are recovered by flotation
1t is understood that the ore now being
mined is from the 22o0 level, being a:
a depth of 1000 feet below the collar
OF the shaft.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
HANLEY VS.. FEDERAL.
Final Hearing Held in This City
Submit on Briefs.

Additional testimony in the case OF
Kennedy j. Hanley VS.. Federal Mining
4 Smelling company was taken by A.
c. Libby. special referee for the fed
elal court, last Monday evening, and
the case will now be submitted to Judge
DIETRICH on briefs. The plaintiff Is
represented by John p. Gray and the
defendant by J. E. Babb, of Lewiston
This action is an outgrowth of the old
Sllookum case in whiih Hanley reeov-
cred approximately $2S0,000 from tie
Empire State-Idaho Mining & DeVei-
opnent company, which company was
afterward taken over by the Federal
The suit now is based upon the charge
of failure on he part of the Federal TO
protect the interests of Hanley re-
suting in heavy loss to the plaintiff
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
.ELKS' ANNUAL ROUNDUP
WILL Be BIG AFFAIR
LARGE CLASS OF CANDIDATES.
BALL GAME BETWEEN MUL-
Lam AND KELLOGG ELkS

The annual roundup to be given by
Wallace Lodge No. 331. Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, next Thurs
day, June "a, VIII go down in history
Us the biggest event in the history Of
the lodge, judged by the elaborate pre-
parations now being made and
number of candidates that will be cor
rallied From present indications the
class of initiates will be the largest
ever taken into the lodge, and every
section of the Occur d'Alene district
will be represented The initiation W
take place in the afternoon from 2 to 4
o'clock. In the evening there will be a
smoker, enlivened by a program of u
usual merit, embracing many new
stunts which will come as a surpr
to those who may have labored under
he impression chat the Elks long ago
exhausted their resources in the mat
ter of novel entertainment.
Ball Game a Big Feature.
From 4 to 6 the Mullan and Kel-
logg Elks will mix in ball game, and
this will no doubt prove a big feature
of the varied program, and one which
the general public will have an oppor-
tunty to enjoy. There is one diff
cult problem in connection with this
event which is causing considerable
trouble to the entertainment commit
umpire, or rather the finding of an
umpire who will consent to serve
Accident policies do not cover this risk
The. committee is now in correspon-
dence with a Chicago house for the
purose of securing a suit of steel ar
NOR, the difficulty being to get the suit
small enough and yet with sufficient
weight to insure necessary protecti-n.
If the committee is successful in Sc
curing this outfit, Frank Venable has
consented to undertake the hazardous
task of umpiring the game.
The cityswill be appropriately &C.
GRATED for the occasion, and in the eye-
ming a grand parade will take place
in which the candidates will be eXhib-l
tied to the public All committees are
at work and the affair promises to be
the biggest event in the history Of
Coeur dAlene Elkdom.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
THE NORTH STAR.
Stockholders Elect Board Of Directors
Work at he Property,

WORK at ne properly
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the North Star Mining &
Development company was held las
Tuesday afternoon, when the following
Officers were elected: A. Mullan pres
ident; ID. T.. WherrY, vice president
and manager, and G. w. DougheTfy
secretary treasurer. These WITH !"
wv. SundcrIin, of this city, an1 w. K.
Burnett of St Louis, constitute the
board Of directors.
The property Of the North S'Hr com
Ipany is located just this side OF the
little town Of Monarch, on Nine Mile
The development work consists Of y
Icrosscut 400 feet and a drift 900. ~
this point a dixie cuts across the vein
land a crosscut was run about 40 feet
north and Il feet south to determine
its course. The drift has since been
extended through he dixie, which
lprcved to be about 40 feet in width.
The drift Is now entering The Revett
formation again and the prospect for
an ore shoot Is decidedly encouraging
Considerable ore of low grade has been
encountered. but it is apparent that
greater depth will have to be obtained
either by continuing the drift or sink
ling. The latter plan would get the
quickest results, but the expense incl
dent to sinking is too great for the
company to undertake at this time
The drift, however, Is going steadily
forward.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
THE H. e. g. M.
Good Progress on Mill 5uIdine-Ma'
chinery Soon Ordered.

Ben L. Collins, manager of the Fl. e,
& M. company, accompanied by l.. L.
Woodford and J. e. Burbank, was In
the city last week on business con-
Ineced with the new 100-ton mill being
built by the company about a mile and
la half west of this city. These gentle
men have been commissioned to pur =
chase the machinery for the mill, and
this will receive their immediate atten-
ton, as the building will soon be ready
for its installation.
The ore will be delivered from thr
mine to the mill by electric tram, a
Idisance of about half a mile. The mine
is said to be in a very satisfactory con-
dition, and confidence is expressed that
the amount of ore available is ample to
keep the mill running at capacity.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17

The best way to scare the vitality
out of gay New Yorq millionaire W
to have good-looking breach of
promise sharkess run up her periscope
close in his wake.-Galveston News
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
iBLUE STAR COMPANY
IMPORTANT MEETING
PLANS TO EXPEDITE THE DE
VELOPMENT OF PROPERTY
ANNUAL ELECTION HELD

The annual meeting of the Blue Star
Mining company was held in this city
last Monday afternoon. There was a
large representation of stockholders
either in person or by proxy and plans
were considered which are expected to
'esult in the rapid development or the
company's property, Much has been
accomplished already and the results
achieved are most satisfactory, and 1t
is now believed that with the favorable
showing it will be possible to finance
the company through the sale of treas
ury stock. With this in view it is
probable that a branch office will be
opened in Spokane at an early date.
Much of the stock of the Blue Star
Is held in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
and stockholders in those states we're
represented respectively by Otto
Laitnen, of lshpeming. and August
Paste, of Monessen. The election Of
directors resulted as follows: w. w.
Bixby and G. w. Dougherty Of Wal
lace, August Gren and Frank Blenden-
hofer Of Kingston, and G. b. Dreshen
of Spokane. W. w. Bixby was elected
president, Frank Blendenhofer, We"
president; G. w. Lougherty secretary
treasurer Mr.. Dreshen was also
elected assistant secretary to act in
the event branch office is opened in
Spokane August Gren was elected
manager.
Good Ore Showing.
The Blue Star is located near the
mouth of Pine creek, anG Is developed
by a shaft to depth of 500 feet, At
the 300 level the vein has been cross
cut and drifted upon for several hun
dred feet with more or less ore all the
way. A winze has been sunk to a
depth of about thirty feet which dis-
closes a good body Of ore From the
500 level 270 feet has been. run, 1870
feet of which Is a crosscut to the VEN.
Work on this level has disclosed more
ore and of better grade, and when the
drift gets under the winze it is ex-
pected that a good body of commercial
ore will be encountered.
For the present only sufficient me,-
will be kept at work to keep the pump
going and maintain the property IN
good condition This condition. how
ever, Is not expected to last long, ro-
1t is expected that the financial affairs
Of the company will soon be in shape
to permit crowdIng the development
|t1 the limit.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17

If anybody thinks 1t is easy to be
neutral let him go to the baseball
grounds and watch the umpre.-Phila-
Idelphia Ledger.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
TERR|BLE.ED|TH HAS
HIGH GRADE ZINC ORE
GOOD SHOWING OF LEAD ALSO--
PARATIES HAVING BOND ARE
READY TO BUY PROPERTY

Charles Conn. who has lease and
bond on the Terrible Edith ne&r Nur-
ray, has been in the city during the
weeking. Since placing large order
for supplies which We're forwarded Il
the mine the first Of the week, he mas
Il been giving his attention to litigation
| in which Wash Snyder. one OF the
owners of the mine, has brought an
action to recover the value of certain
ore said to have been on the dump at
the time Conn took the lease and also
for cash alleged to have been adVan-
ced for supplies.
Much Ore in Sight.
1t Is said that the showing ofore in
the mine has greatly improved since
Mr.. Conn began work there several
months ago. Both lead and zinc ol
shipping grade are being mined, 1T
until the recent advance In price no
effort was made to ship the lead. There
are large shoots of both metals, but
the zinc Is the stronger and much of It
is Of exceptionally high grade, and ,his
fact has enabled Mr.. Conn to sell his
product when there was no market for
the lower grade. Since taking hold OF
the property he has shipped three cars
and there is now about 120 tons on the
dump ready for shipment. 1t is stated
THAT this ore averages above so per
cent zinc.
Would Take up Bond.
The tearms of the lease and bond
held by Mr. Conn provide for pay
ment to the owners 20 per cent of re-
turns from all shipments and the pur-
chase price under the bond is $50, 600
liz taken up within one year or $1,000
liz allowed to run over year and not
more than eighteen months. 1t =
| said that at the present prices Of zine
land lead, it would be possible to pay
for the property from returns from the
ore in less than sixty days. Eastern
Iparties are associated with Mr., Conn
in the deal and it is learned that they
have recently notified the owners that
they are prepared to pay the purchase
price of the property. within the next
few weeks. The litigation above re-
ferred to may delay the payment. The
owners Of the property are Wash Sny-
der, who owns nine-sixteenths, Lyman
Wood, James Wood and the Wood es-
tate, representing seven n-sixteenths.
It is stated that the associates of Mr.,
Conn have an abundance of capital to
develop and equip the Ter
rible- Edith and place the property on
permanent productive basis
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17

The secret of overcoming ignorance
is TO know the necessity.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
CASTLE ROCK SHAFT
NOW DOWN l4S FEET
CONTRACTORS ARE DOING RAPID
WoRk-GooD sHoWlNG-RE-
GULAR ASSESSMENT.

A circular just issued by the Idaho
| Nevada Exploration company con-
tains a letter from the manager, Peter
Limacher showing .ne work accom-
plshed under the present contract to
sink the Castle Rock shaft and the
preliminary work accomplished ano
Unusual expenses incurred before
actual sinking was started. The break
down of the old compressor made 1t
necessary to buy a new one. Sulli-
van two stage was bought and while
this was being delivered and installed
work was necessarily suspended. Upon
the installation of the compressor the
work of unwatering the shaft was
taqen up, after which the sharc
was Strengthened and retmbered. The
total depth of the shaft at that time
was 73 feet inches. A new pump
was also added to the equipment,
which is doing good work.
Good Headway in Shaft.
Actual sinking under the contract to
John Oslund and associates started
May 10 and has been going on without
interruption since that time, The
shaft is now down 148 feet, placing
rs feet to the credit of the CONTRACT
ors, which is good record. Mr.. Os
lund expects to have the shaft down TO
the 200 level by July Is, and judged
by past achievements he will easily
do it and allow three days to cele-
brate the Fourth of July.
While the manager makes no an
nouncement of the plan of the com
pany beyond sinking the shaft 20-
feet it is assumed that a crosscut will
be run to the vein at once and drift
ing started. 1t is estimated that the
crosscut will reach the vein In about
SO feet, and the showing there Is a
matter of unusual interest, not only
among stockholders of the company
but by all others interested in Placer
creek properties and who have great
confidence in finding good ore bodies
at depth.
Financial Statement.
The circular just issued also con-
tains a financial statement from the
Otto A. Olsson. Cash or
hand April 10 was $153093. Receipts
from assessment and other sources
S3255.43, making a total of $47S636
are given in detail,
leaving a balance on hand June IA OF
S126736 At a meeting of the stock
holders early in the year the directors
were empowered to increase the regu-
ar bimonthly assessment from l to ?
Mills for three assessments if neces-
sary, this being for the purpose o.
neetingthe extra expense of sinkIns
md insure the work to go on as rapid
V as possible. Two of these double
have been levied and +
s now found that it Is not necessary
o increase the third. The directors
rave therefore levied the usual assess
nent of mill, notice of which is con.
aimed in the circular just issued
There is also notice of the annual
meeting of stockholders of the COM
1any on August at 2 o'clock at the
,fflce of the company in EaGle block.
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pump capable of meeting all require
ments of the mine will be installed at
the 1900.
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STOCKHOLDERS

viii find mining news and
company notices of interest
10 them in The Miner.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17

Cash surplus on hand after
allowing June dividend...,$ 61,491.5S
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-06-17
Financial Statement

June--Cash (to the 10th
day of the month";. ..... 56,360,94