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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
sRAoVs WASHINGTON HOME.

washington Correspondence
Senator and Mrs. Brady have put
their handsome new suburban resi-
dence in fine shape and expect to do
some quiet entertaining in the official
circle where Mrs. Brady has many
friends
The Brady home was built by the
late Senator Nixon of Nevada, but af-
ter his death Mrs. Nixon preferred her
home in Reno and returned there and
placed the Nixon home which stood on
a hill overlooking the capital and
within stones throw of the new
Episcopal cathedral, on the market.
The senator from Idaho acquired the
property and 10 acres Of the original
tract He has built fine garage pro-
Vided it with very comfortable SER
wants quarters and has laid out many
handsome drives. The place Is one Of
the show homes Of Washington. Sen
ator Brady is surrounded by senator
lal neighbors A little to the eastward
lies the beautiful suburban home of
Senator Newlands, "Woodley," while
block away are the homes of Senator
Cummins, Lane, Sterling and Sim
mons. Two blocks to the north of
Senator Brady's home is Red Ton"
famous as the one-time residence of
President Cleveland.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
WHY THE CHANGE OF ATTITUDE
IN GERMANY?
(New York SUM

(New York SUM
The present attitude of the central
powers seems to resolve itself into
something like this: That while they
may or may not have in mind definite
terms of peace they greatly desire a
parley by means of which the diplo-
mats may arrange, in the interest of
civilization and humanity, some ac-
Icommodation which will stop this aw-
full war.
The attitude of the allies is plainly
lavowed in London, in Paris and now
in Petrograd ITO late We, too, are
working and fighting for peace, but
the peace we want is permanent
peace, with full justice to the innocent
victims"
Austria once sent an ultimatum to
Serbia. The date was July 23, 1914. A
conference then would probably have
averted the war. On July 81 Sir Ed
ward Grey, in the interest of civiliza-
ton and humanity, proposed the con-.
ference that would have kept the
worlds peace. On July 2S he explain
ed that his idea in proposing con-
ference was not arbitration but a pri-
Vate and informal discussion to as
certain what suggestion could be made
for settlement. On every successive
day until August he was urging up
on the imperial government at Berlin
cooperation between England and Ger
many for the preservation of the peace
of Europe. On July 81 he asked Ber-
lin whether the German government
was prepared to engage to respect
Belgium's neutrality so long as no
other power violated it, On the same
day Sir p. Goschen reported to him
that the German government thought
that any reply they might give as to
Belgium could not but disclose a GER
tain amount Of their plan of campaign
N the event Of war ensuing" On Aug.
Sir Edward Grey was still laboring
nanfully to bring about the confer I
ance. On the morning of August
Germany violated Belgian territory.
Why is the peace conference in the
interest of civilization and humanity.
hen so arbitrarily If not arrogantly
elected. now so ardently desired by
he central powers?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
CURB SPECULATION.
Cheap Stocks Are Bought Simply Be,
cause They Are Cheap.

We do not believe" says the mar
ket letter Of a stock exchange house,
that the position can ever be essen
tally sound until the curb market has
been put through period of liquida-
ton such as 1t has never known, and
which 1t never needed more than today
because of reckless dealings in many
nondescript issues made only to SELL"
Whether one agrees with this or not,
the Evening Post 1t calls at
tention to probable condition. In an
era of speculation such as this, there
is drawn into the market not only the
rich but the poor Newspapers print
stories of wealth over night, and men
with anywhere from $25 to 500 to "in-
vest" rush down to the curb market
he only place they can speculate
With so little-and buy some cheap
mining stock, quoted, perhaps as low
is rs cents a share. Now 1t is true
hat some of these shares can 20 up.
nd some of them do; and when that /
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
COST OF PRIMARY IN MONTANA.
Butte MinerJ


At the last reunion of the society NJ
the trainers of the constitution of
Montana, held in Helena early in No
vember, Mr.. William Muth Of the cap
ital city was appointed to investigate
and report upon the expenses incurred
through the operation of the present
primary law in this state.
According to a dispatch from Hell.
ena. published in the Miner Sunday
morning, Mr.. Muth has completed his
investigation and finds that the two
primaries held this year, one for the
election of delegates to the national
conventions and for the selection of
nominees for presidential electors, and
the later primary at which state.
county and township officers were
nominated, involved the counties Of
Montana in total expense of $780,
9SS.90.
This is very nearly a quarter OF
million dollars, and it is inconceivable
that any sane citizen will maintain
that these primaries were worth the
price.
The truth is that there Is a wide
spread sentiment throughout the state /
that poorer results are obtained under
the primary system than were had I'M I
Ter the old convention form. which did
not cost the taxpayers a cent.
A demand is going up from all over
Montana that the legislature take
'ome action in this matter and the Il
Miner for its part is rather of the
opinion that the lawmakers at the |
oming Session should pass bin sub /
hitting TO the voters the proposition a
o repeal the primary law in its en- !"
irety.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

distance post all the ten-to- oners
were in the rear and dark horse,
which had never been thought of and
which the careless st. James had never
even observed in the list rushed past
the grandstand in sweeping triumph"
The passage hit the popular fancy; the
term dark horse" soon became widely
familiar; and it has ever since been
used to denote any competitor in a
race or contest of any kind concerning
whom little or nothing is known or
whose identity is kept secret for any
reason.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
HOMELESS AND STARVING MIL,
LIONS or EUROPE.

Are the people of the United States
doing their full duty in helping the
millions of innocent victims Of the wal
in Europe? Is human sympathy on
this side of the Atlantic deadened in
the mad rush for money in exchange
for munitions of war? Are we doing
our part, especially in view Of the vast
fortunes that are being made through
the world calamity, to alleviate the
suffering of the millions of unfortun-
ates who are powerless to help them
selves? Perhaps we do not compre-
bend the widespread suffering that has
been brought about by this great con-
flct that embraces practically the
whole of Europe and part of Asia. Ac-
cording to the Christian Herald, which
has utilized exceptional means to get
at the facts, there are 25,00O,0 900 peo-
pie who are actually cold and hungry
during this holiday season. 1t says
that there are 100000 destitute per-
sons in Belgium who are kept living
only by the relief that is furnished by
charitable people irf America. There
are 2,120,0OO people in northern France
for the most part women and children,
who are going barefoot and have in
sufficient clothing. In Serbia 5000, 900
are in need of relief and there are 5000
children who have been made orphans
during the past year. In Poland there
are 100000 homeless wanderers. In
east Prussia the inhabitants are suf
fering intensely, the country having
been overrun by marching men. In
Armenia there are 1,175,OO0 people who
have no means of helping themselves.
In Albania practically the whole popu-
lation is dying of hunger. The arm
les which swept through there took
everything they could carry away and
have destroyed what they could not
carry off. determination by famine
md pestience is likely to be the fate
If Albania.
: There is no question as to the liber
llity and sympathy of the people Of
he United States in response to all
ppeals from the distressed. The con-
ributions from this country have been
mall compared with the number to ,
'e assisted, and this we believe is due
the failure to grasp the magnitude
{ the task. Some plan must be de-
Used to arouse the people to the gray
~ of the situation and make every !,
feel that the appeal for help Il
! an appeal to him. a
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
GOVERNOR ALEXANDER AND
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

According to the Boise papers. at a
recent meeting of the state board OF
education Governor Alexander made a
specific demand that the board ask Dr.
Brannon, president of the university,
to resign because George r. Barker,
secretary of state, had said during the
campaign that the head of the univer-
sity would resign if Alexander was
reelected and that DIR. Brannon had
not repudiated the statement. on the
same day that the governor made his
demand on the board, his personal or
gan, the Capital News, made a sim
liar demand. The governor and his
mouthpiece attempt to justify their
position upon the specious plea that
they want to keep the university out
of politics, but the real fact is that
they want to pull that institution into
politics by placing a man OF their
choice at its head.
1t was not believed that the secre-
tary had made the statement credited
10 him, or that he spoke with author
ty for DR., Brannon. The alleged
statement was made in an interview
With Mr.. Barker published in the Lew
ston Tribune on October 10. II con- |
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
NEED OF THE HOUR.
Wise Tariff LEGISLATION to Break the
Shock to American Industry.
Chicago News)

Chicago News)
In the warning nations of Europe
millions of skilled workers have been
trained since the war began. Vast
numbers of women for the first time
are earning good wages and driving
enormous industries at top speed. The
result must be that when the war
closes the great Industrial countries Of
the old world will TEEN with labor Of
high efficiency, while the thousands of
munition factories will go into new
lines Of production. To say that I'M
der this state of things Europe can not
successfully compete with the United
States in productive industry is to
talk absurdly. Doubtless there will
come at the end of the war an ex-
tremely critical time to the industrial
forces of this nation. Wise tariff leg
Islation and every other legitimate
method Of dealing with the peril
should be resorted to in order to
break this shock to American indus
Try.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

In trying to find way to hedge
gracefully on the tariff question, the
democrats talk of bargaining" tar
iff and endeavor to find in the Euro
pean war an explanation for the
change in their attitude, we are not
much concerned as to the name they
call their tariff, just so it is protective
In effect. Neither do we care much
for the excuse they give, if they will
vote for an America first" tariff. But
II would be much better to have a par
" in power that is for protection
openly and as a matter of principle.
We shall not be economically safe I'M
I'll such party is in control of both
branches Of congress and the White
House."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

The high cost of living continues to
Keep few laps ahead of the increase
of wages, fact that renders doubt
full whether the average wage Garner
is better off than under the old sys-
tenn of wages. Those who practice
thrift during this period of high prices
are certainly in better financial condi-
ton, but those who turn to high liy-
ing in keeping with high wages were
probably as well or better off under
normal wage scale when the relative
cost of living was less than 1t is today.
1t is estimated that the increase in
wages and bonuses paid by the indus
tries of the United States since Janu-
airy l, 1916. amounts to billion dol
lars.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

MAY LOCATE SuBsTATIoN AT
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.

Having designated Seattle as tn
place for the mining experiment sta
ton In the northwest, it is now an
nounced that the bureau of mines will
establish a substation at Moscow Ii
conjunction with the University oil
Idaho. OF course this is placing the
cart before the horse, as is usually the
case when political considerations are
allowed to influence the action of de-
partment heads in handling the busi-
ness of the government The main
stationtshould have been placed at
Moscow the geographical center OF the
vast mining field to be served, but as
that question has been thoroughly
threshed out both in the press and in
arguments presented to the secretary
of the interior by representatives of
the mining industry and without
changing his determination to favor
the sound city, 1t is well to turn at
tention to the proposal on the part of
the government to maintain a substa-
ton at Moscow under the direction of
the head of the main station at Sc
attic.
What will be the effect of this sub
station at Moscow when the matter Of
selecting a location for one of the
three stations which will be estab-
lished next year comes up? Win ii
practically eliminate Idaho from con-
sideration on the ground that the sub
station is meeting the requirements of
the field? Or viii the large amount
of work that will undoubtedly be han
died by the substation at Moscow be
accepted as proof that a main station
should be substituted in its place?
The establishment Of substation
at Moscow will unquestionably serve
useful purpose by bringing to lin
tied extent the facilities Of the gov
eminent within easy access of the |
largest mining field in the northwest. !
The main station at Seattle being far
removed from metal mining opera
lions, the substation at Moscow will
probably handle the bulk of the busi-
ness, leaving the Seattle station to
take care Of the coal mining expert
mental work and the metal business
that win come from the southern coast
of Alaska. AS the advancement of the
interests of metal mining is the chief
purpose of the experimental stations
n the west, and as Idaho and neigh
boring states present rich and UNI
United field for the research work
contemplated II is probable the sub
'rdinate station at Moscow will be
leluged with work soon after it is In
'peration This condition would prove
he contention of the advocates of
doscow for the main station, but viii T
be so accepted when the time comes g
or the selection of another station for $
he northwest? That is the question
hat especially concerns the mining in u
erests Of Idaho. In accepting a sub $
tation, Idaho should waive no claims G
, main station. s
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
The Passing of the Old Year
,Rv George ID. Prentice)

(By George d. Prentice)
IT'S midnights holy hour--and silence
Is brooding like gentle spirit DER
The still and pulseless world. Harkl the winds
The BELLS deep tones swelling; tbs the knell
OF the departed year. No funeral train
Is sweeping past; yet, the stream and wood.
With melancholy light, the moonbeams rest,
Like pale, spotless shroud; the air is stirrd,
AS by mourners sigh, and yon cloud
That floats so still and placidy through heaven
The spirits Of the seasons to stand
Young Spring, Bright Summer. Autumns solemn form
And Winter with his aged locks, and breathe
In mournful cadences that come abroad
Like the far windharp's wild and touching vail
melancholy drge DER the dead year.
Gone from the earth forever. 'Tis time
For memory and for tears Within the deep
Still chambers of the heart spectre dim.
Whose tunes like the wizard voice of Time
Heard from the tomb Of ages points its cold
And solemn finger to the beautiful
And holy visions that have pass'd away,
And left shadow Of their loneliness
On the dead waste Of life. The year
Has gone, and with it, many glorious throng
OF happy dreams Its mark Is on each brow
Its shadow in each heart In its swift course
1t waved its sceptre DER the beautiful,
And they are not. 1t laid its paid hand
Upon the strong man, and the naughty form
Is fallen and the flashing eye Is dim.
1t trod the hall of revery, where throngd
The bright and joyous, and the fearful wall
OF stricken Is heard where erst the song
And reckless shout resounded 1t passed Ger
The battle plain, where sword and spear and shield
Flashedai in the light of midday--and the strength
OF serried hosts is shiverd, and the grass
Green from the soil of carnage waves above
The crush'd and Wondering skeleton. 1t came
And faded like wreath Of mist at eve;
Yet ere it melted in the viewless air.
1t heraded it's millions to their home
In the dim land of dreams. Remorseless Time
Fierce spirit Of the glass and scythe-what power
Can stay him in his silent course. melt
His iron heart to pity? On, still on /.
He presses, and forever. The proud bird.
The condor of the Andes, that
Through heavens unfathomabe Depths or brave
The fury of the northern hurricane
And battle his plumage in the thunders home
Furs his broad wings at nightfall, and sinks down
To rest upon his mountain crag-but Time
Knows not the weight of sleep WEAKNESS,
And nights deep darkness has claim to bind
His rushing pinon--
Time, the tomb builder holds his fierce career
Dark, stern, all ptiess and pauses not
Amid the mighty wrecks that strew his path,
To sit and muse like other conquerors,
Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28
NINE DIDN'T PAY.
But the Boarding House Did So the
Mine Continued in Operation.

mining and Scientific Press)
Queer shifts may be made to pro-
long the life of mine. We remember
one that appeared, after careful exam
nation, to have enough ore to last for
two years, yet operations continued for
nve years. Long afterward the engin-
eer that had made the examination
met the superintendent and asked him
how he managed to do it. Ola the.
mine pay during the extra three years?
No" he replied, ut did not, but the
boarding house did-and l ran the
boarding house."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

Since Mr.. Lansing gave out his con
the verge of war" statement, President
Wilson probably finds himself con-
fronted with another difficulty to con-
tend with at this critical period, name
ly' the selection of another secretary of
state. Mr.. Bryan embarrassed the
president by being opposed to war I'M
der any circumstances, and now Mr..
Lansing goes to the other extreme and
proclaims the country right on the
brink of war OF course, he took it
back after the president had called
him on the carpet, but that did not
remedy the harm. nor alter the blunder
made by the secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-28

Mr. Daniels begs for raise for the
blueJackets. But now that they all
drink sarsaparilla, they don't need any
more -Knickerbocker Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-09
Dies in Electric Chair
For Murder Despite His
Assertion of Innocence

Sing Sing, N. Y, Oct. Thomas
Bambrick, of New York City, was
electrocuted in the State Prison early
to-day for the murder of George Dap
ping, New York policeman a year
ago. Bambrick had twice been re-
prieved by the Governor and unsuc-
cessful attempts to obtain a third re-
prieve continued up to the very hour
of his execution.
Thomas M. Osborne, warden of
Sing Sing Prison, asserted in an ad-
dress before two hundred bankers and
businessmen in New York City last
night there is not a doubt in the
world that this man is innocent"
Several bankers hurried to tele-
phone booths and endeavored to call
the Governor at Albany but his secre-
tary William A. Orr, declined to have
the Governor awakened unless the
petitioners had some new evidence to
submit.
Governor Whitman declined yester-
day to extend further executive
clemency to Bambrick after granting
hearing to his attorney. Just be-
fore Bambrick left his cell for the
deathhouse to-day he again told the
prison chaplain, the Rev. Father
Cashin, that he was innocent. Three
electric shocks caused death.
The shooting for which he was
executed took place during an alter
cation at an outing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-09
WOMEN'S INTERESTS
PREPARING TO LIVE

| should learn to live more and more
fully each day. No one can prepare
for anything so perfectly that unex-
pected situations will not arise which
have to be met with mental agility and
a certain power to react to new situa-
tions.
The sum of experience is never
done. We keep adding to it every
day. All of us are learning all of
the time, else we are Stagnating or,
worse still, evaporating mentally.
Preparing to live, planning to do
something splendid tomorrow or next
week, is almost a guarantee of never
-doing anything worth while.
A great author once said that he
kept a notebook full of plots and
suggestions for plots which he
meant to work up some day into
masterpieces. He died with all the
material in that notebook untouch-
ed.
His life might have wasted itself
while he was preparing to write ex-
cept for the fact that he never
ceased writing other stories and plots
the tales of lesser importance in his
judgment-the things he didn't jot
down in the notebook with the idea of
working up some day, but those he
worked at as he went along.
The great masterpieces" he meant
to do when he had leisure, when he
had prepared himself for them, were
never accomplished. His lesser works
made his reputation.
And life is like that. 1t will waste
itself as we are preparing to live if we
don't live even while we prepare.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-09
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Lie wastes itself while we are pre-
pairing to live" wrote Emerson.
The Sage of Concord spoke one OF
his deep truths in that simple SEN
tence.
Too many of us treat life as if
1t were journey for which we had
to do shopping and sewing and
packing. We tire ourselves out buy
ing certain things and arranging to
take them with us and laying others
away in camphor so that they will be
out of the way for the present, but
available if we chance to want them
later
Life is a journey--but most of the
things we need we can get on the way!
Education is not a matter of going
through high school or college, earn
ing a diploma, framing it, and feel
ing that in that piece of evidence
lies our claim to culture. Educa-
tion is a matter of learning every day
and as we go.
Fitting ourselves for work ism t
a matter of studying up to q certain
point, accepting a position after due
preparation and then expending bit
by bit full store of knowledge Sc
cured in advance.
Instead, it is a matter of imbibing
knowledge every day, of learning by
each hours experience, of adjusting
ourselves to circumstances as they rise
Rnd of growing to meet the needs of a
growing work.
Most of us put the accent on the
wrong place in our living. We
hive all the time and steadily, so we