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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11

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,oLnr bantam around mere mat ne
shared a. numerous points
west Louis and Kansas CITY
Kid Williams
will 70 russ AROUND
htters with knockout
trouble getting oouts
catch Williams oo tieAn -
feared that Herman ou NO
nehth hin Tor a couple Of
There IL saboard where ShNeish
"a winter
the mddeweghs since HT1
opportunity Tor oan 70 oN
IN the east except Philadelphia where bouts are limited 20 si
NorSs there any via car TOT a'
bantans champion no champion
Herman New Orleans 81 Louis anu knss
80 re h,g the
he fght there
Bonnie do
That his
4 signed 10 ngh herman hsa 0l
hut champion hasno the match
pennie
another question and o q wise
none will o him
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
THREE TIED IN
BOWLING MEET

sohmidiko defeated Nancy ia six
games In me wedneadav Greater
Detroit bowling tourney match. AZ
eraging a trife better Than 200. The
tourney standing today
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
Ian1ers smtthl -

Tho Detroit COllegr oi la~ prev
Cd no match for fne Polish Seminary
Al Basketball Thesr toapi7 met a.
Orchard Lake last night and Inc
ssnninsry won. s. % u
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
% A-n-.n ply Ynsl

The Detroit Athletic club BASKET
ball team viii entertain ths Ypei
Normalites In a ioust tonighr fpsi
ususliy has fast team and coed
game Is expected
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11

be champion o.
Norman Selby conqueror OF tenly a
the hc Is inclined 70
sordoese ol also a
the least worth scanning
backed into corner and began 20
Here something OF what e o
champion had to
Tex I'll tell win whip Willard Georges
IA the speed is the thing that will
bulk and weight Moran didn't have and
he Is fighter that
boxed perfect marvel Of action and he
their hght 10 Paris nooed
righharders mind
punches him TO here
big Willard kicking On the ho sn
that's all know what the boy
capable Of
Hes not a middeweight Dor tell He
Smith Lon
prawng OF the rounds You
suddenly nv
uuH him around
avhsh. and the bewidered
with left and hnaly brought hts RICH;
neck The referee promptly disqualified the
the luckes thing that hap
pened Smith
know he'll drop willard at nsh a.
the with
wonder
thera not He's
his hands
pener pounds He
tme audit is he condition Hes
the for living ratons and
they will you'd better little
whrl the border, as did
admire Carpenter
not
Gee. he's great Kid They'll 60 crazy over him here
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
RAYLS WIN FINE
VICTORY OVER
FLINT NEHICS

PLAYING magnificent t~~s~4f-tff IN
their nrst home Sand of the season.
the Rayls n Dct-u.' routed the
crack Nehics from Film, last night
The score was q to -. niii the
last moments OF 0lsy the game wa
very even because ~ Runkrls sne
foul shooting but g hral burst ~
speed by Mike Marrer and MS mates
placed them ont safely in front Not
the leas, interesting OF the things
that happened 10 iho game vas the
tine guarding Of Marty Kavanaga.
Who was making his debut in be
ir0it.
Several ti'acs early In she second
half Runkol tiei HE score and II
then appeared thai the Visitors
might phil ahead The Rayls were
guilty OF an innovation that pleased
the fans on the back ~ - pick
and span uniform was printed The
name OF the PLAYER Il adorned. This
made Il much easier FOR he averaen
spectator 20 follce he contest The
summary
RAYf,s rIINT
- cert q. Nur1el capt
tnvrHeF - MfuosEeN
MaursI fDsgt Powers
NavBuagh I4r Eiker
Tnai score- Rayir -. Furf U.s.
score arsi half Hayie -. Flint =
Baskets from field Ne arer . Cav
Isrey IAns wasnprd u"saeft Pow
ffa +. E4nkel fa hefs from f0afs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
The Craft Of Mccoy .

the classic tales OF
u Of the
bad citizen when he had the gloves and said that he
Selby
learned lot about hghtng and
didn't
Uranium jammed with vd dreams
pauding throng cheered Kid Mccoy. world champion
1896. oa
$3.50 a 1919 49,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-11
The Kid FOrgets.

things Mccoy about Carpenter
~
ought better than believe that the Frecher
beatJe
champion with short fancy punches Good little don't
the Kid himself He brilliant
home the bacon
by
yesterday New ring
Wild that
On the thrteh day OF August 1900 Mccoy tangled jim
knockout In 1--WE rounds Carpenter isn't
thing
and o
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
WE FIGHT FOR POLITICAL FREE.
DOM OF EUROPE.

The successful revolution in Rus
STA and the establishment of repre-
sentative government by the people
who have for ages lived under the
cruel heel of despotism is one result
that goes long way toward offsetting
the awful cost in blood and treasure
OF the European war. With the flag
of the republic waving throughout
the once vast domain Of the car,
there is an inspiration for the people
of our own country to enter into the
war against Germany with an earn
estness and enthusiasm In a determin-
ed effort to demolsh the last strong
hold of despotism in Europe. The sit
uation is not unlike that which con-
fronted our own government when
Lincoln made his memorable Gettys-
burg speech, and the spirit of the
great emancipation should now pos
sess every true American. In support
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
FIGURES FOR THE cULLI6LE.
mining and scientific Press,

mining and Scientific Press)
Among recent appeals TO the guilt
bility Of the public. we note the CIR
cular of the National Gold & Silver
Mining company. of Chicago. which
urges the stockholders to seize "the
greatest opportunity of lifetime" in
subscribing money for sinking new
shaft on their property. Funds are
being raised for this purpose through
the sale of more shares to these
stockholders The president of the
company asserts: 1.-THE rule in min
ing is, that with normal volume you
will get normal profits. That as you
increase your volume, your profits
will increase according to the square
of your volume. That is, you double
your normal volume, then your profits
should be four times your normal
profits If you treble your volume
your profits should be nine times your
normal profits. The company figures
that sinking the new National shaft
ent capacity from five to ten times
Square this increase and you can
readily see that our profits will in
crease at least twenty-five times
those of our present capacity"
This is only one more example of
confusing rock" with "ore"-a basic
blunder, The digging of hole in the
ground, whether 1t be large enough to
give sepulture to dead mule or to
swallow a cathedral, does not make a
mine. The purpose of mining is to
make money not to hoist rock. Vol
ume, whether normal or abnormal
bears no relation to total profit unless
the unit of volume connotes a unit of
profit. Judging from the character of
this appeal, we infer that the mine is
not making money and that the result
of hosting % times more rock will
be an approximately equal multiplied
ton of loss.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
THIS COUNTRY MUST be PRE-.
PARED FOR WAR.

If the United States government had
profited by the experience of the
Spanish American war, when our ut
ter unpreparedness was shockingly
revealed in equipping the small army
necessary at that time, and adopted a
system of compulsory military train
ing, we would not be in the helpless
condition we are now when confront.
ed with a conflict with a first class
power. Suppose we had then adopt
ed a system that would have made
military training part of the course
of every high school and college, and
also made it applicable to all citizens
between the ages of IS and 25, we
would not now be summoning to the
rather an army of trained men who
could be relied upon to defend the
country in this hour of supreme
trial
There should be no further time
lest in the adoption of a thorough
system of compulsory military train
ing, and 1t should be done by the
present extra session of congress. The
duty of congress is so plain that no
further time should be given to listen
ing to the protests from the opponents
of preparedness The first duty of
government Is to protect it's own peo-
pie, and regardless Of the beautiful
theories of the pacifists, the only way
this can be accomplished is to have
a navy. and standing army in keeping
with the wealth population and terri
tory of the nation, and a reserve force
of trained fighting men who are ready
to respond to the call of the country.
This is the best guarantee of peace,
and at the same time the best guar
antee of success in war if forced onto
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
OUR FLAG.
(Author Unknown)

When you see the stars and stripes
displayed, son, stand up and take off
your hat. Somebody may litter but
pay no attention. You may blaspheme
in the street, and stagger drunken in
public places, and the bystanders will
you should get down on your knees in
the street and pray to Almighty God
or If you should stand bareheaded
while a company of old soldiers march
people will think you are showing off.
But don't you mind! When Old
Glory comes along, salute, and let
them think what they please! When
you hear the band play The Star
Spangled Banner While you are in
a restaurant or hotel dining room,
get UP, even If you rise alone stand
there, and don't be ashamed of it,
either.
For of all the signs and symbols
since the world began there is never
another so full of meaning as the flag
of this country.
That piece of red, white and blue
bunting means five thousand years of
struggle upward. 1t is the full blown
flower of ages of fighting for liberty
1t is the century plant of human hope
in bloom.
1t means the answered prayer of
generations of slaves, of the helots of
Greece, of the human chattels of
Rome, of the vassals of feudalism, of
the serfs of Russia, of the blacks of
America, of all who, whipped and
cursed have crawled from the cradle
to the grave through all time.
Your flag stands for humanity, for
an equal opportunity to all the sons
of men. OF course we haven't arrived
yet at that goal; there are many in
justices yet among us. many senseless
and cruel customs of the past still
,linging to us, but the only hope of
fighting the wrongs of men lies in the |
feeling produced in our bosoms by the |
sight of that flag.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
LINCOLN AND MONEY.
(woman's Home Companion)

(Woman's Home Companion)
We shudder to think what the YER
dict of the efficiency experts would be
upon Lincoln. Why, the man had no
sense of money at all!-and to get the
money is, of course, the chief purpose
and end of efficiency.
He had worked hard for an average
lifetime before he was elected to the
presidency. Yet at his Inauguration
his entire fortune consisted Of his
house and lot in Springfield and lit
tie wild land in Iowa, granted to him
for his services in the Black Hawk
war. A few years later he is reported
to have said: Il now have about $10,-
COO. ] hope before l die to increase II
to 100000, which is all the money any
one man ought to want"
He seems actually to have had the
idea that money is merely incidental
to the business of living, not nearly
so important as friendship or a sense
of humor, or clear conscience. He
assumed that after a man had enough
to pay his debts and attain reason
able degree of independence, 1t was
useless, and even a trifle absurd, for
him to seek to pile up great fortune.
A more hopelessly inefficient point of
view, Of course, could hardly be imag-
ned.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
NO. 8.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917.

lotted span of three score and ten. In
his breast the fires OF patriotism still
burn, and his good right arm has
punch that responds to insult from
pacifists in manner that will not be
lost on the degenerate sons OF the old
Bay state. Senator Lodge is conspic-
uous among the few really big men In
the senate, and he has the moral and
physical courage to perform his duty
to the country In keeping with the
glorious traditions of the state he rep
resents. Personal threats and insults
will not turn him from the course he
has chosen in the performance of his
duties as a citizen and senator, and
he Is prepared to use physical force
when necessary in defense of his per-
sonal honor and that of his country.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05

OF the government in the war against
Germany We should use all the re-
sources at our command to see that
the freedom that has been so glorious
ly won by Russia should be carried
to the central powers, and that the
last vestige of autocracy shall be
swept away, and the nations Of Eu-
rope shall have "a new birth of free
dom, and government of the people,
by the people and for the people shalt
not perish from the earth"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05

mands me to go l shall go. II he
calls me to the col0rs, ! shall not
ask whether my colonel is black
or white. ! shall be there to pick
out no color except the white OF
ahe enemy's eye. Grievances
have against this people. against
this government. Injustice to me
there is, bad laws there are upon
the statute books, but In this hour
of peril forget-and you must
forget--all thoughts of self or
race or creed or politics or color
That, boys, Is loyalty
THAT this address was a notable
piece of diction and Oratory means
little, save as tribute to the talent
and erudition Of its author and ar
augury of what may come from Others
OF his race when given his opportuni.
ties. AS rebuke to the traitors ant
Americans not worthy of the name Il
deserves the widest reading"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
LARGEST DAM IN EUROPE.
brooklyn Eaglel

The largest dam in Europe, COM
pleted last summer, is built across a
chasm through which the Noguera
Pallaresa river passes, near Barcel-
ona, Spain. n was the work of Am
erican engineers and experts. Auditing
on almost perpendicular cliffs, the
dam is constructed of concrete and
measures $40 feet in height and 700
feet in length. The thickness is 230
feet at the base, gradually decreasing
to IA feet at the top. 1t is situated
near the old fortified town of Talarn.
The valley above the dam was bought
from various landowners at a cost OF
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05

about $1,000, 900, and, now filled with
water, forms an artificial lake 16
miles long by four miles in width. The
character Of the work done by the
American experts is shown in one par
ticular by the fact that the gates are
50 nicely balanced that they open au-
under the pressure of
rise Of one inch of water. The spill
way has a capacity OF 10000 cubic
feet Of water minute. The purpose
of the dam is two folfd-to generate
nower for electrical current, also for
irrigation purposes. Electrical cur
rent of 10000 horsepower is general
ed, and 100 square miles of land will
be irrigated. The tools used were OF
american make.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
WHAT VICTORIOUS GERMANY
MEANS TO AMERICA.

If there are Americans who hope to
see Germany triumphant over the al
lies, let him stop and contemplate
what such a victory would mean to
our own country The situation Is
strikingly brought out by writer in
the New Republic in the following
paragraph:
Imagine England at last forced to
her knees, not by arms. for that is
impossible, but by the agony of uni
versal starvation, which may at least
be conceived. Imagine that she has
been forced to yield her fleet and to
submit to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of her
colonial empire. Imagine so much,
and logic will force you to go further
You will see, as night follows day, a
plunge of Russian power into the
circle of German influence. Russia
can not stand alone; her western al
lies beaten into impotence, she must
stand with Germany. You will see
Japan fitting herself into the new
scheme of German hegemony reluct-
antly or with alacrity, 1t does not mat
ter for until her own wealth and
might correspond with her ambitions.
Japan must make her arrangements
with those who rule the seas. What
W ould be the position of the United
States in such "a world? We should
wish, with Jefferson, that a sea of fire
parted us from the other continents
Germans In their unexampled might
% kindly view of our behavior in
his war;
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
THE NEGRO AND HIS LOYALTY
TO THE FLAG.

In these days when pacihsts are
parading throughout the nation, some
of them conscientious in the belief
that they are serving their country,
but most of them actuated by sympa-
THY with the enemies of their country
and therefore subject to the suspicion
liz not the direct charge of treason, 1t
is good and inspiring to hear the pa
triotic voice of one who speaks for a
down trodden race which through all
the hatred, prejudice and oppression
to which it has been subjected, has
never faltered in loyalty to the flag.
Read this from the Louisville Courier
Journal, one of the great newspapers
of the south, which quotes the patri-
otic eloquence of negro and con-
trasts it with the traitorous attitude
of some of the superior race:
with all his genius and culture,
Roscoe Conkling Simmons is a negro.
His college degree and personal re-
finement can not change his blood or
color or make him one bit less a mem
Der of race regarded as socially,
economically and mentally inferior to
the white.
"That Louisville is proud of him as
a citizen; that the negro people of the
country look to him for leadership
much as they did to his illustrious
uncle, Booker 4. Washington; that
corded him fellowship and place in
nigh councils, does not change his
status.
For these very reasons his words,
spoken the other day before a gather
ing of his own race, should spread
blush of shame on the Caucasian
skins of some who are conspicuous fn
the eyes of the nation just now When
men of superior learning and Wanted
super-race connections intrusted with
the solemn duty of serving and pro-
tecting their country's destiny, join |
With foreign tyrant cut threats to |
heap contumely upon the nations |
head and tie the hands stretched out +
o protect the lives and rights of Am
,ricans; when sniveling white paci-
lists join with all the traitor Stacker
rev to invite national disgrace and
uin, Well may this member of an in
erior race boast
I'VE have a record to defend,
but no treason, thank God. to
atone or explain! While in chains
we fought to free white mem
from Lexington to Carrizal--and
returned again 10 our chains. No
negro has ever insulted the flag.
No negro ever struck down
president OF these United States.
No negro ever sold military map
or secret to a foreign government,
No negro ever ran under fire or
lost an opportunity to serve, to I,
fight, to bleed and to die in the ,
republics cause Accuse us of
what you will-justly and wrong
ly-no man can point to a single
instance of our disloyalty. q
1--WE have but one country and v
one flag, the flag that set us free.
Its language is our only tongue,
and no hyphen bridges or quail
fies our loyalty. Today the ma u
ton faces danger from foreign II
foe, treason stalks and skulks up Fl
and down our land, in dark coun-
ellis intrigue is being Matched.
am a republican, but Wilson re- :
publican. What he commands me 9
to do ! shall do. Where he com. 5,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
independence Bell

when II became certain that the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence would be adopted confirmed by the sigma
delegates the Continental congress was de-
termined to announce by ringing the old state
bell which the inscription proclaim liberty 10
the land to all inhabitants thereof" and the old bellman
posted his grandson of the hall to await the in
strucon of doorkeeper when ring At the word that
the signed the little patriot scion rush.
ed ninging his hands, shouted: Ring! Ring!
Ring!')
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05
SENATOR LODGE ExEMPLiFIES
PRACTICAL PREPAREDNESS

The spirit Of Lexington and Bunker
Hill still lives and is asserted with
admirable vigor by Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts, who is nearing the al
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05

announce the event ny IH6H6 e"S
which bore the inscription. Proclaim II
, all inhabitants thereof" and the old
grandson at the door of the hall to avail
the doorkeeper when to ring. At the "
mt had been signed the little patriot sci
flinging up his hands, shouted: Ring
There was tumult in the city,
In the quaint old Quaker town,
And the streets were rife with people
Pacing restless up and down;
People gathering at corners,
Where they whispered each to each,
And the sweat stood on their temples,
With the earnestness of speech.
As the bleak Atlantic currents
Lash the wild Newfoundland shore.
So they beat against the State House,
So they surged against the door;
And the mingling of their voices
Made harmony profound.
TIL the quiet street of chestnuts
Was an turbulent with sound.
win they do it?" Dare they do it?"--
"Who is speaking the
news?"
What of Adams ?"--"What Of Sher-
MANI
Oh! God grant they won't refused"
Make some way there!"-"Let me
nearer!"
81 am Sitting then.
When nations life's at hazard
We've no time to think Of men!"
SO they beat against the portal,
Men and women, maid and child:
And the July sun in heaven
On the scene looked down and
smiled;
The same sun that saw the Spartan
Shed his patriot blood in vain
Now behind the soul In freedom
All unconquered, rise again.
So they surged against the State
House.
w iICt Gil ooiChiIiy AiioiuCt
Sat the Continental Congress-
Truth and reason for their guide.
O'eI simple scrool debating
Which, though simple 1t might be-
Yet should shake the cliffs of England
With the thunders of the free.
A. the portal Of the State House,
Like some beacon in a storm,
Round which waves are wildly beating
Stood a boyish, slender form;
With his eyes fixed on the steeple
And his ears agape with greed
70 catch the first announcement
OF the signing" of the deed
Aloft in that high steeple,
Sat the bellman, old and gray
He was weary Of the tyrant
And his iron sceptered sway,
Sc he sat, with one hand ready
On the clapper of the bell,
When his eye should catch the signal
The happy news to tell
See! see! The dense crowd quivers
Through all it's lengthy line.
AS the boy beside the portal
Looks forth to give the sign!
With his small hands upward lifted.
BreeZes dallying with his hair,
Hark! with deep, clear intonation,
Breaks his young voice on the air.
flushed the peoples swelling murmur,
List the boys strong, joyous cry!
Ring" he shouted, Ring! Grandpa!
Ring! Oh! Ring! for Liberty"
And straightway, at the signal
The old bellman lifts his hand,
And sends the good news making
Iron music through the land.
How they shouted, what rejoicing!
How the old bell shook the air.
Till the clang of freedom ruffled
The calm gliding Delaware!
How the bonfires and the torches
Illumined the nights repose,
And from the flames, like Phoenix,
Fair Liberty arose.
The old bell now Is silent,
And hushed its iron tongue,
But the spirit it awakened
Still lives-forever young
And while we greet the sunlight
On the Fourth of each July,
Wen neer forget the bellman,
Who. 'twixt the earth and sky,
Rung out Our Independence;
Which, please Cod shall never die.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-20
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