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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-10
DANCING
Miss Clafferty

Announces the opening Of her Private Ban
Studio. 7o4 Delaware Avcnuv,
Dancing De Beginners. Adults.
pertinent and Monday. TO p. NJ.
Classicai Dane General Dancing. to
riss.sss and les. IL p. NJ. with orches.
sons BY Appoint ira. Children's Class.
melt. SATURDAY. NJ
Member OF the American Society Of Dane.
Ing New York city.
Phones--sehoOi. e6l1-w. D. & A. Home.
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-10
eWHEN GREER MEETS GREEK."

To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNALS:
Sir-Since you have allowed a per-
son to call me traitor In THE
EVENING JOURNAL, l presume that
you will be kind enough as to give
me space again. under the same head
ing. as much as l hate to avail my
self of II.
When ] protested against that self
styled, full-blooded German with the
name Eldridge for defaming the land
OF my birth l little thought that an
other full-blooded German would
come along and use some Of my re-
marks TO Islander me.
What he says, in the first place,
that I ran for office on the Socialist
ticket Is only partly true, because my
name was put on that ticket without
my consent nor had anyone even
taken the trouble TO ask me for II. In
fact, ! was surprised when l first saw
It in print. which fact the Socialist
party published at the time, l can
state here frankly that many OF the
party were sorry for It since they
had learned more about the affair, as
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-04
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TO THE BOYS
AND GIRLS OF

TTs Editor. I'm in Nam. Of iowa When Prindasl
Dear Boys and Girls:-
Won't you help us save the lives OF
these starving little babies. They
have mt done anything to die for.
. There are twenty million American
boys and girls all over this country,
and we can form a RELIEF ARMY
bigger than all the armies fighting In
Europe put together and save these
babies' lives.
Fifty thousand of us are doing 1t
now,-boys and girls of whole towns
are at wOrk,-and we have saved a lot
of lives already. 1t makes you feel
good to think you have saved a
baby's life.
This is the way we do it. Five days
each week we meet at school. Here
we bring money, food, and new
clothes, and once a month the princi-
pal sends them to these starving
babies and saves their lives.
1t s easy to get the money. Father
and mother and the nei9hbors are
clad to give us work = it helps them.
We don't BEG money we EARN it.
We shovel snow, sweep pavements,
run errands, split kindling, sell
papers Jew, wash dishes,-dO any
thinesto help and get paid for it..
1t s easy for any one to earn one
cent a month. A lot of us arm twenty
five cents and more. Then a lot OF us
give some of our candy money and
movie money, and some of. us give
some of our savines-bank money -
for if WE we're starving we would
want some one to send us something
to eat mighty quick. So far, what
we have given amounts to five cents
a month for each Of us.
In Lynn alone we have earned over
1900.
There are twenty million of us In
this country, and If we each give five
cents a month, it will amount to ONE
MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH,
and the erowl1-ups will give US q lot
more to help our fund. 1t will make
these sick babies happy over there,
and their fathers and mothers will
be glad.
There you are. WILL YOU DO 1T?
Start right off and get the other boys
and girls to help, too, and let 3 send
alot to them. Gosh! If we had to lie
on the cold ground and did mt have
anything to eat! Write us and we
will tell you anything you want to
know.
Yours truly,
Boys and Girls Of ~
Lynn Vanguard
CHILDREN OF AMERICAS ARMY.
OF RELIEF
AZ Mount Vernon ST., Boston, Mass.
p. S. We don't have to pay for
rent or light in any sch0olh0use, and
1t makes it mighty cheap.
p. s. Any boys or girls that don't
90 to school, or whose school has too
much to do to save babies lives, can,
write us direct and join the Army,
too. If they want to-. h ne I ! ],
We insert this pace free
&C 4 Gift "a the starving
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-04

EILENF. p:NDLE1ON. President Wellesley College
GEORGE /: viMSEMll, rssMent, University q Mm :" s.stm,
BERCROMBE Principal Worcester Academy No.
CHARLES L. AMFS, thinri,i! Bro so Shoat. Hartford, Conn.
L. ECONDON Sulerin,eudea @ti1innari Pntat schools
I.NlFMrl.EtOlHI. rsi~ip,l III "a Hall, Wr,le'ey
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-01-04

SCff4RdES w. ELIOT. President Emeritus Harvard UNIVERSITY
gBsv1yfIARR JORDAN. Chancellor Emeritus leland stanford J.'
10 E.st*Hi0essty " n5. T .x@.
RlCiiSKWC (. M:aCi.AuRIN President Mass. Institute 81 TeiMaAHy
NJ L. BURTON. President Smith ( 0lgc
IOHN n. FINLEY. President University OF the State OF New YORK
John G. tfIBBE.N, President Princeton University
AI,FREDsNOffS Princeton University
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
SPOKANE DiSREGARDS Gil
HOUSE MAXIM.

The strike troubles at Seattle and
the INSTRUMENTATION of the police force
of that city was made the subject Of
an editorial in the Spokesman Review
last Sunday, in which all the blame
was placed upon the shoulders Of
Mayor Gill because OF his alleged
evasive and vacillating position in re-
gard to the demand of the street rail-
way company for police protection
Possibly the charge against the Seat
tie mayor Is true. we do not know;
but we do know that 1t comes with
poor grace from the Spokesman Re-
view at this time when Spokane is the
rendezvous for lawless gang that
breaches treason and anarchy to
thr0ngs that crowd the streets daily,
while Mayor Fleming serenely says
they are violating no law and that
they have a right to "cuss corpora.
tons" If they want to. Mayor Elem.
ing is not even evasive in his atti-
tude, but openly upholds them. The
mayor of Seattle has at least made an
attempt to suppress lawlessness and
give protection to life and property,
while the Spokane mayor has in eff
feet told the police force under his
command to keep hands off, that
these anarchists who are tying up the
industries of the country and terroiz-
ing peaceable citizens are acting with
in the law and must not be molested
in the exercise of their right of free
speech"
II the mayor of Spokane would per-
form his duty and suppress the gang
of outlaws who make that city head :
quarters, 1t would greatly simplify the
situation In north Idaho, a section In
which Spokane processes such pa
ternal interest. And If the Spokes-
man Review would devote its energies
toward forcing Mayor Fleming to
use his authority to suppress lawless-
ness at home, 1t would at least es-
cape the charge of throwing stones
from glass house. and at the same
time show that the deplorable condi-
ton in north Idaho on account of the
|. w. w. depredations due largely to
the inaction of Mayor Fleming. is
not viewed with total indifference In
Spokane.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
OFFICIAL EASTERN TRIPS.
caldwell Tribune)

Caldwell Tribune)
The Weiser Signal calls attention to
the fact that whenever there is any
thing going on in the east which
state officials wish to see or take part
In. the matter of clearlisting the lands
granted to the state by the federal
government Immediately becomes of
Importance. Governor Alexander and
Attorney General Walters left Satur-
day to look up the land grants; trans
act business and visit friends and re-
latives. They will probably have an
enjoyable trip. We trust that the mat
ter of clearlisting the lands will not
interfere seriously with the politics or
social frivolities Of the trip.
One excuse is as good as another.
II 1t We're not for the purpose of clear
listing, something else would be dis
covered which would justify a trip at
state expense. There Is nothing like
working the job for all 1t Is worth
while 1t lasts These state offices are
not for life and no official can afford
to overlook any bets while they last
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
TWIN FALLS COUNTY COVERS
ITSELF WITH GLORY.

Twin Falls county has earned 8
proud distinction which will be a last
ing glory to its citizens. When the
apportionment was made for Liberty
Loan bonds. Twin Falls county largely
oversubscribed its allotment. Then
followed the Red Cross drive and Twin
Falls county was asked. to contribute
s25,Ooo. The people responded with
$4,000, more than three times the
amount asked. The patriotic spirit
was even more pronounced under the
CONSUMPTION law. when 1t was found
that Twin Falls county has already
furnished more volunteers in the var
ious branches of the service fban 10
required under the CONSUMPTION law.
and not a man will be drafted in that
county We congratulate the peon,e
'f Twin Falls county on this splendid
showing Of loyalty and willingness 70
'acrifice In response to their country,s
ALI
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
DOES THE PRESIDENT REGARD
ALL REPUBLICANS sLAckERS?

i shall expect" says the president
in his address to the people regarding
the fixing of prices for war commodi-
ties, every man who is not Stacker
to be at my side throughout this
great enterprise"
We hope that this phrase will have
wider application than the field OF
Industrial ehdeavor; and that the
presidents expectations will extend to
the whole range of counsel and action
connected with the conduct of the
war. We hope, too, that when men
who are not slackers attempt to move
forward beside the president, they
will not be elbowed out of line.
Yet that has hitherto been the pres
ident's attitude He has beside him
and he has been willing to have be-
side him none but members of his own
party. The republicans of the ma.
ton are not slackers. however much
the presidents attitude toward them
would indicate belief to the con-
trary. They are patriots and they
want to stand at Mr.. Wilson's side to
give him advice encouragement and
cooperation, Thus far he has indicat-
ed that he does not want them there
in that or any other capacity Of fel.
lowship. He has refused to sanction
A plan to coordinate the partisan
forces in congress for the national
good through the creation of joint
on the conduct of the war;
ne has sought out only soidisant re-
oublicans to take the minority repre-.
'entation on the various boards which
var time has made necessary he
las availed himself of republican as
distance in congress and in the more |
lifficult of administrative work only !
when he has found that his own party
lad no men who could or would un-
ertake the task. over and over again
ne republicans of the country have
fered him their service and he has
corned 1t, He has been unwilling
hat they should stand at his side n,
ven in his presence. Yet he now saws
nat it is there that he expects every
IAN who is not a Stacker" to be
'und. Does he mean to imply that {
thinks republicans are slackers? (
Theodore Roosevelt and Julius Kahn 1
any rate. can tell him better IS
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
MENACE TO MINING.
New York SUM

The current number of the Engi.
neering and Mining Journal prints 8
vigorous appeal headed: win the
War First" 1t is an urgent exhorta-
ton to all persons in the great mining
industry, of whatever degree, to keep
before their eyes the need of prevent
ing any lapse in the eountry's mining
product, else we shall have no coun-
try of our own. And that would not
be a comfortable situation.
The whole metal mining industry of
the country has been, and still Is, be-
set by strikes. 1.-THE Butte district,
the most extensive mining district in
the world says this authority, is
practically idle through the activities
of the Industrial Workers of the
World. The great smelling and refin-
ing works at Anaconda and Great Fails
Will soon suspend much of their pro-
duction OF copper and zinc, and Bisbee,
the home of many great copper inter-
ests, has had its production practically
cut in half" Furthermore, 1t is noted
that the union miners are striking in
the several copper districts of Ari-
iona, across the line In Mexico Ameri-
can miners have been driven out, and
there are grave rumors of impending
trouble in the Lake Superior iron and
copper regions.
This is petty bad state of things.
as is readily seen. The metal output
is interfered with in many places, and
the Industrial Workers of the World.
on the surface. and the German spies
and propagandists, under cover, are
working together to hamstring the
countrys ammunition supply. The in
tent process and logical result are
equally plain. And at this moment
the l. w. W. calmly avow a plot to
the production of metals. They
have the assurance to deny that thew
nave "war plot" but cheerfully ad-
nit that they have a plan to tie I'm
rail, oil. coal and metal industries
throughout the southwest" This, of
course, is tantamount to a plot against
he United States in war, since it is a
.reacherous attack on the country's
In wartime. and in an emergency.
he country has a right to demand
'atriotic cooperation from all it's citi-
ems. Those who refuse to coopara TO |
must be considered public enemies.
nd stern remedies are the only effica-
ious means to cure a disorder so
hameful and dangerous.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
IF THIS IS NOT TREASON, WHAT
Is IT?

II there has been any doubt that the
l. w. W. leaders are working in the
interest of Germany, that their efforts
are directed against our own govern.
ment and that they are just as much
our enemies as are the Germans. the
following paragraph should remove
that doubt
With 100000 workers in the agri.
cultural fields demanding their rights,
with 10000 men in the logging and
lumber camps on strike and with
thousands Of men in the copper min
ing camps of the United States out,
we will give the soldiers of the United
States so much to do at home in the
next few months that they will have
no chance to go to France"
This reasonable utterance was
made in speech at mass meeting
held in the ball park at Butte the 9TH
er day by Frank II. Little, member of
the executive board of the |. w. w,
and personal representative of w. D.
Haywood, the recognized head of the
organization. The report of the meet.
ing In the Butte papers says that Lite
tie was wildly applauded by the rad.
ical element that was apparently in
the majority"
So long as the leaders of the I. w.
W. are permitted to make such public
speeches, just so long will the indus.
trial life of the country remain in
turmoil and life and property will be
endangered The authorities in Butte
should have thrown the speaker in
ail and treated him just as any other
raitor to his country.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
LIBERTY LOAN SHOWS OUR FIN.
ANciAL STRENGTH.

Two billion dollars is tremendous
sum of money Yet the American
people have loaned their government
that much and have barely touched
their resources. The money was rails.
ed so easily it only seemed to show
the tremendous financial strength Of
the country.
1t is not one tenth of our bank de-
posits. 1t is less than one eighth oil
our bank loans for one year. 1t was
less than one half of our national saw
ings for 1915 and only five per cent
of our national income for that year
according to estimates.
Not only is this first Liberty Loan
bond issue of two billion dollars much
larger than the initial loans of any
of the other nations engaged in the
war but it was raised in much less
time with much less effort and was
subscribed to by vastly greater num-
Der of individuals this too when dan
ger was far from us and the nation in
calm frame of mind.
The coming second issue of Liberty
Loan bonds with the great mass of
the people of the country much bet
ter educated as to government bond is
sues and government finances in gen.
eral, it Is reasonable to suppose, will
be disposed Of with even greater sue
cess than the initial issue.
The over subscription to the initial
issue Of over a billion dollars augers
well Cor the success of the next loan.
There are several more investors in
government bonds in America than
there were month ago. Then there
were some three hundred thousand
holders Of United States bonds: now
here are over four million And the
brill Of the thought of our soldiers
n France will rally the people to the
lation's call
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
EX-GOVERNOR OF IDAHO IN A
DESTITUTE CONDITION.

Again an appeal comes for the re-
lief of Ex-Governor Norman B. Wiley,
who Is in a destitute condition In
Placer county, California, and who II
assistance is not speedily rendered
will become a county charge His I'M
fortunate condition was brought to
the attention of the state during the
Haines administration and the legis-
lature provided pension for him
which supplied his actual needs. A
bill to renew this pension was passed
by the last legislature, but was ve-
toed by Governor Alexander. This
deprived the ex-governor of his only
support, since which time he has lived
upon the voluntary contributions Of
his friends.
Mr. Wiley was governor of the
state soon after it entered the Union.
He was elected lieutenant governor In
the first state election and succeeded
to the governorship upon the retire.
ment of Governor Shoup to take a
seat in the United States senate. At
that time Governor Wiley's home
was in Idaho county, where he was en-
gagged in gold mining. 1t was while
he was governor that the Occur
d'Alene district experienced it's first
labor trouble in 1892. He visited the
district at that time and sent several
companies of the national guard here
to preserve order. afterwards calling
upon the president for federal troops.
Mr. Wiley was not great governor,
but he was man of high character
and conscientious in the performance
of his duties. He was a pioneer of
the state and contributed to the ex-
tent of his ability to the development
of it's resources and to the advance
men of the interests of it's people
That he is now in his old age an OBJ
ject of public charity Is a stigma up
on the state, one that the people
should remove by voluntary contri-
button for his support until govern
or is elected who will approve a law
giving him a permanent pension.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
SUSPEND ASSESSMENT LAW.
mining and Scientific Press)

mining and Scientific Press)
Our correspondent at Cobalt, On.
tario, tells this week that an order in
council has been passed by the provin-
clal government relieving the holders
or mining claims from the perform
ance of assessment work for the year
1917. The order is not for absolute
exemption, but grants a years extern
sion of time within which to do the
statutory work. 1t might be well for
us to take note Of the thoughtful con-
sideration extended by Ontario to Its
miners, and to follow suit in some ap-
propriate manner. At the prevailing
extravagant cost Of supplies the re-
quired 500 worth Of work would not
make. much of an impression in ef-
fective development this year in any
event 1t has been suggested that en-
listed men, at least. should be exempt,
which appears to be no more than
common justice. We venture to add
that when the next call for subscrip-
ton to government bonds is made in
September. the law might provide for
accepting the purchase of bond In
lieu Of the annual assessment work,
but without counting 1t in the total of
the $500 worth of work demanded as
IN antecedent requisite for the obtain
ng Of patent.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
LOSS OF METAL is A PERMAN-
| EMIT LOSS.

We seldom stop to think, so far as
the ultimate result Is concerned, of
the tremendous demands upon the
metal mines of the country, and yet
the day may come when it will pre-
sent serious problem. The exhaus-
ton of one mine leaves no impression,
for we serenely look forward to an.
other ore deposit to take it's place.
and so far We have not been disap-
pointed. But the enormous consump-
ton of metal to meet the requirements
of war as well as the ever increasing
demands of peace is forceful sugges-
tion of the thought recently expressed
in the Saturday Evening Post:
I'VE hear daily that the world is
running short Of food. But food, in
the main. is quickly produced. AS to
all cereals, vegetables and fruit, which
form so large a part of the worlds
diet, single good harvest may well
redress the balance and give us a
surplus. The supply of fowl and 9TH
er meat is capable of indefinite in
crease within a comparatively short
time.
I'VE hear much less of the fact that
the world is eating rapidly into stores
that can not be replenished. The
enormous steel output makes heavy
inroads on the basic metal--iron ore.
Within few weeks this spring the
price of tin advanced two hundred
dollars a ton; and tin is one of the
scarcest of the important metals. Cop
per at thirty-three cents a pound,
against fourteen cents before the war,
means that much greater demand up
on the mines. All metal markets point
in the same direction.
when good basic materials, which
man does not know how to reproduce,
are shot away. there is an absolute
loss, the world is absolutely poorer"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26
TIME FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION.
Mining and Scientific Press,

(Mining and Scientific Press)
during the past week the l. w. w.
movement has gone through a serio-
comic phase. 1t may seem comical for
the outraged citizens of a mining COM
munity to take the law into their
hands, herd lot of anarchists and
ioafers into an enclosure. and then
snip them on a train to some distant
point passing the buck" to another
community. preferably a neighborlng
state. 1t is serious matter when
icitizens, In order to assert law and
order, at time when the naval and
military forces Of our country are
f1ghting to make the world safe for
democracy" feel compelled to stultify
government Of the people by arming
themselves and using force to eject
an undesirable element from their
midst. Viewed from any standpoint It
Is deeply regrettable that matters
should have come to such a pass and
somebody is to blame for 1t. The only
good that has resulted is the opening
OF the eyes Of the public to the seri-
BUSINESS Of the crisis and possibly To
some realization Of the forces of mis-
rule set in motion by this organization
OF men unwilling to work and unwill-
ing to let others work. The argument
based on the high cost of living and
the rest OF 1t has been exposed az a
mere pretense They want the three
SKIES namely. So wages, six hours of
work. six days per week, and when
they have obtained that they will de-
mand ~ wages. five hours work, and a
nve-day week. Even this will not be
the limit No thoughtful observer of
the conditions obtaining in the min
ing communities of the west at the
moment can any longer regard the ex-
cuse for strikes as founded on the
reasonable aspirations of honest la
Dor. Whether financed by German
money or stimulated by enemy propa.
'anda, or not, the whole campaign of
hese l. w. w. agitators 10 calculated
o give aid and comfort to the enemy,
md therefore 1t is reasonable, not to
'e endured, and calling for prompt
,ction by the executive Much OF the
rouble. as usual, is due to politics.
)uring the week the disturbance has
pread beyond the immediate vicinity
the mines. Even around our own
cademic environs, at Berkeley. we
cad that ITO prevent the threatened
w. W. invasion Of this county, the
heriff has stationed deputies upon all
ne roads leading from Contra Costa
ounty," because "the /. w. WIS have
ireatened to burn the county's grain
1pply.' Things have come to pref
pass when we are menaced by
oxer rebellion or Villa raid, as II
ere, In the heart OF an orderly COM
unity We are engaged In great
ar; It Is time to put summary end
these antics and assert the dignity
this democracy