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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
"MALIcE IN KULTURLAND."
(From the New York Post.)

(F'rom the New York Post)
Horace WAITS Malice in Kultur-
land" parody on Lewis Carroll
classic which transports the observant
Alice to Germany, is full of good ma
tured humor shot here and there With
is in the poems. 1t is the Austrians,
and not the oysters, who are taken
for a walk by the kaiser and the chan
cellor, after the wise Italian winked
his eye" and declined to follow, and
it is the Austrians who protest shortly
after against the feast that is made of
them:
THE time has come" the kaiser said,
ITO talk of blood and wars;
OF me, and Germany, and God;
And culture and the cause;
And why the sea is much too hot,
And whether bears have claws"
please, SIR" the simple Austrians
cTleu,
Turning a little blue,
I'VE did not know that was the sort
OF thing you meant to do
The kaiser is thus addressed by the
crown prince: You are old, Father
William the young man said,
And the end of your life is in sight;
Yet you're frequently patting your
God on the head
Do you think, at your age, it is
right?"
I'm my youth" said his SIRE Il es-
tablished my case
AS being apart and divine;
And ! think if ! try to keep God in
his place
He ought to support me in mine"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
(Anaconda Standard.)

tAndcOnda Stdndard.)
| The custom has become general
among the American people to rise
when the Star Spangled Banner" is
played or sung, as a mark of respect
and devotion to the flag and the ma
tional anthem. This, however, leads
to confusion and embarrassment when
the national anthem is played in con-
nection with other songs or is made
part of medley of patriotic airs and
national tunes. There is a growing
sentiment that the Star Spangled
Banner" as long as it is recognized
as the national anthem, should be
played by itself alone and not COM
bined with other songs or made a
part of medley of national airs.
The legislature of Massachusetts,
has taken the lead in an endeavor to
regulate this matter The law which
IL has passed might well be enacted
by the legislatures of other states as
well. The law provides that when
the Star Spangled Banner" is play
ed rendered or sung in any public
place, or at any public entertainment,
or in any theater or motion picture
hail. restaurant or cafe, it shall be
played as an entire and separate COM
position or number, without embellish-
ments of national or other melodies;
nor shall the Star Spangled Banner,
or any part thereof, or selection there
from. be played as a part of a medley
of any kind; nor shall the Star
Spangled Banner" or any part there
of, or the introduction or prelude
thereto, be played as an exit march,"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
MASTERY IN ZINC WORLD.
mining and Scientific Press

mining and Scientific Press.)
Struggle for mastery in the zinc
world has become an interesting feat
ure of recent metallurgic history. The
Anaconda quite frankly assumes po-
sition indicative of intention to play
a leading part. Its activities are no.
ticed in various quarters, where it is
investigating other sources Of supply.
Butte n Superior Is expanding into
new fields, in spite Of potential pro-
duction so great that it bears the re-
putation among informed metallur-
gists Of being the greatest zinc ore
body known today. II is estimated
that by the end of this year the out
put Of zinc from the mines at Butte
will be at the rate Of 10000, 900
pounds per month. This is nearly
equal to the present copper produc-
ton from that district. For many
years the Butte & Superior regarded
the zinc in its ores as a detriment
and employed the skill Of the ore
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12

dresser to get rid of the obnoxious
blende. Thousands of tons of jig tail
ing assaying per cent zinc were
hauled from the mill dump and used
as ballast on the Great Northern rail-
way. Though rather shallow the per-
manent way Of that railroad is the
longest zinc deposit in the world.
Whatever may happen in the re-align-
ment of influences with the Anaconda,
the Butte & Superior the Elm Orlu.
and the United States Steel entering
the lists, it may be taken as certain
that the ancient armed peace between
the Matthiessen- Hegeler- Heckscher-
Wetherill interests, parceling out
helpless American zinc vassalage be-
tween them, is destroyed, and a new
map must presently be drawn.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
THE FINEST BLOOD"
New York Snnl

New York SUM-
Ambassador Gerard is quoted as
saying that:
THE finest blood in America comes
to us from the men of As, or those
who left Germany because they sought
more freedom, more opportunity than
they would obtain in Europe
Some good blood has come to the
United States from Germany and
some that was not good. To say that
the finest" blood comes from the
men Of AS is to make ridiculous
overstatement. The men through
whose veins 1t flows have done no
more for America, proportionately to
their numbers, than those lovers of
liberty and order who came to our
hospitable shores from other coun-
tries. A great deal of nonsense Is
talked and written about racial con-
tributions to the United States the
Germans and the Irish are conspic-
uous. and have been for years, in out
givings of this kind Lately the. Jews
have displayed disposition to put
In some very self satisfied claims for
themselves.
AS matter of fact, men of all
races developed America, on a pattern
distinctly English with French philo-
sophical notifications and to indi-
viduals, not to races, the progress
that has been won Is due.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
APRIL AN IMPORTANT MONTH IN
AMERICAN WARS.

The act of congress in declaring that
state of war exists between the Uni
ted States and Germany has drawn at
tention to a singular fact in eonnec-
ton with the beginning of all the
great wars in which our government
has been engaged Samuel Bowers,
Of this city, veteran of the civil
war and close student of the var
ious conflicts in which our country
has been involved, has discovered that
with the exception of the war Of 1872,
every big war in which the United
States has been engeged started in
the month of April
The Revolutionary war started on
April 10, 1775.
The Black Hawk war started on
April II, 1881.
The war with Mexico started on
April "a. 1S46.
The Civil war started on April Il
i 1861.
The war with Spain started on April
Fl, 1898.
The war with Germany started or
April 8, 1917,
Further showing the prominence Of
the month of April In our wars, II
may be stated that the Revolutionary
war ended on April II, 1888.
General Lee surrendered to Genera
Grant at Appomattox on April 8. 1855
! The single exception to the Apri
rule, the war of 1S12 with Great Bri-
tain. started on January IS, 1872. ant
ended February II, 1915.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
NO. 9.
VOL. XI. THURSDAY, APRIL IL l9l/. NJ :.

particularly Germany, in which event
a world war would have followed
comparable with that which has now
been waged for almost three4 years
and which we have now entered. 1t
was In the presence Of this possibility.
and even probability, that the volun-
ieers for the Spanish war responded
to the call of their country. Like the
heroes of 81, they counted not the
hosts of the enemy; 1t was enough to
know that their country called and
they responded with spirit prompt
ed by no motive save the performance
of the greatest patriotic duty.
Again our country is involved in
war: again the call has gone forth
for men to defend the honor Of our
country, to protect American citizens
In their rights, and to flash the light
Of liberty upon the despotisms Of Eu-
rope. Young man, do not permit your
Job, your business, or any other con-
sideration, to stand in the way of
performing this supreme duty of Am
erican citizenship. You can win no
higher honor than to offer your life
for your country. You can leave no
more precious legacy than a record of
faithful service under the flag.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12

ander said that as Inspector Bell was
elected by the people, an investigation
is not within the province of the gov
ernor.
The Miner knows nothing OF the
dealings between Mr. Bell and the Of
ficers of the Success Mining COM
pany, but II is only fair and reason
able to assume that IL he had any
dealings with them at all in connec-
ton with the Custer county property,
Ii was as a private citizen and had
no bearing whatever on his position
as an official of the state. II Mr.. Bell
wants to buy. bond, sell, option or OPP
crate mine, certainly there is nOth-
ing in his official duties to prevent
him from doing so, and If he engages
in such activity, his business is just as
private as that Of any other citizen
and it is his privilege to withhold the
details or make them public, the same
as any other citizen. His reply to the
first request from the editor of Min
ing Truth for information regarding
his private affairs was candid and
courteous. The information was per-
sonal and had no connection whatever
with the Office of mine inspector, and
he was under no obligation whatever
to supply it. Mr.. Bells reply to the
second message was equally appropri-
ate and fully justified. The message
was couched in terms that clearly i'm
piled threat and purpose to in
| timidate. Mr., Bell so construed 1t.
and replied as becomes self-re-
specting man.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
WHEN THE BUeLE CALLS.
M. NJ. Campbell in
st. Louis Post Dispatch.

Come forth from the fields, come forth
from the hills,
Come forth from the farm, the mines
and the mills
From. pleasure or slumber, from work
or from play,
Come forth in your armor, to aid her
today:
There's thing to be told, and deed
to be done
A truth to be utterd, war to be
Come forth in your armor, come forth
every one.
Come forth in your armor, come forth
every one,
Come, boys in your-vigor; come, men
in your prime;
Come, soldiers; you're welcome; come,
men. you must
Come thick as the flies in the mid
sumer dust,
Or the waves of the ocean cleaning
bright in the sun!
There's word to be told, and war
to be won
Come forth in your armor, come forth
every one.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
MINE INSPECTOR ROBERT N
BELL HAS A CLEAN RECORD.

Northwest Mining Truth, the self
appointed protector and unselhsh ad
wiser of the people In their mining
speculations and investments, devotes
a page and half to the correspond
ence between the editor and Robert
N, Bell, Idaho state mine inspector, be
tween the editor and Governor Alex
ander. and between the governor and
the mine inspector all for the evident
inspector had been guilty of improper
conduct in turning an option he is
said to have held on Custer county
mine to the officers of the Success
Mining company. of this city. The
correspondence begins with request
from the editor that Mr.. Bell confirm
or deny the report that the bond held
by the Success company was secured
by him and transferred to the officers
of Success, and If true to give differ
ent dates of transfer and of his re-
port. To this Mr. Bell replied with
characteristic courtesy: "Can not con-
sistently comply with your request at
present" To this the editor comes
back in this:
Believe we have facts and intend
publish. Considering scandal attend
ing operation Success and RESPONSE
bility your official position believe
your own interests demand statement.
Unless answer received by Tuesday
morning shall assume you refuse and
shall feel at liberty to take any course
we consider expedient"
To this Mr.. Bell replied at some
length. saying among other things
that Il do not feel warranted in COM
plying with your Matchmaking threat
in this second message" The editor
replied in manner to make 1t ap-
pear that Mr.. Bell was withholding
public information in his official ca
pacity. and stated that he would send
the correspondence to Governor Alex
ander for such action as he might
deem proper. The governor referred
the matter to Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Bell
to the governor In a man.
ner that evidently satisfied his ex-
cellency that there was nothing to
Justify the Spokane noise, and diplo- |
so stated. or course. the
editor in his eagerness for truth. again
addressed the governor, asking him IL
he believed Mr.. Bell has complied
with the requirements of his Office In
the attitude he has assumed In this
matter To this he must have re-
ceived rather curt reply, for seek
ers after truth are not favored with
the governors letter. the editor stat
Ing in substance that Governor Alex |
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12

Mr.. Bryan has rendered his SER
vices to the president to serve as a
private in any capacity to which his
peculiar talents adapt him. Gum
shoe Bill" Stone has also switched
to a supporter of the government and
has appealed to his Missouri constit-
IencN to stand by the president.
There has never been any ques-
ton about the stand of the
Missourians, and it is not
likely they will relish the be-
lated advice@ coming from the man
who failed them when the president
appealed to congress for support. As
for Bryan, the best service he can
render is to maintain his present pri-
Nacy and keep his mouth closed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12

A pacifist paper in Kansas declares
that President Wilson was not re-
elected because "he kept us out OF
war" but because of an assurance
that he would continue to do So" If
this be true, says the Topeka Capital,
u is now In order for those Kansans
who voted for Wilson on that ground
to sue him for breach of contract,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
PEOPLES TICKET STANDS FOR
WELFARE OF THE CITY.

Standing on a platform that states
! in plain and practical terms the pur-
poses they have in view, the candi
dates composing the peoples ticket
go before the voters of Wallace with
confidence of success at the polls on
April "a Many of them are men who
whose experience in the conduct Of
municipal affairs will be recognized as
Of great value in handling the import
ant problems that will confront the
new administration. The other candi-
dates, though without experience in
city government, are men who have
achieved success in their respective
eallings and whose standing in the
community inspire equal confidence in
their ability and disposition to give
their best efforts toward the advance
ment of the city in all lines. The
ticket represents the people, as its
name implies. and not a small fac
ton that seeks to obstruct if it can
not control the business of the city.
The platform leaves no doubt as to
it's meaning, If elected the peoples
candidates will push paving of the
city to completion at the earliest pos
sible date Voters will not fail to
note that the opposition platform is
silent on this most important sub
ject, presumably for the reason that
it was framed by those who have OPP
posed paving at every step and who
will continue. to oppose it IL given con-
troll of the city.
The peoples platform declares for
concrete retaining wall on the north
side of teh river but 1t would place the
expense upon the railroad companies
and not upon the taxpayers of Wal
lace, as is proposed by the opposition.
The peoples platform favors city
hall. but not until the financial con-
dition of the people justifes issuing
bonds for its construction. The oppo-
ston would place this burden upon
the people now.
The peoples platform demands the
reorganization of the police force on
lines that will give the city the pro-
lection 1t deserves. The opposition
makes no reference to the police, from
which 1t is fair to assume that the
present inactive and inefficient police
department is regarded satisfactory.
The peoples platform commends the
garbage system as operated by the |
city council and calls attention to the
fact that 1t was inaugurated by the
present council, most of the members
Of which are candidates for reelec-
ton on the peoples ticket. Under |
this system the cost of removing gar
bage has been reduced and at the !
same time a profit has been earned |
by the city, and specific promise is |
made to further improve this service
md reduce the cost to the individual
,itizen.
These are few Of the practical |
made In the peoples
platform, and they are backed by /
candidates with record of perform |
ance. The platform and candidates
make a strong appeal to the voters of
he city. and the ticket seems as
,ured of an overwhelming victory.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
Telling Him About the Flag.
tDetriot Free Press.)

"Tell me about the flag" he said,
AS | was putting him to bed.
And why men wave their hats and
cheer
Whenever it is drawing near?'
And SO we stopped undressing then
To talk about the time when men
Were facing cannon shot and shell,
To serve the flag we love so well.
| told him of the men who died
In frozen wood and countryside
Long years ago in battles grim
To keep flag like that for him,
/ told him all about the stars,
The spotless white and crimson bars,
And what they dreamed of and they
sought
AS bitterly they bled and fought.
Let no one tell you as you grow
That nothing to the flag you owe.
Let no one whisper that 1t means
But pleasant days and peaceful scenes
And merely calls to mind land
Where wealth abounds on every hand,
Because no more that flag win fly
When men for it refuse to die.
And it may be- said !, that you
Must some day serve that banner too.
And then If such day should come
That sounds again the stirring drum
And blows once more the martial fife
Be not a slave to peaceful life.
AS they were men, you be man
And give the flag the best you can"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-16
NO REt.RESARA FL GENERAL
rERSHfNG A san ANTONIO.

Aver e. IA tarde corri6 como val
do ell ruru- de que el General John
J. Pershing, comandante de las fuer-
zas n ricanas en- Ell sur del pals. 10
reg~resaria a San Antonio. de Sd viaje
cue recientemente hi.o a Washington
llanado por el Ministerio de Guerra
En- los circulos militares de esta ell
dad. Y, cspecialmente en- el Army
Post. sc decia con muclla insistenr!a
que e! general Pershing seria non!bra-
DO comandante en- jefe de la expedition
de trooas que saldra en- bre"e para los
campos de FranCia, substituyendole.
en- ell cargo de jefe de Ia division del
sur. ell general James Parker.
Ctras personals Green que cI genera!
Perskjng no saldra para Europa, sino
que substitute al general Hugh L.
Scott. en- Ia jefatura del Estado Mayor
de! Ejtrcito americana, quien saldra
para Russia. que es miembro de IA
comisi6n nombrada por ell gobierno,
comisi6n que prasidira Mr.. Root.
NADIA en- definitiva Sc ha sabldo To-
davia acerca de estos cambiOs militia
res. V las fuentes a que acudimos para
recoger detalles mas rreciSos no con-
f;rmaron los informes de referencia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-16
Los CGHISI0EiDOS INGLESES
' FRbNCESES

WASHINGTON, Mayo t5-Los
miembros de las comisicncs inElesa y
francesa regresaroa I Washington. dc
a uiya cue hic;eron nor las mas IN
o~ortantes ciudades del este lie. me1;o
2este-
e Nariscal Joffre, eI Niuistco &c
Justicia ". Eiviani V sus acompaHaH-
rs. Derr,anecieron d;ez &jas en- 81 81
= triunfal que termint hriilantemen-
te en- Nueva York. e. MiniStro Bal
four Y los demas miem5ros &c ID 90
mission inglesa estuvieron m Nueva
York s6lamente tres dias.
Les comisionados franccses e in9le-
ses han venido a Washington a COME
renciar Q los funcionarios Gel 70
5ierno de los Estados Unidos. scbre IA
mission que los trajo = este pals Los
asuntos u discutan con los jefys de
Ia administration americana veniran
a ser simplemcnte un comFIemento
de los tratados en- las intereSantlSlmas
juntas Que ceIebraron los referidos CO.
misionados a .:aiz de su arribo a esta
capital.
La estada de Joffre, NJ. Eiviani, Mr.,
Balfour ' demas c~omlsionados, Ell los
Z. Unidos, Sc proIongara por muy
pocos dias. Aun cuando 60 sc ha a
nuuciado cuando regresaran los dele
gados de las dos principales potter
cias rue luchan contra Alemania, tie
nese Ia creencia de que Quizis sea en-
el curse de n preScnte Senlana.
PosibIemente los comisionados fran
ceses e irgleses cele5raraa una coTie-
rencia con los mienlbros de la ccmi-
sion itahana que Sc espera arriben
aqui maHana procedentcs tie NueTa
York.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-16
TNFOPnTCH1|zAACT0N G .-
LUCIDA KERMESE EN- Ell COLE
Clio "BONHAM."

Aver. a las seis de la tarde, tuvo lu-
gar en- ell patio central del co!eglo
"Bonham," nimeso 10, sito en- Ia Gale
del Jardin de esta ciudad, una lucida
Kermesse organizada por las senorltas
aiumnas, cen objeto de celebrar el fin
del ano escoIar en- la refcriGa escuela.
E. programa arreglado para Ia fies-
ia estuvo compuesto de nume:os mu-
sicales. de canto v bale, s~irviendose
despues una cena IN un puesto acondi-
cionado para el efecto.
Muy aplaudidos fueron los aihitos
Maria Luisa Guenther y Frank Hun
tress al bailar I'm delicado "minue,"
vestidos dc novios.
lin grupo de senoritas, entire las cue
Sc distinmuieror Wllhelr,a NcClarke y
Consuelo Mauermann, bailaron varias
danzas griegas, con ~soltura, cue les
mcrecieron prolongados ~aplausos.
e bale de las "Maripcsas," que es-
tuvo a CARO- de las alumnas de sen
tino alto, fue obieto de 4 cvaci5H
' mcreci6 los honcres del bis.
I'm coro de niHos. endorsements
ataviados. cart6 en- el nGmero patr!6-
tico. el "Star-SpanGled Banner to-
cado Tor Ia orquesta de Ia e~scuela y
Dor Ia Sinfonia del Kindergarten. Els
tos ultimos recibicron muchos aplau-
sos
Los "puestos" especialment" levan-
tados para Ia anmada kermesse, eg-
taban ~profu5amente adcfnados O
banderitas V focps. Y a cargo de eIlcs
figuraban bellas senoritas alumnas.
Hubo IN "puesto' mcXicano, engala-
nado con banderaS n~acionales, en- el
que Sc ~cxrendian tamales c]alientes V
platillos de chile con carne, que Sc v:6
-Huv concurrido to1a la noche por les
a~sistcntes.
La jamaica durj haSta cerca De las
diez dc ia noche. y el resu:tado pecu-
mario obtenido pUede calificarse de
bueno.