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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
DRAW NO COLOR LINE IN THE
MILITARY SALUTE.

An incident occurred in Louisville
the other day that indicates that the
war is to slight extent at least
breaking down the unreasoning race
prejudice of the south. After serv-
ing twenty-four years in the army
William Glass, negro, was recently
commissioned a captain in the United
States army. Two white non commits
stoned officers met him in the streets
Of Louisville and instead of giving
him the regulation salute, passed him
with heads turned away Captain
Glass called them back, as he felt it
his duty to call their attention to this
| failure to observe the military regu-
lation. Only one Of them stopped,
sergeant, and in reply to the inquiry
as to why he had not saluted, said II
will not salute a negro" The incident
o. ohSO piofoheu AHucl Hcdteu ulS-
cussion in the southern city, and the
question was finally passed up to
General John B. Castleman for his
views. General Castleman was ma
jor in the confederate army later
colonel of the Kentucky national
guard and brigadier general of vol
unteers in the Spanish war, seeing SER
vice in Porto Rico. Here is what he
said, and it is gratifying to note that
his view has been quite generally ac-
copied in the blue grass state:
THE discipline of the army must be
maintained, and non commissioned Of
ficers understand little of the spirit of
the army when they refuse to salute
negro officer l have held several COM
missions in the military service, and
unhesitatingly say that | would, or
will, at any time, salute an officer, su-
perior or inferior, who salutes me,
without regard to the color of his skin.
The regulations, the laws and the fun
damentals of courtesy and discipline
upon which these regulations and laws
are based prescribe this. 1t is no time
to stand against them. | regret the
incident and want to urge every SOL
der to be a soldier in the full sense
of the term. We are at war, and SOL
diers are under the rules of the Amer
lean army. We are all under the flag |
We salute the rank, not the individ-
ual."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
4 Call to Miners
mining and Scientific Press)

A telegram from Major O. b. Per-
ry informs us that the Engineer corps
of the United States army has been
authorized to raise, by voluntary en-
listment, special mining regiment to
consist of six companies of $50 men
each and to be known as the 9th En-
gineers national army. This regiment
Is now being recruited, the first COM
pany having been formed and placed in
training at Camp Meade, Maryland.
The regiment is to be composed en-
tirely of picked men representing var
lous mining districts throughout the
country and comprising all the trades
ana occupations incident to mining.
Each company will contain represen-
tatives of every branch of mining
work SO that it can operate as a unit
The men most wanted are experience
ed miners, both hand and machine
driiiers, shovelers, trammers, timber
men, tracklayers, pump men, black
smiths, tool sharpeners, electricians.
carpenters, SURVEYORS,
time keepers. cooks, shift bosses, mine
foremen and top men. That is the
order in which they were named To
u.s. The work to be done is purely |
military in character and is what ;s
known as first line work; it consists
N the preparation of underground
shelters for the fighting troops and
he placing of explosive mines. Such
work requires a high degree of skin
n rapid tunneling and involves the
of all sorts of material. from
lay and chalk to the hardest rock. In
edition to the regular engineering
quipment each company will be pro-
lded with special tools, such as tun-
cling and boring machines, drills.
ompressors hoists and lighting sets.
Though the chief function of the 9th :
egiment will be underground mining
ne men VIII be trained to fight as well '
to dig; an engineer officer of the :
OCULAR army will be placed in COM
and, the other officers being selected Il
ainly from the mining engineers that
ave already volunteered and under o
me training Major Perry and Cap Il
in W. H. Landers, two mining engi- q
'ers well known in the west, have Il
arge Oh the enlistment. Applications *
huld be addressed to the command m
officer, 9th regiment office of the I'll
lief engineers, Washington. B
This announcement should meet W
tn ready response from the young
members of the profession and from oh
men that are working with them W,
the mines. 1t is a gratifying COM tn
ment to the mining fraternity and BIZ
ers an exceptional opportunity to wi
form patriotic service under favor wi
e conditions This will not be the ia,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

should be interned until the close OF
the war. The duty of citizen who
knows such men is plain, and failure
to give the government the benefit OF
his information places him in a posi-
ton not far removed from the crime
of the offender he shields.
The time has passed when loyal cit
liens can permit former personal
friendships to stand in the way of the
full and fearless performance of the
duty they owe to their country We
are engaged in the greatest war the
world has ever known, and the very
existence of free government Is al
stake. We must win this war in Eu
rope or fight for our existence on our
own SOIL An enemy at home may ac-
complish more toward defeating our
high aims than an entire corps of the
kaisers army. 1t may therefore be
within the power of the private citi :
zen to render the highest service to
his country by turning over to the
these tools of the kaiser
in our midst. Every man who enjoys
the protection of the flag must stand
up and be counted. There must be no
doubt regarding his attitude, and
every American must be on guard
against treason.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
SUPPORT OF Y. N. C. A. YOUR
PATRIOTIC DUTY.

The work of the Y. NJ. c. A. in the
army and navy has come to be recog-
nized as a military necessity, ranking
IN Importance with the work of the
Red Cross. 1t Is not missionary or
ganization for the purpose of convert
ing the soldiers and sailors, although
1t Is founded upon the principles of
Christianity and it's religious offices
are at the service of those who desire
them. The real work of the Y. NJ G.
A, in the army and navy, and the thing
that has made 1t indispensable to the
success OF our arms in the war, is the
facilities 1t provides for wholesome re-
creation and relaxation from the
strenuous work in the trenches and
ffom the long and wearsome hours of
drill and routine duties in the great
mobilization camps. The Y. M. C. A.
building is the soldiers club There
he is provided with writing material
newspapers magazines, music, games.
moving pictures, and in fact every
thing that will for time relieve the
tension under which his mind and
body work in the performance of the
stern duties he is called upon to per-
form. Without imposing upon him
any religious tenet, 1t nevertheless
provides healthy and wholesome
moral atmosphere, a place where he
can meet his friends and enjoy hours
of social intercourse, and which soon
proves more attractive than the VI
cious resorts that usually follow in the
wake of the army. These conditions
provided by the Y M. C. A. for the |
comfort and pleasure of the soldiers
have proved to have a tremendous in
fluence in maintaining the morale of
he army at the highest standard
which is another name, for the spirit,
zeal and confidence of the men, An
that accomplishes this. and
It the same time keeps the soldiers
morally and physically fit not only for
lighting the battles of our country,
nut to return to useful and successful
areers in civil life, is certainly en- ]
tiled to receive the most liberal sup I
ort from every loyal citizen. I
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
BORAH AND THE WAR.
Caldwell Tribune)

A number of democrats are CRITICS
ing Senator Borah because early in tb,
war ne wanted to do his fighting al
nome Senator Borah stated in effec,
mat he was opposed to opening or,
treasury to our allies or sending SOL
dlers abroad to fight. That was at
the beginning of the war. Today Sem
ator Borah says that man who on
poses sending American soldiers IN
france, or lending money to our allies
we presume, is traitor to his country.
senator Borah has simply changed his
nina. The war looks differently than
1t did six or eight months ago.
II these democrats who are critics
OF Senator Borah will reflect a LITTLE
they Will realize that no greater
change toward the war has occurred
than IN the mind of President Wilson.
heeping out of war was such states
hanshlp this time last year that It was
lhe slogan of the political campaign.
BEFORE his second Inauguration the
war was upon us,
PRESIDENT Wilson evidently had a
mango OF mind. The present great
var mas wrought wonderful change
ne world over Men are not to be
'iamed for changing their minds The
Whole people drifted into the war
realizing it. They will drift
arther before they stop drifting.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
A TIME FOR EVERY AMERICAN
TO BE ON GUARD.

We know that thousands of German
emissaries are active in all parts of
the United States in a determined eff
fort to harass the government in its
war preparation. breed disloyalty
among American citizens, and through
system of espionage convey to the
enemy our most closely guarded plans
for the conduct of the war; Some Of
these agents of Germany are American
citizens, some are aliens, and many
more are pacifists who are perhaps the
most dangerous and insidious foes
with which the government has to
deal at home. Through the secret SER
vice the government is accomplishing
much toward running down and sup
pressing these activities, but the task
is so great and the field to be covered |
so vast that it is practically impossi-
BILE to stamp out effectually the poison
Of sedition without the active cooper
alton of every loyal citizen. The +,
time has therefore arrived when every {
citizen should make himself an active I
agent of the government. If he knows {
of pro-German, whether citizen or '
allen, he should report the fact to the t
federal authorities. If he is a citizen, f
native or naturalized, his betrayal of c
the country to which he owes allegi- C
ance should bring upon him the full a
penalty of the law covering his base W
onense. If he is an alien German, he W
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

In any and every important confer.
ence between the United States anf
the nations with whom we are fight.
ing this war against autocracy, this
government should be represented nv
the men who are best qualified by M :
tive ability, by experience in large ma :
tional problems and by the influence
which goes with world wide reputa-
'loh' our present international con-
terences are not schools for the edu-
cation of diplomats. They are tasks
falling for the services of men whose
'oihties nave been demonstrated and
whose names command respect the
world around.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

Municipal elections in Russia show
the Bolsheviki to be a negligible
quantity numerically speaking, their
vote in the larger towns amounting to
but Z per cent of the total, while in
the smaller communities 1t was less
than per cent. The Bolsheviki in
Russia correspond to the l. w. w. in
the United States. In both countries
they have exerted an influence far
beyond their real strength because
they have not hesitated to employ
methods of terrorism before which the
forces of law and order have shrunk
in unnecessary dismay The percent
age of Americans opposed to the |. W.
w, is no smaller than that of Russians
who are opposed to the Bolsheviki;
and in each country this great ma
jority by vote and with force, should
unite to crush such enemies of free
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

Spokane printers are very mucl
wrought up over the action of the cit,
commissioners in accepting bid fol-
printing from a ST. Louis company
which was $744 lower than the lowest
local bid. Possibly the printers were
justified in the howl they made, but
they will not receive much sympathy
from the craft in the counties of north
Idaho. Evidently it is an unpardon
able offense to accept a low bid for
printing, even to save money to the
taxpayers, if it takes business from
Spokane printers, but when Spokane
Is the low bidder and the lob to he
secured is in the panhandle of Idaho
it is highly proper and good business
to accept the low figure. Which brings
us back to the. old proverb that 1t
makes all the difference in the world
whose OK is being gored.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
FRANCE.
Duluth News Tribune

If you want to bring any American
audience to its feet. speak of France
Americans are coming to do justice to
Great Britain, we all have our over.
flowing sympathy for Belgium, our
great admiration goes to Italy, our
hopes are with Russia, but our one
love of all the nations of the world
is France.
Why not? France, the beautiful
full of romance and thrills, is to us
as the mother to her son. 1t was
france that came to us in the direst
need of our birth, not for any selfish
motive not through politics or inter-
national intrigue, but as mother sue
cors her child.
She came with money, ammunition,
guns, men and leaders. She saved the
infant American republic, though her.
self monarchy, but filled, even the1,
with the spirit of democracy.
No single citizen of all that country
today so fully represents France to
this country as does Sarah Bernhard
NO other Is quite so typically French
Inc subtlety, yet the genuineness of
her art her indomitable courage, the
French willingness to take her very
heart in her hands and lay it, with
quite child-like faith, on the altar of
her country-in every way she be-
speaks to our people in the French
ideal.
Several times she has faced her
Verdun, but hSs refused to surrender
we remember once, when barred from
The theaters, she played here in a tent
On the lake shore with a northeaster
She comes again, when,
litter near $50 years, the American
'hild in his staiwart manhood has
zone to her beloved land to redeem
lis obligation.
Duluth has sent a thousand of its
'outh in that great army of gratitude
nd 1t Is with something akin to tend
rness, If she will permit, that Duluth
'elcomes Nine. Bernhard, known as
ne divine" because Of her art, but
ever so truly so as now, in typifying
America that wonderful people who
an never be bled white since to
he last dorp their blood is the rose
"a of the bloom heroic.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

The stock Of whisky on hand In this
country is estimated to be enough to
last for three years; the stock of sugar
on hand Is enough for three weeks; the
stock of coal on hand is enough for
about the same time. If sugar and
coal required time to develop their fla
vor and add to their value, there would
be plenty of them also.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

TIE Italians will come back. The
men who won the admiration of the
world by their endurance and fight
ing qualities in driving the Austrians
back over mountain glaciers and snow
capped peaks is not to- be subdued by
one reverse. The sudden successful
drive of the Austro- German army may
yet be turned into disaster that will
mark the final turning point of the
war. The reverse has unified the
Italian people as they have never been
before and the kaiser may learn that
hey, like Paul Jones as his shin was
sinking, have just begun to fight.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

A correspondent writes that he re.
Gently stopped at confectionery stor,
to buy 10 cents worth of candy and
received ounces of taffy cut in small
pieces, each wrapped in oiled paper
the pieces put in pasteboard box
with gold lettering ON it, tinsel- COW
cred string around the box, piece of
wrapping paper around that, and a
cotton Irvine around the whole. He
thinks simple paper bag would have
served as we'll in the place of all this
boxing, wrapping and tying. And he
Is right. But it is the business of the
candy seller to please his customers
He wastes time and material because
he thinks he must do so to hold his
trade. When you buy candy or any
other commodity, let the dealer I'M
derstand that the simpler the wrap-
ping the better you will like 1t, and
it won't be long before the waste will
end.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

Inc time has come, says Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo, when suf-
frage should be given to the women
of America. AS a matter of fact, the
present time is no more opportune
than any other for the giving of the
franchise to women. If woman suf-
frage is desirable, it was as desirable
twenty years ago as it is today. What
Mr.. McAdoo really meant was that
the time has come for him to advocate
suffrage
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
A NEW TIE THAT BINDS FRANCE
AND AMERICA.

The words Of the French general
over the bodies of Privates Enright
Gresham and Hay, the first Americans
to fall in direct conflict with the Ger
mans, will live as faithful expression
of the lofty spirit that actuates the
two nations, and the graves of the
three American heroes will for all
time be a shrine to which will be
drawn In solemn and reyerential tri
butte men and women of all nations
who love liberty and who honor that
glorious spirit of self sacrifice that
leads men to die in it's cause. As be-
tween France and the United States,
the death of these young men while
fighting the common enemy side by
side with the soldiers of France, and
the consignment of their bodies to
French soil, adds another bond to the
historic attachment formed when
French soldiers freely offered their
lives In defense of our national in
dependence, 1t is, therefore. entirely
fitting that the mortal remains of
these first American soldiers to fall
on French soil should forever remain
there. In closing his eloquent tribute
to the courage, valor and self sacrifice
Of the three American heroes, the
French general said:
THE men in these graves, the first
to be dug in our national soil and on
~ a short distance from the enemy
are as mark of the mighty land we
and our allies firmly cling to In the
common task, confirming the will of
the people and the army of the United
States to fight with us to finish,
ready to sacrifice as long as is neces-
sary until final victory for the most
notable of causes, that of the liberty
Of nations, the weak as well as the
mighty. Thus the deaths of these
humble soldiers appear to us with ex-
traordinary grandeur.
I'VE will therefore ask that the NOR
tai remains of these young men be
left here, left with us forever. We
inscribe on the tombs: Here lie the
first soldiers of the republic of the
United States to fall on the soil of
France for liberty and Justice The
passer-by will stop and uncover his
head. Travellers and men of heart will |
go out of their way to come here to
pay their respective tributes.
Private Enright Private Gresham!
Private Hay! In the name of France
thank you. God receive your souls.
Farewell"
These are grand words. They reach
he heart of every loyal American as
lothing has since war was declared
gainst the Germans. They tell at
nee of the terrible sacrifice of young ,
american lives we are about to make,
nd at the same time they have sent /,
thrill of patriotism throughout the ,
ation that will respond to the sacri-
ice and count as glorious the oppor-
unity to offer their lives in the cause
+ human freedom.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

The early activity of the democratic
national committee indicates the adop-
ton of the theory that "a stitch in
time saves nine" Now il the commit
tee could only get the democratic ad-
mnistration to adopt such a policy in
government, the country would 'se'
more confident of the future
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
After Reuiew at
Camp Mills
ON. E. BUTLER in.New York SUM

ON. E. BUTLER in New York SUM
Then, when the day was ended.
came home,
Leaving the pageant to the sunset
faded,
And camp fires kindling in the grow
ing dusk.
The pungent wood smoke blew across
the field
And curling gray wreaths yelled the
evening star.
High sentine-lone In the amber sky.
Lingering, heard far off bugle call
And sound of music waited ON the
breeze,
And cheerful voices by the clustered
Where soldiers spoke and TESTED COM
radewise.
Partaking of the fragrant evening
meal
In rows on rows the canvas dwellings
lay
Beneath the vaster canopy Of sky,
Where down long lanes the far tents
fade away,
Lost in the lowering darkness utterly
Brood of the Eagle! Summoned loud
and clear,
From every eyrie are we gathered here
On this far island by the eastern
shore;
From the sad south shall behold no
more
In all the changing glory Of the year;
And from the marvellous city lying
near.
And from the west, beyond whose
mountain chains
In majesty the great Pacific reigns,
Holding for man unborn It's priceless
boon,
With golden gates flung to the sunset
wide!
And from the Great Lakes with their
ocean tide
Rising and falling meath the swinging
moon,
whose changeless changes evermore
abide.
=
AT night We rest, 0 children of the sun,
Beneath the shadow of His brooding
wings
And with the new light of the day be-
gun
Ye shall go forth as conquerors and
kings
Yea, as the sons of God, go forth to
war!
And would to Him that I were where
ye are!
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15
FOR VICTORY.

Detroit Free Press)
Let us rejoice
The while we live
That we have money
We can give
Let's not begrudge
The sacrifice,
The vict'ry will
Be worth the price.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-15

Improve your work and it will i'm
prove you.
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-12

cited to appear before the board Mon
day lie also Is ready TO so to GER
many under the white mans colors
II he is found physically TT. The
three patriots live in the VICINITY OF
Broken Arrow.
Another creed which may save men
from military service was brought 70
light yesterday when claimant rep
resented himself as being member
OF the Assembly Of God" Under
the requirements OF this creed. 1t ~
claimed that war Is reprehensihle ana
that no true believer can become an
agent to such activity. The claim VIII
be thoroly investigated.
No word was received yesterday
from George Reeves, county attor-
ney, who has been appointed speciai
government counsel to appeal every
exemption allowed by the local county
board. Mr.. Reeves is on his vacation
in the west and 1t Is not known
whether news of his appointment has
reached him. In the meantime the
county board Is allowing claims win
a right good will. and the government
representative will have full hand
when he takes up up his task.
An incomplete list of registered men
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-12

OF the whole force without being chal-
lenged by reason OF his significant
nomenclature. Howard Rufsnyder,
with serial number 1765, followed
closely A drunken Indian was next,
but was rejected and sent away with
out the slightest ceremony.
II. G. Hoover spent several minutes
at headquarters. passed the medical
experts, flung his name at several
clerks. claimed exemption, and left
without being asked IL he was the
famous III. G. Hoover, national food
dictator.
During the afternoon James CHS
holm, full-blood Cherokee Indian,
declared himself at Uncle Sans dis
posal by waving all claims for ex-
emption. He passed n record physi-
cal examination. Chisholm is cousin
TO Davis Chisholm, who was rejected
by the doctors Thursday.
Davis Chisholm, who also Is a Cher
okee. made n name for himself by
arguing several minutes with the ply
slcians trying 10 persuade them TO pass
him despite the fact that one Of his
legs is an inch or two shorter than
the other.
There is another Chisholm cousin