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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-10-04

consenting to selling one-fifth of the
output for quarter to the stockhold
ers, whether the directors could han.
die. it or whether the matter was ir
the hands of the manager.
Besides these points there is tn,
question of whether the state will de.
mand a net proceeds tax on the gov
eminent sales, whether the federal
government will allow this as a prop
er deduction in the income tax, and as
to just how it will work out with the
various city, county, state and feder-
al taxing bodies"
From the Occur dAlenes come walls
from the producers, with whom the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany splits the excess over cents in
abe price of lead, over the fact that
their lead is supplied to the govern
ment at cut price, and there are in
timations that this arrangement plays
especially into the pocket of the Am
erican Smelling & Refining company
This was the talk when lead was
around 10 to IL cents. If the price
should decline below cents the talk
would be different.
(Since this article was written the
price for lead has indeed declined to
tx 6Sc).
We are not at present expressing
t,Nfn ok H. 4.
Gated matters. except to point out the
hazards that the government is intro
ducing in disturbing the balance of
trade. What has been done in Wash
ington with respect to the metal in
dustries (other than with iron and
steel whereof we do not know so
much) has been the tampering of am
ateurs. There is nobody in the gov
eminent councils, that we have heard
of, who has more than a kindergarten
knowledge of the copper, zinc and
lead industries and trades Notwith-
standing all of it's facilities, its power
to command and enforce obedience,
the government does not possess an
department that would
hold candle to those of some pri-
vate concerns. We doubt If it has any
intelligence department at all. 1t
talks about the cost of production and
amateurs of the federal trade
who report their imma-
ture opinions of what costs have been,
while the government is in ignorance
Of what conditions are The advice of
experts who are producers is flouted
on the theory that they are disngenu-
ous.
What the government ought to have
lone in the beginning was to appoint
, metal board of disinterested experts.
This suggestion was made to respon-
'ible authorities at very early date,
,ut was simply acknowledged with
'eply that the ground had already
'een covered. 1t is by this time per-
ectly evident that not only was the
ground not covered but also that the |
did not know what the
ground was or is, They do not yet |
now Therefore it is high time that
hey begin to learn. 1t is not yet too
ate to correct the mischievous bung- |
ing that heretofore has characterized
perations in the metal industries.
'ome day it may be too late.
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Grssselli Powder Co.

The Grasselli Chemical company OF
Cleveland, Ohio, has entered the field
of high explosives through the incor-
poration of the Grasselli Powder com
pany, $3,000.00 concern, to take over
the American High Explosives com
pany and the Burton Powder company
of Newcastle. Pa, and the. Cameron
Powder Manufacturing company of
Emporium, Pa. The president of the
new company will be Job Burton of
Pittsburg, formerly president of the
Burton company.
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Strikers Had Hard Row.

However, shirkers were also to be
found in neighboring colonies. Quite
a number of these sought to dodge
duty by running away from their
homes and by taking up residence In
New York. But all their efforts were
doomed to disappointment, IL we may
believe the following newspaper ac-
count from New Haven, Conn.,, under
date of April l., 175S: About a hun
dred men who left their habitations in
this colony in order to avoid the me-
cessary defense and military service
of their country, and fled into the New
York government, were taken up ana
pressed into service of that province,
according to law there subsisting.
And ii is hoped that wherever these
cowardly deserters fly they.
will in like manner be taken up, so
that they must either fight for their
country or desert to the French and
light against it,"
BY thus forcing non residents into
service and by inducing recruiting
through bounties the colony gained a
arge number of enlistments New |
lorkers were porbably quite satisfied |
With themselves when their eyes fell |
pom a column Of the Gazette of April
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REX CONSOLIDATED MINING
COMPANY.

Transfer Office: United States FOR
poration Co., 20 Nassau Street, Nav
York City, N. Y.
Stockholders are requested to havs
certificates of stock placed in tha,r
names SO that they will receive notiaa
of Special Stockholders MeetIne
and information regarding plans ra
commended by the directors. which
will give stockholders important
rights. ''
L. E. WHICHER
President, Is Broad Street, New York
City, N. Y. S20-O43t
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1886. But hardened by the blows Of
experience and trained by camp drills
at Valley Forge, .Washington's men IN
time were a match for the picked
troops of Europe.
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WAR PROFITS OF MINES
LAW VAGUE AND UNJUST
ATTENTION DIRECTED TO SOME
IMPRACTICAL AND AMBIG.
UOUS FEATURES.

Now that the main lines of the rev.
enue bill have been fixed, we may be-
gin to see how the war profits tax Is
going to fall on mining companies, es-
pecially the copper companies, says
the Engineering and Mining Journal.
Apparently the conferees, who are adj
justing the differences between the
bills passed by the house Of represent
tatives and the senate are going to
abandon the idea of excess profits, are
going to allow corporations an ex-
emption Of s per cent on their capital
in the taxable year and are going to
tax profits in excess of that exemption
by graduated scale running up to so
per cent.
Protest Unheeded.
That the system is full of complica-
tions and uncertainties with respect
to many mining companies and is out
rageously unfair to all of them as i'm
mediately evident to any expert Yes
terday we telegraphed to the mem
bers of the conference committee as
follows:
1--WE urge conferees to discriminate
respecting war profits of mining COM
panies. The yield of mine Is ex-
haustion of principal. A mine yield
ing 10 per cent on investment af
fords only per cent net when it has
assured production Of 20 years. Few
mines have any such assurance. For
probable life of 10 years gross yield
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Meaning Indefinite.

Finally, the revenue bill is extreme
! ly indefinite as to what is capital. Sec
tion 207 says that it does not include
money or other property borrowed,
but means Cd actual cash paid in, (2)
= the actual cash value for property
paid in other than cash for stocks or
shares in such corporation or partner
shipGat the time of such payment, and
CD paid-in or earned surplus and I'M
divided profits used or employed in the
business The term capital for the
taxable year. means the capital as Of
the first day of the second half of such
year.
The construction Of those vague
provisions on subject respecting
which a bulky treatise might be writ
ten is going to be difficult. For ex-
ample, who is going to define and de-
termine what Is learned surplus and
undivided profits used or employed in
the business?" Let us point out more
over. that the determination of capt.
tai as of the middle of the year COR
responds with the custom of but a
few companies in publishing financial
statements.
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must be about l6 per cent to afford
per cent net, the difference being re-
turn of principal Taxation that fails
to recognize this bosders on confisca-
ton" =
The above summarizes the great In
justice. But there is another that is
equally unjust, or nearly so. That is
the exemption based on capital Many
of our important mining companies are
capitalized at low figures, although the
market has long capitalized them at
figures running anywhere from five to
10 times their nominal par value. . In
figuring exemption on the basis Of
capital some Of these companies will
show excess profits at the rate of 1000
or 1900 per cent? and taxation will
take more than 50 per cent of their en-
tire net profit.
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CRISIS SWEEPING TO ACTI0N
OFFICIALS SWORN TO
 SECRECY, POW WOw

papers. Wilson never gave sign and passed up all questions while he hastened to the capitol. At the ca pitol the inevitable bevy of reporters were waiting also to gain soma information as to the policy which would be adopted. Will son at the capitol conferred with Senator Stone of the Foreign rela- tions committee for over another hour and he promised that he would again see him before any severance took place in the relations between the United States and the Central Powers, so Stone told the news
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adopting a sweeping U boat cam paign will prove the turning point of the war and prove the means of glorious victory for the Teu- tons. As far as international com- plications are concerned he is either confident that there will be none or indifferent whether there will be any or not.
 To reporters he saw no reason for alarm. He said that the United States should not object in his esti- nation to Germany stopping com merce with Great Britain for Great Britain has stopped commerce with Germany since the war began with out any American protest, so what was the reason to fear any crisis. ' WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.-
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BERNST0RFF IS SERENE
 REMAINS VERY CONFIDENT

The capital diplomats are talking about a peculiar break in precedent and etiquette which von Tarnow the new Austrian Ambassador made, whether deliberately or not cannot be said. Upon his arrival here he went not to the State Department to present his official credentials as is customary and as diplomatic eti- quette required, but to Bernstorff at the German Embassy with whom he was closetted for several hours. Uupon the conclusion of his confer ence with Bernstorff, von Tarnow left for the State Department where 1t is said a very chilling reception awaited him.
 Won Tarnow denied that he was preparing to leave again.
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DO YOU FEAR THE WIND?

Do you fear the force of the wind, The slash of the rain? Go face them and fight them, be savage again, go hungry and cold like the wolf, go wade like the crane, the palms Of your hands will thicken, the skin Of your cheek will tan, you'll grow ragged and weary and swarty. But YOU will walk like man.-Ham- lin Garland. This week only LenoX soap sc. bar, free with 25c. worth Fels Naptha for 25c. 1 free. True blue tar soap for 25c. one free. Bob White 8 for 25c one free. White Castle soap 3 for 25c one free. No strings on this offer, you buy 25c. worth of the above brand soap and you get 1 bar free.
 0. w. LEWIS.
 Delbars.
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WASHINGTON, D. c, Feb. D. This evening and tonight every thing points to the crisis now sweep ing actionwards. President Wilson conferred with the cabinet for two hours while newspaper reporters bv the dozen waited outside to catch a note might give some inklinS as to the policy which would be pur- sued. They waited in vain. Alter the cabinet meeting President Will
 son left for the Senate, passing through rows of reporters who waited for a word with notebooks in hand to send the story to theh
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WASHINGTON, D. c, Feb. D. Secretary Lansing admitted to re- porters this noon that so far no communication had been sent. we are unprepared to disclose the poss- ible course of action which we may adopt today, continued the Secre" tary of State. Absolute secercy must be maintained as to the course which we will pursue as at the pre- sent time the lives and liberties of thousands of Americans residing in the territories of the Central Powers is the only compelling force which we may observe in withholding or
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disclosing information. For that reason the government can make no statement at this time'.
 It was quite evident that this statement was made with the fuli knowledge and concurrence if not with the absolute direction and in- struction of the President, for they conferred almost throughout the greater part of the forenoon and after lunch. After the conference with Lansing this afternoon, Wilson left for the golf links.
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BONE DRY LAW GOES UP
 FOR WILSON'S SIGNATURE

of America, was timidly quivering
 between a declaration of war and the Wilsonian resumption of some more fruitless peace endeavors. Brit Wilson, but asked what could be ex- pected from an administration al lowed the defenses of the country to lapse because too proud to fight. He declared that from the very be- ginning of the war they should have been building submarines and still more submarines. They are not built in day Six months will not com
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MABEL NORMAND AT
 DREAM SUNDAY NIGHT

Tonight the Dream presents varied bill of modern attractions, that includes the following subjects. "The Harvest Of Flame" in two parts, also "The Seeds Of Jealousy" and high pressure Comedy that's a roar from beginning to end.
 Sunday night (The Rooster) feat uring Mabel Normand. Mack Ser nett and Ford Sterling in a big Comedy scream entitled "The Strong Revenge" and a powerful three Reel picture, Masterpiece of the Lubin studios called Her Only Way Out" These special numbers will be gar nished with the Worlds Film news in a Pathe Weekly. The week end program and it's some show. Five thousand feet in all.
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plete one, and the administration slowness in effecting the prepara tion of the country for all eyentU- alities was menacing America in this deadly crisis.
 The speech was cheered by repub- licans although his reference to the war possibilities was deprecated by succeeding republican members in their addresses on the subject as un- timely and imprudent. They held that it was too serious to take an entirely political view of the ap- propriations now before the House.
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NEW YORK, Feb. .2-British ships are continuing their sailings today. Belgian relief ships are undeterred by the submarine threats and plan also to continue sailings. Owners of American vessels will probably abide by the American orders to remain in port pending some adjustment. of the controversy with Germany on the submarine is sue.
 No submarinings are reported to- day.
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N0 COMMUNICATIONS SENT
 TO GERMANY SAYS LANSING

NEW YORK, Feb. 2-Gotham papers take scant comfort from the evasive remarks of Secretary Lan- sing beyond the rough surmise that it indicates that a break is inevit- able. Whether this break will mean merely the Interruption in the diplo- matic relations or may signify the intention of the United States to proceed to war is matter upon which the papers are themselves di- vided Most of the administration papers refuse to consider war as even remotely probable.
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liable investments paying twenty per cent and more went down in the dust after a search for buyers.
 It is estimated that many have lost every cent of large fortunes which they had made and excite ment is intense.
 So far an effort to rally the market in cotton proved hopeless and the cotton brokers have received heavy smashing, but they declare their clients are the losers.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. D. While a peaceful settlement of the crisis is hoped for, it is significant that both the Navy and War Depart ments are working day and night and that there is the utmost activ- ity marked in both of them with orders being sent out to various sections of the United States and Territories
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-There is some concern felt for the safety of the American liner Philadelphia, inbound from Liverpool, which sends a wireless from the Atlantic that it has disabled it's port engine. It is feared that the disablement may leave it the prey to German submarine and there is consider able anxiety felt concerning it. On board are Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and
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WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. D. Because there are signs that the ln- termed German steamers have got fs ady for sea, and inspectors have been refused permission to go aboard and inspect their engines, the matter was referred to Collector Malone who informed the officers that the German officers have a per feet right to decline to admit such an inspection of their boats.
 It is stated in a dispatch from different ports that interned Ger man ships show an inclination to make ready for dash to sea.
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WASHINGTON, D G., Feb. D. With the passage of the law making Alaska bone dry with record vote today, the bill now goes to President Wilson for signature. The refer endum amendment was rejected by House and Senate.
 Congressman Brittin of Illinois opening the republican gun on the $351,OOO,OOO naval appropriation bitterly denounced the democratic administration of the Navy. He said that he felt ashamed to admit that his country, the United States
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PLEASANT CARD PARTY.

The Catholic Library Club held their enjoyable weekly card social last night with a large attendance. Among the prize winners were: Among the ladies Mrs. Davey first, Mrs. D o. O'Brien second and Mrs. B. w. Neilley third.
 Among the men D. O'Brien first, P. J. Ruane second and Geo Cahill third.
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WASHINGTON, D C., Feb. D. The Treasury Department has warn ed the Customs Collectors through out the country and at Forty Rico and Hawaii to exercise the utmost vigilance on behalf of the United States Publicity is not given the other instructions which were iS- sued them
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HINTS ON COMFORT.

To look we'll you must feel well. Clothes help you to look well, if they are made to order and fit well, repaired we'll, cleaned we'll and well pressed. Therefore you will feel we'll.
 M. PASCOFF. Ladies and Gents Tailor does it all
 we'll.
 All work guaranteed Cor, Lane's Way end Front Street.
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paper men. Wilson upon leaving Stone left for the Presidents room in the Senate where he remained while pages scurrying in every di- rection summoned every available senator to a momentous cabinet conference. All were sworn most formally to secrecy including cabi- net officials, senators and the Pre- sident himself. The conference pro- ceeded for a long time whereafter Wilson left again for the night for the White House.
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STOCK MARKETS WOBBLY.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The same violent selling craze that began yesterday continued today, making it Black Friday indeed. War mu- milton stocks still lead in the tumble but in the general collapse good re-
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Positively there has been no consideration given any proposal to close the ex, changes. This statement is official. There is no warrant for believing that any abnormal conditions now obtaining will last, no matter what may be the outcome of the present crisis. Stocks are not likely to continue very long in their present demoralized condition.
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WASH INGTON, D. C., Feb. D. The coolest man in Washington to- night is Count von Bernstorf the German Ambassador. He is serenely confident that Germany's action in
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until some settlement had been de- cided upon of the questions now under consideration by the United States government. The St. Louis did not sail.
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COLLECTOR MALONE DECIDES
 GERMANS wITHIu RIGHTS

rally which was not maintained wheat closed dropping and infirm with a strong selling tendency still remarkable and little buying at closing prices quoted. It is held that May wheat may yet reach the dollar mark if the present break is not stopped.
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CRISIS MAY DECONAE:
 SERIOUS VERY SO0Iv

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. D. The War Department has increased the force which has been defending the Panama Canal locks.
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NEW YORK, Feb 2.-Activity on the water front was resumed this afternoon, many Entente ships insisting upon taking on their car" goes and making ready for sea. Work was thereupon resumed with rush.
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WORK RUSHED THRU
 ALL THE DEPARTMENTS

Chambers of Commerce which Is now in session here voted solidly in support of President Wilson what ever action he may take in the pre- sent crisis.
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Safety first. You miners coming in from the creeks look up the ad- vertisers in your paper before dis posing of your patronage. 1
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. D. Work is rushed in all departments to sustain any diplomatic break that may occur. The Navy and War eDpartments have had joint consultations between the deport ment heads and the actual naval and military chiefs. Nothing what ever is given out as to the purport or the upshot of any of these signi- ficant consultations.
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Roald Amundson the Norwegian ex- plorer who is planning a trip to the North Pole.
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from London fail to report any submarinings today for the first time in a week.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb D. Secretary Lansing tonight notified the International Mercantile Ma riner's liner St. Louis scheduled to sail for Europe at midnight, that it would be inadvisable to leave port
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RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP. Front St. 8 doors west of Alaska
 Bank.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. D. Tonight, after the senate confer ence with the President and cabinet, it is stated that it was agreed that the United States cannot tolerate such interference with it's rights One member said that in the very near future it would develop into something serious.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. D. The convention of the National
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 Y ALTERING 6 '~' ; REPAIRING
 Ladies end Gentlemens Clothes.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 2-After a brief
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Dispatches