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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-17

planes by scores of thousands and
shipping by millions of TONS all of
which still remain to be produced.
Perhaps the most humiliating thing
asked of the newspapers was the
printing of the utterly puerile STRAIT
secretary of war. with its grossly in
accurate statements and misleading
interpretations, which represented
Germany as helpless at a time when
every news dispatch showed her pre-
pairing deadly blows, and dismissed
the Italian disaster as trifle without
any bearing upon the general situa-
ton.
Thus the position of intelligent,
patriotic newspapers was becoming
Iintolerable. They knew the meaning
of the allied reverses; they knew that
the time had come when the checking
of Germany depended upon the speed
with which the United States took
its place in the war, and they knew
that months must elapse before the
msmanaged forces of this country
could strike a blow. They were aware
that they must soon choose between
protecting official incompetence and
dealing candidly with the American
people, even at the risk of discrediting
the administration.
! And recognition of this emergency
nj in, a
,quiry now held. Congressman return
ing to Washington had been aroused
by the information Cleaned In conf
dence from their home papers and
from the correspondence received
from camps by their constituents;
they knew that if congress did not re-
veal the truth and seek to eradicate
fragrant evils nothing could prevent
an outburst which might cause grave
harm through lack of official inform
alton and control, and which would be
the more violent because the conceal
ment of true conditions had given
FEASIBILITY to every sinister fable
circulated by German spies and SYM
pathizers.
Obviously, nothing else is compar-
able in urgency to the need Of sup
plying clothing for shivering troops,
decent care for the sick, and weapons
for the forces at the front or In train
ing. But in the long run, an accom-
! plishment Of greater Importance is the
: emancipation of the newspapers from
, the obligation of supporting and pro-
tecting official incompetence.
With the press Engaged and a dis
honest censorship discredited, the
public will not be stupefied again by
the waves of boastful and deceptive
, poison gas" from Washington, but
. win have clear understanding OF
: the war and will be able to scrutinize
at least the general system of man
, agement. Once the agencies OF pub
licity have resumed effectually their
, normal functions, the evils Of Baker,
: ism and Crozierism will be doomed.
, and the sacrifices of the American
people will be translated into real
measures of national defense.
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philadelphia North American)
There are obvious disadvantages and
dangers in carrying on pubic investi-
cations of governmental activities dur
ing critical period of a war. Such
action checks progress temporarily, di-
verts the energies of officials, causes
confusion in the departments and
creates distrust and alarm in the pub
lie mind.
| The present inquiry into the meth
DDS of the war department, neverthe-
less, has not only justified itself, but
has revealed conditions which demand
that the examination be pursued with
relentless vigor. The committees at
ttude is impartial as well as earnest
democratic members are vigilant in
seeking facts respecting the democrat
ic administration, and the republicans
show no partisan animus both groups
are manifestly animated by patriot
ic desire to get at the truth and dis
cover means of remedying defects.
But in any event the need for the
investigation has been demonstrated,
and it's results have been OF immeas-
ureable value. For while thus far
| it has brought out only surface facts,
| it has shocked the American people
into an understanding that the nation
| is imperiled by gross and well nigh
fatal incompetence in high places,
and, more important still, 1t has brok-
en- down the barrier of censorship be-
hind which inefficiency and laundering
and sloth have done their deadly work
Revelations already made have been
sufficient to cause the transfer of the
heads of bureaus. Other changes are
sure to follow. The cabinet itself vii
be affected. If President Wilson doe!
not voluntarily replace Secretary o
War Baker by man competent to III
that post, public sentiment will as
suredly voice a demand for this action
Popular interest naturally has beef
concentrated upon the disclosures
official stupidity and neglect. But
result far more vital than these is tn
smashing of the system of secrec,
which was fabricated to protect them
Never again will the American peopl
submit to a perverted censorship
which is made a shelter for incom
petence endangering the armies of tn
republic and it's very existence.
Against restrictions designed t
keep military information from tn
enemy there can be no just complaint
on the contrary, these Will have tn
support of every loyal citizen. Blu
the censorship that has prevailed wa
: intended, and has been employed, as
I shield for inefficiency, obstruction an
folly. For the invention and appllca
ton of this system the administrator
is to blame; for it's lamentable sue
cess in concealing perilous condition
J from the public, the acquiesence Q
the newspapers is responsible. Ther
il a bitter irony in the fact that tn
patriotism of the press has been mad
an instrument for maintaining conn
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-17
COLD IN TEXAS.
Letter From Wallace Boy Says Sold
ers Well Fed, but Need Clothinu.

Floyd Ruddy writes from Camp Nc
Arthur, near Waco Texas, to his faith
er, c. F. Rudy, of this city, that the
soldiers there are well provided with
food and shelter. Recruits are arriv-
ing by the thousand every day and
that many of these are without suf-
ficient clothing and are suffering in
consequence, as the weather is very
cold. He also stated that he had just
returned from mass and that the
Catholic church there is a beautiful
structure.
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Daily Quotations Of Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Which Are the Actual Basis Of Settlement

and are generally determined from re-
ports made by producers and selling
agencies. Both the New York and st.
Louis prices of lead are given, the Diff
ference being due mainly to the differ
enca in freight between the two points.
The quotations for speltsr are for
prime western brands. To arrive at
the New York price add II cents per
100 pounds to the st. Louis price.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Occur d'AIene Anthony Company
Annual meeting to be held at the mine
on Pine creek, January 16 at p. NJ
c. M. Powell, secretary.
Lead Crystals Mining co.-Annual
meeting to be held in Wallace, Satur-
day. December 20, at 200 p. m.--John
e. Steen, president. Adjourned to
April 81,
Lombardy Mining g. Milling Co..
Annua Injecting to be held at office OF
r. Albinola, Kellogg, on February at
2 p. m.-Herman j. Rossi, secretary.
North Franklin Mining Co.-Annual
meeting to be held in Wallace on Mon
day, January IA. at 500 p. m.-Gary
c. Burke, secretary Kellogg.
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The accompanying table gives the
quotations of silver, lead, zinc and
copper as obtained by the Engineer
ng and Mining Journal and which are
generally specified as the basis OF set
lement in ore contracts with the
,melters. The quotations published In
he daily press are usually higher for
the reason that they represent sales
in small lots, while the figures mere
given are based on large transactions
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-17

Christmas gifts for the expedition
AIRY forces aggregated $50 tons. Hun
dreds of thousands of pounds of tur-
keys purchased in eastern markets
and refrigerated on the ships. together
with great quantities of cranberries,
sweet potatoes and mincemeat went
to the forces overseas. In the United
States every camp was supplied with
fresh turkey and the usual Christmas
accessories
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Output Idaho Mines
Over $50, O00,0 900
Continued from Page u

Cleveland, Caledonia, Sue
cess, Gold Hunter and Consolidated
Interstate Callahan. The Jack Waite
property became a shipper of lead ore,
and the Hypotheek increased its lead
output. Having acquired the Frisco
mill, the Tamarack K Custer Consol-
idated made shipments of lead con-
centrates in the last half of the year.
In Lemhi county, the Pittsburgh
Idaho Latest Out. and Gilmore made
shipments of lead ore. in Boundary
county, the Idaho Continental; at Ar
co, the Wilbert Mining company; and
near Mackay, the Copper Queen and
Homestake. ore production in Lemb
county was less than in 1916.
Zinc.
As the price of zinc decreased con-
siderably toward the end of the year,
the average was only about 8 cents a
pound, The state output decreased
from S6,505,219 pounds in 1916 to
about S0,OO0,0OO pounds of recoverable
zinc in 1917. The value was approx
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The Truth That Hurts, but Helps

dence in an inept and feeble official
dom whose derelictions have compro-
missed the safety of the nation.
This scheme was the first and fore
most war undertaking of the admin
istration. Not only did the executive
department insert in the espionage
bill, Immediately upon the declaration
of war against German a provision to
gag the press and stifle criticism Of
official policies and action, but it en-
ployed all its powers of persuasion and
political influence to force the law
through. For eight weeks, while--as
is now made known--measures to as
semble weapons and perfect national
defense suffered from neglect and In
decision, the president and his advisers
day by day importuned congress for
grant of arbitrary powers denounced
by members of all parties as uncon
stitutional, undemocratic, gross in
Vasion of popular rights and positive
menace to public safety.
lawful even to attempt to elicit in
formation" concerning affairs of the
war; in other words, the gathering of
news or the questioning of public af-
fcers was to be prohibited, and the
very officials whose laundering is now
being exposed were to be protected
So vicious was the proposal that con-
gress resisted all pleas and demands
from the White House, and adopted 6
provision which the authorities have
not thought it worth while to invoke.
This newspaper was urged to joir
in the fight against the proposed gat
law, but refused to give even that re-
cognition to an outrageous attempt t.
make this a privately conducted, secre
tive and irresponsible war; we hell
that it would be the duty of the pres
to perform its functions and rely upo
it's constitutional rights to prevent tn
E enforcement of Prussian methods /
this republic.
Baked in it's design, the admins
tration adopted another eXpedien
) Unable to exercise arbitrary power
: of dictation and suppression over tn
. newspapers it formulated syster
) based upon request" it was made
} matter of patriotic obligation an
honor for the press to stand by tn
: president" and print only such news a
might be indicated or Endorsed by tn
, censorship. officials were to be tn
Q sole judges as to facts that should b
: printed; criticism was to be avoided
Q inquiries were not to be pressed, an
{ nothing should be made known to tn
$ people that might tend to discourag
4 them or impair their confidence in tn
| government.
The plain meaning of this was tina
\ there should be no disclosures of mis-
= takes or neglect or inetficiency; an
$ the actual effect has been to keep tn
{ people in ignorance of conditions pro
e duced by those evils During the las
g fortnight a moderate inquiry has un
9 covered facts that have Profound
= shocked the nation-shamefu delay
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in arming and equipping troops, scan
dalous deficiencies in military supplies,
the clothing of soldiers and the sani-
tation OF camps, atrocious blundering
in nearly every detail of war prepara-
ton.
Yet most of these facts have been
known for months by every we'll in
formed newspaper. They have been
withheld for reasons of patriotism
solely in response to the urgent plea
that the administration should not be
hampered by publicity or criticism.
An example of the vicious system
may be cited in the naming of the
American delegation to the inter- al
lied war council When this move
was projected, the newspapers began
to discuss the need for sending men
who in commanding ability would
ftly represent the republic and would
be capable of contributing effectively
to the vital negotiations. No None
dared believe that Theodore Roosevelt,
prominently the man to head such a
mission, would be selected; but it was
! hoped that the administration would
rise far enough above petty considera :
lions to choose big, representative
Americans of the type of Elihu Root
William II. Taft, Senator Lodge and
Leonard Wood.
/ But at the first hint of such sugges
lions, word came from Washington
that speculation was distasteful, ano
that the public should trust the pres
ident," relying upon him to send mer
worthy of the great task. And the
result was the appointment of a mis-
sion made up of hopeless mediocritles
It's status may be judged from the
fact that it's one figure of prominence
was a politician from small town II
Texas, to whose genius the country
owed the settlement" Of the Mexican
trouble, and whose reports from Eur,
ope during the first two years of the
conflict convinced President Wilson
that the United States was beinl
kept out of war" by policy of sub
mission to Germany.
But suppression Of facts and o
criticism was not the worst phase o
the system to which the newspapers
from sentiments of patriotism, sacri
feed their judgment. Day after da.
they gave publicity to flamboyant an
Irouncements and boastful prediction
which they knew to be baseless o
grossly exaggerated. There wer
open to them only two courses-t
print these deceptive proclamation
without comment, upon the groun
that they had official Endorsement an
could not be challenged without in
jury to the government; or to expos
and denounce their palpable absurditA
The newspapers followed the forme
course, because patriotism require
lit; thus it was that the publ
was lulled into security by oflicia
tales of marvellous celebrity in arm
organization and equipment; of neN
weapons that were to teach Europ
the arts of war; of miraculous motors
of submarine chasers by fleets, aero
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-17
EARLY EFFORTS OF CITY.
MAkEPACERCREEKsAFE
p,oNEER RECALLS FIRST FLOOD
n,sAsTER-PREvENTivE Ac.
TON, MAYOR LockMAN.
n the Editor of The Miner:

10 the Editor of The Miner:
In November 1896, there occurred
flood of Placer creek resembling
,ho one of last month, the stream
over flowing it's banks in much the
came manner. At that time the only
buildings in the vicinity of what is
now King street. south of the High
street bridge, was the first steam
laundry Of Wallace on the present
sita of DR.. Mowery's residence, and a
email house owned by George Pugh
an the land now occupied by Mrs.
Adams in south Wallace North of
High street was the Mallon brewery,
near the present site of Mrs. Mallons
home. and the then Mallon home on
the northwest corner of Second and
pank streets. The amount of logs,
stumps and other debris brought
down at that time was fully ten times
the amount brought by the recent
flood Carl Mallon's property was
severely damaged, house of H. ].
Rossi was torn from its mornings, and
the Pugh house was destroyed and
abandoned.
How Problem Was Handled.
Jacob Lockman, who was then
mayor, ably assisted by Alex McKin-
ley, street and alley charge, and mem
bers of the city council took immed-
late steps to prevent a repetition of
the calamity. They perceiving that
the safest and easiest way of so do
ing would be to pile and plank the
west bank of the stream from point
where the city boundary now strikes
the mountain for a few hundred feet
northwesterly and the water would
be securely impounded in it's natural
channel. How to do this at the time
and do it in a hurry was the ques-
ton, as at the time the city corpor-
ate limits extended no farther south
or west than the northwest corner of
the Scheave property on King street.
Extended City Limits.
Jake Lockman, being man of re-
sources in emergencies, found way
without loss of time to overcome this
obstacle. He Immediately by proc
lamation extended the city limits
south and west a sufficient distance
t. enclose the favored point of land on
which to build a dam, consisting OF
few hundred feet of piling and
planking which very effectively took
care of the high water for many years,
or as long as the dam remained. |
cannot remember seeing any of the
dam standing for five or six years.
Soon after the work of turning the
water of the stream into its natural
channel the Lockman administration
passed an ordinance meandering
Placer creek, describing it's course
through the city with width Of so
feet.
At that time or near that time the
city council and mayor decided to the
light and water company along the
east bank OF Placer creek, from High
street to the south line, the city
owned land, which is Mr.. Scheave's
north line.
Alex Mckinley said the council was
glad to have the light company take
title to this strip, as it would prevent
anyone crowding in on this strip and
crowding the stream to point where
1t would become menace to adjoin-
ing property
CHAS. F. RUDDY.
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The federal trade commission has
granted to three American firms Ii
censes to manufacture and sell two
drugs which heretofore have been
controlled by enemy aliens under AM
erican patents.
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It's easy to swear off and generally
1t is good for a body, too.
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Mining and Development
Companies of the Occur dAlenes

Assessments Levied Meetings Called Delinquent lss-Oonss OF
Companies of Special Interest to All Stockholders
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
mo VENDRA CARRANZA
Al r DEL PALS
Ash Io informo Juan Barragan
a la prensa de Mexico

CIUDAD DE MENICO, Noviembre
27.-En vista de la insistencia con
que Sc ha venido diciendo que Carran-
"a ira muy en- breve a ia f~rontera
del Norte dc la Rcpublica a hacer una
vista a 81 Estadc natal, invitado por
Espinoas Nirelcs, asegurandose hasta
que Sc pasaria a CLatro CiGnegas Y
Piedras NegraS, los diarios interroga-
ron sobre el particular a Juan Ba-
rragan, jefe del Estado Mayor Pre-
sidencia', Quien manifesto que nc es
eyacto 10 del viaje Y que, adcmas,
no hay para eNpresar Que
Carranza abandone nj temporalmente
Ia ciudad de Mexico, en la que tienc
muchos asuntos de trascendencia que
atender.
Carranza,-dice Barragan-ceie-
Ira su onomastico en- los ultimos dias
del mes e~ntrante de Diciembrc, Y cs
SECURE que csc dia no 10 paSara en-
Mexico, sino Ell IN lugar TO Leland
de Ia capital.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
NUEVO MINISTRO DEL
BRASIL EN- K
Arrib5 a la capital Ell senior
Luis G.. Amoral

CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Noviembrc
27.-Procedente de- puerto de Vera
cruz, a bordo del caro- especial Y a
companado del Segundo introductor
de Embajadores, Bridal, lego esta
tarde cl senior Luis G.. Amoral, nuevo
Ministro PIenipotenciario del Brasil
en- Mexico.
Con Ia ,legada del senior Amoral
Sc r~eanudaran las relaciones diploma
ticas entire el gobierno del Brasil
Y e. gobierno ~carrancista, que practI-
camerte c~stuvieron suspendidas desde
1915, en- que el Ministro del Brasil,
entcnces encargado de 'os negocios
de los Estados Unidos. hubo de salir
del pals por haberle eXpulsado Ca
como persona non grata'.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
MAS ALUMBRADO
En- Ell puerto de Tampico, y en-
Dona Cecilia

TAMFICO, lamps. Noviembre p.
Ell Ayuntamiento de esta ciudad ha
acordado dirigirSe a Ia CompaIia de
Alumbrado Publico de la ciudad, a
fin de que insta'e en- varias GALES al
gunos focos que faltan, y en- las que
cl alumhrado eS suniarleGte escaso,
con perjuicio del vecindario, Que ha
enviado quejas repetlGas u aquel!a
corporation municipal.
En- el pueblo de Dona Cecilia tam
biGn Sc aumentara el alumbrado con-
siderab'emente, 4 fin de que queden
satisfechos los vecinos, que tambi&n
so!icitaron eSa mejora.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
ATAQUE A JIMENEZ
Lo emprendio una partida de
rebeldes viilistas

Ell PASO. Tex, Noviembre d
Sabese aQui que una partida rebe!de,
creyendo cue Ia plaza de Jimenez.
del EStado de chihuahua, ccntaba
con poca gu]arnicion, Sc precipit6 So
bre ella. con objeto d sorprender q
los carrancistas, quicnes Immediate
mente aDrieron cl fiego sobre los a
saltantes.
EstoS. segun sc dice. sa'ieron dcrro-
tados, virndose obligadcs a r~epleear-
Sc hacia Ia sierra. Y dejando Ell c,
campo I'm buen numero de armas,
caballos Y parque cue traian en- o
~bundancia, al decir de los mismos in
formeS aqui reci5idoS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
CARPENTER EN- N. YORK
ReIa:a como realize su haza-
ma de Zeebrugge

NUEVA YORK, Noviembrc 26.-
Il captain Carpenter, del crucero bril-
tanico "~Vindicat:ve'. que fue ell que
hizo Ia incErsi6n I Zeebrugge cuando
estaba ocupado por los alemanes, que
tenian ALI una base submarine, le-
go hoy procedcnte de Inglaterra Y do
completes 2 in~teresanteS detalles a.
cerca de Ia manera como pudo llevar
a cabo a empresa que tan buen EXT
to tuvo Y que Dor las dificu tades
de que aparecia rodeada, ha sido
considerable como n verdadera ha-
Zana.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29

fines caritativos, Y a ell fueron invi-
tados todos los mienlbros del Cuer-
po Diplomatico acreditado en- Meyi-
CO. los senores Ministries dc Estado,
asi como cl propio don Venustiano.
Con motive de este festival reina
gran entusiaSmo entire la genie dis
tinguida de la metropoli, circunstan-
cia que asegura que ell bale constitui-
RI una salientc nota. la mas brillan-
tc de la temporada.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
PAGARA Ell AYUNTAMIENTO.

CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Nov. rs
Fl Ayuntamiento de esta ciudad va
a comenzar a pagan las deudas que
tiene contraidaS por rentas de las ca
saS que ocupan algunas de las es-
cuelas publicas de Ia poblaci5n, deuda
cue asciende a Ia Suma de d~oscientos
mil pesos.
Una cantidad de fierro yiejo que va
4 vender el Ayuntaniento cubrira,
con ell precio de 81 realization. parte
dc eSa deuda.
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hejora 81 servicio fcrrocsrrilero.

Segin noticiaS que Sc han pub lea
do aqui. sabese que el servicio del
Ferrocarril Pan-Americano, cue tie
ne c~onexion con eI Naciona' de Te-
huantepec. ha mejorado notahlemen-
te SUI serviclo en- estos ultimos dias,
e7 vista de hab&rselo Permitido las
reraracioneS que ha hecho cn Ia via
Y las meioras que ha ~introduciuo en-
81 servicio en- general. Los trenes
de esta Inca estaban corr'endo es-
vasamente p Kilometres por bora, y
hoy esa We ocidad ma sido aumentada
al doble, con beneficio del pUblico Y
lie Ia emp-esa. a Ia cue lie Sera mas
facil transporter la mcrcancia que
- importa Dc Ii vccina Repdblica
de Guatemala.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-29
GRAN BALE

CIUDAD DE MEXICO, Nov. IS
Hoy en- la noche Sc verificara I'm
e!egante bale en- ell restaurant de
Chapultepec organiZado por las Sc
noras que integran Ia Lica da Damas
AmericaNas dc la Guerra.
Ell festival es con cl objeto dc
~ecabar fondos que Sc d~estinaran {