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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
COMMANDER PLATINUM.
Radical Step Taken to Supply Needs
Of Government.

Orders were issued on February Is
for the communicating for war pur-
poses of all crude and unworked plat
mum in the hands Of importers, job
bers and wholesalers. Increasing need
for platinum in the manufacture of
munitions, according to officials, rend
cred this step imperative. Command
eering will be carried out through the
war department. The world supply of
the metal is comparatively small, and
production has shown a steady decline
since the war began. Internal troubles
in Russia have virtually eliminated the
worlds chief source of supply. The
war committee of the jewelry trade
has been asked to ascertain how much
platinum is now In the hands of man.
jewelers.. and, If necessary,
they will be asked to surrender it.
There is no present intention of COM
manufactured platinum, 1t
Is said.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
NOT ENCOURAGING TO WISDOM
SIN LoYAlisTs.

The senatorial primary election In
Wisconsin, although 1t resulted In the
defeat Of the LaFollette candidate,
was not encouraging to the loyal peo-
pie Of that state. Perhaps the most
discouraging feature is the fact that
as compared with the vote for govern
or last general election 1t appears that
III, 900 citizens failed to vote, failed
when the issue was test of the states
loyalty. The total vote cast was 242,-
000 while the vote two years ago was
$4,000 The interest centered. Of
course, in the contest between the re-
publican candidates, Lenroot and
| Thompson, the first named being the
loyalist candidate and the last the La
Toilette candidate. Berger, the social
list candidate, received $4,000 as
against 10000 cast for the socialist
ticket last election. Evidently the
apathy toward the election was con-
fined to the republicans and democrats.
The total vote for Lenroot, the loyal
republican candidate. and the demo-
cratic candidate was only $4,000
while the vote for Thompson, which
was an endorsement of LaFollette
combined with the socialist vote
amounted to 100000. Thus out of a
total vote Of $4,000 in the great state
Of Wisconsin, the combined loyalist
vote of both republicans and demo-
Gratis exceeded the disloyal vote by
only $4,000. 1t is probable that the
stay at home vote would have beer
divided between Lenroot and the dem
ocratic candidate That it was moi
cast indicates that thousands of mer
OF Wisconsin lacked the courage te
declare themselves in the face of the
strong pro-German sentiment that
seems to almost dominate the state.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28

dalton in fact. Y. M. c. A. secretaries
and others who are familiar with
conditions over there unite in saying
that the American army Is the clean
est In Europe. II Is admitted that
some Americans over there have
drank light wines and even cognac,
but the consumption Of these liquids
has been largely the result Of a bad
water supply. Every effort Is being
made by those in authority to give
the Americans an adequate supply OF
pure water. In places the supply has
been bad in the extreme, but even
where 1t has been the very worst
there has been no intoxication to
speak Of certainly none to warrant
the charges Of widespread and con-
tinuous drunkenness. Again and again
the Y. M. c. A. men are assuring us
that the American soldiers in France
are cleaner in morals and more ro-
Ebust in health than are an equal
number of men anywhere in the
United States. The American army In
France needs no whitewash. but the
German propagandists in America
need internment and plenty of 1t.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
RAILROAD MEN IN ARMY.
Service Flag Of the o.-W. r. q N.
Shows Many Stars.

A list of names just printed shows
that up to February 8, 1918, four hun
dred and fifty employees of the O.-W.
r. & N. company have joined the
colors and are now in the service Of
the government. OF this number 2S3
were in the employ Of the company al
various places in Oregon, 156 were en-
ployed at different points in Washing
ton, and 10 are credited to Idaho. The
railroad men have been assigned to
service in practically every branch Of
the army and navy Some Of them
are with the expeditionary forces In
France, others are on the battleships
and some in training at the canton
ments, with the expectation Of leaving
for Europe at any time. Among the
first men to enter the fighting zone
were the railroad engineers, who have
been on active duty for some time.
Other enlistments have been made
since the list was prepared, and the
railroad is we'll represented among the
soldiers and sailors who have enlisted
in the Pacific northwest
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
TO ADVOCATE PEACE AT THIS
TIME is TREASON.

When the tide of battle seemed to
be turning In favor of the allies, news
comes from New York that there Is
evidence that German agencies are
planning to start a widespread peace
propaganda, hoping to terminate the
war before the final fall of the Prus-
sian autocracy. 1t is uncomfortable that
such a scheme can gain Roadway
among Americans. and yet 1t Is known
that there are many pacifists, who
have been driven into silence by the
overwhelming sentiment of loyalty,
who may be spurred into renewed ac-
tivity through the influence of the
kaiser's agents Any movement of
that kind should be met by aggressive
action by the government To advo-
cate peace at this time or at any time
before complete victory over the CEN
trail powers Is nothing less than treas
on. We have entered this war to pro-
tect ourselves against the ruthless
domination of Prussianism and to for
ever free the world from this menace
to free government. We say against
the domination of Prussianism because
that typifies the spirit of Germany
and the German people. We make no
subjects. In the conduct of the war
they have shown themselves to be
willing tools in carrying out the bar
that have shocked the sensibilities of
civilized nations and engendered In
mankind hatred of Germany and
Germans that can never be effaced. To
talk of making peace with this mon
ster until he is whipped into helpless
subsection is to offer insult to the al
lied nations who have Joined together
in a determination to forever free the
world of this menace to peace and lib
erty. There can be no peace until the
allies are in position to name the
terms.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL.
Again Being Used to Make Yarn Of
Idaho Wool.
dewiston Tribune.)

Lewiston Tr1Dune.)
Spinning yarn to be knitted into
warm socks and sweaters for the SOL
der boys. Spinning yarn from wool
that was clipped from the Sleeps
back fully forty years ago and for
many years has been relegated to the
store house. Spinning yarn on wheel
that has remained idle for more than
one hundred years and has been kept
in the family as a relic Of the early
days when yarn was spun and clothes
woven In the homes
This activity reaching back into the
home employments of former genera
tons has been brought about through
the Red Cross. The product Of the
spinning wheel is not yet entirely sat
isfactory but within a short time
proficiency will be developed that will
result in large quantities of home
grown wool being converted into fin
ished socks and sweaters for the sold
iers. The wheel is being operated by
Mrs. James B. McGrane and was Sc
cured from MIS-. Ben Reeves. odIHplcS
of the yarn were taken to Red Cross
headquarters yesterday by Mrs. Nc
Crane and it is proposed to make the
spinning wheel do overtime for the
next several months In converting
wool into yarn.
Mrs Reeves resides in the Salmon
river section where Mr.. Reeves is ex-
tensively engaged in the sheep bust
ness. She has been most faithful
worker in all activities incident to the
war and has braved the severest
weather of winter to organize her
community and secure cooperation in
all movements advanced Mrs. Reeves
has pledged to furnish all the raw
wool the spinners can use and has
stated she will visit the sheepmen of
the upper river country and secure
contributions of wool to meet this de-
mand.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
(New York Evening SUM-

| (NeW York Evening SUM
Sits enthroned the law of supply and
demand. Gentle in what she permits,
firm in what she Furnishes. Her rule
never changes: Price regulation
creates scarcity" From the corn
laws of England to the usury law of
New York and down to the little boy
who wanted to eat his pie and have it
too, she laughs at all and always has
the last word. Her husband Is named
Commerce-he who always makes his
own laws--and Of whom Emerson said:
1.-THE philosopher and lover of man
have much harm to say Of trade, but
the historian will see that trade was
the spirit of liberty" She comes of
great ancestry, this queen, supply and
demand; her mother was the law of
gravitation. her father a stern old man
called survival of the fittest, born in
the year 2. What care they for such
as break their laws, be it legislatures,
governments or people? They put
them all in the mill which grinds,
grinds slowly but awful fine. Here
comes her eldest son experience HE
keeps dear school," said Franklin.
Her youngest is funny little fellow
named gumption. Her daughter is the
beautiful liberty They all live in a
great stone castle called the funda-
mental order Of things. their home, to
which we are all invited but few ac-
cept. In the gardens by the castle
there grow a very rare variety Of |
flowers called Economics. A few in
your buttonhole will save you much
trouble. but they are out of fashinon,
md In fact are rather disliked by
many today
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
Safety Always.
railway Age-Gazette.)

The train Of Emperor William has
seven partly armored cars and loco
motive designed to Withstand even
bomb and shell attacks. Everything
that makes for efficiency is provided.
including a library car on the walls
of which hang hundreds Of military
maps. The special train that the ex-
car Of Russia used to travel in, with
its ~ cars providing apartments for
the car, his suite and guard. real
Russian bath, kitchens, chapel and
all the comforts of palace. was the
most elaborate owned by any European
ruler. Unlike the imperial trains. the
French presidents train Is not ar
mored and 1t has no protection what
ever against bullets and shells. 1t was
built at time when no one thought
that necessary. The four cars are
deliberately upholstered in red and yell
low silk velvets and are OF wood.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
MIKE AND THE BOOBIES.
Bound to Tell How Tommies Gave EN-
He'll at Wipers.
New York Sun.


Many of us remember the story of
the man who threw his wife into the
pond to end the argument, only to
see her fingers above the surface of the
water at the last moment initiating the
action she could no longer shout,
Scissors" Something much like it
happened in Flanders not long ago.
Mike had been captured and was
being marched to the rear, RECALLING
himself by the way in informing every
German who could understand English
that although he was now out of the
war for good he was proud of the part
he had taken, "Cause why?" he would
explain, I'VE Tommies certainly did
give you hell at Wipers.'
After this had been repeated at in.
tervals for two hours, 1t got to the
ears of the commanding officer who
ordered Mike brought before him and
demanded why he persisted in insult
ing the German army. to which Mike
replied that he had no intention Of in
sulting anyone, but that the Herr Gen.
eral must admit that I'VE Tommies
certainly give you hell at Wipers."
Upon being informed that If he per-
sisted in that vein he would be shot,
Mike admitted that he did not care
for such an inglorious end, but he had
done his bit and done it well. cause
you must admit, General, that we
Tommies did certainly give you hell
at Wipers."
1t did not take long to organize a
drumhead court martial and call out |
the firing squad but as Mike was of |
jovial soul the General offered him a
last chance. Swear allegiance to the
Kaiser and cut out your boasting
about what you have done and you
shall not be shot"
Mike calmly replied that there was
doing, but bright idea seems
to have occurred to him just as the
guns were levelled, and he held up his
hand. 'I'll swear" he shouted. Don't
shoot"
In less than an hour he took the
bath of allegiance to the Kaiser and
vat down at the table with the soldiers,
stein of beer and a plate of Frank
urters in front of him. Shaping his {
.eighbor on the back he stood up, !
lass in hand: L
We'll, we're all Germans together |
low boys, and I'm with you. I'm
roud Of you. We're going to do some
tiff work together, boys. but say them 9
'ommies certainly did give us hell at I
vipers." 7
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
Slogan
(Berton Braley in Engineering and
Mining Journal)

(Berton Braley in Engineering and
Mining JournaL)
We've made the motto of Safety. first"
A sort of a universal phrase.
And mine and shop are no longer curst
With the carelessness of the olden
It isn't q warning we should forget,
But, till our marching foes dispers-
ed,
The motto we need Is finer yet:
We shout the slogan of Country
first!"
We're all in service: the boys in line
"Out there somewhere" in a muddy
trench;
The mucker down In the deepest mine
The workman, toiling at lathe and
bench
Inc SHdItHidii, IiuiH6 lhc iaetiH6 eoocs
The clerk, in letters and bills i'm
mersed-
Each has his part in the war We wage,
And each must think of his country
first.
SO we won't be judged by the divi-
dends
That the mine may pay, but the
work we do,
flict ends,
And the fight for justice and truth
is through
Miner and manager, smelterman,
Whatever the task in which we're
versed,
Well do our bit if we only plan
And sweat and labor for country
first.
Let old-time enmities be forgot,
Let ancient standards be cast aside
The test Is whether we win or not
And whether the things we love
abide.
For cash and profit are naught today;
We fight foeman malign, accurst,
And selfish purposes fade away
Before this slogan of Country first"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28

these barbarities, singing choruses OF
hate and in various ways showing that
German kultur had taken firm root In
the breasts Of the rising generation.
The testimony Of these prisoners
shows that the entire German popula-
ton displayed a mean, cruel and re-
vengeful attitude toward them, and !,
is asserted that in at least one case
clutches were kicked from under the
arms vi British cripples.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
iNh uMAN CRUELTY OF THE GER.
MAN RED CROSS.

The British war Office has issued a
report describing the treatment of the
British prisoners in Germany, dealing
particularly with their treatment
while being transported from the bat
tlefeld to the concentration camps in
the interior. The report is largely
made up of statements from As officers
and II non commissioned officers and
men who were captured by the Ger
mans, and their dispositions go further
than merely confirming the reports of
German barbarity in the treatment Of
prisoners, for they show that the same
attitude is maintained by the German
Red Cross. We who know the Red
Cross in this country and among the
allies, where its merciful work of re-
lief knows no nationality. can not con-
ceive Of misery and suffering being en-
HANGED rather than relieved by mem
bers of the Red Cross. But here is di-
rect testimony that such is the case In
Germany. In the British report lieu
tenant colonel makes this statement:
AT Cologne ! saw female with
Red Cross badge on her, after
serving our escort (of German
soldiers) with coffee, deliberately
pour the remaining contents of the
can on the ground when requested
to allow us to have some. During
the journey to Sennelager-some
As hours-we were given one meal
(soup)."
A captain deposes that at Liege
tried personally to get the Ger
man Red Cross officials to give our
wounded men water They re-
fused. / saw some German Red
Cross nurses actually bring water
in cans up to our men, show 1t to
them, and then pour it out on the
platform. This also happened to
me personally"
Other officers under oath say that
before serving them soup the German
women of the Red Cross openly spat
In 1t. In his deposition a major said
that throughout this journey the con-
duct of the German women, especially
those dressed as Red Cross nurses,
was revolving and barbarous beyond
words" According to the testimony
Of other men train bearing British
prisoners was deliberately left under
heavy fire between the opposing arm
les. German children INDUCED in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
VICTORY WILL PERCH ON THE
BANNERS OF THE ALLIES.

At this writing the great German
offensive Is in full swing and the
struggle Is being waged on such CO.
lossal scaie that the mind fails to
grasp the magnitude Of the operations.
But whatever the outcome of this
greatest battle the world has ever
known, 1t can not change the final re-
suit. The allies will win. Germany
can never conquer the world. To those
who grow respondent and In despair
can see nothing but the triumph Of
the Prussian military machine, II Is
well to remind them of the conditions
that prevailed during our Civil war,
when the union army suffered disaster
after disaster while copperheads were
busy poisoning the mind Of the people
just as the pro-Germans are doing to.
day. Here is an extract from the Ma
tiOHdl lIlpuHe, organ VI TIE HAdAu
Army of the Republic in which those
discouraging times are recalled. 1t is
good to read at this time when enem-
les at home are stealthily trying to
weaken the government and bring
about cowardly and dishonorable
peace:
I'VE can pay as little attention
to the birds of Ill omen who are
preaching German superiority and
the probable victory of the Ger
mans as we did to the copper
heads during our Civil war. Then
the copperheads continually pratt
ed about the superiority of the
| confederate soldiers and generals
| to our men, they magnified every
success of the confederates and
predicted that nothing could pre-
vent the south from winning the
war. They had a great deal more
reason for predicting final defeat
for the union army than exists to-
day for predicting the defeat of
the allied armies.
After the humiliating defeat at
Bull Run, the sickening disaster at
Balls Bluff, the ill-starred PENN
| sular campaign, the terrible
slaughter at Fredericksburg, the
| defeat of our great army at
Charlottesville, the carnage of
Chicamauga, and Banks Red
river expedition, there was much
more warrant for the copperheads's
| loud preaching that the south
could never be conquered than
there is today for prophesying a
German victory. Not many
| months before Appomattox
great political party held its ma
| tional convention in Chicago and
formally declared that the war
was a failure. The skies from
1876 frequently looked blacker
to us than they have ever done to
the allies, in spite of the monu-
mental blunders of the French and
English in their prosecution of the
war"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28

If anything can restore the fighting
spirit of Russia, it will certainly be the
magnificent spectacle presented by the
allies in resisting the invasion of the
Huns on the western front. In the
presence of this. surely the Russian
people will not continue to humbly and
disgracefully submit to the domination
Of the kaiser.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
MUST SAVE MORE WHEAT
NEW RULES TO GOVERN
LIMIT ONE AND A HALF POUNDS
PER WEEk--USE MORE
SUBSTITUTES.

w. H. Herrick, county food admin
istrator, has received message from
r. F. Bicknell, state food administra-
tor, In which he states that the ma
tional food administration has called
for a further reduction in the con-
sumption of wheat from 100000
bushels to 21,O00,OOO bushels per
month, and to that end it is urged
that the following rules be observed:
Weekly Wheat Allowance.
Observation-Disclosures to use not to
exceed a total of one and one-half
pounds per week wheat products per
person. This means not more than
one and three-fourths pounds Of VIC
tory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and about
one-half pound of cooking flour, mac
aroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals, all combined.
Eating Houses Limited.
Second-Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless days
per week, Monday and Wednesday, as
al present. In addition thereto not to
serve any one guest at any one meal
an aggregate Of breadstuffs, macaroni,
crackers. pastry. pies. cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals containing a total of
more than two ounces Of wheat flour
No wheat products to be served unless
specially ordered. Public eating es-
not to buy more than six
pounds Of wheat products for each 80
meals served thus conforming with
the limitations requested of the house
holders.
Retail Less Wheat Flour.
Third-Retailers to sell not more
than one ighth Of barrel Of flour to
any town consumer at any one time
and not more than one-quarter Of a
barrel to any country consumer at any
,ne time and in no case to sell wheat
products without the sale Of an equal
weight OF other cereals.
Sell Smaller Loaf.
Fourth-We ask the bakers and gro
,ers to reduce the value Of Victory"
bread sold by delivery Of the three
quarter pound loaf where one pound
was sold before and corresponding
In other weights. We also
.sk bakers not to increase the amount
" their wheat flour purchases beyond
|. per cent Of the average monthly
mount purchased In the four months
,rior to March 1.
Observation-Disclosures using wheat
PRODUCTS for non-food purposes should
ease such use entirely.
Sixth-There is no limit upon the
lse Of other cereals, flours and meals,
orn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour,
tc.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
AMERICAN SOLDIERS SOBER.
(Anaconda Standard !

Abundant evidence is at hand that
the reports of drunkenness and dis
ease among the American forces in
France were started by German prop
agandists and have no sort Of foun-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28
Iron DOposit.

The Cerro del Mercado, near Duran
CO. is the largest iron deposit In Mex
leo. 1t is almost solid mass of iron
$40 feet high.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28

why do you call your dog Camera?
Because he is always trying to get a
snap at everybody he meets"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28

Money talks and 1t is usually in a
hurry to say goodby.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-03

democracy. No undemocratic civili-
zation has ever given the farmer
square deal. A world unsafe for
democracy 10 a world unsafe for the
farmer.
With his interests thus at stake. the
farmer may well invest. to the limit
of his financial ability. in the Lib
erty Bonds which the government is
sues to help insure success In this
yrest struggle. 1t is true that he IL
making his land produce It's full meas
ure Of crops. as q service to the ma
ton. II IL true that he has given and
10 giving his sons to fight in the great
cause. But these alone are not
snouEh. II every man would do his
best In whatever industry he Is en-
gagged in. or even II every man could
enlist for actual combatant service.
there would still be the need for
money. The example of Russia shows
the hopelessnsss of carrying on war
without money. The citizens of the
United States-ail the citizens-must
get back of the United States with
every financial resource they possess.
Aside from the fact that they rep
resent patriotic service. Liberty Bonds
are the surest Investment in the
world. The credit of the United
Statss-bettsr and greater than the
credit Of any other enterprise on earth
guarantees the interest on these
bonds and guarantees the payment OF
the principal upon maturity. They
are the one investment that drouth.
lack Of labor. financial penic. or any
other contingency can In no wise ~
feet
The farmers have at all times been
wise investors: they have also been
loyal. whole hsartsd patriots. Be