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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
PERSHlNG's FINE RECORD.
(Leslie's Weekly

Nl<SSliC hNCShlsJ
General Pershings happy star has
Ibeen ascendant throughout the period
Of his service in France. No stain of
criticism or glazing error mars his
scutcheon. His record of achievement
as commanding officer Of the American
expeditionary forces in France has
been unusual in that from it's begin
ming until today there were no unto
ward events or reverses to impair the
feeling of almost awed confidence with
which he is regarded by the American
people Pershing came through clean.
He has tremendously hard record to
live up to. Pershing did not avoid
mistakes by avoiding decisions. He
struck and struck hard for his own
ideas. His aggressive personality and
confidence in his own estimate Of one
phase of the military situation in
France turned the tide of battle
against Germany. That phase was the
morale and fighting ability of the AM
erican troops. The French generals,
even Marshal Foch, it is said, did not
believe the American forces were suf-
ficiently trained to be relied upon in
vital way, even as reserves. They were
deferring such reliance upon the Am
orleans shortly before the second bat
tie Of the Marine. Pershing believed
otherwise. He challenged their
doubts. He staked his own military
reputation and the reputation of the
American armies in the war upon the
ability Of his troops to deliver BY his
own faith and forcefulness he imposed
his own estimate upon the allied SUI
preme command. The result was the
appeal to the Americans to save the
allied cause at the second battle of
the Marine.
The Americans. as the story goes,
advancing to the attack. encountered
vast numbers of the defeated French.
The French warned the Americans
that the boches were coming. They |
ire the ones we are looking for" cried |
he Americans. Divide your lines and |
ct us through" And on they went to
achievements Of American arms in
modern warfare. 1t was Pershing's
lssertive confidence that placed these
Americans in the strategic reserve
where they could be thrown forward +
or the decisive counter attack of the
var.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
RISK AND IT'S REWARDS.

CIV. j. Wolman & Co., New York;
In the proposal of the brotherhoods
to take over and operate the railroads !
we get a striking illustration of the es-
sential difference between the princi-
pies actuating labor and capital. La
Dor says: I'VE will take no risk. |
Heads we win; tails you lose. Give us
the railroads under suitable conditions
and we will do our best to operate
them We will take half the profits, If
there are any, but we will stand no
losses" Capital says: I'VE will take
the risk. We want the roads under
proper conditions, secured against
burdens for which we are not respon-
sible. We are willing to take chance
on losses if we are permitted to make
a reasonable profit"
Soap box orators and doctrinaires
may declaim against wage slavery
and unjust division Of wealth but the
fundamental fact remains that men
are divided into two classes-those
who viii bet on themselves and those
who won't There are those who want
the assurance of the weekly pay en-
velop and those who strike out with
out that financial life preserver. One
becomes employee and the other en-
ployer. Nature appears to divide
them as unerringly as she determines
sex.
! The man with the pay envelop takes
| little risk so long as times are good
and he gives efficient service. His
more venturesome rival risks every
thing, but he also stands to win larg-
err rewards If he starts with capital
his own or borroWed-he may lose
that and become discredited. He takes
that chance. No man yet has ever
won the reward of enterprise and at
the same time chung to the sure thing.
Some day we will revise our eco
nomic vocabulary, and for the term
capital we will substitute ENTER
prise" For it is the spirit OF enter
prise backed by capital that has made
our country what 1t is today. 1t is
enterprise that has given us all the
progress, improvements, comforts and
luxuries we enjoy today, 1t has show
cred its benefits on the people Of the
world. 1t has taken it's rewards for
the risk it took Labor has taken its
sure return in the form of the pay en-
velop, which happily and rightfully
has grown larger. But if labor wants
the profits of enterprise it must take
the risks that enterprise takes 1t
can't have it both ways" Nobody
can.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
Boil HEvlk PROPAGANDA IN THE
UNITED STATES.

On another page the Miner publishes
this week the social rules and regu-
lations promulgated by the bolsheviki
In Russia. The source from which this
comes leaves no doubt that 1t Is a
bona fide copy Of the original orders
now being enforced wherever the boil
sheviki are In control, and the fact
that recent disclosures have revealed
that determined efforts are being made
to establish bolshevik reign of ter
ror In this country, the Miner feels
justified in publishing the shocking
regulations In order that its readers
may know exactly what bolshevism
means.
The recent strike in Seattle Is now
known to have been an attempt to
start revolution, and subsequent in
vestigations by the government have
proved that this was part OF ma
ton -wide movement in which the l.
W. W., anarchists and extreme social
lists were united for the purpose of
overthrowing the government and to
establish bolshevik republic. AS was
to be expected. the most active propa-
gandists were found among the /. W.,
w. and almost invariably the leaders
were aliens or foreign born citizens.
The government has been entirely
too lenient with this class of criminals,
and it is hoped that the revelations
now made will arouse the authorities
to the necessity Of adopting the most
extreme measures in order to rid the
country of this menace. In this work
every loyal citizen should become q
self constituted agent of the govern
ment. Every man who Is identified
with the /. w. w. or Is known to be a
radical socialist or anarchist should
be held as an enemy of the govern
nlent. Employers should adopt meas
ures that will insure the closest dis
examination in the employment of
men. and no man who is affiliated
with any Of these organizations or
who is an alien should be given en-
ployment. Already the arch -conspira-
tors. Haywood and Debs, are in the
tolls and 1t Is hoped that they will be
permitted to serve their full terms
without relief from our beneficent
president, who has already gone be-
You'd the limit in extending clemency
to men held under the espionage law.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13

II have not come to report the re-
suits of the proceedings Of the peace
conference; that would be premature
President wilson's Boston speech.
Not SO premature, Mr.. President. when
1t Is recalled that you promised the
United States congress that 1t would
know all you did while you were
away; not so premature in view Of
your stand against secret diplomacy.
why is it that you ask increasingly
the entire confidence of the American
people, yet never entrust them with
velop and those who striek out with
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
STATE CONVENTION WILL NOM.
MATE CANDIDATES.

The people of Idaho are to be con-
graduated upon the action of the leg
islature in repeating the direct prim-
airy law as applied to congressional
and state candidates and in restoring
the judiciary to partisan choice. From
the time the first direct primary cleo
ton was held in Idaho there has been
growing conviction that 1t is worse
than failure in remedying the abuses
it was designed to correct, Instead Of
smashing the political machine it ac-
tually opened wider field for ma
chine operations, each candidate for
state office having his own organiza-
ton. the extent Of its operations de-
pending upon the financial resources
of the candidate. The result has been
that under the direct primary system
there has been a more lavish expendi-
ture of money to secure nominations
than was ever witnessed in the days
of conventions and the domination of
the political boss. At the same time
the actual legitimate expenses in max
Ing primary campaign and then
campaign for election were so excess
i've that men of ordinary means could
not afford to enter the contest, thus
leaving the field open for men of larg-
er means who could afford to make
the campaigns or who furnished the
financial backing for men who would
serve their interests If elected. IT is
not. OF course, eontended that all cam
didates under the primary system
we're Of this type, but 1t can not be
denied that 1t furnished the opporsun-
lty for such men and the political his
tory Of the last few years Is not with
,ut notable examples. Neither is 1t
,ontended that return to the conven-
ion plan will remove all the evils OF
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
DEMPSEY FIGHT MAY
COME TO IDAHO.

The law just passed by the legls-
lature permitting boxing and wresti
ing contests in Idaho under strict reg
uations to he enforced by special
commission under the direction of the
legal department Of the state may
make Idaho the Mecca for the pugil-
istic fraternity, sWhossee an opportun-
ity to pull off" fistlc encounters with
in the limits of the new law Of
course, the legislature had no inten-
ton of enacting a law for the accom-
mediation of the promoters of the
Willard Dempsey fight, but sportsms7
Of the state are preparing to take ad.
vantage of it and are now offering In.
ducements which they hope will bring
Athletic club, headed by ]. Robb Bra
dy, son of the late senator has guar
aEteed 100000 as an inducement to
stage the fight at Pocatello, proposing
to make the fight the big attraction on
the Fourth Of July in honor of the re-
turning soldiers And now north Ida
| no sports, associated with Spokane
promoters, are making an effort to
bring the big fight to the Alan race
| track, near Post Falls.
| No doubt the moral forces of the
state will protest against bringing the
big event to Idaho on the ground of
It's demoralizing Influence and the
unenviable notoriety the state will ac-
quire. This objection was evidently
anticipated by the legislature in franz
ing the law. which provides that there
shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct
on the part of the contestants in box
ing or wrestling bouts, and this pro-
HtDltlon inclu0eS ABUSIVE ana insult
ing language. Further no person I'M
der Is years of age shall engage in
any match as principal, and, mark the
language, no betting or wagering will
be allowed before, after or during
such contest, in the building where
such contest is held" AS the law does
not specify that the contests shall be
held in a building" this binding pro-
vision would not apply to the willard
Dempsey battle.
The law further provides that four
ounces shall be the minimum weight
of gloves used in boxing contests and
that no exhibition shall be more than
twenty rounds, limited to three min
utes. An interesting feature of the
passage of the bill was the enthusiast
tic support given it by Mrs. Carrie
Harper white, representative from
Twin Falls county.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
SOMETIME S
(Berton Braley)

Sometimes long for lazy isle,
Ten thousand miles from home,
Where the warm sun shines and the
blue skies smile
And the milk white breakers foam
A coral island, bravely set
In the midst of the Southern sea,
Away from the hurry and noise and
fret
Forever surrounding me!
For I tire of labor and care and fight
And weary of plan and scheme,
And ever and ever my thoughts take
flight
To the island Of my dream;
And fancy browsing the whole day
long
In hammock that gently swings
Away from the clamorous, toiling
throng,
Away from the swirl Of things!
And yet / know in little while,
When the first glad hours were
spent,
I'd sicken and tire of my lazy isle
And cease to be content!
TG hear the call Of the worlds great
game
The battle with gold and men
And I'd sail once more, with heart
of flame,
Back to the game again!
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
Bolshevism Revealed---Facts American
People Should Know Plainly Told

| (Boston News Bureau, February 22)
There are too many people who are
trying to convince themselves that the
bolshevists are at heart good people
who are endeavoring to help human
| ity and are saying that the violence
and bloodshed in Russia Is merely an
unfortunate incident in the progress
Of noble cause to be attributed tC
the natural reaction Of an oppressed
and ignorant people after centuries OF
degradation.
Their number finds recruits from
otherwise intelligent people who con.
stitutionally like to sympathize with
what they are pleased to consider the
underdog, and they are swelling the
usual company of long haired men
and short haired women" who are
flirting with parlor socialism,
Within the week, women of the
highest social connections have taken
their places on a Boston platform be-
fore large gathering where the de-
portation of alien anarchists was
condemned, and every mention of the
/. w. w. and bolshevists was wildly
cheered.
There are some subjects into whose
exact details the American press Is
naturally reluctant to go. Probably
for that reason, the testimony this
week Of r. e. Simmons before the
senate committee investigating boil
shevism has not yet become general
ly known.
Mr.. Simmons was formerly rep
resentative of the department Of COM
merce IN Russia who left Archangel
for this country last November.
These are days when 1t is necessary
to call spade spade, and every
word Of his testimony should be
known to every woman as we'll as
every man in this country. Mr. Sim
mons read to the senate committee
DEGREES of various bolshevist soviets
which we reproduce from the New
York Times.
A decree issued by the soviet of the
city of Vladimir follows. Vladimir Is
the capital Of the province Of the
same name, rs miles from Moscow:
ANY girl having reached her
eighteenth year and not having mar
ried is obliged, subject to the most
severe penalty to register at the bu-
eau Of free love Of the commissariat
II surveillance.
Having registered at the bureau of
rec love, she has the right to choose
rom among the men between the
lges Of 10 and so a cohabitant hus-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13
Man,eless Benetactors
(oliver Wendell Holmes)

Must every coral Insect leave his sign
On each poor grain he lent to build the reel'
AS Babes builders stamped their sunburnt clay,
Or deem his patient service all in vain?
What If another sit beneath the shade
OF the broad, elm l planted by the way
What if another heed the beacon light
upon the rock that wrecked my keel
Have / not done my task and served my kind?
Nay rather act thy part, unnamed, unknown,
And let Fame blow her trumpet through the world
With noisy wind to swell a FOOLS renown
Joined with truth he stumbled blndly DER.
Or coupled with single shining deed
That in the great account of all his days
Will stand alone upon the bankrupt sheet
His plying angel shows the clerk of Heaven
The noblest service from nameless hands.
And the best servant does his work
Who found the seeds of fire and made them shoot,
Fed by his breath, in buds and flowers of flame?
who forged in roaring flames the ponderous stone.
And shaped the moulded metal to his need?
Who gave the dragging it's rolling wheel,
And tanned the that whirls its crcling round?
All these have left their work and not their names
why should | murmur fate like theirs?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13

CATION has already shown that much
OF Moody's extravaganza ana ruthless
Of public funds vas with
the approval Of Ex-Governor Alexan-
der and that Moses himself was not
averse to using the funds OF the ad-
jutant generals department to pay
the expenses of his triumphal tours
of the state and nation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13

band.
"Remarks-u) The consent of the
man in the said choice Is unnecessary.
(2) The man on whom such a choice
falls has no right to make any pro-
test whatsoever against the infringe
ment.
1.-THE right to choose from a num-
her of girls who have reached their
eighteenth year is also given to men.
''The opportunity to choose hus-
band or wife is to be presented once
month.
1.-THE bureau of free love is autono-
nous.
Men between the ages Of 10 and
SO have the right to choose from
among the registered women, even
without the consent Of the latter in
the interests Of the state.
Children who are the issue of
these unions are to become the prop
erty of the state"
The decree states further that 1t
has been based on the excellent ex-
ample Of similar DEGREES already is
sued at Luga, Kolpin, etc"
A similar project of provisional
rights In connection with the social
cation Of women in the city OF
Hvelinsk and vicinity" has been pub
lished in the Local Gazette of the
Workers and Soldiers Deputies, Mr.
Simmons said.
At that. the bolshevists of Vladimir,
Luga, Kolpin, Hvelinsk, ETC., are con-
servatives as compared with those of
the city Of Saratov. Saratov Is the
tenth largest city in all Russia with a
population Of 217,OO0.
Mr.. Simmons read decree, dated
March is. 1918. issued by the anar-
chist soviet, which was charged by
Lenine and Trotzky with the govern
ment Of the city Of Saratov. The Of
fetal translation of the decree reads
This decree is proclaimed by the
Free Association Of Anarchists in the
town of Saratov. In compliance with
the decision Of the Soviet Of Peasants
and Soldiers and Workmen's Deputies
Of Kronstadt, the abolition of the pri-
vate possession Of women.
Motives.
Social inequalities and legitimate
marriage having been condition IN
the past which served as an instru-
ment in the hands Of the bourgeoisie'
thanks to which all the best species
Of all the beautiful women have been
the property of the bourgeoisie. have
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-03-13

The investigation of the adjutant
generals Office under the incumbency
OF DR.. c. s. Moody, followed by the
arrest of that gentleman on the charge
OF Illegal expenditure Of public funds,
throws a strong light upon the con-
duct of state affairs under the admin
istration of Moses Alexander. and It
suggests that the ex-governor him
self may be caught in the dragnet be-
fore the case is closed. The investi-
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30
GI8DLEB NEWS

Mr.. j. c. Stacy left for Harlan
this after noon TO work.
Mrs. Fount Rowland, of Fount,
visited Mrs. p. J. Wyrick Friday
Mr.. JeT Hammons made a bust
ness trip 10 Barbouryille Monday.
Miss Flora Hammons was shop
Ping IN Barbourville Friday.
A good crowd attended church at
Locust Grove Saturday and Sunday
The farmers Of this place are pro-
crossing very nicely with their worl;
Mr. Cogle Stacy, of Lancaster, Ky.
is visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. w. stacy of this place.
Rev w. n Epperson filled his reg
ular appointment at Calvary Satan-
day and Sunday.
MT, aud Mrs. c. w. Jones, of Ar
temus, are visiting relatives at this
place.
Mrs, Mobile Letchcr, of Caxton,
KY is visiting her son, w. NJ. Allen
Of this place.
p Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williams, Of
Harlan, are visiting Mrs, Eligie
Hobbs.
Miss Chelsa and Nena Stacy are
visiting Mrs, Robert Stacy of Bar
bOuryille
Mr.. Tom aud Matt Campbell, of
Middle Fork, passed thru here Sat
urday uylng cattle.
Born to the wife of Mr.. John Nc
Vey, fine boy, Hiram. Mother and
baby are doing nicely.
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30

Mrs. Dan Jackson and Mrs. Lucy
PARROT, OF Cannon visited Mrs. w.
N. Epperson Saturday and Sunday
Miss Agnes Wyrick, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. p. j. Wy
rick. is very i'll at this writing.
Born 10 the wife of Mr.. Ballard
Ledford, fine boy, Samuel Jeffer-
son. Mother and babe are doing
nicely.
Mr.. M. II. Hubbard, who has been
visiting home folks here, has return
ed to his work in the oil fields in
Lee County.
Mr., Jack Hughes. Of this place,
was found dead in his bed Saturday
morning. his wife only being dead
a week Both were buried on their
little farm.
Miss Ida Brown, of London, Ky.
where she has been attending school
for the past nine months is back to
spend the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Carly.
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30
HilLElS SWITCH

Farmers are behind with their
work on account of SO much rain.
Mr., and Mrs. V. d. jackson were
the guests Of Mr., and Mrs. Tllman
Cole Sunday.
Misses Ethel and Edith Mcdonald
attended meeting at Highland Park
Sunday night.
Mrs. Susan Asher was a pleasant
visitor at the home of Tillman Cole
Wednesday.
Miss Sue Sawyer was the guest of
Misses Maggie and Elsie Lawson on
Sunday evening.
Roads are looking some better
from Baileys to BarbourvilIe but
there is yet room for improvement.
Ed Dozier. who has been at home
for the past week, has gone back
to Corbin where he is employed by
the l., e N.
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30
ARTENICS NEWS

Wylice Jackson is still sick abed.
Farmers are waiting for fair
weather.
The Christian revival at Lucky
Cotton closed with % joiners.
Edward Hammons, of the Lynch
mines, is taking a few days layoff.
John Davis has bought the house
and lot of Sherman Jackson.
walterGipson and wife visited
home folks the past few days.
Mrs. Mary Bell York left for Pine
vile Saturday to see her sick mother
Judge r. r. Hammons is spending
a few days at his home place on the
creek.
Our pastor at the Baptist Church
was here Saturday and Sunday and
had nice meeting.
Miss Matte Parrot, of Corbin,
has been visiting her cousin, Miss
Katie PARROT, this week.
John Hobbs came in from his
camps Saturday, glad to see home
folks again.
Miss Mamie StIckley. of Barbour
vile, has been visiting her sister,
Mabel Hammons, for a few days.
Otto Messer and Sam Payne left
Saturday with John Henry Freder-
lex who is moving back to his glor-
ious place in Clay County.
There were two moonshiners here
from Clay County Saturday night
and Sunday it looked from their
loads that they had good chance
to get a few dollars. 1t should be
stopped. Even the children are
laughing about such work.
The death angel called Mrs.
WOOdall away Tuesday about four
O'Clock The funeral was on Thurs
day at 10 o'clock and was attended
to by Judge Y. II. HammOns. She
leaves a husband, four children, Il
mother, brothers and sisters and a
host of friends to mourn her loss.
She was tenderly laid to rest in the
presence of her dear ones and many
friends.
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30
JUST FOLKS
THE IMPORTANT MAN

Have you seen the important man
fho carries such load of care that
he wears the look Of Il pouter pi-
geon
Chest out. chin in a frown upon
his wonderful brow. He is think
ing. The effort produces that de-
tached. don't break the chain of
my thought or the bottom will drop
out of the Universe" air, which is
so frightfully impressive that his
fellow citizens fear that his credit
Ors are bounding him to death.
The Important Man is harmless
kind of gink, a bit Of snob, and
perhaps may impress his welded
wife with sense of his importance
for part of the honeymoon. A hypO-
dermic shot of humOr and few
more years on earth will assist in
making him Just folks" and when
he is buried the worlds anatomy
will remain intact.
Mountain advocate., 1919-05-30
HINNAR NEWS

W. NJ. Bingham was in Barbour
vile on business Saturday.
Houston Bingham is visiting a
moEg friends in Middlesboro.
Mr.. Montgomery, from Walkers,
visited his uncle, W. NJ. Bingham on
Saturday.
Mrs. Kitue Swanson visited her
daughter at Road Fork last week.
who has been very i'll.
Johnnie Bingham, from Bingham
town, visited John MCMesser Satur-
day on his way home from Barbour
vile. lie left there on his way home
very sick,
There will bemorc corn than ever
this year. Lots Of rain but it is
suiting our crops, people are work
ing right on. There will be lots Of
peaches but not many apples. VIM.
Bingham visited Bill Swanson sun
day and looked over large orchard
af peaches and apples, about 200
trees, and found lots Of peaches but
not many apples.