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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
5 Die, 60 Hurt in
 California Wreck

Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. 2O.-Five persons were killed and 60 injured when Southern Pacific train No. 50, southbound. was wrecked near Acton at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon. ac- cording to telephone message re- ceived here from Constable D. Hunter at Acton.
 It was learned that at least six passengers had been killed. but as work of clearing away the debris was proceeding slowly, it was not nos- sible to ascertain the exact number
 The relief train bringing passen. gers here has approximately 40 in jured persons aboard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30

Washington, Oct 29.The government confronted with usa the miners organization to call off the strike of half coal workers ordered for Friday night moved swift today protect the people from great distress First of steps deal with situation admittedly critical probably 0e these:
 Ample police other protection for miners will remain the job urged by President Wilson
 Revival of the fuel administration armed with full wartime powers, to prevent hoardng and proflteer ing. , :
 Allocation and distribution of coal to homes, rail roads and essential industries.
 Efforts to bring the strike to speedy end through
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Coal Operators
 to Hold Meeting

Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. 29.-Coal operators of the central competitive field are called to meet in Cleveland Friday, according to announcement tonight of Phil Penna, secretary of the Indiana Bituminous coal oper- ators' association. MT. Penna said the meeting was to consider the situ- ation in relation to the threatened strike of coal miners as it may de- velop,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
21, Entrapped in
 Mine, Threatened
 by Nearing Flames

Amsterdam, O., Oct. 29.-W With flames spreading back toward 21 miners trapped in the north passage of the No. ? mine of the Youghigeny and Ohio Coal company, mine of ficials tonight felt no hope for the men.
 Rescue parties formed from other workmen were able to remain in the mine only few minutes because of the itnense heat and smoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
Last U. s. Troops
 Soon Quit Brest

Brest, France, Oct. 29.-The last of the American troop contineents here will return to the United States on board the army transports. Mer- cury. Great Northern and Martha Washington, which arrived at Brest today.
 The transport, President Grant, which sailed from New York October IS with troops. is expected to ar rive here Thursday.
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ROB BANK; GET $500.

Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 29.- The Farmers bank of Lambert, Okla., near the Kansas border, was entered by burglars early this morning, who picked the lock on the vault and es- capped with about $1O0 in cash and some private papers valued at $200. The burglar proof safe was not touched.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
SPANISH BUDGET.

Madrid, Oct. 29.-The budget of national reconstruction for 1920, in volving an expenditure of one mill lion pesetas, will be submitted by the premier to the parliamentary leaders at meeting to be convened on November 3.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
Photographers Will
 Await Hines Word

St. Louis, Oct. 29.-The twentv-one chairmen of the Order of Railway Photographers, in session here, late today decided not to order strike vote among their 23,00O members btfore communicating with Director General of Railroads Hines
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
M|NERS' EXECUTIVES DECLARE
 STRIKE UNAv0|D ABLE; BLAME IS
 PLACED ON THE COAL OPERATORS
Heads of Unions Say Mine Owners Are Respon- sible for Situation-Declare Convention Decided on Action and Course Can't
 Be Changed.

Indianapolis 1nd Oct. 29-That "a strike of btuminous miners cannot be aved the outstanding issued today by the conference of the United Mine Workers officials Blame for the situation laid the the operators because hey had refused negotiate agreement notwithstanding the fact the mine workers sentatives had urged and beseeched them to do so'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30

A shoe manufacturer some time ago put on the market women's shoes at $6 to $8 pair. The shoes, though good, had to be withdrawn because the women preferred shoes costing $12 pair.
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A. O IT. w N0TIcE

Members of the A. o. U. w. are requested to attend the funeral of our deceased brother, Earl Rockcole. this afternoon at o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence, 102 Pennsylvania.
 o. G. KELLER, lO-SO-lt Recorder.
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ALLIED FLEET INCREASED.

Copenhagen, Oct. 29.-The Lettish press bureau announces that the al- lied fleet at Riga has been reinforced by some large warships and is continuously bombarding German positions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30

Members of the Pittsfield, Mass, police department voted against join ing the American Federation of Labor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
AIRPLANES CAN MAKE
 BACK YARD STOPS BY
 MEANS OF NEW DEVICE

Dayton, O., Oct. 29.-An- nouncement from McCook avi- ation field today says that successful tests have been made with a reversible air plane propeller which means, according to officials, that the day of the "back yard" air plane is here.
 With the new propeller, air planes can land and be brought to a stop within 50 feet by actual test, officials said.
 The new device will also in crease the climbing speed of an airplane 40 per cent and permit of higher altitude fly ing, 5O,000 feet being a pos sible limit. Seth Hart of Los Angeles is the inventor.
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U. $, ASKED TO TAKE PART IN
 LABOR MEETING
International Conference Still in Process of Being
 Organized.

VdSIuS tOu, OCC. AS.-Au.
 mission of German and Aus
 trian delegates to the Interna-
 tiOnal Labor conference was dis
 cussed at the opening session
 here tonight of the International
 Federation of Labor unions con.
 ference favored granting admit
 tance to the representatives of
 the late enemy powers.
 Washington, Oct. 29.-The first move of the international labor con- ference, which formally opened here today, was to take steps to obtain the virtual participation of the Uni ted States in the conference, al- though congress has decided against the appointment of delegates prior to ratification of the peace trtaty.
 On motion of Baron Mayor Des Ranches, Italian government dele gate, United States employers and workers organizations, were invited unanimously to send representatives to take part in the conference, which is still in state of "being organ ized."
 While no attempt was made to obtain the appointment of govern mental delegates, as such action would have been in direct conflict with the decision of congress, the United States will be represented in the conference through Secretary of Labor Wilson, who opened today's session and probably will continue as conference president.
 Owing to the lack of time, the question of the admission of German and Austrian delegates was not talk. en up today.
 Following the adjournment of the conference, separate meetings of the governmental, employers and work. CTS delegates were held,
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WEATHER
T h u r s d a y cloudy, warmer; Friday probably rain.

The governor of North Caro- lima said to the 2 O V e nnor of South Carolina it's a short time between d ry spells.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-30
Government Will;ProtectlMiners Who
 Stay on Jobs, Revive Fuel Control;
 Strike Declared Beyond Pale of Law

Federal Authorities Act in Decisive Way to Meet Suspension of Opera tions; Will Establish Iegality of Walkout Without Af-
 fecting Other Strikes.
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(Continued on page five.)
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
RAILROAD SALARIES REVISED
NOT REDUCED.

Complaint of the high salaries paid
to railway officials under government
management is not based SO much on
the charge that the salaries are eX-
cessive as upon the fact that McAdoo
made great grandstand play over
cutting salaries, whereas, in the final
analysis, there was no actual saving.
AS stated recently by Representative
Thompson, Of Ohio, seventy-two men
on the staff of the director general re-
ceive an aggregate of $1y39S,OOO. Said
Mr.. Thompson:
THE records will show that five
of these officials are each receiv-
ing $4,000 per annum; two are
getting $4,000; three $4,000;
two 100000 eight $4,000, IL $780,
900; one $1S,500; one $4,000; one
$4,000; six $4,000; one $4,000;
one $4,000; one $4,000; four $12,-
VVo' one $lV,ooV, one $lo,ooo; ana
23 $4,000. None of these large
salaries were authorized specific
ally by congress-
In most instances, probably, the
men are worth the salaries because OF
ftheir ability and experience There is
undoubtedly as much faVOritism un
der government control as there ever
lie did not get a new dealt merely
got new dealer, and more expen-
sive one-when the government took
control of the railroads.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

was in the act of burning to death a
hundred human beings innocent OF
the crime in order to reach the gull
ty one, contributed to the protection
of womanhood or in any manner ad-
vanced the cause Of better citizenship?
On the contrary it has shown an ut
ter disregard Tor law and human life
that is appalling. 1t is the most
alarming example of the spirit of re-
volt against the law and all govern
ment restraint, and calls for prompt
vigorous and unyielding punishment
Of all those who We're in any way re-
sponsible for 1t.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
WILSON'S REVOLUTIONARY
STOCK.
(NatiOnal Republican,.

A New York Herald correspondent
calls attention to the statement Of
President Wilson at Columbus that he
was bred in the old Revolutionary
stock" and to the further and con-
Trajectory fact that every one of Mr.
|Wilson's four grandparents was born
and reared in the United Kingdom
long after the Revolutionary war. His
grandfather, James Wilson a British
ubject came to Stuenbenville, Ohio,
rom England. His mother was born
Carlisle, England, and emigrated to
the United States, where she married
President Wilson's father in 1856
President Wilson's father was a north
ern born man who sympathized
strongly with slavery and secession.
He moved south and became one Of
the leaders of that faction Of the
church UNFOLDING secession. He serv-
ed as chaplain in the Confederate
army and Mr.. Wilson spent four years
under the flag Of the Confederacy as
4 resident of Stanton, Va Just what
ed President Wilson to talk about his
having been bred in the old Reyolu-
.ionary stock" Is not clear.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
Mining and Scientific Press)

Mining and Scientific Press)
Shall policemen and firemen organ
ize? Or, at least, shall they enforce
by strikes demands made collective
ly? The recent riots at Boston must
have brought this issue home to every
thinking American. From the unioni-
cation of policemen and firemen is but
step to the unionization of the army
and navy. Indeed, this contingency is
even now being discussed. Collective
bargaining, that principle by which
men with a common interest band
themselves together in order that
their spokesman may present their
demands with the full backing of their
organization, has undoubtedly come
to stay. We do not think that many
men would have it otherwise But col
lective bargaining of the kind that
urges men, sworn to uphold law and
order to leave their posts and aban-
don the institutions in their care to
mob violence, is a different matter.
W. liouoiuu YEARS ago TIC pllSHl VI
him who would serve two masters
was foretold. The rapidity with which
the situation at Boston got out of
hand, so that Governor Coolidge was
forced to take command and telegraph
the federal government to be in read
mess to aid him with the army and
navy, is a warning of what may be
expected to take place in many of
our large cities If this vicious tenden-
cy is not checked at the start. A SIM
lltaneous strike of policemen and
iremen, combined with the activities
Of a few incendiaries, would produce
a result easily and horribly pictured
by anyone who remembers the fires Of
Chicago and San Francisco. This
matter hits the very roots of govern
nent; the issue is quite different from
that in ordinary industrial disputes.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
THE UNCONTROLLED MOB SPIRIT
IN OMAHA.

There has always been disposition
among a certain element of our popu-
lation to take the law into their own
hands and mete out punishment to
those who have been guilty of shock
ing crimes, and not few cases are on
record in which this vengeful spirit
has been exercised against innocent
parties 1t will not be denied that fol-
lowing the due process of law the
guilty have escaped punishment
through legal technicalities false tes-
timony and the slow moving of the
courts. These are exasperating to all
citizens who desire to see speedy and
stern justice administered, but they
can not in the remotest degree justify
direct action by the mob. The victim
of mob violence in this country is gen.
orally a negro. and this is due to race
prejudice and has not even the SEM
blance of an excuse through the fail
ure of legal process. No negro was
ever known to escape punishment in
the courts when guilty of assault up
on white woman, and yet the mob
goes on with it's murderous work as
If the courts we're in league with the
criminal. 1t is not so difficult to un-
derstand why the mob prevails against
the negro in the south where race
practically deprives the
negro Of all constitutional rights, but
this has no application to Omaha
There the victim had been promptly
arrested and there was not doubt
that he would be speedily tried and
punished for his heinous crime. II is |
true that the crime he committed can |
be compared to no other, for II stands
alone in revolving bestiality. But has
the mob that hung the mayor and
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
TARIFF ON MINERALS.
mining Congress Journan

NMlllnS congress JOurnal)
year ago the whole mineral in
dustry of this country was engaged
in mad scramble to produce enough
war minerals to supply even our
most urgent needs. 1t has been gen.
orally recognized that the nation
ought not to be caught in such an
emergency again
Tariff protection on raw materials
in the form of natural resources, and
particularly natural resources of a
diminishing character, is emphatical-
ly new problem. The necessity for
such tariffs was shown to the country
In the bald facts of our utter lack of
development which stood out so WV
idly in the white light of the war.
Tariff on war minerals has become
necessary and advisable for two rea.
sons: First and most important. a ma
tional security demands that we must
in time of peace build up the indus
tries which are to sustain us in time
OF emergency. Second, the economic
relation of mining to other industries
makes 1t necessary that the miner
buy his equipment. his supplies and
his labor in a protected market. IL he
has to do this, he must sell his pro-
duct in a protected market, and while
IRE, as it comes from the mine, Is the
raw material Of other industries, 1t is
the miners finished product, and on
this finished product where necessary,
he must have tariff protection which
will place his operate on a fair
competition basis.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
Have Policemen and Firemen the Right
to Strike?

The proper method to obtain reform
in the administration Of the govern
ment of a democracy is by the ballot
An attempt by an organized minority
that for some reason holds a position
Of power to bring about by force
changes in methods of government, or
changes in the administration of at
fairs under government control, is as
intolerable as the domination Of an
aggressive autocracy such as the
world has fought for five years. Both
are directly opposed to that great
principle of democracy, government
with the consent of the governed;
both attempt to substitute the rule
of the bullet for that of the ballot
The policeman is in a position of pc
culiar responsibility. Like the men in
the army and navy, he is one of the
ties that hold our government togeth-
er, and that enforce the will of the
majority, peacefully determined, up
on that small lawless element that
turks in every community. Upon
these rests a responsibility that the
ordinary industrial worker entirely
lacks. The people should consider
carefully what they would have men
in these callings do, for at the end Of
the restless times we are now exper-
fencing only that which has the sup
port Of the country as a whole will
endure; and the men themselves
should take stock of their RESPONSE
bilities before they abandon the in
stitutions they are sworn to protect
and embark upon a course that, if
followed to it's logical conclusion
would lay our government by the peo-
pie, Of which we are so proud, at the
mercy of any organized minority that
could hit us vitality enough to enforce
fits demands.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORK.
New York Commercially

/
Work performed by government
employees is seldom If ever done az
efficiently as under private auspices
Even If its accuracy or substantially
ity is satisfactory, it is far more ex-
pensive. And the reason for this Is
the elimination of creative effort or
the part of employees They are bound
hand and foot 10y red tape. They may
see other and better ways Of perform
ing their duties, but they are not al
lowed to do them that way. The rules
and regulations forbid The bureau
Of markets is obliged to send out its
report by mimeograph instead of hav-
ing them printed, which could be done
just as cheaply and much more ef-
fectively. But all government print
ing has to be done in the government
printing office at washington and
contracts may not be let to outside
printers 1t is impossible to have
the reports printed at Washington for
daily use and so the mimeograph has
to be resorted to.
Similar illustrations could be cited
without end. In time employees be-
come machines themselves. Rarely
does promotion come as a result of
merit; it Is almost invariably mat
ter Of political preferment or senior
ty. Ambition Is stunted and initia-
i've forbidden. The only attraction
,bout government job is It's per-
and the thousands who hold
hem seem content to trade that for
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
Death OF the Flowers
(William Cullen Bryant)

The melancholy days the saddes of the year
f ainp winds and naked brown and
Heaped in the the wihered leaves lie Dead
THEW rustic to the eddying gust rabbits tread
The robin and and from the shrub the jay
brighter softer beaueous sisterhood!
Alas! they the gentle of flowers
Are living their fair and good Of
The rain is falling the cold November rain
Calls not from gloomy lovely again
The wind flower violet, they persisted long ago.
And the wild died amid the summer glow
And yellow the brook autumn beauty Stood
Till fell the frost falls the plague
And now when comes the day.
To call the squirrel and home,
dropping heard though all the trees
STILL
And the twinkle in the smoky Of the ril,
he bore
nd the by the streams
And of who in her youthful beauty died,
The fair, faded by side
In when the forest the leaf
lovely should life so brief;
Ye i like that friend of
gentle and with the flowers
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
SENATE WILL ADOPT COVENANT
WITH RESERVATIONS.

II is a matter of regret that the ply
steal condition of president Wilson
would not permit him to complete his
speaking itinerary. 1t Is true we be-
lieve that public opinion was against
his leaving washington. just as II
was against his going to Paris, but
since the president had seen fit to dis
regard public sentiment and carry his
fight for the league of nations to the
people, 1t is unfortunate that he was
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02
NONPARTlSAN LEAGUE STILL A
STATE MENACE.

Although decisively beaten and dis
credited last year in Idaho, the nom
partisan league is still very active in
the state and is preparing to make
another attempt next year to gain
control of the state government. It's
national leader has been convicted of
disloyalty but in spite of its odious
record the organization has gained
control of the state of North Dakota
and it's paid agents are active in
other states, including Idaho. Aside
from the fact that the nonpartisan
league has within its membership or
at least the sympathetic support of
the radical socialistic, anarchistic and
III. w. W. element, there are other
practical reasons why the people of
Idaho should resist the attempts of
the organization to gain control Of
the state. What the nonpartisan lea
que has done in North Dakota it will
do in Idaho if given the opportunity.
In these days of high cost of living,
the question Of taxes is even more
important than ever before, and on
that question we have definite figures
on taxation in North Dakota under
league. Here are some figures prepar-
ed by Frank E. Packard, assistant at
torney general of North Dakota, which
it would be well for the people of Ida
no to carefully consider:
Average taxes paid on
quarter section of
North Dakota farm
land, 1918 .......--...$ 35.OI
Average taxes to be
collected this year,
1919, on quarter Sec
ton Of farm land. 59.92
Increased cost to far
mers per 100 acres of
farm land ...................$ 24.S5
Total assessed valua-
ton Of North Dako-
ia property for 1855 400, 100000
Raised by the nonpar-
tisan league officers
for 1919 to ........,......,.. 1000, 900, 100000
Assessed valuation Of
farm lands, town
and city lots under
nonpartisan scheme 100, 000, 100000
Increas valuation
placed on farm land. 100 per cent
Proportion of assess
ed value against
farm lands, town
and city lots ........ 81 per cent
Taxes levied for state
purposes in 191S........s 1,600,000.00 !
Taxes levied for state
purposes in 1919. 1000, OO9 90
Increase of ...................... ESQ per cent
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

In 1916 President Wilson won an
election on the kept -us-out of war;
slogan. He fooled the people. Now
he is trying to fool them again on the
plea that adoption of the league
nations will keep them out of war.
Can he fool the country twice on the
same plea?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-02

The hazards Of competitive business
with its greater opportunities. 1t is
the thing that answers the plea for
government ownership Of public utili-
ties, an answer that is to be found,
without single exception, in all the
countries that have tried it.