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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08
Nearly Two Score Are Killed in
War Between Whites and
Blacks in Chicago.
STATE TROOPS CALLED out
street Car Men Strike at Same Time
Urgency Of Action to Cut Living
Cost Impressed on Govern
ment-Status OF Peace
Treaty Contest.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.

Race riots and strikes made Chicago
The news center of the country for the
week, and the news from IL was SEN
sational and plentiful. Starting in a
triflng quarrel over the "color line"
NJ a bathing beach. real race war
sprang up with startling suddenness
and quickly spread throughout the
South side of the city, where most OF
the negroes live, and thence to the
downtown business district, with spo-
radio outbreaks In other regions. Be
fore the authorities got the situation
under control nearly two score per-
sons had been killed and several hun
ired wounded. For several days the
mayor insisted the police could re-
store order, but realization Of his mis-
take was forced on him and he called
on the governor for assistance from
the state militia. Several regiments
nj once occupied the 'black belt"
However, the establishment of martial
law was avoided and thus the city
saved Its face"
There Is no doubt that the casualty
lists of the race war were kept down
by the fact that the strike OF the
street car men was coincldent with
the riots. Not q surface or elevated
car was running and 1t was compare
lively easy for the authorities to keep
out Of the riot district the trouble and
curiosity seekers. The strike, which
had been impending for some time,
was precipitated suddenly by the rad
ical element in the car mems unions. q
compromise offer of the companies, APP
proved by the state and city authori-
ties and the heads of the unions. be-
Ing rejected. Though seriously ham
pered In getting to Its work and In
transactirg business. the public took
the situation good naturally and made
Its way to the business district and
home again With rather remarkable
facility. All manner OF motor We
hicles were pressed into service and
the steam roads exerted every effort
to carry their many thousands of extra
passengers. The demand OF the car
men for q heavy increase In wages
did not have general sympathy. for II
meant corresponding increase In the
fares charged.
There have been many hitter com
plants lately TO the effect that the
government was not doing what II
might to reduce the cost OF living by
selling 10 consumers the immense sur
plus stores OF food held by the war
department. On Thursday the war
department put on sale about 341. COO
900 pounds OF those foodstuffs. includ-
ing canned vegetables. corned beef,
bacon. roast beef. frozen meats and
poultry. The marketing was done
through local postmasters and mall
carriers. who took orders from buy.
ers, received the cash and delivered
the goods. The prices obtaIned rep
resented the cost to the government
plus the postage. This sale was es
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

The Franco-American defense treaty
was submitted to the senate, and at
once became a subject OF debate In
the committee on foreign relations.
along with the peace treaty. President
Wilson. In asking Its approval, said
he considered the treaty with Ger
many and the covenant Of the League
Of Nations gave France full protec-
ton. but that he had been moved TO
the treaty by considerations Of friend
ship and gratitude to France. oppo-
sition senators protested that this
pact violated the constitutional right
OF congress to make war. to which the
presidents supporters had the obvious
retort that II created no precedent.
similar action having been taken In
numerous cases In the past.
The foreign relations committee did
an unusual II not unprecedented thing
In holding public hearings on the peace
treaty. Bernard Barush was the first
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

The administration is gravely con-
cerned over the manifest discomfort
OF the American farmers. which comes
Just at n time when the official es-
Inmates of the nations wheat crop
have had to. be greatly reduced. The
fairness have been dissatisfied with
the system of grading fixed by the bu-
reau Of markets Of the department of
agriculture, and now, as Chairman
Barnes Of the government grain cor
poration told the president, they are
protesting against an order from the
corporation fixing schedule OF dis
counts for the lower grades Of wheat.
This, they assert. deprives them OF an
unreasonably large part Of the guar.
anteed price OF s2.26 per bushel, the
amount received being In some In
stances as low as s1.45 per bushel.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

Official dispatches from Maj. J. O.
Green. director OF the American re.
lief administrations work in Turkey,
calls attention to the imminent peril
OF the remainder Of the Armenian ma
ton. The Turks have recognized
their army and they and the Tatars
are advancing on the krmenlans from
three sides. cutting them Off from all
relief supplies and threatening their
determination. Unless military pro-
lection Is afforded the Armenians at
once. says Major Green, the disaster
will be more terrible than the massa-
cres In 1915. In Paris II Is said the
peace conferences hands are tied un-
I'll America decides whether or not 10
will accept a mandate for Asia Minor.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

Though America was not mt war
with Bulgaria. Il was decided that Il
should sign the treaty with tist nation.
This treaty was completed with the
exception Of some Of the territorial
clauses. All the Allies except America
were In favor Of awarding western
Thrace to Greece. Undersecretary Of
State Polk. who has taken Secretary
Lansing's place on the council. ives
taking an active part In the dIscus-
sion Of this matter.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

witness and was questioned especially
regarding the reparatlon and other
financial clauses.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

Germany's commissioners named to
attend to the delivery Of live stock to
the French and Beigians, and to the
transfer of The Saar coal mines has
arrived at Versailles and gone to work.
and In other respects the Germans
seem to be trying reluctantly to carry
out the provisions of the treaty. But
their army In Letvia remains obdurate
and General Won der Goltz and other
officers have become 50 insolent In
their endeavors to prevent the Let's
from establishing stable government
that the supreme council OF the allies
has ordered the immediate expulsion
OF the German troops from Letvia.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

Austria was given until one o'clock
In the afternoon Of August 9 to con-
slider the terms offered her. Her press
and public men have declared the
terms are impossible Of acceptance.
and on Thursday IL was announced
that the cabinet. headed by DR.. Kari
Renner. had decided to resign.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

HILE the appropriations
for the department of ag-
riculture were under con-
sideration In the house the
following memorial from
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
SEVERE MEASURES SHOULD BE
ADOPTED.

The authorities at Washington have
been very indulgent with suffrage agi-
tors who for many months have been
picketing the White house gates and
offering Insult to the president. but
their sex should no longer shield them
from the severest penalty provided by
the law To burn the president in eff
figy is an offense which in normal
times merits the condemnation of all
loyal citizens, but to do so now when
the country is seething with socialism.
anarchy and bolshevism should place
the perpetrators beyond the pale of
kindly consideration when punishment
is imposed. In burning the effigy of
President Wilson last Sunday, these
suffrage fanatics deliberately planned
to bring odium and contempt upon the
chief executive of the nation, the man
who personifies our government and
the principles upon which it is founded
The act of these women gives encour-
agement to the elemnts of disorder
now disturbing the country, and in
fact places them in the same class
with the anarchistic element. Their
affront to the president borders upon
treason and is seditious in the ex-
treme. Their sex should no longer
save them from the extreme penalty
of the law.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
PROMOTION PAPERS.
Denver Mining Record)

tDenVer Mining RecOrd)
In the advertising columns of the
big Sunday papers of the east one will
find on the financial pages the ad-
vertisements of western publications
which are unheard of in the Rocky
Mountain country. The man who
knows the tricks of the promotion
high sounding publications, advertis-
ing in the big Sunday newspapers. as
disguised promotion organs. The Rec
ord has no complaint against the hon
literature in newspaper form and who
does not attempt to disguise the fact
that the supposed newspaper is part
of his promotion literature. The un-
sophisticated, however, cannot tell the
difference between the supposed indie
pendent Texas Oil Review published
by some promotion house to boom
some Texas oil company and legi-
innate Independent financial paper
containing reliable information regard
ing oil enterprises. The Legitimate
press must fight this evil in order to
maintain the high standard of honest
newspaper work
The promotion organ disguised as a
legitimate publication is fraud that
should be wiped out of existence. The
promoter who makes his money only
through stock selling finds it economi-
cal to advertise. a supposed indepen
dent mining or oil newspaper and
thereby get in touch with the UNI
sophisticated, who believe everything
they see in print. The shrewd stock
buyer knows that the legitimate news
paper publisher cannot afford to send
that if he writes for the free publica-
ton he will later be bonbarded with
follow-up promotion literature. The
honest promoter brands his publication
so that it will not deceive the unso-
phisticated The faker puts out
crooked publications. promotion or
gan disguised as an independent news
paper or magazine. The man who
puts out crooked publication will
generally be found selling shares With
out a future He Is in the business
wholly to sell stock. If he is crooked
in one way he is generally crooked
in another. Beware of the disguised
promotion organ.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
USING ZINC IN BUILDING.

! mining and Scientific Press).
| Producers of zinc ore, especially
those in the Tri-State region of Kan
sas, Missouri, and oklahoma, also the
New Jersey Zinc Co, have been urg-
ing the greater use of spelter and
have been investigating how con-
sumption of the metal could be in
creased With interest we learn that
the New Jersey Zinc company, pressed
for room in it's quarters in the Ma
tional City bank on Wall street, has
moved into its new seven story build
ing on Front street. Zinc has been
used here in many ways, on the ex-
terror and interior, including Hastings,
cutters and all other outside work,
all of which are made of rolled zinc,
instead of copper. The doors Of the
wood The knobs and locks are OF
zinc -plate throughout the building.
The hinges are made of zinc alloy.
The inside walls of the elevators and
doors are or tnlS material, anu GU
the window fittings are manufactures
from zinc plate. Interior fixtures,
and fittings are of zinc
materials. All low-tension work in the
electric equipment and lighting fix
lures are of zinc-plate; and the
frames for the Illuminating lamps are
spun from rolled zinc sheets. Orna-
ments throughout the building are cast
from zinc. Paints, enamels, and tints
that compose the interior decorations
include zinc oxide and lithopone.
Thus the New Jersey Zinc company
furnishes an object lesson for It's
on the larger use OF
spelter.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13

their merits without regard to any
technicalites. THE association has
takes the right stand in this matter
and it is hoped that it will be entirely
successful in it's efforts. The move
ment is in the interests of substantial
Justice and fair play and in OPPOSE
ton to the legal quibblng which 50
often breeds in the general public a
dangerous disrespect of the law.
The bar association has asked the
legislatures of the states now in ses-
sion to add to their judicial codes the
following paragraph: ION the hear
ing Of any appeal, certiorari, writ of
error or motion for new trial in any
case, civil or criminal, the court shall
give judgment after an examination
of the entire record before the court
without regard to technical errors or
defects to exceptions which do not
affect the substantial rights of the
parties"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
pEPORT ALIEN ENEMIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT.

1t matters not under what name
they are operating, every alien who
is found to be engaged in conspiring
against the government should be de-
ported and those who are citizens
should be placed where they will be
forever powerless to engage in their
poisonous propa ganda. Anarchists,
bolshevists, radical socialists or just
the common brand of |. w. w, they
are all the same so far as their atti-
tude toward the government is con-
cerned and should be dealt with in
the same manner. There is no room
in free America for them. That fifty
four Of this class have been gathering
here in the northwest and are now
being transported to the lands from
which they came is the best news that
has been received since the armistice
was signed. The people who maintain
this government. who love it and APP
preciate its privileges and benefits, are
not going to permit it to be overthrow
by the rabble from across the sea or
by the same class at home who libel
and disgrace American citizenship.
That the government has undertaken
to deal with this class with a strong
hand is most gratifying to every true
citizen and they will rally to its sup
port to any extent that is necessary
to rid the country of this dangerous
and detestable class.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13

two years, but he did, much to the
qualification of loyal people who had
endured his pacifist prating to an ex-
tent that perhaps warned him that
the limit had been reached. Now that
the war is over and the president is
experimenting the Bryan peace
/ treaties with the bond of universal
brotherhood, the commoner again
emerges to show that "he did not
raise his voice to be whisper" True
to his record, he readily presents a
solution to the railroad problem. so
simple and practical that it is surpris-
ing that it was not suggested before.
Bryan's plan is for the government
to take over the trunk lines and have
the states take over the branches. The
beautiful harmony and high efficiency
that would characterize this arrange
ment is illustrated by the constant
friction among the various state rail-
road commissions and the interstate
commerce commission that existed up
to the time the government began
operating the railroads. There is lust
one thing that commends the Bryan
plan. If the people could be induced
to adopt his idea, it would be only
short step to the adoption of an
other of his fads in the form of fiat
money to pay the ever advancing
wages of railroad employees.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
MAYOR HANSON AND THE SEAT.
TIE STRIKERS.

1t was the courageous attitude of
Mayor Ole Hanson that broke the
backbone of the strike and restored
order at Seattle. The preparation Of
the police department and the prompt
arrival of troops made it clear that
the mayor was in position to make
good his guarantee of protection, and
the thousands Of union men, both in
the sympathetic strike and among the
shipyard strikers, were therefore
ready to abandon a strike into which
they had been forced by intimidation
The strike of the metal workers in
the shipyards Of Seattle. besides being
the most unreasonable. was, accord
ing to the chairman of the shipping
board, a direct violation of the agree
ment entered into between the union
and the shipping board. But even if
there had been no agreement, there
could be no justification for the high
est paid craftsmen demanding a
further increase at this time of read
justment when every intelligent man
knows that wages as well as commod :,
ty prices must come down to peace
basis.
1t was evident from the beginning
that II was not merely a controversy
over wages that brought about the
strike in Seattle. 1t was the spirit
of revolution which hoped to bring
about a reign of terror in Seattle. and
II was only the prompt action of the
mayor that prevented its success. The
failure of the Seattle conspirators will
have a most beneficial effect in other
industrial centers where the same ele-
ment is endeavoring to overthrow the
constituted authorities In Butte the
mines are closed down by the l. w.
W. and it's criminal ally, the Metal
Workers union In spite of the fact
that soldiers are on the ground to give
protection to those who desire to work
But Butte is practically without a
mayor and municipal government If
the city had mayor such as Hanson
to give assurance of protection, backed
by federal troops. there would be a
speedy termination of the trouble in
Butte.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13

boat and risk the infliction Of blue
sky laws which would effectually
throttle mining; and on account
of an apparent tendency in Utah
to accomplish exactly that there
is a natural hesitancy about reg
istering a kick"
However, there should be some
change for the better made in the
way many sales of delinquent
stocks are conducted. In too
many cases professional brokers
are allowed to do all the bidding
which practice means that the
stock brings just the amount of
the assessment plus the advertis-
ing cost and the real owner gets
nothing. This is according to a
prearranged understanding by
which one representative bids in
the stock and then later divides
with his fellow conspirators.
And it is not beyond the
realms of possibility that some
officers and directors of the
companies involved occasionally
enter into the agreement and do
their bit toward mulcting the
shareholders. In fact, we have
known cases where the directors
have shut out even the brokers,
though this is not attempted often
with the more promising stocks
because the broker has the ability
to make a particularly loud squeal
If his foot is stepped on. And
again, we know Of at least a few
cases where delinquent sales"
have been postponed at the last
minute because of the unexpected
presence of an unbidden bidder or
witness.
THE investor in the stock has
backed his faith or the faith of
friend in the mine or prospect;
often he has bought against his
better Judgment through the i'm
portunities of an officer or direc-
tor perhaps he has paid several
assessments in the past-and he
deserves to get back whatever pro-
portion of his money is possible
when forced to sell"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
SQUARE DEAL IN DELINQUENT
STOCK SALES.

The Salt Lake Mining Review calls
attention to the absence of protection
to stockholders in the conduct of de-
| linquent stock sales in Utah and to
the necessity for legislation to over
come the weakness of the present
law. Its comments are equally APP
plicable to the manner in which de-
linquent sales are sometimes conduct
ed in Idaho and other mining states.
In Idaho the law seems to provide
ample protection, but occasional
complaints indicate that officers of
companies do not always comply with
it. The law contemplates bona fide
competition in the sale of delinquent
stock and that no more of a certain
block of delinquent stock shall be
sold than is necessary to cover the
assessment and costs of advertising
and sale, the remainder to be retained
by the stakeholder. The fairness OF
this provision is apparent and stock
holders who are unable to pay assess
ments should insist that their rights
In this respect are protected On this
subject the Salt Lake paper says:
1T may seem like waste Of
time to suggest protection for the
public--investors and spectators
alike-in the matter of sales of
delinquent mining stock. because
the average state legislature only
makes a mess of things when 1t
attempts to improve existing laws.
Possibly 1t is better to endure
the ills we have than to rock the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
WHY UNITED SrATES ENTERED
THE GREAT WAR.

While the war was on the govern
ment bureau of publicity under the
direction of George Creel devoted much
time to the preparation and distribu-
ton of pamphlets explaining why the
United States entered the great war.
These learned discussions of many rea :
sons real and imaginary, seemed out
of place at the time, because the rea-
son was clearly stated not only in
the formal declaration of war by con-
gress, but by the president in his ad-
dress asking congress to make the
declaration. 1t is evident now that
the Creel publicity propaganda was
not for the purpose of educating the
people upon the real reason that
prompted the declaration of war but
rather to prepare them for the social
istic scheme of interne tionalism now
being so brilliantly advanced by the
president in Paris But let us refer
to the utterances of the president when
he had finally been forced to define
our grievance against Germany and
ask congress to declare war. In his
address on that memorable occasion
he based his appeal to congress to de-
clare war on the ruthless submarine
warfare by Germany upon American
shipping and that we should enter the
war in defense of the freedom Of the
seas and the rights of neutrals. The
president clearly defined his purpose
in declaring war in the following
paragraph:
"The Austro Hungarian govern
ment has. indeed, avowed its I'M
qualified Endorsement and accept
ance of the reckless and lawless
submarine warfare adopted now
without disguise by the imperial
German government, and it has
therefore not been possible for this
government to receive Count Tar
nowski, the ambassador recently
accredited to this government by
the imperial and royal government
of Austria Hungary; but that gov
eminent has not actually engaged
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
Lmcoh;s Gettysburg Address
November 10, 1859

Fourscore and fathers brought forth
upon a nation conceived 4 liberty, and
dedicated the proposition that all created equal
engaged in testing whether that
nation, any dedicated, long
endure We great battlefield of that We
portion of that field final resting
place their nation might
live altogether fitting and that should do this
But in larger not dedicate, not
hallow this ground The brave living
and dead who here have conscrated it far above
power The world will little
long here forget what
they did the living, rather be dedicated
unfinished which they who fought have
thus nobly for be here
dedicated to the great task remaining before that from
these honoed dead devotion that
for which they the last full devotion; that
here highly resolve these shall have died in
vain that this nation. birth Of
freedom and that people,
for the people, shall not perish from the earth
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
BRYAN EXPLAINS.
(National Republican,.

Colonel Bryan says the reason gov
ernment ownership isn't working is
that they still have some railroad men
helping to run the railroads. When
we get to the point. toward which
we are gradually progressing, where
being a deserving party worker cuts
as much figure in choosing railway
officials as it does in picking post
masters, government ownership will
be as much of bowling success as
sixteen to one.