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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
HELPING THE HELPLESS.
(New York Herald)

New York Herald)
Now comes testimony to the quick
humanity of American sailors in the
form of a dispatch from Ragusa, Dali
malta. in which it is recorded that
"the generosity shown by the officers
and men of the American warships in
the Adriatic commanded by Rear Ad-
miral Andrews will never be forgot
ten by more than 10000 of the Rus
sian refugees from the Crimea." The
sailors have kept children fed and
clothed; their pockets have always
been open for the suffering; they
have saved us; they are the brightest
remembrances of our unhappy exist
ence" is a common sentiment among
the refugees. The sailors have fed
5000 persons have given their own
clothing to cover the naked have
built hospitals and cleaned barracks
When the bluejackets see destitute
children. hungry and ill-clad moth
ers, they take them to the local stores
and from their own pockets outfit
them from head to foot" The con-
duct of these creditable representa-
tives of the United States was such
that the women among the refugees
sent a long note of thanks to Cap
tain Wyman. of the Olympia, declar-
ing that besides ministering to their
physical needs the sailors from our
had brought hope to the |
hopeless" These incidents are the !
more gratifying because the men who /
have won this unstinted praise do |
not represent a special type particu- /
arly trained in relief work but are
only fair specimens of the splendid |
men who compose the army and the
iavy of the United States.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
BANKERS AND THE LATE UNLA-
MENTED COMPTROLLER.

John Skeleton Williams, who for
about eight years was retained in the
position of comptroller of the cur
rency by the grace of Woodrow Will
son and in spite of the persistent re-
fusal Of the senate to confirm his ap-
pointment, is the subject of a novel
notice in the monthly financial letter
issued by the Farmers and Merchants
National Bank of Los Angeles, the
oldest bank in southern California.
The advent of the new administra-
ton, of course, quickly closed the or
fetal career of Mr. Williams, much to
the qualification of the banking fra
ternity throughout the country. I'm
der the heading, 1.-THE Passing of
John SHELTON Williams" j. A. Graves,
president of this great banking insti-
tuition. who is the editor of the
monthly letter hands the former
comptroller this parting package:
"As that good old maxim, say
nothing of the dead except that
which is praiseworthy,' applies to
those politically dead, as well as
those dead in flesh, it would be
unbecoming to indulge in vitup-
GRAFTON against the late comp
troller of the currency For the
benefit of those self-respecting
bankers however who feel that
for eight years past they have
been abused, vilihed slandered,
insulted and misrepresented eby
the erratic John SHELTON, the writ
err leaves a blank space equal to
ten lines. to be filed out as these
bankers see fit"
And below the blank space is
the following:
THE writer confesses that, not
withstanding his early rather rig
id Sunday school education were
he compelled to express his opin-
ion in the space left blank for that
purpose, the result would hardly
he fit for publication"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

dent Roosevelt and they attempt to
justify their position on the ground
of extensive American interests in
Colombia, particularly in the oil
fields, and in general to cultivate the
friendship of Colombia and all other
republics TO the south. These rea-
sons are sound under ordinary cir
cumstances. but when their adoption
involves discrediting the conduct of a
great president of our country then
they should be rejected as a con-
trolling motive.
Since the majority of the senate
was determined to ratify the treaty,
in fairness to the people. a provision
should have been inserted requiring
The holders of oil concessions in Col
,mbia to pay the s25.OOO,OOO.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
AMERICA FIRST.
(St. Louis Times)

(St. Louis Times)
The new diplomacy of the admin
istration now beginning may be well
Judged in advance by it's achieve
ments. we think, by the ring of in
shuctions which the governments
representatives to foreign lands are
given. Serve your country to the
best of your ability" is the burden Of
every command to diplomats. He is
to have Americas welfare in mind at
all time-not the furtherance of GER
tain partisan or personal policies, not
the development of visionary ideals
as supposed humanitarian measures.
not the finding of Endorsements
abroad for schemes being Matched
ont in Washington. Serving Amer
lea, of course. doing what seems best
for the nation here 1t is a big I'M
most difficult one. Max
ing speeches or granting interviews
in support of this or that pronounce
ment of an official at Washington
cabled in advance to the representa-
tive. would be much easier. 1t doubt
less might prove more pleasant. But
The good of the American republic
could not be thus served We know
his is true for we have seen the idea I
given the fullest possible tryout.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
LAW RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION
WILL SOON BE IN EFFECT.

The house has passed and sent to
the senate the immigration bill, sim
liar to the one vetoed by the former
president at the last session. It re
stricts for a period of fourteen months
the entry of aliens into the United
States to 3 per cent of the number of
the nationals of each country regis
tered in the census of 1910 An effort
was made before passage to amend
the bill so as to admit political refu-
gees, and particularly to permit Lord
Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork to remain
here, but all such changes We're de
feated Mr. O'Callaghan has been or
dered to leave the United States be-
fore June 5. There is little doubt
that the senate will give its approval
10 the immigration bill in the near
future. and that it will receive the
signature of President Harding and
become law
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

the distance the worker is willing to
go in limiting his output. Along
with this has gone the argument that
the worker does not get the full
value Of his production" and the only
way to get even is to slow down each
mans production.
Producers of the farm, factory and
mine, and in all the activities of dis
tribution, should be on their guard
against the Vaccinations Of the state
socialist who is seeking by sabotage
to destroy the efficiency of industry
under the existing system, and to in
augurate in its stead a tyranny rest
ing upon bayonets. to which all men
shall be enslaved; such q tyranny as
socialists have erected in Russia to
the destruction of civilization itself
For unless believers in Americanism
are constantly on their guard, these
apostles of Europeanism will wreak
their viii in this republic And their
most effective weapon is the organ
lied movement insidiously operating
TO destroy the productivity of every
unit in industry whether employing
or employed. The socialist wage
Garner is directly told why he should
try to make himself as worthless as
possible; the non-socialist worker is
appealed to with arguments ostensi-
bly, framed in his interests. but actu-
ally intended to work his destruction
along with every other factor in pro
iuctive industry under the free sys-
EN- Of individualism.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

men and mines and cultivate the
I greatest gift of all-horse sense. The
books are simply the record Of com
mon sense; science and mining are
nothing else. 1t is easy to find men
with one or many degrees who are of
no use; long memorizing has failed as
a substitute for balance of thought
observation and judgment The man
who knows nothing of books and the
man who knows nothing but books
are alike ignorant and bound to be
the underlings in the worlds struggle
onward and upward.
BE modest-you have every reason
to be. If you are college graduate.
do not swell up on that account. We
remember one college graduate who
was shocked because he could not hold
a job. why" he said, they don't
seem to realize what a Pho. from
Harvard means" 1T means" was
the reply that you've got to make
good. or get fired"
On the other hand, if you have been
denied the advantages of school and
it by self conceit. Do not tell your
self and the world that you are in the
same class with Abraham Lincoln.
Thomas A Edison and the rest. The
chances are ten million to one that
YOU are not-that you are an ordin-
airy dub like the rest of us. and need
all the help you can get to raise you
out of the ordinary, or possibly from
the Extraordinary up to the ordinary.
That most wonderful of natural
forces, the human will, is the sword
with which you can cut through ali
Obstacles overcome all handicaps. It
will enable you to overcome the han
Heap of too soft an early life, and the
'atal tendencies of the loafer and the
'ad: it will smash through the handi-
LANCER of becoming a sulker and an
gnOrant braggart. It is force which
ach of us possesses; 1t grows with
Use. and can raise any of us so that
We can look level into the eyes of any
nan on earth And It makes as all
God miners. We do not all want to
e engineers. In our army we must
ot dream of having all colonies. as in
he standing army Of Nicaragua. We
eed some lieutenants, supply ser
eants. and a lot of red headed. two
sted, intelligent doughboys And
bove the mining engineer comes the
eneral, who directs the lot
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS IGNORE
LAWS OF THE ROAD.

Jitney drivers on the roads radi-
atng from Wallace race through
this city and on the highway with an
utter disregard for the safety and
rights of the public. Some of the
drivers are boys who at least appear
90 be under the age fixed by law, and
AN go laundering along at a speed
forbidden by law within the city and
highly dangerous on the road, dan
gerous to the occupants Of the car
and to those it may chance to meet
Many OF the jitney drivers are no
torious road hogs, holding to the
center OF the road when approach
ing another car and maintaining a
high speed with the evident purpose
of soaring the other fellow out of the
way. In fact so reckless and AFRO
CANT have some Of these drivers be-
come that it is actually dangerous
'i NAilNA N"i y biA tliN lbutto Oh WHICH
they operate.
But the jitney drivers are not the
only speed demons" 1t is almost a
lally spectacle to see private cars
speeding through the streets of this
'ity at a rate far above the limit fix
,i by law, and utterly unmindful of
he danger to which other people
are exposed by their foolhardy con-
luct The laws of the city and state
governing automobile traffic are not |
efficiently stringent but they
houd be enforced such as they are.
n time we hope to have a law that
vim require every person who drives
ia automobile to take out a license,
md also fixing arbitrary power to
evoke the license when the holder
s guilty of speeding or any other
.rious violation of the laws of the
BAD.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
SOCIALISM IN THE UNIONS.
National Republican,

N4Ndlloutl hepuDACduJ
The fundamental principles of la
Dor unionism are not responsible for
certain abuses which have done more
TO draw a line of hostility between
the public and organized labor than
all the activity of forces openly or
ganized to destroy or impair the la
Dor union movement. Socialists op-
Grating within labor organizations
have for years preached the doctrine
of limiting production. The real mo-
tive of this propaganda is to break
down the present industrial order by
destroying the efficiency of produc-
ton under it, and thus create a de-
mand for state socialism. The
thought of the worker himself has
been no more in mind in this than it
has been in Russia, where a socialist
is openly warning upon the
trades unionism and resorting to in
dustrial CONSUMPTION to ward of the
natural results of the destruction of
incentive to labor
Socialists in labor unions have for
years preached the debasing doctrine
hat loyalty to class requires that the
manual worker should produce as lit /
lie and be as inefficient as possible /
they have sought to destroy the /
bride of craftsmanship and the sat
sfaction which comes to the normal I
rec man from his own skill. Into
he ear of the apprentice has been
whispered the doctrine by the social
st agitator that the measure of 10y
lty 70 ones associates in industry IS
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
CAUSE OF CORPSE SHORTAGE.

Mining and Scientific Press)
Prohibition has not harmed the
mineral industry so far as can be
seen; but it is indirectly the cause of
embarrassment to the medical pro-
fession. Corpses for dissecting pur-
poses are now almost unobtainable.
use charts, instead, to an increasing
extent In addition to a lowering of
the death rate, prohibition is respon-
sible for bringing prosperity to those
who. under the conditions that pre-
vailed a few years ago, would have
been willing TO part with the remains
of their deceased relatives for a con-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
WE HAVE ENOUGH.
lMining and scientifc Pressl

mining and Scientific Press)
New York is to have yet another
newspaper, weekly, the Irish Peo-
pie" It is to be the child of the
lrish-American Labor League; it's
purpose is to promote the establish
ment of an Irish republic on the So
Wet plan, and to advocate, through
the influence of labor in the United
States, a boycott of everything Eng
fish. even to the extent of paralyzing
any Of our home industries that sup
ply England With raw products or
manufactured articles. Truly we are
a long-suffering people. When will a
committee be formed to secure the
relief of America from Irish propa-
ganda?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

few of the advantages Of assess
ment work on mining claims, but if
congress continues to suspend the
law upon every pretext offered, a
good argument will be supplied to
those who would do away with as
sessment work altogether and sub
stitute cash payment of 800 for
each claim.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
An Easy Berth.

I received a letter from a lad ask
ing me for an easy berth. To this
replied: You can not be an editor:
do not try the law; do not think of
the ministry; let alone all ships and
merchandise; abhOr politics; don't
practice medicine; be not a farmer or
a soldier or a sailor; don't study. do
not think. None of these are easy. o.
my son. YOU have come into a hard
world. ] know Of only one easy place
in it and that is the grave"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
COLOMBIAN TREATY MORALLY
AND POLITICALLY WRONG.

The ratification of the treaty with
Colombia which provides for the pay
ment of S25. OOO 600 to the South Am
crican republic does not meet the
approval of a very large percentage
OF the people of the United States if
the comments of the press may be
accepted as rejecting public senti-
ment First of all, opponents of the
treaty are convinced that President
Roosevelt committed no wrong
against Colombia when he recognized
the republic of Panama and secured
right of way for the canal across the
isthmus. They are firmly convinced
that he had no hand in promoting
the revolution which resulted in the
secession of Panama and the estah-
nshment of the republic. and they
know that he exhausted every means
to reach an agreement with Colombia
whereby the rights to dig the canal
would have been secured before the /
revolution. knowing that the time
had arrived when the canal would be |
constructed by somebody in response /
to the demands of world commerce, /
President Roosevelt realized that it
would be a great and perpetual dan
ger to permit the enterprise to be
carried out by any other nation.
Colombia having rejected all propos-
ais. there is no doubt that President
Roosevelt welcomed the Panama
evolution. as it opened the way for
securing the right of way across the
isthmus. but we have his solemn
word that he did nothing toward en-
comaging the revolution and besides
there is absolutely no evidence indi-
eating that he did. The only charge
against the conduct of President
Roosevelt comes from Colombia, and
IN agreeing to pay that bandit ma
non S25.OOOoOO. the senate in effect /
,Hrms the charge It is a great
wrong TO the memory of President
Roosevelt one that can not be justi- +
ied 10y commercial advantages. d
From political standpoint the d
uudcauon of this treaty was a ser
Gus mistake. for it rightly stirred q
he resentment of former followers b
# Roosevelt and thereby introduced h
n element of discord in the repub- a
can party that could and should u
ave been avoided on this phase Of NJ
he question, the Chicago Tribune in in
recent issue has this to say:
"Insistence upon action so Wig "
orously opposed within the party I'll
and ON such solid grounds is 10
nothing short of a serious blum w
der "a blunder on the Threshold IL
of the administration which pi
promises unpleasant and unne- Isl
cessary consequences" ir'
OF course, the supporters of the ~
eaty disclaim any intention of re- Is,
acting npon the conduct of Presi- all
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
BUREAU ABUSE.
San Francisco Chroniolel

Noah francisco CErOnicle)
Though Austria today is a mere
patch compared with the former en-
pre- the old government machine.
which was probably over stated even
in Hapsburg days still exists. AL
though the country is bankrupt and
the presence of the army of useless
makes almost any at
tempt at rehabilitation hopeless. the
are determined to stick. Aus
TRANS recognize the absurdity OF the
situation, but they do not know how
to get rid of the traditional bureaus.
IN lesser measure every govern
nent has experienced this difficulty.
Let a bureau get established and it is
'asier to move mountains than to
DOT IT out.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05
Mother
NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 8, is
"MOTHERS' DAY.")

MOTHERS DAY.D
(Anonymous)
I saw a mother kiss her newt born
baby,
Softly, as if soft white rose from
above
Had touched its cheek, and in my
heart l said:
have seen love
saw mother kiss her tall. strong
first born,
Bravely; the tears shone on his
rudy cheek
And in my heart 1 said
No more for courage need seek.
saw mother fold world-worn
beggar
Close to her heart and say: my
boy: my own"
And then l knew that ! had seen Gods
mercy
Straight from the throne.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

A sponge superior to animal
sponges comes from the dried fruit of
. vine IL the nat lands OF Ecuador.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-05-05

Coffee costs the people Of the Unit
ed States $1,000 600 a day
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-03
BIDS FOR HIGHWAY
JOBS ARE OPENED
Fcur Construction Contracts to Be
Awarded When Highway Com
missioner Returns.

Montnutfar Tar I - Eoyf w. u-c btda
Nc'e opehea ~ e'sc n'sa"a' ouiVe az
Montpelier Tuesday afternoon relative
to federal road projects in different
parts o. Vermont There were only
MI. ,.oa,, -. ..t,,a.a,,.n ~.
'oN' ftu'ee'' u'1S' eo'''''s' 'ss'Vn' '-' :
" was tAe largest nhlnper OF contract
ors that have been present AZ any
opening Of bids since the federal road
project work commenced
The lowest bid on the Marshheld-
Cabot job. which Is gravel road, was
Sreeter & Sous Co, Worcester Mass,
at S157l0S,25, while the other bids
were John Aborio, New Haven.
Conn., S2Si,434; Il. II. Newell uS.
bridge, Mass, sI77,215.oa; w. Z. Loud
& Son Co. Quincy. Mass SlsS,5l6.lO;
Luigi 'Carchi Boston, $il5 270.35; Nc
Cabe & Gioyaunia, Boston $3.50 aga .55;
Richard Hopkins, Troy, n, Y, $l72.
1890; Lawton & Vanwerth Glena
Falls, N. T., $2260ll 20; Walter T.. Dix
vann:e, $9l.22426; Streeter g. Sons,
corporation, Springfield, Sl70l60s5; G..
l.. Gregoire Co. Barre. Sl72,42li D. w.
Oyerrocker, Brattleboro, $i957S6. 10.
There were IL bidders on the Cam
bridge gravel road job. These included
G. L. Gregoire Co. Barre, sSl.4S0.19;
w. +. Loud G. Son Co., s94 ,S4l.14; r.
II. Newell, Slo0650.37; II. w. Over.
rocker, s94.1li.47; Walter 4. Dix cor
poration, $S9765.32; Portland Con.
structIon Co, Portland, Me. 800, ,260. %;
Louis Mayerson Albany, N. Y. 1885,
go: Lawton & Van Werth, $92-
25S.42; Richard Hopkins. sS6.6l7 20;
Aborio Road Construction Co. Hart.
ford, Conn, s7S,950.94; McCabe & Clio
vannia. $91 ,22A26: Streetes g. Sons
Co., $92,376.55; Pascal c. Riccl, Rut-
land, s73,2762S: Luigi Carchia, $685.
800; John Aborio, New Haven, Conn,
S145.19S.90.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-03
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS MARRIED
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Warm OBJ
serve Silver Anniversary.

Mr. and Mrs. William Z. Warren OBJ
served their 25th wedding anniver'
sary Friday night, at their home, on
the Bennington fats. Some seventy
Ave friends and relatives were pres
ent at the very homelike and enjoy
able reception, which Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren gave, The guests presented
the couple with many handsome and
useful pieces OF silverware; among
which were a bread plate, cake
basket, pie and cake knife, a tee
set, and one half dozeH each OF
knives, forks and spoons. They also
received several gifts of money, the
most interesting and unique, finely
handmade wooden box containing
twenty-five now silver dollars. l
Mr. and Mrs Warren were very
much touched by the thoughtfulness
OF everyone After social time and
dance. refreshments we're served to
the guests. Upon their departure,
everyone congratulated Mr. and MIS-
Warren upon their twenty-five years
OF married life, and wished them
many more happy anniversaries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-03
LITTLE MONEY MADE In
ROBBING MAIL TRAINS
Trade, too, Has Become Dangerous
sIncs Marines Began to
Act as Guards,

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 2.-Robbing
government trains Is dangerous and
nnremunerative occupation, accord
ing TO Joe p. Johnston. post office in.
spector here in charge OF the Kansas
CltY district. Mr.. Johnston a,lmus
that registered nail robberies have
been in distinct vogue recently, but
he insists that they do not really Of
le- the opportunity to get iich quick
that those who attempt them believe
exists.
Rather. says Mr.. Johnston, they Of.
fer remarkable opportunity to get
killed or sent to prison quick. Thea
he recites the fates that have over
taken many mail bandits.
They all get killed or sent TO
prison in the long rum he remarks.
land usually II isn't such very long
run, either"
Robbing the mails. tho veteran post
office inspector says, probably will he
less attractive than ever since the
government has stationed marine
guards on trains carrying valuable
mails, and provided escorts OF devil
dogs" for mail trucks and guards for
rooms where mail is handled. The in
structions fiiveu the marines are very
explicit 1t is a guards duty TO know
who is authorized to handle mail. and
TO allow no one else to handle t. 1t
is his duty TO know who is permitted
in the room or car where mail Is
handled and to permit no one else
there. II is his duty, In case anyone
attempts to rob the mails, to take that
person, dead or alive, or be able to
show a satisfactory reason why and
the reason needs TO be a good one.
Under Secretary Denby's orders"
says Mr.. Johnston, "about the only
reason that is considered valid is that
the bandit has killed the marine first
There has been an epidemic of
mail robberies recently Mr.. Johnston
continued. II believe tho reason is.
that a lot of young fellows believe
there Is easy money in large amounts
to be had. That is a mistake. Ordi-
narily the loot obtained from register
cd sacks is not easily negotiable, and
tho bandit, even II be gets away with
it. gets small proportion of the
value OF the loot"