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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15
JUNGLE JOE" AND HIS WELL
EARNED RETIREMENT.

After having been elected twenty
three times to represent his district in
congress, his first term beginning in
1878. Uncle Joe" Cannon has retired
from public life and will spend the re-
mainder of his days among his old
friends in Danville, Ill. With the ex-
ception of four years he has been
member of congress from the Danville
district for fifty years. He was four
times elected speaker of the house.
His service of forty-six years in con-
gress was under eleven presidents
Grant. Hayes Garfield. Arthur, Cleve-
land, Harrison, Mckinley. Roosevelt,
Taft Wilson and Harding. Mr.. Can
non is now 81 years old. He was born
in North Carolina, and when he left
that state to find a home in the west
the map of the United States showed
little beyond the Alleghanies except /
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Beyond |
the Mississippi was the great Ameri-
can desert and then the mountains, a
of which little was known
There were only two states west of
he Mississippi river. Missouri and
Arkansas. The total population of the
United States was 100000, and with
ess than 100000 west of the Allie
;hany mountains. Upon his arrival at
lis old home in Danville the other Z
lay, Uncle Joe" was asked, now that 8
lie had retired. what would he do, to
which he replied:
why bless you. have plenty n
to do. 1 will roam around my G
farm. read and perhaps write 4
some. and think of the good old r
days. may go down to the cor q
ner store and talk things over
with the boys. You know, 1 am
still one of them. out in Danville. h,
am not one of those men who has
to die in harness. 1 can content G
myself in the last days of my life, o
just by seeing my friends and re- q
joicing in the great progress of h
this nation in which 1 have per- .,
formed my little part" L
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15
Blue Skies and Cold Decks
official fraud and graft.

official fraud and graft.
The Colorado plan, we understand
aims only to make the promoter come
out in the open and go on record with
a sworn statement as to just what
are the details of his proposition and
just how he intends to finance the
company He must give details re-
garding promotion stock, and state
how much money he will put into the
mine and how much he will put as
commission" into his own pocket.
These facts are filed and become part
of the public record. A new state
ment must be filed every six months.
The record is the basis for prosecu-
ton in the case of fraud or misrepre-
sentation. A clever stock salesman
can fill his victim full of all kinds of
verbal bunk when he is trying to
close a sale. He will be much more
careful about the statements which he
customer" has not the good sense to
ask for a copy of the sworn state
ments on file at the state house, and
to null it over at his leisure, he should
expect little sympathy if he is swim
died. If the law demands enough de-
tailed information, and if it provides
adequate penalties for violation. it
ought to be effective.
Whenever a man starts sinking a
hole on an outcrop of ore he is gam
u IN rxrifh 1afr he f- oil
chance. We believe that he ought to
be able to share his gamble with 9TH
ers. who, knowing exactly what the
conditions are. desire to put their
money into the venture. The man who
wants money to dig for ore is not
The crook, on the other
hand, has no interest in the mine ex-
cept as a convenient framework on
which to drape his stock selling ora
tory; to him money spent to open a
hole in the ground is a necessary ex-
pense incidental to the business of
selling stock.
A badly drawn or badly admins
erred "blue- sky law is likely to pre-
rent the financing of legitimate and
honest undertakings. We are inclin-
ID to think. however, that it is possi-
lie to make a workable and efficient
blue-sl1y'' law. Those who oppose
Ill such legislation on general prin-
iples complain that it tends to pre-
-ent man from taking an honest
nance" in the great card game of
fe. On the contrary, a we'll conceiv-
d law gives him just that-an hon
st chance. It bars from the game
he sure-thing man. the promoter
Tho knows before he starts that his
ictim has no chance in the world
ne cheat who deliberately plays the
anne with a cold deck
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15
scRIBNER's FOR MARCH.

The March number of Scriebners
Magazine opens with another install
ment of Mrs. Wharton's fine serial, "a
Son at the Front" The chief figure
of the story is Campton, a famous
American painter. whose son through
his efforts is presumably doing de-
partmental work. He is beginning to
realize from the stories of tragedies
about him what the war means to
others as well as himself and has just
sold sketch of his son George to a
famous Paris art dealer for a fabu-
lous sum-the money to be given to
the Friends of French Art" There
is a dramatic interview with the boys
mother Nothing more vivid or more
moving has been written about the
war or made more real; the way it
brought sorrow and sacrifice into the
lives of everyone concerned-directly
or indirectly.
In Men and Half Men" Seth X |
writes about something (
which vitality concerns every American
citizen. The article makes a good |
o accompaniment for the one on 'Tmmi-
grafton" in the February number. He
deals with the problem of the future
and the increasing participation of
the mentally incompetent in our pub
lie affairs. He thinks that some law
should be passed requiring not only
of English. but a test of
mental equipment for the right sort
If education in citizenship.
VIII James the artist cowboy
writes of "Bucling Horses and Buck
ng- Horse Riders" and illustrates it
With many spirited drawings by him {
elf. The editors have let Mr. James 7
xpress himself in his own verna cular a
nd reading his article is just like +
aving talk with him about the I
ountry and the things he loves and K
nows so intimately. Mr.. James says n
hat good English is fine, but don't t.
it there" L
In the field of art r. p. Crawford
rites of Discovering a Real Ameri- al
an Art" dealing with the beautiful 81
IT museums in Santa Fe modelled on II
)me of the old Spanish missions. fo
ere is an art gallery that is not only II
n inspiration for local talent. but er
1ens studios and workrooms for ar nj
SITS all over the country who may A
sit Santa Fe and want to paint nc
ere. tic
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15
Starving Russia Exports Wheat

edward G. Lowry in Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Now in the course of shipment from
Black sea ports are 100000 bushels
of wheat purchased by the German
government. From Novorossisk and
Odessa shipments of wheat and rye
have gone to Turkish and German
destinations. Stocks of wheat and
rye now awaiting forwarding from the
Black sea amount to 100000 bushels.
Another 100000 bushels are at Pc
trograd awaiting shipment at the
opening of the ice. These millions of
bushels of foodstuffs are being ex-
ported by Starving Russia" Dwell
Oh that phenomenon. The news comes
through routine official channels and
is tributed without comment by the
department of commerce.
At the same time dispatches from
New York and London announce that
the American relief commission is
not feeding adults in Russia. 1t con-
tinues to care for 5000, 900 children.
giving them fats and milk but i'm
porting no grain. The Americans in
Russia are also conducting a medical
and sanitary campaign. We have
stopped throwing in money and grain
to fight the famine" in Russia.
Behind these two pieces of news lies
a long, tangled and dramatic story.
Senator Borah and those who believe |
with him that the soviet government
should be recognized and that we |
should put ourselves on cordial,
friendly and diplomatic relations with
russia should acquaint themselves
With every detail of this story 1t is
impossible to do business with the
resent government of Russia. Every
'ody who has tried it has failed.
The prime defect and outstanding ]
of the Moscow group of
olshevists is that it does not keep its
'ord or attempt to meet its obliga-
ions and engagements The ruling s
nd governing bolshevists can not be i
rusted They will not play fair. They r
ill even cheat and deceive those who a
ONE from 5000 miles across the seas 0
} feed and help Russians who are In
ok and starving and being decimat- &
by famine. That has been our ex- G.
erience. The outlines of the story t;
'e just becoming known. Herbert A
DOVER and the officers in Russia of h
e American relief association have Il
'pt their mouths shut tight They b.
I'VE carried on. They still hold fast M
their job of saving children and in
king care of the sick "
The Americans in Russia have done al
d are doing their work under the III
adow of a government so inhumane
at at this moment it is exporting ed
ID from starving people in order in
1t 1t may receive in return machin- err
and raw materials for the eco CHI
mic improvement of the survivors tn
more cold-bloodedly cruel action is RI
recorded in the history Of any ma be
n While this policy of exporting ed,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15

lfoodstuffs endures the soviets become
directly responsible for every Russian
who starves to death.
Before we stopped sending grain to
Russia and when the soviets started
exporting we actually faced the pros
pect, when a ship arrived from Am
erica loaded with wheat from the
Mississippi valley. of finding the eIe-
vators and the warehouses at the Rus
sian port filled with grain outward
bound. Had this condition been al
lowed to come about, wheat hauled
5000 miles to feed starving Russians
would have been transported over the
identical routes and in the identical
cars that had brought the Russian
wheat from the famine stricken in
terror. That tragic jest was only
averted when we stopped exporting
grain.
1t was strongly felt and urged upon
the Russian government if such it
may be called, that the American peo-
pie would not listen to further appeals
for charity to prevent starvation when
available food was being hauled by
rail across the very areas where mill
lions of people might die for the lack
OF It, and was exported through the
very ports into which food must be
imported for their salvation. The
whole condition staggered credulitv
and imagination.
When it was urged upon the soviets
that they might dispose of some of
their liquid assets, church treasures
and other confiscated properties they
made the astonishing reply that such
sales would not be legal. When IT
vas pointed out to Moscow that It
lad continuously sold conhscated
property of one sort and another in
england and on the continent for two
ears no reply was forthcoming.
1t all comes down to this:
That when Russia was famine
tricken and millions were starving
the winter of 1922 the United States
rovided s6O,OOOOOO of relief supplies
nd actually fed at one time 110OO-
W people and furnished medical re-
Ell to much larger number. Con-
ress appropriated s2f 000. 900 for this
1arity and the remainder of the to-
u was raised by Hoover from other
merican sources When the Russian
arvests were in and it was found
lat sufficient quantity of grain had
zen raised to feed all the people. the
oscow government. instead of saw
e It's own starving. began to export.
hen urged to keep its food at home
ID send abroad its confscated treas
es to buy machinery It declined.
That is the government we are ask
to recognize and treat as an equal
the society Of nations. We prop
" continue to feed the Russian
Ildren They should not suffer for
brutality Of the men who now run
ssia. But even that relation may
temporary. tt is all a great trag-
2.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15

affected by conditions surrounding the
production, marketing, sale and use Of
silver.
IS. In 1919 $4,000. 900 Of gold went
into jewelry and the fine arts in the
United States. while our total pro-
duction Of gold for that year was but
s5s,0OO,OOO. The worlds production
of gold in 1915 was s474. 900. 900, and
in 1922 it was but 1927 OOOO OO"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-15
GASOLINE FROM coRNcoss.
anaconda standard)

The stone rejected by the builders
became the head of the corner. and
the chemists of the governments am
liable and enterprising department of
agriculture hold forth strong hopes
that the meek and lowly corncob may
be converted into a cheap and salts
factory substitute for gasoline as a
motive power. More than six years
Evening star., 1923-11-12
ADJUSTMENTS

mans song, which is familiar to WASH
ington. save that here it is sung to the
panorama Of the weary boatmen who
draw boats with long rope which en-
circles each, another touch of tragic pa
thos. La Tabatiere Musicale" the
music box, comes next, with it's pam
tomime Of two lovers vainly endeavor-
ing to exchange greetings, while a cruel
old woman, winding yarn, defeats them
at every turn.
The music and the movement Of the
figures in this are for all the world
like those of a quaint old music box
of generations ago.
THE Night Idyl," one of the most
ludicrous Of the comedy presenta-
tions. shows a pair of lovers at ad-
I joining easements endeavoring to
a quartet of cats, with cleaning
eyes, interject- their musical meows.
Then follows the ."Trepak from The
Nutcracker,, with music by Tschai-
kowsl1y, which Balieff announced was
danced by every one else but the Rus
sian. The unique program reached
its close with "A Night at Yards
Moscow, in 1S40," a picture Of gypsy
life and revelry 1.-The Ballade of the
Fan" and a Spanish Serenade," beau
tifully danced, and a vocal interlude
by an artist whose name escaped even
though uttered in Balieff's pure Eng
lish" were additional numbers prom
ised in reward for the applause of
the audience. whom he had taught
to applaud in Russian style as well
as that of the mode.
l. IT ia wonderf,,J
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hits the pillow and turns of the light
for those few delicious moments of
summarizing that come while drifting
into sleep.
AS an evidence Of it's gripping quail
ties, let 1T be said, throughout the
play, after each of the seven scenes
save the first. in which the story was
started-there was just sufficient ap-
plause to raise and lower the curtain
three times. But the applause appeared
to be restrained and reserved on ac-
count Of the qualities of the play. The
audience came out Of the atmosphere
just long enough to show appreciation
and then lapsed back into the aura of
concentration on the plot. The same
held true at the end. The final cur
tain dropped. The audience remained
seated. It went up once. to perfume
tory applause. 1t came down. 1t went
up again to more enthusiastic and ap-
preciative applause. 1t came down. 1t
went up again, and the applause was
dying again while the audience was
reaching for its hat and coat and start
ing for the aisle still pondering upon
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"Loyalties." I"

Founded on a paradox. developed
with logical attention to the sway
ings of human nature and finished
off with a fine philosophy in no way
deleterious to the progress of the
drama. "Loyalties," by John Gals
worthy, sponsored by Charles Dill
iingham, came to the National The
ater last night for a weeks visit
to the National Capital.
1t was an appreciative and SYM
pathetic audience. which easily pick
ed up the various threads of loyalty
running through the well knit fabric
of the play, and, with evident enjoy
ment, followed these threads to their
termination with keen attention and
understanding.
''Loyalties" grips you: but 1t does
not horrify. 1t is attention-com-
pelling, but not nerve-racking. It
is tensely exciting. but not gruesome
1t gives one something to remember
with that satisfied feeling when one
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them. will even entertain suspicion
against him. Yet he did steal the money
and, frankly, the audience is purposely
allowed to see that he is the culprit,
despite the fact that his friends dis
associate any such thought.
1t has been said that logic with
attention to the human-nature ten
denotes was given in development of
the play. Throughout there WAS evil
denced the loyalty of friends toward
a man under suspicion; the loyalty of
the accuser to his race; the loyalty
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money and demands that the culprit
be brought to justice. They give
their roles treatment which puts the
play across with a terrific convincing
hnality. But every one else in the
cast gives an equally satisfactory
performance, SO much SO that the
entire list of characters must here
with be considered as mentioned in
the roll of honor
It's a great play. If you like melo-
drama which does not hcrrify. see H..
CONTINUED on Seventeenth Page.)
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dal hinted at by friends; the unfair
threats at social ostracism attempted
in what the accuser maintained was
social blackmail,' and the evident in
timation of the rather antagonistic
feeling between Gentle and Jew.
Capt. Ronald Dancy, ID. S. o.. of his
majesty's army, portrayed by Charles
Quartermaine, is the culprit. while
Ferdinand de Lewis. masterfully pre-
sented by James Dale, is the wealthy.
outstanding young Jew, loyal to his
race, who suffered the loss of his
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of an attorney to his profession; the
loyalty of an Army officer to the
service; the loyalty of the culprit
himself TO what he considered a debt
of honor-to such an extent that he
stole the money to pay 1T and then
killed himself in the last three min
utes of the presentation because st
was the only decent thing to do" Yet
in the midst of all these demonstra-
tions of loyalty, there is the frailty
of human nature; the breath of scan
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the climax.

And now for a peep at the story. We
have said " is founded on a paradox.
Is 1t not paradox for an officer of the
British army TO steal a thousand
pounds sterling from a fellow guest
beneath the roof of a friend? Espe-
cially when this mans conduct on the
n. .d mas been that of A gallant soldier
and his conduct in his club has been
surrounded with qualities which made
him so loved and respected by his
friends and associates that not one of
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-04
DISASTERS

Jan @Greek destroyer blown up by
torpedo explosion; 80 killed.
Jan. 2-Roof Of moving picture thsater
in Washington collapsed under weight OF
snow; "a killed and ls injured.
Feb. 2-Twenty-f Ave men killed by explc-
sion i'm mine at Gates, Pa.
Roma, bought from Italy. destroyed by
fall and explosion near Hampton Roads:
"a men killed, 5 injured.
March l6-One III eman killed. score in
Springer block and damaged the Buriing-
ton Railway Office building, with prop
erty loss OF 3s,000.0
March 2a-R 'tish submarine H.!2 sunk
collision with destroyer.
March 2s-Fsmous church of ste. Anne
de bsaupre near Quebec burned
April l.1Destruetiye floods throughout
April Fatal and destructive lorna
does in southern Illinois and Indiana.
April iS-Four hundred carloads of war
muniticrs exploded in Monastir, Serbia:
city.
April ~24-sudden food at Fort Worth.
Tex: killed several score OF persons.
made 10000 homeless.
May l9--P. & o, liner Egypt sunk In col
lision with French freghter. % lost.
June l1-0rest storm swept New York
city and vicinity; 80 persons killed and
vast damage done.
June l2-Three hundred drowned by
food in San Salvador.
July 3l-Great confiagration in European
business quarter OF Hongkong.
Aug. 1-rorty persons killed In wreck OF
pilgrims train near Lourdes, France.
Aug. FIFTY thousand lives lost In
typhoon at Swallow, on China coast
Aug. 6Thirty-seven killed and 1873 In
jured IN railway collision at sulphur
Springs, Mo.
Aug. 1T-Towns of Fairbanks. Silver
Creek and Pinto, MINI, destroyed by for
est fires.
Aug. 2~s-Japanese cruiser Niitaka sank
In typhooni 800 lives lost.
Aug. 2s-Forty-seven men entombs6 In
all found dead q days later
Aug. 2-Chilean ship sank near CO.
quimbo: 31s lives lost.
Sept. 2~s-Ammunition stores exploded by
lightning destroyed Falconara fort, Italy.
killing IA soldiers and ~injurins . thou
sand.
Oct. 5-More than 30 reported killed In
disastrous forest fires In northern Ontario
and Quebec. Several destroyed.
Oct. 2-Fifteen burned TO death In New
Oct. sI-webb City, Mo-. wrecked by
tornado.
Nov. s-Eighty men killed by gas sxplo-
sion in coal mine near SpanGler, Pa.
Nov. 10-Earthquake and tidal waves In
Chile killed hundreds and did vast dam
age.
Nov. 1s-Eighty lives lost when Msxi-
can steamer sank at la Bomba,
Nov. E-EiRhty-four men killed by dust
explosion In mine near Birmingham. Ala.
Dec. s-Business district and mani
homes of Astoria, Orc, burned; loss
2lb. 600 OOO.