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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
Herrin Trials a Mockery of Justice

philadelphia Public Ledger
The remaining indictments against
those charged with murder and con-
spiracy in the Herrin mine massacre
have been quashed. They may as well
be. 1t is useless to try them in Will
hanson county. The prosecution can
not ask for a change of venue
Bloody Williamson" is a farming
mining community, the two industries
being woven together in the life of the
region. When a representative of
Illinois attorney general says Justice
can not be obtained in the county,"
he speaks the truth.
Herrin is a familiar story. On the
bright forenoon of Thursday, June %,
1922 81 non union men were killed by
mob of more than 1000 men. There
We're hundreds maybe thousands of
Witnesses. The actual killers are
known to hundreds.
Few who have watched the two
trials held will be surprised at the
failure of the juries to convict. The
verdicts in both instances represent
county's feelings, wishes
and determination. They are in line
with the verdict of the coroner's jury
of Sunday, June 25, that found the
dead came to their end "at the hands
Of parties unknown, and . that the
deaths of the decedents were due to
the acts. direct and indirect of the
Southern Illinois Coal company"
This was the community attitude:
strip mine OWNERS had brought work.
ers and armed guards into a union |
and striking area; the blood of these
men. therefore, was on the hands of /
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

court and at the same time the most
forceful opponent of membership in
the existing tribunal maintained by
the league Of nations is Senator Bor-
an. His plan is to form world court
in which a member nation can file its
complaint and gain a hearing regard
less of the consent of the nation
against which the complaint is direct
ed, which is not permitted under the
rules governing the league court. He
would have the court absolutely free
from dominating influence, as free and
above suspicion as our own supreme
court. The day following President
Harding's speech in St. Louis. Sena-
tor Borah announced that he fully
agreed with the position taken by the
president, from which it may be as
sumed that other opponents of the
president will also find themselves in
accord with him now that he has so
clearly defined his position toward the
International court.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

this account, also, western states are
resurfacing miles and miles of their
concrete highways with a shock-ab
sorbing layer of asphaltic- concrete. In
this manner the original road invest
ment Of the taxpayers is conserved
and the life of the road base prolong-
ed for an indefinite period
Secretary Wallace is right in saying
that conditions are changing so rap
idly that it is difficult to speak au-
thoritatively on best types of road
construction. The experience of the
west, however, has furnished conclu-
sive proof that shock absorbing pave
ments, traffic impact and the taxpay-
ers' pocket book are closely associat-
ed in any scheme of road construction
that is undertaken.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
TYPES OF ROAD BUILDING.
Qndustrial News Bureau)

Industrial News Bureau)
The character and density of road
traffic have been changing so rapidly
that experts are yet unable to speak
authoritatively as to the best methods
and types of road construction, ac-
cording to Henry c. Wallace. secretary
of agriculture. in an address before
the American Automobile association.
Western states have spent many
millions of dollars in the past five
years hard surfacing their highways
A cement pavement that would have
stood for thousand years under foot
traffic or the pneumatic tires of auto
mobiles not heavy enough to jar the
road. has been found TO crystaiize and
go to pieces under the constant i'm
pact of heavy, rapidly moving vehicles.
The old steel tire was satisfactory
on wagons and buggies until the ad-
vent of the motor car. The greater
speed of the latter would soon wreck
vehicle whose wheels were not pro-
tected by a cushion of rubber. And in
turn the jar and pound of the modern
motor truck, passenger bus and heav-
Ter pleasure car will wreck the non
elastic, non-shOck absorbing, rigid
types of pavement It is for this rea-
son that city streets have for many
years been covered with carpet OF
asphalt If the road base itself is not
of the asphaltic- concrete type On
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

schools is doubtless due to. the thor
ough organization of the educational
system under the guidance of DR..
Bryan. in which he has had the most
cordial cooperation of the state board
of education. The commissioner of
education is the keystone of the Ida
no educational system and it is hoped
that the next Legislature will right the
wrong committed by the last session
by restoring him to the arch before
the collapse.
The act of the last session of the
legislature did not abolish the Office
of commissioner of education. 1t sim
ply omitted making an appropriation
to pay the commissioners salary for
the next two years. In that manner
the enemies of the educational sys-
TEN accomplished by indirection and
stealth what they were utterly unable
to accomplish in direct and open
contest The attitude of the people
of the state generally is probably re-
Elected by the action of the North Ida
no chamber of commerce which pro-
posed to raise the commissioners sal
airy by private subscription in order
to keep him on the job. However DR..
Bryan has announced that he would
not hold the position under that con-
dition although highly appreciative
of the spirit back of the proposal. In
this he is of course absolutely right
He will therefore retire on July /. He
has accomplished much good for edu-
cation in Idaho and it is gratifying to
know that he will continue his resi-
dence in the state.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
SMITH AND BRYAN THE WET
AND DRY LEADERS.

Governor Smith says he is not a
presidential candidate. That is in
teresting. Neither has any other in
dividual announced himself as a can
didate for the democratic nomination.
Nevertheless the governors approval
of the Mullan-Gage repeater bill in
New York and his recommendations
for modification of the Volstead act
have made him the leader of the wet
contingent in his party. Mr.. Bryan's
lifelong service under the dry ban
ner makes him the logical leader of
the dry wing of the party. So there
you are. Neither has formally become
candidate, but each has the field
practically to himself on the liquor is
sue. They are both intelligent men
and can correctly appraise a political
situation. Neither Bryan nor Smith
is going to let the grass grow under
his feet between now and the date of
the convention. and the democratic
party is likely to see a greater split in
it's ranks than it has ever experienced
before.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
FOR A RAINY DAY.
Chicago Tribune)

(ChicagO Tribune)
1t is common sense for the individ-
ual to make personal preparation for
any economic depression which may
come. Each individual can do so by
the exercise of a little self denial for
the moment If each will put part of
present day income into savings banks
or government bonds, which are al
most at par and still pay more than
per cent, there will be much less mis-
cry when the tide of prosperity GIBBS
We do not oppose the purchase of silk
shirts or f1ivvers or patronage Of the
moving pictures and similar entertain
ment. We are for those things The
working man or woman has as much
right to the luxuries he or she can
buy as has any one, and more than
some. In so far as they do buy these
things they help maintain prosperity.
But common sense and the experience
Of very recent years should indicate
TO them that there is a path between
and parsimony.
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the mine owners. Herrin was brood
ingly exultant; what had been done
was done, what had happened was no
business of courts or outsiders. There
was a ray of hope when a grand jury
indicted PA men and denounced local
officials who stood by, watched the
mob arm and did nothing to stop it,
That hope faded when the jury in
the first trial, ending in January, ac-
second jury brought in its verdict of
mot guilty" The tmosphere of class
feeling has prevailed. 1t was the will
of unionism that no man should suf-
fer for what happened on June %,
1922. The county is overwhelmingly
union. The will of the unions was
more powerful than the will of the
state of Illinois.
Illinois officials did their best Work
ing in the midst of open hostility they
brought a dozen men to trial They
faced and fought prejudice, perjury
and a conspiracy of sullen silence
and intimidation. They
could not tear the truth out of hostile
witnesses nor reach the evidence bur
led in the memories and locked in the
of hundreds of people.
They have thrown up their hands.
clubbing over the conduct of the
trials is of no moment There are 20
graves in Herrin's potter's field Hun
dreds saw these dead die and know
their slayers. Bloody Williamson"
wins Justice loses and is Knocked.
Herrin walks a pariahs path Mer
Rouge and Herrini Twin symbols of
hatred, savagery and blood
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
COMMISSIONER BRYAN WILL RE-
TIRE JULY I.

DR. f. A. Bryan. commissioner Of
education, is in northern Idaho this
week closing up important business
matters in connection with the state
university at Moscow and the normal
school at Lewiston preparatory to his
retirement on July 1. Although with
out an executive officer after July 1.
DR. Bryan states that the state board
of education will be able to get
through the coming hiennium without
serious arrangement of the educa-
tional system. However, he expects
that the board viii have to hold more
frequent meetings and viii also have
to call into conference the heads Of
the various educational institutions
That the board will be able to fnnc-
ton during the next two years with
out impairing the efficiency of the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
MOORE GOES TO ALASKA.
Mining Engineer on Scouting Trip for
Local People.

Mining Engineer on Scouting Trip for
Local People.
Stanley r. Moore, mining engineer,
left yesterday morning for Broad Pass,
Alaska, and expects to be absent
three months and possibly longer
Broad Pass is on the government rail-
road, about half way between An
chorage and Fairbanks. Mr.. Moore
represents a syndicate of Wallace and
Spokane mining men and his purpose
is to investigate mining property in
that section of Alaska He will later
proceed to Fairbanks and make furth-
err Investigations in that vicinity, and
it is probable that he viii also visit
other sections of Alaska before his re-
turn to the states. Mr.. Moore recent
ly returned from Mexico where he
had been engaged in mining for sew
eral years. His family will remain in
Wallace.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

(By Irene Welch Grissom, of Idaho
Falls, recently appointed poet laureate
of Idaho by Governor Moore)
Desolate, drear the desert lies,
Under the dazzling summer skies.
Shimmering heat waves float away
over the sagebrush rank and gray.
No joyous bird breaks into song,
Rattlesnakes hiss and glide along,
Far overhead an eagle sails,
Keen eyes searching the badger trails.
Rushing. roaring a river runs,
Carving, cutting as countless suns
In lonely splendor flame and glow,
Parching the arid wastes below
Untouched by pillow or ditch the sod.
Wild and barren as left by God.
A glaring, treeless. wind-swept plain,
Beyond the zone of cooling rain.
A dreamer comes, as dreamers will,
To watch the tumbling waters spill
Through canyon with lava walls,
over the mighty foaming falls
He sees the desert, vast and grand,
Reclaimed into a man made land,
Clear shining streams run here and
there,
New life is springing everywhere.
Born of the dreamer and his thought
The miracle at last is wrought,
From far above canyon deep
Down broad canals the waters sweep
Then happy homes dot fields of green
With flowing orchards in between.
The waste transformed is fragrant,
fair,
With song of birds upon the air
Deep mirrored in the crystal streams
The glory of the sunset CLEANS.
There's sound of laughter glad and
gay.
That rings from where the children
play.
With joyous life a dead land CLOVIS
When irrigation water flows.
The wilderness is swept away
At dawn of reclamation day.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
Bear Top Troubles.

Joseph f. Morton has brought suit
in the district court against the Bear
Creek Mining company to recover
$4,000 alleged to be due on account of
money advanced the company and for
salary as secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

on the payment of a one-cent assess
ment 1t is estimated that this assess
ment will bring $4,000 to the treas
ury, which will enable the company to
provide the mill with a zinc flotatiOn
plant and meet other expenses Incl
dental to resumption of production
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
THE NEW HIGHWAY AND ITS
BENEFITS TO DISTRICT.

The unanimity with which the peo-
pie of Shoshone county voted for the
road bonds indicates conclusively that
they fully appreciate the great ad-
vantages that will follow, advantages
in which the people in all parts of the
county will share. The first step in
carrying out this great road con-
struction program is the sale Of the
county bonds authorized, bids for
which will be opened on July 30 and
from present indications there viii be
numerous bidders, as the bonds of
Shoshone county are a highly attrac-
tive investment The county now has
no bonded debt and practically no
other form of Indebtedness. and the
100000 issue will be paid off on
schedule time without resorting to
special tax and in fact without the
taxpayers realizing that the debt is
being paid. With the bonds sold there
will be available for this great enter
prise more than $1,000 Sc per cent
of which will be provided by the fed
eral government which will be avail
able the moment Shoshone county Sc
cures the cash for the bonds. The ex-
penditure of this large sum in this
county within the next year and
half means the employment OF a large
number of men and heavy purchases
of supplies, all of which will make an
important contribution to the pros
perty of the district.
With the main highway completed,
the endless drain upon the financial
resources of the county for maintain
ing it will be forever ended leaving
the county free to take up the i'm
provement Of roads in other sections
of the county and to build new roads
into sections which have heretofore
been neglected solely because the
funds We're not available for the pur-
pose The Improvement and extension
of side roads will prove to be of ines
Unable benefit to the county by bring
ing the people into closer and more
business and social relations
and directly aiding III the develop
ment of the natural resources of the
county.
The completion of the Occur
rAlene- Yellowstone trail across the
county. with seventeen miles paved
between Aullan and kellogg and the
balance between Nullan and the sum =
nit and kellogg and the county line
finished in accordance with the gov
srnment standard, in addition to the
benefit and pleasure it viii bring to
he people of the county, win give
wonderful impetus TO tourist travel
through the Occur d'Alene district. BY
he time this work is completed the
Jew road in Mineral county will have
'een completed Mission flats will
ave been eliminated and the road
through Fourth Of July canyon win
nave been surfaced and curves reduc-
d. altogether making the section be-
ween NIissoula and Spokane the best
DAD and from a scenic standpoint the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
FlsHINeER RETURNS.
Former Wallace Resident Back to Wis
it Old Friends.

it Old Friends.
William Fishinger, for many years
a resident of this city, now making
his home in Roanoke. Va. arrived
Tuesday and will spend two or three
weeks visiting old Occur d'Alene
friends Mr.. Fishinger was long en-
gagged in the cigar making business
as a partner of Mayor Hugh Toole in
the Wallace Cigar company. He sold
his interest to Mr.. Toole three years
ago and has since made his home in
Virginia. Mr.. Fishinger was active in
affairs during his residence
here and served several terms as a
member of the city council Mr.. Fish
niger motored from Roanoke to Wal
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28

lace being on the way 27 days. which
includes five days lost on account of
heavy rains and consequent bad
roads. From Roanoke to the Mississ-
ippi river he never left paved high
way
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-28
NAHos.
Company to Be Reorganized-Put in
Zinc Plant.

Announcement has been made that
the Nabob Consolidated Mining com
pany will be reorganized on an as
sessable basis, the new company to
be called the Nabob Snver-Lead com
pany. The company will have $780,
900 shares, the same as the old, which
will be exchanged share for share up-
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Entered at the PostOfice In Wallace.
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The Washington times., 1923-10-29
!. WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow


Concert--Y. w. G. A., 1855 q street
northwest, 1880 p. m.
Meeting- -Indiana Society, New Epbitt
Exhibition- LithogFaphs. Smithsonian
Electfon OF officers-st. Paul's Council
of Catholic Men,. ST. Paui's Church
Community concert-Community Mu-
sic Association, Central High School,
Meeting-Generals, captains and lieu.
tenants, Jewish Community Center Drive
Z. NJ r.. A. Building. 5 p. m.
Halloween ance-Womenss City Clup'
$3.50 p. m.
ISOLATION. willard Hotel, all day. :.
Herbert solym. Anna Maud Hallam
Practical Psychology Club. Franklin
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration--
Independent Order. Sons of Jonadabg,
Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth street north
Meetins-Band, United spanish war
Veterans. s21 Pennsylvania avenue south
Meeting---Albert Pike Lodge. No. So,
Ceremonial-Cregcent Temple. No. PIT,
Grand Order of the Orient, Knights Of
Pythias, Pythian Temple, 8 p. m.
Lecture-"Behind the Scenes at wash
ingfonsf' Frederic William vile. Associa.
ton OF University Women, 1884 ! street
northwest, afternoon.
observation-disclosures of American Pen
Women 1722nH street northwest, p. m.
Meeting--Takonaa Park Horticultural
Club. Takorna Park Branch Library. 9
Card party-United Daughters OF the
Cenfederacy. Confederate Home, evening.
garet +. Robinson. wilson Normal
Meeting Girl Scout Troop. No. II.
Wilson Normal School, 4 p. m.
French class ". Brown Community
Center. isis p. n.
Washington. Bbbltt House. 8 p. m:
MeetEng-Leagi0 OF Republican Clubs,
MilitsfS HxhiiSDst1sixtsenth Field Ar
tillOry, Fort Myer, Va, Monument
Grounds. 1880 p. m.
Dinner - Girls Friendly seciety.
chArch Of, the Epiphany. evening.
and ciyice, Catholic Community Heuse,
SOL D. street northwest 7:45 p. m.
TomorrQw.
Meeting Glars II safe driving.
auspiees OF the Washtngton safety
street and Rhode Island avenue nerth-
Ne MSetinkS Z. ssc;oley-MecuiIough Post. No.
%. AInerican Legion. ERbttt Hotel 3
Mestiins--eerth star Union. calvary
Baptist Church, all day.
Meeting-Le Rpy Lewis Chapeors
or RsssSr Ety. aa sy'nsisss saaras, womsa.s
I Dance &c Triangle Outing Club.
Arcade Ballroom, $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1923-10-29
WIQ|MEN'S meet.
To DISCUSS
LIQUOR
National Council Likely to
Have Advocates for Pro-
hibition Modification.
By SONIA LEE.
international News, sarvira.

DECATUR, H., Oct. 29.-Prob'
lens, both political and social, will
receive consideration by the National
Council of Women, who tonight open
their Six-day biennial session here.
The, activities Of the Ku Klux
Khan, enforcement of prohibition or
its modification, birth control, the
new moral codes, child welfare, wo-ld
peace, education and Immigration
are slated to cause considerable con-
.troversy on the floor OF the conyen-
ton.
Mrs. Philip North Moore, president
of the council, commenting on prohi-
bition, indicated that modification
viii have. strong advocates In the
sessions. - I.
|. Attitude On Prohibition.
No law must remain incorporated
in our codes which cannot be en-
forced" said Mrs. Moore. Its dan
ger lies not IN the fact that it in
itself Is continually broken, but in
the fact that It breeds contempt for
all laws. <
Prior to prohibition the general
breaking Of a Constitutional amend.
ment or any other law was .unheard
or. Today law is somethlng to be
0N1AS4s + " AAA1S, As n 'Wn0te, the WDE11.
en- regard prohibition as necessary.
they realize there must tbe some
modifications that will permit Of Its
endorsement ~.
Every creed and every opinion is
represented in the 800 delegates from
foftystwo clubs throughout. the
United States. With a Presidential
campaign imnihent, there IS .1ika.y
TO be an undercurrent Of political acs,
tivity. and certainly q, solidifying of
the womeH's forces so that taSjr
election. II -
Plans f6ir Meet HeFe.
Final plans Will be made for the
inteFnational meeting Of the council
IN Washington, d. c.. IN 1926, which
Will bring together women leaders
OF the world.
Prominent women who will attend
include Mrs. Maude Wood Park,
president Of the National League Of
Women Voters: Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, and Mrs. clifford Pinchot.
The Washington times., 1923-10-29
DIVORCED PAIR REWED,
DAUGHTER PLAYS CUPID

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-s-Mar.
ried twenty.three years ago. Di.
vorced several years later. Re.
married on the anniversary Of their
first marriage.
The couple are Mr.. ana Mrs. J..
Warren Heebner. The. couple in
tended to, keep the wedding d
secret a few months, but their
overjoyed daughter, who was the
cause of their reconciliation, was
unable to- conceal it. ~
II am very happy they are mar
ried again." said Miss Helen Heeb.
ner, who is twenty-five years old
and their only daughter.
After. several rides with her
father, Miss Heebner persuaded her
mother to accompany them. Acting
very wisely Miss Heebner put her
mother in the front seat with her
father.
And there it was that this Cupid
person grasped his chance. The
couple left on motor tour of
Pennsylvania and New York.
The Washington times., 1923-10-29
15-ToN CASTING FALLS,
BUT a WORKERS ESCAPE

READING, Pa, Oct. 2e.-7Four
men, Anlmon Knauer, Robert Ko!b,
John Swavely and Blair Lyken9,
narrowly escaped death In an iron
works in BiFdsbore, when cable
broke on a ten-ton crane and let
fall a 30.0o0-pound casting. being
made for the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration. The casting was not
damaged, but II fell within six
inches Of a little mill office, IN
which the man were at work.
The Washington times., 1923-10-29
WOUNDED CHICKEN HAWK
GIVES HUNTER HARD FIGHT

STAFFORD, DEL, Oct. 29.-CIyde
c. Thompson and Theodore 8. Hat
ton, duck hunting along the marshes
af the Nantieoke- river, wingel a
chicken hawk five and a half feet
from tip to tip. The hawk fell on
the shore Of the river as II dead,
but when Thompson reached down
to pick it up It gave him q hard
battle, inflicting numerous wounds
fore being finally subdued.
Thompson used stout club to
kill 1t. The hawk was one Of the
largest ever seen in this section.
The Washington times., 1923-10-29
SKUNK PoLLUTES WELL
AFTER LONG DROUGHT

BoYERToWN, Pa. Oct. 2s.-
Henry Grabert, q shoemaker, 10
compelled for the present to carry
all his water at his home on Water
street, just beyond the borough
liEnite.
Grabert, who was inconvenienced
for weeks during the recent drought,
has added troubles even after the
recent rains. The well lie now full
Of water, but he discovered a skunk
had taken a bath in it. Grabert's
nose instantly told him the source
of pollution. Just az soon as the
him working without a gas mask
he will clean the we'll.