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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
LAND FRAUD TRIAL ON
Government Charges That Locaters
Planned to Sell Holdings to
Guggenheims.

Chicago, March 12.-Identification Of
the original applications for coal land
entries in Alaska was the first step in
the opening of the alleged Alaska land
fraud trials in the federal court.
F. A. Boyle, receiver for the United
States land office in Juneau, Alaska,
identified the original documents,
among them applications by George
A. Ball, one of the FIVE defendants, and
w. C. Ball. Sixty-seven persons are al
legged by the government to have per-
mitted the use of their names in OBJ
tanning coal land locations.
Attorneys for the government assert
ed for the first time it was the purpose
of the coal land locaters to sell their
combined holdings to the Guggenheims
of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
TWO ARE SCALDED IN WRECK
TWIN CITY TRAIN is DERAiLED
NEAR EAST GRAND FORKS.
Engineer Pleads for Help, but Com
fades Are PowerIess to
Aid

East Grand Forks. = Completely
pinned beneath their engine, which
toppled over when it climbed a switch
near Davidson, few miles east of
here, Joseph MCGOWAN, Northern Pa
cific engineer, and Gust Hagen, fire.
men, both of this city, were scalded to
death
Flames later enveloped their bodies
which are still buried under the debris.
MCGOWAN retained consciousness for
some time and pleaded for help from
his comrades who stood near by, but
were powerless to release him.
The head brakeman, Farney, es-
capped by his good fortune in riding in
the caboose instead of in the engine,
as usual. Sam Campbell, conductor,
and William Hogan, rear brakeman,
also escaped uninjured.
The engine was hauling west-bound
freight No. 633 from the Twin Cities
to Winnipeg L was made up Of 40
cars of merchandise, several of which
went into the ditch and Immediately
caught fire.
Six cars were destroyed, including
one tank car of kerosene, two cars of
COAL one car of gasoline cans, one car
of merchandise and one car of wire.
The kerosene tank car burned fiercely
but did not explode.
The fire departments chemicals
were not sufficient to put out the burn
ing Goals which surrounded the bodies
of the engineer and firemen.
From Crookston switch engine
was hurried over the Great Northern
road to endeavor to pull the rear end
of the train, still standing on the rails,
to a place of safety.
MCGOWAN was one of the veteran
engineers in the employ of the Nor
them Pacific road. He is survived by
his wife and five grown children. The
dead fireman is survived by young
wife, who is in a precarious condition
from the shock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Boys Perish In BURNING Home.

Hinckley, Mimi, March S.-The farm
residence of Michael Burbahn, nine
miles east of Hinckley, was burned
and two of his sons. aged 9 and 10
years, persisted in the flames. Bur.
balm was away, but his wife made a
desperate effort to save her children
and piloted six of the eight in the
family to places of safety. She was
badly burned and may not recover
The family had retired for the nigh
and had no warning OF the fire unit
the house seemed to be literally i,
names.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
PROBE SWINDLING TRUST
Use of CIairvoyants and Fortune Tell.
ers in Chicago to Be In
vestigated.

Chicago, March 12.-The state at
torney's Office today will begin the
investigation, of a swindling trust
whose speciality is the use of clairvoy-
ants, fortune tellers and soothsayers
as bait for the unwary.
Hand-in-hand with these, go the
spurious stock brokers, into whose
clutches the victims finally fall.
Lydia Lemke, an Elgin girl, who
recently lost $4,000 of her foster faith
er's money on forged notes in an at.
tempt to make her fortune through
the tips Of swindler, is only one of
scores who have been similarly mulct-
ed, according to the police.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Honor Memory of Hall.

Rochester.-The funeral of John r.
Hall, cashier of the Union National
bank of this city, was held at the resi-
dence The city schools were closed
for the day in his memory. he being a
member of the board of education. and
the banks closed their doors between
the hours of and $3.50 p. M, and the
Union National was closed for the day.
The Knights of Pythias had charge of
the exercises at lakewood cemetery.
All OF the relatives were present, a
sister coming from Blooklyn, N. Y,
and a brother from Upland, Cal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

st. Paul, March 12.-Senator Works,
the chairman of the senate grain in
vestigating committee, intimated at
the close of this mornings session the
probability that the inquiry would be
brought to a close the present week.
For the past ten days or more the
inquiry has concerned itself exclu-
sively with the operations of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange and the
Independent Grain Exchange, a re
lated concern.
Evidence was introduced designed
to prove that prices of grain secured
through consignment to the Equity
Exchange were not as satisfactory,
kind and grade being taken into con-
sideration, as when similar grain was
consigned to commission men operat-
ing in the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce.
This was the substance of the testi-
mony given Saturday and Monday by
] j. 0. Hegaback, the manager of a
farmers elevator at Madison, Mimi,
and previously by others. A disputed
oNSouhI bClNCCA IuC I<Qu1ly
and the Farmers Elevator Company
at Voltaire, N. D., was also aired at
great length. AS result errors in
bookkeeping on the part of the Equity
Exchange were admitted, which seem
ed to indicate that the Voltaire Ele-
vator Company was correct in it's con-
tention.
This mornings session was taken
up with the examination of B. F. Ben
son, at Minneapolis, who had sold
grain on change for the Equity Elk
change at an advance of from one to
two cents a bushel over what the
Equity people had paid for it. The
contention was that because the Ben
son Company had secured a higher
price for the grain it would have been
to the advantage of the consigner to
send the grain to a commission firm
operating in the Chamber of Com
merce in the first place.
To Offset this Mr. Drake, the attor-
ney for the Equity, began the intro
duction of evidence this morning to
show that the LoftuS-Hubbard Com
pany, which has financed the Equity
Exchange, had bought number of
cars from Benson which had at once
been sold at an advance to customers,
the profit in some cases being as great
as seven cents a bushel.
The proceedings have been marked
by sharp passages daily between coun.
sci and at the chairman of the commit
tee, Sen. Works. Frequently in these
clashes the lie has been passed. So
incensed did the chairman become
yesterday that he threatened Ito go
outside in minute" with an attorney
for the Equity who had insinuated
that the senator was mistaken in an
understanding that had been reached
with counsel with regard to methods
of procedure.
The legislature, which has not been
in session since Saturday, to give
members an opportunity to attend the
spring elections, will reconyene to-
morrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
TURNER SOCIETIES MEET
AdoIph FaIbisanar Addresses Meeting
in New Ulm on German Folk
Lore SonQ.

IN view Vim on Scfndn ok
Lore Song.
New Ulm.-The annual delegate con.
vention of the Turner societies of the
Minnesota district, COMPRISING Mime.
apolis, st. Paul, New Ulm and Wahpe.
ton, N. D., was held in this city, dele,
gates from all of the societies with
the exception of Wahpeton attending.
Fred Pfaender and Albert Steinhaus.
er, both of New Ulm were elected
chairman and secretary of the con.
ventiou. Various important matters
we're discussed.
Adolph Falbisaner of st. Paul gave a
German lecture at Turner theater on
German folk lore songs.
The next annual convention will be
held in Minneapolis. The st. Anthony
Turnverein will act as host. It was
agreed that each society in the state
bund send team to the national fest,
which will be held in Denver in June
A special train from tHe Twin Cities
will carry the excursionists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Lies All Night by Roadside.

Ceylon.-John Fritz, farmer of
Tenhassen township, has not yet re-
gained consciousness from an accident
that happened while he was driving
home in the evening from Ceylon. He
was found the next morning lying un,
conscious by the roadside mile north
of his home, with the double box wag-
on overturned in a manner that indi,
Gated that the horses made too sharp
a turn at high grade and tipped the
wagon over, throwing Mr.. Fritz out, so
that he struck on his head and suf-
fered conclusion of the brain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Reported Killed BY SnowsIide.

Fergus Falls. = Dispatches from
Leadville, Colo. state that Harry
jacobson, mining engineer who for
merly resided in this city, was killed
in a snowslide near that place. He
was a graduate of the Fergus Falls
high school and of the mining engi.
neering department of the state uni.
versity. He was son of o. P. B.
jacobson, one of the members of the
state board of grain appeals at Min.
ueapolis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Alfonso Enjoys Reminders of Danger

King Alfonso of Spain is said to be
a fatalist, and being of this temper
he is able to derive enjoyment from
occurrences that would alright most
people. A knife that he knocked out
of the hands of an assassin is hung
up in his den. The hides of two
horses killed in bomb explosions have
been made into rugs for his cozy cor
ner. On his wedding day an attempt
was made on his life, and the next
day he visited the spot and pointed
out to his young wife the spot where
the assassin stood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Those Perilous Buses.

The experts from the National Ply
steal laboratory who have been ask
ed to ascertain how far, If at all, the
motor buses are endangering the sta
bility of ST. Paurs cathedral, will have
no simple task in apportioning to the
buses their share of the tremors to
which the cathedral is said to be sub
jected. But modern methods and
measuring instruments are capable of
some wonderful things.-Pall Mall Ga
zette
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Ice Is Moving Out.

Duluth.-The enormous field of ice
outside the harbor has commenced to
move out into the lake A steady
northwest wind has started the ice
field from the shore and it is now NOV
ing eastward. An early opening of
navigation is therefor predicted A
report of the condition of the ice COW
ering the entire Great Lakes has just
been received here. This shows that
in many of the ports the ice is of great
thickness. Little snow is said to cover
any of the fields
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Robbed by Man She Fed.

Winona-Mrs. Carl Riebe of this
city, in honoring the request of back
door caller that he be given a dinner,
lost her husbands valuable gold watch
which was hanging on a hook in the
kitchen. When she left the room to
get the food the tramp took the watch
and its loss was not discovered until
after his departure
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Attempt to Burn a Church.

Alexandria. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to burn the Presby-
terrain church at Florada, a village six
miles south of here. Failure was due
to the timely arrival of the pastor,
Rev. Nathaniel Leavitt, and his wife,
who occupy portion of the church as
a place of residence. The fire was
plainly incendiarism, there being no
fire in the church furnace. Kerosene
and waste material were used in start.
ing the blaze, which had gained only
little Roadway when discovers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Clinton M. w. A. jDstaIIs.

Clinton.-Clinton camp. NJ. W. A.,
installed the following officers: Coun-
sci. NJ. A. Beatty; W. A., j. S. Shan
non; clerk, w. A. Rice; banker, ].
H. Erickson; escort, Karl Beatty;
watchman, c. E. Stotesbery; sentry,
c. H. Propp; manager, L. H. Stephens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Forest Fires in Missouri.

Springfield, Mo-, March 12.-Forest
fires are destroying large tracts of
timber in Oregon, Ozark and Douglas
counties. The unusually dry season
has made it difficult to prevent aeci.
dental fires from spreading.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
olnex Offered Ambassadorship,

Boston, March 12.-Richard Olney,
former secretary of state under Gro
yer Cleveland, has been offered the
ambassodorship to England by Pres
ident Wilson. A friend close to Mr..
Oiney declared that the former secre-
tary had received an offer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves They invigorate instead of weaken:
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it: they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that Is put iote
It. Price as cents. All Druggists
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Missouri River BREAKING up

Pierre, S. D., March 12.-Ice in the
Missouri broke up at this city and the
channel between here and Fort Pierre
is open. There is very slight rise on
the river and the ice is SO soft that
there is nc piling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
korbaya, the Composer, Dies.

London, March 12.-Francis Alexan-
der, Korbaya. singer and composer,
died in London. He taught singing
in the Royal Academy of Music, Lon
don, for time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Newton mcAdoo,s Secretary

Washington, March byron R.
Newton of New York, formerly of the
New York Herald, was appointed pri-
vate secretary to Secretary McAdoo
of the treasury department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Neglected Opportunity.

Mrs. Crabshaw-I notice that a
pound of Swiss cheese seems to go
further than a pound of any other
kind
Mr.. Crabshaw-That's probably be-
cause the storekeepers haven't yet hit
on a plan to weigh in the holes
Puck
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Fires in East Cause Bio Loss.

Pressure Isle, Maine, March IL
Thirteen business places were de-
stroyed when Green's block and
Friedman's block on West Main street
burned. The combined losses are
upward of 100000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
ALLEGED SLAYER Not Guilty.

Iowa City, Iowa, March 1.-"Not
guilty was the verdict of the jury in
the murder trial of Ernest Reasland, in
the district court here. The jury was
out all Saturday night, and part of
Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

Boston, Mass, March H. Fire
caused loss of $4,000 in the whole.
sale millinery district. The firms sus-
tanning the heaviest losses were the
Eastern Millinery company and David
Banash & Son, millinery goods
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Sixty-eight Women Drown.

London, March PA Vienna dis
patch to the Express, reports the
drowning of 6S women by the swamp.
ing of boat on Lake Scutari.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

WHEN RGBBERS BECOME NECESSARY
Aud your shoes pinch, Aliens Foot the
Autiseptic powder to be shaken into tho
shoes is just the thing to use. Try 1t for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sold Everywhere,
csc. Sample FREE. Address, A. S. Olmsted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces iuhamma-
ton pain, cures wind collie sc bottle-Ads
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

PILES CURED IN TO Ia DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT.
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding Or Protrudng Piles In To IA days. 50c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

Truth may be stranger than f1c-
ton. but the latter commands high.
err price in the magazine field
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
CONSTIPATION

Munyon S faw-faw
Pills are unlikeall 9TH
er laxatives or cathar.
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour;; they do
not gripe: they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in q way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

Every time a wise man makes mis-
take he learns something.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

Toni don't know thing I
wouldn't do for you.
Grace-Then you will have mother
and father come and live with US.
Tom-Good you reminded me; but l
don't know of anything else l wouldn't
do for you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Usual Accompaniment.

This fresh air movement is merely
tentative" We'll. of course, tents
will have to go with it,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

One touch of fashion is apt to make
all women freaks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

The man who pleases only himself
must furnish all the applause.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

That pain around your heart
means pressure of gas, the result of
indigestion. 1t does not mean
heart disease. Pain in the region OF
the heart is almost never present
in organic heart trouble.
Strength for the stomach is the
one thing needed. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, one after each meal,
and little care in the diet, will
quickly restore you to health.
This is the proper treatment for
indigestion and you can begin it to-
day and start on the road to health
by getting box of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People from
the nearest drug store. A copy
of our new diet book is free on re-
quest and the pills will be sent you
by mail, postpaid, on receipt OF
price, so cents per box, six boxes
for 81. so, by addressing the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

st. Paul, March 10.-The house
committee on public domain has re-
vised the Kneeland public domain bill
and introduced it as committee bill.
A Public Domain Department.
The bill provides for the creation
of a new department which is to be
given charge of all matters relating to
the public domain. The chief officer
of the department will be termed the
commissioner of public domain and is
to be paid salary of $4,000 year.
In his department there are to be
FIVE subordinate departments or di-
visions to be assigned duties as fol-
lows:
l. State lands and immigration.
2. Geology and mines.
3. Waters, waterways, water pow
ers and drainage.
f. Game and fish
5. Forestry, including timber. tim
Der and log surveys, state parks. for,
ests and forest reserves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Heads to Receive $4,000 Each.

The head of each division is to re-
ceive salary of $4,000 a year except
division four, whose salary shall be
$4,000. A deputy commissioner of pub
lie domain is provided for at salary
Of $4,000 year, and secretary whose
salary shall be $500. The commits
sioner is authorized to employ neces-
sary assistants and to fix their com
pensation
The state drainage commission, the
board of timber commissioners, the
forestry board, the reclamation board,
the game and fish commission, the
geological and natural history sur.
vey, the board Of immigration, and the
offices of surveyors of logs and 1uri-
Der, commissioners and superintend-
ents of state parks, forests and for
est reserves, ETC., are abolished.
Their duties will be discharged by
some division of the department Of
public domain
To Survey Public Lands.
The bill directs that a survey Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14

The bill directs that a survey Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

These things haven't any head boards
or footboards. and they dent look
Ike beds. ! don't care il they do
make the room look like a sitting
room. don't sit up nights to see
what the room looks like"
When Mrs. Bankbert finally got him
TO the dinner party the atmosphere
was distinctly strained. Even their
hostess noticed it.
oh. the BaEkbert family is not on
good terms with itself this evening"
Mrs. BaGEbert explained.
Still, when they started back 10 the
hotel. Baak5ert had had a pleasant
time and was feeling amiable He
had temporarily forgotten his troubles.
AS he opened the door OF their room
and switched on the light these troub-
les burst upon him with renewed
force.
Grimly he surveyed the disguised
beds decorated with sofa pillows. Then
ne regarded James. sitting on a rug
ana looking distinctly peeyish. James
had been accustomed TO slumbe- on
the foot Of a real bed and was an
aoyed 20 find that the bed had van
isTrd
. James" s2.1 BankeeEL IL = zone Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

Jars Of soap stared foTlornly ut her.
who got them" She flung the am
biguous question at one of the judges,
who was inside.
1T seems odd your missing It, Mrs.
Holton But | think II you will com
pare the exhibits you will agree with
our decision" the woman said pa
officially.
Il didn't ask you for an excuse. I
want to know who's the fancy soft
soap maker" She had faint hope it
might be Sarah after all.
The winner is young lady, Miss
L5ora Willis. Such skill in this line
is remarkable in one so young" the
judge theOrized deprecatingly.
Before Mrs. Holton could more than
gasp, a soft voice at her elbow muir
INJURED regretfully:
Il am sorry it happened SO Mrs.
Holton, didn't expect anything be-
side yours; IL just wanted you to
know | could make it."
Mrs. Holton glared at the pretty
girl in fluffy white, with a bitter re-
tort on her tongue. when Martha Jen-
kins cackled shrilly: We're both In
the same boat Maria HOlton, and it's
once you didn't beat me. to have It to
brag about"
Never mind her, mother" Billy
comforted in her ear.
Mrs. Holton looked up at him. tho
sudden Hight of victory kIndliug IN her
eyes, and putting her arm around the
girl. laughed back triumphautly:
"L"nOra is going 10 marry my Billy.
so you're beaten by a Hoiton yet,
Martha Jenkins"