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The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
PEACE DELEGATES AT ODDS
Discord Arises at The Haoue Over
Proposition for Direct Inter
cession With Rulers.

The Hague, vhitisondon, April 81
Discord appears >to have sprung up
among tie delegates to the women's
Feace congress. Nine American wom-
en- have reached The Hague by way
of Copenhagen accompanied by Mad
anne Rosika Schwimmer, president of
the Hungarian Woman's Suffrage as.
sociation.
These delegates, under the guidance
OF Nine. Schwimmer, have decided to
advance strong proposition for di-
rect intercession by the women with
the rulers of the warning nations for
a cessation of hostilities.
They have secured the support of
most Of the Danish, Swedish and Nor
wegian delegates.
On the other hand, many of the
delegates already here under the lead
ership of Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews, of
Boston, and comprising all the mem
bers of the resolutions committee and
the Dutch women members of the
congress, have taken the stand that
such interference is not within the
province of the present congress. Both
sides have engaged in an active can
vass for support.
Additional parties Of German and
Austrian delegates arrived, but no
news has been received here from the,
steamer Noordam which has several
American delegates on board.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
COMMUNICATION BY RAIL
AND WIRE INTEPPItpren

Dallas, Texas, April 24.-Twenty per-
sons, perhaps more, it was estimated
met death in rain, electrical and
w1nd-storm general over nearly all
Texas and eastern Oklahoma. Resul-
tant floods have interrupted communi-
cations by rail and wire. In some
parts Of the storm area, the wind and
rain continues. Austin felt the great
est fury of the tempest, which in
places reached cyclonic proportions.
Austin Death Toll IS.
The death toll at the state capital is
expected to be at least Is.
The storm was especially severe at
Austin, and that city was in darkness
during the night. It was said about
20 houses had floated to and were
packed against a bridge theartening
the structure. Rescue squads were
busy all night taking endangered per-
sons to higher ground while the rain
continued to fall in torrents.
or eight persons in one house which
swept down Waller creek, all but one
are believed to have perished.
The Thrall oil field, near Taylor.
Texas, tanks containing 10000 bar.
rels of oil, were set on fire. The loss.
1t is estimated, would be $4,000.
Lightning is believed to have started
the blaze.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
EXPLAINS DEMANDS ON CHINA
Japan Gives Detailed Account to Great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in Lon
don Are Relieved.

Washington, April 2S.-The Japa.
nese government has given to Great
Britain detailed explanation of the
demands made upon China, which, ac.
cording to information obtainable
here, is said to have relieved appre-
tensions in London as to the scope of
the Japanese policy in China
The report from Pekin that the con.
ferences had been resumed and that
Japan now had presented twenty-four
demands, including the twenty-one
originally made, was received with
much interest in Washington, but of
ficials had no advices from the Chi
nese capital of any character. The
last dispatches received indicated that
the conference would not be resumed
for some time. 1t was expected that
American Minister Reinsch probably
would report the result of the renewal
of the parleys.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
WOULD STOP TOUR TO EUROPE

Washington. April 26-In response
to inquiries Secretary Bryan, in a let.
ter just made public, reiterated the
announcement that the state depart
ment does not deem it advisable to
issue passports to persons who wish
to visit belligerent countries of Eu.
rope for the mere purpose of sight
seeing or pleasure.
"All American citizens going abroad
are advised to carry passports" wrote
the Secretary, "and it is absolutely
necessary for persons visiting belliger-
ent countries to carry them. However
am obliged to inform you that the
department does not deem it advis-
able to issue passports to persons who
wish to visit belligerent countries for
the mere purpose of sightseeing"
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
British Sink German Steamer.

Lima, Peru, April ga dispatch to
La Branso states that the British
steamer Oroma has sunk a German
merchant steamship near Bayovar. It
Is also stated that the British cruisers
Kent and Oroma have received coal
from the British steamer Eggsford at
the port OF Bayovar. The last report
received from the. Oroma was that she
mad arrived in Liverpool Feb. 16 from
valparaiso. It is possible that since
then she has been armed and sent
back to South American waters.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
INTERNs CRUISER WILHELM
GERMAN COMMANDER SENDS MES.
SAGE TO COLLECTOR.
Asserts Illness of Sailors Prevents
Dash Past Allied Warships OFF
Virginia Capes.

Newport News, Va, April 2S.-The
German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm, which put into Hampton
Roads on April IL after a notable
commerce destroying cruise, will be
interned for the war at the Norfolk
navy yard near her sister raider. the
Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
Lieutenant Captain Thierfeider of
the Wilhelm notified Collector Ham.
llton of his intention to intern in this
laconic message: Herewith I have
to officially inform you that l intern -
No explanation accompanied the
communication, but later the German
commander said he had intended to
attempt to dash past the allied war
ships off the Virginia Capes, but that
the illness of more than sixty of his
sailors with beri-beri would make that
impossible before expiration of the
time that the United States govern
ment granted to make his cruiser sea-
worthy.
1t was understood the limit on that
time was midnight of April 80.
Notice Comes Unexpectedly.
The commander told Collector Ham
ilton that his surgeons informed him
that there was no prospect for the
early recovery of the sailors, and add.
ed that his ship could not be manned
properly with so many of her crew
Commander Thierfeider's notice
came Unexpectedly. Early in the day
the Wilhelm was towed to a pier and
began loading several thousand tons
OF coal. That together with reports
that she had been granted sufficient
provisions to carry her to the nearest
German port, caused the belief in some
quarters that the cruiser was prepar.
ing to sail.
The Wilhelm was formerly a North
German Lloyd passenger liner plying
between New York and Bremen. Sew.
eral times during her raiding career
she was reported destroyed, but she
eluded many hostile warships and de-
stroyed thirteen merchant vessels of
The allies, and one neutral vessel, a
Norwegian bark.
The commander claimed the bark
carried contraband.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
To Re-estabIish Finnish ARMY

London, April 26.-The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company, says it is stated that
the emperor of Russia has decided to
re-establish the Finnish army with
the same constitution as previous to
1898. 1t is said that the emperor will
take this action on the advice of
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in
chief OF the Russian forces, who has
been impressed by the brilliant strate-
gic work done by Finnish officers serv-
Ing In the Russian army during the
present war.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Pioneer Packer Dies

(. Chicago, April 26.-John Cudahy.
board of trade leader, banker and
pioneer packer, died at his home here,
aged Il.
Physlcians asserted that Mr.. Cudahy
never had completely recovered from
an operation for appendicitis he un-
derwent four years ago. He sought
to renew his health in California sew
eral months ago, but was forced TO
return TWO weeks ago and since then
mas been in the care of physicians.
Cudahy entered the packing indus
try as boy in Milwaukee.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Labor Situation Alarms eno,,nd

London, April 27-The labor situa-
ton in the coal mining districts OF
England has become critical The
men demand an immediate national
conference between workers and EN-.
ployes regarding their demand for a.
straight 20 per cent war bonus. The
government could not under any cir
cumstances allow even a temporary
tie-up of work in the coal producing
sections, as production is barely keep.
ing up with consumption at present
and coal, of course, is essential for
the army and navy.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Aviator Fails to Save Lives.

San Francisco, April 27.-yaliant eff
fort on the part of Harry Christoffer
son, an aviator, who circled above an
overturned boat here and dropped a
dozen or more life preservers, was un.
availing to save their lives. ALI were
drowned.
1t is possible that more than four
men were lost. The life saving sta.
tion places the number at four. but
persons who were on the beach watch.
ing the attempts at rescue declare they
saw stk or eight men in the watar.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Washington

The navy Of the United States is
larger, better equipped and in better
condition" than at any previous time,
land the feet is becoming more eff
cient with every passing month" This
assertion is made by Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy, in letter to
President Harry A. Garfield of Will
liams college, made public at Washing
ton.
President Wilson will not attend the
annual convention of the Southern
Commercial congress to be held in
Muskogee, Okla, from April 26 to 20.
it became known definitely at Wash.
ington.
President Wilson in an address at
meeting at Washington of the Po-
tomac presbytery of the Presbyterian
church pictured vision of China
awakening by the voice of Christ and
furnishing a great momentum in fu-
ture to the moral forces Of the world.
Professor Joel Stebbins of the Uni.
versity of Illinois was presented by
the National Academy of Sciences al
Washington with the Draper gold med
al for unusual work in the develop
ment of scientific measurement of the
of the stars.
Mrs. William Cummings Story was
reelected president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
by the congress held at Washington.
The entire ticket headed by Mrs.
Story won.
Foreign
Lady Decies of London, formerly
Miss Vivien Gould of New York,
gave birth to son. Lord and Lady
Decies already have two daughters
LADY Decies was married on February
!, 1911, to John Beresford,. the fifth
Baron Decies.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
War Babies Become Problem.

London, April 22.-Admittedly the
greatest side problem of the war will
be the caring for the war babies who
are brought into the world without the
sanction of church or state or a wed
ding ceremony between their fathers
and mothers. Statistics completed
here show that there are 10000 unmar-
ried women and girls living in proxim-
ity to the great British training camps
who are to become mothers within the
next few months. There are fully half
that number additional in various
parts of the country.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Chinese Ask for Fair Play-

San Francisco, April 27.-Fair play
Cor the Chinese republic is asked in
a letter sent to Secretary Bryan by
the Chinese Six Companies, represent
ing membership of $4,000 Chinese in
North and South America.
The letters followed a cabled appeal
to The Hague Tribunal by the same
organization, and declares that China
as a republic looks to the United
States for friendly interest and protec-
tioR."
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Paris Approves Wilson's Stand.

Paris, April 26.-The newspapers OF
Paris comment with approval on the
utterances of President Wilson in re.
gard to the relations of the United
States with the belligerent nations in
his speech at the luncheon of the AS
sociated Press in New York on April
20. The Temps alludes to the speech
as an indication that President Will
son is prepared for an important role
in the future, and says that his posi-.
tion is one which justifies the conf
dence of all interests.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
COLONEL APPROVES
GIFTS TO CAMP PA|GN
SAYS DONOR is PROMPTED BY
SAME SPIRIT AS CHURCH
CONTRIBUTOR.
IDENTIFIES MEMS INITIALS
Roosevelt, on Witness Stand, Reeog-
nizes Contributors Names as Being
Connected With country's Most
Powerful Financial interests.

! Syracuse, N. Y, April 26.-Theodor,
Roosevelt told, on the second day o
his cross-examination, about his deal
ings with the bosses" his persona
relations with William Barnes and hi:
ideas about campaign funds of mil
lions of dollars.
He mentioned the famous half mil
lion dollars which Thomas Fortune Ry
an contributed to the presidential
cause OF Alton B. Parker and swore
he had never seen list of the names
OF the persons who helped swell the
fund of $3,000,000 used in connection
with his own campaign for the presi
dency.
The list contained initials of men
whom the colonel readily identified as
being connected with the country's
most powerful business and financial
interests.
No Hopes of Reward.
In speaking of the Ryan contribu-
tion, the witness gave it as his opinion
that leader of big business who con-
tributes half a million dollars to help
elect a candidate for president of the
United States is prompted by the same
spirit which would cause him to do
nate the same sum to a church, and
that such a contributor has no more
hope of reward in one case than he
has in the other Personally, he said,
he would have been much surprised
il managers of big business had not
contributed to the Republican cam
paign of 1904.
The colonel mentioned the Standard
OIL company and campaign contribu-
tions. too. He said that if the report
of the congressional committee which
investigated his campaign contribu.
tions showed that H. H. r." and 81.
d. A." which the witness thought
stood for H. H. Rogers and John d.
Archbold-had contributed to the Re-
publican funds in 1904-he was aston
ished. He said he had given explicit
instructions against receiving any
Standard Oil contributions.
Would Limit Campaign Fund.
Personally, he emphatically de-
clared, he would regard just as highly
a contribution of $25 from the station
agent at Oyster Bay as he would a
contribution of $4,000 from George w.
Perkins, who in 1904 was a partner in
the firm OF ]. P. Morgan & Co., and
he expressed the belief that there was
q limit to the amount a campaign
fund should total. Over certain sum
-he did not know how much-he
thought that there might be some
danger.
Colonel Roosevelt said he regarded
William Barnes as Doctor Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde" who, like other poll |
ticians, had his good and his bad
Sides" He said he had been per.
'istent in his efforts to make politi- |
,ians do what he considered was right |
and that instead of endeavoring to |
severe the ligaments between these
'Siamese twins of politics." his aim
lad always been to have the Doctor
|ekylr in them absorb the "Mr.
hyde"
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Thaw to Have Jury Trial.

New York, April 24.-The question
of the sanity of Harry K. Thaw will
be determined by jury. Supreme
Court Justice Hendrick, in decision
just handed down, granted the appli-
cation for trial made by Thaw's at.
torneys on a writ of habeas corpus.
Thaw was in court when Justice Hend-
rick announced the opinion. His face
at once lighted up with pleasure. The
question which Justice Hendrick had
to decide was whether the court had
power to grant a jury trial.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Villa Concentrates rroon.

Washington, April 26.-Advices to
the state department from Mexico in
!dicate that General Villa is continu-
Ing his effort to concentrate at Aguas
Calientes troops enough to warrant
another attack on the Carranza army
under General Obregon, reported to be
advancing northward from the region
OF Irapuato. Villa is understood to be
drawing in such garrisons as can be
spared from the territory controlled
by his forces. Another problem he
must face is that of finding ammuni-
ton.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Russians Invade East Prus.r,

.~Ss 1uoSFd1
London, April 26.-"A strong column
OF Russian cavalry again has invaded
East Prussia near Memel," says the
Daily News Petrograd correspondent,
"and is threatening the Germans left
flank" Na
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Mexican Revolt

The Villa forces have been badly de.
feated in southern Sonora. evacuating
the town of Navajoa after having lost
and retaken it before their final &C.
feat, and losing many pieces of artil-
lery, machine guns and ammunition.
Carranza troops are pushing north.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
John Bunny Dies In srookrvn

New York, April 27.-John Bunny
whose antics as moving picture CO
median have made millions laugh, died
at his home in Brooklyn. He had been
i'll for about three weeks of a compli.
cation of diseases.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Wisconsin Woman Burned.

New Richmond. Wis, April 26.-Mrs.
P. b. Dunbar, wife of the postmaster
OF Emeral, was seriously burned when
her dress caught fire while raking the
lawn. Her husband saved her with a.
quilt. She will live.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Personal

Edward c. Wall, aged seventy-one,
former president of the Milwaukee
chamber of commerce, leading bust.
ness man and politician, died at his
home in Milwaukee due to complica.
ton OF diseases. Mr.. Wall was born
in Milwaukee August II, 1S43.
Charles Boucher Green, aged fifty,
treasurer and registrar of Lafayette
college, died suddenly at Easton, Pa.
George r. Downer, for twenty-five
years superintendent Of the Outa-
gamie county asylum, committed sui
eide at Appleton, Wis, by leaping into
the Fox river
Chauncey NJ Depew celebrated his
eighty-fir birthday anniversary at
New York. Il am glad to have lived
so long," he said. Really it is a
good world to live in, for it has 80
many good fellows in It."
John Cudahy, one Of the founders of
Chfcago's great packing industry and
millionaire board of trade leader,
died at Chicago. He was born in Cal
Ian, County Kilkenny. Ireland, on No
vember 2, 1843
Adele Hugo, youngest daughter of
Victor Hugo. died at her residence in
Suresnes, suburb of Paris, at the
age Of eighty-two years. AS a girl
she was kidnapped at Guernsey by an
English officer. Several months later
a girl found wandering in the streets
of New York. declared, Il am the
daughter Of Victor Hugo" This was
the only statement she ever made.
She was sent back to France.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Domestic

Henry Clay. former director of pub
lie safety of Philadelphia, and
John r. Virgins and Willard N.
Walls, contractors. were acquitted on
the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the city by contract Juggling.
MRS. Kathryn Brown Decker of New
York. well-known actress, sued her
husband. Henry e. Decker. grandson
OF the milk millionaire, for absolute d.
vorce. A prominent actress is named
in the bin, it is said
Methodist Episcopal ministers from
all parts OF the United States gathered
In Chicago for the national convention
ihe OBJECT of the convention is to give
impetus to the campaign to raise $40.
100000 for the support of retired Meth
odfst preachers.
august II. Frederick, who recently
resigned from the presidency of tho
board of aldermen. st. Louis. pleaded
suli'y TO forgery in the first degree.
tie was sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary.
Ihe monument erected by the ma
uohal government in old Midway
cemetery. in Liberty county. near Ga.
vanilan' Ga. to the memories of Gen.
Daniel Stewart and Gen. James
screven. revolutionary heroes. was
unveiled with elaborate ceremonies
BODIES of Ia persons drowned et
Eustin, Tex, have been recovered
ii persons missing and rescuine mar.
ties still ct work among the ruins -.
Soo homes that were swept away by a
ram and wind storm. Property loss
is estimated at $500.
Thirty indictments against Mavor
George w. McLeash of Steubenvi,Io
", were disclosed One charges em.
bezzlement OF $66 and twentv.nino
charge extortion of small amounts in
crimlnai cases In the court of which
he is the magistrate.
~ ft
Eighty-three patients were carried
to safety when the hospital wards of |
the Northern Indiana Hospital for the |
Insane at Long Cliff were DESTROYED
by fire. The loss is estimated at s25.. |
000.
Another bumper Kansas wheat crop
IN 1915 was predicted by j. C. MobJer
secretary of the state board of agri.
culture. in report made public at
Topeka. Kan. The condition of the
1915 crop he estimated at 92.S DER
cent on total acreage of $685. 300.
William Earl Graham, construction
foreman of the Decatur Bridge com.
pany, lost his life in the fire of the
Decatur hotel at Decatur, Ill. Joseph
Fessner, st. Louis travelling man.
also is missing. The loss is estimated
ct t225.000.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
European War News

Four ships. three of them neutrals
were sunk by German submarines and
one steamer blown up by mine. They
make total of "a sunk since Feb
ruary Is.
The British freighter Ruth was sunk
by German submarine in the North
sea, the 16 men of her crew were res
cued
The German high seas fleet is scour-
Ing the North sea for the British fleet,
ready to give battle to Admiral Beatty.
According to an official announcement
given out at Berlin the Germans have
been unable to find the enemy.
Russian aviatOrs bombarded the
Germans at Plock and Mlawa, causing
severe damage
The Germans north of Ypres have
forced the allies back five miles. Ber-
lin statements assert the claim Of
gains unqualiiedly, adding that four
villages = Langemarck, Steenstrate,
Het Sas and Pilken-were captured,
1000 French and English soldiers
made prisoner and the western bank
OF the canal seized by the Germans.
report reached Rome from Petro-
grad that Italy had sent a note to Aus
trla which virtually amounted to an
ulumatum. The note is said to en-
body the minimum terms upon which
Italy will consent to conclude an
agreement with Austria.
British submarines which had en-
tered Helgoland blight were attacked
on April II by German ships, one and
probably others of the underwater
craft being sunk, the German admiral |
ty announced at Berlin.
The British losses at Hill No. 60 at |
fpres have not been announced, but |
they are estimated at well over 1000.
Inc Germans are believed to have
lest more than 1000 men.
Amendments to the prize rules gov
erhlng the operation Of the German
navy, signed by Emperor William and
Admiral Won Tirpitz. published as "a
reprisal for the decision made by Eng
land and her allies contravening the
Declaration Of London of February 26,
1909"
foliowlng combined land and sea
attack by the allies, the port of Enos,
turkeys most southwesterly port on
the Aegean sea, has been evacuated
by the sultan's forces. The fleet
hrst bombarded the port and then the
British landed force OF 1000 men.
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30


Eugene N. Foss. ex-governor of Mas
sachusetts, announced at Boston hi:
withdrawal from the Democratic party
| He urges Charles Sumner Bird to seel
a nomination for governor as a PRO
| gressive Republican," with statewide
prohibition as his chief platform
plank.
Harry X. Thaw won his long fight
| for sanity trial Justice Hendrick
or the New York supreme court hand.
ed down decision granting the slay.
er of Stanford White a hearing to de.
termine whether he is sane or insane.
The trial will be conducted before a
jury on May IT.
Leo M. Frank at Atlanta, Ca, under
sentence of death for the murder OF
Mary Phagan, filed a petition for com
mutation of his sentence to life inn
prisonment.
Six business buildings and one resi-
dence was destroyed in fire that did
s125,O0O damage at Elk River, Mimi.
Mayor Dom M. Roberts of Terre
Haute, Ind. serving a six-year term in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, is continuing to exercise the
functions of mayor Of his home city.
Letters and kilograms exchanged by
John d. Rockefeller, Jr, and officials
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany. which came into possession Of
Frank p. Walsh, chairman of the q.
S. commission on industrial relations,
contain startling revelations. The
correspondence shows Mr.. Walsh said
that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was in
reality the directing mind throughout
the struggle
Two persons were instantly killed
and boy badly injured when their
automobile was struck by Pennsyl-
vania railroad train on grade cross
Ing near Tarrytown, N. j. The dead:
John L. John, Emma Myer.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
given the Republican campaign fund
of 1904 by j. P. Morgan, e. H. Harri-
nan, H. c. Frick. Jacob Schiff and
'ther Wall street leaders to elect
Roosevelt to the presidency was ad-
nitted on the witness stand by |
roosevelt. MY election was already |
Issured," he said. "The money was
or the New York state campaign"
The Ely miner., 1915-04-30
Submarine Sinks British Trav,I.r

Grimsby, England, April 26.-The
Grimsby trawler st. Laurence was tor
pedoed and sunk in the North Sea by
German submarine. Two members
OF the crew were killed.