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New-York tribune., 1915-02-16


northwest of back in the direction
Stanislau (ffty-eight mil south of TarnopoD
theatre only unimportant frontier hshtns has
Cured.
Paris Feb Is Gssued 1918 mJony few actions are rsr.
Poel CapeHe northeast
Germ trenche
Peres
works the have been ecscious e
Issued at 2:43 D. Belgium yesterday the German bombtmr
the Great Dune heavy a
trench along the roadway from betnune
saw very spirited artillery exchanges in the vicinity @
at northeast of Valy A.. Al,
Bagate
trench to trench but there nave %
move of infantry.
between the village OF Msancourt
name was repulsed
driven back advance guard
village Norroy counter
northern decViy OF
holding their renches
which
advanced
Of Rempach French troops on skis have
Yesterday afternoon heavy snOwstOrm blew over
this locality.
ST. Eloy the Germans took a
Counter attacks without success
enemy's district southwe"
Germans lost February sudea
taken back fu.
the LAUGH Valley A'
Rempach evacuated by the enemy
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16

litionsl acceptance could not be given
IN account Of Germany's alleged inhu-
name practices.
II was believed here to-day that the
American government might seek an
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16
MAINTAINS
STRTCTEST NEUTRALITY

declares that the possible hosting of a
neutral flag by an enemy merchantman
would not excuse German warshlps IN
sinking merchantmen on suspicion,
without arrest or search. Such an act
would be in direct contravention OF in
ternational law.
In case a Dutch ship were thus at
tackled and sunk the Netherlands
would hold Germany responsible.
In its note to Great Britain the
Netherlands government says that
while the use Of neutral flag by
merchant ship of belligerent in order
TO escape imminent danger Of capture
or destruction by an enemy war yes
sci has been tolerated in individual
cases as an excussble ruse, If 1t were
practised on large scale and by the
direct sanction of belligerent govern
ment it would certainly be an abuse OF
a neutral flag.
"The fact that the merchant shipping
act Of Great Britain contains practical
permission for merchant ships OF other
nations to make such use of the British
flag in case of imminent danger, for
the purpose of escape" says the note,
docs not justify the use Of flags OF
other nations which have no such law
and have given no such permission.
"The Netherlands calls attention TO
the grave danger which would be I'm
posed upon all its shipping by general
instructions TO British merchantmen
to make use of the Dutch flag"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16

understanding on the question Of food.
stuffs with both Germany and Grea.
Britain, with the hope that IT might,
avert submarine dangers TO neutrai
shina
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16
Bukowina Evacuated by
Russians, Austrians Say

Washington, Feb. l6.-Private dis-
matches TO the Austro- Hungarian For
eign Office forwarded to the embassy
in Washington from Vienna tonight
announced the complete evacuation OF
Bukowina by Russian forces.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16

London, Feb. ia Reuter- dispatch
from The Hague says:
"The German Admiralty states that
when a name and a national flag are
painted on the side of neutral ship IN
order to insure protection from a Ger
man submarine they should be painted
as high as possible above the water
line, as otherwise they may not be OBJ
served from the submarines, whose
periscopes will be very little raised
above the water. Rough weather and
high seas increase the necessity for
neutral ships observing this precau-
ton"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16
Belgium To Be Looked After.

Mr.. Lloyd George mentioned incident
ally that the allies would have to see
that Belgium did not suffer when the
period Of restoration and compensation
came. He laid emphasis on the fact
that the allies must be prepared to con-
tribute proportionarely to the loans
needed by the states prepared to join
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16
EASTERN FRONT.

Tlsit Prussia the drives
Pktuoenen direction On both
the reeang advancing rapidly everywhere
adv beyond Lomza
Racionz
besides number Of prisoners we're
15In Russian
Fights the Carpans taken f
In yesterday possession enemys @
md them n the direction of Stanslau.
whole Bukown
troops
further retst
fro Colomea
Niemen
at
On Of
In
and
machine
the
They
front the heights fortified by them
nd Rukowna
New-York tribune., 1915-02-16
Official War Bulletins
WESTERN FRONT.

Vienna London) Feb 5n Russian Poland and we" Gaaa
noteworthy incident has occurred
The battles in the Carpathians proceeding
In occupied Nadworna
forced back IN the direction
Stanisau miles southwest Of Tarnopol
hghtng
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Railroad to Plant Game Fish

Announcement is made that the
Duluth & Iron Range railroad has
under consideration plans to stock
lakes along it's line between Allen
Junction and Ely with black bass
and other game fish and to main
tain at its own expense a game
warden to protect the lakes in
which the fish fry are planted.
Among the lakes which it is
planned to stock in this manner
are Eagles Nest. Armstrong,
Robinson and Little Long and
White Iron. The company also
plans to maintain small fish
hatchery, while it is planned also
to gather spawn at other northern
Minnesota lakes to be planted in
this section.
Sportsmen estimate that the cost
would be in the neighborhood OF
S., 900 a year for operation and
maintenance. The road officials
are inclined to believe that the
money would be well expended as
large number of sportsmen come
to this section every year in search
of game fishing.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Tax Fight at Hbbinq

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press
of Tuesday we take the following
which explains itself:
j.. A. o. Preus, state auditor,
has not said word as to what
action he would take on the latest
letter received from the fighting
mayor of Hibbing, who apparently
is trying to force the auditor to
compel payment of $75O,OOO by
mining companies at Hibbing.
But Mr.. Preus has been doing
whole lot of thinking, as a fact
which leaked out yesterday showed
Mayor Power suggested to the
auditor that he cancel the leases of
the ore companies because of failure
to pay their taxes. A provision in
the leases allows this. as pointed
out by Mayor Power.
That Mr.. Preus, despite his
reticence on the subject, has been
considering the canceling the leases
became evident when it is learned
that he has asked and received an
opinion from Attorney General
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

of existing conditions, it is men,
toned that one company was ask ed
to book an order for 90, 900 tons of
steel bars and billets for delivery
over the next four months. All it
was able to accept on that order
was 5000 tons.
Additional idle plants are going
into commission. Blast Furnace
No. of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany at Farrell, Pa. has resumed
after six months shutdown.
With the resumption of that fur
mace, the Farrell works are operat-
ing at full capacity. The United
States Steel corporation is operat-
ing every furnace in the Mahoning
and Shenango valleys.
Steel prices are firm in every
line. The tendency of quotations
is upward, In the East, steel
blooms sold as high as $47 a ton
last week. A month ago they
could have been bought at S35 a
ton. Steel bars for high explosive
shells are selling as high as So per
100 pounds, compared with $1.55
earlier in the year.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
COULDN'T AFFORD 1T?

S05 nd Shaw sold shoes and sealing wax, and lamps,
IAC hshpoles and glue tobacco, candles and gum,
|M and tacks slickers and sardines too; dry goods
ENl and hams were In his line; he dealt in peas and
S,oM beans. he kent the general store In flne-SOld
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

Lyndon A. Smith as to whether
the mining companies could pay
their taxes within the twenty-day
limit and thereby defeat any action
by the state looking to cancellation
of its contracts with them.
The state is compelled to give
twenty-days' notice that it intends
to cancel lease.
Mr.. Smith told the auditor that
the mining companies could pay
their taxes before the expiration of
the twenty days of grace. With
this information in his possession,
Mr.. Preus will be able to tell the
mining companies that he will
cancel the leases and give them the
opportunity to pay up without the
ore being seized or a fight in the
courts started.
Mr.. Preus also showed the
trend of his thoughts when he ask
ed the attorney general if he could
cancel the leases without the twenty
days notice. He was informed
that he could not do SO"
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Insure Fourth Glass Matter

Under a recent order of the post
master general, fourth class matter
can be insured for a small fee.
His order is as follows:
Fourth-class mail shall not
be registered, but may be insured
against loss in an amount equiva-
lent to its actual value, but not to
exceed IS 90 in any one case, on
payment of fee of three cents;
not to exceed $500 on payment
of fee of five cents; not to exceed
$50 90 on payment of fee of ten
cents; or not to exceed $4,000 on
payment of a fee of twenty-five
cents, in addition to the postage
both to be prepaid by stamps
affixed; but indemnity will not be
allowed in cases of loss of such
mail addressed to the Philippine
Islands, unless the loss occurred in
the postal service of the United
States.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Gibbs a Benedict

The following from the Deer
River News relates to former Ely
resident. The many friends of
Mr.. Gibbs in this city join in wish
ing him all possible happiness.
The News says:
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Robinson on Tuesday at
noon took place the wedding of
their second daughter, Miss Hazel,
to Arthur Gibbs of Tower, Mimi
Rev. John Blackhurst of the Deer
River Methodist church read the
ceremony. Only immediate friends
and relatives were present. The
large front room in which the cere-
mony was performed was richly
decorated with flowers, sweet peas
predominating. A bountifu1 wed.
ding dinner was spread, and short.
ly after this the couple left by
automobile for Cohasset where they
boarded the train bound for Duluth
while many young friends waited
at the station here to give them &
send off.
The bride is graduate of tn.
Deer River high school and has fol
the past three terms been teaching
in the district. The groom is chic
state forest ranger of the Ely dis
trict, and brother of Mrs. J. A
Quigg of Deer River. They viii
make their home at Tower, Mimi
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Steel Mills Busy

Conditions in the steel trade are
conceded to be steadily growing
more active. Blast furnaces the
country over are practically operat-
ing at capacity, and orders in all
lines of finished materials are in
creaSing.
Steel manufacturers are said to
be more optimistic over the outlook
than at any previous time this
year. This is in a measure due
to the appearance of the railroads
as buyers of steel rails and equip
ment. With record breaking
grain crops to move and general
freight traffic picking up, the rail
roads are expected to be in the
market freely during the remainder
of the year to cover their rail re-
quirements.
Further reports are coming to
hand to the effect that the steel
mills are already so congested with
business that they are being COM
PEELED to turn down orders for
delivery this year. As an example
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

fatal accidents IL: connection with
the underground mining operations
and IL in connection with surface
work, including open-pit mining
and stripping operations. There
were 2S serious non-fatal accidents.
The average wage paid miners was
1926 a day.
The total number of tons of ore
shipped from the mines for the
season covered by the report was
.1e,e31,274, of which 1,445, ,511
tons were removed from open pits
and 8, ,4S5, 76O tons through under
ground operations. The number
of cubic yards of stripping removed
was 9,22o, ,427.
Of the "a fatalities, were killed
by cars and locomotives, IA from
cave-ins and falls of various sorts,
and from a premature explosion
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
5 tSAAfittif fiiRfiSSi :
Decreases Fatal Accidents in
Minnesota Mines

Safetv-frst methods adopted by
various mining companies operat-
ing upon the Mesaba and Vermil-
ion iron ranges have brought about
marked decrease in the percent
age of fatalities and serious acci-
dents among the men employed,
according to the annual report of
w. H. Harvey, county inspector of
mines, which has been filed with
County Auditor Halden.
Ten years ago the number of
fatalities per 1000 men was 7.48.
During the year ending June 80,
1915, it was 2.O9 per 900. This
decrease, says Mr.. Harvey in his
report, can be largely attributed
to the safety first first aid and
general welfare movements which
have been adopted and which are
being actively enforced by all the
mining companies throughout the
county,
Mr.. Harvey also adds: In all
cases l have found the mining com.
panies solicitous for the best condi
tions of safety for their men and
willing to comply with all reason.
able requests for bettering condi
tions. And at the present time
know of no dangers in the mines
other than those common to the
risk of mining"
During the year there were
twenty-four fatal accidents in the
mines of St. Louis county, where
II, ,436 men were employed. Mr.
Harvey has prepared statistics tc
show that $50, ,469 tons of ore wa:
mined and shipped for each fata
accident.
Ninety-one mines were in opera
tion during the period covered by
Mr.. Harvey's report. The tota
number of known iron mines ii
the county is 12O, but out of thi:
number % are not operating. Mr.
Harvey made 27O visits and in
spections during the year.
Of the II ,436 men employed, tht
inspector reports that $3.50 were
employed in underground mining
1,91O in open pit mining, 1922 il
stripping operations and 1874 or
surface work. There were thirteer
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Cottage Burned

The Miller cottage on Long Lake
was totally destroyed by fire Friday
afternoon. 1t is supposed that
campers who had used the island
the same day had left smoldering
fire and that the high wind of Fri
day communicated the flames to
the building. The cottage was
one of the best on the lake and the
loss is complete in both building
and furnishings. When discovered
the fire had secured such a start
as to make its squelching an inn
possibility.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
About Chimneys

The Minnesota Fire Marshal
has frequently called attention to
the fact that more careful construc-
tion of chimneys in the rural dis
tricts is absolutely essential to the
safety of the women and children.
They are the ones who would be
the greatest sufferers in case of
fires from defective flues, poorly
constructed chimneys and property
loss from accumulation of SCOT in
the chimney.
Both dwellings and schools
should be subjected to deeper con-
Germ than now is manifested on
the part of rural authorities.
In the larger cities there are build
ing codes to control the construc-
ton of chimneys, but in the
smaller communities, villages and
isolated hamlets there are no such
ordinances-the construction of
chimneys depending almost entirely
upon the man who erects the
building.
The Fire Marshal's department
of Minnesota is anxious to advise
all persons as to the proper con-
struction of these necessary
adjuncts to civilization and with
| this end in view submits the follow
ing recommendations:
| (A) Careful and frequent ex-
aminations of all flues and the
correction of defects by owners and
occupants of dwellings and schools.
| OBJ The elimination of cracked
fues which because of disintegrat-
ing mortar leave Spaces for sparks
to escape.
| CO. Each community should
establish code making a standard
for chimney construction and re-
quiring that all chimneys be lined
with fire proof flue tile.
| CD Compel all contractors and
others erecting dwellings, schools
or other buildings to have all
chimneys erected upon a solid
foundation upon the ground, and
not half way up the wall as in
many instances.
The resident of the rural district
almost always depends upon him
self or his neighbors in extinguish-
ing fires and for this reason, if not
for the more important one of pro-
tecting the lives of his family, the
rural resident should take extra
precautions in eliminating the
cause of so many disastrous fires
the defective chimney.
The department has records to
show that the financial loss froru
fires caused by defective fues,
chimney SCOT and sparks from
chimneys during the last fiscal
year in Minnesota alone reached
the enormous total of S158,758,
and it is safe to assume that if the
recommendations as suggested
above are adopted, this loss would
be reduced to a minimum, and the
danger from the loss of life in
many of the residence and school
fires would be practically elimin-
ated.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
SlOO or Ninety DAYS

Gus Anderson was taken into
custody Wednesday evening on the
charge of indecent exposure.
Anderson had been in the habit for
the past week of exposing his
person in the alleys about town
and otherwise disporting himself In
an indecent manner. Judge
Schaefer sentenced him to a fine
of 500 or ninety days at the work
farm. 1t is the general opinion
that the man is demented and in
all probability he will be examined
by the Judge of Probate for in.
sanity.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Excellent Meeting

The Mothers Club opened its
year of usefulness Friday afternoon
when the first meeting of the sea-
son was held at the kindergarten
room of the Washington school.
A plan was tentatively mapped out
for the coming year and refresh
ments were served. The attend
ance was good. Mrs. H. E. White
as president of the club and Mrs.
Peter Schaefer as delegate were
chosen to attend the Federation of
Women's Club meetings to be held
in Duluth next week,
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17
Unpopular Dictionary

Souse:-Ten dollars or ten days.
Umpire:-The only man who
ever earns all he gets.
Crab:-A man who is happiest
when he is the unhappiest.
Editor:-A misguided idiot
who hopes some day to please the
people.
Nuisance:-The small boy who
insists on staying in the parlor
when you call to see his sister.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

G. H. Good was a southbound
passenger Wednesday on his way
to Duluth and Chicago on business.
The Ely miner., 1915-09-17

oVealls and jeans but Jud, somehow, he wasn't wise
Couldn't afford o advertise
Not that he harbored any grudge against his home
sheet he might Judge kindly man to meet his
customers he treated fair and he prospeed not his goods
honest would swearhe simply forgot for Jud,
somehow, he wasn't Couldn't afford to advertise
Mail order firms from of much wiser in their day,
paid literally for their and gathered in the hay their
catalogues went everywhere; they advertised for trade their
forth with trumpes blare and ah the they
made couldn't afford, they wise, couldn't afford NOT
advertise
Now Juds stuff it just good his prices the
the loss he simply WOULD not spread abroad
his though ownsoks might have much preferred in their
home buy of ud Shaw they had heard-you
know the why, for Jud somehow he wasn't wise
Couldn't afford to ADVERTISED
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24
CAR SHORTAGE
IN AUSTRALIA
(By Associated J ress.

SYDNEY, Australia, April 24.-Col-
liery manager in the Lithgow dis
trict are complaining bitterly OF dam
age to trade caused by scarcity of rail-
way trucks, and the supply is said to
be growing worse daily. Lithgow and
Hermitage pits are idle, although or
ders are plentiful. Vale of Clywdd has
not put in a full days work for i
month, while the number of miners
has been reduced owing to the shortage
of trucks. 1t is not expected the re-
mainder of the workmen will be able
to put in full shift. Oakley Park al
so is short on empty cars, and the Zig
Tag mine manager states that only ii
hours has been worked at the colliery
in the past two weeks-eight hours
last week and six this. Today only a
few trucks are available.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24

this work, More than half million
dollars of the million raised by this
Fund has come in connection with
coupons and subscription blanks
clipped from newspaper advertise
ments, or from circulars sent out to
lists specially prepared. Another
quarter million dollars can be traced
to the newspaper advertising ana
other publicity, while of the balance,
part is the contribution of various
cooperating committees, and pro-
ceeds of benefit entertainments.
AS an instance of the efficacy Of
newspaper appeal was cited the fact
that from the simultaneous insertion
of an advertisement, including coupons
in three New York papers, there was
received within three days $25 400 il
remittances accompanied by flled-in
coupons clipped from those advertise
ments.
News, the real basis of all advertis-
ing" said Mr.. Lyman, has, of course,
been the basis of the Funds publicity"
New York Evening Post.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24
ENGLISH AMBASSADOR
PURCHASES GERMAN
WAR BONDS UNWI7TINGLY
(By Associated Press.)

AMSTERDAM, April 24.-A"number
of prominent Englishmen including
Sir Edward Goschen, former British
Ambassador to Berlin, have unWit-
tingly become purchasers of some OF
the latest German war loan bonds.
The men in question were members
of the Berlin Golf Club, which just be-
fore the war raised by subscription
among its members a cash fund Of
about $65, 900, for constructing and
equipping a splendid new course near
Potsdam. Pending the beginning of
operations, the fund was on depos;.
with the Dresdener Bank Of Berlin
when war was declared. The money
was sequestrated and now has beel in
vested by order of its trustees in Ger
man War Loan Securities.
Sir Edward Goschen was honorary
president of the club. Many of it's
Elglish members are now i'll the civ
ilian internment camp at Ruhleben.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24
ALLIES MAKE MANY
PROMISES TO BULGARIA
(By Associated Press.)

SOFIA, April 24-General Sir Arthur
Paget's reception here by King Fer
dinand has started a number of rum
ors among the coffee houses relating to
concessions offered to Bulgaria by the
Allies. These rumors variously have
st that the British and French have
offered King Ferdinand the position Of
COMMUNICATIVE of the Allied
forces advancing on Constantinople,
that Bulgarian army should enter
Constantinople and remain in it pend
ing the settlement of peace, that one of
the daughters of Emperor Nicholas OF
Russia should marry Crown Prince
Boris of Bulgaria, and that the Rus
sian Czar would personally visit Sofia
to take part in the ceremony of conse-
Grating the new cathedral here.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24
TURKEY HAS GRAIN
ENOUGH To LAST
UNTIL NEXT HARVEST
(By Associated Press.)

ATHENS, April 24.-Flour in Turkey
is at present much cheaper than in
any of the other countries of Europe,
This is due mainly to the large stores
Of grain wisely accumulated in the
government stores. Turkeys last har-
vest was estimated as worth $3.50, ,O0O,-
600, of which the government is said to
have obtained four-ffths.
1t is reported that there are heavy
losses to the Government supplies
from rotting, but there appears to be
no reason to expect that the stock on
hand will not last until the next har-
vest.
The next harvest, however, will be a
small one, owing to scanty sowing. and
many experts prophecy that the result
will certainly be a general famine in
Turkey next artumn.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-04-24

has also collected more than 100000
in food, and the actual amount OF
food supplies sent to Belgium up TO
date is valued at more than 81, $4,000
Since January the Fund has ac-
cepted nothing but cash contributions
experience showing that both time ana
money were saved by working on that
basis.
The smallest individual contributions
to the Fund was one cent which was
brought into the office at 10 Bridge
street by Chinaman early last Sep
tember. The largest contributions
have been checks for $4,000. More
than 100000 contributors are. repre-
sented, and contributions have come
not only from every state in the
Union, but from Hawaii, the Philip
pines, Cuba, South America, Africa
and Turkey.
The contribution which completed
the one million dollars was 500 from
William Gorham Rice, of Albany, with
the request that it be applied as prizes
for Argosy messages written to the