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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
RES|STS ATTACK OF
SUBMARINE 4 HOURS
BRITISH STEAMER ANGLO-cALl.
FoRNIAN ESCAPES DEsTRUc-
TON BY HEROIC DEFENSE.
CAPTAIN KILLED ON BRIDGE
Amidst Rain of Shot-Rritish De-
stroyers Appear and German
Submersible FIees.

Queenstown, July Z. - With nine
dead sailors stretched on her deck,
eight men lying wounded below and
her sides riddled with shot and shell,
the British steamship Anglo Californian
steamed into Queenstown harbor after
having withstood the attack of Ger
man submarine for four hours. The
ships escape from destruction was
accomplished with no other means of
defense than the indomitable spirit
of her captain and crew, combined
with mastery seamanship which en-
abled her to Illustrate the efforts of
her assailant to torpedo her.
The story of how Captain Parslow
stood on the bridge of the Anglo-Cal-
ifornian amidst rain of shot and
calmly directed the movements of his
ship until he was killed by shell and
of how his place was taken by his
son until British destroyers appeared
and the submarine 1r.as compelled to
flee, was told by the Survivors.
Full Speed Ahead Ordered.
The Anglo-C Californian left Montreal
for the British Isles on June "a. The
submarine was sighted at s o'clock
in the morning. Captain Parslow or
dered full steam ahead and wireless
calls for assistance were sent out.
The submarine on the surface prov
ed to be far speedier craft than the
steamer and rapidly overhauled her,
meanwhile deluging her with shells.
One shot put the wireless apparatus
on the Anglo Californian out of action.
Finding he could not escape by run
ming for it, Captain Parslow devoted
so as to prevent the submarine from
using torpedoes effectively.
Captain Killed on Bridge.
Our captain was brave man."
said one of the narrators. "He kept
at his post on the bridge. coolly Civ
ing orders as the submarine circled
around us vainly seeking to get po-
sition from which it could give us a
death blow with torpedoes. All the
while the underwater boat continued
to rain shot and shell upon us and at
times was SO close that she was able
to employ rifle fire effectively.
"At last one shell blew the captain
off the bridge, killing him outright and
terribly mutilating him. Just before
that he had given orders to launch
the boats, but this was very difficult
under the shell fire. Several men were
struck down while working at the da-
Wits. Ultimately four boats were got
overheard and were rowed away until
picked up"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
SINKING Of VESSEL
IS HELD JUSTIFIED.
ARMENIAN REFUSED TO HALT AT
SUBMARINES WARNING, SAY
DISPATCHES.
LITTLE TENSION AT CAPITAL
No Likelihood That Any New Cause Of
Complaint Will Be Added to Is
sues Between United States
and Germany.

Washington, July 3.-Official infor.
nation on which to base an accurate
judgment of circumstances under
which the British merchantmen Ar
menian was destroyed with the loss OF
a number of American lives is lacking
and until all details are available, Sec.
rotary Lansing states that the position
of the American government cannot be
determined.
Hold Sinking Justified.
From news dispatches, however, and
a closer reading of official reports, Of
ficials were inclined to the view that
dnasmuch as the Armenian apparently
refused to submit to the warning COM
mand of the German submarine to halt
and made repeated attempts to escape,
according to international law the
sinking of the vessel was justified,
even though noncombatants were on
board. This was the rule laid down
in the case of blockade runners in the
American Civil war and is the princi-
pie applicable also to neutral yes
sells which refuse to submit to visit
and search.
No New Cause for Complaint.
There was little tension over the in
cident in official quarters here after it
became known that the Armenian had
sought to avoid capture. 1t was ad-
mitted that if official reports bore out
the press dispatches, there was no
likelihood that any new cause of COM
plant would be added to the issues
pending between the United States and
Germany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Capture Key to Isonzo Valley.

Paris, July 6.-The Italians have &C.
cupied the village of Tolmino on the
Isonzo north of Gorilla, according to
Rome dispatch. The Austrians still
hold neighborhood Notifications and
are bombarding the village. Italian
heavy artillery has been brought up
and mounted for use against the forts
Tolmino, the key to the Isonzo val
ley, has been considered by the Ital-
ians as indispensable in their opera
tions in that district. 1t is protected
by strong natural and artificial de-
lenses and was well garrisoned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Explosion Kills Two Workmen.

Annapolis, Md, July About Co.
poo pounds of old time prism powder
that the government rejected and is
disposing of for fertilizer exploded
on the naval academy dairy farm near
here. Two workmen were killed and
one person badly injured.
While the prisms were being shovel
ed into hopper to be crushed it is
supposed that friction caused Tie pow
der to ignite. Prism powder contains
b larger percentage of nitrate of potash
than the ordinary fertilizer.
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GERMANY SUBMITS
TENTATIVE ANSWER
y. s. CANNOT EXPRESS APPROVAL
OF BERLIN PROPOSALS, SAY
HIGH OFFICIALS.
WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS
America to Hold to Position as Based
on Accepted Rules of international
Laws-cabinet Officers Elk
press Views.

Washington, July 8.-Germany has
submitted informally to the United
States through Ambassador Gerard,
in Berlin, tentative draft of it's re-
ply to the note of June 8, which ask
ed for assurances that American rights
on the high seas would not be further
violated by German submarine COM
manders.
After careful examination of the
contents of the proposed note, as out
lined by Ambassador Gerard, which
comedies with Berlin press dispatches
of the last few days, high officials are
practically agreed that the United
States cannot, without sacrificing i'm.
portant neutral rights, express its ap-
proval of the German proposals in
their present form
Wilson Advised of Situation.
The draft was shown to Ambassador
Gerard with the idea of eliciting from
him an expression of opinion, and he
promptly asked for instructions from
Washington as to whether the United
States could make concessions. Pres
ident Wilson has been advised of the
situation in several long messages sent
to his summer residence at Cornish,
N. H., and the impression obtained
from reliable quarters was that the
American government probably would
instruct its ambassador within a day
or two to decline to express any view
until after the formal reply is deliv-
cred to him.
Secretary Lansing took the position
that it would not be proper for him
to disclose Germany's position as in
formally reported by Mr.. Gerard with
out authorization from the Berlin gov
eminent. He stated merely that there
had been no exchange between Ger
many and the United States and de-
be.
U. S. to Make No Concessions.
From Berlin dispatches and authori-
tative sources here it is learned, how
ever, that the note as drafted by the
German foreign office with Emperor
Williams subsequent approval, would
give assurance that Americans might
travel with safety on the high seas on
certain conditions imposed by Ger
many, such as the marking of bellig-
erent vessels carrying Americans, noti-
fication by the United States to Ger
many of the date of the departure and
character of such vessels, and an in
spection insuring their noncarriage of
munitions of war.
President Wilson has before him the
views of several cabinet officers, some
of whom believe that it is essential
to have Ambassador Gerard make
clear to the German foreign office
that the United States can make no
concessions from its position as based
on the accepted rules of international
laws and the naval prize codes of CIV
ilized nations.
Whether the President does or does
not finally decide to have Ambassador
Gerard tell the German government
the views of the United
States on the rough draft submitted,
1t was clearly apparent that impor-
tant changes would be necessary in
Germany's attitude before it could rea-
sonably be hoped that the formal re-
ply would remove from the negotia-
tons the critical aspect they have as
sumed.
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Ships Requisition Cancelled.

Washington, July 6.-Ambassador
Walter H. Page at London has cabled
the state department that the British
steamer Armenian, torpedoed and sunk
by German submarine, had been re
Questioned" by the British govern
ment, but that the requisition had
been cancelled before it sailed from
Newport News. The status of the ship
as heretofore understood, however, is
unchanged, as the dispatch. not yet
made public, does not clear up the
question Of charter.
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Chicago Yesss Get $4,000.

Chicago, July -Four robbers over
powered two watchmen at the Midway
gardens, an amusement park, blew
open the safe and escaped with $4,000
according to report made to the po-
lice. Three of the robbers were mask
ed. The unmasked one overpowered
pne Of the watchmen just as he had
unstrapped his pistol preparatory to
going off duty. The other three took
care of the second Waterman. Rugs
saturated with water were used to
deaden the sound of the explosion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Russians Attack Desperately.
Arehbishon ouioIev Rallies.

Rochester, N. Y, July AT 1925
o'clock one of the physicians in at
tendance on Archbishop Quigley of
Chicago gave out the following state
ment:
THE archbishop's condition is about
the same and no developments are ex-
pected tonight. He rallied after the
bad spell which he experienced this
morning"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Liberty Bell Reaches Chicago.

Chicago, July IA great wave Of
patriotism that withstood even a
pouring rainstorm, greeted the Liberty
bell here. Scheduled to arrive at $50,
it did not reach the downtown rail-
road station, where it was on exhibit
ton. until nearly z, and double line
OF white-clad school children stretched
many blocks from the station and pa
tiently waited in the rain.
A battery OF the Illinois National
Guard fired a salute on the lake front
at the arrival of the bell.
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Germans Refuse to Participate.

Chicago, July 6.-There will be no
German delegation representing the
Fatherland at the fifth worlds Chris
ton Endeavor convention, which opens
here next Wednesday night Refusal
of German Endeavorers to participate
in such meeting for the first time in
the organizations history was contain
ed in letter from Rev. Frederick
Blecher, made public by Christian En-
deavor headquarters here Rev. Bile
cher is the Christian Endeavor leader
te Germany.
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Washington

The United States is seriously con-
sidering taking over the wireless sta.
ton at Sayville, L. l., one of the two
great plants by which direct communi-
cation between the United States and
Germany is maintained. The other
station-at Tuckerton, N. Y.-already
Is under government control. Evidence
Of alleged violations of neutrality at
Sayville has been gathered by the de-
partment Of commerce at Washington.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, was operated on
for appendicitis at the naval hospital
at Washington.
An explosion caused slight damage
in the public reception room of the
senate wing Of the capitol building at
Washington. The damage, which is
confined almost exclusively to the re-
ception room, was estimated by Su-
perintendent Woods Of the capitol at
about six hundred dollars.
President Wilson has determined to
end the anarchy which prevails in
Mexico. The policy of "watchful wait
ing" has definitely come to an end, it
was learned in official circles at Wash.
ington.
Labor Secretary Wilson, Assistant
Attorney General Warren and Score
tary Lansing had q long conference
at Washington, at which it was re-
ported the plan of deporting General
Huerta to Spain as an undesirable
alien was considered.
Evidence accumulated at the state
department at Washington that con.
crete plans are In process Of forma.
ton between the United States and
Germany to reduce to . minimum the
dangers to American life and property
in tina Garman war zone.
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Gen Nelson A. Miles. scheduled TO
preside over one of the most ilnpor-
tant sessions of the convention of the
Anti-Saloon League of America at
Atlantic City. N. j., has refused To ap-
pear II John l.. Sullivan. former cham.
pion prize fighter, is to have any part
In the program.
Laden with cargo Of 1000 old-styls
Springfield rifles and 100000 dunn.
dunn bullets, according to the captain.
the three-masted schooner Annie Lar
sen arrived at Hoquiam, Wash, short
Of provisions, and was seized by
Deputy Customs Collector r. l.. Sebas-
tian.
The Mobile and Ohio shops at Muir
physboro, ILL.,, resumed operations with
their full force working nine hours
per day, after being practically closed
since last October.
After a shutdown OF Is months the
rolling of steel at the Carnegie Steel
company's Sharon (Pa.) plant has re-
sumed. giving employment to 500 men.
The grand Jury returned indictments
charging riot against the &c men ar
rested by state guards in the vicinity
of former Governor Stations home at
Atlanta, Ga.
President Wilson will not visit the
San Francisco exposition. making po-
litical speeches en- route. An intima-
ton to this effect was given by White
House officials. The president will
return from Cornish. N. H., about July
1, when he probably will receive the
German note.
The Missouri supreme court sus-
tanned the demurrer of the Chicago &
Alton railroad against the suit Of the
state to recover 100000 in alleged
excess fares.
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]. P. MORGAN IS SHOT TWICE
ASSAlLANT DECLARES FINANClER
RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR.
Gives Name as z. Holt and Says He
Was Instructor in French at
Cornell University.

New York, July 6-J. P. Morgan,
head of the big banking house of his
name and financial agent in this coun-
try of the British government, was
shot twice at his country home near
Glen Cove, L. l., by a man who en-
tered the Morgan home shortly after 9
o'clock.
1t was said that Mr.. Morgan was
not seriously wounded. One of the
shots, it was reported, took effect in
his hip, the other in his breast, tear
ing the flesh and passing out through
his arm.
AssaiIant overpowered.
The assailant was overpowered by
servants, placed in the Morgan auto
mobile and rushed to Glen Cove. He
asserted at Glen Cove that his name
was F. Holt and said that he was an
instructor in French at Cornell Uni
versity.
The Cornell university faculty list
contains the name of a Frank Holt,
who has been an instructor in German
at the university since 1912. He holds
the degree of bachelor of arts. There
is nothing in the list to indicate where
he received his degree.
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Ask U. 8. Minister to Resiqn.

Washington, July flames NJ. Sui
livan, American minister to the Do
minican republic, has been asked to
resign his post as a result of an inves-
tigation conducted by a commission
headed by Senator James d. Phelan
of California The report of the com
mission has been on file several weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Huerta to Face Firing SQUAD 2

FL Paso, Tex, July 6.--Over in Jua.
req Villistas are talking with JUNCTION.
of the day when Victoriano Huerta
will face firing squad. Despite re-
ports from Washington that the state
department will not grant General vii
las request and extradite Huerta for.
Madero's murder.
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Seven Vessels Iornedoed

London, July German submarines
have sent to the bottom within the
last &c hours seven more vessels of the.
Allies, six English and one Italian.
with known loss of life of three and
many missing. The crews of some Of
the ships were rescued.
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FIRST ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
Frank Holt, J. p. Morgan's AssaiIant
and WouId-be Destroyer of Capitol,
Opens Vein.

Mineola, l.. l., July 7.-Dr. Cleghorn.
county jail physician, declared that
an examination of Frank Holt, assail.
ant of j. p. Morgan, revealed scars
of the same character described in DO
lice descriptions of Erich Muenter, the
Harvard professor, who disappeared
nine years ago following the poisoning
of his wife.
AssaiIant Attempts Suicide.
Mineola, l.. July Frank Holt,
j. p. Morgan's assailant, who has
also confessed to setting the bomb
that exploded in the capitol at Wash
ington last Friday night, attempted to
kill himself at midnight by trying to
open the artery in his left wrist with
lead pencil.
The attempt was unsuccessful Holt.
lying on his side in his cell, was seen
by an attendant to writhe with pain
The attendant entered the cell, found
blood flowing from the wound, sum
moned the warden and bound up the
wrist, checking the flow of blood.
Notwithstanding the promptness.
with which Hollis attempt was dis
covered, he lost considerable quaint
ty of blood.
Holt spent a restless night, tossing
about on his cot from which he had
been unable to rise during the day.
His keepers had taken from him his
belt, his suspenders and every other
article in his possession with which
they thought ne could have attempted
suicide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
Mexican, Revolt

Fighting for Mexico City has been
going on in the suburbs Is days. Zap
atas army and armed civilians are
fiercely resisting the Carranza army's
entrance. Gen. Raphael Pacheco of
the Zapata forces has been killed. In
the capital there is footing. All bust
ness houses have been barricaded.
Desperate conditions in Mexico City,
with unchecked mobs and looting, are
described in dispatches cabled to the
United States government at Wash
ington from Vera Cruz by a courier
who left the Mexican capital last Fri
day, June 25.
Chihuahua reports that temporary
armistice has been declared near En-
carnacion, south of Aguascalientes.
betwene villa and Carranza
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
italians Destroy Austrian Works.

Rome, July italian artillery, all
along the Tyrol-Carnia frontier has
wrecked modern works erected by the
Austrians. at cost of many millions
OF collars; according to stories told by
Austrian prisoners.
General Cadorna reported that Aus
trians captured in sorties from NAL
borget report most of the forts badly
damaged by Italian gun fire.
AS fast es new guns have been
mounted In Fort Hensel, one of NAL
borget's main defenses. they have been
silenced by Italian shells.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
British Air Attack Fails.

Berlin (via wireless to Sayville),
July british aviators who attempt
ed a great aerial raid on the German
North Sea coast Sunday morning were
routed by German airmen, it was off,
cially announced here.
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German Commander AGAIN Wounded

Athens, July General Liman Won
Sanders, German commander at the
Dardanelles, has been wounded for the
second time, according to dispatches
received here
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Neck Broken in Auto Crash.

Mason City, Iowa, July 7.-HaIvor
Ouverson, a wealthy farmer of this
county, was killed by his auto turn
ing turtle. His neck was broken.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09

Gen. Porfirio Diaz, former president
Of Mexico, died at Paris. Colonel Diaz.
Jr., in announcing the death of his
father. expressed the opinion that the
cause was complication of diseases.
due to advanced age. Diaz was born
at Oaxaca September Is, 1880. For
35 years he ruled Mexico. all of that
time. with the exception of four years.
as its president. He remained in Of
flee until his resignation In 1911.
Among friends of Mrs. Alfred Van
derbilt 1t is whispered an interesting
event will take place some time in the
autumn. In case of the birth of a
posthumous child Encouragement of
the estate left by Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt may be necessary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-07-09
WEEKS
N e w S
Summarized for
Very Busy Readers
European War News

Three British steamers, the eau.
casian. Inglemoor and Welbury; the
bark Sardozne and the schooner L. c,
Tower, was sunk by German subma.
rines in the vicinity Of the Scilly
islands, OF South Ireland, it was an
nounced in London.
The German battleship Wittelsbach.
which is damaged. and a dreadnaught
of the Kaiser class, with many shots
under the water line from a battle
with Russian warships in the Baltic,
have returned to Kiel. A naval battle
has been fought off the east coast OF
Gothland island.
The German forces have occupied
the Russian positions at Krasnik, In
the southern district of Russian Po-
land, according to German army head
quarters. Russian forces in the re-
gion west of Zamosc have been driven
back. The fortress of Zamosc itself
has been captured.
A British submarine In the Sea of
Marmora sank the Turkish transport
No. AZ, which was full Of troops, &C.
cording to the Athens correspondent
Of the Exchange Telegraph company
at London.
The German army Of the crown
prince. which is driving toward Yer
dun from the west, has stormed the
French position at Four de Paris, in
the Argonne, capturing 25 French Of
hcers, ITO men, IS machine guns and
4S mine throwers, according to a re-
port from Berlin.
The following statement was made
st the headquarters of the German
army: THE total amount of captures
during June made by the Teutonic al
lied troops under General Won Lin
singer. Field Marshal Won Mackensen
and General Won Woyrich amounts to
405 officers and 140,650 men and so
cannon and 263 machine guns"
A Mitylene dispatch to Athens says
II is reported there that the allies have
occupied Krithia on the Gallipoli Pc
ninsula.
Testimony that bears out the conten-
ton OF the German government that
only one torpedo was fred at the Lusi-
tania and that the second explosion
resulted from the blowing up Of am
munition in the liners hold was given
In London.
The admiralty announced at London
that the British destroyer Lightning
encountered a mine, or was torpedoed,
of the east coast of England and that
one of the crew was killed, while IA
ere missing. The vessel succeeded in
reaching harbor safely.
Defeat OF 10000 German troops
who attached the French troops in the
Argonne region is announced in the
official communiQue from the French
war Office.
Among the prisoners OF war at
Lerchenfeld. one of the quarters of
Vienna, is a member of the Rothschild
family, who was captured by the Ger
mans while driving an automobile.
Eleven French aeroplanes, flying
across the Black Forest, attacked sew
en- German towns in Alsace and also
bombarded three railway lines. Their |
bombs caused heavy damage.
Domestic
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Foreign

verdict of guilty was returned in
London against George Joseph Smith.
who was charged with numbering
three of his brides to secure their in.
surance. He was sentenced to death.
The Holland-American line steam.
ship Nieuwe Amsterdam, having 1900
persons on board, bound from New
York for Rotterdam, was run down in
a fog by an unidentified steamer while
anchored In the Downs.
DR.. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, special
envoy Of Count Bernstorff to the kaiser,
in an article published in Der Tag at
Berlin, says the United States is not
hastile to Germany and that America
and Germany misunderstood each
other. He urges that both nations be
friends.
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Domestic

Eighteen passengers were seriously
Injured and number of others slight
ly bruised, near Plainwell, Mich, when
two cars on the new Grand Rapids In
terurban line collided head-on.