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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

Following a memorla, meeting vi the
Keokuk (Ia.) Bar association in honor
of the late Judge Smith Mcpherson.
John f. Craig of Keokuk. former
mayor and congressman, was formally
Endorsed as McPherson's successor as
federal judge of the southern Iowa
district.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, was a
witness before the federal relations
body at New York. He read tele-
gram from the Commercial Telegra-
piers union urging him to ask the
commission to summon before 1t off,
Gals of the large telegraph companies
to testify regarding alleged blacklist
ing operations.
Pete Morris. nineteen, negro. was
lynched about eight miles east OF
Blakely, Ga. Morris was accused OF
killing j. e. Lewis and robbing his
store of $500.
The lives OF 1000 b. bes can be saved
for what 1t costs to kill one soldier
in the European war. according to DR..
S. J. Crumbine. secretary of the Kan.
sas board Of health, in q plea for the
passage of bill to provide child
hygiene bureau.
That the United States Steel cor
poration has paid out $2,564,000 to
workmen injured in its mills or to
families of those killed while in it's
employ, was revealed at New York
by George w. Perkins, formerly Of j.
P. Morgan & Co., who was witness
before the federal commission.
1914 was lean year for great lakes
vessel owners, due to reduction In the
ore movement, according to the report
OF w. Livingstone, president of the
Lake Carriers association, made at
Detroit. Fifty-four sailors lost their
lives in shipwrecks. Twenty-Five yes
sells were lost
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
sleet Storm Cause. Death.

New York, Jan. 26.-Sleet, freezing
to smooth ice upon the sidewalks and
pavements of New York, caused the
death of a woman and serious In
juries to scores of pedestrians through
falls. Virtually all the available am
balances in the city were forced into
service and at the hospitals extraor-
binary conditions prevailed as victims
suffering from broken bones, concus-
sion of the brain, dislocations and
lesser hurts, were brought in. Traffic
on elevated and surface lines was seri.
ously hampered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Wants Electric Chair.

st. Paul, Jan. 26.-Representative En-
nest c. Pless, Town of Gibbon, County
of Sibley, has asked the Minnesota
legislature to install in the state peni-
Tertiary an electric chair for the ter
mination of the lives Of human beings
who commit murder.
In support of his measure Mr.. Pless
said:
Il am informed that during 1914
there were more homicides in Mime
apolis, in proportion to her popula-
tion, than in any other city In the
'Forld.s
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Burning Steamer Beaehed.

Baltimore, Jan. 23.-The Chesapeake
Bay steamer Maryland burned to the
waters edge off the Magothy River
mouth, but her Captain by Bleaching
her succeeded in saving her passeng-
ers, numbering rs, and the crew of "a.
Captain Howard was quoted as saying
he believed everybody escaped, but he
could not be positive, owing to the
rapid spread Of the flames. When it
was seen that the fire had gotten be-
yond control the steamer was headed
for the beach.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
TO RESTORE PARTISAN VOTE
House Bill Wou'd Re-estabtish Old
Party Lines as Affecting Candi-
dates TO. Legislature.

st. Paul, Jan. 22.-Restoration Of
the partisan ballot as affecting cai,di-
dates for the legislature was the meas
ure introduced into the State Senate
by Senator Edward Rustad of Whea-
ton.
Should the new measure become
law, the old party lines will again be
established and candidates for the
state senate and house will come be-
fore the people at the primaries under
the designation of their respective
parties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
For Repeal of EIweIi Law.

St. Paul, Jan. 23.-Public hearings
on the bill introduced by Representa-
tive A. V. Anderson of Goodhue, to re
peal the Elwell road law enactei al
the 1911 session were decided upon a
a meeting of the house committee OF
roads and bridges. Speaking on tn
merits of his measure, Mr.. Anderso
declared that all of the Southern Mil
nesota is anxious for the repeal of tn
law, adding that the legislative can
paign f. his section was hinged upo
repeal of the law. The act, he sar;
is considered too arbitrary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
ELL Means Much to Women.

st. Paul, Jan. 22.-"There is no state
movement which has meant to women
Of the United States what the bill will
mean which appropriates sum of
money to be used in giving instruction
In agriculture and home economics to
people who can not take advantage of
the college courses" said Mrs. c. c.
Neale before a meeting Of the legisla-
tive committee of the Housewives
League and the home economics COM
mittee Of the Fifth district of the Min
nesota Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Proposes New oairy o, dinanee.

Minneapolis. Pasteurization of
every drop of milk sold in Minneapolis
together with the dating of every bot
tie as a guarantee of freshness, are
among radical changes in the present
city milk regula ions embodied in a
new dairy ordinance which DR.. Charles
E. Dutton, city health commissioner,
said would be recommended to the
city council for passage before the
dairy licenses, most of which expire
next spring, will be renewed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Wanted Her EGG "Shut."

Little Laura's mother was opening
an egg for her. The child, looking at
the whole eggs In the dish, remon-
strated: "Oh, mamma, don't want
that kind. / want shut egg, u you
pleased"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Ask Vote by Women on Suffrage.

st. Paul, Jan. 22.-Anti-suffra-
gist organizations In Minnesota
have asked the legislature to sub
/" nit the suffrage question to vote
Of the women of the state, before
submitting constitutional amend
nnent to the present electorate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
To Probe Warship Accident.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Under the
usual naval procedure, Rear Admiral
Howard, commander of the Pacific
feet, will appoint a board of officers
to investigate the explosion on the
cruiser San Die 20, resulting in the
death OF five sal ors and the wounding
of eight others. Officials said that
likely the inquiry is under way. The
result will later be review by board
and 1t will determine also whether the
circumstances of the accident warrant
court martial proceedings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Italian Shin in Distress.

Newport, r. l., Jan. 26.-The reve-
nue. cutter Itasca is standing by the
Italian steamship Angelo Parodi,
which is in distress in southerly
gallo about $50 miles of Cape Hatteras
according to a message received at
the naval radio station here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Arbitration,

First Director Gentlemen, the
question is, Shall we arbitrator" Sec
ond Director-"Never! Why. IL We
submitted this dispute to arbitration
we might have to concede something"
-Life. j
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
DESTROY Turks Air Fleet.

London, Jan. ga Petrograd dis
patch to the Times asserts that the
Russians have sunk, near Sinope, Asia
Minor, the steamer Georgios on board
of which were sixteen aeroplanes, COM
prising the entire Turkish aerial fleet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Mexican, Revolt

Vice-Consul Bevan, at Tampico,
cabled the state department at Wash
ington that rioting mad occurred there
as result of large number of Amer
leans being thrown out of employment
by the suspension of work in the oil
fields. Government may Transport
Americans back to this country or
oil steamers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
SUMMARY Of THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS BOILED DOWN
TO LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS

Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are Of Legitimate interest to
All the People.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Bryan Makes Religious Talks.

Otydu "dNSo nCbStOdS
Springfield, Mass, Jan. 26-Secre-
tary Of State Bryan addressed 1000
women in a theater and 1000 men in
the municipal auditorium here, speak
Ing on religious themes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Personal

Senator Penrose is confined to his
home at Philadelphia by a bronchial
affection.
Col. George w. Goethals was pre-.
sented the gold medal of the Geo.
graphic society of Chicago. He was
the guest of honor at the associations
annual banquet, where he explained
the construction of the Panama canal
from the rudimentary plans to it's com.
pletion.
Assemblyman Christopher Paulus
of the Wisconsin legislature was ar
rested at Milwaukee, Wis, on war
rant charging him with obtaining ST.
100 from Gimbel Bros by means Of
IL worthless checks.
Supreme Court Justice A. g. Temp
kins Of the New York supreme court
handed down decision in favor of the
plaintiff in the case of Helen Theodore
S. Earle against her husband, Ferdi-
nand Pinney Earle, in her suit for an
absolute divorce. Justice Tompkins
grants the divorce asked for.
Gov. Hiram w. Johnson went on
record at Sacramento, Cal, as opposed
to any amendment to the antialien
land act passed by the 1913 legisla-
ture. He indicated that if the Shartel
bill, eliminating the three-year leas-
ing clause, passed the legislature. it
would be vetoed.
President Henry Ford of the Ford
Motor company announced at New
York that European nation had or
dered 10000 cars for immediate ship.
ment. These '7ill be used for military
service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
European War News

BENJAMIN Morel. United States con-
sular agent at Dunkirk. France, was
injured when the American consulate
was damaged by bomb during the
German air raid. Consulates of Uru-
quay and Norway also were damaged.
Morel Is a French lawyer.
In naval battle In the North sea
the German armored cruiser, Bluecher,
1880 tons displacement, was sunk
and two other German cruisers were
badly damaged by a British fleet un-
der command of Admiral Beatty. Only
125 of the Biuecher's crew Of SS5
were rescued.
kilograms from Berlin admit seven
Zeppelins raided England, and only six
had returned to Wilhelmshaven.
British steamer Durward has been
torpedoed by a German submarine.
The crew was saved. The Durward
was struck by a torpedo % miles OF
the Mas lightship.
German aeroplanes attacked Dun
kirk and nearby coast towns. They
dropped 80 bombs. There are 20
known victims of the raid, of whom
seevn are dead French and English
aeroplanes brought down one of the
hostile machines.
Moxe than a thousand German law
yers had been killed In battle up to
December rs. says a statement from
Berlin. The number officially given
In the reports is 1.071. Six of these
juristS were professors of law, 236
were judges, state attorneys or other
officials of the judicial department OF
the government
In the mud of Flanders, the floods
of the Aisne valley and the SHOWS Of
the Argonne and the Vosges the SOL
diers of GerI1iny and the allied ma
tions are keeping up constant bat
tie. British troops will soon be sent
to Belfort to participate in any pos
sibie advance on the Rhine.
Great Britain has formally advised
the United States that 1t intends to
seize the steamer Dacia, which is
loaded with cotton for Germany. and
take it into prize court.
The official Norddeutsche Algemeine
Zeftung of Berlin announces that
Lieut. Gen. Erich Won Falkenhayn.
who now is chief Of the German gen.
eral staff. has resigned as minister of
war. Emperor William appointed him
a general of infantry. Maj. Gen. Wild
Won Hohenborn appointed to succeed
Won Falkcnhayn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Eounder of steamship Lima Dies.

FUuHueT OF StedHISHIP CIHe DIes.
Southport, England, Jan. 26.-A,ex-
ander Elder, founder of the Elder
Dempster Steamship Line, died here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Washington

Orders were received by DR.. s. E.
Bennett, in charge of the bureau of
animal industry of the department Of
agriculture at Washington, to stop kill
ing cattle afflicted with the foot-and-
mouth disease and obey the injunc-
ton granted In Kane county against
the state and federal veterinarians.
The Wilson administration has gone
on record at Washington in sweeping
REPUTATION of the allegation that the
United States government has been
partial to the allies and unfriendly
In it's attitude toward Germany and
Austria during the present war IN Eu-
rope. The official reputation of these
limitations took the form of letter
written by Secretary of State William
]. Bryan to Senator William ]. Stone
of Missouri, chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations.
Four men were killed and nine in.
jured in a boiler explosion on the
United States cruiser San Diego, for.
merly the California, of Guaymas,
Mexico, Rear Admiral Howard report.
ed to the navy department at Wash
ington.
At 4 p. M, April 2, the population OF
the United States will have reached
and passed the 1OO,O0O,0OO mark. ac-
cording to c. D. Sloane, geographer
of the census bureau at Washington.
The United States cruiser Des
Moines and the gunboat Nashville
were ordered by Washington official
to proceed immc diately to Haitien wa.
tiers. Revolutionists are expected soon
to enter Port Al Prince and attempt
to overthrow he government of Presi-
dent Theodore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

ton. A crowd was massed around the
gate eager to get glimpse of the
man whose Journey from Manchester,
n. H., was a continual ovation.
Industrial unrest is the necessary
conflict between political liberty and
Industrial absolutism. Politically VIC
are as free as we possibly can be;
industrially we are not because of the
great power held by the corporations
that give them absolute dominion of
their workmen. These statements were
made before the federal commission
on industrial relations at New York
by Louis ID. Brandeis.
Russell Arthur Price, aged eleven.
who went on the ice of Lake Winnie
bago near Oshkosh. Wis, to play, was
found frozen to death.
Joliet. Ill. was visited by the most
disastrous fire in its history when the
three-story Werner block, Chicago and
Van Buren, streets. was destroyed.
The loss Is $4,000. Seven business
places were wiped out.
The theory that the Black Hand So
ciety was responsible for the murder
of Joseph Mirisenna and Salvatore
Cuine In Fox park in Laporte. Ind,
January IL was confirmed.
The lower house of the legislature
at Montgomery. Ala, repassed the
statewide prohibition bill over the
governors veto by a vote of 70 to 20.
The measure now needs only the ap-
prevail of the senate to become a law.
It goes into effect June 30.
The Illinois Steel company mills,
branch of the United States Steel cor
poration. will be running practically at
capacity this week when 1000 addi-
tional men will be put on, according to
one of the offit ers of the company in
Bayyiew. Wis.
Many passengers had rar.ow es-
capes when the steamer Maryland was
burned to the waters edge in the
Chesapeake bay. The 76 passengers
were brought to Baltimore, Md, by the
City of Richmond and the City of
Baltimore.
Under the nose OF a British cruiser
watching at the gateway of New York
the American steamship Wilhelmina,
which departed with it's hold filled
with food supplies for Germany, passed
out TO sea and unmolested laid it's
course for Hamburg.
J. ]. Ettor, the l. w. w. leader, was
arraigned in court at st. Glars ris,e,
O., on a charge of treason. He was
released under $1,000 bond on condi-
ton that he leave eastern Ohio and
never return. Ettor left at once for
New York
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Foreign

An attempt on the life of Field
Marshal Won der Goltz at CONSTANT
nople is reported from Jaffa through
the medium of the German consulate.
The field marshal was fired at and
believed to have been hit. Several
officers were attacked.
The Portuguese ministry, of which
Hugo Joutinho was premier, resigned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29
Domestic

Harry X. Thaw. slayer of Stanford
White. arrived in New York from Bos-
ton. A crowd was massed around the
gate eager to get glimpse of the
man whose Journey from Manchester,
n. H., was a continual ovation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

]. ]. Ettor, the l. w. w. leader, was
arraigned in court at st. Glars title,
O., Oh charge of treason. He was
released under $4,000 bond on condi-
ton that he leave eastern Ohio and
never return. Ettor left at once for
New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

Under the nose OF British cruiser
watching at the gateway of New York
the American steamship Wilhelmina,
which departed with it's hold filled
with food supplies for Germany, passed
out TO sea and unmolested laid its
course for Hamburg.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

Many passengers had narrow es-
capes when the steamer Maryland was
burned to the waters edge in the
Chesapeake bay. The 76 passengers
were brought to Baltimore, Md, by the
City of Richmond and the City of
Baltimore.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20

at home. Sos if Rockefeller wants
to give charity, why does he not be-
gin right here at home instead of Bel
GUM. There are thousands of fam
lilies right here that would make use
Of his charities just as well as Bel
GUM. Instead of slaughtering his
men at the Colorado mines, why did
he not give them little charity?
Iwould like to ask Mr. Rockefeller
himself these questions and see what
he has to say.-Meyer Fisch, 1903 S.
Holman aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20

you hear the deathknell of the liquor
traffic? Sec'y Of State W. ]. Bryan
in a speech before the Democratic
editors told them that if they wished
their party to remain in power, they
must divorce themselves from the
liquor element.
If Adam in the Garden of Eden had
received a salary of $4,000 year
from that time to this, 1915, it would
not pay our liquor bill for six months.
Warren Burnham, 1926 Monroe st.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20
BACKS VIOLA LARSEN

this opportunity of congratulating
Viola Larsen on her clear understand
ing of the methods of Billy Sunday
as published in The Day Book on
April II. Her comparison of the
methods of Sunday and Barnum is
certainly as clever as it is truthful. 1
speak with authority, as l fell vic
tim in one of his eight-week sieges
of the devil, but like thousands of
other converts l came to my senses
the same as the boy who joins the
circus does as soon as he sees the
real truth.-John Petersen.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20
HOW ABOUT A BUBBLER?-

About 200 people were playing base
ball and tennis and a crowd Of chill
dren were enjoying swings and slides
Sunday at the park at Robey and
Winnemac SITS. Hundreds of other
people were watching the games.
There was only one place to get a
drink of water and that was from
a dirty faucet and a small glass tum-
bier inside toolshed in one corner
of the park. Why not bubbleT here?
Why doesn't the Dry Chicago crowd
see that the thirsty have water?-
Jf 1. g., 1850 Hermitage av.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20
REPLY TO DRUNK's WI

REPLY TO DRINKS WIFE.-In
reply to the drunkard's wife q will
say wives) l wish to say 1 have
worked in the temperance work for
the past rs years and know too well
that she speaks the truth when she
says God only knows what she has
suffered through drink, and that Mrs.
Tweedle is one Of her sisters who, by
her upholding it, helps put the burden
and disgrace more firmly on those
she should try to comfort.
Mrs. Tweedle asks such a silly
question: who would pay the rev.
enue if we put the saloon out of bus
iness?" Had she studied the ques-
ton as l have she would know that
for every dollar received from the IL
censed saloon the taxpayer must pay
out more than two dollars for dam
age done And that is the smallest
item, for as the drunkard's wife says:
'We cannot realize her sufferings.''
Cheer up, kind friend, for don't
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20
THE BIGGEST FAKE.-Tc

THE BIGGEST FAKE.-To point
out the biggest fake in a city which
is full of fakes is to my mind an inn
possibility, but to point out the dir
test, lowest, vilest, most contempti-
BILE business which any man, or set
of men, could enter into, is that which
is being carried on by the United Sc
cret Service Co. Ibase my assertion
on their own following letter, which
was presumably sent to every cloth
ing manufacturer in the city, in view
of the tremendous success with which
the organizers of the A. C. w. of A.
are meeting in their efforts to organ
ize the entire garment industry in the
city. 1 trust you will find space to
publish both this and the attached
letter.-Barney Rogers.
GentIemen-Owing to rumors re-
garding a strike of your employees we
~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-20

GentIemen-Owing to rumors re-
garding a strike of your employees we
take this opportunity Of calling your
to our facilities for the han
ding Of labor difficulties also shad-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-27

Thursday, and Saturday he was fined
sl2.62 by the court for driving the auto
mobile without the number plates on 1t.
Mr.. Harvey drives a Trumbull roadster
and Thursday vixen he had occasion to
drive a salesman engaged in his business
out into the country he went to the
garage where his car had been under
going repairs and hurried away in ii
without thinking to attach the registra-
ton plates which had been removed 10
facilitate repair work.
Harold E. Donnell, engrossing clerk in
the department of State. accosted Mr..
Harvey on Water street and asked where
his number plates were and Mr.. Harvey
explained. Saturday morning Mr.. IIar-
vey was in court and Mr.. Donnell took
the stand to state that the automobile
was driven without the plates. Mr.. Har-
vey was not represented by counsel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-27
Austria's Expectation

The reply affirms that Austria
Hungary never intended to imply that
it expected Washington would forbid
American citizens to do normal traf-
fc in war material with the enemies
of the Dual Monarchy, but solely pro-
tested against the economic life of the
United States being made subservient
to the production of war material on
the greatest possible scale whereby
the United States became "militar
led" The note proceeds:
A ."Fait Noveau"
according to paragraphs and 3
of the preamble of The Hague Con-
vention, No. 10, of 1907 and supple
mented by the general principles of
neutrality the Austro- Hungarian gov
eminent considers the concentration of
so much American energy on the aim
namely, the delivery of war material
whereby, although not Intentional, but