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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-10

~iIdiEI#rD4A Eas
the grades wherever possible. This
work i expected 70 continue through
the summer. but kIB not interiors
xiih the fraaEe il any ~
Predicts Prosperity Asalsrsbe.
Heartened BY months Of close
study OF the business outlook Of the
nation. Secretary Redfeld Of the
Commerce department. wrote . New
Years greeting 70 the merchants and
manufacturers Of the country. bid
ding them, In Characteristic language.
TO reach out for the prosperity be
seer within their grasp.
There is no warrant. Secretary
Redfeld declares. for gloom or de-
epsir. The III effects Of the European
var on American enterprises are
passing and new Yistas for CONNER
rial ventures r opening with each
day. His message follows
If you van prosperity. do your
oHn share 10 bring il and do II nov.
Get that addition on your shop go
ing; it will cost you less today than
six months hence. Is trade a bit dull
IN the works. Get those improve
ments begun. Prices are Los and
likely 10 rise. You've been thinking
Ct thai contract work; better start
i yourself before things get the start
Of YOU.
This country slows down a bit
nov and then. but ii never stops
growing and it always moved up and
not down We don't know what il
means In most of the United States
10 have real general distress. Think
of Belgium and Poland. o man with
a crouch, and stink into your hole
and pull IT in after you. There think
of your sins and your blessings and
come Out with your courage in work
ing order.
There are lots Of good American
examples Of pluck. DO you remem-
Der San Francisco and Galveston and
Chicago, Boston. Charleston, Bolti-
more and Dayton and many others
like them? Remember Thomas A.
Edison and lots of others Of your
fellow citizens who showed pluck
when things were hard.
man with a grtbp /
"Nothing's the matter with the
with a crouch except an absen-
heart and missing nerve. Cheer
Up. 90 10 work, do your level best,
quit talking misery. The wars over
yonder-not here. Men are slaugh-
tered yonder@they are living here.
It's all clouds there-clear day here.
Get out and sell some goods.
Plant some more acres; do more
work than you planned. Talk cheer
full talk and you'll find this country
Of ours a pretty good place after all"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-10
supreme Court Renders Important
Decision.

Decision
Ending eleven years of litigation.
the supreme court al Washington.
on Tuesday, held that some two
hundred Connecticut labor union
members must pay s252.130 dam
ages under the Sherman antitrust
law. for a nation wide boycott OF D.
Il. Loewe K Co, Danbury. Conn. hat
manufacturers. who refused TO
unionize their shops. The bank ac-
counts and homes Of many of the
men already are under attachment
10 pay the judgment and the next
step probably will be foreclosure.
Leading lawyers OF congress dis
agreed on whether this decision
meant that union workmen would be
liable in the future for damages on
account OF bycotts. Some hold that
the Clayton antitrust law. passed last
year after this suit had been tried.
would make another such prosecu-
ton impossible.
II was in the Danbury hatters'
case that the supreme court decided
in 1905 that labor unions were sub
ject 10 the terms Of the Sherman
antitrust Law and sent the suit back
the New York federal courts for
trial. The judgment the largest ever
before the court under the Sherman
law. as well as the vigorous defense
of the union men. attracted wide
spread attention to the litigation.
1T requires more than the blind
ness of Justice" said Justice Holmes.
mot TO see that the many branches
of the United Hatters and the Fed
of Labor. in pursuance of a
plan emanating from headquarters.
made use of such lists unfair deal
ers) and of the primary and second
airy boycott In their demands. The
union label was used and a strike of
he plaintiffs employees was ordered
carried out TO the same end, and
he purpose to break up the plain
ifs commerce affected by the quail
y OF the acts"
"on the question of responsibility.
he justice said
The court in substance instruct
I'd the jury that II these members
paid their dues and continued to
delegate authority to their officers
n lawfully to interfere with the plain
Lif's interstate commerce In such
circumstances that they knew or
ought to have known, and such Off
within their delegated authority,
then such members were Jointly IL
able and no others. 1t seems to us
that this instruction sufficiently
guarded the defendants rights and
that the defendants got all that they
were entitled to ask in not being held
chargeable with knowledge as matter
OF law"
In support OF the conclusion that
the members knew of the use of
these means to unionize shops the
Justice referred to the hatters' union
sby-laws for strike and union label
agitation funds, and cited the provis-
ion in the American Federation of
Labor constitution for prosecution of
what it called legal boycotts."
IF the words of the documents on
their face and without explanation
did not authorize what was done,'' he
continued, ''the evidence of what was
done publicly and habitually showed
their meaning and how they were
Interpreted. The jury could not but
find hat by usage Of the unions the
acts complained of were authorized
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-10

their interference zifh commerce
among the states"
Bible House for Big lanai
4 Bible house. similar 10 the one
eonduefed By the British * Foreign
g5b1e society a. Port Said. on he
suez Canal IN Egypt Is being planned
for re aeifPc entrance to he Pan
m canal The building. 10 cost
100000. xill be erected b the
American Bible society in Bilboa and
when Col Goethals, governor OF the
Canal zone returns to Panama he Hili
be accompanied By James Wood.
president OF the society who viii visit
gilboa 10 select a site offered by the
for the building under a
reYokable lease.
TIE purpose OF the Bible house i
70 distribute 10 every sailor on every
shin entering or leaving the canal. a
bible printed in the individuals v
language. Motor boats laden With
ne books will await the coming of
he vessels in the harbor and will go
ont to meet them. A representative
Of the American Bible society will
roard the ship and hand ont the
Bibles.
The sun., 1915-02-28
GERMANY REGARDS
AUSTRIA A BURDEN
Hungary Is Backbone of
kaiscr'S support. Says Lon.
don "Times" Writer.
AIN TO CRUSH SERNIA
sp.cvj rab,, D.sporCI 70 TH. st \

>pscpi 'db's DeSpdff' 10 THk SiN
I>oSpoS Feb 27.-Th- neutral
traveller and correspondent who la, been
writing articles in che TIMES on tho
war situation dilat-s to-day on the
dominant position in Aus:ro- Hungary
Of Count Tisza, the hungarian Premier
He says his personality Uas given a
relatively prepouderant position to thu
Magyars in the councils OF the German
Austrian alliance,
The writer intimates that hungary is
the backbone OF tse whole Aust-o-Hun-
garian support. Austrian plans and
ambitions. lie says, seem TO be se"ondar!
TO those OF Germany and HuNgary.
one OF the aims OF the MNAyass is to
crush the greater Servia movement. less
b. the conquest of Servia than the re.
movsl Of Russophile agitatocs and the
establishment OF a new Serytan dynasty.
The writer thinks that although tho
vlgor of Germany IS apparently unim-
paired she feels the burdens of the
war. which are greater than she contcm.
plated. The Austr,ans. who have dis
appointed the German expectations. are
now regarded as an additional burden,
The sun., 1915-02-28
PARIS WILD OVER NEWS.
RejOices over Coming End q
Turkish Power In Europe.

PARIS. Feb. 27.-Paris is wild tonight
over the news from the Dardanelles.
The French public is convinced that
ConStantlnople is doomed, that after
nearly 500 years the Christians are to
enter Islam's capital and that Turkey
Is to pass forever from Europe.
Military prohibitions against the is
suance of newspaper extras were lifted
when the British Admiralty report was
cabled here. In restaurants. theatres,
on the street-everywhere-- great
battle to force tho Dardanelles Strait
was on every ones lips.
A report reached Paris tonight that
The Sultan is preparing to flee across
the Arabian desert. IL he has not already
secretly left his capital The Paris
newspapers asserted that the Sultan first
plapned to seek refuge in Austria or
Germany. but changed his plans when
he learned that Bulgaria, through whose
territory he mus. travel. may at any
time join the Allies with the object of
regalning Adrianople and the region
surrounding IL. wrested from her after
her conquests in the first Balkan war.
Government officials declared posi-
lively tonight that Turkeys time has
come. They said the Allies have agreed
10 continue pounding away at the Dar-
danelles forts, regardless of the cost.
until the Anglo French fleet appears OFF
Constant!nople and demands It's surren-
der.
The sun., 1915-02-28
RIGHT TO STOP FOOD.
Blockade Not BRrbn risns. Said For
mrr German Chancellor.


PARIS. Feb ?7--J.an Herbe,tc. writ
ing In the F,ho dc Paris. quotes the Ger
man Chancellor Caprivi as saying in the
Rechstas on .Npiil 3. 1892 n reply ing
TO motion toy the cXtrem. parties who
demanded that measures De aiken 81 sea
To have commerc" ana navigation re-
spected IN fu,usc naval wars
The more any country depends on
maritime commerce the more is it neces-
sary To- cut Al its communications in
case Of naval war. Such "A country
might need this commerce for its own
food supplies and for raw materials
which are necessary To industry | am
of the opinion that the interruption OF
the euemN's navigation remains an IN
diHeusaO.e method Of struggling. IL"
" no makes war seeks 10 reach his object
and when he possesses the energy he sue
cccds by using all his means. including
in a naval war the Interruption of IN"
enemy : entire commerce. Nobody can re-
nuuuCe this supreme arm Il Is, more
over. what occurs in I land war. II any
body dU.inr the siege ~ Paris mad sen;
a train ut provisions toward tn" French
capital that train would nav" been
stopped.
1T is the same on the sea y Ocllig-
ercut will do his utmost 10 prevent SHIPS
with freights for an enemy. even food
or raw materials, reaching their drstlna-
tion. Thus one uses all tno means AT
ones disposal.
This is not barbarism, 1t is an ap-
plication of the priciples OF land war to
maritime wars
The Temps in ~ ed torial on the
subject srows considerable irritation
that such organized brigandage should
become the basis of discussions and
even diplomatic negotiations between
the victims of an assassins acts, which
place "A nation outside the scale Of hui
monty and should become also a matte
OF compromise. thanks to diplomacy
which by making prudence virtue has
lost the capacity to become indignant"
The Temps goes on TO assert that the
neutral nation when robbed and
menaced by Germany bow before Ger
manic violence. public opinion" says
the Temps. may protest. but govern
mcnts have lost the habit Of reacting,
The Scand navian States are satisfied,
and propose compromise by which
warships win convoy their merchant
men The United states Is willing 10
discuss German measures. although two
Nmerican ships, the Evelyn ana the
cirib have been destroyed
THE American Government knows TIE
sentiments of its country and feels the
same horror for Gcrmauys actions AZ
the majority OF rs c,t!Z,us, Yet Il sug-
4, ts compromises with an empire which
has put itself Outside the law of diplo-
macy. II is Ike legal quibbling The
note admits taht there are questions
v'uIch is II impossible to discuss"
The sun., 1915-02-28
The Week in the War.

SUNDAY February thirty
ships begins attempt to force Of the Daranees British
steamship Cambsnk torpedoed Liverpool
Third Norwegian steamship lost by mine Text Of
selling foodsuf published French epuse Germans who attack
Ypres
of French attacks Champagne and the north Of verdn
MONDAY February American steamship EVELYN sunk By mine on
Borkum Island German raid Of England
damage .nd n ,a.o,I M rh claim % ur 90 am sr,,r MIR @ ,,ne
Of trenches Pcs Champagne
that the seventh Les Eparges heights Of Meu
Russians fod the
German attempt annhaion In East Prussia taking the
offensive In northern Poland.
TUESDAY February esOna Russians
completely routed in East Prussia and huge quantity
Of artillery and munitions being captured Rus admits her forces
have been driven from East Prussia corps
lost and that she is resuuing offensive in region of rono
Zeppelin hier killing civilians
Allies continue small Champagne heights of the
Meuse the Agonne and in Asace American food ship Will
nem.nA oeioe nr''Sh prize ur, , ohnnna'an ~ NATIONS u. % w
decide united In view Of German
WEDNESDAY February 24Second American cotton ship
by Another Norwegian vessel sunk
OF Dover probably by submarine Submarine attacks Bouogne
passenger part
Channel between Scotland and Ireland British Foreign Office
declines to make monthly subveto to assist eeans ground Of
bassado Gerard plan German Government obviate
peril to American shipping Rheims. including cathedral
again damaged by German bombardment.
25Evenh merchant ship lost
British Admiralty probable loss Of armed merchant cruiser
Clan MscNsughton German advance ON east front checked with
resting their fortress line according Perogsd ad
French Germans lost heavily in the fighting for Les
Epages
pagne claim both fronts.
26Brtish Admiralty all
Dardaneles allied
capture Of Przasn, direct line to Warsaw Russians
in Two
French
he Of German charges the
SATURDAY. 27Fedea Grand Jury New York
provisioning American
lardanees, while
bern the
artillery French
ays that furthe adv made
be continued SurdoV
The sun., 1915-02-28
SHIFT Won HINDENBURG.
Reported That lie IL Going West
to Oppose AIii~s.

special Cdb'e Despatch 10 THE sr>
LONDON. Feb. GA correspondent OF
the Hdilv Express. telegrsphlng from the
Belgian frontier. says the Gcrnane IA
Belgium predict that Field Marshall Won
i'iudenburg IL coming To tho western
theatre of war TO take up the work of op-
posing the Allies
German Officers at Brussels cAprsss the
opinion hat Won Hindcnburg's campaigl.
against Russia IL completed and thai
within "A few weeks h. will he able To leave
his plans for the next phase Ia he hand.
Of anOt her commander
The Kaiser is reported To have discussed
the transfer during his visit to East Prus-
sia. when several high officers We're sum
moned to confer with Won Hindenburg
The correspondent adds
Picked troops from East Prussia are
already arriving in Belgium preparatory
10 great assault on the lines OF the Niles
The Germans are at constantly decreasing
distances, IN some instances only lev
score Yards.
The enemy's losses have been very
great Ito he present We have captured
in two da w thirty offict RS. :, 600 men, seven
guns eleven machine guns and a huge
quantity OF ammunition and supplies
The sun., 1915-02-28
BERLIN ADMITS ATTACK.
Russian Offensive Movement
Against Invaders Announced.

BERLIN ,vla Loudon). Feb, 27.-New
Russian forces have appeared along
the PrZasnysz- LomZa- AuRustowo bat
lie frout in Poland and have begun a
general offensive movement against Won
liindenhurg's armies, II was officially
admitted to-day.
Northwest OF lomzd the Russians IN
great numbers have begun series Of
violent attacks on the village ~
Skroda. south OF kulno. The Germans
have rcpulsel several OF these on
slaughts and have taken 100 prison
en-, but the Russians continue desper-
ate charges against tho German en-
trenchments around the town
Northwest Of Grodno another large
body Of Russians is battling with the
Germans In the swamps ten miles east
Of AugustOwn Tho Russians arc also
on the offensive in the Przasnysz re-
gIon Dispatches from the front ,A-
press the belief that the series of
attacks by the Russians was an at
tempt 10 halt further advances by tho
Germans rather than a serious attempt
10 press Won lindenburg back to the
frontier.
The sun., 1915-02-28
ORDER FOR REPRISALS.
\cutrnIs Are Notified of British
Plan to stop supplies.

LoNpoN, Feb. 27.--It is understood
here Tonight thit the Allies have ad-
vlsed neutral countries that they hold
themselves AZ liberty 10 stop al shipping &
10 and fr1m Gcrmaty ana the countries
of her allies II Is expected that a pub
lie announcement OF the plans will be
made Ia Parliament on Monday.
1t is understood that Great Britain and
France Will respect the lives Of crews
and passengers In the steps which they
propus" to take, and that these meas
urrs VIA not affect the cargoes of vessels
OF neutral counties which sailed before
the announcement,
The terms OF the declaration will be
general Baltic shipping Will be affected
only as Great Britain iud her allies
viii prevent supplies from entering the
S"audl avian countries for IceNporta-
tluu ia GERMANY. Holland. having taken
strirgen, measures TO prevent foodstufS
and other cOntribaud of war from en-
teriug Germany, will be only slightly
affected hy the new declaration.
The sun., 1915-02-28
EVELYN SANK IN SAFETY
ZONE, WASHINGTON HEARS
Was Within Thirty Mile Strip Along Holland Coast
Prescribed by German Admiralty, Say Naval Ex-
perts After Seeing Report From Berlin.

WAsHiNGToS, Feb. 2;.--That the
American steamship Evelyn was de-
stroyed by mine or submarine within
the strip which the German Admiralty
declared was free from danger to neu-
tral ships was established here to-day.
memorandum furnished to Com
mander Ghcrardi, naval attache at Ber-
lin. by the German Admiralty, giving
the exact position of the Evelyn when
she sank, revealed this fact. The Ger
man memorandum was forwarded 10y
Commander Gherardi to-day, and while
not all its contents were made public
the statement as to the position OF the
Evelyn was given out
This shows that the Evelyn sank IN
latitude SO degrees - minutes north.
longitude degrees I minutes east
Naval officers worked out this position
on the chart and found that It fixed
point twenty-five miles north-north-
west of tho extreme limit of the Dutch
coast The German Admiralty decree
declared that n strip thirty miles wide
along the Dutch coast would not be in
cluded In the danger zone. and the Eve
lyn. according 20 tn" German Admir-
alty's statement. was within this sup
posed safe zone when she sank Though
1t has been stated that the Evelyn was
afloat for seven hours after the ex-
plosion which sank her. naval officers
were of .he opinion that she did not
move very Tar from the point whore she
encountered the mine or torpedo
Thu fixing of the position of the
Evelyn when she went down nclines
officers here to the opinion that she
probably struck mine whicn had been
broken loose from its moorings. II Is
MT regarded as likely that the Germans
have placed mines In the zone through
which they have invited neutral ship
ping TO pass when bound for German
ports. Nothing Is known OF the British
having laid mines in these waters.
The floating mine theory is con-
sidered TO be strengthened by the fact
that during the last few months a great
many mines have been washed ashore
on the Dutch coast, having broken loose
from their anchorages. Many of them
We're found not to have become harmless
upon breaking loose as is required by
the rules OF the Hague convention on
mines. Many OF these mines picked up
on the Dutch coast were found to be
British.
That the responsibility for the de-
struction OF the Evelyn will ne fixed IL
not expected here now, unless other
facts having an important bearing on
the question are brought forward.
A report that eight of the crew OF the
Evelyn are missing was transmitted to
the state Department to-day 10y Minister
van Dyke ut The Hague. He stated that
the report was merely Il rumor that
lacked confirmation. Yesterday the
Minister Cabled that II was reported
that all OF the crew had been landed
safely at Bremen.
The sun., 1915-02-28
FRENCH CAPTURE
TRENCHES AND GUNS
One Hundred Prisoners and
Mitrailleuscs Taken in
Champagne District.
MORE GERMAN REPULSES
Special Cdb,e Despatch 10 TIM Sr>.

SDertW 'nOfr DPsp0tCH 10 iht otNs
PARIS. Feb. 27.--French successes II
the Champagne district continue. accord
ing to the official night communiaue OF
the War Office. The French are now
masters of about 1900 feet OF trenche,
taken last night. with 100 prisoners and
ma achine guns.
In Belgium a French patrol occupied
German trench after killing all III,
German soldiers holding It. Further
progress Is reported west OF perthes
while In Lorraine German attacks have
been repulsed.
The official communlque issued to
night says:
In the dunes near Lombacrtyzdc
one OF our patrols occupied Ger
man trench killed all the soldiers
holding Il and captured q mi;rail
leuSe.
In Champagne. as the result OF
our advance of Friday evening north
of Mesnil-les- Hurlus. we are now
masters OF 500 meters of German
trenches, in the capture Of which We
took 100 prisoners, as well as two
mtrailleuses ard a revolving gun.
This attack was carried out brill
iantly by IA bayonet charge. \ strong
counter attack by the Germans was
repulsed during the night OF Friday
Saturday. To-day We made fresh
progress west OF Perthes and north
Of Beausejour.
In Lorraine, at La Seuvevllle, near
the forest OF Parroy. "a German at
Jack has been repulsed
The conmuniQue issued in the after
noon was as follows
There IL no change to report in
the situation from the sea to the
A!sne.
In Champagne nothing has de.
veloped since yesterdays communi-
cation.
our artillery in the Argonne ex-
ploded an ammunition depot near
- Hubert In the wood near Melin-
court. between the Argonne and thu
M-use. tn" enemy again sprayed one
II our advanced trenches with
burning liquid, necessitating the
abandonment OF the trench, the oc.
cupants of which were seriously
burned. A counter attack inn
mediite.y checked tn. Germans.
Who suffered iosses. including
uumbe' of prisoners.
In the region OF Ntrlon and on
the heights OF the Meuse our heavy
artillery wrecked some German
guns. exploded about twenty ari-
munit'on wagons, ann.hilated de-
tachmcnt and destroyed an entire
camp In the Bois Brule the battles
continue to our advantage.
The sun., 1915-02-28
GERMANS RETREAT
IN RUSSIAN POLAND
PetrOgrad Announces kaiser's
Troops Are in Wild Flight,
Pursued by Cavalry.
PRZASMYSZ rs RETAKEN
SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS.

SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS.
A rumor circulated in Washington
last night that the Dacla. bound for
Germany with a cargo Of cotton. had
been seized hy French ships and taken
to Bres,. TIE Dacia was formerly "a
German vessel. but was purchased
recently by Edward n. Breitung. an
American.
The British Admiralty reports ofn-
cially that n laniing iarty from the
Allies fleets destroyed and disnantlcd
the Turkish forts at the entrance to
the Dardanelles. while dcstroyers
have swept the strait clear of mines
fNr four miles An unofficial report
from Athens SAYS that the fleet has
penetrated the straits for a Gistan .
OF fourteen miles demolshinv or
silencing the forts az they went along.
The German Admiralty report on
the sinking of the American ship
Evelyn. transmitted TO Washington
by Lieutenant Commander Gheiardi.
naval attache at Berlin. has been care
fully studied by naval experts. II is
stated they have found that when the
Evelyn struck the mine she was thirty
miles insid. the safety zone fxed by
Germany off the coast Of Holland.
Petrograd reports Russian successes
along the entire battle front in the
eastern zone of the war. The Ger
mans have been driven back in the
north. while the Austrians have been
forced back in Galicia. the Russians
recapturing kolomea and other towns
taken from them last week.
In the west, IN theatre the French
official report says their soldiers were
driven out of the advanced trenches
in the region between the Argonne
and the Meuse by liquid fire. but that
the German attack was halted Around
Verdun French artillery wrecked Ger
man guns and exploded about twenty
ammunition wagons. Fighting con-
tinues in all sections.