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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
FORTY FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
OF WILLIAMS PROCLAMATION
AS EMPEROR NAY INSPIRE
NEW EFFORT.
PREDICT TEUTONS WILL
TRY TO CROSS AISNE
British Commentators Declare Fight
ing at Scissors to Be Precursor of
Entry of New Troops Upon a
Vigorous Offensive in
Northern France.

London, Jan. 19.-London is recall
ing that this is the forty-fourtn ami
versary of the proclamation of Will
helm |. as German emperor and in the
British capital it is expected that the
day may bring news of widespread
German effort to follow up with still
more important movement the success
hood of scissors.
In London it is believed that the
Germans have adopted what is virtu-
ally a defensive role to the west of
Warsaw.
Some British observers argue that
this has been forced upon them by SUI
perior Russian numbers-and that
these defensive tactics synchronize
with the movements of many thou
sandes of Teutonic troops from Poland
to the French and Belgian battlefields.
New Troops on Offensive.
The fighting at Scissors some Brit
ish commentators declare to be the
precursor of the entry of these new
troops upon vigorous offensive, per-
haps an attempt to cross the River
Aisne. At scissors the French failed
to hold their positions on the northern
bank of the river, and for the Ger
mans to attempt to gain the southern
be expected.
AS to future engagements in this
region, it appears to be fact that
the French artillery on the hills south
of the Aisne commands all the ap-
proaches to the river and that it will
have to be reckoned with.
In the eastern arena of the war the
steady pressure which the arrival of
100000 of last year levies has en-
abled the Russians to exert upon the
Germans, according to dispatches
reaching London, has been slowly
pushing back the German line to the
west of Warsaw.
Russians Reoccupy PIock.
News dispatches report the Russian
reoccupation of Plock. This report
has not been confirmed officially, but
the Russians crossed the Skrwa river
few miles below that point and may
have been able to occupy the city.
Russian forces already had reached
Sierpec and Gombin, lying respectively
| directly north and south of this pro-
vincial capital.
The Russian defeat of the Turks. if
the claims of Petrograd are fully borne
out, was so decisive that it may mark
the close of the Ottoman attempt to
invade Russia in the Caucausian re.
gion. The Russian victory probably
will free enough of the Caucausian
army to oppose effectively the Turkish
forces which are approaching the from
tier further eastward through Persia.
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Oppose Option Bills,

st. Paul, Jan. 1S.-A canvass of
members of the senate committee on
temperance strengthens the assertion
that the committee will not experience
easy sailing when it comes to con-
slider the prohibition bill of Senator
e. E. Lobeck and the county option
bill to be introduced shortly. Three
of the committeeman are for county
option, two for prohibition, two are
against both measures, one against
county option and one not branded
as yet. Senator Lobeck and Senator
Granrud are for prohibition.
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MANAGER of Hill Lines m.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 19.-W. D. Scott,
general manager of the Spokane, Port
land and Seattle Railroad and allied
Hill lines in Oregon, is critically ill at
his home here. He is suffering from
angina pectoris and his physicians
feared he would not survive the night.
Two weeks ago Mr. Scott was strick-
en- with heart affliction but recovered
sufficiently to start for California on
Sunday last. He was taken i'll a sec
ond time while en- route and his car
was detached at Eugene, Ore, and re-
turned to Portland.
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Artists Aid Red Cross.

London, Jan. 19.-British painters
and sculptors have contributed about
a thousand works to the winter exhi-
bition of the Royal Academy All the
works on exhibition are for sale but
the artist will receive only one-third
of the purchase price of his painting
or sculpture; the remainder will be
divided between the Red GROSS and
the Artists Benevolent Institution
Many of the exhibitors have even
agreed to forego their one-third for
the benefit of the two wartime chart.
ties.
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lines as those now passing or pictures
In the larger cities of the country.

st. Paul, Jan. 1S.-The bill propos.
ing an amendment to the constitution
giving the elective franchise to WON
en- will be reported favorably by the
committee on election of the Mime
sofa senate. A vote has been taken
by the committee. Those favoring
suffrage were o. A. Lende of Candy,
chairman; Frank E. Putnam of Blue
Earth; e. p. Peterson of Litchfield;
w. A. Campbell of Minneapolis, and Ole
o. Sageng OF Dalton. Those opposed
were A. J. Rockne of Zumbrota and
E. B. Collester of Waseca.
Senator Sageng was the author of
the bill. 1t is likely that the COM
mittee report will be made to the Sen.
ate and that vote will be taken dur
ing the week.
1t is difficult now to determine the
fate of the measure in the upper
house. The vote admittedly will be
close. If the bill passes the senate it
will encounter serious opposition in
the house, but might pass that body
with the prestige of senate approval
Convention Plan Defeated.
At the same meeting the committee
voted down the proposition of Senator
F. II. Peterson of Moorhead for the
| enactment of law submitting to the
| people the question of calling a consti-
| tutional convention to revise the OF.
| ganic act of the state. Those favor.
ing this measure were Lende, Sageng
and Campbell. Those opposed were
| Peterson, Collester, Rockne and Put.
nam. .-s.
| Unlike other propositions submitted
to the people by the legislature, the
measure calling for vote on the
| question of holding constitutional
| convention requires two-thirds major.
| ity in both houses. Constitutional
amendments, such as woman's SUI.
frage, can be submitted by majority
vote.
In the house Gunnar B. Bjornson OF
| Minnesota has introduced a copy OF
the Peterson bill. From sentiment as
it exists now the probability of sue
cess in that body is very remote.
Two resolutions introduced by Sen
ator John d. Sullivan of st. Cloud al
the previous days session, and held
over for debate, were adopted. They
called on the board of control to fur
nish an explanation why, as it was
declared, state-produced materials haC
not been used in the construction Of
various state buildings. These resolu
tions are the outcome of considerable
! agitation on the part of the ST. Cloud
quarry interests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Foreign

AS result of representations made
by United States Ambassador Morgen-
thau at Constantinople, the Turkish
government has consented to the de-
parture by sea from Beirut of neutral
residents of Asia Minor.
Many persons caught In the wreck
age of buildings by Italian quake were
not injured, but persisted from cold
and hunger or were incinerated In
fires which broke out amid the ruins.
The number burned was largest at
Avezzano and Observation-Disclosures Avez-
zano suffered most from disaster. Ten
thousand persons persisted and town
has been leveled. Sora and Pescini
each has 1000 dead
The steamer Canara, bound from
Colombo. was wrecked mile east OF
Cave Point Light. Her mails and pas
sengers were landed.
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= = . . =
TRADE Is BOOMING.

Washington, Jan. t9.@. Pier
pont Morgan discussed the foreign
= exchange situation with President
Wilson and Informed the presi-
dent that conditions were improv-
Ing. He mentioned incidentally
= the credit of $4,000, 900 establish
ed by the Russian government In
the United States through Mr..
Morsan's banking firm.
1t was understood Mr.. Morgan
informed the president that the
increase In American exports to
Europe recently has greatly re-
duced the debt owed In Europe by
Americans at the outbreak of the
war and that as a result condi-
tons were progressing favorably.
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Champions Corrupt Practices Act.

st. Paul. Jan. 2O.-The corrupt
practices act should be retained said
Attorney General Smith in his bien-
NAL report to the legislature. The at
torney general admits that the law is
not what it should be and said that lit
should be perfected"
Zone of the defects in the law" said
the report, lis the tolerance of false
charges against candidates, another is
it's failure to regulate expenditures by
private parties, another is making triv'
ial violation of the law felonies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Soldiers Want Mouth Organs.

London, Jan. 19.-The governments
appeal for gifts of mouth organs for
the use of soldiers at the front has re-
vcaled shortage in the supply Of
these popular musical instruments.
According to instrument dealers. prac-
tically all England's supply of mouth
organs comes from Germany. An eff
fort is being made to remedy the de-
rieted stock by importation from the
United States.
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Personal

John E. Parsons, former counsel of
the American Sugar Refining COM
pany, died in New York, aged eighty
five years. Death was caused by pneu-
monia. Mr.. Parsons was one of the
founders of the co-called sugar trust.
Smith Mcpherson, Is years judge
of the federal court in the southern
Iowa district, died at his home at Red
Oak, la. Judge Mcpherson had been
one of the Republican leaders of Iowa
since 1870. He gained fame in the
Missouri railroad rate case.
Queen Victoria of Spain has con-
tracted scarlet fever and is under the
care of the court physician in the pal
ace at Madrid.
Simon Yondorf of Chicago, wealthy
mortgage br ,her, was killed when his
automobile was caught between two
street cars. The chauffeur escaped
uninjured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Russia Gets Guns From U. S.

Seattle, Wash, jan. 19.-The Rus.
sian volunteer fleet steamer Novgorod
according to advices received here, ar.
rived at Vladivostok with big guns
and projectiles manufactured in Penn.
sylvania and shipped from Vancouver,
B. C. The Russian army is said to be
in urgent need of these siege gunss
which will be rushed to Poland. The
Tambor, sister ship of the Novgorod
will sail from Vancouver for Vladivos.
tok this week with second cargo OF
huge guns and shells
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Isps Treat Prisoners Wen.

home, Jan. 19.-The Osservatore
Romano publishes a telegram dated
Saturday from the Emperor of Japan
to Pope Benedict, expressing the
warm desire of the Japanese ruler to
relieve the Ills resulting from the war.
The emperor adds in his telegram
that no Japanese soldiers are being
kept in a hostile country as prisoners
OF war and gives assurance that all
prisoners of war in Japan are being
treated with the greatest benevolence.
none being in an unhappy state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
SPEAKER NAMES COMMITTEES

st. Paul, Jan. 16.-H. H. Flowers,
newly elected house speaker, has an
nounced his committee appointments.
John Larimore, l.. A. Lydiard, Thorn
as Girling, James Dwyer and John NJ.
Harrison were among the Hennepin
members who carried away the impor-
tant committee chairmanships and
other assignment.
The Thirtieth is represented by Ed
ward Condor and Frank Nimocks, and
both these men received important
committee assignments.
Assignments for Gordon.
Sam. Y. Gordon, Mr. Flowers op-
ponent, received excellent committed
assignments and was made chairman
of the very committee he is said to
have wanted most. This is the cen
sus committee, very important this
year because the state is to take a
census.
Gunnar Bjornson, chairman of the
state Republican committee and pow
! erful in the cause of Mr.. Gordan, also
was honored by some splendid ap-
pointments. He was named chairman
of the committee on elections, which
[, it is understood was the committee
he most wanted.
l.. G. Spooner of Morris is one OF
the country members who received
great honors. Not only is he chair
/ man of the efficiency and economy
| committee. which is to handle the
/ measure of that name, but he was
made chairman of the committee on
appropriations.
Sixteen of the fifty-six chairman
ships were accorded Gordon support
ers.
st. Paul. jan ia drastic prohi.
bition bill was introduced in the sen
| ate by Senator e. E. Lobeck of Doug
las county, one Of the state Prohibi,
ton leaders.
The bill would prohibit the adver;
Using, manufacture, sale, barter, gift
| or Transportation of alcoholic liquors
for purposes of beverage. 1t applies
|
traffic that the Wallace-Fosseeu law
does to resorts.
The bill seeks to make it the duty
of the sheriff to watch for violations
| and place his findings before the coun
ty attorney, who must then proceed
to abate the nuisance. The owner OF
property is made liable to fine OF
from $3.50 to $1,000.
The wife, parent or child injured in
person or property can recover fol
| damage from intoXication from the
| liquor dealer.
Persons selling or giving away in
toxicating liquors are subject to i'm
prisonment for 80 days under proyis
| ions of the bill.
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Germans Take 5000 Prisoners.

Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L. l.,
Jan. 18.--The German main army
headquarters announces that as re-
suit of the three days fighting north
east of Soisoons about $500 prisoners,
IA guns, six machine guns and some
revolver guns were captured.
"The further announcement is made
that the French suffered heavy losses,
from 1000 to 5000 dead Fresch sol
diers being found on the battlefield"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
U. S. Aviator Breaks Records.

San Diego, Cal, Jan. 1S.-Lieuten-
ant Byron G.. Jones, said to be the
youngest aviator in the United States
army, broke all American endurance
records for continuous flight, remain
ing in the air hours and SO minutes,
descending to the aviation field only
when darkness set in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Wheat "Poois" to Be Probed.

Washington, Jan. 10. = President
Wilson. it has become known, has in
Guiding pooling agreements in the pos
sible causes for the recent rise in the
price of wheat and -four, which he has
directed Attorney General Thomas W..
Gregory to investigate. The president
sent Mr.. Gregory a letter formally ask
ing him to investigate with a view to
prosecution, if evidence was discov-
cred of illegal combinations. The in
vestigation already was in progress on
oral word from the White House.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Allies Buy $4,000 Horses.

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1S.-Fffty
thousand horses are to be furnished
the British and French governments
within six months under contract
Just signed by a local firm. The first
sbipm ent of not less than 5000 is to
be made by Feb. 1. Of the animals
10000 are to be saddle horses, while
&c, 00e are to be for artillery.
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Must Account for 100000

Mexico City, Jan. 19.-At its last
session the sovereign convention of
the revolution decided to demand from
General Eulalio Gutierrez, the pro gis-
ional president, who abandoned his
post and fled from the city Jan. 16,
that he give an accounting of the
10,5O0,00O pesos ($5,25O,OOO) which
they claim should be in the treasury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
Mexican Revolt

According to news agency an
nouncement, General Carranza has no.
titled the British foreign office at Lon
don that his embargo upon the ex-
portation of oil from Mexico by Eng
lish concerns has been lifted
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EnqIish Boats Collide.

Madrid, via Paris, Jan. 18.--A dis
patch from Cape Finistere says the
Britishsteamers Massilia and Fuhoeh
collided in a fog. The Fuhoeh sank.
but the Massilia rescued all her crew
and continued on to Gibraltar. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
EnqIand to Hold Up Letters.

London, Jan. 1S.-Great Britain has
decided to hold up letters destined for
countries with which she is at war if
they are enclosed in letters being for.
warded to neutral countries unless
the envelope is unseafed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
River Seine OverfIoWs.

Paris, Jan. 1S.-The River Seine is
rising rapidly. At Troyes it already
is out of its banks and passenger boat
service has temporarily suspended. AT
various places the tributaries are out
Of their banks.
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says the Eleventh Turkish army corps
| has been extermInated near Kara
Urgan.
London, Jan 19.-While the main
Russian army has been busy repefling
| what Grand Duke Nicholas, in his Of
| fetal report, describes as a series OF
violent attacks by Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg to break his way to War
saw, the other Russian forces have
| stormed and taken Kirlibaba pass, On
the borders of Pennsylvania, and have
| made further progress in their ad-
vance along the right bank Of the Wis
| tula toward the German frontier.
Germans Take Trenches.
The Germans, in force, have deliv-
| cred seven successive attacks which
| developed into desperate bayonet fight
ing on the Russian lines on the left
bank of the Vistuia and have SUGGEST
ed in the taking of the Russian ad
vance trenches.
Further south there have been SINH
lar attacks, in each case preceded by
heavy artillery engagements. The Rus
slams have succeeded in silencing the
| heavy Austrian guns, which from the
banks of the Dunajec have been bonn
harding the town of Tarnow.
Will Hasten Action.
The capture of Kirlibaba pass
through which roads lead into the
heart of Pennsylvania, is likely to-
have a political as we'll as military
effect 1t possibly will hasten the ac-
ton of Roumania and may compel
the Germanic allies to send troops
for the defense Of eastern Hungary.
With the retirement of Count Won
Berchtold. the former Austro-Hunga-
rian minister of foreign affairs, who is
said to have favored another expedi-
ton against Servia, and because of the
greater influence Of the Hungarians in
the councils of the empire by reason
of the appointment of Baron Stephan
Burian as the head Of the foreign de-
partment, the troops which were des-
tined for the Servian operations are
likely to be diverted to meet the neg
Russian threat against Hungary.
Brisk Fighting in West.
In the west, there has been some
brisk fighting a: many points. The
French claim to have made further
progress along the coast of Flanders
but not to the extent which they have
been credited with by unofficial re-
ports. Attacks and counter attacks
have also prevailed In the region Of
Aras and in the Aisne valley, south of
Laon. but apparently without either
side making any advances.
The French progress, however, &C
cording to their statement, continues
east of Rheims and in the Vosges, de-
spite heavy snow storm. In the AT.
come the Germans claim to have i'm
proved their position.
An official German statement esti.
mates the losses of the allies since
they commenced their offensive, four
weeks abo, at 10000, including 10000
killed and more than 10000 prisoners.
Earl Grey, the former governor gen
eral of Canada in reviewing BRIGADE
of the Canadian contingent told them
they would soon be sent to the front
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Washington

A son was born at the White House
in Washington to Mrs. Francis Bowes
Sayre, President Wilson's second
daughter. Mrs. Sayre and the child
were reported to be doing well. The
boy weighed seven and half pounds.
President Wilson made no effort to
conceal his joy when informed that
the child was boy. 1t is expected
the baby will be named after his
grandfather.
Soaring wheat prices and the threat
ened rise in the cost of bread caused
President Wilson to order federal in
quiries at Washington, intended to de-
| termine whether conditions are due
to natural economic causes, brought
about by the war, or have been in
duced by the action of spectators
seeking great profits.
A resolution proposing to amend the
constitution to provide single term
of six years for the president and vice
president was introduced in the house
at Washington by Representative
! Beakes of Michigan. The resolution
also provides that the president on
retirement shall become a member-at-
| large of the senate.
Release on bond of ships detained in
British prize courts will be. permitted
by the British government if the Judge
of the court is willing, according to
statement issued by the British en-
bassv at Washington.
Representative A. P. Gardner, leader
in the movement for stronger ma.
tional defense. won part victory
when the house at Washington
adopted a resolution calling on Sec
rotary Garrison for information as to
the strength E coast defenses of the
country.
Several members of the house of
representatives and other depart
ments in Washington and an Ohio
state senator, were incHded in the 14S
men trapped in the police raid on a
clubhouse near Baltimore.
! Senator Sherman introduced reso-
luton in the senate at Washington
for the appropriation of $4,000 to
pay the expenses of an exposition at
Chicago in celebration of the semi
centennial of the signing of the eman
cinatiOn proclamation.
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Provisional President Eulalio Gu
tierrez has been superseded as head
of the convention government by Gen.
Rogue Gonzales Cara, presiding Of
ticer of the convention, which elected
him provisional president. Gutierrez
fled from Mexico City with several
members of his cabinet to escape as
sassination at the hands of Zapatistas.
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British Take African Town.

London, Jan. 1S.-The forces of the
Union Of South Africa have occupied
Swakopmund, German Southwest At
RIGA, according to the Pretoria cores
pondent of Reuters Telegram COM
pany.
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New Swedish Loan Issued.

Stockholm, via London, Jan. "a
new Swedish loan amounting to so.
100000 francs (slO,OOO,O00) wiz be is
sued in a few days.
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Secretary of State Bryan announced
at Washington that the United States
had warned Carranza that serious
consequences would follow" threat
ened confiscation of foreign oil wells
at Tampico. The British ambassador
delivered a protest against CarranZa' 8
decree confiscating oil properties in
the Tampico district
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MEASURE TO BE DEFEATED BY
LESS THAN A DOZEN VOTES,
SAY CERTAIN OF THE
MEMBERS.
PROHIBITION PROVIDED
IN BILL INTRODUCED
Bill Presented by Representative An
derson of Goodhue is Copy of One
introduced In Senate by SEN
ator lobeck-Thirty-one
Other Measures.
IN THE HOUSE.

TN TIE 1UUSE.
Met at 8 p. m.
Thirty-two bills introduced, includ-
ING statewide prohibition and initia-
i've and referendum amendment.
All bills referred to respective COM
mittees.
Adjourned at S:45 p. m.
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Members OF the L. W. w. started
riot in Chicago at meeting called
for the unemployed at Hull House.
They fought the police when pre-
vented from parading when they had
no permit. and, after a fight in which
a number Of policemen were mauled
and scores of the paraders injured.
% were arrested. Many of the pris-
oners are women. One of them is
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of one Of
the anarchists hanged for the Hay
market murders.
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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.
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Just after the opening prayer at
the evening services in the Church of
God at Peoria, ILL.,, Frederick c. Erd-
man fired revolver shot at his
former sweetheart, Hattie Gauwitz, in
flicting wounds which probably will
prove fatal. Panic followed. He
killed himself