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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY SIGNS
REPORT OF GENERAL BOARD
FOR CONSTRUCTING EFFl-
GENT FLEET.
TO BE PEER OF ANY NAVAL
POWER WITHIN TEN YEARS
Body Expresses Renewed Faith in the
BattIeship as Against Submarine
Ten Dreadnaughts and Six
Battle Cruisers in Next
Five Years.

Washington, Dec. 22-"The navy Of
the United States should ultimately
be equal to the most powerful main
tanned by any other nation of the
world" in the opinion of the general
board, whose annual report, signed by
Admiral George Dewey, was made
public today. The general board.
moreover, declares that the United
States should be the peer of any naval
power within ten years "by such a
rate of development year by year "A
may be permitted by the facilities OF
the country, but the limit defined
should be attained not later than 1925
The general board expresses re
newed faith in the battleship al
against the submarine for the frs
line of defense. "The battleship il
still the principal reliance of navies
as 1t has been in the past" says the
report, which points out that spectacu
lar attacks by submarines have beer
given undue importance by many OBJ
servers of the war in Europe. Ths
general board therefore in it's recon-
mendations y Secretary Daniels fol-
continuous building program GOV
ering the net five years advocates
the construction of ten dreadnaughti
and six battle cruisers.
To Build Ships at Once.
The general board, however, recon-
mends that work be commenced i'm
mediately upon the construction o.
four battleships and three battle cruis
ers. On account of cramped condi
tons in shipyards throughout tbs
country, Secretary Daniels decided
that the first years program shoult
include only two battleships and two
cruisers.
However, Mr.. Daniels and his gen
eral board are far from accord as to
the number of submarines to be in
Guided in the five year program. Mr.;
Daniels asked for Is fleet submarines
where the Dewey board asked for only
nine. The same disparity occurs in
the recommendations as to coast sub
| marines. Daniels asking congress fol
90 Willie lue DeWey podru lHiHhS Dc
enough.
"The current war has shown thai
navy Of the size recommended BY
this board in previous years can nc
longer be considered as adequate te
the defensive needs of the United
States. Our present. navy Is not suffi.
cient to give weight to the diplomatic
remonstrances of the United States in
peace nor to enforce its policies in
war;"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Roumanian Genera KiIIs Self.

Geneva, via London, Dec. 20.-Mu-
mich newspapers received here an
nounce the suicide of General Jones
co, commanding the second Rouman-
ian army corps. According to the
story, the general was suspected of
having been bribed by one of the
powers. The minister of war ordered
an inquiry and, his suspicious being
confirmed, sent two officers to inform
General Jonesco of the result Of the
investigation. Two hours later Gen.
eral Jonesco killed himself.
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NOTE DECLARES RULES OF IN
TERNATIONAL LAW WERE
WILFULLY VIOLATED.
WILL NOT ENTER into DEBATE
Lansing Holds Details of Sinking Of
Ancona and Number of Americans
Killed Are Not Essential Mat
tiers of Discussion.

Washington. Dec. 22.-"The Secre.
tary of State to Ambassador Penfeld
Department of State. Washington
December -. 1915.
You are instructed to address q
note to the Austro- Hungarian minister
OF foreign affairs. textually as follows:
1.-The government of the United
States has received the note of your
excellency relative to the sinking OF
the Ancona. which was delivered at
Vienna on December Is. 1915, and
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration.
lon November Is, 1915. Baron
Zwiedenek, the charge d'affaires OF
the imperial and royal government at
Washington, transmitted to the de-
partment of state report of the Aus
tro-Hungarian admiralty with regard
coma, in which it was admitted that
the vessel was torpedoed after her
engines had been stopped and when
passengers were still on board.
This admission alone is, in the
view of the government of the United
States, sufficient to fix upon the com
mander of the submarine which fired
the torpedo the responsibility for hav-
ing willfully violated the recognized
law of nations and entirely disregard
od fhoco humane prip oipIoc which ov
cry belligerent should observe in the
conduct of war at sea. In view OF
these admitted circumstances, the
government of the United States feels
justified in holding that the details OF
the sinking of the Ancona, the weight
and character Of the additional testi
mony corroborating the admiralty S
report, and the number of Americans
killed or injured are in no way essen
tial matters of discussion. The culpa.
bility of the commander is in any case
established, and the undisputed fact
Is that citizens of the United States
were killed, injured or put in jeopardy
by his lawless act.
Principles of Humanity Violated.
1.-The rules of international law
and the principles of humanity which
were thus wilfully violated by the
commander of the submarine, have
been so long and SO universally recog-
nized, and are so manifest from the
standpoint Of right and justice that
the government of the United Sta es
does not feel called upon to debate
them and does not understand that
the imperial and royal government
questions or disputes them.
THE government of the United
States therefore finds no other course
open to 1t but to hold the imperial
and royal government responsible for
the act Of it's naval commander, and
to renew the definite but respectful
demands made in it's communication
of the sixth of December, 1915. 1t sim
cerely hopes that the foregoing state
ment of its position will enable the
imperial and royal government to per-
ceive the justice of these demands
and to comply with them in the same
spirit Of frankness and with the same
concern for the good relations now
existing between the United States
and Austria-Hungary which prompted
the government of the United States
to make them.
LANSING"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Swedish Steamer Released.

London, Dec. %. = The Swedish
steamship Stockholm, formerly the
Holland-American liner Potsdam,
which was recently taken into Kirk
wall by the British authorities while
bound from Gothenburg for New York
was released after some Of her mails
had been removed. This is the first
case Of the removal of mails from
vessel enroute from Sweden to the
United States, although some time ago
the Swedish government complained
that mails from Sweden had been
opened 10 England.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
j. S. HOLDS AUSTRIA RESPONSIBLE
FOR SUBMARINE COMMANDERS
Austrian Note

Washington, Dec. 21.-The text of
Austria's reply to the American note
| on the sinking of the Italian liner
Ancona, as made public by the state
department, follows:
American Embassy, Vienna.
Secretary of State, Washington:
Following note received from Min
lister of Foreign Affairs:
In reply to the much esteemed note
number 4,167 which His Excellency,
| Mr.. Frederick CORTLAND Penfield, am
bassador extraordinary and rlenipo-
| Tertiary of the United States of Amer.
| lea, directed to him in the name OF
the American government unde" ssrs
of the ninth instant in the matter
of the sinking of the Italian steamer
Ancona, the undersigned, prelimin-
airy to a thorough, meritorious treat
ment of the demand, has the honor
to observe that the sharpness with
which the government Of the United
States considers it necessary to
blame the commanding officer Of the
submarine concerned in the affair and
the firmness in which the demands
addressed to the Imperial and Royal
government appear to be expressed,
might well have warranted the ex-
pectation that the government Of the
United States should precisely speci-
fly the actual circumstances of the af-
fair upon which it bases its case.
Room for Many Doubts.
AS is not difficult to perceive, the
presentation of the facts in the case
in the aforesaid note leaves room for
many doubts and even if this presen-
tation were correct in all points and
the most rigorous legal conception
were applied to the judgment of the
case, it does not in any way suffi.
GENTLY warrant attaching blame to
the commanding officer of the war
vessel or to the Imperial and Royal
government.
The government of the United
States has also failed to designate
the persons upon whose testimony it
relies and to whom it apparently be-
lieves it may attribute higher de-
gree of credibility than to the COM
mander of the Imperial and Royal
fleet. The note also fails to give any
number, names, and more precise
fate of the American citizens who
were on board the said steamer at the
critical moment.
Ready to Exchange Views.
However, in view of the fact that
the Washington cabinet has now
made positive statement to the ef-
feet that citizens of the United States
of America came to grief in the in
cident in question, the Imperial and
Royal government is in principle
ready to enter into an exchange Of
views in the affair with the govern
ment of the United States.
DepIores Fate of Victims.
In having the honor to have recourse
to the kindness of His Excellency the
Ambassador of the United States Of
America with the most respectful re-
quest to be good enough to communi-
cate the foregoing to the American
government and on this occasion to
state that the Imperial and Royal
government, in no less degree than
the American government and under
all circumstances, most sincerely de-
plores the fate of the innocent victims
of the incident in question, the un-
dersigned at the same time avails him
self of this opportunity to renew the
expression of his most distinguished
consideration to his excellency, the
ambassador.
(Signed) BURIAN.
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Effort to Settle Ancona Case.

Washington, Dec %. = An intima
ton that Baron Erich Zwiedinek
charge of the Austro-Hungarian EN-
bassy, is conducting informal nego
tiations with Secretary Lansing look
ing to an amicable settlement of the
Ancona controversy, came from the
state department, following confer
ence between the secretary and the
charge. 1t is understood the negotia
tions are to be similar to those con
cluded by Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, following the
sinking of the Arabic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Barge sinks: 600 Horses Drown.

New York, Dec. 20.-Nearly 500
horses, valued at an average of 5000
each, consigned to Brest, France, for
the use of the Allied armies, were
drowned In the North river when a
barge sprang a leak and sank. The
animals were to be transferred to the
steamer Anglo Californian for trans
portation to France. Most of the
horses were raised in Texas. The
barge went to the bottom soon after
the loading of the animals on the
steamer had been begun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
British Release General De Wet.

London, Dec. 22-General Christian
de Wet, one of the leaders of the South
African rebellion against the British
i'm 1914 and who was convicted OF
treason at Bloemfontein, Union o.
South Africa, last June, has been re
leased from prison, as have lis othe.
prisoners, says dispatch from John
nesburg. The prisoners were allowed
to go on payment of fines and or
condition that they abstain from parti-
cipaition in politics. They must moi
take part in public meetings or leave
their districts without permission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
European, War. News

German railway officials have ar.
rived at Constantinople to inspect the
military railway being built from
Damascus. supposedly for the Turko.
German invasion of Egypt, says a
Geneva dispatch.
1t has been officially announced in
Berlin that the small German cruiser
Bremen and torpedo boat accom-
marine in the eastern Baltic sea. A
considerable portion of the crews of
both vessels were saved.
French aeroplanes dropped forty
bombs on the railway station and ad.
5acent build 'ngs at Sablons, south OF
the German fortress of Metz. Consid.
cradle damage was done to property.
Italy has been defeated with loss
of $4,000 men killed and wounded in the
fourth great battle at the Isonzo for
the capture of Goritz, according to an
official Austro-Hungarian statement
forwarded by Berlin. aa
Germany has threatened to expel
the entente allies from Saloniki, &C.
cording to the London Times Athens
correspondent Premier Skouloudis
rejOined that in no case would Greece
allow Bulgarian troops to set foot on
Greek soil.
NJ Marghilomen leader Of the Rou.
manian conservative party. was re-
ceived in audience by King Ferdinand
at Bucharest and presented his maj
esty with petition urging that Rou-
mania go to war on the side Of Ger
many.
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig has
been appointed to succeed Field Mar
shall Sir John French In command of
the British armies in France and Elan.
ders. it was announced officially in
London. French has been appointed
field marshal and commander In chief
of troops stationed in the United
Kingdom.
The Amsterdam Koelnische Zeitung
says: THE Bulgarian government
has informed Greece that the neutral
zone on the Bulgarian-Greek frontier
will no longer be maintained, now that
the allies are on Greek territory"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Four Lest In Storm In South.

Meridian, Miss, Dec. 20.-Four lives
were lost and many persons injured
in a wind storm that demolished
scores of houses i'm East Mississippi,
and adjoining counties in Alabama.
Injuries and much property damage
were also reported at Shubuta and
Collum, Miss. and Geiger, Ala. In
Montgomery, Ala, houses were un-
rooted and trees and telegraph poles
blown down. The property damage in
Montgomery was estimated at $25,.
600, but no personal injuries wero 10
ported there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
BERNHARDT REPORTED DYING
Famous French Actress Has Been
Failing in Health Since Leg Was
Amputated.

London, Dec. 22.-Sarah Bernhard
is reported to be dying, according to
dispatch from Paris to the Telegraph.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard never fully
recovered from the shock following the
amputation of leg last February. Re-
ports of an Improvement in her condi-
ton were invariably followed by 9th
ers that her health was failing.
On December she became serious
ly i'll, her physicians announcing that
she was suffering from congestion of
the lungs.
Nine. Bernhard now is II years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Russian General Russky Retired.

Petrograd, Dec. 22.-General Russky
has been relieved of command of Rus
sia's northern army defending Riga
and the Dvinsk line, it has just been
announced in an imperial decree. 1t
was officially stated that ill health"
was the cause of his retirement. THE
car has congratulated General Russky
for his services and expressed the
hope that he may soon resume his
command" said the official statement.
General Russky commanded the Rus
sian army that invaded Gaiicia and
captured Lemberg early in the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
War Death Date Low.

Paris, Dec. 20.-Dr. Jacques Der.
tiilon, director of medical statistics
of the French army in special re-
port which ne has prepared, states
that the mortality among the sick
and wounded in hospitals is only Is
in 1000. Last year the mortality ra-
ito was SO to 1000.
In peace times the Paris hospitals
show a mortality of LOG in 1000.
The cause of the decrease is attrib-
uted to better hospital conditions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Mexican Revolt

Gen. Francisco Villa has resigned
his place as leader of the Mexican rev.
olution and has left Chihuahua City to
find refuge in the United States. 1t is
understood he and Mrs. Villa will set.
tie down at Ell Paso, Tex, II Villa is
permitted to enter the country. There
will be no more fighting.
Gen. Pablo Gonzales, commander OF
Mexico City for the de facto govern
ment, received a telegram that the
head of Gen. Juan Hernandez, father.
in-law of Huerta. was being shipped to
him from Esperanto as Christmas
present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
DELAY Lusitania Settlement.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Full settle
ment of the Lusitania case. including
reparation for the lives of the Ameri
can victims, which recently was near
has been postponed by the dismissal
of the German naval and military at
taches and the American demands on
Austria-Hungary as a result of the
sinking of the Ancona
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Washington

President Wilson completed at
Washington the first draft of the new
note to Austria-Hungary reiterating
the American demands regarding the
sinking of the Italian steamship An
coma. The note was signed by Secre
tary Lansing.
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States, and Edith Boiling Gait,
widow of Norman Gait of Washington,
were married at the home of Mrs. Gait
in Washington. Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith, an Episcopalian, was the off,
ciating clergyman. The wedding cere-
mony was witnessed only by the clos
est relatives Of the president and of
his bride. Wilson and his bride will
spend their honeymoon at Hot Springs,
Va.
Foreign nations at the close of the
war will use every stratagem of indus
trial war to resist the outreach of
American industries, Secretary of
Commerce Redfield declares in his
annual report to the president at
Washington. He strongly urged the
necessity for new laws to protect
Americans from the "monopolistic
power" which industries abroad will
seek to WELD over the United States.
Henry P. Fletcher, now ambassador
to Chile, was nominated by President
Wilson at Washington for ambassador
to Mexico. Eliseo Arredondo already
has been appointed Mexican ambassa.
dor to the United States.
A warning to the United States not
to permit the pressing need for nation
al preparedness legislation of "dra-
matte" sort to retard the development
of our own country was spoken BY
Secretary of the Interior Frank X.
Lane in his annual report to the pres
ident at Washington.
Rigid precautions against further
misuse of American passports were
announced by the state department at
Washington under an executive order
issued by President Wilson. New and
stringent regulations have been Inn
| posed.
The United States government al
Washington cabled a note to France
vigorously protesting against the re
moval by the French cruiser Descartes
of six Germans and Austrians from
American steamships. Immediate re
lease Of the men was asked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Woman conspirator Before jury.

New York, Dec. 21.-A woman en-.
tered the Wellaud canal dynamite con-
spiracy investigation when Mrs. Her.
man Fuchs, aunt of Paul Koenig, ac-
cused head of the Hamburg American
lines secret service, arrived here to 60
before the federal grand jury.
Subpoenaed with Mrs. Fuchs are
Count r. Neubaus, d. w. Schwartz and
Hans Schwartz, employed in Buffa-
10 power plant. All are residents Of
Niagara Falls. Buffalo is said to have
been the operating point for the con-
sp;racy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
BuIqarians Tear Down "oId Glory"

BuIgarians Tear Down "Old Glory"
Saloniki, Dec. 21.-Bulgarian troops
have seized the American Red Cross
stores at Monastir, after tearing down
the American flag, according to advic-
es just received here.
Mrs. Walter Farwell, Chicago wom-
an who was i'm Monastir doing newspa-
per work, and DR.. Forbes of the Red
Cross, have been taken into custody
by Bulgarian officers, the dispatches
stated.
American Consul Kehl of Saloniki -
preparing to appeal to Washington on
behalf of the two Americans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
W|LS0NAND- BRIDE E[UDECUR|OUS
CROWDS; TAKE TRAIN FOR VIRGINIA

to ceiling, with canopy of ferns ar
ranged as a huge shell, lined with
blooming Scotch heather. In the back
ground of the bower was set mirror
framed in orchids. Tall standards d
American beauty roses stood at eithet
side of the bower, rising from masses
of lacelike cibotium ferns. In the
bower stood the prize dieu of white
satin, adorned with maindenhair ferns
and punches of orchids held in place
with ribbons.
Episcopal Service Is Read.
1t was just $3.50 p. M, when the
president and Mrs. Gait arrived at the
altar and Mr.. Smith began the read.
ing of the Episcopal service.
When he asked: who giveth this
woman to be married to this MANI"
Mrs. Boiling, mother of the bride,
stepped forward, placed her hand in
that of the president, and answered
in low voice, Il do"
The president kissed the bride at
the conclusion of the ceremony and
so did most of her relatives.
The ring used was Of the plainest
sort, a rounded band made from Cali.
fornia nuggets presented to the presi.
dent some weeks ago by a delegation
of young women from that state.
The guests observed that Mrs. Calf
responded in firm voice to the admo.
milton to "obey" as well as to love and
honor har huchapd
Bride Cuts Wedding Cake.
A ripple of excitement among the
guests which communicated to the
president and his bride, marked the
close of the solemn ceremony and at
the same time an orchestra of string
instruments sounded gayer note. The
president and Mrs. Wilson and their
guests, when the shower of congrat
ulations had subsidized, gathered about
the table In the dining room. The
bride cut the wedding cake, the health
of the distinguished couple was drunk
and the ceremony was over.
By the time the wedding cake was
cut the mystery of the coming wedding
trip of the president and Mrs. Wilson
was no longer mystery.
President Wilson took the newspa.
per men into his confidence early in
the day and informed them that his
plans wore to leave for Hot Springs,
Va.
Catch Train at Alexandria.
At $50 p. m, the president and Mrs.
Wilson, with the eyes of the patient
crowd gathered in the street centered
on them, entered the White House
Limousine and trailed by the secret
service men and police were driven to
Alexandria, Va, where they caught
the Honeymoon Special" for Hot
Springs.
AS they left the front door they
looked back at those within, ard the
smiling, happy countenances of the
president and his lady were reflected
in the big mirror in the entrance hall
Banks of ferns about the mirror and
sprays of American beauty roses nod
ded goodbye as the cold night air
swept into the hallway. The wedding
was over.
How long the president and his bride
will remain at Hot Springs on the
honeymoon depends in some measure
upon the pressure of public affairs. II
the responsibilities of state do not in
tervene to demand the presidents re-
turn to Washington it is probable they
will not come back before the end OF
two weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
NORWAY TO Borrow $4,000. 600.

London, Deo 20.-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from
CbTissia states that the Norwegian
minister of finance, NJ. Blehr, has ar
ranged with the National City Bank
of New York for per cent loan of
s5,000,000, redeemable in seven years.