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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-24
TEXT OF DUMBA AND
Won PAPEN LETTERS
Letter of Or. pumha.

The letter of Dr. Dumba, which Is
dated August 20, says:
"The reply of Secretary of State
Lansing to the note of the 10Th Of
June, in which your excellency pro-
tested against the enormous deliv-
cries of weapons and munitions to
the allies from the United States, was
published here-I do not know wheth-
er with the agreement with the Aus
trian government-on the 18th ulti-
mo.
GAS was to be expected, the refusal
was quite categorical. The legal ar
guments are certainly very weak, for
the references to articles supplied by
Germany and Austria during the Boer
war are not to the point and are mis-
leading, for at that time Germany
claimed the right to send foodstuffs
to the Beers via the neutral port of
Lorenzo Marques, and If am not mis-
taken, carried the point after the war
against England.
"The true ground for the discourag.
ing attitude of the president lies, as
his confident, Mr.. House, already in
formed me in January and now has
repeated, in the fact that the author
tiles in a serious crisis would have
to rely on neutral foreign countries
for all their war materials. At nc
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LOAN TO ALLIES s70o.0OO,0oo
BORROWERS AND LENDERS SAID
TO BE IN VIRTUAL ACCORD.
New York's So-CaIled Pro-German
Banking Houses Will Help Float
loan-To Run Years.

New York, Sept. 23.-Borrowers and
lenders of the vast sum sought in AM
erica on behalf of Great Britain and
France are said to be in virtual &C
cord on all details of the proposed
loan, except two. These, it is said,
are not of prime importance. Formal
proclamation of the success of the ne
gotiations is expected within three or
four days and possibly within 48 hours.
Persistent reports were current dur
ing the day that the entire matter
would be settled at once and that a
formal announcement might be expect.
ed within "a hours. This, in view OF
the fact that pen has not yet been
put to paper by negotiators, was said
to be bit premature. But there was
unanimous confirmation of the report
that both parties to the proceedings
were very nearly together in their
plans.
Members of New York's so-called
pro-German banking houses will help
float the loan.
The size Of the loan has been defin-
itely agreed to, subject, of course, to
eleventh-hour revision. 1t will be less
than $S00,000,0 900, probably 100000.
900 or Whereabouts.
The notes issued for the loan will
run five years.
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SERBIA INVADED BY
BULGARs, IS REPORT
LONG-PREDICTED TEUTON DRIVE
TO CONSTANTINOPLE is
UNDER WAY.
GUNS ROAR ALONG FRONTIER
Serbo-Buigarian Frontier Is Declared
War Zone by Serbia-BuIgaria's
Action May Draw All Bal
kans into War.

London, Sept. 23.-With Austro-Ger-
man guns roaring for 100 miles along
the Serbian frontier and with Bulgaria
mobilizing to war strength, apparent
ly preparatory to joining the central
empires and Turkey, the situation in
the Balkans holds the worlds inter-
est.
Berlin declares that the long-predict-
ed drive to Constantinople is under
way.
Both Belgrade and Semendria, ter
minal points on the railway through
the heart of Serbia, are being shelled
by the Teutons, who are preparing to
force a passage of the Danube.
Serbia, according to Berlin dis
patch, has declared war zone along
the Serbo- Bulgarian frontier.
BuIsars Invade Serbia, Report.
Advices from Bucharest report that
Bulgarian troops are being concentrat-
ed on the Serbian border, while an un-
confirmed report from Salonica states,
that Bulgarian army already has iu-
vailed Serbia.
Bulgaria's action in mobilizing, ap-
parently against Serbia, will, it is be-
lieved here, bring all the Balkan ma
tions into the war.
Greece and Serbia have a treaty,
concluded at the end of the second
Balkan war, whereby the Athens gov
eminent is bound to support Serbia
against Bulgarian aggression.
All eyes are on Roumania. Dispatch
es from reliable sources i'm Rome state
that she will join the Allies. She has
been quietly modifying for months.
Berlin newspapers greet the Austro-
German activity along the Serbian
frontier SIS the opening of large scale
campaign against the Balkan kingdom.
Great masses of troops, it is reported,
have been concentrated to force pas
sage of the Danube when the big guns
shall have done their work.
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SAFE;
FINDS NEW LANDS
EXPLORER LOST FOR YEAR AND
A HALF SENDS MESSAGE
TO GOVERNMENT.
TO CONTINUE EXPLORATIONS
Dispatch Says Party Will Continue to
145 West and 81 North If Northerly
Course Is Secured-New Terri
tory ls Discovered.

Nome, Alaska, Sept. 18.-viIhjalmar
Stefansson is safe on Banks Land. The
schooner Ruby arrived here with dis-
patches from him to the Canadian aovI
eminent. Stefansson succeeded be-
yond all expectations in his expIora-
tons. He discovered new land SOUTH
west of st. Patrick's land. He is now
on Banks Land Quitting for continu-
anee OF explorations to the westward
to ascertain the full extent of the new
land.
Ottawa, Ont, Sept 1S.-First def
mite tidings that the world has had
from Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the arctic
explorer, for year and a half were
received by the naval department.
which sent him and his companions ON
their perilous trip to the frozen north.
The advices from the explorer were
meager, but sufficient to show that he
and his companions are safe.
Near PoIynia Islands.
New York, Sept 20.-Satisfied by
Vilhjalmur Stefansson's announcement
that he is alive and we'll on Banks
Land, in the Arctic, explorers and ge4
ographers directed attention to the
new land he reports he has discovered
in the far north.
In Stefansson'S own report the new
ly discovered land is located near 7S
degrees north latitude and III degreesl
west longitude. He actually saw about
100 miles of coast line running in ar
easterly direction and apparently pene-
trating to a distance of 20 miles inI
land, where from a hilltop the explorer
saw mountains at a distance of 50i
miles.
Cyrus c. Adams, president of the
Association of American Geographers,
declared in statement that StefansI
sons new land lies about 100 IN lies to
the north of Prince Patrick island, and
that the most southerly part of the
land which the explorer visited is conf
siderably to the east of the most east
ward extension of Prince Patrick
| island.
The lands nearest to it. Mr.. Adams
said, are the Polynia islands, little
| group north of Prince Patrick island,
about rs or 80 miles from the new
| land.
Tested Theories.
The expedition was undertaken by
| Stefansson to test the theories which
had been set forth by DIR. hansen and
others that the unexplored portion of
the Arctic ocean is a deep basin vir.
tually devoid of land. Other explorers
had asserted that land of considerable
area lay undiscovered there.
The southern wing of the expedition
Is pursuing its scientific work in the
Mckenzie delta and reports no mishap
except the death of Engineer Daniel
Blue of the power boat Alaska This
is the 18th death among the members
of the expedition. Eight men persisted
on the ice while trying to reach Wran-
gel island and another accidentally
shot and killed himself there. Another
in the Mckenzie country went insane
while lost and committed suicide by
shooting.
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To Send Apples to Soldiers.

Chicago, Sept. PA movement to
send 100000 barrels of apples out OF
the abundant American crop to sol
diers in the trenches in Europe was
announced here by r. ]. Coyne. 1.-THE
idea occurred to me two weeks ago,
and / have been working on it ever
since" said Mr.. Coyne. II have COM
municated with about 700 applemen in
all parts of the country and it looks
as if about 80 per cent of the apples
would be contributed gratis. The CO.
operation of the Red Cross society is
being sought at Washington"
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Middle West Camp Opens.

Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, SEPT. 20.-Withl
several hundred business men, law
yers, doctors and others from civil
life as rockies" an suspicious start
was made here today on the training
camp for the middle West. Many nota-
BILE men are enrolled, including Mayor
Thompson, United States Sub-treasur-i
er Irving Shuman, State Representa-
tive George U. Lipschulch, ]. NJ. Dick
inson, DR.. J. Miller, of Cincinnati, and
Mayor Harry P. Pearsons, Of Evan
ston. The commander of the camp is
Col. William j. Nicholson, U. S. A.
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Cable Employees Strike.

New York, Sept. 22.-Three hundred
men and girls employed at the Stand
ard Underground Cable company's
works at Perth Amboy, N. j., struck.
They have been working 10 hours a
day and now demand an eight-hour
day. The 700 striking longshoremen
who have been tying up the freight of
the United Fruit company came to an
agreement with the officials of the con-
Germ and win return to work at once.
The men were granted an increase In
wages.
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German Shin Must Leave.

Washington, Sept 22.-Coast guart
officials have been ordered by Secre
tary McAdoo to see that the German
steamer Magdeburg gets out of New
York harbor or disposes of 300 tons
of dynamite she has aboard. The
vessel has been at New York ever
since the European war began and
the war and treasury departments
have concluded her presence men.
ace. AS she cannot leave without
running the gauntlet of British cruis.
ers OF the coast, officials here think
the dynamite will be Sid.
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Two hundred and six members OF
the new house of representatives out
of total of 4S5 will vote for the led
eral amendment for woman suffrage,
according to a report made by Mrs,
Medill Mccormick of Chicago to the
executive board of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage association at
special meeting at New York.
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LETTERS FOUND ON
ARCHIBALD, PUBLIC
eERNSTORFF SAYS BEARER Is
GOING TO GERMANY FOR
LECTURE MATERIAL.
DUMBA cRITIcIzEs LANSING
Letter Declares Arguments OF Secre.
tary Are Certainly Very Weak"
Refers to "Self-WilIed Tenn
permanent Of President"

London, Sept. 23.-Of the "a Aus
trian and German papers found in the
possession of James F. ]. Archibald
the American newspaper correspon
dent, when he was apprehended or
August 80 at Falmouth while proceed
ing from New York on board the
steamer Rotterdam for Rotterdam, II
are described as having been made
public and the other II as being lin
sufficient to warrant publication"
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador to the United States, in
one letter, says that Mr.. Archibald
sis proceeding to Germany to collect
material for lectures in the United
States in the interest of the German
cause"
Letter From Won Bernstorff.
In a letter addressed to Mr.. Archi
bald, Count Won Bernstorff says:
81 have heard with pleasure thai
you wish once more to return to Ger
many and Austria after having pro
NOTED our interests out here in such
a jealous and successful manner"
Captain Won Papen, the military at
tache of the German embassy al
Washington, In a letter to a Berlir
friend, said:
"Mr. Archibald is going to Ger
many and Austria to collect new i'm
pressions from the point of view Of
the strictly impartial journalist he
always has BEEN
Among the papers found on Archi
bald was letter by Count Won Bern
storff, the German ambassador al
Washington, to Secretary of State
Lansing, in which the ambassador
seeks to show that he was in no way
concerned in the plot to handicaI
American munitions plants, which re
suited in the recall of the Austrian
ambassador, Doctor Dumba. The con
tents of this letter was briefly sum
married at the time of it's receipt In
a statement issued on behalf of the
ambassador.
Three Letters From Dumba.
There are three letters from Doctor
Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian am
bassador, to Baron Won Burian, Aus
tro-Hungarian minister of foreign af
fairs, dated Aug. 20. The first is the
letter already published relating tt
proposals for the prevention of the
production Of war material, or the
disorganization of munitions factorie.
in the United States. The second
criticizes Secretary of State Lansing's
reply to Baron Won Burian's protes
against the delivery of weapons tt
the allies. The documents included
a letter from DR.. Constantin T. Dunn
ba, the Hungarian ambassa
dor at Washington, to Baron Won Blu
rian, the Austro-Hungarian minister
of foreign affairs, which criticized
Secretary of State Lansing's reply tt
Baron Won Burian's protest agains
the large deliveries of weapons to TIL,
allies. The letter declares the lega
arguments Of Mr.. Lansing are Ger
tainly very weak" but adds that t
return to the question is useless
having regard to the somewhat self
willed temperament of the president
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No Prohibition in Eden.

Minneapolis, Sept. 22.-"Pr,hibition
didn't work in the garden OF Eden and
it has never worked since" With
these words Allan P. Cox, an attorney
of Detroit, Mich, assailed the prohibi.
ton program mapped out for Henne.
pin county in Kistler's hall, Lyndals
and Sixth avenues north, and ap'
preaching the question from al s.ces.
showed to the satisfaction G. nearly
500 people that there was nothing to
be gained by change from the pres
ent system.
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[. c. EhIe Found Guilty.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Louis c.. EhIe,
formerly a prominent lawyer, faces
an indeterminate term in the Joliet
penitentiary, following the action of
a jury in the criminal court, finding
him guilty on a charge of embezzle-
ment Attorney Ehle was charged
with having embezzled s625 from Sa-
rah Burns of this city. Ehle for a
number Of years has been an associ-
ate of Carleton Belts, alias Carleton
Hudson, who figured in the suit
brought against him last year by Mrs.
Caroline N. King Of Minneapolis.
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SUBMARINES TO RUN NO RISKS
Commanders Ordered to Permit Liners
to Escape Rather Than Make
Error,

Berlin, SEPT. 22.-Commanders OF
German submarines have been given
strict orders, it has been learned au-
thoritatively, that in case of doubt as
to the intentions of liners they are to
take TIE safe course and permit the
ship to escape rather than run the
slightest risk Of error.
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SOC, 900 Teutons to Go to Straits.

Rome, via Paris, Sept 21.-Active
operations are likely soon to be UNI
derway along the frontiers of the
Balkan states, the Tribuna declares
1t learns from competent sources. 1T
says that an Austro-German move
ment has been planned for the latter
part of October, the plan involving
the extended diversion of 100000 men
from the Russian campaign to the
Balkans, with the simultaneous SCI
curing of Bulgarian adherence in the
move to open route from Budapest
to Constantinople.
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Austria to Name New Envoy.

Budapest, Hungary, Sept. PA VI
emma dispatch was published here say
ing it has been learned in diplomatic
circles at the Austrian capital that
the government will not await the ar
rival of DR.. Consantin Dumba from
the United States before appointing
his successor. The new ambassador,
it is stated will be named at once. The
dispatch says that Kajetan Won Marc
zynski, former Autsro-Hungarian am
bassador at Rome, has been selected
for this place.
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sLAVs ESCAPE GERMAN TRAP
Retire in Good Order from Wilma
Salient Military Works and Por-
ton of Railroad.

London, Sept. 22.-The Russians
have escaped the tolls of the Wilma
salient and retired in good order, de-
stroying all military works and con-
siderable portion of the railway, ac-
cording to the Petrograd correspond.
ent of the Post.
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Porto Ricans Want Citizenship

Washington, Sept. Ex-Governor Ar
thur Yaeger of Porto Rico has ar
rived here. He will see President
Wilson late this week in the interest
of an effort which will be made at the
next session of Congress to pass a
new organic act for the island grant
ing citizenship to the inhabitants.
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North Dakota Lands Opened.

Washington, Sept. 22.-Over 100000
acres Of land in North Dakota is
opened to homestead entry by the
terms Of proclamation just signed
by President Wilson upon the recon-.
mendation of Secretary of Interior
Lane. The land has been reserved
from DISPOSITION because it contained
coal, but will now be classified as
agricultural land of first and second
class, grazing land and timber land,
and will be appraised as such with
out regard to its coal value.
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Washington

Col Theodore Roosevelt is candf'
date for the Republican nomination
for president. His lieutenants have
perfected arrangements to place his
name on the Republican ballots in
nearly every state possessing the d.
rect primary system. This informa-
ton reached Washington.
New traffic records were set in the
operation of the Panama canal during
July, 10 ocean-going vessels making
the passage of the waterway. says a
report issued at Washington. That
was 65 per cent greater than the av-
erage traffic of the preceding months.
Government money probably will
not be needed to aid in the fall crop
movement in the territory from the
Mississippi river to the Rocky noun
tains, north of Texas. according to adj
vices received at Washington by Sec
rotary McAdoo from the federal re-
serve agents of the Minneapolis and
Kansas City federal reserve banks.
All of the evidence dealing with
the sinking of the Arabic compiled by
the United States has been forwarded
from Washington to the Berlin foreign
office through state department
sources, at the request of the German
ambassador.
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Erb Out of Danger.

New York, Sept. 22.-Newman Erb,
a railroad official, virtually has recov-
cred from the effects of poison, which
he took through mistake week ago,
his physicians announced.
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Erb RESTING Comfortably.

New York, Sept. 20.-Newman Erb,
financier and railroad reorganizer.
who swallowed two poison tablets by
mistake Tuesday, is reported to be
resting comfortably.
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Mexican Revolt

The Pan-American conference on
Mexican affairs announced at the con-
clusion of it's meeting held in New
York, that each of the diplomatic rep
resentatives would recommend to
their government that in their judg-
ment the time has now coLle to ex.
tend recognition to government in
Mexico. The faction to be recognized
was not decided on.
Another United States soldier died
at Brownsville, Tex, from a Mexican
bullet. The latest victim of the Dor.
der warfare is Trumpeter Harold Y.
Forney. Troop A. Twelfth cavalry.
British consuls in northern Chihua-
hua and Sonora have been notified by
the British embassy at Washington
to confer with American officials N
that territory as to the advisability of
Withdrawing with them to the United
States.
September 10 240 persons died OF
starvation at Mexico City. 1t is feared
that the death rate will increase as
the American Red Cross has been
compelled to abandon its relief work
| for lack of funds.
Twenty-Five Carranzista soldiers
were killed by American troops in two
battles along the Rio Grande. There
were no American casualties. Both
battles were started by the Carranzis
tas. who fired on American troops
One took place before Matamoros anC
the other at Los Ebanos.
Ninety soldiers were killed when q
Mexican military train was wrecked
near Saltillo. Mex. according to re
ports received at Nuevo Laredo. The
train was blown up.
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germany Warns U. s. shios.

Washington, Sept. 22.-Lermany
has advised American ship own-rs to
paint bigger American flags ON ships
that traverse the war zone.
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Personal

Mrs Maldwin Drummond, formerly
Mrs. Marshall Field II of Chicago,
is dead in England. Marshall Field
III and his bride sailed from New York
for Liverpool. In addition to Marshall
Field III Mrs. Drummond is survived
by two other children-Henry and
Gwendolyn. The two boys are said
to be the richest in the United States.
Mrs Drummond was married on Sep
TENDER 3, 1908.
Rt Rev. Thomas ]. Conaty, bishop
of the Catholic diocese of Los An
geles and Monterey, is dead. Bishop
Conaty was sixty-eight years old.
{ Anthony Comstock is seriously Ill at
his home at Summit, N. j. The vet
eran vice crusader is in a weakened
condition that it is feared that his
seventy-two years will make it diff
cult for him to rally.
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News of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
European War News

Foreign Minister Won Jagow repeat
ed to correspondent at Berlin that
explicit instructions had been given to
submarine commanders not to attack,
without warning, enemy passenger
steamships which respect the mari
time code and that the German gov
eminent stands behind this policy.
The executive committee of the
Amalgamated Union of Railway Serv-
ants, representing 100000 workers.
served notice on the British govern
ment at London that any attempt to
force CONSUMPTION will result in seri-
Gus internal troubles.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
forces, which have fianked Wilma and
Dvinsk, cutting the railroad between
those cities, have made further ad
vance in the East. The war office at
Berlin announced the capture of Vid-
zy, about tLirty-five miles south OF
Dvinsk.
An Austrian submarine, commander
by Lieutenant Won Trap, torpedoed
and sank a large British transport
few days ago in the southern Adri-
attic, according to an announcement
made at Vienna.
Another German spy was executed
in the tower of London. The official
announcement of the prisoners death
did not give his name.
dispatch to Amsterdam from Ber-
lin states that the German foreign
office handed Ambassador Gerard
note which asserted that the attack
by submarine on the liner Orduna was
made only because that steamer was
trying to escape.
Vienna newspapers received at
Paris state that enormous reinforce
ments for the allies are arriving at the
Dardanelles. 1t is asserted that 49,
600 allied troops have arrived at the
Island of Mudros.
The Germans continue to advance
slowly on the north and center while
the Russians are pushing the Austro-
Germans back in Galicia. The Teu-
tonic forces now are retreating across
the Stripa river.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's
army has occupied the Russian city
of Pinsk, it was officially announced
by the German war Office at Berlin.
Official announcement was made in
the house of commons at London that
the British losses at Dardanelles to-
tai 1928 officers and men. This fig-
ure covers only killed and wounded.
The credit of $3.50. 100000 asked
for by Premier Asquith to carry on
the war to the middle of November
was formally voted by the house OF
commons in London.
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Sporting

The Northwestern league season
closed with Seattle winning the 1915
championship.
William, the champion PAGER. Sc
cured another record at the state fair
track at Syracuse. N. Y, when he
started against the worlds wagon rec.
ord, amateur drivers. Of 2:0ih. The
stallion paced the mile in 1:59h.