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The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Miss Lennie Blackmore returned
Thursday from her visit with
friends in St. Paul.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Miss Olive Goggin spent Satur-
day and Sunday with friends at
Mesaba and Aurora.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Smoke the Major Reno Panatella
They're good.-Adv.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Place your floral orders with Eli
Rosenbloom. Phone 21.-Adv. If.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-28

Mrs. Fred Childers and son,
returned Wednesday evening from
Tolley, N. D. where they had been
visiting for the past several months.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
ORIENTAL CRISIS AvERTED
Believed That a Favorable Settlement
of Jap-chna Controversy
Reached.

Washington.-Info from a
high official source is that the far
eastern crisis has been averted, and
that favorable settlement between
Japan and China is in prospect. Sec
rotary Bryan announced on May that
the United States had received the
substance of the Japanese ultimatum
to China, and that 1t contained i'm
portant notifications by Japan. He
declined to say whether the modifica-
tons were satisfactory to the Amer
lean government.
China's reply to the Japanese note
was delivered to the Japanese min
lister May 9.
The government expects no serious
revolutionary outbreak from the peo-
pie. The military leaders have as
sured Yuan Shi Kai that their support
would continue.
There is good reason to believe that
China is prepared to concede every
thing demanded by Japan, realizing
that the situation is hopeless.
This possible outcome to the pres
ent tense situation is not generally
comprehended in Peking consequently
a number of foreign residents as we'll
as Chinese themselves, are packing
their personal belongings and other
wise preparing for eventualities.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
being in the mechanical form the prod
uct takes.-Tit-Bits
RESULT is MUCH THE SAME
Slight Difference Between the Meth
ciss of the Ancient and the
Modern Turtles.

A wicked turtle had for years been
troublesome to the inhabitants Of the
marsh in which he dwelt. He bit the
legs off frogs, ate fish with relish, and
occasionally grabbed hold of a snake
and held on until it Numbered.
Finally the animals held court
and tried the turtle on the charge OF
murder. The turtle was there, with
his harveyized shell in perfect repair
and covered with moss an inch thick.
He apparently enjoyed the delibera-
lions of the judicial body, and was
observed to smile at various times.
The judgment of the court was that
the turtle should be hanged by the
neck until he was dead. When this
decision was announced there was
great cheering, and the court officers
prepared to put the sentence into exc
cution at once. They prepared a
moose and approached the turtle.
That astute tortoise drew his head
back inside his shell and chuckled
merrily at the inability of the execu-
TONERS to carry out the sentence of
the court.
Moral-In these days turtles bride
grand juries or employ good attor
neys.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
MANY INJURED IN WRECK
Two Fatally Hurt When iron Noun
tain Engine Crashes Into Pas
senger Train.

Earle, Ark.-A light engine, west
bound, and the Hot Springs Special,
eastbound, on the Iron Mountain rail
road, collided at Grassy Lake May 5,
four miles east of here. No one was
killed, but several were seriously in
jured, two of whom may die.
The injured are:
L. L. Page of Memphis, conductor
on the light engine; right leg crushed
and head BADLY bruised.
F. M. Ridgway, Hot Springs, express
messenger: legs and head bruised.
w. L. Lloyd, Argenta, engineer on
the special; badly scalded; may die.
luther Mcdaniel, Forrest City, Ark,
passenger on the special; both feet
cut off and internally injured; may
die.
o. w. Lamb of Denver, Col, repre-
sentative Of the Paragon Film Com
pany,
Practically every person on the Hot
Springs Special was shaken up and
many received serious cuts and
bruises.
The injured were brought here and
given medical attention. Wrecking
trains and physicians from Wynne
and Memphis were soon on the scene
and the work of rescue begun.
1t is considered miracle that more
fatalities did not result, as the passen-
ger train was travelling at rapid rate
of speed when, on rounding curve,
the light engine was seen too late to
prevent disaster.
Emergency brakes were applied and
members of both train crews jumped.
The passenger train fortunately did
not leave the track, but both engines
were demolished.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
GREATEST EFFORT OF WAR
Germans and Austrians Make Su-
preme Attempt to Smash Russian
Lines on East.

London. The Germans in concert
with their Australian allies are put
ting forth an effort the extent of which
never has been approached in the his
tory of the war.
Throughout virtually the whole
length of the eastern front they are
engaged with the Russians, while in
the west i'll addition to their attacks
around Ypres they are on the offens-
i've at many points.
At other points they are being at
tackled by the French, British and
Belgans.
In all the Germans claim to have
taken 10000 Russians prisoners since
the offensive was undertaken last Sat-
urday night.
The Austrians put the number at
more than $4,000 and express the be.
lief that the whole Russian third army
will be destroyed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
Mississippi Storm Swept.

Clarksdale, Miss.-Probably a half
dozen lives wer lost and damage to
property amounting high up into the
thousands of dollars was caused by a
cyclone which swept path from a
point eight miles east of here through
to the vicinity of Jamestown, on the
afternoon of May s.
The greatest damage done in this
locality was on three plantations
owned by Messrs. King and Anderson
of Clarksdale. Twelve tenant houses
we're destroyed and one negro killed
on what is known as the Cannacl
place, eight miles east of here. Seri-
GUS damage and probable loss of life
was incurred on the Elkhorn and
Pratt plantations, both owned by the
Messrs. King and Anderson. Wires
are down throughout Coahoma county,
ard details of the damage done are
difficult to obtain. l....
Entering the county at Cannack
place, the cyclone early in the after
noon swept through the community of
Clover Hill, Rudyard and Coahoma
1t is reported that Is white people are
seriously injured at the latter place
and one negro killed.
On the George Maynard place near
Jamestown two negroes are reported
killed.
Estimates Of property loss are hard
to obtain, but fields Of growing crops
were swept bare and heavy losses sus-
tanned throughout the entire section
surrounding this place.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
Building Up Her Words.

A certain little Columbus schoolgirl
Is learning things, both at school and
on the street, as a recent happening
demonstrates. The knowledge she
picked up at school; the phrase re-
garding the cat she heard either from
some other child or from some care
less elder
Mother, what does fat spell?" she
asked the othe: night, on coming
home from school.
why. fat my DEAR" replied the
mother
and what does her spell?" came
the second inquiry.
Her." again vouchsafed the in
formant.
Now knew l was right, and that
old cat of a teacher tried to make me
believe that those letters spelled ia
ther," exclaimed the child with not
little Observation-Disclosures Dispatch
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
ACCOUNT BY CREW MEMBER

One of the most vivid accounts of
the Lusitania disaster was given by
John Davis, member of the crew. He
said:
1--WE had splendid voyage, but as
we were coming near the Irish coast,
sea fog sprang up and the engines
were run down to half speed about s
o'clock Friday morning when the ship
was off Fastnet. Later the haze lifted
somewhat and at about o'clock in the
afternoon the ship began to zig-zag,
but almost instantly afterwards there
was a powerful, If rather dull, explo-
sion. The torpedo had gone home and
about 1000 pounds of explosives had
entered and exploded on our port side.
Il may mention here that the bunk
ers were divided into sections, num-
bers l to A being In the forward part
Of the ship,and, of course, well below
the water line. The torpedo entered
the second section and owing to its
frightful power divisions of the sec
tions were torn aside and dust and
coal hurled all through the adjacent
sections.
1.-THE vessel took a big list to star
board and Capt. Turner tried to swing
her around so as to make land, but she
filled too rapidly.
mo more of the sea for me. | have
finished with it. My place is in the
trenches to find and punish that race
of hell hounds who are responsible for
the most cruel, cowardly and bastard
ly outrage on record.
I'VE were ordered on deck and there
we found the passengers already as
sembled. Many attempts were being
made by the sailors to lower the star
board boats. These, owing to the great
list, would naturally swing far out over
the water while the port boats were
useless owing to their falling inwards
toward the ship and the fact that they
would have to slide down the steep
side of the hull.
81 got into a boat which would hold
about so and with William Colewell
helped pick up several from the sea.
My knowledge was that the boats were
lowered which should hold about so
each, but the one in which was, when
a census was taken had Ga survivors.
Of these, ID were children. Two chill
dren had been separated from their ia
Their who was lost, while the mother
had three babies with her.
"On pulling away from the ship we
noticed she was settling fast by the
head and listing to port at the same
time. The great hull rising into the
air assumed an angle which would
soon have brought 1t to the perpendicu-
lar. But as the form of the ship she
seemed to shorten, and just as duck
dives, so disappeared the Lusitania."
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY
Field Marshal French, British Com
mander-in-Chief, Admits That Al
lies Were RepuIsed.

London.-The German Official report
of May claims victories both over
the Russians in Western Galicia and
over the British in Flanders. Field
Marshal SIR John French, British COM
mander-in-ch admits he was COM
PEELED to readjust his lines in the re-
gion of Ypres, but the French COM
mander, far from confirming a Ger
man victory in Belgium, declares the
German attacks were repulsed and
that the Germans, being taken on the
flank by French artillery, suffered Sc
verely.
A late report from the British war
office also says that German attacks
were repulsed, although the Germans
used asphyxiation gases and by the
use of these fumes did get footing on
Hill No. so, southeast of Ypres, which
since the British captured 1t recently
has been attacked repeatedly.
There has been fighting all along the
rest of the western front, in all of
which the Germans claim successes.
The French, however, insist that their
advance continues both along the User
canal, ia Flanders, and in the Woevre,
where battles have been continuous for
weeks on end.
Conflicting reports from the east
make 1t impossible to Judge of the po-
sition there. The Austrians and Ger
mans say the Russians have been
beaten badly in Western Galicia and
have commenced to retire from the
Western Carpathians, whereas the lat
est Russian report, while admitting
that the Austro-Germans got across
the Dunajec river, declares they were
checked there.
The county around the East Prus-
sian frontier also has been the scene
of battles of more or less Importance,
while at the other end of the Russian
line, in Eastern Galicia, the Russians
are attacking the Austro-G Germans, de-
spite their reported check in the west
ern part of that province.
Athens credits the allies with fur
Their successes in their attacks on the
Dardanelles and Smyrna, but the
Turks again report the defeat of the
allied troops on the Gallipoli PENN
sula.
German submarines seemingly now
are devoting their attention to the
British fishing fleet.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
SUCCESS CLAIMED
BY BOTH SIDES
VIENNA REPORT SAYS THAT RUS.
SLAMS ARE STILL IN FULL
RETREAT.
PETR0GRAD VIEW DIFFERS
Paris Announces That Line of German
Trenches Over Four Miles Long
Has Been Captured in the
West.

London.-In the fighting along the
battle lines in Belgium and Frame and
In Russia and In the Carpathians both
the triple entente and Teutonic allies
claim successes. None, however, ex-
cept possibly Austria and Germany
records successes on a great SCALE
Even the statements of the Teutolic
allies are reiterations of the reports
of several days past that the Rus
slams continue to be pressed back in
Galicla and the Carpathians and that
Hungary is free of enemy forces.
Petrograd does not deny the Teuton
claims, but declares the Russians are
fighting back hard at certain points
and that the attacks of the Teutons
are becoming less frequent.
In the west, Berlin declares the Ger
mans have driven the allies out of
strongly fortified positions near Ypres
and that they have captured several
villages in Flanders. Sir John French,
the British commander-in-chief, how
ever, says all Germany's attacks have
been repulsed.
A repulse of the Germans near Nieu-
port, the capture of lines of trenches
over a front of 1-3 miles near Ca
rency and the taking of front 2 IL
miles wide farther east are chronicle6
by Paris.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
MUN|1|0N FOR GUNS
Modern High-PoWer Artillery De-
mandS Peculiar Powder.
Nations Have Various Ways of Max
Ing the Compound In the style
They Favor-Gunpowder Al
most Pure Cotton.

The lady who asked at the country
store for powder" was met with the
polite query, Face, gun or fiea?" The
first and third varieties are still what
they were of yore, but gunpowder is
really powder no longer, except when
1t Is used for the manufacture Of fire.
works. That used for the modern
high-power artillery is In the form Of
cylinders, sticks, or blocks, some of
them of considerable size
A single grain of the powder, for in
stance, for the great 16-inch gun to be
set up at Panama is as big round as a
broomstick and three inches long Ger
mans make their power in strips that
look like thick tape. They cut 1t off
in lengths and tie it up in bundles
which fit into the breaches of their
big guns. The British powder is made
in long sticks which look like maca-
roni without the large single hole,
while the French powder looks like
fiat pieces of chewing gum.
The bigger the gun the bigger the
grain of powder For the rifles the
men carry the grains are half as big
as pinhead; for the largest guns
they are three inches long and three
quarters of an inch thick. Every grain
is perforated lengthwise. Small grains
have a single hole, while the larger
sizes have seven.
These holes regulate in a wonderful
way the rapidity with which the pow
der will burn. If you light scrap OF
paper all round the edge it will burn
toward the center and the burning
surface will steadily decrease. II,
however, you make hole in the cen
ter of the paper and start the con-
fiagration there the flame will steadily
grow, and the most rapid burning will
take place just before the fire has
reached the outer edge. This is the
exact principle which governs the ar
rangement of the perforations in big
gun powder The burning starts along
the surface exposed by the perfora-
tions, and spreads always faster as the
hole is enlarged, burning fastest at
the instant it is consumed.
1t is not intended that the charge in
big guns shall exhaust It's force in
stantly, says Mr.. William Atherton
Deputy, writing on Powder for the
Worlds Guns" The beginning of the
explosion starts the projectile on It's
way. The explosion continues, and as
the projectile gains speed the force
behind 1t continues to push. The pow
der is burning fastest and pushing
hardest at the instant the projectile
reaches the mouth of the gun. At
that instant also 1t burns out and ex-
hausts itself, It's work Is done.
IT Is wonderful to reflect that gun
powder is almost pure cotton. 1t re-
quires but little juggling-scientific
juggling, to be sure-to convert the
harmless crop of the cotton field into
the most effective of modern smoke
less powders. Those big grains OF
cannon powder which look like pieces
Of stick candy are but cotton refined
to this form and treated with nitrate.
All nations make their powder Of the
same materials, the only difference
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
DECISION ON EVE
Rome Waits Fevershly as Thread Of
Neutrality Strains Before
Snanninn

Paris.--The Temps has published a
dispatch from it's correspondent at
Rome who says the impression pre-
walls there that Italy is on the eve of
a supreme decision. The negotiations
with Austria clearly have reached a
critical stage. In German circles there
is great depression. Every one now
is convinced that Italy will not recede
and that Austria cannot satisfy her
demands.
Rome, the correspondent continues,
is waiting in feverish anxiety, as it
is known that Germany is making her
last effort with Austria. No one hopes
for any result from this desperate at
tempt and the breaking of the thread
still holding Italy to the central EN-
pires is expected at any minute.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
BIG STORM HITS S0UTI
Killed and Injured Are Numbered by
Score in Louisiana and
Mississippi.

Jennings. La.-Fifteen persons were
killed and more than a score were in
jured by tornado here May 6 which
passed through the western part of
Arcadia Parish, in the southern por-
ton Of the state. OF the known dead,
Adam Thibedeaux killed by flying
timbers on a farm near Mermentau,
was the only white person to lose his
life. The remainder were negroes.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
SERIOUS VIEW OF
DISASTER IN u. S.
PRESIDENT WILSON STUDIES SIT.
uATIoN PREPARATORY TO Ac-
TIoN BY GOVERNMENT.
AWAITS PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Only Statement Is That America Win
Act With DeIiberation and Firm
ness in Crisis.-Official Data
Has Not Arrived.

Washington. - Torpedoing of the
British liner Lusitania, with scores of
Americans aboard, shocked all Wash
ington as had no incident since the
outbreak of the European war.
The feeling was widespread that If
any American lives had been lost the
United States, in view of its strong
warning to Germany, would be con-
fronted with the necessity of taking
protective steps to safeguard the lives.
of its citizens on the high seas.
President Wilson, upon whom the
eyes of the world are focused at the
present moment, studied in quiet seclu-
sion the aspects of law and fact In
connection with the sinking by Ger
man torpedo of the British liner Lusi-
tania with a consequent loss Of many
American lives. -
The great human tragedy, coupled
with the responsibilities Of the hour,
caused the president to deny himself
to all callers, even to members of his
official family, while be turned over
in his mind the course to be pursued
by the United States government in
one of the most serious crises in its
history.
The only glimpse of the workings of
the presidents mind was given when
the White House issued its first for
NAL comment on the disaster. The an
nouncement was made that the presi-
dent realized the country expected him
to deal with the situation with DELHI
Grafton as we'll as frmness."
The official data upon which formal
action will be based had not arrived
May 9. The president therefore did
not communicate with Secretary Bry-
an or officials of the State Department
Nor did he consult members Of the
cabinet or Congress. He has been
giving such close personal attention in
the last few weeks to the particular
questions involved that he was thought
to be determined first to sift for him
self the various questions and shape
policy to be submitted to the cabinet.
In the meantime public opinion was
expected to crystalize and help point
the way Members of the cabinet can
celled other engagements and held
themselves in readiness for the presi-
dents call. At the State Department.
when Secretary Bryan was asked II
there was any advice to communicate
to the American people at this time, he
replied that he did not think that was
needed, for the country understood the
situation.
This is no time to rock the boat"
he said.
One important fact was definitely
ascertained by the Washington gov.
eminent from the port authorities at
New York who gave clearance to the
Lusitania--that she carried no guns,
either mounted or unmounted, in &C.
cordance with the caution of the State
Department and British government
early In the war. This disposed in
the minds of officials of the claim that
the German submarine had right to
attack the Lusitania because she was
an auxiliary or converted cruiser. The
officials of the Cunard Line are under
stood to have stated that the Lusi
tania was not conveyed.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
War In Africa.

Capetown.-The following official
statement has been issued:
Gen. Botha has occupied the i'm.
portant railway junction of Karibib
and other stations German South.
west Africa. He expects to occupy
Kindhuk very soon. Large quantities
of rolling stock, including seven loco.
motives, were taken at Karibib.
1.-THE town was occupied after q
forced march of 95 miles over water.
less waste under conditions of heat,
thirst and hunger which called for the
greatest resolution and grit"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
ITALIANS ARE MODELLING
Troops of All Infantry Classes From
1876 Are Called to the
Colors.

London.-The Copenhagen CORE
spondent of the Exchange Telegraph
says:
"a private message from Berlin
states that Italy on Saturday called
to the colors all infantry classes from
1876 and that many trains loaded With
troops are proceeding to the front"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
Murderer Gave Warnino.

New York.-New York's child muir
derer sought by scores of detectives
for Staying five-year-old Leopore Cohn,
gave warning by letter recently that
he would find new victim, and with
In three days kept his word by muir
dering four-year.old Charlie Murray,
found stabbed to death in hallway
near his hcme on First avenue.
The letter, 1t was said, was ad-
dressed to the mother of Leonore
Cohn. 1t was received May /, by Mrs.
Cohn's uncle. Henry Eckert, who
turned 1t over to the police.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
Conuressmen to Return.

Honolulu, T. HIN view of the
grave situation caused by the torpe-
doing of the Lusitania and the posi-
bility of an extra session of congress,
the congressional party touring the
Hawaiian Islands, discussed plan to
secure the cruiser Maryland for rush
trip to San Francisco.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
Preferred to Laugh.

A little boy was sitting on one of the
benches of Central park, watching
some of the people ride the donkeys.
An exceedingly fat woman hired
donkey and was about to mount when
she saw the small boy and said to
him:
Little boy, don't you want me to
hire a donkey for your"
mo, thank you. I'd rather sit here
and laugh."-May Young's Magazine.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
JAPs WARNED TO LEAVE
kilograms Received Foreshadow Hos
titities and ultimatum Is Elk.
pected at Once.

Peking.-The Japanese legation here
has notified all Japanese to prepare to
leave at once. kilograms are pouring
in foreshadowing hostilities. An ulti.
matum by Japan is expected May g
By the latest. A Chinese surrender is
out of the question, as the revolution.
aries would rise Immediately. thus pre-.
cipitating the fall OF Yuan Shi Kai's
government.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14

Rome.-The sinking of the Lusitania
has caused profound impression In
Italy.
Anxiety is increased by the fact
that there were several Italians among
the passengers.
The feeling in Rome may be de-
scribed as one of indignation at the
killing of neutrals. Measures to end
such proceedings are being urged op
all sides.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-14
BERLIN VIEWS DISASTER
Press Halls Il As Triumph and Says
England Got What She Deserved.

London.-An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen says:
Berlin newspapers print the news
of the sinking of the Lusitania n CO.
lossal type and hail it as a new tri-
umph for Germany's naval policy. The
general opinion is that England has
cot what she deserved"