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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

William ]. Harris, who resigned to
become member of the federal trade
commission.
Former Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer Of Pennsylvania has been Sc
lectel by President Wilson for chief
justice Of the United States court of
claims at Washington.
Commissioner of immigration Cam
inetti announced at Washington that
the number of unemployed through
out the United States was less than
it was two months ago.
Banks in "a counties of eastern Wis
consin filed a petition with the fed
eral reserve board at Washington ask
ing to be detached from the federal
reserve district of Minneapolis and
Joined to the district of Chicago.
Col. w. H. Crook, disbursing officer
of the White House at Washington,
who has been associated with every
president since Lincoln, under whom
he served as bodyguard, is seriously
i'll with pneumonia. President Will
son is taking personal interest in his
welfare.
Secretary Daniels announced at
Washington that the armored cruiser
brooklyn. receiving ship at Boston
Navy yard, had been ordered to patrol
the harbor there to guard against vi
olations of neutrality.
itors at the White house at Washing
ton for three weeks. The president
will go into seclusion and spend his
morning hours reviewing the various
phases Of the European and Mexican
situations.
"A most searching inquiry will be
made and whatever action is taken
will be based upon the result of that
INQUIRY" President Wilson issued
this statement at Washington re-
garding the sinking of the American
sailing ship William P. Frye by the
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
Personal
Capt. Henry King. who recently re-
tired as managing editor of the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. died at the
home of his daughter at st. Louis,
Mo.
Death came to Lincoln Beachey.
world-famed aviator. when he dropped
through the air for 5000 feet. before
thousands of spectators at the Pana-
ma-Pacific International exposition at
San Francisco. The accident came
when the wings of his monoplane col
lapsed
Sarah Bernhard departed from the
hospital at Bordeaux in which her
right leg was amputated, going by
automobile to her home at Andernos.
Count Sergius White, Russia's great
est statesman, Is dead at the age of
sixty-six. The county had been in fail
ing health for several months. Count
White was born at Tiflis in June, 1S49.
Mehmed Burhan-Eddin Effendi,
favorite son of the former sultan Of
Turkey, Abdul Eamid, has been
found strangled in his bedroom.
An operation for appendicitis was
performed on Secretary McAdoo at a
hospital in Washington. The physi.
clans said the operation had been sue
cessful in every way.
Joao Chagas, Portuguese minister
to France. has resigned.
The condition of Samuel Bowles.
owner of the Republican. Springfield
Mass, is not so favorable. setbacE
again brought about critical state
There is still hope. however. ~ e"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

Commissioner of immigration Cam
inetti announced at Washington that
the number of unemployed through
out the United States was less than
it was two months ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

The German losses in three days
vicious fighting which won for the
British regulars and Indian troops a
notable advance at Neuve Chapelle,
were approximately 10000, according
to a statement given out by the war
office at London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

The British steamer Churchill ar
rived ct Perrambuco with the crew
and 113 passengers of the French
steamer Guadeloupe. The Quadeloupe
wes sank by the German auxiliary
cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

German submarine raiders have
added seven British merchant steam
ers to the list of their victims last
week. The admiralty announced that
number had been torpedoed since
March 10. Two of these vessels were
sunk; three were able to reach port.
The fate of the other two Is in doubt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

Col. w. H. Crook, disbursing officer
of the White House at Washington,
who has been associated with every
president since Lincoln, under whom
he served as bodyguard, is seriously
son is taking personal interest in his
welfare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
outwitted the Russians again, says a
statement issued at Berlin. His right
wing has forced the Russians, who
swept westward toward Augustowo,
more than twenty miles. They have
lost at least 10000 in killed, wounded
and prisoners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

The condition of Samuel Bowles.
owner of the Republican. Springfield
Mass, is not so favorable. A setbacH
again brought about a critical state
There is still hope. however. ~ b.
recovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19

Banks in "a counties of eastern Wis
consin filed a petition with the fed
eral reserve board at Washington ask
ing to be detached from the federal
reserve district of Minneapolis and
Joined to the district of Chicago.
Evening star., 1915-01-17

out the kingdom, help greatly to retain the
popularity that King Alfonso possesses
among his people.
KING LOUIS of Bavaria is one of the
most extensively photographed rulers in
the Old World. If there is any pose in which
he could be photographed to advantage that
he has overlooked, the person who thinks of
that pose will confer a favor on him by notify
ing him. King Louis recently had his pic
ture taken when at prayer in the observance
of religious festival. Several pictures have
been taken showing him saluting members of
his court. One picture has shown him bare
footed. His favorite pictures, however, show
him shooting wild boars or pheasants. One of
the pictures showed several dozen so-called
wild boars piled in heap, all the victims
of his aim; another showed the better part
of good-sized field covered with dead birds
that he had brought down in the morning. In
Evening star., 1915-01-17

turned the crank, focusing the lens on his
host, King Louis 1t is doubtful if worse
picture, mechanically, was ever produced.
After awhile he told the photographer to go
ahead with his picture of the shooting, and
went back to his shotgun.
The picture which that photographer took
of the King of Spain is still in existence.
Copies of it have been shown pretty well
Throughout Europe and in the United States.
The pictures show the King as a very ner-
vous young man, a smoker of innumerable
cigarettes, and a proprietor of burning cur
iosity to see if the photographer was attend
ing to his business. King Alfonso's face
was as much in evidence on the negative as
his back; for he glanced around every few
seconds, even once or twice when he was
aiming, to see if the photographer was get
ting the picture. The whole thing, of course,
was reproduced on the screen.
When the picture was taken to Madrid it
was shown in the palace, and afterward in
Evening star., 1915-01-17

picture films had been made OF Pope
dict, and that the cinematographer who had
ceeded in getting these pictures had also made pic
of Pope Plus shortly before the latter's DEATH
This brief announcement chronicled the COM
pletion of the moving picture mans victory
over the great men of the earth; for Pope Plus
was the last notable figure who had not been
pictured by the movies. Oddly enough, his pre-
decessor, Pope Leo, one of the first Pope
Leo's picture taken in the Vatican nearly
twelve years ago. before the so-called news movies
had been developed and widely distributed
by the Cines Company, foreign concern. Pope
Leo readily gave permission to have his picture
taken; Pope Plus was besought for two years be-
fore he finally consented. James Slevin, an Amer
lean, took the picture of Pope Plus, and both
pictures of Pope Leo and Pope Plus were taken
at times when the illustrious subjects were un-
aware that they were being photographed; for
in this manner only did the operator feel that
pictures could be made that would be absolutely
natural and free from self-consciousness.
Within less than ten years every crowned
head, every President, every ruler of every civ
ilized nation under the sun, and quite few
uncvized rulers to boot, has been persuaded
by the moving picture man to pose. They all
held out against the camera for time, most of
them on the ground that it unbecoming the
dignity of ROYALTY; but they all captulated
and some of the chief monarchs, notably the
Kaiser, have found the films an excellent medium
to advertise themselves to advantage through
their kingdoms, and do not hesitate to use them
THE first European ruler tosee the great value of
the films advertising feature for royalty,
if one may use the term bluntly, was the King
of Spain, and he was introduced to the inno-
walton by lesser potentate of whom comparatively
is known in this country, King Louis of Bavari
IS related-and the camera proves the truth o
story-that King Alfonso the guest of King
at of the latter's country estates in Bavaria,
that the two Kings were to spend morning sho
wild boar. A stand built in the woods and
cleared before the stand for the wild boar-wild,
a manner of speaking only-to rush past. As the
ran this cleared space it was supposed to fu
a target for the royal shotguns
Hunting wild boar is a sport of which King L
an elderly monarch, is very fond. Although an
ing pastime in oden times, it may be classed al
the sedentary sports nowadays; for the boars are
orally tame. If one of these so-called wild boars
stood up beside North Carolina razorback he
would be hard to say which was the boar and v
the razorback. The sport did not appeal great
King Alfonso. His interest Jagged, and glancing
ward he surprised to find himself the target
strange-looking sort of box tripod, the me
picture camera. King Louis, who had seen the m
and liked them, had given permission to a phi
rapher to get the picture. King Alfonso had
been photographed by the movies before, and wa
mensely interested.
He forgot his shooting for time to Investigate
movie camera. He examined the mechanism, an
Evening star., 1915-01-17

This picture, incidentally, was taken rather for its
political effect than for sentiment and while it in
tended rete the oft repeated story that the Care
witch had been manned for life it proved to be anything
but refutation.
The picture showing the little Czarevitch taken
the Czarina birthday, when she presented with
Evening star., 1915-01-17
By WILLIAM p. HELM, JR.

the background of this picture there cart, drawn
by horse, which in to the birds from
the field.
THE Kaiser, however, is the great master of the
movies. Years ago enterprisng firm of French
cnernatographers sent their best Berlin to get
his picture; but the photographers tried in vain to
get him to pose. Their appeals were always rejected
by underlings and the matter not even broached
to the Kaiser. Notwithstanding, the movie men per-
sisted, and finally hid themselves day along the
line of march of parade that he to lead, and got
his picture as he passed.
This circumstance brought to the attention of
the marveously efficient Berlin police and one of the
movie men arrested He had already developed
his negative, however, and it the drums drying
when the police nabbed him. He was thrown into jail.
and doubtless would have been sent to prison but for
unusual happening. The Kaiser himself heard what
had happened, and sent for the photographer.
The interview memorable 1t ended with the
Kaisers seeing his picture on the screen. The
photographer released forthwith, and thereafter
moving picture camera man was denied permission
snap the Kaiser. In fact the police aided the pho
tographers zealousy they had attempted to
Evening star., 1915-01-17

the moving picture theaters of the city. Thereafter
King Alfonso encouraged the movie men. Spain is
flooded with pictures of the King and his family Nearly
all of them show the King to advantage, of
And when the King travels he often takes with him
Evening star., 1915-01-17

cinematographer, who takes pictures which sent
back to Madrid for the edifcation first of the Queen
and then of the Kings subjects.
In addition innumerabe pictures have been taken of
the Queen of Spain and the royal family recent pic
tre showed two of the little Princes at the zoo feeding
the animals peanuts. Such pictures, shown through
Evening star., 1915-01-17

A SHORT time ago the newspapers carried a
~ brief item from Rome announcing that moving
picture films had been made of Pope Bene-
dict, and that the cnematographer who had sue
ceeded getting these pictures had also made pictures
Evening star., 1915-01-17

thWart them before. Generally there arose, in
manner never investigated some friend of the
movie man at court who notified the photo
graphers in advance whenever the Kaiser would
appear in public, and told them the best place
to wait for him. The movie men always got
good picture of him. Somehow, his helmeted
figure 1anked by followers, is seldom blocked
from the camera by anyone passing between him
and the lens.
The word has gone through Europe that the
Kaiser has added the moving picture art to the
arts of well as the arts of peace; that the
daily progress of his big guns over the road to
the front is written on the tiny celluloid film of
the movies; that the cnernas sweep with their
unforgetting eyes the enemys country and ports
from the dizzy heights of the Taubes' flights;
that the story of many battle in the great cam
pagns in France and Russia has already been
flashed on the screen of the royal palace in Berlin
in pictures sent back post haste from the front at
the command of one whose command is not to
be disobeyed
In times of peace the Kaiser's picture is widely
distributed throughout the world in fresh poses
almost every day. Indeed, the military figure
of Germany's ruler is almost as well known in
this country as in Europe.
NEXT, perhaps to him ranks the Gar Gar
Nicholas is seldom seen except in uniform,
and his likeness to King George of England in
animated pictures is SO great that it is difficult
to distinguish them. With the Car the cine
photographer has been granted unusual privi-
leges. He is one of the few monarchs who have de-
liberately posed their families for the movies.
picture, incidentally, was taken rather for its
The Keota news., 1915-03-12
FAST REDUCES HER WEIGHT
Forty-fivs-Day Abstinence Helps Lady
TO Reduce Too Solid Flesh
eoms, Anyway.

Stockton, Cal. = Thoroughly con-
vinced that overeating is one Of the
potent causes Of obesity. Mrs.. A. H.
Barnes, . well-known resident Of this
city, has Just completed 45-day fast
II have been in poor health for
some tme," said Mrs. Barnes. "and
I undertook to get rid Of my adipose
tissue. My weight for the last ten
years has been 2z0 pounds. never
varied. At the end Of the fast I
weighed 1856 pounds. My height is
i've feet two inches and my age II
nfty-seven years"
During the entire IS days. Mrs.
Barnes says, she took no food what
ever, and soon grew accustomed to do
ing without 1t. She broke the fast
by eating an orange.
The Keota news., 1915-03-12
SPORT.

The firemen outrun the police In he
contest at Denver Friday night.
The New Mexico Military Institute
won the rifle shooting championship
Of the military schools Of the country
at Washington. having won the seven
matches.
At least six cars from Colorado
Springs arc assured for the sociability
run to Chicago next month. with the
prospect that even more cGs will be
entered between now and the time Of
starting the journey April 8.
d. Resta. driving car No. .. In which
he won the Grand Prix. captured the
30O.3O-mile Vanderbilt cup race over
the course Of the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition at San Francis-
90. in what 10 said to have been one
Of the most thrilling contests ever run
in this American automobile classic.
Negotiations for lease on Overland
park race track for a meeting In June
have been opened by Denver syndt.
cate of business men. who have al
ready started negotiations with the
state racing commission for license.
according to statements by Denver
racing men.
The Keota news., 1915-03-12

alive with the enemy's submarines
which. however. did ~ no damage
They should not be underrated. thes>
Germans. That cruiser did not think
apparently. of surrender.
What naval warfare seems Ike q
tho black squad" Imprisoned In the
engine room II described BY an en-
gine-room man Of the Laurel. whe
went through the scrap" on Helgo
land. Writing to his wife. he says:
1T was . terribly anxious time FOL
u. can tell you. - We stayed down
there keeping the engines going q
their top speed In order to cut on the
Germans from their fleet- We could
hear tho awful din around and th<
scampering Of the tars ON deck ~ they
rushed about from point to point. and
We knew what was to the fore when
We caught odd slimpses Of the stretch
er bearers with their ghasty bur
denA.
I'VE heard the shells crashing
against the sides of the ship Of
shrieking overhead. ~ they passed
into the water. and We knew that ai
any moment one might strike M In
vital part and send US below fol
good.
1T 10 ten times harder on tho men
whose duty n in the engine room thar
for those on deck taking part in the
fighting. for they. at least. have the
excitement OF the tight, and II the
g.. -
. sporting chance Of escape. We have
none"
From . Dying Frsnehman.
The most dramatic letter comes
from the French. On one Of the fields
Of battle, when tho Red Cross soldiera
were collecting the wounded after q
heavy engagement. there was found
. half sheet Of notepaper. ON which
was written q message for . woman
Of which this 10 the translation:
sweetheart: Fate In this present
war has treated us more cruelty than
many others. II I have not lived to
create for you the happiness OF which
both our hearts dreamed. remembe.
that my sole wish 10 now that you
should be happy. Forget me. Create
for yourself some happy homo that
may restore to you some Of the great
or pleasures Of life. For myself
shall have died happy In the thought
Of your love. Ny last thought haa
been for you and for those have
at home. Accept this. the last kiss
from him who loved you"
Writing from . fortress on the
frontier. . French ofncsr says the
colonel in command was asked to send
q hundred men to stinen some reserv
list artillery in the middle Of France
far away from the war area He
called for volunteers. Some Of you
who have got wives and children OF
old mothers fall out" he said. Not Z
man stirred. Come. come" thu
colonel went on. mo one win dream
Of saying you funked. Nothing oi
that kind. Fall out!" Again thu
ranks were unbroken. The colone
blew his nose violently. He tried Il
speak severely. but his voice failed
him. He tried to frown. but somehow
it turned into . smile. VERY we'll.
he said. you must draw lots" And
that was what they did.
EAcT REnllcES HER WEIGHT
The Keota news., 1915-03-12
Give Personal Touches lmpossi-
bic to War Correspondent in
These Days.
JokERs EVEN IN TRENCHES
irish Spirit Proves lrrspreosIbae In
Face Of Grave 0anosr-oes Fight
20 seen From the En-
oIne Room.

London.-The war mailbag 10 Just
now a prolific source Of interest.
Vivid letters from soldiers at the
front or in hospital bases and scrappy
notes from the tars with the silent
feet" mirror the actualides OF var
with . wealth Of intimate detail and
picturesque personal touches impossi'
BILE to the harshiy censored war cor
respondent
The following IL written from the
front by Corp. T. Trainor:
I'VE have had German cavalry
thrown at us six times in the last four
hours. and each time 1t has been .
different body. 70 that they must
have plenty to spare. There 10 NO
eight hours for work. eight hours for
sleep and eight hours for play with
us, whatever the Germans may do.
"The strain 10 beginning to tell on
them more than on no. and you can
see by the weary faces and trembling
hands that they are beginning to
break down.
"One prisoner taken by the French
near Courtrai sobbed for IN hour ~
though his heart were broken. his
nerves were 20 much shaken BY what
he had been through. Tho French
are fighting hard all round ~ with
q grit and 60 that will carry them
through.
Have you ever seen . little man
lighting . great. big. hulking giant
who keeps on forcing the little chap
about tho place until the giant tires
himself out. and then the little one.
who has kept his wind. knocks him
over? That's how the fighting here
strikes me.
I'VE are dancing about round the big
German army. but cur turn will
come. Our commanders know their
business. and We shall come out on
top all right"
Sergeant Major McDermott does not
write under ideal literary conditions.
but his style 10 none the worse for
the inspiration furnished BY the
shrieking shell:
II am writing to you with the en-.
emy's shells bursting and screaming
overhead: but God knows when It
viii be posted. II at all.
I'VE are waiting for something to
turn mp to be shot at. but up to now.
though their artillery has been max.
ing . hendish row all along our front.
we haven't seen as much ~ . mos
quito's eyelash to shoot at That's
why am able to write, and some Of
NJ are able to take bit Of rest while
the others keep dick
There 10 a nne German airship
hanging around like . great blue
bottle mp in the sky. and now and
then our gunners are trying to bring
It down. but they haven't done 1t yet.
Its the quantity. not the quality OF
the German shells that 10 having ef.
feet on us, and it's not 20 much the
actual damage to life ~ the nerve
racking row that counts for 20 much.
"Townsmen who are used to the
noise and roar Of streets can stand
1t better than tho countrymen. and l
think you will flnd that by far the
fttest men are ehose Of regiments
mainly recruited In the big cities
"A London lad near me says It's no
worse than the roar Of the motor
The Keota news., 1915-03-12
GENERAL.

The Masonic Scottish Rite Cathed-
raj was swept by fire at Wheeling. w.
Va. The loss was estimated ut 500. .0Oo
DR.. Charles ]. Eames. . noted chem
Int. who has many chemical discover
les to his credit. died In New York at
the age Of "a.
Five men were killed, six others So
riously wounded and about a score or
more slightly wounded. 1t Brunswick,
Ca. by Monroe Phillips.
Leo Hoth shot and instantly killed
nis father. John J. Hoth. Pennsyl.
vania railroad brakeman. 1t Buffalo
N. Y. when the older Hoth attempted
to attack his wife with . butcher
knife.
The late William Deering, harvester
manufactures. left IN estate Of $16, ,306..
S73 after payment by his executors OF
al debts and expenses, according to .
final accounting made In the probate
court at Chicago.
Credit OF railroads - reflected IN
their ability to obtain new capital WAS
discussed before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner w. n. Daniels In Chi
cago In the petition Of fortysons west
ern railroads for permission to IN.
crease freight rates.
Announcement was made thAt Dan.
iel Leroy Dresser Of New York and
Newport, one time president OF the
Trust Company Of the Republic. was
married to Miss Marcie Walther of
New York on Dec. "a. The ceremony
took place in Albany and was private.
The Danish steamer United States.
reaching New York from CopenhAgen.
Christiania and Christiansand, had
aboard twenty-five boxes containing
about $5O0.O00 In gold coin consigned
to NV York baenk from Q hank In
Copenhagen.
Mrs. Norman p. Black. now Of chsy-
enne but formerly Of Denver. IL one
woman who can calculate In six fig
ures with q dollar mark in front of
them. Likewise Mrs. Black has shown
the possibilities Of . new field for
women-that Of selling gold mines. She
has just closed q deal disposing Of q
half interest In rich placer claims in
the Lemhi. Idaho, district, to H. ].
Reiling, president of the National
Dredge Company Of Denver. and 9th
ers, for 100000.
The White Star line steamer Baltic.
carrying $4,000 tons Of war supplies,
steamed from New York for Liver
pool. Her commander. Capt. ]. b.
Ransom, said that - far a. he was
concerned he would ny the Britiah
flag from America to he'll" notMith-
standing German submarines. Il Was
said that the Baltic carried In her
holds merchandise and foodstuleo .su5-
ticient to FIJI 1880 freight cars.