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The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

In formal statement E Ii. Nor
row. Republican candidate for gov
ernor of Kentucky. conceded the cleo
tion of ex-Congressman A. o. Stanley
his Democratic opponent.
One man was killed and three 9th
ers badly injured when a windstorm
blew down the half-completed brick
walls of the Vermilion Malleable Iron
works at Hoopeston. Ill
The right Or a theater owner to Sc
gregate the negroes in his audience
was tried in the circuit court at Jack
sonville, Ill, The case was that of
two negro women against G. NJ Lut.
trell, manager of a moving-picture
theater. The court decided in favor of
Luttrell.
The plant of the Indiana Steel com
pany at Gary, Ind, is to be enlarged
at cost of s7.500,000, according to an
official statement made public by
Chairman Ebert H. Gary of the Uni
ted States Steel corporation
The jury returned verdict of
guilty as charged in the $4,000 Au
gusta Holiday slander suit against
Prince" Coy Purnell. son of the reign
ing monarch of the Israel House of
David at st. Joseph, Mich, assessing
damages at six cents. Mrs. Holiday
told of the life of the inner court" of
Shiloh, King" Benjamin's headquar-
ters. Benjamin was pictured as de
baucher of young girls
William H. Wilt. forty-eight years
old, secretary-treasurer of the Mer-
chants National Fire Insurance com
pany. ended his life at Chicago by
cutting his throat with penknife.
WaucOma. Is miles northwest of
Dubuque, Ia. was struck by tornado.
The Catholic church was demolished
and scores of buildings were damaged.
The property loss is estimated at
nearly 100000.
Operations for sterilization, the first
under the new Wisconsin law, have
been performed at the State Home for
Feeble-M Minded at Chippewa Falls, on
ten male inmates whose ages ranged
from fifteen to thirty years.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19
Is Champion Buttermaker.

J. W. Engle of Pratt is the cham.
pion buttermaker of Minnesota, hav.
ing scored 94.95 in the six months
educational contest of the dairy and
food department. Other high score
men by districts have been announced
by J. ]. Farrell, commissioner, as fol.
lows: First district, H. E. Jeppesen,
Garden City, 1920; Second district,
Ferd Jacobson, 94.12; Third district,
Emil G. Oman, Delano, 94.91; Fourth
district, Emil Schudeiske, Carlos,
$3.50; Fifth district, C. j. Holte, Fer.
tile, 1887.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

President Wilson discussed with his
cabinet at Washington the legislative
program for the coming session of
congress and matters of party policy.
1t is understood that unanimous ap-
proval was given the presidents sug
gestiOns which are to be carried in
his annual message. These include:
National defense; ship-purchase legis-
lation and revenue legislation to meet
needs of the government.
Official cognizance of the charges
made by DR.. Joseph Goricar, former
Austrian consul in San Francisco, was
taken at Washington when John r.
Rathon, publisher of the Providence
Journal was asked for all information
in his possession concerning alleged
Austrian plots to tie up American mu-
milton plants.
David Starr Jordan, president of
the Leland Stanford university and
head of the international peace con-
gress, recently held in San Francisco.
told President Wilson at Washington
that quasiofficial meeting of neutral
nations probably will be held some
time before Christmas, either at The
Hague, Berne or Copenhagen, to at
tempt to bring about peace in Eu-
rope.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19
Much Diphtheria in State.

More cases of diphtheria in Mime.
sofa than ever before at this time OF
year are reported by the state board
of health. The state laborat cries ex.
amined 7.470 diphtheria cultures since
Sept. l., according to the director of
the division of preyentable diseases,
as compared with 5,665 cultures in the
corresponding period of 1914. The
corresponding figure in 1913 was
2,O37; in 1912, LAT. Diphtheria is
reported active in Cohasset and Grand
Rapids, Melrose, Paynesville. Benson.
DeGraff ard other towns.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

Unemployment as serious problem
has been greatly abated in New York
city, according to a statement issued
by the Charity Organization society.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19
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The Ely miner., 1915-11-19
Domestic

Capt George Wellington Streeter's
defiance to the enforcement of the
Sunday closing law in the "Deestrict
of Lake Michigan at Chicago. came
to an ignominious conclusion Sunday
when the captain and his entire
"army" were captured by police after
battle. Streeter and a woman were
injured
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

superintendent j. B. Draper of the
University hospital at Ann Arbor,
Mich, was almost instantly killed by
a street car. He leaves a widow and
one daughter.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

President Wright, for ten years SUI
pervisor of the Missouri School for
the Deaf, committed suicide at Fulton,
Mo, by shooting himself
The Ely miner., 1915-11-19

Frank L. Dodge. head of the state
board of mediation. announced at De-
troit that the strike of Michigan Cen
aral railway clerks has been called off
Practically all the clerks demands
were granted.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
THOUSANDS OF GIFTS
GOING TO POOR TODAY
Needlework Guild Will Give Quilts.
Dresses. Stockings. Towels. and
Gowns to District People.

A hundred bed quilts. 500 winter
dresses. 1000 pairs of stockings and
socks and dozens of towels and dress
Ing gowns are among the 5000 gifts
to be given this morning to the Dis
trict's poor.
The poverty stricken patient in the
hospital and the destitute family are
TO be prepared today to combat the
cold OF winter by the District branch
OF the Needlework Guild of America
The three thousand garments were
counted and prepared for distribution
in the offices OF the Chamber OF Com
merce yesterday afternoon.
The donation is an annual affair of
the guild. membership in which is de-
pendent upon the giving, annually. OF
at least two garments. As there are
some 500 members. an average of five
garments or articles for the house is
given by each member.
In addition. the guild will prepare
itself to contribute to the RELIEF OF
European families at any moment its
national ofrice in Philadelphia gives
the order.
Last year the national office sent
some $1,000 to Europe, in addition to
thousands Of dollars~worth Of cloth
TO be fashioned into clothing by girls
In Lyons, France. for the soldiers.
Plans for European relief this winter
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
WHITLOCK TODAY WILL
CONFER WITH WILSON
Minister to Belgium Will Discuss
Cavell Shooting Case with
President.

As far as he is able to. Brand Whit
lock. United States Minister to Bel
GUM. who reached Washington yes
terday with Mrs. whItlocK. will be ex-
pected today to tell the President how
II happened that the contents of his
confidential report on the CayeII
shooting case in Brussels happened to
be made public by the British govern
ment.
The publication OF this report,
which Mr.. Whitlock, who was acting
for British interests in Belgium, for
warded to United States Amba ssador
Page at London for transmittaI to the
British foreign office, has caused con-
siderable embarrassment to the United
states government. Although Off
Gals of the State Department state
that Germany has not yet complained
about this, such a complaint is anticr-
pated. in view of the severe arraign-
ment in the report OF the German mil
itary governor of Brussels. who wa.
charged with having deceived Mr..
Whitlock as to his intention to exc
cute the English nurse.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
SCIENTISTS will
Use MANY HALLS
Learned Men, Meeting in
Srxty-fve Conventions, Will
Number About 1900.
WILL AID WORLD PEACE
Barrett Says Exhibition of Friendly
Relations of American Nations
Will Offer Object Lesson.
WILL AID WORLD PEACE

High schools, university halls, the
army and navy medical schools build
ings. hotel rooms-practically all the
available convention space in Washing
ton-are being chartered for the second
Pan-American Scientific Congress. which
will meet here from December q to
January s. From the list Of forty-fiye
subsections and the numerous prominent
scientific associations meeting In WASH
ington at the same time, II In probable
that there will be sixty-fve conventions
rolled into one.
More than a thousand scientists, pub
licists and educators have accepted invi-
tatIons to attend the congress or send
delegates. This number. with the repre-
sentatives Of the several scientific bodies
holding joint sessions with the congress,
will bring the total UP to 100.
The opening session will be held In
Continental Memorial Hall. This will be
followed by a meeting on the next day
OF the nine general sections into which
the conventions have been divided. After
this meeting. the sections will be sub
divided into conventions. During the
congress, the official headquarters will
be In the New Willard.
World Peace to BE Advanced.
The object OF the congress is to fur
nish a medium for the exchange and cor
relation OF the many important steps
made throughout pan-AmerIca In the
progress Of science, the arts and human
affairs generally. American physicians.
engineers, and educators will learn of
important discoveries In various fields in
the Latin-American countries, while
Latin-American scientists and practi-
toners will be enabled similarly to ben
eft by the progress made here
John Barrett. director-general OF the
Pan-American Union and secretary-gen-
eral OF the congress. says the gathering
will also offer an avenue for the ad-
vancement OF world peace by drawing
attention to the friendly relations Of the
twenty-one nations of the Western hem
isphere.
Definite plans for the congress are
being arranged by Mr.. Barrett and
DR.. Glen Levin Swiggett. assistant
in cooperation
with an executive committee incIud-
ing William Phillips. Third Assistant
Secretary OF State. chairman; Or.
James Brown Scott. secretary of the
Carnegie Peace Endowment: DR.. Rob
ert S. Woodward. president of the
Carnegie Institution: Surgeon General
william c. Gorgas. L. S. A: PhiIand
p. Claxton. Commissioner of Educa-
ton: Brig. Gen. William n. Bixby. u.
s. A. retired: George 81. RommeI.
chief OF the animal husbandry dIvi-
sion OF the United States Department
Of Agriculture: William II. Holmes.
head curator of the Smithsonian In
DIR. L S. Rowe. president OF
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01

fire At the college In November. 1912.
destroyed the main building. In which
were located the property, arms.
headquarters. officers and military
classroom.
Practically none Of these accom-
modations has been replaced and
deem this an opportune moment TO in
wife your attention to the above de-
ficiencies In order that as the presi-
dent of the board of trustees of the
college you will do what may be with
In your powe- to have suitable tenn
porary facilities made available to the
military department"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
BOY SCOUTS CONTINUE
FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN
Appeal for Funds Will Be Made To
day to Government Employees.
$4,000 Raised.

More than 1900 has been obtained ir
the campaign to raise $4,000 for the Boy
Scouts of the District. 1t had beer
planned to bring the financial crusade to
close yesterday. but IL was decided to
continue the campaign for a day or two.
at least 1t Is probable the crusade will
be continued until the desired sum is OBJ
tained.
Today Is pay day in the Federal depart
ments. and the campaign workers have
hopes OF materially increasing the fund
through an appeal to Uncle Sans en-
ployes. The twenty-three teams OF busI-
ness and professional men who are con-
Quoting the campaign are still busy at
work gathering subscriptions.
The captains OF the teams were the
guests of a. c. Moses at luncheon at the
Commercial Club Monday. They made no
report, as the members OF the teams had
not turned In pledges or money to them.
J. W. Patton, from East Orange, N. J..
who will soon be member OF the Wash
inSton Council, explained the great
amount of good the orSanization had
done for troops, and cited individual
cases where the boy had been reformed
from practically criminal to a law
abiding citizen.
Seven thousand women practice medi-
t. ~
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
OBITUARY..

The funeral of Lewis Mundheim, for.
mer Washington resident and a G. A r
veteran. who died Sunday In Brooklyn.
were held yesterday in the Geier Chapel
where Drs. Simon and Stern were the
officiating rabbis. Burial was in the
Washington Hebrew Cemetery.
The funeral of Patrick Brannon, who
died Sunday in the Naval Hospital, will
be held at the home. GO street SOUTH
east this morning at $50 o'clock. Re-
QUEEN services will follow in st. Peters
Church.
The funeral of Mrs Annie NJ. johnson
will be held at the Third Baptist Church
today at . o'clock
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
MILITARY INSTRUCTOR
MAY BE DENIED M A. c.
Fire Which Destroyed Accoutrement.
Moves Garrison to Write Governor
About Conditions al School.

Because of conditions caused by the
big fire in November. 1912. IL Is ques-
tionable whether the War Department
viii in the future detail q military In
structor ito the Maryland Agricultural
College. The department recently de-
MED the application OF the college Of
ficials for the detail of Capt. Edgar 7.
Conley. Thirtieth United States Infan-
try. as instructor of military science
and tactics.
In letter to the governor of Mary
land. the Secretary of War says:
The facilities furnished the mill
tary department are so meager that
IL Is questionable whether II is worth
while to continue the issue of arms
and equipment or to detail an officer
of the army, in place of Maj. J. A.
Dapray. U. 8. A, retired. who recently
resigned As you. of course. know the
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01

tanned the delegates to the conven-
tion and their women friends at a re-
ception and dance in the Willard.
There will be no session this morn
ing. The committee on nominations
probably will report this afternoon.
A second tour of the District will be
conducted this afternoon and tonight
the delegates will attend BeIasco
Theater. Later there will be a supper
and dance in the willard.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
Mundelein Quigley's Successor.

Rome. Nov. 3o.-Bishop George w.
Mundelein. auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn.
has been selected by Pope Benedict XIV
as archbishop OF the archdiocese OF Chi
cago, it is announced at the Vatican. He
succeeds the late Archbishop James Ed
ward Quigley.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01
GASEXPERTS IN
ANNUAL session
National President Urges APP
pointment of Lecturer to Ad-
dress Commercial Bodies.
1000 DELEGATES ATTEND
Commissioner Newman Opens Con-
vention at Willard-Treasurers Re-
port Shows Balance of $4,000.
1000 DELEGATES ATTEND

A lecturer to speak before commercial
organizations Of the country on gas as
an Industrial fuel and the employment of
an expert on the subject to advise gas
companies as TO proper methods Of con-
ducting the business are two OF the rec
concentrations made by H. B. Mclean.
president of the National Commercial
Gas Association. in his annual report read
yesterday before the association.
The association opened its eleventh an
nual convention in the New Willard Ho-
tel with an address of welcome 49, DiS-
trict Commissioner Oliver P. Newman.
Nearly 1000 delegates. gas experts and
statesmen from all parts of the country
were present.
The Commissioners ~ddrnss WIS en-
swered by E. n. Wilmington. Mr..
Wilmington said Washington represented
the public sentiment of the country and
that as a result. it was fitting the asso-
citation should convene here. He declared
II was a duty of the gas industry to
make gas so attractive that it would be
preferred to other illuminants.
President Mclean dealt with a variety
OF topics in his annual report. He told
Of the progress and development of the
gas industry and the associations work
during the past year. One of his remarks
most favorably received concerned a ref
erence to men who have taken a gloomy
view on the future of the gas industry.
He said THE gas industry needs no obitu-
airy. 1t is making good progress all along
the line and has a bright future
Public Buildings Visited.
One of the most important matters to
be taken up by the association will be
considered in a closed special session of
the committee on diffPrential rates. The
question will be considered in the cabinet
room OF the hotel today. The remarks
OF the members and the proceedings will
not he given to newspapers. nor to trade
periodicals. nor will they be published
In the official report of the transactions
OF the association.
Papers were read at yesterdays !
morning and afternoon sessions by |
George Williams. of New York, on |
Selling Gas Service" Joseph II. APP !
pei. publicity director of the Wanna 4,
maker stores. on THE Principles of |
Merchandising as Applied to Gas Serv- |
i've" and reports presented by the !
treasurer. board of directors, and |
nearly twelve committees. The treas
urer's report showed a balance of
some $4,000, receipts last year being |
$4,000 and disbursements $4,000.
During the afternoon. the women
visiting here because of the associa
ton were taken on tour about !
VI ashington- They visited the White
House. Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. Pan-American Building. New
National Museum. Old National Mu- !
scum. Capitol. and Congressional Lii
brary.
President Mclean last night enter
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01

Seven thousand women practice nedi-
cine in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01

the American Academy of Political
and Social Science: Hennen Jennings.
former president of the London Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgy. and
DR.. William II. WEIGH, president OF
the National Academy of Science.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-01

were discussed yesterday at the
branch's annual meeting in the Cham
Der of Commerce. Mrs. Larz Ander-
son has accepted the honorary presi-
dency of the branch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-10
Wholesale Arrest of Mexicans,

San Antonio, Tex-With the arrest
of rs Mexicans, 20 of whom were de-
tanned Monday, Chief of Police Ian
caster and federal authorities believe
a plan to incite the Mexican popula-
ton of San Antonio to deeds of VIC.
lence has been nipped. The prison,
ers. according to Chief Lancaster, are
all followers of the plan of San Diego,
an extravagant manifesto which pro-
claims the republic Of Texas for Mex
leans The uprisings in the lower
Rio Grande valley caused the program
to go amiss and at the same time fed
eral officials were put on their guard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-10
Loss OF LIFE IN STORM
MAY never Be KNOWN
Many Bodies Have Been Buried Where
Found, Different Searching parties
Having Reported Same Finds.
tEop$raSht.y

Since the hurricane that swept the
Texas coast up to the present time,
it is still impossible to form any accu-
rate estimate of the toll which wind
and water took in life and property,
1t seems probable, after a careful
checking and consideration Of all
available reports, that the number of
dead as a result Of the storm lies
somewhere between that figures 200
and 800, but just where it lies with
in those limits it is impossible to say
now, and probably always will remain
impossible.
The reason for this is clear. Many
days elapsed before large portion of
the bodies were found and when they
were found, Of course, decomposition
had gone so far that Identification
was not to be thought Of and burial
an immediate necessity Compare
lively few bodies were found by Of
fetal searching parties from which
records were procured. Independent
searching parties buried their finds
and frequently no reports were made.
On the other hand, Implications in
reports were undoubtedly frequent
and some bodies certainly have been
counted several times. AS an indica-
ton of the unreliability Of the reports,
one has only to consider the follow
ing case. At Surfside a total Of TWEEN.
ty deaths are reported. These deaths
include ell members Of the Inflated
camping party Of which the Florea
family was part Also it includes
those of the San Luis Pass coast
guard station who lost their lives
Bodies found on Galveston island out
side the city total fortytwo, accord
ing to a careful compilation of re-
ports. But in this number at least
seven have been identified as people
who were drowned at Surfside Like
wise on the dredge San Bernard q
total of nineteen are reported drown
ed. But on Galveston island, included
in the forty-two bodies found, were at
least six members of the San Bernard
crew.
Probably very few of the bodies
found on Galveston island outside the
city were those of people who lost
their lives on the island. Any who
were drowned there likely would have
floated to the mainland.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-10
AMERICANS CAPTURED
AND KILLED BY MEX'CANS
Mexican Bandits overrun Border Near
Brownsville and Strike Terror to
Farmers and Ranehers.

Brownsville, Tex--A band of Mexl-
can bandits in a mad career through
| the section Of the country twelve
miles north of brownsville Thursday
kidnapped three Americans, killed two
of them and burned a pump house I'M
der construction on an irrigation
tract The band finally became en-
gagged in a fight with American sol
diers and a posse of citizens and lost
one of their number The dead Amer.
leans, whose bodies were brought into
Brownsville, we're Earl donaldson q
years old, a farmer, who moved to
this section two weeks ago from Fay-
cite, Mo, and a concrete worker
named ]. S, Smith, residing at San
Benito. The third man was Stanley
Dodds, concrete contractor, who es.
capped from the Mexicans while the
gang that had him was engaged in the
fight.
Dodds and Smith were taken while
engaged in construction work on
canal system. Donaldson was taken
from his farm nearby. The three men
were forced to accompany the gang
of bandits along the irrigation canal,
where the Mexicans decided to kill
them. Donaldson and Smith were
shot their bodies being almost riddled
with bullets. Dodds' escape was moth
ing short of miraculous One mem
Der Of the gang interceded in his be-
half ceiling the others that Dodds was
a German.