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The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
"Dr,yo Victorious at RiscaY.

Hutchinson. The closing of the
saloon at Biscay by the operation of
the Dunn roadhouse law marks the
end of strenuous struggle for ex-
istenes. AS Biscay lacks the requisite
200 population to incorporate as a vii
lage, saloon adherents took census
of the people in the town and in four
square miles of adjoining farming ter
ritory and found the necessary 200 and
proceeded to petition the county board
to issue village incorporation papers
But the farmers protested and the Pc
tition was withdrawn.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
TRIUMPH FOR RURAL SCHOOL S
Jackson County Celebrates Dedication
Of First Two Consolidated Institu-
tions-Governor Speaks.

Jackson. = Jackson county has cele-
brated the dedication of it's first two
consolidated rural schools, at Peters
burg and Okabepa. Governor Ham
mond gave the principal! address at
both places, at Okabena in the after
noon and at Petersburg at night. Rural
School Commissioner G. c. Swain; the
city superintendent of Albert Lea and
Fairmont and other nearby high
schools, a number of county superin-
tendents of Southern Minnesota and
school officers from all over Jackson
county likewise were in attendance to
witness this triumph for better rural
schools.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
$4,000 Fire Threatens Lewiston.

Lewiston. = The family of ELS
worth Gray escaped from burning
building here only because of ladder
that had been left at the side of the
structure the day before by repairers.
When the Krenzke block, the princi-
pal business section of the village,
was discovered to be afire, flames had
enveloped the stairway, cutting off all
means of egress. Mr. Gray, his wife
and children fed in their night
clothes down the ladder. The store
buildings were burned at . loss Of
~hnnt e1n nn6
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Turk Attacks on Tiqris Fail.

London, Dec. 15.-There has been
more fighting on the Gallipoli pen
nsula. The Turks here claim to have
-epulsed an attack against their left
wing at Seddul Bahr, but the Turkish
,fficial communications declare that
iothing new has occurred at Kut-El-
Amara, where the Turks are operat-
lg against the British, who retired
rom the Bagdad region. This is
AIKEN in military circles here as an
omission on the part of the Turks
hat their attacks on the British po-
,itions on the Tigris river have failed.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
High Water Mark In Ships.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Superdread-
naughts of the California class, dis
placing $4,000 tons, are declared to
represent the high water mark in the
size of American battleshps, in state
ment presented to congress by Secre-
tary Daniels, outlining the lessons Of
the European war as the best type of
ship for war. 1T would be unwise,"
the statement says, "to build dread
naughts so large that they could not
easily pass through the Panama canal.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Declares Sinkinu Justified.

Berlin, via London, Dec. 14.-Com.
menting upon the United States note
to Austria concerning the sinking Of
the Ancona, the Morgen Post, says:
IF this report is correct, Presi-
rent Wilson is endeavoring to create
utterly new maritime law, for accord
ing to the existing law upon which
America, indeed, based it's attitude,
which disregarded demand to stop
and attempted to flee, irrespective OF
whether or not passengers were
aboard" l.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Less Progress in Education.

Washington, Dec. Is. = Education
Aas made less progress than any
other American industry for the past
80 years, and as result the Unit
ed States has had to turn to foreign
countries for improved educational
methods, according to the annual re-
port of Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane, a section of which
he has made public. The secretary's
suggested remedy for this state of af-
fai1 is the establishment of model
schools in various parts Of the coun-
ty.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
BIG FIRE LOSS AT MANKATO
Four Story Brick Block Burns-Com-
merciaI College Losses Type
writer's and Equipment.

sMankato. = Man.sato had a S100,000
fire when Brandrun e Nettleton's four.
story brick block burned.
The three upper floors were occu-
pied by the Mankato Commercial cob
lege, which has 600 students enrolled
and of which Brandrup & Nettleton
are proprietors. The firm estimates it's
loss on the building at nearly $4,000
with $4,000 insurance on an 80 per
cent valuation. The loss on 100 type
writer's and the fixtures and equipment
is estimated at $4,000 with $4,000 in
surance.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Personal

Mrs. Norman Gait, fiancee of Presi-
dent Wilson, is wearing bar pin of
diamonds, the gift of the president
Lieut. Col. Charles S. Bromwell,
head of the army engineer corps at
Honolulu. T. H.. shot and killed him,
self. Mrs. Bromwell and their daugh-
ter are in the United States. For
several years he was military aid to
President Roosevelt. He was forty
six years old and was born at New
port, Ky.
Rear Admiral Nicoll Ludlow died at
the Gotham hotel in New York. Apo
plexy caused his death. Admiral Lud,
low was in his seventy-fourth year.
He was born at Islip, L. l.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Knows NOTHING of Money

Minneapolis, Minn.-John P. Hoy,
friend of the FrIcley family and de-
tective inve stiga ing the death of Mary
Fridley Trice, In Connection with
which Frederick 7. Price is in the
county Jail unde- indictment charging
first degree murder, went to Neenah,
Wis.,, attempting to trace $4,000 said
to have been secured by Price follow
ing the death of the woman whose
body was found at the foot of cliff
near the East River road. Mrs. Price
said that she did not know Of the
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Accents Find Licuor euried in Sand.

Hibbing. - After an entire days
fruitless search to surprise tiiters of
the Indian lid and discover secret
liquor caches, federal Indian agents
stubbed their toes on their quarry, dug
up $4,000 worth of liquor and dumped
it into Sturgeon lake. In the sands
along the lake beach, within a zone
100 yards long, the searchers unearth-
ed whisky, gin and rum by the barrel
full. In a similar stretch nearby, nu-
merous casks and bottles, some of
them bearing the name of a Hibbing
saloonkeeper, were dug up.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Mother Takes Train; Next Kills Son.

Mother Takes Train; Next Kills Son.
Hanover, Minn.-When Mrs. Thomas
Hoffmockel of Hanover, Hennepin
county, stepped from a 500 train in
Minneapolis she was told that her r.
year-old son, Theodore, who had driven
her in a buggy to the station in Loretto
half an hour before, had been instantly
killed by passenger train.
Mrs. Hoffmockel, who was accom-
panied by her daughter, Sylvia, col
lapsed and a physician had to be
celled.
For time the boy could not be
identified, as the family lived some dis
tance from Loretto. AS soon as she
had recovered, Mrs. Hoffmockel hur-
ried back to Loretto in an automobile.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Eight States Represented at Show.

st. Paul. = Eight states were repre-
sented at the first northwestern corn
show opened in ST. Paul. The number
of individual exhibits manifests the
interest that farmers throughout the
northwest to the Pacific coast have
taken in the show.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

An Austrian aeroplane squadron
bombarded the railway station, the
electric works and points of military
importance at Ancona Ton the Adriatic
coast of italy, and returned unharmed
in the face of heavy fire, according
to Vienna.
The official statement issued at Ber-
lin is as follows: THE Anglo-French
troops, after suffering series of decis-
i've defeats by the army of General
Todoroff, are retreating in miserable
condition over the Greek frontier.
Their losses in men and material of
heavy.
Three English battalions were sur
rounded by the Turks and surren-
dered, according to Constantinople
dispatch. The English are expected to
retreat still further south.
According to information received at
Washington m~Athens the Greek
government has agreed to withdraw
its troops from Saloniki.
The Anglo-French evacuation of
Serbia now seems to be fact. From
both German and Greek sources comes
news that the allied armies are at, if
they have not already crossed, the
Greek frontier, and battle on Greek
soil seems inevitable.
England intends to have an army of
100000 men under arms by April l..
1916. This decision it is said may be
regarded as an answer to Germany's
desire to make peace on terms satis-
factory only to Germany.
Dispatches from both entente and
Teutonic sources reveals crushing de-
feats to the Franco-British forces in
Serbia, with the immediate prospect
that the allies expedition will either
be annihilated or driven over the
Greek border at once. Retreat of the
French on the Vardar and two re-
treats by the British are officially an
nounced at Berlin and London. The
position of the allies in the Balkans is
more critical than ever before.
Germany will make no peace pro-
posals to the allies, but if the entente
powers offer terms compatible with
Germany's dignity and safety, the
German government is willing to dis
cuss them. Imperial Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Hollweg so announced in
the reichstag at Berlin.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
ouadrupIe Ear: No TasseI on Corn.

Quadruple Ear; No Tassel on Corn.
Faribault. = D. W. Illsley, farmer
near here, claims honors for freak
ears of corn. He picked one in his
field that had four branches, all dis
tinct ears in themselves. The ear was
found growing on the top of stalk in
place of the tassel.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
British Defeat Arab Band.

London, Dec. Is. - The defeat Of
an Arab band of 300 in an engage
ment with a British reconnoitering
party on the Sinai peninsula is an
nounced in an official statement is
sued in Cairo, Egypt, says Reuter-
dispatch.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

London, Dec. 16.-The next big bat
tie will in all probability be fought In
Greece, despite the efforts of the Hell.
lenic king and government to save
their country from the horrors of war.
The British and French forces have
made good their retirement down the
Vardar valley and are now approach
ing Saloniki, where re-enforcements
are being landed, while reports receiv-
ed in Paris and Rome say that the Bull
garians have crossed the Greek from.
tier in pursuit
Greek Shipping Communicated.
London, Dec. 15.-The Greek gov
ernment, 1t has been learned here, has
Communicated all Greek shipping in
British and American ports in an ef-
fort to supply the deficiency in food
and coal which exists in Greece as
result of the Entente Allies re-
strictions
The Greek vessels will be loaded
with cargoes purchased by the Ath,
ems government, which does not an.
ticipate the same trouble as is expe,
rienced by the regular owners of the
ships in getting these necessary com.
modities to Greece.
Allies Given Breathing Space.
While the entente powers are gen.
orally understood to feel much re.
lieved after the improvement in
Greece's attitude toward their opera,
tions in the Balkans, as concretely
expressed by the withdrawal of Gre.
clan troops from the region of Sa.
loniki, the central powers were re.
ported as being determined to pre-
vent Greece's making any further
concessions to the entente Allies.
From military standpoint, it is evi-
dent that the position of the Allies
gives them breathing space to plan
their future campaign.
Driven Out of Serbia.
Not only have the Anglo-French
armies been driven out of Serbia by
the Bulgarians, as Berlin reports, but
previously their front was broken
through and the French forces cut
off from the British, according to an
official statement from Sofia.
Heavy losses were suffered by the
retreating troops, the Bulgarian re-
port declares. At one point French
battalion was routed and it's COM
mander captured.
Discuss Peace In Reichstag.
Peace discussions may be contfn-
ued in the reichstag, according to a
Leipsic newspaper, which says that
thirty-four Socialist members have
signed a declaration expressing dis
satisfaction with the results of the
recent discussion.
Paucity of war news from Europe is
explained as due to the storm, which
has interrupted communication along
the land routes of the cable COM
panies.
BuIgarians Invade Greece.
One correspondent stationed at Sa-
lonika telegraphed that a small Bull
garian force actually had advanced
five miles into Greek territory. Mil
itary authorities here have no con-
frmation.
The town of Gievgeli is in flames.
The Athens newspapers announced
that Greece will demobilize so per
cent of her troops under an agree
ment just entered into with the Allies
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Foreign

The inquiry into the causes of the
explosion at the Belgian governments
large powder factory at Havre, France,
has taken the direction of discovering
whether it was due to German ma
chinations in the United States Latest
reports show that $50 persons were
killed by the blast.
The women of Alberta have won their
fight to save the life of Mrs. Annie
Hawkes. of Macleod, sentenced to hang
for the killing of her husbands affin-
ity. The sentence has been commuted
to ten years Imprisonment
The Porto Rico liner Coamo was
stopped by the French cruiser Des-
cartes, which took four German fire
men from the merchantmen on board
the warship.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
ATHENS TAKES ACTION TO SUP.
PLY DEFICIENCY IN FOOD AND
COAL CAUSED BY ENTENTE
ALLIES RESTRICTIONS.
BERLIN REPORTS FRENCH
CUT OFF FROM BRITISH
Says Heavy Losses Were Suffersd-~
Long Section of Front on vardar
Taken by Storm-king Con-
stantine Agrees to Demo-
biIize Half of Troops.

Amsterdam, Dec. 16-it is believed
that naval engagement of large pro-
portions has taken place in the North
Sea. Throughout the day heavy firing
was heard to the northwest of the is-
land of vlleIand, off the coast OF HoI-
land.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

Rob Oklahoma Bank; Get $4,000.
Depew, Okla, Dec. 15.-The First
State Bank of Depew was robbed by
masked bandits. More than $4,000
was taken. Posses started in pur.-
suit of the robbers.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
STATES POTATO
CROP INCREASES
TOTAL PRODUCTION 1900, 200 Blu.
Shells GREATER THAN LAST
YEARS OUTPUT.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the conven-
ience of Busy Readers.

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Minnesota lovers of potatoes will
have 4,596,476 bushels more to digest
this year than in 1914, according to
figures made public by Fred D. Sher-
man, immigration commissioner. The
total production this year was 1885,.
476 bushels and the farm value ST.
688.238. Farmers of Minnesota used
304,424 acres for potatoes this year, as
against 100000 acres in 1914. The
yield this year shows a gain of five
bushels to the acre, from ia bushels
to 119 bushels.
"A glance at figures for period Of
years back shows that Minnesota's po-
tato acreage is gradually increasing y
said Mr.. Sherman. This is accounted
for by the fact that much new land in
Northeastern Minnesota is being open
ed every year.
THAT section of the state is pa'tic.
ularly adapted to potatoes and the set
tiers look on potatoes as a staple crop
for the first few years.
1T was only few years ago when
practically all the potatoes used in
Northeastern Minnesota were shipped
from the central part of the state, but
now many of the counties are shipping
potatoes each year."
X X X
Woods Urges Cooperation.
A. F. Woods, dean of the state col
lege Of agriculture, has urged the
Minnesota State Horticultural society
to lose no time in having each of the
900 farmers clubs in the state appoint
a horticultural committee, one mem
ber of which would have representa-.
tion in the society. Dean Woods was
speaking at the opening session of the
horticultural society's meeting at the
West hotel. He said fruits and flowers
are civilizing and home-making infiu-
ences.
Not only through the farmers clubs
but through the rural schools should
better homes, better farms and better
country life be enlarged upon, the
speaker urged. Dean Wood asked
delegates to the horticultural meeting
to interest themselves in. consolidated
schools and teacherages. He said Min
nesota has 14S community centers in
the shape of consolidated schools. The
speaker suggested that the horticul-
tural association should have a com.
nunity building of it's own and that it
should be located at the university
farm.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Sporting

Joe Stecher, Nebraska aspirart to
worlds wrestling championship, won a
hardly contested match with Paul.
Martinson Of Chicago in two straight
falls at Sioux City. Time, 20:35 and
11:40
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Domestic

Real prosperity is sweeping the en-
tire country in the opinion of the pres
idents of six of the largest life insur-
ance companies in the United States
at New York.
Mayor George E. Ellis of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, ordered Police Commits
sioner Carroll to rigidly apply the
Michigan blue law passed in 1852.
Sunday all places of business except
drug stores were ordered closed and
all except theater managers obeyed the
mandate.
Charles P Cummings, superinten-
dent of public schools at Lansing,
Mich, and one of the states best
known educators, accidentally shot
himself with a shotgun. He may not
recover.
President Wilson made two regular
speeches at Columbus, o. The presi.
dents afternoon speech was delivered
before chamber of commerce mem
bers. In it he urged American busi-
ness men to mobilize their resources
that the United States might be pre-
pared to play more important part
in the worlds affairs and bring about
justice after the present war. The
evening address was at the convention
of the committee on church and coun-
try life.
Fire broke out in the elevators of
the Anchor line on the water front at
Erie. Pa, destroying two sections Of
the combination elevators. The low
est estimate of the loss is half mil
lion dollars to $S50,000.
The plant of the Ia Crosse (Wis.)
Knitting works, rushed with war or
ders for the allies, was partially de-
stroyed by fire. wit, 100000 loss.
One workman was killed and fifteen
toilers were injured by an explosion
in the plant where the Bethlehem
Steel company at South Bethlehem,
Pa. was making shell fuses for the
entente allies of Europe. A spark
set off powder.
Everett P. Ketchum, a Yale gradu-
ate and a wealthy lawyer of New
York. took the stand in the suit of
his wife. Mrs. Ada Brown Ketchum,
for separation. He testified the
heaven kiss" was an uninterrupted
two-hour performance.
The first shipload of condensed
milk, lard and rice which is to be sent
to the children of Germany and Aus
tria as first class mail has been turned
over to the post Office department at
New York.
Fire destroyed three buildings of
the Grand Trunk railway shops at
Point st. Charles. It was feared for
a time that the entire plant, devoted
to the making of war munitions, might
be destroyed.
]. H. Clifford, British naval officer
engaged in research for the British ad-
miralty, swallowed poison and fell
dead over the body of his wife, also a
victim of self-administered poison, at
ChSaoCn
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Asks Old Rate.

The state railroad commission nds
heard testimony on the complaint of
William Devine, who asks for restora.
tion of the old S. switching rate on
ice from New Brighton to Minnesota
Transfer. Under the eastman law he
now pays 40 cents ton, which
amounts to So or $40 car, and he says
wipes out all profit in cutting. Rail-
road attorneys were present to oppose
the application.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Recommends "Buck Law"

The prairie chicken soon will be ex-
tinct in Minnesota if it is not protected
by a closed season. says Ethan A.
Cleasby, district inspector under the
federal migratory bird law, who called
on Carlos Avery, state game and fish
commissioner. Mr.. Cleasby also recon-
mended the Wisconsin buck law" for
Minnesota, not only as protection to
the deer, but to save the lives of hum
terS
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
To Receive Filings.

To Receive Filings.
Secretary of State Schmahl Is now
prepared to receive filings for these
who desire to seek the nomination of
president or vice president, or conven-
tion delegate. Blanks necessary under
the pew presidential preference prim-
ary law have been received by him.
X X X
Prairie Chickens Extinct?
The prairie chicken soon will be ex-
tinct in Minnesota if it is not protected
by a closed season, says Ethan A.
Cleasby, district inspector under the
federal migratory bird law, who called
on Carlos Avery, state game and fish
commissioner
Detectives Poorly Handled.
Frank Whittier, state parole agent
connected with the Saltwater prison
and the st. Cloud reformatory, believes
state care of detectives and state
charges generally are badly divided in
the matter of responsibility. Writing to
the new Efficiency and Economy COM
mission, he says that all the institu-
tions have agents whose duty is the
care of those discharged or out on par
ole. The paths of these agents, he
says, are crossing constantly, and he
believes that co-ordinated agent sys
tenn should be created.
X X X
Poor Salaries Teachers Foe.
Poor salaries and unpleasant living
conditions are the chief enemies of the
rural school teacher, and the chief
causes for poor instruction In country
schools of Minnesota, according to N.
A. Young, school superintendent in st.
Louis county, one of the speakers at
conference Of educators at the state
capitol to discuss means of improv-
ing the rural schools of the state
The conference was called by DR.. C.
G. Schulz, state superintendent, for an
exchange of ideas following the rural
sohnnl visiting weak
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
Hammond at ST. Cloud.

Outlining the purposes and objects
of the All-Minnesota Development as.
sociation organized in st. Paul on Dec
/, Governor w. S. Hammond in an adj
club, urged it's cooperation in making
the general plan success. The gov
ernor cited as one problem that could
be taken up, the extension OF loans to
settlers on cleared, tiled or drained
lands.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

]. H. Clifford, British naval officer
engaged in research for the British ad-
miralty, swallowed poison and fell
dead over the body of his wife, also a
victim of self-administered poison, at
Chicago.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

Fire destroyed three buildings of
the Grand Trunk railway shops at
Point st. Charles. 1t was feared for
a time that the entire plant, devoted
to the making of war munitions, might
be destroyed.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

Real prosperity is sweeping the en-
tire country in the opinion of the pres
idents of six of the largest life insur-
ance companies in the United States
at New York
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

The first shipload of condensed
milk, lard and rice which is to be sent
to the children of Germany and Aus
tria as first class mail has been turned
over to the post Office department at
New York.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17
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The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

Compulsory military service is de-
clared by Secretary Garrison, in his
annual report made public at Washing
ton. to be the only resort of the United
States in providing adequate defense.
should citizens fail to enlist in the con-
tinental army.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-17

Austria is charged with responsible
ity for the ubmarine attack on the
Standard Oil tanker Petrolite, flying
the American flag, in the first official
report on that incident, which was re-
ceived at Washington from American
Consul Mason at Algiers.