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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
READY TO MAKE FUSES
FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Typewriter and Adding Machine
Companies in Corporation to Pro-
duce War Material.

NEW YORK. July 17.-Most of the
leading typewriter and adding machine
companies in the east and middle west,
the Journal Of Commerce states. have
formed a new corporation under the title
Of the American Ammunition Company to
take up contracts for the manufacture
of fuses for high explosive and shrap-
mel shells for the English. French and
Russian governments.
Two Contracts, $4,000, 900 Each.
The shell commission of the militia
departments of the Canadian govern
ment, acting for the British war Office,
is said to have awarded to the Ameri-
can Ammunition Company within a
week a contract for the manufacture
of fuses amounting to $10,000,000. 1t is
understood that the balance of the
order is to be apportioned as soon as
other companies can qualify for the
business. An additional contract. also
amounting to 100000 it is stated.
has been given by the Canadian shell
commission to the same group of
manufacturing concerns.
Big Order for Shrapnel.
The Canadian militia department is
reported to have given in addition a
seventy million-dollar contract for
shrapnel and high explosive shells to
a financial group which will undertake
to sublet the business among a number
of industrial concerns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17

at the two-day informal conference b.
ginning in Chicago Monday OF the
federal trade commission with repre-
sentives Of the National Lumber Manu-.
facturers' Association. This meeting
will be the Inauguration OF the come
missions western tour. w. B. Greeley.
assistant chief forester OF the forest
service. is to represent the Department
of Agriculture at the hearing.
Conservation OF forests, the close
utilization Of timber products to avoid
waste. the Standardization Of grades
and uniform inspection service are
some Of the questions which will re.
ceive consideration at the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Other Food.
Conference Hours.

The baby-saving committee of the
Children's Council has prepared a di-
rectory of organizations which care
for the health of babies, showing their
location and the conference hours, as
follows:
Infant welfare centers. Washington
Diet Kitchen Association, with five
branches, as follows:
No. $500 Dumbarton avenue northwest
Conference hours Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday, II to ~ o'clock: Wednesday.
2:3O to $3.50 o'clock, and Saturday, 10
to II o'clock.
No 1904 Washington circle-Confer-
ence hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday, / to 2 o'clock.
Children's Hospital branch, 18th and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Haitian Rebels Still Retreat,

Consul Livingston at Cape Haitien
has cabled the State Department that
the Haitian government forces are con-
tinuing to drive the revolutionists back
into the interior of the country. The
dispatch said:
Rebels have been pushed back into
the interior beyond Quartiermorin ant
the railway opened"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Rites for Lewis E. Bond.

Funeral services for Lewis f. Bond
who was killed Thursday night by a
street car, are to be held this afternoon
at o'clock at Wrights chapel Inter-
ment is TO be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Legation Secretary at Lima, Peru.

Frederick Q. De Billier, formerly at
tached to the United States embassy at
Rome. has been appointed secretary of
the United States legation at Lima,
Peru. and will sail from New York In
q few days for his new post OF duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Fakers and Crooks!

The advertising columns Of
The Star are edited as care.
fully as the news columns.
Takers and crooks are barred
Every advertisement known
to contain an untrue or mis-
leading statement has been re-
1ected.
Every reader IL asked to be
On the Vigilance Committee and
help police the columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Believes Allies Must Win.
WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE.
DR.. C. C. Pratt and W. B. Greeley
Going to Chicago.

DR.. c. c. Pratt, chief of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. will
the Department of Commerce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
William Rlackman Appointed.

Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Labor has detailed William Black
man to act as commissioner of concilia.
tion at the strike of machinists OF the
Capewell Horse Nail Company at Hart
ford, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
Details of the Plan.

Secretary Garrison at Seabright.
Secretary Garrison has gone to Sea-
bright, N. j., to remain until Tues
day, returning in time to attend the
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
How to Clean Utensils.

After each feeding rinse the stopper,
nipple and bottle in cold water and
scrub bottle with hot water and soap
and bottle brush. Turn upside down
in pan of water and boil for fifteen
minutes. Allow to cool before putting
the prepared milk into them. Turn nip
pie inside out and wash with soap and
hot water, and rinse; drop in boiling
water for one minute. Place in clean,
dry cup or glass and cover with sau-
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
M|N|NCN0TES

A novel machine is to be install.
ed in the shaft now being sunk at
the head of Armstrong bav. 1t is
a flve-ton air compressor run by a
Kerosene engine. It will be used
in the drill work necessary in sink.
ing the shaft and in drifting. Or
dinarily these air drills are run by
compressed air furnished by steam.
The new machine is an innovation
and marks new era in mining.
A carload of mining machinery
will soon be unloaded at Eagles
Nest and taken overland to the
mine. - Capt. Matt Cundy was
in the city Wednesday looking for
carpenters to go out to the explora-
tion work on Armstrong bay and
erect camps. Mr.. LaRue, the
head man of the exploration work,
was in the city this week and says
that a carload of hosting
machinery is expected to arrive
soon and be taken out overland to
the works. The showing is fine
so far and extensive preparations
are being made to learn of its
extent.-Tower News.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

LAST Sunday a code of Blue
Laws went into effect in cities of
the first class in Wisconsin. As
Milwaukee is the only city in the
state in this class, it is alone affect
ed and all grocery stores, meat
markets and delicatessen shops
were closed while the saloons were
open. The Jewish merchants are
observing Saturday as their
Sabbath and in consequence are
open on Sunday and are enjoying
a monopoly.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
McCon1ber

Engineer Tom Jackson visited
with his family in Tower over the
week end.
A. H. Boyer of St. Paul, vice
president of the Mutual Co. was
here Sunday between trains look
ing over the property.
Monday was pay day. The men
received their checks for October
month.
Mrs. Chas. Trezona and party
visited with Mrs. T. H. Rodgers
Wednesday. A dainty lunch was
served and all had good time.
Quite number danced to the
strains of the Grosbeck orchestra
one night this week at the Hotel
McComber.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Maxi of Ely
rode down on their motor cycle
Sunday. They had to stay over
night on account of the storm.
Joe Grosbeck left Monday for
Duluth.
H. A. Wilds, chief state inspec.
tor of mines; w. A. Diechen, CHIEF
engineer; F. R. Johnson, Lisle E.
Moody and R. ]. Moore of the
state engineering staff were here
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
CLOCKS WENT ON STRIKE
But 1t Was In Philadelphia, So There
Was Not Much Worry Over
Tardy Timepieces.

Several thousand Philadelphians
peering from trolley car windows al
familiar clocks on familiar build
ings, wondered what Gin all con.
science" was the matter with the
home alarm clock; or, if there was
nothing the matter with the alarm
clock, what Gin all conscience" the
cold man" at the office would say
when they dropped in three-quarters
of an hour early for that eight
o'clock appointment.
As matter of fact, there wal
nothing the matter with the alarm
clock, and the thousands slid into
their typewriter chairs or climbed
on to their bookkeeping stools just
inside the usual 2 81 seconds.
The real trouble was that fully
a thousand Philadelphia street and
factory clocks had stopped near 7:15
a. m. They were the timepieces
which are regulated by Western
Union telegraph wires from the
United States observatory in Wash
ington, and water had somehow
leaked in and let the current out of
the wires. New circuits were ar
ranged, which set all the clocks going
again by one o'clock in the after
noon.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Much Land Sold

With sales of approximately
$4,000 acres to individual settlers
and blocks aggregating nearly 10.-
900 acres more to other purchasers
to be laid out for colonization pur-
poses. the land department of the
Duluth & Iron Range is closing a
record season.
Sales to settlers have averaged
sixty acres each, meaning the in
coming of approximately 1,25O
persons during the season into dis
tricts being developed by the rail
road. Farmers have come here to
take up land from all parts of the
West and Middle West, including
Southern Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Illinois. They became inter
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

In Minneapolis the other day q
man who has no use for a revolver
but has always carried one, came
near using it in a fit of uncon.
trollable temper. Fortunately he
was restrained and today is not
facing a charge of first degree
murder. He was professional
man, but he is in the same class
with the ordinary gun toter, who
goes armed with a shiny gun for
no reason that he can well explain
The incident indicates again that
the laws covering the carrying OF
concealed weapons are inadequate.
Half the men who go armed do not
need such protection. They
merely fancy they do. 1t is this
class who every once in while use
gun because they have it and not
because they need it. However,
the -toting habit is more gen.
eral than is popularly supposed.
A record OF the sales In any town,
if one were kept would show that
The dealer in firearms has a re-
sponsibility and he should be made
to bear it, something he is not
compelled to do now. Every man
who carries a revolver should be
made to file declaration with the
police authorities, should undergo
an examination at the time he files
it and should be proven thoroughly
responsible and desiring to 60
armed for some good reason. Such
regulation, especially in this section
of the state would have a whole
some effect and would considerably
reduce the number of capital
crimes. Virginia Enterprise.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Busy at Work Farm

October, 1915, was busy
month at the county work farm,
according to the monthly report
submitted by Supt. Fred Ward at
a meeting of the work farm com
mission. During last month 137
prisoners were received at the
institution, the daily average
population being seventy-eight.
The superintendent reported that
he has from twelve to twenty men
at each of the three contract camps
located at Nopeming, state expert
mental station and the Caribou
farms. The crews are composed
of discharged men.
During October the superin-
tendent disbursed more than $500
in relief to the families of men
confined at the farm. This con-
sisted of orders for clothing and
food and came out of fund which
has been set aside for this purpose.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

L. c. SPooNER, an influential
member of the last legislature is
out for a smaller senate and smaller
house of representatives and says
the present house and senate is an
unwieldly body" He further
embodies a recommendation as fol-
lows: "A smaller legislature with
bigger men in it ought to make a
good campaign slogan next year.
1 believe the people of Minnesota
are ready for it,
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

thereupon began to weep salt tears,
but, with prodigious courage, for a
whale, said:
Father, cannot tell you tale.
swallowed Jonah with my little
swallower."
Whales are used to lubricate sew
ing machines, to decorate museums
OF unnatural history and to reduce
to pulp a woman's waist line
Life.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE budding Flower boom for
Walt Smiths job as state treasurer
has been severely frostbitten in the
state press the past week. One
thing is noticeable however.
Flower has an abundance of nerve
to tackle the hardest man on the
state ticket. Why don't he 60
after something easy; some of these
candidates for governor for in
stance.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

IT has now become apparent
why there are so manv moose and
deer killed by tourists out of season
and while the game is practically
harmless in the waters of the
rivers and lakes of this northern
country. A St. Paul man pleaded
self defense" in municipal court
in Duluth for killing a COW moose.
He admitted the killing but said
the animal charged the party and
he killed it to protect himself.
This is on par with the fellow
who killed a pack sack full of
partridges out of season for fear
the birds were going to bite him.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

ACCORDING to figures compiled
by County Auditor Halden and
made public early in the week 1t is
shown that while the assessed valu-
alton of the cities and villages o.
St. Louis county has increased
from SOL ,S47, ,919 in 1906 to $212.-
971. .2O6 at the present time. mat
ter of 1885 per cent, the expen-
ditures for city and village govern
ment has increased LILA per cent
in the same length of time. To
anyone at all familiar with the con-
ditions in Duluth and the range
towns during the past ten years,
there is nothing remarkable in these
bare figures. 1t must be remem
bered that the Improvements made
and the general appearance of the
cities of St. Louis county have in
creased by over 5000 per cent.
Actually, there is no comparion
between these towns today and the
towns that were in 1906. If things
had shaped themselves properly,
the valuations in the several towns
and cities of the county would
have. kept pace with the expen-
ditures no matter how large they
have been and the percentage rate
in mills would have been kept
down to about the. 1906 figures.
It is true that the expenditures
have outstripped the increase in
population but it must be borne in
mind that the conditions of the
population in 1906 and at the
present time are not to be COM
pared. Those who had the pleasure
of living il the cities and the vii
lages of the county during those
years can see the difference.
With all this increase in the tax
rate the people have prospered.
The bank statements of today and
those of 1906 will verify this.
The real estate holdings of the ST.
Louis county cities and villages
and the citizens are also to be
taken into consideration While
it is true that the expenditures of
the range communities have been
much greater than those of Podunk
and Pumpkin Center, compare the
places and note the result. There
is no objection to paving a fair rate
of taxation providing you can see
something for your payments
The range towns are fit places to
live and raise your families. Bare
figures do not show very much.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

ested at Meadowlands, Floodwood. .
Deer River. Embarras, and Cook
In st. Louis county, and in Aitkin
and Pennington counties.
The class of settlers who have
come in this season is the best in
our experience since putting the
lands on the market" said D. M.
Cole, scales manager of the rail-
roads land department. ''Practic-
ally all of them had sufficient funds
to carry them through and a good
proportion of them brought in live
stock and complete farming equip
mentS.'
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
"FACTS" ABOUT THE WHALE
Are Put on Record, but II 10 Not Com
pulsory That One Must Be-
lieve Them.

The whale, like the orator, makes
the most noise when nearest the sur
face of things. When he goes deep
you never hear him. Whales spend
their time in ocean travel and tax.
ing the air. There was once a whale
named George Washington. His fa-
ther. had caught a favorite human
being and had put him in the refrig-
orator to keep, when George hap
pened along and swallowed him.
Georges father, missing Jonah,
which was the name of the dainty,
suspected George, and took him out
into back ocean current. George
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE nationality question serene
ly hops up in the contest for state
Offices on all sides. This hyphen-
ated stuff is certainly painful. II
would be a good idea to figure
on American candidates for once
and cut out this what will the
Swedes do" or what will the
Germans do" or "how do the
Norwegians stand" in the coming
campaign.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

SAFETY FIRST. Here is copy
for a letter requesting loan. MY
Dear George-Your note distresses
me greatly. Inclosed find check
for $40. I am aware that you ask
cd for twenty but in this way you
lose ten and I lose ten. This is
fifty fifty on our losses and should
be fair and brotherly. Yours
ETC."
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE subject of state flower to
displace the Moccasin flower which
is claimed to be not exactly typical
of Minnesota, is still agitating
some Of our exchanges. One of
the state papers has suggested that
the clover be substituted while
another suggests "Pillsbury's
Best" as a state flower. Either
is appropriate but why change at
alll The flower has no particular
bearing on the conduct or accom-
plishments of the best state in the
Union-Minnesota.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

The columns of the MINER are open to the
public for the dicussion of affairs of public
nature. Anything tending towards the personal
or slanderous will not be published under any
condition. We invite communications of a
public nature and only request that you sign
your name-not necessarily for publication but
as a guarantee of good faith. Write and get it to
this Office not later than Thursday noon.-Editor.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

Down in the southern end of the
state a woman sued her husband
for divorce because he kissed the
servant girl. After sizing up the
complaining witness, the judge
asked her if she wanted the man
punished and she said yes. Then
said the judge, Il shall not
divorce you from him."
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE hearing on the Hibbing-
Chisholm injunction case was con-
tinued Saturday to Nov. 20. This
gives the saloons of the two towns
another breathing spell for few
days. All parties interested agreed
to the continuance.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
AN EASY MARK.

Corpulent Individual = But YOU
can't give me any reason why
should not enlist.
Spouse-Well, l should miss you,
dear, but the Germans couldn't
London Mail.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
A KEEN WIT.

Gotcha-I ran into burglar last
night.
Jake-How'd he get away from
you?
Gotcha-He went through me-
Dartmouth Jack O. Lantern.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
CLEVER YOUTH.

Teacher-Remember, Johnny, that
a stratum is layer of anything
Now can YOU name a stratum?
Johnny-Yes, ma'am. An old hen
is a stratum, cause she's layer OF
'ggs.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
BY eRE ZEN.

THE govern ment has put its
taboo on all lottery schemes and
yet maintained the biggest skin
game of them all in the Fort Bert
hold land drawing wherein 700
secured claims after some 80, 900
tickets had been sold.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE editor of the Crookston
Times proposes that the proposed
auti-treating law shall apply parti-
cularly and especially to ice cream
soda and candy. The suffragets
will please take notice.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

JAMES MANAHAN is a receptive
candidate for governor on the
Republican ticket. We admire
that word receptive" and fully
believe that is as far along as the
boomlet will get.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
FILLING THE BILL.

Penelope-Count Umallup SAYS
he wants to see America the worst
way.
Percival-He might try the real
seat of tandem motorcycle.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

THE Independent papers of
the state are already beginning
to trot out Democratic candidates
for state Offices. Why is an
independent" always opposed to
Republicans?
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
HIS BEST FRIEND.

Bix-Whom do you consider your
best friend, the one who would dc
the most for you?
Dix-My wife's husband.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

AUSTRIA Short of Brass" reads
a headline in the dailies and the
Prison Mirror remarks that DR..
Dumba will soon be home.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12


law in this state forbidding every
youngster under 81 to carry a
gun" To our mind the Press is
by tar too modest. Every old
fool up to the age of 100 who
hasn't brains enough to keep from
pointing a gun at human being
ought to be included. Boys are
blamed too much. The thing is
to teach people of all ages not to
point a gum particularly an un-
loaded one-at any one. and our
observation has been that the
older ones are as much in need OF
the training as are children
Pine City Pine Poker.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12
Subscription $2per Yea,
Entered at the post office at Ely. Minn'
sofa as second class matter.

This paper is on file at 39-South 3rd street
Minneapolis. MINI. at the exhibit room of The
Immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

Dispatches from Washington
state: Congress will be asked to
pass law making it unlawful for
foreign manufacturers to sell their
products in the United States at
less than the cost of production
here. This will be done to protect
American merchants from an inflow
of cheap foreign products at the
end of the European war" Oh,
my! Oh, my! Won't this be
awful, Mabel! Wasn't that the
purpose of the protective tariff
and didn't those same Democrats
who are now realizing they must
do what the Republicans have done
in the past, make an awful howl
when the Republicans were in
power, about the high cost of liv-
ing which the Democrats have fail
ed to reduce. .-Hinckley Enter
prise.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

The difference between an old
maid and married woman is not
so much after all. One is looking
for a husband in the day time and
the other is looking for him all
night. Take your choice. Tower
News.
The Ely miner., 1915-11-12

We would like to have some one
tell us why it is that some people,
honest and upright in all their
other dealings, will mark a news
paper refused, turn it back into
the postoffice, and consider their
obligation cancelled, even though
they be two or three years in
arrears on their su description?
Every paper has had experience of
that sort. 1t doesn't increase ones
faith in his fellow man. Winnie
bago Enterprise.
Red Lake news. [volume] (Red Lake, Minn.) 1912-1921, 1915-07-01
BOOYLEGGING TRUST.

In Oklahoma there has been q virtual
"bootlegging trust Here, where the In
dams and white people are intermingled,
the work of the federal agents has been es
pecially difficult. In one case an indict-
ment was returned involving thirty defend
ants on liquor shipping charges. Actions
have even been brought against the railroads
to compel them to accept liquor for ship
ment to certain parts of the state, and re-
straning orders have been asked for, and
damage suits filed against the United States
marshal, the chief special officer and de-
puties. In spite of these obstacles that have
been thrown in the way of the government
Commissioner Sells is confident that the
backbone of this "bootlegging trust has
been broken.
The moral and active support of citizens
residing in Indian communities is sought
and is being readily secured. This branch
of the Indian service must look after the
welfare of over 100000 Indians, scattered
through more than twenty states.
Mr. Larson's work is fortunate in having
the heartiest support of Mr.. Cato Sells Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. Mr. Sells, in