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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
ALLIES RIGHT TO BLOCKADE.
U. S. CLAIMS RELLIGERENTs NOT
JUSTIFIED IN ACT.
TO Admit 1t Would Be to Assume A.ti.
tude Of Immortality Toward
Enemies of England.

washington, April THE United
States government has made public its
note to Great Britain announcing that
IL could not admit either the right OF
inc alles or their claims for justifica
tlon In placing an embargo on all com
merclal intercourse between Germany
and neutral countries.
TO admit it," says the communica.
tlon. would be to assume an attitude
OF Immortality toward the present
enemies OF Great Britain which would
De obviously inconsistent with the
solemn obligations of this government
IN the present circumstances, and for
treat Britain to make such a claim
would be for her to abandon and set
at naught the principles for which she
mas consistently and earnestly con-
tended in other times and circum.
stances"
Interrupts American Trade.
The note reviewed at length the le.
gal phases of blockade of belligerent
territory and virtual blockade of neu.
lFai coasts. In conclusion, the United
States affirms, its expectations that
Great Britain, after having considered
the possibilities of curious interruo.
ton OF American trade" under the or.
der-in-council, will cake the steps nee
essary to avoid them, and in the event
that they should unhappily occur will
be prepared to make full reparation
for every act, which, under the rules
OF international law, constitutes a vio-
lation of neutral rights"
The American &C nmunication inter
prets the circumstances under which
Great Britain claims to be justified in
adopting retaliatory measures against
her enemies as merely a reason for
certain extraordinary activities, by
her naval forces, and not an excuse for
'r a prelude to any unlawful action"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Enlland to Ston Messanes

Washington, April 5.-Great Brit
aims intention Of stopping all mes
sages sent over cables under British
control relating to trade in contra
band or non-contraband Ito which a
resident in an enemy country is one
Of the parties" has been communicate
ed to the United States government
through Ambassador Page at London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Sham. Detectives Steal $1,000.

Chicago, April 5.-Under pretense
that they were detectives searching
for missing person four robbers en-.
tered the home of George Brooks and
stole $1,000 and valuable jewelry. The
victims did not realize that they had
been imposed on until the loss CT the
money was discovered half an hour
after the men had left.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Asks Germany to Pay DAMAGES

Washington, April 6.-On behalf of
the owners of the American ship Will.
lam p. Frye, sunk by the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich, the United States govern
menf. In note just made public, has
asked Germany to pay an indemnity
OF S22s,o59.54. which represents the
cost OF the vessel, the freight charges
for its cargo, and damages resulting
from being deprived of the use of the
ship. lnasmuch as the cargo became
British owued while en- route no claim
Tor damages was presented by the pre-
vious American shippers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Barge Crews Lost In Storm,

Lewes, Delaware, April e.-The
coast storm claimed ten victims In che
vicinity Of the Delaware capes.
) They were the crews Of the Consoii.
dation Coal company's barges numbers
8 and ., bound from Baltimore for
Boston with coal and were drowned
when their crafts foundered near CnBa
Henlopen and went to pieces In Ma
gale.
The barges. which were In tow &c
the tug Cumberland. broke adrift earax
IN the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
WOMAN'S MEETING
APPROACHES RIOT
POLITICAL GATHERING IN CHI
cAeo BROUGHT TO END
BY POLICE.
CRIES OF "GET A faAN'' HEARD
MISS Marion Drake, Defeated Candi
date for Alderman, is Unable to
Speak Because of Uproar-
Enemies are Present.

Chicago, April 5.-A demonstration
| approaching a riot in it's uproar and
disorder marked woman's political
meeting here and was brought to an
end only when managers of the the
ater dropped the steel curtain and
some spectator sent in a riot call for
the police.
The meeting was called by Miss
Marion Drake, who year ago was the
Progressive candidate for alderman of
the First ward and was decisiyely
beaten by John oath House) Cough.
lin.
Declares for Socialist.
Miss Drake had organized the Cant
Stand For Thompson Club" and unit,
she declared herself for Seymour
Stedman, the Socialist candidate. was
believed to have favored Robert
Sweitzer, the Democratic candidate.
as against William Hale Thompson,
the Republican candidate.
AS Sweitzer supporter, Miss
Drake would have been aligned with
Coughlin and his colleague, Michae,
(Hlnky Dink) Kenna, and other poll
ticians whom she had attacked in her
campaign year ago.
Enemies Attend Meeting.
Woman supporters of Thompson in
timated Miss Drake had formed such
an alliance, and the meeting, either
by chance or design, was well filled
WITH those antagonistic to Miss Drake.
Among the Thompson supporters pres
ent were Mrs. Dora Earle, Mrs. Susan
l.. jerks, Mrs. Marke A. Rolfe, Mrs. e
w. Apologize, Mrs. Gertrude Presnell;
Mrs. Helena Goldsmith, Mrs. Louis Os
borne, and others well known in suf-
frage affairs here.
Stedman and John H. Hill, the Pro.
hibition candidate. had made speeches
OF a few minutes each, when Miss
Drake rose to introduce Sweitzer. She
had only bowed when the outbreak be-
gan.
Cry "Get the Hook.
where's Thompson? Get a man. |
w "ShI " near the men, were the |
'alls as men and women through the
heater rose to their feet, and these |
we're followed by less polite exclama.
ions, including prolonged request
or some one to get the hook"
Miss Drake continued the introduc.
ion in pantomime, but Sweitzer's
'oice did not permit him to speak, and
he uproar continued. Hill, the Pro-
then tried it again.
Il want to tell you the real issue"
lie said, and was howled down.
The curtain dropped as a score of
olunteer speakers began haranguine
or their particular candidate from a
core of locations in the big hall
When the police came the theater was
feared.
The Thompson supporters asserted
fter the meeting they had no hand
creating the trouble. They had
ONE to the meeting courteously to in
uire they said, why Miss Drake had
OF invited the Republican, as well as
lie other candidates, to speak.
eve knew what was coming" Miss
rake said. 1--WE were warned"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Strawberry Crop pes.roved

Washington, April 5.-An agricultur.
al department bulletin tells CT the de.
struction OF three-fourths of the Louisi.
ana strawberry crop by frost, March
Il, adding that new crop was being
set, but heavy shipments would be
delayed fortnight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09

Secretary Wilson Celebrates Birthday.
Washington. April s. - Secretary
Wilson of the labor department cele-
brated his 5Srd birthday by giving a
luncheon to the other members Of the
cabinet. The president wrote Mr.. VII
son a congratulatory letter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Report Chinese-Jan Mar

The Hague. via London, April ga
report vas circulated in Berlin that
war had been declared between China
ami Japan. Both the Chinese and
Japanese ministers at The Hague deny
that t..ere is any truth in the report
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Wilson to Speak at Ar,Ino.on

Washington, April 8. - President
Wilson has accepted an invitation to
attend Decoration Day exercises at
Arlington cemetery on May 80. He
probably will speak at the invitation
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Aviation School in Canada.

Toronto, Ont. April ga govern
ment aviation school, the first in Cana
da, will be opened here shortly. Sew
eral aviators are coming from England
to act as instructors. The school will
start with Is picked pupils. Two
hangers will be completed in 10 DAYS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
SEARCHL|GHT ON
AFFAIRS OF NAVY.
SECRETARY DANIELS CRITICIZED
FOLLOWING RESIGNATION OF
REAR ADMIRAL FISKE.
IS STYLED AN ULTRA-PAC!FlST
Officers Insist Navy Is Built for War
and That 1t Should Be Con-
stantiy Prepared for
Contingencies.

Washington, April 6.-The resigna
ton Of Rear Admiral Fiske as chic
aide Of operations has turned tn,
searchlight on the naval department
disclosing strained relations which e
from the head down.
The action of Rear Admiral Fisks
mas started storm of critical comment
In the direction of Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels, which is likely
to figure in the next presidential cam
paign.
The question is sharply raised as to
Secretary Daniels fitness for the high
place he holds on the one hand, and
on the other comes a blast of criti.
clsm as to naval officers who would
undertake to substitute the civil au-
thority of the department for the pro-
fessional one.
Naval Officers Silent.
Secretary Daniels has made no state.
ment relative to the resignation of
Rear Admiral Fiske and, necessarily,
The lips of the retiring rear admiral are
closed. The same stern policy of ST.
fence Is necessarily enjoined upon
every naval officer In the service, but
thelr complaints, uttered in private,
como to the surface in this clearing
mouse for information and gossip.
Inc complaint is that Secretary Dan.
lels IL Is to see the real purpose of the
American navy. That he is an ultra
pacifist Of the Bryan type, and that
MS chief ambition is to make the
navy an adjunct of the school system
OF the United States and to Convert
the heather in the navy"
The navy officers feel that an ultra
pacihst has no place in the navy II
It lessons the efficiency of this arm of
The service.
Keeping Navy Prepared.
They insist the navy is, of neces.
'ity, built for war and that it should
De constantly prepared for contingent
lies OF this character. They believe
he naval arm of the service should be
Kept in condition, like a trained ath.
etc, ready to go into contest at any
ime.
They say that to allow the efficiency
II the navy to decline at any time is
IS foolish as to permit ones life in
urance to lapse. simply because the
'wner OF the policy happens to be ex-
'eriencing good health.
That the secretary of the navy and
he retiring rear admiral do not agree
vas shown conclusively at the hearing
efore the congressional committee in
he last session.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
FOREIGN

The American steamer Greenbrier,
from Charleston, S. c., has foundered
In the North sea, according to dis
patch from Bremen. The crew was
landed at Wyk, in Schleswig.
All Germany on Thursday celebrated
by patriotic demonstration the hum
dredth anniversary of the birth of Bis.
marck the Iron Duke" Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg. addressing Q
crowd In Berlin, said: "Bismarck's
work cannot be taken away from Ger.
many. The German empire is surround.
ed by ring of enemies with rage in
their hearts, but we shall defeat
them"
The abstemious example set by King
George and Earl Kitchener of Great
Britain is being followed by persons in
all walks of life not only in Britain.
but in some British colonies and par.
ticularly Canada. All cabinet minis.
tiers m London announced to Chancel.
lor OF Exchequer Lloyd-George their
intention to follow the kings pledge
to abstain from alcoholic liquors dur.
ing the war if it is thought necessary.
Lloyd dispatch to London from
Penzance Cornwall, England) says
the steamship City of Bremen from
Dublin sank 20 miles off Wolf. The
captain and IL men were rescued and
four were drowned.
Dispatches received in London an.
nounce two new outbreaks of tribes.
men in India, following the uprising OF
10000 natives, which was put down by
the British troops with the loss of 200
killed and 800 wounded among the re-.
voting natives.
Personal
William Stiff, general passenger
agent for the Canadian Pacific railway,
dropped dead in his office at Montreal.
"nnam hunter. chief engineer of |
the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, |
died OF stroke of paralysis, aged |
sixty.
Frederick d. Underwood, president |
OF the Erie railroad, was operated on
lor appendicitis at the New York hos.
pital 1t was said he would recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
DIGEST OF WORLDS
IMPORTANT NEWS
EPlTOME OF THE BIG HAPPEN.
INGs OF THE WEEK.
TO Be READ AT A GLANCE
items, Both Foreign and Domestic,
That Have Interest for Busy Read.
ers, Arranged and Classified
tor Their Convenience.
European War News

The Austrian war office at Vienn
admitted the retreat of it's army from
the Beskids before Russian REINFORCE
ments. The official statement also ad
mits that the principal battle is nov
being fought on the Hungarian side o
the Carpathians. along the Laborci
river.
The London Daily Mails correspond
ent says the Russians have taken 260,
600 prisoners on the Carpathian front
since the advance began on Janu
airy 81.
German troops have crossed the User
and captured village on the west
bank south of Dixmude.
The German steamer Crete Hemsoth
has struck a mine in the Baltic and
sunk, and twenty-five members of her
crew were drowned.
dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Saloniki says: 1.-The Bulgarian
irregulars who were driven back from
the Serbian border later descended up
on the Greek town of Deima (about
thirty-five miles north of Saloniki) and
we're repulsed.
semiofficiai message to Petrograd
from Sebastopol states that the Turk
ish cruiser Medjidieh struck mine
near the Russian coast and sank
-
The Petit Journal of Paris says
that Serbia has protested to Bulgaria
because of the invasion Of Serbian
territory by force described as Bull
garian irregulars. While couched in
moderate terms. the protest is said
TO request the arrest and imprison.
ment of the persons responsible for
the raid. Every nation in Europe is
watching this protest because of the
bearing 1t may have on the war.
Between 400 and 500 of the 1900 |
troops CHARTERED at Belleville, Ont,
and being trained for service in the |
European war shouldered their rifles |
and declared they were going to re-
turn to their homes. Bad manage
ment of camp reason for the mutiny.
The Dutch steamer Schieland, with
a cargo of coal. was blown up in the
North sea. The Norwegian bark Nor,
bound from Fredirkistad for Hull with
cargo OF wood, was torpedoed west /
OF Dogger. The submarine U-1O en-.
countered 40 miles from the Tyne the
North Shields trawlers Gloxiana and
Jason and sunk them. The crews were
saved.
Germany's protest and threat of re-
prisais on account of the alleged mis-
treatment by Great Britain of pris.
oners taken from disabled submarines
Drought tart reply from Foreign
Secretary Sir Edward Grey.
international labor leaders decided
ut New York on a general mass meet.
ing of international labor representa-.
tives at Cooper Union on April Is to
elect delegates to world congress
OF labor to take drastic action to stop
the European war. The 0dvisability of
an international strike of 20,000.000
trades unionists throughout the world
VIII be discussed at the world con-
gress, which is to be held IN lead
ing European city.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Washington

Germany will agree to pay the
United States $1SO,OOO as damages
for the destruction of the American
schooner William P. Frye by the
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
Information to this effect reached
Washington from Berlin.
A sensation was caused In naval
circles at Washington when it became
known that Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske, aid for operations in the navy
department, had rendered his resigna-
ton from that Office and asked to be
assigned to duty elsewhere.
1t was announced at Washington
that President Wilson accepted the
invitation extended by the G.. A. r. to
attend the annual Memorial day ex-
ercises, May 81. in Arlington GENE.
terry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Domestic

Heavily freighted with eastern tour
lists bound for the two California expo.
sitions, the west-bound Overland lin.
tied collided head-on with the east.
bound California limited in front of
Monrovia station, 80 miles east of Los
Angeles. Cal. Eighteen people were
injured. none seriously.
indictments against fifty-seyen resi-
dents of Sims. ILL.,, were returned by
the wayne county grand jury at Fair
held after weeks investigation of
the dynamiting of a church and other
acts of vandalism commonly attributed
here to a controversy between wet"
and dry" factions.
After hours of search in the ruins
of the Niagara hotel annex at Toledo
o. which was destroyed by fire, fire.
men found the body of Mrs. John F.
Frye. twenty-six, of Adrian, Mich. a
bride of four days. Her husband Is
missing.
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, wife
OF Or. Edwin Carman of Freeport
N. Y. will be tried again on the
charge of numbering Mrs. Louise
Bailey. 1t was announced by the
states attorney at Mineola, N. Y. that
the case would be called on May 10.
On account Of the prevalence n,
night riding in Tennessee the senate
OF the legislature passed the bouse
bill to establish a system of state
rangers and to authorize the governor
to appoint constabulary to send into
lawless districts.
Ffvt men were killed as the result
OF an explosion in the wheelhouse of
the Equitable Powder company. five
miles from Alton, Ill. The dead are:
Superintendent James A. Coburn. El.
mer Kortkamp, Gustave Miller, CLYDE
Davis and Louis Murphy.
John Confer. aged thirty five. deaf.
mute, faces charge Of double murder
In Jail at Marsha!ltown, Ia, following
his alleged confession that he killed
Dennis Milan and Mrs. Minnie Milan
at their home near Green Mountain.
Confer's home is at Portage. Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Mexican Revolt

1t Is officially announced at Vera
Cruz that after fourteen days fighting
the Villistas have retreated from
Ebano. west of Tampico, leaving 1900
dead and 900 prisoners.
An indemnity of $4,000 In gold, it
was announced at Washington by
Secretary of State Bryan, has been
paid by the Zapata government to
Ruth w. McManus, widow of John
ID. McManus, the Chicagoan who was
murdered by Zapata soldiers about
three weeks ago in Mexico City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09

More than fifteen thousand men and
women climbed Mount Roubidoux. the
highest peak in the vicinity of River
side, CAL, before dawn Easter, and
knelt in prayer for world peace.
1t is believed generally In New York
that the Prins Maurits of the Royal
Dutch West Indies company line has
gone down off Cape Hatteras with the
and four passengers. The tug Edward
Luckenbach sank off False cape and 16
Of the crew Of Is men are reported
| lost. Ten seamen were drowned OF
| the Delaware capes when two barges
of the Consolidated Coal company
foundered in the gale.
An unidentified man climbed over
the railing at Prospect Point, at Nj
agara Falls and plunged into the river.
A few seconds later he was swept over
the American falls. No trace of the
body has been found.
Director of Public Safety Porter Of
Philadelphia announced that a curfew
for children under sixteen years of age
has been established for his city. Be-
ginning Monday all boys and girls un-
der that age caught on the streets will
be arrested unless accompanied by
adults.
The stockholders Of the Detroit
United railway have empowered the
directors to sell the lines to the city
of Detroit for $24,9OO,OOO.
Major Ambrose Bierce. New York.
author and journalist, who has been
sought by his family for six months.
has been located. A letter received
by his daughter, Mrs. Helen Cowden
or Bloomington, ILL.,, brought the in
formation that Mr.. Bierce was a mem.
Der OF Lord Kitchener's staff serving
In France.
Corporal Langdon of the coast artil-
ery was shot and killed and three
other American soldiers were injured.
'ne seriously. in riot at Colon. The
'oiolers were engaged In patrol duty |
n the tenderloin district. The shoot.
ng, which resulted in a general fight.
ollowed an argument between a sol.
Her alleged to have been drinking
md Panama policeman.
states Attorney Wiley announced
t Ottawa, ILL.,, that David Starkey
ad confessed setting fire to his house
asst Saturday after attacking his wife.
lrs. Starkey and her baby were
urned to death in the hlaze
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09

Frederick d. Underwood, president
OF the Erie railroad, was operated on
for appendicitis at the New York hos.
pitaI. 1t was said he would recover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-04-09
Personal

william Hunter. chief engineer of
the Philadelphia & Reading railroad,
died OF stroke of paralysis, aged
sixty.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-09-24

one could see no difference between
the leader and trailer, and the most
excitement of the affair came when
Held had overtaken Mcconnell by the
gain of lap.
The pony racers didn't relish the
idea that the judges wanted to have
some part in the way the race should
be run, so all but two were scratched.
Mabel, owned by D. Hopkins, and
Trixey by G. Jenkins came to the
wire, the latter setting the pace from
the start but the distance was too
long and Mabel passed her in the
stretch, winning easily
The bucking contest was opened by
an exhibition by Ollie Osborn on
Black Maid and closed with one of
Hiawatha, The boys gave the same
good exhibition of riding which has
characterized their work of the week,
the most exciting rides being made by
Dick Lane on Cornet and Clark Burn
ham On Pile Driver.
The greatest interest of the con-
tinuous events is being taken in the
relay race in which Red Pruitt gain
ed four seconds on the Smith string.
leaving but IL second now between
these two and this race today and to-
morrow may be counted on to be real
thrillers. In the first half yesterday |
a blanket could have covered all the |
horses most of the way, but Pruitt |
got much the better of the getaway |
'or the second half, in which change
re made the most of his days gains
md kept up his lead from that time
)ut. Time was Pruitt 1852, Smith
1855, and Lewis 412, making the pres
INT lapsed time: Smith 1929, Pruitt
-9:3Oh and Lewis 142S.
The mule race again created much
though in this case the
mules all showed a disposition to
1eep to the track for three-fourths
If the way round, then all took the
same notion of not going farther to-
ward the judges stand and it took
on1e time to finally work them under
he wire and when it was done the fin
sh was so close that many thought it
dead heat, but the judges gave the
lecision to Tom Bills, with Clark
3urnham second.