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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
SCHOOLS OF SHARKS SEEN
OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST
Cape Ann by Officers of Ocean
Steamers.

Boston, July 20. - Schools Of big
headed sharks, commonly called man.
eaters, were sighted in mid-Atlantic
headed for the American coast, &C
cording to officers of the Uruguayan
ship Walden Abbey, which arrived
here from London. One large shark
was seen off the coast of Maine and
another of unusual size off Cape Ann,
the officers said.
officers of the steamer Penobscot
yesterday from Matanzas, Cuba, re-
ported large schools of man-eaters off
the Delaware capes headed north.
Three of the big fish were sighted off
the Southern New England coast.
Atlantic Highland, N. j., July 10
An eight-foot shark was caught yes
terday in the Shrewsbury river near
Seabright. The river is an inlet of
the ocean.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
.ORPET IS FOUND NOT GUILTY
ACQUITTED OF ACCUSATION OF
MARION LAMBERT'S MURDER.
Jury Chooses Version of Defense That
Girl Committed Suicide in Helms
Wood.

Waukegan, ILL.,, July 1S.-Will Orpet
was acquitted of the accusation of Ma
rion Lambert's murder.
The jury that for six weeks had
heard two versions of the tragedy of
Helms Wood, where Marion was
found dead in the snow on February
10, chose the version of the defense
that Marion committed suicide.
UphoIds Suicide Theory.
The state had contended that Orpet,
at this tryst, gave Marion cyanide of
potassium under guise of an abortive,
because he was tired of her and want
ed to marry Celeste Youker.
The defense contended that Marion,
tired of life, and fearing she was to
become a mother, killed herself. Or
pets own, story of the tryst bore out
this latter story. He said he had told
Marion he would not write her or see
her again, and that she took some kind
Of poison and died.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Ordered to Make Accounting

New York, July 18.-Asserting that
Whitney Warren and Charles D. Wet
more, architects in charge since De-
cember 10, 1911, of the New York Gen.
trail railroad terminal Improvement
work, violated a partnership agree
ment with former associates, Supreme
Court Justice Delehanty, in a decision
made public here, directed an account
ing for commissions on work costing
many millions of dollars. This work
included the Grand Central terminal.
the Hotel Biltmore and stations and
power houses along the road.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
HUGHES WILL SPEAK IN
MINNESOTA NEXT MONTH
or st Paul On His TranscontinentaI
Trip.

Bridgehampton, N. Y, July 17.-Five
of the IL cities where Charles E.
Hughes will deliver speeches on his
transcontinental trip have been select
ed tentatively. They are Detroit, Au-
gust z; Chicago, probably August 8;
Minneapolis or st. Paul. probably Au-
gust 9 or 10; San Francisco and Los
Angeles, with dates yet to be an
nounced.
Mr.. Hughes said the only one of the
five which had been finally determined
upon was Detroit, where he will open
his campaign. He thought it almost
certain he would speak in Chicago and
at either Minneapolis or St. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
: ACCEPTS LINCOLN HOME
; AS GIFT TO GOVERNMENT

Washington, July 18.-President
Wilson has signed bill accept
ing the log cabin in which Abra-
ham Lincoln was born near Hodg-
enviIIe, KY, and a memorial hall
enclosing the cabin. The property
was given to the government by
the Lincoln Farm association. The
President will speak there in Sep
TENDER.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Missing Army Aviators Return.

Field Headquarters, Colonia Dublan,
Mex, July 17.-Via Wireless to Column
bus, N. NJ, July 17.-Aviators RAIDER
and Brooks, who few west from here
two days ago and failed to return, have
come into camp. Their engine stalled
in the flight, forcing hurried descent
on ground so rought that it was impos-
sible to reascend. They walked SO
miles, when an auto relief party picked
them up. They reported seeing no
bandits nor Mexican soldiers, but said
lone herder shot at them during
their flight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Forest Fire Menaces Athens,

Paris, July 1.-THE fire which de.
stroyed the summer residence of King
Constantine of Greece, situated at Ia
tot, on the outskirts of Athens, is still
raging in the forests in which the royal
chateau stood. A dispatch from Ath.
ems says it is feared the flames will
reach the city. Among those who lost
their lives in the fire were Colonel de
la Parta of the engineers, M. Chryssos.
phatis, commander of the royal secret
service and 20 soldiers. Fifty soldiers
were injured while engaged in rescue
work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
NEGRO DEFIES POLICE,
KILLS 8 AND is SLAIN
Police Reserves for Hours
Shot BY Detective.

Chicago, July 19.-Henry Mcintyre
negro, was shot and fatally wounded
here after killing five persons and seri-
ously wounding three others. He died
in a hospital.
For hours he held off the entire pc.
lice reserve of Chicago from the first
story of brick house which he occu-
pied with his wife.
After the police had besieged Mc1n
tyre in his home for hours, Detective
Sergeant Ed Hughes stepped through
door while the negro was firing thru
the window. He took no chances with
Mcintyre, but shot him at once.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
ATTACK BRITISH POSITIONS IN
NORTHERN FRANCE-ALLlES'
STEADY ADVANCE THREAT
EMS ALBERT PLATEAU.
TEUT0NS STRIKE AT FRENCH
LINE BUT ARE DRIVEN BACK
Make Assault on Fock's Men Before
Another Blow at Peronne Can Be
Struck-Belgians Penetrate En-
emies' Trenches North of Dix
nude, Killing Many.

London, July 20.-That Roumania
will throw in her lot with the Allies
In the very near future is the belief
In London. The plight of Austria, the
continued successes of the Russian
armies, successes that have reached
and passed the Roumanian border,
and the impending Allied offensive
from Salonika, will lead, it is expected
to the important decision. Further
information from Bucharest forecasts
developments at almost any moment.
Germans Attack Haig's Men.
London, July 19.-In a stream of
gas shells, the Germans began fierce
line. The battle is still in progress
according to an official statement is
sued at midnight. The steady advance
of the British troops threatens the AL
bert plateau.
Pozieres is now only dent in the
British line. The capture of a 1900
yard front north of Bazentiu Monday
cut it off from the east The capture
Of 1000 yards of trenches north Of
Ovillers later, cut it off on the west.
Pozieres Lies in Ruins.
The city lies in ruins. Into its bat
tered walls the British guns are pour
ing shell from both sides, preparing
the way for the thrust that will carry
the stronghold.
Along the French line, the Germans
are attacking in an attempt to drive
back Fochs men before another blow
for Peronne can be struck. They sue
ceeded in winning a new hold in Bach
and one in Somme, mile from Per-
onne, but according to the French
statement were driven out again.
Testing Whole German Line.
Meanwhile raids similar to those
which preceded the first Allied attack
are testing the German defenses all
along the line. 'At numerous points
along the northern 'front.'" says Berlin.
enemy patrols were repulsed by our
defense"
The British statement tells of sue
cessful enterprises like those in Bel
GUM and in northern France. And the
Belgian war Office announced that
north of DixmuGe, detachment had
penetrated the enemy trenches killing
a greater part of the occupants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
To Avoid Railroad Strikes.

New York, July 20.-Humanizing in
fluences must be injected by railroads
into their relations with employees if
ruptures and disturbing controversies
are to be avoided, the federal board of
arbitration, which is hearing wage de-
mands of Union telegraphers on the
New York Central and Nickel Plate
lines. was told by H. B. Perham, pres
ident of the Order of Railroad Teleg-
raphers. The board took the case I'M
der advisement and it was announced
q decision probably would be reached
within 10 days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
u 8 Nav Take Over Railroads.

st. Louis, July 18.-Declaring that
the United States government was bet
ter prepared now than ever before to
operate the railroads of the country,
]. ]. Keegan, commissioners of the de-
partment of labor, predicted the gov
eminent would take over the roads
should the four great railroad brother.
hoods call strike. Keegan said that
once the government took charge OF
the roads, the men would go to work
Immediately. He based this assertion
on the fact that the government had
recognized the eight-hour day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
PARKER REPLIES TO "DRYS"
Bull Moorse Leader Says He Does Not
Want Nomination.

New Orleans, La, July 19.-"There
is not chance on earth of my accept
ing any nomination at the hands of
the Prohibition party" said John M.
Parker, Progressive candidate for vice
president in reply to telegram receiv-
ed from Prohibition leaders at st. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Dispute Over Deutschland Hinted.

London, July 1.-THE question OF
the possibility of dispute between
Great Britain and the United States
over the status of the German CONNER.
cial submarine Deutschland was rails.
ed in the House of Commons by John
Dillon, who asked Lord Robert Cecil,
minister of war trade, the present Inn
mediately to parliament the communi.
cations between the two governments
and to undertake to keep the House
fully informed of the course Of negoti.
atoms In this matter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Women for Preparedness.

New York, July 19.-The incorpora-
ton of ''The National Special Aid so
ciety," the object of which, it's papers
state, is to "inculcate principles of
loyalty and patriotism throughout the
nation" was approved here by the SUI
preme court. The incorporators are
prominent club women of this city.
According to its constitution, the new
society will maintain an organization
by means of which the people of
America may be awakened to reali-
zation of the need Of national pre-.
paredQess.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21

New Clearing System Succeeds.
Washington, July 20.-In it's first
review of the new clearing house sys-
TENS inaugurated July Is, the Fed
eral Reserve board declared it has
met with popular reception every
where.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
ASSERTS JAPAN WILL AID
MEXICO IN WAR WITH u. S.

Havana, July 20.-Japan will un-
eonditionaIIy aid Mexico against
the United States when war
= comes, declared Prof. n. Osaka,
Japanese professor in Toxic uni
" versity, who arrived here from
Vera Cruz. Professor Osaka said
= that he considered war could not
= be avoided, but simply postponed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
SHAKE-UP IN AUSTRIAN ARMY
important Changes Are Result of the
Russian Offensive.

Berlin, July 19.-According to prf-
vate advices from Vienna, important
changes have taken place in the Aus
tro-Hungarian army, and others in high
places are pending. AS result Of the
Russian offensive something akin to a
shakeup may take place. In Germany
there is a strong movement on that
Marshal Won Hindenburg be placed in
command of the entire eastern front,
including the Austro-Hungarian ar.
miles,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
CASTRO is ALLOWED TO LAND

Former Venezuela President Granted
Freedom to Enter United States.
Washington, July 10. = Freedom to
enter the United States, once denied,
has been granted to former President
Cipriano Castro of Venezuela and his
wife by order of Secretary Wilson Of
the Department of Labor, who over
ruled the decision of the special board
Of immigration officials at New York
denying them admission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Mexieans Ansered at Shooting.

Douglas, Ariz., July 0.-Excitement
over the shooting Of Antonio Rodrig-
uez, Mexican musician, by Private
r. Tucker, Eleventh infantry, while
the Mexican was trying to cross the
international boundary here, has not
abated at Aqua Prieta. The case was
the chief topic of conversation in
Mexican circles during the day, and
officials on the other side of the bor-
der are insistent in their demand that
the soldier be punished. Rodriguez ia
still alive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
NINTH INFANTRY DOING OUT.
POST DUTY NEAR Ell PASO ARE
FIRED ON BY PARTY OF
MOUNTED MExlcANS.
FIFTY SHOTS EXCHANGED;
NO AMERICANS WOUNDED
One Outlaw IL Believed to Have Been
kilIed-Bandits Creep Through
Brush Which Dot Rivers Edge
and Open Fire-Clash Con-
tinues Ten Minutes.

FL Paso, July 20.-A party of mount
ed MeXicans exchanged fire with L
company of the Ninth Massachusetts
infantry here. According to reports.
the guardsmen were doing outpost du-
ty when the Mexicans rode up on ths
opposite bank of the Rio Grande and
opened fire. The guardsmen suffered
no casualties, but reported they be-
lieved they had killed one Mexican.
Fifty Shots Exchanged.
Captain Hickey of Dorchester, Mass,
commanding the company, estimated
the number of Mexicans at Is, but as.
| serted that he was unable to determ.
inc whether or not they were soldiers.
Approximately so shots were fired
on both sides, it was said.
The shooting occurred in an isolat.
ed district about three miles down
river from Ell Paso, known locally as
the Island" section. The Massachu.
sets company was doing border pat.
rol duty in this district, one-third OF
the 80 men being on patrol and the
remainder being held in reserve in the
camp about half mile to the rear.
Mexican Fires First.
Captain Hickey said that through.
out the day small parties Of Mexicans
appeared from time to time on the
Mexican bank of the river, which is
about 300 yards wide at this point.
Then he said, a mounted detachment
appeared, most of the horsemen wear.
ing red "serapes." The Mexicans rode
up to the river bank, dismounted and
deployed as skirmishers, creeping
through the brush which dotted the
rivers edge. One of the Mexicans
fired his rifle, the bullet crossing the
river, and according to Private Charles
Prescott of Natick, Mass, dropping at
his feet.
Drive Mexicans Back.
Screening themselves as much as
possible by little clumps of mesquite,
the Americans returned the fire, and
by the time the reserves reached the
river to reinforce them they had driv-
en- the Mexicans back to their horses.
Before reaching the picket line, how
ever, the militiamen assert, one of the
Mexicans stumbled and fell into a
clump Of weed and did not rise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European War News

Another contingent of Russian sol
diers has landed at Brest to REINFORCE
the allied army on the western froE.,
says a Paris dispatch.
A London dispatch says another mile
of German second line trenches has
been stormed and captured by the
British on the Picardy front. northwest
of Bazentine-le-Petit. The last of the
German defenders have been driven
from their ruined positions in Ovillers
and La Boisselle.
The Hungarian town of Kiriibaba, in
the Carpathian mountains on the from
tier of Pennsylvania, has been cap
tured by the Russians, the Petrograd
war Office reported. The official state
ment reports the capture of German
trenches near Riga Cat the extreme
northern end of the 'front.' and the cap
ture of more men and guns.
According to the Berliner Tageblat,
the kaiser has decided to pension seven
Prussian generals. Five of the gen.
erals, namely, Won Bredow, Won West
kowsky, Glokke, Cramer and Won
Beuer, will leave the army, while Cen
erals Won Kleist and Krahmer will be
given garrison commands. No reasons
for the dismissals of the generals have
been made public.
A Hull (England) dispatch says the
steamers Butte and Ben Alden, each dis
placing 176 tons, have been sunk by
German submarines. The crews were
saved.
While the British forces occupied
themselves in strengthening the posi-
tons captured south of the Somme, in
France, the Germans delivered
series of violent attacks against the
French at La Maisonette and the viii
lage of Biaches, recently captured by
the French. The Germans succeeded
in taking the French by surprise at
both places and occupied both posi-
lions, but were later driven out by
cOunter-attackS.
The Danish trawler Elvira, while
northwest of Fanoe, was fouled by
sunken submarine near the locality of
the last phase of the Jutland battle,
says a Copenhagen dispatch.
1t is reported at Copenhagen that
Germany has raised the military age
limit above forty-five.
The London war office announced
that the British north of the So.nme
had struck the heaviest blow since the
first day of their great offensive in
Picardy by smashing the German sec
Ond line on a front of four miles and
advancing to depth of from 500 yards
TO half a mile, capturing the strategic
position of Longueval village and the
towns of Bazantin lie Petit and BaZan-
tin lie Grand.
The Russian offensive on the lower
Strypa, designed to turn General Won
Bothmer's right flank and weaken the
German resistance on the StOkhod,
east of Kovel, resulted in the capture
Of 5000 German prisoners, says Pc
trograd. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Mexican War NezCS

Several scattered groups of Villistas
have eluded the Gordon of government
troops which surrounded them in the
Rio Florido bottoms, and have reas-
sembled at Tinajas and Las Escobas,
on the road to Ojinaga, and are max
ing their way north with the object of
making another raid on the American
border, according to confidential ad-
vices to Gen. Jacinto Trevino at Chi
huahua City.
According to announcement by Gen
eral Gonzales in JuareZ, Villa is in the
vicinity of Las Nievas, Durango, and is
being hunted by three separate col
umns of CarranZa troops under
Generals Arrieta, Ramos and Herrera.
All lines of communication from Chi
huahua City southwark have been cut
by Villa. Intense excitement prevails
there. The bandit is believed on his
way to take the city. A train which
started for Mexico City returned with
the report that the railroad track north
of Jiminez had been torn up for miles.
Telegraph and telephone wires also
have been cut.
General Carranza in an interview at
Mexico City, said that the status Of
the negotiations with Washington was
satisfactory as the result Of the good
will shown to each other by Mexico
and the United States.
The Second and Third Wisconsin
infantry reached San Antonio, Tex.
in camp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Director of Mint Resigns.

Washington, July 19.-Director OF
the Mint Robert W. Wooley, it was
announced at the Treasury department
rendered his resignation, and it was
accepted on July rs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Expresses Pleasure.
U. S. War Orders Total s44e, 100000

Philadelphia, July 1S.-America is
now near the $446,00O,000 mark in all
it's war orders, not counting blankets,
machinery, locomotives and other prod
ucts, not coming strictly under the
head of munitions Twenty-four cor
porations alone account for more than
$1,000, 100000 up to Feb. 1. This fig
ure is said to be highly conserva-
tive These official reports are from
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce at Washington. These fig
ures cover munitions in the strictest
sense of the word
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21
Washington

The belief that hitch has developed
in negotiations between the United
States and Mexico for settlement Of
the border troubles grew when no steps
were taken at Washington to carry out
the plan for the appointment of a COM
mission.
Figures compiled by the department
of commerce at Washington show that
on July 1 there were building in Amer
lean ship yards steel merchantmen to-
falling 100000 tons, declared to be a
world record in shipbuilding.
The senate at Washington confirmed
President Wilson's nomination Of Rep
resentative James Hay of Virginia as a
justice of the court of claims. Mr.. Hay
will resign from congress at the end of
the present session to accept.
An advisory report On the status of
the German MISUNDERSTANDING
Deutschland submitted to Acting Sec
rotary Polk at Washington by the gov
eminent neutrality board is understood
to hold that the vessel is a peaceful
craft, and entitled to all privileges as
such.
President Wilson told a citizenship
convention at Washington that the
American government must insist that
| foreigners becoming citizens remain
loyal even if they are not pleased with
| the way affairs are conducted. He
added that Americans cannot teach
loyalty unless they practice it.
President Wilson sent to the senate
at Washington the nomination of Rep
recentative John Hay of Madison, Va.
to be judge of the United States cour,
| of claims.
| President Wilson is to go to
WiscOnsin's lake country for at least
two weeks of fishing and to hide away
from the cares of office preliminary to
his fall presidential campaign, accord
ing to Rhinelander, Wis.,, dispatch.
The administration at Washington
has lifted the embargo on all supplies
to the de facto government of Mexico
except munitions. From high official.
the information was forthcoming tina,
the president contemplates withdraw
ing General Pershing's column just a.
rapidly as possible.
President Wilson sent to the sen
ate at Washington the nomination OF
Federal Judge ]. H. Clarke of Cleve
land, O.. to be associate judge of the
United States Supreme court. Judg.
Clarke is now on the bench of the
United States district court at Cleve
land. He was born at Lisbon, O., OF
September Is, 1857.
Sporting
Battling Levinsky Of New York de
feated Jack Dillon Of Indianapolis II
l N <o,,ro,,cd ho,,f Of Ro1f;poo,o Ma
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-21

The jury In the Orpet case at Wau-
kegan, Ill.,, reached verdict of acquit-
tai after four hours and thirty-nine
minutes elaboration and three bal
lots. The verdict means the young col
lege student was not responsible, In
the eyes of the law, at least, for the
death of Marian Lambert, his one-time
sweetheart, February 8.
Five persons are reported to have
lost their lives and hundreds have been
made homeless by flood which car
ried away mills and homes along the
banks of the French Broad river near
Asheville, n. c. The damage is esti-
mated at several hundred thousand
dollars.
The big naval collier Hector, carry
ing 60 marines in addition to her crew
of 20 men and u officers, sank Off
Charleston, while on the way to SantO
Domingo. All were saved.
A cObbler in dingy ShOe-repairing
shop by the name of III. A. Merrill re-
ceived news at Charlotte, Mich, of a
legacy of 100000 he is to receive from
the Hetty Green estate.