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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
MEMcANs CAMP At BORDER
RESIDENTS OF TEXAS TOWN
ALARMED AT NUMBERS.
Texas Militia Leaves Marathon to
Join Patrol Along international
Boundary Line.

Marathon, Tex, May 81. = Reports
that 500 armed Mexicans are encamp-
ed across the Rio Grande from Santa
Elena, an isolated hamlet about 80
miles south of here, were brought here
by F. E. White, resident of Mara
thon.
Mr.. White said that he did not
know whether the MeXicans belonged
to any faction or were wandering mar
auders, but he asserted that residents
of Santa Elena, who seemed some
what alarmed, told him camp fires
had been seen on the Mexican side Of
the river for about a week.
Texas Guard Joins Patrol.
Company X of the Texas National
guard left here aboard motor trucks
for Terlingua, Tex, 80 miles south,
where they will join the border patrol.
Work of establishing an army field
telegraph line from Glenn Springs to
Boquillas is being pushed rapidly.
Several motor trucks laden with poles
have gone forward.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Mexican Revolt

A protest was received at the White
House in Washington reporting serious
difficulties between American oil op-
orators at Tampico and the Mexican
authorities. The protest was addressed
to President Wilson by "a American
citizens residing at Tampico.
A short sharp battle between force
of American army engineers and a
gang of Mexican bandits under Ger
vantes, one of Pancho Villas most
trusted lieutenants, was fought south
of Cruces. Three Americans were
wounded, one so badly that he died,
and two of the bandits were killed.
several wounded and the band scat
tered. Among those killed was Ger.
vantes himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
CHARGED WITH MALFEASANCE
Cass County Commissioners Acts To
Be Investigated.

st. Paul. - Wholesale charges of
extravaganza, malfeasance and non
feasance in office against the county
commissioners of Cass county in aft
davits and statements have been filed
with Governor Burnquist by Thomas
Peterson, ]. r. Blackburn and E. L.
Holman, citizens of that county, who
ask thorough investigation and the
removal from Office Of the men if
found guilty.
Governor Burnquist, after consulta-
ton with Attorney General L. A.
Smith, said that he would appoint a
commissioner, probably from the Of
flee of the attorney. general to take
testimony at once in the matter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
PRE-CONVENTiON CAMPAIGN IN
INTEREST OF JUSTICE is
LAUNCHED IN CHICAGO BY
HITCHCOCK.
ROOSEVELT AND ROOT
TO SEEK RECOGNITION
Interesting Clash Between Three Re-
publican Candidates Likely to Re-
sult-Forty Contests Involving
Sixty-three Delegates Filed
Thus Far.

Chicago, May 31.-Republican Roos-
evelt headquarters have been opened
in Chicago by Herbert l.. Saterlee and
Lawrence Graham of New York, and
active work getting delegate votes for
the candidate has begun.
George Won l.. Meyer, former Sec
rotary of the navy, is expected in Chi
cago shortly to assume charge of the
coloneIs pre-convention campaign.
Frank H. Hitchcock, accompanied
by William l.. Ward, former Republic
an national committeeman from New
York, launched the pre-convention
campaign in the interest of Justice
Hughes.
Governor Whitman, of New York,
will place Mr.. Hughes in nomination
in the convention, according to pres
ent plans.
No Headquarters for Hughes.
"Mr. Hughes is not an active can.
didate for the presidential nomination
and, therefore, no headquarters for
him will be opened here, but his
friends who are urging his nomina-
ton will work in his interests as indi-
vfduals," said Mr. Hitchcock
Indications are that the plan of
Hitchcock to have Hughes name pre-
sented to the convention as the first
candidate may result in an interesting
fight between the Root, Roosevelt and
Hughes forces. Hitchcock's arrange
ment is that when the roll of states is
called in alphabetical order, to make
nominations for president, to have
Alabama, the first on the list, yield in
favor of New York, so that Hughes
may have the advantage of having his
name presented first.
Fight to Gain Recognition
When friends of Root and Roose-
welt learned of this plan, they declared
they would attempt to gain recognition
from the chairman to present the name
of their candidate before Hughes. They
said the chairman of the convention
would be obliged to settle the dispute
at the time it arises.
Alice Hill Chittenden Of the New
York Anti-Woman Suffrage associa-
ton, notified Chairman Hilles by tele-
graph that she would appear before
the convention committee on resolu-
tons to oppose the insertion in the
Republican platform of national
woman suffrage plank.
The total number of contests filed
thus far is 40, which involve 63 dele
gates.
Weeks Due in Chicago.
Senator John W. Weeks of Massa-
chusetts will arrive today
Campaign headquarters for Senator
L. Y. Sherman, Senator Albert B.
Cummins, Senator Robert M. LaFol-
lette, Philander c. Knox of Pennsyl-
vania and Governor NJ G. Brumbaugh
Of Pennsylvania will be opened in
Chicago, June 1.
Coleman Du Pont of Delaware, and
party of friends arrived early in the
day and headquarters for him will, it
is said, be opened in few days. He
is the first presidential candidate to
arrive
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Steps to Relieve Flood Conditions.

Wheaton. = At a meeting in the
Commercial club rooms here steps
were taken to relieve the Red river
and Minnesota river valleys from flood
conditions. There were delegates from
all the towns between Ortonville and
Fargo and an association was organ
lied under the name of Red River
and Minnesota Valley Improvement
association. The officers are: Ed
ward Rustad of Wheaton, president;
F. l.. Cliff of Ortonville, vice presi-
dent; A. B. Kaercher of Ortonville,
secretary, and S. E. Oscarson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Women's Clubs to Elect.

New York, May 31.-The election
of officers, although two days of, and
the report today of the nominating
committee, absorbed the attention OF
the 10000 delegates, alternates and
visitors attending the thirteenth bien-
NAL convention of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs, in session
here. It is unofficially reported That
Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles of Calfor-
mia and Mrs. Samuel B. Sheath OF
Ohio will be reported as the only can
didates for the presidency,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
ITALIANS HOLDING AUSTRIANS
Inflict Heavy Losses in Counter
Attacks in TyroI.

London, May 31.-While the Italians
are holding back the Austrians from
further advances and infiicting heavy
losses on them in counter-attacks in
Tyrol the German Allies have been
able to make another gain in the
capture of about 800 metres of French
trenches northwest of the village of
Cumieres.
Fighting of great intensity has been
in progress around Hill 304 and be-
tween LIE Mort Homme and Cumieres,
hut except near Cumieres all the Ger
mans vicious onslaughts were set at
naught by the vigorous counter often
siveS of the French.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Foreign

An Amsterdam dispatch to the EA
change Telegraph company at Lon
don says that Is women were wound
ed in fight between police and food
rioters at Frankfort-on-the-Ma &C
cording to dispatch received at The
Hague The riot started owing to a
shortage of meat.
The Greek cabinet has resigned,
says a dispatch from Athens. The
resignation of the ministry was
brought about by growing political un-
rest over conditions impased upon
Greece by the war.
The rumor in circulation abroad that
Prince Won Buelow, former German
chancellor, is going on a special mis-
sion to Washington is officially denied
at Berlin.
The signature of King George was
affixed to the military service bill re-
Gently passed by parliament in Lon
don. The bill exempts Irish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Walter Hill In Auto Accident.

st. Paul, May 80. - Walter Hill,
youngest son Of James j. Hill, who is
the owner and manager of a stock
farm at Northcote, Mimi, near st.
Paul, has not yet heard of his fathers
illness. His relatives in ST. Paul were
informed that he had broken or injured
his leg in an automobile accident and
was at Hallock, Mimi. Mrs. Morton
Barrows of ST. Paul, mother-in-law of
Walter Hill, said she had heard Of the
accident, but that she did not know
how seriously Mr.. Hill was injured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
CHICAGO Greets Roosevelt.

Chicago, May 31.-Theodore Roose-
welt stopped in Chicago for four hours
on his way from Oyster Bay to Kan
sas City. where he is to deliver a
Memorial day address. He was met
at the LaSalle street station by a
cheering crowd, who thronged about
his train so closely that the commit
tee which met him had trouble in es-
corting him to the automobile which
was to carry him to his hotel. Colonel
Roosevelt entered upon conferences
with Progressive party leaders as soon
as he reached his rooms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
EpiscopaIians Approve Pension Fun

EpiscopaIians Approve Pension Fund.
st. Paul. = By a unanimous vote,
the Episcopal diocese of Minnesota at
its fifty-ninth annual council in St.
Paul, approved of the church pension
fund, which is to be established for
the maintenance of superannuated rec
tors. Before the fund becomes oper-
alive s5,OO0,0OO must be raised. This
amount, according to the insurance
commissioner of New York state. is
necessary before the pension system
can become satisfactorily operated. 1t
was explained that nearly $3.000.000
has been raised.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE
SAVED FROM BURNING BOAT
Craft Beached on Sand Bar After Run
for Shore in Lake
Bemidji.

Bemidji, Mimi, May 80. - BY run
ming mile and half for shore on a
single engine and Bleaching his blaz-
ing craft on a sandbar from which all
aboard waded ashore, Captain William
Mclaughlin Of the excursion yacht
"The City of Bemidji," saved the lives
of his 20 passengers. The boat was
burned to the waters edge, quantities
of gasoline aboard preventing effectual
fire fighting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Industrial Survey Blanks Filled.

st. Paul. - H. V. Winchell, secre-
tary and chairman of the Minnesota
directors of the industrial prepared
ness survey being made under the
auspices of the Naval Consulting
board, has announced, that the first
blanks filled in according to the re-
quest of the government have been
received. 1.-The blanks indicate hearty
cooperation with and appreciation of
our work." said Mr.. Winchell. ut is
pleasing to know that the engineers
and business men are behind US In
our efforts"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Washington

Pr0SlQ0nL Wilson,, III All dQuFoSS De-
fore the League to Enforce Peace at
Washington, indicated in guarded
way that he is seriously considering
the offering of his services as media
tor in the European war.
In a note to the British and French
governments, made public at Washing
ton, President Wilson calls on the
allies to cease at once their interfer.
ence with American mails, which is
proving so costly to Americans and in
many instances profitable to British
business interests.
The $43,000,000 rivers and harbors
bill was practically doomed in the SEN
ate at Washington when, on a test
vote, the filibusters won 80 to 20.
The house at Washington passed
the Oregon-C California land grant bill
| by vote of 1876 to 6. No roll call
was demanded The measure revests
| in the government title to all of the
unsold portion of the original grant
of land to the Oregon & California
railroad, of which the Southern Pacific
is successor.
Half a million dollars will be the
government internal revenue tax toll
for the fiscal year ending June go
next, according to statement issued
at Washington by Secretary McAdoo
This sum, McAdoo says, exceeds by
many millions all previous estimates
The naval appropriation. bill, the
biggest national defense measure =
was reported to the house at Wash.
ington from the naval affairs commit.
tee. 1t carried total of $241, 449,
1919, about 500, 100000 more than last
years bill.
The house military affairs committee
at Washington has completed the army
pay bill, which will carry total Of
about $150,000,000 for the year be
ginning July /, or about $4,000, 00(
more than the last bill.
Reversing his previous decision
Secretary Baker announced at Wash
ington that the 116 members of the
Texas National Guard who failed tc
present themselves for muster into
the federal service will be brought te
court-martial Immediately under The
present law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
~" Week in Small Towns Begins.

Minneapolis. = With range of en-
tertainment features from a "Yama
Yama" offering by the Girls Glee club
to lecture on Slaves of Tradition"
the University of Minnesota has be-
gun its annual campaign to carry to
Minnesota small towns ideas for con
structive citizenship, community CO.
operation and better living"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
steis to Lower Lake Of Woods Level

Kenora, Ont, May 30.-James Taw-
ney and C. A. Magrath. chairmen, re-
spectively, of the American and Can
adam sections of the international
joint commission, together with Engi.
neers E. Meyers of Minneaolis, R. S.
Lea of Montreal and s. s. Scovil of
Ottawa, are investigating the high lev
eli conditions of the Lake Of the Woods
They visited the Norman dam, the
Lake of the Woods Milling company's
power plant and the Keuora municipal
power plant
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Texas Guard to Recruit.

San Antonio, Texas, May 31.-Au-
thorization from the war department
has been obtained to recruit those
units of the Texas militia now in the
federal service to war strength. Re-
cruiting agents will be sent to the
towns where the various companies
were organized and there the people
will be given the first opportunity to
enroll those lacking to bring each
company to $50 men. 1t is expected
the plan will add to the forces along
the border approximately 1900 men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European War News

At the French headquarters in the
garians had occupied the Greek forts
OF Rupel, Dragontin and Spatovo and
were advancing from Demir-Hissar to-
ward Kavalla.
The mayor of Vicenza, Italy, de.
clared that eight towns in his province
had been evacuated, not through fear
of their occupation by the Austrians,
but to prevent the loss of life in the
towns, as all were within range of the
Austrian artillery fire.
After crossing the Aegean sea with
out loss, the Serbian army in full
strength now has been landed at Sa-
ioniki, according to a dispatch re-
Ceived at Paris by wireless telegraph.
Serbia's new army has been variously
estimated as numbering between So
900 and 100000 officers and men.
Lieut.. William Thaw, an American
member of the French air corps, shot
down a Fokker machine at Verdun, 1t
was announced by the war office. He
was wounded in the arm.
Austrian troops have stormed and
captured the strongly fortified Italian
positions at Chiesa, q miles northwest
OF Vicenza, after three-day battle, it
was officially announced at Vienna.
Eighteen persons were killed and
score of others injured in an air
raid on Bari, ON the Italian Adriatic
coast, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Rome. The victims were large
ly women and children, the dispatch
says.
The repulse Of three counter-at-
tacks by the French on the village OF
Cumieres, west of the Mouse, on the
Verdun front, was announced by the
war Office at Berlin. The capture OF
additional French trenches southwest
and south of Fort Douaumont, and the
recapture of the Haudremont quarry
by the Germans, are also reported.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Senate Recess purino Conventions

Washington, May 31.-The way was
cleared in the Senate for the national
political conventions by the adoption
of resolution providing for three-day
recesses from June to June 10. Moth
ing but the introduction of bills and
resolutions and the reception of com,
munications from the President will
be in order on meeting days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
STATE MAY TRAIN AViATORS
To Furnish SO Of 1000 Men Needed
for National Defense.

~ eiHtSu " VI EpoOo "ch TNSC0SQ
for National Defense.
St. Paul. = Minnesota may furnish
fifty aviators under a plan of naval
and military authorities to provide
1000 trained air men for the national
defense, Governor Burnquist says.
The entire force could be trained
during this summer for 100000, in
Guiding the cost of machines and
equipment, it is believed by those sup
porting the scheme. Action is being
taken to make the provision a part of
the army and navy reorganization bills
pending.
"The state will be prepared to far.
nish its quota of men for aviation
training up to at least fifty, which |
estimate would be the number re-
quired of the state in case a provision
was made for training a reserve avia.
tion corps" said Governor Burnquist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
VILLISTA CACHE UNEARTHED
Mexican Natives Work Under Direc.
ton of v. S. Troopers.

Field Headquarters near Namiquipa,
May 30.-A Villista cache of machine
earthed in canyon near here by
townspeople of Namiquipa, working
under American direction.
The find, which was officially re-
ported to General ]. ]. Pershing, ex-
peditionary commander, is regarded
as important not only because of the
quantity of armament discovered, but
because it reveals change in the
spirit manifested toward the American
troops by the natives of this section.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
TRAP SHOOTERS GET READY
Expect Record Event at Rochester
June II to 23-PIans Complete.

Rochester. = With plans practical
ly completed for the sixth annual tour
nament of the Minnesota State Sports
mems association at Rochester, June
II to %, trap shooters of all parts of
the state are getting ready. Roches-
ter officials OF the club expect the
meet to be the largest event of its
kind ever held in the state Many of
the clubs of the state also are busy
at the present time holding weekly
shoots.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Personal

Katherine Harkins Sullivan, wife OF
John l.. Sullivan, once heavyweight
champion, died of cancer at Boston,
Mass.
Most Rev. Joseph Ferguson Pea
cooke, archbishop of Dublin from 1897
to 1915, is dead. He was born in
Queens county, Ireland, in 1885.
Meyer Livingston, the well-known
theatrical man and treasurer of the
firm of Klaw & Erlanger, died sud
denly of heart disease at New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Domestic

They may be hyphenated Amerl-
cans, but their Americanism is unhy-
phenated" This is one of number
of epigrammatic phrases in creed
which was submitted by the German
American Newspaper Publishers as
sociation to a representative gather
ing of Germans from all over the
country at Chicago.
Fire which destroyed the adminlstra-
ton building sof Pen college at Oska-
Ioosa, Ia, took a toll of four lives.
The body of Robert III. Williams, thir-
ty-five, financial agent of the college
and state secretary of the Prohibition
party, was recovered.
BY a vote of 434 to 800, the Metho-
dist Episcopal general conference at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, refused to lift
the ban on amusements.
Barricaded in a houseboat on the
edge of San Francisco bay, desper-
ado was shot to death by policemen,
who surrounded his lair after he had
killed police sergeant.
Margaret Moreland, fifth wife of Nat
Goodwin, is seriously ill at St. Eliza
beths hospital in New York, where
she underwent an operation. Miss
Moreland was formerly an actress in
Mr.. Goodwin's company.
DR.. Arthur W. Waite was called to
the witness stand in his own defense
in his trial at New York for the muir
der of his father-in-iaw, John E. Peck,
wealthy drug manufacturer OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. Waite's nara
tive virtually became story OF
thievery.
Jack Verhoye. a nineteen-year-old
boy, is alleged to have confessed to
the police that he lured Gwendolyr
Holden, fifteen years old, into an un
used room in her home at Aurora. Ill.
and choked her to death.
Mai. Robert T. Motion, negro Of
unmixed blood. was installed at Tuske
gee, Ala, as principal of Tuskegee
institute, founded by Booker T. Wash
ington for the uplift of the coloret
race.
Rev. Francis Schlatter, pastor o
the Baptist Church, Inc," of Los An
geles, and his secretary, DIR. Gus AL
gard, were arrested at New York b.
postal inspectors on charges of usin,
the mails to defraud. The men wer,
indicted in Los Angeles.
Boston sentiment for national pre-
paredness found expression in tn
greatest street demonstration in tn
history of the city. Forty thousan,
men and women marched three miles
Only the national emblem was car
ried.
Lieut.. James Vincent Rockwell wa
killed when navy aeroplane he wa
plotting dived into the Gulf at Penss
cola. Fla. His three little childre
saw him fall. Rockwell was born i
Indiana and appointed to the seryic
from Iowa.
Mrs. Anna Dollie Ledgerwood Ma
tiers and her codefendants, Charles
Mellon and Harry Edwards, wer
found not guilty of attempting to fois
a false heir upon the Probate court 6
Chicago. The jury was out two hour
and forty minutes.
The condition of James ]. Hill wa
reported as satisfactory" by D
James S. Gilf1llan of st. Paul, VIII,
with DR.. William James Mayo Of Rocl
ester. Mimi, made careful examin,
ton of the aged railroad builder {
MIR. Hills residence In ST. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02

Mai. Robert T. Motion. a negro Of
unmixed blood. was installed at Tuske-
gee, Ala, as principal of Tuskegee
institute, founded by Booker T. Wash
ington for the uplift of the colored
race.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02

Jack Verhoye. a nineteen-year-old
boy, is alleged to have confessed to
the police that he lured Gwendolyn
Holden, fifteen years old, into an un-
used room In her home at Aurora, ILL.,,
and choked her to death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02
Case Puzzles Board.
Seed Experts Come Here.

SSSo C\PCttS SOHlS 1CTc.
Seed analysts from practically every
state and from the United States de-
partment of agriculture, will hold their
annual meeting at the college of agri-
culture, University farm, July Is to
Is. Prof. w. L. Oswald, director of
the Minnesota seed laboratory, is pres.
ident of the national organization.
Dean Woods of the farm college says
that Minnesota was chosen as the
meeting place because it has "the
best state pure seed law and probably
the one best administered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02

MUS
Under the ruling of the treasury de-
partment filed with State Insurance
Commissioners Works, mutual fire Insur.
ance companies whose surplus is not
invested do not have to attach reven-
us stamps to their policies. The rul.
ing means quite saving to mutual
insurance concerns. Insurance policies
generally have to have attached a re.
venue stamp, its face value varying
with the amount of the policy. In the
case of the big companies the purchase
Of these stamps involves a heavy in,
vastment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02

Rev. Francis Schlatter, pastor of
the Baptist Church, Inc" of Los An
geles, and his secretary, DIR. Gus AL
gard, were arrested at New York by
postal inspectors on charges of using
the mails to defraud. The men were
Indicted in Los Angeles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-02

Boston sentiment for national pre-
paredness found expression in the
greatest street demonstration in the
history of the city. Forty thousand
men and women marched three miles.
Only the national emblem was car
ried