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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
GAIN GROUND; SACRIFICE MEN
Tsutons Take Trenches Near verdun
Fail at Fill 304.

Berlin, May 1o.-The capture of sew
eral French trenches on the Verdun
front south of Haucourt was an
nounced by the war office.
Paris, May 10.-A violent German
attack on Hill 304 at a. m. was COM
pletely repulsed, the war Office an
nounces On the east bank of the
Meuse, northeast of Verdun, French
counterattacks during the night in the
region northwest of Thiaumont threw
the Germans from the few points In
the French first line trenches they
still held. as the result of Sunday
heavy attack The crown prince has
lost 10000 in dead and wounded since
he renewed his drive against Vcrdun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
DEMOCRATS STATE
TICKET IS CHOSEN.
ALMOST COMPLETE SLATE OF
CANDIDATES DECIDED UPON
ST. PAUL GATHERING.
FOUR ACCEPTANCES ARE SENT
Charles M. Andrist Selected az candI.
date for Congress in Fifth and Neil
M. Cronin in Tenth District, at
Hennepin Meeting.

st. Paul, Minn-At a meeting of
Minnesota Democrats here, an almost
complete slate of candidates for state
offices was decided upon, and at a mass
meeting of Hennepin Democrats in
Minneapolis, two men were nominal
ed as congressional candidates in the
Fifth and Tenth districts, respectively.
The action of the Democratic meet
ings incidentally calls for the resigna-
tons Of Samuel D. Works, state insur-
ance commissioner, and Charles M.
Andrist, secretary to the late Governor
Hammond, who has been retained by
Governor Burnquist.
For Full State Ticket.
Mr.. Works had announced previous
ly his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for governor, and the St.
Paul meeting was held to get a full
state ticket into the field.
The long distance telephone was
freely used to obtain the consent Of
those sought for as candidates.
The conference agreed on and re-
ceived accertances from men for four
state Offices and are quite confident
that the man chosen for fifth will be-
come candidate.
Lineup of Candidates.
Here is the lineup:
For Governor-Samuel D. Works, st.
Paul.
For Lieutenant Governor-Julius
Thorsen, Benson, banker, farmer and
former member of the Legislature.
For State Treasurer-N. M. Wall,
Ogilvie, banker.
For Secretary of State - Milo
White, Chatfield, merchant.
1t was announced that all these men
have agreed to file. These offices out
Of the way, the conference still had
before 1t the Offices of attorney general
and member of the railroad and ware
house commission.
To Run for Congress.
The conference agreed on John Hah-
man, Mankato, prominent in develop
ment work and good roads enthusi-
asst, as the logical man for the commits
sion, but Mr.. Hahman has not been re-
quested to file. Nothing definite has
been done about candidate for attor-
ney-general.
Charles Soderstrom, secretary of the
Hennepin county Democratic commit
tee, presided at the Hennepin mass
meeting in the courthouse. The meet
L.
for Congress in the Fifth district, but
picked the following for the Fifth and
Tenth
Fifth district-Charles M. Andrist,
secretary to the governor.
Tenth district-Neil M. Cronin, Min
neapOlis attorney.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Deposits Gain rs Per Cent.

Minneapolis bank de-
posits on May 1, as disclosed in the
statements made to the comptroller Of
currency, increased more than rs per
cent in the last year and give actual
proof of the greatest period of pros
perity which ever swept over the coun-
try, according to city bankers. The
comptroller's call for the condition of
the bonks shows that the deposits here
totalled s166,329,550. The call on May
1 last year brought out total deposits
in Minneapolis banks of only $780,
392,130.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
DASH FOR LIBERTY HALTED
Reformatory Inmates Attempt to Es.
cape-One Shot.

st. Cloud.-One inmate of the state
reformatory is in the hospital suffer
ing from buckshot wounds and an
other is in the solitary, living on
bread and water, as a result of an
attempt to escape from the yard
where they were working.
The two men, who were connected
with the quarry gang, broke away and
ran down the new stone wall to its
juncture with the old stockade. Ignor-
ing the commands to halt, one had
managed to climb half way up before
the wall guard fired. He dropped,
three of the buckshot having hit him.
The second man gave up with only
q slight struggle.
The injured man will recover, it was
stated. In conformity with the rules
the reformatory officials refused to
give out the names of either men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
sportsmen's Club .t WInona.

Winona-The First District Sports
mems club, to be affiliated with the
new Minnesota Game Protective
league, will be organized here May 1S.
It will be the first organization of the
kind in Minnesota. It is anticipated
there will be representatives from
various organizations. Carlos Avery,
executive officer of the Minnesota
State Game and Fish Commission, and
Frank Blair. field secretary Of the
Minnesota Game Protective league.
will be the speakers. The gatherins
will begin with banquet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
ERROR MAY AID DULUTH DRYS'
BIunder in Wording May Cause Gust.
ing of Saloons.

Duluth.-With a wet and dry cleo.
ton ordered for June 10, state pri,
condition it did not figure on
through a blunder in the wording of
the proposed ordinance.
The initiative ordinance reads that
should the city vote dry no licepses
will be issued after July 1, 1917. If the
ordinance is adopted the city commits
sion will have to refuse to issue
licenses after July 1, this year, as it
cannot issue licenses for any period
under one year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Babies Win Prizes at Rrainerd.

Brainerd.-The baby welfare cam
paign and exhibit brought out 40 ba.
bies for the examination carried on
under the direction of DR.. Rood Tay-
lor of the University Of Minnesota.
First and second prizes were awarded
in each Of five groups. R. M. Wash
burn, professor of dairy husbandry lee
turing at the mothers meeting, plead
ed for milk inspection and clean dair.
les, and declared he hoped the day
would come when the government
would devote more attention to babies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Brandeis Vote Again Delayed.

Washington, May Dust as the
senate judiciary committee. urged to
action by letter from President Will
son, prepared to ballot on the confir-
nation of Louis D. Brandeis as justice
of the supreme court. two senators
objected. As result action again
was indefinitely postponed. 1t was
learned that the Presidents letter in
which he urged quick action. was re-
ceived with a spirit of resentment.
Friends of Brandeis failed even In get
ting an agreement to vote at any defi-
mite future date.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
PROVIDES FOR CADET CAMP
Nelson Bill, In Congress, Becomes
Law, Vincent Hears.

Minneapolis.-A telegram received
by President George E. Vincent, Uni
versity of Minnesota, from Congress-
man Smith conveyed the information
that the Nelson bill, providing for
summer camp equipment for cadets
had passed the house and has become
law.
Lieutenant Bernard Lentz, COM
mandant of the university cadets, will
Immediately wire a requisition for
equipment for the cadets which will
be used at the army camp of the cad
cts at Fort Smelling, June / to 8.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Less Winter Wheat Fereeas..

Washington, May 10.-Almost half .
billion bushels il the winter wheat
harvest forecast for this year by the
department of agriculture in its May
crop report. That IL 155,0oe.000 BUSH
els less than harvested last year. whom
q worlds record crop was gathered In
the United States, but the crop this
year Is growing ON . much smaller
acreage and the severe winter caused
q heavy abandonment Of the acreage
planted last fall. In al l,2Ss. 900 acres
were abandoned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
GERARD DEFENDS HIS STAND
Brands Charge that He Is Enemy to
Germany as Totally Wrong.

Brands Charge that He is Enemy to
Germany as Totally Wrong.
Berlin, May 9.-In an interview in
the National Zeitung, James w. &C.
rard, the American ambassador, is
quoted as saying:
In this crisis, as in all previous
crises, | attached the greatest value to
removing misunderstanding between
Germany and America and did every
thing in my power that conflict be-
tween the two countries might be
avoided. l want no war between Ger
many and America | have never
wanted and shall never want one.
Il assure you that the accusation
that 1 am an enemy of Germany is to-
tally wrong. l have never done any,
thing to justify the charge that l hate
German characteristics or German
men"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Austrian plane Destroyed.

Rome, May Am Austrian aero
plane was destroyed by two Italian
airmen in the Austrian aerial attack
on Brindisi. according to the of1cial
Italian statement on the air raid
which also tells of the Italian seaplane
attack on Durazzo. Albania The state
ment says: -Four Italian seaplanes
effectively bombarded Durazzo and re-
turned safely. During an attack on
Brindisi by Austrian aeroplanes. two
Italian machines destroyed an enemy
esroQlane."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
ADVISES POTATO PLANTING
Stevenson Says Acreage to Be Short
In South.

Crookston.-J. J. Kelly, member Of
the Republican state central commit
tee, has received a letter from Rep
resentative Stevenson of this district
in which he advises the farmers po-
tatoes will be good crop to plant this
season, owing to short acreage in
the Southern States and portions of
Ohio and other Northern States where
potash is necessary to insure a pay
ing crop,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
News. of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
European, War News

Lloyd's Shipping Agency announced
of the White Star line is sinking
The steamer was torpedoed by Ger
man submarine in the Atlantic
There were no passengers on board.
French troops have recaptured a
banks of the Mouse in most violent
German attack, according to dis
patch from Paris.
Four more of the leaders in the
Irish revolt have been sentenced to
death by the Dublin court-martial and
executed, according to an official state
eut issued at London. They were
ornelius Colbert, Edmund Kent, Mi
C.ael Mallon and J. j. Houston.
Countess Georgina Markievicz, one
of the prominent figures in the Irish
revolt, was sentenced to death at Dub
lin after her trial by court-martial, but
the sentence has been committed to
penal servitude for life.
The sinking of an allied transport
in the Mediterranean by mine with
the loss of nearly all the 600 Russian
troops who were on board is reported
at Berlin i'm advices from Corfu, the
Overseas News agency announces.
Witnesses who testified at an In
quiry held at Stockholm regarding
the capture of the Danish schooner
Olga by German trawler, declared
that the vessel was seized while In
Swedish waters.
Five Austrian aeroplanes lombard
ed Brindisi, killing four and wounding
q five patients in hospital
Four more leaders of the Irish reb-
els have been shot at Dublin. They
had been found guilty of treason by a
general field court-martial. The vic
TINS we're: Joseph Plunkett, Edmund
DAILY. Michael O'Hannahan and Will
Fam FearSe.
Two more Zeppelins were destroyed
by allied gunfire. One was brought
down by one of the British light
cruiser squadrons off the Schleswig
coast and the other was brought down
after a raid on Saloniki, according to
dispatch from London, only one of
fits crew of so escaping.
1t ia officially announced at Athens
that the allies have occupied FlOrina.
Florina is town about 10000 pOpu-
lation, fifteen miles south and little
east of Monastir, and about sixty miles
west of Saloniki.
Three men of the crew of the Yep
pelin LEO, wrecked on the Norwegian
coast after a raid on Scotland went to
death to prevent Count Zeppelin's Sc
crets from becoming known to foreign
governments Sixteen of the Zeppe-
tins crew were rescued and interned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Good Roads Measure Posses Senate

Washington, May 10-The Bankhead
good roads bill, providing that $S5, 000,-
900 be spent by the government in
construction Of post roads, contingent
on an equal expenditure by the states,
has passed the senate. Senator Henry
F. Lippitt of Rhode Island attempted
to obtain adoption Of the Smoot
amendment, which would base the
states road apportionment upon the
amount of federal corporations income
taxes collected. He charged the
Bankhead bill with being o pork bar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Washington

The senate at Washington passed
the good roads bill, carrying $S5,OOO..
900 of which $75,0O0,O00 will be avail
able for federal aid to the states dur
ing the next five years and $1O,OO0.OOO
for the construction of roads in the
national forests.
Minority members of the senate
commerce committee at Washington
denounced the $45.000,000 rivers and
harbors appropriation bill as utterly
indefensible" when the country is to
be so heavily taxed for the purpose OF
the preparedness program.
Despite the fact thai. there was be-
fore them letter from President Will
firmation of Louis ID. Brandeis of Bos-
ton to be an associate justice of the
Supreme, court, the members of the
senate judiciary committee at Wash.
ington failed to set a date for vote
on the question.
President Wilson in q formal note
dispatched from Washington to Ber-
lin has accepted as meeting his de-
mand the announced change in Ger
many's submarine policy. Coupled
with this acceptance is yelled threat
that diplomatic relations will be sew
cred unless the new orders issued by
the German admiralty are scrupu-
lousy observed.
The house of representatives at
Washington went on record as OPP
posed to increasing the regular army
to 100000. BY vote of 221 to 142 the
house instructed it's conferees on the
to the senate proposal for an army Of
quarter of a million.
President Wilson has decided to &C
cept Germany's reply as a compliance
with his demand that illegal methods
of submarine warfare be abandoned.
The danger of an imminent diplO-
matte break is authoritatively de-
scribed at Washington as past.
President Wilson received an i'm
portant message at Washington from
Pope Benedict bearing on the estab-
lishment of peace in Europe. The ex-
act nature of the message was not dis
closed, but it is understood the pope
urged President Wilson to suggest
negotiations at once.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of the
congressional library at Washington,
dismissed from office Ernest Brunck-
en-, assistant register of the copyright
been disrespectful to President Will
sons policy.
All immediate danger of break be-
tween the United States and Germany
has disappeared as a result of the lat
ter's compliance with President Will
sons demand in connection with sub
marine operations. The German gov
eminent has Immediately declared
and effected an abandonment of the
methods denounced by the president
in his semiultimatum of April IS.
The senate commerce committee at
Washington authorized Senator Clarke,
chairman, to report favorably the riv-
ers and harbors bill carrying approx
imately $43,000,000, an increase of
about $3,O00,OO0 over the house bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
1000 irish Rebels Taken.

Dublin, May 10.-A thousand rebel
prisoners, captured in the south, have
arrived on their way to England. The
rebels are reported to have adopted
all sorts of ruses to avoid arrest Sew
eral of them were found hiding In cof-
fins In an undertaking establishment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Highway Workers on Tour.

Little Falls.-A party Of Jefferson
highway workers started from here in
automobiles to make a tour of the
cities south of Little Falls to line
them up solidly for this route for the
highway. The party was to be joined
by other cars at Royalton and Rice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Gets 100000 Eggs; Disappointed

Gets 9,4O0,OO0 Eggs; Disappointed.
Fergus Falls.-Deputy Game War
den ]. HI. Jones has returned from
White Fish lake, north of Brainerd,
where he went to gather pike fry for
the State Game and Fish commission.
He was compelled to abandon the work
on account of high water, after obtain
ing only 100000 eggs, or two cases.
Last year he obtained nineteen cases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Foreign

Denial is made at Copenhagen of
reports that Denmark has again en-
tered into negotiations with the Unit
ed States regarding the latter's pro-
posed purchase of islands in the
Dutch West Indies.
The British government gave or
ders for the release of 38 men taken
from the American steamship China
by British cruiser while en- route
from Shanghai to San Francisco.
Hostilities have commenced at San
to Domingo. Several persons were
killed or wounded. A Dominican gun
boat bombarded the fort. The situa-
ton is critical. Marines were landed
from the American converted cruiser
Prairie for protection of ths American
legation.
James M. Sullivan, former United
States minister to Santo Domingo. has
been arrested in Dublin in connection
with the Slim Fem uprising, it was
announced at the United States EN-.
bassy at London.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Domestic

The will of Charles w. Hardness,
former Standard Oil attorney, filed at
New York, divides his $100,OO0,O0O es-
tate between his widow and his BROTH
or, Edward S. Hardness.
Fire in the hold of the Italian steam
ship San Giovanni destroyed 1000
bags of refined sugar which had been
loaded at New York for transportation
to Palermo and Naples.
Four persons were burned to death
and five others seriously injured when
the home of ID. A. Inman, near War
road, Mimi. was destroyed by fire.
The Navy league of the United
States filed suit in the district SUI
preme court at Washington against
Henry Ford for $1,000 damages The
league charges Ford with having pub
lished in advertisements in a local
newspaper statements of "a libelous
and defamatory character"
president WILSON'S conference with
Fred B. Lynch of the Democratic ma
tional committee, it was learned at
Washington, resulted in the president
approving the selection of Martin H.
>dynn to deliver the keynote address
at the Democratic national convention
at st. Louis.
Two lieutenants of the Fifth field
artillery were killed and two other off,
GERS were injured in an automobile
wreck at Fort Sill, Okla Lieut.. Her.
aid S. Naylor and Lieut.. Edwin E.
Pritchett were killed.
Fire Of undetermined origin started
I'm two of the IL buildings comprising
the $350,0O0 plant of the Cadillac
Chemical company at Cadillac, Mich.
The two buildings were destroyed
The loss is estimated at $15O,O0O.
Robert Fay. a former lieutenant in
the German army; Walter Scholz and
Paul Daeche, charged with conspiracy
to destroy munitions ships through
bomb contrivances were found guilty
by jury at New York.
Eight of the alleged German bomb
plotters recently indicted on the
charge of conspiring to destroy YES
sells carrying munitions for the en-
tente allies pleaded not guilty in the
federal district court at New Yorl
and were placed under heavy bonds.
Election of officers ended the three
days meeting here of the National
Conservation Congress at Washington
George e. Condra, Nebraska state con
serystion commissioner, was named
uraafdeuf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Ora abinment. IN A.

Duluth. = Ore shipments in April
from the Duluth-Superior harbor and
Two Harbers amounted to 652,931 tons
more than in April. 1915. April 10 the
initial month of the navigation Sea-
son. and runs only tep days
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Training For Educators.

Special training for principals OF con-
solidated schools in Minnesota, which
will be featured at summer schools
and is compulsory under present regu-
lations, is the subject of a bulletin
mailed by c. G. Schulz, state super
intendent of education.
Courses in school administration and
supervision, provided at the summer
session at the University Of Minnesota,
June II to July q, the bulletin advises.
must be taken by all principals Of con,
solidated and graded schools, and be-
ginners must attend during the entire
six weeks.
Consolidated school principals who
do not hold permanent Endorsement are
required to take the courses in agri-
culture and manual training at the col.
lege of agriculture. To obtain perma,
nent Endorsement as principal of a
consolidated school, applicants must
take four summer sessions work,
placing emphasis on industrial work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Mexican Revolt

In an official statement issued at
Mexico City, Minister Of Foreign Re-
lations Aguilar charges that the ban
dts who raided Glen Springs and
Boquillas, Tex, last Friday night were
organized in the United States, and
that the raid was staged" by enc
mics of both countries
Consul Blocker at Eagle Pass, Tex,
reported to the state department at
Washington that the two Americans,
Deemer and Coy, who were taken
away from Glen Springs by Mexicans,
have been found with their throats
cut.
The Columbus raid was repeated by
raiding Mexicans under the leader
ship of Colonel Cervantes, Villa sub
commander. Three members of Troop
A, Fourteenth cavalry, and one civil
ian boy are known to have been killed.
Six cavalrymen were wounded. Boquil-
las, Tex, was also invaded and sew
eral stores were looted.
American mining men arriving at
Ell Paso, Tex, declared that five Amer
leans were murdered by Mexican ban.
dts while working their mining
claims between Resahio and Mazatlan,
Sinaloa. One of the slain men was
named Volax, the Americans reported.
The names of the other four were not
known.
Notification that the plan of coop
erative action in the Mexican border
region mapped out at the Ell Paso con-
ference is acceptable to the Washing.
ton government was forwarded to Gen
eral Scott by Secretary Baker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
May Oppose Federal Measure.

The proposed Federal inheritance
tax law, giving each state 40 per ent
of the amount collected in that state.
may meet with vigorous opposition
from Minnesota. Attorney General
Lyndon A. Smith has received from
Sydney Andersen, representative from
the First Minnesota district, request
for information as to the Minnesota in
heritance tax law. Minnesota collect
ed S1,142, 1894 in Inheritance taxes
for the year ending August /, 1915
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12
Millions Paid Beneficiaries.

Legal reserve life insurance compan-
les made gain of $21S,39S, S52.65 in
assets in Minnesota in 1915, and more
than $5,000,000 was paid beneficiaries
by 81 legal reserve life insurance COM
panies licensed to do business in the
state. The similar losses paid the
year before was only slightly in excess
of 100000. The figures are from
bulletin issued by S. D. Works, state
commissioner of insurance and based
on the annual reports of the compan-
les listed.
A total of 1890 life insurance poll
cies totaling $64,59O.74 were written
by those companies in 1915, against
32,7OS policies of $5s,S71 ,62271 in 1914.
and the grand total of policies held in
creased correspondingly from 1S1, 1873,
policies totaling 1891, 466,629.93 to 204,-
22O policies of $342,457 1925.
More than S4O,OO0,O0O gain in this
class Of life insurance in force was re-
garded as an indication ofsthe growing
prosperity and providence on the part
of the people of the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12

Seeding operations are in full blast
an over Southern and Central Mime
sofa, according to the crop reports re.
ceived by Fred D. Sherman, commits,
sioner of immigration. !