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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
DECLARES BREMEN CAPTURED
AMERICAN OFFICER IN BRITISH
ARMY RETURNS.
Says Officials Refuse to Make Admis'
sion, But People Are Convinced
Submarine Carried Cargo of Jewels.

Philadelphia, Sept. 27-The Bremen,
the second German merchant submar.
inc, frequently reported on its way to
this country from Germany, has been
captured by the British, and now is
held prisoner in Falmouth harbor,
according to DR.. R. TAFT Mckenzie.
physical director of the University of
Pennsylvania, who is back in this
city after serving all summer as a
major in the medical corps of the
British army.
British officials refuse to admit the
capture of the Bremen, Mckenzie add
ed, but the general public is convinced
Of the truth of the reports now current
in every part of England.
DR.. Mckenzie reached New York on
the American line steamship New
York. The English people first learned
of the capture of the Bremen, DR.. Nc
Kenzie said, by the dispatch to Fal
mouth of several diamond appraisers,
whose mission it was learned later,
was to appraise the $25,0O0,O0O worth
of diamonds which the submarine car
ried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
VILLA MOVES AGAINST
PERSHING is REPORT
Outlaw Leader Near U. S. Force Ac-
cording to "ReIiable" Source
Apprehensive In Jaurez.

Field Headquarters, Mexico, Sept. 81.
Via Radio to Columbus, N. NJ, Sept.
27.-Pancho Villa and his bandit COM
mand are moving northward toward
the American expeditionary force, &C
cording to reports received at field
headquarters from a source described
as being very reliable.
Villa is reported to have crossed the
Northwestern railroad at San Andres,
Is miles southwest of Chihuahua City
where slight skirmish is said to have
occurred between Villistas and Car
rama troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
East Blamed for Car SHORTAGE.

Baltimore, Sept. 81. = A resolution
was unanimously adopted at the OPEN
ing session here of the annual conven-
tiou of the Grain Dealers National as
sociation, calling on the Interstate
Commerce commission to take action
to bring about the immediate return
to the West of railroad cars belong
ing to Western roads, but now held
by the Eastern railways. 1t is claim
ed the car shortage in the West II
holding up many thousands of bushels
Of grain of poor quality because Of
early frosts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Late Developments
in European War

combIes, Thiepval and interven-
ing fortresses captured by British
and French forces on Somme front.
Bucharest bombarded by Teuton
aeropIanes and Zeppelin; IS kill
ed by bombs, mostly women and
children.
King Constantine of Greece re-
ported prepared to declare war on
Central Powers; Venizeios ready
to stand by king If neutrality is
abandoned.
Vienna admits loss Of mountain
passes before encircling. moement
of Roumanians.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER
HELD; BOND IS REFUSED
Prosecuting Attorney Of Buchanan
County. Arraiened at st. Joseph, Mo.
EARLY Hearing May Be Granted.

st. Joseph, Sept. 27-Oscar D. Nc
Daniel, prosecuting attorney of Bu-
chanan county, has been arraigned be-
fore Justice Wilson on the charge of
having murdered his wife, Mrs. Har-
riet Moss Mcdaniel, on the night of
July 10. His application for bond was
refused and preliminary hearing date
set. Mcdaniel, during the arraign-
ment, asked that he be given an early
hearing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Washington

1t was announced at Washington
that deposits in postal savings banks
in August increased nearly $5,OOO,OOO,
the largest monthly gain since the sys-
tenn was established. September l a
total of 621,OO0 depositors had ac-
counts aggregating more than $4,000
600.
Secretary Baker announced at Wash
ington that the president would nCmi-
nate Brigadier General Pershing, COM
mander of the American eXpeditiOnary
forces in Mexico, to be major gen.
eral..
The state department at Washing
ton was officially notified in q dispatch
from Consul General Britain at Sgd
ney, Australia, of the release there
of the SO civilians of the Teutonic
powers who were seized illegally while
on board the American steamer China.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
ALLIES VICTORIES ON WESTERN
FRONT THROWS OPEN ROAD
TO BAPAUME AND EXPOSE
GERMAN CENTER.
GUEUDEUCOURT CAPTURED,
HAIG CONTINUES DRIVE
Teutons Meet Terrific Attacks of the
British and French at Combles-
Kaiser's Men Fight to the Death,
Surrendering Only When
Hope Fades.

London, Sept. 27.-Combles, kepoint
of the whole German battle line from
Bapaume to Peronne, has been cap
tured by the British after Is hours Of
most furious battling north of the
Somme. General Haig announced that
British troops entered Combles, over
coming German resistance. The enc
my's losses, the official report said,
were severe.
British Drive on Eastward.
London, Sept. 28.-Following the
Joint occupation of Combles by the
French and British troops, General
Haig's armies entered and captured
Thiepval, the strongly fortified town
on the western end of the British
front in France.
Tuesday marked the high tide Of
the Allies drive on the West thus
far, throwing open the road to Ba-
paume and exposing the German GEN.
ter through the loss of Combles.
Gueudeucourt, northwest of Les
Bouefs, another point where the Ger
mans have made a tenacious stand,
dloO CdplulSu NY IlC
General Sir Douglas Haig's men, at.
ter capturing Thiepval, drove on East
ward and took the Zollern redoubt,
strongly fortified position which lies
between Thiepval and the bend of the
British line at Courcellette.
Germans Fight to Death.
By the fall of Combles, the pivotal
point in the German line guarding the
approach to Bapaume, on the north,
and Peronne, on the south, was lost
to the kaiser's forces. At Combles,
the Germans met terrific attacks Of
both the British and French, as the
armies of the two western Allies met
at that point. The Germans fought to
the death. only surrendering when
there was no longer hope.
Town Filled With Bodies.
French and British troops swept in
on Combles from three sides after
their capture of Moryal and Fregin-
court, broke through the German de.
lenses, overran the town and carried
all before them. This place, with its
marvellous subterranean passages and
powerful Notifications, had been
caught in the grip of the Allies, who,
coming from the north and south, haG
already advanced far beyond it and
cut off communication with the rear
except narrow strip, which was COW
cred by the allied guns. At the end
OF the fighting, the town was filled with
the bodies of Germans who had fallen
fighting, the French official statement
says.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29

Fifteen persons were injured, some
seriously, when two subway trains
crashed together in a rear-end collision
at New York.
Twenty-three Scotch and one Irish
bride arrived at New York on the liner
California and were met at the pier by
% Scotch and one Irish bridegroom.
Joseph Castleman, his bride of an
hour and fifteen-year-old Russell
Stephenson were instantly killed by a
Nickle Plate train near Hammond.
Ind. The three were returning from
the wedding to the Castleman farm.
Four persons were killed when an
automobile in which they were riding
collided with Vandalia passenger
train near Terre Haute, Ind. All of
the victims lived in Charleston, III.
The dead are: Fred b. Conley, crest
Dale COnley, Orlan Lang and Mrs.
Lang.
Warren X. Billings was found guilty
of murder in the first degree in con-
nection with the bomb explosion at the
preparedness day parade, July %. at
San Francisco, Cal, when ten people
were killed and half hundred wound
ed.
McFarren Davis, forty-seven, one OF
hn VII Of
near Paris, ILL.,, four weeks ago, in
which j. d. ShOop, superintendent Of
Chicago schools, was severely injured,
died at the Paris hospital.
Samuel r. Gallon was run over and
killed by an automobile driven by Ivan
Thorpe at Ephraim, summer resort
near Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The dead
man belonged to film company.
Mrs. Arthur A. Gelatt, daughter of
DIR. Ludwig Hektoen, noted toxicoiOgist
and professor at the University of
Chicago, shot to death her two-year-
old daughter, Mary, and then killed
herself in her home at Madison, Wis.,
Marital troubles prompted Mrs. Ge-
latt's act. The couplc had been sep
arated
The Gullfoss, said to be one of the
first Icelandic ships to visit the shores
of the western hemisphere since the
days of Lief the Lucky, tied up in
the harbOr at New York with a cargo
of herring.
Fire at Peoria, H., practically de-
stroyed the Majestic Theater building.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Federal officers arrested Homer T.
French and James Christian at Chi
cagO as the supposed swindlers in one
of the most daring crimes so far credit
ed to the "million-dolar blackmaiI
Syndicate" A. r. Wesley and Alice
Williams We're ARRESTED" in New York
by swindlers posing as secret service
detectives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
GREATER PROSPERITY SEEN

Reserve Bank Head Says Americas
Wealth Gains $4,000, 900 900.
New York, Sept. 23.-American bust
nessmen, aided by the federal reserve
bank system, will be able successfully
to Withstand the shock of European
competition after war, Charles Ham
lin, governor of the federal reserve
board, said at the annual dinner of the
estimate that the wealth of the United
States has increased during the last
two years by $4,000, 100000" he said.
"The great prosperity of today is only
forerunner of the greater prosperity
of the future
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
German Take British Steamer,

Berlin, Sept. 25.-The capture by
German sea forces of the British
steamship Colchester has been report
ed by the Overseas News agency. The
Colchester was taken to Zeebrugge,
Belgium. This is the third time the
Germans have announced the capture
of British steamships engaged in traf-
fic between England and the continent.
On June 16 the steamship Brussels
was captured by German destroyers
and taken into Zeebrugge. The Brus-
GELS captain. Charles Fryatt, was put
to death.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Governor Dunno Told of LawIessness

Springfield. ILL.,. Sept. Ex-Governor
Dunno has received a mass of docu-
mentary evidence presented by John
H. Walker. president of the Illinois
Federation of Labor and William H.
Holly, Chicago attorney, portraying
a state of lawlessness at Rosiclaire,
Hardin county, where striking spar
miners are said to have been driven
from their homes by mine owners.
The operators side was presented by
former Representative Durfee. Cover
nor Dunno may send representative
TO investigate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Hill Endows Course in Russian.

Seattle, Sept. 26.-Samuel Hill, mil
lionaire son-in-law Of the late James
]. Hill, has endowed a chair OF Rus
sian language and literature ct the
University of Washington, it Vas an
nounced by DR.. Henry Suzzallo. In
making the offer to endow the chair
Mr.. Hill said he believed commercial
relations between the Pacific coas. ano
Russia would increase in Importance
after the close of the European war
and courses in Russian at the un1ver-
sity would assist IN this development
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Says Blacklist is "Whitelist."

New York, Sept. 27.-The so-called
British blacklist" Of American firms
was characterized by Sir Richard
Crawford, commercial attache of the
British embassy at Washington, as
''whitelist" at luncheon given in his
honor here by 80 bankers and heads
of industrial corporations engaged in
export trade. He explained that the
term blacklist" had created misun-
derstanding as to the real objects and
told his guests what was being done
by the British government to minimize
the censorship of business mail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
AUSTRlANS QUIT PASSES
AS R0UMANIANS ADVANCE
Vienna Admits Withdrawal Before Far
Extending EncircIing Movement
on Eastern Front.

Vienna, Sept. %. - The War office
has issued the following official com.
munication
Eastern theater: On the Rouman,
ian front the Vulcan and Szurduk pass.
es were evacuated before a far-ex-
tending encircling movement by strong
Roumanian forces. Near Nagy-Szeben
(Hermannstadt) new battles are devel-
oping with the Austro-Hungarian and
German forces attacking. On the
Pennsylvania Eastern front fighting
has developed at many points"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Abandon Hope of Saving Ship.

Portland, Me-. Sept. 26.-All hope OF
saving the steamer Bay State OF the
Eastern Steamship corporation which
struck on the rocks eff Cape Elizabeth
during dense fog Saturday morning
on her regular trip from Boston to
Portland has been abandoned. She is
pounding to pieces in the heavy ground
swell. Fourteen members of the crew,
who remained on the steamer while
there was a possibility of it being
saved, were taken ds.on the breeehes
buoy. All the pass etgers were safely
transferred.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
No Election Over Danish indies.

Copenhagen, via London, Sept Is
The Associated Press learns from the
representatives of the various parties
that it is believed the question of the
sale of the Danish West Indies to the
United States will be settled without
a resort to a general election on the
basis Of the government bill which
now has passed all stages and has been
sent to joint committee of both hous.
es of parliament. From statements
made to the correspondent, it is ap-
parent that everybody in the Rigsdas
is tired OF the question.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
100000 UNION WORKERS
STRIKE TO AID CARMEN
600 Men Will Walk Out BY End
of Week.

New York, Sept. 2S.-With the an.
nouncement by labor leaders that ap.
proximately 100000 union workers in
various trades would quit their places
today in aid of the striking carmen
here, it was believed that the effort
to tie up virtually all industries in
Greater New York had reached an
acute stage. The union officials de-
clared that an additional 100000
workers would strike Thursday and
another 100000 Friday, making a total
of 100000 out by the end of the week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
BLACKMAILER FOUND GUILTY
Chief Of Gang Who Preyed on Wealthy
Is Sentenced.

New York, Sept. 27.-William But
Ter, alleged brains" of the nation
wide blackmail plot, pleaded guilty to
a charge of impersonating federal
officer when arraigned before Justice
Manton here and was sentenced to IS
months in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta. He is the first Of the con-
spirators to be arraigned and his SEN
tence marks the first victory of gov
eminent agents tracking the alleged
conspirators who have preyed on
wealthy men and women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Germany to Cut Officers Paw.

Berlin, Sept. 26. = Beginning Octo-
Der l, says the Overseas News Agency,
the salaries of all German officers
will be reduced. The salary of the
minister of war and the chief army
commanders will be reduced by 1000
marks month and lieutenants by 60
marks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Mexico City Banks to Reopen.

Mexico City, Sept 26.-The finance
department has issued a circular CIV
ing the National bank and the Bank
of London and Mexico permission to
reopen and continue business under
the direct supervision of government
bank examiners.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Bridge at St. Charles, No., Burned

Bridge at st: Charles, Mo-, Burned.
st. Charles, Mo-, Sept. 27.-The St
Charles Highway bridge, the only gen.
eral traffic structure spanning the
Missouri river near here, was destroy
ed by fire, causing a loss estimated at
from s175,000 to 100000. The bridge
was built in 1904 at cost of $4,000
and was half mile long. Freight
ing apparatus from st. Louis was
rushed Is miles to prevent the flames
from spreading to buildings on both
sides of the river. The cause of the
fire has not been determined.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Engine Leaves Rails; Two Killed.

Wynne, Ark, Sept. 26. - w. j. AL
len, CONDUCTOR, and Brown Crow, engi-
neer, were killed when an engine
drawing St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern freight train, left the
rails near Levesque, Ark, and toppled
over an embankment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Trevino Seriously Wounded.

Laredo, Texas, Sept 26. The
wounds sustained by General Jacinto
Trevino in the attack September 16
in Chihuahua City are considered very
serious, although probably not fatal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29

Storm Hits Bermuda; Heavy Damage.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Sept. 26. = Ber-
muda was swept by severe storm
very general damage being caused
throughout the colony,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Five Tramps Under Wreck,

Shelbyville, ILL.,, Sept. 26. = Five
tramps are believed to be under the
wreckage of 10 cars loaded with lum-
Der and coal which were ditchee on
the Big Four near here,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels cuIIed From Events Of Mo-
ment In All Parts Of the World
OF Interest to All the
People Everywhere.
European War News

The Amsterdam TELEGRAPH says that
40 Germans We're killed in the British
air raid on st. Denis Westram, Bel
GUM, on Friday. Two sheds and three
aeroplanes were burned.
British monitors and destrOyers bonn
barded the Belgian coast between
Heyst and Bruges, according to Reu-
ter dispatch to London from Flushing.
Bucharest, the capital of Roumania,
has been bombarded by German air.
ship, the Berlin war office announced.
The British steamship Dresden OF
the Currie line has been sunk, Lloyds
announced at London.
A great Russian success is reported
by Petrograd in the DObrudja. Two
thousand prisoners are said to have
been captured.
The British troops have captured
the villages of Morval and Les BOeufs,
together with several lines of trenches
on siX-mile front between Combles
and Martinpuich, south of the Ancre
river, says the official report from Brit
ish headquarters, issued in LONDON.
This front was penetrated to "a depth
of more than a mile.
The French made another smashing
inroad into Is miles of the German
lines on the Somme front and the i'm
portant base of Combles is practically
surrounded, according to the Paris war
office. The town of Rancourt was cap
tured and Fregicourt was entered.
Flying nearly 100 miles beyond the
German border, Flight Warrant Officer
Baron bombarded the important works
at Ludwigshafen in the Palatinate on
the Rhine and at Mannheim. The
official Paris report says the bonn
bardment caused a large fire and sew
eral explosions at Mannheim.
Amid scenes of great enthusiasm, a
large force of Greeks and Italians de-
parted from SalOniki for the front to
join the allies. They were wildly
cheered by large crowds. The war
spirit is flaming now as a result of
the demonstration.
FOrty-eight aerOplanes were shot
down on the western front in "a hours,
according to official reports from Paris
and Berlin.
Twelve Zeppelins, which raided
London and the southeast counties of
England, killed 30 persons and injured
40 others, according to a British Off
cial statement issued at London. Two
of the Zeppelin airships, both of a
new pattern, were shot down i'm Es-
sex. The crew of one was killed, but
the crew of the other, consisting of %
men, was captured.
An enemy transport, loaded with
troops, was sunk in the Mediterranean
by German submarine, the admiralty
announced at Berlin. The transport
sank in 43 seconds.
The Greek forces transferred from
Kavala to Germany will be lodged at
GOerlitz, {. town of Prussian Silesia,
says the Overseas News agency at Ber-
lin. The force is composed of 400 Off
GERS and 5000 men.
Prince Alexander Hohenlohe, in an
article published in the Neue Zuricher
Zeitung, appeals to the pope and Presi-
dent Wilson to bring about an honor
able peace" The prince argues it now
has become evident that the war cam
not be ended in the old style by TIE de-
feat of one belligerent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Politics

President Wilson delivered q speech
almost devoid of politics before the
National Grain Dealers convention at
Baltimore, Md. Discussing ways in
which American commerce can be ex-
banded, he told an audience that
through the new tariff commission, the
trade commission, the federal reserve
act, the shipping bill and similar meas
ures he expected business men in this
country to open up new era for the
nation.
From his porch at Shadow Lawn,
at Asbury Park, N. j., President Will
son declared the eight-hour law had
been enacted not because the railroad
men demanded it but because it was
right 1t was tn presidents first po-
litical address since he accepted re.
nomination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
TRIESTE WATER SUPPLY CUT

Italian Advance Near MonfaIcone Ac-
compIishes Feat, Rome Reports.
London, Sept q. - Italian troops
have cut the Trieste water supply, ac-
cording to Rome dispatch. 1t ap-
pears probable that an Italian advance
in the vicinity of Monfalcone, 13 miles
north of Trieste, accomplished the
feat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
NEW CURRENCY BASIS URGED
Retirement of All Greenbacks Dis.
cussed at Bankers Convention.

cussed at Bankers Convention.
Kansas City, Sept 27.-Immediate
retirement of all greenbacks and
gradual withdrawal of national bank
notes, placing the currency Of this
country on basis of gold coin and
federal reserve notes, was discussed
here by bankers attending the confer
ence of the national bank section of
American Bankers association in an
nual convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-29
Mexican War Nezcs

Two British subjects were taken
from their home and shot and SO OF
party of 80 Carranza soldiers were
killed in raid September 16 on an
Aquila oil camp near Tuxpam, Mex.
by bandits calling themselves Willis
taS.
Reports reaching Brownsville. Tex,
stated that band of bandits under
Alberto Carrera Torres has ptured
Victoria, capital of Tamaulipas.
Foreign
NJ VenizelOs, the former premier,
left Athens at five o'clock in the morn
ing. The merchant ship Hesperia
picked him up from a boat in the open
sea. 1t is said that NJ. VeniZelos will
first visit Crete and then proceed to
Saloniki where he will head a revolu-
ton against the king.
Miss Gertrude Aimes Lincoln of
Los Angeles, granddaughter of Abra-
ham Lincoln, was married at East
bourne, England, to Lieut.. Arthur
Haines of the British army.
Mrs. James w. Gerard, wife of the
American ambassador, narrowly es-
capped serious injury. when her automo-
bile was struck by a taxicab in Berlin.
Alfred Ward, chief inspector of Scot
land Yard, died at London. Inspector
Ward was one of the best-known police
| officers in Europe.