The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-02-18


Belvidere Brooks, vice president of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, dropped dead at New York.
Washington
Postponement of Philippine indie
pendence several years was the COM
promise plan put before congress at
Washington.
The proposals of the National Guard
association for liberalization of the
state troops were before the military
committees of congress at Washing
ton in the form of bill drafted by
representatives of the association at
the request of the senate committee.
Census bureau experts at Washing
ton estimated that the population OF
the United States on January 1 last
was 101, 2OS,315 and that by July it
would be 1O2.O17,3O2.
The declaration by the central pow
ers of their purpose after March l
next to regard armed merchant ships
as warships and sink them is in exact
accordance with the new policy of the
United States as laid down by the
American note of January Is. 1t is
expected that warnings will be issued
directing Americans not to travel on
belligerent armed merchant ships.
Secretary Daniels approved at
Washington the report of the aca-
demic board of the naval academy
which ordered dismissal of 80 cadets
for failure to make grades of 621a per
cent in examinations.
Major General Scott, chief of the
army general staff, has been desig-
mated by an executive order, signed by
the president at Washington, to be-
come acting secretary of war for
thirty days."
Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of
wal anu III CShCuIiu6O, aooiot-
ant secretary, rendered their resigna-
tions to President Wilson at Washing
ton. who Immediately accepted them.
Garrison's resignation was brought
about by the failure Of Wilson to sup
port the continental army plan and the
secretary of war is not in sympathy
with the Philippine bill providing for
the REIMBURSEMENT of American con-
troll of the islands.
A cable dispatch left the state de-
partment at Washington directed to
c. F. Penfield, ambassador at Vienna,
instructing him to demand the punish
ment of another submarine command.
er. This time the offense charged
against Austria is assault and robbery
committed upon an American mer-
chant steamer on the high seas. The
steamer is the tanker Petrolite.
Baron Zwiedenik, Austrian charge
d'affaires, called on Secretary Lansing
at Washington and discussed the ques-
ton of armed merchantmen. Austria
Hungary objects to vessels entering
and clearing from United States ports
carrying mounted guns.
Germany and Austria notified the
state department at Washington that
after March 1 they will consider all
armed merchantmen as warships and
sink them without warning.
President Wilson told the Chamber
Of Commerce of the United States at
Washington that America needed a
real scientific tariff board and he
thought it was going to get it; that it
| needed a real merchant marine and
that it was absolutely necessary some
beginning should be made at once to
get that, too.
Representative King introduced in
the house at Washington a bill appro.
priating 100000 for an arms plant at
or near Quincy, ILL.,, for the manufac.
ture by the government of firearms for
the army.
Secretary Lansing announced at
Washington that he had sent to the
Austro-Hungarian government through
Ambassador Penfield dispatch ask
ing for an investigation and an expla-
nation of the attack by an Austrian
submarine on the American tank
steamer Petrolite.