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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
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EurODe0f, War. News

H. NJ. S. King Edward VII, battle
ship of 1880 tons displacement,
struck a mine and sank within short
while, the official press bureau an
nounced at London. The ships COM
pany was rescued with no loss of life.
Two were injured.
Sir Charles Monro reported to Lon
don that the Gallipoli peninsula had
been completely evacuated by allied
troops. All but II guns were en-
barked They were blown up. The
casualties were one wounded. There
were no casualties among the French.
The Montele grin consulate issued
a statement at Paris to the effect that
an Italian steamer from Brindisi with
425 Montenegro recruits from the
United States ran into a mine near
San Juan de Medua and was sunk.
Two hundred passengers were lost.
The following official communica-
ton was issued by the Russian war
Office in Petrograd: Our detachments
. captured the town of Czartorysk and
the height one and one-half miles
west"
Russian losses on the Bessarablan
frontier and the Stripa region during
the New Years fighting were at least
$4,000, according to the official state
ment issued by the war ONCE at
Vienna.
The bill providing for compulsory
military service passed its first read
ing in the house of commons in Lon
don by vote of 403 for to 1O5 against.
Three more members of the cabinet
resigned. They are: Arthur Hender-
son, George H. Roberts and William
Brace.
The British steamers Middleton and
Helica have been torpedoed and sunk
in the Mediterranean, it was an
nounced at London. There was some
loss of life on the Helia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

London, Jan. 1.-THE British and
Turks are at grips in two great bat.
ties between the Persian gulf and
Bagdad. Ten thousand British are
cut off at Kut-El -Amara The Turks
are before the final defenses of this
Mesopotamiar fort. A relief expedi-
ton under General Aylmer is en-
deavoring to push forward to the re-
lief of the beleaguered garrison.
In the House of Commons ]. Aus
ten Chamberlain, secretary for In
dia, announced successes for this ex.
petition. He said the Turks were in
full retreat after losing 700 prisoners
and a number of guns in a violent
battle.
Tell Different Story.
Reports received from Constantine
ople through Berlin and Amsterdam
tell an entirely different story. They
state that General Aylmer's force lost
5000 men in an attack on the Turkish
possessions at Sheik Said. The at
tack was repulsed.
Regarding the British force at Kut-
ElAmara, an official dispatch from
Constantinople, after claiming that
the fort has been surrounded and that
the main British army is in full re-
treat, says:
Hope to Take British.
.It is hoped Kut-ElAmara soon
will be taken or will capitulate for
want of food and that the British de-
tenders, who number more than 10000
will be captured
"The British thought by leaving
these forces at Kut-El-Amara to guar
antee the defense of the town and also
to assure the orderly retreat of the
remainder of the army.
This portion of the army is at
present long way southeast of Kut-
El-Amara and cannot go to the aid of
the fort, especially as it's morale is
shaken"
Relief Force Reinforced.
The announcement of Mr.. Chamber
lain that new army was moving to
the relief of Kut-El-Amara was the
III 81 oi1lCldl lClC tlldL IIG
British troops there were in danger.
Heavy forces of Turks were brought
up for the defense of Bagdad De-
feated at first, they again attacked
and drove the British back. The re-
treat continued for 100 miles until
the British again were in Kut- El-Ama-
"a. The British relief expedition is
believed to have been recently rein
forced.
London, Jan. 11.-All the positions
held by the Allies on the Gallipoli
peninsula have been abandoned with
the wounding of only one man among
the British and French, according to
a British official statement
This news has been expected for
several days by the keen observers OF
the near Eastern campaign, for the
retirement of the troops from Amaze
and Suvla Bay three weeks ago, left
no strategic advantage to the retention
of the tip of the peninsula.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Different From Her Ma.

Different From Her Ma.
He-Why is it that there's never .
match in the house?
She (curtly)-I can't make matches.
He-That's strange; your mother
could-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

to him to supply her with plenty of
cause.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Washington

Secretary Lansing gave out Ter
many's note at Washington in reply to
American representations regarding
the sinking of the American sailing
ship William p Frye in the South
Atlantic Germany promises not to
sink merchant ships of any kind with
out warning unless they attempt to
fight or escape. Germany promises to
make sure of the safety of passengers
and crew of torpedoed ships, not trust
them entirely to lifeboats.
The United States has sent to Am
bassador Page in London for presenta-
ton to the British foreign office a
note vigorously protesting against the
British authorities interfering with
and censoring mails from the United
States to neutral European countries.
Admiral Caperton cabled the navy
department at Washington that a rev.
olution in Haiti, which had for it's OBJ
ject the assassination of the presi-
dent, had been suppressed, and that
three of the leaders have been i'm
prisoned.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, presented to Secretary
Lansing at Washington proposal 10
pay indemnity for Americans lost In
the Lusitania disaster, and thereby
conclude that controversy, and gave
assurances that any German subma-
rines in the Mediterranean would not
attack noncombatant ships of any
character without warning or destroy
them without opportunity for noncom-
batants to reacH a place of safety.
Representative Gardner of Massa
chusetts assailed the 'pro-German and
pacifists who have advanced argu-
ments for an embargo on arms to the
allies" in an address to the house at
Washington. The speech was strong
ly anti-German and brought sharp re-
tort from Representatives Stafford
and Cooper of Wisconsin and Long
worth of Ohio.
Secretary of War Garrison, in his
report to the house committee on mill
tary affairs, proposes the creation Of
mobile federal force of more than
million men in six years, accumula-
tion of a huge reserve of ammunition
and equipment and elaborate extern
sion of the coast defenses. the whole
project involving an increased ex-
pense of s6O0.OOOOOO.
Twenty republics If the western
hemisphere joined hands with the
United States at Washington to greet
the new first lady of the land" Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, who made her bow
to American society as the mistress
of the White House at the Par-Ameri-
can reception.
Pork barrel river and harbor appro-
priations were denounced in vigorous
terms by Representative Frear of
Wisconsin, who resumed his fight in
the house at Washington against
waterway improvement legislation.
All doubt about President Wilson's
Willingness to accept denomination
was removed when authority came di-
| rect to Indianapolis from the White
| House at Washington to place the
presidents name on the ballot to be
election in March.
After two hours animated debate
the senate at Washington adopted
Senator Falls resolution calling upoa
| the president to furnish the senats
! with complete accounting of the ad.
ministration's policy in Mexico.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Foreign

Yuan Shi-kai, who recently accepted
the throne of China, has suffered a
stroke of apoplexy and is in serious
condition, according to unconfirmed
reports received in Tokyo.
The sinking of British submarine
off the coast of Holland was officially
announced at London. The crew of
33 was saved by the Dutch cruiser
Brabant.
A dispatch to the Havas agency at
Paris from Athens says that Jean
Guillemin, the French minister to
Greece, has announced that the con-
suls of the Teutonic allies arrested at
Saloniki have been released.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Health Work Curtailed.

The failure of the 1915 legislature
to appropriate sufficient funds to car
ry on correctly the work of the State
Board of Health from April 1 to Au.
gust l was a setback to public health
work in Minnesota, said Dr. A. J
Chesley, head of the division of pre-
ventabIe diseases, in his annual report
Beginning in April The division was
compelled to curtail it's field work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

Judge a man by what he does and
q woman by what she doesn't say
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Sale of Christmas Seals Increased.

Minneapolis. DR.. l. ]. Murphy,
secretary of the Minnesota Public
Health association and general cam
paign manager of the Red Cross seal
campaign in Minnesota, has reported
that the sale of seals in Minnesota
probably would be in excess of 2,600,-
900, meaning $4,000 cash receipts.
Dr. Murphy has heard from about 5
per cent of the campaign managers,
but these include the largest cities
and villages of the state. Two mil
lion seals were sold in Minnesota dur
ing the Christmas campaign of 1914.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

Mrs. Christina Maves OF Chicago,
after thirty-one years experience in
the game called life, found her part
miserable and not worth while. She
had five daughters. Their ages were
two to seven years. She gathered her
daughters about her and ended the
lives of six with gas.
James F. Duffy, prominent state leg
islator and deputy game warden, was
shot and killed at Philipsburg, Mont.'
by Mike Lonergan, miner.
Personal
William F. Bundy, southern Illinois
attorney and Republican politician,
died at his home at Centralia, Ill. He
was a former member of the Illinois
legislature.
Ada Rehan, the actress, died in
Roosevelt hospital at New York after
an operation for an arterial affection.
Miss Rehan was born in Limerick, Ire
land, on April %, 1860.
Lord Burnham, proprietor of the
London Daily Telegraph, is dead. He
was eighty-two years old and had been
critically ill for several weeks.
Charles w. Knapp, treasurer of the
New York Times and former editor
and publisher of the St. Louis Repub-
lie, died suddenly in the Times office
at New York from heart disease. He
was siXty-nine years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Domestic

Six of the eleven defendants in the
New Haven directors trial were &C
quilted at New York The jury dis
agreed as to the other five. The &C.
quilted were: d. N. Barney, Robert
w Taft, J. S. Hemingway, A. H. Rob-
ertson, F. F. Brewster and H. X. Nc
Harg The ones against whom the in
dictment still stands are: Rockefel-
Ter, BROKER, Pratt, Cass Ledyard and
Robbins.
Four persons were shot dead and 10
wounded. four probably fatally. one
of them a woman, when a mob of
5000, mostly foreigners, battled with
private police at the plant of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube works in
East Youngstown, o., and looted and
burned a greater part of the city. For
ty to fifty buildings are in ruins. The
property loss is placed at 100000
An invitation to "hyphenated citi-
zens" who put the interests of the ma
tive country before those of America
to get off the face Of the earth" was
issued at New York by United States
Judge Henry d. Clayton of Alabama.
Clayton's remarks were made in ad-
dressing the grand jury that was i'm
paneled to resume the investigation
into the activity of German agents.
Warming of danger to the Industrial
welfare of the United States through
imitation. overproduction, overconti-
dence and overextension of credit is
given in statement issued at New
York by Ebert H. Gary Judge Gary
also expresses the belief that the war
will not be protracted long, declaring
that both sides already are starving
Thirty people. many of them WON.
en- and children. were injured when
Chicago and Milwaukee electric car
jumped the track in Wilmette, ILL.,,
overturned and caught fire.
The American steamer Santa Clara
from New York for Valparaiso. has
been wrecked in a severe storm in
Magellan straits. No other details
have been received at Santiago. Chile
Increase in wages of all United
States Steel corporation workers was
announced at New York by Chairman
E. N. Gary
af hn Md
der works at Carney's Point, N. Y, IS
men were killed and many others in
jured Two of the three plants were
blown up. supposedly as result of a
plot. Six men. with dynamite bombs,
are said to have been discovered.
Mrs, Harold j. Bryant of Chicago
was awarded custody of the two chill
dren of her marriage with Charles w.
Giilett by Judge F. A. Smith follow.
ing the hearing of Gillett's suit for
the children. The court ordered the
children resume the name of Gillett.
The crew of the Greek liner Thessa.
loniki has been taken off the ship
whlch presumably has been aban
doned, according to a wireless mes
sage received at New York from Cap
tain Goetsche of the steamer United
States.
Revenue stamps. totaling $1,000. 00t
in value. sac, in cash and package
of notes and drafts valued at s2,ODt
were stolen from the Office of the col
lector of interna. revenue il the OLD
post office build ng at ST. Paul, Mimi
More than twenty persons were
drowned when the steamer Kanawha
capsized in the Ohio river near Park
ersburg. W Va OF the sixty-five per
sons on ioard the steamer only fifteen
had been accounted for. The boat hit
nj
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Opposes State Life Insurance.

The establishment of state life in.
surance would be step in retrogres.
cor1ing to J. A. o. Preus, former state
commissioner of insurance and now
state auditor. Mr.. Preus maintained,
however, that the state should main.
tain it's rights to govern the conduct
of life insurance companies and indi.
Gated that a statute is in contempla.
ton giving the insurance commission.
er power to question all prospective
agents for companies as to their fit.
ness for the work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

Bemidji. = An appeal will be made
to congress to abrogate the Indian
treaty of 1855, under the terms of
which the Indian bureau at Washing
ton found opportunity to apply a
liquor lid" affecting 16 counties in
Minnesota. Just how this appeal will
be made has not yet been decided
upon, but forces are al WORK through
out the affected territory which SOON
will come together and demand legis-
Iation to relieve section of the state
from what is referred to as "a fed
eral blight and an unjust act of the
Indian bureau"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Board Fears SisaI Trust"

State binding Irvine prices for the
year will not be announced until
March, the Board of Control having
charge. Board members stated that
because of an unsettled sisal market
no action would be taken for the pres.
ent r. w. Wheelock of the board
and Warden Reed of the state peni.
Tertiary will go to New York to In.
quire into the sisai situation. Reports
are that combination on sisal has
been formed and the board wants te
know aboIit It.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
RIVAL FORCES ARE AT GRIPS IN
GREAT STRUGGLES BE-
TWEEN PERSIAN GULF
AND BAGDAD.
TEN THOUSAND ENGLISH
ARE REPORTED CUT OFF
Ottomans Threaten Force Isolated at
kut-Ei-Amara While Relief Expo
dition is Pushing Forward-Sec-
rotary for India Announces
Success for This Army.

Paris, Jan. 11.-Heavy attacks were
made Sunday by German troops in the
Champagne, the war office has just
announced. The German attacks broke
down with heavy losses, the statement
says, and although the Teutons gained
temporary foothoId in French positions
at various places, they were subse-
quently driven out everywhere except
from portions Of two advanced trench.
es.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14
Gift to State Elind School.

Gift to State Elind School.
The Minnesota school for the blino
in this city, with the legal department
of the state as custodian, has come
into the possession of the estate of
the late Samuel C. Brown, of Luverne
amounting to about $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

After two. hours animated debate
the senate at Washington adopted
Senator Falls resolution calling upor
the president to furnish the senars
with a complete accounting of the ad.
ministration's policy in Mexico
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

The crew of the Greek liner Thessa.
loniki has been taken off the ship.
which presumably has been aban-
doned, according to wireless mes
sage received at New York from Cap
tain Goetsche of the steamer United
States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

More than twenty persons were
drowned when the steamer Kanawha
capsized in the Ohio river near Park
ersburg. W Va. OF the sixty-five per-
sons on ioard the steamer only fifteen
had been accounted for. The boat hit
a pier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-14

Revenue stamps. totaling $1,000. 600
in value, $40, in cash and a package
of notes and drafts valued at s2.OD0
were stolen from the Office of the col
post Office build ng at ST. Paul, Mimi.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

The resignation of Secretary of War
Garrison was one of the surprises of
the week, as it was entirely unexpect-
ed. Garrison was reckoned as the
strong man of Wilson's cabinet, but it
is doubtful if his resignation will
weaken the administration. Compuls-
Dry military service, which he advo-
Gated, is not as popular as it might be,
and congress did not approve of vari-
Gus features of his military program.
To insist upon all or nothing, therefore,
meant nothing, and it would not have
been an act of wisdom on the part of
the president to back the war secre-
tary's plan to this extent, which would
have been necessary to retain him in
the cabinet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

The Jordan Independent is of the
opinion that it would be an interesting
test Of public sentiment on the county
option question in Minnesota if some
gubernatorial candidate should stand
squarely on a plank Of county option
repeal and his principal opponent
would stand as squarely on a plank of
non-repeal. Now that the supreme
court has upheld the constitutionality
of the statute it would be interesting
and decidedly refreshing to have a
campaign devoid of this issue. For
more than quarter Of a century Min
nesota has wrestled with county .op-
ton, while other matters equally or
more important have been neglected.
Give the issue and the voters a rest
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

Numerous state papers are editor
tally serving notice that political ad-
vertising matter will not be inserted
gratis, and the Saltwater Gazette last
week announced that if candidates ex-
pect the Gazette to run their advertis-
ing matter, they must expect to send
along a check. And the check must
be good at the bank, too. This doesn't
mean that these papers are brazenly
offering their editorial influence to the
highest bidder. Nor does it necessar-
lily mean that they will refrain from
discussing the merits and dement's Of
candidates, and expressing their pref
erence. But it is notorious fact that
newspapers have been imposed on by
"free-space" grafters for years, and
candidates for office are not the only
offenders. It is time that the lid
were applied.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

Reports to the effect that the United
States is not held in high esteem by
the European belligerents continue to
float across the Atlantic, and it is very
evident that this country cannot hope
to gain the respect which it's eminent
ly fair course entities it to until the
prejudice and passion produced by the
war is swept away, clarifying the
vision of the combatants. The United
States is right, but misunderstood.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17
For delegates at large to the nations

For, delegates at large to the national
convention there is a list Of nineteen.
Some of them we have never heard of
before, and we are fairly familiar
with the names Of public men in every
county of the state. There are only
four delegates to be elected, so fifteen
of the aspirants must be rejected. In
the list of delegates there are two
names that stand pre-eminently above
all the rest. F. jacobson of Lac qui
Parle county and Frederick C. Stevens
of Ramsey county. Mr.. jacobson and
Mr.. Stevens have been tried and test
ed and their worth and ability has been
amply proven, and besides they are
now and always have been true and
loyal republicans. No republican will
make any mistake in voting for Mr..
jacobson and Mr.. Stevens.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

Representative A. P Gardner of
Massachusetts and three, other promi-
nent republicans of that state will be
candidates for delegates-at-large to the
republican national convention, pledged
to support Theodore Roosevelt for the
nomination. This announcement was
made Friday, and Colonel Roosevelt
sailed for the West Indies Saturday.
The Bay State solon also announced
that the campaign would be continued
even if the former president declined
to permit the use of his name in Mass
Roosevelt looms larger and larger on
the political horizon as the probable
nominee Of republicans.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17

It does seem as if both Ex-Governor
Van SAINT and Ex-Governor Eberhart
have been sufficiently honored by the
republicans of Minnesota. There are
other deserving members of the re-
publican party who would like to rep
resent the state in the republican ma
tional convention. But modesty is a
virtue foreign to the nature of the
two ex-governors. There is no valid
reason why either of them should be
sent as a delegate to the republican
national convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-17
A GROSS MEASUREMENT.
Congressman Lindbergh spoke

Congressman 'Lindbergh spoke for
two hours before the efficiency and
economy commission at the state cap
toll last Wednesday and he did not
say much at that. The Minneapolis
Journal quotes him as saying among
other things that the "steel trust" was
behind the repeal of the state mineral
lease law in 1907, because it wanted
to save the Unbiased properties for
later time. Such gross misstate-
ment should not go unchallenged, and
we are surprised that man of Mr.
Lindbergh's intelligence should be
guilty Of making such a reckless and
wholly untrue assertion.
The facts are these: at the 1907
session of the legislature there was
talk of increasing the royalty to be
paid on ore taken from state lards--
since the enactment Of the mineral
lease law in 1889 the royalty had been
rs cents per ton. The writer was in
ST. Paul at the Merchants hotel when
a group of legislators were discussing
the advisability Of increasing the roy
atty and he doubted the possibility of
getting a bill through that would in
crease the royalty, but he did suggest
that bill should be introduced to re-
peal the existing mineral lease law,
that the ore would keep and the long
er the fixing of new royalty was de-
ferred the better, for iron ore was
never going to be any less valuable.
Representative Henry Rines of Mora
acted on the writer's suggestion and
introduced a bill repeating the min
eral lease law, and it passed both
branches of the legislature and be-
came a law.
The enactment of that law means
the saving of millions of dollars to the
state Of Minnesota in the future. for
1t is safe to assume that when another
mineral lease law is enacted the row.
atty for high-grade ore on state lands
will be fixed at not less than one dol
lar per ton.
In the meantime the ore is safe in
the bowels of the earth-it cannot be
wasted by fire, flood or wind storms.
These are the facts, succinctly stat
ed, relative to the repeal of the min
eral lease law by the 1907 legislature.