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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
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NEW SOLDIER
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THE SOLDIERS STEP AND ITS
IMPORTANCE.
By a United States Army Officer

AS soon as the young soldier has
learned to stand correctly he must
learn how to step and to walk. If he
does not learn how to walk, he will not
know how to march. If he does not
know how to march, he is of no more
use to military organization than an
actual 'tin soldier"
A soldier must learn how to step
that is, to walk-for two reasons: he
must learn how best to utilize and con-
serve his muscles, and how to conform
to group movements.
All soldiers work is figured on a
basis of the normal mans capacity.
The normal mans capacity is likewise
figured on the possibilities of the nat
ural-and normal-use Of the muscles.
1t is not founded upon the subnormal
OF abnormal use of the muscles. The
readiest way to fit oneself to become a
soldier, therefore, is to teach the mus
cles to function correctly.
The normal step of the soldier is
thirty inches. That fact must be kept
In the mind until it grows there. Prac-
tice in marching will extend the step
Of some to that length and reduce that
Of others. If this standardization did
not take place-did not become habit
the step of the long-legged soldiers
would invariably walk away from the
short-legged soldiers and pull the
whole line out of shape. This is what
always takes place with green troops.
The tall man strikes out at a swing
which keeps the short man on a trot.
And not only is the united endurance
reduced according to the proportion of
short men in the company, but the tall
men cannot hold out with their equip
ment to nearly the same extent that
they could if they adopted the COM
pany stride. Uniform motion is con-
tagious, and the stimulus impaired to
all helps to carry those for whom the
longer step might at first be an exer-
ton.
A man must not walk on his heels.
This throws his whole physique out of
gear. 1t renders more difficult the
thirty-inch step. A man must walk on
the balls of his feet. He must bear
the weight of the body easily with him
not drag it along behind him. The
length of the step, thirty inches, is
measured from heel to heel and is TAX
en- at the rate of 120 minute.
Thirty inches-remember No good
soldier ever steps, or marches, other
wise unless specifically commanded to
do so. Furthermore, the good soldier,
while marching in this the soldiers
basic, or normal step, is, except for the
swing of the legs and arms, in the po-
sition of attention-described in a pre-
ceding article as the fundamental po-
sition of the soldier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Stinu Is Bees Defensive.

The sting of the bee is not only
not as dangerous as 1t is generally
considered, but it literally makes bee
keeping possible. A stingless bee is
not to be desired, for its colonies
would have to be closely guarded,
iWhile the singing bee is his own
home defense. Beekeepers are won't
to place colonies several miles from
their homes on bits of waste land
which they can rent from farmers
For a few pounds Of honey. They visit
them perhaps once week There are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29

Secretary Houston at Washington
appealed to American housewives to
assist the national food conservation
movement by canning or preserving
perishable fruits and vegetables.
Chief Of Police Leo Rusca and Ern-
est PrudhOmme were killed and School
superintendent L. e. Hudson of Nat!
chitoches, La, was fatally wounded by
George Pixies, drunken negro, whom
they were trying to arrest for shooting
his mother and two brothers, and who
was finally subdued by killing him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Plan Strike in Shin Yards.

New York June 27.-Despite the
shipping crisis in the United States, II
of the largest Eastern ship yards will
be tied up Saturday by strike of
their $4,000 employees, if the employers
do not give them So more week.
Secretary of Labor Wilson, after
pleading with the builders for days,
announced that his effort to get bosses
and men together for conference had
failed The wrangle began year ago.
The men, all employed in New York
and New Jersey yards. say they will
not compromise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
indianapolis Police Head Guilty.

Indianapolis, June 27.-Samuel w.
Perrott, chief of the Indianapolis po-
lice, and five others were found guilty
of conspiracy to commit frauds in
connection with the 1914 election by
the verdict of jury in the United
States district court. The others con-
victed were Roy A. Pope, police cap
tain; Wayland Sanders and Morton C.
Hulse, police sergeants; Lee Stringer,
city detective, and Herman Adam, city
inspector of weights and measures. A
seventh defendant, Frank M. Johnson,
patrolman, was acquitted. 4
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
FEDERAL CONTROL OF OIL,
STEEL AND SISAL SOUGHT
Extension of Authority Decided On A
Amendment to Food Bill BY Sem
ate Subcommittee.

Washington, June 27.-Extension Of
government control to iron and steel
and their products, petroleum and it's
products, farm implements and sisal,
jute and hemp products, such as bind
ing Irvine, has been decided upon as
an amendment to the administration
food control bill by Senate agricul-
ture subcommittee. Addition of other
articles is under consideration. Other
amendments agreed to by the SUBJ
committee will remove much OPPOSE
tion to the legislation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Washington

The administration food control bill
was passed in the house at Washing
ton. 1t gives the president power to
control the distribution of food, feed
and fuel for war purposes and appro-
PIRATES S152, 100000 for it's enforce
ment and administration. The meas
ure was passed after sweeping prohi-
bition for the war had been written
into 1t. The vote was 365 to 5.
The federal trade commission at
Washington will be asked soon by
President Denman Of the emergency
fleet corporation to fix uniform price
for steel and steel products for all in
dustries throughout the country.
The heavy hand of the police at last
fell upon the suffrage pickets at the
White House in Washington. and as
direct result of the rioting there two
suffragists were placed under arrest.
They were Miss Lucy Burns Of New
York and Miss Katherine Morey of
Boston.
With the government at Washington
reported to be on the verge Of COM
Wandering steel plants unless salts
factory prices can be secured in the
war emergency, the president is under
stood to have told Major General Goe-
thals that he would delegate to him
the power to commander any ship
yards and ships, as well as authority
to expend the $500, 100000 recently ap-
propriated by congress for ship con-
struction.
Francis S. Peabody, chairman, and
his fellow members of the coal produc-
ton committee Of the council of ma
tional defense at Washington rejected
the recommendation of the federal
trade commission that coal production
and transportation be pooled and that
the government operate both, allowing
the owners a normal net profit.
Approval has been given the defense
councils aircraft bill by President VIII
son and it will be introduced in cor
gress at Washington at once. 1t will
provide an initial appropriation Of
5000, 600, 900, and the program calls for
construction within a year Of between
$4,000 and $4,000 airplanes.
The senate finance committee at
Washington took what the members
expect to be final action on publisers'
taxes in the war revenue bill, adopt
ing by a vote Of to an increase Of
one-quarter Of a cent pound on Sec
ond class postage rates and an addi-
tional levy of 6 per cent on publishers
net profits over $1,000.
1t was announced at Washington
that war registration returns, virtually
completed by returns from Wyoming
and Kentucky, show 9,649,938 men have
been enrolled for the army draft.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
European War News

An Austrian attack in the Corde-
vole valley at Mount Settsass was
driven off by the Italians, who inflicted
heavy losses on the Austrians, says an
official statement issued at Rome.
The seizure Of explosives which had
just reached Christiania, Norway, from
Germany, and the arrest of three for
eigners, has been officially confirmed,
says Copenhagen dispatch. The dis
covery of the plot probably explains
the loss of many Norwegian ships.
The sinking of the Norwegian steam
er Cederic is reported to London in a
Central News dispatch from COpenha-
gen which credits the announcement to
the Norwegian foreign Office. The cap
tain and II men are said to be missing.
Along the Russian northern front
south Of Smorgon, German airplanes
dropped leaflets which read: "Thank
you for the long rest during which fra
ternizing enabled us to transfer troops
to the western front to hold up the at
tack Of the English and French. Now
that enough are transferred, we are
going to fight and will fire on frater-
MIXERS"
Russia's conservation to war to the
end with German autocracy was
avowed by Special Ambassador Boris
A. Bakhmetieff, head Of the Russian
mission here, In statement issued at
Washington to the American people.
Only through victory, he said, can a
stable world peace and the fruits Of
the Russian revolution be secured.
Twenty-seven British ships Of more
than 1000 tons have been sunk, &C
cording to the weekly British summary,
Five British vessels under 1000 tons
also were sent to the bottom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29

thieves who will climb into second
story window despite the fact that a
revolver may be waiting for them, and
others who specialize in placating bull
dogs, but the successful beehive bur
glar has yet to appear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
That Is a SAVING.

Mrs. Holdtite- Electric fans in the
house are very nice, but they must
cost you a great deal.
Mrs. Stingey-Yes, they do; but
you'd be surprised to know how long
a box Of matches lasts US.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Foreign

A report pointing out that prospects
are bright for good crop in the prairie
provinces was received at the head Of
fee Of the Canadian Northern railway
at Toronto, Ont.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29

The provisional government at Petro-
grad has begun to take severe meas
ures against the highest officials Of the
regime, who are declared to be guilty
Of breaches of the laws of the empire.
=
Dissolution of the council Of the en-
pire is declared for in a resolution
passed by the Pan-Russian congress Of
councils of deputies of soldiers and
workmen at Petrograd after a pro-
longed debate. The elimination of the
duma also is asked.
A dispatch to the Havas agency at
Paris from Athens says ex-Premier
Gounaris, with 80 other prominent
Greeks who were ordered expelled
from Greece, including M. Dragoumis,
son Of ex-Premier Dragoumis and once
minister to Petrograd, embarked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Proper Celebration
of Anniversary of
the Nations Birth

solve the political bands which have con-
nected them with another and to assume
| among the Powers of the earth the sep
arate and equal station to which the laws
of nature and Of natures God entitle
them, decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the sepa-
ration.
THUS wrote Thomas Jefferson for
the Continental congress in the
famous Declaration of Independ-
ence. 1t was signed at Independence
hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. With
the pealing of old Liberty bell that
summer day the birth Of new nation
was announced. Like her sturdy sons,
that nation was conceived in hardship.
Her heritage Of devotion to principle
was the noblest gift brought by the
Mayflower. Innate courage grew fear
less in the face of constant danger,
and her sons grew skillful by constant
toll. They craved not courtier favors
but demanded the right to develop
along the lines of new democracy the
nation then born. Contact with the
wilderness had taught them that
IT'S as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle
slaves
Of legendary virtue carved upon our faith
ers' graves.
For them to be convinced was as
though the thing had been decreed Of
God. They were convinced and they
proclaimed their birthright by declar-
ing their independence and then fight
ing for 1t against one Of the proudest,
strongest nations of the earth.
Nation Wholly Worthy.
It was inevitable that such begin
ming should produce a nation of stall
warts. What they lacked in knightli-
ness they made up in manliness. De-
vOtion to principle left no room for
compromise with policy. The result was
people chosen by fitness for great
place in the economy of the worlds
progress.
At this season we celebrate the an
niversary of the nations birth. The
14O anniversaries since then have not
all been to our credit. We have turned
from the serious to the frivolous, the
national birthday has become a carni-
val. In the name of patriotism all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Fourth of July Flag.

The
union Of lakes, the union
Of lands, the union of
states none can sever;
the union Of hearts, the
union Of hands and the
Flag Of our Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-06-29
Domestic

domestic
Three men were sentenced to jail for
draft-law violations at New York.
Liberty bonds sold at San Francisco
at $106, premium Of So, in private
transaction.
An explosion at Leavenworth, Kan,
wrecked the mansion occupied by Sid
ney G. Cooke, governor of the Old SOl'
in-law of the governor, was seriously
injured Governor Cooke, his wife,
daughter and grandchild were cut by
debris.
A donation of S5,OOOOOO to the Red
Cross war fund by the Rockefeller
foundation was announced at New
York.
The question of impeaching Mayor
Thompson of Chicago was put up to
the city council. Alderman Kennedy
investigation be made to ascertain
whether the mayor has been guilty of
omission of duty or misfeasance in Of
fee and calling for program of pro-
cedure necessary to bring about i'm
parchment.
The General Motors company, at a
directors meeting in New York, sub
scribed $250,000 to the Red Cross war
fund. The subscription was on basis
of $40 for each of the company's $4,000
employees.
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, called the two leading an
archists of this country, were indicted
at New York by federal grand jury
on charge of conspiring to induce
young men not to register for the Sc
lective draft. They pleaded not guilty
and were held in $4,000 bail each.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
PEACE NOT IN SIGHT.

No terms are in sight which would
lead to a satisfactory peace. Such is
the opinion of Lloyd George; it must
also be the opinion of every unofii-
cial observer of European affairs who
refuses to subordinate facts to his de-
sire. The German Kaiser stin talks
in terms of German victory; the Ger
man and Hungarian statesmen of the
dual empire still insist that their in
'fuence shall be dominant in every
part of the territory included within
their old boundaries; Bulgaria still
assumes that she is to annex not only
parts of Macedonia that might reason
ably have been transferred to her ii
she had joined the Allies instead of
Germany, but much i~ndisputably Ser
bian territory as we'll. Even Turkey
m~omentarily shaken off her decrepi-
tude, under the spell of the Kaiser's
infectious Boosting, and dreams of a
~regenerated S~ultanate. with all the
llnasSlmllaDle elements OF the empire
expelled or exterminatd. The peoples
OF the Central Empires doubtless
yearn for peace. But the militaristic
minorities remain in the saddle. How
long they will remain in control is
= question no one can answer When
they show signs of weakening we may
begin to look forward to peace. In
the meantime our plain business sis
10 .put our whole energies into war
and preparation for war. When we
have a powerful army in France we
shall begin to argue with autocracies
in terms that they can understand. The
peoples of the Central Empires will
also begin to argue in terms that
their rulers will hear-New Republic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
DR.. SWIGGETT APPOINTED
IN BUREAU OF EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31-Dr. Glen
Levin Swiggett, formerly of the I'm.
iversity of Tennessee and more re-
Gently Assistant Secretary General of
the second Pan American Scientific
Congress, has been appointed special
list in commercial education in the
Bureau of Education, Department of
the Interior. In this new work the
Bureau proposes to investigate local,
state, and national educational oppor-
tunities for bushes straining, to rec
ommend courses of study and to CO.
operate through advice and counsel
in the establishment Of the proper
relations between opportunity for
training and the needs of business.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
MANAGER STAKE
TELLS OF TOLLS
GIVES INTERVIEW REGARDING
WAR TAX ON TELEPHONE
CALLS.

As for the tax on telephone mes
! sageg. X. w. Stake, OF the Chesa-
Leake & POTOMAC Telephone Com
Pany. when seer this morning, told
how the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company had prepared to
collect the tax as directed by the
Government.
The preparation for the collection
Of the fi%ye-cent tax on all messages
CT Is cents or over has been a big
JOB for the telephone company" said
Mr.. Stake. I'm the case of public
telephones with coin box attachments
the tax of ) cents is to be Inserted
as directed by the operator in the
coin box by the persons who sends
the message, and all operators have
3een instructed to arrange for this.
Special preparations for billins
regular subscribers correctly for the
tax imposed on their messages of Is
cents and over also had to be made.
Now collection routines had to be
prepared and new systems for ac-
counting worked out. The telephone
company has advised all telephone
users OF the new law and the meth
ods put into effect for collecting the
tax. Notices giving full directions
have been placed on all public tele.
phones and all subscribers have been
dvised BIZ means of a circular en-
closed with their mcnthly bills. This
circular explains the method of maxi
irs the charge for the tax and gives
a digest Of the law relating to it.
THE new law not only applies TO
all messages on which the rate is Is
cents or more per message, but also
to all messages on which tie total
charge, including overtime, amounts
to Is cents or more. Thus, willie a
single call at the rate Of 5 cents bears
no tax. should the conversation be
prolonged over a period which would
make the aggregate charge Is cents
or more. the tax of 5 cents is i'm
posed.
.All telephone bills rendered dur
ing the life of this law Will include
a toll service statement that will
show those messages on which the
tax is to be levied, together with the
amount of such tax.
THE law directs that this tax
shall be collected from the person
paying for such message Or converse
ton and places the responsibility
upon the telephone company
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
HOLLAND oEEERs SUGAR.

Holland, confronted by an Ameri-
a embargo which must compel
quick cessation OF the smuggling OF
.foodstuffs and war matreials into Ger
many, comes forward now with its
offer Of a bargain. The Dutch have
sugar, millions Of tom of it, and they
know OF Americas shortage. They are
offering to ship this sugar to Ameri-
ca instead OF to Germany. in return
Tor the food which the Netherlands
requires. 1t is not easy 10 conceive
an impotence more colossal than that
which marks this latest Dutch sug-
g%estion, or one deserving OF
prompt reproof. America does need
sugar. Holland protests that it can,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
OFFICIALLY PLACED ON
WEST VIRGINIA MAP

WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. S0.-The
United States Supreme court placed
Parkersburg on the map a few days
ago, officially locating it in West Vir-
GINA where 1t belongs, Eugene L.
Youngs had been convicted in a low
er court on a charge of having TAX
en- a young woman from Parkersburg
to Marietta, Ohio, in violation Of the
Mann act. His case was Appealed on
the ground that the courts had err
red because it was not stated in the
indictment that Parkersburg was in
West Virginia, and that therefore it
had been shown that a state line had
been crossed. Chief Justice White,
from the bench, asked counsel where
Parkersburg is. The reply was that
it is in West Virginia. The court
.thereupon proceeded to officially de-
clare that Parkersburg is in West
Virginia and that one must cross the
state Line to get from Parkersburg
to Marietta, dismissing the appeal,
and so the sentence of the lower
court stands.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
REMEMBER THE CHANGE II
POSTAL RATES.

Business people will not be apt to
overlook the fact that the new rates
for letters and postal cards go into
effect on Friday. On and after that
day a postal card will require Two
cents to carry it through the mails,
and out-of-town letters three cents.
Letters may be mailed for two cents
at the main postoffice for any letter
carrier station or suburban branch
connected with it, but the th~ree-cent
rate will apply to mail for fourth
class offices, such as Woodbrook, Hale
thorpe, Lansdowne and others which
are inside the territory covered by
the Baltimore office but are not of it.
The thre-cent rate viii lalso be appli-
cable to letters addressed to Canada,
the Bahamas, Cuba, Barbados, Brit
1sh Guiana, British Honduras, DOM
inican Republic, Dutch West Indies,
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Leeward Islands. Mexico, Newfound-
land, New Zealand and Panama. To
other countries the letter rate will
remain at five cents.
The ordinary correspondent may
ofrget this change of rates if not re-
minded of it repeatedly j nadvance.
Hence this reference to the highest
cost of letter writing. In case of doubt
we woulwd suggest that it will be bet
ter TO put three cents on a Letter, even
for a nearby poin in the surrounding
country, than to take n chances.
You can express your patriotism in
terms of ms additional cen even
when it is not strictly required. In
this way letter writing may become a
for mot patriotic effort.-Baltimore
Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
DESTROYS TWO
BALTIMORE PIERS
LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS - IN
CENDIARlES MAY HAVE BEEN
WORK OF TEuToN SPIES.

ALTMORE, Md, Oct. 31.-The ex-
tensive freight pier of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad in the heart of
that company's large terminal at Lo-
Gust Point on the west side of the
harbor caught fire last night at 1916.
After the fire began a number of
persons were seen running from the
scene. They were fred at.
Pier 8 was formerly the pier OF the
North German Lloyd and pier 8 of
the Johnston line which was bought
by the Furness1Withy lines. This has
recently been taken over and has be-
come the principal point of shipping
on the Atlantic coast. An officer of
The British admiralty is here in charge
of the transportation.
The piers cost $1,OOO,OOo each to
to build.
Fire started with a dynamite ex-
plosion OF Baltimore and Ohio Pier
No. 8. A large area was soon in flames.
Fires apparently started in many
places the same time.
Tremendous excitement was caused
throughout the city. Alien enemies
are suspected of starting the fires.
Piers s and 8 of the Baltimore and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
''l'Il Show You How
corKs Peel OIL"
Ever Peel a Banana Skin? That's 1t!

Il should worry about those corns
II lust put some tGets-lt on"
a frenzy, enduring pain, digging,
slicing toes. tinkering with plasters