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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
NO FOOD BOARDING ALLOWED
Sixty Day Limit On Supplies is
Planned.

Washington, Nov. 1-Regulations
designed to check boarding of food
are to be issued at once by the food
administration in connection with its
system of licensing dealers.
No licensee, the food administration
announces, will be permitted to keep
on hand or have in possession or un-
der control by contract or other
arrangement, at any time any food
commodities in a quantity in excess of
the reasonable requirements of his
business for use or sale by him dur
ing the period of 60 days"
Moreover, no licensee will be per-
mitted to sell or deliver to any per-
sons, any food commodities if the H.
censee knows or has reason to be-
lieve that such sale or delivery will
give to such person a supply in excess
of his reasonable requirements for
use or sale by him during the period
of SO days next succeeding such sale
or delivery. With respect to some
commodities, only a 30 days supply
may be held.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
U. SNOW HAS CONTROL
Government Is Boss Of All Pack.
ing Plants.
Such Control To Be Absolute After
November l., When Packers
Must Be Licensed,

Chicago, Oct. 31-Every packing
plant in the country is now under tine
control of the government, according
to official announcement just made,
and after November 1 that control will
be absolute, operation of the plants
being under license.
The announcement was coincident
with the grand jury drive against high
priced milk and was made by Joseph
F. Cotton, chief of the meat division
of the Food Administration and Pro
fessor Charles Mccarthy, of the Uni
Fersity of Wisconsin, personal repre-
sentative OF Food Administrator Hoov
er, after weeks of investigation of the
Chicago packing plants.
"The government is in full control
of the meat packing industry of the
country" said Professor Mccarthy. "It
has been for some time, but after Nov
/, when the packers will be operating
under a license, the control will be
absolute
Cur big aim is to assure farmers
they will lie amply repaid for increas
ing animal production. We must
have more meat animals if we are tc
win the war and to keep meat prices
from ascending to points beyond the
public purse
Within a short time meat price bull
letins will appear with the Food Ad
ministration's bulletins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
JUNKER IS CHANCELLOR
Won HertIing, Pan German,
Named BY Kaiser.
Successor of Michaelis Has Only Con
tempt For Government
BY People.

Amsterdam, Nov. 1.-The Bavarian
prime minister, Count George Won
Hertling has been appointed imperial
chancellor
Former Chancellor Michaelis has
been named prime minister of Prus-
STA.
Count Won Hertling is at present
premier of Bavaria. Recent dispatch
es have mentioned him repeatedly as
being under consideration as German
premier. He is now in Berlin, hav.
ing arrived for conference with the
kaiser on Sunday.
Is Pan-German and Junker.
Won Hertling is a Pan-German and
junker supreme He is one of the old
est German statesmen and has repeat
eddy given evidence of arrogant con-
tempt for all government for the PEG.
pie.
DR.. Michaelis, by virtue of his pres
ent office as chancellor, has also been
minister president" or premier, of
Prussia. If the above dispatch is con-
firmed, the change simply means that
Michaelis is denoted from his place
as German statesman, but will re-
tain his job in the Prussian ministry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
AMERICANS IN FIRST
LINETRENCHES OPEN
ATTACK on GERMANS

were moving with machinelike pre-
cision.
The Americans swung down the
street apparently as proud as though
on dress parade, notwithstanding that
they had marched miles from the bill
lets where they had been since coming
by motor truck and railway from the
instruction centers. AS the ranks
passed every now and then a soldier
could be heard whistling softly to him
self, his nearby comrade listening sill
emily to sentimental and popular
pieces.
Go Into Battle Whistiing.
Finally from the rear came the whis-
tied strain of tune which all knew
and from many places in the ranks
whistles and voices Joined in. The
tune was "Jipperary." 1t lasted brief
ly as an officer turning, ordered Stop
that noisei" am
AS the Germans were near by much
depended on approaching the scene
quietly. The troops turned a corner
and disappeared down an ink black
screened road. AS major standing
there listened he looked continuously
at an Illuminated watch dial. He said:
"The men from the other direction
should now be entering the trenches.
have been standing here waiting to
hear if the Germans discovered the
movement" He paused, listened and
then continued:
There is no firing yet, although
expect it, for no doubt we are in for
a 'strafe' if the 'boche' knows we are
going in"
No "strafe" developed although the
Germans put over a few customary
shells, hitting nothing.
The troops entered the trenches
safely, unit by unit passing quickly to
the places assigned them. Quietness
was essential but the French welcome
none the less was heard and it was
enthusiastic. Every American was
shaken by the hand, some were
Rugged and even kissed on both
cheeks in the French custom. Some
of the French troops were those who
helped to train the Americans. The
trenches were found to be muddy but
nevertheless in condition of excel
lent construction. Greetings being
over, the Americans settled down and
at daylight, under low hung dripping
clouds, they got their first view of the
German lines stretching away in the
rolling terrain.
One American battery observed and
scattered a marching enemy group
with shell fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
o.. s.. SOLDIERS
FIGHTING HUNS
Exchange Blow For Blow With
Enemy Somewhere In
France"
TROOPS IN SEA OF MUD
Infantry In Knee Deep Water In Some
PIaces-Correspon Visit Front
First Time-Lieutenant Tells OF
First Shot.

With the American Army, Some
where in France" Nov. 1.-The Amer.
lean army is exchanging blow for blow
with the Boches, learning war by con-
tact, but under terrible weather condi-
tons.
France today is vast stretch of
icy rivulets and bogs. Rain and snow
are beating down day after day.
Through it all, the Sammies are
manning their guns, perfecting their
craftsmanship by Smelling enemy
emplacements, while the infantry in
some places actually stands knee
deep in almost freezing water.
Stand Watches On Front Lines.
The American infantry stand their
watches on the front lines and take
their regular turns at patrols into the
bleak, deadly waste that is No Mans
Land. 1t is desolate section where
the billiards. swirl of snowfiakes or
sheets Of rain make 1t often impos-
sible to see more than few yards.
Nearby American engineers, con-
stantly alert, clustered around fee
BILE fire in a half-demolished farm
house, await hourly summonses from
across an almost impossible terrain.
to repair trenches. Returning wet
through and stupefied with exhaus-
ton, they throw themselves on the
floor, wrapped in blankets. and snatch
a wink-most without an opportunity
to change their clothing.
Tells of First Shot.
Accredited American correspon-
dents have had their first opportu-
nifty to visit the Sammies at the
front-their gun pits, dugouts and
trenches.
We staggered single file across a
valley to see the gun that fired the
first shot of the war. A young lieu
tenant from Indiana told with boyish
enthusiasm how that first shot came
to be fired. He interspersed his run
ming narrative with cryptic COM
mands to his gunners, working un-
derground.
Men Drag Gun Up.
"The French officers told us it was
impossible to procure horses to haul
that particular gun here until day
break" the lieutenant explained. He
said If we wanted to drag it up-by
manpower-we might beat the others
and thus have the opportunity of fir
ing the first shot.
"Our men knew it would be tough
job, but they were anxious to shoot
that first shell. So they worked
through all that night in the rain and
mud. And they got the gun in posi-
ton just before daybreak."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
FIRST PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Pershing's Men Shoot At Fleeing
Germans

With the American Army in France,
Oct. 31.-The first German prisoner of
war taken by the American expedition
airy forces died in an American field
hospital, having been shot when he
encountered an American patrol in No
Mans Land in front of the American
trenches. He, with another German,
was discovered by the patrol and was
called upon to halt. The German ran;
the patrol fired and one of the enemy
was hit. The prisoner was treated at
a dressing station and removed to a
field hospital, where the combined eff
forts of several surgeons failed to save
his life.
The prisoner was mail carrier
and letters of some value were found
on him. He explained his presence
near the American trenches, saying
he had lost his way in the dark. He
declared that the Grman soldiers did
not know that Americans were on the
front or in France, the officers telling
them nothing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Laher shortaae Must Be Relieved.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The imminent
necessity of speeding up ship construc-
ton was emphasized at conference
here between Atlantic coast ship
builders and officials of the Elmer.
gency Fleet corporation. the Navy de.
partment, the Department of Labor
and the American Federation Of Labor.
The labor question was discussed. Un.
less the present shortage is relieved
without delay, officials claim 1t will
be necessary to consider drastic meth:
DDS Of Consumption of workmen for
necessary war work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
BAKER EXPECTS
| BIG War EVENTS:
Review Mentions U. S. Troops
On Firing Line For First
Time.
ENEMY RETREAT SEEN
Germans Must Move Back In West
Under Critical Circumstances
Between Two Wedges
Winter To Aid Italy.

Washington, Oct 30.-Important
developments are impending IN the
great war, Secretary Baker indicates
IN his official review of last weeks
operations on all fronts, which con-
cludes with the brief statement that
certain units of the American forces
In france have taken their places on
the battle front to complete their
training. This is the War depart
ments first mention of the fact that
the American forces are on the firing
line.
To Force Retreat in West.
Significant operations are in prog
ress, Secretary Baker says, both East
and West, on Italian fronts, in Mace
donia. Roumania, Mesopotamia and
even in East Africa. On the Western
front, he said, a new strategic retreat
of the German forces appears to be
the next move expected and they
must move back under critical circum.
stances between : the two wedges,
those of Flanders and the Aisne,
which have been driven relentlessly
into their line by the British and the
French.
Winter To Aid Italy.
Italy is passing through difficult
moment. Mr.. Baker says. The Austro-
German drive is being pressed for
ward by imposing forces. But once
before Italy stemmed the tide on an
Austrian rush under less favorable
conditions for the defenders, he points
out, and hurled the enemy back with
only a taste of victory during the
first days of his terrific onslaught
Winter is now coming to the aid OF
the Italians.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
slav Officers Admit Lack Of Authority

sIav Officers Admit Lack Of Authority.
Petrograd, Oct. 31.-The officers of
the Petrograd garrison met today TO
discuss the position Of the Russian
army and adopted a resolution declar-
ing that any authority on the part of
its chiefs is virtually nonresident. The
resolution says in. part: the com.
munity as it is at present cannot de-
fend Russia. On the contrary, the ap-
proach of winter and the present sub
versive aspirations of the army and its
plack of any sense of responsibility
will complete the ruin of the country.
We do not renounce out duty, however.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Foo Agents Would Block Crops.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 29.-Reports
that /. w. w. agitators and pro-Ger-
man propagandists are extremely &C.
tive in their efforts to halt crop work
in Los Angeles county, has caused
federal a1d state officials to combine
to fight the threatened menace. Evil
dence has already been placed in the
hands of the agents of the United
States government, which will prob
ably result in Indictment of several
anti-government agents. Nearby mum
icipalities have suffered from agitat-
ors, state reports declared.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
BRAZIL is FINALLY IN WAF
Congress Declares State of War Ex.
lists With Germany.

Rio Janeiro, Oct. 29.-The Chamber
of Deputies yesterday, by an almost
unanimous vote, declared that a state
of war exists between Germany and
Brazil. The vote was 149 to 1. The
senate unanimously approved the
proclamation of state of war and
President Braz has sanctioned the
proclamation.
The tribunes Of the chamber were
filled to capacity. After debate on
the opportuneness of proclaiming
martial law, the president of the dip
lomatic commission spoke in favor of
law worded as follows:
"a state of war between Brazil and
Germany is hereby acknowledged and
proclaimed. The president Of the re-
public is authorized to adopt the
measures enunciated in his message
of the 25th of October, and to take all
steps tending to ensure national de-
tense and public security"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
False War Stories Mean Prison.

New York. Oct. 31.-Go Jernment
agents are bringing to account enemy
aliens who circulate false stories con-
corning subjects connected with the
country's prosecution of the war. 1t
became known that among the Ger
mans recently interned at Ellis Island
were several. who were charged with
giving circulation to such tales. That
soldiers at nearby camps are commit
ting suicide almost daily, and that men
ia the national army cantonments are
underfed, were among the falsehoods
these persons have told.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
officer Not Guilty Of Arson.

Fargo, Oct. 30.-The case of w. E.
Alden of Minneapolis, naval recruit
ing officer of the Fargo district,
charged with setting fire to the Fed
eral building here recently. was dis.
missed by United States Commission
er Cupler Alden, whose recruiting Of
flee is next door to where the fire or
iginated. was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by the U. S. district attor-
ney. Commissioner Cupler in dismis-
sing the case said that the government
failed to show that the fire was set ma
liciously and was of incendiary origin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
LUXBURG PLAN is EXPOSED
Messages Snow Intention To Awe
latin-Amercans.


Washington, Oct 31-TwO more of
the notorious Count Won Luxburg's
messages to the German foreign office
from Beunos Aires have been made
public by Secretary Lansing They
provide official confirmation of Ger
many's plan to control Southern Bra
I'll, shed additional light upon Teu-
tonic intrigue in South America gen.
orally and reveal that Luxburg ap-
pealed vainly for squadron of sub
marines with which to awe some
Latin-Americans and to fatter others
with salutes.
The break between Argentina and
Germany, which Won Luxburg appar-
emily was expecting in July, has not
yet come. Latest advices from Bue-
nos Aires do not indicate any inten-
ton by the Argentine government to
join Brazil and other South Ameri-
can nations on the side of the Allies.
Won Luxburg, who was kept in a de-
tention camp for time after his ex-
posture, is expected to sail for home
at once. the Allies having agreed to
grant him safe conduct for the voy-
age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
U. S. TO HELP ITALY QUICKLY
Fuel and Food To Be Sent At Once To
Hard Pressed Nation.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The next
move by the United States to help
Italy in her critical hour will be to
divert quantities of coal, supplies and
food intended for Other destinations,
to the % ships already turned over to
the Italian government. By this res
ponse to Italy's need-the first actual
help to be extended from any of the
Allies-much material benefit to the
fighting forces is expected as well as
encouragement for the civil popula-
ton.
Italian military experts here agree
that General Cadorna will retire with
his whole army to the new line of de-
tense on the Tagliamento river, about
Is miles in the rear of the present
line On this river the Italians have
formidable and permanent defensive
works.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Y. w. C. A. To Protect Morals.

Chicago, Oct. 29.-Young women
and girls of this country, and of
France and Russia, are to be safe
guarded from the moral risks of the
war. This is the task before the sec.
tional conferences of the Young Wo-
mems Christian association. Delegates
from the central and north central
fields-Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan,
Indiana, Wisconsin, North and South
aDkota, Nebraska and Iowa-were in
session here Saturday, while similar
meetings are being held in other cities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
FORMER KING KAISER AGENT
Constantine Gave William All Pos
sible information.

London, Oct. 51.--From the text of
kilograms exchanged between Con-
stantine of Greece and Emperor Will
liam before the kings abdication, the
deciphering Of which will be complet-.
cd shortly by the Greek government,
it develops that Constantine, ito put
it mildly, was German agent" ac.
cording to a Reuter- dispatch from
Athens.
"The king promptly cabled the en-
peror all information of military or
political nature received from Greek
diplomats accredited to the Entente
Powers and from Greek officers at
Salonika," continues the dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Extends Time To Aliens.

Peking, Oct. 30.-Tiang Chi Chow,
minister Of finance, has extended the
currency agreement of April Is, 1911,
until April IA, 1918. This gives the
United States, Great Britain and
France, the original parties to the
agreement, the right to negotiate a
currency loan during the next six
months and admit Russia and Japan,
If they desire. The announcement has.
been greeted with enthusiasm by the
Chinese press certain sections of
which have sharply resented Japanese
efforts to dominate currency reforms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
ARMY SUPPLIES ARE BURNED
Munitions Destroyed In Fire Which
Sweeps Baltimore Piers.

Baltimore, Oct. 31.-One of the larg-
est fires in Baltimore since the great
confiagration in February, 1904, that
destroyed the business section Of the
city. was raging at midnight in big
piers of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road at it's extensive terminal at Lo-
Gust Point on the south side of the
harbor. Piers eight and nine are
stored with vast quantities of NUM-
tons and supplies for the American
forces in France and their allies.
Within 10 minutes after the flames
were discovered the entire structures
we're ablaze. Fifteen of the crew of a
British steamer lying at the pier
leaped overheard and it is feared some
of them were drowned. A dozen or
more men employed on the pier arc
missing.
On one of the piers were cases Of
shells which exploded at intervals,
leading to rumors than the fire de-
partment was using dynamite to check
the spread of the fire. 1t is reported
that the fire was of incendiary origin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
WANT TO GET TO FRONT SOON

Washington, Oct. 31.-Most young
men called for the national army want
to go to France to fight and they want
to go there quickly. Reports of five
or six big training camps, Secretary
Baker announces. show that. when
asked what they want to do, the great
majority of the selected men say they
don't care just so they get to France
among the first, and then, when given
a choice between the combatant and
uoncombatant branches most of them
eject to be fighters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Survivor of Custer Massacre Dead.

Fargo. Oct. 31.-Philip H. Hill, 6S
years old, a supply train driver for
the American troops which met disas-
ter on the prairies when Indians slew
Clusters command, and who claimed
t. be the last survivor of the Custer
massacre, died here of heart disease.
Hill was wounded in the battle with
the Indians and carried long knife
wound on his right side. He is said to
have fallen only a few feet from Gus
Ter, and saw the Indians rip the cloth
ing from the generals body as they
disrobed him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Champ clark withdraws Charges.

st. Louis, Oct. 29.-Champ Clark,
has withdrawn his charge that a
ring of New York men" had been
hampering the sale of the bonds of
the second Liberty Loan in order to
force a higher rate Of interest on the
next issue of bonds. when l made
that statement" said the speaker,
"the papers were full of stories telling
of the fact that the sale of Liberty
bonds was tagging all over the coun-
try. However, in view of what New
York has done in the sale in the last
thres days, l withdraw my criticism"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
$50, 100000 FOR RED CROSS
Big Sum Needed For Next Months
Work Commission Says.

Work Commission Says.
Washington, Oct. 31.-The estimate
of the American commission in France
is that $30,0O0,000 in addition to the
S10,O00,00o already appropriated will
be required to keep in full operation
Red Cross activities in France and
Belgium during the coming slx months.
1--WE cannot state too strongly the
critical situation that will arise during
the coming winter" the mission has
cabled headquarters, "and the neces-
sity of sustaining the morale of the
army.
eff the American people can get a
real picture of the misery among those
who have been, and are being, daily
driven out of their homes and dumped
In poverty upon other parts of the
country, oftentimes terribly sick or
lnutilated, they will gladly do all in
their power to help"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
sIsv Railway Generalization Increases

sIsv Railway Generalization Increases
+ Petrograd, Oct. BON. Andsberg,
manager of the exploitation depart
ment of the ministry of ways and COM
munications, in an interview regarding
the critical state OF the Russian rail-
roads, declared total shipments during
July, August and September were less
than during last January and Febru-
airy. Many trains are idle for lack of
locomotives, while anarchic conditions
on the railroads had reached such a
state that the executive heads were re.
signing and on some of the roads vir.
tually the entire stats had drawn out
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
Warns Of Incendiary Plot.

Chicago, Oct 29.-Intimation that a
widespread conspiracy exists to de.
stroy livestock and grain in stock
yards and elevators in the middle
west, was contained in a telegram
received by Harry A. Wheeler, I'LL
nois food administrator, from Hoover.
Hoover urged Wheeler to warn pack
ers and grain men against incen.
diary fires and other means of de.
struction and advised him to take up
the plan of having all stockyards and
elevators patroled by home guards.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
German Children Get Holiday.

London, Oct. S1.-A school holiday
has been proclaimed throughout Ger
many in celebration of the Austro-Ger-
man victories against Italy and the
display of flags has been ordered, says
an Amsterdam dispatch. Emperor
William and Emperor Charles are ex-
pected to meet on the Isonzo front in
a few days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-02
N. D. STATE OFFICIAL TAKEN
Secretary of State Accused Of En-
bezzlement.

Bismarck, Nov. Secretary of
State Thomas Hall and E. M. Walla,
automobile register clerk in the secre-
tary of states office, have been ar
rested on an embezzlement charge
sworn to by eAttorney General Will
liam LANCER. The arrests, it is said,
were the result of an examination of
the books of the automobile depart
ment of the secretary's office made
by the state bank examiner and which,
1t is alleged, showed shortage Of
$1,000.