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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

The method OF rationing troops is
substantially as follows:
The organization commander pre-
sents to the quartermaster a. ration re-
turn, which is a simple statement show
ing the number of men in his command
entitled to rations for the month. The
quartermaster calculates the money
value of these rations by multiplying
the total number of men by the num-
Der of days in the month and the prod
uct again multiplied by the number of
daily rations. Suppose that a captain
of a cavalry troop has seventy men to
subsist. Each man is entitled to one
ration per day Multiply seventy by
thirty and the Quartermaster finds that
the troop is entitled to 200 rationS
for the month He has previously as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

of substitutive equivalent articles in
place of such components whenever, in
his opinion, economy and a due regard
for the health and comfort of the
troops may require. President Wilson
has by executive order prescribed the
form OF ration.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-04

offer in any direction and she turned distractedly back to the office to wire Oceanside when her eye fell on a speeder car.
 With a start she turned to it, took hold of the handles, pushed the car forward length, found it responded to her touch, and hardly giving thought as to whether she could man. age the machine, conceived, as it be- gan to pick up speed, that possibly she could overtake the debarting train. This idea, once in her head, she had only to jump into the seat and in an other moment she was in pursuit of the train-then travelling through zone of fire from the burning camp.
 Catching at the infammable mate rial with which it's path was freely spread, leaping from tent to tent and hut to hut, licking up the canvas and eating rapidly into the fiimsy wooden structures that barred it's way, engulf- ing machinery, wagons and equipment in it's quick advance, the fire, famed by the north wind and its own suction, tore along like a whirlwind, with Rhinelander and his gang doing their best to check it. By the time the train had reached the vicinity of the camp, the fire had jumped the track and the flames rose on all sides as the local headed through them.
 Close behind the train. Helen, run ming the lineman's speeder, was doing her utmost to attract the attention of the train crew. Their eyes were fixed on the fire. Helen sped through the angry fire, and gained on the last moving train until but slight gap separated the nose of her speeder from the rear platform. Then mount ing on the footboard of the roaring lit tie motor, she sprang with all her strength tc the observation platform of the rear car.
 The conductor and brakeman, look ing back at that moment from the coaches to watch the fire, discovered the pursuing speeder. The two started back for the rear platform and they reached 1t just as Helen landed in front of them from her jump.
 What in the world?" demanded the conductor, as he locked from the ex- cited girl to the deserted lineman's s car. now falling back in the race it had maintained with the train. What in thunder" he again demanded of Helen, in simple, good faith, ''are you trying to do, Miss Holmes?"
 Helen, short of breath and wild with excitement, tried to explain: "Mr. Rhinelander," she said, between gasps, "was robbed yesterday. Thieves took his pay roll from our safe last night. They left punches of brown paper in
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an examination. It took him only moment to examine and tabulate in his mind the kind of safe he had to do with. In another moment he threw back the bolts and swung the door open.
 They took the pay roll package out just as Lyons had placed it within the safe. But the easy triumph of the ex- pert and the congratulations of his friends did not seem enough to satisfy him. To make the job artistic, he di- rected his assistants to get together some brown paper, ana after they had taken the bills from the package, he filled it with waste paper, rewrapped the package carefully and replaced it just as he had found it in the safe.
 Leaving by the same way they had entered, the quartet took their way to Seagrue's camp. Seagrue was asleep, and Spike woke him and nut tered they had the money. Seagrue, somewhat upset by the size of the company of thieves with which he was now tied up, kept his own coun- sel. He listened to all that Spike had to say, and at once advised sending the three safe-blowers back to the city. This, however, it was decided, after a brief conference, would not do, as Spike needed somebody to help him foment a disturbance next day. In the end, a compromise was effect ed, by which The Bat was sent to town while Sykes and Dan were kept over night to aid in stirring up Rhine lander's men.
 The following day had already been announced in Rhinelander's camp as pay day. When Helen and Lyons ar rived at the office in the morning for duty they found Rhinelander waiting to take the money. Lyons, very will ing to be rid of his responsibility opened the safe and unsuspectingly turned over to Rhinelander the pack age he had placed in it the afternoon before.
 When the construction boss reached
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to dodge the issue and he assured such of the men as would listen that if they would give him little time he would replace the pay roll on his per. sonal credit; and that no one should lose a cent through the accident. The difficulty was to get the men to listen The strike idea spread through the camp like an infection, and reason was for the moment completely for gotten. Spike, perceiying the mischief well under way and anxious to get the two city criminals out of the way be- fore the detectives from headquarters should arrive and round up the camp for suspects, directed Spike and Dan to "beat it. back to town on the To- cal passenger.
 At this time sudden and unexpect- ed complication arouse. With Spike, the party returned to the shack for a final drink. and when they left it, Sykes and Dan started fer the station. But lighted match carelessly thrown to the ground inside the hut, falling among rubbish, had ignited it, and al most before the pair reached the sta tion the hut was on fire.
 Entering the waiting room with his companion, Sykes bought tickets from Helen for the city. When with Dan he walked out on the platform, the local train had pulled in and the crew were looking at the fire in Rhinelanders camp.
 Sykes and Dan boarded the train at the moment it pulled slowly out. In the office, while Helen was putting away the bill with which Sykes had paid for the tickets, her attention was arrested by blot of ink on the edge of it. With a woman's intuition, she realized almost at once that the ink stained bill was one of those stolen from the express package the night l before Running out on the platform she told Lyons of the discovery.
 Helen, frantic as she saw the train pulling away with the burglars, looked around for help. Nothing seemed to
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have caught Eim to save his life, but fortunately for herself, she could not reach him in time. Had she done so, her own death would have been inevi- table, for Dan, swaying wildly, slipped again. He caught with fearful curse at the empty air. It was too late for anyone to aid him now, and the next instant he had plunged headlong ofr the roof to his death
 Helen turned to the officer, who, in a grapple with Sykes, was fighting in the grasp of the powerful criminal, to save himself from being hurled through an adjoining skylight
 Below the two, the fat man, Bat, looking up, beheId his confederate in the grip of the law. Helen was too late to aid the officer to save himself, but the plucky policeman gripped Sykes around the neck as he plunged forward himself, and before the fat
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his camp, the men were lined up cut side his tent waiting for their pay. Passing within, Rhinelander cut open the package. To his consternation he found only brown paper instead of currency. Stunned by the revelation and hreathless with amaZement, he made his way, white-faced, back to '&le station for an explanation.
 Rushing into the office he threw the doctored package down before Lyons and Helen. The two paled in turn with excitement and each of the three looked blankly into the faces of the others. Lyons ran to the safe and opened it again-Rhinelander and Helen watching. Nowhere else inside was any money to be found. The cur rency package, apparently undisturbed, had been taken by the agent in the first instance from precisely where he had left 1t and seemingly in the same condition in which it had been placed in the safe. All that confronted the startled trio now was the worthless package of brown paper.
 Rhinelander wiped his brow and turned, dejected, from the counter. He had not the heart to wire Oceanside of the calamity. The first thing neces- sary, in any event, was to make an eff fort to appease the men and, starting to his camp, he attempted to do this. The men, made uneasy by Rhineland- CTS sudden disappearance after his promise to pay, were grumbllng around Wood, the foreman, who was using his best efforts to quiet them. Rhinelander now reappeared from the station, but empty-handed. He brought this to Wood and to the men; ex- plained that he had been robbed and told the men they would have to wait.
 Those closest in the group that crowded around him had been primed for disturbance by Spike and his two confederates. They sneered at Rhine landers statements and told him they wanted their pay. Lyons, hurrying ever from the station, reported to Rhinelander that the express company and the chief special agents office had been notified of the robbery and de tectives were on the way. But while Wood and Lyons argued with some of the disaffected, Spike and his com panicns lured others of them to hut on the edge of the camp limits, where sort of blind pig was in operation. Here Spike, spending money freely, piled the grumbling laborers with liquor and advised them to stand on their rights and refuse to work if their money was not at once forthcom- ing.
 Rhinelander made up his mind not
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-04
SIXTH INSTALLMENT
HELEN'S WILD RIDE

Helen spied him the minute she stepped inside Rhinelander's hut to de- liver the telegram-a small, fluffy bun dle of black and white, lying curled up tightly on Rhinelander's cot, as if this was the haven of warmth and refuge so long sought. Where" demanded Helen of Rhinelander, and emphasiZ- ing each word in amazement, did you get that dear, little dog?"
 That dear, little dog" explained Rhinelander, with corresponding em phasis, lis the last addition to my all ready oyerburdened pay roll"
 Whats his name? Who," demand ed Helen in delight, put him on?"
 "He just got hold with his teeth and hung on. He blew into camp the other day, the tiredest, orneriest, hungriest- looking cur you ever saw. Some mo- toring party lost him, probably"
 Rhinelander reread his telegram: Rhinelander,
 Signal:
 Monthly pay roll on No. 4. H.
 Say, this is news; best I've had this week The pay roll is overdue three days and these Greeks and Mexics are a suspicious bunch. Whats your hurry?" he asked as Helen made ready to go.
 q must run," said Helen. 'sI'm alone this morning."
 Don't be in a rush; I'm going over that way myself" returned Rhineland- CT, picking up his hat "The pup will keep house few minutes"
 Leaving the hut door open, Rhine lander, accompanied by Helen, started for the station. Two good comrades, as well as devoted friends, Helen and he laughed and joked along their way,
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-04
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes. daughter of Gen eral Holmes. railroad man, is rescued from Imminent danger on a scenic railroad by George Storm, a newsboy. Grown to young womanhood Helen saves storm, now a fireman, her father. and his friends Amos Rhinelander, financier, and Robert Seagrue, promoter, from threatened col lision. Safebreakers employed by Sea- grue steal General Holmes survey plans tally wound the general and escape. Her fathers estate badly involved by his death, Helen goes to work on the Tide water Seagrue uses Spike to set fire to a powder train hauled by Storms engine. Helen saves Storm from a horrible death. Helen recovers the survey plans from Seagrue, and though they are taken from her, finds an accidentally made proof of the survey blue print. Storm. employed by Rhinelander. wins a fight with Sea grues men for possession of a consign- ment of railroad ties.
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watched from the farther end of the camp by Spike, who, disgraced, chafed, half in hiding, awaiting some oppor- tunity for mischief to turn up-some- thing that would release from honest idleness.
 It was to be an irony of fate that now made of the homeless dog an in strument to serve the purpose of the restless criminal. The puppy, alone, in the tent, refreshed by his nap, in- vigorated by his breakfast, and inn pelled, Rhinelander would have said, by the devil, looked about for some thing to interest him. Seizing the tele- gram in his sharp teeth, the dc start ed to tear it to pieces. At that juno ture an inquisitive squirrel, pausing before the open door, peered sharply into the hut.
 To the dog. this looked like a formal challenge. He was so overcome by the impudence Of it that he sprang from the table, forgetting to put the telegram back where it belonged. Away he dashed, telegram in teeth. after the squirrel
 There was but a single spectator of this dash--the breeding Spike As the dog tore past Spike the telegram
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
CONTEST OF NATIONS
Record Breaking Crowd Witnessed This
Elegant Production.

The standing room only" sign
was hung out early Friday evening
at the Washington Auditorium
where the Contest Of Nations
was given that evening under the
direction of Miss Esther Englund
of the Ely schools assisted by the
several teachers of the schools
taking part. The commodious
auditorium was altogether toe
small to accommodate the large con.
course who had come from miles
around to witness the spectacle.
Many people turned back and
many saw the affair through by
standing in the entrances. Figur-
ing the regular seats and extra
chairs, those seated on the stairs
and those standing it was estimat-
ed there were over 1000 people in
the hall atthe evening performance.
The school children had witnessed
the spectacle in the afternoon.
The parts in the play were ex-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

And now comes Leo Luckki a
Duluth Socialist to Hibbing and
declares that if the mines refuse
to dig ore "the master class can
not have munitions with which
to kill your brothers in the
trenches" This Luckki fellow is
rightly named. If he was not
lucky the miners that listened to
him would have thrown him into
the pit. 1t would have been more
to the point if he had informed
the miners howin'eTl they were
going to eat if they did not dig
iron ore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
BIG INDOOR CIRCUS
To be Staged In School Audi.
torlum, Friday, March 23.

Arrangements have been com
pleted with the Y. M. G. A. of
Two Harbors to stage their Big
Indoor Circus at the local school
auditorium on the evening of
March 23rd. There are fifty
eight people in the troupe, includ,
ing the 26 piece brass band, and
the circus will be complete, be-
ginning with a grand entree
march and winding up with an
after concert. Clowns, acrobats,
tumblers, trapeze artists, wire
walkers, swinging ring perform
ers, all robed in circus garb will
be seen in full circus style and
splendor.
A group of Ely citizens who
are interested in founding a Y.
M. G. A. here are responsible for
bringing this circus to our city.
The people who take part in the
circus are all members of the Two
Harbors Y. M. G. A. and the per-
Torrance is designed to show
what can be done in the way Of
physical training in that institu-
ton. 1t is hoped that our people
will avail themselves Of the op-
p~ortunity of seeing this circus.
The price Of admission will be Is
cents and IS cents. Children un-
der fifteen years of age will be
admitted on the Is cent tickets.
Since the above was put in type
the date has been changed to some
time the first of April.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

The Two Harbors Socialists
have passed a resolution endors-
ing the stand taken by Represen-
tative Strand in the Minnesota
Legislature and also one protest
ing against the teaching Of mill
tarism in the public schools by
singing patriotic songs and
against the Boy Scout movement.
The Port City is bound to keep in
the public eye. By reason of the
action of a number Of citizens the
advertising received by the city
is not relished by the majority.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

1t is very evident that the coun-
try newspaper has no friend in
Senator "Bob" Dunn of Prince
ton, himself a country publisher)
as can be clearly shown by the
bills introduced to take from the
newspapers the publication Of the
session laws and the proposed
constitutional amendments and
dump the whole pie into the lap
Of the Twin City job shops.
"Bob'' seems to have developed a
chronic crouch:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

The country is not at all pleased
with the flibustering senator's and
house members who refused to up
hold President Wilson and Con
gress in its program of American
ism. These fellows along with
thetI. w. w. leaders should be put
into the front ranks in case of wal
and a little patriotism drilled into
them. Nobody wants war, and
nobody wants it smeared all over
them and rubbed in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
ArranqInq for Big Time

The local lodge of Knights of
Pythias has decided on April 81
as the date of the meeting and
final organization Of the Fedora
ted Lodges of Knights. of Pythias
in this city.
At that time it is expected sew
eral grand lodge officers and dele
gates from all the ranges and Du-
luth lodges will be present and
an organization perfected. The
Ely committee is preparing a
program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
School Funds

st. Louis county has 36,262 pu-
pills in school and therefore the
March semi-annual apportion-
ment of state school moneys as
announced Monday shows the
county entitled to- $76,150.2O
This was announced by Superin.
tendent Schulz of the department
of education.
Hennepin has 56,901 pupils
will get. $119,492.10 in state
school money and Ramsey has
1892 pupils and will get $685..
$500.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
Canada celebrated the Demo

Canada celebrated the Demo-
cratic victory in 1916 by sending
us $27, O00, 900 worth of her goods
during November. That made the
total of our imports from our
northern neighbor for the first IL
months of that year $213, 500 $1,000,
an increase of $50, 0O0, 900 over
the 1915 period, $62,0OO,OOO over
the 1914 period and $SS,OOO,00
over the 1913 period, nine months
of which was under the Republi-
can protective tariff law. 1t
looks as if the Wilson, Under
wood law has been good pickings
for the Canadians, but their graf
itude will never reach the point
where they will permit our prod
ucts to enter their market at any
thing lower than protective rates.
1t is a one-sided affair, p~articu-
larly hurtful to our farmers, who,
in their excitement over war prof
it's, are apparently unconscious of
the shin-skinning which Canada
is giving them. The war cannot
last indefinitely, but Canada's
sales to us after the war will, I'm,
der the present tariff policy, be
limited only by her desires and
her ability to produce. Are we
going to prepare for competition
with Canada and other countries
before this war jag is over, or
postpone tariff revision until a
postwar depression has put our
industrial liver out of whack p
Evansville (Ill.) Enterprise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
GROUND
Opposition to Tonnage Tax
Measure Gaining.

Supporters of the tonnage or
super-tax measure were consider
ably routed when the senate or
dered the bill up for March IA.
Despite all the efforts of the
tonnage takers to get the date of
the hearing postponed indefn-
itely the bill was ordered up. This
result is considered by Senator
Griggs of this district, who is
leading the fight against the
measure, as a victory Of more or
less moment. This result fol
lowed a hard fight in which Sen
ator Griggs played a leading
part.
1t is confidently believed by a
majority of those in close touch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

Miss Cotter gave another speed
test last week in Algebra. The win
ners were Julia Filson, Lucia Brown
ell, Mary Mosnik and Mike Koski,
each having twenty seven examples
worked in n minute.
Mr.. Young, county superintendent,
Miss Noonan, county supervisor OF
writing, and Miss Peterson, county
nurse, visited the Normal Department
on Tuesday afternoon.
Although the Ely Basket Ball team
was defeated by the Aurora quint
last Saturday evening, it was, never.
theless, n of the best games Of the
season. The score was 1921. AS the
teams were we'll matched, the inter.
est was intense from start to finish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

Armed guards have been placed
at all bridges, docks and termi-
nails of the ore carrying roads, at
the mines and at other places
where damage could result in
case war comes with Germany
and Austria. At first it was
stated that these precautions
were being taken on account of
L. W. w. activities, but this is de-
MED. The guarding of the roads
and mines is a precautionary
measure against the possibility of
foreign agents attempting to him
der the shipping of iron ore to
lake ports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
Rev. Father Hogan Of Hibbing

Rev. Father Hogan of Hibbing
delivered a sermon Sunday
against the l.. w. w. and I'm par
ticular against another strike.
During his remarks he said it was
time that the people of the vii
lage stood together and forced
the issue and eject the organiza-
ton and make it stay out, for it
is Revolutionary gang of dirty,
filthy parasites who never have
done or will do any good. In last
summers strike the leaders got
the money and the poor starved.
The church doesn't want a strike,
the merchants don't, the compan-
les don't, the miners don't and
the village officials shouldn't
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

Fred Hadley in the Winnebago
Enterprise started something
when he recently printed a little
editorial about applauding in
church to show appreciation of
the minister when he gave voice
to some great truth or drove
home some statement that was
freighted with Importance. Yes,
why not9 Many a pastors life
would be filled with more plea
sure if his efforts brought forth
visible appreciation. Now that
the Evangelists are overrunning
the country and grabbing all the
ready cash that should by rights
be paid the local divine who stays
with you through sickness and
death for a meager pittance in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09

ceptionally we'll cast and the cos
tunes were gorgeous. Only a few
of the leading costumes had been
rented, all the others having been
made here by the domestic science
department under the direction of
Miss Swenson. The vast crowd
was more than enthusiastic over
the contest of the nations and fire.
quently burst into applause. The
final scene when the nations pre-
scented their banners to Columbia
on winning the contest was the
occasion for an outburst of patriot
ism that lasted several minutes.
This outburst was spontaneous and
was general, all nations taking
part, showing patriotism in Ely
was of the warmest kind. The
play was pronounced by all as the
browning event of Ely's popular
school entertainments and much
commentator for those who ar
ranged the same was expressed.
Those taking part were as follows: