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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
LAISER IN PROCLAMATION
SAYS "IT'S FIGHT TO END''
Declares Allies Have Dropped Mask
and Revealed Plan to Crush Ger
many and Enslave Europe.

Amsterdam, Jan. Is. - The Allies
purpose to crush Germany and enslave
Europe is now made clear; but as they
have failed in 80 months of bloody
war and "unscrupulous economic"
fighting to subjugate the Teutonic pow
ers, so will their future efforts fail.
Kaiser Wilhelm thus summed up his
belief of the Allies position in a
proclamation to the German people"
In it he declares his people were
ready for all sacrifices and asserted
his confidence in full victory over all
the enemy's lust for power and rage
for destruction"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Prussian Receipts Incre.ae

Berlip, Jan. Is. = 1t is a.sMounced
that the Prussian budget for 1917 to he
presented to parliament wiz provide
for a considerable increase Il. receipts,
says an Overseas News Agency state
ment today.
Regarding the receipts IF the rail-
way service, it is pointed out that
railway traffic generally Is equal to
that of peace times and fseight traffic
even better than normal, the income
from these sources being sufficient,
it is declared, to meet credit. demands
and leave balance for loans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Four Children Freeze to Death.

Winnipeg, Jan. 1.-THE bodies of
four school children were found froz-
en- to death near Cadillac, Sask. Two
little boys were allowed to leave school
Friday afternoon during a storm.
Their sister, aged 19, went in search
and fourth child also left the build
ing. None reached home, all perish.
ing ON the prairie. When found the
feIder girl had two of the boys in her
farms and the fourth child was found
"a short distance away Three were
the children of Divide Beschamps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
May Probe EIgin Butter Board.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Govermental in
quiry into the food situation which has
been devoted to an examination of the
books of the Chicago butter and egg
board, to determine whether the in
junction of Judge X. M. Landis re-
straining attempts to fix butter prices
had been violated, was believed to
have extended to the Elgin butter
board when it was reported that spe-
cial agents of the department of JUS
tice had been sent to Elgin for the
records Of the butter board.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
To Continue BeIuium Relief

London, Jan. 15.-Herbert c. Hoo.
yer, chairman of the American COM
mission for relief in Belgium, has sail
ed for New York to discuss with his
American colleagues relief plans for
the coming year. Mr.. Hoover told the
Associated Press he considered the
relief commission was prepared to
continue it's work in Belgium an,
Northern France for at least another
year. The object of his journey to the
United States, he said, was solely to
discuss ways and means with his col
leagues in Nav York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear-Trial Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura Oint-
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywheTs.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
U-Boat Sighted May Be Deutschland

New York, Jan. 16.-News that an
unidentified submarine was moving
westward in the Atlantic as late as
last Thursday morning has just been
brought to port here by the British
freight steamship Clematis in from
Bordeaux, France. Persons on the
freighter thought the undersea boat
might be the German submarine mer-
chairman Deutschland on a third voy-
age to America. The stranger made
no move to attack the Clematis, which
was at the time approximately 800
miles east of Newport, R. l.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
New Submarine Launched.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. II. - United
States coast and harbor defense SUBJ
marine NJ was launched here. Mrs.
Whitford Drake, wife of Assistant Ma
val Constructor Drake, N S. NJ, christ
ened the diver. The NJ is a sister
ship of the Nj, recently launched here.
The No is almost completed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
ALLIES REPEAT ULTIMATUM
Insist on More Definite Acquiescence
of Note. -s.r

Athens, Jan. 1.-THE Allies, through
Italian minister have insisted on un-
qualified acceptance of their last ulti-
matum, considering the Greek govern
ment's reply equivocal.
1t is stated in government circles
here that, while maintaining that the
observations accompanying Greece's
reply in no wise constituted reserva-
lions vitiating the fullest acceptance of
the ultimatum, the government is will.
ing to repeat its acceptance categoric-
ally, as desired.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
confesses Murder; Self Defense.

H. Wells, former Kansas City brokers'
clerk, has confessed to County prose-
cutor R. P. Duncan that he shot and
killed Mona Byron Simon in room
in a hotel here. His statement, &C
cording to the authorities, says hs
killed the girl in self-defense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Fact Versus Fancy.

A good story is being told of re-
ply given by student to question
set in an examination paper:
eff 20 men reap a field in eight
hours" ran the question, chow long
will it take 10 men to reap the same
field?"
The student thought long and care
fully before setting down the answer,
and when he handed in his paper this
is what the examiner read:
"The field having already been
reaped by the 20 men, could not be
reaped by the 15."-Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Fatal Oxygen Tank Explosion.

Kansas City, Jan. 17.-Ons man was
killed, another seriously injured and a
score cut by flying glass when an
oxygen tank exploded in an offics
building in the center of the retN,
district. Harry Snow, superintend. 1T
of the jewelry store where the EXPO
sion occurred, literally was blows to
pieces. A man who was showing Snow
how to operate the tank was biown
against wall and dangerously in
jured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Switzerland Calls More Troops.

Berne, Switzerland, Jan. II (Via
London) Official announcement has
been made here that the federal coun:
Gil has decided, as a measure of pre-
caution to mobilize on Jan. "a, the
Second. division and the contirgents
of the Fourth and Fifth divisions
which have not yet been mobilized.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Voluntary Prison Service.

Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 17.-Thom-
as Mott Osborne, former warden of
Sing Sing prison; John Mccormick,
professor of political science at Bow
doin college, and Oskorne's secretary,
Harry Broski, entered the United
States naval prison here, hand-cuffed
and in gray uniforms. to begin a weeks
voluntary serviture. Their purpose is
to investigate conditions for the Navy
department at the request of Secre-
tary Daniels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19

Garfield Tea was your Grandmother's
Remedy for every stomach and intes-
final ill. This good Old-fashioned herb
home remedy for constipation, stomach
ills and other arrangements of the sys-
tenn so prevalent these days is in even
greater favor as a family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Lindbergh Asks Money Trust Probe

Washington, Jan. 17.-Reopening of
the money trust investigation of 1912
is demanded in resolution by Rep
resentative c. A. Lindbergh of Mime
sofa. He charges the money system
of the United States is being used as
literal gambling hell" He mention
ed the federal reserve boards appoint
ment of the Bank of England as it's
foreign representative as one reason
for the investigation, and claimed that
$25, 000,000,00 of investments in the
United States are being loaned to
stock spectators.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19
Good Reason.

"Why do you never take Gladys out
in your automObile"
Because she gets On nay motor
nerves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19

A Comprehensive Comment.
"This is our baby" burbled Proud.
pop. "What do you think of kim?"
"Ah A very seldom sort of infant,
should say" politely replied Phila
umpelly."-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-19

The Christmas belle is satisfied if
she gets a ring on her finger.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
W. N. Y, Salt Lake City, No. 47--1s17.
DvINSK AS A PIVOTAL POINT
Thriving Russian City That Controls
River Dvina Valley, One of the
Strongest Fortified.

Dvinsk, one of Russia's strongest for
tilted cities, is described in a bulletin
issued by the National Geographic So
ciety, which says:
with a population of 10000, in
Guiding 10000 Jews, Dvinsk is city
of prime Importance to Russia, for 1t
virtually controls the whole valley of
the River Dvina, upon whose right
bank 1t is situated, 40 miles (135
miles by river) southeast of Riga.
'Not only is Dvinsk important as a
strategic river point, but as thriving,
railway center. 1t is the junction
point for the great arteries of COM
merce running from Riga to SmoIensk,
and from Petrograd to Wilma. There
Is also an important railroad to Libau.
Dvinsk is 332 miles by rail southwest
of Petrograd.
"Dvinsk is an important agricultural
center, enjoying an extensive trade In
flax, hemp and grain. 1t is also a big
timber market. and its fiourishing in
dustries before t e war included flour
mills, breweries, match and tobacco
factories, tanneries, brick and tile
works.
I'm most encyclopedias and gazeteers
the city is listed under It's old name
of Dnaburg, but in 1893 the Russian
authorities officially declared 1t to be
Dvinsk.
During Napoleon's Russian cam
paign in 1912 Marshal Oudinot tried
In vain to capture the bridgehead at
Dvinsk, but the honor of taking the
city was reserved for Macdonald few
weeks later"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
PUTS EMBARGO on
GOODS TO RUSSIA
NO MORE SUPPLIES FROM u. s.
UNTIL STABLE GOVERNMENT
is ESTABLISHED.
Should Party In Power Pursue Pro-
gram for Peace, No More Ship
ments From This Country Will
BE Permitted.

Westinghouse shipments of sup
plies will be permitted to go from the
United States 10 Russia until the sit
uation in that country clears. The
American government, before allowing
the export of goods already on the
docks, wants to know into whose hands
they will fall on their arrival.
If the Bolsheviki gain control and
pursue their program calling for a
peace with Germany, the embargo will
be permanent
The provisional Russian government
was given credits amounting in all to
$685., 100000, of which S191000,000 al
ready has been advanced. Much of
this money has been spent for sup
plies, now awaiting shipment, and the
Russians have been given vessels for
it's transportation. Shipments will be
held up by denial Of bunker coal to
the ships.
Thomas d. Jones, vice chairman of
the war trade board, called at the
White House Tuesday and conferred
with President Wilson. No statement
was Forthcoming, but 1t was believed
the Russian situation was discussed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
ROUNDUP OF ALIENS BEGUN
OF Half Million Unnaturaiized Ger
mans, but Few Will Be Interned.

OF Half Million UnnaturaIized Ger
mans, but Few Will Be informed.
Washington.-A roundup of suspect
ed Germans, mainly in seacoast and
lake port cities, is In progress under
authority of President Wilson's new
proclamation fOrbidding alien enemies
within 100 yards Of docks, occurring
their registration and imposing other
restrictions on their movements.
Tie intelligence bureaus of the army
and navy have charge of making most
arrests Of Germans not evacuating the
barred zones. The department of JUS
tice will receive prompt reports and
after allowing for full hearing will de-
termine those to be interned perma-
nently.
Only small percentage of the half
million unnaturalized German men af-
fected by the presidents proclamation
will be arrested, officials explained in
discrediting rumors of the arrest and
Imprisonment of many thousands.
A few Germans have left Washing
ton In compliance with the presidents
order making a barred zone of tho
District of Columbia, but the exodus
attracted little attention.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
AUTHORS AS LONG WALKERS
Dickens, Wadsworth, southey, FaW-l
cstt and Others Were Chased a.
Pedestrians of Prominence.

1t is calculated that Wordsworth, in
his many years of sauntering, must
have Travelled distance Of 10000
Euiles. What sights he saw during such
prolonged and delightful wanderings
only those who have the poets mind
and eye can even guess. observes Lon
don Tit-Bits. !
Charles Dickens was a confirmed
tramp, and no doubt acquired his ex-
perlence Of '1ife on the road" from ac-
fual acquaintance with all sorts of
IvagabOnds and odd characters.
One Of the most remarkable Of I'M
professional walkers was Professor
Wilson. the christopher North" of lit
erature. His fine physique and great
endurance prompted him to the per-
Rormance Of wonderful feats, which
seemed to him entirely a matter of
course. He once walked 40 miles in
sight hours, and at another time
walked q distance Of so miles in "A
hours.
Henry Fawcett, also, was a tireless
walker, and one who, when deprived
IOf sight, did not think Of relinqGishing
this among many forms Of exercise. bis
was q familiar figure on the roads
about Cambridge, and there is no ex-
aggoration in saying that few men
blessed with all his senses could enjoy
mature more thoroughly than he.
gouthey, worn and preyed upon by
mental application and the practical
anxieties Of everyday life, found his
greatest relief in tramping about the
country.
John Stuart MIL delighted in pedes-
TRAN tours, and Charles Lamb, though
he loved town better than country, was
one who believed in sweeping cobwebs
from the brain by brisk and continuous
walking.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
SIMPLE RECORD OF
FIRST THANKSGIVING
When the Devout Pilgrims
Showed Their Gratitude for
Their Blessings.
81, =: Fl; si % :; S; ,

~0UR harvest being gotten in,
SW our governor rWilliam Brad
- ford] sent four men on foul
ing, so that we might after a
more special manner rejoice together
after we had gathered the fruit Of our
labors. They four in one day killed as
much foule as, with little help beside,
served the company almost weeke.
At which time, amongst other recrea-
ton, we exercised our arms, many Of
the Indians coming amongst us, and
among the rest their greatest king,
Massasoit, with some ninety men,
whom for three days we entertained
and Toasted, and they went out and
killed fine deer, which they brought
to the plantation and bestowed on our
governor and upon the captain miles
Standish1 and others"
Such is the historic record of the
tirst Thanksgiving in Plymouth colony
291 years ago. Less than year before
the Mayfower, bearing It's little band
Of 102 Pilgrims, anchored of the rock
bound New England coast. Alone in
the boundless wilderness OF the New
World the heroic Puritans struggled
through the relentless winter, battling
with snow and wind, savage foes. hun
ger, sickness, and death itself. In
three months their number was almost
one-haf of the entire company. But
with the spring time life looked more
kindly upon the exiles; summer smiled
on their corn fields, and autumn
brought abundant harvest. A few little
dwellings had been built, and prepa-
rations had been made for others, max
Ing tiny oasis OF homes on the desert
of the New World. Then 1t was that
Governor Bradford issued his first
proclamation, and the Pilgrims and
their Indian guests partook of that
first and now historic American feast
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
Looking Ahead.

Senator John Sharp Williams on
Mississippi remarked at dinner. says
the Philadelphia Telegraph, that some
lawyers are compelled to build on the
future, and told this story as an ex-
ample:
"Some time ago a handsome young
woman entered the office Of an attor-.
ney In the South. Immediately the
legal one rose to greet her.
"T am very glad to tell you, Miss
JONES' he said IN a pleased voice,
that your breach OF promise case has
been settled. The defendant has ex-
pressed a desire to compromise the
case by marrying you
That Is good news, indeed was
the smiling response Of the fair plain
tifr. TT is much better than taking q
chance on losing the verdict. You
have managed to case very well. How
much do owe your
"Iet me see,' thoughtfully unused
the lawyer Shall we say one hun
S-ed dollarsg
awe shall mott emphatically re-
piled the plaintiff. 1T is entirely TOO
much
"'Well, then, / win tell you what
4 will do, Miss Jones' returned the
lawyer. If you will promise to re-
tain me as your counsel when you sue
for divorce, will cut that bill right in
half"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
OFFENSIVE BEGUN
BY ALLIED FORCES
ROMANS COUNTER FIERcELY ON
FOE, HALTiNG 7EUToNS AT
ALL POINTS IN MOUNTAINS.
Field MarchaI Haig Shifts Attacks to
South and Begins Battle in st.
Quentin Region: Believed Ger
mans Seeking Verdun.

LOndon.-In the face of tremendous
pressure the Italians have held on the
mountain front between the Brenta
and Piave rivers, where the TeutOns
are trying to break through to take
Diaz's line in the rear. Four success
sive attacks by the army of General
Kr0batin, which operates on this sec
tor, were beaten off by the Italians.
Berlin was unable to announce any
new progress in its Tuesday bulletin.
The situation continues very critical.
The Teutons now have massed the bulk
of their heavy guns and a great num-
Der of reserves for the final onslaught.
Only one great strategic mountain
remains to be taken by them before
they can pour down into the plain.
This is Monte Grappa, to the east of
AsiagO. A height of minor Importance,
Monte Fenera, and the summit and
southern slopes of Monte Tomba are
still stubbornly defended by the Ital-
ians.
Shifting his offensive to the south,
Field Marshal Haig has delivered a Sc
ries of attacks against the Germans
In the region between st. Quentin and
the river Scarp in France, territory on
which there has been little fighting
since the spring offensive, when nota-
BILE gains from Arras to Peronne were
made.
Details of the new offensive are not
yet at hand, but the British official
communication says that the strike
had satisfactory results and that a
number of prisoners and a consider
able quantity of materials have been
gained on the roads leading from Ba-
paume and Peronne toward the impor-
tant railroad junction of Cambria.
Mysterious hints from Germany of
larger scale thinning of the eastern
front, coincident with a sharp Teuton
blow at Verdun and terrific German
cannonading on that front, has revived
the theory that the crown prince has
not abandoned his ambition to redeem
himself by taking the big fortress.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
oaIned Eams whlIs pxlnu.

Antoine Vatican, one Of Frances
foremost artists, painted his celebrated
decorative panels while dying Of the
white mans scourge. He sprang from
humble and poverty-stricken surround
ings, and was forced to work on the
brink of starvation for the greater
part of his thirty-seven years. just
as his fame rose to national proper
lions his tubercular condition became;
worse and he worked desperately DUR
ing his last few years to complete as
much work as possible before he died.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
FAMINE lNvApEs RUSSIA
Food Problem Becomes More Pressing
Than Question of Revolution.

London.-The food problem in
Russia suddenly has become more
pressing than the question Of revoln-
ton or counter-revolution not only in
Petrograd and Moscow, but also at the
front, according to kilograms from Pet
rograd, Moscow and Odessa.
The spectre of famine appears to
have done more than the force of ar
mics to bring about quiet. At many
places the Bolshevikl and Bourgeosie,
the pacifists and the military cadets
and the Kerenskyites and the Lenin-
ties have joined forces against the
common enemy-hunger-in a concen.
trated effort to stave off disaster,
which seems almost inevitable in view
of the disorganized state of transpor-
tation and widespread destruction of
stores and supplies.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
SERIOUS RIoTlNe IN BERLIN

Police Use Fire Arms TO ouell Social
istic Demonstration.
Londol.-Serious rioting took place
in Berlin last Sunday, according to
dispatches received from Amsterdam.
The message says that the fighting
between the mob and the police was
very fierce and that there was heavy
casualty list, as the police used their
firearms.
The military and police were called
upon to oppose the progress of the
independent Socialist demonstrators.
In the riotous scenes which followed
the police were forced to fire with their
rifles and revolvers and the organizers
of the meeting responded with fire.
arms and clubs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
CLOSE TO HEARTS
OF ALL AMERICANS
Particular Reason Why Thanks.
giving Day Should Be Gen.
orally Celebrated Here.

0NE of the oldest and best beloved
holidays In the whole year
~ comes to us this week-oldest in
our history because the Puritan
fathers celebrated it when they did
not celebrate Christmas, best beloved
because it is a holiday all our own,
typically American through and
through. Nations all over the world
celebrate Christmas, New Years and
Easter. Even our Independence day
has its echo in the French July ii, but
Thanksgiving day is the entire proper.
ty Of the American people, and per-
haps this adds the extra luster which
makes 1t . day apart in the heart Of
every citizen.
Its origin was In the farms, where
the harvest season was closed with a
day set aside for the giving of thanks
for the crops Just harvested. In real
ity it is national harvest festival, but
its meaning has come to cover more
than just the harvest season alone.
Now this holiday is crcorded us for
the rendition of thanks for the bless
ings of the entire year.
We find that during the Revolution
the observance of this day for giving
thanks had become so general that
congress recommended each year a
Thanksgiving day. This was an an
nual occurrence until the end of the
war, when a day was set aside in
1874, for rendering thanks for the re-
turn of peace. Again in 1889 Wash.
ington appointed day of Thanksgiving
for the adoption OF the Constitution
It was in this year also that the Epis.
copal church formally recognized the
right of the civil government to rec.
ommend such a feast day.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
SOLDIERS FIGHT FIRE
Blaze at Camp Kearny Threatens
Powder House.

Camp Kearny, Cal.-Ten thousand
soldiers were called from their drill
Monday afternoon to fight sweeping
brush fire which for more than an
hour threatened the entire cantonment
with disaster.
The blaze, which was of unknown
origin, swept along ut lightning speed,
throwing wall of solid fire hundred
feet into the air. For time it threat
ened a powder house north of the
camp, which contained hundreds of
pounds of dynamite, used for blasting
purposes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
RooseveIt at suffraae Jubilee.

New YOrk.-Responsiblllties the wo-
men of New York state have inherited
through their Acknowledgement were
outlined by Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt at a mass meeting Tuesday night
in the Metropolitan opera house in
celebration of the recent woman suf-
frage victory.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-11-23
Idaho Man 4onored.

st. Louis.-Oliver Wilson of Peoria,
ILL.,, was reelected president of the
National Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry. Among other officers chosen
were: Assistant steward. John Nor
ris, Golden, Colo; chaplain, W. f.
Deal, Nampa, Idaho.