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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Proper View of Life.

Why is it, 1 wonder, that the little
boy almost always imagines that out
side Of home is to be found the larger
liberty? Why do young men fondly
dream that yonder, always yonder, is
to be found business opportunity?
Why does the dfssolute man conclude
that, outside the common virtues Of
society, he is to find the larger life?
For you, my son, will sometime find
that your largest liberty was in the
old home, where, If there was author
ity, there was also deep and abiding
love; and you, my friend, will find
that others succeeded in your home
town, while you failed in the world !;
and you, my liberty-loving man, will
most surely realize, that in the COM
mon virtues Of the simply good life
Is to be found what you seek in the
by-paths Of the world. Find the wealth
that lies everywhere about you. Prac-
tice the virtues that you know. Cher
I sh the love that is yours now. Value
the friends that you have known; and
in tie superficial you will find the
profound, and in the simple things
the things eternal.-St. Johns Bulle-
fin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
CHAPTER XIV.
Condemned.

The court-martial began its session
Of Hardy was over before three in the
afternoon. Vandervyn testified to the
suppression by the accused of the ex-
istence of the developed mine and of
Redbear's misconduct.
Hardy's statements in explanation
Of his actions were as brief as they
were cold and dry. Acting as civil
officer, he had considered the question
of Withholding any mention of the
mine as a matter within his discretion.
When Intercepted whether he had not
taken advantage of this suppression
to enter the contest and win the mine
for himself, his bald admission Of the
fact, unaccompanied by any explana-
ton Of his motives, was received by
his officer judges with marked gravity.
The other charges were far more
serious, and he opposed them with
vigOr. He denied emphatically any in
tention to desert or to remain perma-
nently absent from his proper duties
without leave, and showed the tele-
gram from a high official in the war
department that led him to believe his
resignation and application for leave
of absence would be at once favorably
acted upon by his commanding officer
at Vancouver barracks. This, in some
circumstances, might have been con-
sidered sufficient excuse for his con-
duct. But his refusal to explain his
reason for taking advantage of his Sc
cret knowledge Of the mine perceptibly
Influenced the members Of the court
to doubt the statement of his purpose
in coming to Washington.
Though the court-martial adjourned
without rendering its findings, he left
the courtroom ten years older in ap-
pearance than when he entered. The
regretful, commiserating glance of the
most friendly of his judges seemed
plainly to indicate what would be the
findings. The thought Of voluntarily
resigning from the service had been
hard. To be cashiered was almost I'M
endurable.
Yet he walked out with his back
straight and his head we'll up. He
went directly to the White House and
sent in written application for an
interview with the president. 1t was
refused. He went to his lodgings and
spent the remainder of the day and
half the night drafting and redrafting
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
X-RAY TO SETTLE
Claim TO BRIDE
Gypsy Appeals to Science to
Prove Girl Is of Legal
Age.
STOLEN BY RIVAL BAND
Romany Beauty Grew to Womanhood
and Loves Son of Man Who Stole
Her - Mother Claims
Her.

Oakland, Cal-ROmance is mingled
happiness and the burning jealousy of
nOmad peoples in the case of Amelia
Mitchell, a gypsy girl, of Oakland, Cal.
She stands in the court of Judge Og-
den torn between love for youthful
swain of her own impetuous blood and
the fierce desire of her parents to get
her back. And into this strange med
| ley of play and passion, of love and Of
hate, science has stepped to give the
verdict. Science will decide between
the claim of the mother that the girl
is sixteen years of age and the asser-
ton of the opposing side that she is
eighteen, the legal age for marriage in
California.
Watched With Interest.
The case is one of unusual interest
and is being watched with great inter
est by scientific men in all sections of
the country. The verdict probably will
rest with determinations made by DR..
S. III. Buteau, who asserts that the X
| ray will show the age of any person af-
ter they pass the fifteenth year.
Back many years runs the series of
events that have brought the rival
gypsy bands into court. When Amelia
Mitchell was still child she disap-
peared from her people after the Bra
lillian band of gypsies had crossed the
path of the Adams band of ROmany.
| Amelia's parents insist she was kid
mapped, but they never located the girl
until a few years ago when she was
found, happy and contented, with the
ROmany tribe, headed by Alec Adams.
| Meanwhile, according to testimony CIV
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HIDES FACE FROM MEN

, West Mentor, O.-True to her
, VOW, made at the age of twenty,
, that she never would let a man
look upon her face, Miss Har-
, riet Martindale has just passed
the forty-ffth year of her Sc
, cluSiOn.
, Miss Martindale, when twenty,
was engaged to be married to
, young man with whom she
was very much in love. One
, night while walking along a
country road near her home she
, saw her sister with her fiance.
Three weeks later the man she
) was to have married became the
husband of her sister.
, HeartbrOken, she SOlemnly
vowed no man should see her
) face again, and through the use
of a heavy veil and life of Sc
} clusiOn she has kept her word.
, Both the sister and her huS-
band now are dead.
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a concise statement of his argument
against Vandervyn's contract. This he
addressed to the president and
stamped for mailing. He wrote moth
ing with regard to his own case.
When, near morning, he at last fell
asleep, he was so near exhaustion that
he did not waken until late. The hour
set for the reconvening of the court
martial had already come. He sprang
into his uniform with a celebrity that
might have reminded fellow officer
of rev ellie in cadet barracks at West
Point.
The worn soles of his highly pol
ished shoes beat tattoo on the ear
petless clio stairs by which he descend
ed to the street. He did not turn to
go in for a beiated breakfast at the
meager table Of his landlady. He
fastened along the few feet of narrow
hall to the street door. AS he drew
it open, another man in uniform
stepped into the doorway and con-
fronted him. The other officer saluted.
Hardy responded mechanically. For
all his cool look, hs was astonished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Paid for His Bride.

To appease the clamOring parents
George is said to have paid $2,636 for
his bride-to-be, and thereafter the
Mitchell clan celebrated for six weeks
spending over 5000.
The Mitchells deny all this. They
say the girl is only sixteen years of
age. They declare they have not been
paid for the girl and that she is not
happy with the Adams clan. They
are demanding their rights and insist
that Amelia shall be returned to her
mother, who had seven other children
in court with her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Sailors Duties Made Lighter.

Jack Tar knows what it means to
tote heavy shells around ship, but Jack
Tar will not need to worry about this
duty longer, according to the Popular
Science Monthly. Ammunition is now
loaded by pneumatic tube straight
from the magazine to the firing
turret. An intricate mechanism pre-!
vents the shells from entering the
breeches of the guns at great speed,
and also prevents any mistake in
firing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
ReIv on Parcel Post.

Since the outbreak Of the war prac-
tically the only means by which a
large variety of articles can be import
ed into Persia is the parcel post, ac-
cording to report from Commercial
Attache Baker at Petrograd. It is the
practice to ship goods Of many sorts
destined for Persia to Norway, whence
they are reshipped in smaller packages
from Russia to Persia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Girl Wife Cried for Her DoIIiae

DeS Moines.-Mrs. Cecil Gillian
Noble, thirteen years old, has caused
the arrest of her husband, aged six
teen years, WHO married her three
months ago and then deserted her. The
girl cried because she had no room
in her handbag for two dolls when
she left the home of her mother-in-
law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-02
Ruhhina Fur Started a Spark,

Annapolis. -Electricity induced
~ the friction of a fur coat grounded
through an automobile standing on wet
ground and caused a spark WHICH ex-
,loded the gasoline and caused severe
i,urns on the body of Surgeon Speap
of this city.
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Claims Bride by x-Ray.

en- by Adams, his son, George, age
sixteen years, and Miss Amelia had
fallen in love and had become en-
ra Oad
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
An Efficient Department

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: AS so many people are hammering
the Police Department just now. in connec-
tion with the Cocchi affair, think it is only
fair play to tell you my experience to-day
with the department. We rang up Headqusr-
ters to say that our house was about to be
closed for the summer. Within a few
minutes an officer appeared. Upon inquiry
(thinking that they had misunderstood our
communication, was delighted to find that
he had been sent promptly over to see if my
scuttle and manhole were properly fastened.
This is the first time in twenty years expe-
rience that this has been done, and think
that its thoroughness and efficiency should
be given as much publicity as we are accus-
toned to give 20 all kinds of knocks" and
criticism. | am convinced that never before
has the Police Department reached so high a
mark as in this administration.
ANNIE NATHAN MEYER.
New York, July 20, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
A Caveman in Office
Ex-Head Of Shipping Board Likencd
to the Megatherium
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Browsing through the files OF the
esteemed Tribune of generation gone, was
halted by these prescient lines by one OF
your editorial predecessors. Hear him speak
as of to-day in the issue of August 8, 1889:
"No wooden craft of any account disgraces
this enlightened age in carrying human be-
ings across the ocean. Steel vessels have
superseded the old style fleets Of wood. Why
should not steel vehicles do the trsnsporta-
tion across the continents and from place to
place? Steel cars, properly constructed, Of
course, would have all the advantages OF
wooden cars without any Of their defects. In
the first place, the steel car would be incom-
parably stronger in cases of accident 1t
would be at the same time freproof, and as
q matter of economy in the management OF
railroads it would be lighter and far more
durable than one of the present cars"
In the twenty-eight years OF subsequent
development great strides have been made,
so that the distance and difference between
ships and cars of steel and the long obsolete
types of wooden construction are so great as to
render a return to the weaker, unsafe and
When hundred million generous people are
urged to eat one slice Of bread less per day
in order that three hundred million far
needier people may have few morsels more,
to witness a propaganda to spend hundreds
Of millions Of dollars upon ephemeral and
relatively inefficient ships, hastily flung to-
Cether out of green sawed lumber, may be
safely set down as one OF the extravagant hal
lucinations of an unsound mind, incapable Of
normal judgment
But, difficult TO realize though it be, it
seems TO be true that troglodyte, verita-
bic caveman, one William Denman, true TO
name and type, has been dug up from the
fossil beds of the West, and, with few me,
toos," has been set up in Washington as a
Shipping Board. And, so misftted are the
caveman and his Fridays for the life and du-
ties Of to-day that they have looked with
com mpacency on the diversion by the astute
Japanese Of millions Of tons Of our ship con-
struction steel while they have fddled along
to get Engineer Goethals to waste his ener-
eies on wooden canoes for transatlantic ser
vice, and while we let our steel go into Jap
anese shipping of permanent, serviceable
value.
1t would be "to laugh" II it were not so
exasperating. You will remember we once
had president Of the Board Of Education who
was disrespectfully characterized as an "edu-
cational mastodon" ] would not be so dis
respectful to the extinct but in its time eff
cient mastodon as to classify 1t with the
troglodyte, or caveman; but might designate
the latter as q megatherium, the great sleth,
who lumbers In the way Of the famous West
Point engineer.
Can you, can any man Of intelligence, i'm
agine a greater absurdty than for man OF
the scientific and practical attainments of
Engineer Goethals being coerced by such a
man as Denman, who, like Topsy, Gust
growed"7 GEORGE W. DlIHRlDGE.
Hollis. Long Island, July 1s, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
A Chance for Drafted Men
the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The War Department has announced
that all future officers are to be taken from
the ranks (the National Army included). Here
is an opportunity for red-booded men who
expect to be drafted to acquaint themselves
with military duty and become candidates
for officers. The writer for over two months
has been member of DR.. Boyce's Military
Training Corps. We drill at Governors
Island, instructed by regular army sergeants,
with real army rifles. Drills take place on
Saturday and Sunday at l45 p. m. On other
days at 3:45 p. M; also on Monday and Fri
day evenings. No red tape. Anybody can
join. Come when you can. Take boat at
Battery. In addition to drills we have mill
tary lectures by army officers and military
hikes every two weeks. Information can be
obtained at 10 West +4th Street (phone Van
derbilt 4660), or at Governors Island.
MURRAY RINGOLD.
New York, July %, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Osteopathists and the Army
a Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: WAS interested to read in The Tribune
for July 2l, 1917, letter from practitioner
in osteopathy with regard to the bill In Con-
gress "to provide for the selection Of osteo-
pathic physicians in the medical service Of
the army and navy of the United States"
AS I have been president Of the board OF
examiners for the Medical Reserve Corps for
three months and have seen personally, or
looked over, the papers Of every applicant, |
question the statement of the writer that
almost a thousand osteopaths have volun-
teered their services at the front" AS a
matter of fact, these gentlemen have been
conspicuous by their absence from recruiting
stations in this state.
| hold no brief against osteopathy, or any
other cult, when it is honest, as all men know,
but / question the fright" of osteopaths to
be admitted to the Medical Reserve Corps un-
less they hold the degree of NJ. D. This is
not narrow prejudice, but ordinary common
sense.
Patriotism is always commendable, but mis-
directed patriotism, under whatever specious
guise it may be presented, is a delusion.
HENRY C. COE,
Major Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A.
New York. July 2l, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Liquor and Law

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To-day on the back page OF Tue I'''
une there is an item of some new pr'''''',
association Of liquor men. 1t is in.n'"'
that the prohibition of whiskey and ''1''
strong drinks will knock out the ss!o0hh y,
they cannot meet their expenses On 'e'' ~
wine only. u-.,
That liberty-loving institution Ine ~,
trade will find out way TO make any -
laughing stock. III,
To-day the saloons are prohioited 70 y. =, ,
men in uniform. Do they obey! ''' y,
jugful. They sell to man in unii0f" -
as they sell to the police, on the sly -, ~,
There is no law the liquor saloon VIII VIZ
unless forced to. ..,.,,
Why, to-day if the liquor laws were shiY..., Wv,
over 1000 saloons would be closed up 80. 80.
would be diminished, homes would Do Oi'.. ~,
ened. burdens would be made essler' 81. 4
city would make long step IN ths p.'.
righteousness and holiness ana .S Mso:
liberty. JAMES " CnAN''
New York, July 81, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Wants Woman Suffrage Repealed

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: would like to suggest the imm,di.
cessation of all woman suffrage agitation nd
propaganda. The further extension Of b,
franchise to women should be stopped tor.A.
with. Moreover, IN the Western sufsC
states "votes for women" should bs repealed.
I have lived in the West, and ! know that
woman suffrage is not only an utter failure,
but a menace to the state and to women.
II is an intolerable situation that the man
hood Of this nation should be conscripted and
that men should hold themselves in readiness
to defend this government to the uiIinsn
point of sacrifice, in order to place :hs rsri
of government in the hands Of dominant von'
en- leaders. The whole trend Of femnl'n
forcing men into subservience to women. IL
Vulnerable examples Of this may be dise'T'
cred in tho United States by any one 'sn
enough to read the signs Of the times.
It is time to call halt. Government .
mans work, and the woman who rs'Vs',
neither the rights nor the responsibil!tl" .
men is an egotist. Egotism is the r''' y
mania. If the sufragist considers hsrs'l
the equal" of man, then she should ts-'i'
strate it, not by parsding, breaking u. h'
or firing verbal shots, but by shoulderiis
gun and getting into the trenches.
INDIGNANT MoTHEa
Hillsdale, N. Y, July 10, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
The Cost of the Dog
tFrom The Portland Oyeoonian)

The dog is coming in for close scrutiny
from the economic viewpoint. II seems ir-
hospitable, to say the least, to count the
value Of devotion in dollars and cents, ard
mans best friend" has always heretofore
been regarded on a sentimental basis, but
war is war, and there is a growing incli-
nation to investigate.
1t is estimated by "The Manufacturers
Record" that there are 25,000,000 dogs in
the United States. AS source of revenue
they would produce 100000 if taxed at
the rate of 81 head, provided the owners
Of lot of worthless ours did not kill them
rather than pay the tax. The same writer
estimates that the average dog consumes
food worth 70 cents every week. Author
ity for this figure is not given, but the argu-
ment that much of the food dog eats
would not be consumed by humans in any
event can be anticipated with the statement t
that il it we're fed to other animals, such
as pigs and poultry it would be converted
into food supply for the people. Seventy
cents week for each Of 25000,000 dogs
means 100000, 900 a year. which would fe ID
a good many children in Belgium and Po-
land and Armenia. Perhaps the figure ic
too high; in any event the amount Is ve-y
large.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Enlistments in Vermont
The Green Mountain State Has Not
Been a Stacker
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: During the last few weeks statements
have appeared repeatedly in the press with
reference to the small number of enlist
ments from the State Of Vermont. The true
condition of affairs as shown up by the
actual figures may be of interest, to those
Vermonters at least who take pride in the
old record of the Green Mountain Boys and
their present standing
The per cent of estimated population Of the
United States which entered the military
service of the country through the National
Guard and the regular army from April
to June 80, 19l7, was .0044. Vermonts per
cent was 0073S. Only eight states and ter
ritories are ahead Of Vermont-Hawaii, Ore
gon, District of Columbia, Montana, Maine,
New HAMPSHIRE, Rhode Island and Wyoming
in the order named. 1t is interesting to
notice that four out of the first nine states
on the list are within the New England group
The per cent in the other New England
states is as follows: Maine, .00Sl; New
HAMPSHIRE, .OO78; Massachusetts, Oo56;
Rhode Island, .OO77; Connecticut, .O045.
Compared with Massachusetts,, for instance,
Vermont has furnished for the military SER
vice during this period to 1876 population,
and Massachusetts, l to l75 population.
vermonts quota of the draft for $4,000
men on the basis OF estimated population
would be 1882 men. We are required to
furnish 1,O49, thus showing that we have al
ready furnished S63 more than our proper
share. Our National Guard has been in the
Federal service since April 2. Consequent
ly, men in that branch are and have
been Just as effectively in the service of the
country as though they had been in the
regular army. HAROLD LADD SMITH.
Proctor, VT, July q, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Rejected Volunteers and the Draft

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Almost four months have elapsed
since war was declared and as yet there has
been no provision made for rejected volun-
teers" By the term rejected volunteers"
mean those men who volunteered their SER
vices previous to the registration date,
which was June g. and who were not &C
cepted.
The newspapers from coast TO coast
shouted volunteer The country needs
meni" The bilboards all over the United
States sent forth the same call, and after it is
all said and done what consideration does
volunteer get? He applies for enlistment
is examined and rejected, even gets a card
signed by the examining officer to prove
that he was turned down; but in spite of
this he is forced to register on June 8, along
with the conscripts and later on is given a
draft number.
Up to the present date the newspapers
have made no announcements as to the
whereabouts OF any military Offices at which
rejected men can present their cards and
obtain a badge or certificate of some sort to
show that they have done what was asked of
them by the government. They ought TO
have been spared the humiliation of having
to register for the draft, let alone having to
stand the ordeal of being sent for when a
number is placed alongside of their names
on that selective list.
JOHN H. FILMAN.
New York, July %, 1917
New-York tribune., 1917-07-25
Goths and Huns
The Former Did Not Create School
of Architecture

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To-day have received pamphlet
called "The Conquest of the United States,
published at 2lO Fifth Avenue. In it, on
pages 26 and 27, occurs a quotation from
YOUR paper of September 22, 1914. as follows:
The destruction Of the Cathedral Of Rheims
put Germany again on the defensive as an
exponent of the spirit Of savagery in war
The ruin of the beautiful monument Of med-
avail art is a piece of vandalism which re-
duces German military methods to the level
of those of the Goths and Huns"
Tho word Goths is followed by an asterisk,
referring TO q footnote which reads:
"The architecture of the cathedral is
Gothic"
have written as follows to the American
Truth Society:
"A pamphlet has just reached me, called
The Conquest of the United States with the
subtitle, "A Book of Facts
"On page 27 is the end Of quotation from
The New York Tribune which refers to the
military methods of the Goths. A footnote
TO the word Goths states that the archi-
lecture of the cathedral is Gothic.
"This is wholly misleading and should not
appear in "A Book of Facts The architect
ure of the cathedral of Rheims is called
Gothic through an error of ignorance.
"The Goths were not architects, and had
nothing TO do with the magnificent church
architecture that honors their memory so
falsely.
This style is purely the product of France
and was an evolution from the Roman style.
When the French architects discovered the
groned arch and vault, resulting from the
intersection Of two round arches, the germ
of the new style was found.
"No Goths or Huns have ever devised a
great form of architecture. The great or
ders have all arisen in Greece, Italy and
France, and these have been modified in other
countries.
The activities of the Goths were confined
to the second and third centuries A. D.
The architecture in question grew up in
the lie d. France--that is, the region of
France near Paris, about one thousand years
later, so, you see, the error is considerable"
CHARLES A. D0WNER.
New York, July 20, 1917