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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
HONOR MlNNESOTANS
FOR AIDING FARMERS
Regents Name Nine for Special Rec
ignition - Committee informally
Discusses Vincent's Successor.

st. Paul. - Nine Minnesotans have
been named for special recognition of
distinguished work in the advance
ment of agriculture in the state by,
the executive committee of the Uni
versity of Minnesota board of regents.
Relatives of j. ]. Hill and Sidney NJ.
Owen, deceased, were sent memorial
certificates of distinction at the close
of the Farmers and Home-Makers'
week in progress at the University
farm.
Others to be honored with certili-
Gates of distinction are Hans Peter
Jensen of Freedom county, Mathew
Henry Hegerle of st. Bonifacius.
Finley McMartin Of Dodge county,
Everett Ford Irwin and c. M. Loring
of Hennepin county, Seth H. Kinney
and Henry Schroeder of Clay county.
Committee members said selecting
a successor to President Vincent was
discussed Informally at an executive
session while they were at lunch
but no progress was made. They in
timated that having looked over
available alumni and faculty members
they had begun considering outside
candidates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
CORPSE GREETS MOURNERS
Friends Found Man They Thought
Dead Smiling and in Best
of Health.

Cleveland, O.-Out-Of-tOwn friends
of Frank Bartek of No. ALSO East One
Hundred and Twenty-third street, who
came to Cleveland the other day to
attend his funeral and offer sympathy
to his family, learned he was very
much alive.
When they entered the house, in
stead of gazing on his face in coffin.
they saw him in a chair smiling and
looking as happy and healthy as
could be.
"Why, I even went to the morgue
to interview my corpse" he said jok-
ingly to his friends who dropped into
his saloon at No. II st. Clair avenue,
N. w., and expressed surprise on see
ing him there.
A man who died of exposure sew
era days ago had been Identified as
Mr.. Bartek.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
WOODSMEN HELD
At VIRGINIA FREED
ALLEGED MEMBERS OF I. w. w.
"REBEL GANG" NOT IDENTi.
FLED BY WITNESSES.
SHERIFFS IN FULL CONTROL
koochiching, Beltrami and st. Louis
County Officials Prepared to Fur
nish Complete Protection to
the Workers.

Virginia. - Fifty-three woodsmen
arraigned in municipal court here were
discharged on motion of the county
attorney. They were charged with
coercion, it being alleged that they
were members of the l. w. w. rebel
gang" that drove working lumberjacks
from their camps. Unless fresh trou-
BILE breaks out in the north woods, the
threatened suspension of timber activ-
tiles because of /. w. w. disturbances
appears to be over, was the opinion
voiced by lumbermen here.
E. w. Backus of the International
Lumber company, one of the large in
terests concerned in the threatened
trouble, said his information from the
affected districts was that the sheriffs
of Koochiching, Beltrami and st. Louis
counties, and their deputies, are fully
In control of the situation and are pre-
pared to furnish complete protection
for all men going into the woods to
take the places of those lumberjacks
who struck or were driven from the
camps by the l. w. w. forces.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
KILLED BY BULLET
MEANT FOR ANOTHER
Man and His Wife Are Arrested
in the Murder of Hotel Pro-
priet0r at Worthwhile.

Gloversville, N. John Elkinberg
and his wife are locked up in the Full
ton county Jail at JOhnstOwn In con-
nection with the shooting of Edward
Ostrander, proprietor of the River.
view hotel at Worthwhile. Sheriff Will
liam J. Shepard says both have con-
fessed that Elkinberg fired the shot
that killed Osberg shortly before mid
night, as he stood in the hotel office
talking with John Bettinger.
According to the sheriff, Elkinbers
admits quarreling with Bettinger. and
the bullet that killed Ostrander was
intended for Bettinger. The shot was
fired by someone on the outside of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
FINDS HER LONG-LOST CHILD
Search of Twelve Years Rewarded and
Mother Gets Writ to Compel Return
of the Girl Entrusted to Family.

New Haven.-Mrs. Florence PedmOre
of Hartford, Conn.,, found in a high
school at New Haven her fifteen-year-
old daughter, Dorothy, whom she lost
twelve years ago and for whom she
kept I'D continuous search since. Her
search led her through Philadelphia,
over the mountains of Pennsylvania,
as far west as Chicago and to parts
of Connecticut.
Mrs. Pedmore said she resided in
Philadelphia twelve years ago when
she paid visit to her mother in Pitts
burgh, and for so doing her husband
deserted her. The Brickleys lived in
the latter city and she allowed her
child to live with them. Suddenly they
moved away and she was unable to
locate them.
Recently she received letter from
New Haven, Conn.,, saying her daugh-
ter was in Pennsylvania town. She
hunted the writer of the letter instead
and found the Brickley family in New
Haven. Mrs PedmOre is hairdresser
and says she is able to support DOrO-
thy AID give her a good eSucation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12

and vines bearing fruit relished by
season.
Birds are desirable about premises
not only on account of their beauty
and song, but because of their eco
nomic worth. according to the United
States bureau of biological survey.
They are especially useful as insect
destroyers during the breeding period,
when they have to work early and late
to obtain sufficient food for their
| nestlings, and their movements at this
| any other season. There is, therefore
| double purpose in Offering them spe
cial nesting facilities. IL mud is avail
i able, swallows, robins and phoebes will
| found and wall their nests with it. Ii
we put out feathers, bits of wool OF
Irvine, dozen different kinds of birds
| will make use Of them. If we furnish
| safe retreats in which they can real
their young comfortably, most of then
will be occupied. In fact, no attrac
| ton for summer birds is more effec
| tual than series of houses suited te
the needs and habits of the various
i kinds of house birds.
| A few years ago only four species
were commonly regarded as house
birds-the house wren. the bluebird
the tree swallow and the martin Since
the movement to protect birds ane
make neighbOrs of them began, how.
ever, their natures and needs have be
come better understood, and it is now
known that many other species will
avail themselves of houses construct.
ed for them by their human friends
The practice of erecting birdhouses
in this country. while now nation
wide, is not so common and uniformly
| distributed as it should be, and more
extended provisions Of this nature
cannot fail to result in largely in.
creased number Of house birds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE BE-
FORE BUILDING HOUSES.

Before erecting birdhouses one
should first determine the kind Of
birds to which his premises are adapt
ed. The question usually next aris-
ing is as to the number of birds that
can be accommodated. Unless grounds
are large, 1t is generally useless to ex-
pect as tenants more than pair Of
each species, except martins, accord
ing to the United States Biological
survey. However, the singular intol-
crance shown by most birds during the
breeding season to others of their
kind does not operate between those
of different species. A dozen differ
ent kinds Of birds will pursue their
several modes of hunting and raise
their families on the same lot. but
rarely two of the same sort. OF all
our native house birds, martins alone
are sOciable.
Birds Are Tolerant.
The fact that birds are more toll
Grant toward strangers than toward
relatives was well illustrated by an
observation made recently in New
Mexico. A one-story Toulouse ten
feet square had nailed to three cor
ners of it's roof rough birdhouses made
from packing boxes. One was Occu-
pied by violet-green swallows, another
by western bluebirdS, and the third
by English sparrows. A still more re-
markable association of different spe-
cies has been reported by a resident
of st. Louis, Mo-, who once had a
pair each of fiickers, martins, house
wrens and English sparrows nesting
in the same house.
The fact that there is limit to the
possible bird population on any given
tract must be taken into consideration.
When the probable tenants have been
decided upon, the selection of sites is
H. order, for the site often decides the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Foreign

| The report by the Overseas News
| agency that Ambassador Gerard at a
| public welcome back to Germany had
| said that "never since the beginning of
| the war have the relations between the
United States and Germany been so
cordial as now" were inquired into Of
| ficially by the state department at
| Washington through cable to the am
bassadOr personally.
dispatch from Havre says that
Gen. Macmillan Wielemans, chief
of the Belgian general staff, is dead of
pneumonia, contracted in the trenches.
! Sixty persons were killed or injured
by avalanches in the TyrOl during De-
cember, according to Innsbruck news
papers.
! "Never since the beginning of the
war has the relations between Ger
many and the United States been as
cordial as now" Amid tremendous
cheers James w. Gerard, United States
ambassador to Germany, made this
statement ut banquet given in his
honor ut Berlin by the American ASsO-
citation of Commerce and Trade of Ber-
lin. In response, DR.. Alfred thinner
mann, secretary of state for foreign
affairs, eulogized Ambassador Gerard.
Premier IJoyd-GeOrpe and ViScOunt
Miner. member of the British war
council, with their official advisers,
have arrived in Rome, to participate
with the French and Italian govern
ments in an exchange of views upon
the general situation, says an official
statement issued at London.
Three hundred persons have been
killed and many injured in disas
trOus earthquake in central FormOsa,
according to special dispatches to
Tokyo from Taihoku, the capital of
FormOsa. One thousand houses were
destroyed.
The increase in the national debt of
Great Britain, France, Russia Ger
many and Austria-Hungary is. esti-
mated by the federal reserve board at
Washington at $40, 400 100000 from the
beginning of the war to the latter part
of 1916, except in the case OF Austria
| Hungary, in which the estimate ex-
tends only to May, 1916.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Washington County Board Elects.

saltwater. - w. R. Sawyer has
been reelected president of the Wash
ington county board of commissioners.
Other selections made were: Charles
Cappellan, county physician and poor
commissioner; N. As Nelson, custodian
of the courthouse, and John Martin.
son, janitor. County Auditor Nelson
reported he had conferred with the
Ramsey county commissioners rela
tive to expanding $4,000 on the Forest
Lake road and that they had prom
ised him early investigation of the
subject.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Kids Eat Wlne-soaked Snow

Hibbing. = Indian agents raided q
house on Mckinley street, where, they
had been informed, quantity Of
sparkling Italian wine was concealed.
They found it. In barrels, kegs, bot.
ties and other receptacles, 1,400 gal.
Ions of it was uncovered. The agents
did not find the owner of the big
cache. The Rsrrels and casks were
rolled out onto the snow and the heads
were knocked =. Meanwhile juven-
lie Hibbing f1ocked to the scene and
began eating the wine-soaked snow.
Police cleared the street.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Decision Worth s5,ooo,ooo to State,

st. Paul. = Minnesota will save at
least $5,000,000 year, in the opinion
of Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith,
as result of the decision of United
States Judges w. Evans, K. M. Lands
and G. A. Carpenter in Chicago, deny
ing the injunction sought by % rail.
roads to restrain. enforcement of the
Illinois 2-cent passenger fare law.
After the interstate commerce com
mission fixed "a cents mile as a rea-
sonable interstate rate, the roads
sought to have the fare within the
state made the same figure
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
DEMURRAGE RATE TO STAND

st. Paul = The Minnesota Rail-
road and Warehouse commission has
denied the application of Minnesota
railroads for permission to increase
demurrage charges on all intra-state
traffic The petition was opposed by
numerous organizations of shippers.
The recent hearing continued full
week.
Judge. Ira B. Mills, chairman of the
commission, said the railroads failed
to show by evidence that increases in
demurrage rates would solve the car.
shortage problem. He said further
that the case was decided on the tes-
timony and on it's merits alone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12

style Of house that is to occupy 1t. In
the final placing of birdh0uses, care
should be taken to have them face
away from the winds prevailing tr
stormy weather. The strongly devel
Oped hOming instincts Of birds can be
relied on to attach them to the neigh
borhOOd where they first saw the light
and the identical pairs which nest il
the house provided for them one veal
will often return the next season tt
enjoy the same bounty and protection
Location of Houses.
The location of a birdhOuse or fOot
shelter has much to do with it's sue
cess, for the reason that birds hav,
decided notions as to proper sur
rOundings for a dwelling. Martin.
within 20 feet of trees or buildings
Bluebirds are inclined TO select or
chards or pastures having scattered
trees. Wrens, thrashers and catbirds
live in thick shrubbery. Robins like
trees with sturdy trunks aud branches
Titmice, nuthatcheS and most of the
wOOdpeckers are woodland species, al.
though flickers and red-headed wood.
peckers are more at home among the
scattered trees of rOadsides and pas.
lures. Song sparrOws frequent weedy
swales and brush fences. Swallows
do not enter woods, so that house
would be as attractive. to them in one
open place as another. The eastern
phoebe, the black phoebe and the
house finch, while not limited to the
hauntS of man, are nOticeably partial
to them. Crested fycatchers, screech
owls, barn owls and sparrow hawks
are governed more by convenience
than by taste; although normally in
clined to hold aloOf from man, they
have in many instances reared their
broOds in close proximity to dwellings,
Barn owls, true to their name, accept
without hesitation suitable quarters in
buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12

means must be sought to attract them
about the home. They appreciate fresh
water for bathing and drinking. A
shallow pool of varying depth, If only
a foot across, becomes on hot days a
center of attraction for all the birds
in the vicinity, and it may be made
with little effort and material. Only a
small amount of cement is required,
or, if that be lacking, pan with
stones in it set in the ground will be
equally serviceable- Trees. shrubs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Washington

BY vote of Sc to 10 the senate at
Washington adopted the conference re-
port on the immigration BILL This re-
port leaves japanese immigration to
be regulated by Japan as provided in
the 'gentlemen'S agreement" between
the United States and Japan.
Describing it first as a suppOsitious
case, but later stating it had been told
| TO him as u fact, Thomas w. Lawson
in his testimony before the house rules
committee at Washington, pictured a
United States SENATOR cabinet officer
| and New York banker, having q joint
stock gambling account and dividing
the profits among them. He declined
! to give names because he did not know
them of his own knowledge.
| In the broadest possible manner the
Supreme court at Washington upheld
the constitutionality and effectiveness
of the Webb-KenyOn law The decision
divests intoxicating liquors of all inter
state commerce, characteristics when
bound for dry state in violation of
state laws.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambas-
sador to the United States, soon will
| receive an order recalling him. accord
| ing TO adviceS received at Washington
| from source of great influence with
the new English cabinet.
| Smoldering rumOrs that somebody
made money in the stock market with
leak" information about the sending
of President Wilson's peace note
blaZed up at eSSSiOn of the house
rules committee at Washington when
its first hearing on Representative
| Woods resolution for investigation
was held. Wood brought in the names
of Secretary Tumulty, MIR. Boiling" a
brother of President Wilson'S wife.
and others. All the persons named at
the hearing denied knowledge of the
presidents peace note until it was pub
| lished.
Extension of the life of the New
lands joint railroad committee until the
converting of the Sixty-fifth congress
next December, without an additional
appropriation, was agreed to by adj
ministration leaders in congress at
Washington.
Ten per cent increase in salaries
OF all agricultural department en-
ployees paid 81, 200 a year or less and
8 per cent for those who get from ST.
200 to $1,SOO is authorized in the an
nuai appropriation bill, passed by the
house at Washington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
CATERING TO THEIR NEEDS.

Birds may be gathered about US In
all seasons of the year with ease and
certainty merely by offering what they
desire. In winter they are often
pushed for food, and if we supply this
need they will report daily at the
lunch counter and help to relieve the
mer they care less for food provided
by their human friends. and other
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
FIND ANCIENT SKULL IN
UNDERGROUND CHAMBER
Residents Of Warren, Mimi, Discover
and Explore 300-Foot Cavern
in Bluff.

Winona. - Reached only by 40
foot tunnel of diameter barely suffi-
cient to permit man to crawl through
it on hands and knees, an underground
chamber 800 feet long and 60 feet high
has been discovered in giant bluff In
Lewiston village.
The discoveries, Fred Summers
and Spencer Crane, residents Of the
neighborhood, found in the cave what
they believe is broken skull, per.
haps that of some "caveman."
The chamber is believed to be OF
natural formation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
NVITT the Bids
nbeNEIGf1D0PS

weather by one wall and roof. This
shelf If placed high under the caves
of two-story building may attract
barn swallows; phoebes and robins
also are likely to build upon it If 1t Is
not less than eight feet from the
ground. In some cases it will be ad-
visable to leave only one side open.
A nest shelter designed to be placed
in shrubbery for catbirds, brown
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
BeItrami County Remains Wet.

Bemidji, Minn.-As a result of a
decision by District Judge c. w. Stan
ton, holding that the Red Lake Indians
had the right to vote in the recent
local option election Beltrami coun
ty will remain wet as it was voted last
August by the small plurality of 13
votes. Following a contest of the cleo
ton, which still left the "wets" with
a margin of nine votes. H. A. Opsahl,
working in behalf of the prohibition
forces, started court action recently
in an effort to have the votes Of the
Indians declared illegal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
TAKES HER SUN BATH

Chicago.-Mystery in Lake
Forest. Herman White comes
gallOping into the office of Chief
Mcguire. Woman dead. GOshal-
mighty. Hair on end. Hurry
up. :. Chief and police grab auto.
Rush to John Chapman estate.
There she is. Furs and silks.
Holy mackerel! She's reading
magazine. She speaks. what
do you want?" They speak.
'We thought you were dead"
She speaks. ''I'm taking sun
bath. Run along" They speak.
whats your name?" She
speaks. "None of your bust
ness" That's all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
European War News

Following up their offensive on the
Beaumont Hamei sector of the Ancre
front, the British after hours of ter
rife artillery fire attacked the Ger
mans south of the Arras. Some ground
was gained. Berlin, however. reports
the repulse of the assault with artil'
iery and machine gun fire.
An admiralty statement published at
Berlin in connection with the an
nouncement of the safe return of the
German submarine U-46, which had
been reported sunk in the Bay OF Bis
cay. says that German submarine,
n,mber not given, has sunk IL entente
steamers in IL days.
Russian forces launched counter
offensive against the TeutOn forces
along a front of IS miles between Foe
sani and Fundeni in central ROumania.
The German official report issued at
Berlin says all the assaults broke
down with heavy losses, except in the
direction of Obilechti, where the at
hackers gained some ground.
The conference between members of
the entente allied governments was
brought to close at Rome after sec
ond meeting. At luncheon given by
Premier Boselli in honor of the minis
tiers present cordial speeches were de-
iiyered, in which the Italian and
French premiers expressed absolute
confidence i'm the victory of the entente
allied powers.
The battle for possession of the
southern bank of the lower Sereth
river. i'm central Roumania. along 80
uile front. has been decided in favor
OF the central powers after fierce fight
irg. writes the military critic of the
Overseas News agency of Berlin, who
points out that the TeutOn troops took
just one month in forcing their way
from Bucharest TO Braila, Il distance of
I25 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12

the hotel, and crashing through the
glass Of front window, struck Os-
trander in the back of the head, kill
ing him instantly.
Elkinberg was arrested at 2 80 u. m.
at the point of a revolver at his home
on the river road. According to the
sheriff, he had gun in his hands
when the officers entered his home.
He and his wife were taken to the
Riverview hotel, where they were put
through grilling over the body Of
the dead man and the alleged con-
fesSion obtained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12

bout buildings, and simple shelf
..ider the roof of a porch or shed is
all they require, it is pointed out by
the United States bureau of biological
survey. If, however, it is desirable to
have them stay outside, the shelf must
be provided with roof Figure 1
shows shelf shielded from the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
DECORATE LONDON SCHOOLS
Artists, In Distress, Employed Paint
ing Elaborate Scenes
on Walls.

London.-Artists in distress through
The war are being employed to deco
rate the walls of many of the public
schools of this city with frieZes and
pards, illustrative of life and indus
try in the British dominions beyond the
seas. One Of the most striking pic
lures depicts London with st. Pauls
cathedral overlooking the Thames, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
NEST SHELTERS.

One of the most valuable and inter-
esting birds to have about the home or
farmstead is the phoebe, also called
bridge-bird and preacher-bird. 1t feeds
upon almost all kinds Of insects and
helps to make the country more hab-
table for man. Phoebes like to nest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-01-12
Duluth Has Servants, Union.

Duluth, Minn.-The first domestic
servants union reported organized
east of the Missouri river has been
formed here with 100 charter members
who will present their demands to
the housewives of Duluth Jan. 10, as
follows: Families of two, $40 to $25
a month; families of three or more,
$25 to $50 month; Nine hour working
day, with time and half for all over
time; One full day each week for
recreation; Good substantial food in
reasonable qualities for all meals. The
union is creation of the I. w. w.