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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
WILLIS DAVIS AN AIR PILOT
Ore of Most Popular of San Francisco
Tennis Colony Enrolled in Serv-
ice of Country.

Willis e. Davis, national clay court
champion, and one of the most popu-
lar Of the San Francisco tennis colony,
is among the flight of invading aviators
I'm France.
AS a member of the aviation section
of the signal corps. Davis first under
went instructions at the Berkeley
camp. Later he moved to San Antonio,
Tex, and more recently completed his
course in New York.
His last active work with the racket
was during the indoor tennis match at
the Oakland auditorium several months
ago, when he showed to advantage in
game that included William Johns
ton and Johnny Strachan. All are
now enrolled in the service of the
United States.
Davis left Immediately following the
match for the South and nothing has
been heard from him.
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skiff, to show him a cane-brake or a
cottonwood tree, as he said, really to
seduce him; and by the time the sail
was over, Nolan was enlisted body and
soul. From that time, though he did
not yet know it, he lived as "a Man
without a Country"
What Burr meant to do l know no
more than you, dear reader. 1t is none
of our business just now Only, when
the grand catastrophe came, and JEFF
ferson and the House of Virginia Of
that day undertook to break on the
wheel all the possible Clarences of the
then House of York, by the great
treason trial at Richmond, some of the
lesser fry in that distant Mississippi
valley, which was farther from us than
Puget Sound. is today, introduced the
like novelty on their provincial stage,
and, 10 while away the mOnotOny of
the summer at Fort Adams, got up, for
spectacles, string of court-martials
on the officers there. One and anoth-
err of the colonies and majors were
tried, and, to fill out the list, little No
Ian, against whom, heaven knows,
there was evidence enough, that he
was sick of the service, had been will
ing to be false to it, and would have
obeyed any order to march anywhither
with anyone who would follow him,
had the order only been signed, "By
command of His Exc. A. Burr" The
courts dragged on. The big flies es-
capped, rightly for all know. Nolan
was proved guilty enough, as say /;
yet you and would never have heard
of him, reader, but that, when the
president Of the court asked him at the
close, whether he wished to say any
thing to show that he had always been
faithful to the United States, he cried
out, in a fit of frenzy:
oh the United States! wish
1 may never hear of the United States
again!"
1 suppose he did not know how the
words shocked old Colonel Morgan,
who was holding the court. Half the
officers who sat in it had served
through the Revolution, and their
lives, not to say their necks, had been
risked for the very idea which he so
cayalierly cursed in his madness. He,
on his part, had grown up in the West
of those days, in the midst of Spanish
plot" "Orleans plot" and all the rest.
His education, such as 1t was, had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Whales.

Whales are able to attain such an
enormous size because their bodies are
supported by the water in which they
live. A bird is limited to the weight
which its wings can bear up in the air.
A land animal, if it becomes too large,
cannot hold it's body off the ground
or readily move about, and is doomed
to certain destruction. But whale
has to face none of these problems
and can grow without restraint.
Because whales live in supporting
medium their young are Of enormous
size at birth, in some instances the calf
being almost half the length Of its
mother. / once took a 25-fOot baby
which weighed about eight tons from
an S5-foot blue whale.-Exchange
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

been perfected in commercial eXpedi-
lions to Vera Cruz, and think he told
me his father once hired an English
man to be private tutor for a winter
on the plantation. He had spent half
his youth with an older brother, hunt
ing horses in Texas and, in word, to
him Omitted States" was scarcely q
reality. Yet he had been fed by unit
ed States" for all the years since he
had been in the army. He had sworn
on his faith as Christian to be true to
United States" 1t was "United
States" which gave him the uniform he
wore, and the sword by his side. Nay,
my poor Nolan, it was only because
united States" had picked you out
first as one of her own confidential
men of honor, that "a. Burr" cared
for you straw more than for the fiat
boat men who sailed his ark for him.
do not excuse Nolan; only explain
to the reader why he damned his cOun-
! try, and wished he might never hear
her name again.
He never did hear her name but once
again. From that moment, Septem-
Der %, 1907, till the day he died, May
II, 1868, he never heard her name
again. For that half century and
more he was man without coun.
try.
Old Morgan, as 1 said, was terribly
| shocked If Nolan had compared
George Washington to Benedict AR.
mold, or had cried, "GOd save King
George" Morgan would not have felt
worse. He called the court into his
private room. and returned in fifteen
minutes, with face like a sheet, ia
say:
prisoner, hear the sentence of the
court. The court decides, subject to
| the approval of the president, that you
never hear the name of the United
States again"
Nolan laughed. But nobody else
laughed. Old Morgan was toe
solemn, and the whole room was
hushed dead as night for minute
Even Nolan lost his swagger in a mo-
ment. Then Morgan added: 'Mr
Marshal, take the prisoner to Orleans
in an armed boat. and deliver him t.
the naval commander there
The marshal gave his orders, ant
the prisoner was taken out of court.
'Mr. Marshal" continued old Nor
gan, "see that mo one mentions tn.
United States to the prisoner. MIR
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

of which Neuy Depart
declared
thousand began relief work For time the
and the early
French clearing house,
men of the
of with their
just beyond the initial organization
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR 1918
Outdoor Sports Begin Season With
Better Outlook Than Last Year I,
Panic Worn Off.

Outdoor sports will begin the 1918
season with brighter prospects than
they saw at the close of the 1917 sea-
son. The first panic of warfare has
worn off, cool heads are dominating
the athletic councils and both manag-
ers and athletes are realizing that their
part in the national life is an impor-
tant one. Adjustments are being made
in every branch of sport, but not adj
justments that will interfere with the
games. Probably there will be no
sport during the coming season that
will experience an extraordinary boom,
but there will likewise be no slump
great enough to kill any branch of ath-
letics, providing that particular sport
adjusts itself to war conditions and
follows safe-and-sane policy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
JOE WALcoTT NOW PIN BOY
Former Prize Fighter, Known as "Gi.
ant Killer" Employed in Gotham
Bowling Alley.

Joe Walcott, who in his prime was
known as the "giant killer" and
knocked them down for many years,
is now setting them up. Walcott, now
forty-fve years of age, is setting pins
in New York bowling alley. During
his career in the ring Walcett won the
welterweight title, and when there
were no more fighters left 10 that di-
vision he tackled the middles and heav-
les.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
FAMOUS OARSMAN is KILLED
Captain Holland, One of Best-known
Athletes in England, Meets Death
at the Front.

The death is announced at the front
of Capt. w. f. c. Holland, one of the
best-knOwn track athletes and oars
men in England. He was versatile
track athlete, winning British cham
pionships at the 1O0-yard, half-mile,
mile and long jump. He rowed in the
Oxford varsity eight for four years
and was president of Oxford Boating
club in 1889. He rowed No. Z in the
Leander crew, which defeated Yale.
For several years afterward he
coached the Oxford crews, and for ten
years before the war acted as judge
at the Henley regattas.
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draft eri act
her safely
a
thouhtuy spinked in front
ann o S Adhem janioS
sawdust Now kin
walk
frmw sawdust she
and then freezes
She thought she on
to the other foot shot to the right
milk bottle
ward.
The milk
splotc ching the landsca fol
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
FIRST INSTAlLMENT.

mo document in actual Amer.
lean history conveys a more
powerful lesson of what citizen
ship in this republic means, more
delivers a more searching appeal
to loyalty, than this fancifuI re-
citai of the Man Without a
Country. The unhappy creature
whose living death it has graved
upon the memory of mankind
was but figure born of a writ
ers imagination. Yet, the ac-
count of his passionate outburst
and Of his dreadful expiation
stirs the duIlest soul, and will
awaken emotion in the minds
of readers of generations yet un-
born. There can be no more ar
resting. lesson for the disIoyai or
the needless, no more inspiring
appeal to the spirit of true Amer
icanism, than this memorable
work Of literary art and high
souIed patriotism.]
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
SPORTING BINGLES

New plan to divide worlds
series swag will make hit with
wives of ball players on pennant-
losing clubs.
No truth in the report that the
national commission will donate
its share of the series money to
homeless umpires.
When interviewed regarding
the new plan to split the swag,
Eddie Collins said: I'm for any
plan that will give the winners
end to the winners"
Said Benny Kauff "From now
on it will be case of the victor
getting the toll"
Philadelphia club owners are
working against bill to levy a
war tax on all unoccupied seats
in ball parks.
Fight solons ought to invent a
foul strike rule to apply to Fred
Fulton.
Red Cross has asked for waiv-
ers on Jess Wizards services.
1918 baseball contracts will
contain many doughless clauses.
Baseball fans hope to see the
players conserve ivory plays for
the hot stove season.
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twelve months would like shake her hand and talk to her
Smith the chief clerk each of the depart
Lonesome problem in
of
they hadre appointment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Indians Made "Noncons.n

Cleveland American league players
apparently are making good soldiers.
Clark Dickerson has been made
sergeant at San Antonio and "Red"
Torkelson has been made sergeant
in the coast artillery at San Francis
co. They are pitchers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

DIR. John G. Lavan, former member
of the st. Louis Americans, who with
Bert ShOtton recently was traded to
the Washington Americans, announces
that he has been named lieutenant in
the medical reserve corps and that it
was practically certain he would not
be able to play with the Washington
club next season. He is now under
orders to report at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station on a hours
notice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Baseball Men Cue Stars.

President Tener of the National
league, Manager McGraw of thu
Giants and Manager Mathewson of the
Reds, all of whom are crack billiard
lists, are members of the new three
cushion club of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Landers Is Penn Captain,

Sherman Landers, holder Of the
worlds high school pole vault record
mas been elected captain Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania track team
Landers' home is at Oregon, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Catcher Kuhn in Service.

Bed Kuhn, formerly a catcher 70,
thu White Sox, is sergeant in the
National army at Texas camp,
Kuhn was member Of Doc Whites
Dallas champions last season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Not Very Relioouslv.

Physician-'Did your husband fol4
low my directions, taking his medicinS
religiousIy?" Wife-"I fear not, doc
tor. He swore every time ! gave him
dose."-Puck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
indians Shot to Pieces.

The Cleveland team has been shot
to pieces through enlistments and the
draft. About the only hope left for
the Indians to get anywhere lies in the
possibility of their grabbing few
promising youngsters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

packing things which will comfort and
cheer sick and wounded American sol
diers in France
When the Office day ends they hur-
~ from all parts of official Washing
ton to the rooms in Secretary Lanes
big building, where the Interior De-
partment War Work association is in
continuous session, to turn in finished
work and get material for more sweat
ers, sheets, towels, pajamas, stockings,
slippers and the other articles which
are packed in big shipping cases, one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

WIItTE IHt eye CUUIu See tIieIe '" t'' w
The streets were coated with Ice ana
the sidewalks were glazed as well. AS
far as the skating quality of the sur
faces were concerned, the ice might
just as well have been foot thick.
Ones propensity to fall down is just
us great on thin coating of ice as on
ice two feet deep. 1t is only possible
to skate on the outside of ice, anyway.
did you ever think of that?
The large cook was we'll aware or
this natural law "here for the first
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Stickin,&.

When a boy asks his mother IL It ID
wrong to play marbles for keeps, It II
a safe bet that he has come Dome With
more than he started out wifh.
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and is stationed at Island,
but Sammes" Willie.
believe
developing
better thanth O ordinary a the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

SESSION laid certain Drills 10 ItIII0uy
This lamentabIe condition which an
emergency has provoked.
Mothering and caring for the
Georgia girls, Senator Smith pointed
out, is the plan of the organization.
'Pitiful letters are coming to me
from parents of these girls" Senator
Smith told the Georgians. 'They ask
me to look out for them, and l am
anxious to do that. ! would like to
meet every Georgia girl who has come
TO work for the government during
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position and tried "date
afraid take their hats off elevator
am
Washington
+
been troubled with Washers Tdon think there
i could handle them IL they bothered me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Senator Smith Rouses Pity for Girls From Dix

Hoke Smith Georgia. for the
of Washington help
the Georgia society the special
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Sporting Events IN Holy Land.

Sporting Events IH FIoIy Land.
Boxing exhibitions, soccer games
md cross country runs INDUCED In re-
.ently by the British troops in Pales-
inc. were probably the first athletic
events ever staged in the Holy Land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

~ finishing
the
was appointed a ce n bureau
Brady
almost hon at night The
rsyilcer railroad Office
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Women of Interior Department Doing Big War Work

ASHINGToNUnder the daily personal direction of Mrs Franklin X
W Lane wife thousand
The interior deparmen sewing knitting and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Tragic Little Story Of Washingtons Icy Streets

CHE lady" and coming along the street early
other Evidently She the cook Dat sho Slippery nornn E
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

frankie Fleming Is a Filler.
frankie Fleming, the Montreal box
er, is reported to have joined the flying
corps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

the staff of Director General of Rail-
roads McAdoo.
Miss Brady was selected because
of her ability and efficiency in Liberty
Loan work in the treasury, and she
was the second appointee of Mr.. Nc
Adoo as director general of the rail-
roads.
Miss Brady's official title has not
been fixed. She is acting, however, as
general assistant in the directors
Office
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22
Men Of Capital City Are Polite and Not "Mashers"

RE they they
position
An questions answered by Miss Carrie
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-22

Pearson, telegraph messenger GIT.
She finds that Washington men
are very polite. They always take their
hats off in the elevator when she steps
in. They always allow her to enter or
leave the elevator first, and they are
always very courteous in answering
questions and IN their treatment OF her
when Ahe delivers her messages
That small-chinned, weak-mOuthed
being of the male sex known to large
cities as the masher has never at
A.>4o1 70 ipf1ict his attentions on her
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Girl Gives Up Society to Help Director McAdoo


the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-03-20
COMING EVEN is.

Friday evening, March p, at Baptist
vestry-Sociable, 10 cents.
Friday, March 22- Recital at Odd Eel
lows hall for benefit of Junior Red Cross.
Admission 20 cents; children, 10 cents.
Friday, April 8, at Paul Revere hall,
Boston-Ellsworth reunion. Tickets, in
cluding war tax, So cents, may be obtained
of the following members of the commit
tee: Erastus +. Redman, president, 81
Brent street, Dorchester; miss Marion
Bartlett, vice president, "a Everett street,
Cambridge; Miss Ella +. Jordan, secre-
tary, 204 Heinmenway street, Boston; /;
Stetson Foster, treasurer, Hamilton
place, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman l..
Lord, 704 Commonwealth avenue, Boston !;
Mrs. Robert s. Leighton, 100 Ninslow
street, Everett; Mrs. Fred IL. kendriek,
20 Wellington street, Boston; Mrs. Helen
NJ. Tripp, 512 Main street, Concord june
ton; Franklin l. Jordan, 81 Endicott
street, Newton Highlands; Howard III.
Adams, "A Whitfield road, West Somsr-
Vile; Walter L. Smith, SS7 Warren street,
Roxoury; Charles +. Jordan, 100 Winslow
street, Everett; Ollver l.. Anderson,
Chat ham street, Ca mbridge.
Friday evening, April 10, at Hsneoek
hall-Camoufiage minstrels by ladies oi
the Red Cross. followed by dancing. Tick
cts, s5 cents; gallery seats, Is cents extra
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-03-20
X. p. Service Flag.

Donaqua lodge, K. of p, will formally
dedicate its service flag this evening.
The flag bears eight stars, for the follow
ing members OF the lodge who are in the
service:
Ralph E. Cunningham, Thurston
Conary, Henry II. Dodge, Earl Falvey,
Roy Z. Haines, Harold l.. Hooper, Collie
Jordan, c. ]. Merrill.
Those who assisted the lodge in the
minstrel show, with few others, will be
guests of the lodge. The program for the
exercises is as follows:
Presentation of Colors, by Guards
"Star Spangled Banner"
Robing of officers
Song, Mr. Falvey
Address Of Welcome, Rev J w Tickle
Song, Merle Scott
Dedication address, Rev r B Mathews
Song, Mr. and Mrs II l. Crabtree
Disrobing of Officers
Refreshments
Social Sing
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-03-20
HELD BY GERMANS.
Henry c. Emery of Ellsworth Taken
at the Aland Islands, Russia.

Henry c. Emery of Ellsworth Taken
at the Aland Islands, Russia.
Henry Crosby Emery, son of former
Chief ustice L. A. Emery of Ellsworth,
who has been in Russia the past two years,
was taken prisoner, by the Germans at the
Aland islands last week, and with several
Englishmen and Frenchmen, has been
sent to Dantzig, in Prussia, to be interned
for the duration OF the war.
Mrs. Emery, with the other women and
children of the party, was allowed to pro-
ceed to Sweden, and later cabled home an
nouncing her safe arrival in Stockholm.
She will sail for home at the first oppor-
tunity.
Judge Emery writes THE AMERICAN
that while they have no fears for his sons
personal safety, as he knows the country
and language we'll, and has many personal
friends there, made during the year he
spent in the university at Berlin, still 1--WE
want him back" The State department
and the American legation at Stockholm
are making efforts to get Finland to in
sist on the release Of Mr.. Emery. The
It
similar protests in behalf of their ma
tionals, claiming their detention and cap
ture to be a fiagrant violation Of neu-
trality.
Ina statement made Saturday by the
State department at Washington, it was
said the refugees "left Aboin Finland on
March for the Aland islands. They
were crossing the ice on sledges. There
were twenty-eight in the party, most of
whom were English.
"On Sunday the party encountered the
German troops occupying the islands.
They were taken to Ekeron, Aland islands,
where at first the Germans decided 10 put
the whole party on a transport and send
them to Dantzig. 1t was stated that the
women and children were to be sent to
Holland. Tne Swedish officials of the
Alsnd islands vigorously protested against
this action, and due TO this, the Germans
consented to allow the women and chill
dren OF the party and the men more than
fifty years old to proceed to Sweden by
boat. Mr.. Emery and sixteen English
men were detained and were sent to
Germany by transport"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-03-20
Enrolled In Training Ship.

Two Stonington young men, Thornton
P. Young and Albert o. Newells, were en-
rolled Saturday on United States ship
ping board training ship in Boston, as
summer, it is expected, they will be serv-
ing on the government-owned cargo ships
that are to play such vital part in win
ming the war.
Only American citizens, twenty-one to
thirty years old, are accepted by the United
States shipping board for training. They
are paid $50 month ''and found" while
training, and then go into regular sea
positions at regular sea pay, which is now
high. Men without previous sea expe-
rienoe are trained for sailors, firemen, coal
passers, cooks and messmen.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-03-20
O. w. TAPLEY
Fire Insurance
Phone "a
ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Albert Cottle and family are in camp at
Patterns pond for part of this week.
Miss Mary Loweree spent Saturday md
Sunday in Orono with her sister Frances.
Mrs. Walter b. Cram OF Dorchester,
Mass, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Asa C.
Flood.
Samuel Candage and wife of Seal Harbor
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Ellis
Tuesday.
Mrs. Nettie DeBeck of Waltham was
here last week with her sister, Mrs.
Eugene Clough.
Miss Helen York OF Portland. who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Ellis,
has returned home.
Mrs. G. M. Whitcomb was in Orono a
part of last week, the guest of DR.. Frank
Whitcomb and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren l. Franklin have re-
ceived word from their son Dalton telling
them OF his safe arrival il France. Mr..
Franklin enlisted in the aviation corps in
December.
The ladies' sewing circle will not meet
IuuISudy dlt6TuODn VI thiS WSSh 80 III
tended, but on Thursday afternoon of
next week, with Mrs. Helen Fox.
Shirley Sargent is critically i'll of
pneumonia at the home of James w.
Lymburner and wife. DIR. Bryant of
Bangor was here Tuesday afternoon in
consultation with DR.. Knowlton.
The Maine Central railroad track crew
are here this week laying the rails for the
span just west OF the Union river bridge,
where the pulp wood is to be taken out of
the river for shipment to Brewer.
Mrs. Mercy Moore, one of our oldest and
most highly respected ladies, died at her
home here Tuesday morning, at the agejof
eighty-six. Mrs. Moore had been a
patient sufferer for long time, and had
been critically ill for the entire winter.
She had been well cared for by her only
daughter, Miss Belle Moore, with whom
she had lived since Mr.. Moore's death.
She leaves besides her daughter, two sons,
Richmond l. of this place, and Winslow
d. Moore of Otis. The funeral will be
held Thursday afternoon at the house {.