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Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
(By Associated Press)

With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, May 21.-Tobacco hereto
fore has been purchased by soldiers
or issued Red Cross or other agen-
cies, but will now be made regular
ration on the recommendation of Gen.
eral Pershing. The order will be eff
fective in a few days. Each man
will receive four-tenths of an ounce
,of tobacco and ten cigarette papers
daily. Certain other articles may be
substituted.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
BAKER is UNAWARE OF
ANY NEW FIELD ARMY

Washington, May 22.-If General
Pershing has formed field army it
is without the knowledge of Secretary
of War Baker, Acting Chief of Staff
March and other high ranking War
Department officials. When shown a
published report that field army
had been formed, Baker said, this
afternoon:
"It is news to me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
PRESS PUBLISHES IN
DETAIL ELEGRAMS
p AS SING BETWEEN
DISTRICT AND INTE-
RIOR DEPARTMENT,
All A m e ndments Desired
Are Agreed TO-Neither
U. S. Nor District by Con-
tract Recognizes Mexican
Claims.

That neither the District nor tie
Interior Department recognizes by the
present contract any rights of Mex
can lands to waters of the Colorado
river, was enunciated in telegraphi..
correspondence between the District
and the United States Department of
the Interior during the last week.
The department states that, al-
though nothing in the contract saal!
be construed as placing any limita-
tiOn upon the rights of the United
States to make treaty with Mexico
regarding water of the Colorado, for
the purposes of the present cOntrac:
Mexico and Mexican lands are ig.
nOred.
Following are the kilograms re-
ceived from Washington, which have
a great bearing on the, proposed con,
tract:
(Received May 2O>
Phil ID. Swing: Referring to
yours of the 3rd. the Department
is willing to strike out the follow
ing words of Section 13:
In case the District decides to
build an all-American canal" and
insert is it understood and agreed
that the connection with Laguna
dam. as herein provided for, is to
be constructed as part of an all
American canal, which the District
hereby agrees to build at as early
date as possible, and within 4
reasonable time, and when the Dis
trict shall have completed said
all-American canal"
No objection of adding new
paragraph, No. AN: 1T is UNDER
stood and agreed that the Dis.
trict shall have the right at any
time to extend its boundaries with
in the United States and water ad-
ditiOnal lands upon the payment
OF the same amount per acre as
irrigable lands in the present con-
tract are to pay under the terms
of this contract, this right to be
also available on the same cOndi-
tiOns as to the Yuma project ad-
ditional to 10000 acres, all pro-
Continued on Page Two)
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
DISTRICT TO BUILD ALL US. CANAL
FORTY NINE" CAMP FIGURES
OF RECEIPTS GARBLED

After being shown the pub
lished report of the the "'49
Camp" were "Off' some $39, Fred
GianOla, treasurer of the fund,
states that the figures were pub
lished wrong in the morning pa
per. The amount, S3812, was
right, he says, but there were
omissions undoubtedly through
no fault of the cOmmitte. Frank
Erzinger, receiver of city Red
Cross money, has not as yet made
returns from Saturday nights
affair. He reported today to-
tai of $1O,74O.75 for Ell CentrO.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
Additional Losses.

Washington, May 22.-The Navy
Department today made public a list
of thirteen additional men who were
probably lost with the naval collier
Cyclops. As
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
MEETING DECIDES To
REDRAFT THE CONTRACT
American Casualties.
(By Associated Pressl

Washington, May 22.-Casua't;es
reported today are: Three killea in
faction, two who died from wounds,
two from disease, including Francis
Green of San Francisco. Thirty eight
severely wounded, including James
Chrest of Los Angeles and Benjamin
Keyes of Alamxa. Three were slight
ly wounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
AMERICAN AVIATOR
KILLED IN ACTION

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 22.-J
Alexander Bayne, a young Grand Rap
ids aviator with the Lafayette esca-
drills, has been killed in France in
action, according to word received
here by his parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
HUGE ARMY
MOVE MEN]'
AQRI LINES
GERMAN RkDIs RlBUTlNG
FoRCEA EABEHIND THE LINES IN
FRANCH PREPARING FOR n
MOVEMENT IN GREAT FORCE
AGAINST CHE ALLlEs
Violent Artillery Duels Are Another
indication of the Impending ROw-
The Leaders of the Allied Armies
= Continue Their Pounding of the
German Lines.
(By Associated Press)

French Army Headquarters, Tues
day, May 21.-The Germans are con-
ducting a redistribution of their
sforceA along the whole front. Troop
move knts in the rear are especially
heavys And the is great activity of
E1rman airplanes. The exceptional
Violence of the artillery bombardment
fon the Avre and in the region of Al
bert arr indications of the coming
blow. - y :! isya
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
DUTCH PROTEST
OVER SEIZURE
(By Associated Press1

Washington, May 22.-The Dutch
legation has handed Secretary Ian
sing a supplementary note of protest
against British and American seizure
of Dutch shipping. 1t contended that
the United States explanation of the
seizure didn't answer Hollands orig
inal objections.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
CONFIDENCE IN DIS
TRICT AND CONVIC-
TION VALLEY HEAD
ED RIGHT KEYNOTE
OF MEETING.
Committee of Three Is Ap-
pointed by the District to
s}raft a Better Power
Clause and ASK for an
Extension of Time.

At $3.50 this afternoon the Ir-
rigatiOn District directors Sc
lected the following committee to
: redraft the proposed contract: Le-
roy Holt, Phil Swing and Judge
T. p. Banta.
Water users of the Valley in mass
meeting assembled this afternoon vOt-
ed almost unanimously to emphasize
the all-American canal feature of
the proposed contract by redrafting
the contract SO as to make the con-
nectiOn with Laguna dam and the
all-American canal inseparable.
The resolution, offered by Mark
Rose, instructs the District to appoint
committee of three to redraft the
contract, and also to try ana get a
better power clause out of the Sec
retary OF the Interior, and ask an
extension of time from the depart
ment until the new contract. isza@as-s
sembled.
The keynote of the meeting was
that the water users of the Valley
had entire confidence in the members
of the Irrigation District board, and
that the people of the Valley were
headed in the right direction as to
solution of its water problems.
An amendment to the Rose resOlu-
ton asking the committee to be en-
larged by three members to be Sc
lected from the body of the meeting
was voted down overwhelmingly be-
cause. as one speaker said, it would
tend to show a lack of confidence in
the leaders of the District.
Suggestions that the all-American
canal might not be found feasible,
and that it might cost $4,000, 900
were h0Oted down.
w. A. Edgar, F. S. Lack and 9TH
ers who called for fuller discussion
were shut off.
John ID. Reavis took up twenty min
utes times because he was convinced
that. pending the signing of a con-
tract some private concern might step
in and build it. but he was finally
squelched by resolution that he "be
heard after p. M"
Directors of the Imperial Irrigation
District this morning passed resO-
luton binding that body not to sub
nit to the people any proposition for
a connection with Laguna dam unless
it also specified that an all-American
canal was to be built.
This resolution was pasesd at the
meeting of the board prior to the
mass meeting at the Palace theatre
this morping. and is the result of
discussion precipitated by correspon-
dence with the Interior Department
and the insistence of Director Nick
ersOn that the proposed Laguna con
nectiOn canal be part Of the all
American canal
LETTER FROM lies.
The secretary read the directors u
letter which was received from Chas.
p. Hes. attorney for the state irriga-
tiOn bond commission. in which Hes
gives his views regarding the inclu-
sion of the mesa lands.
lies states that the procedure ueces-
sary is the same as il the govern
ment lands on the mesa were private
lands. The District will therefore se-
cure the signature of the Secretary
of the Interior TO petition for tho
inclusion Of land, appoint hearing.
and, if there are any protests. set a
date for an election to vote on such
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
(By Associated press)

Paris, May 22.-Most violent ari,l-
lery fighting occurred last right
southAast. of Amiens. German avis-
tors: in effectaally attempted to raid
Paris. Three were killed and several
wounded in the outskirts of the city.
None Of sths raiders reached Paris.
Anti-aircFaft guns brought down an
enemy plane in flames north of the
Gty, Bombs were dropped in various
,sub6Sbas localities.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
INVESTIGATE FIRES
At SAN FRANCISCO
(By Assoc lated Press)

San Francisco, May 22.,-Federal,
state and municipal authorities are
investigating the original of the de-
structive fires, yesterdya. at two
plants working on government con-
tracts, which caused a combined loss
estimated at 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
SALMON PACK|N6I SHIP
SUNK IN JM PACIFIC
(By Associated Press)

Sim Francisco, May 22.-The ship
Tacoha of the Alaska Packers Asso-
ciatio6 was sunk in an ice pack, May
!19 in Bristol bay -Four other ves-
sells were caught and damaged, ac
cording to adyfces which have reached
the marine /depaItmeDseof the Cham
ber Of c2@mereeA !
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
(By Associated Press)

Paris, Tuesday, May 2l-The food
minister Informed the Associated
Press representative today, after his
return from a tour of the country, that
the prospects for the coming harvest
in France were better than any year
since 1898.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
$500 for Wool.
(By Associated Press)

Sacramento, May 22.--The Union
Hide Company of Oakland today bid
$500 for two pounds Of wool from
the White House sheep, being sold in
California for the benefit Of the Red
Cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
fix PRICES COPPER
Is RESULT MEETING
(By Associated Press)

Washington, May 22.-Representa-
tives of the copper industry met the
price-fixing committee of the War
Industries Board today to determine
prices for copper for the three months
beginning June 1. The copper men
want slight increase over the old
prices. ~ &sE
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
TURK ESTAND REPUBLIC
PROCLAIMED BY SLAVS

Copenhagen, May 22.-The Russian
Soviet congress has proclaimed Tur-
kestan a republic, according to news
from Moscow today.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22

TO ADVERTISE for household
in the classified is to increase your
chances of finding the right worker
usually to the point of success.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
BREAK UP HUN ATTACKS.
lBy Associated Prassl

Rome, Tuesday. May 2i.-The Itsl-
ians west of Brenta have broken :p
enemy attacks. especially on the
southern slopes of SassO ROsso. An
Austrian position was destroyed and
fifty-three prisoners captured, oc
Monte Spinocia, west of the Piave
river.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
Twelve Hun Planes Downed.
(Rv Associated PreSSS

|, London, May 22.-Twelve German
airplanes wer brought don in Mon
days fighting by British aviators.
Gunfire accounted for another, while
two others fell out of control.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22
BRITISH RAIDS.
(By Associated PreSS)

London. May 22.-British raiding
parties entered German trenches at
two points southeast Of Arras and
captured prisoners and machine gu Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-22

TO ADVERTISE for a stenogra-
pher is to simplify the search for ths
efficient worker desired.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Picnic and Festival

1882 were cleared by the Red
Cross ladies at the picnic and fes-
tivel at Sandy Point Friday even
ing. The attendance was good.
Everyone brought basket lunch
and was supplied with coffee
upon the payment of Csc per per-
son at the tables. Fortune tellers
and carnival tents with freaks of
every nature kept the crowd
amused and the nickels moving
potwards. Several baskets of
beans raised in the Red Cross
gardens were given away to per-
sons holding numbers and So was
realized in this way.
Attractions were many and var
led. The program of minstrels,
vocal and instrumental selections
were appreciated. Margery
Ketcham danced and Jock Brown
appeared in costume in a Scot
fish song and dance number. A
chorus of young ladies rendered
patriotic airs accompanied by the
City Band and groups presented
the costumes and national airs OF
our allies. The program given
was exceptionally good and only
lacked a platform to have made ii
still better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Court Term Ends

The August term of District
Court came to a close Tuesday
shortly after noon when the con.
tending parties settled their diff
ficulty in the case of Elsa Koh.
vakka VS.. seven Winton saloon
men. This case promised to keep
the court and the jury occupied
for the balance of the week, but
the settlement abruptly put an
end to the proceedings. The case
was begun last Thursday.
Judge Freeman thanked the
jury for their patience and good
will and discharged them for this
term. The court and outside jul.
rors with the attaches left on The
Afternoon train for their homes.
The terms of settlement in the
Kohvakka case have not been
made public 1t is understood
that the bonding company fur.
nished the settlement, and rumor
has it that $500 was involved.
In justice to A. d. Ellefsen, Thos.
Kearney and Jos. Weed it must
be said that the testimony adj
duced on the part of the plaintiff
was not damaging against them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23

Tuesday arrived and lent valua-
BILE assistance by moistening the
surface and giving the crew a
chance to squelch particularly
bad spots.
A fire has been burning in the
BURNSIDE lake country for some
time and forest rangers have had
crews there, checking the flames.
Giving to the extrme dry weather
for some time back, the woods
burn like matches and much dam
age is reported to standing tim
Der.
Thirty-seven men are fighting
forest fires out on the Kawishiwi
country east of Ely. There are
two fires in fact and the crew is
divided about equally between
them. However, the fires are not
beyond control and will soon be
cared for, it is thought.
Gardens about Ely were given
fine drink Tuesday and were
greatly refreshed. A soaking
rain of several days is needed yet
to meet growing requirements
and to effectively mitigate the
fire danger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
LEAVE MONDAY
Twelve Men Called to EntraIn
for Camp Grant, III.

The board of District No. 3 has
sent out notices to twelve men to
be ready to entrain for Camp
Grant, ILL.,, next Monday, August
26th, at d 20 p. m. Four alter
mates have also been notified to
hold themselves in readiness to
fill any vacant place of those fail
ing to answer the roll call at the
station. Those notified are:
Henry James Dalton, Powell,
Wyoming.
Joseph Briere, Escanaba, Mich.
Rudolph Klobuchar, Ely.
Jack German, Ely.
Roy F. Jeffrey, Tower.
Arnold Norman Sundquist,
Two Harbors.
John Kusti Maxi, Ely.
Fred Rasmussen, Tower
Jack Emor johnson, Embarras.
John Knute Kangas, Embarras.
Charles William Mike, Tower.
Leonard G. Ellofson, Thief
River Falls.
Alternates
ERNEST Hernesmaa, Ely.
Ivan Benz. Benson, Ely.
Willie Perttu1a, Ely.
John Peyla, Peyla.
Four of the twelve above and
the four alternates are Of the 1918
class Of registrants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23

Use soldier cripples In prefer.
ence to anyone else, wherever
possible after the war, will be the
text Of a plan to be discussed at
the war work meeting of the
American Institute Of Mining En-
gineers, which opens in Colorado
on September LIST and continues
for six days. The convention will
be attended by several hundred
prominent mining engineers from
every state and practically all OF
the prominent mining companies
of the country. Mining engi
neers are taking a special interest
in the problem of the employ.
ment of cripples after the war
and each Of the fifteen sections Of
the national institute is under
taking individual work tending
to prevent the crippled soldier
from being a charge on the pub
lie-at least so far as the mining
industry is concerned. The work
is being done in direct co-opera
ton with the Government
through some Of the hundreds Of
American Institute members con
nected with work departments al
Washington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Home Guard Encampment.

The prospects are that the Home
Guard companies of Eyeleth, Gil
bert, Biwabik, Aurora and. Ely,
composing the 9Th Battalion, will
encamp at Eshquaguma Lake near
Biwabik early next month. Ar
rangements toward that end are
now being perfected.
The Band Tournament on Aug
ust 18th, at Eyeleth, the Hibbing
County Fair being on September
1st, and the State Fair Immediately
following the Hibbing Fair necess-
itates the encampment being about
September 6 ard 8, although the
exact time is not definitely settled.
Major c. H. Schuster of the 9Th
Battalion has issued the following
orders on the Encampment:
The members of the various
companies will assemble on their
drill grounds at a given time on
the Saturday afternoon of the day
of departure and proceed by auto
mobile to the. camping grounds
where they will pitch their tents
one company being Immediately
detailed for interior guard duty.
Guard duty by the various com
panies will proceed uninterruptedly
from arrival to. departure so that
each member of the Guard will
have done at least one hour of duty
either during the day or night
Four meals will be served-one on
Saturday evening and three on
Sunday. Each member will bring
a blanket, knife, fork, tin cup, tin
plate or wooden plates and such
other articles as he may desire in
Guiding bathing suit. Company
commanders will collect at least
$1.50 from each member of his
command. who reports for encamp-
ment, at assembly before depar-
ture. It is expected that from 25o
to $50 men, including the 9Th Bin.
Eveleth Band. will be present, and
in all probability, the band will
give concerts in the evenings and
Sunday afternoon and possibly an
informal dance Saturday evening
at the Eshquaguma Club,
The several companies are ex-
pected to provide tentage for their
men. Mess and supplies will b.
lin charge of Sergeant K. S. John
son of Biwabik under the super
| vision of BIN. Supply Officer c. R
| Mccain of Eveleth and BIN. Sup
| ply Sergeant II. G. Seeley of Bi
| wabik, Excellent cooks have beer
provided.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
All One Army

Through a recent order issued
by General Peyton G. March,
Chief Of Staff of the United
States Army, the Regular Army,
Reserve Corps, National Guard
and National Army all lose their
identity as such and are merged
into the United States Army.
The United States Army includes
all the land forces in the service
of our government regardless of
how raised, all will wear the
same insignia.
The new order YIELDS all the
component fighting forces Of the
nation into what will eventually
be the largest and without doubt
the most efficient army in the
world. The same rule applies t.
officers who have been commits.
stoned in the Reserve Corps and
in the National Army hereafter
all will be regarded as holding
commissions in the United States
Army.
General March's order will
wipe out all distinctions which
heretofore have existed and it al
ready has met with hearty com
mendatiOn of all men in the ser.
vice as well as receiving the
stamp of approval Of the general
public. This country has but one
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Fighting Fires

A crew of men were out Mon
day afternoon and night west of
town where a forest fire was en-
croaching ON the Crossman Point
lands and seriously threatening
the summer homes of Sam Rap
son, j. III. White and f. B. James
on the point. The crews were
kept busy with the City sprink-
Ter truck and partly had the fire
under control when the rain of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Fine Business

Since the organization Of the
Ely branch of the American Red
Cross in July, 1917, the following
knitted articles have been com
pleted by our members and re-
turned to the Chapter in Duluth.
The work was done under the
supervision of Mrs. VIM. Odds.
551 pairs of socks.
1877 sweaters.
sc pairs wristlets.
II scarfs.
81 trench caps.
Of this number the ladies OF
Section Thirty have furnished Il
sweaters and so pairs Of socks
Material for the sewing section
has been made into the following
number of garments unGe. the
Craftsmanship Of Mrs. Chas. Quig
ley:
258 pajama suits.
221 bathrobes
o.95 hospital coats.
70 suits underwear.
So draw sheets.
"a bed jackets.
291 comfy bags.
Under the direction of Mrs. j
G. Mapson and Mrs. Michae
Prisk the following articles have
been made from partly worn gar
ments:
912 wash cloths.
$50 substitute handkerchiefs.
142 tray cloths.
252 napkins.
81 dust cloths.
48 dish towels.
Up to August LIST, 1918, WI
have received from the Chapter
yarn and material amounting tt
So, 1875, all of which has beer
paid for from our local resources
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. w. D. GALLAGHER,
Secretary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Another Call.

A call haa been issued for three
men for Camp Dodge, Iowa, for
August 31st, 1913 at 7:3O a. M. in
addition to the above. Those no.
titled to appear for entertainment
are:
Sam Reed, Duluth.
Arthur c. Selke, St. Paul.
Alfred R. Nelson, Ely.
Jake Butala, Jr., of Mckinley,
has been named as alternate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Old Timer Visits Us.

+
Don II. Bacon, at one time in
charge of the Soudan mines for the
Minnesota Iron company and later
at the Fayal at Eveleth. was in the
city Monday after an absence OF
nearly twenty years. Mr.. Bacon
has been connected with prom
inent iron companies in the east
since leaving this section OF the
country. He expressed himself as
most agreeably surprised with the
appearance of Ely and the other
range communities. His many
friends on this and the Mesaba
range were pleased to see him.
While here he was the guest OF
Capt. Chas, Trezona.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Canning Demonstration

Miss Lucy Cordiner assisted by
Ely, Winton and Section Thirty
ladies conducted a canning and
drying demonstration at the High
School domestic science rooms
Monday and Tuesday. The effec-
tive canning of fruits. vegetables
and fish and fowl were. demonstra-
ted to asclass of Sc ladies of this
and neighboring towns. Miss Cor
diner has been giving demonstra-
tions in all range towns to large
classes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23
Blind Man Dies.

John Remes. who a few weeks
ago was taken to the blind institu
ton at .Faribault, where he devel-
oped insanity and was later taken
to Fergus Falls, died at the latter
institution Monday. Mrs. Remes
was notified of his illness but ar
rived at the bedside of her husband
after his death. The remains were
brought to this city Wednesday ac-
companied by Mrs. Remes and the
funeral will be held Sunday under
the auspices of the Finnish Accci-
dent and Sick Benefit Association
of which deceased was a member.
He was 80 years of age and is sur
vived by a widow and child. Rernes
was hard working man and two
years ago suddenly became aff1ict-
ed with blindness. He was sent
to Faribault to the school for
blind. The sympathy of the CON-
munity is with the bereaved family.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23


army, with but one aim and OBJ
ject, and distinctive appellations
such as National Army, Regular
Arm, etc., are not conducive of
the proper unity.
AS regards the new draft act,
no definite action has been taken
as yet. The general belief, how
ever, is that Congress will take
speedy action on the measure as
soon as it is brought up. The age
limits agreed upon in the prelim-
mary draft of the bill, namely
from 18 to As years, will doubt
less be accepted by Congress
without change.