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The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
ENEMY AGENTS
fire NORFOLK
Martial Law Declared in City
Following Big Blaze and
Explosions.
TWO SUSPECTS HELD
Are Thought to be German Spies
Many Blocks Are Mass of Ruins
Navy Authorities In Con-
troll of City.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 3.-As the result
of fire believed to have been started
by German agents, the heart Of
Norfolk's business section is a heap ol
smoldering ruins.
The entire city is under martial
law, with soldiers, sailors and marines
guarding the strets, and no one is per
mitted abroad without a pass. Two
men are held by the federal authori
ties and scores of suspects are being
rounded up and examined by repre-
sentatives of the Department of Jus
tice and the secret service.
Two entire blocks of the city and
some or the finest buildings, including
the famous Monticello hotel, are in
ruins.
The damage is estimated at between
S3,000,000 and S5,O00,OOO.
One Man Is Killed.
One fireman was killed and half a
score have been injured by falling
walls.
That the fire was of incendiary or
t.
Successive explosions occurred in the
hre swept area and each time the
flames, partly under control, would
gain fresh headway in consequence.
The confiagration was believed to be
safely in check
Two suspects, Hugo Schmidt and H.
*. Lessing, said to be Germans, were
turned over to Department of Justice
agents. There were reports that two
Germans had been shot by sailors DUR
ing the day, but neither the police nor
naval authorities would confirm this.
Starts in Old Theatre.
The fire started before dawn in the
old CRANKY theatre and spread rapidly
as the firemen were handicapped by
frozen hydrants, low water pressure
and near-zero temperature. 1t spread
to the Monticello hotel and other
buildings in the block 1t was brought
under control but broke out anew
and another half block was consumed
before being checked.
AS building after building went
down, including the Monticello, scores
were made homeless and the National
guard armory was thrown open to
them.
Portsmouth was called upon for aid
and the fire was checked until sparks
fired the Monticello where many guests
had gone back to bed under the be-
lief that the fire was controlled. They
were soon forced to turn out again.
Explosion Sets New Blaze.
The combined departments appar-
emily were making headway against
the flames when an explosion occurred
in cloak shop and another blaze
started
Suffolk was then asked for aid and
rushed apparatus to the city by train
In the meantime the authorities at
the navy yard and naval base sent
fire brigades
When the second explosion occurred,
this time in the Monticello, Mayor
Mayo put the naval authorities in
charge.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
WAR LECTURER DROPS DEAD
Col. BigeIow Dies While Speaking
at Houston.

Houston, Tex, Jan. with a
burning denunciation of Germany for
it's atrocities against Belgium and a
plea for preparedness on his lips,
Col. Charles Bigelow of New Haven,
Conn, known over the world as
traveller and lecturer, dropped dead
before an audience of more than
1000 persons at the city auditorium.
He had been talking nearly an hour.
Colonel Bigelow, 62 years of age,
returned from the battlefelds and
wartorn lands of Europe but a short
time ago, and his lecture here was
to arouse American people to reali.
Zation of the war
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
NINE-TENTHS BEARING ARMS
Eighty Per Cent of World Population
Battling German kuItur.

Washington, JAN 3.-Nineteen
eighteen finds nine-tenths of the world
population in arms.
Determined that civilization shall
triumph over "kultur" 80 per cent of
the people of the world have declared
war on Germany and her allies. Thirty
of the 53 countries at war are arrayed
against the Central Powers, 19 having
taken up arms and II having broken
diplomatic relations. Russia, however,
is on the verge of peace today.
Less than s per cent of the total
population-19 small states-have
maintained their neutrality in the great
struggle. The Germanic powers repre-
sent slightly more than IL per cent of
the worlds population.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
Pershino Visits Be1oTan kino.

Havre, Jan. General Pershing,
commander-in-chief of American ex-
peditionary forces visited King Albert
Of Belgium. On arriving at a station
near the Belgian front General Per-
shing was received by the king, who
was accompanied by General Ruquoy,
chief of staff of the Belgian army and
officers of the kings military suite
and a company of infantry with a
Albert conducted General Pershing
to the Royal residence where the Wis
itors remained for luncheon.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
Find Many Idle Cars,

Washington, Jan. 2.-Possibilities
that thousands of idle freight cars
may be discovered in congested yards
were seen in reports reaching the In
terstate Commerce commission. Many
inspectors reported strings of boxcars
on sidings while yard engines were
unable to pull them out for lack of
proper facilities. During the cold
wave many locomotives have been dis
abled. Reports from shippers to COM
mission officials tell of disabled en-
gines lying idle in freight yards for
weeks or months.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
ALIENS MUST BE REGISTERED
German Citizens to Record Names
Week of Feb. d.

Washington, JAN 2.-The week of
February has been set aside by the
Department of Justice for registration
of the half. million unnaturalized Ger
mans in the continental United States
by police and postmasters in pursu-
ance of President Wilson's alien ene-
my proclamation, directing this action
as means of minimizing the danger
from enemy sympathizers in the Unit
ed States.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
Plan Reply to Proposals.
Moran Secret Service Chief.

Washington, Jan. 1.-W. H. Moran,
assistant chief of United States secret
service, has been appointed chief of
the service by Secretary w. G. Nc
Adoo. Moran, who succeeds William
J. Flynn, recently resigned, will as
sumo office Jan. 1. He has been con-
nected with that service 35 years.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
carranza Soldiers May Strike.

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 2.-Carranza
soldiers at Chihuahua City have not
been paid in weeks, and mutiny is
threatened, according to arrivals here
from the capital of the province. Doz-
ems OF persons have died of starvation
and the food supply is practically ex-
hausted there, it was declared by these
arrivals. The embargo against food
has rendered the situation
acute, and even wealthy Mexicans of
the northern section are suffering for
ack of provision
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
Christmas Mail Greatest Ever.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Christmas mail
this year was greater in volume than
any year in the history of the postal
ing unusual conditions, more promptly
than in previous years. Postmaster
General Burleson announced that de-
1ayed mails were due to congestion of
railroad traffic. In New York city mail
was 40 per cent heavier than last year.
Five hundred carloads were dispatched
from Chicago in the four-day period
with LOO tons of outgoing parcels be-
ing handled in one day.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04

to read chapters of horrors can find
them in the Report of the Committee
on Alleged German Outrages," pre-
sided over by the former British am
bassador to this country, and there
fore generally known as ''the Bryce re-
port" in the official reports by
the Belgian commission d'enquette:
in the official French reports compiled
under the auspices of the French min
lister for foreign affairs; in many 9TH
er publications, and especially in the
conclusive admission of the official
German White Book.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
Floods Block Coast Traffic.

st. Paul, Jan. 2-Three Northwest
transcontinental railroads running
from st. Paul, are rerouting their
traffic an additional ESQ miles on the
Pacific coast as a result of floods in
the Cascade mountains. The Northern
Pacific and the Milwaukee road
bridges over the Yakima river at FL
lensburg, Wash, were washed out and
gave way. Through routes are not
expected to be resumed for at least
w *, if it can be done that soon, it
W. announced.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
BOLSHEVIKi ARE Defeated
Cossacks and Ukranians Victorious In
Great Battle,

Stockholm, Jan. 2.-Ukranian and
Cossack forces in a great battle on
the Southwestern front have defeated
Bolsheviki troops, taking 400 prisoners
and capturing eight big guns and 32S
machine guns, according to a dispatch
received by the Dagen Nyheter from
Petrograd by way of Haparanda. The
Cossacks are in hot pursuit of the
BOlsheviki.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
PLANNED TO INsTILL FEAR
System of FrightfuIness Policy Delib-
erately Adopted by the kaiser's
Government and Officials.

The system Of frightfulness, which
is itself the greatest atrocity, is the
definite policy of the German govern
ment. For this reason it has not
seemed necessary to set forth the In
dividual acts Of cruelty; such acts
are cited only when necessary to Illus
trate the system. Anyone who wishes
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
German Money Backs BoIsheviki.

0ermaN Woney BACKS BoISheVIkI.
London, Jan. 2.-The Times prints
long letter from it's Petrograd CORE
spondent, which purports to substan-
tiate the view the Bolsheviki revolt
was managed by Germany and that
the movement is essentially anti
National and anti-Russian. The letter
says: ''It is a notorious fact, and has
been proved by documents in posses
sion of the Kerensky government, that
Germany commissioned Lenine and
gave him money to go to Russia to
sow disaffection in the Russian
army"
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
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ITALY WILL MOBILIZE
ENTIRE POPULATION

+ Washington, JAN 3.-The en-
! tire civilian population of Italy
+ has been requisitioned for the
+ purposes of war, official cables
!. received here announce. There
+ will be a general mobilization,
+ it was stated, and persons un-
+ able to bear arms will be put
!. to work on farms or in indus
+ tries essential to the pursuit of
+ the war.
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GEN. KORNILOFF DEAD
ACCORDING TO REPORT

London, Jan. "a dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph from
Petrograd says there is an un-
confirmed report that Lieut..
Gen. L. G. Korniloff, former
commander-in-chief of the Rus
sian armies, is dead.
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The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
$20,O00 Fire Loss at Lehr, N. D.

$4,000 Fire Loss at Lehr, N. o.
Lehr, N. D., Jan. 2.-The Thompson
Lumber company yards and the Lehr
Implement company building were de-
stroyed by fire here with a loss Of
$4,000. The origin of the fire is not
known.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
GENERAL PEACE is URGED

Oppose Separate Pact.
StocL holm, Jan. 2.-Camille Hugs
mans, secretary of the Socialist H.
ternationale, in acknowledging the
telegram of Arthur Henderson, Brit.
ish labor leader, respecting the atti-
tude of British labor, urged the call
ing of a general Socialist conference
to oppose a separate peace by pre-
pairing for a general peace.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
FUEL FOR NORTHEAST STATES
Coal Shipments Given Preference by
McAdoo's Order.

Washington, Jan. Immediate
measures will be taken to relieve the
coal shortage in Sew England and in
New York, Director General w. G.
McAdoo announces. Orders, he said,
will be issued at once, giving to coal
shipments preferential movement.
The Ely miner., 1918-01-04
ALLIED VICTORY
FOR THIS YEAR
HeraIded by Lloyd George, British
Premier, In Messages To
People of Empire.
U. S. TO ANSWER KAISER
Government From Shifting Re-
sponsibiIity of Continuing
Conflict to Allies.

London, Jan. 2-Lloyd George her
aids to the world victory for the Allies
this year in messages to the people of
the British empire.
Stopping short only at a promise
of victory, the premiers optimistic
greetings express the strongest hopes
of a elimination of the conflict in
favor of the Allies before another
year dawns.
In message to India the premier
said:
Despite many setbacks and dis
appointments we are on the path to
victory. l have good hope that be-
fore this year is past the purpose to
which we have set our hands will
have been completely achieved"
This same confidence is repeated
in message to the people of Eng
land. Urging those at home to work
hard, practice economy and buy war
bonds, the message of Lloyd George
adds:
'It will lead ere long to safety for
our people and victory for the
cause"
Premier Lloyd George is about to
go to Paris. There he is expected to
draft, together with the French and
Italian government spokesmen, the
most definite statement on the Allies
war aims yet made.
Plan Reply to Proposals.
peace proposals will be replied to-.
1t was indicated at the State depart
ment that a reply is already in
preparation through consultation be-
tween the United States and the
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
New Mexico.

Mogollon Mines Co. continue to
move considerable ore from their up
per dumps and of good value.
The Western Molybdenum Mining
Company has invaded New Mexico
from Colorado where 1t was corpor.
ately begotten. 1t was granted per.
mission to engage in the mining bust.
ness near Red River. Taos county.
At Mogollon the Oaks Company are
considering the installation of tram
way from their central shaft to So.
zorro mill. This will be located 30 as
to handle ores from all of the mines
in the central group and from which
ore shipm ents have been suspended
since the burning Of the Socorro mill.
Bounds and Rice, residents Of the
southern end Of Grant county, are de-
veloping a large fluorspar deposit To-
Gated about fifteen miles north OF
Separ station on the Southern Pa
cific. Analysis Of the ore recently
made shows $3.50 per cent of calcium
fluoride, $50 per cent silica and .16
per cent Of iron which makes the ore
almost ideal for the making Of open
hearth steel.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
Marine Tells of
His First Fight

Paris.-He was United States Ma
rine. He hailed from Chicago, and
judged his age to be twenty-five or
twenty-three. did not learn his
name, but during the short hour we
spent together he poured out to me
his personal impressions of the fight
ing, in which he had taken a share,
at Chateau Thierry.
He naively apologized when he
learned I was an American, saying:
"Of course, when I've been in and out
of the trenches few times expect
1t will all grow stale. and shan't
want to talk about It."
He was just normal boy, and
he related his experiences and i'm
pressions without pose or boastful-
ness.
when we took over that part Of
the line we were told 1t was quiet
sector" he said, "but it didn't remain
long quiet. We learned afterwards
that at first the Germans thought we
were British, our uniforms being some
what alike, but when they discovered
that we were Yanks they began to get
curious about us. They were sure
satisfied pretty quick"
Had Empty Feeling.
"What were your own personal feel
ings the first time you went over the
top?" / asked.
"Well," slowly, II suppose I was
frightened. / haG sickening. empty
feeling somewhere inside me. Just
before we were to start our captain
said: Now, boys, there's no need to
feel bad about 1t. These men over the
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29

army, aiming to cutit OFF from the rest
of the British forces. The Germans
succeeded in recovering about half Of
the ground Byng's army had won.
During the past year the British
have made considerable progress in
Mesopotamia and Palestine, capturing
Jerusalem December 8, 1917, while the
allied armies from the Adriatic to the
Egean have prevented the Germanic
allies from gaining control of the Med
iterranean.
So far the British have won more
than third of Palestine from the
Turks. In Mesopotamla the British
have advanced about 100 miles up the
Tigris and Euphrates since capturing
Bagdad, and have made some prog
ress toward the north of Hit, capturing
more than $4,000 prisoners.
During January. February and the
first half Of March only small actions
occurred on the western front. the
British preparing for the German drive
which was launched with unprecedent-
ed fury March 21.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29

other side are feeling just as bad, in
1act mighty sight worse l remem-
Der his words distinctly. because
they were the last he said, except to
give the command to start. We had
to advance through field Of green
wheat. soppy with dew, SO that we
got wet through and could hardly keep
our feet on the slippery ground. Our
captain and lieutenant were killed
right at the start, and also the first
sergeant.
we had only the gunner sergeant
left, and all around the men were fall
Ing. and the air was filed with the
noise from bursting shells, cries Of
dying men, the groans Of the wounded,
the singing Of bullets, and the clatter
Of the machine guns.
I've never been what you'd call a
praying chap. but prayed hard then,
and many times since"
After moment I said: .Yes. and
thenr
swell. we saw pretty soon that II
we didn't hurry up and get to the
wood there wouldn't be any Of us left
to take it-so we just hiked like-as II
well, as If 1t was an express train
that we Just had to catch or bust.
And when we got there 1t didn't take
us long to clear the Boche out. He
would go on firing until we were right
on top of him with the bayonet and
then he'd yell out 'Kamerad.'
Even in the midst Of the fight I
couldn't help laughing out at the man
alongside of me. He had seen his
chum fall and came on just wild, and
when he was going for one German the
Boche yelled: 'Kamerad, I've a wife
and ten children in Berlin and tho
marine said: If you went back tn
Berlin there'd be ten more children.
to h with you and rammed him
with his bayonet"
What happened after you cleared
out the HUM" asked.
by that time we were reduced tn
about half our company, and were Or
dered to dig ourselves In. You should
have seen me dig!
Men were falling all around and
two bullets went through nv rack
as ] crouched as near the ground as
possible digging like h. So I took
my pack Off and put 1t on the parapet
to the side of me, and the Germans
kept on popping at 1t. While I was
digging every time I looked up to
throw the dirt out I could see flower
moving to and fro in the wind Just
In front of me, and then once glanced
up just in time to see that flower
nipped of as II by IN invisible hand
and lie on the gound. Somehow that
made me realize almost more than any.
thing how near death was"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
OLD FRIENDS, NEW WAYS.

Remember that vegetables have their
own particular part to play in the
diet, which neither meats nor cereals
nor fruits nor sweets can play.
Green Corn Pudding. I
This is delicious way to serve
either sweet corn or the tender field
corn. A little sugar may be added to
the field corn, II desired.
Husk and silk IL good-sized ears Of
corn. Slice of half the kernel with
sharp knife, and with the blunt edge
Of the knife scrape out the milky part
that remains on the cob. Add table
spoonful Of butter, salt and pepper. and
three-quarters cupful Of milk. Bake
for 40 minutes. allowing It to brown on
top. This makes creamy dish, which
Is best served In the pan or baking dish
in which it bakes.
Buttered Carrots.
Wash and scrape small carrots and
cut In narrow strips. Cook three cup
fuls Of the carrots in just enough wa.
ter to cover. When carrots are tender
and only a small amount Of water re.
mains, add tablespoonful Of butter
Cook slowly until almost all Of the re-
naming water has evaporated. The
carrots will have delicious flavor
cooked this way and none of the min.
erals will be wasted. String beans cut
in halves lengthwise or parsnips cut
In strips. are also good served this
way.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
Excel Enemy in Air

British Air Force Headquarters in
France.-There have been many signs
recently Of extreme uneasiness by the
German high command regarding the
increasing ascendancy of the allied air.
men on the western front. This has
been especially evident since the Amer
lean airmen have begun to appear In
force and have proved themselves Of
the same mettle as the French and
British flyers.
Perhaps the most striking evidence
Of German official anxiety regarding
the allied superiority In the air is to be
found In the official German wireless
news. In an effort to counterfeit the
depressing effect Of the real facts of
the situation. the German wireless ed
itors make the widest statements. bor-
dering almost on humor.
Thus u recent copy Of the German
wireless report says: Superior meth
DDS Of flying and greater skill have Sc
cured g the German mir force sue
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29

cesses on scale such as were never
known before" -
IF Germany is really pleased with
her air record for the last few
months" remarked British squadron
leader to the correspondent, there is
no reason for us to complain. We ask
nothing better than that Germany
should go on having the same kind of
success In future months"
He took as an example the report for
May, which lay open on his desk.
This report" he explained, deals
with the British air fighting alone, and
has no reference to the fine air work
Of the French, Italians and Americans.
During the month the British brought
down 1903 German machines in aerial
combat, and twenty by fire from the
ground, while 100 more were driven
down out Of control and probably de-
stroyed. During the same period 1913
British machines failed Ito return to
their fieiromes"
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
Worst Fighting
of War in 1918

dams took 1000 prisoners. The
French. on October, %. attacked
northeast of Scissors on a six-mile
front on the Aisne, from vauxillon to
La Royere. piercing the enemy's line
four miles and taking 1000 prison
ers. On October 8 the British took
Poelcappelle and POPS prisoners and
made some slight gains with heavy
attacks in the Ypres sector October
%, 20 and 80.
On November 6 the Canadians won
their great victory, capturing Pass
chendaele Ridge, for which the British
had been battling for months. The
Canadians held the ridge until the re-
cent hammer blows. November. also
saw the British success, which was
partially diminished by n surprise
cOunter-stroke. at Cambria. The Third
British army. under Sir Julian Byng,
on November 20 launched its drive
without artillery preparation on an
eight-mile front, smashing the linden
burg line. almost reaching the out
skirts of the important railway center
of Cambria and taking 5000 prisoners
the first day.
Huns Regain Ground.
The battle continued ten days, pris-
oners being increased to 1851, while
advance was seven miles. But on
November 80 the Germans delivered a
tremendous attack against Byng's
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-08-29
SMOKES IN POWDER PLANT
Negro 10 Held to Grand Jury on
Charge Of Violating sabot.
age Act.

Newark. N. John ]. Mason. a
negro employed by the Du Pont Pow.
der works at Parlin, N. j., was locked
up to await action by the federal
grand jury on the charge of violating
the sabotage act.
Mason's offense consisted Of ,,ybt.
Ing match and smoking cigarette
In the ether room Of the powder plant
The complaint against him alleges he
took the risk Of interfering with war
work by furthering the chances of mn
explosion.
No mention was made Of whnt
might have happened to Mason.