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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17

newspaper says war has had to be
proclaimed at Odessa, EkaterinosIav,
and PoItva as strong counter cur
rent to the order of things was OBJ
served. 1t says there are several
groups of Russian forces in that re-
gion.
Moscow, Friday, May 10.-Delayed
-Rostov On The Don, the largest city
in the Cossack territory, was recap
tured today by the Russian soviet
The Germans are retreating. The
Armistice on the kursk front has
been extended to veronezh and the
Don districts. Martial law was de-
clared and the SOVIET troops ordered
to disarm bands invading Russian
territory despite the Armistice.
Zurich, Switzerland, May Is
dispatches from constantinopIe state
that the province of Ciscaucasia, once
a part of the Russian empire, east of
the Black Sea, has declared its in
dependence and set up government
of its own. This country consists of
the European part of the Caucasian
region, and includes the states of
StavropoI, kuban and Terek.
Washington, May 15.-The State
department has received from Swed-
ish sources details of the latest Ger
man demands on Russia. Berlin asks
financial concessions, ceding of Mos
cow and other large cities 20 the Ger.
mans, and that Russia cease arming
troops and dissolve all recently formed
units
Declaration that Germany, not con-
tent with economic domination of
Russia, is seeking military occupa-
ton, have come from Russia often in
recent weeks. The reports to the
State department said that the con-
cessions now asked would make of
Russia virtually a German province.
Recent dispatches said that the
Russia soviet capital might he trans
ferred from Moscow to Mini gor-
cd and that immediate measures had
been discussed for defending Moscow
against possible attack.
Anarchists In Revolt At Moscow.
Moscow, Sunday, May 12.-Fight-
ing began last night in the center of
the city between Bolsheviki troops
and anarchists. The Soviet troops
surrounded the anarchist headquart-
ers over which black flag was fly
ing and fired on the flag
The anarchists replied with hand
grenades and machine guns. Simil-
ar fights occurred on other streets.
One of the groups known as THE
Anarchist Federalists," who were u.s.
ing bombs, showed the white flag af-
ter half hours fighting.
At noon today fighting was still in
progress.
White Guard Stays SOC Russians.
Moscow, Saturday, May 11-An of.
fetal statement issued here declares
that after the occupation of TANNER
fors, Finland, by the Finnish White
Guard, five hundred Russian officers
and men were shot.
The Russians. it is declared, were
taken to the municipal theatre at
night. The next morning. the state
ment says, hey were brought out in
groups of so. lined up and moved
down with machine guns.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17

James Gordon Bennett, proprietor
of the New York Herald died at Beau
lieu, France, after having been un-
conscious for two days. Several
thousand miles away from his main
newspaper office, James Gordon Ben
nett directed in minute detail the af-
fairs of the New York Herald and
maintained for himself one Of the
most commanding positions in Amer
lean journalism For more than a
quarter of a century he lived in Paris
and worked simultaneously there and
in New York. Upon the death of his
father, who was founcer of TIT Her.
aid. the younger Bennett. then just
past 30 years. inherited the largest
newspaper fortune accumulated is
America. He applied it toward
achievements to startle the public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17
7EUTS PREPARING FORa
FINAL DRIVE ON WEST
FRONT rs VOW BELIEF
Z J. + + + I. + I. 4. + i + + .
BEAST OF BERLIN
WIRES HIS Alder

ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.
Amsterdam, May 15.-kaiser
Wilhelm wired the Austrian
emperor commenting upon
their recent conference that
sit is great Joy to again
establish in our detailed dis
cussions our entire accord re-
sardins the aims which guide
U.s."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17
EMPEROR WOULD
ENSLAvE RUSSIA
Nation Asked To Make Con-
cessions Which DestroySef
SWEDEN SENDS NEWS
Berlin Gives Out Her Demands
Moscow and Other
Large Cities

Amersterdam, May 15.-A Berlin
newspaper says war has had to be
proclaimed at Odessa, EkaterinosIav,
and PoItva as a strong counter cur
rent to the order of things was OBJ
served. 1t says there are several
groups of Russian forces in that re-
qion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Prime Minister of England
Asks an Extra Hour a Day
to Help Beat the Germans

While American farmers are being
urged to do everything possible to help
feed the nations engaged with Ameri-
ca in the war, they should not get the
notion that those nations are not do
ing their utmost to feed themselves.
Lloyd George, prime minister of
Great Britain, has just issued an ap-
peal to the agricultural workers of
England, which could also have been
very properly made to American farm
ers. His letter was as follows:
II ask all workers on the land to
do their very utmost to help to grow
more food. There is shortage of
food all over the world and we may
have to feed our army and navy, as
we'll as ourselves on what we can grow
at home. They cannot fight on unless
they are properly fed. Every full days
work that you do helps to shorten the
war, and brings peace and victory
nearer. Every idle day and all loiter-
ing lengthens the war and lessons the
chance Of victory.
"Your comrades in the trenches are
under fire every hour Of the day and
night. Will you not help them to win
by working an extra hour each day?
That is the way In which we can beat
the Germans"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Cotton and Soy Beans Fat
Producers Giving America
Advantage Over Germany

"The Germans, with their colossal
military preparedness, failed miserably
at one point. They had soldiers and
guns galore, but they were short Of fat,
says Milo Hastings In Physical Culture
writing on 1.-The Extravaganza of
Meat" No provision had been made
in their domestic economy to produce
home grown vegetable fats. When i'm
portations were shut of and the guam
titles of live stock were reduced as g
matter of economizing grain food, the
Germans both industrially and dieteti-
caliy suffered acutely from fat priva-
ton.
"Their laboratory food scientists had
told the military authorities that car
bohydrates were dietetic equivalents OF
fat. Through the means Of most pain
full experience the Germans found out
the scientists had been mistaken, and
smuggling fat into Germany today is
as profitable as shipping whisky the
week before Christmas.
"In America we have no such prob
lem of the shortage of fats. AS by
product of our cotton industries we
have an annual production of 10000
600 gallons Of oil, and we have the soil
and climate suitable for the production
of other vegetable fats. Among the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Start Early Potatoes In
Trenches on Straw; Cover
As Roots Begin to Start

Often potatoes planted in April will
not come up any earlier than those
planted a month or six weeks later.
Meanwhile the first seed does not re-
tain the virile strength of the later
planted ones, because of the long wait
before termination. The result is dis.
couraging to truck farmers who want
to get their spuds started early to get
them ready for fancy prices, writes F!
K. Drummer, in Farm and Fireside.
I have found potatoes are quickly
started by the following means: A
trench about 10 inches deep is dug in
well-drained soil, the bottom being
loosened so that the soil is mellow. In
the trench straw Is laid so that when
packed down it has depth of an inch
or two. Next drop the seed at the de-
sired distances apart and leave 1t ly-
ing in the trench uncovered. The larg,
er seed is better for use in getting a
quick, early crop. The sun has free
opportunity to shine on the Seed when
it soon begins to start sprouts. AS
the roots begin to form, little dirt Is
drawn in around the seed. The plant
will finally reach the top of the ground
level, and the trench can then be filed
in-but not before. Potatoes planted
in this way will not easily freeze, be-
cause they are protected by being low.
er than the surface of the ground, and
should there be danger of freezing it is
not much trouble to cover the burrows
! lightly with straw until the cold wave
passes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

this plunger struck solid substance.
On the morning of January 10 Brit
ish lookouts upon the ships saw nu-
merOus kegs floating down the Della
ware river. One of these cOllided with
an ice cake. Instantly there was an
explosion and shower Of ice
splinters. The lookouts rubbed their
eyes, then called the men to quarters,
and intense interest centered upon the
oncoming kegs. The warship COM
manders sensed the situation and turn
ed gunfire upon the kegs, exploding
them one by one. Thus Captain Bush
nell's scheme came to an unsuccessful
end, but the idea behind the kegs GER
tainly would seem to have been the
true genesis of the torpedo.
Robert Fulton, inventor Of the steam
boat, also worked upon the torpedo.
Being unable to interest the Ameri-
can government, he went to England,
where his torpedo was rejected. Then
Fulton travelled to France and tried
to induce Napoleon to adopt this new
weapon. Napoleon refused it as an
instrument Of war unworthy of use
by a great nation. 1t would be inter-
esting to know what the emperor
might have thought of the U-boat and
its ethics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Millions of Heavens Stars
Invisible to the Naked Eye

There has been no census or emu
meration of stars, and astronomy
teaches that there may be millions of
them invisible to the naked eye. The
milky way" is composed of them. Let
u.s." says an authority, point tele-
scope toward any point Of this vapOr-
Gus arch which we call the milky way.
Suddenly hundreds Of stars show
themselves in the telescope field like
needle points on the celestial vault.
Let us wait for some moments, that
our eye may become accustomed to
the darkness of the background. and
the little sparks shine out by thou
sands. Let us have the instrument
pointed mOtiOnless toward the same
region, and there slowly passes before
our dazzled vision the distant army of
stars. In quarter Of an hour we see
them appear by thousands and thou.
sands" 49,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
MOTHERS OF MEN

Mothers of men-the words are good, in
deed, in the saying;
Pride in the very sound Of them, strength
in the sense of them, then
Why is it their faces haunt me, wistful
faces as praying
Ever some dear thing vanished and ever
a hope delaying,
Mothers of men?
Mothers of men, most patient, tenderly
slow to discover
The loss of the old allegiance that may
not return again;
You give a man to the world, you give
woman lover
Where is your solace then when the time
of giving is over,
Mothers of men?
Mothers of men, but surely, the title is
worth the earning;
You who are brave in feigning must l
ever behold you then
BY the door of an empty heart with the
lamp of faith still burning,
Watching the ways of life for the sight of
a child returning.
Mothers of men?
-Theodosia Garrison.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Telephone Pest Branded
As a FrightfuI and Most
UnWeIcome of Creatures

Probably there is no single mechan-
zeal continuance so absolutely essential
to our convenience and comfort today
as the telephone. 1t is the largest
small thing in modern commercial.
mercantile and social life, and without
1t we would be as hopelessly lost in
the sea of endeavor as a ship without
a compass, says writer in the Pitts
burgh Dispateh-if on some balmy,
windy or snowy morning, afternoon or
evening, the Fool Killer will take time
to plant thunderOus wallop upon the
low brow of the. telephone pest, he
will hear the loudest burst Of applause
In his experience.
Persons who have had telephones
ever since it was necessary to crank
them before starting a conversation,
will. upon hearing the contact of the
cruel club and pests pate. give vent
to their emotions in cheers, handicap
pings, shrill whistles and tweets OF
Bravo" For a telephone pest is a
frightful creature. Until Alexander
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Naval Lieutenant Wins Honor.

Although officers in the military
forces of this country are not allowed
to accept decorations or gifts from for
eign governments, the British admiral
ty has just conferred honors upon
young American officer. To Lieut..
Frank Loftin, U. s. N, on duty on an
American destroyer operating in the
war zone, has been given the distin-
guished service cross. The navy de-
partment announces this recommen-
dation made through the British am
bassador. Loftin was executive Off
GER of the destroyer, which, with 9TH
ers, was conveying number Of troop.
ships, when general quarters was
sounded as torpedo was sighted COM
ing toward the ship. Sizing up the
situation, he rang to the engine room
for full speed ahead. Getting this, he
altered the ships course and headed
directly for the periscope of the o.
boat. Quick maneuvering followed and
depth charge dropped in the course
Of the submerged enemy sent him out
of sight. Lieutenant Loftin is from
Tennessee and graduated from the
Naval academy in the class of 1907. =
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Vermont Farmers Prepare to
Make Maple Sugar and Strip

''Save sugar by gathering sap" is
the slogan of the Vermont farmers,
who are already mending their sap
buckets and getting everything In read
mess for bumper maple sugar crop
the coming spring. More trees than
ever before in the history Of the state
will be tapped, and the states produc-
ton of maple sugar and strip prob
ably will be record breaker, as a
heavy sap run nearly always follows a
winter in which the weather has been
extremely cold, says the Springfield
Union. 1t is, however, doubtfulwheth-
er the export of sirup from Vermont
will be larger this year than hereto
fore, regardless of the increased yield,
as the farmers of Vermont have learn
ed lasting lesson from the cane and
beet sugar shortage, and are likely to
see that their own needs are well pro-
vided for before they ship any of the
maple product to the market. BE
that as it may, the increased produc.
ton Of maple sugar and strip will aid
materially in the conservation of cane
and beet sugar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Use Less Soap
b. DIR. SAMUEL. C. DIXON
Conmi,aioner Of Health Of Pennsylvania

In this season and at this time when
thousands of our young troops are be-
ing modified for the National army
and are, of necessity, exposed to I'M
usual conditions often producing nerv-
GUS chills, is the wise time to econo-
mlze on soap. Again, when the cost
Of living is so high all along the line,
it will be an economy to use less soap
as it is a much-abused article. 1t is not
necessary, as so many seem to think,
to have a stiff, creamy lather in order
to dissolve the dirt that is filling up
the pores Of the skin. On the contrary,
very little sculpture soaps re-
quired to break up the dirt and per-
NIT the water to remove it from the
pores so that the glands may perform
their normal duty.
The pores are the openings on the
surface Of the skin of the sweat glands
and must be kept clear and free from
either dirt, soap or any matter that
would tend to interfere with their &C
ton in the elimination of perspiration'
Imperfect action of the sweat glands Is
source of disease, various matters
accommodating in the system, which
would otherwise be eliminated.
Therefore, economy in soap would
not only be a saving in money, but
would help in saving human life, by
cutting down respiratory diseases.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Man Without His Pockets
in the Various Garments
Would Be in Predicament

Pockets are among the most USE
full things ever invented, says the Bal
timore Sun.
What man would do for place to
put his hands had he no pockets is
hard to imagine.
No man knows exactly how many
pockets he has. If you don't believe
1t, ask the first man you meet. He
can't come within four of it.
Each suit of clothes is equipped
with so many Of these repositories that
the average "he" can't think right OF
the reel how many he has got.
I Give man a suit of clothes without
a single pocket and he would be lost.
Just look what a man carries around
in his pockets.
Half a dozen letters, can Of tobac-
co and a pipe, or two or three cigars
(more often these are worn in his vest
Just over his hearty, fountain pen,
a pencil or two, photograph of a
dizzy broiler he doesn't want WHEY to
see. knife that won't cut anything. q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
First Torpedoes Made of
Kegs, Filled With Powder
and Kerosene, Destructive

Many stories are being printed now
adays about the true origin Of the tor
pedo. One of the most interesting of
these incidents, and which certainly
would seem to have a fair claim to
this distinction, concerns an early
event In American history, observes a
writer. This was the battle of the
kegs, Staged in the Delaware river be-
low Philadelphia, January 10, 177S.
A number of British warships were
lying in the river at that time and
American forces were present in the
vicinity. Capt. David Bushnell con-
ceived the idea of blowing up the Brit
fish ships. He obtained number of
kegs and filed them with kerosene
and gunpowder, and attached plunger
to each keg in such manner that II
would scrape upon G flint the moment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
Benefit of Art Education.

A glimpse at the development OF
rade in European countries, in which
industrial art has played such an inn
portant role, is full of suggestion to us.
When Germany discovered at the Paris
exposition in 1873 how crude and in
artistic her exhibits were, her greatest
artists, laying aside their easels and
canvases, began designing textiles, wall
paper, furniture and advertisements.
The results of these activities we wit
messed in the German Applied Arts
exhibition held in all our large cities q
few years ago. BY means of intensive
art education in Prussia the trade
routes Of the world were changed in
favor of Germany. Trade in toys was
diverted from Switzerland, in printing
materials from England, and in dress
trimmings from France. In France and
England in a similar way trade has
been developed through attention to
art education.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15

most promising Of such fat producing
crops is the soy bean.
"The soy bean is sort Of vegetable
live stock. All the arguments in favor
Of live stock apply to this distinctive
plant. Its growth enriches the soil by
the extraction of nitrogen from the air,
hence it is a source of actual gaining
in soil fertility. The soy bean in our
Southern states yields thirty bushels to
the acre-one-third of the product be-
ing oil and another third protein. Both
elements are excellent human foods,
and 1t is only a question Of learning
how to work them up into palatable
FORM"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
RECALLING Early Klondike.

Just twenty years ago at this time,
Joaquin Miller, being true prospec-
tor, miner, and all around adventurer,
as well as a poet Of nature, Joined
thousands of others on the long trail
to the Klondike, and wrote back that,
although his party was supposed to be
one of the first to start, on its arrival
5000 claims had already been record
ed. 1t has always been mystery how
news of the discovery Of gold in the re-
hottest regions is carried broadcast
over the face of the earth. Where
Joaquin Miller expected to find the
quiet of his own Sierras, he found pop
ulous towns and camps, and was so
disappointed by the discovery and that
he at once took the long trail back.
The great majority Of those whom he
left behind returned more leisurely, but
they are nearly all back now.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
FOR The POULTRY
GROWER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

That the importance of the brooder
in rearing large numbers of incubator
chicks cannot be Overestimated, is the
Opinion of N. L. Harris. superintendent
Of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege poultry farm.
cSome artificial means of brooding
chicks must be provided when incuba-
tor chicks hatch in cool or cold wealth
ef," said Mr.. Harris. "Where small
HocR of birds is to be raised it is not
profitable to use either the incubator
brooder, but where large numbers of
chickens are handled the brOoder be-
comes matter of convenience.
keeping chicks in large fiocks mini
mixes the labor and reduces the cost
OF houses and yards. Where hens are
used for brooders In cold weather only
a few chicks can be given to each
hen. This requires large number of
Eoops and the attendant is compelled
TO give each group nearly as much at
tention as would be required for one
large flock cared for by the brooder.'
= A large percentage of the hen brood
ed chicks suffer from the effects of
head lice, Mr.. Harris pointed out.
These not only are bOthersOme to the
newly Matched chick, but continue to
be a source of trouble through the en-
tire season.
Where hens are not available and
only few chicks are to be raised 1T is
=, possible to construct a homemade
brooder. These usually require con-
siderably more attention than those on
the market but will give fairly good re-
suits.
The most common method of heat
ing these homemade brooders is by
means of jug of hot water. A box
which contains sufficient room for from
so to 100 chicks and which is tight on
all sides excepting the front, is the
first requirement. Some method of
ventilation should be provided on the
top of the box. A two gallon jug OF
hot water furnishes the heating plant
The jug should be wrapped in burlaI
to protect the chicks and aid in retain
ing the heat, This brooder will keep
q limited number of chicks perfectly
comfortable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-03-15
John Is Place In History
May Never Be Attained by
Squared Ring Men of Today

Not only was John l.. Sullivan the
best-known of all American pugilists,
but 1t cannot be denied that the great
majority of his elloWcountrymen, no
matter how much they disapproved Of
prizefighters and prizefghting, had for
this particular product of the squared
ring feeling in which there were APP
preciable elements of pride and afec-
ton, states a writer In the New York
Times.
He was, of course, for many years
the idol of all to whom such prowess
as his appeals, and there seems to have
been no doubt that the man had lik-
able qualities in addition to his cour-
age-which is quality that earns and
wins respect, no matter by whom dis
played or how.
A tale used to be told of somebody
who ventured to converse in the pres
ence of the Archbishop of Canterbury
about an approaching battle between
the then heavyweight champions Of
Great Britain and the United States.
According to the legend, the prelate
professed his proper ignorance of such
matters, but could not refrain from
adding that nevertheless it seemed to
him probable that the Englishman
would win. So Sullivan, even in his
most roisterous days, was expected to
win by the whole American public, and
when at last he fell there was more
sorrow for his defeat than acclaim for
the victor.
| No other pugilist ever has gained In
America the position Sullivan held, and
probably no other representative Of his
class ever will do so. There was some
thing amiable, even In his fOllies and
weaknesses, and he was picturesque
and quotable long after his inevitable
fate overlook him.