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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
HOW STARS ACQUIRE Hear
Dust Must Constantly Be Added or
Temperature VIII Turn and
Decline.

1t is a simple matter to explain
how stars acquire their heat. The
particles of a nebula, although in
dividually cold, usually possess con-
siderable motion. While they are in
free and gaseous state, collisions
between particles are rare, but when
this same matter is gathered into a
star, the particles clash together and
rebound, thus setting up all manner
of vibrations. A small body radiates
freely, but as it becomes larger its
surface becomes relatively smaller
and smaller, and it can give up heat
less freely, while at the same time
its temperature rises approximately
to the sum of the heat locked in each
of its separate particles. A star con-
tinues to grow hotter and hotter, as
long as material is being added to it.
Not until there is no more star dust
to be found does its temperature
turn and decline.
Fierce heat appears to resolve all
elements into simpler ones, of which
the most common is helium. The
temperature of the Orion stars is
well above $4,000 degrees. The hot
test electric furnace on earth is
only about 5000 degrees, and the
sun itself about 5000 degrees. AS
these intensely heated stars cool, the
elements with which we are familiar
appear in a definite order.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
GEORGE SIMPSONS STAKE

There are five children in the fam
lily of Georgia Sampson, who washes
clothes and windows and floors, to
earn living for herself and the
five and to make life roster for her
patrons.
There is no one to help with the
living because Jim, Georgia's aimable
husband, saw fit to wander too far
into the turbulent stream which APP
pealed to his sportsman instincts
and it carried him off his feet.
While she was hanging out line
full of white, wet clothes the
other day, her employer was helping
her and getting the ever present
value of Georgia's conversation at
the same time, and the question of
household expenses arose.
at takes right smart lot of hust-
lin now " Georgia commented
through the clothespins in her mouth,
"to do everything that's gotta be
done, what with payin, for Liberty
Bonds and buyin' what we gotta eat,
it keeps me sure busy"
"That's splendid of you to buy
bond" her companion said. 81 know
that it must be a good deal for you
to try"
"Lawsy mew she exclaimed. 81
got more'n one, and Pm goin' to take
another this time. Course, you see,
/ gotta take more'n some people on
account of havin' more children"
"On account of having more child
rent / should think they would be
an excuse for you to take anyp
Georgia stopped hanging petit
coats and planted her hands on her
hips.
"Why, Mrs. Lewis, Pm surprised.
You know what would happen to our
children, don't you, if Uncle Sam
didn't win this wah9 Lawsy, it
wouldn't hurt me so much -'cept
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY

The children of Mrs. Isador D..
Wills gave a surprise party at her
home at Bowen, Wednesday, August
18th. in honor of her Gath birthday.
A sumptuous dinner consisting of
beans, tomatoes, corn, fried chicken,
pies, cakes and ice cream was
brought by the children and served
on the lawn, and the afternoon was
spent in music and games.
Five of her ten children were pres
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
NO "WooLENs" NEXT WINTER.

Activity in the Philadelphia
wholesale market for underwear and
hosiery has been at low ebb lately,
according to Philadelphia Ledger.
Virtually nothing has been offered
by the mills in either class of goods
and trading has been confined
almost exclusively to the limited pur-
chases of retail dealers, purchases
which appear to be limited by the
quantity of goods available rather
than any holding back on the part
of the trade.
One of the principal topics of
speculation is what the civilian mar
ket is going to do for heavyweights.
1t has been known for some time, Of
course, that there would be no wool
en- garments available next winter.
1t would appear now, however, in
view of the heaviness of the govern
ment buying, that the chances for
any kind of heavyweights for the
civilian market are lessening every
day. 1t is not expected that there
will not be some of these goods pro-
duced; but many manufacturers are
very doubtful that they will be able
to turn out even respectable frac-
ton of their outputs of last year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
AN INVITATION.

"Mrs. Wombat has invited us over
to play cards tonight"
swell, well, my dear, why this
sudden interest? She never invited
us before"
"She gave a party this afternoon
and l suspect that she has some grub
left over that she doesn't like to see
go entirely to waste" Judge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
GUARDED CRITICISM.

"Was that buck private complain
ing Cd army fare?"
"lie didn't exactly complain, but
he said the longer a soldier ate army
food the shorter the time seemed be-
tween breakfast and dinner and din
ner and supper. Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
AND SOME OF THEM ARE
NEVER TO COME BACK!

None of us will ever forget these
missing faces; the faces of our
friends, our brothers, our sweet
hearts, our husbands and fathers.
All Of us will hope to welcome them
home again, triumphant from the
firing line, the jaws of death, the
literal mouth of the inferno.
Nor must any of us forget them in
the coming Liberty Loan drive.
For it is to strengthen. them and
their fight, to hurry their ultimate
victory and to speed their return,
that these bonds are to be offered.
That and that alone.
Remember these missing faces;
these faces that we love.
And begin at once your saving for
the loan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
PEACE FARLEY CLOSES
Berlin Report Says Negotiations
Are Indefinitely Off.
Germany Stands Pat and Final SEES.
sion Is Marked BY Lively
Scenes.

Berlin, via London, Jan. 17-There
has been no alteration in instructions
to Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann
for peace negotiations at Brest Ii
tovsk, Baron dem Busoche-Haddeu-
hansen, under secretary for foreign
affairs, has informed the Reichstag
committee.
Peace Negotiations Off.
Amsterdam, Jan. 16.-Peace parleys
at Brest-Litovsk are reported semi-of-
ficially by Berlin to have been defin-
itely broken. No rate has been fixed
for resumption.
The last meeting is described as
having been marked by acrimonious
encounters between German and Rus
sian delegates and by defiant declara.
tons by both sides not to yield on
chief points-evacuation and self-de.
termination.
1t had seemed as if an agreement
had been reached by German con
cession to clear out of Poland, Lith.
uania and Courland, provided Russians
would evacuate Turkish lands. But
that again was "camouflage," is de.
veloped.
In referring to "all Russian terri
tories" Germans manifestely did not
include border provinces. These they
regard as separate and independent
of Russia.
The political pot in Germany con
tinues at full boil, with the militaris
tic element in the ascendancy, but
with the moderate section of the PEG
pie still holly opposing them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
STATE TO TAKE
LAND OF ALIENS
Public Safety Commission Starts
Move to Confiscate Foreign
ers' Realty Holdings.
TO Be LISTED AT ONCE.
Settlers on Quarter Sections Exempt
ed, Otherwise Holdings Are
Limited to Two Acres Under
Law-Many Affected.

ST. Paul, Jan. 1.-THE Minnesota
Public Safety commission has adopt
ed a resolution the ultimate purpose
of which is the confiscation Of all
lands in excess of two acres held by
aliens in Minnesota, and directing
statewide investigate to list aliens
in the state and their real estate
holdings. Inquiry will be made
through the office of State Auditor
and the commission instructs board
Of county commissioners throughout
the state to provide the necessary
machinery.
When the county boards make re-
ports to Mr.. Preus, he will refer the
cases to Attorney General Smith with
requests that the necessary legal
proceedings be started. Reports must
be made before March 1, the resolu-
tion specifies. Action will be under
Minnesota laws prohibiting aliens,
with specified exceptions, from &C.
quiring more than 10000 square feet,
less than two acres of land. The
pl CACu1pIIOu 10 VI dCLudi
settlers upon farms of not more than
100 acres, and those protected by in
ternational treaties, Mr.. Preus said.
To Hasten Developments.
Action of the Public Safety com.
mission followed the announcement by
Auditor Preus several weeks ago of
his purpose to enforce the law on
the question. The auditor already has
prosecuted his Investigations to some
extent, but the order directed to
boards of county commissioners will
greatly aid and hasten developments.
ITO estimate the number of Min
nesota aliens who will be affected by
the move is impossible" said Mr..
Preus, "but there must be hundreds
of them. Action is aimed particu-
larly at aliens of draft age who claim
exemption and continue to enjoy lib
critics, privileges and opportunities of
this country while Americans are
volunteering and being drafted to
defend these rights. Minnesota laws
on the subject are not as strict as
those of many foreign nations.
Corporations Also Listed.
Not only individual holdings of
aliens, but those of corporations with
alien stockholders will be listed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
OFFICERS TAKE
SUPPOSED SPY
Arrested at Norfolk While Trying
To Blow Up Army Aviation
Magazine.
THOUGHT ACTIVE AGENT
Documents Found Indicate Connection
With Bernstorff and Capt. Boy
Ed-Others May Be In
eliminated.

Norfolk, Va. Jan. 16.-Walter
Sporemann, suspected of being an
active figure in plots concocted here
by Captain Boyd, the former Ger
man military attache, and believed to
have been a captain in the German
army, has been taken to Baltimore
by naval intelligence officers.
The alleged spy was arrested
while attempting to blow up a mag
azine at the army aviation field un-
der construction near Newport News.
The prisoner will be turned over
to officers of the Department Of
Justice at Baltimore for a hearing.
So far the only Charge formally
lodged against him is understood to
be that he is dangerous enemy
alien.
Others Persons Incriminated.
Documents found on his person
and in his rooms in Baltimore tend to
reveal his connection with Boyd
and former German Ambassador
Bernstorff and to incriminate persons
i'll Washington, Baltimore and other
ClllCS. II Is uuucISIOOu d uuluUCl
of arrests may be made in day or
two.
Documents found on the prisoner
show that he began his work some
time before the United States en-
tered the war. In one letter from
Boyd there is said to have been
reference to 100000 Boyd advanced
Sporemann.
Posed as Army Officer.
Officers followed Sporemann night
and day through several cities and to
at least two army camps. Ere
quently, it is said, the prisoner posed
as an officer of the United States
army. Finally he visited the great
army and navy base on Hampton
Roads, but before that young naval
agent, posing as friend of Germany
had made himself acquainted with
| Sporemann The officer followed his
man in Newport News and finally to
the aviation field where the arrest
was made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
MORE BRITAINS CALLED
100000 Younger Men to Be Add.
ed to Forces.
Are Needed to Hold Its Own Against
Enemy Until United States
Gets In.

London, Jan. 16-Nearly half a
million men from Great Britain alone
are to be recruited into the British
army at the earliest date possible,
and it is probable many more will be
added to that number in the next
few months.
These will comprise younger men,
who up to the present have been
exempt because of their employment
in industries essential to the war
service.
This announcement was made in
the House of Commons by Sir Auck-
land Geddes, minister of national
service, whose statement of the gov.
ernments man-power proposals was
replete with interesting details OF
Britain's strength in the struggle in
to which she means to throw her full
resources.
The empire has enrolled 100000
fighting and labor battalion forces
during the war, according to the
statement of the minister, and now
has more than 100000 in arms
but needs more men to hold it's own
against the enemy until American
strength is available.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
bill PROPOSES
FOOD RATIONS
Measure Would Make Wheatless
and MeatIess Days
Mandatory.
| LEGISLATION IS DRASTIC
Food Administration Given Power to
Apportion Vital Necessities
Public Eating Places Especi-
ally Affected.

Washington, Jan. II = Senator
PCmerene and Representative Lever
OF South Carolina have introduced in
congress an administration bill pro
posing food rations for the Ameri-
can people, the most drastic food
legislation yet proposed in this coun-
try.
Wheatless and meatless days and
other economics necessary that Am
erica help sustain her co-belligeren.s
would become mandatory by law in
stead of voluntary as at present
Such new laws, the food administra-
ton holds, are necessary to protect
the millions of loyal Americans CO.
operating in food saving against the
wastefulness of few individuals
and public eating houses which are
said to handle so per cent of the
food supply.
Aimed at Restaurants.
The bill is aimed principally at
public eating places and at the re-
tailers of food. Some of the restau-
rants are controlled by German
sympathizers who have not hesitated
to violate the law in an endeavor to
hinder war preparations. Retailers
have charged higher prices than
those set by the government.
In addition, the bill, by the words
"other person" provides that practi-
cally anyone in this country may be
limited as to food. For this reason,
the hackers of the bill, while they
contend that its passage is absolutely
necessary, feel that they have a stiff
fight in store for the measure.
Its terms provide that the rich
man willing to pay $40 for a meal,
shall be able to buy no more than
the ordinary person. Public eating
places, where it is estimated so per
cent of the nations food is consumed,
are affected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Central West Fears Fuel Famine

Central West Fears Fuel Famine.
Kansas City, Jan. 14.-After the
lowest plunge of the mercury in
eight years, the central and southwest
is hoping for a reaction to warmer
weather based on weather bureau pre-.
dictions of slowly rising temperature.
In the wake of the blizzard and the
record cold weather that followed at
many points came disorganization of
wire and train communications, frant-
ic calls for coal, failure of gas serv-
ices in the fields, and much suffering
districts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Refuses Special Session.

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 14.-Governor
Marcus H. Holcomb has refused to call
g special session of the general assem-
bly, to consider the prohibition amend
ment adopted by Congress, it is an
nounced, or to recommend that the
question be voted on at the special
session of the legislature in March.
The governor believes that legisla-
tive action on the prohibition amend
ment should be taken only by legis-
lature elected with the knowledge be-
forehand that the question is to be
voted on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18

ern world to grasp the secrets so long
concealed by the Grass superstition Of
the Mohammedans, who would not per-
NIT such excavations to take place on
this holy ground.
We may find in the tunnels and
chambers beneath the sacred rock
some Of the records Of the kings OF
Israel, and perhaps some Of the an
cient manuscripts which were certain
ly hidden when the Romans hammered
at the gates of the Holy City in the
year 20 A. d. Systematic exploration
will follow the ending Of the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
10000 In Vienna Food Riot.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Food riot
ing in Vienna on New Years day
is described in dispatch received
here from Switzerland today The
authorities announced that 500 Serb
ian pigs would be put on sale at Is
cents pound. More than 10000 peo-
pie assembled outside the market, the
most of thep remaining throughout
the New Years eve in intense cold
for the chance to buy. In the morn
ing, the dispatch says, the crowd lost
its patience, broke through the police
lines and invaded the market
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
indianapolis Schools Close.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 16.-Eigh-
teen hundred cars of coal are needed
Immediately in Indiana to relieve the
situation, according to figures COM
piled by the fuel administration.
Requests for immediate relief from
10 counties totalled more than 400
cars. Thirty-five schools in Indian
apolis alone have closed on account
of the lack of fuel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Cannot Accept sIay,s Aid.

With the American Army in France
Jan. 15.-Because of the law that
does not permit any but citizens of
the United States to become officers
in the American army, it has become
necessary to refuse the offer of Rus
sian officer, representing large num-
Der of brother officers to put them
selves at the disposal of General
Pershing. The decision also affects
the plan of the United States army to
take the Russian army in France, to
be Utilized as a labor army at same
pay as American labor battalionS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Offers Salary to Help Poor.

South Bend, Ind, Jan. 16.-With
conditions at Elkhart at crisis so far
as the poor are concerned, Mayor w.
H. Foster has announced he will do
nate his entire salary to the associat-
ed charities to relieve suffering fami-
lies without fuel or provisions. An
appeal has been made to lodges and
churches, as well as individuals, to
lend assistance as conditions are the
worst in the city's history. Unless
more aid is Immediately forthcoming
it may be necessary for the city to
open buildings to care for hundreds
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Argentine Envoy Returning Home.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Ambassador
Naon of Argentina, who recently
placed his resignation in the hands of
the Buenos Aires foreign office, will
sail for home this week. Whether he
returns here as ambassador depends
on conferences with President Irago-
yen and Foreign Minister Puerreydon.
Ambassador Noan's resignation for
warded at the time of the last disclos-
ure of Count Luxburg's kilograms, was
of a conditional character. 1t was un
derstood he was pressing for strong
action on Argentina's part.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
FOUR U. S. VESSELS WRECKED
Lost In Terrific Storms On Gulf Of
st. Lawrence.


Washington, Jan. 16.-Four vessels
of the Shipping board fleet, being
brought from the Great Lakes to the
Atlantic seaboard, were lost in ter.
rife st. Lawrence storms, it is an
nounced by the Shipping board.
The vessels were the Codorus and
the G. N. Orr, now ashore east of
Quebec, the Saranac, ashore near Hall
fax, and the Tuscarora, which disap-
peared somewhere on the voyage.
No trace of the Tuscarora has been
found. Nor is it known whether
her crew persisted.
1t is believed that none of the
other crews abandoned their ships,
and it is believed they all were res
cued
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Former Chicago Police Head Freed

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Former Chief of
Police Charles G, Healey has been de-
clared not guilty of grating by the
jury. Healey was accused with De-
tective Sergeant Stephen Barry and
William Skidmore, saloonkeeper and
politician, of conspiracy to protect I'M
lawful resorts. The defense in great
part rested it's case upon the state
ment that the accusations were a
''frame-up" against the accused. Wit
nesses, notorious in the underworld.
testified Tapped" telephone wires
furnished much of the evidence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Stefanssen Finds New Lands.

Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 16.-Sev-
erai new large Arctic lands were dis
the spring of 1916 by Vilhjalmur
Steffanssen, Arctic explorer, accord
ing to Capt. A. Lane, who has ar
rived here from the Arctic ocean,
bringing direct news from the ex'
plorer, who, he says, is spending
the 1918 winter in Northern seas
at Bartel island. The explorer
claimed the new lands for Canada
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
LYNCH SIXTY-TWO OFFICERS
Russians Stage Carnival of Horrors at
SebastopoI.

Petrograd, Jan. 15.-Sixty-two Rus
sian officers, including Vice Admiral
Novitski, three admirals and one army
general have been lynched in a car
nival of horror at Sebastopol, accord
ing to word received here.
Sailors of the fleet Joined in the as
sassinations. The officers were taken
to Malakoff tower and shot. A major
ity were members of the inquiry COM
mittee which in 1912 convicted 10 re-
bellious Russian sailors and con-
demned them to varying punishments
from death to life Imprisonment.
Admiral Nemetz, commanding the
Black sea fleet, has resigned as a re-
suit of the murder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
FORMER EMPRESS A MANIAC
Reported That Czarina Is HopeIessIy
Insane.

Amsterdam, Jan .16.-The former
empress of Russia, according to Ger
man papers, has become insane and
now is confined in a sanitarium at
Tobolsk, Siberia. Her condition is
reported to be hopeless. The for
mer empress was reported to be Sc
riously ill last September She &C
companied the former emperor, Mich
olas Romanoff when he was trans
ferred from Tsarkoe-SelO to Tobolsk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Berlin Says Mine Sunk Ship.

Amsterdam, Jan. 15.-The Wulff bu-
reau, the semi-official German agency,
ing of the British hospital ship Rewa,
says the German authorities cannot
yet give final statement as the sub
marine which might have been con-
cerned is still at sea. The communi-
cation adds: Nevertheless, compe
tent quarters regard it as impossible
that the ship would have been torpe-
decd by submarine. Accordingly the
only possibility is that she was sunk
by a mine"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
LOOK FOR LIGHT ON HISTORY
Explorations in Captured Jerusalem
VIII Be Awaited With Much In
terest by the World.

1t is confidently expected that with
the capture Of Jerusalem and the driv-
ing forth of the Moslem, many valu-
able treasures in the way of ancient
sarcophagl with manuscripts and
carved inscriptions will be brought to
light from beneath the sacred rock
and other localities, helping the mod
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
Iowa Woman Slain; Home Fired

Mason City Iowa, Jan. 15.-Mrs.
Clara Wedge, well known resident of
this city, was murdered in her home
by an unknown assailant. Robbery is
thought to have been the motive. One
suspect was arrested. Mrs. Wedges
home was partially destroyed by fire,
thought to have been started by the
murderer. Mrs. Wedges body was
discovered with the hear mangled, ly-
ing in a pool of blood. Her throat
was cut and one side of her head
smashed. The chaotic condition of the
room indicated a struggle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
DENIES ABUSE IS INTENDED

Germany to Treat American Prisoners
Same as Others.
Copenhagen, Jan. 16.-Formal denial
chat Germany intends to treat Ameri-
can prisoners of war sin a more Sc
we're manner than any other prison
ers," has been received here in Ber-
lin dispatches. The German general
staff asserted that the United States
seemed to derive it's information
irresponsible sources who are seeking
to stir up hatred"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18
SOLDIERS TO BE EXECUTED
Death Sentence Reported Passed On
Three at Seattle.

Seattle, Jan. 16.-For attempting
to blow up Fort Seward, Alaska, with
so pounds of dynamite and for in
citing other soldiers to mutiny and
sabotage in Alaska, five privates in
brought here, tried by court martial,
found guilty and sentenced, it has
been revealed. 1t is understood that
three of the men, Michael Salay,
Arch Senior and a private named
Messer, are under sentence of exc.
cution.