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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
BANDITS KILL 90 PERSONS
| Wreck Train in Mexico and Stay
Soldiers and Passengers.

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 27.-Two Ameri-
cans who arrived here from the inter
ior of Mexico confirmed reports re-
ceived that "a passenger train was
wrecked last Monday by bandits at
Canadian, Durango, and 80 passen-
gers and soldiers killed and so in
jured. Many passengers, including
women and children were bayoneted.
The train escort of IS Federal soldiers
were killed and car of ammunition
captured. The bandits were under
Alamos and Galaviz, two Durango
leaders
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
$4,000 officers Released.

Amsterdam, Aug. 26.-The Bolshe-
Wiki have released $4,000 officers
from Alexiev barracks, Moscow, fol-
lowing the threat of citizens to blow
up the Kremlin unless the officers
were freed. according to a dispatch
from Kiev.
Hunger, typhus and cholera are
raging in the northern Russian prov
inces, says a Petrograd dispatch. The
population of entire villages are dy-
ing. In some places each person re-
ceives only two pounds of oats weekly
and no bread.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
GASOLINE SUPPLY is LOW

Use of Passenger Autos on Sundays
May Be Stopped.
Washington, Aug. 28.-The fuel ad-
ministration called on the public east
of the Mississippi river to stop using
gasoline for passenger automobiles,
motorcycles and motorboats on Sun
days until further notice. Unless vol
untary action on the part of the pub
lie improves the gasoline situation
notice is given that the administration
will be obliged to enforce prohibitory
regulations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
ALEXIS SLAIN BY BOLSHEVlKl
Russian Prince Tells of Death of
Cars Son.

London, Aug. pa Russian prince
who recently arrived in London, &C
cording to the Daily Mail, confirms ru-
mors of the killing of Alexis, the son of
the former emperor. After the father
was executed, the bolsheviki went to
the son, saying: 1--WE killed your
father-'a dogs death for a dog"
Alexis burst into tears and one of the
band then shot him dead The boy
was IA years DID,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
10000 PEASANTS FIGHT FOE
Russians Leave Factories and Resist
Germans.

Stockholm, Aug. 28.-An army of
10000 peasants is fighting combined
force of Germans and Ukranians near
Skvira, according to the newspaper
Pravda Russian bourgeoise, return.
ing from Kiev, say that as soon as
German soldiers leave any district the
workmen desert the factories and
peasants organize resistance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
Two seapIane Men Killed.

Washington, Aug. %. = Dale Vern
Campbell, Portland, Ore, and Lester
Achan Barnett, Mount Pleasant, Tenn,
navy quartermasters, were killed Aug.
20 in a seaplane accident in French
waters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
FORD PLANTS FOR WAR WORK

Government Offered Use of All Assem-
bling and Service Stations.
Detroit, Aug. 28.-The Ford Motor
company has offered its 81 assembling
the country to the government, it was
announced here.
One of the Eastern plants already
has been accepted by the government,
it was stated, and is being used in the
production of gas masks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
NEW DIRECTOR OF AIRCRAFT
John D. Ryan Named Second Assist
ant War Secretary.

ant War Secretary.
Washington, Aug. 28.-John d. Ryan
has been appointed second assistant
secretary of war and director of aero
nautics, thus becoming head of the
whole aeronautical section of the War
department.
Mr.. Ryan will coordinate the activ-
tiles of the bureau of aircraft produc-
ton and the bureau of military aero
nautics. He has been authorized to
name new head for the aircraft
board
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
SIX KILLED, TEN MISSING
Result of Torpedoing American Ship
In Foreign Waters.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Six members
of the crew are believed to have been
drowned or killed by the torpedo ex-
plosion and nine members of the crew
and one member of the naval armed
guard are still missing as the result of
the sinking of the American steamer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-30
CROWELL GIVEN NEW POST

First Assistant War Secretary Is
Director Of Munitions.
Washington, Aug. %. Benedict
Crowell, first assistant secretary of
war, has been made director of NUM-
tions by Secretary Baker with COM
plete authority to procure and furnish
all munitions necessary for military
operations.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
MURDER OF NATION
BY RUTHLESS HUNS
How the Poles Were Slain and
Starved and Frozen During
the German Drive.
r. c. Waicott Tells OF the Scenes Of
Horror He Witnessed Along the
Road From Warsaw to Pinsk
Million Persons Homeless.

This have seen. could not
believe II unless I had seen II
through and through. For sew
eral weeks lived with II; !
went all about Il and back Of Il;
inside and out Of II was shown
to me-until finally ! came to
realize that the incredible was
true. II 10 monstrous, Il 10 un-
thinkable, but II exists. u 10
the Prussian system.-F. c.
Waleott.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
NEW AGRICULTURAL COURSES

Three distinctively trade school
courses are offered in place of forzner
vocational courses in agriculture nj
the Oregon Agriculture College,
These are all one year courses sna
do not prepare students for degree
courses in agriculture, each hftag
completed in single year. A gcnerza
agricultural course is offered go xhnze
interested in several phases or
agriculture and expect to specialize
in no one of them. Another is for
those who wish tn Jake up dairyfnE
In the making OF cheese, butter and
other dairy products. A horticultural
course is offered those now engaged
in orcharding and wish to get more
training in their special work OK Go
prepare as orchard foremen- This
course as well as the other two of the
groupe are attrasting women, who
are proving good orchard managers
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

people were made homeless In SIX
weeks OF the German drive in August
ana September, 1915. They told me
four hundred thousand died on the
way The rest, scarcely half alive,
got through with the. Russian army.
Many Of these have been sent TO ST.
IBERIA; II Is these people whom the
Paderewski committee is trying to re-
leve.
In the refugee camps, 100000 sur
vivors Of the flight were gathered by
the Germans, members Of broken fam
'llies. They were lodged in jerry-built
barracks, scarcely waterproof, un-
lighted, ;nnwarmed In the dead OF win
ter. Their clothes, where the buttons
were lost. were sewed on. There were
no conveniences, they had not even
been nble TO wash for weeks. Filth
md infection from vermin were
spreading. They were famished, their
daily ration cup of soup and a piece
Of bread ns big as my flst.
In Warsaw. which had not been de-
stroyed city of one million inhab-
ltants, one of the most prosperous cit
les Of Europe before the war, the
streets were lined with people In the
pangs Of starvation. Famished ana
rnln.soalSed. they squntted there, with
their elbows on their knees or lean
Ing, against the buildings, too feeble
10 lIft hand for bit of money or
mprsel Of bread II one offered IT, per-
tshing of hunger and cold. Charity
did what II could. The. rich gave all
that they had. the poor shared their
last crust. Hundreds OF thousands
were perishing. Day and night the
pictures Is before my eyes--a people
starving, a nation dying.
The above statement by Mr.. Wal
rott is q terrible arraignment Of the
Hun, but no more terrible than he
deserves. What has happened In
Poland, In Belgium, in northern
France and every other country that
has been blighted by the Huns pres
ence would happen in America should
the allies, by any chance, fail to win
this war. II would mean the enslnve-
ment of American men, the starving
and death OF American women and chill
dren. Either the Hun or humanity
must perish.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
rrawIera NEE . u.noat.

A Dutch newspaper prints the story
Of a German U-boat which was caught
In British trap and towed into Brit
lsh port. The story comes from o mem
her OF the U-bont's crew who escaped
from England and Is interned in Hol-
land. ~
1--WE had sighted some English fish
Ing boats on the English coast and
we're maneuvering for attack, when
their curious movements led us TO sus-
pect trap. 80 we dlved. We pro-
ceeded slowly. but presently the screw
began to beat lrregularly and the com
mander could not make out what had
happened.
"After about two hours the wnter
seemed curlously still, and the com
mnnder decided to come to the surface.
when we emerged we were alongside a
quay where stood n number Of sml Ing
British sailors. We were In British
port, towed In like n dend FISH"
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

the mongrel dog was there first. lie
wisely caught the blacksnake behind
the head, his strong. sharp teeth sew
ering It's vertebrae.
GOOD dogr shouted Mr.. Stagg ex-
citedly. "Fine dog"
"Oh, Miss Amanda !" shrieked Caro-
iyn May. "I--I thought he was going
TO sting you'll dldr
She ran to the startled woman and
clung 10 her hand. Prince nosed the
dead, snake. Mr.. StaGg looked exceed
ingly foolish. Miss Amanda recovered
her color and her voice simultaneously.
"What brave dog yours is, little
girl" she said TO Carolyn May. "And
| do so despise snakes 1" Then she
looked directly Mt Mr.. Stage ana
bowed gravely ~ thank you," she
said. but so coldly 80 Carolyn May
Thought that her voice might AaFe
come "Just off an iceberg"
"Oh. | didn't do anythlng-rea'ly
didn't" stammcred the man. ut was
the dog"
Both looked very uncomiorlhple
Joseph Stagg beRau to mfN UP NV
scattered chcstnuis from the over
turned baslet. The lady stopped un'
whispered TO Carolyn Mny'
Come TO see me- my dear. wan
to know you better"
Then she Kissed Carolyn May an'
slipped quietly away from the brooN
Disappearing quickly In the under
! growth.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

The following Is a statement by +.
G. WalcOtt, who served as an assist
ant TO MIR. Hoover during the time
America was doing all that was pos
sible to feed the starving millions or
Belgium and Poland and northern
France. In this work he was brought
I'm direct contact with German military
officials, and saw the conditions which
the German invasion had created
among the civilian population:
l went to Poland to learn the facts
concerning the remnant of a people
that had been declmnted by war. The
country had been twice devastated.
First the Russian. army swept through
Il and then the Germans. Along the
roadside from Warsaw to Pinsk, the
present firing line, 230 miles, nearly
half n million people had died of hun
ger ana cold The way was strewn
with their bones picked clean by the
crows. With their usual thrift the
Germnns were collecting the larger
bones 10 be milled into fertilizer .Dul
Rnpcr and toe homes lay on the ground
with the undiscovered and raln-soaNed
clothing
Wicker baskets We're scattered n'ong
lhe way--the basket in which the baby
swings from the rafter in every peas
ant home. Every mile there were
scores Of them each one telling n
drnth. started TO count, but nftcr II
Inule I had to give it UP, there were
So many
That Is the dosolatlon one saw along
be rrcat rond from Warsaw to Pinsk,
mile after mile, more than two hun
dred niles. They told ne million
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

Joseph Stage and the little girl
went on across the stepping stones,
while Prince splashed through the
water. Carolyn May was thinking
about Miss Amanda Pariow ana she
believed her Uncle Joe was. 100.
"Uncle joe" she said, "would that
bad old snake have stung Miss
Amanda3"
"Huh7 No; reckon not" admitted
Mr.. stagg absent-mindedly. "Black-
snakes don't bite. A big one like that
can squeeze some"
'But you were scared Of it--llke me
and Prince. And for Miss Amanda, y
said Carolyn May very much in ear
nest. W.
II guess most everybody is scared
by the sight OF snake, Car'lyn May"
"But you were scared for Miss
Amanda's snke-just the same M /
was" repeated the little girl decidedly.
"Wellf" he growled, looking away,
troubled by her inslstencc.
"Then you don't hate her, do youf"
the child pursued. "Tm glad Of that,
Uncle Joe. for like her very much.
! think shes beautiful lady"
TO this Uncle Joe said nothing.
II guess" thought Carolyn May
wisely, shat when two folks love each
other and get angry the loves there
Just the same. Getting mad doesn't
Kill II; II only makes 'em feel worse.
"Poor Uncle Jocl Poor Miss Aman-
da Maybe II they'd just try 20 look
up and look for brighter things they'd
get over being mad and be happy
again."
When Uncle Joe and Carolyn May
returned from this adventurous walk
Mr.. Stagg went heavily into his own
room, closed the door and even locked
II. He went over to the Old-fashloned
walnut bureau that stood against the
wall between the two windows and
stood before 1t for some moments In
an attitude OF deep reflection. Finally,
he drew his bunch OF keys from his
pocket and opened one of the two
small drawers In the heavy piece Of
furniture-the only locked drawer
there was. He drew forth tintype
picture, faded now. but clear enough
TO show him the features OF the two
individuals printed on the sensitized
plate.
His own eyes looked out Of the pho
tograph proudly. They were much
younger eyes than they were now.
And the girl beside him in the pic.
turel Sweet as wild rose, Mandy
Parlow's lovely, calm countenance
promised all the beauty and dignity
her matured womanhood had achieved
MANDY! Mandy!" he murmured
over and over again. "Oh, Mandy
Why? Why?"
He held the tintype for long, lonr
time In his hand. gazing on II will
eyes that saw the vanished years
rather than the portraits themselves
Finally he hid the picture away again
closed and locked the drawer with q
sigh and with slow steps left the
room.
ITO be continued)
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
-----97-----I----
Tried Many, Found Tho Resi-

Foley Cathartic Tablets keep the
bowels regular sweeten the stomach
and tone up the liver. ] .G. Gasfony
Newark, Ind, says he used great
many kinds Of cathartics, but Foley
Cathartic Tablets gave him more
than any other. He says
they are the best cathartic tablets
made.-Sold by Reed Bros.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
Machine Gun Noisy as Rlveter.

A machine gun makes n noise Ike
n rlveter. A doctor near the front
writes IN the Yale Alumni Weekly: ut
was fully two weeks, ] think, that ]
wondered where any structural iron
work could he going on here and why
the rlveter worked In such short spells
then suddenly realized that 1t was
a machine gun instead of riveter. 1t
Is just the same sound-like a very
noisy woodpecker on a hard. hollow
tree"
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

Carolyn May said with assurance. as
the dog slowly returned. "Prince
never barks like that unless It's n per-
son. And saw something move"
Somebody taking walk. like us.
Couldn't be deer" sald Mr.. Stagg.
"Oh," cried Carolyn May later, 'T
see II again. That's skirt see.
Why, it's a ladyi'
Mr.. Stagg suddenly grew very stern
looking, as well as silent. All the
beauty Of the day and of the glade
they had entered seemed lost on him.
lie went on stubbornly, yet as though
loath to proceed.
"Why," murmured Carolyn May, ,it's
Miss Amanda Parlowl That's who II
Isl"
The carpenters daughter was sit.
ting on bare brown log by the brock.
She was dressed very prettily, all II
brown.
Carolyn May wanted awfully 10
speak to Miss Amanda. The brown
lady with the pretty roses In her
cheeks sat on n log by the brook, her
face turned from the path Joseph
Stugg and his little niece were coming
along.
And Uncle Joe was quite stubborn.
He stared straight ahead down the
path without letting the figure on the
log get into the focus of his vision.
Hanging to Uncle Joe's hand but
looking longingly ut the silent figure
on the log. Carolyn May was going
down to the stepping stones by which
they were to cross the brook, when
suddenly Prince came to halt right
at the upper end OF the log aud his
body stifrened.
"What Is 1t, Prlnce2" whispered his
little mistress. "Come here"
But the dog did not move. He even
growled--not ut Miss Amanda, Of
course, but ut something on the log,
And II was just then that Carolyn
May wanted to scream-and she could
not
For there on the log. raising Its fiat,
wicked head out of an aperture, was
snake. IA horrid, silent, writhing
creature, the look Of which held the
little girl horror-stricken and speech.
less.
Uncle Joe glanced down impatiently,
to see what made her hold back SO.
The child's feet seemed glued to the
earth. She could not take another
step.
Writhng out OF the hole In the log
and coiling. as Il did 80, into an atti-
tude to strike, the snake looked TO be
dangerous indeed. The fact that II
was only large blacksnake and non
poisonous made no difference at that
moment 10 the dog or to the little
glrl--nor to Joseph Stagg when he
saw II.
II was coiled right at Miss Amanda's S
back. She did not see II, for she was
quite as intent upon keeping her face
turned from Mr.. Stagg as he had been
determined TO ignore her presence.
Carolyn May was shaking and help
less. Not so Prince. He repeated his
challenging growl and then sprang
at the vibrating head. Miss Amanda
uttered stiiied scream and jumped
up from the log, whirling TO see what
was happening behind her.
Joseph Stagg dropped Carolyn Mays
hand and leaped forward with his
walking stick raised to strike. But
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
WAR ZONE WOMEN
DRIVEN FROM HOME
Three Times BY HUN
Mothers OF French Soldiers Flee
Life Abodes With Remaining
Few Treasures on Backs
Bv Mrs. Hazel Pedlar Faulkner

An army OF French refugees was
pouring into the relief station main
tanned by the American Red Cross.
Carrying in their hands bundles OF
varying sizes,--all their worldly pos
sessions. old men and women. young
women and children, came through
the gates of the canteen where was
furnished the first bit OF rest ana
refreshment available for many hours.
The Boches had made travel neces-
sary for these dwellers in the oc-
cupied portions Of Frarre.
MAY | help you any," asked one
OF the workers in the canteen OF a
weary looking French woman.
81 can help myself" the woman re-
piled. you see | know just what
TO do when we are away from home
like this. This is the THIRD time l
have had to leave"
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
"CAN HELP MYSELF"
BRAVE ANSWER

The third time she had had 10
flee. Three times she had been OBJ
liged to leave her home. or what
was left OF Il, and start out on an
unknown journey. With her worldly
goods reduced TO the size OF
napkin-bound bundle. this old wom'
an, mother OF French soldiers, had
turned her back on all che loved,
and gone out into the night, an
enemy at her heels and the unknown
before her.
DO we realize what that means;
oh. women OF the West? Can we
visualize for a moment the tragedy
OF II all?
Yet there are women In France
who have done that thing daily for
four years, and all without a word
OF complaint, with never sign
or tear.
Ours has been a happier part. We
have lived in plenty and peace. True
we have given our sons and have
divided our food. But OF the horrors
OF war we have known none.
What will you do to relieve the
condition of those mothers OF France?
Our government is pledged to help. IL
has given it's word To aid to the limit
of its capacity. IL calls for the
assistance Of every individual one
of our neonle I'm the work
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28

parison with what has been borne
for us already.
Let the Fourth Liberty Loan sub
scription be our answer to the call
from over there.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-09-28
EVERY AMERICAN
MUST HELP

The Fourth Liberty Loan is our
opportunity. You say you have sub
lscribed three times before? The
women OF Flance have been driven
out of their homes three times, each
time more cruelty than before. Can
we he sitate to save them repetition
of that suffering. Ours is the lesser
part however much it may seem to
entail of sacrifice and deprivation,
/ An American marine, wounded
grieyousy, was visited in hospital by
q Coneressman from his state, What
shall / tell the folks back home?'
asked the Congrc rcs,nan,
The marine smiled TEL them
we may not all come bpck hut We
are all helping to win the War
shah wo bo able to answer as hou'
estlN wien tie h9ys from over there
ask us the question?
Noihipa s too hard for as he'e.
No.hing can be t9e hard in COM
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
FIRE SWEEPS
JUNK YARDS:
LOSS Is $4,000
Middletown Has Spectacular
Blaze When Rags and
Paper Burn

MiddIetown. Sept. 16.-Starting last
evening in piles of inflammable ma
terials at the junk yards of the Mid
dletown Iron, Metal and Coal Com
pany, in Brown street, fire complete
ly destroyed the yards, buildings and
a large supply of coal which had just
reached the place a few days ago.
The loss will reach $4,000 and is
partly covered by insurance.
The origin of the blaze is unknown.
Pedestrians who were on the streets
saw the flames and smoke and sent
in an alarm. The borough fire COM
panies by efficient work kept the fire
confined to the junk yards although
at times sparks were carried by the
wind to other parts of the town. No
other fires started from this cause
however.
Thousands of dollars worth of rags.
paper and junk held by the company
have been totally destroyed or dam
aged by the water. Several carloads
of coal which were shipped to the
company recently could not be saved.
Two mules were taken from the
stables.
Shapiro Brothers and Brenner are
said to have the largest investment
in the company. One of the Shapiro
brothers at the time when the fire
was at its height attempted to enter
the Office of the concern and save
valuable papers, but number of SOL
diers prevented him from entering.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
EARLY ACTION IS
ASKED ON CASES
Supreme Court Will Be Urged
to Move Things Along
in Traction Appeals

The Superior Court of Pennsyl-
vania has been petitioned by a mum
ber of upstate boroughs and munich
palities, principally in Allegheny and
Erie counties, to advance for argu-
ment cases involving the raise of
passenger railway fares, recently
heard and passed upon by the Pub
lie Service Commission.
The commission also joined in the
petitions TO have the matter heard
as speedily as possible. The partic-
ular cases tefore the court are as
follows:
The borough of Williamsburg
VS.. Pittsburgh Railways Company;
township of Harbor Creek ct al VS..
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction
Company: borough of Williamsburg
VS.. Penn and Franklin Streets Rail-
way Company; same appellant VS..
Consolidated Traction Company;
borough cf Edgewood VS.. Wilkins
burg and East Pittsburgh Street
Railway Company; borough of Will
kinsburg VS.. the same; city of Nc
Keesport vs.. Pittsburgh Railway
Company; city of McKeesport VS..
same; borough of North Braddock
VS.. same.
In the petitions, it is explain ed
that the appeals taken by the re-
spective boroughs and municipalities
involve ordinances prescribing maxi
mum fares, "as conditions of consent
of the local authorities to the con-
struction of street passenger rail-
ways, all agreeably to Article XVII,
Section 8, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania.