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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16
EARLY MORNING FIRE
AT LIVERY STABLE.
One of Hurley's Old Landmarks Par
TALLY Destroyed by Fire Last
Sunday Morning.

T. S. Harrington's livery stable,
an old and we'll. established institu-
ton, was almost totally destroyed
by fire early Sunday morning. The
fact that there was no wind and
due to good work of the fremen
saved the rear portion of the build
ing, on the lower floor of which
was the stable and the upper floor
used for the storage of hay and
feed.
The fire is thought to have start
ed from the chimney in the office
in the front part of the building
and before it was discovered had
gained considerable headway, The
only person in the building at the
time was Ed. Laveck, an employee,
and he was not aware of the fire
until awakened by another EN-
ployee, Roy Pearson, who was re-
turning from trip about 4 o clock.
They Immediately went to the
stable and released all the horses
so that all the animals were saved.
The front part of the building, to-
gether with the harnesses, cutters,
hacks, etc, was totally destroyed
and had there been wind blowing
at the time surrounding buildings
and residences would have been in
danger.
The loss is estimated at $40, 900,
with insurance on the building and
contents of S., 900. The building
was erected many years ago, it be-
ing one of the Oldest in the city.
Mr.. Harrington is undecided wheth-
er or not he will rebuild at this
time.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16
Germany's Secret War Council
BY O. J. CAMPBELL. Jr, Assistant Professor OF English
University of Wisconsin.
Published direction Wisconsin

icOHS4n Sbhte OONuCil OF DSIenSS.
Austrian premier, admitted to Col. S.
S. Mcclure that Austria believed that
its attitude toward Servia made the
chances of Russia's Interference about
flfty-f1fty. Yet her diplomatists kept
assuring the world that there was no
danger whatever Of war Viviani. the
French Prime Minister. declared on
Aug. 1, 1914. that the Austro- Hunga-
rian government had repeatedly given
assurance that its demands on Servia
would be extremely moderate. Aus
tria even deliberately deceived one OF
her own allies. Berchtold, the Aus
trian foreign minister, while he was
preparing the provocative note to
SerViR which brought on the war, as
sured the Italian Ambassador at vi
emma that the situation was not grave.
These are not the actions of a nation
with a just cause. They constitute a
criminal plot to spring a European
war.
Germany knew all along that she
was going TO force general European
war out of the Servian crisis. On
July 81. the transatlantic steamer.
Kronprinzessin Cecelie, received a
wireless" in cipher: War has bro.
ken out with England, Russia and
France. Return to New York. The
message was sent out four days be-
fore England came into the war and
while Germany was ostensibly making
every effort to avert a general conflict
Austria had wished to settle" the
Seryian question as early as the au-
nf 1919 Thnn oh
Giolitti, the Italian minister of For
eign Affairs, that his country Join her
in an attack on SerVia Italy declined.
and Austrian statesmen were COM
PEELED to wait for such an excuse az
the murders at Serajevo gave them
Long before this crime, Germany
had decided that the day was to come
sometime during the second part of
1914. The year before she had bought
one-half Of Americas output OF cop
per In the same year the German
Imperial Bank had made an extraor.
dnary increase in It's purchases Of
gold. In 1911 it was ia million
marks; in 1912, 173 million marks;
but in 1913 1t was S17 million
marks In May and June. 1914, she
called her reservists back from Asia
and Africa. In June arms for cruis.
ers were sent to Buenos Aires. On
June Is contracts were let In America
for coaling cruisers at sea in August
and September.
The murder Of the Austrian Prince
was Germany's opportunity. TIE Kai.
ser and his military advisers dared
not miss this chance. So small
~ Anurp haV A
planned how a murder committed by
an irresponsible fanatic could be made
to embroil Europe. So dire an exer,
else of autooratic power the modern
world has never seen That council
cynically decreeing disaster and death
to millions of men is autocracy at
work Against that America is fight
ing.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16

ton.
Resolved, by the county board
for Iron county, Wisconsin, at its
annual meeting of November, 1917,
to-wit on the 1lth day of March.
1918, that at the election to be held
in each town, city and village in
said Iron county on the first Tues
day of April, following the adop-
ton of this resolution, and there
after, all supervisors of said county
board from such cities and villages
shall be elected for a term of three
years, and at the annual town
meeting to be held on the first
Tuesday of April following the
adoption of this resolution, three
supervisors shall be selected from
each town in said county, one for
a term of one year, one for a term
of two years, and the supervisor
designated on the ballot as chair
man, for term of three years, and
thereafter at each annual town
meeting supervisor shall be elect
ed for a term of three years.
The matter of filling the sink
hole" in the county road at Mer-
Ger, which has been before the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16
Higher Prices for Ore Expected.

Lake Superior mining men now
expect that higher prices will be
paid for ore in 1918 than last year.
They have had to take their case
to Washington The figures show
ed that underground operations
worked on close margins last year,
and that on the basis of present
costs mining would be conducted
at loss in some districts, unless
ore prices were advanced.
The Lake Superior Iron Ore as
sociation urged that the under
ground mines, constituting 40 per
cent of the shipments from the
Lake Superior district, must be
operated at full capacity to pro-
duce the country 5 ore requirements
for 1918, and that ore prices must
be high enough to give operators
of that class of mines fair profit
Judge Gary, speaking for the
steel products committee, said that
efforts are being made to have the
government allow fair prices, so
that each stage of the manufacture
of steel, from the production of ore
through to pig iron, billets and
rolled products, may show fair mar
gins of profit.
Interesting statistics showing
costs of producing ore during Oc-
tober aud November last year and
the margins of profit or loss on the
different ranges i'll the Lake Su-
perior district, have been submitted
at Washington.
On the Mesaba range under
ground mines, it was shown that
the actual cost of bessemer and non
bessemer ores laid down at Lake
Erie ports WAS $4.763 per ton last
year, while the average price re-
ceived was 81 .933, leaving a mar
gin of profit in 1918, based on 1917
ore prices, is placed at II cents.
The Mesaba open pit mines, how
ever, showed a good margin OF pro-
fit. The total cost of their ores at
Lake Erie ports was placed at S.
834 per ton, while the average price
received was S4.79, leaving a net
profit of 90 cents per ton Profits
for 1918 on the basis of 1917 ore
prices are estimated at IS cents per
ton.
On the Gogebic range the net
profit of mining ore i'll 1917 IS plac-
ed at cents per ton, while on the
basis of 1917 ore prices and the in
creased cost of production, il is
figured out that operations i'll 1918
would result i'll a net loss of 80
cents per ton. On the Menomlnee
range the net profit in 1917 is plac-
ed at 3 cents per ton, aud a net loss
of 81 cents per ton i'll 1918 on the
basis of present costs and 1917 ore
prices is computed. On the Mar
quette range the net profit on the
ore laid down at Lake Erie ports in
1917 is estimated at Al cents per
ton, but the net profit for 1918 on
the basis of 1917 ore prices is placed
at only II cents per ton.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16

The world at last knows just how
and when Germany decided to launch
this stupendous war. On July 5, 1914.
q small group of German and Austrian
autOcrats met In Berlin and decided
on war Tn Europe within month.
They agreed to seize the murder of the
Austrian Crown Prince at Serajevo on
June % as their opportunity to win
German yorld-power.
The most direct evidence of this
meeting comes from Turkey. Early in
July, 1914, Herr Wangenheim, the
German Ambassador at Constantine
pie, was hastily summoned to Berlin.
When he returned on July Is. he told
the Italian Ambassador, Stgnor Gar
roni, the purpose Of his journey He
had attended meeting Of German dip
lomats. military men, and fnanciers,
at which a European war had been de-
cided upon. Signor Garroni asked him
what was to be the provocation. He
replied that the Austrian note to
Seryia on the Seraievo murders was
to make impossible demands. All this
the Italian Ambassador has reported
officially to his government.
Our own ambassador at CONSTANT
nOple, Mr. Henry l.. MOrgenthau, re-
ceived a similar statement Herr
Wangenheim told him that at the con-
ference in Berlin the date of the war
had beer positively fixed. The Kaiser
had presided Moltke, the chief of
stAff, the sinister Admiral Won TirpitZ,
the leaders Of industry, the directors
OF railways. the bankers, were all
there. - everyone who could aid the
war. Each was asked II he was ready
All answered in the affirmative except
the financiers. They asked for two
weeks in which to unload their foreign
securities and arrange their loans
This comes straight from an eye-wlt-
ness.
Direct corroborattve evidence comes
from the ReichstAg- Herr Hasse, the
socialist deputy. in speaking OF the or
igtns OF the war. said. I'VE do not for
get the conference in Berlin on July
6, 1914. and the activity Of Won Tirpitz
and Falkenhayn in those days. This
statement fixes the date OF Herr Wan
genheim's conference.
There Is abundant circumstantial
evidence From July 10 to July 25,
1914, all the great stock exchanges in
the world experienced an acute and
mysterious depression. Experts then
could not explain the decline. Now we
know that the German bankers were
unloading their foreign securities.
German owned stocks were quietly
pushed into the market. Prices tuln-
bled-
German and Austrian diplomats dur
ting those two weeks acted like men
about TO spring trap. They deliber-
ately lulIed everyone into sense OF
false security The Kaiser went to his
yacht In Norway. The Chancellor left
Berlin for a rest. The same trick was
turned in 1870 when Bismark was pre-
pairing to strike France.
Austria practised even more posi-
tive deceit. Count Tisza, later the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-16

OF county funds during the period
from May l to Dec. 81, 1918. The
bank will pay 21a per cent interes,
on daily balances.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
MnlinQ and Financial NetUS
BY REVIEW LEASED WIRE

NEW YORK. July 27.-With the ex- CeptiCn of Canadian Pacific, which re- tained the greater part of its advance, Standard stocks made little headway in today's extremely superficial mark et. Reading forfeited almost a point and United States steel was sluggish within contracted limits, foTfeiting it's slight advantage at the end. Other in- dustrials and equipments of the popu- lar class were equally irregular.
 Specialties and miscellaneous issues but General Motors reacted six, with only moderate recovery and both American telephone and Western Union supplemented recent reversals. Sales 10000 shares. West end news dealt with the coming conference in this city regarding steel production for ship building and the reviews of trade agencies which emphasize the greater activity in war industries to the detriment of non essential. An m-
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28

Continued from Page One)
 unskilled labor and thereby hopes 10 materially decrease the high rate of turnover. the latter cccasioned in the main by higher wages that govern ment contractors have been able to offer under the cost plus profit plan. Arizona mine operators are unit as to giving the new plan the fullest pos sible support as a government meas ure. just as they have given price fix ing their support at all times. They will do the best they can under the new system and their employees are with them in the same spirit
 Higher Class of Men
 Notable improvement has occurred in the last few months in the average of men employed in the mines and plants They grade distinctly higher. This is attributed in the main to the fact that many who were earlier at- tracied away from tine mines 9y the lure of higher wages in other lines have returned. disappointed in the new employment they sought, or lonesome for the familiar mining distrlc, sur roundings. The eXigCncies oi var de mands which compelled the mines 70 20 to every possible length to keep up production and increase the latter 1T possible. also had a part, causing the putting on of many green men who have since developed into seasoned and excellent workers underground. All of this gain has been accentua.ed by the getting together on common footing under war pressure. Former differences have been wiped cut and replaced by purpose jo pull together. with the eye Co eye understand on the side of both employer and cWpioTo that each is going Co be more thar fair. Another thing has been tac lal' Or the radical The masses of ;he men in the mines have shelyed him for tine war period They don't toicr- ate their loyalty Co be questioned, yet if they tolerate the intimate company of the radical they know there is like ly Co be room for question ut above this they feel that he is out Ot season. The arguments which formerly sound cd good from him don't iit in with present conditions Voluntary advanc- es in wages. voluntary offers of dou- bled compensation for injuries under state insurance. voluntary pressure brought to bear in number or inc
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
DEMAND FOR CANISTER GROWS ALL 0F
 THE TIME
MATERIAL REATLY NEEDED FOR MAKING OF SILICA BRICK SHOWS INCREASE IN PRoDUC. TON AND IN WORTH DURING YEAR 1917

The demand for canister, or quartz ite, used in making silica brick, con- tinued its remarkable growth in 1917. According to statistics compiled under the direction of G. F. Loughlin, of the United States Geological Survey of Alabama, Illinois, Maryland, New York Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the total quantity of canister sold in 1917 amounted to 1,295,S51 short tons, val ued at S1,35C,79S, an average price of S1.04 a ton, or about 51 per cent in quantity and $S20,993, or 153 per cent in value, compared with 1916, when the average price was only 62 cents ton. The increase in 1916 over 1915 was 50 per cent in quantity and 5S per cent in value. The marked ad- vance in price in 1917 was due mainly to increased cost of production.
 Pennsylvania, with 26 plants, con tinued to furnish the bulk of the out put in 1917-1,OOS,6 ,623 short tons. val ued at S1.113,675, or $111 a ton. These figures show an increase of 49 per cent in quantity and I'll per cent in value compared with 1916, when the average price was 61 cents a ton. Rail road embargoes and shortage of cars have delayed shipments during the first part of 1918, but the price per ton is reported to have been as high as $15O
 More than fOur-fifths of Pennsyl- yania's production in 1917 came from seven plants in Huntington county and six in Blair county, the remainder being distributed among 1S other plants in 10 counties. A small quanti- ty of the output of one company in 1917 was sold to electrometallurgical companies, presumably fer making feTrosillicOn.
 Wisconsin, with five plants in oper- atiOn, ranked second. with sales Of 222.OS6 short tons, valued at S175,3S5 in 1917, gain of S4.509, or 61 per cent, in value compared with 1916. The av- craze price per ton advanced from 57 to 79 cents. Three producers in Col crado sold 35.355 short tons, valued at $31,1S7. and one company each in Alabama. Illinois, Maryland. New York Ohio, South Dakota and Tennessee re ported production in 1917.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 27.-High tempera- lures in the southwest and reports that the crop as a whole had suffered severe loss of condition. brought about material advances today in the price of corn. The price at close, though unsettled, was IA to 21kc net higher. with August $1.55 to S155Is and September $1.5614 to $1.569s. Oats gained F to 1c and provisions 10 70 45c. In addition to excessive heat to- day, in the southwest, the forecast pointed 10 a continuance of the hot wave next week over that section. At the same time the Kansas state report told of striking depreciation O. the crop in many of the chief producing counties, the falling off in some cases amounting to 45 per cent. Later au- thCritative estimates were circulated that the prospective United States yield would be 14O,000,00O bushels less than had been expected.
 Oats paralleled the action of corn Crop reports suggested a lower con- dition.
 Scarcity of offerings made provis- ions advance.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
DONNELLY SAYS
 COMPENSATION
 BILL GOOD LAW

TUCSON, July 27.-That the pro posed workmen's compensation meas ure, which has been initiated and will be voted on in November, is meritori- GUS and the best law of its kind ever offered in the United States is the opinion of John L. DOnnelly. DOnnel- ly is one of the foremost advocates of the organized labor movement in Ari- zona. He is a former president of the Arizona Federation of Labor.
 Dcnnelly feels that the fight being made against the measure by certain officials and other members of the organized labor movement in the state is the result. chiefly, of ignorance, supplemented by a suspicion that ev- erything in which the corporations are interested is inimical to the future of organized labor.
 "The workmen's compensation law that is being proposed to the voters of Arizona for their approval this fall is the most comprehensive measure ever offered in any state in the union" de clared Donnely yesterday while in Tucson. "It proposes the payment Of the largest sums of any compensation law in use at the present time and actually cOmpensates the dependents of anyone who comes within its scope.
 Another feature of the measure is the fact that it will tend to establish, in the western country particularly, a different relationship between en- ployer and employee. The law will make for mutual forbearance and con ciliation instead of antagonism.
 Some union men may take eXcep- tion to the fact that many of the cor poraticns are in favor of the law, with out entering into the merits of the measure. This would not be the first time that the organized labor move ment and the corporations found them selves upon common ground and acted in concert. It is not generally known that union labor and the corporations joined hands in beating the Kinney bill at the last regular session of the state legislature Ofttimes we find 1t expedient to shake hands with the corporations and act in concert with them. This is particularly so at the present time with the world war going on"
 It is Donnely's opinion that a great majority of working men of the state will vote for the compensation meas ure. He declared it is only a matter of getting the merits of the bill before the voters.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28

feet in size and equipped with the same style of nOzZles. is provided for cCndensing purposes for the engines in the power house.
 Thus complete in it's every detail and including every refinement of ap- pliance and practice which the science of reduction knows to date the huge plant is now ready to take it's share in the production of the metal so neces- sary to the worlds civilization.
 From its massive blast furnace there will go daily minimum output of the copper content of 800 tons of ore; from the first reverberatory there will be a similar output, and when the plant is brought to its complete capa- city by the addition of the second re- verberatOry. its minimum capacity will be I500 tons of ere per day.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-28
NORTH TIGRE PLANS CONCENTRAT0R
 kT MINE
LEASING COMPANY ENTHUSIAs-
 TIC OVER PROSPECT OF DEVEL- oPINe BIG MINE ADJACENT TO
 FL TIoRE HOLDINGS IN SONORA

Frank J. Holmes, manager of the North Tigre Leasing cOmpany's prop erty, which was formerly the North Tigre Mining company property, has just returned from a trip to the mine and other sections of Sonora.
 MT. Holmes states that in all DOT tions of Sonora there is great activity among mining people, new mines are being opened up and new companies being organized to operate some of the properties which have. been idle for years owing to the unsettled con- ditions Mexican capital as well as much American capital is now going into that section, and he looks Tor some big things being done immediate ly south of the border in the very near future.
 Mir. Holmes has been interested m the North TigTe property for years, where he and his associates have been doing some development work for the past several months. Some very good ore has been opened up in the No. $ workings running several hundred ounces in silver and carrying good gold and copper values. There has at no time been any doubt in MT Holmes mind that there was good property in the making in the North Tigre, but due to unsettled conditions in that section he and his associates had not wished to go to much expense in developing the property until con ditions improved. Having watched the developments for the past several months very closely, they have decld- ed that now is the time to go ahead and are now preparing plans for the erection of a 50-tOn concentrating plant for the property, which will be in operation as soon as delivery of ma chinery already under order has been made.
 The North Tigre Leasing company has been organized to operate these properties. and is composed of Doug las and Bisbee mining and business men. R.. P. CDick) Brown has been president of the North Tigre Mining company for several years and Is very enthusiastic about the possibilities ol a big mine being developed, as every thing indicates that the North Tigre veins are a continuation of the man Tigre vein, which property is known to be one of the biggest producers or silver in Mexico.
 The leasing company has just been granted a permit by the Arizona cor Doration commission to sell stock in their company, which is capitalized for 75O.OOO shares of stock with par value of 25c per share, of which stock 3OO. 900 shares will be sold.