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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
LATINS TEAR FOE
UNITS TO PIECES
Italian Artillery Stops Attack OF
Austrian Column on North
ern Front is Report.
BIG GUN DUEL IN WEST
American Artillery Replies to German
Rombardment in Two Minutes
Star Shells Light No Mans
Land AS Battle RACES.

Rome, Feb. l4.-The official report
says that the Austrians have renewed
their attack on the northern front,
west of the Brenta river, but were
held in check by the Italians. The
Austrian columns were torn to pieces
by the Italian artillery and the attacks
were stopped.
Austrians Capture 1870 italians.
Berlin, Feb. 13.-After a day of
lively artillery fire on the Settle Abm-
mum plateau on the Italian front Aus
trian troops attacked south of Sasso
Rosso clearing supporting positions
and capturing nearly $50 prisoners,
army headquarters announced.
With American Armies in France
Feb. 13.-American and German artil-
lery have just been engaged in ter
rife duel At the time this dis.
patch was written the big guns were
still banging away. Correspondents
did not know just what action was
occurring. But the infantry wanted
artillery-and they got it.
Enemy starts FIRING.
The horizon in the vicinity Of the
American front suddenly broke out in
a saw-toothed ribbon of flame, at z
p. m, as the Boche guns began pound
ing certain of our positions.
l happened to be visiting artillery
headquarters and was talking with the
colonel.
The telephone rang. The colonel an
swered it and repeated the mysterious
figures H-72-B-9," jotting the num-
erals down on a note pad.
Selling another telephone he de-
manded connection with certain bat
terry positions and repeated the num-
erals to them, with seemingly unin-
telligible instructions.
Its urgent" he said just before
ringing off.
Two minutes later the American
guns set the sky ablaze, ventilating
their fury against Boche batteries.
Whole sprays and clusters of vari-
colored rockets and star shells shot up
from enemy trenches in manner that
Signals and revealing lights lowered
over No Mans Land, casting weird
glare over the tangle of weeds and
WIRE
The horizon danced and writhed
with giant caterpillars of fire as the
Sammies loaded and fired their big
guns from camouhaged concealments
scattered along the countryside.
Occasional flashes Of flame showed
where enemy shells were bursting,
though shell explosions were indis-
tinguishable from gun blasts in the
roaring din.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
FOE REJOICEs AT VICTORY

German Cities Celebrate Trotsky's
Unconditional Surrender"
A dispatch from Amsterdam says:
There is great enthusiasm in Ger
many over the reported end of the
state of war between the Central Pow
ers and Russia. Cities everywhere
are befagged and there is much re-
joicing over Trotsky's unconditional
surrender"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Soldiers Enroll in English Glasses.

Soldiers Enroll in English Glasses.
Camp Cody, Deming, N NJ, Feb. IL.
Classes for the study of English for
non-English speaking soldiers are
drawing large enrollments at Camp
Cody. Corporal G.. A. Nelson Of the
135th infantry (First Minnesota is
rounding up new pupils daily. Edu-
cational Director Ira j. Steiner of the
Y. M. c. A. is assisted as instructor
by A. B. Dunning, educational secre-
tary; Private G. NJ Hyslop, Company
A. bath infantry; Private N. E.
Bickel and Private Bolstad of Com
pany H, both infantry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Teutons Release American Girl.

Chicago, Feb. 13. = Miss Blanche
Slocum of Chicago. a grand opera
singer, who has been virtually held a
prisoner in Germany for several
months, finally has succeeded in OBJ
tanning passports, her father, e. B.
Slocum, has been advised. The mes
sage came from the American consul
general at Zurich, Switzerland. Miss
Slocum had been studying music in
Berlin for the last four years and
soon after outbreak of war she was
offered an engagement with an opera
company in Munich.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
MAY PUT AUSTRIA OUT OF WAR
Wilson Peace Drive Conferred or
"VassaIs of Kaiser"

Washington, Feb. 13.-Congress
and offcialdom generally feel that
President Wilson's latest war aims
speech will hasten the elimination of
Austria from the war.
Austria, tired of the struggle and
growing disconnected at pulling Ger
man chestnuts from the fire, sooner
Or later will heed the Presidents
broad gauge proffer of new chance
at peace, authorities believe. Aus
tria is the main hope on which the
Wilson peace drive has been and
is centered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
NEGRO is BURNED AT STAKE
Confession of Murder is Forced From
Victim.

Confession of Murder is Forced From
Victim.
Estill Springs, Tenn, Feb. 14.-Jim
McIlherron, negro who shot and
killed two white men, was burned at
the stake after confession had been
forced from him by application of red
hot irons. The man was brought
here by posse which captured him
after wounding him in battle near
McMinnville.
A mob estimated at upwards of
1000 persons met the train. Leaders
of the posse urged the crowd to let
the law take it's course, but no effort
was made to prevent the lynching. A
sister of one of the men McIlherron
shot addressed the crowd denOuncing
her brothers slayer. The prisoner
then was taken out of town, chained
to a tree, tortured until he confessed
duplicating another negro, and then
was burned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
1000 Arrested in Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Acting Chief of
Police John H. Alcock's latest order
10 kill or capture" criminals was
obeyed to the letter in the course of
the arrest of 1000 men taken in a
campaign to check crime. One man
was beaten into insensibility and a
suspect was wounded mortally when
he broke away from officers. Frank
Larson was sighted by the police just
as he emerged from a motion picture
house, carrying 1885. The bandit was
taken only after his ammunition gave
out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Had a Better One.

Little Lillian was shopping with her
mother when they came to the doll
counter. Don't you want to buy a
baby doll for your friends birthday
present?" asked her mother. 81 don't
think she would like one" said Lillian;
"you see they have meat baby at
their house already"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
WASH THE KIDNEYS!

All the blood in the body passes thru
the Kidneys every few minutes. This Is
why the kidneys play such an important
role In health or disease. By some myS-
terious process the kidney selects what
ought to come out of the blood and
takes 1t out. If the kidneys are not
good-workmen and become congested-
polSons accumulate and we suffer from
backache, headache, lumbago, rheu.
matiSm or govt. The urine is often
cloudy, full of sediment; channels often
get sore and sleep is disturbed at night.
SO it is that DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo.
n. Y, advises washing the Kidneys.S
by drinking six to eight glasses of water
between meals and then if YOU want
to take harmless medicine that will
clear the channels and cure the annoy.
ing symptoms, go to your druggist and
get Anuric double strength), for Coo.
This "Anuric," which is so many times
more potent than lithia-will drive out
the uric acid pOisOns and battle the kid.
neyS and channels in q soothing liquid.
If you desire, write for free medical
advice and send sample of water for
free examination. Experience has
taught Doctor Pierce that "Anuric" is
most powerful agent in dissolving
uric acid, as hot water melts sugar.
Send DR.. Pierce 10c for trial package.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Germans Ignore Pact With Russ.

London, Feb. pa British official
communication calls attention to the
Germano-Russian armistice stipula-
lions signed on December Is, that
no German troops should be trans
ferred to the West front, save
movements already begun. 1t has
been definitely ascertained from pris-
oners captured, saps the statement,
that seven divisions from Wilma, Lem
berg, Tarnopol, Pinsk, Warsaw, Riga
and Novgorod left the east front be-
tween Dec. 16 and 81 and arrived on
the west front Dec. 81 and Jan. Z.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Socialists Demand Immediate Peace.

Chicago. Feb. I'm a proclama-
ton to America, the national execu-
tive committee of the Socialist party
declarde that two problems should
now engage the energy and ability
of the working class: "Forst-An i'm
mediate peace with full representa-
ton of the working classes at the
peace conference. Second-The re-
construction which must Immediately
follow upon the close of hostilities. :"
The declaration of President Wilson
in favor of open covenants of peace
was approved.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Gold In the Headse

ls an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per-
sons who are subject to frequent "colds
in the head" will find that the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tax:
en- internally and acts through the Blood
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$4,000 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Blame For Coal Shortage Placed.

New York, Feb. 12-Greater con-
sumption of bituminous coal by rail-
roads and factories is assigned by
the Federal fuel administration at
Washington as the reason for the eS-
listing fuel scarcity. Government es-
Inmates of the production of bitumi-
nous coal in 1917 were 544, 1000, 900 net
tons, an increase of 41,OO0,O00 over
the previous year. In statements re-
ceived here the National Fuel ad-
ministration declared that exporta-
ton of bituminous Goa was not an
important factor in the fuel shortage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
One Suit Every Four Years.

Toledo, Feb. 13.-,Delegates to the
Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers'
association convention, which opened
here, declared that there is only
enough wool being raised in the coun-
try to make one suit for each inhab-
ttant every four years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Arises Ear,y to Head Alien List.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-George e. Pres
tel, his wife and four children, are
good Americans, even though four of
the six were born in Berlin Prestel
got up at $50 a. m. on the day for
registration of German aliens to be
No. 1 on the list. To prove that alien
enemy is misnomer in his case,
Prestel brought his family to the reg
istration office and they gave the
names of some who had reviled him
for his Americanism. If he had spok-
en- Chicagoesque slang he might have
remarked. u guess that will hold 'em"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
ATTACK 81 CITIES IN MONTH
Allied Air Raiders Bomb That Many
Points in Germany.

Amsterdam, Feb. 14-Allied air.
planes made 81 raids over German
cities in January, according to Ger
man official statement. Karlsruhe,
Mannheim, Frederichshaven, the
home of the Zeppelin airship industry,
and other towns were bombed. The
statement says the Allies lost four
airplanes Curing these attacks. Five
persons were killed and nine wound
ed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
kaiser's double" Is Jailed.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 13.-Dr Erich
Starke, Aurora dentist, resembles Kai-
ser Bill and, federal agents said, does
not want America to win the war. is
an unnaturalized German and regis
tered German reservist. Starke is in
Jail pending internment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15

Fort Worth, Feb. 14.-Second Lieut..
PeytonJ c. March, Jr., son of Major
General Peyton C.. March, sustained
a fracture of the skull when his air.
plane fell at Taliaferro field. He is
said to have small chances of recov-
pry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
SUN DRIES BATTLE FIELDS
Tiehtens Tension Along British-Ger-
man West Front

With the British Army in France,
front the tension is Tightening as the
extraordinarily bright, mild weather
has continued to dry out the sodden
fields, the two great armies have be-
come more alert
Something seems bound to happen
before another month has passed, if
the present weather holds. Indeed,
even now the ground is some sections
is quite fit for fighting
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Shipbuilders for Pacific Yards.

SihPHuioCIS III FoOiS al 0Ss
Omaha, Feb. ia special train
with $50 expert shipbuilders from Hol-
land passed through Omaha for Pa
cific port shipyard They were re-
leased from work in Holland to come
to America.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
10 u. S. ENGINEERS IN PRISON
Had Not Been Seen Since Engagement
November 80.

Washington, Feb. 13.-General
Fershing has reported four American
soldiers killed, one severely wounded
and five slightly wounded, and three
missing in the actions of Feb. Z, 8
and 9.
General Pershing also reported that
10 American engineers previously re-
ported as missing after the action OF
November 80 had been located in a
German prison camp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15

Lake Charles, La, Feb. 14.-Lieut
L. F. Plummer of New Rochelle, N
Y, was killed at Gerstner field, near
here in the fall of an airplane he was
plotting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15

Piles Cured in to IA Days
Druggists refund money If PAZ0 OINTMENT fails
to Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief Soc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Easy to Borrow.

Some men feel sure that their credit
is good because of the fact that they
have never had any difficulty borrow
ing trouble-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
The Difference.

''That young actress, I see, is just
incoming along"
II thought she was starring"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
IS UNLAWFUL TO KILL HENS
Food Board Protects Egg Producers
Until April 10,

Washington, Feb. 13.-The long arm
of Uncle Sam has reached out and ex-
tended its protection to the humble
hen. The purchase or shipment of
live or freshly killed hens and pullets
is prohibited by order of the federal
food administration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
ROOSEVELT CONTINUES GAIN

Uninterrupted Progress Toward Re-
covery Expected.
New York. Feb. 14.-Theodore
Roosevelt continues to make progress
at the Roosevcl. hospital and it is be-
lieved he has made up the ground
lost in the setback. A bulletin issued
at the hospital said
This has been Colonel Roosevelt's
most comfortable day." and that 'his
progress is likely to be uninterrupted
from now on"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
TWO u. S. FLIERS ARE KILLED

Planes Clash In Midair and Crash to
Ground.
Memphis, Feb. 14.-When their air
planes crashed in a collision 200 feet
above the ground at Park field T. G..
Rogers and p B. Cooley, U. S. A.
flying cadets, were instantly killed.
Their bodies were mangled under the
wrecked machines. Both were making
their first flight without instructors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-02-15
Pathological Success,

ParadoxicaI Success.
"Has he succeeded in buSineSSY
81 should say so! He has failed
three times"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
MAKING HOMES FOR SOLDIERS

is TO BE HOPED that will see the necessity
of making immediate preparations for meeting the big re-
construction problem which will with the end OF the war
well recognized that the solution of the problem OF Inducing
back civil life the millions who have been called away from
their normal pursuits lies the millions of of lands not
now suitable for cultivation
Except those of Alaska free lands practically
haused this country and not to lose to Canada
aa South America of most enterrsng returned
soldiers make provision for giving them their
country opportunities which they entitled of build
ing themselves To do this plans must be made for
making possible the cultivation of our waste lands.
There the country of 100000 acres OF
arid and sei-ard lands while the lands susceptible of
reclamation estimated 820O0000 There also
of cuover lands which be made valuable either
for grazing agricultural purposes.
this connection it is interesting to note the of
reclamation work in this country started in 1902
Thirty distinct projects under completed 15 states
embracing 100000 of land 5000 farms Nearly
100000 irrigated by furnished by the
the works under construction be
100000 $8OOOOOOO which paid by settlers
within twenty years.
The value Of the 1917 crops lands within
caaton projects $5OOOOOOO nearly
the value of farm products for the state of Maine
and greater by 100000 than the combined crops
New Hampshire and Vermont On projects the value
the harvested last year equaed the
ject
Reclamation in the United States passed experimental
stage and further reclamation should be rushed with all possible
speed to meet the demands of the reconstruction period
nnuS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
Spain Is BUYING Pianos.

The American government is buying
mules and blankets in Spain and pay
ing for them with pianos made I'm the
United States, according to George w.
Pound, manager of the National Piano
Manufacturers association, in calling
attention to one of the striking devel-
opments at the present time in this
country's export trade.
'.As is the case with neutrals gen.
orally" Mr.. Pound said, much Of
SPANS population has profited largely
by the war, and the demand for pianos
has persisted in spite of the fact that
the prices of all musical instruments
in Spain have doubled and trebled
since the war began.
Mr.. Pound said that the American
manufacturers were thereby offered an
unusual opportunity to help the gov
eminent pay the war bills as well as to
meet the foreign demand for our goods.
In this connection, Mr.. Pound said, pi-
ano manufacturers can only export
their pianos through government L.
cense.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
ALL HAD TRAGIC HISTORY
Carolina the Last Of Quartet Of Gil.
That Seemed to Be Doomed
60 Misfortune.

"The sinking of the Carolina n,
German U-boat removed the last 20 :
quartet of ships that have had n tro.,a
history" remarked Brooks AmiSv ~
Baltimore, former resident of Wo,S
ington, at the Willard, according n !.
washington Post. '"The Carolina ros
formerly the Grand Duchess. buiIt e.
the Plant line in 1896. She made ~.
first trip from Boston to Halifax GA
two years later she was taken ovar ~
the government to be used as trsns
port In the Spanish American wa.
Her maiden voyage in the transnor.
service was from Charleston. 8 n
carrying a regiment of Wisconslr
troops and high army officers 10 porto
Rico.
General Miles q short time bato,.
had been placed in command of tho
American army and he left Wasb,n.,
ton with members of his staff early y
July. At Charleston General Mila,
went on board the Yale, which had
been the City Of Paris of the Amer.
can line. He left Gen. Roy Stone ~
his staff at Charleston to recru,t |.
gang Of laborers for the army In Porte
Rico. General Miles proceeded -
Cuba on the Yale and after stav,nS
there a few days went to Guanica on
the southern coast of Porto Rico n
was while he was lying in the wonder.
full little harbor of Guanica on hoard
the Cherokee, the Yale being too lsrpa
to enter the harbor, that he was Joined
by members of his staff who had SAILED
on the. Grand Duchess. The Cherokee
another Plant liner, took the star n
Ponce, and among others on that yes.
sci was the late Richard Harding M.
Wis, who had sailed from Cuba on .
dispatch boat. The cherokee arrived
off Ponce the next morning to find fhat
the city had been taken the preyious
day by an ensign of the navy in a dis.
patch yacht.
"a few days later the protocol end.
ing the war was declared and most Of
the members of the Miles party sailed
back for the States on the OLDHAM. A
transport that had been purchased
from the Holland-American line.
''The curious part of the thing Il
that the Yale was sunk in some man.
ner; the OLDHAM ran ashore of the
coast of Cuba while in the transport
service; the Cherokee foundered some
where in the Atlantic and now the
Grand Duchess, rechristened the Caro-
lima, has been sent to the bottom By
a German U-boat."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
To Save Vessels From, Sinking.

Interest has been aroused by an ap-
paratus that has lately been developed
to save ocean vessels from sinking
after being torpedoed or damaged by
collision. The contrivance, which is
shown in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, comprises a Illuminated steel disk
to the center. Of which is attached
series of rubberized canvas cone
shaped buckets. In use, the end cons
on the chain would be lowered inIo
the water in the vicinity Of the noe
in a ships hull. Upon being caught Dy
the inrushing water, it would be pulled
through the opening. The whole strlns
Of buckets would then be lowered along
with the disk so that the latter
would be pulled in place over us
break. The cones, being Of flexible ma
terial, would be able to pass through
an aperture, regardless Of its shape
The disk, once in place, would be nela
by the pressure Of the water agalnA
the hull.