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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Lieutenant S. Stephen Da Costa
with the United States Army and
in charge of branches of the
recruiting service in the Minnesota
district, was in the city Tuesday
looking over prospects. Lieuten-
ant Da Costa spoke very highly OF
the showing made by this city and
said that from all appearances Ely
had done more than her share.
However the s.rvice would be
pleased to get others of our healthy
and alert population, if possible.
Recruiting Officer Belcher is still
here and will be pIeasd to to take
your application.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
Car d Of Thanks.

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the members of Thor
Lodge No. -, s. H. & E. F.
society und er whose auspices a
basket snd coffee social was held
Monday eve ming, Jan. FL, the pro-
ceeds of which, amounting to
$50. IS, was donated to us, the
receipt of which we gratefully ack-
nowledge. We also wish to thank
all those who assisted and took part
in the affair. May God reward
y63ur kindn ess.
Mr.. AMP Mrs. JOHN REMEs-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
MRS. J. ScHAEFER
Dies Yesterday After an Illness
Of Two Hours.

Mrs. Jennie A. Schaefer, wife of
Judge John Schaefer, died yester-
day after an illness of few hours
of heart troubles.
She was SIS years of age and
leaves besides her husband, three
daughters and two sons, one OF the
sons, Howard. being with the Ely
boys at Camp Scott. Another son,
Clifford, died in this city several
years ago.
Up to the hour of going to press,
no arrangements for the funeral
had been made, Word from the
sors and daughters in various parts
of the country is awaited.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of a lare number of
friends in their sorrow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
A campaign will be inaugurated

A campaign will be inaugurated
on the ranges begin ming Jan. 18th,
to sell "Smileage Books" These
books are admission tickets
to the Liberty theatres which have
been established at the various
camps and environments under the
management Of the War Depart
ment and in which high class
ENTERTAINERS features are provid-
ed. The books are sold for 81 each
and contain 20 coupons good for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
To Be Examined.

The Draft Board of this district
is issuing notices for registrants
in Class l to appear for examina-
ton. Twenty-Five day are being
called beginning next Monday.
Over 200 are in this class. The
board has also listed a large num-
Der of those who failed to return
the questionaires and also those
whose questionaires were returned
by the post office. The list will be
Dublished later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The installation of the K. of P.
lodge took place Wednesday even
ing and those mentioned last week
were indicted into Office with
the exception of H. J. Merdink
who was installed as. Vice Chan
cellor in place of Fred Mokros and
Fred Bysche who was installed as
Prelate in place of Arvn Sundholm
After the installation a lunch was
served by Mrs. Hanson to large
gathering.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The Miner is in receipt of a
Daily Reminder" book issued by
the Edward Hines Lumber Co.,
Chicago, of which the St. Croix
at Winton is part. 1t is a neat
little volume showing many ex-
cellent views of the logging opera
tons of the company besides a
page for memorandum for every
day of the year. The books were
sent out with the compliments
of Thos. s. Written, general man
ager of the St. Croix company at
Winton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies. and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly Influenced by con-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. ].
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is consti
tutional remedy. is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Frank Indihar, aged 46, was
instantly killed at the Section 80
mine Wednesday afternoon when
he fell down a Shaft distance of
about 90 feet. The funeral takes
place tomorrow from the Catholic
church and will be under the
auspices of the Catholic Foresters
of which he was member. He
leaves a widow and eight children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
Former Ely Boy.

Edward John Mattson the young
man who was washed overheard
from the U. S. S. North Dakota a
few days ago and drowned, was
the. first range boy to lose his life
in the war.
The young man formerly resided
with his parents in this city where
his mother died IL years ago. He
has brother living here and two
sisters reside at Eveleth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The jury in the case of Abraham
Savolainen VS.. Andrew Simonson
in District Court in Duluth yester-
day brought in verdict in favor
of Simonson. The suit was brought
to quiet title to certain strip of
land claimed by both parties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Mrs. Peter Schaefer and Mrs.
Chas. Quigley went to Duluth this
morning to attend the St. Louis
County Club meeting as delegates
from the Ely Commercial Club in
addition to the delegates named in
another column.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

An attorney whose name is with
held recently sent a letter of con-
dolence to an EDITORS widow. l
cannot tell you how panied I was
to hear that your husband had gone
to heaven. We were bosom friends
but we can never meet again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

At the Methodist church next
Sunday morning the subject will
be What Jesus Taught About
Giving and in the evening The
Conversion of the PhilIippian Jail
or" Services at Winton in the
afternoon at O'Clock. Selections
by the choirs. All invited to attend
the services.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The dance given Friday evening
by the Home Guards was a very
successful event and enjoyed by a
large attendance. Hanson S Orch
estra furnished the music and Mrs.
Kohlstad served a lunch. About
seventy couples were in attendance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The annual banquet of the Ely
Fire Department takes place
tomorrow evening at the Exchange
Hotel. These annual banquets
are we'll attended and are a source
of much enjoyment to the firemen
and their guests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Several sleighing parties from
here drove to Winton Saturday
eqening where they attended the
masquerade ball given by the M.
w. A. All report an excellent
time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

John Moravitz and Chas. Erick-
son were in Duluth early in the
week where they went to enlist in
the navy but owing to no recruits for
this branch being asked for at this
time, they returned home to await
an opening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The Miner is in receipt of a let
ter from Frank Erchull with the
Ely boys at Camp Cody in which
he states that himself and all the
other boys from here are doing
finely. He wishes to thank the
Ely Red Cross for the Christmas
remembrance and sends his regards
to all his friends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
church will conduct a food sale at
the Berglund store on Saturday,
Feb. 2, at which large amount of
good home cooked food will be
placed on sale. Hot pasties will
also be sold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
Slam Editor Comments

81 got a hunch," he said,
4'that the Teuton pussyfOots are
rushing American suckers for
membership in the Great Order
Of Boobs and that they are get
ting away with it. It's Won
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

payment for seats at any perfor-
nance. d. d. McEachin of
Hibbing has been placed in charge
of the sale in the county outside of
Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Owing to the raise in prices of
all classes of lumber, sales at the
lumber yard will be for cash only.
GRANT MCMAHAN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
GRANT Mem

Mrs. H. McGillis who has been
i'll for the past six weeks expects to
enter the hospital in few days to
undergo an operation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Matt Markovich of this city en-
listed last week in the U. S. army
at Duluth. He is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Markovich of the Zenith
location.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

On the eighth page of this paper
will be found the text of the rules
governing the registration of Ger
man aliens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
GRANT MCiIAHAN.

The basket social anc dance
given by the S. H. & E.. F. for the
benefit of John Remes the blind
wood sawyer Monday even ing was
social as we'll as financial success.
Over $50 was cleared which was
handed Mr.. Remes who is a de-
serving man with family and who
lost his eyesight about a year ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Lumber will be sold for cash
only. This step is found necessary
owing to the constantly increasing
prices.
GpAN,r MCNI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

The regular meeting of the
Eastern Stars takes place Monday
evening and all are requested to be
present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Russell Rose left Monday morn
ing for Duluth and from where he
went to Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, to
enter the service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

FOUND Fur neck piece.
Owner can have same by calling
at this Office, proving property and
paying rs cents for this notice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

For SALE - Fresh Milk Cow.
For information phone John Purdy
AZ call 5, Ely, Mimi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25

Cash for lumber will be the
rule at the lumber yard from now
on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-25
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III. Feeney has been discharged
from the Shipman Hospital after
having undergone an operation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

barism and cruelty for the love Of humanity,
for the peace of the world. 1t is true that
we were engaged four five times in for
eign war, but we had no intrigues, no evil
designs, no ambitious policy. There are no
records in our history pointing to any war
that was waged from motives of avarice or
subjugation or mere conquest. This is our
pride.
Japan is Buddhist country, and on this
account she harbors antagonistic or
hateful feeling toward Christian nations,
for it is against the Spirit of Buddhism.
But the following report, full of ,incredibili-
ties, has reached US recently, and we cannot
help considering how such things could ever
happen. The report runs: Just because the
Oriental peoples are not Christians, the
German Emperor has been bending his eff
forts by various contrivances to arouse
among his own subjects hostile sentiment
against us. For instance, the Kaiser or
dered certain we'll designed picture and
it's copies to be distributed among the gym
nasiums throughout his country. The in
tent of the picture was to get all the Eu-
ropean powers united for the conquest Of
Buddhist nations. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
And So Drove the German Peonle
Into the Ruthless Politics
of Trade

the best fed and the most comfortable Of
all seafaring men. Before becoming an
American labor agitator Mr.. Furuseth had
been a Scandinavian sailor himself and
knew the hardships of the life he wished to
amelioriate. No doubt an excellent seaman
Mr. Furuseth was as ignorant of economics
as an American Congressman, and the re-
suit of his interference with trade laws was
the reduction of American shipping to coast
wise traffic.
Inverse processes had been at work in
Germany for a generation. Long hours Of
labor, low wages and low standards of
living were the rule in the empire for the
working classes, who found no hardship on
shipboard by comparison. What Mr.. Furu-
seth and his friends in Congress did not
realize was that freight seeks the lowest
level in cost. German shipping, with less
man power per n, and with that man power
costing half the American scale Of wages,
had the advantage of being cheap in itself.
With long hours and low wages, iron and
coal could be dug from the lands stolen
from France by Bismar for almost moth
ing. With long hours and low wages, ships
could be built in Germany for less than
they would cost in America. Moreover, the
imperial government was ever ready to
subsidize an industry it meant to control.
Men like the late Herr Balm, of the
Hamburg American Line, were perfectly
aware of the advantage to be derived from
carrying your manufacturing competitors
freight, and, Jew though he was, BALM was
in high favor at Berlin go long as he proved
useful in aiding to create and direct
mighty mercantile feet.
Almost from the beginning, Bismarcks
empire was protectionist, welcoming the i'm
portation of raw material to be worked UP
by cheap labor and practically prohibiting
the import Of manufactured goods, unless
for some special and temporary purpose,
but it was protection for the monopolists,
not for the workmen. The zollverein, or
tariff agreement of March l, 1905, embraced
all Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
burg and the Austrian communes of Jung
holz and Mittelberg.
From this date German shipping began
to rule the world, for she was able to en-
courage or repress home manufactures at
will arrange and monopolize trade routes
except for the we'll defined paths of British
intercolonsl trade, and juggle freight rates
to the destruction of her enemies and her
own great profit And the idea of propa-
ganda was ever present. Passenger traffic
was encouraged by abundance of food and
comfort and obsequious service. Praise Of
German methods would have a cash value,
even if the passenger were carried at a
loss. Up to the invasion of Belgium Ger
man import and export trade, based on low
wages, protected against foreign competi-
ton, encouraged by freight discrimination
and subsidies, always showed handsome
balance in favor of the empire.
In 1913 Germany's imports were approx
mately sl.176993 500. subject to duties
which averaged 10 per cent, and 81 515,-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

profit The entire consular and diplomatic
service lent itself to these little schemes,
whether legitimate or otherwise, and the
German navy was ever ready to collect by
force, except in rare instances, as when
Theodore Roosevelt warned the Kaiser to
keep his hands of.
Truly, the achievements Of the Hanseatc
League. with It's enforced celibacy, its tyr
amy over tho weak, its demand for the
freedom of the seas in order to sell contra
band to a belliGerent, and its enforcement
OF blockade against q peaceful commercial
rival. It's wars against kings. It's corruption
funds and ita whole bag of trade tricks,
we're but child's play. Building on Hansa
foundations, the new German trade organi-
zaton quickly became gigantic power out
lending, undertaking. buying rsw material,
working 1t up with cheap labor, corrupting
neutrality-suspicious. advancing Kultur
with outpost colonies and nowhere giving
evidence of the slightest concern for the
welfare of the communities with which 1t
dealt.
No longer celibate, tho German business
man OF to-day is expected to dispense "ge-
muthlichkeit" wherever he may settle, and
conform, outwardly, at least, 20 the man
ners of the country. In Hayti, where the
white man WAS not permitted to own land
or transact q retail business up to q few
years ago, he evaded the law by marrying
a Haytian woman and transacting business
in her name. In Latin America, where the
religion is nominally Catholic, the German
trader was rarely a Protestant. Where two
or three were gathered together a brewery
was organized, and as adjuncts to the brew
cry came singing societies. rife clubs and,
with the spread Of Kultur, little subsidized
German language publications.
The Hansa had Germanized Livonia and
a large part of the territory around Nov
gorod before being driven out of Russia
In Brazil they had so mastered the State
Of Sac Pauo that, until disarmed, they
were able to threaten the overwhelmingly
pro-Ally republic with revolution.
In places where they had less physical
power, as in New York, they were "open-
minded and ready to argue" where the JUS
tice and fair dealing and peace loving
character OF the people and their divinely
appointed rulers was questioned.
In America they fawned upon The rresi-
dent when he opined that there might be
occasions when we would be too proud to
fight and when he insisted that the Amer
lean people should be neutral in thought
as we'll as in deed. Up to within few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Even the German
~ Is Onto Himself

The German mind can even detect the
weaknesses of its own ratiocinative proc
esses after a century or of reflection.
The Holy Roman Empire destroyed by Ma
poleon had lacked authority over its COM
ponent states. The new empire must, there
fore. be autocratic. The old struggle for
trade supremacy had failed because the
merchants had fought alone. Therefore, all
the powers of the new empire must be COM
bined under a central direction.
Ancient political machinery and ancient
commercial organization we're not to be
scrapped. but modernized. Two powers
were to march together, spreading Kultur
10 the remotest parts of the earth, one and
indivisble. thousand minds may have
been concerned in this dual but unified
architectural design. The plans approved
by Bismarck were the result of evolution
and his only in the sense that the master
mind always claims credit for composite
work Preliminary to actual building oper-
atoms it was only necessary to level such
useless ruins as freedom, whether of
thought action; independence, whether
of kingly Bavaria or aristocratic Hansa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

Japan, that is, in those provinces facing
the Japan Sea, remarkably few cases Of
murderous crime take place; yet those peo-
pie proved to be the bravest soldiers in both
campaigns, the Chino-Japanese and the
Russo-Japanese. They are grievously mis-
taken they who take our people TO be
thirsting for blood and for the satisfaction
Of wild animality.
1--WE rise in arms only when our own an
cestral home is threatened. when our In
perial house, which is the handspring OF
our national welfare and the grand root OF
al our family system. is put in danger w
would fight on such occasions to the last
person, pour out the last drop of blood. But
to be the unqualified advocates Of Imperial
istic militarism, no, we are Buddhists, ana
our national character forbids.
"And as we Japanese Buddhists are Nv
ing in the faith of universal brotherhood
as promulgated by Shinran, we are espeels'.
ly anxious to hail speedy termination Oh
the war and to see all the brethren OF ths
world unite in the perfection of the wolA
of the Life Holy and Eternal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
They Stifled All Genius
for Politics and Self
Government

For the Hsnsa towns the Bismarckian REM
edy was the zollverein, tariff agreement
which destroyed them as free ports, but
constituted them the trade centres OF the
new empire.
For trade supremacy, as it seemed under
the new plan, there we're three prerequi-
sites-capital, colonies and shipping.
In due time all we're acquired
from France in the form of 81 900, 900 900
as indemnity for the crime of having failed
to defend herself against invasion; colo
MES where, for the time at least, no other
power desired new territory; ships, both
for trading and fighting purposes, through
taxes and subsidies, as creations of the
empire, not of the individual states, and
subject, of course, to the imperial govern
ment alone.
Until Bismarcks empire became an ac-
complished fact Berlin was merely a pro-
vincial capital in the world of finance, and
ruled from London. The Fuggers, great
bankers Of the ancient empire and still sur
viving as serene hiehnesses and old An
selm, of the Red Shield, whose descendants
became visioned by Dsraeli, the real
with minor titles of nobility for social pur-
poses, were not willing to intrust them
selves and their fortunes to the Hohenzol-
lern. Neither were their imitators And
Berlin had oppressed the Jews with bru-
tai and unreasonng obstnacy for CEN
turtles. Money drifted naturally to such
places of security as Frankfort and Cologne
and likely to be invested anywhere
rather than in Prussia Hence the new
empires Reichsbank, purely imperial Gre
alton. What became of the gold wrung
from tortured France?
Carefully fostered German myth said it
was locked up in the grim fortress of Span
dau, along with other Hohenzollern hoard
ngs never to be expended except for
great national emergency. 1t constituted
the "war chest" but was supposed to be as
inert as the Borgia treasures before Ed
mond Dantes converted them into an instru-
ment for retribution. A billion in gold!
However much this idea may have fired the
maginatons of outlandish peoples, it gave
to the Germans feeling of security. There
at least was q tangible asset proof of the
new governments claim to credit, of it's
power TO meet all liabilities with the least
fluctuating and most universally desired Of
all the media of exchange But, while
carefully fostered German myth made of
the billion an ample gold reserve for all
contingencies, Berlin put it to work.
The Reichsbank received what amounted
to general clearing house privilege, quick
ly absorbing the business heretofore estab-
lshed in that line by Hamburg and the
Bank of Prussia. 1t was capitalized at
$40 600 600, which made it second in i'm
portance to the Bank Of England with
SIS 100000, but stronger than the Bank of
France, with capital of $45 100000 Its
directors were appointed by the Chancellor
of the Empire who, being himself SER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Mo Forgetting
L y Japan S Part
NV WAS about ten years ago that
~~ strange phrase travelled from
IL West to East; it reverberated

preface tells something of the part
Japan has played in the war.
almost FIVE years have passed since
Japan took her share in the present World
War. During this time she has done every
thing to enhance the efficiency of her active
participation. Not only has she wiped away
German influence in the Far East, but she
has sent part of her navy to the Southern
Pacific, to the Mediterranean and the Amer
lean waters Moreover she has exhausted
her resources to aid the Allied powers in
the manufacture of war supplies. The rea-
son why Japan is bending all her forces in
this war is not merely because she wishes
to observe all the treaty clauses between
England and herself; it is mainly because
Japan desires to be defender of true
moral civilization founded upon justice and
humanity. She was not forced by others to
participate in the war nor was she COM
PEELED by circumstances to abandon her
neutrality She has unsheathed the sword
to make away with militarism, to crush the
spirit of self~aggrandizement and to make
the imperialists reconsider what is really
meant by culture.
1.-THE war conditions, however, have pro-
duced a certain economical change in Japan,