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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Domestic

covering the whole of Chicago. met
and voted to demand radical and i'm
mediate increases In their wages of
II per cent.
Chief Postal Inspector James Il.
Stuart of Chicago gave out the de-
tails of "Black Hand" scheme which
he says has netted 100000 for the
gang. More than 200 persons were
victimized, he believes. Six persons
were arrested and more are being
sought.
Denver's street car strike was set
tied when the executive committee OF
the union agreed to accept Ascent
an hour wage scale and submit the
demand for higher wages to arbitra-
ton.
Without presenting any demands or
complaints to their employers, several
thousand of the 5000 men and girls
employed in the plant of the Crane
company at Chicago walked out.
One negro and several white men
were wounded in q clash between
whites and negroes at Longview, Tex.
Mrs. Mary Biddle was killed and a
score of persons injured in cyclone
that swept over the residential section
of Bradford, Pa.
Private Joseph G. Novak, Chicago.
has been sentenced by court-martial
at Camp Grant, Ill.,, to three years
Imprisonment at Leavenworth for de-
sorting during war time.
Wartime prohibition has not pre-
vented the navy department from OBJ
tanning rum, which is part of the Off.
cial ration of the R-34's crew. Twenty
gallons of the liquor were slowed
aboard at Mineola, L. ].
Five transports - the Nansemond.
from Brest; the Marcia and Re
d'Italia, from Marseilles, and the
Santa Olivia and Deepwater from Bor-
deaux-arrived at New York Wednes-
day with 301 officers and 1854 troops.
Seven persons were drowned in
cloudburst at Dubuque, Ia.
The R-34 is on. her way back to
Scotland. The giant airship cast off
her mornings at 1855 Wednesday
night at Mineola, N. T., and scared
away toward the east.
United States Attorney r. L. Craw.
ford filed information at Pittsburgh
against the Pittsburgh Brewing COM
pany in the United States district
court charging violation Of the war
prohibition law.
A resolution to cooperate with the
three other railroad brotherhoods for
the creation of national labor party
was adopted at session of the annual
convention of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen and Enginemen at
Denver, Colo.
Representing 10000 miners, dele
gates to the Eleventh district conven-
ton of United Mine Workers in ses-
sion at Terre Haute, Ind, went on
record recommending that the next
miners wage contract favor the ma
tionalizatien Of mines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

vousness and head
aches and e very
month would have to
stay in bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for q time but
my doctor was al.
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
b q ms Vegetable
Compound b e fore
consenting to q n
I took
FIVE bottles Of itand
it has completely
cured me and my
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
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Sporting

A worlds record for two-year-old
trotters was broken at North Randall,
O.. when Mr.. Dudley, bay gelding.
was timed :02z In half-mile dash
during the grand circuit races.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
tlsuaI Thipo.

what are you raising on your
suburban placer Nothing, but the
landlord Is raising the rent"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Nothing on William.

Nothing on William.
A number of children were discuss
ing their promotions in the presence
of William, barely two.
"Fve got 3D." said one.
ooh, l got La" gleefully exclaimed
another.
"Why got B. v. d. too, haven't L
mamma 2" said William.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Personal

The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Char
lie s. Chaplin is dead at Los Angeles,
Cal. The child lived but 70 hours.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Peace Notes

If Switzerland does not adhere to
the League of Nations within two
months after the league is in opera
ton, the Paris LIntransigeant says it
understands, the seat of the league
will not be maintained at Geneva.
The German national assembly in
Weimar has adopted the resolution
ratifying the peace treaty. The vote
was 208 to 115. Ninety-nine depu-
ties abstained from voting.
The council of five at Paris appoint
ed an interallied commission to inves-
tigate the recent troubles in Fiume
and other Adriatic ports between Ital-
ian and other allied soldiers of tine
forces of occupation.
A Copenhagen dispatch says Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, former chief
of the German staff, has written Mar
shall Foch, appealing for his support OF
efforts to prevent the extradition OF
the former German emperor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

A man seldom regrets the things be
doesn't say.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Correct
Teaeher-Now, Robert, what plants
flourish in excessive heat?
Bobby-Iee plants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Many a mans ffnaneia goose haa
been cooked IN a jack pct.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Efiyyer of the Air.

The &vver of the air may be
French monoplane which has been re
Gently designed and found to be very
serviceable in practice. Its cost is
about that of good motorcycle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

John Fox, Jr, well-known novelist,
died at his home at Big Stone Gap
Va, after brief illness of pneumonia.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

The Squire In New York.
Singer asked the barber.
"Gezzo. I've bin burnt at every
thing else I'm New York"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore %Nearly four years
] suffered FRI organic troubles, ner-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Washington

The United States treasury depart
ment is preparing to prosecute New
York stock brokers who have evaded
payment of income taxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
Signature ssaaa % o. xHAzzEa
In Use tor Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletchers Castoris
Women wear fine dresses to attract
the men and worry other women.
In marriage one and one make one |;
In divorce one from one makes two.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Sub-Lieutenant Jean Navarro, one
Of frances leading aces, fell in an
airplane near Versailles and died
shortly afterwards
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Representing 10000 miners. dele
gates to the Eleventh district conven-
ton of United Mine Workers in ses-
sion at Terre Haute, Ind, went on
record recommending that the next
miners wage contract favor the ma
tionalization Of mines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Trade between the United States
and Germany will be resumed imme-
diately. Acting Secretary Polk of the
state department at Washington an
'nounced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

There were new food riots at Rome.
A number Of rioters were injured by
troops charging into the crowds.
Some arrests were made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Twelve thousand American troops
are on the way from France to IN
per Silesia. where they will remain
during the plebiscite, the Vossische
Zeitung of Berlin learns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

A resolution to cooperate with the
three other railroad brotherhoods for
the creation of national labor party
was adopted at session of the annual
convention of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
connective Firemen and Enginemen at
Denver, Colo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

President Wilson at Washington
signed the District, army and navy
and deficiency appropriation bills and
the joint resolution providing for the
return of the wires of the country to
private ownership.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

United States Attorney r. L. Craw.
ford filed information at Pittsburgh
against the Pittsburgh Brewing COM
pany in the United States district
court charging violation Of the war
prohibition law.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

dropped out of sight. Now comes the
statement of Governor Burnquist that
the Safety commission will exist for
three months more and that the motor
corps, created by the commission, also
win not pass out Of existence until
that time.
Two Harbors. The 1S-month-old
sen of Mr.. and Mrs. John Jenick of
Minneapolis, who are visiting at Palm
ers, Is in the local hospital, his hand
nearly severed from being chopped by
q Ratchet in the hands of 3-year-old
girl with whom he was playing. The
infants cries aroused its parents, who
rushed into the house and found the
girl with the Ratchet in her hand
dripping blood and the baby screaming
with his right hand nearly severed.
They hurried the child to the hospital
and surgeons hope to save the hand.
Hibbing. Mining police are notified
Of several Finnish agitators approach
ing miners on the streets asking them
to walk out and threatening bodily
harm If they refused, but they made
little impression, as in every mine in
the Hibbing district practically full
crews are at work, although few
underground properties report the loss
Of few men.
Brainerd. - Lightning struck the
home of Nels Hegstad, on Norwood
street, travelling along electric tight
wires, hit the chimney, knocked down
plaster and stove pipe and came with.
in a foot of George Hegstad, age IL.
Tabor-A splendid new Catholic
oharoh was dedicated at Tabor Sun
day. The dedicatory address was de-
Iivered by Rt. Rev. T. Corbett, bishop
of the Crookston diocese. Practically
the entire day was devoted to church
festivities connected with the church
dedication.
Bemidii-The vicinity OF tho new
normal school is a special object of
attention on the part of the city and
the extensive improvements now in
the course of construction are to be
greatly augmented, until that portion
Of the city assumes modern aspect,
aguratively and literally.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
CHILD LABOR LAW IN FORCE

N last a real start has been made toward protecting
children in American industry. The federal child labor law
became effective April %. The law accomphshes its purpose
indirectly rather than by direct prohibition; but the result
is likely to prove effective nevertheless, because the law
strikes at that vulnerable spot, the employers profits.
HencefOrth any mill. cannery, workshop, factory or
manufacturing establishment employing children under AZ
wears of age. or any mine or quarry employing children under
rs. will be liable TO a tax of 10 per cent of its net profits for
The wear. The number of children does not matter. II one
bv or girl under the prescribed age is employed
for one day. the 10 per cent tax applies just the same. The
tax is therefore really a fine.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has ready the machinery
required for strict enforcement of the law. Naturally, 400
per cent enforcement is not to be expected all at once; but the
possibilities of any extensive evasion are very slim. Slight
evasions would not be difficult. but few employers would care
to run the risk of a heavy fine for the small advantage gained.
1t is high time that such a reform was adopted. Child
labor has long been a grevious wrong inflicted on the emil
dren concerned. stunning their growth. robbing them OF their
youth and hindering their future efficiency and happiness
1t has seldom been of any genuine benefit to the families OF
such children. 1t has been a plague to the community and a
handicap to the nation. 1t is much to be doubted whether II
has brought any lasting advantage to the employers, because
the cheap child labor has prevented the hiring of efficient
adults and the installation Of labor-saving machinery and thus
retarded the development of the plants.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
THE SENATE AND THE TREATY

The poll of the senate, as reported from Washington, on
the peace treaty and its embodied covenant of the league OF
nations. is interesting chiefly in its enrolment of only 81
senators, or little more than a third of the entire senate, as at
present recorded by personal expression as committed to the
ratification of the treaty without amendment.
For the remainder. or nearly two-thirds of the senate bodys
save the seven members who have remained n~on-committal,
the treaty. inclusive of the league of nations, is still an open
question. OF the senators who are recorded as favOrlng
amendments. some are wholly likely to vote for ratification IL
the amendments they desire shall fail. Others not only favor
amendments, but are so determinedly opposed to the plan of
the league that they may vote against the treaty. despite any
amendments which are at all likely to command a majority
vote.
In the case of a majority of the senate, without regard to
party lines. there is at the present time no concensus of
opinion as to the form of any amendment or amendments
which shall be drafted to make the document acceptable. The
situation, therefore-which might largely have been avoided
if the senate had been represented in the treaty conference,
or if it had been taken into confidential discussion previous
TO the drafting of the treaty-is one that can be cleared only
by a thorough and necessarily long debate, and by the dedica-
ton to the task of the best craftsmanship which the senate
possesses, subo~dinating all partisan considerations. And to
make this possible and effective. the discussion and action in
the senate must be awaited and attended by the same spirit
on the part Of the nation at large.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
THE AWAKENING

David Lawrence, a special correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, who, as a former pupil of the president, has
enjoyed the reputation of being closer to him than perhaps
any other newspaper man in Washington-and in complete
sympathy with his pOicies-has just returned from a 10000
mile trip through the United States. In that newspaper he
now Summarizes his conclusions. He acknowledges that his
letters have evoked criticism in democratic newspapers. But
he adds that if the leaders of that party do not want to know
what is wrong with the national patient they will wake up
some day to find that he has selected another physician, ana
adds that only by rapid awakening to the situation can the
election of 1920 be made a contest instead of a "walkaway for
the republican party"
Mr.. Lawrence has found the country in an irritable mood,
impatient with the delays at Paris. 1t did not see the need OF
the presidents going to Europe at all. If he will only get
back to business and attend to the things that seriously invite
his attention here at home, much may be forgiven. The
appointment of Henry White as the republican member of the
commission, when Mr.. Root and Mr.. Taft were both available,
has evoked profound disapproval. The country thinks Mr..
Wilson displayed poor craftsmanship in making such a
selection. His appeal for q democratic congress last autumn
had already left the impression that he is intolerant of oppo-
sitiOn.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
DRUG \ NEEDED

In authorization of the increased use of narcotics when
will follow the enforcement of prohibition, one state govern
ment is establishing drug clinics at hospitals in all the import
ant cities. This is a farseeing and valuable bit OF Prepareo-
ness.
It i undoubtedly true that there will be an increase In
the use of habit-forming drugs when the daily liquor snmu-
liant is taken away from thousands of people, but the authori,
ties who face the prospect squarely ana meet IL pFonpu! VIII
he able to control the evil from the start.
Police measures to control the traffic In drugs VIII De
necessary. but a close lookout for the development Oh NE
habit in individuals will also be an excellent thing. Inc
clinic for the treatment of such cases is a vital necessity,
for the greatest outbreak of drug addiction VIII be among
the poor and hungry who have heretofore bought hquor
because il made them forget their misery and was cheaper
than food. These people will fall easy victims to the crafty
traffickers in drugs. and will be unable because OF that same
poverty to combat the drug effects by taking expensive treat
ment.
The public clinics which can help such helpless ones
was never more needed than in this health-crlsls OF our
history. Many an alcoholic turned drug fiend can be saveo
for usefulness and happiness if the clinic is ready.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
BURLEsoN b US A MILLION A \

Mr. Clarence H. Mackay. of the Postal Telegraph lines has
no doubt as 10 what they can do with their lines He IN
formed Mr.. Rurleson that as soon as the lines are placed back
into the hands of the owners they will reduce the rates 10
the extent that they have been advanced by the bull headed
blunderer who has tried TO operate them in the name OF the
government. That was the promise of a 20 per cent reduc-
ton, forthwith. In figures it would save the people oil
America who use those wires a million dollars a month.
That Mackay letter is one of the most remarkable oil the
current documents. After the war was over, because OF the
blunderbuss in the post office department, the wire lines
were taken over in the name Of the government and after
trying to make ends meet under a political dictatorship they
increased the rates to an extent never dreamed of by the pri-
vate owners. They have been exacing a million dollars a
month in additional tolls TO pay for the satisfaction OF a political
administration of them. If there was ever an object lesson in
the follies of turning the business of the country, or any part
of it over to the politicians that Burleson it is.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
THE DAMAGES IN FRANCE.

The total damages done in the north of France are esti-
mated at $i3,OOO,OOOOOO, and they are estimates that have
been carefully calculated and tabulated. 1t looks like an
enormous total, but it should be borne in mind that the Ger
mans at one time and another during the war overran a sixth
of the area of that country and that in all that region they did
not leave anything of worth, not even in the way of improve
ments on the farms or in the mines deep under the ground.
The German war fiends descended into the depths of the
earth itself and blew out the props that they found in the
mines and then turned rivers or canals into them so that the
water that has to be pumped out, according to American engi+
neers, amounts to 100000 cubic meters.
All one has to do is to read the facts and figures to lose
all patience with those who are now whining in Berlin and
protesting that they will not sign. They say they cannot pay,
but could France pay the price that has been imposed on her?
Did they stop to ask whether France could afford to stand
the losses that they imposed on her, not in the course of war,
mind you, but in the pursuit of the policies of deliberate
destruction.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31

Germany now wants twelve billions damages for the block
ade as an offset against the thirty-five billions she is required
to pay. This demand is probably intended as a basis for some
future declaration of war. The peace treaty should include a
specific renunciation of this and all other claims.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31
WHAT THE ITALIAN FACTS WERE

At the time of the Italian accident" when President
Wilson exploded the Fiume bomb in Europe and on the
world. it was cabled over here that he had the endorsement OF
Lloyd George and Clemenceau, the British and French chiefs
at the peace conference. We were at that time led to believe
that he was simply the spokesman for the big men in the
peace gathering. But those reports, we learned afterward,
were incorrect. Those two statesmen were far from endOrs-
ing such a step. The London Telegraph of that date has
just reached us, and in this we find the following state
ment, which is still of interest:
In this connection it is important to note that, as
said before, Mr.. Lloyd George earnestly asked Mr..
Wilson to delay publication of his manifesto. The
rumor which has been spread that M. Cemenceau
and Mr.. Lloyd George had identified themselves with
it j is without foundation, though the British and
French premiers consistently admit their response
bility under the Pact of London if no other solution
of the difficulty can be found. They have communi-
Gated to Signor Orlando their views to this effect, and
NJ. Clemenceau's telegram to the ex-Premier Luzzati
reproduces. in ten lines. the gist of this commu-
nication. He could hardly have expressed the de-
termination of France more strongly than in his con-
Guiding words: "'Scraps of paper form no part OF
the policy of France" We are glad to think that
they are equally foreign to our own national char
acter.
In the same paper we find admissions that the Wilson
bomb almost wrecked the whole peace conference and we are
told that the American president realized, when it was TOO
late, that he had Numbered, for it was at his suggestion, II not
appeal. that Lloyd George begged the Italian commissioners
not to desert the conference, with the hope and on the promise
that it was not yet too late to adjust the differences in some
way.
But the one thing that the Italians would not forgive in
Mr.. Wilson was his almost direct appeal to the Italian people
to turn down their accredited representatives to the confer
ence. That is what upset the Italians the most. They felt that
that was striking them below the belt and with a vengeance.
Mr.. Wilson, according to their view, relied upon the great
popular demonstrations which had been given him in the
Italian cities, which led him to believe that ne had more
influence with the people of Italy than their own statesmen.
The Republic of Czechoslovakia starts off with the worlds
best wishes, but on grounds of euphony it seems regrettable
that the joint founders, the Czechs and Slovaks, did not pre-
serve the historic name, Bohemia, for their new common
wealth.
The senate addressed a message to President Wilson at
Paris announcing that it was in session, but the house sent
ifs similar communication to the White House, on the theory
4ht no OUGHT to hn there il he isn't
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31

The senate addressed a message to President Wilson at
Paris announcing that it was in session, but the house sent
its similar communication to the White House, on the theory
perhaps that he ought to be there, even if he isn't.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31

The Germans are quoting the American president against
himself. But why bother about doing that? What difference
does it make if the president did say something a year or two
years ago, something that we are not going to do now? In
Germany under the old kaiser the nation may have thought
it necessary to live up to what he said, but here we are under
no such convictions OF compnlsions. There isn't any one man
who can bind this country to anything.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-31

The Republic of Czechoslovakia starts off with the worlds
best wishes, but on grounds of euphony it seems regrettable
that the joint founders, the Czechs and Slovaks, did not pre-
serve the historic name, Bohemia, for their new common
wealth.