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The Little River news., 1919-10-15
Mr. Edison s
 FdU0rite Invention

The genius of Thomas A. Edison las gwen you electric light the movies" and score of human benefits. Bus he himself says the New Edison is his Jarorite. For years he has toiled. night and day. taking little time for sleep until he Was ready to pronounce his phonograph perfect" But when. at last he did give the New Edison to the world. everyone said, Real Music ct LGStP True to life-just as if the living singer or player sang from the cabinetl Now. on our liberal offer. you need not be satisfied with anything less than MT. Edison's genuine instru> ment.
The Little River news., 1919-10-15

MT. Edison's wonderful phonosraph with the diamond reproducer is indeed the king of home entertainers. It puts the whole world of music at your command. It brings cheer to the home for every hour and every mood. There is no end of the variety-from comic dialogues to sacred hymns, from vaudeville to Grand Opera. brass bands. waltzes. two>steps. organ. quartettes, concerts, etc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
CLIPS OFF W0MAN'S HAIR
But Intruder Leaves Tresses Behind
Also Steals $40 Without
.. Waking Couple.

Passaic, n. Mrs. William Haw-
thOrne, forty years old, of 40 Harrison
street, reported to the police that dur
ing the night thief had entered her
bedroom and clipped off her long, gold
en- hair. So quietly did the thief go
about his work that he not only did not
arouse Mrs. Hawthorne, but was not
heard by her husband, in an adjoining
room, nor by two children in another
room near by. a
The police found marks which indi-
Gated that the thief had used a jimmy
on the kitchen window. They also
found pair of scissors. hrs. Haw.
thorne said she believed she had been
chloroformed, as when she awoke she
felt sick. The thief also took $50 which
was in tin box, but evidently he had
no use for the hair after clipping it,,
as 1t was found alongside the empty
money box by Mrs. Hawthorne.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
GEORGE n. MALLoN,
Captain, 132nd Infantry.

Capt. Mallon was decorated for in
trepidity beyond the call of duty in
the Boise de FORCES, France, Septem-
Der 26, 1918. Becoming separated
from the balance of his company be-
cause of fog, Capt. Mallon, with nine
soldiers, pushed forward and attacked
nine hostile machine guns, capturing
all Of them without the loss of man.
Continuing on through the woods, he
led his men in attacking battery of
$50 nm. howitzers which were in ac-
ton, rushing the position and captur-
ing the battery and its crew. In this
encounter Capt. Mallon personally at
tackled one of the enemy with his fists.
Later when the party came upon two
more machine guns, this officer sent
men to the TANKS, while he rushed
forward directly in the face of the
fire and silenced the guns, being the
first one of the party to reach the
nest. The exceptional ga!lantry and
determination displayed by Capt NAL
lon resulted In the capture Of 100 pris-
oners, eleven machine guns, four $50
nm. howitzers and one anti-aircraft
gun. Capt. Mallon's home address is
1881 Hallock street, Kansas City, Mo.
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ALAN LOUIS EGGERs,

Sergeant, M. G. Co., 10Th Infantry.
Unusual bravery displayed in aiding
comrades in distress near CatelOt,
France, September %, 1918, won the
Distinguished Service Cross for Sergt.
Eggers. Becoming separated from
their platoons by smoke barrage,
Sergt Eggers, Sergt. John G. Latham
and Corporal Thomas e. O'Shea took
cover in shell hole well within the
enemy's lines. Upon hearing call for
help from an American tank, which
had become disabled, thirty yards from
them, the three soldiers left their shell
ter and started toward the tank, under
heavy fire from German machine guns
and trench mortars. In crossing the
fire-swept area, Corp. O'Shea was NOR
tally wounded but his companions, I'M
deferred, proceeded to the tank, res
cued wounded officer, and assisted
two soldiers to cover In the sap Of a
nearby trench. Sergt. Eggers and
Sergt. Latham then returned to the
tank in the face Of the violent fire,
dismounted a Hotchkiss gun and took
it back to where the wounded men
were, keeping off the enemy all day by
the effective use of the gun, and later
bringing 1t, with the wounded men,
back to our lines under cover of dark
ness. Sergt. Eggers' home is at 152
Summit avenue, Summit, N. ].
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| GIRL ESCAPES
FROM BANDITS
Mas Held for Ranso:.l by Snug.
|. gIers on a Lonely
Island.
CAPTIVE FOR IL YEARS
Distress Signal Answered by Small
Fishing Vessel Off Texas Coast
Succeeds in Reaching Main.
land.

Rockport, Tex.-Being kept on
lonely island for more than twelve
years by gang of bandits or snug
glers, who hoped to secure large ram
som from relatives for her release, and
only making her escape through an act
of fate, is the remarkable experience
of a young woman just budding into
womanhOod who has arrived at Rock.
port, Tex. The young girl knows moth
ing of herself or relatives other than
she answered to the name of Nellie"
for several years. e
b "Nellie" came to the mainland from
one Of the five small islands lying five
vessel which saw her signal of dis
tress. She had been on the island
alone for two days following the death
Of an old negro woman who constant.
ly guarded her. ~
Lived in House Made Of Rocks.
The girl said the greater part of the
time she was on the island she lived
with the negro woman in house
made of rocks. "Nellie" declared
her old jailer never beat her but once,
and that was when she asked If there
were other bearded men and black
women on ships which sometimes
passed in sight,, and why they could
not go away to some other house on
one Of the ships. g @
According to the strange story relat-
ed by the girl, the bandits contemplat.
ed taking her to South America, where
she said they could get lots of money
for her. 'Nellie" said the men had
large sailing boat. The bandits new
er sailed toward the Texan coast, she
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04

An Archangel dispatch says the first
detachment of American railroad
4oops destined for work on the MUIR
man railway have arrived on the Muir
man coast. Other detachments are
expected to follow soon.
A London dispatch says an order in
council prohibits the export Of gold
coin or bullion anywhere.
A Dublin dispatch says Father
O'Flannagan of ROscommon, vice pres
ident of the Sim Fein society, has
been notified that the British Office
has declined to issue passports for
him to proceed to America. q.
forces on the Archangel and Siberian
fronts is 369,465, according to figures
given by Stephen Pichon. the French
foreign minister, in his address to the
chamber of deputies ut Paris.
A Basic dispatch says the new Hun
garian government has begun organi-
ZatiOn of revolutionary army recruit
ed from the organized prOletariat and
the soldiers and workmen now mobil-
lied.
Gen. e. Fl. II. Allenby, the conqueror
Of Palestine, who recently was ap-
pointed high commissioner for Egypt
and the Soudan, has arrived ut Cairo
from Paris.
The delegates to the conference of
the National Union of Railwaymen at
London have decided to accept the Of
fer of the government for the settle
ment of their demands.
Advices from reliable sources at
Constantinople state that massacre
of Armenians by Moslem gendarmes
occurred recently at Aleppo. 1t is re-
ported that 4S Armenians were killed,
The Zionist organization at London
reports having received from an eye
witness news of a series of pogroms
in the Ukraine.
Seventy persons were killed and
many injured when an oil tanker ex-
ploded in the harbor at Venice.
- ha nhoG
ment which pierced the bolshevik
front on a 3O-mile sector March IL,
continued their progress and the po-
sition Of the bolsheviki Is precarious,
according to a dispatch from Omsk.
The bolsheviki are abandoning large
quantities of stores, while the Kol-
chalk troops have taken large num-
Der of prisoners and annihilated three
bolshevik regiments.
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MARcELLUS II. cHlLES,
CAPTAIN, 356th Infantry.

Capt. Chiles was decorated for con-
spicuous bravery in action, which re-
suited in his death near LIE Champy
Bas, France, November g. 1918. When
his battalion, of which he had just
taken command, was halted by ma
chine gun fire from the front and left
flank, Capt. Chiles picked up the rifle
of dead soldier and. calling on his
men to follow, led the advance across
a stream waist deep, in. the face Of
the machine gun fire. Upon reach
ing the opposite bank, this gallant Off
Ger was seriously wounded In the alb
domen by sniper, but before permit
ting himself to be evacuated he made
complete arrangements for turning
over his command to the next senior
officer, and under the inspiration Of
his fearless leadership his battalion
reached it's objective. Capt. Chiles
died shortly after reaching the hos
pital. His home was at 2815 West
Thirty-seventh street, Denver, Colo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
J. HUNTER WlcKERsHAM,
Second Lieutenant, s5srd Infantry

For conspicuous gallantry, resulting
in his death, near Limey, France Sep
TENDER II, 1918. Lieut.. Wickersham
was awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross. Advancing with his platoon
during the st. Mihiel offensive. Lieut..
Wickersham was severely wounded in
four places by the bursting Of high
explosive shell. Before receiving any
aid for himself, he dressed the wounds
of his orderly, who was wounded at
the same time. He then ordered and
accompanied the further advance of
his platoon, although weakened by the
loss Of blood His right hand and arm
being disabled by wounds, he contin-
ued to fire his revolver with his left
hand until, exhausted by the loss of
blood, he fell and died from his
wounds before aid could be admins
tered. Lieut.. Wickershan,'s home adj
dress was 3416 Colfax boulevard, Den.
yer, Colo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
SAMUEL WoopFILE,

FIRST IfSuScndHts SoHfPatIy Wss Will
-. Infantry.
Three acts Of conspicuous daring in
one day near Cunel, France, October
II, 1918, won the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross for Lieut.. WOodfill. While
he was leading his company against
the enemy his line came under heavy
machine gun fire, which threatened to
hold up the advance. Followed by
two soldiers at twenty-five yards, this
officer went out ahead of his first line
toward a machine gun nest and
worked his way around its flank, leav-
ing the two soldiers in front. When
he got within ten yards of the gun
it ceased firing and four of the enemy
appeared, three Of whom were shot
by Lieut.. Woodfill. The fourth, an
officer, rushed at Lieut.. Woodfill, who
attempted to club the officer with his
rifle. After a hand-to-hand struggle,
Lieut.. Woodfll killed the officer with
his pistol. His company thereupon
continued to advance until shortly
afterward another machine gun nest
was encountered. Calling his men to
follow, Lieut.. Woodfill rushed ahead
of his line in the face of heavy fire
from the nest, and when several of
the enemy appeared above the nest
he shot them, capturing three other
members Of.the crew and silencing the
gun. A few minutes later this officer,
for the third time, demonstrated con-
spicuous daring by charging another
machine gun position, killing five men
in one machine gun pit with his rifle.
He then drew his revolver and started
to Jump into the pit when two other
gunners only few yards away turned
their gun on him. Failing to kill them
with his revolver, he grabbed pick
lying near by and killed both of them.
Inspired by the exceptional courage
displayed by this officer, his men
pressed on to their objective under
severe shell and machine gun fire.
Lieut.. Woodfill is married and lives
at 1877 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas,
Ky. .-t
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~ = 5t ea
Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
Peace Notes
'st:e :.e.s@:.@s:s::s,s:s; ted

Increased precautions have been TAX
en- at Paris to safeguard President Will
son and the premiers with whom he
is in daily conference. .r- '
Woman suffrage is recognized in the
covenant of the league of nations
through the adoption at Paris of an
amendment providing that the offices
of the league shall be open to women
as well as to men
The American amendment concern
ing the Monroe doctrine and the Japa-
nese racial amendment were not in
cluded in the covenant of the league of
nations as sent to the drafting COM
mittee at Paris. The amendments may
be offered later at plenary session
Of the peace conference or before the
council of ten.
The new high consistory of peace
at Paris has abandoned the plan Of
making immediate separate peace with
Germany and substituted the project
of general peace including Austria,
Bulgaria and Turkey. This would de-
lay the arrival of the enemy delegates
at Versailles until about May 1, but it
will hasten the final conclusion Of a
general peace. r.-..-.
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Atttfrira'a
JnttttnrtalH
.-s-s-s..s..s.s.s..s.s"s
Most striking instances
of gallantry for which
the Distinguished Service
Cross has been awarded

Stories of personal bravery thai
Would be almost unbelievable acre
they not told in official reports are
disclosed By the 0ar departments
records of the Gwards of the Dis
tinguished Service Cross to mem
bers of the American Erpeditionary
forces. Following are a few of the
official reports that hGOe been Sc
lected By General Pershing's oacn
staff as presenting most striking IN
stances of gallantry on the part OF
american soldiers under fire:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
WILLIAM r. PECK,

Sergeant, Company c, s54th Infantry.
Sergt Peck (deceasedD received the
Distinguished Service Cross for con-
spicuous gallantry in action near Re
knoxville November 1, 1918. He was
advancing with his company across
an open field when enemy guns opened
fire on them from two sides. The at
tention of the platoon commander was
directed to the gun on his direct front,
while the enemy on the right was lev
cling his gun upon him. Seeing the
predicament of his commander, Sergt.
Peck threw himself against the Off
Ger, pushing him into shell hole, but
exposing himself to the fire. which in.
stantly killed him. His home was in
Washburn, Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
wELL-PREsERvEp STAKES

Some Of the piles in use in Amster.
dam are three to four hundred years
old. That part which is not in the
ground in salt water is often bored
by a pile worm near the surface, but
is preserved by driving in nails with
very large heads, so as to give the
pile an iron coating. This coating is
then transformed by the water into a
layer Of rust, which protects the wood
from the pile worm. This process
must be repeated every fifteen years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Expect Find Of Interest.

The Spokane museum has leased q
16O-acre Coplan ranch, near that city,
and soon viii begin prospecting" for
the complete skeleton of one of the
largest mastodons ever unearthed
Parts of the skeleton have been To-
Gated. The farm, which is a low
Doggy place, has been the source OF
several mastodon skeletons uneaHhed
in the past years. There are several
more skeletons begged in the place
1t is believed, and TIE one the Spo
kane museum hopes ~ recover com
plete will stand IA feet high with
tusks extending about ten feet out
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
European War News

Six thousand Belgian civilians died
during the war as the result of Ger
man ill-treatment, according to an Of
fetal report made in the chamber Of
deputies at Brussels. Seven thousand
children were made orphans.
News was received at Paris that the
Germans are increasing the garrison
at Danzig. This is taken as indicat-
ing an intention to resist whatever
disposition the peace conference
makes of the fort.
Italian troops have occupied the
town of Pressburg, 35 miles southeast
Of Vienna, on the Hungarian side Of
the border, according to a dispatch
from Budapest.
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a shell hole, ten feet deep, filled with
water, and was Immediately sub
merged. Knowing that only one of
the two men in the tank could es.
cape, Corp. Roberts said to the gun.
ner, swell, only one Of us can get
out, and out you co., whereupOn he
pushed his companion through the
back door of the tank and was him
self drowned. Corp. Roberts home
address was 5 Market street. San
Francisco, Cal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
ROY w. REEVES,
Corporal, e6th Company, Sixth Marine.

Corpordl, Soth company, SIKH W arIneS.
Corp. Reeves. whose home is with
his mother, Mrs. J. w. Reeves, 1863
Glamour avenue, East San Diego, Cal,
was decorated for an act Of cOnspicu-
Gus intrepidity in action with the enc
my near Blanc Mont, France, October
3, 1918. During a stiffly contested
hand grenade fight Corp. Reeves saw a
grenade fall in the midst of five Of his
comrades. Without hesitation he
rushed forward and picked it up, hurl-
ing it from the trench. The grenade
exploded a few yards from his hand.
wounding him severely, but his act
averted injury to all of his comrades.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Very Platonic.

Peter Prosser didn't believe in mar
rage He kept on saying so. Platoon
ic friendship was good enough for
him, he affirmed. IS
But one day Peter Prosser got mar
ried. His friends wondered, and one
of them asked a question.
SWELL" said Peter Indignantly, in
reply, II still believe in platonic friend
ship, of course, but 1 had to do some
thing. Another fellow came along
and got interested in the girl"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
THE MUSK RAT.

The musk rat, as its name would in
dicate, is a species Of rat. 1t is found
nowhere but in America. It's body Is
shaped like that Of the ordinary rat,
but instead of the short, close hair
of the land species, it is covered by q
thick reddish-brown fur, and because
it lives much in the water it has
webbed toes. Although very awkward
on land, it is lively and playful in
water, and is a great swimmer and
liver.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Court Solves Problem.

New York.-How to be happy in jail
has been solved by the court. Magis-
trate Koenig, sentencing Joseph
OBrien for, disorderly conduct. said:
Thirty days. In your cell think that
you might have had to serve six
months, and that will make you
happy"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
RAY c. DIcKoP,
First Lieutenant, 127th Infantry.

First Lieutenant, 127th Infantry.
Lieut.. DickOp (deceased) was deco
rated for extraordinary heroism in
action in the attack on Fismes, France.
in August Of 1918. On reaching Che
zelles farm, he was shot in the head,
body and legs. Although fatally
wounded, when orders came for an
other assault he gave the command
charge" to his company and led the
assault until he fell dead. Miss Lena
Schiller, his aunt, lives at West Bend,
Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
HAROLD W. ROBERTS,

Corporal, Company A, SAITH Battalion,
Tank Corps.
For deliberately going to his death
to save a companion in the Montre-
beau woods, France, October A, 1918,
Corp. Roberts was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross. Corp. Rob.
erts, tank driver, was moving his
tank into a clump Of bushes to af-
ford protection to another tank which
had been disabled. The tank slid into
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Couldn't "Unthjnk"

Elizabeth had broken her precious
dolly and was inconsolabh. The en-
tire family united in trying to cheer
her up and make her forget her sor-
row. One day soon after the catas-
trophe her mother found her in tears
and, putting her arms about her, said /:
"1ell mother what's the trouble, dear"
To which the little one made answer
"Oh, mother, can't unthink about my
dolly" x -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Discovers Heat Insulation.

A new heat insulating material com
posed Of mixture of special clay
and cork has been discovered by a
Norwegian engineer. The clay and
cork mixture is burned, and the result
is the formation Of very light sub
stance that is said to be eminently
suitable for all heat Insulating pur
noses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
EARL J. cHEEvERS,
Sergeant, Headquarters Co., 132nd
Infantry.

sergeant, HedoqudrterS So.s lo<no
Infantry.
Sergeant Cheevers received the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for extraor-
binary heroism in action near Bots de
FORCES, France, September 26. 1918.
While engaged in maintaining line Of
communication, Sergeant Cheevers saw
four of the enemy enter dugout dur
ing an attack. Armed with only pis-
toll. he followed. Upon reaching the
dugout he ordered the men to come
out. When they refused, he entered
and routed out and captured twelve
prisoners.
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from the jaws. This will equal in
size the largest mastodon ever I'M
earthed, which was found on this
same farm in 1878, andis now on ex-
hibitiOn ut the Academy IF Science in
| Chicago.
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Washington

Terms Of payment in the new Vic
tory Liberty loan, announced at Wash
ington are the most liberal ever offered
by the government. Deferred pay
ments may be extended over a period
of six months, from May 10 to NOvem-
Der IL.
Departure from France of the trans
port Leviathan, with more than 1900
troops aboard; the battleships Rhode
Island and Virginia-aH bringing units
of the Eighty-fifth wisconsin and
Michigan National army division
and two other transports was an
nouncsd by the war department at
Washington.
Secretary Baker at Washington dis
closed that former Attorney General
Gregory, now in Paris, is charged with
special mission in connection with
bringing home the bodies of American
soldiers.
France was given a credit of $780,
100000 by the treasury at Washing
ton and Greece was given $3,S5SOOO
additional. This made total credits
in France $2,617, 477.0OO, to Greece,
$43, 49, 900, and total for all allies
of $9,O36, 100000.
The Czecho-Slovak mission at Wash
ington received an official denial of the
report of President Masaryk's resigna-
ton, which was sent from Berlin by
way of Copenhagen early this week.
Prof. Philip Brown and Capt. Mich
olas Roosevelt, American members Of
the interallied mission in Budapest,
have succeeded in leaving the Hun
garian capital In safety, it was an
nounced by the state department at
Washington.
The state department at Washing
. ton was advised that the body of Oscar
Wallace, an American citizen, who re-
Gently was kidnapped by Mexican ban.
dts, had been found near Progreso,
Coahuila.
There are 373,O3S unemployed in the
United States. This is but q reduc-
ton of 1,792 over last week, according
to the reports made public by the
United States employment service at
Washington. Cleveland with 10000.
Detroit 22,5O0 and Buffalo 10000 are
the three cities reporting the greatest
number out Of work. .
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-04
Good Definition

Charles and Roger were trying to
define the word dead, when Charles
settled the matter with, when your
blood don't percOlate no more, you're
dead!'
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"same Drunkn

Oklamoha City, Okla. - "Mornin,.
judge" "Drunk again. Twice in two
weeks" "Not guilty. Same drunk"
Fred Stuckey paid $19