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Siberian Industries.

According to the statistics of the
ministry of trade and industry, cover
Ing nine governments and provinces
in Siberia and the governments of
Term and Orenburg, there were sub.
ject to inspection in 1918, 1,56S indus.
trial plants, with 601, 301 employees and
an annual production of more than
401, 77S,1S2 roubles. OF these ITO were
plants making foodstuffs with 1888
employees, and annual production
amounting to 15S,336,614 rouhles.
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No Escape.

You charged me more for this
steak than you used to-"
Restaurant Manager have to
pay more for it. The price of meat
has gone up.
"And the steak is smaller than it
used TO be-"
"That, of course, is on account Of
the scarcity of beef"-Buffalo Com
merc:al
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Journal
OF Idaho had the house. the members had
thing
n
ION inquiry find that not only this Mr. Lncoln address
delivered
Record"
But The Lost (.
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Supreme Office.

ment about new club formed by sew
erai of the neighborhood associates.
He said, sJim is president and Myron
IS vice president, but 1 am the most
important officer"
"And what are your" asked Uncle
Robert.
"Why, I'm janitor, and they can't
get in till unlock the door!"
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coming year, as appears most probabl
y, 1898, that foreign heavyweight
has been serious contender for the
worlds championship in this class.
On that date Jim Jeffries knocked out
Peter Jackson in three rounds, and
while the famous Australian negro
was but shell of his former self,
ne still carried the European heavy
weight honors. The victory gave JEFF
fries the right to the worlds heavy
weight title beyond dispute.
Jackson was the first Australian
heavyweight champion. Later he add
ed the title of English champion by
knocking out Frank Slavin in London,
and when he entered the ring against
ferries he was the holder of Euro
pean honors while Jeffries held I'M
disputed title to the American cham
plonshil. Jeffries' honors in turn pass
ed to Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, and
on July 4, 1919, to Jack Dempsey.
Carpenter by his two defeats of
Bombardier Wells and his latest vic
tory over Joe Beckett holds the title
Oh European champion. Should he
face Dempsey during the next few
months the French pugilist, who beg;
Will he tha fret fora;on boour,o;r-II
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
SINGULAR Illness.

"Sid-One of our operators is quite
hoarse. The doctor tells me- she
confided, that my larynx are affected
they are We told her
this was a singular affection, but un-
less given prompt attention might be-
come pleural. Correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune.
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corning 10 otHdlOr Kenyon OF Iowa.
Senator Kenyon is the head of
joint congressional committee which
has just returned from visit to the
Virgin islands, where they went to
investigate conditions. They found
disease, poverty, immortality and boil
shevism rampant among the island
ers, 81 per cent of whom are negroes,
the senator said.
Economically the United States
bought bucket of sucked oranges"
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doing research work, found map
which confirmed theory he had de-
veloped that the colony N4s not To-
Gated on the La Vaca. He went to the
spot indicated and found the remains
OF the old fort. 1t was ninety feet
square with walls two and half feet
thick with red adobe bricks. The ruins
were almost completely buried.
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a
Although
the attention deserves
whole. s
in odero procure fields"
increasing
its
water
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" THEN Constantinople passes
M out of Turkish hands what,
the religious world asks,

Oul VI uTklSu uduuS WHAT,
the religious world asks,
will become of Aga Sofia ?
Is it to remain place of Moslem wor-
ship, or will that greatest temple
after st. Peters" be rededicated to
Christian use? So asks E. A. n. Val
entine in Los Angeles Times.
Whatever be the tolerance shown
the creed of the Arab prophet in the
COnstantinOple of the future, it is al
most certain the cross will supersede
the crescent on Justinian's splendid
monument to early Christianity. Its
new conservation to the purposes for
which 1t was reared is a duty owed
the memory of its illustrious founder.
Not even st. Peters outrivals Ava
ASofia in interest. It's history is in
separable, not only with Constantine
pie Itself, but with Christianity. The
creation of Byzantium as the seat Of
the eastern Roman empire by Con-
stantine the Great had religious as
well as a political motive Made a
convert to the teachings of the Naza-
rene by the SIN hoe signo vinces"
vision, he resolved to establish new
capital in which that faith should have
exclusive sway, and his first act was
to lay the foundations of the original
basilica of 'The Divine Wisdom" on
which the present fame was rebuilt by
his descendant, the author of the
"Pandects." Byzantium was to be
what Rome is today. 1t was through
this successor of the Caesars and his
Church of Aga Sofia, the See of the
Greek Patriarchs, that Christianity at
tanned her first great triumph over pa
ganism.
Ava Sofia may well be called the
soul Of COnstantinople-the heartbeat
of its long history-it has figured in
all its various chapters of vicissitudes,
Its variegated romance, on which rests
AN exotic bloom richer than any in
yentions of fancy.
On One of Seven Hills.
The cupola and thanking minarets Of
Ava Sofia, familiarized by paintings
and photography, are what first catch
the eye in approaching Constantinople
by water. Dawn or sunset hour is the
most favorable moment for that APP
proach. the impressions Of which stir
the pulse of even the most sophisti-
Gated traveller. Visioned at dawn,
with the city wrapped in light mist,
family touched by bushes of still
hidden sun, the many mosques of
STEAMBOAT appear almost aerial, seem
like vast rose-tinged soap bubbles
afloat on the filmy sea, insubstantial
as the fabric of dream, like the phan-
tasmagoria evoked by hashish-eaters.
Ava Sofia occupies one of the seven
hills of STEAMBOAT, that congested quar-
ter of true Turkeydom, lying on the
site of old Byzantium, on the Asiatic
shore and separated from Galata-
Pera, the cosmopolitan quarter, by the
Golden Horn and from Skutari by the
Bosporus. OF these superb SUBMITS
1t has the nearest and most command
ing location. One sees it from almost
every point of Constantinople and its
environs. Yet like most else in the
city, a near view does not enhance
happy impressions. When one has
gained the square on which 1t Is stu
ated 1t Is no longer like pleasure
dome of Kubla Kahn. The main GU
pola has lost both its silvery airiness
and swelling proportions; the irregular
mass, guarded by its four minarets,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26

Virgin
commanding
according Senator Kenyon 1t costing
give them
of Thomas
having ships was
Senator said that
considerable number of the
be send shpload of aions
The committee will of to
dspace the old Spanish laws in force in the islands
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
Found Ancient Fort.

The fort built in Texas by the lost
colony of the explorer, La Sale, was
not located on the lie yaca river. as
has been commonly believed, but was
further west on the Garcia river, DR..
Herbert +. Bolton. history professor
nj the University Of California an
s.osrecd = DSctor Bolton, while
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nercal public
good But 1t Is organized the belongs
Fewer Ability
lacking but it nfnitude
details public
responsibility afraid
I'VE could discretion
should the body the there
should da
bity
policies"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
cutieura for PimpIy Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
laily toilet purposes. Don't fail to In
clude Cuticura Talcum.-Adv.
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Hines, declared that "a complete eco
nomic justification for these methods
of transportation" would be shown.
Mr. Tomlinson summarized the
operations under the railroad admin
istration during 1919, on the New
York barge canal, the Delaware and
Raritan canal, the lower Mississippi
between st. Louis and New Orleans,
on the Warrior river in Alabama and
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
The result of operations on the
New York barge canal the reDort
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26

It's task, which FEWER men OF larger
capacity would do BETTER"
Such is an epitome of the views
of Franklin X. Lane, retiring secre-
tary of the interior, expressed in
characteristic parting report to the
president on the occasion Of leaving
public life after more than twenty
years service last seven in the
cabinet.
Washington" says the retiring
secretary. "is rich in brains and char
actor IF is honest bevOnd any COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
FRECkLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of
These Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as Othine
double strengths guaranteed to remove
these homey spots.
Simply get ounce of Othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply a
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine. as this is sold under guarantee OF
money back If 1t fails to remove freckles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26

potential value of wild rice or "mock
OATS" Doctor Gilmore is engaged in
an investigation of North American
possibilities in cultivation of native
plants. One of his recent announce
ments relative to the food value of
the water lily, genus "Nelumbo lutea,"
commonly known as the American To-
tus, has resulted in varied inquiries
from the commercial world.
"Wild rice will flourish In any
sweet water, water not alkaline" the
Investigation states "It ahoundS in
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construction
Mississippi
SO 81 defective of existing facilities
necessiang expenditures S65Ooo
earnings amounted t. a
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Stou the Pain.

The hurt of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
all druggists. For free sample write The
j. w. Cole Co.. Rockford. Ill-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
Urges Farther Development of Canals of Nation

URGING
- Tomlnon
the railroad administration his Director
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
Abraham LincoIn's "Lost Speech" on Washington

tHIs the hundred and tenth the birthday Washing
earthong migtiest civil liberty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26
when nuns ceasa &C.,. r..u

When Duns Cease from Troubling.
Brown-So you look upon Sunday as
a day of rest.
Jones-Yes, and If you owed as
many people as I do you would see ii
in the same light.-Boston Transcrint.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-03-26

Accept California" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
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Congress Finds Virgin Islands "Sucked Oranges

THE States mandate
the West Indies
Constannope
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Sees Wild Rice as Coming Food Crop in America

NEITHER the pow the shovel the
food America today
North Dakota
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pugist who his
Foreign
against an American with anything winning
heavyweight championship.
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GEORGES CARPENTERS BID FOR TITLE
FIRST BY FOREIGNER IN RECENT YEARS

Should Jack Dempsey in
coming
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Official Washington as Franklin X. Lane Sees 1t

AsHGToN- of political caucus
w
politicians and politicians who statesmen
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moral reformation. On that name a
eulogy is expected. 1t cannot be. To
add brightness to the sun or glory to
the name of Washington is alike i'm
possible. Let none attempt it. In
solemn awe pronounce the name, and
in its naked, deathless splendor leave
it shining on"
Abraham Lincoln said these words
In Springfield, H., in 1912. The As
ISOLATED Press sent it out recently as
'1ost speech" by Lincoln, just dis
covered in a file of the Sangamon
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The Cause.
what caused your dyspepsia, old
mann"
"My wife disagreed with me so
much, guess"
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Depends.

"Are you going to have any outings
this summer"
"Yes, if l have any innings this
spring."
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Flocks of American lightweights are
out to knock one of the "L's" out of
Lew Edwards front name. 1t does
make 1t easier to spell. But the Aus
tralian comes wen recommended
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
TROOPS OCCUPY
FAMOUS TURKISH CAPITAL
City Is Headquarters OF General
Franchet d'Esperey, With $4,000
TrOOps Under Arms.

i PARIS, March S.-Constantinopl is
actunlly occupied by allied troops undor
provisions OF tho armistice, 1t Is point
ed out by the Petit Parisien this morn
ing. which says that city Is tho head
and. there, are in the city one. division
and one brigade OF French troops, or
about $4,000 or 10000 men.
In addition, there are In Constanti-
nople. one regiment Of Italians and a
battalion Of. British troops. and there
are other British forces In tho region
of the straits. British division is
spread over Anatolia, between Scutnfi
and Brusa, while the French have
division in Western Thracc. the news
paper says.
1t was officially stated today that
the 'ea as ussrn ff Sr tho 'F Seas
East had no connection whatever with
tho recent events in Turkey. The
troops were partly soldiers reforming
their regiments in tho army OF occupa.
ton after leave of absence, the an
nouncement adds. while the others were
replacement troops, such as arc con-
StantlE sent 70 replace sick and other
wise disabled soldiers.
French losses in Cilicia from the end
of January to February rs, which i'm
cludcs the. period the disorders oc-
Cured ut Mardsh. were: 1853 killed 2T9
wounded and ISL missing, according to
the Temps. Losses of French reEu-
lars and native troops are Included in
these figures. n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
REPUBLICANS READY FOR
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Convention Committee VIII Choosc Of
hccrs for Convention mt Meet
Ing Mny 10.
IBy Associatcd PrcSs. l

CHICAGO, March S-Otiiccrs of tho
Republican National Conventions, in
Guiding the temporary secretary. vino
Will sound the Keynote OF the 192u cam
naign will BIO selected al a meeting OF
the convention committee hero May. 10
a. T. Hcrt. of Kentucky, chairman OF
the committee. made this announces
ment tonight after meeting 1T which
plans for the convention were id. the
seating arrangement approved and the
appointment of seats and convention
attaches settled.
The Chicago Coliseum will he re-
modeied to seat 13,lS7 delegates and
spectators, approximately 100 more
ihan were accommodate at the con
vention four years ago.
After providing for the 9S4 delegates.
the alternates and convention attaches,
the remainder of the seats will be Ill
Fided among the State committees on
The basis of representation on the
Under, the same plan. the appoint
ment or 1000 sergeants-at arms. 400
doorkeepers. 200 ushcrs, 100 physicians
and other convention attaches will he
divided.
The entire convention committee. eN
cept Ralph r.. Williams. of Oregon. and
lanes "A. HemenwaM of Indiana. were
Chairman viii II. maSs 'i Reiterated
MS declaration, made public SUNDAY
night. that II was the business OF
the committee TO elect the candidate
ton. he said to stay clear of ali poll.
ties until after the convention.
The liquor question and the possibil-
ny that one or both of the major
parties might take u stand for some
mh0aincation OF the present dry law was
me most absorbing topic OF corridor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
VILLA HOLDS AMERICAN
VET FOR $4,000 RANSOM
Captured When Bandit Leader AT.
tucked Mexican Train and Ten OF
His Gang We're Killed.
10 OF THE TRAIN GUARD SLAIN
Two Conductors and Syrian Hanged
and Five Mexican Passengers, At
tempting to Escape, Are Shot by
Rebels.

Ell PASo, TENAS March S.--Joseph
Williams, an American employee of
the American Smelling and Refining
Company plant at Pedricena, Mexico,
is Il captive in the hands of Francisco
villa. held for $4,000 ransom, accord
ing to passengers from Southern Chi
huahua, who have arrived at Ju,rcz,
Mex, opposite here. Williams served
i'll the world war. and. was returning
to the United States for treatment. still
suffering from the effects ot Gcrnia n
gas.
He, with NJ. Nasar.. an Arabian mer-
chant. was made prisoner bv Villa
when the bandit leader directed an at
Jnarez train last TGmf MexiGo Gi1y
near Corralitos, 400 miles south OF Isl
PaSo. "
In, Il fight between Villas mon AMI
the train guard. ten bandits and nine
teen OF the train guard were Killed and
Ine rem remaining fifty defenders either
The train and sleeping car conductors
were among the dead, the latter heinz
killed Si BY shot from Villas pistol, the
When the fighting ceased tho bandits
herded the travellers to a small hill near
, n Ira Track, where villa harangued and
cording to eyewitncsses, he broke into
tears and told them he would spare
one ony'r re- l' t,e out Of respect to the mem
gently was executed by Carranza au-
'h2ritIes at Chihuahua City.
nccomna aS an, amu IN N m5;, were forced to
away, leaving the other passcnmcrs
Iraroonca in desolate country. bercft
S S1d 5h Sarh belornginEs and clothing. which
According to r.. J. PeltIer, an Amer
lcan citizen resident of Mexico. who
threatened with death. Tho h,nriis
numbered about 900.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
[By Associated press i,

WASHINGTON. March S.--Discovery
OF a cooperative kidnapping associa-
ton having for it's purpose "thc kid
mapping and holding for ransom of for
elgners. preferably Americans" is am
bounced by the Mexican Foreign Of
ice, according to advices today from
Mexico City.
The announcement says this uniauc
company is made up of McXicans and
Americans hd1s on the border. this statement
beng based OH reports from various
consular officers. The Foreign OHice
says the association also is engaged
in the ignoble task of creating trouble
between the two countries"
Acting on the Information presented
by the Foreign Office, the War Depart
inent. according to these advices. has
issued instructions TO the military com
mandcrs to break up the kidnapping or
ganization.
The government says it is believed
the promoters of the kidnapping or
sanitation aI,; arc rebel agents who re-
the "reorganized government of free
MeSicans and announcing a coup
Because of the frequency of attacks
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-09
HE is OPPOSED TO
ALL RESERVATIONS

,CContinned From First pageD
which the whole world SO longingly
desires and SO desperately needs.
If Article " is not adopted and acted
upon, the governments which reject 1t
will, 1 think. be, guilty OF bad faith to
make make the imnnite sncrifices Of the war
by the pledge that they would be fight
ing TO redeem the world from the old
will be acting also in bad faith 10 The
opinion OF the world ~ large to which
they appealed for snppo' in concerted
tentions OF Germany.
If we were TO reject Article y or
force out of il, it would mark us as
desiring 10 return 10 the old world OF
jealous rivalry and Observation-Disclosures
rescued us, and would leave us without
any vision or new conception OF justice
and peace. We would have learned no
lesson from the war. but gained only
the regret that il had involved us in
its maelstrom of suffering. If America
mas a " ZEN as the rest OF the world
which the mistakes of the past are to
he corrected, it viii welcome tho oppor-
Miitarism Is Not Dend.
1t must not he forgotten. Senator.
that this article constitutes a renun-
citation Of wrong ambition on the part
OF powerful nations with whom we
We're associated in the war Ii is by
10 means certain that without this ar
tic!e any such remuneration will take
place.
Militaristic ambitions and imperalis-
tic policies are by no means dead even
in the councils of the nations whom we
most trust and with whom we most
desire 10 be associated in the tasks OF
peace. Throughout the sessions OF the
conference in Paris il was evident that
q militaristic party, under he most in :
kuten'ial leadership. was seeking to
France. They were defeated then but
The chief arguments advanced in
support OF the Italian claims on the
A . were strategic arguments,
that is TO say, military arguments,
which had al their back the thought
OF naval supremacy in that sea. For
perialistic designs on the part of other
nations as ] was OF such designs ON
the part of Germany
Democracy vs. Imperialism.
Inc choice is between the ideals: on
the one hand. the ideal Of democracy,
which represents the rights of free
peoples everywhere TO govern them
selves. and on the other hand. the Ideal
OF Imperialism which seeks TO dominatc
by force and unjust power, an idea
winch Is by no means dead and which
- earheslIy heid in many quarters still
EVERY irnperialistic influence in Europe
was nostilc 20 the embodiment of Ar
llcie n In the covenant Of the league
OF nations. and its debcat now would
their efforts TO nuilify the treaty.
mold the doctrine Of Article Y. to be
the essence OF .Americanism. We car
at the same time repudiatinE our own
The imperIalist wants no League q,
nations; but II. in response 10 the uni
yersaI cry OF the masses cverywhere
there is to be one, he is interested tc
secure one suited to his own purposes
one that will permit him to continue