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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
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Forecast of the Congressional Elections

who hold that about 30 make the
tidiest. handiest margin for all prac-
teal purposes.
Close to 100 districts normally Dem
ocratic In the last decade were swept
into the Republican column by the
Harding avalanche and many Of these
are expected by the political sharps
to revert TO type in the No
vember election this year. Also the
Republicans say they are prepared to
lose considerable number of addt-
tional districts which they generally
carry by comparatively small plu-
rality. Republican leaders would prob
ably be satisfied with majority OF
40 or so in the house.
If the Republicans carry the house
they will be Inc CONTROL of congress
during the second half of Mr.. Hard
ingss term. Mr.. Harding will have the
majority necessary to put through the
remaining legislation on the program
to which he and his party are COM
mitted and will have free opportunity
to lay solid foundation for bid for
denomination.
If, however, the Democrats carry
the house the g. o. p. will be in
trouble for the next two years, if not
longer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Nineteen Army Officers Are Promoted

for the army to retain the services of
thirteen colonies who would have been
separated from the service by the re-
duction in that grade in accordance
with acts of congress
Brigadier generals to be major gen.
erals as given in the list are:
A. w. Brewster, on duty War de-
partment RETIREMENT board.
Edward NJ. Lewis, commanding Sec
Ond division, at Camp Travis, Tex.
Robert L. Howe, commanding First
cavalry division, Ell Paso. Tex.
William Lassiter, assistant chief Of
staff, War department.
George B. Duncan, commanding
Fourteenth Infantry brigade, Fort
Omaha, Neb.
Ernest Kinds, on duty War depart
ment retirement board.
The colonies to be brigadier generals
are: John B. Mcdonald; Charles FL.
Barth; Willoughby Wake; John B.
Bellinger, who will be assistant quar-
termaster general Richmond 2. Davis; ;
John NJ. Palmer, aid de camp to Cen
eral Pershing; Briant n. Wells; Ed
ward l.. King; Frank r. Mccoy; Har
old B. Fisk; Halstead Dorey; Hugh
Il. Drum; Stuart Heintzelman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Too Much Oil on the Troubled Waters

Gently by congress, has authorized
Secretary of State Hughes to issue
invitations to the conference.
An interdepartmentaI committee rep-
resenting the Departments of State.
War, Navy, Commerce Interior and
Agriculture and the shipping board Is
at work determining which nations will
be invited and formulating a program
for the conference.
New Jersey, in whose state are some
of the finest bathing beaches on the
Atlantic coast, is the father Of the
conference.
1t is intended that the result of the
conference will be an international
agreement whereby each nation will
pledge itself to see that masters of
ships flying its flag will exercise every
precaution in the election of oil from
their ships and in no case will eject II
where it will drift shoreward.
Because no nation has Jurisdiction
or the high seas beyond the three-mile
limit, an agreement Is the sole manne,
in which the object can be attained
domestic legislation being imperative
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Americas Interest

JINGLE SAM, it appears. has some
thing at stake in the control of
Constantinople The United States
government, it is explained authorita-
lively in Washington, has certain def
mite interests in Asia Minor and In
the final settlement of the controversy
over the Dardanelles.
Aside from the duty of enforcing the
rights of the citizens of the United
States under TIE sO-called Capitula-
tons treaty negotiated with Turkey
many. years ago, this government is
bound to protect the lives and property
of Americans in Asia Minor, and fully
intends to do so.
All rights under the so-called Capt.
ulations treaties were declared null
and void by the sultan Of Turkey at
the outbreak of the World war, but
this government protested at the time
and has never admitted the cancella-
ton. Germany and Austria accepted
this notification, but the other powers
acted in the same manner as the Unit
ed States.
The allied nations have maintained
naval and military forces in Turkey
not only to enforce their capitulatory
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Harmless Animals" in the Parcel Post

DLEARY-EYED and warty croco-
- diles yard or so in length, whose
digestion enables them to chew up
broom handles as a man would q
toothpick may be harmless" in the
legal sense of the word when shipped
by parcel post, but Postmaster A. L.
Behymer of Cincinnati has his own
personal doubts about the matter.
In addressing the National Associa-
ton of Postmasters, Mr.. Behymer ex-
planned that live animals and various
kinds of barnyard stock, under the
law, were entitled to mail privileges,
il. in transit, they wore badges in
scribed Harmless"
The Cincinnati postmaster was in
clined to doubt that fair postmistresses
or a bevy of young women clerks in
the home postoffice would look upon a
crate of Live mice as harmless" Also,
Mr.. Behymer appeared not to look with
serenity upon the prospect some day
of being obliged to "attend. water and
feed various fowls and irritated live
stock"
The evolution of the egg, he felt,
was not so bad, explaining that first
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27


now comes Massachusetts, which has
instructed its attorney general to In
stitute proceedings to test the cOnstitu-
tionality of the act
Representative Horace NJ Towner
of Michigan, one of the authors of
the law, defended the law in speech
in the house, and put the case thus
Mr.. TOwner: The question thus
raised by Massachusetts is whether
there is constitutional sanction for
the maternity law. 1t Is claimed by
the contestants that the Constitution
power to congress to tax the people
''for the promotion of the welfare and
hygiene of maternity and infancy"
1t is true, as stated by the Massa-
chusetts attorney general, that the
national government has only limited
and enumerated powers; that such
enumerated powers are stated in arti-
Gle / section of the Constitution;
and that all powers not thus enumer-
ated, or those necessary for carrying
into effect the powers thus granted
are reserved to the states or the
people 1t is the contention of the
proponents of this legislation that it
Is clearly and fully authorized by the
first paragraph of article 1 section s
of the Constitution. Said paragraph
is as follows:
1.-The congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes, duties, imports,
and excuses to pay the debts and pro-
vide for the common defense and gem
eral welfare of the United States"
Congress by the passage of the act
in question, and the President by his
approval. have declared that the legis-
lation will promote the general well
fare of the United States If so the
act is directly under the authority of
a specifically stated and enumerated
power granted by the Constitution TO
congress.
Governor Baxter of Maine, in his
proclamation says in part:
During the World war the power of
the federal government over the states
of the Union was extended beyond
precedent. : The time now has arrived,
however, when our states should be
restored to their former status and
should guard against further en-
croachment The founders of this gov
eminent saw the menace of federal
control, and from Washington's time
TO the present our greatest statesmen
have warned against it. Already we
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

are overwhelmed with federal inter-
ference and control, and our citizens
and industries are hampered by fed
eral inspectors and other officials from
Washington"
The decision of the United States
Supreme court as to the constitution
atty of the maternity act will, OF
course, be awaited with interest, as
the law is of nationwide Importance.
Moreover, the controversy is of inn
portance because it emphasizes the ex-
tent to which this country is being
governed by bureaus. In this cOnnec-
ton the following points made by Mr..
TOwner is his address in support of
the cOnstitutiOnality of the act are
of nationwide interest, inasmuch as
titles of the government which he says
are unconstitutional if the maternity
act is unconstitutional
Literally hundreds of acts have been
passed by congress which have no
express nor implied constitutional
sanction, except that they were justi-
fed under the general-welfare clause.
Indeed, most, in number at least, of
the laws carrying appropriations which
are now made must find Justification
for their enactment in the power
granted to congress to appropriate for
the public welfare. If appropriations
are not justified in the present in
stance, many Of the present activities
Of the general government would have
to be discontinued.
In the Treasury department we have
established the federal farm loan
board. which is making loans to farm
ers all over the United States. This
is without any constitutional warrant,
under the attorney generals opinion.
The entire public health service of the
government would likewise fall under
the ban. Scientific investigation and
studies of diseases, the mental and in
dustrial hygiene of children, rural san
itation, public health administration,
etc.-all these activities, requiring
many Millions from the national treas
ury, are now carried on by the gen
eral government
Then there is the bureau of educa-
ton; the reclamation service; the bu-
reau of mines, and indeed the whole
Department of Agriculture and the
Department. of Labor; none of these
has any constitutional sanction under
the contention now urged against this
law.
In the Department of Agriculture
tens of millions are spent on such mat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

DRESIDENT HARDING has ap-
- proved the selection of six brig
adler generals to be promoted to major
generalss and. thirteen colonies to be
brigadier generals-the largest promo
ton list of high-ranking army officers
ever announced in time of peace at
one time.
Secretary Weeks said that the nomi-
nations would be transmitted to the
senate before the end of this year and
as vacancies occurred in the grades
affected. e.
The nineteen promotions were made
possible in part by the recent volun-
tary retirement of five major generals
and two brigadier generals from active
service, which also made it possible
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is physicians prescription.
. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should DO
Svamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this observation-disclosures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

IerS as farm management and farm
economics; on fOrecasting the wealth
err; on the care and development of
live stock; on studies of plant life;
on studies of insects; on crop eSti-
mates; and the distribution and mar
keting of farm products.
In the Department of Labor the
children's bureau is found. The same
department has also woman's bu
reau which formuIates standards and
policies to promote the welfare OF
wageearning women. The depart
ment also maintains the United States
employment service
The government also supports the
Smithsonian institution for "the
| increase and diffusion of knowledge
| among men," The United States Ma
tional museum and the National Gal
lery of Arts are also supported from
the national treasury.
Then there is the federal trade com
mission, charged with the supervision
of private corporations; the United
! States shipping board, which is the
largest shipping concern in the world
engaged in the business of ocean
! transportation and the War Finance
corporation, which is now furnishing
funds from the national treasury TO
finance the export of farm products
and is lending money to farmers.
In making appropriations congress
has gone far beyond these instances
! When earthquakes occur, when floods
come, when almost any calamity of
magnitude occurs at home or abroad,
we make contributions from the ma
tiOnal treasury in their aid. We APP
plOpriate not only Tor worlds fairs
at home but we also take money
! from the national treasury to make
exhibits in Brazil and elsewhere. We
send seed wheat to our own drought
! stricken farmers, and do not hest
| tate to appropriate $20000,0O0 for the
relief of Russian peasants. 1t should
be remembered that we have made ap-
preparations for the celebration in
Massachusetts of the landing of the
Pilgrims, and the people of that com
monwealth have gladly received money
from the national treasury to help
eradicate the chestnut blight from
their forests and their parks They
have received and used national APP
preparations to aid their schools and
help build their roads.
1t is difficult to understand why all
! these and hundreds of other appropri.
! ations are allowed to pass with accept
ance or tacit approval and all the pow
ers Of the commonwealth are launched
TO defeat the beneficent operation of
the maternity act.
Mr.. TOwner also described the Nor
rilI act of 1859, under which the state
agricultural colleges were estab-
lished; the Hatch act of 1887, estab-
fishing experiment stations the Smith
Lever act of 1914, under which the
annual appropriations amount to
81, 5S0,00 the Smith-Hughes act OF
1917 for vocational education, with
maximum annual appropriation OF
s., 900, 900, and the federal aid road
law of 1916, under which congress
has recently appropriated $50000,000
for the coming year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Constantinople

rights and to protect the lives and
properties of their citizens, but also
under the provisions of the armistice
concluded between them and Turkey
at the close of hostilities in the war.
Under this ar1nistice, the allies re-
tined the right to keep the Darda-
neIles open by force if necessary.
The vast importance of these straits,
coupled with the growing commercial
importance of the United States and
the consequent expansion of its mer-
chant marine makes it Imperative that
the best interests of this government
should not be endangered by any set
Element that is madc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
FREEDOM FROM
LAXATlVES
Discovery by Scientists Has Replaced
Them.

Pills and salts give temporary re-
lief from constipation only at the ex-
pense of permanent injury, says an
eminent medical authority.
Science has found newer, better
way-a means as simple as Nature
itself.
In perfect health natural lubricant
keeps the food waste soft and moving.
But when constipation exists this nat
ural lubricant is not sufficient. Medl-
cal authorities have found that the
gentle lubricating action of NujOl most
closely resembles that of Natures own
lubricant. AS Nujol is not a laxative
1t cannot grippe. 1t is in no sense a
medicine. And like pure water it Is
harmless and pleasant.
NujoI is prescribed by physicians;
used in leading hospitals. Get bottle
from your druggist today.-Advertiss-
nent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

spread with thickets and weeds. To-
day there are scarcely any clearly de-
fined coffee fields, the plants being al
lowed to grow wild and to become
mixed with rank growths of every sort.
notwithstanding this neglect coffee is
by far the most valuable product of
Haiti's commerce. The bulk of the
yield goes to France. Added to neg
lect Of the plants, the Haitian. coffee
raiser" Injuries his plants by tearing
off branches with the pods, and thus
diminishes productivity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Vitality Of Coffee in Haiti.

The remarkable vitality of the coffee
plant is shown in Haiti, where. it is
said, no coffee has been planted since
the French colonists were dispossessed
of their plantations 40 years ago. The
natives have merely profited from the
rich farm heritage seized from their
employers and rulers. and lacking even
rudimentary care and cultivation, the
coffee fields have lost their original
productivity and have become over
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

the parcel post handled crates of eggs,
then the contents of such eggs after
Matching, in the form of live chicks.
only to be followed by full-grown chan
ticleers and dOmesticated motherly
hens.
But when alligators and other grue-
some creatures happen along in the
usual run of business and, as was the
case recently at an Ohio postoffice,
escape from their crate and wallow
about the office swapping broomsticks
and otherwise giving vent to playful
pranks until reduced to the official
"harmless' stage, he declared it was
about time to call halt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

and then the struggle for ex-
istence began. The bonbon dish lost
its little handle, and became a pin
tray upstairs; a promenading cat
knocked the little bowl off the side
board, and the hired girl Clipped the
middle-sized one with the sugar dish !;
then the wine glasses succumbed to
leg fractures, and even the dinner
glasses disappeared, one by one like
the ten little niggers, the last one end
ing up, SCARED and MANNED, as the
toothbrush holder among other shabby
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CtiILD'S COAT
WITH "DlAMOND DYES

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings, draperies, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia.
mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot,
fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye is
wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
or mixed observation-disclosures
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

THE SEVEN SEAS are wide, but
= civilization is fouling them so rap
idly that something must be done
about it. An international conference
of the principal maritime nations of
the world will convene at Washington
this winter at the invitation of the
United States to consider measures to
be taken to rid the world seacoasts of
the menace to fisheries. property and
migratory birds in the increasing pollu-
tion of coastal waters by oil elected
from steamships.
President Harding, acting In COM
pliance with legislation enacted re
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
old American Jewish Cemetery.

The second Jewish cemetery built in
this country, and erected also by the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, is TO
be seen through tiny gate just off
sixth avenue, on Eleventh street, New
York. Surrounded by ten-fOot wall,
This diminutiye triangular burying
ground is unknown to most of the resi-
dents sven in that vicinity. 1t Is
seed-grown. and headstones, some ap-
arentIy quite recent. lean in tired
ishion against the walls of its neigh
boring apartment houses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
The Cut Glass Age.

There was a rough stone age and
smooth stone age and bronze age,
and many years afterwards, cut
glass age In tile cut glass age. when
young ladies had persuaded young men
with long. curly mustaches to marry
them. they sat down several months
afterwards and wrote thank you notes
for all sorts of cut glass presents
punch bowls, finger bowls, vases, etc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
To Preserve Welsh LANGUAGE.

In order to prevent the native lam
guage from falling into disuse several
rural district councils in Wales have
passed resolutions to the effect that
all their minutes should be recorded
in Welsh instead of in English, and
that all communications with govern
ment departments be forwarded in
Welsh.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

."ASHINGTON.-The last of the
primaries in the West for the
nomination of candidates for United
States senator's rand representatives
has been held and the election cam
paign is on. With only one-third of
the senate to be elected the Republic
cans, who now have a majority of %,
are assured of continued control of
that body in the next congress, though
possibly by reduced majority, and
the principal question the election will
answer Is whether the Republicans
are TO retain control of the house also.
The Harding landslide of 1920 gave
the Republicans the unusual and Who'll
ly abnormal majority of 1859 in the
house, too 'unwieldy and unmanage-
able majority, say the party leaders,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Good rhine COMING for Renny.

GOOD TIme coming TOT Benny.
We have often said of certain lit
tie boy in the neighborhood whose
mother is dead that his dad was both
mother and father to him. The father
married recently. and Sonny, on hear
ing the news, clapped his hands and
said: "I'm so glad for Benny; he'll
have woman mother now."-Ex-
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

"That old fellow says he is not lonely
any more"
SCOT a wife?"
Got a radio set."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
hAY STATEWIDE TEST
E0NSTTUTI0hALITY +.
IF MATERNITY LAW ).
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ORTY-FOUR states of
the Union have accept
ed the terms of the
Sheppard-Towner ma
ternity act. The states
of New York and
Rhode Island have re-
fused. Gov. Perciyal
d. Baxter of Maine
has also refused, pend
ing decision by the
next legislature. And
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27
Cynical Observation.

There are four varieties in society
the lovers, the ambitious, observers
and fools. The fools are the happiest.
-Taine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

'Flappers and Philosophers" by &.
Scott Fitzgerald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

Politics is uncertain. Today q man
is on the stump and tomorrow he
may be up q treoL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-10-27

A woman usually begins her Ii
work when she marries man to +
form him.
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w. N. o., Minneapolis, No. 43-1s22.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-23
What The People Say
EsTRs RELATIVES AMARILIO's
FUTURE WITH AGRICULTURE
To The Daily News:

To The Daily News
want tn congratulate the Daily
News FOR its frank aud intelligent stand
taken on thu question Of assisting the
farmers and agfieulturlsts To develop
their resources. with the KNOWLEDGE
gained after a careful study of the pos.
satellites OF Amarillo and its contiguous
territory. concur most heartily IN
your splendid editorial.
Agriculture. by the application OF
modern science. can be- made "a sure
thing In community like yours. and
until that great section known "a the
Panhandle. particularly the community
cdjaccnt TO Amarillo. II thoroughly de.
velopcd from an agricultural stand.
point, ] fear the possibilities o. ANA.
rillo's skyline being narred with smoke.
stacks indicating gas consuming indus
:ries. and ! hope that your far.slghted
people viii see ~ ~ adhere 20 the pol.
icy Of building their community upon
the solid foundation 81 agriculture.
MAY ! nlao commend the attitude as.
sumcd by you. apropos had check art.
ists. am sure that your readers APP
prcciatc your firm stand and that your
splendid daily" Il regarded by them
NJ a devoted exponent II the resources
~ the great territory which YOU 70
ably serve.
Bonus bubbles are bad things.
Yours very truly.
W. u. ESTES,
Secretary. Manager Las Vegas ana san
Miguel County Chamber OF Com
merce. Inc.
Fast Las Vegas. y. NJ,
Sept. 10. 1899.