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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Ladysmith's Defense Was
Achievement of Boer War

At the beginning of the Boer war
the main effort of the Beers was an
invasion of Natal and Cape Colony, OBJ
serves a writer in the Detroit News.
The number of British troops in South
Africa was only about $4,000 and half
Of these were in Natal under the COM
mand of Sir George White, whose
headquarters were at Ladysmith. By
November. 1899, that city was under
siege by the Beers; reinforcements
from Great Britain under General Bull
Ter made repeated attempts to raise
the siege but it was not until the end
of February that relief came. Accord
ing to one authority:
1.-The successful defense Of Lady
smith was from a military point of
view the most valuable achievement
of the war, inasmuch as the loss of a
garrison of 1900 men would have
been a graver disaster than any con-
ceivable defeat in the open field; and
moreover the fall of Ladysmith was to
be the signal for the general rising of
the Dutch in the Cape Colony and
Natal"
Queen Victoria, who died on Janu-
airy %, 1901, before the wars end,
was greatly interested in the CAM
paign, visiting the wounded, hearing
the reports of Lord Roberts and other
generals, going to Dublin to thank the
Irish people for their support, etc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Interesting Selections
of Convention Delegates

ELECTIONS of delegates to the ma
" tional conventions, already being
made in some states, are interesting.
especially in the case of New York.
Representative Hamilton Fish, sup
porting Borah for the Republican Pres
idential nomination, led hot fight to
displace some of the "old guard" and
lost. the state committee naming these
delegates at large:
Charles D. Hilles and Mrs. Ruth
Pratt. members of the national COM
mittee; Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, vice
chairman of the state committee; Rep
resentative Bertrand 81. Smell, minority
leader of the house; Representative
James w. Wadsworth, former United
States senator; Edward FL. Butler, pub
Usher of the Buffalo Evening News;
John r. Crews, Brooklyn leader
Charles H. Griffiths, Westchester coun-
ty chairman.
Tammany made public the list of its
delegates to the Democratic conven-
ton. and 1t is headed by Alfred E.
Smith who will represent the tip of
Manhattan and Staten island.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Eden Warns That Another
World War Impends

CAPT. ANTHONY EDEN, British
~ foreign minister, stood up in the
house of commons and warned the
world that recurrence of the World
war was imminent and in his opinion
could not be averted except by a sys-
tenn of collective security embracing
all nations in an authority which is
unchallenged and interchangeable"
Eden impressed upon members of
the parliament the difference between
a policy Of collective security and one
of enlightenment, such as the "ring of
steel" which Germany complains is
being forged about her by France.
THE British government will have
no lot or part in enlightenment" Eden
said.
Earlier in his speech the minister
announced that the sanctions already
imposed upon Italy by members of the
League Of Nations are achieving their
purpose Of Fastening the cessation of
war between Italy and Ethiopia. He
failed to satisfy the opposition on the
question of an oil embargo against
Italy by sidestepping a definite CON-
mitment on such boycott.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Gen. BILLY" Mitchell Is
Dead of Heart Attack

nNE of the most spectacular and
" dynamic figures in American life
of today passed with the death of Brig.
Gen. William Mitchell in New York
hospital. He succumbed to heart at
tack and influenza at the age of fifty
seven years. Billy" as he was known
to airmen, was commander in chief Of
the American air forces in France dur,
ing the World war and was decorated
by six governments. Afterward, while
yet in the regular service, he severely
criticized the governments air pre-
paredness policy and was courtmar-
tailed and suspended. Immediately
resigning, he devoted himself to lee
turing and writing to further his de-
mands for separate department of
aviation in the cabinet, combining both
army and navy air defense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
DOCTORS KNOW
Mothers read this:
THREE STEPS
THREE STEPS
CONSTIPATION
ITO aELIEWKs

Why do people come home from
hospital with bowels working like a
well-regulated watch?
The answer is simple, and it's the
answer to all your bowel worries if
you will only realize it: many doctors
and hospitals use liquid laxatives.
If you knew what a doctor knows,
you would use only the liquid form.
A liquid can always be taken in
gradually reduced doses. Reduced
dosage is the secret of any real relief
from constipation.
Ask doctor about this. Ask your
druggist how very popular liquid
laxatives have become. They give the
right kind of help, and right amount
of help. The liquid laxative generally
used is DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin.
1t contains SIENNA and cascara = both
natural laxatives that can form no
habit, even in children. So, try Syrup
Pepsin. You just take regulated
doses till Nature restores regularity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
are free to pursue it.

are free TO pursue it.
1T is this belief in the freedom of
the mind, written into our fundamental
law and observed in our every day
dealings with the problems of life,
that distinguishes us as nation"
Next the President hurried up to
Cambridge, Mass, to see his son John
initiated into the old aristocratic Fly
club of Harvard. Returning to Hyde
Park, Mr.. Roosevelt delivered a radio
address marking brotherhood day of
the national conference of Christians
and Jews, and he called on all be-
lieving Americans to unite against the
wave of irreligion that challenges all
faiths. This is no time," he said ito
make capital out of religious disagree
ment, however honest. 1t is time,
rather, to make capital out of religious
understanding. We who have faith
cannot afford to fall out among our
selves. The very state of the world is
summons for us to stand together"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Neutrality Act Extended
for Another Year

DOTH house and senate passed the
- resolution extending for one year
the existing embargo on arms. ammu-
milton, and implements of war, and
prohibiting loans and credits to bellig-
erents.
Senator Nye was out of the city
when the senate assembled, an hour
earlier than usual, to act on the meas
ure. Hearing what was going on, he
flew from Minneapolis through storm
and arrived five minutes before the
final vote but too late to put through
any of his proposed amendments. One
amendment that was adopted provides
that after the President shall have is
sued his proclamation Of the existence
of war between or among two or more
foreign countries, it shall be unlaw-
full thereafter to sell or purchase In
this country bonds or other obligations
of any belligerent. The President is
authorized to exempt ordinary COM
mercial credits and short time obliga-
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05


never felt better. sleep soundIy all night
and enjoy life. = Mrs. Mabel Schott.
If you are suffering from constipation,
sleeplessness, sour stomach, and gas
bloating, there is quick relief for you
in Adlerika. Many report action in
80 minutes after taking just one dose.
Adlerika gives complete action, clean
ing your bowel tract where ordinary
laxatives do not even reach.
DR.. II. L. Shoub, New York, reports:
''In addition to intestinal cleansing
Adlerika checks the growth of in
festival bacteria and colon baciIH."
Give your stomach and bowels a real
cleansing with Adlerika and see how
good you feel. just one spoonful relieves
GAS and chronic constipation. Sold by
all druggists and drug departments
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
The Baobab Tree

The baobab tree of Africa belongs to
the family of silk cottons. All men,
bers of this family are tropical trees.
often having large flowers, palmate
leaves and pods with seeds embedded
In pithlike tissues. or supplied with
woolly or silky fibrous covering. Many
are very large. like the baobab. The
baobab has peculiar distinctive shape.
the top of its foliage being leveled off
on an almost horizontal plane. Belong
ing to the same family are species of
trees which produce kapok. used In
upholstery and the manufacture of life
preservers, and balsa, the famous fea
therweight wood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Gen. Hagood Punished for
New Deal Criticism

MAJ. GEN. JOHNSON HAGOOD
4HIrecently suggested to the house
appropriations subcommittee that con-
gress take advantage of what he
termed "WPA stage money and use
it to improve housing at army posts.
Within a few days came this order
signed by Gen. Malin Craig, chief OF
staff, by order of the secretary Of
war:
by order of the President, Maj. Gen.
Johnson Hagood, United States army.
is relieved from assignment to the
command of the Eighth Corps area
and further duty at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. Maj. Gen. Hagood will proceed
to his home and await orders. The
travel directed is necessary in the mil.
itary service"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

GERM" Lands said, "the efforts of trad
ers to outguess events, like court de-
cisions, and the increasing tendency
subtly generated to induce people to
pour their savings into the market
with heedlessness as before.
"Still too prevalent, as our month
~ reports show, is the tendency OF
officers and directors to toy with the
stock of their corporations at the ex-
pense of their true responsibility OF
functioning as executives"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

at the behest of the RFC. Mr.. Cum
mings is receiving $4,000 annually as
chairman of the Continental Illinois
National Bank and Trust company of
Chicago, according to Senator COuzens,
who said that Cummings recent ap-
poinment as trustee of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, st. Paul and Pacific rail-
road to represent RFC interests meant
ar addition of $4,000 to his income
annually.
Mr.. Cummings does not deny that
he is receiving these salaries but con-
tends they are justified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Philadelphia Paper Wins
Criminal Libel Suit

THE Philadelphia Inquirer, accused
l. of criminal libel by Attorney Cen
eral Charles J. Margiotti of Pennsyl-
vania, was acquitted Of the charge by
a jury of five housewives and seven
men. The costs of the trial. however,
were placed on the defendant. The
basis of the attorney generals charge
was an article printed by the Inquirer
on September %. 1885. during a
mayoralty campaign in Philadelphia,
which said Mr.. Margiotti's law part
ners and associates were planning a
big tax fee grab" Acquitted with
the Inquirer were it's editor. John
Trevor GUSTS. and general manager,
Charles A. Tyler, co-defendants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

Latrobe Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of
the navy and distant
cousin Of the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Richie was
a leader among con-
sentative Democrats,
from the start a de-
termined foe of ma
tional prohibition, and
in 1882 a candidate
for the Presidential
n o m | n a t i o n by his
Marty Thouph heatpn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Weekend Activities of
President Roosevelt

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT had a
busy weekend. First he went to
Philadelphia and received from TEN.
pie university the honorary degree of
doctor of Jurisprudence. He deliv-
cred an address in the course of which
he said: True education depends
upon freedom in the pursuit of truth.
No group and no government can
properly prescribe precisely what
should constitute the body of knowl-
edge with which true education Is con-
cernsd. The truth is found when men
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

with Austria, TO
land and Hungary.
Five countries un-
der dictators, unit
ed against England
and France, still
experimenting with
the old I'd e m o c.
racy," would be in
teresting.
One dictator, Sta
lin, S u po S e d to
h We a n u n d e r
s t a n d i n G W / t h
France, might off
set the other COM
bination.
Also, Hitler will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

ton to the investiga-
ton of the activities
of the Townsend pen
sion plan promoters.
Speaker B yrns APP
pointed on the probing
committee of eight two
avowed Townsendites
John II. Tolan. Dem
ocrat, and Samuel L.
Collins, Republican,
both from California.
The chairman is j.
Jasper Bell of Mis-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

great concern over in
creased stock market
speculation, and set
forth three methods,
whereby the govern
ment might curb it.
These are: Control of
banks and brokerage
credit, antimanipula-
ton laws, and a pro-
gram to educate the
public against unwise
stock purchases.
ssnno sons xx,;fh ann
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Neu
Alignment

Deen augmented Dy tne strength VI
Fascist Italy. 1t means that the Ger
many of 1914 has access to the North
sea and the Mediterranean instead
of just the North sea as occurred 20
years ago.
Coupled with that fact is the con-
dition of a better defense for the Gen.
trail Powers. If the agreement be-
tween Germany and Italy sticks, Ger
many has only the western and Rus
sian fronts to maintain. 1t allows for
a more compact military program be-
cause, instead of guarding against
Italy on the south, Germany has an
ally in that direction from which
sources of supply can be established.
The fresh understandings worked out
between France and England really
are nothing more than a restoration
of the arrangement that existed in the
World war. The British, on the sur
face at least, have no compact with
Russia but the French have a very
definite agreement with the Soviet.
1t seems likely, therefore. that if hos
tilities should break out again, the
British and the Soviet will have no
difficulty in establishing a pact Of
mutual help.
AS a sidelight, it seems to me that
the new developments rather turn the
spotlight on the policies of Pierre
Laval, former French foreign minis
ter. NJ. Laval, it will be remembered,
was ousted because of alleged pro-
Italian policies. He sought for months
to maintain friendship between France
and Italy because he feared to do 9TH
erwise would result in alignment of
Mussolini with Hitler. The bulk of
the French parliament disagreed with
him, however, and Nj. Laval was re-
placed by Foreign Minister Flandin.
Now, Europe has seen the prompt
desertion of Mussolini from the
French side and his alignment with
Hitler.
So, the old picture has been put
together again in Europe with the only
change being the placement of Italy
on the opposite side of the fence from
where C0dI udllOu SlOOu 1914.
let not the fact that the alignment
differs only because of Italy's position
oe minimized. 1t Is the most impor-
tant of the combination that has de-
veloped in Europe.
The new situation, insofar as Great
Britain is concerned, means that in
case of a clash In
France Backs the Mediterranean
Britain between the forces
of Mussolini and
the British there will be French sup.
port. 1t means, therefore, that Mus.
solini hardly dare disturb the concen.
tration of British warships around
the Suez To do so would call down
upon his head not only the shells of
the British feet but those of the
French as well.
For the French, the revived under.
standing with Great Britain gives sup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

publican, Michigan, in
connection with his in
quiry into appoint
ments made under Op-
erations of the Recon
struction Fina n c e
Corporation in financ-
ing banks and rail-
roads. The senator
declared that Mr..
Cummings is receiving
more than $4,000 an
nually as a result of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

fey of Pennsylvania has prepared
rival measure, not yet introduced, and
Senator Black of Alabama is opposed
to the Copeland bill.
Shipping interests have given warn
trade will continue to be paralyzed by
uncertainty and lead to additional in
sistence by the Navy department on
the building of its own auxiliaries in
partial compensation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

House that the Presi-
dent, a t h GU g h he
initiated the princi-
piles of the measure,
would not press for
its passage; and Sen
ator Royal S. Cope
land, whose commerce
committee approved
the bill which was a
part of the admins
tration program, is so
irritated that he may
droD il. Senator Cuff
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
"a Horse! A Hor.ep'

"a horse! horse! my kingdom for
a horse" shouted Richard III on the
battle field of Bosworth. where he
was defeated and slain. When
Shakespeare wrote Richard ILL.,
about 1894, he borrowed this speech
from another play on the same theme
published a little earlier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Ship Subsidy Measure
Seems to Be Discarded

N DEVELOPMENTS in Washington
II lead to the belief that the Cope
land ship subsidy bill has been aban-
doned. Word came from the White
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
SEC Head Is Worried by
Stock Speculation

7 AMES M. LANDIS, chairman Of the
- securities and exchange commits
sion, speaking at an alumni meeting
at Princeton university, expressed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
CONSTIPATED
80 Years

''For thirty years I had
chronic constipation.
Sometimes I did not 20
for four or five days. I
also had awful gas bioat-
ing, headaches and pain
in the back. Adferika
helped right away. Now
i eat sausage, bananas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Townsend Plan Inquiry
Attracts Attention

XKTHILE waiting for instructions as
w to what to do in the matter OF
taxation, the members of the house
and many others-directed their atten-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Two Prominent Men Are
Claimed by Death

N EATH took from the scene two
~ men prominent in national life
Albert Cabell Richie, governor of
Maryland for four terms, and Henry
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Log. Sound Is Years

Logs of quebracho (ax-breaker)
wood in Paraguay are so hard they
remain sound after lying 25 years In
the forest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

hington.-CongreSS, again, has
given fine illustration of how a horse
goes up to the jump,
Neutrality then fails to take it.
q Shell 1t faltered on the
neutrality question.
True, congress has re-enacted for an
other year the neutrality law that was
put through under pressure a year
ago but 1t did not have the necessary
courage to go into that question and
work out anything of permanent
WINGED. is that as soon as there is any
excuse whatsoever, neutrality for the
United States will be nothing but
SHE'LL
l do not know, nor do believe any
body can tell at this juncture whether
the United States ought to embark on
a rigid policy of isolation from affairs
of the world but that is question that
is subordinate at this moment. The
point is that congress, a year ago.
made great show of neutrality and
put on a second stage performance
only lately with the same theme song.
Since it has backed away from the
real issue it begins to appear that the
original action was but hollow mock
cry; that the politicians moved year
ago with the thought in mind that they
would not have to 60 on record so soon
and that they could make the country
feel it had elected statesmen. But, in
stead, their course has led them to
the point where a decision had to be
made-and they have lodged it.
: One of the reasons why this neu-
trality question has become so I'M
portant is the combination of circum-
stances that has developed in Eu-
rope. Those maneuvers have put our
congress On the spot and it, like so
many previous times, again has wav-
cred.
1t is difficult to forecast what is go
ing to happen in Europe but there are
certain signs and portents that may
not be ignored. History, as we all
know, has a habit of repeating itself
and it promises to repeat itself in a
hurry this time.
Let us look at the European pic
ture. On the one hand we have an
alignment OF France and England and
probably Russia On the other, we see
Hitlerized Germany, Austria and Italy.
There has been nothing more tangible
thus far than a barring of fangs. That
is, no overt acts have been committed
but it always has been the case that
the snarling and showing of teeth
has provided the setting, the atmos-
phere, for more serious accusations.
1t may never happen that Germany or
Austria or Italy will take steps which
France or Russia could regard as an
invasion of national rights and then,
again, any one of them at any time
may accidentally or deliberately do
some minor thing that would provoke
hoStilities.
The chief significance of the re-
ported alignment of Italy with Ger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
If Five Dictators Unite
England Is Feverish
Wealth for a Good Girl
Gen. Mitchell Finds Rest

Rome hints that Mussolini and Hit
Ter have arranged protective treaty
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05
Couzens Is Investigating
w. 7. CUMMINGS Salaries
-
DOSITIONs

POSITIONS and salaries Of Walter
]. Cummings, treasurer of the DEM
ocratic national committee, are to be
investigated by Senator Couzens, Re
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

Gen. William e. Mitchell was buried
in the family burial plot in Milwaukee,
not in Arlington cemetery.
Having fought all his life against
the enemies of his country and the
stupidity of his superiors, he wanted
peace at the last.
He lies beside his father, United
States senator from Wisconsin.
General Mitchell has gone wherever
patriotic, brave men go; some that
opposed him will not follow him there.
At Greenwood Lake, N. Y, mail
carrying rocket went 1000 feet from
New York to New Jersey over Green
wood lake, while spectators smiled In
derision.
Other spectators smiled when Full
ton tried his first steamboat.
In Madison, Wis, death masks of
Indians, more than 5000 years old,
found in burial grounds, lead back to
savages of the Eskimo type that hunt
ed mammoths near the beautiful Wis
consin lakes $4,000 years ago. Those
ancient savages, instead Of burying
the dead, cleaned the skeletons neatly,
covered the skulls with lifelike masks
of clay, kept their relatives with them
for years.
The human race has done queer
things always. Russia has Lenin,
embalmed, exhibited in the great Red
square of Moscow.
The world becomes gradually demo-
cratic. In King Georges funeral pro-
cession everybody walked. At his
fathers funeral, the great all went on
horseback, including King Georges
cousin, the former kaiser, on a pranc-
ing white horse
Now King Edward VIII orders SIM
pier uniforms, less fancy dressing in
Buckingham palace.
President Lewis, fifty, head of the
miners union, plenty of cash on hand,
offers William Green, American Fed
Grafton of Labor head, S500,0OO for
a campaign to organize 100000 men in
the steel industry. Mr.. Green, long
time union man, has not accepted the
offer. He knows how easy it is for
one man to become a tail for the
other mans kite.
DR.. Alfred Adler, competent psy-
biologist, says the Dionne quintup-
lets should be separated, for their
own good'
Mothers will wonder how any psy-
chologist could suggest separating the
five small angels, Yvonne, Annette,
Cecile, Emile and Marie.
Mrs. Watson Davis, for Science
Service, says the world needs just
now: A remedy for the two greatest
killers of men," cancer and organic
heart disease; substitute for power,
developed in primitive fashion from
oil, coal, etc. That means Harvesting
the sun to one end of the scale, the
atom at the other.
G King Features Syndicate, Inc
Qar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-05

remember that in 1914 Germany
thought she had Italy in "triple al
neutrality-suspicious., but
Italy did not stay. Had she stayed,
the war might have ended otherwise.
That increases Mussolini's bitterness,
with England trying to cause Italy's
defeat by barbarous Ethiopia.