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Show ELBA'S SUPPLY OF IRON ORE ili.nes Have Attached a New Import. nce to the Island Napoleon Was Held Prisoner There. The Island of Elba, celebrated as the place where Napoleon was Imprisoned Im-prisoned in 1814, has since Italy's entrance en-trance into this war attracted nmeh attention as the location of valuable Iron mines, writes a correspondent. In view of the scarcity of Iron mines In Italy and the difficulty of transporting transport-ing ore or pigs from the United States for use In the munition factories tha mines of Elba have given a new Importance Im-portance to the island. Travelers on tne Genoa-Borne Express, which skirts the seashore of the mainland, penult-ting penult-ting a view on a clear day of the bin Island rising out of the water six miles distant, think rather of the tall foundry foun-dry stacks in the foreground at Plom-blno Plom-blno than of the great soldier of other wars. In the days before the war this ' press stopped at Camplglla to put cl tourists for Tlomblno and Elba. Today To-day it stops to put off business nien, skilled Iron workers, Italian soldier and their Austrian prisoners Interned on the island. The side track nt Camplglla Cam-plglla has been enlarged since the war, too, for the purpose of handling tl large quantity of iron freight brought over from Elba. Napoleon's name ha almost been forgotten on the Island, fa busy are the Inhabitants With var work. "How can I get to the Villa San Martlno?" a visitor arriving on tna stone wharf of tha harbor Inquired of a workman. The workman looked a( the visitor blankly, when the visits added: "l'ou know, the place vher Napoleou used to live." The man sights sig-hts head. "I'm a newcomer here. T' er heard of the place." |