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Show ELBA'S SUPPLY OF IRON ORE Wines Have Attached a New Importance Import-ance to the Island Napoleon Was Held Prisoner There. The Island of Elba, celebrated as the place where Napoleon was Imprisoned Im-prisoned in 1S14, has since Italy's entrance en-trance into this war attracted much 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 the mines of Elba have given a new importance im-portance to the Island. Travelers on the Genoa-Rome Express, which skirts the seashore of the mainland, permitting permit-ting a view on a clear day of the blue Island rising out of the water six miles distant, think rather of the tall foundry foun-dry stacks In the foreground at Flora-blno Flora-blno than of the great soldier of other wars. In the days before the war this express ex-press stopped at Camplglla to put off tourists for Plomblno and Elba. Today To-day It stops to put off business men, skilled Iron workers, Italian soldiers and their Austrian prisoners Interned on the Island. The side track nt Cnm-plglla Cnm-plglla has been enlarged since the war, too, for the purpose of handling the large quantity of Iron freight brought over from Elba. Napoleon's name has almost been forgotten on the Island, ko busy are the inhabitants Willi war work. "IIow can I get to the Villa Kan Martino?" a visitor arriving on the stone wharf of the harbor Inquired of a workman. The workman looked ac the visitor blankly, when the visitor added: "You know, the place wlinro Napoleon use-l to live." The mnn Klioolc his head. "I'm a newcomer here. Never Nev-er heard of the place." |