The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-13
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Washington
The International Association of
Chiefs of Police began their annual
convention in Washington, Maj. Rich
ard Sylvester, superintendent of the
District Of Columbia police. presiding.
Thirty-one employees of the weather
bureau in Washington have been re-
duced in rank for connection with the
political activity that resulted in the
dismissal of the former chief, Willis
L. Moore.
A. A. Adee, second assistant secre-
tary of state, who recently arrived in
Paris from Washington, has been COM
PEELED by slight illness to forego his
bicycle tour
Nine of the most influential men in
the United States senate in executive
session voiced their protest against
the renewal of the arbitration treaty
with Great Britain that expired June
4. They declared that the treaties
tied our hands in every direction
protected
United States Senator Townsend of
Michigan threw the lobby committee
into an uproar when he virtually
charged that the methods and influ-
ence used by President Wilson and
the Democrats in forcing congressman
into line on the tariff bill constituted
the nearest approach to undue infiu-
ence upon members Of congress" that
could be found by the inquisitors.
Exercising his prerogative as the
personal representative of the mikado,
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese ambas-
sador, submitted the grievances of
Japan before President Wilson per-
sonally in an hours conference at the
White House. ..
Secretary Bryan announces that
Germany, Bolivia and Argentina have
so far approved of his proposal for
universal peace as to ask for tentative
drafts of the treaties.
Domestic
The annual rose festival of Port
land, Ore, attracted great crowds.
The convention of the Travellers
protective association in Richmond
began with a spectacular parade.
Mrs. George w. Lewis, Kansas City,
Mo-, was killed and so passengers in
lured when Missouri, Kansas & Texas
passenger train No. 9, south-bound,
was wrecked six miles south of Me-
Alester, Okla.
Four persons were killed and two
seriously injured when a Norfolk &
Western freight train drawn by two
engines plunged over a 50-foot en-
bankment near Bluefields, w. Va, and
crashed into the two-story frame resi-
aence Of Mrs. Owens.
All the volcanoes along the Alaskan
peninsula and adjacent islands, as far
westward as Unimak Pass, are in
eruption, emitting flames and smoke.
Mounts Shishaldin, Pavlof, McCush-
ion and Katmai are among those now
active.
Edgar Garvey and Charles Schnei-
der were arrested in Colorado
Springs, Colo, on the charge of haV-
ing waylaid and sheared Justin Miller
and Malcolm Ord, members of the
high school senior class.
The annual conference of the
Dunkards In session at Warsaw, Ind,
decided that members of the church
must refrain from use of tobacco in
any form
By a vote of 95 to 3S the Illinois
house defeated the initiative and ref
erendum resolution for the second
time in the session
Walter F. Shrouds, the trusted en-
ploye of the Merchants Union Trust
Of Philadelphia, who robbed that
bank of $4,000 in securities and
$4,000 in cash and was hunted by the
police for two years, came into court
at Philadelphia, confessed, made res
titution and was then allowed to 20
Tree.
Thirty-eight strike pickets of the
silk workers who were arrested for
unlawful assembly In Paterson, N. j.,
on April 26 were found guilty by
Jury and face a penalty Of from one
to three years In prison or 81, 900 fine,
Or both.
Miss VERNE Goff, Joplin's young DO
lice matron, made her first arrest in
campaign she started recently
against street MASKING" when Harry
Miller Of Monet, Mo-, accosted her on
the street.
The armored cruiser Maryland made
the best record in the long range day
firing Of the big guns recently conduct
ed by the navy. Following in order
Of merit were the battleships Rhode
island, Idaho, Virginia, New Hamp-
shire, Michigan and Utah.