The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

The Photographers Association OF
America opened in Kansas City the
largest convention in the history OF
the organization.
Suit to recover $16,200, 900, including
$4,000 damages sustained by the
depositors of the California Safe De-
posit and Trust company, was filed
in the superior court at San Francisco
against Walter ]. Bartnett, H. p. Will
son, w. C. Peyton and Oscar Cooper,
by Charles B. O'Connell and others on
behalf of 13,500 depositors Of the de
funct institution.
Sixty men, all prominent In the in.
surance field in the central west are
suffering from what Is declared to be
ptomaine poisoning, symptoms OF
which manifested themselves i'm.
mediately following a banquet given
during an insurance convention in
Milwaukee.
R. A. Upton, pilot of the Good
Year." John Watts of the Kansas
City H." and H. E. Honeywell of the
Kansas City Post" were officially an
nounced by the Aero Club of America
as having won first, second and third
places, respectively, in the recent bal
loon race from Kansas City to deter
mine the American entrants for the in.
ternational balloon races abroad next
October
The efforts of Louis F. Post, assist
ant secretary of the federal depart.
ment of labor, to bring about settle
ment of the strike at the two Hyde
Park manufacturing plants at Boston
controlled by Governor Foss have de.
veloped no changes in the attitude of
either side.
Mount Mckinley, the highest peak
in North America. will be given the
name Of "Denali," an Indian word
meaning "The Great One," If Archdea.
con Hudson Stuck, the Episcopal min.
sionary, whose party was the first to
reach the summit of the great peak,
is able to prevail upon the national
board of geographical names to make
the change.
What is said to be the largest sin.
gle gift ever made to the Young
Mems Christian association in this
country was announced by the Brook.
lyn association 1t is a gift Of $4,000
by Mrs. Roxy NJ Smith, widow OF
William Van Rensselaer, Smith, a re
tired sugar and coffee merchant.
Foreign
The Turks have occupied Adriano
pie, which they so valiantly defended
against the Balkan allies several
months ago. Not content with their
entry into the city, they are pillaging
and committing many atrocities, ac.
cording to dispatch to the London
Times from Sofia.
General Chang Sun was completely
victorious in fight with the Chinese
rebels. His troops captured four of
the rebels field guns and forty cases
of ammunition. Lang Lu, the revolu
tionary leader, was killed.
Bulgaria now is seeking through
Italy to obtain peace terms from Rou.
mania, but no progress appears to
have been made toward negotiations
and all three of her enemies are
closing in on Bulgaria with the ap
parent determination to dictate peace
when their armies occupy Sofia.
Lieutenant Stoll an army aviator,
died from the effects of injuries sus.
tanned in an aeroplane accident at the
military aerodrome at Juterberg, Ger
many.
Another horrifying story of massa.
ere was received at Saloniki, Turkey,
from Doiran, 40 miles northwest of
Saloniki. Mussulmans there have
made a written declaration, counter.
signed by three local Bulgarian
priests, that the Bulgarians slaugh.
tered 10000 Mussulmans who sought
refuge in Doiran from the surround
ing districts.
Personal
Charles S. Mellen of New York ten