The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-22

AS the result of an alteration In
which Attorney General McReynolds |
virtually ordered Interstate Commerce |
Commissioner McChord and Joseph |
w. Folk, solicitor of the commission. |
from his Office in Washington, there |
Is war between the railroad regulating |
body and the department of justice |
over the investigation Of the New Ha-
ven scandal. The commission an
nounced that 1t would continue its in
quiry.
Personal
John Lewis Grifiths, the American
consul general at London, died sud- |
denly of heart disease.
A G. Buckley, a prominent business |
man and former mayor at Baraboo, |
Wis, attempted suicide by cutting |
his throat and stabbing himself IL |
times. Physicians say he probably |
will recover.
Three persons were killed at Kauf- |
mann, ILL.,, when a Glover Leaf passen- |
ger train struck an automobile. The |
dead are ]. F. Stuckwisch and wife
and Oscar Meier, all of Marine. Ill.
John Graham, Jr., of the Royal Liv-
srpool Golf club, won the st. Georges
cup at Sandwich, England, defeating
the stars of both England and Ameri-
"a. Graham's score for the two days
medal play over the SO holes was LAG.
Final tribute to the late Charles w.
Post, manufacturer, was paid when his
funeral was held at Battle Creek,
Mich. Stores, factories, banks and
theaters closed, street cars stopped
running and business in general was
suspended.
An apparent shortage of about ten
thousand dollars has been uncovered
in the books of Harry l.. Wright, cash
Ter of the University of California for
the last eight years and trusted en-
ploye in the comptroller's office for
l6 years. Unlucky real estate specu-
lation is said to be the cause.
Domestic
Frank M. Ryan, president of the In
ternational Association of Bridges and
Structural Iron Workers, and 10 other
members of the organization must re-
port June to resume the serving Of
their sentences in Leavenworth peni-
tertiary for conspiracy to transport
dynamite on passenger trains, accord
Ing to decision handed down by the
United States district court at Chica-
go. The explosive was used to wreck
bridges and buildings erected by nom
union labor
Lieuts. r. w. Benedict and S. J.
Canine of the Colorado National
Guard testified at the trial of Maj.
Patrick ]. Hammock before the general
court-martial near Golden, Colo. Ma
Tor Hammock is being tried on charges
Of murder, manslaughter, arson and
larceny growing out Of the battle be-
tween strikers and state troops at Lud-
low on April 20. The two officers
swore the battle was started by strik-
ers.
Get what you want when you want
1t and use the devil to turn the trick
II you think 1t necessary. This ad-
mission was made by Charles S. Mel
len, former president Of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad, In
beginning remarkable line of testi-
mony at the interstate commerce COM
missions inquiry into New Haven at
fairs held at Washington.
The request Of Miss Julia Lathrop
Of Chicago, chief of the children's bu-
reau of the department of labor at
Washington for more money to carry
on the work Of the bureau, has been
approved by the senate committee on
appropriations.
Richard Boutel, forty-five, of Misha-
waka, Ind, was killed and Samuel
Quick, seventeen, and Frederick Bou-
tel, sixteen, were seriously hurt when
their automobile was struck by q
Grand Trunk Western passenger train
at Granger, Ind.
The Society of the Cincinnati. meet
Ing at Baltimore, sidetracked a resolu-
ton for publication of interesting
facts about early American notables.
It was contended that some of the
facts were such as to make conceal
ment advisable.
Ten men were killed, another man is
dying and three more were thought to
be fatally injured as the result Of the
terrific explosion which wrecked the
plant of the Mexican Crude Rubber
company In Detroit, Mich.
Aeroplane passenger service across
San Francisco bay to Oakland was be-
gun with a regular schedule of trips.
Mayor James Rolph, Jr., Of San Fran
cisco, was the first passenger carried,
making the round trip.