The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-02
Domestic

Domestic
A major and three enlisted men were
killed and six persons, including three
women and child, were seriously in
jured near the entrance to Camp Mer-
rift, n. Y, in head-on collision be-
tween two automobile buses, both car
rying many passengers. Those killed
were Maj. Stanley A. Baldwin and
Privates Anthony HOuck, jeremiah
Snebbers and Timothy Marrril.
Running amuck. Z. G. Cobb, farm
er, eight-five, killed two persons one Of
whom was his son, shot his wife and
daughter-in-aw and then committed
suicide at his home at Garland, Okla.
The Chicago surface lines were de-
MED an increase to 7-cent fare by the
Illinois public utilities commission.
Commissioner P. ]. Lucey returned a
dissenting opinion.
The giant troopship Leviathan. with
1900 soldier passengers, missed q
mine by only 80 feet while off the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland Tues
day morning, her officers reported
when she locked at New York.
Chicago brewers are going to manu-
facture beer after May 1 in defiance
of A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen
eral of the United States.
Robbers entered the Harpster bank
of Harpster, near Upper Sandusky. O.,
and escaped with more than 100000
in Liberty bonds. Other valuables were
taken from safety deposit boxes.
Governor Sleeper at Lansing, Mich,
has signed the bill forbidding the dis
play of the red flag at any public as
sembly, parade or demonstration I'M
der penalty of five years imprison-
ment or 1000 fine.
A Park field flying circus" will
leave Memphis, Tenn, April %, for
recruiting tour of Tennessee. Ken
lucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and
points north of st. Louis and Peoria
III.
Five hundred striking electrotypers
at Chicago, who have been idle for, the
last five weeks, will return to work
following a REIMBURSEMENT in their
favor. They held out for flat scale
of $3S per week and A hours.
Can't. Charles J. Glidden, an officer
in the United States air service, mill
issued at Washington that all men who
wish to take part in the development
of the nations air service should send
their name and address Immediately
to the department air service officer,
1O4 Broad street, New York, and they
will receive an important communion
ton on the subject.
The severest penalty provided in the
Michigan criminal statutes, solitary
confinement for life, was imposed in
circuit court at Kalamazoo upon
George E. Bird, fifteen years old, and
Arthur w. Sterling, twenty, when they
pleaded guilty to numbering Walter w.
MattisOn. -
in
campaign plunged into Lake Michigan,
off Chicago, as its pilot was trying to
make a landing. The aviator, Lieu
tenant Brown, and his mechanic, Rob-
ert Lee, were both rescued.
adopted the bill declaring beer contain
ing not more than per cent of alcohol
nonintoxicant. The action was in
concurrence with the senate.
S. NuOrteva, secretary, and A. Hell
Ter, director of the commercial depart
ment of the Russian soviet bureau, are
in Chicago arranging for the exporta-
ton of foodstuffs, clothing, agricultural
and other machinery, and other of the
city's products, to be made when trade
relations with this country are estab-
iiShed.
A senate criminal syndico,ism bill
has passed the assembly at Sacrament
to. CAL, SO to 8. Attempts to add a
provision specifically exempting ''law-
full. purposes or acts of labor unions
in conducting strikes failed.
The government purposes literal
enforcement of the wartime prohibi-
ton act, including ban on production
and sale of all beers and wines,
whether or not they are intoxicating,
the department of justice announced
through a special representative In the
federal court at New York.