The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-05-14

Neutrality-suspicious. that Mexico
City has been taken by the revolution
lists without bloodshed and that Car
rama is in flight were confirmed by
official dispatches to the state depart
ment. General Gonzales entered Mex
leo City followed by General Obregon.
Tampico, Torreon, Nueva Laredo and
other cities are in the hands of the
revolutiOnists, now triumphant in the
greater part of Mexico. The where
abouts of Carranza is unknown.
Washington-Forty thousand Amer
leans, who in the early days of the
world war enlisted in the British and
Canadian armies, have been dis.
charged from the British reserve force
by an order issued by the British war
department and made public by the
British embassy here. Although for
the most part repatriated and back in
their own country, these men were
carried on the British army list as re-
servists, subject to recall in case of
emergency.
Foreign
Rome-The price of newspapers was
raised from 2 to 4 cents by royal de.
cree.
San Jose, Costa Rica-Julio Acosta
was inaugurated president Of the re-
public.
Paris-The supreme council may
continue as/an international organiza-
ton composed of prime ministers, says
a London dispatch to the Temps.
Berlin-Minimum imports of food
and raw materials needed by Germany
total 21,500,000 tons for the coming
year, as compared with 100000 tons
for 1913.
London-The London Times says
that Elihu Root has been invited to
make the presentation of the st. Gau-
denis statute of Lincoln from the
American to the British people which
is to be unveiled in June.
Cherbourg, France-A serious leak
was discovered on board the German
battleship Thuringen, which recently
was allocated to France and is in port
here. The leak, it is stated, was due
to the act of the German crew.
Copenhagen-The Politiken publishes
a report from Budapest that feverish
military preparations are proceeding
in Rumania. Berlin newspapers say
the Rumanian premier has gone to
Warsaw to negotiate with General Pill
sudski, head of the Polish state, for an
alliance against Russia.
Christiania, Norway - The ice
breaker Sviatogor will leave Bergen
for the Kara sea, where it will attempt
to find the steamer Solovei, icebound
in the Arctic for the last two months.
Eighty persons are on board the Solo.
vel, and last accounts stated they were
in danger of perishing from cold and
hunger.
Domestic
New York.-Wililam Thompson
Price, rs years old, we'll known play.
wright and author, died OF heart dis.
ease. .s. ..
Portland, Ore.-Eight persons were
killed and 3S injured eight miles south
of here when two electric trains col.
lided headon.
Cumberland. Md.-Frank Carter,
musical comedy star and husband of
Marilyn Miller of Ziegfeld Follies
fame, was killed In an automobile acct
dent.
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bers to increase the price of hair cuts
to rs cents because of wage increases
granted would be fought by the Jour.
neymen BARRIERS union, A. B. Ray.
mond, business agent, declared today.
Hoboken, N. jim a fight with q
masked burglar discovered in his
home here, Frederick Ruckert, vice
president Of the White Metal Manufac.
turing company, was shot five times.
Recovery is doubted. The intruder
escaped.
New York-Funeral services for
Mrs. Samuel Gompers, wife of the
president of the American Federation
of Labor, were conducted here, and
President and Mrs. Wilson, cabinet
and other high government
officials sent floral tributes.
Chicago-John Heyl Vincent, So
years old, for many years bishop Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, is
dead at his home here His son,
George Edgar Vincent, former presi.
dent Of the University of Minnesota,
is president Of the Rockefeller founda-
ton.
Sullivan, Ind.-Will Hays, chairman
of the republican national committee,
was ordained an elder in the Presby.
terrain church of this city.
Kansas City, Mo.-Esther Kaplan, Is
years old, added three columns of
figures, nine figures to the column, in
SIS seconds, beating an adding machine
operated by an expert, by l minute
and AZ seconds.
Carthage, Mo.-Property damage es-
timated at thousands of dollars was
done by severe wind, rain and hail
storm here. Several buildings were
wrecked. Hail drifted to depth of
three feet in some places.
Dunning, Neb.-Ruth Taylor, 8
years old, and Ruby Moger, z, school
girls, were killed by lightning today at
a schoolhouse near here. The building
was demolished.
Chicago-A double barreled investi-
cation was started against profiteering
landlords by the federal authorities in
with alleged fraudulent in
come tax returns.
Tulsa, Okla.-Cliff W. Trice, city
fireman, was shot, and killed instantly