The Ely miner., 1920-12-24
Sporting.

pllOL6Q Cn6 COlumDuS american dSSO
citation team last season, has been
signed to manage the Toledo Amer
ican association team the coming sea
son.
New York-John Conway Toole was
elected president of the Internatinoa
Baseball league to succeed Dave Fultz
who has acted in that capacity for the
past four years. Toole has been con
nected with baseball as club attorney
for the New York Giants. He will re
ceive $4,000 year.
Los Angeles-Entries for the nation
al winter air tournament to be held
at Long Beach, December 25. 26 and
27, under the auspices of the Aero
club of Southern California, closed
with 16 plans signed for the 100 miles
scratch and 20 for the emile handicap
races, it was announced.
Domestic
New York-The largest shipment OF
American war dead to be returned or
one ship, 2,479 bodies. arrived on the
army transport Wheaton from Borde
aux and st. Nazaire.
Cleveland-A terrific explosion
shook the home of Peter Treadway
and sent him to a hospital, police
found it was caused by barrel o1
cider and not bomb.
Augusta, Ky.-Thirteen persons
were drowned in the Ohio river wher
the United States steam launch Mar
garet, sprang leak and sank three
miles below Augusta.
Charleston, w. Va.-Sixteen mer
are reported to have been drowned
when skiff, in which they were cross
ing the Kanawha river, overturned a
Spring Hill, near here.
Washington-The Senate resolution
to revive the War Finance Corporation
as measure of relief for farmers wa:
adopted by the House in amended form
and by vote of 212 to 81.
Philadelphia-Fro the high watel
mark of $4,000, the Hog Island ship
yard force of workers has been re
duced to $500 and in about month
these men also will be gone
Hackensack, N. J.-Admitting hi!
force was too small to cope with tn,
crime wave, Police Commissioner En-
gel has offered citizens free use O
the police safe to store their va uables
New York-A congressional investi
cation of the textile industry wa
asked in a resolution adopted by tn,
executive council of the United Tex
tile Workers of America which assem-
bled here to consider the action O
manufacturers in announcing wag
cuts, effective this month
Topeka, Kan.-Governor Allen ha
received challenge from Governo
Lynn j. Frazier of North Dakota t
debate in New York city on the indus
trial court law. He replied that h
cannot meet the North Dakota execu
tive at this time.
New York-President Frank ]. Ma
vim of the Detroit American leagu
club announced that he had signe
-Ty" Cobb as manager of the Tiger
for next season.
Chicago-The city council unanin
ously adopted a resolution conCemnin
what is termed ''the armed invasion @
Ireland by Great Britain"
New York-The motion picture in
dustry in America pledged itself t
Herbert Hoover to raise $2,5O0,OO0 t
succor starving children in Europe.
Los Angeles-An airplane fligh
from the top of a business buildine
made by Frank Clark, is said to be tn
first take off" of its kind in the hi.
tory of aviation.
Chicago. T. Christensen, crac
air mail pilct, flew the 440 miles, cas-
bound, from Omaha to Chicago in tw
hours and As minutes at an averag
speed of l62 miles. This is the tastes
time an air mail pilot has ever mad
over that distance.