The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-29
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for Benefit of
Busy Readers.
TOLD IN A few WORDS
Kernels culled From News of Moment
In All Parts of the WorId-Of
Interest to All the People
Everywhere.
Washington

Everywhere.
Washington
Washington-Five old style warships
and % miscellaneous vessels are to be
offered for sale by the navy depart
ment by competitive bidding.
Washington-The application of the
railroads for authority to increase de-
murrage charges on five days notice
was denied by the interstate commerce
commission.
Observation-Disclosures that concert.
ed measures to undermine the author
ity of Premier Venizelos and restore
former King Constantine to the Greek
throne are being taken by Greeks in
foreign countries were made in a state
ment issued here by the Greek lega-
ton.
Observation-Disclosures of Amer
lean Intervention in Haiti will have
been lost" unless military occupation
Of the country is continued "a great
many years." Rear Admiral Harry S.
Knapp, recently sent to Haiti at the
request of the state department to
study conditions, declared in state
ment made public here.
Washington - Three members of
President Wilson's cabinet are plan
ming to give up their places immediate
ly after election. They are Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Attor-
ney General A. Mitchell Palmer and
Postmaster General Albert S. Burle-
son. The designations, it is stated,
will be submitted, no matter what the
outcome of the election.
Sporting.
New York-Plans for a new stadium
home for the New York Yankees have
been abandoned. John Rupert, presi-
dent of the club, announced
Akron, Ohio-Benny Leonard, light
weight champion, outpointed Johnny
Tillman, st. Paul welterwsight, in a 10
round bout here.
Scranton, Pa.-Hughey Jennings,
former manager of the Detroit Amer
lean league baseball club, denied re-
ports he is to manage the New York
Americans.
st. Paul-Partridge are as numer.
GUS in the Itasca State park game re-
fuge, where they are protected even
during the hunting season, that one
runs over them with an automobile or
buggy, G. M. Roberts, superintendent
of the park, said.
Domestic
Batavia, N. Y.-Three trainmen were
killed when the boiler of New York
Central railroad engine exploded near
here.
Trenton, N. J.-Crashing into the
bridge spanning Grophs lake, three
brothers were killed when their motor
cycle and sidecar mounted the iron
supports of the bridge and plunged
into the lake.
Indianapolis-The Indiana special
coal and food commission ordered
every coal mine operator in the state
20 produce given amount of coal
each week for sale within Indiana and
sell it at prices specified
Fort Worth, Texas-A switch engine
on the Rock, Island road blew up while
crossing bridge over Trinity river
between Fort Worth and North Fort
Worth. Claude White, switchman,
was killed, and two others seriously in
jured 100 H.
Omaha-Printing a newspaper by
means of photo-engraved typewriter
copy was successfully tried Sunday
by the Omaha Bee, 80 of whose print
ers were on an outlaw" strike. The
entire first page was printed" in this
e.
Chicago-The Rev. Frederick q.
Ruff, pastor of the Memorial Methodist
church and owner of an apartment
house in Rogers Park, was shot and
killed by Fred W. Sextro, one of his
tenants. Sextro told police he mistook
the minister for burglar.
New -Shipbuilding in the Uni
ted States, which led that of England
by 1881, 900 gross tons early this year,
has fallen behind in the quarter ending
Sept. 80, by 1,959,000 gross tons, &C
cording to figures made public by
Lloyds register of shipping.
New York-The 1921 ton British
steamship Minnekahda, which has
been running in the Atlantic transport
service, is to be transferred to the
American flag. The ship, now a
freighter, will be equipped to carry
5000 third class passengers.
Chicago-Contracts have been let
fnr fho MN nndioyn -
new 100000 postoffice terminal for
parcel post and transient mail in con-
junction with the new union station
here. Contractors say it will require
Is months to complete the building.
Milwaukee Prohibition agents from
seized carload of whisky
on the Wisconsin side of the Illinois
state line. The shipment is
being held pending investigation of
or not it is legal.
Chicago-Mailing a notice of raise |
in rent is not sufficient to force the |
tenant to pay the increase or vacate, |
Judge Moran of the municipal court |
ruled here. |
New York-Federal prohibition en-
forcement agents seized 400 barrels of |
wine valued at s125,000 at the whole
sale store of E. Musco.s Fifty cases of |
whisky also were seized.
Galesburg, Il.-Luther Kron, a |
senior in Augustana college here, was |
shot and killed by two policemen when
ne failed to stop when commanded. |
kron questioned the authority of the
two plain clothesmen to stop him, then
turned and ran, the police report said.
The oficers, believing Kron burglar,
opened fire and he dropped with bull |