The Ely miner., 1920-12-17
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Washington-The Supreme court
has announced recess from Decem
Der 20 to January 8.
Standardization Wilson in
vited a number of prominent Amer
leans to form committee to obtain
funds for the relief of famine in China
Washington-The American children
have prepared $4,000 Christmas bags
for distribution among the suffering
children of Vienna and Budapest. II
was announced here by the American
Red Cross.
Washington House agreed un.
animously to abandon its usual Christ
mas recess of two weeks because OF
the necessity of passing all appropria-
ton bills before the end of the present
short session.
ashington-Expenditur of $751;
191 by American delegates to the
Peace conference, as shown in the re-
port filed with Congress by Presider1
Wilson, will be investigated by the
House of Representatives
Washington-Credit for saving the
lives of 1900 AustroHungarian prison
ers of war in 1918 is given to officers
of the 9th United States Infantry by
Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Reder of
the former Austro-Hungarian army.
Washington-Under an agreement
with the British government, the debt
of 100000 due this country for
silver purchased during the war will
be paid by 1924, according to details
Of the plan made public by Secretary
Houston.
Washington-Nearly 200 warships,
including one superdreadnaught and SO
destroyers, were completed for the
American navy during the fiscal year
ended last June 80 and more than 100
others, including IL superdreadnaughts
and six great battle cruisers were
building at that time.
Washington-Convict in New
York of David Lamar, "the Wolf of
Wall Street" and Henry B. Martin on
charges of conspiring to prevent the
transportations of munitions of war to
the Allies, will stand as a result of
the Supreme courts dismissal of the
writ of error obtained by the defend
ants.
Sporting.
Philadelphia, Pa-William ''Wild
Bilr' Donovan, former big league pitch
ing star, signed contract to manage
the Philadelphia National league team
next year, succeeding Gavxy Cravatfl.
New York-Ed (Strangler) Lewis of
San Jose, Calf, won the worlds
heavyweight catch-as-catch-can wrest-
ling championship by throwing Joe
Stecher Of Dodge, Neb., in one hour
and forty-one minutes, fifty-six Sec
onds, with head and hip lock.
South Bend, Ind.-George Gipp,
Notre Danes greatest football play
er, and hailed by coaches and experts
as one of the best halfbacks in the
country, lost a game three weeks
fight against losing odds when he died
here. Gipp was "a years old, and in
addition to being star halfback, was
credited with being the cleverest base
ball player in the history of Notre
Dame.
Domestic
Marion, o-President-elect Har-
ding was voted an honorary life mem
ber Of Marion Typographical Union
No. 675.
New York-The government report
estimating this years cotton crop at
12,9S7,00 bales was followed by
sharp decline in the cotton market
here.
Leavenworth, Kan.-Six men, in.
cluding Raymond S. Moore, convicted
in Kansas City in April, 1917, of con-
spiracy to obstruct the draft, have
been paroled from the federal peniten-
tiary here.
New York-Thirty-f Chinese sail
ors from the steamship Washington
Maru, jumped from the ship at her
pier in Staten Island, and, armed with
clubs and other weapons, attempted
to gain the freedom of American soil.
Police reserves, rounded up the sail
ors after chase and returned them
to the vessel
Pittsburgh-A federal grand Jury
here returned indictments against Her
bert DuPuy, former president and
chairman of the board of directors of
the Crucible Steel company of Amer
lea, and George A. Turville, former
Vicepresident and secretary treasurer.
charging them with conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States government
out OF income and excess profits taxes
said to amount to several million dol
lars.
Deshler, Ohio-A large quantity of
mail was destroyed and two United
States railway clerks severely burned
when an explosion set fire to a mail
car on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad ,
Pittsburgh-The federal grand iury
investigating alleged irregularities in
the 31st congressional primary last
May completed its work by handing
down indictments against 40 persons.
Kansas City, Mo.-Judge w. K
James OF Andrew county, Missouri was
elected president of the international
Farm Congress at the closing session
of the organizations annual conyen-
tion here.
Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE house of
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in final session, made a pre-
sentiment that wage for the minister.
(which will enable him to live and
maintain his family at least as well
as if he were engaged in every day
business" must be provided by the
Methodist laity to meet the shortage
of ministerial material.
observation-disclosures persons, in
Guiding a number prominent in polit-
ical circles here, were indicted by a