The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-13
Northwest


Butte, Mont.-Three boys, William
Harrington, William Nevin and John
Gilmore of this city, were drowned in
reservoir when a raft on which Gill
more was riding overturned and Har-
rington and Nevin treid to rescue him.
Spokane, Wash-Ten alleged men,
bers of the l. w. W., arrested here by
federal county and city OFFICIALS and
lodged here in the county Jail, are to
be arraigned on charges of violation
of an injunction issued last winter in
Superior court here forbidding 1. w.
w. organization activities.
Dubuque, Iowa-Shotgun brigades
of citizens and officers of the peace
are being organized in this part OF
the state to stop thieves, particularly
bank robbers. The Iowa Bankers as
sociation has announced its belief that
at least three gangs of bank robbers
have worked in the state recently.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-Co-operation be-
tween city and university was emphas-
lied by DR.. M. l.. Burton, president Of
the University of Michigan and form
erly president of the University of
Minnesota, in an address before 500
Ann Arbor businessmen at a gather
ing in his honor conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce here.
Winnipeg, Man.-What is known as
the beet worm, has become so numer-
GUS between Calgary and the southern
boundary of Alberta, that railroad
trains are rendered helpless when the
Shiny. sticky mass of ground-up worms
coats the rails and wheels, rendering
the brakes ineffective. Freight trains
have been compelled to double up be-
cause of the pests. The insect does
no damage to wheat or other cereals,
but devours all weeds relating to the
beet family.
Personal
New York;. H. Grim, said to be
president of bank at Philippi, W. Va,
died at a hospital here from opium
poisoning, according to physicians.
Memphis, Tenn.-John Etheridge
Mccall, United States district Judge
for western Tennessee since 1905, died
at his home at Huntington.
New York-Deportation proceedings
against Ludwig G. A. Martens, unrec-
ognized ambassador from soviet Rus
STA to the United States, are postpon-
ed indefinitely. Resumption of the
hearing will be at the call Of the gov
eminent.
New York-The Right Rev. Michael
J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit, has
been elected national president of the
Friends of Irish Freedom, to succeed
the Most Rev. Peter F. Magennis, who
is superior general of the Carmelite
order in Europe.
Foreign
Ratifcations of the Bulgarian
treaty of peace were exchanged today
at the Quai D'Orsay by representa-
tives of the Bulgarians and the Allies.
Berne--The Congress of the Worlds
Student Christian federation has open
ed at Beatenberg, above Lake Thun.
A hundred delegates, representing A
countries, were present. John r. Mott
of New York represents the United
States. 'P
Dublin-During the last three
weeks of July 1872 magistrates in Ire
land resigned their British commits.
sions, according to story published,
giving a list of names of the magi-
strates and their reasons for relin-
gushing office.
London-A state of siege in the dis
tricts of Zittau, Saxony, where labor
troubles occurred recently, and Lobau,
about 20 miles northwest of Zittau has
been declared by the Saxon govern
ment, according to Berlin message
to the London Times.
Tokio-Frank Kilby, pilot, and A.
Sunman, his mechanic both British
subjects, were killed in the fall of
their airplane, which crushed to death
three Japanese spectators. The acct
dent occurred during flying exhibi.
ton before $4,000 people.
London-The German reichstag has
passed the disarmament bill and adj
journed until the middle of October,
says wireless dispatch received from
Berlin, but means have been taken to
reassemble the house earlier, should
political events necessitate.
Observation-Disclosures of the Rus
sian soviet government which have
been engaged in fighting Gen. Wran-
gels forces in Southern Russia have
been completely defeated, according
to telegram from Gen. Wrangel,
which has been received here.
Madrid-Count De Salvatierra, for.
mer civil governor of Barcelona, is
dead as result of wounds received in
Valencia, while riding in carriage
with his wife and his sister-in-law, the
Marquise De Lejares. The marquise
was killed instantly and the countess
badly wounded.
Mexico City-Forty-eight cases of
typhus are reported in San Pedro de
las Conlonias, state of Coahuila, were
General Francisco Villa is expected
to pass en- route to Torreon for formal
surrender. A staff correspondent of Ell
Universal says the town has been
without water As hours. Thousands
have gateherd in the town to see
Villa.
Mexicali, Lower Calif-Aviators.
John Goree, American, and Fred Dato,
Mexican, missing from here since
early Saturday, were located early
Sunday by T. o. Payne, an aviator
with the air forces of Gov Esteban
Cantu, on the Gulf of Calf, about IS
miles south of here. They had brok.
en- a propeller in landing on tidelands.
.London-Leonid Krassin, Bolshevi-
XII minister of trade and commerce,
has informed the government that
there was no truth in the published