The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-20
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for Benefit of
Busy Readers.
TOLD IN A few WORDS
Kernels Cuiled From News Of Moment
In All Parts of the World
OF Interest to All the Peo-
pie Everywhere.
Washington

filed with the navy yard wage board
represent an annual increase of $45,-
100000 for employees of the 43 yards,
according to an official estimate pre-
pared by the board.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 25,00O,-
900 persons in the United States are
living in temporary, crowded and
sometimes unsanitary quarters, ac-
cording to officials of the United
States Housing corporation.
Washington-Loans of $685., $3.50 to
the Chicago Great Western railroad
and $4,000 to the Ann Arbor railroad
to assist the roads in purchasing addf-
tional equipment were approved today
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion.
Washington-Imports of sugar into
the United States during the fiscal
year of 1920 exceeded exports by more
than 6,000,000,000 pounds, according
20 & summary of the country's foreign
trade in sugar, at the department of
commerce and amounted to 1857 49,
900 pounds. .
Waskington-Necess for COM
Wandering fuel oil and gasoline of
the Pacific coast for naval uses is be-
lieved by Navy department officials
to have been removed through the
signing of contracts by the department
providing for approximately 80 per
cent of the oil supply and the entire
gasoline supply needed.
ashington-William Henry Camp
bell, negro under arrest here charged
with the murder of Mrs Gertrude Har-
rison Mann, has confessed, according
to the police, that he was the man who
attacked four women in and near
Washington last June, precipitating
race riots which continued for several
days, or until regular army forces
were called out.
Sporting
The Hague-Dr Emanuel Lasker,
holder of the worlds chess champions
ship for twenty-six years, and Jose r.
Capablanca, the Cuban chess cham
pion, have concluded an agreement to
play a match of twenty-four games for
the worlds championship. The match
is to take place in Havana in January
1921
New York-William A Brady, thea.
trical producer has announced that he
has been authorized by C.. A. Cochran.
London fight promoter, to offer Jack
Dempsey $4,000 pounds to sign an
agreement to meet Georges Carpen.
tied in London in November or Decem.
Der of this year. Cochran, according
to Brady, is prepared to deposit 90,
900 pounds as guarantee of good
faith.
New York-Tex Richard, whose
lease of Madison Square Garden for
ten years became effective recently
announced some of his plans to make
the famous old structure the center oil
the sport world at a dinner to news
paper men in the Hotel Biltmore. He
declared that he will go after the best
bouts procurable in wrestling and box
ing, and any other sporting event
which popular interest demands
Domestic
Cedar Rapids, ALARMED guard:
are stationed in every town between
Thornton and the Minnesota border
watching for the six bandits who blew
the safe in the First National bank a
Thornton and escaped with S. 600 il
cash and nearly 100000 in Libert.
bonds.
New York-Charles Huszar, former
premier of Hungary, whose presence
in this country brought protests from
Jews who accused him of responsible
ity for Jewish massacres in Hungary
and of conducting monarchist prop
uganda here has sailed for Europe
Huszar said he was on a special mis-
sion here for his government.
Helena-Franklin D'Olier of Phila
delphia, commander in chief of tn,
American Legion, was guest of homo
at banquet here. Among those pres
ent were Governor Sam w. Stewart o
Montana, w. G.. Ferguson of Mile
City, state commander, and many We
terans of note. Commander Dole
also met veterans at luncheon an,
gave an informal reception afterward
the state department Of the legion pre-
scented him with a Montana sapphir,
pin set in a gold nugget.
San Francisco-A minimum wage o
SIS weekly has been set for womel
and minors in California factories, ex
cept beginners, b. lie state Industrial
Welfare commission, Employment u
women later than IL p. m. without ex
press permission is prohibited. TIL
order affects book binding, printing
engineers and photographic establish
ments.
Salina, KAMA new entrant ha
been listed in the competition for be
ing 1.-The meanest man in the world
He is Potato Pickpocket. Hi
method is to remove the potatoes from
a patch without disturbing the vines
New York-Settlement of difficultie
between coastwise steamship lines an
union teamsters, who refused to hau
freight to and from piers during tn
coastwlse longshoremen's strike, wa
announced by James ]. Riordan, pres
dent of the United States Truckin
corporation.
New York-Announcement has bee
made that new unofficial record 70
a transcontinental automobile tri
was established when five-passenge
touring car carrying United State
mail from San Francisco to New Yor
arrived here after run CT days, /