The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-12-31
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Washington

Washington
shington-President Wilson cele
brated his sixty-fourth birthday receiv
ing numerous messages of congratula
ton.
Washington Members of the Amer
lean Historical association arrived
here for the opening session OF the
organizations thirty-fifth annual meet
ing.
Washington-Gen John ]. Per
shing, in telegram from Roslyn, N. Y.
accepted an invitation to serve a:
grand marshall of the parade for the
Inauguration of President-elect Hard
ing
shington-Distributin of forms
for filing income tax returns for 1926
will begin January 3, the bureau OF
internal revenue announced. Collect
ors for each of Ga districts will stimuli
taneously release six classes of forms
on that date.
Washington A constitutional
amendment to prevent the issuance Of
any tax exempt securities by the FEEDER
al government, the states or any coun
ty or municipality was proposed in the
House by Chairman McFadden of the
banking committee.
Washington-The Borah proposal tC
have the United States take the leader
ship in negotiations among the princi
pal world powers for gradual disarm
ament will be brought to the fore fol
early action by the senate unless some
unexpected opposition develops.
Washington-The yacht MayfoweI
on which American presidents and
cabinet officers, as well as notables
from nearly every nation on earth
have ridden, caught fire at her wharf
The crews and officers quarters were
practically destroyed. Damage was es
timated at 100000.
Sporting.
New York-Edouard Horemans, the
Belgian billiard player, will meet
George Slosson, one of the leading
American professionals, at Boston on
January 6, and 8.
Detroit, Mich.-Defnite word has
been received from Ty Cobb that he
would be in Detroit the latter part OF
January to be the guest Of honor at a
banquet celebrating his acceptance OF
the managership of the Tigers. Plates
for 600 are planned.
New York-Norval Baptie of Bath
gate, N. D., defeated Don Baker OF
New York in an ice skating match for
the professional speed championship
Skating on an indoor lap track, Bap
tie won two events-the 440 yards in
42A seconds and the one mile in
minutes "a Is seconds.
Domestic
Fall River, Mass.-A holiday drink
ing bout caused the asphyxiation OF
four persons, in the opinion of officers
who investigated the deaths of three
ment and woman in tenement here
New York-Valuable heirlooms
among them gold medallion believed
Mary, Queen Of SCOTS, were stolen
from the apartment of E. c. Kavanagh
a connoisseur.
San Diego, Calif-The former Ger
man U Boat, 88, which in the early
part of the World war is reported to
have played havoc with shipping along
the Irisk .,oast. Is to be destroyed by
the United States destroyer Wickes
Jan. 2.
Mount Morris, N. Y.-Three children
and woman were burned to death
and two other children and their faith
er narrowly escaped the same fate al
Leicester, near here, when the home
Of William Barrett was completely de-
stroyed
New York-One boy was killed and
several others were injured in the ex.
plosion of a bomb at Sterling Place
and Rogers avenue, Brooklyn. The po
lice report that the explosion occurred
soon after the boys found the bomb
and picked it up.
Martinsburg, w. Va-The Interwov
en- mills, employing 1000 persons, an
nounced reduction in wages Of 20
per cent. The plant, recently closed
will reopen January 3. The new scale
will be approximately 60 per cent
above the prewar scale.
Uniontown, Pa.-Albert Smith, 19
years old, Of Fairhope, son of a real
estate operator, under arrest here in
connection with many mysterious fires
during the past several months, in
which more than $1,00O,000 worth OF
property was destroyed, accompanied
state troopers in an automobile to the
scenes of thirteen of the fires. Fay
cite county authorities say he admit
ted having knowledge of all of them
Detroit, Mich.-Mistaken for a thief
as he was hurrying to his church with
communion cups under his arm, Rev
Harry G. Miley, pastor of st. Pauls
English Evangelical church, was stop
ped and badly beaten by crowd The
minister was knocked down twice and
kicked by members of the crowd be-
fore he could make his identity known
Scranton, Pa.-Four men were killed
and two injured in an explosion in the
pressing and packing mill of the Du
pont Powder company at Belin village
near Moosic, seven miles from here
The force of the explosion was felt all
over the Lackawanna valley.
New York.-The question as tc
whether the s4,500,00O balance of the
United States war fund shall be turn
ed over to the European relief council
is to be referred to President Wilson
according to an announcement made
at the offices of Herbert Hoover, chair
man of the council.
Washington-A Christmas gift OF
100000 tree seeds, to be used in re
foresting the war devastated areas OF
France and Belgium and also certain
sections of Great Britain, was shipped
to those countries through their EN-