The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-11-26
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WASHINGTON

Washingten-Appoint of Frank
d. Richardson as supervising prohibi
ton agent at Chicago, succeeding Ma
jor Alfred V. Dalrymple, resigned, was
announced.
INSTRUMENTATION to advance tne
appeal to Senator Truman H. New
berry of Michigan from conviction by
Michigan federal district court on
charges Of corrupt praetises ii his
election was made bel ore the SUI
preme court by the federal govern
ment.
Washington Government expendi
lures for October fell off by nearly ST..
230,000,000, as compared with Septem.
Der, according to the monthly state
ment issued by the treasury. Dis
bursements for the month totaled
$714,442,660 against $1,944 ,O93,527 in
September.
Sporting.
Brooklyn-Making 1000 points in
billiards in five minutes was the feat
performed by Charles Peterson, the
fancy shot expert Of ST. Louis at an
exhibition here.
New York-William F. Baker, presi-
dent of the Philadelphia National lea
que club, is about to engage another
manager to succeed Gayvy Cravath.
The Phillies new leader it is said, will
be Mike Kelly, who has handled the
st. Paul American association team.
New York-Tex Rickard, Charles
Cochran of London and William A.
Brady, co-promoters of the Dempsey
Carpenter championship contest,
have combined their interests in
staging bouts in this country, it was
learned through the granting Of a
charter at Albany of the Dempsey
Carpenter Contest company"
Domestic
New York-A bequest of 100000 to
Harvard university is made in the will
of Lawrence E. Sexton, hnuter and
Sportsman.
New York-George W. Sterling, as
sistant director of operations for the
United States Shipping board, was ap-
pointed receiver for eight Atlantic
steamship companies.
Washington-Frank X. Nebeker, of
Utah, and Leslie C. Garnett, of Vir-
ginia, were given recess appointments
today by President Wilson as special
assistants to the attorney general.
Albany, N. Y.-Dr. John Huston
Finley has rendered his resignation as
state commissioner of education and
president Of the university of the state
of New York to the board of regents.
New York-Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the National Wo-
man Suffrage alliance, has sailed for
England to attend a meeting of teh
alliance in London beginning on Nov.
go.
New York-Mrs. Anna r. Schley,
70, widow of Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley, died here of pneumonia. Sew
eral days ago she was injured in fall
at her home. Pneumonia developed la
ter.
st. Louis, Mo.-Plans for furthering
the campaign to obtain full citizenship
for members of the race were consid-
cred at, the ninth annual conference
of the Society of the American Indians
here.
Topeka, Kan.-Members of the To
peka post Of the American Legion
voted 200 to 1 for repeal of that Sec
ton of the state anti-cigaret law
which prohibits the sale of cigarets to
adults.
New York-New high records for
freight movement were made during
the first six months after railroads
were returned to private ownership,
the Association of Railway Executives
announced.
Chicago-More imam half a million
dollars is bequeathed to Catholic
churches, hospitals charities and
schools by the will of the late ANGELA
c. Gormully, who was the widow of
Richard P. Gormully, bicycle manufac-
turer.
Milwaukee, Wis-Real beer has TAX
en- its place with the things that are
extinct. Two bottles of beer, one dark
and the other light, with a plate of
large pretzels, have been placed under
glass case and are on display at the
Milwaukee public museum, preserved
for the page of future generations.
Williamson, w Va-Private Ernest
l.. Ripley of the state police, and Will
liam Hatfield, said to be a union or
ganizer, killed each other in a pistol
fight at Sands, according to reports
received by Captain Brockus, COM
mander of troops on duty in the Min
go coal strike zone.
Muskegon, Mich.-Wreckage of a
seaplane, picked up along the Lake
Michigan shore, was identified by w. |
p. Sullivan of the Great Lakes naval |
training station, as part of the naval |
machine HS-21, believed to have been
wrecked in storm. Search for the
bodies of the three members of the |
crew has been without success.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Brewing interests |
which have been making syrups from |
which home brew could be made de- |
clared that if the recent ruling of the |
prohibition commissioner making the |
sale OF these extracts illegal is en-
forced they face serious loss.
New York-Plans to support and |
educate several hundred thousand
Jewish war orphans in Europe and
Palestine were announced by the Joint
distribution committee of the Ameri-
can fund for Jewish war sufferers.
Mount Carmel, Pa.-Three railroad |
men were killed, and several others
seriously hurt, when a disabled loco
motive IAN down grade and crashed
into local passenger train on the Le-
high Valley railroad.
Philadelphia = The Pennsylvania
railroad will lay off $500 more men