The Ely miner., 1920-12-17

near Landing, on the west END of LAX
Hopationg.
New Haven, Conn.-Fritzi Schef
comic opera star, has filed suit for d
vorce against her husband, George An
derson. in superior court here, alleging
"habitual intemperance."
Boston--Eighteen hundred persons
have been arrested and 700 liquor car
rying automobiles seized by flying
squadron of so federal prohibition en-
forcement officers since July 1.
Oak Creek, Colo.-Philip Lefthand
an Indian living near here, reputed t.
be 13S years old, died from burns re
ceived when his clothing caught fire
from sparks from a pipe he was smok
ing.
Topeka, Kan.-Of the 145 ,000,00l
bushels of wheat raised in Kansas this
year. farmers still have 77,500,00t
bushels, according to a report publish
ed by the secretary of the state board
of agriculture.
New York-His voice apparently un
affected by a broken blood vessel il
his throat, suffered while singing Sat
urday, Enrico Caruso appeared at the
Metropolitan Opera house IN Verdi's
La Forza Del Destino"
New York-Pope Benedict sent
Christmas greetings to the entire
membership of the Knights of Colum
bus, and to all Roman Catholics and
other citizens of the United States
blessing them for their work of char
ity.
Sacramento, Calif-Joseph B. Kre
beck, known as Sacramento Joe, y
died here while being made ready for
an operation to remove 100 pounds OF
fat in order to prolong his life. Kre.
beck formerly restaurant man here,
weighed about $40 pounds.
Northwest
Winnipeg, Misunderstanding sew
eral business places on the main
street here with destruction, fire
caused a loss estimated at 100000 to
four places, including two hotels.
Missoula, Mont.-The jury hearing
the case of N. j. Perkins, charged with
numbering Theodore Sharp, Indian
agent of the Flathead reservation at
Ravilli last July, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Winnett, Mont.--A dramatic incident
of the rapid development of the Cat
Creek oil field was the death of part
of herd of cattle that had been drink
ing oil. The fuel had been damned
up until large lake formed. Passing
cattle waded into it and drank before
they could be halted.
Burlington, Iowa-Because Rev. e.
A. Lacour, evangelist, is charged with
pro-German utterances during his re-
vival meetings at Wapello, Iowa, in
the Grace Methodist Episcopal church
there has been abruptly cut short and
upon the suggestion of the sheriff,
Mr.. Lacour has left town.
Foreign
Trieste-Following the recent exam.
pie of two other Italian war vessels,
the destroyer Espero has joined DAN.
forces.
Vienna-Dr. Michael Hainisch was
elected president of Austria by the ma.
tional assembly. Dr. Hainisch is a
prominent socialist
Constantinople-Ap peace treaty be.
tween Armenia and the Turkish, ma.
tionalists is reported to have been
signed at Alexandria.
London-Cambridg university, by
a vote of 904 to 712, refused women
full membership in the university on
equal terms with men.
Geneva-Wireless telephone mes.
sages from England, 500 miles away,
were heard plainly in Geneva when
William Marconi gave demonstra.
ton.
Armentieres, France-Twelve per.
sons were killed and 80 injured in a
headon collision between a freight
and passenger train. The collision
occurred outside the station here.
Triest-The first break in the reg.
ular Italian army occurred when four
armored cars started from Udine,
three of which succeeded in reaching
the palace of Gabrielle D'Annunzio in
Paris-The French delegates to the
Brussels reparations conference are
going there without any exact figures
as to the damages France sustained
by reason of the war, according to the
Montevideo, Uruguay = President
Brum requested congress to grant a
fund of 10000 pesos gold for the en-.
tertainment of Secretary of State
Colby of the United States. The fund
was granted by unanimous vote.
Santiago, Chile-Delayed advices
here report loss of several lives an0
injuries to several persons as the re-
suit of great landslides which have
occurred around the inactive volcano
Valaca, in the province of Valdiva.
Tokio-Three hundred and seventy.
five Koreans were killed or executed
in the recent skirmishes near Chang.
tao, Korea. Fifteen hundred Koreans
are said to have surrendered, while
two churches and five schools were
destroyed.
Berlin-General Nollet, head of the
Allied control commission here, has
informed the German government that
its explanations regarding the disarm.
ament of peoples guards cannot be
accepted, and has ordered the govern.
ment to direct the destruction of sew.
eral siege guns before December Is.
Geneva-Piccard Pictet and con-.
pany, the largest building concern in
Switzerland, failed with liabilities of
s5,O00,00O. The company employed T..
500 workmen.
Paris-Germany delivered more than
1 100000 tons of coal in November of
which France received 1,250,000 tons,
Italy and Belgium 100000 each and