The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-08-20

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were made by the county grand jury.
The report declared that since last
October persons had been swindled out
of 100000 by "bunco" men protected
by police officials.
San Francisco-Theodore Schude,
arrested here as Private LeGrande of
the 44th Infantry, and said by army
officers to have admitted he was for
merly in the intelligence service of
the German army, was in custody here
today awaiting removal to Chicago to
face, according to the United States
attorneys office, charge of fraud
ulently obtaining money from the gov
eminent.
Northwest "a
Ottawa-That $4,000 negroes from
| the Northwestern part of the United
States are likely to settle in Alberta
and Saskatchewan, is contended by
Archbishop George w. Washington, a
noted negro clergyman of Butte, Mont.
and Edmonton, Can.
| Chicago-Police have in custody
Walter Etter and William Reichle,
each Is years old, and both of Pitts
burgh, Pa, awaiting word from their
| parents. The boys aroused suspicion
when they opened two suit cases and
counted $2,215, which Etter admitted
taking from his father, who, he said
owns hotel in Pittsburgh.
Winnipeg, Man.-Twenty-two thar
vest specials" bearing thousands OF
farm workers from Eastern Canada
to help harvest the big crop OF the
prairie provinces, will arrive here
soon. The first, of these trains pull
ed into this distribution center with
nearly thousand workers who were
sent into the fields of Manitoba, ALDER
ia and Saskatchewan.
Winnipeg, Canada-Miss Alice E
Wilson Of Ottawa, the first woman ever
sent out by the geological department
of the Canadian government, is max
ing a 200-mile trip by rowboat down
the shores of Lake Winnipeg to collect
fossils She is accompanied by Miss
Ruth Anderson, a young, school teach
er who was graduated last year from
Royal Victoria college. Montreal.
Personal
London-Sir Norman Lockyer, emin
ct scientist is dead at Sidmouth.
Berkeley, Cal.-Brig. Gen. c. A
Woodruff, u S. A., retired, is dead a.
his home here after long illness. He
was a veteran of the Civil war ant
was decorated for gallantry in the
Custer Indian campaign. He served
in the Philippine island campaign an(
was retired in 1908.
Calexico, Calif-Colonel w. ]
Dodds, a local businessman, was il
custody of customs officers today il
connection with the capture near the
international boundary of Carlo!
Ortiz, Mexican, driving an automo
bile loaded with 81 carbines and II,
600 rounds of ammunition.
San Francisco-Carl Haessler, for
merly of Milwaukee, who had been i'm
prisoned since the early days of thu
war as a conscientious director wa
released from the military prison OF
: Alcatraz island here on a pardon from
President Wilson. Haessler original.
was imprisoned at Leavenworth, Kan
Foreign
Helsingfors, Finland-Russia ant
i. Finland have agreed upon armistic
conditions at Dorpat.
Helsingfors, Finland-Russia ant
Finland agreed upon armistice condi
lions at Dorpat on Wednesday.
Cork-The Lord Mayor of Cork an,
10 of his associates were arrested b,
soldiers while attending session o
the Sim Fein court in the city hall
They were taken to the military bal
racks.
, Athens-The newspaper Estia give
. details Of the discovery by the author
i, tiles of an alleged plot for the restore
volving the assassination of Premie
: Venizelos.
} London-Serbian forces have occu
t pied Allessio and the valley of tn
Drin, Albania, thereby surroundin
/ Scutari and cutting its communics
tions with Durazzo and Turana, says
Rome dispatch.
Buenos Aires-Adolph PAUL., hea
) of the German South American d.
i partment, has been appointed Germa
r minister to Argentina. Foreign Mil
7 lister Pueyrredon announced he wa
t persona grata here.
4 Tokio-Field Marshal Prince Yams
= gaia, elder statesman and member G
the military council of the empire, ha
r received letter threatening his lif
: for interfering in the politics Of tn
l empire, it has been announced.
: London-Miss Dorothy Cook, one {
Y the party of English merchants VIII
= have just returned from tour of tn
. United States, inspecting the large n
+ tail stores of the cities, was "rathe
overawed" by the immense size of tn
: stores, particularly in the West an
3 Middle West
r Paris-Four cases of bubonic plagu
: are said by the intransigeant to exis
t in Paris. One death, it reports, ha
S been caused by the disease in a sui
: urb. The Pasteur Institute announce
r that if ordinary precautions are take
4 the outbreak should not spread an
!, points out the danger from the plagu
; is much lessened by the efficiency {
9 the serum with which it is now trea
ed.
t Paris situation In Mesoptami
q continues serious, says Havas di
: patch from Beirut. British detacl
i ments on the Euphrates are fallin
4 back and the garrison of Divaniel
: situated on the right bank of the ri
e er about 95 miles southeast of Bagda
:, has been cut off.