The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-02-11
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WASHINGTON

Washington
Washington Prohibition Commits
sioner John F. Kramer ordered cen
sus of all liquor in the possession If
wholesale druggists.
Official reports show
the United States in 1920 exported
LII steam locomotives, valued at
S53,629,S47, against 752 in 1919.
Washington Vicepresident and
Mrs. Thomas Marshall will visit Eur
ope next summer, sailing from New
York in May, it has been learned.
Washington-Samuel Gompers re-
ported his belief that the present gov
eminent of Mexico is composed of
able men of integrity and initiative"
Washington-The joint resolution
directing the stopping of enlistments
until the Regular army is reduced to
$4,000 men was passed by the House
over President Wilson's veto.
Washington-The famine situation
in China has reached such crisis that
100000 people may die unless imme-
date help is given. according to in
formation received by the State de-
partment. =
Washington-The house passed a
$13,000,000 soldiers hospital bill and
the $100,000,O00 road fund appropria-
ton, but the bill permitting partial
payments to railroads under the guar
antee act was voted down.
Washington-Joint efforts to enact
soldier bonus legislation in this ses-
sion of Congress will be made by Sen
Cumber, North Dakota, both Republi-
can members of the Senate finance
committee.
Observation-Disclosures of the coal
industry to prevent prices rising too
high or going too low was advocated
before the Senate committee consid-
ering the Calder coal regulation bill by
DR.. George Otis Smith, director of the
Geological survey.
Washington President Wilson
plans to go into virtual seclusion for
a time after March f. He will deny
himself to all callers except immediate
members Of his family, it is said, and
a very few intimate friends For pos
sibly six months his friends believe his
life will be wholly taken up with re-
creation.
Sporting.
Los Angeles-The Is round bout be-
tween Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion, and Jess Willard former
champion, scheduled for March II,
in New York, has been Indefinitely
postponed, Dempsey announced.
st. Paul-Everett MCGOWAN, st. Paul
speed sensation, took another clean
sweep in his race toward the Amer
lean championship. Ben O'Sickey,
picked as McGowan's most dangerous
opponent until he meets Bobby Nc
Lean, was the victim.
New York-Jack Britton is still the
welterweight champion of the world.
The veteran defended his title success
fully from his old rival, Ted (Kid)
Lewis. The rivals fought out the Is
rounds with neither showing any dis
New York-The "Undaunted," three
masted schooner yacht, owned by
Francis R. Mayer, commodore of the
Atlantic yacht club, has been entered
in the International Yacht race for the
championship of the seas" cup offer
ed by King Albert of Belgium, it was
announced here. The race is to start
July 4 at Sandy Hook, NJ j., and will
end at Ostend, Belgium.
Domestic
New York-More than 10000 worth
of narcotics have been seized in ship
raids.
Little Rock-The Arkansas senate
passed bill providing capital punish
ment for bank robbery.
Omaha, Neb.-Police sent out on
hazardous missions are to be equipped
with bulletproof steel jackets Police
Commissioner ]. G. Ringer decided.
Chicago-Sacred cows may be all
right in India, but Melody farm is no
place for them, in the opinion of J..
Ogden Armour. The packer returned
sacred cow given him to the original
owner. Too wild, Armour said
Jefferson City, Mo.-After a heated
debate in which discussion covered
the subject of gambling in all its
forms, the lower house of the Missouri
legislature voted to send to engross.
ment the Bolts 'anticrapshooting
bill.
Pittsburgh, Kan. Alexander M.
Howat, president of the Kansas Coal
Miners union, and five members of
the unions district executive board,
were arrested charged with violation
of an injunction forbidding them to
call strikes.
Chicago-The American committee
for relief in Ireland announced that
100000 persons in Ireland are in dire
want
Seattle-The Seattle city council
has passed an emergency ordinance
appropriating $4,000 for the relief of
the city's unemployed and to destitute
families
Lawrenceville. Height persons
were killed and another probably IA
tally injured as the result of the ex-
plosion of a can of nitroglycerine at
Cross Roads school, two miles west
of here
Princeton, Mass.-Princeton voters
elected two prominent society
women as town constables, and it is
believed they are the first women in
Massachusetts, elected to police duty.
Observation-Disclosures Smith aSLnd tho