The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16


actress.
Cleveland-Mrs. Newton d. Baker,
aged Is, mother of former Secretary
of War N. d. Baker, is dead here after
eight weeks illness.
Birmingham, Ala.-Senator Ora I'm
derwood, democrat, selected as one Of
four Americans to attend the confer
ence on limitation of ornaments, said
he would accept when officially invit-
cd.
Bethlehem, PA reduction of ap-
per cent in wages of
common labor at all plants of the Beth
lehem Steel company has been an
nounced. The reduction is effective
Sept. 18.
Chicago-When her husband, Victor
w. Hedin, kissed and Rugged her un-
til he almost broke her ribs, Mrs. Mil
dred NJ Hedin decided life with him
was too strenuous. She has filed O
divorce against him in the superior
court.
New York-Fifteen thousand cases
of whisky valued at S1,000,000, were
seized by federal prohibition agents
at several piers along the North river,
the largest single seizure of liquor in
New York since the Volstead act be-
came effective.
San Antonio, Texas-The list of
known dead In the flood was AZ. The
dead and missing are estimated at APP
proximately $50 by officials engaged
in recovering the bodies, while Police
Commissioner Phil Wright estimated
that it might reach 800. Many resi-
dents consider these figures high.
Chester, Pa.-Twenty-seven persons
were drowned and five seriously in
jured in the collapse of the bridge
spanning the Chester river at Third
street, in the heart of the city's bust
ness district. The police made this an
nouncement after divers had definite
ly determined no more bodies remain
ed in the water.
Northwest
Helena-With ducks of all sorts re,
ported plentiful, the wild duck season
began in this state. The season closed
Jan. /.
Des Moines, Iowa-Three students
of Simpson college, en- route to In
dianola by automobile, were injured
here when their car left the road and
crashed into a roadside telephone
pole. Seven students were in the car.
Great Falls, Mont.-With virtually
no rain during the growing season, an
average wheat yield of 221a bushels to
the acre on 100 acres is reported on
the ranch of Alvin c. Hull, near here.
This is said to be a record dry-land
crop.
Foreign
Quebec-The city of Quebec voted it,
self wet by an overwhelming majority,
estimated at 10000 in a total poll of
$1,000.
Stockholm-The Swedish foreign Of
fee denied reports that Sweden is on
the point of withdrawing from the
League of Nations.
Port of Spain, Trinidad-A tropical
storm of great violence which struck
Trinidad caused 10 deaths and did
damage to Shipping estimated at $780,.
600.
Peking-Dr. Jacob Gould Shurmann,
the new American minister to China,
presented his credentials to President
Hsu-Shin-Chang today and formally as
sumed his post.
Moscow-Leonid Krassin, soviet
trade representative, said the Westing-
house electric factory was the only
American property not nationalized by
the soviet government.
Mexico City-Clay T. VERIFY of Los
has been granted concession
to construct an oil pipeline from Puer-
to Mexico, on the Gulf coast, to Salina
Cruz, on the shore of the Pacific.
Rome-Richard WashDurn Child,
United States ambassador to Italy, will
start shortly on an American destroyer
for tour of inspection of the ports of
Italy. Afterward he intends to visit
Italian battlefelds.
Lyons, France-Two towers of the
great wireless station at Doua, few
miles from this city, collapsed, killing
one man and injuring two others. The
station probably will be out of service
for several days.
London-Marcuis Milford Haven,
better known as Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg, the man who bottled up the
German fleet at the beginning of the
war, died of heart failure. He had
been suffering from influenza.
Inverness, Scotland-Two Sim Fein
couriers bearing Cannon De Valera's
reply to the British invitation for a
conference Sept 20, arrived here and
proceeded to Gairloch, where the Irish
note was handed to Premier Lloyd
George.
Christiania-Th lower house Of
parliament adopted the prohibition bill
which forbids the importation of liq-
uors or wines containing more than
IA per cent of alcohol. The bill now
goes to the upper house, where it is
expected to be approved.
Paris-Leon Trotsky has resigned
as soviet war commissariat, according
to unconfirmed wireless reports from
Miscow via Riga. War Minister Trot-
sky's resignation is declared to have
followed quarrel with Premier Nj
colai Lenine over the way the soviet
government was handling the food IA
mine.
Brussels-The Belgian detachment,
sent into occupied Germany some time
ago, with view to the occupation Of
the Ruhr basin, has been recalled with
the consent of the Allies. The detach-