The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-30
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Washington

Washington
Washington-World production OF
cotton for 1921-1922 was placed at To-.
$4,000 bales, the smallest crop since
1900.
Washington-Food costs for the av-
erage family were l per cent lower in
November than October, according to
labor department estimates.
Observation-Disclosures of retail
prices of food, fuel, shoes and cloth.
ing in all parts of the country was
ordered by Attorney General H. M.
Daugherty.
Washington Senate conferees
agreed to eliminate from the bill car.
rying s20,G00,000 for purchase OF food
for starving Russians, all senate
amendments.
Washington-Deaths from cancer in
the death registration area of the Uni
ted States in 1920 totaled approximate
ly $4,000, according to report by the
census bureau.
shington-Chapges In soviet gov
II, ernmental policies recently made-or
indicated as in prospect, may eventu-
ally bring about resumption of trade
relations between Russia and the
United States, it was said at the
White House.
Washington-A bill prohibiting the
formation in congress of "blocs," bas-
ed upon particular pursuits or geo.
graphical legations, for the purpose of
lin any way affecting legislation"
was introduced by Representative M.
c. Ansorge, (rep., N. Y)
Washington-With only few dis
senting votes the senate passed the
$20,000,000 Russian relief bill, after
amending it to provide 100000 for
additional disqualification for disabled
veterans and 100000 for the aid of
unemployed in the United States.
shington--American exports to
Europe declined S43,000,000 in Novem-
Der, as compared with the previous
month, according to an official sum
mary of foreign trade issued by the
department of commerce. Imports
from Europe increased in the same
period about $3,500,000.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the ship
ping board and experts associated
with them in the formulation of a
program for the aid of the American
merchant marine, probably will rec
ommend to President Harding the de-
termination of the amount OF remuner-
differential based on a combination Of
speed, tonnage and distance covered.
Northwest ...
Pisgah, Iowa-Two masked bandits
held up the State bank here, forced
two officers of the bank and five GUS
toners into the vault and escaped in
an automobile with $1,000. I.
Independence, Iowa Chalmer
Downs, 40, was asphyxiated by smoke
in his room here. He was smoking
his pipe in bed and fell asleep, the
bed clothing catching fire from sparks.
Des Moines-C. C. Richardson, con-
ductor on the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad, was killed near Fort Dodge
when he slipped and fell between the
cars of speeding train. He lived in
Des Moines.
Waukon, Iowa-Earle Throst, con-
fessed slayer of Miss Inga Magnuson,
aged 20, school teacher of Dorches-
ter, was sentenced to be hanged on
March, 9, 1922, by Judge H. E. Tay-
lor in district court here.
Livingston, Acknowledgement pre-
walls at Jardine, mining camp near
Yellowstone park, over the discovery
of big gold lead, according to word
reaching here. The newly discovered
vein is said to be 10 feet in width,
carrying extremely rich values in
gold.
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