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

10 the lElSu Tree OtdLe were duuOuuC-
ed in posters sent out by the shipping
board tsi
New York Samuel Jerome Ben
nett, a newspaperman of New York
and st. Louis, is dead in Tucson, Ariz.,
according to word received here.
Kansas City, Mo.-Suit attempting
to prove the Kansas industrial court
act unconstitutional will be brought
shortly, John l., Lewis of the United
Mine Workers of America. announced.
Winfield, Kan.-Howard M. Hayes,
aged 81, cashier of the Grenola, Kan,
State bank, was shot to death by Lou
Downs, night Waterman at the bank,
who mistook Hayes for robber
Key West, Fla.-Manuel Head, owner
of coffee shop who, after he had been
beaten by band of masked men, shot
and killed William H. Decker, prom
inent Key West resident, was taken
from the county Jail by mob and
lynched.
Chicago - Harvey Church, charged
with the murder of two automobile
statesmen. was found guilty and SEN
fenced to death. Church killed Carl
Ausmus and Bernard Daugherty of st.
Paul when they delivered a car which
he had arranged to buy.
Maria, Texas-Ben Joe Buchanan.
Texas ranger, and brother of r. c..
Buchanan, former state senator from
Snyder, Texas, was shot and killed by
two unidentified Mexicans while at
tending dance at Polvu, village in
Preside county, rs miles south of
here.
Omaha-The railroads will put into
effect on Jan. or as soon thereafter
as possible their proposed voluntary
10 per cent freight rate reduction on
cotton, butter, poultry and other COM
modities, as well as the reductions
ordered by the interstate commerce
commission for western territory on
grain and grain products and hay, ac-
cording to statement issued by F.
w. Robinson, freight traffic manager
of the Union Pacific system.
Sporting
New York-Sam McVey, Negro
heavyweight pugilist, died in local
hospital, a victim of pneumonia
Chicago Harry Heilmann, Detroit
outfielder, topped the American
league in batting for 1921, according
to official records. He had an aver
age of 1894 in 149 games.
Saranac Lake, N. Announce
ment was made here that the inter-
national amateur ski jumping compe-
tition with entries from the United
States and Canada would be staged
here Feb. 20, by the Saranac Lake
Ski club.
Chicago-Boston for the sixth con-
secutive season led the American
league in fielding, figures released
show. The Rex Sox folded for an
average of .975, followed by Chicago,
1853; Cleveland, 967, and the cham
pion Yankees, .965.
Foreign
Berlin = The net profits of the
Krupp works at Essen for the year
192O-21 amounted to 98,000,000 marks.
Rome-It is semiofficially announced
that commercial agreement between
Italy and Russia was signed at the for
eign office.
London-Father Lais, vicedirector of
the observatory Of the Vatican, died in
Rome, according to a dispatch received
here from that city.
Anchorage, Alaska The govern
ment railroad in Alaska will be form
ally opened with elaborate ceremon-
les early in February, it was announc-
ed here.
London Hundreds 6f natives in
Egypt and India have been shot in
new revolts against the British en-.
pire, according to reports from Cal
cutta and Cairo, centers of the rebel
lion in the two countries.
London-The Allied supreme coun-
Gil at it's coming meeting in Cannes
will be asked to invite the interested
powers to appoint commission to
elaborate comprehensive scheme for
the rehabilitation of central Europe
and Russia.
Moscow-The death rate in the
famine districts of Russia is rising
rapidly. More than 200 victims are
buroied every day in the Saratoy re-
gion. The American relief admins
tration is now feeding more than $780,
coo children.
Malta-Two British warships have
received orders to proceed to Egypt
Immediately. Other units of the Bri-
fish Mediterranean fleet are under no.
tice. The order followed rioting at
Cairo in which two were killed and
many wounded.
London-Several Americans were
on the Venice express which collided
with the Trieste-Rome express at San
Dona, Italy, but none was hurt, ac-
cording to the Times Milan correspon-
dent. Five persons were killed and
80 injured in the crash.
Moscow-In his address before the
All-Russian soviet congress. Premier
Nicolai Lenine vigorously attacked
critics of the soviet governments
economic policy, especially the trades
union men who, he declared, desired
to continue to manage the industries.
Paris-Myron T. Herrick, American
ambassador, conferred the Edward
Longstreth medal on Professor Ber-
gonie, of the faculty of medicine in
the University of Bordeaux, in honor
Of his invention for locating metal
fragments in the bodies of wounded
soldiers.
Rome-Five persons were killed and
80 injured in the collision at San Dona