The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-07-22
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for Benefit of
Busy Readers.
TOLD IN A few WORDS
Kernels Culled From News Of Moment
In All Parts of the WorId-of
Interest to All the People
Everywhere.
Washington

the Fordney tariff free list by House
which has voted an ad valorem duty of
Is per cent.
Washington-Panama and Costa
Rica have begun negotiations looking
toward settlement of their boundary
disputes, a Panama mission announc-
ed
Northumberland j. ]. Pershing
took steps to establish better relations
between the army general staff, of
which he is now the head, and con-
gress.
Washington President Harding's
proposal that the soldier bonus bill be
recommitted to the finance committee
was the basis of a turbulent session
during the debate in the Senate.
on-Determination of coal
operators in the Mingo, West Virginia
field to continue their resistance to
efforts to unionize miners was express
ed before the senate investigating
committee.
Washington-Secreta of War
Weeks announced he would ask Con-
gress for authority to accept propos-
al Ny I1SuIy COlu lOI AWFUL tuO
government nitrate plant at Mussel
Shoals, Ala
Washington-Chief Justice Taft per-
formed his first official act when he
granted a petition for writ of error,
bringing before the supreme court a
case involving party wall in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Washington-Tax collections of the
federal government showed an in
crease of $2,000,OO0 day for the first
half of July, as compared with the
same month last year, an official
treasury statement showed.
Washington-The annual naval ap-
preparation bill was signed by Presi-
dent Harding. The bill carries approx
imately S410,000,000 and its signing
ended the technical lapse of navy
funds which has existed since July 1.
Washington = Representatives of
grain dealers and farmers in Repre-
sentative A. j. Volsteads home state
of Minnesota, demanded that congress
legalize 275 barley malt beer as
means of aiding the barley growing
districts.
Washington of an inde-
pendent war veterans bureau, direct
ly under the President, consolidating
all government activities dealing with
former service men, was proposed in
the report Of the Senate finance sub
committee on the Sweet bill.
Domestic
Valentine, Neb-J. B. Bailey, home
steader of Baily, was arrested at Elmo,
Mo-, charged with the murder of his
sister.
New York-The marriage of Owen
Moore, motion picture actor, to Miss
Kathryn Perry, his leading woman, is
announced.
Seattle-Two women were killed,
and man was injured, probably NOR
tally, when streetcar struck the
three as they were walking across the
tracks.
New York-Employees of the United
States assay office finished weighing
and testing the gold and counting the
certificates that comprise the $1,000
100000 stored here.
Baltimore-Fourteen persons were
injured or stunned by lightning at
Camp Meade and Camp Richie in a
terrific storm and cloudburst which de-
molished some of the tents and flooded
the cantonment.
Ogden, Utah-Arthur Keddie, veal
thy Nevadan, and former State Sena-
tor Foster, were killed near Elko,
when the wing of Keddies's airplane
broke at a back turn just before he at
tempted to land.
Golden, Cola section of Table
to be moving again. Tons of rock and
dirt on the middle Golden road are
loosening and irrigation bitches on the
mountain are reported damaged.
Bayonne, N. Lightning struck
tank of crude petroleum at the refin-
cry of the Tidewater Oil company,
causing fire loss estimated at $780,
000 The entire plant was endangered
before the blaze was brought under
control
Atlantic City-Pirate yarns and re-
ports of mysterious ships seen lurking
along the trade lanes of the North At
lantic may be explained by the dis
covery of blockade runners that
have been landing cargoes of contra
band liquor on the Jersey coast, in the
opinion of revenue agents in this dis
trict
San Francisco-The removal from
the government bonded warehouse at
Vallejo, Calf, of As barrels of whisky,
valued at approximately $4,000, and
the substitution of water, has been dis
covered, federal authorities here an
nounced.
New York-A divorce for infidelity,
obtained by his second wife three
years ago, prevented Rudolph Friml,
a composer of light operas, from being
made an American citizen.
Denver-For the first time in about
20 years herd of sc cattle was driv-
en- into Denver by it's owner from the
Elk River district, 20 miles away.
Cleveland-Mrs. Eva Catherine Ka-
Der was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, but with recommendation
of mercy by the jury which tried her
on charge of plotting the killing of
her husband, DaRiel F. Kaber, and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Chicago-The International Harves-
ter company announced further price
reduction effective Immediately on all
sizes of tractors, being the second cut
on tractors this year
Chicago-The deaths of three men
were attributed to the effects of drink.
oil IL soI