The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
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Washington

Vashington-Coin of silver dol
lars has been resumed by the mint af-
ter lapse of seven years.
Washington-The new shipping
board organized and elected t. ".
O'Connor of Buffalo, N. Y, vicechair-
man.
Washington-Idle or surplus freight
cars were reduced by $4,000 in the
past month, according to the American
Railway association.
ashington-Appointm of an adj
ditional judge of the federal district
court of Minnesota is authorized in a
bill passed by the senate.
Washington-A new working agree
ment, embodying Is per cent wage
reduction, was signed by the shipping
board and marine engineers.
Washington-Nomina of Julius
Klein of Massachusetts to be director
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce was confirmed late today by
the Senate.
Washington-Charles G. Dawes, the
Chicago banker, has been selected by
President Harding for director of the
budget under the budget law recently
enacted by congress.
Washington-Of Official representations
against the impressment Of naturalized
American citizens into the Greek army
have been made to the Greek govern
ment by the American legation at Ath-
ems.
Neutrality-suspicious. republicans, at
a conference, discussed the proposed
cutting down of the representation in
congress of southern states owing to
the alleged disfranchisement of Ne
groes, but reached no decision.
Washington = Viceadmiral H. P.
Jones was assigned to command the
Atlantic fleet, with the rank of adj
miral. He will succeed Admiral H. B.
Wilson, who will lower his flag On June
80, to assume command of the Naval
academy at Annapolis.
Washington-A group of oil opera
tors, who called at the state depart
ment to protest against the recent in
crease in export taxes on petroleum in
Mexico, was assured by Secretary
Charles E. Hughes that he would give
the subject careful consideration.
Washington umors Of the engage
ment of Prince Regent Alexander of
Serbia to Princess Mary of England,
which were circulated at the time of
the princes recent visit to London,
are denied in an official dispatch re-
ceived from Belgrade by the Serbian
legation here.
Washington-A marked reduction
during the last decade in the number
est cities was shown by the 1920 GEN.
sus. Figures made public by the CEN
sus bureau showed $3.50 horses in
New York city as compared with 1885,
224 in 1910 and 30,388 in Chicago,
against 68,122.
Sporting
Lebourget Aerodrome, Paris-The
biplane Goliath won the grand prix of
to 100000 francs.
Minneapolis-Mike Gibbons of st.
Paul knocked out Eddie McGoorty of
Oshkosh in the fifth round of ten
round contest here.
Leavenworth, HANBACK, Johnson,
former heavyweight champion, now
serving sentence in federal prison
here and who will be released July z,
has been offered $55, 200 to meet Harry
Wills at Jersey City. N. j., Aug. 9, it
was declared here.
Domestic
Mccormick, S. C.-Herbert Quarrels,
Negro, charged with attacking a white
woman, was lynched.
Chelsea, Mich.-The death toll from
the wreck of two interurban cars be-
tween here and Ann Arbor reached
five.
New York-Eamonn De Valera has
been reelected president of the Irish
republic" it was announced by his Sec
rotary, Harry Boland
Seattle-Thirteen soldiers were Sc
riously injured when notorious carry
ing 10 ran into stone wall at the en-
trance to Camp Lewis.
Pittsburgh-The degre of doctor of
laws was conferred upon Secretary of
the Treasury A. w. Mellon by the
University of Pittsburgh.
Fremont, Ohio-Four persons were
killed and two injured shortly when
an eastbound car on the Lake Shore
Electric line struck an automobile.
Troy, N. Y.-Don Campbell and Hen
ry Beattie of Watervliet was killed
when a hydroairplane piloted by
Campbell was wrecked in the Hudson
Leavenworth-Eig Eighteen members of
the |. w. W., convicted of charges of
violating wartime laws n the Kansas
oil fields, were realeased from the fed
eral penitentiary. Three of the men,
including Peter J. Higgins, were re-
leased in advance OF the others be-
cause, officials said, threats had been
made against them.
Elizabeth, N. drugs valued at
100000 were seized in raid by inter-
nal revenue officers on the Kalish lab
oratories, which officials charged were
the headquarters of one of the largest
narcotic distributing bands on the coun-
try.
Uniontown, Pa.-Five persons were
killed and six others were injured near
here when the automobile in which
they were riding side swiped another
machine on the Dutch Hill road and
plunged into creek
New York-A street duel in which
Samuel Sagglo, salesman, was shot five
times and died on the way to hospital.
was witnessed by crowds leaving mo-
ton picture theaters In the vicinity.
Oklahoma City-Operation of NOV