The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-23
Big Happenings of the Week
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In All Parts of the World-Of
Interest to All the People
Everywhere.
Washington


$20,000000 for purchase of grain for
trictS.
ashington-Marshal Foch at sea
requested Secretary c. E. Hughes to
express to President Harding his
"deep-seated, grateful memory" of his
visit to the United States.
Washington, d. C.-Unemploymen
throughout the country has been
greatly relieved as a result Of the ma
tional conference called by President
Harding, according to reports issued.
Washington = Congressman John
Arthur Elston of California committed
suicide here by leaping into the Poto-
mac river near the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing and Washington
monument.
Washington-Mod of the
national prohibition amendment to
permit the sale of beer and wine
would mean an addition to the govern
ment's revenues of $500,000,000 a
year, treasury officials said.
Washington-A bill authorizing the
President to expend $20,000,000 out Of
the funds of the United States Grain
corporation for relief of the distressed
and starving people of Russia, was
passed by the House, ia to 81.
Washington-A resolution describ-
ed by it's author Gs looking to the
formal recognition by the United
States of the de facto government of
Russia" was introduced in the senate
by Senator J. 1. France (rep., Md
Neutrality-suspicious. for Eugene V.
Debs, imprisoned Socialist leader, was
asked by delegation of women who
called at the White House bearing
petition said to have the signatures
of $4,000 persons, mostly neighbors
and friends of Mr.. Debs
Washington - American manufac-
turers of toys and dolls asked the Sen
ate finance committee not only for
perfection against German and jap
anese competition, but also for the
exclusion of these articles which are
the product of child labor.
Washington-The armament confer
ence will be reflected in a new series
of silver dollars, minting of which will
be started Immediately. The design
of the new dollars was approved by
President Harding. Director of the
Mint Baker said about 100000 of the
new dollars would be coined before
New Year.
Washington-George H. Taylor of
Philadelphia, who served as a National
Army man overseas, told senate
committee that he saw with his own
eyes II American soldiers hanged
around Issurtille, France, from April
to June 1918, but was unable to say
whether any of them had been con-
victed by courtsmartial.
Sporting
New York-Rogers Hornsby, who
led the National league batters this
season with a rating of 1897, the high
est in the circuit since 1889, led in
runs batted in with 1875, according to
the official figures. George Kelly was
a close second with 122.
st. Paul Mike Gibbons avenged
1919 newspaper-decision defeat at the
hands of Mike OrDowd by decisively
outpointing his leading st. Paul rival
for middleweight honors in a ten
round battle here. The Phantom won
six rounds with four even.
New York-The first of the winter
big leagues baseball trades resulted
in the New York Giants sending
George Burns, outfielder, and Mike
Gonzales, catcher, to the Cincinnati
Reds for Heinie Groh, third baseman.
1t is also stated that the Giants gave
Cincinnati cash estimated at about
$4,000.
Domestic
New York-One American dollar is
worth 145,000 Russian paper rubles at
official exchange quotations.
Carrolton, Mo.-Three men were
killed and one injured when a Santa
Fe freight engine boiler exploded.
Scranton-Six collieries were clos
ed and 1000 men made idle, making a
total of $4,000 miners reported out of
work in Pennsylvania.
Newport News, Va.-Four large
frame hangers at Langley field were
destroyed by fire, entailing loss of
more than 100000. The origin of
the fire is undetermined.
Chicago-The United States rail-
road labor board heard the protest of
100000 railroad shop employees who
charge that railroads are leasing their
shops to individuals to eyade the
transportation act.
New York-Piel Brothers, brewers,
filed an application in the United
States district court here for an in
junction restraining State Prohibition
Director Day and other federal author
tiles from interfering with the manu-
facture and sale of beer for medicinal
purposes.
Waco-"Curley' Hackney, white,
arrested in connection with an attack
on an s year old girl, was taken from
jail and lynched by mob.
New York-The United States cir
cult court of appeals held that Clean
H. Curtiss was the first person to In
vent and operate flying boat.
New York-More than 25 radio op-
orators, working with short wave
transmission sets, have succeeded in
sending messages from the Uni
ted States to Scotland as result of
the competitive experimental test
Mobile, Ala.-Pink Parker, eccen-
trio citizen of Troy, Ala, who erected
monument to the memory of John
Wilkes Booth for the murder of Abra-
ham Lincoln, is dead.
Baltimore Thousands of shopmen
employed by the Baltimore e. Ohio