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NATIONAL, CAPITAL,
go GiGG AFFAIRS GiH
Wanted: Mail Robbers at $4,000 Each

cry power available to do this, no
matter how drastic it is. The West
knows how to handle these criminals,
just as they used to in the old Wells
Fargo days"
Mr. Hays called in consultation Rush
d. Simmons, the newly appointed
chief Inspector, and the retiring chief
inspector, George M. Sutton. He also
had before him recommendations made
by Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. Sutton to
meet the emergency and the conf
Dental reports giving details OF the
more recent robberies.
It. is the intention of the depart
ment to arm all employees who may
have charge of valuable postal ship
ments, either on trains or in the post
offices. These employees will also be
directed to shoot when they find them
selves confronted by thieves.
There have been reports OF late
which would seem to Indicate that
some of the mail robberies have been
committed by men who were formerly
in the employ of the Postoffice depart
ment and who know the ropes" The
department is especially anxious to
bring about the arrest of some OF the
robbers of this type.
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kN ASHINGTON. - Apparently the
w mail robbers pulled a boner
when they did bit of robbing at
Sullivan, Ind. Anyway. Sullivan is
the home of Postmaster General Hays.
And it looks as if he was a bit
peeved. Anyway, he has issued this
formal order:
ITO any postal employee or other
person who brings in a mail robber
the Postoffice department will pay a
reward of not exceeding $4,000 All
essential postal employees will be
fully armed and every man is expected
TO uphold the honor of the service"
"These robberies must stop and stop
now," said Mr.. Hays in discussing
the order. ''We are going to use ev-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
Weeks Hops Off in the Flying Game

planes will cost 81, 100000 and the
bombers about $4,000 each. The lat
ter will be equipped with Liberty mo-
tors to be furnished by the War de-
partment.
Discussing plans for cooperation
between the War, Navy and Postoffice
departments in the matter of avia-
ton management and development,
Secretary Weeks said the commission
named by the President for this pur-
pose would seek to evolve some plan
for air routes which could be used
commercially, if possible; to prepare
a code of laws for government of the
air service in the United States; the
adoption of standard machines for
various purposes to aid the Postoffice
department in standardizing their via
tors; to adopt some plan for meeting
damages created by government
planes in the performance of duty,
and to combine, if possible, the train
ing schools of various departments
and landing fields wherever practical
Bile to do so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
Business Mans Schedule

a telegraph operator. Successfully he
was chief operator, assistant train dis
patcher, train dispatcher, assistant
train master and train master.
Colonel Shaughnessy Joined the
Thirteenth engineers as first lieutenant
when the war broke. out. He studied
French until he spoke it fiuentIy. and
worked up book Of rules, adapting
American methods to French practice
So they promoted him fast. He was
superintendent Of the transportation
corps in the Chateau Thierry region
and general superintendent at Is-sur-
Tile during the st. Mihiel and Meuse-
Argonne offensiyes. and general man.
ager In the zone Of advance. He was
given the distinguished service medal
Colonel Shaughnessy didn'. seek the
mail job. He was sought. He was
getting $4,000 year, but he accepted
the governments offer of 5000 Job.
Il never was in politics." said he.
Il never want to be- But there is a
big chance here to make a reputation.
do the country some good, and put the
experience TO advantage in the bust
ness world later on"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
WALTER JOHNSON TO
COME BACK In 1921
WASHINGTON Hurler Claims Arm
Is Strong Again.
Loss of Fast Ball Pitcher Kept Grit.
fith's Men Out of First Division
Last Year-Record Has Been
Sensational.

Walter Johnson, the human ma.
chinegun Of Clark Griffith's cunning
corps for more than ten years, is com
ing back strong In 1921.
This is the threat of the greatest
fast-ball pitcher that ever wore a
glove, after having been forced to lay
aside the uniform in the early part OF
1920, due to a cold contracted in the
muscles of his gun-arm.
The blow of losing Walter Johnson
sent the Senators down to the bottom
of the pile at the moment when it ap-
peared as though Griffith might finish
in the first division. 1t was shortly
after the famous pitcher had hurled
the first no-hit, no-run game of his
entire career against the Boston Red
Sox that he contracted the ailment
which finished him for the year.
The arm of the pitching king be-
came weak and he lost the terrific
speed that for years terroriZed Ameri-
can league sluggers. He tried treat
ments of all varieties, but none of
them seemed to have the desired eff
feet. Finally Johnson went to Roches-
ter, where his arm was treated for
several weeks. He was told to take a
long rest and he followed instructions.
Now King Walter is ready for the
ball once more, according to his own
belief
Johnson's record with the Washing.
ton club has been sensational in every
respect. For years Griffith has been
struggling along with a mediocre out
fit that never was better than second
division material.
In 1910 Johnson startled fandom by
winning 25 games with one of the
poorest teams in the league Since
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ter is weak on a low curve, that is all
he will get from Bagby. If the same
batter should get hit off a low curve,
it does not make any difference to
Bagby, nor does he change his tactics.
He knows in the long run by pitching
low curves to this batter the percent
age is all in his favor, and that is all
he will pitch. Nothing will swerve
him from his course
They'll get lot Of hits off Bagby,
but he wins because he is pitching
percentage baseball-pitching to the
weak points Of each hitter and not the
strong points. He has perfect control
of what stuff he does command and
can put it any place he wants 70.
'Bagby is an instance of what con-
centration and practice will do for a
pitcher"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

THE first move toward the rehabili-
i tation of the army aviation service
has been made by Secretary of War
Weeks. 1t is the placing of orders for
200 modern pursuit planes and 50
Martin type bombers, which will cost
approximately S2.240,000.
The pursuit planes of the Thomas
Morse type, thoroughly up to date in
every particular, were ordered from
the Boeing company of Seattle, Wash.
The Martin type bombers were or
dered from the L. w. f. company of
Garden City. L. I. The 200 pursuit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

committeeman of the American Lee
gion. Lets walk to Washington and
tell them what the Legion wants for
its disabled and for its whole member
Ship"
According to Mr.. Kurtz' plan, dele
gates from each state department OF
the Legion would hike overland to the
nations capitol, arranging their sched-
ules so as to meet on the White House
steps on the same day. However, he
would permit representatives from the
other side Of the Rockies to ride the
cushions across to this side.
Legion posts along the way would
feed and shelter the mixers. "Pll lead
the way, and outwalk anyone in the
Legion" the Kansas pedestrian de-
clares.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
GORE WAS STAR oUTFlELDER
Oid-Time National League Player Held
Record of circling Bases-Was
Hard Hitter.

George Gore was a famous outfield-
er who played with the Chicago and
New York teams Of the National
league back in the SOS. Gore was un-
usually fast on his feet and held a rec
ord of turning the circuit in IA Sec
onds. From 1880 until 1891, Gore
played 1,22S games in the big league
and crossed the plate with 1900 runs,
an average Of LOG per game. Billy
Hamilton, who was with the Philadel-
phia and Boston Nationals, from 1888
until 1901, played 1875 big league
games, in which he scored 1,70S runs,
an average Of LOS per game. Both
possessed life's batting average bet
ter than 800.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

be admitted even if the maximum
have entered the United States in the
same month or year, but only aliens
of these classes arriving before the
entrance of the maximum number
shall be counted in reckoning the per-
centage limits as provided in the act.
A few changes have been made clari-
flying especially the paragraphs con-
corning the countries whose political
boundaries have changed since 1910.
A new provision limiting to $4,000
the immigration from any country in
any one year may be added to the bill
if its sponsors can satisfy themselves
that the passage of the measure will
not be endangered or deferred there
by.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

Who would you name as one of the
smartest pitchers ever in baseball?
Right offhand you would say Christy
Mathewson, would you not? In the
opinion of Ty Cobb, Jim Bagby of the
worlds champion Indians is entitled
TO the honor. This is what Ty has to
say about the Cleveland finger, who
won 81 games last year:
"Bagby is the smartest pitcher 1
ever faced, and I'll tell you why. He
hasn't a very good fast ball nor a
very good curve. He has a pretty
good slow ball, with almost perfect
control. Bagby knows he hasn't
enough natural ability to fool batters,
so he makes a study of them. He
knows the strong and weak points of
every batter who faces him, and he
pitches 10 their weak points. If bat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
Bill

shall accrue at the time of sale or
lease of all such goods, wares and
merchandise, at a rate of 1 per cent
of their total value at the time of such
change of ownership. The tax also
applies to the total amount or amounts
received on all leases of goods, wares
and merchandise"
scientific, or educational purposes.
The bill exempts sales and leases
made by the federal government.
states and municipalities, foreign gov
ernments, mutual ditch or irrigation
companies and hospitals and other
corporations organized and operated
exclusively for religious, charitable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
STARS RUN AT INDIANAPOLIS
Drivers Entered in Big Speedway Race
Include Ralph de Palma, Dario
Resta and Others.

The coming 50O-mile international
sweepstakes to be held over the bricks
of the indianapolis Motor speedway on
Monday, May 80, will be the greatest
affair of its kind in the world, if one
is to judge from the galaxy of stars
already entered, and other drivers who
will pilot mounts in this classic.
Ralph de Palma and Dario Resta,
the two italian drivers, will be in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
SPEAKERS SALARY $50

AT a banquet in Houston,
Tex, Doak Roberts, president of
the Texas League, presented
Iris Speaker, manager of the
Cleveland Indians, with the first
baseball contract Speaker ever
signed. It was signed In 1906
with the old Cleburne team of
the Texas league at a salary OF
$50 per month.
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Chen he has bettered that record. In
his entire career Johnson has never
turned in less than % victories. and
one season he established a high wa
ter mark of SO wins.
The fast-ball king is one of the most
popular pitchers in major league ball.
For years he has been an idol of the
enthusiasts in every American league
city. They marveled at his great
hurting and in turn went into costa
sizes of delight when the home club
managed to beat him.
Johnson Joined the Senators in 1907,
green busher from the West. This
season will be his fifteenth in major
league ball if he comes back in the
manner promised.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

HE'S been given the job of taking the
IL kinks out of the railroad and air
mail service-Col Edward r. Shaugh-
messy, once messenger boy in Chi
cago and more recently lieutenant
colonel in the A. E. F. He is going
to get mail in and out OF postofices
all over the country on a business
mans schedule"
Colonel Shaughnessy is assistant di-
rector of the American Petroleum in
stitute, New York city. He was born
in 1883 in Chicago. When he was ID
years old he became ticket agent at
the Elgin station OF the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad and year later
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06


meeting he was named chairman Of
the temporary executive committee.
Returning to the United States, he
was elected commander of the Illinois
department. In IL months the men,
bership in Illinois increased from 49,
600 to more than $4,000, and the num-
Der of posts from go to 682.
While serving with the First Illi-
nois cavalry, in 1894, Mr.. Foreman ac-
CURED an active interest in military
affairs. He served with that organi-
zation during the Spanish-American
war and rose to the rank of captain.
After the war Mr.. Foreman began
the practice of law in Chicago, and be-
came major in the First cavalry. In
1914 he was promoted to lieutenant
colonel, and two years later commits
stoned colonel of the regiment. He
was in command of that organization
during the border troubles.
With the outbreak of the World war,
Colonel Foreman requested the trans
fer of his regiment to field artillery,
which was erected IN June, I9II. Col
onel Foreman took the regiment to
France in 1917 and commanded it
throughout the war. He received
three citations for gallantry and was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal for achievements in the st.
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
While not in the military service,
Mr.. Foreman practiced law in Chica-
go and took an active interest in pub
lie affairs throughout the state. In
1899 he was elected to the Chicago
city council and served six consecutive
terms. He was chairman Of the Chi
cago charter convention whose work
has become a model for planners Of
new city charters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
INTERESTING
SPORT NOTES

Lafayette has been admitted into
the intercollegiate sOcker league.
Johnny Wilson, as the middleweight
crown wearer, is about as popular as
a lot of foreign kings have been.
Frank Zotti, Jr., and G. b. Lewis
have been respectively elected captains
of boxing and wrestling teams at the
Naval academy.
When Coach Bob Fisher of Harvard
surveyed the Springfield football prac-
tice he said: II see we need some line
men from somewhere"
Coach James A. Ten Eyck of the
Syracuse crews reports he has the
smallest squad in years. Gus Rami,
the big stroke oar, is back in the
boat
A. E. Miller, twenty-five, Of Mar
ragansett Pier has been elected cap
tam VI tHC DIONA OdShCtDdll team.
Next years swimming team at Lee
high university will be captained by
L. n. Vannort. He halls from
Scranton.
Notre Dame students will erect
memorial monument to the late George
Gipp, football team halfback, on the
college campus.
Syracuse varsity eight-oared shell
crew will oppose the Navy on the
Severn, May 81. Coach Jim Ten
Eyck alone beat the Navy last year.
Walter Eberhardt, twenty-five, has
been selected captain Of the Column
bia University swimming team. Ralph
Cooper, twenty two, was chosen leader
Of the polo team.
The Harvard summer school has
added classes in athletics to its cur
riculum Each sporting activity will
be In charge of teacher. The school
opens July and ends August IL.
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Wash, and have never felt better than
/ have the last two years. can work,
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be.
Doctors told me I could never have
children-I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound it strength
ened me so I gave birth to an eight
pound boy. was well all the time, did
all my work up to the last day, and had
a natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when they ask me
great pleasure, Il took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life.' Use this testi-
monial at any time. Mrs. ELIZABETH
SMART, 142 w. Sixth ST., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs Smart is surely
a strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is
only one of great many similar cases.
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"Pay you fo' what?"
Second Hand.

81 want two sheets Of fly paper
said the lady entering the corner gen.
eral store.
The none too-brilliant clerk extracted
two sheets from the window.
aTen cents" he safd
"How embarrassing I've only
nickel with me-"
saw, / s'pose you can have the two
fer five cents" he grumbled- They're
half full of flies already.
Legion Weekly
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d O u g b b o y s
whose weary feet
ate up the kilo-
meters on the 9TH
er side and the
miles on this side
SO paraphrased
the advertising Of
t h e recruiting
service during the
war. But walk
ing won the war.
Lets keep it
up" urges w. f.
Kurtz, Kansas ma
$tnnol nUoaY7fixyn
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noiS department
of the American
Legion, is a Chi
cago lawyer, who
for many years
has been active
in public and mil
itary affairs. His
connection w t b
the Legion dates
back to the orig
inal Paris caucus
at which time the
idea of forming a
Legion was con-
ceiyed. At that
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was very irregular
If | did any house.
cleaning or washing
/ would faint and
have to be put to
bed, my husband
thinking every min
Ute was my last
After reading your
textbook for women
I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
I1Sad fhn Canafiva
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Baseball
Notes

The Louisville club has transferred
Infelder Harry Wolfe to the Mobile
club.
Fred Merkle's contract with the
Rochester club, it is stated, is for
two years.
Washington has closed the deal with
Tampa for purchase of Bob Lemotte
and Debee Foss.
The Los Angeles club has sold
Catcher Pete Japan to the Galveston
club of the Texas league.
If there was something in the base
ball cellars it would turn the major
league races upside down.
Baxter Sparks, veteran pitcher,
will manage the Clarksdale team of
the new Mississippi State league.
Plateau Cox, right-handed pitcher,
has been released by the Detroit club
20 Joplin Of the Western league.
The Rochester International league
team has a fuIl-blooded Seneca Indian
for a trainer. He is Aaron Poody.
Gus Gardela, veteran infielder out
of the game last year, has been signed
by the Pittsfeld Eastern league club.
Gabby Street, who will manage the
Suffolk Virginia team this year,
writes that he is going to have a
good club. =
The Tulsa club, which has been shy
a first baseman, hopes it has filed the
gap by purchase from Vancouver of
Walter Hinkle.
The Waterbury club has traded
Pitcher Andy Meyerpack and Outfeld-
er Irving Porter TO Worcester for
Pitcher T. Colley.
Catcher Jack Snyder, who jumped
the Joplin team last year just when
it needed him most, now makes a
plea for reinstatement.
Jim Fox, veteran pitcher, known for
his length and droll ways, will man.
age the Rome team in the Georgia
State league this year.
The Augusta South Atlantic club an
nounced that it has traded Pitcher
Tom Knowlson to the Richmond Vir-
ginia club for Pitcher Lee Stone.
Lloyd Silcott, Houston outfelder,
who was snapped to Galveston, now
has been sold by that club to the
Peoria club Of the Three-I league.
Pittsburgh, still in need of a catch
er, talks of acquiring Mack Wheat
from the PhilIies.
Left to Ty Cobb to decide. the De-
troit Tigers will return to San An
tonic to train next year.
The Memphis club has southpew
pitchers TO peddle. Manager Spencer
Abbott counted six with the purchase
Of Frank Graham from Louisville.
The Columbia South Atlantic club
has traded Infelder Fred Heck to
Winston-Salem OF the Piedmont league
for Fleischman, pitcher, and Kotch,
an infielder.
Ed Walsh, former spitbaIler of the
Chicago White Sox, who last year
managed the Bridgeport team of the
Eastern league, will this year manage
an independent team at Oneonta, n. Y.
Harry Kane, one-time major league
pitcher. who has been living in Art
IONA for the past couple of years, has
been signed as an umpire for the
Texas league this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

Mistress should think that you
would be ashamed to let that police
man kiss you
Maid-Yes. But how could resist
the lasy?-Amertcan Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
Canada A. A. u. Js Strict.

The Amateur Athletic Union of Ca
NADIA has left no room for doubt as
to where it STANDS on the question of
amateurism. If it has its way any
thing in the shape of yelled profess
sionalism viii have hard work to
get by.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
The New Twist.

Bromide say bird In the
hand is worth two In the bush.
Baseball Manager-Huh I've got
some birds on my hands that ought
to be back in the bushes. American
Legion Weekly.
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C. O. D.

Ar old darby visited doctor and
received instructions as to what he
should do. Shaking his head, he was
about to leave the Office, when the
doctor called out:
"Hey, there, uncle, you forgot to
pay me-"
"Pay you fo' what?"
"For my advice"
"Nossuh, boss. Use compluntated it
from all angles and decided not to
take it"-American Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
Yale Elects cooper,

]. S. Cooper, Jr, of Somerset, KY
has been elected captain of the Yale
University basketball team for next
season.
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They'll Do That.

They'll Do That.
Trumpeter Steadman-I never pay
old debts. 1 forget them.
Private Beidel-But how about new
ones?
Steadman-Oh, let them get old
Sparks.
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HIKE TO NATIONAL CAPITAL
Plan Suggested by Kansas Committee
man to Tell Lawmakers What
Legion Men Need.

"Join the army and walk around the
world % Do you remember that slogan?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
ONE OF LEGIoN's FOUNDERS
Col. Milton Foreman's Connection
Dates Back to the Original
Paris Caucus.

Col. Milton ]. Foreman, national
executive committeeman of the Illi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06
THIS WOmAN's
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
ChildIess Women

Lowell, Mass. I had anemia from
the time was sixteen years old and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

running again. Other drivers entered
are Eddie Hearne, Ira Vail, Tommy
Milton, Fred Dueserberg and Andre
Boillot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

The Louisville club has transferred
Infielder Harry Wolfe to the Mobile
club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

A. E. Miller, twenty-five, of Mar
ragansett Pier has been elected cap
tain of the Brown basketball team.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

Next years swimming team at Lee
high university will be captained by
L. n. Vannort. He halls from
Scranton.
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q Fife o.
ANElICAN
LEGION
Copy for This Department Supplied By

Copy for This Department Supplied By
the American Legion News Service.)
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Notre Dame students will erect
memorial monument to the late George
Gipp, football team halfback, on the
college campus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

When Coach Bob Fisher Of Harvard
surveyed the Springfield football prac-
tice he said: II see we need some line
men from somewhere"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

Coach James A. Ten Eyck of the
Syracuse crews reports he has the
smallest squad in years. Gus Rami,
the big stroke oar. is back in the
boat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

The Memphis club has southpew
pitchers to peddle. Manager Spencer
Abbott counted six with the purchase
Of Frank Graham from Louisville
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-06

Lafayette has been admitted into
the intercollegiate socker league.