The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19


it was announced by John Evans, pre-
sident of the institution.
Chicago The quill pen used by
President Lincoln in signing his. first
inaugural address has been stolen
from the exhibit Of the Chicago his
torical society at the pageant of
progress, it was announced
Cleveland-A counterfeiting plot,
Matched at the Ohio state reformatory
at Mansfield by prisoners who carried
out their work of manufacturing and
circulating bogus bank notes for
months within prison walls, was re.
vealed by United States secret service
agents here.
Northwest
Mason City, Iowa-Two men were
killed and a third badly injured when
two airplanes executed tail spins and
crashed 400 feet to the ground.
Whitefish, Mont-A cache of stolen
cigarets valued at $1,000 was uncover
ed near here by Great Northern rail
way detectives. Five arrests have
been made.
Chicago-Leonard Murray, messen.
ger for the Jefferis State bank, who
was robbed of $4,000, confessed, &C
cording to the police that he and four
other men planned the robbery.
Miles City, Mont.-Arrested on the
Fort Keogh road, a man giving his
name as Frank Chambers is believed
to be the leader of band that robbed
che Sumatra State bank at Sumatra.
Waterloo, Iowa-One boy, aged z,
was instantly killed and four other
members of the Carl Sherman family
of Center Point, Iowa, narrowly es-
capped death when their automobile
was struck by an interurban car.
Miles City, Mont.-Cutting the wires
into the Milwaukee station in Suma-
ira, bank robbers broke into the Suma-
ira State bank and, forcing the safe,
secured about $4,000 in valuable pa
pers. $500 in cash and unknown guam
titles of Liberty Bonds.
Missoula, MONTH Troops will be per
manently stationed at Fort Missoula,
Secretary Charles H. Roberts is in
formed in letter from United States
Senator Henry L. Myers. At least 500
men are expected to be here soon.
Fort Harrison, Helena, also has be-
come a federal hospital.
Minneapolis-Th first official move
for lower railroad rates on grain for
farmers of the Northwest, as advocat-
ed by the American Farm Bureau fed
GRAFTON and other farmers organiza.
tons, was started in Washington when
the Interstate Commerce commission
began hearings which will reopen the
whole subject of transportation
charges on grain and grain products.
Foreign
Serious earthquake shocks
are reported from the Italian colony Of
Eritreat, on the African shore of the
Red sea.
Ottowa- Canadas wheat crop this
year will exceed last years by more
than 25,000,000 bushels, but most other
crops show decrease
Heidelburg Announcement is made
at the Koenigstuhl observatory, that
the earth passed through the tail of a
comet on the night of Aug. s.
Dublin-An uncompromising stand
for absolute Irish independence was
taken by President Eamonn De Valera
in his address to the Sim Fein parlia-
ment.
Chicago-More than 100000 per.
osns attended the Pageant of Progress
Industrial exhibits. Exhibitors re-
ported large volume of business dur.
ing the 16 days of the exposition.
Peking-China's delegation at the
conference on disarmament and far
east questions will comprise 81 mem
bers, a chief and four associate dele
gates, 10 councillors and 16 clerks, ac-
cording to tentative decision by the
cabinet
Berlin-The Japanese ambassador to
Berlin announces that Baron Goto,
mayor of Toxic, has asked him to en-
gage a German city architect to plan
the modernization of the Japanese cap
architects have applied.
Havana Spanish losses in the de-
feat by the Moorish tribesmen in Mo-
rocco, of the column of General Sill
vestre are placed at 5000 in dispatch
from Madrid The booty captured by
the tribesmen, the report adds, is val.
ued at more than 20,000,000 pesetas.
Paris-Two hundred and fifty repre-
sentatives of the American Legion,
headed by Maj. John G. Emery, ma
tional commander of that organization,
arrived in Paris. They were received
with military. honors and oheered by
thousands Of Parisians, who greeted
London According to the latest fig
ures, 22,1S5 United States citizens ar
rived in the United Kingdom during
the three months ending June 80, 1921.
Paris-Allied viewpoints clashed
again at the meeting of the supreme
council. The clash was over the strict
ness of the Allied control of German
aviation activities.
Berne-Forty persons have been kill
ed and many persons are buried in
debris in the village of Klausun, in
the Eisack valley of Austrian Tyro,
which has been partially destroyed by
landslide. The disaster was due to
a heavy rain storm.
Tokio-Viceadmiral Kanji Kato, di-
rector Of the naval stan college, has
been informally selected by the Jap
anese navy to head this country's de.
legation to the conference on disarma-
ment and far eastern questions in
Washington late this autumn, says the
newspaper Nichi Nichi.