The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-11-25


New York-A further decline in the
price of duty-free raw sugar to the
basis of 1916 cents per pound, estab-
lished the lowest record since before
the war.
Omaha-After striking three men
with blackjack, lone bandit robbed
the safe in the heart of Omaha's bust
ness district, and escaped with So
900.
Chicago-Eleven people were killed
and a funeral limousine, in which
they were riding, was demolished when
fast Santa Fe train crashed into the
machine as Il was crossing the railroad
tracks here.
Bloomfield, Ind-Damages of $4,000
were awarded DR.. George F. Smith OF
Bicknell in circuit court here against
four other Bicknell physicians whom
Smith charged with trying to drive
him from the town and destroy his
practice.
Philadelphia-He in by smoke
of flames, 20 employees of Kelly Hughes
G Co., cotton waste dealer, who at
tempted to fight fire in the plant, es-
capped from the burning building only
after forming human chain to guide
| to an exit
Hot Springs-A tornado of severe
| proportions passed aover section of
the country between Lonsdale and
Lott, 20 miles east of here. Farm
houses and outbuildings were consid'
erably damaged and many trees were
| blown down.
Chicago-A rum plot which involved
proposed brides of $4,000 to public OIL
cials, suitcase full of liquor permits
for $1,000 gallons of whisky, worth
more than $2,000000 at the retail has
| been uncovered here, federal agents
announced.
Boise, KALEIDOSCOPE Bengoechea, az
years old, four years ago reputed 10
| Re the richest man in Idaho, died OF
Brights disease, poor man. He had
| invested heavily in sheep and lost all
his holdings during the recent slump
in prices of sheep and wool.
New York-An $4,000 fund to be
used in an effort to save FROM the
electric chair Nicolo Sacco and Bar
| tolomeo Vanzetti, under arrest in Mas
sachusetts, pending appeal OF their
conviction on murder charges. has
been raised among radicals hertz
New York-Referring to his visit to
| Washington Friday, when he conferred
| with Secretary Hoover regarding Mu
sole Shoals, Henry Ford said here that
| he also had a conference with Presf
dent Harding and at that time mad Of
fered to buy four junk battleships
scraped by the government asa result
| of the Arms Conference.
Northwest
Des Moines, Iowa-Bandits with
their faces grotesquely painted in varl-
Gus hues to disguise their features
held up lone motorist near Pella,
Iowa. The funny-face bandits are
novelty in criminal annals here, police
assert.
Billings, Mont.-Former State High
| way Commissioner Sam Webb and
| former County Engineer, Relph w
| Barr, both of Columbus, Mont, met
death at Reed Point, 55 miles west OF
! here, when the automobile in which
| they were riding was struck by Nor
thern Pacific passenger train.
Billings, Mont.-Representa OF
water users from seven northwest
reclamation projects from North Da-
kota to Oregon are here for a general
discussion of problems, of which pos
sible extension of federal aid to pro.
iect settlers is one of the most impor.
tant. About 20 delegates were pres.
emit as the meeting organized to start
work.
Foreign
Organization of the Ameri
can Guardian association to assist chill
dren born of American fathers and Fill.
pino mothers was announced. Cover
nor General Leonard A. Wood was
elected honorary president.
Funchal, Maderia-Former Emperor
Charles of Austria Hungary and his
wife, Zita, arrived here on board the
British battle cruiser Cardiff to begin
their life of exile recently decreed by
the Allied Council of Ambassadors.
Warsaw - The Polish assembly
adopted President Pilsudski's plan
providing for Incorporation of wilma
into a Middle Lithuanian state The
government won only after hard
fight when the entire Jewish vote was
cast on it's side
Paris-The Matin published a re-
port that Premier Lloyd George had
cabled Arthur Balfour asking him to
seek American support in protesting
the Franco-Turkish treaty on the
ground that it does not provide suffi-
cient protection for Christians.
London The admiralty announces
that it has ordered the cessation OF
all work on the four battleships of the
super-Hood type. The shipbuilding
firms were notified not to incur any
further liabilities on new naval con-
struction until further notice from the
| admiralty.
Berlin-The most unique strike in
the wave that is sweeping Germany as
result of climbing prices, is the
strike of the professional pallbearers
| of Pntsdam They have demanded
| higher wages for carrying mortal re-
mains to the grave, and the funeral
parlors have installed strikebreakers,
Peking-The heavy run on all the
Chinese banks continued. All efforts
failed to induce Sir Francis A. Aglen
inspector-general of the imperial mari
time customs, to release the fourteen
million taels trust fund to save the