The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-02
Big Happenings of the Week
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Everywhere.
Washington

ulating trading on grain exchanges
and the bill to extend the period for
doing assessment work on mining
claims.
hington-Congress put aside its
work for thirty days after deter
mined fight against the anti-beer bill
had forced those in charge of it to
withdraw it for action by the Senate
next fall
Washing ton-Railroads of the coun
try earned $174,662,167 in the six
months ending in June as against $31,
721,706 in the same period last year
the interstate commerce commission
announced.
Westinghouse pigeon which car
ried a message from Mayor Thompson
of Chicago to President Harding in
16 hours actual flying time for tn
61415 miles broke a worlds record il
was announced.
Washington-The annual celebra
tion of the birthday of General Lafay
cite, Sept. 6, will be conducted al
Mount Vernon this year instead of al
New York, the national Lafayette day
committee has announced.
Washington-The republican tax bill
was passed by the house after the
democrats had failed in an effort tC
have it recommitted for elimination Of
the provision repeating the income sur
tax rates above 80 per cent.
Washington-The treaty of peace
with Germany, which was signed last
Thursday at Berlin will be sent to the
senate Sept. 81, the day that congress
reassembles after its 80 day recess
it was stated at the White House.
Washington-The sale of the 205
wooden ships of the shipping board to
the Ship Construction and Trading
company, on a bid of $2,1OO each, has
been held UP, it was learned from a
high official of the shipping board.
= Washington-No decisionzregarding
a pardon for Eugene " Debs or a gen.
early amnesty for prisoners convicted
under wartime laws will be reached
by President Harding until the peace
treaty with Germany has been ratified
it was stated at the White House.
Sporting
Londonderry Sullivan, American
distance swimmer, abandoned his at.
tempt to swim the English channel
after 10 hours in the water. He was
in midchannel when forced to give up
1t was Sullivan's fifth attempt.
Kansas City, Mo.-Bunny Brief, first
baseman of the Kansas City American
home run of the season, breaking the
former association record of 20 estab-
lished by Gavvy Cravath several years
ago
Topeka, Kan.-Jess Willard said he
had started training for the proposed
bout with Jack Dempsey. He says he
will scale his present weight 265 down
to 230 pounds, his weight when he lost
his title to Dempsey at Toledo, JUL
4, 1919. ISIS.
New York-The motion pictures of
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight have
been obtained by preacher in Green
wood Lake, N. Y, and will be shown
in that preachers church house Sat
urday for the purpose of paying off the
Indebtedness on the church.
Domestic
New York-Pope Benedict has sent
his blessings to the Knights of Column
bus for their work in promoting the
study of Dante.
{ Chicago-Los Angeles was selected
as the 1922 convention city for the In
ternational Rotary clubs by the board
of directors, in session here.
Cincinnati-A uniform aviation act,
regulating traffic in the air was dis.
cussed by the conference of commits
sioners on uniform state laws.
adelphia-Conrad w. Foss, pro.
fessional aviator, and two passengers
he had taken up in his airplane were
killed when the machine fell.
Chicago-Three robbers held up a
dice game within the shadow of po-
lice station and escaped with $4,000,
which they took from the players.
Chicago-Robbers, who looted 10
deposit boxes in the Security Trust &
Deposit company's vaults in the Ma
sonic temple, obtained $224,000. Off,
Gals of the company announced. The
loss is covered by insurance.
Indianapolis-Joh L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, issued statement declaring
he was more than willing to join Gov
in 81 AZ
to prevent civil war in West Virginia.
Chicago : The federated shops
crafts, representing 100000 union rail
road shopmen, refused to accept the
order of the United States railroad
board regarding overtime and new
working rules.
Providence, r. 1.-Two men are
known to have been killed. and sever
al injured when an explosion occurred
in the plant of the Copper Tube
Manufacturing company
Peoria, Il-Five persons were kill
were riding was struck by T. P. &
w. passenger train at LaHarpe, Ill.
20 miles south of Burlington.
San Francisco-Reductions in west
bound freight rates, ranging as high
as As per cent, have been declared by
the transcontinental rail carriers fol
hundreds of manufactured articles.
Grand Junction, Colo.-Two persons
were killed and more than fifty in
jured when Denver & Rio Grande
Western passenger train No. 1, west
bound, plunged through bridge into q
creek at Gale, Colo, near here.
New York-A record nonstop flight
from Montreal to New York in three