The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-07
Gig Happenings of the Week
as Condensed for Benefit of
Busy Readers.
TOLD IN A few WORDS
Kernels culled From News of Moment
In All Parts of the Wortd-Of
Interest to All the People
Everywhere.
WASHINGTON

tary of agriculture. ef
Washington-Dr ]. C. A. Everwijn,
new minister from the Netherlands,
was received by President Harding, to
whom he presented letters accrediting
him to the post.
Washington-Col Collection of the Sept.
Is installment of income and profits
taxes reached Secretary A. w. Mel
Ions estimate of S500,00O,00O. The to-
tai was given as $526,201,99S.
shington-Hearings before the
senate finance committee on the tariff
bill win be resumed Nov /, Chairman
Bots Penrose announced. The agricul
ture schedule will be considered first.
Observation-Disclosures of spe-
cial committee of five scientists of the
department of agriculture to consider
the problem of land utilization was an
nounced by Secretary H. c. Wallace.
INSTRUMENTATION to the gov
ernments of Belgium, Holland and
Portugal to become members of the
conference on Far Eastern subjects
were being prepared today at the state
department
Washington American business
conditions improved decidedly in Sep
TENDER, in the view of the Federal
Reserve board, which made public
a distinctly optimistic review of con-
ditions for the month.
Washington-The nations gross
public debt increased $1,77S,O00 in Sep
TENDER, according to figures made pub
lie by the Treasury, which show the
gross national debt on September 80
to have been s23, 924,1 los, 900.
ashington-Director of the Budget
G. G. Dawes was charged with 'im-
pudent and insolent usurpation of leg
islative authority" in cutting congress
sfonal appropriations, in speech by
Senator j. A. Reed, Missouri, on the
pending tax bill.
Washington-After radical drys had
forced republican leaders to pledge
that there would be no adjournment of
the present session of congress until
the, antibeer bill is passed, the senate
reached a unanimous consent agree
ment to vote Oct. IA on the German,
Austrian and Hungarian peace trea-
ties.
Sporting
Denver, Colo-Charlie White of Chi
cago knocked out Bobby Ward of st.
Paul in the fifth round of their SEIZED
uled ten round bout here.
New York-Christy Mathewson, the
"old MASTER who is now fighting tu-
berculosis at Saranac Lake, will get
between $4,000 and $4,000 as re-
suit of the testimonial game at the
Polo grounds.
Etamps-Kirsch, Frenchman, set
a new worlds speed record when he
won the Deutsch cup in the airplane
races here. He travelled $50 miles in
one hour, four minutes and thirty-nine
and one.ffth seconds.
New York-Tex Richard today sent
a contract to Jess Willard for q return
match with Jack Dempsey, to be held
between June Is and July 5, 1922, in
the United States, Canada or Mexico.
financial arrangements.
New Workable Ruth, the Yankee
slugger, surpassed his 1920 worlds
record by five home runs and made
one more than double his 1919 record
total of tWenty-nine. His grand total
in league games in the past seven sea-
sons is 1872, of which 113 were made
in 1920 and 1921.
N2w York-By winning his seventh
pen1Gat 2or the New York National
league club, Manager John ]. McGraw
tops ali other managers in the num-
Der of championships. He was tied at
six with Manager Connie Mack of the
Philadelphia Athletics until he piloted
the 1921 Giants out in front.
Domestic
Chicago persons were in
jured, five seriously, when elevated
trains crashed on the Oak Park ele-
waited road here. A speeding express
crashed into the rear of another train
New York-Accused of receiving
and disposing of part of $1,500,000 in
Liberty bonds stolen from the Toledo,
Ohio, postoffice last February, Jacob
Wolfner, silk merchant, was arrested
by Federal agents.
New York-Mayor Hylan, unopposed,
received 147,S35 votes for the mayor
atty nomination of the democratic par
ty in the primaries, the official canvass
showed. The total vote cast for the
four candidates for the republican
nomination was 175,609.
Chicago-Carl Wanderer, who MUIR
dered his wife, their unborn babe
and ragged dupe so he might re-
sumo life of adventure, embarked
upon the great adventure with song
on his lips. This song, "Oh, Pal, Why
Don't You Answer Me?" might have
been chosen. from the repertoire of
regret as chant to his dead wife or
it might have been picked for it's grim
application to the gallows which was
tumbling him into eternity.
Parlin, N. J.-Five men were killed
and three injured when explosives be-
ing loaded on motor truck blew up.
The explosion was felt 10 miles away.
Baton Rouge, lathe senate pass
ed resolution petitioning congress to
modify the Volstead act to permit the
sale of light wines and beers. The
vote was rs to Is.
San Francisco-Roscoe G. Arbuckle,
held for manslaughter in connection
with the death of Miss Virginia Rap
pc, was released from the city prison
on $4,000 cash bail.
Chicago-The riots of. 1894 when
Eugene ". Debs, called his American
Railway union strike, were wiped off
tho cifv,s h0OIxc with fho navp,opf of