The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-02-24

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ty. His punishment was fixed at life
Imprisonment.
Chicago-America will lose its mo-
ton picture industry unless senseless
criticism of its people stop. This was
the warning issued by Doug" Fair
banks and Mary Pickford in response
to questions concerning Hollywood.
Indianapolis -Hanford MacNider,
national commander of the American
Legion, has had the cross of the
commander of the Legion of Honor
conferred upon him by the French
government, he was informed in ca.
blegram from Marshal Foch.
Sporting
New York-Tex Richard, fight pro.
moter, was indicted for an offense on
two minor girls by the supreme court
grand jury.
New York-Jack Britton. and David
Shade, fought Is rounds to draw in
Madison Square Garden, Britton re-
tanning his title as worlds weller
weight boxing champion
New York-Retirement of George l.
(Iex) Richard from the management
of the Madison Square Garden Sport.
ing club was announced by the state
athletic commission. John Ringing,
circus owner an dpartner OF Richard
in various sporting enterprises, sue.
ceeds him as president of the club.
Saranac Lake, N Y.-Everett Nc.
Gowan of ST. Paul won the Amerte an
professional outdoor skating title with
a total of ITO points. Arthur Staff of
Chicago, one of the former claimants
of the title, was runnerup with 80
points. Edmund Lamy Of Saranac
Lake was third with 100 points and
Bobby Mclean of st. Paul finished
fourth with so points.
Northwest
Iowa City-Fire which broke out
in the downtown section here, prac.
tically destroyed a half city block at
loss of approximately 100000.
Butte, Mont-A recent decision of
the state supreme court, in which it
held that the state widows pension
act is valid, has caused a rush of ap-
plicants to register, according to Off
Gals.
Fort Dodge, Iowa-The Smell Shops
building, a business block occupied by
II firms, including the Postal Tele-
graph company, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at more than
100000.
Roundup, Mont-Mrs. Lydia Ny
berg Nicholson of Roundup has ar
nounced her candidacy for mayor in
the March primaries. She is said to be
the first woman to seek this office in
Montana
Missoula, Mon.-Joe Vuckovich, con.
victed of the murders of Mrs. Jerry
Shea here February II, 1921, was
hanged. Vuckovich went to the gal
lows with firm step, stoutly main
tanning his innocence.
Des Moines-Announcem of the
appointment of Mr.. Rawson, who is
state chairman of the republican state
central committee, to succeed w. S..
Kenyon in the upper house of congress
was made by Governor N. E. Kendall.
Foreign
Berlin-The reichstag voted conf
dence in the government of Chancellor
Wirth. The vote was 230 to 1876.
Stockholm-Some 80 steamships are
frozen in the ice in the Ksttagat and
the sound and drifting with the foes.
Some are in imminent peril of being
crushed.
Paris-Alexander Duval, proprietor
of well known chain of popular res
taurants in Paris called the "Bouillona
Duval," is dead. He was one of the
most representative Partisan figures.
Hamburg-The first skyscraper in
Germany soon will be constructed in
the old business section of Hamburg.
1t will be 16 stories high, topping the
highest building in Germany at this
time by five stories.
Paris-A Vienna official statement.
according to a dispatch to the Havas'
agency, says that the British minister
has informed Austria that Great Bri-
tain will grant an advance credit of g.
100000 pounds sterling.
Rome-Pope Plus celebrated mass in
the Matilde hall in the presence of
large number of citizens of the town
of Desio, the pontiff's birthplace.
Those present included the mayor, the
aldermen and city councillors.
Stockholm-Both houses of parlia
ment have adopted unanimously tho
government proposal for granting the
sum of 100000 krona for aiding the
starving Russians. (The krona is
worth about 81 cents normally
Geneva-Prisoners of war to the
number of 441,S29 were sent to their
homes between May 1, 1920, and Dec.
81, 1921, as result of the work of the
joint commission of the League of Ma
lions and the International Red Cross.
Belfast-Forty-two Ulster unionists,
kidnapped during the recent raids
across the border from the south, have
been released. Michael Collins, head
of the provisional government tele-
graphed Colonial Secretary Churchill
that he had succeeded in obtaining
the liberation of this number of pris-
oners.
The Hague-The Peace palace, which
cynics during the World war labeled
CLOSED owing to bankruptcy" was
the scene of the inaugural session of
the permanent court of international
justice, the cornerstone of the League
of Nations.
Sofia, Bulgaria-The reparations
commission has been requested by Bull
garia to postpone the time of Bull
garia's payment of reparations three
years.