The Ely miner., 1922-03-24
caruthersville, Mo.-Firo wiped out

Atlanta-Seyen persons were killed
and nine injured when an Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic railroad
coach plunged so feet from a trestle
ladelphia-Gifford Pinchot, state
| forestry commissioner, announced his
candidacy for the republican guberna-
torial nomination at the May pri-
| maries.
Atlanta Henry Ford's Muscle
Shoals offer was indorsed unanimously
| and resolutions calling on congress to
accept his bid were passed at mass
| meeting in the city auditorium.
Philadelphia-Tw patrolmen and
two bandits were shot and bank run
| ner was injured when three men held
up and robbed two bank messengers.
| One bandit escaped with about $6,500.
Hoboken, N. J.-Fire in the Fisher
Sweeney Bronze company building de-
stroyed the structure, spread to five-
story tenement and burned eight ga
RACES. Loss is estimated at $500, 1000.
| Chicago-Thomas Lucky Tommy
O'Connor, convicted murderer of Chi
cago detective, who escaped from the
Cook county Jail four days before he
was to have been executed, is believed
by the Chicago police to be hiding in
Milwaukee.
Sporting
Trenton, N. J.-Governor Edwards
signed the Evans bill, limiting to SIS
the maximum price for seat at a
boxing exhibition.
Cambridge, Mass.-Eighteen Har-
ward crews are working out on the
Charles river The first race is with
the University of Pennsylvania here
on April 29.
Boston, Mass-The one hundred
forty-sixth anniversary of the evacu-
alton of this port by British forces
was celebrated. The feature was a
parade of 10000 regular and state
troops and war veterans.
| New York-Colonel Jacob Rupert,
president of the Yankees, denied that
Babe Ruth's new contract calls for a
bonus of $500 for each home run. "He
is getting fat salary without any
kind of a bonus," he said.
| Asheville, N. C.-K. M. Lands, base
| ball commissioner, left here for the
first lap of his visit to spring training
camps. Augusta, Ca, will be the first
stop, and Jacksonville, Tampa and
Leesburg, Fla, will follow upon the
| initial swing.
New York-Jack Dempsey is going
to Europe to do vaudeville instead of
boxing, according to his manager,
Jack Kearns. well meet anyone
there that wants us or anyone that
wants us here, but we haven't any
| thing definite over there but some
stage work." he said.
Northwest
Helena-Governor Joseph M. Dixon
Of Montana, will not be candidate
for the United States senate this year.
according to statement by Jerome
Locke, political lieutenant Of the
governor.
Butte, Mont.-Northern Pacific train
No. 1, westbound and a local, from
Butte to Billings, collided headon at
Welsh, 16 miles from Butte. Fire
man Caldwell of Livingston, on the
local, was killed.
neapolis-Emerson E. Hunt as
sumed his duties as chief general pro.
hibition agent for the Northwestern
department consisting of the five
states of Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.
Helena-Helena's 'tong war" clos
ed it's first stage with the sentencing
of Chung Hay to the state prison for
an indeterminate sentence of to 10
years. He was convicted of shooting
and killing Toy Lai in a gambling
house in the Chinese district here sew
eral months ago.
Foreign
Omaha-Terry O'Mallary, Omaha
boxer, died shortly after being knock
ed out by Ray Carter of Sioux City,
in preliminary to the Logan-Padgett
| fight.
Paris-The council of the League Of
Nations is to meet soon, probably in
Paris. 1t will discuss the question of
participation by the league on the
Genoa conference.
San Salvador, Republic of Salvador
IA serious epidemic of smallpox is
sweeping Costa Rica. A dispatch
from San Jose says $4,000 persons
have died from the disease.
London-Twenty natives were kill
ed and 80 wounded at Nairobi-British
East Africa, in fighting which follow
ed demonstrations over the arrest of
the Indian agitator Thuku, says a
Central News dispatch.
Cork-Pitched battle between men,
bers of Free State band which was
celebrating st. Patrick's day and
group of republican extremists result
ed in the killing of one bandsmaI
and wounding of two others.
Manila-The Philippine mission to
urge the claims of Filipinos for inde-
pendence will depart for Washington
aboard the steamer keystone State,
April 80, it was announced The
mission will be headed by General
| Emilio Aguinaldo.
Berlin-Accompanyi the Fifth
American Infantry Regiment to Ant
werp on the first stage of the voyage
| to the United States were 81 German
brides of soldiers and eight babies
born under the protection of the Stars
and Stripes on the Rhine
Moscow-William D. (Big HilI Hay
wood heads a group of American I.
w. w. to whom Premier Lenine has
granted a concession to operate the
big Nadejdinsky Iron Works in the
Ural mountain region, part Of the coal
mines in the Kosnetz basin and aux
iliary factories.