The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-12-29
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Washington - Christmas at the
White House will lack much Of the
usual spirit because of Mrs. Harding's
illness.
Washington The nomination Of
Judge John C. Rose to be circuit judge
Of the Fourth circuit, was confirmed
by the Senate.
Washington-The sale of the st.
Paul Army building, is authorized in
bill introduced by Senator Wads-
worth of New York.
Washington-A statement of the de-
partment Of commerce said business
conditions last month showed fur
ther increases in both production and
distribution.
Washington-The Senate extended
the right of World war veterans to
60-day preference on all homestead
entry claims to Americans who
served with the Allied forces during
the war.
Washington-Three eligibles, Ed
ward F. Joubert, George C. Allanson
and Peter NJ. Sorenson, have been
certified by the Civil Service commits
sion for the postmastership at Wheat
on, MINI.
Washington-The administration
soon may be forced to debate in the
senate to reveal in definite form the
plan 1t has under consideration for
averting the threatened economic
collapse in Europe.
-Congressional action
was completed on the $33,000,000 ap-
preparation bill for the Departments
of State and Justice, the third supply
bill to be finished by Congress since
the session began December 4.
Washington-Use of cocaine, NOR
phine and heroin is common in ex-
elusive society circles in Washington,
D. c., DR.. d. G. Dickerson, charged at
meeting of the public health service
committee of the Board of Trade.
Misunderstanding Edwin Den
by, in report to congress said Meth
er the United States nor Japan plan
ned to complete the scrapping of any
existing capital ships, at least pend
ing PRONUNCIATION of the Washington
treaty.
Washington-JTwo elements-Wood-
row Wilson and advocacy of foreign
entanglements-must be avoided by
the Democratic party in 1924, to avert
political suicide, former United States
Senator James e. MARITIME, Democrat,
Of New Jersey, declared.
Domestic
Pittsburg-While the first floor of
a frame building was being swept by
fire child was born to Mrs. Peter
Kraterinski, on the second floor.
Chicago-Police said part of $4,000
worth of Liberty Bonds recovered
from robbers were stolen from the
First National Bank of Mondovi, Wis.
Juneau, Alaska The mail boat
Trygve, which plies between Peters
burg and Kake in Alaskan waters,
has disappeared, it was reported
here.
birmingham, Mass.-The residence
of Henry S. Dennison, welfare di-
rector In the postoffice department
was burned, causing a loss estimated
at $4,000.
New York-Christmas travel forced
New York railroads to add 80 extra
trains and 40 extra Pullman cars on
lines running out of the Grand Gen.
trail terminal.
Elgin, Ill.-Racing at top speed in
answer to an alarm two companies of
the department found a 70-year-old
resident, trying to drop a letter in
fire alarm box.
independence, Kan.-Five masked
bandits lined up about $50 dancers
and spectators in dance hall here,
obtaining about $40 and between 80
ad 35 watches.
West Palm Beach, Fla.-Cargoes of
Christmas liquor valued at $4,000
were seized by federal prohibition
agents in two boats captured off the
east coast of Florida.
Pittsburgh-One boy is dead, two
youths are in hospitals with fractur-
ed skulls and IL others sustained In
juries in coasting accidents on hills
in and around Pittsburgh.
Chicago - Health Commissioner
Bundesen declared himself criminal
in favor of sterilization of diseased
criminal persons who are permanent
ly mental detectives and the incurably
insane.
Rhinelander, Wis.-Thousands of
bushels of potatoes, held in storage by
Oneida county farmers, are being fed
to hogs. Owing to the unusually low
prices many growers refuse to sell
their crops.
New York-Twenty-two civilian en-
ployes at the Brooklyn Navy base
were arrested on indictments return
ed several months ago by federal
grand jury, charging that government
property to the value of more than
$1,000,000 had been stolen since-the
war.
Chicago-City aldermen who are
members of a committee investigating
alleged activities of the Ku Klux Khan
in the city affairs, announced they had
received letters threatening their
lives.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.-A "phan-
tom ship" bearing the outlines of the
tug Reliance, and riding rapidly over
the waters of Lake Superior, was re-
called by survivors of the Reliance
wreck last week, as a warning that
the tiny vessel was soon to find a
place on the bottom of Lake Superior
known to vesselmen as the Grave
yard of the Lakes"
New York-The dry navy claimed
to have won its Christmas battle with
the fleet of rum runners that recently
got out from the Bahamas to storm