The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-04-14
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Washington
Washington-A decrease OK 1894,
100000 in the public debt durign March
was announced by the treasury.
hington-Resumption Of worS
on the gigantic Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals, Ala. under charge Of army
engineers, was recommended by the
senate agriculture committee.
Wsshington-The senate committee
on finance has increased the duty on
flour in the pending tariff bill to rs
cents 100 pounds. AS it passed the
house the duty was placed at 80 cents
100 pounds.
Washington-All sorts of intoxicat.
Ing liquors may be used in churches
and synagogues for sacramento pur.
poses, according to a ruling handed
down by Justice Hitz of the District
Of Columbia supreme court.
shington-Prosecution of the An.
ti-saloon league by the department OF
justice for alleged violation of the cor.
rupt practises act was demanded on
the floor of the house by Representa-.
tive G. H. Tinkham (rep., Mass.)
Observation-Disclosures conversations
between the United States and the
British empire have been held on the
subject of treaty providing for the
construction and operation of the
proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
ship canal
Washington-The house was urged
by three former service members to
call UP the report of the committee
which investigated the escape of Grow
er Cleveland Bergdoll, draft dodger,
and adopt either the majority or mi
nority views.
Washington-Private operations Of
railroads promises to solve the trans.
portation problem if the carriers are
given "a fair chance" Daniel Willard,
president Of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, stated before the senate in.
terstate commerce committee.
Sporting
St. Paul-Mike Gibbons, st. Paul
middleweight, knocked out Battling
Ortega in the first round of seized.
uled 10-round bout at the st. Paul Au-
ditorium.
Chicago-Judge K M. Lands, back
home after a tour Of the southern
training camps, sees big year for
baseball
Honolulu-Charles Paddock, Cali
fornia sprint wonder, lowered his pre-
vious record for 120 yards by one-fifth
second, running the distance in IL
2-5, and continued TO the 125 yard
mark in :12.
Chicago-Jack Dempsey, world
heavyweight boxins champion, yester.
day announced his willingness to
meet Bill Tate, his former sparring
partner and claimant of the Negro
heavyweight title, provided any pro-
moter will offer acceptable terms,
Los Angeles-Tonlfny Milton won
the championship sprint automobile
race at the Speedway taking the sec
ond preliminary 25 miles sprint in 10
minutes, 1:49 seconds, an average of
1902 miles an hour, and the final so
mile event in 26 minutes, 1892 Sec
onds, an average of 1852 miles an
hour.
Domestic
Monroe, Mich.-Ffre caused loss
of s1,OoO,OOO at the Weis Fibre Con
tainer corporation factory.
Waukegan, nl-Governor Len Small
demanded that women sit on the jury
which is to try him on charges Of con.
spiracy to embezzle state funds.
Chicago-A former butler of Arthur
w. Gluten, grain broker, confessed,
police say, to planning the $4,000
robbery of the Cutten country home
Los Angeles-Joseph Studer, former
ly physician at Peoria, Ill, tried for
the murder OF his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Studer, was found guilty of man
slaughter.
Dallas-The Ku Klux Khan in Dali
las was asked to disband by Mayor s..
r. Aldredge in statement in which
he also requested all municipal EN-.
ployees who are members of the khan
to resign from that organization at
once.
Zion, nl-Stricter "blue law" en-.
4OASCL1OhI Will d VI UduE
on smoking, dancing, swearing, gamb.
ling and a censorship of women's
clothes was Endorsed by the voters OF
Benton township, which includes
Zion.
Tuskegee, Ala heroic bronze
statue of Booker T. Washington, born
in slavery, but who founded Tuskegee
institute, was unveiled here in the
presence of gathering of white peo
pie and Negroes from all parts of the
country.
Indianapolis-Isiaiah Moore, Is
times married, was sentenced to serve
from two to IA years in the state re.
formatory on the charge of embezz.
ling s512 from his 18th wife. He also
was fined $1,000 and disfranchised for
five years.
Nogales, Aria permanent inter
national exposition at which Pacific
coast and southwestern American
states and states of the west coas,
= Mexico will exhibit their natural
rished products will be estab
Eor as result of action TAX
-gates from both countries
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