The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-01-13
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Washington

appropriation bill was started by mem
bers of the house subcommittee with
budget estimates for expenditures to-
falling $363,672,517.
Washington-The national agricul-
tural conference suggested by Presi-
dent Harding has been called by Sec
rotary of Agriculture H. c. Wallace
to begin in Washington, Monday, Jan.
%.
- Washington-Prohi enforce
ment by the federal government will
cost the taxpayers $9,250,000 in the
next fiscal year, an increase Of $780,
600 over the cost for the current
year.
Washington = Charles e. Fox of
Richmond, Va, testified before SEN
ate investigating committee that he
saw Major p L. Opie of Staunton, Va,
shoot a soldier in the back, north of
Verdun in 1918.
Washington reduction in the
public debt of more than $3.50, 600
in December was announced by the
treasury. The total debt Dec. was
$23,43S,9S4,35 compared with $685.
619,0S5,725 Nov. 80.
Washington-Validi of all United
States loans to foreign governments
must be recognized and established be-
fore the United States will in any
way participate in an international
financial conference, it was made
known here.
Westinghouse soldier bonus law
will be enacted before adjournment of
the present session of congress, accord
ing to decision reached ~ White
House conference between President
Harding and administration leaders in
and out of congress.
Washington-The desire of a huge
movie trust to gain governmental and
congressional favors lies behind the
offer to Postmaster General Will Hays
of 100000 salary to become director
of the combined film industries, Sena-
tor Pat Harrison declared to the SEN
ate
Washington-The question of Phi
lippine independence will receive at
tention from the senate when the four
power pact comes up for ratification.
Efforts will be made to write into the
treaty promise by the United States
to free the islands and at the same
time extract guaranty from the
other powers to respect their terri
torial integrity.
Domestic
Detroit Construction of new De-
of OF Of
$2,500,000 was authorized by the city
council
Chicago-Robert McDougal, ma
tional figure in the grain industry,
was elected president of the Chicago
Board of Trade.
Saratoga Springs, n. Y. = Mrs.
George Foster Peabody, writer and
philanthropist, died from bronchial
pneumonia at Yaddo, her estate here.
Hoboken, N. J.-Five men died from
wood alcohol poisoning here. The vic
Tins included saloonkeeper and men
who had been boarding with him near
the Hoboken piers.
Van Vert, Ohio-Four school chill
dren were killed and 35 injured near
here when school bus was. struck
by Pennsylvania freight train. The
truck was carrying 40 children.
Shreveport, La.-Benjamin Holse-
man, aged IS, last surviving member
of the crew of the Confederate iron
clad Merrimac which fought mem
orable battle with the Monitor in the
Civil war is dead here.
New York-Mementos tracing the
life Of Theodore Roosevelt from child
hood to his last days as former presi-
dent of the United States went on dis
play at the public library, on the third
anniversary of his death.
Detroit, Mich.-Convicted of steal
ing a dime from newsboy, Oscar
Yukman was sentenced to serve 80
days in the Detroit house of correc-
ton, and to pay fine of 500. Yuk-
man confessed.
Detroit Operations were resumed
in all departments of the Ford Motor
company here after shutdown of
nearly month for inventory and re-
pairs. Under the rotation plan of en-
ployment, 10000 men are kept on the
Grand Rapids, Mich.-Eight elders
of the Seventh Reformed church here
were poisoned at the morning service
when they drank varnish that had
been poured into communion cup in
the belief it was sacramento wine.
Two Of the elders were said to be in
a critical condition.
Joplin, Mo.-Two persons were kill
ed and two seriously injured at a
grade crossing accident at Sarcoxie,
Mo, when a passenger train hit mo-
torcar.
Lawton, Okla-Three thousand per-
sons greeted Gen. John ]. Pershing
and his party when they arrived here
en- route to Fort Sill from San An
tonic, Tex.
New York-Behind the murder of
his wife, Pauline, by John Bazara, who
then took his own life, lies the story
of husbands envy because of his
wife's wage earning superiority and
economic independence.
Curtis, Neb.-A huge fossil, thought
to be the largest ever discovered in
America, has been unearthed on the
farm of John Korte. near here. Den
yer scientists say the fossil was a
mammoth and probably roamed over
this continent 250,000 years ago.
Pensacola, Fla.-Lieutenants Frank
Sloman of Oakland, Calf, and Elton
C. Herseman Of Weston, w. Va, were
killed when their airplane went into
a nose dive and crashed
Cairo, Hl.-Marie Hogan, II, and
Gladys Hogan, 8, sisters, were burned
to death in fire which police attrib-
uted to the explosion of a still.