The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-03-17

Denver-A sweeping investigation
of the activities of the Ku Klux Khan,
Denver branch, will be started by the
Denver county grand jury, it was an
nounced.
New York.-Believed to be implicat-
ed in the holdup of the Niagara Trust
company at Niagara Falls and the
theft of $12,500 in cash and $62,500 in
securities, Martha Fuller, aged So, was
held without bail.
Chicago.-Safe blowers representing
themselves as government prohibition
agents, blew open vault in the home
of Joseph Wolff, former wholesale
liquor dealer, and escaped with fancy
liquors valued at thousands of dol
lars.
New York-Ralph A. Day, prohibit
ton enforcement director for New
York, has gone to Washington to con,
fer with Prohibition Commissioners
Haynes in regard to preventing es-
Enlistment of floating booze pal
ace" outside the three mile limit, w'tb
a ferry service to New York.
Sporting
Peoria, Ill.-Mike Gibbons, ST. Paul.
decisively defeated "Stockyards" Tom
my Murphy, Chicago, in 10 round
bout.
Chicago-The University re Chi.
cago gymnastic team defeated Mime.
sofa gymnasts in dual meet 1,183-
40 points to Lis 2-10 points. Chi
cago gymnasts placed first in five
events while Minnesota won one.
New York.-Great Britain will send
a team of golfers to America this com
ing season to compete in the interna
tional match for the G. Herbert Walk.
er cup, it was announced by M. F.
Byers, president of the United States
Golf association.
Los Angeles.-Tommy Milton, win
ner of the 1921 national speedway
championship under the American
Automobile association contest rules,
was the possessor of 500 points toward
the 1922 title and $4,000 rrize money
as the result of his victory in the $50
mile race at the Beverly Hills Speed
way.
New York.-Bab. Ruth is the high.
est paid athlete in the world. With a
contract to call for fiat salary be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 a year,
with an additional bonus of $500 for
each home run, Ruth has put himself
in the position of making mora than
any player in the game for three years
and more than good many of the
major league clubowners.
Northwest
Winnipeg.-The Manitoba legisla-
ture unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion urging the dominion government
to negotiate a trade reciprocity pact
between the United States and Can.
ada.
.Havre, Mont.-The Great Northern
shops here, which have been shut
down for some time, have again re.
sumed work, with 200 men, the full
complement laid off when the shut
down came.
Davenport, Iowa-Dr. M. P. Brown
walked into the county treasurers Of
fee to pay his taxes The deputy in
formed him OF the amount DR.. Brown
reeled, fell to the floor dead. Heart
failure is the attributed cause.
Washington.-Approval of 1856 ad.
vances for agricultural and livestock
purpose aggregating $4,S02,O00 was
announced by the War Finance cor
poration. Among the loans were Min
nesota, $467, 900; Iowa, $40, 900; North
Dakota, $4,000; South Dakota. $497,.
900; Wisconsin, $4,000.
Foreign
London-The Irish Free State bill
formally passed it's first reading in
the house of lords.
Vienna-The works of Walt Whit.
man have been banned and confiscated
in Budapest by orders of the govern.
ment, says the Abend
Parsley a vote of 265 to 260 the
chamber of deputies repealed the day
light saving law but adopted an amend.
ment making the repeal effective in
1928 instead of this summer.
Paris-A demand from the United
States that $241, 100000 for its ex.
penses in connection with occupation
of the Rhineland be paid before any
PREPARATIONS were paid, was presented
to the Allied finance ministers at their
meeting.
Belfast-Lieutenant Bruce of the
Seaforth Highlanders was murdered
by party of men supposed to be
Sim Feiners. The greatest military
activity followed the killing. Lieuten-
ant Bruce was wearing civilian
clothes.
Mangua, Nicaragua.-Twentv Amer
lean Marines found guilty of engaging
in a fight with city police, in which
three policemen were killed, were SEN
fenced to eight years at hard labor.
three to 10 years at hard labor and
three to IL years at hard labor.
Paris.-April 10 has been definitely
settled on as the date for the opening
of the Genoa economic conference.
Italy, from which request for delay
had been expected, owing to the cabi-
net crisis last month, informed the
foreign office it would be -eady.
Constantinople-Fif Fifteen of the crew
Of the bolsheyik transport Cork were
killed and many wounded when the
ships cargo of hand grenndes exploded
at Trebizond, on the Black Sea. The
explosion also did some damage to
the town, where great quantities OF
munitions have been received from
Russia.
Manufacturer sergeants and cor
porals Of constabulary were sentenced
to death by the supreme court for par
ticipation in riot Dec. Is, 1920.
London.-Because Of demonstra-
tions last year. the city council of