The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-30
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Washington
Washington-Nation Chamber OF
Commerce says expansion due in next
decate will require over seven billion
dollars credit for railroads.
Washington : Progressive senate
leaders will attempt to force passage
OF soldier bonus bill before tax reduc.
tion program is taken up.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w. J.
Graham (rep., ILL.,, after conference
with president, says he will fight to
finish for election as majority leader
of the house.
Washington-Senato R. M. La Fol.
lette (rep., Wis., due to illness, may
not be candidate for republican presi-
Dental nomination.
Washington : Martial law and the
censorship have been lifted in the
devastated regions of Japan. A cable
gram was received by the state de-
partment from Toxic.
Washington = Narcotic drugs val
ued at $500, 600 seized by agents of the
narcotic division of the prohibition
unit and declared unfit for medicinal
use, were destroyed here. At boot
leg" prices they said, several million
dollars worth of narcotic drugs had
been destroyed during the last six
months.
Washington President Coolidge
intends to remain on the job in Wash
ington. 1t was made plain at the
White House that he has no present
intention of leaving the capital for
any purpose prior to the converting OF
Congress and after that he expects to
be still more busily engaged, preclud-
ing any trips even though he might
like to accept invitations which have
been given him from various cities.
Domestic
New York = Prohibition agents
seized s1,00e,000 worth of liquor in a
raid on the warehouse of the Baird &
Daniel company.
Chicago = Members of the Four
Seasons club here received word that
the organizations clubhouse at Mis-
cauno Island, Wis, had been burned
with an estimated loss of 100000.
Philadelphia - Orders closing all
shops of the Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tenn doing general repair and new
work, until Dec. 8, were sent out from
the general offices of the company.
About 10000 men are affected.
New York-Deputy Controller Smith
died at his home. 1t was said that the
immediate cause of his death was
shock over the decision of the United
States Supreme court that his superb
or, Controller Charles L. Craig, must
go to Jail for contempt of court.
Harrisburg, Pa-Two members of
the crew were killed and an engine
man and six passengers were injured
when the New York express crashed
into a derailed freight train on the
Philadelphia & Reading railway one
mile west of Annville, Pa.
Chicago = Liquor interests through.
out the country are watching the Grom-
mes & Ullrich trial here, in which a
dozen defendants are charged with
consph acy to violate prohibition by
the dissolution of the liquor firm and
distribution of rum dividend"
Sofa-In recent elections to the Bull
garian parliament, the voting pro-
ceeded with an orderliness and free
dom not recalled in Bulgaria's polit.
ical life. The results so far indicate
that the government coalition won
200 seats and the opposition At.
st. Louis-George Sisler, new man
ager of the st. Louis Browns and con
sidered one of the great players of all
time until illness hampered his play
ing, reports that he will be in perfect
condition to start the 1924 season and
will be in the game from the first bal
pitched.
indianapolis Lieutenant Harold
Harris, commanding officer Of the
Darling bomber, talked to his wife who
is ill in a hospital, over new radio
phone device as the bomber circled
over the hospital. 'Pm o. K" Lieu
tenant Harris said speaking through
the radio-phone, 81 hope you are get
ting along all right. Have courage"
San Francisco-A jury awarded Miss
Leona P. Standiford $1,000 for pint
of blood she gave in an unsuccessful
effort to save the life of Mrs. G. F
Hilliard of Santa Rosa, Calf. Miss
Standiford said Mr. billiard gave hel
only SIS. The blood she lost made hel
ill and she spent $500 for medica
treatment, Miss Standiford testified.
Washington = Convinced that the
: American doughboy carries too much
weight to render full efficiency in bat
tie, the chief of infantry of the United
States Army has worked out and sub
mitted to the secretary of war for ap
proval certain changes in the infan
tryman's pack designed to reduce hi.
burden from an average of more thar
over As pounds.
Austin, Texas - If Texas turkey!
keep on growing in size Texas cow
boys herding them may not be al
unusual sight, according to j. Austin
Hunter of the state department o
markets and warehouses, whose re
ports indicated the average Texas tur
key. weighs about Is pounds.
Los Angeles - The Triumfo stor,
and postoffice near the Ventura-Lo
Angeles county line on the main high
war was held up and robbed twice II
one day by three armed and maske'
bandits, according to word received a
the sheriff's office here. The loss ma.
total several thousana dollars.