The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-06-22

uniformed pages on the nOOr or the
New York Stock Exchange and more
recently telephone clerk for stock
exchange house, became member of
the exchange. He paid $91, 1000 for the
seat of Charles G. MDlsr, dotted his
uniform and stepped out on the floor
as a trader on his own account.
New York-One hundred passengers
on the excursion boat Keansburg
scrambled for safety when an ebb tide
threw the craft against an Ellis is
land ferry wharf projection. Portions
OF the boat and the ferry structure
were torn away, but the damage was
all above water. All on board were
landed safety and the boat later made
another journey to Keansburg, N. ].
Los Angeles-Mrs. Mary F. Spen-
Ger, aged Sc, but of the seeming vigor
of woman of 80, set out from River
side to scale the San Jacinto noun
tains in quest of rare botanical speci-
mems for Harvard university. She
expects to roam the crags unaccom-
panied, and says she fails to see any
thing unusual in that.
Pana, Ill.-Joseph w. Wakefield,
aged "a, friend of Abraham Lincoln,
and grand nephew of John Morton.
one Of the signers Of the Declaration
of independence, died. He was re-
tired farmer from Shelby county.
Memphis-Nine barges loaded with
coal, conveyed by the steamer Charles
F. Richardson of the West Kentucky
Coal company, sunk in the Mississip-
pi river so miles north of Memphis
when the steamer encounteredsa Sc
we're wind and rainstorm, it became
known here when the boat reached
Memphis. Officials of the company,
whose headquarters are in this city,
estimated the total loss at $4,000.
Sports
Troon-The British are again in
possession Of the Open championship
trophy which has been in America
for the past two years.
Great Falls, Mont.-The Dempsey
Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont, July
4, was saved from financial failure
when President G. H. Stanton, of the
Stanton Trust and Savings bank ad-
vanced $4,000 and pledges were made
for the other $4,000 to make up the
100000 installment due Jack Kearns,
manager of Dempsey Kearns agreed
to accept this money. The money
was raised after an all-day session
that lasted until after midnight.
New York-Reserved Beats for the
Jess Willard-Luis Firpo battle at
Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, July
IL, are on sale at Madison Square Gar
den. The prices will range from $3.50
to $3.50. The 81 and 81 general ad-
mission tickets will be put on sale
the day of the fight. Promoter Rick
ard will have nearly 10000 of these.
Both Firpo and Willard have been in
sured for 100000 against injury, sick
ness or death, Richard announced.
Observation-Disclosures Wehselau of
Honolulu, Hawaii, set the worlds rec
ord for the 100 yard swim for women,
covering the distance in 1 minute and
seconds, beating by two-fifths of a
second the record established by Miss
Ethelda Bleibtrey Of New York city
in 1921. Miss Wehselau will probably
represent the United States in next
years Olympic. meet.
Foreign
London-The Central News report
ed Gabriel D'Annunzio, poet warrior,
on his way to join Mustapha Renal
Pasha in Turkey.
Nelson, B. C.-Major General Lord
Aylmer, former inspector general of
the Canadian forces, is dead at Queens
Bay, Kootenay Lake.
London-A dispatch to the Daily
Express from Tangier, Morocco, says
that the Riff tribesmen have captured
the Spanish advanced position at
Tizziazza.
Moscow-United States Senator
Smith w. Brookhart, of Iowa, has ar
rived here from Germany He will
devote some time to study of the Rus
sian situation.
London-A dispatch to the Times
from Jerusalem says 10 British gen.
darmes, returning after having es-
corted High Commissioner Sir Her
bert, Samuel to the northernmost
Jewish colony, Mutallah, were ambush
ed by brigands. Two of the gen.
darmes were killed and two wounded
and one was captured.
Berne. Switzerland-Th Swiss gov
eminent has made public note from
Soviet Russia, charging Switzerland
with moral completely" in the recent
assassination at Lausanne of the so
Wet envoy, Vorovsky.
Berlin-Five hundred million marks
in $4,000 mark notes have been stolen
from the federal money printing plant
in Berlin. A reward of 100000
marks has been offered for the return
of the missing money or the identif-
cation of the thief.
Dublin-The minister of defense,
General Richard Mulcahy, introduced
in the Dali Eireann pension bill au-
thorizing compensation to the men
who were wounded and the relatives
of those killed in three periods of the
fighting In southern Ireland. The first
category includes the Easter week
rising of 1915; the second dates from
January, 1919, to December, 1921,
when the Anglo-Irish treaty was sign
ed, and the third comprise the period
of strife since that time.
Bilbao, Spain Communists and so
cialists came to blows in the provin-
cial elections. Ernesto Garcia, presi-
dent of the voters committee and q
leading socialist, was killed.
Moscow-An official statement of
the soviet government says all Jews
who wish to join relatives In America
may do so by applying for emigration