The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-24
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events In the Nation and State.
Sports

with Cowboy Padgett for a match
with Billy Wells, British welterweight
champion.
Philadelphia-Luis Firpo, the South
American giant, knocked out Charles
Weinert, veteran Newark, n. j.,
heavyweight, in the second round of
a scheduled eight round bout at tho
National league baseball park before
more than 10000 fans. Weinert was
floored four times before his seconds
leaped into the ring and the referee
stopped counting. Weinert weighed
1SS; Firpo, PIP. Just before entering
the ring Firpo declared that reports
that he was anxious to postpone his
bout with Jack Dempsey were exag-
gerated. The Argentinan admitted,
however, that he would rather have
another years experience before tack
ling the champion.
Great Falls, Mont-The First Ma
tional bank of Shelby closed on order
of the board of directors. It's last
statement showed deposits Of $751;
600. In the month since then it is
stated that about 100000 had been
withdrawn and the assets of the bank
could not be realized on to furnish
further cash. This leaves Shelby with
out bank, the First State bank, of
which Mayor |. A. Johnson was presi-
dent, having closed shortly after the
Dempsey-Gibbons fight July 4. Mayor
Johnson was treasurer of the fight and
active in raising portion of the $780,
600 which Dempsey was to have re.
ceived.
Foreign
Deauville-The wearing of wigs has
become the latest feminine fad here
because of the scarcity of coiffeurs
and hair dressers. The leading Paris
wig makers state that they are
sold out.
Berlin-A dispatch to the Deutsche
Allgeteine Zeitung, from Halle, says
a mob stormed the Jail at Zeitz, smash
ed the doors, opened the cells and
liberated all the prisoners, most of
whom are declared by the dispatch to
have been ordinary criminals.
Canton-The headquarters staff of
the constitutionalist forces declared
that the report of the retreat of those
forces recently was without founda-
tion, and that Sun Vat Sen has ordered
four new airplanes to proceed to the
front for duty.
Brussells-Premier Theunis has
served notice on all bankers and brok-
ers that if speculation in exchange
continued, strenuous restrictive meas
ures would be taken, beginning with
limitations on exchange transactions
and eventually leading, if necessary,
to the closing of the bourse.
Landau, Bavaria-Eight directors
of a Badanese aniline soda factory at
Ludwigshafen were sentenced to eight
years Imprisonment and fined $780,
100000 marks each by French court
martial. They were charged with re.
fusing to assist in delivering nitrogen
fertilizers requisitioned by the French.
Geneva-Miss Helen Short, aged II,
of New York, was injured by small
avalanche while ascending the Jung
frau, accompanied by guide. She
when she was struck by falling stones.
She was assisted by the guide to the
Jungfrau station, whence she was
taken to private clinic at Wengern.
Her recovery is expected.
Bremen-"He looked very dry when
he told me he did not wish to be in
terviewed," was the impression made
on a German newspaper reporter by
former Representative Andrew ]. Vol
stead when he arrived at Bremen on
the steamer America. Mr.. Volstead is
on his way to Copenhagen to attend
the international congress against al
cohol.
Nome, Alaska-The Blue Sea,
small American coast trading vessel,
captured and held by Russion soviet
authorities in Serbia but later re-
leased, arrived from Anadyr. Ameri-
can traders had failed to respect the
Russian trading regulations but were
freed with their confiscated ship up
on compliance with soviet shipping
restrictions, the party explained.
| Dublin-Eamonn de Valera arrested
under dramatic circumstances at En-
mis-, when he appeared to deliver
| speech in the election campaign, prob
ably will be brought from Limerick,
where he is imprisoned at present, to
Mount Joy Jail within the next few
DAYS. The public safety act gives the
government power to detain him and
it is considered likely that he will be
kept in Jail until the condition of the
! country is more peaceful.
Paris-The Dauville casinos bac-
carat bank has been broken by the loss
of 100000 francs, says the Herald.
The syndicate running the bank, COM
prising two wealthy Greeks and an
! Armenian, have decided TO go out OF
| business and no one has been found
Who is willing to take over the game.
he two principal winners Monday
evening were the eminent French
sportsman, James Hennessy, and a
Britisher named Pulcinelli. The lat
ter is said to have cleared million
and a half francs in single sitting.
London-Great Britain does not in
tend to protest further against the
seizure of the Marion and Mosher,
rum runners, for lowering off the
American coast. The United States
supreme court has just upheld the
seizure of the ships. The American
law is based on the old English how
ering laws, designed to prevent SNUG
Cling.
Paris-Rodolph is here. He landed
from the skies just four hours after
patient and expectant Partisan crowd
had assembled to meet him-Valen
tino himself. accompanied by his