The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-25

Thompson, Ga-Mrs. Thomas E.
Watson, widow of the late United
States senator from Georgia and the
first American woman to whom an APP
pointment in the senate was ever Of
fered, died from an attack of acute dia-
betes.
San Francisco-After having been
held for more than year on Angel
Island, the government quarantine
station in San Francisco harbor
Sergeu Yabukoff, and his four children,
have been admitted to the United
States and are on their way east.
Sporting
Chicago-"Cy" Williams, veteran
outfielder of the Philadelphia Nation
ais, is having runaway race for
homerun hitting honors in the major
leagues. The tribe of Williams is
doubly honored, however, as Kenneth
Williams of the st. Louis Browns tops
the American league circuit clouters.
New York-Jess Willard and Luis
Angel Firpo, being the only heavy
weight championship contenders who
contrived to remain in a vertical posi-
tion for the. duration of the Milk Fund
show, will be asked by Tex Richard
to embellish the dotted line of con-
tract, calling for them to meet in a
ring on June 80.
Salt Lake City, Utah-Asserting
that he was not surprised at the out
come of the Willard-J Johnson fight in
New York, which Willard won in the
eleventh round, Jack Dempsey, heavy
weight champion, hailed the former
champion as zone of the greatest ring
masters in the game" Willard is
fast and powerful, and when he is in
proper condition, I consider him a
wonderful fighter. I am not at all sur
prised at the results"
Shelby, Mont.-Jack Kearns left
New York for Salt Lake to meet Cham
pion Jack Dempsey and proceed to
Great Falls, Montana, where they will
open training camp to prepare for
Jacks battle with Tom Gibbons at
Shelby July Fourth. Gibbons will
train at Havre, Montana. The build
ing of the arena is well under way.
Two hundred men are on the job.
James Johnson, mayor of Shelby, and
president of the First State Bank of
Shelby, was appointed treasurer OF
the big show. The advance sale has
surpassed all expectations, sale to Ar
thur Baalim and a syndicate of bank
ers of Calgary and Lethbridge, Can
ada, of $500 tickets totaling $4,000.
This has given the Canadian syndicate
the exclusive sale of tickets in Canada.
Foreign
Berlin-An eastern dispatch said
Frau Bertha Krupp Won Bohlen, wife
of the president of the Krupp works,
has received orders to evacuate her
Huegel villa in four days.
Paris-Senator Hiram Johnson trav.
eled incognito through the Ruhr but
refused to discuss what he saw upon
arrival here. Senator Johnson is go
ing to London shortly.
Rome-Nine dead and seven severe
ly wounded is the result of an explo
sion aboard submarine chaser at
laramie. Shells were being handled
aboard the ship. One was dropped and
exploded. The chaser was heavily
damaged.
Berlin-Permission for sunbaths Is
among the demands of striking prison
ers at the Brandenburg Jail as present
ed to Minister Of Justice Zehnhoff by
the prisoners committee. The revolt
ers declare they want to build long
arm chairs in which they can stretch
out in the sunlight when not working
Toulouse-Joseph Caillaux, former
premier, was attacked with canes and
blackjacks by members of a CROWD
which surrounded him in front Of
the Chamber of Commerce building
here. He was injured about the head
and was taken to a hospital, but later
to his hotel, where his condition was
reported not serious. There has beer
much feeling in France against Gail
laux since the war.
w al % w uC OilSn 6OtSIuulCu
handed the soviet representative /;
sharp note demanding to know if Rus
STA intends to keep her obligations Of
not. The execution of the Russian
| obligations to Poland must begin a
once, the note declares. The disput,
arises over the clauses in the Rig;
peace treaty guaranteeing Poland 20,
100000 gold rubles ($10,000,000).
| Paris-The bank clerks and messen
gers strike is on and American tour
lists, beginning to arrive in floods, will
be inconvenienced by the situation, a
it is not likely that the strike will
end soon. The workers demand
minimum wage of $32 monthly. TIL
banks refuse to consider this fgur
and the strike already is spreadin,
| to American as we'll as French banks
Paris-Napoleon's bay mare, whicl
he is supposed to have ridden in tn
battle of Waterloo, has just been dis
covered among the miscellaneous odd
and ends of the Louvre museum. Al
ter the final fall of Napoleon, the mar
was bought by an Englishman names
Gleaves, who kept it until it died an
then had it stuffed and presented t
the Manchester Natural History mt
scum in 1912.
Paris-The Eiffel tower wireless
transmitting station was put out Q
commission by lightning when Dol
struck the antenna, 1000 feet abov
ground, and the entire apparatu
crashed to the earth. The officials e1
pect to have the repairs finished soor
Buenos Aires-Dispatches from tn
border say that brisk engagement
has occurred In the outskirts of SAINT
Anna de Livramento between the n
bells and regular troops in the Brazilian
state Of Rio Grande de Sui. The stat