The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-21
Sports

apolis club, became vice president
when that organization was re-organ-
lied by Mike Kelly and Fay Murray,
the principal owners of the club.
Chicago-Mike Kelley completed his
first deal as manager and part owner
of the Minneapolis baseball club when
he purchased Outfielder Charley See
from the San Francisco club of the
Pacific Coast league. He refused to
make public the price, but said the
purchase was outright and that no
Miller players were involved.
Bakersfield, Calif-James J. Jeffries,
one time heavyweight champion of the
world and considered one Of the two
or three best fighters ever to wear
the crown, has been retained to train
Luis Firpo for his next championship
fight with Jack Dempsey, at rumored
wage of $4,000. Jeffries himself was
authority for the statement that he
had accepted the offer to work with
the Argentine.
st. Louis-Joe Stecher, of Dodge,
Neb., former world champion wrest-
Ter, wants a match with Ed (Strang-
ler) Lewis, worlds heavyweight cham
pion wrestler. II am ready to deposit
$500 to be paid over to Lewis the
minute the match is made" Stecher
announced. 81 have developed such
strength that the famous deadlock of
Lewis will not bother me-" Stecher
declared. 81 am stronger than'I used
to be-" the ex-champion asserted. His
appearance did not belle his claim. He
now weighs 30 pounds.
New York-The best 1924 year old
American horses will have a chance
to meet Epinard, champion 8 year old
of France, in open competition in the
United States next summer, M. Pierre
Wertheimer, his owner, announced at
the close of a series of conferences
with American turfmen. Originally it
had been planned to match Epinard
against Harry F. Sinclair's Zev, cham
pion American year old, but it was
understood this plan had been modi-
fed to give other horses on this side
of the Atlantic chance to meet the
French horse.
FOREIGN
Port Au Prince, Haiti-The Marine
corps aviators, Lieutenants F. o. Rog-
ers and w. D. Palmer, have arrived at
Santo Domingo city, completing their
flight to San Francisco and return.
The flight is declared to be the long
est ever made by American aviators.
Moscow-A court composed of Mos
cows literati has tried Serge Yessinin,
husband of Isadora Duncan, and three
companion poets on charges growing
out of alleged Antisemitic utterances.
The court censured the writer's, but
decided to permit them to continue
work in Moscow.
London-The Duke of Sutherland,
British undersecretary of the air, has
sailed for the United States, partly OF
private business and partly to get
new ideas for British aviation. He
will inspect the Shenandoah. After.
wards he will look into the plans OF
the Goodrich company for taking over
the Zeppelin works.
Paris-The government is consider
ing the introduction of bill obligat
ing every citizen to cast a vote. The
number of abstainers grows at every
election, giving an undue advantage
to candidates backed by well organ
lied political machines, with the re
suit that such men generally repre-
sent only small fraction of the elect
crate
London-The Rome correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph says thai
| the Italo-Russian negotiations have
entered on decisive phase. In ex
change for Italy's recognition of the
soviet government, Premier Mussolin
is said to have demanded a lease or
the Donetz coal basin and oil fields
Russia apparently has accepted IL
principle, and the negotiations now
are dealing with details.
tockholm-Formal presentation Of
the Nobel prize awards was made il
the presence of the king, the cabine1
ministers, the foreign diplomats anG
Representatives of scientific organiza
tions. Four recipients, including Viii
liam Butler Yeats, winner Of the lit
erature tprize, took their award IL
person The American minister, Rob
ert Bliss, received the physics priz,
in behalf of Professor Robert Andrews
Rome-To show the world that Ital,
is ruled by the will of the majority o
the Italian people and to obtain par
lament which comedies with tn,
wishes of the electorate, Premier Mus
solini, with the consent of the cabinet
obtained the signature of the king tt
a decree closing the present session
of the chamber-an act which newt
ably leads to dissolution and new cleo
lions, probably in April.
Bergen, Norway = An interestin,
archaeological find has just been mad,
in the province Of Rogaland, Norway
Geese splashing and roofing about II
a pond scratched up magnificcn
brooch of gold dating from the Viking
era. The relic was taken to the, Sta
vanger museum, the curator of which
asserts that the brooch is one of tn,
finest examples of Viking goldsmiths
art yet discovered.
Berlin-One of the numerous lega
cies bequeathed to the German gov
eminent by the illstarred policy o
passive resistance now presents itsel
to the Marx cabinet in the form of -
million trillion of marks in emergenc,
currency, most Of which is of doubtful
ancestry or now wholly orphaned. TIL
reichebank declines to assume respon
sibility for it.
Sydney, N. S. VA new and ricl