The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit of
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Washington

hold second public hearing this week
in investigation under flexible tariff
provision.
hington-Recognition of Russia
still far off, Secretary of State c. E.
Hughes indicates in letter to Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers of American
Federation of Labor.
Washington - Samuel Untermeyer
Joins forces of Senator R. NJ. La Fol-
lette in effort to place stock exchanges
under federal control.
Washington-General J. J. Pershing
leaves Washington on 10000 mile tour
10 inspect summer training camps and
observe progress of new citizen army.
Washington-State Senator Buck of
Illinois says Harding administration
should cease stressing world court
and prohibition and turn to fundamen-
tails.
Washington-Copies Of all records
and official documents relating to the
Chester concession in Turkey have
been filed with the State department
for its information by the Ottoman
American Development company, own
ers Of the rights. X. E. Clayton-Ken-
pedy, who appeared for the company
said the organization expected to start
preliminary work at once in develop
ing its concessions.
Washington-Directo Hines of the
Veterans bureau announced that he
was preparing to order number of
Nh tn l,,fv he
Grams hospital at Tuskegee, Ala,
where tho question of negro person
mel has caused bitter controversy.
The director declared he completed
list of negro physicians available
for service in the institution.
Washington-The cost,of living adj
yanced on an average of II to 1 per
cent in the United States between
March and June, and in June it be.
came 697 per cent higher than in
1913, according to figures made pub
lie by the department Of labor.
Washington-A personal plea to
President Harding from "two girl
pals in Iowa for establishment Of gov.
eminent training camps for girls
where there would be real training
at shooting, drills and everything, SIM
liar to the boys" reached the war de.
partment via the White House. And
1t drew a prompt answer from Major
General Davis, adjutant general of
the army, that the pals" had raised
"some most important questions
which, you may rest assured, will be
studied carefully
Domestic
San Francisco-The engagement of
Gouveneur Morris, author, and his Sec
rotary, Miss Helen Wrightman, was
announced here. Morris recently OBJ
tanned a divorce in Los Angeles.
Helena, Mont-Spring and winter
wheat will show an increase of more
than 100000 bushels over that pro-
loss in this state because of hoppers
and hail, but recent rains will offset
this setback. Rust apparently is neg
ligible Oats are showing an increase
of about 100000 bushels over year
ago, and the outlook is excellent. Corn
will return a yield much smaller than
year ago.
Kansas City-Invention of a gaso-
line engine without pistons which, its
inventor believes, will revolutionize
the motor car industry, was announced
by Charles Brotherton here.
Belvidere, N. Sudden appearance
of family of alligators caused sum-
mer campers, along the Delaware riv-
er, near here, abruptly to suspend
boating and bathing activities. A
mother alligator and four babies are
still at large. The father was killed
by Henry Boardman, ferryman, who
repeatedly struck it over the head
with an oar.
New York-A slump in the market
for the sale of art collections, so great
that some valuable articles would not
bring $40, was described to Supreme
Court Justice Lyndon during the hear
ing of a petition to make permanent
q temporary injunction secured by j.
Purves Carter, art expert, in which
Eli Joseph, former junk dealer, now
connoisseur, was restrained from at
tempting to sell art objects valued at
$4,000 of which Carter is part
owner.
New York-A contract has been
signed between the Western Union
Telegraph company and the Italian
Submarine Cables company for the es
tablishment of direct cable commune
cation between the United States and
Italy via the Azores.
Los Angeles-Gaston Glass, motion
picture actor and former protect of
Sarah Bernhard, announced his re-
tirement from the screen until he has
been cleared of police court charges
growing out of raid on residence
in the Hollywood district several
weeks ago.
Pottsville, Pa.-John Schultz, who
because of his unusual height-6 feet
6 inches-was selected by President
Abraham Lincoln to stand beside him
when he reviewed the northern troops
at the close of the Civil war, is dead
at his home here.
Boston-Kitchell Snow, a Harvard
graduate, was killed when his airplane
which he was plotting crashed at JEFF
fries Point, east Boston. Two passen-
gers, Sergeant Oscar LIE Cain, a Ma
tional Guardsman, and 10 year old
boy, Howard Carkin, of North Chelms-
ford, said to be LIE Gains cousin. ere
injured.