The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-13
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Washington
Washington-Secreta of Labor J.
j. Davis predicts continuing period
Of prosperity.
Washington-Americ Credit asso-
citation head says United States must
play part in solution of European prob
lens.
Washington-Brigad General A.
G. Fries of chemical warfare section
assailed by Women's Peace league for
calling its pledge treason" and by
council for prevention of war for
charging it with communism.
Washington-Presid Harding ex-
pected to approve sending fleet of SO
naval. submarine chasers after rum
feet off Atlantic coast as part of an
aggressive prohibition enforcement
campaign soon to be inaugurated.
Washington-Senator Reed Smoot
(rep., Utah) accuses sugar refiners OF
responsibility for higher prices; says
they seek TO destroy American sugar
industry by lowering tariff.
Wasnington-Naval officers do not
believe President Harding will hold
modernization of fleet to be violation
of Washington naval treaty; see 5-5-3
ratio farcial if United States does not
Keep up with Great Britain and Japan
in capital ships improvement.
Washington-A controversy OF al
most half a century as to whether
there was a survivor of the Custer
massacre at Little Big Horn, Mont,
June %, 1876, has been settled offi-
cially. The Interior department has
certificate to Shuh-Shee Abs, alias Cur
". a Crow Indian, for his services in
the Indian campaigns of 1876 and 1877
which included participation in the
famous battle which resulted in the
obliteration of Clusters cavalry.
Domestic
Chicago-The blacksmith shop OF
the Pullman company, manufacturers
OF railroad coaches, virtually was de-
stroyed by fire, at an estimated loss
between 100000 and 100000.
New Yo k-Smashing the window
Of Silverstein's jewelry store on up
per Broadway, two well dressed young
men seized $4,000 worth of jewe,ry
and escaped in a taxicab.
Superior, Wis.-The new 2,100-foot
steel ore dock at Allouez, the largest
IS SEC l,;p5 IN Tho world will he ready
for operation by June 1, according to
Great Northern officials. The total
cost is expected to be about $4,000,
coo.
Hot Springs, Ark.-One man wa:
dead, two were injured, more thar
300 persons are deprived of their per
sonal effects, and the site of the Ar
lington hotel, was smoking ruin a!
a result of fire which destroyed the
hosiery, the oldest in Hot Springs
with a loss which approaches $1,000,
O00
Freeport, Ill-A food that may dupli
cate that of 1916 threatens towns AM
villages in the valley of the Pecatoni;
river from the Wisconsin line to thi
city. At Winslow, village of 1,50C
the postoffice, hotel, stores and man,
houses were invaded by the flood AM
children were taken to school in boats
At Mcconnell many basement wer
flooded, the water having risen to with
in Is inches of the high water mark
New York-Mrs. Theodore Roose
welt, widow of the former presiden,
braved a fire in the Double r" coffe
house in West Forty-fourth street t
aid restaurant attaches in rescuin
two oil paintings of her husband. Mrs
Roosevelt was the only one of SO pa
rons in the place who did not fie
when the fire broke out in coffe
rooster under the kitchen, filling tn
restaurant with smoke.
San Francisco-A new trans-cont
mental line, part of the system
which it is planned the Atchison, II
peka & Santa Fee system shall be tn
main section, was proposed by tn
California Railroad commission heI
in hearings of the Interstate Con
merce commission projects for raj
road construction. The new lin
would be built upon the Western p
cific, Denver & Rio Grande and Blu
lington. The commission also sugges
ed that any proposed constructio
should give the Santa Fe system til
North Western Pacific, a Californi
line now controlled jointly by the Sal
Ia Fe and Southern Pacific.
Augusta, Ga.-President Hardin
put one over or most OF the otht
baseball fans of the country by sill
ping out to Warren park to see an e.
hibition game between the Detro
Americans and the Toronto club of tt
International league. The chief exc
utive was accompanied by Mrs. Ha
ding who seemed to enjoy the gan
as much as her husband. They wei
10 the game accompanied by half
dozen other members of their part
as the guests of former Judge Landi
high commissioner of baseball.
Sacramento-The assembly Of II
California Legislature initiated mea
ure to geek an amendment to the CO
stitution OF the United States Larrir
from citizenship orientals Of Amel
can birth.
chicagoEJudge William e. Daye
running on the Democrat ticket w
elected magyar of Chicago-over Arth'
C. Lueder, Republican, by plurali
of 1O3,748, according to complete u
official returns. The vote was: Deve
ss7,s61; Lueder, 2S4,213; William
Guinea, Socialist. 4O,S41. A Dem
crat city clerk and city treasurer we
elected also.