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not become final for several months. In the interim
the Kellys and Davis disappeared from the lmeight,
and people beginning to forget the affair again.
One day in November, however, the final decree
was handed down. That morning at II o'clock Davis
obtained copy of the decree. Half an hour later
Eugena left her home and went to the RitZ-CarltOn
Receiving there message from Davis, she joined him
at the Pennsylvania Station.
They went to Elkton Maryland, and tried several
ministers in vain before they found one, Mormon,
who would perform the ceremony
Safely married, the Davses found their way to
Paris and formed part of the group OF expatrfate
Americans conspicuous in the French capital 1t is
scarcely necessary for to say that they led far
from simple life there.
And just the other day Eugenia Kelly Davis filed
suit for divorce In the French courts against Ar'
Davis She charged neglect, which is cause for di-
yorce in France and asserted that CAP Davis had neg
iected her the past two years. So their romance
did not last very long after it reached the married
stage
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&, S~t11<Rwoo0 & <<No ERNoo0

testimony. Bank records were subpoenaed to show
where the young girls money went to-she had
tire control of her it said that proof
would be offered that Davis and his associates had just
about completed arrangements whereby Eugenia was
to buy roadhouse for $4,000. 1t was said that
Eugenia had possibly tied her income for the next
twenty years. and that already it had been discovered
that she spent more than 900 in nine months
The case threatened to drag into the limelight
many persons some of them prominent of affairs.
A weknown man. it said, had deposited several
thousand dollars to Miss Kellys account in uptown
bank. The District Attorney said to be consider
ing indictments against several men on charges of
contributing to Miss Kellys delinquency
And through it all the girl was defiant. When her
mothers lawyer pleaded with her to promise to be
good and when the Assistant District Attorney lent his
effort to the same end and pictured what term in
Bedford RefOrmatory among women Of the streets
would mean, she cried angrily:
II won't go home! won't give up Davis! won't
apologize!"
Months later Mrs Kelly learned that her daughter
and Davis were both at Mackinac Island Mich. They
in different social sets at Mackinac But she
also rode to secluded parts Of the island also alone
The first thing that was known of Daviss presence
the island was when he suddenly packed up his
things and boarded steamer for Detroit Mrs Key's
detectives had traced Davis to the boarding house.
1t was then that Eugenia Kelly asserted her deter
mnation to marry him.
Meanwhile Mrs Davis, sAl' Daviss first wife, had
sued and won her suit for divorce The decree would
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But there were far worse men than Al DAVIS
in the Broadway dancing 1ife as | knew it at this
time-there were lounge lizards and tango hounds
who took advantage of the dance craze and of the
lght-headed women who fell for almost any we'll
groomed chap who could dance. =
There was Herbert F. Eaton also Englishman,
I am sorry to say-handsome, suave society man.
burglar and last but not least tango expert Eatons
activities were many and various and his VIC
tins. Among the more prominent of his victims were
Mrs Arthur e. Pike wife Of broker and Mile. Marie
Kohn, a French visitor to America. He introduced
himself as "Mr Williams"
is true that Eaton got away with only few thou
sand dollars from Mrs Pike-that is, so far it
reported to the police-but he in great part re-
sponsible for her downward course along the tango
path that led to her confinement in SANTA
rum as drug addict confirmed alcoholic and maniac.
Mrs. Pike met Williams" at a the dansant at the
Hotel AstOr. They danced. That is all she told the
police about the Introductory stage of the affair.
Mrs. Pike claimed as have sa1d that Eaton stole
her key She dropped her Oag she said and he picked
it up, fumbed with it and returned it to her. Later
she missed the key and later still missed several thou
sand dollars worth of jewelry. 3.
The police set trap for the robber. AS soon as
the detectives learned that she had met Williams at
the dansant they knew that he would be apt to hang
habits.
And they were right. Williams teIephoned Mrs.
Pike and brazenly offered to make restitution for $500
He thought she would be afraid to complaints a
matter of fact she afraid not to complain for how
could she explain to her husband her indifference TO
the loss of her jeWelry?
When Eaton telephoned Mrs. Pike made an ap-
pOntnent with him. They met on West End avenue,
and walked toward Riverside Drive. The detectives
traled them and seized Eaton. At the very door or
the station house he tried to escape but Detective
Foley fired shot into his back. :.
OF course. Eaton was led to believe that he was
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Eugenia Kelly'S Mother Could No Longer
Stand Her Daughters Nightly Visits to
the Tango ParIors and the Danger of Her
Being Entrapped by Designing Lounge
Lizard, So She Brought Court Proceedings
and Had Her Daughter Arrested as an
"IncorrigibIe Person" Which Was Very
Unpleasant Experience for the Girl. E.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
LEGION AUXILIARY
HOLDS MEETING.

The first monthly meeting of the
ladies of the Legion Auxiliary for
the year was held Wednesday even
ing at the Community Center. The
meeting was well attended. Among
the business taken up was an act
i've membership campaign d
every member was urged to get in
as many members as possible to
swell the list and help meet the
state department request for "25,-
900 members by January goth"
Arrangements were made for a
pre-lenten dance during the early
part of February. More definite
details regarding this affair will be
given later There will be meet
ing of all Auxiliary members on
Saturday afternoon, January goth
at the High School sewing rooms.
At this time Mrs. Frank Carlson
will begin her work of supervision
in the cutting out and sewing to-
gether of paiamas and bed Jackets
for our hospitalized ex-serviee Bud
dies. Every member is urged to he
present at this meet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING.
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED AT
THE FIRST MEETING TUES
DAY EVENING.

The newly elected mayor and
alderman took their seats with the
city council at the organization
meeting Tuesday evening. T h e
meeting passed off very pleasantly
the several states decided on before
the session having gone through
without a break The council cham
bers were filed to the doors when
Mayor Jenko called the meeting to
order. Among the aldermen the
only new man elected and taking
his seat was Jos. Komatar.
The business in hand was at
once taken up and applications from
several for appointive positions were
read. Mayor Jenko had named the
members of the police force previ-
Gus to this. The changes here were
slight. One man, Clarence Chinn,
was dropped from the list and
Math.- Levar succeeded Earl West
as patrolman The force as at
present constituted is: Barth Cof-
fey chief A. d. Ellefsen sergeant !;
Paul Pearson, Ansol Skantze, JOS
Markovich and Math. Leyar, patrol
men.
Arthur Knutson was renamed
city clerk and Andrew Watilo city
treasurer. Fred B. James city as
SCISSOR. J. w. Rubey city engineer
VIM. Mitchell superintendent of the
light and water department. A. w.
. Nelson city attorney John Gouze
was chosen street commissioner.
For this position there had been
six applications filed. Gouze won
out over the incumbent, Nick
Alfalfa, on a four to three vote.
The position of truck driver for the
street department went to Math.
Banovetz. John Anderson was re-
tanned as caretaker at the ceme-
terry.
The proceedings of the first meet
ing will be printed in full in the
next issue. In the meantime it
will be well to look over the treas
urer's annual statement and get
an eye full. The condition of the
city regarding finances shows up
well. The year starts out very
auspiciously.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
TWO HARD GAMES
ARE SCHEDULED.
BASKETBALL BOYS HAVE A
HEAVY WEEK AHEAD OF
THEM, JAN. 6 AND. 10.

The basketball game advertised
for last week went by the boards
owing to the non-arrival of the
Gilbert team. 1t was said that the
range boys left Gilbert at 4 o'clock
Saturday for Ely Up to the hour
of going to press today, they have
not arrived and nothing has been
definitely ascertained as to their
whereabouts.
A large crowd were at the Audit
orium and waited patiently until
$3.50 when the management an
nounced that the gate money would
be returned. Two teams CT high
school players put up a good pre-
liminary game and kept the crowd
amused for time. The non-ar-
rival of the Gilbert boys was un-
good and the Ely boys were robbed
of chance to win from the strong
range team.
Tomorrow evening the Aurora
team will be here and try conclu-
sions with our boys. This pro-
misses to be battle royal and will
open at 8 o'clock. A preliminary
game will precede the main bout.
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the West
Duluth All Stars are scheduled for
here. This team is composed of
>such well known players as Mcneil
lis, Bodin, Dick O'Donnell, Bratt,
Harris and Jimmy O'Neil. A pre-
liminary game will also open this
evenings play.
Had the Gilberts arrived last
Saturday, all the old players of
last years team would have been
seen in action on the part of the
locals, viz: Chinn, Hegman, Simon
son, <Murn, Gerzin and Lindbeck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
RELIEF ASSOCIATION ELECT.

The Ely Fire Department. and the
Fire Department Relief Association
met Wednesday evening and elect
ed officers for the ensuing year.
The officers chosen by the depart
ment were the following:
Chief. G. Cox.
1st Assistant-R. Hodge.
I'd Assistant. A. Rothran.
Capt. No. Truck-Jack Sera-
phine.
Capt. No. 2 Truck-E. Erickson.
Chemical-E. LaBeau.
Foreman H. & Jos. Gerzin,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
CLERK OF THE COURT
HERE NEXT WEEK.

Clerk U. G.. Holloway of the Dis
trict Court informs us thar he will
be at the City Hall beginning at 8
o'clock Tuesday next for the pur-
pose of issuing first papers and re-
ceiving applications for second pap
ers. He will be here until Thurs
day and his office hours are from
9 to II; / 80 to 100; and TOO to
900 in the evening. The clerk
will also be prepared to take appli-
cations for passports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
WILL DISCUSS
STATES LAWS,
JANUARY 26, DATE SET FOR
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPAL
49, tiles MEETING.

Officers of TT Minnesota cities,
towns and villages have been invit-
ed by the League of Minnesota
Municipalities to attend its meeting
at which legislative needs and de-
sires of Minnesota communities are
to be discussed in Saint Paul, Fri
day, January &c. The meeting will
be in the Saint Paul city hall, ac-
cording to Charles P. Hall, chair
man of the legislative committee,
and Professor M. B. Lambie, secre-
tary.
+ In addition to invitations sent to
the 1T member communities, every
Minnesota community, whether a
member or not, has been urged to
send a representative. Legislative
problems of particular Importance
to towns and villages will be gone
over.
Provisions making it possible for
voters to register at any time dur
ing the year, extending the zoning
act to extend to cities of the second,
third and fourth classes and amend
ments to state highway and prohibit
ton enforcement legislation aimed
at giving towns share in the re-
ceipts from fines on conviction are
among the items prominently sched-
uled.
Other matters to be placed before
the league include these:
"To apply section fifty of the
highway act of 1921 to villages and
cities. -
ITO authorize cities and villages
to appropriate money for the pay
ment of dues in the League Of Min
nesota Municipalities and for the
payment of expenses of represent
atives to the leagues meetings.
To amend chapter 522 of the
general laws of 1921 to provide for
reimbursing cities that have paved
portions of the Babcock system sub
sequent to. the passage of the law.
80 validate the bond issue of
$150,000 authorized by the last leg
islature for public improvements in
the city of Duluth.
Other policies, adopted at the an
nual meeting in Crookston, include
maintenance of present rights to
regulate public service utilities and
extension of these rights; reduction
OF publication requirements on home
rule charter amendments; adjust
ment of gross earnings tax distribu-
ton; increased viligance and cooper
alton to, reduce crime; enforcement
of all criminal legislation, including
prohibition laws; simplifcation Of
procedure in municipal and village
bond insurance departments plan
for fixing initial insurance rates.
Members of the league are the
x communities themselves, represent
ed by their officials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
ANOTHER RANCE
OLDT|MER DIES.
PIONEER RESIDENT OF YER.
MILLION AND MESABA
RANGE PASSES AWAY
SUNDAY.

Chas. Jessmore, who arrived in
Tower in 1887, died at his home in
Eve,eth Sunday morning of cancer
of the stomach after an illness dat
ing back for several months. He
was postmaster at Eveleth at the
time of his death and was " years
of age.
Mr.. Jessmore was successfully
engaged in numbering, hotel keep
ing, operation of livery and stage
coach lines. At the time of the
gold rush in northern Minnesota,
he set up stage coach line be-
tween the head of Lake Vermilion
and Crane lake. He was president
of the village council of Eveleth
and was the first mayor of Eveleth
to be elected under city charter
He was mayor of Eveleth for three
terms.
Coming to Eveleth from Tower
in 1889, he built and operated the
first hotel in the village. Eveleth
then was rough mining settle
ment of six rudely constructed
frame buildings. In 1914, Mr.. Jes-
more was appointed postmaster.
He was born in Oswego, N. Y,
from which city he moved to Sagi-
nav, Michigan. Mr.. Jesmore came
70 st. Louis county in 1887 and
located at Tower where he became
engaged in cruising and locating
land for settlement. While at Tow
er, he aided in the construction of
the road from Tower to the Itasca
county line along the Bear River.
He is survived by his widow and
three step-children. Mrs. Alexander
King, Taconite, and Mrs. Harvey
Hoshour, Duluth, and D. A. Murray,
Eveleth. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church, an Elk and of
the Vermilion and Mesaba Range
Old Settlers Associations.
The funeral took place Tuesday
afternoon from the home at
Eveleth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
IRON ORE ON DOCKS
AND AT FURNACES.

Total iron ore on hand at fur
naces and on Lake Erie docks as of
Dec. totalled 44,S44,201 gross
tons as compared with 3S,369,269
tons on the same date in 1921.
The ore on hand at furnaces was
34,104,888 tons, and the amount on
Lake Erie docks was 9,899,313 tons.
In the territory in which this ore
tonnage is consumed there are 341
blast furnaces, of which number 2O8
were in blast on the last day of
November as compared with 1873 on
the last day of October. The in
crease in the number of active fur
naces in November, therefore, was
20.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
DULUTH STEEL PLANTS
AT 1907 CAPACITY

The Minnesota Steel Co.. Duluth,
are operating at 1000 capacity.
The second blast furnace was blown
in about three months ago. In
the open hearth department nine
out of ten furnaces are operating.
The new wire mill which went
into commercial operation during
the past summer is running at cap
acity.
The Zenith Furnace Co., Duluth,
is also operating on 1000 basis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05

rooms and modern in every particu-
lar. AS soon as the present con-
tracts held by the construction firm
in Virginia have been finished, which
probably will be early this month,
the entire force of the construction
company will be put on the Bah
bitt job. Part of the company's
mill equipment will be taken to Bah
bitt for the job. Two months is the
time estimated for the completion
of the six houses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05

Mary Scufsa, the unfortunate
young lady who while on hiking
trip with the Girl Scouts d year
ago, had the misfortune to fall and
injure her spine, died at the Phalen
Park Hospital in st. Paul, Monday.
She was II years Of age and is
survived by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Scufsa, and several broth
ers and sisters. The reuSains were
brought to this city and the fun
eral held today from the Catholic
church. The funeral was largely
attended as the young lady was a
favorite among large circle Of
friends and schoolmates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
Church Elect. oAseer..

Church Elects Ofhcers.
Ely independent Evangelical
Lutheran Church held its yearly
meeting Monday for the purpose Of
electing officers as well as transact
ing other business. The following
officers were elected:
Minister-Rev. D. Ruotsolainen.
Prest.-Nick Alfalfa.
Vice Prest abraham Hill.
Treas.-Andrew Koivisto.
Sec.-Gabriel Hippaka.
Trustees Herman Hakala, Henry
Palo, Isaac Lofberg, Edward Dahl,
Chas. Nappa, Edward Harri.
2 Deacons-John Anderson, Henry
Lahti.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
Secretary-David Childers.
TreaSurer-Art hur Knutson

Treasurer-Arthur Knutson.
The officers as given above also
compose the trustees of the Relief
Association. In addition Relief
Committee consisting of E. LaBeau,
Jack Seraphine and Jos. Gerzin was
named. The Relief Association is
in the best of financial conditions,
there being $7,771.45 in the treas
ury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
FIRM GETS BABBITT
BUILDING CONTRACT.

The Mesabi Iron company has
awarded the contract for the con-
struction of six houses at Rabbit,
to A. W. Rees & Co., a recently or
ganized building and construction
company with headquarters in Vir-
ginia.
The houses are to be of FIVE
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
MEETING, OF THE
= ELY MOTHERS CLUB

The regular meeting of the Ely
Mothers Club will be held at the
Community, Center ON Friday even
ing, Jan. IL, at O'Clock. In adj
.dition to the regular business to be
transacted a program will be given
as follows:
Musical No. Mrs. Sutherland
High School Education" ---
-----------------L. N Pierce
Piano Solo,-------l----Miss Wing
Paper "Rural Schools, ------
-4---------------Lydia Makela
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05

The new year was ushered in with
two fire alarms to which the depart
ment responded and which were
found to be false. One came in
shortly after the clocks had pro-
claimed the new year and the other
showed up at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing and was probably the result of
"a nights session on the part of
some celebrant who decided to see
the red wagons run.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05

Mrs. Frank Veranth went to Du-
luth Wednesday to visit with Mr..
Veranth who is a patient at st.
Mary's Hospital suffering with cry
sipilas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-17
OF GIRLS
ATTEMPT ON LIFE
IS HELD IN NOTE
I Am Sorry Took the Money
Reads Mysterious
MiSsive.

Two letters from her mother, asking
for money, and a note reading, Mac,
l am sorry I~took the money" today
held the secret of a suicide attempt OF
Mrs. Hazel Cooper, Is, r0.rning al
2010 Talbot Ave.
Mrs. Cooper. who was known by
her maiden name and nickname Miss
Billie Wells" took poison Friday
night. She was taken to the city hos
rita1, where 1t was said she would re-
cover. She gave her name to hospital
authorities as Hazel Wells"
Police are trytn. to locate Mae
to whom the suicide note was ad.
dressed with no further Identification
Mrs. Cooper's mother, in Columbus
Ind. had written of illness in the
family and the need of money. The
girls father was suffering from a boil
on his leg which had almost caused
blood poisoning, Mrs. Cooper's mother
wrote.
She was a telephone operator. out
Of work. Mrs. Cooper has told persons
at the Talbot Ave. house where she
had been staying for two weeks. She
said she had been in Indianapolis sew
eral months.
The girls husband is James CooT
Of Columbus, Ind. They have be-.
married about six months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-17
NOTED EVANGELIST
TO SPEAK SUNDAY
Big Meeting at EngIiSh'S The
alter at 3 P. NJ.

Hidden Lives of Men" will be pre-
scented at the Big Meeting Sunday
afternoon 1t the English's Theater
by DIR. /. w. Munhall, of Phila'
delphia. Boys under 16 will not be
admitted.
DIR. Munhall was born in Indiana,
but moved to the East some years
ago. He has been a co-worker with
J. Wilbur Chapman, Dwight L.
Moody and Billy Sunday. Al the Big
Meeting last Sunday DR.. Sam Small
said Of him He is one Of the most
f~orceful evangelistic speakers l have
ever known
Music will be furnished by the Big
Meeting Orchestra conducted by L.
A. Won Staden. Special musical num-
bers will be sung by the Rev. Harry
Won Bruch and the Rev. Albert
Ketchem who are now conducting
evangelistic services at the I%rvington
NJ. Z. Church.
A delegation Of 100 men from the
church are arranging to. come 50 a
tody. The doors of the Ens4fsh
Theatre will be open at 3 p. m. No
charge is made for admittance. TAe
meeting is open to men only.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-17
CHIVALRY SPIRIT
BREAKING DOWN n
u. SAYS MAFEE
Jazz Age Caused by Autos
and Movies, Speaker
Tells Dads, Sons,

THE spirit of chivalry is breaking
down in America" DR.. Cleland E.
McAfee, Theological Seminary. CHI
cago, told $50 fathers and sons FRI
day night at the Tabernacle Presby-
terrain Church.
ut doesn't make any difference If
the boys and men have been working
and the women only shopping, their
womanhood demands, for the sake of
mothers and sisters, that they have
the seats in the street car.
These boys of ours are going to
face problems we never had to deal
With-the coming Of American wo-
manhood into full freedom. Will the
cid American entirely disappear? 1t
Is up to home training"
Speed of a Jazz Age
Movies and the auto have speeded
life into a jazz age, he said, until
there is a large increase In number Of
insane asylum inmates.
Church attendance and family wor-
ship. headed by the man of the fam
lily will have much to do in the fu-
ture with the history of our Nation.
Dr. McAfee declared.
1T isn't quite the thing for a man
and woman to live together with
children under Gods great canopy
and act like there is no God" he said.
Charles oily Wiley, former But
Ter tennis player, who spoke for the
sons, said firmness, unselfishness and
Christianity are three things a boy
espec his father for.
Fathers Responsibilities
D. NJ. Houston. representing the
fathers, said that Goodness, purity
and responsibility are what a father
should seek to instlll in his sons.
Next months meeting Will be La
dies night" and music will be fur
nished by the wabash College Glee
club Quartette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-17
VETERAN BUREAU
PROBE CONTINUES
AMID chickering's
Atmosphere of Di-
vorce Court Surrounds
Inquiry.

By OntteQ PTeS9
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Arnid all
the unsavory atmosphere of a divorce
court, the pickering Of counsel, the
hurting of epithets and the revelation
of private scandals, the Senate Com
mittee investigation of the Veterans
Bureau continued today with consider
alton of the violent charges and coun-
ter charges involving the personal
characters Of Col. Charles r. Forbes
his defender and a~ccusers.
Far adrift from the Administration,
good or bad. of the Veterans Bureau,
the record was filed with incidents in
volved In the divorce action brought
by Mrs. E. H. Mortimer against her
husband, the chief witness against
former Director Forbes.
The traditional decorum Of a Senate
committee room gave way to the
heated controversy of testimony vii
llfying first Colonel Forbes, then his
~detractors.
Members Of the committee expressed
the hope this portion Of the investi-
cation could be completed today and
mex week the attention Of the COM
mittee could be turned to the drafting
Of a program of~bureau reform to be
submitted to Congress.