The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit OF
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Washington

In house and senate wax hot. Efforts
at harmony fail.
Washington = United States Cham
Der of Commerce referendum leads to
recommendation for government to
adopt broad national forestry policy.
Washington Conference between
United States and Canada over en-
forcement prohibition law, soon to be
held.
Washington - Legislative program
agreed upon by the La Toilette bloc,
which will insist on compliance with
their demands even to the extent Of
blocking indefinitely the organization
of the house.
hington-Prohibition certain to
be a very live issue in the coming con-
gress, many bills bearing on enforce
ment to be introduced in addition to
the proposal to investigate the Anti
saloon league
shington-Intimatio that former
Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall
profited by Teapot Dome leases made
at hearing before the committee on
public lands, which is studying the
question of leases on naval reserves.
Washington-Shippin board prob
lens discussed by President Coolidge
and Chairman Farley following meet
ing of the board and decision on pro-
posed change in operation of North
Artlantic- United Kingdom services.
Washington = Chicago representa-
tive of bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce says middlewest manufac-
turers and producers evience increased
interest in overseas markets.
Washington = President Coolidge
completes message to congress; is for
tax reduction and against bonus; in
dorses world court provided it is trib-
unal entirely free from League Of
Nations.
Washington - William Gibbs Nc
Adoo is satisfactory to a large block
of the drys, according to the Clipsheet,
official publication Of the board OF
temperance, Methodist Episcopal
church.
Washington = Philadelphia police,
investigating the recent bombing OF
the Italian and Spanish consulates in
that city, were said in report to the
state department to be working on the
theory that the attack was threat of
more serious activities.
Washington Investigation by the
department of justice into the legal
phases of the case of Charles L. Craig,
controller of New York, sentenced by
Federal Judge Mayer to 60 days in jail
for contempt of court, has been or
dered by President Coolidge.
Washington = The veterans bureau
should act as an attorney for former
service men in presenting claims and
capable counsel ,hould be provided
where legal assistance is sought in
prosecuting cases before the district
boards of appeal" Director Hines has
advised district managers of the blu.
reau throughout the country.
Domestic
New York-Two consignments OF
gold, 81 boxes, valued at 100000
pounds,-for Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and "A
boxes, worth 54S,764 pounds for ]. P.
Morgan & Co., were brought in on the
Olympic from England.
Atlanta, Ga.-Grand opera, one OF
the pet subjects of the Georgia gen
eral assembly, received it's first sym
pathetic vote in the history of this
body when the senate decided not to
tax the Metropolitan company of New
York, which appears in Atlanta an
nually
Peoria, Ill-Approximately $1,000 in
$40 bills was found buried in the eel
lar of the home recently purchased by
R. Brunetti from George Kaspar in
Granville, Ill. Mr. BRUNETTE turned the
money over to Kaspar who kept it
claiming that he must have buried the
bills and forgotten all about them.
Chicago-Lila Lee announced the
organization of her own producing
company to make four feature pictures
for Hodkinson release. James Kirk
wood, her husband, is her business
partner in the venture, which is ex
pected to involve expenditure of sew
earl hundred thousand dollars.
Greenville, Miss.-Complete unof
fetal returns from eight of the II
counties in the third district indicate
the election of William Humphreys
Greenville, to succeed his father, the
late Representative B. J.. Humphreys
(dem, Miss.) in the special congress
sional election.
Chicago - Kolrain Finderne Bess, {
Holstein cow, has completed test a
z years of age, with production o
35,085.4 pounds of milk, containing
1,117.16 pounds Of butterfat, equivalent
to 1864 pounds of butter, makinf
her the worlds champion milk Gov
for production under strictly officia
rules, according to announcement o
the Holstein-F riesian Association o
America.
Long Beach, Calf Earl Daugh
erty and Vernon j. Anderson, plotting
their planes through the darkness
toward an aviation field here picket
the same instant in which to attemp
a landing Alighting from opposite
directions their ships collided headol
and were wrecked. Neither was SER
ously hurt.
Dayton, Ohio - The Darling bomb
er, the worlds largest airplane. wa
condemned for further usage until ez
tensive repairs have been made on \
1t must be overhauled and fitted wit
many new vital parts, at 9 cost OF ar
Sroximatels $5e.0eO.