The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
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NEWS OF WORLD
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Washington
Washington-Cabinet definitely re-
jects proposal to combine army and
navy departments under government
reorganization plan.
hington-President lets it be
known that treaty with England on II
mile liquor search limit will not alter
liquor carrying ban against American
ships.
Washington President and Mrs.
Coolidge will continue the custom OF
holding a New Year reception to the
general public which was revived by
President and Mrs. Harding after a
lapse of several years.
Neutrality-suspicious. of State
Charles e. Hughes informs French am
basador that French limitations to pro-
posed international conference on Ger
many's capacity to pay reparations
makes American participation impos-
sible; Coolidge thinks conference un-
der restrictions would be futile.
Washington Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont, head of the National Women's
party, announced here that Senator
Charles Curtis and Representative d.
r. Anthony, both of Kansas, had
agreed to present to the next congress
the party's proposed equal rights
amendment to the constitution. A dep
utation of officers of the party will
call on President Coolidge Nov. II to
ask for his support.
Domestic
s,hicago-Only 500 of the 5000 sa-
loons which operated as soft drink
parlors prior to Mayor Dever's drive
for prohibition enforcement remain
open, figures obtained by Chief of Po-
lice Collins show
Detroit = Horatio GOOD Roads,
Earle, former state highway commits
sioner, has resigned from the Cass
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
because he believes churches generally
have abandoned the gospel for politics.
San Diego, Calif.-Arguments were
closed in the courtmartial of Captain
Edward H. Watson, o. S. N, accused
of negligence in the destroyer disas-
ter at Point Honda, September s, and
the case was given to the navy court
in session here.
Chicago-Walter E. Flanders, form
er business associate of Henry Ford,
left an estate of 100000, it was re-
vealed when an inventory was filed
before Assistant Probate Judge Keats.
Previous estimates had placed the es-
tate at above $1,0O0,000.
Los Angeles-Harold Lloyd, motion
picture comedian, suffered injuries
here which his physician said would
keep him away from the camera for
two weeks, when fire hose nozzle
he was using in the filming of COM,
edy swung around and hit him in the
face, cutting his forehead and knock
ing him off, rapidly moving truck.
New York-More than 100 passen-
gers scrambled for life preservers
when the w. R. Hearst, newest and
fastest of the municipal ferry boats,
struck a mudbank off Governors
island. The boat, however, slid off
the pudbank gradually, and in 10
minutes had righted itself.
Toronto-J. ]. R. Mcleod, professor
of the department of physiology at the
University of Toronto, who Jointly with
Dr. F. G. Banting won the Noble prize
for medicine for the discovery of in
sulin, announced he would give half
of the $4,000 awarded to him to DR..
j. B. Collip, professor in Alberta
university, who aided him. Banting
announced he would share his portion
of the award jointly with his chief
assistant, DR.. c. II. Best.
New York; letter written by Rob-
ert Burns, Scottish poet, brought
$2,460 When the William F. Gable col
lection OF autographed manuscripts
and letters of English and American
authors was placed on sale. An auto
graphed copy of Goldsmith's Vicar
OF Wakefie cid" was sold for $470, and
1920 was paid for Eugene Fields .''Trib-
une Primer" autographed by the au-
thor
ST. Louis, Mo. = Eighteen persons
were injured slightly when the en-
CINE and baggage and mail cars of
the st. Louis, San Francisco passen-
ger train No. 802 overturned, and three
coaches were derailed at Brooks juno
ton, 155 miles south of st. Louis, ac-
cording to advices received at general
offices of the Frisco here. The train
was en- route from Memphis to st.
Louis.
Peoria, Ill.-Arrested on a charge of
selling an alleged "rejuvenating elixir
which he claimed would do all that
monkey glands can do" Thomas Wolff,
aged vendor and selfstyled professor,
has been bound over to the grand jury
on bonds of $1,000. Wolff, who said his
home was Pekin, ILL.,, is alleged to
have duped at least 100 aged Peoria
women for S. each through sales of
the elixir of life" and spark
salve."
Bridgeport, Conn. = After fighting
fires all of MS life, Joha H. Partridge,
aged 80, veteran fireman, died here OF
burns caused by the ignitioi, of an
eye shade while he was lighting his
pipe
Montreal = The premature explo
sion of nitroglycsrine being used by
bandits started Ere in downtown
office building, which spread to near
by structures, resulting in 100000
damage. The bandits are believed to
have been trying to blow open the