The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-09
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NEWS OF WORLD
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Washington

Strassburger, his chief financial
hacker in 1920.
Washington-Senato r. NJ. La Fol
lette, back in Washington after long
European trip, expected to call con-
ference to draft program for approach
ing session of congress.
hington-American participation
in reparations inquiry probably will be
decided after conference between Sec
rotary of State C. E. Hughes and Am
bassador Jules ]. Jusserand.
Washington-Tax burden doubles in
decade as result of huge increase in
government cost, according to national
industrial conference report.
Washington President Coolidge
administration seriously considering
aiding Germany to buy American
wheat; Borah confers on subject with
president.
Washington Veterans bureau in
quiry digging further into irregulari-
ties; government paid $4,000 for
$4,000 property at Excelsior Springs,
Mo-
Washington = Representative F. A.
Britten (rep., Ill., urges United
States to build up League of Ameri-
cans" and to keep out of all European
entangleuents.
Washington Senator w. E. Bor-
ali (rep, Idaho) plans to revive bill
to curtail power of supreme court in
order to forestall more restrictive leg
islation proposed by Senator R. M. La
Toilette (rep., Wis.,
Washington = Impressed by the nee
essity for adequate power installation
at the Wilson dam of the Muscle
Shoals, Ala, project, Secretary Weeks
has recommended that the budget bu-
reau approve a 100000 appropria-
ton.
Washington President Coolidge
between two fires on foreign policy.
Hiram Johnson or other irreconcilable
to declare against him il he leans to
world court; if against it, Secretary
C. E. Hughes or Secretary Herbert
Hoover might oppose him.
Washington = Secretary A. w. Mel
lon of the treasury was said to feel
that the latest communication sent
him by Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl-
vania on prohibition enforcement had
raised no new issues and that he ex-
pected to make the reply to it a final
communication on the subject.
Washington = Friends of Woodrow
Wilson have formulated plans for
their third annual pilgrimage to the
former presidents home here on
Armistice day for a demonstration in
his honor. Mr.. Wilson will receive
the crowd from the front steps of his
S street home, it was announced by
Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, secretary of the
committee in charge of the arrange
ments, and it is expected he will
speak briefly as he did last year.
Washington = Statistics just COM
pleted by the internal revenue bureau
for the year 1921 show that taxes were
paid to the federal govrnment on but
one net income of $5,000,000 or more.
That income was not reported by John
d. Rockefeller In fact if statistics
count for anything, the net income
turned in by Mr.. Rockefeller for 1921
was only somewhere between $1,000
600 and $1,50O,000. This fact caused
much surprise because it had been
generally conceded that one of four
net incomes of $5,000,00O or more
returned the previous year, 1920, rep
resented Mr.. Rockefeller's income.
Domestic
San Francisco An amended d.
vorce complaint charging desertion,
was filed here for Marjorie Rambeau,
actress, against Hugh Dillman Nc
Ghauty of New York. The original bill
charged cruelty. Miss Rambeau is
playing in Los Angeles.
New Orleans-The United States
verdict of jury of the district court
of northern Alabama, finding five men
guilty of fiogging Ben Walker of Pei
ham, Ala, and sentencing them to five
years Imprisonment and fined S100
each.
Seattle, Wash. Ezra Meeker of
Seattle, blazer of the Oregon trail,
who is almost SO years old, was re-
ported much improved in an attack
of illness.
New York = John Hays Hammond,
chairman of the federal coal commits
sion, urged policy of dollar diplo-
macy" for the United States as the
best means of assuring a bright flu
ture for the world.
Columbus, Ohia - Fire threatened
to destroy the seven story state office
building, formerly the Hartman hotel.
The fire originated in the basement.
Several hundred state employees made
their way to safety before the blaze
gained much Roadway.
Marion. Ohio - Mayor George w.
Nicely issued proclamation directing
that all flags be placed at halfmast
Nov. to commemorate tie 5Sth an
niversary of the birth Of the late presi-
dent, Warren G. Harding.
Indianapolis - Opposition to a cash
bonus of war veterans was reiterated
by julius Barnes, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, in an address.
San Francisco = When western
Pacific train from the east arrived in
Oakland, across the bay, % passen
gers were Guaranteed and vaccinated
by order Of the state board Of health