The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26
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Washington - Par collection OF
checks and placing of all banking un.
der federal supervision were urged
before the joint congressional commit
tee investigating failure of state banks
to enter the federal reserve system.
Washington-An appeal was grant,
ed by the supreme court in the case
OF Ziang Sung Wan, convicted in the
courts of the district of Columbia for
the murder of Ben Sen WI, Chinese
student, and now under sentence of
death.
Washington-The Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve, center of bitter
row in congress recently, has pro-
duced but a small part of the return
government officials expected of it,
it was made known.
Neutrality-suspicious. Isaacs, aged
IS, elevator man in the Washington
monument, was taken into custody
after the body of a woman, mutilated,
had been found on the circular stair
way of the monument, 270 feet above
the ground. The cries of 2 year
had attracted attention to her body.
Police officials said she apparently
had been crushed by the elevator. No
charge was made against Isaacs.
Domestic
Chicago-George P. Wiley has at
tended Sunday school 1,704 consecu-
tive Sundays without missing single
Sunday.
Detroit-Brigadier General William
T. Mitchell, assistant chief Of the
army air service, and Miss Elizabeth
Miller of Crosse Point, were married
and left for the Orient.
Memphis-Control of the Piggy
Wiggly corporation passed from the
common to the preferred stockholders
when the latter met and elected new
board of directors.
Boston-Two men were shot and
five captured when police opened fire
with a riot gun in raid on what was
declared to be a burglars nest in the
heart of the city.
) New York-America need have no
special concern for Germany with re-
gard to life necessities, Representative
S. G. Porter of Pennsylvania, said on
his return from Europe.
Schenectady, N. Y.-County Judge
John ]. McMullen of Schenectady was
indicted by the grand jury of the SUI
preme court here on charges alleging
bribery.
Santa Fe, N MA total of 21,500
acres out of the aggregate Of $4,000
acres of oil leases, all on the Navajo
Indian reservation, offered at auction
by the government, were sold under
the hammer
East ST. Louis, Ill-Mrs. Cora Yates
made her 18th appearance in a di-
vorce case when she obtained a d.
vorce from Alexander Yates, her 10th
husband. She had obtained IL di-
vorces.
Laramie, Wyo.-J. R. Patton Of Salt
Lake City, Utah, was killed and G. R.
Dougal, his companion, was injured
when a freight train struck a speed.
er on which they were riding near
Medicine Bow, Wyo. Patton was as.
sistant division engineer of the Union
Pacific railroad.
ST. Louis-After more than score
of years of balloon racing, Captain H.
E. Honeywell, veteran balloonist OF
st. Louis, announced he had quit the
sport in favor of dirigible uying.
New Orleans-L. Friedburg, mer.
chant of Commerce, Texas, was rest
ing easily in hospital after surgeons
had removed his false teeth from his
stomaih. Friedburg was laughing
heartily at a joke, according to his
friends, when his teeth disappeared
down his throat.
Ketchikan, Alaska = twenty-five
members Of the crew of the motorshiI
Kennecott. which went aground in
Kano inlet, at the southwest corner
of Graham island, and broke up, have
arrived here on the United States
coast guard cutter Unalga.
Denver-Members of Denver's so
called s1,OOO,O0O bunco ring must re
main in the penitentiary until the
state supreme court passes on theil
appeal, the supreme court decided
Sixteen convicted bunco men had filed
an application for a writ Of superse
IDEAS, which the court denied.
Chicago Mayor William e. Devel
revoked the 1,000th retail beverage
license in the city's campaign against
prohibition law violators. my wrist
is sore, but I'm game" he declared a:
he signed the revocation closing the
1,000th place.
New York-The appellate division
of the supreme court reversed de
cision vacating the annulment of the
marriage Of Evan Burrowes-Fontaine
dancer, and Sterling Adair, placing
Miss Fontaine in position to continue
prosecution of her $1,000,000 breach
of promise suit against Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney.
Oolitic, Ind-Governors C. R. Ma
hey OF Utah and ]. M. Dixon of Mon
tana, and their wives, were slight.
injured when their auto overturned
They were able to proceed to Yves
Baden for the annual conference o
governors, to which they were Ell
route.
Sacramento-At meeting of I. w
w. in Chicago this week it was de
cided to call upon all foot loose fel
low workers" to come to California
for a drive against the state crimina
syndicalism law, it was declared b,
c. S. Morrill, of the state bVreas o