The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-24
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Contessa, of New York, president of
the Italian Benevolent society, paid
tribute to Christopher Columbus and
to American citizens of Italian birth.
Washington-The Supreme Court
refused to review the conviction Of
R. H. Clements and other former en-
ployees of the Santa Fe Railroad on
the charge of conspiracy to obstruct
the mails and interfere with interstate
commerce in the shopmen's strike in
1922.
Washington-Postal receipts in so
leading cities increased $2,625,6 15. or
11.28 per cent, in September, as COM
pared with September, 1928, the post
office department has announced. The
total receipts in September were $685.
S97,72S, against $23,272.113. in Sep
TENDER, 1923.
ashington-Imminent danger of
extinction from starvation this winter
of the entire herd of 10000 mule deer
now in the Kaibab game pre-
serve in northern Arizona, has
caused a committee appointed by
Secretary Wallace to recommend
killing of enough of the herd to pre-
vent the death of the remainder. The
government has offered to give away
the deer and if this does not reduce
the herd materially, hunting under
proper regulations is suggested. Only
about $4,000 deer can be supported by
the forage on the area, which is far
below normal
Domestic
San Diego-Two fliers were killed
and another narrowly escaped death
in an airplane collision over Coron-
ado.
New York-Arrangements for new
Transatlantic cable line between the
United States and Germany were re-
president of the Commercial Cable
Company.
Albany, N. Wayne B. Wheeler,
Antisaloon League general counsel, de-
clared before prohibition there were
25,O00,000 regular drinkers, while now
there are about 100000 who get 10
times as much publicity.
Springfield, Ill-Quick action by
John Stamper, superintendent, who,
when he saw bandits at Tovey, rushed
the mine cage to the depths of the
shafts, saved the payroll of $4,000.
This was to have been the last cash
payday.
New York-Bandits entered the
Bronx jewelry store of Sam Goldman,
which is within 200 feet of a police
station, bound and gagged the jeweler,
his daughter, Lii, and Fred Weiss, an
accountant, and escaped with $4,000
worth of jewelry.
Chicago-Sheriff Edwin Ahlstrom
of Waukegan was fined $3.50 and costs
by Federal Judge Carpenter for re-
moving Marjorie Moberly and Mar
jorie Dorland from the Lake county
Jail while they were federal prisoners
and taking them to a dance. The
case against two men who were alleged
to have brought them from Iowa to
Chicago
New York-A suntanned Canadian
voyager came unheralded to the
barge office at the battery. Forty
two days ago, George H. G. Smyth Of
Toronto, 33 years old, left Sidney,
Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia, in a
Is foot open canoe. He padded 1850
miles in salt water and claims to have
set a record.
Gloucester, Mass.-Coast guard and
customs officers broke up an attempt
to run rum simultaneously into sew
eral harbors on the north shore, when
they seized five boats, with 5000 gal
Ions of alcohol and lot of whisky in
cases, and arrested nine men. The
boats were caught six to eight miles
off shore, heading in from the rum
row off Cape Ann.
New York-Clarence barrow, Chi
cago attorney, referred a debate in
which Morris Hillquist, Socialist lead
er. supported the presidential candi-
dacy of Robert NJ. LaFollette, and
Samuel Untermeyer, New York attor-
ney, upheld the merits 70 John w.
Davis, democratic candidate. barrow
announced he did not care who licked
President Coolidge, and expressed dis
satisfaction with the debate because
of no mention of ''hecvy wines and
beer"
Lansing, Mich-The final brief in
the appeal of Charles E. Ruthenberg,
Community Party of America leader,
who was convicted of violation of the
Michigan syndicalism act, was filed
for the state in the supreme court by
o. L. Smith, assistant attorney gen.
eral. 1t asked the court to affirm
Ruthenberg's conviction. The case
probably will be argued in the cur
rent term of court.
Boise, acknowledging the first pub
lie protest against the Idaho law
which prohibits women from serving
on juries, the Eden Civic Club has
adopted a resolution urging Idaho wo-
men to work for repeal of any law
that places women of the United
States in a position of inferiority.
Chicago-Judge John R. Caverly.
who sentenced Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
and Richard Loeb to life imprison-
ment, for the killing of Robert Franks,
returned to the bench after several
weeks in hospital recuperating from
the nervous strain brought on ~ the
case