The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-21
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
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of Busy Readers.
Washington


eminent formally accepted the Ger
man built Zeppelin ZR-3.
Washington = More than $4,000
names were dropped from the govern
ment pension roll in the last year,
reducing the total to 525,539. PEN
sions for 1924 totaled $229, 944,777, or
S33,017,723 less than Cor the previous
year.
shington-Secretary Mellon COM
missioned A. w. Gregg, special as
sistant to the secretary of the treas
ury, to make study of the British
system of taxation, in the hope that
he might obtain ideas which will give
the treasury new possibilities in lay
ing out program of taxation in the
future.
Westinghouse severe attack of
hiccoughs, incapacitating the official
court reporter, forced postponement
of the courtmartial of Captain Harold
A. Barnes in connection with an al
legged deficit of $1,000 in his accounts
as commissary officer at Fort Myer,
Va. This was the fourth postpone
ment since the trial began two weeks
ago.
Washington-The assistant secre-
taryship of the navy is to remain in
the Roosevelt family. Theodore Doug
las Robinson, a nephew of the former
president, has been decided upon for
the post. He will succeed Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt, his cousin, who re-
signed two months ago>in order to
run for the governorship of New
York, for which office he was defeat
ed by Gov. Al Smith.
Domestic
Denver-Dr. Hiram w. Evans, i'm
perial wizard of the Ku Klux Khan
attended meeting of the Denver
khan at which it is said 5000 new
members were initiated.
New York-Jackie Coogan wants
to be mechanic when he grows up.
Returning from Europe with his par
ents and governess, the little actor
was loaded down with mechanical
toys, the gifts of admirers. 81 guess
I'll be a mechanic" he announced.
Il like mechanical things and prob
ably that's what I'll do the best at"
Chattanooga-Al Jones and Bill
Burch pleaded guilty in the criminal
court to violating the old Ku Klux
law of 1868, and were given 10 years
each. This law fixed ! penalty of
from 10 years to death for going
masked and armed for the purpose of
committing murder, robbery and COM
mission of other crimes.
Chicago-Officer of the Women's
Preachers Association, at an execu-
tive meeting, decided that they would
confine the work of their conventions
to planning work for the future and
TO developing means whereby the wo-
man preachers opportunities might
be enhanced, rather than to turn
their meetings over to prominent
speakers.
Vernal, Utah-Attired in the blue
uniform of the Union army, with
which he served during the Civil
war, DIR. H. C. Hullinger-who on De-
cember 2 will be 100 years old-was
here of a memorial monument erect
ed in memory of Uinta country men
whe died during the World war DR..
Hullinger is reputed to be the oldest
practising physician in America.
New York-Health department au-
thorities began investigation of the
hiccoughing epidemic spreading
throughout the city. In Queensbor-
ough alone So severe cases were
found, II of them in hospitals. In
Manhattan IA cases were reported.
Some of the physicians say the hic-
coughing is a symptom of influenza
and others assert that it is precur-
sor of sleeping sickness.
Bakersfield, Calf = "Rainmaker"
Hatfield closed a contract with the
Kern County Cattlemen's Association
and the Sheepmen's Association,
whereby he promises to produce one
and one-half inches of rain in Kern
county between November 20 and De-
cember 90 If rain is produced, Hat
field is to receive $4,000, the money
being guaranteed by the cattlemen
and sheepmen.
San Francisco-After he had been
decorated with $71S.0S worth of air
mail stamps in anticipation of an air
mail trip to New York, Chester N.
Weaver, San Francisco automobile
dealer, was barred from the mails"
by ruling from Paul Henderson,
second assistant postmaster general
Mr.. Weaver was rejected as a piece
of mail when telegram was receiv-
ed by James e. Power, San Francisco
postmaster. from the second assistant
postmaster general. saying: Nobody
is to ride in air mail except depart
ment officials"
Cambridge. Mass.-The average
temperature on the surface of Mars
except near the poles is not unlike
that of bright cool day on the sur
face of the earth, the National Acad-
envy of Sciences heard.
Chicago-Belief that incendiaries
touched off fire which destroyed a
undergrad and an apartment build
ing, at an estimated LOGS of $500, 600.
was expressed by police, who found
Ludwig F. Larson, the Waterman,
bound and gagged near the yards
Larson said be was surprised by three
meu in the undergrad Office, robbed
and bound.