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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

bthat in the year 1928, in the United
States, $4,000 persons lost THEN
lives by fire and that there was q
property loss of $550,000,000. On
the basis of the last federal census
this was per capita loss of $500
While the loss Of lives and prop
erty is slightly under that of the
year previous still the toll is appal-
| ling and calls for the serious con-
sideration of every property owner
and citizen in the state. AS his ex-
cellency points out fire insurance by
no means covers the loss; it merely
| distributes the burden of paying for
the property destroyed. Sat time
when timber is growing scarcer and
higher in prices" says the chief ex-
ecutive, "We can i'll afford to per-
NIT this huge waste of material"
The word stupendous best de-
scribes the property loss as reported
but it is the great loss of life that
appeals. That $4,000 lives should
have been snuffed out by the fire
fiiend is unthinkable, yet such is a
fact and the records can not be dis
puted. Caution and prevention would
have greatly minimlzed both and it
is for the advancement of the two
that Fire Prevention Week" has
been devised Minnesota" Gov
ernor Preus says, 'can aid material
ly by giving the week the attention
it is entitled to-"
One of the chief objects Of the
state fire marshal department, of
which B. L. Kingsley is the head, s
the dissemination of knowledge con-
corning Fire Prevention and the
! necessity of being constantly on the
job. With this department Fire
Prevention Week" is an annual
event and nothing is left undone in
bringing the need of its observance
to the attention of every citizen and
property owner in the state.
In furtherance of the movement
Mr.. Kingsley has invoked the aid
of municipal officers and fire pre-
vention officials in every town and
city in Minnesota and the replies in
every case have been assuring.
School officials have also been asked
to help.
AS in former years observance of
the week will take the form of fire
prevention parades, participation by
civic and commercial organizations,
distribution of fire prevention lit
erature among the homes, a general
cleaning up of property and premises
/, by the owners, an inspection of such
by local officials and fire prevention
lectures in the schools. In many
towns and cities there will be COM
plete Fire Prevention Week Pro-
gram with the local civic organiza-
tons and municipal officers in con-
troll and the public burning of rub
bish heaps.
AS State Fire Marshal Kingsley
puts it. Lets make Fire Prevention
Week a FIRELESS WEEK in Min
nesota."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

No sooner does any newspaper in
the northern end of the state have
a good word to say for this section,
when the south end papers begin
shouting "steel trust. There is a
fellow at Millaca, named Cravens,
who sits up nights thinking of mean
things to say about the balance OF
the human race and especially OF
the people of the iron country. OF
course, he's for LaFollette. These
fellows with the Socialistic tend
encies are all for LaFollette and his
dogmas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

old Krunkkala.
w. H. Opel was business caller
in Duluth on Friday.
The Mesdames Opel and Lomas-
ney were hostesses at dinner on
Wednesday evening at the Opel
cottage to Mr.. and Mrs. Clinic and
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson, the latter of
Cloquet.
Mrs. Byron Howard and daughter,
Mary, of Ely were visitors in our
village On Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinic have as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Olson of Clo-
quet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

Vote Ter straight. Keep to the
old parties and let the isms take
care of themselves. Isms have men,
aced the political body for years and
never get anywhere. 1t will be the
same at the coming election. Stick
to your party. False gods have
bobbed up since time immemorial.
All have been forgotten. The real
honest-to-goodness gods are still
with US. Don't throw away your
vote. Think it over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

If Candidate LaFellette is so bit
terly opposed to all trusts and COM
bines why does he persist in shout
ing for the removal of the tariff on
sugar? The farmers of the country
need protection for their sugar beet
industry and to remove the tariff on
sugar would play right into the mitt
of the sugar trust.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03
GIRL SCOUTS
(By the Scout Correspondent

The Ely Girl Scouts have begun
the year with quite large attend
ance from the three troops which
have met so far, Nos. a, 5 and g.
Most of the Scouts spent happy
week or two at camp and have come
back eager to go on with their
Scout work. To stimulate interest
Troop Contest has been planned
and points will be given for various
accomplishments, i. e., gaining merit
badges, perfect attendance, hiking,
health habits, service to others,
church attendance, scholarship, etc.
The troop having the highest num-
Der of points at the end of the year
will take a special surprise over
night hike.
A Leaders Training and Troop
Management Course will be offered
sometime this month by the Direct
or This course will deal with regu-
lar Scout work and will prepare for
Scout Leadership. 1t will include
problems of Scouting, psychology of
the young adolescent, organized and
unorganized play, junior citizenship,
etc. There will be outside lectures
for this course, men and women
who have specialized in some par
ticular field such, as the Red Cross
workers, teachers of special SUBJ
jects related to Scouting, doctors,
nurses, etc. The course will be
open to women and girls eighteen
years of age and older who are in
terested in leading young girls to
"Better Womanhood" through the
right kind of recreation and inter
esting them in the simple home and
community services. The class will
meet on one or two evenings a
week according to the desire of its
students and completion of the
course will entitle the women to
wear the Scout pin which will be
given in a formal investiture cere-
mony.
The Local Council of the Girl
Scouts of Ely met Wednesday, Sept
ember 18th, its annual meeting, to
elect officers for the coming year.
They were elected as follows: Mrs.
B. o. Strachan, Commissioner; Mrs.
Sutherland, Deputy Commissioner;
Mrs. Quigley, Treasurer; and Louise
w. Gilfllan corresponding and ex-
ecutive secretary. The next month
ly meeting will be held October
18th.
Any girl who is at least seven
years old who is interested in be-
coming Brownie or a regular
Scout or any woman over eighteen
years of age interested in the or
ganization of the Leaders Course
are asked to see personally, if pos
sible, or to correspond with the
Local Director, Louise w. Gilfllan,
at the Scout Office in the Old High
School Bldg.
During the month of September,
that is from Sept. 18th until Sept.
30th, correspondence was as follows:
Mail in 2. Mail out IL.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03
UNION SERVICES

Union services will be conducted
Sunday morning by the Presby-
terian and Methodist churches al
the M. E. church, Rev. H. Russell
Browne officiating.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03
Hardly Worth Looking For

his reasons are as two grains Of
wheat hid In two bushels Of chair;
you shall seek all day ere you find
them; and when you have them, they
are not worth the search.-Shakes-
peare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

The screen classic "The Covered
Wagon" will be shown at the Elco
Theatre next Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-03

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During the month of September,
that is from Sept. 18th until Sept.
S0th, correspondence was as follows :
Mail in 2. Mail out IL.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
KENTUCKIAN is ELECTED
HEAD OF NATIONAL S. A. R,
M. II. Lewis of Louisville Becomes
President General-Next Meet
ing in Boston.
.Y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, July o4.-Mar-
vim II. Lewis of Louisville. Ky. was
elected president general of the Sons
Of the American Revolution at the
losing session of the organization S
thirty-fifth annual congress here yes
terday. He succeeds Arthur Preston
Sumner of Providence, r. /.
Boston, Mass, was chosen as the
start the third Monday in May
Other elections OF national officials
for the coming year include the fol-
lowing: Charles II. Bangs of Swamp
s:ott, vice president general for the
first district; Carl NJ. Vail of Ridge
wood, y. j.. for the second district
Fred Millspaugh. for the third dis
trict; Lewis A Bowman of Chicago.
for the fourth district: J. Reed Green
Of Lincoln. Nebr., for the fifth dis
trict; James NJ. Breckenridge of Mis-
souri,, for the sixth district and
George Albert Smith of Salt Lake. for
the seventh district
Secretary General Frank B. Steele
of Buffalo, y. y, was reelected.
Francis b. Culver of Baltimore Md,
was selected as registrar general.
George Mex. Roberts was reelected
as treasurer general.
Among resolutions adopted was one
favoring maintenance of the United
States Army and Navy ION an eff
cient basis without danger to the
country's peace"
Evening star., 1924-07-24

wiping out this deficit the Republi-
cans cast the Hays rule of $1,000 only
to the winds.
Wall street" may contribute heav-
iIy to both Democratic and Republi-
can chests. but Mr.. La Toilette and
his followers will have to go else
where. Some one suggested that
when Mr.. Davis was nominated big
business" was so we'll satisfied with
the two leading candidates for the
presidency that it would fail to con-
tribute funds. The Democrats count
ed that a moral. victory in itself. for
they said they had never gotten any
business money anyway. and if they
could keep it away from the Republi-
cans a long stride forward had been
made.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
TEN CHILDREN DIE
AS TRAIN H|TSAUTO
Returning From Picnic When
Struck at Crossing-Ten
Others Injured.
BY the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Press
OAK HAREOR, Ohio, July 24.-In-
vestigation into the cause of the
grade crossing accident here late yes
terday, which took death toll of ten
and injured ten more, was under way
! today. The ten were killed instantly
when u New York Central passenger
train crashed into an automobile
truck loaded with children return
ing from a picpic.
The tragedy occurred shortly be-
fore pm, at the Locust stree [
crossing, one block from the New
York Central depot and about one
mile from the business section of
the town.
Four railroad tracks cross the street
at the point. passenger train, east
bound from Toledo. was just pulling
out from the station when William
Spangler. 40, driver of the truck halt
for the train to pass. Witnesses
say that as the last cars were cross
ing the street SpanGlcr started the
truck in motion. passing behind the
,astbound train to he struck by a
asst passenger train going west.
Bodies Hurled Far.
The weStbound passenger train
struck the truck Squarely in the cen
Ger. and hurled it more than a hun
lred feet. Bodies were thrown in
every direction. others being ground
beneath the wheels of the flying train.
Three We're carried 800 feet on the
pilot of the engine.
Cries of the dying and injured min
gled with the screach of brakes as the
train came to a stop. Dozens hurried
to the aid of the injured. Ambulances
rushed them to the hospital here and
1t Port Clinton.
| The dead were gathered together
| identified and removed to the morgue
| rhe truck was demolished.
! TWenty-SiX persons. according to
! oest accounts, were on the truck wher
! he crash came.
| The children, in the care of older
| people, had spent the day on their an
! aual picnic and were returning to At
| tica.
! Mayor Peter ]. Gulau today was tc
! act to have the railroad company
place safety gates at the crossing.
For many years d watchman wa:
/ maintained at the crossing. but he
! was relieved last year with the in
Stallation of the electric signal sys-
| tenn.
! The system was working. the rec
| light moving to and fro, witnesses
said. when the truck started to cross
Evening star., 1924-07-24
FIRE RUINS PORTLAND
EXPOSITION STRUCTURE
100000 Building Destroyed When
Flames Leap From Mill
Blaze.

BY the Assocat ted Press
PORTLAND, Greg. July 24-Fire.
which started yesterday afternoon in
Mowat--Swift shingle mills, at North
Portland, destroyed the mills. then
leaped 200 feet to the huge building
of the Pacific International Live Stock
Exposition and razed the S660,000
structure within 20 minutes. The
hay barn of Swift & Company and two
smaller sheds also were burned.
The exposition building was in
sured for $350,0O0. According to o.
NJ. Plummer, manager of the build
ing, the structure will be rebuilt in
time for the exposition, which usu-
ally is held annually in November.
The fire started from a refuse burn
er in the shingle mills, it was be-
lieved, and it's spread was hastened
by a high wind.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
SKELETON HELD PROOF
OF MURDER OF MODlSTE
Bones Found in Excavating Base
ment May Solve Disappear
ance in 1918.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. July 24-
mat the skeleton found under
basement floor in a prominent resi-
Dental section here last Friday was
the remains of Miss Augusta Hoff-
man, modiste. who disappeared in
1915. is the belief of detectives in
vestigating. An operative of ma
tiona1 detective agency yesterday
visited Knoxville. Tenn, where a
friend of Miss Hoffman declared that
the plate Of false teeth found in the
grave was identical with that worn
vile jeWeler identified eye glasses as
having been made by him.
Miss Hoffman was employed at a
local millinery ShoU in 1915. and dis
appeared without trace. She was re-
iding a the house under which the
tkeleton was found. She is said to
| have been in possession Of cOnsidera-
| BILE money, and ii is the theory Of
| officers that she was slain and her
body buried in quicklime and acids.
Warrants Were issued here last night
| for memtOs Of Il family living at the
| house at the time. and are expected
| to be served today in a nearby city.
The skeleton was discovered by
! wOrkmen repairing the floor. Among
articles about the grave was a rub
bcr coat with Il nife-stab in the
| back and particles of blood sta led
| clothing.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
70 CHILDREN KILLED
IN NTHEATERPAN|C
TrampIed by Crowd When
Blazing Film Creates
Fear of Fire.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico. July "a
Twenty children were trampled to
death and II persons were injured in
the Eslava Theater last night when
the film of moving picture caught
fire and threw the spectators into
panic.
Those who were viewing the pic
ture that was being thrown on the
screen believed when the film eX-
ploded that the house had caught
fire. A mad rush. especially from the
galleries. which were filled with little
children, resulted, and many of them
We're trampled
Evening star., 1924-07-24
PRICE OF TUNA FISH CUT,
FISHERMEN GO ON STRIKE
1900 Boats Tied Up and 1000
Pacific Cannery Employees
Are Idle.
Hy the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, July 24.-Fif-
teen hundred fishing boats were tied
up here and at San Pedro today. and
more than 1000 cannery employees
were out of work as result of a
strike of fishermen begun yesterday
in protest against a reduction in the
price paid by cannerieS for albacore
4 phenomenal run of albacore, or
white-meat tuna, was indirectly re-
SponSible for the strike. according to
cannery officials. who said that the
fishermen insisted on an increase of
$40 ton, despite their greater profits
because of the big run. Delegates of
the Fishermen's Protective Associa-
tion and the Japanese Fishermens
Association said that the operators
not only refused the increase. but
sharply reduced the price offered
The retail price of the canned tuna
was reduced recently.
The price paid to fishermen here
has been $240 ton. This was cut
to $l20, reresenta tives of the men
said. In San Pedro. the price is said
to have been 1920 ton, and to have
been cut to $3.50.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
NEW GREEK CABINET IN.

By the Associated Press
: ATHENS, July 24-The new cabinet
succeeding that OF Premier Papanas-
tasion took office today Premier
Sophoulis, former Governor of Mace
donia, also will hold the marine port
folio. Other ministers are: Financc.
Tsouderos, former minister Of COM
munications in the Eenizelos cabinet ::
foreign affairs, Georges Roussos. for
mer foreign minister and former min
lister to the United States; war, Gen.
katehakis; interior Gen. Mavromi-
halls, and agriculture, Milonas, who
held the same. post in the Venizelos
cabinet
Evening star., 1924-07-24
HUSBANDS GOLF LOSSES
BRING SUIT FOR SUPPORT
Wife Says Spouse's Unfounded
Confidence in Proficiency
Eats Up Income.
BY the Associated Press.

Iy The Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 24.-Edwin l.. Hen
derson, son of William J. Henderson,
wealthy capitalist, is an enthusiastic
but inexpert golfer. his wife declared
yesterday in inStituting a bill. for
separate maintenance. Mrs Cora Lit
tie Henderson, who instituted the
proceedings, declared her husband
has an income of $1,000 a month but
golf, accompanied by large bets on
his proficiency, takes nearly all of ii.
In ner bill she SETS forth that he
has been unable to support her be-
cause he most always" loses al golf
his losses at golf on sHnshiny days
and cards on rainy days, amounting
to from SIS to $500 day, she aver
red. She asked that she be given d
fixed sum of maintenance.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.

6ANO = REPAIRING. SPECIAL SUMMER
prices. Est. free. Geo. NJ. NJ. Walker. Col.
1896 TO Morton st. NV, formerly head tuner
for Percy S. Foster and knabe Co.
FORD DELIVERY REI0NGING TO DIS.
S.+et Parcel Delivery Co. TIT 18th st. NV. to
weschler's. August 16. 1924. FREDERICK
CARL. INC. 623 H st. NV.
&RANk " HOLMES WILL PURCHASE THE
cigar. confectionery and notion business of
Mrs. Margaret f. Wood. located at 1900 +
st. s.w., city. All claims and accounts against
days to Attorney Hewitt Griggs Robertson. 7Oj
Hikt Natl. Bank bldg. Washington. d. c.
ROOMS PAPERED WITH POLYCHROME,
harmonella or oat meal paper, S6 to ST.. Sub
urban work, plasterinG. Columbia 2354 26'
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Northeast Masonic Temple As
soca tion, Inc. will he held at the Northeast
Masonic Temple. Eighth and sts. ne, at
pm, Thursday, July "a, 1924, for the
election of board of directors and such bust
ness may come before it.
A. W. SIEBERLISC;. Sec'y =
wANTED-TO BRING A VANLOAD OF FUR
niture from New york, Philadelphia, BethIe-
hem and Easton, Pa: Wilmington, Del. Do
yer, N. J., and Richmond. Va. to Washing
ton. SMITHS TRANSFER & STORAGE CO.
80 DAYS FREE TRIAL.
Your gas water heater in basement made
automatic. Saves gas. Saves steps See
1882 New York avenue. Kitchen control s22;
bath and kitchen. $50 installed.
DISSOLUTION OF Observation-Disclosures rs
to notify the public that by mutual consent
and agreement the contracting firm of Beahm
4 Rice was dissolved April 1, 1918
JOHN %M: n p. REAHM, KiHH,
Evening star., 1924-07-24
ACCEPT VIRGINIA LAW.
Klan Officials Agree to Domes.

RICHMOND. Va, July 24.-The
Knights of the ku klux Klan have
no objections to the domestication
under the Virginia laws of the Wo-
men of the ku kluX Klan, the State
Corporation Commission was notified
today by r. X. Spiller of Roanoke,
State representative of the klan, and
a certificate will be issued the wo-
men as soon as certificates of power
of attorney are filed.
The knights of the ku klux klan
complied with the State domestication
laws several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1924-07-24

than a preliminary statement by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company that it expected to get $40
a minute and to limit speeches to 10
minutes duration.
This time limit is proposed not
alone for the benefit Of the listeners
in, but for the politicians as we'll.
sThe broadcasting agencies know
their invisible audiences. They know
they will not listen patiently to any
person for much more than 10 min
utes. In all political audiences
there is a large percentage Of persons
who walk out on the candidate soon
easier it will be for the radio listen
ers to turn the knob and cut short the
best of the orators. The radio people
believe they can give the politicians
the best value by limiting them
sharply in the amount of time they
can consume on the air.
Davis FnvOrS Radio.
Furthermore, it is feared that too
much politics would drive the listen
ers from the headphones and the
loud sneakers. Radio audiences crave
variety and will seek for it all
around the dial. A too liberal mix
ture of political addresses in the
program would defeat the purpose
of the political chiefs and make their
expenditures useless.
n r..
quarters here that John w. Davis,
the presidential candidate, is leaning
more and more toward a radio cam
paign rather than to take the two
big swings around the circle which
were suggested to him. Mr.. Davis
feels he can reach more people by
radio than he can by train. His
managers, however, are desirous that
he should meet the people face to
face so far as possible. They are
anxious to sell" his personality, and,
while a certain amount of person.
ality will expires itself through the
microphone, it is not to be compared
with personal contact
Coolidge to Broadcast.
AlIedUy IL DeeH arranged Cndl
President Coolidge shall do most of his
political campaigning over the radio.
The presidential broadcas sting, however,
is not likely to cost the Republican ma
tional committee very heavily, for Mr..
Coolidge will speak most of the time in
connection with some public event,
which would warrant the broadcasting
stations in carrying the speech regard
less of the campaign. Such an event
| is that Of Friday night, when Mr.. Cool
idge will speak by radio to a company
Of Boy Scouts gathered at dinner in
| New York prior to sailing for Europe
| on Saturday. 1t is peculiarly fitting
| that Mr.. Coolidge should speak to the
| boys Of America at this time, when his
heart is SO full of the SORROW attending
| the loss of his own younger son. When
the President announced he would speak
| to the boys there was a catch in his
| voice which told more, far more, than
the black silken band on his left arm.
Both Of the older parties are going
to try to make their campaign funds
as popular as possible, but neither
| side will limit the amount that an
individual may give. Will Hays at
tempted to do that In 1920. and piled
up a deficit Of something like $780,
: 900 before the ballots were cast. In
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Marines Seize Alcohol.

BOSTON, July 24.-Marines at the
navy dry dock in South Boston early
today seized a motorboat from which
eight men were landing alcohol and
arrested the men. The boat and its
cargo of nearly 300 cases of alcohol
were turned over to the customs au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Rumania Signs U. S. Treaty.

BY the Associated Press
BUCHAREYT, July ga treaty of
extrad dition between Tsumania and the
United States was signed here yes
terday by Foreign Minister Duca and
American Minister Jay.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
COST OF CAMPAIGN
MAY BE $15,O0O,O0O

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Saw Maroon Car.

Bernard Hunt, night watchman.
said that 1870 am. of May % a
maroon car with red disc wheels and
bright metal headlights passed him
as he was standing at Forty-ninth
street and Greenwood avenue.
What happened?" asked Mr.. Grove.
"As the car slowed for the turn a
man in the rear seat raised up and
threw out chisel."
What did you do"
"I walked over to where the chisel
lit and picked it up. 1t was u cold
chisel, wrapped with tape. 1t had
freshly dried blood on II"
Hunt was not cross-examined.
Morgan Collins, chief of police.
identified the envelope which Mr.. Nc
williams Of the Morrison Hotel gave
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Heauy Chisel Used to Kill
Franks Boy Before Court

Continued from First Page.)