The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-25

misunderstanding 81 am emperor
of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,'
William Joseph Simmons, founder OF
the organization, in a signed state
ment called on fellow Klansmen to
pay no attention to the order signed
by H. w. Evans, imperial wizard, ban.
ishing him and e. Y. Clarke, imperial
giant, from the "invisisble empire"
Sports
New York-Harry Greb Of Pitts.
burgh successfully defended his
worlds middleweight boxing title
against Johnny Wilson OF Boston, fer
mer titleholden receiving the judges
decision at the end Of a 15-round con
test at Madison Square Garden.
Minneapolis-The seven-game fot.
ball schedule played by the Univer'
sity of Minnesota last fall drew total
attendance of 134,74o persons and net
receipts to the Gopher institution
were $132,S00 Il waa shown in q
statement made public by Albert j,
Lobb, comptroller, and Conrad Seitg.
who had charge of ticket sales.
New York-Tex Richards an.
nouncement OF a 15-round decision
match in New York between Jack
Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons. st,
Paul challenger, the first week in
June, which Jack Kearns, FASTENED
to explain from Hot Springs, Ark,
was news" to him and the cham.
pion, was made by the boxing promo
ter in the belief. he said. that Kearns
would agree to It when he reached
New York.
st. Paul - Mrs. William A. Miske
and her three children are $500 rich.
er as a result of the testimonial
staged for them by sports writer's OF
the Twin Cities at the Auditorium.
Sportsmen Of the Northwest showed
their love for the late Billy Miske and
their desire to do something substan-
tial for his family by responding nobly
with their pocketbooks. The show was
a success financially and from q
standpoint of entertainment.
Foreign
Mexico City-Negotiations are on foot
for a oar of 500, 000, 900 to the Next
can government to be delivered in
four instalments of $25,000,000 each.
the Excelsior stated.
Athens-The Venizelos newspapers
are jubilant over Great Britain's re-
sumption of relations with Greece and
express the hope that the United
States will follow this lead.
Christiania-A strike of harbor
workers in every part of Norway has
commenced. The negotiations be-
tween the workers and the employers,
aimed at preventing the strike, broke
down after lasting since November.
Manufactured Emilio Aguinaldo,
leader of the Philippine instruction
against the United States in 1898,
took his first ride in an airpfane as
the guest of Brigadier General Will
liam Mitchell. assistant chief Of the
army air service.
Moscow-Reports of the arrest of
Minister of War Trotsky. which have
reached Moscow officials through va
rious newspaper correspondents, are
emphatically denied. Officials at the
ministry of war recently said that
Trotsky, who has been i'll, had left
Moscow for his health, and he was
reported to have gone to the coast Of
the Black sea to recuperate.
Manila-The insular supreme court,
in dismissing the mandamus proceed
ings brought by the democrat party
leaders to compel Governor General
Leonard Wood and other officials to
reveal details of the expenditures OF
the 100000 annual independence
fund, says that whether such an in
spection should be granted lies entire
ly within the discretion Of the gov
ernor general.
Sydnep-Lord L~everhulme, who is
visiting Australia, has attacked the
white Australian policy designed to
bar Japanese and other eastern races.
Entertained at the Rotary club, he
said that Australia must be a white
mans country in the same way that
the United States and South Africa
are dependent on colored workers in
many spheres.
Madrid-The governments exam
ination of the account books kept by
the provincial authorities has dis.
closed that in at least two provinces
-Cordova and Balajoz-two accounts
are 20 years behind. In several other
cases they are more than a score
of years in arrears. Many of the
provincial officials have been impris-
oned by order of the military director.
ate for alleged malfeasance in office.
Paris-American banks in Paris
have notified the government that
they will cease delivering dollars to
anyone excepting American citizens
showing their passports or business
houses importing from the United
States and requiring dollars to make
payments. The is expected
to alleviate the exchange situation
and bolster up the franc.
London-Most of the British over
seas countries have returned the draft
of the Anglo-American liquor treaty
with their approval. Government of.
ficials here decline to name the de-
linquent ~dominions, but are hopeful
their replies will be received before
the present cabinet expires, so For
- go
ciats will have full credit for the exc
cution of compact.
Paris-Americans and E~nglishmen
living in Paris are alarmed at reports
that the government Intends to place