The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
Sports

1O-round fight at the st. Paul Audi
| forum.
Minneapolis-The seven-game fot-
ball schedule played by the Uniyer-
sity of Minnesota last fab drew total
attendance of 134,740 persons and net
receipts to the Gopher institution
were S132,90O, it was shown in a
statement made public by Albert j.
Lobb, comptroller, and Conrad Seitz.
who had charge of ticket sales.
Foreign
Paris-Marquis Raoul Pateras Pes
cara, Argentine inventor, established
world record flight for helicopters.
Geneva-Any report that Sweden is
Withdrawing from the League of Ma
tions was characterized as grossly
ridiculous" by league officials
Geisenfeld. Bayaria-Franz Dietrich
claims to be the champion sausage
eater of Germany. On a wager re-
Gently Dietrich ate IA one pound sau-
sages in two hours and also drank 1e
large glasses of beer.
Sydney, N. S. W.-Three mills OF
the British Empire Steel corporation
were closed and half of the 1000 men
| employed laid off, as result of the
coal strike.
Manila = The house of represen-
tatives of the insular legislature
passed bill appropriating $4,000 for
the relief of typhoon sufferers, after
Governor General Leonard Wood We
toed it.
Cordova. Spain-An important paleon.
biological discovery was reported from
skull of the Neanderthal type and
stone instruments were found in
swamp.
Berlin - German bankers informed
the finance and foreign ministers sta
bilization of German currency was
impossible if payment of the cost OF
maintaining garrisons in occupied ter
ritories is continued.
Berlin = Charles M. Schwab, who
has been investigating the situation
in the Ruhr, has arrived in Berlin
from Essen. 81 am not talking" said
Mr.. Schwab, when asked concerning
his visit to Germany. 81 am just look
ing things over"
Mexico City-Lists of foreigners
accused of meddling in Mexican poll
tics, especially those suspected of Sc
cretly aiding the revolutionists, have
nil I'D n1 70
President Obregon for action looking
to their expulsion from the country.
Paris French naval experts are
watching the invention of Professor
Gugielmo Motif, Italian savant, who Is
experimenting with Civita Vecchia,
discoverer of new law for light
traversing water enabling submarines
to see clearly under water regardless
of the depth.
Paris frances war damages to-
tai $4,000, 100000 francs (about 3d.
00,000,000), according to statistics
compiled by Minister of the Liberated
Regions Reibet. The total marks
reduction of 18,000,000,000 francs
($820,000,000) from an estimate made
on Jan. Is, 1922, and is chiefly re-
duced through revision of claims
and damages after Investigations re-
vealed frauds and exaggerated de-
mands by persons whose property had
been devastated.
Paris-The progressive depopula-
tion of France is caused as much by
fancy Parisaan dolls as any cause. &C
cording to a thesis put out by Ana
tole France and Pierre Calmette, in
new book, DOLLS From Paris"
France wrote the preface and Cal
mette the text of the book which ac-
cuses French women-half jocularly,
but with an undercurrent of serious
ness-of forgetting their duties to the
race and nation because they prefer
to play with dolls.
Elberfeld, Germany-Disorders are
occurring in connection with the strike
of the textile workers in the Elber
field Barmen region, involving more
than $4,000 employees. Conflicts be-
tween the strikers and the police
have occurred at Werden, Lennep
and Barmen, with some firing by both
sides in each affair, resulting in the
wounding of numerous persons and
many arrests.
Tokio--A message of congratula-
tion from President Coolidge to
Prince Regent Hirohito on the occa-
sion of his impending wedding, was
conveyed to the imperial palace by
American Charge d'Affairs Caffray.
The president wired: Personal hap
piness" to the royal couple and hoped
for the regent success sin your high
aims anr aspirations for your coun-
try"
Munich, Bavaria-Former Grand
Duchess Marie of Luxembourg died in
Hohenburg castle at Lenggries, Ba-
varia. She was the reigning duchess
of Luxembourg at the outbreak of the
war, and when the Germans demand
ed passage of their armies through
luxembourg, on the way to attack
France, the grand duchess demurred,
and, in way of protest drew her mo-
torcar across the street through
which the German columns were
about to pass. To escape courtmar-
tial she fed to convent then abdi-
Gated in favor of her sister, Charlotte.
Berlin-Trial by jury is to be aban-
doned throughout Germany for three
months except in first degree murder
cases as an economic measure.
Paris Prince Orlov, one of the
few surviving relatives of the late
Gear Nicholas Of Russia, is going to
Detroit, Mich, supposedly to work