The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-01-04


fraternal body ON 100 per cent legal
reserve basis was made at the same
time.
Sports
Kansas City-An indication of how
hard it was for rival teams of the
American Association to defeat the
champion Kansas City team is shown
by the table of shutouts. The Blues
fell but once during the whole season,
that occasion being the game of Sept.
2, when Nelson Pott, Milwaukee south
paw, BANKED them, though allowing
nine hits.
New York - Promoter Tex Richard,
after failing to get various boxing
champions to do their stuff in Madison
Square Garden, has decided to stage
wrestling on some dates heretofore
set aside for boxing. Starting with
Thursday, Jan. 8, series of mat tour
naments will be staged at the Garden.
Most of the best men in the game, it
is announced, have agreed to sign UP
for matches, including Stranger Ed
Lewis, the present champion.
Foreign
Paris-Leon Bakst, decorator and
scenic artist, is sailing on the Majestic
January 1 to lecture in English
throughout the United States on the
subject of form and color in painting.
Tokio-The Oriental hotel at Kobe
was partly destroyed by fire. All of
the occupants are believed to have
escaped. Many of them fed to safety
in their sleeping garments.
Tangier-It is officially stated that.
contrary to the report of his death,
Raisuli, the Moroccan bandit leader
still is alive and in an improving con.
dition.
Paris-Cleo de Merode, FreIch mo
ton picture actress, has lost her suit
for 100000 francs against the owners
of the film Peacock Alley" which she
charged injured her reputation by bur-
lesquing incidents in her career.
London = Former Prime Minister
David Lloyd George, who was taken
i'll with cold several days ago, some.
what to the alarm of his friends, had
sufficiently recovered to proceed to
Criccieth, his Welsh home
Tokio-The ashes of the late Sakaye
Osugi. socialist leader, which were
stolen from room in which the urn
was lying in state before funeral SER
vices on December Is, will be returned
to the police, the snatchers have in
formed authorities.
Paris-The Romorantin court has
acquitted Otto Wegener, an art dealer,
of charge of homicide in connection
with the death last September of
George ]. De Motto, New York and
Paris art dealer. Wegener and De
Motto were hunting when Wegener's
gun was discharged wounding De
Motto.
Manila-The supreme court of the
Philippines has upheld the conviction
of Isaac Perez, municipal Secretary of
the town of Pillar in Sorsogon province,
who was found guilty of sedition and
sentenced to two months and one day
in prison for saying in a conversation
that the Filipinos should use the bolo
to cut off the head of Governor General
Wood in view of the executives recon-
mendation of anti-independence meas
ures.
Paris-One of three Americans
Brand Whitlock. former ambassador
to Belgium; Charles D. Warren, form
er ambassador to Japan, or Norman
H. Davis, former assistant secretary
of state-will be asked to preside
over the special commission which is
to be created by the League of Ma
tions to inaugurate new and inde-
pendent inquiry on the controversy
over the port of Memel, on the Baltic
sea.
Port Soudan, Egypt-The American
cruiser Concord put into port here for
the Christmas holidays. The vessel
was greeted with salutes from the
British and Egyptian authorities. Dur
ing the day visitors were permitted
to go on board the cruiser. Advantage
of this was taken by many of the ma
tives who brought with them various
gifts. among them baby elephant.
The captain of. the cruiser, however,
politely declined to accept it.
Tokio-Baron Kenjiro Den, Japanese
minister of justice, has given his res
ignation from the cabinet owing to
the failure of passage of an insurance
bill for which he was responsible. The
resignation has not been accepted.
Baron Den insisted that his resigna-
ton be accepted and Premier Yamaoto
is seeking for successor. Den's res
ignation is regarded as strengthening
the cabinet as he has not been able to
agree with his colleagues.
Sydney-George Penrose, a miner
born in Canada, was killed by natives
in Dutch New Guinea while engaged
in a shooting expedition 400 miles in
land. The party comprised Mr.. Pen
rose and 80 Papuans, of whom three
were killed and seven wounded Mr..
Penrose was stabbed 20 times by ma
tives armed with spears. After the
attack he was removed to a place of
safety but died of his wounds. The
natives killed were eaten. The Dutch
government has sent out an expedition
to punish the murderers.
Tokio-The press is discussing the
reported congressional legislation pro-
viding for no rights of Am erican citi-
zenship for children of unnaturalizable
aliens and also condemns the govern
ment's failure to protest against the
supreme court of the United States an
ti-alien land decision.