The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-03-14
Sports

pital here of Bright's disease. He
died as he had lived playing the
| game"-stubbornly resisting heavy
odds in fighting his last grim battle
with the same determination he
showed on the baseball diamond Jack
Hendricks succeeds Pat Moran as
manager of the Cincinnati Nationals.
Hendricks managed one major league
club, the st. Louis Cardinals, several
years ago and has piloted many pen
nant winners in the minors. He
joined the Cincinnati club this sea-
son as coach and assistant manager,
after resigning his managership of
the Indianapolis American association
club.
Foreign
Rangoon, Burmah-The town Of
Myanaung, on the Irawandi river near
Prone, was almost entirely burned,
say reports just received here. Thou
sands of homeless persons are camp
ing on the river bank.
Berlin-After 10 years of married
life, the crown prince and crown prin-
cess of Germany have been forced to
| appeal to the courts to obtain the
gorgeous widding present given them
by all the mayors of the Prussian
cities.
Christiania, Norway-An instrument
known as the "sun compass" has been
constructed to the design of Captain
Roald Amundsen for use on his trans
polar flight. 1t will supplant the or
binary compass, which Is unreliable
in the region of the pole.
Berlin-Foreign Minister Strese-
mann in the reichstag demanded re.
moval of the Allied military control
and declared that the German govern
ment could not accept guarantee
commission to see that Germany was
held in the state of disarmament.
Geneva, witzerland-Portugal and
Rumania have petitioned the League
of Nations for a~seat on the naval COM
mittee which is directed by the coun-
Gil of the league, and with the help of
the South American countries they are
expected to continue the efforts begun
in Rome to extend the principles of
the Washington treaty.
Paris-The Paris garbage men have
gone on strike for more pay, and city
authorities are making arrangements
for an improvised service. Parisians
also are deprived of the parcel post
service which is run under contract by
private companies. Employees of the
Paris district are striking for increas-
ed wages.
Berlin-Resolutions denouncing the
Turkish nationalism for abolishing the
caliphate, and calling upon the entire
Moslem world to establish CONNER
cial and social boycott against the
Kemanist government were adopted
at gathering of the entire Islamio
community in Berling, comprising Mo-
hammedans from Al lands.
Mexico City-General Plutarco Elias
Gales continues to be candidate for
the presidency, announces the Gales
party He. has a majority in congress
and in the Obregon cabinet. He is the
only prominent candidate, as the De
La Huerta party refuses to present
candidate The agrarians, revolutions
lists and workingmen's unions are be
bird him.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS members Of
the bandit gang which held up the
Warsaw-Moscow express train neal
the Polish frontier last October, rob
bling the diplomatic couirers on board
have been sentenced to death at Minis
The leader, the former Polish Colonel
Monich, escaped. The evidence al
: the trial was that Colonel Monich's
real aim was a monarchist uprising
in White Russia in the spring.
Fiume, Italy-Fiume has been plac-
ed under Italian law in accordance
with decree issued by General Gard
inc, military governor, establishing
the civil and political organization Of
the city. The new territory, which is
designated at Carnaro, has not yet
been officially annexed to ITALY, so
the administrative offices there will
continue until after the annexation
formalities and the government orders
the holding of elections.
Paris-Banishment of the caliphate
from Turkey means the end of harems
according to Ottoman circles in Paris
Mustapha Renal Pasha has long
sought abolition of polygamy but has
not dared openly demanded it. A
change in religious attitude following
%I,0 10 &C. ~
remuneration of polygamy and legal
measure against maintenance of
harem.
London-The cabinet has decided to
appoint a committee to consider In
dian affairs, with authority to consult
the members of the secretary for In.
dia's council, members of parliament
interested in India and representatives
of Indian opinion, according to the
Daily Herald The labor party, the
party adds, regards this as the frs
step toward meeting the insistent In
dian demand of the claim for self gov
eminent.
Paris-ReK Ingram, famous Ameri-
can moving picture director, who pro
duced "The Four Horsemen of the
| Apocalypse" and other screen classics
has definitely decided to quit the
movies forever in order to devote the
rest of his life to sculpture.
London-The American round the
world flight cropped up in the house
of commons when Sir Harry Britain
asked whether the government had
any information regarding the propos-
| ed Am arican affamnf EnII infnrnna a.