The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11


boxers ever staged in a Minnesota
ring.
Putney, England-Pulling their oars
in splendid unison, Cambridge's crew
of youngsters won a brilliant victory
in the annual boat race on the Thames
over an Oxford shell filled with men
more experienced and heavier but be.
reft for few priceless minutes of the
capacity for finished team work. Ok
ford, stroked by the American oars
men w. P. Mellen, hero of last years
race, was a to favorite and was
conceded the victory beforehand by
every critic writing for the British
press.
Foreign
Vera Cruz-General Calderon and
70 employees has sailed for Puerto.
Mexico, to reopen the custom house.
San Salvador-Advices said all par
ties have united for a final blow
against the dictatorship in Hondoras.
Paris-The expert committee of the
reparation commission was expected
to submit its report on Germany's con-
dition.
Manila-General Emilio Aguinaldo,
famous in the Filipino independence
struggle, has accepted the chairman
ship of the independence mission.
Mexico City-The number of dead
in the fire which destroyed the motion
picture theater in Tacubaya was de-
termined to be 81, mostly children.
Madrid-Accounts of the activities
of the Spanish army in Morocco con-
tanned in newspaper dispatches tell
CT an aerial bombardment of Alhucenas
by Spanish airmen.
Mexico City-Charles B. Warren,
American ambassador to Mexico, pre-
scented his credentials to President
Obregon and expressed the good will
of the United States toward Mexico.
Madrid-The president and direc.
tors of the Banco de Castillo have
been ordered under arrest on charges
of fraud in connection with the fail
ure of the bank.
Buenos Aires-A heavy snowstorm,
accompanied by a tidal wave, swept
over the coast of Mar del Plata Sew
eral bathing establishments were seri-
ously damaged and 80 fishing vessels
Croydon, England-A strike of the
airmen in the service of the concern
which carries the British air mails be-
gan when the pilots and mechanics
connected with long distance flights
ceased their work because of dis
pute with the new air combine regard
ing pay.
London-A general strike of rail.
way men threatens throughout Ger
many, according to an agency dis.
patch from Berlin, which says several
thousand men already have ceased
work in Tlberfeld, Magdeburg. Mann
helm and other important industrial
centers.
Riga-Word has been received here
from Russian soviet postal authorities
that all mail matter intended for Pc
trograd after May 1 must be addressed
to Leningrad, or it will be refused de.
livery by government order. The city
was renamed in memory of the bolshe-
vik leader after the death of Lenine
early this year.
Warsaw-The food waters are sub
siding in the upper Vistula valley and
around Warsaw, but in the lower region
the situation is dangerous. All the
cities on the. banks of the Vistula from,
Thorn to Danzig have suffered heavy
damage, especially the former place,
where the water reached the mark OF
the famous flood in 1860.
Rome-Pope Plus has empowered
the congregation of Ceremonies to re.
form and bring up to date the whole
ceremonial of the Papal court in view
of the modern exigencies that will
arise at the celebration of Holy Year
next year. Many of the ancient cere
monies are obsolete in consequence OF
the loss of temporal power, while
others were laid aside centuries ago
when the papal court was the most
gorgeous known to the world
London-The Northcliffe will case
in which so attorneys are engaged
was opened before Justice Rassell in
the chancery division for the settle
ment of certain clauses in the will
of the newspaper publisher. The case
was instituted because difficultie.
had arisen as to whether directors
and employees were entitled to the
legacies left them and also as to the
fund to which they were to look fol
payment.
Tokio-Import duties on most of the
commodities which have entered JapaI
duty free or at reduced rates since the
September earthquake have been re
stored to normal schedule. A few re
construction necessities will remain or
the free list for awhile, but the author
| tiles believe the gradual return o.
something like normal conditions jus
titles restoration of most of the tariffs
Vera Cruz-General Topete at Tier
"a Blanca announces that general To
ribio Beltran and $50 men of his revo
lutionary band have agreed to surren
der, virtually completing the pacifica
ton of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Constantinople-T Turkish gov
eminent has issued an edict banishins
Armenians from the eastern half o
Turkey. The property of all, Armeni
ans who fed in the war is confscated
Fifty thousand perosns now must leave
the prohibited zone. The minister hat
to be severe and he hoped it would emf
the Armenian trouble and safeguard
Turkeys future