The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-25
Sports

Benny Leonard of New York, worlds
lightweight title holder, to be held in
Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City on
Thursday evening, August 81, were
signed by the two principals and Tex
Richard, the promoter.
Paris-Eight new world and 13 new
Olympic records were created by the
unprecedented attack on time and dis
lance during the Olympic track and
field championship which have set a
new standard of brilliance for future
international stars to aim at. Seven
records fell to the Americans, whose
all around team strength enabled them
to decisively conquer the individual ex-
cellence of Finland whose two man
team" the Incompatible Nurmi and
the iron man Ritola, accounted for
four records. Australia and Great Bri.
tain gained one each.
Foreign
Rome - Captain Ricciotti Carl
baldi, grandson of the Italian patriot,
died here.
MAUI L SuIO Zduul,
the Argentine aviator who plans to
start on world flight, intends to fol-
low the route of Major Stuart Mac.
Laren.
Adelaide, Australia Vilhjalmur
Steffensson, the Arctic explorer, has
started on an expedition into central
Australia. He is accompanied by the
government geologist, w. K Ward.
Kharkov, Russia-The entire ad.
ministrative staff of the Radieyevaky
group of mines in the Ukraine was
placed on trial on charges of economic
espionage.
London-The new American immi-
grafton regulations became effective
to the distress of $4,000 British sub
jects who had bought steamship tick
cts, more than double the $4,000 quota
for Great Britain and Ulster.
Copenhagen-CanaGa is working fast
to reap the benefit of the new Amer
lean immigration law. Several official
messengers Of the Canadian govern
ment have visited Denmark, working
to obtain increased immigration to
Canadian ports.
Berlin = Beginning in the autumn,
German express trains will be equip
ped with combination radio and WIRE
less telephones, enabling the sending
of wireless messages, telephoning and
the giving of radio concerts while
trains are speeding on their way.
London-A rumor of the impending
appointment of the Duke of York as
governor Of one of the British do
minions is revived by the Daily Mail,
which traces the report to visits which
the duke made to Downing street and
the colonial office.
Nome, Alaska - The United States
coast guard cutter Bear, which has
been held in Boring sea ice fields since
early May, has arrived here. Officers
of the ship state no suffering was
experienced by anyone on board dur
ing the long tieup. Work of unloading
20 tons Of overdue mail is under way.
London-The police of Singapore
have detained the North German Lloyd
steamer Schlesien and seized SO cases
of ammunition aboard marked "ma-
chinery for Tientsin," according to a
Singapore dispatch to the Daily Mail.
The police of Colombo consfcated
number of rifles on the Schlesien when
the vessel was here recently.
Manila - Continuous rains for the
last three days have flooded parts Of
Manila and the surrounding country.
The water has reached a depth of two
feet in some portions of this city and
boats have been necessary to get to
and from both residence and business
houses. Street car service has been
handicapped. Many roads near the
city have been washed out.
Berlin Without uttering a word,
two men fought duel with knives,
resulting in the death of both. The
victims were deaf mutes by the names
of Herr Schumann and Fischer The
duel was fought in saloon after the
deaf mutes had ordered beer. The
quarrel was caused by jealousy over
a woman.
London-The Unsuitable craze of SOU
venir hunters is playing havoc with
the costly exhibitions at the British
Empire exhibition at Wembley. WISH
tors just can't make their hands be-
have. the police say, and hundreds of
small articles most of them without
value, are disappearing daily from the
various pavilions despite the vigilance
of the guards.
Berlin-Bath parties are all the go
IN Berlin Just now. To economic on
coal. all apartment house owners have
stopped the daily supply of hot water.
providing it only twice month, or, in
some of the more expensive houses,
one day each week. As a consequence,
neighbors have taken to the exchange
of bathing privileges and have regu-
lar schedules.
Ceuta, Morocco = General Primo
Rivera, president of the military di-
rectorate of Spain, who is here in con-
nection with the Moroccan revolt, has
indicated that he withdrew all of the
Spanish peninsula troops from the
fighting front, leaving only strong gar
risons on the coast and at fortresses
such as Melilla, Ceuta and Tecuan 1t
is said he plans to use volunteer
troops as flying columns for the pur-
pose of maintaining order and in punt
tive expeditions.
Toulouse, France-Mlle. Foch, 50
years old, the eldest sister of Marshal
Foch, died at the family mansion, Va
lentine. the department OF Haute Ca
rome. Wher, she had lived all her