The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-04

and State.
Chicago-The American Union of
Swedish Singers opens its quadrennial
festival and convention here with
two concerts scheduled. The organize.
ton is composed of 81 choruses with
a total membership of 1900. scattered
over the United States.
Sports
New York-Louis Angel Firpo, Ar
gentine heavyweight, has accepted the
final terms Of Tex Richard, promoter
of 10 round bout between Firpo
and Harry Wills, 220 pound Negro,
thus concluding negotiations which
have been pending for two months.
st. PauI-Tommy Gibbons will sail
from New York for England where
on July 26 he will box Jack Bloom.
field, light heavyweight champion Of
England. The math was closed by
cable several days ago but the terms
$4,000 for Gibbons end in addition
to travelling expenses was not set
tied until later. Tom now Is the
proud father of five boys. The St
Paul boxer expressed wish at Mich
igan City before his fight with
Georges Carpenter that his next
child would be girl. Mrs. Gibbons
became the mother of twin boys re-
Gently.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS days ahead
Of schedule, the halfway mark in the
construction of the University of Min
nesota's new 100000 stadium was
reached when cement pouring for Sec
ton 6, the curved end of the huge
horseshoe, began. II the construction
program on the edifice continues at
the present rate, it was estimated by
Mr. Elwell that the entire stadium with
its $4,000 seating capacity, would be
ready for use by the time Of the first
scheduled football game next fall with
North Dakota on October 4, although
the contractors contract calls for COM
pletion by October 25, week before
the Michigan contest.
Foreign
Calcutta-The American round the
world filters arrived in Calcutta from
Akyab, on the Bay of Bengal.
Brussels-General John j. Pershing,
and other members of the American
battle monuments commission were
guests of the king and queen.
London-Ce Celebrating his 30th birth.
day the Prince of Wales philosophi-
cally discoursed to friends on the out
look of man quitting the joyous EOS.
Geneva-German labor served no
tice at the international labor confer
ence that the struggle for eight hours
would be carried on by means of
strikes.
Faris-The strike of journeyIaen
bakers has not succeeded in interfer-
ing with the bread supply of the
metropolis. The prefecture of police
numbers the strikers at 700 of the T.
900 employees in the city and sub
urbs. The bakers union, however.
claims $500 workers are out.
Dublin-The city manager plan used
in the administration of number Of
American cities is advocated by some
people for Dublin, now that the Dublin
corporation has ben dissolved by
President Cosgrave There is general
public approval Of the steps taken by
the government, which has entrusted
o;f ofc oir ~ cs,.x
Paris-Harold F. Mccormick denied
reports of an estrangement with his
wife, Gamma Walska, Polish singer.
Mr.. Mccormick says he and his wife
are proceeding to Carlsbad to take
the cure next week after which he will
visit his daughter, Mathilde Oser, and
his new granddaughter, whose name
he does not~yet know.
Belgrade-The fossilized skeleton
of prehistoric man As feet tall has
been discovered near the Village of
Chtip. The petrified remains were
buried 20 feet under the ground and
were dug up by workmen building
railroad. The skeleton will be taken
to the national museum here. It's en-
tirely preserved teeth are Is inches
long.
London-The British government
has announced it is not going to
abandon the Sudan. This Endorsement
of the previous governments policy
was given in the house of lords by
Lord Parmoor, lord president of the
council. 1t is regarded as significant,
in view of the impending visit of the
Egyptian premier, zagloul Pasha, to
discuss the Egyptian demand for ces-
sion of the Sudan.
Quebec-Four young women, all
graduate students of American univer-
stiles, reached Quebec after hiking
from Chicago by way of Toledo, Cleve-
land, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Roches-
ter, Albany, and Montreal. The four
girls are May Kemp, B. S. c., North
western university; Lillian Hall of
the art institute; Cecilia Silverstein,
Lyceum Arts conservatory, and Elsie
Mayer, Phi. B., Chicago university.
London-Baron Arnold. underse-
cretary for colonies, informed the
house Of lords that the British govern
ment had instructed its ambassador at
Washington to inform the United
States government that Great Britain
desires that the conduct of matters at
Washington exclusively relating to
the Irish Free State should be en-