The Ely miner., 1924-10-17
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.

renew MS SoU,UUU DOHu on WHICH uo
has been at liberty.
Chicago = Railroad profits totaled
$4,000, 100000 In the last II years
and now are running at approximate.
ly s1,000,000,000 a year, E. H. Fitz.
gerald, president Of the Brotherhood
of Railway Clerks, Freight Handlers
and Other Station Employees, declar.
ed in opening the wage hearing in.
volying the brotherhood's request foi
a restoration of 1920 wage rates be.
fore the United States railroad labor
board. Fitzgerald cited the increas-
ing prosperity of the industry as
ground for a reconsideration of pres.
ent wage rates by the board.
Sports
neapolis-Showing vast i'm.
provement over the form they dis.
played against North Dakota, the
Gophers played hard and at time saw.
age football, overwhelming the Has
kell Indians by score of 20 to be-
fore a throng of $4,000 rooters at
Memorial stadium.
Latonia, Ky.-Smashing all existing
Kentucky track records for mile and
quarter, SaraZen, three-year-old
chestnut gelding, owned by Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt II, vanquished Epinard.
pride of the French turf, in the final
race of the International series be.
fore crowd of $4,000 to $4,000 spec
tators.
Washington-Uncle Sam cleared
$109,310.40 this year as his personal
share of the world series, according
to figures complied by the internal
revenue bureau of the treasury. This
sum represents the 10 per cent tax
gathered on receipts from the total
attendance of 2S3,6'5 on the seven
games. The receipts amounted to
1,093, ,10400. In addition to the ad-
mission tax the government will re-
Seive the income tax on amounts re-
ceived by the players, managers, own
ers and all who profited by the series.
Washington-The worlds champions
of 1924, as baseball team disbanded,
leaving their record engraved in the
permanent history of the sport and in
the memories of its followers. Cere-
monies marking the disintegration Of
the fighting aggregation which
brought Washington her first league
and series pennant were informally
staged in the local clubhouse. They
consisted in the simple handshake, a
slap on the shoulder and "see you
next spring" as most members of the
team departed by train and automo-
ible for their several homes or for
the scenes of winter activities. Prior
to leave-taking, Manager "Bucky"
Harris appeared with fistfull of
checks marking the winners split OF
the world series take There were
"a checks, each for S5,959.64, drawn
to the % active members of the Sen
ators, with two additional made out
to Nick Altrock and Mike Martin, the
club trainers and commanders of what
in the army would be the morale sec
ton.
Foreign
Shanghai Major Pedro Zanni, who
has been delayed here by bad wealth
er, plans to continue his Argentine
air cruise around the world by flying
from Shanghai to Kagoshima, Japan,
his first stop in that country.
Allahabad, India = Three were kill
ed and 20 injured in rioting between
Hindus and Moslems at the close of
the celebration of Hindu festival
here. British Indian troops and arm
ed police restored order and are pa
trolling the city to prevent further out
breaks.
Paris-Premier Mussolini's speech
in Milan is commented on by the
press in Paris as extremely signifi-
can't, especially the passage in which
he declares that Italy has 100000
excess of birth every year and the
only way out of the surplus population
is a war or new markets.
Brussels The Belgian share in
the s20,000,000 loan to Germany pro-
vided under the Dawes reparation
plan, has been fixed at $500, 900. The
government previously had the as
surance of subscriptions for $5,000,000
and the balance, it is understood,
probably has been found by number
of bankers, whom Premier Theunis
called into conference.
Manila-A typhoon that swept over
the northern provinces of Luzan island
has caused much damage. At Aparria
seven natives were drowned and 400
small houses were blown down. Lilloc
also suffered heavily. Nearly all its
houses were blown down or damaged.
The Caguyan river, overfiowing its
banks, carried away many houses.
Stockholm - Considerable interest
has been aroused here by the large
orders for war material placed by sew
eral foreign governments with the
Bofors Company, Scandinavia's big
gest manufacturer Of guns, ammuni-
tion and military supplies. Less than
a month ago, the head of the Bofors
concern announced it had contracts
for delivery of 100000 kroners'
S2,400,000) worth Of war material. A
new report from the same company
now reveals the placing OF another
100000 worth of orders .
London Great Britain sent a
sharp note to Turkey demanding
evacuation of the Mosul frontier by
the Turks. This district was the
scene of a recent clash between Brit
;sb opd T,,rEich froouS
Athens-M Michaleakopoulos, for
mer minister of national economy and
at one time Greek delegate of the
commission, will organize
a new ministry to succeed the cabinet