The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-03-07
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WASHINGTON

Washington-The American dirigi-
BILE, ZR-3, under construction in Ger
many, will be completed and ready
for acceptance tests in April.
Washington-The house passed a
senate bill granting to Edith Boiling
Wilson, widow of Woodrow Wilson,
the privilege of using the mails with
out cost.
Washington - William Phillips of
Massachusetts, now under secretary
Of state, was nominated by President
Coolidge to be ambassador to Belgium.
He succeeds Ambassador Henry P.
Fletcher, transferred recently to
Rome.
Washington - Sweeping investiga-
lions Of the national prohibition en-
forcement unit was provided for in
a resolution introduced in the senate
by Senator Edward l. Edwards (dem.,
N. j., enc of the wet leaders in con-
gress.
Washington - Favorable report Of
bill by Representative Fish (rep..
n. W, which would authorize an ap-
preparation of 100000 for purchase
in the United States of foodstuffs for
relieving starving women and children
of Germany, was ordered by the house
foreign affairs committee.
ashington-Estimate that 1886
Indians may upon application become
American citizens without sacrificing
any of their tribal rights, were made
by the Indian office in a report on the
Snyder bill, recently reported favor
ably by the house committee on In
dian affairs. Two-thirds of the coun-
try's Indian population now enjoy
American citizenship.
Washington-Better terminal facil-
tiles for barge lines on the Mississippi
river are needed for their successful
operation, Secretary ]. w. Weeks de-
clared at hearing before the house
commerce committee on the Denison
bill to create a. government corpora
ton to supervise inland waterway
transportation. He also stressed the
necessity of improving equipment used
in such service.
Washington-Many people utilize
the 1-cent postal cards for their cor
respondence. The postoffice depart
ment is using 1,253,000,000 this year,
and is preparing to make almost
1,500,000,000 in 1925. They will cost
$4,000 to manufacture and print at
the government printing office here.
Last year they cost so cents a thou
sand to manufacture; this year they
will cost 81 cents thousand.
Domestic
New York-A boatload of 500 babies
and older youngsters, admitted in ex-
cess of quota limits as minor children
of Italians, who are naturalized citi-
zens and American residents, arrived
in New York.
Sterling, Colo.-The death of Dom
ini Cametta, 81, and Joe Notario, 5
years old. at the Sterling hospital
brought the death toll of persons
stricken following the eating of poi
soned sausage to FIVE.
Raleigh, N. CA Daniels for Presi-
dent club was organized to put the
name of Josephus Daniels, former Sec
rotary of the navy, in the running for
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent.
Columbia, s. C.-Woodrow Wilson's
birthday, Dec. %, will be an annual
holiday in South Carolina, under a
joint resolution of the general assem-
bly, sent to Governor Mcleod for his
signature.
Philadelphia-Polic believe they
have caught this city's .'bobbed hair
bandit" in the person of Is year old
Dorothy Rodgers, arrested after an at
tempted holdup in which her male
companion escaped. following an ex-
change of shots with police. One po-
hceman was wounded seriously.
New York-William Bradley, one
time multimillionaire, builder of most
of the Broadway-Seventh avenue sub
way, the Homestead tunnel of the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Croton
siphon, died at his home here, virtual
ly pauper, it became known when
his will was filed for probate.
Jackson, Miss-Under a strict inter-
probation of the law-if bill intro
duced in the lower house of the Mis-
sissippi legislature becomes a law
a person would not be permitted to
take bath in the privacy of his home
unless he was attired in a bathing
suit that covered the arms to the ell
bows and the legs to the knee.
Boston-The steamer Leviathan was
found to have suffered serious damage
from running agrou6d last September
in New York harbor. When the water
drained away from the hull in dry
dock it was apparent that it had Jared
worse than had been 81 opposed. The
steamers plates were twi~ted and torn
over an area about 220 feet long and
10 feet wide. In four or fiyA places
the hull was pierced through.
Chicago-Chicago dress manufacture
ers have declined the services of a
federal mediator in the differences be-
tween them and striking members of
the International Ladies Garment
Workers union, .contending that there
is nothing to arbitFate.
indianapolis Harry O.. Chamber
lain. judge of the Marion county cir
cult court, was asked to ACT as special
Judge in the trial of Warren T. Nc
Cray, governor of Indiana, on an In
dictment returned by the county grand
Jury charging embezzlement of 1885,
600 of the state board of agsiculture's
funds.