The Ely miner., 1924-07-11
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NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
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Washington-Forest fires threaten
the giant Sequoia trees in five national
forests in California.
Washington-Dr. Robert Simpson
Wood, president Of the Carnegie in
stitute from 1905 to 1920, is dead here
after protracted illness.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by railroads
serving Pittsburgh to readjust rates
on iron and steel articles between
Pittsburgh and Maryland, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
were held not justified by the inter
state commerce commission.
Washington-TheL Lorain, Ashland &
Southern railroad applied to the inter
state commerce commission for au-
thority to abandon it's entire line
which runs from Lorain to Custaloga,
Ohio, 66.5 miles long. 1t was asserted
the road has been operated at loss.
Washington-Final settlement of
construction and ordnance claims
growing out of the scrapping of Amer
lean battleships and battle cruisers
under the, limitation treaty was an
nounced here by the navy department.
Construction claims aggregating more
than $40,000,000 were settled for $22,-
100000 and the ordnance claims of
about S10,000,000 for $7;000,000.
Domestic
Binghamton, N. Y.-Charles NJ. Dick
inson, former United States consul to
Turkey, is dead at his home here after
an operation.
Los Angeles-Plans to destroy 1900
acres of cotton near Tucson, Ariz, in
the war against the boil weevil. were
halted by federal injunctions.
Baltimore-Dr. Charles e. Ed
munds, for the last 10 years president
Of Canton Christian college, China,
was installed as provost of Johns Hop
kins university.
Chicago-A contemplated project
for $10,000,000 "a story combination
hospital and hotel to be used for a
clinical center for the middlewest was
announced here.
Bos,on-The engagement of Mrs.
Ralph Pulitzer of New York to Cyril
Jones of Milton, Mass, a former tutor.
to one of Mrs. Pulitzer's sons, was
made public.
Jacksonville-Two men were killed
and two 500 foot lumber sheds were
unroofed and partially destroyed In a
windstorm which reached almost the
proportions of tornado at Eastport,
Fla, eight miles east of here.
Spokane-Mrs G. w. Gibson, her six
years old daughter Doris, and her faith
er, and mother Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jordan, all Of this city, were killed
when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by a Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul passenger
train
Chicago-Acting Mayor A. A.
Sprague, on behalf of Mayor Dever,
who is in New York attending the
democratic convention, issued pro-
clamation asking the citizens of Chi
cago to donate 100000 toward the re-
lief of citizens of Ohio who suffered
from last weeks tornado.
Three Rivers, N. M.-Former Secre-
tary of the Interior, A. B. Fall, now
living quietly in his ranch home here,
in a statement stated that he well
coined his indictment as "affording an
opportunity for the United States
courts to pass upon so-called evidence
and to construe the laws of Con-
gress."
Los Angeles-A watersnake, non
poisonous and harmless, was respon-
Gil Nf ~
Gray's lake, near Chatsworth, north
of here. Two women were rowing
when the sweep of an oar brought
watersnake to the surface. They
grew hysterical and leaped into the
water. Neither could swim.
Chicago-Axel Wallenberg, Swedish
minister to the United States, was the
principal speaker here at the unveil-
ing of a statue of Emanuel Sweden
borg, the philosopher and physicist
EN- thousand persons attended the
ceremonies, many of them from vari-
Gus parts of the country in Chicago
for the eighth quadrennial music fes-
tival of Swedish singers
Chicago-A. M. Loeb of Seattle,
brother of Richard Loeb, who, with
Nathan Leopold. Jr., has confessed to
kidnapping and killing Robert Franks,
visited his brother in the county Jail
here and had conference with him.
DR.. William A. White, alienist retain
ed by the defense in an effort to prove
both boys insane when the crime was
committed, has started an examina-
tion OF Leopold.
Chieago-Crime in Chicago is on
the increase, Warden Westley West
brook of the Cook county Jail, said in
reporting that $4,000 prisoners have
passed through the Jail already this
year. The Jail houses SIS prisoners
now and year ago had but 400 War
den W"stbrook said youthful criminals
were decreasing, adding that the sec
tion devoted to boys from IL to 81
years old is always overcrowded now.
Chicago-Brigadier General Charles
Gates Dawes, republican vice-presiden.
tial nominee, and Mrs. Dawes have
left for Washington to visit President
and Mrs. Coolidge Several days"
was the most definite information OBJ
tainable as to the probable duration of
the visit. II is understood he has ar
ranged private matters 50 that he can
indulge every moment frola now until
November in promoting his psrty's in
terests
Chicago weekend recrea-
tion cost the lives of Is persons Nine
were kiIled in aufomOhiia accidents