The Ely miner., 1924-03-28

/ Los AnSeleS-f1enTy II. ldylOT, lOf-
| merly a warrant officer at Fort Crook,
Neb., must serve three and half
years in Leavenworth prison for forg-
ing and cashing government checks
worth $4,000. He pleaded guilty here.
He posed as Major Charles G. Sny.
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Sports
Beaumont, Texas-Baseball fans will
be gazing upon approximately $4,000
worth of new ball players when the
thoroughly revamped Millers prance
onto Nicollet park for the first game
of the season on May 1. That's what
it's going to cost Mike to put strong
diamond aggregation into the field in
his first year as a magnate in the
American association. At that, it's
putting it lightly to estimate the cost
in new players at $4,000.
Minneapolis-Two Harbors, surprise
team of the twelfth annual state tour
nament, won the 1924 interscholastic
basketball championship of Minneso-
ia, defeating South high school, Min
neapolis champions, by a 21-to-12
count. The game was one Of the most
brilliant and desperately fought bat
ties in the annals of Minnesota high
school athletics, and was played in the
Kenwood armory before capacity
crowd estimated at 5000.
Chicago-The New York Giants In
yaded Winterhaven, Fla. training
camp of the Chicago White Sox, in an
attempt to make it two straight, but
were met by more spirited club thar
that which bowed to the National
league champions a few days ago.
Word from Frank Chance, saying that
he would join the club about April /,
and take over the reins was respon-
sible for the new spirit. Evers will
have complete charge in the mean.
time.
New Workable Goldstein won the
worlds bantamweight championship
from Joe Lynch in one-sided 10.
round battle at Madison Square Gar.
den. Goldstein gained the judges
verdict after decisively whipping his
rival all the way in title match be-
tween two veteran New Workers..
Lynch was dethroned after one of the
sorriest exhibitions title holder has
given in a metropolitan ring in years.
He fought sluggish, listless battle
from start to finish. He was a mark
for Goldstein's RAPID fire left jab and
was rocked repeatedly by the chal.
lenger's solid right crosses to the ribs
land chin.
FOREIGN
Fiume- Welcomed by cheering
thousands who held places at all van.
tage points along the route of the pro
cession, King Victor Emmanuel en-
tered Fiume to be present at the for
NAL ceremony of annexing the city
to Italy. The city was filled with
thousands of persons from all the sur.
rounding towns. The city authorities
met the king as he landed and present
ed to him an address of welcome and
the keys of the city.
London-The public sale of the fur
niture and other property used by the
his exile in Holland. will put little
money in Frederick Williams pocket
according to the Daily Mail correspon
dent at The Hague.
Rome-King Victor Emmanuel has
conferred the order of the Annunziats
on Premier Mussolini, says an an.
nouncement in the official Gazette.
This is the highest rank of knighthocd
in Italy. The wearers of the order
are considered cousins of the king.
Manifestations by war
veterans against the high cost Of liv.
ing are increasing. Most of them are
taking in the form of professions in an
endeavor to persuade dealers to lower
the prices of foodstuffs. The veterans
are planning to Gordon the frontiers
to prevent exports Of foodstuffs ia
Holland and Germany.
Rome-Rsme is packed with Amer.
leans at the consistory at which Arch.
bishops Patrick ]. Hayes and G. w,
Mundelein are to be elevated to the
cardinalate approaches. There is q
dearth of hotel accommodations and
many Americans have been forced for
hours to walk the streets in search
of living quarters.
Shanghai-Shangha had another
coffin parade when agitators carrying
| more than so coffins containing the re-
mains Of laborers killed in the recent
fire of silk factory walked through
| the streets in protest against the own
! ership anS mismanagement Of the wa.
terworks by the provincial military
officials.
Brussels-King Albert was the only
state functionary who refused the re-
cent increase in salary, it was made
known by Premier Theunis in a
speech on budget economies during
the ministerial declaration in the
chamber of deputies. The announce
ment was greeted with lusty cheers
from the liberal and clerical party
benches.
Moscow-Russian seismographs be-
tween March IL and March ~15 regis
tered extraordinary violent earth
quakes. The early shocks apparently
were located in the Caucasus, while
the latter ones are believed to have
been centered in Kamchatka. A re-
port from Vladivostok says there were
violent shocks in the east of Japan,
but that no details of the disturbance
were known.
Lisbon-The president Of the coun.
ell informed the chamber of deputies
that public officials had declared a