The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-23
News Of the Nation Briefly Told
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events In the Nation and State.


Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys was
ordered
Boston-Drugs valued at $4,000
were seized and six men and two wo-
men arrested in a raid on the Italian
steamship America.
Sports
Minneapolis = Minneapolis age-old
dream of it's own hockey and skating
rink centrally located and on a par
with the Hippodrome at the fair
grounds came true Without any ''ifs,"
lands" or butts about it, Gale Brooke
and Ed Dickinson, veterans of many
years in the skating business, an
nounced definitely that they, with the
financial and moral assistance of the
same prominent businessmen who
backed the Minneapolis hockey team
so faithfully last winter, hal COM
pleted all plans and arrangements for
modern skating and hockey arena
at cost of 100000.
Foreign
American minister to Switzerland, ar
irving here from Prague, will present
his credentials to the president of the
federation
London-An agreement was reached
settling the prolonged dispute over
the miners wages. The miners fed
Grafton has recommended full dele
gate conference meeting to indorse
the agreement.
Dublin-Dublin is sufferings from a
strike of gas workers, and industries
dependent upon gas for fuel have been
pressing old field kitchens into service
to care for those unable to prepare
meals in their own homes.
Paris-Monsieur and Nine. Cogna-
co have given another 100000 francs
to the French academy, the income of
which is to be awarded annually in
premiums of 10000 francs each to 103
French families residing in France or
Algeria of five or more children from
the same parent. The parents must
be under 33 years of age.
Tokio-The village of Hachinohe,
close to Minato, where the United
States army world f1iers are scheduled
to land, was virtually wiped out by
fire which destroyed 1900 homes, in
Guiding all public buildings and banks
in the business district. Hachinohes
elaborate preparations to celebrate the
arrival of the aviators have been
called off.
Paris-The strike of the French
Wireless company's operators, which
has been dragging on without appar-
ent development for more than week,
has entered new phase with the
opening Of negotiations between the
union and the management. The OPP
orators, according to the Petit Pa
risien, propose, in case of failure, to
call general strike Of ships wireless
operators
Warsaw-The Polish government
received note from Soviet Russia
demanding better treatment of the
Ukrainians and white Ruthenians in
Polish territory The note quotes
Article VII of the treaty of Riva be-
tween the two countries providing
for the satisfactory settlement of the
question of minorities on both sides.
The note is interpreted here as in
spired by deisre to expand the
sphere of soviet influence
Mexico City-S. NJ Vauclain, presi-
dent of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, is here to arrange the sale to
the Mexican government of railway
equipment to the amount of 10000, 900
pesos. After conference with Fin
ance Secretary PAM, Mr. Vaughn
said: IF American business men
would come to Mexico personally to
settel their affairs, the difficulties
with this country, would vanish and
dierent impression of Mexico would
prevail"
Tokio-The effect of the French
elections, foreshadowing an altered
attitude toward Russia, is apparent in
the foreign office, where a desire now
is seen to resume early negotiations
with the soviet. 1t is reported that M.
Yoshizawa in Peking has been noti-
fed to get in touch with NJ Karakhan,
the soviet envoy, notifying him that
Japan is ready to empower the minis
ter in Peking with plenipotentiary
powers to enter binding agreements
La Courtine, Pay-De-Dome-Th re-
suits of the experiment in exploding
10 tons of melinite at the Courtine
camp near here in an attempt to solve
the mystery of zones of silence" were
disappointing and puzzling. The blast
blew hole 20 feet deep and 60 wide
in the soft soil. With the exception
of one guinea pig, which died a mar
tyr to science, number of animals
placed in holes at distances varying
from 100 to 800 yards from the scene
showed no ill effects.
Paris-Lieutenant Batelier, of the
34th French aero squadron, made a
type of engine, called "turbo COM
pressor" 1t does not use gas and is
worked by series of copper tubes,
through which air rushes, causing
suction which works number of
small pumps, which forces the pistons
to work in the same manner as an
ordinary airplane engine. Lieutenant
Batelier reached an altitude of more
than $4,000 feet and an average sneed
of 1877 miles an hour.
Dakara, Africa-The Negro deputy
Diagne. defender of battling Skis
case in the fighters alteration with