The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
Condensed Resume Of the Important
Events In the Nation and State.

Philadelphia-Dr George Arthur
Pierson, professor emeritus of ana,
tony, histology and embryology at the
University of Pennsylvania, and a
leading authority on anatomy and dis
eases of the spine and brain, died at
his home here.
Sports
East Bourne, Eng.-The Oxford
Cambridge lawn tennis team defeated
the Harvard-Yale team, Is matches to
6, in the annual meeting of the British
and American universities concluded
here. The English university men
swept to victory by taking eight of
the nine double matches.
Chicago-The action of the Chicago
White Sox club in suspending Pitcher
Ted Blankenship was sustained by
Baseball Commissioner Lands, to
whom the player brought his case. He
was advised to make amends to Man.
ager Evers. Blankenship was indefi-
nitely suspended because of his lack
of discipline, the latter part of June.
Stamford Bridge, England-Great
Britain scored decisive victory, with
Sc points, in the Women's Information
al athletic meeting held here. More
than 10000 persons watched the COM
petitions, which were participated in
by women athletes from Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland
and Czecho-Sloyakia. France won Sec
ond place with "a points and Belgium
third with Is.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.-Luis Firpo
has crashed into another peck Of
trouble, but this time his row happens
to be with flock of Yankee fighters,
and the war is on for fair. Seems
that Firpo, who is to fight Harry Wills
in Jersey City September II, blew
into Tom Luther's White Sulphur
Springs place the other day to do
some training stunts for the Wills fuss,
has announced that if there were any
gate receipts in sight he was to get
the whole works.
Foreign
Berne, .Swftzerland-Ecu has es-
tablished legation in Switzerland, ap-
pointing as minister Robalino Davlia,
who has been granted an exequator by
the Swiss government.
Berlin-The North German Lloyd
Steamship Company has been granted
10 year loan of 100000 pounds by
London financiers, the Frankfurter
Zeitung of Frankfort announces.
Rome-The fascist national council
has elected new directory of 81 rep
resentatives from the various districts
in Italy. Eleven of the directors are
members of the chamber of deputies.
Tokio-Masano Hanihara, Japanese
ambassador to the United States, on
his return from America said he did
not know whether he would return to
the United States.
Berlin-The Shubert theatre agent
announces that the Shuberts have
cancelled their plans to produce re-
vues and buy or build theatres in Ger
many, owing to attacks in the press.
Havana-Manuel Arechabala, reput-
ed to be one of the wealthiest men
in Cuba, was shot and killed by Diego
Martinez Moreno, clerk in his Of
fee, who then killed himself, says a
dispatch to La Prensa.
Rome-The Aero Club, in a COM
munication, gives Leandro Passalova,
the Italian aviator, world record of
303 kilometers and $40 meters an hour
"a little more than 1873 miles) in a
seaplane flight.
| Dijon-General Primo Rivera, head
of the Spanish director government,
declared in speech that the directory
will soon resign, handling the govern
ment over to constitutional assem-
bly,.
Panama City-Two persons were re-
ported killed in an election riot in the
interior. General Quintero, hero of
the armed clash between Panama and
Costa RIGA, was defeated by the adj
ministration candidate.
Christiania, Norway The liner
Bergensfjord, which caught fire after
leaving this port, necessitating the
hurried landing of it's $50 passen-
gers, was not extensively damaged and
will be able to sail Aug. 20.
Queenstown, Ireland = John Dewey,
editor of the Gaelic-American of New
York, has arrived here on his first
visit to Ireland in As years. He was
greeted by Foreign Minister Desmond
Fitzgerald of the Free State.
Naples-The United States cruiser
Trenton has been ordered to proceed
to Persia to take on board and carry
back to the United States the body of
Robert w. Imbrie, the American vice.
consul at Teheran, who was killed by
mob recently.
Rome-Leaders of the opposition
parties have renewed their decision
not to participate in parliamentary
work as long as the present methods
Of the Fascist government continued
to prevail. The leaders particularly
disapprove the Fascist governments
program regarding controlling the lib
erty of the press and the methods of
Incorporating the Fascist militia into
the regular army.
Paris-Madelaine church, one of the
greatest in Paris, has engaged Swiss
attendant to make discreet regulations
for costumes of communicates. Dis
cussing the church's stand against rev.
elatory costumes at mass, one of the
curates said the affair was managed
with perfect discretion and never any
scenes or scandals such as happened
at Bologna last week, when group
of militant Italians barred entrance to
women too fashionably dressed.