The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-01
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Washington - Representative Vic
tor Berger of Wisconsin, only socialist
In congress, cabled congratulations to
Ramsay Macdonald, Great Britain's
new premier
Washington-The ship liquor treaty
with Great Britain was transmitted
to the senate by President Coolidge.
1t was referred to the foreign rela.
tons committee, which plans to be-
gin it's consideration in the near fu-
ture.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of apol-
ogy and regret for the search by po-
lice and prohibition agents Dec. 20 of
the apartment occupied by an attache
of the Hungarian legation are made in
letters to Secretary c. E. Hughes
from Major Daniel Sullivan of the
District of Columbia police and Assis-
tant Secretary Moss of the treasury
department, which the secretary has
transmitted to the legation.
Washington = One thousand Ameri-
can delegates to the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs of the World conyen-
ton in Condor next July, will travel
on three shipping board vessels.
Thigh C. Palmer, president of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, an
nounced that arrangements had been
made to carry 500 of the delegates
on the steamship Republic, sailing
July 2; 100 on the George Washing
ton, sailing July 4, and 300 on the
Leyiathan, leaving New York July s..
Domestic
New York-Discovery of serum
for scarlet fever was announced by
DR.. A. R. Dochez, associate professor
of medicine at Columbia university.
Beaufort, N. C.-The four masted
schooner Anna M. Records, was aban-
doned by it's crew off Cape Lookout
Shoals, because of its waterlogged
condition and was towed into Cape
Lookout cove by wrecking tug,
which had taken the crew off,
Columbia, Mo-David Sarnoff, vice
president and general manager of
the Radio Corporation of America,
sent a message to Iwaki station, Jap
an, and received his answer by tele-
phone. the message travelling $4,000
miles in / minute, IS seconds.
Dayton, Ohio - Fifty thousand dol
lars will be given as prizes in the in
ternational air races to be conducted
this fall, it was announced by Freder-
lex B. Patterson, president of the Ma
tional Aeronautic association. This
amount, it was said, is four times as
much as has ever been given in this
event heretofore.
Detroit, Mich.-An month old
Airedale puppy, frozen to the ice in
the Detroit river and bowling for
help, was rescued from death by 81
year old man, who risking his life on
the treacherous, broken ice, crawled
to the dog, chopped him free, bundled
him in blanket and brought him
safe to shore.
Indianapolis-As the result of
poll of members of congress by the
American Legion, Garland w. Powell,
national director of the Americanism
commission of that organization, pre-
diets that drastic restriction, if not
complete suspension, of all immigra-
ton to the United States is to be ex-
pected Of the present congress.
Chicago-Remarking that, having
been reared in a small town where
the railroad pay roll was the only
pay roll he appreciated the impor-
lance of his new task, former Cover
nor Edwin P. Morrow, of Kentucky,
took office as public representative
on the United States rail labor board.
He succeeded Judge R. M. Barton,
Memphis, Tenn, resigned.
Cincinnati-Benjami Franklin Pur-
nell and others of the House of David
in Michigan lost a motion filed in
United States circuit court of appeals
for summary reversal OF their con-
viction in United States district court
at Grand Rapids. Reversal was
sought on the ground that John w.
Hansel and others had failed to file
their brief within the .ims limit APP
pellate court granted the appellees
until Jan. % to file their brief.
Los Observation-Disclosures Stefann-
son, arctic explorer, has decided to
turn his attention to the little known
areas of Australia, he announced at
banquet given in his honor here by
the Adventures club of Los Angeles.
1t is his intention to devote six
months~>to exploration and research
on the continent with view to writ
ing suitable geography of that part
of the world, he said.
Muskogee, Okla. - Five thousand
dollars daily from oil raised Dixie
Fife, 10 year old Creek Indian girl.
from poverty to riches, but it has not
brougt her happiness. Last week she
agreed to pay $4,000 as divorce set
Element to Berlin Jackson, the farmer
boy sweetheart she married soon after
oil was discovered on her allotment
and she left sod house on the prairie
for modern home with three ex-
pensive automobiles in her garage.
Denver Oyerpowering three SEN
tries who stood guard over them with
shotguns, 10 military prisoners from
Fort Logan near here, bound the
guards with their own wooden leg
gings, took their weapons and made a
spectacular dash for liberty from a
sand pit in which the prisoners were
working. All of the runaways were
captured short time later.
New York The United States
launched 172.S17 tons of new mer-
chant ships in 1923, and was the only