The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.
Sports
Chicago-Wichita. Kansas.

five in an extremely onesidded con-
test, 81 to 6.
Duluth The Pittsburgh Yellow
Jackets, the 1924 league champions,
will represent the western division in
the national hockey championship
series against the Fort Pitt sextet OF
Pittsburgh, champion of the eastern
wheel, by virtue of their to victory
over Eveleth. 1t was the third straight
victory of the playoff series for the
Pirates over the Rangers.
Pittsburgh-"Honus" Wagner, Pitts
burgh's baseball hero, will go to bat
in the game of politics. Hans is run
ming for sheriff. His decision is carried
on cards which made their appear
ance: For sheriff.. Hans Wag-
ner"-and the additional information
that the primary election will be held
next September Is. Hans, pictured in
a baseball uniform, astride a bat, Is
also shown.
Minneapolis-Jake Mahoney will be
the first of the Hamline trainers to
depart for the races this season. He
expects to ship four or five of his six
horses to Canada for the opening of
the season there on May "a OF the
six horses which he has in charge,
five are owned by Paul Webster, Min.
neapolis harness horse fancier and
amateur driver Mahoney raced a
stable at the Canadian meeting last
season and won a number of races.
New York-Tom Gibbons and Gene
Tunney are matched to meet in the
Polo grounds on June r. Harry Wills,
the Negro heavyweight challenger,
finds himself back in his familiar place
on the shelf for the season and per-
haps for the rest of his career Fol-
lowing the hopeless bunch that he
would get a match with Jack Demp-
sey, the big colored boy would not
consider an offer to meet Gibbons.
Indirectly he let it be known that he
would listen if any promoter would
talk in terms of 100000 and that put
the silencer on all promoters.
Minneapolis = Within the next
month workmen will begin extending
the limits of Northrop field by in
creasing its present size by one-third
and adding 100000 in improvements
to the rapidly growing athletic plant
at the University of Minnesota, Fred
w. Luehring, athletic director, an.
nounced. Present plans for expan.
sion of the athletic plant call for a
100000 expenditure on the stadium
and the spending of $4,000 to remove
the south wall of Northrop field and
add the ground south of the present
enclosure to the old field.
Foreign
Berlin-Otto Braun, who was the
socialist candidate for president of the
republic, was elected premier of Prus.
sia
Havana-General Gerards Machado,
president-elect of Cuba, will visit Pre-.
sident Coolidge at the White House
April Is, the day he will arrive in
Washington. Announcement was also
made that the general and his wife,
with their party, will accept an invi-
tation to have breakfast with Presi.
dent Coolidge April 16.
Tokio-The Japanese navy depart.
ment announces plans for the con.
struction of % warships with a total
tonnage of 124,9O0, to include eight
firstclass cruisers, three second class
cruisers, 10 destroyers and an navy
airplane mothership. The ministry
Of war is sending seven experts to
France, five to America, three to Eng.
land and three to Germany in the next
three years to investigate the devel.
opme9t OF new weapons.
Madrid-Spain is about to open the
gates to the importation of small
quantities of wheat so as to make up
for the acute shortage in Spain. Gus.
toms duties may be modified If cir.
cumstances require. The director
general for provisions said that in
view of lack of wheat in Spain the
price had taken a sharp rise. The
importation of foreign wheat is to be
permitted only until the shortage has
been overcome. 1t is believed 10000
tons will suffice.
Paris-The macintosh suit is the
novelty of the season, continued bad
weather and the realization that Pari-
siennes, even in transforms, refuse to
wear an unbecoming macintosh,
caused the dressmakers and manu-.
facturers to get their heads together
and evolve the suit. 1t was first seen
at Auteuil racetrack the day of the
opening. OF soft, silky, waterproof
material, well cut, in many soft pastel
shades, and with hat to match, it
proved an ideal outfit for the wet day.
Under the suit smart and pretty
dress can be worn without damage
London-The Capetown correspon.
dent Of the Daily Telegraph represents
the situation in southwest Africa,
where the Rehoboths have revolted,
as pathetic. Under German rule, he
says, the tribe was ranked as nominal
ly independent, and had its own par
lament. During the war the tribes
men refused to fight against Great
Britain and joined General Botha's in
vading army. They are said to be act
ing under the influence of young ex-
tremists, insisting that they are a
religious community.
Moscow-Leon Trotsky, who was
reported abroad as having "disap-
peared Inysteriously from Sukhum."
made speech at that place in which
he eulogized three Georgian officials
who were killed in the fall of an air
plane.
Belfast-Olster Methodists are at
odds with Cir James Craig tho nrarn