The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

landing field, while flying boats will
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Sports
st. Paul-Mike Gibbons, st. Paul
middleweight boxer, who at one time
was rated as one Of the greatest mid.
dleweights, later manager of boxers.
proprietor of a gymnasium and an
kamateur fight promoter, has retired
from the boxing business for good.
Gibbons announced that he was sever
ing all relations with the fight game.
that he was going to dispose Of his in
terests in boxers now under the man
agement of himself and Mike Collins,
and enter the insurance business.
Gibbons is leaving the boxing game
after being connected with it since
1908.
New York-Charles H. Ebbets, pre-
sident of the Brooklyn National
league baseball club, died of heart
disease in his suite at the Waldorf
Astoria hLtel The end evidently
came as Mr. Ebbets was sleeping. Mr..
Ebbets had been sufferer from heart
trouble, complicated by asthma, for
some time. Ebbet's health had NOT
been Of the best for the past year.
His condition made it imperative that
he go south during the winter. He
spent the winter in Clearwater, Fla,
training camp of his ball club.
Foreign
Lugo, Spain-Ramon Gomez, who
claimed to be 116 years old, died. He
retained his mental faculties, all his
teeth and much hair.
Havana, Cuba-Two persons were
injured and much property damage
was done in the province of Pinar
Del Rio, by a hurricane.
The Hague-"The American fleet
in Philippine waters is too weak to
fulfill task that may be required Of
it any day." is the report of Dutch
naval expert writing from Manila.
Oslo, Norway = The sale of North
Pole stamps" the proceeds of which
will help finance the Amundson ex-
petition, has begun. The Norwegian
postoffice has issued 100000 of the
stamps, valued at Assoc crowns.
Moscow-All active American ra
lief work in Russia, except in the eau
casus area, ceased with the with.
drawal of the American Students Re-
lief organization from Moscow. For
eign relief assistance no longer is
needed, the soviet government has
declared.
Tokio-Tokichi Tanaka has been
named Japanese ambassador to Rus
STA. The appointment is noteworthy
inasmuch as Mr.. Tanaka left the dip
lomatic service some months ago to
become president of the Japan Times,
| an English daily. Practically all his
career has been in the foreign ser.
vice.
Dublin-Finance Minister Ernest
Blythe gave Irish taxpayers sur
prise, when, in producing the budget,
he announced the income tax would
be reduced q shilling (roughly "a
cents) and the tax on tea, cocoa, cof-
fee and chicory was abolished. The
sugar tax has been reduced from 2
pence, "a penny pound to 1 penny.
Last years protection tariffs were all
retained and some were slightly ex.
| tended.
Geneva-As the time for the May
international conference for the con-
troll of the traffic in arms approaches
there are increasing indications that
this meeting may not have clear sail
ing. Soviet Russia has refused to
participate and some doubt exists as
to whether the United States should
be retained. Those advocating the
elimination of America are pointing to
the difficulty of having treaties rati.
fed by the American senate.
Paris-"American music Is better
than we think it is-their orchestras
are simply terrific, but they are better
than most of those in Europe" de.
clared Albert Coates, who has just
resigned as the director Of the Ro-
chester Philharmonic orchestra, on
his arrival on the Berengaria. seven
the jazz bands are perfect" Ethel
Leginska declared that American
jazz sis kind of disease like measles
which attacks nearly everyone" She
states that America is becoming more
and more unsteady inclined.
| Stockholm-To succeed Hjalmar
Branting as permanent leader Of
Sweden's governmental social7demo-
cratic party, the national party coun-
Gil has unaniomusly designated F. v.
Thorsson, minister of finance. Re-
ports of the impending resignation Of
Captain Axel F. Wallenberg, Swedish
minister to the United States, pub
lished both here and in America, were
contradicted in a statement by the
Swedish department OF foreign af-
fairs. In the best informed circles
this is taken to mean that Minister
Wallenberg has been prevailed upon
| to remain at his post