The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
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WASHINGTON

Washington-Deputy collectors OF
internal revenue throughout the coun-
try conducted 52,635 tax investigations
in May. The government recovered
s4,S45,273 as result Of their work.
shington-Tentative plans for a
tour of European industrial centers to
study labor conditions there, were an
nounced by Secretary ]. ]. Davis, who
plans to sail from New York July Is.
Establishment of col
lege to train ministers to win to the
church those known to be outside Of
and possibly alienated from it, is con-
templated by the National Cathedral
Foundation.
Washington-The National Cooper
alive Milk Producers Federation, rep
resentative of approximately 100000
dairy farmers in the United States,
will conduct its ninth annual meeting
November % to 25 at Philadelphia.
Washington-Indi that the
breach in the ranks Of American Zion
lists has been healed were found in
selection by the nominations commit
tee of the Zionist organization Of Amer
lea of several former leaders for places
on the executive committee.
Domestic
New York-The three masted Amer
lean schooner Nantisco, loaded with
lumber, was seized when quantity of
liquor was found in the hold.
Chicago-An automobile will leave
Chicago in an attempt to break the
record of the fastest trains to the
Pacific coast. The trip is the result Of
q wager.
Chicago-Building permits for $780,.
100000 # new construction were Is
sued by the city for the first six
months of 1925, establishing a new
record
Portland, Ore.-Twenty men were
indicted here by the federal grand jury
in what it is declared by officials to
be one of the biggest alleged rum run
ming plots on the Pacific coast.
Leavenworth, Kan.-On the eve OF
the expiration of his sentence, Charles
e. Kicher, former Salt Lake City
banker, died at the federal peniten-
tiary of blood poisoning. Kicher was
serving a two-year sentence.
Kansas City-A large airplane man
ufacturing plant will be established in
Kansas City by Anthony H. G. FOX
ker, famous German aeronautical ex-
pert, H. E. Drake Of the Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce.
Lakeport, Calif-Joseph w. Oswald,
IL years old, and Mrs. Oswald, 35, were
electrocuted on their ranch when an
iron pipe they were lowering into a
well came into contact with an electric
wire carrying 1900 volts.
Cincinnati-John Akelund, "a years
old, of Peoria, ILL.,, was scalded to
death at canning factory here when
q hot vat of oil overturned on him.
Fellow workmen, hearing his screams,
found him in the center Of blazing
mass of oil.
New York-Tribute to the 261 wo-
men who died in service overseas in
the World war was paid by the dele
gates of the Women's Overseas Ser
vice League, which has opened its
fifth annual convention.
Ithacy, N. WORD has been re-
ceived here of the death at Orlando,
Fla. of Brigadier General George A.
Dodd, 70 years old, who. in 1916, with
General John ]. Fershing, led the punt
tive expedition of United States caval-
ryment into Mexico.
Los Angeles-Edward L. Doheny, oil
magnate, appeared before United
States Commissioner Raymond I. Tur-
ney and posted $4,000 bond for his ap-
pearance in Washington October 5, to
answer the indictment recently re-
turned against him and Albert B. Fall.
San Francisco-More than 1000
members of the Ancient Order Of HI
bernians and auxiliary will participate
in a national pilgrimage to Rome for
the observance Of the Holy Year jubi-
lee. The pilgrimage will get under
way after the biennial convention OF
the organization in Atlantic City In
July.
ladelphia-Protests are under
stood to have been filed with the Rev.
Frederick H. Kneubel, New York, pre-
sident Of the United Lutheran church,
against a woman, not an ordained
minister, preaching in pulpit Of a
church Of that denomination.
n-Vicepresident Charles G.
Dawes has joined the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company here,
held to be the oldest military organ
ization in America. A detachment of
the company visited him at his hotel
and presented the roster for his sigma
ture.
Atlanta, Ga.-Flat denial Of govern
ment charges was made in federal
court by L. j. Fletcher, former
deputy warden of the Atlanta federal
prison, who is being tried for alleged
conspiracy to accept brides from
wealthy prisoners. after serving
more than 20 years as a prison official,
/ had less than $4,000 in assets" the
defendant declared.
Cedar Point, Ohio-The Interna-
tional Association of Lions Clubs, op-
ening its ninth annual convention here,
considered blind welfare work in the
United States an5 Canada, and gave
Helen Keller an r-Stion when she
spoke. Three thousand delegates,
members and guestr cheered Miss KEEL
ler
Grand Island, Neb.-Joseph E. Ko.
xina, school teacher Of Boulder, Col,
his wife and an S-year-old daughter
were killed by passenger train near
Clarks, Neh, when their automobile
was struck. A 4-year-old child escaped
injury