The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD.
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Washington

citizenship for the residents of Virgin
] islands has been started by the Re-
publican club of st. Thomas and st.
John.
Washington - Secretary Hubert
| Work, who returned from six
weeks tour of the northwest, declared
that inspection of government irriga-
tion projects confirmed the soundness
of his reclamation policy.
Washington-The steamship Bow
doin of the Macmillan arctic expedi-
/ ton sailed from Hopedale, where he
had been laid up for repairs. He re-
ported to the National Geographic So
ciety that recent winds has cleared
the course of pack ice.
Washington-Ga Gasoline consumption
is far more extensive in the United
States than anywhere else in the
world. American production of gaso-
line was increased from 500,000,OOO
gallons in 1914 to 9,000,000,000 gallons
] In 1924.
Washington-Co Confidence that "the
! Polish government will be successful
In bringing about the strengthening"
of its relations with soviet Russia
through conclusion of a trade agree
ment, was expressed by Count Alex
ander Skrzynski foreign minister OF
Poland.
Washington-Char Ponzi, Boston
financier, will be deported to Italy as
soon as he completes the seven year
prison sentence recently imposed up
| on him by a Massachusetts court, the
department of labor announced. De-
portation proceedings have been pend
Ing against Pondi for several months.
Department officials said they had
built up a perfect case" against
Ponzi.
Washington - Prohibition agents
who catch fieeting glimpses of well
known boot,eggers' automobiles may
! have to be little careful in the ru-
ture. The automobile of bootlegger
we'll known around Washington was
parked in front of prohibition head
quarters. The man who stepped out
of it was Prohibition Commissioners
Roy Haynes, inquiry developed that
he was taking advantage OF court de-
cisions permitting dry officers to use
confiscated machines.
/ Washington-A concerted drive on
congress for a cent first class pos
tai rate is expected by Chairman G.
H. Moses of the special congressional
Joint postal commission, which is to
open hearings looking to permanent
postal rate revision measure. Senator
Noses said that propaganda cam
paign for such rate already is under
Way and that members Of the COM
/ mission had received representations
i on the subject from many quarters.
The argument advanced, he added, is
/ that first class postage is paying
disproportionate share OF the totai
carrying cost of the postal service.
Domestic
Kew West, Fla.-General John j.
Pershing, president of the Tacna-Arica
plebiscitary commission, and his par
tv left here on the u. S. S. Rochester
for South America.
Muskegon, Mich.-Two men In an
automobile held up messenger with
/ the Lakey Foundry Company payroll
and escaped with approximately
$4,000
New York-New York university has
j announced purchase of the entire east
side of Washington square in Green
/ wich village as site for proposed
SO. .O00, 900 school of education.
/ South Bend, Ind.-A permanent in
junction to prevent cutting Of the Lin
coin highway for the construction OF
drainage ditc.L vas granted by Federal
Judge T. w. Slick against the j. b.
Babcock Construction Co.
Roseburg, Ore.-Twenty-thre forest
fires were reported as result OF
lightning storm, it was announced by
O. c. Houser, central dispatcher or
the Umpuquanal National forest. The
fires started by lightning began show
ing up and new ones were being re-
ported practically hourly during the
storm.
Los Angeles-A modern facility for
use in the care Of the school chlids
health, "healthmobile," which con-
tains hospital and dental parlor, is
making a round of scores OF educa-
tional institutions in Los Angeles and
vicinity. The unit was assembled on
an automobile truck body under the
direction of the department OF health
and correction.
Boston-Su Superior Court Judge Lum-
mus has set the date for the trial OF
nine men indicted for manslaughter In
connection with the collapse OF the
Pickwick Club building July in
! which A persons lost their lives. The
defendants include officials OF the
club: contractors, an architect and
two employees of the city building de-
/ partment.
Lakehurst, N. 1.-THE dirigible
Shenandoah left the naval air station
for Newport. r. l., where she will tow
aerial targets for the battleship Texas
In antiaircraft practice.
Sacramento. Cal.-The first step to-
ward the Inauguration OF private air
mail service were taken here when ar
ticles of incorporation Of the Western
Air Express, Inc, of Los Angeles were
fled with Secretary of State Frank G.
Jordan. Robert A. Morton, OF Los
Angeles, an attorney and director OF
the corporation, announced that the
company will bid for the air mail con-
tract on the Pacific Coast.
New York-The design submitted
by Henry Horrbostel and Eric Fisher
Wood of Pittsburgh for $600,0OO
mausoleum Il be erected in Marion.
Ohio, in memory of the late President
Harding was selected by the jury of