The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-03-06
Condensed Resume of the important
Events in the Nation and State.
Sports
Minneanolis = Northwestern scored

COuHl VI tue ICLudi achievements
of Paavo Nurmi in the United States,
Joseph Guillemot, Frances 1920 Ant
werp-Olympic champion and the only
man in the past five years who ever
has defeated the flying Finn without
the benefit of handicap, essayed a
comeback in the cross country cham
pionship of France, and failed. He
finished third.
Culver City, Calif-Tommy Milton
romped to victory in the season open
ing 250-mile race of the American Au-
tomobile association here. finishing in
1 hour So minutes and 13 seconds. a
good three laps ahead of the field.
His average speed for the distance
was 1868 miles an hour which came
within a hairs breadth of smashing
the worlds record of 1863 miles an
hour establishing on the same track
last year by Bennett Hill.
Boston-Harvard, Yale and Prince
ton, the big Three" of the inter-col-
legiate football world. have joined in
a crusade against high priced foot
ball coaches. Head coaches in foot
ball at these three institutions, ac-
cording to their agreement, it became
known here, are not 20 be allowed a
larger salary than the maximum sal
airy paid to full professor at Har-
yard and Yale, $4,000, and no alumni
bonuses are to be sanctioned Chair
men of the athletic boards OF control
Of the three universities met in New
Haven two weeks ago and drew up an
agreement fixing the limit for the
football coaching budget, but no off
cial announcement is expected until
the agreement is ratified by all three
institutions.
Foreign
Brisbane, Australia-Three persons
have been killed by the heat sweeping
this section in the last few days
Many have been Frustrated.
Warsaw-The recently issued presi.
Dental decree reducing the number OF
holidays to 10 annually caused such
dissatisfaction in labor and church
circles that the diet has adopted a
motion restoring four others.
Pisa, Italy-Raold Amundsen, the
explorer, has arrived here. 1t is his
purpose to make arrangements with
the airplane factory in Pisa for the
planes in which he will make his at
tempt to fly to the north pole
Sydney-Premier Bruce announced
that the commonwealth government
had decided to permit the export Of
gold, under license to the Common
wealth Bank, provided such export
does not reduce the gold stock which
the bank held January 1 last.
Mexico Dispatches from Pue
bio state that SO members of the la
Dor party were killed by agrarians
during the election riots last Sunday
in the district of Michaca, state Of
Tlaxcala. No confirmation has beer
received from official sources.
Buenos Aires-The Sac Paulo revo
lutionaries, according to latest re
ports from the Uruguayan border
are marching toward Rio Grande Dc
Sui, where they expect to stir up {
revolution in the state, which long
has been ripe for an uprising will
the support of the Sac Paulists.
Vittel, France-Numbers of person!
in this region have. in the last few
days, received by mail envelopes con
tanning single sheet of paper bearing
tho Uord Hracfifutioy tooafbar with
bank notes of various denominations
Sums amounting to several Thousand
francs have been thus distributed. AL
efforts to identify the apparently con
science stricken donor have thus fal
! failed.
Berlin-There is no cause for anxi
ETY. over the condition of President
Ebert. Professor Bier announced
President Ebert slept practically
throughout the day, following his op
Grafton for appendicitis by Professor
Bier. 1t was found during the opera
toin, which lasted nearly an hour ant
a half, that slight perforation haG
resulted in an Inflammation of the
appendix.
Rome-The aventine opposition, &C
cording to the anti-fascist newspaper
II Monde, will not resume parliamen
tary activities, this having been de
cided at a meeting of the executive
committee of the secessionist oppo
sition. The announcement came as /;
surprise to both government and op
position circles as fortnight ago the
opposition leaders gave the impress
sion there might be abandonment o.
the policy of keeping aloof from
chamber sessions.
St. Johns, N. F-A hundred anG
fifty thousand cases of whisky valued
at $1,500,000 and destined for export
have lain here since December 16
Movement of the huge stock has
been held up, it was said, partly as &
result of the activity of the United
States coast guard and party as a re
suit of the stormy weather which has
prevailed. Two ships which arrived
here began loading cargoes and il
was estimated that the entire stocl
would be moved before the end Of
April
L'Ayania, Thirtyfive girl stu
dents and IL nuns of the convent OIL
the Assumption here were made
homeless when fire destroyed the con
vent. None Of the girls nor the sis
tiers were injured.
Bayonne, France-Roger Ronserail