The Ely miner., 1925-07-24
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.

tank cars OF gasoline and TWO D0X cars
Fairmont, w. V.-Coal operators rep
resenting many concerns in northern
West Virginia will go to New York in
connection with merger of proper
ties involving approximately $100.000,-
600.
Los Angeles-A modern facility for
use in the care Of the school child's
health, a "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.
Sports
Putney, Eng.-Jack Beresford, Jr., of
England beat Walter Hoover, Ameri-
can oarsman. by three lengths in a
sculling race up the Thames, and thus
retains the Philadelphia gold chal-
lenge cup, which Hoover sought to
bring back home.
New York-Officials of the New
York American league baseball club
admitted that scouts were combing the
Pacific Coast league in an endeavor to
buy $250,000 worth Of talent for COM
plete rebuilding of the Yankees next
season. Five players prominent in
the Coast league were mentioned as
being sought by the Yankee scouts.
San Francisco-Pancho Villa, fly
weight champion Of the world. died at
a hospital here while undergoing an
operation for an infection, of the throat
that developed from an infected tooth.
DR.. C. E. Hoffman said the boxer suf-
focated under the anesthetic. DR.. Hoff-
man was just preparing to operate
when Villas heart stopped beating.
Artificial respiration failed to revive
the patient.
observation-disclosures w. Murphy, Sy-
racuse, was the leading money winner
in the first two weeks of the 1925
Grand Circuit racing which ended at
North Randall. Murphy's earnings
totaled $500, which was S1.190 more
tudu ludl VI WdllSi SoA, 1ooiiCh, Az
Y. Through the three victories of Fa-
vonian, undefeated this year, Fred Ed
man, Memphis, was third, with $4,575.
Marvin Childs, Omaha, was fourth,
with $4,150.. Favonian's victories in
cluded the Shaw and Geers stakes.
New York-Tex Rickard announced
that Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion, had been signed to fight
Harry Wills, Negro challenger, for the
crown. Rickard said he
signed a formal contract with the
champion, the date Of the meeting
being left open. "It will be impossi-
BILE to stage it this year." the promo
ter said, but I expect 1t to come off
by September Of next year. Demp-
sey expressed willingness to meet
Wills at any time"
Minneapolis American Asso-
citation will celebrate its 25 years OF
existence with silver jubilee fetes in
all the cities of the league under plans
announced in Minneapolis by Thomas
Jefferson Hickey, president of the cir
cult. The oldtime stars of the Amer
ican Association would be invited to
return to the cities where they played
and would be honor guests OF the
league and clubs. Mr.. Hickey also
proposed to have former American AS
sociation stars, now playing in the
American Association clubs from
whence they advanced to the big show,
and play in an exhibition contest.
Foreign
Moscow-The new japanese am
bassador to soviet Russia, Tokichi Ia
naka, was cordially received here. A
guard Of honor greeted the envoy and
his party at the station. Members Of
the foreign office, acting on behalf Of
the government, welcomed the party
which, in addition to IS embas-
sy staff members, included 20 busi-
ness men who plan to carry on ne
gotiations for oil and gold conces-
sions.
Honolulu-Plans for permanent or
ganization of the Institute Of Pacific
Relations meeting here were accepted
by a general meeting of the institute
delegates. The plans contemplate
conferences biennially. Alexander
Hume Ford, director of the confer
ence of the League of Nations Soci-
eties of the>Pacific which is to be con-
Quoted In 1927, may bring nearer the
Pan-Pacific League Of Nations Of
which Henry Cabot Lodge and
Franklin K. Lane dreamed as the real
beginning of world parliament.
London-M. Rakovsky. soviet min
lister to London, who arrived from
Moscow, called at the foreign office
and had a long talk with Austen
Chamberlain. 1t was announced that
M. Rakovsky brought with him orders
for e15.000,000 (s75,000,000) worth OF
manufactured goods and machinery to
be placed in England. M. Rakovsky
is anxious to renew conversations
looking toward a treaty replacing that
drafted under Ramsay Macdonald and
turned down by the present govern
ment. The attitude Of the British
government, is that while 1t dislikes
the Macdonald treaty, it is perfectly
willing to examine proposals for a
pact made by Moscow but at the
same time it wishes to be satisfied
that Moscow really has experienced a
change Of heart.
Belfast, Ireland-Captain Hugh L.
Garrett, who was Sir Thomas Lipton's
representative on the American de
fender Resolute in the last race, In
1920, for Americas cup, died here
Paris-Mme. Joseph Caillaux. who
shot Castor Calmette, editor of Fl
garo in 1914, was seriously injured
in an automobile accident near An