The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-01-09
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. freight cars
in good repair and available for SER
vice December % totaled 230,79S, an
increase of 1867 over the previous
week, the American Railway Associa-
tion announced.
Washington-Accom by Sir
Esme Howard, British ambassador to
Washington, Viscount Cecil, winner
of the $4,000 peace prize of the
Woodrow Wilson foundation placed a
wreath on the tomb of the late Presi-
dent Wilson.
hington-Announcem Of a
grant of S350,000 to the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science by the Rockefeller Founda-
tion was made here by officers of the
association. The money will be used
for the publication of abstracts and
reviews of scientific articles on bio
logical subjects.
Washington = An appropriation of
S3,000.000 for purchasing the capital
stock of the newly created Inland Wa
terways Corporation was recommend
ed to congress by the budget bureau.
The act passed last jession creating
the corporation provided for purchase
of $5,000,000 in capital stock but the
budget director said three-fifths of
that amount would be sufficient for
the present.
Washington-Slight increase in the
deathrate of mothers from childbirth
or puerperal causes in 1923 over 1922
was announced by the department of
commerce. For 10 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, which constitute
the so-called birth registration area"
the deathrate from puerperal causes
in 1928 was ga per 1000 live births
as compared with 62 in 1922, and 61
in 1915.
Washington = A widespread read
justment of high commands in the
army will be announced in the near
future as a result of vacancies to be
caused by the retirement of five ma
jor generals, four of whom now are
corps commanders. The corps COM
manders on the list for early retire
ment are Major Generals Bundy, head
quarters Columbus, Ohio; Hale, Chi
cago; Sturgiss, Baltimore, and Dun
can, Omaha. Major General William
H. Johnston, commanding the Third
division at Camp Lewis, Wash, is
the fifth officer of that grade sched-
uled for retirement.
Domestic
Fort Worth. Texas-Four members
of family were hurt, one probably
fatally when a Texas & Pacific rail-
road train struck an automobile on a
grade crossing at Mingus.
Belle Fourche, S. D.-According to
agricultural reports, South Dakota
farmers realized $30,000,000 more on
their grain this year than in 1928.
Corn brought the farmers of the state
s6,000,000 over last year; wheat &c.
100000, and oats, $14,O00,000.
Elizabeth. N. Mrs. Carlotta
Church Cook, " years old, who APP
peared on the stage with Lillian Rus
sell and Kate Claxton, is dead. For
SIS years she was before the foot
lights, making her debut when child
in New Orleans. She retired in 1920.
Detroit, Mich. = The steamship F.
B. Squire of the Jenkins Steamship
Company, last freighter to lock
through the 500 this season, has Civ
en- up the attempt to make Buffalo
with $4,000 bushels of wheat from
Fort William, Ont.
New York-Rafael Sabatini. for his
novel "Scal amouche." las been award
ed the $4,000 prize offered by Adolph
Zukor to the writer whose story or
play made the best motion picture in
the year which ended last September
1, the Authors League of. America,
through which the awarr was made,
announced
Kansas City-A two cent state tax
on gasoline was .ushered in by the
New Year in Missouri. With one
cent city tax already in effect, users
of gasoline in Kansas City are paying
a tax of three cents gallon. The
prevailing price is 17.9 cents, includ
ing tax.
Austin, Texas-Three women were
appointed by Governor Pat M. Nefi
to the Supreme Court of Texas. They
will constitute special court to try
case involving property of the Wood
men .of the World 1t is the first
time in the history Of Texas that a
woman has been appointed to the
highest state court.
Seattle = Ezra Meeker of Seattle
who drove an OK team from Indian
apolis to Olympia in 1852, celebrated
his Gath birthday anniversary here
More than so Washington and Oregon
pioneers were Mr.. Meeker's guests
at a theatre, where films were shown
of his airplane trip in October of this
year from Vancouver, Wash, to Wash
ington, D. c., with Lieutenant Oakley
G. Kelly.
Warsaw, Ind. = A pin was found
lodged in the appendix of Miss Flor
ence Cadgey when she underwent an
operation for appendicitis at a local
hospital.
San Diego. Calf. Robert WOOD
Brown, past grand exalted ruler o.
the Elks anu editor of the Elks' Ma
tional magazf 1e, died at his home
here of cerebral hemorrhage. Brown
born In Kentucky. served as city ant
managing editor of the Louisville
Times for 80 years. leaving that pa
per In 1914. In 1902 he was elected
grand trustee of the Elks and he be
came grand exalted ruler in 1863.