The Ely miner., 1925-05-15
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit
of Busy Readers.
Washington


Washington-Memb Of the execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor have begun considera-
tion of plans for a permanent memori-
al to the late Samuel Gompers.
Washington President Coolidge
was advised by Attorney General ].
G. Sargent that there was no ground
for the charge that the dismissal re-
Gently of three score government
printing office employees had been il
legally effected.
Washington = Senator Irvine L.
Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, an
nounced that when congress recon
venes in December he will introduce
q resolution directing that an inves-
tlgation be made of the recent failure
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad.
Washington Former Governor
Frank o. Lowden OF Illinois, who
acted this year as head Of the Ameri-
can Forest week committee, has TAX
en- charge Of plans to perpetuate For
est week as an annual event. With
the help of standing committees
named by him, he already has under
taken to effect a permanent organiZa-
tion.
Washington-The governments de-
cision as to the Armour Morris packer
amalgamation will be left by Presi-
dent Coolidge to Secretary Jardine,
who has concluded hearings with a
view to ascertaining whether sale of
the Morris assets to the Armour Co.,
was in violation of law or is likely
TO result in law violations.
Domestic
Quebec-The village of St. Joseph
d'Alma was swept by fire which de-
stroyed As homes and caused property
loss estimated at S1,250,0O0.
Syracuse, N. Y.-Senator Moses of
New Hampshire, in an address de-
Tended the senate rules and criticized
the Luther Burbanks of politics"
Buffalo, N. Y.-Michael O'Leary of
Bridgeport, Ont, who was awarded
the Victoria cross for heroism, was
Indicted on a charge of smuggling
aliens.
New York-Mis Dorothy Lee Bryan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
Bryan, Fort Worth, Texas, was mar
ried to Russell A. Firestone, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone of Ak
ron, Ohio.
New York-The Amundsen flying
expedition to the North Pole probably
will be delayed several days more, due
to winds, according to last word re-
ceived from the explorers base in
Spitzbergen
Springfield, nl-Governor Len Small
vetoed the Chicago sanitary district
bill, authorizing the drainage board to
increase its bonded Indebtedness from
3 to 5 per cent for the construction
of sewage disposal plants.
New York-Announcement of the
sale of the old home Of James Monroe,
fifth president of the United States,
brought from John A. Stewart, a d.
rector Of the James Monroe Memorial
Association, criticism of the citizens
of New York in permittig its loss.
Mayaguez, Porto Rico-The United
States navy dirigible Los Angeles,
which arrived here on a flight from
Lakehurst, attracted thousands of per-
sons to the tender Pateka, to which
the shore near where the Patoka is
anchored.
Columbus, Ohio-The State Su-
preme Court, by inference, held that
closed shop agreements are invalid.
The courts decision was given in the
suit brought by the Cleveland street
car mems union to compel the Cleve-
land Street Railway Company to arbi-
trate with its employees under pro-
visions of contract entered into be-
tween the union and the company In
December, 1906.
New York-Nonobserv of the
Sabbeth is threatening the American
people with breakdown of health
and character, Rev. John Ferguson,
general secretary of the Lords Day
Alliance, said in his report before the
annual meeting of that organization
Commercialization of the Sunday holi-
day now prevails, Mr.. Ferguson as
serted, adding that economic and po-
litical chaos is sure to follow moral
chaos in this country"
New York-Secretary of the Inter-
Tor Hubert Work declared In an ad-
dress before the National Arts Club
that conditions should be created that
hAI 20 70 4f xl.
same intelligence, virtue and interest
In public affairs as those who live In
the city. I'VE are confronted today"
he said, "by an exodus from the coun-
try to the city Of the ambitious and
aspiring. More than half of our peo-
pie already live in cities and towns
We cannot accomplish back-to-the-
farm movement, but we can foster a
stay-on-the-farm atmosphere.
San Antonio, Texas-A party Of
four officers Of the German army,
composing an aviation mission to the
United States, reached San Antonio
for two days visit Of inspection Of
Kelly Field.
New York-Supreme Court Justice,
Delehanty handed down an opinion
denying a motion to make Kingdom
Gould and Schuyler Nelson Rice, exc
cutors under the will of the late
George Jay Gould, parties defending
In the s20o,0oo,000 suit brought by
George Tracy Rogers against George
Gould and other directors of the Dem
yer & Rio Grande Railroad Company.