The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-13

iA6, nOuSlhS GcFcIa elAto uSpdit-
ments, was burned here. A ccore of
girls were rescued from the fifth story
windows. Hundreds of state en-
ployees vacated this building and near,
by structures in haste.
Sports
Minneapolis-Fred L. Sanborn, d.
rector of athletics for two years at
| st. Johns university, was appointed
| st. Thomas track coach for period
of one year. He will succeed Dave
Hays, who resigned the post last sum-
mer. 1t was also announced that Bill
Houle would be retained as baseball
coach this spring.
San Diego, William Harri-
son Dempsey, millionaire sportsman.
actor, lecturer, manager Of motion pic
| ture artists, hotel owner and coal
mine operator, and incidentally
worlds heavyweight boxing cham
pion, was married here, as quietly and
retiringly as could be, to Estelle Tay-
lor. motion picture actress, with
sporting writer's and few actors and
| actresses as guests.
Philadelphia Barney Dreyfuss
plans to stage double header at
Forbes field June 6. when the Pirates
will celebrate the National leagues
golden jubilee. The Phillies are the
scheduled opponents of the Pirates,
but as preliminary the Pirates OF
1901, which won the National league
gonfalon that year, will play an ex-
hibition game against the Pirates of
1925. The lineup for the 1901 team
will be as follows Kitty Bransfield.
! first base; Claude Richie, second
base; Tommy Leach, third base; Hon.
us Wagner, shortstop; Fred Clarke,
left field; Clarence Beaumont, and
Chief thinner, catchers, and Deacon
Phillippi, Sam Lever, Jesse Tame
hill and Jack Chesbro, pitchers.
FOREIGN
Brussels-An epidemic of hiccoughs
has struck the province of Limbourg,
eastern Belgium. The victims run
into the hundreds and there have
been three fatal cases.
Rome-Mount Etna is active again.
Eruptions may be expected at any
time, according to observers expert
enced in the ways of the volcano.
Managua, Nicaragua-Tw rebel
lious generals, Conception Peralta and
Hipolito Retes, were captured by a
Nicaraguan frontier force, but Retes
escaped from his guards as he was
being taken to prison.
Berlin-Otto Braun, socialist, who
recently was reelected premier of
Prussia, after his spectacular over.
throw by the Prussian diet, declined
to accept the election because he is
unable to form a cabinet that has a
chance to live and govern the state.
London-Great surprise is express
ed in city and government circles
over disclosures that the heirs Of
Hugo SHINES, Germany's richest man,
have been able to avoid paying sim
gle gold mark of inheritance tax. II
appears that Herr SHINES, as a mem
Der of the 1922 reichstag, helped pass
special law entirely freeing inheri-
| tances between husband and wife
from taxes.
Stockholm-The discovery of new
source of supply of radium has been
reported from Holtsljunga, the prov.
ince of Halland, on the west coast Of
Sweden. If early indications are full
filled this may be one of the richest
finds yet made and exploitation will
be begun Immediately.
Madrid-Sebastian Castedo, presi
dent of the national council of econo
| fortnightly luncheon of the North
American Society of Madrid, presided
over by Lewis Proctor. Castedo as
serted that both the United States
and Spain needed each other, as they
possessed products absolutely essen
tial to mutual trade.
Madrid-The new recruiting law,
under which all young men found fit
for military service must join the col
ors, will be put into effect this year.
A statement to this effect has been
! issued at the war office. When the
new law becomes effective, the old
system of drawing recruits and which
permitted wealthy persons to evade
service by offering substitutes will
end.
Paris-A giant American fire en-.
CINE, purchased in New York recently
by the city of Paris was used for the
first time here in fighting a danger
GUS fire in the vicinity of the stock
exchange The blaze at times threat.
/ ened the wholesale destruction of the
quarter, but the big engine prevented
| it from spreading. The engines ca
pacity is 300 cubic meters of water
per hour under so Kilograms pressure.
The damages in today's fire are esti-
mated at 100000 francs. Two fire.
men were injured.
Vienna-The young wife of Baron
Seeman of Treunwart committed sui.
eide by shooting herself when she
was unable to persuade her husband
had rebuked her In a letter. 1t is
stated that the baroness gossiped
about another woman at recent so
cial gatherings. This woman's hus-
band, hearing Of the gossip, wrote
violent letter to the baroness which
the baron resented. The baroness
father was rich Baku oil magnate.
She leaves two small children.
Tokio-Departure of Tsuneo Matsu.
daira. with his family, for Washing
ton, to take up his post as Japanese
ambassador to the United States.
which was poisoned when the liner
uDOn which he had booked Massage