The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.
New York :: Secretary Of the

New York = John w. Davis, who
resigned as president of the English
Speaking Union of the United States,
when he entered the presidential
campaign as democratic candidate last
summer, has been reelected, 1t was
announced here.
Chicago = A special room for wom-
en- to chat and smoke in will be con-
tanned in ladies lounge" car to be
added by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad on its Olympian ex-
press, between here and Seattle, the
management has announced.
New York Hundreds of applica.
lions have been received by Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt and his brother.
Kermit, from persons wishing to ac-
company them on the James Simpson
Field museum game hunting expedf
tion int. Turkestan.
Fort Worth, Texas - DR.. Freder.
lex A. Cook said au revoir. but not
goodbye to Forth Worth. "I'll be back
sometime" the physician-explorer-
writer-oil promoter convict told the
friends who gathered to bid him fare
well as he boarded the train for Lea
venworth prison. Texas has been
the scene of my bitterest trouble, but
like the state, and plan to make 1t
my home when / am a free man
again"
Sports
New Workable Ruth was reported
much improved" at ST. Vincent's hos.
pital, where the big Yankee slugger is
under treatment for an attack of in
fiuenza which cut short his participa-
ton in the teams exhibition tour and
came near threatening his life.
Austin-Mofe than $50 golfers are
expected to be here June 26 and 81
when the Southern Minnesota Golf
Association will hold its fourth anNual
tournament. The organization is coin.
posed of clubs from IA cities and vii.
lagos in the southern part of the state.
The 1924 tournament was held at Fair
mont, the championship being won by
Carl NJ. Rawson of Minneapolis and
Winona, who set the record for the
Fairmont course with mark of Is for
Is holes.
Foreign
Capetown - The Rehoboth revolt
was suppressed without bloodshed.
The malcontents surrendered uncondi.
tionally to South African troops who
have been rushed to the district.
Rochester, Eng. = Professor Ernest
Albert Hooton Of Harvard is among
the psychologists investigating the &C.
cidental discovery near here of what
seems to be prehistoric factory for
tools and weapons. Some 1000 stone
implements have been unearthed
Rome-Booth Harrington, the Amer
lean writer, who has recovered from
at attack Of influenza, left with Mrs.
Harrington for motor trip through
Umbria and Tuscany. They willAstop
at Florence and late1 at Venice. Mr..
Harrington has received many testi.
monials of affection and admiration
from old friends in Italy.
Tokio-Many fishing craft and one
500 ton steamer foundered in a gale
which swept the south coast of Japan.
Over so persons are dead or missing.
The sharpest earthquake shocks of the
present year occurred on the eastern
side Of Toxic bay. They lasted SO
seconds. Severe shocks were also felt
in Toxic.
London = Lady Astor, in a speech
here, admitted Interruptions by A.
Hayday, laborite. in the house OF
commons, 'riled and nettled her."
but added at soon passed. / am go.
ing to change. / am changing. am
really very much better than I used
to be, and now I am going to be bet.
ter every day in every way"
London = The first movie show Civ.
en- in the air was presented in a
Handley-Page airplane thousands OF
feet above the earth. A small screen
was installed at the forward end OF
the salon, the side windows darkened
and film made of special noninfam.
mable material passed before "cold
light" The film was Conan Doyle's
1.-THE Lost World"
London = Miss Alice Paul, leader
of the national women's party in the
United States, who has been helping
to form the British section of the
world feminist committee, which aims
to obtain equal rights for the sexes,
10 off oy-sc ~ ~,
feminists in an effort to implant the
movement across the channel. The
British committee cabled the Ameri.
can University Women's convention,
in Indianapolis, the assurance that
the English femi9ists are supporting
equal rights legislation in all fields.
Tarkwa, West Africa-After train
journey Of about 80 miles, the Prince
of Wales reached here from Seccon.
dee Natice chief and leaders held a
reception at the cricket grounds, at
which a great crowd greeted the
prince. Afterward Wales was re-
ceived by the European residents and
the leading native chiefs, the. latter
seated on special dais. 1t was a
colorful scene. the trees surrounding
the grounds effectively setting of the
striking royal robes of the chiefs and
the masses Of scarlet wild flowers.
Brussels Premier Theunis hand
ed the king the resignation of the
cabinet. Parliamentary elections took
place, but little interest was manifest.
ed in the ballotfng. The returns indi-
Gated that the socialists were making
most of the gains.