The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-03-27

which burned Negro at the stake
near Rocky Ford, Ca, after his al
legged assault on a 14-year-old white
girl. Rewards OF 500 each were Of
fered for the arrest of other members
of the mob.
Sports
Minneapolis-Me Arts of st.
Paul won the Minnesota high school
basketball championship at Kenwood
armory by defeating Buffalo, 20 to
s, in the final game of the state tour
nament. 1t was the first champion.
ship that has been won by ST. Paul
team since the Inauguration Of the
tournament in 1913.
Minneapolis Peter Manning,
1:56&, worlds champion trotter and
the great little PAGER Sanardo, 1891,
have been signed by William F..
Sanger, superintendent of the Mime
sofa state fair speed department, as
the readline feature of the harness
racing program to be staged in con.
nection with the Minnesota state fair,
September to II.
Chicago-Billy Gibson, manager. of
Gene Tunney, American light heavy
weight champion, announced here
that he had received an offer for
Tunney to box Jack Dempsey in a 10
round, no-decision contest in Los An
geles in June. He said, however,
that he would withhold acceptance Of
the offer, pending the outcome of me-
gotiations for 15-round bout to a
decision with Tom Gibbons in New
York during the summer season.
ST. Paul-The Nurmi-Ritola track
program at the Hippodrome on April
16 and Is will be the largest program
of its kind ever presented in the
Twin Cities, according to the plans
completed at meeting of the Fennia
Club, promoters of the program. Be.
sides having Paavo Nurmi and Willie
Ritola here there will be leading
high school, college and university
athletes of the northwest. At the
meeting last night the Fennia Club
decided to make the program an In.
vitation affair and to include other
athletes.
Foreign
Managua, gua-Violent oppo-
sition is developing in the Nicaraguan
congress against the proposed loan of
100000 recently negotiated by the
government with New York bankers.
London-Although the Turkish re-
volt situation is subsiding, according
to reports from Consiantinople, 1t is
reliably reported additional classes Of
the army have been called and spe-
cial amounts voted for campaign pur-
poses.
Cairo. Egypt-A dispatch from Jed.
dab reports that troips. of the king
dom Of the Hedjaz, Sunday, severely
defeated the Wahabi tribesmen, who
lost 800 In killed. The Hedjaz troops
are said to have suffered nine killed
and 80 wounded.
Cherbourg-Arriving here on the
Olympic, Mrs. Huntington Wilson,
wife of the former American assistant
secretary of state, reported to the po-
lice her $4,000 chinchilla coat and
several hundreds dollars worth of
jewelry had been stolen en- route to
France.
Bagdad-The Turkish Petroleum
Company which embraces the princi.
pal American companies has signed a
convention with the Irak government
for the exploitation of petroleum de.
posits throughout the entire country,
excepting the Vilayet of Basrap, for a
period Of rs years. The Turkish Pc
troleum Company, which comprises
four groups, will share equally in the
project. If enough oil Is found, pipe
lines across the desert to the Medi-
terranean will be laid.
Lessau, Germapy-All records for
Germany were topped here when Frau
Becker, wife of manual laborer, bore
her twenty-seventh child, healthy
boy. Eleven Of the other children are
living, among them several pairs of
twins. On the same night of the ar.
rival of the latest addition to the
family her eldest married sister, An
ma, gave birth to twin girls.
Mexico City-Orders to all military
commanders throughout the country,
to suppress disorders, using force il
necessary, have been issued by the
war department under instructions
from President Gales. The measure
was taken owing to the attitude of the
railway men in several districts, pro-
testing against the presidents recent
decree classifying them as federal
employees.
Mexico City-Word from Puebla
says that Manuel Montres, rebel agrar-
ian leader, entered Atzcompa, near
Puebla, with a strong band of agrari-
ans. Troops and the people resisted.
Two townspeople were killed and Is
several seriously. The
agrarian dead and wounded is not
known as they were carried off the
field. Government troops are in pur-
suit of the rebels who retired to the
Belgrade-Stormy scenes occurred
in the Jugoslav parliament following
the election committees announce
ment that only six members of the
Croatian union party would be per.
mitted to retain their seats. The
has unseated 81 members
Of the Croatian party.
Naples-The royal commissar has
issued decree that all visitors to
Naples, except students, ecclesiastics,
and functionaries engaged in the per-
torrance of their duties, must pay a