The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-17
MOST IMPORTANT.
NEWS OF WORLD.
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit
of Busy Readers.
Washington

quest. His successor has not been
selected.
Washington - Rear Admiral Lati-
mer, Judge advocate general Of the
navy, has been assigned to command
the special service squadron in Gen.
trail American waters in place OF
Rear Admiral Dayton.
Washington - President and Mrs.
Coolidge attended the first vaudeville
show they have seen in Washington
since Mr.. Coolidge became president.
With Senator William Butler of Mas
sachusetts as their guest, they occu-
pied flag draped box in the theater
several blocks from the White House.
Washington = For his assistance
in replenishing Italian forests devas-
tated during the war, Charles Lath-
rop Pack, president of the American
Tree Association, has been decorated
by King Emmanuel with the Order
of the Commentators Of the Crown
of Italy.
Washington - AlaEson B. Hough-
ton, ordered here from his post as
ambassador in Berlin for conferences
prior to taking over his new duties
as successor TO Secretary F. B.. Kel-
logg In the London embassy, will sail
for London, on the steamer George
Washington.
Washington The American dele
cation to the international arms traf-
flc conference, opening in Geneva on
May 4, under the auspices of the
League of Nations will include Sep
reseptative Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio, and Hugh Gibson, American
minister to Switzerland Whether a
third member will be appointed to the
delegation, so far as it is known, has
not yet been decided.
Domestic
Kansas City-The four lion cubs
born at the Swope park zoo were
named Ace, King, Jack and Deuce.
The cubs mother as Queen" of the
beasts completes the hand in the cage.
New York The Pulitzer trophy
race, the international speed classic
fer airplanes probably will be con-
Quoted this year in New York early
in October.
Syracuse - Earth tremors were
felt in Syracuse. The tremors were
greater in intensity in some sections
than those which shook the city Feb
.ruary % for three minutes.
Douglas, Ariz.-Arizona's first or
ganized volunteer forest fire fighting
organization was formed here with %
citizens pledging their services to the
forestry department as minute men"
to combat blazes in the timber lands
during the fire season.
New York-Formation of the largest
fee cream company ever organized is
contemplated by the owners Of eight
companies now operating In New York
state. II negotiations now under way
are successful, it was learned,a cor
poration will be brought into existence
having total assets of s3O,O0O,O 900.
San Francisco-The United States
destroyer Mervine dragged anchor in
strong tide. in the bay here and col
lided with the dreadnaught Colorado.
Considerable excitement was precipi-
tated aboard the Colorado, but the
vessel was not damaged.
Chicago = Fire, believed to have
been caused by spontaneous combus-
tion, destroyed the mail car on Mil
waukee train No. 6 at Ranney. Wis,
a few miles out of Milwaukee. The
entire coach with it's contents-regis-
tered and first class mail and parcel
post-was burned to the iron trucks.
Philadelphia new arms conference
that would give particular attention
to the scrapping Of submarines and
abolish their manufacture in the flu
ture was advocated by Viscount Lee,
of Fareham, first lord of the admiralty
under the Lloyd George coalition gov
eminent, at a dinner of the Phila-
delphia branch of the English-Speak-
ing Union.
Chieago-Burglars, bootleggers and
other criminals may file income tax
schedules disclosing their occupations
with the assurance that the govern
ment will treat these disclosures as
strictly confidential, Mrs. Mabel G..
Reinecke, United States collector of
internal revenue, announced. Even if
amounts are made public, publication
OF schedules is peniteniary offense,
she said, adding. "a burglar, in filing
his return, claimed a deduction for
small tools lost while on the job"
New York = Competition for the
national monument to Theodore
Roosevelt in the city of Washington
was launched here, according to an
announcement made by James R. Gar.
field, president of the Roosevelt Mem
orial Association. II is being con-
Quoted to select a designer rather
than a design, and the trustees Of
the association have agreed to COM
mission the winner to make the def
mite plans for the monument.
Kankakee, Ill - Five thousand
barrels of beer were poured into the
Kankakee river.
Los Angeles Gloria Swanson's
screen services are in the market with
i've companies bidding. 1t is not
at all determined that the popular
star will renew her present contract
with Famous Players-Lasky.
Her sftorney, Milton Cohen. who
arrived from consulting with the act
ress ~ New York, declared she is
consi} sring five excellent offers right
now Miss Swanson is to make five
NOR pictures before expiration of
her n esent Lasky contract