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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
MY O
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
A Lover of Statistics

(Copyright-)

a Lover OF Statistics
There was a seance on-a regular
seance, with a trance medium and q
black cheesecloth cabinet and a mys-
ferrous table rapper and a ghostly
guitar picker and a smell of frying
cabbage floating In from the back of
the house and everything orthodox.
like that. The medium was q stout
lady In black, who was raising q
brown mustache and whose controls
TOOK those liberties with the English
language which seemingly is permit
ted in a realm where there is neither
space nor time-nor grammar. She
came from Brooklyn, where so many
OF those who take In sp~iritualism for
a living do come from, but at the time
OF which l speak she was playing the
provinces, as the troupers say. The
audience was of fairish size. Amid
the throng sat a half-grown youth
from about three miles out on r. r.
d. NJ. 8. He was attending his first
s~piritualistic eance And he was be-
Ing suitably impressed. As manifes-
ShNNCCNCu nluAl1CotdlIOhy bAo
eyes popped and his ears twitched.
If he had had gills, beyond doubt they
would have opened and closed.
Presently the mediums husband,
who acted, so to speak, as ringmaster,
desired to know whether there was
yet another present DESTROYS of hav-
ing speech with some dear departed
one. If so madame would undertake
to establish liaison.
This was the cue for the yokel. He
mustered courage to stutter an m
barrassed plea. He wished to have
speech with the shade of his late ia
Their.
After a proper wait there were
sounds In the cabinet and through the
darkness there spoke the tones Of one
of seeming hoary age.
SIS that you, my SOM" asked the
voice.
"Yes, paw, this here is me-" an
swered the youth.
was there any questions you
wished to asst me concernin' my pres
ent slater" continued the
dating voice.
The boy thought a moment. Then:
Where air you, pawn he inquired
with simple directness.
Heaven, my son."
Air you an angel, pawT'
ooh, yes, my son."
IAN angel with wings and a harp
and everything"
The answer was somewhat muf-
fed but seemingly in the affirmative.
The son considered a moment. Then
he had an inspiration.
Il say, paw" he demanded sagely,
"whut do you measure frum tip to
tip?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
MRS HARDING's MOTHER DIES

Mrs. King Losses Race With Death
on Way North.
Washington-Mrs. Carolina Beatty
Killing. ~stepmother of the late Mrs.
Florence King Harding, lost a race
with death.
Advised by her physicians of the
approach of the end, Mrs. Killing left
Daytona, Fla, with the hope of reach
Ing her home at Columbus, Ohio, be-
fore she expired. Death overlook her,
however, when her train was between
Richmond and Washington.
II want to go home to die" Mrs.
Killing told friends in Florida, where
she has spent the past few winters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
SHEPHERD ACCUSED OF PLOT
Husband Also Charged With Killing
Both McCIintocks.

Chicago-The coroner's jury inves-
tigating the death of William N. Nc
Clintock, millionaire orphan, concur
red in the action Of the grand jury,
which indicted William d. Shepherd,
McClintock's foster father, for his
murder, and also recommended that
Mrs. William D. Shepherd be held to
the grand jury as an accessory to the
murder.
. The jury also recommended that
Shepherd be held to the grand jury on
a charge of murder in the death Of
Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, the
young millionaire's mother, who died
16 years ago, and that Mrs. Shepherd
be held as an accessory to murder in
this death. The jury found that Mrs.
McClintock died from mercury poison
ing administered by Shepherd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
WOMENS COUNCIL is OPENED
Hoover Delivers Greetins-Lady Aber-
deem, President, Declares Aim.

SSttNSi NASt
deem, President, Declares Aim.
Observation-Disclosures in the four
official languages of the convention
English, French, German and Span
ish-were heard at the formal open
ing of the seventh ~quinquennial SEES.
sion of the International Council Of
Women.
The formal opening at which Secre-
tary Hoover delivered an address Of
greeting and Lady Aberdeen as presi-
dent of the council, presented her
message, followed a day of activity in
committee meetings for the delegates
representing the component ~organiza-
tions in AZ countries. Mrs. Philip
North Moore, president of the Ma
tional Council of Women of the Uni
ted States, presided and music was
furnished by the Marine band.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
G TO BE SPEED GUIDE
Pedestrians Given Right to Halt
Autos at Crossing in Model Code.


Autos at Crossing in Model Code.
Washington - Washington's new
code of traffic regulation, a composite
of the best methods adopted by other
cities throughput the country, is in
effect. The new rules which are
built around the idea of the greatest
speed possible commensurate with the
greatest safety, are expected to serve
as a model for the rest of the coun-
try.
To facilitate the movement Of traf-
fic, the speed limit has been raised
from Is to % miles an hour. Through
streets are to be designated and plain
ly marked on which greater speeds
will be permitted, running as high as
35 miles an hour on certain arterial
thoroughfares leading to trunk high
ways in the outlying sections.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Pilot Releases Precious HeIium.

Omaha-Emergency measures were
taken to save the army dirigible
TC-6 from possible disaster here,
when Colonel John Pagelow, COM
mander, pulled the ripcord of the
ships bag, allowing the helium gas
to escape in record time. A high
west wind made. necessary the action
after volunteers, in addition to the
regular aids at Fort Crook, were un-
able to hold the ship in check. The
bag and gondola will be packed and
shipped to Scott field, Bellesville,
H.. Colonel Pagelow said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

MIR. Joseph F. Glus of Brooklyn,
N. Y, writes 'In the past 20 years
I have been constantly troubled with
constipation. Every remedy tried
would work OK. for a while-but
soon failed. The only remedy / have
been able to use steadily with good
results have been Carriers Little Liver
Pills. / don't guess when / take them
Il know I'm going to feel relieved"
CSC at all druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

Goodness consists, not in the out
ward things we do. but in the inward
things We are; to be is the great thing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Doing Good

Doing good in this life is the best
preparation for the life to come. Evil
deeds are like a subtle poison in the
drinking fountain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
GOLD STANDARD BILL PASSED
Commons Puts Measure Through cri.
ticaI Stage Without Division.

London-The house Of commons,
after a comparatively brief debate and
without division, passed the second
reading of the gold standard bill and
agreed to the necessary money reso-
luton for putting into force the gov
ernment's arrangements for restoring
the gold standard.
, 1925-02-03
five MUShERS
In DOG DERBY;
MANY STRIKE

THE PAS, Man, Feb. 3. By the
Associated Press).-With tho lead.
Ing mushers OF former races on
strike the eighth annual 2oO.mile
nonstop race OF The Pas Derby as,
sociation. will start from here TO-
day with only five entrants compel,
Ing.
All five were last minute entries
and were made late last night lust
befiro the lists were closed. Proml.
nent racers OF other years failed to
enter. protesting against running
the event over the new Hudson
Railway-Herb lake course. and de.
manding that the association use
the old lumber trails route. The
dogs entered were mostly OF the
northern huskie breed. mots OF the
entrants racing with seven dogs.
Endurance viii be the chief fac
tor in the long grind. as experience
ed mushers asser that no records
will be broken and that the new
curse cannot be covered in less
than 30 hours. A memorial trophy
and $1,000 cash will go to the win.
ner.
, 1925-02-03
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL
Omitted Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK. Feb. a. United
PressGParis promoters promised to
advance Johnny Dundee $4,000 of a
81 5000 purse ten days before he was
to fight Fred Bretonnel. a French
featherweight.
The promoters didn't do 1t, and
Dundee pulled out.
Smart fellow. Dundee" Broad
way said.
Tom Gibbons went to London on
a promise that he would be given
s4o,o 900 to fight Jack Bloomfield.
! A week before the fight Gibbons
knew that he couldn't get all his
money.
well. what can you give me7''
Gibbons asked when he was told
that he couldn't get his purse.
You can gel SIS. DOOR he was told
Gibbons fought and he didn't get
that much.
Sucker. Gibbons u.s." Broadway
said. and gave him the laugh.
Between Gibbons and Dundee y
is a question who laughs last witt
the best laugh.
Gibbons left England with cheers
There's a real sportsman. W.
thought Americans were dollal
s~queezers. Gibbons is not. W,
have learned something about Amer
leans" the London press comment
ed.
Dundee had to sneak out of Paris
He avoided being taken Oft the boa
only because of a technicality. II,
has been sued In the courts and ar
appeal has been made for his per
manent disqualification by the few
recognized boxing organizations. 4.
It makes little DILIGENCE to Broad
way what London and Paris thinl
about American fighters. The razz
berry handed TO him by Paris mas
not disturb the happiness or affect
the future prosperity OF Dundee. HI
gave UP Europe once to maks hi,
home here. Perhaps he never wants
TO go back to Europe.
The tribute that London paid &c
Tom Gibbons will not lie considered
when the butcher bills have to b.
paid for the five bouncing little
Glbbonses. but the sportsmapship OF
their father will mean something
to the Gibbonses II they ever go &c
London and Paris and 1t is quite
likely that the five little fellows
will some day want to see the lakes
andtthe hills of Erin that has such
a warm place in their fathers heart
There's no sentiment In sport and
there is no use getting sentimental
about the two cases.
But there is some sentiment in ma,
, 1925-02-03
PH|[L|ES PIN
HOPE To EIGHT
NEW RECRUITS
First Division Place
Is Now Goal Of
Fletcher

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb. 3-By
Tho Associated PressSHopes of the
Philadelphia Nationals. rising from
a chronic second division team, this
year. lie in the ability of the eight
players who have been obtained to
strengthen the club.
From the Waterbury team OF the
Eastern League came Yordy, put
fielder. Metz. shortstop, and Ulrich,
pitcher. Walter Kimmick was OBJ.
tanned in a trade with Los Angeles.
The south furnished Huber, third
basemnn, and Chicken" Hawks. a
first baseman. Ffllingim and O'Neil
both former Boston pitchers also
will report.
Manager Arthur Fletcher so far
has released three players who were
with him In 1924. Pitchers Philip b
Lefty Weinert and l.. Pinto and
Andrew Woehers. a third baseman.
The Phillies finished seventh last
senson,sbut Fletcher believes he has
assembled n squad for the 1925 race
which will edge into first division
The team has been handicapped by
weak pitching.
Present indications are that Wal
ter Holke will appear again at first
base, and Horace Ford is assured OF
his post at second with Heinle Sand
filling his accustomed position at
shortstop. Third base Is a question,
with the prospect that Russell
Wrightstone will be- shifted TO the
outfield. leaving Huber and Kim.
mick TO fight for the place.
Harry Harper will be In right
field and cy Williams. home hit.
ter, expects to resume his duties in
center. Wrightstones undoubtedly
Will play left.
Fletcher has a capable trio OF
catchers in WAITER Henline. Jimmy
Wilson and Lou Wendell and the
pitchers remaining from the last
campaign r Jimmy Ring. Charley
Glazner, Johnny Couch, Jeo oesch,
ger. Harold Carlson and Clarence
Mitchell.
, 1925-02-03

The cheers OF the crowd he an.
parises at their precise value. Loud
tho they may cheer him in his vic.
tories. he well knows they would
cheer louder for a man who slowed
him away.
Dempsey has a retentivc memoir,
n when be began TO apply II in
the acquisition of general know.
ledge he made rapid progress. No
man who knows something that
Jack does not know, yet wants 10
Know, escapes from the champion
without any exhaustive interroga.
ton.
In this way and by reading, Demp-
sey has practically made himself
i've He wcdld like to be a bust.
ness man with all the D and
prestige that comes to a citizen en-.
gagged in the constructive things of
life. He detests the theater and has
no love for the life of a movie ac-
tor.
He will undoubtedly enter upon A.
business life in the near future and
1t remains to be seer how we'll he
VIII get along without the assistance
OF Jack Kearns' clever and versatile
mind.
But It looks as tho Kearns, Demp.
sey n company would figure in at
least on more bout. The Gibbons bal.
lyhoo has been so loud and persis.
tent this past week that no other
conclusion is possible.
l. Dempsey says he will marry
and not fight agan. 2. Gibbons lays
claim to the championship title. 8.
Dempsey starts up enraged, asking
VINO this is who thinks he can grab
his title without fighting for It. And
SO on and so on until tho lear old
public is all steamed up to the $3.50
ringside seat notch.
, 1925-02-03
Bare Knees in
Tennis Play at
Monte Carlo

MONTE CARLO. Feb. 3.-Bare
knees have appeared here among
the women tennis players, who are
wearing rolled stockings and skirts
alomst as short as bathing costumes,
The abbreviated skirt and plenty of
knee room" add a lot to the play,
the players say. and give much more
freedom than formerly.
Skirts OF the hew tailor made and
ensemble suits worn in Monte Carlo
and Nice arc also much shorter than
even n few months ago. and light.
The skinny skirt has come to stay.
at least for this season. according
to the tailors.
, 1925-02-03
MINORS CARRY
LEAGUE POINT
Optional Player Limit
Will Be Fixed At
Eight, Report
By JOHN B. FOSTER.

Uopyr1ght 1870 casper
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-The minor
leagues. 1t appears. have won their
point about the optional player limit
being fixed at eight. II It is fixed
above eight. 1t will be with the con-
semi of the minors and not because
an arbitrary order places the limit
on any number that may be deemed
best by any one official in baseball.
This question of optional players
Is one of the most vital that con-
fronts the minor leagues. 1t has been
their contention, whenever the sub
ject of the draft and the placing of
players by the majors has been
brought up. hat the majors. little by
little, are extending their control
over too great a proportion of h
available baseball material. Recently
some of the majors have been plac-
ISg as many as Is players in the
minor Leagues ION option"
When Commissioner Lands assum-
ID office, the minors declined to &C
cept the draft. Since then. all the
class IA circuits have agreed to a
modified draft. Meanwhile by nuthor-
ration of tho commissioner the 15-
player option limit has been brought
into being. The draft plan, however,
provides for the farming out Of only
eight.
II Is that fact which has raised
particular Ned ever since the Hart
ford meeting and the minors. fight
Ing for a principle. are said to have
been assured that they will be met
In joint convention of some sort at
which 1t will be agreed Just how
many players may be put out with a
string. and. that the agreement will
DO kept.
This is the point for which the mi
nors have been contending and there
is no reason in the world why their
wtshes should not be granted. They
have fully as much right to get into
the player business as their big
brothers. who wish to absorb all the
high class playing material they can
, 1925-02-03
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

" your skin is yellow-compleuon
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
a lazy, no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years Of study
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are apurely
yegetablec mpound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave a clear, pink skin. bright ewes.
no pimples. a feeling of buoyancy like
rhildhoodda syoumust getatthe cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. Take one or two nightly and
note the pleasing results Millions Of
ooxes are sold annually at 15c and 3oe.
, 1925-02-03
PLANS
BIG. STADIUM
BY PERRY.

Copyright. 1925, Casper Trihune)
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-In order to
save tho Drake relays. famous
throughout the country. citizens of
Des Moines. Iowa, have united to
build a new s25o.oOO stadium for the
university.
Fear OF losing the relays because
OF the poor equipment and small size
of the present amphitheater-it seats
only 5000 spectators-and made
quate housing facilities. is respon.
sible for the building project.
1t has become known that a plan Is
under discussion in Chicago 10 at
tempt to take the Drake relays to
the large Grant Park stadium. This
aroused Des Moines to the necessity
of immediate action.
Moreover, the university of Kan
, 1925-02-03
THE TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS
you KNOW ME AL--Adventures Of Jack Keefe

Friend AL:
Well Al having nothing to do /
thought ! would write to you. am
still poseing as a wooden dummy in
the clothing store laying for pick
pockets. OF course its hard work
standing all day but then ! gets web
paid for it. My feet which | have
nick named dogs gets tired and !
sure enjoys a chair at night when |
gets through. Today ! am poseing as
the information buroo. You know !
tell people where to get such and such.
The boss thinks ] should ought to get
the eegle eye on a crook or 2 with this
racket. OF course l cant anser all
questions but just the same III let most
Of them know that they amt talking
to no dumbell.
Yours till the clowds roll buy
Jack Keefe.
, 1925-02-03
WASHINGTON
Basket TEAMS DIVIDE
H0N0Rs IN PLAY HERE


Lincoln and Washington schools
split their basketball doubleheader in
the grade school league yesterday
afternoon. the boys OF Lincoln win
ming IA to 10 and the girls of Wash
ington shutting out their opponents
10 to 0.
The lineups:
Lincoln bcys-Waters. Rosseiie.
Harlow. Hazard. Stokes.
Washingtn boys-Turner, Giles.
Tafe. Barr and Csaki.
Lincoln girls-Emma Hoke. Evelyn
Barr, Nina Starkey, l.. Kamar. Nil.
dred Lee and Lulu Tilden.
Washington girls@Jane Ellis. Hell.
N Bott. Mable Milne, Leona Dun
can, N. Covington and w. Thatcher.
Meet me at ths Smokehouse."
, 1925-02-03
Grid Players
Offer Blood
For Director

WASHINGTON. Penn, Feb. a.
Every man On tho Washington and
Jefferson college football squad Of
fered to submit his blood when ply
sicians decided Robert NJ. Murphy,
graduate manager Of athletics at
the school. suffering from a gen
eral breakdown, must undergo a
TRANSMISSION operation.
Three men were selected as hav
ing the proper type Of blood. Joe
Basista. fullback on the squad. gave
two pints OF blood.
Charley Long, guard. and Guy
l.. Johnston. halfback. the other two
selected, will be called should fur
Their transfusions be necessary.
Murphy was reported improved.
, 1925-02-03

n relays at Lawrence. Kan, has
been a source OF worry. The meet
takes place one week in advance OF
the Drake affair and an increasing
number Of athletes and spectators
have been migrating TO the Kansas
games where facilities are fully
equal to any reasonable demand.
Des Moines has no desire TO lose
her pet athletic went. 1t is regard.
ed not only rs an asset to the univer.
sity but directly beneficial to the
city. This being so, the greater Des
Moines committee. an organization
made w Of the leading business men
Of the city. was held last week and
decision was reached to build a stad.
lum for the university.
, 1925-02-03
THE SUCKER AND THE
WISE u AS PLAYED
BY RING FIGHTERS

tionality and there are reasons to
be proud that one American boxer
did something that made a great
empire think a little more Of Ameri-
cans.
Broadway may call Dundee n
smart guy and Gibbons the sucker.
But Broadway is far from the
spokesman for the nation. Glib
bons played the part OF a good
sportsman and Dundee did not.
Stunts like that always have n
boomerang way of coming back
where they started. We wonder
what will come back on Dundee.
We believe that tho rest OF Gibbons
purse will come back &c him some
day, even IL 1T is not all in English
| pounds.
, 1925-02-03

manager. shrewd. courageous to the
limit and wise to all the ways of
tbs trade. No promoter and rival
manager ever had or eve will have
any chance of putting anything over
an the Doc.
Dempsey. on the other hand, is
not what he used. to be, that is to
say. not a pugilist pure and simple,
with a pug's outlook on life. When
he got to be champion and met men
he never had a chance of meeting
before. he developed a burning am
hition to be like these men. In the
old days he loved to fight for the
sake Of a fight and you'd battle
with anyone.
Later-as he acquired various
tastes and inclinations and ambi-
lions, he came TO look upon fight
ing merely as a means to and end.
, 1925-02-03
SPORT BRIEFS

NEWARK. N. J.-Carl Tremaine,
Cleveland batamweight. was award
ed the Judges decision owe Jeo Mel
son Philadelphia, at the end of ten
rounds.
, 1925-02-03

COLUMBUS. G.-Young StribImc.
Macon, Georgia. light heavyweight
went into heavyweight circles to
knock out Joe Burke, Detroit, in
the third round Of a ten round bout.
, 1925-02-03

The 1925 racing season OF the
American Automobile Association
viii be opened with a 25o.mile cham
plonship contest at Culver City on
'sVashington's birthday.
, 1925-02-03

BOX

II you have some question to
ask about baseball, football. box.
ing or any other amateur or pro-
fessional sport
II you want a rule Interpreted
If you want to know anything
about a play or player Q
Write to John B. Foster. on
baseball.
Lawrence Perry. on amateur
sports, and
Fair Play on boxing and other
professional sports. All are spe-
ciai correspondents of the Casper
Tribune. s14 World Building. New
York.
II you want a personal reply
enclose a stamped. self-addressec
umn.
envelope. Otherwise your ques
ion will be answered in this col
, 1925-02-03
DEMPSEY ASP|RES ROBUSTNESS
LIFE; PARTING Of WAYSA At HAND
Championship and Money Bring Him to New
Ambition and Keams VIII Be
the One to Lose Out
By FAIR PLAY.

Copyright, 1925, Casper Tribune.)
~ NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Whether Jack Dempsey and
Jack Kearns have come to a business parting of the ways,
there is no doubt in the mind of a person who knows both
men that they parted long ago in tastes, habits of life and
ambitions.
, 1925-02-03

C~HIcAGo-whether Ed "strang.
ler' Lewis. who stlll claims the
worlds heavyweight title, is as good
as he was before Wayne Big) Mum
defeated him in Kansas City re-
Gently. Will be determined at the
Coliseum tonight when he meets Joe
"roots' Mondt. Colorado cowboy.
, 1925-02-03

The new home OF the Dallas Attn
leuc Club, CONSTRUCTED and equipped
Mt at cost OF over 50. 25o.0o0, will be.
ready for opening in April.
, 1925-02-03

The center Of population, pugilis.
ticaliy speaking. has taken a big
jump westward since the new boxing
law came into operation in Califor.
MIA.
, 1925-02-03

QUESTI0N-Who OF the Big
Three had the most games won up
to the time when other colleges
started to play football in their
class?
ANSwER-Yale by a big margin.
Princeton Vas a good second in the
number CT victories over Harvard
and Yale and Harvard third in point
Of success against her two rivals.
QUESTION - What would you
suggest as the best method to pre-
pared a skinned diamond. Should
II be sanded?
ANswER-A skinned diamond is
not so desirable as n turf diamond.
II II possible TO retain a turf, field
IL Will be found TO give much more
satisfaction. a skinned diamond
quickly roughs tho ball and does
not Improve It for play. Some skin
ned diamonds res pringled with
sand but unless II Is more like loan
than crushed gravel It is not apt to
give satisfaction. II is never advis-
able 10 ruin n turf diamond to
make Il n skinned diamond"
QUEsTION-Was Jack Dempsey
ever marrfedy
ANSWER - Yes, and divorced.
Now single.
, 1925-02-03

Meet me at the smokehouse.