The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-08-07
NEWS OF THE NATION BRIEFLY TOLD
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events in the Nation and State.

Events in the Nation and
Tarrytown, N. Twenty persons
were injured so seriously as to neces-
state hospital confinement when a
large bus carrying AZ men, women and
children upset.
New York-New York university has
announced purchase of the entire east
side of Washington square in Green
witch village as site for proposed
$4,000 school of education.
South Bend, Ind.-A permanent in
junction to prevent cutting of the Lin
coin highway for the construction of a
drainage ditch was granted by Federal
Judge 7. w. Slick against the j. b.
Babcock Construction Co.
Harlis-E. T. Wettmaack, 500 Line
section foreman and his four children
lost their lives in fire which de
stroyed their house. Mrs. Wettmaack
badly burned was rushed to a hospi
tai
Sports
Minneapolis Joseph Elias, 16-year-
old caddie of the Minneapolis Colt
club, the tournament medalist with 81,
won his first round match in the state
junior golf tournament at the Superior
Golf club by defeating Vernon Allen
of Oak Ridge, and 1.
Minneapolis-Joe Armstrong, St.
Paul, won the northwestern tennis
championship for the seventh time at
Deephaven, defeating Myron Hutchin-
son, his clubmate, in the final match
81, g. The veteran Armstrong was
supreme throughout he match.
Duluth-The Duluth Boat Club won
back from the Winnipeg Rowing Club
the $4,000 Upton grand aggregate
trophy Of two Northwestern Interna-
tionai Rowing Association in the last
race of the regatta here as the Duluth
seniors and junior Fights came in first
and second.
Chicago-Bill Tilden, superman OF
tennis, does not know when he is
beaten. He proved it again here when
he snatched victory from seeming Ger.
tain defeat with a brilliantly played
rally which disposed Of the Illinois
title hopes of Howard Kinsey of San
Francisco after five long sets, GA, TO,
2-6, SO, Sc. For the third time within
week the champion was only two
points from defeat and again his great
fighting heart and indcmitahlA spirit
saved him.
Foreign
Warsaw, Poland-Felix Mlynarski.
vice chairman of the Bank of Poland,
has left for New York to cooperate
with the Polish legation in negotiating
loan of 100000 from Dillon, Read
8 Co., in addition to the $35,oOO,oo0
loan obtained in the spring.
Geneva-The League of Nations in
ternational committee on intellectual
cooperation convened here under the
craftsmanship of Professor Gilbert
Murray of England. The public meet
ing was informal and a number OF
- lCdh 1919 RSbOboSus
Sulgrave Manor, ancestral
home of George Washington in Eng
land, was the scene of pilgrimage by
the National Society of Colonial Danes
Of America, which in 1924 raised a
100000 endowment fund for the
physical upkeep of the manor.
Sofia-Bulgaria's wheat yield this
year will amount to approximately
200, 100000 bushels, according to pres
ent crop estimates. This is double last
years harvest, and exceeds previous
bumper crops of 1906 and 1911. ( 1t is
estimated 100000 bushels of wheat
will be available for export.
Berlin-Germany will not partici-
pate in the fair in connection with
the celebration in Philadelphia next
year Of the 150th anniversary of the
signing of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. Officials say the time for
preparation is too short.
London-The dispute between the
miners and the mine owners center.
ing on wages and working hours ap-
pears to be approaching a settlement.
Great pressure Is being exerted upon
the miners and mine owners to induce
them to get together for a discus
sion of their differences and to nego-
tiate new agreements.
London-With the cabinet in the
midst of its first real crisis since last
autumn, the king received Premier
Baldwin, presumably to discuss the
internal situation. The present crisis
presents two phases. First there is
the deadlock between miners and
mine owners. The second involves
the clash between Winston Churchill.
chancellor of the exchequer, and the
admiralty over the naval program.
Panama--General John j. Pershing
and members of the Tacna-Arica plebis.
cite commission sailed from here
aboard the United States cruiser Roch'
ester on the last lap Of their journey
to Africa, Chile, where the first meet
ing of the commission will be held.
Full naval honors and a salute OF 19
guns were given General Pershing on
his departure.
Paris-A French Court of Appeals
has confirmed sentences of six months
in prison and fines Of 1000 francs
each on the communist deputies, M
Marcel Cachin and M. Vaillant-Coutu.
rier, for melting soldiers to disobey
orders. The sentences were passed by
the police courts in 1928.
Pekin-Noth has been heard con.
corning the whereabouts of DR.. Harvey
J. Howard, of the Rockefeller hospital
at Pekin, who was taken prisoner by
brigands on July 20 while visiting at
the ranch of Morgan Palmer. native
of New York state. on the Sungari