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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE
AT EVELETH, DEC. 3, 4, S.

Much interest is being shown in
the coming Northern Minnesota
Older Boys Conference which will
take place at Eveleth on December
8, and 5. Without a doubt several
from this city will attend. An ele-
giant program has been arranged we
are informed by Bill Pellenz, Jr., of
Eveleth, who has charge of the pub
licity for the Conference.
Curtis Johnson of Rush City will
headline the Conference meetings.
Over two hundred boys from all the
range cities, Grand Rapids, Two Har-
bors and International Falls are ex-
pected to be in. attendance. Mr..
Johnson will deliver three addresses
during the Conference: "Life's
Work." 'tLife's Mate" and "Life's
Religion" Rev. C. N. Pace of the
Methodist church of Duluth, one of
the leading religious educators of
the state, will speak at the banquet
to be held Saturday night, December
4th. DIR. B S. Adams of Hibbing
will give a lecture on"Keeping Fit, ,
using motion pictures. A. w. Ingli
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
LEGION PARIS TRIP RESER-
VATIONS BEING MADE.

The state headquarters of the
American Legion will begin reserv-
ing state rooms for the Minnesota
Legion men and women on Monday
for the Paris trip in September,
1927. Minnesota has been allocated
9O3 reservations on the Mount Royal
Canadian steamer of the first class.
World war veterans must be mem
bers of the American Legion in 1926
and 1927 to be eligible to make the
Paris trip next year. Members OF
the Auxiliary are also eligible, while
fathers of service men are also in
cluded by special order of the Nat
ional Legion headquarters.
A one-fare rate is offered for the
round trip from Duluth and Mime
sofa towns to Montreal and return,
while the minimum cost of the boat
trip and expenses en- route is placed
at S175. The rates will be effective
from Sept, | to Dec. 1, 1927, allow
ing sixty days stay-overs for those
who want to continue their tours of
Europe or England. In place of the
usual red tape in securing passports
the national organization will issue
special delegate certificates, the price
of which will be 81 each.
The Leviathan has been designated
the flagship of about twenty vessels
already chartered to carry the 3d..
900 Legion and Auxiliary members
from the ports of Montreal, Boston
New York and Hampton Roads tt
the Paris convention.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

In the death of Benjamin F. Smith
at Virginia Tuesday, that city and
the ranges loses a citizen who will
be missed. He has been resilient
of Virginia since 1900 and at that
time opened the Fay Hotel which he
conducted up to a few years ago
when he turned the management
over to his SON, Stewart B. Smith.
The Fay is recognized as one of the
most popular hotels in the northwest.
Ben Smith always was a booster for
his home town and prominent in the
civic affairs of his city. He is sur
vived by his SON and two daughters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
SHORTER CHICAGO ROUTE
NOW AVAILABLE.

Motorists in st. Louis County who
have occasion to make trips to Chi
cago, will be interested in bulletin
from the State Highway department
announcing that the short route
through Winona, Minnesota and
Sparta, Wisconsin, now has an all
weather surface.
Minnesota Highway No. 3 is now
paved from Winona to Wabasha,
from Lake City to Red Wing and
from Newport to Sank Centre, ex-
cept five mile stretch in Stearns
county to be paved next spring.
Pavement will be laid next year from
Newport to near Hastings. From
Hastings to Red Wing and from
Lake City to Wabasha there is good
graveled road. When these stretch
es are paved, it will be on new To-
cation, so that no detour will be nee
essary. Contracts have been let for
grading and paving between Winona
and Lacrosse. The Wisconsin high
way department. has announced that
no work will be done on No. 35 next
year between Winona and Lacrosse,
so this road will be available until
No. is completed. The Wisconsin
roads from Lacrosse to Madison fol-
low scenic route but until this year
they have been unsurfaced and slip
perry in wet weathe~ Motorists VII.
now be able to g on graveled roads
via Kilbourn until they reach the
pavement at Columbus after which
they can follow the pavement thru
WATERFOWL and Milwaukee to Chi
cago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Odd "Beauty Stripes"

The women Of Paraguay have
marks on their faces like army
stripes, to indicate rank. The pig
ment used consists of ashes mixed
with blood, while the instrument Is
a sharp thorn. If woman being tat
tooed cries out with pain she is told
that she IL disgrace to her family
and unworthy of q husband.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Birds and Gases

Experiments have SHOWN that birds
are much less affecte by poisonous
gases than man. Sp; rrows and do
mestic pigeons resisted mustard gas
and several other war gases, showing
little sign Of distress, In quantities
that would have killed soldiers, and
another weapon against such pests as
the sparrows has proved worthless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

361,391 votes were required IL.
the last election in favor of the cons
titutional amendments. Out Of the
three voted for onlX one was car
ried. Amendment No. 2, or me
forestry amendment was tbs only
one which came out of the fray with
a whole skin, receiving 383,003 votes
in its favor. The total vote cast
in the state was 722,781. Secretary
Mike Holm received the highest vote
of any of the candidates, 449, 447.
Governor Christianson's unofficial
vote is placed at 395,779 while Mag
nus johnson secured 266,S45. The
state canvassing board will meet on
November %, when the vote will be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

The first American house In which
gas was used for lighting was the
home of David Melville, at Newport,
n. I. Baltimore, Md, was the first
city In the United States to use gas
for lighting. It was introduced there
In 1917.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

The campaign for city office is now
fairly underway. Filings this week
comprise M. J. Murphy for mayor,
and Ivan Tauzell, Frank Veranth, Jr.
and James Paulos for Alderman.
Sunday the Slovenes met at the
Jugo-Slav. National Home and en-
dorsed E. W. Hanson for reelection
as mayor and Tauzell and Veranth
for aldermen. Messrs. Brince and
Mascara of Eveleth and John Movrin
of Duluth attended the meeting of
the Slovenic Society Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

day, our first team goes to Virginia
to swim the strong Virginia team In
the afternoon. This means that two
complete teams must be in readiness
within month which again means
plenty of work for the swimmers
from now on,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Neu Human Classification

An ad from an exchange wants
anyone desiring work to notify the
social department in the city hail.
"We should especially like to know"
the ad goes on "of those who are will
ing to care for young children and
semi-individuals." Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Kite Carried Wire

The first wire rope used In 1852 In
the suspension bridge across the gorge
below Niagara falls was taken across
the impossible waters of the rapids by
the help of kite flown over the boil
ing stream.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Made Himself Unpopular

A Belgian chemist, Van Helmont,
coined the word "gas" In the first half
Of the Seventeenth century. The Dutch
word "geest," signifying "ghost," sug-
gested the term to him, and his super
stitious neighbors bounded him into
obscurity for talking Of ghosts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

S. v. Saxby, executive secretary
of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce
is being mentioned as successor 10
the late Oscar Arenson, chief clerk
of the state house of representatives.
Saxby would grace the position with
dipinity and would be valuable man
in the place, besides being OF beneht
to those who might have business
with the law making body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Where the Wood Goes

Building and construction take an
nually 100000 cars of lumber; plan
ing mills, 100000 cars; the automo-
bile industry, 10000 cars. Even
toothpicks and matches require 4,50O
to 5000 cars of wood each year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Constellation tn Sky

Orion is the name of constella-
ton known to the ancients. 1t con-
tains stars of the first, second and
lesser magnitudes, and is popularity
recognized by three collinear stars
forming the belt of Orion"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
First Wire-CobIe Bridge

The first wire-cable bridge In the
United States was erected when John
A. Roebling, the inventor of the wire
rope, built an aqueduct bridge across
the Lackawaxen river at High Falls.
N. Y, In 1914 to carry the Pennsyl--
vania canal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

come official and be made public.
While the unofficial figures mag be
correct, it will require the canvasslng
boards OK before they can be con-
sidered as official.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

of Eveleth will care for the Scouts
Method group. Fl. o. Van Trees has
charge of the DeMolay, the Sunday
School and the Employed Boys and
Young Peoples Work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Handy for Burns

Put as much alum In bottle OF
water as will dissolve and keep 1t
where 1t will be handy In case OF
burns. If applied at once this solu-
ton will prevent blistering and also
relieve pain quickly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Sending Fruit to Sleep

BY the use of simple new appa,
ratus fruit imported into England can
be "sent to Sleep" instead Of being
put in cold storage; such fruit keeps
much better and loses less of its quail
ity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Danish Thought of Self

The essence Of true nobility Is neg
lect of self. Let the thought of self
pass In and the beauty of great action
Is gone, like the bloom from a soiled
fiower.-Froude
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Wonderful Woman

Atchison has the most unusual
woman In the world. She has never
tainted, has never had Mysteries, and
often scoIds her husband for not going
out to stag parties now and then
Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Corner Camp St. and Third Ave.

Friday, 1880 pm. Choir Practice.
Saturday, 3 pm. Confirmation Class
Cat John Anderson's)
Sunday, $50 am Sunday School
at 10:45 am Service in Swedish
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.- Bible Study.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Or He Wouldn't Write K

Basing our opinion on the ones we
have read, we are convinced that when
a man writes his autobiography he has
a very high opinion of himself-Hills-
boro News Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Hammered bv Proereas

Somebody maintains that New Eng
land farmers are not so sagacious as
they were once, and, to tel 90. tn.
they haven't the hoss-trading nov to
keep their minds up to grade.--Bos ON
Transcript
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19

From an English story-"No one
ever thought of Lady Susan as old,
although her sixtieth decade loomed
ahead In the not very distant future"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Dog and Cot Laundry

A dog and cat laundry has been
opened in Brockton, Mass. An at
tendant calls at the home for the
animals and delivers them fully bathed,
massaged and marcelled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
The Difference

A specialist is one who has his pa
tents trained to become Ill only In
office hours. A general practitioner is
likely to be called off the golf course
at any time.-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Nile of Great Antiquity

Biologists estimate that the River
Nile has been at least 1850 years In
building up its delta to its present
size.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Chinese Wall Stands First

The Great Wall of China Is the
greatest barrier built by man and ex-
tends for about 1900 miles in the
north of China proper, of which 1t:
partly formed the boundary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Saued Taxpayers' Money

Leaving off the blue stripes on mail
sacks saves the United States govern
ment $4,000 year. 1t used to cost
a cent a yard to put them in and they
lessened the scrap value of the sack.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FIRST EV. LUTH. CHURCH.

English Services $500 10: 80 am
Finnish Services 100 pm
Choir Rehearsal, Wednesday, pm.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
its autumn fair at Kaleva Hall on
Thanksgiving day at 3 p. m. Dona-
lions are gratefully acknowledged.
All are invited to attend.
Children's Services Thanksgiving
Day at 10 a. m.
Services at G. Johnson's residence
at Winton at 2 p. m.
G. A. AHO, Pastor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Cruelty

"Pll never speak to Olga again. She
is mean! bought hat just like hers
and then she went and bought new
one and gave the other to her cook r'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Head-Huntine curtoiIed

Slavery and head-hunting have been
abolished In Burma, except In the
most remote parts of the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
London's Official Flag

The of,cial flag of the city of Lon
don shows on white background the
red cross of st. George and below Ii a
beam of wavy blue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
Devil Is Good Fighter

He who will fight the devil at his
own weapon must not wonder II he
finds him an overmatch.-South.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
No Sooner Said Than Done

II guess I'll have just light lunch
today" observed the rat, as 1t bur-
rowed into the box of matches.-Pro-
gressive Grocer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
The Final Error

Neglect a cold If you want to, but
remember that 1t may be one of the
very last things you ever do on this
earth.-Nashville Banner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-19
CHURCH NOTES
METHODIST CHURCH.

Sunday School Gas A. M.
Morning Worship,-----11 100 A. M.
Epworth League, -----6:45 P. NJ.
Evening Service. -----7:30 P. NJ.
Sunday morning theme: "Where
Do You Live" Quotation from DR..
Charles Reynold Brown, Dean Re-
ligion, Yale University.
Special music by the choir.
Evening theme: Casting Out
Fear"
The Thasksgiving service will be
held in the Methodist church. The
Rev. H. R. Browne will deliver the
address.
Music by the Methodist choir.
B. E. WILLIAMS, Minister.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
Move TO Condemn
SOvietS Creates
CrisisEn Commons
especial to The DaIy WORKER

LONDON June 25-The house Of commons forced to
suspend sitting due crisis created by the
labor members who declared they given time
enough express their views pending motion condemnng
Union Republics for sending funds to England
aid British strikers
deputy speaker the chair at the time and made in
eHectuai efforts restore order
Chamberlain spoke in opposition to action
which might rupture diplomatic relations with Russia
Shapur Sakatvala Communist member, making speech
opposition his release from today
that the sending of Russian into England aid
strikers purely phanthropc and it stupid to regard
conspiracy against England Z"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
GAL TRIED TO
BRIDE WILSON,
PEPPER RIVAL
Offered Ex-Secretary
Job on Rail Board

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Wllliam
B. Wilson, who served as secretary
of labor in the Wilson administra-
tons, and who is now the democratic
nominee of the senate from. Pennsyl.
vania, created something Of sensa-
ton today when he took the witness
stand before the Reed committee and
testified that he had been offered an
appointment on the new railroad
mediation board since winning the
senate nomination.
Wilson said the offer came to him
"confdentially," and that he had re-
jected It, He declined to say who
made the offer.
Nomination Deferred.
President Coolidge completed the
personnel of the new board only few
days ago, after maintaining one va
cancy for several days after original
ly naming four of the five members
of the new board.
The revelation that an effort had
been made to get Wilson out of the
Pennsylvania senatorial race created
excitement at the hearing. 1t was
brought out by Senator LaFollette,
republican, OF Wisconsin.
Presidential Offer.
"Were you offered a position by the
PRESIDENT? LaFollette asked.
'sYes.D
"What was it?"
"a position on the railroad media
ton board" Wilson replied.
"That offer came following your
nomination."
Eyes"
did you accept the nomination.?
81 did not"
was It in writing?"
"No SIR"
CONFIDENTIAL"
When Senator Reed, democrat, OF
Missouri asked who had made the
offer TO him, Wilson said at came
to me confdentially and / wish you
wouldn't ask me that question"
The presumption here is that " was
thru MELONS influence that the offer
was made in order to strengthen Pep.
per's chance inlthe 100000 Pensyl.
vania race.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27

light on injunctions.
The letter TO the joint board fol-
lows:
We, the so-called Jail birds, are de-
lighted in learning that the conspir-
acy of silence in regard to injunc-
lions is being broken by the Chicago
joint board Of the International Lad
les Garment Workers Union.
1--WE feel the policy of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor officials in
this city on the injunction pest thru
out the period that we are in Jail and
during the time we were on the picket
line has been wrong.
'Injunctions cannot be fought by
begging favors of politicians. It's elm
nation can only be accomplished by
open defiance even at the cost OF 60
ing to jail.
Again we heartily approve of an
active campaign against injunctions
in labor disputes.
"Freda Reicher,
Florence Corn
Speaking for Garment Workers in
Cook County jail"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
FORD STAGES SHOW
IN PLANT FOR The
SWEDISH CROWN PRINCE
lspeeIaI % The Daily Worksrl

especial 10 The Oaily Worker)
DETROIT. Mich, June 25.--When
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus Of
Sweden visited specially picked
part Of the Ford Motor company
plant here which was decorated In
Swedish and American colors, white
canvas carpets we're spread An the
alsleways TO protect his princely
feet. The lunch time OF the workers
was also postponed for over an
hour during his visit.
Some time ago when the Prince
Of Wales was shown thru here
Henry Ford forbade the use Of Gus
pidors. He neglected to postpone
the lunch hour. A rather humlIlat-
ing spectacle Of high paid" Ford
employees squattlno on odd articles
and on the dirty floor eating cheap
i5-cent lunches was seen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
new YORK INTERNATIONAL |
WORKERS AID STREET
MEETINGS NEXT WEEK |

NEW YORK, June 25.--The Interna.
tional Workers Aid open air meetings
for the benefit of the Passaic textile
strikers, at which committees of strik.
ers direct from the picket line will be
present and speak, are as follows:
Monday. June 2S, corner of 10th ST.
and First Ave.
Tuesday, June 20, corner Of Inter.
vale Ave. and wilkins Ave.
Wednesday, June 30, 111th st. and
Fifth Ave.
Thursday, July 1, Columbus Circle
and 5oth st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
Berger to ASK u. S. Probe
of Sacco- Vanzetti Case

Victor Berger Wisconsin congressman has wired Inter-
national Labor Defense follows:
James P. Cannon,
Secretary, International Labor Defense,
Chicago, III.
Expect to introduce resolution providing federal inves-
gation of SaccoVanzett early will
statement at time in order to help focus attention
Victor l. Berger.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
Women and Churches Are Topics.
BY c. o,RRIEN ROBINSON.


you are in some way American
citizens!" Mrs. Addie w. Hunton. OF
aBrooklyns ~ ", president Of the En-
pire Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs, told the FIVE hundred delegates
and friends of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People in a mass meeting at Ebenezer
Baptist Church, this city.
when American slavery ceased"
said Mrs. Hunton, nearly two mil
lion colored women were thrown out
into a civilization not only hostile for
the most part, but in which they were
also the most misrepresented and
most misunderstood factor.
Describes New Negro.
The spirit of the postwar, new Ne
gro, with new vision and new out
look upon life-the Negro who turned
lynching bees into battles and met
1000 mobs with lead-was described
by Mrs. Hunton from the standpoint
OF the new Negro woman.
Mrs. Hunton came to firm ground
when she emphasized the significance
Continued on page y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
JAILED 1924 GARMENT STRIKE
PICKETS APPROVE JOINT BOARDS
OPEN FIGHT ON INJUNCTIONS

In letter the Chicago International Ladies' Gar
men workers Union the 1924 strike pcke
county jail Tor deg injunction antipcke
edct their of the union breaking down
the wall cases and for launching an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27

ST. LOUIS-(FP)--The Order OF
new members during May.
Railroad Telegraphers enrolled 343
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
barrow TALKS
TOCONF ERENCE
OF N. A. A. C.P.
Speakers ASSaiI Racial
Discrimination

"a think II will be necessary to or
ganze an association for the advance
ment Of white people," said Clarence
barrow, to the conference of the NJ.
A. A. c. p. yesterday afternoon. "The
whites from all ! can see, need adj
vaneement far more than the Negroes
do" barrow continued.
ct know many anthropoligists, BIZ
ologists and other scientists and none
of them accept the theory of racial in
feriority. They all know that if the
white race was moved to the south
and the black race moved to the north
of the globe, and left there long enuf,
the white would become black and the
blacks become white"
Friday mornings session of the Ma
tiohal Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored Peoples opened with
Walter White in the chair The topic
for discussion was the raising of a
million dollar endowment fund for the
organization and White spoke on this
in his Introductory remarks.
The discussion was led by Rev.
Robt. L. Bragby of Detroit and lsadore
Martin of Philadelphia, both of whom
outlined plans for the raising Of the
million dollar fund by system of dis
tricts and quotas to be assigned to
churches, fraternal organizations, etc.
The general discussion on the ques-
ton showed a great deal of sentiment
for the plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
Leaders View.

Representative Dickinson, Of Iowa.
leader of the farm bloc in the house,
summed up the bloc's attitude:
Farm relief legislation is defeat
ed for this session." he said. 1--WE are
ready to go home. The fight will be
resumed in December"
Corn Belt RiIed.
The reaction among the corn belt
farmers against the machines of both
parties is bound to be Of bitter
sort. Disappointment after disap-
pointment has been melted out to them
in their vain repeated hopes of con-
gress doing something" for them.
The next elections will be colored
considerably by this last defeat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-27
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

WHAT BEFoRE
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