The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-22


1--WE must consider any arrange
ments with you terminated and the
election will proceed in accordance
with the rules adopted by the en-
ployees' organization"
Informed later that Chairman Wag-
ner had announced the board would
enforce its agreement to supervise the
election at the Weirton and Clarks-
burg, w. Va, and Steubenville, Ohio,
plants, Weir reiterated my letter
stands"
NOW wife may testify in fed
eral court In behalf of her hus-
band in criminal cases, for the old
legal rule forbidding this has been re-
versed by the Supreme Court of the
United States. The case, which came
on appeal from the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, was that of the
United States versus John s. Funk Of
Rockingham, N. c., who was charged
and found guilty of conspiracy to vio-
late the prohibition law. Funk was
twice tried and at each trial his wife
was excluded from testifying in his
behalf on the ground of incompetency.
"The rules of the common law which
disqualified as witnesses persons hav-
ing an interest long since In the main
have been abolished both In England
and in this country. and what was
once regarded a sufficient ground for
excluding the testimony of such per-
sons altogether has come" the Su-
preme court held, ito be uniformly
and more sensibly regarded as affect
ing the credit of the witness only"
a LEXANDER LEGGE, by gift of
\ 100000 some time prior to his
recent death and legacy Of 100000
in his will, brought to completion
months of work to perfect a phi
lanthropic organization to be known
philanthropic organization to be known
as the Farm Foundation, it was made
known by Frank o. Lowden, former
governor of Illinois, and chairman of
the foundation.
In developing his project, whose
funds and activities will be devoted
to- the improvement of ''the social, cul-
tural and economic conditions of rural
life" Mr.. Lowden disclosed, Mr.. Legge
enlisted as trustees group of twenty
industrialists, educators, capitalists
and farm leaders from all parts of
the country.
NHEN Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
w starts out to do something in the
way of aviation, he does it compe-
tently, skillfully and neatly. Accom-
panied and ably assisted by Mrs. Lind
bergh. he piloted his big monoplane
across the southern Atlantic from
Bathurst, Gambia, Africa, to Natal,
Brazil, making the 1875 miles In 16
hours and 10 minutes and landing
smoothly in the Natal harbor, where
the entire population of the city was
gathered to welcome them. Through
the long flight Mrs. Lindbergh at the
wireless instrument kept in constant
communication with Rio de Janeiro.
After brief stop in Natal the col
onel and his wife took off for another
leg on their homeward flight, this
time flying to Para and thence near
ly a thousand miles up the Amazon
river to Manaos, where they made a
perfect landing in a tropical rain.
Their route took them over the vast
Brazilian jungle and forests, but Mrs.
Lindbergh was in constant communi-
cation with wireless stations. They
have said they expected to be at home
for Christmas.
nOWN in Montevideo the Pan
American conference was talking
about ways Of ending the Chaco war
between Bolivia and Paraguay, with
out getting anywhere. Meanwhile
the forces of those countries were ex-
ceedingly busy in the jungle, with the
result that the Paragraphs captured
more than 1900 Bolivian troops, with
most of their officers. In one engage
ment more than 600 Bolivians were
killed, according to the official an
nouncement There was great rejoic-
ing In Asuncion, where the Paraguay
ans marched through decorated
streets; and corresponding despair In
La Paz, the Bolivian capital.
SPANISH anarchists started bloody
- revolt against the republic In the
northeastern part of the country and
it soon spread to Madrid and further
south. There were sanguinary con-
flicts between the rebels and the
troops and police and bombings in the
capital and elsewhere were frequent.
Scores were killed in street fighting,
and hundreds Of agitators were placed
under arrest. After several days of
Intellectual efforts to overcome the
civil guards the anarchists resorted
to their strongest weapon and pro-
claimed nationwide revolutionary
strike. The order was issued through
the National Confederation of Labor,
which is controlled by the syndicalists.
Barcelona, always hotbed of COM
munism, was the scene of some of the
worst rioting. The anarchists, drunk
with stolen wine, barricaded the
streets with taxicabs and exploded
large bombs, and were not scattered
until the civil guards got their ma
chine guns into action.
MEMBERS of the senate finance
lNl and house ways and means COM
mittee in joint session received the ad-
ministration's liquor tax program
which includes the strongly opposed
levy of $3.50 gallon on distilled spir-
it's. Alcohol Administrator Choate
and other officials were called before
the committees as witnesses, and Act