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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Slabodnik, that the ap-
plications be accepted and filed, and
license be granted each applicant upon
the payment of the proper fees. Car
ried.
Proposals from the following to fur
nish 1856 lin fit. of 6-inch, Glass "B"
Cast Iron pipe, together with fittings,
valves, hydrants, lead and jute, were
opened, read and referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole:
Bidder Price F. o. B. Ely
Crane Company, ............ 81, TAI BE
Duluth Plumbing Supplies Co., 1,731.76
The Council dissolved into Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Ellis appointed Chairman
of the Committee.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, September Is, 1896.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City Of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee of the Whole,
to whom certain matters were referred,
beg to report and recommend as fol-
lows:
l. That the proposal of Crane Com
pany to furnish and deliver 1856
lineal feet of g." Glass "B" cast iron
pipe and 48O lineal feet A." Glass
'B" cast iron pipe, together with
fittings, valves, hydrants, lead and
jute, all as specified, for the sum
of $2,263.90, F. o. B. Ely, Minnesota,
be accepted and the proper officers
be authorized to enter into such a
contract, and that the other bid be
rejected and the certified check of
the unsuccessful bidder be returned.
2. That the City Clerk be instructed
to advertise for bids for 1000 #.
of 2h" fire hose, said bids to be
opened and considered at the regu-
| lar meeting to be held on Tuesday,
october 6, 1886, and that the other
| acquisitions be approved and re-
ferred to the City Clerk with power
| to act.
Respectfully submitted,
! The Committee of the Whole,
| BY R. c. ELLIS, Chairman
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Maxi, that the report of
the Committee of the Whole be ac-
cepted and filed, and the recommended
tons be carried out
Vote as follows:
| Yes: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Skala,
zgonc, Mayor Banovetz.
Aldermen Schweiger and Slabodnik
voted NO on the action concerning the
acquisitions and voted Eyes" on the
remainder of the report.
| Motion carried.
Moved by Alderman Maxi, supported
by Alderman Slabodnik, that the City
Attorney be authorized to settle the
Roponen case for a sum of not to exceed
$4,000, less whatever amount Mr.
Roponen owes on his water and light
account. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Slabodnik, sup
ported by Alderman Schweiger, that the
meeting adjourn. Carried.
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

ployment as laborer in the Street Com
missioner's Department under the Sol
dier's Preference Law, was read.
Moved by Alderman Slabodnik, sup
ported by Alderman Schweiger, that the
application be accepted and filed, and
that Melvin Sletten be employed in
the Street Commissioners Department
as day laborer on the same basis as
the other ex-service men. Carried.
Communication from Einar Jackson
was read, asking for employment as
maintenance man for the City'S build
ings, or any other work that will give
him more time.
Moved by Alderman MAXI, supported
by Alderman Skala, that the COM
munication be referred to the Labor
Board. Carried.
Communications from the Minnesota
Power and Light Company regarding
the proposed installation of choke coils
on the primary feeders to reduce radio
interference on the City's distribution
system, were read.
Moved by Alderman Slabodnik, sup
ported by Alderman zgonc, that the
communications be accepted and filed,
and that the officials of the Minnesota
Power and Light Company be requested
to meet with the Council on the matter
at its next regular meeting. Carried.
Applications from the following for
permits to hold dances were read:
Johnnie Smrekar and His Orchestra;
Ely Workers Hall, September Is and
October 8, 1896;
American Vespucci Lodge; Washing
ton Auditorium, october 9, 1896.
Moved by Alderman Schweiger, sup
ported by Alderman Slabodnik, that
the applications be accepted and filed,
and permits be granted upon the pay
ment of the proper fees. Carried.
Applications from the following for
milk licenses were read:
| Frank Anderson
| Ely Finnish Stock Company
| Charles GorShe
John HerneSmaa
Joseph Klun
Knuutti Brothers
John KoSchak
Kovach Brothers
Joseph Lahtonen
Victor v. Maxi
National Bakery
Mrs. Joseph NiSkala
Eli Rajamaki
Ely Pharmacy
Gustaf Nurmi
August Ojala
Theodore Partti
Martin Pecharich
Pete Penttinen
RikhuS & Vertin, Inc.
Sauna Saari
Mrs. Joseph Schiltz
Joe Shikonja
John Sjoberg
John Teran
Andrew Tulla
Weinberg's Cash Market
Frank Zaverl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE -
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.

Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Tuesday, September Is, 1896.
REGULAR MEETING.
Regular meeting of the City Council
was called to order at 500 O'Clock P.
M, by Mayor Steve A. Banovetz.
Present: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Sch
weiger, Skala, Slabodnik, Zgonc, Mayor
Banoyetz.
Absent: None.
Consideration of the minutes.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Ellis, that the minutes OF
the regular meeting held September l,
1896, be approved. Carried.
Mayor Banovetz orally reported on
his and Alderman Skala's conference at
st. Paul, Minnesota, September 9, 10,
and IL, 1896, with PWA and WPA Off
Gals regarding the proposed Community
Building and other projects.
The City Clerk submitted for the
Councils consideration the following
August, 1886, bills not approved by the
majority of the Committee on Accounts
and Finance:
Brown-Blodgett Company, Of
flee supplies, ............$ 37OO
Burgher- Williams Company,
Office Supplies, ........... 1890
Central Garage, Supplies, 49,. 4.8C
Ely Hardware Company, Sup
plies, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1U.ot
Ely Motor Sales, Tire and sup
Plies, Observation-Disclosures. SU.Zs
Fenske Hardware Company,
supplies, ................... lS.ot
Forest Chevrolet Company,
Supplies, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 22.4s
H R. Hunting Company,
BOOKS, 1l.os
Jacobson's Service Station,
supplies, ................... Liz
Jarvi Cycle Company, Sup
plies, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90;
Iampert Lumber Company,
Supplies, ................... 692;
Joseph Mantel, Supplies, 19.1:
McMahan Lumber Company,
supplies, 1o'o'
Northwestern Sanitary Supply
Company, Supplies, ........ 5O7'
Pete's Garage, Supplies and
Tire, LION
Range Paper Company, Sup
OllSS, fo'o'
Skala Gas and Oil Company,
Supplies, ................... De
Total, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .S5o5!4
Inv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
SWIM EVENT IS SCHEDULED
 FOR JULY 4TH
First Affair of Kind Will Be Held on Gastineau
 Channel

The first Gastineau Channel swim- ming championship will be held the afternoon of the Fourth of Jly, ac- cording to an official announce ment today by J. E. Pegues, head of the Fourth of July American Legion committee.
 Extensive plans are now underway, sponsored by the Checker Cab Com pany, Emmitt Thompson, proprietor, who will donate the prizes for the various aquatic events.
 Chuck Dominy, widely-known Pa- cific Coast diving champion, will referee the matches and see to it that entrants adhere strictly to the Amateur Athletic Union regulations.
 Scene of Event
 The tide flat side of the govern ment dock will be the scene of the sports. MT. Pegues said, and all young men and women entering must pass a doctors examination.
 The contests will be open to both boys and girls, from ten years to senior age. and will include various swimming races, free style and breast stroke, and diving events.
 Through the efforts of MT. Dom- iny, who gained the whole-hearted support of the Legion committee, and the Checker Cab Company, a
 Continued on Page Five)
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EARL BROWDER IS NOMINATED
 FOR PRESIDENT
James w. Ford, Ha rlem Negro, for Vice-Presi-
 dent, Communists

NEW YORK, June 29.-In fren- zied vote by exclamation, Earl M. Browder of Kansas was nominat- ed Sunday as the Communist Party's candidate for President of the Unit ed States, and James w. Ford, Har- lem negro, was chosen candidate for Vice President.
 Twenty thousand spectators pack, ed Madison Square Garden and joined the party's 701 delegates in creating bedlam which rivaled the demonstrations of the major poli- tical parties.
 Browder in accepting his nom- ination said that the chief enemies of peace, freedom, and prosperity in this country were "the Republi- can Party and its reactionary al- lies, Hearst, the Liberty League, and Wall Street"
 Browder censured the Presiden- tial candidates of all the other political parties.
 The platform adopted by the Com munist Party included blanks, de- manding jobs for all at a living wage, minimum annual wages, a thirty hour week, larger unemploy- ment and pension benefits, exten- sion of the WPA, abolition of child labor, freeing the farmers from debt higher income from gift and inheritance taxes, naturalization of banking, curbing the Supreme Court full rights for negroes, and strength ening measures for collective se- cIiritU
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
BOY SEES HIS MOTHER SLAIN
 BY HUGE NEGRO
Black Legion Game" Is Written on Dresser,
 Woman's S Room

CHICAGO, Ill, June 29.-Before the terrified eyes of her seven-year- old son, in bed beside her, Mrs. Florence Thompson Castle, aged 26, comedy divorcee, an entertainer. was choked to death by a huge negro who invaded her room in a small hotel here
 On the mirror of the dresser the killer scrawled, with the victim s lipstick;
 Black Legion. Game"
 Skull, CroSSboneS
 Beneath the writing was a crude ly drawn ckull and crossbones. After questioning the womans son. the police said they believed the slayer either assaulted or attempted to assault the victim after slugging her.
 Before leaving the room the killer footed the woman's purse and scat tered the contents on the fire escape or the nth floor Of the thirteen story hotel
 Slayer Talks to Boy
 James Castle, the little son of the woman, said the invader conversed with him while beating his mother to death.
 The boy said after the killer fled down the fire escape, he went back to sleep, not realizing his mother had been killed When he was un- able to arouse her after awaken ing, he called the manager of the hotel.
 Boys Story
 The boy said T woke up and saw a man sitting over mama, hit ting her with something. He kept on hitting her by the side of the ear and eye. I knew he was hurting her. Then he put his thumbs on her neck and left them there.
 asked the man what he was do- ing and he said I am a good doc tor When he left he said good bye to me-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
Ethiopian Tang|e
 Starts Geneva on
 3-Way Debate
By WADE WERNER Associated Press Foreign Staff


 GENEVA, June 29.-Whether a battle, bargain or moral boycott will be chosen by the League as- sembly as a way out of the Italian Ethiopian tangle whe n it meets here June 30 is agitating League headquarters.
 Die-hard pro-sanctionists quickly ansWed: "Battle!" They maintain that the League must follow the line indicated by Anthony Eden in his speech to the Assembly in Oc- tober:
 We must therefore persist in the action which our obligations under the covenant command us to as sume."
 European Peace Emphasized
 This line of reasoning, however, is vehemently opposed as suicidal by those who advocate the lifting of sanctions and recognition of Italy's conquest. The real point at issue, they argue, is the peace of Europe. Some kind of bargain can and must be made which will assure Italy's collaboration in the mainten- ance of that peace.
 Recent reports from Paris out lined one such possible bargain as follows:
 CD Sanctions to be lifted and Italian annexation of Ethiopia rec ognized.
 @ Italy to enter into a general Mediterranean security pact and agree to stabilize naval armaments in the Mediterranean.
 (3) Italy to participate in sim liar "stabilization" arrangement in the Red Sea, involving among other things an agreement not to fortify the little Red Sea island acquired from France in 1885.
 (4) Similar guarantees for the French interests in the Red Sea (Continiipd on Page SeVen)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
Campaign of l936 Is Now
 UnderWay; Six Parties m
 Field iUith Their Leaders

NEW YORK June 29.-The 1886 campaign arrayal is virtually com plete.
 Followers of Dr. Francis E. Town send and his Old Age Revolving Plan and the forces of Share the Wealth" the movement started by the late Huey P. Long, now led by the Rev. Gerald K. Smith, must still determine their course. The last party to hold a conven- tion, was the Communist Party. in New York City on Sunday. The party nominated the leaders and adopted a platform.
 Candidates have now been placed before the people and the political list is as follows:
 Democrats
 For President, Franklin D. RooSe- welt; for Vice. President, John N. Garner.
 Republicans For President, Alfred M Landon; for President, Frank Knox.
 Union Party For President, William Lemke; for President, Thomas Charles O'Brien.
 Socialist Party For President, Norman Thomas, running for the third time; for Vice President, George A. Nelson, Wisconsin farmer.
 Prohibition Party For President, D. Leigh Goblin, New York dry leader; for Vice President, Claude A. Watson, Los Angeles attorney.
 Communist Party For President, Earl w. BroWder, of Kansas; for Vice-President, James w. Ford, Harlem negro, party organizer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
THRONC CHEERS AS PRESIDENT
 ACCEPTS HONOR
Enemy Outside Gates Ready to Beat Down Our Works" Roosevelt Says GARNER ALSO GETS
 GREAT OVATION
Chief Executive Pledges Self to Carry Forward
 Peoples Program

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 29.- President Franklin D. Roosevelt ac- cepted his renomination here Sat- urday night with declaration of war against economic tyranny" at a giant outdoor mass meeting in Franklin Field. John Nance Garner, speaking before him gladly &C., cepted his own renomination as Vice President Saturday afternoon Gar ner was renamed by exclamation at the closing session of the Democratic National Convention, as has been President Roosevelt in the early morning hours.
 Never before has a major party named, notified and received accep- tance of its candidates in so short a time
 Rain threatened for time to spoil the outdoor ceremonies but just be- fore the President drove to Frank lin Field Stadium, the rain clouds rolled away.
 The President was formally noti- fid of his nomination by delega- tion headed by Senator Joseph T. Robinson and of which Gov. John w. Troy of Alaska was a member and Vice President Garner by a committee headed by Senator Pat Harrison of which Judge William Holzheimer of Alaska was a mem Der.
 Garner Accepts
 Garner in a brief acceptance speech said: T am a soldier My duty is to follow where my Commander leads"
 The President had difficulty get ting the cheering throng, enthused by his voice, to restrain from cheers long enough to permit him to fin ish his speech. In accepting he said:
 Tn vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the constitution and in their blindness they forget what the constitution stand for. The flag and the constitution stand for dem ocracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection, and against the dic- tatorship by mob rule and the over privileged alike"
 Talks on Economic Situation
 The President confined his re- marks to general discussion of the issue of economic oppression as con- trasted with New Deal objectives of guarding the people against insecur- ity, protecting the family and the home" and establishment of a dem- ocracy of opportunity as an aid to those overtaken by disaster"
 But the resolute enemy without our gates is ever ready to beat down our works unless in greater courage we will fight for them" he declar- ed. For more than three years we have fought for them. This con- vention in every word and deed has pledged that the fight must go on.
 Continued on Page Seven)
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DEPUTY MARSHAL,
 HERE FROM TENAKEE. TELLS OF SKULL FIND

G. w. Samples, Deputy U. S. Marshal at Tenakee. arrived here on the Estebeth, bringing Emma Mayeda, an Indian woman, to serve four months and a fine of $50 in the Federal jail, following convic- ton for drunkenness.
 The officer reported the top part of human skull was brought to Tenakee last week by two pros pectors, Ernest Gomoll and Jim Porter, who found it at Taylor Bay. The men found no other bones in . the vicinity, they said and it was believed the skull prob ably was many years old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
Terr. Museum Visited by Over 100000 Persons

The Rev. A. P. KashevOrOff announced today that the num- Der of persons who have visited the Alaska Historical Library and Museum, since it's inception has passed the 100000 mark. This morning the exact total stood at 1OO,250, having been swelled greatly in the last few days due to the number of tour ist steamers in port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
COxEY NOT
 CANDIDATE
General Says He Will Support Lemke for
 Presidency

MASSILLON, Ohio, June 29. - General" Jacob Coxey, aged 82, campaigner for municipal bonds, to- day announced he has withdrawn as the Farmer-Labor Party's Presiden- tial candidate and said he would support William Lemke, candidate for that high office, on the Union Party ticket.
 When asked when he was nom- inted by the Farmer Party, Coxey said: "Oh, have always been a candidate for the Presidency of that organization or some other Party"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
WHITE IS WELL SATISFIED WITH 6. O.P. CONCLAvE
His Delegation Recognized for Former Service, He
 Reports on Return

Well satisfied with the action of the Republican National Convention and prepared to carry on Republi- can organization work in the Ter ritory, Albert White, delegate to the National convention and former Territorial Chairman, with Mrs. White have returned to Juneau af- ter the interesting session in Cleve- land. Mrs. White went to New York on a buying trip for her store, the Bon Marche here, before returning She was elected to continue as Ma tional Committee woman for her party in the Territory and through out the convention was given marked recognition, eastern papers featuring her picture among the delegates.
 Serving with Mrs. White in the Territorial Republica reorganization now are A. E. Rasmuson, head of the Bank of Alaska, reelected as National Committeeman; E. E. Eng Strom, Territorial Chairman, suc- ceeding MT. White; Henry Benson, Secretary of the Territorial Com mittee, and Howard Stabler, Com mitteeman from the First Division.
 Helping Farley
 MT. White reported that his dele gation had little trouble getting seat ed at Cleveland and that there was no question from the beginning about the ultimate outcome as the National Committee recognized those who had been at active head of the party in the Territory during the last three years. There were a great many contests, he said, but nearly all with the exception of North Car olina were settled in the same man. ner
 One member of the Credentials Committee from Texas accused MT. Faulkner's delegation of having been sent down to Cleveland by Farley to make votes for Roosevelt" laugh ed MT. White in reminiscing about the tilt between the two delegations from Alaska.
 Says Landon Good Choice
 The nomination of Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas as the Repub- lican candidate, and Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, as his run ming mate, was a good selection. The east, he says, appears to be Republican while the west is Demo- cratic, particularly California.
 The Republican spokesman said plans were already under way to be- gin Republican organiza tion work throughout the Territory with the aim of getting strong party support in the fall elections.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
OREGONIAN LIKES
 ALASKA SUNSHINE

w. F. Staley of Portland, Ore, Assistant to the Solicitor, U. S Forest Service, returned to Juneau on the Alaska after attending to business in the Westward. He ex- poets to be here a week or so before going south. The passage across the gulf was exceptionally nice this time, MT. Staley said, the water being as quiet as a lake.
 The Oregonian is seeping up this fine Alaska sunshine, for the well known Oregon mist has been fall ing in large quantities in Portland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
IS CALLED SOUTH

Paul Talkington, well known AL aska Juneau employee, was called south on the steamer Alaska today, by the serious Hines of his father, w. H. Talkington, in Helena, Mon tana. He expects to be gone for about six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
DUFREsNE BACK

Frank Dufresne, Executive Of- ficer for the Alaska Game Com mission, returned by plane Sunday from Fairbanks where he went the first of last week for conference with game officials in the Interior
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
FAULKNER TELLS OF CONVE TI0N AT CLEVELAND
Attorney Gives Version of Wh at Transpired in
 Seating Delegates

H. L. Faulkner, prominent Ju- neau attorney who was one of the delegates from the Fire Hall Re publican convention at Douglas to the National Republican Conven- tion but was not seated, gave the following account of the action at Cleveland
 T had expected that contests be- fore the National Committees of the two great parties would be de- cided on their merits; but our delegation at Cleveland found that a decision on the merits was a very rare thing.
 The Republican National Com mittee consists of 102 members. They convene several days in ad- vance of the opening of the Ma tional Convention for the purpose of hearing contests. There were ten cases pending. Hearing them on the merits would be much like try ing ten law suits in court before 102 judges. The members of the committee or most of them come and go, read and talk, and pay little attention to the facts in- volved. Sometimes it seems much like talking to large group of diners gathered at numerous tables in a large dining room who are busy eating, and talking among themselves.
 Tn all the contests, where Ma tional Com m tteemen themselves were involved, and I think this year that applied to all of them, the committee voted to recognize that delegation which was on the side of the National Committee man.
 Fought for Reelection
 Tn the Alaska contest, MT. RaS- muson made very active fight to be reelected National Committee man, although the great majority of all the delegates at the Douglas Convention endorsed Judge Clegg, and some of those who were orig inally in favor of MT. Rasmuson, like myself, felt that he had drop ped out of the contest when he read the statement to the conven- tion in which he released all those who had promised to support him. I refer to the statement which was made to the Douglas Convention on April Il and published in both Juneau papers on that date.
 After the hearing in our con- test was complete. the committee went into executive session to con- sider the case. There were prob ably not more than 50 members of the committee present. MT. Burns, the National Committeeman of the State of Washington, who, by the way. did not open his mouth dur
 Continued on Page Two)
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Membership, French Federation of Labor, Doubles, Short Time

PARIS, June 29. = Officials of Frances General Federation of Labor stated today that the membership has more than doubled during the last few weeks. The membership is now listed at three million five hun dred thousand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
DEAN RICE IS HOME
 FROM SKAGWAY TRIP

Dean c E. Rice of Trinity Cathe- dral returned to Juneau on the Aleutian from a weeks stay in Skagway. Dean Rice conducted the services at St. Saviour's Church in Skagway for the past two Sundays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-29
MARRIED

Santiago M. Cesar, A. J. em- ployee, and Elizabeth James, were married Saturday by U. s. Com missioner J. F. Mullen. They will make their home here.