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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

Spanish government. He described
how Germany had been condemned
for Smelling Almeria after Spanish
airplane had bombed the cruiser
Deutschland, and how, when the
cruiser Leipzig was attached by a
submarine while on patrol duty, the
non-intervention committee had
done nothing about it.
A remedy suggested by Great Brit
ain and France was that the patrol
duty be left entirely to them, with
Italian observers on French patrol
ships and German observers on Brit
ish ships to Judge the equitable, i'm
partial working of the system"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
The Mail Must 60 Through

Y EDERAL warrants were issued
L at Cleveland for six c. I. o.
leaders in the strike at Youngs-
town and Warren, charging them
with preventing delivery of the
United States mails to loyal en-
ployees of the steel company plants
there. Their names were not re-
vealed.
The order for the obtaining of the
warrant was given by Attorney-Gen-
eral Homer S. Cummings after he
had looked over testimony at the
senate post office committees hear
ing. Charges have been made that
c. I. 0. leaders were censoring the
mail in Ohio cities and refusing to
permit delivery of parcel post pack.
ages containing food, clothing and
other irregular" articles for work.
ers in the plants.
Cali mail that the post Office de-
partment sees fit to attempt to
deliver must be delivered" said
Cummings. This did not conflict
with the post office department S
refusal to deliver packages to the
plants, but sought to prosecute per.
sons who would prevent the delivery
of mail the department had okayed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Mediation Board Gives Up

THE mediation board of three,
named by Secretary of Labor
Perkins to sit in Cleveland and at
tempt to negotiate settlement in
the steel strike, gave up in despair.
Its chairman, Charles P. Taft of
Cincinnati, and the other two mem
bers, Lloyd Garrison, former pres
ident of the national labor relations
board, and Edward F. McGrady,
trouble-shooting assistant of Nine.
Perkins, were unable even to per-
suade Tom Girdler, Eugene Grace
and other steel,officials to sit around
a conference table at which union
leaders were present. The board
explained its failure, "The only hope
of settlement lies in such a meet
ing"
In criticizing the companies for
their stand the board said, Nothing
can be made clearer today than
that management and organized la
Dor, when it really represents the
wishes of the men, have got to
learn how to live together, to reach
agreements and to abide by them
when made"
Steel officials handed Taft writ
ten resume of their stand, that they
would not make any agreement with
Lewis irresponsible" c. I. o. They
admitted that the Wagner act might
force them to negotiate with the
union, but declared another law pro-
vides that no one need make a con-
tract he doesn't want to make.
Governor Davey of Ohio revealed
that after the board had given up,
Secretary Perkins telephoned to ask
him to subpoena steel chiefs to
the state capital, Columbus, and
keep them there until they sign
an agreement" Meanwhile S a e
troops would keep the mills closed,
Nine. Perkins suggested. Governor
Davey refused, saying:
Secretary Perkins suggestion
would be the exercise of the most
autocratic and dictatorial power ev-
er attempted. In private life it would
be kidnapping.
Until the courts have decided
that the companies have to sign
contracts or agreements ! have no
right to take anybody and h o / d
him. have no right to keep plants
closed except in case of riot
The troops are in the steel district
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Steel Furnaces Glow Again

g Western Newspaper Union.

U
D LANTS of the independent steel
corporations in Pennsylvania and
Ohio were once more operating as
state troopers kept the peace. Vio-
lence among strikers, workers and
police dwindled to a handful ct hand
to hand fights in which injuries were
comparatively few.
With Gov. George H. Earle hav-
ing lifted martial law in John
town, Pa, it was estimated that
nearly half the $4,000 workers of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation
great Cambria plant were back on
the job.
It was apparent that the real
grip of the strike had been broken.
Mayor Daniel Shields declared it
was all over, but there were still
about $50 pickets on hand. The day
before the plant re-opened the c. /.
o., in last-minute attempt to save
its cause, promised mass meet
ing near Johnstown of $4,000 min
ers who would then aid the steel
strikers in keeping the plants closed.
Only about $500 showed up, and
after listening to speeches by union
leaders they dispersed peaceably.
Plants of the Republic Steel cor
poration and Youngstown Sheet &
Tube company in Ohio's Mahoning
valley, where half of the total num-
bers of state militiamen were pro-
tecting the public peace, again were
operating. Steel plants in Chicago
were preparing to reopen. Still none
of the independent steel corpora
tons had signed contracts with C..
I. o. unions. Their refusal to sign
had been the sole issue of the
strikes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Identifying Houses

Before houses were numbered,
London's business streets were
lined on both sides by a success
sion of gay signboards exhibiting
an almost infinite variety of blue
boars, black swans, red lions,
flying pigs and the like. Even
with these signs it was often hard
to find ones destination, for the
signs were often so badly painted
that it would have puzzled natu-
ralist to make out the animal
meant.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Judge Often Handed Down
Humor From the Bench"

unnecessary noise. What are you
doing?"
81 have lost my overcoat and
am trying to find it," replied the
offender.
WELL" said Darling, "people
often lose whole suits in here with.
out all that fuss"
A lawyer who had the misfor-
tune never to have acquired the
ability to use the letter "h" Ere
lates Silvain Mayer in his "legap'
reminiscences), was engaged be-
fore Justice Darling in a case
which had relation to a horse.
For some time the lawyer kept re-
ferring to the animal as "an
orse." After a while, Darling
looked down and said:
"Was the animal a large horse
or a little one?"
"Oh, little one"
"Then," said the judge, "may
we, for the remainder of the case,
call IT a pony?
In another case before Justice
Darlington which a Cockney ca
terer was suing to recover the cost
of picnic luncheon he had pro-
vided for a large number of peo-
ple-the plaintiff waxed highly in
dignant, under cross-examination,
when it was suggested that his
sandwiches were mostly dread
and Bread" with the ham con-
spicuous only by its absence.
Il ham amazed; I ham sur
prised; I ham," he sputtered.
THAT will dol" interrupted OAR
ling. Il suggest that had you
been more generous with your
hams on another occasion and a
little less liberal with them here,
you might not have found your
self in this situation!"- Kansas
City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Late Lord Darling Livened
Drab Scenes With
Pleasantries.

Many are the stories told about
Lord Darling-better known as
Mr.. Justice Darling, "England's
wittiest judge"-who died recent
ly. He was poet, with several
published volumes to his credit.
But it was his humor "from the
bench" that made his name al
most household word.
On one occasion, a talesman
claimed exemption from jury duty
on the ground that he was COM
pletely deaf in the left ear.
"You can CO." said Judge OAR
ling, gravely; 81 cannot have any,
one in the jury box who cannot
hear both Sides"
During the hearing of another
case he was much disturbed by a
youth who kept moving about in
the rear of the court.
young man." he exclaimed,
"you are making a good deal of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Diamond Thieves Steal
Police Bait, Get AWAY

South Africa is laughing at the
way gang of illicit diamond buyers
turned the tables on the police and
stole $35, 900 worth of diamonds
from them.
The story came out in evidence
given before select committee of
public accounts by the police COM
missione..
The police, he said, planned to
catch a gang of illicit diamond buy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
BUDGET Trouble, U. S.

IT REASURY figures indicated that
l. the end of the fiscal year would
find the Presidents economy pro-
gram missing its mark by. about
5000, 000,0 900. Last April he warned
all departments that expenditures
would have to be drastically cut,
and revised his budget to $295, 000,-
900 less than the forecast in JAN
uary. His revised budget estimated
that expenditures from July l, 1886,
to June "a, 1887, would be $7,781,-
100000; actually they turned out to
be $685., 100000, or 100000, 900
above the estimate. 1t was believed
that, at that rate, there would be
a difference of about 5000, 900, 900
in the budget and actual spending
for the entire fiscal year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

ers and set a carefully arranged
trap. This involved placing a par
eel of supposedly stolen diamonds in
an agreed hiding place of the weld
and then waiting in hiding for the
illicit buyers to collect them.
Real diamonds owned by police
were used as decoy. After they
had been carefully hidden, the po-
lice turned their backs for a few
moments while they walked to their
places of concealment.
When they looked back the dia-
monds were gone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Mongols! Madam,
Barked Sir Howorth

Sir Henry Howorth was taken
aback one day when introduced tc
a gushing lady who declared that
she was so charmed to meet him
because she wished to talk to him
about her little dog.
"But I know nothing about
dogs" he protested.
ooh, how can you say So" she
said, when you have written
books about them?"
Never, madam, never!"
"But surely" she persisted,
"you have written a history of the
mongrels?"
"Mongols, madam, mongols!"
he barked. mot mongrels. -
London Answers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

George H. Earle of Pennsylvania
that he would give unqualified
and finaT' support to a Roose-
welt for President movement in
1910. Further reports had it that
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton and leader of the sit-down
strikes that have swept the nation,
was working toward the same end.
The President has only indirectly
disavowed such an ambition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Seeks Changes in Wagner Act

the rights of e m =
ployers under the
Wagner act, forbid
"sit down" strikes
and other unfair"
union pr a C ii C e S,
and provide severe
penalties for unions
which violated con-
tracts with employ
ers. H j S amend
mentS:
Ito give en-
ployers the S a m e
right which en1y en-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Rebels Again Eye Madrid


IL months of siege, Gen. Francisco
Franco, rebel commander, turned
his guns once more upon Madrid and
the sector north of Guadalajara.
New troops were moved into the Sec
tons about the western and south
eastern limits of the city.
The loyalist government set out
at once to strengthen it's own lines,
although it was not believed Madrid
was in much danger of attack before
the insurgents have Cleaned up
the northern provinces. Since the
capture of Bilbao the Basque and
Asturian forces have been virtually
isolated from those of the Madrid
Valencia government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Think It Over
pY THE street of Bye-and-

by THE street of Bye-and-
II Bye one arrives at the
house of Never.-German prov
erb.
People who have half an hour
to spare usually spend it with
somebody who hasn't.
Dignity is one thing that can't
be preserved in alcohol.
Epitaph: He walked on the
suicide of the road.
Many have made up their
minds what they are going to
do if temptation comes their
way. They are going to fall.
When one is unimportant, he
can attract attention in many
noisy ways.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Nickels Lead Coin Demand

The Treasury department shipped
SGT ,939, 900 worth of halves, quarters,
dimes, nickels and pennies during
the first five months of the fiscal
year 1936-1937, more than the total
for five fiscal years beginning with
1880. Largest increase was in nick
els, meeting the demand for nickel
games and goods vendors, and
catching up with short nickel pro-
duction during depression years
which reached a low ebb in 1882
with only $1,000 worth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Hopkins Slices WPA Rolls

:" ORKS PROGRESS ADMINS
w TRAITOR HARRY L. HOP
KINS is busy trimming 314,75s
names off the WPA rolls, to shave
the total to 1855, ATT by mid-July
The cut was to be effected simply
through not replacing men VIII c
found jobs in private industry" and
by combing the lists for ineligibles
WPA officials emphasized the need
for economy by comparing the es-
timated 81, ITS, 900, 900 spent in 1897
with the $1,000, 100000 approved by
congress for relief in fiscal 1888.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Montagues and Capulets-

NITH all the family blessings
w save those of a political class
ification, Miss Ethel du Pont,
daughter of Eugene du Pont, and
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., son
of the President of the United
States, were married at Christ
church near Wilmington, Del, in
Simple" wedding attended by a
handful" of about 400 picked
guests. Bitter political hatreds of
the older generations were buried
in the protests that this was "the
youngsters day."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

backways in crea-
ton, then escaped
on what by quaint
ir ony was called
an accommodation
train over a side
spur of a prehistoric
railway line.
When we hit con-
crete high roads and
a j r conditioned
fiiers, I caught my
self saying our fore
fathers put up with
n1antv of roicorx, in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Gedeon SLAYER Surrenders

y OBERT IRWIN, New York sculp-
IN tor once treated for insanity,
who killed Veronica Gedeon, beau
tiful New York model; Mrs. Mary
Gedeon, her mother and Frank
Byrnes, a boarder in the Gedeon
home, on last Easter Sunday, sur
rendered to police in Chicago. He
was flown back to New York City
where indictments were being pre-
pared. He prepared to defend him.
self from the electric chair by
plea of insanity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

honor and security
of our nation into our
own hands and pro-
tect ours e I've S
alone" Disguised,
Germany withdrew
from the non-inter-
vention p a troll of
Spain, as Italy did
likewise. Der Fuehr-
er warned that the
Nazis would take in
dependent action to
protect themselves
n
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

with the chief execu-
tive "'humanized,"
the belief in Wash
ington circles t h a t
the President is will
ing to accept a third
term expanded to
the greatest proper
tons yet known.
The spark which
touched off the lat
est cloakroom whis-
perings of a third
term was the dec
laratiOn by GOV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
ezra of Good Feelingo
@-WNU Service.

The name EZRA of good feeling"
was applied to the period fr m
1928, when the Federalist party
having declined, there was little
open party feeling. The phrase was
coined at the time of President
Monroe's goodwill tour through the
North.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

order to move about. And then l
realized that what we had endured
did not date back to former genera
tons. So soon have we grown ac-
customed to luxury with speed we
forget that most of America, fifteen
years ago, lacked what we now ac-
cept as common travelling comfort.
Why, less than two decades ago,
for my sins, ! rode on certain jerk
water railroad in the deep South.
The last work done on its tracks was
in 1864 by General Sherman-he
tore 'em up.
I made the mistake of trying to
shave while en- route. When I got
through, I looked like one of those
German student duelists.
But, nowadays, even those who
use homemade trailers seem al
most happy at times.
Diplomatic Busybodies.
WHO'LL be the next member of
w our diplomatic corps to open
his mouth and put his foot in it
clear up to his hip-joint?
It has been nearly two months
now since our ambassador to Ger
many had a bad dream and before
nursie could quiet him was pro-
claiming that a certain Millionaire
was willing to put up one of his
loose billions to buy a dictatorship
for this country. He failed to fur
nish the name and address. Maybe
they got left out of the nightmare.
Hardly had paregoric wooed this
distinguished sufferer back to hush
a-bye-land when our new represen-
tative in the Philippines began de-
manding that, when it came to
drinking official toasts, his name
must come higher up on the wine
list or he wouldn't be responsible
for the consequences. However, the
excitement subsidized before he could
summon the Pacific fleet to bonn
bard Manila. There's a rumor that
Washington sent him word he
needn't worry about being appro-
priately saluted-there'd be a ma
tionwide Bronx cheer awaiting him
on his return home.
Since then there's been a lull and
the American public is getting i'm
patient. We do so love free show
and especially when it's amateur
night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Der Fuehrer Scores Neutrals

"E ROM now on" Adolf Hitler told
L 100000 Nazis at party rally in
Wurzberg, 1--WE will prefer to
take the freedom, independence,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
uJtMt o
SGD
Wuvv1bb about
Comfort in Travelling.

7 ATELY, on cross-country
IL prowl, two of us invaded
one of the remotest corners OF
the desert.
Until our car broke down we
crawled along some of the toughest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Enemies Sorrows

Could we read the secret his
tory of our enemies, we should
find in each mans life sorrow and
suffering enough to disarm all
stility.-Longfellow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
"Humanizing" the Majority

A S MAJORITY members of con-
"A gress met on Jefferson island
in Chesapeake bay with President
Roosevelt. to have their relations
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Direction at North Pole

There is only one direction at the
North Pole-south. At any distance
away from the Pole all the usual
directions exist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08

now for the purpose of maintaining
law and order; to protect the rights
of those who want to go back to
work."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Looks Like a Iona Summer

CONGRESS will be in session for
~ long time yet, probably until
September /. That was the consen-
sus of the 240 senators and congress
men who attended President Roose-
velt's weekend outing for majority
members on Jefferson island in
Chesapeake bay.
Although they insisted the meet
ing was purely social, it was gen.
orally accepted that attempts had
been made to swing back certain
of the New Deal lawmakers who
had been getting out of line lately.
The result is that a heavy program
of legislation desired by the admin
istration will be attempted before
the members of congress can leave
for home.
The Presidents court bill-pre-
sumably in its original form, al
though it seems to face certain de-
feat, either through a vote or
through filibustering-headed tn e
list. 1t was closely followed by gov
eminent reorganization and wage
and hour measures.
Seeks Changes in WAGNER Act
g EN-. ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG
- of Michigan proposed three
amendments to the national labor
relations act designed to broaden
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-07-08
Hard-Bitten Females.

TOURING about over certain
L Western states where open gam
bling either is By law permitted, or
by custom winked at, I noticed this:
Generally speaking, the feminine
patrons are the steadiest drinkers,
the most persistent gamesters, the
most reckless betters of all. And
frequently their manners are the
rudest and their faces the grimmest
determined seemingly to disavow
the theory that their sex is the
gentler sex.
On the other hand, the men pa
trons-descended, many of them,
from old gun fighters, old prospec-
tors, old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES increas-
ingly docile and subdued, absorbing
less than their share of the hard
liquor-maybe because they fear
there won't be enough left for
mama and the girls-and risking
their dimes where the gallant ladies
plunge with dollars.
Sometimes a fellow, watching the
modern professional from the pro-
lection of the sidelines, gets to long
ing for the bygone days when, as
Kipling might have put it and, in
fact, almost did, woman was only
woman, but good cigar was ten
cents.
These Candid Cameras.
n NOE a citizen had a right to OBJ
~ ject to the publication of a
flashlight view showing him beat
ing his wife or exhibiting his appen-
dicitis scar or taking out his up
pers or something.
That was before they began print
ing magazines for those who've
abandoned the old-fashioned habit
of reading and writing. And it's
doing glamorous movie queens no
real good when these betraying
close-ups prove that maybe the
glamor is only paint-deep.
Thus the last strongholds of our
one-time personal liberty crumble. I
used to think a passport picture
was about the frankest thing we had
in the line of intimate likenesses,
excepting, of course, the x-ray.
But this candid camera business
which catches you unawares-and
often without your underwears eth
er-is the most fiendish attack of
all against our practically vanished
privacy.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-WNU Service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-23

Beautiful Women Of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps in Washington . :.
Photographs whose merits will be passed
upon by eminent illustrators and por-
trait painters will start Monday in The
Washington Times Tel. DI. 1000 for
home delivery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-23
1779 SEA FIGHT
AT WATER CATE.

Continued from Local Page)
Guard cutter at $3.50 p. m. It will
end with the singing of the Star
Spangled Banner" by Miss Doris
Doe. Metropolitan Opera soprano,
while searchlights pick out an
American flag suspended from the
Goodyear blimp, Enterprise"
Tomorrow the boat races will be
resumed, to continue until Sunday.
Tomorrow night another celebra-
ton for the average citizen will be
staged, when Pennsylvania Ave
nue. between Seventh and Seven
tenth Streets is roped off, to per-
nit carnival and street dancing.
SPECIAL BUSES
Traffic in the vicinity of the
Water Gate will be shunted away
from the spot beginning at $50
tonight. The Arlington Memorial
Bridge will be closed and parking
banned in the area between the
Potomac River, Seventeenth Street
and Constitution Avenue, which
includes most of West Potomac
Park.
Special bus service to and from
the Water Gate will be main
tanned, beginning at $50 p. m.
The vehicles will run at 10-minute
intervals from Seventeenth and
K Streets Northwest and Fifteenth
Street south of Treasury Place.