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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, August 81, 1897.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
sealed proposals, or bids, will be received
in the Office of the City Clerk OF the
City of Ely, st. Louis County, Mime
sofa, up to eight 90 o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, September z, 1897, for the fur
nishing of the necessary pipe line
materials to be used in constructing a
4 inch water main extension approx
mately 500 feet long, in the City OF
Ely, st. Louis County, Minnesota, in &C
cordance with specifications now on
file in the Office of the City Clerk OF
said City.
Each bidder shall accompany his pro-
posal with a certified check in the sum
of ten percent Q0Io) of the contract
price of the work, made payable to the
City Treasurer; check to be drawn on
some National or State Bank duly auth
orized to do business in the state Of
Minnesota.
Successful bidder shall be required to
furnish a satisfactory surety bond for
the full amount of the contract.
Check of the successful bidder shall
be held until satisfactory surety bond
has been rendered by the successful
bidder and contract signed. All other
checks shall be returned within ten Q0)
days from date contract is awarded.
If successful bidder to whom this con-
tract is awarded fails to furnish bond
and sign contract within ten Q0) days
after being awarded the contract, said
deposit shall be forfeited to the City
of Ely Minnesota, who shall then pro-
coed to award the contract to other
parties.
All bids shall be made out in dupli-
lcate, addressed to the City Clerk, City
of Ely, Minnesota, and marked plainly
on the outside of the envelope IBID or
Water Main Materials"
The City Council of the City of Ely
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any or all bids upon this material.
BY order of the City Council of The
lefty of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
1926 90 City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Small Girl Lost in
Woods, $50 Search.

Hewitt-The two and one-half year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Merle
Mansello is recovering at her home near
Nimrod from mosquito bites, exposure,
and hunger after having been lost in
the woods near home for twenty hours
Neighbors, relatives and others from
miles around numbering $50 persons,
joined in the search when little Blanche
was missed. She had started for home
from a neighboring farm where she had
been spending the day and was lost in
the woods. A neighbor found the child
in a semi-conscious condition, lying near
a log about four miles fSom the Mansell
farm. Indications were that she had
been lying there for some time, suf-
fering from hunger, insect bites, and
Sunburn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
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IL
Edited This Week By
w. E. ELSTON
(St. Peter Herald)

Criticism of the American League
against War and Fascism, the organiza.
ton for which Governor Elmer A. Ben.
son led huge parade in New York or
Saturday, August 7th, continued from
a new source this week.
In a speech before the Minnesota
charged that the American League
Auxiliary in Virginia, Mrs. Clara M
Villars of st. Paul, national chairwomar
of the auxiliarys committee on educa-
ton of youth on American Doctrine
charged that the Aemrican Legaue
Against War and Fascism is zone of the
most subversive groups in the country
today"
cit is open and VIGOROUSLY Com
munistic, with it's board of directors
headed by well-known Communists and
radicals" Mrs. Villars declared. LET
us not be impressed because certain in
dividuals occupying positions of power
attempt to lend color of responsibility
to radical group by personally be-
coming part of such a demonstration
as took place in New York. Remember
that this Anti-War and Fascism Or
ganization breaches to youth that we
should go upon theory of production
for use and not for profit which trans
lated means abolition of private prop
erty.
Communist Sympathizers Scored.
ut is to be deplored that those who
should by their position of power be
an example to American youth are
lending sympathetic ear and voice
to such theories. 1t should place us
upon our guard, and make us alert to
remove these individuals from power at
the first opportunity This we owe to
the youth of our country, as well as to
those who in the history of America
fought for freedom, liberty and human
and property rights. We must point out
to youth the hySterical, fear-bound
situation which exists in the other
countries of the world today, where
ruin, revolution, dictatorship and brut-
aility march hand in hand, foreign to
the form of government we have in
America for a free, iberty-loving
people; and that true democracy is the
only hope and salvation in dictator
mad world"
The parade which Governor Benson
led in New York was made up or 10000
trade unioniSts and communists" to
quote the New York Herald Tribune
Quoting this same newspaper further:
''The struggling army of radicals and
unionists carried banners and placards
denouncing war, FasciSm, Fordism, Hit
Ter, Tom Girder, MuSSolini, Franco,
Hearst and the japanese militarists and
praising the Scottsboro boys, the Span
ish loyalists and the Chinese people. A
detail of Communists ran beside the
governors car and offered three cheers
at every corner, after first explaining
to spectators who the governor was"
Praised by Communist Organ.
The Daily Worker, published in New
York as the official organ of the Com
muniSt party, printed the following in
teresting information about Minnesota s
Governor Benson during his New York
visit:
Last November he was elected COVER
nor of Minnesota on the Farmer-Labor
party ticket. Following a consistent
united front policy with the Com
munist party in Minnesota, he has re-
peatedly supported labor in their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
81 Pigs Bring
$1,000 Check,

Fairmont-Theodore Schweiger OF
Fraser township finds it pays to buy
pigs as feeders and sell them at present
market prices, even when grain is high,
for he has received a $1,000 check for
81 pigs. He brought 81 head of fall pigs
to Fairmont last week and sold the
Spotted Poland Chinas at $1265, getting
premium of an extra quarter per hun
dred because they were all well finished.
The average weight of the porkers was
266 pounds, the entire offering bring
ing Mr. Schweiger a check for 81 ,060.
He purchased them as feeders last
spring at $3.50 hundred.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Clock SprOcket in
Youngsters Throat.

Sleepy Eye-Since physicians last
week removed a clock sprocket from
Stanley Tacheney's throat, eight-year-
old Stanley, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Tacheney of Swan Lake, is feeling bet
ter. The youngster met with the mis-
hap of having the sprocket lodge in his
food pipe while playing with an old
alarm clock. He had placed a sproket
wheel in his mouth. Down it went
Three physicians worked over the lad
and finally dislodged the sprocket.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Has Supernatural Vison

In Malaga a supernatural vision
is attached to the little lemur, or
monkeylike animal, called the slow
loris. During the day, says writer
In Golfers Weekly, this nocturnal
creature frequently has to protect
his large, representative eyes, for
a few minutes at time, by cover
ing them with his hands. Conse-
quently the natives think he is con-
stantly seeing ghosts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Oil Man FOrgets Pump,
$3.50 Gallons Gas Lost.

Sacred HEARTH someone should be-
gin prospecting for oil near Art Samuel
sons bulk station here, he would, no
doubt, think he had struck a gusher,
for there are 3750 gallons of gas in the
ground. After loading his tank wagon
one day last week Art forgot to turn
off the pump, and upon returning from
his trip to the country he discovered
that his large reservoir was entirely
empty Due to the noise of passing
train, SamuelSon had not heard the
pump running when he finished load
ing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Fashions Editor of

with the tails of animals. Scotch caps
are the rage. Hats reminiscent of the
year 1900 will be decidedly in vogue
this year. Shake turbans are another
good fashion. They are inspired by
Hungarian headgear. Some of them
are like round hat boxes, six to ten
inches tall, others are like hour glasses.
Next week we will tell you all about
everything that is being worn in New
York and of the women wearing them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Ravens Larger Than Crow

Larger than crow, not as large
as vulture, ravens measure near
ly two feet from beak to tip of tail.
Their glossy black plumage, inky
beaks and jetlike eyes give them a
funereal appearance which is
heightened by the hoarse croaks
they emit. Ravens have been ten
ants Of the London Tower for so
long that no one knows when they
first came One may conjecture that
not long after William the Con-
queror founded this great fortress,
ravens flew in from the then-sur-
rounding forests to nest on its high
turretS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Old Age Benefits
BY FRED M. WILCOX
Regional Director
@<SS<N<SS4ESS<SSSSS<S%

are computed is written into the Social
Security Act
How much will these benefits be?
On the first $1,000 earned, the rate
is Il of l percent. On the next 1000
of earnings the rate is liz of percent.
On all earnings above $4,000 the rate is
1-24 of percent.
Here is a table showing how this
formula works out:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
Elephant Is Good Swimmer

The elephant is an excellent
swimmer. Elephants have been
known to swim in deep water for
more than six hours at a time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-08-26
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The main purpose of Federal old-age
benefits is to provide monthly in
come for commercial and industrial
employees who have reached IS and are
ready to retire. These monthly benefits
are figured on the total of wages earned
by an employee between January l.,
1887, and the time of his 65th birthday.
The formula by which these benefits
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Girls Drinking Hard
To Keep Step With
Boys, Report Shows

NEW YORK, July 20 U.N.S0.
Young women do not drink as
much or often as young men, but
during the last two years they
have been doing their best to
bridge the gap by imbibing liquor
in increasing amounts.
That was the highlight today
of an eight-month survey of drink
ing habits, tastes and opinions OF
young people, conducted under
the direction of DR.. Paul Studen.
ski. professor Of economics at New
York University. The information
was cleaned by Is college students
who queried 2,S79 college stu
dents, white collar workers and
settlement house youths as to
the drinking habits of themselves,
their families and their friends.
The most frequent reply to the
question why do you like to
drink" was that cit makes one
aayer and more interesting"
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
H0RNSBY HINTS
COURT FIGHT

ST. LOUIS, July % Q.N.S)
Rogers HornSby, baseball's stormy
petrol, who was fired as man
ager of the st. Louis Browns.
today indicated that he may take
his case to court. He said:
"They (the BrOwns) owe me
$4,000. That's how much 1
figure. My contract called for
$4,000 a season and covered
two years, and they handed me
the slip after had served only
half Of this years schedule. 1
feel that I have a just claim"
President Donald L. Barnes, OF
the Browns, who fired Hornsby
informed of the latter's threat Of
legal action, declared:
"Let HOrnsby fight. We will
wecOme a court battle. But l
don't think he will go that far.
We dismissed him for cause I
am certain HOrnSby knows the
full meaning of cause"
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
FORD DRAFTS
NLRB REPLY

DETROIT, July % Q.N.S0.
With the Government case rested
after SO witnesses testified, Ford
Motor Company Attorney Louis J.
Colombo, ST., today was to open
his defense against National Labor
Relations Board charges of Ford
Wagner act violations.
The hearing was adjourned to
permit attorneys for both sides to
study the record for mistakes.
Colombo did not reveal the num-
Der of witnesses he will call, but he
was expected to question foremen
of the men who testified they were
fired for union activity.
Personnel Director Harry Ben
nett was named on the stand for
the first time when ex-Policeman
John Godleski, Ford worker, testi-
fled he saw Bennett congratulate
service men IS minutes after more
than a score of United Automobile
Workers Union members were
beaten and routed when they at
tempted to distribute union litera-
ture at the Dearborn plant May 20.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Not a Dunk in a Picket
When 200 Enter Shop
To Stage 'Coffee-Sip

DETROIT. July % d.N.sJ.
The "coffee-sip" today took its
place alongside the "sit-down." the
showdown" and the folded
arms" in the lexicon of strike
terms.
Approximately 200 of the A. F.
of L. restaurant workers union
pickets flocked into the Brennan.
Fitzgerald and Sings restaurant
shortly before noon yesterday, JAM
med the restaurant and ordered
one cup of coffee each.
Three or four hours later, after
all lunch hour customers had been
turned away because Of lack of
tables, the picketS finished their
first-and only-reund Of coffee
and left quietly.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
ELDERS TRIAL
OPENS TODAY

GREENFIELD, Mass, July %
G.N.SO.-Against the backdrop OF
an unsolved campus murder, two
elderly men faced each other today
in a drama-ridden trial wherein
one accuses the other Of assault
with intent to murder.
The accused is Thomas E. Elder,
IS, former dean of the Mt. Vernon
School for Boys. His accuser is
S. Alan Norton, II, former school
cashier. Both were faculty mem
bers at the time a mysterious
assassin killed youthful head,
master DR.. Elliot Speer in his
study.
That was on the night Of Sep
TENDER IA, 1884. Norton now
charges that last May 6 Elder,
armed with a shotgun, accoSted
him. outside the Norton garage.
Norton fled into his home. Elder,
he said, then escaped.
Elder, claiming he was at a New
Hampshire hotel at the time, fatty
denies Norton's allegations.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
PAIN 7 E 5
.T0P|CKET
TREASURY
Also Will 60 to 'HiH'
With Protest on Inn
ported Labor

Members Of Painters and Deco
rators' Union, Local No. 1858, now
striking on every public and pr.
vate job in Washington and vi
cinity, today broadened their bat
tie against the cause of the
walkout, which began following
charges that out-of-town workmen
were employed on two Federal con-
struction projects here.
Following q mass meeting of
more than 500 Of the strikers, held
today In their headquarters at 704
Sixth st. N. W., the painters went
into action along the following
lines:
Pickets previously parading in
front of many Government build.
ingS were withdrawn, and every
available man among the 600
members was given q banner
and told to picket the United
States Treasury only.
WILL VISIT hill"
Delegations were selected to
visit Capitol Hill and complain
to Congress Of the action Of the
Procurement Division of the
Treasury in permitting repaint-
ing Of the City Post Office and
Bureau of Internal Revenue to
be handled by contractors from
distant cities who are charged
with having imported ~scab"
labor.
Officials of the union, headed
by Bryce p. HOlcOmbe, business
agent, were to cite the contrAc.
tors before the Baltimore office
Continued on Page 2, Col. 6.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
MARRIED BILL
UP TO SENATE

Repeal Of Section 213 of the
Economy Act known as the mar.
ried person clause" reached the
Senate floor today with the prom
Use that it will be acted upon to-
morrow.
Senator Kenneth McKeller CD
of Tennessee today favorably re.
ported the House resolution call.
ing for repeal.
The action in reporting the
resolution today from the Senate
Civil Service Committee places it
on the calender in a position to be
called up at the converting Of the
Senate tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
STRIKE RIOT
DEATHSL LAID
TO POLICE
Senate Probers Hold
Officers Fired First
In Chicago Battle

Death Of 10 strikers killed In
Memorial Day riots at the Re.
public Steel Corporation Chicago
plant were clearly avoidable," the
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
held today, in its reports upon the
three-day investigation Of the riots
conducted some time ago.
Chicago police were held "ac'
countable" for the deaths in the
report filed in the Senate today
by the committee.
The committee, headed by Sena'
tor La Toilette (P.) Of Wisconsin,
summed up its three day investiga'
ton of the pitched battle with a
general denunciation of the de-
pertinent of the police during the
riot.
Police Fired First
The report declared also that
the "first shots were fired by the
police" that the police failed to
provide adequate medical treat
ment for the wounded, and that
they were Unnecessarily brutal"
in their treatment of the 1000
marchers, which included women
and children.
The report was in direct contra
diction to the recent report Of a
coroner's jury a. Chicago, which
termed the action of the police
"justifiable homicide"
La Toilette warned that action
of the police officers and city Of
ficials in approving the action of
the police will encourage further
bloody clashes in strike-bound
areS.s. The report said:
1--WE conclude that the con.
sequences Of the Memorial Day
encounter were clearly avoid
able by the police. The action
Of the responsible authorities
in setting the seal Of their ap-
prOval upon the conduct of the
police not only fails to place re-
spOnsibility where responsible
ity properly belongs, but will in.
Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
COMMIT TEE
GETS PLAN
FOR full
REVISION
Fundamental Changes
To Be Eliminated
Entirely
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

AnIGAAnNAOAANA SNC"o W. NA~S
In a complete surrender to the
opponents of President Roosevelt's
Supreme Court bill, the Admins
tration today agreed to recommit
ting it to the Senate Judiciary
Committee for a complete revision,
which will eliminate all the pro
posed fundamental changes in the
Federal judiciary.
This procedure was agreed upon
by Vice President Garner and
Senator Barley, newlyelected
Democratic leader, at a lengthy
conference with the Senate Judi
ciary Committee. Senator Wheeler
CD, Montana, head of the opposi-
ton. also attended the conference
and approved the agreement.
Burke Makes Motion
The bill will be recommitted at
the request" of the Senate Judi.
ciary Committee. The request"
was adopted by the committee on
motion Of Senator Burke CD Of
Nebraska, one of the bitterest foes
Of the Presidents original bill.
The request" however, was
coupled with instructions to re.
draft the bill to improve pro.
cedure in the Federal courts but
without any reference to the
Supreme Court or any fundamen.
tai change in Federal jurispru.
dence.
This would eliminate not only
the Presidents request for an en-
largement of the Supreme Court
but also his suggestion for ere.
alton of a proctor" to oversee the
lower Federal courts and his re.
quest for authority to appoint
rowing judges" into lower courts.
Garner "Peacemaker'
Garner acted as the peace
maker" at this session of the COM
mittee, which six weeks ago voted
Continued on Page 2, Col. q
The Washington times., 1937-07-22

Strife over the custody Of IL
year-old Fred Storm broke out
anew today when Robert E. Storm,
District engineer, filed an answer
in United States District Court to
a suit brought by his divorced
wife, Mrs. Margaret Hoffman, for
custody of the child.
Storm not only denied her
charges that he is not a fit person
to have custody Of the child, but
through his attorney, Jean Beard
man, filed a cross petition, assert.
ing Mrs. Hoffman Is not . fit per
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Capt. N. NJ. Barnard
Near Death By Stroke

Word was received at the Dis
trict Building today that Capt. M.
M. Barnard, former head of Dis
trict penal institutions, was dying
at his home near Alexandria from
the effects of paralytic stroke
suffered few days ago.
The former District official, who
is about II years old, retired from
his post in the local government
this year, and was succeeded by
Ray L. Huff.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Storm, Ex-Wife Fight
FOr. Custody of Son

son and asking that she be re-
strained from seeing the boy.
At the time Storm won a divorce
in 1885 on the grounds Of infidel.
ity he was granted custody Of the
boy.
Last April Mrs. Storm had her
former husband arrested on an
ass ult warrant, charging he beat
the child with a stick.
The father admitted he admins
tered a whipping to the boy, de-
claring his son needed discipline,
and following the hearing the
charge was dismissed by Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Police Court.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Faces Deficit
Or Slash Of 80 Pei.
International News Service


Spending at the rate of more
than 100000 per working day
since the beginning Of the fiscal
year July /, PWA faces the task
of slashing its expenditures by 80
per cent or run into another def
cit before next July, officials
said today.
The $1.5OO,OOO.OOO work relief
appropriation stipulated that Ad'
miniStrator Harry l.. Hopkins
spread expenditures over the year
so that no deficiency appropria-
ton would be necessary.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Woman Accused

LOUISVILLE, KY, July %
INS) Miss Bess Morgan, 49,
bookkeeper, today awaited ar
raignment on a charge of embez
cling more than $29, 900 from three
associated Louisville firms, which
according to police, she lost in
gambling at the Municipal Bar
Jeffersonyille, Ind.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
OCCUPANTS
AND0R|G|N
UNKNOWN
Steamer Sights Lights
500 Miles Off Coast
Of Newfoundland

NEW YORK, July % Q.N.S0.
A mystery airplane, apparently at
tempting a west-East transatlan-
tic flight, was winging its way
over the ocean today with identity
of It's occupants unknown.
The British steamship Rance.
eastbound, reported TO Radio Ma
rine Corporation it sighted the
plane at sos o'clock last evening
about 500 miles east Of Cape Race.
The vessel reported the planes
navigation lights were plainly Wis
ible, but that It's identified ton
numbers could not be dissla.
guished.
Metropolitan airports reported
no plane equipped to fly the At
lantic was reported to have taken
off yesterday. A similar report
came from st. Johns, Newfound-
land, and the British Air Ministry,
Croydon airport officials and all
other British aviation authorities
said they had no, heard of any
projected Transatlantic flight.
HALIFAX, July % UN.So.-A
mysterious plane was reported off
Cape Race early today, but dill
gent inquiries along the coast Of
Nova Scotia-from Halifax to
Cape North and Cape Breton
failed to find any trace Of it.
It was reported that the Ameri-
can freighter Scanmail had re-
layed a message from another ship
(said to be the Ranee) saying
members of the crew heard a
plane flying eastward some 500
miles off Newfoundland.
At the American Scantic line in
New York, operators Of the Scan
mail, it was stated no informa-
ton concerning any plane had
been received from the Scanma1l.
The Scanmail is in the middle
Atlantic, en- route from Copen-
hagen to Wilmington, Del, where
it is due July 26.
The Rance is believed to be in
the West Indies.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Princess Elizabeth
Sprdins Her Knee

LONDON, July % G.N.SJ.-Lit-
tie Princess Elizabeth, heir to the
throne of England, was on the
casualty lis to-day. She sprained
her left knee a few days ago, pre-
venting her attendance at a Buck
ingham Palace garden party this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
u. 5. Exports First Gold
In More Than Year
international News Service

For the first time in more than
a year, the movement Of gold into
the United States was reversed to-
day when Treasury figures re.
vealed $41,778,78S of the yellow
metal had been exported.
Between July 20 and the previ.
GUS day, the Governments $1,212,.
600,561 inactive gold fund de.
creased to $1,170,821,773.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
w. c. T. U. Director Dead

LOS ANGELES, July 20
UN.S0.-Dr. M. Len Hutchins,
national director Of w. C. T. U.
and a veteran prohibition leader,
was dead of a heart attack today.
She was 81.