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Evening star., 1923-08-09
THINKS D. c. SAFE
FROM DEVILS GRIP
Dr.. Fowler Says Strange
MaIady Unlikely to Cross
Virginia Border.

An outbreak in Washington Of the
Devils grip is not feared by Dis
trict Health Officer William c. Fow-
Ter, who returned today from Rich
mond, Va, where he went Tuesday to
consult with the leading medical au-
thorities of Virginia regarding the
strange disease which is epidemic in
that state.
Although the plague is creeping
near the District-one case being re-
ported at Ballston. Va, less than ten
miles away-Dr. Fowler does not be-
lieve it will be communicated into
the city. The health officer, however,
is equipped to combat the disease
Three Hundred Cases in Virginia.
More than 800 cases already have
been reported in Virginia, the ma
jority of them in the region sur
rounding Fredericksburg, located
about sixty miles south of Washing
ton. There are fourteen cases in
Richmond at present.
Alarmed over the strange disease,
prominent Virginia physicians and
health authorities met in the academy
of medicine in the state capital to
determine the case and method to
battle it. 1t was this conference that
DIR. Fowler attended, at the urgent
request Of the Virginia state health
department
After thorough discussion of the
plague, DR.. Fowler said, the Virginia
doctors and health officials We're as
much baffied as to its origin and how
it is communicated as they were be-
fore. One peculiar feature of the
disease, DR.. Fowler said, Is that 1t
strikes the rural sections with more
severity than the thickly populated
cities and towns.
The conference of the medical au-
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BELGIUM HAS NEW
PLANS FOR ALLIED
RUHR AGREEMENT
Reparations Limited to Ma
terial Damage and Debt
Cancellation Proposed.
LONDON Is UNIMPRESSED
By CUN0'S DEFIANT TONE
Chancellor's Admission Berlin Has
Nothing to Expect From Britain
Only Welcome Point.

By the Associated Press
PARIS. August 9.-The Belgian
government has decided to take the
Initiative and directly approach Great
Britain and France if the reparations
negotiations among the allies show no
signs OF being resumed at an early
date, says Brussels dispatch to Ex-
celsior
Premier Theunis and foreign minister
Jaspar will come to Paris, the news
paper says, to propose that the repara-
tlons claims from Germany, so far as
France and Belgium are concerned, be
confined to the material damage suf
fered by those counties. and further
more that England cancel the interallied
debts, receiving from Germany for her
part the amount of money she owes
the United States
On this basis. it is said, the Belgians
will suggest that interalIied pourparlers
be started to settle the guarantees to
be required from Germany.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
KEPNER'S SECRET
NOTE SENSATION
Miss Ricketts,, on Stand,
Reads of Lovers Suspicion
in Murder Case.
BY a STAFF Correspondent.

BY stan correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. August @.-A
secret note r. Evard kepner wrote
to his pretty waitress sweetheart.
Miss Lulu Ricketts,. several weeks
after his wife had been found shot
to death, in which he warned her that
he was under suspicion and told her
how to answer the questions OF de-
tectives when they visited her, was
sprung with staggering suddenness
by the state this morning when the
wealthy architects trial for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Grace Sim
mons Kepner. was resumed in the
county circuit court.
The note. which was In answer to
frantic appeal from Miss Ricketts,
as to why she was under the
surveillance of detectives, was offered
after the state had drawn from the
girl on the witness stand reluctant
admission that she had kept tryst
with Mr.. Kepner beneath the wall of
the very cemetery in which his wife
had been buried only a few days be-
fore. In vain the defense asked that
the documents be excluded, and the
court obliged Miss Ricketts, to read
the misSives herself.
Miss Ricketts, Reads Notes.
In subdued tone. she first identified
her note to Mr.. Kepner and read IT, as
follows: What is all this going on?
Give me all details. I don't know
what to do. l heard all this am, about
detectives watching me and are go
ing to get me. Send me word by this
party" That note was carried to the
architect in his office on July 4, by
Charles A. Wickless, who works in
the same restaurant with her. Miss
Ricketts, gulped several times and
stopped, as though she was about to
break down.
Go on. please, Miss Ricketts,"
States Attorney Aaron r. Anders
prompted her quietly. For those few
seconds the dead silence that gripped
the courtroom was 80 tense that il
could be felt. Pulling herself to-
gether, the witness said:
MIR. Kepner wrote his answer on
what he said: They are trying to
prove that l killed Mrs. X. Some
things l had to own up to about you
and j, as they had the proof that l
had been out with you and that
gave you few presents. as hose,
underwear and wrist watch. If you
are questioned do not deny this, as
1t had better be as 1t Is. l have two
attorneys keeping me straight You
know, too, that nothing immoral
has ever been between us. Try not
to worry as they have not got any
thing on YOU. It's the hell they are
giving me. Also they know that l
was in Baltimore with you"
The gasp that ran through the
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Train 2 Hours Late
Passing Thousands
Along Route.
HALTS AT CANTON,
HOME OF M'kINLEY
Hosts in Pittsburgh Show
Grief When Special
Pulls Through.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARION. Ohio, August o.
Travelling slowly through long
lines of home folks, the funeral
train carrying President Hard
ing's body arrived in Marion at
1888 pm, two hours and thirty
eight minutes late.
MARION, Ohio, August o
The funeral train bearing home
the body OF the late President
Harding crossed the Marion
county line at 12:13 pm. This
was two miles from Blooming
Grove, the little Morrow county
village, near where he was born.
As the train reached Marion
county the courthouse bell began
tolling.
The progress OF the train
through Marion county was slow,
due to the large crowds which
lined the right OF way. Many OF
them were boyhood neighbors of
the late President. At Martel,
the first town in Marion county.
where Mr.. Harding visited in
youth, large crowd had assem-
bled. At Caledonia, where Mr.
Harding played his famous slip
horn" in the band, another large
crowd had assembled.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. August 9--AI-
most two hours behind schedule, the
train bearing the body of President
is slowly moving across
Ohio to Marion. AS when the cortege
passed through the state travelling
eastward toward Washington two
days ago, large crowds gathered all
along the route and stood reverently
with bowed heads as the nations S
chief travelled homeward for the last
time.
The train slipped across the Ohio
line from Pennsylvania early in the
arriving at East Palestine
near the border, at 7:15, eastern
standard time. Salem, the next size
able town. was reached at 1851 am.
and Alliance at SEA.
Thousands of persons waiting to pay
homage were reported gathered al
other points where the train was to
pass.
Mansfield where the train was tC
be transferred to the Erie railroad
and complete the journey to Marion
was reached at 11:40, eastern stand
ard time, and the train departed for
Marion at 1920. eastern standard
time.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
WRITER TO MARRY.

Kenneth c. Beaton. author. who
writes under his initials. TX. c. b.
and Mrs. Florence Wood Clark,
prominent in Los Angeles society,
are engaged to be married. the Los
Angeles Times said today. Mr..
Beaton is widower. Mrs. Clark
obtained a divorce in 1920 from Joy
Clark of Los Angeles. She is the
mother of two children.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
WILL ENFORCE LAW.
British Plan Regime of Utmost
Rigor in Hongkong.
tho Asanciafad A prora

by tne AsBOcItttd FfesB. :,
HONGKONG. August 9.-Suppres-
sion of crime by the enforcement of
by the British government here. Early
legislation is expected to increase
drastically the penalties for the un-
authorized possession Of arms, with a
for ten years and a hard flogging with
the cato -nine-tails added.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
cUNo SPEECH DISCOUNTED.
London Finds German Official Ut
terances Mainly Unimpressive.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, August 9-ChancslIor
Cuno's speech in the reichstag yes
terday seemingly has had little effect
in England. where the dominant
opinion expressed by those in au-
thority is that the Importance of
German government utterances is an
1'roaching the vanishing point SO far
az the actual effects are concerned.
The most welcome part of the
speech was the chancellor's admission
lhat the German government had
notnlhg 70 expect from Great Britain
IN the way of sympathy or assistance
II Is hoped this will mollify the
french, who have been insisting that
the present British policy Is serving
only TO strengthen Germany's resist
ance In the Ruhr and elsewhere
Sure Hope for Accord.
The cabinet met again this morning
and continued its efforts to formulate
an answer to the French and Belgian
notes which contained a virtual re-
lection of the British draft note to
Germany. Great Britain will not vet
admit the impossibility of bringing
the allies into accord for a Joint reply
to Germanys latest reparation offer,
1t appears from current utterances in
political quarters.
No definite announcement of British
policy is expected until after the gov
ernment has had an opportunity to
gauge public opinion after the pub
lication of the documents appertain-
ing to the recent allied negotiations.
The making public of these documents
Will probably be delayed until next
week.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
OPPOSE COAL UNIONS.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, August 9.-The Massachu-
setts State Chamber of Commerce in
a letter sent to members today urged
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Evening star., 1923-08-09
announcement

The regular edition OF
The Star will be issued
tomorrow at l o'clock.
A complete account of
the funeral of President
Harding at Marion will be
published in the $3.50 Edi-
ton, along with other i'm
portant news of the world.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Friday; moderate
temperature.
Temperature for twenty four hours
ended at . pm. today Highest, 93 at
pm. yesterday; lowest, IS, at am.
today.
Full report on page 90.
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From Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ticn is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1923-08-09
Homes Show Sorrow.

Everywhere throughout the city
hags, were flying at haH-mast, and
everywhere was to be seen the black
and white bunting of mourning. AL
most every home had hanging in Its
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The Marion Star, the newspaper
published by President Harding, will
suspend publication tomorrow in or
der that it's employees may attend the
funeral services and pay their last
respects to their chief"
All points of interest in connection
with the life here Of Mr.. Harding
were being heavily guarded by state
troops to safeguard them from the
ravages of souvenir hunters. An
especially heavy guard was placed
around the old Harding home, from
which Mr.. Harding. then a United
States senator. conducted his famous
front porch campaign for the presi-
dency, and where after election he
met and conferred with the great
minds" of the country
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
Solder Carefully and
Avoid Much Trouble

Inability to handle solder has spoiled
more radio sets than any other one
factor in radio assemblage. Solder Is
easily handled, once the knack Is
mastered. The idea is not to get a
great blob over the entire joint, but
just enough to make perfect union.
To make good soldering job there
are several elemental principles that
must be followed without deviation.
First, the two surfaces to be joined
must be perfectly clean and a thin
coating Of solder applied. To do this
fiux must first be applied and the
wire heated until the solder runs when
applied to the wire and not to the
heated soldering iron. The iron itself
must be perfectly timed so that it
presents an evenly heated surface for
distribution of heat. Then to make the
union the two surfaces to be united
should be brought together and the
hot iron applied just long enough for
the solder on both surfaces to unite.
An extra drop of solder may then be
applied If desired.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
THE BUCCANEERS
A. D. 1870

1t Is only a couple of centuries since
with the Atlantic for her duck pond,
the American continents for her back
yard, and a notice up to warn away
the English, mo dogs admitted"
England was a little power then,
Charles ii had to come running when
the French king whistled, and the Brit
tsh were so weak that the Dutch
burned their fleet in London river.
Every year Spanish fleet came from
the West Indies to Cadiz, laden deep
with gold, silver, gems, spices and all
sorts of precious merchandise.
Much as her sailors hated to see all
that treasure wasted on Spaniards,
England had to keep the peace with
Spain, because Charles II had his
crown jewels in pawn and no money
for such luxuries as war. The Spanish
envoy would come to him making dole
full lamentations about his naughty
sailors, who, in the far Indies, had in
solently stolen a galleon or sacked a
town. Charles, with his mouth water
ing at such tale of loot, would be in
expressibly shocked. The 'lewd
French" must have done this, or the
"pernicious Dutch" but not his woolly
lambs-his innocent mariners.
The buccaneers of the West Indies
were of many nations besides the Brit
ish, and they were not quite pirates.
For instance, they would scorn to seize
a Protestant shipload of salt fish, but
always attacked the papist who had
golden galleons. They were serious
minded Protestants with strong views
on doctrine, and only made their pious
excursions to seize the goods of the I'M
righteous. Their opinions were so
sound on all really important points Of
dogmatic theology that they could al
low themselves a little indulgence in
mere outrage, sacrilege, arson, rob-
berry and murder, or fry Spaniards in
olive oil for cOncealing the cash box.
Then, enriched by such pious eXer-
cises, they devoutly spent the whole Of
their savings on staying drunk for a
month.
The first buccaneers sailed out in a
small boat and captured a warship.
From such small beginnings arose a
pirate fleet, which, under various lead
ers, French, Dutch, British, Portu-
guese, became a scourge to the Span
ish empire overseas. When they had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23

wiped out SPANS merchant shipping
and were short Of plumber, they at
tackled fortified cities, held them to
ransom, and burned them for fun, then
in chase of the fugitive citizens, put
whole colonies to an end by sword and
fire.
Naturally only the choicest scoun-
drels rose to captaincies, and the worst
of the lot became admiral. 1t should
thrill the souls of all Welshmen to
learn that Henry Morgan gained that
bad eminence. He had risen to the
command of five hundred cutthroats
when he pounced down on Maracaibo
bay in Venezuela. At the entrance
stood Fort San Carlos, the place which
in recent years resisted the attack of
a German squadron. Morgan was made
of sterner stuff than these Germans,
for when the garrison saw him coming,
they took to the woods, leaving behind
them lighted fuse at the door of the
magazine. Captain Morgan grabbed
that fuse himself in time to save his
men from a disagreeable hereafter
Beyond it's narrow entrance at Fort
San Carlos, the inlet widens to an in
land sea, surrounded in those days by
Spanish settlements, with the two
cities of Gibraltar and Maracaibo. Nor
gan sacked these towns and chased
their flying inhabitants into the noun
tains. His prisoners, even women and
children, were tortured on the rack
until they revealed all that they knew
Of hidden money, and some were
burned by inches, starved to death, or
crucified.
These pleasures had been continued
for five weeks, when a squadron of
three heavy warships arrived from
Spain and blocked the pirates only
line of retreat to the sea at Fort San
Carlos. Morgan prepared a fire ship,
with which he grappled and burned the
Spanish admiral. The second ship was
wrecked, the third captured by the pi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
Costs Less to Keep Clean.


More than 100000 deaths and over
100000 cases of serious illness an
nually are ascribed by Federal and
State health reports to needlessly un-
sanitary conditions. 1t is an amaz-
ing fact that most Of this needless
lack Of sanitation is found, not in
the cities, but among the rural and
small-town population.
Yet wholly sanitary conditions may
be brought about in the country just as
quickly and easily as in the city. The
actual expenditure involved is very
small, especially when you consider
how much the family's health will be
improved as result. It will assure
also, of course, a great improvement
in comfort.
Septic tanks, privy vaults, protec-
ton for domestic water supplies, rat
proof Outbuildings-all Of these can
be provided for a little cost and lit
tie work by any man. Full directions
on how to do it, what is the best struc-
ture for each job, what tools you will
require, how much cement, how to mix
and place the concrete-al this may
be had free on request to the Portland
Cement Association, Ill West Wash
ington Street, Chicago. Ask for "Con-
crete in Home Sanitation; you will
get it free by return mail.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23

of these. Also one small piece (straight)
four inches in length and one straight
piece six inches in length. Each of
these cost ten cents also. This makes
total of fifty cents for gas fittings
Next purchase large tin funnel in the
same store for ten cents.
A small round (flat) piece of brass
(9) is sweated onto the end of piece
(4) shown in the drawings at (B). Two
holes are drilled through this brass
piece and through the cap of the tele-
phone receiver 90, and the brass
piece is made fast to the receiver cap
by two screws and nuts ~ (S). See
Fig. c.
All joints are sweated together and
wiped to make the piping alright.
This little instrument works very
well and after being polished looks like
factory job. 1t throws weak signals
out into the room at greater volume
than most instruments of this type do.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23

wound with suitable wire and then
covered with a mixture of sealing wax
and rosin, on the wire, so that it wiz
hold the wires together. When the
mixture has hardened, the end plug is
taken out and the winding is pulled
off, as in Fig. 3.
Two If these windings go with a
variometer and are placed in boxes
Just deep enough to cover it. The coil
should be placed exactly in the middle
of the box and the same mixture
should be poured in the bottom. about
one eighth inch thick, or just enough
to hold the coil from falling out.
When two boxes are made t ey are
placed together with the rotating ball
in the middle, which is simpler to
make.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
A Serious Situation.

did you know" asked Mr.. Nutting
of his neighbor as they sat discussing
the affairs of the world on the neigh
are seventy-fve thousand people in
Massachusetts, all native-born Ameri-
cans, who can neither speak nor write
the English language?" "Now replied
his friend. THAT seems impossible.
Are you sure of your figures?" "Per.
fectly sure" "And they're all Ameri-
can born, you say?" Eyes. sir, every
one of them native born-and every
one of them under two years Of age"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
This Crystal Receiver Provides SHARP
Tuning, Thanks to the Variable Con
denser.

apparatus. Yours may be of old ma
terial or of material bought for the
purpose.
To begin with, cabinet is construct
ed TO the inside dimensions of 6 by 9
inches by 6 inches in depth The
material used is birch one-quarter
inch thick. 1t is put together with
small screws and glue. When the glue
has set it is stained mahogany color
and vanished. This coat is allowed
to set for three days and is then
rubbed down with pumice and water
and vanished again. If this is done
carefully you will have cabinet close
ly resembling factory product.
The front panel is of bakelite or
formica one-quarter inch thick and cut
6 inches wide and 9 inches long. Be
fore drilling, template of the front
panel is made of heavy paper and the
location of the instruments is figured
out and marked on this, so as to re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
Variometer Stators
May Be Easily Made

A simple way of making the outer
coil of variometer so that the wind
ing is opposite the rotating ball is de-
scribed below.
Fig. is the molder. 1t consists of
half a ball cut out at one end so that
plug will fit in.
Fig. shows both pieces Cited to-
gether ready for winding. This is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
Tubes and Their Care.

Amplifier tubes become soft" with
use This means that they lose their
original vacuum, and as such become
less effective as amplifiers. Detectors
that are already soft absorb air and
lose their natural sensitiveness. But
these changes come about very slowly.
The four contact prongs on the base
Of the vacuum should be brushed oc-
casionally with fine sandpaper.
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old one or it may be purchased for
this purpose 1t is taken from Its base
and mounted at the top of the front
panel.
A small fixed condenser having q
capacity of about .0015 mf. is used for
the phone or stopping condenser This
Is screwed to the bottom of the cabi-
net and is used to shunt across the
phones. This, completed. makes the
set ready for work on wiring after the
binding posts are put in place as
shown on the drawing of the front
panel.
Run wire from the switch level on
your left to the binding post at the up
per left and mark this A. The other
switch Is connected to the other bind
ing post and marked G. A wire is run
from the left side of the tuning coil
winding to one of the variable con-
denser terminals, then to one binding
post on the detector. From the other
detector binding post a wire is run to
the phone condenser and then to the
phone binding post on the left. An
other wire is run from the other vari-
able condenser binding post to the
right-hand end of the tuning coil wind
ing, to the phone condenser and then
the other phone binding post. The set
is now completely wired and the cabi-
net can be closed and sealed as shown
in Fig. 3.
For use the aerial is connected to
the binding post marked A and the
ground to G. The phones are connect
ed to the binding posts on the bottom
accomplished through the switches,
while the variable condenser is used
mainly to tune out interference.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23

Do not splatter solder all over the
parts. as some small particle is likely
to get wedged in some inconspicuous
place and put the instrument out of
business. Not so long ago we saw a
set that was wired properly, with good
parts, that did nothing but throw a
nice, fat. juicy spark and run down
the batteries. After a minute examina-
ton little blob of solder that had
fallen when some taps were being SOL
dered was wedged in between the plate
of the condenser and setscrew,
which created short circuit. The
solder was removed and presto-the
set was doing its stunt. Be careful
of the way you apply solder and avoid
trouble
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-23
Simple Way to Build
Your Own Loud Speaker

A few pieces of gas fixtures, re-
ceiver, and large funnel are all that
is needed to make the loud speaker
shown in the illustration.
AT the ten-cent stores you will find
U-shaped pieces of gas fittings which
sell for ten cents each. Purchase three