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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
WHITE PLAINS. N y-Irn,or

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.-Union bar.
bers have tied up all the shops in
this New York suburb by walking out
following refusal OF their wage de.
mands. They get s25 a week and so
per cent OF receipts over s35. They
want $50 and so per cent over s45 re.
ceipts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21


Last week artists from the Russian
Opera under the direction of Jack
Pfeffer, gave three concerts for the
striking workers at $50 W. Washing
ton st. The artists who took part
in these concerts were: Vladimir
Swetlow, tenor; Ina Dain, soprano;
Edmund zigman, violinist, and Alex
Aston, pianist.
The concerts were crowned with
great success and every concert was
followed by thunderous applause from
the workingclass audience.
Jack Pfeffer promises at all times
to come to the support and help Of
the workers with music and art
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21

Labor Party campaign
Powell French Branch 525
Racine Lithuanian Branch .. 500
Glassport Finnish Branch ... 1900
Portland English Branch. 90
providence Russian Branch. 1900
Milwaukee English Branch . 500
Rochester German Branch - 300
Detrot Italian Branch ......."............... 500
Mountain View South-Savic Branch 400
Iecnnlcal Aid Branch, Buhalo............ 1900
Chicago Greek Branch ............. 1000
chicago Italian Branch ".................... 1400
Kansas City English Branch ..... 1000
st. Paul Czecho-Sovak Branch. ... 1000
North Hudson English Branch ...... II 90
Frederick English Branch ............. 700
jamestown English Branch ......... 600
Gardner Lithuanian Branch ... 500
Westvile Lithuanian Branch .. 500
Barracksville South-Savic Branch....... 1000
Erie German Branch ......~................ 900
What about your branch? Has it sold its quota of the
Mass, Glass Farmer-Labor Party Labels?
The party needs the support of every unit this cam
paign both organizatonally and financially
Will you help by raising quota of the Farmerabor
Party Campaign Fund?
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The Party at Work
BUILDING THE FARMER-LABO FUND.-

Here is another list of branches which have done their
part IN hepng the party win great victory in the Farmer
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How many Of your shop-mates read
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

the BoIshevik government. Kolchak
swept on to within 200 miles of Mos
COW. Then the break came. After a
decisive defeat on the Volga, Kol-
chak's forces were routed
A great evacuation movement from
European Russia set in, as the Boil
sheviki pushed on into western and
central Siberia. Colonel Johnson and
a few American and British engineers
between Oursk and the front had
charge of transportation of the re
treating army. In September, 1919
they passed 40 trains eastward per
day Winter came on, decentralization
walton added to their terrors. All al
lied forces were ordered out. On No
vember u, Colonel Johnson left Oursk
with the last allied train and the Reds
moved in the next day.
Five months later the last trains
dragged into vladivostok after as ter
ribIe a winter as military forces have
ever known. Locomotives broke
down, food was lacking, disease ragged,
panic and decentralization reigned, coal
mines were abandoned. Belshevik
forces hampered and hindered. Five
months went by in that journey of
1880 miles, This ended allied inter.
vention in Siberia
All left but the Japanese. They
chose to remain and the bodies for
coordination of allied efforts contin-
ued Colonel Johnson stayed on for
two years, having under his control
American-trained Chinese and Japa-
nese engineers So much was accom-
pIished in restoring the traffic on the
Trans Siberian that Colonel Johnson
was decorated by the President Of
China and the emperor of Japan as
he had been by the French President
and by Serbia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Mixing With Limestone In
wolves Serious Danger.

Since acid phosphate on wheat Is
gaining wider use and with fall spread
ing of limestone on wheat ground be-
ing common practice, the question has
often been asked, whether one might
not mix the limestone and acid .phos-
phate and apply these two soil treat
ments at the same time.
Though labor might be saved by
mixing, such a practice involves seri-
Gus danger. Laboratory experiments
as we'll as field results show that,
when mixed with limestone, the solu-
BILE phosphorus reverts or changes TO
an insoluble form and its beneficial
effects are largely lost. This change
goes on more rapidly as the amount OF
limestone in proportion to the phos-
plate becomes greater. So, where one
ton of stone is mixed with only one
hundred pounds OF phOsphate-which
is about the common ratio of applica-
tion-the loss of soluble phosphate is
rapid.
Rather than apply the two in mix
ture, the limestone can be spread
after blowing and worked into the
soil during preparation of the seed
bed When this is done early, as is
commonly recommended. and the phos-
phate put on with the wheat seeding.
the time between the applications is
sufficient 10 let the lime act partly on
the soil. and the chance for intimate
mixture Of lime and phosphate be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Waste Straw or Leaves
to Mulch Strawberries

Late fall or early winter Is the best
time to apply a mulch to your straw
berry patches. Old waste straw or
leaves make very satisfactory mulch.
There is danger in using new wheat
straw as frequently enough seed is
present TO produce almost stand OF
wheat in the strawberry patch Ap-
ply the mulch two TO three inches
deep and in the spring the mulch may
be raked from Immediately over the
plants, but exercise care that the
mulch is well around the plants and
in the middle A mulch will protect
the plants during the winter and keep
the berries cleah in the spring and
in ease of a protracted wet cool spell
will prevent many berries from rot
ting.
Ii is necessary TO pick the fruit when
ripe, therefore during wet weather
1t Injuries the soil TO tramp over il,
TO say nothing Of the disagreeable
work of walking over soft muddy
ground A mulch will lessen both
these difficulties.
1t is not practical TO cultivate straw
berries during harvest season. there
fore a mulch Is very beneficial since
II will conserve moisture and keep
down grass and weeds 10 certain ex-
tent. When worked into the soil al
the close Of harvest season. organic
matter will be added TO the SOLID c.
NFaarirC EyrQuSion HorriPI1lfrrriSf
Oklahoma A and III. college
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

made by soaking a strip Of cloth I'm
India ink and letting Ii dry. This re-
sistance is then mounted on a piece
OF insulating material. bent at right
angles as shown in the illustration
This is best constructed of a piece of
hard rubber about AZ inches long and
1 inch wide. This piece of hard
rubber is easily bent at right angles
II inch from one end by immersing
il for couple Of minutes in boiling
water, TO soften Ii. A bushing. such
as that used in an ordinary jack. is
obtained. This bushing serves as a
bearing and also holds the insulating
bracket TO the panel. A hole is bored
through the short end of the bracket
and threaded to take the bushing. If
il is not possible to thread the bracket
it may be held in place by means Of
a nut. The resistance is varied by
means OF piece of spring brass which
is bent TO the shape shown When the
knob is turned a cam made OF hard
rubber or bakelite and fashioned as
shown. gradually depresses the spring,
thereby shorting more or less OF the
resistance. Two binding posts are
fastened TO the base of the instrument
for connections
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
thermometers for use of the growers ;
and giving advice as to the proper ex-
posture of instruments in an orchard.
Stable Manure Superior
as Fertilizer in Garden

Perhaps the vegetable crops did not
grow as well as they might have. even
with the weather conditions as they
we're. This may have been due to lack
of fertility in the SOIL II is very sell
dom that a well-fertilized garden soil
fails to produce a uniformly satisfac-
tory crop of vegetables.
OF all the garden fertilizers. none Is
superior to stable manure.
Stable manure carries nitrogen,
phosphorus and potash, the three
chief elements of fertility. Not only
does it carry these plant foods, but II
contains decaying vegetable matter
and the bacteria already at work
which makes the decaying vegetation
available as plant food for crops.
Use plenty of manure on the garden.
You will not find more profitable
place on the farm for the manure. A
ton of weIl-rotted manure 10 every
eight square rods of the garden area
is none too much; in fact, some adj
wise still more.
For garden conditions, even better
results are had by supplementing the
manure with about fifty pounds of acid
phosphate to each ton of manure ap-
Piled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Keeping Seed Potatoes
to Prevent Sprouting

Potatoes kept for seed should not be
allowed to grow long wL.te sprouts
Such sprouts can be broken or and
new sprouts will come; but the potato
that must feed the new plant until "
gets a root system of its own will be
greatly weakened by long sprouts To
prevent this undesirable sprouttng
keep the potatoes at temperature OF
35 or 40 degrees and rreat the seed
early for scab, then as planting time
arrives spread them in the light where
they will grow short strong sprouts.
These sprouts are not disturbed by
planting, nor killed by the formalde-
hyde treatment having been previous
ly treated They grow fast when
planted, for the seed has not been
weakened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
JOHNSON HONORED
BY FIVE NATIONS

Bolsheyik battles, a car of all the
Russias murdered with his family in
a lonely provincial town, the historic
retreat of Czechoslovak forces from
western Russia to the Pacific, clash
after clash for FIVE months with Ger
man and Austrian war prisoners and
Russian Reds, cold, hunger, the slow
withdrawal of allied troops with all
the hardships of panic. food shortage,
and broken down transportation-all
of these, woven together into the story
Of Col B. o. Johnson, Legionnaire
make OF il a veritabIe Arabian Nights
tale.
Colonel Johnson, now resident at
st. Paul, Mimi, but formerly of Liv-
fngston. Mont, was appointed chair
man of the transportation committee
for the national convention OF the
American Legion. He is a vice presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific railroad
In the fall of 1917 Colonel Johnson
went TO Siberia as a member OF a rail-
way engineers outfit to move military
supplies from VladivostOk on the Pa
cific TO the Russian front Finding
that the front was collapsing, he was
sent with a few other American en-
gineers TO learn conditions. After s.
600 miles across north Asia, they
learned that Russia was out of it and
helped TO move $4,000 Czechoslovaks,
Serbs and Rumanians across Siberia
to Vladiyostok. For five months they
battled with 100000 enemy prisoners
of war, aided by the Reds. The pris-
oners were returned to camps, the
Trans-Siberian railroad was controlled
and way opened into Austria.
Colonel Johnson was with the
CZechs as they surrounded Ekaterin.
burg. while Gar Nicholas and his
family were prisoners there. He in
terviewed many Russians who were in
the city when the imperial family was
murdered. He got at first hand story
In the press He is one of a few
Americans who have stood in the very
room where the last of the Romanoffs,
who ruled Russia for 800 years, met
his fate
After the armistice in 1918, Colonel
Johnson. with American, British, JAP
anGse and Chinese engineers. was
placed in charge. of the Trans-Siberian
railroad TO transport supplies TO AID.
miral Kolchak in his battle against
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Showing Fundamental Construction of
Baldwin Type.


ternaring current flows through the
suspended coil the effect of the mag
and down, thus causing the diaphragm
10 vibrate as In the other type. So far
as know, there is no head phone on
the market OF this type.
What l have called the Baldwin"
type is a loud speaker using Bald
win phone, or an adaptation of it.
Figure l shows the fundamental con-
struction Of this instrument. In the
actual commercial product certain
changes are made for compactness
which are not shown because of diff
Guilty of reproduction. In the figure NJ
is the permanent magnet, with north
and south poles at n and S. respec-
lively. P, P are the two pole pieces,
between which the armature A is sus-
pended. The armature is pivoted at
its center. At its right end the lever L
is fastened, and il is by this that the
motion of the armature is communi-
Gated to the diaphragm D. At the
other end OF the armature a small
spring T is provided TO maintain a
slight tension on the diaphragm. The
coil c is wound large enough to leave
the armature room TO vibrate within
IL. vet small enough to fit inside the
pole pieces.
The operation is as follows: When
a current flows in the coil C the
arnature is thereby magnetized. one
end becoming a north pole, the other
south. Now. each pole piece is mag
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Forecasts Are Aid
to Fruit Growers
Warning Service Saves Crop
and Prevents Unneces-
sary Burning of Oil.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
The accuracy of frost forecasts
made by the weather bureau of the
United States Department of Agricul-
trre is illustrated by results in a
typical district where 90 forecasts of
temperature near or below the danger
point were made and distributed. In
81 per cent of the cases the forecast
was correct within 2 degrees Fahren-
heit or less, and in the other cases the
variations were only slightly greater.
Pay for Service.
Fruit growers appreciate this spe-
ciaI frost warning service by paying
approximately one-half the expense of
IL IN order to extend the operations
permitted by the funds of the weather
bureau. Information furnished not
only saves fruit but prevents the I'M
necessary burning of many gallons OF
OIL The practice of orchard heating
is growing rapidly. There are three
general methods of frost protection:
Conserving heat, stirring the air and
dUulnS neat Dy HtduS VI uTtS 1Hc
last has proven thus far the most
practical and economical method.
Several trained meteorologists are
assigned to frost work during the dam
ger period each year in important fruit
districts. This work consists of tenn
perature surveys, the issuing of fore
casts and warnings of frost, expert
mental work as TO the most effective
methods of protection, and giving adj
vice to growers. Temperature surveys
are useful not only in regard TO show
ing the susceptibility of locality TO
frost owing TO its topography, but also
as an aid in selecting orchard sites. In
issuing warnings there is a specially
arranged system of distribution One
grower may be told to prepare for
firing the latter part of the following
night, and another near by that bis
orchard will be in no danger.
Work of Testing.
Experimental and advisory work
comprises the testing, under actual
orchard conditions, of various devices
for frost protection; determining the
relative effectiveness of different kinds
of heaters; testing personally owned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Popularity of Soy Beans
Increased in Corn Belt

II is surprising to observe the in
creased acreage of soy beans. Through
out the South the feeding and fertility
value of soy beans and cowpeas have
been recognized and appreciated, but
recently this new crop has journeyed
into the Corn Belt and through the
Northwest, and demonstrations every
where are serving TO extend the plant
ing of this legume. This, too, is in
spite of the fact that the production
in bushels or the return in dollars and
cents is more or less restricted unless
the soy beans can be sold TO concerns
which will extract the oil and market
the residue for feeding purposes.
Straight soy-bean meal is an excellent
supplement TO corn and other carbO-
hydrate feeds supplying protein of
good quality, but it never can be re-
lied upon to supply the entire amount
Of protein essential for balanced ra-
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Publicity for Royalty

A book containing 61.120 newspa-
per clippings on the activities of the
prince of Wales during his visit TO
Long Island has been completed by a
clipping bureau and sent to London.
The volume weighs 325 pounds. To
classify the mass of clippings % ex-
perts worked night and day for two
weeks on job which under ordinary
circumstances would, have taken three
months. The bureau says that no
President of the United States ever
received SO much publicity in SO short
time
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
kRM kCTSr

Protect the song bird from the cats.
Paint not only preserves; 1t also
brightens.
An honest pack is the noblest work
of farm marketing
Fumigate grain and other stored
products that are weevil-infested-
A successful farm is bound to be
the product of an able and industrious
man
all dead material in gardens and or
chards.
A one crop farmer and his money
are soon parted for high price feeds
and food
We can raise more fruit IL we
choose the right varieties and give
them proper care.
winter cover crop not only Inn
proves the soil but it keeps ii from
straying down the creeks and getting
lost.
Peach tree b0rers probably die of
fright when they see paradicheoroben-
zene coming toward them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

farmers witnessed the post-mortem
examination of the animals which the
inspectors had condemned on the
basis of the tubercuIin test.
Every carcass showed LESSONS of the
disease, some of pronounced nature.
The farmers who witnessed the exam
nation expressed satisfaction with the
results and are continuing their work
for the eradication of the disease from
the county under systematic county
area plan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

BY A. v. LoUGHREN
Before taking up the actual design
details OF a lOud-speaker, which may
unit, it is instructive 10 study the sew
eral types of loud speakers which are
on the market. These fall, naturally,
into three classes:
(a) The magnetic diaphragm type.
(b) The moving coil type.
(c) The Baldwin type.
The magnetic diaphragm type is Of
very common occurrence. It is essen
tally similar to the ordinary head
phone, having a permanent magnet
whose poles are placed close TO the
diaphragm. A magnet coil carrying
many turns Of fine wire is mounted
on each pole of the permanent mag
net. When no current is passing
through the coils the iron diaphragm
Is, nevertheless, attracted by the per-
manent magnet If a direct current
is sent through the coils in the direc-
ton which strengthens the permanent
magnet the diaphragm is pulled down
more, and with current In the oppo-
site direction it is pulled less strongly
and springs up a little bit. Thus, with
an alternating current, which flows
first in one direction, then in other,
the diaphragm is pulled down, then
partially released, and in this way
sound waves are produced.
This construction, properly handled.
will lead 10 a very satisfactory loud
speaker. But 1t has its drawbacks for
the constructor, as he must secure
perfectly smooth iron diaphragm Of a
larger diameter than usual. Also IL
Is essential that the diaphragm be
mounted lin the proper relation TO the
poles Of the magnet.
The Moving Coil Type.
The moving coil type is represented
by the MagnavOx instruments. Here
a small coil, very light in construc-
ton. is fastened TO the diaphragm.
This coil is suspended in the mag
netic field Of a strong electromagnetic.
The magnet consists of a large num-
Der of turns of wire on an iron core
A small current, usually somewhere
near 0.5 ampere, is drawn from the
A battery Of the receiving set to ex-
cite this magnet. Now, when an al
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
They Were Shot

Might as well be square. about II"
says an American Legionnaire of Navy
Post No. Is. New York city. WON
der what some OF those who are al
ways knocking the imeys thought OF
that incident in China wnere the COM
mander OF the British gunboat demand
ed that the Chinese junkmen who shot
Edwin G. Hawley. an American citi-
zen, be shot on the beach where they
had attacked Mr.. Hawley. And. what's
more, they were shot," and that ended
the incident
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Impetus to tuberculosis
Eradication In Indiana

The public post-mortem demonstra-
ton on eleven cattle reacting TO the
tuberculin test gave an impetus to IT,
berculosis eradication recently in Wa
bash county, Indiana, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The reactors were the tubercu-
lous cattle found among 564 head test
ed, representing 46 herds Eleven
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
ACID PHOSPHATE ON WHEAT is
GAINING FAVOR WITH GROWERS

comes so small that the danger Is
negligible Even when the lime goes
on just shortly before seeding there is
little danger as long as it is worked
into the soil ahead of the phosphate.
In applying these soil treatments it
is well to remember that any method
of handling them which prohibits their
intimate mixing avoids the danger Of
reverting the phosphate and losing the
usual profit from its use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Classified

Biackstone-Did you notice the
mute appeal in that beautiful girls
eyes?
webster-Yes: she's a dumb belle.
all right.-American Legion weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Variable Grid Leak Is
Smooth In Operation
sv RosERT y. Watkins

Following is a description of very
efficient variable grid leak which Is
smooth in operation and has the add
ed advantage of being easily mounted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
cutieura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one Of the things Cuticura VIII do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Adyertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
burning skin pf.eu.e.

quickly relieved and healed by Coles
Carbolisalve. Leaves no scars. No medi-
cine chest complete without It 30c and
60c at druggists, or J. W. Cole Co., Rock
ford u.-Advertisement-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

Nothing is so difficult that 1t may
not be found out by research.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

on the panel. II is desirable to have
a grid leak which can easily be
varied, as a slightly different setting
will be required for D and local sta
tons. The grid leak resistance Is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

only. but is wise who is also wise in
deeds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14

That merry pair, Nanette and Rim
tintin, still hang around milady's bou-
doir, as pretty ornament Here they
are, with heads of cotton cloth, paint
ed faces, hair and bodies Of white
zephyr (wound with black for the feet).
Nanette's skirt is of blue zephyr, the
tunic white. Rintintin's coat Is cro-
cheted of blue and so are their hats.
They are about eight inches tall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Foolish Question

Emma-''Did she marry him for love
or money" Ruth-"For love. OF
course; he's newspaper artist"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
Will Please Hostesses

takes TO be magnificent-and Christ
mas makes an opportunity for them
to take on regal airs. This very up
to-date pair chooses black and gold
lace with fine black satin ribbon. to
achieve 'the splendor dear to women"
Souvenirs for Guests
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-14
BY A. v. LOUGHREN

Showing Providing
Modified