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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
CUBAN NEWSPAPER
 IS CONFISCATED
Ell Sol Charged With Inciting
 Revolution

HAVANA, March 25.-Today's edi- tion of the morning newspaper Fl Sol was seized by the government and the plant occupied by police as a result of articles yesterday on General Garcia Velez's charges made in New sYork against the government of President Zayas.
 This measure" it was officially an- nounced, lis not against the press; not against the free expression of thoughts, only against the melting to revolution and the announcing of a revolution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
CnuRT IN SESSInN

LAUREL. Miss, March 25.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire.)-Circuit court for the second judicial district of Jones county convened at the Laurel court house Monday morning for it's regular March session. The grand jury and two petit juries to serve during the first week of the session were drawn, after which Judge R, s. Hall charged the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
SEEK PROPAGANDA M CHICAGO SCHOOLS
Federal Agents Charge Radicals
 At Work There

CHICAGO, March 25.-Complaints that the public schools here are being circularized in the interests of com. munists and pacifist organizations and that schools in factory districts are be- ing picketed, are to be investigated by the board of education. :.
 Government investigators declare they will show the school authorities that soviet and pacifist organizations have enlisted the aids of school teach CTS to spread their doctrines to chill dren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
SANITARY SEWER
 GIVEN APPROVAL
Business District Improvements
 To Cost $273,OOO

A sanitary sewer systems to serve the business district from Morris ave- nue to Fifth avenue, north, and from Fourteenth to Twenty-sixth streets, was authorized by an ordinance adopt ed by city commissioners Tuesday.
 The system will cost about $273, 900 and will be completed before winter, ir was said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
MAY COST HIS LIFE

SPARTANBURG, S. C., March 25. .-One man was badly injured and is not expected to live as the result of a boiler explosion at the Piedmont Steam laundry this afternoon. The injured man had recently installed the boiler and was testing it out when fhe explosion occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
NEGRO PRISONER DIES

Sam Brooks, negro, confined in the county jail on a charge of burglary, died early Tuesday morning. His death is said to have been due to stomach trouble.
 Brooks was identified some time ago by Mrs. Sophia Zeideman as the negro who attacked her in her store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
IDAHO JOINS PARADE Delegation Instructed To Support
 C0OIidve

LEWISTON, Idaho, March 25.-The republican state convention here today passed a resolution instructing the Ida ho delegation to the national conven- ton to vote for the nomination of President Coolidge as presidential can didate. Another resolution indorsed the administration of Governor Moore and the reelection of the entire present congressional delegation was demanded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26

New blends of coffee for American tables are possible with the reported successful trial shipments late last year of several tons of Arabica and Robusta coffee for Sumatra, in an eff. fort to locate a market here,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26

For the first time in the history of Alaska the tide of travel on the Alaska railroad has been inbound into the in- trior instead of outbound.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

animals as one of the many powers
obtained by human beings by eating
snakes.
This belief fingers today in parts
of Germany and Bohemia and down to
the Nineteenth century it was COM
mon belief in Scandinavia that wis
dom was obtained by eating snakes.
In short from the Red sea to the
Arctic the belief In the efficacy of
snake eating prevailed In remote an
tiquity and fingers today in the form
of popular superstitions, some of
WHICH have found their way to these
shores.
Nov snakes have remarkably good
and effective teeth. and II they are
broken off. or fall out, they renew
themselves. So. naturally. II you
chew a snake along his back-fha
process recommended by the supersti,
ZION in question-you obtain, by that
Branch of sympathetic magic known
rs the magic of contact. firm and last
Ing teeth yourself.
70 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Connections All
Fans Should Know
How Ammeters and Volt
meters Must Be Attached
in Circuit.

At one rime or another radio fans
meter or both. These instruments are
either to be placed on the panel of a
set and are to be permanently con.
nected to the receiver or are to be used
as external trouble shooters. In either
case 1t is well for the prospective pur-
chaser of these instruments to know
just how they should be used and how
to connect them In circuit.
First, the ammeter. The connecting
of an ammeter in a circuit is always
the same, no matter whether the
amount of current to be measured is
e-millionth of an ampere or one mil
lion amperes. The ammeter is always
connected in series with the source of
current before it gets to the load. The
diagram accompanying this story
shows how to use the instruments on a
siX-vOlt battery for use in a radio set.
Every ammeter has two terminals.
These two are marked as to polarity.
That is, one of them is marked with
either a plus sign or stamped Posi-
tive" This terminal is connected TO
the positive battery lead, and the other
terminal is connected to the circuit.
Thus in Fig. it will be seen that the
ammeter is in series with the positive
"a" battery lead.
Use of the Volunteer.
The voltmeter is used to determine
the voltage, or. potential difference, in
a battery, in a circuit or in part of
circuit. It is always connected across
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
SCHOOLING

THE governor of the state was look
1 ing for a school to which TO send
his daughter. The capital amused it
self with speculations. Certain ladies
withheld registration Of their children
until the matter should be decided and
results published. and certain others
registered in both of the citys leading
educational Institutions. Mrs. Browne
and Mrs Gray were discussing the
subject over their tea one afternoon.
Guide Hall, asserted Mrs. Gray, must
be the great mans choice. Mrs. Gray's
own daughter went to Guide Hall. At
Guide Hall was a sense of tradition !;
the school turned out ladies': their
graduates knew how to enter, and. a
far more difficult matter, how to leave
room; at Guide Hall one somehow
learned to carry on an entertaining
conversation.
Mrs. Browne bridled. Mary Browne
went to the Capital academy. Here
they turned out scholars. Their alum
and most of them went to college! !
Moreover, they were conspicuous af7
terward in the world.
Meanwhile, the governor was paying
business call on an old friend, who
had that year started new school of
which Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Browne had
never even heard.
You know" the head was saying.
sit would be sheer dishonesty to blind
ourselves to the fact that your daugh-
ter will have great social responsible
ties to meet. It's clear that you are
presidential timber, Frank. Children
learn most from one another. and
from my children she won't learn the
give and take Of worldwide society.
That's really important for meeting
life, and it's the part of old friendship
to let you know our weak points,"
yes, I've already talked with Mrs.
Gray" smiled the governor.
"And our efficiency in passing exam
nations will hardly come up to the
standards of Capital academy" went
on the governors friend
I've also seen Mrs Browne" inter-
rupted the governor.
Mrs. Gray and Mrs Browne wou,d
call my educational ideas old-fash-
| ioned." she ended.
Praise be for that" said the gov
ernor. Then he himself took the floor.
Here is another old-fashioned idea !:
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How to Use the instruments on Six
Volt Battery

the circuit, whether the voltage under
measurement be large or small. This
is shown in Fig. b.
The voltmeter also has two terminals
! that are marked positive and negative.
The positive is marked by plus sign
or the word Positive" The negative
terminal is easily found by looking for
the terminal marked positive-the
other is naturally the negative-or by
designating the post as negative that
has no identifying marks upon it.
In connecting voltmeter in cir
cult containing many tubes it must first
be decided whether the voltage of the
entire circuit is to be measured or just
the voltage across one filament If just
the voltage impressed upon one tube
is to be measured then connect the
voltmeter as per Fig. C. But for the
the "A" battery posts.
The circuit given in Fig. for the
ammeter is for measuring one tubes
amperage only. For use ON all tubes
the ammeter should be connected in
series with the positive "a" battery
binding post and the rest of the cir
cult aThat is, the "a" battery positive
lead goes first to the ammeter and
then to the filaments of the tubes.
Scale Reading for Ammeter.
The scale reading for an ammeter
will depend upon the amount of current
flowing in a circuit. For testing the
drain of set employing one UV-102A
tube the scale reading can be as low
as one-half an ampere. The same for
WD IL or u. For 100 tube no am
meter is necessary To find the cor
rect scale reading necessary multiply
the number of tubes to be used by the
filament rating (amperes) given to the
tubes by the manufacturer, and then
get an ammeter with scale reading
little higher than the product OBJ
tanned from the above multiplication.
The choice of the voltmeter for scale
reading will depend upon the filament
voltage of the tubes used. For W.
2O1A tubes a ten-volt meter is correct,
for WD II or II tubes two-volt scale
reading and for UV-199 tubes four or
five volt scale reading This does not
vary, no matter how many tubes are to
be used in the circuit.
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the right quantity of mercury has been
found, the other end of the tube should
also be sealed with wax. This variable
leak is mounted in a brass clip, which
is attached TO a knob and shaft in
serted through the panel. A small
block of wood is bolted to one end of
the shaft and the brass clip is held in
place over it, as shown in the dia-
gram. A stiff brass spring is placed
over the shaft between the panel and
the wooden block so that sufficient ten
sion is always had to keep the grid
leak in any position in which it may
be placed. Light, flexible leads may
be soldered to the two brass connec-
ton strips at either end of the tube.
When the tube is in vertical position
maximum resistance is had and as it is
gradually turned to the horizontal posi-
ton, the mercury short-circuits more
of the thread, thus cutting down the
resistance-Radio News.
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be prepared ready for cooking the day
before, dessert made and salads ready
for mixing.
When a roast is to be served 1t is
cooked on Saturday and reheated for
the Sunday dinner, saving that extra
care. Mother needs rest day as we'll
as any member of the family.
nice custom in some homes Is to
allow the father and boys, if any. to
prepare the Sunday supper. With in
gradients at hand they may make the
things they like and it is usually
course they are not as careful at first
abant dishes and messing up" the
Kitchen, but it will not be long before
they will learn just how to do things.
What comfort 1t is to know that
the men and boys in the family are
capable of preparing wholesome
meal when the emergency comes. 1t
is worth much to them and to these
who need to be served.
Gelatin desserts and those of ieIIo
may be prepared the day before, and
with whipped cream make most tasty
dessert.
For supper an omelet or milk toast.
a rarebit or sandwiches with a hot
cup of cocoa may be easily prepared.
If cup cakes are prepared the day be-
fore one may fill them with whipped
cream if very dainty cake is desired.
Ham omeIet.-Take smoked ham or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Tuner for Good Amplifier Unit.

AS to the grid coil, there should be
about eighty turns on d three-inch
tube. The aperiodic aerial coil should
consist of twenty turns. The first turn
of the aerial coil should be spaced
about one-quarter of an inch from the
aerial coil but wound on the same
tube
Litz wire is often highly recommend
ed for such tuners. 1t is questionable
whether results are sufficiently better
with Litz to be worth the trouble.
However, If you insist on using it you
must be careful to clean-solder each OF
the 4S strands of Litz individually, as
one single unconnected strand will
more than spoil the advantage gained
by the use of LitZ.
Provide one connection for the aerial
with the aperiodic primary and one
with the grid direct.
An outside aerial of ordinary length
is connected to the aperiodic coil and
a short wire from 10 to 20 feet long
as aerial is connected directly to the
grid.
and the filament are both connected
to the ground post.
If the set is used in a car or in any
other place where a ground is not
available counterpoise is connected
to the ground post. The car frame is
quite suitable for this purpose. A cord
or wire from ten to 20 feet in length
will do as well.
tivity of this receiver will be found to
be excellent. Dry cell or storage bat
terry tubes may be used with equal sue
cess. The set is tuned exactly like
single-circuit regenerative receiver
New York Sun.
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ducklings before his mother could stop
him.
1t was Dicky Duck who won the
prize and his mother was so proud that
she Dragged about ii all around the
yard. But the next morning she was
so worried for fear he had overworked
that she made him sit in nice mud
puddle while she hunted for his food.
What are you doing there?" called
out old Mr. Drake when he saw Dicky
sitting all comfortable. why are you
not hunting for worms?"
Il worked so hard yesterday that
am tired" said Dicky Duck.
From under his wing old Mr.. Drake
took a switch he had cut and said: IF
you do not wish to know how this feels
across your back and around your legs
you begin 70 waddle, and waddle fast
food that your mother has found
shall let you find out just how a nice
willowy switch feels as we'll as looks. "
Dicky waddled away. and when his
her only child wise Mr.. Drake said
You son is one to be proud of, Ma
dam Duck, and he wishes me to tell
you he can earn his own living now,
and you are not to bother again getting
worms or bugs for him.
"He is ashamed of sitting around
while you work, for the other duck
lings think he just happened TO find
the biggest worm yesterday, and it was
luck, not because he was so smart.
And now he wants to show them they
are mistaken.
"An l will tell you something
madam; the farmer has looked in your
nest several times lately, and if you
wish to live to see how smart your son
really is, my advice to you is to attend
to egg-laying and let Dicky show how
clever he isl
Madam Duck swallowed the worm
she had for her son and looked after
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Use Hard Wire Solder
at End of Each Terminal
BY A. p. PECK

The fumes that arise from a lead
plate storage battery when it Is charg-
ing or discharging have very trouble
some property of corroding certain
metals. One of the metals so affected
is copper. Usually leads made of this
material are used for connecting the
storage "a" battery to the set. In such
case the wires soon start to corrode,
especially at the point where they are
fastened to the battery terminals This
corrosion takes the form of a soft
pasty, blush mass, being most prom
inent at one terminal.
After this formation starts to build
up, the connection between the wire
and the battery terminal becomes bad
and gives trouble. Usually 1t is neces-
sary to entirely remove the wire and
thoroughly clean the terminal.
All Of this trouble can be remedied
once and for all by soldering or clamp
ing piece of heavy, hard wire solder
about foot long to each Of the ter
minals. The copper leads may then be
soldered to the ends of the lead strips,
as shown. Other materials than SOL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
The .AV ll%Aal
CABINET sI,lM
20. 1924. western Newspaper Union,
WEEKLY MENU SUG-
GESTIONS

INCONSISTENCIES: Doughnuts,
coffee. Dinner: Fried chicken, coffee
ice cream with butterscotch sauce.
Supper: Bread and milk, sugar
cookies.
MoNDAY-Breakfast: Muskmelon,
coffee cake, coffee. Dinner: Meat balls,
sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. Sup
per: Layer cake, lemon ice.
TUESDAY - Breakfast: Potato
cakes, bacon, coffee. Dinner. Baked
ham, parsley potatoes. Supper: Celery
soup.
WEDNESDAY-Br Corn
meal mush. Dinner: Sausages and
fried apple rings. Supper: Rolls,
peaches and cream.
THURSDAY-B Me o n,
oatmeal, cream. Dinner: Porterhouse
steak with fresh mushroom sauce.
Supper: Fried mush.
FRIDAY-Breakfast Watermelon.
Dinner: Fried fresh fish, French fried
potatoes, rhubarb frappe. Supper:
Sponge cake.
SATURDAY - Breakfast: Blueber-
ries, toast, omelet. Dinner; Mutton
stew, carrot salad. Supper: Steamed
brown bread, baked beans.
Coffee Ice Cream.
y Beat the yolks of six eggs, add one
and one-half cupfuls of sugar, beat
again, add to one quart of milk and
scald in a double boiler, until the mix
ture coats the spoon, add two-thirds
of cupful of strong coffee, cool and
freeze Serve sprinkled with pecan
meats.
Butterscotch Sauce.
Into double boiler turn one cup
full each of cream, sugar, and dark
corn syrup. Cook over boiling water an
hour, then beat in one dessert spoon
full of butter and one.half teaspoonful
of vanilla extract.
Rhubarb Frappe.
Boil three cupfuls of water and two
cupfuls of sugar ten minutes; add the
juice of lemon, one quart of cooked
rhubarb, strained through a colander,
cool and freeze. Pour one cupful of
boiling water over one-half cupful Of
raisins, let stand half an hour, strain,
cool and pour over the frappe Just
before serving
Luncheon Eegs.-Wash and chop
one-quarter pound of fresh mush-
rooms; melt one tablespoonful of but
ter in saucepan and add the mush-
rooms, stirring until the moisture is
evaporated; add one tablespoonful of
flour, blend well, add one-half cupful
of chicken stock, one-fourth teaspoon
full of salt and dash of pepper. Cook
two minutes. Cut six hard-cooked
eggs into halves, remove the yolks and
mix with the mushroom sauce. Fill
the eggs with this mixture and set
them into a baking dish, surround with
tomato sauce and serve when we'll
heated through. Just before serving
place a fillet of sardine on each egg.
VIII the love that you're so rich in
Build a fire in the kitchen,
And the little god of love turn
the spit?
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volume TO great extent. There Is
one good point about such procedure.
though that is not realized. 1t allows
the audio-frequency side of the circuit
to stand much more current flow than
would be possible were Ii not used.
Therefore, when connecting a con-
denser across the transformer, always
place more plate voltage in the circuit
of the tube which has the condenser
in it. An extra 221a-volt block will
usually bring the volume up to the
necessary point, and The clarity will
be improved considerably. The larger
the condenser used, the greater the
reduction in volume win be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Satisfactory Manner of
Marking Panel of Set

Engraving panel is & feat requir-
ing an expert, and an amateurs at
tempt to do this is usually crude and
unsatisfactory. There is only one
method of marking the panel easily
You will need some heavy white writ
ing paper. black ink and some white
collodion. procurable in any drug
store The writing paper is cut into
pieces one-half by onequarter inch
and the symbols printed neatly on the
paper The paper is then glued to the
panel and the ink left TO dry. After
the ink is dry apply thin coat Of
collodion over the paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
MR.. BRAKES FAMILY

old Mr.. Drake was thinking very
- hard, for in his family he had one
Madam Duck that had only one duck
ling. "She gives more time TO that one
than the others give TO their whole
BROOD" said Mr.. Drake. Now, some
thing must be done or she will never
lay any more eggs"
'Dicky Duck is such a delicate
child" explained Madam Duck when
old Mr.. Drake told her to let Dicky
find his own worms and food HE has
to be looked after very carefully, Mr..
Drake. 1 am sure you can see he is
not at all like other ducks-quite diff
ferent"
yes, he is" said Mr.. Drake to him.
self as he walked away, land If do
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
BITING INTO SNAKES

INVESTIGATIONS Of the American
= Folklore society show that there Is
a superstition general throughout the
United States that biting into a liv-
ing snake will insure sound teeth for
the one who does the biting. The
black snake Is generally indicated but
in some sections they prefer a rattle
snake. The same superstition pre-
walls in Canada. The pedigree of this
superstition is easily traced. 1t is a
survival, almost unaltered from Its
original form, from the remotest ages.
In the folklore. religions, myths. my
thologies-what you will-of the an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12
Mercury Variable Grid
Leak Is Easily Built
BY L. w. ELLIOTT

An excellent variable grid leak may
be made with piece of glass tube
about two inches long. A heavy thread
is soaked in India ink and run through
the glass tube close to the inside wall.
This thread is held at one end by
short piece of brass or copper strip.
The other end is embedded in a piece
of sealing wax which entirely closes
one end of the tube. Another brass
strip Is also inserted in this end of the
tube so that it will make contact with
quantity of mercury which is placed
in the tube. This mercury should be
of such bulk that 1t will almost COM
pletely cover the thread when the tube
is placed in horizontal position. After
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

not take matters in hand he will never
be like other ducks. And that would be
pity, for ] think Dicky should make
a fine drake some day to take my
place"
And then Mr.. Drake did some wise
thinking, and the next morning he told
all of the ducklings that the one who
found the biggest worm should lead in
the swimming on the pond and, be-
sides, he should have a dish of mush
all for himself
"Of course Dicky Duck cannot be in
the contest" said Madam Duck. "He
is not strong enough to do hard work. "
You see if l am not" said Dicky,
and off he waddled with the other
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-12

The set here described employs one
stage of transformer coupled radio fire.
quency amplifcation with regenera-
ton.
To make the receiver selective with
out increasing the number of controls
an untuned aerial circuit is used.
For the tuning unit of the first tube
one of the commercial tuning units
with rotor used as ticker, a grid
coil and an aperiodic primary wound
on the stator tube may be used to good
advantage. You must, however, choose
unit the ticker coil of which is either
much smaller than the primary or one
where the rotor is located we'll outside
the primary.
AT any rate, there must be a con-
siderable space between ticker and
primary, otherwise the set will not
operate smoothly.
1t will also be necessary to take a
few turns off the ticker. About ten
turns are enough and to spare 1t is
best to try the set first with the orig
inal windings and to take off one turn
at time.
With all the turns on the ticker
the set will be found to squeal unmer-
cifully at the slightest provocation.
AS more and more turns are taken
off it will be necessary to turn up the
ticker to obtain regeneration. AT the
same time the operation of the set will
get easier and the adjustment more
positive. Reception will be clearer.
To get the right number of turns tune
the set ito some long wave station,
such as WEAF or WOO and take turns
off the ticker until you get just enough
to the grid coil.