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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
20 Die, 80 Hurt As Train
PIunges in Tennessee Gorge

Memphis, Tenn.-Twenty persons
were killed and at least 80 injured,
many seriously when IL cars of the
Sunnyland, crack Frisco railroad
train, from Kansas went into a 40
foot gorge. All ambulance companies
in Memphis have rushed medical aid
to the scene. Victoria is 80 miles
south of Memphis. The train was de-
scribed as plunging over a 40 foot en-
bankment. 1t consisted of II cars,
including two baggage cars, chair cars
and Pullmans. All but the rear Pull
man and the engine rolled down the
embankmand. Most of the passen-
gers were said to have been from Bir-
mingham and Memphis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Scientists Search for Radium.

st. Paul-Scientists prepared to
search the Mississippi river for a bit
of radium about the size of pinhead.
With an electroscope-a machine
which scientists declare will detect
radium rays within radium of rs
at st. Joseph's hospi-
tai, where the radium was lost in a
drain pipe, were at work on this. new
kind of search for needle in hay
stack. Seventy-five milligrams Of
radium, valued at $500, inclosed in a
container smaller than marble,
slipped down drainpipe' when it was
being used in treating a patient.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Volunteer, Hydrometer,
and How to Use Them

Although a test with hydrometer Is
the only sure way to tell the state of
charge of a storage battery of the
lead, acid type. voltmeter is also a
fairly good Indicator If you know how
to use it. The instruction cards thar
accompany most storage batteries give
the voltage which each cell should
have when fully charged with the
charging current still on, but these in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Ford's Railroad Shaken UP.

Washington-A corporate reorgan-
ization Of Henry Ford's railroad has
been undertaken, it was disclosed
from applications filed with the inter-
state commerce commission. The De-
troit, Toledo & Ironton corporation
will be succeeded by a new Delaware
company, called the Detroit & Ironton
Railway Company, the latter to ac-
quire all holdings of the older rail-
road. The commission was asked to
approve the transfer and the issue Of
$12,30S,S00 in common stock and $10,-
$4,000 in bonds, which will be neces-
sary in the transaction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Shenandoah FIau Returned.

Caldwell, Ohio.-The American flag
flown by the U. s. s. Shenandoah On
its fatal flight west, and which was
one of the objects taken away by SOU
venir hunters, has been returned to
Lakehurst, N. j., Sheriff Roy W..
Shafer revealed. The sheriff said
that he had received the flag in a
package postmarked "Ava," and he
had forwarded. it to the naval station.
The center of the flag was intact, but
the edges were tattered, the sheriff
said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Ford Offers To Build Dirigib!es.

Neutrality-suspicious. of Henry Ford
to construct small, all-metal dirigibles
for the navy were laid before Secre-
tary of the Navy Wilbur by G. b.
Fritchie, general manager of the Air
craft Development corporation, Ford
subsidiary. Shortly after the Shen-
andoah crash Ford notified the navy
he would be in position to build
these ships at comparatively small
cost. Wilbur will give the question
serious consideration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Conflicting Signals

Distortion present on distant STA
lions is not uncommonly caused by in
terfering signals. and not by any fault
in the receiving set. The other
waves may not have enough force to
produce an audible signal, but quite
enough to chop up the sounds from
the station to which the receiver Ia
tuned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Mrs. Wilson Returns From Europe.

New York-Still dressed in deep
mourning, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
travelling as Mrs. Edith Wilson, re-
turned from Europe. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Bernard Baruch, Miss
Belle Baruch and Miss Evangeline
Johnson. Mrs. Wilson went over in
May. She spent considerable time at
Geneva, where she attended sessions
of the League of Nations. Upon her
first visit there every member of the
league rose as mark of respect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Speaker Connections
That VIII Vary Pitch

Many radio listeners find that the
pitch of the music received is above
or below normal. An impedance
placed in the speaker circuit will raise
the pitch. With switch to cut in con-
densers of different sizes as shown, the
pitch may be varied at will.
Three changes are shown, the upper
position with the smallest condenser
giving the higher pitch. The lower
position with impedance and condens-
ers cut out and battery feed through
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Seldom Work Together

Radio frequency and regeneration
seldom work together for the simple
reason that the set becomes unstable
and extremely hard to handle. Adding
only one stage of radio frequency to
an ordinary regenerative set is a pure
waste of time, as the regeneration ac-
ton is fully as good as one stage Of
radio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

structions usually neglect to mention
that this maximum voltage depends
on the charging rate. If you wish to
rely on vGltmeter to tell you the con-
dition of your storage battery, check
your voltmeter readings with hydro
meter until you are sure of the volt
ages that indicate charge and dis
charge for your own particular battery
and the charging rate you are using.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

Even constipated, bilious, feverish,
or sick, collie babies and children love
to take genuine California Fig Syrup
No other laxative regulates the tender
little bowels so nicely. 1t sweetens the
stomach and starts the liver and bow
els without gripping Contains no mar
cotics or soothing syrups. Say Cali
fornia" to your druggist and avoid
counterfeits. Insist upon genuine
california Fig Syrup" which contains
directions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Revolt Flames in Damascus.

Damascus, Syria - Damascus In
flames, lit up the edge of the desert.
showing villages where rebel Moham-
medans and Druses had been har-
bored, being bombarded by French
cannon and airplanes. French mill
tary and firemen succeeded in check
ing most of the flames of the three
day confiagration in the Musselman
section of Damascus. One thousand
persons are known to be dead-unof-
fetal figures put the number at 1000
-and 1000 more are missing. Many
are wounded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Condensers

In order to make perfect reception
possible, every receiving set requires
a certain amount of capacity repre-
sented by condensers. These condens-
ers are frequently poorly designed and
built in such way that the pressure
of the fingers when handling them
changes the capacity by pressing the
leaves of tinfoil closer together. Thus
q condenser sold in the belief that it
has capacity of 0005 mid. in reality
produces this value only under GER
tain conditions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

TO MANKIND, as
ii was he who
gave TO the
W o r | d D r.
Pierce'S Favor
lite Prescription
W h i C h h a 3
brought restored
health to count
] e S S W o m e n.
One of them
says: For the
past 20 years [
have taken DR..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
SIS, Gives Up More Bodies.

Newport, r. 1.-TWO more bodies.
the seventh and eighth, were recov-
cred from the sunken submarine S-51
by navy divers. Twenty-Five of the
crew ara stu missing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Pussyfoot Johnson Is In Turkey.

Constantinople-Wil e. pussy
FOOT Johnson has arrived here to con-
fer with the Turkish prohibition lead
ers and to attend the convention of
the Green Crescent, Turkeys anti
alcoholic organization. Mr.. Johnson
said the membership of the Green
Crescent had doubled in year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
German NationaIlsts ouit Post.

Berlin-The Nationalist members of
the German cabinet resigned. They
are Herr Schiele, minister Of the In;
terror; Dr. Won Schlieben, minister of
finance, and Dr. Albert Neuhaus, min
lister of economics. Neither cabinet
nor a parliamentary crisis is expected
to follow the designations as the stu
alton indicated that Chancellor Luther
will fill the vacancies with non-parti-
san ministers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

Pierce's Favorite Prescription off and
on whenever | felt the need Of a tonic
and it has never failed 70 build me up
in health in short time. Usually two or
three bottles are sufficient. | believe It
is the best tonic weak women can get"
Mrs Ed Sampson. 204 w. Second
St, Winona, Mimi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Hoover Praises The Radio.

Washington-Radio is one great in
iuence TO keep the American home
together, Secretary of Commerce
Hoover declared. Father smokes his
pipe, mother knits and the children
play with the dials," Hoover said.
'They don't all go 'gadding' about"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Insulation

An insulated wire will pick up the
broadcast programs just as easily as
bare wire. as the waves penetrate
the covering without the least din.
Guilty. II the lead-in Is insulated II
will act as part of the aerial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Rumanian Debt Mission COMING.

Bucharest-The Rumanian debt
funding mission, having reached an
agreement fos the liquidation of Ru-
mania's debt to Great Britain, will
now go to the United States, Vintila
Bratiano. minister of finance. announc-
ed after cabinet meeting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Britain to Send Mission to Chile.

London-Pursuant to a request
made to the Prince of Wales by Presi-
dent Allezzandri, negotiations are I'M
der way for the dispatch Of British
naval mission to Chill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Bans LIQUOR at Civic Functions.

Glasgow, Scotland-The city coun-
ell by vote of 40 to 36 has resolved
to ban all alcoholic liquors at civic
banquets,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Brideoroom 81, Bride IS.

New York-Samuel Baron, 81 years
old, and Mrs. Jennie Singer So, have
been married. 1t is the third time for
each. They have nine great grand
children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

pound TO all suffering
women. / have taken
four bottles of it and
! feel 100 per cent
better. ] was dizzy
and weak with no
appetite, no ambition
and with a tired feel
ing all the time. I
had aches and pains
all over my body and
had the headache a
good d e al. ! S a W
your advertisement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
ACHES AND PAINS
ALL over BODY
Mrs. Proctor Reports Great
Benefit by Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Sbarpsburg, Pal recommend
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Helpfulness to Others
Mans Great Achievement

The man whose picture appears here
was in every sense of the word helpful
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30

the speaker gives the lowest Tone The
switch requires two arms, the contact
edge of the lowest being filed down to
give clearance from the upper. The
inner contacts should be smaller than
the outer and spaced as close as pos
sible to each other.-Radio Digest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Worse

Worse
"JOb had lots of patience" Eyes,
but he never worked In a grocery
store on Saturday night"
A man can know nothing of man.
kind without knowing something Of
himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-30
Russian Scientists
Pur one On the pdIo IS gone

The Russian Academy of Science,
which explored and mapped all the
Russias, Is celebrating it's two hun
dredth anniversary this year.-Science
Service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
Two Ways of Keeping
Taxes Down

FIN spite of economy administrations
n III the costs of government continue to soar
year by year, and inevitably high taxes forge
their way to the front as issues in every pollt-
ical campaign. What's the answers
ss9 "A CALIFORNIA; experience in the last thir-
teen years furnishes two suggestions which,
short of some such radical reform as single
tax, appear to point the way out
Since 1912 California s population has IN
creased 235 per cent, yet the costs of state gov
eminent have gone up in that time 400 per
cent and those of county government 300 per
cent City government costs stayed normal, IN
spite of the fact that 70 per cent of California
.people live in cities. Why did state and county
scosts mount skyward and city costs stay downl
For two apparent reasons.
a@ /. While state and county were being
run by politicians the city governments were
being taken over more and more by experts.
In California are twenty-seven cities now run
sby city managers, whose first concern is
Showing of efficiency.
a g While state and counties were taxing
the people for dead y improvements, like
efoads, bridges poor-farms and jails, ne cities
were gradually getting hold of money making
utilities. The most profitable utility today is
Electricity and nineteen cities in California
own their own distribution systems All but
-four show big net profits, and the four give
8extremely low rates. Los Angeles makes net
profit of $1,000,000 The little city of Gridley
in the rice fields dispensed with tax rate for
ten years, and made her electric distribution
profits pay for Streets fire protection and the
,bo1o IF NV MT
~ Common-sense economists are becoming
convinced that lower taxes are to be found not
so much in parsimonious government as in eff
-cient government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
RemodeIing the County
Courthouse

IF is questionable whether the Marion
county commissioners have acted wisely
in making plans for an elaborate remodeling
of the court house, to cost from 100000 to
100000.
Undoubtedly the court house was consid-
cred beautiful example of some sort of ar
chitecture when it was erected. In design it
can be designated as of the mid-Victorian or
post-Civil War horror period.
1t is hard to see what can be done with
the building by remodeling it. OF course, the
plaster angels can be removed and lot of the
accumulated dirt of years can be washed off.
But to one who is not an architect it is hard
to see how much more room can be found in
this monstrosity or how it can be made much
more convenient.
1t seems to US that it would be more
sensible to sell a part of the court house
grounds and erect modern office building
type of courthouse on the remainder. Of
course, we realize that the present structure
has not been paid for.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
Who Is Broadminded?

They are so broadminded that the
most of them still hold the opinion
that the seventh commandment was
written exclusively for us.
They are o~broadminded that they
will fight at the drop of a hat for
so-called pure woman, and let
those whom they have made impure
fend for themselves.
They are so broadminded that
they still believe it is woman's place
to set the moral standards for the
country, while they work at making
politics more rotten.
They are so broadminded that
they do not believe that women
should be given the same wage for
the same work done by men.
They are so broadininded that
when they gave us 5ome legal rights
they figured they would not need to
be gallant any more.
They are so broadminded that q
good many of them still labor under
the delusion that God is a male, who
will allow them special privileges.
They are so broadminded that
when they can't think of anything
else to prove contention, they viii
fell back upon the ancient tale Il
how Adam fell because Eve vainped
him into eating the apple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
An Orphan Hospital

Fiji Marion County hospital for the insane
at Julietta has become an orphan. The
State has refused to take it over and the county
has refused to make an appropriation for
further maintenance. It's future and that of
its scores of patients is in doubt
Marion county pays its share of taxes for
the operation of State hospitals for the insane
The county probably has not very much
greater proportion of insanity as compared
with the amount Of taxes it pays than other
counties.
Despite these things, Marion county for
some unexplained reason has long maintained
a hospital of its own. In addition it has been
sending patients to the Central hospital, a
State institution.
The question arises of why Marion county
should not derive the same benefits from the
taxes it pays for maintenance of State hospitals
as other counties The county council believes
it should. The State apparently believes some
thing else
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
FORD,S MECHANICAL COW
STILL IS FAR DISTANT

m HE chemist can also make
| edible fats in his laboratory.
~ He not only can make fats
which are found in nature, but he
can also make a number of fats
which were not in existence
previously.
But the process is so slow and
expensive that it is not Of any COM
mercial Importance at the present
time.
The chemist has even more trou-
BILE, when he tries to make carbo-
hydrates. The sugars are among the
carbohydrates.
This writer, while in Paris, was
shown by Professor Berthelot the
apparatus with which he had been
able to make minute quantities Of
sugars through the action Of ultra
violet rays ~ the proper chemical
substances.
But this process is only in an ex.
perimental stage.
m HE last two substances. pro-
III teins and vitamins, have the
~ chemist completely baffled at
present
He knows that proteins are mix
lures OF substances called amino
acids and he has succeeded in MAX
ing a few OF the anino-acids in the
laboratory.
And about all he knows about
vitamins is that they exist.
He has yet to isolate and identify
the vitamins before he can even be.
gin to think about making them
himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10

u "a z u OlA
duty at each fire station all the
time to act as a peace officer in
emergencies.
p theoretically it was a good
scheme. 1T presumably increased
the effectiveness of the police force
without increasing the expense,
and placed a policeman subject to
call in every neighborhood all the
time.
A citizen who is being murdered
can't spare the time just then to
run all over town looking for q
regular policeman. An auxiliary
policeman at the nearest fire
station. subject to immediate call,
greatly simplifies his problem Of
keeping body and soul intact.
But in practice the scheme, like
those for extracting sunbeams
from cucumbers, developed flaws.
Fire fighting and policing are
jobs requiring special fitness and
special training. In neither is a
Observation-Disclosures more efficient
than in other vocations. Anyone
who observed the firemen attempt
ing to direct downtown traffic
during the greater Indianapolis
parade will admit that as traffic
cops they are good firemen.
Probably departments will work
more efficiently if divorced-if In
dianapolis hires such full-time
peace officers as it needs for it's
protection and let's the fireman
stick 10 his mutton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
"a Difference i'm Salaries

iTN 7OBERT T. KANE, moving picture pro
In ducer, offers some American university
$4,000 year to hire professor to teach young
men to earn $4,000 year in the movies.
% One wonders il any university can lind a
man for the job, how long it can keep him at
that salary.
There is, of course, more .cynicsm than
truth in the saying those that can, do; those
that can't teach"
Panty Of men teach who can also do, and
accept much less for teaching than they could
get for doing. But the difference between
$4,000 and $4,000 rather stretches the limit
School board members opine they should
push their own trays in high school c6feterias..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Gr-1 CLAIM that man IS broader
minded than woman in
every instance" so ends a
letter from a person who finds a lot
OF fault with any championship Of
the feminine sex.
GNow 1 am not denying tina the
men, as a whole, are a pretty good
sort and we could never in the
world get along without them. And
I am not denying that we women are
petty and jealous and malicious and
mercenary. Although. speaking of
broadmindedness-
THE men are so broadminded that
they will chuckle with glee when
they hear anything or read anything
about the faults Of women, but just
let attention be called to some of
their own shortcomings, and they
will Immediately yell that somebody
is trying to start sex war.
They are so broadminded that
they think it rather a clever little
trick for them to have Irritation or
two with another woman, but when
their wives try the same thing. they
howl about infidelity.
u They are SO broadminded that 1t
took them over nineteen hundred
Years to see the justice Of allowing
women to vote upon laws which they
had to obey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
An Answer to Wiggam

try. We won't any Of us stand for
it in practice. even though we might
try to favor It in theory. People will
not stand by and see their neigh
bors, even feeble minded and un-
profitable neighbors. actually starve.
And they are right. The same in
stinctive repulsion that will not per-
NIT us to watch our neighbors starve
springs from the same instructive
source as the desire to see the next
generation filter and happier. Kill
one and you kill the other. Guilt
vate one and you cultivate the other.
/ Modern social work is the founda-
ton step for just the sort of intelli-
gent social control that Wiggam
wants, and he admits it in so many
words in THE New Decalogue of
Science" Only after having admit.
ted it he seems to find a peculiar
satisfaction in implying the very re-
verse. Such implications may be
pungent, and sensational, but they
brand him a charlatan, and not a
scientist
HOMER w. BORST,
Executive Secretary Indianapolis
Community Fund.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-10
NATIONAL ANTHEM
AND PATRIOTISM

md HE Indiana Ancient Order
of Hibernians, in conven-
~ ton in Anderson recently.
adopted a resolution calling for
regular daily singing of Tine Star
Spangled Banner" in all schools,
and the inclusion of the national
anthem in the program at all
public entertainments.
The resolution was prompted, Of
course, by desire to promote pa
trioti5m-and eventually perhaps
turn out a generation that actual
ly knows the words of the song.
All very laudable.
The anthem is a noble piece Of
music-which thrills when prop.
erly executed. But when sung by
a gathering Of ordinary citizens it
isn't executed, but murdered. Its
proper rendition is a feat for
trained voices, beyond the vocal
cords Of the masses.
American audiences rise and re-
spect "The Star-Spangled Banner"
If requested they will even essay
to sing it. They start out bravely.
but along about the time the
"dawn's early light" breaks on
them they begin to gargle and
break down.
That proves no lack Of patriot
ism but of musical skill.
= Probably If school children were
compelled to practice on it every
day they would become sufficiently
proficient to render it acceptably.
But would they become more pa
triotic? Patriotism is based on
something more than agility in
climbing up and down the har-
monte scale.
Men have fought and died, have
written imperishable epics by their
valor, for America, who didn't
know a word or note of the ma
tional anthem. They proved their
love for their country by their
deeds.
Learning the song by endless
repetition won't promote patriot
ism. The same time devoted to
teaching what America is and
what the song stands for will
make better future citizens.