davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-26

Condemned Youth
Might Die Friday

Raleigh, Oct. 26.-(AP)-Gover-
nor Hoey and Parole Commissioner
Edwin Gill today studied the case
of Alfred Pickett. under sentence
to be executed Friday for murder
in Rockingham county. Pickett
was convicted in July, 1896, of the
killing of Roy o. Rhyme. He has
received several reprieves to en-
able Gill to make a thorough inves-
tigatiOn of the case.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-26
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
ClOudy,s showers tonight, prob
ably ending in east portion We'd
nesday morning, followed by
clearing; slightly warmer tonight
in central and east portion; cool
er Wednesday night and in in
terror Wednesday afternoon.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

one at Oxford under Blackstone
and two in Scottish universities.
Half of the delegates were grad
yates of American or European
colleges, three were professors
and one, DR.. William S. John
son, was president of Columbia
college, on leave of absence to
act as delegate from Connecti-
cut.
A Youth Movement.
Moreover it was a convention
of young men. The patriarch
Benjamin Franklin was then
eighty-one years old, but 20 of
the SIS were under forty years of
age. Jonathan Dayton of New
Jersey was the "baby" of the
convention - only twenty-seven
years old. Charles Pinckney, who
submitted the first draft of
the Constitution, was only two
years his elder. Alexander
Hamilton of New York, des-
tined to play a leading role
in the convention but a more
important one in securing the
ratification of the Constitution,
was barely thirty, and James
Madison, who would become
known as the Father of the Con-
stitution," was thirty-six.
Although the second Monday in
May had been set as the date
for the opening of the convention,
the roads of that time were so
poor and travel so slow and ex-
pensive that it was not until two
weeks later that the first session
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

ison who noted that from the
Legislative Journals of Virginia
it appears that a vote to apply
for a sanction Of Congress was
followed by a vote against COM
munication of the Compact to
Congress" and he also mentioned
other similar violations of the
laws established under the ar
ticles of Confederation. But there
was a deeper significance to all
of this than appeared on the sur
face or was indicated by a call
for a trade convention.
"Dis-united States.
The fortunes of the new United
States had about reached their
lowest ebb. Only Is members,
representing seven states, were
attending the sessions of the Con-
tinental congress, which was
making a futile effort, under the
authority given it by the Articles
of Confederation, to function as a
governing body. Measure after
measure was proposed in con-
gress to provide funds for govern
ment expenses but most of these
failed for lack of the necessary
nine votes. Even when the bills
were passed the states treated
the demands upon them for funds
with the greatest indifference. In
fact, a more appropriate name
for the nation at that time would
have been the Dis-united States
of America.
The soldiers of the disbanded
army which had won the fight
for freedom from England were
unpaid and in an ugly mood.
They wanted their money, long
overdue, and large numbers of
them camped outside the city
and began threatening to stone
the building where the congress
was meeting unless their de-
mands were met. Presently the
situation became so threatening
that the congress had to flee
from Philadelphia to Princeton,
N. j., where it sat for a while,
then went on to New York.
Moreover, open rebellion had
broken out in Massachusetts,
where Daniel Shays, leader of
the common people in their effort
to reform conditions which had
become intolerable, had given
the government of that state and
the wealthy merchants of Boston
plenty of worry and there was
unrest among the common peo-
pie of other states.
Recognizing the desperate con-
dition of affairs, such men
as Madison and Alexander
Hamilton of New York saw
in this proposed trade con-
ference an opportunity to take
the first steps toward strengthen
ing the power of the central gov
eminent. Believing that any di-
rect proposal for new organiza-
ton of the federal government
would meet with opposition from
the people, they used the pretext
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Keeping Up
&ss4"@@}e ,x4s
Cooking of Coal Is
Greatly Improved
by New Method
Better and Cheaper
Product Promised

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Cheaper,
better and more versatile cox
ing of coal is in prospect as
the result of five years of fun
damental research at the Coal
Research Laboratory of t h e
Carnegie Institute Of Technolo-
gy here.
By breaking with traditional
methods of turning bituminous coal
into coke, gas, tar and chemicals,
William B. Warren explained here
recently to some leading Industrial
lists, it should be possible for coke
oven operators to decrease cost,
cut operating time by third, while
improving quality and yield OF coke.
Mr.. Warren recommended that
coal be preconditioned before cox
ing by warming it to 200-4O0 degrees
Centigrade (4O0-750 degrees Fahren-
heit). This Experimentation treat
ment could be carried out IN low
temperature apparatus that IS
much less expensive than the coke
ovens themselves.
MIR. Warren's Theory.
Delving into just what happens
when coal is heated and carpon-
lied, Mr.. Warren evolved a theory.
This theory, applied to practical OPP
GRAFTON of coke ovens, promises tne
large economies.
First, when coal is heated the
large molecules break apart INTO
much smaller units. At slightly
higher temperatures, SURF e
changes take place within the coal
that cause the little units to re-
combine into larger ones once
more. This takes place slowly
and this temperature must be held
for q time, Then as the tempera-
ture is raised real thermal decom-
position takes place. The surfaces
of the molecules are attacked ana
portions torn off, appearing as tar
and gas.
By manipulating the process so
that the molecules have large sur
faces. which means the molecules
are small in size, more tar IS pro-
duced at the expense OF coke. UT
if tar is not desired, the high tenn
peratures can be used when the
molecules are large.
OF Great Economic Importance.
There is hope that the new knowl-
edge of coking will allow the max
inc of coke from Goals which are
not at present considered cooking
Goals"
One-sixth of all the coal produced
in the United States is cooked ana
the new methods promised by the
Carnegie Institutes researches are
for that reason of great economic
Importance. From coal, IN addition
to coke and gas, come ammonia
and a vast array OF drugs, per
fumes, chemicals and dyes maze
from the coal tar.
The Carnegie Institute OF Iech-
nology's coal research laboratory
began operation in 1880 as the result
of the international coal conferences
organized by DR.. Thomas S. Baker,
now president emeritus. Need for
fundamental research on coal re-
vealed at these conferences caused
DR.. Baker to project and material
ize the laboratory, which is the only
one of it's kind in America. The
Ruhl foundation and commercial
firms using and producing coal have
supported the laboratory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Answers

l. There are eighty, ranging in
area from a few acres to about
five square miles.
2. That of printing from NOV
able types.
8. No.
4. John Marshall.
5. No. The story was popular
in Italy before Shakespeare wrote
the famous tragedy.
6. Buying on margin" is
transaction in stocks whereby the
purchaser makes a partial pay
ment to his broker, who advances
the remainder of the purchase
money at a rate of interest, re-
tanning the stock-certifcates as
security until the purchaser Or
ders sale or the margin is used
up by depreciation of the market.
Z. Yes. She is Mrs. Hattie w.
Caraway of Jonesboro, Ark. She
was elected in January, 1882, to
fill the vacancy caused by the
death of her husband, Thaddeus
H. Caraway, and was reelected
in November, 1882, for the term
ending in 1899.
8. Normally the heart of a per-
son is about one-third on right
side of the middle of the chest,
and two-thirds on the left.
9. On Brattle St., Cambridge,
Mass.
10. Jean Harlow.
II. A military officer exercising
police power.
II. Izaak Walton was born in
Stafford, England, in 1898, and
died in 1888.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

was held. The convention met
formally for the first time on
Friday, May Is, although only a
few more than half the delegates
had arrived by that time. Seven
states were represented at this
meeting, according to one au-
thority; according to another,
there were nine. Whatever the
number, those present got down
to business at once by electing
presiding officer. Benjamin
Franklin, because of his age and
the fact that this was his home
city, was the logical choice for
this position but he graciously
waived that honor and suggested
the choice of George Washing
ton.
So the late commander in the
struggle for liberty, the man who
was destined to become the first
President under the Constitution
which would be adopted after
several weary weeks of struggle
in this convention hall, took his
place on the raised platform in
Independence hall and on Mon
day, May % the convention en-
tered upon the business for
which it had been called.
At the first session, rule en-
joining secrecy on the part of the
delegates as to their delibera-
tons was adopted. Nearly all
of them observed that rule and
died without revealing any of the
inner details of the drafting of the
Constitution. Fortunately for pos
terity, however, James Madison,
who had devised a system of
shorthand of his own, took extern
sive notes on the proceedings and
to him we owe the fullest &C
counts of the eventful sessions
which followed.
Thus 1t was that $50 years ago
this month Act in the drama of
making the American Magma
Charta opened. And in the back
ground of this drama is the story
of another of those tremendous
trifes" of history-a dispute over
a river as boundary line which,
through a long chain of events.
led at last to this great moment!
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
All Elements Are
Found in Every
Part of Earth

Berlin.-Gold in "them thar
hills?" Certainly. There is gold
in every hill, in the dirt under
your feet-in fact, gold in every
mineral particle on earth.
Not only gold, but radium,
platinum. common iron and lead,
and every one of the whole list of
90 elements known to chemistry.
There may be so little that they
can't be measured by even the most
delicate of commonly used chemical
methods of analysis, but they are
all present just the same.
This doctrine of the "omnipres-
ence of all elements" is put forth
by Drs. Walter and Ida Noddack,
German chemists famous for their
discovery of the two exceedingly
rare elements, rhenium and ma
suriun. The Noddacks are mas
tiers of some of the most sensitive
methods of analysis ever devised,
so that they are entitled to speak
with authority.
Mixed in Fluid Form.
This complete mixing of all the
earth's ingredients, they hold, took
place back near the beginning of
geologic history, when the earth
was still in fluid form, and "boil-
ing" actively.
The practical significance of the
idea of elemental omnipresence is,
that chemists should always state
to how many decimal places they
have carried any given analysis
They are not entitled to say of any
element, mot present." or "con-
centration Zero" but only, en- o
found in the concentration exam
ined."
This point of view, the Noddacks
believe, has real significance for
chemical analysis as used in in
dustry, medicine, and many other
daily-life applications.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Ask Me Another
Il General Quiz

@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.

l. How many glaciers are there
in Glacier National park?
2. With what invention is the
name of Gutenberg connected?
3. Did Article III of the Consti-
tuition, which set up the Supreme
court, bestow on the court the
power to define constitutionality?
4. What famous chief justice is
said to have established such pow
err?
5. Was the story of Romeo and
Juliet originated by Shakespeare?
6. What is meant by buying on
margin?
7. Is there woman member of
the United States senate?
8. Is the heart of a person on
the left side or in the middle of
the body?
9. Where was the snithy men
toned in Longfellow's poem?
10. What film actress was the
first to be known as the platinum
blond?
II. What is a provost marshal?
II. What nationality was Izaak
Walton?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Silent Lies

SIlEuL LItS
The cruelest lies are often told
in Silence.-SteVenson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

Debts of Honor
pay debts of honor, not hon
orable debts.-Reynolds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Gas, Gas All
the Tiissse,Cass'f
Eat or SEeeD

"The gas on my stomach was so bad
I could not eat or sleep. Even my
heart seemed to hurt. A friend sug-
oested AdIerika. The first dose | took
brouqht me relief. Now eat as
wish, sleep fine and never felt better"
Mrs. Jas. Filler.
Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and
lower bowels while ordinary laxatives
act on the lower bowel only. Adlerika
gives your system thorough cleans
ing, bringing out old, poisonous matter
that you would not believe was in your
system and that has been causing gas
pains, sour stomach, nervousness and
headaches for months.
DR.. Fl. L. Shou6, Ne,c York, reports.
"In addition to intestinal cleansing, Adlerika
greatly reduces bacteria and colon bacilli."
Give your bowels REAL cleansing
with Adlerka and see how good you
feel. Just one spoonful relieves GAS
and constipation. At all Leading
Druggists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Act [. in the Drama of Making the
Constitution Began Just $50 Years Ago
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
NPEAK of the Importance

CPEAK of the Importance
of the Potomac river in
~ the history of our coun-
try and the average Ameri-
can remembers that it was
once a sort of headline" be-
tween the Union and Confed-
crate armies in the War Be-
tween the States. Or he may
dinly recall that the phrase
"All quiet along the Poto-
mac!" indicative of the stale
mate that existed at one peri
cd in that conflict, became a
by-word and a familiar syno-
nym for an unchanged status
quo.
But long before the sixties
the Potomac river played an
important, even though little
known, role in the history of
this nation. Because of it we
are today governed under a
charter of liberties known as
the Constitution of the United
States of America. A sur
prising statement, that? Give
heed, then, to this chain of
events.
From their earliest days as
English colonies, the Potomac
had been the boundary line be-
tween Maryland and Virginia.
But that does not mean that 1t
was necessarily a weI-defined
boundary nor that the people of
these two states shared the use
of the river amicably. On the
contrary, they were constantly
having disputes over whether the
exact line was the highwater
mark or the low-water mark on
the Virginia shore, since sew
eral square miles of valuable
oyster beds were involved in the
answer to that question.
Began in 1861.
AS early as 1861 this matter
was in dispute and it dragged
along for a century without a
settlement. Then in TIT the two
commonwealth, now American
states instead of English col
onies, appointed commissioners
''to consider the most proper
means to adjust and confirm the
rights of each to the use and
navigation of and jurisdiction
over the Bay of Chesapeake and
the Rivers Potomack and POGO
moke." But no definite agree
ment came out of this move and
settlement of the question was
delayed until after the Revolu-
ton.
In 1785 the question came up
again and again commissioners
were appointed to settle it. Ed
mund Randolph, George Mason,
James Madison, Jr., and Alex
ander Henderson represented
Virginia, while Thomas Johnson,
Thomas Stone, Samuel Chase
and Daniel of st. Thomas Jen-
infer represented Maryland.
They met first at Alexandria but
soon adjourned to the home of a
distinguished citizen named
George Washington, at Mount
Vernon, where they not only
reached an amicable settlement
of the immediate question of the
Potomac river boundary but
they also discussed the larger
questions of export and import
duties and commercial matters
in general.
At that time the new nation
was operating under the Articles
of Confederation and the Articles
specifically forbade treaties or
alliances between the states UNI
less approved by congress. De-
spite this fact, when the Mary
land legislature came to act on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Mangrove Tree Has "Air Roots"

Mangrove ire s growing in
marshes and along muddy coasts
require air for the roots beneath
the mud and obtain it by meals of
root branches projecting upright out
OF the mud and provided with tiny
air holes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

of lettering trade conditions,
which the people would favor, as
an indirect approach to their real
objective.
Only Five States Respond
They were correct in their sur
mise and on September IL, 1885,
commissioners from Virginia,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York assembled
at Annapolis. Delegates had been
appointed by North Carolina,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire but they did not
appear and Georgia, South Caro-
lima. Maryland and Connecticut
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06

the report, it proposed that Penn
sylvania and Delaware be invit-
ed to join with Maryland and Vir-
GINA in formulating a common
commercial policy. Virginia went
even farther. She invited all 9TH
er states to send commissioners
to general trade convention and
later announced Annapolis as the
place of meeting. September,
1876, was set as the time for
the meeting.
This action was clearly an IL
legal encroachment upon the au-
thority of congress and was rec
ognized as such by James Mad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-06
Where Perfumes Come From

Where PERFUMES come FrOm
Many plants and fruits furnish
materials for perfumes. Secretions
of four animals, the sperm whale,
beaver, musk OK and civet cat are
also used.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
capt. MICHAEL
SHOT BY INSANE
NAVY MESS BOY
.ASSaiIant Ends Life
At Norfolk Base

Shot by a colored mess atten-
dant, who is believed to have gone
suddenly insane, Capt. H. H.
Michael, widely.known Navy of.
f1cer, was recovering today at the
Norfolk Naval Base Hospital.
Captain Michael, who has served
several tours of duty here, was
shot in the chest by John Obey,
his personal mess attendant. who
then turned the gun on himself
and ended his life.
The shooting was done with
Captain Michael'S own service pis-
tol. After wounding the captain,
Obey threatened several other
persons before he shot himself.
A graduate of the Naval War
College, Captain Michael was COM
mandant of the Naval Training
Station. He was awarded the
Navy Cross for his convoy work
during the World War.
Several years ago he was cap
tain of the Cruiser Pensacola, the
vessel that returned to its home
land the body of the Belgian
Ambassador, Paul May, who died
in Washington. For this service
Captain Michael was made a com
mander of the Crown of Belgium
by King Leopold,
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

Jerome N. Frank yesterday took
the oath as a member Of the Secu
rites and Exchange Commission,
denied any sympathy for com
munism, and declined to discuss
market problems.
IT am an enthusiastic New
Dealer" he said. "If you ask me
whether I'm a conservative of the
McKinley-Bryan campaign typ e,
then I'm not a. conservative. Nor
am I a radical who believes the
nation ought to go Communist.
1.-THE American people are de-
voted to the profits system. I be-
lieve the commission is trying to
make the profit system operate
properly under our democracy"
Frank was ousted from his post
as counsel for the AAA about two
years ago, following sharp dis
agreement with other officials
over Federal farm policies. Since
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Given
At Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. %.
Members of the congregation and
the two choirs of the Second Pres
byterian Church joined last night
in staging the second presentation
of a Christmas pageant, silent
Might" under the direction of Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold Alexander Cart.
hoff, recently returned from sew
eral years of educational work in
india.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
40 AND 8 CLUB
GIVES BIG PARTY

Local members of the Forty and
Eight will welcome the New Year
at a dinner-dance at the May.
flower Hotel.
The affair is sponsored by
Grande Voiture, No. 174, and will
get under way at 10 p. m. Dinner
will be served at midnight with
breakfast at 8. Grand Conduc.
teur w. H. Hargrave is chairman
on ARRANGEMENTS.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
JUST STANDING BY

Almost all the head men in con
Servation are opposed to the trans.
fer on what appear to be Senti.
mental grounds. I'VE built it up
this way-why change it?"
On the other hand, the Brown.
low report for a complete change
in Government setup recommends
the Ickes plan and would establish
q new department of conservation
to take over conservation work OF
all scattered Federal units.
White House officials give the
impression Of standing by watch.
ing a good tug-of-war. There is a
lot Of opposition to the Ickes plan
and also lot of support. It seems
to be o. K. at the White House
mo matter who wins.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

100 Prizes 81 200 a Year for Life
:. 80 Additional Prizes for merely Tell
ing What You Prefer to Read. It's n
practical, Easy Contest and the 100
Prizes are Rewards for Those Who Use
Their COmmOn-Sense Best. Read details
in the American Weekly with Sundays
Washington HeraId-Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Jerome Frank Gets SEC Post,
Declines TO "Tdlk Shop"

then he has served on the legal
staffs of the Reconstruction Fl
nance Corporation. the Federal
Surplus Relief Corporation, and
the power division of PWA.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
BITTER BATTLE
IS WAGED OVER
FORESTRY UNIT.
ICkes Proposes Transfer
Of Department 49,.
BY EARL GOODWIN

Those dying strains one hears
over the White House these days
are the sounds of an expiring
PWA, while the violent ruckuS re-
minding one of the famed Kill
kenny cat fight merely echoes
the struggle within the Admins
tration over Secretary IckeS' deep
desire to tear the Bureau of For
eStry from its foundations and re-
anchor it firmly within a Depart
ment of Conservation-with Har
old Ickes as Secretary.
These items are but a part of
the IckeS' agenda with the PreSi-
dent these days, and we're pre-.
sumably among the subjects dis
cussed by Secretary of Interior
1ckes when he called at the White
House today.
g.. FREQUENT CALLER
The Secretary has called more
frequently on the President of
late than other Cabinet officials.
It is reported that he has large
lot of small details in connection
with the PWA which have to- be
OK'd by the President.
Secretary Ickes' proposal for a
Department of Conservation and
q change in the status of the
Bureau Of Forestry is by no means
q routine matter. To the Bureau
Of Forestry it is an invasion. To
the average innocent bystander
It would make no difference
whether one addressed the Bu-
reau of Forestry at the Depart
ment of Agriculture or the De-
partment of Conservation, but to
the conservationists it seems to
be a matter of life and death for
conservation.