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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17
Allenby's Crossing of Red Sea

The fact that Pharaoh's Israel
crossed the Red sea on dry land
need not disturb a generation which
knows that in December, 1917, Al
lenby's heavy artillery, including
motor-tractors, did exactly the
same thing-so hard was the cause
way which appeared in the sea that
had been driven back by the east
wind. When the guns were over,
the road vanished and the "waters
returned"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17
How to Make Synthetic Wool

In making synthetic wool the first
step is to add acid to skinned milk,
precipitating the casein, which is
collected and dried. Alkalis then
convert the casein into q sticky,
honey-like mass, which is forced
through fine openings. Through
these come threads Of synthetic
wool, which is weaker than natural
wool.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17
How Wood Is Mellowed

New wood can be given the mel
lowed effect of age with a brown
stain which is easily applied with
brush. A wax finish or a coat of semi
gloss varnish over the stain will
preserve it and heighten its effect.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17

Now that we have a self-operating
typewriter we are very much in need
of a machine that will get busy and
do our thinking,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17

1t is easier to get the best of an
argument than to prove that you
are right.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17

Never Judge a mans reputation
for truthfulness by what he says
when In love.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17

A woman has to be in polite So
ciety nearly six months before she
acquires the art Of being rude.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-17

Unless man is satisfied with
himself he is not in the self-made
class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

directed to his kidnaper, commend
ing his change of heart and promis-
ing to use his influence to obtain
leniency for him; and Chang also
gave out statement admitting his
grievous fault.
These developments would seem
to have quoted down the Oriental
situation, but there is another mat
ter that threatens continued trouble.
This is the prospect that Chang
may decide to confine his attention
largely to military affairs and to
make DR.. T. V. Soong, his brother
in-law, premier. Soong, who used
to be minister of finance, stands
high among those who favor a
strong foreign policy, including re-
sistance to further encroachments
by Japan. Therefore it is easy to
see that his elevation to the pre-
miership would greatly annoy To-
kio and might easily bring about an
open break between the two ma
tons. Since Marshal Chang is one
of those demanding war with Japan,
it is rumored that the appointment
of Soong was the specified reward
for his release of Chang and SUBJ
mission to discipline.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Panama Canal Tolls
system Is Faulty

CECRETARY OF WAR WOOD
y RINGS report on the Panama
canal shows a deficit of nearly a
million dollars in its operation for
the fiscal year 1886, and admits
that the present system of collect
ing tolls permits inequalities, ma
nipulations and endless reductions
in charges, resulting in losses to
the United States and unfair advan-
tages to shipping interests.
The report makes no recon-
mendation that congress increase
the toll charges to a point where
they will at least pay the interest
charges on the capital investment
of 5461a million dollars and elir1i-
nate the unfair discrimination
against producers of the central
states in favor of those of the Pa
cific coast and eastern seaboard.
However, it does recommend legis-
lation to correct the present system
OF measurement of vessels, which,
it declares, has mo justification in
equity among the several types of
ships and may be considered as a
form of subsidy to certain types
which are able to take advantage
of the system"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Adolf Hitler Is Defed
by Madrid Government

nv HEN the German steamer
w Palos was captured by Span
ish loyalists at Bilbao because it
carried war munitions supposedly
destined for the Franco forces, the
Berlin government demanded its
release under threat of reprisal.
But the Basque authorities defied
Hitler and decided to hold the YES
sci. This put up to the fuehrer the
decision as to whether he would
send to the rebels the 10000 armed
men they have asked, and all Eu-
rope waited uneasily for his an
Swer.
1t was believed Hitler would avoid
war measures in this crisis, and
both Great Britain and France were
hopeful that he would preserve
peace because they have offered to
help his economic. and: cpIonial
needs In return for. honirtetvention
in the Spanish conflict. However,;
informed German Sources Said: the
+ Anglo. French note sent Christmas,
urging a cessation of German vol
unteer enlistments for Spain had
come too late, and that Germany
will permit and even encourage a
continuance of such enlistments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Arthur Brisbane, Noted
Journalist, Is Dead

a RTHUR BRISBANE, one of the
"a foremost newspaper editors
and writers of the time, and the
highest paid, died in his New York
residence of coronary thrombosis at
the age of seventy-two. The mill
lions of Americans who have read
faithfully his columns, To-day" and
''This Week." mourn his passing.
An indefatigable, able and often
brilliant worker, he continued his
journalistic labors almost to the
hour of his death.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y, Mr.. Bris-
bane at eighteen joined the staff of
the New York Sun as a reporter.
Shortly after he went to Europe for
five years to complete his educa-
ton and became the London CORE
spondent of the Sun. From that
time he advanced steadily in the
profession. For the last 80 years
he was employed by William R.
Hearst. He had been i'll for some
time but Enthusiastically con-
cealed his condition from all but
members of his family and died in
the harness, as he would have
wished to do. Funeral services were
held in New York and the long list
of honorary pallbearers, headed by
Vice President Garner, included
many of the nations leading men
and women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
President Wants Revised
Neutrality Law Passed

THE Supreme court having up
L held, in the Chaco arms en-
barge case, the neutrality powers
of the President, Mr.. Roosevelt let
it be known that he would ask con-
gress to revise the present neutral
ity law to give him broader dis
erection in his relations with foreign
governments. In other words, the
teeth" which he and the State de-
partment have always thought the
statute lacked.
Government officials looked upon
the Supreme courts decision as the
most sweeping approval of a New
Deal law the tribunal has yet CIV
en-. They read in it an inferential
approval of the reciprocal trade
treaty program, still INFESTED.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Roper Urges Census
of the Unemployed

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
y ROPER in his annual report
to the President and congress urged
legislation for a census of the un-
employed. 1t has been estimated
that such a census would cost be-
tween Is and 25 million dollars and
would provide jobs for $4,000. Said
Mr.. Roper:
Although approximately 5000, 900
unemployed persons have obtained
gainful work since March, 1888, and
the number of unemployed is stead
lily diminishing, the federal govern
ment must cooperate with state and
local agencies and industry in max
ing work available whereby the I'm
employed may provide a livelihood
for themselves and their families"
Showing in his report increases in
many lines of activity over the pre-
vious fiscal year, Mr. Roper adj
mitted that considerable progress
must yet be made to pull the coun-
try up to the prosperity level of
l928-29. But he asserted a per cap
ita volume equivalent to that of the
prosperous years would mean a
higher aggregate, since the popula-
ton has increased about 4 per cent
In the last seven years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

again. l am prepared to be hanged.
"If you do all want you to do,
Lord Linlithgow British high COM
missioner for Ipdia) will say, 4
am wrong. I thought you people
were terrorists, and, if you like, we
Britishers will go back on the next
steamer We would then say to
Linlithgow and the British, India is
big enough to hold you and more
like YOU
THAT is my swaraj (sef-govern-
ment under native influence"
Jawaharlal Nehru, in his presi-
dental address to the congress,
warned the British his countrymen
would not be parties to an imperi-
alist war;"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Gid Their Teeth

The ladies in old Japan and also
of today, to some extent, gid their
teeth, and those of the Indies
paint them red. In Greenland the
women color their faces with blue
and yellow. However fresh the
complexion of the Muscovite may
be, she would think herself ugly
if she was not plastered over with
paint. The Chinese used to have
their feet as diminutive as those
of the she goats. In ancient Per
STA an aquiline nose was often
thought worthy of the crown. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
The Mark 'sSterling'' /.
Fascinating History of the Term
and Its Meaning Wherever Applied

HE name sterling silver has
L fascinating history. The
name originally was Easterling,
but in the progress of time be-
came contracted to sterling. The
Easterlings were group of men
who, in the Twelfth century, came
to England from Camden in Eu-
rope, a place to the east of Eng
land and from this geographical
fact gained their name. The men
formed a guild to uphold stand
ards of excellence in their work,
and to protect themselves from
robbers and pirates.
Sterling Coins.
The high standards pertained al
so to the coinage with which
they paid those with whom they
dealt. So unvarying was this mon
ey, and of such pure silver, that
it became a gauge of excellence
for all silver. The proportion
of pure silver to the alloy was
enormous, being at the ratio of
925 silver to rs copper in each
1000 parts. This same ratio per-
tains even today in all sterling
silver.
Sterling Standard.
So adamant IS this ratio, that
no deviation of it is permissible
under the name sterling. Severe
penalties are laid down by our
federal statutes for infringements
of this ruling. So when you see
the word sterling on the silver
you already have or on pieces you
are buying, you know the articles
are of the finest grade of silver.
The silver may be marked 925
fine, or 925-1000, for all these
markings indicate the same thing
sterling silver.
Solid Silver.
The term solid silver is not
synonymous with sterling silver
since the proportions may not be
925 fine. Solid silver is a more
flexible term permitting more al
10y.
Plate and Plated Silver.
The word plate, when applied to
silver was once a guarantee of
pure silver, but now the word is
so associated with plated silver,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Hans Won Seeckt, German
Soldier, Is Dead

= EN-. HANS Won SEECKT, who
- died in Berlin at the age of
seventy, was one of the really capa-
BILE commanders in the World war.
While acting as chief of staff to
Field Marshall Won Mackensen he
was responsible for the great defeat
of the Russians at Gorlice, and he
planned the campaigns that resulted
in the collapse of Serbia and Ru-
mania. After the Won Kapp putsch
of 1920 Van Seeckt was made COM
mander in chief of the German
army which he built into an eff
cient force. Later he helped to
train the Chinese National army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

that amount out of the money mar
ket, to offset the effects of the gold
influx on domestic credit.
The plan, which probably was de-
vised by Mr.. Eccles, is intended to
hold the excess reserves, which are
the reserves that member banks de-
post with the federal reserve sys-
tenn in excess of legal requirements,
on the same plateau where they are
now. Previously gold flowing into
the country was chalked up as ex-
cess reserves upon which an infla-
tionary credit boom could be built.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Inter-American Peace
Conference Is Ended

n ELEGATES to the inter-A1ner-
- lean peace conference in Bue-
nos Aires signed the SO accords ap-
proved during the sessions and the
conference came to an end. Fare
well congratulatory speeches were
made by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, Argentine Foreign Minister
Carlos Saavedra Lamas and the
head of the Peruvian delegation,
Carlos Concha. They all urged that
the peace efforts be continued in
the next Pan-American conference,
which will be held in Lima, Peru,
in 1888.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

proper conduct of such fairs, known
as the code of Khammurabi, were
announced by the Babylonian en-
peror of that name.
In China, the Emperor Full
issued orders regarding the conduct
of fairs as early as 1852 B. C..
Later came the Greek festival fair
at Delos with its familiar Olympic
games. History was repeated w len
crowds attended the Olympics and
remained to visit the Leipzig fair
as they did in Greece 5000 years
ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Financial Status of
Farmers Improving

A MONG the numerous govern
"A mental reports at the years
close that of M. I. Myers, head of
the farm credit administration, is
interesting and encouraging, show
ing that the outlook for the finan-
cial status of farmers for 1887 is
bright. During 1886 the total loans
to farmers by the various FCA
agencies were $67O, 100000 COM
pared to 81, 060, 900, 900 in 1885.
The decline reflected decrease
in the emergency demand" by
farmers for assistance from federal
agencies, because they chad no
other source of credit after the de-
PRESTON" Myers said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

that the name, silver plate, has
lost its high standing. 1t is rec
ognized in it's true sense of ster-
ling, by comparative few per-
sons, those only who know its
rightful significance, and are
versed in names of silversmiths,
recognizing wares as true plate
or as plated silver thereby.
Standard of Excellence.
So absolute is the meaning of
sterling as the highest grade pos
sible in coinage or silverware,
that the word has become synon-
ymous of worth and value wheth-
er applied to silver, material
things or to character.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
q Western Newspaper Union.

SIN the country as a whole, farm
ers apparently had more money for
equipment, machinery, farm build
ings and repairs in 1886 than in any
year since the depression" Myers
said.
He added that this should con-
tinue next year because of in
creased purchasing power and the
opportunity to get short term cash
loans at the present reasonable
rates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Trace History of Trade
to Babylonian Records

The history of trade has been
traced back for many centuries by
the translation of ancient Baby
lonian records, reports the United
Press.
Hieroglyphics of the brick books
of Babylon reveal the fact that as
early as 1880 B. c. in the reign of
Sargon in Sumeria fairs and bazaars
were held to encourage trade. A
thousand years later, laws for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

tives, dominated by Batista, i'm
peached him and he went to trial
before the senate with the certainty
that the decision would be against
him. He was accused of attempt
ing to coerce the congress uncon-
stitutionally to defeat the tax bill,
and of mal-administration.
Vice President Federico Laredo
Bru at once succeeded Gomez auto
matically. He is a lawyer, sixty
one years old and was colonel in
the Cuban war of independence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

republic, by vetoing
the sugar tax bill to
raise funds for the
building of schools
that would be con-
Quoted by army Of
ficers. Despite plen-
ty of warnings, Go
mez persisted in his
opposition to the
measure which, he
said, would lead to
fasclsm. So the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Monk Vows Never 10 Sneak

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
and one of the greatest living au-
thorities on the Arabic language,
Father Anastase Marie De Saint
Ellie of the Carmelite order has
forsworn the world, and although he
is a member of a dozen learned
societies he has vowed never to
speak again. From his monks cell
in Bagdad, Irak, he has written his
intention. Only himself and his alb
bot know the monastery where he
will spend the last years of his life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

rule in India. He
spoke at an indus
trial exposition held
in connection with
the annual session
of the All-India Ma
tional congress, the
members of which
were already agitat-
ing in favor of indie
pendence. Said the
"holy man.:
"Show me tn e
way. I am prepared
to 60 back to jail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Condition of Pope Plus
Is Growing Worse

ROGRESS of the illness of Pope
Plus was followed with great
anxiety, for it was admitted at the
Vatican that he was steadily grow
ing worse and was suffering intense
pain. The paralysis was spreading
along the left side and arm, and
one report said his physicians de:
clared science could do nothing
further for him. After the Christi
mas eve radio message which the
pontiff insisted on giving he tainted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Air Liner Crashes;
Twelve Perish

A MOTHER big air liner, the third
1 \ to meet disaster in month,
crashed against the top of Oak
mountain, twenty miles from Bur-
bank, Calf, and hurtled down into
a ravine, mass of tangled wreck
age. The twelve persons aboard
were all killed. Three of the nine
passengers were women. The plane,
twin motored Boeing, was oper-
ated by the United Air Lines and
was on its way from San Francisco
to Burbank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

new program for
curling credit in
dation, and it is
likely to involve
81, 900, 1000, 900 of bor-
rowings in 1887.
About a billion dol
lars worth of gold is
flowing into the
country annually,
and if this continues
next year, it was
said by officials, the
treasury will take
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07

two weeks, also Is
in the Nationalist
capital, avowedly
repentant and ready
to submit to any
punishment. T h e
danger of civil war
has passed for the
time. The terms on
which Chang re-
leased Chang have
not been made pub
lie. The dictator is
sued a statement,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Former Senator Fess
Dies in Washington

CIMEON D. TESS, former sena-
- tor from Ohio and for years a
leader in the "Old Guard" of the
Republican party, died suddenly in
the Carlton hotel, Washington. He
had been in retirement from ma
tional politics since 1882 when he
was defeated for reelection to the
senate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
All Is
Activity

scores have come into being under
the Roosevelt New Deal, there is in
tense activity. Policy makers of
these various units make plans,
study, confer, propose or reject
ideas for consideration of the new
congress and the administration
heads. These fellows are less con-
cerned about the folks back home
than are the legislators. Their chief
concern usually is perpetuation of
their jobs, development of their
units or agencies into places of such
importance that the country cannot
do without them. There is a per-
sonal interest hardly less to be con-
demned than that of the self-seeking
politician.
On top of all of these-the gov
ernmental activities of the govern
ment - there is still another nor
malcy in Washington. 1t is the So
cial side. Of course, all Washing
ton society springs and has its being
in White House reflection. From
the great mansion at 1000 PennSyl-
vania avenue, there radiates every
kind and condition of a social en-
gagement. Outstanding am n 6
these obviously after the Inaugural
ton of a President is the Chief Ex-
ecutive's dinner to his cabinet. A
reception to the Supreme Court of
the United States and the other
members of the judiciary follows.
In rapid order come receptions to
the legislators, to the army, navy
md marine corps, to the foreign
diplomats resident here and all of
these are interspersed with smaller
official dinners in the great state
dining room at the White House.
In various sections of the city
and in the hotels dinners, receptions,
cocktail parties continue in cease
less chains. And if the brutal state
ment must be made, the truth is
that nearly every one of them has a
purpose above and beyond personal
enjoyment, but the selfish interest
is quite frequently so deeply con-
cealed that those who are being
cultivated may not realize what
the objective is.
These random observations have
been presented chiefly to show the
gloss and the
Gloss and glamor tn at is
Glan1or self-imposed upon
the hundreds OF
persons who combine to make UP
what we know as government. They
play, as they have a right to play.
They must have diversion. Ere
quently this diversion serves use
full purposes for the country as q
whole because through personal
contact those charged with response.
bility many times gain information
understanding, of the problems
with which they must deal in off.
cial positions.
And so it is that, as Washington
returns to uormalcy, we have e
congress - the seventy-fifth - be-
ginning its labors with perhaps {
confusion as great as any in recent
years with the exception of thai
which opened the first term OF the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Found Wanting

Found Wanting
"But, Alfred, why don't you like
girls?"
They're too darn biased"
"Biased?" we repeated, not
quite understanding.
eyes, biased, mean. Bias this,
and bias that, until I'm fiat
broke"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Mahatma Gandhi Again
Prodding the British

CLIENT for two years, Mahatma
y Gandhi once more comes into
public notice with a speech tending
to increase the opposition to British
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Cuba Gusts Gomez and
Laredo Bru Is President

M IGUEL MARIANA GOMEZ,
~ president of Cuba, was on his
way out because he defied Col. Full
gencio Batista, the real ruler of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Program to Curb Credit
Imitation Is Announced

CECRETARY OF THE TREAS
- URY MORGENTHAU a n d
Chairman Mariner Eccles of the
federal reserve board announced a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Origin of DecimaI system

The decimal system in arithmetic
owes its origin to the fact that
man found it easy to count on his
ten fingers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Chang Is Free Again;
Soong Nav Be Premier

HANG KAI SHEK, generals
~ simo of China and its dictator,
is back in Marking. Marshal Chang,
who held him prisoner in Sianfu for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
IZ11IIN &1|
Reversed Charges

Reversed Charges
This is the age when a husband
kisses his wife's neck and says:
''Why, dearie, you haven't shaved
this morning."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Ask Me Annfher

Ask Me Another
History Prof. - Who was Tai
leyrand?
Student - A fan dancer, and
cut the baby talk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-01-07
Stimulating

81 look upon hiking as a tonic"
Eyes; and a passing auto as
pick-me-up, I suppose"