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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Anybody Proud Of the Senator

1t may be wondered whether any
considerable element of the Republic
an party of the country feels any
sense Of pride or satisfaction in the
present course Of the majority In the
national senate.
Here is 1.-THE greatest deliberative
body in the world" fooling away its
time, ob~structing legislation, defying
the advice and wishes of the presi-
dent and doing nothing.
With promptitude and even enthusi.
asm, the house of representatives has
attended to the matters covered by
the presidents call for the extra SEES
sion. 1t has gone further, in initial
ing and carrying to completion the
consideration of matters and meas
ures for the good of the country.
But that senate, controlled by mem
bers of the party which elected the
/ president, persists In ignoring ant
opposing the very matters for the con
alteration Of which it was called t.
meet.
Is anybody in all this wide republic
proud Of that aggregation Of ALLEGED
statesmen?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

appreciated by comparatively few of our citi-
zens, an operator of scientific laboratories, a
manufacturer and a business corporation. Now
with Uncle Sam in the actual conduct of arts
and industries on a greater scale, in some in
stances, than they are being carried on by any
private corporation, it has become imperative
from the hard, practical business standpoint
that the government shall have the benefit Of
the highest possible attainments in time and
labor-saving equipment.
In the effort to keep abreast of or a little
ahead of tha worlds march Of progress, the
federal establishment has continually carried
on tests and experiment with a view to dis
closing new capabilities in instruments and APP
Daratus of one kind or another that rank as
commercial products and as such may be
bought in the open market. But a large share
Of what has been accomplished these past few
years has been due to new inventions evolved
by government officials. And 1t is pleasing to
note that there is an increasing disposition on
part of the men on Uncle Sans payroll to
regard as federal property the inventions from
which they might otherwise reap a fortune.
There have, from time to time, been charges
and rumors putting in question the ethics and
honesty of men who derived private wealth
from inventions alleged to have been worked
out in government time and with the aid of
ldCllltleS OIeFed by a governmental position.
Happily, however, such cases appear to be
growing more rare and to counterbalance the
Isolated instances we have examples such as
recently afforded by Major Squier, assistant
chief signal officer of the United States army
when he dedicated to the free use of the
American people the patents covering his new
system of m~ultiplex telephony.
Some of the most spectacular Of Uncle Sans
current scientific %triumphs axe being worked
out by the aid Of the most powerful magnet in
the world, which has recently been installed at
a cost of 81 ZOO at the United States bureau Of
standards. This magnet is in effect an en-
larged edition Of the familiar toy from which
small boys derive so much enjoyment and 1t
may be whispered that the government scien-
lists are getting a proportionate amount of ex-
element from the almost miraculous powers
OF this largest Of all magnets. Primarily the
new magnet is employed by the government
experts for optical work of the most highly
technical character-a pushing back of the
bounds Of the unknown in this scientific field
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

was the particular form of melody transmitted
and the results we're really surprising in many
respects. For one thing the music as heard
at the other end of the line was remarkably
clear and sweet. Indeed it was seemingly
more perfect tone production than that obtain
able under any other conditions inasmuch as
the telephone served to entirely eliminate the
needle nose" the on e suggestion of the me-
chanical which talking machine inventors have
never been able to entirely eliminate. 1t Is
believed that this disclosure of the ~possiblli-
ties of transmitting music by phone will ulti-
mately enable people to enjoy concerts by the
best vocal and instrumental talent when seat
ed In their own homes. This would, Of course,
prove an especial boon in the case Of subur-
banites and residents of the rural districts
where the use of the telephone has increased
so tremendously in recent years. In the ex-
periments with multiplex telephony the graph
ophone music was employed to still further
demonstrate the possibility of using a single
wire for the transmission of various messages
simultaneously, each independent of the others.
For instance, on one occasion Caruso, by
means Of a "talker," sang on the line while
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" las re-
cited into a separate ~transmitter close at HANDY
was carried over the same wire at the same
time without in any way interfering with the
dllOu lCuOl . OlC
OF Uncle Sans recent innovations in tech
meal equipment none bids fair to ultimately
work greater wonders than the lately intro
duced Pulmotor The Pulmotor is a delicate
ly adjusted machine that occupied a portable
case not much larger than the ordinary dress
suit case, and its function is to bring back to
life persons supposed to be dead The gov
eminent provided the first Of these new mir
acle workers for the use of the newly estab-
lished United States bureau of mines in its
work of rescuing men overcome by the poison
GUS gases in coal mines, but the advent of the
invention Is opening up life-saving possibilities
in other fields, as, for instance, at bathing
beaches and in city hospitals-in short in any
case where death is threatened through the
filing Of the lungs with gas or water.
The Pulmotor is, in effect, an automatic
breathing machine, its function being to draw
the poisonous gases out Of the lungs and to
force into the lungs in turn the life-givlng
oxygen. The mechanism includes a cylinder in
which oxygen is stored under pressure, a blow.
ing and suction valve actuated by two accordion
bellows, and . hood or mask which Ats over the
mouth and postrils Of the patient, making an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
wcKERsHAM FAILS IN DUTY.
Attorney General Consistently Treats
Trust Lawbreakers as Favored
Class of Criminals.

Something like three years must
pass before the suit brought by At
torney General Wickersham against
the lumber trust can be finally set
tied in the court of last resort. When
the last word is uttered by the SUI
preme court the lumber trust stock
may take a jump upward as Stand
ard OIL shares did on the curb when
the decision against 1t was an
nounced. And as in the Standard case
no individual personally guilty of the
crime alleged against the lumber
trust corporation viii go to jail.
This is making a joke of a criminal.
statute strong enough to stop con-
~spiracies in restraint of trade-wheni
honestly enforced. Mr.. Understands
inexplicable refusal to indict the VIC
lators and put them in Jail brings the
Sherman law into further contempt
from the lawmakers. Every time
he files n of his puerile civil actions
for dissolution Wall street shakes its
sides with mirth. Injunctions against
such criminals are as ridiculously in
effective as injunctions would be
against counterfeiting and burglary.
The Sherman law is a penal statute,
and only by enforcing its severest.
penalties can any respect be gained,
for 1t. When the attorney general.
fails to prosecute criminals by pro-
ceeding personally against them he
violates the spirit of his oath of Office:
1t then becomes the duty of the
president of the United States to dis
miss him from office and appoint an
attorney general who will no longer
treat the trust l%awbreakers as a.
favored class of criminals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

day. however, instead of the cupboard
being placed ahere she could reach 1t.
1t was hauled up near the ceiling, and
the ladder was placed among several
other articles in the corner Of the
room.
The question to be decided was
whether the bird, seeing that the cup
board was out Of M. souplet's reach.
would have suiicient intelligence to
use words II knew In their proper Sc
quence. The FIRST days experiment
was q failure The parrot ~screeched
Cupboard cupboard. beating So
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

wings and biting the bars OF its cage
in anger, bpt it got no farther. That
day the bird received millet, which 1t
did not care for; the h~empseed,
which 1t was very fond Of. being
locked up in the cupboard.
Next day Polly was in a greater
temper than aver, and after q desper-
ate effort to break through the bars
Of her cage she finally caught sight Of
the cupboard scar the ceiling. In
~stantly came the words. Ladder,
climbcupboasd, and Polly. having
learned her lessor, the cupboard waa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Work a. speclal Session.

There is every reason to believe
that the Canadian treaty will be
passed before adjournment comes,
and 1t seems no less certain that the
constitutional amendment for the d.
rect election Of senators will pass the
senate at this session. The enactment
Of two such measures as reciprocity
and the popular election Of senators
will make the special session well
worth while, even If nothing more is
accomplished in the way Of general
legislation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Need an Andrew jackson

The protected manufacturer, OF
course, desires to have the bars Id
down, even il It affects the middl
class, who are the very backbone o.
the republic. Some day they will rise
in their might and the protective tar
III and the alien steamship influences
will be crushed. An Andrew jackson
is needed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Has a Parrot That Thinks

high-water mark Of possibilities In this
direction so far as parrots are con
cerned.
He had taught Polly to use the
words cupboard and ladder and
al he climbed the ladder he had sue
ceeded In inducing the bird to articu-
late the word climb Every day when
the bird was brought into the Iabora-
tory a small cupboard was opened and
Polly helped herself to hempseed One
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

To provide a peaceful solution OF
questions respecting honor, independ.
ence and integrity-such questions as
courts settle for individuals-is the
beneficent purpose OF the arbitration
treaty. History proves the sensible
and honorable method proposed to be
quite feasible. Mr.. Roosevelt's in
herent jingoism again u n away wiSS
his judgment--New York World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
What is the senate going to dof"'
inquiries a contemporary. That's just
what the senate would like to know.

The time is coming when an hon
est mar will not be able to succeed in
business In this country what do
you call succeeding In business?D
"Why-er-keeping q high tariff On
the things you are producing Chi
cako Record-Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Mission Of Democracy.

The purpose Of Democracy, as de
fined by Woodrow Wilson. is not to
upset things but to set things right, a
definition that should be more general.
ly understood among voters who see
many things that ought to be set
right but don't see any particular
need for a general upsetting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Writer, Telling ~ the intelligence Of
Birds, Relates How a Pet Asked
for q Certain Seed.

M. Pierre Hachet Scuplet, writing
On me intelligence Of birds and anil;
mails. relates a remarkable accom-
plishment on the part Of a parrot He
admits that She bird was an cxcep-
tlonaIly clever specimen, and Ne con
sid4rs itB achievement indicates the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
Let the Peonle saw 90.

The United States senate's great
est exponent of the term Il object"
Mr.. Hepburn Of Idaho, at a recent ses-
sion declared the people do not want,
direct election Of United States sena-
tors" If so, why doesn't the gentle
man from Idaho cease his Directing
and allow "the people to saY so?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

That report that ]. Pierpont Nor
gan used the influence Of the United.
States government to further his for
eign financial operations is somewhat
like an earlier news item to the ef-
feet that the Dutch had captured Hol..
land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

brought down and she was rewarded
with some hempseed. M. Hachet Sou
plet looked upon this incident as q
proof Of the association Of ideas In the
birds mind, as no n had ever taught
the parrot the phrase she created.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
No uss TO Her.

cant i sell you an electric nat
iron?" said the agent.
you cannot" said she. When !
have trouble with my husband o lot
Of good a fIatiTon tied to an electric
Jet would be to me-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

Ex-senator Aldrich Is said to have
areadjusted his tariff views" The
public will rejoice that he is out OF
once. II can't stand another upset
by reason Of q still higher tariif.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15
CARD-SCPZnrc MAC1UXE cI/ST
WkENZZD F2P TIE CEIHSWS

dozen or more, end to
end, are supported in
horizontal position.
One of the most
amazing tricks per-
formed by the mag
net is to support a
glass dish by means
Of a small piece of
iron placed inside the
dish, the power of
magnetic attraction
being eXerted upon
the iron through the
thickne ss of the lay
er of glass. Another
impressive illustra.
ton OF the power of
this monster magnet
is afforded when a
handful of nails are
thrown in the air
perhaps three or four
feet away from the
magnet. AS though
Whisked in by an in.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

airtight connection between the human lungs
and the mechanical lungs of the machine. 1t Is
said of this new invention that it will make
a corpse breathe" meaning that it will compel
the diaphragm to move in a body in which life
is wholly extinct. The new device costs $500,
making it one of the worlds most expensive
pieces of rescue equipment, as it Is certainly
one of the most effective. Comparatively little
experience is required for its successful opera
ton.
Government officials have within the past Few
months invented several new machines for
quickening and cheapening the manufacture OF
paper money and postage stamps and whereas
these inventions may not find very extensive
adoption outside the government workshops.
they will exert an important influence there.
Among these new inventions is a remarkable
combination machine which at one operation
stamps the successive serial number on each
bank note, impresses in color the official seal,
cuts the sheets of money into individual notes
and counts the bills-tasks that formerly re-
CURED as many different machines and an i'm
mense expenditure of time. Another new inven-
ten is a machine which automatically trims at
one stroke all four edges OF a sheet OF bank
notes. A third new invention Is a machine for
automatically wetting the sheets OF paper used
in printing our currency-a chore that mad for'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

have been in the line of discov-
cries of ways and means for doing things that
have been done heretofore, but of doing them
more easily, more quickly, more economically
or more effectively than has heretofore been
deemed possible.
The national government has been taking
the lead in scientific, mechanical and engi-
neering development to a constantly increas.
ing extent in late years. For, of course, the
reader will understand that in speaking of
Uncle Sans current triumphs in the field Of
invention and experiment, reference is made
not to the federal government as represented
by its own experts and employees. Now the
national government has always been a con
tributor to the cause Of science and invention,
there being dual reasons for its activity in
such direction. On the one hand the central
government, with paternal instinct, has been
bound to contribute in every way to the we'll
being of the whole people and as is we'll
known such benefit is more often than not con-
ferred through the fundamentally of scien.
tifc discoveries and inventions, Obviously
then it is up to Uncle Sam to foster Yankee
ingenuity by every possible means.
Yet the second incentive to federal activity
in this broad field has been even more of a
spur than the first. 1t arises from the fact
that the national government is, to an extent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

UCLE SAM has very good reason
to plume himself because of a
number of important recent
achievements that most distinctly
make for progress. Some of
triumphs have taken the form of
new inventions for doing things
that were virtually impossible of
accomplishment heretofore and
others. none the less valuable.
hnrn knnn in thn linn Of lirnnr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-15

but this does not prevent the magnet from do
ing stunts of great popular interest nov and
then.
When the magnet is charged with it's full
electric current of 125 amperes a piece of meta,
weighing hundreds of pounds might be sus.
pended at the pole pieces and the leakage,
that is the stray magnetic field" way cut at
the ends Of the magnet is sufficient to support
in all sorts of positions wrenches and bars of
iron weighing as much as five or six pounds
apiece, whereas wire nails in series Of half a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
LYNN HAVEN.

Lynn Haven, Dec 9.-The Methodist
Society is planning to build a new
church on their lot near the power
house given hv Senator Lynn
Or. !. .. Jones accompanied Mrs.
Harry y, Lindsay to Mobile Saturday
to enter tho hospital for an operation.
She is reported as doing finely,
\ dance was held in the Lindsay
building Thursdsy evening and very
pleasant time was reported.
There viii be prea ching by Rev. ".
L. Walar at tho home Of Miss Rose
Randall on Georgia avenue and Tenth
street on Sunday December Is. All
BGptists and others are cordially in
Vited. Tho services are held with a
Wow to organizing society.
Father ltIicll, a Roman Catholic
priest of Mobile. said mass here Thurs
day morning at the home of Mr.. II. NJ.
Griffith On Indiana avenue and Sixth
street.
The officers OF the Lynn IIaveu
Union Sunday school are ARRANGING,
for a Christmas tree and celebration.
The walk from the dock up TO the
center Of the town has been com
menccd and 1t is hoped that il soon
will be so that one can reach tow n
without tIamping through the sand.
The Gulf Coast Hardware COMPANY
is going to PIT in a large hardware
store IN the Lindsay building on Flor
ida avenue. MIR. A. l.. Cassidy will
have charge OF the store.
Lynn Haven now has its own stan1p
and the rostcffice will be at Lynn Ha-
ven instead OF Cay as formerly but
the mail will be sent TO Gay until the
postoffice here is finished.
The northern PEOPLE have delightful
times fishing and gathering oysters. oT
which 81. Andrews Bay is plentifulW
fun. G"ery DAY one sees people on the
docks with their fishing rods, but more
on Sunday than any other dsy.
Crowds Of people are still coming
to Lynn Haven and the company's Of
flee is filled nearly all the tim. with
new people who are waiting To ice
shown their lots
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
BEULAH.

Beulah, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Mary Barri-
neau has returned from Duyton, Ga,
where she has been to attend the
funeral of her father Judge Taylor,
who died last week and was buried in
the family lot last Sunday, Dec. 3, at
Duyton, Ga
Mr.. S. \. Garrett was in the city on
business Tuesday.
Mr. T. NJ. Carlisle has moved from
Beulah to one of Mr.. Barrineau's
houses at the old still near Eight Mile
creek.
Mr.. Thos. Hanna will leave here
next Sunday for South Carolina, his
old home state, where he VIII spend
the winter with his brother and other
relatives. He will go by the way of
Bruce and spend a week with the fam
lily of James Snowden.
Miss Lizzie Snowden will leave
Sunday for the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Snowden, at
Bruce, Fla.
Rev. c. 3. Netherland, of the NJ. T..
church. has been assigned to Mentone
in northern Alabama. and will go to
his new charge as soon as he can dis
pose of his personal property. He OK
poets to be able to get away the first
of next week.
Rev w. E. Thomas, of kinsey, Ala,
has been assigned to the NJ. E. work
here and preached to a large congre-
CATION Sunday morning and evening
He is a gentleman of pleasing address
and we bespeak for him the undivided
support of this community while he
labors among US.
After a lingering illness with that
dreaded diseases, cancer, Mr.. A. j.
Garrett died at his home here Tues
day. Dec. 3. All of his children were
present except one daughter, Mrs.
Alice Won Rossom, who resides at
Bogalousa. La, who could not get here
in time. The deceased was a member
of a Union cavalry regiment and
served four years in the Civil war.
Interment was in the Beulah cemetery
near his old home. The school was
dismissed and attended under the di-
rection of the teachers, Mrs. Bowman
and Miss Merritt. The NJ. f. church
was crowded to the doors by sypa-
thizing friends and neighbors to pay
the last sad tribute to their old friend
and neighbor, Familiarity known as
Uncle Andy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
D'FUNIAK SPRINGS.

DeFuniak Springs. Dec. 9.-AmonG
the new hotels started FOR the winter
to accommodate the tourists, the Flor
ida house is new and clean and home
like. We need a F!agler on the west
coast to build hotels which rival the
New York hotels and make strangers
seek our western coast. As Il is they
go south and east. where they can
get the accommodations which they
are used 10 having at home
Mrs. z. K. MCCasklll has been quite
i'll but is some better today
Mr.. Slaughter. the Methodist pastor,
is attending conference III Pensac cola.
The EpfscopaIiaus are having a
bazaar today. The fancy work is Very
beautiful.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Home Mis-
sionary SOCieJy are TO mold q semi
centennial celebration at the church
tonight.
f. W Tharpe went to Pensacola to
attend the conference.
The young people had a very pleas
ant dance al the armOry last Thurs
day night.
Mrs Manning and Mrs. Morgan re-
turned from TAMPA THURSDAY. The,.
were delegates q , ". c. T. L.
Rev. Mr.. Z psoI VI MHligan en-
tered Palmer 'llege = week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
Last NIGHTS PIav

1t is seldom that Pensacola people
enjoy the real treat of grand opera,
but the large and extremely apprecia-
tive audience that witnessed The
Bohemian Girl at the opera house last
night gave very conclusive proof that
there are plenty of good musicians in
the city who enjoy a good production
now and then-a really good one-such
as last nights attraction proved to be-
The Aborn Opera Company's presen-
tation of the always popular opera is,
indeed, a thing of beauty, with the best
of good singing almost, almost spec
tacular, but always artistic. effects,
elegant costuming and a cast of real
artists.
Hattie Belle Todd, as Queen of the
Gypsies, Blanche Morrison, THE Bo-
hemian Girl John r. Phillips in the
role of Thaddeus, a Polish noble, and
Harry Luckstone, as Count Arnheim,
are all stars of the first magnitude,
and their faultless acting and fine
singing will be pleasant memories to
Pensacola music-lovers for some time
to come.