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New-York tribune., 1912-01-18

on,v or waste. there has been inadequate
means whereby those who served with
fdeIity and efficiency might make rec
ord Of accomplishment and he distin-
grIshad from those who were inefficient
and tasteful: functions and establish
Tnents nave been duplicated even multi
niiad causing conflict and unnecessary ex.
nepse. lack Of full information has made
intelligent direction impossible and CO.
operation between different branches Of
tie service difficult
Nv reason of the confused character Of
recGrdE and reports and the lack Of infor-
nation which has been provided. this was
one OF the first subjects into which i'll
quirv was made looking toward the issu-
ing Of Executive orders.
In LAYING the foundation for tho revi-
sion Of the present accounting methods
IT'S has been assumed that such informa-
tion should he produced, and only such as
* continuously needed by administrative
heads or as will he OF value Ia the Con-
press The work has been prosecuted
under the following heads. The character
and form Of expenditure documents that
should be employed by the several de-
partmerts: classification OF objects OF eX
penditure: the kind and character Of ac-
counts that should he kept by the govern.
ment. the character Cf reports giving in
formation regarding revenues and eNpen-
ditures that should be rendered 10 suDe.
nor administrative officers and to the Con
gross and which will enable them TO lay
before the Congress information which
each member should have in order that
the legislative branch may he fully in
formed concerning the objects and pur-
poses Of governmental expenditures.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
E'0diva, the Divers" Bathing Suits Are Burned

DROOKLYN, N. Y.-Six charred gar
~ ments, once the dainty bathing
quits of Miss Alma Beaumont. who is
known to fame as "Odiva, the diver"
were offered as evidence against Mrs.
Emma Adams, wife Of Charles F. Ad-
ans, Odiva's manager, who was
charged with malicious mischief be-
fore Magistrate Mcclure the other
day.
Mrs. Adams, who sat erectly in
court and manifested supreme disdain,
merely shifted when the lame-scarred
garments were displayed to the court.
Mrs. Adams apparently was very well
pleased over the fact that Odiva new
er again would don those suits to emu
late the mermaid.
The first witness against Mrs. Ad-
ANS was her husband, the impresario
of the swimming tank. Mr. Adams
told a sorrowful story. He had brought
odiva IN from a tour, during which
she had delighted thousands with her
amphibious performances. Eight bath
ing suits, that cost in the aggregate
$40, needed laundering. Would Mrs.
Adams please launder them? Not on
your life, she would notl
We'll" quoth Mr.. Adams, then /
myself will lauhder them"
And he did, hanging them out to dry
on a clothes line in the back yard of
the Adams home, at Bergen Beach.
After he had finished the washing and
hung the wash out, Mr.. Adams came
into the city and did not return until
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
merry Widows Were Barred in This Ball Game

nETROIT, MICH.-Untutored women
~ who have not learned that one Of
the rules Of baseball excludes outsid-
ers from the diamond during a game.
are learning better these days when
they undertake to take the short cut
across the city hall lawn.
Exciting contests are staged every
~afternon on the broad walk which
runs from Fort to Griswold streets
past the city hall steps The teams
are made up OF 'newsies,Y who while
away the time when waiting for edi-
lions. The space is somewhat limited
for a liie-size game, and ground rules
require a dead ball, improvised from
a tobacco pouch stuffed with paper.
Bare palms serve for bats. and the
hits are usually such al the pitcher
a field. To tag a ~base-runner all he
has to do is to throw the pin and
hit any part Of the runners person.
All would be we'll II outsiders did
not trespass on the diamond. One
day last week the game was nearly
disrupted BY d woman with a hat that
survived the Merry Widow epoch.
she came up behind the pitcher mn
seen BY him. He sent one singing
oyer The middle OF the plate and II
t#H adv AIN|HYI HENAM HIHAN at4FnNA k HrINI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
SHARP REToRT, THEN FLIGHT
Probably Mr.. Knox Chose the Wlsest
Course, All the Circumstances
Considered.

you men have everything your own
way, 1t seems to me-" remarked Mrs.
Knox plaintively, looking up from her
cantaloupe to the advertisements on
the back Of her husbands Newspaper.
Mr.. Knox did not reply. He had long
ago learned the wisdom Of silence in
the face Of his wife's arguments
against world-made laws and mans
monopoly on privileges, and divers
other subjects of great magnitude, SO
he went right on reading.
"It is no, wonder so many women
are petty, when their whole lives deal
in trivialities," Mrs. Knox continued,
you men can do just anything you
please, but we women have to observe
social convention"
Here she gave a decisive nod to her
martyred head and waited to see IL she
had a rise.
Oliver Knox laid down his paper de-
liberately and arose with the express
sion of one who has a great thought
smoldering In his consciousness but
does not feel sure Of just how to pro-
ject 1t.
80 far as / can see.' he said quick
ly, "it only takes one woman to make
"a whole social convention"
BY this time he had reached the
hall, grabbed his panama, and was ma
king a frantic rush to catch a car he
thought he heard coming over the hill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
Women pearl Divers.

Many pearl divers in Japan are
women. Along the coasts of the bays
Of Ago and Kokasho the small school
girls are taught to dive for pearls.
Most OF them are swimmers from
early childhood, but instruction In
the art Of pearl diving is necessary
nevertheless. The women divers
wear a special dress when engaged
in their work, and twist their hair in
to a hard knot. Glasses are worn to
protect their eyes. When the women
jump into the water they have around
their waists small tubs, into which
they drop the oysters they gather at
the bottom Of the sea. When the tubs
are filled men stationed In rowboats
hoist them to the surface. The wom-
en- can dive to a depth Of from five to
thirty fathoms and can hold their
breath for three minutes at a time.
Those women between twenty-five and
thirty-iye years old are considered to
be in their prime as pearl divers,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
Brand New Baby Is Hunted Down as a Burglar

rs he there?" whispered the police
mar to the happy father.
Sure, and a big fellow, too" was!
the whispered reply.
Where is he?"
Hes In the back bedroom. Want
to go back?" asked Mccarthy.
Certainly, I'll go back. Just let
me get n look at him."
THE nurse is in there, too" said
tie father, cycling the policeman.
What! Why, she may be killed by
this time!"
mo, he isn't SO savage as that, al
though he is a strapping big fellow"
Tho door was pushed gently open
and the policeman. still ~clutching his
revolver, leaped in. He looked at the
baby, soundly sleeping in the arms of
a smiling nurse, and then turned to
the father.
81 thought all the time 1t was a
burglar. Isn't it?"
"Of course not. He's going to be
a policeman, not a burglar" said Nc
Carthy.
Then Hoffman returneS to the police
station and announced that 1t was too
early to arrest the person who had
broken into the Mccarthy home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26

4 OS ANGELES, Cal.-The champion
IL best man" in all Los Angeles
was discovered the other night. He is
e. G. Harootunian, who lives at No.
l147 Dewey avenue.
To his credit he has eleven mar
riages. All these he personally ar
ranged as matchmaker, and at all
of them he acted as best man. What
is more, all the marriages have re-
suited happily, and an even dozen
healthy and hearty youngsters have
been added to the population of Los
Angeles as a result.
The latest consummation of the
matchmaking E~coclivities OF Ha-
r%ootunian occurred when Miss Bessie
King, a charming English girl, and M.
G. Roobian, a thrifty young Armenian,
were married by Rev. P. j., Mcdonald,
pastor of the Reformed Church. OF
course, Harootunian was best man.
The activity of Harootunian as an
ally of Cupid had it's origin in a
desire of the thrifty young Ameni-
ANS Of Los Angeles to take unto
themselves English girls or girls OF
other Saxon nations as wives.
1t began when Harootunian, him
self, fell a victim to the bright eyes
of an English lass. That was about
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the next day, which was Aug. IA. Desc
lation awaited him. The bathing suits
lay in a charred mass before the por-
tico of his home.
What is this?" he demanded.
tut, tut!" replied Mrs. Adams.
"They are burned. Can't you seer"
Mr.. Adams reported the catastrophe
to Odiva, who procured a warrant
against Mrs. Adams.
Il was going along in front of the
Adams house about 10 o'clock at night,
Aug. 49," said Harry Deaves, a show
manager, land saw a bonfire, which
/ put out, dragging from the flames
six partially burned bathing suits"
Mr.. Deaves soberly identified the
six charred garments as the ones he
had rescued.
Mrs. Adams he continued, "re-
marked that she would not thank me
for putting out that fire."
Magistrate Mcclure released Mrs.
Adams on the ground that there was
no evidence to show she had started
the fire. .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
BILLY SOLVES PROBLEM
Thought II Would Be Fine to
Have a Father.
BY A. MARIA CRAWFORD.

Il can't for the life Of me under
stand why you won't marry me II you
love me-" said Walter Gillem. They
were having coffee In q gay restaurant
in the late afternoon.
Because" answered Elizabeth Thur
ston, BILLY would resent your taking
his fathers place. He references his
memory and he would never forgive
me for even appearing to forget Tom.
You don't realize that Billy is grown
up at six years"
why. Billy and l would be two good
pals. Elizabeth. He might feel badly
at first, but I will make it just as easy
for you and for him as l can. There
is no use in wasting these years of
happiness when Billy, childlike, would
get yer any sort of feeling in a
month"
You're mistaken about that" said
Billy's pretty mother quickly. BILLY
new forgets or forgives anything.
He Is terribly in earnest about life"
He is a fine little chap. Did he tell
you how l picked him up going from
school yesterday and took him for q
long run in my car? He doesn't ask
q thousand questions like most boys,
but I'll wager he knows nearly as
much as l do about the mechanism of
that car"
"Oh, yes, he came up to my sitting
room, as he always does when he
comes home, and told me about his
trip. He promised me that as soon
as he was a little older he would sell
our car and buy one OF a more i'm
proved make. 1T makes me feel as II
| was most grown, mother, he said
to me, to have Mr.. Walter show me
things about his car. He doesn't talk
to me the way our chauffeur does, and
explain every little thing same as II
l were a baby, but he just treats me
well-as If we were two gentlemen out
together Billy doesn't relish being
p%atronized," laughed Elizabeth.
"Billy's care for you that | want to
share has made him far older than
the average boy of six. He Is a gen.
tleman of the old school," said the man
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
Great Author, Confronted With Prob
lem, Solved 1t In a Character
M Istic Way.

LIN
Henrik Ibsen, although not a man
to be defeated by a difficult problem,
faced one once that, according to Erik
Lie In THE "Reminiscences OF Jonas
Lie puzzled him sorely. The anus.
ing way in which he met it is char
acteristic. !
Ibsen and Jonas Lie we're both
spending the summer at Berchtes-
gaden. Appearing one morning at Lies
house, Ibsen, with solemn cotnte-
nance. begged for an Interview with
Mrs. Lie. Although somewhat mysti-
fed by Ibsen's strange manner. the
lady gladly granted his request.
Under no circumstances must your
husband Be disturbed, ibsen began.
when they were alone, He had better
know nothing at all about the matter,
Its only a trifie that has been worry
ing me--a button has come on, and |
have to sew II on again. have bought
the needle and thread"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26

FHICAGO.-The stork made SO much
~ noise breaking into the rear door
of Lawrence McCarthy's house, at
1859 West Twenty-third street, early
the other morning, that neighbors
thought that 1t couldn't be anything
less than a burglar-perhaps a dozen
of them.
A frightened woman who saw lights
suddenly turned up in the house and
several persons moving about
within telephoned to the police and
asked that policemen be hurried to
the place to capture the supposed
burglar.
Policeman Joseph Hoffman hurried
to the house, drew his trusty revolver
and tapped lightly on the front door.
Mccarthy answered the knock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26

new haunts for loot and pillage. So
he decided to explore this strange
westward country and establish a col
ony there. In the year 1000 A. D., or
whereabouts, he babe his son Lief to
join in the expedition.
Lief was wellnigh as fiery and brutal
as his father, but he had many finer
qualities as well. He was high in the
service of King Olaf of Norway and
was known as THE Kings. Guards
man." His constant good fortune had
also won for him the nickname of
Lief the Lucky" Like the rest Of
King Olafs court, he had embraced
Christianity, forswearing the heather
Morse gods and forcing his followers
to do the same. Eric was furious at
his sons conversion. A fierce quar-
rel between the two, but their
differences were at last patched up
and they made ready for their joint
voyage of discovery.
AS the Vikings fastened down to the
waiting ships Eric rode at their head.
His horse. according to the story.
stumbled and threw him just al they
reached the waters edge. To Eric's
superstitious mind this seemed an
omen of disaster. He refused to go
on the expedition and sent Lief as its
commander. This filled the Vikings
with joy, for they hated Eric and loved
his gallant son.
After a long sail westward Lief
came to a gloomy, cloud-wrapped coun-
try (probably Newfoundland and
sailed southwark, looking for less for
bidding shores. He found them. He
is supposed to have landed somewhere
along the southeastern New England
coast. The place seemed a paradise
to these men from the bleak north.
The soil was rich and verdant. Wild
grapes grew everywhere. Lief, be-
cause of the multitude Of grapes, call
ed the country "Vinland," or Wine
land"
Here he is supposed to have found
ed a colony before carrying back to
Greenland the news Of his wonderful
discovery. Other Morse colonies are,
believed to have followed him to New
England, but their fate and their very
existence is shrouded in doubt.
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NO TROUBLE IN COLLECTING
Lawyer Probably Was Willing to Pay
More Than $40 Under the
Circumstances.

A noted lawyer Of Tennessee. who
labored under the defects of having
ahigh temper and of being deaf.
walked into a court room presided
over by a younger man, of whom the
older practitioner had a small opin-
ion.
Presently. in the hearing of q mo
ton, there was a clash between the
lawyer and the Judge. The Judge orr
dered the lawyer to sit doFn. and as
the lawyer, being deaf, didn't hear
him and went on talking. the judge
fined him $40 for contempt.
The lawyer leaned toward the clerk
and cupped his hand behind his ear,
"What did he sayf" he inquired.
HE fined you $40" explained the
clerk.
For what?"
For contempt of this court said
the clerk.
The lawyer shot a poisonous look
toward the bench and reached a hand
into his pocket.
"Tll pay It." he said. Its a Just
debt. n-Saturday Evening Post,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26

OF the cueerest monopoly on record
a Thief Trust"
Wild was born in 1852. He was a Bir-
mingham buckle-maker by trade and
anne to London as a young man to i'm
prove his fortune. A life Of dissipa-
ton quickly landed him in prison for
debt. There he stayed four years, be-
coming acquainted with almost every
thief in London and gaining a strong
influence over-most of them. BY the
time he had scraped together enough
money to buy his freedom he
had already outlined his fu-
ture career. He saw that crooks
never really succeed in life. So he
decided to stay technically" honest,
and to profit by others crimes. Rent
ing a low waterside tavern, he made
friends with more outcasts and at last
had a large enough following to take
up the profession he had planned.
Calling to him a number Of notori-
GUS thieves, Wild made them a lit
tie speech. He explained that the
lew AdW6 uuu uldu0 lll0 LdIu lOT IOU-
bers. Theft was not only a hanging Of
fense," but the receivers of stolen
goods were SO closely watched that
they dared not do business. So he
suggested an improvement on the old
methods. Any one committing a theft
was to come at once to Wild and tell
all about 1t. Wild in TURF was to get
to the person robbed, and, on the lat
ter's promise to ask no questions, was
to offer to return the stolen articles
In payment Of a substantial reward.
This reward he would give to the thief
in exchange for the plumber, keeping
one-third as his own commission.
1t was a simple arrangement The
victim would get back his property
by paying a certain sum; the thieves
would make more money than by deal
ing with regular receivers, or
fences" Wild, with no danger to
himself. would reap a tidy commission
on every robbery.
From the first his business prosper
ed. He himself stole nothing, nor did
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
Threaded for the Season

But let me sew It on FOR YOU" in
.terrupted Mrs. Lie, whose wonder had
been steadily growing.
mo, nor said Ibsen, hastily. Il
should really rather do that myself.
What do you wish OF me, then?e
the lady asked. She still could not
understand why the poet should have
consulted her upon this weighty al
fair.
Il only wanted to ask you to thread
the needle. Again and again | have
tried it, and the thread simply won't
so In. shall have to admit that it ID
an art could never have believed SO
dinlcult."
Smiling. Mrs. Lie helped him out OF
bis diticulty. a. week later she asked
him. as a Joke. what luck he was hav-
ing In threading his needle. u
II sha'n't have to trouble you again
for your services" Ibsen answered.
In his most serious manner You see,
the needle Is threaded now. and /
took very good care that tie thread
should be long enough to last the
whole summer. Youth ConAonDinn.
NV ~ M| NM..NNIN H8MtX|A .H"EI
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was met on the nose OF the bat--o.
fst--and came back spinning directly
on the middle Of the big head-piecs,
where 1t lodged.
Ground rules failed to provide any
base limit where the ball fell on a
Merry Widow hat, and the batsman
was burning up the base lines with
good chance Of q home run. 1t was
an emergency, and the pitcher-ielder
proved a Ty Cobb.
With one hand on the woman's
shoulder he made d jump for the new
millinery ornament. The oma did
not understand. and turned to protest
and as she did so the ball fell into the
pitchers hand. Just in time I paste
the base runner between third and
home plate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-26
international Apollo Who Is Strong on the Job

Ave years ago. The marriage Of the
Harootunians was so blissful and re
suited in so much happiness that
he decided that the marriage of the
200 young Armenians Of good stand
ing and sufficient worldly goods in
this city would solve the problem
of taking care Of these fiery young
bloods.
His first victim" was a friend, G.
Mouradian. He met the latter in the
park one day and told him OF his
happy home, and then took him
there to dinner. He knew Of a
charming young English girl who
was of manageable age and was de-
sirable. He brought the two together
at the Reformed Church. and within
two weeks a marriage resulted. Ger
tainiy Harootunian was best mar.
Then In rapid succession followed
s. Marsho, a musician, who was in
troduced to q young Saxon girl and
gave her no peace until she was
Mrs. Marsho; Jacob Halvajian.
George Gasvinnie, Samuel BAH,
Robert Tootjian, NJ. Caro-, R. Diujian,
D. Safady and lastly NJ. G. Roobian.
All we're prosperous, in the prime OF
manhood, and good citizens, Haroo-
tunian kept in touch with the desir-
able Saxon girls and introduced them
to the sturdy young Armenians and
marriages followed with wonderful
rapidity. Harootunian always best
q
There are $40 Armenians in Los
Angeles" said Harootunian, "and all
of them are thrifty. OF this number
perhaps 200 are young men of mar
riageable age. There r but two
Armenian girls in Los Angeles"
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he in any way come within reach of
the law. A house, for instance, would
be robbed of $4,000 worth of valuables.
Wild would go to the owner and tell
him that for $500 he would find the
lost goods The money was paid and
the goods were returned. Wild clear
ing 5000 on the deal. The work was
profitable to him and to the thieves
alike, BY the world at large he was
regarded as a shrewd detective, who
was singularly fortunate in tracing
lost property. Most people were glad
enough to get back their belongings
without insisting on the thief's ar
rest Wild grew rich, bought a big
house and was highly respected. He
even added smuggling as a side line
to his business.
He managed to get thieves wholly in
his power by hunting up evidence
which SHOULD he place 1t in the hands
Of the law would hang them, BY hold
ing this threat over their heads, Wild
made the great army Of crooks give
him slavish obedience and deal exclu-
sively with him. 1t was a regular
Trust" Once in awhile some stub
born rogue would disobey an order
or would refuse to dispose of his booty
through the trusts agency. Then Wild,
as a reputable citizen, would lay his
evidence before the police and would
help personally in the capture. Some
times these arrested slaves of his
would turn on him. His body, in fact,
was covered with wounds, and in one
tussle his skull was fractured. But
these cases of rebellion were { o
mon.
Robbery throve as never before. At
last parliament was forced to pass a
law making It a felony for any one
to take money on pretense of restor-
ing stolen goods unless he should also
produce the thief. Wild was rich
enough to have retired, but the spirit
Of graft was too strong for him. Hith-
erto ne had been on the right side OF
the law. Now he found himself on the
wrong side OF 1t. He continued to
wiring thieves ~ill-earned money from
them and to betray such as failed to
follow his orders. At last, in 1875, he
was arrested. tried. convicted and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
AS the hangman's cart bore him to
Tyburn (London's place OF execution)
the crowd mobbed him.. yelling "Ju-
das!' and stoning the trembling old
rascal, leaving little work for the e
ecutioner to do when the cart at last
reached Tyburn.