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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
Tewfik Pasha Declines

Constantnople, December S.-Tewfik Pasha. the Turkish ambassador at Lon don, has declined to act as a delegate in the coming peace negotiations owing to i'll health The porte consequently is seek ing d third delegate, who probably will be Naby Bey, the newly appointed ambas sador at Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
Two Operators Required

Every steamer with a carrying oapael- ty of 50 passengers on trips exceeding -@ miles, is required to have two operators for it's wireless equipment, in order io provide continuous watchfulness for sig rals of distress. Safeguards for qulclS communication between the bridge of steamers and the wireless operating room are provided. If accident to the ship should derange the current for the aerial telegraph, provision is made for auxiliary machinery to continue the wireless in operation.
 The government plans, about to be put in force, combine the act of August 45, last, and various preceding acts, together with regulations issued by the depart ment of commerce and labor covering many details of radio communication
 The country has been divides into nine districts to carry out the supervision, the divisional headquarters being Boston, New York, Baltimore, Savannah, New orleans, San Francisco. seattle, Cleve- land and Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
Inspect Shore Stations

The government inspectors are required to visit the shore stations and ships and to report upon the equipment anu effl- olency of instruments. These reports are to be made the basis of licenses Issued by the government. No station or ship will be permitted 10 operate wireless plant without such license. Wireless oper- ators also must be licensed.
 Under the new system some of the na- val stations on the south Atlantic coas' and on the Pacific coast, and the army stations in Alaska. where there are no commercial stations will be open for general business.
 The new law was framed shortly after the Titanic disaster, and one of it's pro- visions gives right of way for distress signals as follows:
 .All stations are required to give ah solute priority to signals and radograms relating to ships in distress; to cease all sending on hearing distress signal: and, except when engaged In answering or aid- ing the ship in distress, to refrain from sending until all signals relating 10 the distress call are completed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
SHELBY ID ADDRESS ]. CANAL CONFERENCE Birmingham Man Speaks in
 Atlanta This Week FINLEY ON PROGRAM
Effect of Canal Opening on Cotton and Other Manufacturing Indus tries of South to be Handled
 by W. A. Erwin

Atlanta. Ga. December s-changed commercial relations that will result be- tween the southern states and central and south American countries with the completion of the Panama canal will be discussed here Tuesday and Wednesday at a conference of diplomats, railroad and steamship company presidents and leading southern manufacturers. Final plans for the meeting were announced here today By St Elmo Massengafe or this city, chairman of the committee on arrangements.
 John Barrett, of Washington director of the Pan-American union, will address the conference immediately after t IS convened Tuesday on the new trade relations that will grow out of the open ing of the great waterway. The discus sion and action of the meeting is ex- pected to follow the outline laid down by the Pan-American director.
 Finley on Programme
 Effect of the canal opening on the cot ton and other manufacturing industries of the south will be under the direc- ton of w A Erwin of Durham, N. C.. w. w. Finley, president of the Southern railway will lead the discussion of the interest of railroads and steamship lines in the canal Relation of the waterway to the iron and steel industry will be discussed under the leadership of John W. Sibley president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and the merchant marine and the Panama canal will pc dealt with under J. w. Porch, president of the New orleans Progressive union, as chairman
 Diplomatic representatives from Central and South American countries who have accepted invitations to attend the meet ing include Senor Joaquin B. Calbo, min ister from Costa Rica; Senor Dr. Pedro E. Rojas, minister from Venezuela; Senor Dr. Salvador Castrilli, Jr., minister from Mica ragua: Senor Eduardo Suarez, minis ter from Chili, and Senor Dr. Manuel E. Malbran, charge daffares of the Ar- genuine republic.
 LiptOn Will Be Present
 Sir Thomas Lipton, the noted English man also will be present and address the conference. and Senor Antonio Mar n-Rivero. minister from Cuba to the United States will be present. Eight presidents of the southern railways have accepted invitations to the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
Extensive System of Super vision Over the Wireless
 Effective Friday
EVERY STEAMER TO
 HAVE TWO OPERATORS
Licenses Will Be Required Hereafter for All Shore Stations and Ships Leaving America-Conntry Is
 Divided Into Districts

Washington. December S.--Ar extensive system of government supervision over wireless telegraphy will become effective next Friday, four months from the date of the enactment of the ltw. Plans nave been made to carry out the new system, both as to the shore stations and sseam- ships operated by commercial companies and the army and navy stations
 Government licenses hereafter will be required for all shore stations and for steamers leaving Ameriean ports. These licenses are being prepared. based upon inspection by government experts There are several hundred shore stations along the Atlantic and Paeifie coasts. the gulf and the great lakes, and Porte Rico. The number of steamships required 10 carry wireless under the new law Is climate !! at 1000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
Cheered by Small Crowd

Colonel Roosevelt and his party were cheered by a small crowd as they left at o'clock Although the colonel had no comment to make upon the situation, sev- eral members of his party, particularly Oscar Straus and Frank A Munsey, de- clared that if the republican party hoped to reiuvenate itself it would have to be by turning progressives.
 These sentiments were in reference to the decision of the republican governors conference in Washington yesterday to walt another year before taking steps to reorganize the party with the hope ex- pressed that progressives would be brought back into the fold.
 Munsey Comments
 MT. Munsey said that those attempting this task had "a big job on their hands ' He added that the only way to achieve the union was for the republicans to accept the progressive platform and poll eies and come into the party as formed. If they did this. he said. the two parties could be united.
 Similar sentiments were expressed by several others of the party.
 More than score of women were in the party which took the train here.
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strong plea Is made for the passage of the military pay bill now pending. be- cause the 100000 men nowsin the National Guard, eager and ambitious to be of ser vice in case of war are practically un- available under present conditions. ,rhese men, the Secretsry says, should not only be trained fot war in time of peace and paid by tine national govern ment. but it must be possible to transfer them immediately into the general mili- tarv force and not militia in time of war.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

stalked off down the street, The honeymoon
was over.
But John will treat Mary according to the old
Indian law or he will lose her, she Is mar
ried according to the white mans way, put tnat
will not prevent the squaw from leaving ms
tent end returning to that OF her motner II
she feels inclined to do so, and nothing Jonn
can say or do will have the least effect In forc-
ing her to return to him. For a number OF years
the government has done all in its power TO
force the Indians to marry in the Whlte mans
way and to reman married after the
but very little progress has been made, once
in a great while there will be an indian wed
ding performed after the white way, but a
large majority Of them take place under the old
Indian customs.
The Indian word for marriage Is the equiva-
lent of "she followed him. and that phrase
tells the whole story. Literally, when an In
dian girl marries a buck" she simply walks out
of her mothers tepee and into that of her fu-
ture lord. AMI likewise, when she wants a
divorce she takes the back trail and returns to
her mother. The Indian law will not permit
the deserted husband to interfere with her In
any way, once she leaves his tent. She Is
then free to marry any other Indian she may
wish to-. Where a divorce is so easily obtain
able the marriage vows are not regarded very
highly. In fact, there are no marriage VOWS
whatever in the Indian ceremony.
The parents of the bride and bridegroom
do most of the counting" and, contrary to
the general belief that the girls are sold to
their husbands, this is rarely done. The older
ones make all arrangements and then the young
buck calls on the girl. They sit in the tepee
with the other members of the family, but SO
close together that the old squaw throws a
blanket over them, hiding them from sight of
the others in the tent. Finally matters are ar.
ranged to suit. and the young man, for four
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
MARRIED IN WHITE MANS WAY

consecutive nights, serenades his inamorata,
the serenade consisting OF music maze ON d
kind of flute. On the fourth night, however, IN
stead of turning away after playing his tune
he boldly enters the girls tepee and SITS down.
After a few minutes wait he gets up ana
walks out. The girl follows him. He goes to
the tent or cabin which he has previously pre-
nared and enters. A moment later the girl en-
tiers. lays aside her blanket and starts cooking
dinner. The marriage is over.
The bridegroom, before the courtship, has
made a present" to the girls father. Some
times it is a bunch of cattle or horses, or what
ever may be agreed upon. The older man
holds this present for several months and If
the young people are getting along together
nicely, he then gives it all back to them as a
kind of dowry. If, however, they have trouble,
and there is a divorce" he keeps the gift and
later gives it to the girl. And the mother-in-law
is supreme. The girls mother can, at any m
she chooses, go over to the young peoples
tent, take her daughter by the hand and lead
her home. The husband can say nothing what
ever to an action of that kind, and for that reas
son, he cultivates the god opinion of his mother
in-law more than he does that of his squaw.
That is the kind Of marriage relation the
government has been trying to discontinue.
and all efforts have been made to persuade
the Indians to be married according to the
white mans ways, but with so little result that
a marriage a la white man is a rarity that at
tracts the attention of both the whites and the
Indians.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
BURN BUILDING TO KILL GERM
Only Way to Get Rid of Them, n
Occasion Was Made a Good
Object Lesson.

A ramshackle building in Winston
Salem was recently burned at the re-
quest Of the local Anti-Tuberculos1s
league, because it was said to be alive
with tuberculosis germs and could not
be properly fumigated.
For days before the building was
burned huge placards announcing the
hour Of destruction and giving rea-
son for the burning were hung about
in prominent places. Among other
things the placards said: within the
past Is months two men who sold
fruit, ETC., here have died of tuber-
culosis but unconsciously left millions
Of tuberculosis germs by careless
splitting. The building is so open that
it cannot be effectively fumigated.
The only practical means of disinfect-
ing is Dy fire."
At the appointed hour, while mil
lions Of tuberculosis germs were be-
ing burned, 5000 pamphlets telling
how to prevent consumption, were dis
tributed to the crowd looking on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
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supposed to be establishments for the dock
ing, repair and ~reftting of war vessels and not.
ordinarily, plants for the construction of new
warships although Uncle Sam has from time
to time constructed a number Of warships in
his navy yards and is building battleships In
navy yards at the present time. The function
Of navy yards. therefore is to maintain the ef-
~f1ciency of the ships of the fighting fleet and
they should be placed at strategic points.
The officials contend that we have considerably
more navy yards than the requirements of the
fleet justify.
The secretary of the navy recently did some
investigating to ascertain how Uncle Sam
compared in possessions Of this kind with the
leading foreign powers and the result will sur
prise many people. 1t was disclosed that the
United States has twice as many frstclass
home navy yards as are possessed by Great
Britain, although John Bull has a navy about
double the size of ours and that, furthermore,
we have one more navy yard of the second
class than Great Britain has. In other words
we have eleven first and second class navy
yards in the United States while Great Britain
is worrying along with six Of the same kind.
Germany has three, and France five. Doubtless
our far-nung coast line on two oceans, to say
nothing Of the Gulf of Mexico, has been large
" responsible for our prodigal investments in
navy yards.
All the same this pre-eminence in navy yards
has cost Uncle Sam a pretty penny since he
began to acquire such holdings more than a
century ago. The sites for some of our navy
yards and naval stations (also coaling sta
tions) were gifts, but Taa,e San had to pay
good hard cash for most g. Snea1 and in the
aggregate such first investments totaled the
tidy sum of nearly three million dollars. But
that was but a drop In the bucket compared
to the expense Of equipping and maintaining
these bee hives of activity. Indeed the total
cost for buildings, improvements, machinery,
etc, for these naval institutions has been to
date more than $3.50, $1,000. while for the past
half decade the yearly maintainence of these
plants has involved an annual drain of more
than twelve million dollars upon Uncle Sans
pocketbook.
The worst Of it is that some Of our navy
yards now In existence actually have not sutii-
Gent water leading to them to allow modern
vessels to approach and lie at the docks. The
explanation Of this queer state Of affairs is to
be found In the conditions during the early his
tory of the republic when our coast defenses
were OF a minor9character and 1t was thought
best to place the navy yards some distance
back from the coast for the sake Of protection.
The vessels Of the old navy were o llight draft
SO that location did not much matter, but this
does not help matters today when the navy
men have to take into account battleships OF
$1,000 tons instead of sloops OF 1900 tons such
as the famous old Kearsarge.
In the old days when the war craft were de-
pendent upon sails for motive power and dis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

John Lodgepole and Mary Steep Hill, full
blooded Indians, came over from the Crow res
~ervation last week to get married in the white
mans way, says a dispatch from Sheridan,
Wyo. They brought with them numerous rela-
tives, and when the Rev. Mr.. Carney OF the
white church called them before him to per-
form the ceremony there were enough Indians
around the court house to start a wild west
show. But a marriage in the white mans way
by the white mans preacher is not an every
day occurrence on the Indian reservations, and
when one does take place every Indian within
40 miles comes, If he can possibly do so. SO,
when it becomes noised or was announced over
the Crow reservation that Lodgepole was to
marry Mary Steep Hill, daughter Of Short Boy
and Buffalo Robe, every buck who got wind
of the coming event came over to Sheridan to
see how it was done.
The bride was only II years old, while the
bridegroom was 90. She was dressed in a gown
Of bright-colored calico, with a gorgeous blanket
over her shoulders and she came as near to
looking pretty as is possible for a Grow girl.
Dodgepole was dressed to kill" He wore a
cowboy costume and around his waist was a
sash of so many colors that ~Joseph's famous
coat would have looked like a piece of burlap
beside it. A metal badge, nearly as large as a
saucer, was suspended around his neck by a
buckskin thong. Every move showed the white
spectators that he thought he was comforting
a great favor on the Indian maid by giving hep
his name.
After the ceremony the bridal party started
off down the street. John, the bridegroom,
rid his new father-in-law in front. Then came
tho mother-in-law with a papoose on her back,
and along behind came the bride. walking by
herself. Present.. John halted and motioned
to his bride. AS she approached he threw a
package he had been carrying into her arms.
light he said. "sauaw carry" Then he
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

United States Treasurer McClung
has recommended in his annual report
that congress provide additional facili-
ties for exchanging old and defaced
United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there is a widespread
interest which advocates a cleaner
and more sanitary currency, he says
that the sentiment is a laudable n
and should be attainable because the
expense is but a tritie compared with
the beneficial results. 1t has been
demonstrated that bacteria attach
themselves readily to paper money,
and there Is no doubt that disease Is
thus disseminated. Mr.. Meetings.
crusade for a clean currency ought to
find prompt and sympathetic response.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
GRAND TO LIVE
And the Last Laugh Is Always the Best

And the Last Laugh Is Always the best
six months ago l would have laugh
ed at the idea that there could be any
Sang better for a table beverage than
coffee" writes an Ohio woman, now I
laugh to know there is.
Since childhood / drank coffee free
ly as did the other members of the fam
lily. The result was a puny, sickly
girl; and as I grew into womanhood I
did not gain in health, but was af-
licted with heart trouble, a weak and
disordered stomach, wrecked nerves
and a general breaking down till last
winter, at the age Of SO, l seemed to
be on the verge of consumption.
MY friends greeted me with How
bad you look! What a terrible color!
and this was not very comforting.
THE doctors and patent medicines
did me absolutely no good. l was thor.
oughly discouraged.
Then ! gave up coffee and com
menced Postum. At first l didn't like
it, but after a few trials and following
the directions exactly, it was grand
1t was refreshing and satisfying. II
a couple of weeks / noticed a great
change.
Il became stronger, my brain grew
clearer. | was not troubled with for
getfulness as in coffee times, mi
aower Of endurance was more thai
doubled.
1.-THE heart trouble and indigestion
disappeared and my nerves became
steady and strong.
II began to take an interest in thing
about me. Homework and home
making became a pleasure. MY friend
have marveled at the change and whel
they enquire what brought 1t abou
/ answer Postum, and nothing else 4
the world" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book, "The Road 7
Wallvils.' in pkgs. There's q reason.
Ever read the above letter. A ne'
me appears from time 20 time. The
ire genuine, true, nnd full Of hanaa
interest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

of protest from the cities to be left out in the
cold Is the suggestion that the navy depart
ment abandon the navy yards at New YORK.
at Boston and at Portsmouth, N. H. Tin reality
Kittery Point, Maine) and handle all the work
now entrusted to these three yards at a ne"
and thoroughly up-to-date navy yard 10 De
established at some point on Narragansett
Raw. Congress can scarcely be expected 10
sanction such a radical move in a hurry, al
though it may permit some of the other details
of the main scheme to be carried out because
Of the plea for greater economy In running
the government.
If the big station were established on Nara
eansett Bav it would become the chief rendez-
yous for all our warships in the North Az
,antic whereas the common objective point
in tbe more southernly seas would be the new
naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wmch
is now declared to be the key to the defense OF
our entire Southern Atlantic coast, the Gull
coast and the Panama ~Canal,-Whlch iatter
win have to be taken into account IN all lu'
ture calculations relative to our naval uolhss'
Guantanamo Bay offers deep water lot accom-
modating at anchor a fleet OF thlrty-hVe pat
tIeships and is ideal in almost every respect
and il. will be strange if this island outpost
does not become in time the CHIEF naval pase
Of Uncle Sam on the Atlantic just as rear
Harbor will on the Pacific.
Dry docks complicate the situation win re.
erence to abandoning existing navy yards q
navy yard without a dock capable Oh accomho
dating such warships as need repairs W tne
underwater portions would be at a most se
riou3 disadvantage. Thus While undoupteuly
the repair and manufacturing work requlrou
for the navy could best be done In FEWER yarus
tho fact remains that Uncle Sam has a lot oil
money tied up In docks and repair facilities and
tbe navy department cannot arbitrarily abandon
ards with dry docks capable of receiving bat
tleships.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

touches erased all trace of his recent
collapse.
The surprise and pleasure the
three conspirators manifested on see.
ing him, quieted any lurking fear he
had Of having been seen en- dishabille.
Miss Hamilton played with him as
a cat with a mouse, the speaker joined
in the fun, and Just as they had
raised him to the hight Of his usual
self,complacency, he was cruelty made
aware by the distinguished authors
vivid word picture that his feeling Of
security was groundless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
Vest Pocket TeIenhones.

They are introducing vest pocket
telephones in some Of the cities of
Germany. Connections are placed on
walls all over town and if you happen
to walk along the street and you're
in a hurry to tell your wife that you
will bring a friend home for dinner
all you have to do is to connect your
pocket instrument with the n on
the wall, call the exchange, get your
party and talk to your hearts con-
tent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

.sleeper's side and was convulsed with
mirth when she found the greatest
dandy in the house, a member from
New York city, decidedly hors du
combat.
Coatless, crayatless. with wilted
collar, ~dishevelled hair and unbut-
toned vest he lay there, unmistake-
able SHORES issuing from his wide
opened mouth.
The ladies' seated themselves at q
table with their backs to the sleeper.
and Mr.. Blaine, when he Joined them,
was induced to do the anne
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01

When they heard the man on the
sofa stir, they became engrossed in a
~low-toned conversation, appearing not
to notice him when he slipped from
the room.
While they were still laughing over
what would be his feelings II he knew
he had been seen at such a disad.
vantage. the member appeared be-
fore them, smiling and debonair.
His short absence had wrought a
great change in his appearance. The
house barber had procured a fresh
collar for him. and with a lew deft