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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
WAS TURNING OUT
GUNS BY MILLIONS

On November IL Ga tanks Of the
French six-ton type had been delivered
and by January 81 of this year 291.
OF these six were shipped abroad.
Orders for 1000 Mark / light tanks
were cancelled a S were orders for 49,
015 three-ton tanks, Is of which had
been completed on November IL.
The history of the rifle production,
including all of the considerations
which led to the adoption of the stand
ardized British Enfield weapon for
American use, also is fully outlined.
The department states that it sees no
reason now to change its view that the
wisest course was that which was fol-
lowed. The total rifle production In
the United States from the beginning
of the war up to November 8, 1918,
was 2,506,307, of which a little more
than 100000 were Springfield rifles.
Pistols of U. S. Type Valuable.
Considerable attention is devoted to
the production Of automatic pistols
and revolvers for the troops. Euro
pean countries failed to appreciate the
value of a large caliber, hard-hitting
weapon of the American type and the
chief use of pistols and revolvers in
European armies had been as Orna-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
AS He Walks Along.

The local soviet in the town Of
Voronezh in Russia has discovered
what everyone else has failed to find,
hitherto, a royal road to learning. And,
like every really great discovery, it is
simplicity itself. Placard the principal
thoroughfares of your town with "por-
traits and brief news items" and what
have you? Why, a "Street University"
"In this way" declares the I~zvestia,
"any citizen. instead of spending years
az a bourgeoise university, can pick up
a general knowledge of the principal
subjects as he walks along" AS he
walks along. Even so.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
United States Producing Arms at
High Speed When Fight
Ing Ended.
WORK OF WINNING THE WAR
History Of Rife Production Shows
Great Reeord-Many Tanks Under
Construction When Armistiee
Came-Pistols Efficient.

Washington, D. C.-Machine guns
and sEaa:l arms produced by the mil
lions, ammunition turned out by the
billions of rounds and tanks built by
thousands when the armistice ended
hostilities, furnish the subject of chap
ters just made public Of the war de-
partment's history Of the material"
side Of winning the q
In regard to machine gun production,
about which such a hot controversy
waged in congress as a result Of the
failure Of the American army to adopt
for standard general use the Lewis
weapon used successfully abroad, the
report says manufacturing facilities
for machine guns in this country were
much more limited in extent than the
public had any notion of when the
United States entered the war or to-
day, and that there were at the out
break of the war only two factories
which were actually producing ma.
chine guns in any quantity at all.
GcaTIH OF AITCTdIL 1unSs
The report says there was great
dearth of heavy machine guns for air
craft work, to be ~synchronized with
propellers. The Browning aircraft CUR
would have met the requirements, but
1t would be a long time before it could
be produced in quantity. In seeking
a stop gap weapon until the Browning
could be ready, the ordnance depart.
ment, by zone Of those surprising and
almost accidental successes some
times encountered, found that a modi.
fed Marlin gun which could be quick.
ly produced met all requirements.
The work of the Brownings is de.
clared to have been spectacular as
compared with any existing weapons
of this character. Up to November II
the production Of Browning rifles was
52,23S, a majority Of which were il
France. In addition $4,000 Chauchat
guns had been purchased, so thai
enough light automatic rifles were OF
hand to supply 100 divisions, or ar
army of 100000 men. In the sam
time 41,804 heavy Brownings ant
enough Vickers guns had been pro
duced to make, with the Hotchkiss
weapons purchased from the French
a total of 54,627 Of this type, OF
enough to equip 200 divisions, or az
Irmy Of 100000.
Other production struggles described
include items varying in size from
trench knives to the 45-ton Mark VII
tanks of British design, Of which 1,5O(
were being constructed in cooperation
with the British and 1,450 additions
wholly by American enterprise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
NAV Use cottonseed Oil.

In the United States the yellow UNI
oleached palm Oil is used very largely
in the tin plate industry. So far 1t
is almost the only substance which
has been found satisfactory as a fux
on the discharge side of the pots Of
melted tin through which the sheet iron
plates are passed to receive their coats
Of tin. Recent experiments with n.y.
%1rogenated c~ottonseed oil, however, in
aicate that our tin plate industry will
be independent of this foreign-con-
kolled oil.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
DISQUIET IS SEEN
AMONG SLOVAKS

Pressburg, Slovakia, Bohemia.-Gen-
orally speaking, the situation in Slo-
vakia, formerly a province Of Hun
gary, now annexed to Czecho-Slovakia,
is not without disquieting features.
The honeymoon of the revolution has
passed and some of the establishment
bound to follow the introduction of a
new regime has set in. The Magyars
and the Magyarized elements have not
as yet been rec0nciled to the new re-
gime, and the peasants have recovered
from their first enthusiasm. A difficult
task Of reconciliation remains to be
performed by the Czechs.
The population of Slovakia is made
up of three elements-Slovak intelli-
gencia, which has always been very
strong for the union with Bohemia ;
the Magyars and Magyarized Germans,
and the ~peasantry. The in~telligencia
has been completely satisfied by the
Czecho- Slovak government. The adj
ministration has been handed over
completely to the very small number
of Slovak doctors, lawyers, authors
and professors that could be mustered
for service.
Maeyars Ignored.
Meanwhile the MagyGrs and Mag
yarized elements have been quite ig-
nored by the government except where
the government could not find a Slovak
to fill the job. Intense loyalty to the
old Hungarian rule characterizes these
people. They could be reconciled to
new conditions were they taken into
the Czech administration. But the
government at present prefers to fill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Four Billion Dollars Worth Cap
tured by British.
Immense Amount of Stolen Property
Left Behind in Hurried Ger
man Retreat.

Namur, France.-Four billion dol
lars is the most conservative estimate
Of the value of the war loot captured
from the German army by the Brit
ish because of the haste Of the Hun
retreat.
Eight hundred barge loads, each car
rying 800 tons, and 10000 trucks held
a part Of the treasure.
Some of the loads were coming to
supply the German army. Some were
cargoes taken from the allies and load
ed for shipment to Germany. But the
latter was the least part. One barge
carried 400 tons Of iron bolts.
In one small area was seized 10000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
ORDER KAIsER's BUsTs OUT
German Ministry of Education Directs
Removal From Schoolrooms
Of Country.

Coblenz. - According to German
newspapers published in the unoccu-
pied districts beyond the American
b~ridgehead many schoolmasters dur
ing the revolution removed the busts
of the emperor and the crown prince
which decorated their c~lassrooms.
Some time afterward the busts were
restored to their places. but recently
the ministry Of education has ordered
them down again. There was also n
proposal to change the names Of all
streets in Germany named in honor
of royalties. This has been met by the
press with some hilarlty and sugges-
lions that there were more important
topics fo- discussion Just now than
names Of streets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
LOOT FROM HUN

tons of chicory, 100000 candles, loo
tons Of soda, 200 dynnmos, 1000 farm
implements, 5000 shovels and picks.
In one sale of loot 10000 stoves have
been disposed Of, mostly to Belgians
and French.
A cargo of rigs was bid up to $3.50
a ton before che auctioneer discovered
what the bidders already had learned
that the rags covered q store OF
copper.
Here is Just a partial list Of the arti.
cles seized and now being sold by the
disposing board: Brooms, buckets
trench mirrors, dried tripe. toilet pa.
per, water bottles, hammers, lamps
pumps, blunderbuses, carbide, beds
spring mattresses, mousetraps, bells
rotary pumps, wheelbarrows, harness
mosquito netting (by the 1000 yards)
churns, oil, paint, shoyels, wire cut
tiers, bags, paper string, paper bags
medical stores, huts, field FORCES, uni
forms, bells. Klaxton horns. gas alarm
sirens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Husbands May Copy.

Physician - Now, Mrs. Smalltalk,
will you let me look at your tongue?
Mrs. Small talk 1.-TWO minutes later)
Well, doctor, why in the world don't
you look at my tongue if you want to,
Instead of writing away like a news
paper editor? How long do you ex-
pect l am going to sit here with my
mouth wide open?
Physician-Just one moment more,
please, madame. / only wanted you to
keep still long enough so that / could
write the prescription.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

the urban communities think it is a good thing: It is merely human nature
that those who want it repealed are making the bigger showing. Representa-
tive Mann of Chicago says of the general situation:
1.-THE people in Chicago and other cities favor a continuance of the day
Light saving law, while those in the country re for its repeal"
The national war garden commission put the case this way: An idea
of what this extra hour of daylight meant to the war gardeners of the country
may be gathered from the actual amount of working time it presented as a
free gift to the home food producers. This extra hour given each afternoon
to the war gardener meant a total of 1872 hours during seven months Of 26
working days each. Multiplying this figure by the number of war gardeners
in the United States-52S5N0It gives the -stupendous aggregate of $751;
$4,000 hours of time, or 329407 Years of eghthour days."
Senator Calder of New York, author of the bill, says in part: ut saved
in 1918 Yin gas and electric lights bills not less than 10 per cent Of the money
formerly spent. 1t saved at least 100000 tons of COAL
Of course. the farmers and the communities which live by the sn rather
than by the clock have arguments on their side. .,-
1t looks like a warm contest in congress
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

the vacancies left by the Slovak intel
ligencia with officials from Bohemia
and Moravia. This naturally Anglers
both the Magyarized element and those
Slovaks who are unfit but would like
to occupy all the jobs.
A decided sentiment for real local
autonomy is making itself felt. On
the whole, the government may not be
opposed to granting an outspoken de-
mand for home rule in the province.
The peasants do not take much inter
est in theoretical politics. They com
plain that the republic lasted only
three days. By this they mean that
they were allowed to plumber the Jews
for only three days in the interval be-
tween the withdrawal of the Hungar-
ians and the arrival of the Czechs.
During this time the peasants had
a very free hand. There were very
few towns or villages where they did
not completely clean up the Jewish
population. who are the s~hopkeepers
and small traders, and at times les
sors of estates. Now the peasants have
no longer the Jews to plunder their
interest in the new state has dimin-
|~ished. They were kept in a state of
..literacy. by the Hungarians and
therefore are by nc means "ipe for
real self-government. However, just
now they are very bitter because they
claim the Czechs take their food sup.
plies away.
Bolshevism Not Popular.
Bolshevism has not taken a great
grip on the p%easantry. Slovakia is
largely an agricultural district and we
know farmers are always the most
conservative element. In the few in.
dustrial communities in the more
mountainous north and east a certain
amount of unrest has developed. In
Kassav, far eastward, the large mills
are not working and the food situation
Is very bad, as it is in most of the in.
dustrial districts. Here the workmen
hold meetings and growl in bolshevik
tone. Naturally Kassav is rather neal
the Hungarian border. So that Dol
shevism there would be natural. In
the other industrial districts the work.
men seem to have taken out their
class-consciOusness in making big de.
mands upon their employers. Not un
usual was it for workmen to come tC
their employers and demand that they
receive a percentage of all profits ac
crued since the wars beginning. Will
all this discomfort the food situation
is very much involved.
Generally speaking, Slovakia would
not be the first province to 60 up IL
anarchic flames. For the time bein;
the bolshevik overturn in Hungari.
has had indeed a rather quieting eff
feet on Slovakia. The wealthy OF
well to do who were most attached
to their old fatherland now do no
relish the idea of returning to d Hun
gary which will take all their property
HL. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

which will not yet show the elevations in any distinctive or reliable way.
They have, however devices with which they ar experimenting on the
problem of topographic mapping from the air. t6ffEtg
The Importance Of this use of the camera and airplane in mapping can
scarcely be exaggerated. The geological survey the coast and geodeuc sur
veg, the national park service and other branches of the government doing
field work spend thousands of dollars every year in making maps. Until a
few years ago this entalled going into the country and laboriously mapping
the topography by the planetable mehod-work requiring much time and
fine weather. fE
Now that the plane has become a stable and reliable craft, the inspiring
possibility opens up OF mapping the wild mountain regions OF Alaska for
example. with detail and accuracy while passing over them at the rate of
100 miles anshour.
This will be as far removed from the method OF the odtme topographer
aoning through the wilderness with his lead Of inHrum sns az the automobile
b from the OK cart
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

ments for officers uniforms, it is said.
With the standard army automatic
it is stated, "any average soldier with
average training can hit what he
shoots at. In almost the first skirmish
it proved Its superior usefulness in
trench fighting. Such incidents as
that of tina single American soldier
who dispersed Or killed a whole squad
Of German bayoneteers which had sur
rounded him struck the enemy with
fear of Yankee prowess with the
pistol"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

scarcely be imagined. During the war the LITTLE island was a bristing
fortress. 1t was the keystone Of Germanys naval defense For years before
the war it had been prepared for precisely the role it played. The handful
of inhabitants were isolated from the rest of the world and naval works Of
stupendous magnitude were carried out. Throughout the war Hegoland
doomed as a great stronghold of German might. 1t was a name hated in
and gave the Germans a handy base for their raids against England.
It's a pleasing fancy to think of Hdgoland a a paradise Of birds. 1t is
agreeable to picture this grim fortress, this iron and concrete embodiment Of
militant Germansm, a IS given over to a use so ideaHstc and sc utterly IN
gether lifting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

holding that postberEum exclusion Of immigrants would stem the tide of
anarchy setting toward America. -
Aside from those emigatng because of lack of employment there appears
to be two weILdefned classes of foreign population about to return to Europe.
One class is composed of those who are going back to succor relatives in
the wardevasaed regions and who intend to return to America. in most
instances bringing their kin with them before the threatened passage of an
immigration suspension law.
The other class comprises natives of the liberated countries of Europe,
such as CzechoSlovaks and JugoSlavs, who migrated to America to escape
tyranny and now intend to return in the belief that they can live peaceabl!
and happily under the conditions of the e. regime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

10 lHtIT HdlIVt IdHUS nus SET
in and is about to materialize on a
larger scale.
This unexpected development will
have an important bearing upon the
consideration of the immigration ques-
ton, if it appears that workingmen are
leaving the country permanently In
large numbers.
The bill barring immigrants for
four years in the last congress was
advocated by the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. and also by persons
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

survey, who, together with Maj. ]. W.
Bagley of the engineer corps and J.
B. Mertie, also of the survey, has been
at work for many months on the use
Of cameras and airplanes for map
making. IN.
These scientists are developing a
method of making accurate maps by
aerial photography Of all features
which show in the horizontal. That
is, they can now make a map which
will show the streams and lakes, the
roads. railroads. forests and cities. hut
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

entitled An act to save daylight and
to provide standard time for the Unit
ed States approved March 10, 1918;
to the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce"
These are samples of bills which
crowd the Congressional Record these
days. There are also memorials from
state legislatures asking for the re-
peal of the daylight-saving law. AS
for petitions, they are legion. s.
In general, the agricultural COM
munitieS want the law reDealed. and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19

SitiOn has been received with cons1d-
cradle favor in England. Although
Helgoland is separated from England
by most Of the breadth of the North
sea it is believed that the establish
ment of a bird sanctuary on the island
will be of benefit to many of the Brit
fish birds. 1t will give them a breed
ing place safe from molestation, and
many birds may come to English
shores.
A stranger transformation than
that proposed for Helgoland could
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Lived over a Century.

Albuquerque, N. NJ. Agaplte
Macrid OF Luz Canyon, N. M, died
at the age OF 10 years, according to
reports received here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Mexicans Think Rebel
Chief Burst His Coffin

Chautla, Mexico.-Legends al
ready are beginning to spring up
among the superstitious and ig-
norant regarding Emiliano Zap
alta, the rebel chief who met
death here on April 10. In an
attempt to preserve the bandits
body as long as possible to give
the greatest number of his fol-
lowers a chance to see 1t, 1t
was packed in ice, in the alb
sence of embalming fluids. The
ice burst the sides and top Of
the fiimsy coffin and gave rise
to superstitious tales that the
"Attila of the South" as Zap
alta was called, was not really
dead, but had burst his coffin
and escaped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Safety in Silence.

San intelligent looking dog you have
there"
Indeed he is" said the proud owner.
"Now, if that dog could only talk,
the things he might say
Perish the thought! That dog has
followed me into all kinds of places"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Birdmen With Cameras Are Mapping the Country

TO GATHER by photography all the materials for a map, including the
i elevations of bills and mountains, while flying over it in an ahpane will
be possible within q few years in the opinion of F: q. Motif Of the geological
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
Homeward Bound Exodus Of Foreign-Born Americans

NOW that the sixtysixth congress is in session and is getting ready to argue
IN the question of suspending immigration for four years, the administration
has discovered that emigration Of fOreign-born citizens and residents Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
ReIgoIand Island May Be Made a Bird Sanctuary

ONE of the possible ironies of the great war Is the use of Helgoand island
" as a bird sanctuary. At a recent meeting of the British Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds, a resolution to this effect was passed and the propO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
HEARDanaSEENI
at the CAPITALS
Farmers Want the Daylight Saving Law Repealed

WAsHNGToN-"By MI. Romjue: A bill "a. R. 2S2) to repeal the daylight
w saving law; to the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. By
Mr.. Andrews of Nebraska: A bill "a. R. 2S) to repeal section 3 of IN act
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-06-19
AGENTS
$40 to 500 a Week

Men and women are making amazing big
money during spare timey Attractive sub
scription proposition on ~well-known, ma
tional magazine. Live wires are given
big sa1aried positions as District Man
ayers. Write a.. p. Collins. American
Fruit Grower. Chicago.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-03-27
L\NS.Sl LWSS
=
VYSETROVALI We STATNI
KAZNICI.

Zvlas.ni statni zalobci Day
q Wilkin prodlevali vcera V Co
lumbuS, kde pO roZmluve Sc
statnim navladn navstivili
tel kaznici q rozmlouvali ne
kterymi trestanci z Clevelan-
du, O nichz ie znamo. re mo-
hou poslytnout svedectyi proti
mnohym zdejsi.n politikum a
professionalism ,rucitelum. Ne
kteri karancu prihlasili Sc k
"zpovedi" dobrovo,n6 a zalob-
cum vyzradili mnohou ta.Inost,
tykajici Sc clevelandske "vlny
zloci1u". Jeden vypovidal o
praktillach majitelu heren, il
nf O korupci V nekterych ufa-
dech a necestnych rejdech mno
hych politickych smejdilu a po
koutnich advokatu. Day a Will
kin vratili Sc dnes S bohatym
soudnim materialem. ktereho
bude V dslSim vysetrovani po-
uZivano.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-03-27
LACINEJSf POTRAVINY.

Die proh.aseni precisely OBJ
chodniho odboru, muZeme Sc
t6siti, re V dohledne budoucno-
sti klesne v patricne mife cena
potravin. V prohlaseni SVEN
pravi, ze vyroku p. Hoovera
bylo verejnosti Spatne rozume-
mo. ze totiz pseaice muze priii-
til Gene az ma So busl, pro-
klasil, re billionovy nakup pse
nice ucin6n byl z toho duvodu,
by cena psenicnich vyrobku by
La verejnosti dostur1a a zaro-
ven by zarucena byla uspoko
iva cena vyrobci. Nastaneli
lsrizeni ceny pSenice, snizl Sc
cena oscatnich potravinovych
ivyrobku, ponevadz psenice je
jakymsi baronetrem, die ne
! hOz i'idl Sc cena prOduktu OStat
Mich. ProhlaSeni spociva ma ma
hledu drednikG V administered
/ potravin v New Yorku. Psenice
| Jest nasim zakladnim pokr-
mem. Cena jeji musi byti upra-
} yena. by SirSi yereinOst mOhla
k vyzive sve uzivati produktG
jejich. Mimo toho kratke po-
merne dcbe nas5anou Ane a lie.
tosni uroda pSenice, jez bude
znamenati priblizne 1,250,0O0.
900 buSlG, octme Sc V trhu. Ma
Ime pry tudiz vsechnu pricinu
doufati V snizeni cen V dohled.
ne dobe.