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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
RIOT GUNS USED

MOBILE, Ala, March 5.-(Special Leased Wire. )-RiOt guns were used here today to halt the driver of d liquor car on the Conception street road, north of the city, to capture an auto mobile laden with liquors. Prohibition Officer William McCauley and Detee- lives Franko and Moody spotted Mar shall Tillman and Richard Milton, the latter q negro, with machine coKtaia- ing eight gallons of white whisky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
HER ARM BROKEN
Mrs. W. T. Burns Injurd In Fall Down
 Steps

Mrs. W. T. Burns, 4427 Avenue B, Woodlawn, sustained broken arm at II o'clock Wednesday morning when she tripped and fell down the steps of her home. She was carried to the Birmingham General hospital, where she was reported resting we'll Wednesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
GLASS IS LIMITED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March B. The next freshman class at Harvard will be limited to 1000 men, including first, year students, in both the engi- neering school and the college, it was announced yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
CHARGED WITH THEFT
w. H. Camp Of Cullman Wanted F'
 Grand Larceny

w. H. Camp, Cullman, Ala, alleged to have been caught in the act of break ing into several lockers in tse shops of the Seaboard Air Line Railway com. pany, Thirty-second street and First avenue, south, was arrested by .. O. Flames and J. E. Reed, call officers, Wednesday evening. Camp was charged with burglary and grand larceny. A companion, who escaped, is being sought by police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

American engineers are laying the foundation for the first unit of the Mexican Gulf coast fish eameries in dustry to be situated on the Island of Perez, about GO miles of the Yuca- tan coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
TO EXTEND ROAD
Southern To Build KiIn.Pass Christian

JACKSON, Miss, March 5,--The Mississippi railroad commission today granted permission to the Southern railway in Mississippi to extend its line IA miles from Kiln to Pass Chris tian. The line now extends from Lum- berton to Kiln. The extension will give the Edward Hines Lumber com pany. owners of the road, an outlet to the Gulf coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

The ultra-violet ray, itself invisible to the unaided eyes, is now used for the microscopic study of bacteria, espe- cially in the perfected form of ap- paratus. due to-a London scientist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
FORMER AGENT sUBPOENAED

W WASHINGTUN, March O.-GaStOn B. Means. former secret agent of the department of justice, was subpoenaed in the oil inquiry today at the request of Senator Dill, democrat, Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
aTORE IS BURCLARIZED

TALLADEGA, Ala.s March b.-- Especial. )--A Northside grocery store was burglarized recently. The thieves entered through the front doors. Cigar cites, chewing gum and some money ielf in the cash register was stolen. No clues were left.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
BY EARLE A. DYER.

"A If. : :::: e: 8: in: &:
nanc opd do not
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License Clerks Ban Fountain Pens

ment at the bottom of the ink wells
after the writing fluid has been re-
posing in them for a few days. Ink
experts contend that most people do
not take the trouble to clean pens or
ink wells as often as they should, and
so want light ink that will not be
botherSome.
India ink, made of carbon black
and gum, will last Indefinitely, be-
cause the carbon is not oxidized by
the air. Such ink, however. is not
very convenient for everyday use. A
free flowing ink, with fairly substan-
tial body, with artificial coIoring suf-
flcient only to make the writing legi-
BILE until oxidation of the iron con-
tent takes place, is favored.
Some years ago. two German ink
chemists, Schluttig and Neumann,
made study of ink to determine the
best kind of tannin to use and the
minimum amounts of iron and tannin
that would produce an ink that would
IN turn produce permanent records.
Their formula was adopted by the
Government of the United States, and
for years the Government has bought
its writing fluids on the basis of So
called Treasury standard writing ink.
Common blue-black writing inks
are composed of iron and tannic acid
and blue dye. The iron and tannic
acid first give an almost colorless
writing and that is the reason for
the blue dye. A few days after the
ink has been used the iron 1t con-
tains will have become oxidized by
the air and becomes black, which is
the final black color of the writing.
To have the writing reasonably per-
manent, the fluid must have enough
iron and tannic acid to leave an ap-
preciable amount on the paper. Ink
may not have a lot of dye and little
iron and acid and be properly bal
anced,
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and perhaps become discouraged and
fail further to record this most i'm
portant event of your life"
Col kroll, from an experience of
nearly Is years of official par
tlclpa ton in sending many thousands
of young couples out on the sea of
matrimony, declares that only a lax
public official will allow a prospec-
tive bridegroom to sign the marriage
license record with his own fountain
pen.
1t is not so much to guard against
fraud. for ink could be doctored so
that it would quickly fade or could
contain acid that would be harmful
to the records. but to make certain
that the records will remain intact,
perhaps through centuries to come,
that the use of permanent ink is re-
quired.
So, meekly, the applicant for the
license restored his trusty fountain
pen to it's accustomed place in the
upper left-hand pocket of his coat,
gold pocket clasp flashing in the
beams of the electric light. and took
the official pen, dipped it in the Of
fetal ink, and laboriously affixed his
signature as indicated by the clerk.
His autograph upon this applica-
tion for his voluntary certificate of
bondage may never take on an air
of national Importance, but to his
descendants it may some time fea-
ture in a contested will case, pos
sibly two or three generations from
now.
GOVERNMENT standard ink is not
~ popular in the offices of private
establishments, because the large
amount of iron and tannic acid
brings about corrosion of pens-part
of the reason why official pens are
so rusty looking and hard to write
with-and there is always a sedi-
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II
80 ~ fountain pen and ="
II That is a good line for
1 "A short store, but fountain
pens and romance do not
always travel hand in hand.
The hero, Mr.. Bridegroom to be.
had recently told the one and only
girl in the world what a wonderful
husband he would make hr. The
time had come for him to secure the
paper which, when duly filled out
by the officiating minister would be
pc-f to the world that he had cap
turcd his prize. But securing the
license was as much an ordeal as
proposing to the lady.
It was d much f1ustered young man
who had awkwardly draped himself
over the desk of Col. w. A. krol1,
official marriage license dispenser for
the National Capital, prepared to
WELD his own little fountain pen
along the line reserved for the sig
nature of the applicant for a mar
riage license.
Shakily he began to write the first
letter of his Christian name. when
he heard the colonel emit a some
what military and very peremptory
command, Halt
>Mr. Bridegroom -to-be, late of Uncle
Sans World War forces, snapped into
attention.
Sign here" commanded Col. Kroll
"but use Government standard nom
fading ink, that the record Of your
appearance here may be available
to the coming generations.
1T is a ten-to-one shot that the
ink in your fountain pen will fade
before the attack of time, and years
after you are dead your biographer
viii have difficulty in deciding
whether the signature is yours or
that OF some other young husband,
Evening star., 1924-08-31
a n 11sd4arl fan,i14 oct for a suMM1er tour

Indian Bureau. while 10000 of their
neighborS have been awarded patents
in fee and are free to dispose of their
lands as they wish. In brief. this
means that approximately one OF
every three Indians now residing in
the United States is free agent and
no longer d ward of the Govern
ment.
* X X
THE plow has replaced the toma-
hawk and bow in the equipment
of many thousands of these former
warriors. The Indians have pro-
gressed remarkably well in master
ing the practice and science of farm
ing. They now are patrons of an
imal husbandry and own great num-
bers of horses. cattle and sheep
valued at more than S35,00U,0U0.
Three thousand Indian farmers are
now proftably cultivating 100000
acres of Western lands.
The Indians are skilled in irrlga
ton. In fact, they are America g
first irrigationists. For more than
three centuries swarthy workers have
Evening star., 1924-08-31

been outstandingly notable among
the Cherokees of North Carolina. The
last tribe census in that latitude
shows gain of so per cent over the
head counting records of 1914.
One of every five Indians who have
been wards of the Government has
already been granted ai1otments or
homesteads aggregating 40,00O000
acres and worth $500,000,000. BY
terms of the congressional proviso OF
1887 an Indian is granted trust
patent for his allotment. with re-
strictions upon alienation for
period of % years.
Commissioner Burke in 1906 was
the author of another important
piece of Indian legislation which pro-
vides that patents in fee may be
issued to the redskins where they are
competent to handle their own at
fairs. Whenever such a grant is is
sued the Department of the Interior
Immediately relinquishes jurisdiction
over the land.
Four-ffths. Of the Indians or the
Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma are
10 longer under the control OF the
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been coaxing the barren lands of the
arid districts to produce profitable
crops. Congress has appropriated
S22, 100000 for the improvement of
Indian lands by irrigation. Six hun
dred thousand acres have already
been made tillable in the land of the
cactus and sandstorms by be pro-
vision of adequate water resources.
Washington chronicles tell strange
stories of how Uncle Sam has played
banker for the improvident Indians.
Lately Congress has set aside $1,000
600 in reimbursable funds to finance
the building of Indian homes and the
equipment and stocking of their
farms. Forty thousand Indian farm
ers have benefited from this aid and
have repaid six-tenths of their loans.
The loans were made without inter
est to responsible Indians for six
years to pay for live stock or tor
four years to purchase farming
equipment.
All classes OF society are represent
ed in the journey which carries the
visitor from the palace Of one of the
Evening star., 1924-08-31
Boundary of Palestine.
THE Holy Land has never had

THE Holy Land has never had a
we'll defined boundary, except
the Mediterranean Sea on the west,
but it is supposed to be about 10000
miles in extent, or as far south as
the southern end of the Dead Sea.
An important physical feature is a
low plain bordering the coast and
extending inland from to 90 miles.
From this point it merges into
highland region. upon which the chief
mountains are located.
The most striking physical feature,
however, is the Valley or the Jordan,
whose bed for nearly it's entire
length is below sea leevel. Beyond
this valley the country is plateau
with an altitude of 1900 feet.
An agricultural experiment station
has now been established at Hafia,
and the result proves beyond doubt
that the soil is as fertile as it ever
was and there is a fair prospect that
this land will again sustain large
population.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
BY GEORGE II. DACY.

ADMINISTRATION of one of the
~ richest estates in the United
~ StateS--our billion dollar In
dian buSineSS-iS centralized
III ~. r,f
Evening star., 1924-08-31
Indians wake good farMexs Tkey own
live stock worth s 55 600 600 4

bona fide. IF you doubt their authen-
ITCHY, just consult Uncle Samuel. for
he is the writer's authority. These
figures are testimonials of the fidel-
ity and honesty of the governmental
stewardship in the administration of
the aboriginal affairs since 1874.
X X
IN the 200 Indian reservations
~ which include 1913 tribes under
1870 school and agency jurisdictions,
there now dwell 340,9l7 peaceful and
contended Indians. These tribeSmen
speak 5S different languages. The
lands which they now possess cover
an area as large as the combined
acreage of the New England States
and New York State In excess of
$4,000 Indian children are regular
attendants at 81 boarding and ITO
day schools operated by the govern
ment for their education. The United
States expends more than $5,000,000 a
year for the education of these chill
dren.
The health of the former savage
tribes is now matter of national
concern and attention. During the
last decade, the death rate among
the redskins has been reduced from
1924 to 21.42 per thousand as con-
sequence of the medical service which
Uncle Sam maintains for the Indians.
There are IS exclusive Indian hos
pitfalls on the various reservations.
An army of doctors, nurses, dentists
and matrons travels from post to
post. catering to the health and pro-
noting increased happiness among
the Indian families.
Our copper-colored neighbors are
rapidly becoming advocates of mod
~ 1F hSye p1
ton. AS result of educational
campaigns, $4,000 Indian families
have abandoned wigwams. tepees and
wickiups for permanent homes.
Commissioner Burke and his ennis
saries do everything possible to pre-
vent the sale of intoxicants and
narcotics among the red men. AS
result of these precautions, which
are designed to extend the perpetuity
of the redskins, the aboriginal tribes
of the United States can no longer
be called a vanishing race" The
American Indian population has in
creased more than 4 per cent during
the last 10 years This increase has
Evening star., 1924-08-31
sawmlt operated bq Indians.

KEGS. Representative Carter was for
merly chairman of the House Com
mittee on Indian Affairs.
To present the current status of the
Indian situation it is essential to
give many statistics. These data are
Evening star., 1924-08-31

are ardent champions of the remain
ing red men. In the House of Rep
reSentativeS are Charles Carter of
Oklahoma, An enrolled member of
the Chickasaw tribe, and w. w. Hast
ingS of the same State. of the CherO-
Evening star., 1924-08-31
ndans With Estate Gaining Full CITIZENSHIP

One-third of Ab-
original Popula-
tion Has B e en-
w h oily Released
From Government
S u upervisi p 10 n.
During Last 80
Years Uncle Sam
Has Expe n d e d
$435.OOO.OOO for
Support and Edu-
cation of Remnant
Redskins.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
BISHOP FREEMAN WILL
MAKE TRIP TO EUROPE
Sails on Leviathan May "a for
Vacation Of Two
Months.

Kishop Freeman will sail on the
d.eyiathan May "a, for a two-month's s
vacation in Europe, accompanied by
Mrs Freeman and their daughter. The
itinerary is to include England, France
and Belgium
/ The bishop said this morning that
although he may make several ad-
dresses abroad, his trip is primarily
for recreation, to enable him to get a
much rest from his arduous
duties in connection with raising
funds and planning for the compile
tion of the National Cathedral
On his return in July Bishop Free
man is planning a tour of the leading
summer resorts throughout the east
in behalf of the cathedral campaign.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
WRITER'S WILL HOLD
SESSION IN CAPITAL
Pan-American Journalistic Confer.
ence to Be Held in
- April. 1926. y

The first pan American conference
tngton in April, 1926, according to a
decision of the governing board of
the Pan American Union, which met
yesterday afternoon to take action
on the dates and places of three con-
ferences provided for in resolutions
adopted at the fifth pan-American
conference at Santiago, Chile. last
year.
The pan-American motor highway
conference will meet in Buenos Aires
the first week in March, 1925, and
the pan-American Standardization
conference will be held at Lima,
Peru, beginning November 10 of this
year, Immediately preceding the third
American scientific conference,
which will assemble in that city No
vember 16.
Hughes in Charge.
For the conference of journalists
the year 1926 was agreed upon by
the board, becaus ca world congress
OF journalists will assemble at Sc
vile, Spain, in May of next year, and
1t was deemed undesirable that two
press conferences of an international
character should be held in the same
year. Under the terms of the reSolu-
Slon or the fifth an-American con-
ference Secretary of State Hughes, as
chairman of the governing board, is
authorized to fix the precise date of
the opening of the conference and
to appoint such committees as may
oe necessary to carry out the prelim-
mary details.
The highway conference at Buenos
Aires will be preceded by prelimi-
nary conference in the United States
In June, to which approximately
forty road engineers of the Latin
American republics have been invited.
The governing board yesterday ap-
pointed Minor c. Keith to the pan
American railway committee, thereby
completing the membership of that
body.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
Farley Bill Goes to President.

There has gone to the President to-
day for signature a bill which origi-
mated in the Senate and was passed
by the House yesterday which au-
thorizes President Coolidge to invite
the Interparliamentary Union to hold
a conference in Washington next
year. The measure carries authAri-
cation for an appropriation of $50, 900
to defray expenses of this conference.
The purpose of the bill is to revive
an invitation extended in 1914.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
REPTILE VALET WANTED.
Post at Geological Park Pays
$1,14O Annually,

Any one hankering to be a reptiles
valet may have the chance by taking
an examination June for the posi-
tion of assistant keeper at the Ma
tional Geological Park, at an entrance
salary of S1,140 a year.
The duties 'are to assist IN the care
of mammals, birds or reptiles, to
clean buildings, etc, and to assist in
the preparation of food and the feed
ing OF animals" the Civil Service
Commission announced
Evening star., 1924-05-08

Among the Chinese the predomi-
nant idea Of dress always has been
splendor of material and decoration:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-05
ATTACKS COOLIDGE VETO
OF POSTAL PAY BILL

President Coolidge, in his labor
day address, has contradicted the
reasons for vetoing the postal sal.
airy increase bill, declared Thomas
r. Flaherty, secretary-treasurer of
the National Federation Of Post.
office Clerks, in a statement issued
today.
Flaherty bitterly denounces the
President for his action in APPROX
ing bill increasing the salaries
of high postal officials and then
denying the rank and file of the
postal service the increase which
Congress, by great majority,
voted they should have.
"The President rejoices that
wages in private industry have
kept pace with living costs, de-
clared Flaherty, land yet he, by
his veto June 7 of the postal pay
bill, prevented 100000 postal work.
ers from receiving a pay increase
that would have meant a more
equitable adjustment of Govern.
naent wage standards to increased
living COSTS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-05
Of WAR.
RECEIVED BY
COOLIDGE
Sergeant WoodfiII Among Vets
Greeted BY President at
the White House

President Coolidge today greeted
a group of heroes of the world
war, all of them Kentuckians. The
party included Sergeant Samuel
Woodfill, whose record against the
Germans caused him to be desig-
mated by General Pershing as the
greatest hero of all the Americans
in the war.
The other members of the quar-.
tet were Sergeant Willie Sandlin,
who comes from ''Hen fer Sartin''
creek, Breathitt county, wearer Of
the Medal of Honor for having
killed twenty-four ( Germans and
captured eight machine guns in
one day; Lieutenant Jesse o.
Creech, who is credited with hav.
ing brought down eight German
airplanes and is the owner of the
Distinguished Service Cross and
the British Flying Cross; and Rob.
ert e. Lee Murphy, who brought
down two German airplanes .nd
who is the Department Commander
OF the Veterans of Foreign Wars Of
Kentucky
President Coolidge chatted with
Sergeants Woodfill and Sandlin for
some time, and asked them to con.
vey his, greeting to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars during their twenty
fifth encampment at Atlantic City
next week.
The party was presented to the
President by General Lloyd M.
Brett, COMMUNICATIVE chief Of the
organization, and Captain e. s. Bet.
telheim, jr., chairman of the Nation
al Legislative Committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-05
COOLIDGE HELPS
NAVY OBTAIN
FUNDS
Agrees to Supplemental Esti-
mates, in Battle Against
Budget SIashes

President Coolidge will try to set.
tie the controversy between the
Navy Department and the Bureau
Of the Budget over naval estimates
for the next fiscal year by per-
hitting the Navy to submit sup
Elemental estimates of expenditures
required for the maintenance and
operation Of the fleet, it was official
ly learned here today.
This method Of adjustment is ex-
pected to prove satisfactory to all
concerned, as 1t will enable the
Budget Bureau to keep the total
appropriations for 1925-26 within
the limits prescribed for the &C.
cumulation Of a surplus, while max
ing 1t possible for the navy to go
before Congress with a building
ana repair program that can be
considered and acted upon apart
from the budget.
Navy to Keep up Fight.
Even with these concessions. how
the navy would not back down from
the position already taken that the
budget estimates prepared at the
To give Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur an opportunity to go over
all the figures with Budget Director
Lord and to point out wherein the
Budget Bureau has cut too deep
in reducing the Navy's preliminary
schedule of expenditures a con-
ference between the two officials
has been arranged for Septem-
Der is.
Questions upon which agreement
appears impossible will be referred
to President Coolidge who has the
final word in the preparation of
the budget.
In view Of the plans for a sup.
Elemental naval appropriation bill
is not considered likely that the
President will authorize any in.
creases in the rock.bottom figures
submitted by the Budget Director
as the S0,000,00D surplus con-
templated by the Administration is
predicated upon the holding of
expenditures at the lowest point
since the war.
On the other hand, the President
is pledged to a strong naval policy.
which means that the strength Of
the American navy must be kept
equal to that. of Great Britain and
forty per cent greater than that
OF Japan, under the Washington
treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
Social Calendar

Mrs. David Roberts, Jr., chairman of the woman's golf committee of Roe buck Golf and Country club, calls a meeting of all women golfers. of Roe buck and also of the Country club for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock to dis cuss plans for the invitation tourna- ment to be held in the early fall.
 The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. O. H. will hold their regular meeting Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Knights of Columbus hall.
 
 There will be call meeting of the Barrett Parent-Teacher association held Thursday afternoon at o'clock. All members are urged to be present.
 The Woman's Auxiliary board will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the hospital. Members, please note change of place of meeting.
 Circles of the Woman's auxiliary of the South Highlands Presbyterian church will meet September 8, instead of September l.
 Frances Willard w. c. T. U. will hold their meeting Thursday instead of Wednesday at 3 o'clock at the Blue Triangle club. Every member is asked to be- present.