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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
TOBACCO CURES.

At one time tobacco was very largely pre-
scribed In medicine. and even to-day con-
siderable quantities are so made use Of.
General Chapman records that he was
cured OF severe sprain simply by a poul-
tice Of tobacco leaves. As an external rem
edy for wounds and bruises and sprains a
wet tobacco poultice 10 commonly used In
all countries where tobacco Is grown.
In sore throat. erysipclas. sciatica and
suellings OF various kinds tobacco. exter-
nally applied. has wonderfully good effect.
II seems to increase the pain for few
minutes. but afterward acts as sedative
and allays the suffering. II may take as
much as two hours to produce tho soothing
effect, but the result 10 usually that the
sufferer is enabled to sleep and inhamna-
ton entirely subsidies.
Moist tobacco Is one OF the best cures
IMAGINABLE for the bite Of any poisonous In
sect Ordinary leaf tobacco. well soaked,
and tied over the bitten spot, takes the
pain away rapidly and brings down the in
fiammaton. For ordinary cases OF ophthal-
mia or sore eyes It Is also efacacious.
don Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
WHITE PLAINS.

A big parade and the unwilling at the
soldiers monument OF two relics from the
batteship Maine will be the features Of the
Fourth OF July celebration at Port Chester.
Company L, OF the 10th Regiment, sta
toned at White Plains. will take part. The
school children and all Of the local socic-
ties will march in the parade
The Hartsdalc Library and Improvement
Society will hold its second annual flower
show at the Hartsdale frehouse on Sep
tember and 7. Exhibits will be made not
alone by the villagers. but by prominent
New Workers who have country places on
the outskirts OF the village In addition TO
the prizes OF last year. there will be awards
TO children under fifteen years for plants
and flowers raised and cared for by them
selves.
White Plains Council 1852 Royal Ar
canum. celebrated its fifteenth anniversary
on Monday night. Thomas II. Crane and
representatives OF other councils were pres
ent.
Supreme Court Justice and Mrs. Joseph
Morschauser and their son are spending
a few weeks at Pepperday Inn. at New
Rochelle.
Miss Eda ". Biggers, Of Kentucky. who
sued the New York Central Railroad Com
pany for $1,000 for injuries received at tho
Bronxville crossing several years ago. re-
covered a verdict for 81 100 in Justice Tomp-
kinss court last week She vas running
10 catch a train. and. not noticing another
approaching went under the gates Miss
Powers. a friend who was with her. was
instantly killed.
The good roads committee OF the West
chester County Board OF Supervisors has
been making an inspection " the state
highways In the county 10 straishten bad
corners and curves. Supervisors Haight,
McArdle ard Breucher. Clerk Green and
Engineer Wolfe made up the correction
party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
EXPLOITING NEW WOOD HAZARD.
Gus.

The introduction Of a new wood Is usu-
ally very slow. and the promoters and ex-
| poiters Of strange woods frequently score
heavy losses, although the kinds they i'm
port are good and useful. This East
African cedar is now being imported into
Germany. and IL is likely that IL will soon
be used in this country. The tree which
yields this wood is very closely allied to
our pencil cedar and is known botanically
as Juniperus procera. II forms a beautiful
tree from IS TO l25 feet in height and from
2 10 feet In diameter. Sclater an Eng
lish naturalist. states that in British East
Africa the trees frequently attain height
OF 200 feet and a diameter OF feet
East African cedar is distributed over the
mountainous regions from Abyssinia south
ward INTO German East Africa and is
found in great abundance around Kill
mandscharo. 1t is best adapted to a region
al an elevation varying from 400 to 300
feet In Usambra 1t forms open forests
just above the meadow land. Further in.
land, especially In the Kenia region. the
cedar forms pure stands and is present in
such abundance that practically all trav-
oilers through this territory describe II as
one Of great promise for export after bet
ter transportation facilities are provided
within the cedar belt That the wood Is
Of great practical importance is we'll known
TO all who have made a study OF German
East African timbers Schimper in his
book on plants of Abyssinia remarks that
It is one OF the most valuable timbers Cor
a great many purposes. II also contains
and yields a very valuable resin.
Similar TO our native cedar, the wood 10
soft. light. durable. easily worked, highly
scented. OF good color. uniform texture
and fine grained. The annual rings OF
growth are indistinct TO the unaided eye.
The surface exposed by cutting the wood
with a sharp knife is very smooth and has
a satiny lustre. These are facts which will
place this wood on par with the American
pencil cedar. not only ir the manufacture
OF lead pencils. but for other purposes re-
curing especially fine grained and duraols
wood. Scientific American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

fed that at a meeting in Chicago Darrow
offered him 5000 II he would forget the
conversation on the train with James b.
Mcnamara when Mcnamara had practical
ly admitted guilt as to The Times disas-
ter and had offered Biddinger $4,000 TO let
him go.
Art treasures worth possibly $4,000 were
taken from the home Of Herman c, Hos
kier In South Orange, ~ j., which had
been unoccup!ed since early In the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoskier are now In Switzer-
lano Forty-seven pictures were neatly re-
moved from the frames. which were left
in their places on the walls. Some OF the
less valuable pictures were left stacked in
the library on the first floor.
Alfred Lincoln Seiigman. retired
banker and the youngest brother Of Isaac
n. Seligman. head of the financial mouse az
]. g. W. Seligman & Co. No. William
street. this city. was instantly killed in an
automobile collision at West End avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

extension OF Sixth avenue TO meet Varick
street at Spring; the widening Of Blocker
street between Christopher street and Abb
ingdon Square and its connection with
Varick. to furnish an adequate outlet for
Eighth and Ninth avenues. and the south
erly extension Of Varick street, from West
Broadway. where the presentp Ian leaves
It, to Broadway at Park Place The four
great longitudinal thoroughfares Of the
West Side. aggregating four hundred feet
In width. will thus be opened up to through
traffic. Mr. Flagg believes
What the cluowomen Of the country are
doing to-day. what they have done In the
Of the valedictory delivered by Mrs. Philip
North Moore. of ST. Louis retiring presi-
dent Of the General Federation of Womens
Clubs. in session at san Francisco for its
eleventh biennial convention. Among the
accomplishments listed. Mrs. Moore said
that the country at large had the club
women to thank for the pure food law. tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

What happened at the gathering OF the
r,nterrifed' in Baltimore?" inquired Busy
Man last night of Constant Reader.
.Iu give you the important incidents Of
each day." said Constant Reader.
The Democratic National Convention
met on Tuesday at Baltimore scenes or
turbulence and disorder characterized the
first days session. William j. Bryan be-
came a candidate for temporary chairman
in the attempt to defeat ex-Judge Alton b.
Parker nominated by the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Mr.. Bryan was defeat
ed. the vote being 579 to sos Judge Par
ker's speech as temporary chairman was an
able one, but he is not an orator who fires
the imagination or thrills his hearers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

and I'D street The car Of Russell W.
Stuart. vice-president and general manager
| of the Dahl Punctureless Tire Manufacture
| ing Company, No. 246 West 59th street.
struck the Selgman car, broke one or us
wheels off and slowed 1t almost half way
around on the pavement. Mr.. Seligman,
his nephew and private secretary, Morris
| Ranger, were thrown out, Mr.. Seligman
| falling on his head on the curb edge. his
| brains were dashed out. Ranger also was
| injured.
Roscoe c. Livingston, OF Rutherford,
n. j., and seven other members OF MS ram
| iy were injured. four of them probably
| fatally, when a trolley car crashed into
their automobile at Paterson. The machine
was wrecked and all the occupants were
hurled upon a brick pavement.
Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison and
John Mitchell the labor leaders, were held
guilty of contempt of court by the supreme
| Court OF the District of Columbia at Wash
ington in connection with n courts inJunc-
ton in the Bucks Stove and Range boycott
case They will attempt TO appeal again 10
the Supreme Court OF the United STATES
which reversed their former CONVICTION.
Justice Wright sentenced Gompers TO one
year, the same as upon his previous con-
viction. Morrison received sentence or
six months. as before. John Mitchell was
not present, and sentence upon him was
deferred His first sentence was nine
months.
Three men, the brains of band or
criminals who have kept the merchants IN
the wholesale drygoods district and the
police of this city on the anxious seat TOT
many months. according TO Deputy COM
missioner Dougherty. were arrested. Inc
capture had all the elements OF a meio-
drama-an automobile, revolver shots ana
frantic yels-and traffic was blocked while
the grim play went on. To make II all
complete. the men have been found to have
spotted records. set down in detail at head
quarters The chief one of them Is Harry
Milling. He gave his name when arrested
as Joseph Goldstein, thirty-one years old'
Of No. 4i2 West l45th street but the ponce
said Goldstein' was only one of the aliases
that Milling, No. 4.34l in the Rogues Cal
lery. employed, the others being Joseph
Miller, Joseph Jacobsen, David Miller ana
David Schwartz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
LONG SEARCH FOR SUBSTITUTE.

Pencil makers both in this country and
abroad have long since been searching for
suitable wood 10 take the place Of cedar.
and an announcement has been made that
substitute was discovered in East Africa
which may be obtained in sufficiently large
quantities at reasonable price. In Europe
this announcement was accepted at 10
face value. In America the pencil makers
prefer TO wait. pending more exact In
formation, for fear that this discovery may
share the fate Of many others, which. I'M
der the rigorous tests of quality. amount
of available supply and cost Of production.
have failed 10 realize the anticipation
formed by them. or even to establish
claim 10 commercial value. There can be
very little doubt, however. In the case Of
the wood from East Africa, because IL Is
known to be a very good wood. and pen
ell makers In Europe have tested II and
found IL 10 be an excellent substitute for
the American cedar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
VOTING, HERE AND THERE.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
In Belgium the man who refuses 70 ye.'
is put in Jail. Serves him right too. ~ W..
country sometimes we give him es
drink ana 81. But he votss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

preservation of Niagara Falls from the
greed Of power companies. the passage OF
the Weeks bill for the conservation OF FOR
est lands and much legislation looking 10
the welfare Of women and children.
"a preliminary statement giving, for con-
tinental United States. by states, the num-
Der Of persons of school age and the num-
Der and proportion attending school, as
shown by the returns Of the thirteenth CEN
sus, taken as Of April Is. 1910, was issued at
Washington by Director Durand or the
Bureau of the Census. The total number
OF persons OF school age-that Is, from "x
to twenty years. inclusive-in continental
United States in 1910 was N,I5o.5s9, of whom
Il, 300. 202, or 623 per cent, attended school.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
Duluth NewSTribune.

ployes affected and will be temperate!
dropped from Uncle Sans payroll on Mon
day. unless there is some unexpected devel
opment in the law governing the situation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN AVENUES

"A plan to develop the Board of EST
mates proposed extension Of Seventh ave-
nue., and incidentally make 1t Of inestma-
bly, greater value TO this city, according
TO It's originator, has been Endorsed by a
number Of civic societies and is now before
last four years. and what they intend TO
do in the future. were the general outlines
the Mayor and the Borough President for
their consideration. Ernest F1agg, archi-
tect OF the Singer Building, St Luke's Hos
pital, the Corcoran Art Gallery at Wash
ington, and many other well known build
ings, is its sponsor. Mr.. Flags plan pro-
vides, in addition to what the Board Il
Estimate intends TO accomplish, for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
NEW PENCILS FOR OLD
Discovery Follows Hard Upon
Exhaustion of Supply.
AMERICAN CEDAR DYING OUT
East Africa Hereafter Will Fur.
nish the Idea Produc-
ing Wood.

At time when our principal pencil wood
is practically exhausted a discovery OF
another suitable wood tending to relieve
this stale Of things is a boon difficult TO
overestimate. The properties Of the native
pencil cedar, which includes the northern
red cedar (Juniperus virginana) and IN.
southern form Guniperus barbadcnsis). are
so marked and so different from those OF
other commercial woods that 1t seems Al.
most hopeless to find a satisfactory SUBJ
stitute. Other native species of the genus
Juniperus yield woods nearly similar 10
the regular pencil cedar, and they have all
been tested for use in the pencil Industry
While these woods have not given entire
satisfaction, a good deal Of the availabis
supply will eventually be used for making
pencils.
CONSUMPTION OF RED CEDAR.
There is no other wood using industry
In the United States so dependent upon q
single species as the pencil industry IL
upon red cedar. The scarcity Of the pencil
material will soon be felt also In Europe
firm in Nureniburg, Germany, makes
annually over 100000 lead pencils out Of
the American cedar. About 10000 tons, or
10000 cubic feet, Of wood are required for
making these pencils. An equal amount
is consumed annually In the United States
In the pencil industry alone. This makes
total consumption of over 10000 tons, or
about 100000 cubic feet OF wood an
nually, or a little over 600 tons Of cedar
wood ars used for pencils each day In the
year How long the supply will last at
this rate Of consumption is difficult to say,
but IT is certain that unless a suitable sub
stitute is introduced some Of the mills now
In operation must shut down inside a few
years.
The requirements for wood used in the
pencil industry are most rigid. The WOOD
must be soft, light. strong. close and
straightforward. free from defects, and
must not check and warp. The physical
properties of cedar are subject to con.
siderable variation due TO soil and climatic
conditions, and for this reason II must
be carefully inspected and graded as 10
quality. The lightest and softest wood is
produced on the swampy hummocks OF
Georgia and Florida. The older the tree
the softer and better the wood becomes
The wood OF the shell Of rotten logs is said
to be the best for making pencils The
cipally from trees on dry upland. or near
its western limit OF distribution, is con.
s!dered a poor grade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
PLANS NATIONAL GUARD CHANGES

'If plans being prepared by Assemblyman
Louis A. Cuvillier are carried out during
the coming winter the New York National
Guard will see perhaps the most radical
changes in its history. Mr.. Cuvillier, VINO
introduced the bill which was enacted INTO
the compulsory retirement law for suaro
officers at the age Of s!xty-four. the same
limit as in the army, Is drafting a ne"
mea 70 abolish the Office OF major gem
oral and 10 have general stan conduct
affairs.
president Taft announced his choice Tor
important appointments In the army ana
sent the nominations to the Senate. Inc
principal promotion was that OF Brigadlcr
General William w. Wotherspoon' con-,
handing the Department Of the Gulf with
Headquarters at Atlanta to be major gen
eral. He will fill the vacancy caused oy
the death Of Major General Frederick ~
Grant. General Clarence X bd"arus'
Colonel George F. Chase and Colonel Ed
ward ! McClernand were named as prisd-
der generals
THE torpedo boat destroyer Paulding
made what is said to be the fastest uHie
aver made by a vessel of the United states
navy. During her annual speed and SMOKE
tests off Newport r. l.. the PauidinB ran
for two hours at an average speed or o-''
trots She was under command Of Lieu
tenant s n. r. Doyle The Paulding mas
held the record for destroyers for the last
two years, having made Sl.S knots last
wear. She was one of the first oil burners
built for the navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
RIoTING STRIKERS ARE SHOT.

"A woman and four men were wounded
at Hastings on Hudson when guards at the
National Conduit and Gable Company
plant fred upon a crowd OF strikers that
attacked workmen who refused to strike.
ONLY one of the persons known 10 have
been hit was concerned in the strike,
though II is thought that several strikers
were wounded and We're taken care of by
Hungarians who have been employed by
the company.
"Rioting was renewed between the strik-
ers and the guards at the plant of Will
Jams d Clark, at Roosevelt, y. j., ana one
striker. John Urban. was killed and two
others, Paul Batazkak and John Crbok,
were shot in the legs. The rioung lasted
fully half hour.
''Quimbo Apo, a Chinaman. regarded as
one of the most interesting patients at the
Matteawan State Hospital for the Insane
died at the age of eighty-nina Quimbo
Appo was sent TO state prison thirty-nVe
years ago for killing John Kelly, a prize
fighter. in a quarrel over a game of check-
ers. Since his arrival in this country, in
1872. the Chinaman was alleged to have
been responsible for four deaths. He add
fenced TO be hanged. but the Governor
commuted the sentence TO life imprlson-
ment, and later the penalty was reduced to
ten years.
ION the sixth anniversary Of the shoot
ing Of Stanford Whit" on the Madison
Square Roof Garden his slayer Harry Is.
Thaw. occupied the witness stand al the
hearing before Justice keogh. IN White
Plains. at which Thaw is trying 10 prove
his sanity and obtain his release from Mat
teawan Asylum. Thaw stood the test fair
~ well under the severe examination 10
which he was subjected by former District
Attorney jerome He maintained a studied
self-control most OF the time, but was ar
forded frequent resting periods and plenty
of time TO deliberate on his answers by the
repeated and lengthy objections OF his
counsel Clarence J. Shearn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
NO INTERVENTION IN CUBA.

Tho Improvement Of conditions IN Cuoa
led the War Department at Washington 10
abandon the arrangements made Tor the
d,snatch OF the 'expeditionary force az
at-,u, IL 90 men. and orders were Issued 10
ru, ou, Of commission the four big army
,ransports at Newport News The soldiers
composing the force. who nave peeh 'eS.
ing on their arms for the last month. VIII
return TO the routine OF garrison NE
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst and Mrs
pethick Lawrence. the English suilraSette
leaders. were released from Holloway ptls-
on after serving littlo more IMAM one
month Of their sentences OF nine months
Roth had been on food strike for nve
days Mrs Pankhursts heart, according 10
her doctor. was In such condition that she
could not be forcibly fed. and she had to
be released. Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, upon
being forcibly fed. became so sick that she
a,oo had IN he released. MI Pethck Law
renee IL also fasting, but has not yet been
released.
"Nearly the entire city Of Guanajuato.
Mexico. was destroyed and about one thou-
sand lives were lost as tho result" OK
flood following a cloudburst, according 10
authentic private dispatches received from
Mexico City. The water rose so rapidly
that poems along the river were over
whelmed without a chance OF salvation.
Some particulars OF the agreement DO
tween the Marcon company and the BTU
ish government have been learned. IL pro-
yides that the British government supply
the Marconi company with 100000 with
which to build five great wireless stations.
Australia to supply $4,000 for another stu
ton. and the six to form wireless circuit
around the globe at known points.
DEATH LIST OF THE WEEK..
These we'll known persons have died In
the course OF the week
Anthony Higgins, Of Wilmington, the
first Republican to represent the state OF
Delaware In the United States Senate, dieo
at the home OF his brother In this city.
Miss Julia Richman district superintendent
OF schools in this city, died in Paris. David
Miller De Witt. lawyer and author. died at
h,s home in Kingston. N. Y. He was born
IN Ulster County seventy-hve years ago.
Samuel TAYLOR died In Hackensack, n. ].
He carved az County Clerk for about TWEEN
ty-flye years and was political power IN
Bergen County while the Democrats were
In control
Sir Laurence Alma Tadema- one OF the
best known of English painters. died at
Vyiesbaden, Germany. He was In his sew
enty-seventh year. Field Marshai slr
George Stuart White, governor OF Chelsea
Hospital, London's home for aged soldiers
and one Of the most distinguished officers
in the British army, died in London, IN his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
MEXICAN REBEL CHIEF YIELDS.

Prom other lands come these items:
"Ceneral Pascual Orozco. leader OF the
rebels in Mexico. sent a long personal
message to President Madero' onerins u
surrender Internationally and declare the
rebellion In the north ended, providing an
amnesty be granted TO himself ana MS
sub-chiefs and his men. Orozco asked 10
he informed what terms the government
WAS prepared to offer in the event OF
general amnesty not being acceptable 10
the administration. In his message Orozco
EXPRESSED regret for the part he had taken
in the rebellion. pleaded that ne hau oee''
led astray by misrepresentation fildue "
hin, by the enemies OF Madero ana aooeu
that he was convinced Of the PRESIDENT
patriotism and good faith. acknowledging
that tho country at large favored suPpoie'
Ing the constituted government
seventeen Americans in Velardena' htty
r,i,es west OF Torreon, Mexico and ABOUT
three hundred miles south OF the interna-
,,onaI border. were lined up against paFh
while a half dozen drink crazed origahoa
who called themselves rebels orahdishe"
guns in their faces and threatened su"-
mary execution unless C.ooo.p ransom was
confronting The rebels halted their
threats when 8. 800 in gold WAS paid th''h'
"Estenoz. the leader OF the Cuban 'hsu'
roc,on. is officially reported TO have oeeh
killed President Gomez received as
patch from General Monteasudo. the Cuoah
commander IN chief IN oriente, Announcing
tina, Colonel Consuegra had reported the
rebel leader dead and his body at sohsa'
colonel Consuegra asked for the dIspa''h
70 that place Of special train for the 2u'-
nose Of Transporting the body to sanuaso,
Tho government Is satisfied that this VIII
end the instruction the hunting down or
surrender OF the minor leaders now being
matter Of only a few days. 1t is also re-
80 ,ha, General Ivonet has been wound
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-09-10

or two looking after the local inter
ests of his company.
Bob Stewart, head OF the Soda
vile municipality, came mp from
his home bailiwick this morning and
viii spend few days here looking
after business interests.
S Floathe returned to Tonopab
this moraiag on the t. & q. train
from Denver Colo, whittier he pilot.
ed an automobile party from this
camp about three weeks ago.
Il. W. cattermole, chief engineer
OF the r & q. railroad. passed
through Tonopah this morning en-
route from his headquarters in Gold.
field TO Manhattan. using a Consolil.
dated auto from this point. He
win return TO Tonopah this evening