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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
BETHLEHEM'S DIVIDEND
G. M. SchWab's Co. Declares
s., on It's Preferred Stock.

Directors of the Bethlehem Steel cor
poraticn Yesterday declared % dividend of
. per cent on its preferred stock out Of
its 1872 earnings The dividend is pay
able quarterly ~ the rate of ia per cent
during 1912. the first payment to Dee made
April - 10 stockholders of record April 10
In view of the recent pcssimistic utter
ances Of the company's president Charl 20
NJ Schwab. regarding the possible effect
Of tariff reductions, on the steel industry
Of the country. more than usual interest
was attached to yesterdays declaration.
il was stated that in the face of a special
session of COugr, ss the steel business w,s
ina 10 great jeopardy even iu the event
of certain reductions being made BOO tho
present import duties
Dividends on the preferred stock of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation were paid
al the rate o. u per cent quarterly from
August 800, 10 August 1906 inclusive.
Ia November. 1896. and FEBRUARY, 1907
dividends of thrcc-tOurths Of I per cent
were PAID, but since the latter date none
has been declared. At that tim. Ar
Schwab stated That dividends would not
Toe resumed untl they could DEE main
tanned and for this reason ID is believed
that the company will continue to pros
per, despite possible tariff changes down
ward
The Bethlehem Steel CORPORATION f, ill.,.
largest individual steel plant 10 the cour-
try. employing between 1000 and 2l,0b
men. Sufficient business is now said 10 be-
ON It's books 10 guarantee steady oUpratiOu
for from ~iN To eight months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
BIG JUMP IN DEATH RATE
Influenza, Caused by Climatic
Conditions, Responsible.

The prevalence of a severe form OF IN
fuenza brought about an increase of 10
deaths in this city last week. as COM
pared with the same week last year.
Health Commissioner Lederle speaking
Of the increase said Yesterday that eli
matte conditions lately had been favor
able for the spread of influenza and pneu-
monia. but there was nothing To worry
about
There were l.123 deaths reported. with
a rate OF 1869 per 1000 population, as
against l.6oS deaths and rate of l6I
per T. o0 In the same period in 1912. There
were p deaths from influenza and 375
from pneumonia. as against II deaths
from influenza aud 20 deaths from pneu-
monia for the same time I'm 1872.
There were 81 more deaths OF children
under five years of age, 10 more deaths
between the ages of five and siXty-tNe
years and 80 more deaths at siNty-tve
wears and over. showing that the NOR
tally at all ages was affected by the m
creased prevalence of the grip
The death rate of the first ten weeks
of this year was l5.Ji, as against l5.o3 per
200 during the corresponding period of
1872 a decrease of 90 of point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
FOR HEALTH WEOL0CK LAW
Doctors and Lawyers Indorse
Bill Now Before Senate.

Pleas FOR governmental control OF medi-
cal education ana more uniformity IA laws
regulating medical practice were made
by Dr Hermann St John Boldt before
the Society of Medical Jurisprudence last
night lie said I'm part:
we need more uniform laws for the
control of the study AMI practice of medi-
cine in this country The laws of every
state are different and the best results
are not obtained To sum the situation
mp. we need fewer medical colleges. and
they should be placed under government
control These medical colleges should
be- So situated as To permit of the widest
possible clinical experiment. Above all.
commercialism should bee eliminated FROM
the practice Of medicine | cauuOt en-
phasiZe too strongly the need 81 more
clinical study. and think every student
should have AT least one year of practical
work before being admitted To- general
practice"
\ resolution was presented at I'll" bust
ness meeting Of the society 10y former
city Magistrate Alfred f.. Ommen indoors
ing the bill now I'm the State senate max
ing it necessary for all persons wishing to
marry to have "A phy siciau'S certificate
stating they were free from certain dis
eases. 1t provoked a warm discussion. hut
was adopted by q vote # Il To If.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
TO TALK OVER NOM NATION
Stock Exchange Committee
Holds First Meeting To day.

The first OF the three meetings OF the
Stock Exchange nominating committee.
as provided FOR under the now amend
ment to the constitution passed in Janu-
airy. viii BE- held to-day. For this reason
more than the usual interest viii b" at
tached to the session. as members OF the
exchange will be invited 10 attend 10 eN-
press their preference for officers To serve
next year.
This amendment provides that the clrc-
ton Of the committee shall be held annu-
ally ON The second Monday 100 January.
beginning iu 1885, instead Of ON thr >e'-
ond Monday i Nay when the anuua. '.".-
ton Of officers is hold. % also provide
that The term oi service OF the present
nominating committee shall he extended
from the second Moudar 300 NaF. 1919. ID"
the second Monday m January. l''
The purpose a. to-day s. meeting. a- we'll
as two others to Boz h.ld This month i- to
allow an expression of opinion 81 alI tAe
exchange member regarding tle offices
10 be filed at the annual election.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
WON'T FINANCE EXTENSION
Rhode Island Citizens Commit.
tee Reports Adversely.

Providence March i0-lt appears un-
likely that the state will become the see
ond guarantor of the bonds Of the South
on New England Railroad. The citizens
committee appointed by Governor Pothier
10 consider the proposal voted adversely
to-day. and refused TO hear the railroad
officials interested.
The plan was suggested by MI Cham
berlin. of The Grand Trunk Railway. and
indorsed by the Governor. MI. Chamber
lin said that with the aid of the state,
the proposed line from Palmer. Mass. to
this city might be completed. Before sub
hitting the matter TO the legislature the
Governor sought the advice Of the COM
mittee, the opinion of which he now says
he will accept
Attorney General Herbert 4. Rice told
the committee he thought that the state
would be lowering It's dignity to con,
slider any proposition from a railroad
that had violated it's pledges
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11

THE STRIKE ARBITRATION COMMISSION.
, r, r;oht-W W. Atcrbury. William L. Chambers. Albert Philips
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
NEW MORTGAGE co. HERE
Public Bank Interests Prominent in
Organization.

Albany March l0-tfnancial interests
represented In the directorate OF the pub
lie Bank in New York city, are promi-
nent in the organization of the Banltn /;
and Mortgage Company OF America. a
mortgage. loan and investment company.
capitalized AT $4,000 which received au-
ihority TO-DAY from Superintendent Van
Tuyl of the State Banking Department
TO operate ia New York city. The di-
rectors are &. Lionel Marcus. Bernard *.
Marcus. Samuel II. Sternberg and Joseph
uertst. of Manhattan and lIarland B.
Tibbctts, of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
EXTRA TOBACCO DIVIDEND
Liggett & Myers Co. Declares 1 Pei
Cent on the Common Shares

The Iiegctt a Myers Tobacco Company
Yesterday declared a per cent extra
dividend on its 81 1876. 100 outstanding
common stock rs evidence of its pros
pcrity since it, separation from the
American Tobacco Company ou MAY ~.
lqll To- conform with The Sup.emc Court :
observation-disclosures The 81 vidcnd is payd
BILE April to stockholders Of record ON
March y.
For the year ended December 81. 1912.
the company reported total profits OF
8. so. 1872 and surplus after the payment
of preferred dividends amounting 10
s. 0a2. 800 which is equivalent To- 1913 per
cent on the common stock. The financial
statement further showed that on Deem
her 81 there was u cash balance of sG.2Si o.
l0. According 10 President &. &. Dua,
however this apparently large sum il
needed To secure adequate supplies of leaf
tobacco and other material.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
AMBROSE CHANNEL BIGGER
Report Shows Dredging Has
Been Accomplished.

According to report from Colonel >
W. Roessler. Corps of Engineers, |. ;. A.
contained i'm the weekly Notice to Marin
ers." a survey of Ambrose Channel IN
New York Lower Bay. shows that II mas
been dredged In accordance with the
project, and now has width Of 300 feet
and minimum depth of 40 feet
Ambrose Channel Light Vessel No. n
has returned to her station and Relief
Light Vessel No u has been withdrawn
No change has been made in the char
acteristics Of the light FOG signals or
general appearance Of Light Vessel NO
s.. Fire Island Light Vessel No 6s Is 10
be replaced about April by Relief Light
Vessel No. III.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
TO TALK ON TRELANO's IDEALS

The Rev r. j. Shcaly. : l.. spiritual
director Of the Laymens League for
Retreats and Social Studies, will lecture
on "lrclands Ideals" AT Carnegie Hall on
Palm Sunday evening Cardinal Farley
is expected To be present Or Condo Il.
Pallen. who has lately been decorated by
the Pope for his work on the Catholic
encyclopaedia viii make short adj
dress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
BROTHERS CRUSHED IN QUARRY

Poultney, Vt. March lo-Crushed be-
meath huge slab of slate, James Han
non. of Hampton y. Y, was instantly
killed and his brother probably fatally
injured to-day I'm the Sherman quarry
OF the Consolidated Slate Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-11
LOOKING FOR A ROOM?

Consult the FREQ Room and Board
Register of Tho Tribune. See coupon
on classified page,-Advt
The Press., 1913-04-09
LONG HAIRED MEN.
They Caused a Vigorous Protest In
 Massachusetts In 1649.

They Caused a Vigorous Protest In
 Massachusetts In 164e.
 The following protest signed by Jo- seph Endicott. governor; Thomas Dud- ley. deputy governor; Richard Belling- ham. Richard Saltonstall. Increase Howell. William Hibbins, Thomas Flint. Robert Bridges and Simon Brad street was published in Massachusetts in 1649:
 Protest. against wearing long hair, of the governor. etc. of Massachu- setts:
 "Forasmuch as the wearing of long hair. after the manner of Russians and barbarous Indians. has begun to in wade New England. contrary to the rule of Gods word. which says it ig a shame for man to wear long hair. as also the commendable custom gener- ally of all the godly of all our nation. until within these few years:
 We, the magistrates. who have sign ed this paper. for the showing of our own innocency in this behalf. do de clare and manifest our dislike and de testatiOn against the wearing of such long hair, as against q thing uncivil and unmanly. whereby men doe de- forme themselves and offend sober and modest men and doe corrupt good man. ners. We doe therefore earnestly in treat all the elders of this jurisdiction. as often as they shall see cause. to manifest their zeal against it in their public administrations. and to take care that the members of their respec- tive churches he not defiled herewith: that so. such as prove obstinate. and will not reforme themselves. may have God and man to witness against them. The third month 10th day, 1G49."
The Press., 1913-04-09
Scatterinu Disease,

pr. Leonard Hill of London holds that it is an "offense against socit ty for any one with cold to cough, sneeze or even talk without covering his mouth with his handkerchief. Colds kill tens of thousands every year." the doctor adds, 'and yet we persist in talk ing no special precautions to escape them. We go to great trouble to pre- vent the spread of diphtheria or scarlet fever or smallpox. but the person with q cold, who is scattering deadly mi crobes everywhere, we treat as perfect ly harmless. l thoroughly agree that during the sneezing. coughing stage the person with cold should be isolated so that the germs he is constantly scat tering may not be breathed ill by his neighbors. ."-New York Tribune
The Press., 1913-04-09
THE ART OF POISONING.
Subtle Methods Used by the Natives of
 Central Africa.

Subtle Methods Used by the Natives of Central Africa.
 The Central African native Is a mas ter in the art of poisoning and always on the watch for It. He will never take drink of water or beer or eat of ash, even when offered by a peaceful acquaintance, until the host has eaten or drunk some of 1t to pledge its harmfessnesS. He is always In fear of treachery, and with good req son, for an assassin is cheaply hired. Vegetable poisOns may be made by all most any one. and the methods of ad- ministering them are cunning beyond description.
 One of the cleverest ways, often re sorted to when a man gets into his head an idea that neighbOr is injur- ing him by witchery, Is to kill the un- suspecting victim by means of poison ed stakes and at the same time avoid suspicion. which would inevitably lead to a similar vengeance.
 Procuring little sharpened sticks, the murderer hollows their points and in serts poison Casually made by boiling down the juice of certain shrubs or creepers) into the cavities. These he secretly plants upright, but leaning a little along the path which leads from the doomed negrO's hut to his garden.
 Sooner or later the intended victim slightly lacerates his bare foot by hit ting one of these sharp stakes. He takes no notice of the scratch, for he is use to such triting injuries, but in few moments his foot and leg begin to swell, and an hour or so later he expires in agony.
 The bark and roots of several trees and shrubs yield virulcnt poisOns when properly brewed. one of which has the peculiar effect of at once paralyzing the organs of speech. The gall of the crocodile when dried in the sun and pulveriZed is also very deadly. The most fatal poison, however. is that prepared from an ugly. whitish tree called ujungu in German East Africa. It grows ill only few localities. and few natives will venture to cut it down. for mere prick with a splinter will cause terrible and sometimes fla tai inflammation. The negroes say that neither mo- hs nor snakes will go near it and that birds never rest in its branches.
 To make this poison the wood is burnt and its ashes are mixed with water and then boiled down to a thick paste. The natives will travel hun dreds of miles to procure this paste, with which hunters anOint their ar rows and spears and tho bullets of their guns. dipping them after the smcaring il; hot beeswax to form a protective covering against loss of power as well as against accident Harper's Weekly.
The Press., 1913-04-09
A Pet Dou Cemetery.

Dead dogs fare better than many men in one town in England, where there is an exclusive cemetery for rich women's pets. Expensive dogs must have showy graves, and the owner of a toy spaniel, blue blooded Pomeranian or French poodle doesn't think any thing of paying $1OO for a burial plot in the first stop on the way to the canine Valhalla. Pink headstones are stuck up over the last resting place of the aristocratic doggies, and the epi- taphs are as appreciative as if they were on tombstones over the graves of the best French chefs.-New York Press
The Press., 1913-04-09
Arahia,a oranae Groves.

In Oma there are groves of date palms covering an area of sixty miles long and averaging two miles in width in the coast country known as the Bah tinah, an estimated half million trees in the Wadi Semail, large groves at Rostock-in fact, everywhere that wa ter is to be obtained this wonderful plant is cultivated, and in the entire country there are probably no fewer than 100000 trees.
The Press., 1913-04-09
Easter In Brittany

Many interesting Easter customs ;ake place in Brittany, where such ven- eration was paid to the numerous pre historic stones. which still abound, that the church was obliged to associate Christian ceremonial with many pagan customs. Thus in the giant paschal tapers may be traced the ancient fires which celebrated the coming of the spring.
The Press., 1913-04-09
Quaint EnoIish surnames.

There are still the quaint surnames redolent of the soil or the early expe. riences in the hill country of the Cots wolds. A correspondent tells me that there are four men working on one farm on the Cotswold hills named re- spectively Pill, Fouracre, Pothecary and Greengrass-men clearly who have gained their surnames from some kind of idiosyncrasy or fact, men who may some day send the surname of Pill into fame.-London Telegraph.
The Press., 1913-04-09
The Scholar-

Dr. Evans. witty member of the parliament at Melbourne was an old man. and the other members JokingIy- spoke of him as belonging to the era of Queen Anne
 Once while making a speech he re ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted with cries of Did you know herY' What was she Iike?"
 "Yes. sir" retorted the doctor. '.I did know her The scholar is contemporary with all time"
The Press., 1913-04-09
Going to an Expert.

When the butcher answered the tele- phone the shrill voice of a little girl greeted him:
 Hello! Is this MT. WilsonF''
 Yes. Bessie" he answered kindly. What can do for you?"
 "Oh, MT. Wilson, please tell me where grandpa's liver isl The folks are out and I've got to put hot flannel on it. and don't know where 1t is."-' Ladies' Home Journal.
The Press., 1913-04-09
Emulation

Your first name Is June. Is it. little girl?''
 ''Yes. sir: only l don't spell 1t the way most folks dO."
 How do you spell It3'
 "J-u-e-n.
 Why Is that little girIP' "Do you s'pose I'm goin' to let the Macs get ahead of me when it comes to spellin names Chicago Tribune
The Press., 1913-04-09
YOUTH-SUCCESS.

Youth is the time for developing and moulding this life for success. If your boy or girl is taught habits of thrift and self f-control there Is little doubt that such habit will not follow them through life. Start your children right. Give them a savings account with this EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS BANK and encourage them to save systematically. l. will not only benefit them financially, but bring them in contact with the business world and business methods. No accounts too small.
 INTEREST PAID ON ALL ACCOUNTS.
 STAFFORD SAVINGS BANK.
The Press., 1913-04-09
A Rnda itEIa Girl.

Maiden Aunt (reading)-In heaven there is no marrying or giving in mar ' Q Small Mazie-It must seem like I .aven to you here on earth, doesn't it. Huntie ie?-Chitago News.
The Press., 1913-04-09
lSnaM IA hu n.a-.

klark So your wife read you d lec. sure wiSs1 yon got home last night klubman Read it? No. 1t was quite lmpromptu Boston Transcript
The Press., 1913-04-09
IodefiniteIv po.+ron.d

Top. what's the miliennium!'
 Its time coming. my son. when there will be jobs enough in every ad mlnistration to go around among those who want 'em. Baltimore American.
The Press., 1913-04-09
Would He2

Cashleigh-Y You wouldn't marry Miss Roxy for her money. would you. Up son? Upson Downes-How else can get it9-London Answers.
The Press., 1913-04-09

If thou takest time into thy affairs 1t will allay and arrange all things.-Apoi IOdOrua.
The Press., 1913-04-09

It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. z G1Oethe.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-02
WATER USERS GET TOGETHER
Organization Formed By Men Owning
Land Along Humboldt River

Elko. Nevada. July 29.-Water users
of the North Fork district and other
sections of northern ElBo County are
joining the Greater Humboldt corpora
ton which has for IT'S object the develop
ment Of water in this section Of the
State. With one exception, every water
user in the northern section OF the
county came into the organization.
E @. Mcclellan and @. Arthur Ste.
vens of San Francisco have returned
from the North Fork district, where
they spent several days intervie wing
the ranchers.
At the present time $l3 $50 has been
subscribed by water users to finance the
project. Ii is estimated that it will
take $85 900 to carry the project through.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-02
Comstock Man Not Guilty

YeriDgton, Nevada. July 29.-Frank
Weir. charged with stealing ~amalgama-
ting plates from the Donovan mill at
Silver City several months ago. was &c.
Quilted of the charge OF grand larceny
by a jury in the district court b-rs after
a trial lasting two days. The jary de-
liberated an hour and 80 minutes.
Weir's arrest was made u day after
the stolen amalgamating plates were
discovered cached under a bridge at Sill
YER City. Two men drove up to the
bridge to get the plates. but escaped in
the darkness after several shots had
been fred at them. Weir was arrested
Cd suspicion oil being one Of them.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-02
NEW HIGH EXPLOSIVE FOUND
Disc.verer Refuses 100000 For
Secret Which Will Be Given 10
This Government

New York, July 2s.-The safest high
mower explosive the world has yet seen'
an explosive equal to the strongest oy'
nami,s made, the 80 per cent dyna-
mite" has been perfected by a iieuten.
q Of the New York national guard
after three years work
He will give it to the United states
Government although half a dozen ma
ion would pay from 100000 up Tor
the ,ecret formula. IL is more thai
probable that in a year or two the United
States army will be using no other ex-
p~losiye. Lieut.. Harold Chase Wood
ward of the 22d engineers. national
guard. New York. is the inventor oil
trotol. the newest aud the most deadly
explosive.
Trotol can be exploded only BY full
inmate Of mercury, the substance USED
to explode dynamite. IL al not be set
off by any shock. however great. In q
tes, at Fort Wadsworth. trotol was
hacked into a twelve inch shell and the
shell was fred at armor plate 1000 yards
axay. The shell struck the armor
/ plate while going at the rate Of 1850 feet
a second. but the trotol inside remained
~unexpIoded in spite of the terrific con-
cussion.
Six ounces OF trotol will do the e
pIosive work OF twelve ounces of dyna'
mite. Dynamite deteriorates in water
or on the water and under certain at
mospheric conditions. Tro,ol can bt
soaked in water for years aud be as good
as ever.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-02
Nevada's Sheep Quarantine Lifted

Washington, July 2s.-The Secretary
Of Agriculture has issued an order that
August / the quarantine for the contag-
ious disease known as ~''scabbies" of
sheep, hitherto imposed on certain parts
of Nevada and Utah, shall be amended
as follows: "The quarantine is lifted
from the counties OF Elko, Humboldt
and White Pine. Nevada. The result Of
this order is to release from quarantine
the entire State of Nevada. The quaran-
tine is lifted from the following coun-
Ties in Utah: Box Elder. rooele. Juab.
Willard, Sewer. Sanpete. Utah, Salt
Lake. Davis, Morgan. Weber. Cache.
Rich. Summit, Wasatch, Wayne and
Uintah. This leaves under quarantine
for sheep scabbies In Utah only the
counties Of Carbon, Emery and Grand. "
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-02
First Pension Given Idaho Mother

Cald we'll, Idaho. July 29.-The new
workers relief law which was passed
by the present Legislature received its
first application yesterday. when Pro-
bate Judge d. d. Harder granted a
mo2thly pension of s25 to Lille L.
Dupp of Cald well. The recipient is the
mother OF twelve children and is q
widow. The law plates that
this relief be granted only where the
mother would otherwise have to leave
her children and 90 out to work to sup
port them. The money comes out Of
county funds. and the Board of County
Commissioners Of Canyon County has
instructed the County Attorney to con
test the constitutionality Of the law.