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New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
USING NEW NARCOTICS
MeScal and the Loco Weed introduced
by Me1icans.

A new problem in habit forming
drug sales is confronting Kansas
health officials. The Mexicans in Kan
sas, and probably in other states, have
introduced 10 the habitual drug users,
says "The Kansas City Star" and to
some who never used morphine, CO.
caine, opium or similar drugs, the use
of the mescal button and the dried
leaves Of the loco weed
Everyone in the Southwest knows a
locoed horse or COW, but II IS only re
Gently that human beings have at
tempted the eating Of this weed as a
drug. The slkaloid IN the weed leaves
do not have the soothing effect of some
Of the other narcotics, but loco pro
duces more exhilaration than any Of
the other drugs were ever known 10 do.
The loco weed is as much of a habit
forming drug as any of the better
known drugs.
The mescal button is the seed of a
plant growing in the sand of the ex-
treme Southwest and in Mexico. II long
has been a favorite drug with Mexl-
cans. II is a habit forming weed, like
the loco or opium. II produces a crazy
drunken effect that will make the pro
verbal rabbit spit in bulldogs face.
Dr. =. y. CrumDlne, secretary Ol IHe
Board Of Health, has received numer-
Gus complaints from all parts Of the
state Of the sale of the loco leaves and
the mescal buttons by MeXicans, and in
some cases by druggists. Doctor Crum-
bine has sent letter to the officials
Of the cities of the first and second
class in the state, asking the passage Of
an ordinance prohibiting the sale OF
either of these weeds under extremely
heavy penalties This will help to
handle the situation until the Legisia-
ture can meet and enact law abso-
lutely prohibiting the importation,
giving away, sale or distribution OF
either loco weed leaves or mescal but
tons within the state.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
LAVISH WITH TIPS.

Marchioness ~ Mayeda, Japan's rich
est woman, who has been at a San
Francisco hotel, en- route to France 70
ioin her husband, a colonel in the
French army, does not do things by
halves. says "The San Francisco Chron-
icle."
She departed from the hotel, leaving
in her wake more than $500 in tips for
hotel attaches. Just before leaving the
pretty Japanese woman called on the
manager and asked him 10 distribute
the sum.
As a business woman the marchion-
ess demonstrated her ability. She de-
mandsd that the money be distributed
pro rata, according TO the services rem
dered her party by various attaches.
The marchioness left in the private
car Olympian, chartered AT a cost of
$4,000 TO carry her to New York. She
was accompanied by large retinue Of
servants.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
RED SEA HALFWAY.

One night a traveller In the South
secured accommodations at the only
dwelling in slght-the log cabin OF an
old negro. When bedtime came the old
darky asked him 10 join in the family
prayers. relates The San Francisco
Argonaut" SO he knelt down with the
members OF the household upon the
hard puncheon floor. The negro closed
his eyes and threw his head back and
opened his mouth and began. He began
with Genesis and worked gradually
downward. When he had played for
twenty minutes without a pause, and
the travellers knees were hurting him
like the toothache he got desperate. He
Judged the person nearest to him
-year-old boy, who had his head
on a chair seat and was peacefully
DOING through the ordeal. "Whut is
il. boss?" whispered the picksninny,
waking with a start. How long is this
prayer goin' 10 last" he whispered
back. Has daddy done tuck de chillen
Of Israel 'crosst de Red Sea yit?" "Not
Wit We'll. den" he whispered back.
wen he GIT to de Red Sea he's jest
half done"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
SUMMONS.

SUPREME COURT. NEW YORK COUNTY
ISAAC HART plaintiff. against SIC.
KEE GLASS COMPANY. defandsnt---Sum-
mons.
You are hereby summoned 20 answer the
complaint IN this action. and 10 serve a
copy OF your answer on the plaintiffs at
torney within 20 Gays after service Of this
summons. exclusive OF the day OF service.
and IN case OF your failure 20 appear or
answer. Judgment will be taken against
you by default FOR the relief demanded In
the complaint
Dated. New York. May 24th. 1918.
MILTON MAYER
Attorney for Plaintiff,
once and p. o. Address. 40 Broadway,
Borough OF Manhattan. city os New
York
To Mckee Glass Company;
The foregoing summons ~ served upon
you by publication. pursuant @ the order
o., Honorable Thomas r Donnelly. a Jus
tice OF the Supreme Court of the state oi
sew YORK. dated June iith. 1913. and niei
on the l1th day ot June. 1918 with the
complaint In the Office Of the Clerk OF the
County Of New York. at tho County Court
House In the Borough ot Manhattan. City
OF New York. the original complaint hav.
ing been nled IA said once on the 2Tth
day OF May. 1915.
MILTON MAYER
Attorney for PLAINTIFF,
once ana p. o. Address. 40 Broadway
Borough Of Manhattan. city OF New
York
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
HAMMOND TORPEDO BOUGHT
System Perfected After Seven Years
Work.

John Hays Hammond. jr's. remark
able device for steering torpedoes BY
wireless has been bought by the United
States for 100000. says "The American
Magazine"
As soon as he got out Of college he
put up the laboratory at Gloucester and
got down to the business Of perfecting
his system Of wireless torpedoes. That
he had to take ost 1870 patents and tina;
he worked on the proposition seven
years is proof enough that this young
fellow had tackled big job.
This torpedo of Hammond's is really
a surface craft which can carry 1000
pounds Of the highest explosive and
travel at about fifty miles an hour.
When several army officers -"doubtinR
Thomases" all Of them-at last were
prevailed upon 70 visit Gloucester,
Hammond, leading them TO his wireless
station. said:
"If you take these glasses you will
see a bamboo pole which / have set
upright r the water three miles out at
sea. II is upright because one end OF
il IL weighted. propose 10 hit that
pole with this torpedo nine times out
Of ten"
The officers took the glasses and saw
the feat accomplished.
"Now," pursued the inventor. ~ you
gentlemen will get on the craft and
wigwsg to me while you are on It IN
what direction you want to go, when
you want TO stop and where you want
10 strike I'll carry out the directions.
They consented rather reluctantly
Hammond, by manipulating wireless
waves against the delicate machinery
of the torpedo. steered them as they
directed through the sailing vessels and
other craft.
After that the War Department be-
gan 70 sit I'D and take notice.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
TWO ROGUES.

An incident is told Of woman
whose husband, q wealthy man. died
suddenly without leaving any will,
says "The Pittsburgh Telegraph" !"
The widow, desirous Of securing the
whole OF the property. concealed her
husbands death and persuaded a poor
shoemaker 70 take his place while a
will could be made. Accordingly, he
was closely muffied in bed, as II very
sick. and the lawyer was called in to
write the will. The shoemaker, in a
feeble voice, bequeathed half Of all
the property 70 the widow.
What shall be done with the re-
mander?" asked the lawyer.
The remainder" replied he. 81 give
and bequeath TO the poor little shoe
maker across the street. who has al
ways been a good neighbor and de-
serving man" thus securing rich
bequest for himself.
The widow was thunderstruck with
the mans audscious cunning. but did
not dare 20 expose the fraud and so
the two rogues shared the estate.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
EXPECT YEARS OUTPUT
OF IRON TO BE RECORD
Geological Survey Officials Re-
port Heavy Increases.

Washington. July 22.-The country's
iron production during the first halt
Of 1916 was so great that officials Of
the Geological Survey expect the total
for the year 10 set new high record.
statment issued by the bureau
tonight predicted that the output of
the Lake Superior district would be
close 10 60,000,000 gross tons, and that
Of the Birmingham and other districts
about 100000 gross tons.
Shipments of ore from the Lake Su-
perior region during the first five
months of 1916 were more than 10000
600 gross tons. or SO per cent greater
than those of the corresponding period
Of 1915. Production of coke and an
thracite pig iron in the five months
showed an increase Of 66 per cent over
the corresponding period year ago,
with prices in June 33 to 40 per cent
higher than in June of last year. Prices
for steel bars and beams increased 100
TO $50 per cent in the year.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
FIRES THROUGH PROPELLER.

How a machine gun is fred through
q revolving propeller is told in re-
cent issue Of "Aeronautics," in an ar
ticle describing. the more important
features of two German Fokkers
brought down behind the British lines
in France. On these monoplanes the
machine gun is fired through the pro-
peller by means of small lever act
uating a Bowden wire. Provision is
further made 10 throw the machine
gun mechanism momentarly out OF
gear as each whirling propeller blade
comes into line with the muzzle. This
is done very simply by means Of a
double cam fixed on the engine shaft
and acting on system Of levers, says
The Scientific American" The French
Morane, after which the Fokker type
has been modelled, also fires its ma
chine gun through the tractor screw.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
CRADLE OF THE G.. O. p.

In the little city Of Ripon, Wis,
stands primitive, weather beaten
sehoolhouse. A half century ago il
was the common school, church, town
hall and social centre of the village;
today it is a revered landmark fraught
with historic significance. For II was
in this little old building that the Re
nublican party was born and chris
tened early in 1854. says the National
Magazine Public spirited citizens citizen
have purchased this cradle OF Repu99-
the school adorns the campus Of Ripon
College. -,.; .ho
only survivor OF the birth party OF the
q q p lie is Amos Loper, ninety,
two Years Of age. His step falters and
his his voice quayers, but every year he
hobbies to the landmark where re J.. he sit,b aPd
5a,, anniversary Of the great movement
,yhich eventually rent the nation ana
nnrged IL Of its blacklist curse.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
SNOWFALL IN ENGLAND.

Strange 10 say, while the British
Rainfall Organization, with its great
corps of observers. has for years main.
tanned very thorough observations OF
precipitation, no systematic attempts
have been made by this service 10
measure snowfall as such; hence It Is
impossible 70 furnish comprehensive
and authoritative figures regarding the
great snow.torms which occurred IN
England, Wales and Southern Scotland
last February and March, culminsting g
In a destructive blizzard on marcn rs
From the information available. how
ever, it is evident that these storms
were quite exceptional; especially IN
view OF their occurrence so late in the
season, says "The Scientific American;
The storm of the 2sth demoralized rail-
way traffic on most of the main lines.
In the hill districts Of the Peak. :he
Cotteswolds and Exmoor many villages
were snowbound, while sheep were
buried beneath gigantic drifts, est'-
mated in some cases as forty feet deep.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
HERO OF 40 WRECKS RETIRED
Captain Kreamer Helped Save 700 on
Steamer Wisconsin.

Captain Henry Kreamer, the hero Of
forty or more wrecks along the coast
Of Long Island. was retired yesterday.
The captain has for thirty-three years
been head of the Bellport Long Isl
and) Life Saving Station. He was ap-
pointed 10 the service wnen twenty
three years old and was made captain
the following year. A letter from the
Treasury Department told him that on
account of age he had been placed on
the pension list.
In February, 1885, when the steamer
Wisconsin. Of the old Guion Line. sank
off Bellport, Captain Kreamer proved
himself a hero in saving the 700 pas
sengers. The wreck of the schooner
Cromwell, in 1904, and that of the
Puritan, a four-master, the next year,
were occasions upon which the captain
gained distinction.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
TO CLEAN STRAW HATS.

"To make straw hats look like new"
says The Woman's Home Companion, !"
have your druggist prepare small
quantity Of shellac cut with wood alco-
hol - light-colored shellac for light
hats. brown shelac for brown or dark
colors. For black hats you may add 70
the brown shellac and alcohol small
quantity Of nigrosine. Shake well be-
fore using Apply lightly and evenly
with a small brush Il is we'll 10 lay
the hat aside for few hours 10 dry
thoroughly and TO allow the odor OF
alcohol 10 evaporate. II the mixture is
too thick add little more alcohol; II
too thin add little more shellae."
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03

Tho transcontincntal telephone has
1Deen in service over year. On a num-
per Of occasions large audiences have
necn permitted 10 hear speakers across
TIE continent. Never before, how
ever. have 5000 people, in thir-
iy-six different cities, from Bos-
ion' on the East, to San Fran
CISCO. Seattle and Los Angeles, on
south, TO Duluth, on the North, listened
e' one time 10 a single voice. as was
NE case during the banquet following
lhe dedication Of the new buildings Of
me Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
ho!ogy last week I'm Boston, asserts
me Engineering Record" The stage
"as set for q great triumph or .gigan-
Nc hzzler and science and organization.
as represented by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, and its
tnlcf engineer. J J. CartV. won.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
Lice OF A QTEEN BEE.

The duration Of the life Of queen
bee is rarely more than three years,
says an exchange The greater part
Of the workers are supposed 20 live
from one 20 nine months. The impreg
nation Of the queen takes place high in
the air and usually within few days
after she has emerged from the cell.
II is the only occasion Of her ever leav-
ing the hive, except in swarming.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
,.srn TO THE THIRD DEGREE.

"Did you give this man the third de de-
creeq >" asked the police officer, accord
ING to "The Chicago News.
"Yes. We browbeat and osdgered1
him with every question we could
think Of"
what did he do?"
"He dozed of and merely murmureo
now and then. Yes. my dear, you're
perfectly right"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

COLvILLE INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
WASHINGTON. OPEN FOR SETTLE.
MENT. Drawing July 27th. About 400. 900
Acres Fruit. Farm, Dairy and Grazing
Lands. Complete Sectional Map. Descrlp-
tion anG Information. postpaid. 800. Sol
diers. Sailors (or their Widows) OF tho
Civil or Spanish Wars may register by
Agent. We viii forward blank forms TO
them II desired. stating service. SMITH
& AcCREA. Eagle Bldg. Srokane. Wash
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
KEEPS LIGHT BURNING.

Many Of the government lighthouses
t,e equipped with an automatic device
when prevents the light from going
vut OF service by the burning out OF
,,ne lamp, says an exchange As one
amp ceases Co glow another is moved
INTO rs place and the interruption is
only for few seconds,
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
CONSECTICUT.

VERY DESIRABLE COUNTRY HOME CONSIST
ing Of - room house. modem improvements. :
acres OF land Other farm properties Of large acre
axe ouvensntly situated 10 Danbury. Conn, clty
Of 25 900. High ground $4,000 10 $4,000. Large
plot for development. so 20 50 acres. Address
LUCIUS HOYT Danbury. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR TO LET.
LONG ISLAND.
FRFFPORT WATER FRONT

bungalows and houses. 5000 up; also building
lots on Randall Bay and Woodcleit Bay; low
prices easy terms Send for particulars
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
COUNTRY PROPERTY.

LET YOUR RENT PAY FOR IoUR HOME
Best financial plan explained by Country Home
League. No ~ West 32d ST.. Dept e. 'Phons
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
BOARDERS WANTED.
EAST SIDE.

"a; LEXINGTON AVE near s9th Stree, --NeG
sAnes. 81 10 si1 rs,entons 9-ss Masfas III.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
SITUATIONS WAITED.

Male.
ACCOUNTANT -- Financial statements sudits
books opened closed. trial balances ~ public
accountant. references b. 10 Tribune.
BARBER First class. American. wishes good
steady position would ta6e management OF a
shop please state wages Bert Baldwin. $50
5oth st Br0oklyu.
VACUUM CLEANING -Mothprooang Carpets Rugs
IN the home by hour or day best references
BKODNAX, II West 18Th s. Phone 1858 Harlem.
Femnle.
GERMAN NURSERY OOYERNESs Can teach
French and music excellent references. go any
where. S35 Miss Shea5 Agency. 80 East 42d st
Murray Hi 677i
MIDDLE AGED refined widow wishes f.s more
engagements visiting companion or maid 70
elderly people or children. for walkng mending or
shopping day or evening terms. car fare And 50
cents FOR three hours service. references Mrs.
Hanie 1850 Glonmore sy.. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
Claim Called Idiotic.

DR.. Harris Taylor, head OF the In
stitution for the Improved Instruction
of Deaf Mutes, designates the Barrows
claims as "absurdly impossible. Enoch
Henry Currier. superintendent of the
New York State Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb, refers 10 it as i'd
otic." A third expert, who went TO the
Barrows school at the request OF The
Tribune and who asks that his name
be withheld, declares none Of the pupils
now enrolled there have developed an
iota of hearing and that campaign
exploiting the school is a questionable
ore. To this testimony is added that
of Alexander l.. Pach, the deaf photog-
rapher Of III Broadway, who has spent
his whole life in studying means OF IN
structing the deaf and dumb.
The Tribune's investigation De
veloped two other points of collateral
importance First, that the city's De-
partment of Charities is not IN any way
Interested in exposing false charities
unless the particular society asks Tor
city aid; and, second, that the Charities
Organization Society. which maintains
q bureau of investigation for all char
ity campaigns, has investigated the
Barrows School over a period or at
least three years and has apparently
failed 10 grasp its fundamental claim
Of curing deafness by the mysterious
"supralimlnaL
To visit the Barrows School Of Hear
ing means TO leave il impressed by the
living, throbbing tragedy that Is daily
enacted there. There are hve llttle
nupils-none of them over ten years OF
ape-who play silently about the bare
schoolrooms, looking or wig-wagging
with their fingers their mute questions
and answers 10 one another. Back or
the pupils, in homes where poverty
stalks, are the parents, who are hope
fully waiting for the mysterious flow
Of the "supraliminsl" TO carry the gay
shouts Of playmates and the busy rum
HE of the outside world to unrespOn-
slve ears.
Believes He Can Cure.
Barrows himself is somewhere in the
afternoon Of sixty-a tall, clean shaven
man, with mild, searching blue eyes,
soft voice and a charming manner. He
asserts that he sincerely believes his
strange method of treatment can effect
a cure OF deafness. One of the expert
aurists who have talked with him calls
his belief benevolent hallucination."
Barrows agreed yesterday TO give
complete demonstration of his method
Of healing and its results. He brought
into the bare. scrupulously clean
schoolroom sehoolroom that Charles
Dickens would love 10 have written
about -nine-year- Marie Trein, the
new pupil from Nazareth. As she tot
tered in with the typical faltering steps
Of a deaf mute he laid his hands on her
shoulders, shook his finger kindly in
her face and said in her uncompre
hending ears:
Now. little lady, you're going to get
the benefit Of an extra period OF in
struction to-day. Do you appreci-
ate il ?"
He led her TO big chair. seated her,
and himself dropped on stool
opposite. While the clock ticked away
twenty long minutes. he simply sat
and looked into her expressionless face
The "supralimina" was flowing with
all its might ard main. Marie squirmed
and twisted a bit during the fioodtide,
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
Campaign Banners Attractive.

The campaign banners are attractive
ly embelished. At the top of the cam
paign letterhesd, printed in alluring
red, the names of the following patrons
appear: Woodrow Wilson. Mrs Charles
:. Whitman, Senator James W. Wads-
worth. Fire Commissioner Robert
Adamson, the Countess Of Castel-
vecchio and Mrs. Clarence Burns.
William {. Bennett is listed as a mem
Der of the advisory council.
The Tribune, at the opening Of the
national campaign, printed from a
publicity sheet sent out from campaign
headquarters, 1872 Nassau Street, a
brief account of the Barrows claim to
make the deaf hear and the dumb
speak" Other newspapers throughout
the country have since published more
extended accounts OF the miracle" /"
One OF these fell few days ago into
the hands of poor family in Nazareth,
Penn, who straightway put their nine
year-old daughter, deaf and dumb, on a
train and hurried her 10 the Barrows
School They are paying So a week for
her maintenance there.
The Tribune Immediately instituted
an investigation of the movement to
learn whether the charity in fact had
the patronage Of such distinguished
group of men and women as announced
and was in every way legitimate. II
consulted three we'll known aurists and
instructors OF the deaf in New York
City. who have recently come into con-
tact with the Barrows School Of Hear
ing.
These three specialists unite in pro-
rouncing the campaign a movement
built upon a fantastical dream, in deny
ing that Barrows has ever given any
substantial proof of his claim to make
the deaf hear" and in pronouncing his
method Of psychical healing altogether
impossible.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
SCHOOL AGENCIES.
sURROGATEs' NOTICE.

D.sPHAM. IDA r.-IN PURSUANCE OF
an order OF Honorable John z. cohslan.
q Surrogate Of tho County Of New York.
notice IL hereby given 70 all persons hav-
ing claims against Ida T. Blspham. late
OF the County OF New York. deceased. 10
present the same. with vouchers thereof
10 the subscribers at their place OF trans.
acting business, namely at the once OF
woodford Bovee g. Butcher. No. J Madi-
son Avenue, Borough OF Manhattan. City
OF New York. on or before the 18th day OF
Dated. Sew York. soth day OF December
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
c. Nj. BarrOwS Uses "Su-
praliminal" to Cure His
Five Mute Pupils.
HIS CLAIM CALLED
FANTASTICAL DREAM
Manager and Treasurer of His
Campaign for Funds Resign
After They Are Told Facts.

Every one who believes that total
deafness can be cured by n mysterious
psychical something called the supra
liminal," which just naturally and
quietly flows from the mind OF Charles
NJ. Barrows and awakens the unrespon-
sive ears OF the little deaf mute pupils
Of the Barrows School Of Hearing is
invited TO contribute TO the National
Deaf Mute Fund.
The opportunity to aid the supra
liminal" is not new. Any one who re-
members the little glass banks that
stand in many hotels and cigar stores
may recall having dropped a nickel or a
dime into one Of them to speed thC
"supraliminal" on its way. or course,
the signs on the glass banks don't ox-
plain the fundamental doctrine upon
which the Barrows claim TO cure deaf
ness rests; the public wouldn't under
stand that. II is said at the school. So
why go into details'
But the fountain head Into which the
glass banks pour their nickels and
dimes has suddenly become ambitious.
To make the Barrows School OF Hear
ing (supralminal and alb a national In
stitution, TO establish branches OF 1t In
every state and 10 materially increase
the funds OF the impoverished parent
school, at 522 West 149th Street, a
nationwide charity campaign mas just
been launched
New-York tribune., 1916-07-03
FREDERICK n. TILGHMAN.
eIDFrI. TILGHMAN
sHEARMAN q STERLING, Attorneys
Tor Executors. bS Wall Street. New
Yerk CITY

IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF HON.
JOHN =. COHALAN, a Surrogate OF the
County OF New York. Notice IS hereby
given 20 all persons having claims against
THATCHER ". ADAMS. JR.. late OF tho
County OF New York. deceased. 20 present
the same with vouchers thereof 20 the sub
scribers az their place u transactlng bust
ness at the Office of Frederick H. Com
stock, their Attorney. 40. 80 Wall street.
In the Borough Of Manhattan. city ot New
York on or before tho eighth day CT
November next
Dated, New York, the third day ot May.
1915. JAMES B. MABON.
EDITH 4. J. ADAMS,