Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
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VOL. 22.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914.
NO. 38,
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REBELS EXCLUDED
PEACE ENVOYS REVOKE INVITA
TION TO TAKE PART IN NE-
GOTIATIONS.
HEURTA NAMES TWO AGENTS
Dcmlllo Rabasa and Augustln Garza
Will Present His Case to Mediators
Flag Incident Will Be Taken Up
First.
Wwtern Nw!jiipr Union New Serric.
Washington, D. C Gen. Cnrranza
and the constitutionalists Monday
were practically eliminated from pro
ceedings of the three South American
onvoys who have undertaken to solvo
the Mexican problem by diplomacy.
In a telegram to Gen. Carranza the
mediators announced that In view of
his refusal to agree to an armlstlco
with Gen. Huerta they withdraw their
Invitation to him to send a personal
representative to participate In the
mediation negotiations.
The mediators tpld the constitution
alist leader that as long as ho main
tained his present attitude they must
decline to treat with him.
Gen. Carranza had Inquired In a note
to the envoys what subjects a special
representative might be required to
discuss, point out that If tho general
problem of pacifying Mexico wore to
l)o approached he could not authorize
anyone to participate In tho negotia
tions. He reiterated that he would
consent to mediation only on tho In
cidents which had brought about a
controversy "between tho United
States and Mexico," holding that ho
was tho constitutionally chosen leader
to whom complaint about tho Insult at
Tampico and other offenses originally
should have been made.
In their telegram tho mediators
quoted Carranza's last note to them,
adding that as long as he maintained
that attitude they must decline to re
ceive a representative from him, as
they could not separate the Incidents
at Tampico and elsewhere which had
brought about friction between Mexi
co and the United States from tho
Beneral subject of pacifying Mexico.
The language of the telegram sent
"by the mediators leaves open to Car
ranza tho privilege of sending a spe
cial representative to participate In
peace negotiations whenever he is -willing
to arrange an armistice with
Huerta.
The South American mediators an
nounce through Secretary Bryan that
Gen. Huerta has designated Demlllo
Ttabasa, an eminent Mexican Jurist,
and Augustln. Garza, under secretary
of Justice, as two of his delegates to
confer with the mediators. Mr. Bryan
did not reply to the mediators as to tho
appointment of American delegates.
The length of tho envoys' confer
ence with Secretary Bryan led to the
"belief that some of tho crucial ques
tions were being approached. While
no official announcenmet was made, It
was generally understood, as a result
of the unyielding attitude of the consti
tutionalists, mediation for the time
"being would be limited to the flag In
cident at Tampico, on which President
"Wilson's courso was Justified by tho
joint resolution of- congress.
RESERVE BOARD SELECTED.
"Wilson Makes Public Names of Ap
pointees. Washington, D. C President Wil
son has selected the five men who, to
gether wlththe secretary of tho treas
ury, W. G. McAdoo, and the controller
of the currency, John Skelton Will
iams, aro to compose the federal re
servo board.
The men to whom the president has
offered places are:
Richard Olney of Boston, Mass., for
mer secretary of state under President
Cleveland, to be governor of the board.
Paul Morltz Warburg of Now York,
member of tho banking firm of Kuhn,
"Loeb &, Co.
Harry A, Wheeler of Chicago, vico
president of the Union Trust com
pany, of Chicago, nnd former president
and organizer of the United States
chamber of commerce.
W, P. G. Harding of Birmingham,
Ala., president of tho First Natlonnl
bank of Birmingham and one of the
leading bankers of the south.
Dr. Adolph Caspar Miller of San
Francisco, now assistant to Secretary
l.ano, of tho interior department, but
still professor of science at tho Uni
versity of California, Is an economist
and an authority on finance.
Settlers In Midst of Harvest.
Douglas, Ariz. American settlors In
the Yarmt river valley will not leave
Meiro again until tho United Statoa
declares war on Mexico or fighting be
comes genural, according to W. i:
Richardson, n largo land owner In tho
valloy. The sottlers, he said woro in
the midst of harvest and their depart
ure would rnenn heavy loss.
Jelke Given a,Jsll Term.
Chicago. John F. Pelke, millionaire
manufacturer of oleomargarine, who,
with sevon of his employes, was sen
tenced by Judge Gelger, In tho United
States district court, for having vio
lated the federal revenuo laws, was
released on bonds pending the niin
of a writ of error In their appeal.
Jelke, who was fined 110,000 and
sentenced to two years In Leavenworth
prison, the maximum penalty, was re
loaded on $20,000 bonds Bonds for
tin- other defendants wero fixed at
$5,000 rach.
HE HEADS ARE HII
REP. F08TER A8SERT8 DIFFER.
ENCE8 BETWEEN FACTION8
CAN BE ARBITRATED.
ALL ARE TO GIVE UP ARMS
Secretary of War Garrison at Wash
ington Orders All Strikers and
Guards to Surrender Their Guns to
United States Soldiers.
Washington, May 4. The belief
that tbero aro no differences in the
Colorado coal strike which cannot be
arbitrated and that John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., cannot ovade responsibility
for refusing arbitration were the dec
larations of Congressman M. D. Fos
ter of Illinois, chairman of tho house
committee on mines and mining.
Congressman Foster mado these
statements coincident with making
publlo the tolegrams exchanged be
tween him and Mr. Rockefeller rela
tive to negotiations for settling the
strike and ending the warfare in Colo
rado. Tho telegrams followed Mr. Fos
ter's interview with Mr. Rockfeller In
New York earlier In tho week In which
the congressman figured as tho per
sonal representative of President Wil
son. "In my conference with Mr. Rocke
feller at his New York office," Doctor
Foster paid, "I ufged on him the im
portance of submitting the differences
between the Btrlklng miners nnd the
operators to a fair and neutral board
of arbitration, believing the troublo
could bo peacefully settled.
"There Is nothing In the differ
ences which cannot bo settled by ar
bitration. "I understand, from tho statement of
Mr. William Green, secretary-treasurer
of tho International Mine Workers'
union, the demand that tho union be
recognized is not now tho issue.
"Tho great question now confronting
the strikers and owners Is, 'Will you
agreo to submit the matter to adjust
ment by arbitration?'
"Mr. Rockefeller cannot evado his
responsibility. He cannot set forth the
excuse that he will not arbitrate the
recognition of tho union."
Under tho authority of the presi
dent, Secretary of War Garrison Is
sued a proclamation calling upon tho
people In tho strlko district of Col
orado to surrender all arms and am
munition to tho United States army
officers now In charge of the various
troubled localities.
The proclamation, addressed to
Major Holbrook at Trinidad, Is in the
most sweeping terms and demands the
disarming of not only strikers but tho
mine guards.
Secretary of Labor Wilson Is en
deavoring to medlnto In tho strike un
der the power conferred on him by
congress. He has appointed two com
missioners of mediation, who will en
deavor to bring the oporatora and
strikers together In some plan of ar
bitration or other settlement.
The commissioners appointed by
Secretary Wilson are Hywel Davles
of the Kentucky Mine Operators' asso
ciation, and William J. Falrley, an offi
cer of the United Mine Workers.
Trlnldnd, Colo., May 6. Tho fire
which destroyed the Ludlow tent col
ony on the night of April 20, causing
tho deaths of 13 women and children,
was started by militiamen or mlno
guards, or both, according to tho ver
dict rendered by the coroner's Jury.
Washington, May 2. Tho Eleventh
cavalry and two troops of the Twelfth
cavalry, about nine hundred men.
woro ordered by Secretary of War
Garrison to the Colorado strlko dis
trict to assist in restoring order.
Denver, Colo., May 4. Interest In
Colorado's coal strike tragedies on
Friday was divided between two dra
matic centers tho Inquest at Trini
dad over the bodies of tho women and
children burned to cuth In tho .Ludlow
tent colony, and tho headquarters of
tho Unttod States troops In charge of
the coal fleldB.
Nino witnesses, Including R. J. Mc
Donald, former stenographer for tho
Colorado military commission, testi
fied before the coroner's Jury which is
recording tho history of the Ludlow
disaster.
McDonald said ho stood within a
few feet of Hamrock and Carson, who
wero inspecting the colony from tho
top of a hill, it was woll toward
night.
"We've got Just 40 minutes to take
and burn that colony," he testified one
of tho two remarked, "before, It gets
dark." '
A few moments later the troops
and mlno guards, ho said, swept down
the tracks in the charge that meant
tho colony's ultimate destruction, and
the death of women and 11 children,
who sought rofugo In a "safety" pit.
"Have your big Sunday today, old
girl," Mrs. Pearl Jolly, leader of the
women, at Ludlow, testified a militia
man told a striker's wife on tho day
Convicted Coal Miners Jailed.
Welleburg, W. Va., May 2. Four
miners at Colliery, W. Va., sentenced
for contempt of federal court during
tho strlko at the mlnos of the West
Virginia & Pittsburgh Coal company,
wero jailed hero.
Militant After King George.
London, May 2, While King George
was driving in a motor car a suf
fragette approached hia automobile
and threw at his majesty a petition
j xalllng for votes for women.
WATCHING THE TAKING OF VERA CRUZ
Members of tho crow of tho battleship Florida In the control top of tho
lattice mast, watching the progress of tholr fellows In tho capturo of Vera
Cruz.
beforo tho tragedy. "Tomorrow wo'll
have tho roast."
Washington, May 2. W. B. Wil
son, secretary of labor, announced
the appointment of William R. Fair
ley of Alabama, an official of tho
Mlno Workers, and Rywel Davles,
president of tho Mine Operators of
Kentucky, as -his official representa
tives In an attempt to bring about an
adjustment of tho mining troubles in
Colorado.
VINCENT AST0R IS MARRIED
Millionaire Weds Miss Helen D. Hun.t-
Ington Ceremony Takes Place at
Hopeland House.
Poughkeepslo, N. Y., May 2. Wil
liam Vincent Astor, son of the lato
Col. John Jacob Astor, and heir to
tho bulk of the $87,000,000 Astor es
tate, and Helen DInsmoro Huntington,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pal
mer Huntington, wero married by
Rev. C. H. Duncan In a slmplo cere
money at Hopeland house, Staatsburg,
the home of tho bride's parents.
The original wedding plans , called
for a wedding In tho church of St
Margaret, of which Rev. Mr. Duncan
Is rector, with 250 spectators. But the
recent grave Illness of Mr. Astor
caused tho change in tho arrange
ments. The wedding service was short
After It there wbb a reception, which
was less formal than most such so
ciety functions, and a wedding break
fast T!
TELEGRAPHIC r
NOTES
Tampa, Fla., May 1. Tho stato
bank at Apopka, Lake county, was
blown open and $4,500 In curroncy
taken.
Rochester, N. Y., May 1. Dispatches
from Oswego report tho loss of six
lives In tho wrecking of three schoon
ers nnd ono tug in n storm on Lake
Ontario.
Liverpool, England, May 4.- Tho
strike of sailors and firemen on the
Cunard liners Lusltanla and Caronla
did not prevent the latter from sailing
for New York.
Gluckstadt, Germany, May 4. The
German tank steamer Dollart was
wrecked off this port by ramming a
hulk and the members of her crew
were drowned.
Lapyte, Ind., May 4. After separa
tion o?46 years, during which time tho
sister never gave up the search for
ner brother, though the latter mourned
her bb dead, Mrs, August Siebert, a
pioneer resident of this city, wns re
united with her brother, William Craft,
of Milwaukee, Wis.
WOMAN THREATENS JOHN D.
Tells Him to Stop Murder In Colorado,
Or She Will Shoot Him Down
Like a Dog.
Now York, May 2. While the
"mourning patrol was walking In
the rain In front of 26 Broadway and
Upton Sinclair, Elizabeth Freeman
and Danla Leitner wero starting a
hunger strike In tho Tombs, "Beauti
ful Marie" Ganz, I. W. W. orator,
went up to the fourteenth floor and
threatened to shoot John D. Rocke-
j feller, Jr., if he did not end tho Colo
rado strlko war.
Miss Ganz, who was recently re
leased from Jail, mado an Impassioned
address In Franklin square, In which
she declared she would "shoot John
D. Rockefeller down like a dog."
John D. Sounht bv "Reds .'
Now Vork, May 6. Tho Baptist
church, where John D. Rockofollor
and his son worship, was visited by
anarchists .In protest against the
stand of Rockefeller In the fight with
Colorado minors. Neither attended.
Illlnolsan Dies In Tornado.
Monmouth, 111., May C A tornado
swept through Northeast Warren
county, killing Mr Filler of Alexis, at
tho homo of his son, Cal Jones, three
miles northeast of Little York,
GENERAL SICKLES DIES
LAST OF GREAT CIVIL WAR COM.
MANDER8 PA88E8 AWAY.
Reconciliation With His Wife at
Deathbed Ends Marital Estrange
ment of Twenty-nine Years.
Now York, May 5. Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles, tho choleric veteran of Get
tysburg, died in his home, 23 Fifth
avenue, on Sunday. Death, caused
by cerebral homorragos, come quietly.
Tho general, whoso llfo was ono of
continual tempest, surrendered to
death as peacefully as a child might.
Ho was eighty-nine years old. At his
bedside when tho end came was his
wife, Carolina C. Sickles, who Just
threo weeks ago returned to tho old
soldier after 29 years of absence;
Stanton Sickles, tho old brigadier's
son; John J. Klfby, attorney for Mrs.
Sickles, and Fraser Mosely, tho gen
eral's faithful negro body servant.
Tho untiring effdrts of, their son,
Stanton, for the last six years finally
proved successful.
Major General Sickles was born In
New York city October 20, 1825, and
was retired from active sorvlco In
18C9. General Sickles was educated
in tho University of New York. Ho
learned the printers' trade; studied
law and was admitted to tho bar in
1846; was a momber of the Now York
legislature in 1847; was member of
congress in 1857-61. Ho Borved all
through tho Civil war and saw much
active service. It was at Gettysburg
that ho had a leg shot off.
STEAMER SIBERIA IS SAFE
Pacific Liner, Reported Lost, Had Un
eventful Voyage and Reaches
Manila.
Manila, May 4. The Pacific Mail
steamer Siberia arrived here on Fri
day. The captain of the vessel re
ports that the ship had an uneventful
voyage from Nagasaki to Manila.
Captain Zeeder expressed tho belief
that the reports In circulation that
his vessel was In distress off the
coast of Formosa and had sent out
calls for assistance arose over con
fusion In the call letters of tho steam
er Persia, "M. B. S." being mistaken
for "8. O. S.," tho marine wireless re
quest for aid. The wireless operator
on board tho Siberia said tho atmos
pheric conditions on Friday had beon
bad, making tho sending of wireless
messages difficult Tho first report
that tho Siberia was In distress was a
wireless messago received at tho Oge
zakal station in Japan. It was said
to ome direct from tho Siberia early
Friday morning, and said that the
steamer had met with an accident and
was In distress.
ROOSEVELT HURT IN RAPIDS
Brazil Expedition Chief's Report to
Government Tells of Injury
to Colonel.
Itlo Janeiro, Brazil, May 4. Col.
Rondon, chief of the Brazilian mission
that accompanied Colonol Roosevelt's
expedition In South America, has telo
graphed to Dr. Lauro Mullor, the Bra
zilian foreigii minister, his report con
cerning tho expedition. It says that
at ono tlmo In shooting some rapids
a boat was In dangor. Fearlessly
Colonel RooBevent attempted to save
tho boat, but rccelvod an Injury on tho
log, which lnfocted his blood. This
hindered him In walking.
Michigan Man Gets Office.
Washington, May 2. Tho president
nominated William R. Wnllor to be
United States district marshal of Ala
bama; Henry Bohrendt of LanBlng,
Mich., to bo United States marshal for
tho eastern district of Michigan.
Suicide Ends Man's Long Fast.
Jollot, 111., May 2. Matthew Olson,
fifty-five years old, ended an uninter
rupted fast which lasted almost six
months by hanging himself In hh
room
AIM IS TOWARD
JIMPLIGITY
MUCH MONEY DUE 8TATE FROM
BACK TAXE3.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our,
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union News Servloe.
State officials aro deeply puzzled
over tho manner In which tho univer
sity locatloD proposition should bo
submitted to voters this fall. Tho
form meeting with tho greatest ap
proval thus far, but which Is not alto
gether satisfactory, puts It up la this
form:
"(A). For removal of tho university
to tho stato farm campus." At the
end of this line will bo a squaro over
which are printed tho words, "For re
moval to tho state farm."
"(B). For extension of tho univer
sity on the present campus." At the
end of this lino will be a square over
which are printed tho words, "Against
removal to tho state farm."
Tho aim Is toward simplicity. Tho
officials want1 to avoid tho least con
tusion In tho mattor. Tho question
has been raised with regard to tho
abovo form, that If the largest vot Is
cast "against removal to the state
farm," that the proposition B, provid
ing "for extension of tho present cam
pus," might not be held to havo car
ried. On the other hand, tf tho squares
for tho crosses of tho votors are la
beled "for removal" and "for exten
sion," respectively, the officials bo
Hove the proposition will not be as
simply stated as It should.
Back Taxes Due the State,
If every cent of taxes owing tho
stato from 1859 to 1913, inclusive,
were paid into tho treasury tho
amount would more than foot the bills
occasioned by tho removal of tho uni
versity to the farm campus. This
startling statement was mado by
Clork Wheeler of tho auditing depart
ment after ho had complotod a table
of tho outstanding obligations. Tho
total Is close to ?3.G6G,000 and amounts
duo vary as between tho ninety-two
counties of the stato. Eyory cent of
tho dobt represents back taxes not
remitted to the state by tho counties.
In practically all of tho instances tho
taxes wore not collected, hence tho
counties wore losers, too, In tho affair,
as woll as all of tho subdivisions for
whOBo aid the taxes were lovled.
Dedication Set for May 12.
Tho date for tho dedication of tho
monument to mark tho Oregon trail
on tho Kansas-Nebraska Btato line has
beon definitely set for May 12, and
both governors havo beon secured to
speak. Secretary Palno of tho stnte
historical society has rocolvod word
from August Jaedlcko of Hanover,
Kan., chairman of tho erection com
mittee, that about five hundred auto
mobile loads of Kansas people will at
tend the unveiling ceremonies. A
largo delegation Of Nebraska peoplo
will also attend, "many of them from
Lincoln. Arrangements havo beon
mado whereby those going by train
will be met at Wymoro by automobiles
and taken on tho sixteen mile rldo to
the monument site, which Is two ratios
west of Lanham, at tho point whero
tho ltuo between Gage and Jefferson
counties Intersects tho state Hue.
Convict Teachers Are Successful.
Tho convict teachers at the state
penitentiary night school havo born
successful In Instructing their less
fortunate follow prisoners, according
to Warden Fenton. Though they hold
no stato certificates and possibly
could not pass examinations in tho
psychology of teaching, they have tho
gift of stimulating interest in tholr
classroom, work and tho very fact that
both teacher nnd pupil are convicts
makes tholr attltudo mutually helpful.
Tho percentage of illiterates In tho
prison population Is being steadily de
creased and prison authorities bellovo
that In tlmo Illiteracy will be entlroly
eliminated. Men who havo never at
tended school and who have boon
noglected In their homos aro learning
to read and write.
Improvements In Penitentiary Light
Ing. Tho state prison has for a long
period furnished the light for the
state house, grounds, orthopedic hos
pital and the governor's mansion, and
has Itself beon enshrouded In dark
ness, Conditions have beon changed,
Twelve cement T posts, with two
lights each, are lined up In front of
the building. Seven arches with In
candescent lights are scattered along
,ho driveway, An arch of electricity
s ovor tho doorway. Tho work of
tnnnufucturlng the coniont posts and
the metal arches was done by tho In
nates. The material was on tho
(round. Old gas pipes wore wcldod
'rto arches and painted whlto. Tho
fgbting effect has completely changed
too exterior of tho prison.
Reports from poultry exports re
nelved by tho Nebraska state board of
igrlculture, indicate that a pros porous
fear Is expectod in this Industry
fowls camo through tho winter In
(ood condition and there are signs of
nrren ed Interest In this important
ndustry
TURPIN HAS NEW EXPLOSIVE
French Inventor Has Powder More
Powerful Than Melinite It Con
tains No Nitrocellulose.
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Eugono Turpln, tho luvontor of mo
llnlto, so long used In tho French army
and navy, has como forward with a
new oxploslvo which ho declares Is
not only mora powerful than mellnlto,
but 1b cheaper and will stand a torn
poiaturo of 158 degrees Fahrenheit
without Ignition.
Tho French war offlco has already
appointed a commission to experiment
with tho new oxploslvo, which Ib In
tho form of a gray powder precip
itate whoso combustion may bo reg
ulated so ob to bo BOrvIccablo la va
rious arms by having It compressed
in masses of varlouB Bhapon and sizes
cubes, spheres, cones, etc.
In nn Interview with a representa
tive of Lo Petit Parlsicn tho Inventor
suid that It contained no nitro
cellulose, left no deposit in the boro of
rlflo or cannon and could not be spon
taneously exploded at loss than a torn
poraturo of 632 degrees Fahrenheit
While conversing with tho roportor
tho Inventor placod a pinch of tho
powder in a saucer and attempted to
Ignite it by gradually bringing a match
near It Only when tho flame actually
reached It was It ignited when it
burned with a bright, white light,
without any smoko, and leaving just a
trace of fine whlto powder as tho re
sult of tho combustion.
TO PRODUCE DIAMOND SHAPE
Method Illustrated of Cutting Shingles
8o That When Placed They Form
Figure Desired.
There- aro many carpenters that do
not know how to lay shingles In a
gnblo or botwoon wlndowB on sldo
walls In diamond shapo. This Is very
easily accomplished It tho shingleB
aro laid as shown In tho sketch, writos
Ernest S. Yawgor of Ithaca, N. Y., In
Popular Mochanlco. It will roquiro
but Uttlo mora tlmo than plain
l''"ldlUiiUlU'IIIUIA!l!n.
Method of Cutting 8hlngles So That
When Placed They Will Make a
Diamond Shape.
shingling. All tho Joints are broken
as in regular shingling. Tho diamond
shingles should bo sized, that Is, as
wldo as the courses aro laid. The
sketch Illustrates a course, 4 inches
to tho weather. These shingles aro
placed In tho courses until the re
quired width Is obtained. Tho other
shingles joining tho diamond aro bev
eled on ono side.
South Dakota and South Carolina
are tho only states in which tin is
produced.
Tho first uso of asbostos was in tho
manufacture of crematory robes for
tho ancient Romans.
Bricks mado of furnace slag, ac
cording to German makers, Increase
ia strength with ago.
Natural gas consumed In tho United
States last year was equivalent to 20,.
'000,000 tons of coal.
Tho Spanish city of Seville, once the
moat famous In tho world for its silk.
Is planning to revive the industry.
More than forty per cent of tho
world's annual production of tin is
used in tho United States.
A recording motor to measure tho
amount of steam used In on industrial
plant has been Invented to check
waste.
Becauso of tho scarcity of wood In
Switzerland about seventy per, cent of
tho ties on tho government railroads
aro motoL
Great Britain Imported 12,700,000
gallons of fuel oils In January, as com
pared with 5,600,000 gallons lu that
month lost year.
A'H-nupb Belgium has reduced tho
,voM ' day of Its coal miners to nlno
i , i tr'orcencnt of tho law has
t r - i aHeotcd the produc-
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GAUGE FtfhTTING HINGES
Marks Place for Mortises Automatic
ally and Accurately Most In
genious Tool.
Ono of tho most lngonlous of tb
now carpenter's tools Is tho hlngfl
gaugo patented by nn Illinois man. A
long bar with an end plato at tho top
has four slidablo gauges mounted on
It To use this Implement, the car
pontor fastens tho binges on the door
and then ranges tho bar along the
edgo of the door with tho end plate
resting on tho top. Ho then adjusts)
tho gaugo points at top and bottom
of tho hinges and thus has an accu
rato measurement of tho mortise re
quired and the distance they must ba
Hlngo Gauge,
from tho top of tho door frames, aa
woll as tho distance apart The bar
Is then placed against the door frame
so that tho end plate fits snugly at
tho top, and tho markings for the
mortlso mado by drawing .lines Inside
tho gaugo points.
TO INVENT ARTIFICIAL WOOD
French Experimenters After Man
Years of Study Have Substitute
Straw Is Used.
Tho mythical Now Englanders who
manufactured wooden nutmegs and
sold Bhoepogs for oats would havo
been mightily astonished to learn that
tho tlmo would como when mankind
would busy Itself In trying to Invent
artificial wood. In tho days when tho
forests wero thought of as inexhaust
lblo wood was tho artlclo most used
as a substltuto for other substances.
But matchoaVoro Invented, and news
papers, and now wood Ib an Increas
ingly expensive article.
French experimenters working la
tho vicinity of LyonB havo Just pro
duced an artificial wood, says tho
American consul at that city. The
now product has boon found, after
years of study and experiments, the
most recont of which havo given emi
nently satisfactory results. Tho proc
ess consists in transforming straw
Into a solid material having the re
sistance of oak. Tho straw is cut into
small pieces and reduced to & pasts
by boiling. Certain chemicals aro
then added. When tho pasts has been
reduced to a homogeneous mass it la
put into presses, and planks, beams
and moldings are readily made, .The
new material can bo sawed llko nat
ural wood, It makes a good fuel,
emitting little smoke.
USE OF WRONG TYING TWINE
Much Trouble Caused Manufacturer
by Employment of Wrong Klnda
Soft Varieties Much Used.
The cse of wrong kinds of tying
twine causes the manufacturer much
trpuble. A soft and pliable paper wool
twine la much used. Pictures show
Using Twine.
how little twine can be satisfactorily
used when it Is tho right kind and
the amount noeded when it is the
wrong kind.
Joining Rubber.
Rubber is eaaily joined and made au
strong aa an original fabric, by soften
ing before a fire and laying the edges
carefully togotber without dust, dirt or
moisture between. Tho edges so joined
must be freshly cut in tho beginning.
Tubing can bo United by joining tho
edges around a glass cylinder, which
has previously been rolled with paper.
After tho glass Ib withdrawn, the pa
por Is easily removed. Sift flour of
powdored soapstono through the tub
to prevent tho sides from adhering
from accidental contact
Employers' Liability Law.
Thirty-seven states have employers
liability laws, and lu 17 of them the,
old common law defense ot "fllow
servant" baa been abrogated, while la
seven others it has been modifld.
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