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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

HW MI discovery? Is synthe-
ksS.S,A tic rubber going to
M1 E& take its place upon
equal terms of COM
- petition with the Juice
of the trees and plants which SO long
have supplied the rubber commerce?
Just at the present time English
and German chemists are disputing
over their claims to precedence in
finding a way to create from certain
raw materials a chemical counterpart
of natural rubber. The world at large
is not directly concerned in the deter
mination of this question of priority,
but 1t has a very deep interest In the
commercial practicability OF these dis
coveries
Two years ago DR.. F. e. Matthews
OF England, then associated with
other distinguished chemists. among
them Prof. W. II. Perkin. Sir William
Ramsay and Prof Fernbach. was seek
ing to perfect cheap process for the
manufacture OF synthetic rubber and
by chance left some isoprene and
metallic sodium in contact for
period of about two months. going OF
in the meanwhile for his summer out
ing. Upon his return DR.. Matthews
was amazed to find that the isoprene
had in the interval been converted
into solid rubber. The long sought
key to the riddle was thus uncovered
by an accident.
Isoprene is an oily, volatile hydro
carbon. It was obtained by distilla-
tion from caoutchouc fifty years ago
by Williams. and the analysis OF iso-
prene showed that 1t was chemically
identical with the oil of turpentine.
The problem since that day has been
twofold. first. to derive isoprene from
abundant raw materials. and then TO
effect Its conversion into rubber
through the medium OF plentiful and
cheap reagents. In order to compete
with natures product it was neces-
sary that artificial rubber should be
made in large quantities and at
cost which would put it on par at
least with the expense OF gathering
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Move for Chance in Tine.

The French ministry of public works
is indeavoring to have the govern
ment adopt the system of reckoning
time on railways by the use of the
hours from l to "a. instead of 12 noon
to - midnight. This system has al.
ready been adopted by many conti-
mental railways and has been in op-
Grafton for years on the Canadian Pa.
cific railway.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Minor Bookkeeping Item.

A small item was overlooked in the
bookkeeping department of the United
States navy. 1t was the charge for
guns installed on the battleships Flor
ida and Utah. The item was for the
trifiing sum of $500. 900.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Growth Attached to IL.

You've been sleeping in the teie-
phone booth, believe" said the
manager of the summer hotel.
Yes"
Il can give you n billiard table now.
If you like"
mo: III stick to the booth. l rath-
or like the room. II isn't larg,. hut
it's cosy"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Serving Humanity.

Few callings are more highly esteem
ed than that of the trained nurse.
Miss Ellen Emerson, the granddaugh-
er of Ralph Waldo Emerson. is
nurse in the Massachusetts, general
hospital at Boston.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Proved,

do you believe in luck?"
Yes. sir. How else could l ac-
count for the success of my neigh
bors?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

Be happy. usl Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

If you would get up in the world
you might patronize roof garden.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

S the world on the eve
of another commercial
revolution due to an
accidental chemical
discovery? Is synthe-
tic rubber going to
take its place upon
equal terms of COM
petition with the Juice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
ROOSEVELT TAKES WALK
StroIIs in Sunshine, But Finds
Going Up Hill to Be
Hard.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y. October 26.-Fol
the first time since his return to Oyster
Bay Col. Roosevelt went on. of doors
today. 1t was a warm, sunny day, and
the colonel was impatient to be out.
DR.. George w. Faller thought that he
would be benefited by being in the open
and told hirp that if he would walk SLOW
ly and not stay out more than an hour
he might stroll around near the house.
Col. Roosevelt walked half way down
the hill. saying that he felt bully" When
he began to climb up again, however, he
found that it was not SO easy as he
thought, for he was still weak.
When the colonel's chauffeur, after his
morning trip to the village. started back
for Sycamore Hill he had with him
dozens Of packages which half filed the
automobile. They were birthday pres
ents for the colonel, which had come from
many parts of the country and a few OF
them from abroad.
Col. Roosevelt will be fifty-four years
old tomorrow. He expects to celebrate
his birthday by taking a short walk with
Mrs. Roosevelt, If it Is a clear day.
Col. Roosevelt's secretary came to Oys-
ter Bay this morning and the colonel
went on with the preparations Of the
speech he is to deliver in New York next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
NIGHTS REST
TO HEARING RETURNS
Woodrow Wilson Willing to
Wait Until Morning for
Election Results.

PRINCETON, NJ J.. October 26-Gov.
Woodrow Wilson would rather go to bed
at 8 o'clock election night to take long
sleep and find out the next morning
whether or not he is elected President OF
the = United States than to sit up and
watch returns. The governor watched a
workman install a telegraph instrument
his home today by courtesy of a
telegraph company. The nominee Won
dered if the noise would not prove dis
tracing.
Really" he told the correspondents.
I'D rather go to bed at o'clock than
sit up and follow the early returns, which
are usually fragmentary and fatiguing''
The correspondents looked surprised at
the remark and thought he was not in
earnest.
Il mean it seriously added the gov
ernOr. II am not jesting about it. I'd
rather get a good nights rest and read
he complete returns IN the morning.
Even though the governor may go to
bed early his wife and their daughters
will sit behind the telegraph instrument
and watch the returns. The governor.
for the Princeton University students are
going to be on hand election night for a
noisy program. Gov. Wilson expected to
see the Dartmouth-Pr.nceton foot ball
game on University Field here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
ALIENS IN DEATH. CELLS
Floyd and His Son Claude Are
Taken to State Penitentiary
at Richmond. y
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. October 26-Floyd
Allen and his son. Claude Swanson AL
len. members of the gang that shot up
the Carroll county court and caused the
death of five persons March 4, were
locked UP in death cells in the peniten-
tiary this morning. having been brought
from Roanoke.
Floyd Allen was on crutches, the re-
suit of injury. to his leg in the shooting
Claude Allen, broad shouldered, with
clean-cut features and head erect, walked
with a firm tread and helped his father
enter the carriage which was to convey
them to the prison.
Did you sleep on the way to this city ?"
Claude was asked.
why, no, 1 enjoyed chatting with the
gentlemen" referring to the two guards.
Claude was handcuffed to his fathers
right side. He wore a neat suit white
turn down collar and black tie.
The men gave absolutely no trouble to
the guards, the officers saying that the
Aliens had talked of many things while
coming to this city.
The fact that the prisoners were COM
ing was not known. but the passengers
on the train took notice Of the men, and
many of those who came from points be-
tween Roanoke and this city gathered at
the carriage to see the condemned men.
One hundred or more persons on the way
to work also stopped to look at them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
MORE LETTERS IDENTIFIED.
Stenographer Is Witness in "Dyna-
mite Conspiracy' Trial.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oc ober 26.-Letters
written by the defendants to John j.
Mcnamara about the time explosions oc-
CURED were identified by Miss Irene Her
mann, former stenog: apher for McNa-
mara, at the dynamite conspiracy" trial
today.
mara when he was secretary of the Inter-
national Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Ironwo kers. Many Of these exhib-
it's Were signed by Eugene A. Clancy.
San Francisco, and they concern. the
government alleges, explosions on the Pa
cific coast.
Only a few more identified lion witness
es are to be called. Then the letters are
to be read in connection with testimony
about particular explosions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
AID FIGHT ON WHITE PLAGUE
Four Hundred Ministers in New
York Promise Assistance

NEW YORK. October 26.-Pastors of
I'D New York churches have promised
the Society for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis TO aid in the fight against the
white plague by observing tuberculosis
Sunday" tomorrow. In addition to touch
ing upon the plague in their sermons
many pastors will ask physicians to
speak from their pulpits and will have
health literature distributed among their
congregations.
The Harlem Reformed Church will re-
lnforce the lesson from its pulpit by
opening permanent dispensary for the
treatment of sufferers from the disease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
DETECTED RESEMBLANCE.
Rochester Resident Sure He Had
Found Dorothy Arnold

ROCHESTER, y. Y. October 26.-For a
few hours last night a Rochester man
thought he had found Dorothy Arnold
the wealthy New York girl who disap-
peared two years ago. Remarks made by
an attractive young woman he met in a
boarding house led him TO visit a news
paper office in quest of Photographs of
the missing heiress. The resemblance he
thought. was perfect. so ne Immediately
rushed TO a telephone and called up the
home Of the Arnods in New York
Il have found your daughter" he told
Mrs. Arnold
But when he described the girl the color
of her eyes was wrong and the resem-
blance failed in other partiulars
Mrs. Arnold agreed to pay the telephone
tolls of $1220.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
NO TARIFF TINKERING
TO DISTURB BUSINESS
Promise Regarded in "the Street" as
the Feature of the Campaign.
RADICALS MAY URGE ACTION
Caucus of Members-Elect of New
House Proposed to Be Held
Next Winter to Out
line Policy.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, October 2e.-Mr. Wilson.
If elected President. will not call an extra
session of Congress to revise the tariff.
lie will wait until the regular session in
the following December and take counsel
in the meantime with his cabinet and
leading men of his party.
This statement can be made upon abso-
lute authority. 1t is based upon
promise from Mr. Wilson through his
managers to important financial interests
IN this city. Those interests accustomed
to the observance of contracts among
business men and of adherence to verbal
agreements confidently expect Mr.. Wilson
to carry out his word.
here is no written communication upon
the subject 1t is simply a matter of un-
derstanding; "a gentlemen'S agreement"
Ihis state of affairs is known now to the
most influential financial people down
the street. and is being communicated
to business interests at large
May Win the Wavering.
The first effect of it undoubtedly will be
to replen.sh the depleted Golfers of the
democratic campaign committee The
next effect expected is to bring to Mr..
Wilson's support certain strength whicn
up to- this time may have been classed
as wavering-tnat is to say, some of the
business element which feared the acces-
sion OF the democratic party to power in
The nation
The assurance that Mr. Wilson does
not intend to call an extra session OF
congress Is regarded in high nnancia.
circ.es here as the most important fea-
lure OF the campaign at this ,ime AS
these dispatches have stated, big busi-
hess regards Mr.. Wilson's election as as
sured- To know that there will be cessa-
ton OF cong. essional ac .ivity between
december, 1913, means more by way OF
comfort TO the financial interests than
ordinary folks can imagine.
Radicals May Insist,
1t is understood, of course, that efforts
may be made to upset this program of
peace and prosperity. There will be
democrats in Congress who will insist
upon Immediately getting out the broad
axe and hacking away at the tree. Some
OF the radical democrats desire to have
an unofhcial caucus of the members-elec,
OF the next House next winter to adop.
a line of policy for the new admjnistra-
tion III this caucus should declare in IA
Nor OF an extra session. Mr.. Wilson
Stion. -
However the new Congress will be ad.
vised by word of mouth of the under
standing between Mr.. Wilson and the
financial and business interests and NAV
be dlssuaded from a radical course
Big Business Content.
But that is bridge vet to be crossed
Inc main fact is that as the case now
stands big business rests content with
the promise of Mr.. Wilson that he does
EOt intend to raise any rIIcfion
On many nearby golf link this beauti-
ful afternoon SNUG and contented fnan-
ciers are pacing the green and giving
never a thought to election day Assured
that they We got theirs they are not
worrying about the rest of it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
K0NGO WILL GET MISSION.
Methodist Church South Will Spend
$4,000 on New Post

NASHVILLE. Tenn. October 26-An-
nouncement has been made here by Off
cials of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South that the new mission authorized
by the mission board at its last session
will be located In the Kongo, with the
Batatala tribe. South Africa. The sum
of $1,000 has been set aside for this pur-
pose.
The site for the mission vas selected
by Bishop w. r. Lambuth on his recent
African trip. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Chicago Packing Plant Burned.

CHICAGO. October 26.-The plant of the
Independent Packing Company, which oc-
cupied a five-story building at West 41st
and South Halsted streets. just outside
the stockyards, was practically destroyed
by fire early today. The loss was esti-
mated at 100000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
JUROR ELL; TRIAL HALTS.
Court Dismissed in the Ettor Case
at Salem

SALEM, Mass, October Glowing to
the illness of John N. Carter, a member
of the jury in the trial of Joseph J. Et-
tor, Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caru-
so, charged with the murder of Anna
Lopizzo- during the Lawrence textile
strike, court was dismissed today.
The juror is in bed suffering from the
grip. His physician said he thought Car
ter would be able to attend court Mon
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Yale Paper Suspends Publication.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 26-The
Yale Medical Journal, published by stu
dents of the Ya.e Medical School, will
suspend publication after the next issue.
1t has been published monthly for more
than eighteen years, but lately has not
been financially successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

Advices to the State Department from
Havana confirming the reported clash be-
tween rival political factions state that
nineteen persons were wounded, some of
them fatally. Minor disturbances in other
sections Of the city also occurred, but or
der was restored by the rural guards.
None Of the dispatches from the Amer
lean legation expresses alarm over the sit
uation..
Between now and next Friday, the cleo
tion day in Cuba, many political meet
ings are to be held throughout the island,
with indications that there may be clashes
between the two great parties. Even if
the Gomez government is able to handle
these prediction riots it is predicted that
the defeated party will not abide by the
result, but will break out in open revolu-
ton.
President Will Be Impartial.
In the opinion of the Cuban minister,
Senior Rivero. there Is no foundation for
the reports that President Gomez is seek
ing to resign his Office at this critical mo-
ment, and he is positive that the presi-
dent will maintain an attitude of strict inn
partiality.
The minister himself has been in con-
ference with the State Department Off
cials here in regard to the situation
which he asserts is within the control Of
President GOmezs government.
Meanwhile the general staff of the army
has workable project for the dispatch
to Cuba of a sufficient force-probaby
about 5000 men-to take Charge of the
island if conditions arise. corresponding
to those prevailing when the Palma ad-
ministration collapsed, making it neces-
sary for the United States to occupy the
island
It happens that the situation in Mica
ragua has quieted down so that 1t is now
possible to withdraw most of the large
force Of marines and bluejackets which
conducted Admiral SOutherland's CAM
paign, and that force probably will be
relied upon for Cuban service in an emer-
gency, being only about three days dis
tant from the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
lawyer FOR BECKER
WILL LOSE NO TIME
Work in Connection With Ap.
peal to Begin as, Soon as
Sentence Is Pronounced.

NEW YORK, October 26.-Charles
Becker, automatically dropped from the
police rolls by his conviction for mur-
der. and no longer lieutenant in that
department. will pay one more visit to
police headquarters before he goes to
Sing Sing prison to await the action of
the court of appeals. He will be taken
from the Tombs to the bureau. of identi-
fication to be photographed and measured
for the rogues' gallery.
The legal work necessary to get Beck
er's case before the court of appeals will
begin Immediately after sentence is pro-
nounced Wednesday next Notice of
appeal will be filed forthwith and this
will operate as stay of execution. The
case Is not likely to be set for argument
for several months and decision on the
appeal Is not expected for year or more
Following the filing of the appeal
notice next Wednesday. Becker's lawyers
will prepare a record of the case for use
before the upper court. The district at
torney has ten days to prepare his amend
ments, and then the result is submitted
to Justice Goff for allowances and dis
allowances.
Steps to Be Taken.
After this the entire record in the case
goes to Justice Goff and the case is order
ed filed. Within thirty days the whole
case must be printed and sixteen copies
sent to the court of appeals. Usually
the preparation of briefs requires from
two to three months. The district at
torney is allowed five days in which to
serve his brief and the defense has ten
days for its reply.
The next step is placing the case on
the calendar of the court. Notices of
argument are allowed sixteen days, and
possibly 1t will require tnirty days more
for the court to get to the case.
Although Becker will be sentenced
Wednesday, October 80, he will not go to
Sing Sins until about November 8, ten
days genera .ly being allowed for con-
situations with counsel.
E.even points on which the appeal will
be based are outlined today in state
ment prepared by Becker's chief counsel
More than 400 exceptions We're taken dur
ing the trial to rulings made by Justice
Gof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
WEATHER

Fair tonight, with light frost in
low places. Sunday fair; north
west and north winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Peace Without Battleships.

When that time comes We can dis
pense with the building of great battle
ships and reduce our navy to a reason
able coast Defense.
President Taft concluded his address
with plea for federal action which
would result in the creation of a system
Of loans to farmers for agricultural pur-
poses and which would enable them to
get money at a low rate of interest for
the operation of their farms and improv-
Ing the soil so as to increase production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
Contributions to Beveridge.

Mr.. Starr said that on the day after
the election Senator Beveridge asked
him to call at his office Mr. Beveridge.
he said. showed him a number of checks
and drafts.
They represented large sum. | don't
know how much" said the witness.
Mr.. BeveridGe told me: Il r. ceivei $50
Oo0 of this from my friend George Per-
kins' He said something to the effect
that he wanted to show me that he was
not bluffing' when he said he could
have taken charge of the campaign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

Continued on Second Page.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-17
AWAY WITH CATARRH
A FILTHY DISEASE

If you are subject to frequent colds,
or if you have any of the distressing
symptoms of catarrh. such as stuffed
up feeling in the head, profuse dis
charge from the nose. sores in the
nose, phlegh in the throat causing
hawking and splitting, dull pain in
the head or ringing in the ears, just
anoint the nostrils or rub the throat
or chest with a little Ely's Cream
Balm. and see how quickly you will
get relief.
In a few minutes you will feel your
head clearing, and after using the
Balm for a day or so the nasty dis
charge will be checked. the pain,
soreness. and fever gone, and you
will no longer be offensive to your
self and your friends by constantly
hawking, splitting and blowing.
Shake off the grip of catarrh be-
fore it impairs your sense of taste,
smell and hearing and poisons your
whole system In short time you
can be completely cured of this dis
tressing disease by using Ely's Cream
Balm. This healing, antiseptic Balm
does not fool you by short. deceptive
relief. but completely overcomes the
disease. 1t clears the nose, head and
throat of all the rank poison, soothes'
heals and strengthens the raw, sore
membranes, making you proof against
colds and catarrh.
One application will convince you
and so cent bottle will generally
cure the worst case of catarrh. 1t
is guaranteed. Get 1t from your drug
gist TODAY.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-17
PROTECTING IRON FROM ACID.

a dispatch from Pittsburg announ-
ces the discovery by a chemist en-
ployed by the Carnegie Steel Com
pany OF way to make iron and steel
immune to the attacks of sulphuric
acid. Coming from such a source. the
news must be credited, and it is
most important news, for wherever
steel or iron is exposed to the action
Of water or damp air, it constantly
suffers, TO an extent in the aggregate
enormous. from the cOrrosion of this
practically omnipresent solvent.
The reports at hand seem to indi-
cate that the dedsired effect is attain
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-17

which left last July went up the coast
of the Hudson bay from the East
Main river to Clark Island. to look
over the iron properties there.
1t was expected that the party
would return to Cobalt long before
this.
The two men will start with dog
teams down the Abitibi river to Moose
Factory. After their arrival there
their future movements will be gov
erned entirely by What they may learn.
1t is feared that the party has been
lost or cut off by the ice.
The missing party includes Fred
Hamilton, Phil Johnson, Don Hutch
ins, Frank Porter, William Smith and
Arthur Ash of Cobalt, together with
an engineer from Montreal named
Strong; Keyes Curran and man
named Al Calkins from the east.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-17
WOMAN TO TESTIFY
AT SMUGGLING PROBE

San Francisco, Dec. 16.-An invest
igation into the alleged smuggling of
$1,000,000 worth of dress goods, silks
and satins into the country by fash
ionarle dressmakers throughout the
United States. will commence here BY
a federal grand jury.
Miss Anna F. Cox, a fashionable
modiste, will be the first witness. Miss
Cox will be asked to tell what she
knows of Mrs. George Haldern, alias
Madam Haldane, who was arrested
in New York and indicted for snug
Cling silks and Partisan gowns am
ounting to $4,000 into this country.
Miss Cox was a passenger on the
same vessel with Mrs. Haldern. Miss
Cox has been served with a subpoena
by United states District Attorney Nc
Nab.