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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

troll and that the synthetic rubber fac
tory would be located where it could
reach easily its raw materials and it's
market for the finished output.
Climatic and geographical conditions
have prescribed the zones in which
the rubber plant can be successfully
grown, even though its cultivation be
subject to scientific methods and are
free from the haphazard ways of the
rubber hunter.
In England the present discoveries
are hailed by Sir William Ramsay
and his fellows not so much as prom
Use of commercial advantage but as
a professional achievement which
puts the British chemist ahead of his
rivals across the Channel. That the
Germans have good reason to be salts
fed with their own accomplishments
in this very field Is undoubtedly true.
The Germans claim that they have
now method for making rubber
alphabetically which will soon be ready
to compete with the output of the
tropical forests.
Back in the sos Tilden, an English
man, gave long study to the problem
of making synthetic rubber, but aban-
doned his work finally because he did
not believe the attainment practicable.
The individual was powerless to cope
with so gigantic problem and his
resources were unequal to the task
Capital was necessary as well as the
united efforts of many men. In fact
in one factory alone in Germany there
were 800 college bredchemists concen-
trating upon the technical researches
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20
WATER IN THE COUNTRY.

The government has issued bulle-
tin giving information about the things
that hide and wiggle in the water that
comes up In "the old oaken bucket.
It is for the instruction Of farmpeople
who, in many instances, have been
careless about the juxtaposition OF pig
sites and wells, says the Toledo Blade.
There is not much that Is new IN the
pamphlet, the deception of clear and
sparkling water having long ago been
made familiar to the farmer, but the
warning may be of service in stimu-
lating changes and putting in improve
ments contemplated, but allowed to
slip by There are people, however.
to whom most of the material In this
pamphlet is important news. These
are the campers from the cities. They
come from places where someone else
guards them from germs and dirt, and
they are notoriously careless about
their source of water supply. They
mistake clearness for cleanliness.
They Judge purity by the looks OF
things. So long az the water is spark.
ling and cool, that is evidence in the
eyes of many OF them that the water Is
germ-free and life-giving. How far
they are mistaken Is to be measured
by the great number OF typhoid and
malarial fever cases which campers
develop after they get back to town.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20
s rubber and delivering it at

natures rubber and delivering it at
the factories.
Fermentation is an action set up by
various kinds of germs. and Prof.
Fernbach found the germ that would
convert certain plentiful starchy mate
rails into fusel oil, and from this fusel
oil he obtained cheap isoprene. 1t
was this isoprene which DR.. Matthews
learned by accident how to turn into
rubber by means of sodium. Sir
William Ramsay and his associates
believe that rubber can be made in
this way at cost of about "a cents
q pound. From 25 to 2S cents a
pound is what it costs now to collect
rubber in the far east and amid the
forests of the Amazon. The heaviest
after expense is involved in trans
porting the raw material to manufac-
turing centers, and also in purifying
this rubber so that it shall be fit to
go into the finished products.
The rubber hunter mixes the juice
or latex of many trees, and the raw
stuff is seldom uniform and is fire.
ruently filed with foreign substances,
and even pebbles, the latter hidden
away in the gum to increase the
weight. The cosU of getting rid of
these things is heavy. and this fact
must be borne In mind in giving prop
er value to any process for the syn
thetic making of rubber 1t is natural
to suppose that chemical produc-
ton would be subject to perfect con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

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 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 it has a very deep interest inMhe
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. H. 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 off
in the meanwhile for his summer out
ing. Upon his return DR.. Matthews
was amazed to find that the isoprene
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-
ton from caoutchouc fifty years ago
by Williams, and the analysis of iso-
prene showed that it 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 it's 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 a
cost which would put it On par at
least with the expense of gathering
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

Thousands upon thousands o. ex-
neriments have thus been brought 10
a crystallized knowledge which makes
it possible and practicable to emDarA
upon the manufacture of rubber syn
thetically from available cheap mate
rails. The plantations in the Tar
east have been developing over
period of fully thirty-five years, anu
in a sense they have the start OF the
artificial product in a quantltatiVe
estimate. but this advantage Will not
continue if the chemist manufacturer
can make rubber synthetlcally as
cheaply as Dr. Hofmann predicts.
In 1910 and 1911 the world produc-
ton of india rubber reached a totai
of about $4,000 tons and the Worid
consumption of caoutchouc was in the
neighborhood OF $4,000 tons. Figur-
ing the cost of this rubber at an aver
age of ST. a pound the total value OF
the production reaches $160,OOO,OOO.
Synthetic rubber, it is believed
would make it possible to widen the
field of application of rubber MAKE
shifts and substitutes of one sort OF
another are now used in many dlrec-
tions. because natural rubber is TOO
EXPENSIVE. Therefore, the public is
interested in the artificial product
first because it will add stability to
the price of the rubber from trees, ana
next it will make it possible to apply
it in many ways now prohlDlteo Dy
price and the relatively limited out
nut of plantations and the wild
growth.
Whether the basic isoprene be made
from a starchy substance after the
English process or from product OF
coal. as DR.. Hoffman, has chosen,
there will be immense quantities OF
by-products which will be part OF
the systems employed in making $50
nrarc and in converting it into cOun-
terpart caoutchouc in either case. II
would be financially prohlbltlve 10
neglect these by-products In concen-
trating upon the manufacture OF artl-
fetal rubber.
DR. Hoffman, says that If % per
cent of artificial rubber could De pro
duced from every pound Of basic mate
rial. then a factory turning out hai
a million pounds day would require
100000 pounds of the mother SUD-
stance, three-quarters of which would
accumulate every twenty-four hours in
the form of by-products. This gives
an idea of what the chemist-manufac-
turer has before him, even though the
secret of synthetic rubber has been
solved. With characteristic thorough
ness, the Germans are working away
at this end of the question.
So far as is known the German
synthetic rubber has met all the ex-
acting tests and analyses of other
German chemists On the other hand,
it is said that the English artificial
rubber is not chemically identical In
it's atomic makeup with natural caout-
chouc. and the critics declare that this
artificial substitute will not meet all
of the requirements. 1t seems that
the artificial rubber contains one
atom of carbon less than natures
caoutchouc and whether or not this
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

Humor and pathos are often com
bined in incidents of settlement work
A Philadelphia worker tells of fam
lily living in the slums whom she per
suaded to use ice. They objected that
they could not afford the expense
but she was insistent and they bought
some. Then they realized that they
had no ice chest to keep it in. and
they rented one for small fee. But
this expense was so great drain on
the family's resources that ice could
not be bought to fill it. The chest
was proudly displayed on a table in
the center of the living room, as
priced ornament Eventually free ice
was obtained for the happy household.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

The rats have come out victorious
from the crusade started to make them
goats for flies and mosquitoes, if this
confusion of natural history can be al
lowed All the weight OF tropical ties.
timony is to the effect that the insects
and not the rodents are the original
disease-germ carriers. Still, there is
no cause in this exoneration to cher.
ish the maligned rat in our midst.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20
Growth Attached to II.

You've been sleeping in the teIe-
phone booth. believe" said the
manager of the summer hotel.
yes"
Il can give you billiard table now.
If you like"
mo; I'll stick to the booth. I rath-
CT like the room. 1t isn't large. but
It's cosy"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

A woman In Paris got 81, 600 dam.
ages for broken tooth, caused by an
automobile collision. 1t seems large
amount for one tooth, but it win serve
the useful purpose of making automo-
bile speeders more cautious about
showing their teeth at the law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

The inventive farmers out west VIII.
use vacuum cleaners to collect grass.
hoppers and then pack the latter away
for poultry feed in winter evoke q
wish fro / contemporary that some
genius would devise means for uti.
lizing professional politicians. They
might be made valuable for fertilizers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

King George descended into a coal
nine the other day and loosened a
black diamond by welding pick
with his own hands. 1t is eviden!
that he is going to win the favor of
the plain peepul, even if it shall be
come necessary for him to curry a
horse in order to accomplish his pur
pose.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

Wireless telegraphy may be a bet,
ter subject for children's stories than
Aladdin's lamp. but the child will con.
tinue to want to read about things he
can never expect to see Just so with
the gruff business man whose favo-
rite hammock literature is a roman.
tic love story.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-20

Now an aviator has had the expert
ence of being held up" If the per
Torrance could take place in midair
it might have Its bad tendencies revo.
lutionized.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 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
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-20

If a Chinese sailor rescues a.
drowning man he is bound by
Chinese law to keep him and feed
himfor the restof his life.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-20

-71- "A
The machine politicians have finally hit upon scheme by which
they hope prevent Progresses eectng county
ticket
Gov Deneen and the newspaper and political bosses back
have right to have circle at the head of their ticket Illinois,
wants the party ticket put in the circle the
cs straight do the thing by marking his under the
But they to force every Progressive put in 'front.'
of every candidate the ticket They hope Progressive
will get tired and refuse to do all that work.
But politicians generally blind and foolish Instead of
making Progessves that kind of dirty politics will only make
more for will make hit with any decent whether he
Democrat Republican. -
The people themselves believe in square deal If majority
the of Illinois the Bull Moose ticket they have
right and honest Republican Democrat will feels
that reortng technicales to defeat peoples
mighty poor politics. @
Very likely the newspaper bosses who helped stir the Built
Moose in the hope that it would help their governor
Deneen party this dirty politics But won't help Deneen1
works for Deen administration cheats the Progress
votes Dunno will be the beneficiary; and the
paper probably can't control Dunno any than they
Funk. trts.tt
candidate governor fair-ndeds
citizen Judge Dunno ought to protest against such politics.
He can afford to take his chances in square deal
Slipped One Over lady of the poke bonnet ETH ask
where Sal him when get to heaven.
walton Army assie scored off But supposing he isn't here
theological heckler. Then ask him.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-20

Slipped One Over.
Here's an instance where Sal
walton Army ''lassie" scored off
theological heckler.
;'Do you really believe" he
asked, "that Jonah spent three
days and nights in the belly Of
whale?"
q don't know" replied the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-20

lady of the poke bonnet. ETH ask
him when / get to heaven"
But supposing he isn't there?'
"Then you can ask him. .
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
WAS DEATH
VERY SUDDEN
Candidate for County Attorney
Killed on Election Night
Pure Accident.
, (Mail speeial to the Adyertlper.l

| A4hhAl olNNlhi " tue AuNeTIlSeT.l
WAILUKU, Maui, October There
was only one serious thing to spoil
the fine, glorious Republican clean
sweep on Maui. That was the terrible
accident that wiped out the life of poor
John Vivas. The well known attorney,
who was running as the Democratic
candidate for county attorney, died in
the hospital before the results of the
election became known.
There is no blame to be attached to
anyone in connection with vivas
death 1t was simply one of those
fated events that will happen, from
time to time. The eoroner's Jury that
Investigated the matter on Wednesday
last returned q verdict of accidental
death.
From the story developed at the in
quest it appears that j. b. Thomson
and Dan Quill of Puunene were sitting
on the front seats of the first named
man Is car. J. NJ. Vivas was on the
rear seat.
The party was returning to Waikiki
from Puunene and, when near the cleo
tric company's power house, it seems
that Thomson, who was driving, got
some pipe ashes in his eyes. He swung
around the curve and Just grazed an
electric light post. The front part of
the car did not touch the post, but the
rear side of the machine must have lust
scraped it. The hind mud guard was
seen to have been denied when exam
ined later on.
As soon as Thomson passed the post,
Quill turned in his seat and remarked,
Hello John" There was no reply
and the car was at once stopped. To
his horror Thomson found Was hud-
died up on the floor of the car. The
man was unconscious and had evidently
been stricken by something.
Haste was made to the hospital where
everything possible was done by the
doctor and nurses. There was no hope
for the unfortunate man, however, and
he died one hour after the accident
happened.
The idea of everybody is that Vivas
was asleep on the rear seat. His head
was reclining on the side of the car
and, when the rear side of the auto
grazed the post Vivas was stricken
and killed. The man never moved
after being hit.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12

toa iiie can be- kqu awe in Europe.
ho prcscnt war ought Co Do the last OF
ihe wnm provol cd by enc inability oi
g Nitumnns 10 animilatc tho IDEAS, or
TO reach tho standard OF public moral.
(not very high onc), wAich Europe
maintains for her settled communities.
Let us, therefore, insist that the pro.
Turkish tendencies of our foreign ohicc
are kept in check, so lar as they inter.
ere with the completion of the lob that
Russia took in hand in the ever to be.
regretted Treaty of san Stefano. II is
40 kindness to Turkey to wish her any
other cnd of the war. II is treason to
civilization to aim at any other. II
Macedonia is not settled this wear or
next year, we may look forward To n
'eeond war as bloody as this is likely to
prove rs soon MS the States have recov.
cred their morale and replcted their
armies The Balkan States are not ex.
actly model nations. But they can all
govern their brethren in faith and
stock. So in a sense can Turkey. But
she can only misgovern Europeans. and
1t is certain that they have had enough
OF her errors and crimes as a ruling
state.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
mo IMMIGRANT IS
FROM ORIENT
Democratic Administration Will
Be Probably Strict for
Exclusion.

One Of the probable effects of the vie
tory of the Democratic party ut the
polls on the mainland will be vigorous
curtailmont Of immigration, particular.
ly from the Orient, and the Democratic
policy may mean great deal 10 Hawaii
~ this particular. While little atten.
ton has been paid in Hawaii to what
Governor Marshall, tho Vice President,
elect, said In his stumping tour of Cali.
foTnia, II IN probably due as much 10
his strong anti,Oriental statements MS
10 anything else that the Wilson Mar,
shall ticket ran 50 well there, that
state being oven yet IN the doubtful
column.
Governor Marshall, in San Fruneisro.
speaking undoubtedly with the fullest
sanction ~ u0Yern0r Wilson, came out
strongly for oriental exclusion. ~ nm
unaliembly opposed " he said, 80 tho
granting ~ citizenship 10 anY mce of
aliens Which Ny habit and nature % nh
splNirlF untitled ~ umalpmuie win
lhr American people.
hHllrfr in encouraging ihr immi
''hliou 10 ihiu f0upllY of those peoples
40 Nill not alone understand 500 sl
hriHir nuf lnsilinliQus. hut Nh0 mole
ln ihAi Htf fHHW iO Hinnt ihrsn In
riilNilnnH tH ihHif nNu. lpf hurA 200
l'ff pol have unm anl nluunHuIilrf
1910 fNi ilf lf1flra $40 nfNrr nH mIH
IN lH folliifHl snaIlF, ln tpa'HeiH ~ ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
HILO'S FEDERAL
BUILDING SURE
Rushing Work on Plans and Con-
tract May Soon Be Let,
Hears Governor.

| Hilo S federal building may be in
course of construction before President.
elect Wilson enters the White House
next March, according to a letter which
Governor Frear received yesterday
from Assistant Secretary Sherman Al.
len of the treasury department at
Washington.
Mr.. Allen informed the Governor
that the plans are being prepared by
Henry Whitefeld, relative of Andrew
Carnegie and prominent architect with
Offices in New York. Mr.. Whitefeld
prepared the plans Tor the Library OF
Hawaii building, Just completed. Mr..
Whitefeld made visit to Haw8l Il
year or more ago and also visited Illo,
and is acquainted with the site and
conditions and will be able 20 prepare
the plans with better Judgment than
many of the architects employed by the
government.
until these plans are approved, ="
wrote Mr.. Allen, "we cannot ID any
thing further However, as soon as he
contract is let you viii be notified. +"
From the tone OF the letter the Gov
ernor believes that the plans will be
hurried and approval given, 50 that
bids may be asked for the work 1t
is presumed, however, that the con ract
will be open to all bidders, and that
Mr.. Allen IS statement that the Gov
ernor would be notified as soon as The
"contract is let' is merely slip.
There is an appropriation Of 100000
for the Hilo federal building. The lot
is ready for the building and there is
nothing to bar commencement of the
work.
A block was set ASIDE in hlo for
public building purposes. Governor
Frear recommended that it be cut in
two, one half for federal purposes and
the other half for territorial purposes.
Congress accepted this proposal on
condition that the government sell all
the buildings then on the properties
and devote the proceeds TO building |
roads around and through the property |
as divided, Ailo citizens subscribed |
sufficient money 10 buy out the leases
on the lands aud negotiations were en-
tered into Tor the construction of |
streets.
The federal authorities recently in
luired II all the conditions had been
fulfilled, 10 which the GoYanOr replied
u the affirmative, Tho treasury do
lartment b reply yesterday indicates
hat the federal government h n0W pro-
JARED 10 90 ahead With the construction
II the building.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
HELPING TIiI aoys

One settlement worhw in Now York
rliy las made q rpfelaliy of teaching
lnfs toN 10 mHhr Hflielfs NJ furniiufe
nni ~ Oh pHshlng hGfer Tho boss
Hfe 1854 lo bs fpthusIHsiie oyer ihp
lrudnriH uf Their lpaufiy fhey learn
90 mHlr mlits, rlMnl rnhs Wash.
HHraa Hnl 600 hammufh 0ai NJ
iHfff HHHInW HHE ifu4ir Ihp efy
hNs ulfniB fUHNl ihf Flbp of
ihlf Hpis % Hm.HF hn'lilus "a thp
alaf.fHl ~ ~ WaN aNl MIS- lqHHe
iillahHm itf OylIpoh
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
OUT OF JAIL FEW HOURS.

Another police chapter has been
added 10 the biography of Choy Yong
soon, the notorious Korean crook, who
first broke into the limelight by being
cut open by brother Korean for al,
legged traltorous conduct. The innocent
looking little man was taken into Gus,
iody by Acting Chief Of Detectives Kel.
lott last night a few short hours after
he mad been released from jail, where
he had served thirty days for stealing
q horse In lleula, He WIS posing then
as Chinaman, although be- has In tho
past served time under Japanese aliases,
on Kauai and here he h now BIO
heyed guilty Of another horsethefl,
ftill una0lyed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12

social way with Americans, L say,
keep them out. Don't grant them citi,
zenship"
AS there is already a Chinese excfu-
sion law in effect and what is practi.
cally Japanese exclusion rule, about
the only Orientals remaining to bo ex.
cluded are the FilipinOs IL will be
decidedly interesting to SEQ lust what
attitude the new administration al
Washington will take in regard 10 the
bringing Of these people TO Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
GROUP

llis disnase b. sn dangerous and ~
rapid lu ice development tbnf aYeB
mother Of yong ehIlifen should hf
pfrppfHa fof w. ID 10 YefY nlty M
van uprl ihs atiark of fponp appear
Hnd then frnl foi meiied nd M ihp
.llll suffer uHiil a ran D nIta.nai
hHmhelIHlH % cough lirHi prompt
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ia lHil ~ 0af ftfr iNJ aala lp nrn
.4n hHAh a ro Rli sg TO- f9f
haHHlf AiHl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12
LIBEL

"Aro the pink curtains up in the
ayes, sir,H
- liluo rlbbope on The steneisTV
" Yes, SIR"
" fetume op tho ballotsf''
HYos sir,H
" Tea haipgs ready 10 seHefV
40 Nra sim
p" Then che polls $50 nov opon -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-12

lHHHrOf h. ~ nraurh az tho Ala
ipal Telephones wlfelfsa densfimeai
NHa enlnple lel 40 ueN aiFrlrGa station
H illuh hauai nni aill HaeoaI 4
Wtiall plNni ~ lHtslna. haH