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The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04

Smoking is one Of the six bad hab-
its in the world. One of the other
five Is working for II living. | am
add!c to both. have divers and
sundry other habits which afflict
me at different seasons OF the year.
hut the above mentioned habit is fix
ed and permanent. / have been told
that am somewhat OF habit col
lcctor. save them like | used to
cigar bands and foreign stamps. |
have been told that | have rs good
an assortment of selected habits as
any oI the younger generation.
To pharaphrase an old adagc: "a
little smoking now ana then is rel
ishcd by The best OF men ! admit
The truth OF the venerable saw. |
first started smoking when ! was u
caiiow youth In the good old corn
silk DAYS OF yoro. | used 10 20 out
at night and gather the corn silk
and store 1t away In the event OF n
possible shortage OF the product |
smoked corn-sIlk until the trust
bought up all the corn-.ilk IN the
country and made IL Into stockings
WI 'HtiHN Si'iH. T'i W''NH """
weeks went without corn-siik un-
I'll the day came when I donncd my
first pair OF long pants when be-
came reckless and decided To be n
'rce'lnr" sport and smoke tobacco,
How well remember those hap
py days OF corn-siikinn bliss, back
on tho farm. We used to raise corn.
| used /" go out into the fields early
In the morning and grab the husks,
peel back til. skin" and pick out
the fat worms as big around AS my
wrist Then i would take the corn
silk and sneak back to the barn and
sit down. With a red ant crawling
up and down my spinal column l
would sit for hours and smoke the
fragrant corn-siik and dream OF some
day running an engine on the e. 4
". railroad.
My father used TO CIV. me twenty
cents a week for doing III. chores.
used to save the money and when I
had experienced the delicious feeling
OF aifiucncc I mad. up my mind to
sinok. real tobacco.
On. dny | went Into the corner
store. stepped up to the bari
mean the counter. and laid down
u nickel and asked for u sack OF Bull
Durham. The obiiIinr clerk hand
cd " over. asked for the papers
that com. with the tobacco. The
clerk shook his head and told me
iha; Ours" You Jack Dalton" had
the papers and would show them
next week ut the West theatre In
that thrilling mciodrama by William
Russell Orcndorff and Whido Con-
klc cnti'lcd-"Why Men Raise
Corns.''
! went back next day and bought
u real mccrschaum pipe for u quar-
ter. and sat around the house smok
ing for an hour waiting for the
bowl to color--hut II never did.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
Queens Ant Rebuxe

Queen Victoria. who hated immune.
tnality. once administered an ap, re.
buke to a certain mistress OF the
robes:
A day and an hour had been an.
pointed for certain public ceremony
IN which the queen had to take mari.
The hour had arrived. and of ali tho
court the duchess alone was absent
and her absence retarded the depart.
ufe. The queen gave vent more Than
ence to her impatience. and at length
Just as she was about to enter ber
carriage without her first lady NJ,
honor. the duchess, in brea,hless
haste. made her appearance. stammer.
ing some faint words of excuse. NV
near duchess" said the queen smiIiny
fh'nk you must have a bad watch =
AND as she spoke she UNLOCKED fro,,
her neck the chain Of "A magnificent
watch which she herself wore and
passed 1t round the neck OF I'M. mf,
t,nder. va
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04

my teeth and these words on my
'lips-"Givc me match"
I sure do find relish and plea
sure in smoking. After good din
nnr l love to sit around the house
and smoke and read the Sunday pa
per. Smoking saves many n house
hold jar. When after coming home
late at night my wife hits ME with
some household utensll that looks
like Il gravy spoon but feels like II
pile driver. 1t Is sweet 10 go 10 bed
smoking and arise and go out on the
front porch In ones pajamas and
with bare feet on the cement stones
smoke aud smoke in peace.
Thus smoking envy no one in the
world. when Fred Radford comes
by in his automobile | say-"Thcrc's
ltadford-look at him. Got all the
money in the world and fine ma
chine-growing stoutcr every year
yet he never smoked n cigar In his
life" Tell you boys. way down In
my heart I'm happy-huppy Us II
king. wouldn't change places with
the mascot OF the Boston Red SoS,
Thea. after have had my smoke
out | go In and crawl in bed. and
after bit the youngest wakes up
and peeycs Daddy, get me u drink, ~
l get mp In the dark and meandcr to
the kitchen after stepping on the eat
and II live coal dropped from the
crate. and after stubblng my toe
against the dining room table leg.
| find III. sink. have had my
smoke. | am happy to walt upon that
kid.
Yes sir. do enjoy smoking. Give
me good cigar and let me sit down
somewhere. anywhere and dream.
Let me smoke In pencc and dream OF
summer fields where flowers grow
and the sunshine kisses the waving
tops OF orchard trces-whcr" brooks
wander away between grassy banks
and birds are singing TO me grardcr
melodies than choirs. Let me smoke.
say-and let everybody 20 away
aud leave me TO mysclf-.o away
and don't bother mc-whil. I smoke,
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
WORLDS Oldest Museum.

Tho Oldest museum In the world
may be found In tho city Of Nara. tho
former capital of Japan. Since Its
foundation. in 1856. It has gone through
all the changes OF tho Japanese ON.
plre without one single addition to It's
collection. DR.. Otto Kummcl is ono
Of the few Europeans who were per.
mitted TO visit this museum. It opens
It's doors but once n year. on day
In spring. when a special committee
inspect the collection. and a new list
is made out. The museum contains
about 5000 articles. which arc said
10 be the most beautiful specimens o.,
decorative work which have ever been
produced by human hand. such as lac.
Tuer ware. decorative furniture.
enamel ware. cambric.likc fabric. etc.
The origin OF the majority of the ar
t'c'es ia uncertain; some came from
China and others from Korea, but
most Of them appear to be OF more
exotic origin. All, however. camc
OF year prior to the year 75s.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04

Chronicle-Ncws soc month.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
LAST OF A RACE OF KINGS
Michael. Prince Of Cyprus. Jerusalem
and Syria. Died Recently !"
Charity Hospital.

In the charity ward Of \ hospital
In st. Petersburg there died OF can
ser = few days ago the last OF .
iynasty of famous kings. This pauper
was Michael. prince Of Cyprus. Ieru
salem and Syria. aged nfty.four. Win
,im perlshed tho family Of Lusignan.
which had been relgning monarchs
for many centuriea.
Prince Michael was the only son
u Louis de- LusiGnan, who was driven
from the throne Of Cyprus by the
Turks In 1921. He had intrusted his
rast treasures to the Patriarch OF
constantinople. but the Turk" conns'
Gated these and appropriated them
% their own use. In the war for the
liberation OF Greece the prince tried
TO regain his throne. but In 1877 nc
mad to nee 10 Russia. where Gar
Nicholas Rava him commission NJ
captain In the army.
Prince Louis fought In the Cr'mcan
var. but the result Of this was disas'
rous to his hopes. When Greece re-
:ained It's Independence the throne OF
he newly created nation was twice
.flered 10 Prince Louis. who rcfuscn
IL.
Napoleon I'll. took up Prince Louis
cause and Count Debussy made FOR
nal contract to supply him with tho
necessary means. Ho expected to
wiring from the Turkish government
about $3.50. 900 900. But tho Franco
Prussian war resulted In Napoleon
m. being driven from the throne OF
France and once more the hopes OF
Prince Louis to regain the throne OF
Cyprus. Jerusalem md Syria were
dashed to the ground.
In 1884 Prince Louis died. leaving
ais only son nothing but aspirations
aud q royal name. Prince Michael
vas then - years old. He lived nj
most A. 4 recluse. but never gave mp
his hopes. Those who knew him con-
sldered him = crank because Of the
strange costume he always wore. This
consisted Of = Russian army overcoat
with gold buttons on which were the
.hree crowns Of his kingdom.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
MoNoLIrHs FOUND IN EGYPT
Some Ar Enormous but the Majority
Of 1hsm Are Of Moderate
Size.

The monoliths OF Exyp; were as =
rule OF comparatively moderate size.
aid most Of tho building blocks were
such n would generally be- used to.
day. hut the pillars Of the temple Of
the Sphinx arc l6 feet In height by
~ feet Ia width. and somc others
arc 20 to :s feet In height.
Most Of the great columns. says
tho National magazine. arc built up
In courses. and those Of Luxor nrc
not solid. two-,hirsis Of the diameter
being filled In with . yellow con.
crete or cement which has now Lost
iss adhssivensss. These. however.
are Of immense proportions. with
shafts OF ~ feet. capitals OF III feet
and q diameter At the base Of llk
feet.
Al Karnak the columns Of the main
hall measure 65 feet In tho shaft,
with lotus flower capitals Of 10 feet
additional: their largest diameter II
II feet 8 inches. Other temples were
supported by columns scarcely less
lofty and impressive. Upon these
columns immense blocks Of hcwn
stone formed massive archi,ravcs. on
which the thick Tagging Of the stone
roofs was supported.
Tho arch. while not unknown to tho
Egyptiana. was for some reason sci
dom used In the great temples. ny
what means these immense pillars
we're carried up and the supcrs'ruc
ture added IL something Of puzzle
TO modern artisans who appreciate
tho dimculties to be met.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
states within three days.

states within three days.
Indications OF the coming zero
weather made their appearance over
.\iaska and the north Pacific this
morning in an area OF pronounced
high pressure. the first OF the pres
cnt winter.
Areas OF low pressure prevail over
III. south Pacific aud Interior coun-
try. In this combination OF atmos-
phcric conditions weather experts
see the frs, general cold weather OF
the winter over the United States.
Suffrage for women probably viii!
add another disagreement In some
homes We all know.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-04
COLD WAVE SWEEPS
DOWN FROM ALASKA

Washington, Ian. IA cold wave
with zero temperatures VIII spread
over almost the entire country with
In the next ,hre. days. II special bui-
ic;in of ,hc weather bureau an
nounccd today. The northwest Will
feel the cold almos; Immediately and
will be the hardest hit. The cNtrcm.
cold Will spread quickly eastward
and southward. extending through
the east gulf and south Atlantic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Employees Own Homes.

In Akron are located the Goodrich. Dia-
mond. Goodyear, Swinehart, Firestone
and Motz factories, all running full blast,
preparing for the touring season which
is now at hand The buildings occupied
by these concerns are modern in every
respect and probably the largest Of their
kind in the world. The buildings are
mostly of the new type of construction
permitting plenty of light and air space
and offering every comfort to those who
are engaged In their daily vocations. One
thing which made the deepest impression
was the fact that practically all Of the
tolers are Americans. They are of high
grade intelligence. and many thousands
of them are owners of homes in and
about the city of Akron. which, in itself,
is big asset to the various companies.
The city itself is quiet and peaceful. full
of activity at all times and rapidly
spreading out on all sides by reason Of
its increasing population. In order to
promote the homecoming idea among
their employees many of the factories are
advancing money for the purchase of
homes or aiding in other ways to assist
those who are DESTROYS of becoming good
| citizens and taking an active part in the
welfare of the community.
To the layman who visits big tire
and rubber factory, such as are to be
found here. the sight Is an inspiring one.
The magnitude OF industry is naturally
| the most striking incident, and next to
that comes the great masses of machin-
cry which extend as far as the eye can
see. The equipment in the various plants
| is modern in every respect and of the
latest design. The process OF making
automobile, motor cycle and bicycle tires
| from the crude rubber to the finished
product Is a most interesting sight TO
witness and of great educational value.
A. an instance, classes are conducted
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/ thing but suggestive of the mammoth
| thriving industry for which this city is
| noted. It has more the appearance of a
| charming little suburb at first glance. but
as one wends his way to the outskirts
the tall chimneys attract the eye. and
after while the hum of the machinery
is heard echoing among the hillsides
And yet this small hamlet turns out an
| nually millions of tires of every descrip-
ton, from the small bicycle tire to the
| heavy truck tire, which are shipped to
every country on the face of the globe
| 1t might we'll be titled the Fire City"
| 1t Is the great tire center of the United
| States, and it would be almost impossible
| to estimate exactly the vast sums in
volved in this massive industry. Within
/ the past few years the industry has
grown by leaps and bounds until today
| it stands as one of the largest industries
| in the United States. The tire business
has done much to place the automobile
business where 1t is today. and while
great strides have been made in construc-
ton and improvement of pleasure cars
and commercial vehicles. the various tire
concerns have also kept pace with the
times and are not to be found wanting
In any particular line. With the re-
sumption of wire wheels on motor cars
after a lapse of twenty years the big
tire companies are to be found expert
menting with tires which will prove the
most satisfactory to the new product and
give the greatest mileage and best re-
suits These experiments have been
going on for several months past, and by
the time the major portion OF motor cars
are equipped with this style of wheel,
| which is rapidly being adopted by the
various automobile manufacturers, tire
will have been perfected that will give
| the same satisfactory results that the
| tires are furnishing the wooden
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Impossible to Estimate Exactly Vast Sums Invest
In Industry--Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds
Graduates Of Large Universities Employed
In Experimental Work in Factories.
GOODRICH, DIAMOND, SWINEaART,
FlRESTONE, GOODYEAR AND MOTT

daily, attended by statesmen and man
ayers Of branches throughout the coun-
try, who 60 to Akron to observe the
manufacturing process and receive In
struction in salesmanship.
Gathering Rubber in Forests.
While the process Of manufacture Is
interesting, a word or two about the
early discovery OF rubber might also
prove OF interest Centuries ago, in fact,
long before the discovery Of America by
Christopher Columbus, rubber or caout-
chouc was known to the South American
Indian. AS far back as 1900 Pincon. the
Spanish explorer, told of these Indians
of the dense forests bordering the banks
of the great Amazon. who tapped the
caoutchouc trees and extracted a milky
fluid. He did not explain it's use. Co
lumbuS noticed natives playing ball with
curious substance in the primeval for
ests and prepared according to native
ways. Little did the Spanish explorer
of the sixteenth century dream what an
important part these immense forests
We're to play In the twentieth centHry
commercialsm. The increase of rubber
tired vehicles since the advent of the
motor car and the introduction and de-
velopment of the automobile for pleasure
and the motor truck for commercial use
have increased enormously the market
for crude rubber
1t Is probably well known that crude
rubber Is a vegetable product, gathered
from certain species of trees shrubs.
vines and roots. The finest rubber in the
world is Para and is gathered in the
Amazon regions Of South America. This
rubber is being gathered today. just as
it was more than a century ago
The natives go out into the forest and
selecting a rubber tree, cut '.V"-shaped
grooves in the bark with a special knife
made for the purpose. these grooves be-
ing cut in herringbone fashion diago-
nally around the tree, with one main
groove cut vertically down the center.
like the main vein in leaf. The latex
of the tree, from which the rubber is
taken, flows from these veins and down
the center vein into little cup, which
the natives place to receive it.
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Burman and TetzlaR to Race.

Bob Burman and his keeton car will
meet Teddy Tetzlaff. the great western
pilot. who holds a road record. made In
the Santa Monica road race. of Is,5 miles
per hour for $50 miles. in a match race
at Tacoma, July G. In this race Tetzlaf
will defend his title as premier road
driver. and will use 12o-horsepower
Fiat in which he captured the heavy
and free-for-ali event at Tacoma last
July. The rivalry between the two cham
Ri0na 10 intense.
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Sparkplug Detector.

Announcement Is made today of a new
device whereby the motorist may keep
tab on the sparkplugs and coils OF his
automobile without leaving his seat or
raising the hood OF his car. The little
device is manufactured by the Whitcomh
Novelty Company and is conveniently To-
Gated on the front DASH 50 that the
motorist is enabled to ascertain whether
the various cylinders are hiring properly
II there is trouble from this standpoint
the detector. as 1t is called. gives the
desired information.
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Ingredients Tougher Gum.

There seems to be a general impression
mixed with rubber are put into the COM
pounds merely to cheaper the product
and to lower the grade of the material.
This is true in many cases, these in
gradients being added to tougher the
gum. Increase its wearing qualities. to
make 1t indestructible when subjected to
heat. or to make 1t soft and yielding. SO
that 1t can be forced into fabric, etc.
In the general process of manufacture
| observed that the sheeted rubber was
sent directly from the dryroom to the
compound room, where the various In
gradients were weighed out into proper
proportions along with the rubber to
make up a batch and placed In recep-
tacles, ready to be mixed. The batch was
then sent into the millroom to be mixed
into uniform pasty mass. which is the
characteristic uncured or so-called green
rubber compound The mixing is done
in the mill. This is a very heavy ma
chine constructed similarly to a cracker
and a washer. except that it is much
larger and heavier. and the rolls are
perfectly smooth and run closer together.
No water at all is used on the batch dur
ing the mixing. There are steam and
cold water connections to the mills which
are connected with hollow spaces inside
the rolls. SO that the latter can be kept
at any temperature desired.
The rubber is worked and warmed I'D
until it takes on very sticky and plastic
consistency Then the various COM
pounds are worked by the rolls into the
rubber After the batch is properly
mixed it is cut off the rolls in sheets,
rolled up and sent to the green stock
storeroom. In this storeroom the COM
pounded, uncured gums are kept in diff
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Cut Up Into Small Pieces.

After the cups are filled they are taken
into the rubber camp and there the latex
is coagulated by means of smoke This
is done by the use of a paddle which is
dipped into a bowl of the
latex and then revolved in the smoke
from a wood or palm nut fire. This smoke
seems to have a preservative effect on the
rubber as well as drying it out and
it to harden on the paddle, each
successive layer of the latex causing the
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BY HOWARD S. FISK.
SITUATED

81 / I Al ELI OH
the banks of the
great Cuyahoga
river, in the north
ern part Of the
Buckeye state and
not a very great
distance from Lake
Erie, is the hust-
ling little village
of Akron, Ohio,
known the world
over because of its
great tire industry.
The quiet and I'M
pr e t e ntious APP
preach is any
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wheels. In nearly every factory gradu-
ates from prominent colleges In the
country are engaged in experimental and
ANALYSIS work, the same as are found In
the automobile factories. / met a num-
Der of experts in the tire plants and they
all seemed deeply interested in their
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1sooO-J. P. Sanger. 1896 10Th street
northwest, Packard,
1SNl-LeBaron Colt L. S. Senate, Fiat.
I6sW2-Frank A. Shue. 2915 10Th street
northeast. Ford
16:N3-A s. caywood. 9l3 New York
avenue northwest, Columbia.
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ferent bins, according to the nature OF
the compound, and are there allowed to
season, after which they are delivered to
the various departments of the factory.
Spreaders and Calenders.


In the spreading process the machine
Is called a spreader. The fabric to which
the rubber is to be applied is mounted on
roll at one end OF the spreader, and
from the roll passes through a trough
of rubber cement. and then up over "A So
called doctor rol' and under knife
edge, which allows only enough cement
to pass through TO fill the pores of the
fabric From this knife the cemented
fabric passes over a steam drying chest
and is then rolled up with roll of linen
cloth TO prevent it's sticking together.
Fabric treated in this manner must be
put through the spreader a number of
times before it has sufficient rubber on
it to be used in the products for which
ii is intended.
For calendering rubber the machine is
called a calender. This machine is made
with three and sometimes four heavy
rolls. which are capable OF very fine
adjustment. The rubber from the green
stock storeroOm is first warmed up on q
small mixing mill and Is then fed between
the rolls Of the calender, coming through
in sheet of required thickness, and is
wound up in linen cloth and sent
directly to the departments. where 1t is
used for inner tubes. druggists sundrtes.
etc. where only rubber and no fabric
is used Where the rubber is to be ap-
piled to fabric the fabric is put through
the calender rolls with the rubber and
the rubber is literally ground into the
fabric.
Fabric treated in this manner is known
to the trade as friction, and Is generally
used in the manufacture of pneumatic
tires. betting, hose, etc. From the cal
ender room of the rubber factory the
stock IS received in the automobile tire
department in the form OF large rolls of
rubber-coated fabric and in rolls Of
sheeted rubber of various thicknesses
and widths The rubber-coated fabric
CONTINUED on Sixth PageD
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169OI-Fannie B. Morris. 145 Adams
street northwest, Ford.
1605-w T.. Brigham. Home Life build
ing. Rambler.
l6gGG-Simon Lyon. Evans building,
Waverly electric