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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
I HOW RUBBER is GATHERED

The industry of collecting and pre-
pairing rubber is carried on extern
sively in the valley of the Amazon.
There are districts Of many square
miles owned and operated by one
person. The rubber trees are scat
tered more or less plentifully among
other trees that yield no profit as
yet.
When one has secured large
tract Of forest land for the industry,
he puts up a rough shelter upon it,
and engages Indian natives of the
neighborhood to aid him in the work.
Early in the morning they start out
to make the rounds of the estate, for
they must get back to the riverside
before the heat of the day becomes
too great. They tap the trees, at
tach little tin cups to catch the sap
and take home whatever sap may be
collected.
The sap of the rubber tree is
white liquid of the consistency of
goats milk. 1t is necessary that it
be converted into solid. This is
effected by the action of pungent
5 smoke that coagulates or curdles
the milky fluid. For this use the
seeds Of two different kinds of palm
are employed. The seeds are put in
an earthen jar which has narrow
neck, the bottom of which is per-
forated with number of square
holes. In this the palm outs are
burned; the holes in the bottom of
the jar admit draft and cause a
dense smoke to issue from the neck.
The operator takes a paddle sim
liar to that with which he paddles his
canoe and holds the blade of 1t over
the jar. Upon it he pours the milky
juice, cup by cup, all the time turning
the blade so as to bring all parts of
it into the smoke. The fluid is in
stantly fixed and adheres to the wood
or to the rubber already formed. This
process is continued until Gold
lump is formed that will perhaps
weigh sixteen pounds. When the lump
has grown large enough for handling
slit is cut in it and the blade is
drawn out. A mass of rubber is left
ready for exploration. 1t Is the smoke
used in coagulating the sap that gives
crude rubber the dark appearance
familiar to every one.
Natives who collect rubber have,
curiously enough. little use f>r the
article. They do, however, devise
pla. hings for their children by pour
ing tae sap into clay molds Of birds,
fishes, etc. and then crushing the
clay removing it.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
PART OF.FRISCO SLOWLY
SLIPPING BACK into SEA
All o. Migratory Territory Is on Made
Land and No uneasiness
Is Felt.

San Francisco.-A vast area Of San
Francisco is slowly but surely slipping
into the sea, but this particular earth
movement is occasioning so little
alarm that the general opinion seems
to be '1et her slip"
All of the migratory territory is ON
made land, and 1t was figured at the
time that the vast I'LL was made that
1t would continue to settle.
The great Union Ferry building, one
of the biggest and showiest railroad
terminals IN the United States, has
settled IA inches since its construc-
ton in 1898, engineers estimate. The
settlement has been so gradual and
even, however, that no crack is ap-
parent anywhere in the vast structure.
Also the rate of subsistence is growing
gradually less, as a depression Of but
1.57 inches has been noted in the last
six years.
The building rests on foundation
of 5000 piles, which are set In a Sc
ries of piers made up of concrete to
the amount of $4,000 tons. 1t is at
the westernmost boundary Of the big
fill.
When the fill was made sea wall
more than mile long and running
through a substrata of mud $50 feet
thick was constructed to keep the
hlled-in land, which is now the lower
end Of the city, from slipping into the
bay. The sea wall was made by dredg-
ing channel so feet wide and 20 feet
deep, and then filling up this channel
with great granite rocks.
The land behind the wall subsidized
and 1t was necessary a year ago to
raise the foot of Market street, where
the ferry is located, and several con-
Meeting streets by several inches
Skyscrapers as high as 16 stories
have been built on the fill, almost
within a stones throw of the Ferry
building, on foundations of piles driven
to bedrock These piles run into the
thousands for each building, each vast
structure resting on forest of them.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
U. S. Tests Toughness of
Beef and Strength of Egg

Washington.-At the instance of the
Department of Agriculture, the bureau
of standards Is devising tests to show
how tough a given piece of beef may
be; the strength of an egg shell, and
the comparative strength Of the leg
bones Of hogs.
Determining the toughness of beef
has so far proven the harder task In
struments now In the laboratories are
being used to measure the tensile and
torsional strains which the beef fibers
can take, and then expert beef eaters
try the old test Of the teeth to check
the findings. In requiring the expert
ments, the department pointed out
that tender meat is worth more than
tough, and that experts who judge
meat quality by its appearance are
frequently deceived.
Egg shell strength varies consider
ably, according to the amount of lime
in the diet of the hen and determining
the crushing point quickly shows up
the facts. The durability of hog
bones, which is believed to be con-
trolled by diet, is an important eco
nomic question because many pigs are
rendered unfit as pork because their
legs break while on trains enroute to
market. The bureau Of standards will
determine the breaking strain of a
number Of sample hog legs, whose
owners We're given different feed.
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most care and judgment, SO as to
make for harmonious ensemble.
Occasionally, when an artist or a
speaker fails to appear at the ap-
pointed time, the studio staff must
improvise feature to span the gap
in the program. Gifted studio an
nouncers are now part Of the staff
and their musical talents serve to
good advantage for just such emer-
gencies. Going even one step fur
Their, the leading studios have skilled
musicians ON their regular studio
staff, available for all occasions as
accompanies or to play solos. WIZ
and WY of the Radio Corporation
Of America, are fortunate in having
Godfrey Ludlow, an accomplished
Austrian violinist, on the regular
staff. Mr.. Ludlow not only plays
with the rare skill of great artist,
but he possesses one of the very few
real Stradivarius violins in existence.
Lovers of violin music have many
treats in store for them this coming
season, for Ludlow will often play
for them. Mr.. Keith Mcleod is also
well-known to the radio audience for
his unusual ability as concert
pianist
When Summer Comes
Radio is no longer seasonable. The
recent technical advances in trans
hitting and receiving equipment, the
increased power of the broadcasting
stations and other significant factors
have done much to overcome the
early handicaps of warm weather.
Then. too. the program managers
have come to recognize the impor-
lance of summertime radio, with the
result that their efforts go on just
the same in summer as in winter.
II anything, program managers con-
slider that sumer-time radio has some
decided advantage over winter-time
rdio, In the inter Of securing sport
ing events from the great outdoors,
thus giving their programs dash Of
seasoning.
For several weeks back we have
been getting ready for summertime
broadcasting. Certain changes have
been made in the scenery Of our
studios somewhat after the manner
of the housewife who changes the
living-room decorations from the
heavy and warm style Of winter to
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
Rhode Island Red Lays
Egg III Inches Long

Mineola. L. betty, a Rhode Island
Red hen in the flock owned by Max
Gottschben Of Herkimer street, New
Hyde Park, is a believer in standard
production qualities, but just to prove
that the thing could be done, she laid
an egg weighing half a pound and
measuring TX inches in diameter.
On the following day she went back
to laying eggs of normal dimensions.
The record egg has been placed on
exhibit by the Nassau county farm
huxeau.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
Special Warm Weather Radio
Concerts For the Summer Listener
BY CHARLES q. PoPENoE
Manager, Stations WIZ and WY. New York CITY

the simple and cool style of summer.
Atmosphere and surroundings have
their effect upon the broadcaster. For
that reason we have prepared our
studios to carry out the idea of sum-
mer and all it stands for with the
vast radio audience This must have
a summertime" influence on our
programs in the making.
We must take into consideration
the changing seasons and the chang
ing interests of our vast family Of
listeners-in. Speaking for stations
WIZ and WY specifically, we are
going to broadcast many things Of
interest to summertime folks. We
shall have excellent talks on swim
ming, which is subject of very gem
eral interest. We shall have talks
on golf-that fascinating imported
game which have gained such wide
popularity in America. We shall have
talks on tennis, basketball, baseball,
and other American sports. We shall
have talks by practical campers to
campers and motor tourists, and once
those campets are in the far-off
corners, we shall keep them in touch
with the world and furnish them
with the best of musical entertain
ment. We shall have talks on the
care of the automobile, on motor
tours and on other subjects of in
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16

Keeping the air filed with good
things that is the job of the Broad
cast Station Manager. To do this
requires Organizations staff of
specialists. From the first day Of
1924 till the last day. station WIZ
was on the air total OF 3,OS5 hours,
transmitting 4.9S5 separate program
features. The twin station WY was
on the air total of $50 hours, trans
hitting LIZA separate program
features during the same period.
Gone Is the Day of the Radio "FilIer''
Back in the early days of radio
broadcasting, the program manager
didn't have to worry about filling"
his time on the air. One or more
monographs and an automatic piano
were fixtures of the broadcasting
studio, and when there was lull in
the program the studio announcer
made good use of "a few of the latest
record releases or pianola rolls to
fill in the time.
That practice, however. is a thing of
the past The radio audience no long
er wants to listen to just plain "fill-
ers" to kill time, so to speak To-
day. everything that comes over the
air must be fresh or first-hand More
over, the various features must be
fitted into the program with the ut
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
Typewriter Keyboards.

American manufacturers of type
writing machines display great enter
prise and ingenuity in the adaptation
of the keyboards of their machines
TO the foreign needs. These key
boards are now adjusted to meet the
requirements of about twenty-five
different languages.
Among the most ingenious of key
boards is that provided for the
Arabic tongue. The Arabic writing
machines does beautiful work, for
the script is much more ornamental
and decorative than the practical
type used for the European Ian
guages. The Arabic keyboard is no
larger than the double-case key
board applied to many of the English
writing machines. Certain of the
Arabic letters have as many as three
different forms on the same key, the
variations being required for the be-
ginning, the middle or the end Of
word, as the case may be.
One company puts out one hundred
styles of type shuttles in twenty-five
languages. Many of these show
nearly the same characters as in
English. For instance, the French,
Spanish and Scandinavian type
writers are like those writing Eng
fish, with the addition of accents or
marks not used in English. The
German, Russian and Greek key
boards show the distinctive charac-
tiers Of those languages. Special key
boards are now provided for writing
the Gaelic tongue.
The most curious of the foreign
keyboards is that for Chinese, based
upon the contrivance of an American
missionary. This machine shows an
incomplete keyboard, inasmuch as it
is impossible to provide for all the
| characters of written Chinese, al
most unlimited in number; but, as
the machine Is Intended only for
ordinary business communications
it is said to contain sufficient mum
Der of characters for the purpose for
which it was contrived. Another
Typewriter performs in Siamese, and
still another in Burmese; and there
are also keyboards for writing the
Hebrew, Turkish and Persian scripts
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
HUGE RIVER cAReoEs


Few, persons who have not actually
seen the massive lows which descend
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers have
an adequate idea of the magnitude Of
the steadily increasing commerce
that is there carried on or of the
cargoes that are handled by the shall
Iow-draft stern-wheel steamers.
Along the rivers of western Penn
sylvania and West Virginia the 10000
ton wooden barges are loaded and
made up into RATS. When the river is
high enough to give good "coalboat
water''-a clear channel of eleven
feet or more---these are rushed out OF
the shallower part of the Ohio and
gathered along the bank, either
Above or, preferably, below the falls
at Louisville. If the river is very
high the lows are made up at Pitts
burg and sent through entire, going
over the dams and falls without
trouble. Generally barses loaded
with manufactured iron, such as
cotton-bale tics, railway rails. barbed
wire, nails and structural steel, are
Incorporated into the RATS.
Into one end of the mass of, barges
the stern-wheeled towboat thrusts
her nose. Great cables are then car
ried across from the outer corners
and from many other points and
dashed to the steamer until the whole
is rigid, and the start for New Or
leans is made. The progress of the
tow is generally little more than that
Of the current-from four to nine
miles an hour. In long, straight
reaches of the river the steamer gets
behind the tow and pushes it along;
but for the most part very skillful
pilot is kept busy thanking the
barges round bend after bend.
The current of the Mississippi sets
into the outside of every bend and
crosses from the foot of one into tho
head of another, which tends to force
the tow against the bank in each
case. The steamer, by backing and
swinging and going ahead, puts it.
self on the side of the tow away
from the bank, and holds the tow
away Then, swinging slowly round
the stern as the whole moves over
the crossing, it repeats the operation
in the opposite direction in the re-
verse bend.
The most sI5illfui plotting is neces-
sary, as a slight grounding of part
of the tow on the end of bar will
often throw the whole mass hard
aground and cause heavy loss. For
safety it is customary to tie up at
night; but in the case of the Sprague,
mentioned below, it was tied up but
five hours between Louisville and
making the 900 miles be-
tween those cities In eight days.
One of the largest cargoes ever
by a single steamboat was
manmuvred down the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers from
Louisville and distributed below
Vicksburg by the Sprague. It con-
sisted of $4,000 tons of coal, loaded
la forty-six huge wooden fiatboats, all
dashed tightly together and to the
steamer. The tow covered an area
of five acres, and was as large as
half dozen Atlantic liners side by
side.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
huge transmitting cent5L stations
z City.

terest to the vast army of Americans
who travel the highways Of our vast
country during the coming months.
The Radio Reporter and the Sport.
Ing Events
Summertime being the outdoor
time Of the year, the program man
ager goes out more than ever after
out-of-the-studio features. During the
past year the out-of-the-studio features
amounted to 81 per cent of the pro-
grams from stations WIZ and WY,
the remaining 46 per cehE- being stu
do features. The program manager
today no longer waits for radio per-
formers to come to the studio. II
he knows of a desirable feature for
his audience, which cannot be brought
to the studio in the normal course
of events, he sends the radio. re-
porter after it with the microphone
and the pickup" wires which ra,
date from the studio in all direc-
tions.
From Philharmonic Music to the
Latest Jazz
There is plenty in store for the
music lovers. We have scheduled
a series of concerts which will be
broadcast direct from Washington,
D. c., given by the United States
Marine Band and the United States
Army Band, and broadcast through
WRC of Washington and WIZ of New
York City and probably WGY Of
Schenectady. The Marine band win
be broadcast twice a week. and the
Army band once week.
There are several other musical
treats in store for the summertime
listeners, which will be announced
later Meanwhile, the usual studio
programs will go con the air" all
through the summer, terminating each
evenings program, except Sunday,
with the latest dance music which
will set tens Of thousands of feet in
action in the city as well as in the
remote camp and summer resort.
With regard to informative talks
on subjects other than sport, we shall
have much interest to. summertime
folks. For the ladies' especially dur
ing the daytime when they comprise
an overwhelming majority OF our
audience shall have talks ON
gardening; how to arrange the home
for warm weather: what to wear dur
ing the summer, and so. on. For
the home builder and home-owner,
we plan to have talks on the build
ing and maintenance Of the home.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16
Served Him Rlqht.

Il hear you've been fishing for sew.
eral days.
mo-" replied the exact individual.
was fishing for fish and devoted
several days to the alleged sport
without getting bite"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16

II you have attended a party, and
didn't have nice time. think ii over;
wasn't 1t because some one else did
all the talkingS
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-16

William Leider, union bricklayer
Of New York, here seen ION the job"
has paid his way through three years
in Columbia university, where he
specializes in philosophy, and already
has won Phi Beta Kappa key and
two scholarships. He finishes next
year and then hopes to teach.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30
ITALIAN ALIEN MAY
RECOVER, Is REPORT

The condition of Salvador Sada
Italian alien who was believed to be
dying yesterday from bullet wound
received when he was shot by snug
eler Monday night, is still critical. al
though he may recover, d. w. Brewster.
immigration Inspector in charge of the
Brownsville district, reported today on
his return from Edinburg.
The man was taken from the Jail at
Edinburg yesterday on the arrival of
Mr.. Brewster. and transferred to the
hospital at McAllen, where he is at
the present time.
Sada was shot by one of two snug
glers that robbed him after they had
gone one mile out from point where
Sada was put into their custody. They
were to take the alien to San Antonio
The small .25 calibre bullet entered his
chest on the right side 1t was thought
at first that the bullet caused only
flesh wound. However, a hemorrhage
set in later, and yesterday physicians
reported him to be dying.
Further investigation is being made
in connection with the shooting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30
SUICIDE PLANNED BY
CONDEMNED MAN
nv The Associated Press.)

OSSINING, n. ", April 30-John
Farina. who is to be electrocuted to-
night with Joseph and Morris Diamond
brothers, for the murder of two Brook-
lvn bank messengers in 1928, was pre-
vented from an attempt at suicide, sing
Sing authorities believed, when Keep
er today took from him the sharpened
handle of a tooth brush which he had
concealed in two oranges.
Farina, with the Diamonds, was being
taken from his usual cell 70 one near
the death chamber in preparation Tor
the execution, when his keeper noticed
thta he was carving two oranges. The
keeper found that the oranges were
stuck together with bone tooth brush
handle the end Of which had been sharp
ened to knifelike point.
The three condemned men had been
closely guarded to prevent attempts at
suicide Farina, at the time William
Ford. of Brooklyn committed suicide
two months ago in the prison, was heard
to say:
That is an easy way out"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30
TEXASRANCERS
LEGAL, SUPREME
COURT DECIDES
Writ Of Error Refused in
Bexar County Case; Is
Days Remain to File
Rehearing Motion
Especial to the Herald.) J


AUSTIN, Tex, April 30-The law
treating the State ranger force and au-
thorizing the operation of the rangers
was upheld by the Supreme Court We'd
nesday when that body refused to grant
an application for writ of error in the
case of J. E. Elgin vs. Pat Neff from
BeXar county.
No opinion was written by the court
and its action adopts as correct the con
clusion Of the San Antonio appellate
court which had reversed the district
court, set aside its injunction and dis
missed the case.
This is made final, except for the Is
days allowed for filing a motion for re-
hearing.
Rangers can now operate unrestrain
ed and contempt proceedings cannot be
maintained at San Antonio for alleged
violation of the district courts injunc
ton. The last was directed against
state officials alleged to have violated
the district courts order forbidding
paying state funds to rangers and en-
Joining rangers from accepting pay
from the state
The Bexar county district court held
the ranger law unconstitutional. In
reversing tn. district court strictly on
the law of the case Chief Justice Fly
of the appellate court concluding his
opinion in this language: This court
does not seek to eXtenuate or defend
any criminal. tyrannous or unlawfui
acts that have been committed BY mem
bers Jr units of ranger forces, especial
ly in the last two years. but condemns
all such acts. as well as the acts of those
in the background who have aided and
abotted such violations of the law. NO
one who loves liberty and believes in
the supremacy of the law can sustain
such assaults on our liberty. ms
however. is not the question at issue
and can have no legitimate bearing on
the construction of the law that creates
and organizes the ranger. forces.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30
PIONEER dies
AT Home. HERE
Chauncey Stillman, Rel
ative of N. Y. Million
aire, Succumbs

Chauncey Stillman, age 70. one of the
pioneer ranchman of the Valley. died
at the home of Mrs. Kate f. Stillman.
his sister-inlaw, at 419 Levee street
here this morning at o'clock
Mr.. Stillman was cousin Of James
A. Stillman, at one time president of
the New York City bank. and was a ne
phew Of the late James Stillman, one Of
the organizers of that bank, and its
president for a time.
The deceased first came to the Val
ley country about 40 years ago. and has
been here at irregular intervals since
that time. He held ranch interests
here. at Raymondville and near San
Antonio. He lived in San Antonio for
many years. making his home in both
cities. and also lived for many years in
New York City, his original home and
birthplace.
For the past four years he had been
in failing health, and had been living at
the residence of his sister-in- law, wife
Of the late Robert Stillman, his brother,
here.
A short time ago he sold one of the
two large ranches which he owned near
Raymondville.
Mr.. Stilman is survived by three sis
tiers, all Of whom live in New York
City, his sister-in law here, and other
more distant relatives. His wife died
several years ago. He also has a ne
phew and niece here. Joe and Lucy
Stillman.
Funeral arrans ments are being made
by relatives. and the funeral services
will be held from The home on Levee
street here tomorrow morning at I'D
o'clock. interment to be in the family
plot in the old city cemetery. Rev X.
O. Macintosh will be in charge OF the
services. Interment will be made by
Burt Hinkley, local undertaken.
Pallbearers are Oscar Sauder, Adolph
Ashheim, Jim McDavitt, Robert Dalzeii,
DR.. c. H. Thorn, Robert Lackner, }. =.
Cooke, Frank Rabb and Frank Arm
strong.