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New Britain herald., 1925-09-04

ity There are many others which give more or less good rubber more or less generously. Latex plants are typical of many plant families in their distribution. Quite opposite from the human race, the most ann bilious members of the rubber fam fly inhabit the tropics, In Central Africa, the East Indies and the Amazon the rubber brothers and sisters or cousin are tree giants or great vine dragons of the jungle. Tn northern Mexico they have become bushes In parlors Of the 1sso's the Far Easts hugs India rubber tree lived a snug life as the rubber plant Our cherished temperate zone can produce naturally only lateG-yeined pygmies the milk weeds, Indian hemp, bell flower and SOW thistle. It was from the SOW thistle that Germany extracted some rubber during her wartime isola- l ton"
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04

bore into the tree. Having killed the horer the latex proceeds to heal the wound by drying into a little patch of rubber, Plainly, If this patch were hard and brittle, the trees swaying would break 1t open. Foresighted nature prevents new fis- sures by fixing a patch which stretches, She Is such good crattswoman that hundreds ot chemists wrestling for a rubber sub stitute have not equaled natures elastic.
 Used for Cubes and Golf Balls
 Singapore, Britain's key port of the East Indies, Is the world market for gutta percha, one of the most Important other ,ruhbers, just as 1t Is for para rubber. Big 'percha' trees which native slash for gutta' tgum) are found in the jungle for es's Of Indo-china. siam Malay States and in adjacent islands AL though plantation cultivation Is coming in, gutta psrcha still com mands the commercial field it first invaded, submarine cable insulation, Of recent years it has found a new usefulness closer home. Golf balls combine gutta percha and another rubber; the interior Is wound with para rubber thread; the whole Is bound in a gutta percha sheath.
 On first sight there seems to be no good reason for the existence of Eoa Vista, the onl ytown on the Rio Brarco, an Amazon tributary as big as the Ohio river, Closer scrutiny 1 by anyone who wishes to travel g month in the jungle from Para, at the Amazons mouth, will disclose that balata Is one reason. Balata Is a heavy. stiff rubber. II Is obtained from the bully tree In the same man ner the worlds entire supply of fine | 'hevea' rubber was once harvested in the Amazon valley, The demand i for balata to make rubber belting has In part compensated for the blight brought on the Amazon trade by the East Indies capture of the Para rubber business.
 How Chicle Helps Science
 "Balata is close relative Of chicle, the Mexican and Central American rubber which serves America nervous jaws, Oven ten million pounds Of chicle came frum Pucatan and British Honduras to the United States last year. Indi- rectly the American peoples demand for chewing gum mas boosted the cause of archaeology, since many Of the Maya ruins have been discov- cred by chicle hunters. The stand ing reward for discovery of forgot Zen. jungle swallowed cities which one scientist offered to chicle gath erers brought many finds,
 These are the main commercial rubbers Each has a different qual-
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04
CALIFORNIAN ON HIKE
 TO WIN BIG REWARD

Winnipeg, Man, Sept { F>-J. F. Mccoy of San Francisco passed through here recently, relating that he was returning from Halifax N. $, on a hike to that place and back, which he must complete In two years to vin s1o,ocn. The prize he said, was offered by the San Francisco Athletic club.
 Mccoy started from San Francisco October 25. 1924, and vas ten days ahead ot his schedule when here. He Is bound 10 travel vehicular roads. Inasmuch as he could not take 10 railroad tracks and there was no highway along the north edge Of Lake Superior he left Canada at Sault Saints Marie Ont, and four neyed through the United States on his way here
 He was bound to touch at Tinni- peg Calgary. Alta and Vancouver, R z, He must not accept litt
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04
RUBBER STRETCHES
 ID AMERICAN LEAS
MilkEeed Contains t, as Do Many Other Varieties Of Plants

Washington, Sept 4-How far does rubber stretch? Scientists have discovered that raw rubber stretches throughout the tropics and even to our own American meadows.
 "Milkwesd is one Of the hum dreds of varieties of plants, bushes, trees, roots and vines in the world that contain rubber" says a bulletin of the National Geographic Society from its Headquarters in Washing ton. D. (. "Milkweed however, cannot supply sinews which will stand the strain demanded of the commercial product.
 Para" Rubber Orchard Crop
 Plantations of the Malay states, Java and Ceylon monopolize the ia nous Para rubber, but, with one exception, they do not control the other useful rubbers. Para rubber Is now an orchard crop But the other commercial ruhbers, Eutta percha. balata and chicle have not been tanned to straight rows As Para rubber was sought % years ago, so these others must be wrest- cd from the wild jungle today. In dians do the work in Central and South America and native Malay tribes do 1t in the Far East,
 "Latex makes the rubber family kin Latex is milk from irrigated plants. Like cows milk, it's color Is white, its globules of rubber are in suspension in the water base like globules of 'at. and it will sour quickly If not preserved The func- ton of latex Is different from that Of milk and different from the func- tion of sap, with which 1t is often confused Nature uses it as q com bination fypaper and automatic vul- canizing patch
 Milk of tho milkweed, familiar to every boy and girl, is essentially the same as the milk of the king tree of the rubber world. But milk weed has only fraction of rubber In its latey. while the best rubber trees give from one 10 two quarts of rubber per gallon. The latex occurs in layer Of cells between the outer and inner bark IL brings certain death to q beetle that attempts to
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04

at all physical activities. while there was q decrease of sis per cent in the number of students taking edu- catonal courses, The 2Ss,Sss men and boys affiliated with '. M. c. A.. Bible classes represent an increase of 2.7 per cent, but there was a slight decrease in the total attend ance st Bible classes and religious meetings Likewise there were slight decreases in the number of decisions for the Christian life and in the number uniting with the church.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04
No More Dandruff

The sure way e sroish dandrutt is = dystrov the germ that causes i,, To dN this quickly and salelv there Is rofh.N- So good as Farisan SaGe-the hest hl'r and s'alN treatment. Stors itching s,alp and falling hair. Asy any druggist for fartst7n Sage Its Eusranteed,
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04

We have the largest variety of Felt Hats in all the newest styles and colors.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-04

These are genuine Velours, with silk Things. Every wanted style and color.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
$4,000 TO BE SOUGHT
FOR M STREET BRIDGE

The Commissioners today decided
to ask Congress lin the fall for
SIS 900 to repair the M street bridge
in Georgetown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
Trade Board Official
COnfers With Fenning
On Headley DemOtiOn

Odelf S. Smith. chairman of the
Board of Trades public order com
mittee, is comforting with Commits
sioner Frederick A. Fenning this
afternoon concerning the demotion
of Inspector Albert ]. Headley. Mr..
Smith is seeking the. reason for
Headley's reduction.
The Board OF Trade authorized
then chairman of it's public order
committee to investigate the demo
ton of Inspector Headley and re-
port back to the board for action
by 0hat body.
The board of directors Of the
Chamber OF Commerce are expected
to demand the reinstatement OF
Headley at a meeting tonight al
which the directors will receive a
recommendation from it's police and
fire corlmittee that Headley to re-
instated and given hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
HAYNES DENIES
He MEANS To
RESIGN J
Dry Chief Threatened to Quit
in Row/over EmpIoye,
Was Report

Prohibition Commissioner Roy
A. Haynes declared today he. will
not resign on account of the con-
troversy oyer the separation Of a
woman employee, Miss Georgia
Hopley, of Bucyrus, Ohio, from
the prohibition enforcement serv-
ice.
81 have not resigned, am not
thinking of resigning, and / have
not threatened to resign" Haynes
said. He stated that at the time
Miss Hopley and other persons
engaged in educational" work
were attached to the prohibition
unit there was some doubt as to
the legality of paying them, but
they were put on the pay roll
just the same.
Ousted BY Mellon.
Miss Hopley was discharged July
/ from the Federal service on order
of Secretary of the Treasury Me'Icn
and Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. Blair. Strong political pressure.
headed by Senator Willis of Ohio,
failed to save her job.
Miss Hopley, who was an APP
pointee of the late President Hard
ing, Is an ardent prohibitionist, and
OH a salary Of 81, 500 a year and ex-
penses, Travelled about the country
in prohibition propaganda work.
The Treasury Department mas held
for. q long time that there was no
legal authority for such an ap-
pointment.
When 1t became known that a
personal appeal to President Cool
idge had failed to save her job,
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
threatened to resigna It was said.
b Shorn Of Powers.
Virtually all the duties that for
merly devolved upon him have been
taken over by General Lincoln c..
Andrews, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, who now has all real
authority over dry enforcement.
1t became known today that Mr..
HAYNES duties have become so COM
pIetely absorbed by other officials
that an efficiency committee pro-
vided by the Treasury Department
has recommended that his job be
abolished The recommendation
however. has not yet been adopted
officially.
The case Of Miss Hopley is said
to be one of a number of formeri
employees of the Anti-Saloon
League now being employed by
the Government for propaganda
work. The appointments were
made during the Harding admins
tratien, it is said, chiefly at the
instance of Commissioner Haynes.
The Treasury Department has been
trying in a diplomatic way to get
rid OF these employees for several
years, but Anti-Saloon League SEN
timent has always been too strong
for them until recently. The dis
charge of Miss, Hopley did not come
until her case had received tho
thorough consideration of Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon.>
Miss Hcpley has made her head
quarters In Washington, but has
largely engaged in field service
work. There was no objection to
her personally, and she was one
of the most popular employees IN the
prohibition enforcement unit. Her
job was eliminated, not merely as
g part of the program of Coolidge
economy, but because there. was
danger that Comptroller General
McCarl might rule that there was
no need for retaining her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
STILL EXPLODES
NEAR GARAGE
Continued from First Pogc)

Continued from First Pagc)
This Is the process of redistiIla-
ton of denatured alcohol in liquid
fit for use as a beverage, it was
said. A large charcoal burner Was
discovered in one corner of the
garage.
According to the police the
garage was rented froRa the owner
of 317 Third street northeast by
two men, both of whom are known.
Arrests are expected within the
next tWenty-fou~ hours.
These men, police say, evidently
went out on a run" and left the
distillery going. Alcohol in the
FIRST can which exploded became
overheated, it was said, scattering
flame about the room and ignite1
the contents of other cans.
Sergeant G. c. Holmes and De
tectives e. F.. Thompson and II.
X. Wilson. of the Ninth precinct.
are trying to find the owners of
the still. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
Calvin Coolidge, Jr.,
Has Been Dead
One Year

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, july.
Today was the first anniversary
of the death of President Cool
idge's son, Calvin. jr.
The President and Mrs.
Coolidge had planned to be at
the grave in Plymouth. VT, to-
day but the sickness ,Iof the
Presidents father made it neces-
sary for them to change their
plans. They visited the grave
when at Plymouth.
AZ floral piece, sent from
Washington by the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge, was
placed on their sons grave in
Plymouth today.
equip a town of 5000 population
with all its telephones.
Darwin Is Right" is the name
Of the feature comedy this week
at Dayton's only movie palace. The
only other entertainment Is troupe
Of travelling MINISTRIES, who adver-
tise their show has a thousand
smiles and not one blush"
Shall we be taxed to damn our
is the subject Of q series
Of lectures given here nightly by
]. A. Naples. a chautauQua lee
turer. He also spoke from the
lawn. Daytonians liked
him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
WILL
COST NE GRI
s57, 900
Actress Must Pay Full Value
and SIC. 900 Fine, Customs
Officials Hold
Rv Internntional NeMa service.

NEW YORK, July Tit is
going to cost Pola Negri, viva
cious Polish film star, exactly
10000 for lesson in United
States customs laws.
If the sparkling Pola wants the
$4,000 worth Of jewelry she ne
elected to declare when she last
came back to this country from
Europe, she will have to pay the
customs authorities $57, 900, they
asserted here today - AZ 900,
which is the domestic valueNof the
gems, and $4,000 as a fine FOR
evading regulations.
Misunderstanding, She Says.
1t was all misunderstanding
Pola said She left the matter OF
declaring her jewels to her maid.
Also she thought that as she was
still a Polish citizen her diamonds
were exempt. Besides, with her
limited knowledge of English. she
didn't understand what the Gus
toms men said to her.
At any rate, Pola's brush with
the New York customs officials is
going to cost her $4,000. whether
she redeenis her jewels OF not. If
she doesn't they will be sold at
public auction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
P STREET WILL
GET BRIDGE
REPAIRS
Railing, Engineers Office
Says, viii BE Replaced.
Money Available
~ I0aEPHINEl TIGHE.

Since the recent tragedy on
klingie road, bridge, when three
members of one family met death
in an automobile that plunged
through side rails Of the structure,
numerous complaints have been
made of the weakened and dan
gerous condition of the iron fence
on the. , street bridge. Months
ago the iron ratings on this bridge
began to yield to weather and age
and the city engineer department.
from time to time, has patched up
the broken parts OF the fence with
planks, until now the retaining
wall is composed Of as much
weather. beaten and implanted
wooden board as there is iron.
In addition to being unsighfiy y
has caused CONSERVATION to motor
lists because, i'm case of brakes 1ali-
ing to work, or side-swiping by
another car, there would be nothing
to break an eighty-foot drop IN
Rock creek, below
But<the alarm is to be short lived.
At the office of David McOomb, en-
glneer OF bridges, announcement ls
made that with the beginning Of
the fiscal year, July /. money De
came available for bridge repairs
and the p street structure, because
OF its dangerous aspect, will receive
Immediate attention. The steei
structure itself is in safe and excel
lent condition as IL was last year
overharled ana strengthened at
cost Of $500. This amount ex-
hausted FOR this particular bridge
the repair work for the year.
Money Shortage.
Mr.. McComb points out that with
over 800 bridges in the District g
COLUMBIA and yearly appropEaa-
tion ~ hut $50 900 for their main
tanance. paint and inspections, the
money must be divided and the
work carried on piecemeal.
The r street bridge was compile
ted in 1871, joining two separate
cities of the District ashingtona
and GeorgetoWn--and the cost o.
The structure divided between the
The ratings which are about to
be placed in position on this bridge
are narts Of those which have been
removed from the Adueduct bridge
IN Y Georgetown, which last year
was replaced by the handsome new
Kew bridge. The remainder Of the
Aoueduct bridge railing viii be
utilized in the proposed recreation
pier, which, If Congress makes its
promised appropriation this coming
session, is to- be built on the ap-
proach pier Of the old Aqueduct
structure.
Lived Up to Name.
1t is probably news TO the younger
generationf Of citizens that in years
gone BY the Aqueduct Bridge was
all that its name implicit was
"sIuice bridge" carrying water deep
enough to float canal boat, and
permitting the Chesapeake "arks
to cross the Potomac and continue
their way down to Alexandria.
Mr.. McComb's office SAID today
that when this bridge was a canal
so to speak. ladies and gentlemen
n boats and canoes, enjoying a
summers evening ride on the
bosom Of the Potomac, were forced
20 raise umbrellas as they drifted
Inder the Aqueduct Bridge, be-
ause of water leakage from the
, luice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
OFFICE RS
WILL ASSUME
DUTIES
Alexandria |. o. o. r. Plans
Big Meet-Lee Highway
May Be Widened

ARLINGTON COUNTY, July H.
Installation of the newly elected OF.
ficers of Arlington lodge, No. 1913,
I. o. o. F., by District Deputy
Grand Master F. e. Todd. OF
sarepta lodge, Of Alexandria. will
be the principal business at the
meeting at Community hall tonight.
sOfficers to be installed are: Noble
grand, A. C. WEIGH; vice grand,
o. L. Basye; recording secretarys T,
s. O'Halloran; assistant secretary,
Ira Brashears; financial secretary,
W. E. Cartwright; treasurer. Robert
tie; conductor, C. p. Helms; chap
lain, w w. Harrison; r. S. s..
N. s. Carson; L. 8. S., w. Fl.
Whip; r. s. s. N. G.. Wallace
johnson; L. S. S. N. G., r. B. ALT
son; r. S. " G., Ira Brashears: L.
S. v. G., w. 8. Shanholtz; inside
guard, Frank Davis; outside guard.
C. I. Eshelmar:. sitting past grand.
j. J. White; degree director, w. l..
Bragg, p. G.; MASTER OF robes.
Milton Crutchle.
Efforts to have Lee Highway
widenend through Cherrydale have
been started by the Cherrydale
Citizens Association.
A special committee composed of
F. e. Mann as chairman and %.
w. Comley and w. d. Topley has
been appointed with instructions to
visit che property owners along the
north side OF the Lee highway to
secure the necessary right Of way.
While attempting to cross Will
son boulevard near the Clarendon
elementary school yesterday, Jane
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Birch, was
struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. j. c. Brown. OF Waycroft.
Miss Birch was riding q, bicycle.
She was not seriously injured.
C. Eugene DOYLE was elected
president Of the Arlington County
Fire Underwriters Association at
the annual election held in the Of
flee Of A. L. Kelly and Sons last
night.
Others elected: william B. Brown.
vice president; and Lyman N. Kelly,
secretary and treasurer.
F'uneraI0services for Mrs. Sophia
Koester ninety-one years old.
widow OF the late Frederick
Koester who died at her home in
Livingston Heights, were conducted
today from her late residence, by
the Reverend Albert Zimmerman
Interment was in Arlington Gem.
etery.
Mrs. Rooster. who was born in
Germany In 1884, came to the
United States when a girl, and dur
ing the civil war acted as q nurse.
She is survived by two DAUGHTERS,
Matilda and Neina, and two sons
Randolph and Harry Rooster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
JURY To PLACE
CRASH BLA|NE:

Continued from First Page
Suffolk county grand jury prob.
ing the Pickwick Night Club
building collapse.
Return of indictments and issu-
ance Of warrants for those found
responsible for the disastef-these
were expected before evening.
Jurors Almost Collapse.
The grand jury, directing the in
quiry, sat from morning until mid
night last night District Attorney
Thomas c. O'Brien and the jurors
were almost in a state of physical
collapse. The grilling Of Building
Commissioner John H. Mahoney
was under way when the recess
was taken.
AS Mahoney resumed the witness
stand today, no less than forty-five
other witnesses we're packed in the
ante-rooms of the courthouse wait
ing to testify.
Attorney General Jay Benton was
watching the result of the grand
Jury proceedings to report to Gov
ernor Alvan T. Fuller. Should the
grand jury probe fail. an indie
pendent State investigation Will be
ordered, according to the governors
office.
Meanwhile, squads of workers
kept digging in the ruins of the i'll
fated Pickwick Club, but with little
prospect that more bodies would be
found.
The controversy over RESPONSE
bility for the disaster is in full tilt
between State and city authorities.
State Commissioner OF Safety Foot
has declared building laws OF
Boston place the responsibility on
the shoulders OF Mayor James
Curley, Building Commissioners Ma
honey and Building 2InspActor
James j. Hendrick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
COOLIDGE FOR
GENERAL TAX
SLASH
President Wants Congress to
Tighten Burden on
Business
By international News Service.


sWAMPSCoTT, Mass, July t.
President Coolidge favors q general
downward revision OF income taxes,
it was said officially here today
at the summer White House.
Dependent upon the Treasury De-
partment figures on Governmental
surplus. Mr.. Coolidge believes that
the coming session of Congress
should undertake another general
tax reduction.
Favors IL Per Cent Snrtax.
In the upper brackets, It was In.
dicated that the President would
look with favor upon a reduction
Of the surtax as low as IL per cent.
His chief desire in this field is
that the surtax be reduced to a
minimum that viii insure real rev.
onue.
He is willing to accept the fig
ures of tax experts on this subject
and he understands their estimate
runs from q minimum OF IL per
cent to a maximum Of % per cent.
Mr.. Coolidge has in mind q gen.
tighten the burden on big business
IN such a way as to actually pro.
duce greater revenue.
It is his opinion that such a re-
vision would work to the advantage
Of the small taxpayer in that bust
ness conditions generally would i'm
prove and thereby assure the sal
aried men better wages.
Would End Death Tax.
In the inheritance tax field, the
President thinks, the Government
should inaugurate q program look
ing toward ultimate abolition.
He feels that the maximum in
heritance tax Of 40 per cent Is so
high as to make the collection of
any real revenue practically impos.
sible, and he also holds that such
Q high percentage amounts to con-
fiscation.
Inheritance taxation. he thinks,
should be left to the State.
Coal Situation.
Although President Coolidge has
90 yet, received no specific report
from Washington on the threaten
ing situation in the hard coal fields
IL was said today, that Secretary
OF Commerce Hover and Secretary
OF Labor Davis are keeping In
close touch with developments bear
ing on the coming wage conference
Should the situation become acute
tho President will ask his two de-
partment chiefs for full inforrna.
ton to guide him In taking any &C
tor which might be nece ssarv 10
protect the interests Of the public
from he possibility of another strike
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
HEADLEY DROP
MUST STAY
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of the Commissioners
intention to denote him. He was
reduced by an order approved at
noon on June 10 and notified at
4 o'clock of the same day. He was
given no explanation of the Com
action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-07
Taken from TOday's Classified Ad.

AHheH tue" Aouay's CIAsaifIed Ads
COLLIE-Yellow with black mark
on tail; female: named Peggy
Lost at North Beach. Maryland.
July 4th. Va. tag No 430s
fORD-Sedan. 1921, new engine.
new tires, cheap. Terms.
NEAR PENSION OFFICE-Gentl,-
man to share furnished apart
ment in apartment house $40.
.9OY-Colored, strong. Wanted to
work in store.
IF YOUR price is right ] will pay
you cash for your used car.
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