, 1880-02-07
TIE AUDIPIIONE,
EXPOSE Of a Cincinnati Fraudu-
lent Infringement.
The Dentaphone Dealers In That Burg
q Pack of Swindlers,
And rs Snc!l Denounced by tho Chief
Of Police.

ii"FlMpEtS III III ttlU VstEt &A4tL bIt1aG Fu-
ties III Cincinnati were itnlthsinH upon tho plif'-
lIo BY introducing I'M article which they cnll "tho
tentupEOne," ttps,n tho reputation Of tho cclc-
brntctl ntl.lIphone Invented Gy flGhnrlS. 1hntes,
Of Chicago, which hns Knnce deserved ppp.l'
iarlty ai,D,fK tho dcaf md Tho mute Of thscoun-
try mid Europe.
Particular attention having hccn called to IN
nrticlo In tho Hun Francisco na'tttH Of Jan. "
last. II 1mnuxE reporter yesterday callcd upon
Mr.. Rhodes Mt hts rooms, IN tho Methodist Church
ly1cck, cur1,cr of CInrk and Washington streets,
a1lt1 Nskud fur ntt Interview.
Tho article IN q,estton treated Ut tho ao.cnlicd
AMERICAN DENTArt1oNE coNrAHy,''
md did not hesitate to say Tint the n,id Com
pnny was II frau,i. rs by its Misrepresentation
peoplc were del,idcd into tho belief TINT they
wcro torcceiyu a EUn,,lne n'lilphote. when thoy
would find themselves In posscsalnn IT toy
something lii tic sAnpo of small which. AMI of
no yMue In ennIlinR n 'tcn1 rtrsnsi to heur at
nay dstnncc frr,tn the apeGkcr Or singer. Tho
srteic III question clnscd with communication
FROM tho Chief Of Police Of Cincinnati tn mati
In San Fr1anctsco. VITO sa l,e Ind l,cen swlntilet
X rsp!y !" ~ infy y % % ,, ny @ fos1. nxsT'"s
oxr,G3 o1 sTrnS5Kxsxr r. ~ SE r. 1ep$
III your hitter or tho 7th Inst. will sly tint Tho
itartfts yu rcfer to arr frn,nI.: iii ytnt are int
s iaea i - he sne fe'i. ,er ''s % WI WsrrMs7sis s %
"s'perlatr,,,!ent q i'lcc:"
md 1sstai. I .;nlr!s. Wlthnn shart ting. fr,ni p'o-
pie snnp1a'pinR thnt these Cincinnati !n,rss are
iryIuE 10 rnlm ur t9c'r Instrument. which BE-
tl1n,r, a,il Alr. Rhut!es, IL response to t',p IT.
ttl,lry Of tho reporter hrinKng nut formhlnban
@ %,,'trY S We m nyicd i,9e tho ts r.
's.' pos'ai.'ar t,em L. J. nell, of smIthsburs,
ayer-riG1 congregation In that place pi.rchnscd
wltnt they
SUPPOSED WAS aO1So 70 nK AN AuDirrOSE
front tho so.rulle,1 "A,Desicnn Deutnphme Cum
rntty. for their IasttIr. .vh WIS liurtt Uf Gtttr-
piane, vi, cii ti'cy ha. cxrec.s, a,ll tho p:stor
is ko u, !ss Ssisr q ''' r !S thiss e @
tnke KING stt1ts to taa,yer' sln,nngcs FROM what
he eal':tl t,o ir.n.tcn, I! !con'pp.ny;,
and 'Trc,.Ausur Of tho Western 4 Atlnnttc HILL
rui.l Conpuny, Atl.nta, tn. stuffed that ls!.n-
wns Ef,lflNr In appearance IL tho nnr issued ly
stcssrs. Nlnirs & Mcclure except In ui,1lle. Nj,
nasncs wcre sIEnr,! to tho ini1,ph!ei IN an,y
hppcnr[ng.-'' Tile American pentnp!s.ue Cot,i-
| paiy." Neither wGs the name, of tho inventor
for,ad by teat!ing ills advertisement. sir Nor
rll sent 10 CslIcinnAt! for m tt,strslnG1lt ard.
,li"n ,esi'nE II f%i.d M du that he In hnd ieen de-
and something which was OF ITO earthly use to
| him. -.
| Charles A. Snyder. Of New Orleans, also wrote.
| Informing tho Inventor Of the un.!phono that
| he hi,d bcan swnlcri In II sltailar mnitncr.
AfHs 19:knS 'h r sr ler a % e tsess wTlt;aa
which you have hero appear to represent II largo
| Territory. aud the cinc!inati Conipa,,y must bo
1NsU!.sEa you PRETTY ExTEasSyE1.x?"
| "YuR," replied Mr. Rhodes, "thry advertise
oil ovcr tho sttitry, using nm toii, oiir refer
e,ccs, md Returning to the report Ut my exhfpf.
tton before Mr.: i,erY and reter COOPER. md +
Itsle's iHustmtt.i itipsr, which rcatty .rprescnt
| my nutliphoic In use. Tlolr advertisements
10 10 1S Of a,nyhoas either of tho COM
,ns, yor yo a"y s, e Tho companys advor.tso-
@Yes, Gcro Is one Of their pamphlets" and Mr..
sinweti bin mo of lis ow,i They Ts were alnost,
per- fho thine uni5 stisrrd frn, tho orlglintl.
II could Rhnw sun more of these letters ut
Mr t s ysu ~ sve M ,ncc tie T. op rs en"
Kive you N !dca d! how tl,o tlncln''ntl Coispany
Tbo f,s'iss1s Mesiie!! KesT ef &c. \: contains
| m nrtIeowritten BY w. Chpnthnsl, II. D., upon
"71ig Aup1rIlpsE AND THE nENTArIoNE." ,
na commences BY saylug:
so q, m o . + ho &C. est oes M
tl.u inndo In Cinciunntt or the ono made IN Chi
eago. 1 have. Invested IN both, and. aft..r OK
tic conclusion Tint tho Chic,g0 instrument ia
tho hcst By fur. The Cincinnati M,l!ph01lo n1,-
&C. Gonyarsatlon @ @ % ca oniy 10 hcnrd vi wci, tho
at1cnkcrs mouth II quito eloso to tic Instrument,
n grrnt disadvantage. The ChicnBn nu,liphulo
can ho used ut thu npsrn Or church or In general
conversation With perfect cotnt0rt and s,Icccss.
think tho form .shnpcl is quite M ttom, rs
It Is eHsiy carried. and cum tse ttTeh without
citing comment. Tho nosltion uf holding u fun
III tho mouth III quito natural onc.
And he closes ,ls follows:
"Why tho Chicago utltphone Is better thnn tho
| Cincinnati dDntNrhang cnn hetter Illustrate by
cAscs. Mrs. r., who Ii unable to hour Dnly whnt,
Iny ynico IN @allGrnbly elevated unl tho mouth
rpt cioae 70 tho enr, pnrchnsc't y ChicaYo audi
phone. Tho result w,ls surprising. sho cNn
| henr common conversation ut Sulnc Listllt1ca
with II. ! sent her my ,!rntaph@llc tu try lie-
snt: railIlt,t distinguish woy1l spnkc.i. evvt,
when tim 1nn,lth uf tho SPEAKER ID l,lt rlo1e 10
| the Instrument. uhuls hnye tried With u lko
rcslllt. A,oEHr objection to tho Cincinnati
nntHrtLnnn Is tho tcsiu. 1t IL necessary to nut
the string III. It IL ttrcsu1ho to both hand lind
| teeth"
rorsuns who think Of purchasing an n,,dt-
rhnne shDsIld tlu careful tU Gull for thu instrtt.
inent invented by ltl.,lr,l T. ihAles nf Chlcgt,,
which Ii Tho O!lo which AnS eun 50 successfully
exhibited in tho Fast, As,l hns been wildly
spGlen ut III tho preaS hath 1T this country All
III l;rnpr It IN IN la0 IN tuir nf-sillttu fsIst1"
tutiGny, unu IL the only Inst rliMlAllt that hIs
over in,,de II kltcecss IN enabling tho deuf to
hear and tho dumb tn tMk.
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