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Evening journal., 1907-04-13
GROWTH OF THE TELEPHONE.

THE rapid growth in the use of the telephone
4 and the development of that means of
communication, has been one of the marvels of
the age 1t was just thirty years ago last month
that the telephone came into commercial employ
ment. In 1876 A. Graham Bell sent his first
short-distance message and year later the first
long-distance communication was made The
instrument was exhibited at the Centennial in
Philadelphia subsequently, where it was regard
ed as a curiosity, and those who saw it little
dreamed that the invention OF Bell was destined
so soon TO become an important adjunct to life
The instrument was made of piece of walnut
wood, FIVE inches long and two inches square,
with an upright wooden mouthpiece three inches
square, resembling funnel with the hole in the
center.
Compared with the present instruments, what
contrast is presented. In adjusting the current
for long-distance work much trouble was en-
countered. After unsatisfactory trials between
Boston and Providence over the telegraph wires,
the current being found too strong, the instru-
ment was taken to a Providence newspaper office
that had private wire to Boston. The batteries
were cut off this wire except those at each end,
and then the instrument worked we'll
Soon after the first company to exploit the new
invention was formed it offered to sell out for
100000, owing to litigation with a telegraph
company. 1t was lucky for the promoters Of the
company that they did not dispose Of their stock,
for the growth of the telephone exceeded their
fondest hopes and expectations There is no pre-
dieting where the telephone will end If Viii
mington may be taken as criterion, the eXpan-
sion Of the telephone will practically be bound
less
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
TALKEDTO NO MAN
FOR Il YEARS

sHOsHoNI. Wyoa April is.-Miss len.
ME b. Carroll who died few days ago
at the house Of her sister, near southpass
city had not, 30 far as was known 10
those familiar with her life, spoken 10 a
man for twenty-seven years.
She came 20 Wyoming eighteen years
ago and made her home with her sister
Mrs. Ella Cobbler She went there with
the understanding that she was not to
be required 20 speak to Mr.. Cobbler and
did not do so, though he lived two years
after her arrival.
Tho story IS that twenty-seven years
ago, Miss Carroll was engaged to be
married TO a youns man IN the East.
Guests had assembled for the ceremony at
the home Of her mother, but when the
hour came, tho young man did not appear.
Miss Carroll never say or heard from him
afterward.
She took vow that night the story
runs. never again 20 speak TO a man.
Before she died she requested her sis
Ter TO permit no men to attend her funeral,
and more did attend il.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
THANKS TO PUBLISHERS PRESS.

THE JOURNAL desires to congratulate the
i Publishers Press Association upon the ex-
cellent service rendered its clients in the reports
OF the famous Thaw trial The instant after the
jury was brought into court yesterday with dis
agreement, the Publishers Press flashed the news
by wire to this city and we believe the first an
nouncement of the result to be received in Will
mington came over this direct wire to THE
JOURNAL. office.
The Publishers Press has scored hit with its
clients in the reports Of this great trial 1t en-
abled THE JOURNAL yesterday to put out an
extra edition with splendid account of the
scenes in the court room when the announcement
was made The extra JOURNAL was on the
street and being rapidly sold long before the night
editions of the Philadelphia papers arrived, and
when the latter came they did not have more
complete or better story than did THE JOUR-
NAL In fact, one Of the Philadelphia evening
papers had a very much poorer report than did
THE JOURNAL.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
PASSES AXLE GREASE
ON NATIVES As COIN

SAN FRANCISCO. April 1s-There
sailed from here yesterday the sood ship
Billester loaded 20 the decks with boxes
.of axle grease. IL is bound for a group
Of islands in the South Pacific, wnere
the owner and captain, ], n. Hopkins
hopes 10 clean up a little fortune.
Speaking OF his plans, Captain Hop
kins said:
ION my last voyage TO these islands
noticed that they were simply pestilsnt
with cokernuts, Millions Of cokernuis.
and every last one of them going 70 tot.
Il tried 20 Guy shipload. but the
peslSy negroes didn't know what money
was, and wouldn't take Il. / traded some
bits OF iron and brass for a couple Of tons
of cokeriuts. but the thing that tickles
them most was couple Of boxes OF axle
grease. II I'd had moro the stuff I
could have filled the boat with colsor-
nuts.
Now. Tn going back with the aNll
grease, and just watch me when l come
back
what do they do with its Why, eat
li;, MANI
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
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Evening journal., 1907-04-13
Saturday, April rs, 1907.
END OF THAw TRIAL.

THE Thaw trial ended as was TO be expected
= After the mass OF testimony, the wranging
OF the lawyers, the befuddling bran-storm theo-
res Of so-called experts, it was not to be thought
that twelve men would agree upon verdict In
fact, the practice of the criminal law in New York
State seems to be designed to cause disagree
ments Of iures Nowhere else are such long pre-
hminary examinations Of jurors, with all sorts OF
queer questions and the like permitted. And such
methods do not make justice more certain.
In the Thaw case man was shot down in cold
blood, murder was surely committed but the
decision OF the jury shows that the provocation,
real or alleged, is considered by jurors in their
deliberations, and this is what saved Ihaw IRON
a conviction for first degree crime.
No doubt rhaw expected to be free, but there
is now absolutely no hope that he will ever be
cleared Of the charge II the case is tried again,
as Jerome announces, another disagreement will
be the most probable result Opinion is so di-
vided that it would be impossible to secure de-
oision for either conviction or acquittaL
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
SING OF JOHN D.
And STANDARD 0
Remember That We Love
You at the Old Chicago IT,"
Runs Chorus

CHICAGO, April i3-University OF
Chicago students win brave the faculty
censor when they present sure Enough
Segregation" the BLACK Friars' annual
comic opera John ID. Rockefeller ard
Standard OIL will receive frequent mention
in the songs and jokes Of the production,
TITS up 10 standard" one of the songs,
scts forth that the university standard is
the standard OF Dough- The chorus
which will be sung by one OF the student
''prima-donnus" is as follows:
"Ol Standard O, Standard! No matter
what you do;
Remember that we love you at the old
Chicago L."
The verses run:
We've got great school at Chicago U.
It's certainly up to the Standard;
The courses Of study that they put you
through
Are certainly UP to the standard.
Some standards are got as results Of
hard toll
The standard we set is the good stand
ard OIL;
Our dear uncle John took 1t out Of the
soil;
We're certainly up to the standard.
when millions we need at Chicago Z,
It's certainly up to the Standard.
We call on John ID. and we say Come
through;
We're certainly on TO the Standard.
Some standards are high and some stand.
ards arc low;
The standard for US is the standard OF
dough.
When we need new buildings, as all peopl
know,
It's certainly up to the Standard"
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
wilmington. April 10.
Hospital Ambulanees.

Editor The Evening Journal
The ambulance service Ia Whining
ton is not as good as it might be- In
the first place, we have not enough am
balances, and lu many cases the police
patrols have to act as guca. This con-
dition Of affairs should not be in a city
the size and Importance uf Wilmington,
We should have several adnbulances at :
| tached to every hospital ia the city.
and have them ready to answer calls at
all hours Of the day and night. In re-
lation to this matter have cften won-
dered why I'VE have not Utilized the
automobile for ambulance purposes.
Other cities have adop,e them for this
kind OF work, and reports show that
they are successful. Tapy make quic0-
er time than a horse can make, an 1
there is not the jaTing that comes from
having an animal drawing the ambu-
lance And they can be sent out on
a CAN IN quicker time than the regu-
lar ambulance. While the horses are
being harnessed and attached to tho
conveyance the automobile could be on
the scene Of an accident. There are q
good many things I'm favor Of automo-
bile ambulances and l think It would
be gool plan for the hospitals to
adopt them.
Respectfully,
Interested"
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
Wilmington. April ls.
ReIlef Of Eamine sufferers.

Editor The Evening Journal
The famine in China, instead OF being
relieved, is getting worse. If I'VE are to
believe the reports thar are coming
from missionaries i'm that country. A
statement was issued only few days
ago by the National Red Cross Society
saying that the natives are now facinss
the gravest period Of the famine, and
that unless immediate relief is granted,
thousands will succumb to the hum
ger that is causing them 10 die in such
vast numbers IT seems that the crops
are in bad shape yet, and that no re-
lief Is expected from that source. The
missionaries ana those in charge Of this
work are, therefore relying upon the
world 10 urevent these stricken people
from starving to death. America has
done its share in contributing funds
and edibles, ana it should be proud OF
It,
But we can still continue TO contri-
butte, even though we have lent more
succor than any OF the other countries.
We cannot stand BY and sec a helpless
people suffer the pangs of hunger. whom
our prosperity can help them wonder
fully We should assist them IN their
extremity. and they win no doubt be
thankful to us. All the help we render
win only so toward cementing any
friendly relations that we have VITA
the Flowery Kingdom. and this is
great deal to us considering our situa-
tion IN the East.
Yours truly
"Red Cross
Wilmington, April l3.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
UNDERTAKINGS LATEST
VICTIMS OF SWINDLE

BIGLERsvILE, n. C.. April is-
There is man operating through this
state, the undertaken realized that there
ing money imaginable
Entering un undertaker's shop late last
might the fellow. between weeps. an
nounced that his grandmother was dead
ten miles back IN the country
II was her last WISH" he told the cm-
balmer "that you should bury her. She
often spoke about your artistic work"
The undertaken was delshtsd. and
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
RURAL CARRIERS AND ROADS.

R URAL letter-carriers in York county Pa,
N are petitioning for better roads. The
movement for improvement. of the roads is pro-
nounced in that county, and none is more alive
to the advantages of rural highways kept in fine
condition, than is the rural letter-carrier.
The great expansion Of the rural delivery sys-
tenn has brought home to the national govern
ment the necessity Tor good roads,and the Brown
low bill, that has been before Congress, some
day may stand chance OF being enacted into
law, which would furnish government aid for
road improvement
The government assists in bettering the water
ways, and yet the national highways are just as
important to the people as are the water chan
nels. In extending aid to roads, the government
will have fertile field for the employment Of its
surplus income. In Pennsylvania, the hope of
those interested in better roads is that the prn-
cipal highways will be as smooth as the avenues
in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia What a pleas
ure such roads would be to horsemen, AUTOMOBILE
lists, rural carriers, farmers and all those who
either in business or pleasure use the roads
The rural mail messengers in Delaware should
show concern in good roads In this county thou
sands Of dollars are TO be expended for the per-
manent improvement of the roads, and the car
riers, as well as others, will be benefited. They
should urge that the roads most used should re-
ceive a large share of the sums that are to be
employed for road betterment purposes.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
Editor The Evening Joa.nal.

Editor The Evening Journal
You speak IN io-days laper Of tho
boys selling ice cream On the streets.
Are you aware the naiorty OF these
peddlers live IN Philadelphia and pay
no license here; ana also that RESI-
dent Of Wilmington who r,nis store
here is duty bound to pay $3.50 license
before he can open the stne and sell
Ice cream. It looks as though Will
mington ice cream men need prote =
ton, doesn't it?
Yours truly,
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
The Great zobsdis Coming.

The great Zobedia. who created q
sensation IN Paris last winter by walk
ing from a courtroom on his hands,
is making his first Amer.can tour this
season with Forepaush and sells Bros
circus. He dances. skips tho rope aRd
walks on his hands with perfect ease.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
Peoples Column


A. 0nymous communications for the
peoples column win NOT be printed
1ames OK contributors 10 the column
VII not be printed, but must be fur
n'shcd The Evening Journal as an eyi-
dcnce OF good faith on the part OF the
contributor.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13

when the stranger, after ordering a sle5
outht, declared that he had left lome
without any money. and requested the
loan Of S25. it was speedily given.
That night, after travelling over about
twenty miles Of the worst roads in the
state. the undehtalSer realized that there
was no corpse and he had been buacoed
Evening journal., 1907-04-13

There is no limit to the amount of expenditures
on the new Capitol building at Harrisburg, Pa.
Experts have been examining the system of ven
tilation of the structure, and declare that it is
very defective They estimate that 100000 will
be needed TO secure proper ventilation of the
House and Senate chambers. Truly, large sum
necessary to carry off the warm air that is let
loose by the Pennsylvania legislators
Evening journal., 1907-04-13


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makes people think you can't afford a
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You can write out your letters-make out
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enter your card mcmOs-malIe out your
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Of writing you need, on any kind. size OF
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
~ mail postage prepaid, $500 year, or % cehls
onen' payable In advance. BY carrier siN cents WV
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state OF Delaware; also Broad street StaIlon ~
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York City.
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The Evening Journal uses the Publishers Press aaS
Herpps- McIae service received Ia It's eoi'OiiS
rooms over special wire.
Evening journal., 1907-04-13
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No attention paid to unsigned communications.
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Evening journal., 1907-04-13
FINANCIAL CARDS.
Security Trust
land.
Safe Deposit Co.
QUARTERLY STATEMENT.
APR L I, 1907.

Real Estate .............s i4s.5ss.ss
Mortgages, Bonds, Stocks,
Etc. ........ .......... 2,012.2s1.27
Loans and Discounts. ...... 1,0s6,659.41
Cash on hand and with
Banks and Bankers ..... 2S7O6S.s7
Sss,5ss,51s.9S
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock ............S 600.000.O0
Surplus ...... .......... 6OO.0OO.o0
Undivided Profits and Earn
ings. less Expenses. ... 45,745.61
Dividend Account ......... $50
Due Depositors .......... 2,29S, ,764s2
ss.5s9.5is.9s
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OFFTcERs

OFFICERS.
Benjamin Nields, President.
James B. Clarkson, Vice President.
John S. Rossell, Secretary and Trust
officer
l.. Scott Townsend, Treasurer
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-10-21
FRENCHMEN HAVE NEW PLAN
FOR AERIAL NAVIGATION

Paris, Oct. 20-A new principle of
terial navigation with heavier than
air machines has been employed in
some recent experiments and gives
promise of large results. Instead of
using planes on the box kite princi-
pie, driven by a vertical propeller, as
is the case in the aeroplanes of Santos
Dumont az other experimenters up
to this time, rotary horizontal planes
are used. In other words the gyro-
scopic principle is employed and the
machine is called the gyrOplane. The
theory is that by employment of hori-
zontal propellers the machine can be
easily lifted and lowered after the
fashion of the old "helicoptre" toy,
longitudinal motion being obtained
by the forces of gravitation by allow
ing the machine to dip and glide on
Its planes in the same way that the
heavy birds soar. Count dc Lambert
believes that this is the true solution
of aerial flight, but the honor of con-
structing the first machine on this
principle belongs to Louis Breguet.
He has built a machine in the general
80 ~ VI a tDulilN fAluItM = Cross, Rdcn
arm having at its extremity eight re-
voiving paddles or propellers slightly
inclined. These thirty-two paddles
present total surface of TWENTY-FIVE
square meters and are revolved by a
ferry ship motor at the center of the
cross, which Is where the pilot sits.
The total weight of the machine is
57S Kilograms. In the preliminary
trial the machine left the ground in
stantly when the motor was set in mo-
ton and was easily sustained i'm the
air with seventy-eight revolutions a
minute. When the motor was slowed
down the gyroplane descended gently.
Perfect equilibriums were maintained.
Longitudinal flight has not yet been
attempted, but the inventor thinks IL
VIII be easy to make seventy-fve kilo-
ters an hour.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-10-21
.0USTER SUIT AGAINST
STANDARD IN MISSOURI
Celebrated Case Comes Tn Beforc SUI
prcme Court nj JeffercOn City
Wednesday.

Jefferson City, Mo-. oct. 20.-The
case Of the attorney general against
the Standard. the Republic and the
Waters-Plerce oil companies viii be
argued In supreme court on banc on
Wednesday. These cases are for GUST
er OF the defendants for violation of
the antitrust laws OF the state IN
combining u create a monopoly of the
oil business In the state and to fix and
maintain the price for the same.
Judge Anthony, of Frederlcktown.
Mo-. took the testimony and made a
report, finding the companies guilty.
The companies filed exceptions to the
report and the case will be argued on
the report and the exceptions thereto.
In his brief Attorney General Hadley
gays:
This case ls. with the possible ex-
ceptlon OF the Northern Securities
case. the most important case that
has come before Rourt in this coun-
try since tile Drod Scott cnse."
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-10-21
GOLD OUTPUT
SHOWS BIG
INCREASE
S94,393, 400 PRODUCED
IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS
Alaska and Nevada Leaders in
yellow MetaIi Colorado Re-
ports Decrease Arizona
Leads in Silver,

BY Morning Journal Special Lsased Wire |
Washington, Oct. 20.-George Il.
Roberts, who retired from the position
as director of the mint on August 1,
1905, has completed compilation of
the statistics on the production of
gold and silver in the various states
and territories of the United states
for the calendar year 1906. Mr. Rob
erts estimates the productions of gold
in the United States during the calen-
dar year 1906 to have been $94.3g3,-
400, as against $SS,19O,70O for the
calendar year 1905, e net gain I'M 1906
of SG,193100. The 1i4ncipai gain was
in Alaska, which amounted TO $6,439,-
500. Nevada's gain in gold was offset
in Colorado, where there was a de-
crease of $2,766,700.
The total production of silver i'm tho
United States during the calendar
year 1906 is given as 56,5t7,9O0 fine
ounces of the commercial value of
$3S,256,4O0, as against 56,101 600 fine
ounces Of the commercial value of
$34,221,976 in 1905. The net gain
I'm the production OF silver during the
calendar year 1906 in Arizona was
363,500 ounces
The average price of silver for the
calendar year 1906 was $0.617 per
ounce, as against $0.67531 for the call
lendar year 1906.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-10-21

Through the center of the inner
court runs twelve-inch gas pipe 100
yards long with alternating off-shoots
of smaller pipes from which the cup
|contenders will be inflated. The main
pipe runs from a gasometer with a
capacity of 100000 cubic feet, one
of the largest in the world.
On three sides of the outer closure
and daily decorated with red, white
and blue bunting, are stands that will
seat 10000 people. On the south side
are the tents in which the airships
and flying machines are being assem-
bled TO await the departure of their
larger but clumsier sisters, the deli
cate skeleton-like frame work being
scattered in profusion among the big
drums or generators which are to pro i?
vide the special gas for the dirigibles.
On the fourth side also are the
tents of the two provisional battalions
of United States soldiers from Jeffer-
son barracks, placed there at the re-
quest of President Roosevelt to guard
the grounds and assist tine special
detail of police.
All the dead grass has been burned
away from the slopes IF the hills
leading to the grounds, that a chance
spark may not in a few moments de-
stroy many thousands of dollars worth
of valuable property and prevent the
great race. AS sure safeguard, rules
have been made to prevent anyone
from smoking near the enclosure. The
balloons have been stored at the old
ice palace for several days, under the
watchful care of the aeronauts who
are to man them. Each has been
carefully examined for possible weak
spots, the ropes, cords and valves have
been tested and talcum powder has
been sprinkled where the varnish was
sticky Today all were taken to the
grounds and final arrangements were
completed for the contest.