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Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20

Long distance and underground trans mission was the most formidable scientific problem confronting telephone experts.
 The retarding effect of the earth on the telephone current often impaired conversa- tion through one mile underground as much as through 100 miles overhead. Overhead conversation had it's distinct limitations.
 No possible improvement in the telephone transmitter could of itself solve these diff fculties.
 The solution was only found in the cumu- lative effect of Improvements, great and small, in telephone, transmitter, line, cable, paratus plant required in the transmits sion of speech.
 While the limit of commercial overhead talking had increased from strictly local to over 1000 miles as early as 1893, it was not until 1905 that conversation could be had over long distance circuits of which as
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20
TelephOrle<A>
TELEPHONE SERVICE OF TO-DAY THE

In no line of human endeavor has the in ventive brain of the scientist contributed more to the worlds progress than by the creation of the art of telephony, of which the Bell system is the embodiment.
 When the telephone was born, nothing an- alagOus to telephone service as we now know it existed There was no tradition to guide, no experience to follow
 The system, the apparatus, the methods -an entire new art had to be created. The art of electrical engineering did not exist. The Bell pioneers, recognizing that success depended upon the highest engineering and technical skill at once organized an eXperi- mental and research department which is now directed by staff of over $50 engin- eers and scientists, including former profes- sors, postgraduate students, scientific in- vestigators-the graduates of over 70 uni versities
 From its foundation the company has con tnuously developed the art. New improve ments in telephones switchboards, lines cables, have followed one another with re- markable rapidity.
 While each successive type of apparatus to the superficial observer suggested simi- larity, each step in the evolution marked decided improvement. These changes, this evolution, has not only been continuous bus is continuing. Substantially all of the plant now in use, including telephones switch- boards, cables and wires has been con structed, renewed or reconstructed in the past ten years.
 Particularly in sWitchboards have the changes been so radical that installations costing millions have frequently been dis carded after only few years of use.
 Since 1877 there have been introduced 5 types and styles of receivers and 73 types and styles of transmitters. Of the 12,000,- 900 telephone receivers and transmtters owned by the Bell Company January 1, 1911, none were in use prior to 1902, while the av- craze age is less than five years.
 Within ten years we have expended for construction and reconstruction an amount more than equal to the present book value of our entire pant.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20
Time to Beware.

If ever you meet woman who suc- ceeds in convincing you that you are an exceptionally fine fellow, be very very careful. She has far more intel ligence than you.-Jay Denby, jn Let ters from China.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20
Worlds Meanest Man.

We have just heard of the worlds neanest man. He doesn't like his wife's red hair, so he is trying, by dll- Ing her days with care, to cause 1t to turn white
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20

much as
 les By 19J
 had increased possible to talk
 1ork to Washing
 1t was then that defground conduits fr lngt0n was determined was expected to get thro. talk between those places. bu storm blizzard, to utilize sections in connection with ove.
 Our persistent study and ince. perimentation have produced result remarkable still.
 We have perfected cables apparatus methods that have overcome obstacles her tofore regarded as insuperable both to long distance overhead and underground con versation.
 Underground conversation is now possible between Boston and Washington, four times the length of the longest European under ground line. This enabled the Bell System in the recent great storm, so destructive on land and sea. to maintain communea- ton for the public between all the princi- pal points on the Atlantic seaboard
 Telephone communication is established between New York and Denver, is potent- ally possible between all points in the United States, and by 1915 will be an ac- eomplshed fact between New York and San Francisco.
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20
One Word She Could Say.

An earnest London slum worker re cords her unremitting, patient CT. deavors to improve the accent anu vowel enunclation of her little protege, Blanche, for tho sake of the child's future destiny "on the styge Once, failing in all elsa. she tried 6 mild dose of gentle rdicule. You can't say food can you, Blanche?' she smiled, teasingly. T can say 'fuh!'" was the ohilds crushing re tort
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20

somatImea They Arc Rloht.

 Many gSod wife Is firmly con- vinced that her husband doesn't har. monize with anything in the house ex. cept the nutmeg grater.-Chicako Naws
Newport daily independent., 1914-03-20
Good for HonInq Razor3.

People who hone their own rescrt will be interested in the statement tn cue of the magazines that what if known as ~cuttlefish paper" makea an ideal material for the rapid honine of r4zors, surgical instruments, etc This paper ia made for use by dentists for polishing gold filings. and is coated with> m abrasive substance Q; remarkably dne grain
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
GENERAL PROBE
STRUCK A SNAG
SENATOR PARKERsoN SEEKS TO
INCLUDE SEVERAL OTHER
PROPOSITIONS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service
baton Rouge.-Reported favorably
by the Committee on Finance, Clai
borne's probe commission bill was
held up in the Senate by Senator Park.
erson. The committee reported the
bill exactly as it came from the House.
A motion was made for suspension of
the rules to advance it to third read.
ing, which would put it on final pas
sage Friday. Senator Parkerson OBJ.
jected.
Il wish to offer some amendments
from the floor" he said. Il have not
yet prepared them, but will have them
ready tomorrow"
He will seek to include the Caddo
Levee Board and the Atchafalaya
Levee Board among the subjects to be
Investigated. The Tensas land deal
and the sale of the state bonds have
already been ordered Investigated.
The bill, under the rules, went over.
to come up for amendment Friday.
The conference committee on the
non-concurrence Of the House in the
Senate amendment to the probe money
bill submitted its report, recommend
ing that the Senate recede. The Sen
ate cut the appropriation for the prob
ers from $4,000 to $4,000 on motion
OF Senator L. r. Smith of Caddo. The
proposition met instant objection in
the House as a move to confine the in.
vestigation to the Tensas land deal
and the bond matter. The House re-
fused to concur in the reduction, and
4 conference committee was named.
That cc1snStee promptly decided the
House was right, and the Senate re-
ceded.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
RAT SURVEY IS PLANNED
Federal offielaIs In Control Of the
Situation In New Orleans.

New Orleans.-The bubonic plague
situation was turned over to federal
authorities at meeting Thursday az
ternoon OF representatives of business
organizations and members of the
City and State Boards of Health. DR.,
Rupert Blue. surgeon general of the
United States Public Health Service,
is in charge.
DR.. Blue said thorough rat survey
OF the city must be made to determine
the extent Of infection and to guard
against outbreak in a new zone.
DIR. Blue said he would order plague
experts here from Washington, and
possibly a corps Of expert rat catchers
from San Francisco. All vessels leav-
ing this port will be inspected, fumi-
gated and cleared of rats.
The plans adopted Thursday we're
approved by the health offices of Ala
bama, Texas, Shreveport, La, and
other points. The visiting health of.
f1cers said their states will not quar-
antine against New Orleans, 90 long
as the conditions here remain favor
able.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
Sill, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JULY II, 1914
CANAL WIPES OUT SURPLUS
CORPORATION AND INCOME TAX
sWELLs RECEIPTS.
New Tariff Shows $4,000, 900 Gain for
Y. S. Treasury-s1 SOC. 900 More
Than Estimate.

Washington. d. C-Treasury fig
ures completed last night showed thai
the federal government went through
its fiscal year with it's income exceed
ing expenses by $33,7S4,42.5O7.
Nearly s33,5OO,OO0 pouring into the
treasury, the last day, brought the
total receipts for the year up to s734.
343,7OO.20, a million and a half above
Secretary McAdoos original estimate
ard turned into a surplus what had
promised the day before to be a sub.
stantial deficit.
Corporation ana income tax pay.
ments furnished the stream Of gold
at the finish. From this source came
161,7S2.S2 between the opening and
closing OF the treasury, and Secretary
McAdoo and other administration Of
fcials were pointing proudly to the
total figures as proof of their prom
ises as to what would be accomplish
ed under the new tariff.
The treasury surplus this year. at
least, will be wiped out by Panama
canal expenditures, which have been
paid from the general fund. During
the II months $34,S26,941 has been
spent on the canal, and when this has
been charged of there will be a deficit
for the year of $1,010,05s.s1 on the
books.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
SALUTE INJURIES 6 ON TRAIN
Young Hunter Declares He Fired Shot
at Party on Rear Car in
Spirit Of ChivaIry.

Kansas City, Mo.-The shot that
wounded six persons seated on
the observation platform Of an east
bound Burlington train near Liberty
Mo-, was an honor salute" fred fol
the women on the platform, according
to Fred Scudiero, ~ years old, who
admitted he fired the shot He de.
clared he had no intention Of injurins
any one, as he fred his shotgun In
the air.
Scudiero says as the train whirled
BY three women on the observation
platform waved their hands at himself
and three friends. His companions
took of their hats and returned the
greeting. Then, Scudiero told the po-
lice. he decided to salute" the party
In military fashion. so he fred his
shotgun into the air above the train
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
MIGRATORY BIRD Law
HAS Been AMENDED
CHANGES DEAL PRINCIPALLY
WITH THE CLOSED SEASON
FOR WATER FOWL.
Western Newspaper Union News serv,ee.

Western Newrpaper Union News servse..
Washington.-Ame to the
regulations for the protection of mi
gratory birds have been proposed by
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture to take effect as soon as the
three months notice required by law
has expired. This will be on October
1, 1914. In the meantime, copies Of
the regulations can be obtained from
the Biological Survey of the depart
ment.
The effect Of one of these changes
Is to permit, on the Missouri and the
upper waters Of the Mississippi the
shooting OF all migratory game birds
for which there is an open season from
October l, 1914, to January 1. 1915.
After the latter date the prohibition
will be in force again. Other amend
ments deal principally with the closed
season for water fowl in various 10
calities.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
ASHES ARE THROWN 13 MILES
MI lassen Throws Up Smoke Mile
High, Then ."Mushroomed" Out,
Raining Ashes.

Redding, Cal.-The most violent
and terrifying eruption of Mount
Lassen, the American volcano, In
its present period of activity, began
at s:45 a. m. yesterday. Dense smoke
assembled from the crater for a dis.
tance of nearly mile and then 'mush.
roomed" out. raining ashes on the sur.
rounding country. Ashes fell IS miles
from the volcano, and Volta, p miles
away, was inconvenienced by sui.
phur fumes.
Tho eruption continued an hour and
then the smoke settled down on the
mountain top. obscuring the view. Be
sides the main crater, a new incipient
crater far down the north slope Of the
mountain smoked for the first time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
CLARK TO GET $4,000 AUTO
Republican Leader Mann Says Speak.
Or Of House Would Have Made
Good President.

Washington. d. CATER days oi
parliamentary wrangling both houses
of congress agreed to appropriate for
automobiles for Vice President Mar.
shall and Speaker Clark. Each will
have car costing $500.
Republican Leader Mann, referring
to the Baltimore convention, said: II
think We ought to give him q slight
recognition Of his great abilities as
speaker. remembering that but for a
chance he would have been president,
enjoying the privilege Of many auto
mehfes. I do not wish to draw com.
parsons between the speaker and the
president, but IL Champ Clark had
been nominated and elected president
we all would have been proud Of him
In that position"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
FLAT DENIAL BY
GOVERNOR HALL
DECLARES THAT HE DID NOT
OPPOSE THE TENSAS
PROBE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Baton Rouge.-Governor Hall gave
out statement in which he defined
clearly his position concerning the
proposed Tensas Levee Board inquiry
and othed investigations.
In view Of the persistent efforts, fol
small political reasons, to misrepre
sent my attitude in respect to the
Tensas Basin Levee Board matters, ,
said the governor, II will say that
have not opposed, and do not now op
pose any investigation whatever OF
the matter that anyone for any rea,
son wants to make of it.
Il feel no interest, direct or Indirect
concerning this matter, except that l
have pending personal suit for DANA.
ges for libel against Bob Ewing and
his paper, the Daily States, growing
out OF charges made with reference
to it.
MY position was made clear in a
special message to the General AS.
sembly relating to the proposed gen.
eral Investigation In which the recon-
mendation was specifically made that
the investigation should embrace all
the subjects previously proposed for
investigation, which include, OF course,
The Tensas Basin Levee Board.
Any statement that had discussed
with anyone the details or the scope
of whatever bill might be introduced
previous to tho Introduction of the
Claiborne bill is unfoNnded. / had no
part In the drafting of the A:x, had
never read II, and knew nothing Of tee
scope, except, that l was told that 1t
would cover the suggestions made in
the special message to which have
referred.
MY only reason for opposing the
resolutions proposed in the early DAYS
OF the session was that the investiga-
tions would then inject confusion and
political wrangling into the session.
and that the time should be devoted
to the serious and deliberate considera.
ton Of the important legislation. It
was not to the interest of the people
that the state should pay $S1 900, the
expense Of the session. for a political
controversy"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
TERMINAL INQUIRY Asked
TOWNSEND REVEALS TO HOUSE
ALLEGED PLOT.
! New Jersey Representative Intlmates
Wabash-Pittsburg Was Looted
and Deliberately Wrecked.

Washington, d. C.-By resolution
In the house Representative Townsend
OF New Jersey asked the interstate
commerce commission to investigate
the affairs OF the Wabash Pitts burg
Terminal Railway company and made
startling charges regarding its finan-
cial affairs.
He urged the investigation with a
view to ascertaining what physical
properties, franchises and other
things Of value the company has ac-
quired. by purchase or otherwise.
since its organization under the Penn
sylvania laws on May ., 1904.
In a speech he declared that no
other story OF high finance, AS the al
legged facts are presented to me, sets
forth such tangled tale Of trickery.
shifty dealing, reputation, denuncia-
tion OF contracts and spoliat:on as
this"
Townsend said his purpose in bring
Ing the matter before congress was.
first, that such investigation may lead
to restitution, in part, at least, TO in
Vestors. to punishment of the looters,
to re-establishment Of this corporation
upon a sound, healthy and honest
basis. and to rid Wall street of one of
the scandals which has brought hun
dreds Of reputable financiers into un-
deserved rebuke."
Townsend introduced his resolution
after consultation with Representa-
tive Adamson OF Georgia, chairman
OF the interstate commerce commit
tee; Mccoy of New Jersey. a member
Of the judiciary committee. and others.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
LASSEN ERUPTING VIOLENTLY
Column Of Smoke Shoots Up Thou
sands Of Feet and 10 FeL
lowed by Steam.

Red Bluff. Cal.-Lassen peak
exploded IN its thirteenth eruption
since May 50, with q dense col
umn Of black smS,le that shot up thou
sands Of feet ard then drifted slowly
northward. A few minutes later a
smaller column of black smoke.
fringed with steam. ascended more
gradually, and n still rising
The eruption lasted longer and had
the appearance Of being more vioient
than any that preceded It.
After taking the angle Of elevation
with transit. the county surveyors
estimated the height of the first col
umn at 5000 feet.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
LARGER WHEAT CROP SEEN
Snow Reports Yield 10000, 900 sush-
els More Than Estimate Of
Month Ago.

Chicago, 1ll.-A wheat crop Of
936, 100000 bushels, or 10000, 900 more
than . month ago. and 10000, 900 in
excess Of the governments final re-
turns last year, is shown by Statisti-
clan B. w. Shows crop report. Con-
dition OF winter wheat improved four.
enths Of 1 point in June, and 10 s3.1,
while spring declined 3.5 points to
sS.2. A year ago the government gave
winter SIG and spring 1913.
The corn crop is estimated at 2,s25.-
100000 bushels, against 2,971 ,000. 900
by the government a year ago and o.
446,98s,000 in its final returns. Acre
age Of 104,520,000. compared with 107.-
100000 planted and 102,970,00 har-
vested last year. To be consistent
the government should show 2,00o, 900
less acreage went into winter wheat
Condition is 87.s. against S5 last year.
A lareg area In southern Ohio and In.
diana. the southern half Of Illinois
and in Missouri and Eastern Kansas,
is badly in need Of rain.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
ONE DAY IN LEGISLATURE
Butler Tax Commission Bill Recon.
sldered and Returned to Calendar.

Baton Rouge.-The Butter tax com
mission bill, which failed to pass the
House Wednesday, was reconsidered
and returned to the calendar.
Mr.. Lagard's bill permitting the sale
OF the Pontchartrain Railroad to the
New Orleans Railway. and Light Com.
pany passed.
The Johnson bill taking from the
Fire Prevention Bureau the right to
make insurance rates was passed.
Senator Clinton's constitutional a.
mendment increasing the salary of the
governor from $1,000 to $500 a year
passed.
Mr.. Generally's bill authorizing the
New Orleans School Board to issue
$2,O00,000 worth of bonds for recon-
structing public school buildings pass
ed.
The senate spent a large part of the
day wrestling with the appropriation
bill.
q. w. Smiths legislative council
bill was defeated.
Another five-mile limit anti,iouor
bill was beaten.
Senator Favrot introduced resolution
in ofice one year the Legis-
lative Committee on Investigation of
the Sewerage and Water Board.
Schexnayder's eugenics bill was
killed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
HOLD BLUE SKY LAW VOID
Federal Judges Declare Iowa Statute
10 Unconstitutional.
Festern Newspaper Union New, Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Des Moines, Ia.-Iowa's so-called
blue sky law, providing the regu-
laction and supervision of investment
companies, was held unconstitutional
in an opinion handed down by Walter
i. Smith. United States circuit Judge,
and Smith Mcpherson and John C..
Pollock, United States district judges.
Although the measure was attacked
on five different grounds, the judges
cited only two specific instances
wherein the law is invalid, as follows:
1t ofends against the commerce
clause OF the federal constitution.
Grants privileges and immunities to
citizens OF Iowa denied to citizens of
other states.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
PLAGUE DANCER AvERTED'
TAKES PREcAUrIoN TO PRE-.
VENT SPREAD OF DISEASE
st. Louis Police Canvass River Front
in Effort to Prevent Disease
War on Rats Started.

New Orleans, La-With the en-.
forcement Of a rigid quarantine OF the
infected district and the failure of
new cases to develop, health authori-
ties considered the bubonic plague sit
uation here well in hand and predict
ed there would be little difficulty in
stamping out the contagion.
w. w. Wilkinson, who developed
the disease Sunday following the
death of Chssles Lunden, was report
ed improved.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
CANAL PURCHASE DELAYED
carondelet Deal Cannot be Made, Saws
Committee, Till 1916.

western Newspaper Union News servic>
Baton Rouge-The special joint com
mittee appointed to look into the mat
ter of the state purchase OF the Caron.
lelet canal made its report to the
House and Senate.
The report states 1t will be impos.
sible for the state to buy the property
before 1916. The names of Senator
Z. M. Seton, H. p. McMcClendon, M.
H. Manion and g. J. Ably were signed
to the report.
The committee, 1t states, held a
number OF conferences with Edgar H.
Farar and BENJAMIN T. Waldo, at
torneys for the canal company, look.
ing toward a settlement of the claims
OF the company and the acquisition OF
the waterway to the state. All propo-
sitions submitted by the latter, how
ever, called for the payment of a large
sum OF money, and under the present
condition OF the states treasury, It
was found impossible to provide the
sem, 1t was reported.
As en0 iustduCe Oh tne committee
Frank T. Payne made an estimate of
what it would cost the state to dupli-
cate the canal and its deep water chan
mel to the lake through the Old Basin
and Bayou st. John. The estimate
amounted to S490.s33. Under the cir.
cumstances the committee reported.
the sum Of $250,O00, for which the
canal company has agreed to sell, is
not unreasonable. II the company is
forced into an appraisement of the
the sum will be trebled, It is
reported.
The tender of the property for $780,.
900 does not include the real estate OF
the company. The canal interests own
land on Bayou St John. near Spanish
Fort, which is assessed at $4,000. 1t
also owns four other pieces of prop
erty along its waterway which are as
'essed at $1,000. $1,000 $500 and
100, respectively.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
FIVE MINERS BODIES FOUND
West Virginia Rsseuers, After Fire,
Go Through Emergency Tunnel
In Coal Mine.

Williamson, w. Va. Rescusrs
who had worked steadily for IL
hours completed an emergency tunnel
into the burning mine of the Syca-
moro Coal company and found thu
bodies of the five miners imprisone,s
BY the blaze.
The fire, despite the efforts Of 100
men to Quench it. still il burning
fercely.
The dead men-George Seibold.
James Collins, BENJAMIN James, Henry
Lyons and Marion Lyons-are be-
lieved to have been asphyxiatsd by
gases from the burning coal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-11
War on Rats Is Started.

st. Louis, Mo.-Police started a
house to house canvass OF the resi-
dences and business houses along the
river front yesterday in an effort to
get information as to how many rats
infest these places, and to find the
best mode OF killing them, following
the receipt of Information by Acting
Health Commissioner DR.. G. A. Jordan
that rats suffering from the bubonic
plague were discovered in New Or
leans.