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The Detroit times., 1914-03-20
ECYPT'S FIRST
NEWS REPORTER
KINGS FRIEND"
Inscription Says He Was ~
Ready Scribe. Well-Known
and Much Beloved"
AMENEMHAT WAS NAME
OF EARLY JOURNALIST
His Duties Were To Write Let.
ters To Other Rulers for
the Phar0ahs

PHILADELPHIA. March 2O--In the
University Museum Is q two-foot hard
stone statue OF Amenemhat that In q
sense represents the Oldest newspa.
per man in history. The statuette
shows the ancient Egyptian scribe
sitting on one leg, with the other
knee raised. which Is grasped by the
left hand OF the subject. The stat
uette dates from the eighteen dy-
nasty OF the Egyptian rulers, some.
where between 1910 and 1916 b. c..
and the man may have been attached
to the stan of Amenhotep III.
This ruler had relations with the
Kings Of Babylon. Assyria and other
eastern nations, as Ia proved by some
clay tablets found containing letters
from these great princes. or course
there were letters sent in reply, and
they may have been written by the
man whose portrait statue is in this
city.
Unfortunately little Is known about
Amenemhat, although his statuette Is
covered with inscriptions. II may be
remarked that modesty was not con.
sidered virtue by the ancients and
that the desire to be handed down to
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20
WOULD-BE BRIDES ARE
WRITING WRONG MAN

SACRAMENTO, March 20-Among
the classified advertisements running
In the Union il one calling upon young
women who desire to marry to COM
municate with BOX 121." Among 9th.
ar things stated In the ad. the owner
ship of farm is admitted by the man
who wants wife.
Because the advertisement failed to
state BOX 121. Union ONCE" most OF
the letters In answer to the ad BY
young and marriageable women OF this
city and elsewhere have been sent to
Postof{ice Box l21. which happens to
stand in the name Of DIR. E. e. Turner.
Il can certainly speak for the eff
cacy OF want ads.' said the doctor, as
he turned In a big batch of letters ad-
dressed to Postofice Box 121. Il have
been kept busy during the past few
days carrying mail to the newspaper
once.
THE FIRST few ! opened. but when l
found they were written by young
women who wanted to marry backed
up and investigated. AS l am not in
the matrimonial market, at least by
that method. cheerfully surrender all
letters to the man for whom they were
intended"
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

much of the correspondence thar
passed between Eastman ana uooo'
win while the invention Was III pro
gress OF development. lie mas re-
ceipt for sample can OF ceiuioiu
yarnish. dated June 80. 1883, ana q let
ter from Eastman dated Sept ~.
SSg. asking Mr.. Goodwin II he IL 10
position to make such nims. IN
Sept. 25 OF the same year Eastman
wrote that he was very much inter
ested in the sample film that Good.
win had sent him and wanted to know
n il we're possible 10 make film 1000
feet long. On Feb. 8, 1889, he wrote
that he was having difiiculty in sensi-
tixing film, and then, on March %,
he wrote that he had at last sue
ceeded in coating the film with the
sensitizing emulsion.
Al that time Eastman had In his
employ a chemist named Reichen-
bach, and on April .. 1889, II days
after Eastman had written to Good
win that he had succeeded In coating
film, Reichenbach applied for a
patent on q film. Interference was
declared and IL was only nine years
later, after the case had been
threshed out In the various patent
tribunals. that the Goodwin patent
was granted.
Il was after Goodwin's death that
the Goodwin Film & Camera Co. was
started by his widow. This company
was later bought over by the Ansco
Company, in which the Goodwin heirs
have large holdings. The AnscO con-
Germ brought suit against the East
man company for infringement of the
Goodwin patent and the defendants
were found guilty In IL out Of the IL
claims.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

as very remarkable man
was SO strong that very Few OF the
ancients admitted any personai de-
fects whatever and ielt IL no injustice
to speak Of themselves In terms
which would make the modern poiiti'
clan blush.
Amenemhat records that he was a
ready scribe who was well known ana
much beloved. but that he was man
OF some Importance Is shown by the
fact that he records himself as a
kings Friend" This was more or
less specific title given by the reign
ing Pharaohs TO their fayorites. ana
IL is not likely that such a distinction
would have been engraved unless i!
were true. IL shows that he vas
man near the court and engaged IN
high affairs OF state.
Writing among the Egyptians Vas
better developed than In any other
kingdom of which we have knowl'
edge. The ONCE of scribe was In a
sense good deal like that OF the
modern journalist He wrote letters
far and wide on the kings business,
but apparently did not confine him.
self to official documents.
1t was this scribe who sent news TO
all parts Of Egypt and to all parts OF
the then known world. and the ONCE
seems to have been one OF great
honor and profit.
This ancient newspaper man came
from Nubia. which was at times a
part OF Ethiopia and at others part
OF Egypt. During the dynasty In
question there were wars between the
two kingdoms. II will be remembered
that an incident OF one OF these wars
furnishes the plot OF the opera OF
Aida" II Is well known that this
incident IL historical and was fur
nished verdi's librettists by famous
Egyptologist of the period, but it Is
not OF record just where and when
the incident took place.
1t requires no stretch Of the imagi'
nation to think 1t possible that Amen
emhat lived In the time Of Aida, Ria
danes and Amonasro. and he may
have been a witness OF the great ro-
nance which ended In such sub
speaking-tragedy.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

which as much as 20 miles was in underground
cables. BY 1906 underground talking distance had
increased to 80 miles, BY 1912 II was possible to
talk underground from New York to Washington.
1t was then that the construction Of under
ground conduits from Boston to Washington was de-
termined upon.-n0t that 1t was expected to get q
through underground talk between those places but
in case of storm or blizzard, to utilize intermediate
sections in connection with the overhead.
Our persistent study and incessant experimental
ton have produced results more remarkable still.
We have perfected cables, apparatus and meth
DDS that have overcome obstacles heretofore regrad
ed as nsuperable both long distance overhead and
underground conversation.
Underground conversation is now possible be-
tween Boston and Washington four times the length
of the longest European underground line. This en-
abled the Bell System in the recent great storm 50
destructive on land and sea, to maintain communiea.
ton for the public between all the principal points
the Atlantic seaboard. 81.
Telephone communication is established between
New York and Denver, is potentially possible be-
tween all points in the United States and by 1915
will be an accomplished fact between New York and
San Francisco.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

New York's first elevated railroad
supplying oxygen, three Frenchmen
recently assembled nearly $4,000 feet
In a balloon without suffering any i'll
effects.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

In our use of methods or apparatus we are COM
mitted to no one system. We own, control or have
the right to inventions necessary to operate any
system recognized accepted as the most efficient.
The Bell System must always recognize, and in its
selection must always be governed by the necessities
of national service, with its complex requirements
which is infinitely exacting than local limited
service.
These achievements represent vast expenditures
of money and immense concentration of effort which
have been justified by results of Unreasonable benefit
to the public. No local company unaided could bear
the financial scientific burden of this work. Such
results are possible only through centralized gen.
eral staff, avoiding wasteful duplication of effort,
working out problems common to all, for the benefit
of ALL
The pioneers of the Bell System recognized that
telephone service they It, in the broadcast
sense public utility that upon them rested public
obligation to give the best possible service at the
most reasonable rates consistent with risk, invest
ment and the continued improvement and mainte-
nance Of the property.
Without this expenditure of millions and concen-
traton Of effort the telephone art It exists could
not have been developed.
What we have done in working out these great
problems in the past should be accepted as a guar
antee Of what we will do in the future. IS
THEO N. VAIL, President.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS
TODAY THE CREATION OF THE BELL CO.

In no line of human endeavor has the inventive
brain Of the scientist contributed 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 analogous
to telephone service as we now know it existed
There tradition to guide, no experience to
follow.
The system. the apparatus, the methods-an en-
tire new art had to be created The art of electrical
engineering did not exist. The Bell pioneers. recOg
nizng that success depended upon the highest eng
neering and technical skill at once organized
perimental and research department, which is now
directed by staff of over $50 engineers and scien
tists including former professors. postgraduate
students scientific investgators-the graduates of
over 20 universities
From it's foundation the company has contiuu-
ously developed the art New improvements in tele-
phones switchboards lines cables. have followed
another with remarkable rapidty
While each successive type of apparatus to the
superficial observer suggested similarity. each step
in the evolution marked decided improvement.
These changes, this evolution have not only been
continuous, but are continuing Substantially all of
the plant now in use including telephones, switch
boards cables and wires has been constructed,
newed or reconstructed in the past 10 years
Particularly in switchboards have the changes
been so radical that installations costing in the ag
only a few years Of use.
Since 1877 there have been introduced 50 types
and styles of receivers and % types and styles of
transmitters OF the 100000 telephone receivers
and transmitters owned by the Bell Company Janu-
airy 1914. in prior to 1902, while the
average age is less than FIVE years
Within 10 years we have expended for construc-
ton and reconstruction amount more than equal
to the present book value Of our entire plant
Long distance and underground transmission
the most formidable scientific problem confronting
the telephone experts.
The retardng effect of the earth on the telephone
current often impaired conversation through mile
underground much as through 100 miles overhead.
Overhead conversation had its distinct limitations
No possible improvement in the telephone trans
mitter could Of itself solve these difficulties.
The solution was only found in the cumulative
effect of improvements. great and small in tele-
phone transmitter, line, cable, switchboard, and
every other piece Of apparatus plant required in
the transmission Of speech.
While the limit of commercial overhead talking
had increased from strictly local to 1000 miles
as early as 1893, II not until 1905 that CONVEX
sation could be had long distance circuits of
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

PARIS. March ga dog for mon
sieur to play with, piano for ma
dame to play with, and one child
for the nurse 10 take care OF thar
is the makeup Of the modern French
family, according to an authority on
eugenics who writes in recent issue
of the Matin.
AS neither the dog nor the piano
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

BY
lCYMAN
~ ~ Il 1885 BY the
4 nibsl Goodwin
s1lIy Gets Reward
IAIs COURT UPHOLDS
ma NIGHTS OF PATENT
lefaries Are Widow, Of 81
Doushter Of 60, and His
Only Son

Only Son
3 NEWARK. NJ. J., March so.-The
I1abls, unbreakabls and transparent
- aim now IN universal use was
invention OF Newark clergy
iSn ~ Rev. Hannibal Goodwin
IS 1jsa IL years ago. leaving only
\ b1est property and without reap
x m ce the benefits of his inven'
tom which many millions OF
1lifs have been realized.
5Exo United States circuit court OF
11Sle has decided that the East
Kodak Co. has been infringing
Goodwin patent. and unless that
11o1ua = rsvsSped BY the United
1870 supreme court An accounting
ri hsys % b made for the mil
& ~ photograph flms sold by the
11nn eompany since Sept. IL
Whon the Goodwin patent was
i(hnh. e expires Sept. 13, 1915.
= liant involved varies In esti
10 (sum q. 100000 to 26,OO0,Ooo.
~ Hobecca Goodwin, the inven
~ t1oW. II 81 years old. She
rG AZ = modest little house In .
~ 6ocfioa q Newark with hef
1Gt 1|eanOr. 90 years soid. Her
sOnn1g n manager OF trunk
r. that olly.
iR : reporter called upon Fran
conWia the other day he found
n0AGe1 = selling . patent leath
SQok - : woman and suggestins
oGo q silver initials on the lock
III Goodwin n = retiring youns
H rays he II extremely con-
10r0 a. TIL for publication. he
6oD tox eAy what Il feals like. to
~ ~ dlaay edge OF tnherfung
ES1 Nna111one, and from his man
nY ~ JUDGED that he II not
Xl1x 10y much about the pros
no uoy Or the other.
~ tAat the Newark clergy.
GDoettcu Tor children led to
D1GG5np&1o experiments that
tGv61oc1pnl1o the art OF pho
h Wao = Protestant Epis-
IctgyDan. tor = number OF
2noCtoe ~ ne House Of Prayer
~ 1oat 3lghthAve., Newark
oe ~ ~ dingy attic OF the
rBg1Y Dtooe rectory adjoining
MY that ~ began his expert
M 4;
mnooan4 wishea to get pic.
~ Sunday school 30 that
l1teseot the children IN
% etog5oo,~ Mr.. Goodwin has
l~ He wanted to train
~ Tho stereopticon, and he
epAntttuI pictures. GLASS
III feand, broke very easily,
oleAl started to work on the
L. Aim. The more the chill
)cyo4 the stereopticon the
~ huoonn4 eude4vored to solve
44~m Of the hlm. He had
okudted chemistry especially,
heGAn To- devote himself to
! 81 & M.
nouOht u Money Reward.
4 Mr. Goodwin In his expert
NJ I'D that In his many in
With MIN through several
- noyof heard Mr.. Goodwin
Woco about the money that
oc1no u him through the per
o& - plan.
ote9tly be had no thought OF
not4 Mi Todd; but he had
mig ~ develop the hlm. and
j avsy.'
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

LONDON, March 20.-Recently
Queen Mary visited the women's wing
of Brixton jail. She became Interested
in a former lady's maid sentenced for
stealing jewelry and secured her re-
lease.
This act brought perfect flood OF
applications for release to the once
of Home Secretary McKenna. who, IN
consequence. has been obliged to ask
the queen to forego further visits TO
the prisons.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-20

The first Christmas tree decor&
tions were made Of eolored sugar ID
the shapes of familiar animals
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
Dry Goods Hints.

| Cotton voiles, organizes and similar
materials will undoubtedly lead for
spring, says The Drygoodsman.
Voiles are shown in stripes and fig
ures and in a number of embroidered
novelties.
Silk and cotton voiles in very at
tractive patterns are being brought
out.
The popularity of crepes throughout
the next season is unQuestiOned now,
the different weights running from
| crepe de chine to the heavier crepon
weaves.
There is sure to be large selling of
transparent organizes, and every pros
pect of popular demand for such
fabrics as batistes, especially those
with the mercerized finish, both in
plain and in fancy.
Not all the silk lines have been
opened up for spring, but it is very
taffetas are to be strong during next
spring.
Taffetas are particularly fitted to
conform to the demand for suitable
materials for the fiaring skirt styles
which are sure to be a part of next
seasons fashions.
Plain taffeta will be good, but a
great many fancy taffetas in brooches,
metal and other effects in variety of
fancy grounds are shown.
Taffetas in striped grounds are nu-
merous and taffetas with small cross
over spaced effects.
Doubtless the selling of satins dur
ing next spring will be fully as large
as during the past season, including
those in weights suitable for tailor
made dresses and for combination pur-
poses and foundations.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
WHEAT PRICES GO UP
ALL RECORDS OF RECENT YEARS
AT INLAND EMPIRE POINTS
ARE SMASHED.
DEALERS PREDICT ADVANCES
Chicago Quotations Beginning to Ef.
feet Northwest Prces-All Varie-
ties of Wheat Affected-$1.12 for
Bluestem-No Delivery.

Price records of recent years for
wheat at Inland Empire delivery
points We're broken Monday, and deal
ers predict a still further advance be-
fore January /.
In sympathy with the Chicago mar
ket, which is beginning to affect
northwestern prices for the first time
in number of months, all varieties of
wheat have advanced 2 cents the
bushel in the last few days, and the
prevailing quotations at interior sta
lions are $115 for bluestem, $113 for
fortyfold and club, $1.09 for red fife,
and $103 for red Russian, immediate
delivery.
Buyers were offering to contract any
amount for February delivery at a
cent advance over these figures, but
none was offered
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
ADvANCE0NWARSAW
GERMAN ARMY PUSHING ON IN
A WIDE FRONT AFTER A
HARD FIGHT.
RUSSIANS RETREAT & DESTROY
Fierce Battle Predicted Before Great
City Will Be Turned Over to the
Germans, Who Are Unable to
Cross VistuIa River.

London, Dec. 21.-Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg's army. which is advanc-
ing ON Warsaw over a wide front be-
tween the Vistula and the Pilica riy-
ers, and which, on Friday, occupied
LowicZ., reached on Saturday the new
Russian positions along the river Blu.
ra. and southwark to Rawa, with the
result that another big battle is in
progress
The Russians retired across the Blu
ra river destroying the bridges be-
hind them, and two German detach-
ments which followed over a partly
burned bridge were attacked, and re-
ported to have been annihilatei so
survivors being taken prisoners.
This is only the beginning of the
great battle for Warsaw. from which
the Germans now are only 30 miles
or less. Field Marshal Won linden
burg, however, expects stern resist
ance, which the strongly reinforced
Russian army is certain to offer to
his further advance, protected by the
Vistula river, which the Germans have
been unableto cross.
The Russians are continuing their
operations against East Prussia, and
by these counter attacks are attempt
ing to throw off the Austro-Ger
attacks in Galicia. An Austrian sortie
In force from Przemysl, according to
the Russian official statement, has en-
tirely failed, and there, as well as at
other points, prisoners and guns were
taken.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
BR EvlTIES.

The 35,ooo,o0o cotton loan fund
plan to finance the surplus cotton
crop has been approved unanimously
by representatives of communities
whicha re to aid in handling the fund
in the southern states.
Every acre available has been plant
ed in winter wheat in the Winona vi.
cinity, and the remainder will be put
In spring wheat. The crop was good
this year and the growing weather
has been favorable SO for for the new
crop.
President G. l.. Mckenzie of the
Washington State Good Roads asso-
citation has announced the appointment
of Frank w. Guilbert, Spokane, as
secretary of the state association, and
has also given the personnel of the
legislative and arrangement commit.
tees for the year.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
General Trade Conditions.

Dun's review says: That there is
Improvement in trade is made clear In
the reports from all parts of the coun-
try, though the development is slow
and irregular and the gains already
made inspire confidence in further ex-
pansion for the new year. The pre-
yailing optimism is strengthened by
easier money and the notable I'M
provement in the financial position
also the fact that while the present
volume OF business Is much less than
last year the corner has been turned
and the trend Is now for better condi-
lions.
Bank exchanges for the week were
$2,377 ,722, 159, against Safes, 772. 724 In
the same week last year and $3,265.-
556,654 last year.
Failures in the United States this
week aggregated 261, against $40 last
week; in Canada, 240 against rs last
year. Wheat exports were 7O4.5O0
bushels, against 5,O4e,6s3 last year.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT.

The county commissioners of Walla
Walla county have decided to proceed
at once with the construction of new
court house to cost $150,0OO.
The county commissioners of Spo-
kane county have decided to complete
the permanent highways to Deer Park
and Waverly next spring at cost of
about $150.000.
Contracts totaling $4,000 on the
Benton extension Of the Sunnyside ir-
rigation project have been awarded by
the government to Washington and
Oregon contractors.
The new court house for Okanogan
county, which will be erected at
Okanogan, Wash, will be three stor-
les and cost about $21 900. The site
was donated by the town and is 22Ox
800 feet.
La Crosse is unincorporated but the
public spirited business men of the
town are subscribing money for the
grading and matchmaking of the bust
ness streets. There is large bed of
fine gravel near the town, which is be-
ing utilized. The citizens also intend
to build good road to Dusty, about
IL miles east, connecting with the
state road from Colfax to Walla Walla.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
FINANCIAL NOTES.

w. Dean Hayes, cashier of the
Olympia Bank & Deposit Co., which
failed last September, has been &C.
quilted by jury Of Incorporating
$4,000 belonging to the bank.
G. J. Webb Of Kettle Falls, Wash,
has been appointed receiver of the
Marcus State bank, which has been
in the hands of the state bank exam.
liner since September IL, 1914.
The Bank Of Vancouver Of Vancou.
yer, B. c., has suspended, the cause
being attributed to the effects of the
war. The assets are given as $1,O98,.
900 and liabilities, deposits 1919, O00
note circulation $325,OOO.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-25
STOCK AND CROP NOTES.

The Yakima Valley Fruitgrowers as
ISOLATION last week shipped twelve
carloads of fruit by way of the Pan
anna canal to New York city. 1t is
claimed that the saving in transporta-
ton charges will be about 2411c per
box.
Fruit growers of the Wenatchee
valley have filed protest with the
interstate commerce commission
against the new tariff which requires
the shippers of perishable products to
assume responsibility at their own ex-
pense for the protection of the same
or pay the railroad companies for do
ing 1t,