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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Tn no line of human erldeavor the i'm ventive brain of the scientist contributed more to the worlds progress than by the creation of the art of telephony, of which the Bell sys- tenn is the embodiment
 When the telephone was born, nothing am a1ogous to telephone service as we now know it existed There tradition to guide, no experience follow.
 The system. the apparatus, the methods-an entire 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 organized an exp erimental, and re- search department which is now directed by a staff over $50 engineers and scientists, in- cluding former professors. postgraduate stu dents scientific investigators--fhe graduates of
 From it's foundation the company tinuous1y developed art. New improve :, rnents in telephones, switchboards lines, ca bles have followed one another with remark able rapidfty.
 While each successive type apparatus to the superficial observer suggested similarity, 1 each step in the evolution marked a decided improvement. These changes, this evolution, has not only been continuous, but Is contin- uing. Substantially all of the plant now in use. including telephones, switehboards, cables and wfres has been constructed, renewed or re- constructed in the past 10 years
 Particularly in switchboards have the changes been so radical that installations cost ing in the aggregate millions have frequently been discarded after only a few years of
 Since 1877 there have been introduced 53
 
 styles of transmttters. Of the 12,000,000 teIe- phone receivers and transnaftters owned by the Bell Company January l. 1914, none were in use prior to 1902, while the average age is less than five years.
 Within years have expended for con- structfon and reconstruction amount more equal the present book value of our entire plant.
 Long distance and underground transmits sion the formidable scientific prob lem confronting the telephone experts.
 The retarding effect of the earth the tele- phone current often impaired conversation through mile underground much as through 100 miles overhead. Overhead versation had its distinct limitations
 No possible improvement in the telephone transmitter could of itself solve these difficult ties.
 The solution was only found in the cumu1a- tive effect of Improvements. great and small, telephone, transmitter, line, cable, switch board. 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 early 1893, it not until 1905 that conversation could be had
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

And now they are trying to prove that Thackeray was in love with some other fellows wife a hundred years ago, and promised to meet her in Heaven Both are probably there now, and why do the gossips and scan- dal-mongers not leave them alone?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
PARCEL POST FUNERAL
 FOR ASHES OF DEAD

New York, March 19-The ashes of Baron Carl Gromadzinsky, who died at New Rochelle of arop1exy a month
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Paris. March 1s.-Joseph Cailla7lx, former minister of finance, whose wife shot and killed Gaston Calmette. edi- tor of Figaro is preparing to defend her. The shooting occurred as the re- suit of the political battle wagsd against CailIaux by his enemy, Cal mette, in which Calmette printed let ters which Calliaux sent to his wife before they were married.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

If men were compelled to wear as many underclothes the girls used to wear. they would. soon kick out of them and scatter them all over the bedroom floor. so to speak
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

A terrific crime wave passed over Pittsburgh during Billy Sundays so- journ there. But the. criminals did not make as much noise as Billy. They sent several souls to Heaven, while Billy was busy trying to scare other souls to death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19
FITM PARAGRAPHS


 A girl down in Maine is going to
 live naked in the woods for two
 months the coming summer, to show
 tha. she can live and come out fully clothed in the skins Of animals she will traps as she will have no weap-. ons of Slaughter. But suppose anoth- CT hunter should mistake her for a fawni
 A hundred and fifty thousand Chica-.
 go women registered at the voting booths a few days ago ,and every last one of them washed up the breakfast dishes and kissed the baby before she President wilson didn't commit him. self on the suffrage question, but when
 he got through talking to the girls they couldn't help feeling that they had his consent to run along and play says the funny fellow Of the Tole- do Blade.
 A burglar tried to rob Philadel- phia plumber. When he discovered his mistake he fled in terror.
 The robin who came along with the January sthasv needed nuffs for his little legs before he could get back to the sunny Southland, and for the time being wished he was a. girl in Paris.
 A Pullman porter was forced to as- sist bandit, at the point of a pistol to rob the passengers Of train iii Michigan He was heartbrohen when he saw money going into the robbers s pockets that he counted upon as right fully his owns
 Three cent moving picture shows are
 a success in New York. I A Philadelphia man has tried to
 commit suicide forty-eight times with
 out succeeding. Philadelphia always
 was slow old town.
 A terrific crime. wave passed over Pittsburgh during Billy Sundays so- Journ there. But the criminals did not make as much noise as Billy. They sent several souls to Heaven, while Billy was busy trying to scare other I souls to death.
 1 And now they are trying to prove 1 that Thackeray was in love with some I other fellows wife a hundred years I ago, and promised to meet her in Heaven Both are probably there now, and why do the gossips and scan- dal-mongers not leave them alone? l There are few American people who are curious to know just how
 much good that $20,000 taken back to
 England by Mrs. Pankhurst did the suffragette cause.
 If men were compelled to wear as T many underc1othes as the girls used
 to wear. they would soon kick out ol
 them and scatter them all over the T bedroom floor. so to speak.
 The Khedive of Egypt saw a. game of baseball for the first time the other
 day. In spite of his high office, there is not single American boy whe
 would change places with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

There are a few American people who are curious to know just how much good that $20,000 taken back to England by Mrs. Pankhurst did the suffragette cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

The Khedive of Egypt saw a game of baseball for the first time the other day. Tn spite of his high office, there is not a single American boy who would change places with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

A Philadelphia man has tried to commit suicide forty-eight times with out succeeding. Philadelphia always was 8 slow old town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

Three cent moving picture shows are a success in New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

A Pullman porter was forced to as- sist a bandit, at the point of a pistol, to rob the passengers Of train ifl Michigan. He was heartbrolxen when he saw money going into the robbers s pockets that he counted upon as right fully his own.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

The robin who came along with the January thaw needed muffs for his little legs before he could get back to the sunny Southland, and for the time being wished he was a girl in Paris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-19

A burglar tried to rob a Philade1- phia plumber. When he discovered his mistake he fled in terror
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

when news of the apparent settlement
Of the difficulty was plJcked out of
the air by the radio operator. Bryan's
dove was blamed. This morning. with
the clouds OF war again low in the
heavens the dove was not to he found.
We have left the grcenish waters of
the north, and in the warm Gulf
Stream are surrounded for miles. as
far as the eye can reach. by rest
lessly tossing surface OF dark blue,
the color OF Egyptian turquoise. The
men have doffed their heavy blue uni
forms. the bluejackets for whites.
while the marines are wearing khaki.
Officers still stick to their blues" but
not with comfort
Tonight we had a band concert and
moving picture show on the quarter
deck from 7:30 until o'clock. The
wardroom officers gathered on the
promenade deck. one level higher than
the quarter deck. and the Junior off,
GERS. warrant and chief petty officers
occupied chairs under the big l2-inch
guns. The men filled all available
space on the quarter deck. 12-inch
turrets. boat decks. and draped them
selves in the iron network of the stern
mast. The fun was almost hilarious.
and the comments of the men as the
pictorial stories unfolded were as
amusing as they were original
.Educntion" Unpopular.
One of the principal topics of discus
clon abroad is the new order Of Secre-
tary Daniels requiring one hour and a
quarter instruction for enlisted men
daily. The order is intensely unpopular
among the men. The officers are not
enthusiastic about it. The ridiculous
situations II creates give the men their
only relief and the officers their laughs
after school. attended several sessions
or parts Of sessions, for l was welcome
only so long as l could keep my face
straight.
Picture a class of tars. some beard
less youths, some gray and scared with
time. dropping. gathered around mess
tables and listening to an analysis of
the psychology of patriotism by a boy
ish-looking ensign. l was watching such
scene today between decks. 1t was
uncomfortably warm. / noticed a gray
mustached Irishman nodding drowsily
al the board. The officer noticed him at
the same time.
Doyle he said. turning on him sud-
denly, why should a soldier or sailor
die for his country"
Pat, taken unawares. came back game
ly:
''Shure. an why should he?"
The inquiry was not pursued.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

largely with small comforts and neces-
stiles for men and officers-cigars, smok-
ing and chewing tobaccos. candy-at
what seems a ridiculously low cost
The canteen is one Of the greatest
sources Of contentment to the men. par
ticularly when confined on ship for long
periods. II carries a stock valued at
approximately 5000. This capital is fur
nished by the government without IN
terest. The ship paymaster does all the
buying and. as much of the material 10
purchased for all ships in mammoth lots,
the unit Of cost II materially reduced
Uncle Sam pays all the overhead charges
and takes all the risk. All he asks in
return Is the original capital. Profits,
limited to IL per cent go into the ships
entertainment fund.
Before We left Philadelphia we took
aboard for the canteen 1000 pounds of
candy-chocolate in cake, chocolate al
nhonos' oon-oons. etc, all made accord
ing to specifications by one Of the best
cahoy manufacturers in the United
states, and all sold at from 10 to Is per
cent under regular retail prices.
Cigars Cheap.
Paymaster H. D. Lamar took US on a
special tour OF inspection. I asked him
what the canteen had in the way of
cigars. Well. We have a cheap cigar
which we sell for cents he said, NAM
ing my favortte brand. and which can
not afford to indulge in except on especial
occasions. It is '15-cent-straight"
cigar One Of the best known '.25-cent-
straight brands can be purchased for 10
cents, while a ''three-for-50' cigar costs
cents
These low prices on cigars are possible
because the cigars are purchased at
Havana and escape customs duty. Be-
cause Of this there Is a strict require
ment that they must not only be bought
on board ship. but must be consumed on
the ship. This requirement was q sad
blow to me. There were $1,000 cigars for
the men alone.
Other materials in the canteen included
1000 packages of cakes and cookies, 5000
bars of soap. 100 gross of cigarette to-
bacco (cIgarettes and chewing gum are
strictly prohibited as unmanly). 100 gross
of pine tobacco in tins. 800 pounds of en-
crossed ship stationery ridiculously cheap,
playing cards. safety razors-virtually
everything a man could wish along the
lines Indicated. The sales. Paymaster
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
n olZzZEJ DRILLING R1ZES AtD C01Z
MeA~- AI7UIIH71IS AYPC/ZE

Glass in arithmetic:
johnson. II a rabbit being chasec
takes eighty twelve-inch jumps a mInut.
and dog pursuing takes forty thirty.
inch jumps, how long will It take fol
the dog to catch the rabbit? Figure
that out and I'll get the answer from
you a little later
The officer a little later:
Have you that answer, Johnson"
Johnson, avaking from a comfortable
6oze:
NO. sir
why not?'
The dog got tired
Here is sample Of composition. The
subject is Buffalo"
buffalo is the only town I like ana
II amt no good"
Enlisted mems schools. as far as sur.
race conditions indicate. are helping
neither the men nor the esprit de corps
OF the navy. Men are required to study
subjects in which they have not the least
interest. which will not of themselves AID
the men to promotion, and which discour.
age the courses of instruction in usefrI,
lines that always have been open TO tie
ehhsted men and in which the officer.
took a real interest.
Orders Are Changed.
Vera Cruz is now less than two hour,
of. In half an hour our 800 men. clad fr
hone-dyed ducks. will be lined I'D on deck
ior last inspection and held at rest uni.
the ship drops anchor HeII-imnure
nends, working In a temperature varying
from 10 to $50 degrees have shot the
Michigan ahead of her schedule nearly
eight hours In the last twenty-four. The
spectacular work may yet be ahead. but
the officers and men in the engine room.
tn ali
keeping sustained speed Of nearly eight
cen knots for twenty-fOur hours. have
done a. work which their officers will not
forget Chief Engineer BlakeIey may well
be proud Of his staff as the ship is proud
Of her chief engineer. one Of the youngest
ofncers ever given a detail Of such respon-
sibility.
No one got more than brief nap last
night. All worked late and arose early.
Under the tension. mind and body refused
to rest
Things moved rapidly yesterday. Mon
day night at a dinner to newspaper men
In his cabin Capt Niblack informed US
that all of Badgers feet had been or
dered to Vera Cruz. We were then
pointing for Tampico Yesterday morning
orders came from Badger to refuse all
press radiograms- \ little later the Navy
Department approved a proposal Of Surg.
]. A. Murphy. of our ship. that one suit
Of whites for each bIuejacket and ofl-
Ger be dyed brown with a chemical prepa-
ration which DR.. Murphy had worked out
to make the landing forces less conspicrs
GUS few minutes later out of the air
Ensign Enright. the radio officer. and
Chief Operator Cronin picked the infor-
nation that Admiral Fletcher had been
ordered to take the custom-house ami
vicinity at Vera Cruz.
Speed Increased.
Immediately Capt. Niblack passed the
word for fifteen knots, two better than
We had been steaming, Four more boil
ers were fired. and the engine room force.
under Chief Blakely and Ensign Jeans.
showed her up tn sixteen knots in their
enthusiasm. After few hours Of nerve
straining, last-minute preparation, came
the news OF the taking of Vera Cruz.
four dead. twenty wounded. Orders came
to make all speed, and under a 2i1-inch
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
GpEAs5OIzE cSEE1yE w E6I2H CPLz

was anchored OF Vera Cruz. not an en-
listed man was permitted shore liberty.
This means that more than 100 men were
cooped up on a ship less than 500 feet
long for seven months with a break of
one week at Galveston. Given shore
leave at Galveston. all except three men
reported for duty on time. When the
ship came North again, ten days were
spent at the New York Navy Yard. The
men were given five days liberty each.
All except one returned TO the ship. Noti-
fed of the orders back to Mexico, with
the prospect OF another six months con-
finement, all except five men reported
before sailing time.
This is regarded by navy men as a
record. OF all the men l have talked with
here. not one but has, in one way or
another. expressed his loyalty to his ship
and officers.
To me one of the many calls for ad-
miration came from the condition OF the
ship. We pulled out of Philadelphia a
mussy, grimy, gritty floating fort. Coal
dust and just plain mud ground beneath
our feet on the decks and below. Brass
work was black, iron work discolored.
We had all the marks Of a ship which
had cosled and stored in record time.
Before dark set in today every square
inch of this vast ship had been gone
and scrubbed until they resembled the
kitchen floor of an ideal housekeeper. In
side the decks had been scrubbed and
then coated with red shellac. Every piece
Of brass work had been polished; all iron
work washed, even the hand-spars had
been scrubbed with sand until they shone
The transformation was marvellous and
the job is complete.
And in this I am given my first demon
u a.
In the remarkable zest with which these
men. after working under a heart-break-
ing strain for twenty-four hours, Jumped
into FAIRNESS for the unpleasant task of
cleaning ship on a few hours sleep. For
after knocking of at 6 o'clock last night
they were turned out again at this
morning to get under way.
Ship Rolls Heavily
We cropped the pilot at $50 this morn
ing and struck out boldly at our most
knots.
The Michigan is not an easy sailing
ship. Because Of the tonnage exaction
made in authorizing her construction her
superstructure Is piled high in the center
making her top-heavy and a heavy roller.
This does not decrease her steaming or
engineering efficiency. but in a ground
swell or q beam sea Is liable to make
poor sailors decidedly uncomfortable. A
number OF the men. especially among the
Chicago recruits, are suffering from sea
sickness and carrying around that
peculiarly unhappy expression common to
seasick passengers. There are two other
newspaper man and a photographer on
board. We have kept much n the air
and 50 far have felt nothing buI a threat
ening dIsquietude amidships.
The Low Cost OF Living.
Friday, April 1s.-Some Of Uncle Sam 9
political economists might probably take
lessons from the navy in reducing the
high cost of living. II some of them
could do their shopping aboard ship they
probably would be as much surprised as
I was when started in to patch up nv
hastily gathered wardrobe and toilet kit.
There are two stores aboard-the can.
teen and the small stores" The cam
teen is q sort q. 3 notion store. stocked
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
Get to Work Again.

Hardly had we cast of when the men,
most Of whom had been working con-
tinuously for twenty hours. set to work
removing the frst layer Of coal dust and
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

Lamar told me. average $500 month in
the canteen alone.
The small-stores room contains all arti-
cles OF clothing required by the men. I
replenished my wardrobe there. paid Il
cents a suit for underwear l couldn't
duplicate in the States for twice that
amount. Socks I was able to purchase
for cents a pair. For se.S I could have
bought a pair Of shoes worth in the
States about $3.50 or s..
Drills started.
All are on the qui vive aboard now.
Drills have started. The men are di-
vided up into four companies OF blue
jackets in addition to one company OF
marines. Each bluejacket company will
contain ifty-four men and three officers.
The marine company will comprise nifty
seven men and one officer. Three blue
jackets companies will land for skirm:sh
work. One company under Junior lieut..
Thomas will have four machine guns.
and one three-inch field gun. The marine
company, Capt Creecy commanding, will
have one machine gun.
The men display the greatest enthu-
siasm in their prepar rations, even In such
humdrum work as packing knapsacks,
counting items and other similar work.
The hospital steward has prepared al
ready the list of supplies to be sent with
the hospital company.
The men will go over the side in light
marching order. They will carry only
ri.-es, bayonets, canteens and ammuni-
ton. Knapsacks will be left behind, to
be sent under special guard to whatever
poi0 the men spend their first night.
Knalsacks will contain only two days
provisions, as the bluejackets and ma
rines will at all times be within easy
striking distance OF the ships.
Dove on Board.
Saturday, April ls.-After a day OF
suspense, owing to the uncertainty
surrounding the Mexican situation in
Washington. officers and men this
morning received news of Huerta's de-
mand for a simultaneous salute and
President Wilson's prompt rejection OF
the proposal Thursday an unlisted
passenger was discovered aboard ship
in the form OF a stray gray dove, close
ly resembling a turtle dove. The men
promptly dubbed II the personal rep
resentative Of Secretary Bryan, and
as promptly declared 1t bird of i'll
omen for the belligerently disposed.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
speed Increased.

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-04-28

helped At the
destroyed colony MuT'LArEo
BODIES
These bodies had been the wives and babies striking
who Rockefeller had left their
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Although BY Major Hawet
back he under % he sa' 'as Red
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hands these burned to the
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and
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The raised those little bodies out Of that hell hole
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Less 81 sssss s ss ss5 @ curling s
the n and sinsd passa asoa
mliamen. while G
they fall
we the colony. saw
raised his field
THAT s flying white flag" said
That doesn't make difference" said another
They firing the and suddenly
The automobile passed sight but later learned
T. Roland
om Col to RosWe and Of ny strike
shs @
YOUNG WOMEN IN 1T. The
bullets shield
scratched.
I'm glad | live and BLOODY CoLoRADo~
r. +. Levers Trinidad Wednesday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-04-28
THE COLORADO SITUATION

NOR thousands Colorado have
n been strike toerabe working conditions
= and recognition OF their union.
Properties affected OF Colorado Iron and
Fuel Co. controlled by the John d. Rockefeller interests
TO insure homes themselves and families during the
struggle miners the Ludlow district the center leased
tract OF land not company property and established tent
city.
Armed thugs and gunren placed 10 the field By the
cr@nts he sppar 10 control All Political machinery OF the
raked the Ludlow with deadly fire. knowing
only women and children there. and killed
Miners with armed themselves and
DESTROYED company property
Congressional investigation John d. Rockefeller
have said he win dollar OF his
fortune rather than lie dscams personal response
bity for OF civil
President Wilson. Chairman Foster OF the house
mining. personal plea John Rookie
feer strike through arbitration
Rockefeller all offers arbitration
confer with Osgood another OF the
largest Colorado mine New York. before returning
TO Washington.
Louisville. lafayette and Marshall three towns In the
fields
machine Battles In at other points
Two hundred mlitiamen commanded by Adjt Gen.
Ludlow Is miles north Trinidad
colony under supervision OF Mother" Jones.