davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-07
RAILROADS

= ACCOMMODATION TRlINs-wEEKDAYS.
Leave BYRD 50. Sta. 400 P. N. for Frederieksburr
heana Una sta. 10 4. n, 80 r. n. for Ashland
nnve nSro -. Sta. S.aS Am. from Fredericksb'g
hIIlve Eiba Sta. 6.80 N 81 r. d. from Ashland
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26

t6un9en iiber Sic fi,an3icae Gage bes
Nei1es. Graf aofolp3eip, friiberer
Hrelnier< nnb Sinansn1inilter, iaete
nad Der goiiiiben 3eitlmg, baB Sic
golfsanlei6c 1lllr 4O0,000,OOO 9fubel
als Nelultat sebraht babe a,lltatt eine
0dlliarbe, lpie eripartet purpe. gr
iagtc ferner, DaB cine llnbegrenste
Gns9abe BON 3apiergelb Sen nationa<
len 8anferott nab iid9 8ieben ipiirbe.
linan5tni1liiter 8orf ermiberte, baB
cine slnleibc int sluslonb untcr Sen ge-
genfpartigen l1mltdnbcn ,rie9t in israge
fommen f0nne, ba 6ranfreie1 unb
gn9fat1o 1ibt irnltanbe iein ipiirben,.
cine ruliilde anlei6c untcr5ubringen,
ba bielc 2dnber lelbit finonsieae
s6ipicrigfeiten baben. 9aris llnb Com
oon baben 8ublaub berIproden, i6m.
@elb sn bergen. s1pbalb tire eigenen
finan5iellen Sdtpierisfeiter beleitigt
itnb.
staatsrotb Rrof. GIaro so6 bie Grz
fldrung nb, baBs 9fuBlono ba[b bor
eirer ftnan8iel[en aataltropbe iteben.
fperbe. Son 0en 8erbiinbeten lei nidts
nebr 5lt crtpdrten l1nD Die ei11sige
WDglt6feit tpdre Sic 4llfnabne elmer
gnleibe III Mn1erifa, ipcnn aud 5n
i6iperen 8ebingullgen. ST befiirfportez
te, oaB oie 8esierilng 150 gfubel in
&apier fir 100 Nubel in @plb gebe.
unb alles Gpl0, aae Suipelen un5
bon Gripatleuten fpnfisz
5iren 1olle Holitiide areiie betrabte,l
biele &onferen5 als bie ltnberneiblide
8anfruttcrflarl1ng Hublonbs.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
9entiGer Gaitpr bei @arD ermorbet.
8 a + rid eTinlid infolge 5
ell p.n d Il 6l e II q ri r

~ " W y " w III l5B Z u ,
enropaild den Sc rte ges.
Carp, Sn0., 25. G1s. Ynltpr Co
munD aaDier BON Ser ebal1selil9zluz
tberiI6en ct. SamesfirGe i'm gorort
5pfleston lpllrbc geitern giubt alf eli
mem 8aup(ab neben ieine,n Sauie erz
morbet 9efutoen nnb bte Eoli5ei
,glau6t, haB er bon alliirten freunoz
liden Slapen erlnorbet tpnrbe.
gieb. aapler bntte offen fiir Die
oentl6e Sade Eartei crsriffen uno
mebrere 9robbriefe erbalten, in Deren
einem selaat mar:
~Gbe Die 8ldtter ipelf auf Sen 8duz
men iperben, tperoen gie auf Der ga6z
re le9en. 3ieben sic fort, ODER
3pna1nit ipirb sic fprtbrinse,l."
4aitor aapler mar 40 Sabre alt
uno in 8abern ge6orcn. geine Srau
uro ainber tporen abtpeleno nnb 5u
8ein9 bei Der Dhltter Ser Srau aabz
Ter i'll @ran0 Napibs, Dlid. Sem glnz
.l6ein nad iprrbe 8eb. aagler in leiz
mem 6alIe. ern1orbet llnb bann al1f Ben
leeren 8auplat berallsgeldleift. @ez
rallbt mar nid,ts.
Ser Raltpr batte bor einem Monat
beim Roli5eidef llm grlaubniB na6z
geIl16t, eii1en 9febplber traeen gil biirz
fen, neil ieii1 2ebcn 6ebrpbt lei.
Epltmeiiter $. 81. GnpSer bon IoIs
leston last, es lei cine Srau in Dem
Sale geipelet. aabler babe leit Moz
noten anpnbne 8rubbriefe er1oltel1,
ipnrin er setparnt ipltrbe. feline 8e=
siebungen su elmer Srau in @arp oufe
5ngeben.
Sic Eoli5ei slaubt beutc Gabt,
bab Ser DeprS bon Wsitgliez
bern Der eigenel1 @emeinbe
Beg Gaitors beriibt ipurbe nnb nidts
nit Gplitif ober Dem europdil1er& &rieg
gu tbln bate.
9pli5eidef Ront,ls pein5 sIaubt
cine gpur bon Sen MDrbern 5l1 baben.
CT last, es babe cine Spalhlns in ser
@etneitoe beltanoen tnegeu Ser Ibaz
tigfeit bcs iid)lilden aranfenunter=
itubungsbereins. 9ieler gerein nu[lte
,eine San5baue eroffuen. iupeegen ser
8aitpr ppppnirte unb bariiber lei bie
Spa{tlina etltltarlDen,
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
Rppicpelts ariessfoller.
S9e BE gegen 9entidlanb


nnD 59.ent / 6a m {. I faner.
&lat burg, g. g., 25. Mug.
Sbep 8oplepelt bielt beute Mbeno eine
ariessreoc i'm bteiigen Militdrinitrufz
tionslaser unb bebouptete, bab sic
II. g. leit 13 Mpnaten cine ldnad=
poIe Holle seipielt batten, inbem lie
Der gergcipuItig,lns ser shlpaden
(9el9ien) unb Ser grlnorbnt1g llnlerer
cigenen 2eute auf bnber Gee nntbdtig
.5uieben. Sic 9iesierllns babe teiren
56ritt 5llrgertbeioisung ltnierer Nedz
te getban unb Ste &riesfiibruns
9eutlhlanbs lei brutal unb unnora1
lid geipeien. Sic un1crifanilhen Mus
nitipnsfabrifanten ieien ,1idbt MIR be-
redtigt, lpnbern nld) morality berz
:pflidtet, Sen sllIiirten ariegs,naterial
5ur geireillng gelgiens 5u lieferl1.
Eager ipie oieles ieien bas bette Sc
9ennittcl ae9en BEN 9 ginbeaitrid :
q M c rtfa a nj SINUS. Sic greignii1e
bes lesten Sabres batten l1l1s ge5eigt,
oab Ser 8inbeltridb slmerifaner in
leDer 8riiis cine Gefabr fir Mnerifa
lei. @s 9ebe feine beilercn 8iirger
i'm aa1lbe, ais bic bon oelltlder slbz
.itanlrllug, ipenn lie aufridtige sf,ne@
:rifuner leier ltnb ni6ts anoeres, aber
der prpfeiiipnellc 9elltldamcrtfaner"
babe li6 in ne1t nerflpiienen 12 Mona=
ten ais ein 6einp bieies 2anocs iptrobl
als Ser 6lma.litdt erlpiclen.
3llnt Sdlub lugte bcr itreitbarc
aSberif: SD beunltanpe BIC 10 Ddrfis
geb6rtc grfldrurg, bab lpir bein, Sra
9iibettcn ifeben n1iiiien. Sd itilt1uc nllr
rnter Ser 9ebingun9 5lt, baB Der Grdz
iibe,1t bein1 2anhe ltebt. Mduner. Die
an G.rie0en um icbcn Grei 8
glanben, nber oil sic @rleeune Ser
Irnec llnb Slottc bugd) Shieosscz
riht snertrase, lolltcn ipfurt ma d
g Gbiina ousipunbern. Spldle Mdnner
ipllte,l ip lcbucll lpie nl0elicb (als 1ln=
crlpiinid)te giirgerl abgel6oben iperz
sNen
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
gelesrapbifdc glpti5cl,.

20. Nll9u|1.
} a lie baIl. Sn her 50 a ti:onaI
Bolton 2, Chicago 0.
Gbilabelpbia s, Cincinnati O.
9bilnbelpbia s. Cincinnati 5.
9eeip Yprf S, Gittsburg 3. Il
SEEM yorf Z, gittsburg 9.
8ropfipn 3. ct. 2oui5 5.
BrppflDn 8, ct. 2ollis 9.
Sn Ser q mseriran:
Chicago 4, Malbinston I (1z
Sns.
glepelarb 2, setp gorf 8.
9etrpit 1, Bottom 2, (13 sa,S.,,
ct. 2ouis 5, 4hilubeIpbia 8.
ssSH Ser S eberd
Chicago 2, ct. 2puis 4.
Chicago 4, ct. 2ouis 2.
8ittsburg 4, &anias gitp 0.
9feiparf 3, Buffalo 4.
Baltimore 1. BrootlDn 5.
Baltimore a, 8roofIDn 2.
Sn Der 8. S 2iga::
0Soline a, 9ipeIfprb 5.
@spline 2, 91odforb O.
8looningtn 3, Galiacp Z.
Bloomington Z, Guincn 5.
9dbenport 8, lreeport 5.
9abenport 12, Breeport 5.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26

Jiinfbunb.ert Mdbslen,.
Die in Dem @ebduoe gtp. 4gl Sft
124. @trabe, ytelu Yprt, arbeiteten,
retteten it9, obne ben gerinsiten 4n1
lob gu elmer Panit gu geben, iiber
bic Jeuernotleitern auf Die Strobe,
alS tur5 por feds lllr abenps Elm i'm
Sritten 5tpdmerte entitanbener Brauo
has sun5e !Tklus ein5uaiaern brobte.
Dos bnlo III Dellen 5lammen itebenbe
brittle Stpdipert ipllrbe pon Der Sir
mo Seipel &: 50. our Seritellung ppn
3uderiparen benubt. sSn oem pren=
1enoen Stodtpert lparen sou WtGb=
chen beIddfttst sepefen, pdbreitp 200
peitere glrbeiterinnen 1i9 in anperell
9tpdperten befanben, als bas Jeuer
ausbrah. Der Shapen betrast 25,.
900 9ollars.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
Scr iiinaitc 2entual,t.

9as sSnfonterie : 9tcsimclt 9ip.
154 bat ieinem am 25. april sciallcz
nen iiingiten 2cutnant allf Dos @rab
folgcnbes @ebicbt gelctt:
Slt Sranfreid lieat iein 8rob in,sSalo,
@pnt bellen 8uc)en9riin beldattct.
@r mar crit ledScbn Sabrc ait.
Ser nnter 8lrmenliegt beltuttct
SIM 2cllS.
Grit iedsebn Sabr unb ibpn Elm 6elo,
3um Mant1 gereift il, gruBtu 3citcn,
90 bnt ibu cin @eldp6 9cfaIlt:
@s guft sum lcbten 5trtrsrt 5u l1rciten
Srn 2cn5.
.@r mar bie Sreltbe Scr @enplien,
Ser ssunge nit Den Sarte,l Siiecn:
Sir 9el,tI6lunb lit lcin 8llt gcflnllcn,
llno lterbeno I1b Ell 9elttlblunb liegen
sSn 2en5.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
@ielj ,tnb 9srobiifone,t.

Gbicogo, 25. sll,g. 9ti,1opieb
y2nhibr 10000. Stiere $6.OO-10.=
90; &ibe uno 9linoer, 1926 s.75;
&dlber $S.OO12.00.
sdruei1,e 3l,fllbr 10000. Sc
bober slt $6.25-7.s5; 5llneilt $6.55
.bis 7.45.
sdafc 3lrilr6r $4,000. 5tetis
slt $5.65-6.25; 2tilnner $6.75 bis
$S.75.
Gef1iiael 13c; iunee siibner
I16-17c.
/ @t,tter Creamery 2224c.
@ier - 21-221a
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
1te ~astte
Erpo,tHe.

g bicag ., %. slng. @ei5en
99l15 Sept, 97s4 1e5.
aorlt 1874 Sept, $685. 0cs.
@ufer - 375s gept., 36A Geo.
Betreibe fir 8nar: SEQ. 9 rotber
10611a1O9, @ort go. 2
81; 5tal1barb @ofer, 1,elt, 4015 bis
4t115.
Mogaen 9so. 3 10o-1o2.
@crlte Sos.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
9lus benz staate.
6 rnte Ii II 5 gS c tter.

grnte unb I c tter.
9es 10 zines, 25. s(lg. Gas
Bulletin fiir bie nit bem %. beennetc
ggSpde belaet: Cine meitcrc 8od)e
5temIid 9uten @etter5 fat hen1 Sort
ldritt Der 6armar6eiten lmo Dem
g@adstbum bes anrn5 nachoeholfen.
Snlmerbin mar Sic Gemperotllr erhebz
l1d inter normal rno 1nebrcre g3dd)te
lraren lebr fiibl. slm Mprgen bes 30.
lpuroe lo9ar ein lcidter Sroif in 5tpei
Gnu,ltic5 (sluoubpn uno @rulpfprb4
nerlpiirt. Sizes ipar Sic pierscb,1tc $50
de NIT einer 9ltrdId)nitt5temperatur
bon u,ltcr normal Sn1 @anscu NOR
Die @pde 5ien1lieh trocfen, aber piele
Gcsennen er6ielten itarfe 0rtlide
Sdauer, lpelde bie Sarlnor6cit eineu
pSer 5lpei Gage ItDrtcn.
9as stlrfld]obern BON @etreibe lit
na9e5u beenoet unb bas 9reicben gebt
10 ldnell poran, ais bas @etter erz
laubt. 9reldberidte erseben quite grz
trage opu alein9etreibe. a6er slll11eiit
bon Of / e Of fer Gualitdt.
Sn anbetraht Ser fiiblen 8itterung
ifebt &oru 10 gut, ipie l1llr erlportet
1Derben fnnn unb einises fribgepflan5z
te udhert IF Sehnn ser Reife. ipa6renn
.bief bon Sem lpdteepflan5tet1 nod ntdt
'eirtnnI getbe (ober SrooSeIn) angez
iest 6at
Sic brittle Mlfalfaz unb sipeite aleez
ernte iinb 1dntttreif lt11b beibe ergeben
eiucn reihen grtrog. aartpfTe(rl @arz
tengemiile, Sbit nno 8eiben Iino in
gltten S1ltanoe. slltd} Ser gooen lit
fir pa5 0erbl1pflii9en in guten1Stanb,
aber lpcgen anoerer ori1geuoerer Pr
beiten bat nas Gfliigel1 nod nidt be-
sonnen.
Sic Stautsfair.
Ges sglo inc 3, 25. slrg. Sic 81.
Spiua Staatsfoir tpnrne beute bier ere
Dff1et uno miro un1 8. Scpten1ber
it)lieBen. Ser 3uitrpm bon 8eiubern
alls allru Sbeilen oes Stnotes 6at
bcllte friib begonnen.
Sic Giehau5ltellllns lit lrte gctpD6nz
.lid bic 5altptlahe uno fir ettpa S2,z
100000 Gieb unp Gferbe lino ausecz
ireIt. slbgeieben bon Sen Sdnelligz
feitspreilen in Sen Gferoercnnen Iinb
S41 ,469 on Iralnien fin 9ferbe,
&icb, Sd1lpeine, Sdafe etc. allsgclebt.
Cine Snlse oes ellrppaiicben aricge5
tit, bab lperiger inportirte 3ugpferbc
ais lpnlt olsgeitellt Iinb, aber umioz
nebr Gferoe bon Sotpoer Sud)t.
Sic bargers.
Inamplu, 25. slus. Srant lno
Nutbun Nainsbarger tpurpen beutc
gprr1,tttag aus ser bieIi9eu Strofanz
ltalt entlaieh nadoem iie falt oreibig
Sabre binter @efangnib9itteru per7
.brd6t batteu. 9as gerhredeu, lpeeelr
peliel1 lie berurtbeilt lparen, ipar Sic
@rn1prbllng opn @nod) Spbnipn, benl
Sdlpiegerbater 6rouf 9iainsbargers,
I'M Sabre 1854 in $9oroin Gpuntp.
beliel1 2eben oie Sriioer fiir 100000
perltd)ert batten.
Nl5 bas Sbergerid}t i'm Sabre 1887
tire @erurtbcilllng beltdti9te, mar 9laz
than u. 81 unp 6rant 81 Sabre att
Sest linb Die grilOer relp. 81 uno 55
Sabte alt.
9ic 5reieeloiienen lpurSen BON
Sreunben in eiueln slutpmpbil obees
bolt uno noh Der Surm elmer Saute
nabe Soma Sails 9e6ruclt no lie bic
eriten 8oden i9rer Sreibeit perleben
nerben.
Das leumunos5eugz
mis-. 9tuoipius 8ummel (in 8esens
mart feines Sntels gu fetner WIrs
TIM: .6rau Wdiier, meinem Sntel
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
Set arieg.
z Ser beutIde 9 e'ridt.

Ser 6.cntlde 8e'ridt.
Berlin, 25. Mug. (gia 2p1lbpn.
Sic rnlliiden NuBenitclllngct, iiioz
1peltli6 Der Seltllng 8ref 2itoipsf
1plrben geltern bon Ser Mrrnce Wlafenz
len bllrdbro1en. 9es8eiteren lagt Ser
offi5ielle Beri9t:
Sic Ir1neegrlppe6inb n1abz
te in crfolgreiben Gefe6ter nabc
Birl6i $50 @efangene; General gidz
borns glrn,ce brang lpeiter oittp6rts
por lltb nabnt 1900 ginfier gefangen;
Bic slrn1ce b. gdpl5 erretbte 8erecz
suipsfa, maize &nDs5in ltub iiberldritt
ber Maretp liiblid) bpn GDfpciu; ser
redtc Sliisel Ser Mrn,ee @aIltpib err
reidte 9rlanfa nnb mndte 400 &C.
fattgene, lpdbrenb Sic Nrmee BEG Hrittz
gen 2eppplb bon 8nDern einen gngriff
I'M Sort BON 8iulnfpesfa a5l9lug llitb
1900 @efangenc mabte.
sSat 8elten idhtgen mir Mngriffe III
Den gogelen ab unb nabn1en bel Son<
berna6 einige Grabentbcile 5uriicf, Sic
mir am IT, berlprer batten. Nabe.
ghenport (Slan6ert1 iplrbe Elm fran=
5DiiI6cr 9oppelbeder abgeIhpiIen.
s8al faRb rsi. .dt..e. rnsitsi Il, II Is
2pn.oSo1, %. Mlig. Die BaIfnnz
ftaaten ii1,b Dbne 3tpeifeI 1dber Der
gntl6cibll,tg iiber ibrc 5utiinftige,1s8eS
8iebllu9cl1 5lt ben frtegfiibrenben Mdd&
ten Gjeocr Gag bringt tie ielbltper@.
itdnblid eir,e1t Sag ndber), obcr los
1peit lit nod teiil beitin1,l1ter G1ritt
5l1r Grncllcrling beg 8aIfanbunbes gez
no1nn,en iporoen llnb Sic gcltrige,1 allfz
re9enoelt Geriibte, Dab 8nlgarie,1 an
Die Eiirfei Sen @rieg erflart babe INN
mitbelfen ipcrbe, Sic 9arbanelen 5u
erobern. baben iid nidt bejtdtigt.
l1eber bic 8arbn,1ellenfanpfe bonn
20. bis 25. Ml1glllt ipir0 beridtet. baB
Die gngld1ber I'M Morben BET Salbe
inlcl Gauipo1i 500 Daros tiirfilde-
@rdben senommel1 babcn uno bie&dmz
pfc i'm siibe,, iid) allf Mrtiuerieicuer
llnb5 sdar1niibel beidrdltften.
l1eber 4tbcn tptrb Ser Central gaeips
f(5tpeifelbafte Ahelle) alttf bcrthtet
bab ein rniiiiebes Sliegcrgeidnaber
am Wpntag Sic aiiatii1en @prorfc bon
&pnianttllppel bpn,barbirt nlb Al.
Herlonen get0otet ober perlplnoet babe.
9as pffi5iene 8rcbbiiro beridtct
beute NberD, bab Bic lebten Sperati1
pnctt auf @arIipolt Sic g,,gIanber i'll
gtano gciebt bdttell, lire gtcllnngen
aus5ubebnen llnb lire Qi,1ien alf einer
Sront bon n,c6r als 12 Mcilen 5lt ber&.
binber1.
Ser Pariler 8eri1 t.
Earis, 25. Mug. 8ffi5iell. Sn
slrtoisoiitritt ,,1rDlib BON grras CAB
es geltcrn Nn9t ipicocr lebbafte MrtilS
leriefdtnpfe. yeabe Soll6e5 llnb Mcuz#
bile fam es au1 ipieber 3n 9labfdr1s
pfen nit @anbgraraten.
S1t bcn 8ogelen fam es geferl1 alf
benz 8arrenfopf 5u Sampler, n,itpanb<
gronaten llttb ettt frat150iil1er Siteger
mart geitern NaHt go1t6cn allf Ser,
8abnbof BON 2Drra6 III 9aben. 28
Wleilen iiibtpeitltH poit Srciburg.
@e6it nltf BfiInu.
g Griffin. 25. Wla. g2ltr birm
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26

Das Os5eugz
nis. StuoipIus 8ummel (in 8esens
lpart ieines Sntels gu feiner Wirz
tilD: .Srau Wdiler, meinem Sntel
lit llngiinltiges iiber meinen 2ebensz
tpanbel nitseteilt ipproen. 8itte, dlz
bern Sic iid mai: Sat mid iemals
elmer BON ben Na9barn betrunten
na6baule tommen iebena"
5rau Miiller: IS ipober oenn! Die
2eute balten Sic fir einen gan3 foliz
ben iungen Mann; lie meiRen alle.
Sic ieien aellner in einem Iadtz
cafe"
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
Sefrieoigenoe Antmort int Mrabic=Taa 5u
ermQrten.
asie @raiioent gsillon bena@ridtiet 1T.
9eutidlano miro satisiattion gebsn.
bctrcnbc o5ier eiue Sutrnipnn absrrtten fat

20 lo Ser beude a5er aorreiponnn er 6cist
ao bofauftg uSabn in Nu6" Mou6tcr Sbert ScDpn
bru ~ gr mpdc sic 5roensircunoe China bepprircu luo
eror Die 8inbetrd Smerifaner fir naonal @efahr
Send9er Eaor IN 5oQcston be Gar, Sno, ebnnBppQer
gSete ermo grtrd9e aneeroe Solpa arob aber Sic
aualid l6lebt - ln0 @a5 nod a ridanbio
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9ie an1erifaniIben @sffeufobri@
fel, iperben Mcber5eit arbeiten niillcu:I
General gih6orn bat bel &plpno 24o
@e11iise erbe,,tet.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26
Brett 2itomsf auf 5uei 6eiten tingeidloiieu
RA5
11to Die atabenlin.> s.its onr@broben.
Sende baben nieoer 5000 @efaaat unb Die Detreidcr
aud einse saaie. -
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sprooner aanegcBen iber bcn aanbunb &a6en rcee
0rnnbage an Die Seges6)te 3arbaneen lmbhniuz
Del ~ SIN gornprt miro @pg bebaup SIN 9ad5traa 1pb init
8eoauern gemeD gnb mieber ndts Gu Gpinuno
in ger Dob Sic gtfrage sen IT, g. gi!id beaeo iprb
9eite Ge9terlng ien nagbcn ipo0en Grep Ser
@a Der 2iee 5cibt sen octen @esuer ser gBorpSreba
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-08-26

Gin I'm b-eruicner bcutib c t
Sp-tp ON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
TIC "a HOG E

end OF a room, but from the other side OF
"A continent,
The Panama Pacific Exposition itself,
planned TO celebrate the completion of the
Panama Canal and the joining of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, will mark
still closer welding of the Fast and West.
When its gates are thrown open on Feb
ruary 20, San Francisco will not only
be nearer to New York through a short
ening of it's waterways, but will be in
constant and instantaneous touch with it
through the medium Of speech. 1t is
curious fact, too, that this second great
feat of engineering, this other canal, this
even more intimate connection between
The two seaboards, has been completed in
the same year Quietly, almost UNI
noticed but steadily and bravely, while
the gigantic steam shovels We're cutting
their way through the earth in the south,
the engineers of sound and electricity
were weaving their magic webs through
the air and pushing on toward the Golden
Gate. Their work has been less spec
tacu!ar, il has excited little attention, but
these men have met obstacles as hard to
overcome az the Culebra slide, and they
have conquered them. The long dreamed
of transcontinental line is no longer a
dream. New York can talk to San
Francisc
Monday. January 25. 1915. has taken
i,s place among the momentons dates
in the annals of science and human
nropress On that day, in the pres
ence of groups of prominent men on
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answer had come back to him in an
eyewink
There have been few more dramatic
moments in the history of science than
when the venerable Prof Bell lifted
the receiver from its hook and called
to Watson, the friend and fellow work
man of his youth, in far away San Fran
cisco. There was "A wonderful story
in that first "Hellol" "a marvellous tale
of miracle working, of heroic struggle
and sublime achievement Few men
have seen so great "A dream come true,
probably no two men before, in all the
history of the worlds discoveries and in
ventions ever lived to see such magnh-
cent results from work in which they had
been the pioneers, Hardened telephone
users as all of those present were, and ac-
customed to big events as most of them
were, hush that was tinged with awe, an
almost solemn silence, fell on the assem-
blage as the great inventor talked to his
associate. Every one felt that he was
taking part in an epoch making event
that in the future school children would
be made TO learn January 25 as one of the
big dates in the worlds scientific, com
mercial and political history, one that
ranked with that other day when What
wonders hath God wrought" was flashed
over Mqrse's wire.
Most wonderful Of all. perhaps. in the
minds OF those present at the opening OF
the new line was the fact that this
achievement, the browning glory of so
vast and complex "A system. had taken
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place within the space Of a mans life
time. On March 10, 1870, Prof, Bell,
working away at the simple telephone
he had invented, called TO his comrade:
MIR. Watson, come here. l want you,
and Watson heard that first Of all tele-
phone messages over the wire In New
York on January rs. 1915, the same voice
was talking and, in San Francisco, the
same ear was listening, as on that spring
day thirty-eight years ago, but under
what different conditions Then the
struggling young inventor and his as
sociate had just succeeded in producing
the only telephone in the world and in
talking over few feet Of wire. Ahead
Of them were years of ridicule for their
invention. indifference to their plans
and opposition to their efforts. On this
other great day they saw their simple
contrivance as part of vast system join
ing together the country's greatest and
most distant cities and serving the uses
Of 100000 600 people. Not many men
have seen 30 great fulfilment of their
early ambitions, no other invention has
ever taken SO great "A stride in so brief a
time.
II has been a tremendous stride, for
when Bell invented that first feeble re-
ceiver. it was the beginning Of tele-
phones. There had been nothing like il
or anywhere near like il in all the ages
II was creation as far as scientific APP,
paratus was concerned, il was made out
Of nothing More than that. this crude
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either coast, the transcontinental telc-
phone wires were given their first pub
lie test and the completion of the line
was formally celebrated. Distinguished
men in the Offices Of the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company in San
Francisco conversed freely with dis
tinguished men on the Atlantic sea-
board and one more great chapter in
the history of telephony was finished
as Bell, sitting in the Offices Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company in New York. talked to Wat
son across continent
There was no hitch in the programme
or any doubt as TO the immediate sue
cess and practicability of the new line.
Those who talked over the telephone
did not raise their voices above the
usual conversational pitch and the re-
plies came back across the continent
clearly and instantaneously. There
was no more effort, delay OF indistinct-
ness than in talking across table,
Prof, Bell says that he thought out
the telephone in Salem. A fitting place
for its conception-the is witch
craft in it, and the most blase Of busi-
ness men in the offices of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
on Monday felt something akin to I'M
cannness at the thought that his voice
had gone across thirteen States, shot
over prairies and gone through forests.
hurtled through cities, climbed the
Rockies. skinned across the desert
and reached the Pacific coast and the
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instrument-just capable of transmitting
speech the length of room-was all Bell
gave to the art of telephony, but it was
enough The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and its associated
companies have done the rest.
just what this rest" means can be fully
appreciated 10y those only who know the
difficulties to be overcome by the tele-
phonic engineer and the subtlety and deli
cacy of the forces with which he has TO
deal
In spite. however, of the fact that,
compared with the electrical problems,
the mere engineering task of con-
struCting the line may appear simple
To the scientist, no one can run his
finger over the route of the new line
on the map without being impressed
with the magnitude of the undertake
ing. The data and figures are ire
mendous. The line crosses thirteen
States, II is carried on 5000 poles.
Four hard drawn copper wires, ,l65
inch in diameter run side by side over
the entire distance, establishing two
physical circuits and one phantom cir
cult. one mile of single wire weighs
435 pounds, the weight Of the wires in
the entire line being 100000 pounds,
or 1880 tons. This, of course, is the
transmission wires alone. In addition
to these, each physical circuit uses
some 1860 miles Of fine halrlike in
sulated wire, 4-l,O0O of an inch in
diameter, for its loading coils.
Simply to. string this immense
amount OF wire across the continent
to set the poles and insure insulation