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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
CAMP Willis BILLS
ARE ORDERED PAID
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER,
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION,
RULES CLAIMS LEGAL.
$4,000 FOR ROAD BUILDING
Total Amount Exceeds s2oo,o5o-
Creditors Soon To Get Their
Checks, 1t Is Said.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Columbus.-After investigating the
subject from every angle, Secretary
OF War Newton D. Baker ordered the
Camp Willis bills paid and this order
was communicated to the quarter
master general, through whose depart
ment the claims will be satisfied. The
bills ordered paid are those that were
recommended for payment by General
Thomas H. Barry, commanding the
central department, and include all
OF the bills certified over by General
Barry. The total amount to be paid
is in excess Of $200, ,0G0. There are
other bills which have not yet reached
the war department but which are
now being Investigated here by
Colonel John A. Hull, judge advocate
general of the central department,
and Major K ]. Hampton of that de-
partment. The bills ordered paid in
clude expenses which war department
officials consider unjustiia6le, but for
which they regard the government as
legally responsible, as, for instance
$4,000 for the construction of roads
The advice which Secretary Baker
received from subordinate officials Of
the department all along the line wa
that there was no way to escape gov
ernment liability for these bills i
is stated at the war department, &C
cording to a dispatch received here
that the Camp Willis creditors will
now get their money just as soon a:
the ordinary details can be arranged
through the quartermaster's depart
ment
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
CENTER FOR RECRUIT WORK
New System Is Adopted Which May
Obtain Better Results.

Columbus, O.-Under a complete re-
organization of the recruiting system
announced in a report from Washing
ton, Ohio is divided into four recruit
ing districts and recruiting officers ar8
Informed that. they are expected to
obtain at least one recruit every year
per 1000 population in their respective
districts. The headquarters Of the
Ohio districts are fixed at Columbus,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo.
The Columbus district is expected to
furnish an annual quota Of 936 re-
cruits for the army, the population Of
the district being 99S.330. The mini
mum strength of the recruiting party
for the Columbus district is TO- Each
county in the district is expected to
furnish every year one recruit for
every 1000 inhabitants. Fran kin
county, for instance, is eZpectc: to
| furnish 221 recruits.
Counties included in the Columbus
district, with population Of each as
shown by the 1910 census, are as fol-
lows: Clark, 66.435; Champaign, 20
351; Madison, 1892; Union, 21.87t;
Pickaway, 26,158; Franklin, 221, ,557;
Delaware, 27,182; Knox, 50,121; Lick
| ing. $500; Fairfield, 39,201; Hooking,
23,65O: Holmes, 1899; Coshocton, 3D.
121; Muskingum, 57,848; Perry, 35,5s5;
Morgan, 16,O97; Athens, 47,79S; Meigs,
25.59A; Guernsey, 42,716; Belmont, 76,.
S56; Noble, 1861; Monroe, Papa;
Washington, 1922
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
U-BOATS OBEY LAW
PRESIDENT SAYS GERMAN DIV
ERs MUST OBSERVE RULES.
Executive Declares He VIII Hold Ger
many to All Its Promises
Regarding Warfare.

Long Branch, N. j., Oct. ia con-
ference between President Wilson and
Count Won Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, at the summer White House
and a telephone talk between the pres
ident and heads of departments in
volved in Washington on Monday re-
vealed the following facts regarding
the situation of the United States with
respect to the activities of the U-53 off
Nantucket lightship.
/. President Wilson will hold Ger
many to all it's promises regarding its
conduct of submarine warfare.
2. Ambassador Won Bernstorff prom
ises that Germany will hold sacred all
it's promises to the American govern
ment.
3. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
says the Germans have not violated
the neutrality of the United States,
and that passengers and crews have
been given a full measure of safety.
4. Secretary of State Lansing, while
not ready to make final decision, can
not see how the Germans have violated
international law thus far in their CAM
paign against allied shipping and con-
traband entering or leaving American
ports. The promises regarding warn
| ing and safety of passengers and
crews, he believes. apparently have
been kept.
Secretary Lansing, 1t was announced
will come here for a conference with
President Wilson concerning German
submarine raids off the American
coast.
The president made this statement
before the German ambassador made
his call.
| "The German government will be
held to the fulfllment of its promises
TO the government of the United
! States" he said. "The government
will. of course. first inform itself as
to all the facts that there may be nc
doubt or mistake as far as they are
concerned.
'The country may rest assured thai
the German government will be held tC
the complete fulfillment of its prom
lSeS 10 Ine government VI IHe OnlJe1
States. / have no right now to ques
ton its willingness to fulfill them"
Count Won Bernstorff spent only 1!
minutes with the president. On leav
ing the summer White House he salt
to the correspondent:
"All the attacks on merchant ship
off the American coast have been con
Quoted in accordance with cruiser war
fare"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
| U. S. OPEN TO U-BOAT
STATE DEPARTMENT AT WASH
INGToN ANNOUNCES DECISION.
Raid Off New England Coast Does Not
Change Administrators Point
of View.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE dash into
Newport of the German submarine
U-53 and it's subsequent raids off the
New England coast have not changed
the Administrations point of view in
the treatment of submersibles Of
belligerent nations.
This was made known here on Tues
day when Counselor Polk of the state
department announced that the United
States had refused to accept the con-
tention of the entente allies urging
that neutrals deny the use of their
harbors to all submarines, whether
merchantmen or warships.
The cOunselor's announcement fol-
lowed publication of a London dis
patch carrying the text of recent
note to Washington in which the de-
mands of the entente were made.
The claim of the allies that subma-
rines are outlaws brings up the ques-
tiOn of whether the American govern
ment may be sued for damages result
ing from the call of the U-53 at New
port before it started on it's spectacu-
lar raid.
Under the Interpretation of the al
lies, the position may be taken that
| Newport was made the base for op'
erations which officials estimate al.
ready have caused at least $6,O00.00C
damage to allied shipping and trade.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
DOCTOR SHOT BY Ex-PATIENT
chicagoan Probably Fatally Wounded
by Dentist Who Says pera-
tion Ruined His Life. I

Chicago, Oct. 11.-Dr. Arthur G. Nc
Laren, a dentist, who held that his life
had been ruined by an operation per-
formed by DIR. J. B. Weintraub, nursed
his grievance seven years. Monday
he trapped the surgeon in his office in
the Delaware building and fred two
shots at him from a heavy-caliber re-
volver. One of the shots inflicted a
serious and perhaps fatal wound in the
abdomen.
Doctor McLaren said he was engaged
to be married and consulted Doctor
Weintraub. who advised an operation.
The operation was performed on New
Years day, 1909, and Doctor McLaren
says the surgeon assured him he was
again a healthy man.
Instead of being restored to health
| found | could never marry and had
to break off my engagement with the
girl l loved" said Doctor McLaren
Il bought a revolver and l shot him.
l am not sorry"
Doctor Weintraub is well known and
was prominent as q militiaman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
GERARD WON'T DISCUSS VISIT
Ambassador to Germany Refuses to
Confirm Report That He Is on
Peace Mission.

New York, Oct. 12.-James w.
Gerard, American ambassador to Ger
many, upon his arrival here on Tues
day, declined either to affirm or deny
published report; that he was return
ing to the United States on a peace
mission ON behalf of the emperor of
Germany.
The Scandinavia-American liner
Frederik VIII, on which Mr.. Gerard
arrived, was met at quarantine by q
municipal police boat on which was
Mayor Mitchels reception committee,
headed by Oscar Straus, chairman of
the public service commission. Mrs.
Gerard, who accompanied the ambas-
sadOr, was presented with a large
bouquet of American roses.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
NEW DEFENSE BODY
MILITARY NEEDS OF NATION
WILL BE STUDIED BY BOARD
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT.
EFFICIENCY IS THE OBJECT
Commission Organized 10 Give Coun-
try the Benefit of Its Resources in
Time of Necessity-Memoers Are
Distinguished Men.

On Board the Presidents Train,
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. l3.-President
Wilson made public on Wednesday the
names OF seven men whom he has ap-
pointed members OF an advisory conf
mission to be associated with the
council of national defense" created
at the last session of congress.
The names of the men are:
Daniel Willard president of the Bal
timOre Il Ohio railroad.
Samuel GOmpers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
DR.. Franklin H. Martin of Chicago.
Howard Z. Coffin of Detroit.
Bernard Baruch of New York.
DIR. Hollis Godfrey of Philadelphia.
Julius Rosenwald Of Chicago.
The presidents statement follows:
"'The council of national defense
has been created because the congress
has realized that the country is best
prepared for war when thoroughly pre-
pared for peace. From an economic
point of view there is now very little
difference between the machinery re-
quired for commercial efficiency and
that required for military purposes. In
both cases the whole industrial
mechanism must be organized in the
most effective way.
1.-The councils chief functions are !;
II. The coordination of all forms
of transportation and the develop
ment of means of transportation to
meet the military, Industrial and
commercial needs of the nation.
so. The extension of the Industrial
mobilization work of the committee
on Industrial preparedness of the
naval consulting board. Complete in
formation as to our present manu-
featuring and producing facilities
adaptable to many-sided uses of mod
ern warfare will be procured, an
| alyzed and made use of.
"One of the objects of the council
will be to inform American manufac-
| turers as to the part which they can
and must play in national emergency
'The personnel of the councils ad
visory members, appointed without
regard to party, marks the entrance
of the nOnpartisan engineer and pro
| feSSional man into American gov
ernmental affairs on a wider scale
than ever before.
In the present instance the time
of some of the members of the ad
visory board could not be purchased
They serve the government withou
remuneration, efficiency being theil
sole objective and Americanism theil
only motive"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
Uncle Sam Names ohIoans.

Uncle Sam Names ohloans.
The following railway mail clerks
have been appointed in Ohio: J. w.
Teltan, Lebanon; Valentine SIMPLE,
Walbridge; R. P. Peters, Mechanics
burg; w. E. Hougendobler, Forest;
R. A. Fleming, Columbus; ]. B.
French, Cincinnati; H F. Br:cker, Ar
cadia; R. E. Prettyman, Agosta; + L.
Dodd, Cleveland; L. L. Ware, Middle
town; ]. F. Jarvis, Tippecanoe; Low
ell Frazer, Sabina; w. j. Mile,
Hicksville; N M. Vanator, Clyde; D.
B. Watt, Xenia; L. T. Riley Hamilton;
A. E. White, Belmont; NJ. c. Davies,
Columbus; ]. E. Daley, McConnc -
vile; C. E. Shaw, Mineral Ridge;
John J. CIemonts, Mt Oreb, Ralph E.
Heinonimus, New Paris; A. ]. DietZ,
Sandusky; F. c. Balls, jamestown;
Edward Pross, Dayton; Everett Cory,
Washington c. H; P. W. Gerst, Ger
ard; George L. Hartman, Pataskeela;
J. F. Knight, Springfield; H E. Zuber.
Bethel; Reuben Neal, BluerOck; L. E.
Seitz, Macarthur; J. F.. Cavanagh,
Cecil; F. H Dubbs, Wyoming; H. P.
Herier, Cincinnati; James l. Francis.
Winchester: G.. v. Nichoi, Pomeroy;
A. N. Bechtol; Coshocton; c. NJ. Fru-
tiger, New Philadelphia; T. D. Belsings
Gallon; Porter Hancock, Williams
burg; Elmer Daugherty, Portland; G
B. Marsh, Toledo; NJ M. Culver, Alli-
ance; W. S. Wrieht, Tortogany; J.
r. Davis, Kingsville; L. z. Gersuchy
New Blanchard; /. E. Foley, Whining
ton; Harry Wendt, Evansport; Ray
Miller, Atwater; Robert Warner
MinesYilIe, and ]. E. Van Horne, Corn
ing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
RED SOX VICTORS
HUGE CROWD SEES BOSTON DE-
FEAT BROOKLYN AND WIN
WORLD TITLE.
$4,000 WITNESS GREAT GAME
Triple by Lewis in Second Inning
Leads to First Tally and TWO Singles
In Third Add Two More Runs
Score q to l..

Braves" Field. Boston, Oct. l4.-Be-
fore the greatest crowd that ever wit
messed professional bail game the
Boston Red sox on Thursday annexed
their fourth worlds championship.
vast throng. numbering 42,62O
wild-eyed fans, saw the SOx down the
brooklyn Dodgers, to 1, in the fifth
game Of the 1916 title tussle.
II registered the Sox's fourth vic
tory and cllnched the title for them.
TO Ernie Shore. elongated right-hand-
er of the SOx. went the honOrs of stow
ing away the championship. He is
the only pitcher TO be credited with
two victories In the series.
Shore was master of the Dodgers
holding them to one run and three hits
This lanky right-hander has reached a
crest in basebalrs high peaks of fame
He was slab hero of last seasons
classic.
Duffy Lewis again figured promi-
nently In n worlds series as heavy
swatter. II was Lewis three-baggel
that enabled him to score with the
tying run in the second inning, wher
Gardner hoisted sacrifice fly tC
Wheat The Dodgers had scored the
first run without the aid Of a base hi
or a fielding error in the second in
ming.
Fielding errors by Cutshaw and OIL
son let In two runs In the third ant
clinched the game for Boston. Hooper
singled In the fifth and scored OF
Janvtin's double to left.
Charles Ebbetts, president of the
BroOklyns, headed the procession
marching about Braves field after the
gaIae.
fhe features of the game we're:
The first run made by the DodgerI
in the second inning was scored with
out the aid Of base hit or a fielding
error.
Lewis was at q disadvantage In tn,
second inning with two strikes on him
when he slammed a curve. 1t was |
liner to deep left. The ball took
bound away from Wheat.
Gardner's thrilling stop of olson
wicked bounder in the second, ais
his splendid stop and throw of Now
tey's bad bounder in the fifth.
Shore famed Hi Myers, the frs
man to face Shore on three pitche
balls.
Wheat's hair-raising running cate
of Shores Iow-line drive in the fift
frame robbed the tall Red Sox pitche
of a base hit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
3 KILLED IN STRIKE BATTLE
Standard Oil Workers Clash With $50
officers at 55yonne, N. J.--Men
Refuse to Disperse.

Bayonne. N. j., Oct. 14.--At least
three men were killed and a score
wounded on Thursday when a mob of
several hundred Standard Oil strikers
exchanged shots with nearly $50 de-
tectives, policemen and special guards
here. At Prospect and Twenty-second
streets, near the Tidewater Oil plant,
$50 guards and officers were confront
ed by a mob of several hundred
strikers. Inspector Cady ordered them
to disperse. Their reply was a fusil-
lade. Cady then ordered his men to
fire. The strikers retreated only after
a score of their number had fallen.
In the afternoon Inspector Cody had
the situation in hand, but it is feared
If another outbreak occurs it will be
necessary to appeal to Governor Field
er for the militia.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
ONE DEAD, SIX SHOT AT POLLS
Election Of School Trustee in Kentucky
Is Riot Scene Bullets Pass
Through Women's Dresses.

Louisville, KY. Oct. 11.-While a
school trustee was being elected in
Beech Grove precinct of Breathitt
county several women came to the
polls to vote for Ike Short and were
challenged. A moment later Alfred
Keene was killed, Anderson Spicer
shot five times and Ike Short four
times. Four other men were slightly
wounded. During the encounter bull
lets passed through the dresses of sew.
eral women at the polls.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
Loss BY Fires Drops Rapidly.

Fires in 4,O7S buildings in
Ohio entailed a loss Of S6,378,306
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
a sum about one-half that of the loss
in 1901 and $1,000,OOO less than the
average of the last 16 years, accord
in; to the annual report of State Fire
Marshal Buckley.
THAT the fire loss has been re-
duced almost one-half in Is years is
startling, when one considers the fact
that the value of the buildings and
their contents in Ohio has been null
tiplied by three during that time, !"
says Mr.. Buckley. "The value of farm
products has been doubled, of manu-
features has been doubled, and a build
ing put up Is years ago is not worth
more money than it cost originally,
and the value of new buildings added
during those years is enormous"
For his legislative recommendation
Mr.. Buckley adopts verbatim what he
calls the "disinterested recommends
tions" of his deprecessors, E. R. De-
fenbaugh, in his last report to the
governor. Discussion of the question
Of the liability OF a person, in dam
ages, for an injury by fire, through
his negligence, to another, .Messrs. De
fenbaugh and Buckley say, has devel
oped the view that the principles OF
the common law should be crystal
ized into statute form.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
THREE KILLED IN A WRECK
Smash of Freight Trains Near Cincin-
natl Injuries Seven of Grew.

Cincinnati, ON collision be-
tween two freight trains on the Big
Four railway at Fernbank, about u
miles west of this city, three men
were killed and seven injured. All
were in the employ of the company
The dead are Emil B. Simpson, en-
gineer; Henry Franklin, fireman, and
Carl Dittus, brakeman, all of this city.
The injured were removed to hospitals,
where it was said all would recover.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
CELEBRATE Tooth ANNIVERSARY.

Upper Sandusky, O.-This city was
the Mecca of Methodisks at the two
day celebration of the Tooth anniver-
sary of the establishment OF the first
Methodist mission in America here by
John Stewart, mulato. Stewart went
to the Wyandotte Indians as a mission
ary in the fall of 1916, and his efforts
furnished the inspiration for the or
ganization Of the mission boards CT the
church.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
CYCLONE IN DANISH INDIES
Almost Every Building Destroyed in
ST. Thomas-No Lives Reported
Lost-$1 900, 900 Damage.

st. Thomas D. w. l.. Oct. ia
cyclone swept over St. Thomas with
disastrous results. Almost every build
ing in the city was damaged. The
damage on the island is estimated at
about $1,0OO,OOO. The cyclone also did
great damage on the Island of st.
CroiX.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
ARMOuRS TO CUT BIG MELON
Stockholders to Divide 400 Per Cent
in Profits-Capitai to Be
Increased.

Chicago. Oct. 11.-Armour and COM
pany will cut q 400 per cent melon at
the next meeting of the board of direc-
tors. r. ]. Dunham, vice president,
in a statement made public said an In
crease of the capitalization from $20.-
100000 to $1OO.OO0.OOO also would be
considered This would be accom-
plished by capitalizing $8O.000,OO0 of
the company's surplus, which now is
around S1OO.OOO,OOO. and which was
earned between 1901 and 1912, when
few dividends were paid and virtually
all the earnings were reinvested in
plant extension.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
DOLLAR BILL PAYS 27 DEBTS.

Bellefontaine, O.-The paying power
of single dollar bill was exemplified
in Bellefontaine last week when just
an ordinary 81 silver certificate was
used by 27 different persons in paying
debts. 1t was pay-up week in Belle
fontaine, when everybody was urged
to pay up all his old obligations. A
news writer started 81 Monday morn
ing on debt-paying journey, attach
ing slip to it for the names of those
through whose hands the money pass
ed during the week.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
ODD FELLOWS AT GROVE CITY.

Columbus, O.-An elaborate pro-
gram was rendered by Rambler Lodge
and the subordinate lodge o. Odd Eel
lows of Grove City. It was the occa-
sion of the annual homecoming Of
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, and, in
connection, the Franklin County Odd
Fellows Association presented to
Rambler Lodge the silk flag which was
won by the lodge at the Odd Fellows
outing at Olentangy Park. Attorney
Benjamin F. Livingston, of Central
Lodge, presented the flag.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
FIVE CANNING PLANTS SOLD.

Circleville, O.-Five corn canning
factories owned by H. NJ. Critics, were
sold here to the Sears & Nichols, Can
ming Co., of Chillicothe, for $250,O00
The factories are located in this city,
Washington c. H, London, Stoutsville,
and Canal Winchester The Sears &
Nichols Co. now own 10 canning fac
tories, including those already named
and plants at Chillicothe, Ashville,
Frankfort and Amanda, o., and Pent-
water, Mich. The sale does not in
clude the flour mill and grain elevator
or the 1900 acres of land owned by
Mr.. Critics in this county.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
THIRD o. v. I. VETERANS MEET.

Columbus, O.-Years ago members
of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
decided to meet October 8 each year
unless that date came on Sunday
Last week the 31st meeting, which was
held at Memorial Hall, found only Is
of the old comrades in their places
Two whole companies were recruited
in Columbus early in the sixties and
were known as the old Governor
Guards. OF the 1900 men whose
names were or the roster at different
times, AZ are known to be living.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
To Appoint DELEGATES.

Announcement of Ohio delegate ap-
pointments to the National Farmers
! Congress is expected to be made by
Governor Willis in day or two
There are between 200 and 800 Of
these, each county being entitled t.
one or more delegates. The congress
will meet at indianapolis. Interest
lies in the fact that one of the prin-
cipal topics of the congress is to be
the question of government ownership
of telephones and telegraphs, a report
on which will be made by a special
| committee.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
WOOSTER CHANGES ARE URGED.

Cincinnati, O.-Many changes in the
charter of Wooster College will be
recommended, it is said, by the "a
annual Ohio synod, which convened
here. A recommendation requiring
reduction of the number of Wooster
trustees was made. Rev. H. D. Hud-
nut, Youngstown, probably will be
chosen to succeed Rev. W. H. Kous-
ton az moderator.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
SAFE IN BANK is WRECKED

Moral, O.-The safe of the Moral
Bank here was wrecked by robbers,
but the men were frightened away be-
fore they succeeded in getting into the
safe deposit vault, it was announced
1t is believed by the police here that
the cracksmen were the same as the
men who earlier in the day blew the
safe of the Farmers Bank at Nc
Cutchenville, in Seneca county, and
succeeded in making their getaway
with between $4,000 and $4,000.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
Slated for Pfener in the eighth.

Extra base-hits-Two-base, Janvrin:
three base, Lewis. Strike-outs-By Shore
4; BY Pfeffer, g. Pitchers records-Six
hits, four runs off Pfeffer In seven innings
Bases on balls-Om Shore,1; Off Pfefer,
q Sacrifice hy-Gardner. Left on bases
Wild pitches-Pfeffer (2). Umpires-Con-
molly. at plate; O'Day on bases: Quigley
in leftneld; Dineen in rightheld. Time
1.f8
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-10-20
Man Bound TO Succeed.

1t is the man who carefully pegs his
way UP step by step, with his mind be-
coming wider and wider, and progress
sively better able to grasp any theme
or situation, persevering in what ae
knows to be practical and concentrate
ing his thought upon it, who is bound
to succeed in the greatest degree =
Alexander Graham Bell