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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29
Winter Picnic

Tn" Standard Hearers Of lu- calvary
vi T.. church Will CIV It "wIut"r IlrnIr'
ut tn" home Of MISS Virginia lOnHr
trmurruw evening a. IA Elaborate
, preparations Tor tins AFFAIR hnv, been
! made and 1t is Expected 1" Ice N" "r the
best of The SraSuu.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29

meeting Il tn" members Of IN"
Iu, cIar volunteer fire and protection
nSS,riali"u Will he held his evening
M,i,rrs PERTAINING TO the annual cleo
lion viii he taken w. \ large attend
arir" is requested. other routine mat
,rrs will como up at this time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29

Mrs. Edward Iiruu:uE. w')l known
resident OF Toronto, O., mt WIN 1t
serious a,,Iicut near her AOm" there
vrstrr,luv whru she fell on tn" slip
irry sd walk and fractured her mp.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29
Rnard Holds Over.

! rho present city health hoard which
Vas t. have given way january /. t.
the u.w county board "rG u'I''l under
NJ, Hughes law. VIII hold over until
thu legislature passes i new hoatii
hin. owing 10 'hN failur" OF the CNp"n-
sive Hughes law. Appropriation has
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29

Mr. and Mrs. Harry kammerer, or
~,,ttsburgh. are spending several days
visiting at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. W.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29
BUSINESS YEAR
REVIEWED BY
HENRY CLEWS

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-ReyiewinS
the business year ot'l9l9. Henry Crews
says;
4 quiet condition in the market PRE-
walls at the clos" Of what has undouot-
eddy been a rcruaCkahl" year. During
1919 we have seen the elimination 9,
government control or money rates auI
Of operations in securities. the reH'NS'
Of active trading and lnFestt5rht %
iugs, tho removal ut the artihSiaL sup
port OF sterling, and as u result Il suo,,
SeQuent decline both in RritiSh ana
other currenCies 10 an uu.preNedth'eutS
low level. The volume or business or
the Stock Exchange has attained Almost
record prOpurtionS, while ~" ISSUE or
new securities IN the United states mas
in recent months surpassed an lGtrLSr
levelS Of the kind. Many new SoNlts
have been admitted 70 the Exchange,
and trading has attained a breadth ana
activity which could not have been eN-
pected at the opening OF the year. me
increase OF activity on tho stock En-
change and in the securities un1rNe13
generally has hcrn the more inark'u
because Of the TACT that during the war
investment and speculation nave Detu
SO sharply rrprCsSCd. the Safius anu
INVESTING power Of tn" community pc
ing diverted INTO the channels Of public
credit. Removal e RESTRICTIONS '"anL'T!
many who had long ben prcE'ht'"
from the free use Of Their funds I" "p,
ply them in n" dir''i'""N "h''" N"'
TNNl HIS
Developments OF BustneSr.
Several dfStiac, stages have been IN,
cl,,ded i, ne wear l9l9. The first ~
these covered the poSt-armiSttce prrl"u.
practically extending from the opening
OF the year 10 about the conSIus.HR "1
tho nth Liberty or Victory Liam IN
April. This roughly c'rrrSp"iHS aus.
with that within which was rHStrictlonS
on the issue OF securities and the Ieno-
ing Of one or call we're sun nun
tained. II VIII b" remrmo Sa t,e s"t
called Capital Issues Committee Vas
allowed to suspend operations, WhlIe
not very long thereafter the so-coItsd
Money Pool Committee, which, had hS;u
Stock Exchange operations In cheek:
was also dissolved. \ second period
then opened and extended practically up
To the latter part OF June, a. whIcn
time tho opening 90 a speculative era
led the Federal Reserve Hoard 70 Is
sue warnings against 4 poSS'oIe oNEr-
doing Of such operations; Purihs tns
summer. speculation reached an, eNciteS
pitch, with both prices ana NoIuuhr o'
operatlons on extremely biSh planc;
Throughout all this period interest anu
discount rates suffered but lILt,e
,hange. the Federal rrsrrN" system Dc.
ing unable To adVanC" them because o.
tnn urtavorahi" effect when WouI1
thereby be produced on ti"NcrhUlcNl
financing. This third period came 70 q
rinSs nrnc,lcRlly a, m" beginning Of
November. when SpCru.NtN" operations
reached Their ,l'HsrN. thu Federal ltH-
serve hoard advancing the rtt"N or DIS
count at FrL"r,l r"~rrN" hunks in or
der 70 check tn. r~NNnuS;un vt loan
funds used IN ~'",u'IlN'. traHSa"tE"NS
\ fourth and ural r"~'Ha has carried
the market ,hrrUrh ~" m"nthS 81
November aNI ir "NN"" and Sr"'iS
lis chara~'rr.-,. h,,. h.. - -hr,ukaEc
~ prirrS lw.:nf go - :. .N'u" u has
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29

The greater the necessity FOR SAVING
the greater your opportunity to use
The Intelligencer Want Ada
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-29

have three moro days before tho books
will be turned over to the city Of Wheel
ing.
Mrs. F. c. BingelT, Of Martins Ferry.
spent Yesterday visiting at the home Of
MIR. ard Mrs. Edward Bingell. Of TWSn-
tieth street.
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REQUIRED and where lcsse. ones would
do. the scale OF the width was SUBJ
jected to distortions, with intermediate
regions skewed to At inland all so
ingeniously that the whole thing in
Its own tipsy fashion comes together,
and looks as II Father Knickerbocker's
toe had been run through a wash
woman's wringer.
To reduce eye strain, the body was
painted light green. the backing light
olive green and Utreet lines, names
and numbers were painted on with
black. Other colors needed were
chosen to blend. As for the tags, a
round red one means a line altogether
out Of service; yellow one, trouble
that affects but does not break off ser
vice; a pink ono OF rectangular shape,
long distance loop trouble: white
one. trouble not affecting service.
Troubles on Government lines, Fire
Department and police lines are spe-
cially indicated on the map; and. by
the way. ut Government offices, hotels
with many extensions. great depart
ment stores and police and fire head
quarters there is always a repair man
on duty.
You think at times in your unlucky
or pessimistic moments as a telephone
user that Trouble" is pretty numer-
GUS in the service. Do you remember
the number OF lines and phones in
cluded in this southern district?
Against that set the number of red
tags--lines out OF service-that
spotted the map the morning the
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an inside man in the Central Office
involved. After clearing the trouble
the inside man reports to the tester.
who records the case ON il, and the
card goes direct to the tabulator and
from him to the file.
OF all this mechanism. clerical and
electrGmechanical, easily the most
spectacular piece is the map. II is
painted on composition board. backed
with heavy white pine. The necessary
distortions of scale We're made on the
basis Of map showing 600 feet to
the inch; the genuine article was
too narrow for four despatChers. and
too wide for them To reach the top
without step-ladders.
Tho length was doubled by doubling
the scale for north and south dimen-
sions, Making Fourth avenue the
centre line, and plotting district by
district on temporary maps TO deter
mine where ample dimensions were
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Ysa EnS 81 sE1I VSz ENHE A0 DISTRIBUTING

itself he refers to the trouble clerks,
whose functions are keeping the repair
men in touch with the despatchers and
keeping the cards marked with trouble
separately filed until their lines are
cleared.
Meanwhile your repair man-hun-
dreds OF hints out in the district on
his round of Jobs. His days work
rather resembles one kind OF news
paper reporters, meaning the district
man. who covers" a specified section
of the city and telephones in the news
he gets for other men to write. When
the repair man goes on the job he
telephones his districts central office,
asks for the trouble clerk and Is con-
nected with that desk at - Walker
street, He gives his name and num-
Der "a numbered pin represents him
on the map and the address he is call
ing from.
The trouble clerk tells these things
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10 the dispatcher, with whom he has.
and needs to have, phone connection
although the space between the two Is
under fifteen feet. The dispatcher re-
piles with the line numbers Of troubles
for that repair man to attend TO, at the
same time changing the tags for these
troubles TO hang from the repair mans
numbered pin, which now goes into the
map at the point whence the repair
man is next 20 call. The trouble clerk
in turn gives the repair man the new
assignments, notes the repair mans
initials on the filing cards and replaces
the cards.
His jobs cleared mp, the repair man
reports what troubles he found and
fixed; the trouble clerk makes CORE
spending entries on the cards, and
notifies the dispatcher. who then takes
the tags Off the repair mans pin on
the map, and replaces them with fresh
assignments. =
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TROUBLE CLERKS, SEATED
DiSPATCHERS AT MAP. THE
FORMER KEEP TRACK OF
CLEARING, THE LATTER KEEP
TABS ON REPAIR MEN,.

here centranzeu tor troubles mean
10000 and more subscribers lines,
with 100000 stations. A station is d
telephone. There are more stations
than lines. Of course, on account Of
branch and extension phones and sub
scribers private switchboards.
You run into trouble. You get Cen
trails ear. one way or the other, and
tell her. She simply connects you with
the repair clerks--the hollow square
described above-at "a Walker street,
eighth floor. The repair clerk inquiries
your phone number, and where the
ailing phone feels the worst; what its
symptoms seem to be.
Some funny replies are remembered.
This phone II talk but 1t won't say
nothing one injured voice declared.
The complaint made sense TO the
clerk, who understood IT to mean. as
it did, that the complainant was able
to make the other fellow understand
him but couldn't himself understand
what the other fellow had to say.
In certain percentage of cases the
repair clerk can determine right away
what is the matter, and where, and
nave II dtteHutu 10 WltHOut Htlp
the busy test men. For instance 400
subscribers a week report that their
phones mouthpieces have got broken.
That accident does not put the instru-
ment out OF business in any way and
a new mouthpiece can be mailed to the
subscriber. Replacement of broken
receiver Is not much more complicated
And there are common, and simple,
kinds OF trouble requiring a repair
man, but which the repair clerks ex-
perience has taught her TO recognize
and spot as soon as the symptoms are
described to her.
Diagnosis by the Test Man.
However. when the trouble Is OF a
kind beyond her power OF location
that Is. requiring test-what she does
is to pick out the filed card of the all
ing phone or circuit and send IT along
by file boy (who roughly corresponds
to a liaison officer TO the appropriate
test man. lie tests the lines involved,
and by virtue Of the delicate OBJ
servation instruments before him he
can presently note on the card
whether the trouble is with the sub
scrlber's line. the subscribers station
or the central office apparatus, and
just where 1t is as to any OF them.
But in a certain percentage of trou-
bles land these the worst, from the
bureaus point of view) the test mans
devices fail. The inference Is some
thing wrong among the circuits In the
cable. The case. instead OF moving on
to the despatchers. is referred for a
special test to the main distributing
room, which is upstairs. We are 60
ing upstairs in a minute or 80; mean
while let's stick to the eighth floor.
and to cards and mishaps the test men
there do dispose OF.
Directly such trouble Ia located and
identified. the dispatcher gets the
card. 60 which. with a wire clip, is by
now affixed little tag for the map.
The dispatcher takes the tag OF and
gets his information from its very
shape and color usually without ref
erence to any further notes. The card
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Inside View of System That
Makes Perfect Service Pos
Sible Reveals Marvels

Always talking as 1t seems into their
mouthpieces, stand four stan officars,
better known TO "a Walker street as
despatchers. The map is Of Manhattan
island. from Thirty-tourth street down
You recognize the place, but you won
der II the photographers didn't map 1t
after an imaginary earthquake or on
the morning after something else.
This is because, in order to have the
map long enough to give four des-
patchers room to work abreast, vet not
so wide that they cannot reach the
North River front from the floor, some
ingenious distortion was practised.
The uptown section shows compressed.
the Battery section expanded, poor cd
Greenwich Village skewed like
drunken concertina. None of that i'm
pairs the usefulness of the map, which
bristles with wire pegs. hung with gay
little tags OF diverse shapes and colors
and with pins that have heads like n
typewriters key, each head shown, a
number.
Now, keeping all this in mind. sup
pose we go back to the beginning and
d.scover how II works. incidentally. to
get an idea or the vastness and COM
plication OF the centralized testing bu-
eau. let us write down in our MEM
cries that the twenty central offices
The sun., 1919-02-02

From the trouble clerk the cards,
now showing trouble reported. located,
and attended TO. pass to the tabulat-
ing clerk, who transcriOes from them
the data wanted for his record sheets,
and then returns the cards TO the
file clerk, who puts them back in the
files whence their wanderings started.
II a repair man in the course of his
work requires a test made he asks
the operator for repair mans test"
and through special operators gets
the tester for the district in which the
repair man is working. II after that
the repair man has something he
wants to report. he is connected with
ris regular commanding officer the
trouble clerk
The number of repair jobs a re-
pair man can get through in a work
ing day depends chiefly on the
nature OF the jobs but somewhat on
the repair man himself. some OF them
The sun., 1919-02-02
when a ship Made Mischief.

Then there was the time when the
pilot of a ship in the East River
thought TO show his skill and finesse
by bringing the ship To dock himself
The currents took and played with her
and to hold her they finally dropped
anchor, the anchor dragging along un-
Ill 1. fouled the main telephone cable
between New York and Brooklyn,
which il kinked till the lead sheath
ing split and every circuit promptly
died OF dampness.
Within ten minutes the wires
hummed with trouble like a swarm OF
bees. and the only thing to do was to
hurry big AL. into every news
paper explaining and asking the pub
lie TO he patient. But that happened
several years ago, and before the Gre
alton Of the Central Testing Bureau.
At this moment a snnken Govern
ment barge lies on bottom, off New
York, squarely upon an important
sunken cable and the telephone people
are wondering how soon it will settle
sufficiently to paralyze the service the
cable involves. The barge sank while
the nation was at war The telephone
company knew where it was, and tried
TO obtain a priority order and have it
raised in time. They are still wait
ing for the order. or at least for the
barge 10 be raised.
The chief advantage in the Centrali-
zation of testing here described is the
gain in accuracy, efficiency and CON
venience. Under the former method
each Central Office had its own test
ers. who had to do not only their
proper expert work, but a good deal OF
clerical and even errand boy WORK be
sides As things are now, they are
relieved Of everything but the tests,
and the progress of every test ana
piece OF repair work is checked at each
stage.
The results are thus economical thc
highly skilled and highpaId force being
reduced) and in every way more salts
factory, The records OF the work keep
up 10 the minute almost automatically.
Subscribers are gamers by considerable
Improvement in safeguards Of the ser
vice.
Should anything happen, however.
10 the mechanism ut - Walker street
the cards and other essential para
pherna!ia could be instantly sorted and
hurried in cases kept on hand against
emergency, to the several central offices,
where the old system would he put in
practice until this trouble OF troubles
had been cleared.
The southern centralized testing
bureau, as II is called. was the first of
its kind. But the telephone company
liked IL SO we'll that second one is
The sun., 1919-02-02

naturally being quicker workers than
others. II one is unduly slow the fact
is discovered by his district foreman,
really an Overseer, who makes rounds
Of the repair men ana checks up
their results.
Central Office subscriber line trou-
bic is handled through the tester by
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
Americas Victory coIors.

Those in America who choose the
seasonal colors for the dyers and
dressmakers, have united upon rich.
deep blue and bright cherry as the
victory colors for 1919. 1t is not the
red that we associate with conquerors,
observes a correspondent, it is too light
and thin in its tones; but it will I'M
doubtedly prove success, as it is an
excellent contrasr to the victory blue.
The choice of these colors is confined
to America. We do not know that
France will launch victory colors, but
it is to be supposed that if she does.
she will use the horizon blue of the
French uniform or the blue of the
French flag. She is not much given
to this kind of work. 1t may be that
she will not celebrate victory through
fabrics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

We are constrained to give many Of
the dignified wraps for spring the. in
definite title of "outer garment" They
are toga-like affairs which manage to
combine the convenience and warmth
of coats with the grace and style of
capes; part coat and part cape. De-
signers have employed world of in
genuity in making them, sometimes
Joining regulation cape to a short
coat and sometimes merging two gar
ments into one, but always contriy-
ing to keep the suggestion of the
cape very much in evidence.
In the wrap shown it is the sleeve
that turns the trick of converting a
long coat into the semblance of a
cape. This is the smartest of models,
made. of yelours in marine blue, with
an ample dolman sleeve. A soft print
ed silk in the same color with white
figures lines the whole garment and
makes an overlay on the wide shawl
collar It is glimpsed IN the sleeves
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

From top to toe, everything in ap-
parel is more or, less Influenced by
the new and narrow skirt. Many
of them are draped and some of them
are cut SO that they hang in; that Is,
they narrow about the ankles. Often
they are folded over, or slashed, az
the bottom so that they allow a free
stride but maintain their narrowness.
Since their adoption even hats have
been modified to harmonic with the
long lines of 'the new silhouette.
Under the new skirts there is no
abundance of room for frilly silk pet
ticoats, so pantalettes of satin have
appeared to take their place. They
are long and~soft, with plated frills
at the bottom that almost reach the
instep. Where the friH is Joined 20
the pantalette a. casing Is stitched
with an elastic cord rum In 1t, that
holds the pantaiette saugly to the
leg. They are sas better protection
against dust thaR pettfcoats and the
most sensible of garments for walking.
What fullness4islnecessaF As gathered
mat the waistline over an elastic cord.
The pantalettes are made in wash
satins and in silk, and they(are not al
ways IN 1ightscolors. Probably before
Summer arrives they may be bought in
almost as great variety Of colors as
petticoats. s.
The demand for boomers is increas-
ing since the advent of narrow skirts,
and these are, made in wash silks and
satins. and IN batiste. and sateen, in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
Cherries on Spring Hats.

Cherries trim quite number of the
new spring models of hats. according
to the bulletin of the Retail Millinery
Association of America. These are
used in the same shade as the hat, in
natural shades or in a combination Of
different shades. One very smart little
Milan hat, in cherry red has cluster
of grapes dangling over the side brim.
The facing and draped band of this
model are, of faille taffeta.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pn MT Of water ADA OF. Bay Rum
small box OF Barbo Compound, and "
OF. of glyeerine. Any druggist can putSthif
up or you can mix il at home at very lit
tie cost Full directions for making and
use come in each box of Barbo Compound
1t win gradually darken streaked,p fadeo
gray hair. and make it soft and glossy. II
will not color the scalp. IS not sticky o.
greasy. and does not rub of. ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

white and pink. Elastic bands hold
them to the leg below the knees where
they are finished with narrow frill.
AS in other undermuslins the materials
used for them are light in weight, but
durable. Very dainty petticoats of
batiste, with lace rather sparingly usel
for trimming them, are presented for
wear with thin summer dresses, AMI
the silk underslip is an essential item
In the summer wardrobe. 4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
Bone sweater Belt Fasteninos.

One of the new sweater coats of silk
is made with bone ring on one end
of the belt, and bone pin on the other
that is, dumb-bell-shaped piece Of
bone. This slides through the ring,
and when, twisted around in position
keeps the belt end from slipping.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

Madam. your husband footed the
bill" "There knew he'd kick
about itT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

Garfield Tea, taken regularly, will COR
rect both liver end kidney disorders. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
Good. as Weed Killer.

As weed killer sweet clover seems
unrivaIed by any plant we have. ex-
cept hemp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

You cannot hurt anybody without
hurting yourseIf.-Hayden.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
and Happiness.

Mrs. Anna Thorson, 300 South St.,
Stamford, Conn.,, says: II hadn't any
more strength than child, and after
sweeping e.. my back a. ah hurt TIM me more and d
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

SANDER gains mol love.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

Business Opportunfty--we have room for q few
mere ats mouth 70 complete our pool from which
to sl.0o0 in 3or months. II you want part OF the
snap. address, ). B. KIHRNAN, Beatty, Nevada
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

Standard cold remedy for 20 years--in tabiea
form--safe, sure, no opiates--brcaks up cold
back II 1t fails. The genuine box has Red top
with Mar. Hills picture. At All Drug Stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14
Heat MUST Be Applied.

In very cold weather, however, prim-
ing with ordinary commercial gasoline
will sometimes be insufficient. and
heat must be applied by some means
In order to produce vaporization of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-03-14

A good many people long to be ricn
who don't know how to spend what
they have properly.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-06-28
WATER CO. Will
CROWD WORK

The Chamber of Mines sent an
other dispatch last evening to the
Public Service Commission urging
that body to take steps to compel the
Water Company of Tonopah to de-
liver an adequate supply to Tonopah
and the Divide
Manager McGee this morning wired
Foreman Brown to rush the work OF
installing the new booster pump as
fast as possible and the latter ex-
poets to have the equipment operat'
ing within two weeks The site OF
the pump house is within 800 feet
of the reservoir and within Is feet OF
the power line so that connection
may be made early The site is IN
the canyon running from the laundry
to Rye Patch. The trouble last might
causing a water famine lasting foul
hours was due to a defective check
valve.