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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-06-19
HARDING and HAYS
HOLD CONFERENCE

Washington. June 19.-Senator Hard T.
ing had long conference AZ his home
last night with Chairman VIII II. Hays.
of the republican, national committee
and Harry NJ. Daugherty, his campaign
manager.
James Sloan, Jr., for fourteen wears
secret service agent at the White
House. took up his duties today as per-
sonal attendant to the republican nom
inee
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WATSON DID'T GO
WITH DELEGATION

Atlanta. Ga. June 19.-Thomas r.:
Watson. former populst presidential
nominee, who ran for the democratic
nominate in the state primary, was
not included in the party Of delegates
elected by the state convention. which
left here today for the San FRANCISCO
convention in two special Pullmans.
Former Senator Thomas w. Hardwick.
who headed the delegation. said it was
not certain that Mr.. Watson would at
tend the national convention.
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TO BE USED
TO STUDY HURRICANES

Washington. June la--To stuoy ~
forecast the direction and movement ~
tropIcnl hurricanes. upper air opsetNar
,,ons viii he made at San Juan, ~,
and Key West. Fla, in addition to those
ppeyiouglv taken at Groesbeck. Tex.
and Leesburg. Gn., the Weather bureau
tlons M The naval stations at Colon
and santo Domingo aud army stations
nj Ellington and Kelly fields In Texas
and at Pensacola, Fla.
Meteorologlsts have held that these
aestructive storms move approxinateiy
in the direction and with the speed or
the air In the antitrades az no Kreat
height above the surface. II TINS ~
true. tho bureau announced,
MANNED TO obtain observations OF free
air wind conditions on all sides q
hurricanes for tho purpose OF kespin4
forecasting eenters Informed ot Storm
conditions throughout tho hurrieahn
season from July to November, incin-
giVe,
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TO STILL BALK OIL MEN
Mexico to Retain Oft Protest
ed Article 27.

Washington. June l9.-Editorial COM
ment in Mexico City newspapers and
interviews with prominent officials Of
the present government Of Mexico as
shown in dispatches received here today
Indicate that there is a strong proba-
bility the new regime will support and
indorse the famous article 21 Of the
constitution Of 1917 against the opera
tion OF which under DEGREES OF Car
rama. the United States. Great Britain
Article p affects the production Of
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SUFFRAGE WINS, LOSES

Baton Rouge. La, June - woman
suffrage was revived IN the house OF
the Louisiana legislature yesterday and
practically Killed In the senate
In the senate. Senator Stcwarts move
10 reconsider the states rights hlll. de-
feated Thursday. was carried ~ 10 y.
After his bill had t,ccn returned 20 the
calendar Senator Stewart moved mat
action on the state suffrage amend
ment he fixed for June % The motion
was carried. ~ 70 II, This action oi
the senate returns the states rights
bill to the calendar and. according ~
its supporters. offers a chance Tor ra'l
ficatiou leaders 10 vote for state amend
ment when they are convinced the fed
erai suffrage amendment II dead be
yond rssusritation.
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WILL ASSIST IN FIGHT
ON BUBONIC PLAGUE

Washington, June 10 - surgeons
Generald Cumming. OF the public health
service. will leave here Monday for PEN
saroIa. New Orleans and Galveston to
look over the bubonic plague situafion.
''There have been no further develops
ments al those ports" the department.
announced, "and conditions are not
alarming. pr. Cumming, however.
wants to make sure. after a personal
investigation. that everything possible
has ha0n done
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DEN0UNCES ROBERTS
Early Says He Was Removed
for Political Reasons.

Nashville. June Especial %. M.
Smith, Of Cleveland was elected presi-
dent of the Tennessee Polytechnic In
AtitutU, to succeed Prof Thomas a.
Early. by the state BOARD of education
Friday afternoon, Other members OF
the faculty win be chosen by the board
on July ? Following the election. Prof
Early issued statement denouncing
Governor Roberts and charging him
with removing him for political rea-
sons.
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CENSUS BULLETINS

Washington, June ~ South Fulton.
Tenn, $50 increase. e5a. or 1876 per
cent
Fulton. Ky. a,tib; increase, $40, or
326 per cent.
New Haven. Conn 1872 800. incren.~ ,
2S7s5. or 2ib per cent.
Jefferson city Mo. ito6T. Increase,
9.2i7 or 1871 per cent.
Barre. VI, io.Oos; decrease. 72s. or
6B per cent.
Annapolis. Md. ii2it, Increase, -
60b or 30 ~ per cent
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Cloudy, Says Billy 'POssum.

T he Rotarians
are rotating from
throughout I n ! =
land 10 a Conveu-
ton by the sea on
Atlantic City's
sand They come
from north and
south and from
east and west
this crowd who
profits more be %
cause they serve
the people hest
On Atlantic Citv'a
board walk they
Will NFFff and
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NAMES WE'RE CONFUSED

Hanover. n. H.. June i9.--Erwin T.
Weis, Of Hull. Ala, had no connection
whatever with Re shooting affair at
a confusion OF names II was stated In
press dispatches that Mr.. WeiH had
heen detained as witness. The man
detained was Grille Nicely Wise. of
Akron. Ohio Mr. Weis had not the
remotest connection either with the
tragedy or the whisky smuggling which
led up 10 IT,
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KING AND NORRIS JUMP
CRACKER CONTRACTS

Atlanta, Ga. June ls.-Annonnee,
ruent was made today that zip King,
innelder on the Atlanta team. and Nor
rla. a pitcher. had jumped 70 teams N
the North Georgia league, known ~
tho "Milion Dollar league" King VIII
play with the Washington Club. while
Morris went 10 Monroe. JOY Guyon.
former Crarker outnelder. who has
heen playing with Little Rock, has beer
reclaimed by Atlanta and will be used
as utility man
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WAR MEDALS AWARDED

FLORENCE Ala. June l1.--fSpccial -
War medals were presented last night
10 its eA-tsrvice men by Cypress lodge
T. o. r. ". J. Garter. q. VI station md
W T. Taylor we're presented mrdAlr hy
Dr ~ J. WiltrFhqm and the father ~
q. &. Anderson aho died af'sr return
ing from o, eraess. received his tn''F
medal W. L. sherrod J p. station fun
q ~ hucknba viii lita receive the Qua
FeiicWs' medals
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WILL Be INDORSED

San Francisco, June i9-whatever
stand Is taken by the democratic na~
tionai convention on the league Of ma.
tlonA IL will be an ndorscment oE
presidont wilson's course. leaders IN
The dcInocrntic national COMMITTEES
said today. The statement, they said,
was given out without fear OF sue.
usssful contradiction"
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GOV. KlLBY GOES

Montgomery, Ala. June ~, dover
nor kiiby accompanied the delegatioh
10 the national democratic convention
at Ean FrnnciFco. w. I. Edmondson.
Jr., was certified 10 Homer $. Cum.
mlngs ms n delegate from The Second
Alabama district following contest
filed after subcommittee had named
Thomas J Han alternate for u. NJ.
Powell resigned
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AGAIN BEHIND THE BARS

Atlanta. Ga June i9-JOhp DuffV
sentenced from Cedar Rapids. Va. and
Richard Dodge. sentenced from Boston.
20 the Atlanta federal prison who. with
eight others. escaped several weeks ago,
are today behind the bars In Jackson.
vile. Fla. and Will be brought back
to the federal prison. Confronted with
photographs. they admitted their iden-
tity. Three ~ the escaped prisoners
arc rtlll at large
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nAaE nF susPEcrEp PLAQUE.

Mexico City. June ls-A case sus-
pected of being bubonic plague has
been discovered in this city. according
To- the DemocratA today.
The newspaper quotes the subcomnitst
sloner Of the first police precinct a.
reporting 90 the health department. that
a patient was suffering from the
plague. The version OF the case given
hv reporter Of the newspaper. hows
ever saws that the suspected patient.
a woman, II already dead.
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Second Game.

| Batteries-Lohman and Brottem; Boone and Hager,
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BABE RUTH "BEANED"

Chicago. June ia--Rabe Ruth was
knocked unconscious for live minutes
during the second inning NJ White SOY
park this afternoon when he was hit
on the head by ball pitched by
Cicotte lie refused TO leave the game
after being revived.
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I0THYoL FOUND IN TEXAS

Toyah Tex, juno ta.-pil deposits ~
tho shallow nelds OF ToyAh contain a
large percentage % iothyol Il was an
nounced today lothyol Is a valuable
drug which heretofore has been found
only IN RumAnia and Portugal II Is
worth from N 10 tH pound
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SUSTAlNS DAMAGE SUIT
Justice Upholds Clothing Man
ufacturers Against Workers.

Rochester. June 19-Justice Adolph
]. Rodenbeck today. handed down de-
cision sustaining the Michaels stern
Clothing company of this CITY IN lts
snit against the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America for n permanent IN
i,,nciinn ad 500. 600 damaEes.
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THIEVES ARE ACTIVE

Florence. Aln.. June 10 -tSpc sinl 1--
4 gar of thieves visited Florence last
night They broke into ths oficc ~ the
F1oret &c Lumber company ana made
thorough search. II is thought. hoping
to hnd the combination 20 the safe.
wuic. contained n considerable amount
~ money and checks. Everything in
the office was LETT IN torn-up condl-
ton Tho thieves carried away every
key that they could hfd.
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WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN
IS IN CRITICAL STATE

Berlin. June lo--The Neuen Badische
Lanudeszeitung learns from q trust
worthy source that the former German
emperor Ia critically III.
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unoERwooo TO PRUss BUTTON,

Huntsville Ala June - Especial p
Senator oscar ". Underwood, al his
home iu Birmingham. viii press a but
ton a. o'clock July S and start the
lelrhration festivities that have been
arranged in Huuts,illr FOR that day. The
electric nash viii start the hre alarm
and that vlil be the signal Tor every
whistle ana ben ~ huuisNille 20 begin
concerted rarNet hWauEtHsenfs
have been perfected for a great ceie-
hfaIInn.
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ouBE ERNAToRiAL CAMPAIGN
OPENED IN TENNESSEE E

Nashville. June l9-The campaign toi
the democratic nomination for governor
opened today with Gov. A. II Roneftf
speaking a. BrownsVtile ana ". X
CrahtrRa Of Chattanooga. his oprouent
sneaktnz AT AfurfreesborO and SInyrn1
IN Rutherfor,i county. The sneeches II
both we're largely devoted to the statet
new assessment laws.
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NIGHT OF TERROR

Londonderry. ireland June la.-This
,ltv speBt another night of terror last
night a. result OF violent pistol and
riOr nghtinE between nationalist and
unionists. There was two-hour pitched
battle at. the riverside Comparative
quiet VAS finally restored by the sol
dlery
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they will stride cause SIR. Patton and
his RotarianE are ChattanooEa's' pride.
The weafher-Cloudy tonight and
sunday. with probable showers. mod
crate Temperature.
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SECRETARY OF INTERIOR

Mexico City. June 1s--Salvador Mar
tinez Alornia was appointed secretary
OF the interior today, his nomination
completing the provisional cabinet
senior Momia was formerly Mexican
diplomatic representative in Guatemala.
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Batteries-Naylor and Perkins, wetman and Billing

i New York .......o 0 iii o. o
At Chicago. ..........,0 10 20 /
| Batteries-Mogridge and Hannah; Cicoe Williams and
/ Williams.
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eANH eesgevg prcREAsEs

New York. June is.-The actual con-
dition of clearing house banks and trust
companies for the week shows that the
reserve held e. sgsi7 ESQ below legal
r-auirefnentr Thia is decrease ot
ftt 9fe $50 from last week.
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Today's Baseball
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
First Game.

innings l2s4 80 RHE.
Nashville "a 1,1l ...'.....o
Batteres-Jonnard and Jonnard; Roberts and Coleman
First Game.
1tt1s theRss Rock ........o % p s. e ?
At Atlanta ..........o o o IS II 2
Batteres-Lohman and Brottem; Boone and HOger.
Second Game.
(seven Innings by agreement)
lnninCs g R.H E..
Atlanta ................o / "a o
Bal sies-Hengevcld and Brottem sheehan and Powell.
Inning as . RH.E
BadG es-vane, Thweatt and Meyers ,Coffndoffer and
e~ AMERICAN LEAGUE
r Innings aa3 tS R'HE li
ht htstSa detroit ...,. 80 !.oS
Bateries-Hsrpsr and sahans; Ehmke, Oldham and Ain
smith.
-, Innings ssase 50 RHE
At St. Louis 49,. .s...2 9o>o
Bntteres-Nayor and Perkins, weman and Billings.
New York ...........o Q 90 o
At Chicago ,,:.,aa coo,e wn,,m. and
Williams M
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cincinnati ,cpi ........o 0 80 0 o 0 o.-s o
Bateries-Rng Rcuther and Wngo; Fillngim and Gowdy
ONeill
Innings o z . y ~ H. t.
Pittsburgh ............O / o. 0 0 l-3 ]
At New York .......O o 0 o. 0 o
Bateries-Adams and Schmidt; Nehf Tong and Smith
Innings 2 4AG67 9 10 II ~ r. H. f..
Chicago 30 O o 0$O2 0 o g. 5 2
Baerics-Alexander and o Farrell; Mnumaux and Miller
First Game.
Innings i 2s4s rs R.HE.
ST Lous ...........O 90 o o. 2 2
At philadelphia ......O OIL o 80 10 O
Baeries-Jacobs North, Kline and Dlhoefer; Meadows
and Tragresser, 8g .
Second Game.
1nn;ras- Il III 2Ma4 Sc n So R.H e..
- eIgous Il 10 oso 90 i-osAo~4o--~f itN~i
A. philadelphia .2 q So O
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sherdc and Clcmons Smith and Wheat
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CRY or roar WORTH LAUNCHED,

Wilmington y &. June is.-Ths
GOO ION steel steamship City of Fort
Worth" WAS launched today at the plant
~ the Carolina Shipbullding company
The steamer WAS the sixth and last &c
b. built for the Emergency Fleet cor
pofaffau u VAS announced the COM
pnny on Oct I would begin she son
struetion 90 the frstNof four Nesel'
on ita own account
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Washington. June ls-The quaraus
tine against Tampieo Mex. on aeeeunl
~ ne buho.ic Tslague, was hfted Al
Monterey June ~ the state departiuenl
VAS advised today by the AmerteA4
consul AZ Monterey
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FAYETTEVILLE MARRIAGE

Huntsville. Ala. June 19.-tSpedal)-
Emmett Henry and Miss Ida Cantrell,
both Of Huntsville. motored To Fay
ettevilp Yesterday afternoon and were
quietly married
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LOST AND FOUND

E0STON BULL PUP losl wednesday
front Times bldg Brindle S months
old collar. name. whiskcrs. reward to
finder Call F. W Lupton. Main
~ or Main 5472
BIO BLACk HOUND lost m y. -. near
Bel ave. mouse culored nose. white
feet. call n 1895. or VI leu.
IANELLIERRE of diamond and plau-
mum lost in downtown district Tues
day or Wednesday. Return 10 W. r
Fischer Jewelry store. Rcvard
1FoT Other "Costs" and "Fouads" Sc .
Want Ad Pspel
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Theodore ". Vail
Dies in Hospital

.,,,r,,d from Page One
onorator. and. interested IN e,ec :
grhpII communication, had hau V'sions .,s
urIsh oave Bells contrivance u '
wnst whsn For his keen facilities OF ooser-
nation and application
Nj, and his associates had equal faith
a. Wallis organizing genius. LOT ne
IN md miroodv made name for himseit as
nau onizer In the promotion OIL the
an ay mail service. and he was cas-.
rahwslJ s,lJ,,cod to resign his government
iy hocome the general manager, In
pos 81 The first American Bell Teie-
lo,o, r. This giant system today
pahe,s pnuIhs o 0,OOO, 900 telephone subscrib,
nump5 renresepts an investment OF
81 500, 100000. .L.
Dreams That Cams True
rvsr the most optimistic hackers OF
.ho telkphone at its inception tnougn, tne
inv i;nnvvention would serve only for ioca,
aInnrr,mnnication, but Mr.. Vail conceived
,Se feasibility of its long olstance use.
IT, was he who inauguraten succeSsrye ~,
steps, ,;ue Nc from Boston to Providence was
III. h,rss,o,ied es "yap's sideshow," but
Iluef no 81 the persons who indulged In the
so,ie s9IiorIe at that time lived to see Mr..
Iioi' ro;i telephone, not only from Boston
,au purov;dence. but from New York to
g. FRANCISCO, in 1915, thirty five
ssars sur later. Further, in October in that
YEN yen thew found that II was possible
n,,5 The human voice more than half
- around the world, as was done by
,m.;ry.,ess VIZ telephone from the government
,,ation nj Arlington, Va. the words be-
t.a pecorded simultaneously at Homo.
inin. in the mid Pacific, and the Eifel
Tower, in Paris. Al,
most of general Dsanager OF the Ameri-
rsn Bell Telephone Go. In 1878 Mr..
Vail set for himself the task OF making
the telephone a universal convenience.
II II was on his initiative that every pos
,sible improvement was seized upon Tor
The nerfection Of the service. In 1885
be resigned from the original company
and became the first president OF the
newly formed American Telephone and
Telegraph Co., which at frst made
,pecialty Of only long distance COM
munication, but which, in 1900. .ac-
ouired the property OF the American
Rel Telephone Co., and also nego..
tiated combinations with the principal
competing telephone companies through
out the country. so that the whole
service came largely under single cen
trail administration.
In the meantime, In 1890, Mr.. Vail
retired from the telephone business for
many years. He purchased a large
farm at Lyndonville, VT, and interested
himself in agriculture. In 1893 he
made trip to South America and saw
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municate with San Francisco by land
lines today.
Mr.. Vail played as hard as he worked.
He was fond Of good music books and
pictures and the outdoor life. This lat :
ter quality reached back to his boyhood
days, when he headed baseball team,
and he. was proud Of telling Of the time
when he was reckoned a pretty good
player.
II headed a real baseball team out In
Iowa." he told an interviewer q few
years year. ago. II pitched against the great
games from Anson's club. I hold the
belt Of the champion pitcher Of Iowa.
AT the time won it, II. fitted comforta :
bly, around my waist. Now IL would 10
just about my neck. II Is one of my
most valued possessions"
.Mr. Vail retained his interest in the
great national game to the last. He
had one of the finest libraries in the
state of Vermont. The house on his
35OO- acre farm at. Lyndofiville, al
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the possibilities OF the Arsentife Re-
public. He obtained from the govern
ment q concession near Cordoba, built
an electric power station there, pur =
chased horse car line in Buenos Aires.
converted IL into trolley line, formed
a company and equipped Il with the best
cars from the United States, bought
out all competing lines and gave the city
a complete modern service. The com :
pany was composed largely Of British
capitalists, and for some time Mr.. Vail
had his headquarters. In London.
When he retired from these activities
in 1904 Mr.. Vail returned to Vermont,
but three years later he was again called
upon to enter the telephone field as
president Of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co., of which he Mad been
the first president. He retired from the
post Of president last June and became
chairman of the board Of directors.
One Of the most ambitious projects
which he planned was a merger OF
the Western Union Telegraph Co. with
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Pacific, which had not yet been com
pleted.
Through the friendship Of General
Grenville NJ. Dodge, chief engineer OF
the Union Pacific, Vail, in the next
year, was appointed clerk in the
railway mail service, and here his abil-
ity to systematize and organize was soon
felt. At that time the railway mail
and Vail prepared special studies on the
question Of distribution and dispatch
ing of the mail, which brought him
quick recognition from the authorities
at Washington.
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though beautiful, was home rather
than a palace.
Born in Ohio, Grew Up In East
Born in Carroll county, o., July 10,
1845, of Quaker ancestry, Mr.. Vail be-
came an easterner by adoption when,
in 1916, his father, Davis Vail, re-
moved to Morristown, N. j., and be-
Vail. VaiI, "siUe' who had @ founded t tho speedweii
Iron Works, near Morristown, where
they built much of the machinery for
the first transatlantic steamship. AL
fred Vail, another brother, was one Of
those associated with Morse In the in
vention and promotion OF the telegraph.
Theodore Vail was educated at the old
academy at Morristown, and for a time
studied medicine, but, becoming inter :
ested in the telegraph, he learned to
operate the key and went West in 1855
as an operator for the Union Pacific
Railroad at Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Pine
Bluffs was at that time the principal
supply point for wood for the Union
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the telephone company, and In 1910,
when the telephone interests succeeded
In securing the controlling power In the
Western Union, Mr.. Vail became presi- :
dent OF both these great corporations.
lie resigned as president Of the Western
Union, however, when, on April IS,
1914. the telephone company disposed
OF its interests in the Western Union
because Of threatened action by the
government against the combination OF
these competing utilities. -.
An Ardent Baseball Fan
While others may have. marvelled at
the perfection of the great telephone
system that now connects more than
10000 places In the United States, Mr..
Vail always believed in tho greater pos
abilities ahead. He believed it would
be only a short time before New York
would be able to carry on wireless tele-
phone conversation with European
points almost as easily as IL may com
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
All Aboard For Cuba.

Playgoers of this city have been
looking to the visit OF Jimmie
Hodges 1920 version of "All Aboard
for Cuba" and this famous musical
comedy success is now on its way
It will be at the Grand opera house
tonight. With it's complete cast, it's
comedy and musical features and its
famous blonde and brunette chorus,
with the all-American trio, in order
to whet the appetite of local lovers
Of musical comedy, IT may not be
amiss to quote few remarks made
concerning this show by the critics
of the Chicago papers The Chicago