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The Washington times., 1921-02-20
AWARDPR|zESFOR
BATTERY SERVICE
Remarkable Records Brought
Out In Recent Gould Storage
Endurance Contest.

Patrons Of the Doubledsy-Hill
Electric Company. 725 Twelfth street
are manifesting a keen in
terest On the results OF the recent
endurince contest conducted by the
Gould storage Battery Company,
whose products this local nrm
handles.
The manufacturers offered sub
stantial prizes TO the owners OF the
oldest Gould storage batteries which
were still In a seryiceable condition,
The Doubleday-Hill Electric Com
pany recently received notification of
the results OF the contest Judges,
who subjected the old batteries TO the
closest scrutiny and severest tests,
reported that In every instance these
batteries showed n greater capacity
than their rated capacity when new.
First prize was awarded Mrs. j. NJ.
Tole, OF Dallas, Tex, whose battery
was five years and one month old
This battery gave capacity OF
twenty-three minutes at the twenty
minute discharge rate, which was
1I5 per cent of its rated capacity
when new.
Second honors went to battery
submitted by w. @. Jenkins, OF
Springfield. Ohio. This battery was
purchased In January. 1915. II gave
a capacity OF twenty seven minutes at
the twenty minute discharge rate
which was 1875 per cent of It's orig
inal rated capacity when new,
Third prize was awarded George
Parks, OF Owosso. Mich, for a battery
also purchased in January. 1916. II
showed a capacity of twenty-four
minutes at the twenty-minute rate.
which was l2O per cent of its original
capacity.
None of the prize winning bat
teries had ever been repaired and
each bore the original plates and date
OF manufacture and purchase.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
ELECTRICAL AGE" IS
HERE. E.E|GURESSHQW

Any lingering doubt as to whether
the electrical industry belongs in the
category of big business or not is
completely routed by a glance at the
figures which show the electrical
business handled in this country dur
ing 1920. with Central station earn
ings for the year OF $922.3OO,OOo. rep
resenting an output of 46,IOO,O 100000
kilowatt hours. it is easily seen that
the electrical age is here--and yet the
experts say that the development OF
electricity is still in its infancy. The
figures are those compiled by the
Electrical World.
In 1915 the number of stationary
motors served by the electrical indus
try was 573,700; in 1920 1,161 400. The
connected motor load in 1915 amounted
to 6,1O42O0 horsepower, which had
grown in 1920 to IL, 100000 The total
energy consumed for power in 1918
was g,3SS,2O0, 900 kilowatt hours; in
1920, 81, 900, ,000, 900 kilowatt hours.
In the production of electrical equip.
ment during 1920, electric lamps led
all other classes of products with a
value of 1896, 900. 900.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
BAMBOO IN FIRST
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Invention OF Edison in 1880.
Eleven Years in Service.
Use Cotton Now.
An electric light made of bamboo.

An electric light made OF oamooo'
Preposterous. But that Is exactly
what the first incandescent flament
was. Edison invented IL In 1880, ana
il did valorous duty for eleven years,
then TO be succeeded by an !mprov'c
style of hlament In which the chief
material used was cotton.
In the pioneer electric light. me
earliest forerunner OF the reiiapie
Mazda of today, the slender hiament
which glowed at the touch OF the
button was made of carbonized bsm-
boo fiber.
Successful as ii was, still expert
ments were continued in an effort
to attain greater efficiency. The
bamboo thread was not uniform in
diameter and the slender parts were
called upon to carry just as In
tense current as those that were
heavier. No chain is stronger than
way to cotton. To call the new MA
ment burned out before its time.
To correct this fault. bamboo gave
way to cotton. To call the new MA
ment cotton is not the most exact
scientific usage, to be sure. car
bonized cellulose" IL what the cleo
trical engineer would term II. and
yet the primary ingredient OF this
material Is cotton.
This form of carbon lamp pro-
duced twice as much light for the
electric current consumed as its
predecessor. Such an Improvement
in the use OF power meant much
for the industry of that day. But
still greater progress was to come.
Twenty-seven years elapsed from
the production OF the first carbon
light. which used from FIVE to six
watts per candlepower, to the ap-
pearance of the first tungsten Ma
ment lamp. giving about three times
as much light in proportion to the
amount of power used. Caseless ex-
perimenting was carried on. which
did not end with the Introduction of
tungsten to the composition of the
flament.
Tungsten is, of course. much less
familiar material in our daily life
than either bamboo or cotton. We
have never utilized it in aprons or
porch furniture. but il Is now just
as common as electric lights are,
although we laymen may not have
cultivated it's acquaintance with care.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
LAUNDRY
ATTRACTS WIDESPREADI
ATTENTION HERE |
National Electric Supply
Company Now Featuring
Time, Labor and Clothes
Saving Device.

Visitors 20 the Eastern star La
dies Carnival which has been In
progress at the New Masonic Tenn
pie, Thirteenth street and New
YORK Avenue since Wednesday and
will continue until next Saturday,
have manifested keen and vivid
interest in the demonstrations OF
the Laun- Dry-EtteA the latest cleo
trically clothes washing
and drying machine.
The demonstrations OF this mod
ern time. labd and clothes saving
device have proved one of the stel-
lar attractions at the carnival, there
being large crowd at the booth
at all times TO watch its operation.
The management Of. the National
Electric supply Company, which Is
now distributing the Laundry
Ette. reports similar gatherings at
its establishment, l32S-3O New YORK
Avenue northwest,
When the Laun-Dry-Ette is used.
human hands never touch the suds
or rinse water, there II no injury
to the clothes, no buttons are brok-
en-, no wringer is used and the
work IL done with remarkable
speed. The clothes are dried by
suction and the rapid revolving or
a cylinder. The National Electric
supply Company is now featuring
demonstrations of the Laun- Dry
Elite and tremendous interest is be-
ing manifested, 4
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
Investors in Electric
Utility Securities Are
Showing Big Increase

With the surprising growth of the electrical INDUSTRY
resulting in the revelation that nearly twice many people
are being served in the United States with electric light or
power both served by electric public utilities
1915 there indications that during the coming year
particular efforts will be made to interest investors IN the
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
ELECTRICITY TOUCHES
EVERY HUMAN PHASE

The electrical industry is today one
Of the largest industries in this coun-
try according to John J. Gibson, who
is connected with a very large and
well-known electrical and manufac-
turing company. There may be other
Industries which can outrank the cleo
trical industry in one or more particu-
lars. but there is none which can COM
pare with it when all things are con-
sdered-scope, diversity. magnitude.
utility and future possibilities.
Electricity touches every phase OF
human activity. We find it every
where we go-in the home, at the
office or store, in the shop, in recrea-
ton and amusement. on the street
and on the road. in the heavens above,
on the earth beneath and in the
waters under the earth-and every
time we meet IL we find that il is
being used to make things cleaner,
safer, better. quicker, cheaper and
more productive. 1t makes things
possible which were impossible before
it's advent.
Without electricity, power genera
tion in great units such as we have
today could never have been achieved: ::
without electricity. all but a small
portion of the worlds water powers
would have continued to run to waste:
without the tiny spark so easily OBJ
tained by electrical means. the gas
engine would never have been and,
consequently. there would be no auto
mobiles, no airplanev and no subma-
rines.
Only through it's mysterious ways
have we been able to utilize radio ac-
tivity. II the wireless had done moth
ing else but make safer travel by sea,
it would have been one OF the great
est boons humanity has ever received.
hut there are other great benefits
which are we'll known in the X-ray
field and in the treatment of diseases.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
GENERAL ELECTRIC
! DISPLAY P[EASES
Lectures and Exhibits in Pythian
Temple Attract Jobbers and
Retail Dealers. f.

-as One of the features OF the elec-
Is trical trade in Washington during
the past week was the seris OF dem
u onstrations. lectures. stereopticon
trs views and conferences conducted by
tis representatives of the General Elec-
Iss tTic Company in Pythian Temple on
IS Monday and Tuesday. A large num-
no ber of persons. including local deal
Il ers Ia electrical appliancesF attend
,ug ed the exhibition and received a
,,, great deal of Useful information on
the manufacture and use OF cleo
'h' trical equipment. Invitations TO the
no exhibit were sent out by the Ma
s,s tional Electric Supply Company. of
-, Washington, and the management OF
that firm has received many express
NJ sions. of appreciation for the educa-
tis tion and pleasure Afforded
The General Electric Company,
"a Duplex Lighting Works. Edison
,ou. Electric Appliance Company. Edison
,d1 Lamp Works, Edison Vacuum Clean
Ms er Company. Hurley Machine Com
sbt pany, Ivanhoe Regent Works, and
,nt Sprague Electric Works not only
sn presented concise and interesting
bn data pertaining to, and applications
of, the electrical products manufac-
,sf tured by them, but also covered the
70 broad field OF retail electrical mer-
~ chandising.
aid The story of the possibilities OF
,dt the use of electricity was told by
Ire lectures. lantern slides, demons;ra-
fs3stions. and revolving stage divided
80 into four sections. 1t was followed
with closest attention and interest
10 by those who attended the exhibit.
The stage showed the interiors of
- homes, stores, factories, shops, and
DO other places where electricity is in
} dispensabe. Miniature show win
dows and Industrial lighting dis
( plays also featured the exhibit,
< which was accompanied by a fly
ing squadron" of expert lecturers
; who had no other object than to
scquaint jobbers and retailers with
the latest wrinkles in electrical ap-
s pliances and tell them how to mar
ket these wares effectively. Twenty
electrical specialists also accom-
( panied and installed the exhibit.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
MYRIAD DBULBSUSED
IN R. R. TERMINALS
Few in Hurrying Host Realize
Vast Extent OF Electric
Lighting Plan.

Hundreds OF electric light bulbs
go into the lighting OF so large and
so necessarily used d building as
a big railroad terminal This II
emphasized by report just made
by the Kansas city Terminal Rail-
way Company TO the lighting service
department OF the General Electric
company's Edison Lamp Works.
This concern made the installation
of light for this big station. which
for some time has presented some
thing OF a lighting problem. Three
great ring-type fixtures. pendant
from the ceiling. and a great many
smaller fixtures In brackets about
the walls provide the illumination
system.
The original plan Of lighting the
station was by the use OF many
comparatively small frosted bulbs,
and as these became blackened or
burned out. they were replaced by
clear bulbs OF somewhat larger
Nattage.
When the new white Mazda lamps
first came into use, khey seemed To
offer just the type needed for this
big station. Two thousand of them
were on the initial order. The ac-
tual number required for the orig
inaI installation was 1895. or this
number only a dozen had failed
after seven months. Any large or
larger railway terminal will show
ps impressive total OF lamps In
service, but few OF the thousands
who throng these great passenger
cepots will realize how many little
Bulbs are contributing 10 the well
come illumination.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20

As the central station, the operat-
ing plant of electric public utilities,
h. an essential factor of the entire
electrical industry. IL Is believed the
best of reasons can be put forward
for favorable consideration of such
companies by investors.
AS for the earning capacity OF
electric public service concerns. coS-
servative estimates are most en-
couraging. Allowing for periods OF
reaction, IL is none the less felt that
IL a rate of growth even approaching
that of the last five years is main
tained during the next hve years.
1926 will see about twelve million
customers on the books of electric
public service corporations. Upwards
of five billion dollars will be needed
TO provide the new service demanded,
which involves the necessary equip
ment.
MANY OTHERS IN RADIUS.
|. The number of customers is, vf
course, distinct from. the population
living within the territories served
| by electric service companies. This
latter figure Is naturally much larger
| than the number OF customers at
all times.
There are al present about $500
900 actual customers of central
power stations. The total popula-
ton in the territory in which these
customers live Is about 62,O0O,OOO,
of whom however, not more than 33,-
OOO, 900. or only Il little more than
half, are actually cnjoying the bene-
fits of electricity for which the s.
800, 900 customers are paying the
bills. II is estimated that, especially
In households, the ratio of electrical
customers 10 actual electrical users
Is about one to four.
Customers OF the electric service
companies are considered the best
people to whom to appeal in the
Offering of securities OF the com
panies. because these are the people
who realize what electricity really
means in their lives. whenever they
stoy to think about it.
SECURITIES ATTRACTIVE.
Next to the customers. the people
engaged in the electrical industry
are looked upon as particularly
friendly toward the securities OF the
electric public service corporations.
AS intrinsic investments, and as a
means of backing up the core of the
industry which gives them their NV
ing, such securities are likely to be
attractive to such people. Many or
them are gaining experience in IN
vesting their spare funds as an out
come of employees stock offering
plans, like that just put through by
the General Electric Company.
The Society for Electrical Develop
ment says: THE development of cleo
trio service is of the greatest i'm
portance to every community, to
every factory, mill. shop or home in
| it. This development is curtailed If
the central station is hampered by
lack of money to carry on its exten-
sion. to increase its capacity, to i'm
prove it's service"
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
Defines Light Zones"

In Pennsylvania bill Is TO be
presented at the present session OF
the state Legislature empowering
councils of. cities and boroughs 10
pass ordinances designating brightly
lighted districts as light zones.
within which cars may be parked
at night without the necessity of
keeping their lights lighted The
bill will provide that the limits of
these areas be distinctly marked
by appropriate signs
The Washington times., 1921-02-20

The first school in America was ss
tabIished near Boston In 1886.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
Booze and Autos in Custody.

As a result of the campaign
against the Illicit commerce in
liquor, more than 100000 gallons of
whiskey and automobiles worth
s. 900. .000.0 are now In possession
Of the Federal Government.
The Washington times., 1921-02-20
Girls Study Car Mechanics.

Motor mechanics is now taught 10
young women students of Wellesley
College, in Massachusetts. The course
is conducted by Prof. Lucy Wilson,
OF the physics department. and thirty
pupils form the class.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-17
foods! What and Where oBuv-l76w TO Cook and Serve

A suitably shaped clamp has been
invented TO hold pieces OF mitred
wood together while they are being
glued or nailed.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-17

British engineers have completed
an eight inch pipe line for fuel oil
across Scotland form G asSow TO
Grangemouth.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-17

We Have Complete Line of Green Vegetables and Fruits
Delivery on All Orders SCI ORDERS
Newark post., 1921-08-24

trial production reveal the same story
of decay and decentralization. The
Commerce Department report shows
that in many of the fertile pro-
vinces of Russia agricultural pro-
duction was reduced last year in some
cases to less than so per cent, and as
low as Is per cent of the year before;
that even the provinces which have
still surpluses, and they are only four
as compared with 20 in pre-war days,
cannot export them because transpor-
tation has even out-distanced agricul-
ture in decay.
The exportable surplus of food
which amounted to 100000 to 10,-
100000 year had disappeared last
year, to the extent that the urban
population were going on half ra-
tions. Railway inefficiency is shown
by the fact that of 1906 locomotives,
not more than 1850 at the outside are
fit for operation, and of these 1000
are idle because of lack of fuel, coal
production having declined 80 per
cent. The outlook now is that whole
sections of Russia must be closed to
transportation. Statistics submitted
show that industry in general has de.
creased 80 per cent while the i'm
portant textile industries of the coun
try are approaching the point of zero
production. At the moment there are
only 4 per cent Of the Russian cottor
spindles operating. - National Re
publican.
Newark post., 1921-08-24
Russian Output
Falls 90 Per Cent

Herbert G. Hoover, Secretary Of
Commerce, has issued an analytical
statement Of conditions Of poverty
and industrial and agricultural de-
moralization brought about in one of
the most productive regions Of the
world by soviet doctrines and So
cialist economics.
The statement of Secretary Hoover
is based on facts in the possession of
the department. They reveal the full
destitution of Russia, destitution
which the world has been 10th to be-
lieve, and which has brought millions
to the point Of actual hunger and
complete poverty. Russia of today
has an abundance Of only one com
modify, namely, paper rubles, OF
which 1,O0O,0OO,000,000 are now il
circulation, but with a value con
stantly approaching zero, and with
little or no purchasing power ever
were there produce to be bought ant
sold.
Agriculture, transportation, indus
Newark post., 1921-08-24
A Better Chance

Thousands of country-bred folk who
have made a go of it in town are
crowding round the ticket windows to
buy transportation back to the scenes
of their childhood, which they men,
ton with considerable emotion. 1t IS
a curious fact, however, that they
will be ready to make the return trip
in two weeks or less. They talk about
Goods country" but show no signs OF
being willing to remain there In
definitely themselves. Pinned down
to facts, most of them will admit that
the reason they left the country was
to get better chance.
The researches of Columbia pro-
fessor on the relative standing OF
country and city schools give clue tt
the reason. The country child has
lust about half as much chance fol
education as is offered his city cousin
Up among the hills school is kept TO-
137 days a year, in square woodel
building Where, zoo olIeii' eiie al
struction is given by teacher VIII
failed to get a position in town. Tn
city child, with 1876 days schoolin
under a better teacher in fine build
ing, does eight years elementar
work while the country child
: skimping through what amounts, o
t paper, to only six years.
e These figures are taken, not tro1
c one state, but are representative
Y the whole Union. The chief adval
n tages the country offers are the exit
s curriculum activities in turnip pate
e pasture, orchard and wood, but eve
j. the out-of-door life cannot be all II
Newark post., 1921-08-24

hood and the one bullion in which he
places explicit confidence.
The Pitman act of April, 1913, au-
thorized the melting of silver dollars
to the extent of 35O,OOo,OO0 to meet
the world shortage of silver, produc-
tion here falling far short Of meeting
the demand. The stock of silver
, money held by the United States was
reduced from $757, ,400,624 in 1915 to
s54O, 1882, ,594 held at the end Of 1920.
Now the chest is being replenished.
Last February the coinage OF silver
dollars was resumed and the Treas.
ury is to continue its purchases OF
silver and coming operations unit
the last silver dollar melted to hell
win the war has been restored.-Nev
York Times.
Newark post., 1921-08-24
STREAM OF SILVER
FLOWS TO AMERICA
White Metal Coming Back to
This Country After Help
ing to Win the War

In this section of the country, |
where paper money to large extent, |
suffices for hand-to-hand purchases
and where the silver dollar, which
burdens the trousers pocket in the
West, is rarity in daily business
dealing, the Importance Of silver in
the Government scheme of financial
security is lost sight of, particularly
when gold at the moment commands
so much attention.
Silver, like gold, is trickling toward
the United States. 1t is coming to it's
best and readiest market in stream
that, of course, is not comparable to
the amount Of gold imported, but yet
in sufficient volume to present unmis-
table evidence that hooks and cram
MES are being searched for boarded
silver, that bank vaults of Europe in
which silver has been collected for
months are being emptied, and that
our own chest, depleted by war needs
is being refilled to It's normal brim.
ming level. The silver now coming te
the United States was mostly minee
in this country, or at least exported
,, from here, and comes back with
service stripe.
E Silver was used in the war to of
d set German propaganda in the Fa
S East. While troops were holding
back the Germans in their drive OF
r Paris in the Spring of 1918, foo
IS of silver offset completely the effort
n of the Germans to stir up trouble i
l. the Far East. Silver dollars, idle l
d the vaults of the United States Treas
S. ury Department, were melted dow
,e into bars and hurried across tn
S. Pacific to provide additional cover fc
le paper money, about which the native
I'd of India had become alarmed.
at The Importance of dispelling di
IS quieting reports in the Far Ea
le' about the reserves, is indicated by tt
Importance of silver in the econom
by life of the Far East. 1t is the mon'
" of the bazaars of India. 1t is the co
ne in which bills are paid and purchas
:" made, and is the coin with which t
TN native has been familiar since chill
Newark post., 1921-08-24
Country Editor

Everybody has written about the
trials and tribulations of the country
editor, but few have written about
his joys.
He stands ahead Of the preacher,
the lawyer and the public speaker
because he never talks to empty
benches, but speaks in all the homes
where his paper goes. He never
makes impromptu speeches which
generally disgust the audience, but
writes with deliberation and premed-
itation. The preachers influence Tor
good seldom reaches farther than his
congregation, while the editors field
for good reaches all the congregations
in the county. The lawyer makes a
great speech in the courthouse and
,nly one or two hundred persons hear
him, but when the editor writes q
good editorial it is copied in various
papers in the state.
The editor distributes more flower!
than a florist and he asks nothing II
return for them but thanks. Th'
editor has an opportunity to do tn
individual citizen a service and n
never hesitates to do it if consisten
with his obligations to the public. In
editor has the greatest opportunity t
convert men and women to his wa
of thinking on public questions. A
the lighthouse on the shore warns tn
ships from the rocks the editor ca
warn the public from frauds an
takers. The editor has the creates
opportunity to protect society fro1
evil by standing for the law an
y creating public sentiment for it,
n The editor never tires Of boostlr
his town and county, and it both
n not grow it is not his fault. He hell
# the deserving young men with wor'
l. of commendation and restrains Il
a old by words of warning. His tie
h, of usefulness is broader than any O
n else in the community, and If he DO
,e not get any returns for his effol