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The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Carly Tells of Progress
In Underground Gables

our first experimental underground
cables were laid In 1881. and In 1913 the
advances in the art of loading and balancing
underground circuits and great improve
ments I'm intermediate apparatus resulted
In satisfactory talking between Washing
ton. d. C.. and Boston by underground
cable. This cable is 450 miles long. hy far
the longest underground cable IN the world
"Now. that was declared impossible. Bur
it was doue. The submarine cable is IN it,
turn. declared impossible; its too expensive.
It's this and its that Perhaps. Nothing j.
ever accomplished by ovcrestiuatlng oosta
cles. nor he added with a laugh. "hy under.
estimating them either.
"NIany things are tn The world to-day
that In the country's centennial year would
have been stignatized as the flights lf
diseased imagination. one that dlstanced
The wonders Of the Arabian Night tales The
flying horse Of those stories Is here. as
need not tell you.
"Many things. indeed. that have been dis
covered IN the pursuit Of the best methods
Of transmitting speech over long distances
arc not yet ready for publication because
they are not commercially ready yet. II you
could get an engineer In love with this sub.
ject TO open up to you his dream of what
was stlll TO be accomplished YOU would Dc
lost in astonishment, but not. | hope. in In
credulity. His purpose In life Is 10 over
come the difficulties that remain.
Il viii end with generality as / began
THE telephone system That is coming. that
nothing can stop from coming viii be one
that will make our modern world over.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Says Day Is Near When
We Shall Talk Around World

Had the talks of last month been held
over land wires only the men speaking
could have heard each other with the same
clearness over 10000 miles. Talk over sub
marine cable Is difficult. although If there
had been time we should have linked Cata-
lima Island with the main line by means Of
one, as we linked Cuba to Florida.
'The time Is fast approaching when we
shall talk around the world Utilizing the
equipment that the United States possesses
II is possible for London to talk with Cape
Town, with Calcutta, with Hong Kong and
Pekng
"In these almost lmitless extensions
everybody is personally interested they are
not meant for nations alone. although the
political possibilities that will open up by
this means in the next five years are not
to be bounded but persons will benefit
individually What would man not give
in moment Of emergency to be able to
call mp from New York his father in Peru
or his wife In the Holy Land? The tele-
graph and submarine cables connect places
the telephone connects hearts.
Naturally. as national interests are
vaster than any individual necessity for
communication that may arise, these devel
opmentS are thought and spoken Of in
terms Of nations. The time is now fast
coming when the Premier of Great Britain
Will he able to hold daily telephone con
vcrsations with the premiers of Canada
Australia md the Niceroy Of India. And
these connections win be made IN less time
than II now takes to call up from New
York u country house in Long Island"
The great experiment which gave force
TO Col. Carty's predictions needs review
in n little more detail. AS famous expert
In the science Of telephony responsibility
is given 10 his vision Of the future. while of
course what he had to say of the affair of
April II appeared clear and authoritative
even in outline.
'rhe cable which now connects Cuba
with the United States. 110 miles In length
mile under water In some places. Is the
longest telephone cable, deep sea telephone
cable, In existence" said he "It presented
difficulties which are not generally un-
derstood. although such cables have Ions
been in use and are familiar to MS all
Nevertheless the problem of telephonlng
through 4 submarine cable IN deep water
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

is far from being solved and from 100 to
115 miles Is the maximum achievement to-
day.
II have been asked why we did not use
the air telephone across TO Florida from
Cuba Briefly it is this: Although the staff
of engineers which designed the cable used
are the same ones who in 1916 succeeded In
transmitting speech across the Atlantic to
the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and although the
Americans were successful in talking by
radio to Hawaii, 1t wasn't a practical sue
cess. Words were transmitted and distinctly
understood, also recorded and so far that
was an American achievement of which we
as Americans have right to be proud. 1t
was record for American engineers.
But there are 50 many things which in
terfere with complete success and the wire
less is SO much needed by ship masters and
those who cannot get wire that / repeat
wherever cable or wire are obtalnable they
are the things TO use. l do not speak of
the lack of secrecy for messages, although
that enters the equation, but | think |
have accounted for the employment Of the
submarine cable between Key West and
Havana
',The line then employed in this happy event
proved completely successful. despite some
things we should alter with more time for
preparation. IL this line were extended TO
the South through Mexico il would pass
through all Of the Central American coun-
tries and reach as far rs Peru and almost
TO Brazil on the east
But II we should take this line and
subtract from II the difficulty OF the radio
link which does not transmit well, If we
subtracted the submarine cable. then by us
ing the same kind Of construction which
we have across the country from the Allan
tic to the Pacific.-the transcontnental
line-we would be able TO talk from New
York to each and every one of the capitals
in each and every one Of the States com
posing the Pan-American Union. When this
southern line shall be laid we can easily
talk by wire with the capitals Of all the
Central and South American States"
Col. Carty's vision sees this construction
already completed Whether before the
world lines are laid in Europe connecting
the various great cities Of that continent
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

with the cities of Asia or after he did not
care to prophesy. although it seemed to he
plain to him that England would be apt to
advantage herself of the advances made
for political reasons sooner than less wide
flung empires.
whichever nation besides ourselves goes
ahead does not signify" said he, NOR does
it put quietus on the great things that re.
main to be done. What has been accom-
plished / wished to show by this brief
resume, which Is too recent in mems minds
to be forgotten or undervaued. Remember
that it was only in 1876 that Alexander
Graham Bell gave to an incredulous world
the first speaking telephone. That is but
forty-fve years ago, and many of the Wis
ions that he and his associates had re-
garding the service Of the future have al
ready come to pass. Mighty as these were,
they are transcribed by the vision of what
shall he.
"Why not? Epoch making steps are be-
ing taken all the time They indicate vast
progress, they promise great progress for
the future. Into the ranks Of engineers
who study the possibilities of the telephone
come yearly picked men from the universi-
ties and technical schools who are fasci-
mated by the conquest of distance and who
give their very genuine powers To advance
the art Of electrical speech transmission.
Many of them do big things Which only
their associates learn Of, the great public
reaping the benefit of them without much
recognition. Yet even this new blood joined
with highly trained specialists aud directed
by master minds, with the accumulation Of
experience, added TO by initiative, cannot
put the word fms to this task No, that
word may not be written to this art FOR
another century.
I'm 1920 hundreds of new patents relat-
ing to the telegraph ana telephone, issued
in various countries, were examined and
tested. This company acquired, applied for
and issued 10 II In that year over 1000
patents Does this look as If anybody were
sleeping"
In developing radio art active work was
carried on m the same time that other
engineers were at work making important
advances in wire transmission and improv-
ing the transmission over the transcon-
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

dent Harding had telephone conversa-
tion over the new submarine cable with
President Menocal Of Cuba, and members
Of the Presidents Cabinet talked with men,
bers of the Cuban Cabinet. Secretary Of
State Hughes talked with the Cuban For
egn Secretary and Cen Pershing with the
Cuban Minister of War
Nor was this ALL Greetings were ex-
changed with picturesque Catalina Island
in the Pacific off Los Angeles. AS plainly
rs though the several hundred guests were
face to face with operators in Havana and
Catalina Island they heard Havana speak
ing to Catalina and Catalina answering.
That April afternoon conversation was
the longest in point of distance ever held by
phone. Messages passed through 10 miles
of cable, connecting Havana and Key West
Florida; thence over the land wires con-
Meeting the chief cities of the Atlantic sea-
board with New York, Chicago, Omaha,
Salt Lake City, Sacramento. San Francisco
Fresno and Los Angeles. These were trans
mitted by radio link twenty mine miles in
length to Catalina. The total distance of
these messages that passed under water, by
land wire and by radio was $500 miles.
And the preliminary roll call of operators
in this wide flung area occupied but two
minutes, scarcely so long as 1t sometimes
takes to get city connection. 1t was de-
scribed in a poetic way by participator,
]. D. Ellsworth, who said "The vast area
of America was rolled up instantly like a
scroll. Distance had been annihilated."
''Given the same telephone equipment"
said Col. Carly, "and these conversations
might just as easily have been conducted
between London by way of Paris, Constar-
tinople, Bombay and Calcutta. 1t will not
be long before they are so held.
"In the near future man in London will
he able to call up Peking or the remotest
city in Cathay. And with what has been
shown it Is scarce prediction, but almost
certainty, that such telephone conversations
will soon be possible
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

~ WING 70 the growth of the fad of
using old ship models as decorations
in Libraries and dens, which IL a
very different thing from collecting them
In an expert fashion and with q real knowl-.
edge, is done BY the amateurs forming
the Ship Model Society, the manufacture OF
fake models has sprung up here and abroad
The best known Of such plants Is in Munich,
Germany. where q regular staff Of workmen
Is employed and which il doing Il thriving
business. The fakes are made on the
quantity production plan on small scale
each craftsman making particular parts OF
the ship and rigging and other expert work
ers assembling" the parts into the whole
and perfect fake. This factory sends out
priced circulars giving figures for models OF
certain lengths that are to be seen In some
local shops.
Economic conditions abroad have srfso
brought to this country. and to New York
IA particular. OF late whole collections of
ship models OF real historic value that have
taken many years to assemble. one of these
came from Woolwich, England. and another
from another English port, much to the sur
prise of local amateur connoisseurs In
models. who were amazed 10 learn that Eng
land was allowing such things to leave the
country. Another collection came from a
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Scores His Latest Triumph
With New Cable to Cuba

He Is the vice president and chief engi-
neer Of the American Telephone fnd Tele-
graph Company. TO whose genius aud or
ganizing ability the recent and many pre-
ceiling experiments owe their success. April
III last was n triumphant day for him !:
then was held country wide demonstra-
ton of what the telephone can do In a
conversation that opens a new era in its
history.
So used are we to marvels in the over
coming Of distance that this demonstration.
while exciting technical experts TO enor-
nous interest. scarcely seems to have been
fully taken in by the man in the street
That street man l. blase of wonders until
he has well nigh roSt the appreciation Of
them. He would calmly continue smoking
n cigarette IL some one told him or he read
the news In THE New YoRK HERALD that
telephone communication had been opened
up with the planet Mars.
II Is different with scientists and in
ventors who have followed the history Of
The telephone through all its phases. in
creasing as they do in wonderful elements
as the slow years glide along They can
measure the days and nights of mental
toll the days and nights of physical ex-
pertinent that preceded and led to new and
more marvellous things.
The scientific world then listened with
avidity to what Col. Carly had to say by
way Of introduction to what was shown
on that April day in the Pan.American
Union Building in Washington, when Presi-
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Marvels Accomplished,
the Latest Triumph
Being the Cuba to
Catalina Connection,
Far Beyond Dreams
Of a Few Years Ago
BY WILLIS STEEL.
r HAVE faith that we shall some day
build up a great world telephone

system. making necessary to all
the nations the use of common language
which will join all the peoples of the earth
into one brotherhood.
THE possibilities Of the future uses of
the telephone are not to be limited imag-
ination cannot set boundary to them. In
five years man and his wife, one at home
and the other thousand miles away, will
talk with each other about the little hap
penings to either precisely as they do now
when they face each other at the dinner
table. Probably in their waking hours out
of each twentF-four they will be more in
touch with each other than they are now
when they are only a few city blocks apart.
I'm five years subscriber to news
paper phone may enter a booth, one of Il
large number set up in various parts of
the city, and raising the receiver to his ear
listen to voice repeating the latest news
Of city and country and from abroad. This
i already an accomplished thing In some
European cities, Budapest for one. But
it seems 10 be capable of vast increase and
Improvement.
In few years the transmission of plays
and operas by phone 10 ones own f1reslde,
where one can listen to either diversion
without discomfort or even making any
change in ones dress will undoubtedly be
perfected. The principle has been known
for long: all that Is required is public
demand to utilize it."
This is the vision of Col. John j. Carty
as he reviewed the notable achievements
resulting from scientific research, inven-,
tive genius and engineering skill that have
had part In establishing Americas SUI
premacy in the art of speech transmission.
Such a review and such prediction were
essential corolaries Of the latest exhibit
tion Of all that has been done in what must
seem to many the fairy realm Of telephony,
and no man could relate so adequately the
vast things that have been done or predict
what shall be accomplished in the years to
come a. the man whose vision falls into
the words quoted above
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
THREE PERSONS
SHOT TO DEATH
Claud Clarke Kills Two and Himself.
Escape for His Wife.

Ciaud Clarke Kills Two and Himself.
| Escape for His Wife.
| Arcadia, fla, Oct. 1.-Ihree we'll
known persons Of this city are dead,
two at the hands Of Claud o. Clarke,
who also killed himself when he saw
that escape from band Of angry cit
liens who were seeking to arrest him
was impossible. The dead are: James
A. Timberlake, attorney; Mrs. Dorcas
Blount, Clarkefs mother-in-law, and
Claude o. Clarke.
Clarke was railroad man and
Mrs. Clarke conducts a small hotel
here. They had been having matri-
monial difficulties and Mrs. Clarke
had retained Timberlake as her
counsel to secure divorce for her.
Just before noon today Clarke en-
tered Tfmberlake's Office and, ac-
cording to Lewis Robbins, Timber
lakes law partner, came in with an
army automatic pistol in his hand
and began firing at Timberlake. The
first two shots took effect, one in
Timberlke's neck, the other, in his
breast. Tmberlake fell out OF a
window onto an adjoining roof, dy-
ing. Clarke fired one shot at Rob
bins, missing him, then turned and
fled. lie ran a block to the hotel
and rushed upstairs to his wife's
room on the second floor. Mrs.
Clarke was seated at a window with
their infant in her lap. He pointed:
the revolver at her and she leaped
with the baby, through window. He
fired and the shot struck her left
ankle. She and the baby fell to the
ground but were not badly hurt and
both will recover He fired at her
again as she lay prone but missed
Clarke then rushed into the room
OF Mrs. Clarke's mother, Mrs. Blount,
and shot her through the heart.
From Mrs. Blount's room Clarke
made his way down the back stairs
and exchanged shots with Lowdes
Treadwell, who sought to intercept
him at the door. Clarke ran into the
rear OF an apartment house and
made his way to the second floor.
There he was faced by other men.
Seeing escape impossibcl he turned
the gun against his right temple and
fired.
The man Is believed to have be-
come demented through brooding
over his domestic affairs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
SHIPPING BOARD
TIES UP FLEET

Washington. Oct. 3.---Of tho 1,464
steel ships under control OF the ship
ping board, only 420 are in service,
1t was officially announced today.
Twenty-Five are listed as undergoing
repairs" and 1,019 either have beon
withdrawn or are slated to go to
dead mooring" as soon as they COM
plete their present charter and dis
charge cargoes.
The board announced today def
mite selection OF IA mooring sites for
ships which have been laid up be-
cause OF lack OF tonnage demand.
They are Portland, Boston. New Lon
don, New York, Hog Island Baltimore,
James River, Savannah, Charleston,
Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, San
Francisco and Seattle.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
are said to have approved the project
though Italy made some reseryatinos
LAND SALE
State Of South Carolina,
County OF LaurenR.

County OF Laurens.
In Court Of Common Pleas.
j. w. Todd, Plaintiff,
against
Sam A. and Joe w. Williams, De-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant to a decree of the Court
In the above stated case, will sell at
public outcry to the highest bidder, at
Laurens, G. H., s. c., on Salesday in
November next, being Monday the 7th
day Of the month, during the legal
hours for such sales, the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
1st.-'Lot Of Sam a. Williams. ALL
that certain piece, lot or parcel OF land
situate, lying and being in the City Of
Laurens, County and State aforesaid
containing One-Quarter Of an acre,
more or less, and bounded on the north
east and south, by lot Of Joe w. Will
llams, and On the west by the Lau-
rens Oil mill and being the lot con-
yeyed to Sam A. Williams by Joe Will
llams on the 3rd Of November, 1908,
by deed recorded in book 23, page 63.
2nd.-'Lot Of Joe w. Williams.
that certain lot, piece and parcel of
land situate. lying and being in the
City OF Laurens, County and State
aforesaid, containing one and one
iouitn acres more or less, bounded on
the north by lands now or formerly
belonging to r. j. Duckett, on the east
and South by lands now or formerly
belonging to Mrs. II. G. Todd, and on
the west by lot Of Sam A. Williams and
baurens Oil Mill. 1t being all the
property conveyed by Mrs. H. G. Todd
to j. w. Williams, by deed dated the
4th of May, 1908, which is recorded
IN Deed Book 26, page 40, office of tho
Clerk of Court for said county and
state. Any person desiring to bid on
the above property, other than the
Plaintiff, shall be required to make a
deposit with the clerk OF court, Of
not less than $50 on each lot at the
time Of and before the said property is
bid of as evidence of good faith in
the bidding.
Terms OF Sale cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps. If the
terms OF sale are not complied with,
the land to be rc-sold on same or some
subsequent salesday on same terms,
at risk Of former purchaser.
C. A. POWER,
c. c. c. p. and G. S.. Laurens, S. C.
Dated, this Oct. 10, 1921. l3-3t-A
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
PROMINENT GEORGIA MAN HELD
EmbegzIement Charge Against Claude
West, Former Executive Secretary.

Embegzlement Charge Against Claude
West, Former Executive Secretary.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 10.-Claude A.
West, for two consecutive terms execu-
tive secretary of the state OF Georgia
and candidate for secretary Of state in
the last Democratic primary and re-
tanned in an advisory capacity 1or
the new administration, was arrested
and placed in the city stockade by city
detectives this morning at 1 o'clock
following telephone conversation
with B. ID. Blalock, private secretary
Of Gov. Thomas w. Iardwick, who
stated q warrant charging West with
embczzlcment Of state funds had been
issued.
The total amount Of the alleged de-
falcations is not known, but in a
formal statement issued tonight Gov
ernor Hardwick asserted that one item
OF $1,500, involving funds paid to the
state by insurance companies, was
missing and that other Irregularities
had been found.
At his fathers residence here last
night West told newspaper men that
he had made arrangements to make
good the deficit. He denied that there
were any other Irregularities.
City detectives have been searching
for West since Saturday morning. An
audit OF the executive departments
records is under way, said Governor
Hardwick, and when completed the evil
dence will be placed before the grand
jury.
The alleged $1,50O shortage is said
to have occurred during Gov. Hugh NJ.
Dorsey's administration in 1920, ac-
cording to the present state executives
private secretary. Flo refused to dis
cuss the other alleged deficits until
the audit OF the records was complete.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
REACH AGREEMENT
ON UPPER SILESIA
Territory I'm Dispute to Exist Us Eco
nOmic Union for Fifteen Years.

nOmic Union for Fifteen Years.
Buenos Aires, Oct. 9.--The indus
trial region Of Upper Silesia will be
maintained as an Industrial and eco
nomical union for 15 years under the
solution Of the Upper Sileslan dispute
reached by the council of the league
Of nations OF which the Geneva cor
respondent Of La Nacion says he has
authoritatively learned the substance
The industrial region would be ad-
ministered during this period by an in
ternational commission. The terri
tory in dispute politically would be
divided into two zones under Polish
and German sovereignty, respectively,
and, while delimitation OF the from
tiers is not yet completed it would be
more favorable to Poland than the re-
cent delimitation proposed by Great
Britain which closely following the
plcbiscite line, with Bruthen assigned
to Poland.
The term OF 10 years it Is pointed
out, would give ample time to repair
possible errors in the solution of the
question and at the same time allow
for the gradual organization of the
economic life of each Of the two zones
in accordance with the capacity Of tho
inhabitants. The correspondent says
the council considers that the merit Of
the project resides in avoiding indus
trial disorganization in Upper Silcsia,
which would follow political and eco
nomical division OF the territory as
proposed on former occasions.
The British and French governments
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12
No Worms Ia a f,eaithy cana

All children troubled with Worms have an un-
healthy co'5r, which Indicates poor blood, ami as
rule. there is more or ess stomach disturbance
GROVES S TASTELESS CHILL. TONIC given resu-
iariy for two or three weeks win enrich tho blood
mug ionicto tho who'o system. Natnrc will then
throw oil or depei the worms and the Child wil be
in psvfe.t heai'h Pleaeant to take. Coo per totte
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-12

VOU do not look into your
IL gasoline tank to find the
cause of engine troubles, but
you might find it there.
Automobile motors require a
good, steady diet Of balanced
gasoline. If the distilled prod.
nct varies because Of changing
qualities of the crude oil from
which it is refined, your gaso-
line is one-sided. Every oil
field produces petroleum rich
i'm certain properties, but lack
ing i'm others.
The Standard Oil Company
New Jersey has eliminated
numerous motor troubles and
much gasoline wastage by de-