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The Washington times., 1922-08-03
Of BELL
To Be BURIED
ON MOUNTAIN
Man Who Worked With In
ventor Tells How Phone
Came Into Being.
BY Universal Service.

BADDECK, Nova Scotia. Aug. 3.
High upon Blinn Breagh noun
tain, Baddeck. on a spot selected by
himself, Alexander Graham Bell.
who invented the telephone and
later refused to have one in his
house, because . II was such
nuisance" will be buried tomorrow
or Saturday.
DIR. Bells telephone has been
called the greatest gift to civiliza-
ton. From a crude tangle Of wires
and magnets In his Boston work
shop, he saw his invention grow
to a vast system that weaves in
stantaneous conversation all over
the world.
How Phone Was Invented.
Thomas Watson, who was asso-
ciated with DR. Bell at one time,
tells how the telephone came into
being as follows: - +.I..-s
I'm 1874 l was working in a
crude little work shop in Boston
where inventors came to have all
sorts OF apparatus made. A young
man came in one day and, although
Il
iastic, l soon saw that not one of
them had the confidence OF my
new client. He wanted apparatus
made which would use the law OF
sympathetic vibration to send eight
or ten telegraphic messages at the
same time over a single wire.
"One evening Bell said to me:
Watson, I want to tell you OF an
other idea / have which will sur
prise YOU He then confided to
me that he believed II would be
possible to invent a simple con-
trivance whereby people could talk
over wires. My nervous system
never got a worse shock.
First Words Over Wire.
"On June 2. 1875, when we were
hard at work on Bells harmonic
telegraph apparatus, I in one room
trying to send messages and Bell
in another receiving them, one OF
the transmitter springs stopped
vibrating and Bell, hearing a
strange sound Immediately called tC
me: What did you do thereT There
! and then he realized that those
words which l heard over the wire
was the first real sound ever carried
by electricity to the ear Of man. The
speaking telephone was born at thai
moment.
Bell grasped the momentous fact
that a mechanism could transmit
other sounds, voices, to the human
ear. He at once gave me instrlc
tions to construct the first speaking
telephone the world had ever seen
Next day I made a small instrument
but confess l did not then realiz
what tremendously importan
piece Of work was doing.
Perfecting Device.
by means of the little instrumen
we then made, could hear his voic
over the wire and could almost ge
a word now and then-that was all
1t was plain, however, that Bell wa
The Washington times., 1922-08-03
Tiny French Box Cars Will Be Used
To Garry A.E.F. Veterans to Contention
Society Of Forty Men or Eight
Horses VIII Attend Prom
enade National in connec-
ton With Legion Meeting.
BY international New. Service.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Trav-
cling in box cars from all
parts of the country, hundreds
of members of the Society of
Forty Men and Eight Horses,
the American Legion's play
ground organization, will come
to the society's Promenade
National" which will be held
in conjunction with the le-
gion's national convention in
New Orleans, October 16 to 81,
Army Days Recalled.
Especially equipped box cars
attached to passenger trains will
carry the greater part of the
forty men or eight horses. The
cars will be provided with special
trucks to run at the speed Of the
passenger train. One thousand
delegates will represent the
""voitures," local organizations.
in forty States.
Traditions of the novel organi-
zation are based on recollections
of the days when doughboys
made journeys exclusively in the
diminutiVe French box cars. The
insignia of the order is the box
car of the French railways,
which was labeled as having a
carrying capacity of forty men
or eight horses. In the expert
ence of American soldiers it was
often found, that the capacity
was underestimated. Frequently
the cars carried both the men
and horses. But it was better
than hiking many kilometers over
muddy French roads.
yoyageurs Militaire.
Members Of the Forty and Eight
are known by the generic term "voya-
geurs militaire." or military travel
era. Candidates are prisoners de
guerre." or prisoners of war. A
wrecking crew puts on the initiation
ceremonies.
Officers are designated by terms
used about the railroad stations in
France. The chef de chemin de fer
is literally the chief of the road OF
iron, or railroad president. The
chef de gare" Is station master; the
chef de train" assistant station
master; the "conducteur," the con-
ductor; a "cheminot," a director; the
"garde de la PORTE" the guard Of the
gate; the "garde de PRISONER the
prisoners guard.
The society was conceived by Jo
seph w. Breen, of Philadelphia, In
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on the right track. 1t took ten
months to invent an apparatus
which could transmit a sentence
which could be heard distinctly"
Among the hundreds OF kilograms
of coincidence received by the inven'
tors widow is one from H.. B.
Thayer, president Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
1t reads:
In behalf OF all the men and
women OF the telephone system
which bears his name. we extend
our deepest sympathy and express
grief in the passing of Mr.. Bell
History will record the inestimable
value Of his services to mankind
but we who are carrying on the
telephone art founded on his great
est discovery are essecially apprecia
tive OF his genius
The Washington times., 1922-08-03

March, 1920, and received It's real
start at the Cleveland convention Of
the Legion sin> 1920, when a great
many of the Pennsylvania delegates
tatives of l43 local organizations met
during the American Legion conven'
ton at Kansas City last October.
Edward ]. Eivers. of Portland,
Ore, 10 chef de chemin de fer" or
national president.
The Washington times., 1922-08-03
COAL D|E-HARDS
FACEOPERATORS
seeking PEACE
Must Not Prevent Settlement
at Cleveland, Compromise
Group Maintains.
By WILLIAM j. HUSKE.
international News Service.

CLEVELAND. Aug 8.-Tory ele'
ments in the central competitive
field will not be permitted to thwart
the Joint conference of operators
and miners for next Monday, 1t
was emphatically declared today by
local coal operators,
plans for a settlement have
gone too far to be halted" one op'
orator said. THE logic Of the stu.
alton demands that the four
months tie-up be terminated, and
no man or set of men can fight
long against facts. The country
must have coal, and so far as !
can see there Is but one way TO
get it--that is to get the union
coal miners of the country to go
into the mines and dig it,"
Similar views, equally optimistic,
were voiced by other operators here
who have been active in the direct
negotiations with the United Mine
Of the strike.
Operators from northern West
Virginia and Michigan will be pres
crit at the joint conference Mon
day, II was said here, and the ton.
mage represented by them will be
q practical equivalent for that un'
represented, IL was believed.
The policy committee of the
United Mine Workers will hold q
secret session here Sunday prelim
mary to the joint meeting, and
caucuses of operators are also ex
pected to precede the "plenary'
session, when men on both sides
Of the issue will lay their cards
on the table and attempt to agree
upon terms for immediate resump
tion of mining. ns
IF a scale is agreed upon, and
] can see no other outcome" said
an operator who asked that his
name be not used, "other operators
are certain to accept the condi
tions laid down, whether they at
tend the conference or not. They
must accept or see their markets
taken away by other operators, and
with the heavy winter demand fol
coal no mine operator will bt
anxious to lose his trade"
The Washington times., 1922-08-03
Tenn. VOTING
FOR GOVERNOR
AND SENATORS
Interest centers In Democratic
, Contest Where Mckellar
Seeks denomination.
ny international New. Service.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. "a
Statewide primary for the nominal
ton Of candidates for United States
Senator. governor. one member Of the
Public Utilities Commission. mem
bers OF the legislature and Congress
men. Is being held throughout Ten
nessee today by both the Republican
and Democraticc parties.
Chief interests centers In the con-
test for the Democratic Senatorial
and gubernatorial nominations.
X. d. McKeller, United States Sen.
ator, who In seeking reelection. his
leading opponent, @. T. Fitzhugh, a
Memphis attorney. and Noah w.
Cooper, Of Nashville. blue law" ad.
vocate, are all claiming victory. In
dications are that the race between
McKeiler and Fitzhugh will be close,
The four candidates who aspire To
carry the Democratic banner In the
subernatorial election Of November,
are all confident, according to their
headquarters. Austin Peay, Clarks
Vile attorney; l.. f. Gwinn. Coving
ton attorney; Benton McMillin, for
mer governor and Harvey II. Han
nah, member of the State railroad
commission, constitute the foremost
Governor Taylor has been declared
the Republican nominee to succeed
himself, as he had no opposition. Ths
same il true of w. N. Beasley, OF
Halls, Republican candidate for tht
railroad commission. Newell Sanders
of Chattanooga and II. B. Anderson
of Memphis. are seeming the Repub
Iican nomination for United State.
| Senator.
The Washington times., 1922-08-03
WOMEN QUERY CANDIDATES
ON FUTURE WARS STAND

Congressional candidates through.
out the country have been sent
questionnaires TO ascertain their
stand on a number Of national and
international issues, the women's s
international League for Peace and
Freedom announced today.
The questions all have a hearing
on the removal OF war and the
causes Of war" said the League.
which should be clear-cut issues
In the Hight Of international diff.
cult'es and their relation to the rise
or fall Of civilization"
The Washington times., 1922-08-03
ONCE PARAGON
|. Of FASHION IS
DIVORCED AGAIN
coraIie coudert, Noted A.
Bizarre Hostess, Leaves
Third Husband.

NEW YORK. Aug, 3.-Coralie
Coudert. who is said to have first
introduced the huge pear ear ring
In society and who a few years ago
had the reputation Of being the best
dressed woman In the world, Is again
q widow-by divorce.
The decree was granted In Paris,
where she is now living. Coralie'
husbands in the order named were
William Gould Brokaw, William
G. Rocker, and Harold Perry
Erskine.
The Washington times., 1922-08-03

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New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
Decline Of l.3 Per Cent in
Operations From june
10 July Ii Shown i'm
the Government Figures

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a Activity
In the cotton spinning industry slack
.ened up somewhat during July as com
pared with June. the number of active
spindle hours being reported to-day by
the Census Bureau as T,044, ,95T ,625, a
decrease of COL 100000 from June.
Every important cotton spinning state
showed decline in the number of
active spindle hours, North Carolina
showing q decrease of 113.000,000,
Massachusetts 97,000,000 and South
Carolina 96,0o0,0o0 In June there was
an increase of 125,900,o00 active spin
die hours over May.
There were 36,943,042 spindles in
place July 81, of which 31,975,269 were
operated at some time during July,
compared with 3S,90O,a24 in place on
June 80, and 31,877,0 operated some
time during June.
Of the aggregate spindle hours those
in cotton growing states numbered
4,019,646,862, decrease of 265,0O0, 900
from June. and those in all other
states 3,025,310,763, decrease of
346,0o0,000.
The average number of spindles op-
Grated during July was 32,242,369, or
at 8T.3 per cent capacity on a single
shift basis, while in June the average
was S3,S03,293, or 91.6 per cent ca
pacity. The average number of active
spindle hours per spindle in place for
July was 191 compared with 2O7 in
June
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
C.onsol. Cigar Expects
To Erase Deficit Soon
Preferred Dividends To BE Re
summed al Earliest Practicable
Moment. Saws Head

In letter to stockholders, annl,uncs
ing the subscription dates for the new
issue of d1,4ao shares cf Consolidated
Cigar Corporation stock offered to
stockholders, julius Lichtenstein, pres
ident, sta.ss .has the cffeaing will
bring into the conipanys treasury APP
rroximately Sf,o00,00p additional work
ing capital
"A comparison of the current earn
inga with those of the previous year"
he says, shows very satisfactory
progress, with preferred dividend re-
quiremenss for the entire year earned
over one sand half times during the
first six months. You viii recall, how
ever, that the company began the year
with an operating deficit of SST9.2S6,
Of which s707.o07 resulted from in
ventory depreciation.
met earnings for the first six
months have already reduced this
deficit by so per cent and on the basis
of the coinpany's current earnings it
is confidently expected that earnings
should be sufficient to wipe out the
remaining deficit during the next three
or four months. With this accom-
plished it is the policy Of your board
to resume payment of the preferred
dividends, together Nth accumulations
thereof, at the earliest practicable
moment"
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
b uyers Arriye

!, ,A5sLBANY.John g. Muersh; w Muersh.
makers and taiiors' supplies; 7ss west west
!, AZ ALaBuou,ERQpE, a,,r N. Mex.-Mandell
care, y; 3 Feldenfeld. 334 9Th av
= ALpERSoN, w. Va,-T. NJ Reynolds; /;
T. n Reynolds, dry goods. ready to wear:
ALTOONA, pa william F. Gable Co. ::
A. Plank. gloves, handkerchief. neckwear,
! AMsTERDAM. n. n Y.-Mary Hopplns:
Mary Hobbins, ladies' wear. art goods:
=, AMSTERDAM. N. .Y.-Mary Hobbins; A
tiobbins, ready to wear, art goods; Ior-
raine,
AsHvTLLE, N. c.--s. Llpinsky Son g
CO.; NJ Sterne. silks satins velvets. no
.tions: care u. G. Unions, 432 Attn ay'
APPALACHtA, Val. l. Bloom; ]. T.
Bloom. clothing, furnishings; Pennsylva-
ASHLAND, ohio--central Dent. Store .
sam. S.l1 Il l.. Morganstein, general mdse; Penn
:. AsHEvILIE, N. c.-Bon Marche; M.
sterne. silks fancy, goods; Pennsylvania.
ATLANTA. Ga.---Princess Mfg. Co; JOS
tics. silks; Imperial.
bot,sa ATLhMTAMJ ANT, NJ High Co.; s. Clarke
ATTLEBoRo. Mass Max London; Mrs
NJ London, women's and children's ready
to wear; 20 e. 10Th st.
AUGUSTA. Ga.--John j. Haines; J. u.
Haines, china, glasswear. gloves techni-
Gals; Martinique
BALTIMORE
A. Eisenberg Co.. J. II. Childs. domes-
Hecht Bros Co.; David Horn, curtains
draperies, wash goods; care Baer G. Llien-
Henry Goodman: Henry Goodman, dry
goods notions; Pennsylvania.
IA z. Cohen Co. Mrs. Wolf Cohen, repre-
senting Imperial
J. Goodman; ]. Goodman, general mer-
cHandlS9.
waI.ts F. & W. W. rIvs Waist Co.; S. H. Goldberg.
=, Schultz Sc, & Co; Arthur H. Schultz ]. Harry
Phllbin, floor coverings; Martinique.
BARNESBORO, Pa,--Scollin Communi
ty st9Te; Or IL r seolln. general 'rndse !, Grand
BATAVIA, y. Y.-C. c. Bradley q CO !.
9, 2; BRADLEY jewelry; BeIhont
BATESVILLE, Ark.--Hail d. q. Co. n
=. iall. dry goods, notions, mems furnish
lngs; 256 Church St
BATESVIl4iE, Ark.--Haii D. G. Col
G. HAL. general mdse.; 256 Church st =
BAY CITY, Mich-Walthers Dent store.
q. H. Little, mdse mgr. Imperial,
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
Petitions i'm Bankruptcy

The following petitions in bankruptcy
We're fled yesterday in the United States
District Court:
HENRY wE1NsTEIN - Involuntary
druggist, 1879 First av
DORY SEA FOOD STORES. INc.-.In-
syaiuntary; s 1e Exchange pl., fish and other
JACOB plAvIs-Iavciuntary general
Nose, Ia Main ST, Yonkers -
593 Bway. - ~ saiii ls'.
BEfpNER ELECTRICAL SUPPLY co
II 4, e.;.--inswoiuntary: 20 West 17th st. La
5piiieies, $4,000; assets, $4,000.
Receivers in Bankruptcy
,varh me following receivers in bankruptcy
sa @ere appointed yesterday in the United
States District Court.
Dorothy Strauss for Royal R,ua c,ig,r
stores, Inc, Saith st. and Eighth ay. and
:sfth 81 and Eighth av. with bond of IS 900
Ernest Myell for waiIach 4 CO shirt.
esS % way with bond of $12.5oo. -
Schedules in Bankruptcy
The following schedules in bankruntcv
wsrs 1y.. MED yesterday in the United States
NATHAN GREENBERG-Mi s,n
sets $500, vi''1o1' as-
Al 5oELsoN-Liabillties ss,ol2; NO as.
ARRow ECONOMY STORES 1nc-sea
ga 81. Liabilities, s31,i9s; assets, sI2. 900
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25

BELMONT, N. CIV. ]. Francis; w. j.
Francis general merchandise: Martinique.
BINGHAMToN. N. Y.-sisson Bros; w.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Burger D. q. Co.;
Louis Burger millinery; ls w. seth st.
Kenney. Inc; E. H. Kenney, general
shepard stores; NJ Smith linens; sao
ems access so it, NJ W. canan aaanh wom
ems nsckwear; 1,vos; Pennsylvania.
merchandise: Bresin
=, M L., Kaufman; NJ. Kaufman, general mer-
:. II. Newman & Sons; w. J. Newman, II E.
Newman, r. Newman. woolen ana cotton
p'sse sba g0ons nro s'iks i a satins veyes Breslin
Breslin '"'''''' Ne'Ve's >
4. simon H, Simon, woolen piece goods.
BRIDGEPoRT. Comp. NJ Read Co
6; 6, II. Hurlburt. talking machines, china
BRooKvifLLB, f 'Panps Pa'psb 4os 4fh nenderso, aY
a. L. Henderson, womens ready to wear:
BRowNsvM.1E. pa-Kaufma,,s nont
store; Nathan Kaufman, general merchnn
disc; Martinique. e"@"
mis-. huFMEAbo n boo,sy n VI; ,,.1; N; adams 5 Co;
wear housedresses. negigees and corsets.
BUFFALO,. N. Adam e. Co: Miss Len.
JlT rI,r,
bG Weintraub Bros; l.. Vein
'raup; !, 1};r Boys furnishings; Martinique
= BUTTE, Mont.--F, " DankowsSi. E "
Dadn1Ikseo,wski, INK woolens; St. Regis. y
SEN.fERVlLLE. Md,-Alfred Green e.
mdse. Waldorf ei aA
CHICAGO
Commodore eOo"'' oiihs
c,dts,a Msrshali Fl Field Co; c. P, Avery mems
NJ N. WsinsteIn; Wy n, weinsteln. general
merchandise; Imperial :"
o,atSirs House OF KMnppeanheimer; y Ludwig steines,
Rechsteiner & Co; Q. Thompson, gen
CHICOPEE, Mass sM.M Earr,, o
Louis Louis. Ferris dry goods notions and shoes
;B.5utrknardt, Setter & Co.: I. G. Setter.
GLARkESVILLE. Tex--O u. poak. n
i. i Peak, dry goods; Pennsylvania ~
=, CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa-Emboure
aoadl. aex5lle ,,s3 Co, Inc; N. Embourg. piece
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
b Il sine ss N e W 8
Cotton Spinning Industry
Was Less Active Last Month
Shoe Manufacturer
Sees Good Trade

The prospects for a good fall sea-
son in shoes are Frightening almost
daily, according to Fred A. Eyre,
Brooklyn shoe manufacturer, Who
has just returned from FIVE weeks
business trip to the retail trade.
"The contrast between conditions
in the retail field now and when !
made similar trip last April is
Marked" he said. more confidence
is being shown by retailers in gem
eral and their business has been
better than expected and decidedly
good when current conditions are
taken into consideration. There is
still much emphasis laid on the
necessity for low prices. Person
ally / think that retailers are
wrong in their general declaration
that women will not pay more than
$40 a pair for high-grade shoes
In my judgment s12 pair or even
more is not beyond the reach or
price ideas of many women"
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
Electric Market at Standstill

standstill as a result of the coal and
rail strikes, says this weeks review of
the market by "The Electrical World"
Conduit stocks are reported lower each
day, shipments of pipe from the Penn
sylvania district being held up. Poles
are not moving SO quickly and some
price stiffening is noted. A good mar
ket for fixtures in schoolhouses is re-
ported, and manufacturers are busy
supplying the demand. Lamps are sell
ing we'll, especially in the ordinary
sizes
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
New York. Ontario 4 western
PiFtsbu-gii & West Virginia
Financial Items

President w s. Siikworth. Of The Con.
fnliGxied stocs Exchange announced last
fighs tks admission OF four new members
70 the, excilange The new members are
ebert grldsins. Matthew Fareiiy, Thonlss
r kadian and Quentin Craufurd
The New York Curb Marker seat Of 9 A.
Jehnson v'as sold yesterday IN Max steget
Tor $500 and n,embership of J. II Clark
was gold 10 Henry Cohen FOE ss o0e I'alH
is equivalent 10 the highest pffce paid for
n mem bership an the exchange The as,
previous price was 81. 500
The Chatham and Phengx National FsaTk
" exchanging subscription receipts for
1ennifiye e stock certificates Of the Rag
Hercules Mines, Inc
Tae Registrar and Transfer romnanv
has beer appolnted transfer agent Of tt,e
Dean Mines Consolidated Corporation
The Enpire Trust Company announcea
Yesterday that IN is prepared TO defsser
Repubiic sf Ehiis Is per cent detslssfiya
bonds N exchange for its outstanding de-
Sssitsry receipts
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
Steel Price Advances

suit of 20 per cent increase in wages
inaugurated by the Steel Corporation
and followed by leading independents
began to materialize yesterday So
far, however, they have been limited
to line pipe and oil country products,
amounting to about $6 ton, and to
sheets, where the advance, mostly by
the independents, has been about So
ton. 1t is still believed that the
meeting of sales managers of the Steel
Corporation, held in New York on
Wednesday, will result in further an
nouncements of price advances by the
subsidiary companies
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25

wTbK BARRE. Pa.--J. Unesr; g.
unger, ger. n'ars " /, !, Mastiniqge ass ne. 80
r. r, FYantz. coats and suits. Bristol.
VII.K ES- BARRE, Pas--t1arke Bros e
Nj cornell representing Broztel4
Mrg / Reese fancy goods Imperial.
q WILMINGTON, Nts@~Biuethenthai co. j;
IL Bfustfienthai dry goecs, notionss care
RI Keller. s95 B'way
WILSON, ". G4--Barnett Patrick Co !.
r. f. Patrick. dry goods. Imperial.
zaKon. undsrwaar Miss S. Cohen, chill
9raf.fs wear: Commodore
WORCESTER, Mass Boston Dress
Goods shop. j. II. Kearney piece goods.
Prince George.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25

1. 1rSnan. Frederick7-R Daly...s. 242.7a
Van cn,ton Jonspfl a.-- - - hramer 4066.44
ydmleshsr. ner r.,..1,;,; 49, !, s,i.,. 4sa.47
zva aaronson; sher S,,li Inc, a,,, 2s7.7o
ws,ss aestrand TM,,,Sa, 4 seuiIy, Inc. e55.s2
Telephone Company 2.os2.s7
In Bronx County
The first name is that fSthe debtor;
Cohen Morris Abraham Mintz
and Charles Chewinsky-S Bien-
enfield sos !,
Codos, Jacob and Benjamin May
=, .M Nc Greenaeid, aisi,s s21.
FiasnnsI, Hnrn,str Adolph--M G unger ct al 1887
,,ashar-- aaroms Bregman .,.l.. 1920
strait 2, do,s>,,s - t1ieregman. 1890
$500 N1'oipi~T-fl bernstein. i50. 40
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
p. r.. n. Stockholders Decrease

Another decrease in the number Of
stockholders of the Pennsylvania
Railroad took place durin july This
was the fifth successive ,uonth in
which decrease took place, and is
considered as an indication Of the in
creased Investment demand for the
stock,
Stockholders on August numbered
1926, compared with the record
number on March /. The average
holding on August was 1921 shares,
compared with 71.41 shares on July l.,
and with 1898 shares on August l.,
1921. Women stockholders now num-
Der 65,976 and hold about 81 per cent
of the, entire stock. Their average
holding is forty-seYen shares.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-25
Big Gain i'm Trade Buying

The lafgest gain in trade buying in
recent months was registered for the
week ended August 81, when buying
from manufacturers and retailers for
the country as whole showed an in
crease of 81 per cent over the pre-
vious week, according to the weekly re-
port by the Credit Clearing House. Pur-
chasing also was A per cent ahead of
the same week in 1921 and 20 per cent
ahead of 1922. Indebtedness dropped 8
per cent from the previous week, but
was 6.3 per cent in advance of last
year and per cent ahead of 1920