The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-05

Arlington Was shown. IaI Ia" Sp:r.t
with watch the students r"Nroda 81 II
miniature part o. the Sccrc At AZ ~
ION tecmed wiki waC-:;:lN patriotism -
the days OF 1Gi7-tS. Il his lecture. Mr..
Hu yesterday ted his audiences :h'
following stcry o. The IcN ,,oHra"n: o.:
communication:
Progress OF Communication
People have always hal som" means
Of communicate with cIrh ",h,r. VT
II has only been tho 'aS; 0t;r y ars that
there has bee" a Lircc: pccso" - r'r-
son communication. r:!g" 20 ;A1t ;:r:'.
messages were sen: by signs AID s}n-
bols To arrive /; q rc;;rr G"dcrS;ard-
Ing Of the ease w.;,t which nl"sSH-cs
arc delivered today as caT?acc'S' in
ancient times. L Is NcreSSar? - =" back
10 the beginning o. hHraH AFFAIRS o.
which there IS record and COM" down
me ages period b. period and century
by century The ancient ESyr,iarS aid
Assyriaus sent their messages on bricks
and stones. IN anc!cN; Greece. mara
thon runners were used. II TO early
Roman empire messages were spelled
out: later mounted courr:ccS were used.
This method OF commNItcat!CI ""s
due % the good roads system which
was tho strength OF the Roman empire.
There were nrcy Thousand miles Of hard
paved road. some OF which has been
used continuously down 10 ~" present
day. The strength OF any community
lies in is good roads. In n" middle
ages, birds were used as message bear
ers. Tho frst pos,a, service was orig
mated In 1854 BY King Louis OF Fran :.
In l544 government message bearers n
Spain and Germany were allowed 10
carry MESA ges FOR private Individuals.
These ancient messengers were mounted
on elongated legs 70 acC"lerat" their
speed. King James II of lHSiand orig
mated the first flag signaling code which
was used extensively - III" American
and British armies during he war Of
1872. Flag signalling has hcN" vS"d "
tensivcly ~ the armies and "av:cs &C
the world. A man naN:r'i i.rS7C". ot
Geneva. invented the GvS. means e.;
sending messages hy electricity. TH's
method required a s"Na~t'" w'rc TOT
rach letter OF tho a'rhI''"'. and While
IL was satisfactory :u- short distances
II was OF no praC::"o, value Cor log
distances because o! o." ,I"h 90 nU"W.-
edge Of the art o: carrying " :."s 90 any
great distance. OF Crir>s. n:"~. e: a.,
know that the wire" g VA .IyC0'"d by
William MarcoNI. tho rH',H: -; w'.l"h
was received in 1896. IIN Wa e.. I".c
20 signal distance OF %"o .'"i: !a;.r '..~
a distance OF TWO miles. a;.d :" l'"l -;
mails were exchanged across III" Alan t..
The electric telegraph was j1'cu'rd
by Samuel /. =. Morse, an .NT."r;rg".
the first telegraph Nu' constructed h".
tween Baltimore Nd and Wu.u!asto2,
u. c. IN IS4t.
Telephone Invented
Now Ne come 70 n" b"s. AcrW
means OF coi.u.un:cat:"u "f then. a.
the telephou'. r." r'-rnDa" vas ~
vented by A'c>a;.,. Graha2. Eo.l. Who
was born in Edinburgh. Scotland. March
.. 1S47. He was educated IN III" schools
q Edinburgh. bu: cay IN l:fH h.s Caa'-
lily moved 70 Canada cor his health.
Aftcr q shor: soinurr there. Il" moved
10 Boston. wher, ;,," ( eptune was In
vented. He received h.e pat,H. on his
Goth birthday. AID .Ic..! r.a.;y. t".a 5
the greatest patent ever ISSUED by any
country.
Tile frs: words ever spoken oIcr he
telephone were or March 80. 1876. they
wero these: Mr.. Watson. come here. l
want you They were spoke" h. Mr.
Bell 20 Thomas \. Watson. his aS>:%ta"t.
'.Ae the time tic tcierh"n" was IN
vented Mr.. Bell VAS professor OF oc-
coustics and I student 81 r.ec;:!s;'y ~
Boston university.
The first telephones were paced IN
exhibition At the centennial - r,..ia-
delphia during that yea". Where on oH"
occasion Dompcd-o. emperor q: Eraz'L
and members % h:~ court paid L Visit