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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13

It would be difficult for the State
police to function efficiently without
the telephone, according to Superin-
tendent Jackson Arnold, Colonel and
Commandant of the well-discip1ined
corps Of West Virginia State police
men. Having as It's principal duty the
enforcement of the State laws, the
State police is naturally dependent
upon q rapid means Of communication
which reaches every corner of the
State. With $4,000 square miles in.
cluded In the boundaries Of the State.
travelling is somewhat difficult and in
getting from one point to another In
the State, delays oftentimes arise that
might prove exceedingly serious if the
mounted police could not unfailingly
rely upon the long distance telephone.
However, StsAs AisMyag system b
now being constructed and when
completed will total about $500
miles of improved road that will con-
meet all OF the SIS county seats.
While the completion Of this high
way system wiz prove great aid In
covering the different sections of the
State it will also increase the patrol
duties of the State police. The escape
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Safe Makers Only One
Jump Ahead of Thieves

Recent defensive experiments and in
ventions might lead US to, forecast an
end to bank burglary. But to bring
this about in fact is not so easy, as
serts the Scientific American. What
concerns safe makers Immediately is
the possibility of deyising some metal
or other substance capable of resisting
the devastating onslaught Of the varl-
GUS types of the acetylene torch, a
high temperature device which will eat
its fiery way through metal defenses
once thought absolutely impregnable.
The contest between the safe cracker
and the safe maker Is fast resolving
itself into the old problem of the ir-
resistible force and the immovable
body-with the odds in favor Of the
safe cracker.
Since the beginning Of safe making
the inventors have had two sets Of
men to deal with-the burglars who
use the drill and those who use ex-
plosives. Each new improvement Of
safes has been met, on the part of the
burglar, with methods for successfully
attacking 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
NEW YORK CALLS OVER
100000 TIMES PER DAY
Talks More Than 1880 Times Daily
Over Long Distance Telephone
Lin0e.

The statement that New York City
has more telephones than the whole
of Great Britain conveys vivid pic
ture of the number of instruments
there must be in the city. Many
people. especially foreigners unused
to the telephone as daily necessity.
may have wondered to what extent
such a huge number Of telephones,
more than million, are used.
A recent statement by H. A. Trax
chief accountant of the New York
Telephone Company. throws some
light on the question: During the year
1923, an average of more than 1850
toll or long distance calls every day
kept New Workers in close touch with
the rest of the country, while at the
present time the total number of calls,
local and long distance. in the city
averages 100000 every day. In
other words. every telephone in New
York City is used. on an average.
about five times every day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Successful Foes Are
Honored bv Britain

One cannot recOllect any graceful
French tribute to Mr.. Pitt or Count
Won Moltke; Germany still regards
Napoleon through the strained eyes OF
1913; Italian estimates Of Count Ra-
detzky are lamentably deficient in per
spective; and even in Spain, so prone
to acQuiescence. just appreciation: Of
Bolivar is long overdue.
But successful insurrection or vic
torlous warfare against British armies
Is an unfailing passport to esteem in
England. No calendar Of her fav0rite
saints is complete without st. Joan !;
no catalogue Of patriots would evoke a
single British cheer IL 1t omitted a
noble American, biameless Boer,. and
an Irish name or so. Allies are scru-
tinized with a more dubious eye; but
enemies receive, almost without dis
tinctiOn, national tribute.
Perhaps 1t Is an inverted form OF
vanity; perhaps the national greatness
requires the attribution sometimes Oh,
slender grounds) of corresponding
greatness to enemies.
For Washington, British tradition
has adopted almost without question
the richest embroideries of American
myth; and the responsibility for his
strange disguise rests solely upon his
countrymen. His motives. his simple
minded craftsmanship. even his mill
tary record have been accepted in Eng
land at their face value.
The worst enemies Of his just ap-
probation have been his political
heirs, the beneficiaries Of that lavish
testament Of freedom; and the prob
lem, II one enters upon the arduous
pursuit of truth, Is. to disengage the
figure Of Washington from the I'M
penetrabIe shadow OF the cherry tree.
Phillip Guedalla- in Harper's Mag
azine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
COLCRED LIGHTS
HELP OPERATOR
CHECK UP CALLS
very Little Twinkle Has A Meaning
All Its Own To Girls At
Board.

How is it that telephone operators
know at once if you are calling from
a public pay station or from an indi
vidual line or party line?
In a telephone exchange every little
twinkle has a meaning all it's own,
and the type Of service is designated
to the operator by symbol on the
lamp cap that covers the line lamp
which lights when the call is made.
Generally speaking. the plain white
lamp cap is used for the type of serv.
ice which is in majority and. for
that reason, the signals differ in diff
ferent sections of the country. In
most places green lamp indicates
that the party is calling up from a
pay station. A white lamp cap nigh
mean an individual line and white
lamp cap with black cross might
signify party line service.
On the keyboards and cord shelves
of the switchboard the red, white
and green lamps correspond to the
color of the cords. These lamps have
nothing to do with the class of serv.
ice, but are used to assist the op-
orator in associating the cord signals
with the proper pair of cords.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is. II 25
YOUR INCOME TAX
No. III

If you are single and support in your
home one or more persons closely relat-
ed to you and over whom you exercise
family control, you are the head Of the
family and entitled under the revenue
act of 1924 to the same personal ex-
emption allowed married person,
81, 900. In addition, a tax payer is
entitled to credit of $500 for each per-
SON dependent upon him for chief sup
port, if such person is either under rs
years Of age or incapable of self-support
because mentally or physically defective.
Such dependent need not be a mem
Der of the tax payers household For
example. an unmarried son who supports
in his home an aged mother, is entitled
to an exemption Of s., 500 plus the $500
credit for dependent, total of s.. 900.
If from choice the mother lived in an
other city, the son, although her chief
support, would be entitled only to the
81, 900 exemption. plus the $500 credit.
The. mother not living with him, he is
not considered the head Of a family.
An exemption as the head of family
can be claimed by only one member OF
household.
The $500 credit does not apply to the
wife or husband of tax payer, though
one may be totally dependent upon the
other.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Income Tax Has Neuer
Had Great Popularity

Imaginative persons seem never to
tire Of conjecturing as to which OF
modern mans accomplishments would
most astound our ancestors.
Inc motorcar or the airplane Is
usually the favorite, but If one could
select chosen few, comprising many
of the kings of England along with
their councillors, probably the achieve
ment which would bulk largest in
their eyes would be the collection of
the income tax.
Starting with Edward III, who dis
tinguished himself by collecting $780,
600 by a-graduated capital levy in
1921 without causing revolution, the
history Of the efforts of the rulers Of
our race to yoke us with this burden
is interesting. Edward IIIs levy was
very modest, says A. G. D. in the Win
nipeg Free Press. 1t ranged from $50
to 8 cents, according to the position
Of the taxpayer.
Richard u-his ill-starred grand
son-almost lost his throne before he
had got firmly seated on it, because he
levied a still more modest tax, rang
ing from IS to cents. Wat Tyler.
before he was murdered, so convinced
the rulers Of Britain that an income
tax was not practical form of taxa
tion that it was more than 200 years
before such a levy was again at
tempted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13

READY FOR PATROL DUTY
and there is no question that this
prompt action on her part was the
means Of preventing a more serious
outbreak
ION another occasion two members
of the State police were fred upon
from ambush and dangerously wound
ed while on duty in the Cabin Greek
coal Acids. Within a few minutes
after these men were shot, a tele-
phone call reporting the case was re-
ceived at headquarters, and In less
than an hour forty State policemen
were in action, the entire section sur
rounded and the men charged with
the shooting captured Without this
efficient and prompt telephone service
the men involved could not have been
located in such a short period Of time,
and it is possible they would never
have been apprehended"
These cases substantiate the fact
that the State Police have good
grounds for knowing that they can
depend on the telephone girl The
biennial report Of the department just ,
submitted to the Governor by Colonel
Arnold includes this paragraph:
"Too much cannot be said in APP
probation of the courtesy given Nus
by the telephone company and their
faithful operators"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Sunday Driving

They reached the city limits and
pulled up at the side of the road op-
posite the first billboard. The man
shut off his engine, lit HIS pipe and
settled back comfortably in his seat,
and his wife got out her sewing.
The friend who had been invited
for the Sunday drive stood 1t for
about ten minutes and then tapped the
husband on the shoulder. Say,
what's the big idea?''
The man laughed and pointed to the
billboard.
1--WE come out here every Sunday,
old man, for a couple of hours No
use going any farther than the first
billboard. because that's all you'll see,
anyway, 80 we just stay here and
take 1t easy! Saves gas, tires and
dust and the strain Of keeping from
being crowded of the Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
vOICELESS MEN TALK TO AUDIENCE;
ARTIFICIAL LARYNx RESTORES SPEECH
Who
Larynx

Three men without any voice talked
to specially invited audience at the
Vanderbilt Clinic in New York a few
days ago. One of them had not spoken
since October, 1923. Another had been
mute for three months. The third had
not spoken for seventeen years.
These men were without a voice in
the ordinary sense, for an operation
had removed the larynx of each; so
that each was without vocal chords
and without power to make any intel
ligible sound. The means which en-
abled them to talk to an audience was
the artificial larynx. developed by DR..
John e. Mackenty. of New York. and
DIR. Harvey Fletcher and Messrs.
Wegel and Lane, engineers of the
Western Electric Company.
To victims of cancer, whose larynx
has been removed, the artificial organ
has brought means of speech 1t 10
applied externally. The operation, hav-
ing removed the natural larynx, brings
the upper end of the windpipe forward
into the aperture In the neck Here
the windpipe connects directly with
the outer air, and the patient breathes
through this oriflce.
In order to use the artificial larynx.
the patient applies pad connected
with small rubber tube to this open
ing. Air forced from the lungs through
this tube is set into vibration in the
artificial larynx, which resembles q
pipe, through the stem Of which the
vibrations are led into the patients
mouth where they are modulated into
speech
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Plying q Queen

The recent celebration Of Queen WILL
helmina's jubilee revives many stories
Of her youth in Florence, where she
lived for while with her mother. 1t
5ss related that one day they wore going
siong the Lung Arno. when they were
tccosted by beggar.
The queen regent wanted to push
IN, fearing that her daughter might
catch some fearful disease, but the
little queen having will Of her own
insisted on stopping. She questioned
the man in broken Italian, believing
herself quite unknown and on proceed
ng gave him half a franc.
The beGgar looked from the silver In
lis hand to her, and then back again
ind at last said. with an air Of i'm
+ ,ertinence: $50 your subjects keep
.ou as short as that! Poor queen !'-
london Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
$4,000 CALLS A
YEAR BY LONG DIS
LANCE SALESMAN

Twelve thousand long distance tele.
phone calls in one year is the record
of N. M. Nordquist, of Omaha, Ne
braska, travelling salesman for we'll.
known Middle West concern. Mr.
Nordquist, however. travels entirely
by telephone. his territory including
Nebraska, South Dakota. Iowa, West
ern Illinois and Southwestern Wis
consin.
His best talking record was estab-
lished at Agona, Iowa, last year when
he talked on fifty-three long distance
calls in ninety-seven minutes. He has
found that selling goods by telephone
is entirely practical and. in many
cases. much more effective, he say
than by personal solicitation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
ITS JAIL A RESI-
DENCE?" BATTLES
COMMISSIONERS

Should county Jail be considered
residence or an Office is a question
which is perplexing the Nebraska
Utilities Commission.
Certainly the sheriff would consider
the Jail a place of business, for il
serves as his headquarters during the
time he is holding his Office. On the
other hand, do the prisoners regard
their cells as homes? The frequency
with which some prisoners get back
in jail after once they got out might
seem to indicate that they hunger for
the joys of home life. but the Ne
braska Commission is not as yet con
WINGED that the county jail is entitled
to residence telephone rate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
A DETACHMENT OF STATE
POLICE

Of lawbreakers will be more easily
facilitated with the improvement in
the roads.
The State police necessarily have to
depend on telephone service as the
principal means of communication
The telephone functions as the most
satisfactory and dependable means OF
''liason" between the outposts and
headquarters, and every State police
man from the Superintendent down to
the last trooper in the ranks Ii q
booster for telephone service.
Superintendent Arnold says:
1.-THE telephone is the most versatile
ally of the State Police. 1t has a
long arm that is far-reschinE and al
ways brings results. There is NO Or
sanixation in West Virginia with
which We have to deal that gives this
department more efficient service than
the telephone system. 1t has proved
its worth innumerable times and DUR
Ing the five and one-half years that I
have served as the head Of the State
police am yet to fad fault with any
operator. The State police get the
best of service and l, On behalf of the
department, want to commend them
for their patience and perseverance in
getting calls completed during emer-
gencies. Their help is invaluable and
their promptnsss in handling long dis
lance calls has been the direct result
Of bringing to q successful conclusion
some important cases that at times
looked extremely diGcult. The State
police in West Virginia are under ever.
lasting obligation to all telephone op-
orators.
Colonel Arnola cited interesting
cases where telephone service has
been Of great help:
ION May 10. 1890, one of the worst
shooting Affairs that ever disgraced
the State occurred at Natewan, Mingc
County Several men were killed,
but, due to the prompt action on the
part of the telephone operator. the
State police were soon on the ground
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13

whatever They simply took the
money. did the depositor the favor Of
taking it, and gave it back to hin.
when he wanted It, And then the,
considered their full duty done.
The tellers and clerks treated tn.
depositors as though they were entire
ly beneath them. l. myself, heard q do
positor, an old Irishwoman, say to 5
teller who had been snappish with
her: "Then you better keep civil
tongue in your head. tits the likes
Of me that keeps the likes Of you IL
your place." In that brief and caus
tic and well-deserved comment she
had summed UP the whole situation
in nutshell.
There was nothing warm, nothing
3 cordial, but as the years went by
those who worked at the windows "a
on friendly and kindly relations witt
the people coming to the windows
Here and there some man got SO close
to the people that they began to tell
him their personal affairs and ask foi
his advice, and of late years the
banks, too. have been stressiRg the
human element They have struck o
better way of approaching people.
They have taken steps, for instance
to try to get as close as they can te
the foreign element. That is one Of
the great problems In all the large
manufacturing and business centers
A great mass of foreigners come here
and get together in. groups. but they
do not get any real touch Of Ameri
canism. They are lust as Jewish ant
just as Italian ten or twenty year.
after they come here as they wert
the day they came. because nobod,
appears to take any particular inter
est in them. But when an institution
like savings bank begins to take an
interest in the problems Of the PEG
Pile. to let them feel that here is q
group Of people engaged in bushes,
that is willing to listen to them, thei.
troubles, their trials, is willing to ad
wise them. willing to steer then
straight, willing to be sort Of Big
Brother to them, l do not think there
is any better AmericaniZation work
than that being DONE
That u.s. the kind of work the pro
gressive savings bank Is starting on.-
telling people that II they win come
to them with their troubles they win
be glad to give them the best disin
terested advice, to do things for them
free, that otherwise they would be
charged for by som body. They are
willing to advise them when they get q
little more money than the savings
bank can take care Of, what they can
invest it In, or in some cases what
not to invest it in
If the savings and commercial
banks all over the country adopt that
particular attitude toward our foreign
fellow-citizens. it will give them ar
entirely different, view of American
ism. 1t is this charged attitude thai
has resulted in tn. tremendous growth
of deposits that + 10 taken place ir
the savings banks since the war
There has been a different spirit
breathed into the relations betwee,
the depositors and he men on tn.
other side of the counter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
The Way of Childhood

The teacher at the conclusion Of a
rsson in grammar asked the class In
urn TO give an example of an alb
tract noun.
Manhood" suggested the head Of
he class, which was duly approved
" the teacher. the example being
ollowed by the next two members OF
he class with 'womanhood" and
girlhood," respectively.
The fourth little girl. dlsdaining
4nything so obvious as "boyhood,'
ave as her example Little Red Rid
ng Hood."-KuAsas City Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Powerful Cor Ferry

A mammoth cur ferry for use be-
.ween Anchorage and Baton Rouge,
la, was recently launched at Neville
.sland, Ohio. This boat will be $40
eet In length, VII have an extreme
leck width Of OIL. feet on nodded
,eam of IS feet; ind will carry at
ne trip a complete train Of mogul
ngine and eleven pullman cars or rs
.oaded freight cars The cost Will be
100000, and the ferry will be the
argest vessel Of It's type.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13

kindliest thing II
the world. that is
to take care OF
the s avings o.
poor people. but
they did it in b
m 0 st repellen'
way. They did moi
e e n d to then
banking business.
any Of the courte
sizes or any of tn,
amanifias If lift
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
LINGERING coUaHs HELPED

Bronchitis leaves a bad 'ush.
SO does ''fiu" and la grippe But
these hard lingering coughs yield
easily to the healing and curative
qualities OF Chamberlains Cough
Remedy. Good for tro.ble O nj {
night coughs too. EYER user is .
friend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
MORE BACKBONE.
LESS WisHRoNE

Why not think on the matter OF
wishbones and backbones and decide
to take the power out Of our wish
bones and put it in our backbones.
That's the place we need 1t IL we are
to accomplish things worth while
Bdnkef-F0rmcr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Scotehman Finas Wheels OF Prog
rsss Stopped By Government
Ownership In He Own Benny

Reared and educated in Scotland,
X. R. MacKinRon, of Omaha, has
recently returned from visit in
Europe. He spent some time In
England and has this to report of
his observations: "The telephone
system is owned by the govern
ment and the service is about as
rotten as 1t can possibly be. Every
one who has a telephone curses it
and the government that owns it.
The wheels of progress have been
stopped by public ownership. Their
power and telephone plants are
owned by the government and are
ten years behind America The
railroads are privately owned and
give good service"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
4 NEW GENTS DOES I'M

More 5ontented happ, health,
people a:e taking Chamberlain
Tablets than any other siEilar medi
eine. They stop indigestion and
assy pa Us that CIR wd the hear,
keep the li"er and levels healthil::'
active. Cost Tut few cents
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13

Among the torty-sigAt States thAt
make up the United States of Amer.
lea, there are eight. each Of which has
more telephones than the entire Re
public Of France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
Tell Better Letter

First Girl Scout--ls this the first
ight You ever slept In tent?
Second Girl Scout don't know,
et,-Life. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-02-13
The FRIENDLINESS
OF MODERN BANKING
BY WILLIAM E. KNOX
President American Bankers Assoc
citation

Until a few years ago savings
banks were extremely austere insti
buttons. They were founded to do tn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30

find accommodations for the venire-
men.
Cole, aged millionaire cotton mill
owner, is under indictment for. slay-
ing Ormond, former sutton of Coles
daughter. Elizabeth. Ormond was
shot down from behind as he stood
by his motor car in front Of Coles
office here August Is. He was q
world war veteran, and the son of
a pioneer local Methodist minister.
The court will take no cognizance.
it was intimated today, of charges
and counter charges Of tampering
with witnesses, which have filled
the streets here since the trial be-
gan. Reports that friends of Cole
have used tactics which might tend
to intimidate certain state witnesses
were met with counter charges that
certain defense witnesses had been
induced to leave the state until
after the trial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-30
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