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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Old Salem town, once the prin-
cipal seaport Of New England, from
which the square ringers cleared to
sail the seven seas and returned laden
with the riches Of "Ormus and of Ind"
the home of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
whore the House Of Seven Cables"
still stands, monument to his genius,
was closely identified with the early
history Of the telephone.
Here, in quaint cid Colonial resi-
dence 1.-THE Sanders house shown in
the illustration) Alexander Graham
Bell did much of his experimenting
that led to his discovery OF the way
to make a telephone that would trans
NIT human speech.
Here, too, were laid the scenes OF
some Of the early exploits OF the tele-
phone. 1t was natural that Professor
Bell should make his frst public dem
0nstration Of the powers OF his magic
telephone in the city so closely identi-
fed with his epoeh-making achieve
ment. Thus it was that on February
IL, 1877, Professor Bell delivered his
first lecture and demonstration Of the
speaking telephone before the Essex
Institute, scientific society at Salem,
Mass. This first lecture on the tels-
phone which was free to members of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
THESE SHOPS REVERSE
CASH-AND-CARRY PLAN

The We-Fone-U Stores have recent
ly made their appearance in the South,
the first being established at Tampa,
Florida. They represent q chain Of
meat and grocery stores which have
approached the problem of reducing
overhead costs from an entirely dit
ferent angle than the cash-and.carry
stores. Instead of reducing the serv-
ice to the customers, they have eff
fscted economies in the operation OF
their establishment. but without the
elimination of sales and delivery
service.
AS store location Is not SO i'm
portant to telephone shoppers. so long
as the orders are filed ON schedule
time and satisfactorily, these stores.
instead Of being in the high rent dis.
trict. may be located on side street
at q nominal rent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
After 100 Years

On July 8, 1903. Capt. Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark, commits
stoned by President Jefferson to ex-
plore the Northwest to the Pacific. left
Washington, D. c., westward bound.
Two and one-haIf years later, on
March q, 1906. having accomplished
their objective after wintering on the
banks Of the Columbia, they turned
their faces eastward and hurrying
back they were able to recross the
continent in eleven months.
A short time ago one man climbed
into his airplane on the East coast
at dawn and as twilight deepened into
dusk along the shore of the Pacific he
swung down through the mist and
TAXED across the field to stop. The
time elapsed on his journey. made
without Rishap, Is measured not in
days and months and years, but In
hours. minutes and seconds. The
transcontinentai trip that took Lewis
and Clark more than two years to
cover. Lieut.. Russell L. Vaughan,
army flyer, accomplished In IS hours,
10 minutes flying time. His average
speed was 1917 miles an hour.-From
the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
he Institute packed the place to the

the Institute packed the place to the
doors.
The demonstration of the telephone
was over telegraph wires and Dr..
Bells assistant, Thomas A. Watson,
was stationed in the Bell Laboratory
at 5 Exeter Place, Boston, from which
point he talked and sang into the tele-
phone to be heard by the delighted
audience in Salem about 20 miles
away. The old print above shows the
interior of the Bell Laboratory with
Mr.. Watson listening to Professor Bell
at Salem.
So great was the interest shown
that DR.. Bell, on February -, repeated
the lecture to another large audience
that gladly paid admission to hear
him, and 1t is recorded they were SO
enthusiastic that they wouldn't leave
the hall at the close Of the lecture,
and it became necessary to turn or
the lights to get them to 90 home.
This was the beginning Of Professor
Bells. telephone lectures by which he
was able to keep the pot aboiling until
money began to come in from the
leasing OF telephones.
Today Salem is the telephone center
Of a large district in Eastern Massa-
chusetts, containing six cities and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
OFFICE BOYS MAKE
GOOD In TILE
PHONE BUSINESS
Sevensy-fivs Chesapeake And Potomac
onieials ssarted Al Bottom
OF The L addsr.

Ability. like murder. viii out, and
the telephone business 10 APPARENT,
no exception to the rules
Figures recently compiled by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company. which operates in this
State, indicate that at least seventy.
i've Of the oficials of that concern
started their csreers as. lowly ONCE
boys, helpers, junior clerks or in
some similar capacity. These men
have in the main grown up with the
business and have forged their way
ahead despite the handicap Of an edu-
cation not as complete as that OF
many Of their fellow workers.
In the early days Of the telephone
a young man walked into the tefe.
phone building in Washington and
got q Job as an apprentice switch.
hoard installer. He soon became 80
useful that his services were in de.
mand and he steadily advanced
through and up the organization to
inspector. wire chief, equipment en-
gineer, and Assistant Superintendent
of Maintenance for the whole c. and
p. territory. At the time Of the Bal.
timore fire. in 1904, he was placed in
full charge Of the rehabilitation work.
From 1904 to 1918 this young man
served with the Bell Telephone Com.
pany Of Pennsylvania. advancing to
the. position OF head Of the Plant or
Construction Department. On Decem.
Der 1. 1919, he returned to the Chesa.
peake and Potomac Company, advanc.
ing to his present position az Vice
President and General Manager. This
gentleman 10 Mr.. Burdett Stryker.
Similar experiences are to the credit
Of Mr. s. M. Greer. Vice President In
Charge OF Commercial Relations, and
to men now occupying such positions
as Assistant Treasurer. Maryland
Plant Superintendent. and a number
of others in the C. and p. territory
Two ex-oface boys are now holding
down the Jobs OF Managers in the
West Virginia Division.
The fact that once boys can WORK
up to become engineers. managers.
and vice-presidents. seems to speak
pretty well for fair play In the tele.
phone business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

many towns. Nearly $50 telephone
employees work in Salem. At the
local switchboard the operators handle
daily on an average $500 originating
calls and about 10000 incoming calls
from other central offices. Today 24Oo
outward toll calls and 1850 inward toll
calls are handled In the toll room
Salem being one of the largest toll
centers in the territory Of the New
England Company handling q consid.
cradle part of the toll trafnc Of the
entire North Shore.
It Ii an. interesting fact that at the
close Of 1885, eight years after Belle
historic lecture, the City of Salem had
but 1872 telephones and that at the end
OF the next decade, in 1895, the mum
Der Of telephones had only increased
to 351. In the next ten years there
was very large relative development
and at the close of 1905 Salem had
1879 telephones. Another decade saw
the telephones more than doubled and
on December 81, 1915, the city had
3735 telephones, which since theB
have doubled again. SO. that on Sep
TENDER 1, 1924, the city where Pro
fessor Bell did much Of his expert
menting had 1901 telephones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
KINGS FIAT STILLS
ALL TELEPHONES
BUT HIS OWN

When the King telephones. lot
all other instruments be dumb!
That's the rule in Mecca, where
King Hussein of IIedjaE has had q
telephone system installed, says q
recent article in the New Zealand
Herald.
The rule 10 effectively enforced
by an automatic device which in
stantly disconnects all other tele-
phones whenever the receiver is
lifted from the Kings Instrument,
AS long as King Hussein's teies
phone IL in use, no other telephone
can be used in Mecca, save only
the one with which the King is
talking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
TELEPHONE MEN
HAVE LANGUAGE
ALL THEIR OWN
Dictionary OF Slang Required To un.
derstand Jargon OF Knights
OF Pole.

3 The straw boss seq to me, Get out
the dinkey and the dolley and be sure
the gfunt has the deadmah handy to
set the stick"
Sounds sort of queer, doesn't It?
But 1t Isn't. 1t is simply the vernacu-
lar Of the telephone lineman. These
telephone linemen have language all
tAeir own. Just how some OF the
terms originated which are so com
mon in the craft is more or less OF a
mystery, but they have been handed
down from one generation to another,
with the result that the country over
they are accepted and understood
wherever gang Of linemen may be
at work, whether 1t be in Abilene,
Texas, Keene, N. H., or Walla Walla,
Washington.
When the lineman talks about tele,
phone poles he never refers to them
as such. He calls them sticks. The
foreman in charge of his crew is
known as the boss and the man next
In charge is always termed the straw
boss. The repairman. is known as
the trouble shooter or as the bug
hunter. The climbers which he uses
are known as spurs or hooks, and the
leather strap which is placed around
the pole is termed the safety.
The lineman's helper on the ground
rs known as the ground hog or more
frequently as the "grunt." It is his
duty to keep the linemanl supplied
with materials and to look after his
tools, and the term generally used for
any taOl or piece of material Is GIN.
mick. The dinkey is the small cart
used for transporting poles. and the
dolley Is the beard or boards equipped
with roller for handling poles. The
deadman is the forked tool used in
holding a pole which is being raised,
and the term is also applied to the
log used for anchors.
Then there Is also the Irishman
which. when translated, is found to
be what is known as the pulling-up
clamp, namely heavy piece Of metal
with many bolts attached to 1t which
Is used to attach to the cable strand
The bride wires on the poles are
known as jumpers and the line used
TO draw in pulling line is termed the
fish or snake. The insulators used on
the cross-arms Of telephone poles are
always referred to as glasses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
INSTALLING DRAW
BRIDGE TELEPHONE
NO EASY TASK

A telephone has been placed In the
tower house on the new Memorial
drawbridge spanning the Piscataqna
River connecting Portsmouth. N. H..
and Kittery. Me. The installation Of
this telephone was by no means an
easy task, 1t being accomplished by a
couhter-balanced undiscovered cable
One Of the difficulties to. be overcome
was to give satisfactory service dur.
ing the period when the bridge j.
raised. The bridge was constructed
at an aggregate cost of approximately
two million dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
TRIBUTE TO HOME TOWN

mere are tancier towns than our
title town. there are towns that are
,igger than this; and the people who
i've in the smaller towns don't know
what excitement they miss. There
are things you see In the Weather
towns that you cant in a town that's
small: and yet, up and down, there
ID NO town like our own little town,
litter all. 1t may be the streets
through the town are not long,
they're not wide and maybe not
straight, but the Aeishbors you
know in your own little town all
welcome a fellew. it's great. In the
glittering streets Of the glittering
town. with its palace and pavement
and thral; In the midst of the
throng YOU viii frequently long for
your own little town. after all. If
you live and you work in our little
Gown, In spite of the fact It's small,
you'll find 1t fact that our little
town Is the. best little town. after
all.--Oklahoma Wheat Grower. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
DYEING FOR TELEPHONE

More than one thousand diffeysp,
piece parts used in the manufacture
Of telephone apparatus at the Chicago
Works Of the Western ElecfFie. COM.
pany require dyed cotton or weol
yarn. a modern dyeiDg plant Il main,
tanned at the Works at which about
10000 polppnds of yarn are dyed each
month. This is the yarn which ap
peers on such things ~ wiras In
various pieces Of telephone equipment.
the different colors making IDENTIFIES,
ton both possible and easy. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

The. forty-fifth anniversary Of the
opening Of the tirst telephone exchange
In Alabama was celebrated recently.
The exchange which was located at
Mobile was opened on November Is
1879.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer, Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignified service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Cherry SITS.
Phone 1872 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
HOW'S TFIISa
8 CATARRH MKnIl

i MAILS CATARRH MEDICINE win
Do what we claim for it-rid your system
Of Catarrh or Deafness caused BY
Catarrh.
HALLS cATARkR MEDICINE con.
eists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves the catarrhaf Inflammation, and
the Internal Medicine. q Tonic. which
acts through the Blood on the Mucous
surteceA thus restoring normal cond 4
.elonA
ga b. drsexlsts for over % xeara
r. 4 Cheney q CO.. yToladR- Ollo-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
RELIEVES INDIGESTION, Classy
PAINS

Why suffer with Indigestion and
those gassy pains that crowd the
heart, when Chamberlain's Tablets
Will relieve you They cost but
little, only 25c. They are good, too,
for biliousness and constipation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16
AN ACTIVE LIVER WITHOUT
CALOMEL

Biliousness, sick headache. and
constipation are easily, avoided. and
an active liver. without calomel as
sured. By taking chamberlain's Tab
lsts for stomach, liver and bowels.
N ssNses sieksAA Ao5 grippe, Only sse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Even the countryman when he
comes to town for blowout carries
a couple of extra tires
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Among the forty-eight states that
make un tie United States of Amer
ica, there are twenty-six, each Of which
has more telephones than the entire
continent OF Africa. 2 ? q"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

The delights of anticipation may
merely consist of telling our troubles
before they happen
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

None are 80 blind as those who
wish they could see themselves as
others see them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Some people are born poor, some
achieve poverty and some thrust
poverty upon other people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

A buoyant &iapositioA y q good
asset. but Y Won't always enable you
to keep, up appearances,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Queer thing about bills. Those
that run the longest don't seem to
get anywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

The egotist never gets lonesome
so long as he keeps within sound of
his own voice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

In proportion to population. New
York City has,two and 3. half times as
many telephones as Paris and three
and = half times as many as London.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

A man boasts Of his past, and q
woman is proud if she hasn't had
any at all.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Treading ON other peoples toes
won't get you very far up in the
worAv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

II iRn% always keen sense of
humor that prompts man to laugh
at bis own weakness. 49,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Pity, is akin to love. but it's a
mighty poor salve for a broken
heart. :. 60
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

The good opinion of many a man
costs more than it 10. worth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

Paris is a bigger city than Chicago,
but Chicago has three times as many
telephones as Paris. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-16

All that maa wants here below
is more than he's got.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-16
GIRL s GIVE
BURGLAR
CHASE
Elizabeth Edwards and Mae
Evans Surprise Intruder n
Early Evening

It is not often that . pretty
young girl will Be brave enough
to put to rout . burly robber she
finds ransacking her apartment
and it is even less often that after
she and her equally young and
pretty roommate have chased the
bandit out Of their house they
will pursue him down the street.
And yet, that Is what the Misses
Elizabeth Edwards and Mae
Evans, Of apartment AS, at 144s
Girard street northwest, did.
The young women, both en-
ployes Of the Treasury Depart.
ment, returned to their home about
3 o'clock Saturday night and o.
Miss Evans was looking for the
janitor for some laundry, Miss
Edwards ascended to their abode
on the fourth floor.
Half Of the lock was torn from
Continued on Page "a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-16

Comptroller Mccarl Wants
knowledge to Make Up
Efficiency Ratings

Comptroller General McCarl today
requested employees in his division
to inform him of any outside work
they may do after office hours.
The information will be used In
making out the efficiency ratings Of
the employees, 1t WAS stated. Where
the ratings OF an employe are low
or where work fsNs to come up 20
q former standard this employee viii
be warned that 1t is probably his
outside work which is holding dow n
his efficiency rating and perhaps
ieonardizing his Government posi-
ton.
The request for this information
applies to only employees of the
Comptroller Generals office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-16
TRAFFIC SAFETY
RULE KILLED
BY CITIZENS
Noise Too Much, So Death
Lane Through Park Will
Be Continued

One of the most important traf-
fic changes adopted by the District
Commissioners on the recomnnen-
dalton of M. o. EIdridge, director Of
OF traffic, has been shelVed because
of complaint of citizens in the
fashionable Connecticut avenue Sec
ton. just south Of the Connecticut
Avenue bridge, 1t became known to-
day.
A regulation designed to eliminate
. danger spot. where in 1922 two
persons were killed. on Connecticut
avenue between Kal1rama Roa i and
the bridge was recently adopted.
The next day the Commissioners is
sued an order revoking the rule.
Complaints ny Citizens.
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph
today stated that Immediately after
the rule became effective he and
the other Commissioners we're
flooded with complaints.
"One woman said she had nerv-
Gus proatration from the noises OF
automobiles passing directly under
her window" he said
Others reported they could not
sleep. Many other complaints were
also made and the Commissioners
decided to repeal the regulation
There are two small park. sepa-
rated by a short street, located
just south of the bridge. The traf-
fic had passed between the two
parks. The new rule provided
that southbound traffic go around
the outside of both parks. on to
Kalorama avenue and out this
avenue to Connecticut. This caused
delay and Inconvenience, complain
ants said.
Provided Parking Space.
The small space between the two
parks, heretofore. used as a short
cut, was utilized as parking
space.
However, the diverting of traffic
off Connecticut avenue and on
Kalorama avenue brought traffic
directly under the windows of hun.
dreds of residents of the fashionable
Dresden apartment house, which
faces on both Kalorama and Con
necticut avenues.
Commissioner Rudolph ives in
the Dresden He said the noises
did not bother him.
All day yesterday, a policeman
was stationed just south of the
the short cut between the two
parks, If they SO desired. lie con
tinually called out:
Go Where They Like
"Go anyway you like"
The white lines designating park
ing space between the parks have
been covered with black paint and
signs advising motorists of the
new rule have been removed.
!. 1t was learned today that the
director of traffic's office put the
new regulation into effect to make
that neighborhood safer.
Only recently, the chauffeur of
a Cabinet member was in serious
accident at this point.
Commissioner Rudolph said today
he was unable to locate records to
show great number of deaths or
serious accidents at this section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-16
PINEY BRANCH CITIZENS
DISCUSS SCHOOL BOARD

The Piney Branch Citizens As.
ISOLATION initiated movement to
urge appointment to the Board of
Education of candidates who would
have the support Of the association.
A committee headed by Major w.
p. Tufts was appointed by E. B.
Henderson, president of the asso.
citation, at a meeting last night in
Hamline NJ. f. Church.
S. T. Cameron charged that
editions OF histories to which OBJ
lection had been made several
years ago were still in use in the
public schools. The association
asked for erection of a fire engine
house in the neighborhood of Six
teenth and Crittenden streets north.
west, the construction OF a six.
teen-room school near Sixteenth
and Webster streets northwest and
an assembly hall for the West
School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-16
Of
POLICE: IS .
AWAITED
Jules Henry Accused of
Speeding and Reckless Driv-
ing by Policeman

Hint that Jules Henry, second
secretary to the French embassy,
may be disciplined by the embassy
if it is found he is in the wrong
in an automobile controversy,
was unofficiaIly obtained at the
State Department today.
It was said that the State De-
partment would take no official
cognizance of the case of Henry's
alleged reckless driving, speeding
and discourtesy to policeman
on Massachusetts avenue north
west last night, until the official
report has been received from the
police department.
Second Alleged Offenae
Significant reminder was made
today. however, that several months
ago one of the attaches to the
Bolivian Legation was charged with
molesting a policeman and after
the State Department notified the
legation the attache suddenly re-
signed.
What will aggravate the case
Of Mr.. Henry, it is believed, Is the
fact that this is the second time
within few months that he has
provoked attention by alleged reck.
less driving.
1t was in the latter part of Jam
nary that Mr.. Henry first ran afoul
q NWg rkRavz L. -
Fifteenth and Euclid streets with
en- automobile driven by Mrs.
Bertram Emerson, wife of local
attorney.
Changed His Mind
So harsh was criticism over the
affair at the time that Mr.. Henry
waived diplomatic immunity until
the case began to turn against him
in Police Court. when he decided,
after all, that he had better seek
refuge under the wing of his gov
ernment.
Motorcycle Policeman Edward NJ.
Brown. the complainant I'm Mr..
Henry,s alleged wrongdoing Of last
night. charges that the diplomat
attempted to grab his cap and
bHdtCtlCu Ills 0IdLG O6DaTL
Identification card from the Off
GERS hand and after shouting at
the latter that the delay was un.
necessary and ridiculous, he leaped
into the automobile and drove
away.
Policeman Brown reports he was
riding along Massachusetts, avenue
near Dupont circle last night when
be noticed the manner in which the
embassy car was being driven.
Charges by Policeman.
He says he chased 1t at the rate
OF thirty-seven miles an hour until
near Thomas circle he succeeded in
riding along side of the machine
and forcing it into the curb.
1t, was after he had asked for his
identification, Brown says, that Mr..
Henry is alleged to have attempted
tc grab the cap and then snatchod
hack his State, Department papers
and ran away.
Under the law there is nothing
that the authorities can do Under
thes immunity courtesies extended,
but it is believed that A vigorous at
tempt will be made under the cir.
cumstances to have the State Dc.
partment take the matter up with
the French government.