New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 13

FIRST TELEPHONE ADINJILY, 1877 Was Published in the Newspapers of New Haven Dallas, Tex,, March 16.—Local tele- phone men have come across the first advertisement of a telephone com- pany, It was published in July, 1877, in the newspapers of New Hlv§ Conn, This advertisement made iU/ clear that subscribing for a telephone in those early days consisted in leas- ing an instrument and not in buying ce as is the case now. “The proprietors keep the i ment in repair without charges,” sald the advertisement, “‘and the user has no expense except the maintenance of the line, It needs only a wire between the two stations, though ten or twen- ty miles apart, with a telephone at each end."” 3 Despite this inducement and the further inducement that “the outside of the telephone 18 of mahogany, fine- 1y polished, and an ornament to any room or office,” only one subscriber resulted. The Rev. John E, Todd came forward and agreed to pay $18 a year for a telephone. He is belleved to be the first subscriber in the world to a commercial exchange. According to local telephone of- ficials the trouble was not with the advertising nor with /the matter of strigzing lines, The/ public simply. had to be shown that it could not get along without telephones, Therefore, CASTORIA = For Infants and Children InUse ForOver 30 Years Always bears i et it o 4 [ s m e e ] Dangerous Bronchitis ‘When resistance is lowered and you come down with a cold or cough, your trouble needs prompt atten- tion or dangerous bronchitis or pneumonia may develop. Take Lin- onine at once and win back your strength, ward off the impending sickness and regain your health and vitslity. Linonine has a 23-year record of success in just such cases. Bottly Sold by Draggistsin S0c and $1.00 Bottles s e Undigested Meals Cause Acid Aeid_stomach warns by headaches, gas and faartburn that indigestion is becoming chronie A may cause sericas, even fafal esuic, e Tove aci dli-uh;lvlt with MI-O-NA Tableta, Guaranteed gnd sold by all droggists. the records show a canvascer was sent out to make personal explanation of the telephone and 200 contracts were obtained, The first service was given January 21, 1878, to 30 subscribers. The first exchange was opened Jan- uary 28, 1878, The Texas Public Service Bureau of Information says that from the be- ginning, less than fifty years ago, the people of the United States have come to need the telephone until there are now sixteen million . tele- phones in service or about one to every elght people, In Texas there is one to every five people, SAY THAT HELIUM GAS MAY NOW BE LIQUIFIED University Professor Discovers Pro- cess Which Will Open Up Big Possibilities for the Future, Toronto, Ont, March 16,—Profes- sor John C. McClellan, of the Uni- versity of Torouto, has discovered a process for liquifying hellum gas, The new discovery, it is sald, will open up big possibilities for the gas in the industrial field. Helium is a non-combustible gas which is nearly as light as hydrogen gas and can be used as a substitute for it. Its principal use up to the present time has becn as a filling for dirigible balloons and other lighter than air craft, because of its non-in- flammability. Many air disasters due to the ignition of gas bags could have been avoided, it is said, if helium gas had been used. In its ne® liquified state helium will be particularly valuable in re- frigeration, since its temperature reaches within one degree of absolute zero. 'This property of extreme tem- perature will also make the liquified gas especially useful in scientific re- search, according to Professor Mc- Clellan. The value of helium as a commer- cial product is enhanced by its com- parative scarcity. The United States and Canada are the only countries in which it is found. During the war the United States took steps to ex- tract and conserve its helium gas, and since the war it has prohibited its export from the country. Canada's cource of helium is located at Bow Igland, near Calgary, Alta. This field is said to be the largest in existence. NEW SCIENCE MUSEUM. Buffalo, March 16.—The city coun- cil has voted to appropriate $1,000,- 000 to complete the group of build- ings in the city park system devoted to the arts and sciences. To the mag- RUSSELL ¢ » SUPERIOR COFFEE 38c . 2% ibs. 1 ANCY CEYLON TEA ek e STRICTLY FRESH EGGS 2% S1 Russell Bros. 301 MAIN ST. Evening and Semi-Evening Gowns Silhouettes of undeniable slimness and willowy- ness, slender lines with the softest drapery. A straight unwavering pattern of beading is the accepted decoration. Brilliant Carmine Red, Misty Cornflower, striking Black and White contrasts, quiet Cinnamon Brown—a splash of color strikes the eye as it meets this group of frocks. $34.85°$149.85 — 3rd Floor — VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS FIRST ANNUAL CARNIVAL and DANCE March 15, ODD FELLOWS' All New Ideas and 16 and 17 HALL, ARCH ST. the Latest Novelties MAG'S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA \sent here from Moscow. llate arrivals said ! wasted, is being utilized. | a monopoly on all foreign trade. Many | are required befere orders are filled. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SOLD EVERY WHF RE RYZON BAKING POWDER you use /ess nificent Albright Art gallery, the His- torical building and the Fine Arts academy will be addad a new museum for the Soclety of Natural . Bclence. The new structure will be on Hum- bolt parkway, one of the broad ap- proaches to Delaware Park, where the other buildings are located, MORE TERRITORY NECESSARY. Viadivostok, March 16.-—There has been a great change among the po- litical representatives of the govern- ment. Practically all the old com- missars have been removed and a new lot, with strictér ideas, have been One of the the government deemed this measure necessary in or- der to bring a little of the terror into the district and to impress the people with the strength of the government, This they think necessary as ghe working classes of the district have not had to undergo all the hardships which their fellow countrymen in Russia have lived through and are therefore inclined to be more inde- pendent. GOLD IN RUSSIA, Moscow, March 15.—Russia pro- duced in 1922 nearly four times as much gold and platinum as in 1921, but even so the totals are less than one-tenth of those recorded for 1913, the year before the war. The 1922 output was 119,050 troy ounces for gold, .and 18,646 for platinum. NATIVES OF ARRICA EXPERT MECHANICS People of Bush Being Won Away From Their Savage Instincts New York, March 16.—Natives of the Camerouns, on the west coast of Africa, are being won away from the traditions of their life in the bush and from their savage Bulu instincts and are being educated to the point where their industrial and agricultural de- velopment may have international significance, according to a report made to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. . H. Hope, director of the Frank James Industrial . school at Elat, which is the central station of the Presbyterian Missions in West Africa, with an enrollment of 17,000 profess- ing Christians, declared in his re$ort that the natives are becoming inde- pendent of importations. The school, he said, is producing both manufac- tured articles and agricultural, har- vests sufficient for the needs of the locality. The greatest difficulty whoch the mission had to contend with, Mr. Hope declared, was the avarice of some of the younger men under train- ing who have fallen victims to the temptation to adopt the savage idea of riches, and who have each taken several young women as wives. To cope with these savages tend- encies, Mr. Hope said, the young women are being educated ont only for domestic life but also to agricul- tural work. They are taught to raise casava, tania, corn, cotton, sugar cane, plantains, squash and ngon. Ngon, Mr. Hope explained, is a na- tive gourdlike food which, by cross pollenation, has been developed into a fruit with seeds that ar tasty to both native and civilized palates. It is be- lieved by officers of the school that it can be introduced into America and Europe and sold on a large scale. The natives, Mr. Hopes' repore as- serted, are making rapid strides in agricultural skill and in the develop- ment of industrial craftsmanship so that a large amount of the natural re- sources of the Camerouns, hitherto Flax is being grown and linen wov- en. vanilla extract, brooms, furniture, shoes and a diversity of other objects manufactured by the natives, who have become highly competent car- penters, blacksmiths, mechanics, shoe- makers and tilors whose services are in demand among the whites. The school's experimental farm and gardens have benefited the whole peo- ple, not only by raising important products, but by waging successful war against the cassava leaf disease, which previously ruined nearly all Bulu gardens. RUSSIANS EAGER FOR SOAPS AND PERFUMES That Smuggling Has Become Great More Goods Enter Country Dlegally. Warsaw, March 16.—Smuggling has increased to such an extent along Russia’s western frontier of late that observers estimate more goods have been entering the Bolsheviki lines by illegal means than through the reg- ular channels. 'This is attributed toy the demand in Russia for foreign goods, particularly luxuries, and the fact that the government still retains dealers object to doing business through the Soviet foreign trade de- partment on the ground that because of the government *“red tape’” months Communistic principles still hold in questions of foreign trade, and Mos- cow and Petrograd business men con- tend that because of the difficulties encountered in bringing goods into Russia, through legitimate ways, reg- ular routes for smuggling have been established and have been working smoothly for many months The Sov- jets have been guarding the frontiers for months far more rigidly than pre- viously, but despite the watchful methods the smuggling has been in- creasing by leaps and bounds. The practice pays handsomely be- cause of the extraordinary demands in Moscow, Petrograd and other Rus- sian cities for luxurics, particularly perfumes, soaps and other toilet ar- ticles, which retail at five or six times, or even more, over the original pur- chasing price. Clothes Are Made In the Great New York Tailor Plant ' By Hlen Who Know How FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923, PsQ@Q Clothes Are of Elevated Quality at Subway 4 Prices The Spring Styles of 22& @ Clothes are'ready for you—they await your inspection — they will surprise you by their beauty —they are.bright as a new dollar,— we want you to see them . Because we make them in our own Tailor Plant, we know just how much goodness they contain. We also know their equal cannot be found at anywhere near their low ! prices --- 2 30 '35 Our great New York Tailor Plant imbues every garment with a real metropolitan snap —that won’t be found in most.clothes that are usually sold for double the money. There are 20 Suit models for young men 17 to"70 —;'pfifterns ‘ galore — and special models for yout . hs 16 to 20 years — as.well as the extreme stout models for the big fellows. S_qacome!—Look! —youzare as welcome as the.Spring! You'll save real money on your Clothes —because~our direct maker-to-wearer method -eliminates all useless expenses— YOU get the benefit of the saving! 306 Main Street RICHEST JAPANESE Viscount Shibusawa Has Reputation in Germany From His Many Dona- tions to Charity in That Country. Tokio, March 16.—Viscount Shibus- awa has contributed 1,000 yen to a German charity body in Berlin for the relief of the poor, through the German ambassador, The viscount had been receiving letters from unknown Germans applying for help and dur- ing the last month these numbered more than a hundred. tions brought the fact to light that the picture of the viscount was pub- lished in a German paper as the rich est Japanese banker and financial magnate, The poor Germans, ac- cordingly did not miss the opportun- ity of obtaining help from the vis- count. The viscount, in presenting the money, is reported to have said that while he was not the rich banker or financial magnate the German papers represented him to be, he wanted to make the above contribution in ap- Investiga- | tific and other preciation of the s to contributions Germany had made | Japan during the past s, | With the prevailing.exchange, 1,000 | yen makes a large sum of money in German marks TRAIN FERRY. | New Company Will Place Two Boats | in Commission Across Channcl. March 16.—A train ferry London, | service between England and the continent, which has been the dream of Kuropean railroad magnates for many , will at last become a re-| ality when a newly organized Anglo-| Belgian company place two fe rryboats | in service. 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