TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TITURSDAT, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909
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BIG GAINS NEEDED
TO KILL SALOONS
Prohibitionists Must Win Over
About 5000 Votes, to
Make State Dry.'
OUTSIDE COUNTIES THEIRS
Liquor Men, However, Say Oppon
ents' Majorities Will Be Cut
Down When Issue Is More
Than Local Question.
As Indicated by th Tote cast In the
counties of Oregon that have availed
themselves of the provisions of the local
option law. the prohibition Issue, now In
siffht for the election of November, 1910.
will have to gain at least 6000 votes
outside of Multnomah Counlv, In order
to put the state in the dry column, even
conceding that all who supported county
prohibition will vote for state prohibi
tion. .
In the 21 counties of the state that have
voted on the temperance question, the
majority shown against .the saloons was
If the figures in the local option vote In
the 26 precincts In Multnomah County in
which an election was held In June. 19"S,
are to be taken as an Indication of the
sentiment In this county. Multnomah will
poll a majority against prohibition next
year of from 10,000 to 12.000.
Majorities Against Saloons.
In 190S, a counties voted "dry." and
one, Beker, had previously voted against
the saloons. The majorities against the
sale of liquor in the 23 counties were as
follows:
Benton. Crook, 5M: Curry, 132:
Douglas. 412: Gilliam. 3: Grant, 22: Jack
son, 2S7; Josephine, 83; Klamath, 8;
Lino. Lane. 770; Malheur, 250; Mor
row, 240; Polk. 253; Sherman, W: Tilla
mook, : T'matllla, 6iH; Union, 5S0; Wal
lowa. 415: Hood River. 102; Wheeler. 92;
Yamhill, 8T2. Total. 72C.
The wet majorities in the nine coun
ties that have voted to retain the saloons
were as follows:
Clackamas. 1: Columbia, 112: Coos. S4;
Harney, 144: Lake, 80; Lincoln, 3; Ma
rlon. 671: Wasco, 1S5; Washington, tt.o.
Total. 17?S.
Subtracting the wet from the dry ma
jorities In the counties named gives the
prohibition majority aforementioned of
(A2L
In Baker and Clatsop counties in 190S
several precincts voted on local option.
In Baker three precincts voting gave a
"dry" majority of PS. These were the
three largest precincts outside of Baker
City.
Dry Party Claims Clatsop.
In Clatsop County the three precincts
voting gave a majority of 351 against tha
ale of liquor. These precincts were
three of the largest in the City of As
toria, embracing a large foreign vote.
Clatsop will vote on local option as a
county this Fall, and the prohibitionists
are claiming, on the strength of the dry
majority In the three precinits and of a
poll they say they have madJ of the
county, that Clatsop will go dry.
In the 190$ election the temperance peo
ple were badly defeated in the vote In
the 26 precincts of Multnomaa County,
carrying only four of them. The Wow
was unusually hard, because in formu
lating the local-option district a number
of precincts which it was presumed were
strongly "dry" were added to a few
"wet" districts. In the hope by the tem
perance forces of closing the saloons
therein. The majority against prohibition
was 1778, on which figures was then based
the prediction that Multnomah County
has a majority of 10.0fO to 12.0u0 in favor
of retaining the saloons.
This majority Is practically conceded
by the temperance workers, who profess
to believe, however, that thre Is a pos
sibility of coming up to Multnomah
County in the state-wide prohibition elec
tion In 1910 with a sufficient majority to
overcome the majority In Multnomah
against them.
Views of Prohibitionists.
To do this, it is argued by the pro
hibitionists, it Is not necessary to con
vert 5000 or 6000 voters to the temper
ance cause. They say that they have
SB.Of'O voters to work on who either did
not vote at all in l.'-OS, or wlia, in cystine
their ballots, voted only on political
questions.
It is estimated that 11.000 voters paid
no attention to the local option Issue
In lifc'S but voted on political questions,
and that 15.000 voters who were registered
did not go to the polls.
At the Anti-Saloon Leapue headquarters
It Is asserted prominent liquor men have
admitted that they get out 90 per cent
of their vote when the temperance ques
tion is an Issue and that all of their
people who do go to the polls record their
convictions on the liquor Issue.
"Therefore," says the Anti-Saloon
League leaders, "it is only a question of
convincing the 11,0)0 voters who did not
record their convictions on the temper
ance question and of getting out the 90
per cent of the 15.000 whom the liquor men
concede are with us but who stayed at
home In i:3."
The liquor men. however, do not con
cede that the vote on county local option
is a fair Indication of the vote on state
prohibition. They assert that many who
favor county or precinct local option will
not vote for state prohibition, believing
it impracticable and unenforceable.
Will Vote This Fall.
Elections In several counties this Fall
will give a further Indication as to the
Increase or loss of Interest In the tem
perance question. In addition to Clatsop
County, Curry and Hirney counties will
both vote on local option this FalL The
two latter counties voted "dry" In 1h'.S,
but the courts have held that the notices
were not properly posted and the elec
tion therefore Invalid.
It is proposed by the Anti-Saloon
League to present the prohibition ques
tion to the voters net year in the form
of an initiative constitutional amendment.
The initiative petitions will not be cir
culated until after the beginning of the
new year, but when they 'are put out
It Is planned to circulate them In all
the counties of the 1 state.
It has not yet been decided what form
the proposed constitutional amendment
shall take. The temperance advocates
would prefer to have it self-operative In
character If it were possible, but it Is
admitted that such an amendment would
be cumbersome to place upon the peti
tions and upon the ballot.
Vote Might Be Ignored.
On the other hand If the amendment
declares for prohibition and directs the
Legislature to adopt suitable laws for
carrying It into effect, it is admitted
that if the amendment carries there is
the possibility that the Legislature will
not obey the mandate of the constitution.
In other states the constitutions have
contained directions to the legislative as
semblies which, have not always been
rrTlodoat la th state of Washington,
for instance, the constitution directed the
Legislature to divide the state into Con
gressional districts, but the Legislature
did not act until many years after the
adoption of the constitution. The same
condition was true of a Railroad Com
mission. California, It Is said, also has a
directory section In the- state constitution
which has never been carried out.
What form the proposed amendment
will take will be decided upon later, but
according to present indications its lead
ing advocates will likely decide upon a
directory provision.
SIMON AFTER LAND
Steps Taken to Buy Ground for
Broadway Bridge.
DECISION MAY COME TODAY
Arguments Ended In Deschutes Irri
gation & Power Company Case.
Unless technicalities arise which will
require the further determination of the
court In the matter of application for
the appointment of a receiver for the
Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company,
it is anticipated that a decision will be
reached today. The arguments In the
case have been made before r ederal
Judge Bean In the United States Circuit
Court, and have extended over the past
two days.
From the allegations set forth, it is ap
parent that the affairs of the Deschutes
Irrigation & Power Company have been
disrupted because of the Internal dis
sension among the stockholders and of
ficers of the corporation.
A unique surprise was sprung by John
H. Hall, one of the attorneys for the de
fendant. In his argument before the court
yesterday. He produced three telegrams
signed by J. D. Buckley and John- G,
Drehlcr. former directors of the con
cern and complainants In the present
suit. The tenor of the telegraphic com
munications, which bore recent dates,
directed the counsel to withdraw their
names from all suits filed and In hearing
in all courts in Oregon. The presentation
of tho telegrams was not made until the
defendant's counsel closed his argument
The production of the requests of the
former directors caused no little agitation
among the attorneys for the complain
ants.
The case win be resumed at 19 o'clock
this morning.
SPAN IS TO BE RUSHED
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PERSONALMENTION.
C. J. Brown, of Los Angeles, is a guest
at the Cornelius.
II. R. Elliott, a Boise, Idaho, merchant.
is registered at the Seward.
W. E. Sproat and wife, of Sale Lake,
are registered at the Perkins Hotel.
L. R. Derey, 6 business man. of Boise,
Idaho, is registered at the Ramapo.
J. W. Fltts. of Tuxaloosa. Aala., regis
tered yesterday at the Nortonia Hotel.
M. Gorman, a merchant of Stella,
Wash., Is registered at the Imperial Ho
tel. C. A. Campbell and wife, of Grants
Pass, are. Portland visitors, staying at
the Lenox:
E. O. McCoy, a prominent business man
of The Dalles, and wife are registered
at' the Portland.
J. H. McLaughlin and wife, of San
Francisco, are guests at the Lenox Hotel
during a Portland visit.
Mrs. A. H. Breyman and daughters.
Miss Flora and Miss Edna, have gone
to. Seattle to spend a week.
A. G. Brlnkerhoff. a prominent Carl
ton merchant, is visiting in Portland and
staying at the Cornelius.
A. Alexander, a business man from
Wilbur. Wash., is a Portland visitor who
ha taken quarters at the Oregon.
Miss Edna Pearl Luckey has returned
from her Summer visit at Seaside and has
taken quarters at the Nortonia.
Pr. Andrew Kershaw, a merchant of
Willaminn, Or., Is visiting In Portland and
Is staying at the Imperial Hotel.
II. C. Wortman has returned from a
10-weeks trip to Eastern markets and
a fishing excursion in Michigan.
O. A. Guentlena, a Philadelphia manu
facturer, and wife, are visiting Portland
and have taken rooms at the Ramapo.
G. W. Moody, a retired farmer of
Baker City, and wife are visiting Port
land and Btaying at the Imperial Hotel.
Alex Miller, who is engaged in the mill
ing business at North Yakima, is a Port
land visitor registered at the Oregon.
Dr. Belle C. Ferguson, head of the
hospital at The Dalles, visited Portland
yesterday and stayed at the Seward Ho
tel. F. L. Chambers, the Eugene hardware
merchant, is a guest at the Imperial Ho
tel. His wife and daughter are with
him.
John W. Houston, a New York attor
ney, wtis in Portland yesterday after a
visit to Alaska. He registered at the
Seward Hotel.
State Senator W. G. Cole and family,
of Umatilla, registered at the Imperial
Hotel yesterday while en route home from
a trip to the Coast. ,
T. H. Smith, of North Yakima, is reg
istered at the Perkins Hotel. Mr. Smith
Is visiting the city on business and will
remain several days.
Guy R. Slnsel and wife, of Elklns, W.
Va., are staying at the Ramapo during a
short visit here. Mr. Sinsel Is a repre
sentative of the Knights of Pythias.
E. G. Pettlgrew and wife, of Flan
dreau, S. D., are visiting at the Nortonia
Hotel. Pettlgrew Is a cousin of tho
United States Senator from that state.
J. B. Cartwrlght, of Seaside, took
quarters at the Imperial Hotel yesterday.
Mr. Cartwrlght Is the owner of the Sea
side Hotel which he has Just closed for
the season.
Miss Maud Kenworthy, a teacher of the
Washington High School, and Miss Ger
trude Gill have just returned from Mount
Hood, where they spent the Summer. Miss
Kenworthy put in most of her time in
studying botany.
L. S. Greenbaum and wife, of San
Francisco, prominent In Portland and San
Francisco society, are guests at the Port
land. They have returned from a visit
at The Dalies and will leave shortly for
their home in California
Arthur A. Greene yesterday resigned
as dramatic critic on The Oregonlan.
He has accepted a position as Portland
manager for the Shuberts, the inde
pendent theatrical syndicate which has
leased the Star and Helllg theaters.
. Mrs. J. M. Mitchell, proprietor of the
Mitchell Hotel at Joseph, registered at
the Imperial Hotel. Mrs. Mitchell has
just sold her 75-room hotel at Joseph
and after a short visit in Spokane, will
locate permanently In Portland, having
retired from business. She started ?n
business at Joseph with a seven-room
liotel when that town was Just being
started.
A party consisting of Hon. W. J. Tully,
State Senator from New York; F. F.
Taylor, of the head office of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company at San
Francisco; Dr. D. M. George, of San
Francisco; Dr. A. S. Knight, of New
York, and A. F. C. Fiske and son, of
New York, passed through Portland yes
terday en route to Seattle. They took
quarters at the Portland.
NEW YORK. Sept. 8.-SpeciaL
Northwest people at hotels:
From Seattle J. F. Cordea, at the
Herald Square; R. S. Coe and wife, W.
J. Franks, at the Imperial.
From Baker City, Or. F. D. Hartley
and wife, at the Grand Union.
Albers Bros. Are Asked to Put Price
on 70-Foot Strip, and Other
Property " Needed Will
Be Condemned.
Mayor Simon has decided to nroceed
with all possible haste in building the
Broadway bridge, and yesterday after
noon accompanied a party of officials to
the west approach to negotiate with Al
bers Bros., the millers, to.- a strip of
ground 70 feet wide to be used at that
end of the span. Those with him were
Councllmen Menefee and Ellis. City IDn
gineer Morris and Assistant City Attor
ney Grant. . They found that the pro
jected plans of the milling company In
terfere eventually with the right of way,
and therefore the Mayor asked for a prlco
for the land desired by the city. Messrs.
Albers replied they will give an answer
next Monday. ;'
"We found." said Mayor Simon, "that
Albers Bros, have outlined plans that
will Interfere, if they are permitted to
proceed, with those of the city in con
nection with the west approach to the
bridge. We therefore asked them to set
a price upon the ground needed by the
city, and that we would purchase it. If we
deem it reasonable; otherwise, that we
will condemn the strip required for the
approach. They informed us that they
Intend to use about 700 feet of the ground
there for their new plant and storage
houses, but, as they acquired this prop
erty after the agitation for a bridge be
gan, I do not believe they can secure
anything additional from the city on this
basis."
As It has long been felt that the
Broadway bridge is urgently needed, the
administration will proceed with all pos
sible speed. It Is estimated by City En
gineer Morris that it can be built for
about $1,000,000, whereas it had been pop
ularly supposed until he made this an
nouncement that it would reach an aggre
gate cost of about double that amount.
A bond Issue of $2,000,000 was voted for
the purpose, and It is now believed that
the administration will save to the tax
payers all, or nearly all, of $1,000,000.
The City Attorney was instructed by
the Council yesterday morning to pro
ceed with the condemnation suits to se
cure the ground for approaches on both
sides of the Willamette River. "
$3.50 Pearl Hats
$1.85
A few days more will
clean up our entire pur
chase of 200 dozen Pearl
Hats. While they last,
you are sure of the new
est shapes and shadings
at just $1.85
LION CLOTHIERS
- 166-170 THIRD ST.
Will Hold Bridge Meeting.
The North East Side Improvement As
sociation will hold an important bridge
meeting tomorrow night in Woodmen of
the World Hall, on Russell street and
Rodney avenue. M. G. Munly, president
of the club, who has been absent in
Alaska for several months, will be pres
ent. The principal topic to be consid
ered will be the expediting of the erec
tion of the Broadway bridge, and the
general plans and cost of the structure
will be considered. City Engineer Morris
has been invited to be preeent and give
his views. He Is credited with saying
that the Broadway brklge can be erected
for $1,000,000, and the association wants to
hear how he will save the money and
what kind of a bridge he proposes to
build. This subject te of sufficient im
portance to bring oitt a large crowd.
Plans for future, work will be con
sidered.
FINER STOCK IS ENTERED
CLASS OF HORSE SHOW THIS
YEAR WILL BE HIGHER.
Go With a Rnsb.
The demand for that wonderful
Stomach. Liver and Kidney cure. Ir.
Kirn,-s New Life Pills. Is astounding.
All drutrgists say they never saw the
like. It's because they never fail to
cure Sour Stomach, Constipation, Indi
gestion. Biliousness, Jaundice, Sick
Headache, Chills and Malaria. Only aGo.
Harris Trunk, Co. for trunks end bags.
Many Former Exhibitors Have
Brought Thoroughbreds From
the East and Europe.
Competitions at the Northwestern
horse shows this season will be keener
than ever before, and the number of
newly imnorted animals to be shown
is surprising. Nearly every com
petitor who had strings at the pre
vious exhibitions will be on hand this
year with added specimens of horse
flesh recently purchased either in New
York or across the Atlantic
The shows of former years were fine
in their way, because horse shows
were an innovation. Tne experience
of two years has benefited the ex
hibitors fo the extent of causing them
to better their stables and to secure
new horses for show purposes. The
annual horse shows also serve to in
crease the interest in the breeding of
better animals for pleasure as well as
for mercantile pursuits.
Coach horses, as well as riders and
drivers, are being made a specialty of
by many more horse lovers this year
than at any time in the past, and
within a few years It is expected that
horse-breeding for show purposes will
become a valuable industry in the Pa
cific Northwest.
The horse shows to be hold in Port
land, Seattle, Spokane and Vancouver,
B. C, are so arranged that each
follows closely after the other and in
this way a circuit Is formed which
makes It convenient for all of the big
exhibitors to send their entries to each
city and In this way each show is as
sured of classy competition In all
lines.
Portland's horse show dates ' are
named as October 7, 8 and 9. while the
Seattle and Vancouver shows precede
the local exhibition. Among the horse
Owners exhibiting t.ieir stables this
year are several who were prominent
in the previous Portland shows. J. D.
Farrell. of Seattle, will exhibit his
prize pair, Fox Catcher and Merry
Widow. This team is admittedly one
of the finest in the Pacific Northwest
and Is expected to be a strong- con
tender all over the circuit for the
blue ribbon awards.
Andrew Laidlaw, of Spokane, has re
cently imported Ambassador, a hand
some animal, and has purchased Sun
shine, one of the famous pair recently
disposed of by John Considlne, who
has replaced the horses recently sold
with several new importations. -
J. A. Russell, a well-known horse
man of Vancouver, B. C. recently
added several champions to his string
of Jumpers, and he has promised to be
on hand ut the Portland show with
his entire string.
As the date grows nearer everything
seems to indicate that Portland's show
this year will eclipse anything of the
kind ever held in the past. At any
rate the members of the Portland Hunt
Club have set out to make it a memor
able event, and the energtlc manner in
which they are laboring for the suc
cess of the show, should prove suc
ous railroad promoters who were In this
city have all left and no definite an
nouncement was made regarding any of
the proposed roads. In the meantime
committee is collecting money locally to
make up the $5000 needed to complete the
survey from Coos Bay to Roseburg.
which was started by the local company.
0. R. a N. CARD CHANGED
HOUR IS ADDED TO CHICAGO-
PORTLAND RUN.
Under New Schedule 72 Hours Will
Be Required Each Way on
Harriman Line.
On next Sunday a new train sched
ule between Chicago and Portland will
go into effect on the O. R. & N. lines,
which, instead of reducing the time of
westbound grains, will add one hour to
the time between Chicago and Port
land. The new schedule will call for
72 hours between the two cities, while
under the old schedule but 71 hours
were required.
The schedule will be affected on a
number of trains, but the running time
on the eastbound trains will remain 72
hours, as at present. The O. R. & N.
officials say that the change has been
made so as to give a uniform time
in the trains going In either direc
tion over the line.
Under the new schedule train No.
6, which now leaves Portland at 6:45
P. M., will leave at 6:35 P. M., and will
arrive in Chicago on the third night
at 8:35 P. M. The westbound train, No.
5, will leave Chicago at 10 A. M. In
stead of at 11:30, as at present, and
will reach Portland at 8 A. M. instead
of at 8:80 A. M., as at present.
The Salt Lake Express, which now
arrives at Portland at 8:10 A. M., will.
In the future, arrive at 8:40 A. M. An
other change will be that train No. 12,
now leaving here at 7:30 A. M. for the
East, will In the future leave at 8 A.
M. This change has been made to add
to the convenience of . the Portland
public in making train connections for
local points along the river.
JOSEPH W. BLABON APPOINTED
He Is Made Vice-President of Chi
cago & Great Western.
Word has been received by local rail
road men that Joseph W. Blabon, well
known in Portland and one of the best
known railroad men of the Northwest,
has been appointed vlce-preident In
charge of traffic of the Chicago & Great
W estern Railroad Company.
Mr. Blabon was formerly Western
Traffic Manager and fourth vlce-presi
dent of the Great Northern, with offices
in" Seattle. He was then made traffic
manager of the Chicago & Alton but
after the consolidation with the Clover
Leaf line and the resignation of his
president, B. M. Felton, he resigned and
went into private business. Now Mr.
Felton has been elected president of the
Chicago and Great Western and one of
his first official acts was the appoint
ment of M.". Blabon to the vice-presidency
In charge of traffic.
Railroad Promoters Silent.
MATJSHFinLD, Or., Sept. SV Tha vari-
SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts Abont Food Worth Knovring.
It is a serious question sometimes to
know just what to eat when a person's
stomach is out of order and most foods
cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken 'at any
time with the certainty that it will
digest. Actual experience of people Is
valuable to any one interested in
foads.
A Terre Haute woman writes: "I hadl
suffered with Indigestion for about four
years, ever since an attack of typhoid
fever, and at times could eat nothing
but the very lightest food, and then
suffer such agony with my stomach I
would wish I never had to eat any
thing. "I was urged to try Grape-Nuts and
since using it I do not have to starve
myself any more, but I can eat it at
any time and feel nourished and satis
fied, dyspepsia is a thing of the past,
and I am now strong and well.
. "My husband also had an experience
with Grape-Nuts. He was very weak
and sickly .in the Spring. Could not
attend to his work. He was put under
the doctor's care but medicine did not
seem to do him any good until he be
gan to leave off ordinary food and
use Grape-Nuts. ' It was positively sur
prising to see the change in him. He
grew better right off, and naturally
he has none but words of praise for
Grape-Nuts.
"Our boy- thinks he cannot eat a meal
without Grape-Nuts, and he learns so
fast at school that his teacher and
other scholars comment on it. I am
satisfied that it is because of the great
nourishing elements in Grape-Nuts."
"There's a Reason."
It contains the phosphate of potash
from wheat and fcarley which combines
with albumen to make the gray mat
ter to daily refill the brain and nerve
centers.
It is a pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. There
are many mothers who give their
youngsters almost any kind of food
and when they become sick begin to
pour the medicine down them. The real
way is to stick to proper food and be
healthy and get along without medi
cine and expense.
Ever read the above letter t A new
one appears from time to time. They
are fgeauliie, true, and full of hnnmn
interest.
FAC
:THE:
COLLINS W
IRELESS
EfflONE
CO.
Owns the basic patents granted to A. Frederick Collins, inventor of wireless
telephony, giving this company the monopoly of the wireless telephone business.
Is the first company that made, advertised and sold wireless telephones. .
Was organized in 1902 five years previous to the organization of any other
wireless telephone company the first ever organized in the world.
Made the first long-distance demonstration ever made Newark and New
York and Newark and Philadelphia.
Was the first company, to talk between ferryboats and warships.
Made the first application for patent ever granted for a working system of
wireless telephony.
The Collins is the only wireless telephone ever exhibited at the New York
Electrical Show at Madison Square Garden.
A. Frederick Collins made the "first public demonstration of wireless
telephony, talking across the Delaware River in 1901. J
A. Frederick Collins is the authority on all wireless quoted by Encyclopedia
Americana and other encyclopedias.
EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS
Scientific American, September 19,
1908.
"The longest distance wireless telephone test yet
made on this side of the Atlantic has just been com
pleted between Newark, N. J., and Philadelphia,
Pa., a distance of 81 miles as wireless waves travel.
"The system by which this has been accomplished
is due to A. Frederick Collins, a pioneer in the wire
less telephone field."
New York Herald, July 10, 1903.
"Talk to Newark by wireless now. Invention of
A. F. Collins successfully tested between Singer
building and Jersey City."
Newark Evening Star, July 10, 1908.
"Newark and New York linked by wireless phone.
Evening Star sends message to the Singer building
by device of A. F. Collins. 'Keep us in touch with
the weather conditions in New York throughout the
day and advise immediately if liners are sighted
coming in.' This was the message sent. by an Even
ing Star representative over the wireless telephone
today from the office of A. Frederick Collins on the
fourth floor of 54 Clinton street, to the 25th floor
of the Singer building, of New York, over wireless
telephone."-
Sunday' Call, Newark, N. J., May 2,
1909.
"JAPANESE ADMIRAL IJICHI ENTERTAINS
WITH COLLINS WIRELESS FHONE TESTS.
Admiral Ijichi, of the Imperial Japanese fleet, in
San Pedro harbor, California, marked the last day
of shore leave, April 2S, with a great entertainment
of civic, legislative and commercial guests, and the
feature of the day was the wireless conversation
from ship to ship over the Collins wireless telephone.
"Admiral Ijichi, on the flagship Aso, and Lieuten
ant Togo Kanana and K. Takito, chief electrician of
the squadron, held animated .conversations with W.
A. Mears, of Los Angeles, and "ViJliam Dubiliar, rep
resentative of A. Frederick Collins, inventor of the
wireless telephone, and with Commander Hysanyo
Fukushima, on board the Soya.
" 'The Collins telephone shows the wonderful
progress it is making,' said the Admiral, 'and its
value for forts, armies and navies is incalculable.
The navies of the world will adopt the wireless tele
phone and derive great advantages therefrom before
five years pass."
New York American, October 13, 1908.
"MARCONI APPLAUDS NEW WIRELESS
WIZARD. INVENTOR AT ELECTRICAL SHOW
PLEASED WITH COLLINS' PHONE SYSTEM.
The attendance at the Electrical Show last night
was one of the greatest ever seen in Madison-Square
Garden. ' In the concert hall a great banquet was
given to the electrical men and scientists. Marconi,
the inventor of the wireless telegraph, was the
principal guest.
"He displayed the greatest interest in the A.
Frederick Collins wireless telephone, and met the
other wireless wizard for the first time. After sev
eral successful tests Marconi said to Collins : ' Wire
less telephony is an established fact, and to you, Mr.
Collins, is due the credit of the invention. The clar
ity of the transmitted voice is marvelous. I believe
in the near future that communication can be main
tained over any distance.' "
Washington Herald.
"WIRELESS PHONE SYSTEM FOR SOUTH.
COLLIXS COMPANY PLANS CONNECTION BE
TWEEN CITIES. TESTS MADE AT LYNCH
BURG. LONG - DISTANCE CONVERSATIONS
HELD BETWEEN HILL CITY AND AMHERST
COUNTY. SYSTEM MAY BE ESTABLISHED
DOWN TIIE ATLANTIC COAST. USED DURING
AN ELECTRIC STORM."
"Communication was established between the of
fices of the Norfolk & Western Railroad here and
Alum Springs, across the James River, in Amhe'rst
County."
Sunday Call, Newark, July 12, 1908.
" Talked 35 miles by wireless telephone. Success
ful experiment carried on yesterday between the
town of Congers, above Tuxedo, and Clinton street,
this city."
Boston Globe, July 27, 1908.
"Yesterday successful experiments in wireless
telephony across the Charles River were as notable
as M. Bleriot's exploit of flying across the English
Channel."
The New York Tribune.
'A man not given-to brag A. Frederick Collins."
Editorial, Atlanta Journal, April 23,
1909.
"To America belongs the distinction of having
installed the first commercial system of wireless tel
ephones in the world, and with this installation it
must be accepted that a new era has been estab
lished in the matter of telephone communication.
This new system has been established to operate be
tween Portland, Maine, and the islands of Casco
Bay. The first message was sent to A. Frederick
Collins, the inventor of the system.
"It is said that heretofore telephone connection
between Portland and Casco Bay has been impossi
ble because of the rocky bottom of the bay and the
swift tides, which made it impossible to lay cable
wire. Only the most primitive methods of commu
nication could be adopted for communicating from .
the islands to the mainland and among the islands
themselves.
"The inventor of the new system, which he has
just installed in Casco Bay, claims to have brought
seclivity to a point where the wireless telephone is
even more private than the old system, and of this
he gave many convincing proofs in the course of the
experimental calls on last Friday."
New York Times, April 17, 1909.
"WIRELESS PHONES IN USE. SYSTEM NOW
CONNECTS PORTLAND AND TIIE ISLANDS OF
CASCO BAY.-rThe first commercial wireless tele
phone system in the world was thrown open to the
general public here today."
New York Herald.
"Collins is one of the ten great men of America."
Come in and Talk Over the Wireless Telephone.
The Collins Wireless Telephone Co. is an established going concern, has a well-equipped modern lab
oratory and factory at 54 and 56 Clinton Street, Newark, N. J., where they manufacture the COLLINS
WIRELESS TELEPHONES for use in Factories, Ships, Mines and Vessels. With the Collins system you
can telephone without wires wherever it is not possible with wires.
Subsidiary companies have been and others are being organized throughout the United States for the
purpose of installing the Collins Wireless System from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
The Collins Wireless Telephone System requires NO WIRES, NO POLES, NO FRANCHISE.
The company has no debts, bonds or preferred stock and is capitalized for less than one-tenth that
which would be warranted, and offers you today the best investment for safety now obtainable.
Call at the office of the undersigned and talk over the telephones themselves and the readers from out
of the city are requested to write immediately for. handsomely illustrated book entitled: "THE STORY OF
THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE," which will It furnished free.
, Address at once Fred H. Shoemaker, Fiscal Agent Northwest,
THE COLLINS WIRELESS TELEPHONE CO.
25 and 26 P.-I. Building, Seattle, Wash.
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