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September 13, 1915
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TELEPHONING FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK BY USING THE RAILS AS CONDUCTORS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL WIRES
at tho left shows George W. Macfarlane, inventor of a device for telephoning from railroad trains, talking under a freight car at Bridesburg to a friend in New York. This was the first time two persons have ever conversed by means of mil
The device prevents tho current from being short circuited by the wheels and axles. The picture on tho right shows how the device is attached to a locomotive between the front wheels. In addition to being used as a telephone, the apparatus
acts as an automatic safety check by regulating the speed of the train according to the position of the train ahead, thus eliminating the human element and insuring absolute safety, according to the inventor.
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Copyright by Underwood & Underwood
WOMEN REPLACE MEN IN AMMUNITION FACTORIES OF FRANCE
One of the most important industries of tho countries now at war is the manufacture of ammunition
ror tho men at tho front. The accompanying photograph is now a common scene in France. Tho women
are seen filling the shells with shrapnel in one of tho factories at diamond. Tho situation is a
reminder of pioneer times in America, when women loaded the guns for their husbands
Copyright by Gorodeia.
TRAVELING BAG AS LIFE
PRESERVER
A t Norwegian has invented
this bag. It can bo converted
into a waterproof suit.
HUMORISTS PLANT TREE ON WHICH TO HANG THEIR CHESTNUTS
At their convention in San Francisco tho American Press humorists were accorded a day at tho
exposition. They planted a chestnut tree on which each of the 75 members t contributed his oldest
chestnut. After tho tree was planted the chestnuts were opened and read to an audience of 5000.
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