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Dies in Hospital
trical wJSrttfw'ntrlfance a vivid
rtiUrt'fSr 1 Is keen facilities of obser
S application. , , ,,,
lull nnd his associates had equal faith
, m Volt's i ownnWnit enlu. for he
Lnn,l already ma'lcn name for himself as
h ,J.nlicr In the promotion of the
"n.i0r! JuiH service, and ho was oa
l,f ?nW ""Sin hl? government
,ly lieeome the general manager, in
?S78 of the first American Dell Tele
1?78' hn Thl giant system today
Pn0nif... rinooOOO telenhono subscrib
fTand mJSSits " investment of
GOO,000,M.
Dreams That Came True .
rven the most optimistic backers of
.1,; . telfpl 'one at its inception thought the
,.hc liin ouId serve only for local
lnvcn nLt on but Mr. Vail conceived
jrTensKofltslong-dlstflncouse.
'fas he "ho Inaugurated successive
..nl nf Intercity communication. The
!lre.Pt line rom IWton to Provldcnccava.
fl, fi1 Vii ns "VaU's sideshow," but
I me of the persons who indulged In the
Jldlcule at that time lived to see Mr.
Va I elephonc, not only from Boston
Providence, but from New ork to
a. Vrancsco. In 1015, thirty-five
xears tat Further, in October In that
TeSr, they found that it was possible
to Vend the human vo ce more than half
Lay around the world, as was done by
.IrrleM telephona from th Bovernraent
Nation at Arlington, Va.. the words be
lig recorded simultaneously nt Hono
lulu, in the mid-raclflc, and the Eiffel
Tower. In Paris.
Immediately on his acceptance of the
rest of general manager of the Amerl
Jtn He" Telephone Co. In 1878 Mr.
Va 1 set for himself the task of making
h telephone a universal convenience.
It was on his initiative that every pos
.,ible Improvement was'selzcdupon for
the perfection of the service. In, 1885
he resigned from the original company
and became the first president of the
newly formed American Telephone and
Telegraph Co., which at first made a
inecfalty of only long-dlstanco com
munication, but which, in 1000. ac
nulrcd the property of the American
Bell Telephone Co., and also nego
tiated combinations with the principal
competing telephone companies through
out the country, so that the whole
nervice came largely under a single cen
tral administration.
In the meantime, in 1800. Mr. Vail
retired from the telephone business for
many years. He purchased n large
(arm at Iiyndonvllle, Vt., and interested
himself In agriculture. In 1803 he
made a trip to South America and saw
April for Rain
and Perry's
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for
Raincoats!
As useful a garment as
ever hung in a man's
wardrobe, is the Rain
coat. c
Here's a particularly
good, value in a Rub?
berized'tan color Rain
coat at $12.50. We be-'
lieve you cannot match
it anywhere else at the ,
price.
Full of style as it's
full of service. Well t
draped, inverted pleat"
in the back, full cut, a
belt all around and
light on the shoulders.
Then, leatherette
t rimmed Raincoats
that are the smartest
thing in seven counties.
$15 and $18.
Here's the King pin
for lightness in a.rain
coat,at$25. The gentle
gossamer has nothing
on it, for absence of
weight. But it will
keep your suit dry.
Give April the laugh',
and us the privilege of
helping you do it!
American Legion
Academy, of Music
this Friday, Night
T. R., Jr., F. D'OHer,
Gov. Sproul and
Mayor Moore
All Welcome
Admission. Free!
Perry & Co.
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the possibilities of the Argcntlhr lie
public. He obtained from the govern
ment a concession near Cordoba, built
on electric power "station there, pur
chased a horsccnr line in Iluenoi Aires,
converted It into a trolley line, formed
a company nnd equipped it Tvltn the best
cars from the United States, bought
out all competing lines nnd gnvc the- city
n complete modern service. The com-,
pony was composed largely of British
capitalists, and for some time. Mr. Vail
had his headquarters, in Jyondon.
When he retired from these activities
In 1004 Mr. Vail returned to Vermont,
but three years later he was again palled
upon to enter the telephone field as
president of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co., .of which he Had .be en
the first president. He retired from the
post of president last Juno and' becdme
chairman of the board of directors.
One of the mosfc ambitions' projects
which he planned was, a merger of
the Western UnIonTclegraph Co. with;
the telephone company, and in 1010.
vneu tho telephone interests succeeded
in securing the controlling power in the
Western Union. Mr. Valt became prcsi.
dent of both these great corporations,
He resigned as president of the Western
Union, however, when, on April 10.
11)14, tho telephone Company disposed
of its interests in tho Wcstcrft Union
becauso of threatened action by theJ
government against the combination of
theso competing utilities.
An Ardent Baseball Fan
Whllo others may have, marvelled at
the perfection of the great telephone
WBtem that now connects mJre than
fO.000 pJdctB in, the United States, Mr.
Va1l'alvays;bcjleved in tho greater pos
pjDlltie8 ahead. H9 believed it would
beonly a shbrt time before. New York
Would be' able to carry dn wireless tele
phone conversation witlf European
points almost as?casily asiiUmay cora-
munlcato with San Francisco by land
lines today.
Mr. Vail played as hard as ho worked.
He was fond of good music,, books and
pictures and the outdoor life. This Iftt
tr qunllty reached back to his boyhood
days, when he headed a baseball team,
and ho was proud of telling of the time
when he van reckoned a pretty good
player.
"I headed a .real baseball team out in'
Iowa,," he told an interviewer a few
cars ago. "I pitched against the great
Pop Anson, and we won two out of Ave
games from Anson's club. I hold the
belt of the champion pitcher of Iowa,
At the time Twon it, lt fitted comforta
bly around my waist. Now it would go
just about my neck. It is one of my
most valued possessions."
;Mr. Vail retained his interest in the
Sreat national game to the last. He
ad one of the finest libraries in the
state of Vermont. The house on his
HfiOO-dcrc farm .at Lyndoitville, al
though beautiful, was h home rather
than a palace.
Born In Ohio, Gtew "L'p In East
Horn in Carroll county, O., July 10,
1845, of Quaker ancestry, Mr. Vail be
came an easterner by adoption -when,
in 1845, Ms father, Davis Vail, re
moved to Morrlstown, N. .T., and be
came associated with a brother, Stephen
Vail, who had founded tha Speedwell
Iron Works, near Morrlstown, where
they built much of the machinery for
the first transatlantic steamship., Al
fred Vail, another brother, was one of
those associated with Morse in the in
vention and promotion of the telegraph.
Theodore Vail was educated at the old
academy at Morrlstown, and for a tlmo
studied medicine, but, becoming inter
ested in the telegraph, he learned to
operate tho key and went West in 1808
as an operator for the Union Pacific
Railroad at Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Pine
Bluffs was at that time the principal
supply point for wood for tho Union
Pacific, which hnd no"t yet been com
pleted. .,
Through the friendship of General
Greiivllle M. Dodge, chief engineer of
the Union Pacific, Vail, In the next
j ear, was appointed n clerk In the
railway mail service, and here his abil
ity to systematize and organize was soon
felt. At that time the railway moll
servlco was in nn undeveloped stage,
and Vail prepared special studies on the
question of distribution nnd dispatch
ing of the mail, which brought him
quick recognition from the authorities
at Washington.
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CHEVROLET
Fivo - passenger Touring; A-l con
dition; great bargain. .
Lexington Motor Company of Penaa.
Lexington Boildiog, 851-53 North Broad St.
10-DAY SALE AT
New York Light Supply Co-
18 N: 9th St
We Are Placing on Sale
700 Decorated Bowls $3.49
2ZUU;iAAAAJUlAMMft 540 Dome. '..... S.48
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aaO0 FIXTURES DURING SALE
Tha Home With a 14-Year Bepnta(ln for r",r and Honeit Deallng
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B L AU N E R'S
Glove Specials
1.00-1.75 SOk Gloves
69c
650 pairs. Short
or long. All col
ors. Tricot or
milanesc.
3 pair for z.oo
3.504.00 Kid Gloves
2.65
Sllpons Sc R-aunt-
let tab and but
ton wrist. Kmb
backs. White and
other shades.
Blauner'8 Main Floor
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A Wonderful Purchase and Sale of Smart
DOLMANS
COATS
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CAPES
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Worth 2250 to 35.00 all at one low price
All Wool Velours
Soft Silvertofies
. Finest Quality Serges
All Desirable Colors
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Chic Sports Modes
Tailleur Models
Smart Dolmans
Graceful Capes
This
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Special Sale Arranged for Saturday Shoppers Provides Extraordinary Saving.
Wonderful Variety! Capes, Dolmans and Coats in Every Popular Mode!
Good Quality! Smart Styles! Silk lined! Special Values!
maimer's Downstairs Store
A Very Special Sale for Saturday
! IMPORTANT!
Fine hand tailored Suits made to sell at 45.00 and 49.75, Saturday
SECOND FLOOR
SUITS
Tricotincs, serges and sil
vertones in ultra, con-i
servative and youthful
modes. Every suit is
handsomely lined with
pussy willow and peau de
cygne.
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The Third Day of the Gigantic Sale of
60,000 PRS. OF HOSIERY
38so
. Tricotine Suits
Exclusive Models
45.0055.00 to 95.00
Smart models in tailleur or elaborate con
ception. Carefully tailored, all-silk lined.
SUITS SPECIAL
Downstairs Store
Rippled, flared and
belted inodels of trico
tine, serge and poplin.
Special Saturday val-
$15
ues,
Sizes for
Women
& Misses
Many ajnart stjlca in
wool tricotine, French
serge, Jerseys, silver
tone and mixtures.
27
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Continuing for Saturday the
SPECIAL FUR SALE
12-9S
JaBHSSeV
f
Animal Choker
Scarfs of Russian
S q u i r r c I, Stone
Marten, Opossum
Chokers, Manchurian Brown Wolf Chokers',
Stone Marten Opossum, Ringtail Opossum
Chokers.
19
50
finest
2950
Aus. Opossum
Chokers
Selected pelto the
dark blue skins.
New Fox Scarfa. .
Drown, roso. allvcr
pray and marten shades.
Double bloc'kod model.
Fox Animal Scarfs OQ.50
Finest quality north- OZf
western pelts silk lined.
Scotch Mole 1QC.00
Coatees' ''
Best selected pelts, carefully
made in chic coatees.
Mink Chokers 1Q.50
Fine selected scarfs.
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Skunk Collars
Shaw 1 collars of
skunk, In smart striped effect.
Rose Fox Scarfs..
Pelts exnulsltely soft
In the chic blocked effect
Stono Marten
Scarf
Fine selected uklru
ful value.
Aus. Seal Stoles..
72xH-lnch Russian
Seal Stoles: plain and trim
met
39
49.50
39i0
Wonder.
49
so
Scotch Mole Stoles.CAJO
Fine soft pelta UU
ideal for Spring wear.
Second Floor
2.19
Value 3.00
Full fashioned, pure thread silk Hose,
with double lisle soles and toes and
double lisle garter tops. Black and
brown.
Thread Silk Hose
1.94
Value 2.50
Kxtra hea. pure thread silk
with seamed legs, double lisle
tcps
.1 pairs for S.75
Silk Hose
Values 1 JO 2.00
Full fashioned and mock seam
silk hose. Slight imperfec
tlona 3 pafra for 2.50
85c
Fine Silk Hose
Value 2 JO .
I.4
First quality pure thread silk
hose Specially reinforced
Special wiluc'
400 Kiddies' Coats
Reduced!
(2-6 uears)
6.00 Coats, 3.00
13.00 Coats, 5.00
16.00Cbats,10.00
22.00Coats,16.00
30.00Coats,22.00
Bonnots
97c
J .awn and oreandle
bonnet. S o 1 1 u d
lace, embroidery.
Hats
1.49
rlque hats daintily
Dimmed. .Slightly
nolled. Special,
Presses
Kmplre style, lin
gerie Dresses, lace
trimmed. SUrs;.
Maimer's Fourth Floor
Reduction Sale
of Girls' Coats
Valuta
9J94-U.94
Polo cloth,
silk poplin
a c r K e and
checks. Many
youthful
styles.
Values
15i-17.9i
Sports and
straight - line
moi'elB in
tweeds, plaids
polos and e
lours. Values
J8.00-S2.50
Slhert o n"es
checks, plaids
vek ui a, serge
and polo
cloths In ae
eral smart
models,
(6-14 years)
BLOUSE SALE
New Summer Blouses
Exceptional Values
Georgettes featur- smsJ "V "V
ing braiding, em- M BB B
broidery and bead- VV
ing in a host of chic A B
models. Kimono and mr
peplum effects. Wonderful values.
Main Floor
Silk Lisle Hose
48c
Value 95c
Finest quality silk Ihle hose
reinforced heeli and toes
Slight impcrfi-ctlonH.
Children's Hose
38c
Values 50c G5c
Tine ribbed soft and elastic ,
black white, brown. Slight
imperfections
(i pan for ! I J
Children's Socks
Value 50c rj dr
Mercerlicd SocKb with loloteii nlr
striped turnover top effect. JS
Sires 4-9 4
Main Floor
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Special Sale of
Taffeta Hats
Values 6.0010.00 m -
Every conceit and foible jfm 5ri 1
of Fashion in the trim- -
mings" and shapes of
these smart taffetas. Other taffeta Hats
priced from 6.50 to 8.50. All special values 1
Third Floor
SKIRTS
Special
g.75
Values 12.0015.00
Tweeds, v e I o u r
checks, mixtures, bar-
onettes and silvcrtone JfPS
in ultra and conservative mod
els. Very Special!
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