The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1910)

20 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. We arc prepared to make every sale of the Columbia Grafonola on the basis of comparison. Once a prospective customer gets as far as comparison, its all over but the name and address on the order sheet. Columbia Phonograph Co., Tribune Building, New York. closely in both courts and were based on paragraphs 823 and 826 of the civil law dealing with the question of unfair competition, which recited, "Whoever intentionally and in a manner opposed to proper public policy causes damage to another, shall be liable to the latter for such damage and to make suitable compensation." The Court of Appeals at Berlin adds further expressly that in this instance particularly the copying under the circumstances was most aggravating, the question as to whether others had done the same thing and manufactured counterfeits in a similar manner before was said to be immaterial, as the practising of a mischievous habit did not render the latter permissible in the eye3 of the law. In both instances the defendants appealed again to the Supreme Court at Leipzig (Reichsgericht) and this court has handed down a decision fully concurring with the views of the lower courts. The business of making unlawful copies of talking machine records may now be regarded as legally prohibited at last. The disc and cylinder industry has been freed from a most serious handicap and should now make u:e of every opportunity as soon as it learns of any further counterfeiting, to take a most energetic stand against it. It is expected that when the new copyright law goes into effect it will contain a provision which will give further protection against making unlawful copies. — Die Sprechmaschine, Berlin, April 16, 1910. astonishment, says the Metropolitan, this proved to be nothing less than an original diary kept by Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the system of telegraphy which bears his name. The entries belonged to a brief but interesting period of his life, the year 1848, supplemented by transcripts of important correspondence dated back as far as 1843, when the electro-magnetic telegraph system was being constructed between Washington and Baltimore. Edison put the book away carefully and took it with him when he established himself at his present country home in New Jersey. He has now placed it in the hands of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers with this comment in his accompanying letter: "As this appears to me to be a matter of great scientific and public interest, I feel that this journal should be placed where it may be accessible to others, and I therefore take much pleasure in forwarding the same herewith and in presenting it to your institute in the hope that it may be deemed worthy of receiving a place Eimong the mementos of the telegraphic art in your library." That Edison himself, the great telegraph inventor of our own age, who stands next in line to Franklin and Morse as master of the electrical forces, should have chanced thus casually on such a lost relic of his predecessor is to say the least a notable coincidence. destined to be the most widely demanded line of phonographic goods in America." In explanation of this encomium it is further stated that the "U. S. line has an actual and provable superiority — convenience of operation, quality of tone production and indestructibility of records." The U. S. machine is a new instrument built on new lines and the record in substance and structure is unlike any other they report. MAX LANDAY AT RICHMOND. Max Landay, of Landay Bros., 400 Fifth avenue, New York, is attending the Piano Trade Exhibition in Richmond, Va., and will probably remain until it closes. Max is one good hustler and has a great many friends and customers among music dealers for his Talking Machine Supply Co. lines. This means he will write some good business, meet more new people and have a cheerful time besides. JOHN C. BUTTON MARRIED. 'NEW RICHMOND IN THE FIELD." A NOTABLE COINCIDENCE When Wizard Edison Stumbled on Wizard Morse's Diary. The U. S. Phonograph Co. Makes Its Formal Debut with a Line of Machines and Records. An Important Announcement Worth Reading. In the middle '80s Thomas A. Edison took a house in Gramercy Park, where he found himself very well situated for the leisure which he always enjoys, being by nature a reposeful man and cot the grinding dynamo that people so often fancy him. Few things suit better the mood of idleness than to poke aimlessly around an old house that has its legible traces and signs of human occupancy, and thus one day Edison found himself in the garret of the house, where some old furniture had been stored. Opening one of the drawers he saw a flat, oblong book labeled "Daily Journal." To his great The first formal introduction of their line of machines and cylinder records is made by the U. S. Phonograph Co., Cleveland, O., on pages 12-13 of this issue of The World. It is a frank and candid statement regarding their product and doubtless the entire trade will read it carefully. The company term their machines the "U. S. Combination phonograph," and their records the "U. S. Everlasting records." Besides appealing to the trade the company will exploit their goods to the buying public through the medium of broadly circulated magazines, in which it is proposed to speak of what they say is "the development and perfection of what is John C. Button, assistant to H. A. Yerkes, manager of the Columbia Phonograph Co.'s wholesale department at headquarters, was married on May 4 in Washington, D. C, to Olive Lyle, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Cornelius Lydecker Demarest, of that city. The ceremony took place in Calvary Baptist Church, and among the guests present were Edward D. Easton, president of the Columbia Co., uncle of the bride; Mrs. Easton, Miss Easton, M. D. Easton, Mr. Yerkes, Reginald Demarest, W. D. F. Baker, of the advertising department; C. N. Malliet and W. A. Kitchen, on the traveling staff of the Columbia Co.'s Chambers street store. The presents were numerous and handsome. Mrs. Button is also a cousin of George W. Lyle, general manager of the company, and sister of Reginald Demarest, Columbia manager at Hartford, Conn. Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, attended by a number of people prominent in the social and official life of the national capital, the happy couple started on a wedding trip to the coast, to be away a couple of weeks. They will be "at home" after June 1 at Areola, N. J., the beautiful estate of President Easton, of whom Mr. Button was private secretary for several years. . G. HI. b. H. BERLIN, S. O. 9 BOUCHE ST. 35 Manufacturers of the cheapest and most popular Disc Talking Machines and Phonographs PUPPEL MACHINES INSURE BEST RESULTS EXPORTED TO ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD Catalogues sent post free on application Our "Elite" 9 Machines One of the Best TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "PVCKAWO Our Famous "Puck Phonograph.'