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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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Factory Committee.—Peter Webber, chairman;
A. Wester, E. L. Aiken, C. C. Squire, L. C. Mc-
Chesney, A. M. Hird, G. E. Youmaus, J. H.
the National Phonograph Co. This Week.
Moran, F. S. Brown, I. A. Harrison, H. T. Leem-
P. A. Powers and Robert L. Loud, Buffalo; W. ing, H. F. Miller, J. W. Aylesworth, W. G. Bee,
J. V. Miller, F. L. Dyer.
O. Crew and John N. Willys, Elmira Arms Co.,
Headquarters Committee.—F. K. Dolbeer,
Elmira; N. D. Griffin, Gloversville; William M.
chairman;
F. E. Madison, N. C. Durand, C. L.
Davis, Kingston; Frank E. Bolway, Oswego; A.
J. Deninger, John F. Griffin, G. B. Miller, D. B. Hibbard, M. E. Elliott.
General Committee—F. K. Dolbeer, chairman;
Williams and Sheridan Duball, with Giles B.
Miller; W. J. Smith, Rochester; W. C. Finch, W. C. H. Wilson, A. C. Ireton, W. H. Miller, W. H.
F. Hahn, of Finch & Hahn; J. A. Rickard, Sche- A. Cronkhite, N. C. Durand, C. L. Hibbard, G. A.
Hedden, M E. Elliott, F. E. Madison, A. T.
nectady; C. N. Andrews and W. D. Andrews,
Moore, C. E. Osborne, C. B. Haynes, J. W. Scott,
Syracuse; W. F. Carroll, J. L. Fairbanks, Arthur
J. B. Wilson, Jr., H. M. Root, John C. Loy, Peter
F. Ferriss, William Harrison and M. C. Robin-
Weber, L. C. McChesney, C. C. Squire, E. L.
son, Clark-Harrocks & Co., Utica.
Aiken, A. M. Hird, G. E. Youmans, H. F. Miller,
Ohio—E. J. Heffelman and Charles B. Klein,
Louis Reichert, J. H. Moran, F. S. Brown, J. W.
of Klein-Heffelman Co., Canton; George Ilsen, Aylesworth, I. A. Harrison, W. G. Bee, J. V. Mil-
of Ilsen Co.; Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, Rudolph ler, John Hardin, George Renner, Walter Stevens,
Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati; P. B. Whitsit and L. William Pelzer, F. L. Dyer, W. J. Buehler, John
M. Weller, of Perry B. Whitsit Co., Columbus; T. E. Helm, J. F. McCoy, W. H. Hug, E. E. Davidson,
H. Towell, Eclipse Music Co.; Edw. F. Dohse and H. A. Turner, F. L. Fritchey, A. V. Chandler, W.
Mr. Niehaus, of Niehaus & Dokse, Dayton; E. F. P. Hope, A. H. Kloehr, M. G. Kreusch, W. C. Pat-
Ball and James Fintze, of Ball-Fintze Co., New- rick, H. T. Leeming.
ark; J. M. Hayes, of Hayes Music Co., Toledo.
Pennsylvania—A. V. Aschbach and M. J.
Peters, with G. C. Aschbach, Allentown; Henry
GLARING MISSTATEMENTS.
Braun, Allegheny; William Werner, Easton; S.
K. Hamburger, Harrisburg; T. W. Barnhill, of
Published in Some of the Daily Papers Anent
Penn Phonograph Co.; A. M. Collins, Louis
Judge Keogh's Refusal of an Injunction
Buehn, of Wells Phonograph Co.; Harry Good-
Against Edison Jobbers—Facts Misrepre-
man, A. C. Weymann and Harry W. Weymann,
sented—Letter from the National Phono-
of H. W. Weymann & Son; Adolph Weiss, of
graph Co.
Western Talking Machine Co.; H. F. Miller, John
B. Miller and R. J. Minchweiller, Philadelphia;
Of course there is no use whatever at railing at
Theodore F. Bentel and William J. Tipper, of the inaccuracies, if not downright misrepresenta-
Theodore F. Bentel Co.; W. E. Henry, of Pow- tions, of the daily newspapers when business af-
ers & Henry Co.; D. M. Wagoner and J. L. Wag- fairs or incidents are involved. To be sure, their
oner, of Pittsburg Phonograph Co., and E. F . particular field of reporting current sensational
Olnhausen, C. C. Mellor Co., Ltd., Pittsburg; events in lurid colors is bad enough, but when it
Edw. A. Gicker and O. F. Kauffman, Keyser Fry, ccmes to publishing statements that are positive-
with S. K. Hamburger, Reading; G. L. Acker- ly injurious to established enterprises of high re-
man, J. Foster Davis, International Text Book pute, then it becomes a serious matter which the
Co., Scranton; M. V. De Foreest and W. C. De ordinary license of the press is hard to excuse.
Foreest, Sharon; W. A. Myers, Williamsport.
A glaring instance of this is furnished by the de-
Rhode Island—L. M. Darling and Charles S. cision of Judge Keogh, published in full and ex-
Fifleld, Pawtucket; J. A. Foster, S. A. Howland, clusively in last week's Review. Simultaneously
Charles D. Rodman, J. Samuels, E. E. Saul, Eu- the daily newspapers of New York City had an
gene M. Sawin, A. T. Scattergood, E. A. Scatter- account exactly the reverse of the facts alleged
good and H. Wonderlick, Providence.
to have been supplied by one of the news associa-
Tennessee—A. R. King and Daniel B. Orndorff, tions. The "story," as related by this report, was
Knoxville Typewriter & Phonograph Co., Knox- falsified from beginning to end. The Review had
ville; F. M. Atwood, O. K. Houck, of 0. K. the correct account, because it was the only
Houck Piano Co., and F. E. Miles, Memphis; 01- newspaper that published the decision or knew
ney Davies and Harry Davis, Nashville.
anything about it.
Texas—C. B. Harris, Southern Talking Ma-
The National Phonograph Co., feeling their
chine Co., Dallas; W. G. Walz, of W. G. Walz Co., position had been outraged, addressed the ap-
El Paso; D. Shepherd, Cummings, Shepherd Co., pended letter to the New York Tribune, in which
Fort Worth; H. M. Holleman, Houston.
the erroneous statement, in common with other
Utah—A. T. Proudfit and Clement Williams, papers taking "news" from this association, had
Ogden; J. L. Daynes, Jr., Salt Lake City.
been imposed upon. The Tribune published the
Washington—J. Carstens and W. H. Foster, lttter on the 15th, immediately following the ap-
Spokane Phonograph Co., Spokane.
pearance of the outrageously perverted facts. As
Wisconsin—Hugh J. McGreal and L. E. Mc- this is the first official utterance on the question
Greal, of McGreal Bros., Milwaukee.
outside of The Review coming from the Na-
Canada—R. S. Williams, of R. S. Williams tional Phonograph Co., it makes interesting
& Sons Co., Toronto.
reading:
THE QUESTS OF THE NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
Jobbers Who Partook of the Hospitality of
Germany—Thomas Graf, of Edison Gesell-
schaft, Berlin.
Alabama—A. R. Boone, T. Williams, Birming-
ham; W. H. Raynolds, Mobile, Ala.; R. L. Penick,
Montgomery.
Arkansas—S. M. Field, O. K. Houck Piano Co.,
Little Rock.
Colorado—H. Shields and W. S. Ferguson, of
Denver Dry Goods Co., and Thomas Hext, of
Hext Music Co., Denver.
Connecticut—W. 0. Pardee and H. L. Ellenber-
ger, of Pardee-Ellenberger Co., New Haven.
District of Columbia—J. Macfarquahar, of S.
Kann, Sons & Co.; S. E. Philpitt, of E. F. Droop
& Sons Co., Washington.
Georgia—J. P. Riley, Atlanta Phonograph Co.
Illinois—Fred. K. Babson, of Babeon Bros.; C.
E. Goodwin and J. F. Bowers, of Lyon & Healy;
C. L. Hibbard, National Phonograph Co.'s com-
mercial department; J. W. Harrison, James I.
Lyons, L. A. Olmstead, Samuel Insull, Edw. H.
Uhl, R. Wurlitzer Co.; W. C. Patrick, Edison
Manufacturing Co., Chicago; Eugene Zimmer-
man, Peoria Phonograph Co., Peoria; Mr. Bishop,
of Montgomery, Ward & Co., and the following
ambassadors in the Edison interests: A. Kloehm,
M. G. Kroesh, W. P. Hope and George A. Rennor
and John Harden.
Indiana—W. E. Kipp, Kipp Bros. & Co.; Chas.
F. Craig, Indiana Phonograph Co.; E. A. Link, A.
B. Wahl, A. B. Wahl & Co., Indianapolis.
Iowa—D. F. Hopkins, J. 0. Hopkins, Hopkins
Bros. & Co., Des Moines; Charles Stayman, Early
Music Co., Fort Dodge.
Louisiana—E. H. McFall and F. J. Buckowitz,
National Automatic Fire Alarm Co., New Or-
leans.
Kentucky—C. A. Ray and B. F. Magruder,
Louisville.
Maine—E. H. Dakin, Bangor; W. 0. Ross and
F. C. Smith, Portland.
Michigan—E. Percy Ashton, American Phono-
graph Co., Detroit; C. A. Grinnell and I. L. Grin-
nell, Grinnell Bros.; Max Strassburg, Detroit.
Massachusetts—C. G. Andrews, Boston Cycle
& Sundry Co.; E. F. Taft, Eastern Talking Ma-
chine Co.; E. E. Currier, Frank S. Boyd, Will-
iam L. Veale, of Read & Read; S. J. Francis, D.
R. Harvey, C. E. Osgood, F. A. Bliss, Fitchburg;
Thomas Wardell, Lowell; J. C. Brickett and Geo.
W. Flint, Springfield; H. P. Emory, Worcester,
Mass.; H. L. Rogers, Boston.
Minnesota—Thomas C. Hough and Archie
Mathers, of Koehler & Hinrichs, Minneapolis;
L. H. Lucker, W. A. Lucker, George H. Mairs, 0.
P. Stickney, St. Paul.
Missouri—T. P. Clancy, P. E. Conroy, Conroy
Piano Co.; A. G. Quade, M. Neuman, Western
Talking Machine Co., St. Louis; C. J. Schmelzer,
F. M. Briggs, Kansas City.
Montana—Frank Buser, Helena Phono Co.,
Helena.
Nebraska—George E. Mickel and G. W. Shultz,
Omaha; L. F. Haffley, of H. E. Sidles Phono-
graph Co., Lincoln.
New Jersey—A. W. Toennies, Jr., and A. W.
Toennles, Sr., Eclipse Phonograph Co., Hoboken;
A. O. Petit, Edisonia Co., Newark; James K.
O'Dea, Paterson; John Sykes, Trenton.
New York—R. Beraniji, John W. Blackman,
John F. Blackman, J. N. Blackman, Blackman
Talking Machine Co.; P. L. Waters, Alfred Weiss,
G. Vintschger, V. H. Rapke, William C. Shields,
Louis M. Meier, Lipman Kaiser and S. B. Davega,
of S. B. Davega; Robert C. Ogden, of John Wana-
maker; C. V. Henkel and A. P. Petit, of Douglas
Phonograph Co.; Dr. J. T. Maclean, William M.
Hollins, N. Goldflnger, with the Siegel-Cooper
Co.; C. Meyer, W. E. Peck, Sol Bloom, F. G.
Loeffler, Bettini Phonograph Co.; A. H. Jacot, C.
H. Jacot and Marc K. Mermod, of Jacot Music
Box Co.; Charles Klimper, I. Davega, Jr., John P.
Kelsey, Brooklyn; H. A. Gordon, H. S. Gor-
don, Winchester Britton, J. R. Bradlee, John
Rose (Astoria), F. Bockhorst, Wm. Sidebottom
and E. S. Pater, Edison Mfg. Co., New York City;
THE "MEN BEHIND THE GUNS."
The Personnel of the Various Committees Who
Covered Themselves With Honor This Week.
No small share of the success of the festivities
attendant on the gathering of the Edison jobbers
in this city within the past week at the invita-
tion of the National Phonograph Co., was due to
the following committees, who performed their
respective duties in a manner to evoke the high-
est praise.
Reception and Hotel Committee.—C. H. Wil-
son, chairman; William Pelzer, Walter Stevens,
N. C. Durand, Frank L. Dyer, A. C. Ireton.
Dinner Committee.—W. E. Gilmore, chairman;
C. H. Wilson, Walter Stevens, F. K. Dolbeer.
Music Committee.—Walter H. Miller, chair-
man; W. H. A. Cronkhite, A. T. Moore.
Transportation Committee.—William Pelzer,
Walter Stevens, C. C. Squire, Joseph F. McCoy,
J. W. Scott, J. R. Wilson, Jr.
"To the Editor of The Tribune.
"Sir.: The statement appearing in The Tribune this
morning to the effect that Supreme Court .lustKM-
Keogh, at White Plains, N. Y., had granted Injunctions
against the National Phonograph Co. and 1,500 of its
agents from selling phonographs In the State of New
York is absolutely unfounded, and is, in fact, the di-
rect reverse of the true situation. The New York
Phonograph Co. brought suit against about two hundred
jobbers and dealers in New York State who are engaged
in the sale, among other things, of Edison phonographs,
alleging violation of its exclusive territory under cer-
tain patents of Mr. Edison, to which it claims exclusive
rights, but which we insist are no longer in force.
"The National Phonograph Co. was not a party to
any of these suits, and manifestly could not be en-
joined. The bringing of such a large number of iden-
tical suits was obviously done for the purpose of
harassing and embarrassing a large and established
business; but at the hearing at New Itochelle, on June
30, It was considered necessary to present argument as
to only two cases—one against a jobber and one against
a dealer. In his decision, which is dated July 12, 190(>,
Justice Keogh says : 'I think that no injunction should
issue before a decision by the court after a trial on the
merits of the many serious questions of fact made by
the opposing affidavits.'
"Hence the cases go over until the final hearing, and
of the result then this company has no fear, nor should
any one dealing in its apparatus. Kindly publish thin
letter, as the publication of the article in' question will
obviously have a disturbing effect on any one not ac-
quainted with the facts. Yours truly,
"NATIONAL, PHONOGRAPH CO.,
"\V. E. Gllraoro, President.
"New York, July 14 ; 100G."
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