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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW AUTOMATIC STOP TRIED OUT IN MILWAUKEE.
BUYS KOHLER & CHASE DEPARTMENT
Invention of Local Man—Much Credit Due to L C. Parker for New Device—Death of a Pioneer
— F . A. Watson Dies—J. H. Becker, Jr., Resigns—Some Personal Items.
P. H. Beck Now Owner of Big San Francisco
Department—Has Had Long Experience in
Trade—Mr. Beck's Successor as Head of
Byron Mauzy Department is Mr. Nichols.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., August 19.—L. C. Parker,
manager of the Victor department at Gimbel
Brothers' Milwaukee store, has successfully tried
out a new automatic stop for talking machines
which is said to be something entirely new and so
effective in operation that it ought to be a wonder-
ful seller.
The stop is the invention of a Milwaukee
man, and to Mr. Parker is due a portion of
the credit for the invention, as he called the at-
tention of the inventor to the need for a really
automatic stop and encouraged him in the work.
It is said that the new stop is automatic in every
sense of the word, being self-setting, self-starting
and self-stopping.
George W. Davis, former county clerk of Wood
County, Wis., and a member of the City Council
at Grand Rapids, Wis., recently died at his resi-
dence in that city. It is said that Mr. Davis was
the first man in Grand Rapids to purchase a talk-
ing machine, the first to own a bicycle and the first
automobile owner.
F. A. Watson, of Dixon. 111., one of the incor-
porators of the Wisconsin Talking Machine Co., of
.Wilwaukee, jobber for the Victor line in this city,
and interested in the retail store of Miss Gertrude
F. Gannon, recently died at his home in Dixon.
The retail store of Miss Gannon and the offices of
the Wisconsin Talking Machine Co. were closed
on Monday afternoon, August 11, the day of the
funeral.
John H. Becker, Jr., one of Milwaukee's best-
known young talking machine men, has resigned as
manager of the Victor department at the Espenhain
department store and is now sales manager, tem-
porarily at the retail store of Miss Gertrude F.
Gannon. Mr. Becker's successor at the Espenhain
store has not been selected as yet.
Harry T. Fitzpatrick, manager of the Wisconsin
Talking Machine Co., jobber in this State for the
Victor line, accompanied by his wife, has returned
from an enjoyable vacation spent at his former
home in Philadelphia.
Stephen Schroeder has joined the sales force in
the Victor department at the Gimbel Brothers'
store.
Paul A. Seegar, manager of the Victor depart-
ment at the Edmund Gram Music House, is en-
joying his annual vacation.
COLUMBIA CO. BRIEFLETS.
OPENS EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.
Western Managers Visit Headquarters—New
Dealers Appointed—News of
the Vaca-
tionists—The September Record List.
New Service Inaugurated for Benefit of Mem-
bers of Eastern Talking Machine Dealers'
Association.
S. H. Nichols, manager of the Pittsburgh store
of the Columbia Graphophone Co., and W. A.
Sprague, manager of the company's Toledo store,
were visitors this week at the headquarters of the
company in the Woolworth Building. Both of
these gentlemen stated that the prospects for the
fall in their respective territories were more than
encouraging, and even predicted that the coming
season with Columbia products would be a record
breaker. The new "Leader" and "Favorite" models
are going unexpectedly strong in these territories.
Recent additions to the rapidly growing lists of
Columbia representatives in near-by territory are the
following. H. L. Wilcox, Richfield Springs, N. Y.;
Lorenzo Quant, Fort Plains, N. Y., and the New
York Furniture Co., Bridgeport, Conn. All of
these new accounts called for substantial initial
orders.
The hanger just issued by the Columbia Grapho-
phone Co. announcing the new September records
features artistic portraits of Godowsky and Ysaye.
Both of these celebrated artists are represented on
this September list, which is an unusually attrac-
tive one.
R. F. Bolton, manager of the Chambers street
store of the Columbia Co., returned to New York
Monday after a very successful midsummer trip
through New York State. Mr. Bolton received an
imposing number of orders that indicate a banner
fall season in this territory.
H. L. Willson, assistant general manager of the
company, returned to his desk Monday after a
quiet week's rest at his home in Hackensack, N. J.
Prof. Frederic E. Goodwin, head of the Colum-
bia educational department, is at present away en-
joying a well deserved two weeks' vacation at his
home in Westfield, Mass.
J. C. Ray, of the Columbia executive offices,
leaves to-day for a fortnight's vacation in the
Berkshire Hills, Mass.
Following considerable discussion and planning,
the Eastern Talking Machine Dealers' Association
has established an employment bureau for the con-
venience and protection of its members. The
bureau will receive applications from employes open
for engagement and will supply a special form
to be filled out, with a list of references and other
information desired by the employer. The informa-
tion will be transfered to a card tile for reference
purposes, and will be kept strictly confidential by
the officers of the assocation in charge of the new
bureau. It is expected that the employment bureau
will prove of great service to association members,
saving them time and trouble in selecting new men
when required. No charge will be made for the
service.
(Special to The Review.)
SONORA TRUSTEE FILES ACCOUNT.
The trustee in the case of the Sonora Phono-
graph Co., bankrupt, has filed his final account
with Seaman Miller, the referee, and a meeting
of the creditors of the concern has been called at
the office of the referee, 2 Rector street, on August
28, for the purpose of examining the trustee's ac-
count. At the meeting any amount remaining for
dividends will be declared.
(Special to The Review.;
SAN FRANCTSCO, CAT.., August l-*>.—The talking-
machine business located on the mezzanine floor
of the Kohler & Chase store, which is one of the
leading departments of San Francisco, changed
hands the past month, P. H. Beck succeeding Mr.
.Scott as owner. Mr. Beck is well known here,
having been identified with the trade for a good
many years. I fe began his career with Sherman,
Clay & Co. about sixteen years ago and remained
with them until a year and a half ago, when he as-
sumed the management of the Byron Mauzy de-
partment. He has just resigned that position to
engage in business for himself. He announces that
he will carry a complete stock of Victor and
Columbia products, lie finds business starting oft
encouragingly.
To fill the vacancy at Byron Mauzy's caused by
the resignation of Mr. Beck, Mr. Nichols, formerly
with Kohler & Chase, has been engaged to take
charge of the talking machine department. Mr.
Mauzy says that business kept up as well as could
be expected the past month, and that the talking
machine department did better than most of the
other sections of the store.
NEW DEPARTMENT IN OAKLAND.
Is a Prominent Feature in Elaborate New Store
of Kahn Bros.— In Charge of W. B. Norris.
(Special to The Review.)
SAN* FRANCISCO, CAT,., August 15.—With the open-
ing of Kahn Bros.' new store in Oakland on last
Saturday, August 2, that city has another first-
class talking machine department. It is an ex-
clusive Columbia department, with W. B. Norris
in charge. Mr. Norris comes from Sacramento,
Cal., where for the past three years he had been
wnh Kirk, Geary & Co. The department is located
on the third floor of the building and has been
fitted up in an attractive and convenient manner.
Several demonstration rooms have been installed
and the most modern display facilities have been
provided. On opening day thousands of friends
and customers of the house visited the store and
extended congratulations to the management on
the completion of its new establishment.
ADDRESSES jSYjttRS. CLARK.
Victor Co. Supplies Dealers with Copies of Ad-
dresses Delivered Before Gatherings of Prom-
inent Educators This Summer.
Under date of August 12, the Victor Talking
Machine Co. sent an interesting communication to
its dealers, enclosing a copy of two addresses re-
cently delivered by Mrs. Frances E. Clark, head
of the Victor educational department, at two im-
SPECIAL EDISON RECORDS.
portant gatherings of. prominent educators. The
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, N. J., an- letter calls the attention of the dealers to the un-
nounces to its trade the introduction of seven new limited possibilities afforded them in the cultiva-
records that should prove most interesting to the ton of school trade, and suggests that the dealers
thousands of members of the Odd Fellows' and
peruse Mrs. Clark's addresses carefully.
Masonic orders. Four of these records are intro-
duced to make a distinct appeal to Masons, while
REAL SPEAKING CLOCK.
three are published officially 'by the Sovereign
A
German
genius has evolved a speaking clock
Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F. All seven records are
and a $025,000 syndicate has been organized to
impressive in their make-up and should aftord the
dealer an excellent chance to close sales with his exploit it. The clock is so arranged that
time is recorded by a voice every quarter of an
patrons who belong to these famous orders.
hour, and.the effect on the hearer is extraordinary.
Edwin H. Smith has opened a store at 1,041
One hears suddenly in clear accents: "Three
Benjamin Switky, the prominent, Victor dis-
Southern Boulevard, where he will handle Victor
tributor, entertained the »taflf of the talking ma- o'clock," "A quarter past three o'clock," and so on.
talking machines and sporting goods.
chine and piano department of Gimbel Bros., at a
It will talk all night, if wanted; it will talk in
the daytime. If nerves or conscience trouble the
Sapphires comprised nearly two-thirds of the dinner at Keen's Chop House on Monday evening.
value of gem minerals produced in the United An interesting talk on selling Victrolas, by Mr. owner he can switch off the machinery, and the
Switkv followed the dinner.
clock will continue to perform its duties in silence.
States last year.