National meeting, May 16, 1916

To Be Held Simultaneously by Means of Long-Distance Telephone Service, in San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. A national meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, to commemorate the achievements of its members in the fields of communication, transportation, lighting and power, will be held jointly in the above-mentioned cities by long-distance telephone service. All of the auditoriums in which the meetings are held will be connected by telephone circuits, and every seat in each hall will be provided with a telephone receiver so that everyone in attendance will be able to hear the proceedings in each of the participating gatherings in other cities in turn.