Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1913 — Page 3

/ PROPOSE to revolution- — ize warfare on land and Thiß 18 the confldent, y F|l calm,wholly matter-of-fact prediction made by TyfpiKk 53 Ulivi, the Italian engineer and chemist. In a word, he flatly declares I ’ that he has perfected an 1 apparatus by means of which he can\iroject wireless waves at an eneday’s ships and blow them off the face of the waters! These are not the idle mouthlngs of an irresponsible dreamer. Were they uttered by any one less important perhaps Ifttle heed would be given to them by officialdom abroad, Not so with the talented Italian. All Europe is watching hiß every move, and even now the government of France is considering whether of not it is advisable -to pay the vast sum the wireless expert demands for a monopoly of his Invention. Imagine what it means to be able to blow up a battleship or a cruiser without the firing of a single shot! Warfare will be,revolutionized indeed! A steel-sided leviathan of the deep can do no harm far out at sea if the enemy has nd shlpß, but let it once approach the coast and threaten to lay low some great port—behold! The press of a button in a shore station, the instant crackle of the wireless as it sips through the blue ether and instantly the great thing of steel parts amidships with the roar of a thousand guns and sinks to the ocean’s floor, a broken, distorted mass. No dream, this. It has gone beyond the experimental stage. For weeks past a mysterious yacht, fitted with powerful wireless apparatus, has been hovering off the Norman coast of France. Aboard has been a notable party and —Ulivi. Now the secret is out. They have been blowing up submarine mines by wireless as a preliminary to more drastic experiments. • The yacht is the rakish Lady Henrietta, flying the British flag, but under French ownership. Within her sharp lines is hidden the revolutionizing secret which not only Francd but the government of the United States and all’the powers of Europe have been seeking ever since wireless waves have been a fact and wireless poder a possibility. And this secret is the new invention—as yet in its infancy—for exploding at any desired distance from 600 to 6,000 yards by wirelesk. infra-red solar spectrum waves all explosive substances in contact with metal. Briefly this means that Ulivi says he can detonate the guncotton or the powder contained in a warship’s magazine by meanß of wireless, and the French Government is seeing if it can be done. The infra-red rays of the solar spectrum are those mysterious beams beyond the edge of the red, invisible to the human eye but nevertheless there. For convenience Ulivi calls them “F-rays*”' They are akin to X-rays in that they can penetrate metal, but instead of making objects visible they develop force beyond the barriers whibh can deflect the most powerful projectile, but are as glass to the potent force of the little known rays • beyond the red, whatever unthinkable color they may be. *How < hey work or in what manner t!iiyt has controlled them nobody but he knows. But that they have worked be himself frankly states and the official commission which, went to sea with him solemnly gives assent tillvl did not go about his work under any cloak of secrecy of mystery. With him cm the Lady Henrietta went Gen.

PASSING OF THE COACHMAN

The coming in of the chanlfeur h*i evidenced the passing of the family coachman, that haughty and purse proud individual who scurried you to «n isle of safety with a look. Nothing in New York has stood for the remoteness, the exclusiveness, the haughtiness of the rich more than the family coachman, as on his rolling throne he has always owned Fifth (avenue and demanded his right of

TO BLOW up BATTLESHIPS

by WIRELESS

de Castelnau, assistant chief of the general staff of the French army; Commander Ferrie, director of the wireless telegraph station on top of the Eiffel tower, Paris, and Captain Cloitre, representing the French minister of marine. “We have reported to our government,’’ said General de Castelnau seriously, "and everything we have said must be kept a profound state secret” It is no breach of confidence to say, however, that the commission has unanimously reported in favor of France securing the invention without delay, no matter what the price. This consists, stripped of technicalities, of a special projectile emitting return in-fra-red rays which find the exact distance and the exact radio-magnetic capacity of metallic objects. When these are determined with precision the Ulivi “F-ray” is then shot out from its station afloat or ashore and a long distance explosion tabes> place instantly with mathematical accuracy. This is not merely Ulivi’s hope of revolutionize warfare. Experiments made near Villers prove that it can be done even with the unperfected apparatus already put together. So ao: curately has the projector worked that two mines were placed five yards apart at 1,000 yards’ distance and either one exploded at will, the other remaining intact It works as well by land as by sea; it can be applied to dirigible balloons like the German Zeppelins. “And,” declares Ulivi confidently "it wili render a ship freighted with explosive ammunition more dangerous to those aboard her than to their own enemies!” ' Dictated by Commander George W. Williams, U. 8. N. Inspector in Command U. S. Torpedo Station, Newport, R. L If the Italian, Ulivi, has devised something by which be can explode a magazine at a distance by the Hertzian rays then we will surely get something to combat it If projectiles can be deflected by shields surely wireless power can be deflected too. But this new power—if there is such

Gathered Smiles

—A—Real Attraction. Caroline, aged sixteen, was busily engaged placing pretty cushions about the porch when her Cousin Joe, who is a couple of years older, arrived on the scene. “What are you doing, sis?” the cousin Inquired. "Just making the porch attractive for company,” the girl answered. ’’Chuck the cushions,” grinned the youth; “what you want is a hammock.” —Aioslie’s Magazine.

Pleasant Diversion.

Bacon —Doesn’t your wife get very Impatient when you’re buttoning up her dress behind?' .. Egbert—No; she used to, but she doesn’t now. “How do you account for that?” “Oh. I have her stand In front of the mirror now.” ,

Worked Day and Night.

"Why did you break into the house in the middle of the day?" asked the magistrate. ‘‘Well,’' said the accused, *’l had several others to cover that evening.”

way. The chauffeur, speed and grandeur combined in his car. gives you no impression of pride of lineage, tradition of purse, and he has been-,a pleasant Interpreter of the motives of the rich. If he runs you down he gathers np the remains of you and transfers you with much, presence of mind and elimination of time and space to a convenient haven, and Is sorrier than anyone. The chauffeur

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a power—will not alone be used for war; its use in the arts would be far too important to be overlooked. And if it has been discovered at last I am not at all surprised—nothing would surprise me in this age of miracles! I have not the slightest doubt that at this time Signor Ulivi has been able to construct antennae and specially designed receiving instruments and relays by which he can explode at a considerable distance an especially prepared charge of guncotton or other explosive. In fact, I have seen the thing done here already—the idea is not altogether new. This working apparatus is the Shoemaker torpedo. It is a full-sized torpedo wirelessly controlled. This formidable weapon can be started, stopped, steered and exploded by an operator at a distance, but it requires special receiving apparatus In the torpedo itself. It can perform what is expected of it, but it is not practical for the very good . reason that the operator cannot see far enough to exercise his judgment in the control of the instrument Take a motor boat 2,000 yards away—you can’t tell exactly how she is heading. How much harder then to judge the steering of a distant torpedo! The French navy has already had trials with wireless torpedoes, and what Ulivi has accomplished is probably an extension of these experiments. Now, what mysterious power is it that he has? Or, better, what is Ulivi trying to obtain? Briefly this: Some means of projecting energy through space that will detonate some explosive at ti given place, subject to the control of the operator. As I have said, this is no new idea. Frank R. Stockton has it in his Btory, “The Great War Syndicate,” and H. G. Wells used it in “The War of the Worlds.” The same Bcheme has already been proposed at the bureau of Ordnance of the navy, too. One inventor asserted that he had effected a combination of mechanism that could project the Hertzian waves or other wireless waves generated by electricity and explode a designated charge at a distance.

Help for the Poor.

Bacon —I see by this paper that Pittsburgh may supply free tennis courts for the poor. Egbert—l’m glad to hear that. Do you know when a poor ,man is good and hungry there’s nothing he likes offered him more than a nice Juicy tennis court.

Perfectly Safe.

“Better lap up that spilt milk.” said the first cat. "If the missus sees the mess you’ll catch fits." “Not me,” said the second feline. “The woman I live with blames everything on her husband.”

An Ambush.

“The leaves are turning early. See that clump of ted by the wayside?” “I think them are / the local constable's whiskers.” declared the chaffeur, putting on extra speed.

Down to Earth.

"When is the boneyxioon over?" “When the bridegroom begins to bring home tripe and limburyer in stead of bonbons and. violets.*'

never makes you feel like a worm He is a real development—New York Evening Sun.

Helped Him Move.

"Whose mule was b that kicked you, Bam ?<t *— “De landlord's, sir." "That wasn’t very kind of him; now was it. Bam r vi . "Well, I don’t know, boss: you see, de mule heard de landlord say Td got to move, and de mule I s’pose didn’t think I was movin’ fast enough.”

LITTLE JOKE BY SKIMPS

Backed His Statement With Money, but Was Compelled to Compromise. W” .... 1.1.. "Speaking of bantam chickens.” remarked Skimps, when the conversation turned to poultry, “I have a hen whose eggs are so small that I put three dozen of them in a collar-box the otner day.” “Give t)im the Ananias club medal!” shouted the rest, in chorus. “Have any of you gentlemen money with which to back your doubts of my veracity?” “I have a couple of dollars," replied Gaswell. “So have I,” added Dukane. "Good enough! I’ll cover Both of those bets.” “Very well. Now show us those .eggs in that collar-box.” “Well, I can do it if you insist, but perhaps it may not be necessary.” “Of coursd it’s ' necessary! You don’t expect to win our money without proof, do you?” “Not at all, but I merely wish to observe that it was a horse-collar-box I put the eggs in.” With some difficulty the matter was compromised, and Skimps was warned that the next b{eak of the kind would cost him bis life.

ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST Pierson, N. Dakota. —"The eczema started on my scalp. It finally went on to the back of my neck, then on to my back, arms and chest. It bro!ie out in pimples first and then seemed to -run toother in some places, making a sore about the size of a dime. At times the itching and burning were so intense that it seemed unbearable. The more I scratched it the worse it became, and there would be a slight discharge from it, especially on my scalp, so as to make my hair matted and sticky close to the scalp. The hair was dry, lifeless and thin. My hair was falling so terribly that I had begun to despair of ever finding relief. My clothing irritated the eruption on my back. The affected parts were almost a solid scab. “I had been bothered with eczema for about a year and a half. Then I began using the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I used them daily for two months and I was cured.” (Signed) Miss Mildred Dennis, Apr. 30, 1913. Cuticura Soap ami Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.” —Adv.

Tickled a Mule.

Little Paul Porpare had heard the mules laugh, or. at least make noises that sounded like laughter, and so when he saw a sad-faced jack standing loose near a stable at Cypress avenue and Troutman street, Brooklyn, he decided it should be cheered up. Little Paul —he is five years old and lives at 31 Wyckoff avenue —got a straw and tickled the mule’s ear. The mule sort of grinned and shook its head, but didn’t hee-haw. Then little Paul tried again. This time the mule whirled about quickly, raised his heels —and the next sounds that little Paul heard were the clang of an ambulance bell and thq hee-haw of the mule, combined. The surgeon from the German hospital bandaged up Paul’s face and hands, upon which he had Blid along the street after alighting. Then his mother took him home. —New York World.

The Sacred Ballot.

Apropos the “sacredness’ of the ballot, after ,;the last election in which I took part, I asked a laborer (who bad nothing to fear from me) how he voted. “God knows,” was the answer “I don’t" “Not know how you voted?” I said; "what on earth do you mean?” “Well, sir,’ he explained, “this here ballot is sacred, ain’t it? So I sez, ‘Let God decide,’ and I sez a prayer to him, and I shuts my eyes and makes my mark. He knows where I puts ’un, I don’t.”—Correspondence of the London Observer.

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GOOD MEN ARE DISSATISFIED

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Easily Done.

“So the trouble in the prison was smoothed over?" “Yes; the warden ironed the leaders,”

New Reading.

"Figures won’t lie.” “I suppose that is the reason why figures generally stand.”

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