Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1914 — HAS ‘LAND LIGHTHOUSE’ PLAN [ARTICLE]

HAS ‘LAND LIGHTHOUSE’ PLAN

President Wilson’s Cousin Believes It Will Benefit Motorists in , United States.

London. —John Wilson/ president of the American Automobile association, a cousin of President Wilson, sailed for New York. He said he has made a discovery which he believes will be of the greatest benefit to automobilists in the United States. It consists of a “land lighthouse” in the shape of an acetylene lamp arranged on the same principle as light buoys at sea. The lamp gives 70 flashes a minute. It costs >7.50 a year and will last that time without recharging. One of them is now in use at a dangerous crossing* in England. Mr. Wilson feels that it will be invaluable to motorists in the United States because nobody, unless he is stupefied by drink, can fail to see the warning flashes.