Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-29

While perambulating on the Rialto one
evening the past week the GLOBE scribe
ran into inventor Painton and a tall good
looking German with bulbous nose, while
they were discussing their experiences be-
fore Congress.
Said Mr.. Ruprecht, the German aforesaid,
tomorrow 1 appear before the Senate conf
mittee on wireless telegraphy, and ] win
blow Marconi clean out of the water. He
is nothing but a fake anyhow and for that
matter, believe this whole wireless tele-
graph business to be a fake"
wy, 'ows that Mr.. Ruprecht aint you ere
asking for an extension of the American
wireless telegraph and telephone PATENT"
said Mr.. Painton.
"Oh, " answered Ruprecht, Il know it is
our only chance to get the patent extended
and try to sell out the whole thing and get
out of the d. business"
Here the GLOBE scribe put in and asked
rs DIR. Gehring still president of the COM
pauy, and is he now in Washington"
"The doctor is still president and was in
Washington last week. but he slipped in
and out quietly for he doesn't want to
arouse the Maroon people who are oppos-
ing an extension of the Dolbear patent. As
you know l consider tine whole thing a fake
and want to get the doctor out of this
whole business as he made a mistake in
ever getting into it, for I don't believe it
will ever amount to a L., as a commer-
cial utility or as a money maker. You see
have been down in South America for the
last FIVE or six years and there are plenty
of chances there for a man with little or
much capital to make money
THE doctor is thotv~ -nsted on real
estate and how to manipulate it, but he is
so badly stuck in this wireless telegraph
business, that he can't pull out at present
till we manage somehow to dump it on
somebody else. Then if 1 can get him to
come with me to South America or Hon
duras I can get grants of land to the amount
of one hundred thousand, or even FIVE hun
dred thousand acres, containing coal and
other minerals besides being fine agricul-
tural land, and we will colonize it, making
a couple of millions in three or four years "
well, what will you sell this ere wire
less telegraph stock for" inquired Inventor
Painton.
"Oh, anything, anything" replied Mr..
Ruprecht II have about $4,000 worth of
stock in it and l will let you have it Cor
twenty-five cents on the dollar. As l told
you don't believe in it. Its too visionary;
too much illusion to It for me and it never
will amount to anything commercially, and
It won't pay me or any other man capable
B. Naking money to fool with it, There Is
that Marconi fake, after having one set of
directors, the biggest in the country, who
investigated the matter and gave up in dis
gust, he has now succeeded in getting an
other squad of directors with big names,
among whom is a Senator, and they in turn
as soon as they discover what they are up
against, will retire. Meantime Marconi is
making all he can and poses as the greatest
fake of the century
II will blow him clean out of water to-
morrow morning and secure favorable re-
port on the extension of our patent We
are American citizens and are entitled to il
as against this foreigner.
"AIl the Senators that have spoken tc
are in favor of it. When the patent is ex
tended will try to pull the doctor out of il
and take him with me to South America
and let others who like such things fool
around this SIS, 900 company that they
have recently reorganized under the pres
dency of Dr.. Gehring, and a d. fool
thing il is" And Mr. Ruprecht, wipinq
MS DUBIOUS nose DleW TesOundlng Dlasl
as he wheeled about face and bade the as
tonished inventor Painton and the GLOBE
scribe good night
We'll If e amt rum one hi never saw
one" said inventor Painton Ere e is
! lobbying think through Congress that e
says ain't worth d. and admitting il
openly Well, hi can't understand Hamer.
icans'either in Congress or hin the lobby, "
and inventor Painton made dive for Gers.
tenbergs and took glass of alf and 'alf with
a Welsh rare bit as a night cap to induce
the peaceful slumbers that presumably
followed.