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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-12-17
Great Magician Thinks Little OF
tho wireless Telephone and VIII
Not Discuss the Subject OF War
Explains How Messages Are Kept
Secret in an Open field.

c,it ct tao nldlIe>ion-coil includes bat
terry and a device for Transmitting SAB
rnls which may be a revolving CIRCUIT
breaker operated continually by Il motor
OF ai.y suitable kind. either eiee trioal or
mechanical, and key normally short
circuiung the circuit breaker vi secoiii-
arY coil.
Fer receiving signals ] locate in said
circuit between the condensng surface
and the ground u diaphragrn- sounder.
which is preferably one of my electro
motperaph telephone receivers. Tho
key normally short cirruitins the re-
volving circuit-breaeer. no impulses are
key is depressed. when a large number
of impulses are produced in primary, and
ny means of the secondary corresponds
ing impulses or variations in tension
are produced AT the elevated condenSing-
surface. producing thereat electrical I'M
pulses These electrostatc impulses are
transmitted induclively 10 the elevatea
and are made audible by the electro
photograph connected in the ground cir
cunt with such distant condensng surface
The intervening body of air forms the
diolcctric of the condenser. the condeus-
ing surfaces OF which are connected by
the eartn. The effect is a circuit in
which is interpused u condenser formed
OF dstantly separated and elevated con-
denslng surfaces with the intervening air
as . dielectiic.
Mi Edison dropped his experience in
wireless telegraph TO pursue his work
on the promb problem of electric light
ing, after he had succeeded in establish
ing tie truth of his assertions ana had had
sent MESSAGES a distance Of three miles
without wires. lie later transferred his
patents To MarccLi who combined them
with his own system.
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WOMAN or MODERN DAYS

Chicago Chronicle)
Whether the young women of today are
the equals Of those WHO lived in years
gone w Of not has boon the subject Of
much discussion. Nearly all members of
the sen VIII agree shat in all Respects
they are the eq,g,ls and in SOM the
superiors of them progeEitors. y recent
masculine writer. Rev. DR. Beverley
Warren. agrees with This S,i,,u. He says;
eliue Young woman is in the way OF
Receiving more aaylce Than the youns
man which she cUncCNeS 70 be II
Sri1tuitous, attention.. says ir. Warner
She Wonders that man. yam man. shoald
Knows anything about her at al. az 2Ye
IN that ne seeks 10 counsel nor maJesty
as to her mind. her heal, liel' soui, heS
habits or her Thoughts
And ihen he proceeds through go pages
and nine chapters TO do that Very titlnS,
discussing inc responsibilities. iinueheeS
occupations, amuSemenis anu matri-
nonial affairs of the young wjnll/ with
only ilasculine temerlty
A favor of old-limc chiN4lry runs
through Dr Wlmcrs book which s
quality 10 be looked FOR in an Impartial
critic at thr lilc XplicaDle SaN
Man Is a poor erealure at hiS 9tat
he says bat chat Wnn,;n IS also 4 pq0@
creature he docs net aBpear 70 slslatt
The YOUNG woman OF Today he believes
10 be the .!airast Iicom OF earth llt
time He cX;iltS her dEon Il pedestal
and burns unuleasured mcdnse before hcr.
princes be" before my Ltdl, ne sag s.
peasants are ennoblcd by hei siplle.
The itirest helds OF the beautiful Old
world take on new color as she aWc II,
over them. DUH souls irighteu III llor
presence, tired hearls tntill with fresh
impulse aud beat moro honefCay in the
light OF hcl eyes, From the hoi!r Of
her innocent babvhcod. wnen lying on
the mothers BOSOM she appeals To the
strongest ard mightiest b. the COM
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Then the curvature of the earth does
not check the electric nsessaee?'
No. The waves are everywhere This
room is filled, with them. Even the sun
spots are sending out waves at am enor-
NOUS rate at this moment,
Mr.. EdiSOnS hands moved through the
atmosphere as If he We're feeling for or
fondling the mysterious power which
though unseen he is trying to understand.
waves from Mars?'
Very likely"
Intelligent waves-that is, directed
The great electrician let his head fail!
ON his chest for moment seemingly with
his mind miles away from the subject at
hanu Then he mnrmured as # to himself
we are so small-so very small" He
shook his head; then he Strengthened up
end said: Il always try to keep as near
feet Of it when possible. know little of
the other planets"
But you will agree that the impossi-
billty of today is the accomplishment of
tomorrow, that we are only beginning
to know''--
). wv" IVY. are only beginning to suspect we
know. said the expert. as he passed out
INTO the maze of electrical equipment
in the works outside.
Before he left the room ! asked him
what he Thought of the wireless tele
phone, but he brushed the subject aside
with few remarks. He did net think
there WAS much in it, and that it would
not be Of great benefit even If il We're
perfected The telephone was distinctly
a local matter.
"lf man speaks" he said, "everyone
within a certain radius of the sound
waves may hear. Then the waves go on
ward until they. are not strong enough
to be distinguished by the human ear
1t may be that an instrument could be
perfected to catch and record the waves
at more or less distance. but what use
would it be-?
And so with question on his lips, the
great inventor slipped away.
The modestv of this great inventor
in discussing wireless biography will be
noted particularly when it is known that
as early as 1885 he applied to Washing
ton for a patent on his discovery that
messages could be sent through space
without the aid of wires. 1T was not
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hilarity among the audience. She is now
playing a German play, Jeanne Vede-
kind AS she came on the stage tho
why, its Sarah Bernhardt. ! thought it
was Jeanne Nedeldnd." Then as the
spectators commenced to laugh, he added:
but I'm just as glad to see Sarah" This
brought forth a round of applause. which
stopped the play. and the situation was
explained to the simple minded man
him and thanked him for being just as
glad to see her"
The new opera house, owned by the
Isola brothers, and known as the Gate,
has proved such success that the great
composers are hurrying to complete new
operas for it. The famous Marie Made
sys sls naSt sng grsa be @
IL 'Aphrodite," by Erlanger, with Breval
in the leading role. Later Gustave Char
pentiers new opera, Vie du Poete." will
be performed. with superb stage setting.
The Isola brothers excel IN the latter
art, causing dispair at the national opera
houses. which cannot afford to keep up
houses where grand opera is given every
night, more than any other city in the
world.
Jacques Richcpin. the youthful son Of
the great French poet, Jean Richepin. has
just sold his new play, Cadet Roussel,"
70 Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the American
and IS arten m ve Te Is
story of a celebrated nursery character.
Cadet Roussel.
Richepin is only % years of age and has
already had quite series of successful
plays produced. He Is married to q cell
ebrated actress, Cora Laparcerle, who
created the leading role In one of his
plays
Coqueiin. who had been promised play
by Rostand this season, has been disap-
pointed. for the poet is so busy building
his new home that he has neglected his
poetical works. During his idle hours he
makes wonderful Punch and Judy shows
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chaps, on the Lord Fauntleroy order
Coquelin. in the meantime. is forced to
fall back on cyrano:
The latest folly in dueling has led to
the death of a promising young man, an
over French duel; not considered dan,
gerols affair. The younger set piqued
by this reputation their combats have
bound themselves to fight to death There
is even a secret society. known as the
"Mousquetaires," pledged to fight until
changes the aspect Of duels, as, the latest
murderous one illustrates, and the gov
eminent may be forced to take strong
to WHOLESALE a;ns Sh snu 81
Importance but mock duels. before winch
the seconds obligingly render the oalis
harmless by substituting bread crumbs,
were certainly better than mortal ARRAY.
when one of the combatants Is sure 10
meet his death.
The long agitation stirred up ii. Paris
to secure more humane treatment for cab
horses has resulted in all kinds OF Gu
rious propositions. The latest is to estab-
lish huge central oats station, with a
distribution of tickets emitting the hold
ers to quart of oats. These tickets may
be bought in all parts Of the city and dis s;
side of handing the cabbie his fare and
the horse his oats has struck the French
people. who are having fun with this hui
name Yankee proposition.
Edwin Lord Weeks death was great
shock to the American colony and artistic
circles of Paris The great painter was u
popular man and a general favorite.
A pathetic incident in his short illness
was his desire to be carried into his
studio.
81 am sure" he said. that should feel
better II I could be among my pictures"
His wish was granted; he was carried
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into his studio. but grew worse SO. rapidly
that he could not be removed. So there
he. died. among his bea utliui orhament ~,
oriental paintings, his life's love and
labor.
With She French public he was an I'M
mense success. No other American paint
er was ever more universally admired,
none more honored.
The Weeks home near the Bots has been
a rendezvous for the artistic element in
Paris. and the pleasant Wednesday after
Moons in his studio while he related de
travels. and Madame. Weeks served tea
and regretted by everyone familiar with
them.
Studio teas hive long been the fad in
Paris, but none were more charming than
those presided over by Mr.. and Mrs.
Weeks
A curious fact has just come to light
in connection with the marriage of the
minister Of the marine to a bright school
teacher. Everyone supposed that upon
making SO brilliant a marriage. she had
a Gesgned her post No. bit hr9 Of h y
was better than two in the BUSH she
only asked for leave of absence, so thai
If she finds her spouse to her liking she
may later send In her resignation. In the
meantime she. is sure of comfortable
place should she need it. This is shining
example of bourgeoise thrift.
ire Of Sahara seriously. as it merits to
be taken, for a great deal of nonsense
has been written about it.
NJ. Lebaudy is quietly continuing his
work of organization. Tho region he has
taken possession of Is full of salt Mines
formerly exploited by the Arabs. but
which he expects to turn into profitable
mines with the aid of perfected ma
chinery.
This alone will assure the fortune of the
empire.
Someone. having asked his secretary
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| New York Central and the New York.
New , Haven \ Hartford, and nre closely
affiliated with the Gould system. Not
one one of the great railroad groups bears, the
| Rockefeller name. and yet Messrs. John
| p and William Rockefeller next to Mr..
gle influence in the railroads of the United
| States. They are understood tn be ac
lively supporting Mr. Gould in his plans
| To push his system to the Atlantic sea-
| board. which he refuses to give up.
Mr.. Cassatt represents 1891 miles of
railroad and Mr.. Vanderbilt 20T9s miles.
j, common. notably, in the Philadelphia y
Reading. Mr.. Hartman represents 2iSlS
miles Of road, Mr. Could i5.5o4 miles ana
Judge Moore Upward of $1,000 miles
The Morgan-Iil group including The
trla, comprises 20.507 miles of road. This
group is chiefly notable because it in
eludes the Great Northern, the Northern
Pacific and the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy, the three lines to control which
the Northern Securities company WAS ,or-
ganized. This colossal corporation has
1881 miles Of railroad, and is capitalized
for $4ooO00.o0o, while the three subordinate
companies have stock amounting to $751;
3S9,5S5. and bonds of $3.50, O0S ST.. y
The Morgan Influence.
After speaking Of the Knockout blow no.
Ceived by the Northern Securities com
pany which is now waiting in the SUI
preme count Mi. Pratt tells of the CON
centrltion of banking power. In this con
ne.ton rs well as pertaining 10 the rail-
roads. the following figures on the extent
of the Morgan influence are interesting:
Insurance companies. assets. 81 963, 100000
Banks and trust companies de
posts . :. .............. G30,ooO0po
Railroad capitalization, par
value ..s..............y 2.4i7. 17l,30o
United States Steel corporation,
par value OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, LES. 100000
international Mercantile ma
rina, par value .4... 19, 900 900
General Electric. par value.. 100000
international Harvester, par
value. ........3.'..,r. lso,VyVWp
Other industrials. par value. 2io.01oOpJ
The Rockefeller influence.
Following is Mr. Tratt's summary OF.
the Rockefeller influence in the financial
world:
Banks and trust companies.
deposits. :. ...............,...$ 419.51l ldG
Standard Oil company, par ooa.
Anna gamated Copper. par value. 155. 0t9
American I.inseed Oil,pn value. 25,5goooo
Laekawdn.ia steel, par value 6u.NgJ1D
ST. Paul railroad. par value go, l6l,30g
er,l, par value .......,............ 2a,2s7 500
! Missouri. Kansas x Texas par
value . -. .................. 1lS.7oo 800
Missouri Pacific. par value. 212,4o9oD
Consolidated Gas OF New York.
par value ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1hOO0030
United States Realty and Con-
StructiuI, par value............. 6i.0GO010
That much of tie surplus wealth of
the standard Oil group of capitalists has
sought investments in mining properties
| is well-known fact. continues Mr..
| Pratt. Through the control of the ANAL
gamated Copper company it dominates
| 1t is largely interested in the mining oi
| lead. and is stea Oily increasing its inter-
| tsts in gold silver and tin mining. Cap
] ital furnished by the Rockefelers and af-
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nllated interests is now devel9p Ing
extensive properties in Mexico.
.rhe Gugeenleim Exploration com,
pany, in which William c. Whitney and
Thomas +. Ryan are Interested with the
Gusgcrhcm family, is rapidly acquiring
the practical control of the varied mining
industries of the southwest and across
the Mexican border. The great American
Smelling and Refining company, with its
capitalization Of Sld0,0O0be0. is n Guggeh-
helm project. For the control of the cop
per production of the country q struggle
of intense dramatic interest has been GO
ing ON for years. For a long time the
competition between Senator Clark and
the late Marcus DAILY occupied the center
OF the stage, but now the contest between
the Amalgamated Copper company ana
Mr. +. Augustus lIeinze is most in the
public eye. Montana is the scene OF thiS
tremendous struggle. rhe battle is waeed
in ,he courts the legislature. the news
papers and the markets, and what the
Erie wars were to New York thirty i've
years ago this contest IS to Montana.
'.1'he recent report of tile commission
on International exchange says thai four
great organizations of shelters and re-
fineis have at their disposal nearly %
0oo.9Go ounces of silver II year, the prodcet
of the United States and Mexico.
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~ do not want YOU to ina ginc | believe
e cna me eaple companies viii roll UP their
do not think they will. / believe there
viii be room for both. There will simply
has field to itself--a field that cannot be
touched by any other method.
wa mow s,,a are the MESSAGES kept secret?
now by tuning. This method has. i be-
lieve.,, been found TO work we'll. though its
pos ss nI are limited, The probability
is that Marconi will manage 10 get three
or four stations for trans Atlantic trans
mission naI n tuned so that they viii not inter-
fere but he is not likely, to set many
octave to work with; if he gets too many
tuned instruments the Vibrations Will
overlap and confusion will result
You can understand how this would
happen by considering simple example.
Suppose You had ten tuning forks OF
different pitch sending. out sound waves,
and ten instruments of exactly the same
pitch to receive the sound waves. The
receiving instrument would vibratc in
unison with its sending mate. and would
remain silent 10 all others. but if you
get too many of them the tones would
co-mingle and YOU Guild get a confused
number 1 of vibrations: So you see there is
Possibilities of Grcat Speed.
But with wireless telegraphy there is
no, reason why this should limit its use
fulness The wireless system has adj
vantages that far more than outweigh
any such restriction as that named For
instance it has latent possibilities of ire
mendous speed. There are certain natural
laws that limit the speed Of land and
cable telegraphy. but these laws do not
affect the wireless system. | believe that
they will easily reach speed OF several
hundred words a minute with the Wire
less and this with the possibility of four
transatlantic stations would give ample
scope. In. this lies the great possibilities
of the wireless method.
Again do not believe that secrecy is
entirely necessary For humane and other
reasons 1t is we'll, when message is
sent to ships on the ocean that all should
receive it. So far as commercial secrecy
is concerned this can be protected as it
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Believe. Marconi Will Girdle the
Globe by His System of Ocean
Telegraphy, and Tells How Wave.
Travel Through the Air to the
1 Proper Destination.
BY PERCY LfNDoN.HowARp.


Press Exchange.)
HQhfAS A. EDISON, the electrical
wizard, from whose quaint WORK.
i shop in the little town OF Orange
periodically emanates something
or other that sets the world asape. sat.
tne other day. in his great airy labora-
Tory ms eye fixed on a spherical model
OF the world that stands in one corner of
me room and discussed with the writer
1ne Vastness ana Importance of the pos
0olllties of wireless telegraphy
mere mas been SO much mystery about
TINS marvellous discovery it is so in
vowed IN technique. that it was sought
to learn something from tho wizard that
might be understandable to the great
common people-the laymen and women
VINO know of wireless telegraphy nothing
tuoIe IMAM that messages are shot from
Poinl to point without any visible connec-
non non between the sending and receiving
instruments.
Edison's Two Prophecies.
II Is perhaps as difficult for the great
electrlclan, absorbed as he is and sat
uraieo with the very atmosphere of cleo
lrlcity In its most intricate FORMS to
olscuss the subject without going into
fNecnMque and terms that the ayman can
s s Understand, as it is for the man who
SHOWS nothing. of the myterious laws of
this element of nature to grasp tho
iirhSo,ughts that flow from the mind of
Edlson as freely as the prattle flows from
me ups OF a child. But the genial wizard
lace, ,iad the ordeal with simplicity and
VI wireless telegraphy Mr.. Edison made
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Marconi's Big Handicap.

an interest in great properties. But the
ccnlroi or this corporation is vested in
directors is guided by the executive and
finance committee, which In turn is large
" directed by their chairmen. who are
probably selected for these positions by
the great banker who organized the cor
poration and who in large part sways it's
po pol Here Here we W. have then diffusion
1t is the distinguishing feature of this
age That so much Of our wealth is placed
in the hands of others for safe keeping
and increment. Once this was not so
and generally invested in a small business
they managed themselves. Now they
invest " in stocks or policies, all of which
is practically the lending of money to
others to use for their own and for the
lenders profit Thus 1T happens that a
comparatively few persons may control
millions OF aggregated wealth belonging
to thousands of other individuals.
The rapid conversion of large business
into stock companies, which has been
served to distribute ownership among
hundreds of thousands who would other
wise have had no part in the industrial
country.
TN 1897 it was estimated that the stocks
of the railroads in the United States We're
held by $4,000 persons Since then there
has been an immense increase in the num-
Der of stockholders. while at the same
aime the concentration of control through
less than dozen men control the prop.
erty owned by more than the million of
shareholders. The Wall Street journal re
Gently published q list of ten railroads and
ten Industrial companies. having a total
capitalization of s2.417 173.59o In which
there were $4,000 stockholders. 1T would
not be difficult to show that in the final
analysis these twenty great properties.
whose ownership is so widely distributed.
are controlled by. less than twenty per
owners, but is controlled by Il handful of
capitalists, among whom two or three
constitute the dominating force. =
How immense has been the develop
stage in, the evolution of concentrated
wealth, is indicated by the fact that. while
in 1868 the total amount of stocks and
bonds admitted to dealings in the New
s39oo.0O0,0oo, par value, the amount in 1903
is six times that sum--a sum, IL it repre-
scented real values, equal to nearly one
fifth of the wealth of the United States.
Moreover there is a vast output of corpo-
rate securities that are not admitted to
the Stock exchange. In seven years the
output of new corporate capital nominal
has been $10.0oo00O,0OO
The manufactures of the United States
are owned by 7OS, 623 individuals, the CAPT
tai represented being 1851 4S65oo. an aver
ago of $12d G3 to each person; very fair
diffusion of wealth. But of the manufac-
turing companies 40143 produce so per cent
of the manufacturing products of the
companies--those whose output Is largest
and whose influence on the markets is
most poWelful--are under the control of
a comparatively small number of men.
tiles. iron and steel and lumber are large
ly controlled by corporate capital and the
same is true of Strengthening and meat
packing. Nearly 80 per cent OF the cotton
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is at present by cipher The commercial
business of today far as cable is con-
cerned practically is all conducted in
cipher. and there would be no reason to
change this method.
How Electric Waves Travel.
However think il IS possible to place
strunents would not iiltoeiere. but it Will
require 4 coed deal Of experimenting to
solve tine exact number OF stations that
may be established. You sec when an
electric wave is shot out from the send
ing instrument, 1t does not 80 from point
10 point in a direct line rs many persons
unfamiliar with electricity suppose. 1t
IS shot into the universe and ii goes in
every direction spreading out in circles
much after the manner of the circles in "a
pool of water. after stone is thrown
into the center. The further away from
The center or sending point the weaker
structcd must be the Instruments to re-
cord it, Thus YOU can soc that it is pos
sible to have the electric waves meet at
point where they VIII rot conflict.
"Of course enc can reauily see what the
wireless system will mean commercially.
The great expense today in handling
ment, the cost of laying the cables There
is practically 10 investment in wireless
system "
do you think we ever shall see wire
less messages shot from house to house?r
Nj: Edison was asked.
No. ! do not think the wireless system
is the system for the land "
''I9ut for war it may be useful; for use
in var balloons for instance?''
Maybe" replied the wizard. but |
don't want to talk of war. | would not
work on anything to be Of use in war 1
suppose the system might be used by
sending the wires up in balloons and hav-
ing trailers TO the Instruments on the
ground. But it is the Industrial and not
the world of strife we must thiaS Of
Hoy high is it necessary 10 have n
wire before ii can receive wireless
wavc2"
Il do not think any specihed height has
been decided to be The minimum | asked
MI Marconi some time ago if could get
anything " ! put up wire on my flag
pole and led to my laboratory. lie
locked il over and said would get every
thing within loo miles d the place"