The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-29
FOOL
PEOPLE STILL
LATEST IN FIELD Is THE MAN
WITH THE FAKE WIRELESS
PROPOSITION.
Society of Wireless Telegraph EnSl-
neers Has Elected as President
Man of Ability.

NEW YORK, April 29.-(SpeciaD-
Never has an invention of real merit
been given to the world but 1aAer
rushes in with a device which is an IN
fringement, from a moral and at times
from a legal viewpoint This has been
the custom from the times sagas nav
been written, and the more perfect ana
useful the new device the more persist
ent and aggressive is the buZzlng OF
the insect who. evades as long as pos
sible the direct legal issue, yet foists
upon a confiding public either chi
nese copy of the real thing, or fake
pure and simple. designed primarily to
deceive.
Recognizing the superior ability, and
acknowledging the premier position In
the world of wireless held by DR. Lee
de Forest, the Society of Wireless Tele-
graph Engineers at the recent meeting
in the headquarters at Boston, Mass
elected him president of the organlza-
ton for the ensuing year. The growing
Importance of wireless as shown by
recent events, has given this organlza-
ton a peculiar position in the CONNER
cial as we'll as the scientific world. AS
DR.. de Forests energies have been de-
voted for almost a generation to the
invention and exploitation Of wireless
devices, he is peculiarly fitted to fill
this important office.
The eminent position held by Or. de
Forest has naturally been pinnacle
toward which the eyes of imitatOrs and
charlatans have been raised 1t has
been impossible heretofore to stop
every charlatan who has designs upon
the bank balances of a too credulous
public and who has surreptltlousiy
stolen ideas which have been evolved
in Dr. de Forests laboratory.
When Marconi's invention of wire
less telegraphy was given to waiting
world, scarcely more than decade ago,
Dr. de Forest had been already expert
mentinS Cor several years on system
of wireless which was entirely different
from that of Marconi. When this in
ventiOn was made public, the cumber-
some system of Marconi, with it's I'M
reliable coherer, was quickly supplant-
ed by the more rapid and satisfactory
device of the American. Since that
time, the science of wireless has gone
forward rapidly. DR.. de Forest has Sc
cured more than one hundred patents
Of wireless appliances and devices,
which are now used by the Radio COM
Dany IN their wireless telegraph and
telephone system. Some of these de-
vices are being used by other self
STYLED inventors, but only the unso-
phisticated are deceived and they, only
for a brief period.
DR. de Forests latest and greatest
invention, which will doubtless revolu
tionize the entire world of wireless
communication, is considered by ex-
perts so far superior to any other ex-
listing method that the inventor is ac
knOWiedged to be the premier scientist
in his chosen field in this country. AS
ISOLATED with DR.. de Forest in scientific
research are DR.. George Seibt, ac-
knoWledged to be the premier wireless
expert of the old world, and e. A.
Thinks, NJ. D.. Ph.D., whose inventions
have already attracted attention
throughout Europe DR.. de Forest, in
accepting the Office of president of the
Society of Wireless Telegraph Engi-
neers, gracefully acknowledged the
honor conferred upon him and said ne
would endeavor to foster the interests
Of the society as far as lay in his
power.
carries with it the highest honors that
can be conferred upon a worker in the
wireless art.