Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-03-03

Heard by Guests In Hotels.
Conspicuous among the interesting
exhibits at the electrical show to be
held in the First regiment armory in
Philadelphia from Feb. II to 2G will
be the photograph. an invention that
has been adopted by the United States
secret service and by large banks and
other institutions where espionage upon
visitors is regarded as Of advantage to
those in charge.
The instrument was shown to King
Edward last year and its varied uses
demonstrated for him and Queen Alex
andra in buckingham palace. IL. NJ
Turner, the inventor. recently went
abroad for the purpose of giving the
king of Italy Il demonstration.
Useful to Business Men.
The instrument magnifes sound and
enables the faintest whisper in Il room
to be heard with distinctness in the
remote part of any building with which
it is equipped. In this connection 1t is
now used by one of the best known
financiers of the world in his office in
Wall street, New York. The dia-
phragm of the instrument in his office
is concealed in an ink we'll which is
secretly connected with Il wire that
carries the conversation between the
tinancier and his callers to distant
room where a Stenographer at re-
ceiving station tranScribeS it in her
notebook unknown to the visitor,
Thus the financier has faithful rec
ord Of everything said by himself and
his caller respecting the great financial
deals that daily engage his attention.
In similar way the invention is be-
ing employed by Chief Willlie of the
secret service and by the presidents of
many of the largest banks and trust
companies in the country ard abroad.
Another unique feature of the in
strument Is the opportunity it offers
IL business main using it to dispense
with the personal attendance of
stenographer in his office. Sitting at
his desk or walking lcsurely about
his Office. he can dictate his CORE
SIVlIlNcIitt W IlN Silll''Si'i lilISi IA az
other part of the builGing. This can
be accomplished without talking Gil
rcctly into the machine CT coming in
contact wish it il amy way. the speak
err often being twenty or thirty feet
distant from the instrument.
The inventor has arranged to INSTALL
it in several of the large hotels Of
New York ard other cities for the pur
pose of paging guests IN vNii Us part:
of the building. He y also thinning
to introduce it generally TITO TIVE rooms
of several hotels in the thVa;rr district
of New York, so as to enable the
guests to be entertained by music fron
adjacent playhouscS in which comic
operas are being produced.
Valuable In Time CT War.
Another important application Of the
wonderful invention to which it will
be adapted in the spring. for which
arrangements are now under way.
will be as an adjunct of the United
States signal corps in important mill
tary maneuverS. a photograph Sc
creted in Il bush or tree alongside of
the road will enable the army using it
to determine the approximate size of
a marching force by fixing the time it
takes to pass Il given point. When
placed at the fork Of road it will
also help in determining the direction
of the cnemy's movement.
In this connection it will prove in
valuable, military experts believe. in
time of war. Inventor Turner says
that if Napoleon could have had the
invention as an auxiliary of his army
the disaster at Waterloo would have
been averted and Blucher's delay in
joining him discounted in advance.
AS soon as he returns from his visit
to King Victor Emmanuel Mr.. Turner
intends to take up the question Of in
stalling the instrument in the eXecu
tive offices at Washington, so that
President Taft, seated at his desk,
may hear the debates in the senate
and house of representatives and thus
keep in touch with every development
of the legislation in which he is inter
ested.
He has in mind also similar install
lation in several Of the state capitols
for the use of the executive who de-
sires to have up to the minute infor
nation concerning the activities Of the
state legislatures.