The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-22
DEVICE THAT
MAGNIFIES SOUND
Varied Uses q an Instrument
Called the DlctogTaph.
VALUABLE TO BUSINESS MEN

Enables Them to Dispense With Per-
sonai Attendance of stenographer.
How It Will Prove Invaluable to an
Army-Music From Theaters to Be
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. IA to 26 will
be the dictograph, 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. X. M.
Turner, the inventor, recently went
abroad for the purpose Of giving the
king Of Italy q demonstration.
Useful to Business Men.
The instrument magnffies sound and
enables the faintest whisper In room
to be heard with distinctness in the
remote part of any building with which
1t is equipped In this connection it is
now used by one of the best known
fnanciers 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 well which is
secretly connected with wire that
carries the conversation between the
| fnancier and his callers to a distant
room where stenographer at re-
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 inventions Is be-
Ing employed by Chief Wilkie of the
secret service and by the presidents of
many Of the largest barks and trust
companies in the country and abroad.
Another unique feature Of the in
strument Is the opportunity 1t offers
q business man using 1t to dispense
with the personal attendance OF
stenographer in his Office. Sitting at
his desk or walking leisurely about
bis Office, he can dictate his CORE
spondence to his stenographer In an
other part OF the building. This can
be accomplished without talking di-
rectly into the machine or coming In
contact with 1t in any way, the speak
| er often being twenty or thirty feet
distant from the instrument
The inventor has arranged to install
| 1t In several of the large hotels OF
New York and other cities for the pur-
pose. of paging guests In various parts
Of the building. He Is also planning
| to introduce 1t generally into the rooms
Of several hotels in the theater district
Of New York, so as to enable the
guests to be entertained by music from
adjacent playhouses In which comic
operas are being produced.
Valuable In Time Of War.
Another important application Of the
wonderful invention to which it will
be adapted In the spring, for which
arrangements are now under way,
win be as an adjunct Of the United
States signal corps In important mill
ltary mapeuvers. A dictOgraph So
tcreted In a bush or tree alongside OF
| the road will enable the army using It
| to determine the approximate size OF
ta marching force by fixing the time It
takes to pass given point. When
Eplaced at the fork Of road It will
talso help In determining the direction
Of the enemy's movement.
In this connection it. will prove In.
valuable, military experts believe, In
time Of war. Inventor Turner says
| that II Napoleon could have had the
Invention as an auxiliary Of his army
the disaster at Waterloo would have
been ayerted and Blucher's delay in.
Joining him discounted In advance.
As soon as he returns from bis visit
! to King Victor Emmanuel Mr.. Turner
Intends to take up the question Of in
stalling the instrument In the execu-
tive ofRces at Washington, 50 that
President Taft, seated at his desk,
may hear the debates In the senate
and house Of representatives and thus
keep II touch with every development
fof the legislation in which be = inter
ested.
he has Ia mind also similar install
latiop In several Of the state cnpitols
for the use Of the executive who de-
sires to have up to the minute infor-
nation concerning the activities Of the
state legislatures.
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