Morris tribune., 1910-02-25

Enables hem to dispense win Fer-
soma! Attendance of Stenographer.
How 1t 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 70 De
held in the First regiment armory in
Philadelphia from Feb. a to 26 will
be che. photograph, an invention that
has been adopted by the United States
secret service and by large banks and
OtheCtfnstitutions 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. K. M.
farmer, the inventor, recently went
abroad for the purpose Of giving the
king of Italy demonstration.
Useful to Business Men.
The instrument magnities sound and
enables the faintest whisper in a room
to be heard with distinctness in the
remote part of any building with which
it 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
+ho+
carries the conversation between the
4inanciSr and his callers to a distant
room where a stenographer at a re-
Geiving station tranScribes it in her
notebook unknown to the visitor.
Thus the fnancier has a faithful rec
Ordzof everything said by himself and
his caller respecting the great financial
deals that daily engage his attention.
In a similar way the invention is be
ing employed by Chief Wilkie of the
secret service and by the presidents Of
many Of the largest banks and trust
companies in the country and abroad.
Another unique feature Of the in
strument is the opportunity it offers
business man using it to dispense
with the personal attendance Of Il
Stenograpber in his Office. Sitting at
his desk or walking leisurely about
his office, he can dictate his CORE
spondence to his stenOgrapher in an
other part of the building. This can
be accomplished without talking di-
HectIy into the machine or coming in
contact with it 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 it 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
are now under way,
will be as an adjunct of the United
States signal corps in important mill
cary maneuvers. A photograph Sc
ereted in a 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 a given point. When
placed at the fork of a road it will
also help in determining the direction
of the enemy's movement.
In this connection it will prove in
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 Bluchers 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 |
EatiOn 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 |
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