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Washington Journal., 1912-01-20

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Washington Journal., 1912-01-20
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bensmittel gu bprihaffen. Die 2ono-
ltraBen iinO aid fir S1litten unbe.
fobrbor. Der @iIOItano IeiOet unge.
bellren S@ooen.
Washington Journal., 1912-01-20
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Washington Journal., 1912-01-20

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9empeI ftatt.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

are no noisy newspaper men over there to
tell about such things. IL is said that the
Secret Service was the first TO get wi3c
TO the dictograph in this country, and d
bright red-ha!red man, called BILLY
Burns, began to dabble with the machine
The first published instance OF its use
was In the Illinois Central shop graftihS
case about year ago. Burns had such
success with II that he tried II on the Nc
Namara dynamiters, and has been tryinS
1t on almost everybody since. The legisla-
tive grafters at Columbus, Ohio, were muci
disgusted by the apparatus last summer
and the common people OF that town cele-
hrated the revelations by joyously drinking
dictograph cocktails. Mr. Turner went out
there to testify and demonstrate that the
dictograph was not a fantasy bred of cock
tails. and that It could provide perfectly
good legal evidence. The Ohio Supreme
Court has upheld the dictograph as legal
evidence getter.
Despite the publicity it has had the more
the machine is used the better il WORKS.
Most people refuse to believe In II until
they have been sent TO Jail by It's agency,
and then they have their doubts. So II Is
that Mr.. Burns has been dictographins
away on all kinds of cases for months
past, and will probably keep at 1t as long
as he is on the Job. After all. men must
talk, and the dictograph must listen You
can't see IT., you can't find It. 1t may be
imbedded In the stone wall OF cell, hid
den under wall paper or concealed In ven
tilator. Two Italian crooks were placed In
Pennsylvania Jail cell. dietograph op-
orator waited for them to talk. They said
nothing for FIVE days, but on the sixth they
began to talk. and II was all taken down
geographically.
Here are a few terse observations on the
detective uses OF the dictograph:
"The only sane method OF obtaining evi-
dence In bribery, divorce and in all cases
where the words OF the accused person may
be used as evidence against them. Inval-
liable to government, state and city om-
cials. In bribery or boodling cases,
the hotel room or Office may be equipped
in moments time. After arrest in Grim
inal cases, don't separate the prisoners
place them all in one cell Let them talk
they will do H. But be sure you arc at the
other end Of the dictograph, and take down
what they say after which, separate them
and confront them with their story. You
Will get full confession every time
.In confessions do not have third party
In the room. Take your man in alone with
you Talk to him. gain his confidence and
get him TO tell you just how It happened.
only you two are there. and he will express
himself fully and freely. The dictograph
will give you the story complete through
your stenographer. and the evidence Will
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
Continued from third page.

off his feet IN imminent peril Of other
blows or cripple him outright. The surf
men have become 80 expert, however that
they are seldom even grazed, but unflag-
C'ng vigilance and alertneSs are needful
The work is really akin to sport. even
though a matter of commercial pursuit.
and the odds are a long way from being
against the fighting mammals. 1t takes
C urage and strength and no little skill to
battle TO success with those stranded por-
poises, and among the surfmen there arc
plenty OF tired muscles and painting lungs
ere the capture be complete The creased
pig OF tradition Is an easy mark beside
these slippery, agile, powerful. wriggling
'seahogs," as "Jacky" is pleased to term
them.
There are times when the sea and the
surf conspire to protect the porpoises from
capture. The fishermen are not always
Guccessful IN getting their boats launched
through the breakers. and more than once
in seasons work the men get a nasty
spill. Sometimes. too, the nets are carried
away, and. again. the force OF the oncom-
Ing swells makes IL hard to work in unison
and occasionally-even though the boats
set seaward through the breakers-,t IN
impossible 10 unite the various sections ~
the seine, and the alert quarry get bv ana
away. These are the chances and the riot.
that must be run in the pursuit OF thosa
fish, and all of us have heard something or
the hazards that lurk in the waters neigh
boring fateful Cape Hatteras
At each fishing station there is q cr,1o
outfit for speedily trying out the far fro,,
the porpolses. The head is promntIv co..,
cred from the body, and the Weld fro,.,
each OF these two parts is tried out ,ns.
pendently. The fat is stripped from, ~.
hsh and minced. and then put In trv-,,o,,
and slowly slmmered. the oil rising ana ,ho
hbrc settling. Al this stage the nod, -,
and the jaw oil are nearly alike in gar.n, o
appearance. but there is wide d,eana.'oI
between their commercial yaIuas M
piubher oil Is worth about 81 or an .o..e
gallon, while the jaw oil soils %. go
gallon. II is easy to see Whit a ,,..s',,.
is placed upon the fraudulent mixins - ~"
TWO products and the sale OF the r,,,'.' ."e
as pure Jaw oil. Tricks Of this sor, s.ne
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

Zone, two, three. four, five. Did you get
that?"
The distant voice replied:
zone, two three, four, five"
The writer stood close against the box
receiver. The invisible ones voice report
ed that there was a queer rustling sound.
This sound may have been the rustlinS OF
clothes caused by breathing.
A mutual test with Mr.. Turner on the
possibility Of hearing heart beats did not
turn out we'll The throbbing Of the heart
does not cause air vibration. or sound,
which is readily appreciable by telephone
means.
The small box is part of the commercial
dictograph, or Turner interior telephone. Ii
consists principally Of the transmitting
disk, or sound collector which is the same
as that Of the detective dictograph, and an
orifice which talks back" the answer of the
person at the other end Of the wire. There
are half a dozen or more pegs, which may
be depressed to put the user in touch with
as many instruments In adjoining offices.
1t is simply an independent interior tele-
phone for use in Offices. obviating the need
of a switchboard, preventing switchoo oard
leaks" and requiring no manipulation Oh
tranSmitter or receiver II you WISH "
talk 10 any one within the circuit pun
down a peg and talk away as If you were
I'm the same room with the other person.
You can thus dictate to a stenographer or
hold business conference with haf
dozen persons simultaneously. An apparatus
OF this sort with seventy-two pegs and
as many connections is being made for a
public school on the Pacific Coast.
The detective dictograph is an adaptation
of the interior telephone for detective work.
The whole affair weighs half pound, and
can be easily slipped into coat pocket.
When It is incased in a black leather box
II looks like a small pocket camera. There
is a sound collector. or transmitter, re-
ceiving disk, couple of small dry bag
teries and a double length of black, SILK
covered wire The sound collector Is
disk of black. hard rubber weighing few
ounces, about three inches across and an
inch thick There is a metal eye by which
II may be hung OH nail behind desk
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

stand In court II always does.
This Is an age OF progress and improve
mont. Why Use antiquated methods I'm Sc
curing evidence? The dictograph method
IS the new and up-to-date method. II is
the scientific way.
Corporations may have their meeting
room walls fitted with dlctograph ears
THE dctograph Is applicable to all lines
OF business and all professions. Its value
cannot be estimated in dollars alone as It's
moral influence is untold"
Along jhe line of moral influence. Mr.,
Turner said he could tell an interesting
dictograph story, but It would violate con-
hdence In the right hands the instru-
ment has a moral effect. but IL may be,
and I'm a fnw cases has been. turned TO i'm
moral and pernlcious uses, for example,
wire tapping and blacllmail. not to mention
other crimes. For this reason II is not
sold or rented TO irresponsible parties. IT
has been vainiy asked for by men who
would not give their names and who We're
presumably crooks, or persons with an I'M
moral design. The instrument is supplied
TO accredited detective agencies and gov
ernment officials. An honest business man
or respectable corporation can have It..
1t is sold for $50 or rented for $50 year.
A mechanic will install it, but any intelli-
gent person can do that himself.
The only apparent flaw in the dictograph
method is the reliance upon stenographer
who reports the conversation at the other
end OF the wire. In the Lorimer case, and
more recently the Gary, Ind, case, doubt
has been cast on the accuracy of the stem
ographic reports A stenographer, Meyer
Himmelblau. made an affidavit that the
dictograph records in the Gary case were
faxed. While 1t is possible to have two
stenographers simultaneously on the job,
thus strengthening the record by the tes-
timony and mutual corroboration of two
persons, an ideal condition would make
the instrument independent Of human falli-
bility. Attempts have been made to hitch
the dictograph TO the dictaphone, or phono-
graph, so that a perfect mechanical record
OF conversations might be automatically
made. SO far these attempts have not sue
ceeded. The phonograph cylinder will not
take the imprint of voice coming over a
wire. Uor is 1t sufficiently affected by the
vibrations I'm wireless telephony, as was
shown In a recent experiment.
The longest distance over which dcto-
graph has been used In detective work Is
three miles This was in a Western case.
A regular copper telephone wire was en-
ployed for the purpose There is hardly
any practical distance limit. but an ex-
elusive wire is necessary 10 avoid inter
rrIptions. The apparatus may be attached
to any telephone wire and thus constitute
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
HIDDEN CONVERSATION.

chat between two persons. The detective
or stenographer at the end Of the line lat
urally doesn't care to talk back" 10 the
subject.
On the outer extremity of the sound-co
| lecting disk Is a series OF oblong semi-cir-
cular openings through which the yibra-
tions of air which constitute sound pass
within. Inside there is cone, the point Of
which is an electrode and which reaches
the centre Of the disk. Vibrations of air
striking the bottom of the cone are reflect
ed back and forth. They climb circular
mountain, as il were. and become focused
at the centre and peak of the cone II is
something like a burning glass focusing
the rays OF light on central point The
| disk gathers the sound vibrations within
| a circle about nine and one-half inches in
circumference and transforms them into
electrical impulses to be sent over wire.
II is great mechanical ear, which es-
similates the least whisper and reproduces
II to the human ear at the other end Of the
circuit.
! A hundred shapes and sizes OF the me-
chanical ear were tried OUT before perfec-
ton was reached. The discard collection
in Mr.. Turner's desk shows disks as big
as saucers. with varied openings. and sll
kinds OF metal and other construction. Ii
was found that the bigger the ear the
Ibettcr the hearing wasn't so, and that a fall
lacy lurked in the saying that little pitch
ers have large aurai cavities.
The dictograph ear multiplies sound. II
is interesting TO know how much Il multi
| plies, but the question can hardly be an
swered, since there is no standard for
| sound volume. The pitch of q sound con
be scientifically fixed while the intensity
is difficult TO determine. Some have esti-
mated that the dictograph multiplies fou,
hundred times, an estimate which seems
quite generous.
Down at Washington Mr.. Turner connect
ed the dictograph with the government
wireless outfit. and it was figured that no
brought ships at sea two hundred miles
nearer. Wireless signals from the Gulf of
Mexico. which had been barely audible
were heard all over a large room when the
| Turner apparatus was applied. The same
apparatus made the President I'm the White
House hear everything IN the House NJ
Representatives just as IL he had been
there. More lately President Hadley CT
Yale made an after-dinner speech at his
New Haven home. which was well heard
by Yale alumni at Chicago. In the latter
case trumpet disseminated the far-borne
voice to the banqueters
Mr.. Turner had difficult time getting
any one 10 take his ear machines seriously
| for oetecuVe purposes. At the Thsw trial
his suggestions were turned down by an
assistant district attorney. Then he crossed
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
Using Huge Nets to Entrap Porpoises

been responsible for watches and clocks
going wrong-the unscientific reiner fail
ing to make sure OF the character Of bis
! raw material, so to speak
After the oil is tried out from the fat at
the fishing stations II is promptly shipped
TO the refining plant at New Bedford. When
1t arrives there the first step In the sue
ceeding treatment consists in gently heat
ing it to complete the process of cooking
begun by the fishermen Next the oil Is
placed I'm tanks to await grading and II Is
said that two years may frequently elapss
before the trained eye OF n skilled retiner
can determine TO what class the oil be-
longs. This cunning OF discrimination Is
| instructive or a second nature. developed
| by intimate familiarity with porpoise OILS.
and We are told that there are not han
dozen men in the world who have had the
training and experience necessary for thls
work. Extremely delicate variations ~
color. texture, odor and flavor enter into
the classifying of the different grades, ana
upon these distinctions very large part OF
the subsequent reliability of watch ana
chronometer lubricants rests.
Again, each grade OF oil calls for inoi-
vidual treatment, and, quite reasonaoH'
the refner is not telling the secrets OF hiS
art, nor will he dwell upon the details py
which he patiently gets rid OF all foreign
material which may impair the lubricatins
qualities OF his finished article. However
nature helps him in his long work, whicn
covers two years, during which time tne
oil lies undisturbed and undergoes seh'
settling process After that II must DC
subjected to intense refrigeration. and ohce
more nature helps, the oil spending a WIZ
ter far enough north TO expose II TO the
required cold, during which there is =
further precipitation. which leaves an OH
which will not CONCEAL. despite the rigors
Of Jack Frost.
Not until all OF these stages have oeen T.
successfully passed Is porpoisc jaw oil y.
TO be placed in its little bottles and onerea
to the makers OF watches and clocks ana
chronometers. BY that time It's value mas
been immensely increased. but We must ~
member that precious little OF it is re- :
quired for each OF these forms OF time
piece. and. when good, the oil should %
equal to the office expected of II for
year or two. and under ell climatic cona'
tons. at that
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

merely an improvement on ordinary teie-
phonic service. However. the telephone
companies prohibit the use Of devices which
they DO not supply TO subscribers.
Besides its use by the Burns agency, the
Pinkcrtons. The Secret Service. ,ha Depart
ment OF Justice, the Army and Navy de-
partments and New York Police Head
quarters. the dictograph is installed in the
offices OF the National City Bank, the
Standard Oil Company, in railroad offices
and in many Wall street establishments.
/ II the usual business instrument ~ of the
/ interior telephone type, It is hardly more
conspicuous than the detective type and
can be easily concealed within 4 desk In
one instance an officer Of n corporation
/ wanted To know the secrets OF a room
/ which had solid walls anu no furniture eX-
cept desk in the centre. over which hung
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

a patient might go to sleep in an adJotn'
ing room with receiver attached 10 her
head and she would instantly awaken at
the least whisper or noise made by the
patient Another could use the same ap-
paratus for a sick child. For apartment
houses the device would supersede tele-
phone and speaking tube. Its sanitary
superiority TO any instrument With
mouthpiece is obvious.
Science is beginning TO make important
Use Of the dictograph. Professor Frank
Perret, the American volcano expert, hls
been studying Vesuvus by connecting the
active assures Of the crater dictographical-
ly with his cottage on the slope OF the
mountain He has attached the receiver TO
his head when going to bed at night and
has been enabled to hear every rumble OF
his volcanic pet throughout the night
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
of Supposed Secret
Bribery Cases Has Brought
About Of Mind Among That Will Lead
of Furnishings and At
Their Meeting Places

the pond and showed a form OF his inven-
tion IN the late King Edward, who said.
scotland Yard should have st." The police
of Paris and other cities took up the die
toerapb before any one in this country
showed much interest In 1t. Ihe European
crime hunters used 1t and Kept num- Ihere
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

or q picture The wires are inserted at the
lower end OF the disk. and at their ter
minus are connected with the receiving
disk, which the eavesdropper holds 10 his
ear. The dry batteries provide the neces-
cary current. Unlike the interior tele-
nbone the dictograph does not provide for
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
~ - Fvdoers Is That Scientific Eavesdropper the Dctogap

pa chandelier. There was metal ball at
the base of the chandelier. In this ball a
dictograph sound collector was riggsd.
whereby the corporation official at the other
end of the wire heard everything that was
said in that room. A banker has the in
,tr,,ment hidden IN clock on his desk.
and when he wants the conversation Of his
caller recorded he presses button on the
floor with his foot to notify stenographer
in the next room.
Such more or less moral and legitimate
business uses Of .he dictograph contrast
with its recent application In Salt Lake
city by a gang OF wire tappers. who mag.
nifed the sound OF telesra2hic messages
relating to the stock market and would
have got rich II they had NOT gone 10 jail.
There are a multitude OF uncultivated
fields for the instrument. In the psyco-
pathic ward at Bellevue II would be er-
trenely useful to nave record Of the
speech or mutterings OF suspected lunatics
when they are alone. A nurse attending
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-03-15
TO $. $. WORKERS

The members of the Executive
Committee and the Officers of each
magisterial district association in
the county are requested to meet
in executive session in the lecture
room Of the NJ. u. Church South in
Louisa April 13, 1912. At this time
and place the committee will plan
the work for the coming season, ar
range for time, place and manner
of holding the annual convention of
the county. and such other business
as may come before the committee.
The officers of the district asso-
Citations are earnestly requested 10
meet with the committee and assist
in planning concerted action for
better conditions along all lines OF
religious education and moral train
ing throughout the county.
BY order of the President.
o. j. VAUGHAN, Secretary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-03-15
ADJOURNED SINE DIE.

With the strains of my Old Ken
lucky Home" echoing through the
broad corridors of the Capitol
building. the 1912 meeting of the
General Assembly came to final
close at 2:1O O'Clock "Wednesday
morning after what is conceded one
of the busiest sessions In the
annals OF the State. Up until the
moment the gayels OF the presiding
officers fell for the last time, both
branches had put in every minute
Of getaway day" and a big pile
of bills were put through the legis'
latiye grind. The clocks in the
Legislative chambers stopped at ] u
40 O'Clock Tuesday night, but the
solons kept on unmindful of tbs
time.