Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02
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trail diaphragm OF certain excepuonahy u'Hca'o'
framed persons"
About the middle OF the nineteenth century
Professor yon Riechenbach. OF Germany believed
he had found the source OF the power exerted
bv any one using divnng rod In the radiation
Of n very fine eas given of by many bodies and
which he called 'odyllic force" The Frenchman
NJ f Chevreul on the other hand explained the
whole phenomenon as being a selfdecepton OF
the persons holding the rods their arm muscles
becoming excessively rritated by the peculiar
way of holding the rod, and their nervous system
likewise BY the stranng desire OF g diyiner
to find something
u was IN the midst OF this somewhat general
skeptlcism concerning the actual power OF the
OWNERS and rather listess search for some real
explanation OF the phenomenon that Herr Won
Buelow became Interested in a search for a SUD
terranean water supply near the imperial wharf
at the harbor OF Kie Won UsIar. who was called
upon to make the experiment, achieved such con.
elusive results actually piercing water
veins that Won Buelov brought the matter 20 the
attention ~ the emperor, aud IL was then that
Won Uslar sent by the government to south
west Africa.
For two years and a half" said Herr Fran.
zius to the writer won Usar traversed that
country In the midst of the hostile liottentots. in
order to find at once a constant supply OF water
for the troops and for the farmers In that region,
where for the most part water lacking.
When he returned. In the spring Of 1908. he
had designated subterranean water courses In
500 places and according to the official report up
TO that time 63 OF those places had been investi
gated BY borings. Seventy-nine per cent OF his
designations had proved to be correct The bor-
ing continued and up to June. 1911 according TO
an official government report which was issued at
that time total OF 2O6 Of the 500 places had
been Investigated. and In III OF them. about
SO per cent water had been found
I'm Germany many scientists became interest
ed In the art. Beyerhaus believed he had found
the explanation OF the phenomenon in electricity
Rlom pinned his faith TO radium Professor w
Kubler. In Dresden. found that confined steam
or great masses of ice had just the same infu.
ence on the diviner The physicist DR.. G Rotha
attributed the influence to Rechenbachs odyllic
force the physician DR. \. Noll TO electricity
Or Aigner. In Munchen. also a practicing physi-
clan. devoted himself closely to an investigation
Of the question and is inclined to presume an
altogether unknown kind OF rays, or terrestrial
currents az probable sources OF the power
Meanwhile OWNERS In various parts OF Ger
'"any devoted themselves TO practicng the art
quite Independently Of one another. and contin-
ued TO meet with pronounced successes until in
1909 an effort made 70 bring them and all
those Interested In discovering the secret of the
power together In sort of convention at Dres-
den. There carefully recorded experiments were
made before number OF professors OF the tech
nical schools Of Drnden and Munchen by the
OWNERS Won Buelow Uslar and pr Vor
Not only were the experiments conclusive but
each of the three men named. working ndepen-
IDENTIFY OF one another located In the same spot
near Dresden, an extensive subterranean coal
Held. After this the use OF the OWNERS by mine
owners rapidly increased and in 1911 another
convention, lasting three days and marked by
more startling successe. was held Mt Hanover
Potash Ia very abundant in this region and the
discoveries Of deposits OF 1t made by the egh,
diyners appearing before the convention we're 80
astonishing that the formation OF a permanent
society to collect all available facts concerning
dvinine rods and. IL possible discover the secret
OF their power was AZ once undertaken
The society IL seeking 10 gain The lnterest nj
wider circles for the investigation Of the riddle
OF the rods, and Herr Won Usar and myself have
met with fair success In our efforts to arouse the
interest OF scientists In this country"
Herr Franzius was modest In his claims as &c
the accuracy with which the designations OF sub
terranean water and minerals could be made
but declared In response to question that thI,
accuracy was quite remarkable
Not only he says. Can the dviner by wall,
ing about In circle, so that II he crosses weir
once he must necessarily cross il at least a sec
ond time determine the location OF a substratun
OF mineral or water. but he can also determin,
In most cases the depth OF the stratum below th,
surface, even when II Is several hundred feet
and also the direction In which the vein extends
Hefr Won osIar speaking through his friend
Herr Franzius. cited case after case where min,
owners had employed OWNERS TO locate new
veins In Germany and railroad drectorates ha,
employed them TO find a suitable water sunni,
at their various stations
Tho two visitors hope that on their return
after the Landrats findings In Wisconsin an,
Michigan have been Investigated, the results q
their discoveries In this country Of new deposit
OF coal. iron and petroleum will rouse as m,c,
interest In the mysterious power possessed n
Won usIar 40 has already been manifested 1,
Germany II 10 only by rousing such interes
among scientists everywhers. the Lansrat bs
uevees that the answer can be found to the r,aai