Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03

will return, they say, to observe the startling re-
suits of secret demonstration now under way.
To locate rich deposits Of coal and iron deep
down in the earth by walking about on the sur
face holding in ones hands bit OF wire or
twig of birch seems fit material for old wives
tale Yet that is what the Landrat Won Ulsar
a friend of Kaiser Wilhelm, announces he has
accomplished in the far-reaching wilderness of
northern Michigan and Wisconsin. And more.
In region in this country where the presence of
petroleum had never before been known even
suspected he has OWNED by the use of his little
metal rod the existence in vast quantities of the
wealthbringing crude oil.
These lands owned by hard-headed, bunco-
proof American capitalists, who are now proceed.
ing to verify the findings of the Landrat. Mean
while he has sailed back to his duties as chief
government official for the district of Apenrade,
Schleswis Hostein With him has gone the
friend who accompanied him on this trip Herr
Folkmar Franzius, nephew of the harbor direc
tor of Bremen who widened and deepened the
River Weser to admit ships of the greatest draft
They will return as borings have been
completed at the points indicated by Won Usar
when they expect the mine owners to acknowl
edge that the diyining rod has been corroborated
Herr Uslar does not boast of his power
attempt to explain it, He exercises it for the
benefit of those seriously interested. Their pur-
pose may be to profit directly by the location of
subterranean water mineral deposits, or to
discover answer to the riddle He places him
self at the disposal of both and is content to rest
the facts.
He has located many deposits of water and
minerals in Germany where the subject has ere
ated a profound stir in recent years Societies
whose membership includes many of the fore
most scientists of the empire have been formed
to collect all the valuable data divining rods,
and to carry exhaustive search for the true
explanation of the phenomenon.
1t was through the interest of Herr Won Bue-
low, who in 1895 became enthusiastic convert
TO the art Of locating minerals, water, etc, by
the aid of the rods that Herr Won Uslars natural
gift was brought to the attention of Emperor
William. Then followed imperial expedition,
headed by Won Uslar to the German desert col
onies OF southwest Africa, which lasted two years
and half and demonstrated so conclusively the
reality of the Landrat's mysterious power that
the emperor thoroughly convinced.
The writer called on Herr Won Uslar and Herr
FranZius at the Hotel Aston, in New York, before
and after their recent trip to Wisconsin and
Michigan. At the first visit they spoke vaguely
of planning tour to the Yosemite Valley Al
the second the Yosemite not mentioned. In
stead, they described the difficulties of climbing
over fallen trees in the trackless forests of north
Wisconsin and of the delightful qualities o.
easy friendship found among the men in charge
of certain mines in the same region.
Herr Uslar would fit well into story
book as an austere country squire He is tai
and slender and straight arrow.
The Landrat is a stranger to English, but thu
deficiency was supplied by Herr Franzius, VIII
speaks 1t fuently. Their visit here had not BEEF
without humorous interest, for 1t appears tina
Won Uslar takes boysh delight in exhibiting
his power for the entertainment well as prof
of his friends One evening Franzius and Vo
Uslar were being entertained at the club hous
of prominent German society in seth street
Conversation turned to the Wunscherute d
vining rods, and the Landrat asked II he ha
not rod with him, that he could exhibit hi
power. He did not have one but offered to Sc
what he might find If they would furnish hiI
with piece of ordinary wire
A long hunt at last unearthed the desire
wire, and with this In his hand Won Uslar wal
dered from room to room about the clubhouse
Nothing occurred until he reached the billiar
room, when the rod began to turn rapidly.
We'll, welll" exclaimed the German. Il don