The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-02
How NNnInS RodI5 Held
by Qpefafor

trail diaphragm of certain exceptionally decately
framed persons"
About the middle of the nineteenth century
Professor Won Riechenbach Of Germany, believed
he had found the of the power exerted
by any one using dvining rod in the radiation
of very fine gas given off by many bodies and
which he called "odyllic force" The Frenchman,
M. e. Chevreul, on the other hand, explained the
whole phenomenon being a self-deception OF
the persons holding the rods, their muscles
becoming excessively irrtated by the peculiar
way of holding the rod and their nervous system
likewise by the straning desire of the diviner
to find something.
1t was in the midst of this somewhat general
skepticism concerning the actual power of the
OWNERS and rather lstless search for some real
explanation of the phenomenon that Herr Won
Buelow became interested in search for sub
terranean water supply near the imperial wharf
at the harbor Of Kiel. Won Uslar, who was called
upon to make the experiment achieved such con-
elusive results, even actually piercing water
veins that Won Buelow brought the matter to the
attention Of the emperor, and it was then that
Won Uslar was sent by the government to south
west Africa
For two years and half" said Herr Fran.
zlus to the writer, ''Von Uslar traversed that
country in the midst of the hostile Hottentots in
order TO md at once constant supply of water
for the troops and for the farmers in that region
where for the most part water was lacking
When he returned, in the spring of 1908, he
had designated subterranean water courses in
800 places, and according to the official report I'D
to that time 1863 of those places had been tnvesti.
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 Ill of them, or about
ofnrh had
I'm Germany many scientists became interest.
ed in the art. Beyerhaus believed he had found
the explanation the phenomenon in electricity
Blom pinned his faith to radium. Professor w.
kubler in Dresden, found that confined steam
or great masses of ice had just the same inAu-
ence on the diviner. The physicist DR. G. Rothe
attributed the influence to Reichenbachs 'odvlIic
force the physician DR.. A. Voll to electricity.
Dr. Aigner, in Munchen, also a practcing 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, as probable sources of the power
Meanwhile OWNERS in various parts Of Ger
many devoted themselves to practicing the ART
quite independently of one another and contin- |
ueo 10 meet with pronounced successes until in |
l9O9 an effort was made to bring them and all |
nose 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
meal SCHOOLS OF Drnden and Munchen by the
OWNERS Won Buelow, Uslar and Dr. Voll
Not only were the experiments conclusive but
each of the three men named, working indenen.
IDENTIFY OF one another, located In the same snot
near Dresden an extensive suberranean 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 at Hanover
iC
discoveries Of deposits of it made by the eight
OWNERS appearing before the convention we're so
astonishing that the formation of permanent
society TO collect all available facts concerning
owning rods and If possible discover the secret
or their power was at once undertaken
Inc society Is seeking to gain the interest of
"luer circles for the investigation of the riddle
OF the rods, and Herr Won Uslar and myself have
met with fair success in efforts to arouse the
interest OF scientists in this country"
herr Franz1us was modest in his claims as to
the accuracy with which the designations of sub
terranean water and minerals could be made
Dut declared in response to question that this
accuracy was quite remarkable
Not only" he says, can the diviner, by walk.
ing ABOUT In circle, so that if he crosses vein
ohce he must necessarily cross 1t at least a sec.
ond time, determine the location of substratum
Ol mineral or water but he can also determine
III most cases the depth of the stratum below the
surface, even when it is several hundred feet
ana also the direction in which the vein extends >
Herr Won Uslar, speaking through his friend
Herr Franzius cited case after case where mine
owners had employed diviners to locate new
veins IN Germany and railroad drectorates had
employed them to find suitable water supply
At their various stations.
The two visitors hope that on their return
after the Landrats findings in Wisconsin and
hlchlgan nave been investigated, the results of
helr discoveries in this country of new deposits
u coal, iron and petroleum will rouse as much
interest IN the mysterious power possessed bv
Von uslar as has already been manifested in
iermany 1t is only by rousing such interest
lmong scientists everywhere, the Landrat he :
ieyes' that the answer be found to the riddle
nat Vexes and tantalizes him day by day: What
the true source of the OWNERS power?