Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-03
How NunlnS Rods Held
ny OoefdfOr

Operator
trail diaphragm of certain exceptionally delicately
framed persons.
About the middle of the nineteenth century
Professor Won Riechenbach, of Germany, believed
he had found the source of the power exerted
by any one using divining rod in the radiation
of very fine gas given off by many bodies ana
which he called ''odyllic force" The Frenchman
NJ q. Chevreu the other hand, explained the
whole phenomenon being self-deception OF
the persons holding the rods, their arm muscles
becoming excessively irritated by the peculiar
way of holding the rod, and their nervous system
likewise by the straining 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 listless search for some real
explanation of the phenomenon that Herr Won
Buelow became interested in a 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, actually piercing water
veins, that Won Buelow brought the matter to the
attention of the emperor, and It 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 Uslar traversed that
country in the midst of the hostile Hottentots, in
order to find at a 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 up
to that time 1853 of those places had been investi
gated by borings Seventy-nine per cent of his
designations had proved to be correct. The Dor.
ing continued and up to June, 1911, according to
of eial EoEarsaE issued az
that time total of FOG of the 800 places had
been investigated, and in III of them, or about
nor MT Uata had
'In Germany many scientists became interest.
ed In the art. Reyerhaus believed he had found
the explanation of 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 infu-
ence on the diviner. The physicist, DR.. G. Rothe
attributed the influence to Rechenbachs odyllic
force;' the physician, DR.. A. Voll, to electricity
DR.. Aigner, in Munchen, also practcing physi
cian 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 practicng the art
quite independently of one another, and contin
ued to meet with pronounced successes until IL
1909 effort was made to bring them and al
those interested In discovering the secret of tn,
power together in sort of convention at Ores
den. There carefully recorded experiments wer
made before number of professors of the tech
meal schools Of Drnden and Munchen by thu
OWNERS Won Buelow, Uslar and DR.. voll
mot only were the experiments conclusive, blu
each of the three men FAMED, working indepen
IDENTIFY of one another, located in the same spot
near Dresden, an extensive subterranean Goa
field. After this the use of the OWNERS by min
rapidly increased, and in 1911 anothe
convention, lasting three days and marked b
startling successe, held at Hanover
Potash is very abundant in this region, and tn
discoveries of deposits Of it made by the eigh
OWNERS appearing before the convention were s
astonishing that the formation of a permaner
society to collect all available facts concernin
dvining rods and, IL possible, discover the secre
of their power was at undertaken.
1.-THE society is seeking to gain the interest
wider circles for the investigation of the riddl
of the rods, and Herr Won Uslar and myself hav
met with fair success in our efforts to arouse til
interest of scientists in this country"
Herr Franzius was modest in his claims as
the accuracy with which the designations OF sui
terranean water and minerals could be mad
but declared in response to a question that tn
accuracy was quite remarkable.
mot only" he says, "can the diviner, by wal
ing about in circle, SO that If he crosses a vel
he must necessarily cross 1t at least Sc
ond time, determine the location of a substratu
of mineral or water, but he can also determir
in most cases the depth of the stratum below IL
surface. when 1t is several hundred fec
and also the direction in which the vein extends
Herr Franzus. cited case after case where mil
owners had employed OWNERS to locate ne
veins in Germany and railroad directorates hi
employed them to find a suitable water SUBJ
at their various stations.
The two visitors hope that on their retuI
after the Landrats findings in Wisconsin Al
Michigan have been investigated the results
their discoveries in this country of new depos
Of coal, iron and petroleum will rouse as mu
interest in the mysterious power possessed
Won Uslar as has already been manifested
Germany. 1t is only by rousing such intert
among scientists everywhere. the Landrat
ieves, that the answer can be found to the ride
that vexes and tantalizes him day by day: WI
Is the true source Of the diviner.s nowerf