Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-02-25

achievement OF his was the assassina-
ton Of the king and queen Of Por-
tugal. II was their wedding day. ALI
possible precautions had been taken |
against the terrorists, and the way
from the cathedral, through Lisbon's
streets, was double-banked with troops |
while a squad OF two hundred mounted
troopers surrounded the carriage. Sud
denly the amazing thing happened.
The automatic rifles OF the troopers
began to go OF, as well as the rines
of the double-banked infantry In the
immediate vicinity. In the excitement
the muzzles of the exploding rihes
| were turned in all directions The
slaughter was terrible--horses, troops,
spectators, and the king and queen
were riddled with bullets. To COM
plicate the affair, in different parts OF
| the crowds behind the foot soldiers,
| two terrorists had bombs explode on
their persons. These bombs they had
intended to throw IL they got the OPP
| portunity. But who was TO know thisg
The frightfuI havoc wrought by the
| bursting bombs but added to the con"
fusion; IL was considered part OF the
| general attack.
| And Emil Gluck chuckled and went
his way. He knew But how was the
world to know? He had stumbled up
on the secret in his old electropiating
shop on Telegraph avenue in the city
OF Oakland. II happened. at that time.
| that q wireless telegraph station was
established by the Thurston Power
company close to his shop. In a short
time his electroplating vat was put
out OF order. The vat wiring had many
| bad Joints. and, upon investigation,
Gluck discovered minute Yields at the
| Joints In the wiring. These, by lower
Ing the resistance, had caused an ex-
cessive current to pass through the
solution, boiling" 1t and spelling the
work. But what had caused the
welds?" was the question In Gluck's
mind. His reasoning wan simple. Be
fore the establishment of the wireless
| station, the vat had worked well. Not
until after the establishment OF the
wireless station had the vat been
ruined. Therefore. the wireless station
had been the cause. But how? He
quickly answered the question. II an
electric discharge was capable Of oper-
i ating a coherer across three thousand
miles OF ocean, then, certainly the elec-
trio discharge from the wireless sta
ton four hundred feet away could pro-
duce coherer effects on the bad joints
in the vat wiring.
/ Chuck thought no more about It at
the time. He merely rewired his vat
and went on electroplating. But after
ward, In prison, he remembered the IN.
cident, and like flash there came into
his mind the full significance OF II. He
saw I'm II the silent, secret weapon with
which to revenge himself on the
world. His great discovery, which
died with him. was control over the
direction and scope of the electric dis
charge. AT the time. this was the I'M
solved problem Of wireless telegraphy
las 1t still Is todaybut Emil Gluck,
In his prison cell, mastered 1t. And
when he was released, he applied 1t.
II was Emil GIuck that caused the
terrible German-American war, with
the loss OF 100000 lives. and the con-
sumption of almost incalculable treas
ure. It will be remembered that In
1889 strained relations existed be-
tween the two countries. Germany,
though aggrieved, was not anxious fol-
war, and, as a peace token, sent the
crown prince and seven battleships
on q friendly visit TO the United
States. On the night OF February 10
the seven warships lay at anchor In
the Hudson opposite New York city
And on that night. Emil Gluck, alone
with all his apparatus ON board, was
| out In launch. This launch, II was
afterward proved, was bought by him
from the Ross-Turner company, while
much OF the apparatus he used that
night had been purchased from the
Columbia Electric works. But this
was not known at the time. All thai
was known was that the seven battle
: ships blew up. one after another, a
= regular, four.minute intervals. Ninety
; per cent OF the crews and officers
4 along with the crown prince, persisted
. Germany believed that 1t had beer
, done by a submarine, and immediatei,
|, declared war. IL was six months afte'
: GIuck's confession, that she returned
= the Philippines and Hawaii to thu
a United States.
y In the meanwhile, Emil Glack, ma
a leyolent wizard and arch.hater, travel
= ed his whirlwind path OF destruction
!. He left no traces. Scientifically thor
ough, he always cleaned up after him
n self. His method was to rent room
. or a house. and secretly TO install hi
y apparatus-which apparatus, by th
!. way, he so perfected and simplifie'
q that II occupied little space. After h,
!. had accomplished his purpose. ne care
n fully removed the apparatus. He bad
. fair to live out long life OF horrible
q crime.
r. The epidemic OF the shooting of New
% York city policemen was n remark
q able affair. Il became one OF the hor
:. 4 roy rnx-ofarinQ NJ thn time In tw,