Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12

GIuck 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
weids?" was the question In Gluck's
mind. His reasoning was 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-
ating a coherer across three thousand
miles OF ocean. then, certainly the cleo
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 II 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 1t. he
saw In Il 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 UNI
[ solved problem OF wireless telegraphy
-as It still is today-but Emil Gluck,
in his prison cell, mastered 1t. And
when he was released. he applied t.
1t was Emil Gluck that caused the
terrible German-American war. with
the loss of 100000 lives, and the con
sumption Of almost incaleulable treas
ure. 1t will be remembered that in
1889 strained relations existed be
tween the two countries. Germany
though aggrieved. was not anxious for
war, and, as peace token, sent the
crown prince and seven battleships
on friendly visit to the United
States. On the night OF February 10
the seven warships lay at anchor n
the Hudson opposite New York city
And on that night, Emil Gluck, alone
with all his apparatus on board, was
out in a launch. This launch, II was
afterward proved, was bought by hin
from the Ross-Turner company, while
much of the apparatus he used thai
night had been purchased from tbs
Columbia Electric works. But thii
was not known at the time. All tina
was known was that the seven battle
ships blew up, one after another, q
regular, four-minute intervals. Ninety
per cent of the crews and officers
along with the crown prince, persisted
Germany believed that it had beef
done by submarine, and immediatel.
declared war. It was six months afte
Gluck's confession, that she returne'
the Philippines and Hawaii to th'
United States.
In the meanwhile, Emil Gluck, ma
levolent wizard and arch-hater, travel
ed his whirlwind path of destruction
He left no traces. Scientifically thor
ough, he always cleaned up after him
self. His method was to rent a room
or a house, and secretly to install hi
apparatus which apparatus, by tn
way, he so perfected and simplifie'
that 1t occupied little space, After b
had accomplished his purpose, he care
fully removed the apparatus. He bad
fair to live out long life of horribi
crime.
The epidemic of the shooting of NeN
York city policemen was q remark
able affair 1t became one of the hol
ror mysteries of the time. In tw
short weeks over hundred policeme
were shot in the legs by their own r
volvers. Inspector Jones did not soly
the mystery, but it was his idea tina
finally outwitted Chuck On his recon
mendation the policemen ceased ca
! rying revolvers, and no more acc
dental shooting occurred.
It was In the early spring Of. 1874
that Gluck destroyed the Mare islam
navy yard. From a room In VaileJ
| he sent his electric discharges acros
| the Vallejo straits to Mare islam
| He first played his flashes on the ba
| tleship Maryland. She lay at the doc
| of one OF the mine magazines On hi
| forward deck, on huge temporal
| platform of timbers, we're dispose
| over hundred mines. These mins
/ were for the defense OF the Golde
Gate. Any one of these mines W.
capable of destroying a dozen battl
ships, and there were over hundrt
mines. The destruction was terrih
. but It was only GIuck's overture. I
y played his flashes down the Ma
1s island shore. blowing up Ave torpei
y boats. the torpedo station and Il
?. great magazine at the eastern end
u the island. Returning westward agai
y and seooping In occasional isolat
y magazines on the high ground bal
y from the shore, he blew up thr
= cruisers and the battleships Gregg
lu Delaware, New Hampshire and Flori
= the latter had just gone into d
= dock, and the magnificent dry do
= was destroyed along with her.
:. 1t was frightful catastrophe. and
:, : shudder Of horror passed through t
: land, But 1t was nothing TO what W
= to follow In the late fall of ii
s year, Emil Gluck made a clean swe
- of the Atlantic seaboard from Mai
= TO Florida. Nothing escaped. For
:. mines. coast defenses of all sort, t
81 padn stations, magazines eyerythi
=. went up. Three months aftergafsl.