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The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Only Meager Details Of
Device Are Disclosed

Only the most meager details con-
cerning the new radio detector' could
be pried from the inventor through two
hours of questioning by the newspaper
men.
The device is understood to be large
rotary instrument which Is, 1t seems
an acute selector. When the receiving
set is tuned for any particular station
he II near or far, large or small the
direction finder is rotated until 1t IN
dicates the exact direction from which
Indication is given is Mr.. holster s
secret He is not prepared to divulge
1t at this time.
Ne let II be known, however, that
when the instrument finds the direc-
ton from which a message Is coming
IL set at that direction, the detector be-
comes highly sensitized. When set il
greatly reduces atmospheric and all
other interference.
For instance, II two stations are send
ing the same wave length at the same
time. to receive either station by the
ordinary instrument that takes waves
from all directions is impossible. All
that is obtained, provided the sending
stations are of anything like equal
strength is a jargon OF sound.
With the holster instrument how.
ever, once the direction of the station
desired Is found by the direction finder
this station can be received without In
reference from the other station, some
thing that has never before been accom-
plished.
Atmospheric disturbances are mini
miZed by the instruments, and the eff
fects of heavy storm untitled. In Other
words. with this device. 1t is possible
to receive any particular station, nc
matter what is going on in the wireless
world outside.
There is no necessity for outside wires
ment can be installed in any ordinary
closed room in Washington, and car
take MESA ges sent out by the big Ger
man sta ation at Hanover. the big sta
tion at San Diego, or the one in Alaska
The Washington times., 1916-01-30

has entertained the ambition Of dlscov-
ering a life-saver for use at sea the
germ which has now developed into his
radio detector' came to him In 1912
when as technical adviser to the dele
cation from the Bureau OF Standards
he attended the radio-teleRraphic con-
vention In London, and served upon a
committee considering questions OF
Before this committee he discussed
the value OF wireless signals for use
by lighthouses IN times Of thick
weather. His fellow committeeman
however, pointed out that the value Of
such signals would be greatly enhanced
ship Rt sea could determine the di-
rection from which the fog signals
were coming.
He therefore set to work to supply
such device, keeping In mind, he
says. two prime requirements: first. that
such n device must be inexpensive and
designed to occupy but little space and
second, that II be possible OF adapta-
ton to any receiving or transmitting
wireless outfit OF to a wireless tele-
phone; and the radio detector'' now in
operation at the Bureau Of Standards is
the result.
To, realize just what link in the pres
ent-day chain Of aids to navigation the
radio detector" supplies the develop
ment of wireless on shipboard I'm the
past seven years must be taken into
COnSl0efatlOn
When Binns saved the passengers ~
the Republic and the Florida by the
use OF wireless, sending his position in
latitude and Longitude to the speeding
rescue. ships, II was necessary for the
other steamers to steer by chart and
compass for the two wrecked ships
which were but tiny Items on a vast
eXpanse of sea.
II in the future another Of the Jack
Binns brotherhood should send out n
call for help and the ships answering
should be. equipped with Holsters de-
vice no position or navigation by reck-
oning will be necessary. The wireless
but to determine with his radio de-
tector" the direction from which the
call Is coming. toward which the cap
tain may shape a course which will he
wen defined so long as the radio de-
tector" In his chart house Is kept tuned
abled ship.
Along the coast OF France at the pres-
ent day. where foEs arc heavy and fre-
quent. the lighthouses have been e1utp-
ped with q system OF wireless fog si9
nails, In connection with which the
holster detector might be made of in
valuable USE
During thick weather these light
horses send out signals, which tell any
s5eTner s5esmer within lSO-mile radius the
Iuentlty or the beacon: and in this way
2 shipmaster learns when he is near =
lgnthouse obscured by fog
but fosS play many tricks with
sounds. and because OF this IL hss here
toIore been impossible for wireless
man to tel whether the signals coming
tnTouEh the fog are emanating from a
point 10 port or to starboard, ahead or
astern; and the same Is trre OF ali
submarine signals,
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
George S. Pope HOnored
By Master MaSonS Club

George s. Pope. retiring president of
the Trowel Club. an organization OF
master Masons employed at the Interior
Department, was presented with a dia-
mOnd-studded Jewel at the annual meet
ing of the club last pight.
The following officers we're chosen for
1916: PhiliD II. Riefkin. president; Wal
ter T. Paine. president pro tenn: Ros-
coe c. Bangs. secretary, and George
w. Evans. treasurer: and the following
as vice presidents for the different bu.
Teaus: Cyrus. Root. w. W. Adams, ID.
NJ. Greene, c. f. Frev. II. f. Barbour,
W. I! Swanton, +. X. SWEET, D. w.
Edelin,. and w. Carter Ryan.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
How KOlSter's Device
Nulli6es Fog'S Dangers

= ship receiving such signals in n
Ios, however. II she be equipped with
No!Sters device. can determine the d.
rectlon from which a signal is coming
and so shape her course 10 syfetv. II
the skipper be in doubt as to the dis
lance from which the signals are com
ing the detector can be turned to AK
the direction from which the signals
and by triangulation accurately fix his
own position on the chart with regard
10 dangerous coastlina.
Again. two ships may be travelling
over fog-swept ocean. their helmsmen
steering only by compass their lookouts
blinded by the thickness OF the mist.
All unconscious thcy are heading in
opposite directions dead toward each
other upon the same course. which in
the old days must have inevitably re-
suited In a head-on collision. with great
loss Of life.
True. they are keeping their wireless
signals going, but even after each has
been, apprlsed OF the others presence
neither knows whether the other is
ahead or astern Of the other. or whether
II the course each is on is followed a
safe passage can be made.
Realizing that there may be another
vessel dangerously near, each of the
steamers starts her wireless and her
submarine signal going. But the heavy
weather impairs the clarity OF the
wireless and, although each operator
knows that another Is somewhere near
him, neither can tell whether the other
Is ahead or astern, or whether, II the
course each ship is on is such that a safe
passing can be accomplished.
But II even one of these boats Is
equipped with the Kolster apparatus a
very different aspect is placed upon the
matter. In order to insure the safety
of a ship, the operator has but to To-
cate the direction from which the half
audible signals, that now become clear
and lucid, are coming and follow them
short while to determine in which
direction the other ship is heading. IL
1t becomes vital that the distance be-
tween the two ships be determined this.
too, can be accomplished readily enough
by the use of the detector in conjunc-
ton with the submarine signal provid-
ed the wireless signal from the second
ship and its submarine signal are sound
ed simultaneously.
This is made possible because II is ac-
cepted by radio experts that a wire
less signal Is flaEiIed almost instantan-
eously through the atmosphere, while
submarine signal travels more SLOWLY
but at a rate which has been deter
mined with fair accuracy, so that IL Is
only necessary for the holster equipped
operator to take note of the difference
In time of his receipt of the wireless
nash and the arrival OF the submar rins
signal, multiply the number OF feet pel
second which the submarine sigma
| travels BY the difference in the time
| and the distance of each ship from tho
| other Will be before him.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Needs No Antennae
For Its Operation

When the news that young em-
ploXe Of the Bureau of Standards mad
perfected a radio detector' of a con-
struction simple enough TO warrant its
easy installation on every passenger
ship, a flock Of newspspermen AMI
photographers climbed to Holsters
laboratory on the top tboor of the wire
less building at the Bureau of Stand
ards and besieged him for details.
But he proved more than a match for
them in defending TIE secrets Of the
new radio detector" from premature
publicity, although he talked freely of
the results Of tests which he has al
ready made.
In his opinion the real value OF his
invention to the Government of the
United States, and to the conservation
of life at sea lies primarily in it's sim
plicity Of construction and the low cost
of producing it. He admits that The
idea of a radio detector'' Is not a new
one among wireless men, and he de-
clares that in Europe tOday there eX-
list systems which accomplish much the
same results as his; but these systems
are all more or less complicated And
expensive to produce. two features
which have initiated against their
adoption upon passenger carrying ships,
and in the field of military or naval
operations.
The holster detector possesses an
other feature considered of prime i'm
portance which lies in the fact that In
operating 1t, no aerials are necessary
Unlike any other wireless instrument
so far known which is sensitive to
waves emanating from a great distance
the holster detector needs no antennne
to collect from the atmosphere the
messages 1t seeks.
In it's present shape it is also small
enough for installation in cha't
house Of ordinary size, ard variation
Of it may be made for USE in the fel 4
OF military operations. which wouhl
collapse to a bulk scarcely greater than
that OF a rife, yet capable Of speedy
erection.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30

another OF the three sizes OF detector
which have been built. from Philadel-
phla, Boston, Glace Bay. Newcastle.
New Brunswick; New York, Norfolk.
New orleans, Panama. Key West, san
Diego, and Hanover, Germany"
holster, the inventor of the radio de-
tector was born IN Switzerland just
thlrty-three years ago this month, and
was brought to The United states by his
parents when but a wear old.
Ills boyhoOd was spent near Boston,
from the capes below. which stretch
away as dangerous and as reef-infested
wastes OF humanlty-murdering ocean as
tic.
He knew that many a stanch ship
which cleared from Boston town and
Gloucester, sailed never to return. He
knew--for he had seen Il many times
the desperate and hopeless look In the
eyes OF the women of fisher folk who
had gone to wet death In fog-shrouded
waters. And so II is not hard to un-
derstand why, when he became a man,
Frederick holster nurtured as his one
ambition, the discovery of q device to
cheat the all-devouring sea.
He was educated in the public schools
OF Cambridge, In the Cambridge Manual
school and at Harvard University; and
wheR wireless was yet in it's infancy, he
became interested in the science and
worked side by side with such pioneers
as DeForest and John stone; and his
apprenticeship was spent in two little
wireless stations established along the
banks of the Charles river. Until three
years ago, when he entered the service
of the Government. he was identified
with many commercial wireless corpo-
rations.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
How the Instrument
Selects Direction

When questioned as to how the In
strument made it's, selection of the di-
rection from which a message is COM
ing Mr. holster said:
There are two ways in which 1t
might be done. One is to arrange the
device so that nothing happens until
the disc points to the proper direction.
The other is to arrange the device so
that something is happening all the
time until the disc reaches the proper
point when the something ceases"
Whereat the newspaper man let it go
at that. still unenlightened as to the
form taken by the ~selectoT' which the
young inventor uses in his device,
Although Mr.. holster all of his life
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Youthful Inventor Was
Born In Switzerland

Secretary Redfeld. of the Depart
ment of Commerce, when appraised OF
the existence of the radio dectector."
announced the discovery to the Secre-
tAry of the Navy in these words:
THE instrument developed is simple
and practical, and at the same time,
very efficient in operation. 1t indicates
the direction of the source at the same
time messages are being received. and
while it is very sensitive to radiatlons
in a given direction. it is less affected
by atmospheric disturbances and, i'm
terfering radiations from other direO-
tions than an ordinary receiving appa-
ratus.
we have received messages by one or
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
University Club Holds
Its First Ladies' Night

Women and relatives and friends OF
the members of the University Club were
guests last evening at the first ladies
night" ever held by the club. The Ma
tional Quartet. composed of Elizabeth
s. Maxwell, soprano: Lillian Cheno-
veth. contraltc: William f. Graith-
waite tenor. and Joseph Schofield. bass;
with Ethel Garrett Johnston IA accom-
panist. entertained with musical num-
berS.
Claude N. Bennett was chairman cf
the entertainment committee.
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
CAPITAL MAN ROBS
SEA FOG OF TERROR
Frederick A. Holster Invents
Radio DetectOr Which Is
Scientific Marvel.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

foRs such as sent the Republic to her
thirty-fathom grave still continued to
sween stanch hulls OF commerce from
the seas. They still blinded the beacon
eyes of coastwise lighthouses. and
smothered alike the warning cries of
shril fog horn and gutteral steam
siren. leaving good ships to drive. all
unconscious OF danger. upon lee shores
and hidden reefs.
Yet during the wears which have
passed since the salvage Of the Repub-
Hes passengers demonstrated the value
of the Hertzian wave as a life-saver at
sea. young man. who. in spite OF a
lack of years and gray hairs, is a vet
eran in the Marconi game. has been
working steadily. constantly, toward
one end-to conquer even the fog by
wireless
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
Six Possibilities In
Perfection of the Device

1t Is spoken of much in the sanue
indefinite manner and with much the
same reluctance as II it were a war
secret" for 1t is admitted that while
the idea which developed It was born
of a desire to perfect a fog signal sys-
TEN, the detector is adaptable for use in
military and naval operations in locat-
ing hostile forces or fleets.
Concerning .the uses to which the ap-
paratus might be adapted by the United
states Government, Secretary Redfield,
of the Department of Commerce, says:
The device appears to be well adapt
ed for use:
On merchant and naval vessels, to
obtain direction from any lighthouses
or light ships that may be equipped
with radio fog signaling apparatus;
ITO obtain the direction Of one ship
from another at sea;
ITO communicate between ships, or
ship and shore stations irrespective of
direction by reducing interference and
atmospherics;
with military columns in field service,
as the receiving apparatus Is portable,
and requires no ground or antennae.
and can be carried readily in a light
vehicle or even by single observer;
BY the Coast Guard Service in re-
ceiving distress signals. and in locating
the direction of their source; and
by the Bureau of Navigation to To-
SatS amateur VI oIhOi StdIiOiS thdI arc
not observing the radio regulations"
In fact, the announcement that a de-
vice such as the radio detector" has
proved to be lad been perfected, came
at a psychological moment when officials
high in the United States navy were be-
moaning the lack of such an instru-
ment
Not many weeks ago Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels communicated to the Sem
ate Committee on Naval Affairs a re-
port from Admiral Fletcher in command
of the Atlantic fleet which stated that
among the urgent needs of the navy
might be primarily listed a radio di-
rection finder The word was passed
along through the official channels of
the Government, and Frederick A. Kol-
ster. who Is on the official rolls of the
Bureau of Standards as a physicist-yet
who insists that this is misnomed in
asmuch as he is nothing more than a
practical wireless engineer-stepped to
Ihn frnnt 1..ILI, Lhn
The Washington times., 1916-01-30
New Invention Robs
Sea FoEs ofETerrors

A few weeks ago. out in the Bureau
or Standards. this young man. now an
employe OF the United States Govern
ment. tested and found practical the
device which he believes will rob the
sea-fog Of its terrors.
The device is called radio de-
tector.'
1t is an instrument. he says. Of abb
surdlN simple construction. Yet 1t DOS
eesses an uncanny mechanical perspicac-
ttV and intelligence. according to Gov
ernment experts, which in years to come
VIII cause the hard-bitten sea captains
ON whose shoulders rest the RESPONSE
bility for the safety Of passenger carry
ing ships. to remember with gratitude
the name of the man who but vester-
DAY was young physicist In Govern
ment employ.
The underlying virtue of the radio
detector" lies in its power to determine
accurately from what direction has
come any wave 1t catches: and in its
ABILITY to furnish basis upon which
the location of the sending instrument
NAV be computed
Applied to a system Of wireless signals
from coast stations and lighthouses
similar to those which now guide ships
along the coast of France. the radio
detector" Is destined to supply the
hitherto missing link in chain of aids
TO navigation which may be counted
upon. experts DelieNe. to do almost en-
ttrely away with such catastrophes as
that which swept the Republic from the
sens.
The secret of the new radio detector''
is being guarded with utmost care. 1t
is not only looked upon as a modern
miracle which will safeguard lives at
sea. but 1t is even given an International
Importance. So, as yet, no photographer
mas been permitted to turn the pFying
eyes OF his camera upon II, and no
one other than trusted Government en-
ployes has been initiated into the
mysteries of its construction.
Evening star., 1916-05-21
HIGH-CLASs SHOOTING.
E. W. Ford Kills So Birds Out of
1c0 at Analostan Club.

+ W Ford was high gun yesterday
afternoon at the weekly tourney of the
Analostan Gun Club. He killed 96 birds
out of 100. which score gave him high
average in the spoon event Ford re-
cciyed a handsome silver spoon AZ a prize.
After breaking 20 straight in the open
ing event Ford got :; out Of his next ] )
and 10 out of the next %. He srna sh ed
II out of > in each of the ext two
frames and finished with 19 down out OF
20 Ford won many handsome prizes in
Baltimore last week at the registered
tournament Of the OrIole Club in that
city. when he lost only birds out of
s3l. which was only one target behind
the highest professional, Charles n. New
comb, Pennsylvania state champion.
Frank II. Huseman. former profess
sionaI, won first prize in class \ of the
spoon shoot. He broke As saucers out
breaks" to his credit out of the same
number. Miles Taylor, secretary of the
club. was best in the { class He got
I'll down out of 30. TAYLOR broke ~
saucers out of his last so.
Huseman was s+corsi high man in
the singles. he killed 80 pigeons out
OF 100. while r. p. Livesey WAS next
with s9 down. Huseman got 10 out
Of 90 in the third frame and finished
the program with 90 straight. I.iyesey
broke Is out Of % in the third event
and lost but one shot out of % in the
last time up.
". D. Delaney and F. Y. Otis also did
well in the singles, as each broke SIS
targets out of 100, while W T Ed
monds got s3
Evening star., 1916-05-21
Breaks Open Child's Bank.

\ small bank on sidebo&rd at
tracted the mans attention. and this
he forced open, securing about 40 or
30 cents from il. About that time a
Younger child. " no had been upstairs.
started down. The intruder, II is be-
Ifeved thought the footsteps indicated
some grown person was in the house,
as he ran out Of the back way and dis
appeared
brother of the girl entered the
home n short time later an0 learned of
the attack upon his sister and also
Of the robbery. He notified neighbors.
Mrs Edwards returned home later and
she telephoned her husband. who was
on duty at the police station.
Police of the fifth precinct, together
with Detectives Rer1nan tcrtene! and
NerrniIlion. are searching tor the man.
who is said to he of black skin, forty
five years old. smooth face and wore
q black slouch hat, blue pants. blue
shirt. rusty coat and black shoes with
rubber SoieS.
Mr. Edwards stated last night that
several neighborS declared they had
seen the same man in the neighbor-
hood a number of times recently.
Evening star., 1916-05-21
WEATHER..
Cloudy. Probable Showers Tonight
or Tomorrow: Moderate Winds.

District of Columbia. partly cloudy
today. showers at night or tomorrow :;
moderate northeast to east winds.
Maryland, partly cloudy today: show
ers in extreme west portion: tomorrow,
showers: moderate northeast to east
winds
Virginia. partly cloudy today: tomor-
row. showers: moderate northeast to
east winds
West Virginia. showers today and
probably tomorrow; warmer Sunday
The extreme western disturbance of
the last few days is now over south
eastern Colorado. with increased in
tensity, and quite general rains have
fallen over the eastern plateau and the
states and the Maine and middle
Rocky mountain region, the plains
Mississippi valleys. East of the Mis-
sissippi river pressure is generally
high although there We're local rains
from the lower lake region eastward.
west. but elsewhere temperatures re-
main SomeW hat below the sea sonal
average. as a rule. with a decided fall
in Colorado and New Mexico.
The eastward movement of the Colo
RADIO disturbance will result in quite
general showers today from the upper
lake region southwark into the east
gulf states, continuing tomorrow, ex-
cept in the latter district. and extend
ing to the Atlantic coast.
1t will be somewhat warmer today
in the lake region, and cooler tomor-
row in the upper lake region, the lower
Ohio valley, Tennessee and the east
gulf states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
Texas coast.
The winds along the north Atlantic
coast and middle Atlantic coast will be
moderate northwest to north: on the
south Atlantic coast, moderate. mostly
northeast and east: on the east gulf
coast, moderate east except southeast
Evening star., 1916-05-21
GIRL IS ATTACKED
AT HOME BY NEGRO
Pearl Edwards, 13, Daughter
of Policeman, Unnerved
Despite Her Escape.

Attacked in her home, 1910 Potomac
avenue southeast, yesterday afternoon
by negro, Pearl Edwards. the thir-
teen-year-old daughter of Lewis |. II.
Edwards. desk sergeant at the first
police station. was last night still un-
nerved from her experience. The negro
is at large.
The girl had been left at home by
her mother while the latter went TO
visit sick friend. She was dressing
her two-year-old sister shortly after
) o'clock when she heard footsteps be-
hind her AS she turned around TO see
who was approaching the negro was
upon her. He asked for 10 cents. When
told she had no money the man per-
sisted in his demand. The girl started
toward a telephone in the room, but
the man Intercepted her and threw her
upon the floor. He placed a large rock
ing chair over her prone body. and
then sat upon the chair. While seated
in the chair the man drew a revolver
from his pocket and threatened to Kill
her if she made an outcry.