American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-09
INVENTION OF AMERICAN
MAY WIN THE WAR
Boston Mechanic Said to BE Able IA
Accomplish Wonders by the Genera.
tiOn OF Free Energy.

NVh Oi ffte Energy.
VIII single stroke Of American in
ventive genius win this war as it has
won every other war the United States
has ever fought?
Despite President Wilson's warning
that the country must not sit back and
wait for miracle, Washington is ex-
cited over a new power system thar
viii, if its inventors claims mater
ialize, revolutionize warfare overnight
and end the conflict as suddenly. With
America victorious The system is
free energy generator" and its inven-
tor is Garabed T. K Giragossian. an
American mechanic who has been
working on his plan in Boston the
greater part Of twenty-six years. Here
are some Of the things he says it will
do:
Drive a battleship any distance,
without fuel.
Propel an aeroplane around the
world. Give an aeroplane strength
enough to carry thousands of pounds
of munitions.
Enable an aeroplane to wear armor
heaVy enough to turn any antf-air-
craft guns missile.
Send torpedoes at greater speed.
Practically double the speed Of
steam engines.
system Revolutionary.
Other than to state that his system
OF utilizing free energy is as revolu-
uonary as Franklin's discovery of
electricity. Giragossian has not pub-
licly described his theory So radical
are his assertions that they would be
dismissed with a shrug and a smile.
mad he not, in secret demonstrations
backed up his statements. Official ac-
uon has been taken and if he can
make good on big scale, the United
States will contribute more power
FULLY than any Imagination had con
celved to winning the war from Ger
many
In secret tests Giraggossian con
Vlnced the house committee on pa-
tents. The committeeman are Repre-
sentauves c. D. Smith. Robert Crosser.
). V. McClintock H. B. Seagall, G. C.
campbell, VI. A. Romjue. H. J. Drane.
}. l. Nolan. H W. Watson. NJ. Z. Deni-
son. r. 5. Purnell, G. B. Francis and
NJ +. Bacon. This committee studied
the system. to be called Garabed. and
prepared bill proposing that Giragos-
secretary Of the interior If -enc-
ceeds, the government is to have the
right to use it anywhere and for what
ever purpose. No other but Giragos-
sian is to use it. That was the agree
ment
The committee reported that there
was something to" Garabed, with the
result that Wednesday the rules COM
mittee induced the house to lay aside
all other business and pass the bill.
The rules committee indorsing Cara
{ bed to this extent included such men
as Representatives POu, Garrett of Ten
p nessee, Foster. Cantrill. Harrison of
g Mississippi, Riordan Kelly Schall.
, Campbell Of Kansas and Lenroot
p After the debate the bill went
i through with a whOop the vote being
234 to IA, with five voting present
r. Congressman and others who have
heard of the mysterious power
q, generating system are asking them
= selves what it is all about. Giragos-
Il sian, although willing to tell what his
= plan will accomplish, is not yet ready
!. to describe it. Members of the patents
n committee are under pledges of Sc
- crecy
- The only light thrown on the sub
- ject comes from a deleted report of
- the patents committees hearings. 1t
- appears that Giragossian demonstra-
=, ted a machine of ten horsepower. on
~ its performances he based predic-
~ tiOns that il will do away with boilers
- furnaces, motors. coal. steam. Oil-ir
~ short, everything that has heretofore
T., been connected with the idea Of pow
er. "Garabed" is not a perpetual mo-
tiOn machine. he said.
Gira gossian's plan to utilize fret
energy has several champions befOr
no the committee and the house. amOnl
~ them Representatives Olney and Tagu
n of Massachusetts and Representa-
m tive Denver c. Church of California
with his invention we can win tn
his war" Representative Church declared
ne We are appropriating $500 100000 Z
ia be invested in a mighty air tlee
A. Every one of these aircraft should b
ia equipped with the Garabed for wit
40 it this sane and conscientious man de
clares, such a fleet could cross ID
100 ocean and remain indefinitely in IN
air as far as returning TO the cart
for fuel is concerned.
r. We are now proposing thousand
of wooden ships. Each of these shoul
eff have the Garabed. for with it. thi
al sensible man declares. only one-tent
10 of the boiler space Will be require
av- and no huge coal bunkers will b
,tv needed and the ships will have NOR
le. power and speed and will not be con
nv PEELED to return to a base for coal an
- oil.
ra- The bill provides Giragossian sha
in, convince the secretary of the interic
and a committee of five scientists be
fore the government enters an agree
ment with him.
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