New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-04

Man From Los Angeles Produces Per-
petuaI Motion and InexFaustibIc
Heat, Light and Power; But
New York Sum

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We have received from Mr.. James
M. Cordray of 3726-3726 IL Maple
avenue, Los Angeles, a letter calling
attention to some of his innumerable
inventions. all patented, a copy of the
copyrighted Biographical Sketch and
Photographs of the Barefooted Boy
James M. Cordray, the Inventor" a
copy of the copyrighted letter Of
James Michael Cordray published in
the Harrington, Del, Journal of Sep
tember 25. 1914, and a copy of the
copyrighted peace song by James Mi
chae1 Cordray entitled "Oh Why Do
You Ask Others to Do What You Will
Not Do?''
We regret that in view of the high
lY protected character of these writ
ings it is impossible to reproduce them
here with the fulness and liberality
nece ssary to acquaint our readers
with their unusual qualities But we
cannot forego the temptation to refer
briefly to some of Mr.. Cordray's de-
vices for making the world a different
place in which to live.
Mr. Codray himself is of the opin-
ion that his mechanisms for insuring
perpetual motion and for extracting
static electricity from the atmosphere
are the most important of his achieve
ments the second especially, as the
electricity thus gathered may reason
abIv be expected to furnish light and
heat for all the world and power to
operate all earth's industries. We
gather that he intends to take steps
to bring this probability to the atten-
ton of DR.. Garfield. The discovery is
not without it's drawbacks. While, on
the other hand, it means an end of
coalless days and voorhees, days, the
formal announcement can hardly fail
to cause decline of two points in the
bonds of the hundreds OF public util-
ity corporations whose plants must
now be scrapped,
Mr.. Codray's rain maker was a
natural concom liant of his process by
which crops can be grown in just half
the time it has always taken to raise
them, and the two together
mean a period Of relaxation for Mr.
Hoover. The noiseless railway coach
is a contrivance of more interest TO
Mr.. McAdoo, We suppose, than to any
one else, but Mr.. Codary's prepara-
ton to grow new skin ON persons Sc
vereIy burned is something which Ma
ture, with her imperfect curative skill,
should be the first to recognize as a
astrological triumph.
1t might be supposed that these in
ventions, re-enforced by his literary
efforts, are sufficient tn assert for Mr.
Cordray an indefeasible right and
claim to the title of the worlds most
wond erful inventor. Perpetual mo-
ton and inexhaustib4e heat, light.
power! Marvellous as they are, we
cannot feel that they constitute Mr.
Cordrays greatest claim to distinc-
ton and honor among his fellows.
For, after all, perpetual motion and
unfaiIing energy have been more or
less expected, 1t has been the habit
to jeer about them, but the scoffers
even, have felt al along that these
discoveries were on their way. And
their arrival is by consequence almost
an a.nti-Climax.
No the thing that makes orr An
geleno magnificent and in all nkeli-
hood i1limitably famous is the thing
he has not invented. James Michael
Cordray of 3726-3726 1-2 Maple ave-
nue. is the only inventor in the United
States who has not perfected a device
to end the submarine warfare