The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-12-27
New York; have discovered

New York; have discovered
new law Of nature"
Without hearing the rest OF moo
est inventors assertions think what
that means. That Is n tremendous
declaration. II is epochnl. Not since
the day OF Sir Isaac Newton. who was
credited with the discovery OF the law
OF grnvitation, has a real law OF nm
ture been added to the worlds col
lection of marvellous scientific phe-
nomenn. zone may expectantly look
for the eighth wonder of the world.
Newton may have been n modest
man. Perhaps all great inventors are
modest men. The fact that most OF
them have been unfortunate In being
lily rewarded for their labors might
Indicate bashful nature. No one,
who has seen and talked with Roy A.
Weagant, chief engineer OF the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph company, Will
dispute the fact that he Is modest. lie
is the young man who. after ten years
of scientific research into wireless
phenomena, has solved the puzzle OF
static electricity and by means Of
new law Of nature has eliminated that
bothcrsome eleme6h from the atmos-
phere 50 that wireless has become
perfect means of communication for
extremely long distances. His inven-
tion has already been in use by the
allied governments during the war and
he is ready and anxious to disclose the
"new law Of nature" to the world as
soon as certain restrictions are re-
poved by the conclusion of peace.
"a Simple Matter"
"It is a simple matter when once
you find the governing law" said Mr..
Weagnnt to reporter. 'Radio ex-
perts have looked for IL for years and
some Of them have claimed to have
discovered It, hut they were either
takers or had made honest mistakes
IN scientific judgment. ! have got II.
That fact can he easily demonstrated
and will he at the proper time. II
should describe the details of the ap-
paratus II would be simple matter
for radio engineers to recognize the
new law. We feel constrained not TO
divulge the secret generally until
peace has been concluded"
Mr. Weagnnt said he was positive
the Germans had not made the discov-
cry themselves or had any knowledge
of his discovery. He declared that on
ly few days ago he was listening
10 wireless messages being sent TO
Germany and that the German opera
tor requested the sender TO repeat the
messages and use more power. That
would not have happened II the Ger
mans had known how TO utilize the
new method. the inventor said.
static has been the hoodOO of
wireless teicgraphy ever since Mar
coni convinced a doubtful world of
the ,actuality of the new method Of
communication. Little buzZings and
big Gatherings along the air currents,
particularly on moist days. have per-
sistently interrupted the clear flow OF
the wireless messages and made their
reception practically impossible. The
inventor described the sound in the
instruments as similar to that made by
some one throwing handful Of peb-
bles against glass window. On cold.
snappy days the adverse atmospheric
condition has not been so bad. But
the trouble was always the worst from
June TO October.
A Prophetic Decision.
Mr.. Weagant recalled II decision in
the United States district court on
January Z, 1916, in which Judge julius
Mayer made n prophetic announce
ment In regard to the solving OF the
static problem. II was I'm the case Of
Kintner VS.. the Atlantic Communica-
tion company ct nj, where the issue
involved the invention of new trans
mitter for wireless apparatus. Refer
ring back to the "state of the art" Of
wireless communication on July !.
1907, date figuring in the case, Judge
Mayer said:
"On that date there were just two
possibilities: (D To annul, exclude,