Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-08

10 say TO wha, extent our discovery
has figured In the war, but I can say
In a general way that almost every
thing the Germans sent out bearing on
the question OF peace was received.
viii Save Money.
"A considerable. saving OF money
will be effected. In some sending sta
tions the power needed is cut In half.
Instead Of steel masts 400 feet high,
as some are. and cost $4,000 apiece,
a mast the height OF telephone pole
IL enough for receiving"
The inventor said that the trouble
with most Of the radio experts who
had been experimenting with "static"
was that they had given up too soon.
Many Of them came to the conclusion
that the solution OF the problem was
| impossible. They regarded "static" as
IL thing erratIc, incalculable, way
ward. wilfful, law unto itself.
The turning point came when the
Marconi engineer decided that "static"
was natural law. rational and follow
Ing definite system, that only needed
TO be understood to be conquered. That
was In 1908. Since that time Mr.. Wea-
giant has devoted the better part OF his
energies to ascertaining Just what the
properties of this law were. The pre-
llminary work was done largely at ex-
pertinent stations In New Jersey and
Miami, Florida. In 1916 government
assistance was enlisted and the ex-
periments took on far more definite
character. BY the time this country
was ready TO enter the war the work
had reached practical completion and
patent application claims had been al
lowed by the United States patent Of
fee. From that time forward the prob
lem has been one largely of perfection
of detail.
"All did was to set out TO discover
the new law of nature and make II
work for man. and that's all have
done" said this modest inventor. 81
set up all sorts of hypothesis and con-
structed all sorts of apparatus, and
when one theory wouldn't work.I tried
another II was like failing In 900
ways and finding what you are after
on the thousandth attempt"
OF course the question came up
again as to just what the inventor had
found out, what the new law of ma
ture was. And what millions of lay
men and few thousand scientists,
who were taking the attitude of the
htCCAnxtan tnl 90 h. .lx
was stated that some of them had pub
licly doubted the solving Of the "stat-
ic" puzzle. The inventor smiled and
shrugged his shoulders.
To Give a Demonstration.
"That's quite natural" he said. ut
sounds big to make the announcement
that we have perfected wireless after
all these years, but know we are safe.
would like to tell the whole story,
but ! am restrained until the peace
pact Is signed. don't expect people,
including scientific men. to believe 1t
until they use 1t. 1t is like flying
people would not believe It could be
done until they actually saw 1t DONE"
Mr.. Weagant and Mr.. Nally both
said that an open scientific demonstra-
ton and explanation Of the discovery
would be made at the earliest possible
moment. Mr.. Nally made the an
nouncement that It was the intention
OF the inventor to present technical
paper before the Institute Of Radio En-
gineers covering completely the dis
covery and invention. and that the
Marconi company would invite dele
cation of engineers chosen by various
engineering and scientific bodies of the
country, to witness the operation Of
the static-preventlng system immedi-
ately after the presentation Of the
technical paper. Mr.. Nally said 1t was
obvious that such an offer would not
be made unless the announcement of
the discovery could be supported by
actual facts.
Mr.. Weagant asserted that they were
not seeking a monopoly of the inven-
ton, and said the British and French
governments already were familiar
; with him while he was acting for the
United States government. He said
that reasonable protection would be Sc
cured, but that he intended to give his
secret to the world, because of the
great Importance Of having the best
communication facilities possible ev.
erywhere.
Mr.. Weagant was born in Canada,
but his parents moved to Vermont
when he was baby. and he has made
his residence In this country most
Of the time since then. He studied
ut Stanstead COLLEGE and at McGlll
university, where he received the de-
gree of bachelor Of science. He worked
for the Montreal Light, Heat and Pow
er company, the Westinghouse COM
pany at Pittsburgh, the De Laval
Steam Turbine company, the National
Electric Signaling company, and in
1912 Joined the Marconi company. He
Is a comparatively young man with
hair slightly tinged with gray and has
clear, sharp gray eyes, which reflect an
active and highly trained mind. He Is