Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-05
Highways and By-Ways
Of Liz or New York
Y M r O I. I.

o N D C A r r o L Z

, tween New York and Hamburg, I met
Emburh Mclean, an Enghshman, and
persuaded him to accompany me to Rus
STA. In Petrograd-then called st. Peters
burg-I lived in the imperial palace,
often conversed with the cZar, and recall
seeing the monk Rasputin a number OF
times. 1 installed the wireless, one In
the palace and the other in the forts
at Viberg, the Finland approach to Pet
rograd."
Mr. Dubllier told Of these biting many
Russian wireless companies, and his sus-
picions that the reason the car sent 10
America for some one to put in his pri-
vate wireless set was that the ruler did
not want it known that he had his own
I wireless set. The American tried to get
| up a company of his own in Russia, bus
! he failed, and he drifted back to the
United States. ut was nothing but
graft In Russia" he said, "and the graft
ers wanted their share before l was paid
for the work they wanted me to do.
In 1912 Dublil1er went to London ano
assisted the Northcliffe press in one OF
Its crUsades to improve local telephone
conditions there, securing his first dis
tinctlve publicity out Of which later came
his valuable acquaintanceship with slr
pear before the parliamentary committee
on wireless. 1t was there and then he
came to know and appreciate the stolid
British character, which shaped his per
sonal attitude on the great conflict III
after years.
II told Sir Henry, Commander Silver
top Of the admiralty and Captain LEROY
Of the army what l knew of condensers
was at their disposal and / threw one
Of my mica condensers on the moor ana
II did not break" he said. They asked
nv price. l said l would make them up
ten light condensers for wireless use In
observation airplanes at four pounds
each. Next day / received an advance
order for ten condensers at 80 pounds
each. | went at once and told the com
mittee some mistake had been made; the
members said not; that | would probably
need the money IN opening place OF
business, and also l was not TO split with
ANYBODY, as business with the British
Government was never done that way
I thought that mighty fine, and nave
never forgotten the bigness OF these men
in helping a poor INVENTOR was poor
for the money given me by the Russians
was long before spent"
pubilier took a lease OF a small shop
L
Court Road. London, at $50 a month. He
now has a large factory in the Shepherds
Bush section. But the thrilling part OF
the Dublier tale was his response to the
call OF gratitude.
In May, 1915 he was lunchlng with
Lewis Evans. an Englishman, at restau~
rant in Fulton street, New York. and they
came out to hear the newsboys screaming
the sinking Of the Lusitania. Only three
months before ne had turned a deaf ear
to a direct proposal from Captain Boy-ed
OF the German navy, TO go to Germany
and manufacture small wireless sets to
be installed In the German trenches. fat
Is refusing to consider the proposal on
any terms.
y think It is up to me now TO go 10
England" said Bubilier to his friend
Evans.
Come along" asEented Evans and
three days after the sinking OF the Lusi-
tania they sailed together for Old
BHghty on the American liner st. Paul
Here is the inventors account Of his
cbeckmate TO the submarine:
Il went on from London to Paris