The log cabin Democrat., 1922-02-24

I Conway Rotarians in their meeting
 last night in observance of the sev
 enteenth anniversary of the founding
 memorable one and incidentally cele
 brated Liars Week." which is uni versally observed by the followers O ! Ananias the week in which Washing tons birthday occurs.
 For one and one-half hours, Rotar, members and their guests, all tolt : about 80 in number, listened Spell bound while the supposed wireles. telephone transmitted from Washing ton the alleged international pro gram presented by Washington Ro tary with the assistance of foreigr ! Rotarians in America to attend tht arms conference. For that length ot time, the amplifier held the rapt at tention of the audience. So strong did the illusion become that it re quired the president of the United States to dispel it and even he. coulc only partially complete the job.
 Everything was shaped to give the affair the semblance of reality. Alp plause was audible after every mum. Der, the Paris Rotarian spoke ir French and the handsome thought it was the United States Marine band crashed into the Star Spangled Banner before the president was in- troduced The French Rotarian was preceded by baritone solo, La Fayette, We Hear You Calling" and during the interlude for the luncheon the band included in it's selections the national airs of Britain, France and Canada with semi-classical and patri- otic selections. All the while the au- dience stuck breathlessly to the job of listening to the fresh wonder brought to them by the Supreme marvel of wireless transmission,' to quote the Washington Rotary presi- dent in his introductory remarks.
 As a matter of fact, the foreign Rotarians who thus addressed the local club were not 20 feet distant from the Epworth League room of the First Methodist church where the audience assembled, being placed be- hind locked doors in the pastor s study. Two wires connected the rooms, and the international pro gram was thus transmitted with startling realism.
 ttnh of thl great hoax to actual details of the conspiracy, the idea for the decep- tion came from Rotary headquarters at Chicago, which suggested that club members impersonate foreign Rotarians and read prepared address es, or in lieu of this, install a micro phone and have persons outside the room deliver the speeches over the telephone. From this idea was work ed out the plan to flake" wireless report from Washington, favored or account of it's high powered maya , radio station and the presence of for eign diplomats and arms conference delegates. The conspirators were Bob" Jetton, Russell Cole, Fred Gordy and Ray Reid. President Jet ton announced-with the aid of a ''faked" radio telegram-at the week ly luncheon February 16 that the Washington club would supply this wireless service and it would be re layed to the local banquet over MT. Coles wireless outfit
 From then on, the plan developed smoothly and under strictest secrecy. MT. Coles ability as wireless wizard left the mind of the club and the public at large easy in re- gard to the genuineness of the ser vice. Next the conspirators faced the necessity of supplying an "interna- tional" program which would not tax the credulity of the audience Pre- pared speeches sent out by head quarters were worked over to fit the "faked' service, and seven men se- cured to deliver it from the pastors study. Music would be supplied from the talking machine which is a part of Mir. Coles outfit. Connor More head became in a twinkling president of the Washington Rotary club; Sam Frank took upon himself the triple role of Bishop Mcdowell, who asked the invocation, and the Rotary repre- sentatives from Beunos Aires and Mexico City. Blake Smith and Hor- ace Davis, students at the State Nor nal and members of debating teams