Evening star., 1926-04-18

an attitude of amused inter
~ est. if not OF slight vexation,
over the revival, and partial
| approval. in the present Congress Of
| legislation designed to bestow ex-
| traordinary patent privileges. in ef-
feet, on Garabed Il. X. Gira gossisn,
| Armenian resident of Boston. who
| claims To have invented or discovered
| free energy generator" or illimit
| able source OF power.
| Renewal Of discussion regarding
| this mYterious machine or "Garabed,"
| as the inventor mOdestlv dubs 1t. dis
| closes that there are two widely di-
| vergent schools Of thought, the in
| dicstions being that in the event IF
| either success or failure. Mr.. C1iragos-
sian is destined 10 have his name In
| scrlbed In the annals of fame.
| IL his power machine Is the wilI.o
| fhe-wisp that the Patent Office and
| many noted scientists believe II is.
| the name of Garabed will 90 down in
| history as the perpetrator, perhaps
| innocently enough. of the biggest joke
| ever played upon so erudite a nd delib-
| crate a body Of men as the Congress
Of the United States, II being remem-
/ bered that Congress and the President
| seven years ago acted upon these
| claims on two different occasions. to
|
House last week of amendatory legis.
! latiOn.
| If. on the other hand it should
| come about that Girag gossian's claims
| are demonstrated to be genuine and
| practcable he will il is quite gen
| orally admitted, become at once the
| worlds greatest benefactor, bar no
| man.
| Congress Up Tree.
| Congress. in giving consideration to
| Giragossians boundless claims, is
| placed in a peculiar position. Here is
n man of excellent character and at
tainments and of undoubted sincerity
Of purpose. who comes forward with
device heralded as boon to man
| kind. He gives the Government an
! opportunity merely to take II or
leave It" providing his interests as
an inventor are protected. He asks
for no reward, All the requests Is
that he be given "a fair opportunity"
TO demonstrate It. in actual operation.
before A recognized comnitte of
scientists.
! Giragossian is convincing talker.
He knows his scientific history. He
recalls how other great inventors and
! dlScoVererS were made the butt of
ridlcule and jest at the hands of sup
posedly learned men of their times.
Such is his lot now among "dogmatic
men of science" he points out. Yet
he is willing, he goes on, TO prove to
skeptlcs the wonders Of his engine,
upon assurance by Congress that he
does not have to prove the priority of
his device, but merely be accredited
the actual demonstration of this new
principle of power"
What could he fairer. he asks. The
| query echoes in the minds of his
auditors. If they refuse to hear him
II they fail to give him the emporium
ltH to prove. at no expense to the
Government that his claims are true.
ana then the "Garabed" some dav
'urhs out 10 be the foremost invention
of all time. how foolish thev will an.
pear to future generations. Tr the
device is shown TO he a fallacv. NO
harm viii be done. il is reasoned.
Few Members Cynical.
So. over the objection of 2 minority
OF the more cynical members of the
House. that body has just adopted q
Jolnt resolution amending the act of
> lsis Tor the purpose Of promoting
ehclencH. for the utilization of the
resources and industries of the
United States. for the lesseninr of
|
loss caused by war by providing for
the employment of a discovery or in.
vention called the 'Garabed. claim.
ing to make possible the utiliza ton of
free energy"
The amendment was demanded bv
Garabed himself as a prerequisite 10
this big formal demonstration of the
| generator. The original act made it
, mandatory upon the proposed com.
mittee Of technical men to find
Gira gossian the sole and original in.
ventor or discoverer" of the appa
ratus. The Armenian refused to 60
through with an elaborate test under
these conditions. because he contend.
ed that such a pronouncement would
open the doors wide for hundreds Of
fake inventors and impOstors to dis
pute his claims of being the original
inventor and thus involve him in in
terminahle litigation.
GiragoSSian wa nts to start general
) ing free energy right off the bat
He doesn't want to he hampered in
! giving all this excess power To the
world by endless court negotiations.
The amendment strikes out the ref
erences to exclusiveness of the in
vention and substitutes therefor p
provision that (Iiragossian must he
the first to demonstrate successfully
the secret device hearing his name.
Afraid Of Theft.
The question naturally arises as to
why Gira gossian does not go to the
Patent Office and obtain regular
patent, as other inventors do. The
question was answered before the
House laet week by Representative
Davis of Tennessee, as follows%
". T. IL H..
son why he did not so to the Patent
Office for a patent on his alleged in
vention was that he was afraid some
body would steal his invention or his
idea. In other words, he did not have
a sufficient amount of confidence in
the Patent Office. This resolution de-
clares that he ia the original and sole