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i. '. vi ' a- ; c f lv k' R h PA0T3 Tsrnnr mnpoun mail TiurtPNU, MrcnroRn. oimoon, vmnAY. makcit r, imr SELENIUM IS 'MIC EYE" WHICH "SEES" HUNDREDS OF MILES; CONTROLS TORPEDOES 1ST L FROM EXPERIMENTATIONS CREATOR OF SELLENIUM EYE SNAPPED RY HIS OWN INVENTIONftt3ifiC!B! POMS ECTRG TO "EL OF ITS POSSIBILITIES M IRE This etrm Unary ph .ogranh the ritvt -olonluin-HtiinH ed ploMi o ovee published In Melfonl NItiiu Uonjntnln l .Mlos-nor, sniil'ctl hy Ills own liiiiKtmCJitvlioi. Mleviuv Mrs on the datkenetl stage heroic- n U' . ttrg of the ( hlcngo Uleitrto club. When tin (lash tight In lW Pond lilt tin' soleti. Inni coll the sirall mIiH object on tin st-unlii'il loft unit : fired, in tlnh of i muter unl off. Ih!N mug, nml llio cnirctn took this phtiuv. Ilokiv, Mloxomv dinwiug liH o ecuie tlog tow.mi inni Willi n iuckoi oiec trie tnhip. Tho conlnc's sotrtiltitif oyw nif local' -I tehlnd t 10 glni ' 'n ok, In taciturn lubes mIhw Iovh fonn llio lnt wiw in IliU Hcln o. Ills tuto U tho MTtxMi jutijortltig IctMcou the ojos, whlrli i'ivhmUm light lit llr loth unless It is slttutid (lire (I) In front. (By Kenneth W. Payne.) La Fayette, Tiul., March 5. After seeing young Benjamin Franklin Miessner's "electric dog" a' small glass-eyed box on throe wheels actually pursue his master about the room; after hearing Miessner predict that in time men in San Francisco will be able to witness a prize fight in Australia; after seeing a flattened bullet with which Miessner nearly killed himself while perfecting a magic "thief catcher"; after hearing him say that right now he could guide an absolutely un manned Zeppelin from a boat in the English channel on a raid over coast towns; and after Well naturally after nit .this toyage Into the land of miracles, ono Is too thrilled and dniod to know how to boj!n writing a story In a conservative, uncnthuslastlc way. Yet this story must bo told, for It concerns some extraordinary experi ments with tho clement selenium, which arc taking Place right under our nodes In America today, and about which, In spite of their vast significance, only a few scientists know anything at all as yet. f "Lot's begin at tho beginning, with selenium. "It's ono of tho elements," Mlessncr explained. "It comc3 In bluish gray sticks which look like scaling wax; and It costs about $3 an ounce. "Selenium has tho peculiar property of changing Its electrical resistance whon Influenced by light. That's the simple secret of alt tho weird things that bclentlstfl aro doing with It." Mlessncr Is only 25 years old now, a graduate of the Iluntlngburg, Ind., high school, and of Uncle Sam's navy. After serving three years In tho radio-telegraphic department of tho navy, ho worked for two years with John Hays Hammond. Jr., at tho Interesting job of steering deserted ships nil over Gloucester harbor from a wireless station on shore. Now Mlessncr Is studying for a degree at Purdue University and inci dentally telling his learned professors a few things about radio-telegraphy and electrical engineering which they never heard before. Ills Klecirlc Dog To llustrate his experiments, aiclrsncr called his electric dog. Prom an electric flash hcthrew a bright light In the dog's goggly eyes, and the strange object at onco ambled obe diently out toward his master. Whorevcr Mlessncr went about the room with that light, tho dog pa tiently followed, as Inexorably com pelled as the moth by the flamo. " The electric dog has two cells of selenium, ono behind each of those glass eyes," explained Mlessncr. "When I throw tho light upon him. If It falls upon cither eye it reduces tho electrical resistance of the selen- blind. When In- wns refuting llio nl lutn, as I explained before and an legation tlmt lie wns drunk, the cord electrical current la allowed to passUiippd from hi hand nml tho blind through, starting the motor which vrent up with n crntdi. Van Dyke (Wis turns the dogs whccl3 tho M-rt-on jutijortltig letMCOtt the o)os, which i'ivhmiIm light lit tin; o'l loth Cf i.M unless It is sltiutid dire (I) lit fixiut. M'iiH , ' sTir IHIM HrBsKwRHsHisBBBiHHHHiswL'' rTifi'lB J, J 1 1 E?Pf kkf T """ ' Ui S$1 jV (M - - 1 1 BELGIANS PROTEST GERMAN SBZUR E BELGIAN PLANTS WASIIINOTO.N', Mnreli fi Tho ltclglau lognllon Issuod today a for 11111I stnloniunl iiiinnuiu'liiK tho pro text of tho roiior.itlou of lloglau utool and lion iiuinufiieturerH to tho (loriiiiui governor gunornl In IU'IkIuiii ngaliiHt tho solruro or nmro tlinii M, OOii.noo w 01 Hi of uinelilitory which, tho Mntoniont dorlnroH, wiin (nlcon In violation of tho Fourth llnguo eon 0ntl011 that tho piopoily, eiin novor ro nolmul In an iici'ttplod country." To Cure Catarrh Purify the Blood Reason it Out, Whcro Dom it Start tho Mucut From? tfl7- Jl in I JM , K Inniimrrslil" rntnrrli suffoirr l" ruri'il ttirniachr hy purlfjilnit tliflr IiIihmI Willi H. H H. Cnliirrli ollfil linsiir " , Tho iinnoiincoiiK'iit slnten rnllrf nyatom liofurr It iIhism tlm iimI ., .. .. ,, I nuMnitr", II liniinim i rlinmlc nml e- 0 (lorninn notion "priiolloally I lrt,.T n,t tho .i.nnn.ii. Ilvor. hlilrn-jr. cell with guns, belts, a camera and flashlight. As soon as the light of tho burglar's dark lantern lilts the selenium eye, tho wholo array of noise makers go off In one grand hubub. The thing's practical, because Mlessncr tried It out before a meet ing of tho Klcctrlc club, in Chicago, recently, and nearly frightened the club out of Its wits, besides taking a very good photograph of himself. TWO WOMEN FOLLOW TRIAL 1 ; (Conttlnucd from ra; i.) u,ui uivu ITl'IH lip Willi II LTIIMI. 1111 HVhl' nut lie begins I ordered remnnded to f he etiModv of indefinite n. to dates nml soiuvwluit eontrnilietory when compared to that of her mother mid father. Slio lo.-ti-fied that Martin nitide tliroa h nguinst lliibhard, the punort being that the defcudnnt would kill him. Boyd Tucker, Henry Morgan nml Bohert Dnw.-ou, wlio worked on an ir rigation diteh with .Martin, nil te.-ti-fied tlicy heard the pri-oner Miy: "I don't think Hubbard will ever bother me iifrnin." "Would Cot lliililutnl" Krod Middtehiilier, a 1 l-yenr-old hoy, tetified (hat ono Sunday niorn in while talking with .Martin in the road the latter told him that he would "get Hubbard." Ho tetifiril that hi-, people were not friendl" with Martin's relative, hut denied that it included l.ori. The had feeling hepm over u ohnnge in postmasters u oouplo of ,;tl) fr lmintr deor moat in his no- onrs iipo. in wluoh .Martin is said toioession, nt llio limb hi wife was ill. search, and this brought out a ruling J hy the court, holding that the alid ity of thu warrant, which was attack ed hy the defeiiM", was not per imuit, the contention being that Hiilihurd ho lieied it valid, and Martin know not of it. Teelmieiil points iuvoUiug the -enreh of the onliin were brought out hy the defense. The conn held tlmt if Mnrtiu had reason, hncd upon tho actions of Hubhard, to belieio ho wis in danger of his life, then there was u basis for a plea of .olf-ilotVn.o. Attorney Beanies was oierruled in his plen to Imvo tbfc search wnrniut and affidavit barred. STATE RESTS IN MARTIN CASE (Continued from page, five) hai played an important part Justice of the Pence (llenu O. Tay lor, who is-itfd the March warrant to Hubbard, was the last witness of thoj day. He produced an ul fiihr.it of During the recital llo broke down ami cried. Martin nNo wept in sympathy. He stated that Hubbard af.orwards eamo up and siioou Imiuw wilh nun and had heou frieudlv since. Hub bard had told him that lie intended to nrre-t Mnrtiu also. l Fisher of Hnglo I'oint told how Hubbard had told him he intended to oateh him for shooting deer, mid how lltibbard Inni tt it'll to secure eiidenoe against him mid failed, llo slated that lie mid Hubbard weio frieudlv and that he ulwiis joshed Hubbard about his efforts. Hiibhnid had told him he iu'euded to cntcli Martin mid other iolators. . A deiiioustiatiou by the crowd tlnr itig I'enoe's iross-e.amiiiution iv I'nfeeutor Kellv resulted in u threat hj tho court to clear llio room if such mi expression wns again made. VIh Mmlfnril r.l i V.wllnril nis'l ! nullifies tho effoi'ts," which lli'lgtati , IndiistiloH aro making to icsumc, their actlvlte. Tho tleruian au thorities aro further accused of ex porting raw material from llclglutii i Into Uormnuy. I "It Is easv to uinloiMiuol that such 'measiitoH practlrally nullify tho of ions maiio in iiiutiHiiiai circles 10 resume work In tho Belgian plants nml thus vave from starvation many hundreds of thoiisamlH of workmen and their (amUloi," niyii tho legation rtatcment. "Ileslilus it will seriously hamper tho resumption of work when tho war Is over. "Tho llelgtau government strongly protests against (huso iiienHiiros which constitute a clear lohitlon of article .'It of tho regulations annexed to tho IV Hague convention, whlrh provides that tools and machinery, If private Freckle-Face Now Is tho Time In Cot Hid or Thoio I'gly Snih. Do )ou know how easy It Is to re move (hose ugly spots so that no ono will call j on frccklo-fitco? Hlmply got an ounce of nthlno, double strength, from your drug gist, and n few applications should show ou, how eas It Is to rid your self of freckles and get a beautiful complexion. The sun and winds of February and March havn a strong tendency to bring out freckles, and as a result more othlno Is sold In theso motitliM. Ho suro to ask for tho double strength othlno, as this Is r.old under guarantee of money back If It falls to remove tho freck les Ad, tirmirliUI tiilx-n sml lml 'f ' tlii" arf liivnlrrit wllliuut mrti rloim riuull IIiiiii lirliig rmllMil. t'stsrrh mr I'" (tar remit of suiiip ptIiiiih IiIimmI Iriml'l" nf formrr jrstn. stut ttils X mily win r t Iir tiiMtiy im'Ullar rlTri nf ImpHt IiIiuhI. Now H. H. H., In lis Inllai'lim iim ttin I'liir-iii surfscr. f"1 this rUrrlil rrrrllon t b Iiiibi,'I t nirrrlni Into siitnlsncs esilly. inlckly. sml list iirslly "iwlktl fnm Hi" '""'r. It iliinurt Hit wikiii Itist II I not tlm tiipy, clorcitltitr lii(r Hist pirn Hm limn', rlmkrs lh tlinxl, cii, riT lw-l irtnilik, iiiiscts Hi li'iusrli smt runlsin lnr Hi fixxt Jnl riltiTlotf tti IiIixhJ. It la nflrn ilimnilt In routine.' lalsrrli aultfti'ra Hist rlirmile ruiinh, thrt paint, KatuliiB. IrtM lirrnlli suit oilier sjmp. lorn are enly Hi I'xal mI.Imic of .Irrj. ralrd iroiilile. Hrt a Im.IIIh of H. H. H. Inday and try It. Yu lll K't V-nt ri atilla, n-al NMirfll ami imiii 1 awari- r a srartual rlranlng up " '' " Hi" pMHrriK anil itaiiRcta of ratattli. Aol .ul..llnln. H Mill V'W J,."" r. , 7 Ihr Hwlfl Hiwsrlfle V. "I Hwlft I lit. Allanls, (la. Ilo-y con.lticl a liir.llral ik parlmrnt for frco silK Hist Is "" wIiIIp ronatllllnic. FIGURES COUNT lleforo )oii have vehicle equipped with rubber Hies, auto wheels or bod ies built or repaired, or any kind or wagon work done It will pay you to figure with BILLINGS Wagon Carriage and Auto Works Ho has liml 22 ) ear's cxporlonco In his line mid gtiarantcs Ids work. Comer Itlicesldo nml Clulith iiizizzczizzy X to &dranco. But If the light comes from tho right, cay, It hits only the right cyo. because of tho projecting screen between tho eye, then tho current passes through that eye only and not through the other. An ar rangement of batteries and electro mrgncts then pulls tho little rear -wheel to the right and that turns the dog straight toward the light, where upon It shines in the other eyo also, and tho current passing through this eye charges an electro-magnet which pulls tho llttlo wheel, or rudder, straight again. So you understand, whorevcr tho dog sees a light, he simply has to go. "Now wo can mako our electric dog Into a 'dog of wnr.' By simply read justing the mechanism, the two sele nium eyes can bo made to pursue a dark object amid light surroundings. Supposo a torpedo fitted with such apparatus wero launched from shore on a bright day toward an attacking fleet. Tho battleships would stand up as the only dark objects against the bright sky, and tho torpedo would head etialght for them with Infalli ble and unoscapablc precision, "A change In tho mechanism makes It posslblo to drivo your electric dog, or torpedo, or Zeppelin, away from you, by prodding it behind with a searchlight, instead of pulling It to ward you." hi Mlessncr throw over a switch on his electric dog, and then whon ho flashed tho light on tho bulging eyes tho dog promptly, ulmosl fearfully backed away. The marvolous socing-at-a-dlstance projects of which Mlcssnor talks, aio based also on the light sonslvtlvlty ot selenium, tho "magic cyo." Tho ap paratus consists roughly of n great "compound eye," composed of somo ten thousand solonlum cells, each cell connected with a blmllarly situated glow-lamp on tho receiving apparat us. Tho selenium cells arc unequally Illuminated by tho light which falls on them from tho objects within their range of vision; thus allowing cur rents of varying strength to pass through, they will light their respec tive glow lamps In exact reproduc tion of the light and shadow of the obJwUn before them, r r"k)y a somewhat similar apparatus, holographs have actually boon trans Minted by wire from Monte Cnrlo to lnrj's, and published in the papers," MlftMwer commented. Tke Mlenlum thef-catchr Invent. d by MlwHfr consists of a selenium the sheriff until sober, when he will be rccnllcd. XoIglilsirliiHsl J tow Antral Sirs. Maudv Boole, wife of Andy Boole, wns rebuked hv the court for her manner of tet.tif.ving. replying to the ques'ions of Attorney Bennies with feminine igor. She testified to hearing threats made by Martin in the presence of her liunhnnd nnd daughter. She denied that she enter tained nnv ill will towards the de fendant or his lehuivcs. The soeinl line at Trnil has been set tihkcw by the trial. Neighborhood gossip con cerning slander directed against ilrs. Poole's daughter Violet, also figured in the testimony, the witness admit ting Hint n wtition refuting the slan der hud been circulated, hut denying that it had been presented to Muitiii for his signature. Some of tho Trail residents signed it, but some did not. Other Wltneshos Heard Coroner John A. Perl, who testified at the morning trial tlmt when the body of Hubbard was brought to Medford u glove was on tho right hand, was recalled, und suid he could not swear positively thut such was he case, though it wns hU remem brance. Violet Poole, n girl of 18 yenis, re cently returned from Seattle wearing a neat tuilor suit and a red velvet hat with a violet plume, was one of tho best witnesses of the day, though AI ONCE! STOPS Lung Trouble Vieiueu to ifcls Medicine If you fire uufleiiiiK with .xrious lull if I rouble. It will pay to fully In Nestlunte Jjck man's Alterative, a renieu) vvlncli lias vauhtxl iimuy re coverli'M uiio follows,-- Kin l.lrnrd Air, I'hlla.. Pa. "Crutlt-oii-iii lu llir ulolrr of IIH)3 I Imil nu ntlurk or (irlupr, rat ioned iy I nrunioiiln. noil Hli-r li I. unit 'lrou'..lr. In llir winter of 11X11 I hod n t-oiiich, uIkIiI imrntM torr uoU rnlurd oounllllrN of nlul-' looklui; tun, nnd Inter I liml oiuu liruiorn.uur, nl out- llmr thrrr In Hirer unrrrKaltr lln. 'Ilirrr pli)l. rlaua irrntrd rnr. I vtun orderrd o (lie iiMMiiitiiliiN, lint did not pi. Krk ninu'M .iltrriitlte um rreoiuiiirndrrt lir n frlrnl, Mtrr tikln-r n wirjll iliinutlty I liml tin- liml iulrt nlslil'N leri for rrlu, My iiiiriitrmrnl noa mnrkrrt (nun he nr"!- I Kill 'fd trruKlli nnd nrlvM nnd n:ii-lllr I neier liml tni'S" lir-..-rS-c "n1 my t'oiiuli Krndunlly lrH-iin until entirely icone. um pfeetlr mcII." (.MitirrUnted.) t Itnilntlll Mi: I'. l.ot(JII'IA. 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