New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1916, Page 5

; NEV, BRITAIN paILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 28 1916. 5 | DIVINING ROD FINDS WATER IN DESERTS Scientist Admits Their Feasibility | in Syria and Egypt S s ) p| éfi:@aWaW&WAUYAWnWAMAW (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) Beriin, July 2.—Scientific experi- 2 =% ments with the divining rod conducted | ||& =! SVOICE’ To insure Victor quality, always by Germans over a period of months 5 o l'?f;lfufi;:;:rmfi‘u?-“dfi";:rn; in the desert es of Syria and East- 2P / every Victrola and every Victor ern Egypt—approximately in the dis- | > — Ruocord. It ic the only way to trict of the new railway line being 7, ideatify genuine Victrolas and Q Victor Recorda. built toward the Suez Canal—not only have resulted in the discovery of wa- ter, but have proved that the scorned and flouted rod is about sev- enty per cent. infallible, according ‘o Dr. Th. Preyer, formerly in rhe Ger- man consular service, who is a - | tical scientist himself. He admits that | he should belong to that majority of 1t persons who deride tne di- rod as a swindle if he had not been able to see it work for funr months. Requires “Gifted” Man. Dr. Preyer admits that he does not | know the secret of the divining rod, and that seemingly a peculiarly “gift- | ed” man must use the instrument to . WONDERFULLY GRE W e e S e Out today New VictorRecords . for August L “The Star Spangled Banner” by Farrar Our favorite national anthem truly breathes the very spirit of American patriotism, and this exquisite rendition makes it a living inspiration that will stir the heart of all America. : Victor Red Seal Record 87247. Ten-inch, $2 Caruso presents a magnificent operatic aria_ = The interesting “Almighty Lord, Oh Judge, Oh Father!” from Massenet’s opera Le Cid. A difficult air, but through the great tenor’s superb art it becomes one of the finest exam- ples of artistic singing ever heard. Victor Red Seal Record 88554. Twelve-inch, §3 Kreisler plays the delightful “Old Refrain” A charming little melody, arranged by Kreisler himself from an old Viennese folk-song. It is constantly demanded by the great virtuoso’s audiences and will be welcomed by lovers of violin music. i will find that subterranean reams flowing under pressure, emit like 7 B ton 1 the radio-active rays of some springs & X v : which force their way through the i ) 3 carth and affect certain peculiarly con- stituted persons. He describes Major von G , who used the rod in Egypt, as a remark- ably nervous man who becomes “tuned up” to an unusual tension when he takes the rod into his hands % and begins to walk across the desert. The major generally uses an iron i £ rod, for, thought it is less sensible to the myterious forces which make it tremble, it works satisfactorily be- cause of his highly developed ‘‘gifts.” He has howev and occasionally rods of wood, aluminum nd B which are increasingly sensi- tive in the order named. 5 Salt or Fresh ? The iron rod never gives a hint : about the character of (he water which it reveals, and the major for a time discovered continually that the o painstakingly dug out were strean 2 brackish and salt, filled with water impossible for human consumption. Finally, however, he found that a rod of aluminum and bronze, held over a spot at which the iron rod had | ] signalled water, would fly upwards if | iy the water w - remain unre and drinkable, bux ward if the v sive or drop down- ater was salt. This in- strument, however, cannot always be trusted, for there are cases on record in which it signalled salt water, and was unaected by the clear, good wa- | Victor Red Scal Record 64529. Ten-inch, 51 A McCormack sings the noble “Prize Song” Mabel Garrison heard in two delightful numbers Hungarian music by Olga Munkacsy’s Orchestra L ? ter and t was found under a strat- | - - - um of salt. The major's latest experiments have | and 77 others including s been made in a section of country | y Wliere atenihasineter oo ol 5 2 delightful marimba band selections 8 exccllent instrumental trios and duets o ; he district is fc o tw ilome- | i) A i = 4 ters in extent, and yet water is said | ts] 4 exquisite ’cello 50103 2 old negro spirituals to have been found now at depths of | = 6 tuneful dance records 4 sparkling musical comedy numbers el | : d 3 b fifty and fifty-five meters in a number | 13 4 attractive band numbers 10 admirable concert songs . of places. | 2 interesting pianoforte solos 2 amusing Mark Twain stories = 22 highly popular songs 6 records for the kiddies W Hear these new Victor Records today at any Victor dealer’s. He will gladly gi descriptive list and play any music you i o e S bR T e There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $400. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. Important warning. Victor Records can be safely and satisfactorily played only with Victor Needles or Tungs-tone Stylus on Victors or Victrolas. Victor Records cannot be safely played on machines with jeweled or other reproducing points. grade cigarette B8 [[TALY SETS UPON for 5 Cents— PRESS CENSORSHIP | = Zl BA. f However, Matter for United States Is Still Watched New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 28th of each month Victrola AANARAWAV AW WAWAAVIAV, (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) Headquarters of the Italian Army, July 10.—The Italian censorship has been reorganized and vastly improvad, particularly from a newspaper point of view. Little censorship is now ex ercised over mail matter coming from or going to ally countries, such AWV WAWAVAVYA France or England, but overy letter or package going to or coming | from the United States and Switzer- | Sl 1) = land is opened and read. The cen- 12N N e e A N A AR A A A AN A A A A A A PG A AA AR ANI AT AR oAy FEATINITIAS S et s e i ) —m‘ma!nc%» [ ‘mmwmfimmwfin N R P N A A A AN YAV V N V) ous enough to notify a person sending = 92 2 Au_flfle l ‘ y[ Y{ ‘ [ 5 IS D, suspected matter that it is being held % st i i | li D fiflfl% © for explanation. In the case of ca- | m Il L 1{1]1 L E | I Al ble messages, the censor tries his hest to let them go through, either hold- ing the message for a time hefore send- = ing it, or else cutting out objectionable | that they wish to see. In the hand- | to withhold exact information as to the | matter, sending the message in *he | ling of newspaper copy written from | geography of the operations. new form, and then notifying the |the front, the largest latitude is per- | Number System Exact. sender what portions have been elini- | mitted the writers. Restriction : | Lhout a matter of fact, and particu- | inated. naming geographical locations are |larly in mountain operations, the use | e Spy Mania Wanes. cast aslde, since it is evident that the | of a number conveys the most exact ar are al to One of the reasons for the more fa- | Austrians have military maps of the |and accurate information. Every hill- | region and, as they are within speak- | top and mountain in Europe has long | ing distance of the Italian soldiers for | peen identified by a number. This | nearly every foot of the four hundred | number is not an arbitrary one. Tt is the exact height in meters—(one | = = | Fasitormerly auppesed | hide from them the names of the | moter is 37 inches)—of the hill | Another reason has been the infin- | rive and mountains and towns |top or mountain above the sea Jevel. ence of certain officers, patriotic jour- | along the front. | As no such hilltops or mountains have | sts and business men who feel that The pri bureau, although not |the same height, the numbers are ° never the same, at least in the same range of mountains, and they differ | l vorable attitude of the Italian censor- ship is an abatement of the spy mania and the realization that this cla of information is not as harmful as|miles of front, it would be difficuit to Ttaly has not heen fully understood in |long formed, has already justified it- this war and that correspondence both | self, it is stated, in the better under- of private individuals and newspaper- | standing by France and England of |so as to indicate the heights of differ- | ’,\\‘ Y men visiting or living in the country | the terrific difficulties under which the | ent sections of the side of the same ! Yy i = would, if not too severely censored, let | Italian army works in mountain ter- | mountain. While these numbers are the outside world know the truth |ritory, where it takes weeks to move | of the utmost importance in military about conditions and the reasons for | large bhodies of troops or put illery | operations, inasmuch as they indicate Purchases f Italy's war. into new positions, and where the | heights and distances in particular to au. taking of a single mountain involves | artillery officers, they have been long the patient effort and staunch hero- determined by other than the =eo- of months of hard tight phiecal branch of the General Staffs imes. They are found in svery The numbers frequently ref sre come under the head of in Army Press Bur A direct result of this attitude has been the establishment recently at the headquarters of the Army of a Press Bureau. One of the firs by the officers in charge was to seenre | permission for hoth ally and neutral | alists to visit the army front and | in official military bulletins, in steps taken nection with operations at places ihe names of which are not mentioned, | formation accessible to automohil has given rise to the popular Impres- | physiclans, miners, engineers and ES ! jo | e frults of Ttaly's offort fo ow. | Sion that the number is nsed, in order mountain climbers ganize splendid new army. Previ- | = = S —— o) o iy Sl oF this bureaw | The : § L s Original lowed on the Ttalian front. The im- | a8y : i pression had gotten abroad that Ttaly | alte i ? ! hg did not want her front visited and | Nourishing 8 : . therefore no requests to visit it had Delicious ; H f l been made, particularly by neutrals. | Digestible MepioSaid 4 ol BN omeiurnisher o . The visitors at present admitted on | The powder dissolves in water. 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