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Show FICTION IS NOW FACT. "One of the popular magazines pub-llshed pub-llshed Beveral months ago a story full Ot thrills in which the principal character char-acter was an old man who had per fected a wonderful invention by means of which he would make war so horrible that he would bring peace to the world." sayo the Independent "The Invention was in connection with a wireless device by means of which a person could by setting up the machine miles away from a war ship blow it up. It was equally efficacious effi-cacious for destroying Torts. The old man took it to the German government govern-ment and ho was promised if he would demonstrate that what he claimed could be done the German government govern-ment would cede Alsace and Lorraine to France and bring abdut peace In the world. "Tho old man promised to do bo and going to Toulon, he blew up a French warship and hundred! of men lopt their lives Then the old mar started for America. On board ih ship with him was a prince of Ger man and a great admiral. The la'tei repudiated the peace bargain am tried to buy the secret off tho inven tion from the old man. But he fulled Later the old man wont to the French republic with his proposition and he was told If he would proe Its clalme by blowing up a German fort Francr would agre to his terms The in vontor located in a German town and made his arrangements. The demon st ration was to be made at noon on a certain day. Ever? thing was in readiness, tho wlro was touched, but instead of the fort being destroyed the machine was, and the old man killed, his secret perishing with him, according to tho story. "The tale wa6 a bit of fiction supposedly, sup-posedly, well written, and of absorbing absorb-ing interest. A dispatch from Lon don, under date of October 27, show that what, was fiction not man) months ago is today a facL The London Lon-don dispatch says that a warship haB been blown up by wireless off Portsmouth Ports-mouth during an experiment with i Ih.uUMi V. I.. K Ih. oH. Ill BU 'I lUllJJ lUTVUUvll v. iiiv.ll ilic mlralty Is testing The ship on which the experiment was being made wua the third class cruiser Terpsichore, a vessel of 3,400 tone. She now lies in dock with her bottom blown to pieces " 'Details of the invention are jealously jeal-ously guarded, but It is known that for some weeks before the experiment experi-ment was made the vessel was In dock yard hands and that a mysterious mysteri-ous metal box was fixed to the bottom bot-tom of the ship On Wednesday morning mor-ning last the Terpsichore was towed to Stokes Bay and from a, battleship etght miles away the material contained con-tained In the box was exploded by B wireless ray or apar.c. " "There was a vast upheaval of water wa-ter and the cruiser was afterward seen to hae a heavy list to port Five dock yard tugs closed In on the cruiser and by means of powerful pumps kept her afloat until she was safe within the dock yards " It Is not thought the invention has anything to do with the F rays, though apparently, it is similar to M Ullvl's discovery ' " |