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...also found me perfecting and patenting a horizontal directional transmitting aerial and predicting that I could soon reach the antipodes more easily than nearby places. 1905 was also notable for me as the year of my company's suit against the DeForest Wireless Telegraph Co. (Inventor Lee De Forest of the U. S., subsequently of 'phonofilm' fame). In pro nouncing his decision in my favor, Judge William K. Townsend of the U. S. Circuit Court was at pains to dispel all doubt as to whether or not I was actually the founder of wireless telegraphy...
...only courage and endurance, but also that indefatigable quality called "pluck," and, as well, instinct, that incomprehensible something which takes the bird to its nest in the vast sameness of the prairie, or the bee to its home in the hollow tree hidden in the labyrinth of the forest...
...Flaming Forest (Antonio Moreno, Renee Adoree). Against a background of majestic mountains and lordly forests brooding over the hellish intrigues of red-skinned desperadoes, the Northwest Mounted are pictured in the first heroic adventure of their notable history. The immediate cause of their appearance: the sad plight of Actress Renee Adoree, menaced by a well filmed circle of fire, by a loathsome Indian scoundrel. Actor Antonio Moreno, sergeant, rides over tl hills, through the fire. The audience heartily endorses his oncoming, because Actress Adoree deserves an elegant rescue...
...rangers fighting a forest fire in the Santiago Canyon region in California their messenger dog came crawling on his belly. His eyes were red from the smoke, his fur burned by shoots of fire. While rangers comforted him, he licked his burns, fell asleep, whimpering. This must not happen again. So District Ranger Bill Freer made him an asbestos coat, good protection. Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids...
...other games the Crimson eleven conquered Worcester Academy 22 to 0 and the Holy Cross Freshmen by 14 to 0. Yale has overcome Roxbury School 13-7, and the Princeton Freshmen 10 to 7, but was buried by Lake Forest, undefeated in three years, under an 18 to 0 count...