This Modest Inventor Would Stop World War.
“I can make the United States the strongest nation in the world. I can end the European struggle in a short time. I can make the smallest nation most powerful.[Pg 62]”
This is the assertion of John Vogelzangs, of Menominee, Mich., an inventor, who claims to have a method of extracting electricity from the air so that air craft might be manned with powerful guns and not be forced to land until they want to.
“I can sweep the seas clear of vessels. I can kill armies and level cities,” claimed the inventor, who in the same breath asserted he favored universal peace, but that the world was not ready for it.
He says Secretary Daniels’ plan for an advisory board is good.
He refused to give out much information about his new device. He said he lacked money to carry on the work, and displayed a letter from Mr. Daniels, written before the war broke out, saying this nation was not ready to take up his ideas.
Vogelzangs has a reputation for being an inventor of ability. He made a street cleaner, which he refused to sell for $10,000. He also claims he will revolutionize the berry business with a new picker.