The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
YETMAN TRANSMITTER
INSTRUMENT TO FACILITATE
 TELEGRAPHING
Playing on Keyboard Transmits Morse Signal Code and Receives the Message in Ordinary
 Typewriting.

One of the interesting features of the Association of Railway Telegraph Super intendents, which convened in three days session at the St. Charles Hotei yesterday forenoon, Is the transmitting Typewriter the invention of Charles E. Yetman an old knight of the key. says the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 The tests of the machine yesterday were a revelation to the old telegraphers. who pronounce 1t perfect in conception and detail, and while 1t does not do away with the lightning singer" who has had so much to do with the commercial de- velopment of the country during Che last half century or more. since the perfec- tion of the Morse code of signals. 1t greatly facilitates his labors and gives much needed relief from the nervous strain to which he has been subjected for many years. and makes his work more perfect and obviates the frequency of mistakes. In a few words, the Yet man transmitting typewriter will revolu- tionize telegraphy and instead of its be- ing a nerve-racking mental labor. 1t will become a pleasant vocation.
 Mir Yetman, the inventor and patentee of the machine, is here giving practical demonstrations of It's utility. and has only brought 1t up to its present standard Of perfection after years of careful study and labor As a transmitter it is perfect, and as typewriter it is above the stand- ard Tn transmitting message, the Morse code is signaled to the receiver simply by a touch of the proper keys, pressing each letter one time as in nak- ing copy on a typewriter, while in re- ceiying a message, all that is necessary Is to press lever and the switchboard Is connected with the alphabet -on the ma chine If desired, a copy of the message as transmitted may be made by placing the lever in a certain position.
 s'Tests of the machine have been under way for the last year." said MT. Yet man at the St. Charles last evening, and while only a few machines have been turned out we have equipped the main offices of the Associated Press with the machine and the report is now%sent out from Chicago and other points with our transmitter, which shows that it's work is perfect.
 '.The transmitting typewriter, in size and apearance, is not unlike other ma chimes of its class. It is fitted with a single or universal keyboard. It Is two machines in one, a complete typewriter, and a telegraph transmitter. When the machine is not in use it may really be said to consist of three parts the type writer the transmiter and the Keyboard. If the typewriter part of the machine is to be used, the depression of lever at the right on> the frame connect 1t with the keyboard and when the work is com
  connects it. If the transmitter is to be used, the depression of a lever at the left of the frame connects it with the keyboard and opens the telegraph clr- cult; the raising of this lever at the completion of the work of transmitting again disconnects the transmitter and closes the telegraph circuit. The type writer and the transmitter may be con nected with the keyboard at the same time bv the depression of both the levers above referred to, so that mechanical- ly correct copy of the matter transmitted may be secured.
 'eThe machine may be permanently con nected into a telegraph circuit by simply cutting the wire and inserting the two cut ends into binding posts fixed in the frame at he rear. Temporary connection into any circuit may be made by the use of a cord and jack placed under the epring of the Morse key circuit closer, SC that the machine can be moved quickly from one wire to another like any ordi' nary typewriter.
 ''Every letter, every word, and every .ine written, is in plain sight from the time the first letter Is struck, until the paper anas been removed from the ma chine. The carriage is returned by one direct downward movement of lever at he right of the keyboard the line spacing is accomplished automatically al the same time by the same motion The paper feed has been constructed with special reference to the rapid handling of telegraph blanks. The carriage moves upon ball bearings and the typebars are come .ted into their hangers by ball bear fngs. The touch is exceedingly light and is absolutely uniform fin every par ; of the keyboard.
 The transmitter part of the transmitting . typewriter makes it possible for a tele graph operator to transmit Morse signals which are absolutely perfect, by touching the keys of the keyboard. The touch use' is the ordinary quick staccato typewrite