Arizona republican., 1906-03-25
Long Distance Telephone Lires Have
 Trouble From Them.

The telephone systems of the north eastern part of Kansas were interfer- ed with by fragments of wireless tele- graph messages on Thursday and Fri day last week. Bell long distance lines around Topeka so plainly intercepted the vibrations that 2 Morse code read CT could deciDher occasional words.
 The phenomenon is extremely pecu- liar, and the first time that it has been noted on telephone wires in this part of the country. In explanation the experts offer the exceedingly damp condition of the atmosphere. When the air is heavy with moisture, wireless messages are said to transmit them selves with much greater ease than during dry weather. An operator at Salina, who was called by the Bell company to it's headquarters to note the phenomenon, thinks from the frag- ments which he intercepted, that the message was being sent from Denver to Kansas City. There are no wire less stations at either of these cities. but there is one ct St. Louis, and it is possible that the vibrations received here were inductions from some coast station to St. Louis. It is mere guess work, however, to try to figure out the points between which the message was sent
 It is hardly believed to have been a sea message which not only reached its destination, but travelled this far in land because of the peculiarly fitting condition os the atmosphere.
 But those who noticed it are sure that it was wireless teIegraphy. They describe the sound as different from the sharp metallic clicking common to ,,I, hTrf 1f-eaT very much like the vibrations of a pi- anO, soft. buzzing end musical
 Wire Chief Hamilton, oe the Topeka headquarters of the Bell Telephone company noted the phenomenon and said today: "The vibrations were dis tinct on our long distance lines on Thursday and Friday Of last week. Some disturbance occurred on one or two previous days, but not so distinct as oa the latter The sound was soft and buzzing, with a vibration like striking 2 musical instrument. A good reader Of the Morse telegraph code could have deciphered quite a good deal of what was heard on oIr wires. but we did not have an expert try it. It caused no serious annoyance on our long distance wires. Takers could hear each other plainly. though of course 
 tent buzzing. l do not know where the message was sent from or to what place it was going, whether it was in land or from the sea. I'm not an eX- pert in that line"
 The Salina Journal has this to say about the effect crested there: Bruce Gemmill. formerly of Salina, but now superintendent O. the Bell exchange at Abilene, called up Ben Pearl man ager of the Western Union office at Salina. and connected him with the Topeka line, when the clicking Of the wireless messages could be plainly heard over the wires. The long dis tance lines from Abilene to Salina re- turned no messages. 5Ut from Abilene east the message ~as perfectly dis tinct.
 "The sound" said MT. Pearl today, twas not like the metallic click sent by the ordinary telegraph instrument, but was like musical note, very siTni- lar to the sound of the piano. I could only read few letters at a time, and then something would interfere. but in a few minutes, 1t was there again, as distinctly as before. e.'-TOpeNa Journal