The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-05
Wireless Messages Read in To-
peka on Wednesday.
We're Sent From Colorado
Springs to Denver.
ON TELEPHONE WIRES
Deeiphered by State Journal
Associated Press Operator.
Remarkable Phenomenon as
Heard in Topeka.

wireless biography messages, be-
tween Colorado Springs and Denver,
and Kansas City and Denver, were so
plainly caught by the Independent tele-
phone toll lines on Wednesday after
noon. that George w. Hart, Associated
Press operator at the Topeka State
journal Office. was able to decipher sew
eral Of them, and read a number of
words in a great many others.
Wireless stations are established at
Kansas CITY, Denver, Cripple Creek,
Colorado Springs and a number of 9th
er points close TO Topeka. A regular
system is being installed through this
pant OF the country.
Mr.. Eart is checking over a number
OF the calls and messages with Denver
and Colorado Springs. So many wire
less fnductions have appeared upon toll
lines in the northeastern part of Kan
sas lately, that a great deal of interest
has been aroused by the phenomenon
All of the wireless vibrations noted
On toll lines about Topeka have appear
ed en- damp. wet, rainy days, just such
as yesterday was. About two o'clock
yesterday afternoon w. p. Hemphill.
secretary and treasurer of the hide
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Chief Hershey, had their attention call
ed by the toll line operator TO vibra-
tons on the lines which sounded like
wireless. such as have been experienced
several times lately.
They at once called Mr.. Hart from
the state Journal office. He is a Morse
alphabet expert. and one Of the best
telegraph operators In the west. So he
Wentto heIndependent office about two
o'clock and listened to the toll wires for
over an hour. His readings were re-
markable, and this morning he asked
the Colorado Springs and Denver As
ISOLATED Press Office to verify the mes
caught here at the wireless sta
tons in those towns
Colorado Springs proved to be the
point from which most of the mes
sages were sent, the operator marking
call. CS44.' "CS4S,v "CS49." "CS5O,"
"CS51," "CS52," and "CS53" were the
messages which Mr.. Hart caught prob
ably from the Colorado Springs office.
The first message which he caught
was a service message. Check you ~
After the word "3rd' the message
broke. The receiver broke by calling
Tics Tics" and the sound ran right
up the scale. just as one tunes a must
cal instrument. The SOUND gradually
raised in pitch and then descended
again.
The sound was much like pressing
down the key on an organ, while in
contra-distinction the sound of a tele-
graph instrument can be Hkened to a
piano. In wireless biography the
operator holds down the key for a
prolonged period, while in ordinary
t~elegraphy. quick short stroke are
used. Mr.. Hart caught most of the
shorte clicks of the wireless, while
n longer ones were much harder to
decIpher, he not being used to them.
Message aces was evidently a
check All that could be aug was
"22 collect" The rest was lost. But
the operator called ID" in this mes
sage as he did in most Of the others.
ed" IS the signal for Denver.
Message "CS50'' was to the Bank
of#Denver-" This much was in
tercepted: Il got Pierce on pay
your It was signed j NJ Kelley"
sCS51 Z words was the next mes
sage. It was from some "Cs Produce
company to Co.," Produce
Denver. COL" the only word caught
was goods
"cs52~ was evidently a cipher mes
sage. "Bigire oyster" were the words
caught The signature was &C. H.
Long"
TCs52" was to F.. I. Cooper. Denver.
Col. The body Of the message was lost
because users Of tie line were ringing
hen came a ~"dead-head" to George
g Chtbers The hcdv of the message
could not be deciDhered on account Of
Interruptions.
Another message which read. YOU
ought to stay there until you go"
was caught. but neither rane Of the
sender nor receiver could be d~eciphered.
Ship you was all that was caught
o. another message.
sOn this shirt" was taken from an
other message.
Then came a message signed by ~R.
j. Chambers" Another one was sent
to S. N. Mccoy {. the Phoenix hotel.
Then ks" the signature for Kan
sas City began breaking in, and called
Denver Denver answered. ks said.
How do you get this2" Denver asked
ks" to wait. But ks" was insist
ent and Denver said g. to Colorado
Springs which means when do we so
on again?"
The continual p.aim of patrons upon
the use Of the toll lines made it diff
cult for Mr. Hart to catch words fol
any continued period of time. Thai
accounts in a measure for his frag-
mentary readings.
MAE WOOD SUIT DISMISSED.