Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-09
ELECTRIC WONDER
IS TELAUTOPR|NT
COMMERCIAL MACHINE MADE
IN LOS ANGELES
Inventor Claims That Every Person
Can Now Become His Own Oper-
ator, Sending Messages at
viii to Any Point

"The Telautoprint Is a small instru-
ment occupying about the same space
as an ordinary typewriter. This new
and sensational little instrument or
contrivance is the most wonderful in
strument for sending and receiving
messages yet introduced. 1t has key
board similar to the typewriter Key
board To send a message the operator
after getting the connection Simply
touches the letters or characters oe-
sired. The letter or character is stimuli
taneously printed on a similar instru-
ment. Each telautoprint sends and
receives messages. No operator Is re-
uuired at the receiving end. The in
struments work automatically and mes
sages are printed out and are always
waiting for the party addressed. All
present systems oe wire or wireless
telegraph use the Morse or Continental
alphabets IDIOTS and dashes) and re-
ouire the services of an expert oper-
ator. This new instrument car be at
tached to and will work on any wire
telegraph, telephone or cable, or can
be used in connection with any WIRE
| less system"
The foregoing is the circular an
nouncement of the United States Wire
offices in the Pacific Electric building
now engaged in presenting to the peo-
ple of all lands the wonderful 1nven-
tion of A. H. F. Schaar, late of San
Francisco, who has perfected the tel
autoprint in Los Angeles.
Value of Invention
| The commercial Importance of the
| telautoprint lies in he fact that 1T does
cly for tn send
| a message; it prints letters and figures
and any one who can spell and can see
the characters on the keyboard, which
is arranged the same as the keyboard
| of a typewriter, can send a message
or receive the same. AS 1t has beer
worked out in connection with the wire
less telegraph it will be possible to use
the machine almost anywhere.
Each telautoprint is combined send
| ing and receiving instrument. Eacf
has a typewriter on which are dls
played all the letters of the alphabet
the numerals, punctuation marks ant
such other characters as may be de
sired A message transmitted either b,
wire or wireless is simultaneously re
corded in print on tape or page b.
the sending instrument and on a tap
or page by the receiving instrument
Every stroke on type key communl
Gates an electrical impulse to the print
ing mechanism cf the sending instru
nient, and simultaneously transmits tn
like impulse over the wire or through
the ether to the printing mechanism o
the receiving instrument
A company has been formed in Lo'
Angeles to manufacture and put thu
apparatus on the market. 1t is com
posed of many of the most prominen
business men of California. The pres
ident of the company is j. M. Duke
manager of the Spring Valley Water
company of San Francisco. and among
the directors are S. L. Phillips Of {
New York firm of electrical manufac'
turers, who is vice president; Charles
M. Goodal, president of the Seaboart
National bank of San Francisco; A. F
McClaine, banker of Tacoma, ant
Franklin K Lane, a member of the
United States interstate commerce
commission. Several San francisco
bankers and capitalists are mentioned
in, the list of incorporators.