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New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
NEW YORK BABEL
OF WIRELESS TALK
MIXED MESS4GES FILL
THE AIR.
Operators and Com pdnies Str1Uing to
Eliminate the "ButterS In Who
Cause the TangIes.

Arrive tomorrow mornng-ten thousand pounds
via fast freighter-In pay that bet. old man fen
barrels rum and-ffteen Steel common-Tha ahks.
Bill: there's cigar coming to you-haye dog named
Dewey-meet at pier. (Sgnedl Kate"
II some form of reproducer could he devised
which would translate (to the public the unintel-
Igible wireless waves OF the upper air into the
sound OF speech. there might come from
above New York at this very moment some such
tumble Of words this. and II would be not the
result of any miracle. not the foreword OF any
great catastrophe. but simply case OF jamming,
which is wireless for plain 'butting in And II TO
his reproducer device the inventor attached some
scheme for picturng the conditions, so far as they
relate to the wireless messages constantly fitting
back and forth in the air above New York, scene
not unlike that football field might be re-
vealed. Hero the foreground perhaps. could DC
seen the sIangy. conversational message of one
operator TO another with a sJrangle hold on some
commonplace business messYge. Over in the mid
die distance various sedate phrases Incident 10 the
transactions OF daily business life would probably
be found doing their best TO buck line OF no"
the bovs?" Coming up tonight" We'll. be
goods and See you aters." and II II were our
ing a conversational rush hour the watcher might
perhaps see a lively little cop doing It's best on
a run down the field tripped by the heels ana go
down beneath confused mass of chatter ABOUT
Mabel or Maggie Of plans for that evenings enter
taInment for the following Sundays outing OF Iol
next summers vacation.
Too much talk: that is the diagnosis or wire
less experts who have been Investigating aeriai
conditions in the immediate vicinity Of New YORK
A man does not have to qualify in the solomon
class 10 have discovered long ago that there IS
something radically wrong with New York ar ou'
II has remained for the wireless men to reveal the
truth. According TO their computations. there Is
more conversation TO the cubic foot In New YORK
air than there is to be found in a convention nan
.o-,r,o5 ,o tho doors with suffra gettes Why.
young man. the air about this port has been simply
clogged with conversation said the chief OF one
wireless system TO Tribune reporter the other
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
DEVICES TO BLOCK 1NTRUDERs.

Just lightning arresters and grounolhg ue'iCes
a re used ordinary teegraphy to prevent ou'side
interference and cut out" intruders on the Wire
so 'X-stoppers'' and other recently invented de-
vices are now being employed in wireless teles-
raphy here in New York 10 make II possible Tor an
onerator TO take a message about a shipment OF
cattle without having 10 spend time trying 10 de-
tern1ne whether Mamie is the leader Of the nero
or lust the sweetheart OF some operator who has
broken in with a lot OF loose talk to an operator
chum OF his.
.JammiuE' is the technical term for the oHehce
n wireless operator commits when he sends forth
from, his powerful transmitter 10 nearby brother
operator a trivial personal message. which IN IT'S
vaveIlke transit through space may bump into and
unset an important business comm uncation. weak
ened by transit great distance; or, II the
business message be not entirely put out OF com
mission Il may he so badly mixed As to render It's
,,,oarine, as obscure as one said 20 have been re-
ccved here recently from an incoming liner. which
ran something Ike this at the close Of the jam
ming process:
saw Jackson-he consumes annuaily-a good
looking fellow and "A little girl, too-You may
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

ship Tomorrow pair Of sandwiches and cup Of
coffee-See you -nght-Australia-Jack."
Or perhaps It is purely personal message which
suffers upset at the hands Of the wireless con-
versationalists. Then It may something like
this
Mr. John Smith. Fulton street. Brooklyn: Ex-
pect to dock New York Tuesday-Wel be good.
old man. guess I'll go and wash up-meet me.
(Signed) Sue"
To the lay mind it IS doubtless difficult 10 under
stand how IL is possible for wireless message
to interfere with another. and yet II is not so
puzzng when gets firmly in mind the fact
that wireless messages carried through space
on waves Of greater or lesser length.
ITS like bobbng apples in big tub Of water"
explained wireless man the other day. The
apple with the greatest amount of propelling force
behind II knocks others from its path every
time. That's the way 1t with wireless messages
here in the Port of New York. Suppose a message.
however trivial its nature. but backed by strong
electric current, goes hurtling through the air and
runs into an important message a current weak
ened after covering several hundreds of miles The
chances are the important message
would be overwhelmed; that 1t would be Jammed
out
From the description afforded by one wireless
operator the ether above New York must look like
the upper Hudson when the ice is going out being
filed with messages which float around and bump
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
1N1RCHY IN PERSIA.
outside Of Tehcran There Is Prac-
ticaIIy No GOrernmeHt,

lFrom the Persian Correspondent Of The Tndependent
outside Of Teheran there Is practically no gov
eminent, except that Of the feudal tribes and
anarchy is everywhere rife.
Kermanshah was one OF the last sTaces that re-
maned loyal 10 the Crown. and this is what haD-
pened there the other day, The story is not an
unusual one, but it well illustrates what sort Of
justice is administered by the local governors
There lived in this place one Azlz-Illab lew,
who little stocking factory. Among those
who worked in his shop a boy, who was a
Sayid. a claiming TO be the direct descendants
of Mahomet, and consequently extremely fanaticaI.
The relation of apprentice in Persia is not un-
like that of village schoolmaster and his pupil
So. for some msdcmeanor the Jew punished the
Sayid. who then left his work. The next morning
The boys elder brother brought Kim the factory
and said: Il have punished my brother for leaving
his work yesterday and l wish you TO punish him
also Thereupon the Jew, who should have known
better than to touch Sayid. gave him whipping
The boy continued at HIS work that day and the
next. apparently the worse for his punish
ment But on the third day lie did not come 10
the shop at the usual hour; later his brother ap-
peared and told the Jew that the boy was i'll and
urged him to call doctor. The Jew. realizing the
seriousness Of the situation once to the
English doctor. but he could not be found. His
assistant an Indian, went with him to the boy
and gave as his diagnosis heart failure, the result
of intestinal disturbances. Whether not this
was the true of his Illness will never be
known for within few hours the boy dead
and in a Mahometan land post-mortem is i'm
possible The city In uproar. and
the Jew went the proper ofH ciaI and gave him
self I'D After night in prison he taken
before the Governor. who at once ordered him be-
headed. His request for a trial. an investigation
as 10 the cause of the boys death. was unheeded.
Without further words he was led away 10 be
executed.
knowing the terror OF the Persian executioner
a,,d fearing torture he took off his clothing and
gave II 10 him. He then without struggle sub
mittea TO the knife and long. swift stroke that
crossed the great blood vessels of the neck brought
Irstant death. His body was then mutilated by the
crowd who dragged it through the streets. finally
casting II into a pit outside OF the town, where
q, ,,.,s .ovored with filth. Later the Governor sent
his men who buried the body in the Jewish ceine-
,erv in his stupidity thinking that he had Feen
the end of the affair
Notwithstanding the tact that the Je" eAsE-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

world has ever known have been encased in feshIy
parte. notwithstanding his active career, was De
cde6iv stout Dr. Johnson was inclined 10 naDpi-
ness while Boswell. his biographer, was in the
same condition. -,,-. ,,.as
Honore de Balzac. the great tTench noyeisI, VIZ 5
so large that today he might be nicknameed
JUMBO Balzac; Dumas rere was stout. WHiie
Ssinte- Reuye had a FastafIian stomach. In spite
Of his great corpulenCy, which he tried to keep
down tv drinking vinegar, Eugene Sue wrote Inc
Wandering Jew. - -, g.. 81.
Lossini. the composer. so fat that for slx
,-earS he never his knees, and Jules Janln tht
princa oE critics. hrok" down all ordinary sofas ne
taf upon his checks and chin protrudng beyond his
heard and whiskers. Lablache the Italian singer
was charged three fares when tn traveILed-llt-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
THE CHIEF OFFENDERS,

eye e not the regular operators who offend IN
this matter of gossip" explained a wireless man
the other dav They know better. and. more than
that they are too busy for any sucl foolishness-
Onerators aboard ships visiting the port trregu-
larly are probably the chief OffenIers- Some OF
tnpm berhaps. 10 not know the rules ana others'
knowing them. decide to take the chance, run the
risk Of detection and plead ignorance II caught
,rbers are other classes Of offenders of them
amateur and some of them professional, but none
OF them is far we know now, in the reSu-
ar commercial service of the wireless companies
7,r as soon as discover an operator OF this
stsnnp out he goes But at any rate. we have the
work SO thoroughly systematized now that al
though such fellows may occasionally cause httle
temporary embarrassment, they cannot accomplish
any real harm. In the first place. the shore STA
ton operator Is always in general control OF the
situation. If he overhears any idle conversation
he has the right 10 break in and order II stopped-
Then too he keeps a record OF all messages CIV
ing the names of ships and names OF senders- ms
ia submitted weekly and in the case or an oHehd-
ar aboard a ship due to sail that or the day fol-
,,,,,pg a speciaI report is made out at once The
operator is then called the office and oppor-
tunitv is given him 10 explain why he sent such
messages as he dd-
"Ae additional precautions several mechanical
methods are now employed TO prevent idle conver-
sot,oral messages rom interfering with an impor-
tant message" said another wireless official
wireless telegraphy depends, as you know, upon
wave lengths set up in the air by the electric cur
rent The wave lengths of all shore stations and
..a,tore aboard ships with which they work
inc must be the same. When operators sending
end receiving an important message encounter cut
sida interference it is comparatively easy mat
,ar Tor them TO change their own wave lengths
Then. too. the sending and receiving instruments
are keved TO corresponding tunes. Perhaps you
have heard a violin played in the room In which a
Dio,o stands When a certain chord IS struck on
,be violin IL is echoed from the piano. 1t is the
sora with wireless Instruments They are exact
" IN tune with each other. and when operators
sending and receiving a message encounter inter-
ference from an outside source they can readily
change their own instruments from to the
other Of three different In general use known
as Tune A. Tune b and plain aerial.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
The GraphIc.

acter and standing In the community had always
been excellent. and this the only thing brought
against him, the cry raised by the mob in the
street: rs the life OF only Jew 70 be paid for
the life OF a Sayid?' The word soon taken
up, and before nightfan every Jewish house had
been plUndered, number wounded. and least
three mora had been killed. while one hundred and
forty families homeless.
The Russian bank attacked in the night. and
the next day II developed that many Of the Jews
not Persian subjects, but in the place
only traders. The Governor then tried to re-
cover the plumber and make the people pay for
that which stolen and could not be found. He
had ordered the death OF the Jew to please these
very same people. Rather than pay they put the
Governor out Of the town and organized par
lament of their own It is not hard 10 fancy what
the result VIII be
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
lEESIGE' Hotel
' Royal Daniel
ALL MODERN COMFORTS
NEWLY REFTFTED. Z

"a mechanical device il the nature OF a eut-our
and known as an y stopper IS also employed %
prevent interference with the message This device
arr1fa1 ~ the recording Instrument effectualy
prevents any message other than that the operator
Is after from reaching and being recorded BY his
receiver
wireless operators, as rule. are not given 70
idle conversation with each other; they have too
much TO do for that The men who have given
trouble in that manner are men who visit the port
only occasionally. and these offenders are
being dealt with so stImmarily when caught that
the practice Of conversing via wireless is fast
diving out Instead OF placing obstacles in the way
OF one another. wireless operators and wireless men
generally are always the alert TO help each other
out Whv the other day. when that alarm C Q. D.
went out from the sinking Republic. every snip
and every station within hearing distance stopped
f commercial service instantly. There have besn
times also when a has had very importaIsS
personal message send; message 20 or from
a deathced or something of that nature. when
every word of commercial business has been
stopped until II has been sent.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
CHARMS OF THE USERS.

For film over the eye: Eye. I do not know
what ails you; / know not whence It is There
shall 1t go In the name of the Father. the Son
and the Holy Ghost. Amen" Rub the eve three
times with the right hand and repeat three times
For a blister in the eye: Joseph begat Anna.
Anna begat Mary Mary begat our Lord and Sa-
viour Jesus Christ This is most certainly true
Botch blister. go away. - Say it three times
For colo: Lay your hand on the persons stomach
and say three times, I stand wood and see
wood For glassful Of cold red wine. Collie
let this gripirg alone. A. B. e. May God help you.
Amen, amen and amen
For open head: Head. / squeeze you together
in the name Of the Father Son and Holy Ghost
Press together three times and say these words
three times
For horse bots: Stand horse with his head to
the sunrise. stroke him toward the tail. repeating
certain verse; also give him some purgative
medicine.
The user may give absent treatment for can
Ger and warts. He ascertalns his patients condi-
ton by cutting into pine tree with axe. II
the tree lives, all is well; otherwise the patient
will suffer Rheumatism Is cured by a mixture oC
cream, salt. seven buds OF brier nine buds Of
mary and eleven grains of black pepper. cooked
and applied ointment. Grease fried from
joads is also valuable for rheumatism and a razor
taken TO bed by the patient Will infably cut the
pains" a pair Of eeIskin garters will prevent
cramps, while itch is cured by a little blood from
a black cats tall For inflammation Of the uvula.
or falling palate push the uvula up with
silver spoon while pulling a tuft Of hair on the
patients head. drive il in position by beating
the soles OF the patients feet. When The nose
bleeds let il bleed three pieces Of cloth. put
each cloth in a hole in fruit and plug up
the holes This Will stop the bleeding. sure
cure Tor epilepsy is tea brewed bi: Of rope
with which some one has been hanged. Chills and
fever yield 10 pills composed Of powdered earth
worms. When a child is afflicted with thrush,
capture n'ne ~00d I5ce. tie them in a bag and
hang the bag around the chMd's neck. Many
juvenile ailments are cured by passing the young
patients through horse collars. notches in trees
and between rungs OF ladders
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
ARE FAT PEOPLE sTUPlD7

Both tho winowy people ~ the world and those
or average weight rIato faneSS with stupidity.
whereas often such Is not the case. They have
been 20 the shows AT country fairs and have seen
the obese ladies and the fJt men there displaying
their superintendent collection OF adipose tissue,
ANA have gone Away with The idea that Fat people.
merely because they fat. stGpdcr and NOR"
deficient in intelligence than people of average
avoirdupoiS. and this i'm their opinion on fhe sub
jeCt has been extended outside of the shows TO
apply to fat people generally.
At the present moment William Howard TAFT Is
the second fat sitting in the Presidential chair
and the first Republican Of more than average
weight 20 occupy that position the first Fat man
being stephen Grover Cleveland, Of Democratic
persuasion
These only Two men ~ th" present time
though cleveland IS dead having I'm" intellect I'm
a bo..v OF superUrrrlsl weight. Looking into his
tory " lrd that OF IN" hEest irtcigenCeS the
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
TAS. SHOOLBRED & GO.

up against each other much as the migrating ice
cakes do. Now message laden with honeyed
phrases is shoulder 10 shoulder with one fairly
bristllng with grim legal terms. the preliminary
arrangements for a prizefght rudely j9stre the ac-
ceptance OF a pastorate: order to buy copper
bumps against invitation 10 tea, and the an
nouncement OF birth races side by side down the
aerial currents with the dates for a series OF
woman's rights lectures With this operator or
that operator camoring in wave lengths of greater
or lesser degree for the right OF and several
conversa tonalists attempting 70 break in the old
phrase as free air has lost its force. and
the ether above New York now resembles most
pied form OF an alphabet soup.
In the city below there is no law against gossip
ing but the air above there is Men and mech
snisns are constantly on the alert 10 detect IT, Of
tenders are first warned, then fined, then fired,
and the wireless men who working this reform
prophesy that a result OF the campaign they are
now waging against talk the ether above Ne"
York will soon have been deodorized OF every YES
tiee Of gossip. Wireless companies and owners OF
ships equipped with wireless apparatus are al
working together for the same end cut It out,
as they express it, and II they are successful the
atmosphere about New York Harbor at least viii
be squeezed so dry OF gossip the seaguHs may
drown themselves from sheer lack OF entertain
n,ent Operators have been called up and then
called down upon the subject. the penalties for dis
obedience have been incorporated IN sets OF printed
rules and as one OF aboltshing the nuisance
a regular record OF conversation, a sort or court
huletin with a circulation limited TO :he executive
offices of the wireless companies. has been estao-
Iished This exclusive news medium, "hlch puI-
ports to give daily record OF the messages
lodging above New York, is issued weekly as a
general thing but special occasions. or when II
seems likely that gossiping offender is liable TO
get away from port without reprimand. a special
edition in the shape Of report en- that particular
case is made out and hustled 10 the executive
office IT. as sometimes happens. that office Is
without Jurisdiction In that case the report -
h1,rriedIv passed on to the right Office. for what
ever other differences they may have wireless men
are ready to present uniteu front against their
common enemy the who seeks 10 monopolize
the air with senseless chatter.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
KEEP UP YOUR
GIT! EAT SAND.
BOSTON HIGHBR0"S FIND
IT HEALTHY.
,,..;;,tu Is He Uho Can't Find q
Health Fad to Suit His
Fancy.

h rasrrbv is a perennial issue which
llo' -.rqfon and politics in popular interest.
..con4ary only 20 the question how 20 ac-
Il Is o.,7,liy The devotees of the get-health-
ql"s -, are numbered by the millions. A great
0a''A -,-sons hive made themselves sick trying
TS9 -rre secret Of health has been dIscov-
- rl,or,sard times in many ways. and
~ t.,-r discovered. The latest secret was re-
R5 ,bz other day from Boston, where il was
p-s ..e h1ef-browed descendants Of the Pilgrim
Sc vsr. filing their crops so TO speak. with
Pm .be common sand Of the seashore, or
s@n- cod in building operations. but a choice Va
ua - eilex dredgcd from the channel Of the Mis-
f"e p-ar Il Is sifted. summed and baked and
tss44 ;, l,sps hv freight 10 Boston. where the in
tl4t.s sey7-I- il with the enthusiasm Of ROSTERS.
s.,ls-s there Is nothing like having that gritty
- ;7side 4 person who eats sand undeniably
-, :, weight according 10 The amount he con-
- II he would eat a little cement at the same
- he would be entitled 10 consider himself a
- - character and the buildings department
So i,s 5j,a a license as fireproof structure
1-,zpvsr something must be done 70 vary the
- n vege:ariarisn. electric belts, cavort-
- to-sfoot in the dew. drinking sour milk get
-, -, haths under blue glass and having the
-, sxtirpsted. Not many health seekers have
.,,ss -heir colons Yet. even though II is recon-
--s.5sd By the great Metchnikof, perhaps because
q ..s-,, 70 rererbIe the Chinese cure for head
s-be which IS decaFitalon A or wayne '1''1'
.y,sioisn vas reported 10 have had his colon re-
-,ved and with fatal results. but II is now said
.bs rep5rt WAS incorrect except as TO the fatal
issue The technique Of removing the colon. which
4 ,hs Panama Canal OF the body. has not reached
,b stage Of operations for eliminating the appen-
a1 snd juggling with the kidneys
When you can't lose the colon. the next best
,t.r to reduce its maievOlent bacterial poPula-
,ion bv few billion by the practice Of vegetarian
SEN and the introduction Of colonies OF friendly
microbes that dwell in sour miik-the BulgarlahS
vso rse voeurt-sour mik-live upward OF a cen
-. Hon, much longer they would live If they
s;s -o- asssssfrate one another is not known
Perhap. IN the congeniaI atmosphere Of a country
where concealed weapons are not permitted the
adbereuts of sour milk would surrass the years OF
Afeil,ussleh and die Of boredom.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
IN A TROPICAL FOREST.

chief Engineer Burgess Of the Honduras National
Railway giving advice to cnEineers working in mo
tropics. says enphatically. Don't get Inst! he
sdds that a man should think ot going
INTO "A tropical forest without compass than Of
Going alone to without Without a COM
Ssss one has no way OF getting his direction In a
fev minutes he is turned round The sun can only
he seen II at ALL when dl eCtly overhead There is
no moss on the trees TO serve for guide Distant
aIe,-a tions or mountains. IL any exist cannot be
seen on account of the density OF the forest Even
on the treeeSs lIauos Of South America. where the
n,ountiius ar. too distant be seen, the compass
is the only guide one can tell the direction of east
and west al sunrise and sunset. but in the middle
~ The dav tie sun is useless guide. because Il
&c almost directly overhead. and often one may
stand in the shadow Of his own hat-Youths Com
panon.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

20 the dose as "a person would get from a piece
OF liver the size of a grain Of wheat
The grape cure. the apple cure the cabbage anu
lettuce cure are still being praotised by a MUNICH
ing fraternity Some people are saving their lives
by wearing silk the skin. and others pre-
serve their health through peculiar woolien uh-
derwear Scientific novelties in the quest Of health
are scorned by the inhabitants Of four counties III
South Carolina. These folk. descendants Of early
German settlers. hold TO the ancient practice OF
using" which consists Of rubbing the affected
parts with the hands Of the operator, blowing the
breath upon the parts and uttering incantations
Each user has his stock charms and for
mulR. which he keeps secret and only reveals on
his deathbed 10 single successor The following
sone sample charms quoted by John Hawkins
in The Popular Science Monthly: