Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-20
TWO ESSEX LADS CATCH
WELLMAN WIRELESS
lryingtOn Amateur Operator,
Admirer of AviatOrs, Caught
Trent's Whole Story.
STUCK TO HIS STATION
AWAITING FIRST FLASH
Hopes to Become Ships Ex-
pert, but Family Oppose
Youthful Ambition.

While the thousands of persons in
Essex county we're eagerly searching
the columns Of the for news
from or about Wellman, there were two
families near Newark who had the lat
est reports via wireless called dow to
them from the top floor or. to speak
more technically, from the wireless re-
ceiving station of the respective resi-
dences.
AT 769 Springfield avenue, 1rvington.
Edward G. Schmidt, a ~17-year-old anna
teur wireless operator. was sitting in
his receiving station, which is also his
bedroom, and eagerly waiting for mes
sages that would inform him of the
whereabouts of the America and her
crew. At "a North Mountain avenue,
Montclair, Selay P. Young was doing
the same thing. Young is q years old
and a student at the Stevens Institute,
in Hoboken.
An EVENING STAR reporter called
on Schmidt this morning and was
shown up to the station. Young
Schmidt very willingly told about his
apparatus and the manner in which he
became interested in wireless te-
%legraphy.
Is Interested in Aviation.
Before | tell you how I started in
this wonderful business" said Schmidt,
II want to tell you about this Wellman
story. ! am interested in airships and
watched carefully the accounts of Well
mans proposed flight to Europe. All
the wireless messages that were ex-
changed from the time Wellman start
ed We're intercepted by me, and when
all trace of the America was lost I
stuck to my station all day, eagerly
waiting for a flash from the intrepid
crew. I spent the best part of Wednes-
day afternoon up in my room and al
most despaired of hearing from the lost
airship. Wednesday night I went UP
again n about 9 o'clock got in touch
with the Trent. Say, / was so glad and
so nervous that | missed several words.
l had some trouble in taking the mes
sage, because two other operators were
putting in one was the Brooklyn navy
yard n the other some ship trying to
get Sea Gate. l managed to switch
them off and succeeded in getting The
VIII hi'SSd6tf Nlll lile 0AGHDliOl
of about a half-doZen words"
The young man showed the reporter
the message just as he took it, and 1t
correspondent in every way with those
published in the newspapers.
Schmidt became interested in wire
less t~elegraphy while working for an
insurance company. He studied the
subject and soon bought a complete
"a - n - n 80 L. ,- 4Ls- gun-t- -
what he expected and had a better one
made. In order to get a thorough
knowledge he took a course in telegra-
ply, and can now read three codes, the
Continental, Morse and Philips.
Wants TO Become Operator.
Schmidt's apparatus is on the third
floor of his house. as are also his bed,
gun, Indian clubs and various other
things that denote his versatility. His
ambition is to become an operator on
some ship, but his parents do not APP
prove of his ambition, and for that
reason Edward expects to become a
factor in the business world and at the
same time continue with his study of
wireless.
Mr.. Young's station is also on the
third floor of his home in Montclair.
and when not at the Stevens Institute
or engrossed in his studies at home he
spends his time at the wireless appa-
ratus. on Tuesday night he was at the
board when the Trent flashed in the
news about Wellman. and his family
and neighbors quickly gathered around
him While he read them the message
just as fast as it came in.
The house in which Young lives is IN
a hill forty feet above the street level.
He has his apparatus attached to the
roof of he house and the trees sur
rounding IT.