The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-05

them. I won't tell You which Do you
understand al that2 Halo, EARN
The operator wrote down the "oIaS
with a feeling Of ground SINKING uHGei
meath him The cynical part OF hiIn
was urging him. as he wrote, to regard
the thing as a joke, but some magma
tive sense strongly induced him 10 con-
slider IL seriously
"Jove.- ne said. as ne read the mes
Sa sc through after the voice i!dL
ceased. Il cant stand this m gong
10 send for more brains than I've got 10
face this thing
Then he teIe2houed to the city editor
OF a neWSra per on which ne mad worker
I'm the telegraph room. lie knew the
man personally. but when he told MIN
OF the incident in a half apoloSeIic,
half excited voice, the editor lauSheU
uproaTiOUsiy.
Mac" he said. -stronizingly. for
heavens sake. 20 ho-~1 and sleep lt
of Don't stay i'm theofi ce and MONKEY
with tbs Instruments in your cOndltloH-
But Mac was so obviously intense ana
persistent ana talked so nationally thal
the editor listened again
send wireless TO Bayonne or any
where on The coast Mac urged win
great earneStuesS. and X they say tites
haven't received wireless telephone mes
Sa geS which they don't understand, Jnen
talk 10 me rs II I hGd IN. but If they
admit having received mem. send one
any electrical authority you can chase
up tonight. and they'll hear something
as mysterious as ever heard in my
IAN right Mac" said the editor,
Evidently the editor found something
worth investigating after he had con
suited the other wireless stations IN the
New YORK zone for shortly afterWaro
he telephoned again, IN more excited
voice
I'm sending I'D Jones and Elverson.
the big electrical man, wnom We io4no
Just leaving a banquet IneTe must -.
some good story in this thing Don [
keep them too long / want the story
for the first page"
he presumed IL VS. some interest
. ing new Development in wireless sci
ence- nothing more But the operator
was not satisfied that IL was nothing
more. Tor about every ten minutes the
/ Halo, Earn call came IN on the
The electrician. who was the coun-
try's famous genius az electrical com
mUniCauOn OF every sort. WAS only
curious and skeptiCal when he came.
Hears Macs Story.
He listened patiently to Macs story,
with the suggestion Of a sardon;c
smile on his lips, and then went %
work 10 InterroEate for himself all the
I wireless stations All Of them report
ed actual telephone messages; but
/ even this did not satisfy him that the
I operators were not having a little fun,
so he questioned two transatlantic
liners which had gIst reported 10 Sandy
Hook. and when they reported the
SINE thing identically he got 70 WORK
/ iU earnest
He was just preparing TO ask elf
? den-Over on the other half or The
/ world-about II, when once more the
( hiEh-freGue1cy current destroyed ~
I erythiuE but fits own message
( Halo. Earth. Halo. Earth
/ EMERSON who had every mech ami
! cal possibility Of the wireless at ms
/ fingers end. sat staring at the coils
/ his hand on the large brass KEY. with
! a look OF profound amaZemeut Path.
4 eri1E on his face. When the voice
/ ceased he sent his message 10 C1ffder
Z with considerable eagerness- Glider
/ replied that IT'S lines were wOrkinz