The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-03

The work of equipping the light
house tender Kukui with wireless teleg-
raphy is to be started very soon, but
it is not anticipated that the installa-
ton will be complete before the mid
die of next month, as all the neces-
sary parts have not been received.
The work of fitting the instruments
will be entrusted to r. w. Christy,
who has carried out much similar work
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of
the United States. The system to be
employed will be the Telefunken and
the idea in equipping the Kukui, it is
said, is to increase her usefulness, as
possibly the Thetis will some day be
engaged in other important work when
call for help will be received, and
in her stead the Kukui will be able
to render aid Immediately
Mr.. Christy when seen by a Star
reporter had some interesting remarks
to make concerning the Telefunkep
system. This system he said was the
work of the actual inventor of wire
less telegraphy, but this fact was lost
sight of now owing to the strange
name that it bore. Everyone who had
read anything of wireless telegraply
! would associate the name of Professor
Hertz with the beginning nf this won
lerful system, and out of respect to
the great work he had done the sound
waves were named after him Hert-
zian waves. Hertz begin his work in
1878, when he had a little set of in
struments installed in his laboratory
fishing communication between the
two points, and his success, small
though it was, encouraged him to per-
! severe. But he was a poor man, and
could not afford to continue his work,
and eventually he handed all the data
he had collected over to great friend,
Professor Slaby, and asked him to
continue the work that he had begun
| Professor Slaby was also a poor man
and alone he could have done nothing
practically to carry any further the
things that Hertz had accomplished
so he went to Count Arco, who furnish
ed the money. Great progress was
made, and the system was then known
as the Slabarco. Success continued tC
come, and eventually the name grew
into the Telefunken, which is consid
cred by some to be the most efficient
system of those in use.
Marconi, Forrest and the others are
/ all said to be imitators. To Maroon
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only took until st. Patrick's day afte
dark, until the plan of vengeance hat
been fully formulated. The rest haC
best be told in Sans own words
Sam Mahoney, him come heap man!
st. Patlick night. Him catchem pistol
| lope and sword. Him lots more San
Mahoney in San Francisco than Chinj
Il DOy SdbS. lSLb HlbSSh gam 4h''ioi'N'
come"
They certainly came, according u
the police report. Sam Wing was call
ed to an upper window shortly afte
he had retired, and the moment he pu
his head forth he drew it back al
tached to a brick. The trouble start
ed, and the real Mahoneys swarme
to the warcry of Take that sign dow
/ or wen pull your house down" TIL
{ battle ragged, with bricks and red fists
and fiat irons and queues, and who
the police had arrived all but one ha
hed-George Mahoney hung on as Ion
as there was a queue to hold to, so n
p was hustled off to jail.
! "Slign, him no more" said "Sar
e Mahoney" sorrowfully the next day.
catchem this morning. | taken dowr
This China boy him no more wantur
be call Sam Mahoney,"