The evening world., 1912-05-09
ATRAUMERE|" IS
WAITED OVER CITY
ON BOYS WIRELESS
Waves of Melody Float for
Miles When Lads Use Tele-
phone Invention.

0Sreet and Broad "A 10 Mount vernon
almost every evening. At Mount Ver-
non DIR. L. L. Is. Goidhorn. who has
been interested In wireless telegraphy
and telephony for several years. sits
with 4 h~eadgcar In the evening and
listens 10 photograph selections sent by
twenty-year-oid Eiman b.. Myers over
his wireless telephone.
In q room on the tor roor 81 the
chepstow apartment house. at One Hun.
dred and First street and broadway.
Myers has his sending or Transmitting
apparatus. On the top floor OF an
apartment house at Ninetieth street and
Broadway. Myers has his aerials and
receiving station. An Evening World
reporter to-day. after visiting the send
ing station and gazing upon the COM
plicated coils Of wire. In which lies
Myers's secret. accompanied him to the
receiving station. Myers's father re.
malned at the transmitting station.
Arriving at the receiving station the
young inventor turned d few knobs on
top Of = black box about two feet In
height And three feet in length. Then
he placed the receivers to the report
er's ears. The beautiful notes of ''Trau.
merei" came across the space In mystic.
rious waves. II was eerie. ~d1sconcert-
ins. II seemed 30 impossible. Pesh ps
. phonograph was concealed In the
black box. but nc. for through the air
came:
The Evening World reporter Is now
listening to messages and music over
the first successful wireless telephone"
"srATics" DON'T SCARE YOUNG
INVENTOR FOR A CENT.
II was the voice OF Myers father.
The boy disconnected the wire leading
from the box to the aerials on the
roof. The music and voice ceased.
Young Myers turned . knob on the
bog. Shasp map greeted the ears.
That's the Brooklyn Navy Yards
wireless" remarked Myers.
A. he continued to turn the knobs
tuning up-other wireless stations could
b heard q they shot their messsses
through the ether.
II can pick them all up with my
receiving apparatus." aid Myers. and
I ~ shut them all out. States have
mo terrors for me-"
''0tatics." It might be explained, are
electrical disturbances that arc he bans
Of |, the wireless operators Axistencs.
Myers has solved the static" prob
lem, he . He cal attunc his send
Ing and receiving apparatus SO that
enc migh,iest electrical storms have not
the slightest effect on his Invention.
he declares.
For several weeks Myers has been
giving the spinal shlvers to lonely wire
les operators sitting In their closet-liks
compartments aboard ships at sea and
- towers ashore. They have been
greeted with conversations. snatches Of
songs and musical pieces rendered by Q
p~honograph. Some OF these startled
opsrstors have kept their wits about
them and replied by wireless to Myers.
He has been able TO talk for q distance
OF 100 miles. and say that within Q
short time 100. or even 1900. miles
viii be no obstacle.
YOUNG INVENTOR CONCEALED
DEVICE FROM FRIENDS.
Young Myers. who Is confident he has
the greatest Invention Of the age. has
been interested In electricity and It,
wonders since his early childhood. A
few years ago. he gave up school e
devote his time TO electrical engineer
lag. He went to Sacs mento. Cal.
where he became assistant engineer II
charge Of the Pouiuen Company's wire,
1ess apparatus. 1t was wrile there tina
he began experimenting with wireless
telephony. He hit upon the secret ans
returned TO New York. A few week
aro. he had worked out his apparatu
and was successfully TALKING TO hi
Ninetieth street receiving station.
Myers has IN assistant. Clarence 7
Bartlett. 10 whom he was speaking on
evening. suddenly the receiving sta
ton began 10 cut In on q wireless call
II was from DR.. Goldhorn. In Noun
Vernon. lie said he had caugh
snatchss OF the boys conversation. ID
0oldhorn said he was Interested In thei
experiments and promised TO give ther
all the aid possible. A few nights az
Myers thought Of trying the phone
graph. Placing the horn OF the phone
graph against the transmitter. which
similar to that on all telephones. Myer
DbaFteu tho uhdSiilue. bhSh from AiOuH
Vernon came the message that ever
note had been heard Ms clearly n di,
tinctly ~ though the ~phonograph wei
within . few feet OF DIR. Goidhorn's ea
Myers has been working quietly. onl
his closest friends knew OF his invei
tion.
MAY TALK 1000 MILES TO sc
WITH ORDINARY TELEPHONE
The young inventor said he will
able 10 use his apparatus In conjuncti,
{, with the telephone ~ steIns OF the cou
try. 10 that a person In his rome CT
cell up the wireless sending station al
be connected with ships 1000 miles
go and be able to carry ON a convs
sation with friends hoard as plain
~ though they were In the next roo
Myers wants 10 ave built a huge sen
ing station for this purpose.
Myers say that the secret OF his q
paratus lies in the transmitting col
OF which he has four. Under ordlnaI
ccnditions no uses but two. When I
. are In use. all electrical distur
ances and other wireless messages u
completely shut out and he can Ia
fhPouQh "A atlence that In ueatnlN.