The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-03-21
From Tuesdays Daily.

There are in Mankato now four
complete wireless telegraph outfits,
and last evening, all their owners de-
tected messages by means of their
instruments, but as the boys are not
familiar with the wireless code, they
could not read the messages. There
was an address in st. Paul last even
ing given by an authority on wireless
telegraphy by wireless. The men,
bers of the Wireless club who have
outfits in their homes read this adj
dress by means of their apparatus.
The outfits here are owned by Lin
ford Keesey, Harrison Schmitt, Geo.
Cahoon and Donald Works. Linford
Keesey and Harrison Schmitt have
their instruments at the high school
physical laboratory, and as they knew
of the address to be given in st.
Paul last evening, via ether, they
were on hand to see if their appara-
tus would detect the message. They
were successful in hearing their
saunders work from the electrical i'm
pulses of the instrument in st. Paul,
but could not tell what was said.
Other to Have Apparatus.
Several more boys here are thinking
of making wireless instruments and
will probably start a Wireless club.
1t is the intention of the boys to have
a central station at the Y. M. G. A.
All the outfits now in operation were
made entirely by their owners.
A great deal credit is due the
youthful inventors for their persever-
ance and inventive genius in keeping
up with the times. The wooden
parts of the apparatus were made in
the manual training department of
the high school and great deal of
the different appliances We're made
simply from ideas gotten from de-
scriptions of other instruments. They
are all up-to-date, and have the lat
est appliances pertaining to wireless
telegraphy. The former wireless ap-
paratus was fitted with coherer,
made of a glass tube in which a
quantity of nickel filings which, when
an electrical impulse was sent through
the air in the range of the instru-
ment, established connection with
the receiving apparatus and set in
clicking. This has now been re-
placed with a much simpler appliance
much simpler, and the boys have
worked out miniature appliance of
this sort for their own outfits.
Choral Society.
At last nights meeting of the Man
kato Choral society about sixty mem
bers were in attendance and splen-
did rehearsal was had. The mem
bers are indeed enthusiastic over the
society and the attendance at all of
the rehearsals is large. which is a
convincing argument for the interest
of the singers.
The organization will sing Gaurs
"Joan of Arc" at the close of their
winters work This is beautiful
cantata and will be fitting close
for very successful winters work.
The cantata will probably be given
late in May.
The rehearsals of the society are
held each Monday evening from 8
until $50 at the Y. M. c. A. under
the direction of Mrs. H. A. Patterson
with Mrs. Wilbur Taylor as accom-
PIANIST. Last night both Mrs. Patter-
son and Mrs. Taylor were presented
with bouquets of green carnations in
honor of the Irish saint. Several
new names were also added to the
roll of membership.
People who are interested in the
society and its work are invited to
attend one of their regular meetings.
1t is number OF years since the