The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-01-17

nane.at institution extr,eated itself
In Double ou,ch Time by . RAPID
Excnsnss OF Wireless O.spstcnss.
To the ordinary layman, too busy or
too Indifferent to bother his head with
scientific matters, wireless tesegraphy
ID some " hat Of mystery In gen
eral way he Knows that by II tnessages
are flashed through the air over oceans
and mountains. but he does not realize
70 what an extent and In what varied
roles the Aerial magic plays tts parts
In daily life 10 The Wireless Man
the author. Francis A. Collins. mar
RI tes an instance In which aerugrams
averted possible financial misbap
He writes;
"A secret even a very big one. may
be intr1,sted to the wireless mau ana
dung halfwa, across the Atlantic
with complete safety There was the
case, for instance. of the president OF
q great New York bank who sailed tor
Europe without leaving the combine
ton Of the locks OF the vaults Az a
rule. the combination is a single word.
and the secret Ia known only to two or
three In this case by an oversight
there was no one left ashore VIII" knew
the KEY The money and securities OF
the hank were very safely locked way
and hours of work would te required
to force the locks Of the safe deposit
vaults
"The bank presidents steamer had
sailed at q O'Clock OF summers morn.
ing to catch favorable tide aud
when the banks officials tried to open
the vaults at about O'Clock the
steam mer carrying the secret was up
ward Of two hours at SEA harty
examination showed that there was
but one way to open the vaults. short
Of breaking into them. and that was
by getting the code from the prrsi
dent. saenely unconscious OF the trou
bles ashore To delay opening the
vaults would, OF course be very seri
Gus matter II the piles OF money were
not ready behind the barred windows
promptly at 10, the fact would tp
known within few minutes through
out the financial section A serious run
on bank has been started for less
| CAUSE
in the old days. before the cable. the
secret could not have been gained In
Ieas than two or three weeks at best,
| or until message had reached the
prezident by mail and returned across
"A
have cut the delay In two by catching
the traveller on his arrival OH the other
side Meanwhile the bank officials
hastily summoned to conference, had
acted quickly The wireless stations
had been notified. and a message ex
planning the situation was flashed from
the top OF high building In New York
and from the Sea Gate and Nantuck ket
stations All this WAS the work or tess
than ten minutes,
| Now the combination word used TO
| lock up these millions In gold. currency
and securities Ia. OF course, not piece
OF Information to be flashed broadcast
along the Atlantic coast IL would tie
known 20 scores OF people, even II the
stations receiving guarded the secret
with the utmost care. The officials
therefore Impressed upon the president
the Importance OF sending his niessu sc
In the private code used by the bank In
its important cables A. the hour for
opening the oank approached the OH
ciais waited With an impatienre which
may be Imagined
The wireless mpssage was handrc
to the bank president IA he snl a
orea kfast we'll ont 70 sen II was now
exactly Slb rhere was sudden Va
cancy at that particular table Aftei
one glance NJ the aengram the prest
dent, realizing the situation TO the las
detail. rushed madly for his statrroou
to search tor mis- code book A few mo
menta later n dignit,ed elderly gentle
man rushed into the wireless booth. de
ma nding at any cost that his messag
be given the right OF way He got IL
"An aerogram expressed In an unin
telligible cipher was soon being f1ashe
With the full power Of the apparatus
The wireless stations along the coas
had been ordered to expedite the me-
sage In every way and were waitin
anxiously for It II was read by tw
stations on the Long Island coast an
: repeated hurriedly to New York A fe'
minutes later the clerk at the telephon
Tn the bank was carefully writing OF
the strange tumble Of letters and trans
lating them into inteiliRihle Engltsl
The clock pointed to twenty minute
20 10. the banks opening hour whe
the great steel door swung noiselessl
open on its hinges and the day va
saved.
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