Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-13
TAKES WIRELESS MESSAGES
Expert Work BY Bright Madison
Boy who is Nearly Blind.

Theodore w Dresser, Jr., Madison
boy who is nearly blind, has delved in
to the mysteries ot wireless telegraphv.
He is II nephew of Mr., Jacob Dresen of
Mineral Point. The following interes-
ting story is reprinted from The
Milwaukee, journal:
Seated amid wircleSs telegraph Instruments
Ivy meanS Of which ho ,,>ccivrd delicate sounds
and messages NOM Canada, Now York city,
Virginia aud key West, and almost totally
blind. Theodore w prrScn, ,lr., son of r. W.
lheSen, sits daily absorbed in catching
electrical vibrations of the air and is practicinE
the wiNless code at his home horn
His rcmarkshlo adaptahility and love for tho
sciencc of electricity has, wi hin hut tow
wears and in spite OF his hiuducss. made him
rrohcieut in the art Of wireless tclcgraphing.
All Vt the knowledge vt the subject that he has
acquired has boon gained Ivy him since the loss
"t his ryc>igm six years ago,
Tho story 4 how he was LODI to drlvo into the
mysteries Of electricity aud aerial transmission
ot messages over great distances Is II tcrCstiug
In his blindness. with little ~ occupy his alton
ton. his father one day read him a description
ot "a wirClrss outfit from magazine. aud tho
young man, having prrviously tu&rrrd with
motor, and magnotos AZ odd times, resolved to
build himself an outfit.
lie finally had It constructed. with an aerial
rnceiving apparatus built high above the house.
ON this somewhat crude apparatus, hut built
with as delicate rccoiviug systcm as Il was
rossihle for him to construct. hr suddenly
found electrical waves, which were ttmc Signals
| coming from Brloit college. giving the exact
time Of day which happened to hc O'Clock in
the afternoon.
| The Young mans joy was uuhounded. In
spite Of his natural deficiency. hts pnssihilitics
| for communicating with the four ends of tho
| earth werC almost unlimited. Then he received
| message from the navy wireless station at
Arlington, Virginia. from which came time
signals also Then Key Wcst WAS heard from.
! Now, dozen points liz this country and
Canada are within communicable distance. HIS
new wireless outfit secured fcw months ago
giving him creator advantages,
Besides the above named stations, Mr., nroson
has heard from Sayvillr. n. v; milwaukee,;
ludington, Mich. Manitowuc, Wis, aud other
nearby points, lie declares that he has also
received electrical disturbances FROM boats
travelling on tho great lakcs, the majority ot
which arr equipped with wirelcss apparatus
MT lHtSt'n \ ItpSt'ht ONNHt ~ WHAT no Calls "
| ono kilowat sendinK aot combined with n deli.
| cato receiving outfit. Tho latter is composed
Of II system consisting Of an aerial apparatus.
which receives the waves. tuner" which
| must I've adjusted IT, receive electrical waves of
| the particular longth that arc to he caught, n
| condenser. piece of Ralcna ore, whose pro-
pcrties n'e such that they mako the dcliCato
electrical vibrations moro easily dsccrncd and
| the receiver for the ear,
Mr., Dtrson has mastered tho continental
wireless code ~ that he cau tako time signals
from Arlington besides snatchps of many
| others that do not como too rapidly. lie IL woll
| informed on tho system OF stations scattered
over tho country, tho large chain owned by
the Marconi company, the many government
stations and several others.
In spite Of his lack of visunl power, he runs
and controls his motor, transformer. his rotary
| spark "gah" aud electrical switch with case and
oxartness due 60 his familiarity with thor
parts and position,
| The coming fall Will see Mr., Drcsoa IN attend
ancoH at tho school for blind persons ut James
willie, whore he viii better his general education
somewhat. Hut his electrical apparatus and
wireless outfit will go with him him I, the
| school. whore no can devote his encrgos to
| this work for which he has great lovo.