The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-22
OnWl1'i1n1!Ss Wireless
mnsm hhnmTgfHH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
b. Arthur REEVE

~ tho Osont3. She's really clever,
You know Il as well NJ do. But
they had her--they had them all.
meshed, hooked. Why. Dick. all the
Time she has meant Just 60 lead them
on--and hand them over. when she
sot them right. Hut she couldn't
tell Glocn. here. that Nor vira.
Not yet" lie glanced up at hls own
ear. ''If she had only stuck to her
rromise--to let mo know---firstl Hut
Ruth IL SO clever. she thinks she's a
match for anyone. And mostly she
Isl Waltz She'll pruve e."
II was cold comfort to Dick. well.
now. what good Is it to be hercf II
We had only gone 60 tho city, we
could have alarmed the police there. !"
uarrick smiled patiently. you for
set the Radio Central NJ Rock Ledge
and the telephone. can do an
that here. | can call up and set the
police OF the country here by telo-
phone. Besides. from Rock Ledge
1 can alarm tho police OF the world.
Every ship. every amateur station.
on any wavo longth--the wireless
world Is open 20 mo hercF'
That's IT. cried Glenn. Let mo
go with you"
NO. Doctor. put him up whore he
can get over this quick. I'll need
you. boy. tomorrow. need you badly.
Get In shape
Glenn obcyed with. for him. good
grace and IN moment. with the fun
story. Garrick and Dick were speed.
ing 20 Rock Ledge. "flroadcasting
BY the pollce---for solen csrs--miss-
ing poople--all sorts Of critnes--ls
getting 20 be a greater success every
day." cried Garrick. trying 10 pump
enthusiasm into tho crushed Dick
and with success.
Guy. I'm a dus. IN my own line.
too. Never thought OF the Rock
Ledge hroadcasting station. OF
course. NYxz can do it,
They soon found themselves IN a
small room. quite plain except for
the drapeyies that were artisticaily
arranged TO hide the bare walls.
There were a few plants and flowers
about. also. Al ono end stood a
beautiful piano Of the reproducing
variety. some % the best known
artists had In reality played on Il: all
had played on I, thru the perforated
paper rolls. There were Photographs
Of all the standard weitknown
makes and on the other side an auto
matte organ.
A small table with q ri'k.shnfed
lamp added touch Of nominees and
there were few. not many, deep
easy chairs
But tho most important piece ~
furniture which interested darrick
more than anything else. as the a..
tendant conducted them in. was the
cabinet containing little lamps and
plenty OF switches ard wiring. com
prtslnr what n known ms the modu
fating equipment. ~ was wooden
framework covered with copper
screening to prevent the delicate ap-
parntus from being disturbed by
electrical and magnetic influences
within tho room itself. Various con
ductors connecting up the cabinet
and the tran.mittsr wsro shea'hod In
beautiful. brigh; and neat woven
copper sleeves or tubes for the same
reason.
There's the i,tsis srsnunitser.
mounted on that portable stand
pointed out Dick. The rNdiophone
transmitter. proper. Is located IN a
stsle room under tho roof overhead.
There are a couple OF operators. for
n contains all tho elements 81 actual
transmission. When This studio Il 70
broadcast n IL connected by this
switch over here with tho radio sta
lion upstairs, Here's q wire teie-
phone 20 u. too"
Garrick hardly needed 20 he told
He had seen 10 once before. the rndio
telephone frnnsrnitfer which CON
sisted OF cabinet closed IN by Iron
grin work to prevent damage 70 the
delicate vacuum tubes. five 81 them
for the normal operation. ~ the ex'
trerne end OF long operating desk
or table was the tran-mitter. On tho
table were ordinary telephone instru-
ments. radio apparatus. a receiving
set with amplifiers. telephone head
sets and a loud speaking device by
which tho operators could hear the
speech or music rendered downstairs.
only here sctua,ed by the long dis
tsnc> receiving act.
Now. here's the phonetron--fhs
dish basin some people call n,
pointed out the attendant. who had
been looking At his watch and a
schedule 90 determine when would
b. the best time 20 hroadcast the
alarm Garrsck had Impressed on his
mind.
~Is n about tho right height7 You
prefer 20 sfsnd7 All right. H0w'r
that? Now. don't forEet-taik d.
rectly into the little hoie-good and
loud. Keep up your voice. About
three inches away from the trans.
mitter. There. No. wait until ]
tell you"
nm s~t7" Tho attendant called.
Tets gor'
Ruth walden and vira Gerard Of
Nonowantuc. Long Island. were kid.
mapped M house boat. the Sen
vamp. from Duck Harbor. Lone
Island, tonight. about O'Clock"
The attendant nodded TO Garricis
that IN his opinion he was no novice
In handling the affair
slowly and distinctly Garricb
launched into brief description OF
the house boat and followed with n
detailed description Of Ruth and Vira
and his own suspicion that the Sea