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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 2fl, lfXtt.
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WIRELESS MAN IS A JOKER
Bo Hii Vhiton Find the Marveli
They Seek.
HERTZIAN WAVES ACCOUNTED FOB
ftatlarrlnaT the latereet Jack Blaaji
Marted A Latf Dtatanr Mff
Mlf Tt imdnr Iitra
tor and a Bore.
NEW YORK, rVpt. 1. Ever 1ne Jack
Itlnnn Bent that C Q D cry for help through
the nlsht from the wounded Rpubllo the
wireless operator on boaro rtlp ha been
peraonaire. Before that be wu atmply a
person. People passed hie cubbyhole of a
atateioom unconcernedly, aave to pause as
their eye caught the posted tariff of aero
grams Now all that la changed and the
man of the big key has become a man of
mark, although the wireless men them
selves assume not to believe It. "Do your
duty," ts their watchword, "we're no he
roes; we're paid to do our work." And ac
cordingly they remain In the presence of
all persons as placid as the purple pools
at the foot of Parnassus.
Which, by the way, Is not all metaphor,
as they must surely have drunk of the
pools or else seized upon poor Pegasus in
order to stimulate their Imagination as
veil as that of their visitors upon the sub
ject of wlrelees telegraphy. In extenua
tion whereof It may be said that their temp
tation Is very great
After a dosen or so voyages technical ex
planations of the Instruments In words of
one syllable begin to weight heavily on the
mind of the average operator and he sud
denly discovered that he possesses pre
viously unsuspected creative power. Being
by this time a fair judge of human nature
be Is dlHcrlminallng In exercising this tal
ent and up to the present timo there la no
recorded Inatiuice of his unexpectedly meet
ing the other Oreek among his questioners.
Those last, especially on the coastwise
steamers, UHually begin to cluster round
his little office by the time the vessel passes
Sandy Hook. After the usual "Ohsl" and
"Aha!" and "How perfectly wonderful!"
from the more Impressionable element, a
hard featured Yankee school ma'am wants
to know exactly how messages) can be sent
without wires. She Is told that It Is ac
complished by means of electrical waves
discharged from the ship's masthead and
traveling through the air to receiving ela
tion on phore.
"But If another ship ts between you and
thn station on shore will It hear what you
say?"
"Yes, ma'am It will."
"Then," pursues the lady, "how does
the station on shore hear?"
Life Is short and the operator has ex
plained the tuning process a great many
tlmiiB. 1I tills her, therefore, that only
a few of the waves cling to the ship and
that the rest divide, roll over and go
around. Apropos of nothing he adds
Impressively that they are called Hertzian
Waves, which causes the lady to nod com
prehemllngly, as though this fully ac
counted for their remarkable feat. As she
Is departing one of her fair charges lingers,
with one or two companions, for a Uttle
further Inquiry.
"O Mr. Operator, do you get the mea
sures throuKh that funny looking telephone
thing? And why are they called Hertzian
waves?"
"Te.i, ma'am," replies the operator, "the
tncsbaKs reach me through these tele
pI'unuH. They come In a faint buxzlng
sound which cannot be heard unless the
phones are over both ears. They are
called Hertzian waves because It was dis
covered that their motions were 'remark
ably like Alfred Herts, the conductor at
the Metropolitan opera house,"
"How perfectly wonderful! Oh, please
let mo listen a minute when some one Is
sending another message."
"With pleasure. Just allow me to adjust
the telephones over your head," says the
operator, who has never been known to
shirk this stage of the proceedings. "Can
you hear that faint purring sound T That
Is Colon, Panama, sending to Vera Crux."
It lu really only an oil tug five miles
away, whose captain runs his own wire
less outfit and la painfully spelling out his
dlstatico report to the operator at Manhat
tan beach. But It Is ever so mucK more
Interesting to listen to Colon, as attested
by the girl's giggles. Of course all the
girls want to hear the Isthmus, and the
operator lets them, one after another, "he
attention of those who are not listening
Is next attracted to the receiving box, or
tuner, with its multiplicity of small
switches.
"What are those little disks In the mid
dle for?'' asks one, pointing to' the poten
tiometer, a switch which moves over a
dossil steel pegs, by which the resistance
to the local battery la raised or lowered.
"That is the switch we use to connect
this ship with the different stations," re
plies Munchausen II. "It corresponds in
piinclple to a telephone switchboard. For
instance, one of these Uttle pegs is New
York, the next Atlantic City, this one
Cape llatieras, and so on down the coast.
The w itch is now set at Colon, but he
must le neurly through."
He then takes the 'phones, and finding
the redoubtable tugboat captain sttll strug
gling with his reports, moves the switch
to the next peg.
"Ah, there's Vera Crux answering now,"
be says, replacing the headpiece over the
fair one's ears.
The increased resistance renders the
tug's tlgtiala fainter. . The girls are quick
to note the different sound and shriek
delightedly at the demonstration. One. of
a logical turn of mind, thinks Vera Crux
Is nearer than Colon and wonders why It
doesn't sound louder than the Isthmian
city. This causes the operator to groan
Inwardly, aa he might just as easily
have moved the switch In the other di
rection, making the tug's signals louder.
lie la a resourceful chap, however, and
explains that the waves travel over land
with greater difficulty than over water,
and that between Vera Crux and the ship
the peninsula of Florida la Interposed.
This Is 'so convincing that the young
women depart overjoyed with their inves
tigations. The operator mops his brow,
reaches feverishly for a cigarette and en
joys a brief relaxation.
After the dinner hour another group ap
pears. A young couple in the lead step
Intj Uie operator' stateroom with that
easy air of proprietorship which distin-
jrulshes all novlcee at ocean travel.
"Now, tell me," exclaims the woman.
who has evidently been arguing the mat
ter with her oomhpanlon, "Is It possible
for you to hear what another ship says
without having the telephone on your
fetadr
"No, ma'am," replies the operator, re
moving the telephones. "The sounds a
too faint to be heard unless the 'phones
arj over my ears."
Thire, George," turning te the man at
bar side, "what did I tell youT Now, then,
Mr. Operator, eould thai man at the at
Uon yea wished to communicate with hear
von If yau didn't have 'em on?"
The operator admits that this is likewise
nposaible.
"Well, suppose someone were calling you
sow, you couldn't bear him, could you?"
gain the operator acknowledge the
truth vt be AeduoUooa
"Oh. but suppose there was a wreck
somewhere and they were sending out that
X Y Z signal, or whatever It is, how
would you know about ItT"
"Well, you see, madam. It's this way.
I wouldn't hear him for a minute or two.
But then I listen in every five minutes. If
a vessel were sending out a distress signal
I would have been notified by the shore
station before now. There are three men
on duty In those stations, and one of 'em
has the 'phone on hi bead all the time.
You see, the weather Is fine and there Is
no chance of a wreck tonight, anyway. Of
course. In case of stormy weather I never
remove the telephone. My meal are sent
here and I eat without removing the head
piece." And with unchanging countenance the
placid wireless man let them swallow
that Ut bit and digest It.
Tbs sweet young thing's escort breaks
In here. He thinks It. a very faulty system.
"What you need." be goes on, with the
air of one who Is blazing a new trail In
science and Invention, "1 a red alec trio
bulb fastened In front of your Instrument
which would light when some on called
you."
This bright Idea appeal with great force
to the other onlookers, some of whom sup
plement the happy suggestion by others,
of which the following are specimens:
"Why not have an electric bell ring when
your call come in 7 I should think a
large, loud one would be preferable, so
that It would wake you up when asleep."
"Why not a buzzer fastened to the head
of your bunk?"
"Or why not reproduce the sound through
a big horn, like they do with phono
graphs r
"Why not have the signal come la in
etectrlo Cashes, the way they do on
cables?"
The operator never loses hi sangfroid
under this Inundation of Intellect, and
mindful of hi traditions and the com
pany's conciliatory policy toward all In
quiries, pull hi wit together and returns
manfully to the Issue.
"Yes, sir," he says, addressing the red
light Idiot, "that's a splendid idea. You
happen to have hit upon the very thing
the company Is trying to perfect. The
mechanical application of the Idea offers
a few obstacles, but our department of In
vention ha a corps of eminent scientists
at present busily engaged In overcoming
grunt from the perspicuous one, who In
parting warmly says that they had better
hurry up or some outsider will steal the
Idea and patent it.
Not all of the troubles of the wireless
man at sea have to do with mere seeker
after knowledge. Sometime a retired
banker with garrulous proclivities comes
around, hitches up a camp chair and holds
forth a follows:
"Oh, yea, the wireless. Didn't know these
coastwise boat had 1L tsed to sit In the
offloe of the operator on the Lusltanla and
see him work. Just got back from a trip
to Palestine with my wife," and then
launches Into a detailed deescrlptlon of
his travels; tell the operator all about his
horse and automobile, but how he really
love the sea better than these things, etc.
He will take a case of 60-cent cigars out,
light one, put the reat back and go on
talking until stopped by the dinner gong.
And the next morning be won't even buy
the ocean newspaper.
Interest in the wireless varies with dif
ferent shiploads of passengers. Occasion
ally there will be no visitors out of the
entire passenger list. This gives the wire
less man a rest and his mental powers a
period of rejuvenation, the necessity for
which 1 sufficiently apparent.
JETTER BREWERY STARTS
SMALLAND GETS BIG
Short Story of the Balldlna; Up of
Great Manufacturing;
Plant.
The older Inhabitants of Omaha are al
ways Inclined to look back with pride upon
the development of the city and point out
such lnprovement a have taken place
during the Urn they have lived here. Many
large establishment which adorn the cities
of Omaha and South Omaha today were
launched with a very small beginning
The growth of each particular business is
Involved In the principle which underlies
the progress of the city.
Among the large firm that are now do
ing business In Omaha and South Omaha
which began at an early period In a small
way Is the Jetter Brewing company
located at Thirtieth and Y streets. South
Omaha. This concern was established In
the year 1887 by Mr. B. Jetter and was very
successfully managed by him until the
last fow years, when he turned over the
active management to his nephew, Mr. J.
M. Jetter.
The brewery Is at present turning out
75.000 barrels of beer per year. It has a
large and finely equipped bottling depart
ment. The water supply of the brewery Is
obtained from a large lake, which Is sup
plied by private wells and springs. The
machinery of the plant ha been Installed
from time to time as the modern develop
ments required.' The most recent equip
ment which has been added are the steel
glass enamel tanks. These have the larg
est storage capacity of anything of their
kind In the west. These tanks are de
manded by the modern development which
has taken place In the manufacture of
beer, a they have been found necessary In
connection with the preservation of the
natural flavor during the process of
manufacture.
This brewery la modern In every detail.
It Is situated on a beautiful site of about
fifty acres of land and overlooks the arti
ficial lake which supplies the brewery.
Mr. B. Jetter, the founder of the brewery,
came to Omaha In the year 1871, but did
not enter the brewery business until the
year 1887, since which time his brewery
ha had an exceptionally rapid growth.
One Great Omaha
Insurance Order
Woodmen Circle, for the Women
Folks, Show Immense Growth
in Few Year.
Perhaps no other line ef business has
had the Immense growth within the last
few decades aa has life Insurance, Many
companies have started from a small or
ganization and grown so enormously that
a realization of their expansion la almost
beyond understanding.
Omaha has been especially favored in
this line, and among the more prominent
societies which have been developed In
Omaha during the last few years. Is the
Woodmen clrole, which 1 auxiliary to the
Woodmen of the World.
The Woodmen circle waa incorporated
under the law of the state of Nebraska
In September, 18VS, as a fraternal insur
ance order. When Mrs. Emma B. Man
chester waa eelcted as Its presiding officer
in March, 1899. It had a scattered member
ship of 6.000, an outstanding Indebtedness
of over 130,000 and no resources.
Today it boast of an enthuslastto mem
bership of 80,000. over $2,000,000 pald out In
death loesea and over $1,000,000 In It reserve
fund, and does not owe one dollar.
All this ha been accomplished in ten
years' time, In the face of the fact that
the rate of assessment have been twice
Increased, with the subsequent toss of
membership which such a raise always
mean to an order, but the rate are now
established In aooordanc with the table
required by the National Fraternal con
gress, the order ha overcome every ob
stacle and 1 now Increasing at the rate of
from 1,000 to 4.000 new member every
month.
This certainly speaks well for the woman
who has been at the head of the or
ganization for the last ten years, who has
met every crisis with Indomitable courage
and whose wonderful executive ability Is
responsible for the successful manner In
which every department of the work has
been advanced.
- The present membership of this society,
when considered In connection with its
rapid development in the last ten years. Is
Indication that it is destined to be one of
the largest fraternal insurance societies) In
the world.
KINDER QUEER PENSION TALE
Government Ruu Down Woman Fen
alone a Her Stepfather'
Widow.
A story that rival the tale of Zola was
thrown uoon the desk of A. & Van Valken-
burgh. United States district attorney in
Kansas City, being twelve pounds of the
record of the pension case of Sarah Baker,
of Kinder. Pension examiner claim to
have found that the woman was declaring
herself to be the widow of her stepfather,
and that in that role she had actually re
ceived some 1868 in pension money.
Early in the '00 an Illinois soldier named
Baker married Nancy Brown. It is outside
the story, but inside the facta that he had
burled one wife whose name too had been
Nancy. Nancy Brown had been the widow
of a soldier, and she had got a pension for
hi death, losing that pension when she
married a second soldier named Baker,
from whom she was divorced. They had
a child named Sarah.
Being out of soldiers again, Nancy took
unto herself a third, this time the Illinois
man named Kinder. To Kinder she took
her daughter by her former husband, her
Sarah. Sarah had attractions for the sol
dier, so the government papers read, for
the real wife found herself supplanted by
the daughter, "compelled to take the name
of Mrs. Robertson, and to say that she was
assisting in the work."
Thn condition of affair in this extraor
dinary household, by this time established
1p West Plain, southern Missouri, is toia
In the last paragraph of the government
report.
Kinder died and the government neara or
his death when, as it was supposed, the
widow anolled for a pension for herself and
their four children. The claim ran through
the various channels pension claim nave
to take; pension examiner went to the
Kinder home and made 'personal examina
tions and Investigations, as they always
do, and so well was the proof of the claims
of the supposed widow, Sarah Kinder, es
tablished that not only she, but the four
children also were put on the pension list
an u.nt there for four years. They were
paid as the widow and children of the
Illinois veteran.
Last April Washington heard from an-
ntw Mr. Kinder. This time it was Mrs.
Nancy Kinder, who claimed a pension as
the widow of the William .inaer. iwo
and two were put together, and it was
found that while there were two Mrs.
vinir In the files the one drawing a pen
sion and the other wanting to, there was
only one William Kinder claimed as their
husband.
Away went the pension examiners again,
this time with a clue that led straight to
West Plains, where Mrs. Nancy Kinder
was. and there, it Is claimed, they learned
of the state of affairs which had made
her stand by and see her own daughter
take her husband, but not the daughter's
father, away from her ana maae ner oe tne
servant of the house for the sake of peace.
Being unlettered, not certain that she
had not made herself legally liable, un
familiar with the changes in the pension
tawa. the real widow, the mother of the
alleged illegal widow, postponed asking for
a pension till this year, when ner applica
tion started the accumulation of a report
that already weighs twelve pounds and
may send a woman to the federal prison-
Kansas City Journal.
SOLDIERS WILL NET
NEAT SUM BY TOURNEY
Fifteen Thonaaad Dollars Clear Profit
at Dee Molaea Iiwui Want
Thank Agraln.
DES MOINES. Ia. Sept. 26.-Officers to
day declared that the military tournament
which closed with today's program was
the most successful ever held, and the
soldiers will clear more than 116,000 as the
result of the week's maneuvers. Already
Des Moines has begun a movement to
secure the maneuvers again next year.
Chairman J. A. T. Hull of the congres
atonal military committee has promised to
use his Influence In that direction. The
camp will break up tomorrow.
Perfect Old Ave.
An Illinois nonogenarian, who proposes to
live to be at least 100, has framed up this
platform for the benefit of the B. C. Harts
of this generation, and I deem it worthy of
being passed along:
"Don't worry
"Be moral.
"Don't be a temperance crank.
"Use tobacco, smoke cigar or a pipe, and
chew the weed.
"Don't work too hard.
"Don't swear; that lead to other evil.
"Take exercise a-plenty.
"Be good-natured, not a 'groueh.
All looka good except the plank relating
to swearing. An eminent man of sclents
(whose name I have forgotten) aald the
other day that expletlvee afforded a salu
tary vent for evil passions which might
otherwise corrode the aystem and put the
nervous system on the frits or word to
that. cffecu-Ntw York Telegraph.
To Epicures
Nutro Bread brings a
world of satisfaction. It
is not ordinary bread in
fact, it is the perfect bread.
It is made especially for
particular people.
Get it today and give
yourself a treat.
A
Dainty Slippers
AK-SAR-BEN
BALL
We are prepared as never before
to supply your wants In ball slip
pers. Every lady In Omaha will
find a pair to fit her feet A for
dress 'slippers, we always lead the
ban In this city.
Today we are ready with all of
the prevailing styles in this foot
wear. All shapes and colors to
match costumes. This season we
are showing a fall Una of satins
which have become very popular
for fall slippers Colors black,
bronze, beaded and plain In the
different shapes and styles. In the
large and complete stock of fancy
slippers we are showing this sea
son. Prices range from
$2.50 to $7.00
Drexel Shoe Co,
lilt Firum Street.
HAYDENs
TMC MUUU re .
WEV'E brought together for you this fall the
greatest line of smart, snappy, fashionable
models you ever had a chance at.
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Have made them for us and their new models are
exceptionally striking; there's something good for
every man in town; a color that will suit; a pattern
that will please; a weave that looks and feels just
right to you; and a variety in shapes, in models, in
pockets, in finish of the cuffs, in the hang of the
trousers that will fit the taste of every man.
All wc want is a chance to show you the greatest
line of ready-to-wear clothes ever brought to
Omaha. The value will do the rest. You can't
help but be pleased. You'll always profit if you
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laa... Paul, Mine. Full It.bottl.tl. Forsalebj
E bam an ft McDonnell Drat; Co.,
S. W. Corner lth A Dodge St.
Owl Braf Co,
lth & Harney 8ta., Oinaha, Neb.
The Stoetzel Stove Co.
714 SOUTH SIXTEENTH STREET
We Sell on Small Monthly Payments or a Cut Price for Cash
OIL STOVES
g aiMiMU'il iii rm-y
IVH-M '-' 'Mil i
Oil Stoves that are a success. They
are powerful heaters and don't smoke
or smell. We have them In both
cooking and heating stoves.
COOK STOVES
Not like mother used to use,
but like mother uses now. Not
the kind that take a bucket of
coal and an hour to heat up, but
the kind that take avfew shovels
full of coal and heat up in ten
minutes. They have steel fire
backs and don't burn out. They
have duplex grates and are fine
bakers.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Land Opening
Along Railroad in Montana
CONRAD-VALIER Project
60 Miles North of Great Falls. 70.000 acres of Irrigated
land, segregated by the United States under the Carey
Land Act, will be open to entry and settlement. -
This land will be allotted by drawing at Valier, Montana,
a new railroad town, on Thursday, October 7, 10OO.
You May Register for This Drawing by Power of Attorney
If you do not take land after your number is drawn. It
costs nothing.
Title Can Be Acquired by Only 30 Days' Residence.
There is nt sage brush or stumps on this land, which is
ready for the plow. Reached over the Great North
ern or Burlington Railroads. For complete information
and blanks, call on or address
Women's Fall For iw ar
We want Women to wear our Fall Footwear I i '
We have made great preparation for the coming sea
sons and are showing all the new Models in Street Boots,
Dress Boots, Ties, Slippers, etc, etc.
We've a wonderful array of the Best that's made in
Footwear, for all purposes. x
The Woman that wanta moderate priced Shoes can find un-
( usual values in our shoes at $2.50 or $3.00
While the Woman with a taste for Shoe luxury will be de
lighted with our shoes at . . . .$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00
We have every variation of size, width and 6hape of
last that's made.
We're experts at fitting, and the Woman we Shoe will
be insured perfect satisfaction in the style, fit and price of
her Shoes.
We count it only a pleasure to show the new Fall models.
IT r THE SHOERS
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1100 Security nank Rldg., MinneaioUs,
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fully as we would our own. We also have th? be6t
of facilities for storing. Good work begets confi
dence. We want your confidence.
Warehouse 1120-22-24 North Nineteenth Street.
Office 309 South Seveneenth Stret.
Telephones: Douglaa 1559; A-1559.
iMtosi V and.
Storage Co
Removed to
309 S. 17th St.
Phones-Douglas 1359
Independent
The Milk
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film
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We have recently arranged
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of the now famous, ALBA
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We get the morning's milk
delivered the same morning,
packed in ice and in air tight bottles, hermet
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dairy.
No better or purer milk was ever sold in Omaha.
Notice the heavy cream line and the uniformity
of the milk each day.
' Ask our driver for "Alba Certified Milk."
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