| Show I Gossipers on the die W I Delay Important Messages I II a con nt to toI I I haft a wi arat oa o I a wa to th tl ft the th Oft on the th sr Republic thi of If the th there at tImM when hn t ih h i th they voId move tit the menta bodily bOdIl from v Also AIM ther are II when It VastlY uti 1 thorn If the th take certain and upon pen them The Thi are re rt Ian lant nt f t Is th sa lla with II of 1 In Inthe the Iii Sit 1 It ft I Ii different All MI the thrIs Is II to wIit lI end the thi INuit Ii that th they travel In lWI every dl di oth other In sit apparently renU mai ma of eur Nn Ma Many factors Inter Into mm the Ule uie of the In Cur CUN Current rent of power and nd lie pia und or over sih other and nel lumble to I In a aIn In of or and au th hen of tb lb ii one ona of 01 the powerful stations that flash m MI acro the tha broad ocean to the tha Into with all an 0 on I a Iliner liner 1 but one oae thing can an happen tit the liner is I jammed d out a the wireless folk say In other words word the lIMIa Iner smothered by the i energy e that crackle rack Ie from th tract at batter of th the eta Ita ilea It te current I so 0 I Ithan than that flashed th the wIra Oil on the stI towru hundreds hundred of f fret t In air that It annot speak The ft liner operator cannot hear any n ne else talk In h he cannot even malE mk one else ata hear bar until Ita be et out of the direct range of nf of the more po In malel thC e ice rit t n In stand tand b by off ut ot It I hi here In New York har harbOr bOr that jammIng III I at t It Ite WOt ac and more mor are re he being I equipped with wireless Instruments 7 meeth M Many ny ergo callo boa IOta have be them the tramp end And oller Jhn rn craft of all ON ntA When UN the V sel I me Into port tile Is II no o bun for tor their o opera operator eft tor to nd as they hv have to do they kill time b by chat chattin chattine tin tine to each oUter other It may be r remarked Ii All cli very well 11 for them but It plays playa all au Of tucks with the of lIou b by the shore bo it 11 that the tho all air over oyer New york yorkI I Is Riled with ot of else In n and out walls Of to other currants that moat meet them and rall up upu u the and receiving of me Gossip BY AIR fly Br the ture Of their work eon The They lib Rh nothing an 0 much IUt aa a heart beart rt talk tUc with a hum chum 20 miles w so eo aWl wy maybe an n ot f Ip It commentaries on the old oid olda a the tte ec e hs 1 or the tot for fors s ta UM the next t port of call Alt All ta are Inte Interesting Un and If one Is to a narrow cabin to for week or o two Uro at t a time why one elm lib 11 Wt the temptation ot of peas pua In the Urn time o day dy with a 11 when the mean mains are under one ones I Jt it was not iso tone long ago aco that the ot e In the hadt In the near w was ce cell J to 0 hi Instrument b by the hurried bus bua bussing sing or of UIe th receiver He U ft be an II e ehe suit he no DO thee Ume In getting the re e I to bI bie ear He BIlL Is that you the Dlee I zen Ja that the tha Hurry Hurl tip you OU oW Thus I Is Joh Johnson fi ot the tho Bay ay ayn BID n Ill ba balm to call off that date data with Nope ops Cant go 0 Old T mae meWs or ayl were having too t tUne time GIve five my Jut Ju at t this moment another fa faraway way bussIng to mingle with u the reista ot of Johnson of the Mont pelier in III two words word a the tho bUI were Inre ea intermixed that the oper operator ator could not tell one from He merely merel knew bew that two dl different erent men were sendIng and that the eec ond one had bad been calling hi signal LAter In the evening when Johnon had hi his to Bill the shore Ito o operator coil call sounded ligniTi and he I that the en ee nd tn ins ease had been the Important I on that tI II 1001 looking for fM If e such thing only on In a while hilI nobody w wI I I mind them RUt as AI a matter of tact n t tI J I th they happen wit wIth h annoying f fI I Th Tb troublesome feature I Is that there SP re a number or of tiona In inthe i iI the of th this elt city and tP I area t sorer III ii so eo comparatively small that tut current the all air tall fail to tl I cause IlL trouble Of If th thea II ad additional J were Important on there would bf be no n protests prot The Th r rI II I fret free to all when the they have a real reason tor un using It That But the tOIl tori who are r doln doing serious work do dl object to balI socIal an nd invitation to the or Coney Cone Island dl dined Ito into their sara or 0 A Of lat lets such all an energetic baa ha been n against operators who appropriate the ether tI r rby by the of the bl bli wl wireless I rom corn petite that they h have bean base mo more dr In their tIMI conduct Those ThOle who ho hoare are aboard ala that visit thu port ai afraid to abu abuse their because th they know that th then they en can easily be detected and that It If they a warning their job are In peril The worst offenders thOUM are arf the tho men w ships drop I U casually cullAn from time to time who either do not know or real realise the th amount of trou trouble bl ble th They a are making mIRI or wilfully go shout About It U In the belief that thO they can an be beg off from on m th the J that th they bad never heard that the tho company had bad II Ic me message while In port Men of this latter cl often n get caught up IhlI when th they e eH ci poet it H An operator of A Ma Mation Ia tion In the vicinity 0 of New York Yerk last lut week found that who whose signal was a E C wa interfering with the receipt and trane ot of hi E C seemed med to be under the natt of having numerous talka with a arlend friend ot of hta hi on no anOther steamship The shore operator could tell that they were cn 11 by the timber of their and the to tons of their m some of which reached ched him practically verbatim talked together shoot about everything un under r the sun aun that wee waa triV ill 11 The They told each other where they we were going II to Pat t when ashore aIto and th nam names of the persona penona with whom hom th they contemplated th the flowery Thoroughly III a angry at this Interrupt Inn the chore r trOt got In touch with hie hi head had ome sad hail had then them make mak II a complaint to tl the employing the unknown C E It III I the bet best pull poli policy cy for the tho rival rhal com companies to humor esch b oth other whim and tanile be th they never neer kno know when the they mAY wish wIh to 10 ask k a tavor of me one ODe clap 1 fi E C head Om elites staff busied themselves promptly and nd by up III his hla sign that he was wall the operator aboa aboard a bl big lying oft off Tomp kl The Tho next morning E C was summoned tit to the of the chief engineer ot of the company who asked klOd him to explain the messages that had been received Of course he TIle Tb chief en eD engineer w was kind but lima firm firmI I dont wi wish to be disagreeable h hId he said Id But Bat thu cant ant go 0 on We dont mind how much you ou gossip when yours OUN at ileA Theres Thera plenty of room mont out there And we dont mind your Jour ul using your instrument b here when you roV aw noal to transact but we t have our shore hore by senseless Ic mP messages that jam le regular lar communication |
