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Show Wireiess on River Boats. The day of the jingle bell and manual man-ual steering in steamboaling on (he Mississippi river Inning given way to electric buzzers and power steering by levers, now conies the wireless ng a means of operation, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The War department de-partment has shipped from Washington Washing-ton wireless outfits to be set up In SL Louis, Memphis and New Orleans ami upon the six towboats which will con-lfl'ise con-lfl'ise the new experimental power fleet for the St. Louis-New Orleans barge operation. Grounding on a bar will no longer mean a walk of many miles , from the bank to the nearest telegraph station to summon assistance. The SOS will go out by radio from the boat itself. |