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Show mil SSoSites WHO HEAR VOICES OF FRIENDS A demonstration of a now wireless telephone apparatus was given today on the stage of the Orpheum theater. It is the invention of Prince Lam-pinis, Lam-pinis, who, with his brother Roy, are on tho Pantages bill this week. That it is successful, for short distances at least, was shown the party who witnessed wit-nessed and- heard the machine in operation. op-eration. That there Is a mystery about it was also shown by the fact that the transmitter was nlaced in the basement of the theater in a dark room, and that no one was allowed to see it. Tho demonstration proved most Interesting. In-teresting. To say that it was an unique experience and quite uncanny would be putting it mildly. The receiver re-ceiver Is placed in a large vase, with1 a tiny earpieco screwed Into the side. This is held to the ear and the sound seems to come from the vessel itself. The first demonstration was conducted con-ducted by Roy Lampini, who wont into the basement and read an article from a small pamphlet. His voice was easily distinguishable. Each person per-son in the audienco was permitted to hear a portion of what he said. Then A. W. Hadley, the real ostato man, went into the basement and talked into the machine. His voice was recognized at once. Among those to hear the mysterious machine were Mayor A. R. Hey wood, LeRoy Leishman, and about twenty others. The total distance covered between be-tween the receiver and the transmitter trans-mitter was about fifty feet, with several sev-eral walls intervening. Tho batten' to operate tho machino consisted of eight dry cells. Whether It will work at great distances is a matter yet to be settled. In Salt Lake it was operated from the Pantages theater to the Scmloh hotel, a distance of over a block. Although wireless telephony has been invented and used for great distances, dis-tances, this Is an entirely now scheme, according to Leroy Leishman. Prince Lampini stated that, although he has been working on it for three years, mou wucn. in oan wus me first time he had been able to work it successfully. 'Even tho most skeptical skep-tical must agree," he said, "after the demonstration today, that I have discovered dis-covered something that will certainly revolutionize wireless telephony. Although Al-though I was unable to arrange for those hearing the talking to respond, all I havo to do Is to set up a transmitter trans-mitter at this end of the line. This I cannot do, because I do not care to have people seo the transmitting device until I have It patented." He said ho had tested tho apparatus appar-atus under water and that it works as well as it does out of water. If such is the case, it opens up untold opportunities for usefulness in undersea under-sea warfare. The brothers plan to perfect tho Invention for use between aeroplanes and, In fact, Prince Lam-panl Lam-panl states that the field for its uae Is so unlimited he darcc not think of it He stated that thero is no possibility pos-sibility of currents becoming crossed as with wires, nor Is thero a possibility possi-bility of conversation being picked up by others. For this reason alone, It is ; event that if the invention Is serviceable service-able for long distances, it will come , into immediate use. |
