The Wireless Miracle at City Hall

Solid steel, masonry, woodwork, and distance were annihilated last month in the city hall by that strange, uncanny, and somewhat 'spooky' force known as the wireless telephone, in a demonstration made by the Ellsworth company for the edification of a considerable number of curious unbelievers who flocked there to hear with their own ears the marvel of the twentieth century. The test proved that the supposedly unattainable, the wildest flights of imagination, may become reality in the homes of scientific men. City Electrician Markham, acting as operative for the wireless telephone company, entered the big vault in police headquarters, whereupon both massive doors were closed upon him by Captain Knapp. Aside from his faith in the new discovery, Markham carried with him into the steel box the sending apparatus, a small wooden box, and a hoop. A test made of Markham's conversation proved that his voice could not be heard through the vault doors. A Herald reporter and several other interested individuals then walked into an adjoining room, held another hoop in hand, and placed an ordinary receiver to their ear. Then came the spooky voice from nowhere. The words came clearly and perfectly distinct through the numerous barriers. Not satisfied with this, the representatives of the company conducted their audience to a room farther separated from the vault. The voice was heard as plainly as when the test was made nearer the strong box.