Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-04
WIRELESS 1DE|lRAPRY
Signor Marconi successfully Re-
ports the Yacht Race by the
New Method.
Remarkable Achievement With His
New Discovery News Flashed
From Moving Ship.
Great Interest in the Trial Of the
lnventlon-London Elk.
cited.

New York, Oct. 4.-One OF the great
features of the yacht race was the sue
cessful operation of the Marconi system.
of wireless telegraph, BY means of
which every movement of the compe
ting craft was bulletined to the New
York papers.
Did either deck out a sail that fact
was given to the readers of the Marconi
bulletins before the fresh canvas had
been filed with wind. in short, the
system worked to perfection. OF bulle-
ting alone fully $500 words were flashed
from the towering mast of the steam
ship Ponce TO the receiving station at
Navesink, and in not single instance
did it become necessary to repeat a
message.
Not only did signor Marconi make it
possible for the public ashore to see
fully the maneuvers of the Columbia
and the Shamrock, but he kept those
steamship Ponce well informed on the
more important events OF the day in the
world at large.
men having Wall street interests the
early quotations We're received and the
money market followed
AS the yachts got away the following
message, the first concerning the actual
race, was written and in less than forty
seconds was public property in New
York:
Race underway. Both yachts flying
mainsails, club sails. spinnakers, stay
sails. iib and jib topsails. Running be-
fore the wind down the Jersey coast.
Wind about eight knots and freshen-
ing.
Following this We're bulletins giving
more accurate descriptions of the work
being done. and there was joy on the
Ponce when word came that everything
was working so perfectly that only a
/ very few seconds separated the chart
room, within which the sending was be-
| ing done, and the office.
Aboard the Ponce there was the
| keenest appreciation of the work being
j done. Indeed. it is not too much to
4 say that, except at the most critical
moments during the race. more atten-
/ ton was given to the mysterious chart
room and to Signor Marconi than to the
yachts. Aboard the other excursion
steamers, too, the passengers We're
| deeply interested in the wireless re-
ports. Almost without exception the
Ponce was saluted by a round of cheers
l.from every boat it met during the day
Often only one or two minutes
/ elapsed between the sending and the
receipt of the bulletins by the wireless
4 system. In several instances only SIX
lseconds elapsed between the sending OF
a message from the steampship Ponce
A which followed the racing yachts, and
Its receipt in the New York Herald
office
i Signor Marconi had no real competi-
tor in the prompt transmission of au-
4 thentic news of the contest. AT ever,
Important stage OF the race the wire
less system furnished the facts to this
public ashore about fifteen minutes
ahead of all other agencies ex.
eept the Associated Press. The bulle.
tins of the newsgathering association
We're on an average eight minutes be
hind those of Signor Marconi, although
the Associated Press had made elabor
ate arrangements to cover the rae,
promptly, and had established sigma
stations at every important point alon.
the coast where news of the race nigh
be obtained