New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-22
STGNOR .NARCONI ARRIVES.
THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY EXPERT
TO GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS BE-
FORE UNITED STATES
OFFICERS

Slgnor Gugllelmo Marconi. the expert in wireless
biography, who comes TO this country TO give
demonstrations of his discovery before ofhcers OF
the United States Army and Navy. and, Incidental
IT, 10 illustrate its workings at the time oil the IN
ternational yacht races, arrived on the Cunarder
Aurauia from Liverpool yesterday. He IS a slight
young man OF light complexion and nervous temper
ament and he is bit absent-minded. lie Is eN'-
IDENTIFY more concerned about his scientific studies
and inventions than about conventionahties ana
dress He has clear blue eyes and his race Is c''an
shaven except for small mustache As ne lel'
the gangway from the steamer he was met by zap
tain George owen Squire, personal friend. ana
CAPTAIN Leonard Deacour Wildman, both OK the
United States Signal Corps. stationed az Governor
Island. To them Signor Marconi. IN GOOD hnsls''
explained that half Of his luggage. including soHe
Of his apparatus had been misdirected and shipped
10 Boston. The officers explained To MN lhdl "
had been arranged with the authorities at WASH
inRton that all instruments that he had brought
over for use In the experiments before the ho"'u
OF Army Oficers would be admitted free OF uu's'
but that any other apparatus. to be used IN private
tests would be held dutable
with signor Marconi were his managers ana
three assistants Signor Marcon went win MS
partv to the Hoffman House. where ne VIII stay
vhile in thls CITY, TO the reporters on the per
SlgnOr Marconi said:
Il will begin my work here about UcI0osr s 70
how discover my system i Wba Is b ,9s
story and would take time 10 til. w ila' -
done Is the result Of study ana via 10 brigbt
done The outlook FOR wireless telesraPlsE ~
and tho system is constantly beng peri
ready We have several stations M f.nSla"" w.,
experimonts are going on day ana night, a -
sliTcaeefui te, II the ~y-tf m was given ""iI'7
I-rrlish ra,,l uaucpuyres some months ago ~
tbat time messages were sent between the "dl-
shlps There was no difficulty. ana the tSst Mos
hold I'm A fog Messages have been fdsl'u Vsl'
miles bur 10 not care 10 say "hat VII, " t..S
greatest distance messages can be sent. me eN-
neriments have proved that the curvature OF nc
sarfh Is oyercome for in sending the message De-
tween stations eighty miles apart the cuiEatule
which is large has been overcome. me s'd.lVn
entv feet high do not know the nature
~ the work shall do for the Army ana
Navv "a the ARRANGEMENTS for my coming %, ~
country were made hurriedly Inc one VINO nau rs
Greelv The viii be CONDUCTED 9otn , on ldNu
and on the sea New-York Harbor IS admirSpy
Gtted nv nature for work with wireless teieRrdpHy,
Signor Marcon said last night when seen az I nn7
,i,r vrorls for the Army and Navy signaling de-
,,ortr,crts lie said tug would follow the yachts
IN me big races and on the tug would De SCI OF
Instruments that would slsnat every s'ae' ~ ''e
Sicnor Narcon said his system had oeen ADOPT
Cd nv the Italian Government ~ signal 70 meets az
sea and that n had also been used with success IN
~ recent British naval mannuvres. and that they
I'D signaled 10 ships eighty miles distant. he
said The British Association of Science would meet
this week at Dover. England. and the french AS
social Of Science in France at the same time
and that they would be In communication with each
miles Intervening He sad that only one system OF
tolase eleeraphy could be operated AT one time II
another anticipated him IN reporting the yacht
races the first In the field would nave the
rupti6n Possession Of the atmosphere he said,
,vca ahzolutely necessary