The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-24

| tive of King Edward, that Marconi asked
| to inform the British government tnat
! his signal wires had been transmitted
through the atmosphere for nearly two
| thousand miles. Marconi periodically to-
| day cablcd the Italian government of his
success, the first grand Accomplishment mt
of the twentieth century. Tomorrow he
| will send the news TO the Russian 4 l.
| miralty, which so lately as Friday de
clined to install his system on their ba;.
tleships.
CABIEGRAMS or CONGRATrLA-
TIDN
Cabiesrams from all the world continue
ed to pour in on Murconi today. So all
the world is honoring him, and he is
universally publishing the news of his
triumph But the belief grows that this
was not his original purpose. He had
laid his plans most carefully to Keep Sc
cret his success, did he succeed. He says
| now: II am at liberty to inform the
press what | have accomplished" Ii Is
now understood that the secret of mis-
accomplishment was betrayed by an ope-
| rator in his employ.
Marcon will hurry back to England
probably Friday ON the Allan line steam
or Sardinia. But before he goes tomor-
low he and his assistants. Kemp and
Paget will go 10 Cape Spear. three miles
southeast of St Johns harbor. the most
easterly point of New Foundland, aud
so nearest to the British Isles and Cen
| trail Europe. There is "a lighthouse and
storm siren at Cape Spear high above
the sea level, and Marconi hopes there to
ind a fine location for a station. He and
his assistants will also hurr!edly visit
Cape Race, the most southeasterly point
of New Foundland. He will there install
IA station, whore he expects to daily re-
port steamers as they ply between the
| continents. He will take with him TO
Cape Race IA metal mast about $50 feat
tail. He seems to have had enough Of
unstable balloons.
On Tuesday next the inventor propos ~
to have Governor Boyle, Premier Bond
and Ctn,r Colonial dignitarics. examine
his to Is, % they may satisfy hem selves
of thc Senuinenrss of proceedings Mar
conf today m2dc a further explanation
of his trans-oceanlc signals. He is sure
he would receive them He attributes
their former faintness to m.uocean wind
currents and imperfection in his kite APP
pardtus.
EXPECTS BETTER RESULTS TO-DAY.
He expects better tests tomorrow IL the
weather enables his balloon to usc, nj.
There is some fog ON the coast today.
Fogby conditions will give better signals
much speculation here as to the practical
possibilities of this system of wireless
t,ie9raphy. Local telegraphers while ad-
hitting the theoretical value If the cX-
pertinent, think IA number of years mus;
clCpse before 1t can be put into practical
use.
Marcor', however, now optimistic, H.
satisfied from his previous experiments
that Llcat surprises are in store for The
4 in L.. ha., h.,
est support i'm this colony, Where he is
generally admired owing to his youth
and his achievements. Steps are beng
projected to give him some substantial
recognition Of the colony's appreciation
of his work. The belief that Marcor
secret was betrayed is strengthened by
the details of his preparations for the eX-
peIimonts.
Above all things he wished to keep the
know ledge of his success from cable com
ppn!es. When he left England Marccni
was far from hopeful. On the one hand
was that the electric engine at the Liz
ard was more powerful than any he had
used and the unbroken expanse of water
to New Foundland offered the best
CHARGE 10 learn the very most his sys-
fem could do. On the other hand the dis
,ance l,hOJ miles. was six times greater
chan any he Rad attempted to traverse.
gland Marconi arranged, but only with
his NEST intimate friends, men he could
trus', the signals that should be sent
II ON the Lizard to Signal Hill
HOW The MhosAur WAS hr~I-l' 80
So intense was his desire to keep from
the cable companies all information
about his experiments that he even ar
rarged a cipher code with his friends. In
spite of the difficulties he experienced,
including the loss of his balloon, all Mar
coni's preparations in his station on Sig
nal Hill We're complete at 1890 p. m. last
Wednesday. The weather was favorable
and his kite. carrying the aerial vertical
wiie on which the signals are received,
was flying favorably at the proper ai,l-
tude. Marconi cabed In cipher to his
friends at the Lizard TO send the pre-ar-
ranged signal, the Morse letter IS" three
dots. repeated twenty times.
Neiy soon. perfectly, but family, he re-
ceived the letter 81 twenty times He
heard them distinctly through the sensi-
tive telephone attached to his apparatus.
which can catch signals so faint that the
instrument cannot record them. The test
was conclusive, though not practically eff.
fective. The time of sending the signal
was quickly established and verified By
a cablegram in cipher from the Lizard.