The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
MARcorrs DEVICE USED
Inventor at St. Johns Gets
 Signal from England.
He Declares That the System is Still in an Embryonic Stage, But So Far is Completely
 Successful.

conf announced the most wonderful scientific discovery of modern times to- night in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic ocean from his station in Cornwall, England.
 He explains that before leaving Eng land he made plans for accomplishing this result;- for while his primary object was to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean, he hoped also to succeed in attaining the wonderful scientific achieve ment of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic.
 Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is most powerful. He possesses an electric force gathered, there a hundred times greater than at his ordinary stations. Be- fore he left England he arranged that the electrician in charge of the station which is located at Poldhu should begin sending signals daily after a certain date which Signor Marconi would cable him. Signor Marconi arrived here week ago Friday and selected Signal Hill, at the entrance to the harbor as an experimenting sta ton. Last Mondey he cabled, 10 the Poldhu station to begin sending signals at p. m. daily and to continue them until D. m., these hours being respect lively n:SB a. m. to 2:SO p, m. St. Johns time.
 The Signal Received.
 During these hours Wednesday, Signor Marcom elevated kite with an aerial wire by means of which signals are sent or received.e
 He remained at the record attached to the receiving apparatus and to his satis- faction signals were received by him at intervals according to the. program arr ranged previously with the operator at Poldhu. These signals consisted of re- beating at intervals the letter S." which irl Marconi's code is made by three dots or quick strokes. This signal was re- peated so frequently and so in accord ance with the detailed plan arranged to provide safeguards against possibility of mistake that Marconi was satisfied that it was a genuine transmission from Eng land. Again on Thursday the same kite was elevated and the same signals re- newed. This made assurance so com plete that Signor Marconi cabled to his principals in England and also informed the Governor of New Foundland, Sir Cavendirh Boyle. who apprised the British cabinet of the success of the ex- periments.
 In Embryonic Stage.
 Signor Marconi emphasizes the fact that the system is yet only in an em- Lryonic stage and that the possibility of It's ultimate development is demonstrated by the success of the present experiments with incomplete and imperfect apparatus. ~ As the signals can only be received by the most sensitively adjusted apparatus, Signor Marconi is working under great difficulties owing to the conditions pre- vailIng here, The Cornwall coast is 1,,UO miles from St. Johns.
 Signor Marconi will for the present dis regard the matter of communicating with transatlantic steamers. He will return to England next week and will conduct the experiments from PoIdhu himself. lie explains that the greater electrical power there will enable him to send more effective signals. 1t is not possible to send return signals from here until a powerful electric battery shall have been installed. Sir Robert Bond, premier of New Foundland, offered Signor Marconl every facility possible for carrying out his plans.
 Will Build Station.
 Signor Marconi intends to build a large, fully equipped experiment station near St. Johns, besides the Lloyds station at Cape Race. The former will have the same equipment as the Poldhu station and will play the same part on this side of the Atlantic as Poldhu does on the other side. The St. Johns station WAL communicate with New York on one side and Cornwall on the other. being midway between the two. This establishment probably will cost about SG0,0O0 and, will perform the same work as the modern cable station.
 Signor Aiarconi announces that he will remain in England until after the corona tion of King Edward next summer and that he hopes to send the news of that event across the Atlantic by the wire less method so as to prove the capability of the system for such purposes. He probably will in the meantime equip all vessels of the leading lines of steamers with his apparatus. ..