The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18
MARcONI IN TROUBLE.
Gable Company Will Fight Marconi
the Wizard of Electricity.

/ the Wizard Of Electricity.
st. Johns. N. F.. Dec. 12.-Congrat-
ulations from Newfoundland and
abroad are today pouring in on Mr..
Marconi.
Mr.. Marconi today made a further
explanation of his trans-oceanic sig
nails. He said he expected them to be
stronger than they were. He was
very confident that he would receive
them. He attributed faintness of
mid-Ocean currents to imperfections
in his apparatus. He expects better
tests tomorrow if the weather allows
his balloon to ascend. There is some
fog on the coast today. Foggy con-
ditions will give better signals than
will a clear atmosphere.
Mr.. Marconi goes tomorrow to
Cape Fear to select site for the
erection OF a pole 200 feet high. which
pie results under present conditions
On Tuesday the inventor proposes to
have Governor Boyle, Premier Bond
ana other colonial dignitaries examine
his tests. SO that they may satisfy
themselves of the absolute genuine
ness of his proceedings.
There is much speculation here as
to the practical possibilities of wire
less telegraphy. Local telegraphers.
while admitting the theoretical value
of tho proposition. think number
III years must elapse before it can be
put to practical use. Marconi. how
ever. is satisfied from his previous
experiments that great Things are in
store for the world from this matter.
Owing to fog and rain Marconi was
unable to swing his kites in midair
today. He therefore went to Cape
Fear to determine upon the fitness
of that promontory for the wireless
telegraph station which he proposes
to establish. He will inaugurate the
New Year by sending a special mess
age over the Atlantic if the steamer
On which he is to sail from New York
reaches England in time. tie will
go direct to Cornwall and take charge
Of matters there.
BY midsummer Marconi will have
fully equipped station here for send
ing and receiving messages between
America and England. and another
station on the Massachusetts coast.
When Marconi returned from Cape
Fear he said he had experienced
poor luck The weather was render
ed extremely unpleasant by fog, wind
and rain storm and the inventor
was unable to decide upon a site for
his proposed station. He could not
see the surroundings and general
view Of the features OF the country
in the vicinity is necessary before fix
ing upon a site. Mr.. Marconi wishes
to avoid the presence Of high hill
behind the station. Hills in the
background are detrimental to the
system if they are in the line of trans
mission, as they weaken the signals
by causing a rebound.
On returning here from Cape Fear
Marconi was served with legal doc
uments from the solicitors of the
Anglo-American Telegraph company
These notify him that the said com
pany possesses an exclusive monop
oily of the telegraph business within
Newfoundland and it's dependencies
and demand that he cease his eXper
iments and remove his apparatus
forthwith, otherwise the company
will apply to the supreme court for
an injunction restraining him from
further trials.
Marconi has not yet decided what
course of action ne will take in the
matter. but he regards this action on
the part of the Anglo-American Tele
graph company as the best proof of
the importance of his new discovery
London. Dec. 17.-Sir William II
Preece. president of the institution
of civil engineers. is very skeptical
of Mr.. Marconi's success. and thinks
that more conclusive tests than have
yet been made are needed.