The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-02
Cor. New Orleans Picayune.

Cor. New orleans Picayune.
TSiel. August 3o.-Tho Plcayunes corre-
spondent met Marconi today on board Of
II. NJ. cruiser Cario-Alberto lying at
anchor here. and obtained IRON hNl an
interesting statement regarding the Ger
man system of wireless telegfaphy,
which, he says. is piratical undertake
ing founded en- his own invention and
goldly stolen from him under false pre-
tensions by he aid of a letter of intro
duction from the German emperor.
But before talking business Marconi
would have his say on his meeting with
the car.
Emperor Nicholas" he cried, is the
most amiable man l ever met, and GER
tainly the best intentioned monarch in
the world He is likewise man of vast
practical knowledge. not book knowledge
so much as genuine wisdom gained from
his intercourse with well-informed men
in all classes of life.
while I was with him I never once
had the feeling of talking to a sovereign,
the mightiest In the universe. In all he
did and said he impressed me like pro-
RTeSSiNG pIiAdlH NlilAtlA OtAiA hPoh aoAAAf3
as much good as possible for one man
to accomplish.
Several times, when we walked from
one room to the other, 1 preceded his
majesty upon his own wish, delikately
but firmly. expressed At first it made
me feel quite ashamed Of myself. but l
certainly could not help It, After you,
a., 70
az beg your majesty's pardon, inven-
tors come a long way after emperors.'
Nay. nay. signor, you're a guest in
my house: I pray you go ahead"
Your correspondent had mentioned the
name Slaby several times before Marconi
would sidetrack his Russian reminiscent
ces. When at last he caught on he cried:
"Ah, Slaby, don't remind me of that man!
He is responsible for many Of the tron-
bles am enconntering.
Just think of 1t, Slaby-beg pardon,
Professor Slaby-visited me at my hotel
in England, bringing letter of introduce
tion-from whom do you suppose? Sic
mems & Halske or hrupp? No; fr@n the
kaiser!
consequently I treated him like a
friend of the kaiser, who, on his part. is
my own kings ally. Though aware that
Slaby is an inventor, or would-be in
ventor. no shadow Of suspicion with re-
gard to the purpose of his visit entered
my mind. 1 trusted him because I had
faith in the emperor.
What do do? 1 turn myside inside
out, showing him everything, explaining
out, show him everything, explain every
thing to him, Kaiser williams friendl
What does he DO? He goes home. changes
his court dress for the overalls of the me-
chanio and industrialist and takes out
patent on my invention. A German pat
ent. 1t is true. but patent FOR all that.
Il allowed myself to be buncoed, but
it's a good lesson. Hereafter, not a word
to anybody about my inventions until
they are patented in all countries, includ-
ing Kamchatka- No one shall get a
sight of my apparatus; no, not even a
smell Of them If he brought letters of in
PRODUCTION from-what shall l say-from
the devil himself"
Have you computed your probable
losses on account of the Slaby patent7 pa
asked the correspondent.
"They are not overwhelming" replied
Marconi with a sarcastic smile. "Once,
because the Marconi Telegraph COM
panies in New York and London foot the
BILL and again, because the Slaby appa-
ratus is N. c.
"Do the companies named own all your
rights In the invention?"
mot all; the control of the rights in all
countries except ITALY, which I reserve
for myself"
And the Slaby telegraph, according to
your idea, does not work7"
"Oh, yes 1t works-on a distance of
forty to forty-five miles. We, you know,
telegraph 1926 miles. That is the differ
ence between the Slaby and Marconi sys-