The age-herald., 1902-04-27
How the First Messages Were Sent to
 Prove Commercial Utility.
Etheric Wire Te1egraphy
BY eueLIELMo MARcoNI.

tive enough is a very simple one. The operator takes an ordinary electric bell which he holds at some distance from the Morse indicator. He sends out from the battery of the bell very tiny current which is instantly responded to by click or by the sound of the bell on the indi- cator. This Is of itself very simple ex- hibition of wireless telegraphy.
 At length all was In readiness, and the first message was received from the tug The tape merged with the familiar dots and dashes beautifully printed. ready to be translated for the reporter As fast as the message arrived they were tele- phoned to the office of the newspaper on Cork Hill. The operations were carried out with precision and in a pcrfeetr matter-of-fact manner.
 The race reports were entirely s9tis- factory in every respect, 8 large mum Der of the bulletins being sent so that the race news issued by the Express much earlier than It could have been in any other way. The Flying Huntress was con stantly in motion of course, but this made no difference in the leglbility of m essages. The distances crossed were small-from five to ten miles.
 The Prince of Wales about this time was confined to the royal yacht Osborne in Cowes Bay, by an injury to his knee. The lord lieutenant of Ireland asked me if I could establish telegraphic service. installation was at once made and the Prince sent this dispatch to the Queen:
 ''The Prince of Wales sends his love to the Queen. and hopes she Is none the worse for being on board yesterday"
 During the sixteen days l was on the yacht, l sent one hundred and fifty mes- sages. Great interest was taken in my work by all the distinguished company and particularly by the Prince. Among those present were the Duke of York, the Princess Louise. and Lord Roths- child. These messages were sent while the yacht was going at high rate of speed, and attracted the attention of the press and of scientific journals.
 Four years after my first experience in Italy and after my apparatus had been in successful use for nearly two years established on Christmas Eve, 1898, com munication between the East Goodwin Lightship, twelve miles off the coast, with the South Foreland Lightship. The ap- paratus had not long been installed be- fore it's value was shown most conclu- sively by the saving of the lightship her self. She was run down at four o'clock on the morning of March B. 1899, by the steamer R. P. Mathews outward bound from London. The wireless telegraphy OF orator hurriedly called up South Fore land Lighthouse and said that the light ship had been run into and was leaking. Lifeboats were sent at once and the light ship was saved. Since then several other ships have gone upon the sands and as- sistance has been obtained by means of wireless telegraphy. the operators tele- graphing ashore in each case The suc- cess of the installation between the East Goodwin Lightship and the South Fore land Lighthouse awakened great interest, and the public began to see the practical uses to which the system might be put.
 In 1890, the New York Herald gave me an opportunity to demonstrate my appar- atus in America, by arranging with me to report the international yacht race be- tween the Columbia and Shamrock. The