The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-10
Pirating Invention Denied.


Mr. MarcoEi has been credited with a
statement to New York correspondent
that was given the privilege al one time
OF Witnessing an experiment on his yet
uncompleted york and that on the kncwI-
edge I gained my system is based. beg
you therefore &c allow me to make the
following explanation.
Il never withheld the fact. but admitted
on every occasion that 7 vas present at
the FIRST experiments. which he British
Geographic administration mad,. In Nav
1897. under direction OF Sir William
Preece, with the erstwhiIe Marcoui an
paratus- The present system for tuned
or syntonized teiegraphy. Mr.. NarcoDi
himself admits. has almost nothing 8,
common with these beginnings. nor does
the Slaby- ATcO system rest upon such old
discoveries. but as Mr.. Mar.oal we'll
knows, upon discoveries which I made
Known on Decemb r p. 1900 and which
hF- Maroon himself referred 20 in lee
Jlre before the Society Of Arts In the
following words. I trust il viii NOT he
thought that wish to minimize the i'm
portance Of Prof. Slaby's work
any misrepresentation Of these fac-s.
as they are credited 10 Mr. Marcoui in
the aforesaid statement, ! sincerely re-
gret.
1 was in communication with Mr. Mar
conf personally and had c0rregpoudeure
with him relative 10 licensing his system
IN Germany. but mis- demands were so pro-
hibitive shat ] was forced 10 conduct my
experiments from a purely theoretical
point Of view
Although Mr. Marconi and discovered
ne SyhlohizlnB method about the same
time ] was the first 90 make them known
10 the scientific world That was on Pc
cemDeI 2. 1900. and 10 was nearly six
months later. on MAY Is 1907 thai Mr.
Marconi made known his method. ID The
falI OF 1900 Mn Marconi made an eNDeri-
ment with his method I'm the presence OF
Professor Fleming. whom ne bound 20 abb
solute secrecy"
The Deutschland Messages.
Prof sIsby relates that on last
wednesday he sent a telegram via tho
Slaby-Arco station, Duhuan near Cuv-
haven, 70 a relative on board the DeUtsch-
land, which left port that day. and re-
eeived an answer at a distance Of 1e5
kilometers.
This is his response 20 the claim made
by Mr.. Marconi that if the DeutscbIaD5
was unable 10 communicate with Nan
tucket or the Lizard station. supplied with
Marconi apparatus. IL was due to defect
i've Instruments on the Deutschland The
same apparatus was used on the steamer
for the message sent by Pref SIaby to his
relative.
Mr. Marconis reply to Prot. slaby is re-
garded here as an evasion. as he makes
no effort 10 meet the real issue. namely
the refusal Of the Marcoui operators to
receive the Deutschland's dispatches. All
solute proof 10 this effect exists here
which accounts for Mr. Marconi's unwilI-
lngness 20 make a straightforward reply.
The suit brought by the holders OF the
Braun wireless system Siemcns e.
Halske, against the Slaby-AcrO Company.
Is now In progress and an ~ction will
shortly be commenced against the Mar
conf company
The Navy Department here is stflI cor
responding industriOusly with other Gov
eTnments 10 obtain an international con-
gress and al agreement. Mr. Marconis
bold statement that no messages from
rival companies viii be taken up has
aroused officials here 90 more aggressive
action.