River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-09
NEW CABLE LINE
IS COMPLETED
It Is Formally Opened by President
Roosevelt.
MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD
CONGRATULATIONS Are Flashed to Mr.
Mackay in Twelve Minutes and
Reply Received in Nine and
One-HaIf Minutes.

Oyster Bay, L. L., July 6.-Around the
world in nine and a half minutes is the
remarkable record made Saturday night
by a message to President Roosevelt
| from President Clarence H. Mackay,
president of the Pacific Commercial
Cable company, over the new American
Pacific cable.
| The message was started from New
York at H.: 55 o'clock, going eastward to
the Azores, Gibraltar, Suez, Hong-Kong
and Manila, and thence back by the new
cable by way of Guam, Midway Island,
Honolulu and San Francisco, reaching
| Oyster Bay at 12:041A o'clock.
But few minutes before message
| from President Roosevelt to Mr. Mackay
had been flashed around the globe west
ward over the new line and back by the
southern Asiatic and European lines in
| twelve minutes.
New Line Opened.
| With plenty of time to spare before
the glorious Fourth of July became the
prosaic fifth, the president opened the
new Pacific cable by exchanging greet
ings with Gov Taft of the Philippines at
Manila. Then the message from the
president to Mr.. Mackay was rushed
westward around the world and back,
congratulating him upon the generous
enterprise that had produced this final
link in a system of globe girdling marine
cables, and Mr.. Mackays reply was
made. ~
At HOP this message was sent to Gov.
Taft at Manila:
81 open the American Pacific cable
with greetings to you and the people of
the Philippines.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
It was soon followed by this one to
Clarence Fl. Mackay, president of the
Pacific Commercial Cable company:
Congratulations and success to the
Pacific cable, which the genius of your
prise made possible.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Reply from Taft.
| At 11:19 o'clock the following reply
was received from Gov. Taft at Ma
Mia, addressed to President Roosevelt:
'The Filipino people and the Amer
leans resident in these islands are
glad to present their respectful greet
ings and congratulations to the presi-
dent of the United States conveyed
over the cable with which American
enterprise has girdled the Pacific,
| thereby rendering greatly easier and
more frequent communication between
the two countries. IC will certainly
lead to a closer union and better mu-
tual understanding of each others aim
and sympathies and of their common
interest in the prosperity of the Phil
| ippines and the education and develop
ment of the Filipinos.
''It is not inappropriate to incorpo-
rate in this, the first message across
the Pacific from the Philippines to
| America, an earnest plea for the re-
duction of the tariff on Filipino prod
ucts in accordance with the broad and
liberal spirit which the American peo-
pie desire to manifest toward the Fill
pinos. and of which you have been an
earnest exponent.
TAFT"
Storm Causes Delay.
/
Taft and the globe-girdling congratula-
lions to Mr.. Mackay had been planned
! to take place at nine o'clock Satur-
day morning. The Fourth Of July was
long ago fixed upon as the appropriate
day for the opening of the great cable.
But unfortunately Friday night, when
prospects were bright for a success
| full carrying out of the programme,
message flashed to the executive Of
fees that the cable steamer Anglia
had been driven into port at Honolulu
by heavy storm. The ocean end of
the cable from Manila, Guam and Mid
way islands had been buoyed II miles
from the shore landing near Homo
lulu. When day broke at Honolulu and
the tempest had lulled, the Anglia put
to sea, but it was obviously impossible
to connect the cable so as to send the
message at nine o'clock. Then it was
hoped that the event might take place
at three o'clock, but that hour passed,
as did six, eight and nine.
At 1929 D. m. there was received in
the Postal Telegraph building a cable
dated Honolulu $3.50 p. M, the corre-
spending hour, saying that the con-
tractors were about to make the final
splice on board the Anglia. Soon aft
erward the exchange of messages took
place.
Convention Called.
Cincinnati, O., July 6.-National
Secretary Anthony Matre, of the Amer
lean Federation of Catholic societies,
| IL. 60. IL: