The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
MARC0NI, WITH WONDERS,
ARRIVES ON THE LUCANIA TO TELL
EDISON ABOUT EN-.
and Was Never Out of Wireless
Touch with Land.

Got Yacht Race News in MidOcean,
and Was Never Out of Wireless
Touch with Land.
From the New York Sun.
The Cunarder Lucania, her cabins
crowded with Homecoming Americans
and noted folk of other nationalities,
reached quarantine. from Liverpool
and Queenstown, at $50 O'Clock last
evening and anchored, because her
pilot declined to assume the RESPONSE
biilty of bringing her up in the rain
and wind storm. Capt, Mckay. it is
said, pointed to the flashing lights of
the town and suggested that there
wasn't"any danger. The pilot was inn
movable, and the big ship and ner
passengers. S52 in the first cabin, 29S
i'll the second and 61O in the steerage,
spent gloomy night down the bay.
The pier superintendent supposed
that the Lucania was going to dock,
and lie so informed all who called him
up on the telephone. 1t was also the
intention of the agent, Vernon Fl.
Brown. to dock the liner. She had hus-
tied to get into port in reasonable
ttlue to dock, making the swift trip Of
days IL hours and minutes from
Queenstown, and her passengers We're
much disappointed. Their relatives and
friends on the pier, who had come
down in cabs and carriages to escape
the downpour, waited more than an
hour before they learned that the liner
wasn't going to reach town.
Among the Lucania's passengers is
Sipnnp MarOoni He said a onar1 N tine
that the ship had. never been out of
wireless communication with either
America or the British Isles on any
day during the voyage.
She departed from Queenstown last
Saturday. In n1id-ocean on Tuesday
night at IL o'clock a wireless message
from the Poldhu station in Cornwall
announced that Reliance had won the
second race over a triangular course
by ! minutes and 10 seconds. This
news had been sent to England from
New York by cable and then put on
the wireless.
There was much rejoicing among the
Americans when the news was posted
on the bulletin board the next morning
The ships company already had been
told by wireless. on the day the Lu-
cania left Queenstown, of the result of
Saturdays yacht race. The passengers
knew the result of Thursdays race en-
Thursday night by wireless message
from Nantucket.
Marconi said he is here to talk with
Thomas A. Edison. who is consulting
engineer of the Marconi Company,
about four new inventions to improve
the wireless telegraphic system. One
of these inventions. Marconi asserts,
will revolutionize the system in regard
to sending transatlantic messages; by
1t the high power necessary to trans
NIT a message can be reduced one-half.
within three MONTHS" said Mar
conf, eve will have the line from Pold-
hu to Cape Breton in perfect working
order, ready to receive commercial mes
sages."
When asked about his love affairs
the inventor of wireless telegraphy
laughed. 81 get along very we'll with
all the girls, but am not attached"
he remarked.
When told of the attempt to mix up
the Marconi wireless reports of the
yacht races the inventor said: "It Is
dangerous proceeding. / shall con-
suit our lawyer about securing the
company from malicious interruption
Of its business and the attempted steal
ing of its messages"