Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-21
NEW ACHIEVEMENT
By EXPLORERS.
Those Gone 10 Arctic REGIONS
Are in Touch With
Civilization.
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.
May Communicate With tho World by
Means Of Wireless Tclcgraphy-Ex-
petition in Charge OF Wcllmap.

Special Correspondence.
Washington, April 16.--For the first
time in the history Of Arctic explora-
ton, the exploring party will be con-
stantly In touch with civilization from
the time Of departure until 1t returns
II It ever returns. The expedition in
question is the Wellman- Record Her
aid which is In charge of Walter Well
man. the veteran Washington corres-
pondent and he win keep in touch with
The world by means Of wireless teleg-
raphy Tho contract was signed In
New York last week In the presence
of a distinguished party and by 1t the
American DE Forest Wireless Tele-
graph company obigates Itself TO carry
to civilization the first message from
the north pole should Mr.. Wellman
succeed In reaching IL, The details of
the contract are interesting. AS Is well
known, Mr. Wellman has made sew
eral dashes toward the pole and be-
lieves the third will prove the charm.
lie proposes TO sail from Spitzberger
on an especially equipped steamer and
FrithJof
WILL TAKE AlRSHIP.
He carries with him what will be the
most perfect airship ever built, cigar
shaped balloon OF unusual capacity
and lifting power. The expedition will
also be equipped with automobile
sledges On the part of the De Forest
company, Mr.. Abraham White, its
president, agreed to supply wireless
telegraph equipment for the airship
and one for the steamer and to estab-
fish a station at Hammerfest, Norway,
which Is connected with the remainder
OF the world by cable, IL necessary
those stations Will be kept In opera
ton for three years pending Mr.. Well
mans success. The Frithjof will re-
main at Sptzberger so the messages
viii come from the airship To Spts-
bergen thence 10 Hammerfest and
from thence throughout the world.
While not specifically mentioned In
the contract, il may be said that the
De Forest company hopes to be able
TO handle the messages from the north
pole direct 10 Chicago by wireless tele-
graph alone Stations viii be erected
II the time permits which will carry
the message from Norway to ireland
ana the transmission of messages from
there to Coney Island has heen sue
cessfully tested The De Forest COM
pany has stations between New York
and Chicago which will be able To
transmit the messages by relays at
least II not direct. The only possible
hitch Is the shortness of the time allot-
Ted as the contract calls for the deliv-
cry OF the apparatus at Hammerfest,
Norway, by June 8. when the Well
man party sails for Spitzbergen.
SUCCESS Is PREDICTED
The stations VIII have De Forest
operators but Mr.. Welman will carry
his own operator on the airship, Mr..
NJ. j. Smith one OF the best I'm the
country. The work OF installation will
probably be entrusted TO the young De
Forest electrician who established the
United States station at Guantanamo
and who has recently invented a pock-
ct wireless instrument which can be
attached IN an umbrella. The sue
cess Of the United States naval sta
lions which are equipped with the De
Forest system, jUstihes the belief that
the north pole WORK will be equally
successful.
At Il little dinner NJ the Waldorf
Astoria given by President White TO
Mr.. Wellman I'm honor Of the event. the
explorer exhibited and explained the
plans and equipment OF the steamer
and alrshlp. In graceful speech he
stated that in choosing the De Forest
system he was actuated both by a de-
sire to give an American system the
honor Of transmitting intelligence from
'Furtherest North" and. he hoped from
the pole itself, and also that the
achievements OF this company guaran-
teed lie successful execution of the
north pole contract.