The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-20
United Wireless Company"
is the Latest in the Way Of
Trusts.
TO CONTROL BUSINESS A
ENGLAND, CANADA AID U. S.
capitalization viii be sso,doo0oo and
Abraham White win be First Presi.
dent-British and u. s. Governments
Will Look Into the Merits of the
New Company.
BY E. c. Snyder.

BY E. c. Snyder.
Washington. D. c.. Nov. 20.-An-
nouncement is made here OF the for
nation Of a combination to control
commercial wireless telegraphy, at
least so far as English speaking cour-
tries and interests are concerned. The
new combination will take in the
American DeForest Wireless tele-
graph company, and the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited.
of England. AS the American DeFor-
est company is the parent company of
the English DeForest company, and
the English Marconi company is the
parent company of the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph companies Of America
and Canada. the combination Of the
parent companies will bring all the
wireless companies now commercial.
ly operating in England, the DATED
States an5 Canada Under one control.
In addition the English Marconi COM
pany controls the Marconi companies
of Europe.
y. The new wireless trust will be
call46 the United Wireless Company.
dropping ms, names of all inventors,
and in addition to controlling the
Marconi patents. will control many
improvements which have been made
by other inventors. 1t is said new
system will be acquired which, in
al
tiplex wireless" Under this system
it is possible to send or receive from
one station simultaneously, as many
messages as there are operators. BY
this system six messages have been
received simultaneously at one re-
ceivlng station, being sent from six
different sending stations.
The plans for the copsolidation or
the Marconi and DeForsst COMPANIES
have been worked out at series Of
Conferences at White Park" West
End, New Jersey, the magnificent,
home of the late John T. Mccall, for
merly president of the New York Life
Insurance Company. Abraham White.
president Of the American DeF,orest
company. recently purchased the es-
tate, formerly known as Shadow
Lawn" and renamed 1t White Park"
Mr.. White. long a daring operator in
stocks. foresaw the possibilities in
Union and Southern Pacific stock and
In almost day cleared an amount es-
timated at from a half a million to
ten million dollars, in those stocks
alone. He never has given the exact
figures, but be paid approximately
half a million for White Park" and
had plenty left. He refused one mil
lion cash for his profits at the time
of the present rise in U. p. and South
.arn Pacific stocks.
After purchasing his new estate,
Mr.. White decided to devote part OF
his remaining profits to bringing about
a long cherished plan of consolidat-
ing the wireless telegraph ccmpan-
les. For several months he has been
entertaining at White Park house par
ties of distinguished American and
foreign scientists and capitalists, dur
ing which the plans for the combina-
tion were discussed. Last Sunday
Mr.. White announced to his guests
that the plans had been perfected and
a public announcement would soon be
made. The details of exchange Of
stocks. business, ETC., incidental to
the new combination OF interests are
being perfected by the attorneys and
brokers representing the various com
1Hn,
fully decided upon but 1t Is stated that
the stockholders in all concerns will
be fully protected. The United Tele-
graph company will be capitalized at
twenty million dollars and Mr.. Abra-
ham White will be the president Of the
trust. The list of other officials is
practically complete but will lot be
for few days. The new
combination assures the interchange
OF messages from all stations equipped
with the two systems. including the
chain of land stations in the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts and the interior
points, as we'll as from all the trans
Atlantic liners and coast trade YES
sells. all OF which use either the Mar
conf or the DeForest systems. AS
the English government employs the
Marconi system and the U. s. war
ships and naval stations have been
equipped almost solely by the DeFor-
est company. 1t is more than likely
the two governments will look into
the new combination. which will be
known as the wireless trust
r. NJ. Tuttle has severod h;a oou