Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-18
GaPcoRI System is an Assured
SUCCESS AGCar|Rg 10 IhVeD-
tors Statement.
FIVE THOUSAND WORDS HANDLED
Company viii Be Ready for All Bust
ness in Short Time, 1t is Said
Station on the American Side 10.
Gated at Bleak Place on elaoe Bay.
Nova Scotia.
(By Associated Press,.

(By Associated Press)
GLACE BAY. y. S, Oct 1.-THE
Inauguration OF regular trans.At-
lantic wireless service was accomplish
ed by William Marconi and his nsso-
Gates today.
AIR. Marconi stated tonight that
more than 1900 words had been trans
mitted between the station mt Port
Morien, six miles from here and tho
Irish station.
Invitations to large number OF
guests We're issued for clock this
afternoon. but the world wide interest
in the undertaking brought Il Hood OF
messages in the early morning. and
the service was opened shortly after
daylight.
Among those present at the opening
of the new service were representa-
tives of Il score of British and Amer-
can newspapers. Il am entirely salts
fed with the result" said Mr. Marconi,
everything has, worked splendidly;
we are going TO operate a limited ser
vice for Il time, but have already handl-
cd from 1000 to 10000 words today
on account of 1t being Il special day
and a large number of congratulatory
land press messages having been ex-
lohanged between LonGOn and New
cial or private messages as rule to-
day. as we made II n sort of press day.
You cannot call II an inaugural or
opening. We have had our real open
ing two years ago when telegrams
We're passed by our system between
the President and the King. am in
deed pleased with the result"
The inventor expressed absolute con-
fidence In the triumph achieved in
Transatlantic telcgraphy.
Weather Makes No Difference.
The station is situated OH bleak
projection of the cape Breton coast
Immediately overlooking the ocean. a
high wind was blowing when the press
representatives arrived, but they We're
assured tnat the condition of the
weather made no difference in wireless
communication.
There are twentyfour pine masts
$50 feet high arranged in n circle of
5000 feet diameter. The masts are
wired and connected with the four low
er forming the center OF the circle.
The towers are wooden, 215 feet high
and surmounted by masts 80 feet in
heighth.
Among the messages transmitted to-
day was one from Sir Hiram Maxim
and telegram from the London Daily
Mail to President Roosevelt.
The principal advance, in long dis
lance sending. which Alarconi has
made in two years work Is described
as the perfectine of a receiver many
times more sensitive than the original
instrument Details have been kept
secret.
story of the Marconi invention.
1t was on January %. 1901.
that Mr.. Marcoui established
wireless communication between st.
GATHERINGS on the Isle of Wight
and The Lizard in Cornwall. n
distance of 1873 miles. thus proving
the principle of the non-interfe-ence
of the curvature of the earth which
had been anticipated by many scien-
tific men who had investigated the
newly discovered principle of wireless
iclegraphy These results iustiiiet
- & ~
erection of high power station. with
the object OF tclegraphing wirelessiV
across the Atlantic. Such station
was erected at Poldhu. IN Cornwall.
and on December u 1901 the first
clear and intelligible signals sem
across the Atlantic were received
| from Poldhu at n TEMPORARY station
| located near St Johns NeWionnd-
land In commemoration of this
event an official complimentary
luncheon was given Mr. Marconi Nv
the then governor OF Newfoundland.
Sir Cavendish Boyle.
In IIly, August. and September of
| 1902 NJ. Marconi, at the invitation
of the Italian Government. made a
cruise in the warship carlo AlSerto,
and during the voyage carried out
| important tests in wireless telegra-
nhy. During these experiments mes
sages transmitted from Poldhu We're
received across land and water O)
nearly as far as Kronstadt in the Gulf
Of Finland. Russia. a distance of l.
| 400 miles ~ ut Gilralter ac-oss tho
! whole of Spain. ovcr distance of
1000 miles. and (3l in the Neditei
ranean off the Coast of Corsica. over
| 2 distance of 1000 miles although the
whole of France and part of the Alps
| interviewed between the two stations
Messages in nearly all positions and
| places visited by the cruiser were e.
ceived either on Mr.. Marconis re