Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-17
People to Benefit by Mar
coni's Wonderful
Invention.
PERFECTED IN 6 YEARS
First Day Devoted to Hand
ling Official Messages And
Press Dispatches.


conf wireless station here and at Cliff
den, ireland. was opened for trans
Atlantic service today. The first day
was occupied chiefly by the handling
of press dispatches. These consisted
sin great part of messages of congratu
latory nature.
The first message eastward was
from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier OF
the Dominion of Canada, who congral-
ulated the English people upon the
establishment of this new means of
communication. The first westward
was a press dispatch to New York
filed this morning.
London Newspapers Get Messages.
London, Oct. 17.-Several newspapers
today received dispatches from the
Marconi station at Glace Bay, n. S.
Many persons sent congratulatory mes
sages to Marconi.
History of Wireless Service.
Jan. 90, 1901, Mr.. Marconi estah-
lished wireless communication between
st. GATHERINGS on the Isle of Wight,
and The Lizard in Cornwall, a distance
of 1S3 miles, thus proving the principle
of the non-interference of the curvature
of the earth which had Deen anticipat-
ed by many scientific men who had in
vestigated the newly discovered prin-
ciple of wireless telegraphy. These re-
suits justified Mr.. MarcOni in recon-
mending the erection of a high power
station, with the object of telegraphing
wirelessly across the Atlantic. Such n
station was erected at Poldhu. in Corn
wall, and on December II, 1901 the first
clear and ineligible signals sent across
the Atlantic were received from Poldhu
at a temporary station located near St.
Johns. Newfoundland. In cOmmemora-
ton of this event an official compliment
tary luncheon was given Mr.. Marconi
by the then governor of Newfoundland,
Sir Cavendish Boyle.
Apparatus on Shipboard.
In July, August and September of
1902, Mr. Marconi, at the invitation of
the Italian government. made a cruise
in the warship Carlo Alberto and
during the voyage carried out impor-
tant tests in wireless telegraphy. Dur
ing these experiments messages trans.
mitted from Poldhu were received
across land and water % nearly as far
as Kronstadt in the Gulf of Finland
Russia, distance of 1,400 miles (2) at
Gibraltar across the whole of Spain
over distance of 1000 miles, and (3)
in the Mediterranean off the coast OF
Corsica, over a distance of 1000 miles
although the whole of France and par
of the Alps intervened between the two
stations. Messages in nearly all posi-
tions and places visited by the cruiser
were received either on Mr.. Marconf'
receiver, working a tape instrument, O.
by means of his magnetic receiver. The
reports on these tests were signed b!
Admiral Nirabello, the present head o
the Italian navy.
Placed mt His Disposal.
As a result of the success of thes,
tests, the Italian minister of marine, a
the request of the king of Italy, issue
orders that the Carlo Alberto" shoul
be placed at Mr.. Marconi's disposal fo
the purpose of assisting him in the es
tabishment of communication betwee
Canada and England On the Goth c
October 1902 the Carlo Alberto" LEI
Plymouth and sailed for Sydney, Nov
Scotia and messages were receive
from Poldhu throughout the voyage
Sydney, distance Of 2,50G miles.
After a few weeks preliminary wor
at the station, which had in pursuanc
of arrangements made between the Cal
adian government and Mr. Maroon
been erected at Glace bay, Cape Bretol
the following message was transmitte
on December 16, 1902 to the Londo
'"Times" by Dr. Parkin its special co
respondent.
"Times London:
Being present at transmission
Marconis Canadian station have hont
send through Times inventors fir
wireless transatlantic message of gree
ing to England and Italy.
(Signed) Parkin."
Others Also Sent.
Numerous other messages, aggrega
ing several thousand words were afte
wards sent from Cape Breton to En-
land.
Mr. Marconi then proceeded to
other high power station, which h;
been erected at Cape Cod in Massach