The San Francisco call., 1908-10-12
Long Messages Exchanged Be-
tween Operators on Russian
Hill and Oahu Island
AerOgrams Are Flashed zoos
Miles and Establish Trans
Pacific Record
Belief Expressed that Honolulu
and Manila viii Soon Be
In Communication

An indisdnct clicking - then a
lumble Of Morse telegraphic dots and
Sashes-au in an unfamiliar tone
and finally, slowly and clearly, the
letters aloha came, telling Law
renee Malarin,, night wireless oper-
stor on Russian hill, at i:2o o'clock
yesterday morning that San Fran
cisco and Hawaii were joined in wire
less telegraphic communication.
Congratulstory messages followed,
and for more than an hour and a
half San Francisco spoke with Ku-
huku. bleak little station on the eS
treme southern shore of the island of
Oahu, upon whicE is also located Hon
olulu- It meant that a mysterious cleo
trical force was waiting across the Pa
clhc. for the first time in the history
Of wireless telegraphy on this coast,
intelligent messages, covering a dis
tance Of 2,0eS miles. At the same time
the operator in the Hawaiian islands
picked up messages from Bering sea
And the operator at kuhuku. Arthur A
Isbell. was sending the messages on
half power only. Malarin was aston
ished when he learned this. and he af-
terward expressed the opinion that
Hawan and Manila would soon be
joined In wireless communication and
that more wonderful feat would be
accomplished-the establishment OF
trans Pacific wireless communication.
A few months go the station az
kmnlLrr kr~r 49,.
was not in place until late Saturday
l. Then il was that Isbell. anxious
y establish the new record, began
flashing out his Hawaiian greetings.
He sent them out in all directions.
hopeful that some one would pick them
up and give him that satisfaction he
desired
Malarin in his lonely Office on Rus
sian hil was attending TO the usual
nightly messages that go up and down
the coast, when the jumbled sounds
tempted him TO drop the routine work
he listened and was about to give up
believing that some young experiment
er about the bay was 'butting in"
but Aloha the Hawaiian word Of
welcome-impresse him as strange
He listened on and was rewarded with
more greetings. and he FASTENED to
reply IN this wise:
O. h Isbeil Hu rs a. N.
Hawaiian Wireless Company: Congrat lstiOas.
UNITED WIRELESS COMPANY
Then there came back in the same
clear tone:
Hu Isben Cx Db IS a m Hu II
United Wireless Company, Pn San Francisco:
Thanks Same 10 you. ISBELI-.
Anxious TO spread the good news,
Isben communicated with Balch, an
operator on Barbers point. an inter
island station ia the territory. giving
him all the details with boyIike eager
ness. Malsrin continued to listen and
he distinctly heard the message flashed
by lsbel to Balch as follows.
8u Isben Cx las a. m
Balch, BARRIERS point Just exchanged mes
ssges with Phi, san Francisco. He SAYS 1 come
good 10 him. he came loud 10 me. Also heard
steamer Victoria. IN the Behring calling
cruiser Colorado. lie came loud Nothing from
Press and get message from Associated Press,
San Francisco. J viii be on watch some time
yet-prohably till ?. ISBEII..
without losing minute Isbell
picked up San Francisco again and ex-
planned that a sleepy Jap in charge
was unreliable and that # would be
necessary TO adjust the engine gov
ernOr. This message read:
san Francisco: Good for YOU old man. Ny
giDe governor is ouf of adjustment. Have 4
. a. the switchboard 10 regulate voltage. He
y gees TO sleep all the time. I living right
ii 2 funch Of zoo Japs. Say. San Francisco
uhy not call up the Associated Press and get
2 bunch Of news FOR the Hawaiian papers for
Sunday Make people ST up and take notice
Am using only nalf power and small serial TO
send on. but receiving on big one. Please give
time 10 adjust receiver before saving any
thing. Call few times like this: Pm. Ph. Hu,