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New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
COLLINS WIRELESS
SIMPLICITY OF WORKING.
Telephone Transmitting the FIRST
Long Distance Message.

The wonders OF modern invention and science
must seem little short of miraculous TO the men
and women who look back generation or Two
car but each is tangible easily explained utility
working on the ground under ones eye The sclen-
tdc wizard and inventive genius Of the present
day however, has a soaring ambition. and the
theatre of his activities is IN the air. The balloon
is already dirfgbIe; the kite has progressed INTO
an aeroplane which may solve the problems Oh
aerial transportation The United States Treasury
I1epartrnent is indeed already considering the pos
sibfty of aerial smugglers. But one can look up
and see the balloon and the arshtp and can COM
prebend the mechanism Of the latter.
It Is the intangible achievement that stirs the
skeptic to the depths of his critical boots and OF
these one Of the most marvellous is the wireless
telephone which Mr.. Collins, the American expert
In all things wireless. has developed from scien-
tffc theory and hope into demonstrated fact and
utility
Mr. Collins has committed a scientific paradox
so TO speak He has transformed the Intangible
into the tangible He has endowed etherlc waves
with all the steadiness and reliability or wires ana
poles as a transmitting medium, the tntanslole
message coming with greater clearness than the
tangible one.
The public no longer doubts but that electric I'M
pulses can be sent through the air without the use
of wires as a transmitting agent 1t may not hno"
lust how it is done. even after reading the teen
ncal descriptions. but wireless teegraphy has per
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and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward W Foster are late ar
rivals.
The cottage colony at the Profile House has not
been idle and the going set have been busy on
the links. The Misses Fanny and Hanna Osgood
Of HopedaIe. Mass. have arrived
Mrs r H p Durkee. Of New York VINO Is
sren3irg the summer at the Profile gave on Tues
dav her weekly bridge party, which was followed
nv = supper in one OF the private parlors. Mrs
2 = Gorbam and Mrs William Move, OF New
York. are giving a bridge party on Friday even
ing ana Mrs. George Roe lockwood WlIi also Df
or4 OF The bridge hostesses OF the week
Robert and Alfred Batcheer, Of New York, gave
2 luncheon al the Golf Club Saturday entertain
ing twenty-eieht OF their friends. This afternoon
Mrs Arthur Butler Twombly, Of New York, Is
giving q at the Golf Club.
Ar 2 putting contest at the Profile golf links last
week DR. George Roe Lockwood won first prize and
Alfred Batcheller second. There VIII be a putting
match at the golf links every Saturday afternoon
At jefferson the Waumbek has been gay, with
golf the reiguIng sport. There is weekly handl-
cap tournament to say nothing Of the many four
sorfes three ball matches and putting contests that
give all the members OF the club an opportunity
10 show their uettle
Dr. and Mrs Frederick Peterson, Miss Peterson
ana Mrs George Bender came from New York
over the Ideal Tour In their automobile.
The. Rev Dr. C. II. Mcclellan and Mrs McClel-
Ian. Of Lakewood. y. J., who have for many years
made the waulnbek their summer home. again
there.
Mrs William steinway. OF New York. is receiv-
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WATCH HILL.

Watch Hill, r. l. Aug San afternoon musical
for the benefit Of the local Improvement Society,
last Tuesday, at the Ocean House, proved to be
the seasons most important social event to date.
A large audience, including nearly all the promi-
nent cottagers and hotel patrons, gathered in the
ballroom and parIor and listened to the pro-
gramme rendered by Miss Mabelle Hanlyn Mac
Conne soprano; William G. Hammond composer
and pianist, and Charles F. Hammond, barytone-
Half Of the programme was devoted to songs COM
posed by William G. Hammond. which have be-
come favorites here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thacher. OF New York.
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs Perry Williams
at Intermere. Mr.. Thacher is cottage owner at
Watch Hill, but is occupying his place this
year.
bridge and tea were given at the Golf Club on
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. George w Guthrie.
of Pittsburg. who is spending the season at the
Ocean House.
The weeks registration at the Golf Club is as
follows: Percy Weeks and R. S. Perrepont, Of
New York; W. C. FELTON,. Of Boston: W Austin
s. Briggs Charles ". Briggs, r E. Briggs and
l. Briggs, Of Norwich. Conn: G. H Parr. l. K
stenglieff and Mr.. and Mrs. l. C. Raker, OF Balti-
more; J. E StudIey, J. Woods Myer and G. {.
CARPENTER of Providence; F. C. Stephenson, tr
of Ptttsburg; ]. Williamson. I'd, of Philadelphia
James Blair and Theodore s. Fuller, OF Scranton
Penn; Anna E Crafts. OF Holyoke. and H T. Pear
body, of Hartford. Conn.
Miss May KimbaIl, OF Boston, arrived last
week at the Ocean House for q visit with her
sister Mrs. H F. English
George Hirst the young pianist Of Providence
IN whom so many Watch Hill people took an IN
terest last year and for whom q successful musi-
I 7vas given has been hard at study in Leipstc
Mrs G. r Parsons, who is interested IN the
young musicians career. is much pleased at his
progress.
Carl Marwig Of New York, is spending the
summer with his wife and sister at the Atlan'lc
House The patrons OF the hotel were treated
70 an exhibition of graceful dancing last Satur-
dav evening, when the professor and Mrs Mar
wig danced the Merry Widow" waltz IN real
Viennese style
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r1itted communication between TOO many persons
and places where communication was hitherto I'M
possible require defender
But the shortcomings Of the telegram itself,
saws MI Collins, whether wired or wireless, pre-
vent it from ever becoming cheap popular
medium of communication Entirely independent
of the heavy outlay required for poles wires, sta
tions. ETC. the telegram requires expert operators
TO translate English language into the Morse or
International code and TO retranslate the dots and
dashes back again into English in the message. as
received. This cumbersome method not only takes
time but it cannot be used by the public without
expert assistance. The wire telephone. for this
reason filed and fills this desire OF people TO
talk rather than write or telegraph to each other.
and thus the wireless telephone will logically come
TO be every one's preference means OF short
long distance communication.
METHOD OF TRANSMITTING
In operation the sending Of long distance wire
less telephone is simplicity itself. The cnsntting
apparatus is four phosphor bronze wires. and the
energy is the ordinary electric current OF the
increased by a compact. high power generator
This powerful current is then impressed the
wires with Collins's oscillation arc and becomes
an initial energy OF tremendous frequency and
high potentiaIity which alone has the power Of
transmitting articulate speech over long distances
without wires. Too much stress cannot be laid
upon the Importance Of the oscillation arc any
practical system of wireless telephony
Mr. Collins talks confidently the future OF wire
less telephony ana from the record made the
company that is operating all OF his patents IL
would appear that wireless telephony has come TO
stay.
Speaking Of the interest the American people
have shown in the achievement Carlisle y. Greig.
treasurer OF the Collins Wireless Telephone Com
pany. points the fact that there difficulty
in obtaining capital to finance che undertaking.
The company has made splendid showing"
said Mr.. Greig, yesterday, 'fn the short time It
has been engaged in this work. Temporary install
Iations for demonstration purposes have been made
in various parts of the country notably in New
ark New York, Philadelphia Pittsburg and Los
Angeles and requests for sets been received
from all over the country ard from representatives
or foreign governments
The raising Of the preliminary capital necessary
to make successful demonstrations OF the first sys-
TEN of long distance wireless telephony not
attended with any OF the usual difficulties common
to the introduction of revolutionary inventions
The few investors approached knew all about the
telephone and the enormous fortunes that had been
made by its pioneer owners each 800 originally
invested having returned, 1t is stated. than
500 600 in dividends and bonuses to the courageous
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
The Lid Dozgn-Other attractions
Make LiUeIy Week.

u-.+o,. Strings n Y Aug s.LThis week has
been the Iiveliest of the season, although the Id
was shut down tight and the lights in the gambling
clubs were turned out Fortunately there are other
ar1usements within the pale OF the law among
them polo, Games began Wednesday at the
usual time Immediately following the races. -Four
games Will be played with three teams entered
Three clubs will be representative Meadow Brook
bv F Ambrose Clark, Frank Pickering and j. Wat
son Webb; Southampton by David Dows Morgan
Belmont and Walter l.. Goodwin. and Saratoga by
F s Won Stade Raymond Belmont and August
Belmont jr. They will play for the Grand Union
Hotel and the United States Hotel cups.
The Saratoga Athletic Club gave its first enter
tatnrnent and stag Thursday night at the Con-
vention Hall The principal attraction was bout
between .Bilr' Hurley Glens Falls favorite. and
Harry Mansfield of England. who comes here with
a first class reputation.
Next week Chauncey Olcott will open his theatri-
cal season here with his play. Ragged Robin
by Ryder Johnson and Mrs Chauncey Olcott. Mr..
Olcott has composed some new songs. Mr.. Olcott
will also be heard at the Dominican fete TO be held
in the convent grounds on the 18th.
The Home of the Good Shepherd lawn party was
postponed from Wednesday until Thursday on ac-
count of the severe shower on Wednesday. This is
an annual August event which attracts Saratoga
summer society
Card parties both public and private are quite
as much the rage this summer during the cooler
weather Five hundred dollars realized at
Mrs Julius Hart's bridge party, which goes toward
the Gordinnter fund.
delightful evening spent at the Huests
when Mrs Joseph O'Brien of No. 159 East sd
street New York City the hostess. Euchre
was the game, and several prizes were awarded
Mrs Walter II. Hanson gave the first OF a series
of card parties her home in Clinton street.
Bridge and hearts were played
Contrary to precedent there has been little dane
ing in Saratoga this summer so that the hop at
the Everett House especially enjoyable
delightful evening spent by the younger
set when Miss Gertrude Hodgman the hostess
at a WiltonvilIe dance.
The Rev Herrick Johnson. OF Chicago. is again
in Saratoga
Hospital tag day successful and gala oc-
oason, with its thousands OF red tags and hun
dreds OF pretty girls in white. The hospital mana
gers are gratfed with the $500 netted on that day
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tafned from the tventy-hfth floor OF the singer
Building in this city Mr. CoIins's shop IN NeE-
ark The test was successful and marked tns oe-
ginning OF the era OF wireless telephony IL was
a long stride toward placing wireless telephony On
a solid commercial basis.
As early as 1870 Grove maintained an arc Egnr n
hydrogen. In 1879 De Ia Rue and Hugo Muier'
while experimenting on the discharge IN vacuum
tubes utilized an arc burning n hydrogen Coiiins
In 1892 applied for the first time the Oscillation
arc to telephoning without wires. and afteT"arc
evolved his speaking light system The secret
Of Collins wireless Is his oscillation arc Ins
he produced IN 1905 between TWO rotating eiee-
trodes. In 1893 Poulsen combined the CIrove-DuH-
deli experiments and obtained stronger oscllia-
tion than the latter had been able 20 set up N
1888 Firth and Rodgers ascertained that the cur
rent flowing through Kissing arc was osciilatory
the oscilatory current amounting IN one case %
3 per cent Of the continuous current Duddeii ana
Marchent followed out the line Of investigation
and subsequently supplied much additional inroE-
nation.
Treatise No. IS. one OF the publications OF the
Collins Wireless Telephone Company, No - CIln-
ton street. Newark is OF the most interesting
stories OF wireless telephony Obtanable II treats
the subject so that the lay mind may understand
it completely. The company would be pleased %
send this treatise to any person requesting Il
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09

ing the sympathy OF friends account OF the
sudden death of her sister, Miss Kreischer, VINO
died on Monday at Mrs Steinways summer home
at Jefferson after one days illness.
DR. and Mrs John II. Eden, OF New York, and
friends. who touring New Hampshire IN an au-
tornobile have been making the Waumbek their
headquarters of late.
Nj and Mrs. James T. Powers, of New York
arrived this week the Waumbek. and Mrs. Pow
viii remain all the season.
The MapleWood has been very gay, and the full
dress ball in the Casino Thursday evening
brought together large company of society people
from New York and other cities More than five
hundred persons thronged the Casino. Mrs Cabot
Morse who is spending the season at the Maple
wood, Is active in arranging entertainment for
the benefit Of the Littleton Hospital. charity in
which all the large White Mountain hotels are In
terested. It viii be given August r.
Mrs Wen will give the Mapiewood next week
a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Candida in
aid of the Boston Floating Hospital.
Miss Meehan gave Saturday at the Maplewood
original dramatization of Laura Z. Richards's
Captain January"
On Monday there golf tournament at the
sixteen qualify the match play. In the after
was unusually well attended. Many children came
Up from the Bethlehem hotels for the affair
In Tuesdays match play. Van Loan and Meehan,
of New York tied at the eighteenth hole, and the
golf match on Wednesday with the Pine Tree Golf
Club, OF St. Johnsbury. Vt. was exciting. with a
victory for Maplewood Maplewood was defeated
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
A Dearfh Of "Trippers. ="
but Hundreds of Sea-
son Guests.

BRETON woods. y H Aug S--The first week
et August brought as usual, hundreds of new ar
rivals into the mountains. most OF "nom are sea
SCI guests There seems this year 10 be a oeart1
q EXCURSION travellers but IN their places are large
numbers Of tourists travelling IN motor cars and
tie regular season patrons
Ms 0sbo-ue-FIar-ls OF the Murray Hi Hotel
New York. is spending the summer at the CTa-'-
ford.
Tennis plavers a the various hotels have centred
their interest II the third annual tournament al
TIE Crawford House which opened on Monday
with singles and doubles and over fifty entries A
parry cf twenty players came from the tournament
e Lorgw0o6 Mass, ant every large motel ID tlie
ra9ur-at-s was reprezeuted Ser1p Russ Of San
Antonio Tex VIII play the winner for the pos
session e the Crawford House challenge cup
which hts victory Of last year entities him 10 hold
uuCl = IS Erested from him On "Wednesday even
ing & masquerade bah was given IN EoHoT OF l1s
many Young people visiting the hotel ana over one
hundred dancers IN fancy dress were IN The grand
march
Mrs Pa1tp p Reese. 5r-. of New York and Mrs
Thomas A W-heIan are. with Miss Edith WhelaI'
spending the season al the Crawford House
TIE season al Breton Woods is beating al rec
o-5s and TIE Mount Washington and Mount Pleas
are filed. M and 5rs. Henry IL FlaSier and
Dr. Herman. OF New York have arrived. and MI
and Mrs Henry 4 Rogers came OF Tuesday WIN
Ar. and Mrs A A. CoUles Cor the season BITS
JoserE srckney viii spend September at the Mount
NasLlDerou Hotel and hsr arrival Wi-i give q 17-
eded impetus 70 social life here
Over a hundred golfers play over the Breton
Woods links daily. and among them are some
prominent New Workers i l. the thing ior ire
Enlsrl women who have cGue 10 the Mount " ASH
iagcoa from the seasuore u take their caiiy c-P
IN tf= big swimming pool Whiie some 80 down
ss early as a. m others 90 IL tor a SWIM Jusl
before the dinner hoLr. saying that dip al li'at
tine after The days pleasures puts one In siei1iu
tHl for ire evening ara gives an appetite i9f oll-
ner vel
One of The 1nost attractive women al l>Iet'o.-
Woods this week has been Nrs. J. Alien LoWiiseAd'
q Irrtag--r who with her husband and the Misses
Townsend and Edwin Townsend. stayed al
the Profile House. Mrs A ". Church, OF New
YORK, Is another young Ina1ron whose wardrobe Is
The elvv or z0zre cf Iler sisters, and Mrs ROD
eFr L Major Of New York who IS here with Mr-
and 3irs. John Jursansen and Miss JursenseT IS
slso wearing some noticeably handsome zoFlls
Some of the late arrivals 10 join the solAng set
a the Mount Washington have been i. ii BoseFi'
O IiacEensscz. \. J., /. Morgan. Of New York; "
v Gufiey. Of Chicago and LOUIS A. Hamilton, Of
New York
Ar ana Mrs r P Worran. Of New York, have
--FaFeo for long stay al the Mount Washington
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kebo Valley Club and tournament n women
singles at the Swimming Club In the former lIe
finals Wednesday between Pennington pearson
Of New York. former Harvard player. and Ha-
JiTne Kawasaki, Of Philadelphia, a student at the
University of Pennsylvania, brought out Dig sai-
lery. Monday afternoon the first putting coIlpe-
tftion held st Kebo, with Waldron Bates ana
Miss Biddle winning first prize and Lewis A hliey
and Miss Catherine Anory taking second place
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs Johh .
Kennedy. OF New York entertained at kenarden
Lodge, their country estate on the Shore Fatn'
with one OF the biggest receptions of the sum
mer Society in general was present The reception
was held in the handsome Italian garden
Saturday afternoon came the second IN the series
OF concerts at the Building of Arts, with Herbert
Witherspoon and the Adamowski Trio as artists
It was attended by large and representative
audience The next is to be on Saturday. Au-
gust z.
On Thursday came the first annual flower show
at the Building of Arts The various greenhouses
made a splendid showing, and the rivalry among
the estates was keen at the horse snow
The exhibit brought out some handsome specimens
and the show was g success in every way, bidding
fair TO become annual event The committee IN
charge was composed Of Louis B. McCagg, chair
man: ]. Tilton Bowen. Mrs. John Harrison. Mrs
John c. Livingston, Miss Mary s. Coles George B.
Dorr, John / Kane and c. Morton Smith
The annual entertainment for the benefit OF the
Bar Harbor Hospital is to take place at the casino
on Thursday evening. August b. considerably ear
lier than usual this year. II is to be under the
management OF J. Tilton Bowen. and some OF
the best amateur talent in Bar Harbor is TO take
part. On Wednesday preceding comes the fair
given by the girls Of the summer colony for the
same object which is to be held the grounds OF
Mrs A. Bleecker Banks.
Dinners and Iuncheons have been given almost
by wholesale. Among tie larger entertainers OF
the week have been Mr.. and Mrs Dave Hennen
Morris who entertained at dinner on THURSDAY
evening at their cottage in honor OF their guest
Miss Morris; Miss Gurnee, of New York, who en-
tertained at luncheon Saturday at her cottage
Mr and Mrs. L. E Firth. Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
Barnweu and Mrs. r. Hall Mccormick. who en-
tertained at dinner at the Swimming Club on Sat
urday evening prior to the hop; Mrs s. L. Shober
who entertained at luncheon at her cottage on
Saturday; Mr.. and Mrs. s. Megargee Wright who
entertained at dinner at their cottage on Tuesday
and Mr. and Mrs Charles B. Wright who enter
tanned sxty-one guests at dinner before the Nal
verp hop Wednesday.
Mt and Mrs. S. Megargee Wright have issued
cards for a large dance for their daughter, Miss
Margaret Wright. recent debutante, which is to
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
LAKE GEORGE.
Plans for annual Regatta Catholic
Total abstinence Union Camp.

Lake George. N Y Aug s--The first week OF
August sees every Lake George hotel and boarding
house crowded never before Managers are
resorttng to every means to accommodate new ar
rivals. putting them In nearby farInhouses
and in tents. Everybody is looking forward 10 the
annual regatta which will be held at Hague on
August -. Three races are scheduled for high
power motor boats. The first race is for a cup
offered by Herman Broesel. OF Brooklyn The
second is for a trophy offered by Commodore Har-
rtson B. Moore. OF New York The third is fOr a
cup offered by Colonel W D Mann
The first ride saddle horses from the Saga
more Hotel was taken last Friday. under the
guidance OF T. Edmund Krumbholz. 70 Sherman
Pond q pretty mountain lake about fifteen miles
from the hotel Included the party were thu
Misses Louise Tate Linda Browning Helen SImp-
son. Clara krumbhoz. Ada Refs. the Messrs. ArEni-
stead and J. B. Simpson. George c. Refs 5. Shep-
pard knight. Ernest Ruegg. Theodore Lewis. A.
bert De Silver. Henry Hartwfch and l. II. Norton
Several automobile parties from the hotel met the
riders at the lake with refreshments and basket
picnic enjoyed
President Loree and Manager Sims OF the Della
& Hudson Railroad Company who arc at the
Fort William Henry Hotel. were the guests OF ex-
Congressman l. w Emerson at Warrensburg last
week.
Alfred Stieglitz the well known amateur pho
tOgrapher. IS spending the summer at Oak Lawn.
the summer home OF his father. Edward Stleglitz.
Lake George village
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF Iuzerna
County, Penn. under the command OF Colonel
Murphy. and numbering more than three hundred
men. Is encamped on the old Lake George battle
field. at the foot OF Prospect Mountain. Military
discipline is maintained The camp attracts many
visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T Dutton and Miss Dutton.
OF New York are az the Sagamore. and Miss ol1vs
a. Jones. OF New York. is at the Uncas-
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men who first showed their faith in Bell and his
telephone Mr.. Collins had such difficulties. The
telephone itself being firmly established in popular
favor. the approached by Mr. Collins were
naturally ready TO invest il a form OF telephone
that dispensed with the capital required by Bell
for pole and wire installation and that did not
require the expensive stations expert operators
Of wireless teIegraphy. When these investors were
once assured that Colns's long distance wireless
telephone was scientific possibility the necessary
preliminary capital quickly forthcoming the
usual five years work condensed into one year
and the company able 10 go ahead with
out hndrance or delay
TEST SURPRISES WORLD.
The recent tests made OF the Collins wireless
telephone created surprise throughout tho entire
world. A long distance conversation was main
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09

be given at the Pot and Kettle on Tuesday. Au-
gust IS
An arrival OF prominence is Winston Churchill.
the novelist, who will spend a portion Of August
at the st. Sauveur. On Saturday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Putnam, OF New York. are TO give a
large dinner in his honor. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Schiff. of New York. were among Tuesdays ar
rivals and will occupy the Barney cottage. Ban-y-
Bryn. during the summer months.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
MANY NEW ARRIVALS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

at baseball at Breton Woods on Wednesday after
noon One of the most interesting events OF the
oal, 4s = tennis match this afternoon between the
MapIewood and Forest Hill teams Breton Woods
will send its ball team 10 Maplewood for a return
game and the St Johnsbury golf team will meet
the Maplewood team in return match at ST.
Johnsbury.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
BAR HARBOR.
Many Dinners and Luncheons Ten
ms Tournament and FIozcer SRo1o.

Bar Harbor, Me. Aug. 8-The week at Bar Har-
bor has been one Of activity IN every way. Tennis
has held the boards for the most part, exciting
tournament IN mems singles taking place at the