The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-12
"HElLOr" PARIS.
Uniting France and America by Wire
less Phone.

"Hello, Parisl This is New York"
To start conversation like this
across the universe seems like an
achievement beyond the dream of a
Jules Verne or the imaginative picture
of Bellamy Storer, yet in the busiest
city of the world, New York, such an
experiment will take place shortly,
with every assurance of success. On
this occasion, when science announces
its triumph to the world, society of the
nations will offer its congratulations in
a unique and unrivaled amer, and
will feature on its social calendar a
luncheon at which Frederick Townsend
Martin will preside, that for interest
and charm will make all past society
events seem commonplace, when the
first wireless luncheon will take place
in the salon of the Hotel Plaza.
While this luncheon is being served
voice will speak uniting two of the
greatest nations of history. 1t will be
the voice of Americas most prominent
society man reading message of Pres
ident Taft to President Fallieres of
France. 1t will be transmitted to Mrs.
Nora Blatch DeForest in the Metropol-
itan tower, the talented pioneer of her
sex in this field and foremost woman
civil engineer in the world, who will
receive this message from the Plaza and
send it over radio wireless telephone
at the rate of 1856, 900 miles second,
to fair daughter of France in the
Eiffel tower.
The salon will be decorated to re-
semble forest. Trees will be in full
bloom and birds singing from their
branches. Presiding at this table will
be Mr.. Frederick Townsend Martin
who will be the guest of the American
Wireless association of which DR.. De-
Forest is president. The guests will
be leading society people and scientific
men of note. Mons. Etienne Lianel,
consul general of France, representing
the French government and one of its
guests of honor, has said that if wire
less telephony is brought to state of
perfection it will become political
and diplomatic time saver.
The table will represent the Atlantic
ocean. At one end will be the Metro
politan tower, architecturally raised in
candy; at the other end will be the
Eiffel tower. On this miniature ocean
will be small ships of various nations
sailing back and forth. The shore
landings of both France and America
will be appropriately represented.
The menus will be small telephone
directories, and the dishes will be list.
ed as telephone numbers. The place
cards will be wireless messages sent
from the Ritz Carleton in France te
the guests assembled at the Plaza ir
America. These messages will be re
ceived through wireless table phones
permitting the guests at both tables tt
converse with each other, although
separated by half world.
The walters will be summoned b.
wireless telephone and at the end car
, riages will be called by this means
The favors will be small radio spark
less wireless telephone outfits of yer,
light weight and will be utilized by tn
guests in the ceremonies attending tn
luncheon and carried away to commem
crate the latest gigantic feat of mod
s ern science.
f 1t will take just one .fortieth of
S second for the message to travel acros
:. the Atlantic and about one seventh O
i second to 60 around the world. Fol
G lowing this, mutual toasts will b
j, given by the guests of this wireles
J. luncheon who will be separated by a
h ocean, yet able to converse as if fac
g to face.
a The value of this marvellous scier
h tific and mechanical feat, can hardly b
n estimated, and will stand among tn
first half dozen scientific wonders c
all time. Its effect upon the tranl
mission of commercial business will b
,s revolutionary, and will mean that "
.e can communicate with Europe at tn
IT cost now prevailing for a. domestic te
in egram.
IS The great station in the Metropol
IS tan tower is now being rushed to
It stage of completion. This will be al
i solutely the finest wireless station
10 the world. Its cost is not comparab
le to that of other equipments, as the st
sr tion comprises all sorts of experimen
ing apparatus. 1t is thought thi
$500, 600 would not cover the outlay
structure as high as the Metropolis
r tower had to be erected especially fl
- = tn work. AS long as the tower h,
- - already been constructed, the cost, ou
u :" side of the apparatus, will be negli
~ ible.
o. The workings of the radio wirele
. peone are wonderfully simple wh'
- the complex problems involved al
" overcome in its creation are consi
~ cred.
In telephoning, the operator tai
into the mouthpiece exactly as wi
the wire telephone and listens for
'e' reply through head phone instead
bs a receiver. In order to get into col
OF munication with wireless telepho
station, it becomes necessary to 6
'al the instrument to the known tune
IT, the other station and then press t
ng buzzer key which calls the person
le- the phone at the other end. The &C
to- versation is then carried on as if
two operators were face to face.
The mechanical principles up
which the radio wireless telephone