Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-05-08
NEW YORK TO PARIS BY WIRE
LESS PHONE.
Rapid Strides Of Science Outrivaling
the Dreams of Jules Verne.

"Hello, Parish This is New York ,"
To start a conversation like this
across the universe seems like an
achievement beyond the dream of
jules Verne OF the imaginative picture
of Bellamy Storer, yet in the bust
est city Of the world, New York, such
an experiment will take place shortly,
with every assurance Of success.
On this occasion, when science an
nounces its triumph to the world,
society of the nations will offer its
congratulations in unique and un-
rivaled manner, and will feature on its
social calendar a luncheon at which
Frederick Townsend Martin will pre-
side, 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 America g most prominent
sociey man reading message of
President Taft to President Fallieres
of France. 1t will be transmitted ia
Mrs. Nora Blatch DeForest in the
Metropolitan towner, the talented pic
most women civil engineer in the world
who will receive this message from the
Plaza and send it over radio wire
less telephone at the rate of $4,000
miles second, to fair daughter Of
France in the Eiffel tower.
The salon will be decorated to re
semble a forest. Trees will be in full
bloom and birds singing from thei'
branches. Presiding at this table will
be Mr.. Frederick Townsend Martin
who will be the guest of the American
Wireless Association, of which Mr.. De
Forest is president. The guests will b
leading society people and scientific mel
of note. Mons. Etienne Lanel, Consu
General of France, representing tn
French government, and one of tn
guests of honor, has said that if wire
less telephony is brought to a state o
perfection that it will become politi
cal and diplomatic time saver.
The table will represent the Atlanti
ocean. At one end will be the Metro
poltan tower, INTELLECTUALLY raised i
candy; at the other end will be tn
Eiffel tower. On this miniature ocea
will be small ships of various nation
The shore landings of both France an
America will be appropriately repr'
sented.
The menus will be small telephon
directories, and the dishes will be liste
as telephone numbers. The place card
will be wireless messages sent from til
Ritz Carleton in France to the guest
assembled at the Plaza in America
These messages will be received throug
radio wireless table phones permittin
the guests at both tables to convers
by half a world.
The walters will be summoned b
wireless telephone, and, at the end, ca
riages will be called by this mean
The favors will be small radio sparl
less, wireless telephone outfits of yer
light weight, and will be utilized by II
guests in the ceremonies attending I'll
luncheon and carried away to con
memorate the latest gigantic feat {
modern science.
1t will take just one-fortieth of
second for the message to travel aero
the Atlantic, and about one-seventh
a second to go around the world. Fo
lowing this, mutual toasts will be give
by the guests of this wireless luncheo
who will be separated by an ocean, y,
! able to converse as if face to face.
The value of this marvellous scient
fc mechanical feat can hardly be est
: mated, and will stand among the fir
! half a dozen scientific wonders of a
, time. Its effect upon the transmissic
of commercial business will be revol
. tIonary, and will mean that we can cor
municate with Europe at the cost no
! prevailing for a domestic telegram.
! The greatest station in the Metropol
tan tower is being rushed to a stag
1 of completion. This will be absolute
! the finest wireless station in the worl
;. It's cost is not comparable to 9th
equipments, as the station comprises 6
q sorts of experimenting apparatus.
9 is though that 100000 would not GOV
q the outlay if a structure as high as Il
a Metropolitan tower had to be erect'
especially for the work. AS long as t
J. tower has already been constructed. Z
r, cost, outside of the apparatus, will
d negligible.
0 The working of the radio wirele
f phone are wonderfully simple when t
e complex problems involved and Owe
It come in its ornation are considered.
, In telephoning, the operator tai
8 into the mouthpiece exactly as with t
IS wire telephone and listens for a rep
l. through a head phone instead of a
ceiver. In order to get into commune
tion with a wireless telephone static
If becomes necessary 70 oct tha instr