The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-18
WIRELESS MUST
 BE CONTROLLED
Commission May Be Named for the Purpose of Devising # Proper Regulations.
 AMATEURS CAUSE TROUBLES
Wealth Seems Indispensable Requisite & for American Ambassador-State .M Patronage Disputes Are An F& moving the President.

A acknowledgements Rob- .erts of Massachusetts Is trying to fix upon method by which the present Troubles of, the wireless telegraph op- erators may be prevented MT. Rob erts suggests that the president be empowered to name board which snail include men of the government service and representatives of the fommercfal companies, and that this board shall proceed to make regula- lions for control of wireless telegraph operators and submit the regulations
 Trouble Caused by Amateurs.
 A great part of the trouble in the Transmission of wireless telegraph messages, even the messages of the nost vital importance, Is said in a re- ,ent word on the subject, ito be due b interruptions amateurs who insist on working their private stations at ul hours, regardless of the needs or he interests of endangered humanity. IS case in point, the Bremen, car wing the usual large passenger list, vas approaching the New England Joast during the short time last year that the Nantucket Shoals. lightship was out of commission. The steamer was calling to the lightship for infor- nation as to weather conditions and shocked and surprised to find that the . 'eckoning as computed by the ships lavigator was apparently in error. ,"lnformation, that was untrue also vas given regarding the weather con- ftions On reaching New York the
 latter was looked into and 1t was discovered that the lightship had been sunk week prior to the time that the messages were sent, and that the lnswer made to the Bremen was sent ,y irresponsible and experimenting 'nateurs. Had not the captain of the ? amship been over-conddent of his ocation he might have changed his ,ourse as result of the messages Ind wrecked his ship and lost It's hu nan freight"
 Ocean Steamers Also Blamed.
 Sometimes 1t is an ocean steamer That Is to be blamed for interference Yith wireless telegraph messages. Not
 ong ago schooner was ashore some @ iles out of New York harbor and the
 rev was in dire danger. An effort kHs made by wireless to locate the TIevenue cutters in New York, but be-
 ov1 of fhn of ,Ayperator on the ocean steamer Der
 audian, 1t was not possible to reach
 ie revenue cutters direct, and the uessages had. to be relayed causing a n lelay of several hours. Afterward it that the Bermudian merely biSished to report her location and the lgtperator could have waited a short ftdme just as we'll as not
 ouaThe great trouble ordinarily is hoaused by the use of high powered liDtat ons by amateurs and it seems
 lat there is no means of preventing an1e indiscriminate use of the wireless thyen if it interferes with necessitous walessages and sometimes puts human dofe in jeopardy. In every large city
 lere are many of these stations and rie is said that in the city of Boston me,D> there are 150 in operation.
 be- ~Ambassador Must Be Rich.
 President Taft probably puts il 'Aeoo1t one hour out of every 24 trying yo, determine on some man who has rtear qualifications to make a good am tn ri foir h< ateSso has money enough to allow hin cab "keep up" the position of the chic
 merican representative to the grea thTefgn power. ~..-.s. hild Ii is known to the president, oi Whourse. that there are many men ir spdnited States who would make ad
 lirable ones have little or no money he president said in speech recent
 isthat he thought it was little less
 lan a. shame that it was impossible 0pr any Americans except millionaires aR occupy the most important diplo s4 &ettc posts: .:s-..
 Some months ago Mir Taft offered T ne American embassy in Great Brit 'Ccosn to Dr. Charles w. Elliott, former i, ar; ;esident of Harvard college. a mar shal great learning and transcendant endality Dr. Elliott had to decline the d." st. He did not have money enough Ill. Hive up to the social station in, life od. hichi it seems necessary that oul pc. lief representative at the Court oi to :.James 7. ought to occupy. There are aA her reasons, however. in addition to
 lat of the lack. of wealth which pre- etosnted the Harvard scholar from ac -pting the presidents offer
 Salary eRldicuIousIy Inadequate.
 The pay of the ambassador to Great
 .Atain Is $17,500 a year, not quite
 ough money to pay his house rent
 case he attempts to do as his, pre-
 cessors have done in the way of en
 rtaining socially, and in the way oi - vfng America a proper building - presentation" in the British capital F lere are all sorts of social affairs / which the American ambassador tC
 Y, foreign country must take part
 5re than this, he is compelled by the
 tual circumstances of the case to dc
 great deal of entertaining. Other