The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-04-29
NEW MILITARY INvRN.
TON PREVENTS LEAK.
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mo OF WAR sECRETs
New York--In the presence Of prom.
inent representatives Of the army aud
navy, distinguished scientists aud the
ebuntry's foremost inventors, a dem
onstrntion was given mere yesterday Of
an invention designed TO prevent Tor.
eieR spies fro mtapping government
wires and learning the secrets VI the
War, Navy aud state Departments. ei.
ther In times of peace or strife
The demonstration, which possessed
au added interest because Of the FIRE
qucnt Federation ~ future trouhle with
Japan aud the uncertain conditions
prevailing along the Mexican border,
was held under the joint auspices Of
the New York World aud the ". Louis
Post Dispatch.
For half aud hour messages we're cS
changed by the military men aud ,cicn
fists present IN the two newspaper Off
ces 1860 miles apart. In their iudg
ment, the invention solves one " the
most important military problems with
which an army Ia. had to contend ever
since the introduction Of the telegraph
~ an auxiliary ~ modern warfare.
The invention. il the work Of Patrick
- DELANEY. inventor Of the t%clcposi
automatic telegraph system, the multi
pleS the anti page relay aud other i'm
provements 20 the telegraph aud cable
II breaks up the dots and dashcs form
ing the letters NJ the telegraph cod.
sud required the use ~ two circuits.
ira,rr,iug widely separated trrutot,
tine went To ~. Louis hv way 1T rhila
delphia, Pittshurg. Columbus, Indiana
polls aud Terrr Haute and 'he otheI by
way Of Albany. Buffalo, Cleveland, To-
ledo aud Chicago.
The twu wires were cont rolled anJ
operated from an ordinary single mos.
hey aud The message wa received nvrr
q single sounder ~ the end II ~ Jour
nev in the same way ~ q r"suin, ,um
munication. Each alternative dot ut
dash Travelled over one wire and the
other dots aud ia~hc- over the other
Though the distance by way Of one
route was hundreds Of miles Longer than
hat OF the other. each impulse reached
the receiving instrument ~ IT, proper
sequence. By tapping either wire all
that the secret service agent ~ IN IN
ruv would have gotten from 1t would
have been o series ~ meaningless cab
hali,tirs Nf no value iu him. Parting
company ~ the sending kew the i've
parts NJ the mesSate separated by MANY
miles throughout their flight across,
c%ouutrv were only re- united at the ~
criy-r rendering the tapping q fcithcr
wire during the transit IT the m-,-ag
NJ ne use whatever.
The mechanical device 'ha' accom-
rlishe' this j. very simple" requires me-
special skill 10 operate. aud ran hr used
in any combination Of confidential mes
sages necessary, thus saving hours OF
valuable time in periods ~ urgency
chen minutes are vital to the succr,s
~ a movement, and will defy in the iu.
genuity Of a foe 20 extract from the
wires anything that can he made u
service or profit To IL. DELANEY presid
I'd ut the demonstration in IN. World
Ofire on this end. where IL wa witness.
81 hv Thoma. 4. Edison. Hudson Ma,
im. General \ /. Burlington, T.. :. A..
Major !. u Reehrr. L. : \, Chief
Signal service Officer of the Depart
men, Of the East. stationer here. nj
,isls from the Hrooklyn Navy Yard
aud signal officers OF the Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Seton Shredder. Commanding
nav IN pert.
IL the Post Dispatch ohic" ia ~.
Louis, were many army officer, from The
Jefferson Barrack, aud q number 81
prominent laymen,