Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-06-26


Ice and there came from this icy prs.
on the voices OF the men who had persisted there
years before.
Today the fancy of the novelist has become
fact of science The air is filled with messages
that may be heard by any one who has the simple
means that are requisite. The man who stands
In the noisy crowd of the city and the lonely sheep
herder on fenceless Australian prairie alike
surrounded by them, and 1t is possible for each
to be made conscious of their presence.
This Is the accomplishment of wireless The
system Of communication without the use of wires
to carry the electrical impulses has grown
Intimately into the worlds business that It takes
something out of the ordinary to bring realiza.
ton of what is being done and what the outlook
is Wireless was more than ten years old when
the ships Republic and Florida collided January
70. 1909, and the jumping spark under the com.
mand of the wireless operator instantly made
known that disaster to the world. The Republic
alone In the fog and dark, might have gone to
the bottom without news of the disaster being
known for days. 1t was two days after La Bour.
gogne sank before the story of the catastrophe
became known. But wireless operator, Jack
Binns, flashed the news from the Republic to
land and drew out of the dark half dozen rescu-
ing ships.
The story of Jack Bnns the first wireless hero
Of international fame, spread abroad, and the po-
sition of the new method of communication was
test and passed through 1t successfully
Another wireless call flashed out in the dark.
ness some weeks ago and sent a thrill around the
world This was the message from the crippled
sinking Titanic. 1t saved the lives of more than
700 human beings Harold S. Bride, assistant Mar
conf operator aboard the Titanic and Harold T.
Gotham, operator on the Carpathia-the one who
was instrumental In sending the message and the
other whose ship brought aid-have become
heroes. Before the investigating committee of the
senate the young operators have told their part
in the rescue of the passengers.
Gotham the Carpathia explained that he was
duty Sunday night and came off couple of
days later. He sat at his post all Sunday night
all day Monday and Monday night and during the
day Tuesday He caught few hours of sleep on
Tuesday or Wednesday night. Young Bride gave
his testimony sitting in an invads chair, for one
Of his feet had been frozen
Their action under the circumstances was one
of the things that Cardinal Farley referred to
when he said that one of the lessons which can
be drawn from the disaster was the assurance it
gave that men could be depended upon to play the
part of heroes in any emergency.
The movement to increase the scope Of wire
less service, which had already commenced before
the Titanic disaster has received a new impetus
and the dawn of the new era, which was predicted
long before the loss of the Titanic, has been ap-
probably fastened, experts say.
In England the government has entered into a
contract which will result in a system for connect.
ing every part of the British empire. Arrange
ments are already in progress and in due course
system will be started, it was said In parliament
which will extend from England to Cyprus, from
Cyprus to Alden from Alden to Ceylon, from Ceylon
to the Straits Settlements from the Straits Settle
nents to western Australia and from western Aus
tralia to New Zealand, forming series of six
stations the British domlnions on the other side
of the world Official Marconi publications say
that the agreement will be followed by others OF
a similar nature wkth other countries
An interesting part of the extension Of the wire
less is an arrangement with the Marcon com
many which will afford a transPacifc wireless
service for an American land telegraph company
This company has entered into a traffic arrange
ment with the Marconi company whereby 1t will
receive and deliver Marcongrams to and from Eu
rome The agreement provides for the extension
of the Marconi system from the Pacific coast o.
the United States to Hawaii China, Japan ant
the Philippines thus giving wireless trans-Pach'
service.
This agreement virtually gives the American
cononanv a large share of the wireless business
The English Marconi company is understood Il
no Manning long distance wireless apparatus TO
direct communication between New York and Lon
don and It is said that station near New Yorl
would permit messages to be sent to CUBA, rama
ma and South American countries.
Tho Arlington station will have three steel tow
orc arranged In the form of a triangle. Tn
aerial wires are to be strung from the taller towe
to the other two on either side of It, The instaila
+,on for transmitting wireless at this station WI
be duplicated at the others.
In picking out locations for these new station
many points have had to be considered. In mos
cases some sort of wireless equipment Is alreau
In operation at these stations and the advisablht