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BIG WIRELESS
MEET IS OPENED
rRIENNiAL INTERNATIONAL
RADlo.TELEGRAPh CONFER
ENCE IN LONDON.
DISCUSS TITANIC CASE
United States Is Represented for First
Time, Our Congress Having Rati.
fled the Agreement of Berlin
Subjects for Discussion.

London, June 4.-For the first time
In the history Of wireless communl'
cation the United States is represent
ed in the Triennial international
Radio.Telegraph conference, which
opened here today. In all the previous
conventions and conferences where
the nations of the world gathered
to formulate laws and frame regu-
lations for the transmission OF mes
sages through the air, the United
States was unrepresented, because OF
the power of the United Wireless COM
pany and other like corporations IN
America to prevent congress from rat
flying the Berlin conference OF 1906,
wherein the European nations pledged
themselves to send delegates to a
wireless conference. to be held every
three years. But congress, in March
last, ratified the Berlin conference,
and accordingly II representatives OF
the United States appeared at the
present conference.
Because of the Titanic disaster,
wherein the wireless played a most
prominent and important part, this
meeting of the international confer
ence is expected to be the most i'm.
portant ever held.
Among the subjects to be discussed
during the coming two weeks are;
International distress signals; con.
duct of operators in case of danger;
Redistribution of signals for interna'
tional craft Gncluding an entire re.
districting of the United States YES.
sels), and an appeal to the nations OF
the world to legislate against anna.
teurs being allowed to break into
messages and use the air during times
of danger or great stress OF business.
The American delegates have ex.
pressed themselves as being particu.
larly interested in questions arising
from the use of wireless in the navy
and the adoption Of an international
code which will do away with the fire.
quent confusion now arising because
of the use of several codes by opera
tors in various parts of the world.
The Importance of one code for i'm.
portant business, say the majority OF
the delegates, cannot be overest1'
mated, and it is certain that the pres.
ent conference will bend great part
Of its energies in this direction.
An effort will also be made by the
American delegates to bring the next
meeting of the conference-in 1915
to the United States. This will meet
with great deal of opposition from
the European countries.
The American delegates are: From
the navy department, Rear Admiral
John R. Edwards, U. S. NJ. chairman
of the delegation. and one of the fore.
most authorities on autobiography In
the United States; Lieutenant Com.
mander David w. Todd, expert of the
navy department on all matters re.
lating to the transmission and recep.
ton of aerograms, and DR.. Louis w.
Austin, Phi. D.. physicist in charge OF
the radie-experimentation under the
navy department.
For the department Of commerce
and labor: John I. Waterbury OF
New York city, who was delegate
TO the convention of Berlin in 1906;
DR.. Arthur G. Webster, professor OF
physics, Clark university, Worcester
Mass; John Hays Hammond, Jr., Of
New York city, graduate Of Yale
scientific school and conductor OF
many successful scientific expert.
ments in wireless telegraphy during
the past few years. and William D.
Terrell chief wireless inspector OF
the department of commerce and L.
Dor in New York city.
For the war department; Maj
George G. Squier, Maj. Edgar Russell,
Maj. Charles Nick. Saltzman all OF
the signal corps.
For the department Of agriculture:
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief Of the
United States weather bureau.