Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-14


ice and there from this icy pris-
the voices of the men who had persisted there
gears before
Today the fancy of the novelist has become
II fact Of science. The air is filled with messages
s 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 are alike
surrounded by them, and it is possible for each
10 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 so
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
u.s. Wireless was more than ten years old when
the ships Republic and Florida collided January
23, 1909, and the jumping spark under the COM
iInand of the wireless operator instantly made
.&nown 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. It two days after La Bour-
gogne sank before the story of the catastrophe
became known. But a wireless operator, Jack
Binns, flashed the news from the Republic to
Hand and drew out of the dark half a dozen rescu-
Ing ships.
The story of Jack Binns the first wireless hero
eof International fame, spread abroad and the po-
sition of the method of communication was
assured Wireless had been put to it's first great
test and passed through it successfully
Another wireless call flashed out in the dark
some weeks ago and sent thrill around the
world This was the message from the crippled,
sinking Titanic 1t saved the lives of more than
200 human beings. Harold S. Bride assistant Mar
conf operator aboard the Titanic, and Harold r.
Cottam, 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
An the rescue of the passengers.
Gotham on the Carpathia explained that he was
on duty Sunday night and came off couple Of
days later He sat at his post all Sunday night,
add 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 invad's 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 of the lessons which can
Fbe drawn from the disaster 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-
preciably fastened experts say.
In ENGLAND the government has entered into a
contract which will result in system for connect
AnS every part or the BrltlSn eLple. AIIauSS-
uents are already in progress and In due course
Sassystem will be started it 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
Ynents to western Australia and from western Aus
fraHa to New Zealand forming series OF SIX
stations the British dominions on the other side
Of the world. Official Marconi publications say
that the agreement will be followed by others OF
81 similar nature with other countries
An interesting part of the extension OF the Wire
less is an arrangement with the Marconi COM
many which will afford trans-Paclhc wireless
service for an American land telegraph company,
This company has entered into a traffic arrange
-E1ent with the Marconi company whereby IL VIII
receive and deliver Marconigrams to and from Eu-
rope. The agreement provides for the extension
ri the Marconi system from the Pacific coast or
the United States to Hawaii, China, Japan ana
the Philippines thus giving wireless trans-Paclnc
service.
This agreement virtually gives the American
company a large share of the wireless business.
The English Marconi company is understood 10
be planning long distance wireless apparatus TOT
direct communication between New YORK ana Lon
don, and 1t is said that station near New YORK
would permit messages to be sent 10 CuDa' rama
ma and South American countries
The Arlington station will have three steel Tow
ers arranged In the form of triangle Inc
aerial wires are to be strung from the taller tower
60 the other two on either side of It The instaia-
don for transmitting wireless at this station VIII
be duplicated at the others.
In picking out locations for these new starons
tnany points have had to be considered In most
cases some sort Of wireless equipment is already
in operation at these stations and the advisability