The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-14

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Ice and there came from hits Icy pris-
on the voices OF the men who had persisted there
years before.
To-day the fancy Of the novelist has become
b fact OF science. The air rs nllrd with messages
that may be heard by any ono who hna the simple
means that are regulate The man who stands
IN the noisy crowd Of the city and the lonely sheep
herder on a fcnceless Australian prairie are alike
surrounded by them. and It IL possible for each
TO be made conscious Of their presence.
This Is the accomplishment Of wireless. The
ByEtem Of communication without tho use Of wires
20 carry the electrical impulses has grown 80
ultimately into the worlds business that It takeR
something out Of the ordinary to bring Il realiza.
tlon of what ia being done and what the outlook
Ia. Wireless WAS more than ten years old when
the ships Republic and Florida collided on January
20. 1909, and tho jumping spark under the com
Inand Of the wireless operator Instantly made
known that disaster to the world. The Republic,
alone in the fog and dark, might have gOns to
Nae bottom without newR OF the disaster being
known for daya. II was two days after La NOur.
gogne sank before tho story Of the catastrophe
became known. but II wireless operator, Jack
lBInnB, flashed the news from the Republic to
land and drew out Of the dark half a dozen rescu-
Ing ships,
The story OF Jack Binns, the first wireless hero
'a international fame, spread abroad, and the 20,
'slti0n OF the new method Of communication was
assured. Wireless had been put to ita first great
test and passed through It 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. II saved the lives of more than
100 human beings, Harold s. III Bride, assistant Mar.
conf operator aboard tho Titanic, and Harold n
Gotham, operator on the Carpathia-the one who
WAC Instrumental In sanding An, r,,.rDu, au1 ~
other whose ship brought aid-haye become
heroes. Before the investigating committee Of the
senate the young operators have told their part
IN the rescue OF the passengers.
Gotham on tho CRrpathia explained that no VIVA
on duty Sunday night and came on n 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 a few hours Of gleep on
Tuesday OF Wednesday night. Young Bride gave
his testimony sitting In an InvalId's chair, for ono
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
he 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 q new impetua
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
a 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,
ments to western Australia and from western Aus.
trHllR to New Zealand. forming a series Of six
stations, the British dominions on the other side
OF the world. Omcial MarConi publications say
that the agreement will be followed by others Of
a similar nature With other countries.
An interesting part Of the extension Of the wire
less Is an arrangement with the Marconi com.
plny which Will afford a trRns-Paclfc wireless
service for an American land telegraph company,
This company has entered into y traffic arrange
mcnt with the MaTConI company whereby It VIII
receive and deliver Mavconigrams to and from Eu.
rope. The agreement provides for the extension
Of the Marconi system from the Pacific coast Of
the United states to Hawaii, China, Japan and
the Philippines, thus giving wIreless tranB.Paciac
service.
This agreement virtually gives the American
company a large share Of the wireless business.
Tho English MarconI company is understood to
he planning q long distance wireless apparatus for
direct communication between New York and Lon
don, and It Is said that q station near New York
would permit messages to be sent to Cuba, Pana.
ma and South American countries.
The Arlington station will have three steel tow.
ers arranged IN the form OF a triangle, The
aerial wires are 10 he strung from the taller tower
to the other two on either side OF IT, The lnstnlla
ton for transmitting wireless ut this station will
he duplicated at the others.
In picking out locations for these now stations
many points have had to be considered. In most
cases some sort OF wireless equipment Is already
in operation ut these stations and the adylsabilty