The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12
Wirclers Opcrntora.

! Each Will also lombard similar group
, OF towers at Pearl liarbor. Hawaii.
and this station in the isle OF hula
girls Will reload the dots and dashcs
ana shoot them over to "a like set
! Of triple towers erected at Guam and
/ American samoa. Then Guam viii
wad Them into it's electric sun and aim
+ the fUsl!adc upon the Philippines.
, where st!il another sot of th>se steel
4 apircs VIII crown a palm clad n!Il OF
i-dzon. And the Luzon station In It's
( turn can fire The messages as Tar as
central India or the restless heart OF
| the new Chinese republic. Were there
such station in these Oriental regions,
as well as upon Afrloss sunny shore
+ the system would belt the world 50
tar as II goes, IT will span three
/ fourths OF that good cid spinning top
all save gap of some 5000 mil -
eNtcnding from Central India to West
! Africa.
| No other nation can erect such Il
chain and thus gain wireless dominion
ton can gain foothold for such
/ towers both upon our continent and
upon the isles OF the Pacific. And no
other nation can knock these towers
down. Cannon balls would go right
through them. without injury. as
through the network masts of our
hEhting ships The system VIII place
the big Panama ditch. our most i'm
, portant strategic possession. in con-
slant, nnintcrrGptiblc and instantaTe-
Gus touch with Washington. whether
cables arc cut or not. Washington viii
talk directly with the cnti.. north
Atlantic ocean. Instead of rclayinS its
messages, rs now. through Norfolk or
Key West. similarly, Panama will be
Z in sf.iF h.. L. h IL
lantic. Samoa the key to the south
Pacific Hawaii the key to nearly the
whole Pacific; Guam to the west Pa,
cine: Manila. to the waters Of China,
Asiatic Russia and of our rival. Japan.
/ Communication directly across our
| continent. from Washington to san
, Francisco Will he instantaneous.
whereas to-day the commercial land
wires must be depended upon. From
his sanctum the President will be able
TO talk with his ships scattered any
where between the Canary Islands and
the china Sea.
Range of Distress signals.
lie Will be able to distr butte dis
treSs calls nonE all ships within
1000 miles Of one OF these high-po
stations at night. or within 900 miies
during the day. He will be unable.
however, to hear distress calls sent
| to him by ships farther away than 400
miles at night or 200 miles during
daylight. But he will have upward
Of nifty small wireless stations and
countless ship stations cooperating
with these high power wireless plants,
and the former Will relay emergency
| messages To the nearest group OF
giant towers.
These differences IN range for night
and day arc due to the fact that the
sunlight greatly absorbs the wireless
electric waves. The government ex-
perts regard the natural conditions
| surrounding the Titanic as especially
favorable to long wireless range on
! TIE. night she sank, not only because
/ it was dark. hut because it was cold
weather. Winter. as well as dark
! ness. increases the reach of these
! tickle dots and dashes.
Hearing the Grass Grow.
| AS old Mother Earth puts on more
and more of her spring attire the
reach of wireless messages shortens
In their laboratory. at Washington.
the .ayy's experts arc now expert
| mcnting to accurately measure this
effect of increasing foliage and vege-
| tatlon. While the summer is coming
on they are receiving test messages
sent at regular intervals from Phila-
delphia, Annapolis and Norfolk. and
with delicate instruments are noting
the gradual weakening of tho electric
] current. Thus. you might say. they,