Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-16
War Regulations Adopted; Sta
ton at Pearl Harbor Soon
to Be Built

The action of the United States
navy In taking charge OF all radio
stations of the country when the war
broke out is discussed in the annual
report Of Secretary Daniels of the de-
partment. just made public In the
| discussion OF navy wireless work, the
statement is also made that the big
wireless station for Pearl Harbor is
| soon to be built.
| The report says:
| The president recently signally
honored the navy by intrusting TO
this department the enforcement of
the executive order of August 5, which
was necessary to prevent radio sta
tons under the Jurisdiction of the
United States becoming the instru-
ment through which unneutral mes
| sageS were sent to vessels at sea or
TO other radio stations. At the out
break Of the European war it devel
oped that no precedent existed which
related to the use Of radio stations
by persons within the limits of neu
trail countries during continuance Of
hostilities. The president, in pursu-
ance of his neutrality proclamations
intrusted to the navy department the
t1uty of acting as censor OF radio
communications. This work has been
done without friction or injury to
commercial business. 1t became ne.
cessary for the government to take
| over the radio station at Tuckerton.
" J. It's ownership was in dispute.
it had no license to operate under
the radio act. and its control by the
| government was required to meet a
! real demand for its use for unneutral
\ messages.
! The primary purpose of the naval
"adio establishment is a purely mill
tary one, and this has been emDha
sized by events in connection with
our occupation of Vera Cruz and still
more forcibly- during the progress of
the war in Europe; and while this
feature of our equipment is one in
which the naval service alone is d.
rectly interested. it is a matter of
scant knowledge how great part the
naval radio establishment plays in |
everyday commercial life. An idea of
this may be had from the statement |
that We have opened rs stations to |
commercial business. and that every |
ship of the navy is herself CONNER |
cial station, as all private messages |
handled are paid for by the senders |
During the war in Mexico, when all
land wire and cable communication
between the United States and the
southern part of Mexico was inter
-upted, the naval vessels on the west
coast afforded the only means of quick
commercial communication and soon
began to handle a large business.
Free Service.
r'Tn addition to the paid CONNER
cial business carried on by the naval
radio stations the system renders .
free service of inestimable value in
the daily transmission from Airing
ton and other stations. OF the time
signals froni the naval observatory. r
thus enabling ships at eea,a even L
though far beyond the range OF trans
mission of their own equipment, to
determine their exact chronometer
correction. Even sailing vessels which
habitually make long voyages and
which have no power with which to
operate a radio station of their own
may, at trifling expense, be equipped
to catch this signal Our own naval b;
ships have carried It far into. The r
Mediterranean. -
HBut ii is not the seafaring people Ii
alone who make use of this time
signal. It is attracting great and
growing attention throughout the I
jewelers. have installed re- I
ceiving apparatus for the purpose OF I
getting it, and many amateur receiv- {
ing stations have been established for !
he receipt of the time and weather
reports A leading jewelers. trade 4
has informed the depart.
ment that there are not less than 9
300 jewellers throughout the country /,
who now receive the time signal by I
-adio, and that the number may be G
expected to grow to about 5000. The '
,ame journal says that although mari /
line interests may have been the pri- 4
nary reason for the erection of the {
Arlington station. it will benefit more
people on land than at sea. It is a
pleasure to record this evidence Of
he value of this service, as Il is .
liso a matter of pride that the first .
ado time signals ever sent out were =
rom our own naval stations. =
another interesting feature OF this !.
rec radio service which should be of :.
benefit to shipping is =
ound in the radio compass now I'm !,
Ter construction at the Fire Island =.
tation. near the entrance to New ,
fork harbor This device is intended :
o send out radio signals of such a
haracter that a vessel in fog may =
ct a close approximation of her +
bearing" or compass direction. from T."
be station. BY means of observations -,
AIKEN or 10 miles apart it should be .
ossible for the vessel to determine {
er actual position with fair accuracy.
his is the first installation of this
ppe to be made in this country; but
eeond installation of different type,