The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-12-04

ging was about the only method Of
communication with the friends on the other side
of the enemy
Homing pigeons have been used from time i'm
memorial, and they also were used at Santiago
Today different condition exists. AS tho Ger.
mans we're sweeping down Paris the operator
in Eiffel tower whispered through the very air the
Germans were breathing to convey information to
ST. Petersburg or Petrograd.
The swish OF the wireless was unstoppabe. The
Spaniards shot down the American signal men on
the embankments in front of Santiago but the
rifle bullets from the Germans could not interfere
with the wireless message as 1t went on its way.
One Of the most wonderful developments of the
wireless telegraphy came at the opening Of the Eu-
ropean war when 1t became possible to talk all
the way from Berlin to Long island. Germany
talked across the British fleet to her own ships
sailing the Atlantic and warned them OF the
sudden tremor
The only way to stop the wireless was to de-
stroy the operator and he thousands OF miles
away. In last wires were stretched all
over the fields back Of the fighting men. Dis
patchers carried word from colonel to general
where there had not been time to string the
wires.
In this war wires, too, have been stretched on
the fields pigeons still have carried messages,
dispatchers have galloped back and forth, but in
addition to all these messengers Of war the fight
ers all depended more the invention Of Mar
conf the great wireless telegraph.
The wireless telegraph has proved its value
right on the field of battle. The in the front
ranks, or the outpost miles from the Headquarters
could place himself in instant communication with
his chief. The wireless telegraph made it pos l.
Bile for German soldier fighting his way through
Belgium to talk to German soldier defending
Alsace. II made 1t possible for soldier at Brus-
lsels to shout OF victory back to Berlin with
out an instant's delay.
1t made il possible for the French and British
to keep in communication with each other and
map out a new line Of defense when the Germans
were hurling their mighty hosts against them.
Marconi had already made himself famous be-
fore the war broke out His invention one
of the greatest bcons to humanity because II
saved lives aboard ship in time OF sea horror. 1t
brought rescue to the distressed and expedited
shipping From an instrument OF humanity and
peace 1t sprang to an instrument OF war and ter
ror
Like the pigeon dove, the personfcation OF
peace, II became instrument OF war.
Perhaps next to the wireless stations, the most
efficient messengers OF the homing pig
cons These birds the wisest Of their kind are
employed to great advantage in English, French,
German Austrian, Italian, Russian and Japanese
armies. Military authorities hold there is no bet
ter means for small detachments to communicate
with their headquarters nor could they want bet
ter
On the fields OF Europe the flights OF the birds
are in most instances short that they do not
have to stop for n rest, thus preventing the mes
sages from falling into the hands OF the enemy.
pigeon in its flight high II is almost
invisible to the naked eye. thus II necessitates
the use Of high power guns TO bring Il TO the
ground And any man who ever makes such a
shot can well call II a miracle
The king OF England and the emperor OF Ger.
many as we'll as other rulers OF European nations.
have their own flying kits and In time Of peace
they enter their birds in races with birds belong
ing TO their subjects. The crowned heads deem
this royal sport
A bird equipped for flying with a meseage is
encased in a bottelike tube, the shape of its
body.
SPY pvts his message in HIS pocket proceeds
on his mission, quickly writes his discoveries on
small bits OF paper and places them In a tube