The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-14
CARUSO HEARD 90
! MILES BY WIRELESS
Philadelphia and Ships at Sea
; Get Tenor's Notes by
Phone.
NEW APPARATUS TESTED
Successful Experiment Also In
cludes Oral Tidings Of the
Fall Of Tampico.

Wireless operators at Sandy Hook. Sea
Gate and Atlantic Highlands and on ships
leaving the harbor. together with scores
OF amateur wireless enthusiasts in Greater
New York and along the Jersey coast.
were mystified yesterday afternoon over
hearing through their receivers the voice
OF Caruso singing. This was possible be-
cause the head piece receiver used In
wireless telephony Is similar in principle
20 that used in telegraphy.
Most Of the delighted ones did not know
70 whom they were indebted for the canned
solos Of the great tenor, but 1t wasn't long
before some OF them found out that the
concert was part OF wireless telephone
test made by the Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph Company at Its station on the roof
Of the wanamaker store In this city. Not
only were the tenors Photographic tones
clearly heard by the operator at the wire
less station at the wananaker store in
Philadelphia but a commercial message.
was communicated by voice through the
air for the first time from New York TO
Philadelphia.
Incidentally the Marccni people had q
talk with the Southern Pacific steamship
Antilles, which sailed at noon for New
Orleans. At 4 O'Clock a wireless was re-
ceived from David Sarnoff. aboard the
Antilles, saying that the telephone op-
cratic selections sent out from the Wanna
maker station had been received"
wireless News From Tampico.
At 1885 O'Clock last evening a cable
message from Vera Cruz. received at Z 80,
was telephoned by wireless to the An
TILES and the ships operator got II when
the ship was about seventy-fve miles on
the Scotland lightship. He relayed 1t by
wireless to the Marconi station at Cape
May. from which point confirmation OF Its
receipt was teiephoned to the New York
senders. The cable read as follows:
Tile following cable has been received
Admiral Mayo reports that Tampico Will
fall by 0 o'clock tonight The Federal
gunboats Vera Cruz and Bravo are pull
ing out OF the river and going to sea, leav-
ing Tampico to its fate. People are now
leaving the city before It's fall
The tests were made by Frank A. Hart
and II. Ernest Campbell OF the engineer
ing department of the Marconi company.
Roland Crane, one of the companys most
expert wireless operators. was In charge
of the station. The tests started soon
after the Antilles started on her journey
II wasn't long before wireless men
waiting FOR ordinary radiograms began
TO hear through their receivers the voice
OF Caruso and the sound OF man talk
ing ana counting slowly and deliberately
They knew OF course that they were pick
ing up wireless telephone tests and then
they started 10 wireless around to find
out at what station the experiments We're
being made. Several amateurs called THE
SUN by telephone for enlightenment.
When the word got around that the
wanamaker store In New York was com
municating by wireless telephone to the
Philadelphia store, Messra. Hart and
Campbell began 20 receive inquiries by
old fashioned telephone as to what was
going on. 1t wasn't intended that the
news should get out prematurey and con-
sequently the young engineers wouldn't go
makers contract manager. was also loath
to talk about the events OF the day, but
later issued a statement confirming the
success of the tests.
All the Messages veriaea.
There was sending only and no re-
ceiv.ng In the experimenting here After
o message had been sent out the operator
IN the Philadelphia store would reply by
radio -telegraphy that 1t had been re-
ceived and then he would repeat what
was said. lie didn't attempt to initiate
Caruso, however.
The operate music was sent on its way
TO delight the ears OF operators aboard
ships by placing the trumpet of a phono-
graph close against the sender of the
telephone apparatus
The Atlantic Communication Company S
station at Sayv!lle didn't hear the concert
because II wasn't listening. but It's operator
did pick up telephone message sent by
Mr. Hart TO Mr.. Sarnoff aboard the
Antilles.
Chief Engineer f. NJ. Sanms of the
Marconi company said last night that the
tests between New York and Philadelphia
were success.
The Marconl company received n cable
despatch yesterday from William Marconi
In England that he had completed his
wireless telephone tests and that the
apparatus was an entire success. The
British company viii now begin construc-
ton of sets for the Italian navy. They
are guaranteed to maintain communities.
ton between ships over u distance OF
about thlrty-two miles, although IN prac-
tice they have been tried successfully over
much greater distance.
Cable dispatches received yesterday
from Berlin told OF wireless telephone ex.
periments in which music sent by wire
less from Naucn was plainly heard in
Vienna, 500 miles away.
MRS. BERUS GETS DIVORCE.