Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-10-07

places ana moving objects, and be-
tween moving objects that could not.
be connected by wire. AS with the,
wireless telegraph, it probably never
will be dependable enough except as.
outlined above"
II. N. BETHEL, Senior Vice Presi-
dent Of the A. T. 4 T. Company, who.
also talked over the wireless tele-
phone and was present when Mr.. Vail
talked, made the following statement:
This romantic incident-this talking
by wireless across the continent
means another epocn In the develop-
ment of the art of transmitting intel
ligence by electric telephone meg
sages.' The talking was very salts.
factory, words and sentences uttered
from New York were repeated back
from San Francisco with absolute ac--
curacy and even my voice was recog-
nized Immediately when l spoke into
the transmitter. Another wonderful
achievement is to be credited to the
Bell organization, and for the second
time within year it's engineers have=
presented this country with a mar
velous triumph of science and mag
nifcent aid to civilization, commerce
and society. The exhaustive studies.
OF our engineers concerning the mat
ter Of wireless telephony have given
clear indications of both its possibili--
ties and its limitations.
1.-THE possibilities of wireless tele-
phony, great as they are, will be-
mainly in the direction of extending
the use Of the wire system, and itR
greatest utility will probably always
be as auxiliary, tributary and supple,
mentary to the older system. For
emergency and special use the new
invention offers thrilling suggestions
and its practical and economic value
should not be underestimated, but
much of this Is in its connection with.
the wire systems. It's great value
will be to supplement and extend the
telephone service wire system in
those situations where 1t Is impossi-.
BILE to string wires, and its use over
wide expanses of water, desert, etc.
opens up attractive fields to the
imagination. especially when some
way Is found to overcome the we'll
known disturbances which interfere
so much with all wireless communities
tons, whether telephone or telegraph"
]. ]. Carly, chief engineer, when
asked what he thought would be the
limit of this new system Of his COM
pany, stated that he had no doubt
whatever that when the necessary ap-
paratus is installed 1t will be posi-
Bile to talk from New York to Toxic,
Japan, using the transcontinental line
from New York to San Francisco and
wireless across the Pacific.
The U. S. Navy Departments for
NAL announcement follows:
Secretary Daniels is pleased to an
nounce the successful outcome of ex-
periments which have been carried on
for the last few months by the Amer
lean Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany in cooperation with the radio
in cooperation with radio stations un--
der jurisdiction Of the Navy Depart
ment, by. which long-distance teleph-
ony has been possible.
THE use of such long-distance wire
less telephone communication in
naval or military operations is still I'M
an undeveloped state, but it is under
stood valuable use can be made OF
this wonderful demonstration, but,
aside from such considerations, the
department and its officials may we'll
feel proud that they have been inter
ested co-operators in the first prac-
teal development of this latest march
in the wonderful science of radio COM
munication."