The Washington times., 1915-07-07
CODE DEF|ES CENSOR
OF RADIO MESSAGES
Federal Agents Hear Stolen In
vention Is Used at SayviI'e
Station.

PHILADELPHIA. July 7.-Govern-
ment agents are at work endeavorinS 10
determine to what extent the strict cen
sorship exercised by the Federai au-
thorities at the Sayville wireless sta
ton has been violated by representa-.
tives of the German government
through the use of an unpatented IN
vention of a Philadelphia scientist.
The United States Governments
method of censoring messages sent
through the powerful wireless staiIoh
has been made for months mere pay
thing in the hands of German ofnclaiS
here by the code system, of DR.. lsadorc
kitsee. of this city. according 10 "ei'
founded reports. . ,,aI
Captain Boy-Ed, the German nava.
the official who represented Germany In
the negotiations by which his govern
ment got possession or the SER. 80.
without the knowledge of It's lnVentol.
The inventor himself said YESTERDAY tnat
he had as yet received nothing IN pay pd
ment for his invention, although he hao
been promised $4,000 for it.; .,,v
DR.. Kitsee spent more tneh w;reIess. iwe
When asked fatty II Information naa
reached him that the Germans Were
using his invention to violate the neu
trality laws Of this country. at ms fon,owo nSo
yesterday. DR.. kitsee mace the ioiio"
I'm fairness to all parties involved. i
must no make any definite stateIheni.
But IL I told the whole story i cer.a'tr try
would have to accuse some one Oh HI
sincerity"
Prof. Zennick's Visit.
Tn the revelations made by DIR. Kit
zee. even though he persistently refusea
70 name any particular government. II
is believed that there may be FOUND tne
reason for the recent report that one VI
tiles. Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zennick,
had been sent to this country by tne
German government, and that ne WAC
spending much time at Sayvflie
A searching inVestigatlon Will e,,If oe Tan ~
by Government agents as a result oi
yesterdays disclosures. 1t Is said anu
through 1t the agents hope 70 throw
much light on the mysterious channeis
through which the military authorlties IN
Berlin have been able to receive inror-
nation Of much war value.
DIR. Kitsee would not go into detaiis
Yesterday, but from what was SAID II
was gathered that the secret lay In tne
method of sending rather than In the
messages themselves. Thus a wireless
operator could send one word rapldly
and the next slowly and thereby con,
that the process adopted the code or
dots and dashes, to be read by the re-
ceiving operator IN the reverse OF tne
old method. In this manner lettsr
of the secret code would be sent after
each letter of the visible and innocent
message, the dot In the hidden code be-
ING represented by an almost infinitesl-
NAL pause between one letter or the IN.
nocent message and the next letter, ana
the dash being represented by longer
pause.
the fact that there have been strong
suspicious in Washington lately that
the German authorities had found some
such scheme of sending secret messages,
and in this connection 1t was suggested
that the United States Government
might go to the length Of closing the
SayTille station altogether.
Maintain Secrecy.
1t was learned. however. that Prof.
Zennick has been in Sayville off and
on for some time, and has made fire.
uuent trips to New York.
DR.. Kitsee said yesterday that very
small mechanical device, SO small that
it could be easily hidden In a mans
pocket. was used in his secret code:
II invented my device for use on bat
tlefields.' said DR.. Kitsee, and scarce
ly thought about it's possibilities for use
on high-power stations: A friend or
many years standing. who was former
ly In the newspaper business in Wash
ington. and in whom l have the utmost
confidence. volunteered to sell the in
vention for me- We realized the neces-
sity of secrecy, for the invention would
be of no use to one government II 1t
ever fell into the hands of another,
thereby enabling the other government
to intercept the messages, and SO we
did not apply for patent papers at
Washington"
This friend sailed from San Francisco
in December and entered into negotia-
tions with a representative OF "a for
eign government" Finally word was
sent to the inventor that the machine
had been turned over to Prof. Zennick.
and a short time later he received a
note signed by Prof. Zennick expressing
olAtion over the invention.