New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
NATIONAL HYMN
WIRELESS PEAN
Cornet Strains of Star
Spangled Banner Float
from Washington.
LOTOS CLUB HONORS
CONQUEROR OF SPACE
Carly, Inventor, Praised and
Toasted by T. N. Vail and
Secretary Daniels.

Those inhabitants of Mars who were
not asleep at a quarter of ten last
night may have heard the faint strains
of THE Star-Spangled Banner" At
lO:l7 Venus heard it. In exactly forty
hive years from now the same strains
/ viii be heard on the North Star. if
anybody is there with a wireless tele-
phone receiving apparatus.
A cornetist played the national hymn
IN the office Of Rear Admiral Blue last
night From Washington it sped
through the air and into the receivers
ciasped 10 the ears of more than five
hundred members of the Lotos Club
who had come to sound the cymbals
Of praise for a little man with grazing
hair. II was not difficult to learn
which of the diners at the speakers
table that man was. The eye ran past
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels and Theodore n. Vail, president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, and rested on John
J. Carly.
In front of the man who has done
so much for wireless communication
there stood a telephone. There was
telephone at the plate of each of the
diners. John j. Carly spoke into the
mouthpiece and his message was heard
in Honolulu and Paris. He said that 1t
also reached Jupiter and Mercury and
Mars and Venus. "The Star-Spangled
Ranner" and There's Music in the
Air" were played in Washington, and
the strains of the melodies foated
through the air into the ears Of men
on earth and the unknown beings Of
starry space.
mas" was Mr. Carty's message to the
planets. there will come voice
through the air. and it will say, soft
and sweet, peace on earth, good will
to men,"
Earlier in the evening Mr.. Carly had
illustrated that wonderful discovery
which, in comparison with the wireless
telephone, has become insignificant.
He exchanged greetings with San Fran
cisco. Then he rang up Philadelphia.
A half-mnute later he had Pittsburgh
on the wire. No sooner had he finished
than a masculine voice called the name
of the electrical wizard from Chicago.
Omaha came next, followed by Denver,
Salt Lake City and San Francisco again
the whole proceeding not taking more
than five minutes.
Vail Trusts Carly.
With the diners still listening in"
Carly called up Arlington, Va, on the
wireless telephone. Soon Rear Admiral
Blues voice was heard, clear and dis
tinct, except for the states in the air,
which rumbled like miniature thunder.
That was great game at the Polo
Grounds, eh ?" chuckled the admiral.
Rather sorry, though, our boys lost"
Then Frank x. Lawrence, president
OF the Lotos Club, announced the name
of John J. Carly as the next speaker.
Instantly the assembly arose. Cheers
and the wild waving of handkerchiefs
kept Mr. Carly on the floor, but unable
TO say a word.
This has not been the work of one
man, ne hnally said. 81 owe my work
10 the labors OF the men who have
fought for an ideal. | owe a great debt
Of gratitude to Gherardi and Jewett.
one the son of an admiral and the
other the nephew of great Secretary
of the Navy. | owe a great debt TO
several hundred other subordinates.
But the purpose of wireless telepho-
ny should not be to act independently
OF the regular telephone system. Ii
should supplement it and extend it. Il
should be used TO reach remote noun
famous heights and ships at sea-"
III dld not come as surprise to the
guests to hear Secretary of the Navy
Daniels say that wireless telephony
Will soon extend around the world
But 1t applauded enthusiastically when
he proposed toast with a
Here Is the man whose genius is
making this miracle possible John ].
Carty!"
lie is our Carly" said Theodore n.
Val. I'VE are very proud OF our Carly.
and any one that honors him honors US.
J cannot say more. for it comes from
the depths of my heart. Our Carly,
our Carly, here's to you and your fur
Their SUGGEST"