Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-08
u. S. Takes Sayville
Plant Because Ger
mans May Have Used
Philadelphian's Cods
Kitsee, Franklin Institute Sci
enlist, Intimates His System
Making Radiograms IN.
mune to Censorship Wa,
Used Without Permission.

The German owned wireless statior .
Sayville, L. L., today was taken uos
control by tho United States Governm..,
This decisive step was hastened bv 4.
closures Of Or. Isadore Bitsee, 200 ~,
nut place, this city, who intimated N,
the German Government was In po,,'
sion Of his invention making radio II.
sages immune to censorship
Possession of the plant was taken ~.
by Captain William II. G.. Bullard ch,.S
the radio service of the navy and np..
intendent of the Arlington, Va. stsxs.
acting under instructions from senrsss.
Daniels. He was in this city yestsrs.l
investigating the alleged secret code -.
tenn by which German Representatives..
the United States are said to hava -,
military information from SayviIlo
their submarine fleet off the Brlt,
coast. Today he went to New Yors I.
confer with the owners Of the MA,
Lieutenant G. r. Clark, u. S. NJ n.
put in charge. ,
Secretary Daniels stated that be ac,.,
under the executive order of Augusi 1
In which the President directed that a..
or more of the hlgh-powered radio y,
tions within the jurisdiction of the Upliss.
States and capable of transatlanf.
communication shall be taken over n
the Government of the United STAT.
and used or controlled by It, to tina -.
cluslon of any other control or use. n,
the purpose OF carrying on communIca.
tion with land stations in Europe A.
Guiding code and cipher messages"
It was stated that It would be operat,a
under the same regulations as those n
force at the Tuckerton station, which M
Government took over on September 4
Although Secretaries Lansing, bans,
and Redheld had been considering ths
taking over of the Sayville station since
June %, it was only decided late yester.
day to place naval officers in control thefs
Immediately Captain Bullard was dl.
rected to proceed to the German station
and to take temporary command
Doctor KItsee. who is n member Of Ire
Franklin Institute. and well KNOW a. a
scientist here, Is being questioned ~
Federal investigators in this city. who
are attempting to obtain detailed In
formation as to the disposal OF his In
vention. Although the inventor stu re
fuses to name Germany as the nation
which agreed to pay him $4,000 for The
device, he does not attempt to conctal
his belief that 1t made possible the sink.
ing of the Lusitania and the suocesstl
internIng of the German cruisers at Nesl
port News while the English fleet scourtl
the Atlantic for them.
Federal investigators attach great atI
nificance to the fact that German official
at the Sayville plant have applied FL
a license to operate a still higher powsl
radio station than the one now In coEI
mission. Equipment for the propott
station is said to have arrived at Logi
Island already, but as 1t is pointed 81
that Doctor Kitsee's invention specifeai
calls for a hiEh-power radio, the appDs
tion is looked upon as additional prsH
that Germany is using the device and
permit will be refused.
Doctor Kitsee asserted yesterday thf
his invention has probably been altera
by those who employ II in order thf
reports of its use would be substantiaiel
with difficulty. In this connection AL
names Professor Zenneck, of the Until
versty Of Munich and captain Of Ger
man submarine, as one who might have
made such an alteration in the device
Professor Zenneck has been in THIS coun1
try for the last six months
II am not charging that Professor Zen.
neck did any such thing" explained Doc
tor Kitsee. IT am merely stating that ~
authority on wireless telegraphy couh
easily adopt my invention and probabl
could arrange a better system, using ni
invention as basis for his experiment.
Doctor Kitsee also intmates that
may institute a damage suit against a
Government employing his device, in p
attempt to obtain the $4,000 promised hin
for II. Although he refused to name th
probable defendants, he asserts that h
has already consulted New York lawysa
on the matter. .aa