The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-20

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ting a wall of wireless stations around
her entire boundaries, WHICH is noew
! believed TO be comp1eted These
| boundary wireless stations have aid
ed materially IN directing the attacks
OF the great Zeppeltns-
/ Aerial warfare Is made more etec-
/ tive by wireless COMMONWEALTH
1 wireless Transmission between aero
planes is Murdered by the fact that
teven the most compact apparatus now
/ In use is bulky and therefore an I'M
pediuaent upon an aeroptane SUI
most OF them are prepared to send
l:messages for mile or two. The
question OF the antennae, which catch
the aertzan waves conveying the
message, is now receiving attention
Stretching wires between the wings
has been tried unsatisfactorA The
latest development is a spool OF wire
which can be quickly :unreeled 10
trail behind the machine like the tai
Of kite. The German zeppelnes
| have the advantage OF most other
flying machines in the fact that adj.
dftionaI weight does not impede their
progress. and they can therefore
carry powerful instruments capable
of transmitting messages over long
distances. This. facilitates their con-
troll from boundary stations even
when out some distance
The greatest drawback to wireless
telegraphy is its Lack OF secrecy.
Every nation, and many Departments,
maintain secret codes, sbu1 the posi-
bilities OF leakage always exist Fur
thermore, when a message cannot be
interpreted lt<can be greatly hinder
ed by hostile party. The operator
who desires to intercept a. message
tunes his instrument to a level VITA
it He is usually a9olo to determine
whether the CIPHER used IS IN letters
or numerals and can then send OUT
from his own machine!a tumble which
will greatly confuse the message mo
which it is thrown.
notwithstanding these difficulties.
the wireless is performing a wonder-;
fully elective service. 1t is now bel
ing used almost exclusively in the
conveyance OF diplomatic communica-I
tons. Even the messages between
Germany and the United States, some
Of which have exceeded ten thous-I
and words IN length, have been hrst
put into the wireless code used by the
state department., then recorded int
the code OF the German department
of state and translated into the Ger-i
man language. or vice-versa, without
any important error being made.
All OF the operations OF the BrMsh
feet are directed by wireless Nol
person outside of the British admiral
ty knows just where this fleet Is, but
the movement Of every vessel Is di-E
rected daily by Admiral Jel1icoes He
issues his orders through the large
force OF wireless operators who are
engaged day and night IN transmit
ting messages from the admiralty of
fees. Each ship is also able to hold
wireless communication with the
other vessels OF the feet.
Wireless communication between
vessels Is aided by the submarine sig
nal service recently invented by Pro
fessor A. r. Fessenden, OF Boston
This is steel disk, Twenty-Five inches
in diameter, attached to the side OF
the vessel. It is connected with a.
small electric battery. the instrument
being really an enlarged electric
the sound would be unbearable. but
when submerged only the fa1ntest
whisper like a far away siren is
audible upon the deck OF vessel
equipped with 1t
This instrument transmits mes
sages dependably for two or three
miles. but inventors are working upon
a system Of sound magnHyinS which,
| it is believed. will at least double its
|
Submarines have been. equipped with
this new device. During test
given recently outside Of Newport
harbor, the boats were able to ex-
change signals for thirteen miles. and
to hear distinctly at seven miles.
Wireless telephony or radio-tele-
| phonv. as used IN the Italian navy,
is still in its infancy. but tremendous
developments are to be expected
| within the next few months. It is
now being expefimented with in
iFrance, and is expected soon to dr.
rect the army maneuvers which are
| now controlled by wireless tele-
i~phy.
| Every French army division IS now
! Equipped with its own instruments Tor
Isetting up wireless station upon the
field The equipment Includes trans.
mission apparatus and an aerial
| tower. Some OF these towers are
isman enough to be carried by hu-
man porter, while the larger ones. are
transported by specially designed mo
| tors. These aerials send the accounts
of the daily hostlities to some com
munication station which transmits
them along the Necessary relays to-
the Einel Tower in Paris, the most;
powerful wireless station IN the
world Return messages are flash
ed back from the war7control1inE cen
tiers, and little effect would be noted
4 If every wire in the world shared the
1 fate of the German cables The wire
less message covers the globe. en-.
abling the lonely operator on the An
tarctic circle to keep as closely in
touch with the army upon the Rus
sian frontier as II he were receiving
every war extra published
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