The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-01
Connected Speech, Spoken Five
Thousand Miles Away Is
q. Heard Distinctly
ARE you ALL WELLT ~.
EPOCH MARKING PHRASE
Pearl Harbor Officials Resolve
Words From Arlington, Virgil
MIA, BY Wireless Telephony

Pearl Harbor last night heard by
wireless telephony connected speech
from Arlington, Virginia, more than
5000 miles away. .% p. 4
Announcement Of the feat waa made
unofacially last night by Rear Admir-.
al Clifford J. Boush Who was one Of
group Of naval oflcors who listened to
the experiment by the invitation Of
the scientists engaged. The statement
revealed the fact that these expert
ments have been carried ON for some
time in secrecy. .Eg@.
The marvellous fact of q human
voice being distinctly heard q quarter
Of the way around the world from the
place where the speaker stood became
on actuatity last night. The moment
Of It's accomplishment was q solemn
one with those participating, a. they
appreciated the fact that one Of the
widest dreams Of the visionary had
been made real 81. .g II
ACROSS CONTINENT AND SEA
It was the dream Of the scientists
who annihilated space with the tele-
graph to complete the conquest by an
instrument that would permit the
sympathetic contact Of humans miles
apart through the medium Of the hri-
man voice. This moment had arrived.
With the little group Of men in one
Of the buildings at the Pearl, Harbor
naval station last night an operator
in Virginia eonversed in the normal
tones Of his own voice. It took but
the slightest stretch of the imagination
to clothe 1t with his personality.
Admiral Boush was invited to be
present at the experiments and upon
the appointed time the Arlington oper-
ator talked with them. ,
The grave Courtesy Of the formal
phrases were appropriate ,topthe coca
sion. They heard him first say: y;
Are you all well?" &Fh
COULD NOT REPLY
The instruments here are not COM
plete. The people at Pearl Harbor
could hear him, but they could say moth
ing. The feeling that they could not
assure him that he was understood was
a poignant one. They regretted that
there we're even limitations to
miracle that would not have been be-
neved last week '.'.S,&as
care you all weli7,, spoke Airing
ton again. He repeated 1t several
times in deliberate accenss
Then he commenced to count evenly
and slowly. ...g.,,
81, 2, 8, 4, s, 6, Z, B." he called,
like q schoolboy going over an unusual
and startling lesson. He counted this
way up to twenty and stopped.
Finally: " -
'Good night, that's an
This phrase also was repeated several
times.
1t was indeed all. but it was sufi.
Client. The feat had not been accom-.
pltshed before A significant world s
record had been established.
FIRST NEWS YESTERDAY
a.; The first news Of the perfection Of
wireless telephony was published In
Honolulu In despatch in The Adver-
tiser yesterday morning. According to
this despatch q conversation between
Mare Island and Arlington had been
held. Theodore Vail, the president, and
other officials Of the American Tele-
graph Company were present In the
Arlington station at the time the test
was made. When It's success was an
nounced, it was also stated that on
August 81, Arlington had talked with
the Panama Canal, but that the fact
had been kept secret awaiting the
greater accomplishment. Even that
has now been surpassed. Arlington
talking with Mare Island Is less won
derful than Arlington talking with
Honolulu, 1900 miles further on.
q, STARTLING WONDER.
Yesterday morning The Advertiser
also published, by way Of impressing
tho public that miracle Of science
was within the bounds Of possibility.
that Honolulu would soon be able in an
offhand sort Of way 10 call up San
Francisco and have. q verbal converse
ton with the city by the Golden Gate.
Twelve hours later Arlington, which
is three thousand miles or SO further
away than San Francisco, spoke to Ho-
nolulu. #atg ...
The tests are unofticial, partially in
the form of a demonstration to the
American government The names of
men who are conducting them here
have not been made public, but they
are said to be from Washington, D. @.
The American Telegraph Company Is
behind the invention.