The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28
DINERS HEAR TALK
ACROSS CONTINENT
John J. Carly Tells LotOs Club
Wireless Will Make One
Family Of Human Race.
TO MD IN PREPAREDNESS

pea Atmiral Victor Blue told mem.
her. & the Lotos 1T last night that no
raise could be too great for their guest
4 tho evening. John J. Carly. for his
3thlevrmeuts In telephony. wireless and
10 rc. They would mark. the Admiral
declared. an ,poch in the application OF
science to practical affairs and he con-
siiercI himself highly honored to Rave
IL, opportunity to testify to his admira-
ton for the man.
As the Admiral spoke there were
shouts. applause and cries of Good" but
ne paid no attention to them. When
Nr carly himself sought to interrupt
MN the admiral went on unheeding.
II htppe--d that Admiral BLU was not
No a, the l.otos club along with the 800
guests and members gathered around
The tables. lie was In the library OF
his Washington home. and he was
sp, king by wire and wireless combined
over the 22s Intervening miles, but not a
word of his little speech was lost.
Mr.. Carty was the guest of the club.
according to the invitations. but the
In,os men came near being his guests
before he got through. II was more like
a tarty night and every man there with
a receiver fastened TO his head went
with him. now over the land wires from
New York TO san Francisco, talking to
pit,sburg. Chicago, Omaha. Denver. salt
Lake. Winuernucca, New. which seemed
to be a volunteer, and finally San Fran
cisco itself. where President Deering OF
the bohemian III exchanged felicia
tons with President Frank Lawrepce
of the Lotos club. POSTMASTER OF the
evening. and promised to come east
for the nnual dinner in January.
Everybody stood up hen some un-
known musician played The Star
spangled Banner and all laughed when
the sane man revived the ancient air.
There j. Music in the Air. Then last
cf an before the speaking they all had
y chance 10 hear about the strongest
thing In the way of a wireless spark in
the world.
The Arlington radio station sends ou
'lu o'clock" every night. and even the
blase furnished up their i~maginations
when they knew hat the strong. AFRO
Kant. high pitched spark simultaneously
MAS received by ships AT sea in tht
north Atlantic and at the E.inel Tower
Paris tina II covered all the United
states. Jumped out into the Pacific and
VA caught a thousand miles beyond
Honolulu and even the creakins OF
dress shirts seemed loud when prelimi'
mary ticks suddenly stopped and there
came almost a crash. which. according
to Nj. Carty's est rates. travelled
so ,Nhc.e around $4,000 miles Il sec
oa1
-. re'tvy Of the Navy Josephus Dan
les VINO sat AZ the left OF President
f.tN r.ucc. while NJ. taTty sat at his
sn'. said H. believed that the develop
NOS; ~ The art ~ TELEPHONY. wireless
arI wired. viii aid vastly In the pre-
"l'css 81 the United States MIR
Is...- .lrcs1N a day when. II II were
o.. ,,-try. word could 20 forth to every
Ct. .oNu and hamlet in every section
OF ,ae cpuntry and the work of moblliza-
tiou Gould begin In an instant,
The :. -etarv skirted the subject oil
,~.,fa~,iu,~. .,ud 'o.l a story that made
t p.,tty strong point II was ahou' q
~. Ter srhoolwts'"r taking cnarGe o'
q bad school which had thrown about
X teachers uut. Tie FIRST put up a
card ana shot six Dullyssyss with a re
NoV.r. then reloaded the Weapon, pu
~ bowie knives on the desk in front
O. a.O, and, looking the big bully o'
the lool In the eyes. announced tina
ec.ool would open with prayer.
can't. William II. -. Billiard, I. :. y
TO uf the telephone cooperation on SEQ
and land and said experiments In stahil
ity s'' going on now which he could no
reveal
Mr. Carty paid a tribute 20 the en-
eH..rs who have assisted him. Who
Americans turn themselves loose On
problem they cannot he equalled in III
world, he said. There are 500 of then
10 ms corps, all American uniNersi'!
mer. lie mentioned a lot Of names ant
t-ov al got applause.
Mr. Carly did not know how IA
Wireless could he developed. He WASH
r.Hg 20 define many things in wire
less he said. He would not tell mucl
about the ether which is all pervad
M. He I'D know. or believed, that tn
waves travel through this ether lso,oo'
mile A second, about the same velocit!
IS Light. He figured, therefore. that
corl"t solo played in Washington. woul'
g"' to Mercury in ten minutes, to Nenu
= ffteen minutes. to Mars in twent,
r.ru'es, Saturn in eighty minutes. Nep
rune N four hours, the North Star II
fo-.y-fve years and 10 a star Nf IN
fifteenth magnitude in 5000 years.
Wlre.ess, he said. is to make on
peat family OF all the human race
Wi join all lands and all races In IN
s'snt, direct communication. and h
'o.,.uded by saying that It was not IN
p,ss Die that some Christmas the entir
void would hear a great voice rim
OF Peace on earth and 20 me
rooa will
other speakers were Theodore y. Val
c.. Sanue! Reber, L. :. a. ~Charle
y Tree, Union y. Bethel, Melville
s'o.a and Chester S. Lord.