The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-20
SATURN EASILY SENDS MESSAGES FROM SEWARD
ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO
RADIO STATION HERE SOON

This morning the United States Radio ship Saturn
from the Seward dock communicated by wireless with
Cordova and Kodiak and First Lieutenant OBrien OF the
United States navy who is in command OF the expedition
ON the Saturn says that at present he no reason
whya wireless station could not be established hereSucces
fully He was careful to say however that the inveSti-
cations have not Vet been made and that the conditions
prevailing just at the time the messages were sent and
received by the Saturn might have been unusually favor
able and Mr. OBren says that they certainly seemed to
be very favorable The Saturn came here ON orders from
the Commandant at Mare Island confer with the local
repreSentye bodies who have pettoned for the establish
ment of a radio station regarding the feasibility OF a
wireless here and to make experiments. These expert
ments have already been begun outside the bay and from
the dock and with the favorable results When MI
OBren was asked explain why other ships tailed to
make connections with outside radio stations ne answered
by saving that he could not tell they were merchant
ships and he was not posted their power In getting
Kodiak and Cordova this morning he used only two hlo
watts and had no difficulty.
1T is very promising for wireless here he said at
this time Mr. OBren related the most interesting fact
that very often waves can be sent away in good shape and
that the surrounding conditions may be most favorable
but that unfayorable conditions might intervene at some
distance For instance UnalaSka must communicate with
Kodiak via St. Paul PrbiOF Islands, although Kodiak IS
much nearer and the same is true of other stations.
Aboard the Saturn are 105 people all told Lieuten-
ant OBren is in command of the expedition and Captain
B. Smith is the commander of the vessel ITSELF whose
crew numbers about 60 men, There are p navy yard
working men, Aboard also are five ladies.
The officers are:
First Lieutenant W. H. OBrien United States navy
l. B. Smith, captain of the Saturn
Dr. w. O. Stedman, surgeon
A. j. Hoton radio gunner. ClIr Hoton is the man
injured in the radio explosion at Codoya some time ago.
H. L. Chick, first officer of the Saturn.
Charles Sexton, second officer.
0. Beyilaqua, third officer
A. B. Arkebauer, chief engineer
A. E. Bragg, first assistant
Z. B. Ward second assistant
R. A. Gourey, third assistant
A. NJ Quasdorf and w. j. Sattery radio electricians
w J. Nash, captains clerk
Mr. Hinskn, expert radio aid and Mr. OHara are in
immediate charge of the navy yard working party.
Mr. OBrien states that the ship will be here as long
as it is found necessary to make Investigations and to give
the men liberty How long this viii be he could not very
we'll say but the vessel will be here tomorrow night any
how, when dance viii probably be given in honor of the
visitors by the city
The ladies aboard are Mrs. Strong, Mrs Hope and
Mrs. Cotton wives of operators and Mrs. Coleman the
government teacher at Unalaska.
1t was hoped that baseball game could be pulled off
between the city and the ship and 1t may. Some OF the
fellows aboard play the game and played at Unaa-
ska. The Saturn has been out since May.