Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-21
PAUL Revere BY
RADIO FROM HERE
Message In Wireless Preparedness to
Go From Rock Island Arse
nal af IL Tonight
FLASH OVER ENTIRE NATION
Every City Of Importance to Witness
Demonstration of Quick Ser
vice Now Available.
FLASH OVER ENTIRE NATION

be exemplifed in this locality tonight |
on the eve Of the birthday anniversary |
of George Washington when wireless
message on preparedness will be fash
ed over the country starting at the
Rock Island arsenal.
The message will be delivered in a |
sealed envelope to W. H. Kirwin, at |
HIS Davenport station, by uniformed |
soldier from the arsenal, few mo- !
ments before II o'clock and will be !
flashed out by him at II o'clock, central
time.
Great preparations have been made |
by Mr.. Kirwin for the sending of the
message Every station of Importance
in the country has been notified OF the
message and all will be in waiting for
the signal. The country has been di-
vided into districts for the sending Of
the preparedness message. These dis
tricts are constituted Of area made up
overlapping circles. The circles are
drawn around the relay stations and
those at the edges may be able to re-
ceive the message twice.
I'VE will attempt to weed out the
men who are not capable of getting
these messages" Mr.. Kirwin said, land
will then be in position to pick out
the most desirable ones"
It is difficult, Mr.. Kirwin said, TO Sc
Ioo-rh do
station. This does not apply to col
leges, where it is somewhat easier be-
cause Of the educational value.
Make Test Call.
For the purpose Of attuning the in
struments and giving them the proper
adjustments a test call was sent out
over the United States Friday night.
This adjustment will stand until to-
night. When the Davenport station
gives the signal Of q S. T." or AT
tention. please" the operators within
this circle will be fguratively ION their
toes" and will be set to receive the
message.
Arrangements have been made for
Boy Scouts to read the messages at Mt.
Vernon, the home of George Wash
ington, and Bunker Hill battlefield Mr..
hirvin, who is veteran of three wars
Spanish, Filipino and Chinese-has
sent circulars to all the important sta
tons. In the neighborhood of 5000 or
more Of them will receive the message
officially and thousands Of others will
adjust" to take the message.
Il am going to have them report
back all Interruptions" Mr.. Kirwin
said, "and they will be dealt with by
the government"
Import Stations.
The message will go from here to
the state university at Iowa City and
will then take the following course:
Burlington high school, Illinois Watch
company, Springfield, Washington uni
versity, St Louis; University of North
Dakota; Ames college, Dallas, Texas;
Denver. Colo, a signal corps station;
Wayne, Neb., high school; Wichita Tel
ogrsph college, Little Rock. Ark; De-
troit, Mich; Springfield, Ohio; Lima,
Ohio. high school Hamilton, Ohio;
Wheeling. W Va; University of Pitts
burgh; Cornell university; Colby's
Telegraph school. Auburn, y. Y; spe-
cial station OF Hiram Percy Maxim, the
inventor, at Hartford, Conn: Harvard
university; University of Maine, Oro-
no: Washington, D. c.
large number Of stations will check
up on the message. these being between
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Baltimore.
The message will be received on the
Pacific coast and transmitted to all
stations up and down the line.
40 Minutes to Washington in Rain.
That weather conditions have little
effect on the message was indicated in
the service rendered from here on the
night of Dec. 81, when with heavy
rain falling message was sent from
here to Washington. D. c.. and deliver
ed 40 minutes afterward.
Among the instructions contained IN
the ciTc-'-- sent out by MIR. Kirwfn are
the follow Ing
GIVE tALJ story to the newspapers
ia your city at once-thfs will serve
double purpose. 1t will make you
more diligent in receiving and it will
bring the public notice to the good
work the amateurs can do when ueces-
sary.
Your mission Is commendabIe one,