The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
WIRELESS ERA
IN new PHASE
Telephone Across Ocean
Now Believed Possible,
Holland Declares.

five years were devoted h,, ~.
"eagahd. who is the chief engineer
OF the Aarconi Wireless Con,.,,.
J 10 research work. with ipten, 50
oisooVer II possible the b.r.toso..
hidden Law OF nature u,ht,, -
80 operated az to prevent the n.,-
ieet utilization OF the wireIes, -,
TEN Tor transmission OF n.s..,..
10" II ~ announced that hts -.
'isnee and intelligence have n.os
possible for him to say that WIN.
| .c,,y not have discovered tbs
| sosui Jaw. any more than II "a
| -, psssoIe. even for the great
| a1s..- Oi science TO discover whsf
| siectrleity really Is, neyertbeI.s.a - 7.
mas observed the manifests,toss ne
that law and has devised spns-s,',.
| Nhefeoy Il can be controIIsS .Ss
Ils baneful effects upon vTIr.Iaa--
mated elm
! sumo months ago Lee de Fores,
' mas win patience been ,york-
ing out the problem which -.
| soiNed Will make il BossIbls -
transmit telephone cornmunicstio,,.
from America to Europe or 90,
longer distances. felt iustIss6 -
sagihs that there remained only
! u'Oai 10 work out and that
convinced that he would 4.
aDie |" perfect this detail 30 tbat
~ -. ia'eI than nve years hence, pos
| slpiy as soon as two years 80,
J this time, telephone cornrr,,rS.
] ions across the ocean by tn. -iItfYi-
zatlon OF the HarJzian waves VIII
De an accomplished fact.
Trans-oeeanIe Phone Bo,.s
II Is not known positively wbetb.,
, Mr.. Weagand's discovery ana
paratus Will make il possible -
! communicate by means OF the gsr,-
%ian waves the human voice for
Iohg a distance as that which scpsr-
stes the United States from Euron..
oul the inferE ~ = that if - sls-
,,,i,5Is ana ne Acrararus ~hica
! .iii1es S,L u h'Ne.na " perIecsef th~
- I'M syStele ta-s uass aiso se~s~-
80 % rue " 1enh' colarnurl1a-
uons as well o. te1eea erhtr
II is not eenprg IN, ..,,,,,.,. -.
! Edison. years ago. even before he
Iaoored night and day for vesrs
upon the problem OF the division 81
electric current served from A cen
/ 'ral station so as TO provide in
/ canoescent lights. observed CsrrsTr,
manifestations Of a mystic law or
nature which he termed "efberir
force. Occupied as Edison was
with other important matters -.
old not carry on investigation, 50.
this mystic law and perhaps die rgt
realize what its discovery vo.,l5
mean for the rapid communiossT..
OF intelligence without the US o.
wires.
A few years later DR.. Hertz srr-
covered and took heed OF the -e-r
manifestation which Edison -
noticed. These are now known A.
the Hertzian waves. Electrical i'm
pulse given at any point. Hertz dis
covered, creates an electric wave
which will move ever onward
through the atmosphere. perhaps
circumnaviEstinE the globe Hertz.
however. did not pursue his dfzcov-
cry to the point OF commercial ad-
vantage. II remained for Sir Oliver
Lodge, and later for Marconi. to
utilize Hertz's discovery OF a law
heretofore unknown so as 10 make
IL through the invention OF proper
apparatus available for stupendous
commercial uses. But there were
defects even in the Marconi system
due to the operation Of the mystic
law which weagand seems now to
have discovered or fixed. so that he
is able to devise apparatus where
by this interference with the or
erations OF the Hertzian waves will
be eliminated.
New Era Promised.
] Wpa gand's discovery and invention
are spoken Of by men OF science iu
New York as being one Of the many
herslds OF the approach OF a new era
when heretofore mystic laws Of ma
ture will be revealed TO men so that
they may he able to utilize these
laws, by the invention Of proper sp-
paratus. to the commercial advan-
taEe OF the world Edison discovered
a natural law. or rather its work
ing. when ne set about his original
invention which we now know as the
perfected incandescent lamp. Hc
tory OF electricity. and he made
many thousand experiments until at
last he was able to place in his note
book q memorandum that he had
found how the law worked how il
was possible to utilize Il in the d.
/ vision Of the electric current. and
in that way TO perfect the incandes-
cent light.
! EdisOn's discovery OF the manifes-
tations or movements OF the new
law involved the creation OF absolute
ly original apparatus or machinery
for the utilization OF t. This -
something which Mr.. WeaCand seems
3 to have done F4DT AND