Middletown transcript., 1918-11-09

ratus and other devices. Practically
When it comes to the rapid vibrations
necessary to carry the human voice,
the number is very limited. There is
no way Of preventing anyone within
the zone Of communication from TAX
Ing any message his instrument is
tuned to. And If there were many
messages at once they would Interfere
with each other"
It would appear now that these diff
fCulties were being overcome for, ac-
cOrding to reports from the battle
fields of France, the wireless tele-
phone is proving mighty valuable as
set In the maneuvers of modern war.
fare, despite all the gunfire and the
disturbed atmospheric conditions. Co
ing over the top in trench warfare, the
| old reliable telephone was handy
asset in communicating to the rear the
results Of the advance. But lately the
troops have been going forward so fast
that as soon as one telephone line
would be set up another extension
would be necessary to keep pace with
the flying Yankees.
"HeIIos" From the Clouds.
1t is in the air service that the wire
less telephone now is being employed
to such remarkable advantage. Voices
out of the air, messages filtering down
through the clouds, report the Obser-
vatiOns made during a reconnaissance
flight and convey to headquarters the
valued information as to the move
ments of the enemy troops.
1t is said the airplanes now i'm flight
uncoil long strand Of wire which
acts as the antennae for transmission
of the message. An observer in a
huge plane, noting the desertion of a
village by the retreating Huns, has
but tC take up the telephone and
hello" his chief with the important
message. lnStanter the Yankees are
away in pursuit.
The incandescent lamp plays an inn
portanl part in the great game of wire
less telephony from air fleet to land
battlements. A tiny lamp that can
generate one horsepower Of energy is
Il larger one boosts the currents so
that the ordinary telephone apparatus
can receive them.
According to port. it is a common
occurrence for Il young American or
French aviator now to he talking to
hnc Il !, ;ol,
the heavens SO to Il 100 miles away.
With the receiving apparatus on the
cartl. attuned to take the contact Of
wave lengths from his sending aprar-
atus aloft he is able to report instant
IL on the developments below.
The wireless telephone has been lit
tie moro than ten years on the way in
the matter of actual demonstration of
theories long held tcn"hle. 1t began
with simple experiments in the New
York laboratories of Professor Ice De-
Forest. who succeeded in transmitting
a distance Of a few feet across a ia
bic without wires.
Message Of Peace.
1t was first employed ut sea on ship
board in July. 1907. in reporting yacht
races from the yacht Thelma in PUTIN
Bay. a distance of four miles. Next
experiments were made on the battle
ship Connecticut off Cape Cod With
out wires messages were rclayed TO
the battleships Kentucky and Illinois,
Il distance of eight miles.
From this beginning radio telephony
was developed until trans-occanic
communication became possible All
that has been done in Il military way ,
cannot be revealed until the war is
over, but it is certain then to unveil
some startling disclosures 1t seems
certain. for one thing that the mes
sage of peace. procaiming the over 4.
throw Of German miiitarisr and the
triumph of democracy. will be rclayed !
completely around the world by the !
wireless telephone-a voice out of the .
clear sky proclaiming the dawn of the
great day. i
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