Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07
Wireless and Airplane May
Pay for Wars Destruction

Ms loNeu one. Inc lilne IL not so lhT
distant that one may not only speak
to a distant friend by wireless means
but may also soo the person as plainly
~ tho thcy were within ten feet OF
each other
True Prophecy.
The following prophecy will no
doubt DO laughed at4 by many who
read these lines. but tfe writer knows
whereof he sPelts. II Is but a short
time until this marNel9ls claim Will
be realized
1t Is possible 10 50 equip the largest
aircraft with small instrument
PoPSrS esgT Sg whese0y sS yb,naS srid''%
not only propGl the craft at almost
lightning speed. hut light heat and
guide II. Great hydroelectric plurts
at widely separated points can be
utilized 10 supply the necessary
power. For example: n large craft
leaving New York for Pacific coast
points would he within "a wave zone
with n radius OF one thousand miles.
While In this zone every ship would
he supplied with electric power for
all purposes. Immediately another
zone was reached "a small dial would
indicate the eNnct wave-length and
radius, and for another Thousand
miles the craft would he supplied
from zone No. 2, and SO on.
In mid-oced suitable electric
plants would be oSta hlahsd aud
ocean waves would furnish the pow"r
with which to generate the electricity
required. Large storage batteries
would be used which could be stored
while conditions were favorable, such
IA great storms and rough seas.
The time is not far distant whom
the entire world VIII become n moro
/ whispering gallery Wireless telc-
phones Will be carried on automobiles,
railroad coaches, In horse-drawn We
bhiclcs. and last. but not least, men
VIII carry "a pocket telephone. Every
/ pubkr pi&e OF nmusement barber
shop, hotel lobby and even on street
cars a small booth viii be established
where an owner cf pocket telephone
/ che size OF u watch) may plug In
and call any number he may desire
The zone supplying small instru-
mcnt viii not exceed ten miles, so II
VIII he limited to city use.
Farms and Ranches Equipped.
Every farmer and Tauchman, nc
matter how far he may be from n,
Telegraph and telephone wires may
lsuhscrihe for and be supplied viii
! lectures, VaudrTlle. opera. or any
public entertainment, even a preacher
may not only lstHn to every note, p
word spoken on stage or platform
hut actually see the play as plainly a
tho In the front seats or In n privat
box. This may strike the relder n
n wild prophecy of "A dreanie$ but
is practicable and quite sure to- com
within the lifetime OF men and wome.
living today
Wireless Waves Described.
Since the days of HirN many In
rentlve ecnia have been slowly bu
surely making rapid strides In wire
less development. MarConi. an
various other well-known expert
Inenters have brought the wireless
telegraph to high state OF com
mercinl use but they have only oblase
the way for those to follow. In
limited way | have been able to "step
up" 10 volt lighting circuit TO 500
900 volts, called~ high frequency elec
tricity.' and by the use of this hig
voltage the "ultra-violet' ray" ! hav
been able to take perfect negatives {
mems mind also that OF educate
animals. OF this | will speak in som
future article.
Travels With Lightning Speed
The wreleSs wave, created by a
electrical discharge into ethera
space caused an osciliatins wave trai
TO be set In motion which travels $50
called) al the rate of 1S6,4O0 mile
I ifT HtNbuh. fl int uS' VI DiOIti III
struments one can measure the IN
tensity and exact length OF wave Sc
In motion. BY the use OF DELICATE in
struments faint waves are picked uI
Somn have been accurately inter
preted over distance of nine thou
sand nilcs The time will soon com
when It will n an everyday occur
ance to telegraph way around tn
Globe. and spoken words will be dis
tinctly heard from the Atlantic TO tn
Pacific.
Under the new order Of thing
there will be no "hello girls" or ex
changes one has only to know tn
wave length, or number OF the 'phon
Il desired, and "tune up" 70 IL by turn
ing n small dial. While convcrsing
Will be impossible for any subscribe
TO listen In"
Under a plan I have worked out
will be possible to install tens D
thousands OF telephones In city an
any subscriber may call any 'phon
within that city, provided the instfu
ment Is not In use, and the bell VII
ring as II does with the presen
cumbersome system. IL rs possible q
establish twenty-five thousand va
rious wave lengths. or variation o
tone, which gives this secrecy. an
The wnr-torn world viii wakS NJ
one of these days and learn that W.
have been making rapid strides II
every line of human invention, ant
when peace Is assured and world de
mocracy realized, the whole cost, II
dollars, h. repaid many times over Al
10 the loss OF human lives, well, tha
| In too sad to even contemplate. Thi
world catastrophe will be only
means 10 an end. an end that will
never be reached in tho matter o
| great scientific discoveries the de
| velopfdcnt OF wireless and IN,