The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15

rat tuS and other devices. Practically
when # comes 10 the rapid vibrations
necessary To carry the human voice.
the number is very limited. There 10
no way Of preventing anyone within
the zone of communication from taxi
Ing any message his instrument is
tuned 10. And II there were many
messages nj once they would interfere
with each other"
II would appear now that these diff
ii,ulties were being overcome for, ac-
C0rdiuG To reports from the battle
fields OF France. The wireless tclc-
phone Is proving a mighty valuable as
set in the manCuVers of modern war
fare. despite all the Sunfire and The
disturbed atmospheric conditions. Co
ing over the top in trench warfare, the
old reliable telephone was hnndy
asset in communicating TO the rear the
results of the advance. But late:y the
troops have been going forward 81 fast
that a soon as one telephone line
would be SET up another extension
would he necessary to keep pace with
the flying Yankees.
"HeIos" From the clouds.
Il il IL the air service that the wire
less telephone now is being employed
10 such remarkable advantage. Voices
out of the air messages filtcring down
through the clouds, report the Obser-
vitions made during reconnaissance
flight and convey to headquarters tha
valued information as to the move
mentS of the enemy troops.
II is said the airplaneS nov in flight
uncoil a long strand of wire which
acts as the antennac for transmission
Of the message An observer in Il
huge plane noting the desertlOn Of a
village by the retreating Huns, has
but t. take up the telephone and
"hcllo" his chief with the important
message. InStantcr the Yankees are
away in pursuit.
The incandeScent lamp plays an i'm
p0rtant part in the great game of wire
less telephony from air fleet to land
battcInentS. \ tiny lamp that can
generate one horsepower of energy Is
used to receive the faint currents. and
Il larger one boosts the currents so
that the ordinary telephone apparatus
can receive them.
According 10 report it is n common
occurrence for young American or
French aviator now to be talking TO
base headquarters while flying high In
the heavens 80 TO 100 miles away.
| With the receiving apparatus on the
earth attuned to take the contact OF
wave lengths from his sending apPar'
atus aloft he is able to report instant.
Iy OF the developments below.
The wireless telephone has been lit
tie mere than ten years on the way in
tie matter of actual demonstration OF
/ theories long held tenable. 1t began
with simple experiments in the New
York laboratories OF Professor Lee De.
Forest, who succeeded in transmitting
distance of few feet across ia.
bic without wires.
Message of Peace.
1t was first employed at sea on ship
board in July 1907, in reporting yacht
races from the yacht Thelma in Putin
Bay, distance of four miles. Next
experiments were made on the battle.
ship Connecticut off Cape Cod. With.
our wires messages were relayed to
the battleships Kentucky and Illinois,
distance Of eight miles.
From this beginning radio-telephOny
was developed until trans-0ceanic
communication became possible. All
thar has been done In a military way
cannot be revealed until the war IL
over, hut it is certain then to unveil
Some startling disclosures. 1t seems
certain. for one thing. that the mes
cage OF peace, prOclaiming the over.
throw Of German militarism and the
triumph of democracy, will be relayed
completely around the world by the
wireless telephone-a voice out of the
, clear sky prOclaiming the dawn of the
great day.