The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-08

Continued From rage
national salute Of 81 guns each ship
firing at the same time.
AT about the hour Of 1880 P. M.
we anchored just opposite Brest,
France, at which point the arrange
ments for President Wilson's disem-
barking was prepared. At 2 o'clock
Admiral Sims had his feet to pass in
review before the big steamer George
Washington and the Admiraps Flag
Ship u. s. S. Pennsylvania. The sight
of these forty odd DestroyeS was
most interesting and it proved that
the Navy Department has been putt
ting in good twenty-four hours day
to protect us on the high seas from
any enemy at any time
The President Disembarks.
promptly at p. M. President
Wilson desembarks from the George
Washington where again the national
salute Of twenty-one guns were
heard for the last time on the safe
journey overseas. At the dock of
Brest, France, Mr.. Wilson and the
peace party were greeted in fashion
and the most welcome way history
has ever known. There were numer-
Gus battalions of French and Ameri-
can soldiers together with French
and English societies, which made
the parade a length of several miles.
President Wilson first went to one
of the French public parks. there he
said a few words, and few foreign
customs were performed, and short
ly he left on special train for Paris.
Describes The Immense
Radio Apparatus.
Before writing of our return voy-
age, on which we escorted back the
big battleships which have been over
seas for nearly eighteen months, |
will tell you of the most efficient and
biggest communicating task that has
ever been performed on the high seas
or that has ever been attempted.
The u. S. S. Pennsylvania has the
best radio (wireless) apparatus af-
Loaf today, and / believe l can safe
ly say just about as good personal.
Aboard we have eight different sta
tons, and six different ways by which
we can communicate. We have what
you call the A r c long distance
$500 mile apparatus-spark 1000 mile
apparatus-su escillator, wire
less telephone, valve set and meter
set With these different apparatus
we were able to handle all traffic dir
ect with Annapolis, Md, for $500
miles which is about one and half
days past Azores Island or within
one and half days of Brest, France.
So you can readily understand there
was no time we were not in direct
touch with Washington, D. c. When
we got within one and half days
of Brest we sent our business to u. S.
A. from Lyons big Radio Station.
Direct Communication With u. S. A.
There was no time at all we could
not receive our business direct from
the high power RaStation, Annapolis
Md. Therefore the President received
messages within 30 minutes after they
were written at the most. From the
Pennsylvania to the George Wash
ington we sent and received every
thing on our low power sets and
wireless telephone. During the entire
voyage overseas with the President,
we handled over 500 messages aver
aging over so words each; besides
1900 to 5000 words of press daily for
the President of current events. In
addition to this, we handled some so
odd messages from foreign nations,
sending welcome and greetings to
President Wilson. From this you can
see radio is not a toy any longer, but
is reality, and is very practicable
especially for transatlantic and cross
country communications.
Return Voyage
For a few minutes | will give you
details of our voyage returning with
our big super-dreadnaughts Wyom-
ing, New York, Texas, Oklahoma,
Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Arkansas and
Florida We left Brest promptly at
2 80 P. M. December 14th. The u s.