The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-05
Nv GODFREY ISAAcS
Managing Director of marooni wireless
Telegraph 90.

Telegraph o.
What part wireless has played during
the war!
Well to begin with. II has been relied
mon ~er, largely Ind"c1 l"f ""iht'"A'
ti"u with distant ""unt'l"s.
Ia suine Gassn ~li"l1ss aI"'I1 ''"' '
available; LA "ih"Ia u Lao seiS'h '"'s
~ L.. ,sil.S. ia" .aIi"s. ai.'i II h"a """
a. ..neral standby f"i all i"il"'""H Va
Goa. tha .aI.iaa ~"'" ''"l
All commemorative" ~I'h 'I"''"a"y vas
an, Immediately ~a. h,"h' ""' Wl'h""'
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.-,,"n.iy r,''"""'" "'f - h""" ""' ne
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no,. .,r,,rl.i-l Ih- -"ln" 81 ~''"'""''
s,y Irnu hlr',n"" communication "'""
r,ry, than Ia rnaulhl" un'"r "ris''"e "'t-
cumRiancoa
.rh, ,,,uy STATIONS which W. p"a'""a
I'm this country hnvn boon ri n'"'"''
,srvIcc Thoy have boon n" organize"
under tho direction OF IN" nnVh' "'''
military authorities nm to "n@p'o th"'h
TO reccive practically every Wirnieas
msssaze from any part OF IN" worm
and to deliver them ~hcTo they "eFs
required.
Evorv German message. for instance.
dressed to Germany. was reviewed by the
. cornnany hero In the Strand. ns we'll IA
.vcrv nnessaxc to and from Austrin. But
3 varia md Turkey. A large number OF
stations Mt homo and abroad. Hlhny OF
which we have equipped and erected
during the war for tho nVy ana army
have aided largely in this valuable ser
vice.
Wlroless Heroes 1t Sea-
Al sea. except for enemy warshlps.
think It may be said there was hardly
a vessel which had not telegraph hth-
tion on board. Al the outset Their"
vero. roughly speaking. some 100 iner-
chant shipa equipped with wlr1inaH hr-
parnlua. and this nnrnh"r. "t''r "''''"
Ing for lnrsrs. I'M b. -
shout 1000 At all limos tho Allied
naval authorities wrro In touch ~ wti"-
loan with ovory ship at s"a
Tho value or au"h II 1"rvI"" ut"l"r CA"
ORGANIZATION cannot. perhaps. DO nTo'
uunioly npprccItod but Hin"o IN" sub
marine warfare whnt"vor u mny hive
boon before. It wan multiplied many fold
IT ,nny 10 Htatod. in'lorh. that beyond all
doubt Tho wIrooau telegraph lnrtnlln-
tlons on ahlpa on tho high H"na played n
very substantial part In defeating Tho
submarine menace.
cannot pnes from this subject with
out saying word or two about inc
wireless operators. I do not Know OF
any single instance whom nm operator
hcsitated even to 20 TO sea tmmeoh'"lS
upon receiving instructions. not"i'n-
standing the dangers. When one pears
An mind that In conscQnccc OF tho man
,nver nroblem the company had to Take
in hand and train very young men IN
deed. many Of them quite boys. down 10
+bc aye Of seventeen the courage. re-
source and discipline they all showed
will bear the most favorable compari-
son with any other service. not e8cluo-
ing the navy
One hundred and cighty-rour OF our
operators have been drowned owing &c
vessels on which they were engaged nc
ing torpedoed. very large number
some hundreds. indc"d-were TOT
v oedoed, but saved. and many were ''f
pcdocd several times.
Boy Who Saved 400.
1,,,r,sr.ble Instances Of conspicu'
'n,s horycry and the most heroic con-
duct on tho part OF these young mer
.ould he recorded. and the following
NAV he cited as typical: a ship was
being heavily sheilrd. AID tho operator
"cnIled" for assistan'". lie got mn
,ouch with a vessel and learned ina
hello would reach them In about '"u
hours lie was then directed 10y '"'
.aptain to leave ia" ship. h7 "Ee''""'
is. ua. dnIns II hnins II" l""Eor 7ni'
To r1Inain. ,
~ ,,inI ,i .,ut h"~oVor. that II ~""I'
,,Lc I,,tf hours ftr help l" arrive '""
~ wan unlikely. la ia" """lh"r 'h"' ~"
vaiIoh that many OF '"'"" "''''