The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-06
WORDS SPOKEN IN
SAN FRANCISCO ARE
HEARDAT ARLINGTON
Voice Carries Across the
Continent; President
to Use Ampliher

WASHiNGTON, Nov. THE call
of hugle the chime of bells and the
voice OF a man were swept across the
continent from san Francisco today to
be carried cut over "a wide stretch Of
ground about Arlington National
cemetery with every note. every jnngl-
ing vibration uf the bells and every
spoken syllable as distinct az if SCUM
dod a hundred feet from the listeners
ears. Yet the sounds originated In
san Francisco. the speaker stood on
the roof OF the great civic auditorium
there and the music came from phono-
graph records played In the building
on which he stood for an audience
three thousand miles away.
II was the tryout OF the mechanism
by which President llnrdings voice. ns
he speaks the nations homage on
ArmiEtice day over the caskpt Of
Americas unknown dead from France,
viii be carried tc an audience waiting
before the nmpliilers In New York
and TO another gathering In san Fran
cisco TO share ln Americas great day
Of tribute. Telephone wires hy the
thousands of mlcs. llnrmen by the
hundreds telegraph operators by the
score. were needed for the test. us they
viii be needed on ArmiHtlCv day to
bring the experiment to the success
foreshndowod by today's perfect .c-
suits
High Officers OF the army and tho
officials of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company which is
making this contribution to the mcm-
Ory of the dead soldier. had no doubts
OF success after the first sentence
spoken az san Francisco was clearly
audible to them at "a half mile dis
taucc from the atupliiiers In the ampi-
thcaior at Arlington.
Similarly there was long reading
OF speeches from the stage Of the
amphithoat-r here to be carried out
over the wires to san Francisco. The
voice ut the reader went ON and ON
and the few VINO witnessed the test
rrst listened to this from every point
about the great marble structure To a
distance OF more than half "a mile.
Every syllable penetrated clearly Ia
every nook and hollow, mixing n
certain that hundreds OF thousands
could hear the presidents address. the
prayers ana music on Armistice day,
standing anywhere In the grounds
about the structure.
Thon the voice announced that the
next words to be- heard would bt
spoken IN San Francisco. The faint
Whir of the mechanism rose to u
higher hum and new and more deep
~ toned voice announced that chimes
played ON photograph record IN san
Francisco would come next. As clearly
as II II were not "a dozen feet away
/ the click OF the phonogrupA mer ham
| ism came as the needle dropped on the
! face ct the whlrring record, three
| thousand miles away: the familiar In.
truductory scrnpc began, then tn,
! be.ls doomed out waking echoes IN IN,
! cemetery. pcaling over the thousands
| OF graves,
To accomplish this latest marvel oI
] communication the telephone com
] puuy employed nearly 10000 miles o
] circuit. double that length Of wire
| IL had nngmen stationed every /,
! miles AN the way Go san Francisco
/ 3uk picked men to keep II an going
/ ID had moro than 80 telegraph opera
] tors ON Morse cisCuits purnlloling IN,
! talking lines to see that all movct
| smoothly. that orders were prompt,
| ohpyed.
| And in todny's test the telophon,
| experts proved that. given encugl
/ equipment. they could carry an of tn,
! Armi=tl.vo day proceedings. the prcall
/ dents words in hts own voice. tn
strains uf the marine band the roa
Of the gun salvo that will mark thl
/ unknown soldiers burial, and tn
notes uf taps" sounded above IN
! grave, To every person In the Unite,
| states only lack OF equipment. 90
This Is AN experimental development
with no commercial aspect as vet. of
! f.Cials snid, prevents extension of IN
service tu other cities than New Nor
aHj san Francisco on that day.