Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1921-11-04
TOHEAR VOICES
ACROSS nation
Every Sound of Armistice
Day Program TO Go
Through Amphher
TEST PROVES
SATISFACTORY

WASHlNGIONs NOV. 4.-Ine call
OF a bugle. the chime OF bells and
the voice OF a man were swept across
the continent from San Francisco
vest erday to be hurled out over a wide
stretch OF ground about Arlington
National Cemetery with every note,
every jangling vibration Of the bells
and every spoken syllable as distinct
as though sounded 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 OF the bugle and bells came
from photograph records played In
the building on which he stood, for
an audience three thousand miles
away
II was the formal dress rehearsal
OF the mechanism by which President
Harding's voice. as he speaks the
nations homage on Armistice Day
over the casket OF Americas un-
known dead from France. win be
carried to an audience waiting be-
tore the amplihers in New York and
TO another gathering in San Fran
CISCO 10 share in Americas great
day OF tribute. Telephone wires by
the thousands OF miles. linemen by
the hundred telegraph operators by
the score were needed for the test
as they will be needed on Armistice
Day TO bring the experiment to the
success so certainly foreshadowed by
todays perfect results. High officers
Of the army and the officials OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. who are making this con-
tribution to the memory OF the dead
soldier. had no doubts OF that sue
CESS after the first sentence spoken
at san Francisco was clearly audible
to them at a half-mile distance from
the amplIhers on the amphitheatre
a Arlington.
Similarly, there was a long read
ing Of speeches from the stage OF
Ae amphitheatre here TO be car
r.ied out over the wires to San Fran
cisco. The voice OF the reader went
on and on and the few who Witness
ed the test listened to this from every
point about the great marble struc-
ulre to distance Of more than hall
a mile. every syllable penetrated
dearly to every nook and hollow,
making 1t certain that hundreds OF
thousands could hear the Presidents
address. the prayers and the Sing
ing and music on Armistice Day
standing anywhere in the grounds
about the Structure
Then the voice announced thai
the next words to be heard would
be spoken in San Francisco. The
faint whir OF the mechanism ros'
TO higher hum and a new, deepe
toned voice announced that chimes
played on phonograph record II
San Francisco, would come next A
clearly as II 1t were not a dozei
feet away the click OF the phono
graph mechanism came as the needle
dropped on The face of the whlrlinl
record disc 5000 miles away; th'
familiar Introductory scrape began
then the bells doomed out making
echoes in the cemetery, pealing ovel
the thousands Of graves.
The deep voice took up the task
again with the announcements:
Spoken from the roof the Civic
Auditorium In San Francisco"
II read out the words OF Presi'
dent Harding's inaugural address
then announced the bugle cali recorS
and the clear note OF a trumpe
in stirring army calls swept owe
the field more distinctly heard thai
the notes OF the bugles at Fort Mye
across the road, where the garriso
was at retreat parade.
To accomplish this latest marvi
OF communication. the telephor
company employed nearly ten thoi
sand miles of circuit and double thi
length OF wire: Il had hneme
stationed every is miles all the wa
to San Francisco. sos picked me
TO keep it all going. II had more tina
90 telegraph operators on Mors
circuits paralleling the talking lin
TO see that all moved smoothly, tn
orders were promptly obeyed
And in yesterdays test telephoi
experts proved that given enouf
equipment. they could carry all
the Armistice Day proceedings, Il
Presidents words in his own vote
the strains Of the Marine Band, q
roar Of the gun salvo that will ma
this unknown soldiers burial, al
the notes Of taps sounded abo
the grave. to every person in 4
United States.
Only lack OF equipment, for n
is an experimental development wi
no commercial aspect as yet, ofiicia
said, prevents extension OF the Sc
vice to other cities than New Yo
and San Francisco on that day.