The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-15
NERVOUS SYSTEM OF UNIVERSE
 HARMONIZES FOR ALASKA SERVICE
Network of Radio Stations, Maintained by Army
 and Navy, Ready for Any Emergency.

With fourteen Army radio stations and twelve of the Navy in Alaska capable of coordination at any time for broadcasting purposes, President Warren G. Harding, when he arrives in August on his tour, can say Hello Northland, and how are you, folks?' to the residents of every section of the Territory.
 The Navy stations, which are under the supervision of Lieutenant B. H Mack as District Superintendent, are located at Soapstone Point, across from Cape Spencer Ca compass sta, tion) Sitka, Ketchikan, Juneau, the compass and radio station on Hinchinbrook Island, the trans mitting and receiving stations near Cordova, Seward, Kodiak, Dutch Har- bor, St. Paul and St. George. Superin- tendent Mack returned on the SS. l Alameda from an inspection trip. He I found everything O. K.
 The Army stations are located most 1 ly in the interior, at Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Fairbanks, Gibbon, Nu- lato, Iditarod, McGrath, St. Michael, Nome and Noobik and three in South eastern Alaska-at Craig, Wrangell and Petersburg.
 EXPERTS AT CORDOVA The double station at Cordova is one of the best, which a staff of thirty 1 two men, some of whom are expert op- orators. Their skill is indicated in the | fact that the station handles 800 to nearly 1000 messages a day during the busy season, and when the ''stling" l breaks, rendering the one capricious cable useless, which happens every summer, the radio is the sole reliance. The business then is relayed by tele- graph and telephone from the radio station to COrdova.
 While Congress has denied the $1,- 5O0000 for the new cable from Seat tie, it will be impossible to isolate Alaska as long as the radio stations are maintained. Superintendent Mack is prepared for the emergency. He was asked by The Times last night to inuuire concerning the supply of grand opera and other music which Secretary Denby recently said would be available by radio for the public. He said he certainly would, but that business came first and the Cordova station was very busy. There isn't much time for play.
 TEXAS OPERATOR
 Down if Texas, recently, a radio operator wanted to communicate with another operator who was locat- ed only two miles distant He sent his message through the air to Call fornia, where it was relayed by cable to Alaska, thence by radio by way or Nome, back south and east by cable and radio to the observation-disclosures ands of miles roundabout, just to show what could be done in case Of need
 Distance is annihilated, absolutely.
 CHEW OF TOBACCO
 There's nothing new about this, however, as a veteran press tele- grapher assured the radio superin- tendent last night. Many a time' he said, while working in the great New York office before the Spanish War, an operator working on a Bos- ton wire, for instance, would want a chew of tobacco from a friend who was operating a circuit ill the far end of the room--a block away. Just for fun, and being lazy, he would flash a service message clear around the country, thousands of miles and back again to the other end of the room, and within a few minutes check boy would come poking up with the de- sired plug wrapped up in a message i blank"
 1 The Knights of the Key also enjoy 1 checkers and chess by wire upon oc- casions, each square being numbered The moves are transmitted by wire as fast as they usually are made when the players sit face to face. Chief Simkins of the Cordova cable office who is a champion player, may ar range for such tournament this sum mer.
 HOW FIGHT FANS GET
 Ernie" F. lessen of Cordova, while proprietor of a high class sportsman's resort in Seattle, employed an expert