The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1901, Page 13

i % | | Qexoronanens Pages 13 10 22 PEOAP AOHPAOXORON S % QORI HSLOLINOD PHOXOROUSN G [ L2222 22 22 20 ! i | Pages 31022 PR RS XDLOHDK SHOXD KO ORORORIHON | ‘0‘0'0'0‘0" VOLUME XC—NO. 23. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNEfzs‘, 1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOVERNMENT WILL ESTABLISH SYSTEM 'OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FARALLONES months. June 22, 1901. be of great assistance to the forecaster, cspecially we wonder why some one does not attempt a critical study of the fogs. : : The loss of the ili-fated Rio de Janciro a few months ago, appalling as the tragedy was, and in many ways it was the most remarkable acci- dent that ever happened to a ship within sight of land, removes the question of fog study from the purcly speculative and makes it incumbent upon the commercial ‘bodies of San Francisco to sce to it without delay that some means of quick and certain communication is established be- tween incoming and o tgoing vesscls and the Tand. it ssems to me that the Marconi method is exactly what is needed at this port. It would also LOSS OF THE RIO CITED AS AN OBJECT LESSON. T IS doubttul if there is any great harbor in the world where communication by means of wircless telegrashy would be of greater value than here in San Francisco. Nature has provided, it would almost seem, a ‘sreat natural laboratory for the meteorologist in ‘the approaches to the Golden Gate. No one can wa'k along the hills overlooking the bay without realizing that the physical processes of cloudy condensation are here shown to perhaps greater advantage than in any other part of the werld. In simpler words, pr-bblems of fog formation arc so wonderful here that — in connection with the heavy southeast storms which break in upon us during the winter And it should not be forgotten that even when cstablished we shall have made but a BEGINNING in this great problem of communi=- cating over a wide range of country without the necessity of intervening metallic conductors. | _mes WL cyary of AGR UL RE—> HE CALL’S advocacy of *he es- tablishment of a system of wireless telegraphy between the mainiand and the Farallones has resulted successfully, in that Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Department has suthorized Chief Willis L. Moore of the United States Weather Burear to install a plant on the sentinel rocks that nature has placed thirty miles from the Golden Gate and en- trance to the bay of San Francisco. Yesterdsy morning Alexander McAdie, local forecast official of the Weather Bu- reau, received the foliowing dispatch from Chief Moore at Washinston: “Secretary Wilson will authorize me to install 2 wireless system of telegraphy at the Farallones and other Pacific Coast statione just as soon as there is any sys- tem suitable for installation.” ‘With & system of wireles telegraphy be- tween the Farallones and Point Reyes and Point Lobos the benefits that will accrue cannot be overestimated. Not only will it be possible for incoming ships to report their arrival off the coast long before they could be sighted by the most power- ful marine telescopes, but in case of acci- dent or distress help could be summoned from the city and valuable lives and prop-. erty saved. ' Storms that sweep across the ocean to- ward the Pacific Cokst could be reported hours before ‘he barometer would give any indication of a change in the weath- er, and the early news thus given to farmers and fruit growers would resuit in the saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property. From the evening honr on the 24 of August, 1898, when The Call by wireless - Call's Advoeaey of Mareoni System Is Suecessful Secretary Wilson Issues an Order to Install a Plant 3. telegraphy signaled the arrival of the transport- Sherman, with the First Cali- fornia Volunteers on board, experiments have been carried on all over the world with the mystericus Hertzian waves that under the subtle hand of Guglielmo Mar- con! have been placed at the disposal of markind to annihilate space. CALL THE FIRST TO TEST ITS UTILITY The Call was the first newspaper in the world to give a practical demonstratioft Tof the utility of Marconi's discovery and invention. 2 Realizing the possibility that Marcon!’s invention was destined to revolutionize the system of telegraphy, The Call de- terfhined to spare no expense in putting to & rigid test the claims made by Mar- coni that it was possible to telegraph witbout the aid of connecting wires. How well the test succeeded is known to every living man, woman and child who resided in San Franciscé on August 23, 1899, ‘With a plant installed at the lightship, nine miles from the Cliff House, and a similar plant located on the ocean beach messages were flashed through the ether day after day during the week when the arrival of the Sherman was expected. These messages sent by means of the wireless system were, however, experi- mertal. The great question to be solved by The Call was whether Marconi's claims covld be considered as of practical use to commerce. The whele State of California was interested in the arrival of her fight- ing sons from the swamps of the island of Luzon. On.all sides the question was asked, “When will the Sherman arrive?” ‘Wken it seemed as if the people in this 2 GUGLIEFO H MARco:.. B Icll‘l —-1600 sextBY LS. D __ zooBY l K Y June 22 1901, o | Fort No. sors—Tr- [\, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICOLTURE, WEATHER BUREAU. ey _31 Paid Gov't, Rate. hoosved of S0 ¥ranelsco,Caly 11,59 8ume ___June 22 190k . /4y et Washington D.Ca Message Is Flashed Through Space Over 100 Miles Steamship Luecania " in Toueh With the ~ Land Stations <+ TELEGKRAM RECEIVED. G Meather Sap_Francisco,Cel, system at -~ installation. Secretvary: Wilson will nmnguzg»pa_.u‘mnu_nuhu____ Farallones "end other Pacific Cosst stations just 85 goon ss thera is any :Bystem suitable for FPETE. city could no longer stand the strain of eager watching and waiting for news from the broad bosom of the Pacific Ocean, The Czll relieved the temsion and demonstrat- ed the absolute utility of the wireless system of telegraphy. From the mast of the lightship, nine miles from the main- land, the mysterious Hertzian waves car- ried the welcome message of the sighting of the Sherman to the ocean beach station and a few seconds later_the expectant citizens of San Franqsco%ere surprised with the glad news. The Call on that memorable day set an example that has been followed on two continents and has won a victory for San Francisco in the recognition of the Gov- ernment for the establishment of the wireless system of telegraphy between the Farallones and the mainland. BIG YACHT RACES ARE REPORTED The example set by The Call was fol- lowed by the New York Herald in report- ing the result of the international yacht ! % 5 MEN WHO FIGURE IN ESTAB- LISHMENT OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY HERE. ) races in October, 1899. Mg.rconl ‘was in charge of the instruments placed on a ves- sel that followed the racing crafts and the recelving station was located at Sandy Hook. Every turn and move of the trim yachts, battling for the possession of the America's cup, was sent flying through space and was given to the eager residents of New York City and San Franecisco. The wireless messages received at Sandy Hook were repeated by special wire to the office of The Call in San Francisco and promptly displayed to thousands who ‘watched the ‘bulletin boards in front of the Claus Spreckels building. The success of The Call in securing the news of the arrival of the Sherman and the results of the yacht races by means of wireless telegraphy aroused the cha- grin and envy of ‘certain ‘“yellow news- papers.” Unable to understand the mag- nitude of Marconi’s system and The Call's enterprise, the Examiner hurled ridicule and abuse, tinged with venom. ‘With a beating of tom-toms and the screech of a siren, the ‘yellow fellow' ' WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FIRST UTILIZED BY THE' CALL. - HERMAN in sight.” These were the words flashed by wireless telography on the evening of Au- ‘gust 23, 1809, from the lightship, nine miles from the Golden Gate, to The Call’s telegraph ope- rators located at the Cliff House. The three-word message marked the first step in the use of Marconi’s system for newsgathering in the whole world. Messages had. previously been sent by Marconi in an experimental way, but the reporting of the ‘Shermen and the return of the First Cali- , demonstrated the utility of Marconi’s system for securing rapid fornia Regiment, announced by The Call information by a newspaper. displayed posters commenting on The Call and insulting the great inventor Marcon! by distorting his name into “Macaroni.” The old proverb that ‘fools rush in ‘where wise men fear to tread” was once .again demonstrated. Like those who ridi- culed the claims of Morse that it was pos- sible to flash a signal over a wire from ‘Washington to Baltimore, so the Exami- ner ridiculed the Marcon! system of teleg- raphy. While men of science hesitated to pass an opinion, the enemies of Morse de- nourced him as a faker, a lesson followed closely- by the Examiner in ridiculing Mazrconi and the demonstrations made by The Call of the great Italian’s system. The work started by The Call in Aug- ust, 1899, has borne good fruit and the “yellow papers” now daily chronicle the marvelous results of wireless telegraphy all over the world. The first step taken by The Call in 1899~ to demonstrate the utility of the wireless system of telegraphy led to remarkable achievements in the use of the Marconi system almost immédiately. Messages were sent during the yacht races a dis- tance of forty miles from sea to Sandy Hook, and this feat was followed last year by constant communication between ships of the British squadron while cruising in the English Channel. The New York Herald recently installed a complete Marconi system at Nantucket and incoming trans-Atlantic steamers ‘were able to report their arrival from dis- tances varying from fifty to 100 miles. The most remarkable success has attend- ed the use of the Marconi system on board the Cunard steamship Lucania. So HE success attending the use of the Marconi wireless telegraph system on board the Cunard steamsHlp Lucania a few days ago has exceeded all expecta- tions. The instruments on board the ship kept up communication with the stations on shore on the rum from Liverpool to Queenstown and the triumph - of wireless telegraphy was reached when a message was sent from the ship to Crookhaven, Ireland, a dis- tance of 100 miles. For several hours after the Lucania had crossed the bar of the Mersey com- mupication between the vessel and land, which very soon was lost to sight from her decks, was maintained. First of all, wireless messages were sent from on rd the outward steamer to a training steamer stationed in the Mersey, the Conway, on which the Marconi ap- paratus had been installed. Then thére came a time as the Lucania crept along the coast of North Wales, when the vessel got out of range, as it were, and communications with the Con- way ceased, only to be reopened with a second station as the Cunarder turned the corner of the Island of Anglesey into St. George’s Channel. This second station was at Holyhead, off the western coast of Anglesey. Here, at_its entrance, St. George’s Channel is some sixty miles across, and the route followed by the Atlantic liners leaving Liverpool is well dut toward the middle of the channel, so that it is rarely that the towering head can be seen by pas- sengers. It was not long after she had lost wire- Continued on Page Fourteen. Continued on Page Fourteen.