The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1901. .COMMUNICATION BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IS SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED BETWEEN NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP AND THE LUCANIA, CUTTING OFF MANY HOURS IN VOYAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTI Incoming Passengers Receive All of the World When Two Miles Remain to Be Traversed. Messages Are Sent and Received Without Interruption, and the Marconi Works Perfectly. — the News Hundred System THE | BEARINGS AND DISTANCES FROM SANKATY HEAD . Hopk ...00c.its £ NANTUCKET SHOALS LIGHTSHIP. } Bearings. = Distances. o h B bhsismessieie s iDL TR @ M Agundles omnimes pip bisemanspior - WVt M dep N 166 miles l - s b bassstesana W, Mides N 393 niiles ........ ceesvese.. NW.¥deg. N. 69 miles. ‘ . a—Ts g8 amiles 5 i HERALD’S OBSERVATION STATION, NANTUCKET LIGHETSHIP, Aug. 16.—(By Marconi system®of wireless telegraphy)—Cunard line steamship Lucania, sends this message by Marconi wireless telegraphy to Captain McKay, seventy-two miles east of Nantucket, the station of inauguration of the Herald’s service for reporting incoming steamships and transporting messages to and from them: “All well on board. We are 287 miles from Sandy Hook and with clear weather expect to reach N:w York harbor Saturday. Aug. 16.—Communication by d between the Nan- n incoming steam- ect many hours were cut from the ocean ope and America. Long before they sight- passengers were acquainted with the sent week. ng reccerded the signals that were htship searching for the Lucania. o'clock it was demonstrated that the two mmunication. To make absolutely certain 4 from. The answer came back that the reached. From that time untii forty messages were sent in a stream from There were occasional interruptions from adjustment. but news events of the world that had happened since the steamship left the other side. It is not difficult to imagine the enthusiasm that this aroused among the pi gers who were fortunate enough to take part in the tion of this new service be Lu left the shores of Ireland Sunday morning | they were kep communication with the world ashore by this still mysterious agency of a until Queenstown had dropped below the horizon. All were interested in that event, which was & ete when communication was taken up again this ev time when the Lucania had nearly twe hundred miles of ocean to travel before reaching its pler in North River. Frequent tests made from 8 o’clock in the morning showed instruments ashore and aboard the lightship were in good working order. Communication was maintained easily end regularly throughout the day and long messages were exchanged. Among these were final instructions in rezard to the order in which messages from the Lucania should be re- | celved and messages to be sent. British naval officers assert that messages have been sent this year in the Mediterranean a distance of more than 100 miles from ship to ship, but this distance is assumed and not estab- Please inform Cunard agents. ard line, at 6 o’'clock this evening, and | ph station the instruments between | temporarily broken to ask the lightshin if the | “McKAY.” | years, the system being that of Lieutenant Tissot. In the Med- Jilrrranean fleet maneuvers this year this Tissot system was employed, but it is reported that at one critical moment in the tactical evolutions the enemy’s message was picked up and | utilized by the defdhding fleet. The Italian navy has success- | fully used the Marconi system for four years, and several sta- tions on the littoral of the peninsula have been equipped. In commercial shipping also the wireless system is making steady progress. Six transatlantic steamships have made use of it. The American lirer St. Paul in 1899 carried a temporary installation and communicated with a station situated at the Needles. on the Isle of Wight. The estimated distance between ship and station was sixty sea miles. The Lucania, Deutschland, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kal- serin Maria Teresa and Lake Champlain also are fitted. with the device, which. except in case of the Teresa. is of the Mar- coni type. ‘It is reported that other steamers plying in impor- tant trade waters are to be equipped. The notable success of the present trial with the Lucania must lead shipowners to make this installation a vart of the regular outfit. It is often asked if fog, bad weather, or the curvature of | the earth interferes with the transmission or distinctness of | messages. No other trial than those carried out by the Nan- tucket station is needed to prove that for and bad weather have not even the slightest effect. The effect of the earth's | curvature is said to be not appreciable and leaving out mechan- ical faults it seems fairly certain that electrical conditions of the atmosphere are the only ones that create disturbances and these are of temporary character. No one may venture to predict the future of wireless teleg- raphy. Double transmission by a single wire has been achieved —that is, two messages have at the same Instant been sent and received between Niton, in the Isle of Wight, and Sand Bank. This has been brought about by using different wave lengths for the two messages. Three important problems still await solutlon. As yet the bearing and distance of signaling a ship cannot be determined. Although promising experiments have been made with mes- sages that can be read by particular receivers \for which they are intended, definite success cannot be claimed, and this work remains within the domain of investigation. Experts are hopeful that the bridging of the Atlantic by wireless telegraph will goon be possible. This will not demand any increase in the height of the pole, because the limit in that direction has been nearly reached. nor will the sensibility of the receiver be increased to any mreat extent. The secret probably lies in increasing the capacity of the aerial conductor lished. In France wireless telegraphy has been used for several | and employing mor/a electrical epergy for transmission. & oot Socdert s B e T ) GRAND MASTER PRESENTS :nr;r." It is a most artistic plece of | MISS JULIA WINSTON vork. BEAUSEANT TO ENIGHTS | ,fier the presentation speech Sir TO BECOME A BRIDE o | Knight Carroll “Cook, commander of Presentation of a Battle Flag to the Drill Corps of California | Commandery. | fornia Commandery No. i, Knights | Banded by r, met in Commandery Hall, Ma- night and after the con- | gree of the temple there | Sir K in Louisville. Ky., f of Most Liovd, grand master of the Eminent Sir the commandery, accepted placed it in charge of Sir Knight T. I. Henderson, standard-bearer, who carried t to its proper position in the corps com- night George F. Neal. The commander in accepting the flag de- clared that it will ever be cherished and defended by the commander and that with pride it will be displayed at the conclave his month. fter the ceremonies there was an ad- sentation to the com- irill corps of 2 magnificent silk | journment to the banquet hall, where an or battle flag, by Rev. Mr. | excellent ante-departure banquet served to 200 knights and short addresses were made by General W. H. L. Barnes, George A. Knight, Judge Carroll Cook and the flag and | Southern California Beauty Betrothed to M. E. Flowers, a Subject of Xing Edward. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 16.—The engage- ment of Miss Julia Winston, one of Southern California’s most famous beau- ties, to M. E. Flowers, an Englishman, was announced to-day. Mr. Flowers is an orange grower at Riverside and a keen polo and golf player. He is at present at Del Monte to take part in next week's tournament of field sports. Miss Win- ws R 22 Z ston is d Grand Encampment of the United States. | other prominent members of the frater- tv‘r’we "g ::.‘; m:.::nbmn?“f of Spanish This flag_ like the one which the same | nity. Stk ety Sant e 2 SOTLDEn i e aisting: d officer presented to Goiden | To-night there will be a review In the | 70" the firat time & enih a0 g?lrsflft Gate Drill Corps of this city, is of white | Pavilion to the commandery by the driil Monica. The wedding will take place l‘ on black =ilk, but on it is worked in silk | corps, when the programme will include | October. o a figure of a sir knight in full uniform, mounted on a black charger. One side ehows the left side of the mounted knight d the other the right side. Surround- € the figure are the words in gold em- broidery, “California Commandery Drill inent Sir W. tion drill in-fatigue of the programme an overture, introductory remarks by Em- inent Sir Carroll Cook, -exhibition driil ir full templar uniform, an address by Em- H. L. Barnes and an exhibi- will dancing until midnight it King Will Visit the Kaiser. BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The Post says: King Edward will soon go to Wilkeimshohe, unifgrm. This part tollowed by | near Kassel, and s‘gend several days with the Emperor and Empress. NANTUCHET SHOALS LIGH T SKHFE o+ — | i i MAP OF COUNTRY FROM NEW YORK TO NANTUCKET, SHOWING SHIPS AND TELEGRAPH STATIONS. 1E system of wireless telegraphy tween Sankaty Head on the island of Nantucket and the installed by the New York Herald be- Nantucket lightship out in the ocean forty-three miles away commenced its regular work yesterday. It is now possible to hear of the ar| oach of inbound ocean steamers twelve or fourteen hours before they®reach New York and to hear of them that long after they have left that harbor. Most of the regular liners will be equipped with Marconi's apparatus and be- tween these and the Nantucket lightship communiecation can be had when they are 100 miles or more farther out in the ocean. Some months ago the New York Herald, moved by the success achieved by The Call in reporting by wireless telegraphy the aproach of the Sherman with the First California home bound from Manila in August, 1899, and its own success with the same system on the occasion of the Columbia-Shamrock races off Sandy Hook later in the same year, conceived the idea of making permanent use of the new system of transmission of signals in reporting the arrivals and de- partures of ve sels from Nantucket lightship, miles south of Nantucket Island on the northern edge of the “lane” which rides at anchor forty-three followed by trans-Atlantic steamers and 166 miles beyond Fire Island, whence such reports have heretofore come. Formal permission was had from the Treasury Department to make use of the lightship and the plans for the work thereon‘having been perfected and approved ing vessel. & The announcement of the project met with the most hearty approval of the steamship people and the public generally, and most of the managers of the great trans-Atlantic lines undertqok to have the several fleets equipped with the Marconi system and to have their captains co-operate to the fullest extent to bring out the greatest possible results. rule carried out their promises and their captains are prepared to “call’” the Nan- tucket lightship while yet from 100 to 150 miles away and announce the approach- vessels of their respective They have as a From the lightship the news will be at once transmitted by “wireless” to San- katy Head on Nantucket Island and thence by telephone and cable across that island and Marthas Vineyard and the intervening waters to Woods Holl on the mainland. whence the land lines will carry it to the Herald office in New York and The Call office in this city, and a few moments later, by bulletin and wire. the people of New York City and the rest of the country will have it. this while the vessel is yet over 200 miles from Sandy Hook. The possibilities of the Marconi system are yet untried. practical evocation of its possibilities one need not be surprised to hear from time to time of new and more wonderful achievements. The Call's efforts in the matter of wireless telegraphy for this coast will prob- ably soon result in having a system of reporting ships between the Farallones and the Golden Gate, an innovation that will be of great benefit to the merchant ma- And all With this constant by the lighthouse inspector for the district, the work was begun some weeks ago. rine, GERMANG GALL HIM A FORGER Alleged Fugitive From Justice Arrested in Milwaukee. CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Garhardt Terlinden of Duisburg, Germany, accused of forgery and embezzlement by the German Gov- ernment, was captured in Milwaukee by Chicago Pinkerion detectives and brought to this city for safekeeping. The prisoner is wanted by the German authorities on a charge of having forged and hypothecated 1,500,000 marks’ worth of charters and securities, the property of the Garkard: Terlinden Company of Duisburg, of which he was manager. The butiness was a land improvement and investment enterprise, and it is said that a great number of poor persons were financially ruine® by the alleged defal- cations of the manager. The American equivaient of the sum Herr Terlinden is charged with having taken is $375,000. He has a considerable amount of money on deposit in Chicugo banks. \I FALLING ROCK KILLS THREE MEN IN A MINT Disaster in a Shaft at the Tamarack in Michigan Ends Lives. CALUMET, Mich., Aug. 16.—The hang- ing rock in the twenty-eighth level of shaft 2 of the Tamarack mine fell last night, killing three men and injuring two, nefther of whom may live. The dead are Richard Trezofa, aged 28 years; John Simmons, 23 years; Mathew Stainho, Austrian, aged 26 years. The in- jured are Samuel Jacobson, a Finlande: atthew A. M. Ula, a Finiander. YANKEE GOIN 15 BERIND 1T British Ship Project Sup- ported by Ameri- can Capital. LONDON, Aug. 16.—8. G. Fraser, the Dublin engineer, who has prepared the plans for,the new harbor at Berehaven. Bantry Bay, Ireland, in connection with the proposed steamship line which is to have steamers capable of crossing the At- lantic in four and a half days, said to-day that the line will consist of six large steamers—four for the New York and two for the Canadian trade. The Canadian port will be Sidney or Halifax. By tuilding sixty-fivé miles of railroad and connecting Berehaven with all the Irish lines the new company will be able to take passengers and malls via Bere- haven to London in five days. The Eng- lish port will be Liverpool or Southhamp- ton until the new works at Dover are completed. Austin Chamberlain, Gerald Balfour and George Wyndham, respect- ively the Financial Secretary to the Treas- ury, the president of the Board of Trade and Chlef Secretary for Ireland, besides Lord James of Hereford, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, actively support- ed the bill and advised silence on this side of the Atlantic until the bill was passed. Fraser says much American. capital is interested in the scheme, " Italy Fortunate in Crops. ROMEY Aug. 16.—Favorable crop reports throughout Italy indicate the wheat pros- gect as slightly in excess of last season’s arvest of 42,000,000 hectoliters. The wine outlook is also promising, there being no disease affecting the vines. For the first times in several seasons the olive crop will be good, and the prospects for hops, corn and rice are uniformly bright. THOOPS HOLD THE TEMPLES Evacuation of Peking Is Delayed by the Negotiations. PEKING, Aug. 16.—The troops of the powers have not yet evacuated the pub- lic bufidir.gs. The British and Americans propose to occupy the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Agriculture until their barracks are ready. Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister, thinks it would not be wise to withdraw before the protocol has been signed in conjunction with the Chinese plenipoten tiaries, as withdrawal would remove the chief inducement to the Chinese to sign. The Japanese still hold the northern sec- tion of the city. It is considered signifi- cant of their relations with the Chinese that a Japanese colonel has been elected to command and organize the Chinese police. The jvinicn is growing that the court will refuse to return =o long as the pow- ers maintain such large forces in the province of Chill. The protocol does not provide for the destruction of the forts. the ministers of the powers having failed to agree cn this point. Funeral of Seth C. Boyd. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 16.—The funeral of Seth C. Boyd took place in this city to-day. Services were conducted in St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Wyllys Hall, assisted by Rev. Arthur Crosby. The church was crowded to the doors with friends of the family. A cadet corps of the Mount Tamaipais Military Academy acted as pallbearers. The interment took place in the Tamal- pais cemetery. GUT IN WAGES MEANS STRIKE Labor Unions of Fall River Threaten to Quit Work. —_— FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 16.—All the labor - unions in -the city will take the final step next week toward a decisiom, to resist by a strike the proposed cut in wages of 15 per cent. To-night the executive committee of the Weavers’ Association called a speclal meeting to vote on the recommendation of the Textile Council at its meeting last night. There is no doubt that the mem- bers will vote to strike in opposition to the reduction. The association has about 3000 members. The executive committee of the manu- facturers met to-day, but no idea can be glven as to tke time at which an agre ment will Le reached, although they e: ect that the reduction will not be de- ayed beyond September. nor will it be modified as to the amount. The reasom given for the 'atfer statement Is that the men who are behind the reduction move- ment pelleve that if any reduction is jus- tifiable it must be large enough to allow the nulls compete with mills every- where, and_cspecially in the South. Remonstrance Coming From Italy. LONDON. Aug. 17.—“The Itallan Gov- ernment will address a remogstrance to the American Government,” ¥ says the Rome correspondent of th¢ Standard. “concerning Consul Long's report deal- tug with the zlleged commerce in slav~s on the Red S.a and at Massowah. I: has_documentary proof that the slave traffic has ceased in the interior and is r!xor:'\_xlly supervised on the Red BSeca ceas 2 LN