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I possibility of Interplanetary Cemmunis
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New Conducting Experiments in New
Yerk Harber en Beard Famous Elec
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language of the worlds
MUST BE WORKED OUT
ON NUMERICAL BASIS
" Father of Wireless" Soen te Begin Ex
periments off the Coast in an Effert
te Flash Radie Message Around the
Glebe
ALEXANDER THE GREAT longed in vain for new worlds te conquer.
A flight of fancy, that, but it has captivated the minds of man down
through the centuries.
Is the world of today approaching an era when the modern magic 01
ndie science will conquer the immensities of space?
Will man eventually be able te tap the knowledge and wisdom of
ether planets, assuming some of them te be inhabited by the intellectual
quals or superiors of the human race?
Guglielme Marconi, -rainer e: tne wireless," says that tnis stu
pendeus concept is net an impossibility.
Marconi is new in tnis country,
Biking his headquarters en the
ocean-going yacht Elcttra, the
"floating capital" of the wireless
world.
The Elettra is anchored in the
North River, off Eighty-sixth street,
New Yerk City, riding at case near
the Columbia Yacht Club.
Frem the shore, after the eye
takes in the graceful lines of the
$1,000,000 craft, with the flag of
Italy drooping from the stern, the
observer notes the criss-cress of
intennac from the, mastheads. An
accommodation ladder drops ovcr evcr
lide for the convenience of arriving
and departing guests of the great
inventor.
Marconi spends most of his time
en the yacht, generally sequestered
in one of its two wireless rooms, the
larger of which is en the main deck.
There he listens-in, usually tuning
his instruments te catch broadcasts
from England.
England is the inventor's "second
home," and he admits a deep interest
in all the messages flashed from
"the tight little isle."
Marconi Found Busy
en Customs Repert
Mmceni was in the nftcr cabin, busy
rlth a customs declaration, when he
igrced te divulge home of his impres impres
flens about the present and the future
of the science lu which he wen emi
nence.
He were n dark blue serge suit and
white jaclit cup wltW the royal crown.
m Italy embroidered nbevc the peak.
He K tall and muscular and inclined
te Hemines'.. Ills face Is virtually un
lined and his complexion is light for one
of Ms race, probably nn inheritance
from his IrMi mother.
Naturally, from the years he has
passed In L"nglnnd. Marconi has a
(idle command of English. One notes
Ihe bread u's that seem te have been
formed In Londen drawing rooms. Ills
Banner is quiet nnd somewhat reserved,
with absolutely no trace of "side" or
false pride.
He led the way te the wireless room
nn the main deck, scparnted by a nar
row passageway from n spacious dining
aloen. Frem this passage rises a
rompanlenway giving access te the
ippcr deck.
The main wireless room is n maze
I dials, switchboards, levers, sending
That Is n forward step of tremendous
significance.
"Ne," he continued, "I am net dis
closing just new hew I accomplish it.
I simply say I can de it."
The possibilities of this Invention
brought up the question of the sub
marine cable's fate.
"I have been quoted as saying that
wireless would bupplant the cable
lines," Marconi went en. "I did net
say that. The telephone has net scrap
ped the telegraph lines.
"Each has Its own function. Se. I
believe, it will be with wireless nnd the
cables. If the cables are supplnnted,
that event will be far in the future."
It was suggested that with Mars
waltzing near the enrth, at least as near
ns It ever does in the great dnnce of
the universe, the radio might pick up
signnls from the ruddy planet.
While cruising en the Electra In the
Mediterranean last cer Marconi caught
strange sounds with a wave length of
150.000 meters. TIicfc sounds were net
regarded ns of earthly origin and are
still a mystery.
"I can't say that I am listening for
messages from Mars," Marconi snld.
"I de net say that It is possible te talk
te Mars or any ether planet. I de net
'ay that It Is Impossible.
"There is se much jet te be learned
about radio communication. The ether
waves may be everlasting ns far ns wc
knew. There Is apparently no reason
why they cannot go en radiating through
immeasurable space.
Interplanetary Radie
Net an Impossibility
"It may some dny be possible te
communicate with intelligent beings en
nndthcr planet assuming, of course,
that nt least one of the ether planets
is Inhabited.
"A key te Interplanetary communi
cation might be given by mathematical
relationships. These relationships, wc
may say, held true through the uni
verse." Mnrcenl paused for a moment. He
ma have been thinking of some Ein
stein with disturbing declarations that
one pln, ene are net two everywhere.
"Assuming that we could flash mes
sages te another world." he resumed,
"the next difficulty would be In n.nk
ing ourselves undcrstded. Conversely,
even if messages came te us from un un
ether planet, they would be a meaning
less jumble without n common key,
"Hy repeating ever nnd ever again
the fact that one plus one enuals two
:eys and receiving sets. In one corner, it might eventually be possible te ere
'ear the deer, Is n little flat desk with lute common sjmbels between ourselves
watch pads nnd nn ordinary telephone, j and beings millions of miles away. Wc
On the starboard side is the compact con let our fancy sear then te the grnd
ble nt which Mnrcenl sits find hears , tial development et a cosmic inn.
guage."
ae rnn-rUO of hleh.freniienpv- nnmmlr
:ll messages, a medley of broadcasts
from the four quarters of the glebe, and
harmonies ns though Ariel had turned
musician and was flooding space with
"US1C,
Recalls Early Days
of Radie Development
As he cut there, with a rccelvins set
nenjemarllj edjiisted, Marconi's mem
ory leaped back te the day when a wire-
w spa ik carried his first message.
It With OIllv lis fill- Ilk frnm flint, in
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Marconi's mind came back te the pres
p. with the lusty giant of the wireless
TOSlilng Its messaires nvif .M, mut
continents.
"The net Improvement In tireless."
w Mid, as he slinnnil nff it,., i,,i.
Piece, "s ,, sendhiL- of ,rl,in ,..,.
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Marconi was willing for the moment
te let his thought range through the
vast reaches of interstellar space. It
was another mutter when the spirit
world was mentioned.
A. Cenan Dejlc, Sir Oliver Ledge
and cither psychics have toyed with the
Idea thut spirits might bridge the gap
between this world and the spirit planes
by radio.
"De jOa beliec spirits might talk
te men bj radio?"
Marconi smiled slightly nnd gave an
almost imperceptible shrug of his
shoulders.' lie waved his hand te In
dicate his unwillingness te discuss the
subject.
The inventor took up his receiving set
ngaln. It was se tuned that it cap
tured an orchestral melody streaming
out te sea.
Greatest Wireless Progress
Has Occurred in America
"Twenty je.ir.s ngi, 1 miIiI vvlielcss
.-, messages that will reach the j would have lis itieutcst development In
... ,(. perseiih tiiey are mount fur, ' America," Mnrcenl remarked, as
-"-1 un one risi
'I llllVC solved llle lirnhlem " l,n
iN-hl. He st,w.il ir.
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arose again and walked toward the
deer. "That prediction has ionic true.
'.Muiv pcrmis In the lulled Stute-i
fiYi 1 "r "i nun" 1 - ,.,...,.,- ... , ... Miti 'iuii 1
nn pointed te the weeded heights of 1 are lntcies.ed in wireless than lu any
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K!l5Te'V ,l wnt en. "and no one
w lerlt cun hear wbut Is bald.
ether country of the world today. When
se many minds are engaged en a sub
ject, It is only natural that surprising
developments should result.'
As a parting word, be said b would
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Tinkers With Wireless
en Ex-Arcliduke's Yacht
1THE yacht Elettra, MareenVa
floating headquarters, once
teas owned by an Austrian Arch
duke, a cousin of the late Em
peror Franz Jeseph.
It was interned in England
when the war began and wat
acquired by the inventor three
years age. It has a crew of
thirty, including officers.
In a private laboratory en the
yacht Marconi carries en many
of his experiments. The vessel
also has two wireless rooms, the
larger en the main deck.
Frem this vessel the inventor
plans te send a radio message
around the world in the near
future. The longest messages
new are these bettveen England
md Australia.
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He conducted his tests before repre
sentatives of the British army and
navy, the general postefficc nnd Hght Hght Hght
house service.
Marconi was twenty-five yenrs old
when he sent his first message across
the English Channel. The French Gov
ernment was interested In his Inven
tions and that trans-channel achieve
ment convinced official France of their
practicability.
The inventor's mind then turned to
ward the problem of tendlns messages
aeres the ocean. He spent two yenrs
in study and experiment nnd then, en
December 0, 1001, lie landed at St.
Jehn's, Newfoundland, te receive mes
sages from the ether side.
Six days later come the great test.
Fer a half hour Marconi and his two
assistants sat with receivers ready.
Then n sharp click of the tapper was
heard. It was the signnl that some
thing was coming. A moment later
Messages te Other Worlds
Leng Dream of Scientists
The idea of communicating with ether planets has long fascinated
grave scientists bent en solving some of the riddles of the universe.
One suggestion was the placing of giant hcliegraphic mirrors in
the Sahara desert, or at some point in this country, se super-flashes
of light might be "winked" into space.
Preston B. Bussett, a research engineer, recently proposed the
flashing of light signals from 120 high intensity searchlights of
1,000,000,000 candlepower and their concentration into a single beam
of 120,000,000,000 candlepower which, he said, could easily be read
from Mars.
Dr. Charles P. Stcinmctz, electrical wizard, who recently produced
an artificial lightning belt, estimated that towers 1,000 feet high would
have te be built te send a wireless message te Mars.
As an alternative for the taivcrs, which might prove difficult te
build, Dr. Steinmetz suggested metal balloons filled with helium gas
and sent up several thousand feet.
If a radio message could be projected te Mars it would reach
there in about minutes and 22 seconds when the planet is nearest
the earth and in about 22 minutes when Mars is farthest away.
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larcenrs million-dollar wireless yacht "tlettra," in which he came
itly te tint, country. He is conducting an elaborate series of exper
iments with a view te sending radio messages around the world
Kingdom of Italv and was High Cem- I came three little clicks the letter "S"
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I lime house (i.iieiiiitis tb.. Marcseaiehi I Established in 1902
I'alue, eni' nf the fiiminis princely res- In 100' Maueni saw trims-Atlantic
I idenics of Ileliigna, ltnlj. which U the communication firmly establbhed, and
seat of a unUeritj ilating back te tlu, in 11)04 the srent Uucis of that day bc-
I Middle Ages.
j He was the son of Jeseph Marconi
and liN second wife, who was Anni
I Jamesen, an IrNh girl.
It Is Interesting te note in this con-
h girl. th Hen. I?ea- Albert" during a wijagc from Ei'gland
daughter of the four- U' rY.TulVm- ,
, , . , , i-arlj in 1!)0. he senr n messnje from
Iiichiquln, whose an- the President f the riilin States te
The speedy power tender of the "Elettra," with the flaR
of Italy at the stem, about te take the inventor te the
Island of Manhattan from the anchorage in the Hudsen
River
I seen beglu experiments off the const inland it was net until the ise of steam
an elter, te ti.i-li a uies.age mound the that the odds fn wired man against the
world, lie a're remarked that he was, ocean tempest.
Keing re irciure en some cu ms i.iH'st
radio discoveries.
The man before whose necromancy
even the tradition of Merlin pales then
retired te hi., cabin te resume work en
his experimental notes.
Out toward the stern, n decn hare
footed sailors were washing the deck.
Sun-bronzed Sicilians, Neapolitans and
Geneese, they were sciiibblng the
planks which were being slulied wit'i
water drawn in luukets fiem the rher.
The sight of the ilaik-lmired, bar.'-
armed and bate-looted semen c mijui
Wireless Has Reduced
the Perils of the Sea
I, was left te the wildest te Increase
man's safety at sea. And en the upper
deck, ns the sailors sciubbed the lower,
sat the man who had done mere than
any oilier te make ladle a man cleus
reality.
One of his newest inventions is thut
of n dciicn which might be called n
radio lighthouse bj means of which
indie waves eon be sent In a given di di
icctlen in a beam, instead of beinc
pit tin i
lelllii',' Meillter-jscutleied te till points of the i eiiipass.
"The Wizard of Wireless" en the bridge with Captain
Laure Haffaele, skipper of the "Elettra"
lancan, s initie 1 wiin mtinj -earcii gui
lejs In tin1 days of lm;icilal Heme,
In these far-distant dujs the lx,its
of ceimneice.. uud the long bunts
of war alike trudded le harbor when
a storm Impended. Navigation was ul ul
mest impossible during the winter
months.
Even the development of the sail did
net lessen the terrors of a storm at sea,
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. u-iiiK ii iniinui; ileum nt e e
tiical iiidlntien, Munniil snjs it will
lie possible for ships in foggy weather
te learn the hearing ami position of
the "lighthouse." This invention, he
believes, Is another step in the safe
guarding of navigation.
And what of the early environment
and the studies of this forty-clght-ycar-eW
genius who Is a Senater of the
nectlen that tin
also wis nn In
trice O'ltrien,
teenth Huren
ictrj Is tiaieii Din u ie nu. in iteniiume,
through lii thtid son. Dermot. King of
Minister lu the twelfth lentury. Mar Mar
eon! and the lien He.itnce H'Hrleu
were mtiriled in l'1"1"1 In St. (leerge's.
llnnmer Square. Londen
As a si hoelboj , Mm mm did net nt-
gnn a daily news serlcv with bulletins
wirelessed from land stations.
One of the proudest moments in Mar
coni s enreer came in 1H02. when lie
submitted te the I'zar of Hiiss,a and the
rung et Jtely wliees messages he re-
reut inventor's wife c ied en boetd the Itnll in crulsi r Cnile
nie iing of Lnsl.inci, thus Inaugurating
i iclle ccimmuiiiintlen between Cape Ced,
.'lass . ;,, iViinw.ill.
lie j ears following that period
marked Marconi's (nonunion of the
Irelc-ss Cump.un of uierlc.i and ether
projects, together w it h the gradual ex
tension of wireless (oniniiiiiiciitlen down
te the nn sent d.n . lien ,hn mini..
tinct utteniien for piecncliuincs. Seme pherc i.s se crowded with messages that
Ige a sCIlOOlllllsliess who mugni !""- 'i'iniiiiii.iuii iur il r.'Kllo-cen-
j ears
Marconi in Florence expressed asten- i
Ishment at the genius Marconi has dls
plnje.1. "Who would have thought." she
Mild, "that the little Englishman, as
we used te call him, because of his I
slight figure and sednte manner, would ,
tinn out a gelliu'-,.' He was alwins
a model of geed behnUer. but there
were no signs of mental brilliance. :
"I am nfi :ill he get many setorei
smackings, but he took them like nn
angel. At that t'me he never could
learn unj thing bj heart. It was im- '
possible, 1 used te iiiinu. i nail never
seen a child with se defective a mem mem
erj ."
Marconi Showed Early
Interest in Electricity
Hut if his mind llmpeil nil the ordl erdl
liar.v siibjeits that aie i rammed Inte a
bnj of his age, he developed an abid
ing interest lu elcctrli It.v .
He inii.le his lust wireless experi
ment en bis father's (slate at Helngii.i,
when hlstceii vears old. Tvwi jeafs
later he made his tirst dlscever.v lie
found that a wireless message sent be
tween stations tin level gieiuid was
also recorded en u leceiver placed en
the ether side of a huge hill.
Fjeiu then onward his pregiess was
se rapid that when twenty-ene years
old he went te Londen te demonstrate
the practical value of his experiments.
trel svstem establishing wave lengths for
various classes
Maicenl is one of the few men In
the world who have seen their special
tics start fiem n trifling beginning nnd
reach the high scale of accomplishment
that wholes., bus leaehed inday.
The inventor is still in ihe "prime of
phjsieal nnd mental visor. He bus
plaved a ceninian ling p.ut in the radio
of jcsterda.v . he has a unique place in
the radio of today, and new he Is turn
ing confidently te ,i jet greater to te to
mei row .
Marconi" s Life Marked
By Progress in Radie
MARCONI made his first wire
less experiments in 1800
when sixteen years old.
At twenty-one it's discoveries
were se important that he gave
demonstrations in England be
fore Government representatives.
When he was twenty-five he
sent his first message across the
English channel.
On December 12, 1901, when
twenty-seven years old, he heard
the first message flashed across
the Atlantic ocean by his system.
In 1004 Marconi established a
daily news service by radio en
Cunard liners.
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