Cableless telegraphy nears global reach in Marconi era
A wide survey of cableless systems cites Marconi and other firms deploying stations from South Wellfleet to Glace Bay and international sites. It outlines ship and shore networks, cost comparisons with undersea cables, and advances in high frequency wireless technology, tuning, and practical prospects for transoceanic use within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nul
Sritisi Marconi's
Wireless Telegraph Company (Limited
Marcon International Marine ‘Communication Company
Canadian
Marconi Company
United States
General Electric Company
Berlin
Stenigns & Halske Company
Queen & Co
Philadelphia
We de Forest Company
New York City
Marconi Companies
South Wellfleet
Bass
Tabla Head
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Alaska
Hawaii
Great Britain
Poldhu
Germany
Marcon
Borkum Island
Sweden
Norway
Portugal
Chile
Russia
Denmark
Brau, Siemens & Halske Company
Fessenden Inter
Westher Boreal
Lv Forest Company
Coney Island
Staten Island
Chesebrough Building
Block Island
Point Judiuh
Racde Island
United States Navy
United States Army and Signal Corps
Annapolis Academy
Washington Navy Yard
New Jersery
Central America
Sga
Uelves
Victoria
Lord Minto
Canada
Edward
Atlantic
Marconi
England
Mareconi
Poléhu
Wellfleet
Massachusetts
America
Polthu
Mass
Lord Rayleigh
Trowbridge
Herr Lesher
M. Perris
Liebt
Flensing
Lodge
Staty
Braun
Fessenden
Stone
Gmne
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal debated by surveyors not lawyers
Secretary Root and Senators Lodge and Turner named as American members to decide Alaska boundary. The Times notes a Liberal Spectator article urging a precise reading of the 1825 Russo British treaty thirty mile strip to follow the coastline and shores, disputing whether offshore water and island confusion should count toward the measure.
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Root
Lodge
Turner
Great Britain
United States
Senate
London Spectator
Spectator
Alaskan boundary row seen as survey problem not legal case
The text argues the Alaska boundary dispute stems from a surveyor’s view of a thirty mile coastal strip rather than solid international law. It cites treaty language about navigation rights along rivers and inlets and notes Canada’s long-standing 30 mile claim, urging public publication of the English facts to move toward settlement.
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Spectator
Canada
Great Britain
Senecar Lodge
England
Telegrams in Brief From Middletown and Abroad
Brief items report a 66 year old man, John M Thornberg, killing his wife and two children and himself amid mental distress near Middletown Indiana. Other notes note Maj General Floyd Wheaton ill with pleurisy, the Syrand Kassaba line set to move 26000 Turkish troops to Salonica, a Paris libel case ruling, a Grand Rapids hotel fire death toll, and European relocation plans for Miss Isabel Luetwein and Mrs Estelle Boeman to Europe to serve in German colonial administration.
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Middletown
Ind
John M. Thornberg
Thornberg
Floyd Wheaton
Fvisco
Syrand-Kassaba Railroad Company
Salonica
Paris
M. Cattan
Huroberts
Grand Rapids
J. C. Burnett
Nebraska City
C& Clifton
G. S. Groves
Cedar Rapids
Miss Burns
Blricklsnd
B. F. Taylor
Isabel Wilhelmine Luetwein
Estelle Boeman
Kelamazoo
Europe
Luetwein
Africa
Theodore von Luetwein
Genral
Kle
Trustees Not Stockholders at Cornell on Typhoid Outbreak
Ithaca trustees deny any board member owns stock in the city waterworks company. They state the university holds no stock and that typhoid fever affected only users of water from the Buttermilk and Six Mile creeks. Fewer patients in the university infirmary, seven more among city residents.
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Ithaca
Peh
Cornell
Saa
Conpany
University
Six Mile
University Oflitmary
Dean Gregory Narrowly Escapes Lockout at Law Class
Dean C N Gregory of the Iowa University College of Law faced a disruption as shouts of Lock the jdeor rang out. The lock jammed but the dean entered and, after an explanation by the class president, resumed the lesson with a warning that lockout is a game two can play at.
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Iowa City
C. N. Gregory
Iowa University College of Law
Newlop Law
Old Black Walnut Bridge Spans Pine Creek in Warren County
The old black walnut bridge over Pine Creek in Warren County, Indiana, dates back at least 30 years and is valued at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars for the timber. Builders propose replacing it with an iron or steel bridge and taking the walnut lumber as payment, but county commissioners declined the trade.
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Pine Creek
Warren County
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Germany Not Concerned By Panama Canal Move
Paris reports private German investors are growing in Panama securities. Frescanandal official hints Berlin not involved. Berlin professor Ernst Von Halle argues Germany seeks control with strong hands, not allies of existing firms. Washington says no reply yet to the president’s offer to buy the Panama Canal property.
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Rhine
Berlin
Germany
Paris
Fresca
Ernst von Halle
Berlin University
France
Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
Paname Canal Company
Big Lumber Deal on Bad River Reservation
Iron River and Wausau based Alexander Edgar Lumber Co purchased 300 million feet of pine timber on the Bad River Indian reservation for 2.4 million dollars. Proceeds go to the Indlang as part of the deal, announced yesterday in Ashland Wisconsin.
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Ashland
Wic
Alexander Edgar Lumber Company
Iron River and
Wausau
Bad River Indian Reservation
Indlang
Great railroad scheme on in Manitoba
Winnipeg Fel S2 A bill will be presented to the legislature for a charter for the proposed Northern Pacific system. The line from Winnipeg to Brandon will be built as a single line and cross the Red River twice, shortening the distance to Winnipeg by about fourteen miles. The overall system is planned at 2,509 miles with an estimated cost around 40 million dollars.
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Winnipeg
Fel
Winipeg
Brandon
Badgers Triumph as Wisconsin-Chicago Indoor Meet Results
Chicago beats Wisconsin 85 to 49 in a dual indoor meet. Stage’s men won several events led by Glenn in shot put and Post in the mile. Winners include Hall and Blair in sprints, Friend in burdies, and Magner in pole vault. Wisconsin’s Poage and Hahn posted seconds. Relay forfeited to Chicago.
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Glenn
Midway
Chicago
Wisconsin
Stage
Kilpatrick
Hall
Smith
Stuart Dash
Blair
Poage
Burdies
Chiraxi
Manning
Gienn
Taylor
Post
Hahn
Cabli
Ball
Sullivan
Abbot
Reley Rake
Magner
Mucklestone
Court ad hoc exchange in a Safety Deposit office
In a terse ledger style exchange, the justice asks for Pete Smith’s name and occupation as he explains he is currently circulating. The court remarks he is retired from circulation for two days, wonderingly classifying Greta Bag.
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Pete Smith
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A. Broderick Collins
Raview
Raviews
Cme
Weiter
Remple
Aptenna& Or
Anc
Thia
Ator
Wil le
Oliver Lodge
Royal Society
Professor Slaby
Mr. Stone
Pueble
Far East
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal
Dean Gregory
Panama
Manitoba
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