Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1915 — Long Distance Wireless Telephone Message Accomplished First Time. [ARTICLE]

Long Distance Wireless Telephone Message Accomplished First Time.

Washington, Sept. 92.—Long distance wireless telephone communication was accomplished for the first time today, when experiments extending over several months culminated in successful transmission of the human voice by radio from the great naval plant at Arlington, Va., across the continent to the station at Mare Island, California, 2,500 miles away. The experiments were conducted under direction of Captain Bullard, chief of the navy’s radio service, in co-oper-ation with the American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Western Electric company. Secretary Daniels, announcing the result tonight, predicted that further development of wireless telephony would make great changes in long distance communication, both for military and naval service and in commercial usage.