I OsSEI
MARCONI REALU
FATHER OF RADIO
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.Story <3 the Gifted Italian's
- Work In Development ofjAi.r"
- Communication.
White experiments along the line
of radio really started A3 fat hack as
1827 and hundreds, of scientists were
interested ?in solving the- problems inv
volved for many years, it was not.un.
til 1890 when Sonutnre vGugllelmb
E."' ' Marconi t?>ok nut h:s first'patent that
its-first great liiii>ciu*. " llts Ufe history
is to all practical intents the hUtory
^f radio oimininntentlon.
Sena tore Guglfelmo Marconi. G. C:
V. (t, L. U.D.,. M: r. K. S.,' was
born'In Bologna, Italy, April 27>, 1874.
CHIh mother was Irish, while his father ;
w&s of a family whose meehjm'lcnl j
; ability was marked. Aftef an edit* i
bat ion at Leghorn and Holognp, the 1
young man Interested himself In the
problem of wireless telegraphy, starting
hi? research in lft?>. ;He went to
1 ' .: ? . England an?yn 1890 took out the first ,
v .parent ever-\raiutNl foff a practical
system yf wireless' Telegraphy.' by, the
';{ * Use df -electric waves. His. early .ex-';
peri merits if) England/- were made at
\Vc\*t hour lie-Park. Shortly jif tor ward
Marconi saw \\\ H. l'reeoe and t
at his request,made.some experiments i
?? for officials of the pos'tofiico. Some. 1
- further experiments 'were' nimie iri"
May, 1897t- In the Bristol channel.1
. wireless, communication, being estab- !..
liahed between I.avernpck and Brean1
Down, a distanceof nine miles. T'
On the invitation of the Itoliatr
" jsovdrflincpt Marconi afterward went
" to Speria. where n lantlstnloh wan
: erected, which was kept fh constant
. communication \\ith, twa Italian battleships
-working from a distance of
. 12 miles. For this success the Italian
government conferred- upon Mar,
, conl the honor of knighthood. A#er ,
ft^reMirn to Knpian.l further experts
men ts' .were conducted und on JuiyA>,
1807. the first radio company was
formed and two permanent sIKTions '
erected. Tn 1898 wireless reports of
. . yaeht race#'.In Kingston were made.1
and proved* the Usefulness and adaptability
to which the system lertdS H
* -Nv -'V. L '-p
'-^v Hv Gw Corcoran of Washington, D. C.,,
His Re$9iving Wire Being Gpnrteptc
, * self to rotflMierclar p;Orposes. In Do?
' \ . cercbor, lSf*Si' .Mtwoifta, JbsfaHed . uj>- .
t -paratu-s w provide edmu^niCatlbn ho- rr
twWn the. South' FortjVa'hd lighthouse-1
and 'n Ughtluuisc on 'the'south coast.
. , "Wireless-.Telegniphy" .before the In- j
*: - stltution af Electrical Engineers in
London. , _
Early in 1001 telegraphic communication
whs established between two
, points more than 2f>0 miles dlsfirnt'*
and at the endL'?f - that year Marcon.^1
tranamtried signals from poldh'u. in
' Cornwall to St. Johns, Newfoundland.
t"'- :. \ ^ Iff 1902 he received on hoard thesteamship
Philadelphia In the ^.presence
?>f the 'officers, good messages
on the tape,-when at a {Pstiincjo of
over 1,'fipO ntiles Crom the transmitting
station ?nd signals at over 2.000
"nifles. In Iteeemher, 1$02. the station
established at Cape " fheton. Nova
Scof|o. under a contract with ttre Cn- 1
? " v nadian gove/nment for transatlantic !
wireless telegraphy, was put into j
"^omnnmicatlon with tty* Cornwall sta- j
^ ' 'lib*! at-Pohlhu. ?nd in^ughrpl messages
* " rtW1 transinlftvd. ?o the King of
Entfawt" W. Kins: of Italy unjl to
the I.?n<16> ijl October. 1003,
the ateatftSblp I.ucunTa pubHshecl a
? - riftUv 'virA/hfgp budeiiii_lr'on message*
, recelTotl from t?* Marconi stations:
Lfl fll"1 ' ' '" ''lifilen i:n the
. nesK boast ?' Iceland was ..(W.i^.1
early* In 1000 for the establishment
---4 : *of*-.C Iimm.relal,, rd n 111 HIS ,yy(rb?
Ao>erW-?u continent lit mace
Mr. Marconi'* work has been rectrgalieil
liy tww^ - aovarnineaU #Dd
- seats of leisrnlnjt; he has.been Oec"I
' dralM nv I lie Rtrn. "f Tfarr anrt the.
late ?X-I'7nr or kiuio*i? da it" Honor
~Xfy doctor <tl malty universities, iuliudme
?aford, Olnsttow. .Mtwvleei,
f":V. Liverpool arvS Pennsylvania. besides
''' i " t...[r,K received file frtwlnm of tbeprlncipal
'tufiirn i-watf' fu 1P1I He
rrasilifl"'! a ? i?l?r In -tlta Italian ,
" parllnmcTtl. Ilu ?l " innnjujrt?
entitle .nvmr4a-(;rautM'J>J various so-.
Upon the cleclnrntlmi of yrar by
- y <?ewatore Marconi pJpcnd ~hts
v#-' - .' . -'
iS':~ " J* r. i
ouvssniHMBHRiaBaH^AannMMiMrv
the Kins V!c-i
tCHr and >v^s ^irivoh the, r{ti\S..of lleu-d
jT*m> Irr* theAtailftp anny^ JHe. was J
employed off liiiportHUt. miltfary "hityi
;don>. to Ihi^lnivl lUiTTair guv
cmw.ent rt(T hfror" this, -service was
tfocstarred as temporary commander,
in the -Italian-.navy.. Marconi
tbe United States in 1917 a&.member
of, the'ofSeial mission sentby? Italy,
fri 1911V ^Iftivonl was appointed pleuipotentiyn-'
. delegate?U? the', penoe
eonferenco at i'flrls, and in this capacity
signed-' the peace 'treaties .-with
Austria and Bulgaria. He w^s after\vjtnt
awarded the Italian military
cross. ^ - {This
.very important figure In tlve
wireless world, who has received
about nil tt)e honors possible for the
saientific world to -bestow juooh hlni,.
A ;V' iL
- Uuglieimo MarOOrV*.
including: the iSfobel prige^ hh? not
given up active work, but Is evenhow
engager] in radio telephone expert
ments. \j
KatHo enthusiasts ?have increased
tenfold" within the last 'few11 months, it
appears froib n survey conducted by
the A^ociated Press and covering tire
central west, Kentucky and Texas. At {
ylrfually all points from which re- I
ports have been received, there are |
gf radio sets. parttcuMfrly-j
for purposes of telephony, where at
most there were hundreds before. .
While the sets are used chiefly for
pleasure and experience, they ure being
pot tx> practical uses In -many
cases. Numerous farmers are recelv- !
Needs No Aerial, for Hi* Radio Outfit,
:d to .the Wirp Sjjrlnga.of H?-V* Bed.
iuw market anil weather reports, and I
police are receiving ^bulletins. .Se'r- j
nmns. concerts;- health talks and, style j
talks- are transmitted. Unirfcfsities I
and professional 'Operators are co-op* I
- \
Approximate fixtures are reported I
from various states and centers in- |
dlcatipg the present number of radio j
sets. Accofdiftg ,to A. L. Benson of
St. I-ouU. * division juanager of the I
American, I^adio Belay league, about |
f>o,000. radiophones are used In four
states as follow?- -Iowa, 23,000; Mia- |
sourl, 25,000; Nebraska, 22,000: I
Kansas. 28^000. In St." Lonls alone |
there are sob^e 2,200. The radiophones |
chieiiy carry Numcert music, hot In |
many localities fanners have installed :
(|iem fo receive market feports.
Correspondence^ from Texas reports
203 stations In Dallas, ranging. in size .
from 14 K. W. Jtd 20 watts, and almost j
equal numbers in other cities of the i
state. % *
Cleveland; Ohio, reports probably 15|0Qi>
radio enthusiasts, 1.000 sending -j
stations In grdater^levplnhd, vfrtnaFly j
ail a I n rtt en r.an <T lOtlOO receiving* nets j
used almost nightly. These estimates
exclude commercial'" sets. -Cincinnati
reports irJSS sets.
Indiana ha* 4.500 rloafeur ra^to ??tS..
and1 1 itdlnwrnKill*' 1XMW- radiophones.'
Wisconsin has, nearly 1,500 stations,
***** tiw number Is said by Mafcomb P.
Hannorf. 1'nlr.TMlf.V m/MHumntn iifuriiLi
jor. tj> I>A iiHTAXsinii lit rata irtjlx?^
In Mllwimtw and rirlnlR,. I- "
North rtnkhtn lias 11 nnmhrr of re
reivtflj!?HtnltuiH. trod n few?fairly
,pa\yertnktefepHl>h jin$ telephone m-ndi..g
sti.tlonjl.' I I\tf .V'tflir TWtkolp A?|I~
coltui*nl cnllegtl ih (iiaAIIIIIK 10 lllslull
ft 100-nntt service for fanner*. The
vncnnra tube U <ltsplftc1nt[ older entitle
merit In tlws state.
[ .Marked arrnvth 1* reported ?t
hi'nfthi. hv taw rtwiw olaba.
vhfeh 'TSnve been tn existence only six
m.miiw' rid mi wain nf mm
add "Vle1111sujl Wi 'ti jiiii. ctynpfratllUL?nd
to anifttenrs tn Jtehrojutn. jkinih-OaVota,
lava, Colorado and "Kanaaa.
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. ri?rov?d vx&otk trriASATiOfija
SundaySchool
T Lesson j
. <By Hit.. v. f o i- ..4..?xD D..
4Teacherrof Krugltah Bible In the^Laad*
8*>if -UM?m/tV oi Chicago, i
. ' LESSON FOR I0IAY U
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HEZGKIAH LEADS Hl? PEOPLE
BACK IK) GOD
LESSON TEXT.?11 Chron. 80:1-11.
I GOLDEN TENT.?God is gracious and
merciful. aodvjpU not. t.urtt ay ay His factfrom
you, it ye return 'unto Him.?
I! Chron *!:!?.
RErERBXCET MATERIAL.?IX .Cbron.
25:ST oh. S2: Amoa 9!t-15.
PRIMARY TOPIC.?A Klr.it Who Worshiped
God. % . . j
JTNIOR TOPIC. ? Hexoklah'a Great
INTBRMED1ATE AXD SENIOR TOPIC.
I -Putting Religion first.'
YOUXCP-PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
-iWlae Methods of P.eform.
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I I. Hezekiah Proclaim* * PaM?m?p
I \xv. 148). ^
j The way for a sinning and yihtdltf
I pdbple to pet back to" God and be
united, Is around tj*e crucified Lord.
1. Thy idvitritlorf YVa? Representative
?f the Nation (v. 2a). J The king
took counsel with the princes and the
congregation to show that the proclamation
was the expression of the
oat Ion's. des I re. -
Tiiere wus notj sufficient* time to
.sanctify the-people, nor to gather them
together at the regular Jjme, so tiiey
.rgsolveU instead of postponing It for
a year tp hold it on the fourteenth- day
of the second month. This liberty
had been granted before In an exigency
(Nirtii. DiG-13). -This flexibility
\V^th referenj6&.*to =tliy holding of the
" passover shows that God's ordinances
were made- for man and'not man Tor
the ordinances.
3. Tim i^cope. of the Invitation (vv.
yH)), 11 -included all of both natluUDt
V ho4 Avbukl cpme to keep .the passover.
u> the Lord God of Israel. "Israel" la
m\a- used to include T)oih iiin^dopis.
The effort was to win back the uaClon*
. which h?tl seceded. The post&^who
tliorlzed to supplenifut; the-preclanmjaoti
with - urgent exhortation to join
as u united nation. This urgent invitation
wus tactful ly* put as follows;. .
11);. It touched un.cestrul memories?
"Turn again unto< ^he Lord 'God of.
Abraham, Isaac aud Israel" (v. G).
Both kingdoms iiiil a-eornmon ances_try.
(2) Recent bitter experience?r
"Be not like your futhete, and brethren.'nvho
trespassed against the Lord
God. and were given up ,to desolation,
as ye see" (v. 7). Tills was a-delicate
subject. but: tlieir rilln was so
marked that such truth could be
pressed. ^.(3> Yearning -for captive
Tdnsfolk?"You? brethren and children
shaH- find. annpas^lbn before vtjielr
captors" (v. !)). (4) The instinct of
selffpreservation"?"So that they shall"
mi iimiin i iip "-d"' fv. 0)- "(5)The
forgiving mercy ^>f God uj.
God 'Alt! not ttin} anjVSslnodrp seeker
itwfly fnim Him. "IIl'm\ trnrt' eomefh
Tunito Mi'" Twill in no whW cast out!'
(Joi n C=:37>. X. .
'4.'' Isrtfrf's Kecepinn- of the |fcvjta.
xibH . (fv. 10-12). This iriviiatiom in
a'mihtfed rep^p:i3i>.- (l) ;
' Some .The .ftygC-nt j-.ii.l sit*- ;
. ere ?nyit ft odtj- excitiM I opposition j
unci ridicule, (2). Some with luhubie-l
heaths Came, to Jerusalem. This, is
ever trie vase. - Th?~-go?>pel is a\S.tvor j
| of '.IfeMiiUo life nn?h death unto <u><Gb. j
11. The Passover Kfept <vv? 13-27)%^'
1. A.hur^- Removed (w. 13. 14)? IiO
the time of Ahaz icli." '28:2-lK these!
heathep" altars were ejected in .If-riiaU-:n.
licinre there pe
of the inie God afl these truces of
idolatry, must removed. This act
of- the people wtts*votuntary. and shows
that a right spirit actuated them.
' 2. The Pus.sover Killed (v. 13).
3. The Priests and Levltes" Ashamed
?{vv. tG-21>)> The zeal of the people
put -to shame the priests and LeYltes.
\They flerv stimulated to perforin their
(hitles according to the Jaw of God
as given by M?sesk They even took
?barge of the killing of the passover,
since ma'ny. df the officers were nof
sanctltled so ns to redder this service
for. rhemj^lves. Though unprepared
ceremonially, yet they took part In
this moat sacred service urijd were no-,
cepted as worshipers tirMuah rne? Intercession
of Hezekioh. God accepted
the^^purpose ?>f .heart rather-than the
letterXf the law. r
4. The .Praise of Glad Hearts (vv.
21. 22). They continued seven days
l\vlth gladness: (1) The Levi tea-and
priestf* sang God's praise daily <m loud
pystrumems (v, 21).. _ (2) Jlezvkiah'e
comforting words to the Leyttea (v.
22). He Commended fhem and their
reaching of the knowledge of God.
_(3) p?lVPy *ma<le confession of their
>in*?to God (v. 22). ? .
X. The pr.ssover- Prolonged. '9?vCa
Days (w. 3?-2t). The king's object
_lo prolonging the fefot was to make
M lo^TTSyHTF " f' tr'" n,f
. so as to result- in^the thorough 'dm*
'veprten of "their soula to God/
- .1 . Holy CnwyVn union.
In the holy oomraOnion we plead the
:jpwrt-mipr?Hce-s>hifh con never !?
pcHfd. An .hiriOf'h'M hrwrhron hald up'
, the blood-stained coat before Their fa"
ther to.tell hlra In ? tonchlnir way that
Joseph was dMd.'ao In the.holy comiminton
we hold np ?? It were th*
hlood-stnlnert enat before 'UUt fc?ln i
in heaven.?The lUahosi of London.
""". rgs-wtnWHt^hr*1"
r* ^Th?"-t'-ltrt) dee when no man pee
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