I OsSEI MARCONI REALU FATHER OF RADIO ;??? - ' u .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. r. - TIT?. RbxOOitO- Cftf* ; . 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 ?* ' 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. ' * __4/ 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 lion.?-ProveSES 28. ~ 1 ' ' ' 1 . - ' jr? r* PHHPRr-' : V . * / ' ' c. #* * ?.' " . " '* < f * v - *~ . '' *? - xZ * .: * -.. .). ' * "-' ., . . .~v * , " * ' % . f < * Safety deposit boxes for rtfit.. Your Accouttt St^iciedr *. , K < Benec r ? Subscribe toe "- . 1 .#?- . * PEGGY: ONE Nf WHO ARE NCfT FREE.AUTI : v A? r\ B ' T ~ "' ?r-"? the welfare of the bfcaus: ? -j.-' - *" r . COMMERCIAL PRINTING CO. PaHH. 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