Show Washington Soon Will Talk With th Panama t Powerful 1 Vir ireless Station tation at Darien an Important Link Linkin in the Navys Navy's World Wide Vide System Almost Ready eady for Business I I W WASHINGTON f I. I 3 3 Within two weeks officials expect expect- the tho nav navy del department will be I ii dl c t wireless communication with the tho Isthmus of ot Panama and the first t link will b be- be r completed In the worldwide wireless system which will cost nearly OO This system l Is to be bo the tho eyes eyel of or the I navy The new wireless station illation on tho the isthmus lath lath- mus la is At t Darien Darlon and It will wUl b bo of clont strength to Exchange wireless s rno messages es with tho the station at Arlington Va The rhe receiving station at Darien Darlen Is already In ol operation and Dd Is b now getting I ml messages message U from Arlington and also from the bl bin big wireless station at al N. N J. J The sending station at Darlon Is la about ready rendy to begin work It l is more powerful powerful power power- ful and has more up to dato date apparatus than Arlington many Improvements havir having beta u t 11 in tho the since the tho Arlington ton station was put Into commission several M years ago ala obtaining ob- ob Somo Some difficulty was experienced In obtaining ob ob- foundation for Cor tho the big wireless towers lowers at Darien Darlen on account of the character of tho the land Id there and tho the ne necessity no- no of clearing a site for It These I difficulties have hove been en overcome and naval nl officials are aro confident that the bl big station will b bo be an nn effective means of communication with the tho Isthmus I May Have to Relay Messages Wireless communication at tho ho present stage of development d Is le largely dependent depend depend- ent upon atmospheric conditions and It ItIs itis Is III therefore therdore not certain that the tho Arlington Arling Arling- ton and Darien stations will wilt be ablo to me messages to each other all tho the year around and In tho the daytime tinder un under tin un- der all weather conditions If It however ever Darien loses lose Arlington ton II at al t tny any ny time there U is u a high power station elation at nt hC Key Ivey West Veat which can be bo used u as a a. rela relay The Tho Key hey West station elation will be bo able ablo to ex exchange exchange ex- ex x- x change mea messages with Darien readily on account of tho the tact fact that there Is little land between the stations Contracts have havo Just b been on let Jet b by the navy department for or wireless towers at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Mantua Manila and San Diego CaL Cat and It la is expected that tho the construction work on th these so stations will have hac been completed before next winter On account of the constantly Increasing perfection In wireless devices tho the department will not decide on the typo of apparatus to 1 bo be 0 Installed In these o stations until th the construction work Is le completed Incidentally tho the department expects to acquire acquire- much Information and experience from the operation of the tho Arlington and Darien Darlen stations tin In In tho the meanwhile meanwhile and this will he be put putto to 10 good advantage o In lag ing tho the character of tho the equipment to be Installed In th the new stations Somo Some Idea of th the radius of oC tho the Arlington Arling Arling- ton station and Its sending power may bo be gathered from the tho fact that the tho navy department Is III now nol u using Is now u using Is In communication with the tho Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- rifle coast Will Send Orders by Wireless Through the Arlington ton assisted assisted as RS- Isted by shore shora stations along the Atlantic At At- lantic coast orders may bo be transmitted to the Atlantic fleet now at nt any time lime and lind vessels l of or the tho fleet are arc In constant constant con con- stant stanl communication with the tho depart depart- ment When hen tho the stations at San Diego Pearl Purl Harbor and Manila 11 are completed every vessel usel of tho the navy will bl be In n di direct direct di- di touch with Washington It should b be be j possible to send ord orders rs and have ha them received by all the flagships without without with with- out any an assistance nce from land wires or cables Originally It was Intended to complete the tho chain of or communication over the Pacific b by means of a station at ot Guam but Lut It Is now expected that the tho Guam station will not be necessary and that P Pearl Harbor will be able to communicate tate cate with Manila I without any reIn relay The distance b between tw n Pearl Harbor the longest of or the and Manila M will b be links in to the wireless p tem morn more than miles If Ie Pearl Harbor Is 18 unable to communicate effectively with Manila a station at nt Guam will bo be constructed as all orl originally Intended The military value alu of line a n. Id s system of wireless over o spreading the 1 Pacific In I tho the event of hostilities in that ocean ocean can cm hardly b be overestimated overestimate Not ot only could prompt Inform Information be obtained c cof of all alt the known movements of a n hoe hos hostile tile the fleet but the department d could be certain of keeping keeping In touch with Its Us vessels In Itt all parts part of the tho Pacific |