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Show WIRELESS SYSTEM IN ALASKA ': fk ', fe Washington, Aug. 12. As a strate- Kfi gic measuro tho navy department is fi preparing to extend the wireless sys- Sn tern of Alaska. A powerful station fc will be erected on ono of the Aleutlon ,, B islands next year. It will be superior " ' to any in Alaska at present and will " h have a radius of 1,500 miles at night t III and 800 miles during the day In - time of war, this, with the army and K navy stations already In Alaska, would , II keep tho territory in cIobo touch with ; II tho Pacific fleet and the western coast i L of the United States. 3 The cruiser Buffalo is in Alaskan , j) waters erecting wireleas stations on . d(j Kadiak, Unalaska, and St. Paul ' ?f, islands. $tit While plans are maturing for the ( Sf extension of tho wireless In Alaska, ; jy work has actually begun on the power- v: i ful station at Ft. Myor, Va., Just out- side of the national capital. This will j be completed by May 1, and will en- "( able the navy department to communl- jj cate with any naval vessel in tho , J Atlantic as far as tho coast lino of t tho United States extends. tB |