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Show WILL WATCH FOR SIGNAL 0 Wireless to Flash New Year Greeting Around World Tonight Washington, Dec. 31. The navy department's de-partment's great new wireless tower near Arlington, Va,, has succeeded In catching the time signal from tho Blffci tower in Paris, nearly 3,900 mile3 distant, according to information informa-tion given out at the navy department here today. This became known in connection with tho plans that are being made to attempt to reach tho Eiffel tower and other stations throughout the world at midnight tonight, to-night, to flash a "New Year's greeting." greet-ing." Navy department officials arc hopeful hope-ful that the Arlington townr, because it is a "high power station," can flash its messages to the Eiffel tower tow-er tonight. The French station has been notified to watch for the New Year signal. Great Feat of New Tower. The feat of the Arlington tower Sunday'nrght is the greatest since its erection, but it is believed to be only a preliminary to great extension of Its zone of communication. Wireless records are undoubtedly held by the Clifden, Ireland, station, with which Marconi exchanged signals sig-nals at a distance of nearly 5,000 miles. The navy department tonight will endeavor to send the New Year greeting to the Eiffel tower, the Cllf-d& Cllf-d& station and Key West, Colon and Point Loma (California) stations; and to vessels on the Atlantic and Pacific. Pa-cific. In case the stations in Ireland or France secure the message, the wireless wire-less greeting will probably go well on its way around the globe, following follow-ing the wireless route along the Mediterrannean and the Suez canal |