Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-01-01 | Page 7 | Time Signals Are Clearly Heard

TIME SIGNALS ARE CLEARLY HEARD San Diego. Cal.. Jan. 1 -For the first time in the history of radio-te'egruphy. radio-te'egruphy. San Dieco last night, through the powerful government j wireless station at Point Ixmi, received re-ceived time signals from Ibe national nation-al observatory at Washington, D. C. The ticks were transmitted via the Arlington station and hurled into space by an automatic device which was fitted to the ki.M Chief Electrician Craves Mated thai I lhe time signals cnn In with tremendous tre-mendous force At the seconds before be-fore midnight, eastern time, there came a pause In the Clicking, ?nd then, with unusual clearness, a lone dash, which signified that thr- new year had leei) ushered in ut Washington Wash-ington Immediately afterwards the device was disconnected and the operators op-erators at Arliugton sent out a new year's greeting. Operator at Point Ixima believe that vessels far out on the Pnclric were able to Intercept the ticks. 60 loudly did they come in here.