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Show I OFFERS SHE FDR II 1 WIRELESS PL1T I II HIE H Mrs. Ada Geiger. rear 2774 Wash- H inglon avcnuo, through Prof. James Hj A. Smith, former head of the Smith- H sonian business college, has proffered H to the United States government a H sito for a wireless telegraph station H on the northeast coast of nmine. The H proffer was made by mail about three H -weeks ago and Prof. Smith has re- Hl celved a reply from the war depart- H ment that it is being considered by the H chief signal officer of the army. H The land offered by Mrs. Geiger is a Hj part of a 75-acro farm that has been H owned by the Geiger family for six H generations. The farm is located about H ten miles from Eastport and the part H that Mrs. Geiger believes can be uti- Hl Jized by the government to good ad- H vantage is an elevatedibald knob, suf- H flciently extensive and naturally adapt- HJ cd for a wireless station site |