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found to his astonishment that his own 

 station is just midway between the other 

 two. By connecting the various large sta- 

 tions in Europe and America, he made 



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NORTH 



AMERICA 



have occurred on a number of French 

 warships; and that halfway between 

 Paris and Clifden, Ireland, is Cardiff, 

 at which disastrous mine explosions 



VOLT URN O 

 TOOKHRC 



Map Showing the Location of Several Powerful Wireless Stations, the Waves of Which Are Said to Have 



Caused Disasters. 



the further discovery that halfway be- 

 tween Glace Bay and Paris is the re- 

 gion in which the Volturno took fire; 

 that halfway between Paris and Biz- 

 crte on the north coast of Africa, is the 

 harbor of Toulon, where explosions 



have taken place in the recent past. 



Possibly the recent burning of a 

 Zeppelin airship may be put down to 

 the same cause, but in any case it 

 would seem wise to take special pre- 

 cautions against fire in these localities. 



CONNECTICUT VALLEY RADIO 

 CLUB 



The Connecticut Valley Radio Club 

 with headquarters at Springfield, Mass., 

 recently elected the following officers : 

 President, Glen Sabin; Vice-President, 

 Dean A. Lewis; Secretary, George F. 

 Beecher and Treasurer, F. K. Ostrander, 

 Jr. 



The club was organized on December 

 8th, 1913, with an initial membership 

 of eight. A recent membership campaign 

 has resulted in a considerable increase, 

 and it is hoped that there will shortly 

 be at least fifty members. 



The vice-president of the club holds 

 a special Government license and has 

 communicated with other wireless sta- 

 tions 1 ,800 miles away. Anyone desirous 

 of getting into communication with the 

 club may do so by calling IZL, which is 

 the call of the vice-president's station. 

 Correspondence is also solicited and may 

 be addressed to the Secretary at 416 

 Allen St., Springfield, Mass. 



A NEW WIRELESS CLUB FORMED 

 AT BUFFALO 



There has recently been formed at 

 Buffalo, N. Y., a wireless club with its 

 headquarters in the Buffalo Y. M. C. A. 

 building, where members are given in- 

 structions. Mr. Rice is in charge of the 

 wireless class, while the officers of the 

 club are: President, H. L. Moersh- 

 felder; Vice-President, Russell Paris; 

 Secretary, Emil Ferris and Treasurer 

 Wm. Feuchter. 



NEW WIRELESS TELEPHONE. 



The General Electric Company has re- 

 cently been conducting experiments with 

 a wireless telephone system of their own 

 design and manufacture, between the 

 plants at Schenectady and Pittsfield. It 

 is said that ranges in excess of fifty 

 miles have been covered without dif- 

 ficulty. 



