Wireless Over 4,000 Miles.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 18, 1913:
Regular Communication Between Germany and America Before Long.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    BERLIN. May 17.— It was announced in the German press this week that wireless communication had been established for the first time between Germany and the United States — between Nauen, near Berlin, and the new German wireless tower at Sayville, L. I. The distance between these points is a fraction over 4,000 miles, so it is said that the connection makes a record. Officials of the Germany company inform The New York Times correspondent that the transmission in question took place in January, since which time, there has been no other attempt to communicate. The Sayville station was able to receive the trial messages, but Nauen could only register distinct signs from the other side.
    The experiments are to be continued and regular wireless communication between Germany and the United States is, therefore, only a matter of time. The technical difficulties still to be overcome are only of a secondary nature.