Wilson's Fourteen Points laid out the principles he deemed necessary for peace to end WWI. For his efforts, in 1919, he was the third American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
A Marconi station was an early radio station named after the nobel laureate Guglielmo Marconi. He won the prize for physics for his work in wireless communication that led to the creation of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. The station used to transmit President Wilson's statement was located in New Jersey and had been confiscated by the Navy for use during World War 1.
