Amador ledger., 1906-01-19
WAR NEWS By WIRELESS.
Exciting Adventures Of an Eueh.h
Newspaper Correspondent
at Port Arthur.

It was an exciting story which Capt
Lionel James. London Times wal
correspondent. told at the Society o.
arts few nights ago. 1t showed how
useful servant of journalism wireless
telegraphy may be made in warfare
and 1t also provided instances of the
dangers incurred by the correspondent
IN making use of it. says the London
Mail.
Capt James, giving a history of his
experiences while sending news from
the Times dispatch boat by means OF
the wireless system, described how he
witnessed q naval attack on Port Ar
thur. and how he found his boat In the
middle OF Japanese torpedo fiotilla.
We determined to give the system
real trial" he said. I'VE commenced
TO send the message, which was 1,5OC
words In length, to station 13O miles
away. The message was sent in four
sections. At the end OF the first sec
ton the operator on the ship listened
In vain for reply.
All excitement, was waiting In the
operators room to see II there was
any result. For about fve minutes the
operator remained with the telephone
receivers glued TO his ears, and then |
saw light gleam in his eyes. He was
getting something. At last he took of
the telephone and said In his quiet,
quaint American way: Captain, we
Will deliver the goods. Weihaiwai
says that 1t Ia coming In like drum.
Then knew that the system was a
success"
The Times dispatch boat, the Hal
mum, was fitted with the De Forest
wireless apparatus, and a receiving
station was erected near Weihaiwsi.
the first message sent being In Yela-
ton to the landing o( Kuroki's army.
Capt. James sent It from q distance
OF 80 miles, and when he reached the
station found. to his JOY. that It was
on its way to London. Then he went
In quest Of further adventure.
Arriving in the neighborhood of
Port Arthur. he saw three battleships
and two cruisers Of the Russian feet.
and Immediately sent q wireless mes
sage TO Wsihaiwei. rs miles away.
After this came . run to Chinampo
and dash back to Port Arthur, where
important events were pending. The
dispatch boat arrived there 3ust IN
time.
lust - day was breaking the chief
o@cer on the Haimun WOKE me TO say
that the Japanese feet was on our
starboard beam. We had hit II of ex-
aetiy. and keeping abreast Of Togo'a
squadron, we witnessed the operations
which cost the Russian cause a first.
class battleship and Admiral Naka-
RON"
Here y passage telling Of the psrils
OF the war correspondent: THE yell
low sea. and especially that portion of It
which 1t was our custom to patrol, was
alive with floating mines. Moreover, the
Russians, no doubt irritated by their
misfortunes. had threatened both my
self and my operators with q violent
death IL we should chancs to fall into
their hands.
The reason why the Times' system
ceased was because the Japanese naval
and military authorities recognized that
the existence Of possible channel Of
leakage OF military secrets presented q
nAw In their plan of campaign"
Summing up. the lecturer said that he
thought wireless telegraphy, in conjunc-
tion with journalistic enterprise, had
demonstrated its uses too well. and that
the success Of the systsm had assisted In
It's downfall