The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-02
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 eJim' Beasley fugitive in 6ia9.ser bur Honorable Capt J Campbell Sens l lev pololst, socinl pet clubman. phil antbropisL and what npl 1 NeR York, Philadelphia. and Boston
 Yep Jim has bobbod np again. 3a' lest heard ol tho Captain ws J San Francisco, when bis ensasemen with the wealthy Miss Wood an heir ess of Los Angeles. was uncefemon loudly cancelled by Miss Wood wher 1t was learned tho Captain whc had cut some swath at Burlingame and Carmel.by.Sea, had failed to se cure a divorce from his wiie at Nome Prior to that publicity james wa. given few columns when Charles h Heron of Alaska. acting as 2 deputy marshal, chased him all over the world Heron finally nabbed Beas ley but the latter got ontoi Che tro9 ble. after Q trial ln lho North.
 This time Jim is given expert tes timony on wireles8 aa used by the South American Indians for more thar 5000 yoars Here it ia fresh from the New York Sun:
 That 9 system of wireless tele- graph existed more than 5000 years ago among tho savage tribes of South America was the infor- nation brought home by Capt. J. Campbell Beasley adyenturer and explorer who arrived here recent ly with his party after more than year of exploring in lhe wilds Of the Amazon valley.
 Capt. Beasley started through South America from Lima Peru, and made bis way across the continent from the source 10 the delta of the Amazon river, in five months He believes that his par. ty is the only one that has ever accomplished this feat
 It was in the Juamora region that we first learned of this wire less system, said Capt Beasley. "yye were met at the entrance Of a village by number of natives. They had evidently been expect ing us. and when we asked how they knew that we were coming they pointed to a crude looking ar- rangoment suspended between two tree stumps on horizontal bar. Through our Indian inter preter We learned that it was a wireless apparatus for sending and receiving wireless messages from the various tribes through out the Amazon Valley. The lit Gle transmitter was the hollow trunk of Q hee suspended from the pole so that the base was slightly off the ground Inside 1t had been arranged very much like our violins It was explained that when the instrument was smartly struck with small rub- Der hammer a vibration was ere ated that carried for miles over the hills. The receiver is very similar to the transmittor, except that it is placed on Q hardwood platform the base of the hollow ed tree trunk being grounded on the platform. When the message is struck In the neIgbborhood vil. lage. sometimes, thirty miles dis. tant this Ibceiver catches the vibrations causing ierlsy sing ing sound. Iunderotand that this sound system can be read by the members Of the tribe and that in this way news of victories and other happenings arc told through out the countryside.
 "In this way the Indians aii along our route heralded our ap- proach and we were met by the inhabitants an through the Put. amcyo. Nappo, Beni, Madri dc Dios and Lower Eucalaya valleys the tributaries to the great Anna zon. We learned also from the Maratos and the Haumhaisus In- dians that this method of tele- graphy has been used by the var ious tribes in that district for thousands Of years.