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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21
CONCRETE PRISON.

PIKE county is now building what
iay safely be called the strongest
rison in the State of Kentucky. This
rison is located next door to the
,ourt house in Pikeville, and It's grim
walls. with grated windows inset, have
been finished. These walls are of re-
inforced concrete, and the floors and
ceiling OF the prison are OF the same
material. making what may be termed
i aolid concrete and metal building,
from which IL will be well nigh inn
mn. ,Ible for q prisoner TO break forth.
The prison will contain two stories,
with thick concrete floor and ceiling
for each, and heavy window gratings
set in the concrete. Each floor VIII
have double row Of cells and shower
baths. with a corridor running entirely
around each. also corridor between
the rows Of cells, with separate wards
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21

Of the disease have disappeared. In
remote parts Of the county there may
be one or two cases. according to the
statements Of physicians, but there is
no reason to believe that these will
menace the general health by becoming
a contagion.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21
CUPID in PIKE.

Only two marriage licenses have
been issued from the Office of the
Clerk of the Pike County Court during
the past week, which are as follows:
Eli Tackitt, 40, to Hilda MCGOWAN,
II, Hartley, KY
George A. Johnson, 20, to Della
Johnson, 81, Speight, Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21
NO pIPHTHERIA.

Last week few cases of diphtheria
were in and around Pikeville, and I'M
easiness was felt by parents here on
account OF It. There iS now no cause
for alarm as all the patients affected
with II have recovered. and all traces
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21

The M. r.. Church South Sunday
School classes taught by Misses Opal
Spencer and Shirley Burns went by
rail to Walbridge Wednesday for a
picnic. They had good warm day
for the occasion.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21

win eclipse for which
to
is to
Construction
s1R5o0 Terra
bidders
building
should Hkevie whole
Too much not be given those who active in bringing
building
see early completion bulding
buildings
depends development this
children
buildings
will o come
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-21

RefrIgerat0rs a. snyder,s. tf.e.ls
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

since the outbreak of hostilities.
MOST certainly transatlantic traffic
has suffered to small degree. and
those vessels floating the Union Jack
nave como and gone at will. seemingly
with little or no Interference.
After reviewing the naval strength
or England some might suppose that
II Is excessive. and that Great Britain
IN maintaining such a formidable ar
ray OF battleships is unnecessarily
purdening her taxpayers Yet as a
mater or fact England's navy merely
measures up TO the requirements
placed upon 1t, for II only binds to-
gether and keeps Intact that vast ag-
eregauon or countries and peoples
known as the British Empire, a do
main upon which the sun never sets.
England's big navy is to that coun-
try as the monster army the Kaiser
MAINTAINS Is to Germany. Each serves,
or has served, its purpose-that of
keeping hostile nation from invad-
ing Its soil. But Just now the heel
or Russia Is leaving a deep impress
sion on German territory, and before
long the armies of the Allies may
nave crossed the frontier and Joined
issue with the forces of the Tsar. But
the English navy serves still another
purpose. She has n wide range of
sea TO guard in order to assure her
SHIPS or commerce absolute security,
and well il has served its purpose.
Rumors or Battles Nearby.
In the present war many merchant
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

Tense ships: six armored cruisers: nine
cruisers; ninety-one destroyers; four
teen torpedo boats and thirty subma-
rines It's total tonnage is 270,SGl.
England's Power Exceeds Both.
The combined navies of Germany
and Austria do not approach in ton
mage or effectiveness that of England
as the following will prove. Germany
has sixteen dreadnoughts; twenty
pre-dreadnoughts; two coast defense
ships; nine armored cruisers; forty
one cruisers; 100 destroyers; no tor
pedo boats and twenty-one subma-
rines. Germany's tonnage to 92s,713.
Austria has three dreadnoughts; six
re-dreadnoughts six coast defense
ships: two armored cruisers five
cruisers; eighteen destroyers: thirty
nine torpedo boats, and six subma-
rlnes. Her tonnage Is 221,526.
From the above it can be seen that
the Triple Entente has 964 war YES
sells or all classes with a total tom
mage or 3,l66,O51 tons, while the Dual
Alliance has but 324 war ships, whose
tonnage is but 1.15o,239 tons. The
Triple Entente. 1t can be seen, simply
oVerwhelms the enemy.
While the Kaiser, untu recently,
boosted of the greatest army organi-
zatlon ever placed in the field, he
made bold bid for naval supremacy,
but England has ever had the best Of
every nation in the world In this re-
spect Her claim to rule the seas has
In large measure been sustained
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men have been stopped in mid ocean
their masters and crews subjected 10
grilling and, in some instances, sub
Jected to many indignites, If indeed
the ships were not seized as prizes OF
war. No vessel carrying the English
flag has been seized thus far, and
vague rumors have reached us that
more than one German cruiser caught
on this side OF the Atlantic had been
sent to the bottom by an English or
French ship of war.
The English cruisers are the fastest
anoat, barring those OF the United
States navy. AS scouts they have done
valiant service in the present war and
many marvel when reading of the
presence of one of these cruisers in
the waters Just off Sandy Hook TODAY
to learn that a few hours later il hns
appeared off the Virginia Capes in
pursuit of a German foe None of
England's big fighting machines has
been reported on this side OF the water
so far, all the dreadnoughts being
concentrated In the North Sea, where
they are playing a cat and mouse
game with the navy of the Kaiser.
Although the war has only begun.
the German fleet has been forced out
of the North Sea into the shelter of
the Baltic and home ports. Not only
this, but the German cruisers have
been driven from the beaten trade
routes until they have ceased to men,
ace the shipping of England, France
and Russia So far the kaiser's navy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

uses to which the aeroplanes have
been put that Is far more effective.
The airships attached to the
kaiser's forces have done valiant serv-
ice as range finders. They soar over
the lines of an entrenched army and
when directly above that portion
where the fire Is to be concentrated,
the pilots signal the opposing range
finders and in less time than II takes
to tell II the masked batteries belch
out their hail of shell and shrapnel
and the range thus established but
paves the way for the heavier guns to
get into action and the real conflict
begins. The work of these aerial
range finders Is especially valuable at
night, for by dropping rockets over
the camp Of an enemy the gunners at
tached to the opposing army soon get
busy and the battle is renewed with
just as telling effect in the surround
Ing gloom and darkness as it could
have been done at high noon.
Especial attention has been paid by
scientists in general, and aviators In
particular, to the claim of the sub
marine expert of the United States
navy who asserts that 1t is just as pos
sible to mine the air" against pos
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

sible attack by alrships as 1t is to
mine the sea against a hostile fleet of
submarines The defense proposed
which would be analogous to the min
Ing Of marine approaches to impor-
tant ports. consists OF sending aloft
each evening a large number of cap
tive gas balloons, each charged with
a sufficient quantity of explosive to
destroy any aeroplane or dirigible
with which it comes In contact, to-
gether with a number of box kites
each provided with a tail of mallea BILE
wire, or other material nicely designed
to foul the propellers of any type Of
engine propelled air craft and inevi-
tably to bring it to earth. Great num-
bers of the gas balloons, floating at
varying altitude. would be required,
but their cost is trihing and their
worth of inestimablc value. 1t is now
said that these devices have been
adopted and are in use in Paris, Ant
werp, London and other cities within
the war zone which are fearful of a
raid by the dreaded Zeppelins of the
Kaiser.
Germany Uses Air Bombs.
Much has been heard Of a German
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

has played a small and insignificant
part in the war, but they will prob
ably give a good account of them
France And Austria.
To say that Emperor william was
stupened by the coup that Lord I[itch-
ener, as Secretary for War for Eng
land, played in bringing hosts of Rus
sian soldiers from ArChanGel and land
Ing them on British soil from whence
they were transported to France and
Belgium. but mildly expresses 1t. Eng
lands magnificent transport service
made this coup possible and while the
army gets the credit for 1t, neverthe-
less it was the naval supremacy Of
the British Empire that made so bold
a stroke possible and successful.
The French navy has been assigned
the task Of safeguarding the interests
OF the Triple Entente in the Mediter-
ranean. AS Austria has a small but
formidable dreadnought and semi
dreadnought fleet. it is more than like
ly that the entire first fighting line Of
the French navy will be concentrated
in these waters in an effort to reduce
and capture the Austrian naval bases.
This done, France will be at liberty
to Join issue with England in an eff
fort to annihilate the German war
ships and capture or destroy the naval
ports on the North Sea and in the
Baltic.
OF all the nations engaged in the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

bomb designed for use from the air
which weighs twenty pounds and Is
charged with four pounds of trinitro-
toluol and $40 steel balls. To guard
against mishaps 1t has safety catch
so that It Will not explode until a fall
of at least two hundred feet allows
revolving vane to unscrew the safety
catch and bring the firing pin in con-
tact with the explosive. A slight touch
will then set off the bomb. Another
German bomb is charged with $50
pounds Of chemical which upon ex-
ploding fills the air with gases SO
poisonous that every living thing with
in a radius of one hundred yards will
be killed, and the influence Of this
gas extends to a lesser degree for a
much greater distance. Still another
of these bombs for the use of aero
planists and airships releases a tre-
mendous amount of dense smoke,
thereby creating a blanket between
the airship and the earth, thus en-
abling aeroplanist to make his escape
before the soldiers below can locate
him and check his fight with bullets.
Kills Whole Regiments.
But of all the remarkable tales of
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armored. high-powered automobiles
that dart in and around the enemies
lines, are a few of the devices that
have aided in bringing the death roll
Of this titanic struggle to hitherto un-
heard of figures. Wars of old were
struggles where Drawn and muscle
counted. The war now being waged
is one in which brain and satanic cum
ming triumph. And as horrifying as
It has been so far, many believe that
the real conflict has scarcely begun.
Where will it end? That is the ques-
ton that convulses every non-com-
blatant!
The newspapers have devoted col
urnns to the alleged atrocities that
have been committed by the armies
now aligned in conflict. Belgium went
so far as to send a commission to this
country with photographs Of what
that battle-scarred little nation con-
tends is incontrovertible proof Of the
outrages committed by the Germans
in their march over Belgium soil If
the photographs they brought with
them were genuine--for I was accord
ed the privilege Of a private view of
them-then no Indian war OF our early
pioneer days was fraught with more
brutality or savagery. Yet the Ger
mans Indignantly protest against the
atrocities they claim the soldiers of
the Allied armies perpetrate, and the
Kaiser asserts he has proof OF these
that is Just as convincing as that sent
to this country by the Belgian mon
arch.
Airships As Range Finders.
Hardly a day passes that the news
papers do not devote liberal space
to the activities Of the air fleets.
Either hostile aeroplanes meet in
duel to the death miles above the
earth's surface. or else some intrepid
flyer scars over the enemy's lines,
dropping bombs here and there and
otherwise leaving death and destruc-
ton beneath him. While the air pilots
have succeeded In killing many of the
enemy in this way, there are other
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

present war. Russia alone seems IN {
state of unpreparedness as far as hel
navy is concerned. The Tsar has Z
great navy in the making. but the re
cent war declaration came so close or
the heels OF the Russo-Japanese con
fict that the Little White Tsar wa!
caught with only small portion Of
the ships that he had intended &c
have constructed in order TO bring hi:
fleets to their full hghting strength
II was only four years ago that hi
started to reconstruct his shattered
navy, and so far he has made RAPID
progress, but II does not compare will
those OF the other powers at war
What he lacks in strength afioat, how
ever. has more than been Offset By
the splendidly organized army he has
sent afeld. II the reconstruction OF
the navy is as complete and thorough
as that of the army, he will yet have
a navy worth consideration.
Japan 4 Big Aid To Allies.
The entrance OF Japan into the con-
fict greatly aided the powers COM
posing the Triple Entente as far al
the Far East Is concerned. Had not
Japan taken sides with England much
OF this lighting strength of the Englis h
and French navies would have been
reduced in the waters they are now
operating in. 1t would have been
necessary 10 send many ships to ths
Far East, there to safeguard their re-.
spectiVe interests
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the engines of death that are being
made to take part in this war Of OK
termination none equals those bearing
on the new guns the French are using
to project turpinlte, a substance said
to produce instant and painless death
for everything within its reach Eng
fish correspondents have reported that
entire lines Of German soldiers have
been seen standing shoulder 10 shout
der in the trenches. yet every man I'm
the line from one end Of tho trench
to the other was stark dead. When
these reports first filtered through the
censored channels those at home mar
veled and were prone to regard them
as inventions pure and simple. Vet
from distant points reports similar in
every particular would come through
until there was little room left for
doubt, the confederation and substan-
tiation being beyond DISPUTE.
This deadly gas was first generated
In the Battle Of the Marine. and army
surgeons who examined the bodies Of
the victims declared that those affect
ed had been instantly paralyzed and
died in their tracks. The French run
that hurled the shells from which this
gas escaped is still shrouded in the
deepest mystery. Experts, 1t IS said,
are required to operate the gun, whose
mechanism Is as much a secret as
turpinite itself. Army experts are at
work now trying to ascertain If tur-
pinite will lend itself as readily for
use in aeroplanes as 1t has in land
batteries. It Is known that lyddte Is
readily available for use in aeroplanes
and Zeppelins, and as the latter are
capable Of carrying guns Of high
power, It Is easily conceivable that
they may yet be equipped with the
gun which discharges the turpinite
fumes. But France Is guarding her
secret zealously, and there Is little
likelihood of Germany being able to
acquire either the guns that hurl the
gas or the chemical itself.
Gas \ "Hell' Producer.
British expert In ordnance as a gem
uine hell" producer. The inventor is
NJ. Turpin, the originator Of melinite
and lyddite. which latter Is merely so
named because the first experiments
with II We're made at Lydd, in Kent.
This British expert lately said that so
lethal in its effect Is the new shell on
widespread, whole armies and, indeed.
entire nations could be exterminated
in the course of a few weeks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

NJ. T'urpin is not only a remarkabJ
man, but very resourceful one, an
one who can nurse a grievance as we
as the next. He considered that n
had been deeply wronged in COINED
Ton with his discovery Of lyddite an
nelin.te, and he then and there al
serted that when he completed his e,I
perlments with new force whic|
would be capable of killing an er|
tire army in It's tracks" he would tan
duo care that none penetrated his sd
cret. Apparently he has succeeded
for there are only a few Of these gun
in existence and they are manned h
men chosen by NJ. Turpin.
While he was conducting his expert
ments in his secluded country hom(
NJ. Turpln was beset by spies Will
came proving around determined d
gain at all hazards some informatio|
~ TO the character of the work Id
was conducting. The intruders I'D
came so numerous and so persisterI
That it was necessary to surround hi
home with a strong guard, and nom
who did not bear proper credentia1
could get within hailing distance d
his laboratory.
Germany Not Backward.
But Germany has not been lackin|
In new devices with which to attac|
her foes. There are many guns d
new types and patterns that hav|
wrought havoc in the ranks Of Eng
lish, French and Russians. One d
these guns which the French an
much exercised about, hurls a highl
explosive missile which, upon burst
ing, sends out a shower Of bullets AM
other projectiles in every direction.
single shot from one OF these gum
has been known to wipe out an entirI
company of infantry.
The new type Of torpedo IN use b|
the German navy has already prove
It's deadiness. Five of England's war
ships have been sent to the hotto1
by these death-dealing engines. Thos
who sit quietly at home and avail
tidings from the front are now prd
pared for the worst, for already thei
eyes have been opened to the horror
of warfare as carried on in this az
when civilization IS supposed to hav
reached its highest stage. Science 4
playing her part and so far thousand
upon thousands of lives have beel
sacrificed upon her altar. And such i
the havoc wrought by tho newest en-
gnes of death which were being de
vised when all the world believed II
self to be on the threshold Of an err,
of universal peacel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29
THE TORPEDO FISH

@HE electric ray, or torpedo fish, is
4 a species of the fnny tribe found
u along the South-AtlantiC and the
Gulf of Mexico coasts. This strange
creature possesses a couple of bat
teries located in the rear of its sharp,
beady eyes. With the thousands of
minute cells it is able to create and
discharge a powerful current of cleo
tricity.
When at peace with all about II the
fish is found calmly swimming about
near the bottom OF the sea or bur-
rowing in the sands for portions OF its
food, but when Its enemies appear,
or when in pursuit of its prey, il
throws off a shock that will drive the
enemy to distant waters or stun it's
quarry. To have full power il must
come in contact with its prey. The
electricity can he generated and dis
charged as often as the creature sees
fit
Fishermen who have speared these
fish or caught them in nets and at
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-29

G21v . a decade or more men of all
@tv the more civilized and enlight-
~ cned nations have been valiantly
~ struggling to establish an In
ternational Peace Congress whereby
all conflicts might be avoided and dis
putes arising between the big and lit
lle powers of the world settled by ar
bitration and other humane methods.
Millions Of dollars were spent in an
effort to make this Utopian dream
reality and, perhaps, the Laird of
Skibo, Mr. Andrew Carnegie, contrib
uted more literally to this fund than
any other individual. When the eff
FORTS OF this Peace Congress appeared
TO be on the very threshold Of realiza-
ton war was declared, and its sue
reeding events have staggered and
sickened humanity.
Yet while these plans for world
wide pacfcation were under way
scientists in all parts Of the universe
we're working feverishly to perfect
scores Of ingenious and devilish de-
vices to add to the terrors and hor-
'ors Of war each striving to outdo the
,ther in putting forth some invention
20 open huge gaps in the ranks Of the
battle hundreds and thousands of
orave and loyal soldiers cold in death
heir weapons useless and crumpled
1t their sides. Science has kept apace
With militarism. as the new engines
Vt death that have wrought such havoc
this mighty war attest
New Death-Dealng Devices.
Vertically this Is a war that is being
vased on earth, in the air, on the
"a and beneath the waters thereof.
1uge seige guns that are capable of
'urling mighty projectiles many miles
With deadly effect; other guns that
project shells loaded with deadly and
lauseous gases whose spreading
umes leave death and ruin in their
rake; airships that drop bombs and
oisoned arrows upon the heads of
n unsuspecting enemy; submarines
hat dart under the surface Of the sea
md send forth torpedoes that upon
'oning in contact with the submerged
lides of battleships, blow them into
atoms and send into eternity the off,
,crs and jackies that man them, and
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TO the very gates Of the gay French
capital, she will retreat to her own
soil, there battle against the onrush-
ing Russians and the pursuing Allies
until such time as some nation, the
United States possibly, in the role Of
mediator, will be given heed and the
war brought to q close.
Their Relative Strength.
To show the relative strength Of
the Dual Alliance and the Triple En-
tente is more or less difficult, due to
the complete separation of the Ger
man and Austrian fleets, the former
having retired to the Baltic, and the
latter to the northern end Of the Ad-
riatic, thereby greatly weakening the
situation as far as the Dual Alliance
Is concerned. The interposition OF the
English and French fleets, between the
widely separated forces of the enemy,
enables them to deal with the German
and Austrian fleets In detail and thus
concentrate their own forces In over
Whelming superiority for united ac-
ton.
When war was declared the coun-
tries involved had their respective ma
Vies up to that standard each deemed
adequate. England, Of course. leads
all others In the matter of ships afloat,
tonnage, armament and guns capable
OF hurting the heaviest and deadliest
proJectiles. To take these navies,
country by country, best shows what
might be expected in the event of
concerted naval action.
England has thirty-one dread
thoughts; forty pre-dreadnoughts
thirty-four armored cruisers, seventy
four cruisers; 1877 destro> .rs; forty
nine torpedo boats and seventy FIVE
submarines Her total tonnage Is g.
208,360 tons.
France has four dreadnoughts;
eighteen pre-dreadnoughts; one coast
defense ship; twenty armored cruisers;
nine cruisers; eighty-four destroyers;
l35 torpedo boats, and sixty-four sub
marines. Frances total tonnage is
6SS,840.
The Tsars navy Is composed Of
seven pre-dreadnoughts; two coast de-