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The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15
SHELL EXPLOSIONS
 AFFECT HEARING

(By Associated Press Correspondence)
 LONDON, Feb 27.-One of the curi- ous effects of shell explosion reported at the military hospitals, is the loss of the senses of taste and smell. Dr. Charles Meyrs states that he has met three cases of this in his own experi- ence. The received no flesh wounds at all, but because of their loss of senses they could not distinguish by taste between sugar, quinine, acid and salt, which felt alike to the tongue.
 These cases appear to constitute a definite class among shellshock eff fects," says Dr. Meyers. "The shells in question appear to have burst with considerable noise, scattering much dust, but this was nat accompanied by the duction of order. It Is. htere- fore, difficult to understand why hear ing should be unaffected and the Ill results confined to the senses of sight, smell and taste. The close relation of these cases to those O. hysteria ap- pears certain"
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15
GERMANY SUPPLIES
 OWN NITRIC ACID

(By Associated Press Correspondence)
 LONDON, Feb. 27-The stoppage of the imports of nitrates from Chilli. says a Swiss authority, is not depriv. ing Germany of a necessary ingre- dient of explosives because of Pro lessor Ostwald's discovery of a pro- cess for making nitric acid out of oxidising ammonia. Since the war the factories engaged in this process have been greatly enlarged and will within a month make Germany en- tirely independent of the world for It's nitric acid supply.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

Don't miss it! If 1t Is the last thing you ever do, take in the dance on St. Patrick's Night.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

You will be pleased if you eat at the Windsor grill.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15
ENGLAND UESES MULES
 FOR ARMY SERVICE

(By Associated Press Correspondence)
 LONDON. Feb. 27-The latest ship ment of mules to England is composed of such clean limbed, active beasts that certain army experts have pro possed to the war department to use them for cavalry or mounted infantry. In the British army the mule is used only for transport and the mountain battery work, not being regarded as suitable for other branches ot the ser vice. Hut Rrittain's stock Of cavalry horses is exhausted, and the heavy draught animals left on the farms are decidely less active than the latest arrival of mules Spanish and Mexi- can cavalry have always used mules and found them more serviceable than horses for work in rough country.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15
SUMPTION |S NUT SERIOUS AT
 PRZEMSYSL

(By Associated Press Correspondence) VENICE, Feb. 27-According to the Hungarian newspapers received here the situation in Przemysl, which has been under siege of a Russian army for four months, is not yet alarming. Aviators, who visit the garrison almost daily, report that there should be no really serious shortage of provisions for another three months. The victu- aling problem has been considerably assisted by the flight over the town recently of vast fiocks of wild ducks which were shot by the thousands.
 The population of Przemysl now numbers about 6OOOO including both soldiers and civilians and $500 Rus sians prisoners. The garrison is all Hungarian.
 The Russian besigers under Gen eral Dimitrieff hold every entrance and approach to the town, but they are still held outside of the outer line of the city's Notifications, which have a radious of twelve miles, and include a considerable area of farm and garden land and twelve small agricultural villages.
 The city was well stocked with food at the beginning of the siege and this supply has been carefully husbanded and doled out under the strictest reg ulations by the military authorities. Food allotted for the civil population is turned over at stated intervals by the military governor, who fixes the retail price of each commodity. Prices, curiously enough, are lower than they were before the war. but money has really little value in a community where the amounts of each article purchaseable are limited by law. Those who have no money receive free meals of approximately the same quantity and quality allowed to those who pay for their food.
 The Russians out side the city also have several aeroplanes which make frequent reconnaissance flights over the city and the surrounding neigh borhood. Occasionally they attempt bomb attacks, but none of these have resulted in any serious damage. Their hope, of course, is that stray shot may find the Hungarian arsenal and ammunition stores.
 It is said that the Hungarians within the city get along very well with their Russian prisoners, many of whom have given their parole and are allowed to move freely within a limited area Some of the better educated Russian officers have voluntarily offered their services to officers and men of the garrison for instruction in the Rus sian language.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

A fresh supply of Augustine & Key CTS Candies received on the last steamer. s. BLUM & co.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

Are you a friend of Pats? Show your Irish next Wednesday night.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

Job printing at The Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

Today's newsin today's Daily Times
The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-15

Kinney has corner on Coffee. What we mean is COFFEE, not the wishy-wishy kind you have been buying and nicknamed coffee. One
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With her much admired army keeping
faithful watch on the four frontiers,
the country may indeed r. considered
as the haven of peace ana safety in
Europe and ii is therefore not sur
prising that the vast number OF health
resorts which are scattered all over the
land continue TO receive a fair number
OF guests.
The second war winter" has arrived
and the majority of those districts
which nature has endowed with the
advantages indispensable to a winter
health and pleasure resort have al
ready completed the necessary prepa-
rations to receive guests.
TO those who know her, Switzerland
in summer represents a master study in
artistic color combinations; Switzerland
in winter, however. is a totally differ
ent vision, radiant in dazzling, sDotless
v hite Jack Frost has imprinted a
silencing kiss upon the babbling lips of
every tiny brook and mountain
stream. and glistening sheets Of the
smoothest ice cover also the limpid blue
eyes of ponds and Alpine lakes. While
Mother Earth is thus wrapped in Won
derful mantle of ice and snow the sky
.bove has assumed the matchless hue
OF a precious sapphire, and the always
delicious mountain air seems to have
acquired some additional qualities which
re5uvenate and strengthen the whole
hlman system and which instili into
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the church bells throughout the land
are lifting up their voices for half an
hour.
While Christmas of 1915 will hardly
be a general day of rejoicing in many
a great country in Europe. Switzerland
is preparing to celebrate il in her usual
way. There will perhaps be less laugh
ter in the valleys and fewer brilliant
festivities in the fashionable winter
resorts above the clouds. Brotherly
love and sympathy for her bleeding
neighbors could not will it otherwise
but Switzerland is grateful to the fate
which has so far, in spite of every
thing, been kind to her. and with graft
tude and love she will think and take
care of her soldiers watching at the
front, and she will open wide her all
ready generous heart to the many
refugees whom she is sheltering and
10 the destitute, homeless wanderers
passing through the country, to make
them feel that Christmas is after all
the most wonderful day of the year.
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similar affiliated organizations; Henry
Woodhouse, aeronautical expert and
governor of the Aero Club: President
Lambert of the Aero Club of Missouri
Elmer A. Sperry, inventor of the gyro-
scopic compass and the gyroscopic
stabiliZer for aeroplanes and ships, and
many others. Among these are three
members of the recently appointed
naval consulting board These men are
not dreamers except of the kind of
dreams which beneath their active
brains and skillful hands become
realities.
Gus picket line of seaplanes or flying
boats fifty miles or more off shore and
1000 feet or more in the ar, around our
entire coasts from EaStport, Me, to
Cal, to Cape Flattery. Washington.
each machine travelling back and forth
back and forth over its section or
beat a'winged sentinel
For the benefit of the general read
err, it NAV be well to make clear that
the seaplane or flying boat is simply
an aeroplane without the wheels by
means of which the ordinary aeroplane
rises from and alights upon the GROUND.
In place of these is substituted light
boat body, by means of which the sea-
plane rises from or ah2hts upon the
water. and can either foat upon ITS
surface or travel on the surface until
such time as it is advisable to rise
into the air, where it has the power.
endurance and radius of action of the
best of aeroplanes.
THE idea is to DIVIDE our ehtire
coast lines into sections of convenient
length, say about 100 miles, ana IN
each of these sections establish sta
ton where would be erected suitable
hangar for housing seaplane ana an
equipment sufficient to make all minor
repairs, with several larger stations at
intervals where all more complicated
renairs can he made or a complete
oyerhauling given ut regular intervals.
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REAR ADMIRAL PEARY.

Constant exercise, drill and training
in these lines will make the system an
invaluable school for keeping person
mel and material tuned up to high eff
cheney and cannot fail to have imPor-
tant results in improving and perfect
ing our seaplanes.
But If ever war should arise the
first value of this coast patrol service
would be the prompt report, Ready
and equipped for service from hun
dred or more trained flyers and OBJ
servers. from mechanicians and help
ers. organized into state of military
readiness In war times the patrol
could weave such a continuous Off
shore curtain of observance around our
entire coasts as would make surprise
attack in force an impossibility. The
chance Of a scoutship, destroyer or
q cruiser escaping observation would
be exceedingly small: and even sub
marine, although submerged. might not
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learn something about their matri-
monial prospects are advised to drink
three times from nine different foun-
tains when the church bells are ring
ing on Christmas eve, and they will
then behold their future mate stand
ing at the church door. Observing this
particular custom is. of course, quite
possible in Switzerland. where public
fountains are found everywhere in
good number.
If you are courageous enough to con
suit the oracle .aS to the length of time
which is still allotted to you on earth.
take your Bible on Christmas eve, and
the first Psalm which strikes your eye
contains in stanZaS the number of
years which you are yet given to live
To safeguard your chickens from all
animals of prey, another ancient Gus
tom advises you to clip their wings
between IL pm. and midnight Christ
mas eve.
Children born Christmas day can see
ghosts, and are able to tell your for
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escape the eye of the sea eagle soaring
above it.
I'm war or in peace, there is no doubt
of the desirability of an aerial coast
patrol; that is beyond debate.
Il will take up our plan somewhat
more in detail and then say how we
expect to put it into execution, first
saying that it is not a dream of vision
aries.
Every one knows something of the
practical work John Hays Hammond,
jr., has done in producing a boat con-
trolled from a shore station, and of
the amazing possibilities of a torpedo
controlled in d similar fashion. 1t was
he who suggested the general aerial
coast patrol propositions, though Capt.
Clarke of the Army Aviation Corps had
suggested a similar plan for our north
eastern Atlantic coast. The plan has
been discussed and unqualitiedly ap
proved by such experts as Henry A:
Wise Wood, president of the Society of
Aeronautica1 Engineers; Alan r: Haw-
ley, president of the Aero Club OF
America. which heads twenty-seven
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thirty stations viii be required to COM
plete the proper guarding of the At
lantic and gulf coasts. our entire east
ern shore line, and about $780, 900 will
be necessary to equip them all. AS
total this sum is small in amount for
a great and prosperous country. and
with the division of that amount into
sums of $4,000 for each section, the
initial expense, which it is proposed to
raise from private sources. will not fall
heavily-~on any community. \ point
which should be noted is that " lille the
system is a national proposition, any
given station is a local proposition and
the money raised in that community
for the station viii be expended for
and controlled by that community.
:. =:
Once the system is complcs~,. and
its value to the country demonstrated
the expense of it's maintenance and
upkeep would seem at present to nat
urally and logically fail within the
province of the naval militia OF the
coastal states Later. perhaps. a thor
ough study of the proposition by a ma
tional defense board might decide that
it should propsrfy be an adjunct of
the coast artillery. 1t might be found
that in its final development it. had
become such special and vital fea-
ture of our national defense as to make
it a department of It's own under the
national defense board. But these are
matters which may be- safely left to
the future.
The work q the present and the
future is to secure the funds
by private initiative, the public spirit
and patriotism of our coast communi-
ties. necessary for the establishment
and equipment of the system.
The procedure to secure an indiyid-
ual station might be somewhat like
the course taken in Maine. The project
was laid before the chamber of COM
merce of Portland, Endorsed and ac-
cepted by the chamber and a state
wide committee of representative citi-
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christmas i'm Swiss Alps Europe's "Island Of Peace

4 THOUGH Suffering Enormous
y Losses as Result of Great War, Swift
zerland Is Enjoying Her" Season Of White"
The Haven of Peace and Safety in All En-
rope-Vast Number of Health Resorts Pre-
pare to Entertain Great Crowds of Visitors
Who Go There for Winter Sports-Yule-
tide Superstitions and Customs of the Alps
Skating and Sleighing, Tobogganing and
Skiing.
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veloping such fleet and 1t required
only little urging to induce him to
discuss the plans to make a national
asset out of civilian effort.
!: 4
For many reasons ! strongly favor
a plan for an aero coast patrol" said
Admiral Peary, and the more effective
it is made in time of peace the greater
its value will be in time of war or
threatened invasion. Its simplicity,
definiteness. cheapness and, above all,
its vital Importance appeal very strong
~ To carry out the plans proposed 1t
is estimated will require approximately
S400,9 or. with the great lakes as
well both coasts covered by the
system 100000. In France, before the
war, the clubs and civilians had raised
and expended over s1.200.000 in further
ance of aviation, most of IT in con-
structing ard testing various types or
machines In Germany S1S0O,0O had
been raised for the same purpose 1t
should not be a difficult thing for our
greater country with its large re-
sources to raise one-third as much.
The half million dollars estimated
would be used in securing a complete
OUTFIT - hydro aeroplanes, wireless
equipment and stations. in which are
included hangers. repair outhts. sup
plies, navigation instruments ana oth-
er aCcessor es.
I'm ordinary times of peace such an
aerial patrol Will have it's value as
well a s in time of war. 1t should be
under such circumstances natural and
valuable adjunct of the coast guard
and life saving service. The party sub
merged derelict, too light to sink and
a constant menace to traffic, would be
spotted by the aerial scout and it's
presence reported. Wrecks, vessels in
distress and all other marine incidents
and accidents would be reported and
aid quickly summoned when necessary.
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A DMIRAL Peary IS Enthusiastic for De-
Velopment of Fleet to Guard Coast
Lines-Stations for Flying Boats at Inter
walls Of 100 Miles and Competent Aviators
and Mechanics-Of Great Value in Time
of War or Threatened Invasion-Cost of
Such Plan IS Comparatively Small-An
Off-shore Curtain of Observation Around
the Entire Country by Means of a Con-
tinuous Picket Line Of Seaplanes.
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order without which II may spell muir
der 70 allow man to make flight
No one recognizes the need of per-
fectly trained men and large numbers
of machines for national defense quite
as well as the men most Interested in
aviation. and outside the army and the
navy none realize this as do the mem
bers Of the aeronautical clubs and the
amateurs in the art of aviation. They
have devised plans for civilian effort
and they recognize if they create a
fleet of aeroplanes with hundred or
more pilots they will add materially to
the national defense.
AS might be expected, Admiral Peary
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Z & II

07 0dE,S Rear Admiral Peary of
" hNU arctic fame, with his return
WV from the polar region, closed
the door upon that field
which had been his life work. he took
q long philosophical look around to de-
termine what seemed the most inter
esting subject for further exploration.
and concluded that il was TO he found
in the a ir and by means Of aeronautics.
T. was the air into which men had
planned TO send their great military
observation balloons. lighter than air,
and ii Was these which gave the idea of
the great dirigibies TO which Count
Zeppelin has given his name
/; IS ia the unstable air that wright
and Langley, observing that birds
" hlch are heavier than arr, could fy
MADE real the dream Of the ages since
the time OF Icarus. and devised the
aeroplane. where the motor takes the
place OF lungs and muscular power and
propeller blades do the work that led
nature to devise wings.
1t was his intimate acquaintance with
the Wright brothers which first di-
Yected Admiral Pearys attention to the
aeroplane, and IL may well be said
here that he expects to see flights made
across the north pole when the present
flight duration of the aeroplane has
been sufficiently increased.
The admiral. however, knows not only
from general principle, but from ac-
tual experience with a motor gone dead
when he 200 feet high, necessi-
tating a rapid volplane 10 the water,
that the skilled aviator is much more
important than the machine, besides
being infinitely more difficult to create.
Aeroplanes can be built In a short
time, but 1t takes months of weary
training to make good pilot. good
aerial navigator. good observer and
q body Of mechanicians At to keep the
delicate machine in the perfect running
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Each of these sections and stations
would be equipped with a seaplane-
Each of these machines would carry
a driver and an observer and be equip
ped with light wireless apparatus, pow
erful glasses and a sensitive micro
phone. In fair weather, at an altitude
of 1000 feet above the sea, ship
could be seen at distance OF nifty
miles or more. the seaplane, OF course.
being entirely invisible to the ship. At
night or in thick weather they would
glide with microphones set to catch
the pulsation of propeller or the
slightest sound on ship. and every
sense would he alert to detect CLEAN
of light or Il Whit of smoke.
BY means of the wireless informa-
tion as to the character, number and
apparent destination of such ship or
ships would be transmitted to the
shore station and from these to Wash
inston. whence orders would issue d.
recting the movements of our fleet and
the submarine squadrons for the prep
ara alton of the coast detenSeS and for
the concentration of troops, II heces-
sary, while reserve planes. hurry1ng
out, would keep the approaching craft
under continuous surveillance, while
themselves invisible
Such a system is a new departure.
The like of it exists nowhere at pres
ent. and vet it involves no new princi-
pie, but is simply the utilization ana
multiplication of the known capabili-
ties of a single seaplane.
AT present. / am informed, sea
plane or flying boat can be secured for
$500 or less, and about $500 addi-
tional will equip a station with the
necessary hangers. tools. appliances
and radio installations for efectiVe
operation. making the total cost OF each
station about $4,000.
ALREADY three locations have been
made available along the Atlantic
coast: Jekyl Island. Georgia. by Edwin
York harbor, by Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood and Flag Island, Maine. Some
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every being. young or old, an ineXpli-
cable feeling of light-hearted happiness.
Very shortly. one finds everybody inter
ested and engaged in some form of
winter sport.
There is skating. of course, but many
games compete now with this oldest
of sports on the ice, which has, how
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ever been developed into an art which
charms the onlooker by the graceful
ness of it's movements, now astonishes
by the cool daring of it's swift rushes.
AS in summer over the lawn, so flies
the tennis ball over the ice in the game
of hockey. Curriers' are frantically
sweeping their .'stanes' toward the
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tune. Water can be changed into
wine, and if you are some sort of an
adept in the mysterious art of magic
you are at that time able to safeguard
yourself against all bodily injuries. If
farmers will fertilZe the soil or tie
band of straw around the trunk of
their fruit trees during Christmas week
the same will bear special quantities
of fruit for the next season.
. Christmas eve, for one brief hour the
dumb beasts are said to be able to con-
verse in human language, but misfor-
tune is predicted for the inquisitive
who takes it upon himself to listen.
And when the happy Christmas days
ire over. there comes New Year eve,
with its jolly social and family gather
ings and it's marvelously effective
ringing-in of the New Year. when all