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The Washington times., 1918-12-27
TODAY'S TOPIC
LOVE AND PHILOSOPHY

allows herself TO be kissed by him.
/ think he is somewhat OF a relic
today. 1t all depends on the girl:
1t is just what she makes 1t, and
there IL no harm in the kiss OF fond
ness for the right kind of q girl.
Most of US men are to some extent
romantic. and our kiss to a pleasant
female companion is q mark Of
fond respect, seldom otherwise.
Often II is a query also. To those
OF us who know, it is about the
surest way OF getting a true under
standing OF the girls real char
acter.
II is up to you. girls. If you are
trying to conceal your true per-
sonality, don't kiss; otherwise, you
need not fear to do so. B. s. III.
To reverse the usual query: Is
this the sort Of a MAN, girls, you
would care to take for husband?
The Washington times., 1918-12-27

There arc a lot of postoffiee auto
drivers who drive too fast, but I've
never heard Of any letters being
pinched for exceeding the speed
limit.
The Washington times., 1918-12-27

ington. It has been q labor Of en-
thusiasm and love on his part, and
! wish him every Joy in his work.
IRENE CASTLE is getting real
money for writing q masasine story
about how hard up she and her late
husband were in Paris. and III bet
could get a thousand dollars . word
for stories Of how hard up I've been.
and / didn't have to 20 to. Paris
either.
] remember once when FRED
STECKMAN and were cub re-
porters in the early dawn Of news
paper history, we had a quarter be-
tween rs, and Fred was holding 1t.
Il was Z o'clock IN the morning and
we were figuring on where to get
the most breakfast for that quarter.
Just then 4 drab and ragged figure
hove into view from the fog and
mumbled q word or two.
Whereupon the bis-hearted Steek-
man fished out OUR quarter ana
gave It to said beggar with . flour
ish.
And then there's JOHN KIRBY.
who landed IN London with one
shilling IN his pocket, and nothing
else. He decided to set his quarters
worth, however, 50 he made straight
for the biggest hotel he could ind
and. having located tie high-ball de-
pa-tment, plunked down his shilling
and then and there ran right into
the arms Of a boon companion who
had , million dollars in his clothes.
And THEODORE TTLLER tciis
me that in his early days he had to
60 out and borrow a 10-ccnt piece
before he could get gasolene enor9l
to run the press that printed the
Bainbridge Argus
The Washington times., 1918-12-27

Vino remembers the days when
the porter on the sleeping car would
let you sleep at the Union Station
until half past seven? -
The Washington times., 1918-12-27

And referring TO the returning
heroes, ROBERT L. LIVINGSTON
says:
"Do more than cheer; offer them
work"
The Washington times., 1918-12-27

ington. It has been q labor Of en-
thusiasm and love on his part. and
] wish him every Joy in his work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Mah0met TT Owned the First
BIG Gun

N%HE first great gun IN history was
cast for Mahomet II for use at
the siege of Constantinople by
Urban, Dane or Hungarian WI hay
ing been almost starved in the Greek ser
vice, deserted to the Moslems. Mahomet,
according to Gibbon, ''studied with pecu-
liar care the recent and stupendous dis
covery of the Latins; and his artillery
surpassed whatever yet had appeared IN
the world" He asked Urban if he could
construct cannon large enough to batter
the walls of the city, and received sat-
isfactory reply. To quote Gibbon:
con this assurance, foundry was estab-
lshed at Hadrianople; the metal was pre-
pared, and at the end of three months,
Urban produced s. piece Of brass ordnance
of stupendous and almost incredible mag
nitude; measure of twelve palms IS as
signed to the bore, and the stone bullet
weighed above six hundred pounds.
vacant place before the palace was
chosen for the first experiment, but, 70
prevent the sudden and mischievous effects
of establishment and fear, proclamation
was issued to the effect that the cannon
would be discharged the ensuing day. The
explosion was felt or heard III the circuit
of 100 furongs, the ball by the force Of
gunpowder, was driven above a mile, and
on the spot where it fell it buried it.
self a fathom deep in the ground. For
the conveyance of this destructive engine,
a frame or carriage of thirty wagons
linked together and drawn along by
team of sixty oxen; two hundred men on
both sides were stationed to poise and
support the rolling weight; two hun
dred and fifty workmen marched before
to smooth the way and repair the bridges,
and near two months were employed IN
laborous journey of one hundred and fifty
miles. A lively philosopher derides on this
occasion the credulity of the Greeks, and
observes with much reason that we should
always distrust the exaggerations of a van
quished people. He calculates that bail
even of one hundred pounds, would require
a charge of one hundred and fifty pounds
of powder, and that the stroke would be
feeble and impotent, since not fifteenth
part Of the mass could be infamed at the
same moment. A stranger as | am to the
art of destruction, can discern that the
modern improvements of artillery prefer the
number of pieces to the weight of metal
the ouickness of fire to the sound or even
the consequences Of single explosion. Yet
l dare not re ect the positive and unanimous
evidence of contemporary writers, nor can
1t seem improbable that the first artists in
their rude and ambitious efforts, should
have transgressed the standard of modera-
ton. Turkish cannon, more enormous
than that of Mahomet still guards the en-
trance to the Dardanelles, and if the use be
Aasanvenent. it has been found on late
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

probably both the propelling force and
of the shell.
General Leonard Wood, as quoted in
The New York Herald" of Monday,
held that "a very intense aeroplane
bombardment has resulted in the mis-
leading report of the great German in
strument of war"
Experts at Washington were equally
skeptical According to "The Herald:
major Charles f Armstrong, Ordnance
Department, L. S. A., at Washington, gave
figures to prove that gun with a range
of seventy miles would be impossible. He
said the shell would have to have an in
itial velocity OF 400 feet second, which
would burn up the she'll by friction with
the air He also said the gun would have
to have a length of 10 feet, which would
be impossible as it would curve under the
fire and weight after few shells were
fred. He suggested that the shells might
be aerial torpedoes or that they were fired
from q gun concealed within twenty miles
of Paris
Colonel Grin B. Mitcham, chief ord
nance officer for the Department of the
East, said there might be such gun,
but that it was theoretically impossi-
ble."
Experts at the Aero Club were equally
difficult to convince
There is no doubt, however, as to the
large part played by big guns both in
history and in fiction. A few examples
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

the gun. This GROWING example of the
human minds destructive ingenuity had
cost the German government five million
marks and had required three years for its
construction, and by no means the least Of
its devilsh capacities was that Of auto
matically reloading and firing itself at the
interval Of every ten seconds, its ,nuzzle
rising. falling or veering slightly from side
to side with each discharge thus Causing
the shells to fall at wide distances. The
poisonous nature Of the immense volumes
of gas poured out by the mastodon when in
action necessitated the withdrawal of it's
crew to d safe distance But once set in
motion it needed no attendant
The gun just described, so much more
formidable than the instrument of de-
struction really aimed at Paris by the
Germans, is described in THE Man Who
Rocked the Earth" by Arthur Train,
published in 1915. 1t went too far wide
of the mark to damage Paris in the
story, and soon blew up, utterly destroy
ing the German camp in its neighbour
hood. 1t must not be assumed that Mr..
Train was a prophet, or that the actual
weapon used against Paris was a relay
gun" In fact, the first lines of Mr..
Trains book assert:
"By July /, 1916, the war had involved
every civilized nation upon the globe except
the United States of North and South Amer
lea, which had, up to that time, succeeded
in maintaining their neutrality. Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, Switzerland. Poland,
Austria Hungary, Lombardy and Serbia had
been q vastated."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

trial that the effect was far from con-
temptible stone bullet of eleven hundred
pounds weight once discharged with
three hundred and thirty pounds of powder
at distance of three hundred yards; It
shivered into three rocky fragments. trav-
ersed the strait and, leaving the waters in
foam, again rose and bounded against the
opposite hill"
Students Of history will not need to be
told that the lively philosopher referred
his "History Of Charles XII" history IS
mass Of fable previously agreed upon"
The siege Of Constantinople began on
April 6, 1853, and five days later the
bombardment began. Says Gibbon:
"The great cannon of Mahomet has been
separately noticed: an important and WISH
bic object in the history Of the times; but
that enormous engine fanked by two
fellows of almost equal magnitude.
Under master who counted the moments,
the great cannon could be loaded and fred
no more than seven times IN one day. The
heated metal unfortunately burst; several
worklnen were destroyed, and the skill of
the artist was admired who bethought him
self Of preventing the danger and the acct
dent by pouring ell after each explosion
into the mouth Of the cannon. A
circumstance that distinguishes the siege of
Constantinople is the reunion of ancient
and modern artillery. The cannon were
intermingled with the mechanical engines
for casting stones and darts, the bullet and
the batterirg ram were directed against
the same walls, nor had the discovery Of
gunpowder superseded the use of the liquid
and ineXtinpuishable f,ren
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

REAT GUNS. Saturday, March
%, was a peaceful day in the
United States "three thousand
miles away" and when flash from
The Associated Press announced Ger
mans lombard Paris" it was received in
The newspaper offices with frank incred-
Iity. for even the Office boys knew that
y was matter Of more than sixty miles
to the German lines from Paris, and
there was nothing in the news to indi-
cate that the Observation-Disclosures
linz had been broken. Then came "bul.
let;n' confirming the FASH" and 4 mo-
meat later the French official announce
ment. After that the bombardment was
fact to be explained, and at press time
explanations were still coming in.
Having shelled Dunkirk early in the war
from a distance of twenty-five miles,
there was really no occasion to doubt the
possibility of the Boche building a gun
with three or four times that range.
Geneva. which has heard many
strange tales since the war began,
learned positively that 1.-The guns bonl-
harding Paris. according to Vienna dis
patch received here, are Of Austrian
manufacture having been built at the
Skoda factory. The gun itself is nor
new, but its novelty comes from q new
type of shell ard TIE explosive gases
used in the gun. There are said to be
only two or three of the guns
The 16-inch guns now in use for coast
defence purposes in this country would
shoot ffty-nine miles, according to Col
onel J. Z. Munroe, commandant of the
Watervliet Arsenal. if some one would
build carriage capable Of an elevation
of forty-five degrees. He was quoted as
saying:
~ would be comparatively easy for US TO
manufacture gun which would shoot fifty
nine miles.
"In fact, there are severa! in commission
that could throw Il shell that distance f we
nad-a carriage or which they could be ele-
va-cG is degrees. The trouble is, no one in
the United States has devised car
rage that would permit that degree OF ele-
walton and survive the shocl. Of the dis
charge
"Persoraliy, do rot think it would be
worth much 70 Us to have such & carriage,
for it's cost would be tremendous, and the
damage d gun would be likely to do 4. such
2 distance would be entirely out Of proper
ton 70 The COST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

"The colonel explained that this enor-
nous theoretical range was due to the fact
that the high initial velocity of the shell
carried it swiftly and with very high re-
naming velocity into the upper rareded
strata Of air, where the retardation by the
air and consequent loss of velocity by the
shell were proportionatey far less than in
the lower and denser strata of the earths
surface.
at is NEEDLESS to say that this particular
gun was never adopted, and this for the
very good reason. among others, that no
powder existed at that day-nor in the pres
ent day, for that matter-that would not
have destroyed the accuracy life of the gun
(under the pressure and heat of 4,OOO-foot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Cpeculations as to Size
~ And Range

"Gernanys new artillery marvel, the
seventy-nnile gun, IS probably about 80
feet long and must hurl its 'projectiles
to height of thirty-Sve miles, starting
with rnuzzle velocity Of 5000 to 1000
feet a second to obtain that range" said
Austin G. Lescarboura, field editor OF
THE Scientific American" IN an inter
view with The Tribune He does not
think The new engine Of destruction is =
freak or thai the Boches have discov
cred some new mechanical principle or
explosive. but believes they have simply
taken the ordinary longrange rife and
EXTENDED is range by lengthening it.
Colonel Munroe's view is corroborated
by that IF Colonel James Monroe In
gals, founder Of the Department Of
Ballistics in the United States Artillery
School al Fortress Monroe. According
10 "T-he Scientific American of Marcn
%, Colonel Ingalls, calculated twenty
years ago that the proposed Brown 10
inch gun. if fred as The proper elevation,
would throw Il projectile forty-nine
niles. The paper says editorlally:
Same twenty years ago Brown, o. Brown
wire gun fame. showed the writer letter
from Colonel Ingalls, containing his caicula-
tions Of sne ballisticz Of proposed lo4incn
Brown rife, designed 10 fire a Goo-pound
shell with IL m9zzle velocity Of 1900 feet
second Colonel Ingalls, found, among
other things we quoting from memory
that IL the desired velocity could be nj
tgined ard ,ae guns we're fired wish 43%
degrees Of eIeVasion, the shell you'd rise
eighteen miles into the PR and that IL
would fail TO earth forty-aine miles from
the gun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Of both real and imaginary cannon may

Of both real and imaginary cannon may
be worth recalling. Here's a gun of the
Imaginary" variety:
"Behind small hill within the fortifca-
tions a group Of officers stood in the
moonlight, examining what looked super
tcally like the hangar of small dirigj0le.
Nesting behind the hill it cast black,
rectangular shadow upon the trampled sand
of the redoubt A score Of artisans were
busy filling a deep trench through which a
huge pipe led of somewhere-a sort of
deadly plumbing, for the house sheltered
a monster cannon reinforced by Jackets Of
lead and steel, the whole incased in cool
ing apparatus of intricate manufacture.
From the open end of the house the cylin-
drlcal barrel of tine gigantic engine Of war
raised itself into the air at an angle of
40 degrees and from the muzZle TO the
ground below it drop of eighty feet.
On a track running off to the north rested
the projectiles side by side, resembling in
the dim light of steam boilers in the
yard of locomotive factory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Equipment of an Infantry
man
man

\ TABLE showing that more than
n eighteen pounds of metal enter
into the composition of articles required
for the equipment of each infantrymaa
has been prepared by the Ordnance,
Bureau of the War Department. The
metal equipment carried by each in
fantry soldier weighs -29465 ounces.
consisting Of 1873 ounces iron and steel,
1885 ounces tin, 62.7 ounces brass, 24.2
ounces aluminium, 364 ounces of metal
in bullets consisting OF lead, tin and
cupronickel and 6 ounces of other metal.
An additional weight of 1l4.7 ounces
is added by equipment of cotton, wool.
leather and wood.-From The Engineer
ing and Mining Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
\ Shell Within a
n Shell

1.-The projectie of this dabolical invcn-
ton was 95 centimetres in diameter and
was itself rihed mortar, which in full
fight, twenty miles from the gun and at
the top of it's trajectory, exploded in mid
air. hurting forward it's contained projectile
with an additional velocity of three thou
sand feet per second. This process
peated itself, the final core bomb, weigh
ing over three hundred pounds and filled
with lyddite, reaching its mark one minute
and thirty-five seconds after the firing of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

In Jules Verne's "From the Earth to
the Moon" is the greatest gun in fiction.
1t discharged an aluminium she'll in
which several passengers were con-
tanned, and this she'll, passing around
the satellite, returned to the earth again,
plunged into the sea, foated and its pas
sengers were thus able to describe their
Journey The specifications were, as
given by the author:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

"First that the projectile should be she'll
made of aluminium with diameter of 1903
inches and a thickness of II inches to it's
walls; and should weigh 1880 pounds.
Second, that the gun should be Columbiad
cast in iron, 900 feet long, and run perpen-
dicularly into the earth. Third, that the
charge should contain 100000 pounds of
guncotton, which, giving out six million
litres of gas in the rear Of the projectilc,
would carry it easily toward the orb Of
night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Some OF the heavy artillery pieces
the French captured during the
early days OF tie great drive on
the SOn1n7e @ Paul Thompson
ITO the right)-Hudson Maxin's
idea OF the great German gun re-
ported to have sheued Paris at
IS miles. From The Evening Sun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Move Eh imenh the Glowing ptbn
II g
be gun @ cam G ex
II
aHrot1c
o Germ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

sbeenf that
to nn7e
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

Work . reported going along nicely
on the new dixie at Shippinston. near
the once OF the klamath Manufsctur.
Ing company.
This dixie on the Upper klamath
Lake for length OF about 100 yards.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15
Local Red Cross
Activities

rwssty-ssvsa member Of the local
Red cron Secssty we're In attendance
q ths work rooms at the orphsus
buiilisg YESTERDAY. They were - fol.
dovo:
Mn. HaDa Faith origsby. Mrs.
Jeaaie Hurn. Mn. Addie Walker,
Mn. Edna Van Sickle. Ars. ". p.
JoAnsoa. Mn. Masion Hanks. Mrs. H,
Z. Monyse. Mrs. 2. r. Skillington.
Mr.. Cora eandsrson. Mrs. W. J. Rob
srts. Mrs. .. T. summsrs. Mrs. !. d.
Whitnoee. Mn. wesley o. Smith. Mrs
Jackson Kinball. Mn. Clarence Un-
dsrvood. Mrs. VIII W. Baldwin. Mrs.
Geo. Disha. Mrs. J. 4. Houston. Mrs.
Misnis Sargent. Nrs. Bob Baldwin
MrA wsllisgtoa Tenplsr. Mn. J. u
Johssos. Mrs. r. vanes Hutehins.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

from reports q l.Sll eitiss ss1 90
counties Or districts: -
Enrollnsnt. 1916. s.7Sl.l7e: 1871
s.sss.3S3: increase. 1919
The normal Increase would hevl
bssn ~ per cent. The actual b.
crease falh short Of this b. 1894. o.
.03 pr eeat.
There b IN increase In The high
school enrollnsat. bat 4 b oaly o.
fourth Of The sosnal inersase. TAa
following figures are based o. ~
ports from high schools earollinG 81
Yer cent Of the pupils:
Enrolment. 1915. S7l.lS7: 1917
ss3.sel: increase. ls.ls7.
The normal theoretical inereasl
&ould have been sA.3tS (Sk ~ esat
per year). The actual Increase b 10.
ls7. The decrease fron normal hig1
school enrollnsat ID tAsssSoes sbos
! per cent.
The increase. altAo smaller thsl
usual. b larOss than vao egpoetod q
view Of the lareo Huobes VIE sse b
the service Of ~ sstjoa d seo'
capacity.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15
UNUSUAL JAIL ACcoA0soDATIOxs

Il PA00. Tex. Jan. l5.-Sheria
Seth 0rnAosR claims the distinction
for his new jail that II b the only one
Which has . roof gasdsn and sun par.
los for the prisoner. The new jail Il
located o. the sixth aoor Of the court
heuss buildinS. and b 70 arranged
that The psisoasss may spend the
Des1iDSs o. oas side Of the court
vAsss thsy en- enjoy the warn. sun.
~ wiatss days. and On the other eide
Tor the aftseHooas. 0nly the good
eeeduet psisossss are pssmittsd 4
sajey this Dsivile0e.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15
Russ Soldiers Run
Wild In Siberia

soldiers held ~ Tie varioss stasieos
thru which the tfaia passed. ssbjoet.
Ing the station nastees - vSolsaeo u
they would not % their bidAiAs. Pas-
sensess we're not allowed - ~ 70 %.
tain food. The train posDs1 lrkutsk
half IN hour before ths bolsAsviki
started . reign Of essroe. During ~
whole trip passsassrs eStainsd voass
Just four tines fes betAiag DaSDeoeo.
II vent thru terrible Gspssseoesa
for six months" sajl Aiss Hoo1y,
but the thrills we're worth the hard.
ships"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

Mrs. L. n. McDonald left yesterday
for Rogue River VALLEY points. to visit
relatives and friends.
Mrs. John N. Moore left yesterday
for Los Angeles. where she vii spend
some time visiting relatives.
James A. Perry has returned from
Roseburg. where he We called b the
death Of his father r-in-lav. =. J. Bono.
Ms. Phoebe Wells Of Ashland b
visiting in Klamath Falls for . short
time. and attending to matters OF
business.
Mrs. Glen Beals and two soas have
returned to their ranch at Port KAN
18th after spendins several moaths IN
klamath Falls.
Miss Helen DuFault has rsturDed
TO the Univsrsity Of Califosnia, =
which she b . ssudeat. aftse spoo1-
ing the HOLIDAYS here WITH hse pr.
cnts.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

TOXIC, Jan. ls.-Margarst foody.
New York. the last American woman
10 lsavs Petrograd. sailed for America
mon a.Japsness port . few days ago.
ohe told ! news correspondent that II
took her two weeks to cross Siberia.
She said the train was crowded With
leserting Russian soldiers. who took
food from passenger. occupied the
coapartnents and used the dinins
ears for bclaheviki meetiass, Arins
thru the win1owA Hth
Ths tsnpesatsrs most Of the time
vas around 20 degres below sero. The
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

n. L. winner OF Fort klamath 70 ID
the city On business.
Mrs. W. FINLEY Of Bly, Is in klam'
ath Fails for Q few days.
r. r. Reames left yesterday for bis
home at Mountain View. Calf.
F.M Opp left yesterday for . short
business trip to San Francisco.
I. J. Straw has returned to Odessa,
after spending some time in this city.
Frank Zlabeck and =. c. Frazier Of
Merrill are In the city en- business.
Mr., and Mrs. H. d. Daily and Miss
Sylvia Uhrin Of Alsoma are in the
city for . few days.
Niss vivian z. Mahan left this NOR.
ning for Nevada, where she viii re-
main for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Miller left yes
terday for San Francisco for . short
plsasurs trip.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15

Al oo-oeso tsaes a issieneed Md
- lDsooe pae, lalf ME iron rail-
sesa; 49, saa1y Isa0 80. and wes.
t0fully eAsaD q oa.loo.
Neae l-soo0 banQloW o. Tenth
sescee ~ saly ol.20o. q vesy sasy
eagD0.
Ooo6 1.sosm hsase aod tWo -
~; VI eAsae q ol.loo. o. easy
ossuA - CADeoso - soeo. 13.3t
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-01-15
PUNISHED FOR
Bringing IN
|NTOX|CANTS.
rwo MEN ARRHrED SUNDAY
PLEAD GUILTY BEEORE LOCAL
JUSTICE AND PAY THE FINES
ASSESSED

Dennis Nolan and Joe Wilson. who
we're appreciated Sunday on their
arrival from Doris and charged with
having liquor In their possession,
we're yssssrday arraisnsd before Jus
,ies e. oowsn. They plead guilty and
were ansd so each. The anes were
paid a. the men ct at liberty.