Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-30

OH ANY OdttlcUclo-WcdiNn OHuST
Goodwin Sands.
"Electronic energy has been described
as the worlds greatest and most ter
rible sccret-So great and so terrible
that II has been argued seriously that
scientific research in this direction
should be halted until II is felt that
the human race is sufficiently elevated
TO be intrusied with the keys of such
fearsomc stOrehouses OF power"
So declared Lord Headley recently
in his address when electeds president
OF the Society of Engineers in London
He Is distinguished as an engineer,
particularly for his work for the pro-
lection and improvement Of fore
shores he has claimed even the usual
~ destructive force of the tides and
waves for this purpose Practical and
scientific as he is. his presidential dis
course appealed strongly to the imagi-
nation.
He told what an electron Is TO the
phySicist-the smallest known com
ponent of matter; always associated
with an unvarying unit charge Of neg
alive electricity. Some scientists sup
pose the chemical atoms consist of
collections of electronS having orhital
motions in n sphere of positive electri-
fication. All atomic characteristics
are satisfactorily explained on this
basis.
Could Wine Out Armies.
Lord Hcadley said human science
has advanced with deadly effect for
the DESTRUCTION Of human life in time
of war At might well be argued that
in the future. when the dogs OF war
In the shape of harnesSed electrons
are let loose. not a single human be-
Ing will survive on any battlefield. A
general officer. sitting ut his comfort
able desk in the war office. might
touch button and release destruc-
tive agency capable OF sweeping hun
dreds Of square miles and depriving
Of existence every living creature
thereon.
1t Is said that Sir Oliver Lodge and
Lord Kelvin have calculated that there
is enough energy In every ounce Of
matter To lift the whole British fleet
from the surface of the sea To the top
of Mount Everest. that there is enough
latent force In your little finger 10
run an the trains in the United King.
dom for several minutes and Sufl!.
cient atomic energy In an ounce OF
matter. il properly controlled, to keep
the largest liner in the world going M
full speed for n week.
Speaking of the possibilities az
Communication with entities which
might have had their being on this
earth or elsewhere" Lord Hcadley
said that when one finds highly scien-
ttic and thoughtful men like Sir Oliver
Lodge and Sir Conan Doyle convinced
Of the possibility of communicating
with dead friends or relatives, one
can not help Specializing on the posi-
bility of linking up of the spirit
world by the refinement of scientific
investigation ana trial II Is conceiv-
able To him that the spirits of the de-
parted might he composed Of elec.
irons nf II type not altogether different
from those inhabiting our earthly bod.
les Is II altogether hcyond the
bounds Of possibility that there may
be similarity between the spiritual
and the earthly eIcctron sufficiently
pronounced 10 ADM: Of Intercommuni-
cation:
Wealth Under Goodwin Sands.
Another suggestive idea put for
ward by Lord lIcadlcy was that the
Goodwin Sands might he explored for
buried treasure. ON this spot is the
accumulation of centuries Of disasters.
and within few square miles many
millions of pounds worth Of treasure
are hidden. Various schemes To re-
cover these treasures have been turned
down, hut he thought II possible TO
sink n good floating concrete tower
In Trinity hay and 10 run tunnels from
this base Of operations In any direc-
tion. Boring with suitable augers
would probably reveal the presence Of
many an old craft, and the next ques !
ton would he 10 arrange for rapid
The problems Of the GoodwinS IS
not exactly "wild cat" scheme. hut
II comes under the heading of highly |
speculative adventure" II is none the I
less fascinating for that, and Is far
more sound than many mining prop !
osition because the treasure really Is I
there.
And the treasure has been accumu-
lating there for centuries. The Good /
win Sands form n dangerous line OF |
shoals of the Kent coast Of England /
nj the entrance 10 the Strait Of Dover /
from the North sea. The Goodwins /
nrc partly exposed NJ low water. but
the sands are shifting and. In spite Of
lights and hell huoyS. the sands have I
proved veritable graveyard for ships. |
Perhaps the most terrible catastrophe /
recorded there was the wreck of IL
ships in great storm II November.