The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-07

II Might Well Be Argued, Says Seien.
tist, That In the Future, When the
Dogs Of War in the Shape Of Hsr.
messed Eleetrons Are let Loose, Not
a Single Human Being viii Survive
on Any Battieheld--WeaIth Under
Goodwin Sands.
"ElcrtrOnic energy has been described
rs the worlds greatest aud most ter
riblr Sccrri--sO great and 50 terrible
HAT II hns been argued seriously that
scientific research In this direction
should bc hulicd until II l. felt that
The human race Is sufficiently elevated
to be intrIiStcd with the keys at such
rrursOmc SlOrehOuscs Of power"
So declared Lord Hrudlry recently
in his address, when elected president
Of tile Society of Engineers la London.
lie IL distinguished as an engineer
particularly for his work for the pro.
lection aud Improvement OF fore
shores he has claimed ever 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 imngi.
nation.
He told what an eleCtrOn Is to the
physicist-the smallest known com
pOnent Of matter; always associated
with an unyarylng unit charge " neg
ative electricity. Some scientists sup
pose the chemical atoms consist Of
collections Of clcctrons having orbital
fication. All atomic characteristics
are satisfactorily explained on this
basis
Could wioe Out Armies.
Lord Headley said human science
has advanced with deadly effect for
the destruction Of human life in time
Of war II might well he argued that
In the future, when the dogs of war
In the shape of hurnessed electrOns
are let loose, not single human he.
Ing will survive on any battlefield. A
general officer. sitting at his comfort
able desk In the war office. might
touch button and release dcstruc
tive agency capable of sweeping hun
dreds VI square miles and dcprivinr
OF existence every living creatur,
thereon.
II IL said thai Sir Oliver Lodge ant
Lord Kelvin have calculated that thcr,
is enough energy In every OUNCE o
mntier 10 lift the whole British fcc
from the surface Of the sea to the tol
Of Mount Everest that there Is enough
latent force In your little finger Il
run all the trains Ia the United King
Client atomic energy in an ounce NJ
matter, II properly controlled, To keel
The largest liner In the world going u
full speed for week.
Speaking OF the possibilities %
communication with entities which
might have had their being on thl
earth or elsewhere" Lord Headle!
said that when one finds highly scicn
fifc aud thoughtful men like Sir Olive
Lodge ana Sir Comm Doyle convince,
NJ the possibility OF communication
with dead friends or relatives. on
rnn not help Specializing on the posi-
bility or linking up Of the spiri
world by the refinement Of scicntifi
Investigation aud trial. II Is cOncely
able 20 him that the spirits Of the de
parted might he composed OF cleo
irons OF a type not altogether differen
from those lnhabiting our earthly bod
les. Is II altogether beyond IN
bounds OF possibility that there ma
be u similarity between the spiritua
and the earthly electrOn sufficient
pronounced 10 admit OF intercommun
cationI -.
Wealth Under Goodwin Sands.
Another suggestive idea put for
ward by Lord Headley was that IN
iGOodwin Sands, might be explored Ia
buried treasure. On this spot is th
accumulation OF centuries Of disnstcr
and within few square uiiles man
: millions % pounds worth OF treasur
are hidden. Various schemes to r,
cover these treasures have been turne
down. but, he thought u possible I
sink a'good' tloatinS 'cOncrete tOwe
IN Trinity bay aud to run tunnels rroI
I this base OF operations IN ;any dire,
tinn. Boring with SSsltaklh nugcr
: would probably reveal the presence q
many an old craft, and the next quc'
tion would be to arrange for rapl
tunnelling.
; The. problems Of the GoQdwIns
not exactly wild cat" scheme. ~
Il comes under the heading Of "highl
, speculative adventure" II Is none Al
e lcSs fascinating for that, and IL n
. more sound than many mining pro-
! nsltion because the treasure really
J mere.
P And the treasure has been account
, iating there for centuries The Goot
: win Sands form n dangerous line {
r. ehonls off the Kent coast Of Englan