The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-28

Goodwin Sands.
| "E'e"tropir energy has been described
MS che worlds greatest and most Ter.
rihl" Sccrct--su great and su terrible
iIUt II has been argued seriously thar
scientific research IN this direction
should be hailed with II is felt tina,
the human race is Sufficiently elevated
I" he innustcd viii the keys " such
| fcurEum" storchuusna ~ power"
| ;" declared Lord Nudlry recently
IN his address when elected president
Of the Society uf Engineers in London.
| tie Is distinguished rs nm engineer.
| particularly for his work for the pro.
lection aud Improvement Of fore
shores; j." has claimed even the usual.
| ~ destructive force Of the tides and
waves for this purpose. Practical and
scientific ms he is, his presidential Ills.
| course appealed strongly to the magi-
nation.
| II" told what an clcctron Is 10 the
| physifSt-the smallest known com.
pnhent ~ matter; always associated
with an unvarying unit charge " neg.
alive electricity. Some scientists sun.
| pose the chemical atoms consist OF
collections "f electrOns having orhjtal
nottons IN sphere Of positive elpctri- |
fcntiun. All atomic characteristics
are satisfactorily explained on this
basis.
Could Wine Out Armies.
Lord HsHdley 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 III" future, when the dogs OF war |
In the shape OF harnesspd electrous
are let loose not single human be.
Ing VIII survive on any battlefield A
general officer, sitting at his comfort
able desk In the war office, might |
touch button and release GpStruc-
Nv" agcn"y capable NJ sweeping hun.
dreds Of square miles and deprIviny
"f existence every living creature
thereon. 1
II Is said That Sir Oliver Lodge and |
Lord Kelvin have calculated that there
Is enough energy IN every ounce OF !
matter 10 lit the whole British fleet
from the surface of the sea Ia the top
or Mount Everest, that there il enough
latent force IN your little finger to
run all the trains IN the United King.
dom for several minutes, and sum.
cIeut atomic energy in an ounce OF
matter, n properly controlled. Ia keep
the largest liner in the world going ai
fun speed for week.
Speaking of the possibilities 81 4
communication with entities which n
might have bad their being on this Il
earth ar elsewhere" Lord HeadIcy II
said that when one fluids highly scirn
tin" aud thoughtful men like Sir Oliver
Lodge and Sir Conan Doyle Convinced
~ the possibility OF communicating Il
with dead friends or relatives, one
can not help Specializing Oh the posi-,
hilIty Of linking up ~ the spirit II
world 10y The refinement pf scientific II
investigation aud trial II Is c0ncriv.
able la him that the spirits Of The de-
parted might he composed Of elpc-
tronS of n tyne not altogether different i
from those mhublIing our earthly bod.
les. Is " altogether beyond tie
hounds Of possibility that there may
he Il similarity between the spiritual
and The earthly electron sufficiently
pronounced Ia admit NJ intercomInrni.
cation?
Wealth Under Goodwin Sands.
Another suggestive Idea put for
ward by Lord Headley was that the
Gondwm Sands might be explored for
buried treasure On this spot IL the
accumulation ~ centuries Of disasters.
and within q few square miles many
millions Of pounds worth Of trea sure
are hidden. Various schemes Ia re-
cover these trSO Sures have heen turned
down, hut lee thought u possible 10
sink good floating concrete tower
IN Trinity bay and 10 run tunnels from
this base Of operations In sny dlrec-
tioh. BORING with suitable augers
would probably reveal the presence OF
many IN old craft, aud the next cues.
iion would he to arrange for rapid
tunHelling.
The problems at the Gp,dwins is
not exactly wild eat" scheme, Int
" comes under the beading OF highly
speculative adventure II Is none he
less fascinating Tor that, and Is far
more sound ihan many n mining prop.
OsitIGn because the treasure really IL
there.
And the treasure has been accumu-
latIug there FOR centuries Tho Good
win Sands form dangerous nre NJ
shoals m the Kent cOnGt Of England
At the entrance to the Strait ~ Dover
from the North sea The Go0dwlua
are partly exposed IT low Mater, but
the sands are shifting and IN spite Of Z
lights and bell huoys, the sands nave
proved veritahle graveyard FOR ships
Perhaps the most terrible catastrophe
recorded there was the wreck OF 10
ships in \ great storm In November
lT0a.
-Four IIghtShipS mark the limits ~
a.. It. H.