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—Cartoon by G. Williams, in the Indianapolis News.
ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO DESTROY EVERY WARSHIP AFLOAT
Lewis Nison Says Currents Flashed Through Air is Battle Method of Future-No
Banger From Airships—Destruction So Terrible That Nations
* Will Be Forced to International Peace.
’ York City.
New — Lewis Nixon,
shipbuilder, graduate ot the United
States Naval Academy and for several
years one of the chief constructors
the American navy, flouts the theory
that the airship in any of its forms
will become a formidable war ma¬
chine.
Instead, Mr. Nixon believes that
the death-dealing terror of the wnr of
the future will be the electric shock.
This conclusion has been forced
upon his judgment by a careful study
of the subject of new war agencies
and by closely watching the manoeu¬
vres of the Wright aeroplane as it
sailed up the Hudson and circled the
representatives of the world’s great¬
est navies.
In Mr. Nixon’s opinion warships
can guard against the danger of ex¬
plosives that might be dropped upon
them by airships by specially pre¬
pared armor. He believes, though,
that sooner or later there wiil be per¬
fected a gun or some other piece of
mechanism for hurling a thunderbolt
that will shock to death every man
aboard a warship, irrespective of its
protection.
“I am convinced,” said Mr. Nixon
to a reporter, “that the thing could
be done now, but the mechanism is
so crude that the thunderbolt, or elec¬
tric impulse, would kill the man who
should release it, as well as the en¬
emy. It is possible, of course, that
some foreign nation already has per¬
fected the necessary machine with
which to huri this deadly bolt. I
hope, however, that it has not been
done. When the principle is mast¬
ered the result will make war so hor¬
ribly destructive that the human race,
through the sheer force of nature’s
first law — self-preservation — will
abolish war.
“The aeroplane is mainly interest¬
ing now on account of the fact of
what may grow from it. Possibly we
shall see them like swarms of giant
locusts flying over and beyond armies,
to occupy positions and to cut off
communications.
“For purposes of observation they
will be of great use. The helicopter,
owing to its smaller dimensions, seems
best adapted to such uses, especially
to be carried on men-of-war.
“Insofar as I can see, the dirigible,
which will combine much that the
aeroplane is now proving out, is the
ship of the future.
“Count Zeppelinhasah-eady crossed
STARVING ESKIMO SEAYS HIS CHILI*.
St. John’s, N. F.—Tragedy in
lev wastes of the Far North
the burden of the news brought
(his port by the Hudson Pyv
j.any’s steamer Adventure, which
rived with the crew of the lost
dee whaler Paradox, in the story
an Eskimo, driven to cannibalism
starvation, who ate his child and
several neighborswho attempted
mary punishment. the fleet
The Paradox, one of
Dundee whalers, met the fate of
companion ship, the Snowdrop, which
was crunched in the merciless jaws
the ice floes off Baffin Land early in
August a year ago. The crew,
scanty provisions, made their
way over the broken Ice toward
mainland and were picked up by the
EXPERTS TO AOVISE PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. — The Pittsburg Civic
Commission, fathered by Andrew Car
negie and H. C. Frick, announces that
soon there will arrive in Pittsburg one
of the most important and high priced
Trio of experts to be had in the coun
try for the- purpose of giving advice
on Pittsburg’s bad street car system,
her river front and on plans for lay
ing out the $500,000 park which
Frick has given the city of Pittsburg
through his daughter Helen. Those
who have been employed to come at a
salary of $800 a day ago are Bion J.
Yrnold, of Chicago; James R. Free
man, of Providence, and Frederick
Law Olmstead, of Eoston.
Mr. Arnold, who is an expert on
street railways, will do his best to
Jfearly All Animals in Canadian
Buffalo Herd Escape.
Calgary, Alberta. — Word was
brought here by a man named
wards that the Canadian buffalo park
at YYainwright, Alberta, had been de
stroyed by the prairie fire which has
been burning in that section.
As the fire burned the fence sur
rounding the parks the herds of buf
falo, estimated at 800 animals, and a
large herd of elk escaped. Many of
the animals were killed.
The fires caused a financial loss
that wiH rua into millions.
the Alps and made long voyages
against adverse conditions In all sorts
of weather. His airship is larger than
the steamship of thirty years ago and
more speedy than those that are now
crossing the ocean in record breaking
time. I look to see airships of the
Zeppelin type half a mile in length.
They will not come down to the earth
any more than the Mauretania will
anchor in a shallow stream, but will
be anchored up in the air, possibly a
thousand feet or more.
“Explosives will not he dropped
down, as you could not hit a tug with
an apple from the Brooklyn Bridge,
which is only 130 feet high. Electri¬
cal guns will he used, of course, and
heavy ones like our present powder
guns, bal
“Ships at anchor will send up
loons or kites to carry special ilium
inants, and in time of war the heavens
all around will be brilliantly lighted
with special forms of rockets.
“Men-of-war will be protected best
by special armament for attacking air
craft. The airship, however, will rap
idly develop as a peaceful device and
will soon be as much a necessity of
modern civilization as the automobile.
“The attraction of gravitation, be¬
ing a condition of matter, may soon
be comprehended in such a way that
the repulsion which some way or
some bow balances attraction may be
utilized to man's advantage.
“The gas engine has made the air
ship possible. Years ago the French
found that each horse power could
lift thirty-two pounds, so as much as
we develop our horse power below
this weight so much net lifting power
shall we gain.
“But you asked me as to the mili
tary possibilities,” continued Mr.
Nixon. “We are on the eve of a tre¬
mendous and far-reaching change in
warfare. As long ago as 1900 i
pointed out that soon thunderbolts
would be thrown. The significance
of a news item published about a which year
ago of a man receiving a shock
nearly proved fatal while talking over
a wireless telephone was not then
fully appreciated. It would be possi¬
ble at the present day to shock to
death every man on a vessel at five
miles distance, but so far the impulse
cannot he projected at any one mark.
But direction and aiming will be mas
tered after a while, and then thun¬
derbolts wiil be thrown just as shells
are thrown now.”
Hudson Bay Company’s steamer Peli
can, which took them to Fort Church
ill, where they remained until the ar
rival of the Adventure on her regular
fall trip. The Adventure also brought.
several missionaries, surveyors and
prospectors from the Northwest coun
try.
The Adventure’s report of the can
nibalism says the Eskimo's fishing
and hunting season had been a fail
ure, and, driven mad by hunger, he
cut the throat of one of his children
then ate the little victim. When
the man's neighbors learned of the
crime they attacked him, according
to the primitive law of their race. The
outcast beat off all assaults, shot sev¬
eral of the attacking party and es¬
into the wilderness of ice.
figure out a xvay in which the trans
portation facilities of Pittsburg can
be bettered. It is conceded that the
street car service is about the worst
in the country. Mr. Freeman is the
hydraulic engineer whom President
Taft is said to have paid $500 daily
for making the trip to Panama, and
he will take up the matter of Pitts
burg’s water frontage and suggest
ways and means of saving the city
millions yearly lost through the riv
ers' overflow. Mr. Olmstead will tell
the people of Pittsburg bow they can
best beautify the park land given
them by Frick. It is understood that
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Frick share
equally the *800 a day paid to this
trio of experts.
Coal and Coke Advancing;
Roads Short of Cars.
Baltimore, Md.—For the first time
since the early part of 1907 the rail
roads entering Baltimore, especially
those having a large coal tonnage, are
face to face with a car famine. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began
distributing coa! cars on the percent¬
age basis. In West Virginia scarcity
of cars is more pronounced, Maryland
Practically every mine in
West Virginia is being operated
to the capacity of the railroads. Prices
of coal and coke are rising.^
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SOLD BY G. H. ARROWOOD,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
PROMINENT FEOMjE.
King Edward has knighted Lieu
touant-General Baden-Powell.
Robert E. Peary took part with the
Roosevelt ln the Hudson-Fulton river
parade.
All Mirza, the deposed Shah ot
Persia, left Anzali, a Caspian seaport,
for Odessa.
Dr. F. A. Cook delivered a lecture
in Philadelphia and was greeted with
an enthusiastic official reception,
William Watson, chairman of the
Ounard Steamship Company, died in
London at the age of sixty-six years.
The Rev. Dr. Wise, of the Free
gy na g 0 g ue , denounced intermarriage
o) . Jews an tf Christians in a sermon
in jj ew York City,
President Taft preached a sermon
at the laying of the cornerstone of
the First Universalist Church, in
East Portland, Ore.
John D. Rockefeller advised the
Sunday-school , , connected . -
boys in the . „
with his church in Cleveland how to
get and keep a job.
Albert Pulitzer, founder of the New
York Morning Journal, committed
suicide in Vienna, where he had
made his home for years,
g{ r Edward P. Morris, Premier of
Newfoundland, opposed the entrance
of the Commercial Cable Company's
, jew caWe int0 gt. Johns.
The Consistory of U 10 Collegiate
Dutch Reformed Church, New York
City, increased the salary of the Rev.
Dr. Burrell, pastor of the church, to
$15,000 a year.
Harry Whitney avoided coming to
New York City lest he should meet
either Cook or Peary and become
more deeply involved in the North
Pole controversy.
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9
ANNOUNCEMENT
We beg to announce to our Friends and Customers
we are again ready for business next door to E.
Petty’s store. We have a new, clean, fresh stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing;,
A [ATS, JStc.,
And at prices that can’t be beat.
For want of space we can only mention an item
or two.
Men’s o , regular 3^
(V "t price,
Good Brogan Shoes, our price, $ 1-23
Good Heavy Outing, our price,
Many other things at prices that will surprise yo u
See us before you buy.
CAYLOR MORRIS,
DALTON, GA.
Between Petty's store and McKnight’s stable
IT WILL PAY YOU TO
Advertise in This Paper!
YOU’LL find when
you come to look up the
question of your new suits
FOR FALL AND WINTER WEAR,
That Hart, Schaffner & Marx
HAVE PRODUCED FOR US A VERY
SPECIAL LINE OF UNUSUALLY
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FIND NO OTHER SUCH CLOTHES
IN THE MARKET AS WE ARE ABLE
TO SHOW YOU; YOU MAY DO ALL
THE LOOKING AROUND THAT YOU
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IN THE END.
AS SOON AS YOU’RE READY WE
WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE BEAUTIFUL FANCY WEAVES
WE HAVE HERE IN SUITS; AND
THE FINE BLUE SERGES; FOR
EIGN AND AMERICAN CLOTHS,
RICH IN COLOR AND PATTERN.
THIS STORE IS THE HOME OF
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
CLOTHES AND REGAL SHOES.
ONE-THIRD OFF ON ALL LAUN¬
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