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hired, let us hear from you.
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Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
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BOSTON.—The full bench of the
j Massachusetts supreme court has
been called to determine the owner
ship of a fund nearly a century old
which is claimed by the Common
wealth of Massachusetts on one
hand and the Chilean government
I on the other.
In 1821 an American ship re
. turning from China to this port
was seized by Chilean revolutionists
■ and its cargo confiscated. When
| normal conditions prevailed in Chile,
i the United States demanded indem
nity, and Chile paid $70,400.
William H. Gardner, of Brooklyn,
was selected to distribute the money
among those entitled to it- He exe
cuted the trust except as to two
Chinese—known only as Paqua and
Moqua, merchants; and Thomas Fur
ber of this city. Mr. Gardner failed
! to locate these persons or their rep
resentatives. When he died the
trust was transmitted to his son and
upon the latter’s death to the grand
son and great grandson. Robert H.
Gardiner and Robert H. Gardiner,
Jr., who are now its custodians.
The present holders of the fund
have searched through the records
of the state department, through the
American consular service at Can
ton, China, and through various
other sources, for the heirs of
Paqua. Moqua and Thomas Furber,
without success.
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With the American Army in Eng
land. — Another consignment of
American n.an power that might be
labelled “Made in England” is ready
for shipment to the Western front..
It is the personnel of the first
American tank battallion.
Trained by veterans of the Brit
ish tank service, and equipped with
the most modern of the land war
ships, the new force is expected to
give an excellent account of itself.
The British coachers of the Ameri
can crews have expressed their ap
proval of the manner in which theii
pupils have adapted themselves to
the operation of the machines and,
unless they are mistaken, the men
whose training ir. England is just
being completed vtll tie given en
viable roles. Their tr.a-’lines have
the best points of both the Btitish
and French tanks and the training
of the meh has been in the light
of experiences already gained by the
fighters of France and England.
To every man in the American
outfit there have been imparted the
stories of mistakes made in the
early history of tank warfare. En
listed men and officers have been
told what to do and what not to do;
all their admonitions have been
based not on theory but on actual
experiences, gained in the face of
German fire, loosed always upon the
sightest intimation that the tanks
are lumbering to the front.
But as a reminder, perhaps, that
the enemy’s fire is seldom effective
is the insignia adopted for the Amer
ican tank corps—two salamanders,
crawling creatures that worm their
way unharmed through the flame
and smoke.
It is expected that because of the
excellence of the weapon with which
it will fight and the training it has
undergone, the American contingent
will prove itself exceptionally effi
cient; for, even as the American en
gineers have been careful to com
bine in the American tank th best
features of those now used by the
British and French, so have the
instructors of the personnel been
scrupulously careful to inculcate the
most advantageous methods of of
fense and defense.
r urtner cause for believing the
American tank corps will live up
to the estimate of the British in
structors is the character of its per
sonnel, both men and officers. They
are carefully selected men, picked
from the thousands who volunteered
when the call for tank men was
made. Two base requisites were
insisted upon; first, every man must
be physically fit, and, second tem
permantally adaptable. The train
ing every man has received has
meant eithe^ that he is delivered
to the commanders at the front as a
wonderfully efficient unit or is mer
cilessly thrown out of the service.
He is turned over to the fighting
force as an expert mechanic, a man
drilled in the operation of both ma
chine guns and heavier ordnance, a
tactician and strategist, and, finally
as a man with no evidence of |
“nerves.”
British trainers at the little coun
try town where the Americans have
been coached have been careful to
explain to the men, as they weeded
out the unfit and those not temp
ermantally suitable, that only the
best can be used- There is perhaps
no branch of the army service that
makes a greater demand on the
physical endurance of the man than
the tank service, and certainly none
calculated to test the nerves more,
for within the very small fighting
space there is combined the roar
of the heavy ordnance, the rattle of
machine guns, the acrid smell of
burning powder, and the suffocating
fumes of burning oil and gasoline.
Into this little space, not more than
eight feet long, and four or five
feet wide and with a ceiling so low
that a man cannot stand upright,
there is crowed the crew
The actual experiences of the Brit
sh instructors, many of whom were
in the first tanks used in the war,
have been reproduced in the most
minute detail for the instruction of
the Americans. Little has been left
to the imagination; the practical has
been substituted for the theoretical.
Huge shell holes, not dug out with
pick and shovel, but blasted by
mines as though by the German
shells, have torn up the training
field; trenches indentical with those
that mark the battlefields of France
and other obstructions that tanks
encounter have been built and it is
over these that the Americans have
been drilled and drilled until, in the
opinion of their instructors, they
are prepared to take their place on
the line.
Practical problems of getting out
of tight places have been provided,
and in anticipation of some of the
predicaments that may be encount
ered careful instruction in recog
nizance work has been given.
Strenuous work in target practice
has been a daily schedule. Indeed
almost the only experience not yet
undergone by the Americans is the
pounding of the German fire.
Another bit of training the tank
man has had is in the use of the
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compass and just as a lesson demon
strating the reason for this they
have been given the experiences of
handling the tanks at night, when
the analogy between these land war
ships and those of the sea is seen.
Although the Americans have been
trained in British tanks it is not
expected they will find any trouble
whatever in operating the newer
and heavier machines from the
United States. The differences be
tween the two tanks are technical
and have to do with the mechanism
but they are not radical. The fight
ing and operating principles are the
same and it has been explained to
the Americans that the man who'
can handle one can handle the other, ]
much as the pilot of one make of
automobile can easily learn to drive :
another type.
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PRODUCTION OF HIS BIGGEST STAGE SUCCESS
WHERE THE TRAIL DIVIDES
IN FIVE ACTS OF THRILL AND ROMANCE
Everyone likes to see a frontier story and this is one that you
^hn’t help but enjoy.
The story deals with the outbreak of a hostile band of Indians
tvho attack and burn an old settler’s home. The settlers are cap
tured, but the Indians overlook Bess the little girl, who crawls into
the old well. How, a young Indian lad discovers the girl hiding
in the well and brings her food. The soldiers are notified and
immediately go to the rescue. They find Bess and the Indian lad
and the colonel takes them to his home. Bess and How, the Indian,
become warm friends and when of age How is sent to college, and
•while there proves to be a great scull and is given credit for win
ning the big annual college boat race. Creaiga, young man of
means is also in love with Bess, and then the trouble begins. How
gets the girl and how he gets her makes this one of the best stories
shown here for some time.
Ii you like frontier stories, don’t fail to see this thriller, and
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NOTE—The last episode of “The Iron Claw” will be shown to
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