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The New York herald., 1921-04-17
New Tanks Play the Part
of Submarines With Success

Considering that behind the line of
trenches which at that time composed the
western front there was no great liver
until the Rhine was reached the submarine
tank therefore could be asked only to pass
through smaller rivers, where 1t would sell
dom be necessary for it TO be more than
partially submerged. For such work the
experimental tanks We're already success.
TO cross the Rhine, should the rout of the
enemy demand il. few more difficult
problems would be offered for solution.
Before a group of allied officers, which
included several officers Of the Amelic lean
Army headquarters staff. early in October,
1918, successful experiments were con-
Quoted In the Seine not far from Paris.
The tanks were driven into the water.
turned around and brought out under their
own power. No attempt was made TO cross
the river or to keep them submerged for
any length of time because at that time
the problem of taking care Of the exhaust
and preventing the suffocation of the crew
was not sufficiently worked out.
A lesson in the tactical use Of such
modern machine of war was demonst 'ated
when the four experimental tanks were
driven into the water. Their engines
halted. they rested motionless, their crews
breathing by means of periscope attach
ments on the tanks which protruded a few
centimeters above the wafer. Suddenly
their engines were started simultaneously.
and Just as the thin lines of blue or khaki
had suddenly darted over the top many
times during the early gray hours of morn
ing upon prearranged signals the four tanks
climbed out OF the river in almost per-
n,.I In .Sttit nf
an imagined enemy.
Imagine the advantage of such
weapon" one of the French engineers said
to the American spectators. AT hight
place your submarine tanks in water COW
cred shell holes or in streams that might
lie between ycn and the enemy. and with
no artillery preparation or machine gun
fire TO tear passages through the entange-
ments they could at any prearranged time
rise as IL out of the ground and spill their
fire in the midst of surprised enemy"
Each new series of whippets produced
was nearer perfection, capable of greater
speed and mobility. The final whippets
turned out by the big Renault automobile
plant just before the armistice could cover
broken ground faster than the double time
advance of foot troops. III the submersible
tanks we're to he classed as the submaii ines
OF this formidable proposed French land
fleet, then the whippets could be classcd AZ
destroyers. capable Of darting here and
there TO run down machine gun nests and
protect an advancing line just as the little
gray destroyers mothered the convoy of
transports or supply ships through sub
marine infested waters.
The larger French tanks could be entered
in cruiser class and n super-tank. or
drcadnought capable of carrying gas fight
ers over the enemy trenches, where from a
comparatively secure position they could
let loose In enemy dugouts the poisonous
gases for which French chemists we're
famous. was to he added Ia the feet.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
EXPLOSIVE 200 LBS TINT.

Photo Manufacturers Aircraft Association. y.
materials America could be counted upon
for munitions If need be- and from South
America, always friendly to France, came
the assurance of all the needed raw sup
plies. Huge Industrial organizations had
been built up at Paris, Lyons, Tours, Bor
deaux and Marseilles. where cannon, pro-
jectiles, guns, aeropanes, tanks and all the
appliances of modern warfare were turned
out in enormous quantities. France had
the advantage that no other army pos
sessed-when this material was finished
il was at the hand Of its fighting arm.
While the Germans concentrated their
efforts upon cannon of big dimensions,
with which they hoped to pound Paris until
the capital and the heart of France would
cry Enough" the French centralized
their skill on the quantity production of
those efficient death dealing French "75s,"
without which our own American artillery
III France would have been a useless fac
tor, eating up precious supplies and room,
but merely marking time until such day
as American factories could be adapted to
the manufacture OF cannon
There is little need to relate how far
from correct the Germans were to think
that the dropping Of few shells daily into
Paris could break the determination of the
French armies to drive back the invaders
TO the Rhine so that the beloved Alsace-
Lorraine could be brought again within the
folds of Mariannes robe. Even the Good
Friday outrage. when nearly fourscore of
women and children were killed by the ex-
ploson Of shell from the Big Bertha gun
in the church of st. Gervais. failed to take
the heart out of Paris. The people merely
grtted their teeth more soidly in their de
termination TO see II through.
French women. youths men TOO aged for
field combat and broken warriors were
welded into an efficient industrial force that
operated all the French war factories and
released young. eligible men for the colors.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Special Correspondence to THE New YORK
HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, bU THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris. April 0. J
FRANCE. In the event OF another war,
= Is prepared to safeguard her wei
fare. Protiting by the lessons Of her
last conflict with Teutonism, when after
forty-odd years Of confidence in German
promises of friendship she found herself
almost reduced 10 the status Of a fourth
class Power so far as military preparation
was concerned. she has lost no time in
taking advantage Of the discoveries she
has made during the last six years regard
ing her own deficiencies. Her experts are
daily studying methods Of preparing her
for the future, economically as well as
miitarily.
Her inventors, inspired by the vision Of
a Greater France. are exerting every effort
to find new methods of defeating German
or other-machlnatio Successful invcn-
tions Of the war have been improvedl Pre-
miums arc being awarded for new devices
which will insure tho nations safety. and
already many new war machilcs are being
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
France at Height of Fighting
Power on Armistice Day

The production of French 15-mm. cannon
had reached such Il high degree of efficiency
in the late summer of 1913 that, had the
armistice not halted activities, the follow
ing spring would have found enough of
these along the western front to place
line of them ten metres apart from Cambria,
where the British sector ended, to the Ar
gonne where the Americans took UP the
fight. and still enough would be left to Duild
up second line with cannon twenty metres
apart And for each cannon France had
crew Of artillerymen who were never forced
to admit the superiority Of any of the enemy
forces.
Long range guns. designed not so much
for the retalatory bombing of German cit
les. but to hunt out and destroy the German
Big Berthas. were actually being tested by
French experts before the armistice. and II
they could have been completed in time
would have had range of 200 kilometres,
nearly three times the range Of any cannon
then known 10 the world except the Big
Berthas
Land battleships of every SIZE every
speed and for every purpose-and lots OF
them. Battleships that could overcome al
most any obstacle of terrain, ford small
streams and water filled shell holes or, IL
the occasion demanded. close all matches
AMI traverse a larger body of water ms a
crawling submarine Other small but
speedy tanks which could travel at speed
much faster than body Of marching men.
That was the programme OF the French
military forces rapidly being pushed for
ward when the armistice halted operations.
Realizing that with ever growing num-
hers of. Americans arriving daily the tide
Of battle would soon swing In favor of
the Allies. the French military experts
planned for a more open type OF warfare,
and were busy adapting their war ma
chimes TO this style Of fighting. Warfare,
according to their opinion, was no longer
to be the stationary trench fighting which
had continued with only infrequent drives
and counter drives from the very early
DAYS Of the war. Neither was II to be the
open style which requires the rapid move
ment Of cavalry and other mobile bodies
of troops. II was TO be sort Of com
binatiun of the two. An allied advance.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17


it isanched
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Continued - s1,h rogs.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18

THE BUILDING OF STATE HIGHWAYS in Delaware
must be continued and the duty of the legislature +o
provide the continue the building program
well as the organization familiar with the work bv maxi
ing provision for the money. it is fact that State
Treasury will not have sufficient income for the two
next ensuing, then let long bonding plan be ar
ranged and carried into effect The people want anv
things, and many necessities, but there is nothing more
best roads that money buy these they will be
able to produce economically on the farms and as
result of this they will be to support schools
charitable institutions and their homes with more salts
faction to themselves and the public be elevated in it's
alms Inc schools charitable institutions and public
highways are our first responsibilities and it would be
calamity indeed to fail to provide for of these The
question of cost enters into all these problems but re-
gardess Of COST the state provide for maintaining
its vital points for future exsance and advancement The
same policy that the individual must follow in admnis
traton OF personal business is just the lines that the
legislators must follow in providing the present and
future welfare of Delaware Build the concrete roads of
Delaware Without provision continuing the con-
structon of the State highways by present egisa
ture there will not be any State-ad roads built by the
counties and highway department jointly The counties
will, or should, continue their construction work thru
the million dollar loans authorized with the state aid
on the yfty basis, the building the roads across
the counties, will become fact in the next two years.
Delaware needs these roads badly help farmers and by
easy of the public to the distant points of Della
which inaccessible the increase in values Il
If all lands in the state will be than the of
building the roads, though the money is borrowed
Build the roads now C
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18

WITH NEXT TUESDAY fixed as the time for ad-
journment of the legislature there will be
consider the business which has got to be transacted
fore the session Closes twenty years we have never
little management of business program for the
legislature In the House of Representatives the Demo-
Gratis have not had leader who understood who
capable of shaping legislation in political chan
neil With these conditions existing in the majority party
business drifted, with inexperienced attempting
direct the policy for legislation. The camoufague of
finance is always thrown out to mystfy the
members who between the mportunng of their home
district folks and the politicians fail to understand
til it is too ate why all these great dangers is held
before them History and custom has repeated itself in
this the legislature along these lines. The
closing days of the term find the House where should
have month ago with the really important prob
lens before it. 1t is too late to give the calm and
careful consideration to the business, which will be rush
ed thru in the next two days Here where the nexper
fenced member of the legislature falls victim to the
members who coached by the interests of corpora
ons of individuals and of everybody but the interests of
the people large In the few remaining days of the leg
isature there be wise council to sraghten the busi
for the interest of the schools people for
the highways of Delaware. Let hope.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18

IdNeS is packed up, as well the rulings of the
courts, then why consider the questions at all?
-ooo-
! IN DEFEATING THE SCHOOL LAW as drawn the
House of Representatives last Wednesday acted for
the best interest of the public schools of Delaware,
the situation Starting with wrong methods to select
the State Board of Education by electing the members,
with the exception of be appointed by the Cover
nor the law drawn and amended in many ways would
have not been beneficial to the public schools public
school education There several very important
visions in the BILL which would have brought dscord and
caused waste of the money expended the schools
These enough have caused any thinking
person who knows anything about the public school sys
TEN of education to withdraw their support The tax
visions of the bill failed go after the of
ation which has escaped paying taxesand that Stocks
bonds, and mortgages, as well as the railroads When
the Delaware Railroad few years ago cut melon and
distributed accumulation of a million dollars in
special stock and cash distribution to it's stock holders
which done thru action of the stock holders of that
company the people recalled that period peach
growers of thirty years took action and carried suit
at law thru the COURTS up the Supreme Court asking
that the railroad company be required to reduce the
freight fruit the Delaware peninsula They gain
ed the suit but after the days of peach growing pass
ed great industry of Deaware-and lost all bene
it, The railroads contended then that they could
ford to reduce freight ratesbut few years after
ward they able to give from earnings fifty
per cent of stock and cash dividend all hold
Yet there is always enough members of the legisla
ure who directors in the various little feeder lines
airoads, to look well to the interests friends
he railroads. These mostly business men, poiti
ians who useful in emergencies, the present
ueson of paying taxes. Why should the railroads be
ermitted to pay taxes in lump sum- regardless to
mount of property owned and taxable? Why all be
ranted the right? The school have got to be
ainained The people will have public free
1ucaon thru public schools in Delaware regardless
divduals or corporations. The schools can only be
nv bxc
~ '"A''IOA anu Ny SUCH CaXauon each lndl- s.
dual and all property should bear it's just and fair n
r That is the kind of tax laws that people of Del
ware want and demand of the legislators Before next
lesday there will have to be practical system pre-
teo 1or the public schools if the real estate Della
are is to be relieved very heavy taxation Wb not
Ocks, bonds and mortgages? O.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18

Do you have something you don't
need and would like to sell. If von do
put little ad in the Chronicle and
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18

1T is CHILDISH the part of our legislature to fail
to raty the action of the appointed adjust the
fishing rights between the States New Jersey Penn
syvania and Delaware That commission was appointed
by the legislature of Delaware and given authority
for the State The report made should have been
adopted years ago. The same may be said of the boundary
question: which bobs up every few years. between Penn
sylvania and Delaware If action our own represen-
tatives is not backed up well the rulings of the
courts, then why consider the questions at all?
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-18
IF YOU MUST SNEEZE

Sneeze in your handkerchief;
it's yours.
Don't sneeze in the air; it's
everybody's.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28


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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

famous bucking horse riding con-
tests, there are wild steer riding
events, bareback bucking horse rid
ing, fancy roping, and thrilling
cowboy games.
Another Of William S. Harris
great fights. This time as O'Malley,
disguised as an outlaw, he fights
a savage bully to a finish in defense
of a girl and q boy. His scientific
skill is prevailing against brute
strength when the bully treacher-
ously stabs him with knife. How
O'Malley whips the yellow cur with
one hand until he begs for mercy
reveals action which holds the
spectators spellbound.
How a girl and boy save O'Mal-
ley from being hanged by the mad
dened outlaws who think he has
betrayed them.
Eva Novak, as Rose, riding Il
fast horse, swings O'Malley from
the ground up back Of the saddle,
and makes good a thrilling escape
UclOTe Lu6 dkuoLcu Outlo 49, VAN
were Just about to pull the rope
which would swing O1Malley into
eternity.
The terrific explosion when Bud
with dynamite, destroys the trail
from the bandits rendezvous, per
hitting his sister and O'Malley tc
get away.
O'Malley ropes his enemy as the
man rides by him like a whirlwind
resulting in the richly deserved
death of the treacherous Jaeger
and the recovery Of his own horse
II you. an officer Of the law, low
ed a girl and you discovered thai
her brother was the man you wer'
seeking to arrest for murder
but that he was justified-wha
would you do-turn him over to hi.
fate or give him his freedom?
YOU WOULD DO WHAT O'MAL
LEY OF THE MOUNTED DID!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
Hart in "OMalley
Of the Mounted"
at the Spencer

There are many situations IN
William 8. Harris Paramount pic
ture, "OMalley Of the Mounted"
opening at the Spencer Square to
morrow. which lift 1t out Of the or
binary western picture class and
place 1t in . category by itself.
Some Of the punch scenes are pre-
scented herewith.
The inexorable law Of the Canad-
ian Royal Northwest Mounted Po-
lice-GET YOUR MAN! How
O'Malley follows his quarry across
the border line into the United
States makes . great story.
OMAlley Of the Mounted hits up
on the strikingly original idea OF
robbing q bank to gain member
ship in q gang Of outlaws so that
he can capture the man he wants
for murder.
Tho biggest rodeo or roundup
ever staged for a motion picture
in which THE champion bronco bost.
ers. ropers and riders of the Am.
erican west take part. Besides the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

Buck JoosA The popular motion
picture star who denes danger. n.
and at timss the very law q sr,v,.
tation. comes to the Majestic tAe..
tre Sunday only In the William For
picture "0et Your Man.. 4 clsvsrlv
constructed vehicle for the inuepid
Jones.
In Get Your Nan" Bucks en-.
riences extend from hair-raisinr IL.
cidents In the depths Of . coal nina
in Scotland to adventure In the O..
l.adian Northwest, where the Row,
mounted police have Won an en-.
yiAbls place ip the worlds hall 9.
fame.
when nrst We sec Buck. In IN,
role Of Jock MacTier, he ID fore.
man OF the coal mine. He ID in
love. but the paymaster Of the min.
ing company wins the girl JOCK
dissppears, and later turns mn IN
Northwestern Canada, where be
soon becomes . member Of thu
mounted police.
The lawlessness Of the early dam
| IN that section Of the country, the
experiences and indomitable cour.
age Of tho mounted police. and the
unusual development Of an odd love
affair constitute excellent material
for q most alluring drama
Jones not only depicts the hardy
quiet and determined Scotchman,
but when he JONES the mounted
police his masterful ability a.
horseman and marksman is brought
into play, and he fairly revels in
the game Of running down crime
The story Of Get Your Man" Is
BY Alan Sullivan and the direction
lis BY George william Hill.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
Strong Bill for
Closing Week It !.
Columbia Theatre

~ter4. thA lest 1907 ~
SUNNY - -
the season = inc CoiuDlA An
exceptionally strong BILL viii DO
nraaented and lovers az vaudeville
Vim IS enabled 10 enjoy 1 real treat
the finaI week. Thomas A Wise,
late star Of 'CaDpy Kicks" support
Cd BY Z competent company includ-
ing Miss Mia Mac, in . brand new
comedy, Memories" BY Roy. Bril-
ant. features the bill the nrst half.
EVERYBODY knows genial Tom Wise
and his new playlet il an unusually
enioyable one. The supporting bill
includes Nick Hufford. : recognized
comedian, presenting his latest act.
'One Loose Page from the Book
Of Fun" the Marriott Monoplane
troupe presenting IN original mon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
GELS
FOR AEROIsM


Clreu1e coaSt room W. fiIled to
essrflowang last night ct The pub
Nc presentation Of the National
Hoy Scost Council medal q Dale
Collleg, Who, January -. SAVED two
from drowning IN Rock river.
Mayor Harry n Schfiver pre-
gen1od de medal, recoanfing the
StOST of the rescue The event oc-
cured near the mayors summer
Gang and he has been personally
interested In obtaining recognition
for Collier. J. r. Witter. president
Of the local council, introduced the
speakers Of the evening.
Judge N. A. Larson in speaking
lald special emphasis on the impor-
Of Scouting and the Community"
tauce Of scouts living up to their
ideals that boys Of the entire COM
munity may have high standards.
H rid that In all his years as .
jQdee on the bench no Boy Scout
had ever been in his court.
Arnold Lau. principal Of the
high school spoke, on Scouting
and Boy Life" and emphasized the
fact that q body who had a moral
code such as the scouts could not
help become q real man and a
real American. He brought out
clearly that being prepared" for
any emergency was q wonderful
thing and that living up to the
scout laws, especially, trustworthi-
ness, loyalty, being brave and
helpful could not but have q real
influence.
Previous to the meeting the Boy
Scout band under the direction OF
Philip Licata paraded down Sec
ond avenue with Scoutmaster E. H
Michaelis and Troop No. u, who
acted as a guard Of honor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

Edward Stein, the popular ~
organist, who needs no introduce
ton to theatre-goers and music
lovers OF the tri-citfes, returns to
the mammoth counsole Of the
Fort Armstrong theatre starting to-
morrow. Mr.. Stein has an indi-
vidual way of interpreting the pho
toplays on the organ and his solos
are exceedingly brilliant. M. Stein
has arranged my Nanny" as a
feature number Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
Lorraine Evon. a charming violin.

Lorraine Evon, a charming violin
list. Other acts for the close OF
the season are Powers & Wallace,
presenting Georgia on Broadway:
Burton & Dyer, who call their act
Captain Kids Kid" Gordon 4
Delmar, comedy delineators of DAT
fydilland, and the Rose Kress Duo,
lively steppers Of 1921.
Last chance tonight to see one
Of the liveliest and most enjoyable
bills ever presented in vaudeville.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
FIND SKELETON.

Zion, ILL.,, May 2S.-Two boys
playing on the beach found the
skeleton Of a man, apparently wash
ed up from Lake Michigan. Doctors
estimated the man had been dead
several years. g.,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
LOWEST HOG PRICES.

Chicago. May 2S.-Hogs sold at
the lowest price in five years, the
top price yesterday being $7.95.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-09-12

il was felt by the custodian's office
that under these circumstances they
should be Ienient at that time in in
sistinE upon immediate compliance by
Mrs. Bergdoll with the demands of the
government. Under the terms of the
peace resolution signed on July 2, all
demands made before that date by the
alien property custodian in accordance
with the law are enforceable.
lit is our intention to insist upon
Mrs. Bergdoll's compliance with the
terms of the trading with the enemy
act, and i'm accordance with our de-
mands made Hereunder. We are pre-
pared to go to the full extent of tho
law in causing her to do so if it be-
comes necessary. The department of
justice is aiding us through the United
States district attorney in Philadelphia
as in our original seizure last May,
we will proceed vigorously, but fair
w."