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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-09-21, Page 7apitem , ; ENTED TANK ONE OF FEW WEAPONS DEVELOPED IN WAR, British Officer Declares . He • VVoriced Out Plan Under. Di. rection of Lord Kitchener, ,On of the few really new weapene Which the fate wer developed vas the • tank. Credit for .this invention has 'been claimed la many qvartera—not- alaly for Winston Churchill,. now Colo, Mal Secretary, who was sail •to have •submitted it to' Mr, Asquith ea Janu- ary 5, 1915. Now the Loadon lVforahrg Post has come -forth with a claim for Lord loitchener and a Captain, Bentley, un- hos,e joint •auspices, the news- , peper assert'the first tank was pro- duced. The conetroversy has, come, to light again- through the inability of Captain Bentley to obtain from the • Tanks aaward' Committee or the War 'Office any reward, or compensation far his work, The real story of the geeesis, of the tank, according to The Morning' Post,, is this: • . On October 18, 1914, Captain Bent- ley had just returned to England from abroad to offer himself for war ser- vice. The next day he received a telephone cail from General Fitzgerald, a military seeretary to Lord Kitchen- er,"directing him to repeat at the War Office hi. Whitehall, When he arriyed _there he was taken to I.rord Kitchen WEA OWN PEOPLE AND NERVO ion Thou Sands in This Condit , • Can lEasilr Help 'Themselves. • There are tbeaSaude of people Who bear the pain end dieeoinfort of minor ills M the hope that tile indispositioa is oely temporary and will be out- grown ie thee. Often smell illpaieses are not seriOuS enough to require the atteation of a doctor, but will respond to luteIllgent home tteatment if a re- liable reeiedY is used. Women, bur with a maltittide Of household caree, Young Women In offices or storeae or girls studYing hard in eehoel, easily tall a prey to that 'condition pf 1?lood- lesenese known as anaemia. The trouble need not be Serious if prompt Measures are taken to eheek it in its early stages. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will restere the elemeuts needed to bring the blood liack to strength, and once tbe blood regaine it healthy quality iha entire body will aoen 'how the benefit. Among the many who. haye found benefit through the use of 3Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is Mrs. Albert W. Smith, 1Viiscoeche, PEI., who says ;--"I was very much broken down in health, had pains in the region of my heart, and was Se short of breath that if I went upstairs I would liaire to lie down as soon a I reached. the top. Theri a strange nervous twitch - leg of the muscles took poseeesion ef xne, and everyaemusele in ray body would apparently be twitching. I be- Oam.e very emaciated, and my family were much alarmed a$ to my condi- . . t t Is thne I read an article.in our home paper concerning Dr, Wil- er, hams' Pink Pills and decided to give ea them a trial. The resalt was that in mi a short time I telt much improved, ed. and under further use of the pills I felt like a new woman. had gained- in ci • , finder whom he served In South Afri .and to whom he Wia,s• well known. .Kitch,ener, the story runs, greet him as follows: Down . stairs, in the quadrangl, ' there' e an arnapred car IVeolwich has Made for me. It's the result of the • wetted brains, of the army and navy • experts. ,Wia, Want itator this trench • lIghting which they've begun in , 'Prance. Go down, have a look at it , and tell Me what you think'of dilate -hi Bentley aed Colonel Fitz- •gerald thapected the car -for aboetfive -miturtes, and then returned. :Weir?" Kitchener asked. no good for your purpose," Cap- tain Bentley said. "You can't take it • off a road." • Bentley Received Order. "Exactly," •said Lord -Kitchener. 4`My. own. opinion. Now, can you de- sign me one of the right. type? It's urgent. Lel me have it to -morrow." Captain Bentley, it'enight be inea- • foiled, was one of the pioneers of Inetor -.tranePort. He bed driven auto- mobiles in sandy waates, and. had de- • -, Votec1 considerable dine to the attempt to develop, types, of motor vehieles, ,suitable to rough and virgin"Country. He went home to work out the idea of the caterpilla,r tractor as it would be applied to an armored car. The next morning has specilications,, together with a coveripg letter, were in. Kitch- enees, hands,. Colonel Fitzgerald an- knowledged by te*am receipt of Captain Beetleee, drawings, and the telegram is still in tile possession of the latter. On the evening of October 22, Cala • fain Bentley went to Lord Kitchener's _house in Carlton Gardens. At tie end - of three hours the two men, according tocrantain tentle.y, had agreed Upon the folloafing basic prineiples, of the tank (nowhere in the present eontro- • verey is there any hint as, to how the •. name ."tank" was first applied); 1. Front wheels not to be used for 'steering. ' *2. Caterpillar trick to be carried • through ear.. 8. Twin engines,one centrolling • each. track for steering. ' 4. Armoring of body to suit gun Positions. , • At the oloa,e cif the interview, Cap- tain Bentley enentioned. that he pro - Posed to go at once to- the Patent Of - flee and register his design. • "Wait," Lord Kitchener saki. Are • you satisfied A to leave thi in my • hands,? I'll look after you." Peun,d Kitchener Dead on Return. Captain Bentley agreed. The next ,oweek,, however, he left for service in knaain. Upon hie return to England, bie Was ahnoet immediatelY reeeninilis- 'eloned and sent taGerman, East Africa the •It I al T 't" ec lame ia poi Ser - rice. Here be was wounded, lIaalIy returning- to,langland to 1917, TiitiI this time he dad not know that the 'nwention, ,whiabl by ,then was •'known as the, 'tank," had ever 'been • titilized, What he did know, however, Was• that Lord Kitchener had been •aro-wiled in. June, 1916, and ebuld not • give, hie version ef the tank,s. Desirons of knowing the official • aleW Of the Matter, Captain Bentley • had a question asked in ParIlaniSlit. The arilWer gave the Credit for the et • the tank tO WinSton January 5, 1515, a date •,Which, If Captain Bentley's claim be 'Verified was about two and a half reutithe after the IKitchener interview. , A Oeod idea. •• :Oaliejr--"Isi Niists '.,folues in 7" •. , "P•cir.$4t,,-,'"No..antaant•"., ielha.(41;ttlii1Sed)"14171tere is she • :know,: ma'am? ::•,:•MinS4eneSgeltlig to; he married, and to every after•. fhinna .te take :IeSSOns ,;in :domestic: Selenee,",".. ;t7M•08:,:; 1.50TettSr, nian on Mutai Tops • Before- Dr, Graluan Bei, the in.Ve OrQE the telephone, died, he select the pla00 • Where he wished to baried, He now ileaOn the, lonely t of Bolan Bhreagla M Nova Scotia, But hho e le not the only maxi wh been buried On a bill -top, Ancth lonolY nal elevated greve is that General Colley, an the Isammit of 11 jabs, Hill, where his litt/e bend. w surprised by Boers and altooet aani la,ted. Near by is a cairn of etcia • bearing the simple words, "Here ,Oo ley Fell." An American poet who styled bli ,self "The Poet of the Sierras" hurled on the top of on of the fa of the Rocky Mountaina. I raised his own monumental pile clo to the shack where ho spent man years of his life, Cecil Rhod,es, the founder of Rh desia, is buried on the top of a hill Smith Africa oalled Matoppo. It said that there, in his earlier days, I used to climb and dream of the fatal of the vast country spread at his fee and that even then he determined tha pl that Should be laie burial ace. But the most famous. hill -top shrin is that of Robert Louis Stephenson Samoa, where he went in• search o health. It was his wish to bo burie on the hill -top close to his house, ant hither his remains were carried bylai beloved Samoans. He also wrele his own epitaph, Which is certainly one of the most beautiful ever penned; Under the wide and starry sky dig •the grave and let me, lie. Glad did T live and gladly die, and laid me down. with a will. This be the verse you 'grave for me: •heee be- lies where he longed Home is the sailor, li , mn% from the' • seal and the hunter from the • lam:" so weight and was M every way better. I would urge anyone afflicted.ari I was as to give Dr.Williams' Pink Pills a "I-1 trial." cia You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cants br a box, or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., • Brock- ville, Ont. • • result ixi a general wave of depression., oth tau Lack of sunlight has been Ask for .11/Huard's and take no other. j ph f mind to ae. Three a Day. An Ainerican visiting in Ireland ked a man servant at a tavern., cqv many"malls, do yosa have here a y • The servant replied, "Three; dinner, eakfaet and supper," 4,4 The contagion of urieleann,esi' at- ke every boy's mind it ,some time other. It should be fought like any er disease:. Christ is "the great yalcian. _ •Surnames ..,and Their Origin • ,TAFT Variation—Taff. , Racial Origin--Weish. Source—A given name. The origin of the family name of Taft and the less -widely ....known-forni of Taff is likely to prove a bit of a mystery to those who know little of Welsh names. Both of these forms are develop - meats of Welsh origin., though from a name'which is nearly as old as the Old Testament. If you -trace these names back to their earlier usage among the Welsh You will find that they were preceded by the usual "ap," eignifying "son of," a prefix which, with the change of the descriplave Phrase into the hereditary family name, has disappeared in mod- ern times except where it has been in- corporated as part of th.e name. "Ap- Howell," of course, easily became. • "Powell," but "Ali Taft" did not amal- gamate so earily, an,c1 the course of least resistance was just to drop the prefix. • "Taft" or "Taff" among the Welsh was mierely a form of the given name of David. You can readily see that a slight change in the sound of the con- sonants, in,this name would give you "Taft," (The long "a" in English is a modern development") And from .1••••••••Ilfiel•OSNIMIM•141111. this the elision of the "i" readily yielded the pronunciation "Tett" KIRKPATRICK Varlations—Kirkwood, Kirkland, Kirt land, Kirkaldy, Kirkby, Kirkley. Racial Origin—Engfish, Source--Localltres. Here is a grouj-. of family names which are vaziations of one another in the sense that their sources are simi- lar, though not exactly ,the same. As has been explained in Previous articles the word "Idrk" is the same word as, "church," the former pronun- ciation having developed in the North of England and the Anglo-Saxhn part of Scotland, while th e southern Eng- lish. gradually evolved fthe • word "church." •• All of 'these family names Indicate that their first bearers had, lived at oae time in one of several towns or corn: - inanities. "Kirkpatrick (which simply means Patrick's Church), is a place name in Scotland, as .also is Kirltaldy. 1(irkwoo,c1s, tracing back to medieval times,eare to be found in at least two places M England. Kirkland is a de- velopinent of Icirkland, and places, of this name exist in Cumberland, Fife, I Lanqa/sInire and Westmorela.ml. There are so.ninnerous places by the name I of "Kirkby. Kirkley is in Suffolk. , I I • 1 A GENTLE FOR1BECBILDRi IV• IOthers the surest way of IteePing ,„„m _ YOItr lie ones well eau 1MPPY; Whe- ther it is the new-born babe or the growing ehild is to keep their bowels regular and their stemitoll sweet. Nine- teenths of all oblictkood ailments are the result of aIeggerl boWeiS arid Sour stomach,. The most necessary and the best medicine' for little ones is a gentle laXative--,-sometbing that will relieve • constipation; sweeten the stomach and promote rest and natural sleep. Such 4 medicine is Baby's OWn Tablets. 'Bliley are a gentle hut e. deieut laxative; are absolutely guar- anteed free from opiates or other in- jurious drugs azd, may he given to the Youngest infant with perfect safety. They banish apnstipation and indiges- tion; break up colds and simple fevers and give the baby that health and hap- pinese which all children should have, They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 2b' cents a bon from The Da IVie,dicine Co., Brack: ville, Ont. • The British Empire and Forestry. - "It is riot my intention today to inake • alarmist statements, or quote paale' .figures. . Without ' overstating one's case •one can say, without fear of c,outradiction, that the world'satiria ber situation gives grave reason for thought and enquiry We read M the report of a recent American:, commis- sion that timber is bel•ng cut at three time the 'rate of growth. We 1Mow that several expoating countries admit that they have over-estimated „their forest resources. Whole, groups of countrieS have been shut out of the timber trade, by revolutions dynastic changes, and the rise and fall M the value of exchange. Even If wo do• not accept the idea of a world timber famine, we must admit that never was there a tithe before in which the Em- pire depended more on its own efforts for its, supply of timber; nor has there ever been a time ra.ore favorable than the present foe urging the examina- tion of -our Empire timber resources. —Lord Lovat at British Empire Far. estry Conference. • . .By Radio. With black receiver tightly clamped Against my e,ager ear, I.listen, to the souhda afloat Upon the atmosphere; A solo -song, a monologn.e,, A. bedtime tole for kids, The daily news, a leeture en The life of annelids. But these are not the radiograms, I .seek to gather frem The void where ecb.oes of the past Perhaps, yet faintly hum; I hope to hear on ether waves Still d.rifting to and fro , Some word immortal Caesar spoke 'Long centuries ago. —Minna Irvine. • A Remarkable Resemblance. Bra-wn had received a, dog • as a birthday gift. One morning while taking it for a little run he met the small ohild of a poor family. "Is that yer new de -vg?" she asked. • He answered -la the affirmative and thinking to help her with her pro- ; nunciation, said gently. • "Do -g, my dear, not d -a -W -g." She reddened a bit, shifted on her little feet and finally stammLrect, "SawfulLikeldawg, ain't it?" • Friendship calls for sincerity, but sincerity is not a blunt and heedless candor that wounds friendship. Who- ever feels, bound to say h • he thinks, is doubly hound to think, assamossumusamnocons • n.ERF,, is no greater joy than perfect health—the heritage of those „who obey • the simple lawiof Nature. • Drags are useful in case of sickness, hut Nature strongly objects to their continued use by normal, healthy,pemons. Caffeine, the alkaloid in tea and coffee,' is a slow but powerful drug. in the hands of a doctor, it is useful arid beneficial. 8ut taken regularly„ as a daily stimulant, it often upsets the nerves, causing serious organic troubles. Thousands have found health and ;satisfac- tion in tant ?(tum—th e healthful, whole- • sonie cereal beverage made from roasted wheat. tt is fragrant—delicious—satisfying —and safe, Enstarit Postuin arlianPw Co —POR EA LTH d:; Wdat;' '0 Arlo 11 1 r$ UiT me Of the .Yonno: OQILO e alg. 7011Thr /WO and Single 444o0o54, 00.,rtver gba4 am far the old'Indian, clearing, and bealelci.•• eneath the penduloUS bei.10.0 WU" •Taralac 11 WW 'hole • A ionetY rooftree Vint was lgrAY And litilegIbfletilressoiliwi,indoWs that had_ ,net B01lind, the aseending mountain slope AWnidth;thdieweedeltee.:11)140':11n4zabber°erA451.11dlvc:::°e:1:: Gave gba.a:oltia.the ,acene, reduPlicate in •• • Only a faint bird twittering; me:ugh at fetid , With the pezT4sive sense of sOlitude. Only a white moth fluttering; aaugh. • of etnass To strain 'the perfect peace end pen • siveness, And not a Shred of cloud ,abo.ve to mar The beauty of the mean, and single. star. Sagilard. • Measures Heat of Stars. The sarallest'and most sensitive la- etrument in: the world has been con- structed by Dr. W. W. Cobleatz, an American 'scientist. • 'Used for Mea- suring the beat given off by the stars, FL will respond to the heat of a candle fifty miles: away. The instrument is about the same size as a full -stop, and is formed by welding a dot of bismuth on to the end of a fine platinum wire. The joint is placed inside a vacuum tube containing a fluorite window, and con- nected by almost invisible wires to a galvanometer consisting of a fine coil of wire and a tiny swinging mirror. The tube is then placed inside a large astronomical telescope, which, is set ° so that the pays of the, sitar ,will tall upon the joint. Because of the different properties of the two metals --bismuth and platinum—an electric current is generated. • The current flows through to the galvanometer, and the mirror is moved according to the amount of heat that has played po ea is DO . _ pea the joint. •, To meantain as perfect a vacuum as selbee, the tube is surrounded with Icium, which absorbsethe win Fluor - e windows are used.because fluorite always transparent; some rays can- t penetrate glees. 1 At the •Yarmout'a Y.M.C.A. Boys Camp, held at Tusket Falls in August, I found Minard's L.Iniment most bene - ,ficial for sunburn, an immediate relief for colic and toothache. . • Alfred Stokes, General Sec'y. Not Many People Have. Irishmen and Scetsmen are always arguing, and one particular argument raged extremely fiercely. It concern- ed the origin, of the bagpipes—each claiming that his country had pro- duced the instrument. But the last word went to the Irish- man, who, said; "Well, the truth is, the Irish invent- ed the poipes, and'gave them to the Scots—and the Scots haven't seen the joke yet!" MONEY ORDERS. It is always safe to send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five dollars costs three cents. • , ' stlo • 1 When Clothing Your Feet (1). Don't try tO-. wear impractica shoes for practical service. (12). Don't use snap judgment in the •selectio'n of the place where you buy • your shoes. Scientific footeltting is not usually practised in shoe "cafe - ferias." (8) Dont 'Tail to bear in, mind that your one pair of feet must serve you a lifetime. (4) .'Don't tell year shoe s.alesman vhat size you wear. Make it his busi- ness' to lit your feet. • (6) Don't -foolishly allow "eye tyle" to supersede common foot sense wben buying a pair of sthoes. (6) Don't sacrifice your comfort by requiring a foot -litter to do impossible things, Vanity and foot -fitting are far removed. • (7) Dent buy price in. buying shoes. It is only relative, while geed, honest- ly n me:010(14e10,;yrnfortable Shoes are always An Underground Clock. It 19 mot generally known that to -day in world is reeelViug the eorrect time QM. woriderful piece of mechanism uried in the catacombs of Paris about 0 it. below the surface of We streets, The* time •signala from. the Biffol OWer, Irnown to all wireless enthusi- ts, are regtilated by this under- ound timepiece., It was pivotal/1 ch posi.tion in order that It should (be .affeeted by changes of tempera: .re or air pressure. Its average daily reading , tor are st six months of this year was leSe an 0,.0t seabed oat. Per a period of 4 consecutiVg„ dale no discrepancy latever Wat.observ,ed, and from May th to, Jane 27th Its tetal error We 008 ,seconde per day. 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My husband was discouraged, for I was no better ani had had the doctor MI this time and nothing helped me. I was alwaye sleepy, had no appetite and suffered j with iny left side. My ruother in. ' England recommended Lydia E. 1 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound be- cause it had helped my sister, so 1 I have been taking it. I am now able. 1 to dca my housework and. I ean not praise your medicine too highly as ; I have great hopes for the future. 1 I will tell anyone who writes to me 1 what good it has done me." ---Mas, E- 1 MASSON, St. Henry P. 0., Montreal. For nearly fifty Years Lydia E„ Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has, I been helping women just as it . helped Mrs. Masson; oftentimes after ' doctors and other medicines failed. I If you are suffering from disagree- able symptoms caused by some female weakness, try this splendid medicine. It is a wonian's medicine for women's ailments, and can be taken M safety • by any 'woman. UNLESS you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all Accept only an nbroken package" of "ayeTablets of Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by physicians during. 22 years and proved safe by 111111:ions 'for Colds Headache Rheutlaatism l'oottlaclie Neuralgia ' Neurffii": • :Randy "Biiyer" ba,tes et 1'2 r.b.ottitq and1,0 Earache • Lumbagi3 'Path, Pain tosi,R ,AS'olrin is the three /nark ' (rotistrrtql'in• .partede et,',riayer Isicelrutabtbro of- vi •'arotienchlester ,614' Srilicygeuriil. Whin lt is )vrli 1tt1ti thttAsriirtivincene Uaat .moubbieture,toatIlilt the public soma imitaticirs,,theLrrahiate„ief 134,Yttr, ,Oattlph.tt '*111 Atat'Ottt!t 'MAOIY' Ct tlat thine ratqlt; "464'0 tntii4" •,