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++T++++*H* fechnicaf Training of Seasoned Mechanic^ Sojyji^ Ityoliem ing Up Adequate Supply of jLicefeeVA/ierlrfo'br'rve Ships—Land-Tfained Engineers Taught Secrets HE ROUND AMERICA t UtBBtami* ef Engttwftpem-PiaUiuu uil Sdft Water, E. March, just •. returned -from tll»* Western i'ruM.1 Ht'tVnPfr; (si* H IV,MV \< Y i «<>l» months' visit, tell i aiii M^'ii “Jtiti * JTfilrtJf‘TrtT'n^U 'liTfjt fiir training engineers, Pm •nginccrs fur nil t'hqiu feliliik?” v feSsor E. F.‘.Miller 1 , head ofthi* engin .is si -mew lint ,onlh.i*lj*litlY i mjuicy eering section of tlrnt hlgh-H'nsx iiisti <firo<tcd tilling tii'nes to rcpresV*p-,; ; ttition, holds ;i marine engineer's 11 o' 5 1 ll *‘ ,7*f‘ it J.'l l • S|lll< -'^ ..ptiisiyjmiL js rijukh'/fity A ;Germn,n prisoner_wns out of + humor aml^wns be«>g ‘'kidded" I * v tin* Americans.', ’ “Why so jflnhi, FrUzie?" ask ed - OUC; yh-Mgpbuy. 'V^rs; ■ VdH ''sort** Id-Pniriee?” “f *° - * 3i So. P*ri U'-C* ‘ ,'ipif n*t. Fran re, nor England, nor Rel- gium “Well, \vhut's the matter?” -f “Fin sore at <'Kristopher Co- J Jumbiis,". Was the"" re[ily. “He •*> discovered "America.” - T tails, slide-valve setting; gauge. testing, indicator ciiril taking and finally imtF eat or card reading. “’Which Involve* ftrtniliarity with Ti sp,., , :i ; inst rutin nt. The : phtnimeter. * • During the week every man in the • r .-*£•*$> 1—Ruins of the beautiTm -caineural of Alliori ’Which I hm ATiTertcfms-7Tr\^"srn\ ing -t*t-s mre - m-tb-Hi frvtn Anwrlcn to Siberia to take command of tic t ,en. -Jules. J'atiin ft i »w OOKING DOWN ON CHATEAU THIERRY, TAKEN BY AMERICANS hut the underlying - principles of in- ftnldt iou are. tin; same. In tin* scimol *[ Philadelphia, .tin largest in, attend flTic’e/ now hiildint' it-* sessions In the IhdiTv hui-ldihd .with ‘a class• well o\ef A inquired special attention i> given Lu lufrUfckatiii-' much mery IT F part, of tlie plnji-ot the hoard to ‘train* men ip a knowledge of every kind of special eijaTj na ti'r nrrlvU in ihe.iyeehanfenf rnitfir «.1 n-rm-dern ship, - Tinhfrn *.Uiip,.- r.,r ..TTmpI,. ’ lnQ-t iritve;specially trained engineer*.- The latest development iii l.li< <e Wonder machines for dri\ifL •vt..!**- .re in the To provid ror*ortioic. oi mnjpls the slidiyrriis nmifd has sent pick- d nn !.“ f o* tin \yoj- • '.v!.* r* most of'Its tlllhilii'S are Unde. AvtiliJnStru^- tiofts that the men ‘‘tmrw up s\irli their ofttines'" An enuinei r '•* Instructed is vupfiOsed to watch 'his cmhne jirow from the ■■casting** tft^its tinal assem- IdiuK in tin* shop, and then follow it ahoard ship,* superintend its erection There and run-It tv ln-n ThimIIv the ship y . Jt l’hcto Ia ia '.Wi»tfnv ri L’/it'.'iil EngineCriruj Students of United States Shipping Board in Marine Engineering Laborato/y at Massachusetts Institute of Technoloc,*. Velopeif .sftiCf the l ,, i b\ y|em is entirely iv Amcricun. t 'nd< r it has he«y required | tory and Cu> sf*ud' Jct To'i'Ti k'Ji_« l HHiistrtnatoi^ —, ' -— ^ Jn.'n tile war hep'un the iwjjrd [*ro- oeetled o^i the tlicory that there was plenty malerljil |ii the country fin* an adctpmtc supply of marine engin eers. Ft estimated that there''were sev eral thousand men In liie-en^lm* rooms lind firerooms of existing im*rchant fchlps—oilers, water fendyrs and tlre- mcn^wtio could he mad** Into engin eers hy a litrle encouragement ami In struction, It estimated also that there were many hundreds of marine en gineers following nlher pursuit's ashVire when the war hegai), who could he Lip forested hy the government lira propo sition Id return t»T (Jfe sea.’ ITnfilly It estimated that thepe^were thousands of slatiotuH'y engine«*fs, IT>- comoiive drivers and nun ldnist« who Avar la gan. - This ovd ,4"l dlstinetly Vjio outside talent oVprovhte i list rue- do t a cUizcii has ' it.V; ^nd at the Craft Institute; Brook lyn. t , - - I In* alLcmhuivc at tlresu .si-IuhiIs'to •lafe 1ms heeii ipoii* than M*... Tin* copr*c of Instruction is* ha,seif <*n the premise thur—lh«..m:ui fumdil Is ulr. adj a thormmh meChnfltC. In struction isygiveil him in tin* things In* vvotlhl lin'd hard to pick rrp t>y Htld of thufiih exjieriencc.•• “ ' Soim* i <Tiat*\iu Thierry will long he n uu inhered as Atperhai > lit* took it. The photo , _r;ifih slmw s a grmip of Fretivli and 'Atiteri* s >rm med the tow n an I itiToumliug height. ^ CHIEFS OF AER6NAUTICS AUSTRIAN PLANE, SHOT DOWN IN ITALY is applied in tin* casc.v Iwiilefs, the engim** r s > who die thctiV heifig given a sp in the works where tin* roars* <* schools hidd day s**s- thers have evening .-lies- os in order that the students may fol low- thclf rtsiml oecjipatlons hy day. Subjects for Intensive Study., In a day school, as at the Massachu setts “Tech,” tin; forenoons are usual ly devoted to lectures and the after noons to Ihhdratofy ami demonstration ‘iiiii* of tin* most recent developments ^n the driving machinery of ships be ing the s**-called Pi*scl type of crmle- oll engine, the shipping hoard is now planning to instruct Diesel engineers,. In addition to those trained-to handle the ordinary-types of engine. TiTorder to reiieli tin* iif«*n it wishes for training, kin* shipping hoard t*e- ~rnnrhcmrrtlrs iiTnt gfveh n text iumk to 1 «‘ritltiiig serAi»H»- en*t>h*ys '«*tticluls—ln_. aid them. They an* then Instructed Ini various parts of the country known as “section chiefs,” who supply informa tion to a constantly growing number of applicants. Mm h ofdlu> is- eoutuita#^ iit a pamphlet entitled “How to He ll otticer in tin Mevclumt Ma rine.” Natioiml Juad*pinrters ‘of ihe recruiting ^Cfvic<*‘ i-'. at the ntstom, house; Ihiston. had worked on marine engine construe- 1 ter, the Hi that Of* repair^ ?ashore- w!?m conhl I'hugs for hi quickly trained to hecfrinv* inht 1 jrr~en'-— <‘ rs gineers. These mTli \veTp~~kamvn ta TIUi have the gnumdworT of kimwletige rot.) necessary for htindling .marine <*n- pro gines. Jt remained merely a question pm .•if.teneMnVdhem Uu* things they should know about st^ff-w ler pradi*** jji gtg gineerlng...aiiil t<Mj4^*.* them llteir v sea- legs” b*>ft>re startidgTTnmi. off mi Vny- in the n e w. T m * re h a-tiWi * *et. " ' “Coilege Stuff’ 1 - Makes’ Its" Bo of the many revolui-ionaryy^olHijig praetic«*s grow ing.out of this war, tvonh: was more striking than tin* shipping hoard's plan fur giving tlmse^nuai te.-TV- nlcui ilrllling. Tin* plan orlgihate*l in Ihiston with Henry Howard, the r h".ard > director of recruiting. Mr. How'iird, is a graduate of the MasSii- jchu'>etts Instttiite'of T'eehn»dogy and a ’firm heli**ver in tin* value of fT*chilh , lil training to every kind of tueehaniciii worker. His idea was m gtvr*-tin* men needed ‘ns marine < ngineers\a short, iulensfve cvmrse of training at The best techtil- eal colleges hefmv setuMiig* them to _ncid “ ' - a . r-Sea.- ^ I he i<iipa was. so iup**l that the grimy handed nieehnnir' was a little Inclined to'--hy. at Jr. ’“t’oHege stutT” fcetneti- too ‘‘hifatutin’” t<T he worth nujeh. The 'old-fashioned, en Ms knowfedirwan »’ <* sarue v\,j|y as the hoys in tin* D**fh**httvs haii. hy-m-oH+m-F <1**ill*(listrjitlon. IF* a;,- 'showed'' Hy hN superior on f jh** jdh. That had t»e- cotue tin; ’de*'«*j»ied way of training on- c*4 n.iH . . i. Substitutes for Sugar. The 'principal sugar substitutes rec ommended hy eovern^rhitt chemists are corn sirup, maltose (sir»tpTim*ie from potatoes), homy ami liigh-gnufe~frHn- ^fs* sty'll]* * ' + rifli A giant crane is raisin battle. wlTli Italian Finlmen Maj. Trcu. WilJia”i I.. Kenly (seated), dn ronunand'of th.* dtvlgtr.n of military aeronautics, and Col.,F, R. Kenney, HI? executive ofTtcer. "XJenerai Kenly has / charge of the Hying end of the nif service, including .operations. - training nnd ndmlnistiatfun. Coioiiel Kenney was brought to Washington from Gen- oral Pershing’s staff. lie is a native of - Chicago. an Austrian plane brought down after a stirring WOUNDED BUT HAPPY BUNCH OF SCOTS READY FOR DESTRUCTION Q_F BRIDGES mmmm War Altera Sex Ratio of Nation*. An “Italian sclem 1st, In a hook Jusl published on the subject* of war and populatluntrsays. Unit there will be lit England FJ1 vvoliietr :hetweemtTe ages of twenty-Tlnd forty-four T7)> every one hundred m*)n between 1 tli* ? "shine ages If the war ends next y»*ar. ‘ In 1010 th* proportion was 108 to 100. In France tiler** will-he 124 women of those ages, the writer estimates, to every 100 men. In Germany, where ■the sexes w-ere alums* evenly "balanced before Ihe war, the proportion will he 1 lit woimn to 100 men. nicer Antidote Founctrt Qr Poison Gas. According to tlnjrlyrw told hy sovej AmerlcarP^olUiers vyK,, have "return from France? n gn^lhas h** n Invent which -will purify-* p ( ,)s rrdtftfe-4uuTeiL.ililu- -Thjs trendies >»v y .Germans. The soldier^ de«lar**d th itlife gaa-yum.^t> efTectlre Wt v np tt ' barrage of shells * c^ntainyig. it w <g **m»ni Nfw»pnp«r t'ntun Petrol and tar reu*iy for the destruction of hrldgeti yt y im>meut's. notfee are placed everywhere by the t-elllger*nts In Fmnce. Jdst now It 4* the Ger- mons who are burning the brii'VK protect their retrear — The ■OTKa^Misetts Institute of Jhe*e woumied I,ut cheery ticots urn 4>eih Te<hhoh*^m»» chosen to launch the, line to the bo-spltal. by means of a light raihvny, jrr v:. pi F; jtH *TjJ Jk- v.'/*. vj5 toa 5 -*••-