Word: chaumont
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Powers. At Washington, U. S. President Coolidge and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur prepared stealthily to deal with the Chinese. Lest it be thought that the U. S. was rushing too many armed forces to China (TIME, Jan. 31) these statesmen designed a stratagem. They caused the transport Chaumont to sail from San Diego, Calif., loaded to the scuppers with U. S. marines last week, but announced that she was merely sailing for "a secret destination in the Orient." British statesmen, not so subtle, baldly admitted that 12,000 British troops were being rushed to China last week-thereby enraging...
Last week he was ordered to leave Annapolis on board the transport Chaumont, bound for San Francisco, where he will continue indefinitely the role of midshipman on the Pacific fleet. So Midshipman Zirkle, who might have been an ensign with greater pay and privileges, with the opportunity of an honorable discharge in two years, is still a "middy" as long as the Navy wants to keep him. It is expected, however, that he will be allowed to resign in two years when the spirit of the regulation will have been served. The question: if young Midshipman Zirkle is really...
...their wives have reached Benkulen, in the Dutch East Indian island-continent of Sumatra. The wives are adapting themselves to the comforts of a miserable hill-perched village, while the scientists are setting up sky-scouring 'scopes. Nearby, anchored in the blaze of ocean, is the naval transport, Chaumont, nest of balloons, dirigibles, airplanes. Both the Swarthmore men and the U. S. Navy men are preparing for three weird minutes on Jan. 14, when the sun will be blackened, the earth move to the dance of cosmic shadows. The terror of chattering natives will be reported by the scientists...
Died. George Joseph Demotte, Manhattan and Paris antiquarian, art dealer, near Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, France. Returned from hunting, he was killed by the accidental discharge of a friend's rifle. Last Spring, he brought suit for libel against Sir Joseph Duveen, English art dealer, alleging that the latter stated that an enameled Virgin and Child had not, as Demotte represented, belonged to Queen Isabella the Catholic, of Spain. The case is now pending in the U. S. courts. In the French courts is also pending his suit for breach of confidence against M. Jean Vigoroux, French antiquarian, his former...
...went overseas with the First Division, and was soon raised to the rank of first lieutenant. He was first stationed at Coetquidan as an instructor in the Artillery School there, and later, with the grade of Captain, was sent to the General Headquarters of the Artillery Staff at Chaumont, where he served during the greater part...