WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
SCHWAB IS
CHOSEN
Steel Magnate Given Supreme Control
• f Nation’s Shipbuilding Work
Will Be Greatly Expedited.
Washington, D. C.—The building of
the great merchant marine which will
Brief Resume Most Important transport America’s men and resources Secretary of War Returns From
to the battle front was intrusted Tues­
France in High Spirits.
Oaily News Items.
day by the Shipping Board to Charles
M. Schwab, steelmaker and shipbuild­
er, who becomes director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, with
unlimited powers to put through the
vast building program already under
way.
Brenta of Noted People, Govsntmen
"M r. Schwab will have complete su­ Secretary Relates That American Sol­
pervision and direction of the work of
dier Has Made Good and That
and Pacific Northwest and Other
shipbuilding," said an official an
Army is in Fine Spirits.
nouncement from the White House.
Things Worth Knowing.
Control of policies, which include de­
cisions as to the number, size and
character of ships to be built with the
Washington. D. C.—President Wil­
The first American prisoner to
millions appropriated by congress, still
cape from Germany, says the Temps, will rest with the Shipping tatard.
son and his war cabinet heard from
has reached Basel, Switzerland.
Mr. Pies, at his own suggestion, re­ Secretary Baker Wednesday that the
Beryl Hall, 12 years old, of Pomona, linquishes the position of general man­ American soldier haa made good in
Cal., flying his kite with a copper wire ager of the Fleet Corporation, which France and that the men of the expe­
instead of a string, was killed instantly is abolished, to give Mr. Schwab a
ditionary forces are well physically
Monday when the wire touched an free hand.
Mr. Hurley remains chairman of the and in high spirits.
electric power line.
board and president of the Fleet Cor­
He did not attempt to give a full
Shells from the long range German poration, in charge of policies.
report on what he saw and heard
guns killed one woman and wounded
Mr. Pies continues as vice president abroad, and much of the time during
one woman and one man in the Paris of the board, attending to administra­ the meeting listened to discussion of
district Monday night, according to tive details of construction, including things done in his absence by heads of
an official statement.
the placing of contracts, ■ and Mr. other government war agencies.
Later Mr. Baker said that even cas­
Isidore Coetanzo, U. S. secret serv­ Schwab will organize and carry for-
ice operative a t San Francisco, has ward the work of putting the ships ual observation made it evident that
tremendous progress had been made on
been suspended pending an investiga­ into the water.
Mr. Schwab is the fifth man to be the war program since he sailed for
tion of charges of embezzling $300
put in charge of the Shipping Board’s France.
from a woman, it is announced.
building program, but his appointment
“ The American soldier has made
Secretary of War Baker arrived in was attended by none of the friction
good
France," Secretary Baker as­
the United States Tuesday from Eu­ which marked some of the previous sured in newspapermen
who met him.
rope on one of the large steamships changes in management.
The French and British authorities
which flew the German flag before the
The suggestion for the appointment are uniform in their praise of the cour­
United States entered the war.
of a practical builder of National age, endurance and soldierly qualities
"Victory now is a synonym for bread prominence came this time from the of our men.’”
in Germany,” declared Baron Rhondda, Shipping Board itself and Mr. Hurley
“ The big thing for America to do is
food controller, at London, in explain­ chose Mr. Schwab.
to support the w ar,” he continued, “ to
First of all was wanted a man who support it financially and with firm
ing to the Press the bearing of the
German food problem on the offensive could inspire the yard owners and belief. The right arm of America is
workers with the supreme importance in France. It is bared and ready to
in the West.
ot
building ships as fast as they can be strike. The rest of the body is here
Paul O. Stensland, of Chicago, con­
in the United States, but it must sup­
fessed embezzler of $800,000 from the tu r led out.
port the arm. This support should in­
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, which
failed more than eight years ago, died MILITARY TRIAL FOR SPIES clude subscriptions to lit>erty loans as
well as moral support of high confi­
Monday of a complication of ailments
dence.
at the age of 71.
Senator Chamberlain Introduces Bill
“ The condition of the American
Lieutenant Cendelaria, of the Ar­
With Broad Provisions.
troops is excellent. They are all well
gentine army, Tuesday crossed the
physically and well in every other way.
Washington, D. C.—A bill to bring Their spirits are high, their Eiehavior
Andes by airplane from Zapala, Ar­
all
persons
charged
with
violation
of
gentina, to Curico, Chile, a distance of
admirable and their relations with the
180 kilometers. The machine crossed the espionage act under the jurisdic­ French and British cordial and sympa­
tion
of
the
military
court-martial
was
the mountains at an altitude of 3200
thetic.
introduced Tuesday by Senator Cham­
meters.
“ One rarely meets an American aol-
berlain, of Oregon, chairman of the dier in France who does not smile and
Alleged to have baptized an infant senate military committee.
wave his hat. The only sad Americans
in the name of Kaiser Wilhelm and to
The measure was referred to the
have made seditious utterances, J. D. military committee and Chairman there are those who fear they may
Klein, German Methodist evangelist, Chamberlain announced that hearings have to come home before the job is
of Dennis, Kan., arrested Monday at would begin at once. A number of done.”
"The information I went to get. I
Shamrock, Kan., was lodged in the Federal judges, as well as represent­
got,”
Mr Baker said.
His trip he
Federal prison a t Amarillo, Tex.
atives of the department of Justice, said, would bring a cloeer and more un­
are
expected
to
be
called.
derstanding co-operation between the
Spikes in logs ruined two saws, en­
Senator Chamberlain in a brief War department and the Army. As
dangered several lives and hindered
war work a t the Donovan plant, at statement declared that the one pur­ for the secretary himself, he feels that
Aberdeen, Wash., Saturday.
The pose of the measure was to expedite he is “ now equipped with the means
presence of the spikes is attributed to the trials of persons charged with sedi­ of judging and appreciating the kind
either German sympathizers or I. W. tion. Under the existing system, he of co-opera ton needed.”
said, a man could be indicted for mak­
The impression one gets in France is
W., whose leaders preach sabotage.
ing seditious speeches and, after giv­ one of determination, confidence and
Four lives were loet when the Ley- ing bail, continue to make such utter­ enthusiasm, said Mr. Baker.
land line steamship Etonian was tor­ ances.
“ The American, British French and
“ The war cannot be run in the crim­ Italian armies are filled with this tre­
pedoed and sunk by a German subma­
rine off the Irish coast on March 23, inal courts or by the department of mendous spirit and the civilian popula­
according to members of the crew who Justice,” declared the senator, urging tions show the same feeling,” he as­
have arrived a t an Atlantic port. Two that authorization be given by con­ serted.
of those killed were American horse­ gress permitting the army to deal with
Mr. Baker declined to discuss the
enemy activities.
men.
drive on the west front.
The bill defines spies, subject to
Miss Katherine Schmidt and Mrs. trial by army or navy courtmartial or
Stanley M. Dixon, American mission­ army military commission, as persons U. S .-M E X IC 0 CRISIS IS NEAR
aries, formerly of Springfield, S. D., violating the general espoinage laws,
who were captured by Chinese bandits legislation prohibiting destruction of
Secretary MeAdoo Tells El Paso Audi­
April 8, have been released. The war material and the draft law, those
ence Limit la About Reached.
whereabouts of George A. Kyle, of inciting military insubordination or
Portland, Or., who was captured by transm itting to members of the Amer­
El Paso, Tex.—“The United States
the outlaws March 11, has for the las ican military forces any m atter favor­ has gone to the very limit in dealing
10 days been unknown.
ing the enemy’s cause or persons giv­ with Mexico in an effort to maintain
friendly relations with that country,”
Ten German trawlers have been sunk ing false reports.
Secretary William G. MeAdoo declared
The
measure’s
terms
also
broadly
by gunfire in the Cattegat, between
Sweden and Denmark, the English ad­ apply to acts which “ endanger or in­ Wednesday night to an audience of
miralty announces. Their crews were terfere with the good discipline, order, 5000, which completely filled Liberty
saved by British ships.
There were movements, health, safety or success­ hall, the county auditorium here.
“There is not the slightest reason
no British casualties. The operations ful operation,” of the American mili­
why we should not continue at peace
in the Cattegat, the statement says, tary forces.
The bill recites that "owing to the with Mexico if Germany will only keep
were underaken by the commander-in­
changes in the conditions of modern her meddling spies out of that repub­
chief of the grand fleet.
“ But
warfare, whereby the enemy now at­ lic,” the Secretary continued.
Conscription of income# cannot pro­ tempts to attack and injure the sue Germany in trying to deal with Mexico
gress much beyond its present scope cessful prosecution of the war by and give her the states of Arizona,
without interfering too seriously with means of civilian and other agents and New Mexico and Texas, reckoned
production, asserted Samuel Unter- supporters behind the lines spreading without Uncle Sam.
myer, New York lawyer, and the gov­ false statements and propaganda injur
“ I would like to see the autocratic
ernm ent’s legal expert on the inter­ ing and destroying the things and util­ tyrant that could wrest three stars
pretation of income and excess profit ities prepared” for the military force#, from the American flag. I would even
tax laws, in an address he delivreed in the United States is constituted a part E>e curious to see the despot that even
Pittsburg Monday night in the liberty of the zone of operations conducted by could imagine he could wrest the Lone
loan campaign.
Star State from this Union.”
the enemy.
Unfilled orders of the United States
Bulgara*Loee Seven Towns.
Berlin After Ross Fleet.
Steel Corporation on March 30 were
9,056,404 tons, according to the cor­
London — The Greek and British
London — Dr. Richard von Kuehl-
poration’s monthly statement. This mann, the German foreign minister, troops which on Monday crossed the
Is a decrease of 232,049 tons compared
has telegraphed to M. Tchitcherin, the Struma river on the eastern flank of
with the orders on February 28.
The sinking of British merchantmen Bolsheviki foreign minister, to the the Macedonian front occupied seven
by mines or submarines last week effect that the Russian Black Sea fleet towns, the war office announces. The
reached the next lowest level of any haa separated into sections of unknown statement follows:
“ Greek troop# rroaaed the River
similar period since Germany began nationality and, in violation of the
her intensive submarine campaign peace treaty providing for the disarm­ Struma above Lake Tahines and occu­
early in 1917. Four vessels of more ament of Russian warships, is attack­ pied the villages of Beglik-Mah. Kaka-
than 1600 tons, two of less than 1600 ing allies of Germany. Dr. von Kuehl- raska. Salmah, Kispeki and Ada. The
tons and two fishing boats were sent mann gives notice that all Black Sea operation was most successfully car­
to the bottom.
warships continuing to attack in viola­ ried out with slight casualties.
“ Further to the north British troops
The Bolshevik government has ask­ tion of the Brest-Litovsk treaty will,
occupied Kumli and Ormanli.”
ed Germany for permission to post­ after April 20, be treated as hostile.
pone the demobilization of the Rus­
Jews Mistreated, Charge.
French Youths Training.
sian army in consequence of the Jap­
Paris — The 1919 contingent of the
Washington. D. C. — A protest
anese landing at Vladivostok, accord
French army (youths of 19 years) is against alleged “ continuous unjust,
lng to reports In circulation In Petro- just going to tl>e barracks to begin unfair and discriminatory treatm ent”
grad and forwarded by Reuter’s cor­
training. Although called out a year of Jews in the army waa filed with
respondent.
before the usual time, these young Secretary Baker Wednesday by Ixjuia
The Butte, Mont., board of educa­ men are in better condition physically Marshall, of New York, head of the
tion voted to retain German as part than any of their predecessors.
American Jewish committee.
of the high school course. The move
They are starting out in as high
One of the chief complaints is that
is purely selfish, the board explained,
being based on a belief that better spirits as the army did in August, not a single Jew among the large num­
competition can be offered German 1914, shouting from the car win­ ber with the expeditionary forces in
merchants after the war if Americans dows th at they will beat the Ger­ France haa been commissioned from
mans.
the ranks.
understand their language.
COMPILED
FOR
YOU
A LUCKY TROOPER
I I . I M O FOR BAYONETS THREE HUNS, BRAINS
BATTLE, SAIS BAKER FOURTH, SAVES DAY FOR BRITISH
CABINET HEARS TALE
“Bob” Hanna of Vancouver Wins Victoria Cross for Bravery in
Action— One of the Most Thrilling Narratives of the War,
if Not of All Time— Blows Up Hun Machine Gun
and Fights Single Handed in Trench.
No. n . m , c. 8 M R o b a rt H a n n a . toward each other. The bayonet clash
C a n a d ia n In fa n try
F o r co n sp icu o u s
wna brief. The ground quickly was
b ra v a ry In a tta c k w han h is co m p an y m at
w ith m o st aav ara sn a m y re sis ta n c e an d strewn with dead and the Germans
all t b s co m p an y officers becam e c a s u a l- hacked up to the stub of a trench
tla a A s tro n g p o in t, h eav ily p ro ta c ta d by which wna, to the soldiers, like the
w tra an d bald by m a c h ln a su n , h a d b a a ts n
Wire en­
• f t th r a a a s s a u lts n t th s co m p an y , w ith root of au aching tooth.
b sa v y c a s u a ltie s
T h is w a r ra n t o lltcsr. tanglements stayed the pursuit of the
u n d e r h a a v y m a c h ln a s u n a n d rllte lira, Canadians, who. however, hewed their
coolly collected a p a r ty of m an. an d . lead
way through.
In# th e m a a a ln s t th e » Iro n s polnl. ru sliad
H e Blows Up M a c h in e Q u n .
th ro u a h th e w tra a n d p e rso n a lly bayo-
n stta d th r a a o f th o en em y a n d b ra in e d ,
Slz hundred and fifty men went
th e fo u rth , r a p tu r in g th s poeltl. n an d s i­
"over the top” with Hanna. Perhaps
lencing th s m ach in e gun.
T h is m o st c o u ra g e o u s sc tlo n d isplays,! two-thirds of this number went on to-
co u rag e a n d p erso n a l b ra v e ry o f th s h ig h ­ ward tbe trench, but this remnant was
est o rd e r a t th is m o st c ritic a l m om ent of
tb s a tta c k , w a s resp o n sib le fo r th s c a p ­ decimated by a machine iojii which
tu r e o f a m o st Im p o rta n t p o in t, a n d but the Huns had set up oil the parapet.
fo r M s d a rin g a c tio n an d d eterm in e,! The crew of this gun 1 (J$ed It on the
h a n d lin g o f a d e s p e ra te situ a tio n t h , a t
ta c k w ould not h a v e su cceed ed
C. ■ Canadians like n hose and all the of­
M 'e o u ts ts n d ln g g a lla n try , p ^ s n n a l rog.-- ficers were killed or Injured. Hanna
ag e a n d d e term in ed le n d ln s h r h is co m ­ plugged on In the face of the dreadful
p a n y Is d e se rv in g o f t h s h ig h e st possible fire. He had n Mills bomb and this
rew ard . —F ro m t h s B ritis h Official O s ­
he hurled at the machine gun and
se t te
smashed It. killing or Injuring the
F o u g h t H u n s S in g le H anded.
And so Sorrcant Major (Now Lieu­
tenant) “Hob” Hanna, of Vancouver.
B. C., received the Victory cress. The
reprint front the Official Gazette renda
almost like a hundred other thumb­
nail aketchcs of the bravery of the
boya In the trenches. but the Inat few
lines give it more or Urns distinction.
To Hanna It merely was s day’s work.
To the men of the twenty-ninth Van­
couver battalion the Victory creas.
which Is securely pinned to llannn’a
walatcnat. Is emblematic of one of tbe
thrilling personal narratives of the en­
tire war, If not. In fuct. of all time.
Stories of gallantry nnd self sacrifice
will ba told while tbe world endures,
but It will remain for a new rare to
roll up a single record to overshadow
that of Hanna, who dropped In a
trench all alone and single handed
fought the cream of the Prussian
guards—the men who never were de­
feated till then and who went down
one after another before this medium-
alzed young lumberman from the for­
ests of British Columbia. One moment
Hanna’s life wraan’t wortli a penny. A
few minutes later he bail snved a bat­
talion. and a little while later he was
transformed on the field from a ser­
geant insj, r to n lieutenant.
The government has lind Hanna sit
for his portrait for the Nutionnl Gal­
lery.
men who were feeding In the bullets.
It had done Ha deadly work. Hanna
was standing alone. All about him
were lying hi* comrades, either dead
or badly wounded. Pnrt of the bat­
talion had spread and, he assumed,
would route around hack of the treix-h
nnd enter It from the other end. He
Jumped Into the trench and In n sec­
ond saw a row of stalwart Prussians
coming single file this was neces­
sary been use of the nnrrewness of the
excavation -toward him. They rushed
him. As the first one was nNiut five
yards away he pulled the trigger on the
only cartridge he had In his rifle. The
cartridge was well aimed and No. 1 of
the Fifty fifth Prussian guards waa out
of the war forever.
The iieoond one charged over his
fallen comrade, hut met the bayonet
held In the vlscllko grip of the young
lumberman from Vancouver. A third
Prussian also of the Ffty fif th -
dropped down In the trench ns If he
hud collapsed, hut ns this was no time
for taking chances Hanna, now realiz­
ing that he was alone In a nest of the
enemy, used h!s bayonet with effective
results. ,\ fourth Prussian nppenred
utmost from nowhere. He bud lin­
stock of Ids rifle in both hands on a lev­
el with Ids shoulder anil was prepar­
ing to drive the other end h me In the
form of the Canadian. Itut Hunnn was
too quick for him. There was n mo­
mentary grinding of teeth, a clash nnd
the fourth Prussian measured his
length on the enrthen floor.
Blows Up Two Ougouts.
Hamm then tells of whnt hap­
pened during the next few minutes.
"I then discovered that I was alone
in the trench and I was wondering
where the other men were. I moved
nlong, nnd nt the entrance to a dug-
nut, which was, of course, dark, I
beard the buzzing of voices. I, of
course, knew that I was In a dangerous
positloii. I had no liomhs. 1 hud used
■ny Inst one on the gun. I looked
around and discovered n German bomb.
About that time I heard tlie Prussians
coming nut of the entrance to the dug-
out and I waited till they were utiout
on top of me when I let the lininh fly.
It went off right In their faces. It was
quiet then.
"I moved on n few feet further anil
snw another dtignnt entrance It was
lhe other end of a U. There I heard
more voices. It didn’t look very prom­
ising for mi-s 1 hunted tround quickly
and found two more German huinlm.
I threw the two Inin the ililgniif. hold­
ing them Just long enough so they ex­
ploded n second nfter they left my
hand. There wns no more noise In this
Over the Top Twenty-two Times.
It h II happened nt the battle of Vtmy
Ridge. This particular Incident took
place at Hill 70. Hanna had been In
muny of the worst battles of the war.
Before the valiant Cuuadlans settled
down to their part of this slaughter of
Vlmv Ridge Hunnn bud been "over the
top" twenty-two times; had been at
grips with the Germans on numberless
occasions, and. although' stumbling
amid deuth and bursting shells for
days at a time, had escaped Injury.
Vtmy was a bloody sjxit. The Cana­
dians were there ns they were nt the
Somme. Ypres. Lens nnd Pnsschen-
daele. Near Hill 70 was u stub of a
trench which the Canadians had come
to realize was the worst si>ot they hud
to face. It was only a link nnd hardly
could he seen, hut It waa known to
be a nnsty point, and the twenty-ninth
battalion was told to take It. For two
hours, waiting for dawn, the battalion
crawled out on Its belly In No Man’s
Land, waiting to rush over nnd sur­
prise the Huns, whose trench was 000
yards away. Unknown to the Cana­
dians the Huns were crawling out from
their (logout to Initiate the same move­
ment against the Cutmdians. At the
same moment two barrages started—
one from tbe Germans nnd one from
the Canadians guns. The two lines of dilgout.”
Hminu’s story stops here when he
crouching men arose and plunged
BEYOND BAGDAD WITH THE BRITISH FORCES
for the
of
ttoH, sub-
ite p u b ,
JpOHt-d
This Cumulimi soldier
oratisi for bravery was »" J i J„1e .N
presto
volver which he had Ini
rXod to have
man prisoner. luirlQ
f 1 to 1 In
on the West front a
cmy struck the enptui
untan# anil
carried, smashing It *
V ate*, u i ' o m i I
wearing his gas mask
smile shortly after hr recelved the
lluvial for gallantry.
TECHNICAL AIEN ENEMY
NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER
Denver, Colo. — Although ho
la aulii to have nn even dozen
brothers serving as officers In the
Austro-Hungarian army, George
A. Stndler drills four nights a
week ns ranking sergeant of
Company F. Third regiment,
Colorado National Guard. Tech­
nically. Sergeant Stndler Is an
alien enemy. He had not com­
pleted his citizenship at the be­
ginning of the war with Ger­
mini)'. Ih-fore coming to Ameri­
ca Stndler served four years ns
nn officer of tin- Austrian army,
Ills first two years ns a military
student were under the direction
of German officers.
tells it. He was the only man of his
company to he left by the withering
fir« nf the luiiehlne pm he had stilled
with a lucky threw of a bomb. There
were no officers anywhere about. Some
soldiers of another battalion appeared
presently, anil he tisik command of
them mid led a charge through the en­
tire trench, “cleaning It up," as the
saying goes.
He Savea Two Battalions.
The whole maneuver was quickly
understood. A battalion which had
been despatched to Join the Twenty-
ninth had gone hy the trench. Some
of the Twenty-ninth also had gone by.
Ilmiiut alone had stopped at the ob­
jective. Those who hud not gone too
fur had not bee,, able to get far
enough. The Prussians hml figured on
the Cnmullmis passing the trench.
Their program undoiiliti-dly had been
to rise from tlu-lr dugnuts nnd with
the machine gun. which they did not
expect to lose, wipe out the men of the
two battalions. It nil might easily
enough have been done hut for tbe
pluck mid tin- quickness nf Hnnnn.
It wns some time Inter when the
young man from British Columbia wns
culled to brigade quarters. The com-
mnniler hail learned nil about his dar­
ing exploit. The young sergeant ma­
jor. who twice before >hls hud been
recommended for honorable mention,
was promoted to tho rank of lieuten­
ant nnd now he is hack In France
uniting for another opportunity to add
*i> the glory nf Canada, nnd, as he
otidly says, to do whnt an Irishman
should.
BROKEN HEARTS PRICED S2.98
Jury
at Dawson, III., Fixes That
Price In Breach of Promise
Suit.
Dawson, 111.—A "broken heart" la
worth only $2.08 here.
Such was the verdict of a Jury try­
ing the hri-urh of promise suit brought
by Miss Myrlnn Cooper against Thom­
as Peddle. Miss Cooper usked $35,000
heart balin.
It took the Jury five mlnutea to de­
cide the case nfter the defendant
proved he "wasn't always mentally
responsible.
The Ited Cress benefited by the trial
to the extent of $70.fi0. The court per­
mitted them to charge an admission
f c from the public.
Answers Questionnaire at Front
Paterson, N. J.—A questlonnalr
duly answered, wns returned to th
draft officials here from the firing lln
In France.
William Dnnlevy of this city, enlls
ed before receiving his questlonnalr
It followed hltn to camp, across th
Blindfolding a Turkish prisoner before be la token through tbe British Atlantic, and to the flrfcg line, a dli
tonce of approximately 11,000 miles.
tianrhac
Jpbel Hiimnrtn. In Mesopotamia.