Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD [ARTICLE]

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD

BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. I DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS | Kernels Culled From Events of Moment In All Parts of the World—* Of Interest to All tho People Everywhere. U.S. —Teutonic War New J One million American soldiers in iFranfce by July 1 is the goal the adiministration now is striving to attain, 'with considerable prospect of success. While it is not permissible to state even the approximate strength of the lAmerican expeditionary force, it is possible to say that it far exceeds the ‘500,000 Secretary Baker promised to ihave in France “early in 1918.’’ » » * A German airplane was brought down in enemy territory by Capt. Norman hall of Colfax. Ta., and Lieut. Edward V. Rickenbachor of Columbus, 0., after a battle over the American line on the Toul sector. » * • One hundred and thirteen sick and wounded soldiers from the American expeditionary forces were landed in this country during the week of April 26, Surgeon General Gorgas announced ,at Washington. Where they will recuperate was not divulged. ♦ * * “The navy is not only ready to fight, |but it will also give everything possible to aid in other ways," said a iradio message to Rear Admiral Cowie, inavy Liberty loan officer, from Admiral Mayo, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. • • * I The American steamship Westerly, one of the first of the new ships built by tho Emergency Fleet corporation, was sunk in a collision off the French .coast. All on board were saved. • * * z “Every loyal American must go the ‘limit to help lick the kaiser, and must 'lend his dollars to Uncle Sam until it Ipinches and squeezes,” was the message brought to Chicago by William IG. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury. I♦ ♦ • European War News

Six officers and thirteen men are missing gs the result of two navnl disasters reported at London by the (British admiralty. Tlie sloop Cowslip iwas torpedoed and sunk April 25 and ■five officers and one man are missing. 'Torpedo boat No. 90 foundered and one officer and twelve men are missing. ■*' * * The London Daily Mail’s correspondent says that Bohemian troops are •joining the Italian troops against Ausitria and that the first detachments are already on the Italian fighting line wearing Italian uniforms. h»♦ * ♦ L It was announced in London that (British casualties in April reached a Itotal of 52,475, divided as follows: (Killed or died O of wounds, officers, 1,'621; killed or died of wounds, men. 7,1723; wounded or missing, officers, 7,(447; wounded or missing, men, 35,684. * * ♦ The British adrtiiralty has issued the [following list of casualties incurred by the British naval forces in the recent :raid on the German U-boat bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend: Officers, killed, j!9; missing, 2; wounded, 29. Men, Ikilled, 169; missing, 14; wounded, 355. » • * A party of 57 •Men’s Christian association, workers under Arthur E. Hungerford arrived in 'London. The ship on which they sailed 'was torpedoed and sunk in 12 minutes. 'All the passengers and all but three of Ithe crew were saved by destroyers. ♦ * ♦ : Capt. Ting ChiaChen, military counselor to the president of China and also the Chinese minister of war, arrived at an Atlantic port on a French Steamship. He said that China now Is sending troops to France to fight for the allies. He declared that 40.000 Chinese troops would be on the French front by July. • * •

Domestic Germany’s chief agent left .in this country liy the former ambassador, Count von Bernstorf!’ is now in prison. Libut. Commander Carl von Kodiger Is his naihe. lie was arrested in Now York and is held in $15,0Q0 bail for a , hearing May .8. Tlie agent of Berlin is accused of having “started in this country a military expedition against 'the kingdom of Great Britain.” ♦ » ♦ Two American transports which were in collision at sea several days ago have returned safely to an Atlantic port, the navy department announced. * * *. play, Carl and Paul Potter. Will (Ransom, Tottie Taylor and Robert Coyne, ranging in age from eleven to seventeen years, were drowned in'the Mississippi river when a skiff overturned in the wake of a passing steamer at Rock Island, 111. Two companions were rescued. **• ' ■ ' i Miss Agatha Wilhelmina Richrath, iprofessor of German at Vassar college (In Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was arrested Iby department of justice agents on a ipresidential warrant charged with bea dangerous alien enemv.

Sixty-six persons lost their lives when the steamship City of Athens, Capt. J. Forward, bound from New York to Savannah, was rammed and sunk by a French cruiser off the Delaware coast. Forty-two of those missing were passengers. Twelve were civilians, twenty-two were United States marines and eight were French marines. • • • Lloyd Allen, aged twenty-four, of New York city, a cadet flyer at the Wilbur Wright aviation field at Dayton, 0., met instant death when his machine crashed into one of the .school buildings. » » * A jury in Honolulu,.ll. 1., after deliberating six minutes acquitted Capt. Henry Allen, retired sea captain, who April 14 last shot and killed S. J. Walker for cursing the American flag. • » • Federal Attorney Robertson at Kansas City. Mo., has recommended the internment of' Fred Blunn, a former soldier, because Blunn told prisoners that he had assisted workmen in turning out 50,000 faulty shells.

Railroads under the four months of government operation just closed, received from the government $90,614,000 as bonus or advance payments on government compensation, Director General McAdoo announced. * * * Expansion of tlie shipbuilding program to provide for the construction of 200 additional wooden vessels of 4,500 to 4.700 dead-weight tons was announced by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. • * • Walter Spreckels, nephew of Claus Spreckels, millionaire sugar king, was forbidden to enter the sugar factory at Yonkers. N. Y., of whlteh he has been general manager. The action was taken by the police at the instance of the United States authorities on the ground that Spreckels Is an enemy alien. He was born in Germany and never was naturalized. • • • Maximum sentence of two years’ imprisonment in a federal penitentiary and fines of SIO,OOO each were imposed upon Franz Bopp, former German San Francisco consul, and E- H. Von Schack, former vice consul, following their conviction on charges to foment revolution against British rule in India. • • • Answering the appeal to speed up the construction of shipping, American yards during the last week launched four steel and four wooden ships, aggregating 41,105 tons. * * •

Washington Measures to add millions of man to the American army were introduced in the senate. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia introduced a resolution calling upon the military’ affairs committee to prepare a bill for an army of 5.000.000. Senator Reed, of Missouri introduced a bill calling for 3.000.000. Senator Poindexter introduced a bill directing the secretary of war to call 1,500,000 to the colors. • • • Rejecting all amendments designed tn curtail President Wilson’s authority, the senate passed the Overman bill authorizing the executive to co-ordinate all departments in a move to strengthen the government's war activities. • • • Communications to Peking from Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese minister to Washington, forecast an American loan of $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 to China for war purposes, if the Chinese government requests it. » * ♦ *• Secretary’ Daniels announces his determination to bring about the indictment of naval contract profiteers. Two Instances in which it is alleged that there has been such profiteering have been brought to the- attention of the secretary. • * • Personal George 11, king of the Tonga Islands, Is dead, says a dispatch from Melbourne. * • • Dr. Carlos Maria De Pena, mirfister from Uruguay, died in a hospital at Washington. • • •

Foreign Final returns on the voting for members of the landsthing. the upper house of the Danish parliament, show victory for the opposition parties led by ex-Preniier Christensen. • • • The Catholic International Press agency announces at Stockholmthat i Emperor Charles is making a fresh of- ■ fer, appealing to' Italy to accept it in behalf of her own interests. Holland has yielded to Germany's demands concerning transport and the supply of sand and gravel, although it is understood that the amount of sand and gravel will be limited instead of unlimited, according to a dispatch from The Hague to the London Daily Mail, f * • ♦ i An order in council has been issued further postponing the operation of t the national service act, or eonscrip(tion, as respects Ireland, beyond May 1; to which it had been postponed.previously. Some of the London newspapers say the postponement is due to the government’s wish to introduce * home rule bill. The French submarine Prairial has ( been sunk as the result of a collision with a merchant ship, it was announced ,at Paris. I'art of the crew of the sub- ; marine was saved.