Officers and Men Held Off by Gun: Shoots Self Tsingtaó, July 2
The unusual escapade of an American sailor, who shot himself after holding officers and men at bay with a pistol, was narrated today in an official U.S. navy report.
The sailor, J, B. Hanna, was under sentence by general court martial on board the U.SS. Canopus." At 5 o'clock on July 24 he overpowered ihe sentry on watch, seized a pistol and escaped from immediate ousted: He took up a position on board Submarine alongside the Canopus and threatened to shoot anyone who tried to induce him to give up the pistol and return to custody. He fired four shots into groups on board the vessel, giving point to his threat. and then turned the pistol on himself and fired one shot.
The bullet entered over his left eye, passing entirely through hi head. He wis given immediate medical attention, but his condition is critical.
The American naval authorities are conducting an investigation—Reuter The increasing population of school-children in Italy necessitates the opening of 2,000 new primary schools and eight secondary schools next year, S.M.C. Opium Committee
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