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...such an honor for a service rendered as private citizens which any number of other Americans could or would have done as well. . . ." When fog trapped the Aquitania 200 miles out of New York, slowing her progress, Hero Young became impatient. The next day his eldest son, Charles Jacob Young, was being married in Cleveland to Miss Esther Marie Christensen. From Paris Hero Young had promised his prospective daughter-in-law to attend her wedding, even if the Reparations compact had to be rushed to signature. It was early evening before the liner paused at Quarantine where Hero Young boarded...
...fire. Soldiers fell. Hastily the French commander flung out a skirmish line, halted the advance. His little patrol was completely ambushed by 3,000 ragged, bearded, fierce-fighting Moors. Firing every inch of the way the French patrol retreated through the pass to the cement blockhouse of Ait Yacoub (Jacob's Hummock). For 48 hours the garrison of 360 French and Senegalese stood off 3,000 yelling bloodthirsty tribesmen owing allegiance to no recognized Sheikh, who had sworn to die rather than submit to French rule. In the ambush and retreat to Ait Yacoub, 13 French were killed...
Married. Charles Jacob Young, son of Owen D. Young, chairman of the late successful Reparations Conference in Paris (see p. 14); and Esther Marie Christensen, Cleveland Junior Leaguer, daughter of Niels Anthon Christensen, Danish vice-consul and airbrake inventor; in Cleveland...
Buffalo, Niagara & Eastern Power Corp.: Schoellkopf property, largest U. S. power system, serving 500 cities and towns including Buffalo. Niagara Falls supplies most of its power. Jacob, Paul and Alfred Schoellkopf are Board Chairman, President and General Manager...
Northeastern Power Corp.: Carlisle property, serving many a community along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence. Chairman is F. L. Carlisle, President is H. E. Machold, New York State Republican leader. Jacob F. Jr. and Paul Schoellkopf are directors...