• HUN OFFICERS
DISLIKED AND
IN DIRE WANT
BERLIN, July 28 (by Associated
P ress).—No one in Germany sighs
more fervently for “the good old
Clays’’ of the kaiser than the former
army officer. Forced off the govern
« ment payroll by the reduction of the
army, untrained for work other than
soldiering, and so generally disliked
by the population that he has diffi
culty in finding any kind of employ
ment, the officer’s lot in democratic
Germany is a hard one. His pre-war
world, in which he strutted about as
the privileged pet of the emperor, has
been utterly destroyed.
Many have been reduced to ex
treme financial straits. The middle
_$ged ex-officer gets a pension of
3,800 marks a year, but that is only
about a fifth of the amount required
to maintain a family. So urgent is
their need that a movement has been
set on foot to form an ex-officers’
association for the purpose of induc
ing the government to provide them
land and subsidies.
A former officer, dolefully discus
j^ng with the correspondent the
plight of himself and his fellows, re
marked that the expression once cur
rent in the United States, “There’s
no good Indian but a dead Indian,’’
applied precisely nowadays to the
German public’s attitude toward the
officer class.
Private soldiers bear out this
m statement. “At the beginning of the
■war,” one said, “the troops were
fond of their officers, who ate the
same food, carried their own packs,
and shared the hardships of the men,
but most of the regular officers were
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sent away from the lines for staff and
other duties.
“Their places were taken by the re
serves who were an entirely different
lot. They had to have special kit
chens and milk and plenty of wine.
They refused to march with the
troops, always riding in automobiles,
and making the men carry their
packs. They were bullies and
tyrants, and the men grew to hate
them. The civilian population felt
the same way. I was in Belgium
when the armistice was signed, and
when we withdrew to the Rhineland
th# people there were willing enough
to provide lodgings for us privates,
but they refused to have officers in
their homes. Those fellows now
are only getting what’s coming to
them.”
In a nupiber of cases ex-officers
have found themselves inadvertently
applying for workt to the very pri
vates they once commanded. These
former soldiers, business men and
shopkeepers, take keen delight, it is
said, in turning down their old su
periors. Many of the young ex-offi
cers are taking up engineering and
other technical lines, starting at the
bottom of the ladder as manual
workers in overalls.
„ After the first revolution it was a
risky thing for an officer to appeal
on the streets in uniform. They were
emboldened by the Kapp coup last
March and since then have been show
ing themselves in increasing numbers,
especially student reserve officers,
who are easily identified by their
pale faces slashed with fresh sword
cuts received in duels.
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
LIBERALS WIN OUT IN
TUESDAY’S ELECTION
HALIFAX, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—The liberal government head
I ed by George H. Murray, which has
been im power continuously for thirty
eight years, was returned with a ma
jority of 17 in the house of 43 members
in Tuesday’s elections.
BATTLESHIP TO
BE TARGET OF
FLEET MATES
WASHINGTON, July 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The once famous
battleship Iowa, which played no
small part in the destruction of
Cevera’s fleet at Santiago is being
prepared at the Philadelphia navy
yard for what naval officials say will
be one of the most unique target
experiments ever attempted.
Proceeding unmanned, but under
radio, probably from seaplanes, the
cld sea-fighter will become the objec
tive of the big guns of the Atlantic
fleet superdreadnoughts in Chesa
peake Bay late this summer. This
will be the first time that Amer
ican warships have used a moving
target except in actual wrar.
Two of the Iowa’s coal burning
boilers are being converted to burn
oil so the ship may continue under
way with no one aboard once her
fires have been started burning and
her engines placed in motion.
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It is expected that the unique
practice will give the gunpointers of
the Atlantic fleet an opportunity to
test their ability under conditions as
nearly like those to be expected in
battle as can be obtained. Smoke
screens will be thrown around the
Iowa during the runs and the course
will be changed at will through the
radio control system, necessitating a
change in range on all the firing ships
exactly as would occur in action.
The Iowa has already been stripped
of some of its guns and much valu
able metal and the practice will be
continued until the old vessel, a mass
of twisted metal, sinks beneath the
waves to join the old Texas, wrhich,
as the San Marcos, was used as a
stationary target years ago.
The battleship Ohio has been turn
ed over to the Bureau of steam en
gineering for purposes of experiment
in radio control and a staff of expert
technical officers has been placed on
board to arrange the Iowra practice
IDLE NAVAL VESSELS
WANTED TO SCOUT
OC N FOR STORMS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (by As
1 sociated Press).—Idle naval vessels
; are needed by the weather bureau to
scout the Pacific for storms, E. A.
Beals, San Francisco district fore
caster, declares. The vessels could
wireless advance information regard
ing the storms, he said.
“Storms travel about 600 miles
daily,” Beals declared. “When we
have no information from the district
where they originate, they are on us
before we know it. Our service could
be greatly improved if navy vessels
could visit parts of the ocean where
there is a paucity of weather reports
and wireless their observations to us.”
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North American Indian Division: Clear the Way!
RGANIZATION of one or more full divisions of Indian troops as a part of
the reorganized army and to he known as the North American Indian di
vision or divisions, is pending in congress as part of the army reorganization
legislation. Many instances of ex
■*** ploits of personal heroism on the west
ern front were furnished the com
mittee as evidence of valuable man
power which it is contended would be
wasted if the Indians are denied ft
place in the army scheme.
A majority of the more than 17,
000 Indians who saw military service
during the war were members of the
Nineteenth division, the Texas and
Oklahoma National Army division; the
Thirty-sixth division, National Guards
men from the same two states, and
the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth infantry, or old Sixty-ninth New York, which
received heavy Indian replacements to fill the gaps produced in its ranks l?y
lighting on the Marne. But the redskins served in many other units and in
practically all services.
Dr. J. K. Dixon declared that after visiting numerous camps and hos
pitals, all “officers interviewed, from the commanding officer to the corpora?
or petty officer, who have had Indians under their command, with one accord
lender universal and enthusiastic commendation of the brilliance, the stabil
ity, the amenability to discipline, the heroism and valor of the Indian as a
fighting force in our American army and navy.”
Doctor Dixon’s plan proposes the establishment of permanent regimental
or battalion headquarters on or near important reservations, a system of
schools on or near reservations for the purpose of preparing Indian youths
*for a military career and duties of citizenship, and a higher school, to be
mown as the Indian West Point, for instructing Indians in the duties of non
* ■ commissioned officers. The army service would make the Indian a full citizen.
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ROYAL YOUTHS
BROUGHT UP
IN WISE WAY
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ROME, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—The children of the Italian
royal family are rapidly growing up
and begin to form the center of young
people belonging to the aristocratic
families of the nation, who are full of
enthusiastic patriotism and desires to
put the world to rights after the sad
years of the war.
The eldest Princess Yolanda is
just 19 and has inherited much of the
splendid dark beauty of her mother.
Queen Elena. Princess Mafalda, who
is only 17 is a gentle girl with great
charm of manner, who resembles
rather the princesses of the house of
Savoy.
They all have been brought up most
wisely, living a healthy open-air life
in the castles belonging to the royal
family in their native Piedmont, or
in the beautiful hunting lodge of
Castel Porziano, about 20 miles from
Rome, on the shores of the Mediter
ranean, where, especially in their
childhood, they laid in stores of
health and hannv memories for their
future life.
Prince Hubert, the heir apparent,
has shot up into a fine looking boy
of nearly 16, who is devoted to every
kind of sport, in the intervals of the
somewrhat severe mental training
which he is undergoing to fit him for
his future position.
Princess Yolanda, who considers
herself now quite a grown up young
lady, delights to accompany her
father for motor expeditions in the
Campagna and lately went with'him
to spend some hours of serious study
of the latest excavations at ’Ostia,
the port of Rome in ancient imper
ial days, which, perhaps, even better
than Pompeii, gives an idea of how
people lived in a seaside provincial
town 1,600 or 1,700 years ago.
Among the latest discoveries has
been that of houses of two or three
stories, evidently let out in separate
apartments, just like the houses in
Rome today, while others seem to
have been lodging houses where a
single owner let two or three rooms
to several families, so that life must
have been very much like what it is
now.
WASHINGTON STADIUM
WILL HAVE SEATING
CAPACITY FOR 75,000
SEATTLE, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—Giant hydraulic streams are
slowly carving out of the University I
of Washington campus here the site
for a $600,000 stadium being built to
stage the university’s athletic contests
and the city’s big outdoor meetings.
Washington field, as the stadium has
been named, will seat between 60,000
and 75,000 people when completed.
The structure is being constructed in
units. Work on the first unit, which
will seat 10,000 people, will be pushed
so a StanfordWashigton football game
scheduled for November 6, 1920, can
be played in the stadium.
POPULATION PEKING
. IS MOSTLY MALES
PEKING, July 29 (by Associated
Press).—The population of Peking, ac
cording to latest tabulation, is 978,552,
of which 645,725 are males. There are
156,213 families.
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blacksmith, mine or shop. 26-6t
FOR SALE—Three room house.. Inquire
R. A. Wilcox at Finkelstein & Sapiro’s
store or phone 142-3 rings. 26-10t
LOST—Envelope containing note. Also
receipt for money. Reward for return
to Times Office, 2ts
LOST—-Diamond engagement ring; also
old ivory and nugget dinner ring. Re
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Times Office._ ^
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Alaskan Grill. 20-tf
WANTED—Waitress. Apply to Alaskan
Grill. _15-tf
WANTED—An ironing girl. Apply at
Northern Laundry. 15-tf
FOUND—Key in front of Alaska Public
Utilities office. Owner can secure same
at Times office.
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool table, In
good condition, Price $150. See F. H.
Foster. 11-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments In the Burk
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FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley.
I DEMOCRATIC WAR CHEST
NOW OPEN FOR FUNDS
WASHINGTON, July 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Cfiairman White of the
Democratic national committee an
nounced today that the Democratic
war chest is open to contributions in
any amount. Party leaders, he said,
would examine sources rather than
amounts of all contributions.
SUNNY ITALY
SENDING MANY
IMMIGRANTS
NEW YORK, July 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Hoffman Island, de
tention station of the New York
quarantine service now has an aver
age transient population of more than
1,000 a day due to the inbound rush
of Italian immigrants.
In addition, the five ' doctors at
tached to the station have given up
all thoughts of vacation and are
working, one of the quarantine offi
cials said, to the limits of human en
durance in vaccinating, fumigating
inspecting prospective citizens and
their families.
The reason for the unusual call for
the services on Hoffman Island is
said to be a misunderstanding on the
part of Italian officials and steamship
companies respecting United States
public health regulations. Travelers
from districts where typhus and
other transmittable diseases prevail
are supposed to be “deloused,” exam
ined and certified as “clean” by the
American health officers before they
board the ship.
These regulations are not being
complied with, officials here claim
and therefore the delousing and fumi
gating must be done before the trav
eler is landed. The expense of the
work here is charged to the steam
ship companies.
During the last week more than
half dozen ships have arrived from
ports where typhus carrying suspects
could be taken on board. All of
these ships have been detained in
quarantine while the steerage pass
engers numbering from one to two 1
thousand on each ship, were taken off
on barges, landed at Hoffman Island
and detained for 24 to 48 hours.
During the detention they are com
pelled to take a thorough bath from
the tops of their heads to the soles
of their feet. Their clothing, bag
gage and effects are put through a
bath of live steam. From Hoffman
Island, arrivals are taken to Ellis
Island for examination by immigra
tion authorities as to their qualifi
cations.
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You a Cigar We Can
Guess the Answer!
Think of the number of let
ters in the name of your favorite
tobacco or cigar.
Double this number.
Add eight.
Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
I started with.
Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six. ,l(,
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Come into the Horseshoe, and
if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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Soon Shows
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you that your complexion is clearer, hair
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naturally a larger feeling of self satisfaction.
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Hun Spy Fourteen Months Under Death Sentence
SAN ANTONIO, TEX.—In the military prison at Fort Sam Houston, under
sentence to die by banging, is a young German naval officer, who says his
name is Lathor Witsche. He is probably the most important prisoner captured
in this country during the war, and
although sentenced to death fourteen
months ago, President Wilson has not
Indicated what his action in the case
will be.
Witsche was captured in Nogules.
Ariz., Feb. 1, 1918, where he crossed
the line for the purpose of instigating
negro uprisings in the south and as
sisting in other,,plots. As a result of
the capture of Witsche, the United
States authorities were finally enabled
to identify the active head of the Ger
man secret service in North America. This man was Kurt Jahncke, a German
resident of Mexico City.
It is said that Witsche may Hoi cl the secret that will explain the explo
sions in New Jersey, notably the Big Tom explosion in Jersey City and the
great Kingsland catastrophe. He is reported to have admitted knowing about
these explosions, and it was upon information furnished by allied secret agents
in Mexico that the American authorities at Nogales were able immediately to
arrest Witsche when he crossed the border.
When the war was going on the American authorities were never able to
gain any information from the spy regarding Germ: ir secret service work. But
he now admits he was of the enemy secret service, and that his immediate su
perior was Jahncke, to whom, he says, he had orders to report for duty when
he arrived in Mexico.
Witsche says he left Germany in 1912, and that he landed first in the
United States at San Francisco in 1916. He had been an officer on the German
cruiser Dresden.__
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