ITALIANS GRATIFIED
AT NEW CABLE LINE
TO NORTH AMERICA
ROME, March 23.—Tin* conclusion
t.his month of t’ne work of laying a
submarine cable from Anzio, Italy
to Malaga, Spain, whereby Italy is
fcr the first time joined by direct
cable to the Nonh American conti
nent, is being hailed with enthusiasm
by that large section of the Italian
population which turns avidly toward
the United £Tate§ for inspiration for
Italy’s fas gitwng commercial and
industrial life.
But the completion of the cable
also is having the effect of empha
sizing the extent to which Italy has
up until the present occupied a pec
uliarly insular role in regard to daily
news communication with the Am
ericas, and even with northern and
western Europe.
The Roman newspapers, and there
are but few large Italian newspapers
outside of Rome, are fashioned in
conformity with the Latin journalis
tic idea that opinion is more import
ant than news, and that news should
have the color brought to it oy the
personal viewpoint of the reporter or
tlie political creed of the journal
Each newspaper publishes but a
scant few columns of news nom
abroad and most of that comes from
the nearby countries, France most
often. These columns treat almost
exclusively of political happenings
and only occasionally of news events.
Fresh news is scarce and for freak
and human interest stories, which
the Italians love a much as do the
Americans, the Rome dailies rely on
venerable foreign newspapers, re
writing unashamedly everything that
pleases them without bothering about
the time of its origin.
Practically all news from the U.
S. comes by way of London and ot
Paris, and much of it suffers strange
distortion which indicates the rela>
race it has run.
Popular Priced Jazz
Invades Covent Garden
LONDON, March 23.—London’s fa
mous Covent Garden Theatre, offi
cially known as the Royal Opera
House, has come at last under tne
spell of jazz. The theatre, built in
1858, is to be taken over by a syn
dicate which gives dances every niic
in the week at popular prices. This
will be the first time that the thea
tre has been used as a dance hall,
although many public dances have
been held there in former times. The
dancing season will end in the late
spring, it is announced, in time lor
what is to be known as an internat
ional season of opera.
The Royal Opera House which be
came popularly known as Covent
Garden Theatre because of its loca
tion near the famous market place,
lias had varied experiences, naving
been used for opera, drama, circus,
ballet, pantomine, revue and films.
During the war it served as a store
house for furniture from other build
ings taken over by the government
for office purposes.
McMillan Will Outfit
Ship With Low Wave
Length Radio Outfit
CHICAGO. March 23.—As a means
of developing the low wage length
efficiency in radio, Commander McMil
lan, Arctic explorer, today announced
he would have his expedition into the
far north equipped with transmitters
of four wave lengths wlien it departs
for the north this year.
His decision to use the low wave
length was reached following a con
ference of radio experts in which
is was developed that the best re
sults had been obtained in short me
ter work rather than over long wave
lengths.
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO
“RUSSIA” RETURNED; NO
SUCH COUNTRY EXISTING
BERLIN, March 23.—Letters ad
dressed St. Petersburg, Russia, were
returned here today marked “countrj
and city unknown”
All letters must be addressed ‘‘Un
ion of Socialistic Soviet Republics,’
instead of Russia, and "Leningrad’
instead of St Petersburg.
PUZZLE CRAZE RIDES
INTO POPULARITY IN
SOUTHERN EUROPE
ROME, March 21.—Tin* crossword
puzzle craze lias reached Italy in its
triumphal march from the Tinted
States.
The engaging pastime which has
made dictionaries best sellers, first
took Great Britain by storm and then
crossed into France where it over
came the prejudices of thousands of
citizens of that nation which, more
than any other in Europe, had been
famous tor its philological insularity
and for its passionate insistence up
ou the purity of its verbal expres
sions.
Now, the fad, disguised as “L’ln
dovinello delle Parole Incroeiate” has
crossed the Alps into Italy and its
proponents predict confidently that
nothing can stop its advance into the
heart of central Europe and even in
to the geopraphical crazy quilt of the
Balkans where languages and dialects
abound.
Foreigners in Italy for some time
had interested and disturbed the na
tives by their peculiar antics and ges
ticulations in front of black and
wiiite squares in foreign newspapers,
but it remained for a weekly news
paper to explain the mystery and in
cidentally to introduce the cult.
That tne “parole incroeiate” is but
a distant relative of our own cross
word puzzle is immediately apparent
after a literal translation of some of
j the explanatory definitions. Here
are several furnished with the sec
ond puzzle: In water I am strong and
gay; smiles at everyone but rarely
at him who touches it; it is pure,
tolls when death appears; an im
mense adjective; always sacred; be
yong the octave; renowned for work
of genius; found in Italian politics;
perciptible; more luminous I am and
more impalpable.
In this puzzle there are eight right
and left words and 13 up and down,
no word has less than four letters
and eight have eight letters. The
newspaper announces it will publish
| a puzzle each week and offers 32,000
i lire in prizes for accurate solutions
! during the year.
One large Roman daily has already
| announced its intention to publish the
i puzzles and other newspapers are
said to be preparing to follow suit.
Masked robbers secured $100,000
worth of furs from a New York ware
house, just as the owners were get
ting prepared to supply the big sum
mer demand.
Nathan Elvein of Duluth, Minn.,
; spent fifty cents for an old mattress,
in which he found hidden jewelry
worth §7,000.
British Female Offenders
Repeat Oftener than Male
LONDON, March 21.—The most
habitual offenders against the laws
of Great Britain are women, accord
ing to the report of the commission
ers of prisons and the directors of
convict prisons for the past year No
fewer than 7,258 out of the 8,801 wo
men received into prison in the year
had been convicted before, or 83 per
cent, compared with 62 per cent of
the men. More than 3,200 women
had been convicted 11 to 20 times
and 2.SN6 more than 20 times.
The report also shows that the to
tal number of prisoners received un
der sentence was 58,216 compared
with 60,832 for the preceeding year, a
decrease of 2,616. At the convict
prisons 466 persons were sentenced
to penal servitude in 1923-24 against
495 for the previous year.
Referring to the general conduct
of prisoners in all establishments, the
commissioners say there is no doubt
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
'^^Mfand third Wednesdays of each
/Nr\ month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
C^=^W8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows'
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION, SEWARD
POST NO. FIVE
Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
S. Bogart, Commander; L.
Adjhtant.
come. J.
W. Olson.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER j
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays, of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
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Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
March 24 March 31 April 7
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
April 7 April 14 April 20
S. S. ADMIRAL PEARY
April 27—With freight and explosives.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
iH.F. ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING OF STR. STARR WEST, APRIL 5
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, AfW
PHONE MADISON 13*. <£WARD, ALA8KA
that there is a different tone in trie
prison population of today, due part
ly to the fact that the majority of
the persons received are a less vio
lent type than formerly, hut due also
to a change in the attitude of the au
thorities towards the prisoners which
tends to bring about a better spirit
in the prison communities.
Sixth Birthday of Fascism
Celebrated in Rome Today!
ROME, March 23.—The sixth birth
day of Fascism was celebrated by
a great mass meeting and a parade
of more than twenty thousand “Black
shirts.”
The big moment of the parade was
when Premier Mussolini made his
first public appearance since the be
ginning of his illness and delivered
an address in which he declared:
“What I want to say to you is that
it is spring now and now the fun
begins.”
TODAY’S FISH MARKET.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Mar. 23.—
Halibut 7 and 3 cents; salmon 18, 12
and 9 cents.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Let Morrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets Ail Boats and Trains
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
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FRESH MILK,
CREAM AND ALL
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Our Motto:
“The Best”
SEWARD DAIRY
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
ALASKA
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
March 21
March 28
April 4th
April 11
April 18
April 25
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
April IS
April 25
May 2
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
March 2S
April 4
April 11th.
April 18.
April 25
May 2
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
McKINLEY PARK ROUTE
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices
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