J. L. GRAEF
HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
Skiis and Snowshoes
Service Is Our Watchword
Italian Officers Can Now
Marry Women of Choice
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ROME, Jail. 13.—Italian officers!
could only marry in time gone by j
girls who had money, and then only
by the king’s consent. Now they can
marry any girl they please.
It was a tradition in the Italian
army that the wife brought the in
come into the family, for the pay of
an oficer is but nominal. The sys
tem was not productive of the hap- j
piest relations between all the offi
cers and their wives, so the Italian j
parliament has passed a law giving
the officer the right to choose any j
wife he wishes so long as there is
nothing in the transaction to reflect
upon the service.
The insistence of the w’-e having
money dates from the middle ages,
when soldiery was a nobleman’s pro
fession. The army then belonged
the sovereign and all the acts of his
officers were subject to his approval.
Now, the army has become more j
democratic in its organization as it j
affects the aspirants for the profes- i
sion of soldiery. Officers are now
recruited from every walk of life.
The king’s consent was theoreti- j
cally demanded until very recently.
While the king could not personally
pass upon the merits of each mar
riage, the authority was passed on
down the line to army and corps
commanders. It then went on down
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still farther until commanders of
companies and police commissioners
exercised the right of approval or
rejection of a permit to marry.
Royal assert then became a
travesty, but according to the last
parliamentary act, a certificate from
the ministry of war is now all that
is necessary. This certificate must
be presented to the legal marriage
authority before an officer can have
the ceremony performed.
Even now, though the restrictions
on choosing only girls with money
has been abandoned, the Italian of
ficer thinks well of the economic
side of his marriage before choosing
a partner. American heiresses solve
the problem admirably if an Ameri
can girl can be found who fits into
the Italian family life. Here, the
husband is supreme ruler of the
family. Many American girls have
made successful marriages with
Itailian officers and noblemen, but
there are cases where the girls find
their liberty somewhat limited and
their spirit controlled.
Italian officers generally appeal to
American girls because of their
dazling uniforms and parlor mili
tary manners. The girls love to
hear the click of the spurs when
the officer is presented to them.
They love to see the practice of
hand-kissing. Then, Italian officers
have time to spend in the salons and
tea-rooms, providing the girls with
more of a thrill, for, at home, the
men are always rushing off to busi
ness or doing some kind o( work
which keeps * nrm away.
“They are gieat lovers here,” re
marked a JiUU American g» 1 ic
cently after Icing courted by a
smart bersagiieri officer. “Love is
hie to them They can spend some
time with a gin instead of gettiing
down hard to business.”
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SAYS HUMANS NOT WORTH
SAVING
Clarence Darrow noted lawyer and
general pessimist who says that hu
mans are not worth saving, claiming
that mankind is selfish, has no goal,
is tyrannical and prejudiced. As to
super-men three are none known, and
if one should appear he would eat
the average humans in the form of a
savory appetizer.
SWEDEN TO USE
PLANES TO END
TRAFFIC IN RUM
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13.—To such j
vast proportions has the liquor smug-1
gling trade developed in the Swedish !
archipelago that the authorities have ;
decided to use airplanes in hunting |
rum runners.
Government officials are much
heartened over the apparent change
in the attitude of the majority of
the Swedish people toward prohibi
tion, many who at first openly sym
pathized with the smugglers having
declared that because of the evil
effects of the trade on the country
they would assist in eliminating the
rum runners.
LEASE FAIRBANKS HOTEL
Miss Barbara Fuller and Miss Ruby
Turner have leased the International
Hotel and poolroom on Garden Island
from Emil Pozzi and will conduct the
business. Before going to Fairbanks :
Miss Turner conducted a hotel in
Aberdeen, and Miss Fuller was pro
prieter of a pool room in Anchorage.
Mr. Pozzi will open a store in Fair
banks.
Haas Fresh Candies at the Alaska
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TRANSFERRING AND TEAMING
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H. V HOBEN A F. DAVIS
KERMAND DROWN IN THE
KUSKOKWIM RIVER AT FLAT
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Falling through the ice of the Kus
kokwim into a depth of eight feet of
water and unable to raise himself up
with the pole shoved out for his res
cue, Joe Kermand of Flat, better
known as Joe the Barber, nodded his
head at the native who was trying
to make the rescue and sank below
the crust of the river ice to his death.
Mr. Kermand, who follows the bar
ber trade in Flat in the summer, makes
several trips up the Kuskokwim in
the winter buying furs. When the ac
cident happened he was driving a
dog team on the river followed by a
native with another team, who was
carrying the supplies.
The leaders of Mr. Ivermand’s team
became entangled in the harness and
he went forward to untangle them,
the ice giving way and precipitating
him into the water. The native rush- :
ed to his aid with a pole. The ice kept
breaking away as Kermand tried to
keep out and in a final effort to make '
the heavier crusted surface, he seem-1
ed to sense the uselessness of it,
nodded to the native to back off and
sank out of sight.
Mr. Kermand lived for many years
in Flat and was kell known there. The
tragedy brought great sorrow to his
many friends.
NEW PARKS CHIEF
SOUGHT BY SEATTLE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—A competitive i
examination for superintendent of
parks will be held January 28, it was j
announced yesterday by A. H. Grout, ;
secretary of the city civil service com- I
mission.
There has been a vacancy in the
position for several months, since
Major Jesse A. Jackson resigned.
Prof. A. P. Romine, of Bellingham,
an old friend of Mayor Brown, has
been acting under a temporary ap
pointment. The position pays $300 a
month.
Much comment has been aroused
at the city hall over jockeying in
the civil service commission in con
nection with this examination. The
commission first arbitrarily abolish
ed the existing eligible list. Then it
fixed first one date and later another
for the examination. Instead of throw
ing the position open to the best fit
ted applicant from the entire country,
as heretofore, the commission restrict
ed the field to Seattle and then ex
tended it to include the state.
WA'iERBURY SENTENCED
WHEN PLEADS GUILTY
Art’ Waterbury, arrested recently
in Juneau by Agent W. S. Harding
of the Dry unit, was arraigned before
the Judge in the capital city on a
charge of possession of liquor and
entered a plea of guilty. He was
sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and
30 days imprisonment in the local
Federal jail.
Waterbury is said to have been
carrying six one-gallon water bot
tles filled with moonshine booze at
the time of his arrest.
PREMIER MINES PAY
DIVIDEND TOTALLING
$1,700,000 PAST YEAR
The Premier Gold Mining Com
pany operating in the Portland Can
al mining district recently paid a
dividend of $500,000 <o it stock
holders bringing the di' idem! rec
ord of that great mine to the sum
of $"<,000,000 since the mine com
menced production less than four
years ago, states a report received
here.
The dividend paid last week makes
the rcurth one of the pa,-." year, 3
oilers totalling $1,200,000 having been
aiifady paid.
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