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* VOLUME 20. NUMBER 232
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
MARINES CLAIM
FORCED ACT AS
WAITERS PARTY
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BOYS SLEEP WHILE ON GUARD
OVER PRESIDENT AND ARE
NOW UNDER ARREST
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 2S—
Corporal Andrew Chanton Chervant
and Private Clarence Key, of Texas,
members of the United States Marine
Corps, are prisoners aboard the presi
dential yacht Mayflower, awaiting a
court martial for sleeping on guard
at the summer White House.
Lieutenant Edgar Poe. jr., denied
the report that the prisoners were kept
awake to act as waiters at parties at
the camp of the presidential guard
before they fell aasleep. Poe said,
f “To my knowledge no liquor has ever
been brought into the camp.”
ROME WILL REVIVE
ANCIENT BATHS OF
ATHLETIC INCLINED
ROME. Aug. 28. (/P)—Public baths,
which constituted part of the great
ness o ancient Rome, are beginning
to come into vogue again with the
t ever growing interest in athletics
on the part of Italian youth.
Inspired partly by the grandiose
pomposity of the ruins of such an
^ cient structures as the baths of Car
acalla and Diocletian and partly by
the practicability of modern gymna- j
siums, Italian architects have drawn j
up plans for the erection of two mas
sive structures which are destined
to serve the Roman public not only
as baths but also as athletic and
sport centers.
One of these is to be constructed
in the Piazza Risorgimenta, in the
center of one of Rome’s most rapid
ly growing residential sections. Ac
'y cording to the architect’s plans it will
be rivaled in splendid ornateness
only by such new buildings as the
Palace of Justice at the Piazza Ca
vour. The new public bath estab-!
lishment will contain, among other
things, a huge swimming pool, 60
meters by 20, as well as a large
gymnasium, reading and lounging
rooms and other equipment calcu
lated to attract athletically inclined
young men.
The site for the other building now
in project has not been definitely
chosen, but it probably will be locat
^ ? ed in the Esquiline quarter of the
city.
Kaplin Fights Draw with
Babe Herman Last Night
WATERBURY, Conn., Aug. 28 (/P).
Louis Kaplan fought a 15-round draw
with Babe Herman last night, the de
cision proving unpopular. A majority
the newspaper men favored Her
man. The fight was tame until the end
when Kaplan tried to puncture Her
man’s guard.
Kaplan fractured his right hand in
the eighth round, the bone being bro
ken just below the knuckle of the
first finger. He said he was unable
to use his right after the eighth ex
cepting to guard with. Herman also
v hurt his hand but it was not fractur
ed, physicians say.
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Esther Frances Hill, a little color
ed girl of Hagerstown, Md., who re
cently saved a train from being
wrecked by flagging it before it
ran into a tree blown across the
track, has been given a reward of
.$100 by the company.
Dr. James Carr, a British educator,
jsays that too much home work is
, for children’s eyes.
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Tokio Plans to Reclaim Many
Acres Annually Inundated
TOKIO, Aug. 28. (JP)—The munici
pal authorities have announced that
several hundred acres of land in
Tokio, which yearly are inundated
by floods, are to be raised by the
use or earth removed -in the con
struction of the new subway, sewers,
water mains and other projects. The
city has had this plan under consid
eration for a number of years, but
it has been postponed from time to
time because of lack of fund.
The total cost of salvaging the low
ground and making it habitable is
estimated at 30,000,000 yen. The sub
way construction is expected to pro
vide sufficient earth to cover 333
acres.
The aid of the government will be
asked in the reclamation work.
FRENCH ORPHAN JOINED
U. S. ARMY AT AGE OF TEN
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 20 (/P)—Capitol
Post No. 9, of the American Legion,
has an active member, Maurice Pack
| er, a French orphan, who joined the
American army in France in Decem
ber, 1917, when he was 10 years old.
The 162nd Ihfantry adopted Packer,
and to avoid technicalities his name
was formally placed on the muster
roll. When the outfit went into ac
tion he was left with French families
back of the lines.
Wearing three service stripes in
dicative of 18 months of service over
seas, the boy was discharged at Camp
Lewis, Wash., April 16, 1919. Thus
he was entitled to full membership
in the legion. An experienced bugler
he has joined the bugle and drum
corps of the post.
When adopted by the soldiers, Mau
rice spoke little English. In the six
years he has been in this country he
has passed through the grades of
grammar school and completed the
first three years of high school.
Will Attempt To Fly
Paris To New York
PARIS, Aug. 26 (£>)—The Petit Pa
risian said today that Lieut. Taraseon,
a French flyer, with a companion,
would endeavor to fly from Paris to
New York about September 5. Ray
mond Orteig of New York has offered
$25,000 to the first aviator who will
perform this feat.
INLET NEWS NOTES
Jesse B. Garber a successful Wil
low creek operator, arrived in An
chorage a> few days ago with a fine
display of high grade ore which will
be exhibited at the local Fair next
month.
J. E. Wilson, who has been laid up
with a bad attack of lumbago for sev
eral weeks, has fully recovered and
says he will make things hum for the
remainder of the season.
C. W. Thrift, who recently made a
business trip to Seldovia, returned to
Anchorage Tuesday on the mail boat
Salmo, Capt. Tom Perry, and plans
leaving for Fairbanks Monday.
The mail boat Salmo arrived in port
Tuesday from Seldovia and way ports
and left again Thursday on the return
trip. Capt. Perry is making a special
trip back to Anchorage carrying a load
of exhibits for the Fair. This will in
clude many foxes from the various
farms along the Inlet, farm and fish
products and mineral specimens. On
the Thursday trip the boat is taking
down a full load'of lumber and fox
farm wire to Kasilof for A1 Hardy,
game warden, who is starting to build
a home and farm adjoining the Wil
liamson fox farm.
Miriam Hinnen, 9 year old girl of
Cincinnati, has two big snakes as
playmates.
MARINE GIVEN 2
YEARS IN PRISON
FOR MISCONDUCT
ALLEGED TO HAVE MADE SLAN
DEROUS REMARKS ABOUT
SERVICE AND A. W. O. L.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28 (/P)—
Private George Beam, a member of
the marine guard at the summer
White House at Swampscott, was
today sentenced to serve two years
in the naval prison at Portsmouth, N.
H., with dishonorable discharge. He
plead guilty to conduct prejudicial to
good order and discipline, being ab
sent for 14 hours without leave, and
making slanderous remarks about the
service. It is also alleged that he
broke arrest and refused to bathe
while under arrest.
Gambling Craze Hits Cork
Hard, Civic Official Avers
CORK, Ireland, Aug. 26. (/P)— At a
hearing at which the defendants were
bookmakers, accused of violating the
law by accepting bets on horse races,
the superintendent of the civic guard
of Cork asserted that “the city has
simply gone mad on the betting craze
—men, women and children—and
something out to be done about it.”
Every part o'f the city was affected,
more or less, he averred, and the
craze had even penetrated into the
pupils of the public schools.
Whenever a big race wa3 scheduled
traffic in the principal streets was
often held up by the people who as
sembled to discuss the event and to
make bets on their favorite animals.
The crowds jammed the thorough
fares, said the superintendent, and
stood about for hours with newspa
pers and racing papers in their
hands discussing “form,” and to
make matters worse, he contended,
“most of the people to whom I have
referred could not afford to bet.
When they do so they neglect their
cares at home.”
The three principal defendants
were fined $100 each.
Marston Unlucky In Quest
For Amateur Golf Crown
OAKMONT, Pa., Aug. 28. (£>)—
Maxwell R. Marston of Philadelphia
became amateur golf champion of
the United States in 1923 after eight
years of competing in the event. To
day he is an uncertain factor in the
coming championship at the Oak
mont Country Club course.
Marston is a most interesting links
man. There was a time when he used
a long sweep of the club on the
shortest pitches with remarkable ac
curacy but in recent years he has
changed the style somewhat, until it
more nearly approaches that of oth
er golfers of note.
Bob Gardner, veteran Chicagoan,
has been Marston’s nemesis in the
search for the amateur crown, elim
inating him in the early rounds and
semi-finals three successive times.
Last year at Merion he progressed
to the semi-finals, putting out C. O.
Hazlet of Ireland, J. Wood Platt and
Dexter Cummings on the way, but
he played poorly against George Van
Elm and wras beaten, 7 and 6.
Celebrating the opening of its
palatial new $1,500,000 home, the
Miami News issued an edition of
504 pages, the largest ever printed
by any newspaper.
Injections of malaria germs have
been successfully used in the treat
ment of paresis, a disease formerly
considered Incurable.
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Mark Twain Memorial
Library Being Erected
KEOKUK, la., Aug. 28. (/P)—A
memorial for Mark Twain will be in
cluded in the new building of an in
surance company here.
The new building will be located
next door to the old print shop in
which Mark Twain worked as a
printer during 1856 setting type for
a city directory, which his brother,
Orion, published. In this directory
the humorist gives his occupation as
antiquarian.
A room or library in which will be
kept many of the records of Clemens’
personal life is the memorial plan
ned. A printer’s case, photographs,
autographs and possibly a copy of
the directory on which Clemens
worked will be included as part of
the equipment.
MURDER OF OAKLAND NURSE
REVEALS SALACIOUS DETAILS
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 28 (#>)—
Gordon Howe, a San Francisco ac
countant and employer of Mrs. Bessie
Loring, the murdered Oakland nurse,
was released today after eight hours
severe grilling by officials of the three
Bay counties.
Assistant Prosecutor Hoey said that
Rowe made contradictory statements,
but said nothing that would incrimi
nate) himself.
C. B. Tanner, clerk at the hotel at
which Mrs. Loring was registered up
to the time of her disappearance, said,
“I am positive that Rowe is the man
of professional appearance who visited
Bessie in the hotel, August 19.”
Letters from Drs. Meyer and Pease
were found in Bessie's effects of an
intimate nature, referring to her con
dition, and proffering advice as to an
operation. The letter stated that the
writer was enclosing the amount ask
ed for.
Body of Petersburg
Woman Found On Flats
PETERSBURG, Alaska, Aug. 26 (^P).
The body of Mrs. Thomas Rice, for
merly Mrs. Hogue, was found on the
tide flats Wednesday, near where her
husband threw her overboard from
his gasboat, following a quarrel in
which the woman was severely beat
en. The body of Rice was found sev
eral days ago.
Rice and his wife and two small
children were coming to Petersburg
from Wrangell a few weeks ago, and
the girls told the officers that Rice
knocked the woman down several
times and then threw her over, later
jumping over himself. Both had been
drinking heavily. The girls made
their way along the beach to a can
nery nearby, after the boat ran on the
beach.
British Ship Owners Compete
For Tramp Steamer Cargoes
LONDON, Aug. 28. (/P)—Shipping
freights are at present in a bad way.
Rates have fallen to levels belowr
those of pre-war days and represent
losses to many shipowners. Large
liner companies are experiencing a
great dearth of demand for their
space and cut rates to absorb cargoes
which would ordinarily go on tramp
steamers.
This policy is said to be insuffi
cient to fill the liners with remun
erative cargoes and consequently sev
eral concerns have curtailed sailing
programs and laid up several boats.
Many cargo steamers are returning
to home ports here in ballast rather
than accept rates quoted in some
trades.
Application has been made for the
entry of James A. Thomas, jr., aged
2, to the freshman class of 1940 at
Duke University.
TUGBOAT SKIPPER
PRAISES QUALITY
EVAN JONES COAL
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'ALASKA COAL EXCEEDS BY FAR
JAPAN COAL USE ON OCEAN
VOYAGE—CAPT. TINN.
From the steamship agents and
ship brokers office of R. T. Johns &
Co., Inc., Seattle, Wn., come word
to T. W. Hawkins, of the Seward firm
of Brown & Hawkins, that the large
shipment of Evan Jones bituminous
coal sold by the local firm to the two
large ocean going tugs, which arrived
at this port direct from Japan in
June was first class, and according to
Walter Tinn and Walter H. Meyers,
Captains of the tug boats, from a ton
to a ton and a half less was burned
than the best coal from Japan which
they had used before. Despite the
bad weather which prevailed on the
trip to Seattle from this port, it is
stated that no trouble wras encounter
ed in keeping up steam and in mak
ing good time. Captain Tinn goes on
record recommending the Evan Jones
coal as a first class steam coal.
From skippers ^of large vfessels^
who integrity is unquestioned, infor
mation of the sort received from these
two skippers, both of whom are w'ell
known in Seward, having made this
port many times in command of other
vessels, the statement of J. J. Corey,
coal mining expert with the Alaska
Bureau of Mines department, wrhich
appears in another column of this is
sue, he stated “Alaska coal is supe
rior to many coals Outside,” is born
out.
; Reports of a similar nature have
; been received from time to time by Al
jaska coal operators. The only fault
knowm to have been found with Al
aska coal at tins' date, by skippers of
seagoing vessels, is that occasionally
not a sufficient amount of lump is
found in the lump coal shipments.
This is explained away by Mr. Corey
in that the coal is very pliable and
that the shortage of lump is partly
. due to the excessive use of powrder,
; goi\ng to make for a ccjtsideratye
i quantity of slack and fine dust. 1 Mr.
Corey stated due caution must be tak
en by Alaskan coal operators to put
coal on the market to a size which
will satisfy the consumer.
Free State Parliamentary
Opposition was Almost Nil
DUBLIN, Aug. 2S. (TP)—During the
session of the Free State Parliament,
which recently adjourned, the gov
ernment was not faced by serious
opposition. This was due to the re
fusal of the Republican party to rec
ognize theDail or take any part in
the government proceedings.
he Labor party, which, to some
extent, filled the role of an oppo
sition group, was dissatisfied with
the handling by the government of
the unemployment problem and seri
ously considered withdrawing alto
gether from the proceedings in Par
liament as a protest. Thomas John
son, who was the Labor Party lead
er, favored withdrawal, but the par
ty decided to remain and he aban
doned the leadership.
EXPEDITION WILL STUDY
ACTION OF SUN'S RAYS
GENEVA, Aug. 26 (#»)— It is an
nounced from Zermatt that the Royal
Academy of Science at Amsterdam has
planned a scientific examination of
the sun’s rays from a station on the
Gornegrat, situated at an altitude of
9,600 feet. The expedition will be
headed by J. Van der Bilt of the Dutch
Academy of Science.
Chicago’s new terminal railroad
station contains a morgue, a chapel
and a jail.