ERECT MEMORIALS
TO CHAPLAINS
DIED IN WAR
WOMEN OF FEDERATED CLUBS
OF NEW YORK SPONSOR
THEIR SUPPORT
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—A national
memorial for the twenty-three hero
ic chaplains of 'the U S. Army, who
gives their lives in the Great War,
will be erected on Governors Island,
N. Y., it was announced today by
Chaplarin Thomas E. Swan, U. S.
Army, who is in charge of the plans.
Headed by Mrs. Betty Owens, pres
ident of the Government Club and
well known for her patriotic work,
one hundred prominent members of
the Federated Women’s Clubs of
New York City paid a visit to Chap
lain Swan on Governors Island to
I>ledge their support. At this meet
ing the Chaplains’ National Memo
rial Fund was established. It will
have a national membership and the
cost of the memorial.
Simultaneously it became known
thart Colonel John T. Axton, chief of
chaplains of the U. S. Army at Wash
ington, has laid plans for a similar
memorial in the Arlington National
Cemetery. It will be erected by
the slide of the grave of the Unknown
Soldier.
The site of the memorial on Gov
ernors Island has been selected in
front of the Chapel of St. Cornelius
the Centurion. It will take the form
of a tablet upon which will be in
scribed the names of the heroic
dead. The tablet will be raised upon
a huge bounder of imposing and pic
turesque contour.
The tablet is laid in bronze and sur
mounted by the insignia of the Chap
lains’ Corps, with the superscription:
“These chaplains of the United
States Army gave their lives in the
M orld War.” Under it will appear
the twenty-three names and the
Scriptural inscription: “Greater love
hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.”
Two lines from thelate Colonel
McRae’s poem, “In Flander Field,”
is the last inscription on the tab
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-let. Under It Is a spread eagle,
seemingly carrying the tablet upon
spreaded wings.
Chaplains of nearly all denomina
tions pf the christflan; faith paid the
great sacrifice, "including three Epis
copalians, three Presbyterians, three
Methpdifits, three Baptists, two Lu
therans,* tston Congregationals, two
Disciples, one United Breathren, and
four Roman Catholics.
The following are the names of
the dead: Albert D. Bell, John G.
Boone, John G. Breden, Thomas M.
Bulla, Patrick P. Carey, Horace A.
Chouinard, William B. Cornish, Wal
ton S. Danker, William F. Davitt,
John A. Deaver, Harry Deiman, Her
bert P. Doyle, Aurenus T. Howard,
Michael W. Keith, John C. Kerr, Jno.
F. McCarthy, Aruthur H. Marsh, Tim
othy A. Murphy, Colman E. O’Fla
herty, Charles D. Priest, Wilbur S.
! Sewell, Daniel S. Smart and William
H. J. Willby.
Yukon Due !n Peri
Early In Morning
The steamer Yukon will probably
arrive in Seward) from the south some
time after midnight. The pride of
tne AiasKan fleet is scheduled to de
part for Seattle tomorrow night at
12 o’clock. Reservations to date have
been small but it is expected a con
siderable number of passengers will
arrive in Seward tomorrow evening
from interior points.
Approximately 300 tons of general
cargo will arrive on the steamer Yu
kon to be discharged at this port.
Latest reports from the vessel is to
the effect that it will arrive ta 2:00
o’clock in the morning.
Jack Erwin, "well knorwn mindng
man of the Interior, will arrive in
town Saturday, it is reported, en
route to the States.
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Jack Tritt Bags Bird
In Nearby Wilderness
Jack Tritt and C. Geddes, travel
ing men who have been in town the
past few days, while awaitihg the
arrival of the steamer Yukon, on
which vessel they will depart on for
Juneau, went out ptarmigan hunting
this morning. Mr. Geddes found the
going too tough and came back to
town a few hours later, empty-handed.
But Tritt, either by persuasion,
running to death by choking, or sim
ply by flinging salt on its tail, got
one lonely, thin and scraggly looking
bird which he proudly yet carelessly
tossed over a shoulder as he stag
gered back to town. Careful instruc
tions were given one of the local
chefs as to the proper manner in
cooking said skinny bird with prune
dressing and all the trimmings. Prior
to turning over his big game trophy
to the chef several photographs were
taken with “Sure Shot Jack” bringing
up the background.
Injured Longshoreman In
Hospital for Ten Days
Fred Martineides, who was injured
yesterday when a sling full of lumber
gave w’ay, striking him on the back
and foot, will be confined in Dr. J. A.
Baughman’s hospital for a week or
ten days. Dr. Baughman stated, fol
lowing! an examination yesterday, that
his injuries were not of a serious
nature.
Henry Pigford, longshoreman, who
was struck on the head by the flying
hook, received but minor bruises and
was able to go back on the job shortly
after being hurt.
A FAMINE IN HARD COAL
NEW YORK, Nov. 20—The State
Coal Commission has announced that
a hard coal famine has arrived as a
result of the Pennsylvania anthracite
strike. Coal now in local dealers’
yards is only available and must be
kept for emergencies. The public is
urged to use substitutes.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED
NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 20—Two
more bodies wrere recovered yester
day from the S-51, sunk by collision
about six Veeks ago.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD UNDER
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (Jp)—Mrs.
Craig Biddle, wife of the Philadelphia
millionaire and sportswoman is dead
here under mysterious circumstances.
The body was found in her fashion
able apartment here and when her
husband was notified of her death he
directed that the body be taken to
an undertaking parlors and prepared
Tor burial, but when these prepara
tions were being carried out the po
lice received an anonymous telegram
stating that Mrs. Biddle had commit
ted suicide and an autopsy was order
ed by the authorities. The first re
sults of the autopsy indicated that
death might have resulted from heavy
drinking but the doctors are awaiting
a full report.
PHILANTHROPIST GIVE BIG
BEQUEST TO CHARITY
NEW YORK, Nov. 20—Leopold M.
Schepp, the cocoanut king and phil
anthropist who recently gave two and
a half million dollars to aid worthy
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boys, has celebrated his 84th birthday
with a gift of another million to a sim
ilar fund for deserving girls.
TELLS HOW GUESTS OF HOTEL
ARE ABLE QUENCH THIRST
CHICAGO, Nov. 20—The arrest of
two New York bootleggers by federal
prohibition agents yesterday revealed
how guests of Chicago’s most exclu
sive hotels are enabled to quench
their thirst with so-called imported
liquors which are made in New York
from industrial alcohol, toilet waters
and other synthetic ingredients.
HIGH RENTS IN PANAMA
PANAMA CITY, Canal Zone, Nov.
20 (#>)—Further disorders have re
sulted as a protest against high rents.
Rents have doubled in many portions
of the city.
Fine collection of personal Xmas
Cards, engraved, The Alaska Shop. tf.
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