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XHh, 1922, at the Post Office at
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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JULY 19, 1924
$20,000 Flowers Dis
played at Obsequies
of Chicago Gangster
American Rifleman.
Chicago was recently treated to a
•spectacle of maudlin sentimentality in
•connection with the funeral of a man
»aid to be a notorious gangster, which
leaves little doubt as to one reason at
least why criminals flourish, and which
Is disgusting to all 100 per cent Amer
icans who realize that to make a mar
%jr of the thug and gunman encourages
•others to defy the law.
From a Chicago dispatch we learn
bbau
Thousands of flowers, carpeting the
floors of the home of Frank Caponi, al
leged gangster, slain Tuesday in a pis
'tei fight with a detective squad, were
•templed by mourners, including
podges, politicians, business men, gang
land pals, and the detective squad from
'"Which came the fatal shot.
Floral pieces crammed the house and
•covered the lawn and sidewalk in front.
Orders for 96,000 worth of flowers were
•delivered today before the funeral.
•Nearly $20,000 worth of flowers were
•oa display at the obsequies.
Caponi, a brother of Alpbone • ‘Scar
tface” Caponi, known as “Big Al”
Brown, {manager of the Four-Deuces
■Cabaret, was a lieutenant of John Tor
trie. gang leader and beer runner, ac
•cordlng to the police. He was killed
•during disturbances incident to the vil
3age election in Cicero, a town within
■the limits of Chicago.
Just why $20,000 worth of flowers
•should have been purchased to carpet
tCaponi’e way to the pearly gates, or
■why judges, business men, and the de
rtective squad from whose ranks sped
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tbe fatal bullet should have joined the
gangland mourners, is not at all clear.
Why the politicians attended is so ap
parent that it needs no^conjecturerlB
fact, it undoubtedly supplies the|reason
for the presence of the judges and the
detectives. As to the $20,000, it would
have been far better spent for tbe good
of future gangsters’ souls had it been
devoted to teaching tbe city detectives
the gentle art of straight shooting.
So long as persist such episodes as
this—which, while revolting to the law
abiding citizen, are as sweet morsels to
the gaagsters and his ilk—just so long
will all firearm regulatory laws, no
matter how sane or how carefully
drawn, prove useless in suppressing
crime. Nor can it be a cause for won
der if gangland, some of whose mem
bers ail too infrequently fall before
gunfire, favors and even investigates
anti-firearm laws.
._There was considerable virtue as a
deterrent in the old English custom of
burying executed criminals in quick
lime graves dug in public roads and
prison yards. The old admonition
“Speak only good of the dead” can be
carried too far.
The first congressional medal of
honor awarded since the war was re
cently presented to Lieutenant Com
mander Walter Atiee Edwards, of Phil
adelphia, for his heroic rescue of 482
sailors from the French transport Vinh
Long, burning in the Sea of Marmora,
Turkey, Dec. 1G, IS22. Edwards, who
was in command of the U. S. S. Bain
bridge, of tbe Smyrna squadron, near
by, rushed his craft alongside the Vinh
Long to take oS passengees, but the
Bainbridge was blown away three
times by explosions. Edwards then
ordered the Bainbridge rammed into
burning vessel at full speed. The prow
of the destroyer pierced the burning
ship, enabling her to stick fast until
the last passenger was saved.
The steamer was only a few feet from
the quay when there was a sudden com
motion and a man came running madly
from the dock gates, shouting to the
officials to wait a moment. Without
pausing in bis stride, he Hung his bag
onto the boat, took a desperate leap
and landed on the deck with a crash.
“Good!” he gasped, as he was assist
ed to his feet. “Just did it. A few sec
onds later and 1 should have missed
it.”
“Missed it!” exclaimed one of the
passengers. “This boat is just coming
in!”—Ex.
Notice.
Effective July 5th, night letters for
Southern Alaska and Staies are ac
cepted subject to indefinite delay.
These messages will be mailed from
Valdez to Juoeau and put on cable
there.
Inquire at local radio station for sail
ing schedules of mailing boats.
•F. C. Anderson,
Operator in Charge U. S. S. C.
Radio Station, Tokotna, Aaa.
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LAWYERS
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Flat City
Yanks and Le^ionaires
The American Red Cross' had 23,822
nurses in the world -war.
The war department was the third of
the great executive departments of the
United States to be-created.
The United States-array bakes bread,
for two cents a i leaf superior to that
sold the public for.»9 and 11 cents.
The United States ordnance "depart
rnent has designed a-75-millimeter gun
with twice the range of the French 75
used in 1818.
The total armed forces ef the United
States in the world war were 4,800(000.
Of this number.^ 810,206 were drafted
into servtee_
The United States iarmy has fought
nineteen wars of importance, and on
seven -occasions has landed troops on
foreign soil. _
A consignment of more than a quar
ter million-daffodil bulbs was recently
packed in Trtco, one of the five prin
cipal isles of Sieily, for shipment to
France, where they-will be planted on
the graves of .'England's dead soldiers.
When the 15-Inch.gun of a-battleship
is 6red the pressure in the breech is
more than~20 tons to the square inch.
The shell of such a gun weighs a ton,
but the enormous force behind seeds it
on its way at more than 3,000 feet per
second. _
Almost every nation and province in
the entire world is represented by a
contingent of its natives in the United
States-navy. Among the 82,355 enlist
ed men in the navy, 74,738 were found
to be native born Americans, while
3,617 were foreign born.
The first American Legion post in
Illinois named for Woodrow Wilson
was recently chartered at Bloomington.
The first -commander -is Jacob- Legion
Tenrijr. Because of his interest in the
American Legion, Tenny had the word
'“Legion” legally made a part of his
name._
A deadly-souvenir of the -’world war
was found recently by coast guards
near-Cape Hatteras. -.It was a floating
mine, of ,-Germ an make, capable of
doing terrific damage to a ship. It is
believed that the -mine had floated to
the Atlantic coast from the North Sea,
wbereunany were turned loose by the
Germans during the war.
So great has been the success of the
small troop-carrying airplanes in Eng
FIRE!
You folks work mighty
hard for your living.1
Why Take Chances
WhenJnsuxance
Is So Cheap?
Wire me collect if yon want
protection.
San Franeiseo is headquar
ters for all companies
on Pacific Coast.
Maurice A. Gale
General Insurance
38 Sansome Street
San Francisco
land (hat-the-air ministry has under
contemplation tho construction of a
machine that- Wull accommodate fifty
fully-armed soldiers—about a platoon
of infantry. > Plans for this gigantic
“troop train of the air” have actually
been prepared, t It is to be built en
tirely of steel. _
The war department is organizing a
finance officers’ reserve corps. This is
in preparation for the next time the
United Stales goes to war, so that not
only will tnea and industries be mobil
ized on short notice, but all the finan
cial organization, necessary for carry
ing out the thousands of phases of buy
ing and selling in time of war will be
at gthe immediate call of the govern
ment.
An aerial bomb has been oerfected
by the ordnance department of the
United States army -weighing 4,000
pounds, ten times the weight of the
largest bomb used in the world war.
The new bomb--contains.2,000 pounds
of explosives^and is capable of making
craters l50ifeet-iQidiameter and 57 feet
deep. The bomb is 71 feet long and
has been built to be carried in the
Martin bombing plane, and the two
form the heaviest demolition unit
known.
y
Blackburn
8c Eldridge
McGrath, Alaska
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