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New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
The World in One Volume

We talked about his travels. If
you have ever tried to interview a
man who has been travelling almost
constantly for forty years and TAX
ing notes every step of the way, you
may appreciate a little what this
meant. Most authors find material
enough for book by merely pass
ing through country by train or
spending the week end in a city, but
here was man who had been on the
go for the period of an average gen.
Grafton and crowded it all into one
volume. Naturally, as in his book,
his observations covered many lands
and many subjects. The Tanning
Islands; the height of the tides at
st. John, N. B.; customs and char
acteristics of the Tahitians, Samo-
ans, Kanakas and Maoris; strange
burials in still stranger lands; shark
catching as practiced in antipodean
chimes; the leper colony at Molokai;
famous "blackbirders" and other
notorious characters; hints as to the
best way to go ocean travelling;
sports aboard ship; population of
cities; smuggling; the ways Of the
Papuans and traits Of the natives
of Pago-Pago-these were only a
few of the topics upon which Coffee
was ready and able to give interest
ing and accurate testimony.
AS the interview developed it be-
came plain that between him and
some other world travellers and ad-
venturers the world has known there
is marked difference. There is
nothing of kinship between Coffee
and the gay buccaneers who, in the
good old days, went sightseeing in
South America and started revolu-
tions as a means of excitement and
profit. Nor was he concerned so
much as some with the sex lure of
the remote races. Unlike one author
who lived in loin cloth among the
natives of the South Seas, he brought
back with him no dramatizations of
beautiful, simple creatures dwelling
in the dense forests Of lost islands,
and he sought no heart romances like
those which precipitated the contro-
versy as to the original of the much
discussed Strickland.
Dusky Beauties Didn't Lure
Coffee undertook his migrations
with an all-seeing and kindly eye,
but his sense of humor kept him from
hacanainn o1oaotional Tho xoa,.l4 L.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Frank Coffee Amassed Wealth in
lis Travels and Now Has
Written a Book

lnefe, TOO, the Marquesas, where
live the dying people of O'Brien's
White Shadows of the South Seas. y
not to speak of the jungle land,
heavy with strange odors, where
Gauguln painted his masterpieces,
and the refuge where Robert Louis
Stevenson died. To the west and
north are the denizens of the Orient,
the temples of Buddha, and the
crowded, vertical signs of teeming
China and Japan.
Coffee saw them all, and more,
displaying the good, practical sense
meantime to build up large
fortune. AS to his affluence there
is no doubt whatever, as may be
gathered from the imposing, castle
like structure in which he and his
family live at Sydney. He owns
lands IN many parts of Canada, is
a fairly large purchaser of Liberty
bonds. and is the head of a fine
family, one of whose sons, Lieuten-
ant Frank M. Coffee, of the Aus
tralian Imperial Forces, died gal
lantly in action at Gallipoli during
the World War. Furthermore, he
is the head of big publishing house
in Australia, and two of his surviv-
ing sons own a 6,OO0-acre sheep
ranch in that country.
An Author at 68
Now he has become an author,
and in way of speaking has be-
gun life all over again by turning
his attention at sixty-eight to the
creative end of letters.
Coffee was visitor in New York
recently and called on him. 1t ap-
pears that, with all his wanderings,
he still retains a lingering fondness
for his old haunts, including, of
course, old Newspaper Row, and so
whenever the spirit moves him he
throws few things into a grip and
catches the next boat at Sydney for
New York. What's a few thousand
miles of ocean, more or less, between
friends!
The veteran compositor, publisher,
author, rover and general all-around
globe trotting, world encircling
sightseer admitted at the beginning
of the interview that he had "com-
muted bit' about the Pacific.
ever been completely around the
world?" I asked him, after the man
ner of the practiced interviewer.
Eighteen times" he conceded
casually. Eighteen times! And the
best some of us can do these days
Of high costs is to make the round
trip to Atlantic Highlands, with an
occasional flyer maybe to Asbury
Park or Montreal, where they're not
SO eXacting about prohibition.
Coffee has some resemblance to
the late Mark Twain and is genial
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

are hourly arrivals. Each late ar
rival wakens all those of his COM
panions who may be sleeping, and
not only that, the commotion wakens
every one in the house, and occa-
sionally the entire block is reused
from slumber.
Refuse to Move
In one boarding house the land
lady has twice asked the boys to
seek other quarters, but they have
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Soothing a Shark

can expert diver, to whom ap-
parently is given all the honor and
glory, and also all the danger, first
ascertains whether the sharks are at
home in their caves and sleeping
soundly. Then he leaps overheard,
dives among them and nooses the
tail of the shark that is nearest him.
If it awakes while this is being done,
it (the shark) is soothed by a gentle
massage, administered by the hand
Of the diver. AS soon as the moose
is tight, signal is given, and the
shark is quickly hauled tail first int !,
the boat, to its establishment and to
the CONSERVATION Of anybody who
gets in its way while it is still alive
and vigorous"
Apparently Coffee had some mis-
givings that there might be some
to whom this tale Of the shark might
not seem cSnvincing, aud he there
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
LIEUTENANT FRANK M.
COFFEE, aoho fell at Gal
lpoli; at the left his brother,
James r. Coffee, and their
mother

gives it a reddish appearance" Cof-
fee went on. Recently when a
newly arrived red haired lady awoke
one morning and looked out of her
window she observed large num-
Ter Of native women waiting out
side. Upon inquiring the cause, it
developed that they wanted the
recipe she used for dyeing her hair
such beautiful red"
On another visit to Pago it ap-
pears that as the steamship came to
rest large parry of "dusky maidens
swarmed on board, roaming about
the ship in a light and cheerful
mood, which amused some passen-
gers and shocked Others"
"Mr. and Mrs. A. Mees, of Java,
were on board" Coffee continued So
berly, "and did not appreciate the
levity of the Samoans, saying that
it was i'll unfavorable contrast to the
behavior of their native women, who
would not dare to presume in this
manner. But in Java the women
are not precise and even leave
churchgoing to their men folk, who
are Mahometans."
AS already said, Coffee collected
many strange bits of information,
which he crowded into his book, and
his account Of how some Of the ma
tives in the Cook Islands go shark
fishing is worth a few paragraphs.
It appears that at Aitutaki the ma
tives adopt the novel scheme. of
grabbing the man eaters fearlessly
by the tail. Here is how they do it:
Sharks from five to seven feet
long like to sleep in coral caves,
choosing deep and spacious iagoons
for their boudoirs.
"These haunts are known to the
natives" writes Coffee in his book,
"and when they go shark hunting
party of them will pull out in a
boat to the place where the sharks
1epose.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
II ONATHAN BROWN, Sigma
\ Chi; Samuel Jackson, Phi
, Gamma Delta; Hiram Green,


Chi; Samuel Jackson, Phi
~ Gamma Delta; Hiram Green,
a Barb" more or less
scorned by the Greek letter ilk, and
some $50 other college students
struggling for their A. BIS and
other things, are keeping the wheels
turning for the Atlantic Coast Line,
Long Branch to Asbury Park, this
summer.
The Atlantic Coast Line uses cleo
tricity, and it isn't the longest sys-
tenn in the world, albeit it is of
standard width, and the summer
season, from June l to Labor Day,
is the period Of it's golden harvest.
With labor scarce, the boys who
are working" their way through a
score of Eastern colleges were in
vited by Atlantic Coast Line officials
to come over and make from SIS to
$3.50 a day during the heated
term" and $50 Of them got on the
Job.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Dusky Beauties Didn't Lure

Coffee undertook his migrations
with an all-seeing and kindly eye,
but his sense of humor kept him from
becoming emotional. The result is
that he collected much information
that is interesting, and much else
that is merely statistical, but with
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

1T is not given to all Of us "to
spread the thin oar and catch
Il the driving gale
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
MURDER MYSTERY lS. SOLVED, BUT VICTIM.
 WAS ONLY A CHICKEN.

The sharp sound of an ax striking a mesquite log, a woman pointing to d child and two very excited boys caused a wild ride of several deputies the latter's basket, seven miles west on the Buckeye road in search of murder last night The quest was in vain.
 It developed that the action seen by the boys was in reality nothing more than the first steps in the preparation of a chicken dinner for Sunday.
 About o'clock last night word was received at the sheriffs offices that a murder had been committed. and wit messed by two boys who were passing by. Their story was that one of them saw the woman point the gun at the child, both heard the report and then saw the woman drop the gun, pick up the motionless child and carry it into the house. Laser. they said, they saw two men carry a pail of water out and wipe up the blood stains. All this, they said. took place at a Mexican camp a quarter mile south of the Fow- Ter school house
 The party. consisting of Coroner Mckee, an undertaken, and several deputies went to the place and after securing an interpreter proceeded to hunt for. the child. Following much questioning the supposed murder tuiIied out to De mat Cn1ld DefOnS- ing to one of the Mexican women was sitting near the log which one of the men was about to cut off the head of chicken with an axe. The woman saw that the child would be in the way and pointed to it just as the blow fell
 Some blood from the chicken spat- tered on the child, and the woman picked It up and carried it into the. house to wash off the stains. The man followed and then returned with d bucket of water ito scald the chicken
 The coroner could not hold an ir- quest over the chicken. the undertaken could not bury it because the Mexicans had eaten the body, and the deputies could not make an arrest for chicken Killing, so the party, after looking at the pot of chicken stew, returned to town hungry.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
WILL MEET THURSDAY ID PLAN IMPROVING .OF APACHE HIGHWAY

With a view to developing plans to bring about the improvement of the Apache Trail. officials of the Southern Pacific railroad will meet with the Maricopa county supervisors and the Water Users association here Thurs day. According to members of the Globe chamber of commerce who re- gently came here in the interests of the improvement of this strtch of federal highway, the Water Users association has already promised S20,000 year for three years for work on the Apache Trail between Goldfield and the dam.
 Tt is now costing the Water Users association between s10.000 and S11,000 a year to keep this stretch of roadway in condition" F. c. Hensnaw, secretary of the association. said last night. Tt will be to our advantage to add to this appropriation and assist in bringing about permanent improvements in the highway"
 Otto Buetke. an official of the Union Auto Transportation company, which operates stages over the Apache Trail, has been advised that big mass meet ing was hei,, at Globe last Friday night for the purpose of stimulating interest in the improvement of the road At this meeting T. P. Howard, state rep resentative and w. H. Keegan, secre- tary of the Globe chamber of com merce, were instructed 10 arrange for a big convention to which will be in vited members of the boards of super visors of Gila. Maricopa, Graham, Greenlee and Yuma counties, the Salt River Valley Water Users association, the Union Auto Transportation com pany. the Southern Pacific and the Arizona Eastern railroads. The dis trict forest supervisor of the Tonto national reseie-e also will be asked to attend.
 Present plans include the establish ment or headquarters for an executive in Phoenix. Members of this committee will be selected at the con vention. the date and place of which is not yet decided.
 Prospects for the early improve ment of the Trail are very bright" Mir. Buetke said last night. several ensi- neers have been sent over the high way recently and report that in places material for it's construction is easily available There are certain stretches of the road which will require con crete surface. while at other places the material right at hand can be used.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
DR, KEENEY ACTING
 DIRECTOR AT HOME

The board of trustees of St. Luke $ Home has appointed pr. Madison Keeney acting medical director for the home, in place of Dr. Allen Williams who recently resigned as resident med ical director to devote himself to pri- vate practice.
 Dr. Keeney will have the medical direction of St. Lukes Home until permanent resident medical director is obtained. He is d recent addition to the medical profession in Phoenix coming from Pueblo, ColoINdo, Where he has been d well known physician and surgeon for number of years. He served at General Hospital No. l6 at New Haven. Conn. and General Hospital No. 21, at Denver, during the war Dr. Keeney has opened offices in the Goodrich building and will en- gage in the practice of medicine and surgery.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
TRIO ID
 APPEAR IN TEMPE

TEMPE, March 7.-The next number of the Lyceum course will appear in the normal auditorium Wednesday evening, March 10, at S:15 o'clock, the Procter trio. composed of Harold Proc ter. the eminent Irish tenor: Helen Peck violinist. and Marjorit Hicks. pianist. These very prominent and noted artists will give to Tempe a musical treat of the rarest quality.
 Woman's Club Dance
 The Womans Club benefit dance which is being planned for this week was announcd to be Friday, 18th, which was a mistake, for it will be given Friday, 18th. instead
 Back to Camp Dix
 Clarence Reid, who has been here on a furlough visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs Reid, left last night for Camp Dix The young man has been in Uncle Sams service for several years, but expects to get his honorable discharge about the 14th of May
 Purchased K. p. Lot.
 Dr. O. C. McNary has purchased from the K. P.'s the lot on the corner of Mill avenue and Sixth street. The doctor expects to erect there a two story building which will probably be used for the drug store on the first floor and the second is to be occupied by the K P. lodge.
 Here from Casa Grande
 Charles Prather was over from Casa Grande spending the week end in Tempe.
 Woman's Club Meeting.
 very interesting as we'll in structive program was given at the Woman's Club Friday afternoon. Mrs. Guild, the state president, gave an unusually interesting talk on Amer icanism. taking up an entirely new phase of this subject. Mrs Thomas Campbell told a number of very inter esting things about the king and queen of Belgium. including some an ecdotes. She also had several pictures of them. which were shown. Two piano solos. were given by Mrs. How ard Woods. Following the program very delightful social hour was spent and tea and cake was served. More than fifty members were present. An other interesting feature of the meet ing was the voting in of six new mem bers, making 72 members of the club.
 Speaks In Mesa.
 Rev J. M. Cross, pastor of the Christian church went to Mesa Sun day evening where he preached at the Christian church there
 Mrs Hughes Better.
 Mrs. Thomas Hughes, who has been quite iIi with influenza is now improv ing.
 Over From Phoenix.
 Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Evans and Mir. and Mrs. John Evans were over from Phoenix yesterday visiting Charles Alexander and family.
 Bishops Better.
 The Bishop family who live in the Kingsbury flats and who have all been down with. the flu are all inn proving and part of the family are a hl. he ont again
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
ORGANIZE MEXICAN
 |. [. SOCIETY HERE

A Mexican Presbyterian Christian EudeaVor society. the first in the coun- ". was organized last plight at an en- thusiastic meeting Cat the Mexican Presbyterian church. 623 South Second avenue.
 A number of members of the First Presbyterian church attended the meeting Miss Laura Kennedy presi- dent of the c. F. society of that church. conducted the services through an in teTpreter- The meeting resulted in the forming of a Mexican Presbyterian C. F. society. with 15 charter members. Miss Aurora FasqueZ was elected president and Miss Nelia Vasquez. sec retary.
 Two committees were appointed, one to draw up a constitution for the new society. and one to present nomina : iions for various committees These comittees will report at the next meet ing Of the society next Sunday night. The society will meet each Sunday night at o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
?. I. 4. IF CAPITOL
 SCHOOL IN MEETING

The Parent Teacher association e the Capitol school held it's initial meet ing Wednesday, March ,. at the Cap itoI school with an attendance of 52. Mrs Lilie Ellis presided in the 2b- scncc of Mrs. Conrad. president Mrs. John Thompson. Mrs W. H. Cris well. Mrs. E. D. Dettweiler. Mrs F. R. North, Mrs. ID. F.. Kelly Mrs Ellis, Mrs. c. l. Conrad were appointed dele- gates to the National Congress of Mothers
 The following committees. were ap- pointed:
 Program-Mrs. J. E.. knabb, chair man: Mrs. John Thompson. Mrs. Hay lin. Mrs. 5. r. McCluney, Mrs. Waiter Burch
 Membership-AIrs F.. R. North, Mrs II. E. Cassidy, Mrs. D. F.. Kelly. Mrs. D. NJ. Bruse
 PreSS-Mrs GriZZard.
 Refreshments Mrs. Boones Mrs. Dross. Mrs. Boyd. Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. CTfSWeil
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
UNCLE SAM GIVES
 FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
United States Marine Corps School Has
 Earn While You Learn" Courses
Hereafter young men enlisting in

Hereafter young men enlisting in the Marine Corps will not only learn to be soldiers, but, if they wish, they may go regularly to school. After one, two, three or more years the Marine may be graduated as an expert automobile mechanic, chauffeur. plumber, or what not. Not only that. but the United States Government puts at his disposal it's tremendous influ- ence with employers in satisfactor- fly placing the U. s. Marine Corps Institute graduate in well-paying joh-
 The young man who is facing the hard problem of making a living while working his way through high school, college or trade school should welcome the opportunity afforded by the Marine Corps Insti- tute. By this plan he is not only enabled to gain the education he desires, hut at the same time
 Lead a healthful, body building outdoor life, receive free board, clothing. lodging and medical att tendance-thus leaving his pay for pocket money'' or for 9 snug saw ings account
 To the average red -blooded" young American, the Marine Corps, with it's adventurous, carefree life. and its opportunity for travel by lana and sea. at home and abroad. has always proved particularly al- turing. When to these are added chance of a good educatior-
 Well, it makes a long apprentice ship at a trade, or weary hours at a night school, look rather unat- f-zcffve hv comma risQn.
 The Marine Institute
 The U. s. Marine Institute, which bids fair to become as famous as the Naval Academy at Anna polls. or the Military Academy at West Point, is already well under way at the Marine post at Quantico. Virginia
 Hundreds of young men are en- rolled in courses that range from reading writing and simple arith- rnetfc to such subjects as higher mathematics and journalism.
 If man comes iLto the Marine Corps hardly able to sign his name, he can gain a grammar school edu- cation and continue to learn to the limit of his ability and the length of his enlistment. Among the courses open to the Marine are cle- mentary and advanced English, mathematics in practically all it's branches. French. Spanish, stenog- raphy and clerical work. automo- bile mechanics. horsemanship and care Of horses in sickness and
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08

health, forestry, concrete and brick masonry, carpentry, electrical me- chanics, plumbing. blackSrnithing, house painting, band music, draft ing, journalism, cooking and bak- ing, etc, etc.
 The instructors are not only competent teachers, but eminently practical men, and are selected for their proficiency regardless of their rank in the Marine Corps. For .eX- ample, the teacher of Spanish is a corporal, who is a law graduate of a foreign university, and a former public school teacher. Many of the trade schools are in charge of in structors who are graduates of Annapolis, Massachusetts Tech, Stevens Institute, Colorado School of Mines, and other leading institu- tions. Others have received their training in such great industrial corporations as the General EIec- tric Company, the Standard Oil Company, the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and so on.
 All students enrolled in the Marine Institute courses receive their instruction on an average of three hours for five afternoons each week. all purely military training being confined to the morning hours The evenings may be devoted to study. reading, or the various camp recreations, such as the free movie shows or the pool tables.
 We hear a great deal about "co1- lege life" but it is extremely doubtful if any of our institutions of learning afford more opportu- nifty for pleasant companionship with real good fellows than does the Marine Corps. For this branch of service attracts the sort of man who has the makings of a good fellow" Few colleges can offer any better facilities for base ball. football, boxing, swimming and other athletic sports-a1l under. the direction of competent trainers and coaches. And no school, unless it is a military institution of the first rank, can approach the Marine Corps in giving man that self reliance, alertness and qualities of leadership which military training affords.
 If you are even sliEht1y inter- ested, don't hesitafe to call at a Marine Recruiting once. You will not be urged to enlist. but you will he told the truth. and nOthfnE but the truth, about the service. Send for booklet.
 U. s. Marine Corps Recruiting Office
 9 E. Was.sinot1n St-,
 Phoenix, Ariz-
Arizona republican., 1920-03-08
GAS TEAM CAPTURES
 FIRST CAME F ID 3

The Pacific Gas X Electric company baseball team made an suspicious start yesterday by defeating the Cubs in q hard hitting contest at Eastlake park. The score was 12 to Q
 Four moundsmen were used by the Cubs in a futile efort to cut short the slugging of their opponents, but the newcomers were not to be denied A. Felix went the entire distance for the P. G. X F. squad, and after a bad start hurled good ball.
 One of the outstanding features of the game was Saavederdls home run in the second inning.
 Score:
 r. G. S F. O , 0 0 3 Q l 2-l2 Cubs ...........4 0 Q 0 ? 1- 2
 Joyce, Murphy Hickey and Ryan; Felix and SaaVedera.