The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-05
CONSTANTINOPLE
'WICKEDEST CITY
So Say American Sailors Now
Stationed in Turkish Waters.
LIFE GENERALLY IS QUILL
Since Arrhistiee City Has Been Filled
with Soldiers Of All Nations, Spies,
Thieves, Murderers Politicians,
Russian Refugees, eolsheVik AGENTS
and Opium Eaters-Newspaper,
THE Far East Published Rsau-
larly by 5luejackets.

larly by Blue jackets.
The American sailors ON board the
vcs>rlS az the United States naval
detachment in Turkish waters are
publishing regularly II newspaper vi
their own 10 chronicle thcir social and
sporting events and to keep ny the
spirit uf courHdcship and culiy"n lite
IN aud about CunStaulinnplc The
paper is GATED The Far East It's
price is pia,,rrs. aud il Is cr"ditullN
Illustrated with hu,f-t"ue cuts and
culuiC~.
Although the men generally vote
CmsIuutiuop." rather ~ dull place" al
things said, one at the recent numbers
at The Tar East shows that the Amer
Jean hluciUckrtS are able To provide
their own entertainment.
Amuug m" events recorded is Il NCp-
tune party, CONFUSED ~ members nf
the company of the scorpion, which IS
described us ~ regular pirate hand
running wild ~ the BuspurpS' II
was hcadrd 10y king neptune and
included "Nrpiuurs wirr' and 'Neii.
tunes baby" IN" party visited u
number uf other vessels NJ Ihc de-
tachncut. aud wns entertained 10y Ad.
miral ,lc Bon, un hoard. the French
! nagship Lorraine.
"Wiekedest City in World"
| otter a"tiritirs which the paper lie
scribrS We're visit nf the sailors "a
the Near East hospital, carrying glft>
10 the children, ~ "bIUw"lu" "m hoard
| the Gilnrr, whaIcbuHt and d'n-l
races, basebaN games. horing bou'
| aud n 'amnufiACe bali ~ Constant
| uOple hotel, the latter attended by
1 Admiral Bristol. cuT,usndrr Of tl'
detschmcnt, and Mrs. Bristol.
| Ships listed ~ composing th" de
| tarlhHeuI were the ScHrpiOn, ~. Louis
Chattanooga, Barker Borie. Fox, Gii
mer. iiuuphries, John u. Edwards
Operrdn, Smith Thompson. Tracy
Wlipple, submarine "hnsrrs vi au'
:f,}S, the Alameda aud the collier Mars
They wer" scattered FROM Constant
noplc IL Smyrna. Batum. Narna. sam
suun. COnstanZu and Ecirut.
| one Of tie contributors IL III" ~
East paid his tribute Ia rhr city -
COnstanlinupl" 10y describing it rs 9Th
rn>tllcSt. wIrkrdpSf city IN lh" world.
Since the armiSticc, he wrote. tie cit
had been nlled with the s"ldl"rs ~ NJ
nations spies, thieves. mUrdcr"rs. pol
iririauS. Russian refugees. BulshoNil
agents and opium eaters.
Atmosphere Feversh."
"In spite Of an this life In Cmsrun
| rinuplr * duh AND ,h"r" i liIil" il
| the way " entertainment" hc added
"Ir one Is diIgrnr a. few &oud res
ruurauiS may hc discovered, la, "N
rept for III" moving pi"lur" l"uS"~ ~
hrst-CluS- thrat"rs can be- found. Il
| fact. NJ ten o'clock IN the evening th
place Is rs quiet aS Annapolis an sun
day.
However Inside The beer halls
rahurrlS aud coffee houses hHl,ilu"> q
lhrSe places attempt II faIlarinnS gaN
eiy. II il here thar tlr bripw"lc,
richly adorned aud painted wumru "
| INV ''''Fu' "h'. 'l"'' '''"''''
stare nj the motley IhlNng driUkih
low quality ~ r-frrshn~nt serve
them ut robbers prices
AZ the one good hotrl The spies q
the whole Orient carry an rli'ir IL
lriIllss. She whole atmosphere "
~. ,iti IL "nr NJ frNsrish Hnd srl
h"isI rS.t-m-',r. 4 real American
rntess lie takes interest IN md feel
this stptOsrh-r-, nTts ne dGh ~ tM'
The wi9k.drst city Of tLr verdi"