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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
4
An American critic named Hump is pulled into a fogbound voyage aboard the sealing schooner Ghost bound for Japan. Captain Walt Larsen rules with fear, mates die, crew clash, theft and brutality erupt as Hump adapts, survives, and witnesses Wolf the brutal mastermind seize control.
The narrator tends wounds of Wolf Larsen after a brutal cabin struggle aboard the Ghost. Larsen, calm and powerful, appoints the narrator as mate, offering seventy five dollars monthly and the courtesy of Mr. Van Weyden, while the crew wrestles fear and muttered oaths below deck.
The narrator Van Weyden, a landlubber in Wolf Larsen’s grasp, rises to mate though mocked by the sealing crew. Larsen tests him with strict etiquette, while Leach and Johnson brood on vengeance. A grim mood pervades as brutal discipline and personal vendettas simmer aboard the Ghost.
The narrator confesses ignorance of mate duties and ropes and rigging, fearing poor performance at sea. Sailors show patience and help, with Louis proving an example of supportive guidance amid rough learning.
The piece notes that civilians misjudge crowd sizes, citing a London demonstration of 15 000 to 20 000. It explains a Field Service Regulation method: a 1000 man regiment would pass in ten minutes, about 6 000 per hour, assuming no breaks and trained troops. It warns civilians and suffragettes could not maintain such pace.
Vice-Admiral Camillo Coral, successor to Admiral Viale, named minister of the Italian navy. Born in Rome, aged fifty five, he brings ministerial and sea command experience including as chief secretary to Admiral Mirabello and overseeing troop transport to Africa during the Turkish War. He commanded an Italian squadron that seized several islands in the Aegean.
Gov support or board pardons or a US Supreme Court appeal could delay the executions. Willard Flanders of Alva is to hang June 16, 1916 after killing wife Alice Flanders and neighbor Sam Aultz in 1914. Wilmer P Palmer of Salt Creek is to hang August 11, 1916 for killing wife Jessie Palmer in 1916.
Edward Ivinson, a pioneer Laramie banker, signed an agreement with county officials to donate land and fund a 35 room hospital worth 50 000 dollars. The facility will be operated by the county and named Ivinson Memorial Hospital in memory of his wife Jane Ivinson who died November 9. Jane Ivinson accompanied the first Union Pacific train into Laramie on May 10, 1868, after her husband arrived earlier with a wagon from a stock of goods for a small grocery.
Clerk T J Fisher received word from Rawlings that Judge C E Raymond of the Seventh Judicial district designated June 19 as the start of the third trial of Bob Meldrum for Chick Bowen’s murder. The case will move from Carbon county to Cheyenne on a change of venue.
Laramie reports George F. Appel a former Laramie resident died in a mine explosion in Randsberg California. He has a brother in Columbine Colorado and another in the Nederland tungsten district.
Permission to construct a major dam across the Platte near Guernsey has been granted to C. A. Guernsey by State Engineer James B. True. The $250,000 project aims to generate 20,000 horsepower.
Diamondville teen Mary Carolla was killed when the car she drove overturned near Glencoe. Anna Holkovitch died from injuries and two others were seriously hurt. another girl may die from the crash.
Miss Nora Lester aged 16 died instantly when an automobile driven by a girl friend rolled over on the Douglas road one mile east of Casper.
Joe Kinney of Cokeville sheared 280000 pounds of wool the largest clip in the nation to date. He refused 314 cents a pound at Salt Lake where buyers from eastern woolen mills called on him.
The state purchased $10,000 of 6 per cent Manville school bonds and $42,000 of 5 per cent Sheridan school bonds from School District No. 7 of Sheridan. State Treasurer Herman B. Gates announced the move at the capitol.
The Stewart-Harding Sheep Company sold 100000 pounds of wool at 32 cents per pound. Except for Flynn lamb clip at Douglas the 32% price is the season's highest Wyoming clip price.
26 year old Kemmerer James Edmonda lies in Miners Hospital from injuries after automobile driven by Walter Haddenham veered off road into a ditch while trying to scare a dog. Haddenham slightly hurt. his sisters survived without injury. The car overturned completely and stopped on its wheels.
June events from Cheyenne to Casper include reunions and fairs with summer plans. Notable items cover fires, accidents, court cases, obituaries, and civic developments across towns like Lander, Cody, Pine Bluffs, and Douglas.
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