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Show l oo STRANGE CUSTOM ., IN RUSSIAN NAVY : Oakland, Cal., Dec. 31. It Is quite proper for a Ru6sIon naval officer to borrow all tho money ho can from his enlisted moo, evon If he has to go to a tailor's trunk and take the loan while the other 1b not looking this accordlug to the Russian, codo as explained In tho superior court here yesterday.. Moreover, If tho sailor, dls-tiVering dls-tiVering whKher" his -f ondslraTO flowBr ehould remonstrate, with his superior, he would he guilty of a gross Insult. Theso refined moralities were re vested In the trial of Alexander Sfcrvll-lo, Sfcrvll-lo, formerly a Uoutenant In the Russian Rus-sian nvy. Servlllo deserted his vessel ves-sel In San Francisco bay during the war with Japan, but he considered that the naval codo still applied as between be-tween him and a countryman who had been a bluejncket So when be found himself lacking In money, ho borrowed bor-rowed $70 from the Bailor's trunk. The Bailor, who bad been quick to forget for-get the shipboard code, had Servlllo arrest, tried and convicted of stealing. steal-ing. However, when the officer explained the true proprieties yesterday, the court was moved to admit him to probation. |