I ondo:i. May 10—A p iuper of j
■ v v. Au.istus West, by >r>.we, who
ii innuue of Wandsworth!
iii d viares th.;t his g:\iudmother'
oss Lavinia" of Cumber-,
%vUo died .a 1ST 1 after unsuc
Uj appealing to Queen Vic- '
■
o Ik of royal blood.
llit Cui.'bvriaml claim first made,
1^17, when a Mrs. 01i\e Serres
Hi-id that she was th-i daughter;
i>uko of Cumberland,
i i or v? II. The question was
>mI ii the House of Commons,;
n her claim \\ s rejected, and she
itd . I>u4 Her da ighter Lavinia'
New York. May 16—Seven thou- j
be :i 11:.- tcuiaay in tils greater
iiiJ other city officials will
oview the policemen from a stand
n front of tho public library ou
1 Forty-first streets. A special!
tu e of this years evtut was to
be ft exhibition by sixtv-two pro
,.r> patrolmen in fr >::a of the
.usd. This fe'tture will
wrt.-' r. humane methods
;,iug prisoners, caring for un
■ oust ious persons, and scaling lad
tlors. A large mat will ba spread on
street for the wrestlers.
Petersburg, May 19 - The new
r of post* ami telegraph -has
il in Russia among women
Wheu he took office he was
bombarded with protests against the
long standing regulation which for
bade women clerks either to marry
outside of the service or to select
their husbands frcm a different grut!^
of the service than thi^ in which
thev themselves were employees.
He has now not only abrogated this
rcl* bu« has cancelled a similar of
ficial "recommendation" that male
clerks should observe the same res- i
trictions.
MONOPOLY OF
LIFE IMiCE
Rome, May la—Italy's govern- |
rnent monopoly of life insurance,
crea'ed at the instance of the so
cialists in parliament, has just
completed its first year »f business
Although Italian government em
ployees can only be roe, aired to
work seven hours a day, the new t
department of life insurance has
done such an immense business that i
'he entire personnel has now bee
working 10 hours a day, Sunt! t s ;
included, for seven months aiul
1-0 immediate prospects of beiti- ;
able to go back to the s/oen-liour
lay. Over $220,000,000 worth of
business has been done during the
ear, including that takea over at;
i he beginning from 24 private com-i
panles which the govern went mon
opoly put out of business.
policeTogs ;
08 MAIL VANS!
Paris, May ID—Police dogs to- i
day were introduced here to guard
Lhe mail vans while the clerks .
attending to other duties, follow in
experiments which prove.' highl;.
successful. Many private business
houses already make use of dogs to
protect delivery wagons.
geneIIills
IS BANQUETTEG
Hippoliie, May IS—At a banque'
i,i\en her? to General Villa p uur-!
night by newspaper me:, t!.
General proposed the drink'ng of .
Gentlemen: Our
pring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
iin Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits riade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
jMo Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
ilSHlLERS
'ill PARIS
Paris, May 16—King Chistiau
and his Queeu were to a*vlve here
today for a formal visit to President
Raymond Poincare, and the French
Republic. The visit of Peumark's
rulers following so closely on the
heels of that of King George and
Queen Mary of England, ahd coming
just previous to the scheduled vis
it of President Poincare to Russia,
is believed to be for the purpose of
cementing and eularging the Triple
Entente.
FIELD LOGflTEO
'"ashingtou, May 19—The great
!.ev oi' the Mimbres River uear
IJ-tningr, X. M., U the latest irrl
;;.:iou field, according to an an
■i ..cement by the United States
J.-uloglcal survey. Windmills dot
: i; the landscape give the casual
J server the only clue to the water
supply, and the fruitfulness of this
*.'sjicn. But the survey has bee'u in
-t'sMgalin? that territory, and it
inds that tht vast deposiis of sand
i-.id gravel underlying i.l * region
villain vast quantities of water,
i' lis is pumped to the surface, by
• huge windmills. Already there
s been a rush of se'tlers to the
ralky, and the survey Is issuing
;•! format ion to prospective home
- > : ders on request.
lilli
Paris, May 19—The two hundred
members of the American Hotel
Men's Mutual Benefit Association
who have been touring Great Britain
md Europe wore lavishly enter
i iued here today by Parisian hotel
men aud city officials. The Amer
t.ms will i'Dmain hero one week. An ,
1;.borate program for their enter
.ainment has been arrauged. The
lisitors today expected to be re
"ived by President Poiaoaro some
imc today or tomorrow. Bologne
ivill be the next aud last city visited
before the Americans start home-1
vard.
Columbus, May 19—Ohio house
wives now are assured cf setting
iust what • hey pay lor. j?e0.*.aiap
rw\utly the State Agricultural Com
aisslon will enforce the law requir
ing that all packages of food must
be marked with accurate net weight
Violators will he prosecuted. The
greatest abuse, state officials say,
is Ju the packing of lard. A weight
ia btamped upon the can, but U !
does not specify who'-htr it is1
fcet or gross. Retailers have en-1
doreed the law. They have written
Commissioner Strode telling him j
tnat sales by weight are far moro t
i.a'is'actory than by incisure. They
declare customers are b»'ttc-r sat
isfied and clerks save time.
Fairbanks, May 14—(.Special.)—
The new district attorney, a.n east
ern man by the name of Gardener,
has Just arrived to take the place
of District Attorney Crossloy.
His appearance came as a com
pete surprise, although there had
b'i'ri persistent rumors for some
ti'i.- that Mr. Crosslev had been
requested to resign. The latter is
now 011 his way to San Francisco
*o argue appeal cases before the
appellate court.
Berne, Switzerland, Mr v l(j- -
Switzerland is making th.o demon
Rum fight himself. Curiously enou.'i
according to reports rwtived ot
federal headquarters, a large p:irt
of the $1,400,000 obtained by the
Swiss government from its al> >hol
monopoly in 1913, and which by
law was distributed among the v.r,
ious cantons, is being ued by them
to combat the spread of intemper
ance. In spite of the prohibition of
the sale of abinthe throughout, ti.e
country, the consumption of intoxi
cants has been increasing steadily in
the past few years, especially anion;:
the German-speaking Swiss of tin
North, with whom "schnnpa,"' often •
6old as low as two cents a sl.iss
is a favorite beverage.
ARE ATTEIDIi
0
New York, May 19—V.'ith practi
cally all prominent manufacturers
oC tho United States present or re- j
presented by delegates, the nine
teenth annual convention of the
National Association of Manufac
turers convened here today at tin'
Waldorf-Astoria hotel for a two- j
day session. The program called i"o.
a speech of welcome to the city by j
Mayor Mitchell and the attendant
of other city officials as guests of I
honor of the association.
Quality Candy
WHMM BHP3^ W?""y
We have just- opened another
consignment of the eplendid "John
Bton" line of p&ckase chocolates.
"Phis candy la the moBt popular in
Skagiray, due to the »plendld qual
ity of the foodfl and originality of
the package. Sold frou GOc to
J1.00 according te size.
P. Ii. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
Warsaw, May 1!)—Polio through
out. Russia are search'.hg for u
Caucasian millionaire, M. Shahnaz
iroi'f, who fled from Litis city after
attempting to murder i beautiful
youn? girl named Sofia Sec, whom
'io had engaged as his private sec
ri-r. try. Tiie two had roonti in a
liolel here, mid, hearing feeble
cries, the servants entered and
toiud the girl imprisoned in a
wardrobe, she was suffering froai
the effects oL' poi on, an i later in
the hospital told her pitiful siory.
.
>a;iv him as his secretary to., his
?slntb at Susa, tho miU!oi;aire re
' a led his real Intentions and kept
opting her le'ters and b ilking her
Finally he
Her betrayer, however, persuaded
■
lip sum of $30,000. Instead of pay
;ea, and .u.er lockir,.. ! r up in
ih(j wardrobe devaiuped.
a a a asr.^
iltniiitiiuni sun
ItlUULUiiil i i
Paris, May 19—'i lie grift of a
Russian noblem m, a mammoth 40,
•00 years old, today is boing preyar
ualurai history / the t ^lUermtsla
ot tUo iustitutlnVue Ui '.st was
lor -1 uu c ur: s, u s di- Overcd in
nrnnniipfni r
H I" f »>M *"*' • > I i
ClLut Ui-u;yLL
rnr ion nrv
m. ininu oca
Li.luiOll, .V::; 1
is growing uy: a third s»*\—v, omen
n ho deliberately abandon t.U t'o'uin
enre for lovo «<r pJssiou."
This, according to Sir William
Bell member of purli. ment for
[Iauutn remit li, us a i arti-'l© in the
Academy, la the real reason for the
growth of the woman suffrage
movement. "The young women of
halt a century ago who did wool
work also wasted *hi fsnnds of
hours of valuable time In practising
tu piano," said Sir William, "in
j nine- eases out of ten she had no
inclination for music, and is now as
defunct as her grandmother who
swooned In graceful attitudes on
every occasion. Women nowadays
:ire taking up a more aggressive
position in the world; they truvel
tmcbaparoqed; they ride alone in
! t.txis, and live like bachelors by
| themselves in fiats, if they think
; fit, without scandal. The/ want to
i live their own lives; they do not
I want to get married or expect it.
! They imitate men as far as they
jean in their attire. They smoke
cigarettes, and lead useful lives as
I il-.rks, typists, telegraphers, actu
aries, doctors, and take up a hun
i 'lre.l other occupations which were
■ formerly the sole occupation of
| men. They do not want men; they
' re learning to be independent of
1 them.
"I do not pretend that all women
i who follow those occupations are
i of i his class, but 1 maintain that
! there is a large and growing pro
! portion of what is practically a
'nird sex. inasmuch as the proportion
: cf men over women is increasing, I
i see no harm in it but good. Spinster
| hood is no longer the reproach it
j once was, and women lead far more
j interesting and brighter lives than
they ever did before."
Wliitehorse, May 19—Advices
| just received here stato that the
IH Y. N. steamer Canadlau which
[wintered on the river bslow lake
UDarge, had reached Carmacks on
hei way down to Dawso.-t.
The U. Y. N. steamer Nasutllu
; is reported stuck on a sandbar
J n nr Ogilvie.
BOOSEVELTWITH
US ONCE MORE
New York. May 19—Ex-President
t Theodore Roosevelt will probobly
janive here sometime today on his
' return from his South American ex
■ i>-'uitiou. From latest accounts he
is in good healthy
A
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look oyer the line.
Spring flats and Shoes
Now on Display
ON-Clothiei