SIRES AND SONS,
Joseph Hume Cook, prime minister
Of Australia. is a Methodist lay
preacher.
Count Zeppelin, inventor of the Ger
man dirigible, is "the greatest German
of the twentieth century,” according
to the kaiser.
Dr. H. Oliviera Lima, who will teach
Latin American history and diplomacy
at Harvard university, is a native of
Brazil and noted as a diplomat and
educator.
David Watson Taylor, who will suc
ceed Rear Admiral Richard M. Watt as
chief constructor of the navy, gradu
ated from the United States Naval
academy in 1885 at the head of his
class and excelled the highest record
ever made there up to that time;
Max Joseph Baehr, who has been
made United States consul at Berne.
Switzerland, has for twelve years rep- i
resented this country at Havana. Cuba.
He is a native of Bavaria, but came to
America in 1878. In 1S9S he began his
diplomatic career as American consul
at Kehl. Germany.
General Baron Carl von I’lettenberg. j
commander of the German Guards i
corps, the flower of the kaiser’s troops, j
is also a general adjutant to the kaiser
and very high in his favor, their friend
ship dating back to the days when :
they served together in the First regi j
ment of foot guards.
The Writers.
Mrs. Corra Harris has gone to Eu
rope to write a series of magazine ar
ticles on the woman's side of the war.
Hugh Walpole, the author, is a son
of the bishop of Edinburgh and a
cousin of the Earl of Ortord. He lives
half the year in a tiny tshing village in
Cornwall, where he does most of his
work.
Sir Rennell Rodd, whose name ap
pears In the white papers as that of
British ambassador at Rome, spent in
1908 some months in America. He
greatly distinguished himself at Ox
ford. where he carried off several hon
ors, Including the Newdigate poem
prize. He is well known as the au
thor of at least half a dozen volumes
of verse, of monographs on Sir Walter
Baleigh and Emperor Frederick.
Fashion Frills,
Economy is the order of the day.
The ladies have even taken to wear
ing shorter dresses. — Philadelphia
Press.
If the short skirts become much
shorter there will he a falling off in
the demand for dress goods and bur
lesque theater tickets.—Chicago News.
In order to increase the sale of cot
ton why not suggest that the style
makers make it fashionable for wom
en to wear more clothes?—Sioux City
Tribune
From -ome of the hats we've seen
it’s quite Hear that busted sixteen
inch shells have suggested ideas to
the quick witted designers.—Milwau
kee Journal.
Train and Track.
Nearly one-half of Spain’s railroads
enter Madrid.
The average express locomotive con
sumes twelve gallons of water for each
mile traveled.
Nearly half of the main line of the
Canadian Pacific between Fort Wil
liam and Vancouver is now double
tracked. More than 3T>0 miles of dou
ble tracking has been completed tbis
year.
The new Union station in Kansas
City. Mo., which cost $0,000,000, is the
third largest In the United States. All
the improvements around it made in
connection with Its erection cost more
than $40,000,000.
SHORT AND SHARP,
The mining Industry still leads In Eu
rope.
Europe has not time to sow grain, as
Bbe is too busy reaping a whirlwind.
When Turkey appoints a censor
here’s hoping he’ll be a pasha of many
tales.
All now admit thnt It was well the
war was not named while it was
young.
Very few farces and burlesques are
now being played In the well known
theater of war.
Even Canada may now begin to see
that the Monroe doctrine Is not a bad
port In a storm.
In Parts they hare changed eau de
Cologne to eau de I»uvain. Will the
Germans now rechristen plaster of
parts?
It might have been worse. Suppose
the foot and mouth disease had started
In Europe, where meat is already
scarce enough.
Beating swords \pto plowshares has
been delayed, yet when we think war
drums may be converted into bagpipes
the outlook isn't so bad.
A London leather man says that “the
war will be won or lost on the stand
point of leather,” and “standpoint”
would here appear to be the exact
word.
The new United States type of sub
marine can stay under water longer
than any other kind. That has been
one of the prime faults of some sub
marines.
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS.
Sfrs. Mary McMullen of Kansas City
has been married and divorced gls
times.
Miss Gertrude Dallas is the first
American girl to be admitted to the
Russian Drama school.
Mrs. Baliol Scott, the famous wo
man rifie shot of England, is teaching
young men and boys bow to shoot a
rifie with the puri>ose of having them
efficient if called upon to go to war.
The wife of Captain Frederick Guest,
formerly Miss Amy Phipps, of Pitts
burgh. is one of fifty American women
in Eurojie aiding the Red Cross. She
bns established a station In London
for the relief of the poor.
Mrs. George E. Vincent wife of the
president of the University of Minne
sota. is the first woman to be adopted
into the tribe at the Chippewa Indian
reservation at Leech Lake. Minn. Her
Indian name Is Moonlight
Current Comment.
Any hand we have in the muss must
be of the helping order.—Wall Street
Journal
Under existing conditions it will have
to be changed to “Charity begins
abroad.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
There is some significance in the fact
that this winter’s best advertised musi
cian comes from Spain, which country
is not engaged in war.—Chicago News.
It is confidently expected that by the
time the Panama exposition is ready to
open the world will awaken to the fact
that it needs relaxation.—Washington
Star
Among the pleasures of a transatlan
tic voyage now is the possibility of
encountering not an iceberg, but a
mine. “Made in the U. S. A." winter
tours may yet become popular.—New !
York World.
BRIGHT BRIEFS
Do not leave off pushing because you
haven't a pull
Man proposes, but the world ts still
full of bachelors.
At any rate, there seems to be enough
cotton for everybody.
The foolish man •‘darns" his luck:
the wise man "mends" it
Many a man’s success, like that of
an actor, is due to a good manager.
Most people are liars to the extent
of having said at one time or another
"I don't care."
Wise is the man who appoints him
self chairman of the advisory board of
his own business.
Modern civilization is not the “boast
ed" kind any more. There is some
small gain in this.
Most of us are quick enough to take
advantage of opportunities to do the
things we shouldn’t
European war may he regarded as
conducted largely on the theory that
misery loves company.
The timid fear before danger, the
cowardly in the midst of it the coura
geous after it is over.
The question of “Why was the war?"
will be left to history, that never fails
to lie like a war bulletin.
The activity of Vesuvius was tardy
Europe has another volcano In erup
tion which puts it in the shade.
Fashion tentatively offers knicker
bockers to women this year, thus fur
ther facilitating the march of progress
or something.
Fashion Frills.
A man does not have to wear one of
those fool new hats unless he wants
to.—St Louis Globe-Democrat
Current styles make some curious
disclosures of feminine ideas of what
is charming.—Baltimore American.
So long as n single bowlegged man
lives as a horrible example male attire
will never be universally adopted by
the gentler sex.—Washington Post
These short skirts are something of
a boon to the manufacturer of wom
en’s footwear. The women cannot wear
the ran down kind in the full glare of
publicity.—Chicago News.
Wireless Whispers.
Wireless makes It possible to signal
moving trains.
The new wireless station at Fort
Myer, near Washington, has a range
of more than 5,000 miles.
A newspaper in a town in Brazil,
2.000 miles from the month of the Am
azon, gets all its telegraphic news by
wireless.
Test messages of wireless telegrams
sent in Peru with Hve kilowatt power
passed the Andes mountains from 14.
000 to 20,000 feet high.
British Briefs.
Wedding fees have been reduced In
England.
Britain's oldest patter is the London
Gazette. 250 yeai-s in existence.
A notice in a Glasgow office window
runs: “Business as usual during altera
tion of the map.”
The effect of the war on the herring
fishery on the east coast of England
Is indicated by the fact that the total
catch to date this season Is 40,000,000
fish fewer than usual.
NORWEGIANS AT THE PAIR
SAN FRANCISCO—There are as
many Norwegians in the United
States as in Norway—2,500,000 all
told, and their representatives gath
ered here on Saturday for a Nor
wegian celebration at the Exposi
tion Memorial Auditorium. At the
celebration were delegates from the
Norwegian Singers of the Pacific
Coast, the Synod of the Norwegian
Evangelical Lutheran Church ol
America, the Federation of Singers
of the same church, the Young
Peoples’ Association of the Synod,
the Sons of Norway, Daughters ol
Norway, and many similar organiza
tions. The. Luther Concert Band oi
Decorah, Iowa, just returned from a
tour of Europe, assisted by a chorus
of 1,500 Norwegian singers, will sing
at the Exposition.
RAILROAD CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON — The conference
between members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, members of
State Railway Commissions, and
representativse of railroads is now
on.
ALABAMA SAFETY ASSOCIATION
BIRMINGHAM—A big field day
demonstration of the Alabama Safety
Association was held here Saturday
afternoon in Rickwood Park, excit
ing contests between teams of miners
being the feature of the day.
DEDICATE STADIUM
NEW YORK—The Stadium do
nated by Adolph Lewisohn to the
College of the City of New York was
dedicated today by a Greek play pre
sented by Granville Barker and IPs
cast of famous outdoor players. “The
Tronjan Woman,” of Euripides is
the play that was enacted by the
Barker Company. More than 15,000
attended the dedicatory performance,
including the 7,000 students of the
College and the.ir friends. City offi
cials will also witness the Greek
tragedy.
MOVIES IN NEW YORK
TROY, N. Y.—Securely packed
for safe ocean transportation, eleven
huge bells, shipped by the Meneely
Bell Co., of this city are on their
way to the new million dollar Bible
Institute at Los Angeles, Cal. Ship
ment was made via the all water
route, and this chime will enjoy the
two-fold distinction of being the first
set of bells to pass through the
Panama Canal and the largest in any
building on the Pacific Coast. A
new chiming system, similar to the
one used in connection with the fam
ous chime, in Trinity Church, New
York, will be employed for ringing
the Los Angeles bells.
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NOTICE OF MARSHALS SALE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THIRD DIVISION, DISTRICT OF
ALASKA, ss.
Public notice is hereby given that
by virtue of a writ of execution
{dated April 30th, A. D.. 1915, issued
1 out of the District Court, for the
Third Division, Territory of Alaska,
on a judgment rendered in the U. S.
Commissioner’s Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Alaska, on the 21st day of
December, A. D., 1914, in favor of
S. O. Breedman, and against E. W.
Exum, I did on the 17th day of
May, A. D.. 1915, levy upon all of
the right, title and interest of the
defendant E. W. Exum, in and to
the following described real estate,
situated in the Chitina Recording
Precinct, 3rd Division, Territory of
Alaska, to wit:
Lots one, two and three in Block
twenty-two and lots one, two and
three in Block (E) all situated in
| the townsite of Chitina, Alaska, and
that I will accordingly offer all
of the right, title and interest
of the defendant in said real
estate for sale, at public vendue
to the. highest and best bidder, for
cash, on the 24th day of June, A. D.,
1915. at 2 o'clock P. M. at the front
door of the U. S. Commissioner's
Office, Chitina, Alaska.
Dated Chitina, Alaska, this ISth
day of May, A. D., 1915.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal, 3rd Division,
Territory of Alaska.
By W. J. FEASTER. Deputy.
First publication, May 18, 1915.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Ben C. Hannam, administrator of ,
the Estate of James Garrett, de- ]
ceased and to his hairs and '
assigns of said James Garrett. >
You are hereby notified that I, theli
subscriber, Ringwald Blix, have ex- ]
pended and paid for your share in ]
labor and improvements upon the <
Jacobson Placer Mining Claim for ■
the year 1912, 1913 and 1914. ]
Said Placer Mining Claim is situ- ]
| ated on Slate Creek, Copper Center j
I Recording Precinct, Alaska. The <
; notice of location thereof is of ]
record in Book 1, Page 120 of Min- J
ing Locations in said recording office ■
at Copper Ce.nter Alaska. To which .
book and page reference is hereby ]
made for a more particular descrip- ]
| tion of said claim. Such expenditure ■
j was made for the purpose of holding [
possessory right and title to said ]
| claim under provisions of Section i
j 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the }
| United States and the amendments J
; thereof providing for annual labor ‘
! upon mining claims. That is to say 1
| that an hundred dollars worth «f "i
| labor and improvements was made. ■
upon said placer claim and that I as ]
co-owner have expended the amounts!]
; which were for the interest of said «
Garrett’s estate. .
You are further notified that un- ]
less you«-pay your proportion of shch ■
expenditure together with the cost of ■
this advertisement to the under- ]
j signed within ninety days from the ]
last publication of this notice your <
interest in said claim will become
the property of tne undersigned co-1 ]
i owner under said Section 2324, Re- •
! vised Statutes of the United States. ■
RINGWALD BLIX.
j First publication, March 9, 1915.
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