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The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
HIGH HONOR
 IS DECLINED
N(By United Press.)

. PARIS, France. July 22-President Fallieres has offered the premiership of France to Leon Bourgeois, former minister of foreign affairs, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Premier Clemepceau. It is believed that Bourgeois will decline the ap- pointment
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
(By United Press.)

PARIS, France. July 21-The Clem. encau cabinet was abruptly broken up last night following the violent debate in the French assembly over the recent scandals relative to the
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

Mrs. George Dedman, Miss Ida Dedman and Henry Dedman arriy- ed on the Cottage City this morning from Pasadena, Cal, where they have been living for several years.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
(Sy Urlted press.)

GALVESTON. Texas. July 22-Com- munication with the mainland was established early this morning.
 Careful reports indicate that not more than twenty people were drown cd in the flood of yesterday. The police dcpar ment as yet have only received reports of ten deaths.
 The prope, ty damage however. is enormous. It will undoubtedly mount high into the millions.
 Today the wind has subSidcd and
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
}. GUGGENHEIM
 BOOSTS ALASKA
(5y United Press.)

LONDON. England. July 22-Daniel Guggenheim, of New York. who is now visiting England. stated today to newspaper interyiewerS that Al aska was the greatest of all countries in latent possibilities and that he ad- viSed young men to go there, for mo- where were there as splendid oppor- tunities for wealth and success.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
probable that he will be Sca. to m institution for treatment.
COTTAGE HAD 100 TOURISTS

The Cottage City arrived in port at 7:45 o'clock this morning with no passengers and 40 tons of freight and left for the south at 1 o'clock this afternoon with 1O2 passengers and light load of local freight.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

Mrs. E. McC. West, Mrs. Jacobs. Miss Ethel West and Britain West ar rived on the Cottage City this morn- ing from San Francisco. They expect to remain in Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
WEIGHTS MAKE RECORD FLIGHT

hour and twenty minutes and circled around the big parade grounds under perfect control. At times 1t went at a speed of about thirty-six miles an hour. A large crowd of govern m at officials, army officers and Con- gressmen watched the flight.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
ENTHUSIASTIC EXCURS|ON|STS
 SEE SKAGWAY'S SIGHTS

Pass and Yukon Route, as far as White Pass. They returned to Skagway at 11:3O a. m. They are very much delighted with the trip, so far, some of them stating that thy had travelled all over the world and this is the most beautiful trip they had ever taken.
 The following is the passenger list:
 Miss Florence Addix, NJ. D. Atkins, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Andrews, MT. and Mrs. w. N. Butler, Miss Elizabeth J. Butler, Edw. J. Banker, Mrs. Mary F.
 (Continued on page three.)
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

A meeting was held at 2:3O O clock this afternoon at the Presby- terian church under the auspices of the Skagway w. c. T. U. for the pur. pose of listening to addresses by three women, who is each distinguish ed in her chosen line of work. All have been delegates at the Interna- tional Council of Women which re. gently met in Toronto and at which more than 1O,OOO,OOO were represent, ed by delegates.
 Mrs. A. M. Hill is president of the Toronto Council of Women. president of the Toronto Travel club and life member of the National Local Coun' cil of Toronto. Mrs. Hill spoke this afternoon on the scope and pur' pose of the International Council of
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
HAS DISSOLVED

furnishing of poor equipment to the government war ships. Every member of the cabinet has tendered his res ignation. President Fallieres is great ly surprised by the abrupt termina- ton of the Clemencau regime.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

August Magazines and periodicals are on sale at Boughton's, Fifth and Broadway. U
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

Stop at the Caribou hotel when l. Carcross. Fine fishing and huntin In the immediate vicinity. Overlooks the beautiful shores of the lake. E w. Gideon, prop.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
WOMEN TELL ABOUT THEIR WORK

Women and what was done at Tor onto.
 Mrs. Maude Muff, district councillor of Bexely, London, president of the Physical Educational League of Eng land and president of the British Women's Temperance Association which is affiliated with the w. c. T. U., spoke this afternoon on the tenn perance work in England.
 Miss Williams of London, England, has been for many years president of the Girls Friendly Society of Wales. She is sister of the Bishop of Bangor, Wales. She spoke along the lines of the White Slave" traf' fIc, discussing protected immigration for women and girls from the stand point of the mother-land.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22

Go to the Pack Train restaurant for your Sunday French Dinner. The very best of everything the market affords. Ice cream served free, with our Sunday dinner. s. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-07-22
A. B. Dance tonight.

FOR SALE-Cheap, 25-foot motor boat; torpedo model; good condition Apply F. J. Rosenberg. U
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
CHINESE DOCTORS
KEEP PEOPLE WELL

In China physicians practice on the
subscription plan; that is TO say, each
family pays It's doctor a certain fixed
sum each year. But the Chinese con
slider that the principal value of doc
tors is 10 keep them we'll rather than
70 cure them of Illness; so when a
physician is unable TO prevent one Of
his clients from becoming ill., a Ger
tain sum is deducted from MS paw, the
amount being regulated by the length
OF time his client is sick. This sensibI
system makes the Chinese physician
exceedingly watchful over the health
Of the people
But the system has its disadvan-
taEes. as the court physicians have
Just learned 20 their cost. For the
doctors found themselves unable TO
prevent the emperor and the dOwa ger
empress from dying; therefore IT was
necessary that they should suffer the
penalty of such grave ignorance. AS
4 consequence Of this double imperial
death FIVE imperial physicians have
been degraded two degrees. although
the. retain their posts at court. while
the president OF the imperial hospital
and two Of his chief assistants have
been dismissed from their positions,
the reason assigned being for their
Ignorance.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
SALUBRIOUS MAY
OF BYGONE YEARS

In the good old days, when the gray
haired city man was a country boy the
month Of May was all that the poets
had ever said about it. The bloom Of
tree and shrub and flower was the
finest and the farmer was at his best
Having ploWed the SOD in March, and
sowed his oats in April, ne was ready
TO plant corn just as soon rs the leaves
Of the white oak were as large as SPUR
REFS ears. which was usually about the
10th Of the month.
Along about this time the ii- was
hay with the smoke from b rning
brush, cOrnstalks and rubbish gathered
from field and garden The days were
so warm that the nervy farmer boy
turned his bare feet out and ventured
70 go fishing in his shirt sleeves
True there was usually a little furry
along about the change Of the moon,
may be a sprinkle of snow, or hint OF
frost, but as this was expected It Gre
ated no surprise, much less exciting
fear Of damage.
May was then. as now, a great month.
only different, and IL is the May that is
SO wen and faVOTablY remembered bv
the city farmer.--Newark News
The Washington times., 1909-06-10

A victim Of circumstances that gave
him no chance TO be good. Joseph Sles-
niger, twenty-five, with no home but
the prison. no parents, no friends, no
money, no prospects for the future, Is
again behind prison bars that for al
most fourteen years of his short lie
have separated him from the freedom
OF the world.
Released from the penitentiary only
long enough to cross the threshold and
take a breath of air untainted by
prison odor, he walked into the arms
of an awaiting detective. and was again
in custody.
Embezzlement Charge.
He was locked up at police headquar-
ters on a charge of embezzlement al
Iesed to have been committed over a
year ago Police Judge McGannon
bound him over to the grand jury and
he started on the road that may lead
back TO the penitentiary.
During the past fourteen years Of his
life-since he was eight years old
Slesinger has been outside of penal IN
stitutions but six months in all
It have no home but the prison" he
told Lieutenant Walker when asked his
address while being booked at police
Headquarters. - might have had an
other home and I would not be here K
I had ever had a chance be said.
Picked up on the street as a juvenile
delinquent at an age when most boys
are learning the difference between
right and wrong from parents solicitous
for their future Slesinger was sent 10
Lancaster. Twice since that time, driven
by want and starvation he has robbed
places where food was kept. And Tor
both crimes he has served IN the penl-
Tertiary. The lessons learned from his
associates during his confinement un-
dermined his viii power and ne TEL
again.
Reared in Tenement.
The curtain rises on Slesinger's mem
ory Of his childhood in a dingy room
in q, crowded Chicago apartment house
4 was living with an old woman. ="
he saws. She was not my mother and
she frequently beat me. I never knew
my parents, and don't know where /
was born. When the woman became
too cruel I ran away from her and
came TO Cleveland. 1 was then about
seven years old"
For year the boy made a bare
living by selling papers on the streets
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
WHEN THE BLIND
LEADS THE BLIND

There is story of an elderly lady
standing on a crowded crossing. too
nervous TO venture. She was anxious
TO get TO the other side OF the thorough
fare. Presently she preceived a stranger
extending his hand She seized il. and
they both plunged into the whirl A
motor bus all but ran over them: a taxi
cab whized past so close that the lady
fancied her last moment had come. She
chung tighter to her guide. who went
madly on. Then they ali but colIided
with a bicycle. and the wheels OF a han
som twisted the feathers OF the lady
toeue. A tram car at that moment
passed an inch from their toes and a
butchers cart knocked her hand bag
yards away. A motor horn at her ear
nearly frightened her out of her wits
and the pole of a bus catching her in
the back, pushed her on. BY this time
she had found voice TO upbraid the man
10 whom she had been clnging.
'tOhs deari oh. deari It's a wonder
I'm alive What do you mean. man? I
might have been killed a dozen times
over. Are you blind?'
That's just what / am, marm,'' re-
piled the poor fellow; so I held out
my hand for someone to lead me
across"
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
His Only Home the Prison;
No Chance to Make Reform
Fourteen Years of Youths Twenty-Five Spent Behind
Bars For Various OffenSes-First Arrested
At Age of Eight.

Some days the sales were good ard
then re spent the night in a bed at
the home Of some other neWsboy or in
a cheap lodging house. on other DAYS
the sales fell behind and with an afm-
full Of unSold papers he went 90 sleep
weary aVd discouraged on eaorHtep
tt was for sleeping In doorwsNs that
he was taken into custody one night
and the next day sent TO Lancaster,
at the end Of eleven years I eou1dn
stand the life in the institution any
To- ger" he said. "Other boys had
friends TO get them out | had none.
I had to stay. No one would ever help
me so I ran away with another boy
Came on Foot.
Making his way back TO Cleveland
on foot, the youth reached the little
village Of FootviIIe, in Hockips- coun-
ty. one night. famished and u.Nd. lie
looked through the window of grocery
store at the food within and temptation
did the rest. The next day he was IN
jail In the county seat awaiting trial for
burglary and larceny. He was sent 10
the penitentiary for ore year
For three months following his re-
lease he was buffeted about by world
that was quick to condemn and slow TO
help. He finally secured job with
Edward Muessel, provision merchant at
the Sheriff street market One day he
was sent to the bank with roll OF
money. It looked like a big sum. In
the penitentiary he had heard tales OF
how Others had got away with big
sums. He needed clothes and other
things.
Left With Money.
4 turned from my way to the bank
and left town" said Slesinger. AT
Akron I bought some clothes-the first
good ones had ever worn. Then went
10 Columbus. 1 met some people who
helped me spend the money until it was
all gone. Then they turned their backs
on me.
For two days I went hungry and
could not find work Then one night
broke into a restaurant and ate good
meal They caught me and locked me
I'D. The people who helped me spend
my money came to see me only once
after my arrest
SIesinger was released from the peni-
Tertiary after serving a year Tor the
restaurant burglary. AS he left the in
stitution ne was met by Detective Wood
with a warrant.
Il suppose they viii take me back
to Columbus he told the officers. III
they do I won't be able to stand II
long It was in the penitentiary that
I got consumption. but I suppose 1 must
go back there and die from it."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
FRENCHMEN EXCEL
AS FLYERS IN AIR

1--WE are not taking the interest in
flight that we should said an avia-
tor. France. where the Wrights are
established, to our shame leads the
world in aeronautics, and in conse-
auence the French kite business has
grown like an i'll weed.
"Kitemakers have sprung up every
where in France Their little shops
are full Of long bamboo poles, bolts
of scarlet silk and blue muslin, ana IN
show cases lie folded kites that are
ss big, Outspread, as an aerOpiane.
"In studying the air one must be
gin with the kite. as In studying
mathematics one must begin with
arithmetic The enthusiastic and in
telIfeent French know this, and many
am automobile, hating far out IN the
Iandes or Var country, discharges a
youug student and q folded Kite that
measures. when opened out eighteen
or twenty feet across.
sYes. the French kitemaker IS pros
pering nowadays. and clever ne IS
too, with his bamboo frames ana
cllrvirg planes or ught-stret tened
scarlet siIk-"-Philadelph Bulletin.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
SUCCESS IS HIGH
FOR COLLEGE MEN
Careers Refute Idea That
University Lives Are Those
of Luxury.

AS against the accounts by sociology
cal investigators of thirty mine college
men in the Bowery bread lire at one
time" ard "4o0 college graduates found
in the Bowery in a single night 5
search" IT is profitable to contemplate
the more pleasing picture presented by
the Harvard class OF 1908, every member
Of which, by the secretary's report
''either has a lucrative position or is
pursuing advance study in college"
The statistics in each case are too in
adequate TO permit OF generalization
But IN the matter of Bowery derelicts
IL is 20 be borne IN mind that the col
lege educated clement of the population
is now large, single university send
INK oUt as many as LOCO graduates OF
all departments yearly. and II Is only
10 be expected that some viii fail. on
the other hand, the spectacle OF an en-
tire class engaged in serious occupations
q year after graduation is testimony to
EtuSeDJ character and capacity which
snCuld 6tspel certain prevailing mis-
conceptions.
One such misapprehension Is with re-
gard 70 the supposed frivolity Of student
life. That of the 500 members OF this
Harvard class 1ST took employment dur
ing the summer vacation, while le6 en-
gagged in philanthroptc and social i'm
provement work during their entire
course, hints at more serious student
view of a college education. The fact
that three-f1fths Of the class went
through college on from $500 70 $1,000 a
year helps TO contrOVeTt the popular
theory of student extravaganza.
The severer courses of study at Amer
lean colleges make less and less appeal
TO the shirkers and the gentleman
fdlers. youth who has attended four
years classwork instruction, passed the
requisite examinations and conforpled
TO the generally high student STANDARDS
of personal honor has demonstrated the
possession Of exceptional mental fitness
and of a moral responsibility which may
at least invite comparison with that OF
other youth.-New Y ork World.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
Easy Street Is Located
By the Postoffice Officials

Sunnyside avenues, drives and places
with several Sunset streets and places
There are also a Sunday street, Mon
day street, and a Friday street.
-Four Coffin streets, two Coffin ave-
nues. and one Coffin alley may be found
In the list; also a Doctor street, Law
street, and Baker street, and even
some Parson streets and Deacon
street, as well as a Butcher alley and a
Butcher lane.
Paradise alley is represented in eight
towns and there is one Paradise street
one Paradise place. and four Paradise
avenues And there's also an Eden ave-
nue. and an Eden alley. Hogan's alley
is represented in one city and there
are two Hells Half Acres
There's a Love road and nine Lovers
lanes, besides a Sweet street and Bit
ter street. There's one Breyity street,
eighty Long streets, and 200 Short
streets, as well as a Rapid street a
Swift street Quick street, a Work
street, a Quiet street, and a Sly street
There is no Sorrow street. but a great
number Of JOY streets, and one JOY
alley. Faith. Hope, and Charity are
all represented.
Of all the streets II the country, Main
street appears most frequently. IT Is
found in over 1000 cities. Washington
street follows a close second OF the
numbered streets Ninth and Tenth
others. New York has the only One
Hundred and Sixty-second street in the
world.
There are 163 Wall streets and $40
BrOadways and fifteen Boweries. Dew
ev is hOnOred in nearly 200 citigs Many
cities name streets after Presidents.
There are tniTy-seven Roosevelt
streets. thirty-four Roosevelt avenues
one Roosevelt Court. one Roosevelt
Lane, four Roosevelt Places, one ROose-
welt Terrace and one Roosevelt Way.
OsWego, y. Y, has followed simplified
spelling. and has a Roosevelt street -
There are also twenty Bryan streets
Besides Taft street, Cincinnati, which
Is named after the Taft family, there
are seven Taft streets and two Taft
avenues.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10

Any man can live on Easy street. II
le wants TO. This is not a conclusion
drawn from reading the tariff bill or
advertisements Of Goldfield mining COM
panies, but is an absolute fact Two
cites in this country. Boston and Johns
town. Pa, have Easy streets
A directory OF al the streets, avenues,
courts, alleys and lanes, upon which
mail il delivered IN 1,I79 principal cities
in Tho United States has just been is
sued 1y The Dead Letter Office OF the
Postofffcs Department, and Il discloses
some rather interesting information
There seems TO be a street for nearly
every. necessity Of life. every profession
every mood and condition Of man.
There's 2 Rich Place in West Seneca,
Buffalo. And there are two Poor streets.
ore Poormau road, one Poor Farm road
and one Poor House lane.
Three towns boast Rubber streets
and one a Rubber alley. There Is
Champagne street, Seven Wine Streets
two Whisky Hills, several Brewery
streets. one of which is located in Gin
cinnati, and 10 offset these, seven COT
fee streets and one Coffee alley
There's a Limberger street SweltzeT
street. a Pickle street, a Ham street,
Ham alley, a Bee Hive street, Honey
street. an Onion street, "A Bread street
an oyster street, a Butter street q FORK
street, several Olive streets and Bean
streets. Pea alley. Salad place, a
Turkey street and finally several Gran
berry streets as well as a Cranberry
avenue and q Cranberry alley, a Pump
Kin Hill and a great number of streets
"a med after various fruits.
Spring, summer, fail ana winter are
ali reDTesented. There are several Ice
streets. some Snow streets, Flood streets
and one Hot Hole road, as well as
twenty Sunnyside streets a number OF
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
BORNEO PARADISE
FOR NATURALISTS

'fThere is no country in the world
more inviting TO the naturalists than
RoTneo, writes Consul Baker from
Sandakan. Here are found the flying
squirrels. flying foxes, flying lizards,
flying frogs, and the natives report fiy-
ing snakes. Among the most noted
birds is the little swift COllOcalia midi
flea Their nests are eaten by the Chi
nese and are regarded as a great luz
--ury- These birds build their nests in
limestone caves of a glutiuous saliva
which they produce from their glands;
no sticks or any other foreign sub
stances are used. The collection of
these nests is an important industry
with the natives, though they pay q
tax on all they take TO market The
value Of those exported from British
North BOrneo in 1907 was S35.914. They
are served al the great feasts Of the
Chinese, especially at weddings"
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
KINDNESS GETS No THANKS

Kindness never gets any thanks.
remember a man whose pal broke is
leg while they was working together
unloading a barge. ard he went of
20 break the news 10 is pal 8 wife a
kind eaTted man e vas as ever you
see, and, knowing oW-she would take
Oh when she card the news. he told her
f1st OF all thar FER husband was killed
she took on like a mad thing, and at
last, when she couldn't 90 anything
more and ae quieted Gown a bit, he
told er that Il was on'y 4 ease Of a
brCkon leg thinking that 'er foy would
be 50 great that she wouldn't think
auyf hing Of that lie ad to aelI her
three tines aiore she understood i'm,
sand then instead ~ being thenafuI 20
i'm for has thouEhtfulness. she chased
him arr over Mapping with q chopper,
screaming WIN temDeT.-From SefE-
FTeip. by " w Jacobs. in Strand Mag
( z1le.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
FAMOUS MUSICIAN
HAS MANY FADS

Sir Edward Elgar, the famous mu-
sician. Is said to be keen on chemistry
and spends some Of his leisure time In
analysis and experiments He has been
an enthusiastic cyclist and can tell a
goo4 story OF adventures encountered
on The highways and byways of western
England.
AT one time he had q hobby Of kite
flying. and was not ashamed 10 be seen
tuRging at a string and gazing heaven
ward after a struggling object with
long Tail which strained 70 get higher
and even higher He is also an ardent
naturalist.-EDglssh illustrated Maya
zine
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
LABOR FORCES AID
WHITE PLGUE FIGHT

The forces that are doing battle in
Illinois against the great white plague
-tubercuIosis-hav received re-en force
mentS- from the State Federation of
Labor which has decided to cooperate
actively in the fight 10 stamp out the
disease.
Literature dealing with occu3ational
diseases, particularly with tuberculo-
sis, IS 10 be distributed among the 500 600
trades unionists In Illinois. II will give
fun information concerning the symp-
toms OF the disease, and the work that
the state and the various municipal
tiles are doing 10 eradicate It. and will
call special attention to the free SER
vices the State is rendering IN the cru
SADIE to wipe out the plague.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
FAMOUS "JEM" MACE
ASKS FOR A PENSION

Although he says he has made more
than a slilliOn dollars 90 the prize ring,
'iJemT Mace. the Old-tlme English puBl-
lletfe- champion, mas applied for pen
sion under the new British OTd age an
uuity act Mace, who is now seventy
seven years Old. has a record Of 800
appearances in the ring and only two
defeats In recent years he has been
giving boxing exhibitions, and a month
ago appeared ia a sketch entitled
Catching a Tartar al HUI music
hail. but the mOIsy earned was in
sufficient 10 keep him in comfort, and
ne was helped by friends.
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
LATEST THING IN MASSAGE.

Mrs. ionra-fipw ia your invalid
friend. Mira ROBINSON
Mrs smith--Juaj sH FUN 81 aches and
pains 20 ever ! think she oughI to 80
down and try the EmmauHei movement
anu Epe IF that wnuldu' help her
Mrs Quite Ho Any kind Of
massage ought GO bee socd for htf.-
New york Times
The Washington times., 1909-06-10
EDUCATIONAL NOTE.

whenever we see a fool boy home
from college, with cuffs on his pants.
= dlnxy little vgheatcale hat on his
head. and a briar pipe Ia his mouth,
Is a relief 10 see "19l2' on his sweater.
as II indicates he stIu has three years
in which 10 get disguised with him
self-Bunalo News.