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Show H HIGH BANK FOR DUKE HB i Whon tho duko of tho Abruxzl returns to Italy HH S-Sj. (unu lociuutnlu climbing In India, in tho near H jr A future, hu will be promoted to tho rank of ad- v9i Iral In the Italian navy and put In command of J j"i ifl l0 uuvn' nrB01,!l' I" Venice, according to Infor- BH Jnf( P mutton from naval ottletals. HRH ivV -? Vl Those sHtno oltlclala assumo that tho duko hna ftflB-B Vnift. Ar4. given up hope of marrying Miss Kathurlno Klkins. HHBj Nl J$$i imt in tn,a nsHumptlon it soems most probable H S 5S-Si tlll,t tll ;,8l 1h fulnor tu tuo thought. Tho duko BB Vhct, ' Jl la ,,a tiU nH ovor rom U0'nK on good terms with IHB jSgrat King Victor Knnuanuel, Dowager Queen Mnrghe HH v JPL Ik Htn and others of his royal relntlvos who oppose HB y. yfa LmL lllrt tnnri-iKO to tho American girl. Nothing could HH SdtfSSi l,r(long the duke's quarrel with his kin but his IHH 5lf-jJlm?l continued doturmlntvtlon to wed the woman ho BH HH Oeogiaphers all over tho world are lauding tho duko for tits ascent of flB tno lofl Himalayan peak, K2, or Mount Goodwin-Austen, as the Hoyal Geo- B graphical society named tho mountain in honor of tho first explorer of that H K2 Is the highest mountain in tho world, save one. It la 2S.250 feet high, HBHB only 725 feet lower than Mount Everest, which rises to the blue higher than HBB-H ,u,y otlltir uirt ot tno m,r,u- Tho lluke roH0tlol tho e'Kht of 24.000 feet on IHH Mount Goodwtn-Auaten, nnd this is a record lu mountain climbing, eclipsing BHBI that of Dr. Graham, who, lu 1S83, roach ed tho top ot Mount Kubry in the BBBH Himalayas, an altitude of .23,900 feet. -T-y""" jj.-fa, BBBBHMMB. h naM m Jtt . jmuubmm |