The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-19
VICTORIA, British Columbia, May l9.
1.-The yacht Gwendolyn Il sailed from here
yesterday for San Pedro to enter in the trans
pacific race from San Pedro to Honolulu.
ORDER CAME
OUT Of CHAOS
Fleet Entertainers Get Down
to Figures and Appoint
Bosses.
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegram.)

A board of control, having veto
power and the last word, was appoint
ed at the meeting of the chairmen of
the fleet entertainment subcommittee
last night and the first real definite
step towards the preparation of a
working program for the entertainers
was taken. The meeting chased its
tail in a ring for the greater part of
an hour, motions and amendments that
led nowhere and added to the existing
confusion treading on each others
heels faster than the chairman, the
Acting Governor, could put them. The
confusion arose from the impression
that it was up to the executive COM
mittee to outline a program for them
ito work to and the idea which per-
sisted among the members of the ex-
ecutive that it was up to the subcom-
mittees to make up their program and
submit it. Between the two ideas the
program in any kind of definite shape
was in danger of being lost. The mo-
ton appointing a paramount commit
tee, however, settled the question of
ambiguity. and has placed the matter
of program where it can be proceed
ed with
There We're present at the meeting
last night the chairmen of all the i'm
portant committees, as follows: Act
ing Governor Mott-Smith, George w.
Smith, J. p Cooke and H. p. Wood,
of the executive committee; w. F.
Dillingham;, commissary; George r.
Carter, reception; H. Z. Cooper, fra
ternal orders and clubs; Sam Johnson,
sports; F. L. Waldron, entertainment;
w. r. harrington, press; L. Tenney
Pesk, ways and means; Alexander
Young, hotels; Col. Jones, decoration;
F. B. McStocker, at large; F. E. Rich
ardson, transportation.
The chairman reported having ca
bled to Governor Frear for some def
mite information regarding the visit of
the warships, stating that it was not
known with certainty how many ves-
sells would be here or whether the stay
would be for seven or for ten days.
To this cablegram Governor Frear
replied last night as follows:
Hatch and Mcclellan will attend
to the feet question. 1 am leaving
Washington now"
WHAT THE COMMITTEES WANT.
Still in the dark as to details the
various subcommittee then presented
their estimates, although several of
them stated that these were based on
guesswork and given at random, their
committees not knowing where they
stood on anything. The estimates to-
tailed up to $21,575. as follows:
Decorations, $4,000: sports, $3250;
commissary. $4,000; information, S425;
transportation, $4,000; entertainment,
$4,000: reception. $4,000; press. $500, and
committee at large. $500. The hotel
committee and the social clubs COM
nHttee reported that no money would
be needed for their work.
WHAT CAN BE RAISED.
Still in the dark, the various COM
nittees clamored for information as to
whether these amounts would be given
them and If not by whom would the
pruning be done. L. Tenney Peck, of
the finance committee, was called upon
to state what the prospects were for
raising money, F. l.. Waldron making
a motion for him TO talk to. Mr.
WaIdron's motion was that the ex-
pense of the entertainment should be
limited to $4,000.
This launched a side discussion on
the meeting before the finance chair
man had a chance to talk Dillingham;
and Carter took exception 10 the use
of the word limit in the motion and
wanted 10 instruct the solicitors for
funds to keep right on canvassing
without any limit on their energy.
Alexander Young stated that he
thought fifteen thousand a very small
sum to work on. He also added that
the hotel men had decided not to sub
scribe. but to put all their money into
the decorations Of their own places
and fix these up gorgeously as their
Continued on Page Seven.)