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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

Less than 700 women in the
entire city of Tacoma apparently
have enough interest in the Ia
coma schools to desire to vote at
the school election December 4.
There were a few more than 500
registered last night and although
the books close tonight the regis
tering today was comparatively
light.
The school board fight has
grown into rather a muddled af-
fair. President John T. Bib,
who is a candidate for reelection,
is standing by his record and this
record has been one of approval
generally for the policies of Sup
erintendent Yoder, whom one of
the candidates is trying to drag
into the controversy.
George Williamson is evidently
trying to rally the opposition 20
Yoder to his standard, yet he
does not go as far as to declare
against the superintendent. he
Is opposed to certain frills in the
school curriculum and in genera
wants home teachers given mors
show, while Bibb favors hiring
the best teachers obtainabls
whether they live in Tacoma oil
not. The old teachers who hav,
lost their jobs under Yoder are
generally for Williamson in hop
of getting back or getting re
yenge.
Thomas F. Ray is rather in be
tween Bihb and Williamson and /.
trying to land the fellows whC
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

are not satisfied with the outlook
as presented by either. Ray is
with Bibb ON the idea that he OBJ
jects to making a school superin-
tendent an issue to be fought owe
in an election. He is with Will
hanson against some of the meth
DDS followed in the public schools
at the present time.
With this situation the case re-
solves itself into one where there
is apparently no elean-eut issue
1t is largely question of men.
The characterization element
was expected to get into the
game this time, but they seem
to have subsidized. oPss.bly they
may be conducting a gum shoe
campaign, but IL so 1t is a very
quiet one. The characterization
lists were bitterly opposed to the
old regime, which refuses to &C
cept the certificates from certain
losteopath physicians who are
known not to favor vaccination,
but the society has been making
no stir on the present election.
The public generally seems
rather inclined to agree with Sup
erintendent Yoder in his effort 70
eliminate inefficient teachers, nc
matter who the ak may hit. The
Ipeople also favors Mr.. Yoder's
proposal to start a trade school
for boys as soon as possible, but
there is a general sentiment grow.
ling against fads in school and
toward getting back to the old
Idea of the three RS" education
-'readin', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. /"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
UNION PACIFIC TRAINS
TO REACH TACOMA FIRST
OF YEAR, SAYS L0VEH

and operation; e. o. Mccormick,
Chicago. assistant traffic director;
w. w. Cotton, Portland, general
counsel for the o. r. & N; J. q.
Wilson, attorney; r. C. Miller,
general freight agent; William
McMurray, general passenger
agent; G. w. Boschke, chief en-
gineer; ]. c. Farrell, Seattle,
Northwest representative.
The party came in special
o. r. & N. train from Seattle, ana
will leave this afternoon for the
South.
Today the local situation Is be-
ing reviewed and plans laid out
for the terminals here, including
the freight station on the tide
flats, and the passenger station on
lower G street.
Judge Lovett says his trip Is
merely one of inspection for the
purpose of getting acquainted
with the situation here and deter
mining how the Union Pacific
work is progressing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
SUCCESSOR OF HARTMAN
HERE ON AN INSPECTION
TRIP, MAKES INTERESTING
ANNOUNCEMENT

Judge Robert S. Lovett, chair
man of the board of directors of
the Hartman railway system,
dropped into Tacoma unannounced
last evening with a dozen of his
to look over the local
railway situation.
Mr.. Lovett declared that on
January l the Union Pacific trains
are expected to be running into
Tacoma and doing business.
He also says the Hartman in
terests will build such new lines
in this ction as will be neces-
sary to care for the business and
develop trade.
Accompanying Judge Rovett
are: j. C. Stubbs, Chicago, traf-
fic director; julius Krutschnltt,
Chicago, director of maintenance
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
MYSTERIOUS STORY
BACK OF MURDER
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
FAN RAFAEL, CAL, Nov. 90
District Attorney Boyd is busy to-
day investigating several clews to
the murder of Robert C. Black,
the young, Scotchman, who was
shot and killed late Sunday night
at Ross, and there is possibility
that the trial will lead back to
Scotland, where the young man
was an heir to the big estate OF
his grandfather, Robert c. Black,
a manufacturer.
The authorities are said to have
learned that cousin, between
whom and the fortune young
Black stood, and between whom
and Black ill feeling has long ex-
listed, recently came to this coun-
try and visited San Rafael with
in the last week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

But we'll bet that hoboes never
stay in that place after dark. The
very simplicity, the self-confi-
dence, of the notice, suggests grim
results. 1t sets at play a host of
dark imaginings, of which the
blacksnake whip. the hob-nailed
boot, ten cords of wood, and a
souse at the pump are but the
least. The whimsicality of the
wording suggests a whimsicality
of temperament that might shift
to cudgel.
Some courageous hobo may
linger In that town after sun
down, some day, and live to tell
the tale. 1t will be a thriller, and
no mistake. AS for us, were we
wearing our worst clothes, we
should shun that place as we
would shun a Polish wedding
Van Norden's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
STOMACH GAS, HEARTBURN OR
INDIGESTION SIMPLY VANISH

Every year regularly more than
million stomach sufferers in the
United States, England and Can
ada take Pape's Diapepsin and
realize not only immediate but
lasting relief.
This harmless preparation will
digest anything yen eat and over
come a sour, gassy or out-of-order
stomach five minutes afterwards.
If your meals don't fit comfort
ably, or what you eat lays like a
lump of lead In your stomach, or
If you have heartburn, that is a
sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist So
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and
take dose just rs soon as you
can. There will he TO sour risings
no belching of undigested food
mixed with acid, no stomach gas
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
THE DEAD LINE

An Eastern traveller, passing
through Nebraska, observed from
the car window a sign:
HOBOES:
Don't Let the Sun Go Down
on You Here.
Il. g. FILLER, Mayor.
So dire a threat was never con-
veyed, in the history of our Ian
guage, in such mild, matter-of-
fact terms. A notice to gents of
the road, not to permit the setting
sun to glimpse them within the
confines of the town-that's all.
A hint to accelerate, to hasten the
footsteps, to proceed whittier. A
step-lively of the prairie. There
is no mention of a fine or other
punishment in case the injunction
is disobeyed. 1t takes the form of
a suggestion, rather than a per-
emptory order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

When sewing lace insertion on
to a sheer material that is to be
cut away, haste carefully on right
side of goods and either hem with
tiny stitches or sew close to edge
with machine. Cut away material
on wrong side. leaving enough
edge to turn back. This may be
fastened with second row of ma
chine stitching or can be turned
in and hemmed close to the lace
so the stitches will not show.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

or heartburn, fullness or heavy.
feeling in the stomach, Nauseau,
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness
or Intestinal gripping. This will
all go, and besides, there will be
no sour food left ever in the stom-
ach to poison your breath with
nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is q certain
cure for out-of-order stomachs, be-
cause it takes hold OF your food
and digests 1t just the same as il
your stomach wasn't there.
Relief in five minutes from all
stomach misery is waiting for you
at any drug store.
These large 59-cent cases con-
tain more than sufficient to thor
oughly cure almost any case of
Dyspepsia, Indigestion or any 9TH
Ter stomach disorder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
THE TAHONIA, AFTER TRIP OF
$4,000 MILES, IS IN PORT
AND OPEN FOR INSPECTION.

After a voyage covering $4,000
miles, from Baltimore via Suez
canal, the new revenue cutter Ia
homa arrived in port yesterday af
ternoon to be inspected by the
people of the city for which she
was named. Captain ]. H. Quin-
an has extended an urgent invi-
tation to all visitors, and many
took advantage of the invitation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
FRENCH BEAUTY
SECRETS

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and let mo show you how to be beautiful.
I will rend 10 fifty thousand women copy
OF my nswest booklet. entitled Natures
particulars regarding my beauty methods
which have astonished the whole world.
have discovered secret methods for filing
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you particulars regarding French beauty Sc
erets and my new methods for beautifying
name and address. u and will send my book
and ell particulars absolutely free. u
Evelyn Cunningham. Dept. 1no.
20 Dearborn-st, Chicago, i'll.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
HOUSEHOLDS SWEPT
AWAY BY RIVER
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 81
The Willamette river has reached
the flood stage and is now sta
tionary. Many households along
the river have been washed from
their moorings. The Sellwool
ferry, two miles above this city,
was washed away and captured
by the fireboat after colliding with
a houseboat an dendangering the
lives of the occupants.
Driftwood piling against the
piers of the city bridges for A
time endangered the structures.
The wharves are under two feet
of water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
MANY VISIT NEW
REVENUE CUTTER

today. The visiting hours are
from 1 to . p. m, both today ana
tomorrow.
The Tahoma is one of the fin
est vessels in the service and the
master has every reason to be
proud of his charge, which has
finished the long voyage without
serious mishap. The Tahoma was
completed a year ago at Camden,
n. j., and at the instigation of
Francis w. Cushman was namei
for this city. The ship will re-
main over Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
SESSION is CONDUCTED ON
VESSEL FAIRLY THANKSGIV.
ING MORNING.

For the first time in the his
tory of Alaska an official session
of the federal district court was
held on board boat, when Judge
E. E. Cushman of the First dis
trict of Alaska, recently of Ia
coma, heard the petition asking
for the incorporation Of the town
of Haines on board the steamship
Humboldt early Thanksgiving
morning while the Hum boldt was
plying between Haines and Skag-
way, according to a dispatch from
|Skagway.
He held the hearing on board
the boat so as not To force the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
LIFEBOAT CAPSIZSES:
THREE DROWNED
THREE SWEPT OUT TO SEA
NEAR TILLAMOOK, ORE, BY
THE UNDERTOW.

(By UniteH Press Leased Wire.)
TILLAMOOK, Ore, Nov. ~
While attempting to land passen-
gers taken off in the lifeboat from
the steamer Argo, which stranded
on the bar on it's trip from Astoria
to Tillamook, the boat was cap
sized by the breakers on the beach
and three were drowned, Henry
Wickman, member of the life
saving crew; Nellie Hunter, n
child of six, and an unknown
woman.
All were swept out to sea by
the undertow. Later the Argo
was released by the rising tide
and anchored in safety.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
EVERY ONE SEEMS SATISFIED
AT APPLE SHOW AWARDS.

WENATCHEE, Nov. 26.-Now
that the National Apple Show is
over, an inventory OF the prizes
shows that Chelan county took
145 prizes out of the 251 awarded
the balance being awarded to the
other apple districts.
Every one seems to be satisfied
with the awards and the next
apple show will receive earnest
support from this section.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
BILLION DOLLAR AGE IS HERE; TINY
MILLIONAIRES SWEPT WEAKLY ASIDE

This copper trust can produce
7S5, 100000 pounds of coppar a
year.
In this billion dollar age 1t is a
strange fact that citizens are
growing in value.
Each man, woman and child in
the United States is worth $3.50
to the billion-dollar telephone
trust. It's easy to figure it out;
If the 100000 of us were not
here, where would the billion
dollar trust find it's business?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

Stimson is special government
prosecutor of the sugar trust
thieves. He will soon bring to trial
in New York individual employees
of the trust for cheating the gov
eminent in custom house duties,
and he is the man who is hot on
the trail of the big millionaire
thieves of the trust.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
MORTALITY NOTES

The funeral of Mrs. A. C. War
moth, who died Thursday night
at the family residence, 1917
South G street, was held this af-
ternoon from the Mellinger chapel
at 2 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

LATEST FAD, whole rage in
the East: your picture enlarged on
a pillow top. Special for 10 days
lee each. Prices are right. Tao.
Art Emp, 939 Tacoma ave. **s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
JUDGE CUSHMAN HOLDS
COURT ON BOARD SHIP

witnesses from Haines to appear
at Juneau. The witnesses were
delayed in reaching Skagway be-
cause of the gale raging in Lynl
canal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
ON THE WATERFRONT

cisco. The Amazon will load a
cargo Of lumber at the St. Paul
mills for Australia. The Amazon
encountered Gains which delayed
her passage. She made the trip,
however, in IL days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

The funeral of Evelyn Smith
the young High school girl who
died Thursday, was held from
Hoska's chapel at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

The Blue Funnel liner Bellero.
phon is due to arrive in port to-
night from Yokohama with silk
and general cargo for this and
other Sound ports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

The cable ship Burnside, which
has been taking on coal and sup
pile shere, left yesterday to make
cable repairs down sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

The steamer Pleiades of the
MISUNDERSTANDING line arrived
yesterday to load a general cargo
for the Hawaiian islands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
REGISTER TODAY FOR
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

BOOKS TONIGHT FOR ELECTION HELD
NFAT SATURDAY-YODERS MADE AN ISSUE
PROBABLY BE ENDORSED VOTERS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
TIDES TOMORROW

About rs seamen gathered at
the Seamen's Institute Thursday
to celebrate Thanksgiving. The
arrangements were made as homo
like as possible and the commit
tee in this were very successful.
All sorts of games and songs ad-
vanced the entertainment far into
the night, and the continued
cheering and applause testified to
the success of the day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

The barkentine Amazon arrived |
In port yesterday from San Fran
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
BY A. r. Pinci

EVER heard of sulphuric rains, Ever BY 4.
- read about the finding of pieces ot
bleeding bread after 4 Roman gladiator
concluded entertainment in the Coliseum Well
neither that sulphur that bread Is either one or
The other The rain Is 4 sort of pollen & yellow
powder OF the finest kind carried by the wind in
great quantities and great distances The bleeding
bread Is q microscopic algr. which for many wears
has held the interest of scientists
Another phenomenon Is the called snow flower
1t in 1900 that Horace Btntiictc de Saussurc
the celebrated geologSt who first assembled Mount
Blanc, from attitudes IN. the mountains near
Savoy covered fields of a brilliant red color
Straightway he named It red snow Later this
found in the Swiss and Tvrolcan AlpS in
the Pyrenees. the Carpathiau mountains III the
uorthcrnmoSt ridges Of the UrS III the arctic r.-
guuS Of Scandinavia and also in the Sierra NcytltS
IN tins country.
The best observations OF this phenomenon were
made in 1878 in Greenland Captain John Ros,
after having passed Cape York. perceived the snow
covered fields, the valleys. and the clcfts IN the
rocks all Of a brilliant red hue lie was So struck
with the scene that he named the coast Crimson
Cliffs Not very many years atterward red snow
was north of Spitzhcrgen. in Russian LlpIInd
and IN oriental Slheri,
In the 'oos Professor kdrkuSs then president Of
the Archaeological Society of san Francisco held
conference red snow which had fallen recently
before IN the mountains OF Naguch az about ten
thousand feet above the level OF the sea The crest
ot that chain OF mountains seemed To- have been
covered with a mantle OF reddish snow.
Attcr a series Of careful Investigations Professor
ktrkus> by means OF 4 microscope thl, WIguifird
twenty five hundred times. reached the cou,lusiou
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

was due To- the prc~c-te OF ~ --
,fiJ.Uru'-o-CHS} rr-JI,s. which rcrr"t,cc9 L-
the snow with phenomenal rlppii'F .,..,
The rains Of blood .tr, uu- due t' Ee-c--'. - o.,
but To- animal causes butterflies l-gE '0-.7 m
a group named Ir-ySr covering many >tS0 JJ-Lgr
well known for their beautiful. clear vy.,'7 I'm,
they leave their chrv>,tlidc> J reddish u u -,
out IL happens thJt many thousands nt '''' 80.
pas, that stage Of growth Jt the same ...,,1 -,
the presence Of the RAIN Of blood IHtS( o.
moreover have hJd terrible effects N.olC & . IN.
CURED IN remote regions. inhJH''ct .'N .-.
sIpcrStitiou> people f IN
In July. IooS. one ot these phcrg..c'.. ., ling
the suburbs Of NiN and covered tGy SUI ,r-
country for about e mile y number Oh - -tt
either mistaken or dcsjrou> OF prcNi "lD-.-1'
crcduty uf the people III once declared ,-e ..- 7I
have been due % Internal powers u - g., ,ht
that period named Phrc> dcwor~'r...cd found
alleged drops of blood were nothing Ha- 'o ,o,l-
deposited bV butterflies Nevertheless ,'0 =
lace remained .tr,tIi of the phcu'rlrH'H t rim,
PlIrcN attributed TO tins same ''7N ',,rrrei
mentioned bv historians. vhlyh always v,s,r1,
about the same months during retG-~ I AZ
Such a fell m the reign ot hii' ,..-7I one
PARIS and az Senlis IN the Ol,c IN Nle ~, rslyr
was noted about the end of june during --''
OF Robert III ,si5n>
The lake of Morlt presented ou several - ~, lt,
but especially IN 1905 a singular phci'.'. -, ,ie
water, became suddenly red The >uItIS. Iifrghr
clrcd II To- b, the blood ot the soldiers no ,Jlst
along ii, shores June -. 80. but JHe "-1,,r o.
was the presence ot JqudtC gro" IN -,
that rcgioa. known as thc Dttit1Fid N-''
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Lincoln was never able TO 60 to
school regularly, and had less than
q Years schooling all together He
was seventeen when he attended
his last school 1t was four and It
half miles from the home cabin. and
no doubt the long daily walk back
and forth seemed 4 waste OF time
to most of his relatives
The lad was now put 10 steady
work but he continued to hc J
student Anything in the shape of
a book was food for him He would
sit in the twilight and read a die
tionary a. long as he could see. and
he frequently went to the home
Of the town constable t. read the
Revised Statutes pt Indiana. ap-
pdrcntly as fascinated aS If he wJ~
pcruSing a novel Whenever he
had leisure his first impulse wa
to use it IN acquiring knowledge
or in some other form Of intellectual
activity He would walk many
miles for the chance To argue at
debating clubs. and at his home.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
His Boyhood Doggerel

II common with most school children Of his time.
the lad had the habit of scrbbug on the tiylcdveS
of hi, textbooks The following It bit Of dpggerel
he w-o- n one Of his books in his fourteenth wear.
Abraham Lincoln
his hand and pen.
he will be good but
god knows When
Young Lincoln was never good looking He vas
angular and awkward, his face irregular, and
his ears protruding Nevertheless, he was not with
out a Wholesome attractiveneSs, and was gen
eralv liked 10y his fellow students. be was 50 good
natured intelligent, and comPanionahle Vet his
WAYS were often not their ways. For instance. all
his boy comrades confirmed sportsmen, but
he never took any pleasure in hunting There was
a gentlentss II hi> nature that made HIM shrink
from uhlcting pain. and stories are told by his boy
hood friends Of his bursts of righteous wrath when
some turtle other creature tortured or killed
bv them Because he hated and talked against
cruelty o. animals hey thought HIM eccentric
Evidently he was o finer clay than his fellows and
his stepnothcr her later life used to say ct him
that he was the best and most obedlent boy She
ever knew.
There was. however. nothing etfeminate about
him He did not lack ylgor, and he entered heartily
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
The Standard Textbooks

nNE of the books he studied III this period was
~ kirkhau'S English Grammar. treatise tha-
was both very dry and very vouuIrouS. We do no-
know lust what books he used IN school, but there
can be little doubt that one Of them the famous
speller COMPLIED by Noah Webster. In those
frontier schools no other book was studied 50 UNI
verSallv and in some schools It was the only text
book vt the height Of its popularity sales were
over million copies wear The first edition aI-
peared Just after the close Of the Revolutlonary
War. By the advice Of the president Of lale Co-
Iege Webster called his Speller The First Part Of
a Grammatical Institute of the English Language
Strangely enough 1t was not killed by this ee-
phantine title. and score OF years passed betor-
the author finally renamed It The american Spelling
Book
The book aS Lincoln knew II had e. back OF Leather
and sides Of thin oaker boards pasted over with
dull blue paper. The print varied from MUDDY
blacknesS 70 z faint iIleCihlity II was primer
and spelling book combined and -Hc columns o.
practice words were frequently Interrupted o}
reading matter. This reading a- whole vas poa-
derousIv sober but some relief Was afforded by q
series OF eight short fables each H-h - .uS--1tlon
Onc OF the fables IN particular --...- 81 G-2-ou-l
impression. and no child ever tg--.- It .r Is p1
tu~c>Iue telling This story w-- ..- follows
I'm old Man found rude Hv Spa -. -., re-
--e.lirg Apple a-,t desired l--r . '-
Young Saucy-5rN trlt E--- plainly -. IT,. - ".
yru- ~t-f the .'i Man then v-- ..-. .- -.N-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

into the school sports and was quick
to defend himself with might and main
if abused It was the frontier habit
among both men and boys to settle
personal dispute, by round Of tlStl-
cuffs and wrestling. perhaps reinforced
by teeth and nail, rs for wrestling.
that was to the frontiersncn what the
tournaments were to the knights OF old,
and trials of strength between rival
contestants were frequent. To be Il
good wrestler was one of the dSpIrd-
tions of every hardy youth. and Lincoln
was no exception to the rule He even
won fame in the art and seldom met
his equal In most other muscular
contests also he WAS Very expert. and
while he was still in his teens he could
outrun. outfit. chop faster. and split
more rails than anyone else IN the
vicinity
But none of these forms Of activity
nor all of them put together interested
him as did his studies In the evening
he would pile sticks OF dry wood into
the fireplace to make the FIRE blaze up
brightly and shed a strong light out
into the room. and then he would lie
down flat on the floor before the hearth
with his book in front Of him. II he was