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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-08
Aylett's Aylettisnl.

With three men pleading with him
to be good and behave himself and a
roomful laughing at him until the tears
ran down their faces, Supervisor Ay-
lett at meeting of the board of super
visors last night, INDUCED in monu-
mental clownishness and delayed the
proceedings of the board thirty-three
minutes by the clock.
After the routine had been disposed
of, in which he had caused his usual
share of trouble, the first reading of
the general appropriation bill for the
six months commencing on January /,
was taken up and he put in his very
fanciest work The clerk was Just
about to read the first item, when Ay-
lett bounced out of his seat in an
indignant manner and said he wouldn t
do it,
Solicitors inquiries as to his health
resulted in the information that he
didn t want to vote on the bill at the
time. "What kind of deal was
this?' asked Aylett in good faith and
bad grammar.
AS the supervisors couldn t tell him,
because they didn't know, they start
ed in to inquire. He explained.
"What is this blank here for?'' he
demanded fThree times was / in the
legislature and never saw anything like
it. I refuse to vote on anything like
this
The blank he referred to was the
line left in the introduction of the bill
for the total after the board had de-
cided upon the items and until the total
was made certain, could not be filed
in. Logan got up and carefully ex-
planned the causes of the omission but
Aylett let out wild yell and demand
ed that Logan be called out of order.
Cox got up and pleaded with him,
Continued on Page Six
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-08
APPROPRIATION
BILL DISCUSSED
Warm Meeting of Supervisors
Results in Its Passing on
First Reading.
MANY RAISES TO BE NOTED
Comfortable Boosts in Salary
Are Received by Various
City Officials.

After a genuine circus, the board of
supervisors last night passed the gen,
eral appropriation for the next six
months ON the first reading and order
ed it printed. The sum total, minus
two inspectors salaries that were add
ed afterwards, amounts to S34S, 136.
Several county officers get boosts in
salaries. Much time was wasted and
trouble raised over matters that could
have been settled by word and which
as rule had no bearing on the case.
1t is expected that there. will be some
more changes in the bill at future
readings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
SUAVE AS EVER,
GEORGE SAYS HE
WILL COME HOME

Charles E. George, the Tacoma
attorney who hurriedly left for
the East, after his criminal record
had been exposed in the superior
court in Seattle, is coming back.
So he stated in letter received
Iby his wife, Mrs. Janson-George,
and he adds that he will see that
his wife's affairs are well taken
care of during his absence, which
will last about two months, he
declares.
Mrs. Janson-George has not an
swered this letter yet, but 1t may
be in substance, mot If / see you
first" as she is seeking an au-
nulIment of her marriage with
| George.
\ Whether George Is aware of
the latest suit brought against
him is not known. But, suave
as ever, he very kindly offers 90
look after his wife's interests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
OPINION DIVIDED AS TO WIN
NER OF WHAT WAS A REAL
FISTIC TREAT.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. H.
Opinion is divided here today as
to the winner of the six-round
bout last night between Billy
Papke and Frank Klause.
The sporting editor of two To-
cal papers give Klause, who is a
local scrapper, the decision, while
a third gives Papke the better of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
PUTS END TO
LIFE As WIFE
COOKS meal

SEATTLE, Nov. 12.--Driven
into a state of dependency by
failure to secure permanent worh
and by the. fact that he believed
some property in which he had
invested his money was worthless
Clarence Putnam, aged 20 years,
committed suicide yesterday
morning at his home. 1922 TWEEN
ty-fifth avenue. He shot him
self through the head with a re-
voIver while his wife was in the
kitchen preparing breakfast.
Putnam cam6 here six months
ago from Kansas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
CHICAGO TO Get
next BALL
MEETING

MEMPHIS, Nov. 12.-Chicago
was selected as the pla"o for the
next year meeting of ~ .tional
Association of Minor Baseball
leagues. The association recon-
mended a fiat draft price which,
If approved, will mean that class
b and c leagues will get just as
much for a player when taken by
the major leagues as when he is
taken from class A.
The association renewed its
agreement for another 10 years
Players who jump hereafter will
be suspended for five years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
SOUND
TEAM SHOWING
Up STRONG

The Puget Sound university
football tea mis- showing up bet
ter now and, in a practice game
with the scrubs yesterday the
varsity ran up six touchdowns
while the scrubs never stood a
chance to make a point. Only
twice did the weaker team make
it's yardage.
BelHngham Normal school will
be here tomorrow to play the
team and the Methodists expect
to put up a stiff fight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13

BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. Ia
BILLY" Edwards is the capital H
hero of the University of Califor-
MIA right now.
The reason lies in his sensational
performance over the high hurdles
in the recent A IL. U. meet in
San Francisc. - l during the
POrtola fesNR 7 zen he not only
defeated the s-ld's champion,
Forrest Smithson, but established
himself as the third shareholder
in the worlds record at 100 yards.
The defeat of Smithson by the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
PATSY BRANNIGA

Il - ~
He's. Irish and he's a red-head,
and the fights he has shown have
won for him over some of the best
bantams in the country. Branni-
gan halls from Pittsburg and is as
willing to mix with anything of
his weight as any harp with an
oriflamme is supposed to be.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
PAPKE AND KLAUSE
GO 6 FAST ROUNDS

At any rate, the fight fans were
given the fistic treat of the year.
From the tap of the gong the men
went right after each other, and
there was not an idle moment
during the entire six rounds.
The fighting of Klause was a
revelation to the fans. They say
he must be considered as a great
factor in settling the middleweight
championship dispute.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13

Go-carts retired by Il. 70. Peter
son, 924 Tacoma ave. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13

college boy was the one big sur
prise of the meet. No other entry
was given a chance with the cham
pion from Oregon, particularly at
the latter's favorite distance.
Yet there was no fluke to the
college boys victory. Both he and
Smithson got off to a beautiful
start and Edwards broke the tape
only few inches ahead of the
champion. His time, Is LIS sec
onds, the worlds record, has been
officially approved by the Pacific
Coast branch of the A. A. u. and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
PUYALLUP TO MEET
QUEEN ANNE HIGH

PUYALLUP, Nov. 12.-Puyal-
lup will meet Queen Anne High
school of Seattle tomorrow and
the local boys are working hard
to get in shape to trim the visi-
tors. Puyallup has not been
beaten this year and they will try
to keep their record clear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
SPORTING NEWS OF THE World

Edwards name now stands on the
official record beside those of
Smithson and Kraenslein.
Edwards is 20 years old. He is
a unior at the university.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13

Fiven Under the Auspices of
Tacoma Veterans Organiza-
tiOns and Relief Auxiliaries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
MORE BIC OFFERS
FOR FIGHT
(By United Press Leased Wire. !,

(By United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.--Nor-
man Sefby, known as Kid Mccoy,
the boxer, came in yesterday from
Paris with an offer of $4,000 for
the Jeffries-Johnson fight in Paris.
Jimmy Coffroth is here negotiat-
ing for the fight to take place In
California and Harry Wilson of
Moscow. Idaho. has given it out
that he will give 100000 for the
fight in Idaho.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-13
WENTWORTH AND
WHITMAN
MEET

'WAlILA WALLA, Nov. H.
Whitman and Whitworth are at
1t on Ankenny field this afternoon,
both determined to win the foot
fail game. Both Coach Blanch
ard and Coach Case expressed
confidence when the teams went
out. Whitworth is weaker in the
hne but is supposed to he stronger
In the backfeld. so the two teams
are about balanced. according to
paper records.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
DEF|ES
SAWDUST RING
Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 14.-As the re-
suit of a fist fight between Senator
Robert F. Booth of King and Sen
ator J. w. Bryan of Island, Mason
and Kitsap, on the train coming to
Olympia, the bar association has
been asked to investigate Bryan's
conduct as an attorney. The fight
started because Booth remarked
that Judge Yakey had evidence
that would disbar Bryan.
Bryan wrote to President
Bridges of the State Bar associa-
ton demanding that Judge Yakey
be called upon to give whatever in
formation he may have.
Bryan in his statement wakes
eloquent and vigorous in his de-
nunciation of the "sawdust ring"
and the Puget Mill Co. He recites
the history of his fight against Con-
don and winds up with the follow
ing fervid peroration:
THE men that pursued me and
still pursue me are good enough
fellows personally, but politically
they are a bunch of ravenous
wolves that would feast on the
flesh and break up the bones of the
Son of God himself if he dared to
intrude in the right of way to Dol
larville.
LAS far as the charges against
me are concerned, | have not the
slightest knowledge of what is re-
ferred to, but l am willing to goad
and enrage the entire crowd with a
thousand bearded prongs, and then
get into the arena and try out with
them the question of my profess
sional integrity"
Bridges has decided that the
scrap is a personal matter between
Bryan and Booth, and no formal
action is probable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
BUT SNOW BLOCKADE WILL
SOON BE BROKEN, AND
THERE Is BELIEVED TO be
PLENTY OF WOOD ON HAND.

Be careful with the coal. There
is not spare ton Of it in Spokane
at this time. Coal men in explain
ing this deplorable condition in the
coolest weather Spokane has
known for. years, lay tito the snow,
which has tied up railroad trains.
No coal has been received for the
past 10 days, but it is expected the
stringency will be relieved shortly.
To the average person It would
appear that coal dealers have de-
liberately conspired to bring about
coal famine and boost prices. to
the profit Of dealers. This, how
ever, is not the conclusion after an
inspection of coal yards. Practi-
cally every company in the city
will dispose Of the most of it's stock
today. Orders are not being taken
today except for future delivery,
when 1t is expected the coal en-
route will arrive.
1t would appear that coal men
could stock up sufficiently during
the summer months. In explanation
for not doing this, coal men claim
that there were stock enough for
IAN ordinary winter, but the ex-
IRENE cold snap which is now upon
Spokane tripled the demand. The
coal left the yards as If by magic
during the past week.
1t is estimated that to stock up
sufficiently to prevent famine in
such weather as Is being expert
enced now would require cash
outlay of $1,50O,0OO. The yard ca
pacity of the various companies is
hardly sufficient to accommodate as
much coal as would be needed.
The most serious problem, aside
from threatened coal famine at this
time is the individual called the
':coal hog" Many people at the
first sign of extreme cold stocked
up hurriedly. 1t was this stocking
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
NO REASON FOR
FULL SESSION
LEGISLATORS COULD DO
THEIR WORK IN 20 DAYS,
BUT THEY'LL BE APT TO
STICK WHILE SALARY LASTS.
Especial to The Press

OLYMPIA, Jan. 14.-At the open
ing of the present session of the
legislature there doesn't appear to
be any reason why the session can
not come to a profitable end in 80
or 40 days. There are several
members of the house who have
matters to attend to at home who
are anxious to get down to work
and get through with it as soon as
possible. The idea of spending 60
days doing what can be done in
half the time by ordinary business
diligence does not appeal to them,
but the sad fact remains much in
evidence that they are in a de-
cidedly small minority.
They point out that the reduction
of the session by 20 days would
mean a saving Of considerable
monetary proportions to the state,
at the rate of S. per diem per leg
islator, together with the equally
numerous salary drawers who run
the cost of legislation up consider
ably over $1,000 a day. And the
state needs the money.
But if you put this proposition in
this way to the ordinary legislator
he Immediately has business at
distance. To many of them the s.
a day looks very good and the ses-
sion is fine vacation with ex-
penses paid. Naturally the clerks
and various employees of the house
and senate turn a bristling ear to
any such suggestion, as if it were
question of bread and butter.
So. while there isn't any valid
reason apparent why the legisla-
ture should continue to absorb
state funds for 60 days, the
chances are a 100 to / that there
will be no adjournment until the
last days pay is drawn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14

Tor company. Leon +. Royce, the
human orchestra" and the two
clever little Juveniles, Adele and
Fred Aistaires, from the Orpheum
will appear and do their share to-
wards making the affair q big sue
cess.
e. Clarke Walker, manAe4T OF
Pantages theater, will send Earl
and Bartlett IN hteir laughable skit,
"O'Brien From Galway" and Man
ming and Ford, singers and dancers.
From the Washington theater
will come Josh Days Country
Choir and Callen and Smith, the
college boys with the educated
feet" Many others will also ap-
pear. The sale Of seats is now on
at the Spokane theater.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
PROGRAM FOR
QUAKE BENEFIT

A good house ID assured at the
benefit for the Italian earthquake
sufferers, to be held at the Spo-
kane theater tomorrow afternoon,
under the auspices Of the Spokane
Theatrical Managers association.
At least q dozen acts will be
given, the pick from the various
theatres in the city. Miss Jessie
Shirley, George and Frank Nc
Quarrie, Laura Adams and Byron
Loucks of the Auditorium will pre-
sent one act play called "A Vir-
ginia Romance" The Farrell-Tay-
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up which drew most of the reserve
coal of the yards.

up which drew most of the reserve
coal Of the yards. -.
Coal men this morning express
the fear that coal hogs" learning
Of the scarcity Of the fuel, will re.
new demands. and when the coal
en- route arrives deplete the stock
before the actual needy ones can
be accommodated.
There will be a concerted effort
to husband the new supply when 1t
arrives.
Il Is promised this morning that
no matter how stringent conditions
become coal dealers will not boost
the prices. Prices prevailing all
winter are as follows: Soft coal,
50; Rock springs soft coal, $3.50;
semi-anthracite, $11.50; steam coal,
IS; nut COAL 50. $500.
G. A. Reed, vice president of the
Union Fuel & Ice Co.. said today:
II think there will be relief. even
If the cold continues. There is no
necessity for alarm. At the present
time there is shortage in lump coal
particularly, with enough Of the
other to pull through. we hope. In
an extreme emergency we can call
upon one of our large customers
that has about 1000 tons of steam
coal. We estimate that there are
about $50 carloads en- route. mad
hope 1t will arrive before any suf-
fering is experienced"
There is one consolation-plenty
of wood apparently. 1t is wood the
average poor man burns, and there
seems no cause for worry on that
score at this time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
OPERA DEAD IN PARLSC0AL IS SCARCE
Special Correspondence to The Press
BY PHIL SIMMS.

PARIS, Jan. 14-What's the mat
ter with the Paris opera?
Something is wrong. The biggest
and costliest structure in the world,
built for operate productions
alone, owned by and under the
supervision of the French govern.
ment, does not house the operate
pacemakers of the world.
How does New York opera, at
the Metropolitan, for instance, COM
pare with what you hear at the
National Academy of Music, here
in PARISH" | asked an American
musician. / had my opinion, but
wished to hear what this man had
to say-this American who has be.
come so Latinized that he declares
he will never return to his native
land to live.
You should say, how does the
French opera compare wi Ameri
can opera" he corrected. Then
l should say, they don't compare at
all! I've heard travelling organiza-
tons in American cities of less
than 100000 inhabitants give bet
ter performances than is the rule
at the opera here"
There was a time when Frances
national opera led the world. But
it doesn't do it now. Why?
Reason No. 1-Defamation laws
in France are so strict that the
tongues of those who might talk
for the betterment of conditions
the tied, hard and fast. The French
press is muzzled.
A suit is pending today in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14

GRAND STAIRCASE OF THE
PARIS OPERA HOUSE. ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE
WORLD.
Paris court because a @ell known
critic, eminently fitted to pass judg-
ment upon an operate perform
ance, said of one of the singers at
the opera, He sang flat!'
Had the singer in question pre-
ferred, he might have sent his Sec
ond around and challenged the
critic to a duel. And he would have
been upheld by the laval be-
cause the critic had said, HE sang
flat"
Reason No. 2 is that the opera
is run quite as much as. a paying
proposition as for artistic results.
A third reason, and one of the
chief ones, is that new blood is
needed, younger singers whose
voices are getting better, instead Of
the old timers whose lungs are
giving out and whose vocal cords
are like the strings OF an old piano
out of tune.
In spite of the almost $10,000,000
spent on site and opera building,
the auditorium is a graveyard for
voices. Perhaps a slaughter house
would be a better term. The acous-
tics are VIGOROUSLY miserable, and
singer must scream to be heard
belond the fifth box.
Five years ago one of the
women stars now at the opera had
really an exquisite voice, according
to popular acclaim. She was then
hailed as a marvel. After three
years she was induced to sign for a
similar period. A year later the
strain on her voice began to tell on
her. Now she has scarcely any
voice at all, from an opera singers
standpoint. Yet she is still at the
| opera.
So when one stops to consider
that some of the leading people
have been 16 years in this vocal
butcher pen, he need seek no
| longer for reason No. why the
National Academy is not what it
used to be.
NJ. Alvarez made his debut at the
opera in 1892 This tenor, who has
a reputation in America, long since
passed his prime and sings false
though a French critic would not
dare say such a thing.
Van Dyck, also tenor, used to
sing better than he does now, and
besides is fat, much too fat to be
graceful in his roles
| Murature, who sings Faust in
Messengers new version of the
Gounod piece, is described by the
girls as "just too sweet for any
thing" "a darling" and such a
pretty boy" and, while deserving
all these compliments. lacks quail
ity when 1t comes to voice. And
SO 1t goes.
The other day a musician came
to me with eyes shining:
I'm dlscoverer! he exclaimed
II discovered voice at the opera.'
|
/ noctorA man WIN makAs va,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
MILLIONAIRE in
LAND FRAUD NET

HELENA. Mont, Jan. lion a
federal indictment charging land
fraud, Benjamin D. Philips of this
city was arrested last evening. He
is a former member of the state
legislature. a millionaire mining
and stockman, and one of the best
known men in the state The in
dictment is based on alleged plot
ting to defraud the government out
of $4,000 acres of land in Chouteau
county.
Phillips was once before indicted
for illegally fencing government
land. Bail was furnished soon af-
ter the arrest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
HAY NOW THE
GOVERNOR
OOu6uuVOu ID
Especial to The Press.)

(oPeCiaI 10 nc FFeSs.) a
OLYMPIA, Jan. 14.-Governof
Mead signed senate bill No. 1, ap.
propriating $4,000 for the e4-
penses of the present session Of
the legislature, and this will be the
only bill Governor Mead will sign,
as Lieutenant Governor Hay took
the Office of governor by reason Of
Governor Cosgrove's absence.
Hay will sign all bills and act as
governor, as attorneys have all ex-
pressed their opinion that what
ever the outcome of the Coon con-
test, that there can be no question
as to the legality Of any guberna-
torial action taken by Hay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
HOUSE SESSION COSTS
STATE $2ll A DAY
Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 14.-It costs the
house $211.50 day for help. This
includes all the employees OF the
house, ranging down from the chief
clerk, who draws Sc a day to the
1--WE pages. who draw 81 day
apiece for their scurrying. There
are 81 house employees, and the
average wage is SALE day.
For these 81 positions there were
about 1b0 applicants, all OF whom
went TO considerable bother and no
amall expense 20 draw rather
nsate ner diam ff,r M savs a,s
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
"uNcLE BILLY" GETS
HIS SHARE At Sc

MORLEY, Mich, Jan. 14.-Will-
lam G. Mitchell of Morley, popu-
larly known as Uncle Billy" is be-
Heved to be the Oldest hunter in
the United States. Notwithstand-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
90 90 90
FEED THE BIRDS

) A lover of the birds sends
in suggestion that kindly
disposed persons can per-
form a needed charity for
) the feathered sojourners by
} fastening pieces of beef
suet to the limbs of trees.
} The pieces should be close
} ly wrapped with Irvine to
) prevent cats and pigeons
getting away with them.
Seeds and crumbs thrown
) where the birds can get
them are something the lit
) tie songsters also need bad
) ly now, with the snow so
) deep they are helpless to
hustle for a living.
, u u - a u a - a a a a a a a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14

w VI ~. MI SIlEil-jL.
ing the fact that he Is sc, he went
into the Michigan north woods this
winter and came back with two
deer, the limit allowed by the Mich
igan law.
In spite of his age, Uncle Billy"
enjoys outdoor sports, and is very
active. He has hunted game in
Michigan since 1S43, when he came
here from Saratoga. N. Y. Uncle
Billy" is closely associated with the
history OF this section, he having
been one of the first men to prove
this part of Michigan valuable for
agricultural purposes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
WANTS TO SUE

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Because
President Ban Johnson of the
American league has connected his
name with the scalping case that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
SECRETARY CHAS. THOMAS

SECRETARY CHAS. THOMAS.
besmirched the last worlds series,
Secretary Charles Thomas of the
Chicago National league CLUB
threatened to sue for defamation or
character. When informed of the
threatened suit, the American
league head said, Il am prepared
to back up in court everything /
have said nconnection with the
ticket scalping case
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14
$500 UNDERWEAR NOW
ON SALE AT S3.75

The entire stock of odd pants such as we sell all the
time at from $500 to $1,000 pair now being sold
at reductions of from 20 to 50 per cent See them in
the windows.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-14

Doctor--A man who makes you
.heiiara Won are sick.