The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-01-17
SMOKER IS A
FINE SHOW

The smoker which the Trades Coun
Gil pulled off last Friday evening
might have played to a larger house
but it would have been hard to have
found more appreciative one. From
the first number, starting promptly
at S:15, to the closing stunt at IL 40,
there was not a dull moment, nor
| scarcely wait. To Tom Altman,
the efficient secretary of the council,
must go the lions share of the credit
for the success of the entertainment.
Tom is one live wire and he worked
hard to give the public a run for it's
money. The other members of the
committee should not be sighted,
when passing around the bouquets,
either, but to Altman fell the brunt Of
the work and he came through flying.
A quintet of musicians composed of
Frank Wagner Irvine Jones, Chas.
Anderson, 2. E. Fuller and Il. E. Wall,
kept the crowd entertained until after
nine o'clock with orchestral selections.
The first event was a tumbling act
by Austin, Wertz and Creighton, of
the local Y. M. G. A. This was fol
lowed by wrestling bout, between
Erickson and Hagstrom, of the Y. M.
C. A., refereed by Joe Hazard, editor
of the Commonwealth. Neither man
was able to gain fall, but were about
equal both in offensive and aggres-
sive- tactics.
Paul Holcomb and Vic Lipp, both of
Snohomish, put on pretty wrestling
bout, Holcomb getting the first fall
in 1892, and the second fall and the
match in 1925; Hazard, referee.
Mr.. Wilson, banjoist, and Mr.. Nit
chell, painist, both of the Rose thea
ire, gave two fine numbers and were
followed by wrestling bout between
Lew Davis and Newton Crandell, both
local men. Davis won the first fall
in 1911 and the second fall in 2:3O.
Tom Shields, representative of the
Simmonds Saw Works, entertained
the crowd with several inimitable
stories, told as Shields knows how to
tell them.
Thompson and Stanke went four
rounds, with Jack Healy, the hired
man, in the ring. No decision was
given Newspaper decisions would
give Stanke shade.
John Eul, dancer, and Mitchell, pia-
mist, from the Rose theatre, were
there with bells. The cleverest vaude-
vile turn of the evening was a musi-
cal turn by the Robinson brothers, OF
the Rose circuit, with Mitchell at the
piano. The boys were there with that
syncopated stuff, and Swede dialect
monologue that one of the boys pulled
off was a scream.
The last bout of the evening was
between Thompson and Bing Snow,
four round go. 1t was purely an ex-
hibition bout, both boys breaking
clean, but it was fast and clever
There was no rough stuff through
out the evening, and the crowd was
orderly and appreciative. Tom ALI
man was announcer and Ed Francois,
timekeeper.
The Trades Council is heartily in
debted to the following individuals
that contributed in various ways to
make the evening the enjoyable one II
was: Joe Hazard and Jack Healy,
who donated their services as refer
ees; to Manager St. Peter, who, like
the good sport he is, furnished the
vaudeville talent, that contributed
heavily to the enjoyment of those
present; to Frank Wagner OF the
musicians union, who donated the ser
vices of the orchestra; to the Y. NJ. {.
A. for the talent so readily furnished;
to Automobilist Tracey of the Hewitt
Rockefeller stand, who kept his ma
chine at the disposal of the committee
| all evening to take the vaudeville
performers back and forth; to the
Moose lodge, for the loan of the wrest-
ling mat; to Robbins Brothers Trans
fer Company, who hauled parphernal-
ia. back and forth free of charge; to
Messrs. Haferkorn, Sartor and Liber'
schal who donated the choice cigars
that we're passed around. If we have
missed anybody, we apologize for the
commission, and thank them, too. The
council is grateful to the ready help
which so many people gave to the en-
tertainment.