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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04

NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMEND
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
REsoLUTIoN NO. s2s7
A Resolution to declare the in
tention of the Council to offer to
the electors of the City of Tacoma
at the general election to be held on
to amend Section SO of the Charter
of said City by changing the Ian
guage thereof so as to provide for
the organization of Purchasing
Bureau and the appointment of a
G BIZ IT RSEs SOLVE BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
That at the general election to be
held in the City of Tacoma on Tues
dav. April Z, 1914. it be submitted
to the electors of said City whether
Section SO of the Charter of said
shall read as follows:
Section So. The City Council
shall organize and equip a Purchas-
ing Bureau, which shall be in
charge of Purchasing Agent; said
Agent shall be under Civil Service
and shall be appointed from the list
Of eligibles submitted to the Coun-
ell by the Civil Service Board
Before entering upon his duties
he shall execute to the City a bond
in an amount to be fixed by the
Council. conditioned for the faith
full discharge of his duties as such
Purchasing Agent, which bond shall
in this Charter.
The Purchasing Agent shall make
such purchases of materials and
supplies for the City of Tacoma as
he may be authorized to make by
the Council or by general ordin-
in this Charter but he shall make
no purchase of any material or sup
plies of an amount or value in ex-
cess of $4,000 except upon written
contract and after advertising for
competitive bids for furnishing such
material or supplies by causing no.
tice inviting sealed proposals there
office and published In the official
newspaper for not less than five
days. Said notice and advertise
ment shall invite sealed proposals to
be delivered at certain day and
hour at the office of said Agent for
and shall contain general de-
scription of the materials or sup
plies to be furnished, the time
within which the same must be fur
nished, the amount of bond to be
given by the bidder. and shall
refer to specifications on file in the
office Of said Agent for full details
and description of such materials or
Ali proposals shall be made upon
printed forms prepared by such
Agent and furnished gratuitously
upon application. with . form for
the affidavit provided for IN Sec
ton III of this Charter printed
thereon; and each bid shall be ac-
compsnied by an affidavit as pro-
vided in said Section. On the day
sealed proposals all bids
shall Do delivered to said Agent
within the two hours named In the
advertisement. and the award on
said bids shall In all cases be made
to the lowest and best bidder and
IN the manner, 50 far as applicable.
as set out in Section lis of this
Charter. The right may be reserv-
ed by said Agent to reject any and
That said Amendment shall be
designated NJ Charter Amendment
That the ballots or tickets pro-
vided for said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
For Amendment No. IL
purchasing Bureau and
AGENT. 2
Against Amendment No. II
(Purcha1tnE Bureau and
AEent1.
That the Clark shaiI publish sail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
MYSTERY G|RL
Is SENT TO
ASYLUM
&c II
With Savage Head-Hu How Quick Thinkin6N
and Piece of Rope Saved Our Lives lan

Unable In two weeks to soIxo
the mystery surrounding the IN
fortunate woman arrested In tho
Corona hotel two weeks ago. the
police yesterday turned their
prisoner over to the county Az
thorities and she was Committed
to the Steilacoom asylum. Tho
woman gave her name as MagGie
Black. but her identity could not
be verified.
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BOATS COLLIDE

VICTORIA, B. c., March 4. =
Cruising off Queen Charlotte
Sound yesterday, the Dominion
fishery patrol boat Newingtoh
was rammed and almost sunk by
the Grand Trunk Pacific liner
Prince John. The Newington was
able to limp into Fitzpugh har-
Dor.
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PREACHER IS JAILED

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 4.
Charged with having swindled
woman of Zion City out of ST.
500, Rev. Alonzo J. Whiteman,
a preacher. was arrested last
night. With him was arrested
Edward II. Gibbs, said to be want
ed in the big cities for swindling.
He is charged with raising draft
from $50 to $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
CLOUDY DAYS
IN FEBRUARY

February was certainly cloudy
in Tacoma.
Most of us thought 1t was a
mighty fine month for winter
weather but now comes the
weather man and tells us that II
was all cloudy. There were 81
days all cloudy" when Old Sol
never got a look-in. But the 9TH
er seven days the report shows
were part cloudy"
There was but 2.71 inches OF
rainfall. which Is 3.55 less than
normal.
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LEGAL NOTICES

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amendment an Proposed Amend
ment No. to the Charter Of the
City of Tacoma" for thirty DAYS in
the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the
Tacoma Daily Times.
Feb. 25, 1914.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas 9. Nays o. Absent Q, Free
land and Woods.
W. w. SEYMOUR
Attest:
HOMER u. EDWARDS,
I, Homer II. Edwards, CITY Clerk
OF the City OF Tacoma, Pierce Coun-
~. Washington, hereby certify that
the foregoing IL q fufi, true and
correct copy OF Resolution No. 6s9z
adopted by the CitySCouncfl on the
25th day of February, 1914. propos :
ing an amendment to the CITY char
ter OF said City. to be voted upon
at the General Election to be held
WITNESS my hand ana the seal
OF the City of Tacoma, this 25fh
'- ,.. :. sf IaSoSHaiak n X fhpwAnps.
Feb. assh to March a7fh. isii. 'A'
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WOULD RECALL
ITS OWN MEN

Voting last night in favor oil
the recall of its own officers, II
warranted, the Old Town I'M
provement club also endorsed the
firemen' two platoon system, the
port district proposition, and the
sale of car tickets by conductors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
DYNAMITE GAP
BLOWS OFF HAND

ROSLYN, WASH, March Z. -
Finding a dynamite cap while he
was playing In his yard with .
smaller sister. Lucas Lopetich,
age 6, exploded Ii and his left
hand was torn off at the wrist.
The boy will live.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
RELEASE BROTHER

Los ANGELES. March A.
Convinced that Christian Stub
berud, Of Canton. S. D., had told
the truth about his brothers sui
eide and about his own long
vigil beside the body. the police
today released Stubberud and q
jury decided that the suicide story
was true.
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IACQMANS MARRY

SPOKANE, March CHARLES
T. p. Melvin, age 36, and Nellie
Fixes, age 10, both of Tacoma,
were wed here yesterday. Rich
ard II. Staege OF Maiden and
Florence Maine of Tacoma were
also wed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04

NOTICE OF PRoPosnD AMEND
MBNT TO THE CITY CHARTER
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TACOMA:

NOTICH OF PROPOSED AMEND
MENT TO THE CITY CHARTER
By THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TACOMA
RESOLUTION NO. 62p3.
A resolution to declare the inten-
ton of the Council to offer to the
electors of the City OF Tacoma. at
tho general election to. be held on
Tuesday April 9TH, 1914, a PROPOSE
ton to amend Article VII of the
Charter Cha Of said city. relating to the
to 2 new section. to be known as
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
That at the general election to be
day, April Z. 1914, II be submitted
to the electors of said City whether
Article VII of the Charter of said
City be amended by adding thereto
a new section. to be known as Sec
ton TIA, which section shall read
Section TIA. Two Platoon sys-
TEN.
FIRST: The firemen and en-
ployees, subject to call. other than
the Fire Chief. shall be divided in
service and the other to perform
night service. The hours of the day
service shall not exceed ten (10l.
commencing not before eight o'clock
a. m. and ending not later than six
o'clock p. m. The hours of the night
QD, commencing not before six
o'clock p. m. and ending not later
than sight o'clock a. m; except that
in case of great, threatening or un-
usual eonflagration, or other such
emergency. the Fire Chief, his as
nIs nj In ahav or
command of the Fire Department.
shall have the power and discre-
tion to summon such firemen and
employees as may be off duty to as
sist In the protection of life or
property. In their work the said
platoons shall alternate from day
to night and from night to day
each and every month.
SECOND: The City Council shall
provide suitable and healthful
places of abode and rest for the
employees and firemen SO employed
Their, that the provisions of this
amendment shall be operative and
become effective from and after
January LIST, 1915.
That said Amendment shall be
designated n as Charter Amendment
That the ballots or tickets pro-
vided for said election shall have
printed thereon the words:
For Amendment No. 3.
(Two Platoon System in
Fire Department..
Against Amendment No, 8.
1.-TWO Platoon System in
Fire Department..
and;
That the Clerk shall publish said
amendment as Proposed Amend
ment No. 3 to the Charter of the
City of Tacoma" for thirty days
In the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the
Tacoma Daily Times.
. February %, 1914.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas A.. Nays 0. Absent /. Free
land.
w. W. SEYMOUR,
Mayor.
HOMER H. EDWARDS.
/. Homer II. Edwards, city Clerk
of the City of Tacoma, Pierce Coun-
ty Washington, hereby certify that
the foregoing Is full, true and
correct copy of Resolution No. 6293,
adopted by the City Council on the
25th day of February, 1914, propos-
ing an amendment to. the City Char
the General Election to be held
April 18th, 1914.
WITNESS my hand and the seal
of the City of Tacoma, this 18th day
HOMER II. EDWARDS,
lSeaD City Clerk.
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Editors Note-Captain Robert Quinton in this story
Of adventure taen BY permission of the Christian Herald
Press from The Strange Adventures Captain
shows how brans pted against sheer savage strength may
sometimes great physical Odds Quick thinking
and simple trick-the of piece of
the centuries-old fighting fashions of band solomon
island head hunters.
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and
That the Clerk shall publish said
amendment as Proposed Amend.
ment No. . 70 the Charter OF the
in the Tacoma Daily Ledger snd
the Tacoma Daily Times.
February IL, 1914.
Adopted on roll call.
Yeas 8. Nays 0. Absent ..
w. w. SEYMOUR.
Mayor.
HOMER H. EDWARDS.
City Clerk.
/, Homer H. Edwards, City Clerk
OF the City OF Tacoma, Pierce
County, Warrington, hereby certify
that the foregoing Il = fun. true
and correct copy OF Resolution No.
62S7, adopted by the City Council
on the nth day OF February, 1917.
Charter Of satd City to be voted
on. at the general election to be
held April 7th. 1914.
WITNEBB my hand ana the seal
OF the City Of Tacoma. this 18th
's.sh HOMER h h6w.Aaps
Feb. Il 70 n<sreh ~. i5i4. iso.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
GIRL CRITICAL

Los ANGELES. March 4. -
Phillip Kiifoil, young real estate
agent. arrested for statutory Of
Tense against 14-year-old Lillian
Palmer. was remanded to Jail
yesterday, his bond set at $40, 900.
The girl is critically i'll.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04
SCHOOLS CLOSED

MUSCATINE. Ia, March 4. -
With more than a score of small
pox cases already qnarantined,
and more being discovered hour
1y, the public schools have been
closed indefinitely. All meetings
including church services, are or
dered discontinued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-04

For Amendment No. 3.
(Two Platoon System in
Fire Department..
Against Amendment No. 8.
1.-TWO Platoon System in
Fire Department..
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For Amendment No. g."
(Civil 6ervice)

Against Amendment No.
q" (Civil Service)
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"For Amendment No. l."
Purchasing Bureau and
Agent)
against Amendment No. I"
Purchasing Bureau and
Agent)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-26
SUNNY TEMPER
HELPS RODGERS
GRAB PENNANT

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 26, =
The genial disposition of Bill Rod
gers, the brainy little captain of
the Beavers, is credited by his
teammates and Coast league ball
fans as the secret of his remark
able success in winning the pen
nant.
This sunny disposition, plus a
batting record of over 300 and a
natural baseball temper is what
Bill Rodgers will carry east with
him when he goes to Cleveland
next season. He is also the lead
ing base-stealer of the Coast
league.
Together with Manager Walter
McCredie. Capt. Rodgers shares
chief credit in holding the Beav-
ers at the head of the league since
Portland was placed on the cir
cult.
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work in the collar factory at
Troy, and he started as profess
sional baseball player when ht'
was II. Yet talk to him today
and you would not know IL. { He
has read much, read carefully and
he has a brain that holds what IL
gets. "a
This fall Evers confided his pet
ambition to me. You see Johnny
and | once wrote a book.
When we started | thought it
would be a case of me doing the
writing and signing his PfRnie to
1t. Not so. / wrote the $tff and
handed it to him. He 1abored
over it, altered. corrected, ex-
banded and explained.
He cut out inaccuracies, ez-
planned plays and 1t came back
surprisingly improved. l re-
marked that he could write. After
that we did several stories to-
gether - and always the same
way. He wanted to do il all him
self and let me smooth ii up.
Yet not a word was said about
his ambition until this fall. We
were in his room during the
worlds series and rather sheep
ishly he remarked: ~
"Hughie, I'm going to try to
learn to write"
Then he explained.
at is my ambition" he said.
i've always wanted to write
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Johnny Evers has an ambition.
What do you think it is?
Johnny is determined to be-
come literary man.
Don't laugh. Johnny Evefs is
not content to permit some one
to write a lot of words and put
his name over them. He wants
to write them himself.
This winter. while other ball
players are enjoying themselves,
this little wonder worker will be
studying English and learning TO
hammer a typewriter.
In his beautiful new home at
Troy he has fitted up-an office,
installed a new typewriter, a die
tionary, an encyclopedia, and he
is starting in to learn a new game
as earnestly as he does to learn
anything else.
And he will make good There
is scarcely a man in America who
can tell a story mofe plainly,
more exactly and with such a
wealth of descriptive detail as
this little man who led the Braves
to victory this year.
If he makes up his mind to do
a thing he does il He has the
knack of expression. He hits the
point hard, illustrates ii clearly
and wastes few words.
Johnny never had much eduea-
ton. He stopped school early to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-26
{ {EA IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
ALL STARS
BEAT u. OF
". FREShIES

The Tahoma Athletic clubs all
star team. organized at the Open
ing of the gridirOn season by
former Stadium stars, won it's sec
ond decisive victory Saturay aft
ernoon at Athletic park by de-
feating the u. of W. Freshmen, 7
TO o. The Freshmen had a we'll
organized team, composed of
stars from last year high school
teams all over the state, but the
TahOma lads kept them from
scoring. and managed to make
one touchdown in the first quar-
ter.
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PORTLAND IS
COAST CHAMP
How They Finished.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. rs. =
Portland came out at the top of
the column when the Coast league
season officially ended yesterday.
with Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Venice close behind. Port
land had really won the pennant
October 10, but she has been hard
pressed to hold her lead in tho
last two weeks play.
Here are the results of the
last games yesterday:
Venice Az, Los Angeles 3-7.
San Francisco lib, Portland
OIL.
Mission SIS, Oakland 5-3.
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LAST CLASS
GAME TODAY

The last class game of the Ia
coma High schools football sea-
son is being played on the Sta
dunn field this afternoon between
the Lincoln and Stadium juniors.
The first team and second team
games will be played November :,
when the local season officially
ends. There will be no high
school Thanksgiving games this
year.
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SATURDAY SCORES

At Seattle-W ashington %,
Whitman z.
4 At Pullman-Oregon z, Wash
ington State o.
At Syracuse - Syracuse 90,
Michigan 6.
At West Point-Army IA, Holy
Cross o.
At napolis-Navy As, West
ern Reserve o.
At Cambridge-Harvard il
Pennsylvania State 13.
At New Haven-Yale z, Wash.
ington & Jefferson ID.
At Chieago-Chicago 81, Pur-
due o.
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Jack Root. the big fellow who
came from Oregon last week to
prepare for his match with Joe
Bonds next Thursday. is not Civ
ing away any of his secrets of
boxing.
Root Is training In private at
Rowe's physical culture school.
and he is not going TO give any
public exhibitions until just be-
fore the match. Since Bonds has
never seen Root fight, and knows
little about the Oregon boys tao
tics. he will be somewhat handi-
capped by his lack of knowledge
regarding Jacks style.
A. A. Duenwald, a member of
the Moose athletic committee,
said today that the advance sale
for seats for Thursday nights
smoker is larger than ever before,
and that he has no doubt the big
hall will be completely filled on
the night of the smoker. Tickets
are on sale at all of the import
ANT cigar stores downtown, and
other places where fans gather.
Joe Bonds Is training hard for
the fight. He ran several miles
yesterday, and took up shadow
boxing and sparring with renewed
vtgor today. Joe makes no hest
fancy of admitting that he expects
one OF the hardest fights of his
career.
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TACOMA SOCCER
PLAYERS LOSE

In a hard-fought game at Ath-
letic park yesterday afternoon
the Tacoma Nationals went down
to defeat before the Carbonate
soccer team, 5 to 8. MacLach1an
and MeDougall we're injured dur
ing the game, handicapping the
Tacoma players considerably.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-26

Fight fans predict a lot of fun
when Ike Cohen gets In the ring
with Frank Farmer Besides be-
ing a scrappy boxer. Cohen is a
natural comedian, and he is said
to pull some funny stunts during
his bouts. Fans have who seen
seen him box say he Is a reg lar
cut-up."
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Bill James Wins

SPOKANE, Oct. 26. - Bill
James, star of the worlds series,
pitched wonderful ball yesterday
in the all-star game, and defeated
the Americans by IL to 3. He al
lowed his opponents only six hits.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-There
lie a revival here today of the ru-
NOR that Roger Bresnahan of the
Chicago National league, has sign.
ed a contract to act as manager
of the Brooklyn Federals. The
rumor is stronger than ever, but
no confirmation can be obtained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-26

MONTREAL, Oct. 26.-Willie
Hoppe easily defeated Melbourne
Inman, the English billiard cham
pion, in the four days play that
ended Saturday night, by a score
of 2,S6 to 2,509.
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and untemperamenta1 to bother
much about the pride of name or
race. All he wanted to do was
to fight. He let IL go at that.
Carrora became Dundee.
Only 81 years old now, the boy
who used to be Joe and is nov
Johnny has boxed It's bouts dur
ing the four years he has beeR in
the professional ring and hos yet
to have a decision made against
him. He uses the tearineS tYl lie
of a fighting cock and is perhaps
the most natural fighter in Dc
ring today. Az
Read the Classified ADS On
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Ike Cohen, the Fighting He
brew" who boxes Frank Farmer
before the Moose lodge Thursday
night, is boxing Ivan Miller to-
morrow night in Seattle at the
Elks' lodge smoker. Sammy Good,
also known in Tacoma. is boxing
at the Elks' smoker with George
Ingle.
Jack Root, who boxes Joe
Bonds Thursday night, formerly
played as tackle on the Multno-
NAH Athletic clubs football team,
and attributed his husky physique
and endurance of punishment to
this training.
Bonds has begun his workout
at Schoek's gymnasium. lie
is training every afternoon begin
ming at 3 O'Clock, sparring a lit
tie each day with Casey" Jones
to keep in trim.
The committee in charge OF
this weeks Moose smoker is COM
posed of Dictator James A. Camp
bell, Trustees j. B. Gyle, II. W.
Aeheson and Paul Thompson,
Peter Veborg, G.. W. Bishop, A. A.
Duenwald and John O'Brien.
Tommy Murphy and Matty
Baldwin will meet for ~ rounds
i'm Boston tomorrow night. Other
important bouts tomorrow are
Gunboat Smith VS.. Frank Moran,
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Perfectly fitted glasses, SI.B0
mp. Pfaff, Graduate Opttcisn, HAT
q &C. Advertisement =
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Jim Scott pitched for a reform
school team. Suggest they send
the whole White Sox team there
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Hayden-Wa tson Co., artistic
floral work. GAS @ So. Main 500,
Advertisement"
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Hank O'Day and a few other
big league managers know some
thing about that river of doubt.
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Now zone Punch" Hogan clam
ors for pugilistie recognition. II
he's anything like zone Round"
Hogan somebody will put the re-
verse English on that name pretty
quick.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-26

Marseilles, ILL.,, has a boxer
called "Misfit" Snyder. This is
merely to let you know such a
thing as Marseilles, ILL.,, exists.
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JEW Y =
40 y HOR

things and didn't know how. I
never tried IL. I've fitted up an
office at home and will devote
this whole winter to studying aud
trying to write. Ii | don't this
winter I'll spend next year on II.
Il figure il this way. l intend
to quit baseball at the end of my
contract with Boston. By that
time I'll be about through as a
ball player and never again will
be a manager. / want to fit
myself for something while I'm
still playing baseball and l think
writing is the thing for me. I've
been reading and studying now
for two years with this in view,
reading newspapers, magazines
and books and studying. I've
learned to run a typewriter and
I've written some stories that
tore up"
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b A S IL b ALL
BOXING

in New York; Jack Britton vs.
frankie Mack. I'm New Haven, and
Kid Williams VS.. Young Solsbers
in New York.