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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Joe Ambrose, convicted Of sell
ing liquor to Indians and SEN
fenced to six months in county
Jail.
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MRS. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
for the widow of an American
president to become a university
student. But that's what Mrs.
BENJAMIN Harrison is today. She
has registered as a student at Co.
lumbia university in the drama.
She soon may blossom out as a
playwright.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Baron Il. Shibusawa on way to
Northwest in interest of closer
commercial relations with Japan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Gut flowers and floral work.
Him., florist, SO. 9TH and X. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Fourteenth neutrality prOcla-
nation by U. S. since beginning
of war issued at Washington.
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Prices of fresh w.. -. -.
e: .::; 6. :s : ! 90 :
because OF scare ~
ity of "strict-N
lies." wholesaleSS
price, 45 to AZ
cents a dozen.
North Tacoma camp No. 7Ds,
w. 0. W., dance and social Nom
day night, Nov. 20, Eagles hall,
18th and ID. Good time. Music
free. adv.
Maj. Frank +. Liggett, assist
ant adjutant general. begins an
nual inspection of Fourth COM
pany, G. A. R., at armory.
Earl Kitchener blamed for "a
tai war plumbers by Sir Arthur b
Markham In house Of commons
debate.
ur-- .la-1.1u-. 4-a-
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Series of attacks on British
consuls and other officials in Per-
STA reported in London.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Mclean the contract mover.
'dafn 1850. "adv."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Carload o !
high-grade cat
tie, selected by
assistant super
,ntendent o I
Puyallup expert
ment station for
Pierce County
Rural Develop
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Blue Funnel liner Talthybius
runs into bowling gale on last
lap of voyage from far east.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

ment aSSoCAatiOn, distributed tC
farmers who made applications.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16
YG 2. If Find .:!
sTELLA's BARGAIN COUNTER

It's sweet In
deed to have a
friend YOU can
trust so long as
he doesn't ask
you to trust
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

DIR. Robinson, Dentist, National
Realty building. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

sTAN.EY BELL PRINTING CO.
"ady."
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After almost convincing Chica-
go police he murdered Franklin
r. Voorhees,, war order broker,
John Burke to be examined for
sanity.
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Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices

Glover. $1oGl7: alfalfa. $t4
q Is; corn, $28 @29; wheat, $34
OBS; whole barley, $2S@29;
rolled oats. $50; bran. SIS;
shorts, $28.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-16

Mayor John Purroy Mitchell of
New York operated on for appen-
dicitis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Roosevelt Admits He Talked
Over Official Actions
While Governor
DENIES HAVING BEEN
UNDULY INFLUENCED
Batch of Letters Between
Himself and Party Head
Put Into the Records

Syracuse, N. Y, April ga series
Of confidential letters taken from the
files kept by the late Thomas G. Platt,
while he was representing the state OF
New York in the United States senate,
We're today read to the jury trying
William Barnes suit for alleged libel
against Theodore Roosevelt In the gu
preme court here.
Some Of the letters were signed by
Senator Platt while others were signed
by Colonel Roosevelt. In nearly all of
them the writer's discussed candidates
for office in the state government and
In reply to question by Mr.. Barnes
counsel, the former president said
without the slightest hesitation that
he consulted freely with Senator Platt
about affairs at Albany, realizing at
ali times that he was the boss" Of the
republican party in this state. One of
the letters read during the forenoon
session contained postscript which
read:
"All right, I'll change the whole
board of tax assessors"
The letters were brought to Syra-
cuse by the former senator's son and
turned over to counsel for Mr.. Barnes.
Although the colonel could not say
whether he had ever made 1t known to
the public that he was comforting with
Mr. Plat over appointments, he denied
emphatically that such conferences
constituted invisible government"
my actions the witness asserted,
were as visible as they could be-
Questioned about meetings with
Senator Platt In the home In New
YORK W MS brother.in-law Dougla,
Robinson, Colonel Roosevelt denied
. emphatically that he met the "boss''
there SO that the conferences would
be held in secret.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
ENGLAND TO HELP
FEED BELC|ANs
MONEY RAISED WILL BE CON-
TRtBUTED TO THE AMERICAN
RELIEF COMMISSION.

London, April 26.-An influential
committee for Belgian relief has been
organized and has issued an appeal to
the public for funds. This committee,
composed of many well known English.
men of all creeds, proposes to raise the
money but explains that it Is to be dis
tributed in the form Of relief through
the American commission for Belgian
relief, for the reason that no English
men are allowed to 90 to Belgium.
The appeal for help is signed by the
Most Rev. r. T. Davidson, archbishop
of Canterbury; Cardinal Francis
Bourne, archbishop of Westminster;
Thomas Nichol, moderator of the
church of Scotland; Joseph Compton
Rickett, president Of the Free Church
council; the Very Rev. J. H. Hertz,
chief rabbi OF the United Hebrew con-
gregations; the Duke of Norfolk;
Lord Lansdowne, Lord Roseberry and
Viscount Bryce; Arthur Henderson,
John Redmond and Arthur Shirley
Benn, members Of parliament and Sir
Charles Johnston, lord mayor OF Lon
don
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
GERMAN FLEET TO
B0MBARD CANADA
LETTER FROM ONE OF kAIsER's
OFFICERS SAYS SQUADRON
IS NOW ON ITS WAY.

Portland Ore, April 26.-Heaoeo
for the Atlantic coast of Canada is
German squadron of fourteen or nj nj
teen vessels, bent on bombarding I'M
nortant cities and fortifications tnere
according to letter received as'
nieht % by Captain Carl Brauch. maste,
~ the German bark Dalbek, interneo
here since July %, from friend WI.
il deck officer Of the German navy
"Eieht days before the German ee, nee
hombarded Scarborough, hartispoo W.
and ane other ports near the Tyne; ;;riand Re
ca,ved c a letter from the same 1rlenn d
telling me that the German feet wouA1
strike for the British coast, anu
thonaht that statement was lausn L
ableS said Captain Brauch.
"since it came to pass, ! am con con
,,,ncad that the move of the squaaron
" t,nH the Canadian coast is not a my.n
The ~ last Ave letters ! have recs,seu ser
from : on Germany have not been censo, ,,sed
1a1n ~ oniy an oflcial stamp being usso SEQ
~ show they had passed through 'ne
hands m of certain ON icials. -,
The letter has been on tne ""'
since March "a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

London, April 26.-What some mill
tary critics are inclined to pronounce
the greatest battle of the war; is now
under way on the User canal.
Oficial reports are both meager and
contradictory, but it is generally be-
lieved In London that the Germans
again are making desperate efforts to
break through to the French channe!
ports. Some such recrudescence OF
the German offensive has been antici'
pated by the war experts, but this
movement, forestalling the long pre-
dicted allied offensive, comes as ais
tinct shock to the general public
It is Impossible as yet to get clear
idea OF the extent of the German
movement but some special dispatches
to London papers describe 1t as so Inn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
MEX|CANs To KILL
AMERICAN WRITER

Washington, D. c., April 26.-Philip
E. McCleary, an American newspaper
correspondent at Vera Cruz, has been
imprisoned and sentenced to be shot
by Carranza authorities for having
sent out uncensored news dispatches
Secretary Bryan received an appeal
for aid today from John w. Roberts,
another American correspondent
there, and instructed Consul Silliman
to take the question up at once with
General Carranza. No official report
on the affair had reached the depart
ment.
Carranza troops from Tampico are
being brought to Vera Cruz and sent
inland by rail Quiet was reported at
Progreso. General Carranza has re-
leased the American steamer Benito
Juarez. detained on the west coast on
a charge of carrying arms for Villa
forces. Yaqui. Indians operating in So
nora are charged with numerous raids
and murders. In a recent attack on
the ranch of the Richardson Construc-
ton Co. in the Yaqui valley they were
repulsed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Half of French "Chd1itieS
for Soldiers are SlDindles
Judicial Authorities Make Exhaustive Study and Find
the Public Is Helping to Enrich Various Men
Who Are Playing Upon Human Sympathy

Magistrate Panchot. who conducted
the inquiry, In his report divides these
fraudulent enterprises into two
classes. The first is described as
purely commercial although operat-
ing under the cloak of charity. Not
only is cash solicited but the gift OF
articles of various kinds, under the
pretense that the articles thus obtain
ed will be sold and the entire proceeds
distributed among the wounded, the
sick and the refugees. The humblest
of these organizations, it is said, nets
at least 500 daily.
The second class sends out collec-
tors who are given thirty per cent OF
what they get as commission. Some
Of these collectors are said to have
admitted making from $50 to $50 a
day. Most of these charities have
succeeded in obtaining the patronage
of prominent persons through misrep-
reservations. The names thus used
have greatly facilitated the work OF
raising funds.
Prosecutions will be begun, the
Matin says, as the result Of the inves-
tigation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

Paris, April 26.-An exhaustive In.
quiry conducted by the judicial author
tiles of Paris as the result Of com.
plant made by the public has reveal
ed, the Matin says, that out of LAT
charitable organizations formed since
the war began, rs are swindles. Thirty.
five Of them are reported to be con-
Quoted by men who were released
from prison just before or after mo-
bilization.
Two of these "philanthropists" in
particular attracted the attention OF
the Investigators. While they were
destitute when the war began, they
now have handsome town and coun-
try residences, luxurious automobiles
and are the hosts at sumptuous din
ners. The receipts of their "chari-
ties" are said never to have fallen be-
low $4OO day since they began oper-
ations in September.
1t has also been discovered, accord
ing to the Matin, that among these
exploiters of the public are several
Germans and Americans who were
successful in gaining their release
from concentration camps.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
TRY TO ARB|TRATE
CH|CAC0 STRIKE
JOINT BOARD REPRESENTING
CARPENTERS AND THE EN-
pLoYERs BEGIN SESSIONS.

Chicago, April 26.-With the strike
of 10000 union carpenters entering on
its second week, the joint arbitration
board, representing the carpenters
district council and the Carpenters
Contractors association, settled down
today to work on bringing to- an end
the labor conflict
Members of the union will begin to
receive strike benefit of IS a week
II the differences between the men
and employers are not settled before
Friday. This fact, it was thought, will
hasten settlement of the strike,
which practically has stopped building
operations and thrown 125,000 other
workmen in Chicago out Of employ
ment
The demand for wage increase
from 65 cents to 70 cents on hour, 1t
..sas said, will be denied by the car
penters. Leaders predicted the wage
questions will have to be compro-
missed II the strike ID ended without
a prolonged fight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
d. "A. r. CONSIDERS
NEW UNIVERSITY

Washington, D. c., April 26.ThO.
national board Of management Of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
met here today to consider the founda.
ton OF national university by the
society. For this purpose the old John
Paul Jones home in North Carolina haS
been offered, together with certain
sums from the state and county con-.
divided over the advisability OF under
taking OF this scheme. Many Of them
believe 1t would be better to take over
the estate and preserve it as patriotic
relic.
Mrs William Cummings Story Of
New York, the president general, pre-
sided at today's meeting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
TRY TO CHANGE
PLACES IN BOAT

Davenport, April 26.-Joe Swan, 40
wears old, and Emery Weatherby, 20,
were drowned in the Mississippi here
SUNDAY afternoon about 4:30 O'Clock.
They had gone out fishing and were
trying to change places In the boat
when it overturned.
The aged father Of Weatherby, a
civil war veteran, with only one leg,
saw the accident and swan out to
rescue his son. He was only a few
feet from the boy when the latter
went dowN fog the last time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
MISSING TRAVELLER
NOT VICTIM OF FIRE

Chicago, April 26.-John r. Wallace,
a travelling salesman, who was thought
to have perished in the fire of the
Decatur hotel at Decatur ILL.,, last
Tuesday escaped from the burning
building and left the city unaware
that he was thought missing.
Wallace explained to the police to.
day that he had left number of his
business cards in the hotel and thought
that the unidentified man whose body
was found in the ruins might have
come into possession of one Of them
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
HEAT WAVE HAS
EAST IN ITS GRIP
THAT Is WITH.
OUT PRECEDENT PREVAILS
EAST OF THE RIVER.

Chicago. April 26.-The present heat
wave extending over the eastern halt
of the United States is unprecedented
at this season In the history of the
weather bureau. according to today g
report of the local weather bureau.
showers are predicted for the north.
west but the end Of the hot spell is not
in sight.
The table of temperatures for yester.
day shows that Milwaukee, Wis, and
Montgomery, Ala, registered the same
-84 degrees. It was SO at Chicago
and Columbus, O., with 80 degrees, was
the hottest spot reporting to the bu-
reau. Marquette, Mich, on Lake Su-
perior where navigation ordinarily does
not begin until May 1. registered "a de-
grees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
|H|CH SCHOOL IS
|NCLEANU UP move
Teachers and Students to-
the Number Of 500 Are
Enlisted in Work
SIGNS OF ACTIVITY
THROUGHOUT CITY
Residents Are Working I'd
Make Their Premises
Look Brighter

students and teachers at the Ottunn
wa high school are enrolled among Ira
actlVe members of the clean up move.
ment. An evidence of this was, re.
celved by Secretary Weidenfeller this
morning when about 500 cards signed
~ students and teachers from that
institution were turned over to him
Ihese cards all contain the promise AZ
the signer to do some particular act
OF cleaning up Ottumwa and the
Things promised range from tina
ridiculous to the sublime with mos1
OF them good, sensible works OF clean
up. Among the promises made are !.
Keep locker clean, keep desk clean.
ciean up the west end, pick up papers.
pick up all loose change on the street &
Keep the lawn and floor clean. keer
the kitchen floor clean, and countless
other things Of clean up Character.
Secretary Weidenfeller is listing these
cards and will return them to the
signers who have thus taken member
ship. goodly sum in small amounts
nave been received by the movement
IRON the children and teachers In the
schools.
Clean up week in Ottumwa began
today and throughout the city there
might be seen persons actively eh.
gagged in cleaning their premises. The
civic pride of the resident has beer
touched by the Organization recently
launched for the cleaning up OF tho
city and almost everyone is trying to5
do his or her part toward making OF.
tumwa look brighter and more IL
tractiHe. assT he~start Is being made II
home-the best place to make start
and with one neighbor pitted against
the other for the purpose OF makina
the homes look cleaner and moro at.
tractive the result promises to be
favorable.
The various ward organizations
named by the various chairmen in
whose charge certain districts have
been placed, are at work perfecting d
working force that will clean up each
ward. The ward committees have
divided their territory into precincts
and captain has been named for
each precinct This leader In turn II
to name lieutenants and the latter to
pick their assistants until each ward
is completely organized.
These ward organizations are beina
rapidly perfected and already some 81
them are active in the clean up work.
Each resident will be called upon and
asked to clean up his own place and
join In the movement for q cleaner
and brighter Ottumwa. The ash heaps
and tin cans about some residences are
being removed today and during the
week are expected to become thing
o. the past. Unsightly dumping
places on or close to home premises
In some parts Of the city are to be
given attention. The careless habit OF
some in dumping kitchen garbage and
other refuse on the lot or in the alley
will be stopped II the persuasion Of
the ward organizations can be mads
effective. All those who have enlisted
III the work are thoroughly imbued
with the clean up idea and every per.
son solicited to aid In the work by do.
ing something about their own place
is urged to lend a hand and help make
Ottumwa the pride of the state for
cleanliness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Germans Making Determined
StruQQle to Reach Channel

portant that the Germans are even
credited with bringing Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg from the east to con
duct the operations, and Emperor VII,
liam himself Is reported as proceed
ing to the User front. .
In the eastern arena of hostilities
the Carpathians compete with the
User for interest. The gateway into
Hungary formed by the Uzsok pass is
becoming the scene of sanguinary
fighting with neither side making any
great gains. Warsaw as German op'
iective Is dimmed by the importance
Of keeping the Russians out OF Hun.
gary, and the Germans are reported
as withdrawing their lines from IN
front Of the Polish capital for new
concentrations along the fronts o.
Cracow and in the Carpathtans.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
WIRELESS PHONE
RECORD is SET

New York, April ga new dis.
tance record for wireless telephoning
in railroad service was claimed today
by officials of the Lackawanna rail.
road. Communications by wireless
concerning the movement OF Lacka-
wanna trains we're exchanged between
the railroad superintendent at Scran-
ton, Pa, and Binghamton, N. Y, sixty.
three miles. Trains between those
two cities were moved for several
hours yesterday under orders sent or
received by wireless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
WAR RULES DELAY WOMEN.
ship Carrying Peace De.eoa'es ss - -
The Hague Not AhoWeo
Proceed Up Channel.

London, April 90 The steamer
Noordam. with forty American women
de1erates to The Hague peace con-
- gress aboard, is anchored In the
nnwns unable to obtain permission TO
nroceed up the channel to Rotterdam.
fans Addams has sent an appeal TO
J1nitad Init states Ambassador Page, urg-
;rg him to enlist the aid of the Amer
;ner government to secure the release
~ the marooned delegates and enable
than, to arrive at The Hague IN tlme
For the conference, which opens Weo-
nesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
GERMAN SPY IS
HELD BY FRENCH

Nice, France, April 26.-A German
named Wild, in, whose villa at Nervi,
near Genoa, a wireless outfit was
found, has been arrested. The case
against him is said to have been
strengthened by the discovery that
pieces Of paper containing the num-
bers of italian regiments were con-
cealed under the wings Of each bird
in flock of eighty pigeons belonging
to him. Wild's brother is manager Of
an electric plant at Genoa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Gdiety Attends
Inauguration Of
Chicago Mayor

Chicago, April 26.-Chicago was
decorated with miles of flags and
bunting today for the inaugural
ceremonies of Mayor-elect William
Hale Thompson.
The celebration included
parade this afternoon In which
10000 persons were expected to
take part. Preparations had been
made to place 5000 automobiles
and $50 floats in the parade,
which, it was planned, would be
twelve miles long and four hours
in passing the reviewing stand.
There will be a fireworks dis
play in Grant park on the lake
front tonight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
i. cHANcE oUARANTlNEs.

Washington, D. e., Apr1I 20 I, Nc
agricultural department Saturday autn-
orized a change of the quarantine rat
ING IN to become effective today on
.Iones I and Jackson counties and q
ort of linn county, Iowa, from expos
I'd" ADJ to modified The same order IS
sor eight counties in Illinois; sangam-
IN IN Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Will,
7 nran. La Sale, and Fulton. Remain.
dor of Linn county rated expose
around infected points.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
MOTORCYCLE BOYS
DASH INTO TRAIN

Aurora. ILL.,, April 26.-Nicholas Bit
terman, is years old, and Albert
Schiltz dashed down steep hill to-
day on motorcycle in approaching
the Illinois avenue bridge across the
Fox river and ran into passing Chi
cago & Northwestern passenger train
and were killed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
WANT TO PREVENT WAR
Chinese Residents at Honolulu Petition
Wilson To Come To The Aid
Of China.

Honolulu, April 26.-Chinese resi-.
dents of Honolulu at a mass meeting
last night decided to send an appeal by
cable to President Wilson at Washing
ton and to the British foreign Office
at London, asking their good Offices to
assist the Chinese to resist the de.
mands OF Japan, to the end that China
may honorably avoid war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Riots over Food.

Eighty-seven more arrests for dem
onstrations resulting from the shortage
OF food are reported from Trieste. ThG
people are said to be living almost en-
tirely on potatoes, large supply Of
which has been received. Serious dis
orders also have been reported from
Capo D'Istria as we'll as Arco and
Riya In Trent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
K. OF c. RULER DIES.

Chicago, April 26.-James Maher.
national supreme director of the
Knights OF Columbus. died at his home
here yesterday He was born In,
wilmington, ILL.,, in 1860. He is sur.
yived by widow and three childre1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
John Bunny, Whose Smile MADE
Millions Laugh, Called By Death

New York. April
i26.-John Bunny,
whose antics as a
m owing picture
co m edian have
m a d e millions
laugh, died at his
home in Brooklyn
today. He had
been i'll for about
three weeks of a
complication. of dis
eases.
Members of the
family were with
him when he died.
For a week he had
apparently been on
the mend. A strenu-
Gus month OF work,
it is believed, caus-
ed the breakdown
which resulted In
his death.
John Bunny was
So years old. For
twenty-nine years
he had been before
the footlights be-
fore he entered the
moving picture
field four years ago.
During his career
as an actor he had
leading roles with
many old time
stars, among them
being Annie Russell.
ed country wide pop
tor before he ACHE
success on the scree.
He was said to ha