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HOPPER SCORES IN
"A MATINEE IDOL"
Comedian Returns to Los An
geles for First Time Since
Days of Wang
HIS NEW PLAY MAKES A HIT
Music Is Tuneful and Company
Is of Good Supporting
Ability
De Wolf Hopper, at the Majestic
theater last night, played a "straight"
comedy part in burlesque style, thus
proving that though you may capari
son a comedian In "conventional even
ing black," you cannot change his
methods and demonstrating further
that you wouldn't If you could.
Through hia disguise wo saw the
eminent Repent Wang, masquerading
as a. modern. We discerned the bom
bastic and craven El Capltan, we
recognized the comically puissant Pan
jandrum; and then, when statuesque
Louise Dresser bestowed herself upon
the capacious Hopper knen, some few
of us recalled "Castjes In the Air" and
the diminutive comedienne, then at the
outset of her career, who from that
same point of vantage sang "This Lit
tle Pig Went to Market."
All of which is merely a roundabout
way of saying that Hopppr is still the
name old Hopper. He has grown a
trifle stouter since his last visit to Los
Angeles—just a trifle; but he is as
nimble of wit, as agile of limb and as
"nappy In his curtain speech as of yore.
That game curtain speech, by the way,
always Is an Important part of a Hop
per entertainment. It was as funny
last night as anything in the show, and
the show, by the same token, was al
most as funny as anything in the cur
tain speech, so there you are.
TAKKN FROM MOM EN E
The Hopper vehicle this season Is "A
Matinee Idol," a two-act comedy with
numerous musical interpolations and a
girl chorus in kaleidoscopic nnd vari
ous fashioned costumes. The program
caUa it a "song comedy success," and
perhaps that Is as good a designation
us any other. Likewise the program
confesses that the plot has been niched
from Moliere's "Le Medecin Malgrc
Ijul," and if the program in French Is
not exactly accurate, at leant its can
dor should atone for that short
coming.
Hopper, of course, plays the bogus
physician. He Is an actor, down <>"
Ills luck, not a maken. of fagots as in
the Mollero original; a down-to-date
HgWarelle with all modern improve
ments. He undertakes the masque
rade Just as did the fagot maker, for
the mom y there is In it and like his
famous prototype he, too, finds a pa
tient who is shamming Illness, simulat
ing an affection of the brain to con
cpeal an affection of the heart. The
role is rich In comedy opportunities
and Hopper makes the most of them,
incidentally, in one of the songs, he
and mips IjOuis"! WMIW contribute
five minutes of travesty—frank, un
ashamed Burlesque tnut is runny
enough to draw tears of laughter from
a JNlobe.
Miss Dresser is a loading woman, |
not a prima donna. wne rtoosn't try
to sing but she has a knack of send
ing tier songs over tne footlights
aimed .straight ror the collective fun
ny Done of ncr audiences. Her rendi
tion of "Liovin" ways" could not Be
improved upon Dy Tettrazlnl herself.
Then, there Is Ueorgle Mack, a lit
tle chap who might have been a Pepat
had he joined the Hopper forces a dec
ade and a half ago, but who really
illumines with laugmng gas tne role
or jimmie Grant, a jockey who could
nave made big money in America it
only he nadn't been ruled oft. Also
tne're is Dorothy Webb, a soubrette
WHOM tortune is In her toes and lid
ward Earle, just a juvenile but a good
one.
MUSIC HAS LH.TINO SWING
The music or "A Matinee Idol" is by
Silvio Hem and it nas a lilting swing
that makes you want to hear more of
It, even tnough the plot is hung up
to dry wnile you are listening to the
melodies. The best of them are "Auto
graphs," in which iiopper delivers a
bit of nonsense verse at the close ol
each passage; "Miss lioodle and Her
J'oodle," which falls to tUe lot of Miss
Dresser; , "Hypnotic Waltz" ensemble
mimDer; •'The Dancing uanshee" and
"if xou could only Bee yourself as
Other People vo."
jiopper is runny. 1119 support is
competent. Tno piece is laughable
and brilliantly costumed. The girls are
pretty, youthful and active. What more
could you asKV
PORTUGUESE CLERICALS
ARE GOING TO AUSTRIA
Orders Expelled by Republic
Planning Invasion
VIENNA, Dec. 11.—At the time of
the revolution in Portugal anti-clerical
circles in Austria raised the demand
that something should be done to pre
vent Portuguese monks from settling
in this monarchy, which, it is alleged,
nlready has far too many religious or
ders of its own. The court and the
strongest political parties, however, bo
ing clerical in their sympathies, no
measures have been taken to ward off
the danger of a Portuguese monkish
invasion. This is inevitable, In view
of the unfavorable attitude of the oth
er Roman Catholic counfries, and now
appears to have begun.
According to information from Salz
burg an estate named Mittenwald, In
("arinthia, has been sold for $80,000 to a
Portuguese religious order, which
bought it for cash in the name of a
professor of divinity of Lalbach.
Count Ivan .Batthyany, according to
a report from Steinamanger, in Hun
gary, is going to make over his castle
of Schlaintng, in the neighborhood, for
a similar purpose. The castle is di
vided into two parts, and one wing
will be adapted for monks and the oth
er for nuns from Lisbon. The Portu
guese monks intend to manufacture
liqueurs there, and a number of the
local population have been invited to
join as lay brothers. The plan is being
financially supported by a number of
Hungarian magnates, among whom
Prince Esterhazy is mentioned.
It is also stated that the historic
castle of Taufers, in the Tyrol, has
been bought ,on behalf of the Jesuits
who have been banished from Portugal.
THE SILVER LINING
"On, 1 John," exclaimed .- Mrs. Short
sash, who was reading, a letter, "our
ion has been expelled from college.
Isn't it awful?" ' -\
• "Oh, I. don't know," answered Sl\ort
•nf«h. "Perhaps I' gaa pull through
without making an assignment now."
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Louise Dresser, Appearing with
DeWolf Hopper at the Majestic
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STEAMEROLYMPIA
ASHORE IN STORM
Boat Grounds in Most Dangerous
Place in Prince William
Sound
(Continued from P««e One)
all ready for launching, but that the
fury of the storm mado this too dan
gerous an undertaking except os*a last
resort.
It is believed the people would stay
by the steamer until help arrives un
less they were forced to take to the
boats before the sinking of the ship.
Included in the passengers of the
Olympia when she sailed from here
last nisht were United States District
Judge E. 13. Cushman and wife. Secre
tary I. Hamburger, wife and two chil
dren; District Attorney George R.
AValker, Assistant District Attorneys
Guy Brubaker and J. L. Green,
Stenographer Don Stewart, Clerk of
Court L. M. ,Laktn, Deputy Clerk
Thomas S. Scott, Stenographer J. Ham
ilton, Deputy Marshals J. H. D. Bous«
and Brown, all members of Judge
Cushman's court.
LOSS OF SHIP CRIPPLES
ALASKA TRANSPORTATION
Bligh Island Reef Scene of Sev-
eral Recent Disasters
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—The Alaska
Steamship company's steamer Olympia
was wrecked on the Bligh island reef,
forty miles from Cordova, Alaska, at
12:50 this morning.
The only information received hero
of the wreck was a brief message from
the company's agent at Valdez, saying
the ship had gone on the reef.
The message sent at 10 o'clock this
morning said: "All hands on deck."
This is taken as indicating that the
passengers and crew were preparing
to take to the boats.
> The Olympla sailer from Seattle De
camber 6 with twenty-six passengers
and several hundred tons of freight.
The passengers who went north on the
steamer first sailed on the steamer
Northwestern which grounded in False
bay, San Juan island, early in the
morning of December 2, a few hours
after sailing from Seattle for the north.
The Northwestern'H passengers wore
brought back to Seattle and resumed
their journey on the Olympla, which
was hurriedly put into commission.
The Olympia had already called at
Cordova, and as only a few passengers
were bound for ports west of there it
is probable that not more than a dozen
passengers were aboard when she
struck.
The Olympia, an iron screw ship of
2837 tons gross, was built at Glasgow,
Scotland, in 1883 and was christened
the ' Dunbar Castle. Later she was
transferred to American registry and
her name changed to Olympla. Her
home port is Seattle. She was under
command of Capt. J. T. Daniels and
was valued at $250,000. . ■' , ':
The Bllgh Island reef, where 'the
Olympia struck,' ie unllghted. This lo
cality has always been dangerous.
Three Alaska liners have been wrecked
within a radius of fifty miles of the
point where the Olympla struck. They
were the Oregon, the Saratoga and the
Northwestern. . The Northwestern was
salved and repaired at great expense,
only to be wrecked again ten days ago.
She was floated from her perilous posi
tion In False bay yesterday and
brought to .Seattle,- where she is again
undergoing repairs.
The loss of the Olympla at this time
is a serious blow to the transportation
facilities of ■ the north. . The ; Alaska
Steamship company Is not the only one
Ms ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY &ORJNING, DECEMBER 12, 1!>10.
to suffer in recent wrecks, the Alaska
Coast company having lost the steamer
Portland at Katalla only a month ago.
STEAMSHIP AND LAUNCH
MAKE HASTE TO RESCUE
Passengers and Crew Will Be
Taken to Valdez
VAI,DEZ, Alaska., Dec. 11.—News of
the wreck or the Olympia was re
ceived here as soon as tha military
cable office opened this morning. The
steamer June was at once notified,
and at i 0:30 this morning put out into
the storm to go to the assistance of
the Olympia. The government launch
Fort Liscum followed two hours later.
The mail steamer Dora sailed from
Seward at H a. m., and should reach
the scene of the wreck by midnight.
The Dora is a stanch seagoing steam
er and can weather the storm better
than the smaller craft and has put
out to the assistance of the Olympia
from here. It Is probable the Dora
will take off the passengers as the
smaller iraft cannot approach the
wrrck In the storm. As soon as the
passengers and crew are rescued they
will be brought to Valdez.
the scene of the wreck, 20 miles
from here, is a small reef extending
from the southeast end of Bligh Is
land at the entrance of Tititilik pas
sage. Although only a. short distance
from JEllamar, it is exposed to the sea
and is swept by tremendous waves
whenever there in a gale.
Capt. Daniels is thoroughly familiar
with the passage, It being the regular
route of vessels bound from Seattle
and Cordova to" Valdez. At the""north
wast end of Bligh Island is Bushy
point, where the steamer Saratoga was
wrecked three years ago. The steamer
Oregon was wrecked in 1906 in the
same vicinity.
CREW CLAMBERS ON BANK
AS DAMAGED BARK SINKS
GREENOCK. Scotland, Dec. 11.—
The French bark Elizabeth arrived here
today and landed Captain Soderberg
and five companions of the barge Bar
oness, with which she came into col
lision off Fire island lightship Novem
ber 19. The Baroness was the stern
barge of a tow, while the Elizabeth was
bound from New York to Glasgow.
The bark struck the barge amidships
and the crew of the latter clamored
aboard the Elizabeth while the vessels
were locked.
Personal Mention
Ben ejnkins, chief of police of El
Paso, Texas, is at the Alexandria.
E. J. Bayle, a mining engineer of
Denver, and wifo arrived in the city
yesterday and are at the Van Nuys.
Blanche Walsh and her company,
who are to appear at the Mason in
"The Other Woman" the coming week,
arrived yesterday from San Francisco
and are at the Van Nuys.
Col. James r^pnovan of Bakersfleld
and R. G. Virtey of Goldfleld arrived
In the city yesterday alter completing
a mining deal in the Nevada city.
They are at the Hollenbeck.
COMFORT'AT LAST
Mrs. Parkay (reading)—"By means
or Edison's new invention, the ponto
scope, one may flit at home, hear an
entire opera and see every motion
made on the stage."
Mr. Parkay—That's glorious! No
High hats in front, no chattering cou
ples behind and none of the four hun
dred in the boxes!
STnAMJKRS IN THE CITY
BUan«er» are Invited to visit the exhibits
of California product* at the Chamber of Com.
merce building. on Broadway, between Firit
•ml Second streets, where free information
will be given on all subjects pertaining to this
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"EARL AND GIRL"
A CLEVER SHOW
Ferris Hartman and His Com
pany Give First Local Pre
sentation of Comedy
BURBANK OFFERS A NOVELTY
'A Message from Mars' Proves
Popular at Main Street
Playhouse
"The Earl and the Girl," given its
first Los Angeles presentation by Fer
ris Hartman and his company at tho
Grand opera house yesterday after
noon, is a sprightly musical comedy
with more of a plot than we hnvo
come to expect in offerings of The kind,
numerous tuneful songs and ample fun
making 1 opportunities. It is of English
origin, Seymour Hicks and Percy
Greenbank being responsible for the
book and lyrics, while Ivan Caryll com
posed the music. Interpolations seem
to be a Hartman habit, and there are
several of them In this piece, but the
audience likes them, and that, doubt
less, is Mr. Hartman's Justification for
their use. For instance, it must have
been Hartman and not Hicks or Green
bank who contrived this colloquy:
"My dear," says one youug woman.
costumed In replica of a lingerie arl
in the back of the magazines, "I was
just coming to you to borrow a hair
pin."
"How queer!" answers the other,
similarly clad. "Do you know, I was
Just coming to you to borrow some
hair."
In the comedy Hartman assumes the
identity of a (log trainer who, for a
consideration, is Induced to Impersonate
the earl of* Stole. Numerous individ
uals aro on tlie earl's trail, anxious
to revenge themselves for real or
fancied grievances, and of course the
masquerader has a lively time of It.
That is the barest possible outline of
what happens. T'no way it happens
and the way it keeps on happening,
with interruptions only to allow chorus
and orchestra to earn their salaries,
provides more genuine laughs than
have been heard before at the Grand
In many weeks.
Hartman, with a Cockney dialect
direct from Bow Bells, gets even more
fun out of his role than the authors
put into it, and they were not nig
gardly. Muggins Davies as the dog
trainer's Uancee, Walter de Leon as
the real earl, Marta Golden as a pro
fessional strong woman and Myrtle
Dingwall .is the earl's sweetheart all
win and merit the audience's approval.'
Joseph Fogai«ty, absent for several
weeks, returnsr to the cast as a New
York lawyer. The part is not con
spicuous, but he was given a hearty
welcome upon his first appearance.
Among the best of the musical num
bers are a duet in the first act, sung
by Miss Dingwall and Mr. de Leon,
and which is accompanied by some
very good travesty; "A Girl Some
where," contributed by Miss Dingwall
and chorus; Hartman's topical song,
"It's a Lie," in which he informs us
that Teddy will "come back" and that
Chief of Police Galloway really hasn't
"wheels;" "The Koyal Grenadiers," a
march song, with the entire chorus in
grenadier costumes, and the duet of
the last act, sung by Ferris Hartman
and Muggins Davies.
The piece is well costumed and is
deserving of good patronage.
'MESSAGE FROM MARS'
PLEASES AT BURBANK
"A Message from Mars," the inter
planetary offering at the Burbank this
week, is a drama of quick surprises,
shifting scenes and novelties which
keep the audience guessing. As audi
ences would rather guess than know in
advance, two houses yesterday ap
proved the message, and applauded the
messenger in a manner that indicated
much popularity for the piece.
The second act is the "meat" of the
play, and comprises a series of dream
incidents in the life of one Horace
Parker, a selfish millionaire scientist.
A Martian who has fallen under the
ban In his own planet has been sent to
earth as a punishment, and ordered
not to return until he has redeemed
Parker from his selfishness. He
possesses a terrible weapon in the form
of a mysterious power which enables
him to do superhuman feats such as
whirling furniture about, making walls
tremble and producing general electri
fying results upon anything he
chooses. So he forces Parker to go
out with him into the cold winter
night, give away his money and even
his fur coat to the poor, and incidental
ly obliges him to listen to opinions o?
himself expressed by his friends at
a ball. All this happens in the dream.
Then Parker awakens, and the effect
of the dream upon his waking life sur
prises all his friends.
Howard Scott has made his reputa
tion principally in carefully studied
delineations of character. As the man
from Mars there is nothing for him to
do but give powerful utterance anil
presence to his lines and part. His
makeup was excellent, and he hold the
elusive Sunday audiences marvelous
ly throughout the rather lengthy philo
sophic discourses of his role. In this
ho was given the best of co-operation
by A. Byron Beasley, in the role of
the selfish Parker. There ie a fine
vein of comedy with a serious trend,
in the latter part, and Beasley proved
again that he is at his best when al
lowed to get away from straight—
meaning merely heroic —characters.
Miss Rambeau is required principal
ly to be dignified and charming and
she threw a great deal of conscientious
effort into the task, even though it
merely required that she should be
natural. David M. Hartford as a man
in bad luck added a bizarre touch to
the play. Although there are proba
bly a couple of dozen other persons in
the drama they are merely accessories
to the general story.
"A Message from Mars" teaches a
lesson without preaching and without
sacrificing its dramatic interest. This
is ita first presentation by a local stocU
company.
Blanche Walsh will appear at the
Mason opera house this evening in
"The Other Woman." The play is the
work of Frederic Arnold Kuinmer, well
known both as a magazine writer and
a playwright. In the supporting com
pany are George W, Howard, Nellie
Butler, Anna Cleveland and others.
Besides the regular matinee Satur
day then; will be a popular ladies'
matinee Wednesday.
•Olil Heidelberg" will be Riven an
elaborate revival 'at the Balanco play
hoTlso tonight. This will bo tho twen
ty-second week that '■( Hi Heidelberg"
Walter de Leon and Muggins Davies
in 'The Earl and the Girl' at Grand
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has occupied the Belasco stage.
Lewis S. Stone will again be seen
in the role of the- young Prince Karl
Heinrich, Eleanor Gordon will have
her first opportunity to play Kathie,
James K. Applebee will have the role
of the dear old Dr. Juttner and Frank
Camp will be seen as the dignified
Lutz. William Yerance, Kichard
Vivian, Harry Andrews and other of
the Belasco-Blackwood organization
will have the same roles which they
assumed in former presentations of
the'play. A score of young men from
the singing sections of the Arion so
ciety and the Turn Verein have been
engaged to render German folk songs.
Sullivan and Considine will open an
other new bill at the Los Angeles thea
ter this afternoon with two spectacu
lar scenic and musical novelties as the
stellar attractions o£ the program.
These two acts are Ktnloy and Bir
beck, the "Musical Blacksmiths" with
their transformation scene, and Or
letta and Taylor with their tabloid
operetta "The Butterfly and the
Prince."
Others on the new bill are Prince
and Galgano, the Hawaiian tenor and
the Italian harpist; Joseph Ketler and
his company presenting the rural com
edy sketch "The Town Fiddler;" Scott
and Wilson, the acrobatic humorists,
and the Zorodo brothers.
Ferris Hartman and the members of
his company, together with the entire
mechanical force of the Grand opera
douse, will this morning begin rehear
sals of Audran's delightful journey to
the land of "Make Believe," "The Toy
maker," which will be given its annual
holiday revival at the Grand next
week.
George Beban and his associate
players will present "The Sign of the
Rose" at the Orpheum this afternoon
for th« first time in Los Angeles. The
sketch is from the pen of Mr. Beban
and C. T. Dazey, and in it Mr. Beban
impersonates the modern Italian Immi
grant as he Is—not the low brow "gin
ney" of blackhand proclivities, but
the real son of sunny Italia, with a
heart full of song and pathos and love.
The cast of the playlet embraces nine
persons, and the setting, which Is laid
in a floral shop, will have all the
wealth and beauty of Los Angeles'
floral resources. Mine. .Jewell and her
manikins, in a miniature vaudeville re
vue, with imitations of well known
stage favorites; Alf Grant and Ethel
Hoag in a song- and patter number,
and Asahi, Nipponese magician, with
his company are others newly ar
rived, while the Imperial Kusslan
dancers, Felice Morris and company in
"A Call for Help," Mile. Camille Ober
and tlie three White Kuhns are also
on the bill.
The famed Orphpum Road show has
just started on its annual transcon
tinental tour. It is due here late in
January. ■
Elbert Hubbard, "The Fra" of Phil
istine fame, comes to the Orpheum in
March.
"Musical King" will make his first
Los Angeles appearance at Pantages
this afternoon. King is an accom
plished musician on the xylophone and
his repertoire includes selections from
grand and comic operas and popular
song hits. Other acts on the bill will
be Hardeen, "Handcuff King;" Hugh
J. Emmett and Hildreth Emmett in a
scenic ventriloquial novelty; Buford,
Bennet and Buford, a trio of young
women in songn. dances and imita
tions; Harry DeVine and Belle Wil
liams, Harry Botter and company in
the furce. "A Matrimonial Blizzard,"
and now photo plays.
Pneumonia to be feared more
than death from gun shot.
The frequent changes of temperature in the
fall and winter months are the source of much
discomfort and destruction of human life.
Paw, damp, cold air, snow, sleet anil rain take
turns at producing acrop of colds and coughs.
Those lead to pneumonia. Nearly every ea.se
baa its beginning in a simple couch and cold
that was neglected. Thousands of people dio
as a result. It is more certain to result In
death than a wound from pun shot. ■
A sudden chill, rising lever, sore throat,
hoarseness, running nose, heartache, cough,
painful breathing are the forerunners of
pneumonia. _ , .. ' ' ■ •
Avoid the danger. Try the one. certain, re
liable remedy for colds and oough9; namely.
Dr. Bull's Cough Hyrup. It does nut contain
nnu Opium. It is perfectly safe and reliable.
It is th» best remedy for soothing and sub
duing the Inflamed conditions of the brou
ohiul tubes ami lungs. It cheeks cough ami
cold quickly and completely. Tost it first
by sanding a postal for a free sample. Address
A. 0 Meyer & Co., Baltimore. Sid. But. to
have no delay get a regular bottle of the rem
edy price aw., from your druggist today and
take no substitute. This is the best advice
we can give you to avoid pneumonia.
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FOWNES IS PLACED AT
HEAD OF BEST GOLFERS
Fitzpatrick Says Pittsburg Star
Is Leader of All American
Players
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.— W. C. Fownes,
it., of Plttsburg, holder of the national,
Pennsylvania and western champion
ships, heads the list of the best six
teen golfers prepared by H. L. Fitz
patrick, who has made a similar esti
mate annually since 1901. Fownes has
not been beaten in a match except on
his first appearance in April, when he
lost to W. J. Travis and W. R. Tuck
ermun.
The former British and American
champion, W. J. Travis, is placed sec
ond.
As the winner of the north and
south title and of many tournaments
he has played up to his best form.
Those beaten in matches by Travis in
clude Fownes, Evans, Herreshoft and
Travers.
The western opening champion, Chas.
Evans, Jr., runner-Tip in the western
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> operation, and enjoy the hospitality of the pioneers of the
present.'
Ample amusement will be afforded; horse racing, bronco
busting.
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RETAIN POSITIONS
Coalition and Opposition Gain
Twenty-one Parliament Seats
from Each Other
INTEREST SWERVES TO BILLS
Both Sides Appear Equally Con
fident of Increasing Their
Strength This Week
LONDON, Dec. 11.—It is expected
now the government will return With
substantially the same majority it hail
before the dissolution of parliament,
and the future course of the election
has less interest titin the question oX
what will happeu when parliament
meets. ,
]_.<>rd Kosebery said at the beginning
of the elections that should the gov
ernment suffer a loss of only I'lva
seats, it would not pass the veto bill.
This contention has been taken by
the unionist press, which argues that
unless the government secures an in
creased majority, it will have no man
date to deal with the house of lords.
The liberals, on the other hand, con
tend that not only will the government
have a larger majority than that of
former strong unionist ministries, but
that the nation has now thrice in sw
cesslon given the liberal government
a vote of confidence.
I>I<OBL.KMB I'UZZI.K ENGLISHMEN
To this the Unionists reply that the
question of a change in the constitu
tion is on quite a different plane than
ordinary legislation, and they point
out that specific majorities are re
quired in the United States and in
other countries before the constitu
tion can be changed. Everybody,
however, appears to be in the dark Ufl
to the actual possibilities of the situa
tion, and many are of the opinion that
it still may be settled by negotiation
and compromise.
Both sides appeared equally confi
dent of gaining a few seats this week.
Up to the present 504 seats out of 670
have been filled, the standing of the
parties being as follows:
Government coalition—Liberals 183,
Laborites 32, Nationalists 56. Inde
pendent Nationalists 7; total, 278.
Opposition—Unionists 226.
The relative position of the two par
ties is exactly the same in the new
parliament as in the old, each having
gained twenty-one seats from the
other.
and national semi-finals, is placed
third and leads Fred Herreshoff,
medalist, in the National and Metro
politan Golf association amateur
championship.
Two westerners fill fifth and sixth
places. Mason Phelps, western ama
teur champion, and Robert E. Hunter,
intercollegiate champion.
Chandler Egan is fourteenth and* T.
M. Sherman, son of the vice president,
who won three tournaments and was
put out in the first round of the na
tional, is fifteenth.
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