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Tuesday, April 6,1915.
TANNER
TO TRY
IT AGAIN
OLYMPIA, April 6.—Attorney
General W. V. Tanner will at
tempt once more to prove the
power of the legislature lo defeat
the referendum rights of the peo
ple through the tacking of emer
gency clauses on bills. His at
tempt to get such a ruling was
knocked out by the supreme court
but he will try again.
If he is successful, the legisla
ture will be able at any time to
prevent the use of the referen
dum by the people by merely as
serting arbitrarily that an emer
gency exists. This requires only
a majority vote.
MISS DENNY LEAVES
$50,000 TO O.OFW.
SEATTLE, April «.—That the
probate of the will of Margaret
Lenora Denny, one of four mem
bers of pioneer families killed ln
the recent auto accident at Al
derton, will reveal bequests of
$50,000 to the state university
aud $70,000 to the Pulmonary
hospital of the city of Seattle at
Rlverton Heights was the report
that came from reliable sources
yesterday.
Miss Denny was a former stu
dent of the university. Her fa
ther, A. A. Denny, was the donor
to the university of the 10 acres
which Is now under lease to the
Metropolitan Building Co.
SPANAWAY Bill fMM 111
HISPICIOIS OF FIBK 810
Believing that a firebug is at
work in Spanaway, residents have
started an investigation into three
fires that have occurred recently.
The third fire was last night,
when the woodyard of . M. White
side waß damaged to tfie extent
of $500. Previously, the Catholic
church of Spanaway, and the dan
cing pavilion on the lake was de
stroyed.
EMBARRASSING
Well, Consider the Sad Plight of
Miss Adolphina
Embarrassing?
.. _. Well, rather! ,f yow were OIIt ri<J»"K.'Jnst really to meet vonr
steady, how would yon like to me«t him „.s Miss Adolphina did?
Her letter, which was one of Uie best we received today, tells her
embarrassing experience as follows:
It was in the pioneer days in lowa. I was teaching
school and had a beautiful spotted pony which had been the
property of Spotted Bull, an Indian chief. The »iony was
■very gentle, but had a number of peculiar tricks which were
the result of his early Indian training. Some of these were
of tho most unexpected character.
One afternoon after a hard rain, the sun came out and
I went out for a ride In the fragrant air.
1 hadn't ridden far when 1 saw coming toward me the
gentleman who was my "steady."
As I was riding at a brisk pace, we were soon close to
one another. I spoke to my pony to check him a bit and
tugged at the reins.
He stopped suddenly, stretched out his fore-feet, lifted
his heels, and gently deposited me right in the middle of a
big mud puddle.
The only one not embarrassed was the pony. He waited
patiently for me to mount again.
There were a dozen or so more other letters today. I^t's have
a lot of Uiem, and The Times will pass them along to its readers, and
we'll all have a good laugh. Remember there* »_ waiting for the
best one. S
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Local Drama and Vaudeville
Tacoma, Theater—Rose Stahl ln "A Perfect Lady," tonight. Com- '
ing, "Peg o" My Heart."
Pantages Theater —Herbert Lloyd and Co. ln "The King of Dia
monds"; Tom and Stacla Moore; Willy Zimmerman; Wiley
and Ten Eyck; The Great A mesons.
Empress Theater—Empress Stock company all week In "The
Woman He Married," with matinees Wednesday and Satur
day.
Rose Stahl Tonight
In "A Perfect Lady"
Rose Stahl is making the big dialogue and situations which
gest bit of her career this season awaken the laughter of the audl-
In "A Perfect Lady," the delight- en"\ T he £"» J" de8 | , Bned as »n
, , „ " ' * entertainment, there Is no subtle
ful comedy which she will present undercurrent, there is no teach
at the Tacoma tlieater tonight. ing, there is no problem about It.
"A Perfect Lady" Is a comedy The lines and the story make for
in four acts. The first act takes laughter and according to all ac
lilace at Sycamore Junction, Kan., counts the play accomplishes the
and the three following acts in the purpose for which it was designed,
town of Sycamore. The tango It is said that in her new cha'r
< iu/.e forms the foundation for acter of Lucille Hlgglns Miss
the plot and the mlnner in which Stahl again exhibits the talents
Lucille lliggins (Rose Stahl) which have placed her as one of
awakens the sleepy, mid-Western the foremost players on the Amer
town provides an opportunity for lean stage.
Pantages Bill Spells Class;
Clever Assortment of Acts
Tbe new bill for Pantages' the
ater this week Bpells "class"
from start to finish. It Is the
best show seen on a Tacoma vau
deville stage in months.
Herbert Lloyd and company
have an act called "The King of
Diamonds," In which all sorts of
vaudeville get! are burlesqued in
a highly interesting and clever
Fashion. It is a well-staged piece
of work.
Max Welly and Melissa Ten
Eyck, «in; sic dancers from the
New York Winter Harden, have a
beautiful dancing act. Immacu
lately staged, and weli presented.
Tom and Stacia Moore are back
again with their familiar act, re
juvenated slightly, and they
scored a big hit with the opening
audiences.
Willy Zimmerman, famous Im
personator of famous musicians,
has added to his list the faces of
rulers of nations now at war, and
his act is novel and historic. He
closes with a good Imitation of
President Wilson.
A medio is a real hit with bis
concert accordion. The Oreat
Arnesens have a daring equilib
rist act, and tbe bill closes with a
movie drama, "Teas of the Hills."
Music Lovers
Plan Festival
Thirty-five musicians and mu
sic lovers met at the Commercial
club last night, organized under
the name of the Tacoma Musical
Festival society, and decided to
hold a big musical festival In the
Stadium on the nights of July 2
and 3 ln place of the regular mid
summer Stadium Carnival.
It is planned to Invite musi
cians and vocalists from all parts
of the N'oriinvest, and to have be
tween 2,000 and 3,0X>0 voices ln
one great chorus.
CHICAGO ELECTION' TOI>AY.
CHICAGO. April 6.—Chicago
today is electing a mayor, and the
balance of power in the 770,000
registered votes, it is universally
conceded, is held by the women.
THE TAdOMA TIMES
"cca wni r io™ifs." ,s,E? pitc£
ULH IIULI REM THRILLING NOVEL
New York, Orosset * Dnnlap. publishers; Copyright by Jack London, br the Century Co.. by
the McMillan Co. _
BY JACK .LONDON.
(Continued from Yesterday.)
"Now's your chance, Hump,"
he said.
"I don't understand," I lied,
for I thoroughly understood.
"Oh, nothing," he added softly,
as if he were drowsing; "only
you've got me where you want
me."
"No, I haven't," I returned;
"for 1 want you a few thousand
miles away from here."
He chuckled, and thereafter
spoke no more. He did not stir as
I passed by him and went down
Into the cabin. 1 lifted the trap
In the floor, but for some mo
ments gazed dubiously into the
darkness of the In/.arette beneath.
1 hesitated to descend. What If
his lying down were a ruse? Pret
ty, indeed, to be caught there like
v rat. 1 crept softly up the com
panionway and peeped at him. He
was lying as I had left him. Again
I went below; but before I
dropped into the lazarette I took
the precaution of casting down
the door lnadvance. At least
there would be no lid to tbe
trap. Rut it was all needless. 1
regained the cabin with a store of
jams, sea-biscuits, canned meats,
and such things,-- all I could
carry,— and replaced the trap
door.
A peep at Wolf Larsen showed
me that he had not moved. A
bright thought, struck me. I stole
Into his state room and possessed
myself of his revolvers. There
were no other weapons, though 1
thoroughly ransacked the three
remaining state-rooms. To make
sure, 1 returned and went through
the steerage and forecastle, and
In the galley gathered up all the
sharp meat and vegetable knives.
Then I bethought me of the great
yachtsman's knife he always car
ried, and 1 came to him and spoke
to It 1 in, first softly, theu loudly.
He did not move. I bent over
and took it from his pocket. 1
breathed more freely, lie had no
arms with which to attack me
from a distance; while I, armed,
could always forestall him should
he attempt to grapple me with his
terrible gorilla arms.
Filling a coffee-pot and frying
pan with part of my plunder, and
taking some chinaware from the
cabin pantry, I left Wolf Larsen
lying in the sun and went ashore.
Maud was still asleep. I blew
up the embers, (we had not yet
arranged a winter kitchen), and
quite feverishly cooked the break
fast. Toward the end, I beard ber
moving about within the hut,
making her toilet. Just as all was
ready and the coffee poured, the
door opened and she came forth.
"It's not fair of you," was her
greeting. "You are usurping one
of my prerogatives. You know
you agreed that the cooking
should be mine, and —"
"But Just this once," I pleaded.
"If you promise not to do it
again," she smiled. "Unless, of
course, you have grown tired of
my poor efforts.
To my delight she never once
looked toward the beach, and I
maintained the banter with such
success that all' unconsciously she
sipped coffee from the china cup,
ate fried evaporated potatoes, and
spread marmalade on her biscuit.
But it could not last. I saw the
surprise that came over her. She
had discovered the china plate
from which she was eating. She
looked over the breakfast, noting
detail after detail. Then she look
ed at me, and <her face turned
slowly toward the beach.
Humphrey!" she said.
The old unnamable terror
mounted Into her eyes.
"Is—he —t" she quavered.
I nodded my head.
CHAPTER XXXIII
We waited all day for Wolf Lar
sen to come ashore. It was an
Intolerable period of anxiety.
Each moment one or the other of
us oast expectant sluices toward
the Ohost. But he did not come.
He did not even appear on deck.
"Perhaps It is his headache," 1
said. "I left blm lying on the
poop. He may lie there all nigh;.
I think I'll go and see."
Maud looked entreaty at me.
"It is all right," I assured her.
"I shall take the revolvers. You
know I collected every weapon on
board."
"But there are his arms, his
hands, his terrible, terrible
hands!" she objected. And then
she cried, "Oh, Humphrey, 1 am
afraid of him! Don't go—pleaae
don't go!"
She rested her hand appealing
on mine, and sent my pulse flut
tering. My heart was surely in
my eyes for a moment. The dear
and lovely woman! And she was
so much the woman, clinging and
appealing, sunshine and dew to
my manhood, rooting It deeper
and sending through tt the sap of
a new strength. I waa for put-
I ting my arm around her, as when
'in the midst of the seal herd;
but 1 considered, and refrained.
"I shall not take any risks," I
said. "I'll merely peep over the
bow and see."
She pressed my hand earnestly
and let me go- Hut the space on
deck where I bud left him lying
was vacant. He had evidently
gone below. That night we atood
alternate watches, one of us
Bleeping at. a time; for there waa
no telling what Wolf Larsen
might do. He waa certainly capa
ble of anything.
The next day w« waited, and I
the next, and still ho made bo
attat ks," Maud said, on the after
noon of the fourth day; "perhaps
he is ill, very ill. He may be
dead."
"Or dying," wss her after
thought, when she had waited
some time for me to speak.
Hetter so," 1 answered.
"Hut think. Humphrey, a fel
low, reature ln his last lonely
hour."
"Perhaps." I suggested.
"Yes, even perhaps," she ac
knowledged. "Hut we do not
know, it would be terrible If he
were. 1 could never forgive my
self. We must do something."
'Perhaps," I suggested again.
1 waited, smiling inwardly at
the woman of her which com
pelled a solicitude for Wolf Lar
sen, of all creatures. Where was
her sollcitiHle for me, I thought,
— for BH whom she had been
afraid to have merely peep
aboard?
She was too subtle not to fol
low the trend of my silence And
she was us direct as sin- was
subtle.
"You must go aboard, Hum
phrey, and find out," she said.
"And if you want to laugh at
me, you have my consent and for
giveness."
I arose obediently and went
down the beach.
"Do he careful," she called
after me.
I waved my arm from the fore
castle head and dropped down to
the deck. Aft 1 walked to the
caliin companion, where I con
tentcil myself with hailing be
low. Wolf Larsen answered, and
as he started to ascend the stairs
I cocked my revolver. I dis
played it openly during our con
versation, hut lie took no notice
of it. He appeared the same,
physically, as when last I saw
him. but he was gloomy and si
lent. In fa< t, the few words we
spoke could hardly be called a
conversation. 1 did not inquire
Why be had not been ashore, nor
did he ask why 1 had not come
aboard. His head was all right
again, he said, and so, without
further parley, I left him.
Maud received my report with
obvious relief, and the sight of
siniilii- which later rose in the gal
ley put her in a more cheerful
Mod! The next day, and the
next, we saw the galley smoke
rising, and sometimes we caught
gUpipses of him on tho poop. Hut
Hmt was all. He made no at
tempt to come ashore. This we
knew, for we still maintained our
night-watches. We were waiting
for him to do something, to show
his hand, ao to say, and his In
action puzzled and worried us.
A week of this passed by. We
had no interest than Wolf Lar
sen. and his presence weighed us
down with an apprehension
which prevented us from doing
any of the little things we bad
planned.
But at the end of the week the
smoke ceased rising from the
galley, and he no longer showed
himself on the poop. 1 could see
Maud's solicitude again growing,
| though she timltlly,—and even
proudly, I think, —forebore a
repetition of her request. After
all, what censure could be put
upon her? She was divinely
altruistic, and she wus a woman.
Besides, 1 was myself aware of
hurt at thought of this man
whom I had tried to kill, dying
alone with his fellow-creatures
so near. He was right. The code
of my group was stronger than
I. The fact that he had hands,
BURSTING SHELLS WRECK I
EVERYTHING BUT CRUCIFIX
The wonderful effect ol * bonbardmceit ta Priisis. Kraare. 1
feet, and a body shaped some
what like mine, constituted a
claim which 1 could not ignore.
■c I did not wait a second time
for Muud to send me. 1 discov
ered that we stood in need of
condensed milk and marmalade,
and announced that I was going
aboard. 1 could see that she
wavered. She even went so far
as to murmur that they were
nonessentials and that my trip
after them might be inexpedi
ent. And ns she had followed the
trend of my silence, she now fol
lowed the trend of my speech,
and she knew that 1 was going I
aboard, not because of condensed
milk and marmalade, but because
of her and of her anxiety, which
she knew she had failed to hide.
I took off my shoes when I
gained the forecastle head, and
went noiselessly alt in my stock
ing feet. Nor did I call this time
from the lop of the companion
way. Cautiously descending, I
found the cabin deserted. The
door to his st.ii.- roiuii was dosed.
At first 1 thought of knocking,
then 1 remembered my ostensible
•mad and resolved to carry it
out. Carefully avoiding noise, I
lifted the trap-door in the floor
and set it to one side. The slop
cliesl. aB well as the provisions,
was stored in the lazurette, and
I took advantage of the oppor
tunity to lay in a stock of under
clothing.
As I emerged from the lnza
rette 1 heard sounds in Wolf Lar
son's state-room. 1 crouched and
lieteaod. The door-knob rattled.
Kurllvely. Instinctively. I slunk
back behind the table and drew
and cocked my revolver. The
door swung open and he came
forth. Never had I seen so pro
round a despnii as that which I
saw on ills fa«fe, the face of Wolf
Larsen. the lighter, the strong
man. the indomitable one. For
all Hie world like a woman wring
ing her hands, he raised his
clenched fists and groaned. One
list unclosed, and the open palm
swept across his eyes as though
brushing away cobwebs.
"Hod! tlod!" he groaned, and
the clenched fists were raised
again to the infinite dispair with
which his throat vibrated.
It was horrible. I was trem
bling all over, and 1 could feel
Hie shivers running up und down
my spine and the sweat standing
out on my forehead. Surely
there can be little In this world
more awful than the spectacle of
a strong man In the moment
when he Is utterly weak and bro
ken.
Hut Wolf Larsen regained con
trol of himself liy an exertion of
his remarkable will. And It was
exertion. His whole frame shook
with the struggle. He resembled
a man on the verge of a fit. His
face strbve to compose Itself,
writhing and twisting in the ef
fort till he broke down again.
Once more the clenched fists went
upward and he groaned. He
caught his breath once or twice
and sobbed. Then he was suc
cessful. 1 could have thought
blm the old Wolf Larsen, and yet
there was in his movements a
vague suggestion of weakness and
Indecl' n. He started for the
companionway, and stepped for
ward again as I had been accus
tomed to see him do; and yet
again, in his very walk there
seemed that suggestion of weak
ness and Indecision.
1 was now concerned with fear
for myself. The open trap lay
directly in his path, and his dis-
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covery of It would lead instantly
to his discovery of me. 1 was
angry with myself for being
caught in so cowardly a position,
crouching on the floor. There was
yet time. I rose swiftly to my
feet, and, I know, quite uncon
sciously assumed a defiant atti
tude. He took no notice of me.
Nor did he notice the open trap.
Before 1 could grasp the situa
tion, or act, he had walked right
into the trap. One foot was de
scending into the opening, while
the other foot was just on the
verge of beginning the uplift.
But when the descending foot
missed the solid flooring and felt
vacancy beneath it, it was the old
\\«ilf Larsen and the tiger mus
cles that made the falling body
spring across the opening, even
as It fell, so that he struck on
his chest and stomach, with arms
outstretched, on the floor of the
opposite side. The next instant
he had drawn up his legs and
rolled clear. But he rolled Into
ray marmalade and underclothes
and against the trap-door.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
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For Butter, Eggs and Cheese |
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Eggs—Fresh ranch, 19® 20c.
Butter—Washington creamery,
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Wholesale Meat Prices.
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12c; cows, UVi@l2c; heifers.
12c; hogs, trimmed sides, 15c;
ewes, 13c; mutton, wethers,
12 Vie; lamb, 16c; veal, dressed,
9®llc.
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Prices Paid Produces For f
Meats, Batter, Eggs, Poultry J
Livestock —Cows, tQle; calves
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Bntter and Eggs—Ranch but
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Hops, 1914 crop, nominsl; 1913
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