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ae | Above, fight: ing the polar jee pack with | dynamite to save the Polar Bear, on which | Harvard —scl- entiste and hunters were| frozen at De marcation || point. Se yw, “BI” Hudson, mo! picture man, who has just returned | from Demarca- tion point, on the Arctic sea, with the word || that two of Stefanseon’s boats are safe, but thet the i Kartuk ie pret || | Heibas Bas soe ably lost. 7 thon } | Arctic wastes to Fort Yukon BEGINS TO LOOK POOR OLD BILLY TOUGH FOR LAFE: The recall ~Tnovement against County Commissioner Hamilton may receive the active support of the Municipal leagu A resolution to that effect, and alm for the recall of Commissioner Knudsen is now before the execu tive committee of the league. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—"Prof William Howard Taft is a frequent | visttor at Washington. On a visit to the senate office building, Taft called at the office of Senator Hol Mis of New Hampshire. “Who shall I tell the senator de e him?” asked Hollis’ new secretary “Don't you recognize me?” said Taft. The senator's sec retary took a good squint at Taft's portly form and shook his head “Just tell him ‘Mr. Taft. the ex | president mournfully replied. "Such is fame,” he laughingly declared to accompanying friends, SCHOONER BURNS sires to Weight reducing, vody building Aus- t tin-Balt —Aaw, ment Phone Main 963 Eyres Transfer Co. Office 114 Jackson St. The halibut _ ‘schooner Bertha, built at a cost of $12,000 by tne | Wick Bros, of Bremerton, lies a , as the result) charred wreck tod: of an explosion, yesterday after | noon, which shattered her hold and sent flames leaping through the vousel.. Klase Wick, part owner, who) helped fight the fire, and Fred) Egan, fireman on the fire tug Sto-| quaimie, were burned about the! face d hands. WiLL EXTEND CITY CARLINE | Councilman Erickson Monday to troduced a bill by title, providing for additions to the muntetpal rail- way. The plan, when worked pon jin detail, will be submitted to the| | yoters for approval, . The bill was referred to the utilities and finance committees. ASKS DAMAGES Cafeteria Closed All Day Christmas Eat Your ew Year Dinner Recause of the shifting of F city ball bill, damage to his proper wit 1s t on Sixth av. between Terrace and Alder, arnounts to $28,440, eayr | Emil L. Tappert. His claim was re ferred to the finance and niroele) committees. — | | SLATED To GO | OLYMPIA, Dec. 2% C. Ae superintendent of the 1 to tender his resignation Lister, effective wary 1 1409 FIRST Ot niso understood that C. H..} n, Anatruete of manual ‘training in the school, is also slated to g9, iLL ONS ‘BACK FROM POLAR | you get that? WALKED | chorage, and commenced | they reached an Indian camp SAPS SEE HUERTA ‘MAP OUT BIG ROAD © °THE STAR--TUESDAY, er RFGIONS AFTER A FEARFUL TRIP| ni’ “AML, Hudson's back tn town you know, fs a local newspa photographer who started out last summer with a motion pictur camera, aboard the schooner Polar Bear, to beat Explorer Stefansson to Victoria land, the home, po cording word efansson brought to the civilized world, of th blonde Eskimos And “Bill,” believe us, had SOME trip The Polar Bear 1s frozen in the Arctic feo off the northern coast of Alaa! Bil" and Capt, Loula Lane, commander of the schoone and the Eastern sportamen who made up the expedition, walked—do from Demarcation polnt, on the Polar sea, to Fort Yukon, a matter of 400 miles, then by winter stage to Cordova “Bill's” party brought tho first authentic word from the Canadian Arctic exploration expedition, under Stefansson Hudson found the southern exploring party with the echoon- ere Mary Sache (reported lost) and the Alaska, In safe win- ter quarters at a point 70 miles west of Demarcation point. Just before he lef. for the South, an Eskimo brought word tnat Stefansson and three of his party were at Potnt row, but that nis . the steam whaler Karluk, had been carried out into the polar ice pack and probably would never be seen again. Vessels caught in the “outside pack” been heard from again “Capt. Lane is an Arctic navigator of note, and when I heard that} he was going to take a party of hunters to the Polar seas east of [ler sehell island,” sald Hudson, “I figured it would be the biggest kind of} oh if I could get to Victoria land and back ahead of Stefansson him | ae! “But this proved a bad season for Arctic travel shot down on us earlier than {t has in the past being able to make the ronnd trip in or were frozen in for the winter before we could Barrow to Herschel! tsland “Ten days of terror followed, during which we dynamited the ice in all directions and kept our natives poling away the fragments to! keep the vi from being crushed. AS IT WAS, SHE WAS LIFTED HIGH OUT OF THE WATER AND JAMMED UNTIL SHE NEARLY) BURST. After the gale of September 23 we managed to locate a safe an transporting storee ashore for the winter camp. This gale sunk the whaling schooner Elvira, We had tried to tow her to safety.” During the month that followed, Hudson made a trip to the winter quarters of the Southern expedition to get motion pictures Dr Kenneth Chapman, Canadian geologist tn charge, told him that the early freeze-up would greatly shorten the time for their work next year, as it may take another season to get out, and they only have Only one of over 100 in the past half-century has ever The polar pack 20 years, and instead ot as We expected, we} get half-way from Point st of the Polar Bear's camp the steam whaler Belvidere is spending the winter,” said Hudson, “The hunters from our party and the officers of the whaling ship had started a poker tourna ment before | left. There will be big doings up there these long winter nights. HERE 1S BETWEEN $5,000 AND $6,000 IN THE PARTY, AND THERE'S NO DANGER OF A POLICE RAID UP THERE.” When Hudson decided to bring back his films of the fight to save lene Polar Bear and the Canadian expedition, he found Capt. Lane 1nd two of the hunters ready to join him in the 400-mile “mush” over the It took them 28 days to make the about that time provisions tew” for three days, but jus 4 bought food. “There are ‘white Eskimos,’ all right,” says Hudson. “I met many of the ordinary type at Demarcation point who had seen the blonde imos of Victoria land.” But Hudson is not going back to photograph them. He has had enough of battling with polar ice They took 20 days It looked like “dog trip. and Mexico, the Ranco Central and| the Banco Nacional, forced ° yesterday as a result of the pro- longed run on them, said today that they would have plenty of money if given time to make collections. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23.—Several Japanese diplomats, with a detach ment of Japanese marines, were ex pected today to arrive in the course of the afternoon from Manzanillo for a formal call on President They were taking advantage of Hoerta the holiday proclaimed by President | The Japanese ambassador had Huerta to Jan. 1 Opportune as the decree was for! the banks, it threatened to spell ruin in the commercial world. Bust-| ness, already paralyzed, seemed | Ikely to succumb com letely. | prepared a big reception for them The visitors came on the Mikado's cruiser Idzumo, which anchored at Manzanillo yesterday Officials of the Bank of London MAYOR ASKS U.S.FOR ONE OF THOSE BANKS one of those pro-!landing the Seattle ts afte bank bere posed federal reserve banks under It is pointed out that Seattle Is the new currency bill so much in advance of Portland Seattle is in active competition commercially that the Northwest with Portland for the bank. Mayor | district bank logically belongs here Cotterill has already filed a formal pattle democrats will celebrate request for it with Senator Miles t signing of the currency bill. A| Poindexter. committee of the King County Dem-| The Seattle Clearing House as-|ocratic club will meet today with sociation and the various commer- committees from 10 banking and} chal and civic bodies will co-operate civic organizations to arrange the nfiuence tow ards | details of the he cele bration, in their BUILDING PROGRAM County road construction in con-|has announced that work will be nection with the state highway plan| iN a8 soon as conditions permit, DECEMBER 23, A MERRY XMAS TO ALL Open Tomorrow Till 10 p. Clean Foods Low Prices Efficient Service Sugar, 22 lbs... Fancy Aspernqus Fancy Hawatian Pineapple, 2 Nest Layer Raising, 2 phase. sree Buckwheat » < 1 Fancy Geese, Ib..... 23¢ Pars tara. f-1h Fancy Ducks, Ib... me Carnation Milly per dow...s:s: 950 | Shoulder Lamb, Ib.. SUN GROCERY Stalls 100-117-114 First Ave. Ploor GAN ITARY PUBLIC MARKET Always Dependable, Free Delivery SANITARY MARKET ANNEX VASHON POULTRY MARKET nm,” Home-Made Plum Pud ding and Fruit Cake, Ib.. Pumpkin and Mince Pies A: ped Dinner Tomorrow our Lunch Counter Kelley & Stevens Booths 133 and 136 FRESH FISH Ned Snapper, 2 Ibe . Eastern Oysters, pt. . Olympla Orstere, ot faimon Trout, Ib. PETE’S FISH MARKET Stalls 31-33 Manitary Market Annex Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Rabbits. Dressed to your order. rders Gelivered pro phone rs pty OCCIDENTAL “QUALITY” MARKET Stall “D,” Sanitary Market Annex CHRISTMAS TURKEYS corn ted stock You fo The beat fresh. that money ean buy price, which OUR TURKEYS are all choice, grain fed Oregon and Washington birds, and are Fresh Dressed. Also full line Ducks, Geese, Chickens, ete. Philadelphia Meat Co. STALLS 2-3-5-7 MAIN 5231 XMAS PLANTS AND DECORATIONS Holly wreaths 460 and 650 Cyclamen ..38e and up Palms ... . 65 4 up All kinds of ferns, plants, etc. Sanitary Flower Stand 1523 First Ave. Hamlin’s Cider Mill Sanitary Market Apple fo SANITARY FISH MKT. For Your Christmas Oysters Stall 128 Preah Cider Rolled Cider, at 4 Pare Kentucky Cider Vinegar ( (8 Fears old) al + 400 For Xmas Dinner Olives, Dill Pickles, Currant Jelly and Mrs Tebo's Delicious Home- Made Potato Salad. W. G. TEBO’S DELICATESSEN STALL 111 MAIN FLOOR some Goons or or OUR XMAS QUALITY RAIBINGS, fancy cluster; 10¢ FIGS, Fancy California, 2 IDB. cecceceoess AT STALLS 122-124—THE VEGETARIAN 2 Ibs. | Mincemeat, Ib...... Cream Cheese, Ib Zealand Butt New Zealand Butter, New Iowa Butter, bb. cnc Creamery Full Cream Cheese, lb. 20€ EH. COLLINS STALL 28 & Ibs..25¢ each. .100 Fancy sweet potatoes, Hothouse cucumbers, 2 for . Fancy head lettuce, 2 for.. Tomatoes, per Ib. Togo Veretable ‘Co. Stall L 7 ———-@ | formances at 7:30 and 9:30 p. m. and the improvement of county | | thoroughfares will start with a) boost in the spring, when $1,000,000 available from the county road fund and $350,000 from the perma- nent state highway fund will be re-| leased for expenditure | County Engineer A. P. Denton| PINCH HER AGAIN If Mra. Pank fol LONDON, Dec. 28. huret returns again to Bn and, RELICS M TROPOLITAN The “movies” are faithful to ev ery detail, the pictures having been |taken on the actual scenes {mmor- ‘tallzed by the famous novelist. You ; Otis Skinner, as Had) the beggar, met with his usual great success in lithe opening performance of “Kia-|see the familiar characters of |;net” at the Metropolitan theatre | Micawber, and Uriah Heep, and Lit Jlast night tle Emily, and Peggotty, and A packed heuse was enchanted | Barkis, and the seven reels furnish with the superb presentation of the |a good two hours of entertainment nystic tale woven about the beggar ‘ r and his vain struggles with Fate - or “Kismet,” as it 1s called by the SEATTLE a Arabians. Mr. Skinner, supported by a| Paradoxical as it may seem, plendid cast and magnificent Ort jthere wasn't a spot on or in Freckles” to mar the performance ental settings, portrays the myster- characters Mitchell players, of that name by the RBalfley weird hs who began the 4 ious Ife led by lowing her sojourn in Switzerland who dealt with virtue one moment iF at the Seattle theatre Monday she will be rearrested as soon as nd vice the next in the strange | * . ; es SU PO er ected bn hos OF THE PAST treets of Hiagdad during the days [Might to a capacity house office authority today Banish Them vf ‘the Arablan Nights Freckles” was the hit of the bse Suffragettes were much incensed i The music, composed by Willlam ae of course, the re le A. ing at the 1 nd said that the next C ] Q urst, is untiaually illustrative and| Played very capably by “Barry time Mre. Pankhurst returns from a ueen Anne is in harme with the nine set-| Norton. The play fd dr iva abroad, such pre! fons will bel The WASHING’S fi t required in the three acta. | ton of Gene Stratton-Porter's novel le to protect her 1 the police| ine |» Maddern as Marsinah, the {and mingles pathc and humor tn they belleved the authorities! WET WASH Ji « beautiful daughter, who is] n entirely acceptable blend. would at least find their work cut| in love with the Caltph, ts charm: | oe out for them In éatching her. 2190 PER POUND, ORY WEIGHT ing, and handles her pavt very well. | Fivoul . ROUGH DRY, 400.PER DOZEN The part of the Caliph Abdullah | ly ‘ |is, wed present@l by Willard Web-|™ ‘phere’s a barefoot dance at the Snow White Work ater,,and George Gaul displays his |-pivolt theatre this week, which At one-fourth the cost you could do| skill in the role of the Wazir|aaded to the fact that Miss Myrtle It at home. Mansur DeLoy, the dainty flaxen-haired We have the best facilities, and — from Texas with the sweet 4.08 ANGELF Das Walter! guarantee satisfactory and sanitary | ms . leads the pantomime, make Smith, 21, is under arrest tod waehing MOORE ‘ » Cinderella” one of the 1 suspicion of having d Lew ° most & ul of the musical com Bundy in the murder and robber Udi ede David Copperfield,” by Charles | edie yet pre nted by the Tivoli of Harold Zlesehe 15 | AUTO SERVICE Ea Dickens, has been revived In | Stock ompany Phelene ith was arrested after Bund {« SRY movies.” and is shown at thegHamilton, « new member of the had told a story purporting to CENTRAL | Moore the four ®times a day Yeast, sings a bathing song with the plicate him, He denied all knowl-! this week, matinees beginning at| Tivoli chorus and “movies” for ac ledge of the,crime. LAUNDRY and 4p. m, and the evening pers comp iniment, Patil s MRADE ATTHE PUBLIC MARKET CENTER m.—Closed All Day Thursday eo Nea CORNER PUBLIC MARKET Pike Place Corner Sanitary Public Market The Only Rat- Proof Market On the Coast. | Murray Meat Co.’s Big 206 Christmas Bargains a Turkeys, Ib. 27:6 eon) on Wetae ast oe Ib....121-2¢@ Spare Ribs, lb. ..10¢ Steaks, .18¢ “SUGA »8, MOE box, del Mixed Nuts, ‘ibe It New Laid Eggs, 45¢ doz..... Bastern ° ¢ Bei 15 per cent Spuds Sunkist Oranges Otympias num Ware . Bear Meat. STALLS 3-5.7-2 4-25-26 37¢ SUGAR ONLY Booths 201 - 54 -40 It's Always a Little Better and a Little Cheaper at the Old Pike Place Market. $1.00 sack, del.. : doz., 2he- 45¢ pt. New Reainier Meeat Male 1527 1529 TURKEYS, Ib. GEESE, Ib. DUCKS, Ib. Pike Place CHICKENS, Ib. ........-..- Remember the Name Notice the Number .25¢ and up cocccethS CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO YOU cakes P Mince Pies Apple Pies Cranberry Pies Bread GOODS BAKED BEFORE YOUR EYES $1.00 + TBe All kinds Imported and Domestic Cheese SIGSWORTH Stall 206 Our Own Farm Products Freeh killed Turkeys and Chickens yweat prices Country made Mead Cheese, Ib 20¢ Stall 21—Lower Floor Best Jersey Butter, & Ibs.. New Zealand Butter, 3 ibe New Zealand Butter, 2 Ibs. .75¢ Wisconsin Full Cream Cheese, Ib. -22¢ MRS. COHR’S — x‘ ITE FRONT BORNHOFT’S FLOWER SHOP Stalls 35 and 77 Holly Wreaths, Green Wreath: Holly, per Ib.. Carnations, dozen Narcissus, dozen Chrysanthemums, CHRISTMAS TREE UP FROM Assorted Cut Flowers, put up in 00 Mt. Vernon sane, Butter, Ib. Loca Svine Onesee, the. --25¢ Mt. Vernon Butter Store 1521 Pike Place Hood's Xmas Specials Candy Canes, all sizes, pry We eo Candy Baskets, All Sizes three col: Candy Clear Toys, ors and very fine and attractive They never fail to please the little folks, Fancy Ribbon Mixed Candies, per 1b. ae Finest 10¢ Mixed Candy Lady Apples, fine for the Christmas tree. Dozen .. Xmas French Creams, per pound Broken Mixed Candies, per pound _.25¢ in town. 10c ..20¢ 15¢ HOOD’S CANDY KITCHEN—1509 Pike Place - ——? ‘PANTAGES | Ww ‘alter “Terry and Six Fifi girls, the Riding Costellos, and the Great 4al Japanese troupe are on bill this week, and a headline attraction. He. each is sides, there are some “newsboys who can sing, Lyons and Cullum, | in a bit of everything, and Allegro in some violin music, Terry and} the Fiji girls kept the house in an| uproar of laughter. Their act is! called “Cannibal Isle" and {sre plete with melody and fun, The Japanese and the Costellos offer some clever gymnastic and riding stunts, respectively. ° ORPHEUM 7} Nance O'Neil, the great emotion al actress, heads the bill at the Or pheum theatre this week in al sketch entitled “In Self Defense, o' the Second Ash Tray usual triangle of two men and woman is the basis of the sketch, e * —?> EMPRESS @ Walking the Hoop” ts the title of the act headlining the bill at the Empr this week, by Archie Goodall, the all-around athlete, who handles three as they were babie Marlee Freeman gives a splendid presentation of the Italia character Few of us are half so good as we think we are, or half so bad as oth lers think we are, |the (Before a visit to our offices) Does This Remind You of Your Case? TEETH (After a visit to our offices) This, in comparison with above, will show you t we can do for you. 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